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New York Times

Parents of Besieged Hong Kong Protesters Come to the Front Lines

Amazon Deforestation in Brazil Rose Sharply on Bolsonaro’s Watch

Another Way of Counting San Francisco’s Homeless Population

Jeffrey Epstein Suicide: Two Jail Workers Arrested

Sweden Drops Julian Assange Rape Inquiry

Who Is Alexander Vindman? White House Aide Reported Ukraine Concerns

CBC Canada

Thousands of CN Rail employees head on strike, but talks continue (The Canadian Press)

Hockey Canada dropping 'midget,' other traditional minor age group names (The Canadian Press)

'Take down the dam': Rio Tinto Alcan sued over B.C. river damage (Betsy Trumpener)

UCP denies political interference over plan to fire election commissioner (CBC News)

Fraudsters steal $98K from disabled teen's account (Karin Larsen)

Omar Khadr appeal in American military court faces additional delay: lawyer (The Canadian Press)

arstechnica.com

Google &Samsung fix Android spying flaw. Other makers may still be vulnerable

Hugh Laurie captains a sinking space cruise ship in teaser for Avenue 5

Half-Life: Alyx: What we know about Valve’s upcoming full-length VR game

Giving autonomous cars a theory of mind improves their integration

iFixit’s 16-inch MacBook Pro teardown reveals same old keyboard we know and love

Comcast trying to drive local sports network out of business, lawsuit says

CBC Ottawa

Stone, wood, copper: Public gets say on new central library's 'look and feel' (Hillary Johnstone)

Ontario considers changes to judicial appointments process, AG says (The Canadian Press)

It's been 2 straight weeks of below-average temperatures in Ottawa (CBC News)

'The Commute': a poem from a listener (Doug Hempstead)

This man pulls 19th-century logs from the bottom of the Ottawa River to make stunning hardwood floor (CBC)

Ottawa woman attacked at resort in Mexico (Darren Major)

CBC Top Stories

Thousands of CN Rail employees go on strike as talks continue (The Canadian Press)

Sweden not proceeding with Assange rape investigation (The Associated Press)

More than 100 fires burn across Australia's east coast (Reuters)

Crown seeks Supreme Court of Canada hearing in Via Rail terror case (Jim Bronskill)

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Trump hearings: White House officials to kick off big impeachment week (The Associated Press)

Slashdot.org

Microsoft Teams Hits 20M Daily Users, Up 50% in 4 Months (slashdot)

Sweden Drops Julian Assange Rape Investigation (slashdot)

Why Office Noise Bothers Some People More Than Others (slashdot)

MIT Teaches Autonomous Cars How To Deal With Selfish Drivers (slashdot)

China Now Launches More Rockets Than Anyone In the World (slashdot)

'Royalty-Free' Music Supplied By YouTube Results In Mass Video Demonetization (slashdot)

Engadget.com

7-Eleven now offers voice ordering through Alexa and Google Home

Verizon expands 5G to 'parts of' Boston, Houston and Sioux Falls

Samsung update brings Watch Active2 features to earlier Watch models

Amazon's Fire TV Blaster brings voice control to entire home theater setups

Ask Engadget: What browser plug-ins will help with holiday shopping?

Google's redesigned 'My Devices' page now tracks computers