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Sunday, September 22, 2019

South Africa's U-17 women thrash Seychelles by record 28-0

South Africa's U-17 women's team set a record for an international match in African football with a staggering 28-0 win over Seychelles in the Cosafa Championship.

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10 Best iPhone Accessories for 2019 (iPhone 11, 11 Pro)

Gear up with everything you’ll want for your iPhone—from wireless headphones to charging cables.

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AI Helps Seismologists Predict Earthquakes

Machine learning is bringing seismologists closer to an elusive goal: forecasting quakes well before they strike.

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Richard Stallman’s Exit Heralds a New Era in Tech

Accused of minimizing the harms from sexual assault and child sex slavery, the free software icon has been banished. Now begins the hard work of making tech welcoming and inclusive.

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Edward Snowden in His Own Words: Why I Became a Whistle-Blower

Book excerpt: As a systems administrator, the young man who would expose vast, secret US surveillance saw freedom being encroached and decided he had to act.

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The 'Smart Kitchen' Is Very Stupid

Connected cookbooks? Alexa-enabled microwaves? None of this stuff will make you a better home cook.

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The iOS 13 Privacy and Security Features You Should Know

Your iPhone just got a major security upgrade. Here are all the ins and outs.

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Ebola virus: Tanzania failing to provide details, WHO says

The World Health Organization says it has not been given reports on possible cases.

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Saturday, September 21, 2019

Billionaire Robert F. Smith also promises to pay off parents debt of Morehouse College graduates

Billionaire Robert F. Smith surprised the Morehouse College’s class of 2019 in May with grants to wipe out their student debt to the tune of $34 million. That ultimate graduation gift will now include federal educational debt amassed by parents.

Four months after Smith pledged to pay off the student loans of nearly 400 graduates, the Atlanta-based historically black, all-male college has released more details about the donation.

The Smith family will not only pay off student loans, but also the loans their parents took out, the college said in a news release Friday about the new Morehouse College Student Success Program.

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“It is our hope that our graduates will use their newfound financial freedom to pursue their career goals, to lead and serve the community, and to remember the spirit of the gift given to them by paying it forward to support the education of future classes of Morehouse Men,”  said David Thomas, Morehouse College president, noting that Smith’s gift will be “life-changing for our new Morehouse Men and their families.”

Smith, who is worth about $5 billion, according to Forbes, is founder of private equity and venture capital firm Vista Equity Partners. He previously pledged $50 million to his alma mater, Cornell University, toward the school’s college of engineering. In 2018, Smith was the wealthiest Black American in the country, USA Today reports.

According to Morehouse, “Alumni who graduated in May or who finished their degree requirements during summer school 2019 are eligible to receive gifts in the inaugural offering from the Morehouse College Student Success Program,” the release states. Parents and guardians are also gift-eligible and “all must show supporting documents to prove that loans were taken to finance a Morehouse College education and processed by Morehouse.”

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“My family is going to create a grant to eliminate your student loans. You great Morehouse men are bound only by the limits of your own conviction and creativity,” Smith told the students and their parents during his commencement speech at the 2019 graduation ceremony in May.

 

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H&M responds to backlash over ad with Black child model’s natural hair

Rihanna’s fanbase ‘Navy’ claps back at Chris Brown over thirsty IG comments

Space Photos of the Week: Cassini's Sojourn Around Saturn

Orbital images of the planet's iconic rings approach fine art.

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How Vikings Went Into a Trancelike Rage Before Battle

Ethnobotanists have a new theory on which plant the berserkers ingested.

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DR Congo to introduce second Ebola vaccine

The second vaccine could provide a protective wall halting the spread of the virus.

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Virginia woman gives birth to healthy son in bathtub after hospital sends her home

A father in Chesapeake, Va. had to deliver his own son in the bathtub of his family’s home after the hospital told him and his pregnant wife to come back when her labor was further along.

LeeAnn Bienaime and her husband Leo Bienaime told WTKR that they arrived at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth around 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 23 because she was experiencing contractions. But the hospital told them to go home about four hours later.

“I was told that I should come back when my contractions were when you can’t really walk and you can’t really talk through them,” she told the news station.

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The couple drove nearly half an hour back to their home and a few hours later, her contractions worsened. Before she knew it, she could feel her son’s head making its way out of her body. She then got into the bathtub as her husband called 911 — but the paramedics didn’t arrive in time and Bienaime delivered her son right there in her bathroom.

She told WTKR that she attempted to wait to deliver her baby boy until paramedics arrived, but her son had other plans.

“I had to let instinct take over and just go with it and kind of release myself to the experience,” she recalled. With the help of her husband, Bienaime had a successful birth, and they named their healthy son Joachim.

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“We were able to have a healthy birth, a healthy baby boy — that’s why I’m not completely enraged,” she said.“I feel like if it had gone another way, it would’ve been a different story.”

Recalling those crucial moments after leaving the hospital, the couple said if they had to do it all over again, they would not leave the facility.

“If I could do it again, I would’ve just sat in the waiting room and not left. We would’ve pitched a tent. We would’ve started a fire. We would’ve just straight-up camped,” the proud new father joked.

Shauna O’Sullivan, a spokesperson for the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, declined to comment about the Bienaime case to the outlet, citing privacy laws. She did, however, reveal that the facility contacted the couple about their experience.

“Naval Medical Center Portsmouth is committed to ensuring the safety of every patient and providing high-quality care,” O’Sullivan said. “Whenever a patient has a concern about their care and treatment, we welcome the opportunity to discuss this with them and resolve any potential issues.”

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WATCH | Pete Buttigieg: “If America doesn’t address racism ASAP, country will fall apart”

WeWork's Wi-Fi Is Woefully Insecure

The Saudi oil strike, a license plate privacy disaster, and more of the week's top security news.

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'The Dark Crystal' Prequel Is 'Game of Thrones' With Puppets

Netflix’s 10-episode series is very, very impressive and has at least one Muppet-phobic freaked out.

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Extreme-Risk Laws Reduce Gun Violence

Opinion: Red Flag laws help prevent suicides and mass shootings, and buy time for people in crisis to get help.

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A Simple Way to Make It Harder for Mobile Ads to Track You

Beating back the scourge of online ad tracking entirely is almost impossible. But you can futz with your smartphone's "ad ID" to slow it down.

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