| Trump supporters in Florida say the president needs a third term Posted: 19 Jun 2019 08:35 AM PDT  Conservatives at the official launch of the Trump 2020 campaign in Orlando say that illegal immigrants have no place in the U.S. and that if President Trump could have a third term, they would be onboard.
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| Egypt: UN office tries to politicize Morsi's courtroom death Posted: 19 Jun 2019 08:00 AM PDT  Egypt said Wednesday that the U.N. human rights office was trying to politicize the death of former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi, who collapsed inside a Cairo courtroom during his trial this week. Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president who hailed from the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, was buried under heavy security early on Tuesday, a day after his dramatic collapse and death inside a Cairo courtroom. Rupert Colville, spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, called Tuesday for a "prompt, impartial, thorough and transparent investigation" into Morsi's death on Monday.
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| 9/11 first responder who testified with Jon Stewart in Congress enters hospice care Posted: 20 Jun 2019 08:33 AM PDT  "I'm now in hospice, because there is nothing else the doctors can do to fight the cancer," wrote Alvarez on Facebook.
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| Putin says use of US force against Iran would be 'disaster' Posted: 20 Jun 2019 06:06 AM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said any use of force by the US against Iran would lead to disaster as tensions escalate between Washington and Tehran. "The US says it does not rule out the use of force... This would be a disaster for the region," Putin said during an annual televised phone-in with screened questions posed by Russian viewers. Moscow has backed Tehran in its stand off with the United States since Washington pulled out of an international 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran last year.
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| Former Interpol chief pleads guilty in Chinese bribery case amid crackdown by authorities Posted: 20 Jun 2019 01:13 AM PDT  Meng Hongwei, the former president of Interpol, confessed to accepting more than $2 million (£1.6 million) in bribes and expressed regret for his crime, a Chinese court said Thursday. The No. 1 Intermediate Court in the northeastern port city of Tianjin said Mr Meng read a statement containing the confession at a hearing. That move assures a conviction, although it isn't immediately clear when a verdict and sentence would be handed down. Admitting guilt and expressing regret can result in slightly lighter punishment, although China has been quick to hand out life sentences as it cracks down on corruption and political disloyalty under a campaign run directly by the president and head of the ruling Communist Party, Xi Jinping. Elected president of the international police organization in 2016, Mr Meng disappeared into custody after traveling to China from France at the end of September. Interpol was not informed of Mr Meng's detention and was forced to ask China about his whereabouts. Interpol vice president Alexander Prokopchuk and and Meng Hongwei pictured in 2017 Credit: ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images The Tianjin court said Mr Meng had abused his positions, including as a vice minister of public security and maritime police chief, to curry favor for others in return for bribes. Shown on television wearing a plain brown windbreaker and flanked by two bailiffs, Mr Meng appeared older and grayer than during his time as one of the nation's top law enforcement officers. He has already been fired from his positions and kicked out of the Communist Party. While serving at Interpol, Mr Meng retained his title as a vice minister of public security. There are suspicions he had fallen out of political favor with Mr Xi, who has come down hard on corruption and perceived disloyalty in what observers say is calculated to strengthen party control while bringing down potential challengers to his authority. Mr Meng's wife, Grace, has remained in France, where Mr Meng was stationed for Lyon-based Interpol, and has accused Chinese authorities of creating a "fake case" against him for political reasons.
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| The Stealth Sniper: The F-22 Raptor Has a New Job Posted: 19 Jun 2019 10:45 AM PDT  The flying branch only bought 187 operational Raptors — out of an original goal of 381. The F-22 also won't fly into the 2060s without upgrades. Three years ago, four F-22 Raptors taking part in the second-wave of the U.S.-led coalition's opening airstrikes on Islamic State in Syria dropped their bombs. It was the first time the stealthy fifth-generation fighters had ever engaged in combat. The coalition's war planners also used the F-22s to leverage their low-observable profiles — and far-reaching sensors — while escorting non-stealthy fighters in case Syrian fighters or air-defense systems engaged.Fortunately, the Syrian military held its fire.Fast forward to today, and F-22 Raptors are still flying over Iraq and Syria and have shifted almost fully into that latter role, according to Air Force Magazine. "When we first got here, we were 95 percent precision strike. And now we're probably 95 percent air superiority," Lt. Col. "Shell" — a callsign — of the 27th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron told the magazine.This first appeared in October 2017.
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| NRA Suspends Two Leaders Amid Accusations of Coup Attempt Posted: 20 Jun 2019 12:46 PM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- The National Rifle Association suspended its top lobbyist and one of his deputies, adding further turmoil to the gun-rights group's leadership ranks as it wages legal battles on multiple fronts and prepares for a bruising 2020 election cycle.The NRA confirmed Thursday that it had suspended Chris Cox, the lobbying chief who was viewed widely as a future leader of the group, and his deputy chief of staff, Scott Christman.The moves came after Oliver North, the former NRA board president, was ousted from the organization in April after it accused him of leading an attempted coup against Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the NRA who has long served as the organization's leader. North alleged that LaPierre used the group to enrich himself. As part of the infighting, the NRA sued Ackerman McQueen Inc., its longtime advertising firm, and in turn Ackerman cut ties with the group.On Wednesday night, the NRA filed a lawsuit against North arguing that he didn't have the right to legal fees from the NRA. The lawsuit says that Cox, described as a "likely successor" to lead the organization, participated in the failed bid to oust LaPierre.The leadership struggle came to a head on April 24, according to the lawsuit. That's when North talked to a LaPierre aide by phone and threatened to reveal unflattering details about LaPierre's travel and clothing expenses unless he resigned and supported "North's continued tenure as president," according to the complaint, which calls the exchange an extortion.North also promised to arrange an "excellent retirement" for LaPierre through Ackerman McQueen if he resigned, the NRA claims.The NRA filed its suit against Ackerman McQueen in mid-April, claiming it refused to turn over details about North's contract with the advertising firm. Last month, the NRA sued again, claiming Ackerman McQueen engineered the failed coup attempt by leaking damaging information to undermine NRA leaders.The firm fired back with a breach-of-contract countersuit, claiming that the NRA was just trying to get out of its service agreement with the firm and that it had provided all the information sought by the gun group.North was aided in his efforts against LaPierre by NRA board member Dan Boren, a former congressman who's now a top executive for Chickasaw Nation, a major Ackerman McQueen client, according to the NRA complaint filed on Wednesday. Boren "helped to choreograph the ultimatum they presented to Mr. LaPierre," it said.In emails obtained by the NRA, Boren "admitted his knowledge that Ackerman may have been invoicing the NRA for full salaries of employees who were actually working on the Chickasaw Nation account." Those emails also show that Cox was an "errant fiduciary" who "participated in the Ackerman/North/Boren conspiracy," the NRA claims.The complaint asks a judge to declare that the NRA shouldn't be required to cover North's legal fees for subpoenas arising from its litigation with Ackerman McQueen and from a Senate Finance Committee request for information. North's attorney had demanded that the NRA cover his legal fees for the congressional probe and for "any other inquiries" that he "may receive" in the future, it said.Cox's suspension was reported earlier by the New York Times. Cox's spokeswoman told the Times that he played no role in the coup attempt.The suspensions throw the group's political operation into turmoil just days after President Donald Trump announced his re-election bid. The NRA spent heavily to support Trump during the 2016 race, and Cox has met with the president multiple times during his tenure. Speaking at the NRA's annual meeting this year, Trump was introduced by Cox rather than LaPierre.A lawyer for North, Brendan Sullivan, declined to comment and said he would respond in a court filing.As the group's chief lobbyist, Cox oversaw nine different divisions, including federal, state, and local government affairs. "Cox develops and executes independent political campaigns and legislative initiatives. He also serves as the Association's principal contact with the United States Senate and House of Representatives, the White House and federal agencies," the NRA Foundation wrote on its website in a profile of Cox.To contact the reporters on this story: Polly Mosendz in New York at pmosendz@bloomberg.net;Neil Weinberg in New York at nweinberg2@bloomberg.net;David Voreacos in New York at dvoreacos@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Jeffrey D Grocott at jgrocott2@bloomberg.net, David S. JoachimFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| 2 killed when semitrailers explode on Wisconsin interstate Posted: 20 Jun 2019 12:16 PM PDT  Two semitrailers exploded into flames Wednesday on an interstate in southeastern Wisconsin, killing both drivers and setting other vehicles on fire, authorities said.
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| Woman whose dead babies were found in home cleared of murder Posted: 20 Jun 2019 10:32 AM PDT  A Massachusetts woman who lived in a squalid, vermin-infested home where authorities found the remains of three babies was cleared Thursday of second-degree murder, but was convicted of lesser charges. Judge Janet Kenton-Walker said prosecutors did not prove that 35-year-old Erika Murray caused the death of one of the babies whom she had been charged with killing and hiding in her home filled with rodents, dead animals, dirty diapers and trash. Kenton-Walker called the case "senseless" and "tragic," but said she had to be guided by the evidence rather than her emotions.
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| Interested in TSA PreCheck? It might soon be cheaper and easier to sign up Posted: 20 Jun 2019 11:16 AM PDT ![Interested in TSA PreCheck? It might soon be cheaper and easier to sign up]( "Interested in TSA PreCheck? It might soon be cheaper and easier to sign up") TSA, trying to boost enrollment in the expedited security program, is studying options including a shorter, cheaper membership and mobile enrollment.
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| Iran talking to Russia and China in case EU nuclear deal efforts fail: TASS Posted: 19 Jun 2019 05:55 AM PDT  Iran is in talks with Russia and China on a possible settlement mechanism in case discussions with EU over a nuclear deal fail, the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security council, Ali Shamkhani, said, according to Russia's TASS news agency. Tehran said in May it would reduce compliance with the nuclear pact it agreed with China, Russia and other world powers in 2015, in protest at the United States' decision to unilaterally pull out of the agreement and reimpose sanctions last year.
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| Mars has a brand new crater, and it sure is pretty Posted: 18 Jun 2019 08:07 PM PDT  Mars, like any other rocky world, has its fair share of craters. These scars of ancient impacts give the dusty surface of the planet some serious personality, and sometimes it's easy to forget that new craters can happen right before our eyes. That's exactly what seems to have occurred, and a new image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals a brand new impact site that might only be a few months old.The image, which was captured by the HiRISE camera built into the orbiter, shows a bold dark patch of material surrounding a circular crater on the Martian surface. Researchers believe it might have been created as recently as February 2019.The University of Arizona posted the photo, along with the following caption:> An impressionist painting? No, it's a new impact crater that has appeared on the surface of Mars, formed at most between September 2016 and February 2019. What makes this stand out is the darker material exposed beneath the reddish dust.The photo itself was captured in April and is only just now getting the attention it deserves. However, because the orbiter can't be looking at the entire planet at all times, it's unclear when exactly the crater formed, and researchers can only narrow it down to sometime between September 2016 and February 2019.This is yet another great reminder of the fantastic work NASA's Mars orbiter has been doing for years now. The spacecraft originally launched way back in 2005 and arrived at Mars in March of the following year. When it did, its primary mission was only scheduled to last for two years, but it has since put in over 13 years of faithful service for scientists. As long as it keeps producing images like this one, we hope it keeps going for a long time to come.
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| It's Time for America to Break with Beijing Posted: 19 Jun 2019 05:51 AM PDT  SOME MISTAKES are repeated over the course of generations. For more than four decades, American presidents sought a closer relationship with China, working to "engage" that country so as to "enmesh" it into the international system. Richard Nixon, in his landmark Foreign Affairs article in 1967, provided the rationale for engagement, arguing the Chinese state could not be isolated. "Taking the long view," he famously wrote then, "we simply cannot afford to leave China forever outside the family of nations, there to nurture its fantasies, cherish its hates and threaten its neighbors."Since the early 1970s, American policymakers believed they could avoid such nurturing, cherishing and threatening by making the success of the Communist Party of China a goal of U.S. foreign policy. With interests defined this way, American presidents helped China's communists at crucial moments.The first of those moments came in 1972, during the latter stages of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution. Years of internal fighting and chaos—essentially civil war—had weakened China's ruling organization, but Nixon's visit that year signaled support for Mao's tottering regime. "We're damned," said Shanghai banker Wu Yaonan at the time, as recounted by democracy activist Chin Jin. "The United States is coming to the rescue of the Communist Party."
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| Echoing Beijing, Duterte’s Government Now Calls Boat Collision an ‘Accident’ Posted: 19 Jun 2019 12:26 AM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- The Philippine government has fallen in with Beijing's explanation that a Chinese vessel didn't intentionally hit a Filipino boat in the South China Sea on June 9.Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday described the incident as "just an accident," adding the Chinese vessel may have left after hitting and sinking a Philippine boat with 22 fishermen out of fear of being "besieged" by other boats near Reed Bank."Maybe the other side didn't mean to brush against our boat," Lorenzana said at a televised briefing in Manila on Wednesday.The Philippines' Navy chief earlier said the Chinese vessel "rammed" the Filipino boat which was anchored when it was hit, while the spokesman of the military unit in charge of the disputed waters said the incident was "far from accidental." Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin also protested the incident, which he said he'd call a "hit and run."Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is not favoring China after the incident, said Lorenzana, who has also called for an apology and compensation from the Chinese vessel's captain for damaging the Philippine boat.China's Foreign Ministry earlier described the incident as an "accidental collision," while Beijing's embassy in Manila said the Chinese vessel's crew was "afraid" of other Philippine boats in the area, prompting the captain to leave the Filipino fishermen.The sunken Philippine boat's crew wants Duterte to ask China to hold the Chinese vessel's captain criminally liable for abandoning them at sea, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol said at a separate briefing after meeting the fishermen."There is no justification to the act of the Chinese vessel to abandon the Filipino fishermen. Under international maritime laws, that is illegal. Under human laws, that is immoral," Pinol said.To contact the reporter on this story: Andreo Calonzo in Manila at acalonzo1@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Cecilia Yap at cyap19@bloomberg.net, Ruth PollardFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| 'Sully' Sullenberger Tells Congress Deadly Boeing 737 Max Crashes 'Should Never Have Happened' Posted: 20 Jun 2019 08:02 AM PDT  He warned that similar accidents could follow
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| 'The biggest joke in politics': Trump campaign chief disses 2020 polling Posted: 19 Jun 2019 08:03 AM PDT  "The country is too complex now just to call a couple hundred people and ask them what they think," Brad Parscale said.
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| Man charged in threat to kill gays at St. Louis Pride parade Posted: 19 Jun 2019 09:40 AM PDT  A suburban St. Louis man accused of telling organizers of the city's Pride parade that he would shoot and kill as many gays as possible at the LGBTQ celebration before turning the gun on himself has been charged with making a terrorist threat, according to court documents. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Edward Terry, 49, of Overland, was charged Tuesday. Marty Zuniga, vice president of PrideFest, said the organization works "hard to produce an event that is safe for all participants." The Pride parade in downtown St. Louis draws hundreds of thousands of people every year and is scheduled to take place June 30.
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| Dominican Republic deaths: What we know, including two more US tourists incidents Posted: 20 Jun 2019 05:52 AM PDT  Here's everything we know about tourist deaths and concerning incidents in the Dominican Republic so far.
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| Shark sightings along East Coast have experts, beachgoers talking Posted: 19 Jun 2019 03:21 PM PDT  The video has been making the rounds on social media: a great white shark making a snack out of a fishing boat's chum bag off the coast of Manasquan, N.J.
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| Candidates reveal their — very slightly — embarrassing moments to the Times Posted: 19 Jun 2019 08:53 AM PDT  Democratic presidential candidates told the New York Times stories about dropping underwear on a plane and wearing cargo shorts to the gym.
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| Hypersonic Weapons Are Almost Here (And They Will Change War Forever) Posted: 20 Jun 2019 03:05 AM PDT  A new technological competition has begun, one in which America's rivals, particularly Russia and China, may be ahead. This is the race to build and put in the field super-fast or hypersonic weapons and vehicles. The military defines a hypersonic weapon as one that travels at least Mach 5 or five times the speed of sound. In comparison, commercial aircraft fly at around Mach 1 while some military jets can push themselves to around Mach 3, but only for a short time.There are two basic types of hypersonic weapons: super-fast cruise missiles, and boost-glide vehicles that are mounted on ballistic missiles. Hypersonic cruise missiles, which would most commonly be launched from aircraft, maintain powered flight from launch to impact. Boost-glide vehicles are lofted by a ballistic missile launched from an aircraft, ship, submarine or ground unit to the edge of space from which point they use their speed and aerodynamic design to skip along the top of the atmosphere for up to 10,000 miles.
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| Airbus demands chance to bid for IAG's surprise Boeing 737 MAX order Posted: 20 Jun 2019 11:23 AM PDT  Airbus called on Thursday for a chance to compete for a blockbuster plane order by British Airways owner IAG, which stunned industry executives at this week's Paris Airshow by ordering 200 of Boeing's grounded 737 MAX. Airbus announced a new version of its best-selling A321 with close to 240 orders and commitments in Paris, only to see its grip on IAG's European short-haul networks damaged by the Boeing deal which analysts said shores up the embattled 737 MAX. Boeing's top-selling aircraft has been taken out of service worldwide since an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crashed in March, five months after a Lion Air 737 MAX plunged into the sea off Indonesia.
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| As Gulf tensions rise, Israel's Netanyahu warns 'enemies' Posted: 19 Jun 2019 09:50 AM PDT  With tensions rising between Israel's ally the US and its archfoe Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Jewish state's enemies not to test it Wednesday, his office said. "I hear our neighbours from the north, south and east threatening our destruction," Netanyahu said in a statement released by his office after he observed a large-scale military excercise in the north of the country. "I say to our enemies: The Israeli army has very great destructive power.
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| Trump to Hannity: You’re ‘Not Really’ a Patriot, You Just Want ‘Great Ratings’ Posted: 19 Jun 2019 08:34 PM PDT  A night after Fox News ran President Trump's 2020 re-election "kickoff" rally uninterrupted in primetime, Fox News host Sean Hannity handed over almost the entirety of his show to a phone interview with the president. And while their friendly conversation on Wednesday night broke little news, the president did find time to boast about his rally's ratings—and to take an apparent jab at Hannity. Discussing Trump's penchant for using Twitter, Hannity noted that many people would like for Trump to "turn off the switch," prompting the president to say he uses social media to circumvent the media. Trump then quickly pivoted to his TV ratings."If I don't use social media—outside of you and a few other great people—I call them patriots," the president told Hannity. "But actually, you're not REALLY patriots as much as you want ratings.""I mean, you're getting great ratings, in all fairness Sean. It's like, last night, you got tremendous—I heard the speech. That was an easy night, you and Tucker [Carlson] and everyone else said let's do it and you did it."According to Nielsen, Hannity's program on Tuesday night—which was largely devoted to airing the rally—drew over five million total viewers to easily lead cable news for the night. In comparison, Trump's much-hyped primetime interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos drew an audience of only 3.9 million.In fact, on Monday night, Hannity sent a rather unsubtle message to the president after the disappointing ratings came in for his ABC special—stick with Fox News if you want to draw viewers.Highlighting that a March phone interview he did with Trump outdrew Stephanopoulos, Hannity said it was "humiliating" for the ABC News anchor and that he needs to "pack it up," all while celebrating the president's low ratings on another network.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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| Nxivm sex cult leader Keith Raniere found guilty on all counts Posted: 19 Jun 2019 12:11 PM PDT  A New York self-help guru who was accused of running a sex cult of starving women branded with his initials has been found guilty of all counts. A jury took less than five hours to find Keith Raniere guilty of charges including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and possession of child pornography, at the end of a six week trial. The 58-year-old faces up to 40 years in prison when he is sentenced later this year. Five women who were charged alongside Raniere, including Smallville actress Allison Mack, pled guilty before the trial began and will be sentenced in September. Raniere, a bespectacled and unprepossessing figure, began Nxivm(pronounced nexium) in the late 1990s, setting up in Albany, capital of New York state, what he describes as a self-help organisation. Actress Allison Mack Credit: REUTERS About 17,000 people passed through Nxivm's doors. The group was pitched as an empowerment group, touting theories about femininity, victimhood, money and ethics - much of it influenced by Ayn Rand, one of Raniere's favourite authors. All pledged loyalty to Raniere, a man who was portrayed within the group as "some kind of god" who would unlock a more fulfilling life for his followers. Raniere himself promoted the idea of his being someone special – a child prodigy, who spoke in full sentences at a year old, read by the age of two and taught himself to play concert-level piano at 12. Among the high-ranking devotees was British-American one-time professional showjumper Clare Bronfman, millionaire heiress to the Seagram liquor fortune. Bronfman, one of the five to plead guilty, has paid $14 million (£11m) in Raniere's legal costs, it emerged during the trial. Clare Bronfman is an heiress of the Seagram's liquor empire Credit: REUTERS Another Briton was the first of the six victims to testify – Sylvie, who joined the group at age 18. The group, she was told, would "help me be the person that I've always wanted to be", and would "fix" her. To join she gave in to the demand for "collateral" – material to be held in trust, and forfeited if they broke the group's vow of silence. Some handed over deeds to their homes, or wrote down stories of childhood abuse, which may or may not be true. Often, as in Sylvie's case, it was explicit photographs of herself, which she handed over to a senior DOS member. Sylvie said she was told that providing "collateral" was meant to show dedication. Raniere's lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, told jurors in his closing arguments on Monday that no women were ever forced to do anything against their will. As the verdict was read out Raniere remained calm, whispering to his lawyer. Several of the Nxivm defectors, however, were crying and trembling.
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| High school graduates fall ill during trip to Dominican Republic Posted: 19 Jun 2019 08:06 AM PDT  A group of high school graduates are the latest to fall ill in the Dominican Republic.
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| St. Louis abortion clinic to defy state over pelvic exam Posted: 20 Jun 2019 09:01 AM PDT  Missouri's only abortion clinic, already facing the threat of losing its license, says it will defy the state by refusing to perform a required pelvic examination days before an abortion. Calling the exam requirement "disrespectful and dehumanizing," a Planned Parenthood spokeswoman confirmed that as of Thursday the St. Louis clinic no longer performs it during a consultation at least 72 hours before an abortion. Doctors do perform a pelvic exam at the time of the procedure.
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| Author Ta-Nehisi Coates Criticized Mitch McConnell for Saying Slavery's Effects Were in the Past Posted: 19 Jun 2019 11:33 AM PDT  Coates passionately rebutted McConnell at a House hearing on reparations Wednesday
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| Galaxy Note 10 leak reveals a futuristic feature you won’t find on any iPhone Posted: 19 Jun 2019 07:12 AM PDT  The Galaxy Note 10, now expected to launch on August 7th, is hardly a secret anymore. We've seen plenty of leaks that have confirmed the phone's design and even the sky-high price tag has been outed. The Note 10 will come in two sizes, both featuring the same Infinity-O display that will have curved edges with tiny top and bottom bezels. In many ways, the Galaxy Note 10 will be similar to the Galaxy S10 when it comes to specs, but an insider now claims the phone will have a futuristic feature that no other popular smartphone has -- not even the iPhone. If this rumor is accurate, it will give Samsung an advantage over almost all competitors out there when it comes to design.Ice Universe, a reliable Samsung leaker, explained on Twitter that the Note 10 will have bezels as narrow as the iPhone, and that's possible thanks to a new display innovation: Sound on Display (SoD) tech.https://twitter.com/UniverseIce/status/1141244216992866304Instead of having to place a speaker at the top of the phone, Samsung can turn the screen itself into a speaker. This tech has been in the making for quite a while, and Samsung is one of the two companies that can pull it off. The other one is LG, which launched its LG V8 ThinQ earlier this year, the world's first phone with SoD tech. LG, however, hasn't been able to match Samsung for a long time when it comes to flagship smartphone sales.The Galaxy S10 still features a speaker at the top. It's almost invisible, but it's there. SoD screens will allow Samsung and every other company that sources OLED screens from Samsung Display to further reduce the size of their top bezels.The iPhone 11, meanwhile, isn't expected to drop the front-facing speaker anytime soon, and certainly not this year on the iPhone 11. Apple is rumored to stick with the same iPhone X notch design for at least one more generation of handsets, which means the front speaker isn't going anywhere for the time being. Google's Pixel 4, one other highly anticipated handset of the second half of 2019, will also have a speaker at the top, right in the middle of a pretty thick top bezel.
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| Joe Biden on racist colleague: 'He never called me boy' Posted: 19 Jun 2019 08:34 AM PDT  Joe Biden dismissed criticism from "the new New Left" wing of his party that his approach to politics is "old-fashioned" by fondly recalling his experience of "civility" in the Senate as he served with two segregationist senators.
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| The List: Top 3 .308 Semi-Automatic Rifles on the Planet Today Posted: 18 Jun 2019 08:00 PM PDT  Are you on the market for a .308 semi-automatic rifle? If so, you'll be glad to hear that there are several high quality choices for you available on the marketplace, which each offer excellent performance, accuracy, durability, and reliability.There are three models that stand out in particular: the Century Arms C308, Ruger SR-762, and the Springfield M1A.Each of these choices certainly have their pros and cons, but they also each offer unique advantages that we will dive into in-depth with this article. We'll also talk about the best benefits of owning a .308 semi-automatic rifle to begin with.THE BENEFITS OF OWNING A .308 SEMI-AUTOMATICA solid case can be made that the .308 semi-automatic rifle is the most versatile centerfire rifle that you can own today.
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| UPDATE 1-Iran to discuss saving nuclear deal with European powers, China and Russia Posted: 20 Jun 2019 12:42 PM PDT ![UPDATE 1-Iran to discuss saving nuclear deal with European powers, China and Russia]( "UPDATE 1-Iran to discuss saving nuclear deal with European powers, China and Russia") Senior officials from Iran, France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia will meet on June 28 in Vienna to discuss ways to save the 2015 nuclear accord with Tehran, the European Union said on Thursday. The meeting will look at how to "tackle challenges arising from the withdrawal and re-imposition of sanctions by the United States on Iran," the EU added, referring to U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to quit the deal last year. Senior officials from the six countries will also consider "recent announcements by Iran regarding the implementation of its nuclear commitments," the EU statement said, referring to Tehran's threats to exceed limits on its enriched-uranium stockpiles before the end of this month.
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| US Navy Seal 'stabbed injured prisoner in neck and claimed he was just an Isis dirtbag' Posted: 20 Jun 2019 11:18 AM PDT  A US Navy Seal chief has been accused of spontaneously killing an injured teenage Islamic State prisoner by stabbing him repeatedly and calling him an "Isis dirtbag" in the process, his former comrades said in court this week. The San Diego court-martial trial began this week for Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, accused of killing the boy during his 2017 tour of duty in Iraq. Prosecutors said the 39-year-old briefly treated the young Islamic State fighter, then pulled out his knife and stabbed him in the neck several times.Two Navy Seals who worked with Mr Gallagher also said their former colleague unexpectedly stabbed the patient and later called him "just an Isis dirtbag."However, the case took a sudden turn on Thursday when Special Operator 1st Class Corey Scott said he asphyxiated the teenager after Mr Gallagher unexpectedly stabbed him.He said the militant had been stabilised and was breathing normally after he and Mr Gallagher treated him for wounds suffered in an airstrike.Mr Scott also said the patient would have survived the stabbing, but he decided to plug the youth's air tube because he believed he would eventually be tortured by Iraqi forces.A prosecutor said Mr Scott never revealed that version of events in previous conversations, however, and accused him of lying to help his former comrade.Craig Miller, one of the Navy Seals who testified against Mr Gallagher, said that he reported the stabbing to an officer but didn't pursue a more formal complaint until months after returning from deployment. He also acknowledged that he never tried to photograph or document the killing.The defence meanwhile claims the allegations were cooked up by Mr Gallagher's disgruntled colleagues.Additional reporting by agencies
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| Starving polar bear found in Russian city after traveling hundreds of miles Posted: 20 Jun 2019 09:45 AM PDT  A starving polar bear was found this week in Norilsk, Russia, far from its usual hunting grounds.
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| Boeing eyes more 737 Max sales after post-crash drought Posted: 20 Jun 2019 04:30 AM PDT  Boeing's post-crash business slump may be coming to an end. The plane maker said Thursday that it's in negotiations with several customers interested in buying the 737 Max jet, as it tries to rebuild trust in the plane and its own reputation after two Max crashes that killed 346 people. At the Paris Air Show this week, Boeing won its first endorsement of the 737 since an Ethiopian Airlines crash in March and a Lion Air crash in October in Indonesia.
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| Trump says Iran has made 'big mistake' after spy drone shot down in Gulf Posted: 20 Jun 2019 11:28 AM PDT  Fears of war in the Persian Gulf surged after Iran shot down an American drone to "send a message" to the United States. Oil prices jumped by more than $3 to above $63 a barrel after Iran announced it had shot down a US drone for "violating Iranian airspace" on Thursday. The United States confirmed that an RQ-4a surveillance drone had been shot down over the Gulf of Hormuz, but said it was over international waters when it was hit. "Iranian reports that the aircraft was over Iran are false," the Pentagon said in a statement. "This was an unprovoked attack on a US surveillance asset in international airspace." President Donald Trump declined to say how the United States would respond, telling reporters in Washington: "You will find out." But he also played down Iranian government responsibility for the incident, saying he had a "big, big feeling" that the shoot down was a "mistake". Gulf of Oman, US responds Speaking outside the White House, he said: "We didn't have a man or woman in the drone. It would have made a big, big difference." He added that it was probably someone "loose and stupid who did it." Earlier General Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, said the shoot down was intended as "a clear message" his country will defend itself. Iran will "respond to all foreign aggression and our reaction is, and will be, categorical and absolute" he told the Tasnim news agency, which is controlled by the IRGC. "We declare that we are not looking for war but we are ready to respond to any declaration of war," he added. An oil tanker is seen after it was attacked at the Gulf of Oman Credit: Reuters Last week two oil tankers were struck by mysterious explosions in the Gulf of Oman. The United States accused Iran of using limpet mines to attack the ships on June 13. Iran has denied involvement, suggesting instead that regional rivals Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates carried out the attack to lure Donald Trump into a war with Iran. Adel al-Jubeir, the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia, called the accusation "absurd" and warned that America's Gulf allies were "determined to push back against Iran's aggressive behaviour." "The idea of closing the Strait of Hormuz would generate a very strong reaction," he told journalists in London. It was the second attack on tankers in the area in a month. In May four vessels suffered mysterious "sabotage" attacks that left them holed at the waterline. The United States has also blamed Iranian-backed groups for a string of mortar and rocket attacks on US assets in Iraq. Saudi Arabia said Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen had fired a missile into the Kingdom overnight but caused no damage. The United States military claims this Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy cutter was seen removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the tankers Credit: US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX Military tensions have risen amid a diplomatic stand-off over the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran, Britain, China, France, Germany, the United States, and the European Union, which saw Iran curtail its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. Mr Trump pulled the United States out of the deal in 2018, saying it did not adequately restrict Iran's nuclear activities and failed to address concerns about its ballistic missile program and backing of proxy militias in Iraq, Yemen, and Lebanon. In the year since, his administration has pursued a strategy of "maximum pressure" on the Iranian economy, including by trying to prevent third countries from buying Iranian oil. Iran has said it will violate the agreement by producing more enriched uranium than the deal allows if the European signatories do not find a way for it to access oil revenues by June 27. Iran's ambassador to London on Thursday said the Islamic Republic has so far seen "no concrete action" from European powers to meet that deadline. Hamid Baeidinejad said Iran will not accept US demands to re-write the nuclear deal does not believe an offer by Donald Trump for direct talks is "sincere." Additional reporting by Rozina Sabur in Washington
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| The best selling Bluetooth earbuds on Amazon are down to $14.99, an all-time low Posted: 20 Jun 2019 04:54 AM PDT ![The best selling Bluetooth earbuds on Amazon are down to $14.99, an all-time low]( "The best selling Bluetooth earbuds on Amazon are down to $14.99, an all-time low") At this point we're starting to think that nothing will ever knock the Mpow Flame Bluetooth Headphones off the top of Amazon's best-sellers list in the Bluetooth earbuds category. They've been there for nearly 2 years already, and sales like the one happening today will go a long way to keep them there for another 2 years. Clip the 5% coupon on Amazon and use the promo code D2MP088R at checkout, and you can pick up a pair of these awesome wireless earbuds for just $14.99. That's an all-time low, but this deal won't last long so hurry!Here's more info from the product page: * HD Bass Sound: With well tuned driver, advanced CSR chip and Bluetooth 4.1 technology, Mpow flame sport earbuds produce richer bass stereo sound with reinforced clarity, as well as faster pairing and enhanced wireless connection. * Long-lasting 7-9 Hours Playtime: Powerful battery offers 7-9 Hours of superior audio performance or hands-free phone conversation after charging for just 1.5 Hours. (Note: 1. Mpow flame has 12V over-voltage hardware cut off, 1a over-current restored fuse to achieve safe charging. 2. Please use charging cable provided, or certified brand charging cable. 3. We don't recommend using fast charging.) * IPX7 Waterproof Headphones: Mpow flame wireless headphones have reliable water & sweat-proof Nano-coating for worry-free use and improved durability in intense workouts or exercises in light rain. Perfect for running, jogging, hiking, yoga, exercises, gym, fitness, traveling and etc. * Enhanced Comfort & Secure Fit: Four different sizes of eartips (XS, S, M, L), one memory foam eartip and one optional wire clip are included for different ear canals and necks. A carrying case is provided for better portability. (Note: Please choose the most suitable eartips for your ears.) * CVC 6.0 Noise Cancelling Mic: With built-in CVC 6.0 noise canceling microphone, Mpow flame bluetooth headphones offer crystal clear sound quantity for hands-free calling. 18 Month Warranty: Every Mpow product includes a 45 days money-back guarantee & 18-month warranty.
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| House Dems on brink of minimum wage victory Posted: 20 Jun 2019 02:16 AM PDT  The vote is expected shortly after the House returns from its Fourth of July recess.
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| West Hollywood man who visited Dominican Republic says he fell severely ill Posted: 20 Jun 2019 08:31 AM PDT  At least nine tourists have died in the Dominican Republic in the last 12 months, several after drinking from hotel minibars.
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| Pompeo ups pressure on Russia over four MH17 accused Posted: 19 Jun 2019 07:35 PM PDT  Moscow must ensure that those charged with murder over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 face justice, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, after international investigators accused three Russians and a Ukrainian over the disaster. The trial of the four men with military and intelligence links will start in the Netherlands in March next year, although they are likely to be tried in absentia as neither Russia nor Ukraine extradites their nationals. The Dutch-led inquiry team on Wednesday said international arrest warrants had been issued for Russian nationals Igor Girkin, Sergei Dubinsky and Oleg Pulatov, and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko, all of whom are suspected of roles in the separatist Donetsk People's Republic.
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| $1 billion worth of cocaine seized in record Philadelphia bust, feds say Posted: 18 Jun 2019 05:27 PM PDT  Members of the ship's crew face federal charges after a record 16.5-ton cocaine bust in Philadelphia.
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| Georgia set to execute inmate for man's 1996 shotgun slaying Posted: 20 Jun 2019 01:39 PM PDT  Marion Wilson Jr., 42, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection of pentobarbital at 7 p.m. at the state prison in Jackson. The parole board is the only authority in Georgia that can commute a death sentence. Wilson's lawyers asked the courts to stop his execution.
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| Trump news: President tweets Iran made 'very big mistake' in shooting down drone as Putin warns of 'disastrous' prospect of war Posted: 20 Jun 2019 09:00 AM PDT  Iran's Revolutionary Guard has shot down a US drone to send a "clear message" to the Trump administration after US secretary of state Mike Pompeo blamed the regime for an attack on two foreign oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz last week — leading to Donald Trump saying that someone had made a "big mistake".Donald Trump's comment came as the US was warned by Russian president Vladimir Putin that any war between the two nations would be a "disaster". The Pentagon has meanwhile called the downing of the drone an "unprovoked attack" by Tehran in international airspace, although Iran says the drone crossed its border.On Capitol Hill, the Senate voted on legislation to block the Trump administration from selling US-made weapons to Saudi Arabia and its Gulf nation allies. This follows a decision by the UK government to halt approvals for the sale of weapons that could be used in the conflict in Yemen after its processes were ruled unlawful by the Court of Appeal.Please allow a moment for our liveblog to load
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