| Explainer: What would it take for U.S. Congress to impeach Trump? Posted: 03 Jun 2019 03:04 AM PDT ![Explainer: What would it take for U.S. Congress to impeach Trump?]( "Explainer: What would it take for U.S. Congress to impeach Trump?") The U.S. Constitution empowers Congress to impeach the president, although no president has ever been removed from office as a direct result of this arduous procedure. The following is how the impeachment process works.
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| Man charged after wife records fight ending with deadly fall Posted: 04 Jun 2019 09:02 AM PDT ![Man charged after wife records fight ending with deadly fall]( "Man charged after wife records fight ending with deadly fall") ST. LOUIS (AP) — A newlywed prison guard has been charged with assault after his wife recorded a fight that ended with her being found dead at the bottom of a parking garage near the stadium where the St. Louis Cardinals play.
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| The U.S. Navy's New Attack Submarine: The Most 'Stealth' Sub Ever? Posted: 02 Jun 2019 08:00 PM PDT  The technical elements of undersea command and control, quite naturally, are being engineered with a mind to an expected increased use of underwater drones. The Navy is now moving quickly with efforts to build an entire new fleet of UUVs able to destroy mines, conduct lower risk forward surveillance, deliver supplies or even fire weapons with a "human-in-the-loop." Capt. Pete Small, the Program Manager for Unmanned Maritime Systems, addressed this phenomenon at Sea Air Space and said the service's now in development Orca XLUUV - Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle - is being configured to fire torpedoes.The Navy has begun work on a new generation of attack submarines with never-before-seen weapons, quieting technology, undersea attack drones, sonar and communications networking… to emerge at some point over the next 10 years or more.Will it be the stealthiest, most lethal attack submarine ever to exist? That ….is the Navy plan.Plans for the new boats, referred to as a new fleet of Block VI Virginia Class-Attack Attack-class submarines, include launching long-range precision strikes, delivering Special Operations Forces on secret high-risk attack missions, conducting ISR missions, networking with platforms and -- perhaps of greatest significance - operating undetected in high-threat waters.
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| Chris Wallace Scolds Kirsten Gillibrand for ‘Not Very Polite’ Criticism of Fox News Abortion Coverage Posted: 02 Jun 2019 06:02 PM PDT  Carlos Barria/ReutersDuring a Fox News town hall on Sunday featuring New York senator and 2020 contender Kirsten Gillibrand, host Chris Wallace told Gillibrand it wasn't "very polite" of her to criticize Fox News for spreading misinformation on abortions. When Wallace asked the New York senator a question about later abortions, she said the network's role in spreading "infanticide" rhetoric and a "false narrative" surrounding the procedure was "a problem." "Maybe to make your credentials with the Democratic base who are not appearing on Fox News, you want to attack us, but I'm not sure it's frankly very polite," Wallace replied. "OK, I'll do it in a polite way," she responded.Later in the town hall, Wallace asked Gillibrand what she meant when she said "our future is female." The senator responded that she meant bringing the voices of more women to the table. "What about men?" Wallace asked. "They're already there—do you not know?" Gillibrand countered, adding that she meant to be "inclusionary" in her explanation.Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| 5 injured in Venice as cruise ship slams into tourist boat Posted: 02 Jun 2019 08:57 PM PDT  Italian officials say a cruise ship has slammed into a dock and a tourist riverboat on a busy Venice canal, injuring five people.
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| More part-time, small-business workers could build retirement savings accounts under bill Posted: 04 Jun 2019 09:59 AM PDT ![More part-time, small-business workers could build retirement savings accounts under bill]( "More part-time, small-business workers could build retirement savings accounts under bill") The legislation would let more small employers to band together to create collective 401(k)s. Part-timers also would get more access to plans.
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| We need a 2020 moonshot to beat Russian hackers and protect our elections: Donna Brazile Posted: 03 Jun 2019 12:15 AM PDT  I know what it's like to fight the Russians in cyberspace. Mueller is warning us to protect the fair elections that are the heart of our democracy.
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| Discounting climate change, EPA chief faults the media for the rise of bad environmental news Posted: 03 Jun 2019 01:24 PM PDT  EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler said Monday it was wrong to think that "the environment is getting worse."
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| Military judge removes prosecutor from Navy SEAL murder case Posted: 03 Jun 2019 08:14 PM PDT  A military judge took the rare step Monday to remove a prosecutor accused of misconduct from the war crimes case of a decorated Navy SEAL. Capt. Aaron Rugh ordered the lead prosecutor removed from the case of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher after defense lawyers accused the prosecution of spying on their emails, according to the ruling. The defense asked Rugh to dismiss the case or remove prosecutors because of the surreptitious effort to track defense emails without court approval in an effort to find the source of news leaks.
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| House panel threatens contempt of Congress vote against Barr, Ross Posted: 03 Jun 2019 02:29 PM PDT  The top U.S. law enforcement officer and the Commerce secretary will face a contempt of Congress vote unless they hand over documents by Thursday on efforts to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census, the chairman of a House of Representatives panel warned on Monday. Representative Elijah Cummings, chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, sent letters to Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross warning them they had until Thursday to comply with the subpoena after having failed for two months to produce the documents. Barr also faces a contempt vote next week by the full House on whether he failed to comply with a subpoena seeking the full, unredacted report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
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| Hungary tourist boat disaster death toll reaches 11 Posted: 04 Jun 2019 10:00 AM PDT  Hungarian police confirmed Tuesday the discovery of two more South Korean victims of a sightseeing vessel which sank in Budapest last week, raising the toll to eleven tourists killed with 17 still missing. "A (male) body was found in the window of the boat wreck and brought to the surface," said a statement by Hungarian counterterror police TEK, who are leading the search operation. The Mermaid boat carrying mainly South Korean tourists overturned and sank last Wednesday seconds after colliding with the Viking Sigyn cruise ship on a busy stretch of the river in the heart of the Hungarian capital.
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| NRA takes a dig at Gillibrand: 'She'll say anything' to get ahead Posted: 03 Jun 2019 11:44 AM PDT  The tweet comes after the presidential hopeful's remarks on the NRA at a Sunday Fox News town hall.
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| Apple shows off new tvOS features, including controller support and music lyrics Posted: 03 Jun 2019 10:17 AM PDT  Today at Apple's annual WWDC 2019 event in San Jose, the company revealed its new vision for its tvOS platform. A number of big changes are in the works for families and video game fans. For starters, Apple is adding a much-requested feature in the form of multi-user support. This is particularly nice for large families where each person has specific tastes, allowing Apple TV to customize recommendations based on whoever is watching. For music, tvOS 13 will now provide live lyrics that scroll in sync with each individual song. It's a small tweak that could make Apple TV a big hit among karaoke fans. If the reaction of the crowd is any indication, the biggest change for tvOS comes in the form of third party controller support for games played through Apple TV. Apple has decided to embrace the biggest names in the business, with full support for both the Xbox One gamepad and the PlayStation DualShock 4. Wrapping things up, new HDR motion wallpapers are in the works, and Tim Cook showed off some aquatic vistas to tease the new additions. tvOS 13 will be released in an update that is expected later this year.
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| The Porsche Boxster Bergspyder Is an Awesome One-Seater That Was Almost Built for Real Posted: 03 Jun 2019 08:40 AM PDT  The one-off prototype is being shown in public for the first time since 2015.
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| Pride Month isn't just rainbow flags but pansexual flags, transgender flags and more: Here's what they mean Posted: 04 Jun 2019 08:19 AM PDT  Pride Month brings rainbow flags, but you may see others waving, too. Pansexual flags, transgender flags and others are growing in visibility.
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| House Dems to Call Nixon Lawyer as First Witness in Mueller Report Hearing Posted: 03 Jun 2019 12:28 PM PDT  Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee announced Monday that they will call John Dean, the former White House counsel to President Richard Nixon, as their first witness in the upcoming Mueller report hearings.The hearings, which House Democrats have titled "Lessons from the Mueller Report: Presidential Obstruction and Other Crimes," will begin June 10 and will primarily serve as a platform to further explore President Trump's alleged attempts to obstruct Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation."While the White House continues to cover up and stonewall, and to prevent the American people from knowing the truth, we will continue to move forward with our investigation," Judiciary Committee chariman Jerry Nadler said in a statement. "These hearings will allow us to examine the findings laid out in Mueller's report so that we can work to protect the rule of law and protect future elections through consideration of legislative and other remedies."Dean served as the star witness in the Watergate impeachment trial and ultimately pled guilty to obstruction of justice in 1973. He will appear beside a number of former U.S. attorneys and legal experts at this month's hearing.Democrats have frequently invoked the Watergate scandal and Congress's response to it in justifying their calls for impeachment. During an appearance on CNN last month, Dean said the Mueller report was "more damning" than the Senate report detailing the misconduct of Nixon's aides."I looked on my shelf for the Senate Watergate Committee report, I looked at the Iran-Contra report. I also looked at the Ken Starr report. . . . In 400 words, this report from the special counsel is more damning than all those reports about a president," Dean told CNN's Jake Tapper."As far as obstruction goes, this is clear obstruction," he added. "The obstruction statute is an endeavor statute, as well as an actual overt action. If you endeavor to obstruct — and there is much evidence here of endeavor — you've violated the obstruction statute."Nadler reportedly tried to compel Mueller to testify during the hearing about the implications of Trump's attempts at obstruction, including whether he would have been criminally indicted if he weren't the president, but Mueller resisted, saying publicly last week that if forced to testify, he would speak only to information included in his report.
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| Trump calls London mayor a 'stone cold loser' ahead of U.K. visit Posted: 03 Jun 2019 04:53 AM PDT  President Trump arrived in the United Kingdom on Monday for an honorary state visit. And just before he landed, Trump took to Twitter to attack London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
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| Central Park Five Prosecutor Takes Fire Over Ava DuVernay Netflix Series, Calls It ‘Basket of Lies’ Posted: 04 Jun 2019 08:54 AM PDT  Peter Kramer/NBC NewsWire via GettyLinda Fairstein is feeling the heat from prize-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay's new Netflix miniseries, When They See Us, which portrays the retired New York sex-crimes prosecutor as a purveyor of injustice who racially profiled and railroaded the so-called Central Park Five three decades ago.A cancellindafairstein hashtag has been trending on Twitter in recent days. A petition demanding retailers and publishers pull her crime novels drew more than 40,000 signatures in a day. She was called corrupt, racist, and "the face of evil" on social media after the show premiered."It's a basket of lies," Fairstein, 72, told The Daily Beast as the furor spread this week. Ava DuVernay on the Central Park Five Case and Why She Treated Trump as a 'Footnote'Of course, Fairstein doesn't simply object to the Netflix miniseries; she has spent decades arguing against the evidence.Despite the fact that DNA from semen collected during the Central Park Five investigation never connected any of the teens to the savage 1989 rape of a white female jogger—and was ultimately matched to a convicted serial rapist and murderer who confessed to the attack in 2002—Fairstein has continued to defend the prosecution's judgment that the black teens were guilty. "Two juries heard that the DNA in and on the jogger's body was not from any of the 5—and still they convicted on the theory that the missing attacker, who had run with the crowd of 32 young men who rioted in the park, had not yet been caught," Fairstein wrote in a July 2018 New York Law Journal article. She argued that the prosecutors and investigators can't be blamed for their theory because there existed no national DNA database until a decade later that would have allowed them to identify the real rapist using the genetic materials collected from other crimes.Even before DuVernay's dramatization of Fairstein's role in the case, the ex-prosecutor faced repercussions. Last November, for instance, the Mystery Writers of America rescinded a "Grand Master" award it planned to give to Fairstein after bitter protests from its members.Fairstein, who has continued to defend her handling of the case and even claimed—in the same New York Law Journal essay—that the false confessions of the five teenagers were not coerced, has even been the target of demands that she herself be charged with prosecutorial misconduct."Even if it's 30 years later," Raymond Santana, one of the exonerated five, told TMZ. "She has to pay for her crime."DuVernay's four-part series has revived years of simmering outrage at the way New York's political, legal, and media establishments—personified by Fairstein—made scapegoats of five black teenagers who, as DNA evidence available at the time ultimately demonstrated, were innocent. The case remains a racially divisive and painful blot on a liberal-minded city that prides itself on diversity and inclusion.In 2002, after the five had already served more than a decade behind bars, convicted serial rapist Matias Reyes, who was already serving a life sentence for other crimes but was never considered a suspect in the Central Park attack, confessed to raping jogger Trisha Meili—which was quickly confirmed by the DNA evidence from semen discovered during the investigation.While Fairstein's boss, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, promptly recommended vacating the convictions of the Central Park Five—for whom real-estate impresario Donald Trump had purchased full-page newspaper ads demanding a revival of the death penalty—Fairstein remained unmoved."I think Reyes ran with that pack of kids," she told The New Yorker in 2002. "He stayed longer when the others moved on. He completed the assault. I don't think there is a question in the minds of anyone present during the interrogation process that these five men were participants, not only in the other attacks that night but in the attack on the jogger."In a phone interview with The Daily Beast, Fairstein attacked both the Netflix miniseries and DuVernay, who has claimed that Fairstein wanted to control how she was portrayed in the miniseries."Linda Fairstein actually tried to negotiate," DuVernay recently told Daily Beast Entertainment Editor Marlow Stern, saying she "reached out" to the former prosecutor, among others, as she was developing the Netflix project. "I don't know if I've told anyone this, but she tried to negotiate conditions for her to speak with me, including approvals over the script and some other things. So you know what my answer was to that, and we didn't talk." Fairstein's response to that? "It never happened," she said.Co-Director Ken Burns On the New 'Central Park Five' DocumentaryThe series dramatizes Fairstein—who is played by real-life college-admissions cheating-scandal felon Felicity Huffman—as the prime mover behind the police investigation and persecution of the five teens.Fairstein said that presents "a totally and completely untrue picture of events and my participation," including "putting words in my mouth that I never said in Oliver Stone fashion"—such as ordering the cops to conduct an indiscriminate sweep of Harlem for "black males" and "thugs." She said DuVernay erred in showing her dismissing DNA evidence that exonerated the five, and placing her at times, dates, and locations where she had never appeared.The series also presents a fundamental misrepresentation of how the Manhattan District Attorney's Office interacts with police investigators, Fairstein said.Far from supervising the investigation, as she's portrayed as doing by the Netflix series, "the police do the investigations and they don't let us [the prosecutors] in until they finish what they're doing," Fairstein said.Fairstein said she hired a lawyer to send DuVernay a detailed letter cataloguing the public record of the case but never heard from her again. She is accusing the documentary and feature-film director of orchestrating the public campaign against her."She's behind it," Fairstein said in a phone interview. "Her lies are behind it all."DuVernay didn't respond to a detailed request for comment emailed to her production company in Los Angeles.Fairstein added that the experience of being targeted on Twitter—she deleted her account on Monday—has been "dreadful."Several of the Central Park Five have been vocal in supporting a Fairstein boycott. But Fairstein said publisher Dutton has been steadfast in supporting her amid the controversy."My publisher is fantastic," she said.Dutton Publisher Christine Ball didn't respond to a request for comment.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| The Latest: Carnival to pay $20M for cruise pollution Posted: 03 Jun 2019 02:40 PM PDT ![The Latest: Carnival to pay $20M for cruise pollution]( "The Latest: Carnival to pay $20M for cruise pollution") MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on Carnival Cruises-Pollution (all times local):
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| Britain listens to the United States on Huawei, foreign minister says Posted: 03 Jun 2019 12:32 AM PDT  Britain takes careful notice of what the United States says on the risks of using Huawei in 5G networks and does not want to be overly dependent on a third country for certain technologies, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Monday. "We take careful notice of everything the U.S. says on these issues," Hunt told BBC radio. The Trump administration, which has sanctioned Huawei and tried to block it buying U.S. goods, has told allies not to use its 5G technology and equipment because of fears it would allow China to spy on sensitive communications and data.
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| WWDC 2019 keynote live stream: How to watch Apple unveil iOS 13 Posted: 03 Jun 2019 09:39 AM PDT  Apple is set to kick off its annual developer conference on Monday, June 3rd with a keynote at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET. WWDC 2019 will focus on software updates and improvements, so we don't expect hardware to be the focus of the event. That said, Apple does love surprises.The highlight of the event will undoubtedly be the unveiling of iOS 13, which is expected to feature a variety of notable changes, including the long-awaited addition of a system-wide Dark Mode. We got a sneak peek at the feature when 9to5Mac shared screenshots of the update last week. Those images also revealed a new UI for screenshots on iOS, a redesigned Reminders app, and the combination of the Find My iPhone and Find My Friends apps.Beyond mobile OS updates, we also expect to see macOS 10.15 at the event, which will change the Mac experience in many significant ways. For one, there are several indications that iTunes is finally being retired in favor of individual apps. We also hope to learn more about Marzipan over the course of WWDC this week, which is an initiative that will bring macOS and iOS app development closer together, making it easier for developers to build apps for both platforms. Finally, tvOS and watchOS updates are likely in store as well.If you want to watch live as the WWDC 2019 keynote unfolds on Monday, here are all of your options: * If you're on a macOS or Windows 10 computer, click this link to watch the WWDC 2018 live stream. Apple used to have browser restrictions for its live streams, but now you can watch on any browser. * On an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Android device, click here to see the live stream of Apple's big WWDC 2019 keynote stream. Again, you can watch on your preferred browser, not just Safari. * Finally, you can also watch all the action from WWDC 2019 on your Apple TV. Just make sure you've updated to the latest version of tvOS and find the Apple Events app on your home screen to tune in.There have been almost too many rumors floating around the internet to keep up with in recent weeks, but we will finally know everything there is to know when Apple takes the stage at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET.
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| Boeing finds wing defect, including among some MAX Posted: 02 Jun 2019 06:31 PM PDT  Boeing announced Sunday that some of its medium-haul 737s, including the 737 MAX 8, could have a defective wing part, but that there had been no reports of flight issues linked to the defect. The American aviation giant, which has been rocked by an unprecedented crisis after its entire 737 MAX 8 fleet was grounded in mid-March, said a subcontractor informed it of problems with a batch of a part involved in deploying the wings' leading edge. The leading edge of an aircraft is key to takeoff and landing because it is meant to improve the wing's drag and therefore the jet's aerodynamics.
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| Kushner says Trump isn't racist, but 'I wasn't involved' in birther conspiracy Posted: 03 Jun 2019 06:53 AM PDT  The president's son-in-law and senior White House adviser refused to discuss the so-called birther conspiracy — championed by Trump — that maintained former President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States.
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| Clothes, Sponges Stained With Missing Mom Jennifer Dulos’ Blood Found in Trash Cans: Police Posted: 03 Jun 2019 06:20 PM PDT  New Canaan Police DepartmentAs authorities carry out a feverish search for missing Connecticut mom Jennifer Dulos, court records released Monday show that investigators have recovered clothes and sponges stained with her blood from trash cans in Hartford and based on cellphone tracking placed her estranged husband near the cans the night she disappeared.The new details were released in arrest warrant affidavits for Dulos' husband, Fotis Dulos, and his girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, who were formally charged in court Monday with tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and hindering prosecution, The Hartford Courant reports. The duo was held on $500,000 bond, and prosecutors told a judge they plan to file additional charged in the case. Troconis is reportedly out on bail, while Dulos is not. The newspaper reports that both have declined to cooperate in the investigation.Dulos, who has five children with Fotis Dulos and has been enmeshed in a bitter divorce proceeding for two years, has been missing since May 24.He'll 'Harm Me': Connecticut Mom Jennifer Dulos Missing Amid Two-Year Divorce BattleAccording to the warrants, police went to the mom's home after she failed to show up to multiple doctor's appointment in New York and concerned friends contacted police in New Canaan around 7 p.m. on May 24.Arriving officers found no one home but were able to gain access after friends encouraged a nanny to let police inside. During the search, officers found stains on the garage floor and on a vehicle in the garage, and evidence that someone had tried to clean up the crime scene, the warrants say.The also located a Chevy Suburban registered to Jennifer Dulos about three miles from her home, but no sign of her in or near the vehicle, the documents say.Based on what was recovered from the crime scene, "investigators came to the consensus that a serious physical assault had occurred at the scene and Jennifer Dulos was the suspected victim," the affidavit says.The next day, officers briefly interviewed Fotis Dulos, who met investigators with his attorney at his side and declined to assist in the investigation, but handed his iPhone X to a detective who seized the cellphone, believing it contained evidence of a crime, the affidavit says. Search warrants for the phone place the estranged husband in north Hartford on the night of May 24, the affidavit states. Investigators coupled the cellphone data with footage from surveillance cameras monitored by the Hartford Police Department that show a man who looks like Dulos and a passenger who resembles Troconis driving in a pickup truck that makes more than 30 stops along a four-mile stretch of Albany Avenue discarding trash bags that appear to be stained with blood, the affidavit says. The license plate on the truck appears to match one owned by Fotis Dulos and a sticker matching one on his truck appears in the surveillance footage as well, the affidavit says. The footage shows the bags being thrown into various trash receptacles and in once instance something being pushed through a storm grate, the affidavit states. Investigators responding to the storm grate recovered an envelope that contained two Connecticut license plates that were registered to a SUV owned by Fotis Dulos, the affidavit says. Investigators searched for the trash bags and recovered bags that are consistent with those seen on surveillance cameras, the affidavit says. Inside they recovered clothing that appeared to contain blood, kitchen items including a bloody sponge, and other pieces of evidence that are not detailed.A crime lab determined the blood from items recovered from the trash was that of Jennifer Dulos, the affidavit said.Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Pompeo urges China to release human rights prisoners to mark Tiananmen crackdown Posted: 03 Jun 2019 09:04 AM PDT  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday called on Beijing to mark the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square uprising this week by releasing all prisoners jailed for fighting human rights abuses in China. In a statement Pompeo again urged China to make a full public account of those killed or missing in the 1989 student-led pro-democracy protests in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
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| Cryptocurrency pioneer pays $4.57m for lunch with Warren Buffett, who called Bitcoin 'rat poison squared' Posted: 03 Jun 2019 12:59 PM PDT  Justin Sun, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, bid $4.57m to have lunch with Warren Buffett, who once called Bitcoin "rat poison squared."Mr Sun launched a cyptocurrency called Tron, or TRX Troken, in 2017. It's valued at $2.56bn, and listed on CoinMarkCap.com as the 10th largest cryptocurrency in the world."As some of you might know, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway has said publicly he sees no 'unique value' in Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency," Mr Sun wrote in a Medium post, referencing more remarks from Mr Buffett. "Yet, he has pointed to the potential in blockchain, the underlying technology behind all cryptocurrency."Mr Buffett serves as the chairman of the holding company Berkshire Hathaway, and is thought to be worth over $82bn, making him the third richest person in the world. In 2018, the billionaire said Berkshire Hathaway would "never have a position" in the trend, saying "cryptocurrency will come to a bad ending."The high-priced lunch is part of an annual auction to raise money for the Glide Foundation, a San Francisco-based charity which Mr Buffet's late wife Susan supported. Glide provides meals for the city's homeless, offers support to domestic violence victims, and helps people find shelter. It has raised over $30m over its years. Mr Sun's nearly $5m lunch was the highest a bidder has ever paid for a lunch with the famed investor."I look at the upcoming lunch with Buffett as an opportunity to seek mutual understanding and growth," Mr Sun said his announcement. "To aid in the conversation and support the overall cryptocurrency and blockchain community, I will invite several industry leaders — with your input — to accompany me to New York City for the lunch."The auction for the lunch with Mr Buffet this year drew 18 bidders. Previous winners have included hedge fund manager David Einhorn, of Greenlight Capital, in 2003, and Ted Weschler, who won two years in a row and now works as one of Mr Buffett's portfolio managers at Berkshire Hathaway."I'm delighted with the fact that Justin has won the lunch and am looking forward to meeting him and his friends," Mr Buffett wrote in an email sent to Bloomberg on the lunch. "We are going to have a good time, and Glide will use his contribution to help many thousands of people."
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| What Exactly Is Bishop Tobin Apologizing For? Posted: 04 Jun 2019 11:51 AM PDT  I have yet to hear a satisfying rationale for why people who insist that religion is a series of myths used to manipulate the American underclass are simultaneously qualified to lecture me about the authentic values of Jesus of Nazareth. Silly Christian believer! Don't you know that Jesus Christ — who probably didn't exist and most certainly wasn't divine — would have been on the front lines of smashing the patriarchy?The typical clique of secularists moonlighting as Christian exegetes was out in force this weekend, attacking Bishop Thomas Tobin for his unexceptional recitation of an article of the Catholic Church's bimillennial teaching on sexual ethics. His tweet set the Internet ablaze on Saturday, with Twitter users by the tens of thousands rallying to deride the Catholic prelate over the following statement: "A reminder that Catholics should not support or attend LGBTQ 'Pride Month' events held in June. They promote a culture and encourage activities that are contrary to Catholic faith and morals. They are especially harmful for children."The last line of his tweet, which invoked concerns about the safety of children, was met with predictable accusations of hypocrisy. On the merits, however, is he wrong? Why should children be subjected to any profligate display of sexuality, homosexual or otherwise?Bishop Tobin later apologized, stating that he was upset to learn that his "comments . . . about Pride Month have turned out to be so controversial in our community, and offensive to some, especially the gay community. That certainly was not my intention, but I understand why a good number of individuals have taken offense."Are members of the Church hierarchy now obligated to apologize publicly for reiterating the sexual ethics subscribed to by countless canonized saints?Tobin's original statement on the Church's dogma on homosexuality and his subsequent apology prompted Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen to write a response column with the subtle headline "If Donald Trump were a bishop, he'd be named Tom Tobin."Kevin Cullen grants the reader unique access to the nuanced internal hermeneutic he used to make sense of the bishop's remarks:> My first reaction was, "Jesus, what was he thinking?"> > My second reaction was, "What's Jesus thinking?"> > And I'm thinking Jesus is thinking, "Why is this clown walking around claiming to represent me?"After using the first permutation of his exegetical exercise to take the Lord's name in vain, Cullen asked himself what the Lord of the Universe would think of Bishop Tobin and his statement. After deciding that his own opinion was a better window into the mind of Christ than the unchanging moral dicta of the Church that He founded, Cullen reached a mature terminus by calling the ordained successor to the apostles a "clown."Jesus would hate Bishop Tobin!Forget the old debates over the supposedly low Christology of Mark versus the high Christology of John — Cullen's Jesus is a '60s radical whose good news was meant primarily not for the poor but for "nonconformists" and "nerds":> Jesus loved outsiders and nonconformists. He walked with lepers, prostitutes, and nerds. He embraced anyone and everyone, especially the scorned and the devalued. And gay and transgendered people continue to be scorned and devalued by prominent citizens like the bishop of Providence.Jesus came to call pot-smoking hipsters and World of Warcraft devotees!Christ did indeed love and embrace "anyone and everyone" (and this includes, to the extent that they existed in first-century Judea, Galilee, and environs, "nerds.") But His love never prevented Him from insisting that people change their behavior. To quote an example that Cullen is no doubt familiar with, here is Christ's interaction with a rich young man in Saint Mark's Gospel (emphasis mine):> And Jesus looking on him, loved him, and said to him: One thing is wanting unto thee: go, sell whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.Christ's love is grounded not in license but in truth; in the famous case of the rich young man, even as Jesus "loved him," He still insisted that the man go and make a radically difficult decision to forgo temporal pleasure (could you imagine selling "whatever thou hast?") for the Kingdom of God.The bishop's statement is self-evidently correct. It is an unremarkable statement of fact that "Catholic faith and morals," in the bishop's wording, have been unanimous and unambiguous on the question of sexual ethics since the very first days of the Church.One is free to reject the validity of those values, but the bishop's statement, inasmuch as it plainly reflects the unchanging position of the Catholic Church on same-sex sexual behavior, should be beyond dispute.If you think the Church is wrong, say so. If you think that Jesus of Nazareth was an obscure first-century figure whose death was an ignominious event that sparked a group of schizophrenic followers to fabricate a resurrection story to assuage their consciences, say so. But you can't simultaneously claim the mantle of the New Testament and assert that John Q. Public, waywardly floating about in 21st-century Brooklyn and disconnected from organized Christianity, is speaking in persona Christi while the Church He founded is leading the flock astray. Though it may reasonably surprise an American public that has grown accustomed to the moral imprecision of the post-conciliar clergy, there are still prelates in the Catholic hierarchy who believe what the Church does and always has taught.Bishop Tobin is not a human-resources manager at a woke tech startup; he is a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church, subservient to the deposit of faith and an heir to the unbroken chain of apostles who have served in the episcopate over the past two thousand years. He has duties far higher than currying favor with Mia Farrow.
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| Apple backs up privacy chest-beating with critical new feature Posted: 04 Jun 2019 09:35 AM PDT  Apple showed at WWDC that it's practicing what it's preaching, with strong new privacy features woven in everywhere from the Mac to the Apple Watch.
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| China Invokes Abraham Lincoln in Justifying Push to Take Taiwan Posted: 02 Jun 2019 08:41 PM PDT  China's Defense Minister Wei Fenghe on Sunday invoked Lincoln's efforts during the U.S. Civil War to justify Beijing's approach toward Taiwan, which it sees as an integral part of its territory that must be unified by force if necessary. "American friends told me that Abraham Lincoln was the greatest American president because he led the country to victory in the Civil War and prevented the secession of the U.S.," Wei said on Sunday at the Shangri-La Dialogue, a security conference in Singapore.
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| Trump calls Queen Elizabeth a 'great, great woman' Posted: 03 Jun 2019 02:10 PM PDT  Donald Trump hailed Queen Elizabeth II as a "great, great woman" as the British monarch threw a lavish banquet for the US president on Monday to kick off his three-day state visit. The Trump dynasty sat down to a glittering dinner with the British royal family in the Buckingham Palace ballroom as the UK rolled out the red carpet. Both Trump and the 93-year-old sovereign praised the common bond between Britain and the United States.
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| At Least 4 Dead in Shooting in Australian City of Darwin Posted: 04 Jun 2019 04:28 AM PDT  A 45-year-old man was in custody following the shooting
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| Dow jumps over 500 points amid hopes of Fed rate cut Posted: 04 Jun 2019 05:23 PM PDT  The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped more than 500 points Tuesday as investors welcomed signs that the Federal Reserve may cut interest rates to help buttress U.S. economic growth in the face of escalating trade wars. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell spurred the rally when he said the central bank was "closely monitoring" trade developments and would "act as appropriate" to sustain the U.S. economic expansion.
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| The Kia Seltos Is a New Small SUV, and It's Likely to Come to the U.S. Posted: 04 Jun 2019 06:53 AM PDT  There are plenty of teaser photos circulating of the new crossover, which was previewed by the SP Signature concept.
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| Supposedly executed former North Korean nuclear envoy is alive: CNN Posted: 03 Jun 2019 10:09 PM PDT  North Korea's nuclear envoy, who a South Korean newspaper said last week had been executed, is alive but in custody and under investigation for his role in a failed summit with the United States, CNN reported on Tuesday. There has been a series of conflicting reports over the past five days about shakeups in the North's team that steered negotiations with the United States after a failed summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump in Hanoi in February.
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| Virginia Beach massacre motive questions loom Posted: 04 Jun 2019 09:24 AM PDT  The FBI continues to sift through evidence amid the investigation into the mass shooting that left 12 dead.
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| 10 Best Small Guns on the Planet (Ruger, Glock and Sig Sauer Top the List) Posted: 03 Jun 2019 06:53 AM PDT  Although I've given you plenty to think about, it always helps to see what other reviewers and customers have to say about their personal experiences with any given firearm. Research is key when settling on the pistol that fits your preferences.If you need a compact, small caliber semi-automatic handgun, the pocket pistol is the way to go.(This first appeared last month.)Designed for concealed carry in either the front or back pocket of your pants, the pocket pistol is a suitable option for those who want to protect themselves and/or their family at any given time.Personally, I purchased a pair of pocket pistols before going on a hiking trip. When you're lugging sleeping bags, supplies and tent poles up a mountain, the last thing you want is the hassle of having to carry around long rifles.So how do you settle on a decent pocket pistol? Today, we'll talk about my top ten picks for modern, cutting edge pocket pistols for self-defense. We'll breakdown pocket pistol features, price points and more.In the end, I think you'll agree that there are plenty of excellent options at your fingertips. * Bond Arms Backup * Colt Mustang XSP * Glock 42 * Kimber Micro * NAA Mini-Revolver * Rock Island Armory Baby Rock * Ruger LC9
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| Second Israeli strikes hit Syria as Trump calls for bombs to stop Posted: 02 Jun 2019 08:10 PM PDT  Israel launched a second round of strikes against Syria in 24 hours on Sunday, state media reported, as US President Donald Trump called on Russia and Iran to "stop bombing the hell" out of the war-torn country. Syria accused Israel of targeting an airbase in Homs province, reportedly killing five people, just hours after carrying out retaliatory attacks on military and intelligence posts south of Damascus, killing 10. "Our air defences thwarted an Israeli aggression and destroyed two of the rockets that targeted the T-4 airbase," a military source told state news agency SANA said Sunday evening.
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| 'The nation is watching': Virginia governor orders special session on gun control after Virginia Beach shootings Posted: 04 Jun 2019 12:52 PM PDT  Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam calls for a special legislative session to address gun violence, four days after a deadly rampage in Virginia Beach.
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| Flavor-packed chicken tacos can be made in your Dutch oven Posted: 03 Jun 2019 11:44 AM PDT  Braising in a Dutch oven is often used for long, slow cooking, but it's also well suited for quick weeknight-friendly dinners like this flavor-packed chicken taco filling.
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