| Trump is elevating judges who could gut the Voting Rights Act Posted: 12 Feb 2020 10:51 AM PST  Fresh from handing President Trump a victory in his impeachment trial, the U.S. Senate has moved to install federal judges who have expressed disdain for the Voting Rights Act.
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| YouTube Removes Clip of Rand Paul Speaking on Senate Floor, Citing Concern He Named Ukraine Whistleblower Posted: 13 Feb 2020 05:08 AM PST  YouTube removed a clip of Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.) speaking on the Senate floor, in which he asked why Chief Justice John Roberts had blocked a question of his, which some have speculated contained the name of the Ukraine whistleblower.Paul told Politico Playbook that the tech platform's decision was "dangerous and politically biased," and denied knowing who the whistleblower was. "Nowhere in my speech did I accuse anyone of being a whistleblower," he stated."It is a chilling and disturbing day in America when giant web companies such as YouTube decide to [censor] speech. Now, even protected speech, such as that of a senator on the Senate floor, can be blocked from getting to the American people," Paul added.YouTube told Politico that the decision was part of a larger effort to purge the name from the platform, and said that the company had already deleted "hundreds of videos and over ten thousand comments that contained the name.""Videos, comments, and other forms of content that mention the leaked whistleblower's name violate YouTube's Community Guidelines and will be removed from YouTube," YouTube spokeswoman Ivy Choi said. She added that uploaders had "the option" to edit the name out of their footage and re-upload.After Roberts — who was tasked with reading aloud questions submitted by senators during the impeachment trial — refused to read Paul's question on January 29, Paul submitted a second question the next day, and left the trial to hold an impromptu press conference after Roberts blocked the question a second time."It's very important whether or not a group of Democratic activists part of the Obama, Biden administration were working together for years looking for an opportunity to impeach the president," Paul said, claiming his question had nothing to do with the whistleblower.> Sen. @RandPaul: "It's very important whether or not a group of Democratic activists part of the Obama, Biden administration were working together for years looking for an opportunity to impeach the president." https://t.co/e0kl6NUKFH pic.twitter.com/TAnetrmc40> > -- The Hill (@thehill) January 30, 2020"I'm the biggest defender of the whistleblower statutes," Paul added, but argued that Democrats "shouldn't be able to use statutes to somehow make a whole part of the discussion over this impeachment go away."
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| US woman wanted for husband's 2002 death arrested in Rome Posted: 13 Feb 2020 06:20 AM PST  An American woman wanted in the 2002 death of her husband, whose remains were so badly burned they weren't identified for more than a decade, was arrested in Rome after a multinational search, police said Thursday. Rome police arrested Beverly McCallum, 59, overnight after she and her teenage son checked into a Rome hotel on the northwest outskirts of the Italian capital. Italian hotels are required to register guests in an online system linked to a police database.
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| Latinos gave over $23M in 2019 to Democrats in presidential race Posted: 13 Feb 2020 05:32 AM PST  The lion's share, $8.3 million, went to Bernie Sanders, who leads in Latino contributions in almost every state and city.
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| The coronavirus has reportedly spread to North Korea. Experts say the country isn't equipped to fight it. Posted: 13 Feb 2020 08:39 AM PST  Reports say the novel coronavirus has spread to North Korea. But the isolated country's "crumbling" healthcare system may not be equipped to fight it.
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| Scientists discover 'baby giant' exoplanet already 10 times the mass of Jupiter Posted: 12 Feb 2020 11:39 AM PST  Scientists just discovered a "baby giant" planet closer to Earth than any other — a mere 330 light years away.The exoplanet — a planet beyond our solar system — was discovered by scientists at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and the findings were published in Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society.Named 2MASS 1155-7919 b, the planet has an uncommonly wide orbit around its "parent" star — 600 times farther than the distance between Earth and the sun. The origin of systems so far from their parent star are the "subject of vigorous debate," according to the findings. Scientists are hoping to further study 2Mass 1155-7919 b to understand how giant planets can have such wide orbits, per a press release from RIT.The planet's parent star is just 5 million years old, making it 1,000 times younger than the sun, per the release.2Mass 1155-7919 b is an infant, so it's likely still in the process of forming, said Annie Dickson-Vandervelde, lead author of the paper. But it's already roughly 10 times the mass of Jupiter, one of the gas giants in our solar system. The new planet was discovered using data from the Gaia space observatory, which was launched in 2013 by the European Space Agency.More stories from theweek.com Andrew Yang asks his gang to support Democrats everywhere in DNC email blast The sidelining of Elizabeth Warren The Don seizes the Justice Department
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| Vietnam quarantines area with 10,000 residents over coronavirus Posted: 12 Feb 2020 10:37 PM PST  Villages in Vietnam with 10,000 people close to the nation's capital were placed under quarantine on Thursday after six cases of the deadly new coronavirus were discovered there, authorities said. The locking down of the commune of Son Loi, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Hanoi, is the first mass quarantine outside of China since the virus emerged from a central Chinese city late last year. "As of February 13, 2020, we will urgently implement the task of isolation and quarantine of the epidemic area in Son Loi commune," said a health ministry statement.
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| Alternate History: What If Nixon Didn't Help to Break up China and the Soviet Union? Posted: 13 Feb 2020 12:00 PM PST  No historic trip to China?
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| U.S. reports 15th coronavirus case; White House bashes China's response Posted: 13 Feb 2020 07:18 AM PST  A patient who was among the Americans evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan - the epicenter of the outbreak - and placed under quarantine at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, became the latest U.S. case, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. The person was the third evacuee and first at Lackland to test positive for the virus, the CDC said.
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| Marie Yovanovitch: Ousted Ukraine ambassador slams Trump administration and gets standing ovation at award ceremony Posted: 13 Feb 2020 09:00 AM PST  Marie Yovanovitch received a standing ovation from a crowd of diplomats while accepting an award at Georgetown University, where the ousted ambassador delivered a speech warning the State Department was "in trouble" under Donald Trump.The former US ambassador to Ukraine was removed from her post in April 2019 following a covert effort by the president's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and others to have her taken out of the State Department.
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| Mexico says number of migrants in 'Remain in Mexico' program drops sharply Posted: 12 Feb 2020 08:46 AM PST  Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Wednesday that the number of migrants awaiting the outcome of their U.S. immigration cases in Mexico has fallen from 50,000 to about 2,500.
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| Bernie Sanders Endorses Kim Foxx despite Smollett Baggage Posted: 13 Feb 2020 01:34 PM PST  Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) released a slew of endorsements for state attorneys on Thursday, including one for Kim Foxx, the Cook County state's attorney who was investigated for her decision to drop charges against former Empire actor Jussie Smollett."I am honored today to have the endorsement of Senator Sanders," Foxx told Politico. "When I first ran four years ago on a platform that included a holistic approach to criminal justice reform, it was different than what previous prosecutors had ever attempted. Since in office, we've implemented bond and cannabis reform, we're leading the country in vacating wrongful convictions and funneling more resources toward violent crimes to keep communities safe."Foxx admitted in announcing her reelection campaign in November that she "didn't handle" the Smollett case well. "I'm making changes in my office to make sure we do better," she said. "That's what reform is about."Foxx was slammed for her decision last March to drop all charges against Smollett, after he was indicted by a grand jury for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself by hiring two associates to attack him last January."This case was handled markedly different from any other case at 26th Street. No one knows why, and more importantly, no one can explain why our boss, the head prosecutor of all of Cook County, has decided to so demean and debase both our hard work, and our already tenuous relationship with the Chicago Police Department," an anonymous prosecutor in Foxx's office wrote after the announcement.Smollett was re-charged this week with a six-count indictment following an investigation by special prosecutor Dan Webb that began in August.
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| 'We can't change the rules midstream': DNC Chair Tom Perez defends commitment to diversity despite lack of it in Iowa debate Posted: 13 Feb 2020 09:04 AM PST  "I take a back seat to no one in my commitment to diversity and inclusion," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez.
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| Prosecutors seek nearly 5 years for former Baltimore mayor Posted: 13 Feb 2020 12:54 PM PST  Federal prosecutors want the disgraced former mayor of Baltimore to be sentenced to nearly five years in prison for the scheme involving sales of her self-published "Healthy Holly" children's books. In a sentencing memorandum filed Thursday, prosecutors told a judge that a sentence of 57 months in prison would be an "adequate and just" punishment for Catherine Pugh's "longstanding pattern of criminal conduct" and would deter other politicians from breaking the public's trust. Pugh pleaded guilty in November to federal conspiracy and tax evasion charges in a deal with prosecutors.
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| Think The U.S. Army Is Powerful? By 2027 It Will Be Even Deadlier Posted: 11 Feb 2020 07:00 PM PST  Thanks to this first-of-its-kind attack missile.
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| 'There will be dad and mum': Putin rules out Russia legalizing gay marriage Posted: 13 Feb 2020 09:07 AM PST  President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia would not legalize gay marriage as long as he was in the Kremlin. During his two decades in power, Putin has closely aligned himself with the Orthodox Church and sought to distance Russia from liberal Western values, including attitudes toward homosexuality and gender fluidity.
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| AMLO Sells $80 Million of Raffle Tickets to Mexico’s Super Rich Posted: 13 Feb 2020 08:38 AM PST |
| Reports: Trump donor accused of spying on Yovanovitch hands 'everything' to Congress Posted: 12 Feb 2020 02:18 PM PST  A donor to President Trump who was accused of "stalking" the former ambassador to Ukraine at the behest of Rudy Giuliani's associates has provided documents to Congress as it opens its investigation into the ousting of Marie Yovanovitch, a crucial witness in the president's impeachment.
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| Michael Bloomberg says his money is why Trump got impeached Posted: 13 Feb 2020 07:01 AM PST  Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been rising through the Democratic primary race, most likely because of the absolutely massive amount of money he's poured into it. And at a Chattanooga, Tennessee rally on Wednesday, the billionaire made it clear just what that money can do, Politico reports."In 2018, I helped flip the House" by bankrolling 21 Democratic challengers who eventually won Republican-held seats, Bloomberg said Wednesday. That led House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to return to her role at the top of the legislative body, and "let Pelosi and the House do what the Constitution says they should do — hold the president accountable," Bloomberg continued. "They started the impeachment process but it all came from that."Yes, Bloomberg, who has never held national political office, is now claiming he's the reason impeachment happened. It's likely just his latest attempt at using his financial superiority to get under President Trump's skin — as if the millions of dollars worth of TV and social media ads he's purchased weren't enough.More stories from theweek.com Andrew Yang asks his gang to support Democrats everywhere in DNC email blast The sidelining of Elizabeth Warren The Don seizes the Justice Department
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| Coronavirus: Big jump in new cases, deaths declared as diagnosis method is tweaked Posted: 13 Feb 2020 03:42 AM PST  Another 14,840 new cases were reported in Hubei on Thursday, up from 2,015 new cases reported across mainland China a day earlier.
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| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez congratulated Andrew Yang on running a 'great race' after he ended his presidential campaign Posted: 11 Feb 2020 06:58 PM PST  Both Ocasio-Cortez and Yang became political superstars by running grassroots campaigns centered around issues facing working-class people.
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| $600,000 awarded to man involved in racial discrimination case Posted: 13 Feb 2020 04:15 AM PST  Michael Fesser was awarded $600,000 this week for his wrongful arrest years ago.
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| No One Is Prepared For China's H-20 Stealth Bomber Posted: 13 Feb 2020 12:30 AM PST  It could be a game-changer.
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| Paediatrician reveals he faked vaccination records for anti-vaxxer parents in suicide note Posted: 13 Feb 2020 08:49 AM PST  An Illinois paediatrician who committed suicide left behind a note saying he faked records and lied about vaccinating children, according to reports.The note was written by Dr Van Koinis, 58, and detailed his regret for falsifying vaccination reports for his young patients, the Chicago Tribune reports. He led a practice in Evergreen Park near Chicago.
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| Spanish police arrest former head of Mexico's state oil firm Pemex Posted: 12 Feb 2020 07:48 AM PST  MEXICO CITY/MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police on Wednesday arrested Emilio Lozoya, the former chief executive of Mexico's state oil firm Pemex, giving President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador his first high-profile win in his government's anti-corruption drive. Lozoya, who has not been seen publicly since mid-2019, is accused in Mexico of corruption related to a wide-ranging bribery and money laundering case involving Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht SA. He has denied wrongdoing. Lozoya, who was indicted in Mexico last year, was one of former President Enrique Pena Nieto's closest aides, and ran Petróleos Mexicanos, known as Pemex, from 2012 to 2016.
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| Deepwater Horizon disaster had much worse impact than believed, study finds Posted: 13 Feb 2020 09:27 AM PST  * Effects of 2010 BP oil spill were 30% larger than calculated * Satellite images unable to detect full extent of pollution in GulfThe environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico a decade ago was much worse than previously believed, according to a new study.The 2010 rig explosion, which killed 11 workers and sent oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days, triggered one of the worst environmental disasters in US history. It released 206m gallons of oil from BP's Macondo well, according to US government estimates, affecting wildlife and water-quality along hundreds of miles of Gulf coastline.At its height, 88,522 sq miles of sea were closed to fishing because of the spill, according to a federal report.But a new study published on Thursday in the Science Advances journal says satellite surveillance at the time was unable to detect large areas of oil contamination.The study's authors found that the effects of the spill were 30% larger, reaching the Texas shore, the Florida Keys, the coast of Tampa and parts of the east coast of Florida. "The satellite footprint does not necessarily capture the entire oil spill extent," the study found.Using in-situ observations, oil spill transport modeling using three-dimensional computer simulations, as well as testing for oil concentration ranges in marine organisms, the paper claims that "that large areas of the GoM were exposed to invisible and toxic oil that extended beyond the boundaries of the satellite footprint and the fishery closures"."When the oil comes to the surface, it comes as a thick layer that you can easily see with a satellite," Claire Paris-Limouzy, one of the study's authors and a professor of ocean sciences at the University of Miami, told CNN.The discrepancy between their results and official estimates is because small concentrations of oil are often invisible to satellite imagery. "You can actually smell it but can't actually see it," Paris-Limouzy said.London-based BP, which leased the rig from Transocean, declined to comment on the study's findings.A Transocean report into the disaster largely blamed BP, claiming the company failed to properly assess, manage and communicate risk, and said cement contractor Halliburton and BP did not adequately test the cement slurry used to seal the well.BP's own internal report placed blame on a cascade of failures by multiple companies. A US government investigation also identified multiple sources for the accident.BP subsequently spent or committed tens of billions of dollars to clean up the mess and compensate victims, and ultimately sold off its US arm. Transocean reached a $211m settlement with businesses and individuals claiming damages, while Halliburton reached a $1bn settlement.A bipartisan investigatory commission appointed by the Obama administration pointed to crew and technical failures in the explosion, but cited overall safety shortcomings by regulators and the oil industry.But safeguards in place to prevent a similar accident in future have been progressively eased by the Trump administration's push to expand drilling off the country's coasts.The new assessment of the Macondo spill's extent is timely, the authors wrote, because "with a global increase in petroleum production–related activities, a careful assessment of oil spills' full extent is necessary to maximize environmental and public safety".
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| Right-Wing Backlash Greets Modest GOP Foray Into Climate Change Posted: 13 Feb 2020 07:17 AM PST  (Bloomberg) -- House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy had barely finished presenting his party's modest plan to fight climate change when conservatives began piling on in opposition.The free market-group American Energy Alliance dismissed it as a "Republican-led Green New Deal lite" that amounted to a "climate messaging exercise." The libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute called it "bad policy that will not bring any political relief." And the Club for Growth vowed to not endorse any candidate who backs what it called the "liberal" Republican climate plan."Besides hurting our economy, these measures will not make a single environmentalist vote for a Republican and only alienate conservatives across the country," said Club for Growth President David McIntosh.The blowback illustrates the challenges facing those trying to shed the Republican party's climate-denying reputation, which alienates many young voters and polls well for Democrats. The fierce criticism also illustrates the limits of pragmatism for a party long backed by groups that question climate change.GOP Edges Gingerly Toward Climate Plan After Sowing DoubtsMcCarthy unveiled the first of several planned climate initiatives on Wednesday with a package focused on carbon sequestration. It called for the expansion and permanent extension of a tax credit for oil companies and others that capture carbon dioxide and bury it in the ground; money for the development of carbon capture for natural-gas power plants; and support for a plan to plant 1 trillion trees around the world."Fighting for a cleaner, safer, and healthier environment" has been well-received during member meetings, including the party's full-member retreat in 2019 and a policy conference earlier this year, said Matt Sparks, a McCarthy spokesman. Among the members who participated in the unveiling of the climate plan on Wednesday was Representative David McKinley, a West Virginia Republican steeped in coal-country politics. "The participation of members across the ideological spectrum and representing every region of the country -- including coal country -- at today's event represent just how widespread the support is for House Republicans to reclaim the leadership position on the environment," Sparks said in an email.Republicans Plot Climate Strategy To Counter DemocratsDuring Wednesday's hour-long briefing, McCarthy and other Republican leaders, including Oregon Representative Greg Walden and Representative Garret Graves of Louisiana, made the case that their plan could protect the environment, as well the economy, without mandates embraced by Democrats.Future components are likely to focus on climate resilience, plastic pollution, and increasing energy from carbon-free sources such as nuclear and hydropower."House Republicans stand united against carbon taxes and burdensome regulations," said Graves, top Republican on a special select committee charged with coming up with solutions to climate change. "America leads the world because of free-market principles, innovation, and our abundant energy resources. We should double down on an America First strategy that enhances our global power and influence."While the Republican climate proposals were derided by some environmental organizations, they won praise from at least some right-leaning groups."Any debate on climate change must be rooted in political and technical realism, as well as economic competitiveness," said Rich Powell, executive director of ClearPath Action, which promotes energy innovation."It's a good strategy to focus on policies that facilitate breakthroughs relevant for the developing world, instead of divisive policies that would make traditional energy more expensive and only aid deployment of existing technologies," he said. (Updates with lawmaker comment in 10th paragraph)\--With assistance from Jennifer A. Dlouhy.To contact the reporter on this story: Ari Natter in Washington at anatter5@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Jon Morgan at jmorgan97@bloomberg.net, Elizabeth Wasserman, Ros KrasnyFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Don't look back, Bernie — Bloomberg is gaining on you Posted: 12 Feb 2020 01:54 PM PST  The problem with the argument that Bloomberg isn't running a real campaign with real supporters, however, is that it isn't true. And progressives — particularly those who want Sanders to win the Democratic nomination — ignore that at their peril.
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| Airline passenger films man punching her economy seat after she reclines Posted: 13 Feb 2020 05:52 AM PST  "Here's a great jackhole! He was angry that I reclined my seat and punched it about 9 times — HARD," the passenger wrote on Twitter.
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| Penned lions still on offer at US trophy hunting convention Posted: 12 Feb 2020 12:21 PM PST  An undercover video recorded by animal welfare activists shows vendors at a recent trophy-hunting convention promoting trips to shoot captive-bred lions in Africa, despite past public assurances by the event's organizers that so-called canned hunts wouldn't be sold. Investigators for the Humane Society of the United States captured the footage last week at the annual convention of Safari Club International in Reno, Nevada. SCI is among the nation's largest trophy-hunting groups and its yearly gatherings typically draw thousands of attendees and hundreds of vendors selling firearms, overseas safari trips and items made from the skins and bones of rare wildlife.
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| China Won't Make The Same Mistake That Japan Did At Pearl Harbor Posted: 12 Feb 2020 02:00 AM PST  The Chinese military has done their homework.
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| Striking photo shows a wall of traders on an auction floor in China working with masks on amid spread of coronavirus Posted: 12 Feb 2020 03:04 PM PST  Close to 100 traders at a flower auction in China were seen working while wearing masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus.
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| Here’s the US Army’s top 10 canceled and reduced programs in FY21 Posted: 13 Feb 2020 10:29 AM PST  The service has revealed where it is drawing $1.13 billion out of lower priority programs to inject into modernization priorities, but has not accounted for more than $1.2 billion in program changes and cuts it intends to make in FY21.
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| Soviet spy hailed by Russia for 'saving Krakow' dies at 103 Posted: 12 Feb 2020 04:37 PM PST  Russia on Thursday announced the death at 103 of veteran Soviet spy Alexei Botyan, whom it hailed as a hero for "saving" the Polish city of Krakow from the Nazis, although Poland disputes Moscow's version of events. Russia's SVR military intelligence agency said Botyan, who lived in Moscow, had died after turning 103 on Monday.
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| Enslaved labor built these universities. Now they are starting to repay the debt Posted: 12 Feb 2020 02:17 PM PST  Eastern universities are researching their pasts, educating themselves and others about their role in perpetuating slavery.
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| Trump could face fresh impeachment over Roger Stone intervention, leading House Democrat suggests Posted: 13 Feb 2020 09:50 AM PST  Eric Swalwell says impeaching Donald Trump for his potential interference in Roger Stone's sentencing is not "off the table" as congressional Democrats prepare to hear from administration officials about the apparent "erosion of independence" inside the Department of Justice.The California Congressman and member of the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees told CNN that members of Congress "don't wake up in the morning wanting to impeach him" though the president has been "learning the wrong lessons" from his acquittal by the Senate, even after Republican allies admitted the president's wrongdoing following his impeachment in the House on charges of abuse of power and obstruction in his dealings with Ukraine and subsequent congressional investigation.
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| Chuck Todd: ‘I Don’t Understand How Bernie’s Considered a Frontrunner’ Posted: 12 Feb 2020 03:51 PM PST  If MSNBC wanted to tamp down criticism that its coverage has been skewed against Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), anchor Chuck Todd's comments on Wednesday aren't going to help.Discussing the results of Tuesday night's New Hampshire primary on MTP Daily, Democratic strategist Cornell Belcher argued that the early presidential primaries and caucuses don't mean what they did a decade ago, prompting Todd to contend this year's Iowa results had "an impact on Pete Buttigieg.""Well, did it?" Belcher wondered aloud. "Who is the frontrunner? Is he the frontrunner? He should not get the press of the frontrunner."With Belcher implying that Sanders—who won the popular vote in Iowa and finished first in the New Hampshire primary—was the leader of the Democratic field, Todd immediately jumped in."I don't understand how Bernie is considered a frontrunner," Todd exclaimed while shaking his head. "This is a guy that—more people showed up to the polls, highest turnout ever—and his percentage went down, not up. His total number went down, not up.""The new voters actually voted for Buttigieg and [Amy] Klobuchar," former Hillary Clinton adviser Neera Tanden added, name-checking the second- and third-place finishers.The MSNBC host was, for the record, comparing Sanders' vote total during the 2016 Democratic presidential primary, when it was a two-person race, to Tuesday's election, which featured at 10 Democratic candidates on the ballot.MSNBC has come under fire recently over a perceived anti-Sanders bent to its coverage. Todd himself was condemned by Sanders staffers earlier this week for citing a column by a conservative publication that compared the senator's supporters to "brown shirts." One undecided New Hampshire Democratic voter, meanwhile, told MSNBC that she specifically voted for Sanders on Tuesday because of the network's "completely cynical" coverage of him.Samantha Bee Embarrasses Chuck Todd for Terrible Election TakeRead 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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| Priest says abortion worse than pedophilia, which 'doesn't kill anyone' Posted: 13 Feb 2020 10:58 AM PST  Rev. Richard Bucci doubled down on his recent call to bar state lawmakers who supported an abortion rights bill from receiving communion at his church.
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| Judge declines to dismiss abuse charge against pediatrician Posted: 12 Feb 2020 03:29 PM PST |
| Why the Soviet's Supersonic MiG-25 "Foxbat" Interceptor Looked Deadlier Than It Really Was Posted: 12 Feb 2020 07:00 AM PST  Not very state-of-the-art.
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| Boeing is flying the 737 Max around the US with test crews and no passengers to prepare for the plane's return Posted: 12 Feb 2020 03:18 AM PST  Boeing is running test flights in advance of regulators testing the 737 Max to see if it should fly again after two fatal crashed killed 346 people.
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| A Ball State University professor called police on a black student who refused to switch seats. Now the professor won't be teaching for the rest of the semester. Posted: 13 Feb 2020 09:21 AM PST  On Jan. 21, Dr. Shaheen Borna called police after a marketing student refused to change seats in his classroom. The university said the professor isn't returning to teach.
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| Court rules Apple must pay California workers during bag checks Posted: 13 Feb 2020 05:07 PM PST  The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Apple must pay employees for time spent waiting for their bags and personal electronic devices to be searched when they leave work. The decision means that the tech giant will have to pay millions of dollars to more than 12,000 hourly workers at California retail stores who fall under the mandatory bag-search policy. According to court documents, Apple employees are required to clock out before submitting to an exit search which can take from five to 20 minutes.
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| American Airlines to offer new flights to India from an unlikely place: Seattle Posted: 13 Feb 2020 05:45 AM PST  American Airlines' new nonstop flights to London and India are part of an expanded partnership with Alaska Airlines.
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