| London will soon be home to the world’s most frightening hotel pool Posted: 08 Jun 2019 06:00 AM PDT  Have you ever visited a hotel and thought to yourself "Boy, this place would be so much better if the entire roof was a pool"? Well, if you happen to live in the United Kingdom, today is your lucky day!Compass Pools, a UK-based pool maker, is currently hashing out what it calls the "Infinity London," a 55-story skyscraper topped with a 360-degree pool with transparent walls. The building, which was designed from top to bottom by the company, will include a five-star hotel, and the pool is expected to be the main attraction.Making a pool suitable for sticking atop a 55-story building posed some serious technical hurdles for the company, but they think they've got it all figured out. Rather than glass, the entire pool will be made of acrylic, with a transparent bottom that will allow visitors on lower floors to see the pool and swimmers high above.Getting into and out of the pool would be easy with some kind of external staircase, but the building's designers didn't want to clutter the side profile of the structure with such things. "Normally a simple ladder would suffice, but we didn't want stairs on the outside of the building or in the pool as it would spoil the view - and obviously you don't want 600,000 litres of water draining through the building either," the company says.Compass Pools came up with a different idea, which they say is based on the airlock of a submarine. It's described as "a rotating spiral staircase" that will "[rise] from the pool floor when someone wants to get in or out." The company says the Infinity London could be under construction as early as 2020 "if all the partners and contractors are confirmed."It's all incredibly strange and awesome and terrifying at the same time. The company, which calls the experience "death-defying swimming," is clearly betting that plenty of people will be willing to take the chance.
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| Biden reverses position on federal funding for abortion Posted: 06 Jun 2019 07:11 PM PDT  Biden, the front-runner in the race for the 2020 Democratic nomination and a former vice president, said he had changed his long-held position on the Hyde Amendment because the right to an abortion was now under assault in many states and increasingly inaccessible for low-income women. "I can't justify leaving millions of women without access to the care they need and the ability to exercise their constitutionally protected right," Biden said in a speech in Atlanta. Biden's support for the Hyde Amendment, which was passed in 1976 and prohibits the use of federal funds for most abortions, put him out of step with much of the rest of the Democratic Party on an emotional issue.
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| Maduro axes electricity minister amid ongoing Venezuela blackouts Posted: 06 Jun 2019 02:16 PM PDT  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro named a new electricity minister on Thursday, replacing one he appointed just two months ago amid persistent prolonged power blackouts. Freddy Brito "will continue the work of full recovery of the National electric system," as minister and president of the state owned Corpolec, the president said on Twitter. Brito, an electrical engineer, has held the Science and Technology portfolio in Maduro's government up to now.
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| Police: Body found in home confirmed to be Mouseketeer Posted: 06 Jun 2019 05:44 PM PDT ![Police: Body found in home confirmed to be Mouseketeer]( "Police: Body found in home confirmed to be Mouseketeer") The Oregon State Medical Examiner's office identified the body, although they were unable to use dental records or DNA because of the condition of the remains, Oregon State Police said Thursday. Friends and relatives had set up the Help Us Find Dennis Day Facebook page. "Our family is truly thankful to the Oregon State Police for helping to bring closure to our family so that we can finally lay Dennis to rest," Showers said.
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| West Point says cadet killed in rollover was from New Jersey Posted: 07 Jun 2019 03:25 PM PDT  The 22-year-old cadet killed in a vehicle rollover during a summer training exercise was identified by the U.S. Military Academy on Friday as a standout wrestler who was studying law. Cadet Christopher J. Morgan of West Orange, New Jersey, died at the scene after a tactical vehicle carrying cadets overturned in wooded terrain Thursday morning. West Point officials said they don't know the cause of the crash .
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| American hunter in viral photo of dead giraffe says she's 'proud to hunt delicious' animal Posted: 07 Jun 2019 09:00 AM PDT  An American whose 2017 shooting of a giraffe and posing for a photograph with its body sparked international outcry, has said she was proud of hunting the animal, which she said was "delicious" to eat.Texan Tess Talley, 38, triggered anger last summer when she posted the images of her exploits during a hunting trip the year before in South Africa. "Prayers for my once in a lifetime dream hunt came true today," she wrote alongside the image. "Spotted this rare black giraffe bull and stalked him for quite awhile. I knew it was the one. He was over 18 years old, 4,000 lbs and was blessed to be able to get 2,000 lbs of meat from him."Ms Tallley has now further defended her actions, appearing on CBS to say hunters such as herself contribute to the long term preservation of animals by managing populations and funding wildlife conservation. She also said the elderly male giraffe, the skin of which she had made into cushion covers and a rifle case, was delicious to eat. "It's a hobby, it's something that I love to do. I am proud to hunt. And I am proud of that giraffe," she said, saying the shooting of the giraffe was part of a conversation hunt.When it was pointed out that she was clearly smiling in the images she posted with the animal, she said: "You do what you love to do. It's joy. If you don't love what you do, you're not gonna continue to do it."She said even though she enjoyed hunting, there was an element of remorse."Everybody thinks that the easiest part is pulling the trigger. And it's not," she said. "That's the hardest part. But you gain so much respect, and so much appreciation for that animal because you know what that animal is going through. They are put here for us. We harvest them, we eat them." In a statement, Kitty Block, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International, said: "Trophy hunting of giraffe shows sheer and arrogant disregard for the imperilled status of an iconic species. "A 2015 estimate found that fewer than 100,000 giraffes remain in the wild in Africa, and our 2018 investigation revealed that nearly 4,000 giraffe-derived trophies were imported into the US over the last decade."She said giraffes were facing "a myriad of threats including poaching and habitat fragmentation".She added: "Their dire conservation status should not be further compounded by the horror of trophy hunters bent on killing them for senseless and gruesome trophies."
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| Mystery Surrounds Stolen 1991 Ford Mustang GT Barn Find Posted: 06 Jun 2019 12:56 PM PDT  A white 1991 Ford Mustang GT was literally found in a barn in rural western Missouri by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The car was stolen in Overland Park back in 1993, its whereabouts unknown until now. On the police report, which was taken over 30 years ago by the Overland Park Police Department, the Mustang GT's owner is simply listed as "John R." with no indication of a last name.
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| Russia's Best Defense Against America's Pressure Strategy May Be China Posted: 07 Jun 2019 08:22 AM PDT  While the trade war between Washington and Beijing continues to flare up, Chinese president Xi Jinping traveled to Russia this week for three days to attend the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin. For Moscow, this visit could not have come at a better time.In his public remarks while in Moscow on Wednesday, the Chinese leader spoke of the growing ties between Russia and China, while also offering thinly veiled criticism of the United States. Xi lauded Putin as "one of my closest friends and a great colleague." He also stressed the importance of Sino-Russian solidarity at a time when "protectionism and unilateral approaches are on the rise, and a policy of force and hegemonism is increasingly taking hold."Xi arrived at the St.Petersburg International Economic Forum on Thursday, an annual event aimed at attracting foreign investors to Russia, with a delegation of one thousand people. The United States was noticeably absent at the forum after announcing that it was boycotting the event over the controversial imprisonment of American investor Michael Calvey by Russian authorities.
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| Colorado school officials consider razing site of Columbine massacre Posted: 06 Jun 2019 07:14 PM PDT  Public education officials in Colorado are considering a plan to tear down and rebuild Columbine High School, saying the site remains a "source of inspiration" for potential gun violence 20 years after a mass shooting there left 15 people dead. The idea was floated on Thursday in an open letter from the superintendent of Jefferson County public schools, Jason Glass, to Columbine staff, students, parents and members of the surrounding Denver suburb of Littleton, Colorado. Under the superintendent's plan, the new campus would still be called Columbine High School, "honoring the pride and spirit the community has with the name," and its school mascot and colors would remain unchanged.
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| US Navy says Russian destroyer came with 50-feet of USS Chancellorsville in the Philippine Sea Posted: 07 Jun 2019 08:39 AM PDT  The Pentagon says the U.S. guided-missile cruiser was forced to maneuver to avoid a collision; national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports.
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| Congressman threatens to block Donald Trump's tariffs as talks with Mexico enter second day Posted: 07 Jun 2019 02:07 PM PDT  The Democratic chairman of a key congressional committee says he will take steps to block President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on Mexico.
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| NYPD sorry for '69 raid at now-landmark Stonewall gay bar Posted: 06 Jun 2019 05:11 PM PDT  Nearly 50 years after a police raid at the Stonewall Inn catalyzed the modern LGBT rights movement, New York's police commissioner apologized Tuesday for what his department did. "The actions taken by the NYPD were wrong, plain and simple," Commissioner James O'Neill said during a briefing at police headquarters. The New York Police Department was facing calls to apologize from organizers of what is expected to be a massive LGBT Pride celebration in the city this year — and from organizers of an alternative Stonewall anniversary march.
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| Texas Governor Signs Bill Allowing More Armed Teachers Posted: 06 Jun 2019 03:55 PM PDT  Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a law Thursday allowing more teachers to carry firearms and expands mental health services for students in the wake of the mass shooting last year at a high school near Houston.The bill removed the previous on the number of armed teachers allowed on school campuses of one per every 200 students or one per school. The measure also encourages schools to train teachers to recognize mental health issues among students, increase the number of mental health counselors at schools, and install "threat assessment teams" to track potential threats from students.Ten people were fatally shot and 13 more wounded at at Santa Fe High School near Houston in May of last year, the sixth most deadly school shooting in U.S. history.Abbott, a Republican, has made school safety a priority since then, but the legislature has focused on campus security and mental health rather than gun control, passing measures approving metal detectors, and shooter alarm systems among other means to secure schools.Teachers who wish to participate in Texas's school armed marshal program, which was implemented after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 must undergo active shooter drills as well as 80 hours of training. School marshals must keep their weapons locked up and away from students unless their main job does not involve "regular, direct contact with students," in which case they are allowed to carry a concealed firearm.Florida passed a controversial measure last month allowing classroom teachers to carry firearms in school, although many districts opted out, including Broward County, where the mass shooting that killed 17 at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School occurred last year.
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| Democrats Have Picked the First Target of Their Sweeping Tech Antitrust Probe Posted: 06 Jun 2019 10:08 AM PDT  "The loss of a diverse and free press has consequences for the future of our democracy."
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| US prosecutors say they won't enforce strict abortion laws Posted: 07 Jun 2019 06:06 PM PDT  A group of American prosecutors pledged on Friday not to enforce strict abortion laws in response to attempts to tighten access to the procedure in parts of the United States. The lawyers added that "many of the laws are so vaguely written" anyone involved in the abortion process could be prosecuted. The attorneys who signed the pledge come from 24 states and the US capital Washington, with 12 being statewide attorneys general and the rest being local elected prosecutors who can make their own charging decisions.
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| Former Bengal faces assault charges in American Samoa Posted: 06 Jun 2019 02:48 PM PDT ![Former Bengal faces assault charges in American Samoa]( "Former Bengal faces assault charges in American Samoa") Former Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Jonathan Fanene faces charges he used a pipe, golf club and broom handle to assault his wife and his sister over allegations he had an extramarital affair while on a trip to Hawaii, according to court documents filed this week. Fanene has been charged in the district court of American Samoa with eight felonies, including kidnapping and assault, and five misdemeanors. Defense lawyer Marcellus Talaimalo Uiagalelei, who declined to comment to The Associated Press on Thursday, will decide then if Fanene continues with a preliminary hearing at the district court level or opts to have the case heard in the High Court of American Samoa.
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| Boeing delayed fix of defective 737 MAX warning light for three years: U.S. lawmakers Posted: 07 Jun 2019 11:53 AM PDT  Boeing Co learned that a cockpit warning light on its 737 MAX jetliner was defective in 2017 but decided to defer fixing it until 2020, U.S. lawmakers said on Friday. The defective warning light alerts pilots when two sensors that measure the angle between the airflow and the wing disagree. Faulty "angle of attack" data is suspected of playing a role in two deadly crashes involving Boeing's best-selling 737 MAX in Indonesia in October and in Ethiopia in March.
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| Father's Day 2019: Paganism, roses and how the campaign to celebrate dads was won Posted: 07 Jun 2019 03:56 AM PDT  Father's Day, the official calendar date to honour our wonderful dads and celebrate fatherhood, is fast approaching. Recognised each June, the day sees children around the world present their dads with cards and gifts as a thank you for all they do. But when did the first observance of Father's Day take place and who helped establish the annual celebration of paternal figures? From the history behind the celebration, to the more recent commercialisation, here is everything you need to know about Father's Day. When is Father's Day 2019? Father's Day is held every year on the third Sunday of June; this year Father's Day falls on Sunday, June 16 in the UK. Typically, fathers are showered with cards and presents on Father's Day, with some families celebrating together by going on days out. Younger children also tend to make handmade gifts for their fathers at school and extracurricular clubs, including drawings, paintings or cards. As society and family structures have changed, some people now celebrate their stepfathers on Father's Day. In recent years there have been calls for a Stepfather's Day, however no such day has been officially discussed or introduced. Father's Day falls on June 16 this year Credit: E+ The history of Father's Day The first events in recognition of fatherhood took place in the US and followed Anna Jarvis' first celebration of Mother's Day in 1908, as well as the earlier observations of Mothering Sunday in the UK. Grace Golden Clayton, from Fairmont, West Virginia, was the woman behind the first event to celebrate fathers in 1908. Just over a year prior to this event, the Monongah Mining Disaster took place in December 1907, with the explosion killing 361 men. Of these fatalities, 250 were fathers. In honour of the one thousand children who lost their fathers, Clayton encouraged her pastor, Rev. Robert Thomas Webb, to hold a service at the Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South. Clayton missed her own father terribly, after he passed away in 1896, so she chose to honour the lives lost on July 5, 1908, the closest date to his birthday. While Clayton was responsible for the first recognition of fatherhood and the paternal bond, her work didn't directly encourage the creation of Father's Day. The memorial service was never promoted outside the town of Fairmont and the service was overshadowed by the significant Independence Day celebrations held a day beforehand. Yet the idea was also picked up on in the following year, when Sonora Smart Dodd started her quest to honour fathers in the same way as mothers. Dodd, born in Arkansas in 1882, was one of six children and at the age of seven, she moved to Washington with her family. When she was 16 years old, her mother, Ellen Victoria Cheek Smart, died after giving birth to her sixth child, leaving her father, William Jackson Smart, a farmer and Civil War veteran, as a single parent. After listening to a Mother's Day sermon at the Central Methodist Episcopal Church in 1909, Dodd felt that fathers deserved equal recognition. With the local YMCA and the Ministerial Association of Spokane, Dodd began a campaign to have the day officially recognised. The first such 'Father's Day' was held at the YMCA in Spokane on June 19, 1910, with a number of towns and cities across America later following suit. Support for Father's Day quickly increased throughout the US and in 1924 President Calvin Coolidge pressured state governments to mark the celebration. President Lyndon Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation honouring fathers in 1966, making the third Sunday in June Father's Day. Six years later President Richard Nixon signed it into law, establishing the day as a national holiday – though in the UK it does not enjoy this status. The move came after a campaign by a number of public figures, including Senator Margaret Chase Smith, who in 1957 wrote to Congress: "Either we honour both our parents, mother and father, or let us desist from honouring either one. "But to single out just one of our two parents and omit the other is the most grievous insult imaginable." Dodd's message later spread to other countries across the globe and it is thought that Britain began celebrating Father's Day after World War II. Today, the celebration of fathers has become an important commercial event for high street shops and online retailers, with promotions for the best gifts and cards appearing in the build up to the day each year. Father's Day around the world While in the UK fathers can expect, at best, breakfast in bed and handmade card and, at worst, the day to be completely ignored, elsewhere the festival is done a little differently. In Germany, Father's Day is called Vatertag with it also being referred to as Männertag, which means men's day. The celebration falls on the Thursday 40 days after Easter. In certain regions it is traditional for groups of men to go into the woods with a wagon of beer, wines and meats. Heavy drinking is common and, according to official statistics, traffic-related accidents spike on this day. In Australia, Father's Day falls on the first Sunday of September, which is their first Sunday of Spring, while in Croatia, they observe Roman Catholic tradition and celebrate fathers on March 19, Saint Joseph's Day. In China, Father's Day used to be celebrated on August 8 as the Chinese for eight is "ba", while a colloquial word for father is "ba-ba" – so the eighth day of the eighth month sounds similar to "daddy". The day has since been moved to the third Sunday of June, in line with the UK and US. In France, the day was introduced in 1949 for commercial reasons by lighter manufacturer Flaminaire. Inspired by the US' day of celebration, they created a new advert with the slogan 'Nos papas nous l'ont dit, pour la fête des pères, ils désirent tous un Flaminaire' ('Our fathers told us, for father's day, they all want a Flaminaire'). Three years later an official decree was made to recognise the day. Most countries celebrate Father's Day on the third Sunday in June including the UK, USA, Mexico, Ireland, France, Greece, China and Japan. However not all countries celebrate it then. In Brazil, Father's Day falls on the second Sunday of August and this day was chosen in honour of Saint Joachim, the patron saint of fathers. According to Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox traditions, Joachim was the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The ultimate films on fatherhood Father's Day tales and traditions Some pagans suggest that Father's Day is closely linked to the Pagan Sun worship, because the sun is thought to be the father of the universe and the celebration of dads falls closely to the summer solstice. Roses are the official flower of Father's Day, with people previously wearing them to church on this date. While this tradition is rarely seen today, sons and daughters used to wear either a red rose in admiration of a living father or a white rose in memory of a deceased father. Sonora Smart Dodd, the founder of Father's Day, selected this flower and it is said that during the early celebrations, she handed out roses to home-bound fathers, while on a horse-drawn carriage ride around the city. Father's Day gifts and presents From cutesy cards, socks and ties to luxurious watches and fantastic car experiences, Britons present their paternal figures with an array of unique gifts on Father's Day. But, demand for the perfect Father's Day present has led to the increasing commercialisation of the day, with retailers competing to offer the best gifts and consumers heading to their high street shops and online retailers. According to MuchNeeded, Father's Day is a popular shopping day in both the UK and US, with 75 per cent of men expected to celebrate the occasion this year. While Britons and Americans spend a significant amount on Father's Day each year, on average it only accounts for half the spending around Mother's Day. Is it Father's Day, Fathers' Day or Fathers Day? Ah, the age old question. The answer? Many say Father's Day is the correct version. Mother's Day (which has the apostrophe before the 's') set the precedent while Father's Day was still gaining popularity. Anna Jarvis trademarked the term 'Mother's Day' – with the apostrophe before the 's' – in 1912, saying the word should 'be a singular possessive, for each family to honour its own mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mothers in the world'. President Woodrow Wilson used this spelling when he formalised Mother's Day in 1914; this means the correct version of the word is spelled with the apostrophe before the 's'. Father's Day has followed suit, with cards on both sides of the pond including the apostrophe in the same place.
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| Could The Navy Dust Off Its World War II Plan to Beat Japan and Use it On China? Posted: 06 Jun 2019 11:00 PM PDT  Suppose Beijing opted to risk a cross-strait invasion of Taiwan. Take it from an old naval artilleryman: amphibious operations are no simple matter even when the auguries are good. And an attack on Taiwan would be far from auspicious for PLA forces. If you transpose a map of probable landing beaches on Taiwan onto the map of the actual Allied landings in Normandy in 1944, the imagery is striking. The two amphibious zones are comparable in size, while Taiwan's coastal terrain rivals Normandy's as an obstacle to troops storming ashore. PLA soldiers and marines will have their work cut out for them should the Chinese Communist leadership ordain that the island be taken by force.Everyone says it: Newport, as in where the U.S. Naval War College is located and where yours truly works, underwent a golden age of strategy-making during the interwar decades. It must usher in a new golden age to prevail in strategic competition against the likes of China and Russia. Revisiting the service's and Naval War College's roots will shed light on the new, old dilemmas besetting them.Indeed it may—if posterity understands that long-ago age.(This first appeared last month.)
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| Trump calls Pelosi a 'nasty, vindictive, horrible person' Posted: 06 Jun 2019 08:29 PM PDT  Trump responded to Pelosi saying she wants to see him go to prison.
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| D-Day veteran, 97, parachutes into Normandy again – 75 years later Posted: 06 Jun 2019 11:47 AM PDT  Tom Rice, 97, parachuted into Normandy in 1944 during the original D-Day operation. In 2019, 75 years later, he recreated the jump alongside others.
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| Salisbury poisoning: Putin says UK’s next prime minister should ‘forget about’ Skripal attack Posted: 07 Jun 2019 01:15 AM PDT  Britain's next prime minister should "forget about" the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in Salisbury, Vladimir Putin has said.The Russian president said he hoped whoever succeeded Theresa May would see what he described as the bigger picture and move on from the Skripal attack."When all's said and done we need to turn this page connected with spies and assassination attempts," Mr Putin said on the sidelines of an economic forum in St Petersburg.He described Sergei Skripal, a former colonel in Russian military intelligence who betrayed dozens of Russian agents to MI6, as London's spy."He's your agent not ours. That means you spied against us and it's hard for me to say what happened with him subsequently. We need to forget about all this in the final analysis," he said.Mr Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned in Salisbury with the nerve agent novichok in March last year.The attack led to a wave of diplomatic expulsions and diplomatic relations between Moscow and the west deteriorated to a post-Cold War low.British prosecutors have charged two Russian military intelligence officers, known by the aliases Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, with attempted murder in their absence.The Kremlin has repeatedly denied any involvement.Mr Putin recalled his own experience working first for the Soviet Union's KGB spy service and then Russia's FSB security service."Global issues linked with common national interests in the economic, social and security spheres are more important than games played by intelligence services," he said. "I'm talking to you as an expert, believe me. We need to cast off this fluff and get down to business."Ms May's spokeswoman said London would continue to engage with Russia on matters of international security, but said Moscow had to change its behaviour."We have been clear that Russia's pattern of aggression and destabilising behaviour undermines its claims to be a responsible international partner," she said. "The PM has made clear on numerous occasions we can only have a different relationship if Russia changes its behaviour."Mr Putin also issued a stern warning about the danger of a new arms race, accusing the United States on shunning talks on extending the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty, which is set to expire in 2021.He said while Russia had repeatedly signalled its intention to begin discussions on extending the pact, Washington had been unresponsive."We have said 100 times already that we are ready, but no one is talking to us," he claimed.The pact, signed in 2010 by then-presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev, limits each country to no more than 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers.
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| 'Tachtouch' returns to Lebanon after monkeying around in Israel Posted: 07 Jun 2019 07:56 AM PDT  A Lebanese monkey who breached the border with Israel was returned to its owner Friday by United Nations peacekeepers after cavorting for more than a week in enemy territory. Tachtouch escaped late last month, prompting its owner Beatrice Mauger who runs a peace project in southern Lebanon to launch an appeal on Facebook. "We have captured the Lebanese monkey in good health," the Yodfat Monkey Forest in northern Israel said on Facebook late Thursday.
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| The Latest: Lawyers disappointed for ex-cop sent to prison Posted: 07 Jun 2019 12:26 PM PDT  Lawyers for a former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman say they're disappointed that a judge sentenced him to 12½ years in prison. Noor now has 90 days to appeal his conviction for third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond. After Noor was sentenced Friday, he was returned to Minnesota's maximum security prison at Oak Park Heights, where he has been held for his own safety since his conviction in April.
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| Glock 46: The Glock Gun That Could Change Everything Posted: 07 Jun 2019 11:00 PM PDT  Glock GmbH is criticized by some for being one of the least innovative companies in the gun industry. The basic design of a Glock pistol has changed very little from the original Generation 1 Glock: the majority of changes through the generations are slight changes to the trigger layout and the addition of rails and other ergonomic features. This has led some to say that Glock cannot innovate.However, the Glock 46 stands as a stark counterpoint to those who say so. Utilizing a rotating barrel system and a redesigned striker system, the Glock 46 is a total rethinking of the Glock design, different in almost every way.The rotating barrel likely makes the Glock 46 softer shooting than its tilting barrel counterparts. Other pistols with rotating barrels, such as Beretta's Px4, Grand Power's K100, and Archon/Arsenal's Stryk B all are known for their pleasant recoil. It also provides some accuracy benefits. Glock's approach to the rotating barrel appears to address some concerns leveled at other pistols with rotating barrels, which can be difficult to field strip. Glock's barrel appears to put two camming pins on the barrel itself, as opposed to the Px4 which places a camming surface on the barrel itself. The change in the placement of the rotating parts could make the Glock 46's field strip simpler than some of its rotating barrel competition.
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| Supreme Court rulings on gerrymandering set to shape elections for the next decade Posted: 07 Jun 2019 07:17 AM PDT  The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule this month on two gerrymandering cases that will have a massive impact on the partisan balance of American politics for the next decade.
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| House Dem leaders to give chairmen broad power to enforce subpoenas Posted: 06 Jun 2019 10:59 AM PDT ![House Dem leaders to give chairmen broad power to enforce subpoenas]( "House Dem leaders to give chairmen broad power to enforce subpoenas") Democrats say the reason for the change is to prevent contempt citations from dominating House's limited floor time.
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| Earthquake, flood, hurricane: Google Maps adds tools to help you navigate a crisis Posted: 06 Jun 2019 10:18 AM PDT  Google is adding tools inside Google Map and search to help you deal with hurricanes, floods and earthquakes.
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| New York doctors at Mount Sinai are shocked when they find a baby tapeworm in a woman’s brain Posted: 07 Jun 2019 05:54 AM PDT  New York doctors at Mount Sinai are shocked when they find a baby tapeworm in a woman's brain during surgery on what they thought was a malignant tumor.
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| Fitch downgrades Pemex debt rating to junk, Moody's awards negative outlook Posted: 06 Jun 2019 08:39 PM PDT  The financial assessment agency Fitch Ratings downgraded Mexico state oil company Mexican Petroleum (Pemex) from BBB- to BB+ Thursday, while Moody's revised its outlook rating from stable to negative. In a statement Fitch said, "Fitch Ratings has downgraded Petroleos Mexicanos' (PEMEX) Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to 'BB+' from 'BBB-'.
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| Texas governor signs bill allowing more armed teachers Posted: 06 Jun 2019 12:56 PM PDT  Texas will allow more teachers to have guns in school and will increase mental health services for students under bills that Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Thursday as major parts of the state's response to a 2018 mass shooting at a high school near Houston. School districts will be allowed to place as many armed teachers or school personnel on campus as they see fit. The new laws also are designed to put more mental health counselors on campus, train teachers to recognize mental health problems and create "threat assessment teams" to help identify potentially dangerous students.
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| 75 poignant war photos in honor of the 75th anniversary of D-Day Posted: 06 Jun 2019 10:06 AM PDT  160,000 allied troops
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| Get a 6-quart Crock-Pot slow cooker for under $25 on Amazon Posted: 07 Jun 2019 04:06 PM PDT ![Get a 6-quart Crock-Pot slow cooker for under $25 on Amazon]( "Get a 6-quart Crock-Pot slow cooker for under $25 on Amazon") Instant Pots and other comparable multi-use cookers are so great, but they're also very expensive. You can easily spend $100, $150, or even more on a multicooker. That's fine if you plan to constantly switch things up and get the most out of it, but it's a pretty big waste of money if you plan to use it mainly as a slow cooker. Check out the Crock-Pot 6-Quart Cook & Carry Oval Manual Portable Slow Cooker on Amazon instead. It's an excellent dedicated slow cooker, and you can literally get four of them for the price of one Instant Pot with the same 6-quart capacity!Here's more info from the product page: * 6-quart portable slow cooker serves 7+ people * Handles make it easy to carry and lid-mounted locking system * High/Low/Warm settings * Removable, dishwasher-safe stoneware insert, and dishwasher-safe locking glass lid * Stylish red exterior with black accents and plastic handles
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| Former Trump adviser Flynn shakes up legal team: court filing Posted: 06 Jun 2019 10:00 AM PDT  While no reason was given for the termination of Robert Kelner and Stephen Anthony of the Covington & Burling law firm, the move comes after a contentious hearing in December when a judge excoriated Flynn for lying to the FBI and other actions leading to his guilty plea. The judge's comments were prompted by a sentencing memo in which Kelner and Anthony noted that Flynn was not explicitly warned by FBI agents that lying to them was a crime, appearing to suggest that he was entrapped.
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| Navy-Killers: Russia is Deploying New Anti-Ship Missiles in Crimea Posted: 07 Jun 2019 06:00 PM PDT  During the Cold War, when the Crimean peninsula was part of the Soviet Union, Russia built an elaborate coastal defense system of underground anti-ship missile launchers.That system lapsed after the breakup of the Soviet Union and the independence of Ukraine, which owned Crimea. But after Russia seized and annexed Crimea in 2014, the Russian military began refurbishing the region's defenses.Now, Russian officials hint that the next step may be deploying advanced anti-ship missiles to the region. "The point at issue is the possible rearming of this system with new types of missiles," Alexander Leonov, CEO of missile maker Tactical Missile Corporation, told Russian news agency TASS.The coastal defense system is known as Utyos ("cliff"), or Object 100 to its Soviet builders. It comprised a series of bunkers and underground missile launchers armed with the P-35, a variant of the 1950s Shaddock missile that armed Soviet surface ships and submarines. With a range of about 200 kilometers (125 miles), the thirty-three-foot-long Shaddock was a large, turbojet-powered ship-killer.
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| Tired of smartphones? Company offers $1,000 to use flip phone for a week Posted: 07 Jun 2019 11:00 AM PDT ![Tired of smartphones? Company offers $1,000 to use flip phone for a week]( "Tired of smartphones? Company offers $1,000 to use flip phone for a week") Frontier Communications announced a contest saying it will pay $1,000 for someone to use a flip phone in place of a smartphone for one week.
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| US gives Turkey to July 31 to backtrack on Russian missile deal Posted: 07 Jun 2019 02:47 PM PDT  The United States on Friday gave Turkey until the end of July to abandon its purchase of a major Russian missile defense system, which Washington considers incompatible with Ankara's participation in the F-35 fighter jet program. If by July 31 Turkey does not renounce the S-400 system, Turkish pilots training in the United States on the F-35 will be expelled, and agreements with Turkish firms subcontracted for manufacturing the F-35 stealth warplane will be cancelled, Ellen Lord, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, told reporters.
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| Google diversifies Search results by showing only two listings from single site per search Posted: 07 Jun 2019 07:33 AM PDT  Google outlined that the top results produced by a search will soon only display two listings from a single website, a change implemented to increase site diversity. Responding to customer feedback, Google announced Thursday on Twitter that Search results are on their way to becoming more diverse. This site diversity change means that you usually won't see more than two listings from the same site in our top results.
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