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Gianforte wins Montana special House election despite being charged with assault

Posted: 25 May 2017 09:47 PM PDT

Gianforte wins Montana special House election despite being charged with assaultRepublican Greg Gianforte claimed a narrow victory in Montana's special election for the state's at-large congressional seat, defeating Democrat Rob Quist one day after being charged with misdemeanor assault.


Fitbit Unravels Man’s Story About Wife’s Murder

Posted: 26 May 2017 08:41 AM PDT

Fitbit Unravels Man's Story About Wife's MurderRichard Dabate appeared in court Friday, pleading not guilty to the charge that he murdered his wife Connie in 2015. He told police that an intruder shot her, but her Fitbit tells a different story.


Reported Concealment by Kushner Raises Alarm

Posted: 26 May 2017 11:45 AM PDT

Reported Concealment by Kushner Raises AlarmKen Dilanian, NBC News national security reporter, talks with Ari Melber about why the reports that Jared Kushner sought a secret communication channel with the Kremlin is a game-changer in coverage of the Trump-Russia investigation.


What we know about the Manchester attacker's bomb

Posted: 26 May 2017 08:37 AM PDT

What we know about the Manchester attacker's bombManchester suicide bomber Salem Abedi used a powerful explosive device that was painstakingly assembled -- likely with assistance -- for his deadly attack on a pop concert, according to officials and experts. The British-born 22-year-old of Libyan descent detonated the blast on Monday evening, killing 22 people outside a packed Manchester Arena after a show by US pop star Ariana Grande. Ten men are now in custody in connection with the attack, including Abedi's brother and father in Libya.


Portland attack: Man slits throats of would-be heroes who stepped in to stop Islamophobic abuse on MAX train

Posted: 27 May 2017 02:36 AM PDT

Portland attack: Man slits throats of would-be heroes who stepped in to stop Islamophobic abuse on MAX trainWitnesses who saw a triple stabbing on a train in Oregon say it may have been racially motivated, after a man who launched into a racist rant against two Muslim women then attacked passengers when they tried to intervene. The attacker slashed the throats of three people as the Metro Area Express (MAX) train was pulling into a station in the north east corner of Portland – leaving two dead and one injured. Before the stabbing, the assailant on the train was ranting on many topics, using "hate speech or biased language," and then turned his focus on the women, Police Sergeant Pete Simpson said.


A day of grief in a city of pain

Posted: 27 May 2017 07:06 AM PDT

A day of grief in a city of painA native of south side Chicago, Spencer Leak Sr. has watched as his hometown and the neighborhoods where he grew up have been ripped apart by homicides in recent years, the results of an explosion of gun violence police have struggled to contain. Last year, according to the Chicago Tribune, 781 people were killed—a massive jump over 2015 when there were 492 recorded homicides. Leak has more insight into Chicago's violence than most.


Lawsuit: Zillow ‘Zestimates’ Are Wrong, Preventing Homes from Selling

Posted: 26 May 2017 08:46 AM PDT

Lawsuit: Zillow 'Zestimates' Are Wrong, Preventing Homes from SellingZillow estimates values for 110 million homes across America as "zestimates," but many have questioned the company's accuracy, including one homeowner who claims she can't sell her home because of it.


Judge to consider contempt against anti-abortion group head

Posted: 25 May 2017 10:10 PM PDT

Judge to consider contempt against anti-abortion group headSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge said Thursday he will consider holding the leader of an anti-abortion group in contempt after links to videos that the judge had barred from release appeared on the website of the man's attorneys.


Texas teacher laughs as she hands out ‘most likely to become a terrorist’ award to 7th-grader

Posted: 26 May 2017 09:22 AM PDT

Texas teacher laughs as she hands out 'most likely to become a terrorist' award to 7th-graderDuring an end-of-the-year awards ceremony at Anthony Aguirre Junior High in Channelview, Tex., a teacher gave Lizeth Villanueva an award for "most likely to become a terrorist." The seventh-grade student's mom is going great lengths to make sure the teacher gets fired.


Trump exalts ‘great win’ for candidate charged with assault

Posted: 26 May 2017 07:44 AM PDT

Trump exalts 'great win' for candidate charged with assaultNo other leader at the G-7 meeting mentioned Thursday's GOP victory in Montana, so President Trump praised it himself.


Kusher Sought Kremlin Back Channel: Report

Posted: 26 May 2017 11:00 AM PDT

Kusher Sought Kremlin Back Channel: ReportAdam Entous, national security reporter for The Washington Post, discusses the new revelation that Donald Trump adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner asked the Russian ambassador to set up a back channel to the Kremlin using Russian facilities.


The Latest: Alabama raced clock to execute inmate

Posted: 26 May 2017 11:39 AM PDT

The Latest: Alabama raced clock to execute inmateATMORE, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on Alabama's execution of inmate Tommy Arthur (all times local):


Sponsors abandon Puerto Rican parade in NY after nationalist honored

Posted: 26 May 2017 12:51 PM PDT

Sponsors abandon Puerto Rican parade in NY after nationalist honoredOscar Lopez Rivera, 74, was convicted in 1981 of numerous charges, along with other members of the Armed Forces of National Liberation (FALN), who sought to secure Puerto Rican independence from the United States. Rivera's sentence was commuted by former President Barack Obama, and the prisoner was freed this month.


Sputnik's White House correspondent quits, claiming they would rather have 'propagandists' than 'real journalists'

Posted: 27 May 2017 04:53 AM PDT

Sputnik's White House correspondent quits, claiming they would rather have 'propagandists' than 'real journalists'Sputnik's White House correspondent, Andrew Feinberg, has quit the Russian-state news organisation, claiming they would rather have "propagandists" than "real journalists". Mr Feinberg, has taken to social media to give full details about his reasoning for resigning and has claimed he was forced to chase stories that were contrary to the facts on the ground. "Seems Sputnik isn't happy with real journalists.


Rescue drill turns real as US Coast Guard finds missing Tongans

Posted: 25 May 2017 11:40 PM PDT

Rescue drill turns real as US Coast Guard finds missing TongansA search and rescue exercise turned real for a US Coast Guard crew who found six Tongan fishermen missing at sea for a week, New Zealand officials said Friday. New Zealand Rescue Coordination Centre officer Greg Johnston said Tongan police raised the alarm as the US Coast Guard C-130 Hercules was preparing to return to Honolulu following a multi-national rescue drill in Auckland. "The Coast Guard crew spotted the six men in their 12-metre (39-foot) vessel shortly after entering the search area, about 90 kilometres (55 miles) offshore from Tongatapu Island," Johnston said.


NOLA Mayor: Monuments ‘Signs of Oppression for 67% of My City'

Posted: 26 May 2017 05:42 AM PDT

NOLA Mayor: Monuments 'Signs of Oppression for 67% of My City'New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu explains his decision to remove Confederate monuments from the city in an interview to air Sunday on Meet the Press.


A look at extremist attacks on Egypt's Coptic Christians

Posted: 26 May 2017 09:42 AM PDT

A look at extremist attacks on Egypt's Coptic ChristiansAn attack Friday on Egypt's Coptic Christians in which masked militants opened fire on a bus south of Cairo, killing at least 28 people and wounding 22, sent shockwaves through the Copt community, increasingly targeted by the Islamic State group and affiliated militants.


Hillary Clinton Speaks to Graduating Students at Her Alma Mater

Posted: 25 May 2017 09:00 PM PDT

Hillary Clinton Speaks to Graduating Students at Her Alma MaterClinton spoke to Wellesley College graduates about bouncing back after defeat and rallying the resistance.


Jared Kushner discussed creating secret communications channel with Moscow – reports

Posted: 26 May 2017 06:12 PM PDT

Jared Kushner discussed creating secret communications channel with Moscow – reportsTrump's son-in-law made the proposal at a meeting in early December at Trump Tower in New York, the Washington Post said. Jared Kushner and Russia's ambassador to Washington allegedly discussed setting up a secret communications channel to cloak contacts between Moscow and Donald Trump's White House transition team, it was reported on Friday.


US prisoner executed in eighth date with death

Posted: 25 May 2017 11:24 PM PDT

US prisoner executed in eighth date with deathTommy Arthur was executed late Thursday after his eighth, and final, rendezvous with the US state of Alabama's capital punishment system. The 75-year-old was given a lethal injection after the US Supreme Court allowed the execution to proceed by denying the inmate's stay requests. Arthur's death ends a legal saga spanning more than three decades in which he became known by some as the Houdini of death row, managing to evade his final sentence seven times.


Chinese jets intercept U.S surveillance plane: U.S. officials

Posted: 26 May 2017 12:28 PM PDT

Chinese jets intercept U.S surveillance plane: U.S. officialsTwo Chinese fighter jets intercepted a U.S. Navy surveillance plane over the South China Sea on Wednesday, with one coming within 200 yards (180 meters) of the American aircraft, U.S. officials told Reuters. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said initial reports showed that the U.S. P-3 Orion surveillance plane was 150 miles (240 km) southeast of Hong Kong in international airspace when the Chinese aircraft carried out the unsafe intercept. One Chinese aircraft flew in front of the American plane, restricting its ability to maneuver.


Hunting Big Game: Why People Kill Animals for Fun

Posted: 26 May 2017 05:48 AM PDT

Hunting Big Game: Why People Kill Animals for FunTheodore Roosevelt, former U.S. president and renowned big-game hunter, waxed poetic about a massive bull rhinoceros in his 1910 book, "African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist," after glimpsing the rhino during a safari in British East Africa and the Belgian Congo earlier that year.


Meet the Overly Enthusiastic 'Price is Right' Contestant Who Just Broke the Plinko Record

Posted: 26 May 2017 01:34 PM PDT

Meet the Overly Enthusiastic 'Price is Right' Contestant Who Just Broke the Plinko RecordRyan Belz even led a chant of his own name while dropping discs for the show's most popular game.


The Latest: Prosecutor says state needs execution drugs

Posted: 26 May 2017 10:29 AM PDT

The Latest: Prosecutor says state needs execution drugsSPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — The Latest in the prosecution of a man charged in the deaths of seven people in South Carolina (all times local):


Introducing T-Mobile 'Digits'

Posted: 26 May 2017 02:24 AM PDT

Introducing T-Mobile 'Digits'Customers are now able to access one phone number on multiple devices or multiple numbers on one device.


Ramadan 2017: Donald Trump issues statement mentioning terrorism in almost every sentence

Posted: 26 May 2017 10:26 AM PDT

Ramadan 2017: Donald Trump issues statement mentioning terrorism in almost every sentenceDonald Trump has issued his first statement commemorating Ramadan as president, and fit mentions of terrorism into nearly half of it. Mr Bush at that time wrote of the diversity in Muslim communities, and of the teachings of Islam to be charitable, extend mercy, and search for peace.


Palestinians end mass hunger strike in Israel jails

Posted: 27 May 2017 04:36 AM PDT

Palestinians end mass hunger strike in Israel jailsHundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on hunger strike since April 17 have ended their mass protest after Israel agreed a deal following weeks of refusing to negotiate, sources on both sides said on Saturday. Some 30 of the more than 800 hunger strikers had been hospitalised in recent days, raising fears of an escalation of clashes with Israeli security forces in the occupied West Bank. Palestinians hailed the deal as a victory for the hunger strikers after Israeli authorities repeatedly vowed not to negotiate with convicted "terrorists".


NASA’s newest photo of Jupiter will blow your mind

Posted: 26 May 2017 09:38 AM PDT

NASA's newest photo of Jupiter will blow your mind

Lately, NASA's Cassini orbiter has been delivering some stunning photos from its trips around Saturn, but that's not the only fancy camera floating around a nearby planet. The agency's Juno spacecraft has been hanging out around Jupiter for nearly a year now, and it just delivered one of the most jaw-dropping glimpses of the gas giant that we've ever seen.

This is Jupiter's south pole, and like most of the rest of the planet, it's absolutely covered in massive storms, electricity, and swirling masses of clouds that stretch for hundreds and hundreds of miles. The image is absolutely stunning, and it took and incredible amount of work to make it happen.

What you're seeing is actually a composite of several different photos taken at different times so that the entirety of the south pole was illuminated by daylight. The photos used to make the image were collected during three separate orbits of Juno, each of which takes nearly two months to complete.

Juno has already revealed a great deal about Jupiter in its short time in orbit, and some of the information it is telling scientists is leaving them both surprised and amazed. The colossal, Earth-sized storms on its poles are one of the more shocking features that researchers are still trying to figure out.

"We're puzzled as to how they could be formed, how stable the configuration is, and why Jupiter's north pole doesn't look like the south pole," Juno principal investigator Scott Bolton says. "We're questioning whether this is a dynamic system, and are we seeing just one stage, and over the next year, we're going to watch it disappear, or is this a stable configuration and these storms are circulating around one another?"


The Latest: Democrat concedes to Gianforte in Montana race

Posted: 25 May 2017 10:48 PM PDT

The Latest: Democrat concedes to Gianforte in Montana raceBOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — The Latest on the misdemeanor assault case against Greg Gianforte, a Republican candidate for a Montana congressional seat in a special election Thursday. (all times local):


The BMW 8-Series Is the Return of the Big BMW

Posted: 26 May 2017 08:39 AM PDT

The BMW 8-Series Is the Return of the Big BMWThe coupe is still alive. Long live the coupe.


Could a Fidget Spinner Endanger Your Child? The Possible Hidden Hazards of the Popular Toy

Posted: 26 May 2017 02:42 PM PDT

Could a Fidget Spinner Endanger Your Child? The Possible Hidden Hazards of the Popular ToyA girl nearly died when a piece of a fidget spinner became lodged in her throat.


Judge: No Confederate flag T-shirt in officer's retrial

Posted: 26 May 2017 12:39 PM PDT

Judge: No Confederate flag T-shirt in officer's retrialCINCINNATI (AP) — The jury in the murder retrial of a white Ohio police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black motorist will not see the officer's undershirt depicting a Confederate battle flag, because a judge ruled Friday that the garment is too prejudicial.


BlackBerry, Qualcomm decide on final amount to resolve royalty dispute

Posted: 26 May 2017 05:56 AM PDT

BlackBerry, Qualcomm decide on final amount to resolve royalty disputeCanada's BlackBerry Ltd said on Friday that U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc has agreed to pay the software maker $940 million, including interest and legal fees, to settle a royalty dispute. Qualcomm had said in April that it would have to refund BlackBerry $814.9 million, plus interest and attorneys' fees, in an arbitration over royalties for certain past sales. The dispute between the two companies started in 2016 following Qualcomm's agreement to cap certain royalties applied to payments made by BlackBerry under a licensing deal.


Trump Is Playing the International Strategy Game Like a Novice Among Experts

Posted: 26 May 2017 08:07 AM PDT

Trump Is Playing the International Strategy Game Like a Novice Among ExpertsAn "America first" policy risks leaving America alone.


US-led Syria strikes kills scores of relatives of IS fighters

Posted: 26 May 2017 12:22 PM PDT

US-led Syria strikes kills scores of relatives of IS fightersDozens of relatives of Islamic State group fighters were killed Friday in Syria in US-led strikes, regime or Russian raids, after the UN urged nations striking the jihadists to protect civilians. Raids by the US-led coalition have pounded IS positions across Iraq and Syria since the jihadist group claimed responsibility for the devastating bombing of a concert in Manchester on Monday. Scores of civilians, many of them families of IS members, have been killed in bombing raids in recent days on the eastern Syrian town of Mayadeen, held by IS since 2014.


Texas Governor Greg Abbot sparks criticism for joke about shooting a journalist

Posted: 27 May 2017 11:36 AM PDT

Texas Governor Greg Abbot sparks criticism for joke about shooting a journalistA photo of the moment, published by the Texas Tribune, showed the grinning first-term Republican governor pointing to the centre of the paper target, where three rounds had pierced the bull's eye circle. Both said the incident was especially troubling as it came amid increasingly hostile rhetoric directed against the news media by Republican President Donald Trump and his supporters.


A Solar Eclipse In Space Looks Pretty Cool, Photos Captured By NASA Craft Show

Posted: 26 May 2017 08:57 AM PDT

A Solar Eclipse In Space Looks Pretty Cool, Photos Captured By NASA Craft ShowA NASA craft that studies the sun captured a partial solar eclipse on Thursday.


US immigration agents eat, arrest 3 at Michigan restaurant

Posted: 25 May 2017 06:25 PM PDT

US immigration agents eat, arrest 3 at Michigan restaurantANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The owner of a Michigan restaurant said U.S. immigration agents who were conducting enforcement at the business ate breakfast — and complimented the chef — before arresting three workers, according to media reports on Thursday.


Turkish NBA star tweets 'you can't catch me' at arrest warrant report

Posted: 26 May 2017 11:28 AM PDT

Turkish NBA star tweets 'you can't catch me' at arrest warrant reportANKARA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Enes Kanter, the Turkish NBA star whose home country has revoked his passport, on Friday expressed disdain on social media at reports that Turkey's government had issued a warrant for his arrest. Kanter's agent, the National Basketball Association player's union and representatives for the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kanter's team, did not respond to requests for comment. Kanter, a vocal critic of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, was detained in Romania on May 20 when authorities learned his Turkish passport had been revoked.


Defiant Congress Sparks Showdown With Trump Over Saudi Arms Deal

Posted: 26 May 2017 11:40 AM PDT

Defiant Congress Sparks Showdown With Trump Over Saudi Arms DealThough the opposition may be largely symbolic, lawmakers are clearly growing tired of unconditional support for the Gulf kingdom.


Troubled Philippine south burns again: What we know

Posted: 27 May 2017 01:11 AM PDT

Troubled Philippine south burns again: What we knowMilitants fighting under the black flag of the Islamic State group have turned a southern city into a battleground, and triggered warnings by President Rodrigo Duterte of a potential IS caliphate. The violence is the latest in four decades of conflict across the southern third of the mostly Catholic Philippines, where a Muslim separatist rebellion has claimed more than 120,000 lives. - Who are the militants?


Judge dismisses lawsuit against Clinton by Benghazi families

Posted: 27 May 2017 04:56 PM PDT

Judge dismisses lawsuit against Clinton by Benghazi familiesWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge threw out a lawsuit against Hillary Clinton by the parents of two Americans killed in the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, ruling the former secretary of state didn't defame them when disputing allegations that she had lied.


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