US Marine Charged with Murder in Philippines

    Joseph Scott Pemberton, a U.S. Marine, has been charged by Philippines prosecutors with murder for allegedly killing Jennifer Laude, a 26-year-old transgender Filipina woman, in October of this year. Laude was brutally beaten and murdered in the port city of Olongapo on October 2 and Pemberton was the last individual seen with her in the…

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      Warsaw Has Lots of Apples – and Candles

      WARSAW — People in Poland are eating apples these days. Lots of apples. Here in Warsaw, they’re pressed into your hands at a street festival, or baked into piles of pies and cakes. You see them everywhere. It’s an act of defiance. Moscow has banned the importing of fruits and vegetables to Russia, in retaliation…

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        Steiner will have a ‘talk’ with Gutierrez

        Haas team boss Guenther Steiner has said that he will be talking with Esteban Gutierrez in Abu Dhabi, following the pair’s heated exchange in Brazil. Gutierrez’ exit from the race sparked a flash of anger, with the driver displaying an attitude of discourtesy towards Steiner when the Haas boss attempted to settle him down. The…

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          Traffic masked McLaren’s ‘good pace’ – Button

          Jenson Button believes McLaren-Honda had “good pace” at the Mexican Grand Prix but could not show it after he and team-mate Fernando Alonso spent their first stints stuck in traffic. Starting from 13th on the grid, the 2009 world champion had a rather uneventful race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, only using his one-stop strategy…

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            Alonso benchmark only a positive for Vandoorne

            Stoffel Vandoorne believes having Fernando Alonso as a benchmark in his debut season at McLaren will be a good thing for his career. Jenson Button’s decision to take a year off racing in F1 in 2017 allowed McLaren to promote Vandoorne from his reserve driver role, with the highly-regarded Belgian having replaced the injured Alonso for this…

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