| Fox News condemns host Jeanine Pirro's comments about Rep. Omar's hijab Posted: 11 Mar 2019 02:29 PM PDT  "Think about it. Omar wears a hijab," Pirro said, questioning if the head covering signals an "adherence to Sharia law."
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| Trump on Boeing crash: 'Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly' Posted: 12 Mar 2019 09:25 AM PDT  "Pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT," Trump tweeted. "I see it all the time in many products. Always seeking to go one unnecessary step further, when often old and simpler is far better."
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| New R. Kelly sex abuse tape discovered: lawyer Posted: 10 Mar 2019 02:36 PM PDT  Kelly is currently on bail after being accused of sexually abusing four women, including three teenagers, between May 1998 and January 2010. The latest discovery was announced by lawyer Gloria Allred at a press conference where she told journalists it was found by couple Gary and Sallie Dennis in a box of old VHS cassettes at their home. Neither Allred nor Dennis elaborated on how the tape came to be in the couple's possession.
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| PDVSA Crude Output Plunges on Venezuela Power Cuts Posted: 11 Mar 2019 11:00 AM PDT  Oil wells were halted and production stopped in some parts of the country as the industry depends on the national electricity grid, said the official, who asked not to be named since he's not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. Consultant Energy Aspects Ltd told clients in a note that Venezuelan oil production had fallen temporarily to as low as 500,000 barrels a day, more than 50 percent below 1.1 million barrels a day that the nation pumped in January. The impact will be reflected in official production reports for March and company president and Oil Minister Manuel Quevedo should provide details on the situation this week, the person said.
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| US tech giant Nvidia in biggest ever deal with $6.9bn takeover of Israel's Mellanox Posted: 11 Mar 2019 09:32 AM PDT  The US computer giant Nvidia has made its biggest-ever acquisition with a $6.9bn (£5.3bn) takeover of Israel's Mellanox. The deal represents a strategic shift towards cloud computing for Nvidia after a share crash at the end of last year triggered by the end of the cryptocurrency boom and slow sales of its computer game graphics chips. Nvidia is best known for graphical processors, which are used in video and game production but have also become surprisingly proficient at intensive computing tasks such as cryptocurrency mining and artificial intelligence. Its shares rose ten-fold between 2016 and last September amid booming interest in AI and the Bitcoin bubble, but lost half their value at the end of last year as cryptocurrency mining became unprofitable and sales of the graphics cards it sells to video gamers slowed, particularly in China. Mellanox's networking technology is used within data centres, the remote stacks of powerful computers used by companies to store and process vast amounts of information. Its technology transfers data at high speeds within and between the data centres, which are increasingly in demand due to the rise of cloud computing services in which companies rent server space from Amazon, Microsoft and others. Jensen Huang, Nvidia's chief executive, said: "The emergence of AI and data science, as well as billions of simultaneous computer users, is fueling skyrocketing demand on the world's data centers." The two companies have previously worked together on the world's two most powerful supercomputers, the IBM-built systems used by the US government. Nvidia reportedly beat away competition from Intel for the acquisition. Intel has also been leaning more heavily on its data centre business as the market for personal computers shrinks. It is by far the company's biggest acquisition to date, worth almost 20 times the $367m it paid for modem company Icera in 2011. Shares in Nvidia rose by more than 5pc on news of the deal.
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| How to stay cool under pressure, according to Barack Obama Posted: 11 Mar 2019 09:59 AM PDT  Former President Barack Obama shared his secrets on how he was able to remain calm and level-headed under immense pressure throughout his presidency while speaking at a tech conference this week. The 44th President of the United States told attendees in Salt Lake City, Utah on Wednesday that there some truth to his nickname "no drama Obama," despite admitting he would still be ridden with fear over making a mistake. It wasn't until his second term did Mr Obama experienced a "shedding of fear" that he said helped him perform better.
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| The Latest: EU chief says new Brexit deal is 'best possible' Posted: 11 Mar 2019 08:49 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on talks about Britain's departure from the European Union (all times local):
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| View 2019 Volvo V60 T5 Momentum Photos Posted: 11 Mar 2019 02:15 PM PDT |
| Here Come the Robot Submarines: Meet Boeing's 4 Huge Robotic Subs Posted: 11 Mar 2019 04:28 AM PDT  What can they do?
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| Trump budget seeks 5 percent cut in non-defense spending: OMB Posted: 10 Mar 2019 06:03 PM PDT  The Republican president's proposal, slated for release at 11:30 a.m. (1530 GMT) on the Office of Management and Budget's website, is expected to be the first volley in this year's bitter funding fight with Congress, which has control over federal purse strings. Democratic leaders in both the House and Senate immediately panned Trump's request for $8.6 billion to build a wall on the southern border with Mexico, reported by Reuters earlier on Sunday. Congress' refusal to grant him the funds led Trump to declare a national emergency so he could redirect funds approved for other purposes to the project.
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| Pound Slides as Optimism on May's Revised Brexit Deal Fizzles Posted: 12 Mar 2019 05:06 AM PDT  The pound slid in a swift turn of fortunes on speculation that a revised Brexit deal negotiated overnight won't pass Parliament. Sterling fell more than 1 percent after U.K. Attorney General Geoffrey Cox said that legal risks remained over the Irish backstop, damping the prospect of Prime Minister Theresa May garnering enough support from lawmakers in a vote Tuesday. "Sterling has been knocked back on the news that Cox is not throwing all of his weight behind last night's amendment to the Withdrawal Plan," said Jane Foley, currency strategist at Rabobank International.
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| Brexit tension sends pound tumbling Posted: 12 Mar 2019 09:45 AM PDT  The pound tumbled Tuesday after the UK government's top legal advisor cast doubt on Prime Minister Theresa May's last-gasp changes to her Brexit deal hours before a vital vote that few think May can win.
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| Elon Musk shoots back at US regulators, accusing them of 'retaliation and censorship' Posted: 11 Mar 2019 11:01 PM PDT  Tesla's chief executive Elon Musk shot back against US financial regulators on Monday, arguing that his recent tweet about his company's production numbers did not violate a previous fraud settlement and that he cannot be held in contempt. Lawyers for Mr Musk said that his "single, immaterial" tweet to more than 24 million Twitter followers, claiming that Tesla would produce around 500,000 electric cars in 2019, complied with the communications policy his company has been forced to adopt. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had asked a court in New York City to hold Musk in contempt, saying his tweet in February violated a fraud settlement from September which barred him from sharing material information about Tesla on social media without the company's pre-approval. Bur Mr Musk's lawyers argued in a court filing that the SEC was exceeding its power in attempting to hold him in contempt, saying its action "smacks of retaliation and censorship". "This contempt action, following Musk's sincerely-held criticism of the SEC on 60 Minutes [a US TV show], also reflects concerning and unprecedented overreach on the part of the SEC," the filing said. In December, Musk said in an interview with the US news programme 60 Minutes that: "I do not have respect for the SEC." The settlement between Musk, Tesla and the SEC resolved an SEC lawsuit over claims Mr Musk made on Twitter in August that he had "funding secured" to take Tesla private at $420 per share. The SEC called those tweets "false and misleading", and a deal never materialized. As part of that settlement, Musk stepped down as the company's chairman and he and Tesla agreed to pay $20m each (£15m) in fines. The renewed public battle between Tesla's chief executive and the top US securities regulator adds pressure on Mr Musk, the public face of Tesla, who is struggling to make the company profitable after cutting the price of its Model 3 sedan to $35,000. Tesla has backed off a plan to close all its US stores and said it will instead raise prices of its higher-end vehicles by about 3 percent on average. In the filing, Mr Musk's lawyers said his tweet was a "proud and optimistic restatement of publicly disclosed information." Mr Musk corrected his tweet four hours later to say that the "annualized production rate" at year-end 2019 would probably be about 500,000, with deliveries expected to be about 400,000. Moreover, Mr Musk has exhibited self-censorship in dramatically reducing the volume of tweets since the settlement, they wrote, adding that the SEC's request, if granted, would raise free speech issues. "This self-censorship is reflective of his commitment to adhering to the Order and avoiding unnecessary disputes with the SEC," they wrote in the filing. Mr Musk called the regulator the "Shortseller Enrichment Commission" on Twitter after the settlement, and tweeted that "something is broken with SEC oversight" just one day after the agency started pursuing the contempt order. Legal experts have said the SEC could now pursue multiple avenues, including a higher fine, imposing further restrictions on Mr Musk's activities or removing him from Tesla's board or helm. Tesla published a new communications policy in December for senior executives as part of the settlement. It called for Tesla's general counsel and a newly designated in-house securities law attorney to pre-approve any written statements about Tesla that could be material. A disclosure controls committee, made up of board members Brad Buss, Antonio Gracias and James Murdoch, was tasked with overseeing compliance with the new policy.
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| FBI uncovers 'large-scale scheme to cheat on college entrance exams' Posted: 12 Mar 2019 08:49 AM PDT  The FBI and federal prosecutors in Boston alleged a large-scale scheme to get students accepted to elite universities by helping them cheat on college entrance exams. About 44 people have been charged in the cheating scheme, including Hollywood actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman. According to NBC News, Ms Loughlin, from sitcom Full House, and Ms Huffman from Desperate Housewives, were charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services fraud.
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| British lawmakers to vote on Theresa May's unpopular Brexit deal Posted: 12 Mar 2019 09:52 AM PDT  Britain's Parliament is due to decide the fate of Prime Minister Theresa May's hard-won plan to leave the EU.
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| The crazy sale that gets you Anker’s best fast wireless charger for only $16.79 is still going Posted: 11 Mar 2019 05:32 AM PDT  Whether you have brand new Galaxy S10 or an Android phone or iPhone from the past few years, you probably have some sort of face unlock feature on your smartphone. And if you have face unlock on your smartphone, you need the Anker PowerWave Fast Wireless Charger. This awesome charger offers the kind of quality and performance you've come to expect from Anker's class-leading accessories, but it also holds your phone upright instead of flat like a wireless charging pad. This way when your phone is charging on your desk and you get a notification, face unlock with unlock your phone before you even reach out to touch it! It's on sale right now at an all-time low of $16.79, and you're crazy if you don't pick a couple up for your home and office.Here are the highlights from the product page: * The Anker Advantage: Join the 30+ million powered by our leading technology. * A Galaxy of Speed: A high-efficiency chipset provides 10W high-speed charging for Samsung Galaxy. iPhones get a boosted 5W charge at 10% faster than other wireless chargers. * Flip It: Charge in landscape orientation while watching videos, or portrait mode for messaging and facial recognition. * Case Friendly: Don't fumble with your phone case. PowerWave transmits charging power directly through protective cases.(Metal attachments or credit cards will interfere with charging.) * What You Get: PowerWave Stand, 3 ft Micro USB Cable, welcome guide, worry-free 18-month warranty, and friendly customer service.(no AC Adapter)
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| 'Tomorrow we'll be in paradise': Islamic State followers speak from besieged enclave Posted: 12 Mar 2019 08:15 AM PDT  "Servants of God, keep reciting your prayers and ask for forgiveness," the loudspeaker of a beaten up van cries as it tours the ramshackle camp in the video. "Repent and ask God for forgiveness, oh servants of God, for perhaps the almighty will find a way out for us." The video's tone is a far cry from the jihadist group's earlier productions, which boasted of victories in taking over around a third of Syria and Iraq at its height in 2014 and summoned followers around the world to join a growing society. While acknowledging its military setbacks in the face of a global campaign against it, Islamic State uses the new film to urge followers to maintain their faith in IS even in adversity.
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| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Beto O’Rourke Steal Some Thunder From 2020 Democrats Posted: 10 Mar 2019 12:21 PM PDT  Eight 2020 Democratic hopefuls took the stage at the annual South by Southwest cultural festival in Austin, Texas, over the weekend, attempting to broaden their appeal and test their message with a millennial-heavy audience. New York Representative Ocasio-Cortez and O'Rourke, a former Texas representative, each commanded huge crowds and dominated the conference buzz. O'Rourke made a widely expected "surprise" appearance at the premier of a documentary about his close but ultimately failed 2018 Senate race against Republican Ted Cruz.
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| Meet Hitler's Super Submarines (And Why They Were Too Late) Posted: 11 Mar 2019 06:00 AM PDT  On May 4, 1945 one of the most advanced submarines in the world crept up to a British Royal Navy cruiser. U-2511 was one of Germany's new Type XXI-class "wonder" submarines, and she was hunting for Allied ships. She also represented one of the Third Reich's biggest failures.
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| Jewish millennials launch liberation movement from the Democratic Party Posted: 12 Mar 2019 04:39 AM PDT  Jexodus encourages Jewish millennials to leave the Democrat Party after the Rep. Ilhan Omar controversy.
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| The Hottest Cars Subaru’s STI Division Has Ever Created Posted: 12 Mar 2019 06:52 AM PDT |
| Venezuela blackout has killed 21 people, opposition leaders say Posted: 11 Mar 2019 08:53 AM PDT  Six of the dead are babies and numbers will rise, opposition sayOpposition to hold emergency debate as power cut continues An injured man is carried by paramedics inside Miguel Perez Carreno hospital in Caracas during the worst power outage in Venezuela's history. Photograph: Matias Delacroix/AFP/Getty Images At least 21 people – six of them babies – have so far died as a result of Venezuela's shattering nationwide blackout, opposition leaders have claimed as they prepared to hold an emergency debate on the crisis in the capital, Caracas. "These are not just numbers, these are Venezuelan lives that would not have been lost were it not for the ineptitude of Nicolás Maduro," tweeted José Manuel Olivares, a doctor and opposition politician who is monitoring its impact on Venezuela's already debilitated healthcare system. According to Olivares's count, 15 patients died in the Manuel Núñez Tovar hospital in the north-eastern city of Maturín after the lights went out there following Thursday's outage, which has yet to be resolved. Two newborn babies died in the Hospital de los Magallanes de Catia in Caracas, one of which was suffering from severe malnutrition. Olivares told the Guardian the number of deaths would rise as the true extent of the calamity became clearer. The power cut meant it had still not been possible to communicate with many hospitals. On Monday morning, the opposition leader Juan Guaidó – who most western governments now recognize as Venezuela's legitimate interim leader – hit out at Maduro, who retains the support of China and Russia. "Our people are still living with the threat of new blackouts while these cynics lie and laugh at pain and death," Guaidó tweeted. Venezuela's defence minister, Vladimir Padrino López, said the government was "working tirelessly" to resolve the crisis, which it has blamed on a US-backed conspiracy designed to topple Maduro and bring Guaidó to power. There were reports that electricity had returned to some parts of Caracas while the Chavista governor of the neighbouring state of Miranda claimed electricity had returned to 80% of his territory. Maduro, who has made just one public appearance since the crisis began, claimed progress was being made towards "reconnection". "With intense work, love and resistance we will prevail," he tweeted on Monday. However, experts fear the crisis – which many attribute to poor maintenance and corruption – is far from being resolved. Schools and workplaces were again ordered shut on Monday. "In my house we haven't had any light since Thursday. There is no water, no [phone] signal, no light, no nothing," said Anna Ferrera, a student activist from eastern Caracas. Ferrera said that in the early hours of Monday an electrical substation had exploded not far from her home. "None of us have ever lived through something like this – not my generation, not my parents, not my grandmother. They say this is like living in a war."
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| Signed Bibles?: Today's Toon Posted: 11 Mar 2019 07:00 PM PDT ![Signed Bibles?: Today's Toon]( "Signed Bibles?: Today's Toon") Want to keep up with USA TODAY's editorial cartoons? Bookmark this page. We'll update it frequently.
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| Plane makes emergency landing after suspected fire, passengers evacuated Posted: 10 Mar 2019 05:49 PM PDT  Air Transat Flight 942 was on its way from Montreal to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, when it reported a possible fire in the cargo hold and was diverted to Newark.
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| Malaysia court frees woman in North Korea murder case Posted: 11 Mar 2019 06:07 AM PDT  An Indonesian woman accused of assassinating the North Korean leader's half-brother was freed Monday after Malaysian prosecutors dropped a murder charge against her, in a shock decision that delighted her friends and family. Siti Aisyah smiled as she was ushered into a car outside the court, where she had been on trial for a year and a half alongside a Vietnamese woman for the 2017 murder of Kim Jong Nam at Kuala Lumpur airport. Indonesian officials mounted a major diplomatic effort to free Aisyah, which included pressure from the president.
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| Trump condemned for budget cutting welfare while boosting spending for border wall and military: ‘This is for the billionaire class’ Posted: 11 Mar 2019 01:57 PM PDT  Donald Trump has been accused of proposing a budget for the "military industrial complex and the billionaire class", after the White House released details of a plan that would cut spending on welfare and education while boosting money for the military and a border wall. The $4.7 trillion (£3.5 trillion) budget proposal, which is all but certain to be rejected by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives and once again put the president on a collision course with congress over his demand for a border fence, called for an overhaul of Medicare, Medicaid and other expensive social programmes. It was a similar demand – rejected by Democrats – that recently led to a five-week government shutdown after the president refused to agree a spending plan that did not include such a measure.
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| India to Unveil Election Result May 23 as Modi Seeks Second Term Posted: 10 Mar 2019 08:26 PM PDT  Around 900 million voters -- 84 million more than in 2014 -- will elect 543 lawmakers to the lower house of parliament, chief election commissioner Sunil Arora said. Voting will run in seven phases from April 11 to May 19, and counting will take place on May 23, Arora said at a press conference in New Delhi on Sunday. Opinion polls show Modi, who secured the biggest electoral victory in three decades in 2014, may win the most seats but fall short of a majority.
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| Singapore blocks all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft from leaving or landing Posted: 11 Mar 2019 09:28 PM PDT  Australia and Singapore suspended operations of all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in and out of Changi airport on Tuesday, and Indonesia and China grounded their fleets of the US planemaker' s latest model after it suffered a second fatal crash in less than five months. The scare has wiped billions of dollars off the market value of the world's biggest planemaker, as the Boeing Co share closed 5 percent down on Monday having fallen by as much as 13.5 percent at one point. The United States says will mandate that Boeing Co implement design changes by April that have been in the works for months for the 737 MAX 8 fleet. An Ethiopian Airlines flight bound for Nairobi crashed minutes after take-off on Sunday, killing all 157 aboard and raising questions about the safety of the new variant of the industry workhorse, one of which also crashed in Indonesia in October, killing 189 people. Boeing confirmed the Federal Aviation Administration's announcement late Monday that it will deploy a software upgrade across the 737 MAX 8 fleet "in the coming weeks" as pressure mounted. Two US senators called the fleet's immediate grounding and a rising number of airlines said they would voluntarily ground their fleets. The company confirmed it had for several months "been developing a flight control software enhancement for the 737 MAX, designed to make an already safe aircraft even safer." Boeing did not reference Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines crash in connection to the software upgrade. The statement did express the company's condolences to the relatives of the 157 people who died, however. The FAA said the changes will "provide reduced reliance on procedures associated with required pilot memory items." The FAA also said Boeing will "update training requirements and flight crew manuals to go with the design change" to an automated protection system called the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System or MCAS. The changes also include MCAS activation and angle of attack signal enhancements. The FAA said in the notice made public that external reports are drawing similarities between the crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia. "However, this investigation has just begun and to date we have not been provided data to draw any conclusions or take any actions," according to the Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community for Boeing 737 MAX 8 operators. US Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao told reporters regulators would not hesitate to act if they find a safety issue. "If the FAA identifies an issue that affects safety, the department will take immediate and appropriate action," Chao told reporters. "I want people to be assured that we take these incidents, these accidents very seriously." Boeing's top executive told employees on Monday he was confident in the safety of the US manufacturer's top-selling 737 MAX aircraft. The company added that it was "still early" in the Ethiopian Airlines investigation. Reuters and other media outlets have reported that Boeing has for months planned design changes after the Lion Air crash in Indonesia but the FAA notice was the first public confirmation. Canada's transport minister also said he will not hesitate to act once the cause of the crash is known. Two Democratic Senators Dianne Feinstein and Richard Blumenthal called for the immediate grounding of the aircraft, as did Paul Hudson, the president of FlyersRights.org and a member of the FAA Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee. Blumenthal said the planes "should be grounded until the FAA can assure American travelers that these planes are safe." Sara Nelson, the president of Association of Flight Attendants union, wrote the FAA on Monday asking it to conduct a comprehensive review and "take steps immediately to address concerns and ensure the safety of the 737 MAX fleet." The National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA are both at the crash site in Ethiopia, Chao said. Boeing's shares fell as much as 10 percent on the prospect that two such crashes in such a short time could reveal flaws in its new plane. Boeing, whose shares closed down 5.3 percent at $400.01 in the heaviest trading trade since July 2013. The 737 line, which has flown for more than 50 years, is the world's best-selling modern passenger aircraft and viewed as one of the industry's most reliable. China ordered its airlines to ground the jet, a move followed by Australia Indonesia, Singapore and Ethiopia. Other airlines, from North America to the Middle East, kept flying the 737 MAX 8 on Monday after Boeing said it was safe. Boeing's 737 MAX is the newest version of a jet that has been a fixture of passenger travel for decades and the cash cow of the world's largest aircraft maker, competing against Airbus SE's A320neo family of single-aisle jetliners. The 737 family is considered one of the industry's most reliable aircraft. The MAX has a bigger and more efficient engine compared with earlier 737 models. Boeing rolled out the fuel-efficient MAX 8 in 2017 as an update to the already redesigned 50-year-old 737, and had delivered 350 MAX jets out of the total order tally of 5,011 aircraft by the end of January. Sign up for your essential, twice-daily briefing from The Telegraph with our free Front Page newsletter.
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| Worst Advice Ever Given to Law School Applicants Posted: 12 Mar 2019 07:00 AM PDT ![Worst Advice Ever Given to Law School Applicants]( "Worst Advice Ever Given to Law School Applicants") If you're reading this, chances are that you've at least considered applying to law school and have probably realized that the process is a little more complex than you had originally thought. While getting some help is generally a good idea, the law school application process is far from simple and is ever evolving. Someone who hasn't been in the field for a while, like your mom who graduated from law school 25 years ago, or isn't making an effort to stay up to date with all of the developments, such as a school adviser whose job description isn't specifically focused on law schools, might provide you with some bad advice.
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| US-backed Syrian fighters resume attack on Islamic State Posted: 10 Mar 2019 12:30 PM PDT  BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — U.S.-backed Syrian fighters resumed their offensive on the last pocket held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria on Sunday, lighting the skies over the besieged village as artillery shelling and heavy gunfire rang out in the distance.
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| View Photos of the Goodyear Wingfoot Two Airship Posted: 12 Mar 2019 08:41 AM PDT |
| T-Mobile’s latest pitch for Sprint merger: Taking on cable internet and TV Posted: 10 Mar 2019 01:11 PM PDT  T-Mobile's latest pitch to regulators to approve its merger with Sprint: They need to team up to take on home broadband.
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| Actor Jussie Smollett indicted on 16 counts of lying to Chicago police Posted: 11 Mar 2019 11:33 AM PDT ![Actor Jussie Smollett indicted on 16 counts of lying to Chicago police]( "Actor Jussie Smollett indicted on 16 counts of lying to Chicago police") (This March 8 story has been refiled to correct amount of alleged payment by Smollett to $3,500 instead of $35,000 in paragraph 8) By Suzannah Gonzales CHICAGO (Reuters) - Television actor Jussie Smollett, arrested last month on a single charge of perpetrating a hate-crime hoax, has been newly indicted on 16 felony counts of falsely reporting to police that he was assaulted by two strangers shouting racist and homophobic slurs. The indictment, returned by a Cook County grand jury on Thursday and made public on Friday, greatly expands on the legal jeopardy faced by Smollett, whose story of being attacked in Chicago by supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump has drawn suspicion since it first surfaced in late January. Smollett, 36, who is black and openly gay and plays a gay musician on the Fox network hip-hop drama "Empire," was charged last month in a single-count criminal complaint with making a false report to police, defined under Illinois law as a form of disorderly conduct.
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| Tesla's Musk nears deadline to respond to SEC contempt bid Posted: 11 Mar 2019 11:19 AM PDT  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked a federal court in Manhattan to hold Musk in contempt after he tweeted about Tesla's production volume, saying he breached the agreement requiring him to get company approval before sharing any material information on social media. The renewed public battle between Tesla's CEO and the SEC adds pressure on Musk, the public face of the electric vehicle-maker who is struggling to make it profitable after cutting the price of its Model 3 sedan to $35,000. A lawyer for Tesla and Musk told the SEC that the CEO believed the substance of the tweet had been pre-approved and disseminated when the company released fourth-quarter earnings in January.
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| Woman seriously injured after being attacked by bull in New Jersey Posted: 12 Mar 2019 05:10 AM PDT  A bull attacked its owner in New Jersey Friday afternoon, sending the woman to the hospital with lacerations and bruises.
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| Iran's Rouhani arrives in Iraq on first official visit: state TV Posted: 11 Mar 2019 12:42 AM PDT  Iran's President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Iraq on Monday for his first official visit, state television said, as Baghdad is under pressure from Washington to limit ties with its neighbour. Before leaving Tehran Rouhani hailed the "special" relations between Iran and Iraq, saying they could not be compared to Baghdad's ties "with an aggressor country like America".
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| Anderson Cooper calls out Sarah Huckabee Sanders for leaving ‘the world of the factual behind’ Posted: 12 Mar 2019 08:05 AM PDT  The host of CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" said Ms Sanders was "quite simply not telling the truth" when she said "we," as in Republicans, "called it out by name" when Republican Rep. Steve King publicly defended white nationalism.
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| A Researcher Uncovered a Chinese Database That Lists the "BreedReady" Status of 1.8 Million Women Posted: 11 Mar 2019 03:27 AM PDT  Beyond listing their name, age and other particulars, the database also included something called a "BreedReady" status
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| 10 Things to Know for Today Posted: 12 Mar 2019 03:17 AM PDT  Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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| Flight to Malaysia forced to turn around after mother leaves baby at airport Posted: 11 Mar 2019 08:45 PM PDT  A young mother on a flight from Saudi Arabia to Malaysia reportedly had the shock of her life when she realised she had accidentally left her baby behind in the airport terminal. The Saudi Arabian Airlines flight to Kuala Lumpur returned to its gate in King Abdulaziz airport, Jeddah after the panicked woman alerted cabin crew that she had forgotten to bring her child. A video of the pilot requesting Air Traffic Control in Arabic and English for permission to return has gone viral on social media. "May God be with us. Can we come back or what?" he is heard asking. One of the surprised controllers can then be heard telling a colleague: "This flight is requesting to come back…a passenger forgot her baby in the waiting area, the poor thing." He then adds: "OK, head back to the gate. This is totally a new one for us!" The Gulf News reported that the bizarre incident took place over the weekend, implying that the plane was already in the air. However, some reports have suggested that the flight had not yet taken off, and the sequence of events is unclear from the video. The story ended happily, with the mother and baby reunited. The circumstances that led to her forgetting the baby are not known, but it would not be the first high-profile story of a parent unwittingly leaving a child behind. Former British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha had a heart-stopping moment in 2012 when they realised they had left a Buckinghamshire pub without their daughter Nancy, 8. After meeting friends at the pub, they left in separate cars, only to realise at their destination that Nancy was not in either of them. When the prime minister's wife rushed back distraught to the venue, she found her daughter safe and well and helping the staff. Sign up for your essential, twice-daily briefing from The Telegraph with our free Front Page newsletter. Have you accidentally left your child somewhere? Or did your parents ever do it to you? Tell us in the comments section below. To join the conversation log in to your Telegraph account or register for free, here.
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| Best Tech Deals in March 2019 Posted: 12 Mar 2019 08:18 AM PDT  Amazon Deals | Walmart Deals | Apple Deals | TV Deals | Gaming Deals | Laptop Deals | iPhone DealsSpring is one week away and if you want to upgrade your arsenal of gadgets for the new season, there's good news. With new products arriving on store shelves, retailers are having end-of-season clearance sales with discounts on everything from laptops to game consoles. Whether you're upgrading to a 4K Smart TV or purchasing your first smart device, here are the best tech deals in March. Amazon Hardware DealsAmazon is currently offering many of its branded devices at holiday pricing. * eero Home WiFi System for $299 ($100 off) [NEW] * Fire 7 Kids Edition Tablet for $59.99 ($40 off) [NEW] * Fire HD 10 Kids Edition Tablet for $149.99 ($50 off) [NEW] * All-New Fire HD 8 Kids Edition Tablet for $89.99 ($40 off) [NEW] * Echo Dot 3rd Gen (2-Pack) for $79.98 ($20 off) [NEW] * Ring Smart Lighting Spotlights (2-pack) for $99.99 ($30 off) * All-new Kindle Paperwhite for $99.99 ($30 off) * Echo 2nd Generation for $74.99 ($25 off) * Echo Dot Kids Edition for $34.99 ($35 off) * Echo Dot Kids Edition + Fire 7 Kids Edition for $129.98 ($40 off) * Echo Dot Kids Edition + Fire HD 8 Kids Edition for $149.98 ($50 off) * All-New Echo Plus with Hue Smart Bulb for $149.99 ($15 off) * All-new Kindle Paperwhite Essentials Bundle for $139.97 ($50 off) * Blink XT Home Security Camera System for $184 ($46 off) Top Tech Deals Right Now * Nebula Capsule Smart Mini Projector for $223.99 ($96 off) [NEW] * HP Pavilion X360 15.6-inch 2-in-1 Laptop for $399 ($200 off) * SanDisk 500GB Extreme External SSD for $89.99 ($80 off) * Jabra Elite Active 65t True Wireless Earbuds for $159.99 ($30 off) * Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (2018, Wi-Fi, 64GB) for $749 ($50 off) * Soundcore Life 2 Over-Ear Headphones for $54.99 ($25 off) * Bose SoundLink Bluetooth Headphones for $140 ($40 off) * Beats Powerbeats3 Wireless Earphones for $89.99 ($110 off) * Lenovo Ideapad 320 Laptop for $289 ($110 off) TV Deals * Samsung 58-inch 4K UHD Smart LED TV for $448 ($202 off) * TCL 55-inch 4K Ultra HD (2160p) Roku Smart TV for $419.99 ($279 off) * Samsung 55-inch QLED 4K UHD 6 Series Smart TV for $768 ($731 off) * JVC 65-inch 4K UHD HDR Smart LED TV for $499.99 ($350 off) * Hisense 43-inch FHD Roku Smart TV for $189.99 ($100 off) Tech Under $50 * Choetech Multi Plug Power Strip for $7 ($8 off) [NEW] * HP DeskJet 2652 Wireless All-in-One Printer for $39 ($20 off) * Anker PowerWave Wireless Car Charger for $35.99 ($10 off via code, "TOMS2551") * Anker PowerCore 20100 Power Bank for $39.99 ($10 off via code, "TOMSBPC2") * Anker USB Type C Nylon Cable (2-Pack) for $8.79 ($2 off via code, "TM873CAB") * Anker Powerline+ II Lightning Cable for $19.99 ($5 off via code, "TM8454CA") * Anker 24W Dual USB Car Charger for $9.99 ($2 off via code, "TOMSCC23") * Anker 6-Port USB Wall Charger for $26 ($7 off via code, "TOMSWC63") Smartwatch Deals * Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS, 42mm) for $229 ($80 off) [NEW] * Fitbit Charge 2 for $116 ($34 off) * Fitbit Alta HR Activity Tracker for $94 ($36 off) * Samsung Gear Sport Smartwatch for $190 ($111 off) * Apple Watch Series 4 (GPS, 44mm) for $415 ($15 off) * Sony Version 1 Smartwatch for $69.90 ($80 off) * Amazfit Pace Smartwatch for $129.99 ($30 off) * Garmin Vivofit 3 Activity Tracker for $58 ($45 off) * Garmin Approach X40 Activity Tracker for $174 ($76 off) Phones * Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium Unlocked for $649 ($251 off) [NEW] * Google Pixel 3XL Unlocked for $799 ($100 off) [NEW] * Razer Phone 2 Unlocked for $499 ($300 off) also at Razer * Samsung Galaxy S9+ Unlocked for $639 ($200 off) * Samsung Galaxy S9 Unlocked for $525 ($195 off) * Up to $400 Best Buy Gift Card with iPhone trade-in Cameras * Fujifilm Instax Mini 9 Instant Camera for $49.45 ($20 off) [NEW] * Fujifilm X-T20 Mirrorless Digital Camera for $789 ($211 off) * Panasonic Lumix GX85 Mirrorless Camera for $498 ($502 off) * Fujifilm Instax Mini 90 Neo Instant Camera for $99.99 ($80 off) * Nikon D3500 18-55mm VR Lens DSLR Camera for $397 ($100 off) * Canon PowerShot SX530 Digital Camera for $249 ($130 off) Games and Consoles * Nintendo Switch Super Mario Bros. Deluxe Bundle for $329.99 ($34 off) * Red Dead Redemption 2 for PS4 or Xbox One for $40 ($20 off) also at Amazon and Best Buy * Marvel's Spider-Man for PS4 for $35 ($25 off) also at Amazon * Call of Duty: Black Ops for PS4 for $35 ($25 off) * Call of Duty: Black Ops for Xbox One for $37 ($23 off) also at Amazon * Xbox One X 1TB PUBG Console Bundle for $370 ($130 off) * Grand Theft Auto V for PlayStation 4 for $15 ($45 off) * Nintendo Switch with 35 eShop Credit for $299.99 ($35 off) also at Amazon and Best Buy * Xbox One S 1TB Forza Horizon 4 Console Bundle for $199 ($100 off)
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| Russian passenger jet makes emergency landing in Baku over bomb threat Posted: 11 Mar 2019 06:02 AM PDT ![Russian passenger jet makes emergency landing in Baku over bomb threat]( "Russian passenger jet makes emergency landing in Baku over bomb threat") BAKU/MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian Ural Airlines jet bound for Moscow from Bahrain with 225 people aboard made an emergency landing in Baku, Azerbaijan on Monday because of a suspected bomb on board the plane, Baku airport said. Flight U6-1116 was en route to Moscow's Domodedovo airport when the crew "received information about possible restricted items" on board, a spokeswoman for Ural Airlines said. The crew of the Airbus A-321 plane requested an emergency landing at the nearest airport to have checks carried out and it landed in Baku, she said.
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| Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin among 44 charged in FBI probe into 'scheme to cheat on college exams' Posted: 12 Mar 2019 08:40 AM PDT  The FBI and federal prosecutors arrested 50 people nationwide involved in a large-scale university admissions scheme to get students accepted into elite university by helping them cheat on college entrance exams. Federal prosecutors charged William "Rick" Singer, 58, for running the $25m college admissions scam through his Newport Beach, California business, Edge College & Career Network. Some of the students involved in the cheating plot attended, or were looking to attend, Georgetown University, Stanford University, University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of San Diego, University of Southern California (USC), University of Texas, Wake Forest University, and Yale.
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