The Daily Populous

Sunday January 26th, 2020 morning edition

image for FIRST ON CBS7: Three-year-old shot by Midland Police during search, according to father

The Department of Public Safety is investigating after a 3-year-old was shot in an officer-involved shooting.

The girl’s family reached out to CBS7 and told us this all started when officers came into their house without announcing themselves.

Texas Rangers said they’re not releasing any details for now on how a 3-year-old ended up in a Lubbock hospital with a bullet wound in her back.

“She’s in a lot of pain,” the girl’s father, Luis Gomez said.

But the child’s father said his 16-year-old son was home alone with the girl when something crashed into their window.

“And he heard the front door kicked in, so he thought someone was robbing us or something,” Gomez said.

However, he said while the officers had a search warrant, they didn’t announce themselves when they came in. »

The Video of Donald Trump Telling Associates to “Get Rid of” Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Has Been Released

Authored by motherjones.com

On Friday, ABC reported that a recording by Lev Parnas from April 2018 captured President Donald Trump telling associates that he wanted to “get rid” of the United States Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch.

The video, which according to BuzzFeed was released by Joseph Bondy, a lawyer for Parnas, is over an hour long.

Trump said this, according to ABC, after Parnas told him that Yovanovitch was a “problem” and was “basically walking around telling everybody, ‘Wait, he’s gonna get impeached. »

EU: We May Need a Law to Force iPhones to Adopt USB-C

Authored by pcmag.com

On Monday, members of European Parliament urged the European Commission to take regulatory action to force every smartphone vendor to adopt a single charging method.

In response, the commission plans to consider a "legislative approach" to tackling the issue, Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said following the debate.

However, it's done so by encouraging tech vendors to voluntarily adopt a single charging standard, rather than demanding the change through regulation or law. »

STAR TREK: PICARD Premieres with the Biggest Audience in the History of CTV Sci-Fi Channel – Bell Media

Authored by bellmedia.ca

ET, Picard begins investigating the mystery of Dahj as well as what her very existence means to the Federation.

Without Starfleet’s support, Picard is left leaning on others for help, including Dr. Agnes Jurati (Alison Pill) and an estranged former colleague, Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd).

Meanwhile, hidden enemies are also interested in where Picard’s search for the truth about Dahj will lead. »

Pharrell Made Only $2,700 In Songwriter Royalties From 43 Million Plays Of ‘Happy’ On Pandora | Business Insider

Authored by kolumnmagazine.com
image for

His song “Happy” secured him Grammy nominations for Best Music Video and Best Pop Solo Performance.

Despite Pharrell’s ubiquity, “Happy” made $2,700 in publisher and songwriter royalties from 43 million Pandora streams in the first quarter of 2014, according to an email from music publisher Sony/ATV CEO Marty Bandier obtained by Digital Music News.

In the letter, Bandier said a million streams of a song on Pandora yields roughly just $60 in royalties. »