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Author J.K. Rowling donates $19 million to multiple sclerosis research following mother's death

https://www.fox29.com/news/author-j-k-rowling-donates-19-million-to-multiple-sclerosis-research-following-mothers-death via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d4fvzu/author_jk_rowling_donates_19_million_to_multiple/?utm_source=ifttt

Renowned MIT Computer Scientist Richard Stallman Defends Epstein: Victims Were ‘Entirely Willing’

https://www.thedailybeast.com/famed-mit-computer-scientist-richard-stallman-defends-epstein-victims-were-entirely-willing

Police warn people away from Ballston Quarter mall after reports of shooting

http://wjla.com/news/local/ballston-quarter-mall-shooting-reported via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d4e2zt/police_warn_people_away_from_ballston_quarter/?utm_source=ifttt

Police release picture of day care worker dangling 5-year-old by her ankle

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-release-disturbing-picture-day-care-worker-dangling-5-year-n1053151 via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d4bpv3/police_release_picture_of_day_care_worker/?utm_source=ifttt

Decks collapse at Jersey Shore house during annual firefighters weekend. Massive emergency response underway.

https://www.nj.com/cape-may-county/2019/09/decks-collapse-at-jersey-shore-house-during-annual-firefighters-weekend-massive-emergency-response-underway.html via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d4dc79/decks_collapse_at_jersey_shore_house_during/?utm_source=ifttt

Oregon pot retailers begin pulling vape brands in lung scare

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/oregon-pot-retailers-begin-pulling-vape-brands-in-lung-scare/985768375 via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d483r6/oregon_pot_retailers_begin_pulling_vape_brands_in/?utm_source=ifttt

Google is finally changing its algorithm to boost original reporting, which is something that Facebook and Apple News still aren’t great at

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-changes-algorithm-original-reporting-2019-9?r=US&IR=T

France and Germany agree to block Facebook's Libra: In a joint statement, the two governments affirmed that “no private entity can claim monetary power, which is inherent to the sovereignty of nations”.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-cryptocurrency-france-german/france-and-germany-agree-to-block-facebooks-libra-idUSKCN1VY1XU

Wisconsin brothers accused of running illegal THC vape cartridge 'empire'

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wisconsin-brothers-accused-running-illegal-thc-vape-cartridge/story?id=65558903&cid=clicksource_4380645_null_headlines_hed via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d48gpf/wisconsin_brothers_accused_of_running_illegal_thc/?utm_source=ifttt

Saudi Arabia reportedly shuts down half its oil production after drone attack

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/14/saudi-arabia-is-shutting-down-half-of-its-oil-production-after-drone-attack-wsj-says.html via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d471ki/saudi_arabia_reportedly_shuts_down_half_its_oil/?utm_source=ifttt

Saudi Arabia is shutting down half of its oil production after drone attack.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/14/saudi-arabia-is-shutting-down-half-of-its-oil-production-after-drone-attack-wsj-says.html

Electric cars are finally taking a bite out of combustion engine sales

https://qz.com/1709036/electric-cars-are-cutting-into-combustion-engine-sales/

Disney CEO Cuts Ties With Apple Because They're Not Called the 'Streaming Wars' for Nothing

https://gizmodo.com/disney-ceo-cuts-ties-with-apple-because-its-not-called-1838111936

N.Y. AG: We found $1 billion in Sackler wire transfers, Purdue Pharma owners are 'lowballing' opioid victims

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/n-y-ag-we-found-1-billion-sackler-wire-transfers-n1054401 via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d46i50/ny_ag_we_found_1_billion_in_sackler_wire/?utm_source=ifttt

FBI investigates payroll company accused of stiffing $35M from small businesses

https://www.foxnews.com/us/fbi-investigates-payroll-company-accused-of-stiffing-35m-from-small-businesses via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d431h6/fbi_investigates_payroll_company_accused_of/?utm_source=ifttt

Osama bin Laden's son killed in US operation, White House confirms

https://news.sky.com/story/osama-bin-ladens-son-killed-in-us-operation-11809432 via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d459tg/osama_bin_ladens_son_killed_in_us_operation_white/?utm_source=ifttt

Man burns McDonald's employee with hot coffee after getting mad at it being "watery"

https://fox17.com/news/local/cops-man-burns-mcdonalds-employee-with-hot-coffee-after-getting-mad-at-it-being-watery via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d43fri/man_burns_mcdonalds_employee_with_hot_coffee/?utm_source=ifttt

Sky News: Julian Assange to be kept in prison after sentence ends due to 'history of absconding'

https://news.sky.com/story/julian-assange-to-be-kept-in-prison-after-sentence-ends-due-to-history-of-absconding-11808875 via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d43072/sky_news_julian_assange_to_be_kept_in_prison/?utm_source=ifttt

MIT Scientist Richard Stallman Defends Epstein: Victims Were 'Entirely Willing'

https://www.thedailybeast.com/famed-mit-computer-scientist-richard-stallman-defends-epstein-victims-were-entirely-willing?source=tech&via=rss via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d44yu0/mit_scientist_richard_stallman_defends_epstein/?utm_source=ifttt

New Zealand to receive first ever floating solar

https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/2019/09/04/new-zealand-to-receive-first-ever-floating-solar/?topic=245562

DOE: U.S. onshore wind projects achieving record capacity, employment. The U.S. land-based wind industry installed 7,588 MW of capacity last year, bringing the overall utility-scale total to more than 96 GW. Employment in the sector is also at an historic support of 114,000 jobs.

https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/2019/08/26/doe-u-s-onshore-wind-projects-achieving-record-capacity-employment/?topic=245563

Climate change: Electrical industry's 'dirty secret' boosts warming - It's the most powerful greenhouse gas known to humanity, and emissions have risen rapidly in recent years, the BBC has learned.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49567197

Study says renewable energy power plants will overtake natural-gas plants by 2035

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/study-says-renewable-energy-power-plants-will-overtake-natural-gas-plants-by-2035/Content?oid=15834618

Hong Kong protesters' new 'national anthem' is spreading like wildfire

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/hong-kong-protest-anthem-intl-hnk/index.html via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d41lo4/hong_kong_protesters_new_national_anthem_is/?utm_source=ifttt

NY finds $1B in hidden transfers by family behind OxyContin

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/ny-finds-1b-in-hidden-transfers-by-family-behind-oxycontin-1.4592652?cache=yes%3FclipId%3D104056%3FclipId%3D375756%3FclipId%3D89926 via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d406lb/ny_finds_1b_in_hidden_transfers_by_family_behind/?utm_source=ifttt

Parents of murdered Democratic staffer Seth Rich can sue Fox News: U.S. court

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-fox-seth-rich/parents-of-murdered-democratic-staffer-seth-rich-can-sue-fox-news-u-s-court-idUSKCN1VY1YD?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d3yy7b/parents_of_murdered_democratic_staffer_seth_rich/?utm_source=ifttt

Microsoft President: Democracy Is At Stake. Regulate Big Tech

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/13/760478177/microsoft-president-democracy-is-at-stake-regulate-big-tech

Huge decline in songbirds linked to common insecticide

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/09/widely-used-pesticide-makes-birds-lose-weight/ via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d3wha1/huge_decline_in_songbirds_linked_to_common/?utm_source=ifttt

Ohio gamer sentenced to 15 months prison for fatal 'swatting' case

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-gamer-sentenced-15-months-prison-fatal-swatting-case-n1054331

Teenager died after eating burger despite telling staff about his allergy, coroner rules

http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/ttjSFpLThEk/index.html via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d3rgbm/teenager_died_after_eating_burger_despite_telling/?utm_source=ifttt

Trump Says Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Make Him 'Look Orange,' Complains About How Expensive They Are

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-energy-efficient-light-bulbs-orange-incandescent-expensive-1459081

House committee asks Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Alphabet to turn over documents in antitrust probe

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/13/house-committee-asks-tech-firms-to-turn-over-documents-in-antitrust-probe.html

Tesla misses insurance firm’s ‘Safest Cars’ list because its EVs don’t crash often enough

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-disqualified-safest-cars-list-few-crashes/

Google is changing its search algorithm to prioritize original news reporting

https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/12/20863305/google-change-search-algorithm-original-reporting-news-human-raters

MIT scientists accidentally create the blackest material ever

https://www.engadget.com/2019/09/13/mit-scientists-accidentally-create-the-blackest-material-ever/

BangBros porn site bids $10M on naming rights for Miami stadium

https://www.cnet.com/news/bangbros-porn-site-bids-10m-on-naming-rights-for-miami-stadium/#ftag=COS-05-10aaa0i via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d3plwb/bangbros_porn_site_bids_10m_on_naming_rights_for/?utm_source=ifttt

Spotify is cracking down on family plan sharing again by asking for user locations

https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/12/20863066/spotify-family-plan-sharing-location-terms-conditions

'Brave' Texas father helps thwart possible mass shooting by calling cops on his son

https://abcnews.go.com/US/brave-texas-father-helps-thwart-mass-shooting-calling/story?id=65535738 via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d3obhs/brave_texas_father_helps_thwart_possible_mass/?utm_source=ifttt

Looks like hydrogen economy could happen. The implications of hydrogen replacing oil are economically and politically far-reaching.

https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/looks-like-hydrogen-economy-could-happen-cpm-2019-09-13/rep_id:4136

Michigan police officer who had KKK memorabilia in his home is fired

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1053361?__twitter_impression=true via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d3oumt/michigan_police_officer_who_had_kkk_memorabilia/?utm_source=ifttt

Texas state representative tweets at Beto O’Rourke: My AR-15 is “ready for you”

https://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/texas-state-representative-tweets-at-beto-orourke-my-ar-15-is-ready-for-you/ via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d3ov8y/texas_state_representative_tweets_at_beto_orourke/?utm_source=ifttt

Female banker sacked for sleeping with 200 male job seekers, clients

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/09/breaking-female-banker-sacked-for-sleeping-with-200-male-job-seekers-clients/ via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d3nush/female_banker_sacked_for_sleeping_with_200_male/?utm_source=ifttt

Cannabis industry calls for legalization and regulation to snuff out underground vapes

http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/PyX1PEn2Ux0/index.html via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d3nwwe/cannabis_industry_calls_for_legalization_and/?utm_source=ifttt

Clean water act repeal: EPA announces repeal of Obama-era clean water regulation today

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/clean-water-act-repeal-epa-announces-repeal-of-obama-era-clean-water-regulation-today/ via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d3n10m/clean_water_act_repeal_epa_announces_repeal_of/?utm_source=ifttt

Encrypted DNS could help close the biggest privacy gap on the Internet. Why are some groups fighting against it?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/09/encrypted-dns-could-help-close-biggest-privacy-gap-internet-why-are-some-groups

Twitter refuses to say who’s behind fake cow and parody mom being sued by Devin Nunes

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article235016882.html

Tiananmen Square Tank Man photographer Charlie Cole dies in Bali

https://www.todayonline.com/world/tiananmen-square-tank-man-photographer-charlie-cole-dies-bali via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d3iepw/tiananmen_square_tank_man_photographer_charlie/?utm_source=ifttt

Net neutrality's ultimate champion keeps on fighting - Between restoring net neutrality, regulating the tech industry and tackling the state's housing crisis, California state Sen. Scott Wiener never stops moving.

https://www.cnet.com/features/net-neutrality-is-far-from-dead-for-california-senator-scott-wiener/

World's first malaria vaccine released

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-49681813 via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d3i2wp/worlds_first_malaria_vaccine_released/?utm_source=ifttt

Whole Foods to cut healthcare for 1,900 part-time employees in 2020

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/12/whole-foods-to-cut-healthcare-for-1900-part-time-employees-in-2020.html via /r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/d3j7gq/whole_foods_to_cut_healthcare_for_1900_parttime/?utm_source=ifttt