| Female Afghan former journalist shot dead in Kabul Posted: 11 May 2019 12:56 PM PDT  A former journalist who worked for the Afghan parliament was shot and killed in Kabul on Saturday, an official said, in the latest brazen attack to rock Afghanistan's capital. Mena Mangal was well known in Kabul circles for her work presenting shows on several television networks, before she left journalism to become a cultural advisor to parliament. According to interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi, Mangal was gunned down in eastern Kabul in broad daylight.
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| A machete attack on the Appalachian Trail left one hiker dead Posted: 13 May 2019 06:01 AM PDT  James Jordan, a suspect in a machete attack against two hikers on the Appalachian Trail in Virginia this weekend has been arrested, police said.
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| Tanker collision, gasoline spill closes portion of Houston Ship Channel Posted: 11 May 2019 04:17 PM PDT  One barge was severely damaged and another capsized following a collision with a 755-foot (230-m) tanker in the Houston Ship Channel near Bayport, Texas, that spilled about 9,000 gallons of gasoline into waywater, officials said. Salvage teams were at the site on Saturday, U.S. Coast Guard officials said. It was the second spill in two months to affect traffic on the 53-mile (85-km) commercial waterway that connects Houston to the Gulf of Mexico.
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| Pompeo to hold talks on Iran in Brussels en route to Russia Posted: 12 May 2019 09:05 PM PDT  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will cancel the Moscow leg of his Russia trip, but will meet President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Black Sea resort of Sochi as planned on Tuesday, a State Department official said. Pompeo, who departed from Joint Base Andrews near Washington en route for Brussels, will hold talks with European officials on Iran and other issues on Monday before heading to Russia, the official added, speaking on condition of anonymity. On Sunday, a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said the U.S. military presence in the Gulf used to be a serious threat but now represented a target, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) said.
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| iPhone owners can sue Apple over its apps, US Supreme Court decides Posted: 13 May 2019 07:32 AM PDT  Apple can be sued by customers who claim it has too much control over the App Store, the supreme court has decided.The decision will allow the lawsuit from consumers who argue that the company has given itself a monopoly over apps on the iPhone. That lets it force them to pay too much for the apps, they argued.Apple had tried to stop the case, arguing that it could prove a problem for online sales.Apple shares were down about 5% after the justices, in a 5-4 ruling, upheld a lower court's decision to allow the proposed class action lawsuit to proceed. The plaintiffs said the Cupertino, California-based technology company required apps be sold through its App Store and extracted an excessive 30 percent commission on purchases.Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh, an appointee of President Donald Trump, joined the court's four liberal justices to rule against Apple and wrote the decision.Apple shares were trading down $10 at 187.13 by late morning.The company, backed by the Trump administration, argued that it was only acting as an agent for app developers, who set their own prices and pay Apple's commission. Apple had argued that a Supreme Court ruling allowing the case to proceed could pose a threat to e-commerce, a rapidly expanding segment of the U.S. economy worth hundreds of billions of dollars in annual sales.The dispute hinged in part on how the justices would apply a decision the court made in 1977 to the claims against Apple. In that case, the court limited damages for anti-competitive conduct to those directly overcharged rather than indirect victims who paid an overcharge passed on by others.Explaining the ruling from the bench, Kavanaugh said the 1977 precedent was "not a get-out-of-court-free card for monopolistic retailers," an apparent allusion to the popular board game Monopoly.Noting that they pay Apple - not an app developer - whenever buying an app from the App Store, the iPhone users who brought the case said they were direct victims of the overcharges. Apple said the consumers were indirect purchasers, at best, because any overcharge would be passed on to them by developers.Developers earned more than $26 billion in 2017, a 30 percent increase over 2016, according to Apple."Leaving consumers at the mercy of monopolistic retailers simply because upstream suppliers could also sue the retailers would directly contradict the longstanding goal of effective private enforcement in antitrust cases," Kavanaugh said.Dissenting from the decision, conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, said that the decision is "not how antitrust law is supposed to work" because it gives a green light to the exact type of case that the court has previously prohibited. Gorsuch also was appointed by Trump.A spokeswoman for Apple could not immediately be reached.The plaintiffs, including lead plaintiff Robert Pepper of Chicago, filed the suit in a California federal court in 2011, claiming Apple's monopoly leads to inflated prices compared to if apps were available from other sources. They were supported by 30 state attorneys general, including from Texas, California and New York.Apple, which was also backed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce business group, had sought to dismiss the case, arguing that the plaintiffs lacked the required legal standing to bring the lawsuit.After a federal judge in Oakland, California threw out the suit, the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived it in 2017, finding that Apple was a distributor that sold iPhone apps directly to consumers.Additional reporting by Reuters
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| US seizes North Korea cargo ship linked to exporting tons of coal in violation of international sanctions Posted: 13 May 2019 05:07 AM PDT  U.S. seizes North Korean cargo ship, cites violations of international sanctions for coal shipments.
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| Anger over author's critical post of worker eating on train Posted: 12 May 2019 11:24 AM PDT ![Anger over author's critical post of worker eating on train]( "Anger over author's critical post of worker eating on train") WASHINGTON (AP) — A writer on the verge of releasing her debut novel is facing a backlash after she posted a picture on Twitter of a public transit worker eating on a train and reported details about the woman to her bosses.
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| May Aims to Reopen EU Brexit Talks to Win Corbyn's Support Posted: 13 May 2019 12:40 AM PDT  Theresa May is promising to reopen Brexit talks with the European Union to try to breathe life back into negotiations with the opposition Labour Party and take the U.K. out of the bloc by the summer. The prime minister's office said Sunday the government will explore with the EU this week how to rewrite the outline political agreement on future customs ties, even as a senior Labour official warned that the party's members of Parliament wouldn't back a deal without a second referendum. The EU has said it's willing to make changes to the political declaration, the non-binding part of the Brexit deal that focuses on future ties.
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| Dogs detect human decomposition in car of man arrested in case of missing girl Maleah Davis, 4 Posted: 12 May 2019 01:05 PM PDT  Dogs detected the scent of human decomposition in the car of a man arrested in connection with the disappearance of Maleah Davis, 4, outside Houston.
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| Greek Salad Skewers, Antipasto Bites, and More Easy Picnic Recipes Posted: 12 May 2019 01:46 PM PDT |
| Iran's Rouhani calls for unity to face 'unprecedented' U.S. pressure Posted: 11 May 2019 02:48 PM PDT  President Hassan Rouhani called on Saturday for unity among Iran's political factions to overcome conditions which he said may be harder than those during the 1980s war with Iraq, state media reported, as the country faces tightening U.S. sanctions. U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Iran's leaders talk with him about giving up their nuclear program and said he could not rule out a military confrontation.U.S. Trump made the offer as he increased economic and military pressure on Iran, moving to cut off all Iranian oil exports this month while beefing up the U.S. Navy and Air Force presence in the Gulf.
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| Whoopi Goldberg Rebukes Meghan McCain for Saying Pro-Choicers ‘Don’t Believe in Science’ on Abortion Posted: 13 May 2019 10:21 AM PDT  The View's Whoopi Goldberg chastised co-host Meghan McCain on Monday morning during a debate on the recent "heartbeat" abortion bill passed in Georgia, telling her conservative colleague it is unfair to say liberals don't believe that science shows life begins at conception.Discussing actress and activist Alyssa Milano's much-mocked call for a sex strike in response to the restrictive abortion legislation, McCain said she doesn't "like clicktivism as a general rule," referencing Milano's tweet.After blasting the liberal actress for not giving her plan much thought, McCain went on to say that Milano and others need to understand that "pro-life women" like herself feel they "are completely left out of conversations like this." "It doesn't occur to her that there are women like me that don't have a problem with this bill," McCain added.This prompted a debate with fellow panelists Joy Behar and Ana Navarro, with Navarro—a Never-Trump Republican—stating that pro-choice women feel that they're left out of the conversation with strident bills like this. A somewhat surprised McCain asked the longtime GOP strategist if she was pro-choice, causing Navarro to explain that she is "pro people doing whatever they want" and that there are many grey areas and nuances with abortion."I think you have to understand for pro-life women like me—which is a strong tenet of who I am I and how I view the world—is I believe abortion is murder," McCain huffed. "The idea there is grey in allowing murder in the United States of America—"Goldberg interjected, saying that it was OK for McCain to feel that way while asking why she was passing judgment on those who don't believe abortion is murder, prompting McCain to say it was "reductive" before complaining that "women like me are always left out.""I'm not passing judgment on you," Navarro insisted, resulting in McCain sniping back: "It's okay if you are. Everyone else does."As Navarro noted that medical experts should have a greater say on this issue, McCain declared that science "overwhelmingly shows that life starts at conception" before claiming liberals believe the science on climate change but not when it "comes to life.""That is your belief," Goldberg countered, causing McCain to exclaim: "You don't believe science?!""That's what I don't want to do," Goldberg shot back. "Don't say 'you don't believe.' That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying I don't believe that the minute you conceive, you're with child. I believe a lot of things have to happen. The baby has to become zygote."She added: "The problem for me is—I'm happy that you feel that way. I want everybody who feels that way to feel that way. What I don't want is I don't want anyone telling me what I have to feel."The audience, meanwhile, cheered loudly for Goldberg as McCain glared back at her.At the end of the segment, after Sunny Hostin explained her own pro-life, anti-death penalty, and pro-gun control views as being "consistent," McCain tried to rebut her argument, but was met with the segment's hard conclusion. A visibly annoyed McCain then rolled her eyes on-camera.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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| President Trump Insulted Pete Buttigieg With a 'Mad' Magazine Reference. Mayor Pete Might Be Too Young to Get It Posted: 11 May 2019 02:06 PM PDT  President Trump Insulted Pete Buttigieg With a 'Mad' Magazine Reference. Mayor Pete Might Be Too Young to Get It
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| Syria says insurgent shelling kills 6 civilians in northwest Posted: 12 May 2019 05:25 AM PDT  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Insurgents fired rockets into a government-held Christian town in northwestern Syria on Sunday, killing six people, including five children who were playing near a monastery and wounding several others, state media and a local priest said.
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| Saudi oil tankers hit by 'sabotage attacks' as Gulf tensions soar Posted: 13 May 2019 12:23 AM PDT  Saudi Arabia said Monday two of its oil tankers were damaged in "sabotage attacks" in the Gulf as tensions soared in a region already shaken by a standoff between the United States and Iran. It came as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo scrapped a planned visit to Moscow to head to Brussels instead for talks with European officials on Iran. The United States has already strengthened its military presence in the region, including deploying a number of strategic B-52 bombers in response to alleged Iranian threats.
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| 5 High-Tech Products That'll Make Your Home More Eco-Friendly Posted: 13 May 2019 10:35 AM PDT |
| Reuters Health News Summary Posted: 12 May 2019 05:55 AM PDT ![Reuters Health News Summary]( "Reuters Health News Summary") Patients who see their doctors in the morning are a lot more likely to be referred for screenings for breast and colon cancer than patients with end-of-the-day appointments, a new study suggests. Researchers poring over records of more than 50,000 patients who were eligible for breast or colon cancer screening saw a big drop in referrals as the day progressed. China has pledged to stem a flood of the synthetic opioid fentanyl onto America's streets, where it kills thousands of people a month, but U.S. security experts are skeptical about whether Beijing is willing, or even able, to follow through.
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| Florida teen severely burned in New Year’s Eve bonfire dies Posted: 13 May 2019 06:26 AM PDT  Layne Chesney has died, more than 16 months after being severely burned.
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| Could climate change submerge Joe Biden's presidential bid? Posted: 11 May 2019 11:00 PM PDT  The former vice-president has yet to put forward a plan to address global warming, which polls suggest is the single most important issue for DemocratsJoe Biden is believed to be developing a 'middle ground' approach but his fellow candidate Jay Inslee warned: 'Half-measures mean full extinction of millions of species.' Photograph: Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty ImagesClimate change is transforming life by redrawing coastlines, turning vast areas of forest into infernos, stirring enormous storms and spreading exotic diseases. An indirect casualty of this upheaval could be Joe Biden's hopes of becoming US president.Biden, frontrunner in the polls to secure the Democratic nomination, has not laid out a plan to address the crisis.This is set to change, according to Reuters, with the Biden campaign working on a strategy to reinstate climate policies torn down by Donald Trump, such as restrictions on coal-fired power plants and vehicle fuel efficiency requirements.Sign up for the US morning briefingThe plan, which is being worked on by the former Barack Obama adviser Heather Zichal, would see the US remain in the Paris climate agreement and offer support for nuclear energy and also natural gas, which is generally cleaner than coal but still emits planet-warming pollutants. Biden is also said to favour nascent carbon capture technology, which aims to contain and store emissions from industrial facilities.But this "middle ground" approach has been roundly attacked by environmental groups and progressive Democrats for being woefully insufficient.More importantly, it does not appear to chime with the urgent action scientists say is required to avert disastrous climate change. A landmark UN report last year stated that "unprecedented", "rapid and far-reaching" transformations across energy, land use and transportation are needed to avoid increasingly dire flooding, wildfires, heatwaves, food insecurity and unrest."A 'middle ground' policy that's supportive of more fossil fuel development is a death sentence for our generation and the millions of people on the frontlines of the climate crisis," said Varshini Prakash, director of the Sunrise Movement, a youth climate change organization allied to progressive Democrats such as the New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez."Biden's betting that a retreat to mediocrity and tepid policymaking will garner him the Democratic nomination, but climate change is a top issue in this election and voters expect candidates to put forward solutions in line with the crisis."Ocasio-Cortez has championed the Green New Deal, which calls for a national mobilization against climate change on a par with the second world war. The concept has garnered support among some of Biden's rival presidential nominees including senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.The GND, perhaps alongside the severe hurricanes and wildfires that have rattled Americans over the past two years, has helped elevate the issue of climate change to a leading priority for Democratic voters.A CNN poll in April found that climate change was the single most important matter for Democrats, eclipsing healthcare, gun control and impeaching Trump, with 96% saying it was somewhat or very important to them.This rapid shift in priorities threatens to cast Biden's candidacy as out of touch, even at this early stage. A climate plan deemed feeble by primary voters could harm the former vice-president in a new landscape where the Democratic National Committee is being pushed to hold a climate change-only debate and one candidate, the Washington governor, Jay Inslee, is running solely on the issue of global warming.The Green New Deal, supported by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is setting the agenda on climate change for the Democrats. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images"We cannot simply go back to the past; we need a bold climate plan for our future," Inslee said of Biden's stance on climate change."Facing a crisis does not permit half-measures. Half-measures mean full extinction of millions of species and full economic damage to communities across America."Biden has never been at the forefront of the climate movement but is positioning himself as a pragmatic operator who gets things done, including having aided the passage of the Paris climate deal.In a recent rally in Iowa, Biden said he was "one of the first guys to introduce a climate change bill, way, way back in 87", a reference to his successful attempt to get President Ronald Reagan to set up a taskforce on the issue.TJ Ducklo, a spokesman for Biden, tweeted that the former vice-president had called climate change an "existential threat"."He knows how high the stakes are," Ducklo tweeted. "As president, Biden would enact a bold policy to tackle climate change in a meaningful and lasting way, and will be discussing the specifics of that plan in the near future. Any assertions otherwise are not accurate."Proponents of the GND hope that if Biden does manage to secure the Democratic nomination he will embrace the plan due to its focus on creating high-paying jobs in clean energy generation. The worry for climate activists is that the issue could revert to being largely overlooked, much like in the 2016 election, should Biden end up facing Trump in the 2020 contest."If you're running to lead the nation, you need to have a plan on climate change given it will be the most catastrophic thing to happen to us," said Rhiana Gunn-Wright, policy director at New Consensus, which helped design the Green New Deal. "It's disappointing Joe Biden hasn't said more. Beto [O'Rourke], Warren and Inslee have all released a plan, so Biden in many ways is an outlier."The next presidential election will be crucial, but this is a movement not solely focused on that. The Green New Deal is built to exist beyond this election season. People are energized and they want to fix this," Gunn-Wright said.
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| Apple’s new iPhone 11 design leaked by multiple reliable sources Posted: 13 May 2019 05:17 AM PDT  This week, we should learn when Samsung will finally release its first smartphone with a foldable display, the Galaxy Fold. The handset was supposed to launch last month but in addition to being a terribly ugly handset, it also ended up being a piece of junk. Hopefully by the time Samsung actually releases the $2,000 phone, it'll only be ugly.In addition to possibly Galaxy Fold news, the most powerful Android smartphone of the year so far will debut on Tuesday. The OnePlus 7 Pro is rumored to be launching alongside two other new OnePlus models, and it's expected to feature an exciting new all-screen design that'll be the first of its kind here in the United States.Several other nifty new Android phones are set to hit store shelves in the coming months, including not one but two new Galaxy Note 10 handsets that should launch in early August. Despite all of these imminent releases, however, most of the attention of the rumor mill has already turned to Apple's upcoming new smartphones, the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Max, and iPhone 11R (or whatever Apple ends up calling its new 2019 iPhone models). We've already seen several leaks describing the trio's new designs and features, so we have a pretty good idea of what to expect come September. If you're still unconvinced despite everything you've seen so far, two sources that have been reliable in the past both just leaked Apple's iPhone 11 design and firmed up everything we've seen and heard.We won't dive back into all of the leaks we've seen so far, but here's a quick refresher:Apple's new iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Max are expected to look almost exactly like the concept phone shown in the render above and at the top of this post. They'll feature designs that are identical to the current iPhone XS series phones on the front, and the back will be the same apart from the new triple-lens camera array expected on both new iPhones. Apart from being huge and square, the new camera setup is also expected to be color-matched to the back of the phone instead of black, as has always been the case on iPhones in the past. iPhone 11 R design leaks have told a similar story, but the new square camera array will feature two lenses instead of three.As far a features go, there isn't too much to get excited about. We can expect more power and speed, of course, as well as a dramatically improved camera experience. Apart from that, we haven't heard too much of interest. Multiple sources have claimed that the new iPhone models will feature reverse wireless charging like Samsung's Galaxy S10 phones, which is pretty nifty. It's not something that's terribly useful in the real world, however.With all that in mind, we have two recent leaks to tell you about on Monday morning that should help allay any doubt that the leaks we've seen so far are accurate. First, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman posted a photo of "alleged next iPhone case moldings" on Twitter early Monday morning that shows the designs of all three new 2019 iPhone models.https://twitter.com/markgurman/status/1127798143347675136Here's a closer look:While the source of these case moldings wasn't named, they're believed to have been created using accurate next-generation iPhone schematics that were stolen from the Foxconn factory where Apple's new iPhone models will be assembled. The iPhone 11 design is pictured on the far left and the iPhone 11 Max design can be seen on the right, while the iPhone 11R design and its dual-lens camera setup is shown in the middle.Also of note, a person who used to leak tidbits regarding unreleased iPhone models briefly reemerged last week to post the following iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Max case diagrams:Again, this leak reinforces the same design leaks we've seen several times already over the past few months. But it's still worth noting because the renders come from a source that has in the past shared accurate information regarding unreleased iPhone models.
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| Consumer Insolvencies in Canada Climb to Highest in 8 Years Posted: 13 May 2019 07:34 AM PDT  The Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcies reported consumer insolvencies rose 5.7% to 11,963 in March, compared with 11,315 in the same month a year earlier. After declining for years, insolvencies are beginning to tick up again, stoking concern the country's record level household debt -- C$2.17 trillion at the end of the first quarter -- is unsustainable. In volume terms, however, insolvencies are still well below the peak of more than 15,000 reached in September 2009, in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
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| Bayer admits Monsanto may have other 'watch lists' Posted: 13 May 2019 09:40 AM PDT  German chemical giants Bayer admitted Monday its subsidiary Monsanto could have kept lists of key figures -- for or against pesticides -- "in other European countries", and not just in France. Bayer apologised Sunday after it emerged that Monsanto had a PR agency collate lists of French politicians, scientists and journalists, with their views on pesticides and GM crops.
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| Saudi Arabia says its oil tankers among those hit off UAE coast Posted: 13 May 2019 10:55 AM PDT  The UAE said on Sunday that four commercial vessels were sabotaged near Fujairah emirate, one of the world's largest bunkering hubs lying just outside the Strait of Hormuz. The UAE on Monday identified the vessels as very large crude carrier (VLCC) tanker Amjad and crude tanker Al Marzoqah, both owned by Saudi shipping firm Bahri. The other two were UAE-flagged fuel bunker barge A. Michel and Norwegian-registered oil products tanker MT Andrew Victory.
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| How Smith & Wesson Took a 100 Year Old Gun Design And Made It Better Posted: 12 May 2019 04:30 AM PDT  One of the oldest gun companies in America produces its own take on one of the most exemplary handgun designs in U.S. history.Smith & Wesson's series of handguns based on the 1911 platform stays true to the gun's roots while adding in a number of features desirable to modern firearms enthusiasts. The company produces a full line of 1911s, from traditional to contemporary, catering to collectors and duty carriers, in a full range of sizes.(This first appeared last month.)The 1911 pistol was invented by prolific small arms designer John Moses Browning in the early twentieth century. Browning paired the pistol with his new .45 Automatic Colt Pistol cartridge, a large, heavy subsonic cartridge that delivered upwards of 400 foot-pounds of energy on target. The pairing of a semi-automatic pistol capable of holding eight rounds with the .45 ACP manstopper round was in response to reports that U.S.-issue revolvers in .38 Long Colt often failed to stop Filipino insurgents in close quarters combat.Although the 1911 missed the Philippine Insurrection, it was well positioned to enter World War I on the side of the U.S. military. The American Expeditionary Force issued the 1911 in large numbers where they fought in the trenches of World War I. Minor changes in the design resulted in the 1911A1 designation during the 1920s. More than a million pistols were produced for U.S. and allied forces during World War II, enough that the armed services kept the 1911 in frontline service well into the 1980s.
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| Boeing 737 makes emergency landing in Tennessee following a 'potential mechanical issue' Posted: 13 May 2019 05:07 AM PDT  Delta Air Lines flight 1417 landed safely at the airport after a crew reported a nose gear issue, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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| Gunmen storm five-star hotel in Pakistan, killing at least one Posted: 11 May 2019 08:35 PM PDT ![Gunmen storm five-star hotel in Pakistan, killing at least one]( "Gunmen storm five-star hotel in Pakistan, killing at least one") Balochistan Home Minister Ziaullah Langove said most guests were evacuated from the five-star Pearl Continental Hotel, which helicopters circled as fighting was under way. Police said that in addition to the guard killed by the attackers, at least two other people were wounded but there was no final casualty total. Security forces cordoned off the area and cornered the attackers in a staircase leading to the top floor, the military said in a statement.
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| Should You Buy a 10-Inch or an 11-Inch Laptop? Posted: 12 May 2019 03:17 AM PDT  If you've ever tried to get some work done in the middle seat of a cross-country flight, you know that the biggest, most powerful laptop isn't always the best tool for the job. For situations whe...
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| Pompeo to Meet Putin as Trump Seeks Better Russia Ties Again Posted: 12 May 2019 11:49 AM PDT ![Pompeo to Meet Putin as Trump Seeks Better Russia Ties Again]( "Pompeo to Meet Putin as Trump Seeks Better Russia Ties Again") Pompeo will meet U.S. diplomats at the American Embassy in Moscow on Monday before flying to Sochi for talks with President Vladimir Putin and other officials. With the Mueller inquiry wrapped up, Trump has returned to signaling his interest in improving U.S.-Russia ties, speaking with Putin for more than an hour earlier this month and tweeting that there is "tremendous potential for a good/great relationship with Russia." The two leaders had kept their distance as Mueller's probe into the 2016 U.S. election and allegations of collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia heated up.
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| Tasty Salads That’ll Make You Love Avocado Even More Posted: 12 May 2019 02:10 PM PDT |
| Dog disease that can be passed to humans confirmed in Iowa Posted: 13 May 2019 07:47 AM PDT  Symptoms for humans include fever, sweats, headache, joint pain and weakness.
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| Pope: It's OK to organize pilgrimages to Bosnian shrine Posted: 12 May 2019 10:14 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has given Roman Catholic faithful his OK to make pilgrimages to a Bosnian shrine where children said the Virgin Mary appeared to them, but the Catholic Church hasn't yet authenticated their vision, the Vatican said Sunday.
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| Venezuela's Guaido urges backers to reject 'fear' as Maduro clamps down Posted: 11 May 2019 01:37 PM PDT  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Saturday urged his supporters to reject fear and maintain nationwide protests against President Nicolas Maduro, who has been ratcheting up pressure on the lawmaker since a failed military uprising. Some 1,500 to 2,000 people filled a square in an opposition-friendly part of eastern Caracas to hear Guaido, but that was far fewer than the several thousands who took part in earlier protests. The smaller turnouts were seen as a sign of possibly waning interest -- or simply exhaustion -- after months of protests climaxed in a failed uprising April 30, leaving six people dead.
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| Dow stock swings are exhausting, but here's how to survive Posted: 13 May 2019 08:24 AM PDT  Massive intraday swings in the Dow Jones industrial average can test even the steeliest investor. What you need is a little perspective.
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| Britain's Conservatives in fourth place in EU election poll, Farage leads Posted: 11 May 2019 11:33 AM PDT  Theresa May's Conservative Party has fallen into fourth place in a poll on voting intentions for the European elections, well behind Nigel Farage's new Brexit Party which has more support than Britain's traditionally two biggest parties combined. According to the latest Opinium poll for the Observer newspaper, Farage's newly formed party is on 34% of the vote ahead of the May 23 election that is being held because Britain failed to leave the European Union as expected in March.
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| Apple releases iOS 12.3 with overhauled TV app and plenty more Posted: 13 May 2019 09:59 AM PDT  Apple rolled out iOS 12.3 to the public on Monday, coming nearly two months after 12.2 arrived alongside the March event in which the company unveiled its Apple News+ and Apple TV+ subscription services. While Apple News+ has already launched, Apple TV+ won't be ready until the fall. Nevertheless, Apple has completely overhauled the TV app for iPhone and iPad in iOS 12.3, adding many of the features that were revealed in March.Aside from the new design, the highlight of this TV-centric update is the new Channels feature, which allows users to subscribe to other networks from within the TV app, such as HBO, Showtime, and Starz. This is an important step to consolidating streaming content into one app that Apple has complete control over.The other big addition in iOS 12.3 is AirPlay 2 support, which Apple fans have been anticipating for quite some time. With AirPlay 2, iOS 12.3 users will be able to share videos, photos, music and more with AirPlay 2-enabled smart TVs. There are also subtle improvements to the feature, including one-tap playback.With WWDC 2019 coming up in just a few weeks, this is likely one of the last major iOS 12 updates we'll see, as iOS 13 is expected to be unveiled during the conference. That said, iOS 13 likely won't be out until the fall, along with the new phones, so there's a chance we'll see iOS 12.4 later this summer as well.If you want to update your device to iOS 12.3 now, you can do so by navigating to Settings > General > Software Update on your device and tapping "Download and Install" at the bottom of the page. You can also apply the update through iTunes by connecting your iOS device to a computer.As for device compatibility, iOS 12.3 carries the same long list from earlier iOS 12 releases: * iPhone XS * iPhone XS Max * iPhone XR * iPhone X * iPhone 8 * iPhone 8 Plus * iPhone 7 * iPhone 7 Plus * iPhone 6s * iPhone 6s Plus * iPhone 6 * iPhone 6 Plus * iPhone SE * iPhone 5s * 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2nd generation * 12.9-inch iPad Pro 1st generation * 10.5-inch iPad Pro * 9.7-inch iPad Pro * iPad Air 2 * iPad Air * iPad 5th generation * iPad mini 4 * iPad mini 3 * iPad mini 2 * iPod touch 6th generation
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| The Navy Sunk Japan's Top Secret Aircraft Carrier (And She Was Massive) Posted: 12 May 2019 12:57 AM PDT  At 6:10 am, Enright eased his vessel to periscope depth but, despite excellent visibility in the morning sunlight, could spot nothing in any direction. Exhausted, he headed for his bunk. At 10:55 a sailor woke him to say, "Cap'n, sonar heard—in fact we all heard—a deep rumbling explosion pretty far off. The officer on duty said to tell you he thinks it was our target going to the bottom." The skipper smiled and went back to sleep.The first torpedo struck farthest aft. Over the next 30 seconds three more warheads detonated against the massive aircraft carrier's hull, working their way forward. The explosions and instant flooding immediately killed scores of men, many asleep in their bunks.As tons of seawater cascaded into the wounded colossus, men below deck could see the extent of the damage, were seized with panic, and stampeded topside. The missiles had hit 10 feet below the water line, and on the bridge and upper levels the commander and his officers were not yet aware of how sorely they were hurt. Many had survived earlier torpedo attacks, and aboard less formidable vessels than this one. Even as their gargantuan ship began to list, they remained optimistic."Expressing the Flavor of an Ancient Samurai"
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| Ukrainians Slam Rudy Giuliani’s ‘Shameful Play’ to Meddle in Their Politics Posted: 11 May 2019 12:37 PM PDT  Drew AngererMOSCOW—Democracy-minded Ukrainians, of whom there are many, learned with grim bemusement this week that Donald Trump's eccentric lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was on his way to Kiev. When they heard he canceled the trip as suddenly as he had announced it there was a collective sigh of relief. But what the hell was he thinking? Giuliani's expressed intent was to politicize an investigation in a country where, for years, the Americans have encouraged Ukrainians to travel a difficult road toward the rule of law. Time and again U.S. officials have pleaded with Ukrainians to cleanse their justice system of politically-tainted investigations. It was as if a doctor had suddenly recommended taking up smoking. "Sounds like a shameful play—the arguments and motivations that U.S. Republicans are making seem all distorted," Natalia Gumenyuk, head of Ukraine's independent Hromadske television, told The Daily Beast. Giuliani and other Trump allies have been openly cooperating with Ukrainian law enforcement to pursue two politically important cases in Ukraine. Their first concern is to discredit information about the alleged corruption of Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, by demonstrating its release by the Ukrainians was illegal. Manafort is serving his 47-month prison term in Scranton, Pa., for failure to pay U.S. taxes and fraud, and the Ukrainian investigation of Manafort helped touch off the wider Russia investigation, the origins of which Giuliani says he is trying to ferret out. The former mayor of New York, who now acts as a kind of media magnet and enforcer for Trump, also wants to show that former Vice President Joe Biden, a possible opponent in 2020, had a conflict of interest in Ukraine. Biden has faced allegations that he pressured prosecutors in Kiev to close a case against a company, Borisma, where his son, Hunter, served on the board. Biden has denied the charges.Giuliani had said he hoped to meet with the country's president elect, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to ask him to continue these two investigations: into the origins of the Manafort case and Hunter Biden's business dealings. Gumenyuk, whose television channel has for years been carrying interviews with U.S. diplomats pressing for independent courts and prosecutors in Ukraine, said this effort was met in Kiev with an avalanche of criticism. "Everybody here saw evidence, and knows the truth about how Manafort was stealing millions from Ukraine," she said. Days before Zelenskiy's inauguration, Ukraine is more interested in whether the new president will dissolve the parliament and call new parliamentary elections. Trump's desire to win a U.S. election was not at the top of the agenda. Would Zelenskiy help Giuliani to discredit Biden? "This is laughable to expect President Elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy to commit political suicide now, and play a dangerous political game," television journalist Yevgeniy Kisilyev told The Daily Beast. "Trump fired the American ambassador to Ukraine for taking the side of our democratic optimists," he said. Career foreign service officer Masha Yovanovitch had been asked to stay on by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo but fell prey to a convoluted conspiracy theory promoted on Fox News."I don't expect Zelenskiy is going to make deals," said Kisilyev.During these final days before Zelenskiy's May 19 inauguration, every official, including Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko, who has been cooperating with Giuliani, is seen as part of the old departing team. It's not clear who, if anybody, among the senior officials will remain in power in Kiev. Earlier this year, Giuliani met with Lutsenko to discuss the Biden case. Lutsenko opened a criminal investigation into Burisma that cited Biden's own words. Back in 2017 the former vice president talked about having pressed for the firing of Victor Shokin, a former prosecutor. In an interview with The Hill, prosecutor Lutsenko suggested that Biden did that to protect the company where his son worked. But that investigation had in any case been shelved, and there were certainly other reasons to seek the firing of a reputedly corrupt prosecutor. "Shokin has always been seen as widely corrupt," said Gumenyuk, noting that in one recent interview "he gave fake information about our tiny anti-corruption agency stealing money." It was unclear whether President Trump directed Giuliani to go to Ukraine, or if that was the lawyer's personal initiative. But dealing with prosecutor Lutsenko seemed a dubious move, Serhei Leschenko, a member of parliament, told The Daily Beast on Friday. The reason why Lutsenko was trying to help Giuliani was simple, he said: "The prosecutor wants to keep his job, he has no place to go," with the change of president. "He is using Americans to try to cling to his post." Ukraine, plagued by political scandal, needs a politicized investigation like a hole in the head. Strangely, even Manafort's longtime partner in Ukraine, Konstantin Kilimnik, whom U.S. authorities have said has links to Russian intelligence, re-emerged to comment on Giuliani's planned trip. He didn't think it would be a success: "It is unlikely that anybody in the current chaos would meet with Giuliani," Kilimnik told The Daily Beast. "This is a pure fantasy." On Friday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) called for an investigation of Giuliani's proposed trip to Ukraine. Later in the day, President Trump's lawyer called off his trip to Ukraine, claiming "enemies of the president, in some cases enemies of United States and in one case an already convicted person who has been found to be involved in assisting the Democrats with the 2016 election" were behind the alleged trickery.In the interview for Fox News Mr. Giuliani said he was talking about Ukraine MP Serhiy Leshchenko, whom Giuliani said had "supplied a black book [related to Manafort] that was found to be fraudulent." This is incorrect. While Leschenko published portions of the book, he did not publish documents involving the investigation of Manafort. Read more at The Daily Beast.
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| With the 2020 GR Supra, Toyota Gets In Touch With Its Fun Side Posted: 12 May 2019 03:00 PM PDT  Toyota always knew how to build fun cars. Now they're doing it again.
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| Legendary Porsche-Designed Type 64 Up For Auction Posted: 13 May 2019 02:52 AM PDT  The Type 64 was designed by Professor Ferdinand Porsche to compete in the 1939 Berlin-Rome race. Porsche can trace back its origin to the very first 356 ever built over seven decades ago, but some argue that the Porsche timeline actually stretches back further. Commissioned to design and build a car for the 932-mile Berlin-Rome race of September 1939, Professor Ferdinand Porsche created a car known only as the Type 64.
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| CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Gunmen kill six in second church attack in Burkina Faso Posted: 12 May 2019 09:06 AM PDT ![CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Gunmen kill six in second church attack in Burkina Faso]( "CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Gunmen kill six in second church attack in Burkina Faso") Gunmen killed six people including a priest outside a Catholic church in Burkina Faso on Sunday, the government said, the second attack on Christians in two weeks in a nation increasingly overrun by jihadists. Congregants were leaving church around 9 a.m. (0900 GMT) in the town of Dablo in the Central North region when about 20 men encircled them and shot six dead, according to a government statement and local sources. The attackers then burned the church, looted a pharmacy and some others stores, and left, Dablo mayor Ousmane Zongo told Reuters.
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