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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 2016
Page
6
Idris Elba secures the SAG supporting actor prize for Beasts of No Nation and adds a second SAG trophy for Luther in the TV movie miniseries category. He was notably snubbed by the Oscar nominations, fueling backlash over the all white acting slate.
A brawl at the Colorado Motorcycle Expo at the National Western Complex in Denver involved guns and knives. Four people were shot and one stabbed, with seven hospitalized. Police said there were multiple shooters and no arrests yet. The event was canceled.
Facebook and Instagram will prohibit global users from coordinating private gun sales, part of a broader regulated goods policy revision. The move follows concerns about loopholes in background checks and recent mass shootings as policy tightens.
Canadian officials report five Alberta men aged 41 to 55 died in an avalanche while snowmobiling with 17 others in four groups about 12 miles east of McBride British Columbia. The BC Coroners Service and RCMP are investigating the incident.
The article notes frequent misspellings of Bogota Colombia as Columbia and cites Emilio Pombo and Carlos Pardo promoting It's Colombia Not Columbia. It references Steve Harvey's Miss Universe error and celebrity misnaming by Bieber Hilton Nixon and others. A moon mission flag relic and a Nixon plaque underscore national pride in correct spelling.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended the open door policy while signaling most refugees from Syria and Iraq will go home once conflicts end. She rejected calls to cap arrivals as conservative support wanes amid security concerns and Cologne assaults. Merkel said temporary status applies and families should return when peace returns.
A migrant boat sank off Turkey as it attempted to reach Lesbos from Canakkale, killing 33 people including five children. The coast guard rescued 75 others, while the incident adds to a European migration crisis with 55,500 sea arrivals and 244 deaths this year per IOM data. Migrants hailed from Syria Afghanistan and Myanmar. Italy later rescued 31 from three dinghies near Kos and 15 more on the island.
Masked black clad men roamed Stockholm on Friday night handing leaflets threatening migrants as police reported two arrests. The incident follows rising immigration tensions in Sweden and a stabbing at a center for unaccompanied asylum seekers. Witnesses said hooligans linked to local soccer teams attacked people. leaflets echoed on social media. Aimed at North African street children, the statement drew swift scrutiny amid ongoing safety concerns.
FBI negotiators press on with four armed protesters at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns Oregon as videos show defiance and claims of constitutional rights. Tensions rise four days after a fatal shooting during arrests of leader Ammon Bundy and others.
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