The Daily Populous

Many of us are already conditioned to ignore phone calls from unknown numbers.

A new study seems to validate that M.O. By next year, nearly half of the mobile phone calls we get will be scams, according to a new report from First Orion, a company that provides calls management and protection for T-Mobile, MetroPCs, Virgin Mobile and others.

The company works with carrier giants like T-Mobile to alert consumers of scam calls by displaying "Scam Likely" as caller ID on their phones. »

California is ‘launching our own damn satellite’ to track pollution, with help from Planet.

California plans to launch a satellite to monitor pollution in the state and contribute to climate science, Governor Jerry Brown announced today.

“With science still under attack and the climate threat growing, we’re launching our own damn satellite,” Brown said today. »

Members of the International Whaling Commission defeated a Japanese proposal to reinstate commercial whaling at a meeting in Brazil on Friday.

Other countries argued that many whale populations are still vulnerable and that whaling is increasingly seen as unacceptable.

Some, however, say the research program remains a cover for commercial whaling because the whale meat is sold for food. »

MIAMI - A Miami-Dade police lieutenant accused of molesting a girl over the course of two years appeared in court Friday, where he was ordered to be held without bond.

According to the arrest warrant, the victim told her psychologist Sept. 5 about what had happened to her.

Authorities said Gonzalez then led the girl to his bedroom, where he had her lay down on his bed and molested her. »