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• House Intel Dem: Canceled Hearing 'Real Blow to Investigation'
• ‘The least of these’: Meals on Wheels, the Trump budget and the struggle over Matthew 25:40
• After Stinging Defeat Over Healthcare Bill, White House Moves Ahead to Tax Reform
• Pentagon: An al-Qaida leader killed in Afghanistan airstrike
• This Week Fast Forward 03.26.2017
• Lebanon university settles US lawsuit over Hezbollah
• Venezuela's Maduro asks U.N. to help ease medicine shortages
• Protests nationwide bring thousands to Russia's streets
• Schumer On Gorsuch: Wrong Time, Wrong Nominee
• Former Penn State President Found Guilty of Child Endangerment
• 3 dead, 1 injured in Mexico prison riot
• Erdogan's tussle with Europe, The shame of the world, Regional support for Venezuela is vital, Scotland's place in the United Kingdom, US reengagement in the Middle East
• Double-amputee Marine vet joins New York police department
• Dialysis supplies dwindle for besieged Syrians
• UK police still believe London attacker was acting alone
• Weary flyers shrug as Middle East laptop ban takes off
• 'Prove you are leaders of Europe,' Tusk tells Rome summit
• Watch the US Navy test its ultra-powerful electromagnetic railgun
• Defense argues no forensic evidence ties woman to mom's murder: Part 4
• AP FACT CHECK: The week when Trump's wiretap accusation died
• Major nations responsible for keeping world peace: China vice premier
• Malaysia Could Soon Analyze Its Own Black Boxes
• University of Texas survey: 1 in 7 female students raped
• Photos of the day - March 26, 2017
• Two charged over supplying gun to French airport attacker
• Israel ignores UN demand against settlements: diplomat
• April The Giraffe Defying The Odds
• Congo must help search for missing UN experts: Rights group
• France's Le Pen says the EU 'will die', globalists to be defeated
• Readers write: Immigration path, talent at home, science knowledge
• Sacramento man arrested in killing of 2 adults, 2 juveniles
• Five months later, Samsung is finally about to kill every remaining Note 7 phone
• Pope heads to Milan hinterland to rally poor
• Rebel supporters flood Yemen streets on conflict anniversary
• Tesla’s Model 3 dashboard won’t be as futuristic as we hoped
• 46 dogs, saved from slaughter, arrive in NY from South Korea
• Evacuation of Syrian Homs rebels delayed: governor
• California approves vehicle pollution rules in rebuke to Trump
• 1 dead, 15 injured in Cincinnati nightclub gunfight
• Cities and monuments switch off for Earth Hour
• Ex-guerrilla leader vows to keep fight for East Timor unity
• China lifts ban on Brazilian meat imports
• Scientists say that getting cancer is mostly just bad luck
• Congolese militia decapitates more than 40 police: Officials
• Conflicting casualty figures a week after Iraq Mosul blast
• High school rape in US fuels Trump-era debate on immigration

House Intel Dem: Canceled Hearing 'Real Blow to Investigation' Posted: 24 Mar 2017 07:42 PM PDT House Intel member Jim Himes hits Committee Chairman Devin Nunes for canceling a public hearing that would further investigate the Trump team's possible ties to Russia.

‘The least of these’: Meals on Wheels, the Trump budget and the struggle over Matthew 25:40 Posted: 26 Mar 2017 09:00 AM PDT The sainted Mother Teresa herself was fond of quoting the verse to explain why she devoted her life to serving the poor. Matthew 25:40, it turns out, is a famously difficult and controversial passage, the subject of at least one book, numerous articles and contentious disagreements among biblical scholars.

After Stinging Defeat Over Healthcare Bill, White House Moves Ahead to Tax Reform Posted: 25 Mar 2017 03:31 PM PDT Vice President Mike Pence addressed supporters in West Virginia and President Trump tweeted that Obamacare would "explode" — but both seemed ready to move to another signature campaign promise: tax reform.

Pentagon: An al-Qaida leader killed in Afghanistan airstrike Posted: 25 Mar 2017 08:24 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. counterterrorism airstrike earlier this month in Afghanistan killed an al-Qaida leader responsible for a deadly hotel attack in Islamabad in 2008 and the 2009 attack on a bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team, the Pentagon said Saturday.

This Week Fast Forward 03.26.2017 Posted: 26 Mar 2017 09:36 AM PDT Speed through the highlights from the latest "This Week."

Lebanon university settles US lawsuit over Hezbollah Posted: 25 Mar 2017 01:45 AM PDT A Lebanese university will pay $700,000 to settle a US lawsuit over allegations it provided "material support" to entities linked to Hezbollah, US officials said. The American University of Beirut confirmed in a statement Friday it was settling the lawsuit, which charged it had violated the terms of grants it received from US Agency for International Development (USAID). The US Attorney's Office in Manhattan announced the deal on Thursday, saying AUB would be required to pay the US government $700,000 (650,000 euros) and revise its internal policies to ensure future compliance with US law.

Venezuela's Maduro asks U.N. to help ease medicine shortages Posted: 24 Mar 2017 09:57 PM PDT Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday he has asked the United Nations to help the South American nation alleviate medicine shortages, which have become increasingly severe as the oil-producing nation's economic crisis accelerates. Maduro did not specify the type of aid he requested, although he stressed that the U.N. has knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry. Maduro earlier on Friday met with Jessica Faieta, Assistant Administrator and Director of the U.N. Development Program, according to state television.

Protests nationwide bring thousands to Russia's streets Posted: 26 Mar 2017 01:08 PM PDT Russia's opposition, often written off by critics as a small and irrelevant coterie of privileged urbanites, put on an impressive nationwide show of strength Sunday with scores of protest rallies spanning the vast country. Hundreds were arrested, including Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption campaigner who is President Vladimir Putin's most prominent critic.

Schumer On Gorsuch: Wrong Time, Wrong Nominee Posted: 24 Mar 2017 06:37 PM PDT Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer talks with Rachel Maddow about why Senate Democrats should oppose Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court, and why the confirmation should be postponed until investigations of Donald Trump are resolved.

Former Penn State President Found Guilty of Child Endangerment Posted: 25 Mar 2017 03:41 PM PDT The university's former president Graham Spanier was convicted Friday on a misdemeanor count of child endangerment. The charges came five years after former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing young boys.

3 dead, 1 injured in Mexico prison riot Posted: 25 Mar 2017 11:19 AM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — A fight between inmates at a northern Mexican prison left three inmates dead and one injured, authorities said Saturday.

Erdogan's tussle with Europe, The shame of the world, Regional support for Venezuela is vital, Scotland's place in the United Kingdom, US reengagement in the Middle East Posted: 25 Mar 2017 03:00 AM PDT "It is a matter of grave concern that, according to a UN estimate, twenty million people are facing starvation in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Nigeria...," states an editorial. "It is indeed disturbing to note that man-made disasters like war and famine continue to bleed nations while international politics fails to come to a consensus on how to reach a stasis in parts of the Middle East, Northeast Nigeria and vast swathes of Somalia.... We urge the international community to infuse immediate aid to these four war-torn and famine ravaged countries.... It is indeed appalling that in this era of globalisation and scientific breakthroughs, fellow human beings should die of hunger.... The shame is on us all.

Double-amputee Marine vet joins New York police department Posted: 24 Mar 2017 11:30 PM PDT BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — The wounded warrior is now a cop — and he'll be walking the beat on titanium legs.

Dialysis supplies dwindle for besieged Syrians Posted: 25 Mar 2017 01:28 AM PDT Dania, 14, was writhing in pain ahead of her first ever dialysis session. Renal insufficiency limits the kidney's ability to filter waste out of the bloodstream or regulate hormones, and is typically treated with several dialysis sessions per week.

UK police still believe London attacker was acting alone Posted: 25 Mar 2017 05:01 PM PDT British anti-terrorism police said on Saturday they still believe the man who launched a deadly attack outside parliament this week was acting alone but conceded they may never understand his motive. British-born Islamic convert Khalid Masood, 52, was shot dead after killing four people including a policemen in a rampage on Wednesday when he rammed his car into pedestrians and tried to force his way into the parliament building in central London. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack and police inquiries since have concentrated on whether Masood was acting with accomplices.

Weary flyers shrug as Middle East laptop ban takes off Posted: 25 Mar 2017 04:18 AM PDT A controversial ban on carry-on laptops and tablets on flights from the Middle East to the United States and Britain went into effect Saturday -- with less fanfare and frustration than expected. At Dubai International, one of the world's busiest hubs, flag carrier Emirates dispatched staff to guide passengers through one of the most intense travel weekends of the year.

'Prove you are leaders of Europe,' Tusk tells Rome summit Posted: 25 Mar 2017 03:20 AM PDT EU President Donald Tusk called for leadership to steer Europe out of crisis at a special summit in Rome on Saturday to mark the 60th anniversary of the bloc's founding treaties. "Prove today that you are the leaders of Europe, that you can care for this great legacy we inherited from the heroes of European integration 60 years ago," former Polish prime minister Tusk said in a speech. Twenty-seven leaders are meeting without British Prime Minister Theresa May to celebrate the signing of the European Union's founding Treaty of Rome on March 25, 1957.

Watch the US Navy test its ultra-powerful electromagnetic railgun Posted: 26 Mar 2017 10:47 AM PDT Anyone who's played a futuristic shooter since the dawn of video games knows that when you see something called a "railgun" you're in for a real treat. Well, the US Navy built a railgun of its very own, and it just showed off its remarkably powerful creation in a new video of its test firing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=106&v=Pi-BDIu_umo Railguns like the one the Navy has built trade chemical propellants like gunpowder for the sheer power of electricity, generating extremely strong magnetic fields to push a projectile down a set of rails and out the end of the barrel. It might not sound particularly efficient, but the speeds that railgun projectiles can achieve put traditional cannons to shame. The Navy's massive weapon, for example, launches its rounds at a whopping 4,500 mph. Additionally, the projectiles launched by the railgun do their damage not by exploding, but simply by striking their target while moving at such a high speed, quite literally tearing apart anything they come into contact with. For most of their history, railguns have been more fiction than science, and their practicality and reliability has repeatedly been questioned over time. The size of the device itself is typically massive, owing to the large and complex electronic components required to supply the necessary power. However, there are also some pretty fantastic benefits of the non-explosive rounds, such as much less chance of unexploded ordnance causing problems either on the ship or vehicle firing the weapon, or on the battlefield after a skirmish has ended.

Defense argues no forensic evidence ties woman to mom's murder: Part 4 Posted: 24 Mar 2017 05:55 PM PDT "Noura's blood was not at the crime scene. And Jennifer's blood was not on Noura," says defense attorney Valerie Corder.

AP FACT CHECK: The week when Trump's wiretap accusation died Posted: 25 Mar 2017 07:39 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's accusation that his predecessor ordered snooping of his communications has fallen apart, slapped down by the FBI chief and again by the Republican leading the House intelligence committee, a Trump ally. The president gave up on arguing that Barack Obama tapped his phones, and he doesn't give up on anything easily.

Major nations responsible for keeping world peace: China vice premier Posted: 25 Mar 2017 03:20 AM PDT The world's major nations are responsible for maintaining global peace, and all countries should remain committed to a road of stable and peaceful development, China's Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli said on Saturday. Earlier this month, Pyongyang launched four ballistic missiles in response to joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises, which it regards as preparation to war. "Large countries have the responsibility to maintain global peace, should increase strategic dialogue, increase mutual trust, and respect each other's core interests and major concerns," Zhang said at the opening of the Boao Forum for Asia in southern China's Hainan province.

Malaysia Could Soon Analyze Its Own Black Boxes Posted: 25 Mar 2017 09:40 AM PDT Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Ab Aziz Kaprawi announced Thursday that Malaysia intended to create a laboratory with the capability to analyze flight recorders.

University of Texas survey: 1 in 7 female students raped Posted: 24 Mar 2017 08:25 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Nearly 15 percent of female undergraduates at the University of Texas at Austin reported being raped in a survey released by officials at the 50,000-student campus Friday.

Photos of the day - March 26, 2017 Posted: 26 Mar 2017 02:00 PM PDT A man waves traditional daggers, or jambiyas, as he attends with supporters of the Houthi movement and Yemen's former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, a rally to mark the two-year anniversary since the military intervention by a Saudi-led coalition, in Sanaa, Yemen; police officers detain an opposition supporter during a rally in Vladivostok, Russia; Balinese people carry giant effigies in the form of the devil, whose local name is "Ogoh-ogoh," during a parade before Nyepi Day, the Balinese Day of Silence, marking the Balinese Hindu New Year in Gianyar, a regency in Bali, Indonesia. ...

Two charged over supplying gun to French airport attacker Posted: 25 Mar 2017 04:25 AM PDT French anti-terrorism judges have charged two men suspected of involvement in supplying a weapon to the gunman killed at Paris's Orly airport after attacking soldiers, a judicial source said Saturday. The suspects, aged 30 and 43, were charged Friday for "association with terrorist criminals" over the March 18 incident, the latest in France which remains on a state of emergency after a series of deadly jihadist attacks. The 30-year-old detained Friday is suspected of having given Ben Belgacem a revolver a few days before the attack, while the older suspect was present when it was handed over.

Israel ignores UN demand against settlements: diplomat Posted: 24 Mar 2017 06:54 PM PDT Israel has ignored a United Nations resolution demanding it halt settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territory that was criticized by the Trump administration, the world body's Middle East envoy said Friday. Although the UN Security Council resolution passed December 23 demanded that Israel immediately cease all settlement activities, "no such steps have been taken," envoy Nickolay Mladenov said in his first report to the council since the resolution was adopted.

April The Giraffe Defying The Odds Posted: 25 Mar 2017 11:12 PM PDT The pregnant was expected to go into labor weeks ago, but is yet to show signs of active labor.

Congo must help search for missing UN experts: Rights group Posted: 25 Mar 2017 06:27 AM PDT DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo's government must cooperate with United Nations efforts to locate experts who have been missing in the violent Kasai region for nearly two weeks, Human Rights Watch said Saturday.

France's Le Pen says the EU 'will die', globalists to be defeated Posted: 26 Mar 2017 12:56 PM PDT By Michaela Cabrera LILLE, France (Reuters) - The European Union will disappear, French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen told a rally on Sunday, promising to shield France from globalisation as she sought to fire up her supporters in the final four weeks before voting gets underway. Buoyed by the unexpected election of Donald Trump in the United States and by Britain's vote to leave the EU, the leader of the eurosceptic and anti-immigrant National Front (FN) party, told the rally in Lille that the French election would be the next step in what she called a global rebellion of the people. "The European Union will die because the people do not want it anymore ... arrogant and hegemonic empires are destined to perish," Le Pen said to loud cheers and applause.

Readers write: Immigration path, talent at home, science knowledge Posted: 25 Mar 2017 03:00 AM PDT Regarding the Feb. 22 editorial, "Trump's mixed message on immigration: An opening for a deal?" (CSMonitor.com): Three cheers for the Monitor editorial staff. Immigration was not my priority issue. Recommended: Could you pass a US citizenship test?

Sacramento man arrested in killing of 2 adults, 2 juveniles Posted: 24 Mar 2017 08:28 PM PDT SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Police arrested a 56-year-old man who works for the state Friday on suspicion that he killed two adults and two children in a quiet Northern California neighborhood.

Five months later, Samsung is finally about to kill every remaining Note 7 phone Posted: 26 Mar 2017 08:19 AM PDT When it was released last fall, Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 was the hottest Android phone the world had ever seen. Unfortunately though, the Galaxy Note 7 was literally the hottest Android phone the world had ever seen. A poor battery design caused dozens of phones to explode while being charged — and in some cases, while unplugged and in use — causing property damage and even injuring some users in the process. As a result, Samsung was forced to issue an unprecedented global recall, asking everyone around the world who purchased the phone to return or exchange it as soon as possible. Most of the potentially destructive smartphones have been collected by now. Since the phone was so impressive, however, a small percentage of holdouts have refused to give up their precious Note 7 handsets. We're not sure why Samsung waited as long as it did, but the company is finally taking its final step in ensuring that the Note 7 cannot do anymore damage. According to South Korean news site Yonhap News, Samsung will take steps next week to completely disable any remaining Galaxy Note 7 smartphones that may still be in use. The company said some time ago that 97% of all Note 7 phones have been reclaimed by the company. With more than 1 million handsets sold before Samsung discontinued the phone, however, that leaves tens of thousands of Note 7 handsets still in users' hands. According to the report, Samsung plans to issue a mandatory software update that will completely prevent any remaining Galaxy Note 7 devices from holding a charge. As a result, the phones will no longer be able to power on unless they are plugged in. Samsung and its carrier partners issued a similar software update in the US late last year and in early 2017, and now any remaining markets where the Note 7 might still be in use will get the update. Diehard Samsung fans who were holding onto their Note 7 phones won't have to wait very long before their soon-to-be crippled Note 7 phones are replaced. Samsung will unveil its new Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ flagship phones on Wednesday, and they'll be released about a month later.

Pope heads to Milan hinterland to rally poor Posted: 24 Mar 2017 08:44 PM PDT Pope Francis visits Milan Saturday where he will meet families on a housing estate, nap in a prison and hold a mass for hundreds of thousands of believers in nearby Monza. Bells in church towers across over 1,000 diocese will ring out when Francis gets off the plane at Milan-Linate airport outside the northern Italian city at 0800 GMT (7am). The Argentine will make his first stop at the Case Bianche (White Houses), a run-down, soulless collection of concrete tower blocks from the 70s on the fringe of a wealthy city better known for its football clubs and fashion weeks.

Rebel supporters flood Yemen streets on conflict anniversary Posted: 26 Mar 2017 08:11 AM PDT Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in Yemen's rebel-held capital on Sunday in a show of support for the insurgents, two years after a Gulf coalition intervened against the rebels. The Iran-backed Huthi rebels staged a show of force over the weekend with the mass rally in Sanaa and a symbolic court ruling against Yemen's embattled president, whose troops are supported by the Saudi-led Gulf coalition. Crowds converged on Sabeen Square in Sanaa, raising banners in protest against the Saudi-led intervention and chanting a vow to "resist to the end".

Tesla’s Model 3 dashboard won’t be as futuristic as we hoped Posted: 26 Mar 2017 11:41 AM PDT This past Friday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk dashed the hopes and dreams of prospective Model 3 owners with just a few simple tweets. Tempering expectations, Musk emphasized that Tesla's upcoming Model 3 will not be more advanced -- in any capacity -- than the company's flagship Model S. "Model 3 is just a smaller, more affordable version of Model S [with] less range & power & fewer features," Musk said. "Model S has more advanced technology." Musk later added that the Model 3 will not feature the elegant "auto extend handles" Tesla introduced on the Model S. While Muks's comments here might seem obvious, the reality is that some of the hype and speculation surrounding the Model 3 had reached bizarre levels in recent months. Case in point: because the Model 3 prototype Tesla unveiled last year lacked an instrument panel with traditional gauges for items like speed, range and other pertinent information, many Tesla enthusiasts began wondering if Tesla had some special plan for the dashboard, with many believing that a heads up display (HUD) on the windshield was an inevitability. As a quick reminder, here's a photo of the Model 3 interior taken from the company's special event last year. As is evident below, the only location a driver can access information is the 15-inch touchscreen in the center console. In another shot, we can see that Model 3 drivers will have to divert their eyes to the upper left hand corner of the display in order to ascertain their current speed. Alas, Tesla doesn't have any secret plans to implement some advanced HUD on the Model 3. In a tweet addressing the matter, Musk said that as cars become more autonomous, the need for a suite of information at the ready becomes less of an issue. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/845285846936825856 Still, we're still a long ways off before fully self driving cars become commonplace. In turn, it remains to be seen if the Model 3 design in its current incarnation is perhaps too far ahead of its time. Besides, autonomous driving features for the Model 3 will cost extra, meaning that not every Model 3 on the road will be able to take advantage of the vehicle's self-driving capabilities. One question about the Model 3 that remains unanswered is whether or not can expect any changes to the car's steering wheel design. This past April, Musk boasted that the final design will be akin to a spaceship. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/716729420078133248 To answer that, we'll probably have to wait until next July when Tesla is planning the next phase of its Model 3 reveal.

46 dogs, saved from slaughter, arrive in NY from South Korea Posted: 26 Mar 2017 04:40 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Forty-six dogs were flown to New York from South Korea after being rescued at a farm where they were to be slaughtered for human consumption, animal advocates said Sunday.

Evacuation of Syrian Homs rebels delayed: governor Posted: 25 Mar 2017 06:21 AM PDT The second phase of an evacuation of Syrian rebels in Homs as part of a deal to surrender the city's last insurgent pocket of al-Waer to the government has been delayed until Monday, a senior official and a war monitor said on Saturday. Homs Province governor Talal Barazi was cited by city officials in a message to Reuters as saying the operation would continue on Monday after having earlier said it would go ahead as planned on Saturday. The war monitor said the evacuation was being postponed because of the fighting that began on Tuesday in Hama province between rebels and the army.

California approves vehicle pollution rules in rebuke to Trump Posted: 24 Mar 2017 06:57 PM PDT By Peter Henderson RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Reuters) - California on Friday challenged the Trump administration's approach to car pollution, approving standards that the White House said still need review and setting up a potential face-off between federal and state regulators. California Governor Jerry Brown and other state officials have vowed to lead the defense of environmental and other traditionally liberal causes against President Donald Trump. About a dozen states follow California's car regulations in full or part, and the potential face-off between federal and state regulators could be expensive for automakers and a headache for consumers.

1 dead, 15 injured in Cincinnati nightclub gunfight Posted: 26 Mar 2017 05:07 PM PDT CINCINNATI (AP) — A gunfight broke out inside a crowded Cincinnati nightclub early Sunday, leaving one man dead and 15 others wounded after a dispute among several patrons escalated into a shootout, authorities said.

Cities and monuments switch off for Earth Hour Posted: 25 Mar 2017 06:52 PM PDT The Empire State Building and United Nations headquarters in New York joined other iconic buildings and monuments around the world plunging into darkness for sixty minutes on Saturday to mark Earth Hour and draw attention to climate change. The Eiffel Tower, the Kremlin, the Acropolis in Athens and Sydney's Opera House also dimmed their lights as millions of people from some 170 countries and territories were expected to take part in Earth Hour, the annual bid to highlight global warming caused by the burning of coal, oil and gas to drive cars and power plants.

Ex-guerrilla leader vows to keep fight for East Timor unity Posted: 25 Mar 2017 07:08 AM PDT DILI, East Timor (AP) — A former guerrilla fighter vowed Saturday to keep peace and unity as East Timor's new president, delivering a victory speech after the final tally showed he was on course to win the election.

China lifts ban on Brazilian meat imports Posted: 25 Mar 2017 08:38 AM PDT Brazil, trying to recover from a rotten meat scandal that has pummeled its agribusiness industry, said Saturday that major trading partner China had lifted a ban on imports of its products. "China announced today it has fully reopened its market to Brazilian meat," Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said in a statement. Maggi did not say when the resumption of Brazilian meat imports, suspended Monday by China, would take effect.

Scientists say that getting cancer is mostly just bad luck Posted: 24 Mar 2017 06:41 PM PDT Without a cure in sight, cancer has become one of society's biggest concerns. The fear of getting it is enough for many people to change their lifestyles in dramatic and meaningful ways, and even though it's increasingly possible to beat the disease, it remains one of the biggest universal health worries. As it turns out, all that anxiety may be for naught, as new research suggests that getting cancer is more about bad luck than lifestyle factors, though it's still possible to lessen your overall chances. Science has historically kept its distance when it comes to estimating the number of cancers that are caused by any particular factor, and what cases of the disease would have happened regardless of outside influence. Johns Hopkins University scientists published a new study in the journal Science that does exactly what researchers have avoided doing for ages, and the figures may come as a bit of a surprise. The team sought to pinpoint the cause of the genetic mutations that cause cancer, and determine what influenced the outcome. Shockingly, the data suggests that a full 66% of the mutations that eventually result in cancer are completely random errors in the DNA, with no direct cause. Environmental factors — like smoking, pollution, and all the other things we think of as being triggers for the disease — account for about 29% of cancers. The last 5% are thought to be inherited. The scientists explain that DNA mutations normally don't occur in genes with cancer-causing ability, and therefor don't have any negative consequences. When mutations randomly occur in certain genes, however, cancer may result, and most of the time it's simply "bad luck."

Congolese militia decapitates more than 40 police: Officials Posted: 25 Mar 2017 10:51 AM PDT BENI, Congo (AP) — A Congolese militia group has decapitated 42 policemen after ambushing them in an increasingly violent region where the U.N. is searching for missing American and Swedish investigators, a local official said Saturday.

Conflicting casualty figures a week after Iraq Mosul blast Posted: 26 Mar 2017 01:30 PM PDT By Hamuda Hassan and John Davison MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Conflicting accounts emerged on Sunday about an explosion in Iraq's Mosul a week ago after a U.S.-led coalition strike against Islamic State that local officials say collapsed buildings, killing and burying many people. Iraq's military said 61 bodies had been recovered from a destroyed building that Islamic State had booby-trapped in west Mosul, but that there was no sign the building had been hit by a coalition air strike. "Civil defense has extracted and buried 160 bodies up to this moment." What happened on March 17 remains unclear and details are difficult to confirm as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State to recapture the densely populated parts of the western half of Mosul, the militant group's last stronghold in Iraq.

High school rape in US fuels Trump-era debate on immigration Posted: 24 Mar 2017 08:55 PM PDT A rape at a Washington area high school has drawn intense scrutiny as part of the immigration debate launched under President Donald Trump, since the two alleged attackers are Latinos who entered the United States illegally. The attack feeds perfectly into the Trump narrative that the United States has porous borders and does not give priority to native-born Americans, and that unauthorized immigrants mean more and more violent crime. Jose Montano, 17, and Henry Sanchez Milian, 18, are accused of brutally raping a 14-year-old classmate in a bathroom during school hours.

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