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ICE plans to equip officers with electric shock gloves
Maddie Nixon
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will be provided with gloves that deliver painful electric shocks, at a cost of up to $US20 million ($28 million). The use of the "conductive dist ...[Continue Reading]
ABC News (AU)
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Amynta Group Buys Virginia-Based Southern States Underwriters MGU
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Amynta Group, an insurance services firm and managing general agent based in New York, said it has acquired Southern States Underwriters and SSC Insurance Agency, based in Richmond, Virginia. The un ...[Continue Reading]
Insurance Journal
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Lindsay Clancy Trial Focus Turns to Drugs Prescribed Before She Killed Her 3 Children
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Lindsay Clancy messaged one of her caregivers less than two months before she killed her three young children in 2023 to say she was having intrusive thoughts I never had before, feeling completel ...[Continue Reading]
Insurance Journal
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The iOS 26.6.1 Release Candidate is Out with New Updates
Roland Hutchinson
Apple has officially released iOS 26.6.1 RC (Release Candidate), marking the final stage before the public rollout. This update is now available to developers and public beta testers, emphasizing cri ...[Continue Reading]
Geeky Gadgets
1 day ago
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Encyclopaedia Britannica recently introduced English speakers to fjaka, the Dalmatian art of doing absolutely nothing, and if the word sounds unfamiliar, the feeling wont, its the same skill the Dutch spent years building an entire wellness trend around
Nato Lagidze
I was in Split, Croatia two years ago, sitting in the shade close to a beach, when I first understood what fjaka actually was. A man was sitting a few meters away, not on his phone, not reading, not ...[Continue Reading]
Space Daily
1 day ago
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Solar eclipse: Wonder and awe at the greatest show ... not on Earth
Ronan McGreevy
Never work with animals and children, goes the old showbiz adage. One could say the same about Ireland and astronomical events, but, for once, the capricious weather behaved itself. A once-in-a-lif ...[Continue Reading]
The Irish Times
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