| Putin bestows top state honors on sailors killed in submarine fire Posted: 05 Jul 2019 03:51 AM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday bestowed top state honors on 14 sailors killed in a fire on a secret nuclear submarine in recognition of what the Russian military has called their outstanding bravery. The sailors were killed on Monday when a fire broke out while their deep-water research submarine was carrying out a survey of the sea floor near the Arctic, the Russian defense ministry has said. Putin, in a decree published on the Kremlin's website on Friday, gave four of the dead submariners Russia's highest state award - the title of Hero of Russia.
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| Southern California rocked by strongest quake in two decades Posted: 04 Jul 2019 07:32 PM PDT  Southern California was rocked by its largest earthquake in two decades on Thursday, a 6.4-magnitude tremblor that caused "substantial damage" at a military facility but otherwise only minor injuries in the sparsely populated area. The shallow quake, followed by dozens of aftershocks, struck in the Mojave Desert six miles (10 kilometers) from the small city of Ridgecrest at 10:33 am (1733 GMT). It was felt 160 miles away in Los Angeles and even as far afield as Las Vegas in the neighboring state of Nevada, as the United States celebrated its July 4 Independence Day holiday.
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| 'You're a white supremacist, Laura': Joaquin Castro and Laura Ingraham feud over migrant detention Posted: 03 Jul 2019 12:00 PM PDT  Rep. Joaquin Castro and Laura Ingraham sparred over migrant detention conditions, culminating in Castro calling Ingraham a 'white supremacist.'
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| Arrests in Hong Kong raise fears of more violent protests Posted: 04 Jul 2019 02:57 AM PDT  A Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker expressed fears Thursday that the situation could worsen after police announced the arrests of more than a dozen people following protests earlier this week. Legislative Council member Claudia Mo called on people to understand the frustration and anger of the mostly youthful protesters, even if they have technically broken the law. "I am terribly worried that a massive kind of round-up of protesters could trigger very negative sentiment on the part of the young," she told reporters.
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| PHOTOS: Where migrants are held in U.S. custody Posted: 03 Jul 2019 12:14 PM PDT  The treatment of migrants in federal custody has come under intense scrutiny following recent reports of unsanitary conditions, overcrowding, and prolonged detention of adults and children at several U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities near the southwest border.
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| North Korea says US 'hell-bent on hostile acts' despite wanting to talk Posted: 03 Jul 2019 09:23 PM PDT  North Korea's mission to the United Nations accused the United States on Wednesday of being "more and more hell-bent on hostile acts" against Pyongyang, despite President Donald Trump wanting talks between the two countries. In a statement the mission said it was responding to a U.S. accusation that Pyongyang breached a cap on refined petroleum imports and a letter that it said was sent on June 29 by the United States, France, Germany and Britain to all U.N. member states urging them to implement sanctions against North Korea. "What can't be overlooked is the fact that this joint letter game was carried out by the permanent mission of the United States to the U.N. under instruction of the State Department, on the very same day when President Trump proposed for the summit meeting," the statement said. Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to set foot in North Korea on Sunday when he met leader Kim Jong Un in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas. The pair agreed to resume stalled talks aimed at getting Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program. Donald Trump became the first sitting president to step into North Korea Credit: Susan Walsh/AP The North Korean U.N. mission said the June 29 letter to U.N. member states "speaks to the reality that the United States is practically more and more hell-bent on the hostile acts against the DPRK, though talking about the DPRK-U.S. dialogue." North Korea is formally known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). The U.N. Security Council has unanimously boosted sanctions on North Korea since 2006 in a bid to choke funding for Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, banning exports including coal, iron, lead, textiles and seafood, and capping imports of crude oil and refined petroleum products. The United States, backed by dozens of allies, told a council sanction committee last month that North Korea had breached an annual U.N. cap of 500,000 barrels imposed in December 2017, mainly through transfers between ships at sea. Washington wanted the 15-member North Korea sanctions committee to demand an immediate halt to deliveries of refined petroleum to North Korea. However, Pyongyang allies Russia and China delayed the move. The letter from the United States, Germany, Britain and France cited by North Korea's U.N. mission - and viewed by Reuters - was actually dated June 27. Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, expects nuclear talks to resume in mid-July Credit: Susan Walsh/AP It urges all U.N. member states to comply with Security Council sanctions requiring the repatriation of all North Korean workers by Dec. 22, 2019. "It is quite ridiculous for the United States to continue to behave obsessed with sanctions and pressure campaign against the DPRK, considering sanctions as a panacea for all problems," the North Korean U.N. mission said on Wednesday. Following Sunday's meeting between Kim and Trump, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said a new round of denuclearisation talks would likely happen "sometime in July ... probably in the next two or three weeks" and North Korea's negotiators would be foreign ministry diplomats. The United States and other U.N. Security Council members have said there must be strict enforcement of sanctions until Pyongyang acts, while Russia and China have suggested the council discuss easing the measures. "All U.N. member states will have to keep vigilance against deliberate attempts by the United States to undermine the peaceful atmosphere that has been created on the Korean Peninsula in no easy way," the North Korean statement said.
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| UPDATE 1-Guards commander says Iran should seize UK oil tanker if Iranian vessel not released - Tweet Posted: 05 Jul 2019 02:32 AM PDT ![UPDATE 1-Guards commander says Iran should seize UK oil tanker if Iranian vessel not released - Tweet]( "UPDATE 1-Guards commander says Iran should seize UK oil tanker if Iranian vessel not released - Tweet") Iran should seize a British oil tanker if an Iranian tanker detained off Gibraltar earlier this week is not released immediately, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said in a tweet on Friday. British Royal Marines seized the supertanker Grace 1 on Thursday for trying to take oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions, a dramatic step that drew Tehran's fury and could escalate its confrontation with the West. "If Britain does not release the Iranian oil tanker, it is the authorities duty to seize a British oil tanker," said Revolutionary Guards Major General Mohsen Rezai, who is also secretary of Iran's Expediency Council, a powerful state body.
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| 2020 Vision: Post-debate polls show new shape in Democratic race Posted: 05 Jul 2019 08:05 AM PDT  Joe Biden has anything but an easy road to clinching the nomination.
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| Migrants face 'massacre' at Libya detention centre Posted: 03 Jul 2019 12:44 PM PDT  From his hospital bed in Tripoli, wounded Al-Mahdi Hafyan recalls the nighttime "massacre" when an air strike hit a migrant centre in the Libyan capital. At least 44 people were killed and more than 130 severely wounded in the attack in the Tripoli suburb of Tajoura overnight, according to the United Nations. Hafyan had been detained in the centre for three months, after coming to Libya with a fellow Moroccan hoping to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean.
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| 10-foot-long great white shark surfaces off east coast, headed north Posted: 03 Jul 2019 10:08 AM PDT  A great white shark pays a visit to the waters off the east coast of the United States, including the Delmarva Peninsula in Maryland and Virginia.
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| Explained: F-22 Raptors Are Headed to the 'Salute to America' Celebration Posted: 04 Jul 2019 03:53 AM PDT  The aircraft was first introduced in December of 2005; the F-22 Raptor fighter jet delivered some of the first strikes in the U.S.-led attacks on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, when aerial bombing began in 2014, service officials told Warrior.The Air Force and Lockheed Martin have now "validated" several new weapons on the F-22 Raptor to equip the stealth fighter with more long-range precision attack technology, a wider targeting envelope or "field of regard" and new networking technology enabling improved, real-time "collaborative targeting" between aircraft.(This first appeared several months ago and is being reposted due to breaking events.)The two new weapons, which have been under testing and development for several years now, are advanced variants of existing weapons - the AIM-9X air-to-air missile and the AIM 120-D. Upgraded variants of each are slated to be operational by as soon as next year.The new AIM-9X will shoot farther and reach a much larger targeting envelope for pilots. Working with a variety of helmets and display systems, Lockheed developers have added "off-boresight" targeting ability enabling pilots to attack enemies from a wide range of new angles."It is a much more agile missile with an improved seeker and a better field of regard. You can shoot over your shoulder. If enemies get behind me in a close-in fight, I have the right targeting on the plane to shoot them," Ken Merchant, Vice President, F-22, Lockheed, told Warrior Maven in an interview.
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| Whale meat fetches 'celebration prices' after Japanese hunt Posted: 04 Jul 2019 03:21 AM PDT  Chunks of meat from the first whales caught since Japan resumed commercial whaling this week fetched "celebration prices" at auction Thursday. The fresh meat sold for up to 15,000 yen ($140) per kilogram (2.2 pounds), several times higher than the prices paid for Antarctic minkes, at a wholesale market in Sendai, one of several cities on Japan's northern coasts to hold the auction. The meat came from two minkes caught by a fleet of five catcher boats off the northern city of Kushiro on Monday when Japan resumed commercial whaling after 31 years.
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| Justin Amash Quits Republican Party After Backing Trump Impeachment Posted: 04 Jul 2019 03:42 AM PDT  Reuters / Kevin LamarqueJustin Amash—the only Republican who has said publicly that he wants President Trump to face impeachment—is celebrating the Fourth of July in style after announcing that he's quit the GOP.Writing in the Washington Post, Amash made a thinly-veiled attack on Trump in an emotional plea to Americans to reject "the partisan loyalties and rhetoric that divide and dehumanize us." He went on to say that American politics is trapped in a "partisan death spiral," and warned : "If we continue to take America for granted, we will lose it."Amash's decision to quit the party comes after he joined Democratic calls for an impeachment inquiry after the publication of the Mueller Report in April. Since then, he's had to deal with the scorn of his colleagues and has been publicly singled out as a "lightweight" by the president, who said Amash was "a loser who sadly plays right into our opponents hands!"Trump welcomed the news of Amash's exit Thursday, calling him "one of the dumbest and most disloyal men in Congress." He added: "[Amash] knew he couldn't get the nomination to run again in the Great State of Michigan. Already being challenged for his seat. A total loser!"In his article, Amash quoted extensively from George Washington's farewell address which warned against the dangers of partisanship. Amash wrote that Washington's fears are coming true and that Americans allowed elected officials to toss the constitution aside for the sake of party unity, and that he's become "frightened" by the two-party system in recent years."Today, I am declaring my independence and leaving the Republican Party," wrote Amash, summing up his announcement. "No matter your circumstance, I'm asking you to join me in rejecting the partisan loyalties and rhetoric that divide and dehumanize us. I'm asking you to believe that we can do better than this two-party system—and to work toward it."Amash's departure will fuel speculation that he's hoping to become the nation's leading anti-Trump conservative and seek the Libertarian Party nomination for the 2020 presidential election. He's been evasive on the question before, telling CNN earlier this year that he can't rule out the move because he feels that "someone" has to shake up two-party politics.The move will also throw open the GOP primaries in Michigan's 3rd District, where several Republican candidates have already announced their intention to challenge Amash for his congressional seat.Providing he does try to keep a hold of his seat—which he didn't mention in the article—he'll now face reelection as an independent.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get 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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| UPDATE 1-Ethiopian crash families criticise Boeing over donation plan Posted: 04 Jul 2019 10:46 AM PDT ![UPDATE 1-Ethiopian crash families criticise Boeing over donation plan]( "UPDATE 1-Ethiopian crash families criticise Boeing over donation plan") The families of victims of an Ethiopian air disaster on Thursday criticised Boeing's plan to donate $100 million to unspecified charities and communities affected by two crashes, saying it was too vague and that families should have been consulted first. Some of the families said Wednesday's announcement from the U.S. planemaker also triggered an avalanche of unwelcome phone calls from relatives and acquaintances who believed they had just received compensation. The crash of the Boeing 737 MAX jet came only five months after the same model of plane plunged into the sea off Indonesia.
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| Australian student detained in North Korea released Posted: 04 Jul 2019 07:24 AM PDT  A 29-year-old Australian student detained in North Korea arrived in Tokyo on Thursday, hours after surfacing in Beijing where he said he felt "great" after being released. For days Sigley's family received no word about his whereabouts or wellbeing, stoking fears he may have been the latest in a long line of foreigners to become entangled in North Korea's police state. Earlier, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison told lawmakers that Sigley had "been released from detention in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" and was "safe and well".
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| Teen who tried to rob fireworks stand gets shot in face with own gun, deputies say Posted: 04 Jul 2019 07:51 PM PDT  Deputies say the suspect placed the gun down to pick up cash. That's when deputies say an employee picked up the gun and shot him in the face.
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| White House Slams Judge for Inflicting ‘Open-Borders Views’ on Country Posted: 03 Jul 2019 10:26 AM PDT  The White House on Wednesday accused a federal judge of inflicting her personal preference for "open borders" on the rest of the country after she blocked the administration's new migrant-detention policy.U.S. District judge Marsha Pechman ruled Tuesday that the administration must allow asylum-seekers the opportunity to post bond and be released from detention while waiting for their claims to be adjudicated."The district court's injunction is at war with the rule of law," newly appointed White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said. "The decision only incentivizes smugglers and traffickers, which will lead to the further overwhelming of our immigration system by illegal aliens. No single district judge has legitimate authority to impose his or her open-borders views on the country.""We must restore our democracy and ensure Americans have the voice to which they are entitled under our Constitution," she added.Pechman issued a nationwide injunction blocking Attorney General William Barr's directive to federal law-enforcement authorities to detain migrants until their asylum hearings, which, under the current system, some 90 percent of migrants fail to show up for."The court finds that plaintiffs have established a constitutionally-protected interest in their liberty, a right to due process which includes a hearing before a neutral decision-maker to assess the necessity of their detention, and a likelihood of success on the merits of that issue," Pechman's decision reads.Federal judges have resorted to nationwide injunctions to block Trump administration policies on 37 occasions since the president took office, ten more such injunctions than were issued throughout the entire 20th century, according to the Department of Justice.The administration will likely appeal Pechman's decision to the Ninth Circuit.
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| One tourist reported dead in Stromboli volcano eruption Posted: 03 Jul 2019 11:24 AM PDT  A volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli erupted dramatically on Wednesday, reportedly killing a hiker and sending tourists fleeing. Italian media reported that a hiker had been killed and their partner injued, but firefighters could not immediately confirm any casualties. "It was like being in hell because of the rain of fire coming from the sky," Italian news agencies quoted local priest Giovanni Longo as saying.
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| Disneyland's Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge crowds smaller than anticipated Posted: 05 Jul 2019 05:05 AM PDT  Disneyland carefully prepped for legions of fans, yet demand for Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge has been lighter than anticipated.
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| Florida residents urged to kill iguanas 'whenever possible' amid overpopulation fears Posted: 03 Jul 2019 12:10 PM PDT  The advice to residents of Florida about the rapidly multiplying green iguanas could not have been clearer – kill them, "whenever possible".Naturalists say the lizards, which are an invasive species to the state, are reproducing more quickly than usual because of an extended warm spell. They can cause damage to infrastructure by burrowing, and foul swimming pools and lakes. Given the creatures can lay up to 75 eggs a year and reach up to 5 feet in length, officials have urged residents to help."Green iguanas are not native to Florida and are considered to be an invasive species due to the damage they can cause to seawalls, sidewalks, and landscape plants. This species is not protected in Florida expect by anti-cruelty law," said a notice posted by the state's fish and wildlife conservation commission (FWC).It added: "Homeowners do not need a permit to kill iguanas on their own property, and the FWC encourages homeowners to kill green iguanas on their own property whenever possible."The creatures, originally from South America, have long been a menace in Florida, and there have been various attempts to try and deal with them.Authorities say iguanas brought to Florida as pets or hitchhiking on ships have flourished in the conditions found there.Another invasive species, the Burmese python, is wreaking havoc in the Everglades because the big snakes eat almost anything and have no natural predators, the Associated Press reported.Joseph Wasilewski, a scientist from the University of Florida who studies wildlife in Florida and the Caribbean, told ABC News the iguanas were a "serious problem from many standpoints". "They will destroy agriculture, undermine roads, cause electrical transformers to fail, they can transmit salmonella," he said. Yet, he said he was not delighted the authorities had decided to kill the lizards. "It saddens me that all of these magnificent animals, along with multitudes of other invasive reptile species have to be put down," he said. "There is no alternative for the problems."
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| Iran is Stepping Up Its Cyber Attacks Posted: 04 Jul 2019 08:00 AM PDT  Days earlier, Trump abruptly called off a plan for airstrikes against the Islamic Republic based on the concept of proportionality after Iran shot down a U.S. Navy drone.WASHINGTON — State-backed Iranian hackers have stepped up cyberattacks on the U.S., according to the Department of Homeland Security's cyberagency.There has been a "recent rise in malicious cyberactivity directed at United States industries and government agencies by Iranian regime actors and proxies," Christopher Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said Saturday in a statement.The news of increased cyberattacks by Iran comes amid heightened tension between the U.S. and Iran dating back to the U.S. withdrawal a year ago from the 2015 nuclear deal. The U.S. has sent additional troops to the Middle East and, on Saturday, President Donald Trump said that the U.S. will impose another round of economic sanctions on Iran.Days earlier, Trump abruptly called off a plan for airstrikes against the Islamic Republic based on the concept of proportionality after Iran shot down a U.S. Navy drone.In the cyber domain, Iran's attacks are "looking to do much more than just steal data and money," Krebs said in the statement. "What might start as an account compromise, where you think you might just lose data, can quickly become a situation where you've lost your whole network."
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| Putin, after three days, says fire-hit Russian submarine was nuclear-powered Posted: 03 Jul 2019 11:49 PM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin disclosed on Thursday for the first time that a secret military submarine hit by a fatal fire three days ago was nuclear-powered, prompting the defense minister to assure him its reactor had been safely contained. Moscow's slow release of information about the incident has drawn comparisons with the opaque way the Soviet Union handled the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power station disaster, and another deadly submarine accident -- the 2000 sinking of the nuclear-powered Kursk, which claimed 118 lives. Russia, which says the details of the submarine involved in the latest accident are classified, said the fire took place on Monday, though it was only officially disclosed late on Tuesday.
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| Man detained for pouring water over Baidu chief's head Posted: 04 Jul 2019 12:17 AM PDT  A man has been detained for five days by Beijing police after he poured water over the head of Baidu CEO Robin Li as he delivered a speech at a conference, authorities said Thursday. Li was speaking about Baidu's autonomous car development at an event on Artificial Intelligence on Wednesday when the man stormed onto the stage and emptied a water bottle over his head. The tech billionaire, who co-founded the internet giant, stood stunned for a moment as the water poured down his face.
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| Indiana woman said she couldn't move legs after vacationing in Dominican Republic Posted: 03 Jul 2019 12:51 PM PDT  An Indiana woman said she mysteriously fell sick while vacationing at an all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic in February, WTHR reports
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| 2019 Chevrolet Camaro SS 1LE vs. 2019 Ford Mustang GT Performance Pack Level 2 Posted: 04 Jul 2019 05:00 AM PDT  Bro, do you even handle? We take these two V-8-powered rear-drive two-doors to rural Pennsylvania to find out.
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| Alabama DA to drop manslaughter charge against woman whose fetus died after shooting Posted: 03 Jul 2019 12:54 PM PDT  Marshae Jones, 27, was arrested last week after another woman shot and killed Jones' fetus in December 2018.
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| Man has life support accidentally cut off by wrong family after being mistaken for someone else Posted: 04 Jul 2019 09:40 AM PDT  A man died without his relatives knowing after a mix up led to another family turning off his life support.Relatives say Elisha Brittman, 69, was misidentified as Alfonso Bennett after he was found naked and unresponsive with serious facial injuries beneath a car in Chicago in April.He was taken to Mercy Hospital, where he was listed as John Doe while his family continued their desperate search for him, according to the CBS 2 news channel.Mr Bennett's family later received a phone call from the hospital, which said he had been identified through mugshots and that he was in intensive care.When he showed no signs of improvement, the Bennett family agreed to have his ventilator removed and he died days later.The family were in the middle of arranging the funeral when the real Alfonso Bennett turned up at a barbecue.Mr Brittman's relatives, who still believed he was missing at the time, learned of his death after he was eventually identified through fingerprints at the morgue.Both families have now filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Chicago and Mercy Hospital, accusing them of negligence.They say the mix up, which has been devastating for everyone involved, may never have happened if Mr Brittman had been fingerprinted in the first place.Mr Bennett's sister Rosie Brooks, who received the phone call saying her brother was in hospital, told a press conference on Wednesday: "I said 'how did you all verify this was Alfonso Bennett' –they said 'through the Chicago Police Department'."In my heart I could not recognise him."She added: "If this [the fingerprinting] had been done when they first picked that body up we wouldn't even be here today."State senator Patricia Van Pelt said she would look into introducing legislation which would require an unconscious person to be identified through fingerprints.Anthony Guglielmi, chief communications officer for Chicago Police, said in a tweet last month: "To say that we currently have questions is an understatement."We have detectives looking into every aspect of this incident – from the incident response to the circumstances leading to the hospitalisation and the notification of family members."A spokesperson for Mercy Hospital said it would not be providing a statement at this time.The Independent has contacted Chicago Police Department for comment.
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| Oklahoma presses opioid case against Johnson & Johnson Posted: 04 Jul 2019 08:23 AM PDT ![Oklahoma presses opioid case against Johnson & Johnson]( "Oklahoma presses opioid case against Johnson & Johnson") So far, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has secured about $355 million from two groups of defendant drugmakers in the state's lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, and he's trying to make the case that even more money should come Oklahoma's way in the first such state case to go to trial. While Hunter presses the claim that Johnson & Johnson is to blame for Oklahoma's opioid epidemic, he's also facing criticism, some from his own Republican colleagues, about his team's deal making and go-it-alone style. Because Oklahoma's is the first case to proceed to trial, the litigation and the state's earlier settlements with Oxycontin-maker Purdue Pharma and Israeli-owned Teva Pharmaceuticals are being closely watched, especially with roughly 1,500 similar lawsuits filed by state, local and tribal governments consolidated before a federal judge in Ohio.
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| Jussie Smollett news: 'Empire' actor's attorneys argue for Chicago lawsuit to be moved to federal court Posted: 04 Jul 2019 04:36 AM PDT  Jussie Smollett wants the lawsuit that the city of Chicago filed against him moved from state court to federal court.
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| Bad news for Bernie has his backers getting antsy Posted: 04 Jul 2019 05:02 AM PDT ![Bad news for Bernie has his backers getting antsy]( "Bad news for Bernie has his backers getting antsy") His campaign says his organization will win out and that predictions of his demise are way premature.
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| UPDATE 2-Iran could consider talks with US only if sanctions lifted, Khamenei permits - minister Posted: 04 Jul 2019 01:45 AM PDT ![UPDATE 2-Iran could consider talks with US only if sanctions lifted, Khamenei permits - minister]( "UPDATE 2-Iran could consider talks with US only if sanctions lifted, Khamenei permits - minister") Iran's intelligence minister has said Tehran and Washington could hold talks only if the United States ended its sanctions and Iran's top authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, gave his approval, state news agency IRNA reported on Thursday. "Holding talks with America can be reviewed by Iran only If (U.S. President Donald) Trump lifts the sanctions and our supreme leader gives permission to hold such talks," Mahmoud Alavi said late on Wednesday. Trump said last month that he had aborted a military strike to retaliate for Iran's downing of an unmanned U.S. drone over the Strait of Hormuz on June 20 because it could have killed 150 people, and signalled that he was open to talks with Tehran.
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| Mexico launches 'permanent deployment' on Guatemala border Posted: 03 Jul 2019 04:15 PM PDT  The Mexican government on Wednesday began a "permanent deployment" of federal forces along the Suchiate River on the border with Guatemala to prevent the entry of migrants, a senior officer said. General Vicente Antonio Hernandez told reporters that in addition to the Suchiate River deployment, members of the country's National Guard were also deployed at 61 migrant crossings in the southern state of Chiapas. The general added that since May, 20,400 migrants had been "rescued" from organized crime and 30 human traffickers arrested.
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| China says existing U.S. tariffs must be removed for a trade deal Posted: 04 Jul 2019 12:21 AM PDT ![China says existing U.S. tariffs must be removed for a trade deal]( "China says existing U.S. tariffs must be removed for a trade deal") Existing U.S. tariffs will have to be removed if there is to be a trade deal between Beijing and Washington, China's commerce ministry said on Thursday. The leaders of the two countries agreed last weekend to relaunch trade talks that had stalled in May after U.S. officials accused China of pulling back from commitments made in the text of a pact negotiators had said was nearly finished. Trade teams from both countries are in contact, commerce ministry spokesman Gao Feng told a regular media briefing.
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| California Quake: Gov. Newsom declares state of emergency after 6.4 earthquake hit near Ridgecrest, was felt in Nevada Posted: 04 Jul 2019 05:27 PM PDT  A strong earthquake rattled a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada, rattling nerves on the July 4th holiday and causing some damage in a town near the epicenter amid a swarm of ongoing aftershocks.
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| Ice cream licker in viral video could face 20 years in jail, federal charges Posted: 05 Jul 2019 05:43 AM PDT  Blue Bell Creameries has removed all half-gallon containers of "Tin Roof" from a Walmart in Lufkin, Texas, police said.
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| Ram Tops Chevrolet Silverado Sales During Year's First Half, but GM Is Still Ramping Up Capacity Posted: 03 Jul 2019 02:00 PM PDT  The new Ram is as good as pickups come, but Chevy's sales slide could be only temporary.
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| Realistic new renders give us our closest look yet at Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ Posted: 05 Jul 2019 06:36 AM PDT  Samsung on Friday morning announced that the company expects its second-quarter operating profit to plummet by a gut-wrenching 56% on-year to $5.6 billion. To make matters even worse, that figure includes a one-time payment from Apple of nearly $700 million because it failed to meet its minimum commitment for iPhone OLED displays. Samsung's chip business had been booming and the Galaxy S10 series was supposed to be a huge help to its slumping smartphone division. And yet the first full quarter of Galaxy S10 sales turned out to be a dismal one, and the company's Galaxy Fold debacle certainly didn't help either. Considering the Galaxy Note series has never sold anywhere near as well as the Galaxy S series, we're not sure how much of a boost the upcoming new Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ will be for Samsung's bottom line. What we are sure of, however, is that Samsung's soon-to-be-released Galaxy Note 10 series is shaping up to be its most impressive new smartphone series yet. And now, thanks to a new set of leaked images shared by an insider, we just got our closest look yet at both upcoming new Galaxy Note 10 phones. When Samsung saw that Apple was planning to release a new "entry-level" iPhone model alongside its flagship iPhones in 2018, the company was quick to copy the strategy. While overall Galaxy S10 sales didn't do much to help Samsung's plummeting profit in Q2 this year, word on the street is that the less expensive Galaxy S10e has been the best-selling Galaxy S10 model ever since the S10 series was first released back in March. With that in mind, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that Samsung is using the same strategy next month when it launches the new Galaxy Note 10 series. High-end smartphones have gotten so expensive that companies like Apple and Samsung now have to dial back some of the features in order to offer stripped-down versions that are at least somewhat affordable. So instead of just releasing one new Galaxy Note phone in 2019 like Samsung has done in previous years, the company plans to release an "entry-level" Galaxy Note 10 and a high-end Galaxy Note 10+. Now, model upcoming new models have been shown in great detail thanks to a fresh leak. Twitter user Sudhanshu Ambhore is somewhat new on the scene, but he has already been the source of several smartphone leaks that ended up being accurate. On Friday, he posted newly leaked renders of both the Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+. https://twitter.com/Sudhanshu1414/status/1147002935143854082 https://twitter.com/Sudhanshu1414/status/1147001883577315328 Here's a closer look at the Galaxy Note 10: And here's the Galaxy Note 10+: Both models might look the same at first glance, but you can tell them apart by the back of each phone. The Galaxy Note 10 has an LED flash next to its new triple-lens rear camera, while the Galaxy Note 10+ has a fourth TOF sensor and one other sensor in addition to the LED flash. The plus version of the Note 10 is also expected to have a larger display. The new Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ will both be unveiled during a press conference in New York on August 7th, and they're expected to go on sale in the weeks that follow.
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| Libya Arrests Two Russians Accused of Trying to Influence Vote Posted: 05 Jul 2019 08:14 AM PDT ![Libya Arrests Two Russians Accused of Trying to Influence Vote]( "Libya Arrests Two Russians Accused of Trying to Influence Vote") (Bloomberg) -- Libyan security forces arrested two Russian nationals accused of trying to influence upcoming elections in the North African oil-exporter, according to a document obtained by Bloomberg.The letter from state prosecutors for the internationally-recognized government in Tripoli said the Russians had been involved in "securing a meeting" with Saif al-Islam al-Qaddafi, the fugitive son of the ousted Libyan dictator and a potential candidate in elections who has the backing of some officials in Moscow.Russia's foreign ministry said it was aware of the reports and was seeking to verify them. "We haven't received an official notification from the Libyan side regarding this matter," foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.Laptops and memory sticks found with the suspects showed that they worked for a company that "specializes in influencing elections that are to be held in several African states" including Libya, the letter, stamped by the attorney general's office, stated. Two Libyan government officials with direct knowledge of the matter confirmed the authenticity of the letter.One of the officials said the Russians had met Saif al-Islam twice between their arrival in Libya in March and their arrest in May. They had also confessed to taking part in a campaign to influence elections in Madagascar, he said. Three Libyans, including the son of a Qaddafi-era foreign minister, had also been arrested.With U.S. Absent in Libya, Russia Courts a Leader Named QaddafiLibya had planned to hold elections this year as part of a UN-sponsored roadmap to heal the divisions that have plagued the OPEC member since the 2011 NATO-backed revolt that ended Moammar al-Qaddafi's four-decade rule. That initiative has been upended since eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar launched a military assault to capture Tripoli in April.Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army is supported by the U.A.E and Egypt, and had received Russian assistance, though Russia has also tried to cultivate other partners in Libya, including Saif al-Islam, as it looks to expand its role in North Africa and build its geopolitical might.Haftar himself has presidential ambitions and is fighting to seize the capital from the United Nations-backed government led by Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, which carried out the arrests.The prosecution said in its letter, dated July 3, that a third Russian national had left the country before security services raided their residence.Saif al-Islam, one-time Libyan heir apparent, was held by the Zintan militia in western Libya after his capture in the 2011 war that toppled and killed his father. The rebels freed him in 2016 but he's been in hiding ever since and his whereabouts are unknown. An aide did not immediately respond to a call for comment.Qaddafi's son remains wanted by The Hague-based International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity relating to a violent crackdown on demonstrations against his father's rule and it wasn't clear whether he'd be eligible to run for president given the ambiguity over his legal status.(Updates with Russian comment, details from paragraph 3.)\--With assistance from Ilya Arkhipov.To contact the reporter on this story: Samer Khalil Al-Atrush in Cairo at skhalilalatr@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Lin Noueihed at lnoueihed@bloomberg.net, Michael GunnFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Mexican officials blame federal police strike on opposition Posted: 04 Jul 2019 06:36 PM PDT  Government officials blamed the political opposition, corrupt federal police and outside players Thursday for a revolt by officers who are opposed to being absorbed into Mexico's new National Guard. Federal police maintained control of a command center in the Mexico City borough of Iztapalapa for a second day and snarled traffic by blocking highways outside the capital. Meanwhile, in the southern border state of Chiapas, officers hung signs expressing support for their colleagues.
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| Fourth of July 2019: What is the history behind America’s biggest national holiday? Posted: 03 Jul 2019 10:00 PM PDT  Americans celebrate the Fourth of July every year, with 2019 marking the 243rd anniversary of the founding of the United States.An occasion for parties, barbecues, fireworks and, under Donald Trump, tank displays and Air Force flyovers, this is the most significant national holiday in the American calendar, an unabashed expression of patriotic pride.For the unitiated, here's everything you need to know. What is it?The occasion honours the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the Founding Fathers on 4 July 1776.In putting quill to parchment, these 56 statesmen – Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin among them – renounced the British Empire and pronounced the North American colonies free states.A modern superpower was born. What's the story behind it?The British Empire had built a commanding presence in the New World since Sir Walter Raleigh led the first attempts to establish settlements on the east coast in the late Elizabethan era.By the 18th century, North America was governed from London and comprised of the Thirteen Colonies, consisting of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina and Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations.Primarily agricultural lands, the Thirteen Colonies were exploited by their imperial rulers for their resources, particularly the territories' lucrative tobacco crops. While relations between settlers and the Crown were initially amicable, tensions began to escalate under King George III over opposition to the imposition of British laws and taxes, notably the Stamp Act. A growing spirit of nationalism swelled among the native-born. By 1765, Americans began to demand an end to "taxation without representation", calling for their voices to be heard in the Houses of Parliament.Acts of dissent followed, notably the Boston Tea Party in 1773. A protest against the Tea Act, which gave the East India Company a monopoly, the incident saw a group known as the Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans dump an entire shipment of imported British tea leaves into the city's harbour.The demonstration was both a gleeful satire of the ruling power's obsession with its national beverage and a call to arms against the decadence and entitlement of empire.Further ill-feeling was fostered by the Coercive Acts, known as the "Intolerable Acts" among American Patriots, which retracted Massachusetts' semi-independence as punishment for the Tea Party humiliation.Two Continental Congresses were staged bringing together delegates from the Thirteen Colonies to coordinate the resistance. At the second meeting in Philadelphia in 1775, the Declaration of Independence was signed and the American War of Independence declared, with open combat erupting in Concord, Massachusetts, that April. The conflict would rage for eight years, until the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783.The declaration was drafted by the Committee of Five – Jefferson, Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston – and established citizens' "unalienable" rights, observing that "all men are created equal" and enshrining the individual's entitlement to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness".The draft was submitted to Congress on 28 June 1776, voted into law on 2 July and formally ratified on 4 July, a date that has been celebrated by patriotic Americans ever since. It was first published in The Pennsylvania Evening Post two days later. How has it been celebrated through history? The first readings of the Declaration were made in Philadelphia squares and met with bonfires and the ringing of bells.In Bristol, Rhode Island, a salute of 13 gunshots in the morning and evening marked the day in 1777, the country's first formal 4 July celebration and a point of pride in the town to this day, which has held an annual parade since 1785. In 1778, George Washington, then a general in the revolutionary army, issued his troops with a double rum ration to cheer the day. The first recorded music commemorating independence was the "Psalm of Joy", written by Johann Friedrich Peter in Salem, North Carolina, in 1783. Congress made the day an unpaid national holiday for federal workers in 1870 but it has been a paid vacation since 1938. How do people celebrate it today?All major cities hail 4 July with spectacular fireworks displays, the White House giving its own.The occasion is otherwise marked in towns across America with picnics, baseball games, marches, brass brands playing John Philip Sousa and performances of "The Star-Spangled Banner".As a national holiday, it also serves as an occasion for family reunions and vacations.
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| China says pork production recovering as swine fever cases decline Posted: 03 Jul 2019 05:25 PM PDT  New cases of African swine fever have declined and pork production is returning to normal, Chinese officials said Thursday, after millions of pigs were culled because of the deadly disease. The virus -- fatal to wild boar and pigs but harmless to humans -- has cut a swathe through Mongolia, Vietnam, North Korea and China. The world's top pork producer and consumer has seen prices and imports continue to rise since the August outbreak spread across the country.
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| A black hospital patient claims Illinois police arrested him for allegedly trying to steal IV machine Posted: 03 Jul 2019 02:14 PM PDT  Shaquille Dukes says he was walking outside a hospital when a security guard accused him of trying to steal the IV that was attached to his arm.
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| Volkswagen, Ford reach outline agreement to share electric, autonomous tech: source Posted: 05 Jul 2019 06:59 AM PDT  FRANKFURT/DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford and Volkswagen have reached an outline agreement to share electric and autonomous car technologies, extending their alliance beyond a cooperation on commercial vehicles, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. VW will share its MEB electric vehicle platform with Ford, the source said. Volkswagen's supervisory board is due to discuss deepening the alliance at a meeting on July 11, 2019, a second source told Reuters.
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| Alaska heat wave: Coldest state could see all-time record today Posted: 04 Jul 2019 12:35 PM PDT  Anchorage, Alaska's biggest city, is struggling with dry conditions, wildfires and what could become the hottest day on record.
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