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Trump claims credit for Chicago ‘strike force’ to address gun violence
Iraqi PM Declares End of ISIS ‘Caliphate’ in Iraq As Mosul Falls
U.S. farmers running out of opportunities to sell corn at profit
Gunfire cuts short celebrations at recaptured Mosul mosque
Charlie Gard’s Parents Respond To Ruling Taking 10-Month-Old Off Life Support
The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Why you need a global IoT strategy
The Latest: Arizona wildfire more than 40 percent contained
Trump Aides Named in Hack Recruiter Docs: WSJ
Body of Missing Boy, 5, Turns Up Near Lake Months After Father Was Found Passed Out In His Car
IMF to participate for 'last time' in Greek bailout: Schaeuble
11-year-old Alaska boy shoots bear charging fishing party
Republican 'associate' of Michael Flynn alleges he 'tried to obtain Hillary Clinton emails from Russian hackers'
Shark Attacks Man Helping Fisherman In North Carolina
Maddow: Trump Untroubled Harming Presidency
Philippine top cop says police try to save lives of drugs war victims
Chicago schools make partial payment to teachers' pensions
Germany to pass same-sex marriage law
13 All-American Jell-O Shots For Your Fourth Of July Party
Intermittent Fasting For Weight Loss: What To Know
Will the Galaxy Note 8 beat the iPhone 7 Plus in the 2017 camera wars?
Clinton Critic Spotlighted in Trump Scandal
China's Xi talks tough on Hong Kong as tens of thousands call for democracy
Couple Gets Married 22 Years After Meeting in Preschool: 'I've Always Loved Him'
UN demands electoral timetable for troubled DR Congo
NASA Denies Theory That It Is Running A Child Slave Colony On Mars
Samsung is investing billions in manufacturing plants for the next iPhones
Climate change could greatly widen US inequality: study
Doctor who shot 7 at NYC hospital had made threats to kill
10 Mind-Blowing Ways To Turn Cauliflower Into Rice
Suspect livestreams shootout with Los Angeles police
Moderate Republicans warn of trouble for tax reform
Joe and Mika implore Trump not to watch their show in blistering, but sticky, editorial
Five N. Koreans sail across tense border to S. Korea
YouTuber Tweeted About 'Most Dangerous Video Ever' Before Killing Boyfriend
This $40 case will double the battery life of your Galaxy S8 or S8+
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
2 Rare Rhinos Born a Week Apart at the Same Zoo: 'These Youngsters Are Absolutely Vital'
Muslim leader urges Indonesians to boycott Starbucks over LGBT stand
Venus Williams sued by estate of man fatally hurt in crash
2017 Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback Manual

Trump claims credit for Chicago ‘strike force’ to address gun violence

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 01:29 PM PDT

The Chicago police and the ATF launched a new "Chicago Crime Gun Strike Force" to stop illegal gun trafficking and clamp down on gun violence.

Iraqi PM Declares End of ISIS ‘Caliphate’ in Iraq As Mosul Falls

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 08:42 AM PDT

Iraqi troops re-claimed the heart of Mosul on Thursday, ending an 8-month campaign to retake the city from ISIS militants. Official warned, however, that pockets of ISIS fighters continue to fight in the city.

U.S. farmers running out of opportunities to sell corn at profit

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 12:14 PM PDT

By Mark Weinraub WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. farmers who have been holding out for higher prices for their corn may finally sell their grain below target levels in the next few weeks as a government report released on Friday underscores the huge supplies left in storage bins around the country, analysts said. The U.S. Agriculture Department said that farmers still had 2.841 billion bushels of corn in their storage bins as of June 1, the fifth most ever for that time period. It was the highest June 1 on-farm corn storage recording in 29 years and an indication that the market could remain under pressure until harvest.

Gunfire cuts short celebrations at recaptured Mosul mosque

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 12:34 PM PDT

Iraqi soldiers snap victorious "selfies" and pose with a captured Islamic State group flag at the Mosul mosque where jihadist chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi once spoke. As Iraqi forces closed in, IS blew up the mosque and its famed leaning minaret, which was affectionately known as Al-Hadba (the hunchback), leaving the site in ruins when it was recaptured on Thursday.

Charlie Gard’s Parents Respond To Ruling Taking 10-Month-Old Off Life Support

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 10:01 AM PDT

"We are utterly heartbroken."

The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Why you need a global IoT strategy

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 11:35 AM PDT

The Internet of Things is increasingly becoming a global concern, driving the need for IT leaders to address issues like risk management, interoperability, and worldwide collaboration.

The Latest: Arizona wildfire more than 40 percent contained

Posted: 29 Jun 2017 07:05 PM PDT

DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in the U.S. Southwest (all times local):

Trump Aides Named in Hack Recruiter Docs: WSJ

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 11:45 AM PDT

Rachel Maddow relays new reporting from the Wall Street Journal about a long-time Republican operative's effort to recruit hackers to find Hillary Clinton e-mails, and a document listing Donald Trump campaign officials in a recruitment document.

Body of Missing Boy, 5, Turns Up Near Lake Months After Father Was Found Passed Out In His Car

Posted: 01 Jul 2017 10:08 AM PDT

The body of Aramazd Andressian was found near Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara County, cops said Saturday.

IMF to participate for 'last time' in Greek bailout: Schaeuble

Posted: 01 Jul 2017 06:30 AM PDT

The International Monetary Fund, a key creditor in Greece's bailout, will not participate in any further rescues of the debt-wracked country, Germany's finance minister told a Greek newspaper Saturday. "We have all acknowledged (eurozone and IMF) that the third Greek (bailout) payment will be the last with the participation of the IMF," Wolfgang Schaeuble told Greek daily Ta Nea. The German finance chief has been inflexible on the issue of Greek debt relief, in opposition to the IMF which says it needs to be done to breathe new life into Greece's floundering economy.

11-year-old Alaska boy shoots bear charging fishing party

Posted: 01 Jul 2017 11:27 AM PDT

HOONAH, Alaska (AP) — Quick action from an 11-year-old boy saved a fishing party from a charging brown bear, Alaska State Troopers said.

Republican 'associate' of Michael Flynn alleges he 'tried to obtain Hillary Clinton emails from Russian hackers'

Posted: 29 Jun 2017 06:51 PM PDT

Peter W Smith, a long time operative with Donald Trump's Republican Party, assembled a team to look for approximately 33,000 emails that Ms Clinton said she deleted from her private email server. The US leader challenged Russian hackers to uncover them during the campaign. Mr Smith believed the emails had already been obtained by Russian hackers, and that they may provide evidence of wrongdoing by Ms Clinton.

Shark Attacks Man Helping Fisherman In North Carolina

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 08:11 AM PDT

"There was a lot of blood," said a witness.

Maddow: Trump Untroubled Harming Presidency

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 11:00 AM PDT

Rachel Maddow explains that because Donald Trump does not own or value the presidency, the harm his offensive behavior does to the office and the U.S. generally for political gain is not something he cares about.

Philippine top cop says police try to save lives of drugs war victims

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 09:43 AM PDT

The Philippines' police chief on Friday stood by anti-narcotics officers and rejected a Reuters investigation that pointed to a pattern of police sending corpses of drug suspects to hospitals to destroy crime scene evidence and hide executions. President Rodrigo Duterte took office in the Philippines a year ago, launching a bloody war on drugs that has killed thousands of Filipinos. In a television interview to mark the anniversary, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Ronald dela Rosa appeared irritated by questions about the Reuters report, published on Thursday, and said police carrying out anti-drugs operations had a duty to save lives, even when encountering violent resistance.

Chicago schools make partial payment to teachers' pensions

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 03:25 PM PDT

The cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools (CPS) said it sent $464 million to its teachers' pension fund by Friday's fiscal year-end deadline, leaving an additional $250 million payment to be made in the fall. "Only CPS has to take hundreds of millions of dollars out of the classroom for teacher pensions, but despite the unfairness of this law, CPS is meeting its obligation to our teachers' pensions today," CPS CEO Forrest Claypool said in a statement. Unlike other Illinois school districts, which are part of a state-wide teachers retirement system subsidized with state dollars, CPS has its own pension fund.

Germany to pass same-sex marriage law

Posted: 29 Jun 2017 11:33 PM PDT

Germany is expected to legalise same-sex marriage on Friday, joining many other western democracies in granting gay and lesbian couples full rights, including adoption. The election-year bill is being pushed by Chancellor Angela Merkel's leftist rivals who pounced on a U-turn she made Monday -- a manoeuvre that left many of her conservative lawmakers fuming. Gay and lesbian groups cheered the push for marriage equality in Germany where so-called civil unions were legalised in 2001.

13 All-American Jell-O Shots For Your Fourth Of July Party

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 08:55 AM PDT

Intermittent Fasting For Weight Loss: What To Know

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 09:20 AM PDT

It's not for everybody.

Will the Galaxy Note 8 beat the iPhone 7 Plus in the 2017 camera wars?

Posted: 29 Jun 2017 06:49 PM PDT

The Galaxy Note 8 will have the best camera Samsung ever made. That's something I could tell you right off the bat, without even looking at rumors and leaks. That's because Samsung improves the camera experience on its flagship handsets every year, looking to fulfill its longtime dream to beat Apple in every department. But it just so happens that there's a new Galaxy Note 8 camera rumor in town that says the phone's dual-lens setup will be better than anyone else's, implying that it'll beat the iPhone 7 Plus in this round of the camera wars.

According to SamMobile's insiders, the Galaxy Note 8's camera will "offer better image quality and better background defocus (in portrait mode) than competing smartphones with similar dual-camera solutions."

That sounds great, of course, especially as there are plenty of phones to feature dual lens shooters, including the iPhone 7 Plus, the recently launched OnePlus 5, the LG G6, the Huawei P10, and others.

The Galaxy Note 8 is expected to feature a dual lens setup with 13-megapixel sensors on each lens, the report says. One will RGB and the other monochrome. We're looking at f/2.0 lenses, and optical image stabilization is apparently included.

It's very likely the camera setup will be marketed as Isocell Dual. Samsung's looking to establish a strong Isocell brand for smartphone cameras, and Isocell Dual is the sub-brand that will likely apply to the Galaxy Note 8.

Oh, and yes, we definitely expect the Galaxy Note 8 to be the first flagship smartphone to sport a dual lens camera. The rumors said so for months, and the first images based on CAD designs, including one that BGR obtained earlier this week, seem to confirm it.

All that remains now is to wait until late August when Samsung should unveil the Galaxy Note 8 in New York.

Clinton Critic Spotlighted in Trump Scandal

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 11:52 AM PDT

Michael Isikoff talks with Rachel Maddow about Peter Smith's anti-Bill Clinton efforts long before he turned up in the Wall Street Journal's reporting on recruiting hackers to find deleted Hillary Clinton e-mails to help Donald Trump.

China's Xi talks tough on Hong Kong as tens of thousands call for democracy

Posted: 01 Jul 2017 05:03 AM PDT

By James Pomfret and Venus Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping swore in Hong Kong's new leader on Saturday with a stark warning that Beijing won't tolerate any challenge to its authority in the divided city as it marked the 20th anniversary of its return from Britain to China. Police blocked roads, preventing pro-democracy protesters from getting to the harbor-front venue close to where the last colonial governor, Chris Patten, tearfully handed back Hong Kong to China in the pouring rain in 1997. Xi said Hong Kong should crack down on moves towards "Hong Kong independence".

Couple Gets Married 22 Years After Meeting in Preschool: 'I've Always Loved Him'

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 02:20 PM PDT

Matt Grodsky got down on one knee at... their old preschool.

UN demands electoral timetable for troubled DR Congo

Posted: 01 Jul 2017 10:51 AM PDT

The United Nations on Saturday called on the Democratic Republic of Congo to publish a timetable for elections which are due by the end of the year. Under a deal brokered last New Year's Eve, President Joseph Kabila agreed to a transitional arrangement enabling him to stay in power pending presidential and legislative elections by the end of 2017. In a statement, the UN's special representative for DR Congo, Maman Sidikou, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) "to publish an official, consensus-based timetable, without further delay" for staging the elections.

NASA Denies Theory That It Is Running A Child Slave Colony On Mars

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 03:22 PM PDT

"There are no humans on Mars," a NASA spokesperson said.

Samsung is investing billions in manufacturing plants for the next iPhones

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 05:00 PM PDT

When you think of Samsung and smartphones, chances are you're imagining the Galaxy S8 or a gently smoldering Galaxy Note 7. But as well as making its own smartphones, Samsung is also a significant supplier of components to its rival, including Apple.

Since there's only a couple months left until the iPhone 8 is made official, we already have a good idea that Samsung is going to have a hand in supplying OLED panels for Apple's latest and greatest. But according to a new supply chain rumor, Samsung isn't going to stop there.

ETNews quotes supply chain sources as saying that Samsung will shortly invest billions of dollars into a pair of new plants for producing OLED panels. The plants won't be up and churning out displays until 2019, but when they are, they'll represent a significant portion of the overall OLED supply. With Apple expected to transition its entire iPhone lineup to OLED panels in the next two years (and Apple is the Pied Piper of component design choices), demand is set to explode. Samsung plans to be sitting there, bucket of panels in one hand and bank account in the other.

The price tag is significant: approximately $21 billion over the next few years. The end result should be a total production capacity of 270,000 panels per month. That should be sufficient for Samsung to keep its dominance of the OLED panel market, which has obvious immediate benefits for Samsung's displays division. But it also means that Apple will have to stay on good terms with Samsung, even as Apple's Chinese manufacturing partner makes new moves into the display business.

Climate change could greatly widen US inequality: study

Posted: 29 Jun 2017 10:02 PM PDT

If the United States fails to take decisive measures to combat climate change, it will become a poorer country facing more dramatic inequality, according to a study published Thursday. An interdisciplinary team of climatologists and economists based its findings on economic models and 116 projections of the impact of climate change. The study comes just weeks after US President Donald Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris accord aimed at combating climate change.

Doctor who shot 7 at NYC hospital had made threats to kill

Posted: 01 Jul 2017 08:29 AM PDT

Doctor who shot 7 at NYC hospital had made threats to kill.

10 Mind-Blowing Ways To Turn Cauliflower Into Rice

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 08:56 AM PDT

Suspect livestreams shootout with Los Angeles police

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 10:32 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A homicide suspect livestreamed on Facebook as he traded gunfire with police, eventually shooting a Los Angeles SWAT officer before a police round struck him, a law enforcement official said.

Moderate Republicans warn of trouble for tax reform

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 02:40 PM PDT

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty moderate Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives warned on Friday that efforts to overhaul the federal tax code could be jeopardized by demands for including major spending cuts in a fiscal 2018 budget resolution. In a June 30 letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan, lawmakers from the moderate Tuesday Group said that including hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to mandatory programs could be "extremely problematic" for tax reform and asked for a budget delay until Senate Republicans finish their debate on healthcare legislation.

Joe and Mika implore Trump not to watch their show in blistering, but sticky, editorial

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 07:02 AM PDT

After Trump tweeted about "Psycho Joe" and "low I.Q. Crazy Mika" yesterday, the two decided to fight back — with more than his trademark, lazy 140 characters. Scarborough and Brzezinski wrote a powerful op-ed for The Washington Post Friday morning, alleging that the President had an "unhealthy obsession" with the show and encouraging him to "keep his 60-inch-plus flat-screen TV tuned to Fox & Friends instead." SEE ALSO: Trump's tweets were so sexist even Fox News was appalled The two denied that they asked to join Trump's New Years Eve party, adding: "He also claimed that he refused to see us. That is laughable." The morning news show co-hosts admit that they did meet the president for a brief period of no longer than 15 minutes proceeding New Years, and only upon his insistence. "Putting aside Mr. Trump's never-ending obsession with women's blood," the two write, Mika did get a little, "skin under her chin tweaked," but she wasn't bleeding, and more importantly, her face is none of the president's business. Trump's tweets, the authors claim, are pattern of his chronic mistreatment of women. "More significant is Mr. Trump's continued mistreatment of women. It is disturbing that the president of the United States keeps up his unrelenting assault on women. From his menstruation musings about Megyn Kelly, to his fat-shaming treatment of a former Miss Universe, to his braggadocio claims about grabbing women's genitalia, the 45th president is setting the poorest of standards for our children," Scarborough and Brzezinski write. At points, the editorial slips into dangerous territory when it claims that the President is too "mentally ill" to watch their show. Neither Scarborough nor Brzezinski are trained clinicians and therefore aren't qualified to diagnose him. A person's mental illness shouldn't disqualify them from watching some TV show. Millions of people with mental illness live full, productive lives and are perfectly capable of watching morning cable news programs without tweeting vile things about women's blood. However unintentional, Scarborough and Brzezinski stigmatize the mentally ill by making an unfounded assumption about Trump's own health. Still, the entire editorial is worth a read. You can read it in full here. WATCH: Meet 'Sam,' a transgender toy that's teaching kids about gender fluidity

Five N. Koreans sail across tense border to S. Korea

Posted: 01 Jul 2017 08:09 AM PDT

Five North Koreans in a small boat crossed the sea border into South Korean waters Saturday, a Coast Guard official said, in an apparent bid to defect to the South. The five people, including four men and one woman, have expressed their wish to live in the South as defectors, the Yonhap news agency reported. Government authorities were questioning the five North Koreans, he added.

YouTuber Tweeted About 'Most Dangerous Video Ever' Before Killing Boyfriend

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 08:53 AM PDT

Monalisa Perez accidentally shot and killed her boyfriend during a YouTube stunt gone wrong.

This $40 case will double the battery life of your Galaxy S8 or S8+

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 10:28 AM PDT

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 09:10 AM PDT

A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out; here are the real facts:

2 Rare Rhinos Born a Week Apart at the Same Zoo: 'These Youngsters Are Absolutely Vital'

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 11:23 AM PDT

Two Eastern black rhino calves were born a week apart at the Chester Zoo in England. The species is critically endangered.

Muslim leader urges Indonesians to boycott Starbucks over LGBT stand

Posted: 01 Jul 2017 03:13 AM PDT

By Nilufar Rizki and Jessica Damiana JAKARTA (Reuters) - A leader of Indonesia's second-largest Muslim organization has called for a boycott of Starbucks, saying that the international coffee chain's pro-gay stand risks ruining the "religious and cultured" core of the Southeast Asian nation. With the exception of the ultra-conservative Aceh province, homosexuality is legal in Indonesia. Anwar Abbas of Muhammadiyah, an organization that has around 30 million members, said the government should revoke Starbucks' operating license as the company's support for the LGBT community is "not in line" with the nation's ideology.

Venus Williams sued by estate of man fatally hurt in crash

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 01:38 PM PDT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Tennis star Venus Williams is being sued by the estate of a Florida man who died after a car crash police say she caused.