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FB Newswire – BBC JOURNALIST REPORTING ON HARASSMENT IS… | Facebook BBC JOURNALIST REPORTING ON HARASSMENT IS HARASSED: BBC journalist Sarah Teale was filming a report about harassment faced by women in public spaces when a passerby shouted sexual obscenities at her. Teale was filming the segment at a street harassment summit in Nottingham, England….
Dominic Toretto and his crew are going on three last rides. In a Facebook post published on Friday, Vin Diesel announced that, with Universal Pictures’ approval, the Fast and the Furious franchise will finally end after a closing trilogy. Expect explosions. “The fans of the Fast & Furious SAGA are the best fans in the world…” he wrote….
Opponents, proponents, and the mayor himself weigh in on whether or not de Blasio’s vision for New York City is paying off. Fog hovered over Jamaica Bay that morning, November 12, as dozens of grieving families gathered for the memorial service in Rockaway Park, along the water in a far precinct of Queens. They had…
The third Portal song from the LEGO Dimensions video game. The Batman part killed both me and my wife. We are dead now, but happy. 2015/09/28 10:17:04 +0000 Your Portal songs represent the three stages of my getting over a break up 2015/09/28 04:44:35 +0000 not as great as Want You Gone but still a…
Who doesn’t love Jonathan Coulton’s contributions to the Portal games? They’re fantastic, entertaining songs, and he’s just written another one. You Wouldn’t Know was written for Lego Dimensions, and pairs Coulton up again with GLaDOS voice actor Ellen McLain. Compared to the last couple of songs, this one is quite a bit happier. It’s a…
In a video and interview publishing Tuesday, Carl Icahn shares Donald Trump’s criticism of the U.S.’s failure to overhaul taxation and immigration and raise interest rates. Icahn backs Trump’s calls to end carried-interest loopholes and rules that encourage corporations to relocate overseas and avoid repatriating profits. “I would say it’s an endorsement. I think at…
LONDON — The secretive artist known as Banksy said he is dismantling his latest exhibition and shipping its pieces to provide shelter to refugees and migrants camped out in France. Banksy opened “Dismaland” in August, a so-called “Bemusement Park” in the English seaside town of Weston-super-Mare featured a decaying castle and model boats full…
On the opening day of Trump Plaza in Atlantic City in 1984, Donald Trump stood in a dark topcoat on the casino floor celebrating his new investment as the “finest building in the city and possibly the nation.” Thirty years later, the Trump Plaza folded, leaving some 1,000 employees without jobs. Trump, meanwhile, was on…
Claim: Posting a legal notice on your Facebook wall will protect your copyright and privacy rights. FALSE Example: [Collected via e-mail, January 2015] [Collected via Facebook, May 2012]For those of you that do not understand this posting, Facebook is now a publicly traded entity. Anyone can infringe on your right to…
Donald Trump spoke with CBS’s Scott Pelley on Sunday’s edition of “60 Minutes” and then promptly attacked his interviewer on social media, adding Pelley to the long list of journalists Trump has lashed out against during this campaign cycle. Trump appeared excited enough for the interview that aired alongside an interview with Russian President Vladmir Putin…