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Trump vows no more ‘strategic patience’ with North Korea

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 10:08 AM PDT

Trump vows no more 'strategic patience' with North KoreaPresident Trump warned that America's "strategic patience" with North Korea has run out, a rhetorical escalation amid increasing U.S. pressure on China to rein in its smaller neighbor.


Road Rage: Manhunt for Gunman Who Killed Recent High School Graduate

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 11:10 AM PDT

Road Rage: Manhunt for Gunman Who Killed Recent High School GraduateAuthorities say 18-year-old Bianca Nikol Roberson was driving home from a shopping trip Wednesday when she and the gunman became involved in the deadly road rage incident.


Iraqi PM Declares End of ISIS ‘Caliphate’ in Iraq As Mosul Falls

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 08:42 AM PDT

Iraqi PM Declares End of ISIS 'Caliphate' in Iraq As Mosul FallsIraqi troops re-claimed the heart of Mosul on Thursday, ending an 8-month campaign to retake the city from ISIS militants. Official warned, however, that pockets of ISIS fighters continue to fight in the city.


Opium and bananas banned for Hong Kong military parade

Posted: 29 Jun 2017 11:59 PM PDT

Opium and bananas banned for Hong Kong military paradeOpium, umbrellas and fruit were all banned for reporters covering Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to a military parade in Hong Kong on Friday, on a peculiarly exhaustive list of items considered too dangerous to bring along. Xi was visiting a People's Liberation Army airfield in northern Hong Kong, one of the most highly anticipated events during his landmark three-day visit to mark 20 years since the city was handed back to China by Britain. Ahead of the parade, journalists were sent written instructions spelling out security measures which included 14 categories of prohibited accessories.


State laws expand concealed guns to public facilities

Posted: 01 Jul 2017 09:18 AM PDT

State laws expand concealed guns to public facilitiesStarting Saturday, concealed guns are allowed at college campuses in Georgia and Kansas, more public buildings and bus stations in Tennessee, and at the Iowa state Capitol as new laws took effect continuing the steady expansion of gun rights in Republican-controlled states.


Charlie Gard’s Parents Respond To Ruling Taking 10-Month-Old Off Life Support

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 10:01 AM PDT

Charlie Gard's Parents Respond To Ruling Taking 10-Month-Old Off Life Support"We are utterly heartbroken."


Trump claims credit for Chicago ‘strike force’ to address gun violence

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 01:29 PM PDT

Trump claims credit for Chicago 'strike force' to address gun violenceThe Chicago police and the ATF launched a new "Chicago Crime Gun Strike Force" to stop illegal gun trafficking and clamp down on gun violence.


The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Why you need a global IoT strategy

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 11:35 AM PDT

The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Why you need a global IoT strategyThe Internet of Things is increasingly becoming a global concern, driving the need for IT leaders to address issues like risk management, interoperability, and worldwide collaboration.


Republican 'associate' of Michael Flynn alleges he 'tried to obtain Hillary Clinton emails from Russian hackers'

Posted: 29 Jun 2017 06:51 PM PDT

Republican 'associate' of Michael Flynn alleges he 'tried to obtain Hillary Clinton emails from Russian hackers'Peter W Smith, a long time operative with Donald Trump's Republican Party, assembled a team to look for approximately 33,000 emails that Ms Clinton said she deleted from her private email server. The US leader challenged Russian hackers to uncover them during the campaign. Mr Smith believed the emails had already been obtained by Russian hackers, and that they may provide evidence of wrongdoing by Ms Clinton.


Body of Missing Boy, 5, Turns Up Near Lake Months After Father Was Found Passed Out In His Car

Posted: 01 Jul 2017 10:08 AM PDT

Body of Missing Boy, 5, Turns Up Near Lake Months After Father Was Found Passed Out In His CarThe body of Aramazd Andressian was found near Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara County, cops said Saturday.


China says Hong Kong handover agreement 'no longer relevant'

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 08:11 AM PDT

China says Hong Kong handover agreement 'no longer relevant'The remarks on Friday came a day after UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson stressed Britain's commitment to the historic Sino-Britain Joint Declaration, which gave Hong Kong rights unseen on the mainland through a "one country, two systems" agreement.


The Latest: Arizona wildfire more than 40 percent contained

Posted: 29 Jun 2017 07:05 PM PDT

The Latest: Arizona wildfire more than 40 percent containedDURANGO, Colo. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in the U.S. Southwest (all times local):


U.S. farmers running out of opportunities to sell corn at profit

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 12:14 PM PDT

U.S. farmers running out of opportunities to sell corn at profitBy Mark Weinraub WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. farmers who have been holding out for higher prices for their corn may finally sell their grain below target levels in the next few weeks as a government report released on Friday underscores the huge supplies left in storage bins around the country, analysts said. The U.S. Agriculture Department said that farmers still had 2.841 billion bushels of corn in their storage bins as of June 1, the fifth most ever for that time period. It was the highest June 1 on-farm corn storage recording in 29 years and an indication that the market could remain under pressure until harvest.


Moderate Republicans warn of trouble for tax reform

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 02:40 PM PDT

Moderate Republicans warn of trouble for tax reformBy David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty moderate Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives warned on Friday that efforts to overhaul the federal tax code could be jeopardized by demands for including major spending cuts in a fiscal 2018 budget resolution. In a June 30 letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan, lawmakers from the moderate Tuesday Group said that including hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to mandatory programs could be "extremely problematic" for tax reform and asked for a budget delay until Senate Republicans finish their debate on healthcare legislation.


Trump Aides Named in Hack Recruiter Docs: WSJ

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 11:45 AM PDT

Trump Aides Named in Hack Recruiter Docs: WSJRachel Maddow relays new reporting from the Wall Street Journal about a long-time Republican operative's effort to recruit hackers to find Hillary Clinton e-mails, and a document listing Donald Trump campaign officials in a recruitment document.


NASA Denies Theory That It Is Running A Child Slave Colony On Mars​

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 03:22 PM PDT

NASA Denies Theory That It Is Running A Child Slave Colony On Mars​"There are no humans on Mars," a NASA spokesperson said.


Germany's vote to OK gay marriage likely to benefit Merkel

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 08:39 AM PDT

Germany's vote to OK gay marriage likely to benefit MerkelBERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel has dominated German politics for over a decade thanks to a combination of flexibility, tactical savvy and luck — and she looks likely to benefit from Germany's legalization of gay marriage as she seeks a fourth term in September.


Man Fatally Shoots Recent High School Graduate in Hit-and-Run Road Rage Crash

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 10:17 AM PDT

Man Fatally Shoots Recent High School Graduate in Hit-and-Run Road Rage CrashA man driving down a Pennsylvania highway shot and killed a teenage girl as their two cars tried to merge into a single lane


CNNs Ana Navarro calls Trump a crazy, lunatic, 70-year-old man-baby

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 07:49 AM PDT

CNNs Ana Navarro calls Trump a crazy, lunatic, 70-year-old man-babyCNNs Ana Navarro calls Trump a crazy, lunatic, 70-year-old man-baby.


13 All-American Jell-O Shots For Your Fourth Of July Party

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 08:55 AM PDT

13 All-American Jell-O Shots For Your Fourth Of July Party


New conflicts threaten Syria after Islamic State defeat

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 06:11 AM PDT

New conflicts threaten Syria after Islamic State defeatBy Michael Georgy and John Walcott RAQQA, Syria/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sheen Ibrahim's track record fighting ultra-hardline militants explains U.S. President Donald Trump's policy of arming Syrian Kurds like her as he seeks to eradicate Islamic State. Taught by her brother to fire an AK-47 at 15 and encouraged by her mother to fight for Syrian Kurdish autonomy, she says she has killed 50 people since she took up arms in Syria's six-year-old civil war, fighting first al Qaeda, then crossing into Iraq to help Kurds there against Islamic State. Now 26, she leads a 15-woman unit hunting down the hardline group in its global headquarters Raqqa, speeding through streets once controlled by the militants in a pick-up truck as fellow fighters comb through ruined buildings for booby traps.


25 wounded, three trampled during US nightclub shooting

Posted: 01 Jul 2017 02:44 PM PDT

25 wounded, three trampled during US nightclub shootingTwenty-five people were wounded, two of whom were in critical condition, during a nightclub shooting early Saturday in the southern US state of Arkansas, officials said. Authorities said three more people were injured by stampeding patrons fleeing the shooting. "I want to reassure our public that this was not an act of terrorism but a tragedy... It does not appear to be a planned shooting," Mayor Mark Stodola told a press conference.


Maddow: Trump Untroubled Harming Presidency

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 11:00 AM PDT

Maddow: Trump Untroubled Harming PresidencyRachel Maddow explains that because Donald Trump does not own or value the presidency, the harm his offensive behavior does to the office and the U.S. generally for political gain is not something he cares about.


Shark Attacks Man Helping Fisherman In North Carolina

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 08:11 AM PDT

Shark Attacks Man Helping Fisherman In North Carolina"There was a lot of blood," said a witness.


Couple Gets Married 22 Years After Meeting in Preschool: 'I've Always Loved Him'

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 02:20 PM PDT

Couple Gets Married 22 Years After Meeting in Preschool: 'I've Always Loved Him'Matt Grodsky got down on one knee at... their old preschool.


Philippine top cop says police try to save lives of drugs war victims

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 09:43 AM PDT

Philippine top cop says police try to save lives of drugs war victimsThe Philippines' police chief on Friday stood by anti-narcotics officers and rejected a Reuters investigation that pointed to a pattern of police sending corpses of drug suspects to hospitals to destroy crime scene evidence and hide executions. President Rodrigo Duterte took office in the Philippines a year ago, launching a bloody war on drugs that has killed thousands of Filipinos. In a television interview to mark the anniversary, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Ronald dela Rosa appeared irritated by questions about the Reuters report, published on Thursday, and said police carrying out anti-drugs operations had a duty to save lives, even when encountering violent resistance.


Will the Galaxy Note 8 beat the iPhone 7 Plus in the 2017 camera wars?

Posted: 29 Jun 2017 06:49 PM PDT

Will the Galaxy Note 8 beat the iPhone 7 Plus in the 2017 camera wars?

The Galaxy Note 8 will have the best camera Samsung ever made. That's something I could tell you right off the bat, without even looking at rumors and leaks. That's because Samsung improves the camera experience on its flagship handsets every year, looking to fulfill its longtime dream to beat Apple in every department. But it just so happens that there's a new Galaxy Note 8 camera rumor in town that says the phone's dual-lens setup will be better than anyone else's, implying that it'll beat the iPhone 7 Plus in this round of the camera wars.

According to SamMobile's insiders, the Galaxy Note 8's camera will "offer better image quality and better background defocus (in portrait mode) than competing smartphones with similar dual-camera solutions."

That sounds great, of course, especially as there are plenty of phones to feature dual lens shooters, including the iPhone 7 Plus, the recently launched OnePlus 5, the LG G6, the Huawei P10, and others.

The Galaxy Note 8 is expected to feature a dual lens setup with 13-megapixel sensors on each lens, the report says. One will RGB and the other monochrome. We're looking at f/2.0 lenses, and optical image stabilization is apparently included.

It's very likely the camera setup will be marketed as Isocell Dual. Samsung's looking to establish a strong Isocell brand for smartphone cameras, and Isocell Dual is the sub-brand that will likely apply to the Galaxy Note 8.

Oh, and yes, we definitely expect the Galaxy Note 8 to be the first flagship smartphone to sport a dual lens camera. The rumors said so for months, and the first images based on CAD designs, including one that BGR obtained earlier this week, seem to confirm it.

All that remains now is to wait until late August when Samsung should unveil the Galaxy Note 8 in New York.


Venus Williams sued by estate of man fatally hurt in crash

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 01:38 PM PDT

Venus Williams sued by estate of man fatally hurt in crashFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Tennis star Venus Williams is being sued by the estate of a Florida man who died after a car crash police say she caused.


China's Xi draws 'red line' in Hong Kong as protesters march

Posted: 01 Jul 2017 12:46 AM PDT

China's Xi draws 'red line' in Hong Kong as protesters marchChina's President Xi Jinping warned on Saturday that any challenge to Beijing's control over Hong Kong crossed a "red line", as thousands calling for more democracy marched through the city 20 years since it was handed back by Britain. Xi spoke in a televised address after swearing in new Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, who is already being cast by critics as a China stooge in a city where many are angry at Beijing's tightening grip on the freedoms of its nearly eight million people. A huge security operation shut down large parts of Hong Kong for Xi's three-day visit, reflecting Beijing's concern that there should be no embarrassment ahead of a key Communist Party congress later this year which is expected to cement his position as the most powerful Chinese leader in a generation.


Clinton Critic Spotlighted in Trump Scandal

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 11:52 AM PDT

Clinton Critic Spotlighted in Trump ScandalMichael Isikoff talks with Rachel Maddow about Peter Smith's anti-Bill Clinton efforts long before he turned up in the Wall Street Journal's reporting on recruiting hackers to find deleted Hillary Clinton e-mails to help Donald Trump.


10 Mind-Blowing Ways To Turn Cauliflower Into Rice

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 08:56 AM PDT

10 Mind-Blowing Ways To Turn Cauliflower Into Rice


Intermittent Fasting For Weight Loss: What To Know

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 09:20 AM PDT

Intermittent Fasting For Weight Loss: What To KnowIt's not for everybody.


Samsung is investing billions in manufacturing plants for the next iPhones

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 05:00 PM PDT

Samsung is investing billions in manufacturing plants for the next iPhones

When you think of Samsung and smartphones, chances are you're imagining the Galaxy S8 or a gently smoldering Galaxy Note 7. But as well as making its own smartphones, Samsung is also a significant supplier of components to its rival, including Apple.

Since there's only a couple months left until the iPhone 8 is made official, we already have a good idea that Samsung is going to have a hand in supplying OLED panels for Apple's latest and greatest. But according to a new supply chain rumor, Samsung isn't going to stop there.

ETNews quotes supply chain sources as saying that Samsung will shortly invest billions of dollars into a pair of new plants for producing OLED panels. The plants won't be up and churning out displays until 2019, but when they are, they'll represent a significant portion of the overall OLED supply. With Apple expected to transition its entire iPhone lineup to OLED panels in the next two years (and Apple is the Pied Piper of component design choices), demand is set to explode. Samsung plans to be sitting there, bucket of panels in one hand and bank account in the other.

The price tag is significant: approximately $21 billion over the next few years. The end result should be a total production capacity of 270,000 panels per month. That should be sufficient for Samsung to keep its dominance of the OLED panel market, which has obvious immediate benefits for Samsung's displays division. But it also means that Apple will have to stay on good terms with Samsung, even as Apple's Chinese manufacturing partner makes new moves into the display business.


Venezuela's defiant chief prosecutor requests protection

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 06:26 PM PDT

Venezuela's defiant chief prosecutor requests protectionCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's chief prosecutor asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for protection Friday, days after the Supreme Court barred her from leaving the country and ordered her bank accounts frozen.


IMF to participate for 'last time' in Greek bailout: Schaeuble

Posted: 01 Jul 2017 06:30 AM PDT

IMF to participate for 'last time' in Greek bailout: SchaeubleThe International Monetary Fund, a key creditor in Greece's bailout, will not participate in any further rescues of the debt-wracked country, Germany's finance minister told a Greek newspaper Saturday. "We have all acknowledged (eurozone and IMF) that the third Greek (bailout) payment will be the last with the participation of the IMF," Wolfgang Schaeuble told Greek daily Ta Nea. The German finance chief has been inflexible on the issue of Greek debt relief, in opposition to the IMF which says it needs to be done to breathe new life into Greece's floundering economy.


2 Rare Rhinos Born a Week Apart at the Same Zoo: 'These Youngsters Are Absolutely Vital'

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 11:23 AM PDT

2 Rare Rhinos Born a Week Apart at the Same Zoo: 'These Youngsters Are Absolutely Vital'Two Eastern black rhino calves were born a week apart at the Chester Zoo in England. The species is critically endangered.


2017 Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback Manual

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 01:30 PM PDT

2017 Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback ManualStruggling with an identity crisis.


South Korea's Moon Jae-in Is Meeting with Donald Trump. Here Are 5 Things to Know

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 02:22 AM PDT

South Korea's Moon Jae-in Is Meeting with Donald Trump. Here Are 5 Things to KnowThe shadow of North Korea will hang over talks on Friday


Muslim leader urges Indonesians to boycott Starbucks over LGBT stand

Posted: 01 Jul 2017 03:13 AM PDT

Muslim leader urges Indonesians to boycott Starbucks over LGBT standBy Nilufar Rizki and Jessica Damiana JAKARTA (Reuters) - A leader of Indonesia's second-largest Muslim organization has called for a boycott of Starbucks, saying that the international coffee chain's pro-gay stand risks ruining the "religious and cultured" core of the Southeast Asian nation. With the exception of the ultra-conservative Aceh province, homosexuality is legal in Indonesia. Anwar Abbas of Muhammadiyah, an organization that has around 30 million members, said the government should revoke Starbucks' operating license as the company's support for the LGBT community is "not in line" with the nation's ideology.


YouTuber Tweeted About 'Most Dangerous Video Ever' Before Killing Boyfriend

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 08:53 AM PDT

YouTuber Tweeted About 'Most Dangerous Video Ever' Before Killing BoyfriendMonalisa Perez accidentally shot and killed her boyfriend during a YouTube stunt gone wrong.


Gunman kills doctor, wounds six others in Bronx hospital rampage

Posted: 30 Jun 2017 09:07 PM PDT

Gunman kills doctor, wounds six others in Bronx hospital rampageA doctor who had lost his job at a New York City hospital opened fire with an assault rifle inside the building on Friday, killing another physician and wounding six other people before taking his own life in a burst of apparent workplace-related violence, officials said. The gunman, wearing a white medical lab coat, stalked two floors of the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, in the New York borough of the Bronx, and tried to set himself on fire before police searching the building found him dead of a self-inflicted gunshot, Police Commissioner James O'Neill said.


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