Viralbuzfeednews: January 2018

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Glee actor Mark Salling, 35, found dead

The actor, who had admitted possessing child sex abuse images, is believed to have killed himself.

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Skywatchers await 'super blue blood Moon'

A blue blood supermoon and lunar eclipse across Asia heralds a year of lunar science milestones, say scientists.

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Diane Keaton defends Woody Allen over abuse allegations

The actress says she "continues to believe" the director after claims against him resurfaced.

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Yemen separatists capture most of Aden, residents say

Yemeni cabinet ministers are reported to be holed up inside the presidential palace in Aden.

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France jogger death: Husband admits killing Alexia Daval

Three months after Alexia Daval's body was found, her husband tells police he killed her by mistake.

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Pierre Agnes: Boardriders boss goes missing at sea in France

Pierre Agnes' boat was discovered washed ashore near Biarritz on France's Atlantic coast.

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The killer whale that can say 'hello' and 'bye bye'

A killer whale that can mimic words such as "hello" is thought to be the first of its kind to copy human speech.

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State of the Union: Congress divided on Trump speech

The contrasting reactions to the president's speech tell the tale of a deeply divided Congress.

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State of the Union: Kennedy delivers response to Trump

Joseph Kennedy III attacked the president and said Democrats were speaking for all Americans.

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Taliban 'threaten 70% of Afghanistan' BBC investigation finds

The Afghan Taliban, which US-led forces spent billions of dollars trying to defeat, are now openly active in 70% of the country, a BBC study has found.

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Super blue blood moon: Get ready for a rare celestial show

A lunar eclipse, supermoon and blue moon are about to happen at once. Here's what you need to know.

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Why did Kenya's Raila Odinga 'inaugurate' himself as president?

Kenya's main opposition leader stages his own "swearing-in" after two disputed elections. We explain.

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Réunion island and the 'stolen children' of France

Marlène Morin was 15 when she was resettled from the island of Réunion to France. After 52 years, she finally returned.

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Top-secret Australian files 'left at second-hand shop'

Bureaucrats say they will urgently investigate after the files were found in a second-hand filing cabinet.

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'Emotional support peacock' barred from United Airlines plane

United Airlines refuses to let a woman in New Jersey board a plane with a peacock, citing its size.

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State of the Union: The North Korean defector at Trump's side

North Korean defector Ji Seong-ho waved his crutches to resounding applause when Trump called him up.

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Used clothes: Why is worldwide demand declining?

As the worldwide demand for used and worn clothing plummets, what do we do with our unwanted clothes?

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'I was 12 when I married a 35-year-old'

A campaign in several African countries wants to stop child brides and keep girls in education.

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The tea boss with a thirst for global domination

How businessman Tran Qui Thanh built Vietnam's largest soft drinks firm, THP, and his plans to become a worldwide brand.

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Bollywood's troubled relationship with women

Film critic Shubhra Gupta shines a spotlight on the history of sexism in Indian films.

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Democratic Response to SOTU

By Unknown Author from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2Epj1FU

Why Koreans Are So Good at Speedskating

By JAY CASPIAN KANG from NYT Magazine http://ift.tt/2DYVjCG

The Unabashed Beauty of Jason Brown on Ice

By PATRICIA LOCKWOOD from NYT Magazine http://ift.tt/2DQzGoM

What Cross-Country Skiing Reveals About the Human Condition

By SAM ANDERSON from NYT Magazine http://ift.tt/2rTHAbq

The First African Team to Compete in Bobsled

By As told to JAIME LOWE from NYT Magazine http://ift.tt/2rRIMw9

The Search for Stillness at the Heart of Biathlon

By BROOKE JARVIS from NYT Magazine http://ift.tt/2nrkgfG

Full Transcript and Video: Joe Kennedy Delivers Democratic Response to the State of the Union

By THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2nt0r7E

Trump’s Volk und Vaterland

By ROGER COHEN from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2ErISx0

Trump’s Besotted Republicans

By KEVIN BAKER from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2DYXHcC

Trump Tries for a Reset

By ROSS DOUTHAT from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2BF1Wow

A ‘Feel-Good’ Room

By NATALIE PROULX from NYT The Learning Network http://ift.tt/2rW1fY6

Word + Quiz: obstinate

By THE LEARNING NETWORK from NYT The Learning Network http://ift.tt/2E4d181

‘Gloomy.’ ‘Amazing.’ Trump’s Speech Divides the Pundits.

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM from NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2FvxiQV

State of the Union, Syria, the Moon: Your Wednesday Briefing

By PATRICK BOEHLER from NYT Briefing http://ift.tt/2Erk0FH

What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Animals With Cameras’ and ‘Happy!’

By ANDREW R. CHOW from NYT Arts http://ift.tt/2DOSR2m

Gearing Up for Distance and Form in Nordic Combined

By By from NYT Magazine http://ift.tt/2EpqmW3

Melania Trump, Traveling Again Without Her Husband, Emerges at State of the Union

By KATIE ROGERS from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2rVQMw5

Kristaps Porzingis and Enes Kanter Lead Knicks in Rout of Nets

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports http://ift.tt/2nkLndi

Corrections: January 31, 2018

By Unknown Author from NYT Corrections http://ift.tt/2DPRYXj

Trump’s Boring, Utterly Terrifying Warmongering

By MICHELLE GOLDBERG from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2nnmyNO

New top story on Hacker News: How China Spied on the African Union’s Computers

How China Spied on the African Union’s Computers
8 by KumarAseem | 0 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Rough Waters: Gentrification and Cataclysmic Money

Rough Waters: Gentrification and Cataclysmic Money
3 by misnamed | 0 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Andrew Ng launches $175M AI fund

Andrew Ng launches $175M AI fund
94 by dsaw | 23 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Partial Application and Lambda Parameter Syntax for JavaScript

Partial Application and Lambda Parameter Syntax for JavaScript
8 by skellertor | 2 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Asana raises $75M Series D round led by Generation Investment Management

Asana raises $75M Series D round led by Generation Investment Management
76 by mostafah | 44 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Tech Start-Up Fires Engineers Amid Union Organizing Effort

Tech Start-Up Fires Engineers Amid Union Organizing Effort
223 by thinkpad20 | 227 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Drug companies alleged to have flooded West Virginia with opioid painkillers

Drug companies alleged to have flooded West Virginia with opioid painkillers
51 by sohkamyung | 10 comments

New top story on Hacker News: C++ and the Culture of Complexity (2013)

C++ and the Culture of Complexity (2013)
71 by contrarian_ | 41 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Google closes its $1.1B deal with HTC Corp

Google closes its $1.1B deal with HTC Corp
62 by ehllo | 61 comments

New top story on Hacker News: After alleged 'bait and switch,' Nevada DMV cancels $78M IT contract

After alleged 'bait and switch,' Nevada DMV cancels $78M IT contract
97 by us0r | 74 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Content-aware image resize library

Content-aware image resize library
268 by boyter | 44 comments

New top story on Hacker News: How a late-blossoming classics don became Britain’s most beloved intellectual

How a late-blossoming classics don became Britain’s most beloved intellectual
7 by diodorus | 0 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Mice can inherit learned sensitivity to a smell (2013)

Mice can inherit learned sensitivity to a smell (2013)
43 by marojejian | 11 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Can We Copy the Brain?

Can We Copy the Brain?
154 by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB | 61 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Facebook is banning all ads promoting cryptocurrencies

Facebook is banning all ads promoting cryptocurrencies
477 by imartin2k | 197 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Google winning 98% ad spots it auctions off, after order to treat others equally

Google winning 98% ad spots it auctions off, after order to treat others equally
145 by hadenew119 | 80 comments

New top story on Hacker News: U.S. Regulators to Subpoena Crypto Exchange Bitfinex, Tether

U.S. Regulators to Subpoena Crypto Exchange Bitfinex, Tether
471 by chollida1 | 363 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Xi: an editor for the next 20 years [video]

Xi: an editor for the next 20 years [video]
542 by davidbalbert | 212 comments

New top story on Hacker News: ARM immediate value encoding (2014)

ARM immediate value encoding (2014)
87 by JoshTriplett | 23 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Matrix Calculus for Deep Learning

Matrix Calculus for Deep Learning
455 by jph00 | 72 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Open Application for YC Growth Program

Open Application for YC Growth Program
63 by cbcowans | 19 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Regexper – Regular expressions visualizer

Regexper – Regular expressions visualizer
427 by xchip | 88 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan to Create Healthcare Company

Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan to Create Healthcare Company
937 by uptown | 465 comments

New top story on Hacker News: On undoing, fixing, or removing commits in git

On undoing, fixing, or removing commits in git
116 by signa11 | 6 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Paradigm shifts for the decentralized Web

Paradigm shifts for the decentralized Web
76 by quickfox | 14 comments

New top story on Hacker News: What's Hiding Inside Egypt's Great Pyramid? Tiny Robots May Find Out

What's Hiding Inside Egypt's Great Pyramid? Tiny Robots May Find Out
64 by DrScump | 37 comments

New top story on Hacker News: Audio Adversarial Examples

Audio Adversarial Examples
108 by moultano | 22 comments

Which NFL franchises never to have won Super Bowl are closest to title breakthrough?

There are 13 teams that have never won a Super Bowl title, but several look like they could be in contention in the near future.

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The roles that got away

Some of the most famous onscreen performances could have gone a totally different direction.

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Stars without the warpaint

See what your favorite celebrities look like before they hit the makeup chair... and after.

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Arizona man says he sold ammunition to Las Vegas shooter

An Arizona man identified in court documents as a "person of interest" after the Las Vegas massacre says he sold ammunition to the gunman Stephen Paddock.

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Magnitude-6.1 quake rattles Afghanistan and Pakistan

The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting a strong magnitude-6.1 earthquake has rattled Afghanistan and Pakistan, including the capital cities of both countries.

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German industrial union steps up strike campaign

Germany's biggest industrial union has launched a campaign of 24-hour strikes after talks on demands for wage raises and an optional shorter working week broke down.

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Cambodian forest protectors slain after confronting loggers

A forest protection ranger, a military police officer and a conservation worker have been killed in an ambush in northeastern Cambodia where illegal logging and smuggling are rife.

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Stephen Colbert rips Trump after State of the Union speech

Stephen Colbert, host of “The Late Show” on CBS, was live Tuesday night when he blasted President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address.

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Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to keep open the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, marking a formal reversal of his predecessor's eight-year effort to shut it down.

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Trump overheard saying he is '100 percent' behind releasing surveillance memo

President Donald Trump was overheard telling a GOP lawmaker Tuesday night that he’s “100 percent” behind releasing a classified Republican intelligence memo detailing alleged surveillance abuses.

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Sequel to 'The Passion of the Christ' will be biggest film in history: actor

A sequel to Mel Gibson’s 2004 film The Passion of the Christ is reportedly in the works, USA Today reported.

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North Korea is planning to show off dozens of long-range missiles the day before the Winter Olympics is set to begin in South Korea, two diplomatic sources with deep knowledge of North Korea's intentions told CNN.

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Designs by Arthur Mamou-Mani and his students in Black Rock City and beyond

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Each year, Burning Man, a 10-day festival dedicated to community in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, erects a huge central temple that is burned at the end of the event.

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Police say he's a serial killer who buried his victims' remains in potted plants

Bruce McArthur, 66, is a Toronto landscaper who's been charged in five murders so far.

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Toronto police have arrested a landscaper who they say killed multiple people, and buried some of his victims' remains in large planters.

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After the Trump administration decided not to impose new sanctions on Russia, CIA Director Mike Pompeo warns about Russian meddling in future US elections. CNN's Barbara Starr reports.

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Danish police say DNA from a headless torso matches that of missing journalist Kim Wall, who was last seen aboard a private submarine owned by inventor Peter Madsen, according to Swedish newspaper and CNN affiliate Expressen TV.

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Trump says he’s ‘100 percent’ behind releasing FISA surveillance memo

01/31/18 12:34 AM

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Trump: 'I am keeping another promise' by signing order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open

01/30/18 10:15 PM

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Trump invites Dems to help protect all US citizens 'because Americans are dreamers too'

01/30/18 9:54 PM

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Trump says honoring veterans is ‘why we proudly stand for the national anthem’

01/30/18 9:37 PM

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Clinton, moments before SOTU, explains why she didn't fire campaign adviser

01/30/18 9:31 PM

'Chemtrail' conspiracy theorists: The people who think governments control the weather

The first part of the BBC's series on online conspiracy theories: why some people think chemicals are dropping from the sky.

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"We lose over four Kentuckians every single day," says Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear, who has filed a lawsuit against a national opioid distributor.

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