Monkey enclosure in German zoo burns down during NYE celebration - almost all animals dead | A zoo in the German city of Krefeld said "our worst fears have become reality" after a fire destroyed a primate sanctuary. Police said a drifting New Year sky lantern was be to blame for the tragedy. | More than 30 animals were killed, including orangutans, chimpanzees, gorillas and marmosets. A nearby gorilla garden was undamaged.
https://www.dw.com/en/apes-and-monkeys-die-as-fire-rips-through-german-zoo/a-51849843
Seven people have died in the past 24 hours from wildfires in Australia
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/01/australia/australia-fire-nsw-deaths-intl-hnk/index.html
Australia's bushfire smoke spreads to New Zealand as Canberra's air quality is more than 21 times the hazardous rating
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-01/smoke-shrouds-australia-as-nsw-bushfires-continue/11835734
As the death toll in the Australian bushfire crisis rises and exhausted crews prepare for worse conditions this weekend, the Prime Minister hosts the cricket team at his house for lunch.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2020/jan/01/australia-bushfires-new-south-wales-victoria-fires-news-latest-live-updates
Trump administration is quietly “gutting” tax law to give big new breaks to corporations | Treasury will use loopholes in the tax bill to offer giant corporations more breaks worth tens of billions
https://www.salon.com/2020/01/01/trump-administration-is-quietly-gutting-tax-law-to-give-big-new-breaks-to-corporations/
The New York Jets quietly went 6-2 to finish the season without losing a game at home despite being ravaged by injuries
The #Texans will activate JJ Watt to their active roster and he will play Saturday vs. Buffalo
https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1212091731023474694?s=19
When crowds tried to seize him to make him king, Jesus fled...: Pope Francis apologized on Wednesday for having angrily slapped a woman's arm when she had grabbed hold of his hand and yanked him towards her, saying he had lost his patience and set a "bad example". https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-peace/pope-apologizes-for-bad-example-of-slapping-arm-of-pilgrim-who-tugged-him-idUSKBN1Z01O7
An artificial intelligence program has been developed that is better at spotting breast cancer in mammograms than expert radiologists. The AI outperformed the specialists by detecting cancers that the radiologists missed in the images, while ignoring features they falsely flagged
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/01/ai-system-outperforms-experts-in-spotting-breast-cancer
This is how one of the #MonseyStabbing victims is spending the first day of 2020. Josef Neumann, after two surgeries, has still not regained consciousness and may have permanent brain damage.
https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1212483076573597697
15 year-old Orthodox boy robbed at knifepoint on Brooklyn bus by attackers hurling anti-Semitic abuse
https://nypost.com/2020/01/01/thugs-try-to-rob-jewish-teen-at-knife-point-on-brooklyn-bus-cops/
Youths hurl punches, anti-Semitic invective in Venice attack
https://twitter.com/TimesofIsrael/status/1212492958156480512
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross met with the CEO of Boeing while his wife had a stake in the company. See the documents:
https://www.americanoversight.org/document/commerce-communications-with-businesses-linked-to-wilbur-ross-investments
5 million hectares has already burnt in Australia. To put in perspective, Ireland is 6.9 million hectares. Half a billion animals - dead. You’d think the Australian government would declare a national emergency - but they’re not.
https://twitter.com/Taraustralis/status/1212485056133918720
Here is a question: what should I do with the decommissioned Lawfare license plate? I could return it to DMV, like I’m supposed to do. I could hang it in Lawfare HQ. Or I could do .... something else. Ideas?
https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/1212488206337359872
One of the victims in the anti-Semitic machete attack in Monsey is unlikely to awake from a coma, his family says.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/nyregion/antisemitic-attacks-monsey.html
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced Tuesday that teachers who protested at the State Capitol during the 2019 General Assembly session did not break the law. | “We are rescinding the prior administration’s stance to make clear that our teachers and educators never broke the law and are welcome in Frankfort,” said Gov. Beshear. “In order to do what is best for our public education system and each student, we must respect each other and find ways to work together.” “In our administration we are focused on bringing Kentuckians together to solve our most pressing problems,” said Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman. “And that starts with making sure we recognize the constitutional rights of our employees, educators and all Kentuckians.”
https://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Beshear-Teachers-did-not-break-law-during-sickouts-566604261.html
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