| Gunman Killed by Police After Opening Fire Outside Dallas Federal Courthouse
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 Stewart F. House A 22-year-old man in combat gear and a mask opened fire Monday morning at a federal courthouse in Dallas and was killed in an ensuing firefight with police officers, authorities said. Cellphone video of the 8:50 a.m. incident at the Earle Cabell Federal Building captured images of the gunman firing shots, smoke from a short distance and then the suspect running into a parking lot and collapsing. According to reports, the suspected shooter was shot and killed by responding officers before he could injure anyone. Read more at The Daily Beast.
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| Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong released from prison
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 Hong Kong activist and pro-democracy icon Joshua Wong was released from prison a day after organizers say 2 million Hong Kongers took to the streets to march against an extradition bill with China. CNN's Anna Coren reports.
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| Ragu recall: 5 red sauces to avoid right now after plastic contamination fears
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 Just like grandma used to make, but with plastic. A recent study in the journal Environmental Science and Technology says it's possible that humans eat anywhere from 39,000 to 52,000 particles of microplastic a year, and that was before it got into your Ragú Old World Style Traditional. Ragú pasta sauce is being recalled over fears that it may contain fragments of plastic, just like how some of our grandmas used to make. Read Full Story
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| Apple may give you a smaller iPhone (and 5G, of course) in 2020
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 2020 iPhone rumors have already begun. Although Apple hasn't even released its 2019 iPhones yet, rumors about the 2020 iPhone lineup have already begun. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (via MacRumors), Apple is planning a trio of iPhones with 5.4-inch, 6.1-inch, and 6.7-inch screens, all with OLED displays similar to that of the iPhone XS. While the smallest and largest phones will reportedly work with 5G networks, the medium-size iPhone will be 4G LTE-only, Kuo claims. Read Full Story
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| VR is training cops to empathize with the people they might kill
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 The company behind Taser weapons is putting Oculus Go headsets on Chicago police to train them in empathy—and teach them when to keep their weapons holstered. It's nighttime, and I'm on the front lawn, muttering to myself and pacing back and forth, something metal in hand. I'm yelling at the voices in my head and batting away my pleading mother when the police pull up. "Who sent you!" I shout at a cop. "Kyle, Kyle," he says. "Put down the screwdriver, Kyle!" Read Full Story
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