Tuesday, August 29th, 2017
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Read MoreKathy Griffin retracts apology for decapitated Trump photo: ‘I am no longer sorry, the whole outrage was B.S.’
After Kathy Griffin was photographed in May holding a fake bloodied, severed head of President Trump, she issued what appeared to be a heartfelt apology. But fast forward three months later, and the comedian has had a change of tune about the photo, taken by celebrity photographer Tyler Shields. “I am no longer sorry, the whole outrage was B.S.,” Griffin told “Sunrise”, an Australian morning TV show, on Tuesday. “The whole thing got so blown out of proportion, and I lost everybody. Like, I had Chelsea Clinton tweeting against me.
Read MoreStriking differences in rates of suicide attempts between provinces revealed in mental health findings – Health #CBC
Young people between 16 and 24 years old have more challenges than other age groups in getting mental health and addiction services in Canada, a new study comparing mental health care across five provinces has found. “Wherever we looked, they were the group that had the poorest access to care,” said Dr. Paul Kurdyak, senior scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and co-author of the report. “This is a real problem because this is the age at which mental illnesses have their first onset. So you want really rapid access,” said
Read MoreNHC says system west of Cabo Verde has 90 percent chance of becoming cyclone
(Reuters) – A low-pressure area west of the Cabo Verde Islands has a 90 percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday. “This system continues to become better organized, and any significant increase in the associated thunderstorm activity would result in the formation of a tropical depression within the next day or two,” the Miami-based forecaster said. Reporting by Swati Verma in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Cooney Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Source link #USA #News
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Stars, virtual reality and migrants to dominate Venice film fest
VENICE (Reuters) – A refugee documentary by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, a horror film starring Jennifer Lawrence and George Clooney’s latest directorial effort are all tipped as must-sees at the Venice film fest set to open on the Lido island on Wednesday. Top Hollywood talent and auteur directors will be vying for the Golden Lion at the world’s oldest film festival which, after a period in the doldrums, is again considered a launching pad for the industry’s award season, after it premiered Academy winners in its last four editions. Space
Read MoreNeighbors form human chain to help pregnant woman in labor wade through Houston floodwaters
A Houston mom who went into labor as floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey surrounded her apartment was helped to a rescue truck by a human chain of neighbors and firefighters. Annie Smith, 32, said she was mentally preparing herself to have to undergo a home birth on Sunday as she and her husband, Greg Smith, watched the rising floodwaters make their two-mile drive to the hospital no longer an option. “When I saw all the flooding I turned to Greg and was like, ‘I’m really starting to get scared now,’” Smith Read More
Ship that sank in Cambridge Bay 87 years ago finally on journey home to Norway – North #CBC
It’s a milestone seven years in the making: 87 years since the Maud sank near Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, the vessel is finally on its journey home. Explorer Roald Amundsen’s ship sank in 1930 and sat in shallow coastal waters for decades, until Norwegian Jan Wanggaard and his team with the Maud Returns Home project got involved. ‘We are very happy,’ says Jan Wanggaard, project manager of Maud Returns Home team. (Kate Kyle/CBC) For years they worked to raise the Maud to the surface, as part of a repatriation effort to Read More