The Daily Populous

Thursday August 1st, 2019 evening edition

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(CNN) A former Florida deputy stands accused of falsifying at least 14 drug arrests.

Steven O'Leary was arrested Monday on charges of official misconduct, making false statements, tampering with evidence, false imprisonment, petit theft and battery.

For those charges, a judge set his bond at $1 million Wednesday.

An attorney for O'Leary was not listed in court records, and it is unknown if he has representation.

CNN has reached out to the Florida Police Benevolent Association, but it is unknown if the agency represents O'Leary.

Over the 11 months he was working as a deputy in Martin County, O'Leary made 86 drug arrests, according to a 47-page investigative report.

Some of those, the report said, were people being wrongly arrested and held in jail for several days. »

Rammstein's guitarists kiss onstage during Russia performance to protest anti-LGBTQ laws

Authored by thehill.com

Guitarists Paul Landers and Richard Kruspe kissed onstage as the band performed “Ausländer,” German for "foreigner," The Independent reported.

"Russia, we love you," the band said in an Instagram post accompanied by an image of the musicians' kiss.

The moment gained international attention considering Russia's policies banning “the promotion of non-traditional sexual relationships” to youth. »

What the brains of people with excellent general knowledge look like

Authored by news.rub.de
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The brains of people with excellent general knowledge are particularly efficiently wired.

The participants also completed a general knowledge test called the Bochum Knowledge Test, which was developed in Bochum by Dr. Rüdiger Hossiep.

The result: People with a very efficient fibre network had more general knowledge than those with less efficient structural networking. »

Iran Claims Saudi Arabia Killed Over '3000 Americans' And Still Gets to 'Have Nuclear Weapons'

Authored by newsweek.com

Trump acknowledged in January that "Iran is killing ISIS," also known as the Islamic State militant group, and back in 2011 called Saudi Arabia "the world's biggest funder of terrorism."

Also in 2016, Iran and Saudi Arabia officially cut ties following a spat in which Saudi Arabia executed a popular Shiite Muslim cleric and Iranian protesters burned down Riyadh's embassy in Tehran.

While Trump has vetoed congressional attempts to end military assistance to Saudi Arabia, he faces a new battle over his administration's transfer of nuclear technology. »

1 in 5 companies say China stole their IP within the last year: CNBC

Authored by cnbc.com

One in five North American-based corporations on the CNBC Global CFO Council says Chinese companies have stolen their intellectual property within the last year.

In all, 7 of the 23 companies surveyed say that Chinese firms have stolen from them over the past decade.

1 based on "significant progress" he said is being made — the issue of IP theft has been a huge sticking point. »