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Here's why this year's flu shot is painful
If you got your flu shot recently, your arm likely felt as though it had been sucker-punched in the days afterward. (And if you haven’t received the vaccine yet, here’s your friendly PSA to stop putting it off.)
2020 Vision: A burning AOC offers a scary preview of next year's attack ads
Record $3.1 million paid in New Year's tuna auction at Japan's new market
A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $ 3.1 million for a giant tuna Saturday as Tokyo’s new fish market, which replaced the world-famous Tsukiji late last year, held its first pre-dawn New Year’s auction. Bidding stopped at a whopping 333.6 million yen for the enormous 278-kilogramme (612-pound) fish — an endangered species — that was caught off Japan’s northern coast. Self-styled “Tuna King” Kiyoshi Kimura paid the top price, which doubled the previous record of 155 million yen also paid by him in 2013.
U.S. fires tear gas to deter migrants making New Year's run at border
U.S. border agents launched tear gas into Mexico early Tuesday to deter a group of migrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border at Tijuana, according to a Reuters witness and the U.S. government. Clouds of the noxious gas could be seen wafting up from around the fence at the border, and one migrant picked up a canister and threw it back across the border into U.S. territory. Tijuana has become a flashpoint in the debate over U.S. immigration policy, which has been intensified by the recent deaths of two migrant children in U.S. custody and a partial U.S. government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s $ 5 billion demand to lawmakers for a wall along the border with Mexico.
DUI suspect gets foot stuck in steering wheel after New Year's Eve crash
9 hurt as car rams into famous Tokyo street on New Year's Eve
Nine people were hurt, one seriously, when a man deliberately ploughed his car into crowds celebrating New Year’s Eve along a famous Tokyo street, police and media said Tuesday. With an “intent to murder”, a man identified as 21-year-old Kazuhiro Kusakabe drove a small vehicle into Takeshita Street in Tokyo’s fashion district of Harajuku at 10 minutes past midnight, a police spokesman told AFP. According to national broadcaster NHK, Kusakabe told police he was acting in “retribution for the death penalty” without giving more precise details.
9 hurt as car rams into famed Tokyo street on New Year's Eve
Nine people were hurt, one seriously, when a man deliberately ploughed his car into crowds celebrating New Year’s Eve along a famous Tokyo street, police and media said Tuesday. With an “intent to murder”, 21-year-old Kazuhiro Kusakabe drove a small vehicle into Takeshita Street in Tokyo’s fashion district of Harajuku at 10 minutes past midnight, a police spokesman told AFP. According to national broadcaster NHK, Kusakabe told police he was acting in “retribution for the death penalty” without giving more precise details.
Vehicle plows into New Year's crowd in Tokyo, injures eight people
At least eight people were injured, one seriously, when a vehicle plowed into crowds celebrating New Year’s Day in Tokyo early on Tuesday. A police spokesman said the driver had been detained and national broadcaster NHK said the man had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. NHK said the suspect had initially described the incident as an “act of terror” but later said the attack was in retaliation for capital punishment.
New Year's Eve party in Times Square to cheer for press freedom
Reporters will be the guests of honor at the New Year’s Eve party in New York’s Times Square on Monday, in what organizers said was a celebration of press freedom after an unusually deadly year for journalists at U.S. news outlets. Two attacks in particular weighed on organizers as they discussed in autumn whom to give the honor of initiating the ceremonial ball drop just before midnight, according to Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance. One was the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi columnist for the Washington Post and U.S. resident, inside a Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey.
Best Post-Christmas and New Year's Sales for 2018
Luckily, the span between Christmas and New Year’s Day (and even into January) is a great time to shop. The biggest perk of the Big Lots end-of-year sale is that it’s not item-specific. Plus, during the sale, you’ll find clearance toys and Christmas items up to 50 percent off.
