| The Latest: Pompeo says US hopes for Afghan peace by Sept 1 Posted: 25 Jun 2019 08:30 AM PDT  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. is hopeful that a peace agreement to bring an end to 17 years of war in Afghanistan can be reached before Sept. 1. Pompeo was in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday to meet the country's leaders. The war there is America's longest running.
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| Miss Hooters Tennessee finalist arrested, accused of trashing boyfriend's house after breakup Posted: 25 Jun 2019 09:25 AM PDT  Madison Rogers, Miss Hooters Tennessee contestant, faces burglary and vandalism charges after police said she destroyed part of ex-boyfriend's house.
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| Here's How 2020 Democrats' Student Loan Debt Proposals Compare Posted: 24 Jun 2019 12:37 PM PDT  Student loan forgiveness has become a hot topic in the 2020 Democratic primary, with two of the top liberals putting forward competing plans
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| UK foreign minister Hunt says cannot envisage joining U.S.-led war with Iran Posted: 25 Jun 2019 04:13 AM PDT ![UK foreign minister Hunt says cannot envisage joining U.S.-led war with Iran]( "UK foreign minister Hunt says cannot envisage joining U.S.-led war with Iran") Britain does not expect the United States to request that the United Kingdom joins a war with Iran and London would be unlikely to agree to join such a conflict, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Tuesday. "The U.S. is our closest ally, we talk to them the whole time, we consider any requests that they say carefully, but I cannot envisage any situation where they request or we agree to any moves to go to war," Hunt told parliament.
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| Weird: India Sent a Really Old MiG-21 to Battle an U.S. Made F-16. Why? Posted: 24 Jun 2019 03:57 AM PDT  On Feb. 26, 2019 Indian planes crossed the line of control at India's border with Pakistan and bombed what New Dehli described as a terrorist training camp near Balakot.The Indian air force defended its decision to send old MiG-21 fighters up against much more modern Pakistani F-16s during recent aerial skirmishes.(This first appeared in March 2019.)Several days of aerial fighting followed the bombing raid. On Feb. 27, 2019, Pakistani F-16s and other planes crossed the line of control to attack Indian forces, New Delhi claimed.Indian MiG-21s and other fighters intercepted the Pakistanis and shot down one F-16, killing its pilot, according to the Indian government. Islamabad claimed its forces shot down two MiG-21s, but New Delhi copped to losing just one jet.Pakistani forces captured the MiG-21 pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, and held him for two days before handing him over to Indian officials.India's MiG-21s, while featuring some key upgrades, still are more than 30 years old. The Pakistani F-16 that the Indians shot down reportedly was a Block 52D model that Islamabad in 2005 ordered from the United States."The MiG-21 is in our inventory, why will we not use it?" Indian Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa rhetorically asked reporters when questioned about the aerial disparity.To be fair, India in the 1990s upgraded its MiG-21s to the "Bison" standard with Western-style avionics, a new radar and radar warning receiver and compatibility with modern weapons. "[It] has got better weapons system, better air-to-air missiles," Dhanoa pointed out.But the main reason India sent the MiG-21 into battle is that the type is still one of the most numerous in Indian air force service. "We fight with all the aircraft in our inventory," Dhanoa said.Indeed, the aerial battle in which the MiG-21 and F-16 were shot down involved, on both sides, mixed formations of old and new fighters."The MiG-21 that was shot down on Feb. 27, 2019, was part of a formation of eight Indian fighters which included four Sukhoi 30s, two upgraded Mirage 2000s and two MiG-21 Bisons that were dispatched to engage a package of 24 [Pakistani air force] jets that included eight F-16s, four Mirage III aircraft, four JF-17 Thunders," David Cenciotti reported at The Aviationist.India for years has been struggling to replace a large fleet of old, Russian-made warplanes. In 2018 the Indian air force operated 244 1960s-vintage MiG-21s and 84 MiG-27s that are only slightly younger.The MiG-21s, in particular, are accident-prone. Since the first of 874 MiG-21s entered Indian service in 1963, around 490 have crashed, killing around 200 pilots.
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| No, it’s not just you: Half of the internet is down, including Google, Amazon, and Reddit Posted: 24 Jun 2019 05:51 AM PDT  What better way to start off the week than by not being able to use virtually any online service or access half of the internet's most popular sites? That seems to be the case, as DownDetector (and many tweets) suggest that Google, Amazon, Reddit, and Spectrum -- just to name a few -- are experiencing issues this morning. Those issues appear to have begun around 6 or 7 AM ET, just as the East Coast was starting its day.Although some of these connection problems appear to be clearing up as of 8:40 AM (for example, Feedly is finally loading for me after being inaccessible since before 8:00 AM), it's likely going to take some time before everything is running smoothly again. Reports are still going up on DownDetector as of writing.It's unclear what is causing half of the internet to go down, but an ominous message from Discord refers to the issue as a "general internet outage," which doesn't sound like something that should be possible:https://twitter.com/ChrisGSeaton/status/1143136635153977345About an hour ago, internet service company Cloudflare says that it "identified a possible route leak impacting some Cloudflare IP ranges." [UPDATE: To be clear, Verizon was responsible for the outage, and Cloudflare was just keeping its customers informed during the recovery process.]Cloudflare followed up with another update about an hour later explaining that the leak "is impacting many internet services including Cloudflare," and moments later, announced that the network responsible for the leak had fixed the issues as of 8:42 AM ET. In theory, the worst of the outage is over.We'll be keeping an eye out for any residual issues that pop up in the hours to come, but we also hope to get a more detailed explanation for why this happened from the network responsible in the near future.UPDATE | 3:30 PM: After service was restored, Cloudflare issued the following statement (via TechCrunch):> Earlier today, a widespread BGP routing leak affected a number of Internet services and a portion of traffic to Cloudflare. All of Cloudflare's systems continued to run normally, but traffic wasn't getting to us for a portion of our domains. At this point, the network outage has been fixed and traffic levels are returning to normal.> > BGP acts as the backbone of the Internet, routing traffic through Internet transit providers and then to services like Cloudflare. There are more than 700k routes across the Internet. By nature, route leaks are localized and can be caused by error or through malicious intent. We've written extensively about BGP and how we've adopted RPKI to help further secure it.Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince also offered a biting take of his own on Twitter:https://twitter.com/eastdakota/status/1143182575680143361
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| ‘Obliteration’ could still come to Iran, Trump warns Posted: 23 Jun 2019 11:16 AM PDT  Despite calling off a military strike against Iran, the U.S. is still poised to hit Iran hard after weeks of mounting tensions between the two countries, President Trump said on Sunday.
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| Driver with record charged with 7 homicides in biker crash Posted: 24 Jun 2019 10:38 AM PDT  The driver of a pickup truck in a fiery collision on a rural New Hampshire highway that killed seven motorcyclists was charged Monday with seven counts of negligent homicide, and records show he was stopped on suspicion of drunken driving last month and in 2013. Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 23, was arrested Monday morning at his home in West Springfield, Massachusetts, the New Hampshire attorney general's office said.
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| Bernie Sanders unveils plan to forgive $1.6 trillion in student loan debt Posted: 24 Jun 2019 10:57 AM PDT  To fund his massive loan forgiveness plan and public investment in higher education, the Vermont independent will push for a new tax on Wall Street.
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| This Photo Is Dangerous: It Could Be the Future of Navy Submarines Posted: 23 Jun 2019 07:00 PM PDT  The construction strategy for the Orca and other drones is to engineer a new "upgradeable," multi-mission drone able to quickly integrate new technology and payloads as they emerge. This technical platform could, in key instances, obviate the need for the Navy to build new undersea drones in the future. The concept, when it comes to application, could involve newer, upgraded sonar, networking systems, new weapons and countermine technologies.(This first appeared last month.)The Navy is planning to launch a massive, 50-ton undersea drone to expand mission scope, increase attack options, integrate large high-tech sensors, further safeguard manned combat crews and possibly fire torpedoes -- all while waging war under the ocean surface.The 50-ton Orca, which would not fit in a submarine launch tube, brings an unprecedented sensing, endurance and attack advantage. The Navy has finished its Critical Design Review of the Orca, called an Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle.and begun construction, Capt. Pete Small, Program Manager for Unmanned Systems, Naval Sea Systems Command, said in early May at the Navy League's Sea Air Space symposium.Earlier this year, Boeing was awarded a $43 million deal to build four Orcas. Boeing's XLUUV Orca is based upon its Echo Voyager and Echo Ranger undersea drones. The Echo Ranger is an 84-foot long, massive underwater drone able to reach depths of 11,000 feet and hit ranges up to 6,500 nautical miles, according to Boeing data. The drone has obstacle avoidance, senor carrying capacity of up to 34-feet, autonomous buoyancy and Synthetic Aperture Sonar, Boeing data states.Initial applications for the Orca include land-launched operations as a key step toward surface and undersea launches, Small said. The 50-ton Orca is too large to be launched from a submarine or ship in most instances, at the moment. For now, the drone is primarily launched from a land dock The larger Orca drone fits into the Navy's broad priority of pairing undersea drones with surface "mother ships" able to coordinate command and control, receive information and, in some cases, direct mission activity for the drones.
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| Erdogan says 'no backtrack' on Russia S-400 missile deal Posted: 25 Jun 2019 07:17 AM PDT  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that NATO-member Turkey would take delivery of Russia's S-400 missile defence system in July -- a deal that has created tensions with the United States. "The issue of S-400 is an issue directly related to our sovereignty and we will not backtrack from that," Erdogan said in a televised speech. Erdogan has vowed to use his good relations with US counterpart Donald Trump to defuse tensions when they meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan later this week.
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| Booking fall travel or holiday flights? Here's how to find out if it's on a Boeing 737 Max Posted: 25 Jun 2019 06:46 AM PDT  Southwest, American, United and Alaska airlines are all selling flights scheduled on the Max for post-Labor Day travel.
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| Best Tech Deals in June 2019 Posted: 24 Jun 2019 10:33 AM PDT  Amazon Deals | Walmart Deals | Apple Deals | TV Deals | Gaming Deals | Laptop Deals Upgrading your gadgets on a budget this month? Luckily, retailers are currently offering some the best deals we've seen on a variety of tech products. So if you can't afford to wait for Amazon Prime Day to bargain shop, you've come to the right place. We're rounding up the best tech deals on every thing from smart home devices to game consoles. Amazon continues to discount its best Kindle ever. For a limited time, the Kindle Oasis eReader is on sale for $199.99 ($50 off). Best Buy also offers this same Kindle Oasis deal. It features a 7-inch high-res anti-glare display, Wi-Fi connectivity, and Audible built-in. With 8GB of onboard storage, you'll have ample room for magazines, comics, newspapers, and audiobooks. It's also waterproof so you can read at the beach, by the pool or in the bathtub. Need more storage? Amazon also offers the 32GB model Kindle Oasis for $229.99 ($50 off). With Amazon's big shopping holiday just a few weeks away, soon we'll be gathering the best Amazon Prime Day 2019 deals. For the time being, here are some of the best tech deals we're seeing right now. Amazon Hardware DealsAmazon is currently offering many of its proprietary devices at discounted pricing. * Amazon Echo Alexa Voice Remote for $19.99 ($10 off) * Kindle Oasis 8GB eReader for $199.99 ($50 off) * Kindle Oasis 32GB eReader for $229.99 ($50 off) * Echo (2nd Gen) 2-Pack for $119.98 ($80 off) * Echo Auto for $24.99 ($25 off) * Echo Dot (3rd Gen) Smart Speaker (2-Pack) for $59.98 ($40 off) * Echo Plus (2nd Gen) with Philips Hue Bulb for $149.99 ($15 off) * All-New Echo Dot Kids Edition (2-Pack) for $109.98 ($30 off) * Fire HD 8 Tablet (3-Pack) for $179.97 ($60 off) * Fire HD 10 Tablet (3-Pack) for $329.97 ($120 off) * Fire HD 10 Kids Edition Tablet (2-Pack) for $299.98 ($100 off) * Echo Spot Smart Alarm Clock (2-Pack) for $219.98 ($40 off) * Ring Smart Lighting Spotlights (2-pack) for $99.99 ($30 off) Top Tech Deals Right Now * Google Home Hub Smart Display for $60 ($60 off via coupon, "SAVE15", ends 6/25) [NEW] * Sennheiser PXC 550 Wireless Headphones for $227 ($123 off) PRICE DROP] * Acer A715 15.6-inch Gaming Laptop for $699.99 ($300 off via coupon, "EMCTBUD45", ends 6/24) * Jabra Elite 65T Wireless Earbuds for $149.99 ($20 off via coupon, "JUNESAVE19") * Dell Vostro 14 3000 Laptop for $299 ($481 off via coupon, "SMLBIZ299") * Beats EP On-Ear Headphones for $74 ($56 off) * Apple MacBook Air 13-inch Laptop for $749.99 ($249 off) * Shop ThinkGeek's Entire Sale * Apple 9.7-inch iPad for $249 ($80 off) TV Deals * RCA 43-inch 4K UHD LED TV for $159.99 ($240 off) * Sharp 40-inch FHD LED TV for $129.99 ($50 off) * Samsung 49-inch Q60 Series 4K QLED Smart TV (2019) for $797.99 ($202 off) * Vizio 50-inch 4K HDR Smart TV for $259.99 ($140 off) * Hisense 65-inch 4K Roku Smart TV for $498 ($150 off) * TCL 75-inch 4K Ultra HD Roku Smart TV for $1,399.99 ($200 off) * Samsung 65-inch Q60 QLED 4K Smart TV for $1,397.99 ($400 off) Tech Under $50 * SanDisk 200GB Ultra microSD Card for $24 ($9 off) [NEW] * Soundcore Liberty Neo Wireless Earbuds for $44.99 ($15 off) * Choetech Gravity Charging Car Phone Mount for $16.99 via coupon, "HRLT7DRT") * All-New Echo Dot Kids Edition (Rainbow) for $49.99 ($20 off) ) * Echo Auto for $24.99 ($25 off) Smartwatch Deals * Samsung Gear Sport Smartwatch for $167 ($133 off) [PRICE DROP] * Fitbit Alta HR for $75 ($115 off) * Garmin Vívoactive 3 (GPS) Smartwatch for $210 ($70 off) * Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS) 38mm for $199 ($80 off) * Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS/LTE) 42mm for $329 ($80 off) * Fossil Gen 3 Explorist Smartwatch for $179 ($76 off) Unlocked Phones * Google Pixel 3 XL 128GB Unlocked (Not Pink) for $749 ($251 off) * Samsung Galaxy Note 9 128GB Unlocked for $699 ($301 off) * Samsung Galaxy S10 128GB Unlocked for $699.99 via on-page coupon ($200 off) * Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus 128GB Unlocked for $799.99 via on-page coupon ($200 off) * Google Pixel 3 XL 128GB Unlocked for $779.99 ($220 off) * Apple iPhone SE 32GB Unlocked for $249 ($100 off) Cameras * Nikon Coolpix B500 Compact Camera for $224 ($76 off) * Nikon D3500 DSLR 2 Lens Camera Bundle for $446.95 ($400 off) also at Focus Camera * Canon EOS M100 Mirrorless Camera w/ 15-45mm Lens for $399 ($200 off) also at Amazon * Canon PowerShot SX530 Digital Camera for $229 ($150 off) Games and Consoles * Cyberpunk 2077 Preorder for PS4 or Xbox One for $50 ($10 off) [NEW] * MS Xbox One S 1TB Console for $199.99 ($100 off) at Newegg via eBay * MS Xbox One X 1TB Division 2 Bundle for $375 ($124 off) [PRICE DROP] * Sony PS4 1TB Slim Days of Play Console (Steel Black) for $299.99 (Limited Edition) * Sony PS4 Slim 1TB Marvel's Spider-Man Bundle for $331 ($29 off) at Walmart * Madden NFL 19 Hall of Fame Edition for PS4 for $27 ($53 off)
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| Pelosi demands no 'surprises' as she whips border package Posted: 25 Jun 2019 07:53 AM PDT ![Pelosi demands no 'surprises' as she whips border package]( "Pelosi demands no 'surprises' as she whips border package") Progressives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had expressed unease with the emergency spending bill.
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| Skydiver of previous wreck on Hawaii plane 'extremely upset' Posted: 24 Jun 2019 09:46 PM PDT  A man who was involved in a terrifying 2016 skydiving accident on the same plane that crashed and killed 11 people in Hawaii on Friday says he wishes he could have done more to prevent the tragedy. Asawa was aboard the same plane three years ago when it stalled and went into a spinning nosedive. Asawa said skydiving is generally safe, but participants need to be able to trust the aircrafts they fly in.
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| 45+ Indulgent Salmon Recipes That Are Also Healthy Posted: 24 Jun 2019 02:51 PM PDT |
| Friend of missing college student MacKenzie Lueck: 'I am almost positive that something is wrong' Posted: 24 Jun 2019 06:47 AM PDT  A college student from El Segundo in Southern California has been missing for nearly a week since she returned to school in Utah.
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| College Costs Are Out of Control. Here’s What Can Be Done. Posted: 24 Jun 2019 03:49 AM PDT  American colleges and universities are failing in one of their most basic missions: to equip students with the tools they need for a career.Many students graduate ill-prepared to earn a living and pay off the debt they've accumulated getting their degrees—40% of those who start college don't finish within six years.Additionally, students are often subject to indoctrination into socialist ideology. They face hostility toward opinions that don't conform to the predominantly leftist thinking on campus.They're also immersed in identity politics that pit students of different backgrounds against one another.Despite these problems, colleges continue to raise tuition. Because federal loan money is handed out with little scrutiny as to the student's ability to pay it back, colleges have had free reign to raise prices at levels often double the inflation rate.Flush with all that money, their first spending priority often isn't the classroom but the bureaucracy.From 1987 to 2012, America's higher education system added more than half a million administrators, doubling the number of administrators relative to the number of faculty.To pay for these ever-increasing costs, students are borrowing more money and taking on more and more debt.And with federal loans accounting for much of the $1.5 trillion in outstanding student loan debt and more than a million people defaulting on their loans, taxpayers are picking up much of the tab for this broken system.So, what's the solution?While politicians often suggest throwing more money at the problem, that will only make things worse.In fact, the surest way to stop the sharp rise in both college tuition and student debt is to get the federal government out of the student loan business.That cuts off the open spigot of money that has allowed colleges to increase costs virtually without limit.Restoring private lending will make the loan market more responsible and cause colleges to rein in costs, creating more affordable choices for students.
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| Bolton says Iran silence on US talks offer 'deafening' Posted: 25 Jun 2019 02:27 AM PDT  US National Security Advisor John Bolton on Tuesday described as "deafening" Iran's apparent silence on an offer to negotiate with Washington. "The president has held the door open to real negotiations," Bolton told journalists in Jerusalem. "In response, Iran's silence has been deafening," he added.
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| Leaked hi-res images give us our best look yet at Apple’s iPhone 11 Posted: 25 Jun 2019 05:17 AM PDT  There will be several high-profile flagship smartphone launches between now and early September, but Apple's upcoming new iPhone 11 is already stealing the spotlight. We've got the Galaxy Fold, the Galaxy Note 10, and several big launches coming up in China. In fact, the world's first smartphone with a hidden under-display selfie camera could be announced as soon as tomorrow. Still, all eyes are already on Apple's unreleased iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Max, and iPhone 11R (or whatever Apple ends up calling them), the designs of which have been revealed in a series of leaks from numerous reliable sources.In much the same way that the iPhone 7 was really the "iPhone 6ss" since it used the exact same design but spiced things up with exciting new features, the iPhone 11 is shaping up to be an "iPhone Xss." It'll sport the same overall design with a few minor tweaks and a massive new camera bump on the back. That new camera bump will be a bit of an eyesore at first, but it's also the key to several of the best new features expected to arrive on the iPhone 11, such as an enhanced night mode for the camera that should yield low-light photos that rival Google's Pixel phones.We have indeed seen the iPhone 11 leak plenty of times already, but this latest leak comes from a source with a terrific track record and it might give us our best look yet at Apple's unreleased iPhone 11.Online retailer Mobile Fun is often the recipient of renders from one third-party accessory maker in particular that depict unreleased smartphones. That accessory maker is Olixar, and it's back with a new set of protective cases. This time around, they're for Apple's upcoming new iPhone 11 Max, the phablet-sized iPhone 11 model Apple will release later this summer.There aren't any surprises in these new renders per se, but Mobile Fun sent us hi-resolution versions of the images and they give us a great up-close look at Apple's iPhone 11 Max design. Here they are in all their glory:The renders show Apple's gold iPhone 11 Max from every conceivable angle, and we can see all of the subtle design changes like the new round mute switch -- as well as the not-so-subtle one: the massive new camera array on the back. While we expect the finished product to look just like this, aside from one big mistake that Olixar made when creating the renders. The area around the lenses in the square camera array on Apple's next-generation iPhones is expected to be color-matched to the rest of the back of the phone, according to several sources including top Apple insider Ming-Chi Kuo. In these renders, however, Olixar colored that area black like it is on Apple's past iPhone models. Most people agree that it looks better this way, but the real gold iPhone 11 Max that Apple releases in a few months will have the same gold coloring between the rear camera lenses and flash.Apple's new iPhone 11 series is expected to be announced sometime in early September with a release date to follow in mid to late September.
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| 4 border deaths in Texas could be a preview of the summer Posted: 24 Jun 2019 04:08 PM PDT  Two babies, a toddler and a woman were found dead near the U.S.-Mexican border, overcome by the sweltering heat in a glimpse of what could lie ahead this summer as record numbers of migrant families try to get into the United States. Authorities believe the four may have been dead for days before the bodies were discovered on Sunday in the Rio Grande Valley. It was the latest grim discovery of migrants who died while trying to cross the perilous desert and the swollen Rio Grande.
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| The 2020 Hyundai Palisade Follows Its Kia Brother down the Value Path Posted: 24 Jun 2019 07:55 AM PDT  This new Hyundai three-row SUV doesn't share the Telluride's styling but offers the same value.
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| New-gen Raspberry Pi out now from $35 Posted: 25 Jun 2019 02:57 AM PDT  The Raspberry Pi Foundation has unveiled the fourth-generation version of its famous compact and affordable single-board computer. The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B is out now, priced from $35.
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| Corruption Crisis: How Criminal Politicians Poisoned the Dominican Republic Posted: 24 Jun 2019 10:19 AM PDT  The recent deaths of American tourists and shooting of former Boston Red Sox superstar David Ortiz have shed a light on the Dominican Republic's lack of security, its poor public-health regulations, its failed criminal justice system, and its high levels of corruption and impunity.Over the past fifteen years, the Dominican Republic has become the ideal place for domestic and transnational criminals to operate with impunity. The criminal activities that transpire in the Dominican Republic range from armed robberies and improvised laboratories that specialize in counterfeiting booze and medications to drug trafficking, political corruption, contract killings, illegal arms trade and human trafficking. Every ten minutes a robbery takes place in the Dominican Republic.The Dominican criminal justice system's credibility has declined steadily since the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, PLD) rose to power in 2004. As a result, crime has skyrocketed to levels the likes of which the country has never seen before. In addition, the institutions and law enforcement agencies tasked with protecting the public health and providing security of human drugs, biological products, medications, consumer goods and food supply are virtually operating unchecked.Few countries have as corrupt a criminal justice system as the Dominican Republic. The scarce but well-intended efforts that law-enforcement officials have made to arrest criminals and raid clandestine laboratories and drug spots are often hampered by the Dominican Republic's weak criminal justice system, which, in many cases, fails to prosecute and imprison perpetrators due to their influence within or association to the PLD.Due to intractable criminal activity and continuous health and security breaches, adulterated pesticides and counterfeit alcoholic beverages have potentially killed tourists like Robert Wallace, David Harrison, Miranda Schaup, Yvette Monique, Edward Holmes and Cynthia Day. Both substances are regularly present at Dominican Republic's luxury hotels. A failed criminal justice system.
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| UPDATE 1-Russia says military plane in Venezuela to service equipment - Ifax Posted: 25 Jun 2019 01:01 AM PDT ![UPDATE 1-Russia says military plane in Venezuela to service equipment - Ifax]( "UPDATE 1-Russia says military plane in Venezuela to service equipment - Ifax") A Russian air force plane that landed in Venezuela is there to service Russian military equipment already in the country, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Tuesday, according to the Interfax news agency. The plane landed on Monday in Venezuela's main airport, according to a Reuters witness and a website that tracks plane movements, three months after a similar arrival exacerbated tensions between Washington and Moscow. U.S. President Donald Trump in March ordered Russia to remove all troops from Venezuela, while Russia's foreign ministry said the planes that landed there at the time were only carrying specialists who were servicing arms sales contracts.
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| Iran air defence missiles must be taken seriously: experts Posted: 25 Jun 2019 02:24 AM PDT  The shooting down last week of a sophisticated US drone by an Iranian missile demonstrates that Tehran's air defence capabilities can pose a challenge to US air superiority, experts say. The Global Hawk, an advanced US navy surveillance drone, was flying at high altitude -- it can reach 60,000 feet (18 kilometres) -- early Friday local time when it was struck by a ground-to-air missile by Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards. "The shooting down of the drone shows Iran is revealing a capability and choosing to message it to the United States," said Becca Wasser, an analyst at Rand Corp.
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| You can download the first iOS 13 public beta on iPhone and iPad right now Posted: 24 Jun 2019 10:47 AM PDT  The future of Apple's mobile operating system has arrived for everyone who wants to test it today, as the first public beta for iOS 13 is now available for iPhone (as is the public beta for iPadOS). The rollout comes just a week after the second beta was seeded to developers, and now everyone is going to get a chance to test it.Providing you own a compatible device (a list of which we've conveniently included below), you can grab the public beta from Apple's beta website right now. Head over to that link, then either sign up or sign in to your account to gain access to both the iOS 13 public beta and the brand new iPadOS public beta as well.If you watched Apple's WWDC keynote, you know about all the highlights of iOS 13, including new features like Dark Mode, a redesigned volume HUD, a new Reminders app, and plenty of performance enhancements. It's not really a massive overhaul, but it appears to address many pain points of earlier releases without trying to fix anything that wasn't broken. That said, keep in mind that this is just a beta, and there will be issues.Here's the full list of compatible devices that will run iOS 13, if you're thinking about downloading the beta: * 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 * 12.9-inch iPad Pro 3rd generation * 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 3rd generation * iPad Air 2 * iPad 6th generation * iPad 5th generation * iPad mini 5th generation * iPad mini 4 * iPod touch 7th generationiOS 13 will launch in full this fall alongside the next generation of iPhone models.
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| Indian soldiers recover bodies of 7 missing mountaineers Posted: 23 Jun 2019 12:51 PM PDT  Indian paramilitary soldiers have reached the bodies of seven of eight members from a team of international climbers believed killed on a notoriously dangerous Himalayan mountain, an official said Sunday. An administrator of Uttarakhand state, Vijay Jogdande, said the soldiers reached the bodies Sunday, but they had yet to be identified. Veteran British mountaineer Martin Moran led a team of four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and an Indian on an expedition on Nanda Devi East.
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| How Many Medical Schools Should You Apply To? Posted: 25 Jun 2019 06:47 AM PDT ![How Many Medical Schools Should You Apply To?]( "How Many Medical Schools Should You Apply To?") With more than 150 accredited allopathic medical schools in the U.S., applicants have to make the difficult decision on how many schools to apply to while also considering where they would be the best fit. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, there was an average of 16 applications per applicant for the 2018-2019 cycle. Unlike applying to undergraduate institutions, the overall acceptance rate for medical school is about 40%, with some schools accepting only about 1% of those who apply.
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| Air Canada launches investigation after woman left 'all alone' in dark and empty plane after falling asleep on flight Posted: 23 Jun 2019 11:19 AM PDT  Air Canada has launched an investigation after a woman was left alone in a dark and locked plane after falling asleep on a flight.Tiffani Adams described waking up "all alone" on a "cold, dark" aircraft after flying from Quebec to Toronto earlier this month."I fell asleep probably less than halfway through my short 1.5 hour flight," she said, in a message posted on Air Canada's Facebook page."I wake up around midnight (few hours after flight landed) freezing cold still strapped in my seat in complete darkness (I'm talking pitch black)."Air Canada confirmed the incident took place, but declined to comment on how Ms Adams may have been overlooked as its staff disembarked."We are still reviewing this matter so we have no additional details to share, but we have followed up with the customer and remain in contact with her," Air Canada told the Associated Press. Ms Adams said she called a friend after waking up but her phone ran out of battery around a minute into the call and she could not recharge it because the power to the plane was off.She said: "I can't charge my phone to call for help I'm full on panicking [because] I want off this nightmare asap."As someone with an anxiety disorder as is I can tell you how terrifying this was," she wrote"I think I'm having a bad dream bc like seriously how is this happening!!?"Ms Adams said she found a torch in the plane's cockpit and eventually tried to exit the aircraft, but found herself 50ft above the ground with no way down.She said she then used her torch to send out "sos signals" but no one saw them, so she leaned out of the aircraft and called over a passing member of the ground crew, who was able to get her out.In her post, she said Air Canada personnel asked if she was OK and whether she would like a limo and hotel, but she declined the offer.She said representatives of the airline apologised and said they would investigate."I haven't got much sleep since the reoccurring night terrors and waking up anxious and afraid I'm alone locked up someplace dark," she wrote.Responding to her post on Facebook, Air Canada said it was surprised to hear the story and "very concerned," and asked Ms Adams to send a private message with her flight details."We'll take a look into it," the airline wrote.
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| Navy prosecutors won't drop charges against Eddie Gallagher despite another SEAL claiming responsibility Posted: 24 Jun 2019 07:32 AM PDT  Witness admits on the stand to killing ISIS prisoner; Jonathan Hunt reports from San Diego, California.
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| The Outlandish BMW Vision M Next Concept Is a Driver-Focused Hybrid Supercar Posted: 25 Jun 2019 01:30 AM PDT  BMW's latest concept imagines an automotive future with an emphasis on driving, not autonomy.
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| Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Ban on ‘Scandalous’ Trademarks Posted: 24 Jun 2019 11:32 AM PDT  The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a federal law prohibiting "immoral" or "scandalous" trademarks from being registered constitutes a violation of the First Amendment.By a 6–3 vote, the justices ruled in favor of a Los Angeles clothing line whose founder wishes to trademark the name "FUCT." The government had argued that the brand's name is "the equivalent of the past participle form of the paradigmatic profane word in our culture."The brand is "pronounced as four letters, one after the other: F-U-C-T," Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the majority. "But you might read it differently and, if so, you would hardly be alone."However, Kagan continued, the federal law prohibiting "scandalous" trademarks "infringes the First Amendment" because it "disfavors certain ideas.""Our decision is not based on moral relativism but on the recognition that a law banning speech deemed by government officials to be 'immoral' or 'scandalous' can easily be exploited for illegitimate ends," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in a concurring opinion.Justices Kagan and Alito were joined by Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the majority. Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by Justices Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor, wrote for the minority."The First Amendment protects the freedom of speech," Roberts wrote in his dissent. "It does not require the government to give aid and comfort to those using obscene, vulgar and profane modes of expression."Monday's decision recalls the Court's 2017 decision to overturn a federal law barring disparaging trademarks, which allowed Asian-American rock band The Slants to register their name, a slur toward those of Asian descent that the band aimed to "reclaim.""The band members believe that by taking that slur as the name of their group, they will help to 'reclaim' the term and drain its denigrating force," Justice Alito wrote in the majority opinion in that case.
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| Trump tells other countries to protect own Gulf shipping Posted: 24 Jun 2019 06:26 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Monday told other countries to protect their own Gulf oil shipments, declaring that the United States has only limited strategic interest in the "dangerous" region. As for Iran's threats to shut sea lanes used to transport a large portion of the world's oil exports through the Persian Gulf, Washington is not concerned, Trump said.
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| 'Pray for baby Fayth': 10-month-old girl shot in head after mom rejects suspected gunman at party, police say Posted: 24 Jun 2019 10:59 PM PDT !['Pray for baby Fayth': 10-month-old girl shot in head after mom rejects suspected gunman at party, police say]( "'Pray for baby Fayth': 10-month-old girl shot in head after mom rejects suspected gunman at party, police say") A 10-month-old girl is in critical condition after a California man who Fresno police say has "no regard for human life" shot her in the head.
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| Europeans issue warning to Iran over nuclear deal commitments - diplomats Posted: 24 Jun 2019 08:28 AM PDT ![Europeans issue warning to Iran over nuclear deal commitments - diplomats]( "Europeans issue warning to Iran over nuclear deal commitments - diplomats") PARIS/BRUSSELS, June 24 (Reuters) - France, Britain and Germany have sent an official diplomatic warning to Iran about the serious consequences Tehran faces if it scales back its compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, two European diplomats said on Monday. Three diplomats said the European signatories to the deal lodged the diplomatic demarche, the term for a formal note, on June 22, with two saying the communication aimed to warn Iran specifically against scaling back its commitments to the accord. It was not immediately clear what consequences Iran might face for non-compliance.
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| Boris Johnson fails to answer questions on private quarrel Posted: 25 Jun 2019 09:58 AM PDT  Boris Johnson failed to shut down questions about his private life Tuesday as a round of media appearances served only to bog him down further in questions about character and trust. Johnson, who is running to be the next leader for both the Conservative Party and the nation, has refused to address personal questions despite an ongoing clamor to face public scrutiny after a reported quarrel with his girlfriend last week prompted a police visit. In break from his previous strategy, the front-runner took part in three interviews in less than 24 hours, responding to challenger Jeremy Hunt's criticism that he was a "coward" and needed to face greater public scrutiny if he is to become prime minister.
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| Apple was right again: Here’s why a Galaxy Note 10 without a microSD slot isn’t a big deal Posted: 24 Jun 2019 07:21 AM PDT  Like its predecessors, the Galaxy Note 10 is hardly a well-kept secret. We already have renders based on leaked designs and we know almost everything there is to know about the handset. For example, the phone will feature Sound-on-Display technology, which means the entire screen works as a front speaker, but it won't have a headphone jack. The top speaker, 3.5mm port, and Bixby buttons aren't the only things Samsung removed from the phone, though. A brand new Note 10 rumor says the entry-level version of the handset will lack a microSD slot as well. This would be such a massive deal if it were to happen back in August 2015. But the Note 10 is hardly the Note 5, and expandable storage on a high-end Android phone shouldn't be considered a must-have feature anymore.Max Weinbach from xda-developers took to Twitter to post a few things he had learned from a source with access to the Note 10 and Note 10 Pro, and that's where the news comes from:https://twitter.com/mweinbachXDA/status/1142181764695281665As you can see in these tweets, he seems to have confirmed many of the current Note 10 leaks out there aside from the headphone jack, which may actually still be in the picture.https://twitter.com/mweinbachXDA/status/1142182209002102784Weinbach says the Note 10 Pro will have expandable storage, whereas the Note 10 will not. That would be a strange thing for Samsung to do, but the larger dimensions of the Note 10 would explain why Samsung might do it. Also, Samsung likes money too, so it would definitely welcome your extra cash for versions with more internal storage.When Samsung did the same thing with the Note 5 a few years ago, the cheapest version of the phone shipped with 32GB of storage. But Samsung flagships now start at 128GB of memory, which is a significant upgrade -- that goes for the Note 9 and the Galaxy S10. Add to that USB-C connectivity and speedy internet support (up to 5G), and you'd have more ways to move data at high speeds and free up your local storage than we had four years ago.Yes, Samsung brought the microSD card back after backlash from consumers. But the absence of microSD storage shouldn't be a deal-breaker in 2019. By the way, the Galaxy Fold that's still delayed would have shipped without a microSD slot too, but the foldable phone packs speedier storage. And built-in flash memory is always faster than expandable storage.Finally, by removing ports and buttons from its flagship phones, Samsung might be able to manufacture more durable handsets than before. Sooner or later, the microSD card is bound to disappear from more flagship devices, not just Samsung's. The iPhone never supported microSD cards, and Google's Pixel doesn't do it either. OnePlus has been selling phones without microSD support for years, well before significantly bumping up onboard storage, and Android fans have been buying them like crazy.
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| These are the best places to visit in the world, ranked by U.S. News Posted: 25 Jun 2019 06:33 AM PDT ![These are the best places to visit in the world, ranked by U.S. News]( "These are the best places to visit in the world, ranked by U.S. News") Paris reigns as the greatest vacation destination for the second year in a row in U.S. News & World Report's list of the world's best places to visit.
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