| Justice Clarence Thomas breaks three-year silence in Mississippi case about racial bias in jury selection Posted: 20 Mar 2019 04:04 PM PDT  The Supreme Court's senior justice, who seldom speaks during oral argument, broke a three-year silence to ask questions in a race discrimination case.
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| Citigroup to sell Venezuelan gold in setback to President Maduro: sources Posted: 20 Mar 2019 05:37 PM PDT  Maduro's government has since 2014 used financial operations known as gold swaps to use its international reserves to gain access to cash after a slump in oil revenues left it struggling to obtain hard currency. Under the terms of the 2015 deal with Citigroup's Citibank, Venezuela was due to repay $1.1 billion of the loan on March 11, according to four sources familiar with the situation. Citibank plans to sell the gold held as a guarantee - which has a market value of roughly $1.358 billion - to recover the first tranche of the loan and will deposit the excess of roughly $258 million in a bank account in New York, two of the sources said.
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| 2020 election: Kamala Harris and Beto O’Rourke jump in new poll, but Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders tie as frontrunners Posted: 20 Mar 2019 11:29 AM PDT  A new poll has revealed early gains for Kamala Harris and Beto O'Rourke in the growing field of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates — but they're still far from being the frontrunners at this stage in the game. Joe Biden, the former vice president who has yet to formally announce his candidacy, has been leading the pack in a slate of polls putting him ahead of his lesser known potential opponents. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is now tied with Mr Biden at 26 per cent of total support from Democratic voters, however, according to a new Emerson poll released on Wednesday.
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| Some Pickups Lag in Passenger Crash Protection Posted: 20 Mar 2019 09:01 PM PDT  Crash Tests Show Some Pickup Trucks Lag in Passenger Protection Most pickup trucks fall short when it comes to protecting passengers in certain types of crashes, according to new findings from t...
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| The Latest: Minnesota to help Nebraska flood fight Posted: 20 Mar 2019 04:41 PM PDT  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on Midwest flooding (all times local):
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| These Are the World’s Happiest (and Most Miserable) Countries Posted: 20 Mar 2019 01:04 AM PDT  According to the report published on Wednesday, Finland has witnessed modest but steady gains since 2014, and the country is now "significantly ahead" of other countries in the top 10, the researchers said. The data "offer the world's governments and individuals the opportunity to rethink public policies as well as individual life choices, to raise happiness and well-being," said Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
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| Give them a break: Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman deserve less anger in admission scandal Posted: 20 Mar 2019 08:14 AM PDT  Since the college admissions bribery scandal broke, Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman could scarcely be treated worse if they were serial killers.
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| Samantha Bee skewers Democratic 2020 hopefuls on late-night talk show Posted: 21 Mar 2019 07:53 AM PDT  Late-night TV host Samantha Bee ripped into the growing field of Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls Wednesday night. The 'Full Frontal' host commented on everything from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's campaign slogan, to former Vice President Joe Biden not making a decision on his third potential presidential run. The TBS star also went after former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke, Sen. Cory Booker and Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
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| 'I want to set the record straight': Jared Kushner's father comes to his defense in op-ed Posted: 20 Mar 2019 06:40 PM PDT !['I want to set the record straight': Jared Kushner's father comes to his defense in op-ed]( "'I want to set the record straight': Jared Kushner's father comes to his defense in op-ed") The father of Jared Kushner authored an opinion piece in the Washington Post pushing back against accusations of corruption and conflicts of interest.
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| Battle for last Islamic State enclave edges toward its end Posted: 20 Mar 2019 12:00 PM PDT  The operation to take Islamic State's last enclave in eastern Syria looked close to an end on Wednesday, with no sign of clashes as U.S.-backed fighters said they were combing the area for hidden jihadists. Reuters reporters overlooking Baghouz from a hill on the bank of the Euphrates at the Iraqi border said the area was calm, and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia searched for tunnels and landmines, an SDF official said. The SDF on Tuesday captured an encampment where the jihadists had been mounting a last defense of the tiny enclave, pushing diehard fighters onto a sliver of land at the Euphrates riverside.
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| Trump celebrates free speech after repeatedly attacking war hero John McCain Posted: 21 Mar 2019 01:00 PM PDT  Donald Trump signed an executive order which will withhold federal funding from colleges and universities that do not permit or protect free speech amidst the president's own attacks on Senator John McCain, more than six months after his death. During his remarks, Mr Trump invited students from colleges around the country to share their own stories of hindered free speech. One student recalled a time her school stopped her from handing out Valentine's Day cards with religious messages.
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| The Latest: Forecasters: 'historic' flooding could hit South Posted: 21 Mar 2019 08:33 AM PDT  The Latest on the upcoming flood threat in the South (all times local):
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| FBI joins criminal probe into Boeing 737 Max 8 safety certification in wake of crashes Posted: 20 Mar 2019 04:28 PM PDT  The FBI has joined the widening criminal probe into how Boeing's 737 Max 8 jets were deemed as safe in the months before two of them crashed in Indonesia and Ethiopia,
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| USC Just Named a New President. Here's What She Said About the Admissions Scandal Posted: 20 Mar 2019 07:03 PM PDT  "I am not afraid about taking on challenges," Carol Folt said.
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| Aspirin is out. Here's how healthy older adults can prevent heart attacks, strokes without pills Posted: 19 Mar 2019 06:07 PM PDT  The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association say these diet and lifestyle changes can keep hearts healthy.
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| Biden building 2020 White House campaign ahead of expected bid: sources Posted: 20 Mar 2019 12:38 PM PDT  Biden has told supporters and former staff that he will run, according to one source who has knowledge of discussions. Biden and his aides also have reached out to donors and potential bundlers - people who volunteer to raise money on behalf of the candidate - to assess support, according to another source. A third source with direct knowledge of Biden's plans offered a caveat, saying the former vice president was very close to running, but "it's not 100 percent." "We're leaning into that moment" when Biden gives the green light, the source said.
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| Trump Pours Gas on GM's Already Smoldering Relations With UAW Posted: 20 Mar 2019 03:00 AM PDT  In a series of tweets starting Saturday, Trump attacked both General Motors Co. and the UAW over the closing of a Chevrolet Cruze factory in Lordstown, Ohio. GM and the UAW each pushed back, but the two have otherwise been very much at odds entering bargaining over a new four-year labor contract.
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| Harvard 'shamelessly' profits from photos of enslaved people, descendant claims in lawsuit Posted: 21 Mar 2019 07:18 AM PDT  A descendant of enslaved people has sued Harvard University, alleging that the Ivy League institution has "shamelessly" profited from photos of her ancestors. Tamara Lanier, of Norwich, Connecticut, claims that Harvard has ignored requests to surrender images of a man named Renty, whom she says is her great-great-great grandfather, and his daughter Delia. Lanier is suing Harvard for "wrongful seizure, possession and expropriation" of the images, asking the university to return the photos to her, pay unspecified damages, and recognise her ancestry.
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| Chief of staff to Venezuela's Guaido arrested Posted: 20 Mar 2019 05:07 PM PDT  Venezuelan intelligence officers Thursday arrested the chief of staff of Juan Guaido, the opposition leader recognized by the US and other countries as interim leader, Guaido and the opposition-ruled congress said on Twitter. Roberto Marrero was grabbed by SEBIN officers when they staged a pre-dawn raid on his Caracas home, according to Guaido and a recorded voice message by Marrero published on social media. The United States has repeatedly warned Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government against arresting Guaido or his aides, and Washington's Secretary of State Mike Pompeo quickly called for Marrero's release.
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| Delta declared America's best airline: The Points Guy Posted: 20 Mar 2019 02:16 AM PDT  Delta Air Lines tops a new list of the best -- and worst -- airlines in America for its impressive on-time performance and network of lounges.
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| Nebraska underwater: 74 cities, 65 counties declare emergencies as flooding envelops state Posted: 20 Mar 2019 06:34 AM PDT  Seventy-four cities, 65 counties and four tribal areas in Nebraska declared states of emergency Tuesday as swaths of the Midwest battled flooding rivers.
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| Correction: Mob Shooting story Posted: 20 Mar 2019 01:53 PM PDT  TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — In some versions of a story March 18 about a court hearing over the killing of a reputed Gambino crime boss, The Associated Press erroneously reported where the victim was born. Francesco Cali was born in New York City, not in Sicily.
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| The Pentagon's Watchdog Is Investigating Whether the Acting Defense Secretary Boosted Boeing Posted: 20 Mar 2019 11:22 AM PDT  The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General has launched an investigation into Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan.
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| Trump administration refuses to hand over documents to House oversight investigation Posted: 20 Mar 2019 07:17 AM PDT  The Trump administration is committing "an unprecedented level of stonewalling, delay and obstruction" in response to congressional requests for documents and witnesses, the chair of the House oversight committee has said. Elijah Cummings, Democratic congressman for Maryland, said he had sent 12 letters to the White House on a range of topics from the "routine" to "relating to our core national security interests". In an op-ed for The Washington Post, Mr Cummings said the subjects included White House security clearances, Donald Trump's alleged hush money payments, and the use of taxpayer funds for lavish private planes.
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| Loesch: CNN's gun control townhall was an embarrassing display of bias Posted: 20 Mar 2019 06:00 PM PDT  CNN townhall on gun control wins award; radio host Dana Loesch on the hostility she faced during the townhall.
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| New Zealand bans assault weapons within days of massacre Posted: 21 Mar 2019 12:21 AM PDT  New Zealand imposed a ban on assault weapons Thursday, moving swiftly following the Christchurch massacre and triggering renewed calls from leading American politicians for gun controls in the United States. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons were now banned with immediate effect, making good on a pledge to the country of the military-style weapons used in last week's slaughter of 50 people.
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| Missouri River towns face deluge as floods move downstream Posted: 20 Mar 2019 05:36 PM PDT ![Missouri River towns face deluge as floods move downstream]( "Missouri River towns face deluge as floods move downstream") A string of small Missouri towns prepared for the next deluge along the raging Missouri River on Wednesday after flooding wreaked nearly $1.5 billion in damage in Nebraska, killing at least four people and leaving another man missing. High water unleashed by last week's late-winter storm and melting snow has already inundated a large swath of Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa along the Missouri River, North America's longest river. The Missouri River's next major flood crest was forecast to hit St. Joseph, Missouri, at 6 a.m. on Friday and Kansas City, Missouri, 55 miles (88 km) to the south, about 24 hours later, said Mike Glasch of the Omaha District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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| Robert Kraft's plea deal offer for prostitution charges hinders real progress on sex trafficking Posted: 21 Mar 2019 05:05 AM PDT  Those who buy sex have more power and privilege than those who sell it. There's a disgusting imbalance in every commercial sex interaction.
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| 'Change Is Closer Than We Think.' Inside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Unlikely Rise Posted: 21 Mar 2019 02:55 AM PDT  Every 10 minutes or so, someone knocks on the big wooden door of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's office on Capitol Hill. The noise makes staffers stiffen. It's…
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| Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams talks 2020, voter suppression Posted: 20 Mar 2019 03:01 AM PDT  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Georgia's Stacey Abrams is willing to meet with any candidate running for president in 2020, but warned she has two ground rules before she starts meeting with the wide range of Democratic hopefuls
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| Trump visits tank factory and renews attack on war hero McCain Posted: 20 Mar 2019 01:35 PM PDT  The president complains that he was never thanked for giving McCain the "kind of funeral he wanted."
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| FBI joins investigation into Boeing MAX planes following crashes Posted: 21 Mar 2019 04:19 AM PDT  The FBI is now involved in the investigation into how Chicago-based Boeing's MAX planes were approved by the FAA.
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| Australian fury as Erdogan invokes Gallipoli after Christchurch massacre Posted: 20 Mar 2019 02:36 AM PDT  Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's president, has sparked a diplomatic confrontation with Australia and New Zealand over the Christchurch massacre by threatening that anti-Muslim Westerners would be sent home "in coffins" like those killed the Battle of Gallipoli. The Turkish leader has made the killings in New Zealand a centre-piece of his political campaign ahead of local elections at the end of the month and has been playing footage of the mass killing before crowds at his rallies. In a speech near the site where thousands of New Zealander and Australian troops were buried after the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli, Mr Erdogan said the Christchurch shooter and the First World War soldiers were both motivated by anti-Islamic sentiments. "Your grandfathers came and saw that we're here. Then some of them walked back, while others left in coffins," Mr Erdogan said. "If you come with the same intention, we'll be waiting for you." His comments were met with fury in Australia, where Scott Morrison, the prime minister, summoned Turkey's ambassador and demanded that Mr Erdogan retract his remarks. "Remarks have been made by the Turkish President Erdogan that I consider highly offensive to Australians, and highly reckless in this very sensitive environment," Mr Morrison said. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he would consider 'all options' in reviewing ties Credit: Getty "I will wait to see what the response is from the Turkish government before taking further action, but I can tell you that all options are on the table." Mr Morrison said Australia was reviewing its travel advice for Turkey. Thousands of Australians and New Zealanders are expected in Turkey on April 25 to commemorate Anzac Day, marking the first landings in Gallipoli. Around 8,000 Australians and nearly 3,000 New Zealanders were killed during the disastrous year-long campaign against Ottoman forces, which was overseen by Winston Churchill. Around 130,000 were killed in total on both sides. Mr Morrison said Mr Erdogan's comments violated a pledge made by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, who reportedly said "after having lost their lives on this land [the fallen soldiers] have become our sons as well." New Zealand mosque massacre - In pictures Mr Erdogan had already been sharply rebuked by New Zealand for his comments and for using gruesome video shot by the Christchurch mosque gunman as an election campaign prop. New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters protested on Monday that such politicisation of the massacre "imperils the future and safety of the New Zealand people and our people abroad, and it's totally unfair". Mr Peters announced on Tuesday that he would be travelling to Turkey this week at Istanbul's request to attend a special meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. "Our deputy prime minister will be confronting those comments in Turkey," Ms Ardern told reporters in Christchurch. "He is going there to set the record straight, face-to-face." Turkey's Vice-President Fuat Oktay (R) and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (C) speak to the media after visiting Al Noor mosque in Christchurch Credit: Getty Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand, said she was dispatching her deputy prime minister, Winston Peters, to Turkey to confront Mr Erdogan's comments about the massacre which left 50 people dead at the hands of a white supremacist gunman. "Our deputy prime minister will be confronting those comments in Turkey," Ms Ardern said in Christchurch. "He is going there to set the record straight, face-to-face." Mr Erdogan earlier threatened that if "If New Zealand fails to hold the attacker accountable, one way or another we will hold him to account." However, in a comment piece in the Washington Post, Mr Erdogan praised Ms Ardern for showing "courage, leadership and sincerity". He called on all Western leaders to follow her example and "embrace Muslims living in their respective countries". He also said there was no difference between the hateful ideology of Brenton Tarrant, the mosque gunman, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil). Mr Erdogan has made a habit of provoking fights with foreign governments ahead of elections as a way of whipping up his base of nationalist voters. Ahead of a referendum to change Turkey's constitution in 2017, Mr Erdogan accused Dutch and German ministers of being Nazis. He expelled Israel's ambassador from Ankara a month before the 2018 presidential elections. Mr Erdogan often presents himself as a global champion of Muslims facing repression, from the occupied Palestinian territories to western China, where up to 1 million Uighur Muslims are believed to be detained by the Chinese government. Sign up for your essential, twice-daily briefing from The Telegraph with our free Front Page newsletter.
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| It's not just you: 4 in 5 Americans stressed out from poor office communication Posted: 20 Mar 2019 11:01 AM PDT ![It's not just you: 4 in 5 Americans stressed out from poor office communication]( "It's not just you: 4 in 5 Americans stressed out from poor office communication") Poor company communication has not only led employees to feel more stressed, but also to resent their bosses.
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| Exclusive: Lion Air pilots scoured handbook in minutes before crash - sources Posted: 20 Mar 2019 12:41 PM PDT  The investigation into the crash last October has taken on new relevance as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other regulators grounded the model last week after a second deadly accident in Ethiopia. Following the second fatal accident, U.S. authorities are reviewing whether enough was done to ensure the plane was safe to fly, while attention has also focused on the training of the Lion Air crew and whether aeroplane manuals are clear enough. It is the first time the voice recorder contents from the Lion Air flight have been made public.
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| Seats aboard JetBlue now feature most legroom of any US airline Posted: 21 Mar 2019 07:54 AM PDT  Long-legged flyers may be interested to learn that JetBlue's newest cabin redesign now features the most legroom of any US airline for economy-class cabins.
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| See Photos of the New 2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupe Posted: 21 Mar 2019 11:14 AM PDT |
| T-Mobile unveils home broadband service that could expand after Sprint merger Posted: 21 Mar 2019 03:04 PM PDT  T-Mobile on Thursday unveiled a limited home internet service that it plans to pilot for 50,000 mobile customers at $50 a month, with the company promising it could build on that, and eventually offer a lot more once its $26.5 billion merger with Sprint finally goes through.For now, the new invitation-only service will focus on areas where the carrier can deliver high-speed internet access to connect up to 50,000 homes in rural and underserved parts of the country. Once it merges with Sprint, however, T-Mobile says it should be able to cover more than half of the US with broadband service by 2024.This seems to be one attempt by T-Mobile to push back against critics of the proposed merger who worry it will leave customers with less choice and the potential for prices to rise. "We're walking the walk and laying the foundation for a world where we can take the fight to Big Cable on behalf of consumers and offer real choice, competition and savings to Americans nationwide," T-Mobile CEO John Legere about the home broadband pilot.The service will be offered only in areas where T-Mobile expects to deliver speeds of around 50 Mbps through fixed unlimited wireless service over LTE, with no data caps. The carrier points to one economist's estimate that showed while customers today pay around $80 a month for wired in-home broadband service, "the new T-Mobile will save customers up to $13.65 billion a year on home broadband by 2024".As context for why it decided to pursue the new service, T-Mobile went on to note in its announcement that almost half of Americans today have no competitive choice for high-speed in-home broadband. "The New T-Mobile," the company declares, "will be armed with spectrum and network assets that will build the highest capacity wireless network in US history, covering millions with 5G, not just a few people in a few blocks of a few cities like the other guys."If you're eligible to participate in the home broadband pilot, T-Mobile plans to start sending out invitations by email and regular mail this week.We mentioned T-Mobile's pending merger with Sprint, and it's also worth pointing out, as a reminder, that it's still under review by federal regulators. T-Mobile has said it feels optimistic everything will be approved in the first half of this year.
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| Lithuanian pleads guilty in U.S. to massive fraud against Google, Facebook Posted: 20 Mar 2019 07:03 PM PDT  Evaldas Rimasauskas, 50, entered his plea to one count of wire fraud before U.S. District Judge George Daniels in Manhattan. Rimasauskas also agreed to forfeit about $49.7 million he personally obtained from the scheme, according to a court filing. Paul Petrus, a lawyer for Rimasauskas, said the plea spoke for itself and declined to comment further.
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| AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely says Mueller appointment biased Posted: 21 Mar 2019 08:30 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to discredit a highly anticipated report on the Russia investigation, President Donald Trump is attacking the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller by falsely claiming it was biased and conflicted.
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