| Lebanon: Israeli air force hits Palestinian base in Lebanon Posted: 26 Aug 2019 04:04 PM PDT  Israeli drones bombed a Palestinian base in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria early Monday, the Lebanese state-run National News Agency and a Palestinian official said, further raising tensions in the Middle East. The strike came a day after an alleged Israeli drone crashed in a stronghold of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in southern Beirut while another exploded and crashed nearby. Hezbollah said its explosive experts found that one drone was laden with highly explosive materials, suggesting the aerial vehicles were designed to carry out attacks.
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| Woman who killed boyfriend during sex game released on parole after 18 years Posted: 27 Aug 2019 04:08 PM PDT  Anastazia Schmid was a free woman Tuesday more than 18 years after she stabbed her boyfriend, Tony Heathcote, 39 times during a consensual sex game.
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| Trump reportedly suggested fighting hurricanes with nukes. Here's what would really happen if we set off a bomb in the eye of a storm. Posted: 26 Aug 2019 01:07 PM PDT  President Donald Trump has suggested disrupting hurricanes with nuclear weapons, according to Axios. Here's why that wouldn't work.
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| China Formally Arrests Australian Writer on Suspicion of Spying Posted: 27 Aug 2019 12:54 AM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- An Australian writer detained in China seven months ago has been formally arrested on suspicion of espionage, triggering swift demands from the government in Canberra that he be allowed to return home.Foreign Minister Marise Payne said she was "concerned and disappointed" that Yang Hengjun, a Chinese native who's now an Australian citizen, would "continue to be criminally detained." He is one of several detained foreign nationals whose cases have raised concerns about operating on the mainland. Two Canadians -- Michael Kovrig, a Hong Kong-based security analyst on leave from Canada's foreign service, and entrepreneur Michael Spavor -- were detained in December and later accused of espionage."It is important, and we expect, that basic standards of justice and procedural fairness are met," Payne said in a statement Tuesday. "I respectfully reiterate my previous requests that if Dr. Yang is being held for his political beliefs, he should be released."Yang was detained in the southern city of Guangzhou in January after a flight from New York. His lawyer Rob Stary told the Australian newspaper Tuesday that the precise nature of the espionage allegations weren't clear, though apparently relate to his "democracy activism."Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said Tuesday that Yang's case was being investigated "according to law" and that China "deplores" Payne's statement. "This case is now being investigated according to the law and his rights are lawfully and fully guaranteed. His health condition is good," Geng told reporters in Beijing. "I'd like to stress that China is a nation with the rule of law and Australia should earnestly respect China's sovereignty and stop interfering with China's handling of this case in any form."At the time of his detention, the Foreign Ministry in Beijing said Yang was being investigated for "criminal activities endangering national security." Yang previously was a Chinese foreign affairs official in Beijing, before becoming an Australian citizen and novelist, the Australian newspaper reported earlier this year.Payne said Yang had been held in "harsh conditions" without charge and denied access to lawyers or his family. She said she had discussed the issue twice with her Chinese counterpart and written to him three times raising her concerns.Yang has been visited by embassy officials seven times since his detention and a visit is scheduled for today, she said."I will continue to advocate strongly on behalf of Dr. Yang to ensure a satisfactory explanation of the basis for his arrest, that he is treated humanely and that he is allowed to return home," Payne said.(Updates with China Foreign Ministry comments in fifth paragraph.)\--With assistance from April Ma.To contact the reporter on this story: Edward Johnson in Sydney at ejohnson28@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Edward Johnson at ejohnson28@bloomberg.net, Peter VercoeFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Indiana attorney general exposes the real reason behind California's homeless crisis Posted: 26 Aug 2019 05:44 AM PDT  Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill says California's Proposition 47 has had unintended consequences.
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| Someone Has Killed More Than 40 Wild Burros in a California Desert. There's a $10,000 Reward for the Gunman Posted: 26 Aug 2019 05:24 PM PDT  A burro is simply a wild donkey. They are considered to be an enduring symbol of the Southwest region of America, according to the Associated Press
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| NASA astronaut accused of first space crime denies hacking into wife's bank account Posted: 27 Aug 2019 08:23 AM PDT  An US astronaut accused of committing what may have been the first crime in space allegedly hacked into her estranged wife's bank account while aboard the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this year.Anne McClain, one of NASA's top astronauts, accessed her wife's bank account multiple times from a NASA computer while aboard the ISS in January and February during a six-month mission in space, according to a letter the wife's attorneys wrote to the agency's Office of Inspector General.
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| This Exoplanet Has the Weirdest Orbit We've Ever Seen Posted: 27 Aug 2019 09:00 AM PDT  There's no circular orbit for this giant world.
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| Fuzzy math: Democrats spend big to draw small-dollar donors Posted: 27 Aug 2019 11:26 AM PDT  Montana Gov. Steve Bullock was told how he could qualify for the next presidential debate, but it didn't make much sense: Spend $60. "You spend $60 on Facebook right now to get a $1 donor," Bullock said last week while campaigning in Iowa , referring to the 130,000 donor threshold that is one of the requirements to reach the debate stage in Houston next month. Facing a Wednesday deadline, a handful of Democratic White House hopefuls are racing against time — and odds — to qualify, trying desperately to meet the donor targets as well as reaching 2% in four approved public opinion polls.
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| Bangladesh rules women need not say if virgins on marriage certificates Posted: 26 Aug 2019 11:20 PM PDT ![Bangladesh rules women need not say if virgins on marriage certificates]( "Bangladesh rules women need not say if virgins on marriage certificates") Bangladesh's top court has ruled that women need no longer declare if they are virgins on marriage certificates after a five-year legal battle by women's rights groups trying to protect women's privacy and potential humiliation. Marriage laws in the Muslim-majority country in South Asia had required a bride had to state on her marriage certificate if she was a "kumari" - meaning virgin - a widow, or divorced. Ainun Nahar Siddiqua, one of two lawyers involved in the case, said the case dated back to 2014 with the filing of a writ petition to change in the form provided under the 1974 Bangladesh Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act.
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| Trump blames Obama, not Putin, for Russia seizing Crimea Posted: 26 Aug 2019 10:20 AM PDT  President Trump blamed the last U.S. president for Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, praising President Vladimir Putin for outsmarting President Obama and saying he thought Russia should be welcomed back into the annual meeting of the leaders of the world's largest economic powers.
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| Brazil's Bolsonaro endorses sexist post about French first lady Posted: 26 Aug 2019 03:37 AM PDT  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro endorsed a sexist Facebook post about France's first lady Brigitte Macron Sunday, the latest chapter in an escalating war of words between him and his French counterpart over the Amazon crisis. Emmanuel Macron had called for emergency talks by G7 nations on the fires destroying chunks of the Amazon rainforest, piling pressure on Bolsonaro, who in turn accused him of having a "colonialist mentality".
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| Puerto Rico Under State of Emergency as Tropical Storm Dorian Approaches. Here's the Latest Track and Forecast Posted: 26 Aug 2019 06:14 AM PDT  Forecasters are watching Dorian closely
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| Was Amelia Earhart Eaten by Crabs? Posted: 26 Aug 2019 11:33 AM PDT  Hard to say, really.
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| Sri Lankan Islamic clerics seek clarity on face veil ban Posted: 27 Aug 2019 01:32 AM PDT  Islamic clerics in Sri Lanka asked Muslim women on Tuesday to continue to avoid wearing face veils until the government clarifies whether they are once again allowed now that emergency rule has ended four months after a string of suicide bomb attacks. Clerics are wary of the Muslim community being targeted again for violence, as it was in the aftermath of April's Easter Sunday attacks that killed more than 260 people, said Fazil Farook, spokesman for All Ceylon Jammiyyathul Ulama, Sri Lanka's largest group of Islamic clerics.
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| Democrats reportedly worry as list of Joe Biden's gaffes grows Posted: 26 Aug 2019 02:41 PM PDT  Former Vice President Joe Biden's verbal mistakes pile up in New Hampshire; reaction and analysis on 'The Five.'
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| Sanders: China Has Made ‘More Progress’ on Extreme Poverty than Any Country in History Posted: 27 Aug 2019 11:19 AM PDT  Presidential contender Bernie Sanders spoke highly about China's leadership in a new interview, saying that the Chinese government has made great strides in combating extreme poverty despite moving in a more authoritarian direction."China is a country that is moving unfortunately in a more authoritarian way in a number of directions," the Vermont senator said in his interview with The Hill. "But what we have to say about China in fairness to China and its leadership is, if I'm not mistaken, they have made more progress in addressing extreme poverty than any country in the history of civilization, so they've done a lot of things for their people."Since the 1980s, the number of people living in extreme poverty in China has dropped dramatically. By 2015, the country's "poverty headcount ratio," the percentage of its citizens living on less than $1.90 a day, was at 0.7, according to the World Bank. But even so, by the end of 2017, 30.46 million rural people still lived below China's poverty line, the National Bureau of Statistics reported.Sanders also said that while he agrees that China looks out for its own interests first, he disagrees with calling the country an "existential threat" to the American worker, as some have warned."Their economy now is struggling but I think it is absolutely possible for us to have a positive working relationship with China," Sanders said.China and the U.S. have escalated their war of reciprocal tariffs over the past year, as President Trump continues to demand that Beijing change what he says are unfair trade practices, such as stealing intellectual property and manipulating the country's currency.China announced Friday that it will retaliate against the Trump administration's latest tariffs with duties on $75 billion worth of U.S. goods. Tariffs of between 5 and 10 percent will be imposed on September 1 and December 15, the same dates the U.S. plans to slap a 10 percent tariff on the $300 billion worth of Chinese exports it has not yet taxed.Over the weekend, Sanders said that as president he would be open to using tariffs to provide leverage in negotiations with the world's second-largest economy."If it is used in a rational way within the context of a broad, sensible trade policy, it is one tool that's available," Sanders told CNN. "We need a rational trade policy today, not what Trump is doing by tweet."
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| Italy bans German-flagged rescue ship to enter its waters: sources Posted: 27 Aug 2019 06:42 AM PDT  ROME/BERLIN (Reuters) - Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has signed a decree to ban a migrant rescue ship operated by the German charity Mission Lifeline from accessing Italian waters, sources at the ministry said on Tuesday. A succession of charity vessels has struggled over the past year to bring migrants rescued at sea to Italian shores as Salvini, leader of the far-right League, takes a tough line. The ship dubbed Eleonore is currently carrying 101 refugees rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, said Axel Steier, head of Mission Lifeline, adding that both Italian and Maltese authorities had declined to let the migrants land.
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| Macron furious after Jair Bolsonaro mocks his wife’s looks Posted: 26 Aug 2019 12:57 PM PDT  Emmanuel Macron has condemned his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro for "extraordinarily disrespectful comments" about his wife as a clash between the two over the Amazon turned personal.In a post on Jair Bolsonaro's Facebook page, a user insulted the French first lady, Brigitte, by comparing her appearance with that of the Brazilian president's wife, Michelle, implying that the younger woman was more attractive.
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| Netanyahu warns Hizbollah after its leader threatens response to Israeli strikes 'within days' Posted: 27 Aug 2019 07:15 AM PDT  Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, has told Hizbollah's leader to "calm down" after he said his movement was preparing a response within days to Israeli strikes. Mr Netanyahu warned Hassan Nasrallah, secretary general of the Lebanese Shia group, to "be careful" with their words and actions. "I want to say to him and the Lebanese state, which is hosting this organisation that aims to destroy us, (...) Be careful about your words, and even more cautious about your actions," he said on Tuesday. "He knows very well that the state of Israel knows how to defend itself well, and to repay its enemies." Tensions between the two sides are more fraught than usual after Israel was accused of carrying out a drone attack on a Hizbollah facility in Beirut on Sunday and of striking an armed Palestinian faction in eastern Lebanon - its first such hostile action since the 2006 war. Investigators of Lebanon's military intelligence inspect the site after an alleged attack carried by two Israeli drones, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon Credit: Rex The Israeli military has been regularly flying drones over neighbouring Lebanon since the month-long Summer War of 2006, but had limited its activity to reconnaissance. In a speech made on Sunday, Nasrallah, whose group receives funding and support from Tehran, issued Israel with a threat: "I say to the Israeli army on the border from tonight, stand guard (on high alert). Wait for us one, two, three, four days." Lebanon's President Michel Aoun, meanwhile, called Israel's actions a "declaration of war". The attacks on Lebanon came days after a Israeli strike on Hizbollah units in Syria which left two members dead and on Iran-allied militia groups in Iraq - an unprecedented flurry of activity that raises fears of a wider conflict. Mr Netanyahu has pledged to stop Israel's arch-enemy Iran from entrenching itself militarily in Syria. He has also warned of Tehran's proxies in Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem Credit: Reuters Israel, which has hit targets in Syria hundreds of times but rarely claims responsibility, immediately claimed the strike near Damascus on Sunday, saying it was to thwart an imminent drone strike against Israel. Any new conflict between Israel and Hizbollah would be much more costly for both sides than the 2006 war. The militia has grown considerably in strength in the last 15 years - thanks to Iranian arms shipments - and is now represented in Lebanese parliament. Israel has said that it would now see the whole of Lebanon as fair game in any future war.
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| Far-Right Vies for Lead in German Regional Election, Poll Shows Posted: 27 Aug 2019 06:00 AM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and the German Social Democratic Party are barely holding their ground against the insurgent far-right Alternative for Germany in two states holding elections on Sunday, two polls showed.The SPD, which has governed the eastern state of Brandenburg since German reunification in 1990, gained 2 points to 21% there. It is neck and neck with the anti-immigration AfD, which also gained 2 points compared with a survey three weeks ago, according to a survey by Insa published in Bild newspaper.In Saxony, a CDU stronghold, Merkel's party gained a point to 29% and is now four percentage points ahead of the AfD, according to a second poll in the same paper. The upstart far-right party surged more than 15 percentage points from the last election in 2014, while the SPD and CDU, both in Merkel's coalition, together plunged by as much.Nazi Salute in Dresden Shows Cracks With Merkel, GermanyWith Merkel's fourth-term government saddled with infighting and deep losses for the SPD, the Sept. 1 election in the two states that were once part of communist East Germany risks prompting an early collapse of CDU-led coalition in Berlin. After almost 14 years in office, Merkel has said she won't run again for chancellor.Several leaders of the center-left SPD have blamed their poor showing in polls on their coalition with the center-right CDU, saying they've abandoned their traditional values.To contact the reporter on this story: Patrick Donahue in Berlin at pdonahue1@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Ben Sills at bsills@bloomberg.net, Raymond Colitt, Iain RogersFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Trump would cost General Motors billions if he actually orders business out of China Posted: 27 Aug 2019 06:58 AM PDT  The famous automaker makes a shocking 43% of its annual global vehicle sales in China.
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| Israel’s Strategy against Tehran: Revealing the Iranian Threat Posted: 27 Aug 2019 03:30 AM PDT  On Thursday, August 22, members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force took a drone to an area near the Golan Heights, seeking to attack Israel. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) monitored the men, took video of them walking through a field, and struck back two nights later. The air strikes targeted a villa in southern Syria that Jerusalem says was being used by the IRGC and Shiite militias. This includes Hezbollah, a Lebanese ally of Iran that has played a major role in Syria in recent years.The air strike is part of an increasingly firm stand Israel is taking against Iran's regional ambitions in the Middle East. This includes several recent air strikes in Iraq that Iranian-linked paramilitaries have blamed on Israel. It also includes near-daily reports in media from Lebanon to Kuwait asserting that Israel is targeting Iran's network of proxies and their bases in Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria. Jerusalem is no longer secretive about this widespread campaign. In January former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eizenkot said Israel had carried out thousands of air strikes on Iranian targets.Now IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani has warned Israel that these strikes will be Israel's last. Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah has threatened retaliation. This is part of a rising Iranian-backed chorus against Jerusalem, which includes real threats such as continuing rocket fire from Hamas in Gaza. It also includes threats by Iranian proxies such as Iraqi-based Kata'ib Hezbollah against U.S. forces in Iraq.What is Israel's strategy in all this? The goal is to draw Iran and its allies out of the shadows. Over the past decade, inflamed by the 2015 Iran deal, Tehran has increased its weapons transfers to Hezbollah, sent thousands of advisers to support the Syrian regime, and helped mobilize a network of militias in Iraq. Some of this was used to fight ISIS, or enemies of Bashar al-Assad. But with the ISIS war and Syrian conflict winding down, these groups are turning their threats toward Iran's adversaries. Tehran is obsessed with destroying Israel, as can be seen in its frequent statements and militaristic parades. It has launched drones from Syria into Israel in February 2018, rockets in May 2018, and a rocket in January 2019. Hezbollah threatens that its 150,000 rockets can strike all of Israel.Air strikes on Iran's network of proxies force the network out of the shadows. It can't hide in villas in southern Syria, or launch drones at night, or stockpile ballistic missiles in Iraq if it is looking over its shoulder and increasingly making mistakes through its aggressive and open threats. Iran is used to playing a double game of moderates and hard-liners, sending its smiling foreign minister to the recent G7 while boasting of its allies' drone technology striking Saudi Arabia.The Israeli air strikes couple well with the Washington-led campaign of "maximum pressure." Iran now faces two fronts, the sanctions and strikes, that together are designed to blow the lid on its regional strategy. Tehran will be tempted to make a misstep in its otherwise calculated reactions. Iran has a playbook: If a Western power seizes its tanker, as the U.K. did in July, Iran seizes a tanker. It downed a sophisticated U.S. drone in June but hasn't harmed anyone in six sabotage operations on oil tankers in the Persian Gulf. More than anything, Iran wants to preserve its regional power, based in proxies and allies that are often Shiite coreligionists. Its long-term goal is to get Hezbollah and its Shiite paramilitary allies in Iraq into more government positions and build up their parallel-state structures of armed fighters and bases. A war with the U.S. or Israel, or a direct confrontation with Saudi Arabia, as opposed to using proxies such as the Houthis, Hezbollah, and Islamic Jihad in Gaza, is not in Tehran's interest. This is the strategic calculation that underpins Israel's actions, but it can go only so far. A game of whack-a-mole against Iran's drones and missiles is just a setback for Tehran. If Tehran doesn't gamble on a major conflict with Israel, it will continue its creeping annexation of neighboring states.
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| US approves $3.3bn sale of anti-ballistic missiles to Japan Posted: 27 Aug 2019 02:46 PM PDT  Washington approved the $3.3 billion sale of anti-ballistic missiles to Japan Tuesday, following close behind a series of new ballistic missile tests by North Korea that could threaten the US ally. Japan will buy up to 73 of the Raytheon-made SM-3 Block IIA missiles, which are designed to be fired by the ship-board Aegis system to intercept incoming ballistic missiles, the Pentagon said. The sale came as North Korea is expanding its offensive missile capabilities, having proven over the past two years the ability to launch medium- and long-range ballistic missiles, potentially nuclear-tipped, that could hit both Japan and the United States.
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| Armed Jewel Thieves Rob New York Diamond District Store Popular With Rappers, Celebrities Posted: 26 Aug 2019 11:30 AM PDT  Avianne and Co's customers have included Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne
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| After a Georgia teenager reported a sexual assault to her school administrators, she says she was expelled for 'sexual impropriety.' Now she's suing. Posted: 27 Aug 2019 07:51 AM PDT  The teenager's lawsuit agains the Fayette County Board of Education was filed by the National Women's Law Center, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit.
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| Pilot praised for 1989 Iowa crash landing dies in Seattle Posted: 26 Aug 2019 03:38 PM PDT ![Pilot praised for 1989 Iowa crash landing dies in Seattle]( "Pilot praised for 1989 Iowa crash landing dies in Seattle") Al Haynes, a pilot credited for saving the lives of nearly 200 people by guiding a damaged passenger jet into a crash landing at an Iowa airport in 1989, has died. Haynes died Sunday at age 87 in a Seattle-area hospital, said Gary Brown, an emergency services director for Woodbury County, Iowa. Brown confirmed the death with Haynes' daughter.
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| British teenager denies lying about being raped by Israeli youths Posted: 27 Aug 2019 02:43 AM PDT  A British teenager who accused a group of Israeli youths of gang-raping her in Cyprus pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of making up the accusation. The 19-year-old was arrested after police said she withdrew an accusation that 12 Israeli teenagers raped her in a hotel room in the holiday resort of Ayia Napa in mid-July. Her lawyers have told reporters she says she withdrew her accusation under duress. A court in the town of Paralimni ordered her released on bail before the trial which is due to start on Oct. 2. She has spent a month in custody. The charge the teenager faces, of public mischief, carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail or a fine. The Israelis, who were on holiday in Cyprus, were detained and later released without charge. They had denied any allegation of assault and have since returned to Israel.
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| Trump Says He’s Unwilling to Risk U.S. Energy Wealth for Windmill ‘Dreams’ Posted: 26 Aug 2019 12:44 PM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump scoffed yet again at a source of electricity championed by his own energy secretary, saying wind power doesn't work "all that well.""We're the No. 1 energy producer in the world," Trump said at the end of a summit of Group of Seven in Biarritz, France. "I'm not going to lose that wealth on dreams, on windmills, which, frankly are not working all that well."The comment, in response to a question about climate change, is the latest in a line of statements from the president disparaging wind power. And yet, the U.S. has added more than 15 gigawatts since he took office in 2017, enough to power half of New York state. The industry, meanwhile, now employs more than 110,000 people.Even Energy Secretary Rick Perry touts the benefits of wind, which supplies about 20% of electricity in his home state of Texas.Trump has said turbines are "monstrous," are "killing all the eagles" and cause cancer. His comment Monday came after the Energy Department released a report finding employment in the industry has risen to a record 114,000 full-time jobs. It's also the cheapest new source of electricity in many regions of the U.S."We think the president is making a political miscalculation in his comments on wind energy," Tom Kiernan, chief executive officer of the American Wind Energy Association, said in a statement.To be clear, wind energy does have shortcomings. Earlier this month in Texas, wholesale power prices surged 40,000%, in part because output from wind farms fell during a heat wave. And in the U.K., more than a million homes lost power on Aug. 9 after turbines in the North Sea tripped offline.In response to Trump's wind power comment, the Sierra Club called him a "climate denier.""He outright ignores the existence of the climate crisis, his administration is directed by corporate polluters, he believes windmills cause cancer (they don't), and he can't even bring himself to engage in meaningful discussions with other world leaders about how to address the most pressing issue of our time," the group said.\--With assistance from Josh Wingrove.To contact the reporters on this story: Jennifer A. Dlouhy in Washington at jdlouhy1@bloomberg.net;Christopher Martin in New York at cmartin11@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Jon Morgan at jmorgan97@bloomberg.net, Joe Ryan, Reg GaleFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Brazilian women must be ashamed of Bolsonaro for mocking my wife, says Macron Posted: 26 Aug 2019 06:01 AM PDT  Brazilian women are probably ashamed of President Jair Bolsonaro, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday, hitting back after the Brazilian leader mocked Macron's wife on Facebook. The leaders have been feuding in recent weeks, with Macron blaming Bolsonaro for fires in the Amazon and accusing him of lying about climate change policy. Bolsonaro responded on Sunday to a Facebook post that compared the looks of his wife Michelle, 37, with Macron's 66-year-old wife Brigitte.
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| Alabama Republicans are urging Rep. Ilhan Omar's expulsion from Congress Posted: 27 Aug 2019 05:16 PM PDT  A resolution passed by the Alabama Republican Party says Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar "has engaged in rhetoric that explicitly runs counter to American values and patriotism." Omar responded on Twitter by making reference to former Judge Roy Moore.
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| UK alone will be to blame for no-deal Brexit: EU tells Johnson Posted: 27 Aug 2019 10:40 AM PDT  Britain will be solely to blame if it crashes out of the EU in a chaotic "no-deal" Brexit, the bloc told Prime Minister Boris Johnson Tuesday in the latest clash between Brussels and London. With the clock ticking and Johnson adamant the EU must accept significant changes to the existing withdrawal agreement, fears are growing that Britain could leave without a deal, causing major economic turmoil. Days after Johnson and EU Council President Donald Tusk traded jibes over who would be responsible if Britain leaves the bloc on October 31 without an agreement, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker waded into the row.
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| The U.S. Navy SEALs Have Special Ops Jet Skis Posted: 26 Aug 2019 07:51 AM PDT  The SEALs and potential adversaries Iran and Russia both use personal watercraft.
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| NRA’s Former Ad Firm Slaps Wayne LaPierre With Subpoena Posted: 26 Aug 2019 12:18 PM PDT  Lucas Jackson/ReutersThe National Rifle Association's former ad firm has subpoenaed the gun group's chief executive, Wayne LaPierre, for a deposition, according to a court document reviewed by The Daily Beast. Lawyers for the NRA, who filed the document in Virginia Circuit Court on Aug. 21, are seeking to postpone LaPierre's interview. LaPierre isn't the only senior NRA official who faces a grilling from ad firm Ackerman McQueen. According to the filing, the ad firm also wants to question the gun group's top spokesperson, Andrew Arulanandam; Millie Hallow, assistant to the executive vice president; and the NRA's chief financial officer, Craig Spray. NRA Spent Tens of Thousands on Hair and Makeup for CEO's WifeIt's the latest episode of an ongoing legal brawl between the powerful but troubled gun-rights group and the ad firm that helped it sally forth into America's culture wars. For more than three decades, there was no daylight between the two entities that was visible to outsiders. But last April, the NRA sued the firm, and within weeks, the two had parted ways. Ackerman then counter-sued the NRA, and now both entities are seeking tens of millions of dollars from the other. The NRA's filing says that the ad firm has refused to hand over materials responsive to its own document demands because of the NRA's outside law firm, Brewer Attorneys and Counselors. Ackerman has argued that Brewer's firm tried to steal its business from the NRA and has asked the judge presiding over the case to limit Brewer's access to material it shares with the NRA. Wayne LaPierre Promised Job Security, Then Ousted an NRA Top GunThe NRA's filing argues that as long as Ackerman McQueen withholds materials, LaPierre and the other gun-group chiefs shouldn't have to be deposed. LaPierre's deposition is currently scheduled for Sep. 4, according to the filings. It isn't LaPierre's only scheduled Q-and-A session. According to the New York Daily News, the New York Attorney General's Office has also subpoenaed LaPierre as part of its investigation of the gun group. Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| 21-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murdering Stranger Outside Colorado Restaurant Posted: 26 Aug 2019 06:45 PM PDT  A 21-year-old woman was sentenced to life in prison without parole after being convicted of first degree murder.
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| China says U.S. 'maliciously hyping up' South China Sea issue Posted: 27 Aug 2019 01:46 AM PDT ![China says U.S. 'maliciously hyping up' South China Sea issue]( "China says U.S. 'maliciously hyping up' South China Sea issue") China accused the United States on Tuesday of "maliciously hyping up" the South China Sea situation and making warrantless criticism, after the Pentagon said China was carrying out "coercive interference" in waters claimed by Vietnam. A Chinese survey vessel on Saturday extended its activities to an area closer to Vietnam's coast, ship tracking data showed, after the United States and Australia expressed concern about China's action in the disputed waterway.
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| AG William Barr to throw a pricey, private holiday party at DC's Trump International Hotel Posted: 27 Aug 2019 03:59 PM PDT  Attorney General William Barr to throw party at DC's Trump International Hotel, as lines blur on Trump's private businesses and administration
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