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Reddit down for users in parts of US and Europe Reddit, the social news aggregation site, has stopped working for users in the eastern US and parts of western Europe. The website is failing to load for users in the affected areas and returning a “504 Gateway Time-out” error message. DownDetector.com has registered thousands of problems with the website in the past couple of hours. Some of its regular users vented their frustration at the outage on Twitter, while others found a temporary workaround by accessing it through an older version of the site or ‘Old Reddit.’ Reddit is down pic.twitter.com/JKRt3p933o— maybe it’s maeby (@ca11memaeby) January 15, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js #Redditdown... #Absolut...

Author & liberal Stephen King tweets that quality trumps diversity… and woke crowds are sharpening the blades Stephen King has found himself the target of Twitter’s woke army, after having the audacity to argue that quality is more important than diversity when it comes to art. His attempt to clarify the issue only brought more attacks. The famed author – revered by many on social media for his outspoken liberal views – was barraged by angry messages after weighing in on a debate sparked by this year’s Academy Award nominees, who have been criticized for not being adequately diverse. Noting that as a writer he is allowed to offer nominations in three categories – Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Screenplay – King disclose...

Pelosi announces impeachment managers before House votes to send articles to Senate for trial (VIDEO) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has named the House Democrats who will serve as seven impeachment managers - or prosecutors outlining the case - in the Senate trial of President Donald Trump. The case against Trump will be led by California Rep. Adam Schiff, who as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee led the initial impeachment inquiry against Trump. House Judiciary chair Rep. Jerry Nadler (New York) will act as Schiff’s second in command. A long-time opponent of Trump, Nadler’s committee drafted the articles of impeachment following Schiff’s inquiry. Democrat Reps Zoe Lofgren (California), Hakeem Jeffries (New York), Val Demings (Florida), Jaso...

Alicante airport evacuated after roof catches fire (VIDEOS) Flights have been delayed and diverted and passengers evacuated from Alicante airport in Southern Spain after the roof of one of the buildings caught fire Wednesday afternoon. Airport operator Aena confirmed that the airport is on lockdown until the blaze is brought under control. The cause of the fire, which began at approximately 13:30pm local time, is not yet known. #ULTIMAHORA Incendio en el aeropuerto de Alicante Elche @aena informa que evacuan la terminal @A3Noticias @La1_tve @informativost5 @informacion_es @la_informacion @EFEnoticias pic.twitter.com/sZKhWtUnLe— Andrea Pérez (@andreapt85) January 15, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js ? URGENT...

Militants launch 4 rockets from Gaza Strip, 2 intercepted – Israel Israel’s military said on Wednesday that Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired four rockets at southern Israel. Two were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system, it said. There were no reports of injuries or damage, AP said. The rocket attacks from the Palestinian enclave were the first in nearly a month. They came amid international efforts to bolster an informal truce between Israel and Gaza’s ruling Hamas militant group. The two sides have been conducting indirect negotiations through Egyptian, UN and Qatari mediators aimed at easing an Israeli blockade of the territory in exchange for a halt to rocket fire. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the rocket attacks.
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