It starts with a pile of used potato chip bags and ends with desperately needed sleeping bags to help Detroit’s homeless face the brutal winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head are going gender neutral
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New York (CNN Business)Hasbro is dropping the honorific "mister" from "Mr. Potato Head," renaming the shapeshifting plastic spud to the gender-neutral "Potato Head." It's a notable change from one of the world's larg...
Real-time talk with a sleeping person is possible — and they can even understand it
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People can say all sorts of strange things in their sleep, but a new study suggests that someone in the middle of a vivid dream can understand questions -- and even answer them. Dreams have been widely studied, and ...
Family members of American activist arrested in Egypt
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Washington Egyptian authorities raided multiple homes and detained family members of Egyptian-American human rights activist Mohamed Soltan, his organization, the Freedom Initiative, said on Tuesday. A lawyer for So...
Climate activist Disha Ravi arrested in India over farmers’ protest ‘toolkit’
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New Delhi Supporters of a young climate activist arrested in India over a farmers' protest "toolkit," later shared by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, have called for her release. Delhi police confirmed the ...
Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul released from prison
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Loujain al-Hathloul, one of Saudi Arabia's most prominent women's rights campaigners, has been released after more than 1,000 days in prison for what critics have described as politically-motivated charges. Hathloul...
Male polar bear kills female bear during breeding attempt at Detroit Zoo
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A female polar bear was killed by a male bear during an attempt at breeding at the Detroit Zoo on Monday, according to a news release. Female Anana, who was 20 years old, and male Nuka, 16, had lived together withou...
Alleging her partner was abducted and tortured, Ugandan activist Stella Nyanzi flees to Kenya
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Kampala, Uganda Feminist and political activist Stella Nyanzi has fled to Kenya to seek asylum with her three children. Nyanzi, who a year ago was in prison for writing a poem which used an explicit description of th...
This Utah man invited homeless people to live in his front yard
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Less than five minutes' drive from downtown Salt Lake City sits the quiet neighborhood of Fairpark. The area hosts an annual state fair, a regional campus of Utah State University and modest homes with small yards. ...
Olympia, Washington police clear out hotel after it was ‘occupied’ by homeless activist group, city says
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Police cleared out a downtown Olympia, Washington hotel after a homeless activist group allegedly "forcibly occupied" the establishment Sunday to shelter unhoused people, the City of Olympia said in a statement late...
Sleep on the job? Company offers $3,000 for ‘Sleeping Beauty’ to test out mattresses
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What if you could get paid for sleeping? Well, guess what -- you can: $ 3,000 to be exact. Sleep Junkie, a mattress reviewing platform, is looking for a "Sleeping Beauty" who will get paid for snoozing. "Our Slee...
Honduran indigenous environmental activist killed in front of family
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Tegucigalpa, HondurasMasked men armed with guns and machetes killed a Honduran environmentalist activist in front of his family, police said on Monday, the latest in a string of such attacks in the Central American c...
Group of Alabama protesters places fake body bags on courthouse lawn to push for removal of Confederate flag and monument
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For months, a group of protesters in Alabama has been fighting for the removal of a Confederate flag and a Confederate monument that sit in front of the Marshall County Courthouse in Albertville. Last week, protest...