| The Latest: McConnell calls anti-Israel attitudes disturbing Posted: 05 Mar 2019 12:08 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout from Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's most recent comments on Israel (all times local):
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| Like 'giant knife,' tornadoes slash eastern Alabama, killing 23 Posted: 04 Mar 2019 02:22 PM PST  The tornadoes, spawned by a late-winter "supercell" thunderstorm, ripped through Lee County on Sunday with cyclonic winds of up to 170 miles (274 km) per hour, at step four of the six-step Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale of tornado strength. Mobile homes were tossed on their sides and ripped open, their contents strewn over a ravaged landscape littered with debris and gnarled, uprooted trees. There are slabs where homes formerly stood, debris everywhere, trees are snapped," Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones told a morning news conference.
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| Grandma goes viral after posing on iceberg and drifting away: 'I thought it was safe' Posted: 05 Mar 2019 09:22 AM PST ![Grandma goes viral after posing on iceberg and drifting away: 'I thought it was safe']( "Grandma goes viral after posing on iceberg and drifting away: 'I thought it was safe'") Judith Streng went viral after dangerously posing on an iceberg that started drifting away from shore during a trip to Iceland.
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| Indian air chief refuses to confirm death toll from strike on Pakistani militant camp Posted: 04 Mar 2019 05:37 AM PST  India's air chief has refused to confirm the death toll from last week's strike on an alleged terrorist training camp in Pakistan, fuelling doubts about the success of an attack initially claimed to have killed 250 militants. "The Indian Air Force (IAF) does not count human casualties," said Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa in his first press conference since the 27 February offensive. "We count what targets we have hit or not." Asked how many militants had been eliminated in the strike, Marshal Dhanoa said: "It's for the government to answer that question". The IAF had launched the punitive strike on what it claimed to be a training camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed militant group after the group claimed responsibility for killing 40 Indian paramilitaries in a suicide bombing in northern Kashmir on 14 February. The assault significantly raised tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours, triggering a dog-fight between Indian and Pakistani fighters in which an IAF pilot was shot down. How India and Pakistan came to the brink of war Over the weekend Amit Shah, the powerful head of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), repeated that 250 terrorists had been killed. The government, however, has declined to comment. Opposition party leaders, quoting foreign news reports from Pakistan, are now claiming that the air strikes were a fiasco, striking empty hillside. "Were you (the IAF) uprooting terrorists or trees" tweeted provincial Congress Party minister Navjot Singh Sidhu from northern Punjab state. "Was the air attack an election gimmick?" he further asked, referring to charges that Mr Modi had ordered the strike to boost his chances ahead of a general election scheduled to be held before the end of May. Meanwhile defence personnel and analysts are questioning the overall capability of India's military that is short of assorted materiel like combat aircraft, helicopters, submarines, warships, artillery, tanks and even small arms for the army's infantry troops. In a series of six reports tabled in parliament last December India's Parliamentary Defence Committee castigated the government for allocating "inadequate funds" for long postponed military modernisation in a turbulent neighbourhood. In March last year the Indian Army's former vice chief of staff said 68 per cent of the army's equipment was in the "vintage category". Some 24 per cent was "current", and a mere 8 per cent "state of the art".
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| Girls aged five and eight found alive after surviving two nights in California wilderness Posted: 04 Mar 2019 04:55 AM PST  Two young sisters who went missing from their Californian home on Friday afternoon have been found "safe and sound" after surviving two nights in the forest. Carolina Carrico, five, and eight-year-old Leia Carrico were discovered uninjured roughly 1.4 miles from their home in Benbow, located about 70 miles south of Eureka around 10:30am on Sunday by two firefighters. Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal said: "This is an absolute miracle.
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| The 5 best Amazon deals you'll find right now Posted: 04 Mar 2019 07:02 AM PST ![The 5 best Amazon deals you'll find right now]( "The 5 best Amazon deals you'll find right now") All five of the top sales this Monday are the best prices we've ever seen.
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| The Morgan Plus Six Looks Familiar, in a Reassuring British Sort of Way Posted: 04 Mar 2019 09:01 PM PST  It's an all-new car, with modern conveniences including the first turbocharged engine on a Morgan and even a small digital screen on the dash.
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| Roger Stone Lawyers Failed to Tell Judge About His Book Ahead of Gag Order Ruling Posted: 04 Mar 2019 03:40 PM PST ![Roger Stone Lawyers Failed to Tell Judge About His Book Ahead of Gag Order Ruling]( "Roger Stone Lawyers Failed to Tell Judge About His Book Ahead of Gag Order Ruling") Stone's legal team responded Monday to U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson's demand for an explanation as to why she had not been told about the political operative's latest polemic, while she was considering whether to curb his public commentary to avoid tainting the jury pool before trial. Stone's four lawyers wrote that "it did not occur to counsel" to tell the judge about their client's prior writings. Stone's book -- The Myth of Russian Collusion -- had gone to the printer in late January, they said.
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| US decision to merge Palestinian mission with Israeli embassy sparks anger Posted: 04 Mar 2019 06:30 AM PST  The US has officially closed its consulate in Jerusalem, which served Palestinians, and has folded it into the US embassy to Israel. The consulate functioned as a de facto embassy to the Palestinians for decades, but now that mission will be handled by a Palestinian affairs unit under the command of the embassy.
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| China suspends customs clearance for Tesla Model 3 imports: Caixin Posted: 05 Mar 2019 03:50 AM PST  BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's customs authority has suspended customs clearance procedures for Model 3 cars built by Tesla Inc, the financial publication Caixin reported on Tuesday. The report said the customs authority in Shanghai had found various irregularities in 1,600 imported Model 3 cars, including the improper labelling of the vehicles. Customs has notified Tesla not to sell or use Model 3 vehicles that have already been cleared, the report said, citing a notice issued by the authority on Mar. 1.
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| Alabama tornado: rescuers continue search after twister kills 23 Posted: 05 Mar 2019 12:26 PM PST  * At least three children killed as officials say toll could rise * Town of Beauregard wrecked by 170mph, mile-wide twisterRescue workers are continuing to search parts of rural eastern Alabama despite declining hopes of finding any more survivors after six tornadoes ripped across the state killing 23 people, including three children, and leaving hundreds homeless.The destruction of Beauregard, in Lee county, now little more than a tableau of smashed mobile homes, toys, clothes, insulation, water heaters, metal and severed pine trees, showed the strength of a storm that now ranks as the deadliest in six years and which one official compared to "a giant knife scraping the ground".Using dogs and drones to search, rescue efforts continued. Officials warned that the death toll could still rise.Late on Tuesday, the Lee county coroner, Bill Harris, told a news conference the storms' victims included almost entire families and at least three children, ages six, nine and 10. "I'm not going to be surprised if we come up with some more deceased. Hopefully we won't," Harris said.With wind speeds estimated at 170mph and a path of destruction now estimated to be nearly a mile (1.6km) wide, residents have also begun recounting their efforts to survive a twister they described as hitting the community with little warning.The county emergency management director, Kathy Carson, said she was "pretty sure" tornado sirens in Beauregard sounded warnings.Beauregard resident Carol Dean told how she had found her wedding dress and a Father's Day note to her husband among the wreckage, reading: "Daddy, I love you to pieces." Her husband David Wayne Dean had texted friends to warn of the storm's approach but was unable to make it out. His dead body was found in their neighbor's yard."Our son found him," Dean told reporters. "He was done and gone before we got to him. My life is gone. He was the reason I lived, the reason that I got up."Survivor Julie Morrison, who managed to salvage her husband's motorcycle boots and her embossed Bible from the couple's destroyed home, said she and her husband took shelter in the bathtub as the twister lifted their house off its foundations and swept it into the woods."We knew we were flying because it picked the house up," Morrison said. She said she believed the shower's fiberglass enclosure helped them survive.But as the surviving residents sifted through the ruins, questions were being asked why, in an area known as tornado alley, tornadoes routinely cause so much destruction.The US National Weather Service had begun warning of higher tornado activity in the region three days earlier. Government forecasters "were all over it", said University of Georgia meteorology professor Marshall Shepherd.Before Sunday's event, an EF-5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, in May 2011 killed 158 people; a month earlier a series of tornadoes had left an estimated 316 people dead, including at least 250 in Alabama.According to tornado researcher Richard Stokoe at the University of South Wales, elevated death tolls in Alabama can largely be ascribed to the density of mobile homes, housing almost 15% of the state's population, the geography of the region and type of coniferous vegetation."Mobile homes are of very poor quality build and they don't have basements, so you can't get to a basement shelter," said Stokoe.And with an average of 15 minutes warning of the approach of a tornado, many residents do not have time to reach a shelter, while some may be reluctant to heed government-generated official warnings, he said.
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| Civilians pour out of last IS redoubt in Syria Posted: 05 Mar 2019 11:26 AM PST  Hundreds of civilians streamed out of the Islamic State group's last Syrian stronghold Tuesday into territory held by US-backed forces battling to finish off the jihadists' dying "caliphate". A total of 3,500 people exited the riverside village of Baghouz, including 500 jihadists who had surrendered, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said. Five SDF fighters were also freed, their spokesman Mustefa Bali said on Twitter.
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| These are all of the routes U.S. airlines fly to Hawaii Posted: 05 Mar 2019 07:12 AM PST  Southwest's expansion to the high-profile leisure market is certain to set off a competitive scrum with rival U.S. airlines that already fly to Hawaii.
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| Aston Martin Vanquish Vision Concept Has Ferrari and McLaren in Its Sights Posted: 05 Mar 2019 02:15 AM PST  A bold new direction for the Vanquish, and we'd be surprised if it doesn't match its rivals' horsepower numbers.
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| 5 rescued after vehicle goes over cliff in Angeles National Forest Posted: 04 Mar 2019 11:52 AM PST  Los Angeles County firefighters rescued five patients after a vehicle went over a cliff in the Angeles National Forest above La Cañada Flintridge.
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| Husband, step-daughter charged in slaying to be extradited Posted: 04 Mar 2019 06:33 PM PST  OLMITO, Texas (AP) — A man charged with killing his wife after blaming her death on a Baltimore panhandler is being held without bail in Texas.
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| Bernie Sanders on 'The Breakfast Club' is a 'no' on slavery reparations Posted: 04 Mar 2019 12:10 PM PST  The Vermont senator has spent the first few weeks of his Democratic presidential campaign trying to connect with African-American voters, something he largely failed to do in 2016.
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| Tesla to unveil Model Y on March 14, Elon Musk says Posted: 04 Mar 2019 05:35 AM PST  10 percent bigger than Model 3, costing 10 percent more.
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| The History of Your Social Security Payments Posted: 04 Mar 2019 07:12 AM PST ![The History of Your Social Security Payments]( "The History of Your Social Security Payments") The Social Security program was created in 1935 and began paying out monthly benefits to retired workers five years later. Here's how Social Security has changed over nearly 85 years. What Is the Social Security Act?
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| Pope Francis announces opening of Secret Archives on 'Hitler's Pope' Posted: 04 Mar 2019 05:35 AM PST  Pope Francis has announced that he will open up the Vatican's secret archives on the papacy of Pope Pius XII, who has been accused of failing to speak up about the Nazis' persecution of the Jews. Historians have for decades been calling on the Holy See to let scholars study the archives, in order to determine whether Pius XII failed to use his moral authority to oppose the Holocaust. The argument that Pius should have been far more vocal in condemning the Nazis' annihilation of six million Jews was put forward most forcefully in the 1999 book Hitler's Pope, by John Cornwell, a British writer and academic. Pope Francis announced his decision during a meeting with staff from the Secret Archives, part of the Vatican's vast repository of documents and records, declaring that "the Church is not afraid of history". He said the archive would be opened on March 2 next year to mark the 81st anniversary of the election of Pius XII in 1939. Francis acknowledged that there had been "moments of grave difficulty and tormented decisions" for the wartime pontiff, saying he had been treated by posterity with "some prejudice and exaggeration". Without referring directly to Pius's actions towards the Jews of Europe, Francis said his predecessor had engaged in "hidden but active diplomacy" in order to pursue "humanitarian initiatives". He thanked archive historians for having worked, since 2006, to catalogue and organise the huge body of documentation relating to Pius's papacy, from 1939 to his death in 1958. Mr Cornwell, the author of Hitler's Pope, said he could not wait for the archives to be revealed. Pope Francis announced that the archives will be open a year from now Credit: Alessandra Benedetti/Getty "It should be really interesting. It might show that he did fantastic things to help the Jews. Or it might shed light on whether he had anything to do with the Nazi rat-run, when some Catholics helped Nazis escape to South America at the end of the war," he told The Telegraph. He said he called his book Hitler's Pope largely because of what the future Pope Pius did before the war, when as Vatican secretary of state he drew up an accord in 1933, the Reichskonkordat, that protected the Catholic Church's rights in Germany but in exchange helped give moral legitimacy to the Nazi regime. He said Pius was, like many Catholics at the time, anti-Semitic, but conceded that he had little scope for limiting the scale of the Holocaust. "He didn't have much room for manoeuvre. He was very much a prisoner inside the Vatican, which was dependent for its light, gas and water on Mussolini's Italy and then on the German regime. Although I still think he didn't do enough when the Jews were being rounded up in Rome." Hitler even plotted at one time to kidnap the Pope, Mr Cornwell said. Pope Pius has been accused by some Jewish groups and historians of failing to speak out against the Holocaust during the war Credit: AP The Vatican insists that by using discreet means, Pius instructed Catholic clergy to give help to the Jews, quietly saving tens of thousands of lives. "The archives will hopefully shed light on the actual possibilities that were open to Pope Pius in condemning the genocide and to what extent he could have made a difference, and at what cost," said Austen Ivereigh, a British expert on the Vatican and the author of The Great Reformer: Francis and the making of a radical pope. While some historians have accused Pius of complicity in the persecution of the Jews because of his decision not to speak out, others insist he did all that he could in the circumstances. They argue that to have criticised Hitler and the Nazi regime more strongly would have imperiled Catholics across occupied Europe. "Had he spoken out, it could have been an excuse for Hitler to turn on the Catholic Church. These were very, very difficult moral choices," said Mr Ivereigh. The planned opening of the archives was welcomed by Jewish groups around the world. "We greatly appreciate Pope Francis's decision," said Noemi Di Segni, the president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities. It would enable historians "to reconstruct with greater clarity the Church's position regarding the Shoah." "It's shame that we'll have to wait until 2020, but better late than never," said Ruth Dureghello, the head of the Jewish community in Rome. More than 1,000 Italian Jews were rounded up in Rome and deported to concentration camps in October 1943. The Pope's decision was also welcomed by Israel. "We are pleased by the decision and hope it will enable free access to all relevant archives," foreign ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon wrote on Twitter. It normally takes the Vatican 70 years from the end of a pontificate to open up its archives relating to the period, but there has been intense pressure to make an exception for those of Pius XII. "Part of the problem is that simply cataloguing the stuff takes a lot of time, especially given that there aren't many staff in the Secret Archives," said Mr Ivereigh. "It's a huge archive because it was a very long papacy."
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| First lady Melania Trump hits the road to promote her 'Be Best' campaign Posted: 04 Mar 2019 04:34 PM PST  First lady Melania Trump hit the road for a two-day, three-state trip to promote kindness, online safety and fighting opioid abuse.
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| The Latest: Ghosn lawyer says court OKs bail, rejects appeal Posted: 05 Mar 2019 07:36 AM PST  TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the decision by the Tokyo District Court to approve the release on 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) bail of Nissan's former chairman, Carlos Ghosn (all times local):
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| Trump lashes out at 'crazy' opponents as pressure mounts Posted: 05 Mar 2019 12:41 PM PST  President Donald Trump branded Democratic opponents "crazy" and guilty of overreach Tuesday in a fevered response to a huge new probe of his alleged crimes. Trump's exclamation mark -- and capital letter -- laden outbursts indicated a rising temperature in a White House under assault from multiple directions. Democrats, who took control of the House of Representatives last November, suspect Trump of a slew of potentially impeachable offenses, including obstruction of justice and abuse of office.
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| Exclusive: U.S. to issue meat company guidelines as recalls mount - official Posted: 04 Mar 2019 03:48 PM PST  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will advise foodmakers to start internal investigations when they receive customer complaints and to notify the government within 24 hours if contaminated products are in the marketplace, Carmen Rottenberg, administrator of the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service, said in an interview. The voluntary guidelines, in the works for months, are designed to ensure companies meet pre-existing regulatory requirements, she said. USDA records show that since the beginning of 2018, Tyson Foods Inc, Smithfield Foods Inc and other companies have launched more than 25 recalls involving millions of pounds of chicken nuggets, calzones, sausages and other foods that potentially contained dangerous materials.
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| JPMorgan Ends Financing of Private Prisons After Criticism Posted: 05 Mar 2019 11:28 AM PST ![JPMorgan Ends Financing of Private Prisons After Criticism]( "JPMorgan Ends Financing of Private Prisons After Criticism") "JPMorgan Chase has a robust and well-established process to evaluate the sectors that we serve," spokesman Andrew Gray said in an emailed statement. JPMorgan Chase & Co. has been criticized for lending to Geo Group Inc. and CoreCivic Inc., which run facilities that have held immigrant families. As part of the change, JPMorgan won't extend new financing to the industry and wants to get rid of its credit exposure as soon as possible, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
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| California parents charged in death of 3-year-old daughter Posted: 05 Mar 2019 08:08 AM PST  A Fontana mother who previously served time for child abuse is now facing murder charges in the death of her 3-year-old daughter, police say.
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| Iran's Khamenei doubted Europe could help Tehran against U.S. sanctions Posted: 04 Mar 2019 01:08 PM PST  A closed-door speech last year by Iran's Supreme Leader voicing doubt about the Iranian government's diplomatic overtures to Europe was released on Monday in a sign of feuding over foreign policy that led to a short-lived resignation by the foreign minister. The address by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in mid-2018 appeared to forecast difficulties European countries would have in honoring pledges to protect trade with Iran from new U.S. sanctions after Washington abandoned a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
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| 80 arrests made, including a reporter and 3 clergy members, during Sacramento police shooting protest Posted: 05 Mar 2019 05:15 AM PST  A protest over the shooting of an unarmed black man by Sacramento police has ended with at least 80 arrests, police said. Among those detained were clergy and a reporter.
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| The Latest: UN calls for dialogue in Venezuela standoff Posted: 04 Mar 2019 01:30 PM PST  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on Venezuela's political crisis (all times local):
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| The Latest: Trump OKs disaster aid for Alabama Posted: 05 Mar 2019 05:31 PM PST  BEAUREGARD, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the impact of a tornado in Alabama and Georgia (all times local):
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| Winner of $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot has finally come forward in South Carolina Posted: 05 Mar 2019 03:22 AM PST  The South Carolina Education Lottery Commission announced that the winner of the $1.5 billion Jackpot will remain anonymous.
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| Avalanche engulfs cars along highway Posted: 05 Mar 2019 04:00 AM PST  A family was nearly buried alive by an avalanche after fresh-fallen snow in the Colorado mountains. All of the family members made it out safely and unharmed
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| U.S. House panel launches probe into possible obstruction by Trump Posted: 04 Mar 2019 04:23 AM PST  Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler told ABC's "This Week" the panel wanted documents from the Department of Justice, the president's son Donald Trump Jr. and Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, among others. "We are going to initiate investigations into abuses of power, into corruption ... and into obstruction of justice," Nadler said. "It's our job to protect the rule of law." "It's very clear that the president obstructed justice," Nadler said.
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| China is going to Mars with a new rover next year Posted: 04 Mar 2019 11:23 AM PST  China got a very, very late start in its efforts to explore space. The U.S., Russia, and other countries forged new paths to the Moon and beyond before China even got started, but it's making up for lost time in a big way. Following successful Moon missions, including landing on the far side of the rock for the first time ever, China is now looking to the Red Planet for its next big space mission.As CNN reports, China's space division is planning a rover mission to Mars that could launch as early as next year. Wu Weiren of China's lunar exploration program talked about the plans at an event held in Beijing."Over the past 60 years, we've made a lot of achievements, but there is still a large distance from the world space powers. We must speed up our pace," Wu said during a speech. "Next year, we will launch a Mars probe, which will orbit around the Mars, land on it and probe it."China has had its eye on Mars for some time, and is even working on simulating Martian settlements which could one day serve as a model for actual human colonies on the Red Planet.Details of China's 2020 Mars line up pretty well with previous missions carried out by other countries. The orbiter will be equipped with high-resolution cameras and various instruments like radar, while the rover will carry a number of cameras as well as a magnetic field detector and instruments to test samples of the surface.China plans to launch its hardware into space sometime around July of next year, with the spacecraft arriving at Mars in early 2021 before eventually landing on the surface a few months later.
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| The 2019 Pritzker Prize Is Awarded to Arata Isozaki Posted: 05 Mar 2019 07:00 AM PST  The highest honor in architecture has been presented to a Japanese-born architect who has spent his career pushing the boundaries of solid geometric forms
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| Mercedes-Benz's Concept EQV Hauls up to Eight in All-Electric Style and Comfort Posted: 05 Mar 2019 12:30 AM PST  Our appreciation for both vans and electric vehicles is now at a fever pitch.
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| Hundreds leave IS-held area in Syria as fighting slows down Posted: 04 Mar 2019 02:48 PM PST  BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — Hundreds of people, including Islamic State fighters, evacuated the extremist group's last foothold in eastern Syria on Monday, after U.S.-backed Syrian fighters again slowed their offensive to allow a way out of the tiny enclave.
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| At least seven missing in Alabama after deadly weekend tornadoes Posted: 05 Mar 2019 12:27 PM PST  The tiny community of Beauregard, near the Alabama-Georgia border, was beginning to mourn the 23 people confirmed killed by the storms, which included four children and seven people from one family, officials said on Tuesday. The victims ranged in age from 6 to 93 years old, Bill Harris, coroner for storm-ravaged Lee County, told a morning news conference. U.S. President Donald Trump said he will visit the areas of Alabama that were devastated by the tornadoes on Friday.
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| 'Absolute miracle': Missing Northern California girls found safe Posted: 04 Mar 2019 05:38 AM PST  After going missing for nearly two days in Northern California, on Sunday two young sisters, Caroline and Leia Carrico, were found safe.
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| Google denies secretly continuing to work on censored Chinese search engine Posted: 05 Mar 2019 04:58 AM PST  Google has denied that it is secretly working on a censored Chinese search engine after saying it would scrap the project in December. Several Google employees have reportedly spotted signs that they say show development on the controversial search engine is still underway, according to a report in the Intercept. The employees claim that computer code stored inside Google for the project was updated thousands of times in January and February. A Google spokesman said "this speculation is inaccurate". "As we've said for many months, we have no plans to launch Search in China and there is no work being undertaken on such a project. Team members have moved to new projects." At the time the project was made public, Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, said that Google's decision to create a censored search engine that would filter results in China was "absolutely chilling". And Google employee Jack Poulson resigned from the company shortly after the existence of the project to build a censored search engine was revealed, citing his "ethical responsibility". The public outcry over the plans prompted Google to cancel the search engine's development in December and move staff to different projects. Google chief executive Sundar Pichai told Congress last year that "right now there are no plans for us to launch a search product in China ... to the extent we approach a position like that, I will be fully transparent, including with policy makers here, and engage and consult widely". Google does not currently operate in China after it pulled its service from the country in 2010 following a series of cyberattacks by the Chinese government which were aimed at human rights activists in the country and elsewhere. The scrapped Google project to re-enter China and gain market share among its 800m internet users was known as Project Dragonfly inside the business. The project would have seen Google create a custom Android app, with different versions nicknamed "Maotai" and "Longfei". At its peak, more than 300 employees worked on the project.
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| Hoda Muthana: Isis bride says she is allowed to return to US despite government denials - ‘I’m not a threat to America’ Posted: 04 Mar 2019 10:46 AM PST  Hoda Muthana, who left Alabama at the age of 19 to join the terror group Isis in Syria, said she is "not a threat to America" and wants to return to the US as her lawyer battles her case in court. Speaking to CBS News in northern Syria, Ms Muthana claimed to be a US citizen, rejecting denials from Donald Trump's administration, while noting the son she had with a now-deceased Isis fighter does not hold citizenship to any country. Ms Muthana has been held by Kurdish forces allied with the US since January, when she turned herself in amid the caliphate's decline.
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