The Daily Populous

Tuesday January 16th, 2024 morning edition

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Three Missouri men went to watch a football game at a house in Kansas City, say friends and family.

Three days later, those three friends were found dead outside the home.

Days after the bodies of these men were discovered, the Kansas City Police Department is revealing their identities — 38-year-old Ricky Johnson, 37-year-old David Harrington and 36-year-old Clayton McGeeney.

The bodies of all three men were discovered late Tuesday night when McGeeney's fiancée went to the house looking for the men, according to a spokesperson for the Kansas City Police Department.

Two friends of the men who spoke with Inside Edition Digital say that the three had all gone to the house on Sunday to watch the Kansas City Chiefs game, and no one had heard from them since that time.

She discovered the first dead body on the back porch, according to the police spokesperson.

"This man [redacted] was inside his home alive while my friends were dead in his yard for lord knows how long. »

Ubisoft Wants You To Be Comfortable Not Owning Your Games

Authored by kotaku.com
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And a big part of this, says the publisher’s director of subscriptions, Philippe Tremblay, is getting players “comfortable” with not owning their games.

It’s hard to keep up with how often Ubisoft has rebranded its online portals for its games, with Uplay, Ubisoft Game Launcher, Ubisoft Connect, Uplay+, Uplay Passport, Ubisoft Club, and now Ubisoft+ Premium and Ubisoft+ Classics, all names used over the last decade or so.

It’s also seemed faintly bewildering why there’s a demand for any of them, given Ubisoft released only five non-mobile games last year. »

At least five killed in Iran strikes on Iraq and Syria

Authored by thenationalnews.com
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At least five civilians, including two children, have been killed in Iranian ballistic missile attacks in the Iraqi Kurdish region and northern Syria on Monday night.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed responsibility for the attacks on the Kurdish capital of Erbil and northern Syria.

Five days after the killing, Iran fired missiles at a base in Iraq housing US troops and another near Erbil, wounding several US troops. »

Tibetan woman detained and beaten for social media posts critical of China

Authored by rfa.org

A Tibetan woman known for outspoken criticism of China on social media was detained and beaten by police in western China’s Qinghai province, sources inside the country told Radio Free Asia.

It was the second time in three years she had been detained.

Tso has drawn police attention in the past for her postings on social media platforms. »

Iran launches ballistic missiles towards U.S. forces in Iraqi Kurdistan

Authored by i24news.tv
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The strikes led to the suspension of air traffic at the Erbil airport, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.

The counter-terrorism service in Iraqi Kurdistan confirmed the thwarted attack, but there is no official information on potential casualties or damage to infrastructure.

Additionally, Sky News reported that several missiles were intercepted before reaching the U.S. base at Erbil airport. »