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The Hollywood sign as it normally appears. (Image: Oreos.)Artist who changed Hollywood sign to 'Hollyweed' sur...
According to LAPD, Fernandez went to the police station accompanied by his lawyer, where he confessed to have changed the sign and was bailed out shortly thereafter for $1,000. LAPD charged Fernandez with trespassing; earlier reports indicated vandalism charges were ruled out as he used black and white tarps to alter the letter "O" to read lowercase "e". The s...

Herzog on a 1975 Rhineland-Palatinate state election poster. (Image: Christian Democrats.)Roman Herzog, former German president, dies aged 82
Roman Herzog, seventh president of Germany, who was in the office from 1994 to 1999, died yesterday in Bad Mergentheim, current president Joachim Gauck confirmed. He was 82. Herzog on a 1975 Rhineland-Palatinate state election poster. Image: Christian Democrats. Born on April 5, 1934 in Landshut, Bavaria, Herzog studied law at Munich University. His fat...

Vice President Joe Biden presided over the U.S. Congress as they counted the electoral votes from the 2016 presidential election. (Image: Wikimedia Commons.)U.S. Congress confirms electoral college vote for Tr...
Friday, the U.S. Congress completed the official counting of the electoral college votes, confirming Donald Trump's pending U.S. presidency under their own authority. In most years, this is a formality, but amid concerns about Trump's losing the popular vote by a considerable margin, Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, and allegations that ...

Rafsanjani in 2015. (Image: Siamak Ebrahimi.)Former Irani president Rafsanjani dies, aged 82
Yesterday, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, president of Iran from 1989 to 1997, died in hospital in Tehran after a heart attack, Iran's state television reported. He was 82 years old. Rafsanjani in 2015. Image: Siamak Ebrahimi. Born in 1934, Rafsanjani studied theology in Qom. He was one of the leaders of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran which overthre...

Puri in 2010. (Image: gdcgraphics.)Indian actor Om Puri dies
Indian film actor Om Puri died this morning of heart failure at his Mumbai home, according to reports. He was 66. Born in Haryana in 1950, Puri trained at the Film and Television Institute of India. He starred in both arthouse and conventional movies, making his début in Ghashiram Kotwal in 1976. He gained national prominence in the 1980s and 1990s. Internati...

 ()At least 56 killed in Brazil prison riot
According to Amazonas state Public Security Secretary Sergio Fontes, members of two criminal organisations, the Família do Norte (FDN) and the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), were involved. The conflict started on Sunday. It lasted at least seventeen hours until the authorities quelled the riot on Monday at 7 a.m. local time, according to Fontes. Accordin...

Yaakov Neeman in 2012 (Image: Oyoyoy.)Israeli ex-minister Yaakov Neeman dies aged 77
Born in 1939 in Tel Aviv, Neeman, alongside future President Chaim Herzog, founded law firm Herzog, Fox and Neeman in 1972. He was appointed finance minister in 1979, a position he held until 1981. He was later appointed justice minister by Netanyahu, based on his legal training and loyalty. Unusually for a senior minister, he had never served in the Knesset....

The Hollywood sign as it normally appears. (Image: Oreos.)Hollywood sign modified to read 'Hollyweed'
The Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, California was modified to read "Hollyweed" on Sunday. Security camera footage shows the perpetrator was dressed all in black, said Sergeant Robert Payan. The Hollywood sign as it normally appears. Image: Oreos. Christopher Garcia, a spokesperson of the Los Angeles Police Department, said the suspected male offender is...

Bujumbura, from file. (Image: SteveRwanda.)Gunman kills Burundi environment minister Emmanuel N...
A gunman shot Burundi environment minister Emmanuel Niyonkuru dead early on Sunday, local time (UTC+2). Police said they detained a woman accompanying Niyonkuru. The 54-year-old minister was returning home for the night in Bujumbura. Burundi has seen turbulence since President Pierre Nkurunziza sought a third term in early 2015, winning it in a disputed elect...

The wrecked bow of RMS Titanic (Image: U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Institute for Exploration/University of Rhode Island.)UK documentary claims fire weakened RMS Titanic
A documentary broadcast on Sunday on the UK's Channel 4 claims the RMS Titanic was weakened by a three-week fire before its infamous 1912 sinking. The wrecked bow of RMS Titanic Image: U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Institute for Exploration/University of Rhode Island. More than 1,500 people died when the vessel sank partway betwee...

Fishing boats at Muara Angke port, from file. (Image: Wie146.)Ferry burns near Jakarta, killing passengers
A manifest listed 100 passengers, but officials estimated over 200 were on board. Sumarsono, acting governor of Jakarta, dismissed suggestions the vessel was overloaded. Its blackened wreckage was towed back to Muara Angke. Rescuers continue to search for bodies. As of earlier today, nine of the injured remained in hospital. Three bodies have been identified ...

A courtroom at the Helsinki District Court, from file. (Image: MakeF.)Helsinki court jails anti-drug chief Jari Aarnio for...
Aarnio, who maintains his innocence, was among thirteen defendants prosecuted over the import and distribution of Dutch hashish totaling about 800 kg in 2011–12. Ordered into immediate custody, Aarnio was convicted of all 22 charges he faced. Five were of aggravated drug offence, with other offences including official misconduct, threatening a suspect, and agg...

Modern-day Montevideo, from file. (Image: Maryam Laura Moazedi.)Uruguay ex-ruler Gregorio Alvarez dies at age 91
Military health authorities on Wednesday announced the death of Gregorio Alvarez, military ruler of Uruguay from 1981–85. He was 91 years old. Alvarez was serving a 25-year term imposed in 2009 for 37 homicides, and other human rights violations. He was initially detained in 2007 suspected of kidnapping dissidents living in exile in Argentina. Hundreds vanish...

Lady with an Ermine (Image: Leonardo da Vinci.)Poland pays €100m for Czartoryski art collection
Poland yesterday announced the purchase of the Czartoryski art collection for about €100million (US$105m; £85m). It is worth an estimated €2billion. Amongst the roughly 86,000 artworks is Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci. Lady with an Ermine alone is thought to be worth more than the government paid for the full collection; it is insured, the governme...

 ()South African killer, rapist, serial escapee Ananias...
Ananias Mathe, an infamous South African criminal, died on Tuesday in hospital. His offences included rape and murder, and he escaped custody several times. Mathe, from Mozambique, had been suffering digestive problems for weeks according to the prison service. He died on Tuesday in the King Edward VIII Hospital in Durban. He was resident in a high-security p...

Microscope image of Ebola particles. (Image: NIAID.)Study confirms efficacy of NewLink Genetics ebola va...
A study published last Thursday in The Lancet found the rVSV-ZEVOB ebola vaccine can provide up to 100% protection against onset of Zaire ebolavirus, one of the two most common strains of ebola, responsible for most of the cases observed in humans. Iowa-based NewLink Genetics, which owns the rights to rVSV-ZEVOB, on Friday announced hope the US Food and Drug A...

The crashed aircraft in May this year. (Image: Alexander Usanov.)Plane carrying 92 crashes into Black Sea near Sochi
A military plane carrying 92 people crashed into the Black Sea two minutes after departing Sochi, Russia yesterday. The crashed aircraft in May this year. Image: Alexander Usanov. The Tupolev Tu-154 was heading to Syria and was carrying 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble, Russia's military choir. Nobody is thought to have survived. At least eleven bo...

The shopping area by the station, where the blaze started. (Image: そらみみ
(CC BY-SA 4.0).)Fire engulfs 140 buildings in Itoigawa, Japan
A fire on Thursday engulfed at least 140 buildings in Itoigawa, Japan. The inferno injured, by varying reports, at least eight people. The coastal town in the northern prefecture of Niigata's many traditional wooden buildings burned easily, fanned by winds of 56kph (35mph). Narrow streets hampered firefighters. "Sparks of fire flew around," one local resident...

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