| Trump erupts after Supreme Court rejects 2020 census citizenship question: 'USA! USA! USA!' Posted: 02 Jul 2019 11:22 PM PDT  Donald Trump has erupted with anger after his administration ended its effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 US census. The White House and Justice Department said it would begin printing forms without the contentious query, despite the US president saying last week he would attempt to indefinitely delay the census until the query was added.It came after a Supreme Court ruling on 27 June faulted the administration for its original attempt to include it."A very sad time for America when the Supreme Court of the United States won't allow a question of 'Is this person a Citizen of the United States?' to be asked on the 2020 Census! Going on for a long time" Mr Trump tweeted late on Tuesday. "I have asked the Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice to do whatever is necessary to bring this most vital of questions, and this very important case, to a successful conclusion. USA! USA! USA!"> .....United States Supreme Court is given additional information from which it can make a final and decisive decision on this very critical matter. Can anyone really believe that as a great Country, we are not able the ask whether or not someone is a Citizen. Only in America!> > — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) > > June 27, 2019Mr Trump's suggestion the question could still appear on the census contrasted with commerce secretary Wilbur Ross, who said he would "respect" the ruling despite disagreeing with it. "The Census Bureau has started the process of printing the decennial questionnaires without the question. My focus, and that of the bureau and the entire department, is to conduct a complete and accurate census," Mr Ross said.Although the Supreme Court left open the possibility of the administration adding the question, there was little time left for the government to come up with a new rationale.The government had said in court filings that it needed to finalise the details of the questionnaire by the end of June.Critics have called the citizenship question a Republican ploy to scare immigrants into not taking part in the population count and engineer an undercount in Democratic-leaning areas with high immigrant and Latino populations. That would benefit non-Hispanic whites and help Mr Trump's fellow Republicans gain seats in the US House of Representatives and state legislatures, the critics said."In light of the Supreme Court's ruling, the Trump administration had no choice but to proceed with printing the 2020 census forms without a citizenship question," said Dale Ho, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union, which had fought the Trump administration in court."Everyone in America counts in the census, and today's decision means we all will."The Trump administration had told the courts its rationale for adding the question was to better enforce a law that protects the voting rights of racial minorities. Critics called that rationale a pretext, with the Supreme Court's majority embracing that theory.The court's 5-4 ruling, which saw conservative chief justice John Roberts join the court's four liberals in the majority, ultimately proved decisive."While the Trump Administration may have attempted to politicise the census and punish cities and states across the nation, justice prevailed, and the census will continue to remain a tool for obtaining an accurate count of our population," said New York attorney general Letitia James, who also challenged the question.The census is used to allot seats in the US House of Representatives and distribute some $800bn (£637bn) in federal funds. Opponents have said the citizenship question would instil fear in immigrant households that the information would be shared with law enforcement, deterring them from taking part.Citizenship status has not been asked of all households since the 1950 census. Since then, it was included only on questionnaires sent to a smaller subset of the population.Manhattan-based US district judge Jesse Furman ruled on 15 January the Commerce Department's decision to add the question violated the Administrative Procedure Act. Federal judges in Maryland and California also have issued rulings to block the question.Mr Furman said the evidence showed that Mr Ross had concealed his true motives for adding the citizenship question and that he and his aides had convinced the Justice Department to request it.Evidence surfaced in May that the challengers said showed the administration's plan to add a citizenship question was intended to discriminate against racial minorities.Additional reporting by Reuters
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| Iran to exceed uranium enrichment limit from Sunday: Rouhani Posted: 03 Jul 2019 02:19 AM PDT  President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will exceed on Sunday the uranium enrichment limit it agreed in a 2015 deal with major powers, raising it "as much as necessary". Iran is acting on its May 8 threat to suspend parts of the 2015 nuclear agreement in response to US President Donald Trump's reimposition of crippling sanctions since withdrawing from it in May last year. "On July 7, our enrichment level will no longer be 3.67 percent.
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| AOC paints grim picture of U.S. migrant detention centers: 'People drinking out of toilets' Posted: 01 Jul 2019 10:17 AM PDT  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sharply criticized conditions at Customs and Border Protection detention camps, saying migrants were subject to "systemic cruelty" that treated them "like animals."
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| Harris picks up new endorsement among divided black caucus Posted: 03 Jul 2019 05:57 AM PDT  Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris picked up another endorsement Wednesday from a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, where she is competing for support with former Vice President Joe Biden. Connecticut Democrat Jahana Hayes posted an op-ed in Essence on Wednesday ahead of the magazine's annual gathering this weekend in New Orleans. Hayes cited Harris' story of being bused as a young girl in Berkeley, California, which the California Democrat spoke about in last week's Democratic presidential debate.
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| Mackenzie Lueck: Amazon Pulls Novel by Murder Suspect Ayoola Ajayi Posted: 02 Jul 2019 08:53 AM PDT  Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast/Getty/FacebookThe suspect in the gruesome slaying of Utah college student Mackenzie Lueck self-published a novel about a teenager who witnessed his friend and his neighbor burn to death, and began advertising the story one year before Lueck was killed.Now Ayoola Ajayi's book, titled Forge Identity, has been pulled from Amazon's website as Lueck's friends and family mourn her death, and more details of the accused murderer's troubled history—including allegations of rape and domestic abuse—come to light.Lueck disappeared June 17 after returning from a trip to California to attend her grandmother's funeral. According to police, the 23-year-old kinesiology major at the University of Utah, who went by the nickname "Kenzie," texted her parents around 1 a.m. after her plane had landed. Then she took a Lyft to Hatch Park in North Salt Lake.It was there that police say Lueck met Ajayi, a 31-year-old IT specialist who was arrested last Friday on charges of aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, desecration of a body, and obstruction of justice. Ajayi was the last person Lueck contacted before she vanished, and both their phones both pinged to the park within a minute of each other, according to phone records. Lueck's cellphone went dark around 3 a.m.On Friday, Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown told reporters Ajayi admitted in an interview to texting Lueck on June 16 around 6 p.m., but denied speaking with her after that. Ajayi also claimed he didn't know what Lueck looked like and that he didn't see photos or an online profile of her. But Brown said Ajayi did have images of Lueck.Mackenzie Lueck.Police HandoutWhile police executed a search warrant on Ajayi's property, neighbors told cops that they noticed the suspect burning something in his backyard on June 17 and 18. Brown said investigators discovered a "fresh dig area" along with Lueck's charred belongings and "female human tissue" which was linked to Lueck through DNA testing.Authorities haven't disclosed a motive for Lueck's murder, how she died, or how she might have met the alleged murderer. According to KUTV, a CBS affiliate in Salt Lake City, both Lueck and Ajayi had profiles on "sugar baby" websites, where younger women can meet older men. On Monday, Lueck's friends told Fox News they believed the alleged killer was "hunting for women" and demanded that social media users stop blaming the victim. "No person regardless of their gender or dating life deserves to die," said one friend of Lueck's, Ashley Fine. "Mackenzie is not responsible for the death and murder of Mackenzie. There's only one person responsible for that, and we're here to hold him responsible and we're going to keep holding him responsible."Man Charged With Murder in Disappearance of Mackenzie LueckAs The Daily Beast reported, the website Barstool Sports fired one of its writers over the weekend for publishing a blog post mocking Lueck's disappearance, her Instagram account, and her alleged activity on "sugar daddy dating websites."Police believe Ajayi burned Lueck's body. Ajayi's novel, published in August 2018, also refers to the burning deaths of victims—with the cover claiming to be "Inspired From True Events.""Ezekiel was almost 15 when he witnessed a gruesome murder. An angry mob burned his neighbor alive in the street and the man died at his feet. Sadly, it was not the last time he witnessed such horror," stated a description of the book on Amazon's website."With his well respected father as guide and mentor, Ezekiel saw this death, then a death much closer to home when a loved one was killed in the same brutal, terrifying way 50 feet from him, and he could do nothing to stop it," the novel's summary continues. "Staggering to recover from these severe traumas, he finds relief and joy in meeting his first love, becomes embroiled in grand theft, and experiences heartbreaking betrayal. Ezekiel must decide if he will join the ranks of a criminal mastermind, or fight to escape the tyranny that has surrounded his young life. Or even beat them at their own game. When trust is lost, can he even trust himself?"In his author bio, Ajayi says he was "born and raised in Africa" and "has been a salesman, an entrepreneur, and a writer" who "survived a tyrannical dictatorship, escaped a real life crime, traveled internationally, excelled professionally in several industries, and is currently curating a multi-platform advertising campaign for his debut novel."Amazon did not return messages about the book.Sgt. Brandon Shearer of the Salt Lake City Police Department told The Daily Beast that detectives would look over Ajayi's book, along with several hundred tips that authorities have received in the case. Starting last June, Ajayi was plugging his debut novel with a Facebook page, which commenters have targeted since his arrest. "This isn't a novel, this is a true crime fantasy of a REAL LIFE monster," someone wrote.Meanwhile, Ajayi's estranged wife told the Daily Mail she went into hiding because she was terrified of her husband, who she claimed attempted to tie her up with a phone cord, and chased her into the street with a knife and slashed her. "I kept telling him I don't want to be with you, I want a divorce. He wouldn't sign the papers. His friend from the Army kept calling me, saying they were going to kidnap me," the woman, 35-year-old Tenisha Jenkins Ajayi, told the tabloid.Tenisha said she and her former husband—known as "AJ" to friends and family—lived together in Dallas, Texas. Ajayi threatened to kill her, she told the Daily Mail, if she didn't relocate to Utah with him.Salt Lake City police take Ayoola A. Ajayi into custody in connection with missing University of Utah student MacKenzie Lueck in Salt Lake City on Friday, June 28, 2019. Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via APOf Ajayi's novel, Tenisha said, "AJ told me about the book but I didn't know he had really written it, I hadn't seen him for years."According to the AP, Ajayi attended Utah State University on and off from 2009 to 2016, without picking a major or earning a degree. Ajayi also served in the Utah Army National Guard for six months but didn't complete his basic training. He was discharged in June 2015.Two months before Lueck died, Ajayi reportedly sought to build a sound-proof room with a fingerprint lock inside his home.One self-employed contractor named Brian Wolf told the Deseret News that he turned down Ajayi's job offer because he felt uncomfortable with the request. Wolf said that Ajayi wanted his secret room to have hooks installed high on the concrete walls. "As soon as he said he wanted the hooks above head height, I was like, 'Why do you need big hooks up there?'" Wolf told the Salt Lake City newspaper. "And he said it was to hang a wine rack. I said, 'Well, I can hang a wine rack and make it look a lot nicer than these big, gaudy hooks.'"Wolf, who shared his text messages with Ajayi with the Deseret News, said the suspect wanted the soundproof room in a "hollowed out area under the front porch." Ajayi allegedly told Wolf that money was no object and that "he wanted it done as soon as possible."This isn't the first time Ajayi was investigated by police.On Monday, the Salt Lake Tribune reported Ajayi was accused of raping a coworker at a financial company in November 2014. The woman told police the assault took place inside Ajayi's residence, but that she didn't want to file charges.The accuser was only filing a police report, according to the Tribune, "in case he did the same thing to someone else." She met authorities at Cache Valley Hospital after the encounter, which she said started off as consensual until she told him to stop."She kept saying to me that she felt that it was her fault, because she was not assertive enough," one police officer wrote in the report. "I explained that all she needed to do was to say no, and that should be enough."Nothing happened with the case, because the woman allegedly didn't want to cooperate. Ajayi wasn't interviewed by police, the Tribune reported.The University of Utah will hold a vigil for Lueck on Monday night. Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Bernie Sanders raises $18 million in second quarter for 2020 bid, trails Buttigieg Posted: 02 Jul 2019 07:35 AM PDT  U.S. presidential contender Bernie Sanders raised $18 million in the second quarter for his White House run, his campaign said on Tuesday, putting his total behind 2020 Democratic rival Pete Buttigieg for the period. Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, also transferred $6 million from other campaign accounts to fund his presidential bid, campaign manager Faiz Shakir told reporters on a conference call. Sanders and Buttigieg are the first among some two dozen candidates vying for the Democratic nomination to report fundraising numbers for April through June.
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| Crocodiles eat 2-year-old girl alive in Cambodia Posted: 02 Jul 2019 08:19 AM PDT  A 2-year-old girl was eaten alive on Monday after she fell into a crocodilepit at her family's farm in Cambodia, The Sun reports
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| Can China Track and Shoot Down the F-22? Posted: 01 Jul 2019 07:00 PM PDT  The laws of physics essentially dictate that a tactical fighter-sized stealth aircraft must be optimized to defeat higher-frequency bands such the C, X, Ku and the top part of the S bands. State-run Chinese media is claiming that the People's Liberation Army has been able to track the U.S. Air Force's Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighters over the East China Sea. While the Chinese report might be easily dismissed as propaganda—it is not beyond the realm of possibility. In fact—it's very possible that China can track the Raptor. Stealth is not a cloak of invisibility, after all. Stealth technology simply delays detection and tracking.(This first appeared in 2016.)First off, if a Raptor is carrying external fuel tanks—as it often does during "ferry missions"—it is not in a stealth configuration. Moreover, the aircraft is often fitted with a Luneburg lens device on its ventral side during peacetime operations that enhances its cross section on radar.That being said, even combat-configured F-22s are not invisible to enemy radar, contrary to popular belief. Neither is any other tactical fighter-sized stealth aircraft with empennage surfaces such as tailfins—the F-35, PAK-FA, J-20 or J-31. That's just basic physics.
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| I asked Latinos why they joined immigration law enforcement. Now I'm urging them to leave. Posted: 03 Jul 2019 03:00 AM PDT  Latinos make up half of American Border Patrol agents. But it's not self-hatred driving them to work for agencies deporting their communities.
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| Australian man dies 10 days after eating gecko at party Posted: 02 Jul 2019 10:00 AM PDT  An Australian family is still grieving over the unexpected loss of their father, who fell gravely ill after allegedly eating a gecko on a dare.
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| Trump lashes out at New York's attorney general and defends his shuttered family foundation Posted: 01 Jul 2019 11:42 AM PDT  President Trump lashed out at New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday, saying he uses the state attorney general "as a bludgeoning tool for his own purposes."
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| The Latest: New Hawaii prostitution law is 1st in the nation Posted: 02 Jul 2019 06:04 PM PDT ![The Latest: New Hawaii prostitution law is 1st in the nation]( "The Latest: New Hawaii prostitution law is 1st in the nation") Hawaii is the first state in the U.S. to remove a requirement that a person be a victim of sex trafficking to have a prostitution conviction erased. Hawaii Gov. David Ige signed the measure into law Tuesday. The new law tosses prostitution convictions for those who avoid additional convictions for three years, even if they can't show they have been victims of sex trafficking.
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| W. House hopeful Biden's son held at gunpoint during crack buy: report Posted: 01 Jul 2019 06:43 PM PDT  Hunter Biden, the son of former US vice president Joe Biden, admitted to being held at gunpoint while trying to buy crack cocaine, according to an article published Monday in The New Yorker. Joe Biden, the current frontrunner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, has repeatedly faced family tragedy during his decades in public office. After approaching a homeless man in downtown Los Angeles in 2016, "Hunter said that the man took him to a nearby homeless encampment, where, in a narrow passageway between tents, someone put a gun to his head before realizing that he was a buyer," the article says.
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| Iran's Guards kill two militants in northwestern region - Fars Posted: 02 Jul 2019 09:27 AM PDT ![Iran's Guards kill two militants in northwestern region - Fars]( "Iran's Guards kill two militants in northwestern region - Fars") Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards killed two members of an "anti-revolutionary terrorist" group in a security operation in the northwest of the country, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday. Fars did not identify the group but clashes are common in the area with Iranian Kurdish militant groups based in Iraq and the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), which has links to Turkey's militant Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK).
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| When is the next Democratic primary debate?: July 30 and 31 in Detroit Posted: 03 Jul 2019 03:35 AM PDT  Like the debate in Miami, the upcoming one in Detroit will feature 20 candidates out of the 24 Democrats seeking their party's nomination.
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| Major NRA donor to lead rebellion gunning for ‘radioactive’ leader Wayne LaPierre Posted: 03 Jul 2019 04:03 AM PDT  Even as the National Rifle Association (NRA) has been consumed by relentless and increasingly public infighting, Wayne LaPierre has maintained a firm grip on its leadership.Now one of the gun group's major benefactors says he is preparing to lead an insurgency among wealthy contributors to oust Mr LaPierre as chief executive, along with his senior leadership team.Such a rebellion would represent a troublesome new threat to Mr LaPierre, as his organisation's finances and vaunted political machine are being strained amid a host of legal battles, most notably the New York attorney general's investigation into its tax-exempt status.David Dell'Aquila, the restive donor, said the NRA's internal warfare "has become a daily soap opera, and it's decaying and destroying the NRA from within, and it needs to stop".He added, "Even if these allegations regarding Mr LaPierre and his leadership are false, he has become radioactive and must step down."Until that happens, Mr Dell'Aquila, a retired technology consultant who has given roughly $100,000 (£80,000) to the NRA in cash and gifts, said he would suspend donations — including his pledge of the bulk of an estate worth several million dollars.He said he was among a network of wealthy NRA donors who would cumulatively withhold more than $134 million (£106 million) in pledges, much of it earmarked years in advance through estate planning, and would soon give the gun group's board a list of demands for reform.That figure could not be verified, however, and Mr Dell'Aquila declined to provide a list of the other donors, who he said were not ready to go public.But a second prominent donor, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he is a senior firearms industry executive, said he was also suspending a plan to give more than $2 million (£1.6 million) from his estate, as well as halting other donations, and was backing Mr Dell'Aquila's effort."The donors are rebelling," the executive said, adding that he believed that the leadership turmoil was "helping to destroy, temporarily, the strength of the NRA as one of the strongest lobbying groups".The extent of any rebellion is difficult to discern, and the NRA insisted it still had the firm backing of its donor base.Mr LaPierre has also retained the support of the NRA's 76-member board, with fewer than a handful of public defections, and it would take a three-fourths vote by the board and one of its committees to oust him.But there have been signs of wavering grassroots support, including a recent announcement by Greg Kinman, a gun enthusiast with more than 4 million followers on YouTube, that he was cutting ties with the NRA.The turmoil of recent months has already stoked fear among some Republicans that the NRA's political potency could be blunted heading into the 2020 elections.In a tweet early on Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump assailed the investigation by the New York attorney general, Letitia James, saying the NRA was "a victim of harassment by the AG".Carolyn Meadows, the NRA's president, said in a statement that "we are disappointed whenever donors choose to suspend their support of the NRA, but we hope to win them back."She added: "People may resist change, but they embrace progress. We're experiencing that right now at the NRA. There's an energy within the NRA. that is hard to describe — and we continue to earn the support of millions of loyal members."The support of donors and the enthusiasm among NRA members will be a crucial test for Mr LaPierre, who has led the organisation for more than two decades.Last month, Mr LaPierre ousted his second-in-command, Christopher W Cox, who led the gun group's lobbying arm; in April, the NRA's president, Oliver North, abruptly stepped down.Both men have been implicated by the NRA in a plot to force Mr LaPierre out, though Mr Cox has denied the allegations. Mr North has said the NRA needs to review its financial practices; NRA officials have said the split with Mr North was largely a dispute over money.Both Mr Dell'Aquila and the second donor want Mr Cox to return to the NRA and become its chief executive."He brings continuity and stability," Mr Dell'Aquila said, adding that Mr Cox had emerged from the recent wave of scandals with cleaner hands than Mr LaPierre. "We can get consensus with Chris replacing Wayne."Mr Dell'Aquila said he had not spoken to Mr Cox about the matter and had not seen him since a fundraiser last year.The NRA is moving on from Mr Cox and is expected to announce on Tuesday that Jason Ouimet, a deputy at its lobbying arm, will assume Mr Cox's former post, according to a person with knowledge of the appointment.The NRA has been burdened by high structural costs and escalating legal bills as it copes with the New York investigation and a bitter legal fight with its former advertising firm, Ackerman McQueen.The NRA's member dues fell in 2017 to their lowest level in a half-decade, as concerns about gun control ebbed after Trump's election, but they rebounded last year, increasing by a third, to $170 million (£135 million), while contributions grew by 24 percent to $165 million (£130 million).Even so, the NRA's net assets fell sharply last year, and the organisation was forced to freeze its pension fund.It also took more than $30 million (£23.8 million) out of its charitable foundation in 2017; it recently increased a line of credit, backed by the deed to its headquarters, to $28 million (£22 million); and it borrowed against life insurance policies taken out on top executives.In a series of interviews and emails, Mr Dell'Aquila cited numerous concerns.He was troubled that a former NRA president, David Keene, had been caught up in an investigation over his ties to Maria Butina, the Russian who pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as a foreign agent.He was disturbed after The New York Times reported this year that Tyler Schropp, a senior NRA executive, had an interest in an outside company that had received $18 million (£14 million) from the NRA.He was also dismayed by a recent New Yorker story tying the NRA's former longtime chief financial officer to allegations of embezzlement at a previous job."I don't know if these stories are true or not true," he said. "My No. 1 concern, frankly only concern, is that our Second Amendment rights are preserved and the optics of negativity that are directly harming the NRA institution ceases."Mr Dell'Aquila said he had approached high-ranking NRA officials to express his dissatisfaction as recently as April, when the NRA held its annual convention in Indianapolis, but was not satisfied by their responses.And he said the board had recently been removing critics of LaPierre from key oversight committees."I decided the best way to be effective is to start a grassroots effort to demand from the NRA leadership accountability as well as transparency," he said.His demands include the resignation of Mr LaPierre and his senior leadership in time to put in a new team for the 2020 elections.In addition to Mr Cox's return, he wants Allen West, an NRA board member and former Tea Party congressman opposed to Mr LaPierre, installed as the group's president.He would also shrink the board to 30 members from 76; stop paying consulting fees to board members; dismiss the NRA's accounting firm, RSM; remove past presidents from the board; and cut costs by holding meetings in central locations.He lamented that an upcoming board meeting was to be held in Alaska: "What are the optics of that?" he said. "It's negative. It's self-inflicted."He adding that the NRA could find board members who "would do this for free, and it keeps us clean in the liberal papers".Mr Dell'Aquila said he had come to his decision reluctantly and had always been treated graciously by Mr LaPierre and his wife, Susan."I'm not pro-Mr LaPierre, and I'm not anti-Mr LaPierre, I'm just simply being objective and trying to save a historic institution from itself," he said."Right or wrong, the buck stops with Mr LaPierre, because this occurred underneath his leadership, and he's ultimately accountable."New York Times
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| Silver Frost 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback Will Send Chills Down Your Back Posted: 02 Jul 2019 01:32 PM PDT  Better act fast on this Fastback deal. Vintage Car Collector is pleased to announce this stunning 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback for sale. It will set you back about $44,000, but it's worth it for such a rare and sought-after classic that will only go up in value from here. This silver-on-black '66 Mustang Fastback has under 50,000 miles on the dash and its whole life ahead of it. You will get many smiles to the gallon for years to come, as well as heads turning no matter where you take it.Generally speaking, silver is (arguably) not the most attractive color nor the most popular. Many times, silver cars seem to fade from the spotlight behind all the murdered-out black cars and bright neon/metallic hues. However, this Mustang in Ford's Silver Frost hue with black stripes is breathtakingly beautiful and a spotlight stealer. It shines are every angle, highlighting its impeccable metal body and pristine paint job. This car is, without a doubt, in excellent condition and was very well taken care of by the previous owner(s).The black interior features chrome accents on the dash, doors, and steering wheel. The cabin appears to be in great condition as well, without any unusual wear. The seats and carpet are clean and devoid of any tears or slits.According to the VIN number (6F09C2), this 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback was assembled at the Dearborn, Michigan manufacturing plant. It is powered by a 289 cubic-inch V8 engine with 9.3:1 compression and a two-barrel carburetor setup that produces 200 horsepower.All in all, it's not hard to see why the 1966 Ford Mustang is one of the most popular years to date. 1966 also marked the year in which Ford Motor Company celebrated the production of its one-millionth Mustang, a white convertible. Don't miss your chance to own an iconic piece of American automotive history and a legendary muscle car all the same. Call today! Read more... This Dark Ivy Green 1970 Ford Mustang Fastback Arouses Envy 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback Restoration Is A Work Of Art
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| Trump on blight of homelessness in U.S. cities: 'It's disgraceful' Posted: 02 Jul 2019 08:25 AM PDT  The president says he is "seriously" considering tackling the blight of homelessness — an issue he curiously believes began shortly after he after he became president.
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| Nike pulls sneaker after Kaepernick objection, prompting Republican fury Posted: 02 Jul 2019 09:23 AM PDT  'Betsy Ross Flag' featuring 13 stars in a circle is embraced by white nationalists – Republicans criticize move, calling it 'anti-American'Nike's Air Max 1 sneakers, features 13 white stars in a circle. The flag has been embraced by white nationalists and the American Nazi party. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/ReutersNike has withdrawn a pair of shoes featuring an early version of the American flag that has been embraced by white nationalists, after former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick reportedly pointed out that the symbol was offensive.Conservatives in the US immediately criticized the move. One Republican senator called the decision to pull the shoes "anti-American".The "Betsy Ross flag" features 13 white stars in a circle, representing the 13 original colonies, and is one of many early versions of the American flag. It is named after the Philadelphia seamstress who is credited with creating the first American flag featuring stars and stripes in the late 18th century – though most scholars dismiss that story as myth.The flag has since been embraced by white nationalists and the American Nazi party.The shoes had been destined for stores to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday. But Kaepernick – the NFL star turned activist who took the knee during the national anthem in protest against racism and police brutality – said Nike should not sell the shoes with a symbol many consider offensive for its connection to an era of slavery, according the Wall Street Journal."Nike has chosen not to release the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July as it featured the old version of the American flag," a Nike spokeswoman told the WSJ.In response to the report, Doug Ducey, Arizona's Republican governor, called Ross a "founding mother" of the US, and tweeted: "Words cannot express my disappointment at this terrible decision. I am embarrassed for Nike."Ducey said he had asked the state's commerce authority to withdraw financial incentives for Nike to open a manufacturing plant in Arizona.He tweeted: "Instead of celebrating American history the week of our nation's independence, Nike has apparently decided that Betsy Ross is unworthy, and has bowed to the current onslaught of political correctness and historical revisionism."Ted Cruz, the Republican senator, said Nike "only wants to sell sneakers to people who hate the American flag".> It's a good thing @Nike only wants to sell sneakers to people who hate the American flag.... @NFL HappyFourth https://t.co/G6w8vDjvLP> > — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 2, 2019Josh Hawley, a fellow Republican senator from Missouri, called Nike "anti-American, pure and simple".Fox News host Laura Ingraham, who has been accused of racism in the past and recently interviewed Donald Trump on his trip to France for the D-Day commemorations, tweeted: "No more Nike sneakers for our family."The Journal reported that the shoes had shipped to retailers, but Nike asked them to be returned, without giving further details. Some pairs of the shoes have been appearing on the re-sale website StockX for more than $2,000.The Betsy Ross flag has caused controversy in the past. In 2016, the superintendent of a Michigan school district apologized after students waved the flag during a football game.At the time, Cle Jackson, the president of the local Greater Grand Rapids chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), said the flag had been embraced by "[t]he so-called 'Patriot movement' and other militia groups who are responding to America's increasing diversity with opposition and racial supremacy".Kaepernick, now 31, has not played in the NFL since 2016, when he began kneeling during the US national anthem to call attention to social injustice and racial inequality. The former 49ers quarterback settled a grievance case earlier this year, which alleged the league had blackballed him and a fellow player for their political views.Nike unveiled an advertising campaign last year that put Kaepernick's activism front and center, and featured the slogan: "Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything. Just do it."Despite a backlash from some conservatives, Nike said it saw sales increase by 31% following the campaign's launch. Its share price has risen more than 15% so far this year.
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| Hispanic pastors tour border facility, say they are 'shocked by misinformation' Posted: 03 Jul 2019 02:46 AM PDT  Pastor Tony Stewart talks about touring the border facility lambasted by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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| Biden's support from black voters cut in half after debate: Reuters/Ipsos poll Posted: 03 Jul 2019 03:07 AM PDT  Former Vice President Joe Biden, the early front-runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, has lost support among African-Americans after taking heat on racial issues during the party's first debate, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. The survey, conducted from Friday to Monday in the days following the debate in Miami, found 22 percent of adults who identify as Democrats or independents said they supported Biden, down 8 percentage points from a similar poll conducted earlier in June. Support for Biden among blacks, a critical Democratic voting bloc, was cut in half, with about two out of 10 saying they backed President Barack Obama's former vice president, compared with four out of 10 in the June poll.
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| After deadly NH biker crash, thousands of out-of-state traffic notices found untouched by Massachusetts RMV Posted: 03 Jul 2019 08:44 AM PDT  Tens of thousands of notifications detailing traffic incidents involving Massachusetts drivers in other states sat untouched.
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| One of Iran's Last F-14A Tomcats Just Crashed Posted: 02 Jul 2019 08:00 AM PDT  It is said that the IRIAF only have some twelve to fourteen operational F-14A and F-14AMs left.The picture in this post features the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) F-14A Tomcat that crashed yesterday .According to Scramble Facebook News Magazine, it is now (still unconfirmed) reported that the aircraft involved is F-14A 3-6003. According to the picture of the fatal Tomcat, the airframe is completely destroyed.As we have reported yesterday, one of the few remaining IRIAF F-14A Tomcat fighter jets was involved in a crash at home base Esfahãn-Shahid Beheshti International Airport (Iran).The IRIAF F-14A from the 8th Tactical Air Base crashed while it was landing. The aircraft reported an emergency to air traffic control during its training flight, subsequently the fighter was approved to make a quick landing at Esfahãn, but the aircraft was not able to hold position and skidded of the runway. Both pilot and Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) were forced to eject. They parachuted safely to mother earth.
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| Las Vegas police fire officer who hesitated during shooting Posted: 02 Jul 2019 10:08 PM PDT ![Las Vegas police fire officer who hesitated during shooting]( "Las Vegas police fire officer who hesitated during shooting") Las Vegas police confirmed Tuesday that the department fired a veteran officer who froze in the hallway of a Las Vegas Strip hotel during a 2017 mass shooting as a gunman on the floor above opened fire on a country music festival. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Officer Larry Hadfield confirmed Tuesday night that Officer Cordell Hendrex was fired March 20. Police union president Steve Grammas told The Associated Press in an email that Hendrex had been fired because of his actions during the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting.
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| Trump news: Congress files tax return lawsuit as president rages against Robert Mueller and insists military leaders 'thrilled' to take part in 4th of July tank display Posted: 02 Jul 2019 07:58 AM PDT  Donald Trump has hit out at Robert Mueller on Twitter and insisted the US military is "thrilled" to be taking part in his "Salute to America" celebration for the Fourth of July as the House Ways and Means Committee launches a lawsuit to acquire his tax returns.In an exclusive interview with Tucker Carlson of Fox News broadcast on Monday night, the president criticised homelessness in American cities, spoke of his optimism that his trade war with China would ultimately be won and benefit farmers and accused the social media giants of "possibly illegally" blocking him from gaining new followers before expressing his desire to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, which he called, "the Harvard of terrorists".A delegation of Democratic congressmen and women have meanwhile visited a number of migrant detention centres at the US-Mexico border in Texas, speaking out against the squalid conditions they found there and the behaviour of some Border Patrol agents overseeing the facilities.Images released Tuesday by US government inspectors who visited facilities in South Texas where migrant adults and children who crossed the nearby border with Mexico are processed and detained showed overcrowding and seemingly unsanitary conditions. As public outrage grows over the conditions in which thousands of people — some no more than a few months old — are being held by the US government, the report offered new cause for alarm. It quotes one senior government manager as calling the situation "a ticking time bomb.""Specifically, when detainees observed us, they banged on the cell windows, shouted, pressed notes to the window with their time in custody, and gestured to evidence of their time in custody," the report says. BuzzFeed first reported on a draft version of the report, which blurs most faces in the photos.An autopsy report also released Tuesday confirmed that a 2-year-old child who died in April had multiple intestinal and infectious respiratory diseases, including the flu. Wilmer Josué Ramírez Vásquez is one of five children to die after being detained by border agents since late last year. Two of the other four also had the flu.Additional reporting by AP. Please allow a moment for our liveblog to load
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| Girl recalls poor care in Texas border station Posted: 02 Jul 2019 08:10 AM PDT  For almost two weeks, a 12-year-old migrant girl said she and her 6-year-old sister were held inside a Border Patrol station in Texas where they slept on the floor and some children were locked away when they cried for their parents. El Paso, Texas, attorney Taylor Levy, who worked with the girl's family, said she and her sister were separated from their aunt when they arrived in the U.S. on May 23. The children, from Central America, were put in the Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, Levy said.
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| Christine Lagarde continues to break glass ceilings Posted: 02 Jul 2019 10:53 AM PDT  Christine Lagarde has made a career out of breaking glass ceilings in the halls of international finance and is now poised to break one more, leading the European Central Bank. The former lawyer was the first woman to serve as finance minister from any Group of Seven nation and then the first to lead the International Monetary Fund. The silver-haired Lagarde, 63, took the helm in 2011 in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, and is credited with steering the Washington-based IMF through turbulent economic waters, including handling of the Greek economic collapse.
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| Police in Hampton, Va., arrest mom of missing toddler; child believed dead Posted: 02 Jul 2019 08:36 AM PDT  Police have arrested the mother of a missing 2-year-old in Hampton, Va., and charged her with three county of felony child neglect, police said.
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| Senator Warren asks former FDA chief Gottlieb to resign from Pfizer board Posted: 02 Jul 2019 11:15 AM PDT ![Senator Warren asks former FDA chief Gottlieb to resign from Pfizer board]( "Senator Warren asks former FDA chief Gottlieb to resign from Pfizer board") U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren urged former U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to immediately step down from Pfizer Inc's board, three months after his departure from the health regulator. Gottlieb, who won bipartisan support for his efforts to curb use of flavored e-cigarettes by youths, stepped down from the FDA in April, a role he had held since May 2017.
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| W.House hopeful Buttigieg raises $25M, cements top tier status Posted: 01 Jul 2019 11:43 AM PDT  White House hopeful Pete Buttigieg, who if elected would be the first openly gay US president, raised $25 million in the second quarter, his campaign announced Monday, anchoring him firmly in the top tier of Democratic contenders. Virtually unknown at the beginning of the year, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who at 37 is the youngest of the two dozen Democrats in the 2020 race, saw his campaign rocked by the fatal police shooting of a black man in his city last month. The announcement follows a strong performance by Buttigieg in last week's Democratic presidential debate, and an impressive first quarter which saw $7 million pour into the campaign's coffers.
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| South Valley mother accused of murdering son tried to drown him in a Montana river in 2008 Posted: 01 Jul 2019 05:58 PM PDT  On Monday, the Mineral County Montana Sheriff's Office confirmed that in 2008, Sherri Telnas was charged with trying to drown her son Jackson in a river, reportedly because bad thoughts or voices told her to do it.
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| There Are 500,000 U.S. Citizens Living in Mexico Posted: 01 Jul 2019 06:30 PM PDT  For instance, we found that, in 2010, 53% of U.S. citizens under 18 living in Mexico did not have Mexican citizenship. Children who do not have Mexican documents cannot easily enroll in Mexican public schools. Furthermore, children who do not speak Spanish well will face problems learning in Mexican schools.While much of the current news has been focused on Central American migrants making their way through Mexico to the U.S., little attention has been paid to a different migration story: the number of American-born minors – all U.S. citizens – who left the U.S. to live in Mexico.In Mexico, about 900,000 residents were born abroad as of 2015. Some of these are Central American migrants, but the large majority was born in the U.S. and is under age 18.In fact, between 2000 and 2015, the population of American minors living in Mexico more than doubled. By 2015, nearly half a million minors born in the U.S. lived south of the border.Although there have always been U.S. citizens under 18 in Mexico, never before have so many left the U.S. to live and grow up in Mexico. Who are these children and adolescents? Where and with whom do they live in Mexico?
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| Toyota Prius Stalling Problems Continue, Highlighted by a Dealer’s Lawsuit over Five-Year Problem Posted: 02 Jul 2019 02:00 PM PDT  Three recalls to fix more than 800,000 cars have allegedly not remedied tens of thousands of reported failures.
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| Biden dings Trump for his handling of North Korea and Iran Posted: 01 Jul 2019 01:11 PM PDT  Biden, the 2020 presidential front-runner, said that Trump had "rushed to legitimize a dictator."
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| US duty free magnates fund controversial Israeli settlements Posted: 01 Jul 2019 12:49 PM PDT  When travelers shop at dozens of duty free stores at airports worldwide, they may be paying for more than a bottle of vodka or a box of chocolates. The Falic family of Florida, owners of the ubiquitous chain of Duty Free Americas shops, funds a generous and sometimes controversial philanthropic empire in Israel that runs through the corridors of power and stretches deep into the occupied West Bank. An Associated Press investigation shows that the family has donated at least $5.6 million to settler groups in the West Bank and east Jerusalem over the past decade, funding synagogues, schools and social services along with far-right causes considered extreme even in Israel.
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| Mexico president wants to disband entire army: 'We are a pacifist country' Posted: 02 Jul 2019 12:31 AM PDT  Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he would like to disband the army and put national security in the hands of the new National Guard militarised police force, though he recognised the proposal was unlikely to happen.In an interview with Mexican newspaper La Jornada, the leftist president said he favoured guaranteeing the nation's security through the National Guard, which he formally inaugurated on Sunday."If were up to me, I would get rid of the army and turn it into the National Guard, declare that Mexico is a pacifist country that does not need a military and that the defence of the nation, if necessary, would be done by all," he said.Only a few countries in the world have abolished standing armies, among them the Latin American nations of Costa Rica and Panama.Mexico's army has traditionally kept on the sidelines of international conflict, but has been deployed to tackle drug gangs since 2007.Mr Lopez Obrador recognised the political challenges to eliminating the military, adding: "I can't do it because there is resistance. One thing is what is desirable and another thing is what is possible."The creation of the National Guard, which launched with 70,000 members and which Mr Lopez Obrador intends to grow to 150,000 units across Mexico, has raised concerns about the militarisation of law enforcement in Mexico.Mr Lopez Obrador has already tapped the force, which was created by a constitutional change, to patrol the country's northern and southern borders in response to US President Donald Trump's demands that Mexico do more to contain migrant flows.The National Guard has been assembled quickly, drawing on members of the armed forces and federal police, who have often been implicated in abuses during ongoing efforts to subdue gang violence.Mr Lopez Obrador said he recognised the importance of curbing such abuses as the force ramps up.The challenge the Mexican government faces, Mr Lopez Obrador said, is "for human rights to be respected and for there to be a different conduct in the National Guard, made up of soldiers and sailors".Reuters
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| Fox News host Tucker Carlson called Cory Booker one of 'whitest candidates' among 2020 Democrats Posted: 01 Jul 2019 04:17 PM PDT  And in a 2006 discussion of then-Sen. Barack Obama, Tucker Carlson wondered, "How is he black? ... He has one white parent, one black parent."
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| Boeing promises $100 million to help families affected by deadly crashes Posted: 03 Jul 2019 08:33 AM PDT  The multiyear payout is independent of lawsuits filed by families of the 346 people killed in the two crashes, which happened in October 2018 and March of this year, a Boeing spokesman said. The funds will not go direct to the families, but will be given to local governments and non-profit organizations to help families with education and living expenses and to spur economic development in affected communities. Boeing also said it will match any employee donations through December.
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| Hungary passes controversial science sector reform bill Posted: 02 Jul 2019 03:57 AM PDT  The Hungarian parliament passed a bill Tuesday enabling the takeover of research institutes by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, which is accused by critics of seeking to control key institutions and sectors. The bill, approved by 131 of lawmakers in the 199-seat assembly, gives Orban's nationalist, anti-migration government control of a vast network of research institutes currently run by the two-century old Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA). Orban's critics say that since coming to power in 2010 he has tightened his control over most key institutions in Hungary, including public media, the judiciary and the education sector.
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| Special Report: How Poland became a front in the cold war between U.S. and China Posted: 02 Jul 2019 04:10 AM PDT  Washington and Warsaw are now allies - nor Russia, Poland's Soviet-era master. It was China. The businessman was Chinese, a salesman for the world's largest maker of telecom networking gear, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. And the alleged Polish traitor, detained the same day, wasn't a soldier but a senior cybersecurity specialist.
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| As U.S. Forces Gather Near Iran (Think F-22s and F-35s), Russia Jams Their GPS Posted: 01 Jul 2019 11:53 AM PDT  Russian forces have been jamming GPS systems in the Middle East. The electronic-warfare campaign could affect U.S. forces gathering in the region in advance of potential strikes on Iran."Since last spring, pilots flying through the Middle East, specifically around Syria, have noted that their GPS systems have displayed the wrong location or stopped working entirely," The Times of Israel reported in late June 2019.> The signal that has been disrupting satellite navigation for planes flying through Israeli airspace in recent weeks originates inside a Russian air base inside Syria, according to data collected by a U.S.-based researcher.> > This interference to the Global Positioning System reception does not appear to be specifically directed at Israel, but rather the Jewish state is likely collateral damage in an effort by Moscow both to protect its troops from drone attacks and to assert its dominance in the field of electronic warfare, Todd Humphreys, a professor at the University of Texas, told The Times of Israel.Israeli sources "are increasingly convinced" that three weeks of GPS disruptions for civilian flights are a side effect of Russian jamming and spoofing in Syria, Breaking Defense reported. "Moscow is trying to interfere with both Western airplanes — including cutting-edge stealthy F-22s and F-35s — and improvised terrorist drones."
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