quote [ Centre of New Zealand city locked down as police investigate explosives in crashed car and shots fired at other sites ]

quote [ The man was 19 and the girl was 16 when he said he “pleaded” with her not get an abortion. ]

quote [ Skipped paying a fine in China? Then forget about buying an airline ticket. ]

quote [ Geir Helgemo, the world’s No 1 bridge player, has been suspended until 20 November after failing a drugs test ]

quote [ In 2007, health officials in California revealed that numerous workers in local flavoring factories suffered from a rare, life-threatening lung condition called bronchiolitis obliterans, later nicknamed “popcorn lung.” The illness, which scars the air sacs of the lungs and makes breathing difficult, stemmed from exposure to diacetyl, a yellow chemical used to give microwave popcorn its buttery flavor. Now, that chemical is at the center of a new study revealing that it’s harmful in vape liquids as well. ]

quote [ The decision by a prominent consumer DNA-testing company to share data with federal law enforcement means investigators have access to genetic information linked to hundreds of millions of people. ]

quote [ The revelations were withheld from city officials for more than two months following the incident. ]

quote [ "Conserve the sound" is an online archive for disappearing sounds.
The sounds of a dial telephone, a walkman, an analog typewriter, a payphone, a 56k modem, a nuclear power plant or even a cell phone keypad are already partially gone or are just disappearing from daily life. Accompanying people come
in text and video interviews to speak and deepen the view into the world of disappearing sounds. ]

quote [ Burt Reynolds, the mustachioed megastar who first strutted on screen more than half a century ago, died Thursday, according to his agent Todd Eisner.

He was 82. ]

quote [ We asked DMC from Run DMC about Hip Hop today, he didn't hold back. ]