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Extra Extra: 'Apocalyptic Photos' From The Australian Bushfires


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Published Jan 7, 2020


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  • Federal prosecutors recommended that Trump’s former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn be sentenced to up to six months in prison for lying to investigators in the Russia inquiry.
  • Here are some apocalyptic photos from the frontlines of the Australian fires.
  • Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of missing Connecticut mom Jennifer Dulos, was charged today with capital murder, murder and kidnapping. His girlfriend was also arrested, charged with conspiracy to commit murder.
  • Every musician you've ever loved will one day become a traveling hologram and it sucks.
  • At any moment of any day, squirrels could be plotting against you.
  • What do retailers like Amazon do with all their unsold inventory anyway?
  • Delta's CEO talked about a lot of upcoming new travel tech features at CES, including the possibility of delivering bags straight to traveler's hotels.
  • Charlie Rose admitted to "inappropriate" relationships in a deposition last year, and also admitted he knew people around him called him "Charlie fuck'n Rose."
  • The NY Times obtained a controversial internal memo by Facebook executive Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, in which he warned the company not to tilt the scales against Trump in 2020, comparing it to a scene from Lord of the Rings.
  • This is how to more accurately calculate your dog's age.
  • Does Harvey Weinstein really need to use that walker?
  • And finally, we should all be so lucky as to get to play catch with a dog like this:

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Ben Yakas was born and raised in New York, and has worked for Gothamist for over a decade, and WNYC for four years, covering literally everything. He has hung out with Dan Smith (who will teach you guitar), but still has yet to have a guitar lesson with him.

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