| In Congress and from Trump, horror over New Zealand mosque massacre Posted: 15 Mar 2019 10:14 AM PDT  Two of the three Muslim members of Congress respond to the horrific attack in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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| Christchurch mosque shooting adds to growing list of attacks in places of worship Posted: 15 Mar 2019 04:11 AM PDT  The deadly shootings on Friday at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch are the latest attacks in places of worship.
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| Exclusive: Beto O'Rourke belonged to major hacker group as a teenager Posted: 15 Mar 2019 09:00 AM PDT  In an exclusive interview with this reporter for a forthcoming book about the group, the former U.S. congressman from Texas confirmed that as a youth in El Paso, he belonged to the hacking group known as the Cult of the Dead Cow. In the group, O'Rourke wrote online essays under the pseudonym "Psychedelic Warlord" that could provide fodder for political supporters and foes alike. The Reuters article marks the ex-congressman as the most prominent former hacker in American politics.
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| Students globally protest warming, pleading for their future Posted: 15 Mar 2019 08:12 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Students across a warming globe pleaded for their lives, future and planet Friday, demanding tough action on climate change.
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| Iran bans Boeing 737 MAX from airspace: civil aviation Posted: 15 Mar 2019 12:19 PM PDT  Iran's civil aviation authority said Friday it had banned Boeing 737 Max jets from its airspace, the latest in a series of countries to do so after a deadly crash. The decision was announced by civil aviation spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh, in a bulletin published by the transport ministry. "Following the banning of the 737 MAX from the airspace of many countries, including America, which is the country that builds it, this type of plane is now banned from Iranian airspace," Jafarzadeh said.
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| Australian lawmaker blames mosque slaughter on 'increasing Muslim presence' Posted: 15 Mar 2019 07:48 AM PDT  A right-wing member of the Australian parliament blamed the murder of 49 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Muslim immigration.
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| Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman sued for $500 billion(!) over college bribery scandal Posted: 14 Mar 2019 06:03 PM PDT  A furious California mother filed a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman and others involved in the college admissions scheme.
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| Black Box Politics: How National Pride Intrudes on Crash Probes Posted: 14 Mar 2019 06:59 PM PDT  Signs of international tension have also emerged in the high-stakes investigation of the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max on Sunday. More than 50 countries grounded the plane in a rebuke to American authorities who counseled waiting for more evidence.
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| New Zealand PM vows gun law reform after mosque massacre Posted: 15 Mar 2019 10:32 PM PDT  New Zealand's prime minister vowed Saturday to toughen the country's gun laws after revealing the alleged shooter behind Christchurch's mosque attacks had legally bought the five weapons, including two semi-automatic rifles, used in the massacre. The nation's firearms laws are lax compared to neighbouring Australia, which enacted a strict gun control regime in the wake of a similar massacre in 1996. Jacinda Ardern said 28-year-old Australian Brenton Tarrant obtained a "Category A" gun licence in November 2017 which allowed him to purchase the weapons used to mow down worshippers in two Christchurch mosques.
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| Israel Defense Forces confirms rockets fired from Gaza were launched by the Hamas terrorist organization Posted: 15 Mar 2019 07:40 AM PDT  Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon says Israel is ready to protect their people.
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| IS suicide attacks highlight perils of Syria campaign Posted: 15 Mar 2019 12:40 PM PDT  OUTSIDE BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — The three Islamic State fighters emerged from the group's last bastion in eastern Syria on Friday acting as though they wanted to surrender, but when they reached the U.S.-backed forces that have them surrounded they blew themselves up, killing six people.
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| Trump’s national emergency declaration opposed by majority of Americans, polls find Posted: 16 Mar 2019 07:09 AM PDT  Donald Trump has vetoed a measure to block his national emergency declaration. The measure passed the House and Senate with bipartisan support on Friday. Numerous polls suggest Mr Trump's decision was popular among his Republican base.
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| You don't have to be on a 737 Max to be affected by the FAA grounding. Here's why. Posted: 14 Mar 2019 06:49 PM PDT  American, Southwest and United are are strategically canceling flights and making other moves to cover the temporary loss of 72 planes.
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| Apple infringed three Qualcomm patents, jury finds Posted: 15 Mar 2019 02:21 PM PDT  Qualcomm last year sued Apple alleging it had violated patents related to helping mobile phones get better battery life. During an eight-day trial, Qualcomm asked the jury to award it unpaid patent royalties of up to $1.41 per iPhone that violated the patents.
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| Ethiopia crash investigation needs 'considerable' time: minister Posted: 16 Mar 2019 01:37 PM PDT  Identifying the cause of the deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people and caused the worldwide grounding of a brand-new Boeing aircraft model will take "considerable time," an Ethiopian government minister said Saturday. The crash of Flight ET 302 minutes into its flight to Nairobi on March 10 killed all onboard and caused the worldwide grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft model involved in the disaster. "The investigation of such magnitude requires a careful analysis and considerable time to come up with something concrete," transport minister Dagmawit Moges told a press conference.
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| Death toll rises to 50 as New Zealand mourns victims Posted: 16 Mar 2019 02:46 PM PDT  The death toll from horrifying shootings at two mosques in New Zealand rose to 50, police said Sunday, as Christchurch residents flocked to memorial sites and churches across the city Sunday to lay flowers and mourn the victims. The additional death was discovered as bodies were being removed from the mosques in the southern city, police said, with forensic officers from across New Zealand flying into the city to assist with the identification process. The outpouring of grief and support came a day after the right-wing extremist charged over the horrifying attacks on New Zealand mosques flashed a white power gesture as he appeared in court.
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| I got into 39 colleges without cheating: What applying to schools looks like in 2019 Posted: 15 Mar 2019 04:45 AM PDT  Jordan Nixon got into 39 colleges without any celebrity parents or $500,000 bribes. But that doesn't mean it wasn't "stressful to say the least."
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| Russian oligarch sues US Treasury over sanctions Posted: 15 Mar 2019 12:08 PM PDT ![Russian oligarch sues US Treasury over sanctions]( "Russian oligarch sues US Treasury over sanctions") WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska filed a lawsuit Friday against the U.S. Treasury Department, saying the sanctions against him have caused a "wholesale devastation" of his wealth and reputation.
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| Trump issues first veto after rebuke of border order Posted: 15 Mar 2019 02:54 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Unbowed by a congressional rebuke, President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency on Friday in a demonstration that he is not through fighting for his signature campaign promise, which stands largely unfulfilled 18 months before voters decide whether to grant him another term.
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| Boeing to upgrade stall prevention on 737 MAX: sources Posted: 15 Mar 2019 10:03 AM PDT  Boeing in the next 10 days will roll out an upgrade to the MCAS stall prevention system for 737 MAX aircraft that have had two deadly accidents in recent months, two industry sources told AFP. The system was implicated in the crash of a 737 MAX 8 in Indonesia in October but the sources cautioned that the cause of the fatal Ethiopia Airlines accident last weekend has not yet been determined. The software fix, which was already underway prior to the latest incident, will only take about two hours to install, said the sources, who asked not to be identified.
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| Sling them out or long delay: Europeans weigh Brexit options Posted: 15 Mar 2019 06:05 AM PDT  By Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will tell Prime Minister Theresa May next week how much longer Britain can stay in the bloc as British lawmakers struggle to agree on how and when, or even if, the country is leaving. EU leaders meet for a two-day summit starting on Thursday, with many in two minds about how long Britain should get beyond the March 29 Brexit day, which is enshrined in law. May, meanwhile, will ask the British parliament to back the deal she has negotiated with the EU for a third time, after it was twice roundly rejected. ...
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| 19 killed, Beira city shut off as tropical cyclone slams Mozambique Posted: 15 Mar 2019 02:09 PM PDT  Tropical cyclone Idai battered central Mozambique on Friday killing at least 19 people and cutting off more than half a million people in one of the country's largest cities Beira. State broadcaster Radio Mocambique, said "preliminary information points to 19 deaths and more than 70 injured in Sofala province as a result of cyclone Idai". Most of the deaths occurred in Beira -- a port hub and capital of Sofala province -- a city which has virtually been cut off after power lines crashed, the airport was shut and roads swamped by flooding.
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| Pompeo: State Dept. bars war crimes court members from the U.S., citing torture probe Posted: 15 Mar 2019 10:04 AM PDT  The move is aimed at shielding American military and CIA personnel from an international investigation into alleged torture in Afghanistan.
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| Google’s Foldable Pixel Phone Could Be This Wild Triptych Posted: 15 Mar 2019 05:01 PM PDT  Google has patented a method to fold a phone in two and three parts, the latter in a Z-shape triptych. It's the last of many evidence pieces that show that the Mountain View company is working on foldable Pixels.Z-shape foldable phone concept. Credit: Chesky/ShutterstockWhile there's no guarantee that these products will see the light, it's clear that Google is pushing hard for what it believes is the future of mobile computing. Perhaps its engineers have been binging on Westworld way too much, but at this point there's way too many breadcrumbs to ignore.Credit: Google/USPTO/Patently MobileFirst of all, even while Google is not known for innovating in hardware, making a foldable Pixel to set the benchmark in a burgeoning and totally new market is the logical thing to do for a company that wants its Android platform to win over iOS.We know that Google has been closely working with Samsung on the Galaxy Fold. Which is normal because it's the number one Android manufacturer in the world and the Californian giant would like to help it experiment and get a new, potentially groundbreaking product to market.But that's only the first step. Google's interest is clearly going beyond Samsung — the company has been readying Android to work with foldables and morphing form factors.In fact, one of Android Q's biggest new features is the support for foldables, something that Google engineers have been working on for a long time. Even the angled line in the Q logo is an obvious representation of a folded surface, a graphical statement that strongly indicates how important the push towards this form factor is for Google.Credit: GoogleGoogle's foldable mobile was first hinted by Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin — who inexplicably had very early access to the Pixel 3. Murtazin claimed that the company is working on a foldable Pixel, something that was recently echoed by an unconfirmed rumor.To underline Murtazin's rumor, we also know that Google is playing with foldable screens sent by Samsung's display division, which at this point seems to be the only flexible OLED manufacturer capable of producing these type of panels in quantities big enough for commercial mobile products.Credit: Google/USPTO/Patently MobileThis new patent — with a triptych configuration like the Xiaomi foldable but in a Z-shape — shows that Google is thinking beyond the current crop of shapes too (and again, watching Westworld).Looking at all these factors, it is clear that the Mountain View company thinks foldable mobile devices are strategic for the Android platform, and thus it makes sense for them to set that gold standard with a Pixel Fold.In fact, this may be the final battlefield for Google to take Apple out of the map on. After all, we know the Cupertino company is actively working on a foldable iPhone too. The shroud of the tech giants have fallen. Begun the foldable wars has. * All the Incoming Foldable Phones for 2019 * Android Q Beta: New Features, Release Date and How to Get It * This $9,790 Limited Edition iPhone Has a Mechanical Watch On Its Back
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| Teen in Viral Video Eggs Australian Politician Who Blamed Immigration for New Zealand Mosque Shootings Posted: 16 Mar 2019 11:45 AM PDT  Teen in Viral Video Eggs Australian Politician Who Blamed Immigration for New Zealand Mosque Shootings
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| IS clings on in face of Kurd-led assault in Syria Posted: 16 Mar 2019 03:26 AM PDT  US-backed forces battled Islamic State group fighters overnight as the jihadists Saturday clung onto their crumbling bastion in eastern Syria. "Clashes broke out again last night and have continued since," said Adnane Afrine, spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). AFP journalists at an SDF post inside Baghouz village, the last IS redoubt, heard sporadic rounds of mortar fire and US-led coalition planes overhead.
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| Ex-general challenging Israeli PM reels from hacking scandal Posted: 15 Mar 2019 11:11 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's leading challenger in his heated race for re-election is trying to play down an embarrassing phone hacking scandal that has erupted just as the ex-general is sliding in opinion polls.
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| 5 things to know about Boeing's problems over new airplane Posted: 16 Mar 2019 02:06 PM PDT  Investigators at a lab in France and a field in Ethiopia are looking for clues into the second deadly accident involving Boeing's newest jetliner, while DNA testing has started to identify the remains of victims.
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| Suspected white supremacist charged with murder after New Zealand mosque shootings Posted: 16 Mar 2019 10:47 AM PDT  Tarrant, handcuffed and wearing a white prison suit, stood silently in the Christchurch District Court where he was remanded without a plea. Friday's attack, which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern labeled as terrorism, was the worst ever peacetime mass killing in New Zealand and the country had raised its security threat level to the highest. Footage of the attack on one of the mosques was broadcast live on Facebook, and a "manifesto" denouncing immigrants as "invaders" was sent to politicians and media outlets and posted online via links to related social media accounts.
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| As Russia report nears, Donald Trump taunts Robert Mueller Posted: 15 Mar 2019 10:16 AM PDT  President Trump tweets as he and aides await Russia report by Robert Mueller.
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| The Latest: Downstream Missouri River prepares for flooding Posted: 16 Mar 2019 03:17 PM PDT  ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on flooding in the Midwest (all times local):
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| This Apple iPad Mini is on mega sale Posted: 03 Dec 2018 06:55 AM PST  With so many options on today's market, you shouldn't have to break the bankto get your hands on top-notch Apple products
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| Venezuela's Guaido starts domestic tour to stir support Posted: 16 Mar 2019 04:04 PM PDT  Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim leader Juan Guaido began a tour of his country Saturday aimed at sparking a citizen's movement to pry President Nicolas Maduro from power. As Guaido, 35, kicked off his "operation freedom" in the northern city of Valencia, the pro-Maduro military staged the latest in a series of exercises. The drill focused on defending hydroelectric infrastructure from attack -- a reaction to a weeklong national blackout that Maduro blamed on US "sabotage" but experts said was more likely the result of years of neglect.
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| We Got Up Close and Personal With The Army’s Lethal Sniper Rifle Posted: 15 Mar 2019 11:00 PM PDT  One tough weapon.
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| Please Put a Suncatcher in Your Window Posted: 15 Mar 2019 12:05 PM PDT |
| New Zealand gunman entranced with Ottoman sites in Europe Posted: 16 Mar 2019 05:32 PM PDT  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The white supremacist suspected in the mosque shootings that left at least 50 people dead in New Zealand had traveled to the Balkans in the past three years, where he toured historic sites and apparently studied battles between Christians and the Ottoman empire.
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| North Korea may suspend talks with 'gangster-like' U.S., rethink nuclear test freeze Posted: 15 Mar 2019 01:34 PM PDT ![North Korea may suspend talks with 'gangster-like' U.S., rethink nuclear test freeze]( "North Korea may suspend talks with 'gangster-like' U.S., rethink nuclear test freeze") U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States wished to continue talks with North Korea and had "every expectation" that its leader, Kim Jong Un, would stick to pledges not to resume nuclear and missile testing. Pompeo gave no sign of U.S. willingness to soften its stance in demanding that North Korea give up its nuclear weapons. North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui blamed top U.S. officials for the breakdown of last month's summit between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump in Hanoi, Russia's TASS news agency and the Associated Press reported.
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| Is JetBlue ready to launch flights to London? Posted: 16 Mar 2019 05:47 AM PDT ![Is JetBlue ready to launch flights to London?]( "Is JetBlue ready to launch flights to London?") "We're actively looking at it now," JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes said about the possibility of London service in an interview with a British newspaper.
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| Late-winter storm hits Midwest after paralyzing Colorado Posted: 14 Mar 2019 06:14 PM PDT  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A blizzard that paralyzed parts of Colorado and Wyoming barreled into the Midwest on Thursday, bringing whiteout conditions to western Nebraska and dumping heavy rain that prompted evacuations in communities farther east.
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| Google faces third EU antitrust fine next week: source Posted: 15 Mar 2019 06:40 AM PDT  Alphabet unit Google is likely to be hit with a third EU antitrust fine next week related to its AdSense advertising service, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, with the sanction expected to be much smaller than previous fines. The European Commission in 2016 opened a third case against the world's most popular internet search engine by accusing Google of preventing third parties using its AdSense product from displaying search advertisements from Google's competitors. It said that Google, which at that time had held 80 percent of the European market for search advertising intermediation over the previous ten years, had kept its anti-competitive practices for a decade.
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| CNN's Chris Cuomo twists Trump's words in interview with Kellyanne Conway Posted: 15 Mar 2019 08:08 PM PDT  'MediaBuzz' host Howard Kurtz and The American Spectator contributor Jeffrey Lord discuss the media's worst offenders of the week.
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