| Trump says he will have to call up more military at U.S.-Mexico border Posted: 10 Apr 2019 04:15 PM PDT  Trump in February had deployed an additional 3,750 U.S. troops to the country's southwestern border to support Customs and Border Protection agents. Later that month, Democratic governors of states including Wisconsin, New Mexico and California withdrew their National Guard troops, saying there was not enough evidence of a security crisis to justify keeping them there. Trump, who drew sharp criticism for saying during the 2016 presidential campaign that Mexico was sending rapists and drug runners to the United States, said on Wednesday that those comments were tame compared to the stories he had heard since.
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| Ocasio-Cortez condemns college Republicans' email calling her a domestic terrorist Posted: 10 Apr 2019 06:15 PM PDT  New York congresswoman says 'uncalled for' rhetoric puts her and colleagues in dangerAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez said comments like those in the email routinely led to a 'spike in death threats'. Photograph: Carlos Barría/ReutersA fundraising email sent by a college Republican group branding the US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a "domestic terrorist" drew a sharp rebuke from the congresswoman, who warned that similar rhetorical attacks had in the past resulted in a spike in death threats against her.An email sent on Tuesday by Tom Ferrall, chairman of the Ohio Federation of College Republicans, bore the subject line "AOC is a domestic terrorist" and asked recipients to donate to his group. Dave Levinthal, an editor at the Center for Public Integrity, on Wednesday afternoon shared a screenshot of the email on Twitter."My fellow students often tell me that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a 'role model' and that America should be more like socialist Europe," the email, which appeared not to use the word "terrorist" elsewhere, read in part. It told recipients: "We need your help to stop the brainwashing!"The email fit the template for fundraising emails by similar groups."This puts me in danger every time," tweeted Ocasio-Cortez, the 29-year-old freshman congresswoman whose outspoken progressive views, youth, nimble social media presence and all-around star power yet perhaps do not explain the extent to which she has become a bugbear for the right."Almost every time this uncalled for rhetoric gets blasted by conserv. grps," she tweeted, "we get a spike in death threats to refer to Capitol Police."> This puts me in danger every time. > > Almost every time this uncalled for rhetoric gets blasted by conserv. grps, we get a spike in death threats to refer to Capitol Police. > > Multiple ppl have been arrested trying to harm me, Ilhan, & others.@GOP, what's it going to take to stop? https://t.co/vpous77RbT> > — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 10, 2019After Ocasio-Cortez tweeted about it, the Ohio Federation of College Republicans distanced itself from the email, calling it "unauthorized" without explaining what that meant. "We apologize to Congresswoman Ocascio-Cortez [sic] for the use of unacceptable language in this email, and we do not approve of the message conveyed," the group said.Ferrall, whose name was on the email's signature line, told the Guardian in an email that his group would have no comment beyond the statement. Capitol Police told the Guardian in a statement it could not discuss how it carries out is protective responsibilities for Congress.Ocasio-Cortez's congressional district in Queens, New York, is 400 miles from the Ohio border. The bellwether state voted for Donald Trump by eight points over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.
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| Candace Owens fumes at Rep. Ted Lieu's use of her Hitler comments Posted: 10 Apr 2019 04:30 PM PDT  "I think it's pretty apparent that believes that black people are stupid," Owens said in response to Lieu playing a clip of her comment on Hitler.
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| Israel Elections a Cliffhanger for Netanyahu, New Hope for His Opposition Posted: 09 Apr 2019 01:55 PM PDT  GALI TIBBONJERUSALEM–It will be a long night in Israel, where initial exit polls Tuesday evening indicated a close electoral victory for opposition head Benny Gantz, a former army chief of staff. But the prognosis for his chances to form a winning coalition block against right-wing parties led by the Likud Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has held office for 10 years, and dominated Israeli politics for a generation.Both candidates declared immediate victory, though Gantz's declaration, issued jointly with his deputy, former finance minister Yair Lapid, had a more exuberant tone."We won! The Israeli public has had their say!" the pair exulted in a statement. "Thank you to the thousands of activists and over a million voters. These elections have a clear winner and a clear loser. Netanyahu promised 40 seats and lost. The President [Reuven Rivlin] can see the picture and should call on the winner to form the next government. There is no other option!"A few minutes later, in a Hebrew-language tweet, Netanyahu declared victory on behalf of his political wing, not himself or his party: "The right-wing bloc led by the Likud won a clear victory. I thank the citizens of Israel for their trust. I will begin forming a right-wing government with our natural partners tonight."Netanyahu's position was weakened by news that he faces indictments for corruption, and, to all appearances, by a brutal campaign in which he attacked Gantz, without basis, for allying with Arabs, for supposedly celebrating the "martyrdom" of Islamist militants killed in fighting with Israel and allegedly concealing an a sex-tape putatively hacked by Iran. While Netanyahu ran a mudslinging blitzkrieg against his Israeli opponents he basked in the extraordinary support of both Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. Putin helped to return a long-lost Israeli casualty of the 1982 Lebanon War in a public ceremony with Netanyahu in Moscow just days before the vote. And Trump over the last year has gone far to meet Netanyahu's most hardline diplomatic demands: moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, closing the consulate there which handled Palestinian affairs, then announcing in recent days his support for Israel's claim to sovereignty over the Golan Heights, while declaring the entire Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is a terrorist organization.In truth, virtually all of Trump's Middle East policy has been oriented toward, if not directed by, Netanyahu's vision of the region, which often is coordinated with that of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (the suspected murderer of journalist Jamal Khashoggi). In Israel on Tuesday night, the exit polls brought surprise figures showing a virtual dead heat between the two main political blocks in the raucous political arena. But figures are expected to shift as definitive results stream in overnight.Historically low turnout of under 70 percent appeared to be the one clear result of the bruising, incitement-filled campaign which was low on content or policy debates. The mixed results–and potential loss for Netanyahu–was relayed in televised exit polls and at a massive rally planned for Tel Aviv, where Likud activists faced the unimaginable: the possible scenario of President Rivlin having to choose between two more or less equal voting blocks of 60 and 60.In addition, a disengaged and disaffected Arab public, the brunt of constant attacks by Prime Minister Netanyahu, appeared reluctant to take part in the electoral process. Haaretz senior pollster Camil Fuchs, of Tel Aviv University, said that if the figures being reported from the Arab sector hold steady, historically low participation rates such could "completely change the Knesset map."Whichever man is chosen, the interim results indicate the Israeli populace may be thirsty for a change, and the country seems headed for a period of political instability. Even if Netanyahu is called upon to form the next government, he is likely to face stiff opposition from within his own political camp when indicted late this summer. NetanyahuIf Gantz is chosen, the quiet general with no political experience may go down in history as a dragon-slayer.While widely criticized for remaining a political cypher, the soft-spoken Gantz ran on two clear positions. He insisted that Netanyahu himself, with accusations of corruption trailing him, was the greatest danger facing Israel. This was the argument he used to explain the seemingly contradictory inclusion of right-wingers such as former Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and left-leaning candidates such as Lapid. Gantz said it was a response to an "emergency": Netanyahu. Gantz also launched his campaign with the promise he'd change the controversial Nation-State Law, a measure Netanyahu claimed as his principal legislative achievement demoting Arabic from its status as an official language of the state and granting a special, elevated status to Jewish communities. The law's passage provoked the largest public protests Israel has seen in decades and prompted Rivlin to sign the measure in Arabic, an unprecedented act of protest by a sitting Israeli president.Netanyahu, an experienced master of Israel's parliamentary maneuvering, cannot be dismissed and may yet form Israel's next government, but he will be a chastened giant, unlikely to escape the clutches of indictment and confronted by a robust, invigorated opposition in the Knesset.Whatever results Israelis wake up to in the morning, King Bibi is no more. At a Tel Aviv rally, Gantz, the old commander, thanked Netanyahu for his service and declared the dawning of a new day in Israel. Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here
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| 'Unsafe conditions' for 6-month-old Culver City baby detailed in parents' hearing Posted: 10 Apr 2019 10:34 PM PDT  Grim testimony about the hunt for 6-month-old Culver City baby Jacsun Manson emerged in the preliminary hearing for his parents who are accused of child endangerment causing Jacsun's death.
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| America, Dodge Yeah! Stars & Stripes Edition Challenger and Charger Celebrate the Troops Posted: 11 Apr 2019 09:09 AM PDT  A smattering of patriotic touches for a pair of down-home Dodges that salute America.
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| Woman on 'most wanted list' who taunted police on Facebook arrested after accidentally revealing location Posted: 11 Apr 2019 07:41 AM PDT  Police arrested a woman after she revealed her location on Facebook while seemingly taunting authorities online. Chloe Jones was arrested in Virginia and extradited to Pennsylvania after she posted a comment on a post featuring a “most wanted†list with her name on it. The list, posted by the Greene County Sheriff’s Office, said she had failed to make court appearances last month over assault charges. “Do you do pick up or delivery??†she wrote on the department’s Facebook post, adding several laughing emojis. Ms Jones began responding to comments from other users, at one point revealing that she was allegedly at the Ruby Memorial Hospital. That discovery led officers to reportedly arresting Ms Jones before transporting the woman back to Greene County. The sheriff’s office was then sure to get the last laugh on social media. The Greene County Sheriff’s Office confirmed her arrest in an updated post, writing, “Ms. Chloe Jones and her witty comments are taking a hiatus from our Facebook comments section due to the jail not having internet for her to use.â€â€œThank you to the citizens of Greene County, Monongalia County and many others for your tips that lead to her arrest,†the post read. It remains unclear whether officers located Ms Jones at the Ruby Memorial Hospital.The Greene County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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| New York City declares public health emergency, orders mandatory measles vaccinations Posted: 09 Apr 2019 11:30 AM PDT  Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city has "the power to do this."
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| The Navy Wanted to Take Battleships and Make Them Into Nuclear 'Bombers' Posted: 10 Apr 2019 12:00 AM PDT  Today the naval gunfire argument rages on. Even in the age of drones and precision warfare there are still occasional calls to bring the heavily manned, imprecise Iowa class back to service. There's a certain romance to battleships, and having four Iowas sitting around in good condition has beguiled naval enthusiasts and planners for more than 60 years with schemes to bring them back.In the early 1980s, four Iowa-class fast battleships originally built during World War II—Iowa, Missouri, New Jersey and Wisconsin—were taken out of mothballs and returned to active duty.(This first appeared several years ago.)Nearly 900 feet long and displacing close to 60,000 tons, the battlewagons could fire a nine-gun broadside sending 18 tons of steel and explosives hurtling towards their targets.The battleships were modernized to include cruise missiles, ship-killing missiles and Phalanx point-defense guns. Returned to the fleet, the ships saw action off the coasts of Lebanon and Iraq. At the end of the Cold War the battleships were retired again. All were slated to become museums.
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| The Latest: Gillibrand: I've gotten 2020 advice from Clinton Posted: 09 Apr 2019 07:57 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand (all times local):
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| Denver travel mess: 750 flight cancellations and counting Posted: 10 Apr 2019 05:17 PM PDT  Southwest and United airlines have big operations in Denver and have each canceled 200 flights into and out of Denver International Airport.
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| Iraq says tried to stop US blacklist of Iran Revolutionary Guard Posted: 09 Apr 2019 11:37 AM PDT  Baghdad tried to stop Washington from blacklisting Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a "terrorist organisation," Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi said Tuesday, warning that the decision could further destabilise the region. The United States declared the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a "terrorist" group on Monday, prompting Tehran to quickly slap US troops with the same designation.
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| Former Vikings minority owner Irwin Jacobs, wife found dead in murder-suicide Posted: 11 Apr 2019 08:02 AM PDT  Former Minnesota Vikings part-owner Irwin Jacobs and his wife Alexandra werefound dead on Wednesday in what police called an apparent murder-suicide,according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune
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| Fox News Hosts Back Mnuchin in His Testy Exchange With Maxine Waters Posted: 10 Apr 2019 11:15 AM PDT  A day after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin engaged in a tense and fiery exchange with House Financial Services Committee chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Fox News hosts Pete Hegseth and Katie Pavlich wholeheartedly backed the Trump cabinet official and called for a law limiting the length of congressional hearings.During a Monday committee hearing in which he was grilled over Democrats' demand for President Trump's tax returns, Mnuchin bickered with Waters over time constraints, claiming he needed to leave for an appointment with a Bahrain official. The pair went back and forth over whether he'd stay or leave to attend his "important meeting," resulting in the two arguing about how Waters should conduct her own hearing.On Tuesday, Fox News daytime chat show Outnumbered covered the kerfuffle, with liberal Fox News contributor Marie Harf first saying she felt "uncomfortable" with how Mnuchin showed "disdain for congressional oversight," prompting her colleague Dagen McDowell to burst out laughing."I think he's a rich dude who shows disdain for everybody, quite frankly," she chuckled.Harf went on to say that congressional oversight is "how the system works," causing Hegseth, the show's "One Lucky Guy" panelist, to complain about Democrats demanding six years of Trump's tax returns.Such a demand "isn't oversight," he said, "this is harassment." Harf, however, explained that there is a statute allowing the House Ways and Means Committee to request the tax returns of any American. Pavlich, meanwhile, chimed in to claim it cannot be done for "vicious political reasons" before offering up a new law of her own. "I think they should make a law that congressional hearings should be no longer than three hours anyway," she declared. "Because they're too long.""Yeah!" Hegseth exclaimed. "He set a meeting for five o'clock, he wanted to keep that meeting, and they wanted to keep harassing him."Co-host Melissa Francis, meanwhile, looked directly into the camera and laughed as the Fox & Friends Weekend host gave his full-throated defense of Mnuchin's behavior.Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here
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| European Union delays Brexit until Oct. 31, saving Britain from messy EU exit this week Posted: 11 Apr 2019 03:32 AM PDT  The extension to Oct. 31 is intended to give British Prime Minister Theresa May more time to get her Brexit deal through Parliament.
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| South Korea court strikes down abortion law in landmark ruling Posted: 11 Apr 2019 02:48 AM PDT  "The law criminalizing a woman who undergoes abortion of her own will goes beyond the minimum needed to achieve the legislative purpose and limits the right of self-determination of the woman," it said in its ruling. "I believe this ruling frees women from shackles," said Kim Su-jung, a lawyer representing the plaintiff, a doctor charged with conducting 69 illegal abortions. The ruling reflects a trend towards decriminalizing abortion, as cases of criminal punishment have fallen in recent years.
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| Pilot missing after F-35 fighter jet crashes in Japan Posted: 10 Apr 2019 01:50 AM PDT  Wreckage from a Japanese F-35A stealth fighter jet has been found a day after it disappeared off the radar over the Pacific, the country's defence minister said Wednesday. There was no word yet on the fate of the one pilot on board the jet, Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya said. It was the first reported case of a crash by an F-35A, according to Japan's Air Self-Defence Force. "We have collected part of its tail" in search operations at sea with planes and vessels, Iwaya told reporters. "We believe it crashed," he added. The fighter jet went missing around 7.30 pm (10.30 GMT) Tuesday as it was flying some 135 kilometres (85 miles) east of Misawa, northeastern Japan, on a training mission. Parts of the jet were recovered, the defense ministry said Wednesday The plane lost contact about 30 minutes after taking off from Misawa Air Base with three other aircraft. "During the exercise, the aircraft... communicated that it was aborting the exercise, then communications from the plane stopped and its radar track disappeared," Iwaya said. Japan's air force announced a commission late Tuesday to study the cause of the accident. But it was still not clear exactly what happened to the plane by late Wednesday afternoon, a Japanese air force official told AFP. US defence contractor Lockheed Martin touts the high-tech fighter as "virtually undetectable" and says it allows the US and its allies to dominate the skies with its "unmatched capability and unprecedented situational awareness." Japan is deploying F-35As, each of which costs more than 10 billion yen ($90 million), to replace its ageing F-4 fighters. The jet was one of 13 F-35As deployed at the base, according to the defence ministry. The remaining 12 F-35A fighters have been grounded for the time being, the ministry said. "Until we find out exactly what happened, it would be difficult for us to have those planes fly again," the air force official told AFP. US military forces said they were helping the search-and-rescue effort. "US Forces Japan will continue to work closely with the Japan Self Defence Forces and Ministry of Defence to assist with search and rescue efforts, as requested," US Forces Japan said in a statement. The F35A jets are a key part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to upgrade the nation's military capacity to meet changing power dynamics in East Asia, with China rapidly modernising its military. Over the next decade, Japan plans to purchase as many as 105 F-35As and 42 units of other high-capacity jets, most likely the F-35B variant.
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| Trump suggests family separation policy deters migrants Posted: 09 Apr 2019 09:04 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing bipartisan pushback to his immigration shake-up, President Donald Trump said he's not looking to revive the much-criticized practice of separating migrant children from their families at the southern border. At the same time, he suggested the policy had worked to deter migrants from coming into the U.S., although he offered no evidence to support his position.
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| American Airlines flight attendant 'mortified' after spilling drinks on the airline's CEO Posted: 10 Apr 2019 09:51 AM PDT ![American Airlines flight attendant 'mortified' after spilling drinks on the airline's CEO]( "American Airlines flight attendant 'mortified' after spilling drinks on the airline's CEO") An American Airlines flight attendant accidentally spilled drinks on a passenger − and that passenger turned out to be American CEO Doug Parker.
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| SpaceX postpones first commercial launch due to strong wind Posted: 10 Apr 2019 05:11 PM PDT  SpaceX postponed Wednesday what would have been its first commercial launch with the Falcon Heavy rocket, citing strong wind in the upper atmosphere. The rocket is to carry a Saudi satellite operated by Arabsat, a year after sending founder Elon Musk's red Tesla roadster into orbit as a test. The Falcon Heavy had been scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space center in Florida at 6:36 pm (2236 GMT) and place the six-ton Arabsat-6A satellite into geostationary orbit about 22,500 miles (36,000 kilometers) above the Earth.
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| Ford Recalls Trucks Over Faulty Engine Block Heater Posted: 10 Apr 2019 01:44 PM PDT  Ford Recalls Trucks Again Over Faulty Engine-Block Heater Ford is recalling more than 130,000 pickup trucks to repair components that could have been broken as the result of another recent recal...
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| Capitol Hill hearing on online hate sees it firsthand Posted: 09 Apr 2019 04:12 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional hearing on online hate turned into a vivid demonstration of the problem Tuesday when a YouTube livestream of the proceedings was bombarded with racist and anti-Semitic comments from internet users.
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| Measles Crisis: NYC Outbreak Pits Parents Against Mayor Posted: 09 Apr 2019 06:06 PM PDT  Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast/GettyFor many observant Jews, the weeks leading up to the Passover holiday are spent in a cleaning frenzy: The house is scrubbed from top to bottom in compliance with Jewish law, which dictates that Jews avoid leavened bread for the duration of the holiday.This year, some members of Williamsburg's Hasidic Jewish community will have one more task on their to-do list: get their kids vaccinated, or pay up. That was the choice presented to them Tuesday, when Mayor Bill de Blasio declared the enclave's ongoing measles outbreak a public health emergency."The goal here is to send a message that people need to act immediately to get vaccinated, and that vaccination is available readily here in the neighborhood and throughout the city," Mayor de Blasio said.Along with the emergency declaration came an order: all parents in the affected zip codes must give their children the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Parents who don't comply risk violations and fines of up to $1,000.That message is being heard loud and clear in Williamsburg. But some say it's too little, too late."$1,000 fines are a joke," said one Hasidic father, who asked that his name not be shared in order to protect his privacy. "Lives are at risk." The father, whose son attends yeshiva in Williamsburg, was also skeptical of the city's ability to enforce Monday's Commissioner's Orders forbidding area yeshivas from admitting unvaccinated students."When the outbreak started a few months ago, they should have literally shut down every noncompliant yeshiva," he said. The father added that some of his neighbors in the community felt distrustful of the city government and secular doctors, complicating the outreach efforts mounted by the city and community leaders.Other community members felt that the order was overly restrictive."It's like abuse," said Baila, a Hasidic mother who said she was unsure about whether vaccination was the right choice but respected those who did choose to vaccinate. "Why can't we make our own decision?"She added that she had vaccinated her oldest child, but was unsure about whether to vaccinate her younger children after her sister-in-law told her that vaccines could have negative health effects for young children.Since September, at least 285 cases of measles have been reported to the Department of Health, most from the Williamsburg and Borough Park neighborhoods. The figure, accurate as of April 8, was more than double the number reported in February of this year.According to the Centers for Disease Control, the MMR vaccine is very safe. Common side effects are minor, and more serious side effects, like seizures, low platelet count, and allergic reactions, are extremely rare.Still other community members fell somewhere in the middle when it came to mandatory vaccines."Maybe it's a little too harsh, but I think it's a good thing to get vaccinated," said one mother, who declined to give her name, as she pushed a stroller across Lee Avenue in Williamsburg.Jay Begun, founder of Kindercare Pediatrics in Williamsburg and an instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at Mount Sinai, is cautiously optimistic about the new order, especially in conjunction with the increased pressure on yeshivas to keep unvaccinated students at home."I think those who are anti-vaxxers in any community will try and resist some of these measures, but I believe the vast majority of people will comply with the health department's recommendation," he said. He added that he hoped that the health department wouldn't have to resort to the punitive measures described in the emergency declaration."No one wants fines," he said.The announcement was well-timed: the upcoming Passover holiday could possibly cause a spike in measles cases. Family dinners and well-attended religious services could put many unvaccinated people in contact with one another."[Passover] in the Hasidic community happens to be an extremely sanitary holiday," said Naftuli Moster, executive director of Yaffed, a group advocating for improved secular education of yeshiva students. "On the other hand, there are many opportunities for kids to get together and spread germs and disease."Health department commissioner Oxiris Barbot said that the department would be using contact tracing, a public health technique in which people who come into contact with an sick person are monitored for signs of infection, to target their efforts. If people get vaccinated within three days of exposure, they'll be protected from the disease, Barbot explained."The point here is not fine people, but to make it easier for them to get vaccinated," she said.In the meantime, Mayor de Blasio said, the health department would continue its efforts to reach out to the community through local organizations. The Daily Beast previously reported that the city was working with the United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg and North Brooklyn to educate parents on the importance of MMR vaccination, and to help bring yeshivas into compliance with the health department's rules."They've been supportive of the pediatricians and they're encouraging," Begun said of the health department. "Aside from going to home to home with lists and forcibly immunizing children, I don't know what the answer is."Read more at The Daily Beast.
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| India's Modi rides nationalist fervor ahead of election starting on Thursday Posted: 09 Apr 2019 11:00 PM PDT  By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's prime minister is rallying his nationalist base as the world's biggest democracy begins a general election on Thursday, but it has become tighter than anticipated, thanks to dwindling incomes for farmers and scarce jobs. Polls predict Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party-led (BJP) alliance will just win a parliamentary majority, a sharp drop from his commanding mandate five years ago, when he vowed to turn India into an economic and military power. ...
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| The Mercedes Handbuilt By Porsche’s 959 Factory Posted: 09 Apr 2019 11:49 AM PDT  If someone asks you what sleeper you would have given the choice, most of us would throw out suggestions like an RS2, a V70R or maybe even a Mercury Marauder. When looking at Mercedes' lineup of the last thirty years, nothing really screams sleeper to you, or does it? Porsche wasn't doing too well in the late eighties, with their product range being rather aged.
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| Uganda kidnapping: Arrests made in Costa Mesa resident Kimberly Sue Endicott's abduction Posted: 10 Apr 2019 01:17 AM PDT  Ugandan police say they have arrested some people over the kidnapping last week of a Costa Mesa tourist who has since been freed.
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| Why Trump’s Latest Move Against Iran Was Pointless—and Dangerous Posted: 09 Apr 2019 12:10 PM PDT  The action was worrisome theater, write two former State Department officials
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| India Supreme Court to hear Dassault jet deal in setback for Modi Posted: 10 Apr 2019 02:39 AM PDT  The published material was privileged defense documents, the government says. "Preliminary objections of the Centre are dismissed," said the court, led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, referring to the federal government, adding that it would set a date for further hearings. Modi, facing a tightening election, has vehemently denied opposition allegations of wrongdoing in the purchase of 36 Rafale planes and the government had asked the court to reject the petitions, citing national security.
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| Julian Assange: Conspiracy theorist proved right? Posted: 10 Apr 2019 05:34 PM PDT  Julian Assange has been widely denounced as a conspiracy theorist fleeing from justice, but the revelation Thursday of a US extradition warrant against the transparency campaigner supports a key reason he gave for going into hiding. The 47-year-old Australian was on Thursday arrested by British police at Ecuador's embassy in London, where he has been holed up since 2012. At the time the claims were made 2010, he was the frontman of WikiLeaks as the whistleblowing website exposed government secrets worldwide, with particular focus on the US.
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| The 2019 Audi TT RS Gets Some New Colors and Air Scoops, Starts at $67,895 Posted: 10 Apr 2019 11:17 AM PDT  Minor exterior and interior updates for the world's only five-cylinder sports car in production.
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| Walmart's Spring Sale Is Marking Down Tools, Grills, and More Posted: 10 Apr 2019 02:39 PM PDT |
| Twitter CEO reveals secret to running two companies: daily meditation and eating just one meal a day Posted: 10 Apr 2019 09:04 AM PDT  Twitter's chief executive Jack Dorsey has revealed he takes daily ice baths and eats only one meal a day in an in-depth interview about his extreme fitness routine. Appearing on a fitness podcast, the billionaire said the "biggest impact" on his mental health has been meditation but said he also does weekend-long fasts to give him the focus and energy to run two companies. The 42-year-old has been meditating for 20 years and spends an hour each morning and evening on the spiritual practice, he told the Ben Greenfield fitness podcast. He has came under fire last year for attending a 10-day meditation retreat in Burma with Twitter users accusing him of ignoring the country's human rights abuses. He later said he needed to "learn more". Mr Dorsey, who co-founded the platform Twitter and mobile payments company Square, said his daily routine includes fasting for 22 hours a day and walking the five mile commute to his office. I did my meditation at Dhamma Mahimã in Pyin Oo Lwin. This is my room. Basic. During the 10 days: no devices, reading, writing, physical excercise, music, intoxicants, meat, talking, or even eye contact with others. It's free: everything is given to meditators by charity. pic.twitter.com/OhJqXKInD3— jack (@jack) December 9, 2018 The daily walk allows him to spend time thinking or listening to podcasts. "I might look a little bit more like I'm jogging than I'm walking... I try to get as much sunlight as possible and then I begin the day 9," he said. The tech chief said skipping breakfast and lunch frees up his day and makes him more productive. His dinner usually consists of meat or fish accompanied with a salad or green vegetables, followed by some fruit or dark chocolate. "During the day, I feel so much more focused... the time back from breakfast and lunch allowed me to focus more on what my day is," he said, adding that it allows him to sleep better. Mr Dorsey said he thought he was hallucinating when he first began fasting Credit: Reuters Mr Dorsey also said he uses a sauna and ice bath for "mental clarity" every evening. He sits in a barrel sauna set at 220F degrees (104C) for 15 minutes followed by three minutes in an ice bath set at 37F degrees (2C). Rather than easing up on himself on weekends, Mr Dorsey said he has trialled 48-hour fasts from Friday to Sunday evening during which he only drinks water. "The first time I did it, like day three, I felt like I was hallucinating. It was a weird state to be in. But as I did it the next two times, it just became so apparent to me how much of our days are centered around meals and how - the experience I had was when I was fasting for much longer, how time really slowed down," he said. Profile | Jack Dorsey Earlier this week it also emerged that Mr Dorsey was received a total salary of just $1.40 from Twitter last year, a nod to its former 140-character per tweet limit. "As a testament to his commitment to and belief in Twitter's long-term value creation potential, our CEO, Jack Dorsey, declined all compensation and benefits for 2015, 2016 and 2017, and in 2018 he declined all compensation and benefits other than a salary of $1.40," a section of the company's filing stated. However, Mr Dorsey owns 2.3 per cent of the company's stock. He also made an estimated $80 million (£61 million) after taxes from selling 1.7 million shares in his second company Square, according to Forbes.
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| Top 25: 5 Best Battleships, Aircraft Carriers, Submarines, Bombers and Fighter Jets Posted: 10 Apr 2019 05:32 AM PDT  That's why in the end, debating Jane's Fighting Ships entries -- lists of statistics -- for Iowa, Yamato, and their brethren from other times and places fails to satisfy. (This is a series of 5 pieces combined for your reading pleasure that have ranked as some of our most popular ever.)5 Best Battleships:Ranking the greatest battleships of all time is a tad easier than ranking naval battles. Both involve comparing apples with oranges. But at least taking the measure of individual men-of-war involves comparing one apple with one orange. That's a compact endeavor relative to sorting through history to discern how seesaw interactions shaped the destinies of peoples and civilizations.Still, we need some standard for distinguishing between battlewagons. What makes a ship great? It makes sense, first of all, to exclude any ship before the reign of Henry VIII. There was no line-of-battle ship in the modern sense before England's "great sea-king" founded the sail-driven Royal Navy in the 16th century. Galley warfare was quite a different affair from lining up capital ships and pounding away with naval gunnery.
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| Supplements warning: Certain types could increase chances of cancer, new study says Posted: 09 Apr 2019 05:35 PM PDT  Many people take vitamin supplements to add years to their life, but a new study says some supplements could actually increase your chances of cancer.
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| GOP lawmaker's 'PENCIL' resolution calls for Rep. Adam Schiff to be tossed from Intel Committee Posted: 11 Apr 2019 08:38 AM PDT  Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz has introduced a resolution calling for Rep. Adam Schiff to be ousted from heading the House Intelligence Committee.
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| Sudan's long-time survivor Bashir is finally forced out Posted: 11 Apr 2019 07:04 AM PDT  In an address on state television, Defence Minister Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf said Bashir, who seized power in a bloodless coup in 1989, was under arrest in a "safe place" and a military council was now running the country. Sudanese sources said Bashir was at the presidential residence under heavy guard. Bashir, 75, was a master at playing rival factions among security services, the military, Islamists and armed tribes off against each other.
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| Ex-Obama White House counsel caught in Mueller-probe dragnet Posted: 10 Apr 2019 11:37 PM PDT  Lawyers for a White House counsel during the presidency of Barack Obama said Wednesday they expected him to face federal charges in coming days linked to jailed disgraced lobbyist Paul Manafort, the Washington Post reported. Gregory Craig faces federal charges in relation to legal work he did for the Ukrainian government in 2012 after leaving the White House. If charged, Craig would be the first prominent Democrat to be caught in the dragnet cast by special counsel Robert Mueller into Russia interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.
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| 2020 Audi S6 Drops the V-8, but Its Turbo V-6 Attempts to Assuage Us with More Torque Posted: 11 Apr 2019 07:45 AM PDT  The new S6 keeps Quattro all-wheel drive and makes the same 450 horsepower as with the outgoing V-8.
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| NASA’s Curiosity rover just drilled a new hole on Mars Posted: 10 Apr 2019 05:07 PM PDT  The year 2019 started off on a bittersweet note for NASA with the unfortunate demise of the incredibly trusty Opportunity rover on Mars. It was a sad day for the scientific community as a whole, but it wasn't the only rover cruising around on the Red Planet, and NASA's Curiosity rover has continued its stellar work even as it (probably) mourns the loss of its comrade.Now, continuing on its quest to learn more about the Martian landscape, Curiosity has successfully drilled another hole in a new location, securing a sample that the robot will soon analyze.In a new blog post, NASA's Curiosity team reveals the successful drilling attempt at a target that's been nicknamed "Aberlady." The rock is one of many that Curiosity has sampled since it landed on Mars way back in 2012, but the data it provides is no less important."We'll kick off the Sol 2372 plan with a short science block to analyze 2 targets with ChemCam: the inside of the drill hole (Aberlady) and a nearby bedrock target 'Mayar.' We'll also use Navcam to conduct a dust devil observation," the Curiosity team writes. "The next step in our drill campaign is to determine if we collected powdered rock sample and whether it is behaving as expected."This might seem like a normal day for Curiosity, and in many ways it is, but the fact that Curiosity is successfully drilling anything at this point is a testament to NASA ingenuity. You see, Curiosity isn't drilling things in the way that it was originally designed, and after an unexpected failure back in late 2017 NASA engineers were forced to come up with a new way for the rover to use its drill.Originally, Curiosity was designed to brace its drilling instrument against a surface using stabilizing arms before extending the drill bit. Unfortunately, the mechanism that actually extended the drill bit failed and NASA had to invent a new method. After testing various techniques, NASA ultimately commanded Curiosity to physically push the drill bit into its targets with its robotic arm, foregoing the use of the stabilizing posts.As you can see by the hole in the photo above, the new method has proved useful, and Curiosity has been able to continue its work despite the unfortunate failure.
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| Apple quietly nixes fee to transfer data from your old Mac to your new one Posted: 10 Apr 2019 02:12 AM PDT  After speaking with an Apple Store Operations Specialist, TidBITS reported that the company has dropped the data migration fee charged when users move their content from an old computer to a new Mac. Previously, when you went to the Apple Store to upgrade your computer to a new one or had some repairs done, you'd have to pay a whopping $99 to migrate the data to your new device or new hard drive. As first reported by TidBITS on Tuesday, Apple quietly discontinued charging this particular fee.
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| Yahoo to pay $117.5M in latest settlement of massive breach Posted: 10 Apr 2019 02:36 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nearly 200 million people who had sensitive information snatched from their Yahoo accounts will receive two years of free credit-monitoring services and other potential restitution in a legal settlement valued at $117.5 million.
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| Big turnout for India's giant election, where Modi has an edge Posted: 11 Apr 2019 10:23 AM PDT  People trekked, rode bicycles and drove tractors to polling stations in the world's biggest democratic exercise, with nearly 900 million eligible to vote during seven phases of balloting spread over 39 days. "I've never missed my vote in my life," said Anima Saikia, a 61-year-old woman in the northeastern state of Assam, who was among early voters in the first phase. The game is in our hands right now." Boosted by a surge in nationalist fervor after February's antagonism with Pakistan, Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held the advantage going into the election, opinion polls showed.
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| Before US Congress, Mnuchin testimony descends into acrimony Posted: 09 Apr 2019 05:08 PM PDT  Lengthy congressional testimony by US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin descended into outright acrimony on Tuesday as a House committee rebuffed his pleas to be dismissed. Mnuchin faced grilling before House panels on appropriations and financial services, where Democrats aggressively questioned him over President Donald Trump's tax returns, sanctions policy toward Russia and his personal finances.
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| Sudanese woman who became symbol of revolution says women at heart of protest Posted: 10 Apr 2019 11:16 AM PDT  The Sudanese woman who became an emblem of the uprising against the rule of Omar Bashir has said women are likely to play the decisive role in the outcome of the country's protest movement. Alaa Saleh, a 22 year old architecture student, shot to fame when she was photographed standing on a car in a long white dress and addressing a vast crowd of demonstrators earlier this week. "Sudanese women have always participated in revolutions in this country. If you see Sudan's history, all our queens have led the state. It's part of our heritage," she said today. "I'm very proud to take part in this revolution and I hope our revolution will achieve its goal," Ms Saleh told the AFP. Meanwhile Lana Haroun, the woman who took the viral photograph, said she was "proud to be one of the people trying to make Sudanese history" and called on people to share as many images from the protests as possible. Women have played a prominent role in a sit-in protest in central Khartoum that entered its fifth day on Wednesday, with some estimates saying they make up more than half the crowd. Protesters have resisted several attempts to clear the demonstration site outside army headquarters Credit: AFP Tens of thousands of protesters, who are calling for Mr Bashir to resign and for a new transitional government to be formed, have defied several attempts by the country's security service and riot police to disperse them with tear gas, rubber bullets and live rounds. The country's information minister said today that eleven people were killed during security incidents in the capital Khartoum on Tuesday, when soldiers inside the base exchanged fire with the National Intelligence and Security Service who tried to clear the crowd. He said the casualties included six members of "state forces", but did not specify whether they were from the Army or NIISA. Sudan uprising, in pictures No new clashes were reported on Wednesday, but Sudanese soldiers increased their presence at the demonstration site outside the base, apparently in response to a leaked video that showed the leader of a pro-government militia suggesting dispersing the demonstration by force. Witnesses told The Telegraph that situation in Khartoum is "calm but nervous," with rumours about the government's next move. "Some people are worried the Army will switch and back the government," said a protester who asked not to be named. Pro-government officials called for a "million person" counter demonstration in another part of the city on Thursday.
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