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This British family of 8 disappeared into ISIS territory in October 2015 and have never been found (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)
A week before Farzana Ameen disappeared from Bradford, England in October 2015, she flew to Pakistan, left her bedridden mother with relatives there, and came back. Then she boarded a one-way flight to Turkey with her husband Imran and their five children, including five-year-old Mohammed, and was never seen again. — Read the rest The post This British family of 8 disappeared into ISIS territory in October 2015 and have never been found appeared first on Boing Boing.
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This 2-day sale on Sam's Club Plus access is worth it for the members-only gas prices alone (mer., 29 avril 2026)
TL;DR: Pay $60 (usually $110) for two days only, get a year of Sam's Club Plus perks, and stop overpaying for stuff you buy anyway. Let's not overcomplicate things. If you're already buying groceries, household stuff, and random must-have items, there's no reason to keep paying full price. — Read the rest The post This 2-day sale on Sam's Club Plus access is worth it for the members-only gas prices alone appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Scientists found ice with a 304-molecule repeating pattern (mer., 29 avril 2026)
Ice-9, in Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle, is a fictional polymorph of water that stays solid at room temperature and converts every drop it touches into more of itself. Real ice doesn't work that way, but the underlying idea — that water takes radically different crystalline forms — is legitimate science. — Read the rest The post Scientists found ice with a 304-molecule repeating pattern appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Resorts World NYC opens first full casino in New York City with live table games in Queens (mer., 29 avril 2026)
New York City’s gambling landscape shifted in a major way this week as a long-running slots venue in Queens officially… Continue reading Resorts World NYC opens first full casino in New York City with live table games in Queens The post Resorts World NYC opens first full casino in New York City with live table games in Queens appeared first on ReadWrite.
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US soldier pleads not guilty in first prediction market insider trading case tied to Polymarket bets (mer., 29 avril 2026)
A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier has pleaded not guilty to federal charges accusing him of using classified knowledge to… Continue reading US soldier pleads not guilty in first prediction market insider trading case tied to Polymarket bets The post US soldier pleads not guilty in first prediction market insider trading case tied to Polymarket bets appeared first on ReadWrite.
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CFTC Sues Wisconsin in Escalating Fight Over Prediction Market Regulation (mer., 29 avril 2026)
Federal regulators have taken Wisconsin to court, turning up the heat in a widening fight over who gets to police… Continue reading CFTC Sues Wisconsin in Escalating Fight Over Prediction Market Regulation The post CFTC Sues Wisconsin in Escalating Fight Over Prediction Market Regulation appeared first on ReadWrite.
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