| ‘World’s most dangerous bird’ kills owner after attacking him when he fell over at Florida home Posted: 14 Apr 2019 01:38 AM PDT  A 75-year-old man has been killed by the large flightless bird he owned after he fell on his property in Florida.Police found the man badly wounded by a cassowary when they were called to his property, where the victim kept exotic animals, on Friday.Cassowaries are known as the "world's most dangerous bird", according to San Diego Zoo.Alachua County Sheriff Department said the man was probably injured by the bird's 4-inch, dagger-like claws.Police are investigating the incident but say initial information suggests it was a "tragic accident".The victim, named as Marvin Hajos, was taken to hospital by paramedics, where he later died from his injuries.He was reportedly breeding the birds, which are native to Australia and New Guinea."It looks like it was accidental," deputy chief Jeff Taylor told the Gainesville Sun newspaper."My understanding is that the gentleman was in the vicinity of the bird and at some point fell. When he fell, he was attacked."Police added that the cassowary involved in the attack "remains secured on private property at this time."A woman who identified herself as the victim's partner told the Gainesville Sun that he had died "doing what he loved" but chose not to make any further statement.Cassowaries are similar to emus and are among the largest bird species in the world, weighing up to 60kg and reaching up to 6ft in height.San Diego Zoo said cassowaries "can slice open any predator or potential threat with a single swift kick", due to their long claws.The birds are not traditionally raised in the US but are sought after by collectors.The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission lists the cassowary as Class II wildlife which can "pose a danger to people" and require a permit for ownership.Agencies contributed to this report
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| Mark Riddell, test-taker ace in college admissions cheating case, pleads guilty in court Posted: 13 Apr 2019 06:10 AM PDT  Mark Riddell, the man accused of taking tests for students in an elaborate college admissions scheme, appeared Friday in federal court.
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| Sudan’s Bashir Must Face Justice for His Genocides Posted: 12 Apr 2019 11:35 AM PDT  Sudan's long-time president, Omar al Bashir — among the world's most ruthless rulers — was arrested yesterday in a military coup that followed four months of popular protests in Khartoum, the country's capital. Whatever other charges he will face for terror and corruption, he should be promptly tried for his worst offense: genocide.In 70 years since the adoption of the U.N.'s Genocide Convention, only two genocides have been officially recognized by the U.S. government while they were still occurring. The first was the Bashir regime's genocide in the western Darfur region. In mid 2004, a few months after the Darfur conflict began and a few months before the Bush administration recognized the genocide, the State Department dispatched a team to refugee camps across the border in Chad. The team interviewed survivors from the Muslim Fur, Masalit, and Zaghawa tribes, which were targeted for extermination.A preeminent expert in the field, Gregory Stanton, summarized the "shocking" survey results:> Over 60 percent of the people interviewed had witnessed the killing of a family member. Two-thirds had witnessed the killing of a non-family member. Over 80 percent had witnessed destruction of a village. Two-thirds had witnessed aerial bombing of villages by the Sudanese government. And perhaps most chillingly, one-third had heard racial epithets used while they or their relatives were being murdered or raped. Assailants often shouted, "Kill the slaves" and "We have orders to kill all the blacks."The survey's findings convinced the administration to declare the Bashir regime's campaign in Darfur a racially motivated genocide. All told, the State Department estimates that over 300,000 tribesmen have died in in the region, and hundreds of thousands remain displaced today.Despite an arrest warrant for genocide issued against him by the International Criminal Court in 2010, Bashir remained president and protected from prosecution. He continued to receive crucial diplomatic and financial support from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Russia, South Africa, China, and the Arab League, among others.As I wrote 15 years ago in these pages, Darfur should be counted as Bashir's second genocide. He waged the first from the early 1990s to 2002, against the Christians and animists of southern Sudan and the people of the Nuba Mountains. That bloody campaign was undertaken in response to a rebellion against the forcible imposition of sharia law, which violated guarantees of southern autonomy included in the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement. Though the Nuba are mostly Muslim, they resisted Bashir's call to jihad against the south and were consequently declared "apostates," marked for death along with non-Muslims, in a 1993 government fatwa.Over 2 million eventually perished and 5 million were displaced as a result. Bashir used, as he would again in Darfur, a combination of military and militia tactics, inflicting deliberate mass starvation and sanctioning widespread rape, enslavement, and bombing and strafing of hospitals, schools, and other civilian structures. It ended in 2005 with the Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement (SCPA). Its traumatic legacy lives on in the unending conflict and political dysfunction of South Sudan, which became an independent country under the terms of the SCPA.For 30 years, Bashir led a military dictatorship bent on forcibly Islamicizing and Arabizing Sudan's disparate tribes and religious groups. His regime carried out amputations, stonings, and other harsh punishments for such offenses as women wearing pants instead of skirts, the consumption of alcohol, adultery, homosexuality, and apostasy and blasphemy against Islam.Bashir's millions of surviving victims yearn for justice, but it is unlikely to come from the usual international bodies. The ICC, currently preoccupied with trying to prosecute American vets of Afghanistan and Iraq, is too politicized to be entrusted with adjudicating the most egregious of all human-rights violations. And U.N.-backed hybrid tribunals have been infamously slow and expensive.Bashir should instead be tried for genocide by a Sudanese court. Secretary Pompeo should honor the Bush administration's genocide designation by helping Khartoum identify Sudanese jurists and witnesses, many of whom are now in exile, and by providing expert legal counsel and encouragement. It's the best chance the world stands of forcing this monster to answer for his crimes.
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| 2.9 preliminary magnitude earthquake strikes near Berkeley Posted: 13 Apr 2019 12:36 PM PDT  A 2.9 preliminary magnitude earthquake has struck near Berkeley, according to the USGS.
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| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mentioned 3,181 times on Fox in six weeks: ‘We have an AOC segment every single day’ Posted: 12 Apr 2019 01:31 PM PDT  Fox Media channels have mentioned freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez every day for about six weeks, as reported by media watchdog group Media Matters. Fox, headed by Rupert Murdoch, is best known for providing right-leaning news and political talk shows, like Justice Jeanine and Hannity. The New York representative was mentioned at least 3,181 times on the network between February 25 and April 7.President Trump is known to frequently watch Fox during his 'executive time'. Ocasio-Cortez, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, took to Twitter to respond. "Fox News brought me up 3,000+ times in *6 weeks.* That's how hard they're fighting against dignified healthcare, wages, & justice for all; and turning their firepower on the youngest Congresswoman in history to do it. Too bad for them, cause we don't flinch. ForThePeople."Ocasio-Cortez is referring to her championship of what Fox sees as radical liberal causes, like the fight for a liveable minimum wage, Medicare for all, and free college. Media Matters says that "Hosts and guests smear and misrepresent Ocasio-Cortez's agenda, caricaturing it while painting it as dangerous, far-left socialism". The watchdog notes how Fox has repeatedly invalidated Ocasio-Cortez due to her age, calling her a little girl, yet claim she's taken over the democratic party. Fox has also claimed she's pushing her "Latin American values" on the United States, despite the fact that Ocasio-Cortez is Puerto Rican and from the Bronx. Puerto Rico is an American territory.Media Matters notes that host Stuart Varney acknowledged, "We have an AOC segment every single day, almost every single hour. She's good for our ratings"
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| Yemeni bodegas boycott New York Post over attacks on Ilhan Omar Posted: 13 Apr 2019 10:07 AM PDT  Murdoch-owned paper published front page that Yemeni American Merchants Association says 'provoked hatred' The groups says attacks on Ilhan Omar are making Muslim Americans less safe. Photograph: Jim Bourg/Reuters A group of New York corner-store owners has announced a boycott on the sale of the New York Post, arguing that the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper's attacks on congresswoman Ilhan Omar are making Muslim Americans less safe. On Thursday, the Post published a front page featuring an image of the World Trade Center towers in flames on 11 September 2001 and a quote suggesting that Omar, a Somali American congresswoman from Minnesota who wears a hijab, had minimized the seriousness of the terror attacks in a speech last month. In an open letter in response, the Yemeni American Merchants Association wrote that the front page "provoked hatred" and "aims to harm Omar and her family and other people of the Islamic faith". The group said it was calling on "all Yemeni American bodega and deli owners" as well as "our community and allies across New York City" to boycott the sale and purchase of the Post. This is ugly pic.twitter.com/R2XVyS4dq8— Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) April 11, 2019 The association represents Yemeni Americans who own and run an estimated 4,000 to 5,000 of New York City's thousands of delis and corner stores, which are known as "bodegas". Such stores are integral to the daily life of most New Yorkers, a crucial source of late-night snacks, morning coffee and newspapers and magazines. Repeated criticism of Omar by the Post, the Murdoch-owned Fox News, Republican politicians and Donald Trump has been condemned by progressive Democrats, including presidential contenders who called the attacks "dangerous" and said they risked "inciting violence". Last week, a Trump supporter from New York state was arrested and charged after making a death threat against Omar. On Friday, Trump tweeted a video featuring part of Omar's remarks to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, cut with footage from 9/11. He retweeted the message on Saturday. The Post published a brief story criticising the New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for her defense of Omar. In its letter, the Yemeni American Merchants Association said the New York Post was "undermin[ing] national unity and [enticing] violence and hate". It added: "This rhetoric threatens the safety and wellbeing of Omar, Muslim leaders, and the larger Muslim American community at a time when Islamophobia is at an all-time high." Ayyad Algabyali, the group's director of advocacy, told the Guardian: "It's not the first time that the New York Post basically spreads hate and fear in their newspapers." Selling the New York Post might bring merchants "a little profit", he added, but it also means "you are committing to sell violence and hate in the community, and that's totally unacceptable". There was "no end date" to the boycott, he said, adding: "This might be for good." Algabyali said news of the boycott had gone viral on Twitter, and that the group hoped other merchant associations might join in solidarity. The group had already received support from some Uber and Lyft drivers, he said, who were helping spread news about the boycott from one bodega to another. This is not the Yemeni American Merchants Association's first major political action. It was formed two years ago, in the wake of a a Yemeni bodega strike protesting Trump's travel ban against several Muslim-majority countries.
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| American Airlines extends Boeing 737 MAX cancellations through Aug. 19 Posted: 14 Apr 2019 07:00 AM PDT ![American Airlines extends Boeing 737 MAX cancellations through Aug. 19]( "American Airlines extends Boeing 737 MAX cancellations through Aug. 19") American Airlines Group Inc said on Sunday it is extending Boeing Co 737 MAX cancellations through Aug. 19, leading to about 115 daily canceled flights, or 1.5 percent of its daily summer flying schedule. Boeing's 737 MAX aircraft was grounded worldwide in March following a fatal crash on Ethiopian Airlines that killed all 157 aboard, just five months after a similar crash on Lion Air that killed all 189 passengers and crew. American Airlines owns 24 MAX jets and is awaiting delivery of 16 more this year.
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| Charging Assange reflects dramatic shift in US approach Posted: 12 Apr 2019 09:26 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The decision to seek the extradition of Julian Assange marked a dramatic new approach to the founder of WikiLeaks by the U.S. government, a shift that was signaled in the early days of the Trump administration.
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| World's largest plane makes first test flight Posted: 14 Apr 2019 02:10 AM PDT  The world's largest airplane -- a Stratolaunch behemoth with two fuselages and six Boeing 747 engines -- made its first test flight on Saturday in California. The mega jet carried out its maiden voyage over the Mojave desert. It is designed to carry into space, and drop, a rocket that would in turn ignite to deploy satellites.
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| College admissions scandal: Will the students stay in school? Colleges don't have to say Posted: 14 Apr 2019 09:35 AM PDT  Two universities say they have booted students, but colleges don't have to give details of disciplinary decisions. Here's why they're staying quiet.
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| North Korea's Kim Jong Un says U.S. must change stance, gives deadline Posted: 12 Apr 2019 04:23 PM PDT  Kim said that he will wait "until the end of this year" for the United States to decide, according to KCNA. "What is needed is for the U.S. to stop its current way of calculation, and come to us with a new calculation," Kim said in a speech to the Supreme People's Assembly on Friday, KCNA said. Trump and Kim have met twice, in Hanoi in February and Singapore in June, building good will but failing to agree on a deal to lift sanctions in exchange for North Korea abandoning its nuclear and missile programs.
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| View the All-New 2020 Nissan Versa in Photos Posted: 12 Apr 2019 01:17 PM PDT |
| The Latest: Mississippi university escapes storm damage Posted: 13 Apr 2019 09:14 PM PDT  DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on a powerful storm system moving through the southern United States (all times local):
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| Roger Stone Attacks Mueller Indictment, Seeks to See Report Posted: 13 Apr 2019 10:48 AM PDT  A longtime Republican political operative and dirty trickster, Stone was indicted in late January on charges he lied to Congress about communications with WikiLeaks, obstructed lawmakers' investigation and tampered with witnesses. In a suite of six sometimes overlapping filings, Stone's lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington to throw out the case against him, arguing that Mueller's investigation was improperly funded, that the special counsel himself was improperly appointed and that the lawmakers to whom Stone allegedly lied never asked Mueller to investigate that possibility.
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| Employers at India's stricken Jet Airways protest Posted: 13 Apr 2019 07:35 AM PDT  Several hundred employees of India's beleaguered Jet Airways held a protest at Delhi airport on Saturday demanding to be paid and calling for the company to be rescued. All but around half a dozen of its 119 aircraft are grounded and all international flights are suspended until Monday. Once India's second-biggest airline by market share, the Mumbai-based firm has defaulted on loans and struggled to pay aircraft lessors and staff.
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| The Latest: WikiLeaks editor says Assange in a London prison Posted: 12 Apr 2019 03:33 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's arrest (all times local):
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| Five years after Boko Haram kidnap, 112 Chibok girls still missing Posted: 13 Apr 2019 06:50 PM PDT  Aisha Musa Maina digs through an old bag looking for memories of her daughter Hauwa, one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped five years ago by Boko Haram jihadists in northeastern Nigeria. The kidnap had caused the family such suffering and sadness it feels as if they were all abducted, Hauwa's mother told AFP. On April 14, 2014, gunmen stormed the Chibok girls' boarding school, kidnapping 276 pupils aged 12-17, 57 of whom managed to escape by jumping from the trucks.
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| New York Post rips Rep. Ilhan Omar over 9/11 comments. Here's what we know about her remarks Posted: 12 Apr 2019 04:04 PM PDT  Rep. Ilhan Omar is in hot water for her comments on 9/11. Here's what we know about the remarks and how they ended up on the cover of the New York Post
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| New military council leader promises civilian government for Sudan Posted: 13 Apr 2019 02:06 PM PDT  In his first televised address, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdelrahman canceled a night curfew and ordered the release of all prisoners jailed under emergency laws put in place by Bashir before his downfall. During a meeting between the transitional military council and a coalition of opposition groups, including protest organizers, the protesters demanded that civilians be included in the council, opposition activists who were briefed about the meeting said. The military council also promised to "abolish all laws that restrict freedoms," the activists said.
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| From the C/D Archives: How Has the Volkswagen Jetta GLI Changed from 1988 to 2019? Posted: 13 Apr 2019 11:30 AM PDT  It's remarkable how similar our 1988 model test is to the one we published last week.
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| Trump warns of 5G competition, but no mention of China or Huawei Posted: 12 Apr 2019 01:46 PM PDT  Amid ongoing trade talks with Beijing, President Donald Trump heralded the success of the American private sector for building 5G while warning of foreign competition, but in a marked departure for his administration made no specific mention of China.
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| Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas are Southern states most at risk of tornadoes Saturday Posted: 13 Apr 2019 09:50 AM PDT  Folks in the South are in for a stormy and potentially dangerous Saturday, meteorologists warn. "There is a significant risk for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes."
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| 2 killed in violent Sun Valley crash; person sought after fleeing scene Posted: 12 Apr 2019 11:29 PM PDT  Two people were killed in a violent two-car crash in Sun Valley Friday night, and authorities are investigating whether the wreck is the result of street racing.
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| Shock at arrest of deputy's son in black church fires Posted: 12 Apr 2019 02:27 PM PDT  OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — Authorities said he had no known criminal record. A friend described him as an introverted animal lover who showed no animosity toward any race, and a talented, if frustrated heavy metal guitar player and singer. A fellow musician called him "a really sweet guy."
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| Nigeria President Says Election Rival Was Not a Citizen Posted: 14 Apr 2019 01:50 AM PDT ![Nigeria President Says Election Rival Was Not a Citizen]( "Nigeria President Says Election Rival Was Not a Citizen") The allegation against Atiku Abubakar, the opposition candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, was made in a petition filed by Buhari's All Progressives Congress to the panel in Abuja, according to a spokesman of that party. Abubakar's party filed a petition at the Presidential Elections Tribunal last month to nullify Buhari's victory on allegations that voting was rigged in favor of the incumbent. Buhari, 76, was declared the winner for his second term, with 56 percent of the vote, while Abubakar garnered 41 percent.
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| China's JD.com boss criticises 'slackers' as company makes cuts Posted: 13 Apr 2019 01:47 AM PDT  Liu, who started the company that would become JD.com in 1998, in the note spoke about how in the firm's earliest days he would set his alarm clock to wake him up every two hours to ensure he could offer his customers 24-hour service - a step he said was crucial to JD's success. "JD in the last four, five years has not made any eliminations, so the number of staff has expanded rapidly, the number of people giving orders has grown and grown, while the those who are working have fallen," Liu wrote. The term he used, which is commonly translated in China as "slackers" can be directly translated as people who drift along aimlessly or waste time.
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| Sudanese army holds 1st meeting with protesters since coup Posted: 13 Apr 2019 10:50 AM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese political parties and movements behind nearly four months of anti-government protests met with the country's military on Saturday, activists and the military said, holding the first talks since the army forced President Omar al-Bashir from power two days ago.
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| The 2020 Audi R8 Decennium Celebrates Audi's Magnificent V-10 Posted: 12 Apr 2019 02:36 PM PDT  The 5.2-liter V-10 traces its history further back, but for now, just practice this special edition's spelling.
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| Kim Jong-un gives Donald Trump until end of year to change attitude to North Korea nuclear talks Posted: 12 Apr 2019 07:25 PM PDT  Kim Jong-un said the US must change its attitude to talks by the end of this year if there was to be a third summit with Donald Trump. The North Korean leader made the comments during a speech on Friday at a session of North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament, which made a slew of personnel changes that bolstered his diplomatic lineup amid deadlocked negotiations with the United States. His speech came hours after Mr Trump and visiting South Korean President Moon Jae-in met in Washington and agreed on the importance of nuclear talks with North Korea. "We of course place importance on resolving problems through dialogue and negotiations. But US-style dialogue of unilaterally pushing its demands doesn't fit us, and we have no interest in it," Kim said during the speech. According to the Korean Central News Agency, he blamed the collapse of his summit with Trump in February on what he described as unilateral demands by the United States, which he said raised questions over whether Washington has genuine willingness to improve relations. But Kim said his personal relationship with the American president remains good and that they could exchange letters at "any time." Kim repeated earlier claims that North Korea's crippled economy would persevere through heavy international sanctions imposed over its nuclear weapons programme and that he wouldn't "obsess over summitry with the United States out of thirst for sanctions relief." The United States has said the summit in Vietnam broke down because of the North's excessive demands for sanctions relief in return for limited disarmament measures. In their first summit last June in Singapore, Mr Trump and Kim issued a vague statement calling for a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula without describing when and how it would occur. Kim said the United States has been refusing to withdraw what the North perceives as "hostile policies" while sticking to "mistaken judgment that we would succumb to maximum pressure." He said the North would not compromise on the "fundamental interests of our country and people, even by a speck," and blamed the United States for arriving in Hanoi with "completely unrealisable plans." "If the United States approaches us with the right manner and offers to hold a third North Korea-U.S. leaders' summit on the condition of finding solutions we could mutually accept, then we do have a willingness to give it one more try," he added. "We will wait with patience until the end of the year for the United States to come up with a courageous decision. But it will clearly be difficult for a good opportunity like last time to come up." Kim Jong-un poses in a photo with newly-elected members of the leadership bodies of the state at the headquarters building of the Party Central Committee in Pyongyang Credit: AFP Kim also during the speech made a nationalistic call for South Korea to support the North's positions more strongly and criticised Seoul for acting like an "overstepping mediator" between Washington and Pyongyang. Kim held three summits last year with Moon, who lobbied hard to revive the nuclear talks between the United States and North Korea. Following collapse of the Trump-Kim summit, the North had been urging the South to break away from Washington and proceed with inter-Korean economic projects that are currently held back by U.S.-led sanctions against the North. "The South should not act as an 'overstepping mediator' or a 'facilitator' and should rather get its mind straight as a member of the (Korean) nation and boldly speak up for the interest of the nation," Kim said. When asked about Kim's comments, South Korea's presidential office said Seoul is committed toward keeping the atmosphere of dialogue alive and helping negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang resume at an early date.
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| American extends Max 8 flight cancellations into August, joining Southwest Posted: 14 Apr 2019 07:00 AM PDT  The move will take 115 daily summer flights out of its schedule. Affected passengers will be notified in advance.
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| What 100 Calories of Easter Candy Looks Like Posted: 13 Apr 2019 03:00 AM PDT  In 2018, Americans spent $3.4 billion on Easter candy—more than they spent on candy for any other holiday except Halloween, according to the National Confectioners Association. So it's not easy t...
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| Detailed Photos of the New 2019 Subaru Forester Posted: 12 Apr 2019 12:57 PM PDT |
| Prosecutor asks for review of how Smollett case was handled Posted: 12 Apr 2019 12:58 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — The Cook County state's attorney said Friday that she has asked the county's inspector general to review how her office handled "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's criminal case.
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| Assange's father calls on Australia to bring him home Posted: 13 Apr 2019 10:15 PM PDT  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's father on Sunday called on Australia to bring his son home, saying he was shocked to see his son's condition after his arrest in London last week. John Shipton -- who was secretary of the Wikileaks Party when his son tried to run for a senate seat in 2013 national elections -- reportedly visited Assange every Christmas at the Ecuadore embassy in London after he sought refuge there in 2012. "DFAT (Department of Foreign Affairs) and the prime minister should in a nuanced way do something," Shipton told Melbourne's Sunday Herald Sun.
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| Banks fight Puerto Rico oversight board's quest for bondholder information Posted: 12 Apr 2019 12:26 PM PDT ![Banks fight Puerto Rico oversight board's quest for bondholder information]( "Banks fight Puerto Rico oversight board's quest for bondholder information") Four banks on Friday fired back at a move by Puerto Rico's federally created financial oversight board to force them to disclose customer information related to certain debt issued by the bankrupt U.S. commonwealth. The board on Monday asked the U.S. District Court judge hearing the island's bankruptcy cases to compel the banks to submit bondholder names and addresses along with related payments the bondholders received between 2013 and 2017 by an April 19 deadline. The Bank of New York Mellon, Bank of America Corp , JP Morgan Chase Bank, and U.S. Bank objected, citing concerns over disclosing confidential customer information, as well as the cost and ability to produce a large amount of information within the tight deadline.
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| Sudan's new military ruler vows to 'uproot' Bashir regime Posted: 13 Apr 2019 04:27 PM PDT  Sudan's second new military leader in as many days vowed Saturday to "uproot" deposed president Omar al-Bashir's regime and release protesters, in a bid to placate demonstrators demanding civilian rule. "I announce the restructuring of state institutions according to the law and pledge to fight corruption and uproot the regime and its symbols," General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said, a day after he was sworn in to head Sudan's new ruling military council. Career soldier Burhan took the helm of Sudan's transitional military council on Friday when his predecessor General Awad Ibn Ouf -- a close aide of ousted veteran president Bashir -- quit after little more than 24 hours in power.
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| Heavy rain continues; severe weather risk increases Sunday Posted: 13 Apr 2019 06:15 PM PDT  Showers and heavy downpour will continue today but the risk for severe weather, isolated tornadoes and storms increase heading into Sunday.
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| 2020 Vision: Democratic field now largest in history Posted: 12 Apr 2019 11:48 AM PDT  With 18 candidates, the 2020 Democratic field is now the largest ever for a major party's presidential nomination.
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| Brazil’s Economy Minister Says He Can ‘Fix’ Petrobras Situation Posted: 13 Apr 2019 03:00 PM PDT  When asked about Bolsonaro's meddling in state-controlled Petrobras' pricing policy this week, Guedes said he'd get more information when he returns home from Washington, where he's been attending the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund. Petrobras shares plunged more than 8 percent on Friday after Bolsonaro called the energy producer's Chief Executive Officer Roberto Castello Branco and ordered him to cancel a planned increase in diesel prices.
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| Is Charlotte Russe already making a comeback? New company hints it will re-open 100 stores Posted: 13 Apr 2019 03:44 PM PDT  Less than two weeks after hundreds of Charlotte Russe stores closed, the retailer's website and social media accounts are promoting a comeback.
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| Tesla to stop selling $35,000 Model 3 online Posted: 12 Apr 2019 01:03 PM PDT  Tesla has pulled the plug on Internet sales of its cheapest Model 3 sedan in the latest shift to the company's retail strategy. "Model 3 Standard will now be a software-limited version of the Standard Plus, and we are taking it off the online ordering menu, which just means that to get it, customers will need to call us or visit any one of the several hundred Tesla stores," Tesla said in a blog post on Thursday night. The announcement reverses Tesla's announcement on February 28 that the $35,000 model could only be purchased online. At the time, Tesla also announced plans to close many of its retail stores, but later retreated on that plan.
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| The Latest: Monday bond hearing for suspect in church fires Posted: 12 Apr 2019 01:11 PM PDT OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of a suspect in recent arson fires at black churches in Louisiana (all times local):
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| SpaceX successfully recovered Falcon Heavy’s nosecone, and it’s going to space again Posted: 12 Apr 2019 01:57 PM PDT  After many delays, SpaceX was finally able to launch its Falcon Heavy rocket this week, for just the second time ever. The company also made history by successfully recovering both of its side boosters and the central core booster, which it had never done before.Believe it or not, the trio of boosters aren't the only things that SpaceX managed to recover. SpaceX boss Elon Musk revealed on Twitter that both halves of the spacecraft's nosecone were also picked up, and they're going to send them back into space sooner rather than later.SpaceX's entire business model revolves around being able to reuse extremely expensive hardware. Landing a rocket booster back on the ground so it can be refurbished is one thing, but recovering other parts of the spacecraft, such as the nosecone fairing, helps to boost SpaceX's bottom line even more.https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1116514068393680896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1116514068393680896&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fboygeniusreport.wordpress.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D5705656%26action%3DeditUnfortunately, the fairing halves have proven difficult to recover. The nosecone halves don't have great aerodynamics, and SpaceX has been testing various ways of recovering them for many months. The company has tried catching them, but getting its net-equipped ship into the right position has frustrated their efforts.For the Falcon Heavy, SpaceX didn't catch the fairings but did recover them promptly from the ocean. Seawater isn't the best for rocket components, but the company is confident it can refurbish the fairings after they've been dunked in the ocean. Musk says SpaceX plans on reusing the fairings during the launch of its own Starlink satellite mission later this year.This would be the first time SpaceX has ever reused nosecone fairings it recovered from the ocean, and the company hasn't said a lot about the process(es) it plans to use to give the fairings a second lease on life. We'll see whether things pan out later this year, but SpaceX has been on a winning streak lately and there's little reason to think that will change.
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| UPDATE 1-Multiple people shot outside nightclub in Australia Posted: 13 Apr 2019 04:48 PM PDT ![UPDATE 1-Multiple people shot outside nightclub in Australia]( "UPDATE 1-Multiple people shot outside nightclub in Australia") Multiple people have been shot outside a nightclub in the Australian city of Melbourne, police said on Sunday. Two men were in hospital in critical condition, police said, while two other men had non-life-threatening injuries. A police spokeswoman said by telephone that there was no suggestion the attack was terror-related at this stage.
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| Palestinian teen killed by Israeli fire in border clashes: Gaza ministry Posted: 12 Apr 2019 11:44 AM PDT  A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by the Israeli army Friday during renewed clashes on the Gaza border, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said. A ministry spokesman said Maysara Abu Shaloof, 15, was "shot in the stomach by the (Israeli) occupation east of Jabalia," referring to a demonstration site in northern Gaza. At least 48 others were taken to hospital with a variety of injuries from clashes at several spots along the border, the ministry said without elaborating.
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