2 Los Angeles police officers charged with raping women face life in prison
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS From Mashable LOS ANGELES — While one Los Angeles police officer acted as a lookout in the front seat of a departmental car, a 19-year-old woman working as a drug informant was forced to perform oral…
Falkland Islands lie in Argentinian waters, UN commission rules
Associated Press From The Guardian UK Argentina welcomes decision to expand its maritime territory, despite unresolved dispute with Britain over islands Argentina’s government is celebrating a decision by a UN commission to expand its maritime territory in the South Atlantic…
One size does not fit all
By Sarah Spigelman Richter From Mashable How some Asian cultures use chopsticks differently If you thought people using chopsticks follow the same protocol in cultures throughout Asia, start taking notes. For instance, in Japan people don’t stick their chopsticks straight…
[Jamaican] Flight attendant charged with coke smuggling a ‘Flight Risk’
By Andrew Blankstein and Tracy Connor From NBC News The JetBlue flight attendant charged with trying to smuggle almost 70 pounds of cocaine onto a flight — and hot-footing it without her Gucci shoes during a security screening — appeared…
One dead, several injured in killer bee attack in Guyana
From Caribbean360 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Monday March 28, 2016 – One man was killed and several others were injured, including a man who is listed in critical condition, after they were attacked by a swarm of African killer bees at Bath…
Gadget of the week
We’re getting closer to real invisibility cloaks By Timothy J. Seppala From engadget Researchers devised a ‘skin’ that suppresses radar and another that mirrors light. We’ve been inching closer to real-life invisibility cloaks for a bit now, but going full…
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Dr Ralph Gonsalves and Hamlet Mark have a lot in common politically
By Hudson George From Caribbean News Now It is blatantly clear for all eyes to see that St Vincent and the Grenadines’ Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves and controversial Grenadian journalist Hamlet Mark have a lot in common. They are…
US Feds say they have unlocked iPhone
By Ross Todd, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors on Monday told a judge that investigators have successfully accessed data stored on an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. The filing presumably brings to an end…
Women in space science reveal troubling stories of harassment using this hashtag
By Miriam Kramer From Mashable Scientists and students are sharing their stories of sexual harassment using #AstroSH on social media. Scientists and students are sharing their stories of harassment in the space sciences using the hashtag #AstroSH on social media,…
