| Trump news: President 'doesn't regret' tweeting 9/11 video about Ilhan Omar, as first 2020 Republican challenger emerges Posted: 16 Apr 2019 08:09 AM PDT  President Trump has pledged his support to the people of France after the iconic Notre Dame cathedral suffered a devastating fire last night. On Twitter, the president noted it was "horrible" to watch the scenes from Paris, and suggested "flying water tankers could be used to put it out." It was confirmed this morning that the fire had been entirely extinguished.The White House said it will offer France "assistance in the rehabilitation of this irreplaceable symbol of Western civilization.""The United States stands with French citizens, the city of Paris, and the millions of visitors from around the world who have sought solace in that iconic structure," Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said.Closer to home, Trump is also facing his first Republican challenger for the 2020 presidential election in the form of Massachusetts governor Bill Weld, although is it deemed unlikely that anyone will seize the party's nomination from the incumbent."I really think if we have six more years of the same stuff we've had out of the White House the last two years that would be a political tragedy, and I would fear for the Republic," Mr Weld told CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday. "I would be ashamed of myself if I didn't raise my hand and run.It was also announced late yesterday that the Mueller report into Russian interference in the 2020 presidential election, and any links to the Trump campaign, would be released in a redacted form to the public this Thursday.The president also defended his attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar despite an onslaught of death threats the Muslim congresswoman received recently.In an interview with a local news station in Minnesota, Mr Trump continued to disparage Ms Omar. "It's unfortunate," he said. "She's got a way about her that's very, very bad, I think, for our country. I think she's extremely unpatriotic and extremely disrespectful to our country."Read The Independent's updates as they happened below.Please allow a moment for the liveblog to load
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| Suspect in attack on boy at Mall of America held on $2M bail Posted: 16 Apr 2019 04:07 PM PDT  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man accused of throwing a 5-year-old boy from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America said little Tuesday during his first court appearance but appeared lucid and followed the court's directions.
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| Ukraine says it captured Russian military intelligence hit squad Posted: 17 Apr 2019 04:20 AM PDT  Ukraine's security service SBU said on Wednesday it had captured a Russian military intelligence hit squad responsible for the attempted murder of a Ukrainian military spy in the run-up to a presidential election on Sunday. The issue of how to deal with Russia, which annexed Crimea in 2014 and backs pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, is prominent ahead of the vote, with incumbent Petro Poroshenko casting himself as the commander-in-chief Ukraine needs to defend the country.
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| Here's what Cadillac's new CT5 sedan will offer younger drivers Posted: 16 Apr 2019 09:52 AM PDT ![Here's what Cadillac's new CT5 sedan will offer younger drivers]( "Here's what Cadillac's new CT5 sedan will offer younger drivers") The CT5 sedan goes on sale later this year. It will offer amenities such as enhanced sounds, lumbar massage and eventually semi-autonomous drive.
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| Notre-Dame's precious rooster statue found 'battered' in debris Posted: 17 Apr 2019 01:46 AM PDT  A wrought copper statue of a rooster that sat atop Notre-Dame has been found "battered" in the debris of the Paris cathedral following its devastating fire, France's culture ministry said. The statue is considered all the more important because it contains three holy relics -- including a fragment of the Crown of Thorns believed by Christians to have been worn by Jesus Christ during his crucifixion, placed there to protect Parisians. The sculpture of the bird -- which is an unofficial symbol of France -- was recovered Tuesday by a restorer picking through the rubble left when the spire on which it had sat toppled at the height of the inferno that ravaged Notre-Dame on Monday, a ministry spokesman told AFP.
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| Historic US church tests sprinklers in wake of Notre Dame Posted: 17 Apr 2019 03:00 PM PDT  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A sprinkler system check at a church that was frequented by George Washington and Benjamin Franklin drew a crowd Wednesday, with dozens of people watching as sheets of water poured from the 196-foot (60-meter) steeple.
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| Driver of car and 6 victims hit in North Philadelphia all being investigated, police say Posted: 17 Apr 2019 09:56 AM PDT  Philadelphia police are saying arrests could potentially be on the way for some of the 6 people who were hit by a speeding Buick in North Philadelphia Tuesday.
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| Bernie’s Fox News Town Hall Was a Ratings Smash. More Dems May Follow Him There. Posted: 16 Apr 2019 11:56 AM PDT  Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-VT) Monday evening Fox News town hall event was the most-watched town hall event of the 2020 campaign thus far, according to early Nielsen data. And at least four other Democratic candidates are open to participating in one of their own. According to early Nielsen data, more than 2.5 million viewers tuned in to hear Sanders, a self-described "democratic socialist," make his case on Fox News during the 6:30pm hour, prior to primetime. That total viewership bested CNN's Bernie Sanders town hall event from back in February; and it doubled MSNBC's during the same time period on Monday evening, and nearly tripled CNN's. The prior town hall ratings record for the 2020 cycle was a CNN-hosted event with Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), which drew 1.95 million total viewers. Additionally, per Nielsen, Fox's Sanders event brought in 489,000 viewers between the ages of 25 and 54—a key demographic for cable-news advertisers—trouncing CNN's 281,000 tally and MSNBC's 208,000.The event, which took place in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, saw the Vermont senator discuss a wide range of topics and occasionally spar with moderators Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. The Democratic National Committee banned the network from hosting one of its sanctioned debates, citing a New Yorker report on the network's close ties to President Trump. But the success of Sanders' town hall event—both in terms of ratings and the headlines generated—comes as at least three other presidential campaigns consider being involved in a similar event.South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is in talks to participate in a Fox News town hall, a campaign aide told The Daily Beast, and he had been prior to the airing of Sanders' event. Meanwhile, the campaign for Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA)—the latest entry into the crowded Democratic contest—said "he's willing to do a Fox town hall, and we expect to start discussions with the network soon regarding a time and place." Discussions about doing so have not yet begun, according to the campaign but Swalwell had previously told The Daily Beast that he makes efforts to appear on the network. Julia Krieger, communications director for Rep. Tim Ryan's (D-OH) presidential campaign said that he is also "willing to do a town hall with Fox News," adding that "the campaign has reached out proactively to the network to express interest in this type of forum." She said that the network had also reached out to them.And Jennifer Fiore, a senior adviser to Julián Castro's campaign, told The Daily Beast that they are in conversations with the network as well."He's been a red state mayor and has always campaigned hard for every single vote on both sides of the aisle and will do the same thing in his campaign for president of the United States because everybody counts," she said. The network had previously said they hoped the DNC would reconsider its position on hosting a debate on Fox."We hope the DNC will reconsider its decision to bar Chris Wallace, Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, all of whom embody the ultimate journalistic integrity and professionalism, from moderating a Democratic presidential debate," said Bill Sammon, Fox News' senior vice president and D.C. managing editor. "They're the best debate team in the business and they offer candidates an important opportunity to make their case to the largest TV news audience in America, which includes many persuadable voters."Update 6:25 P.M.: This story was updated to reflect an additional statement from Castro's campaign. —Andrew Kirell and Scott Bixby contributed reporting.Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here
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| Porsche Collection Destroyed in Explosion Posted: 17 Apr 2019 05:56 AM PDT  A large explosion rocked Durham, North Carolina on 10 April 2019, something that sadly claimed the life of one individual and injured 15. The building itself also contained one of America's largest Porsche collections according to the Charlotte Observer. The rather unassuming red brick building didn't boast about the treasures within, but video from the Charlotte Observer revealed a huge hole in the roof and the charred remains of what appears to be a 550 Spyder amongst other less identifiable wreckage.
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| Ocasio-Cortez backs boycott of New York Post over cover attacking Ilhan Omar Posted: 16 Apr 2019 02:48 PM PDT  The freshman Democrat voices her support for a boycott of one of her hometown newspapers.
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| GoFundMe campaign raises more than $700,000 for boy thrown off mall balcony Posted: 17 Apr 2019 08:41 AM PDT  A GoFundMe campaign for a 5-year-old boy who was tossed over a third-floorbalcony at the Mall of America in Minnesota has raised over $700,000
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| Pete Buttigieg’s Abortion Extremism Hurts His Religious Appeal Posted: 16 Apr 2019 11:53 AM PDT  With every passing day, it seems we see yet another piece about South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg's progressive Christianity. His faith is going to shake the race. He's going to challenge the GOP monopoly on "God talk." Here, for example, is the opening paragraph of an NBC News analysis posted yesterday afternoon:> Religious conservatives who have long been a reliable voting bloc for Republicans are grappling with a new challenge in Pete Buttigieg: how to respond to a Democratic presidential candidate who is leaning into the discussion about faith and its role in political life.I'll agree that there are religious conservatives who are "grappling" with a challenge from Buttigieg, but that challenge is theological and cultural, not political. Buttigieg's religious arguments have triggered important online debates about the differences between mainline and Evangelical Christianity, about when religious teachings should influence public policy, and about how to interpret the history of the gay-marriage debate.But religious conservatives are not grappling with the key political question — whether any meaningful number of Evangelicals or conservative Catholics would cross the aisle to cast a ballot for Mayor Pete. The reason is simple. Buttigieg is a pro-choice extremist, and no pro-choice extremist will ever meaningfully compete for the conservative Christian vote.In fact, in at least one key way, Buttigieg's record on abortion is even worse than that of his Democratic peers. He is of course in lockstep agreement with them on support for late-term abortion, and he made that clear last month on Morning Joe:> .@PeteButtigieg explains his support for late-term abortion bills in New York and Virginia: > > "When we're talking about some of those situations covered by that law … the involvement of a male government official like me is not helpful." pic.twitter.com/6lQrLLhwhW> > -- Matthew Schmitz (@matthewschmitz) March 31, 2019But he's done what many of them have not — he's actually blocked a crisis-pregnancy center from opening at its chosen location. He not only supports abortion rights, he's taken action against law-abiding Americans who merely wanted to make the case for life.Last April, Buttigieg vetoed a rezoning plan that would have permitted a crisis-pregnancy center to open next door to a proposed abortion clinic. In his statement justifying the veto, Buttigieg said, "I don't think it would be responsible to situate two groups, literally right next to each other, in a neighborhood, that have diametrically opposed views on the most divisive social issue of our time."And so, given the conflict, he chose to privilege the abortion clinic's location over the pregnancy center. Thankfully, the center found a new location across the street from the proposed clinic — a location that didn't require a rezoning vote. But that does not excuse or justify Buttigieg's veto. He favored abortion rights over pro-life speech, and he likely violated the Constitution in doing so.While Buttigieg, to his credit, did not demonize his opponents in the South Bend dispute ( "Many people that I respect and admire and appreciate have very passionate and very opposite views on what is the right thing to do," he said of the dispute), actions speak louder than words. And this action echoes a dangerous Democratic trend in pro-choice governance: the attack against pro-life pregnancy clinics.Across the United States, progressive legislatures have passed laws aimed at crisis-pregnancy centers, including a California law the Supreme Court struck down just last summer. Buttigieg hasn't gone as far as California, which actually required pro-life pregnancy centers to promote state-funded free and low-cost abortions. But he had an opportunity to fully respect the constitutional rights of his pro-life opponents, and he chose not to do so.Many young Evangelicals, including young Evangelical activists, are divided over matters such as same-sex marriage. Some believe Obergefell v. Hodges was wrongly decided, others support legal recognition of same-sex marriage so long as the state doesn't interfere with the church's ability to define marriage according to the historic doctrines of the Christian faith. Others support same-sex marriage constitutionally and theologically.These same young Christians are often appalled that their older brothers and sisters in the faith have so easily overlooked Donald Trump's multitude of sins. But they will not support politicians who support legal protections for late-term abortions. They won't. The will not support politicians who don't go beyond "respecting" pro-life Americans to also protecting their rights to free speech with the same vigor that they protect the First Amendment rights of pro-choice Americans.In the summer of 2016, I had hours of conversations with anguished Evangelical activists. They did not like Donald Trump. They could not believe the hypocrisy of some pastors defending a man whom they'd condemn if he had a "D" by his name. But they also could not believe that the Democrats wouldn't compromise at all on abortion, not even in the third trimester. More than one person told me of this issue, "If only they'd moderate a little, I'd consider crossing the aisle. But they won't, so I can't."Those words will still be true in 2020, and while Buttigieg's lack of overt hostility to pro-life citizens is welcome — and conversations about America's competing Christian world views are interesting — he has zero appeal to religious conservatives so long as he holds to the Democratic party line on the right of a woman to hire a doctor to kill a viable, living unborn baby. There is nothing to "grapple" with. There is no "challenge." There are lines that Christian conservatives must not — and will not — cross.
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| Mercedes 'very sorry' after China consumer gripe goes viral Posted: 16 Apr 2019 02:58 AM PDT  German auto giant Mercedes-Benz apologised Tuesday over the ordeal of a Chinese car buyer who alleged mistreatment by an authorised dealership in a viral video that triggered consumer outrage. The woman, whose name has not been revealed, has said she purchased a new Mercedes from an authorised dealer in the northern city of Xi'an only to discover afterwards that it was leaking oil on the showroom floor. "We're very sorry for whatever happened," said Hubertus Troskas, a board member and head of China operations for Daimler, Mercedes' parent group.
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| French President Macron hopes to rebuild Notre-Dame in five years Posted: 16 Apr 2019 12:12 PM PDT  Macron devoted a brief prime-time televised address to Monday's catastrophic blaze in the heart of the capital, again postponing planned remarks on his response to months of anti-government protests. "We will rebuild Notre-Dame even more beautifully and I want it to be completed in five years, we can do it," Macron said. It is up to us to find the thread of our national project." "This is not a time for politics," added Macron, who had cancelled a speech planned on Monday evening on the response to the "yellow vest" protests.
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| Why closing the U.S.-Mexico border would be 'catastrophic' for this Texas city Posted: 17 Apr 2019 10:38 AM PDT  Trump's threat to seal the border has sent jolts of alarm across the U.S.-Mexico border, but few places feel it more acutely than Laredo, Texas.
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| Israeli envoy: no action on West Bank until after peace plan Posted: 17 Apr 2019 04:45 PM PDT  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israel's U.N. ambassador said Wednesday he believes his government will take no action on annexing Jewish settlements in the West Bank until after the Trump administration releases its long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.
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| Hackers unleashed 40 million cyberattacks on Ecuador after Julian Assange’s arrest Posted: 16 Apr 2019 05:08 PM PDT  Julian Assange's arrest at the end of last week by British officials who finally snatched him at the London embassy in Ecuador where he'd been living for years did not, in turns out, put the matter to rest for Ecuadorian officials.Patricio Real, the county's deputy minister for information and communication technologies, told Agence France Presse in an interview that Assange's controversial arrest prompted a massive wave of cyberattacks against the country. They added up to a whopping 40 million attacks and "principally come from the United States, Brazil, Holland, Germany, Romania, France, Austria and the United Kingdom," as well as from South America.Javier Jara, Ecuador's undersecretary of the electronic government department of the telecommunications ministry, added a little more context, telling the news service the attacks were "volumetric" and seemingly focused on overwhelming servers with traffic to render them useless. Those attacks hit the country's foreign ministry, central bank, office of the president, internal revenue service and a number of ministries and universities particularly hard.For the moment, Assange is being housed at London's Belmarsh Prison. The US has requested his extradition to the country to answer for a single charge of hacking a government computer, while Assange supporters fear it could be only a pretext to get him stateside where his legal woes would then quickly mount.On Monday, a federal judge in Virginia unsealed previously secret government documents that are part of the US' case against the Wikileaks founder, with the documents shedding new light on the government's allegations against him.Per a report from The Hill, the original affidavit and criminal complaint against Assange were made public in Virginia federal court for the first time since their filing in 2017. Among other things, those documents include chat logs between Assange and former US intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning.US authorities contend that Assange worked with Manning to crack a password that would provide access to a classified Defense Department network where secret information could then be obtained by the hackers.
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| Notre-Dame's iconic rooster retrieved from rubble Posted: 17 Apr 2019 02:44 AM PDT  The metal rooster which perched on the top of Notre-Dame's spire was found in the rubble on Tuesday and appears to have been spared the worst of the fire. "It is dented but properly restorable," a Ministry of Culture spokesman said of the rooster, which contains three relics that may also have survived the blaze. As the rooster was partially crushed when it fell off the spire, the extent of the damage to its contents is unknown. Stored inside the rooster is one relic of St Denis, one of St Genevieve and one of the thorns from the crown that Jesus Christ wore at the Crucifixion. The rooster has served as a "spiritual lightning" rod for Notre-Dame, according to the cathedral's website. The rooster was perched on top of the spire Credit: AP/Diana Ayanna However, the spire itself - which was seen tumbling off the roof of the Notre-Dame on Monday to the horror of unlookers - is destroyed, having melted in the heat. It came as the fund set up to help rebuild Notre-Dame is expected to pass one billion euros as Emmanuel Macron pledged to restore the fire-ravaged cathedral in five years. Donations from worshippers and wealthy French billionaires and corporations have seen hundreds of millions of euros raised since the cathedral was engulfed by flames on Monday. Contributors include Apple and magnates who own L'Oreal, Chanel and Dior, as well as Catholics and others from around the world.
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| Robert Mueller Posted: 16 Apr 2019 02:01 PM PDT  Special counsel Robert Mueller, who just finished the Trump-Russia probe, is one of the most influential people of 2019, Sally Yates says.
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| Health Stocks Crumble as Fears of ‘Medicare for All’ Snowball Posted: 17 Apr 2019 11:32 AM PDT  The slide began in earnest on Tuesday when UnitedHealth Group Inc. -- treated by investors as a bellwether for the insurance sector -- waded into the debate over "Medicare for All," which would expand government-administered coverage to most of the population and rewrite the businesses of U.S. health insurers, hospitals and doctors. The Tuesday losses capped the worst five-day stretch since 2011 for health insurers, despite UnitedHealth reporting earnings that beat analysts' estimates and raising its 2019 forecast. The slide in hospital and insurance stocks continued Wednesday, wiping out billions of dollars more in market value from some of the biggest health companies in the U.S. UnitedHealth fell 3.2 percent at 2:20 p.m. in New York.
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| Gov. Newsom in San Bernardino pledges more support for homeless crisis Posted: 17 Apr 2019 09:28 AM PDT  During a stop in San Bernardino, Gov. Gavin Newsom discussed his plans to add more money to the fight against homelessness.
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| Young woman obsessed with Columbine found dead after frantic manhunt Posted: 17 Apr 2019 02:43 PM PDT  The body of Sol Pais, a student from Surfside, Florida, was found by authorities about 40 miles (64 km) west of Columbine High School, at about 10:30 a.m. local time, said Dean Phillips, special agent in charge of the Denver office of the FBI. Pais was found alone in a wooded area of Clear Creek County and appeared to have shot herself with the pump-action shotgun she had purchased after arriving in Colorado from Miami earlier this week, Phillips said at a news conference hours later.
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| Pete Buttigieg responds to the Notre-Dame fire in perfect French Posted: 16 Apr 2019 06:15 AM PDT  Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has just set the gold standard when it comes to responding to the devastating fire at Paris' famous Notre-Dame cathedral.Speaking to a reporter for French station BFM TV, Buttigieg, who is currently the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, delivered his condolences and solidarity with the French people in perfect, fluent French.> « Au peuple de France je voudrais dire que la cathedrale Notre Dame, c'etait comme un cadeau a l'espece humaine. Nous partageons la douleur mais nous vous remercions aussi de ce cadeau a la civilisation. » @PeteButtigieg a @BFMTV > Et en français! NotreDame pic.twitter.com/0xbf5lGhYH> > -- Cedric Faiche (@cedricfaiche) April 15, 2019Loosely translated, Buttigieg's message was, "To the people of France I would like to say that Notre-Dame Cathedral was like a gift to the human race. We share the pain but we also thank you for this gift to civilization."SEE ALSO: The most striking newspaper tributes to Notre-DameButtigieg later shared a very similar sentiment on Twitter as he shared a message from Gerard Araud, French ambassador to the U.S. thanking Buttigieg for his kind words. > The Cathedral of Notre Dame has been a gift of civilization to all humanity, and we are of one spirit with the French people this evening. https://t.co/Hwx1I4iCaH> > -- Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) April 16, 2019Buttigieg speaks seven languages, and his message of hope stood in stark contrast to President Trump's suggestion of using flying water tankers. As of Tuesday morning, a pair of French billionaires have already pledged over $330 million dollars to aid the restoration of the cathedral which lost its spire and roof in the fire. Damage assessment of the centuries-old cathedral will continue in the coming days. WATCH: New Jersey forest fire burns over 11,000 acres
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| Jussie Smollett purposely misled police by saying assailants were white, lawsuit alleges Posted: 17 Apr 2019 06:16 AM PDT  "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett purposely attempted to mislead police by falsely describing the men who he said attacked him on a cold January night as white men, the city of Chicago claimed in a civil lawsuit filed Thursday.
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| 20-year-old college student falls 100 feet off cliff to her death Posted: 17 Apr 2019 07:21 AM PDT  Andrea Norton, a 20-year-old Briar Cliff University student, plummeted 100 feet to her death off a cliff during a school trip last weekend.
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| Boeing 737 MAX software upgrade 'operationally suitable': FAA panel Posted: 16 Apr 2019 02:24 PM PDT  More than 300 Boeing 737 MAX jets have been grounded worldwide after nearly 350 people died in two crashes, one in Indonesia in October and another in Ethiopia last month. Boeing has been announced a planned software update on the 737 MAX to prevent erroneous data from triggering an anti-stall system known as MCAS that is under scrutiny following the two disastrous nose-down crashes. The draft report from the Flight Standardization Board (FSB) appointed by the FAA, which includes pilots, engineers and other experts, said additional training was needed for MCAS, but not required to be done in a simulator.
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| Bernie Sanders draws enthusiastic cheers in surprising Fox News town hall Posted: 16 Apr 2019 07:53 AM PDT  The setup looked potentially hostile but became a free, hourlong commercial for the Sanders candidacy, broadcast to Fox viewers At every turn they clapped and cheered, enamored with the candidate's prescriptions for universal healthcare, a humane attitude toward immigrants and the rejection of climate change denialism. Bernie Sanders was the candidate, and the people clapping and cheering were audience members who turned out in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for a televised town hall on Monday night sponsored by none other than Fox News. Sanders' decision to participate in the event had been the object of some skepticism and even criticism by Fox News detractors, who argued that in the Donald Trump era the cable channel has completed its transformation into a state news propaganda organ. But if undercutting Sanders, an early frontrunner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination and avowed democratic socialist, was the idea for Fox, somebody badly miscalculated. The event at the SteelStacks auditorium in Bethlehem, with the extinct blast furnaces of Bethlehem Steel as a backdrop, drew a large crowd of Sanders supporters, who stood in line for hours to gain admission. Onstage, the setup looked potentially hostile for Sanders, with Fox News hosts Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum asking the questions and trying to call the shots. But Sanders, with the help of the sympathetic audience, flipped the script, turning whatever the Fox News executives might have intended to air into what at times seemed an hourlong commercial for the Sanders candidacy, broadcast free to potentially millions of Fox viewers. In perhaps the night's biggest backfire, host Baier asked for "a show of hands of how many people get their insurance from work, private insurance, right now?" Baier continued: "Now of those, how many are willing to transition to what the senator says, a government-run system?" Nearly every hand went up, along with a hearty cheer. More applause lines landed one after the next, each followed by at times raucous support: "I believe that healthcare is a human right, not a privilege. OK?" "We don't need to demonize immigrants." "We have got as a nation to reject Trump's idea that climate change is a hoax." One of the most striking moments, perhaps, came when Sanders spoke out in support of Representative Ilhan Omar, the target of a racist attack by Trump that has gone on for nearly a week over a passing characterization she made last month of the September 11 attacks. "I support a Muslim member of Congress not to be attacked every single day in outrageous racist remarks," Sanders said, again to cheers. He went on to defend Omar for her criticism of Israel policy, saying: "It is not antisemitic to be critical of a rightwing government in Israel." Many in the audience cheered and clapped.
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| India acts against Tiktok app over pornography concerns Posted: 16 Apr 2019 08:54 AM PDT  The Indian government on Tuesday ordered tech giants Google and Apple to take down the Chinese-owned Tiktok video app after a court expressed concerns over the spread of pornographic material, sources told AFP. Tiktok has already been banned in neighbouring Bangladesh and hit with an enormous fine in the United States for illegally collecting information from children. The app, which claims to have 500 million users worldwide with more than 120 million in India, has been fighting the effort to shut it down after a high court in Chennai called for the ban on April 3.
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| Cory Booker talks new tax credit plan during Iowa visit Posted: 15 Apr 2019 06:09 PM PDT  SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker on Monday proposed a significant expansion of the earned income tax credit that he said would lower the annual tax bill for almost half of American taxpayers.
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| First Stealth: Could the Legendary F-117 Still Go To War for America's Air Force? Posted: 16 Apr 2019 06:00 PM PDT  But that's the real advantage of the F-22 and F-35 over not only the F-117, but also the Russian PAK-FA and Chinese J-20 and J-31. The F-117 was entirely dependent on an autorouter to map out its course to avoid threats before each mission. Both the F-22 and the F-35 have the ability to map out threats in real time and are equipped with pilot vehicle interfaces that can make sense of that information for the pilot. In that respect, the Joint Strike Fighter is head and shoulders above the Raptor thanks to years of technological advancements.With the U.S. Air Force considering the future makeup of its force structure, it is a good time to look at the evolution of stealth starting with the Lockheed Martin F-117 Nighthawk. That aircraft was retired in 2008, but would the F-117 still be useful today?The answer is that against most mid-range threats like Iran, absolutely. But against higher-end threats like Russia or China, not so much. Technology has advanced since engineers first dreamed up the F-117 "stealth fighter" concept.(This first appeared several years ago.)
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| UPDATE 4-U.S. Justice Department tells T-Mobile, Sprint it has concerns about merger deal -sources Posted: 16 Apr 2019 01:59 PM PDT ![UPDATE 4-U.S. Justice Department tells T-Mobile, Sprint it has concerns about merger deal -sources]( "UPDATE 4-U.S. Justice Department tells T-Mobile, Sprint it has concerns about merger deal -sources") The U.S. Justice Department has told T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp it has concerns about their proposed $26 billion merger in its current structure, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, although no final decision has been made. Sprint shares fell about 9 percent after the bell as investors increased bets the deal would not be completed following a Wall Street Journal report the merger is unlikely to be approved as currently structured. Shares of T-Mobile fell 4 percent.
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| New York Auto Show: What do you get in the new, Porsche 911 Speedster? Posted: 16 Apr 2019 04:51 PM PDT  Porsche's 911 Speedster is going into production. The car showed its face at the New York Auto Show.
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| Adorable Easter Cookies You’ll Want to Make Right Now Posted: 16 Apr 2019 01:01 PM PDT |
| Instagram accounts of Iran Guards commanders blocked Posted: 16 Apr 2019 01:37 PM PDT  The Instagram accounts of several Iranian Revolutionary Guards commanders have been blocked, the Tabnak news website reported Tuesday, with the photo-sharing website saying it was complying with US sanctions. The United States announced on April 8 that it has placed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the ideological army of the Islamic republic, on their list of "foreign terrorist organisations". Tabnak, a site close to Iranian conservatives, said Instagram blocked the accounts of Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, Major General Mohammad Bagheri and Major General Ghassem Soleimani.
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| The Mazda 6 Is Officially Getting a Diesel and All-Wheel Drive Posted: 17 Apr 2019 12:56 PM PDT  Like the CX-5 crossover, Mazda's mid-size sedan is getting a 2.2-liter turbo-diesel-finally.
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| President Trump vetoes measure to end U.S. involvement in Yemen war Posted: 16 Apr 2019 05:40 PM PDT  President Trump on Tuesday vetoed a bill passed by Congress to end U.S. military assistance in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen.
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| Why Isn't American Express Accepted Everywhere? Posted: 17 Apr 2019 06:35 AM PDT ![Why Isn't American Express Accepted Everywhere?]( "Why Isn't American Express Accepted Everywhere?") It has a lot to do with the fees credit card companies charge merchants when you make a purchase. Some merchants choose to not accept cards that charge higher swipe fees than others, like American Express. While the notion that American Express swipe fees are significantly higher than other credit card companies' swipe fees may be a bit of a myth, the fact is American Express has a lower acceptance rate than other card networks.
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| UPDATE 6-Qualcomm shares soar on surprise settlement with Apple of long legal dispute Posted: 16 Apr 2019 12:11 PM PDT ![UPDATE 6-Qualcomm shares soar on surprise settlement with Apple of long legal dispute]( "UPDATE 6-Qualcomm shares soar on surprise settlement with Apple of long legal dispute") Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday won a major victory with a surprise settlement of its wide-ranging legal dispute with Apple Inc that includes a supply agreement paving the way for the iPhone to once again use Qualcomm modem chips. The settlement also incorporates a six-year patent license and a payment from Apple to Qualcomm, but the companies did not disclose the amount. Because Qualcomm is already shipping 5G chips while Apple supplier Intel Corp is still developing them, the deal gives Apple an opportunity to catch the iPhone up to Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and other manufacturers whose phones already work on the faster networks.
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| LAPD: Nipsey Hussle shooting was result of personal dispute, not gang violence Posted: 16 Apr 2019 02:38 PM PDT  Police chief Michel Moore urged suspect Eric Holder to surrender peacefully to "stop this (violence) from continuing."
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| At least 174 killed in fight for Libya's Tripoli: WHO Posted: 16 Apr 2019 02:51 AM PDT  At least 174 people have been killed and 758 wounded in the battle for control over the Libyan capital Tripoli, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Fighting broke out on April 4 when military strongman Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive to take Tripoli, the seat of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). At least 14 civilians are among those killed and 36 have been wounded, WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told journalists citing local health facilities.
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| This heirloom tomato and beet salad is almost too pretty to eat Posted: 16 Apr 2019 08:16 AM PDT  Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy yournever-ending craving for food content through quick, beautiful videos for theat-home foodie
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| Beto O'Rourke releases 10 years of tax returns, reveals he and wife made $370K in 2017 Posted: 16 Apr 2019 12:33 PM PDT  Beto O'Rourke is the latest Democratic hopeful to release at least a decade's worth of tax returns.
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| How Russia's Very Own Su-35 Might Mean Doom For the Su-57 Stealth Fighter Posted: 16 Apr 2019 09:00 AM PDT  The Su-35S was intended as an interim solution; as a modernized air superiority fighter to sustain the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) through the 2010's until the Su-57 fifth-generation stealth fighter enters serial production. But the Su-35S was almost too successful for its own good, ticking so many performance and role versatility boxes that it seems to cannibalize its more expensive Su-57 successor. In the short term, it's likely true that there will be a minimal operational difference between the latest Su-35S units and the first serially-produced Su-57's. As it currently stands, there is even a chance that the two fighters may use the same AL-41F1 engine."A unique machine, a deadly aerial fist," is how the official television channel of the Russian Ministry of Defense introduced the Su-35S superiority fighter earlier this week.TV Zvezda's three-minute clip of a recent Su-35S training sortie over Syria provides close-up shots of the fighter jet being prepped for flight, taking off, cruising over the Syrian coast, and firing flares. On their youtube account, they published slightly extended footage of the same exercise.
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| 2020 Nissan GT-R Adds Track-Ready Upgrades and 50th Anniversary Edition Posted: 16 Apr 2019 04:00 PM PDT  Godzilla loses weight, learns new tricks, and turns 50.
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