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Pentagon Contractor Threatened to Kill Congresswoman Over Vaccine Bill

The Daily Beast 18 Jul 2019

A Pentagon cybersecurity contractor has been charged with threatening to kill a member of Congress over the introduction of a bill that would require public schools to vaccinate children, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S ... According to the complaint, the voicemail was left at the congresswoman’s Florida office....

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Is cruising safe? Most of the time, but beware of what can go wrong

Philadelphia Daily News 18 Jul 2019

That means passengers with complaints or videos of wildly rocking ships can get the word out in real time ... “Where before, if the ship was at sea and something happened, the cruise line controlled — at least until the ship got in port — controlled what information went out about it.”....

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MSC forks out $50m to get cocaine bust ship trading again

Splash24/7 16 Jul 2019

“Upon leaving Peru on this current voyage, he got a call from the Chief Officer to come down to the deck, at which time he saw nets on the port side stern by the ship’s crane,” the complaint said ... in loading cocaine on the ship, including on a previous voyage, the complaint said....

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At Ghost Ship trial, victims’ relatives face down the man they blame for the fire

The Los Angeles Times 14 Jul 2019

Now Local At Ghost Ship trial, victims’ relatives face down the man they blame for the fire ... Ghost Ship trial ... I dreamed something,” Almena said of his role in the creation of the Ghost Ship ... Public records released by the city in February 2017 show that Oakland had received at least 10 code enforcement complaints about the Ghost Ship....

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At Ghost Ship trial, victims' relatives face down the man they blame for the fire

Finger Lakes Times 14 Jul 2019

In the 2 1/2 years since flames swallowed the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland, the families of the fire's three dozen victims have waited for someone to be held responsible ... Public records released by the city in February 2017 show that Oakland had received at least 10 code enforcement complaints about the Ghost Ship....

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Secret Montreal lab makes used plastic new again

Toronto Sun 14 Jul 2019

KRIS ABEL ... Calgary recently found itself holding 1,400 tonnes of plastics — with nowhere to send them ... They’ve shipped the “waste” to Montreal where Lavergne will recycle it into plastic for new HP products ... Plastics ban is a complaint without a solution McKenna. Canada hasn’t issued any permits for companies to ship waste ... ....

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Letter: Television stations unfair to organizers

The Buffalo News 13 Jul 2019

I have never written a letter to an editor before but I felt compelled to do so because of the negative news coverage on Channels 2 and 4 regarding the tall ship festival ... In essence, do not bother to come to Canalside and Erie Basin Marina to see these magnificent ships ... We shared stories about why we decided to see the ships....

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Shippers Council to Audit Seaport Terminals across Nigeria

This Day 12 Jul 2019

Against the backdrop of several complaints from importers, clearing agents as well as the need to drive efficiency and make Nigeria a shipping hub in West Africa, the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has revealed plan to audit all terminals at the nation’s seaports across the country....

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Apple kills its 12-inch MacBook and launches cheaper new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models

Business Insider 09 Jul 2019

Apple just refreshed its MacBook Pro laptops in May, but it's already making a slew of other changes to its laptop line ... It was the first laptop to ship with the now-controversial butterfly keyboard, which has spurned complaints from customers who have experienced issues with it in recent years ... ....

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Maritime tribunal orders Nigeria to release Swiss oil tanker

Swissinfo 06 Jul 2019

After diplomatic efforts to release the ship proven futile, the Swiss authorities lodged a complaint to the Hamburg-based International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea....

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Spain to make complaint over British seizure of Iranian tanker

The Irish Times 05 Jul 2019

The Spanish government has said it plans to lodge a formal complaint over the British military’s seizure off the coast of Gibraltar of an Iranian supertanker thought to be taking oil to Syria ... The complaint derives from the fact that the ship, Grace 1, was seized on the open sea and not in the port of Gibraltar....

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Gibraltar moves to detain Iranian tanker for 14 days

The Irish Times 05 Jul 2019

Earlier the Spanish government said it planned to lodge a formal complaint over the British military’s seizure ofthe tanker ... The complaint derives from the fact that the ship, Grace 1, was seized on the open sea and not in the port of Gibraltar ... An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander on Friday threatened to seize a British ship in retaliation....

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UK finds itself in diplomatic maelstrom with Iran and Spain after seizure of Syria-bound oil-tanker

The Independent 05 Jul 2019

An official complaint by the Spanish government and the threat to seize British ships by an Iranian official is the latest twist in a strange affair, albeit one which has worrying ramifications at a time of rising tension – provoked by the seizure of an Iranian tanker off Gibraltar by Royal Marines....