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Goodbye DUI: Drinking Alcohol in Self-Driving Cars Could Become Legal

by | Oct 5, 2017 |

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media.    Australia — As Anti-Media reported in September, governments around the world are beginning to take measures to accommodate for the rise of electric vehicles. Britain, France, India, and Norway have all set deadlines for when to have zero gas-powered cars on their roads, and China is looking into setting one of its own. Similarly, governments will be forced to craft rules applying to self-driving vehicles once they start becoming standard modes of transportation. It seems Australia recognizes this, as the government has instructed its...

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US Mother Sentenced to 7 Days in Jail for Refusing to Vaccinate Her Son

by | Oct 4, 2017 |

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media.    Michigan — Casting a spotlight on a highly controversial issue, a Michigan mother was jailed Wednesday for refusing to have her nine-year-old son vaccinated, the Associated Press reports. The case stems from a legal agreement the woman, Rebecca Bredow, had with her ex-husband to space out vaccinations for their son. When the shots began to get grouped together, the mother says, she grew concerned. “It wasn’t until they started grouping them together that I backed off of doing vaccines,” Bredow told local WXYZ. She says she began to...

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US Facing Backlash Over UN Vote on Death Penalty

by | Oct 4, 2017 |

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media.    Last week, the U.S. was in the minority when it voted against a United Nations (U.N.) resolution encouraging countries to move toward abolishing the death penalty. In addition to arguing against the practice on general principle, the U.N.’s Human Rights Council noted the disproportionate manner in which states tend to use it. The resolution, which passed by a vote of 27 to 13 with seven members abstaining, contends that countries more often use the death penalty in cases against “poor and economically vulnerable persons” and “persons...

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Puerto Rico May Ditch Oil to Build New Electric Grid Using Renewable Energies

by | Oct 3, 2017 |

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media.    Puerto Rico — With the majority of Puerto Rico’s 3.4 million citizens still without power following Hurricane Maria, the commonwealth’s government is floating the idea of starting from scratch as it rebuilds — ditching oil dependency and moving toward renewable energies. If the idea takes root, Puerto Rico’s new system will be comprised of a network of “microgrids” that can function independently and be tailored to specific regions, as TIME explained on Friday: “Microgrids incorporate small-scale power plants — think small solar arrays,...

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Over Half of Puerto Ricans Still Don’t Have Drinking Water, 95% Remain Without Power

by | Oct 3, 2017 |

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media.    Puerto Rico — On Tuesday, as Donald Trump visits a post-Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico, less than half of the commonwealth’s 3.4 million people have access to clean drinking water. Additionally, the Pentagon said in a press release over the weekend that 95 percent of Puerto Ricans remain without power two weeks after the storm. The president’s response to Puerto Rico’s crisis has been the subject of much press coverage. Some in the media have even commented on the noticeable difference between the Trump administration’s reaction to...

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Over Half of Puerto Ricans Still Don't Have Drinking Water, 95% Remain Without Power

by | Oct 3, 2017 |

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media.    Puerto Rico — On Tuesday, as Donald Trump visits a post-Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico, less than half of the commonwealth’s 3.4 million people have access to clean drinking water. Additionally, the Pentagon said in a press release over the weekend that 95 percent of Puerto Ricans remain without power two weeks after the storm. The president’s response to Puerto Rico’s crisis has been the subject of much press coverage. Some in the media have even commented on the noticeable difference between the Trump administration’s reaction to...

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It Begins: Feds Demand Facebook Hand Over Info on Anti-Trump Users

by | Sep 29, 2017 |

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media.    Washington, D.C. — Through a trio of search warrants, the Department of Justice (DoJ) is demanding Facebook hand over the personal information of potentially 6,000 of its users, it was revealed Thursday. According to CNN, which obtained court documents pertaining to the case, the DoJ warrants target the accounts of three “anti-administration activists who have spoken out at organized events, and who are generally very critical of this administration's policies.” That description comes from the three users’ attorneys, CNN  reports. It...

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China Silencing Opposition Ahead of Critical Communist Conference

by | Sep 29, 2017 |

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media.    It’s no secret that China has placed an incredible amount of importance on 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and the Asian superpower has and is taking steps to ensure the affair, set for October, goes off without a hitch. From Reuters on Thursday: “China is tightening security for next month’s twice-a-decade Communist Party Congress, cancelling police leave in Beijing, limiting tourism to Tibet, and clamping down on the spread of political rumors. “High-level meetings in China are typically accompanied by a...

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