| DHS Secretary Claims There’s No Family Separation Policy, ‘Period' Posted: 17 Jun 2018 11:28 PM PDT  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen defended her
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| Trump defends North Korea summit, trashes media: 'We got so much for peace in the world' Posted: 17 Jun 2018 07:23 AM PDT  Sunday morning, President Trump repeatedly defended the North Korea summit and accused the press of not giving him the credit he deserves for trying to bring more stability to the Korean peninsula.
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| Powerful quake shakes Osaka, Japan Posted: 18 Jun 2018 04:18 AM PDT ![Powerful quake shakes Osaka, Japan]( "Powerful quake shakes Osaka, Japan") Residents in western Japan were cleaning up debris Monday evening after a powerful earthquake hit the area around Osaka, the country's second-largest city, killing four people and injuring hundreds while knocking over walls and setting off fires.
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| Gang shootout at New Jersey arts festival kills one, injures 22 Posted: 17 Jun 2018 11:50 PM PDT  One of the shooting victims was a 13-year-old boy who was in extremely critical condition, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri told a news conference. Three others were in critical condition. At least two people opened fire around 2:45 a.m. at the annual Art All Night event in Trenton, about 60 miles (100 km) southwest of New York City.
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| California ER Doctor Suspended After Video Shows Her Berating Patient: 'Are You Dead Sir?' Posted: 18 Jun 2018 10:42 AM PDT  Dr. Beth Keegstra thought the patient, Samuel Bardwell, was trying to score prescription drugs.
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| American Academy Of Pediatrics President Calls Trump Border Policy 'Child Abuse' Posted: 18 Jun 2018 01:04 PM PDT  The children separated from their parents at the border are experiencing
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| Weekend Rewind: Federal judge reverses Manafort's bail Posted: 18 Jun 2018 02:27 AM PDT  Take a look the top stories that happened over the weekend, including the reversal of fortune for President Trump's former campaign head Paul Manafort.
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| Less Than One-Third Of The Public Supports Family Separations Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:11 PM PDT  Few Americans are comfortable with the practice of separating children from
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| The movement to arm teachers Posted: 18 Jun 2018 12:55 AM PDT  Since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February, a divisive idea has gained momentum as a way to stem school shootings: arm teachers. At some schools in Ohio, armed teachers have been in classrooms for as many as five years.
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| Turned away by 2 countries, rescued refugees end their odyssey in Spain Posted: 17 Jun 2018 11:07 AM PDT  More than 600 refugees who set out from Libya to reach Europe were turned away by Italy, in a sudden change of heart about accepting refugees, and denied entry to Malta. At last, Spain agreed to take them — but the politics of immigration in the European Union are only growing more complicated and fraught.
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| John Oliver Condemns Separation Of Children From Parents At Border Posted: 18 Jun 2018 02:47 AM PDT  John Oliver condemned those defending the Trump administration's efforts to
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| The Latest: Inspector general: FBI employees aren't perfect Posted: 18 Jun 2018 12:01 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on an inspector general report that criticizes the FBI and Justice Department (all times local):
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| At least 20 injured after gunfire erupts at New Jersey art festival Posted: 17 Jun 2018 08:48 AM PDT  The gunfire rang out in Trenton, New Jersey, during an "Art All Night" festival meant to bring the community together. Police say one suspect is dead and another is in custody.
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| Texas sheriff deputy charged for child abuse after allegedly blackmailing undocumented mother with deportation Posted: 18 Jun 2018 08:51 AM PDT  A Texas sheriff's deputy has been accused of sexually assaulting an undocumented immigrant's child, and blackmailing the mother with potential deportation to keep her quiet about the attacks. Jose Nunez, 47, is being held on charges of "super aggravated sexual assault" after the mother sought help at a fire department for her 4-year-old child, who had reportedly been crying out in pain. "The details of the case are quite frankly heartbreaking, disturbing, disgusting and infuriating all at the same time," Javier Salazar, the Bexar County Sheriff, said during a press conference announcing the charges and circumstances.
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| Dunkin' Donuts Sign Asks Customers To Snitch On Workers Not Speaking English Posted: 18 Jun 2018 11:19 AM PDT  A Dunkin Donuts in Baltimore is under fire for posting a sign offering
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| Guatemala ends victim searches at volcano where 110 died Posted: 17 Jun 2018 10:34 AM PDT  By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala on Sunday ended its victim search efforts in the zone that suffered most deaths and injuries from the Fuego volcano eruption, its disaster agency said. At least 110 people died and 197 are still missing after violent eruptions that began two weeks ago, according to disaster agency CONRED. "The search efforts are permanently suspended in the towns San Miguel Los Lotes and El Rodeo in the Escuintla municipality... the zone is uninhabitable and high risk," CONRED said in a statement on Sunday.
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| Children separated from parents at US border held in cages in Texas warehouse Posted: 17 Jun 2018 06:06 PM PDT  Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of water, bags of crisps and large foil sheets intended to serve as blankets. One teenager told an advocate who visited that she was helping care for a young child she didn't know because the child's aunt was somewhere else in the facility. She said she had to show others in her cell how to change the girl's diaper. The US Border Patrol on Sunday allowed reporters to briefly visit the facility where it holds families arrested at the southern US border, responding to new criticism and protests over the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy and resulting separation of families. More than 1,100 people were inside the large, dark facility that's divided into separate wings for unaccompanied children, adults on their own, and mothers and fathers with children. The cages in each wing open out into common areas to use portable restrooms. The overhead lighting in the warehouse stays on around the clock. Children who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, rest in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas Credit: AP The Border Patrol said close to 200 people inside the facility were minors unaccompanied by a parent. Another 500 were "family units," parents and children. Many adults who crossed the border without legal permission could be charged with illegal entry and placed in jail, away from their children. Reporters were not allowed by agents to interview any of the detainees or take photos. Nearly 2,000 children have been taken from their parents since Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the policy, which directs Homeland Security officials to refer all cases of illegal entry into the United States for prosecution. Church groups and human rights advocates have sharply criticized the policy, calling it inhumane. I saw chain link cages full of unaccompanied children. They sat on metal benches and stared straight ahead silently— Rep. Peter Welch (@PeterWelch) June 17, 2018 Stories have spread of children being torn from their parents' arms, and parents not being able to find where their kids have gone. A group of congressional lawmakers visited the same facility on Sunday and were set to visit a longer-term shelter holding around 1,500 children - many of whom were separated from their parents. "Those kids inside who have been separated from their parents are already being traumatised," said Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, who was denied entry earlier this month to children's shelter. "It doesn't matter whether the floor is swept and the bedsheets tucked in tight." In Texas' Rio Grande Valley, the busiest corridor for people trying to enter the US, Border Patrol officials argue that they have to crack down on migrants and separate adults from children as a deterrent to others. "When you exempt a group of people from the law ... that creates a draw," said Manuel Padilla, the Border Patrol's chief agent here. "That creates the trends right here." Agents running the holding facility - generally known as "Ursula" for the name of the street it's on - said everyone detained is given adequate food, access to showers and laundered clothes, and medical care. People are supposed to move through the facility quickly. Under US law, children are required to be turned over within three days to shelters funded by the Department of Health and Human Services. People who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas Credit: AP Padilla said agents in the Rio Grande Valley have allowed families with children under the age of 5 to stay together in most cases. An advocate who spent several hours in the facility on Friday said she was deeply troubled by what she found. Michelle Brane, director of migrant rights at the Women's Refugee Commission, met with a 16-year-old girl who had been taking care of a young girl for three days. The teen and others in their cage thought the girl was 2 years old. "She had to teach other kids in the cell to change her diaper," Brane said. Just left Border Patrol Processing Center in McAllen—aka "the dog kennel." Witnessed loads of kids massed together in large pens of chain-linked fence separated from their moms and dads. @realDonaldTrump, change your shameful policy today! #FamiliesBelongTogether— Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) June 17, 2018 Brane said that after an attorney started to ask questions, agents found the girl's aunt and reunited the two. It turned out that the girl was actually 4 years old. Part of the problem was that she didn't speak Spanish, but K'iche, a language indigenous to Guatemala. "She was so traumatised that she wasn't talking," Brane said. "She was just curled up in a little ball." Brane said she also saw officials at the facility scold a group of five-year-olds for playing around in their cage, telling them to settle down. There are no toys or books. Demonstrators hold a large banner that reads "Humanity Is Borderless," outside of a U.S. Border Patrol station in McAllen, Credit: Bloomberg But one boy nearby wasn't playing with the rest. According to Brane, he was quiet, clutching a piece of paper that was a photocopy of his mother's ID card. "The government is literally taking kids away from their parents and leaving them in inappropriate conditions," Brane said. "If a parent left a child in a cage with no supervision with other five-year-olds, they'd be held accountable." Dr. Colleen Kraft, the head of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said she visited a small shelter in Texas recently, which she declined to identity. A toddler inside the 60-bed facility caught her eye - she was crying uncontrollably and pounding her little fists on mat. Staff members tried to console the child, who looked to be about two years old, Kraft said. She had been taken from her mother the night before and brought to the shelter. The staff gave her books and toys - but they weren't allowed to pick her up, to hold her or hug her to try to calm her. As a rule, staff aren't allowed to touch the children there, she said. "The stress is overwhelming," she said. "The focus needs to be on the welfare of these children, absent of politics."
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| Did Russia and America Almost Go to War in Syria? Posted: 16 Jun 2018 08:04 PM PDT  On May 24, 2018, the New York Times ran an article by Thomas Gibbons-Neff detailing an intense battle between U.S. special forces and Syrian government-allied troops and Russian mercenaries for control of the Conoco gas field east of Deir ez-Zor.
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| Some Prominent Conservatives Call On Trump To Stop Separating Migrant Parents & Children Posted: 18 Jun 2018 08:33 AM PDT  Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard Law professor emeritus and staunch supporter of
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| Megachurch Pastor: 'It’s embarrassing' that Sessions quoted the Bible to defend immigration policy Posted: 17 Jun 2018 08:37 AM PDT  MSNBC's Yasmin Vossoughian interviews Pastor Carl Lentz, lead pastor of Hillsong NYC Church. Pastor Lentz called Sessions use of Romans 13 a "misapplication of scripture".
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| Merkel, allies avert collision for now in German migrant row Posted: 18 Jun 2018 11:32 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel's allies in Bavaria averted an immediate collision Monday with the German leader, giving her two weeks to make deals on migrants with other European countries instead of turning them back unilaterally at Germany's border.
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| Grandmother strangles rabid bobcat after it attacked her Posted: 18 Jun 2018 02:31 AM PDT  A 46-year-old has strangled a rabid bobcat to death after the large feline attacked her. DeDe Phillips said the wild animal, which is a relative of the lynx, emerged next to her pickup truck in Georgia while she was in her front driveway on 7 June. Ms Phillips, who lives in rural Hart County (about 100 miles northeast of Atlanta), told the Athens Banner-Herald: "The cat took two steps and was on top of me.
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| Fans Cheering World Cup Goal May Have Caused 'Artificial Earthquake' In Mexico City Posted: 17 Jun 2018 05:29 PM PDT  Mexico shocked the soccer world Sunday when it defeated defending champions
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| Gunman wounds 2, fatally shot by bystander at Walmart store Posted: 17 Jun 2018 09:15 PM PDT  TUMWATER, Wash. (AP) — A gunman injured a teen and shot a man in a pair of carjacking attempts Sunday, before being killed by a bystander outside a Washington state Walmart store.
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| The One Piece of Advice Andrew Zimmern Would Give to Young Chefs Posted: 18 Jun 2018 10:13 AM PDT  At the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, the chef and television personality also addressed the death of his good friend Tony Bourdain.
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| Melania Trump ‘Hates’ Family Separation, But Doesn’t Directly Call Out Zero Tolerance Policy Posted: 17 Jun 2018 08:30 PM PDT  First lady Melania Trump issued a subtle rebuke to her husband's
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| Syrian, Iraqi forces say U.S. bombs military border positions, U.S. denies Posted: 18 Jun 2018 04:19 PM PDT  By Angus McDowall BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian state media said on Monday that U.S.-led coalition aircraft had bombed a Syrian army position near the Iraqi border, causing deaths and injuries, but the U.S. military denied it was responsible. The attack took place in al-Harra, southeast of the town of Albu Kamal, state news agency SANA said, citing a military source. A commander in the alliance fighting alongside Damascus told Reuters that drones that were "probably American" had bombed the positions of Iraqi factions between Albu Kamal and Tanf, as well as Syrian military positions.
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| Former Israeli government minister charged with spying for Iran Posted: 18 Jun 2018 12:39 PM PDT  A former Israeli government minister, once imprisoned for trying to smuggle drugs, is back behind bars after being charged with spying for archenemy Iran, the country's internal security agency said Monday. The Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency, said Gonen Segev was extradited from Guinea and arrested upon arrival in Israel last month on suspicion of "committing offenses of assisting the enemy in war and spying against the state of Israel." It said Mr Segev, a former energy minister, acted as an agent for Iranian intelligence and relayed information "connected to the energy market and security sites in Israel including buildings and officials in political and security organizations." Lawyers representing Mr Segev issued a statement that did not reject or accept the accusations, only saying that the indictment "portrays a different picture" than what the Shin Bet says. Mr Segev, who served in the Cabinet under Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in the mid-1990s, was arrested in 2004 for attempting to smuggle 32,000 Ecstasy tablets from the Netherlands to Israel using an expired diplomatic passport. Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin speaks with former energy minister Gonen Segev Credit: REUTERS/GPO A former doctor whose medical license was revoked, Mr Segev was released from prison in 2007 and had been living in Africa in recent years. The Shin Bet said Mr Segev met with his operators twice in Iran, and also met with Iranian agents in hotels and apartments around the world. Mr Segev was given a "secret communications system to encrypt messages" with his operators. The statement said that Mr Segev maintained connections with Israeli civilians who had ties to the country's security and foreign relations. It said he acted to connect them with Iranian agents who posed as businessmen. Israel and Iran are bitter enemies, and the allegations against Mr Segev are extremely grave. Israel considers Iran to be its biggest threat, citing Iranian calls for Israel's destruction, Iran's support for hostile militant groups like Hezbollah and its development of long-range missiles.
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| Parents hit with £100,000 bill after child knocks over a statue Posted: 17 Jun 2018 08:37 AM PDT  A family has been asked to pay nearly £100,000 after a child knocked over a valuable sculpture in a community centre. The five-year-old boy was caught on CCTV touching the artwork in the community centre in Overland Park, Kansas. Now the community centre want the boy's mother, Sarah Goodman, to pay for the the Aphrodite di Kansas City work which has been valued at $132,000 (£99,400).
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| Kendall And Kylie Jenner Wish Heartfelt Happy Father's Day To Caitlyn Posted: 18 Jun 2018 07:49 AM PDT  Caitlyn Jenner's model daughters got sentimental on Father's Day.
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| Abortion to avoid birth defects is like Nazi eugenics: pope Posted: 16 Jun 2018 06:03 PM PDT  Pope Francis on Saturday called the practice of having an abortion after pre-natal tests have discovered possible birth defects a version of Nazi attempts to create a pure race by eliminating the weakest. Francis made the comparison in a long, off-the-cuff address to a members of a confederation of Italian family associations. Francis then spoke of pre-natal tests to determine if a fetus has any illnesses or malformations.
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| Remnants of hurricane help crews in Colorado, Wyoming fires Posted: 17 Jun 2018 07:05 PM PDT  DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — A welcome dose of rain spawned by a hurricane that churned through the Pacific has given a boost in the battle against two large wildfires in Colorado and Wyoming.
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| Photographer Reveals Heartbreaking Story Behind Viral Photo of Crying Toddler at the Border Posted: 18 Jun 2018 08:58 AM PDT  He said the photo made him emotional.
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| Toyota confirms production of 986bhp GR Super Sport Posted: 18 Jun 2018 07:58 AM PDT  Since the Toyota MR2 went out of production in 2007 there hasn't been much evidence of sportiness in the Japanese automaker's lineup beyond the somewhat underpowered GT86, but that's about to change in a big way as it's now been confirmed a production version of the 986 horsepower GR Super Sport is in the pipeline. At the moment we only have images of the concept first shown at the Tokyo Auto Salon in January of this year, but news of a production version was released by Toyota on the eve of the Les Mans 24 hour race. This isn't the first time Toyota has looked at building a production Le Mans racer, because in 1998 the company brought us the GT-One (TS020) Le Mans Prototype where a road-going concept was produced with a view towards building a handful of production models.
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| Israeli planes strike Hamas targets in Gaza Posted: 17 Jun 2018 11:00 PM PDT  Israeli warplanes on Monday conducted strikes against nine Hamas "military targets" in the northern Gaza Strip in response to incendiary kites being sent into Israeli territory, the army said. The attacks targeted two Hamas military sites and a munitions manufacturing site, the military said in a statement, without specifying whether the raids had resulted in casualties. "Fire balloons" and kites carrying flammable material have become symbols of the Palestinian border protests in recent months.
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| Kaliningrad photos appear to show Russia upgrading nuclear weapons bunker Posted: 17 Jun 2018 10:00 PM PDT  Vladimir Putin attends naval celebrations in Kaliningrad, which also serves as a base for Russia's Baltic fleet. Russia appears to have upgraded a nuclear weapons storage bunker in its Kaliningrad enclave, in the latest sign of Moscow's increased emphasis on nuclear arms in its standoff with Nato, according to a new report.
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| Lucy Hale Says She Was Assaulted: 'It's Happened To Me' Posted: 18 Jun 2018 02:21 PM PDT  It appears stories from the recent Me Too movement hit close to home for
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| Dutch prosecutor: Man who drove into concert-goers turned himself in Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:36 AM PDT ![Dutch prosecutor: Man who drove into concert-goers turned himself in]( "Dutch prosecutor: Man who drove into concert-goers turned himself in") AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A 34-year-old Dutchman turned himself in to police hours after driving a delivery van into concert-goers, killing one and critically injuring three others, prosecutors said on Monday. Prosecutor Daniela Weymar told journalists the man, who had driven away from the scene of the incident, had turned himself in to police in the capital, Amsterdam, and was taken into custody. Police said earlier that it was not clear whether the van driver had hit the group at the Pinkpop event intentionally or by accident. (Reporting by Anthony Deutsch; Editing by Catherine Evans)
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| 'I can't support it': Mayor Turner rejects idea of child immigration detention center in Houston Posted: 16 Jun 2018 06:12 PM PDT  Mayor Sylvester Turner is not holding back on his thoughts about the possibility of a child immigration detention center in Houston.
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| Rising seas could flood 300,000 US homes and make coastal communities ‘unviable’ Posted: 18 Jun 2018 09:17 AM PDT  Hundreds of thousands of homes in the United States could face persistent flooding as climate change pushes sea levels higher, according to a new report. Sea level rise is expected to be one of the most tangible effects of a changing climate, as accumulating greenhouse gases fuel a steady rise in global temperatures that in turn raise the level of oceans - threatening low-lying and coastal areas. A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists quantified the risk by comparing areas already known to be at high flood risk against data from the real estate website Zillow.
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| Pot growers refuse to let go of dream after Kilauea volcano erupts Posted: 18 Jun 2018 10:38 AM PDT ![Pot growers refuse to let go of dream after Kilauea volcano erupts]( "Pot growers refuse to let go of dream after Kilauea volcano erupts") Dale Altman and his grandson Josh Doran live on a 5-acre (2-hectare) plot atop a hill on Hawaii's Big Island by the erupting Kilauea volcano, where they grow medical marijuana.
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| The Latest: Trump slams media coverage of North Korea summit Posted: 18 Jun 2018 09:03 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on developments in inter-Korean relations after last week's landmark summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (all times local):
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