| The Latest: Saudi Arabia says it shot down Yemen drone Posted: 25 Jun 2019 07:35 PM PDT  Saudi Arabia says it has shot down a drone launched into the kingdom by Yemen's Iranian-allied Houthi rebels. The Houthi drone attacks have picked up amid tensions between Iran and the U.S. in the Persian Gulf as Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers unravels. President Donald Trump says Iran still takes his threats seriously even after he decided against approving strikes in retaliation for Tehran's downing of a more than $100 million American surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz.
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| I worked as a janitor to keep my student loans low. Wiping debt punishes students like me. Posted: 26 Jun 2019 02:00 AM PDT ![I worked as a janitor to keep my student loans low. Wiping debt punishes students like me.]( "I worked as a janitor to keep my student loans low. Wiping debt punishes students like me.") Not only does canceling student loan debt make the sacrifices I made meaningless, Bernie Sanders' proposal will benefit people who need help least.
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| 'I told him not to' go, mother of drowned Salvadoran migrant laments Posted: 26 Jun 2019 10:38 AM PDT  The mother of a Salvadoran man who drowned with his young daughter while trying to reach U.S. soil, becoming a global symbol of the perils of migration, said she had urged her son not to leave, fearing danger would meet him on the long journey north. A harrowing photograph of Oscar Alberto Martinez, 25, and his 24-month-old daughter Angie Valeria lying face down on the muddy banks of the Rio Grande river between the United States and Mexico ricocheted across social media this week. Speaking with Reuters from her home in the central municipality of San Martin, Rosa Ramirez, Oscar's mother, cradled two of her granddaughter's most treasured toys, a blue-eyed baby doll and a stuffed purple monkey.
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| Toy Car for a Grown Up: 2013 Camaro SS Hot Wheels Edition Posted: 25 Jun 2019 08:36 AM PDT  This special edition of the Camaro has just 824 miles on its odometer.There's a somewhat common sentiment in the automotive world stating that when people get older, their toys only get bigger. A good example of this is the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro SS Hot Wheels Edition, which adds stylistic influence from the renowned toy maker to a muscle car with a V8 engine and a manual transmission. Mutual Enterprises in Springfield, Massachusetts offers this limited-production Camaro for sale, noting that the vehicle's single owner was a collector. What makes the Hot Wheels Edition special? First, there's the striking Kinetic Blue exterior paint color, which definitely isn't going to divert any attention away from this muscle car. Additionally, there are exclusive 21-inch alloy wheels and various bits of Hot Wheels badging.Inside the cabin, you'll find a black leather interior with red stitching, and of course, there are Hot Wheels logos embroidered into the seats. Because Chevrolet based this example on the SS trim, it also features a heads up information display.Incredibly, this Camaro only has 824 miles on the odometer.The Hot Wheels Edition was available as either a 2LT V6 or a 2SS V8 model. Luckily for potential buyers, this example is the latter, with its 6.2-liter V8 engine pairing to a manual transmission to drive the rear wheels. Also, the vehicle features a dual mode exhaust, which was a factory option.Mutual Enterprises is asking $34,995 for this special edition Camaro, which seems like a pretty stellar deal, considering the car cost over $37,000 new and the Hot Wheels option package was $6,995 itself. Would you add some miles to this full-size fun toy, or would you continue to treat it as a collectible? Read More... Boosted 2016 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Murders Tires 2018 Dodge Demon Could Be Yours
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| Susan Collins of Maine is the last New England Republican in Congress. But for how long? Posted: 25 Jun 2019 02:00 AM PDT  Collins has served in the Senate for 22 years, but her opponents hope one vote can pull her down: the one she cast for Brett Kavanaugh.
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| Watch Out, Russia and China: The Navy Has a New Plan to Kill Your Submarines Posted: 25 Jun 2019 06:00 PM PDT  Small said the Navy is ultimately looking for a "family of systems."Should an enemy submarine surface well beyond undersea or surface drone detection range and send intelligence to attack platforms - US Navy platforms could be vulnerable in some instances. Fortified by targeting data from well beyond the horizon, enemy subs, planes and ships might, in this case, be well-positioned for a coordinated strike.However, should an interwoven web of Navy surveillance assets track and share vital information, coordinated surface, air and undersea drones could sustain an unprecedented advantage -- and a new attack synergy could actually begin to transform maritime warfare.Enemy mines, surface ships, small boats and submarines might be detected more quickly, but, perhaps of greater importance, cross-domain drone connectivity would completely change the sensor-to-shooter kill chain. With this in mind, Navy weapons developers have put this initiative on the fast track, with the hope of rapidly networking its fleet of surface, air and undersea drones.Submarine hunting with Textron's Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) is already breaking through to a new level of detection and attack technology, laying a foundation of progress from which to build toward a new horizon of the desired interconnected maritime drone combat. This new level of multi-domain drone networking was described at the Navy League's Sea Air Space Symposium by Capt. Pete Small, Program Manager for Unmanned Systems. Small said this is now being advanced through a collaborative effort between Naval Sea Systems Command and Naval Air Systems Command."In the command and control area we are looking to standardize protocols across UUVs, USV and UAVs," Small said. Using common protocol standards and flexible architecture, the Navy plans to solidify what Small called "a smattering of manned and unmanned systems, satellites and ground stations communicating with the right interfaces."Surface radio or GPS signals, coupled with various kinds of sonar or low-frequency undersea communications, form the foundation for emerging kinds of networking which bring the prospect of a new era of interconnectivity. Also, DARPA and BAE Systems are now working on an emerging GPS-like undersea networking technology as well."You might have a destroyer that needs to operate a UUV and a USV and link back to a shore-based command and control center. You have got to have common protocols. Every unmanned system is a little different and has its own requirements. Ships and subs have different elements. You need commonality for platform integration," Small said.
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| U.A.E. Splits With U.S. Over Blame for Oil Tanker Attack in May Posted: 26 Jun 2019 04:23 AM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- The United Arab Emirates appeared to distance itself from U.S. claims that pinned attacks on oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz on Iran."Honestly we can't point the blame at any country because we don't have evidence," Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan said on Wednesday in Moscow. "If there is a country that has the evidence, then I'm convinced that the international community will listen to it. But we need to make sure the evidence is precise and convincing."While an investigation by the U.A.E., Norway and Saudi Arabia concluded that a "state actor" was most likely behind the incident in May, no nation was singled out. Still, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton has said that Iran was almost certainly responsible.The attack predated the pair of strikes in the Gulf of Oman this month that the U.S. has also blamed on Iran. Vessels were targeted off the U.A.E. coast in May as they made their way toward the Strait of Hormuz, the world's foremost oil shipping chokepoint.Iran's foreign minister has labeled Bolton and the leaders of the U.A.E., Israel and Saudi Arabia as the "B-team" that's prodding President Donald Trump into going to war with the Islamic Republic. Trump slapped new sanctions on Tehran this week.With tensions on the rise across the Middle East, the U.A.E.'s top diplomat tried to change tack after talks in Moscow with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov."We are in a region that is tense and important for the world and we don't want more tension," said Sheikh Abdullah.\--With assistance from Zainab Fattah and Verity Ratcliffe.To contact the reporter on this story: Abbas Al Lawati in Dubai at aallawati6@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Shaji Mathew at shajimathew@bloomberg.net, Paul Abelsky, Mark WilliamsFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Sheriff: Mom abused her children, boiled puppies to death Posted: 25 Jun 2019 01:24 PM PDT  A woman beat and tortured at least some of her 15 children and forced them to watch as she brutally killed their pets, authorities said in New Mexico, the latest place where the woman and her husband have been the subject of complaints. Martha Crouch and her husband Timothy of Aztec, New Mexico, were arrested Monday following interviews with a number of their adult and young children living in different states, according to court records. It was not immediately clear if all the allegations made by the children had been verified by authorities.
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| UPDATE 5-U.S. regulator cites new flaw on grounded Boeing 737 MAX Posted: 26 Jun 2019 01:07 PM PDT ![UPDATE 5-U.S. regulator cites new flaw on grounded Boeing 737 MAX]( "UPDATE 5-U.S. regulator cites new flaw on grounded Boeing 737 MAX") WASHINGTON/SEATTLE, June 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has identified a new risk that Boeing Co must address on its 737 MAX before the grounded jet can return to service, the agency said on Wednesday. The risk was discovered during a simulator test last week and it is not yet clear if the issue can be addressed with a software upgrade or will require a more complex hardware fix, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The FAA did not elaborate on the latest setback for Boeing, which has been working to get its best-selling airplane back in the air following a worldwide grounding in March in the wake of two deadly crashes within five months.
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| Trump sexual assault accuser E Jean Carroll considers police complaint Posted: 24 Jun 2019 11:34 PM PDT  * Writer open to working with NYPD in criminal investigation * Carroll to CNN: 'He pulled down my tights. There was a fight' E Jean Carroll in New York on Sunday. She told CNN: 'I want women to know I did not stand there, I did not freeze, I was not paralysed. No, I fought.' Photograph: Craig Ruttle/APE Jean Carroll, the celebrated advice columnist who has accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s, has said she is considering bringing a complaint to the New York police department (NYPD).In a lengthy interview with CNN on Monday, Carroll said she would be open to working with the NYPD in a criminal investigation into the attack she alleges happened in the Manhattan store of Bergdorf Goodman in late 1995 or early 1996."I would consider it," she said. However, she added that lawyers had advised her that the statute of limitations deadline by which such a complaint would have had to be brought has expired.The advice columnist, whose column Ask E Jean has been a popular feature of Elle for almost 30 years, broke her bombshell allegations in New York magazine on Friday. Her comments to CNN were the first time she has been seen on camera telling her story. The book in which it appears will be published next Tuesday.Trump has issued blanket denials of the claims. On Saturday he said he had "no idea" who Carroll was, despite a photograph existing of the two meeting in a social setting from the late 1980s. And in an interview with The Hill on Monday, Trump again dismissed the allegations, adding, "she's not my type".The "not my type" remark is not the first time Trump has disparaged an accuser. In 2016, after a former magazine writer accused Trump of assaulting her in 2005, he responded: "She lies! Look at her, I don't think so." And when another woman claimed Trump groped her in the early 1980s, he said: "Believe me she would not be my first choice."Responding to the president's comments on CNN, Carroll said: "I love that I'm not his type."The president has suggested that Carroll's allegations are designed to make money out of book sales. He has also floated the theory that this is a political conspiracy to discredit him in the week he launched his campaign for re-election.Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York who is running for the Democratic nomination to face Trump in 2020, said on Saturday that were Carroll to come forward with her allegations, he would authorise a police investigation. "We will find out the truth," he said.But the reaction to Carroll's allegations has been strangely muted. In live interviews on Sunday, the vice-president, Mike Pence, was not asked once about the fresh claims of sexual assault made against his boss.The New York Times, which carried Carroll's allegations and Trump's subsequent denial on Friday, has launched a reader's editor inquiry into why its 800-word account of Carroll's allegations was not promoted to the first page until Saturday and only belatedly made it into the paper on Sunday.Some who wrote in to complain questioned whether the lack of prominence revealed deference to the president, misogyny or an unwillingness to believe a victim's account.The paper's executive editor, Dean Baquet, said on Monday that critics were correct that the article had been downplayed. "The fact that a well-known person was making a very public allegation against a sitting president 'should've compelled us to play it bigger'," Baquet conceded in conversation with the paper's Reader Center.The New York Post removed a story about Carroll's allegations on Friday afternoon. CNN Business reported on Monday that Col Allen, a supporter of Trump and an adviser to the paper, had ordered the removal.Carroll has also been forced to defend her accusations, which could be considered a step away from blaming the victim. She strongly denied to CNN that she was politically motivated in describing the alleged attack in her book What Do We Need Men For?"I'm barely political. I can't name you the candidates who are running right now," she said.Carroll said she was suffering as a result of coming forward. She has received death threats on social media, she said, and fears her career in journalism might be in peril."Who knows? Donald Trump has gotten people fired," she said.Carroll gave CNN further vivid details of the attack she says she endured when Trump took her into a dressing room in the lingerie department of the department store."The minute he closed that door I was banged up against the wall, hit my head really hard," she said. "Boom. I was stunned, and then he tried to kiss me, which was repulsive."She went on: "My reaction was to laugh to knock off the erotic thing he had going on, but no, he just went at it. He pulled down my tights. There was a fight. I want women to know I did not stand there, I did not freeze, I was not paralysed. No, I fought."The CNN presenter Alisyn Camerota put it to the writer that what she was describing was an unambiguous case of legal rape. Carroll declined to agree.She said: "I don't use the word. I have difficulty with the word. I see it as a fight. I don't want to be seen as a victim because I quickly went past [it]. It was a very brief episode of my life. I'm very careful with that word."Camerota is well versed in the difficulties women face in cases of sexual misconduct. In April 2017 she revealed she was sexually harassed by Roger Ailes, the late and ousted Fox News chair, while she was a presenter on that channel.Were Carroll to go to the NYPD, it is by no means certain a case could be mounted, given statute of limitations concerns. New York state removed the five-year statute of limitations for first-degree rape in 2006 but it did not do so retroactively, meaning that all cases that fell before that year – as Carroll's allegations do – are not freed from the restriction.That potentially insurmountable roadblock notwithstanding, there are aspects of Carroll's case that would be of interest to NYPD detectives. She has kept the clothes that she was wearing during the alleged assault in her closet, where they remain unlaundered to this day.Carroll's clothing is an echo of the blue cocktail dress worn by Monica Lewinsky, which carried DNA evidence that became important in the impeachment of Bill Clinton. Asked by Camerota if she thought her dress could similarly have Trump's DNA on it, Carroll replied: "I have no idea whether the president ejaculated."Carroll was asked at length why she had not come forward during the 2016 campaign, and had waited until now. She said that for years she had blamed herself and thought of herself as stupid.But she said she had watched a pattern developing with 16 or more women coming forward to accuse Trump of sexual misconduct – she had thought "they were doing the job", she said – only for Trump to get away with it."With all the women it's the same: he denies it, he turns it around, he attacks and he threatens – and then everybody forgets it until the next woman comes along. I am sick of it. I am sick of it."
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| Skydiving plane in Hawaii crash was involved in previous terrifying incident Posted: 25 Jun 2019 08:58 AM PDT  The skydiving plane that crashed in Hawaii on Friday, killing all 11 aboard, had been involved in a terrifying incident before that.
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| Saudi envoy blasts UN expert's report on Khashoggi killing Posted: 26 Jun 2019 09:31 AM PDT  In what amounted to a face-off at the U.N's top human rights body, Ambassador Abdulaziz Alwasil insisted that special rapporteur Agnes Callamard had failed to follow proper procedures and used flawed sourcing in her 101-page report made public last week. "Accusations have been launched, and fingers have been pointed — (she is) supporting herself on non-credible articles or sources," he told the Human Rights Council, in Arabic through a U.N. interpreter.
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| Prosecutors outline details of congressman's alleged affairs in campaign finance case Posted: 25 Jun 2019 11:44 AM PDT  Prosecutors alleged in a Monday court filing that Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., used campaign funds to carry out multiple affairs over at least seven years with congressional staffers and lobbyists.
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| Supreme Court’s Conservative Justices Weigh Scrapping Another Precedent Posted: 26 Jun 2019 10:20 AM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority may be ready to overturn a longstanding precedent for the third time in recent weeks -- perhaps foreshadowing the vulnerability of its rulings on abortion rights.The justices will rule as early as Wednesday on a business-backed bid to overturn decades-old decisions that give federal agencies broad power to say what their regulations mean.The case is one of eight rulings due before the justices' term ends this week. The court also plans to rule on gerrymandered voting maps and the Trump administration's bid to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.Another precedent-toppling ruling would extend a pattern that already has liberal justices sounding alarms. They've hinted that the five conservative justices may be eyeing the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which legalized abortion nationwide."Today's decision can only cause one to wonder which cases the court will overrule next," dissenting Justice Stephen Breyer wrote last month when the court overruled a 1979 precedent to say that states are immune from private suits in another state's courts."Well, that didn't take long," Justice Elena Kagan wrote 39 days later when the court overturned part of a 1985 ruling and said people could go directly to federal court to claim that a government regulation unconstitutionally took private property without compensation. "Now one may wonder yet again."Both of those were 5-4 decisions, with Chief Justice John Roberts and the other Republican appointees -- Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh -- in the majority.Ducking AbortionSo far, the court has largely sidestepped the explosive topic of abortion. In May, the court turned away Indiana's bid to bar abortions based on a fetus's race or gender or a risk of genetic disorder -- an appeal that could have raised new doubts about Roe. The justices did uphold a separate Indiana law requiring clinics to bury or cremate fetal remains.The court could provide new signals about its intentions on abortion this week. The justices are due to say whether they'll consider Alabama's effort to ban the most common method used for women in their second trimester of pregnancy.The court under Roberts has actually overturned precedents at a slower rate than previous courts, says Jonathan Adler, a constitutional law professor at Case Western Reserve School of Law. Before this term started, the Roberts court had issued only 13 rulings that overturned a precedent, according to data from the Government Printing Office, he says.But Roberts, who took his seat in 2005, has never had a conservative majority as reliable as the one he got when the Senate confirmed Kavanaugh to succeed the retired Anthony Kennedy."It is certainly possible either that the court may become more aggressive going forward or that the cases in which the court reconsiders precedents will have a greater ideological uniformity," Adler said.Adler is among those urging the court to overturn a 1997 ruling, Auer v. Robbins, that requires judges to defer to a federal agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as long as its approach is reasonable.Business groups say that ruling, along with a related 1945 decision, leads to onerous and unpredictable rules and leaves companies vulnerable to penalties when an agency shifts its thinking. Defenders of the rulings say they give agencies flexibility to account for changing circumstances.Religion and GerrymandersThe regulation, property-rights and sovereign-immunity cases are among the four appeals this term that squarely asked the justices to topple at least one precedent.The fourth one split the court in an unusual way last week. The court had been asked to overturn a rule that lets states and the federal government file separate criminal charges over the same conduct without violating the Constitution's ban on double jeopardy.The court refused on a 7-2 vote, reaffirming precedents dating to the middle of the 19th century. Alito's majority opinion said the case for keeping precedents "grows in proportion to their antiquity." An unlikely pair of justices -- Gorsuch and liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- dissented.Three other cases have raised questions about precedents, though less directly. In backing hunting rights in Wyoming for the Crow Indian Tribe, a majority that included the four liberals and Gorsuch said an 1896 ruling had previously been "repudiated."In ruling last week that a 40-foot cross could remain in a Maryland public intersection as a war memorial, a majority of justices criticized, without overruling, a 1971 decision that set up a three-part test for assessing whether government support for religion goes too far.And the gerrymandering cases could topple a 1986 ruling that said voting maps could be challenged as too partisan, though the justices in that case couldn't agree on a standard for doing so. Paul Clement, the lawyer defending a Republican-drawn North Carolina congressional map, told Roberts during arguments in March that the court might need to overturn that ruling.'Jolt to the System'At the center of it all is Roberts, who said in his 2005 Senate confirmation hearing that overruling a precedent is a "jolt to the legal system." He has tended to take a multi-step approach toward questioning a precedent, signaling concern in a preliminary case before voting to overturn it altogether."His favorite methodology seems to be to essentially chip away at cases in various steps so that the day that the case is actually overruled it's really not even news, it's been coming for a couple of years," Clement said last month at a symposium co-hosted by the conservative Heritage Foundation and Bradley Foundation.Writing the majority opinion in the property-rights case last week, Roberts said the 1985 Williamson County v. Hamilton Bank ruling relied on "exceptionally ill-founded reasoning," had been repeatedly criticized by justices over the years and had proven "unworkable in practice."It's still too early to judge how Roberts will act toward precedents now that he has a stronger conservative majority, Adler said."Like a lot of people I'm curious if the chief is going to become more aggressive, but I'm not willing to say that we can be sure of that yet," said Adler.To contact the reporter on this story: Greg Stohr in Washington at gstohr@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Joe Sobczyk at jsobczyk@bloomberg.net, Laurie Asséo, John HarneyFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Oklahoma woman caught on own CCTV camera firebombing and shooting into neighbour’s home Posted: 26 Jun 2019 08:26 AM PDT  An Oklahoma woman was arrested after being caught on camera firing gunshots and throwing a lit towel into her next door neighbour's home. Firefighters were called to the burning property in Del City on June 10th, responding to 911 calls that reported flames coming from the garage door.Having contained the blaze, fire investigators learned there was an ongoing conflict between the owner of the burnt home and the next door neighbour, Annie Durham, 59.Shocking footage of the incident was captured on CCTV, showing Durham firing two shots into the side of the home before throwing a flaming object into the door, setting the house ablaze.The video released by the Del City Fire Department came from the accused woman's own surveillance camera.According to the fire department, Durham was initially resistant to giving up the footage, claiming the camera had not been switched on.However, it was eventually obtained with the help of the City Police Department's Computer Forensic Division.Durham was arrested on Monday June 17 and is charged with second degree arson and discharge of a firearm into a dwelling.
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| US FAA: Boeing must address new issue on 737 MAX Posted: 26 Jun 2019 05:45 PM PDT  US regulators said Wednesday Boeing must address a new "potential risk" in the Boeing 737 MAX, further clouding the timeframe for resuming service on the planes after two deadly crashes. The Federal Aviation Administration "will lift the aircraft's prohibition order when we deem it is safe to do so," the agency said in an email. Boeing said the software fix for the 737 MAX that it has been developing for the last eight months does not currently address the matter.
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| Eric Trump says he was spit on at Chicago cocktail lounge Posted: 26 Jun 2019 09:49 AM PDT  President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump said the U.S. Secret Service took an employee of a Chicago cocktail lounge into custody after she spit on him. Eric Trump told Breitbart News in a telephone interview that it was "purely a disgusting act by somebody who clearly has emotional problems." He implied that the incident was an example of Democrats' showing frustration for the successes of his father's Republican administration.
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| Here’s what Samsung’s Galaxy Fold 2 could look like Posted: 25 Jun 2019 11:48 AM PDT  If you rewind the clock back a bit to before Samsung's disastrous aborted launch of its Galaxy Fold smartphone that was supposed to have been in April, you may recall the company's lofty ambitious that looked beyond the first iteration of this new device. We were hearing estimates last year that Samsung wanted to start the Galaxy Fold's initial production run at a minimum of 1 million units and that the Fold also wouldn't be a one-off. That the company, in other words, was hoping to release a new version of the foldable phone every year, the same way it does with its Galaxy flagship devices.Fast forward to today. We still don't know when Samsung will try again for a release the Galaxy Fold, but it does appear the company is still thinking beyond it, in terms of other foldable devices.A new report out of Korea sheds light on future Samsung foldable smartphones, noting that at least two new foldables are currently in the works.In terms of the design, one of them -- perhaps the Galaxy Fold 2 -- is mentioned as folding vertically, with a sort of clamshell form factor and sporting a 6.7-inch OLED display. It's rumored to be set for a 2020 launch, which of course should be taken with a grain of salt since we still don't have Samsung's first try at this new kind of device yet.According to the report, this next foldable will be differentiated from what Samsung was trying to do with the original Galaxy Fold, which was an attempt to combine elements of a smartphone and tablet. The focus this next time around will supposedly be on "portability," and it will fold inward.The other thing this new report stresses is that foldables are still very much a part of Samsung's long-term product roadmap. The company will even reportedly house these devices within a new product family and use them as a possible new vehicle for energizing the somewhat stagnant smartphone market, thanks to customers that have gotten too-used to boring rectangular slabs that, at a high level, look and operate pretty similarly these days.All in all, certainly interesting, but look. Samsung is nothing if not an incredibly ambitious consumer electronics giant, and it's good to see an appetite for experimentation. We still need to see a lot more evidence, however, before we'll be convinced that mainstream users will regard foldable smartphones as The Next Big Thing. Best of luck, though!
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| NATO calls on Russia to destroy new missile, warns of response Posted: 25 Jun 2019 03:31 AM PDT  NATO urged Russia on Tuesday to destroy a new missile before an August deadline and save a treaty that keeps land-based nuclear warheads out of Europe or face a more determined alliance response in the region. NATO defense ministers will discuss on Wednesday their next steps if Moscow keeps the missile system that the United States says would allow short-notice nuclear attacks on Europe and break the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).
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| New-gen Raspberry Pi out now from $35 Posted: 25 Jun 2019 02:57 AM PDT  The Raspberry Pi Foundation has unveiled the fourth-generation version of its famous compact and affordable single-board computer. The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B is out now, priced from $35.
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| Man slashes own throat in court during trial for murder of Tinder date Posted: 25 Jun 2019 01:11 PM PDT  A man accused of killing his roommate's Tinder date slashed his own neck during the murder trial on Monday while screaming in the courtroom. Aubrey Trail, a 52-year-old from Nebraska, yelled "Bailey is innocent, and I curse you all" before swiping something across his neck.Deputies rushed to help Mr Trail as he lay bleeding on the floor. Mr Trail was referring to his 25-year-old former roommate Bailey Boswell when he cut himself. The two have been charged with first-degree murder in the killing and dismemberment of 24-year-old Sydney Loofe. It was unclear how badly Mr Trail was injured during the incident. The judge presiding over the case ordered the jury to return on Tuesday morning.Authorities said Mr Trail has suffered declining health while in custody. He reportedly had a stroke and two heart attacks since his arrest.Ms Loofe went missing in November 2017 after going on a date with Mr Boswell, who she reportedly met on the dating app Tinder. Mr Trail was Mr Boswell's roommate at the time of the alleged murder.Prosecutors have said the two men planned Ms Loofe's abduction and killing. Mr Trail's attorneys have argued her death was the result of an accident that occurred during a consensual sex fantasy. Mr Boswell is still awaiting trial.Additional reporting by AP
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| Viral video shows man dumping bucket of water on homeless woman from San Francisco rooftop Posted: 26 Jun 2019 09:46 AM PDT  The San Francisco Police Department classifies the attack as a misdemeanor battery, and will investigate if the victim comes forward.
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| Joe Biden keeps stepping in it – and voters couldn’t care less Posted: 25 Jun 2019 02:02 AM PDT ![Joe Biden keeps stepping in it – and voters couldn't care less]( "Joe Biden keeps stepping in it – and voters couldn't care less") None of the controversies that have buffeted the Biden campaign, including the most recent one, have damaged his standing in the polls.
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| NASA's Methane Discovery Could Point to Life on Mars Posted: 25 Jun 2019 06:00 AM PDT  NASA is being cautious, but the new discovery challenges past assumptions.
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| Baby rescued from plastic bag in Georgia Posted: 25 Jun 2019 01:49 PM PDT  Georgia sheriff's office realeased dramatic body-cam video showing the rescue of a newborn girl who was found alive inside a plastic bag in the woods. (June 25)
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| Iran unbowed by US 'insults', says supreme leader Khamenei Posted: 26 Jun 2019 04:54 AM PDT  Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that his country remains unbowed by pressure exerted by the United States and its "insults" against the Islamic republic. Tehran and Washington have engaged in an escalating war of words following Iran's shooting down of a US drone last week. Pressure mounted this week with US President Donald Trump announcing sanctions on Khamenei and other top Iranian officials.
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| FedEx loses $2 billion, warns of headwinds in coming year Posted: 25 Jun 2019 05:10 PM PDT  FedEx Corp. posted weak quarterly results in its core express business and warned Tuesday that its profit in the year ahead will be hurt by slowing growth in the world economy and the decision to drop a contract with retail giant Amazon. The delivery company reported a quarterly loss of nearly $2 billion. FedEx started a new fiscal year this month, and Chief Financial Officer Alan Graf said the company's performance, especially at FedEx Express, is being hurt by continued weakness in global trade and industrial production.
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| Authorities in Utah release new photos of last time missing college student seen in public Posted: 26 Jun 2019 06:01 AM PDT  Police issued a public appeal for a person last seen with a University of Utah student before she disappeared more than a week ago.
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| Senate passes border aid bill, sends it to House Posted: 26 Jun 2019 09:07 AM PDT  The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a $4.6 billion bill to address the migrant surge at the border with Mexico, setting up a negotiation with the House of Representatives and President Donald Trump over the funds and how they should be spent. The Republican president, who spoke with Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday, told reporters he believed Pelosi "wants to get something done." He was optimistic about a congressional solution to help U.S. officials at the border who say they are overwhelmed by the surge of migrants. Congressional leaders have a choice between a bill from the Republican-controlled Senate and a more restrictive $4.5 billion bill passed by the Democratic-led House on Tuesday night.
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| 2018 Dodge Demon Could Be Yours Posted: 25 Jun 2019 07:23 AM PDT  The Demon is a truly wicked modern classic muscle car. Few cars, modern or from any time period, can match the pure attitude of this 2018 Dodge Demon. While the pictures certainly make it apparent this is no regular Dodge Challenger, to see one in person you get the full effect. Even people who don't normally pay attention to cars will stop and notice this one. It's loud and the exterior screams aggression. This is the ride you want to turn heads and draw loads of stares. You have Petty's Garage to thank for the opportunity to own this car.The powertrain setup on the Demon is the stuff of legends. Out of the factory the 2.7-liter supercharger gulps tons of air. It feeds the 6.2-liter V8 engine with glee, pushing a peak 808-horsepower. It gets even better with a 3.09:1 gearing for the rear, dual fuel pumps, and so much more. NHRA certified it as the world's fastest production car for the quarter mile with a time of 9.65 seconds at 140 mph.Adding to the sinister nature of this car is the all-black exterior. The silky smooth paint job showcases the super wide ram air intake in the hood, the fender bulges, and even make the red Demon logos just in front of the doors jump out. An absence of brightwork almost screams at onlookers that they should be in awe to behold such a muscle machine.Of course, Petty's Garage has added some extra goodies to a car that's already loaded, making it that much sweeter. You get a Petty's Garage rear racing spoiler and custom painted graphics. In addition, the car rolls on custom 20-inch wheels with Continental tires for an even more compelling setup.You can't go wrong investing in a Demon. People lined up for the opportunity to buy one when it was announced, thanks to plenty of press about the crazy horsepower output and other details. It's a car people will remember fondly for some time. This particular 2018 Dodge Demon is Number 0043 off the production line. More American Cars 2016 Dodge Charger Scat Pack Gets Petty's Power Upgrade Pristine 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 On The Market
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| Jussie Smollett: Chicago police share previously unseen video of rope around actor's neck Posted: 25 Jun 2019 07:34 AM PDT  In video shared by Chicago police, Jussie Smollett is seen wearing a noose, and men are seen buying supplies to carry out the allegedly-staged attack.
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| Microsoft might beat Apple to market with an ARM-powered laptop Posted: 25 Jun 2019 04:06 PM PDT  Apple is expected to replace Intel chips that typically power MacBooks with ARM-based creations of its own, and we keep seeing rumors pointing in that direction. But while Apple hasn't confirmed that it's working on A-series processors that could deliver desktop-grade performance, its partner (and rival) Qualcomm has already launched a bunch of ARM processors that can run Windows.The latest one is the Snapdragon 8cx that has been engineered specifically for notebook use. And that's the platform Microsoft might use on an upcoming Surface laptop.Windows Central's Zac Bowden said on Twitter that the latest Surface codename to keep an eye out for is "Excalibur," which is reportedly powered by an 8cx processor:https://twitter.com/zacbowden/status/1143220716273356801Just a couple of months ago, we saw a Snapdragon 8cx laptop at Computex 2019, meant to demo 5G connectivity on notebooks. Qualcomm, of course, is also pushing its 5G chips, which power several of the 5G smartphones that are available in stores, including the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G and the OnePlus 7 Pro 5G.At the time, Qualcomm partnered with Lenovo on the "Project Limitless" device, although we have no idea when this laptop will launch. Microsoft, on the other hand, is already rumored to be working on dual-display and foldable devices, with a foldable Surface tablet/laptop expected in the first half of 2020. It's unclear whether the Excalibur is related to any of these products. However, using a Snapdragon 8cx platform, complete with 5G connectivity on a foldable device, makes a great deal of sense.Intel chips have powered all of Microsoft's Surface models to date. Many future Surface laptops will likely continue to rely on Intel chips, but having Microsoft launch an ARM-based Surface would put even more pressure on Intel, as well as signal to other vendors that Windows on ARM is a real alternative.As for Apple, the company is expected to deliver a novel 16-inch MacBook Pro this fall, although the laptop will probably run on Intel chips. Other MacBook lines will also see refreshes, but there's no indication that an ARM-based MacBook will launch this year.
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| Boris Johnson Predicts ‘Million-to-One’ Chance of No-Deal Brexit Posted: 26 Jun 2019 04:01 PM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- Boris Johnson zigzagged back to a softer Brexit stance, saying there was a "million to one" chance he'd lead Britain into a chaotic split from Europe, as lawmakers maneuvered to make sure he couldn't even if he wanted to.On Tuesday, the front-runner to be Britain's next prime minister had pledged to leave the European Union on Oct. 31, with or without a deal. "Do or die, come what may," he said. A day later he was walking that back, saying he didn't expect Britain to end up in no-deal limbo."I don't think that's where we're going to end up. I think it's a million to one against, but it is vital that we prepare," he told a leadership contest event Wednesday.Johnson has built a broad coalition of supporters within the Conservative Party, from arch-Brexiteers to modernizers who wanted to stay in the bloc. He has taken turns to offer each side what they want to hear -- both in public and in private. The pound was unchanged.Read more: When Boris Johnson Talks Brexit, MPs Hear What They Want to HearMembers of Parliament who oppose a no-deal split because they fear the economic consequences are trying to use the tools of Parliament to prevent the next prime minister leaving without an agreement.They succeeded in forcing May to seek an extension earlier this year, but a recent maneuver failed and they now risk running out of time.Conservative MP Dominic Grieve has proposed an amendment to government spending limits that would forbid the government from spending money on some areas if there had been a no-deal Brexit that wasn't approved by Parliament. A vote could come next Tuesday.It's not clear if it will succeed: The move could be too drastic, and too soon, for many of the MPs who are preparing to fight a no-deal Brexit.Navigating ParliamentJohnson's rival for the premiership, Jeremy Hunt, also wants to renegotiate May's Brexit deal, and says he would leave the bloc without an agreement if it were the only option. But unlike Johnson, he's prepared to extend the Oct. 31 deadline if a new accord were in reach.Johnson's softer tone late Wednesday contrasted with comments made by members of his team earlier in the day. Two colleagues signaled a willingness to ignore Parliament if it tried to block a no-deal Brexit."We will leave at the end of October, come what may, that is the legal default position, and Parliament does not have the means to overturn that," Andrea Leadsom told the BBC.Earlier, Dominic Raab told BBC radio that any motion from MPs to urge Johnson to change course would have "zero legal effect." Johnson took a more conciliatory line Wednesday, saying he was not "attracted to archaic devices" such as proroguing, or suspending, Parliament in order to ensure the U.K. leaves on time.Johnson indicated he's banking on Parliament to approve a revised Brexit deal. He sees an outbreak of "common sense" among lawmakers and said the politics of the country have changed since March 29, the day the U.K. was meant to leave the EU, and the last time May tried to push her much hated agreement through the House of Commons.Hunt and Johnson agreed that a general election before Brexit is delivered would bring a disastrous result for the party. Hunt said the Conservatives would be "thrashed" in a general election, putting opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in power.Read more: Johnson's Backers Eye Early U.K. Election, Despite Brexit CrisisJohnson said that "it would be absolutely crazy for any of us to think of going to the country and calling a general election before we get Brexit done."They also agreed that the residency rights of EU citizens in the U.K. -- part of the divorce deal -- should be guaranteed. And Johnson used the event on Wednesday to set out his vision for post-Brexit immigration: He wants an Australian-style points system that would favor skilled workers, and restrict unskilled labor flows -- a key promise of the referendum campaign in 2016.To contact the reporters on this story: Jessica Shankleman in London at jshankleman@bloomberg.net;Robert Hutton in London at rhutton1@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Emma Ross-Thomas at erossthomas@bloomberg.net, ;Tim Ross at tross54@bloomberg.net, Robert JamesonFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Tom Brady posts selfie with longtime rival Peyton Manning: 'We were friends this whole time' Posted: 26 Jun 2019 09:32 AM PDT  These quarterbacks may have been bitter rivals on the gridiron, but off of it, they're just a couple of buddies taking selfies.
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| On Watch in the Arabian Gulf: What the U.S. Navy Faces Against Iran Posted: 25 Jun 2019 04:00 AM PDT  As tensions rise with Iran, a former admiral remembers his own time in the Arabian Gulf and explains what U.S. sailors are facing today.
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| GOP Rep: Trump Hatred Could Be Driving Reports of Awful Conditions at Detention Centers Posted: 24 Jun 2019 09:09 PM PDT  MSNBCAmid reports of migrant children suffering in inhumane and squalid conditions at Texas border detention centers, Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) suggested on Monday night the reports could be untrue because of the hatred many feel for the president.Appearing on MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes, the Texas lawmaker was asked by host Chris Hayes whether he agreed that "these kinds of conditions are appalling and unacceptable," something Burgess was unwilling to fully concede.Noting that "it's always been tough" at a number of facilities at the border, Burgess went on to describe the Custom and Border Patrol agents as heroes, insisting that they don't get enough credit for the humane work they do. Hayes, meanwhile, pressed the congressman to address the conditions at the facilities, specifically at the center in Clint, Texas, where hundreds of young migrants were reportedly detained in a "chaotic scene of sickness and filth." Following the reports of overcrowding and inadequate food and sanitation, all but 30 children were removed from the center.Burgess, however, asserted that he hadn't seen anything like that at the centers he'd visited, causing Hayes to ask if Burgess thought reporters and lawyers were "making it up." Once again, the Republican lawmaker insisted that wasn't what he'd seen, noting that he hadn't been to the Clint facility."You think this is fictional?!" Hayes exclaimed."I don't know if it's hyperbole," Burgess replied. "I know that the hatred for this president is so intense, people are liable to say anything. I got to go look for myself and see for myself."Moments later, Hayes confronted Burgess over reports that children in the facilities had "lice crawling through their heads," causing the congressman to claim that the kids "arrive with the lice.""You don't know that," the MSNBC host exploded. "You do not know that!""I do," Burgess stated.Hayes pushed back and pointed to reports that children in the Clint facility had contracted the flu there, leading Burgess to bring up another facility altogether."That is not true. When I was down in McAllen—" Burgess said, prompting Hayes to fire back that they were talking about Clint and the lawmaker had admitted he hadn't been there."I just talked to the lawyer who was just in Clint, Texas," the All In host exclaimed. "You just told me you're not in Clint, Texas. You don't know what they got."Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Mexico will not detain migrants at US border: president Posted: 25 Jun 2019 08:16 AM PDT  Mexico's president said Tuesday the 15,000 troops his government has deployed to the US border do not have orders to stop migrants from crossing, and vowed to investigate a controversial detention last week. "No such order has been issued, and we are going to review that case, so that it doesn't happen again, because that's not our job," President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told a press conference. The statement contradicts what Lopez Obrador's own defense minister said Monday in a joint press conference with the president.
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| UPDATE 7-AbbVie looks beyond Humira with $63 bln deal for Botox-maker Allergan Posted: 25 Jun 2019 03:47 AM PDT ![UPDATE 7-AbbVie looks beyond Humira with $63 bln deal for Botox-maker Allergan]( "UPDATE 7-AbbVie looks beyond Humira with $63 bln deal for Botox-maker Allergan") Drugmaker AbbVie Inc said on Tuesday it would acquire Allergan Plc for about $63 billion, giving AbbVie control over the lucrative wrinkle treatment Botox and buying time to seek new growth before its blockbuster arthritis treatment Humira loses U.S. patent protection. AbbVie has long been under pressure to diversify its portfolio and its shares have lost more than a third of their value since January 2018 over concerns about Humira. AbbVie Chief Executive Richard Gonzalez said the company was able to buy Allergan because of the massive amount of cash that Humira generates.
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| Booking fall travel or holiday flights? Here's how to find out if it's on a Boeing 737 Max Posted: 25 Jun 2019 01:32 PM PDT  Southwest, American, United and Alaska airlines are all selling flights scheduled on the Max for post-Labor Day travel.
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