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Trump Claims Without Evidence That Millions Of People Are Voting Illegally In California

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 02:08 PM PDT

Trump Claims Without Evidence That Millions Of People Are Voting Illegally In CaliforniaPresident Donald Trump claimed Thursday that millions of people were voting


Police defend decision not to detain YouTube shooter hours before shooting

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 11:07 AM PDT

Police defend decision not to detain YouTube shooter hours before shootingNasim Aghdam, whom Northern California police found sleeping in her car early Tuesday, had been reported missing by her family in San Diego. But they say she was calm and cooperative.


Black Parkland Students Want Peers To 'Share The Mic'

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 05:53 AM PDT

Black Parkland Students Want Peers To 'Share The Mic'Black students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are calling out the


Trump order putting military on US-Mexico border signed: White House

Posted: 03 Apr 2018 09:00 PM PDT

Trump order putting military on US-Mexico border signed: White HouseDHS could not say how many troops would be deployed or how much it would cost.


Unfiltered: ‘I have never seen that many injured patients by high-velocity weapons all at once.’

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 05:00 AM PDT

Unfiltered: 'I have never seen that many injured patients by high-velocity weapons all at once.'"It was around noontime when all of our pages went off and we were notified that a mass shooting had occurred in Sutherland Springs, Texas," recalls Dr. Lillian Liao, a pediatric trauma surgeon and medical director at University Hospital in San Antonio. Moments earlier, 26-year-old gunman Devin Patrick Kelly opened fire on a packed Sunday church service using a semi-automatic rifle. In this third episode of "Unfiltered," a new weekly Yahoo News interview series documenting the real, unflinching and unapologetic voices of America, we learn what it's like for trauma surgeons to treat victims of assault rifle mass shootings.


Sacramento protesters demonstrate against police shooting of Stephon Clark

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 08:15 AM PDT

Sacramento protesters demonstrate against police shooting of Stephon ClarkBlack Lives Matter protesters took to the streets during a march and demonstration in front of the offices of District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert on April 4, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. It's the latest in a series of protests following the March 18 police shooting of 22-year-old Stephon Clark.


Pentagon reportedly favors Amazon for cloud contract, Southwest CEO hasn’t talked to Buffett, Apple poaches Google AI chief

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 07:57 AM PDT

Pentagon reportedly favors Amazon for cloud contract, Southwest CEO hasn't talked to Buffett, Apple poaches Google AI chiefAmazon, Southwest, Apple, CBS and Viacom are the companies to watch.


Jury Finds Adam Shacknai Responsible for Rebecca Zahau’s Hanging Death in San Diego Mansion

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 11:06 AM PDT

Jury Finds Adam Shacknai Responsible for Rebecca Zahau's Hanging Death in San Diego MansionThe hanging death of Rebecca Zahau in the Spreckles Mansion created a long-lasting mystery.


Ex-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and wife Judith divorcing: media

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 01:12 PM PDT

Ex-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and wife Judith divorcing: mediaFormer New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who rose to national fame in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, and his third wife, Judith, are divorcing, the New York Post reported on Wednesday. After a 15-year marriage, Judith Giuliani, 63, filed a contested divorce proceeding in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, indicating an expected fight over their assets, including properties in New York and Palm Beach, Florida. "It is with great sadness I can confirm that Judith and I are divorcing," Rudy Giuliani, 73, told the Post.


GOP Rep. Speculated 'Criminal Illegal Aliens' Were Behind YouTube Shooting

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 06:16 AM PDT

GOP Rep. Speculated 'Criminal Illegal Aliens' Were Behind YouTube ShootingRep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) speculated that the person who opened fire at


At Least 23 Ethical Issues Are Dogging EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 01:05 PM PDT

At Least 23 Ethical Issues Are Dogging EPA Administrator Scott PruittScott Pruitt is facing mounting pressure to resign from the Environmental


2019 Jeep Wrangler Pickup Renderings From Fourm

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 06:58 AM PDT

2019 Jeep Wrangler Pickup Renderings From FourmWe won't see the long-awaited Wrangler Pickup until later in 2018, but these illustrations from a Jeep forum give a great preview of what it could look like.


Menendez brothers who killed parents reunited in prison

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 04:04 PM PDT

Menendez brothers who killed parents reunited in prisonSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Menendez brothers, who were convicted of killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion nearly three decades ago, have been reunited in a Southern California prison.


PHOTOS: Immigrants caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 11:48 AM PDT

PHOTOS: Immigrants caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico borderEven though the Trump administration speaks of an immigration "crisis" on the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Border Patrol statistics show the fewest apprehensions of illegal immigrants on the border in 46 years. In the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2017, there were 303,916 such arrests, the lowest level since fiscal 1971. Unable to get the U.S. Congress or Mexico to fully fund his border wall, President Donald Trump will post National Guard troops along the Mexican frontier, officials said. (Reuters)


Martin Luther King Jr.'s Daughter Reveals Topic Of Scathing Sermon He Never Got To Give

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 07:04 AM PDT

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Daughter Reveals Topic Of Scathing Sermon He Never Got To GiveTwo of Martin Luther King Jr.'s surviving children gave powerful sermons


Florida car crash: Audio emerges of emergency response to collision that killed British family

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 08:59 AM PDT

Florida car crash: Audio emerges of emergency response to collision that killed British familyAn audio recording has emerged of the aftermath of a car crash that killed four members of a British family in Florida. The group were returning from a visit to the Kennedy Space Centre when they turned their rental car into the path of a black Ford pickup truck. "Colombia and Sisson, Colombia and Sisson, three people unconscious," says one emergency responder in the recording.


Consumer tech gets reprieve as U.S., China spar over tariffs

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 07:06 AM PDT

Consumer tech gets reprieve as U.S., China spar over tariffsThe office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on Tuesday raised the stakes in a growing trade showdown with China, targeting 25 percent tariffs on some 1,300 industrial technology, transport and medical products. China hit back within hours with its own threatened duties on U.S. imports including soybeans, planes, cars, whiskey and chemicals. The U.S. proposed list of $50 billion in tariffs is aimed at forcing Beijing to address what Washington says is deeply entrenched theft of U.S. intellectual property and forced technology transfer from U.S. companies to Chinese competitors through initiatives such as the "Made in China 2025" plan.


Tired of winning yet? You're not alone.

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 02:00 AM PDT

Tired of winning yet? You're not alone.Donald Trump warned us that we'd win so much, we'd eventually grow tired of winning. But winning, in Trump's mind, wasn't about us. It was about him.


An Anti-Sinclair Spot Is Expected To Air 175 Times On 4 Sinclair Stations

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 10:06 AM PDT

An Anti-Sinclair Spot Is Expected To Air 175 Times On 4 Sinclair StationsThe viral video showing a dizzying array of local news anchors reciting the


Watch Ted Cruz's Reaction When Asked To Take A DNA Test To Prove He's Human

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 10:01 PM PDT

Watch Ted Cruz's Reaction When Asked To Take A DNA Test To Prove He's HumanSen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was issued an unusual challenge on Tuesday night when


Who is Nasim Najafi Aghdam? Suspect in shooting at YouTube headquarters identified by police

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 09:10 AM PDT

Who is Nasim Najafi Aghdam? Suspect in shooting at YouTube headquarters identified by policeAuthorities identified 39-year-old Nasim Najafi Aghdam as the suspect in a shooting Tuesday afternoon at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, California. Law enforcement sources confirmed Aghdam died at the scene of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.


Boston sued over 2016 police shooting of mentally ill man

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 11:51 AM PDT

Boston sued over 2016 police shooting of mentally ill manBOSTON (AP) — The mother of a black man fatally shot by Boston police filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday that seeks to force a change in how first responders deal with people with mental illnesses.


Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces on Gaza border: ministry

Posted: 03 Apr 2018 09:50 PM PDT

Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces on Gaza border: ministryA Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces on the Gaza border Tuesday, the health ministry in the strip said, as tensions remained high days after 17 people were killed when a mass demonstration led to clashes. The ministry identified the dead man as 25-year-old Ahmed Arafa, saying he was shot in the chest during clashes east of Bureij in central Gaza.


Jaime King's 4-Year-Old Son Hit With Broken Glass In Bizarre Car Attack

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 05:10 AM PDT

Jaime King's 4-Year-Old Son Hit With Broken Glass In Bizarre Car AttackActress Jaime King's 4-year-old son James was showered with glass as he sat


YouTube Shooter, Nasim Aghdam, Was Reportedly Angry at the Company for 'Censorship'

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 04:46 AM PDT

YouTube Shooter, Nasim Aghdam, Was Reportedly Angry at the Company for 'Censorship'Her family had reported her missing before the attack.


Sri Lankan PM survives no confidence vote

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 12:10 PM PDT

Sri Lankan PM survives no confidence voteBy Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday survived a no confidence vote in parliament after a majority of legislators voted to support his coalition government but the instability caused may damage its reform agenda. The opposition, eyeing fractures within the ruling alliance, had sponsored the trust vote against Wickremesinghe blaming him for failing to prevent an alleged scam https://www.reuters.com/article/sri-lanka-bond-arrest/sri-lanka-police-arrest-two-over-alleged-bond-scam-idUSL4N1PU07C in the bond market, and for failing to stop anti-Muslim riots https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sri-lanka-clashes-insight/police-politicians-accused-of-joining-sri-lankas-anti-muslim-riots-idUSKBN1H102Q that occurred last month.


Nurse Fired For Saying Stephon Clark Deserved To Die Raises $20,000 For Herself

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 07:37 AM PDT

Nurse Fired For Saying Stephon Clark Deserved To Die Raises $20,000 For HerselfA California nurse who was fired from her job after saying Stephon Clark


Missing CDC Employee Timothy Cunningham Found Dead Two Months After He Vanished

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 10:21 AM PDT

Missing CDC Employee Timothy Cunningham Found Dead Two Months After He VanishedHe vanished nearly two months ago


Police: Officers mistake pipe for gun, fatally shoot man

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 07:38 PM PDT

Police: Officers mistake pipe for gun, fatally shoot manNEW YORK (AP) — Police officers responding to reports of a man threatening people with a gun on Wednesday fatally shot a man carrying a metal pipe, mistaking it for a firearm, police said.


Campaign urges Israel soldiers to refuse to shoot unarmed Palestinians

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 01:13 AM PDT

Campaign urges Israel soldiers to refuse to shoot unarmed PalestiniansA prominent campaign by an Israeli rights group on Thursday urged soldiers to refuse to shoot at unarmed Palestinians as tensions increased ahead of new protests along the Gaza border. The campaign by the B'Tselem NGO, which included advertisements in Israeli newspapers, led Israel's public security minister to suggest the group should be investigated for calling for sedition. The calls come after a mass protest along the Gaza border last Friday that led to clashes with Israeli forces, who killed 17 Palestinians.


8 Worst Muscle Cars Of The 1980s

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 10:56 AM PDT

8 Worst Muscle Cars Of The 1980s


You're Doubling The Glycemic Index Of A Sweet Potato When You Bake It

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 02:46 AM PDT

You're Doubling The Glycemic Index Of A Sweet Potato When You Bake ItA baked sweet potato is one of those rare things in life that's both good for


There's a whole meme community that doesn't think Mark Zuckerberg is human

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 04:00 AM PDT

There's a whole meme community that doesn't think Mark Zuckerberg is humanThere's a whole subreddit poking fun at Mark Zuckerberg's supposed power complex.  The Facebook CEO is currently in some hot water for the Cambridge Analytica data mining scandal, and the company has been a PR nightmare as people delete their accounts and flee the social media giant. Overall, there's a pretty universal distrust of Mark Zuckerberg right now.  Comment from discussion Zuck memes horribly undervalued.. But a community of Redditors has shared that distrust for a while now — six months ago, Redditor u/SirLotsaLocks created r/ZuckMemes after positive feedback from r/MemeEconomy. According to its description, "Mark Zuckerberg is the human founder of the massive social media website called Facebook." The subreddit, which has just under 19,000 subscribers, mocks Zuckerberg's flowery, sappy posts about how he's just an average guy and instead insists that he's a robot learning to assimilate with humans.  Like this post from last July. "If you eat meat, you should know where it comes from," Zuckerberg mused in a live Facebook video. He explained that he challenged himself to be vegetarian for a year unless he was involved in killing and butchering the animal himself. One of the side effects, he said, was that he got really into preparing meats himself, which is how we were blessed with this nice chat with Zuckerberg while he smoked meats in his backyard.  In the livestream, Zuckerberg answered questions from commenters, discusses revolutionizing education, charmingly tried to convince his wife Priscilla to join him in the video. In the r/zuckmemes take, Zuckerberg enjoys "charring meat inside of an unpressurized vessel behind my domicile."  "Once the animal carcass reaches a temperature sufficient to destroy bacteria and viruses that would pose a threat to my empire," the fake post says, "I will consume the flesh to replenish my stores of energy." In this Zuck meme, the Facebook CEO attempts to order from a food truck. "The animal's flesh was warm." How could he not be a human? Look at him eat normal toast, like a normal human! (Turn your volume up to hear the very human sound effects.) Both of these clips were modified from a video in which Zuck, aka Zucc, showed off his home named AI Jarvis. But the weirdness of the original video was ripe for the Zuck meme community. The memes also make fun of Zuckerberg's "profound" posts about interacting with underrepresented groups, like this one. Last year, Zuckerberg sat down for dinner with a group of Somali refugees in Minneapolis and wrote a poignant post about the meaning of home. "I left impressed by your strength and resilience to build a new life in an unfamiliar place," his caption said, "And you are a powerful reminder of why this country is so great." The Redditors who frequent r/zuckmemes don't see his posts as a sentimental reflection on the real meaning of America. They joke about Zuckerberg's need for power trips. In the highest rated post on r/zuckmemes, the robotic Zuck bullies an elderly Alabaman editor into eating an entire newspaper, threatening to buy out the Selma Times-Journal and  turn it into an "anime fanzine."  "For 43 minutes I had total power over that man," the fake posts says. "I'd never felt more alive. I bet that's what being president feels like." According to r/zuckmemes, Zuckerberg has a wild god complex. This fake Elon Musk posts talks about both tech billionaires' idea of a fun activity. For Musk, it's a jetpack paint ball fight with "Don't Stop Believing" playing in the background. For Zuckerberg, it was paying off a man's student loans in exchange for beating him.  There's even a handy guide to creating Zuck memes, which involves editing Facebook in HTML to make realistic looking posts from the CEO himself. r/zuckmemes peaked in popularity about six months ago, but since the Cambridge Analytica scandal happened, people have been straying away from the usual meme format to joke about Facebook's privacy breaches.  Will the god-king Mark Zuckerberg ever learn to assimilate with humans? Or will he always be a secret lizard person? Although there were rumors that Zuckerberg was seeing a behavioral therapist to appear more human, take it with a grain of salt.  The Facebook CEO hasn't publicly spoken about the memes or about his public persona. Until then, Zuckerberg will continue to be the lizard robot human philanthropist, innovator and family man he says he is. r/zuckmemes, though, will for sure be keeping an eye on him.  WATCH: 5 Instagram pro tips you probably didn't know about


US F-16 crashes near Las Vegas, third crash in two days

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 03:43 PM PDT

US F-16 crashes near Las Vegas, third crash in two daysAn American F-16 fighter jet crashed on Wednesday near Las Vegas, the third US military aircraft crash in two days. "An Air Force F-16 assigned to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, crashed at approximately 10.30 am during routine training on the Nevada Test and Training Range," the Air Force said in a statement. "The condition of the pilot is not known at this time," it said. The crash followed two others the day before. In California, a Marine Corps CH-53E helicopter crashed with four crew aboard. A United States Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion Helicopter like that which crashed in California, sits at North Island Naval Air Station Coronado Credit:  Louis Nastro/Reuters "The status of all four is presumed dead pending positive identification," the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing said. And in Djibouti, a Marine AV-8B Harrier jet crashed after the pilot ejected during takeoff. "Doctors said the pilot was in stable condition," US Naval Forces Central Command said. US Defense Department chief James Mattis secured a record budget last month for the Pentagon, which will allow investments that have been on hold for several years, including in the Navy, which is overstretched in foreign theaters, and the Air Force, which suffers rapid pilot turnover due to more lucrative private sector options.


Step Inside Todd Merrill's Southhampton Home

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 05:00 AM PDT

Step Inside Todd Merrill's Southhampton Home


New York Attorney General Launches Investigation Into Police Killing Of Black Man

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 08:45 AM PDT

New York Attorney General Launches Investigation Into Police Killing Of Black ManThe New York attorney general's office is opening an investigation into the


Tech CEOs call for gun control following YouTube shooting

Posted: 03 Apr 2018 08:10 PM PDT

Tech CEOs call for gun control following YouTube shootingSeveral Silicon Valley leaders called for increased gun control on Tuesday afternoon after a woman at the headquarters of YouTube shot and wounded three people before taking her own life. Tech companies have largely avoided the topic of gun control in the United States, but they have previously pushed for progressive stances on other hot-topic issues, ranging from climate change to same-sex marriage and comprehensive immigration reform. At least three major chief executives took up gun control after the shooting.


Is President Trump Working to Repair 'Damaged' Relationship With Tiffany?

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 12:14 PM PDT

Is President Trump Working to Repair 'Damaged' Relationship With Tiffany?The commander in chief's daughter has been seen much more often at the White House in recent days amid a report that she feels "awkward" around the family.


Philippines to close Boracay resort to tourists for six months

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 04:38 PM PDT

Philippines to close Boracay resort to tourists for six monthsThe Philippines has announced its best-known holiday island Boracay will be closed to tourists for six months over concerns that the once idyllic white-sand resort has become a "cesspool" tainted by dumped sewage. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the shutdown to start April 26, his spokesman Harry Roque said late Wednesday on Twitter, without providing further detail. Boracay has some 500 tourism-related businesses, which had a combined annual revenue of 56 billion pesos ($1.07 billion) last year.


The Latest: US forces setting up positions in north Syria

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 08:34 AM PDT

The Latest: US forces setting up positions in north SyriaBEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local):


Zach Braff face-swapped with Dax Shepard and the result must be seen to be believed

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 02:28 AM PDT

Zach Braff face-swapped with Dax Shepard and the result must be seen to be believedIt's a well known fact that Zach Braff and Dax Shepard are practically identical looking. SEE ALSO: Kristen Bell Shaved Dax Shepard's Butt for a Movie Role The two of them have even joked about it before: @zachbraff its been 2 hours since someone has pointed out that we look alike. I think twitter might be broken! — dax shepard (@daxshepard1) April 17, 2013 .@daxshepard1 Dax! I am honored to be as handsome as you. There's buddy-cop movie with Ray Ramano in this somewhere... — Zach Braff (@zachbraff) April 17, 2013 Well, now we have indisputable proof.  On Wednesday, Braff shared a face-swap of the two of them that was apparently taken some years ago by Kristen Bell. Behold: Years ago @IMKristenBell took a FaceSwap picture of @daxshepard1 and I. I'm gonna get this put on a T-shirt. pic.twitter.com/La4fcHx9ie — Zach Braff (@zachbraff) April 4, 2018 If you find those images fascinatingly creepy, you're not alone. Am I the only one that finds this deeply disturbing but can't stop looking at it? — April Resists (@AprilDelRario) April 4, 2018 Nope. — dax shepard (@daxshepard1) April 4, 2018 Shepard, in particular, couldn't stop analysing the results. For me, it's really the pictures in the left colomn. I mean, it almost appears that there was no swap there. — dax shepard (@daxshepard1) April 4, 2018 Unsurprisingly, there were some A+ responses. If you Then youDon't love me Don't deserve meAt my At my pic.twitter.com/HXLSDZnZOM — multicoloured panda (@Running_84) April 4, 2018 You should post the result too, for comparison. — Nod Stork (@necromaunzer) April 4, 2018 HAHAHAHAHA — dax shepard (@daxshepard1) April 4, 2018 It's high time Hollywood gave these two their own TV series.  WATCH: Memes are the best thing on this planet, change my mind


California city takes a stand against state’s sanctuary laws

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 04:19 AM PDT

California city takes a stand against state's sanctuary lawsFox News' Griff Jenkins reports on the fiery city council meeting in Escondido, California


New York attorney general probing Brooklyn police shooting death

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 04:28 PM PDT

New York attorney general probing Brooklyn police shooting deathThe New York State attorney general's office said on Thursday it would investigate the fatal shooting by police of an unarmed black man in Brooklyn after he pointed a metal pipe at officers that they believed was a gun. The death of Saheed Vassell on Wednesday was the latest fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by police, fueling more protests and heightening a nationwide debate over the use of excessive force by police and accusations of racial bias in the criminal justice system.


Virgin Galactic completes first powered flight since  fatal crash in 2014 

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 11:02 AM PDT

Virgin Galactic completes first powered flight since  fatal crash in 2014 Virgin Galactic has completed its first powered flight since a fatal crash nearly four years, a milestone which Sir Richard Branson said brought space 'tantalisingly close.' The company has struggled to re-establish itself following the death of co-pilot Michael Alsbury, 39, who was killed when his aircraft crashed into the Mojave Desert in California in October 2014. Virgin Galactic had promised to send space tourists to the edge of Earth's atmosphere where they could see the curvature of the planet and experience weightlessness. But after Captain Alsbury's death, some customers who had already bought tickets demanded refunds, and the company spent years redesigning the craft, carrying out extensive engine testing and glide tests before attempting another supersonic flight. Virgin Galactic's Unity aircraft completed its first powered flight in the Mojave desert Credit: Virgin Galactic  On Thursday the Unity spacecraft took up with a two member crew from the Mojave Air and Space port, lifted by the jet-powered mothership Eve. It then powered up for 30 seconds and landed safely. It puts Britain firmly back in the commercial tourism and launch provider space race, which until recently the US appeared to be winning. Branson said Virgin Galactic was 'back on track' and confirmed that the flight had reached Mach 1.6, more than 1.5 times the speed of sound. Announcing the success on Twitter, he added: "Data review to come, then on to the next flight. Space feels tantalisingly close now." The entire project has been dogged with problems. Two of the six flights made by SpaceShipOne suffered potentially catastrophic problems. And in 2007, an explosion killed three engineers. It is the first time Virgin Galactic has completed a power flight since the death of Captain Michael Alsbury in October 2014 Credit: Virgin Galactic Before the accident, Virgin Galactic said the first space tourism flights would begin in the Spring of 2015. Even in the November following the crash CEO George Whitesides said it would be 'months not years' until commercial flights began, but an investigation found there had been inadequate safety features and the team was forced to go back to the drawing board, unveiling a new design in 2016. Around 24 passengers pulled out and have had the $250,000 (£157,000) ticket price refunded. Although some may only have paid deposits, the company stands to lose more than £3 million in lost sales. High profile ticket-holders include Angelina Jolie, Kate Winslet and, until his death Stephen Hawking. In October, Virgin Galactic was given a huge $1 billion boost from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. At the time, Branson said the company was just months away from sending a ship into Earth's atmosphere. Following the flight Virgin Galactic tweeted: "Touch down. Congratulations Mark "Forger" Stucky and Dave Mackay for a great milestone test flight"


Four Marine helicopter crew presumed dead after California crash

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 12:02 AM PDT

Four Marine helicopter crew presumed dead after California crashThe helicopter was a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing based at the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, Ca., according to a statement from the Marines. It is the largest and heaviest "heavy-lift" helicopter in the U.S. military.


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