| US, Russia blame each other in near-collision of warships Posted: 07 Jun 2019 06:13 AM PDT  The U.S. and Russia accused each other of unsafe actions on Friday after an American guided-missile cruiser and a Russian destroyer came within 165 feet (50 meters) of each other in the East China Sea. The U.S. 7th Fleet said the Russian destroyer put the safety of the USS Chancellorsville and its crew at risk, forcing it to reverse all engines at full throttle to avoid a collision. It said a helicopter that was operating at sea was preparing to land on the Chancellorsville, which was traveling on a steady course, when the Russian destroyer, traveling behind the U.S. ship, speeded up and approached as close as 50-100 feet (15-30 meters).
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| Venezuela’s Juan Guaido on Potential Elections, Russia: Interview Highlights Posted: 07 Jun 2019 06:45 AM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido offered key insights into the country's most pressing matters during an interview with Bloomberg in Caracas on Thursday. Here are some of the key quotes.
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| Why the Battle of Midway Is a Bigger Deal than D-Day Posted: 07 Jun 2019 02:13 AM PDT  Thursday, June 6th saw the 75th anniversary of the Allied invasion at Normandy, the amphibious assault phase of Operation Neptune, or what we commonly remember as D-Day. U.S. troops who landed at Normandy – particularly at Omaha Beach – waded ashore amidst a storm of chaos, a blizzard of machine gun fire, and a hail of plunging mortars. Despite great confusion and casualties, at the squad level and below, the men at Omaha rallied and pressed forth with tenacity and nerve to breach sand-berms and barricades, neutralize enemy positions, and salvage their sectors. Losses at Omaha were immense – but American resolve helped establish a foothold on the coast of France – and "the rest," they say, "is history."Without doubt, the enormous importance of D-Day as a logistical and operational undertaking – and the gallantry of Allied forces that June morning is unquestioned. It rightfully exemplifies American character, courage, and commitment. However, it is important to note that as far as the battle's strategic significance is concerned, a strong case can be made that other battles of World War II are more critical than D-Day.The Battle of Midway in 1942 is one.
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| London will soon be home to the world’s most frightening hotel pool Posted: 08 Jun 2019 06:00 AM PDT  Have you ever visited a hotel and thought to yourself "Boy, this place would be so much better if the entire roof was a pool"? Well, if you happen to live in the United Kingdom, today is your lucky day!Compass Pools, a UK-based pool maker, is currently hashing out what it calls the "Infinity London," a 55-story skyscraper topped with a 360-degree pool with transparent walls. The building, which was designed from top to bottom by the company, will include a five-star hotel, and the pool is expected to be the main attraction.Making a pool suitable for sticking atop a 55-story building posed some serious technical hurdles for the company, but they think they've got it all figured out. Rather than glass, the entire pool will be made of acrylic, with a transparent bottom that will allow visitors on lower floors to see the pool and swimmers high above.Getting into and out of the pool would be easy with some kind of external staircase, but the building's designers didn't want to clutter the side profile of the structure with such things. "Normally a simple ladder would suffice, but we didn't want stairs on the outside of the building or in the pool as it would spoil the view - and obviously you don't want 600,000 litres of water draining through the building either," the company says.Compass Pools came up with a different idea, which they say is based on the airlock of a submarine. It's described as "a rotating spiral staircase" that will "[rise] from the pool floor when someone wants to get in or out." The company says the Infinity London could be under construction as early as 2020 "if all the partners and contractors are confirmed."It's all incredibly strange and awesome and terrifying at the same time. The company, which calls the experience "death-defying swimming," is clearly betting that plenty of people will be willing to take the chance.
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| Columbine High School could be torn down to end 'morbid fascination' Posted: 07 Jun 2019 12:26 PM PDT  Columbine High School, the site of one of America's most notorious school shootings, may be demolished because it remains a scene of "morbid fascination". Two teenagers walked into the Colorado high school and shot dead 12 students and a teacher in April 1999. But two decades on, local authorities have proposed tearing down and rebuilding the school because the building has remained "a source of inspiration" for people with a dark interest in the shooting Jason Glass, the Jefferson County School District superintendent, wrote to parents saying people use Columbine as "a macabre source of inspiration". Hundreds of people try to enter the school every year, with the number growing to "record levels" in the past 11 months as the 20th anniversary approached, he said. Mr Glass highlighted the most recent high-profile incident - when a Florida teenager infatuated with the massacre travelled to the area in April and made threats to local schools before taking her own life. "In 1999, no guidance existed on what to do with a building such as Columbine High School," his letter stated. "Today school safety experts recommend tearing down buildings where school shootings take place. "Since the morbid fascination with Columbine has been increasing over the years, we believe it is time for our community to consider this option for the existing Columbine building." The school district also released an online survey to gauge community support for a measure earmarking $60 to $70 million for a Columbine reconstruction project. Some early ideas include preserving the library, built after the 1999 shooting, and incorporating it into a new school building.
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| Google diversifies Search results by showing only two listings from single site per search Posted: 07 Jun 2019 07:33 AM PDT  Google outlined that the top results produced by a search will soon only display two listings from a single website, a change implemented to increase site diversity. Responding to customer feedback, Google announced Thursday on Twitter that Search results are on their way to becoming more diverse. This site diversity change means that you usually won't see more than two listings from the same site in our top results.
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| China's Xi calls Donald Trump his friend Posted: 07 Jun 2019 08:49 AM PDT  Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called U.S. President Donald Trump his friend and said he believed the United States was not interested in rupturing economic ties with China. Speaking in the Russian city of St Petersburg at an economic forum, Xi said there were strong trade and investment connections between China and the United States. "It's hard to imagine a complete break of the United States from China or of China from the United States.
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| The Latest: Lawyers disappointed for ex-cop sent to prison Posted: 07 Jun 2019 12:26 PM PDT  Lawyers for a former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman say they're disappointed that a judge sentenced him to 12½ years in prison. Noor now has 90 days to appeal his conviction for third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond. After Noor was sentenced Friday, he was returned to Minnesota's maximum security prison at Oak Park Heights, where he has been held for his own safety since his conviction in April.
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| There Is a 'Dramatic Rise' in Migrants From Africa at the U.S. Border, Officials Say Posted: 06 Jun 2019 07:27 PM PDT  More than 500 migrants from Angola, Cameroon and the Congo have arrived recently
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| Navy Recovers Lost Aircraft From Three Miles Below the Ocean's Surface Posted: 07 Jun 2019 07:05 AM PDT  The salvage became the deepest ever attempt for an aircraft wreck.
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| West Point says cadet killed in rollover was from New Jersey Posted: 07 Jun 2019 03:25 PM PDT  The 22-year-old cadet killed in a vehicle rollover during a summer training exercise was identified by the U.S. Military Academy on Friday as a standout wrestler who was studying law. Cadet Christopher J. Morgan of West Orange, New Jersey, died at the scene after a tactical vehicle carrying cadets overturned in wooded terrain Thursday morning. West Point officials said they don't know the cause of the crash .
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| France ready to cut Renault stake to shore up Nissan partnership: finance minister Posted: 07 Jun 2019 09:28 PM PDT  France is ready to consider cutting its stake in Renault in the interests of consolidating the automaker's alliance with Nissan, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Saturday. In an interview with AFP on the sidelines of the G20 finance ministers meeting in Japan, Le Maire said Paris might consider reducing the state's 15-percent stake in Renault if it led to a "more solid" alliance between the Japanese and French firms. "We can reduce the state's stake in Renault's capital.
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| Forced to Bathe With a Bucket of Water, Juan Guaido Soldiers On Posted: 07 Jun 2019 06:41 AM PDT  After a botched military uprising orchestrated by Guaido was quashed in late April, momentum both at home and abroad appears to have been lost. On Thursday, Guaido gave the interview from a barren office with a pitch-dark entrance closely guarded by burly bodyguards in a building in Eastern Caracas. Over an impromptu lunch served in Styrofoam containers, he defended the opposition's strategy and dismissed critics who have complained the bid to oust Maduro is losing momentum, or even stalling.
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| 4th of July bathing suits for the whole family Posted: 07 Jun 2019 09:52 AM PDT  No matter how you plan to spend your July 4th this year, it's practicallymandatory that you wear red, white and blue
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| Facebook to cut off Huawei to comply with US sanctions Posted: 07 Jun 2019 12:59 PM PDT  Facebook said Friday it would cut off Huawei from its popular social networking apps to comply with US sanctions, further isolating the Chinese tech giant considered a national security threat by Washington. The social media giant said it took the step after President Donald Trump's order barring Huawei from US technology exports over concerns that it works with Chinese intelligence. The California company said people with existing Huawei smartphones with Facebook apps will continue to be able to use and download app updates provided by Facebook.
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| The U.S. Navy Wants Nuclear Missiles That Self-Destruct Themselves Posted: 08 Jun 2019 05:30 AM PDT  It's a familiar scene on old TV shows: a military or NASA rocket goes off course just after lift-off. Then the flight director in the control room issues a command: "Push the red button." The rocket then self-destructs.But the U.S. Navy has another idea: let the rocket decide when to blow itself up.More specifically, the Navy is concerned about what happens during test firings of submarine-launched ballistic missiles, such as the Trident, from ballistic missile submarines. If the missile goes off course, flight termination systems, or FTS, are supposed to allow the rocket to be destroyed. "The FTS provides a means to prevent the missile from traveling outside the approved range boundaries, should the missile suffer an anomaly during the test event," says the Navy research announcement. "Historically, FTS have included a remote command (human-in-the-loop) destruct capability that required significant range assets to monitor the missile's flight path. The command destruct portion of FTS relied on a human-in-the-loop to send a radio signal to destroy the missile, should it become unstable or deviate excessively from its expected flight path."
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| NASA Will Open the International Space Station to Tourists Starting Next Year Posted: 07 Jun 2019 08:30 AM PDT  Private companies will be able to use the habitable artificial satellite for movies, commercials, and more.
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| Putin says acting talent may not help Ukraine's new leader Posted: 07 Jun 2019 08:29 AM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Ukraine's new leader Volodymyr Zelensky may be a talented actor but his former television role as a fictional president does not automatically give him the skills to be a real one. "I don't know this person, I hope we meet some day," Putin said at an economic forum in Saint Petersburg when asked why he did not congratulate Zelensky on his inauguration day in May.
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| Stonewall 50: Don’t Forget the Black & Brown LGBTQ Struggle Posted: 07 Jun 2019 08:22 PM PDT  CarlosDavid.orgOn June 28th, 1969, the Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village became a major catalyst in the movement for LGBTQ rights. Transgender activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera were among the boldest and most outspoken leaders who stood up against the ongoing police brutality and harassment that plagued the now landmark gay bar for months. Wilson Cruz on Stonewall 50: 'I Am Inspired by All the LGBTQ People of Color Who Ignited the Revolution'The actions that occurred that night at Stonewall weren't a protest, but a riot—violent, disruptive, and purposely resistant. The LGBTQ community had enough of the state-sanctioned discrimination and abuse. Blood was shed, fighting ensued, arrests were made—the police were not there to protect and serve, but to persecute and torture. Johnson, who was celebrating her 25th birthday that night, was the first to resist, followed by Rivera who threw one of the first bottles at the oppressive police. The revolution sent shockwaves across the nation as many other cities began to stand up and fight back against LGBTQ inequality. Fifty years later, we owe our current progress to these two fearless black and brown transgender women who risked their lives in the fight for LGBTQ liberation. Today, we have marriage equality, a gay candidate running for president, mainstream media representation, and Congress just recently pushing to pass the Equality Act—a law that would extend civil rights and protections to all LGBTQ Americans nationwide. On Thursday, NYC Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill made an unprecedented apology on behalf of the Police Department for the conduct of the officers during Stonewall. "The actions taken by NYPD were wrong—plain and simple," O'Neill said during a Pride event at police headquarters. His remarks were a long overdue apology for a major gross abuse of police force.Despite the diverse leadership it initially took for the movement to advance, many of the achievements since have benefited the most privileged within our community: white cisgender gay men. Browse through any disparity study on LGBTQ people, and black members of the community are often hit the hardest. Despite the public awareness of these setbacks, black and brown queer people continue to be underrepresented in LGBTQ leadership, media, and visibility. LGBT pioneer Sylvia Rivera leads an ACT-UP march past New York's Union Square Park, June 26, 1994.Justin Sutcliffe/APAnd while many had hoped for racial harmony within the LGBTQ community, I've learned first-hand that we still have a long way to go. As the former LGBTQ editor for Philadelphia magazine, I've spent the past three years covering racial discrimination in our own rainbow flag-waving backyard. From gay bar owners insulting black patrons with racial slurs, to white-led LGBTQ nonprofits being protested against by diverse community members, I've come to recognize that the fight for diversity and inclusion is not just happening outside of the LGBTQ community, but within it. But this is nothing new. History has already shown us that black queer and transgender people have always had to remind the rest of the community of our prominence—despite the fact that the movement was co-led by us since the beginning. While many people rightfully praise the late gay political icon Harvey Milk, our community doesn't give as much respect to civil rights legend Bayard Rustin. Rustin, a black gay activist who openly embraced both his identities at a time when they were being federally marginalized, took on some tough battles. Throughout the 1940s until his death in 1987, Rustin was a steadfast revolutionary who was intersectional and strategic. He led the effort to get the historic 1963 March on Washington off the ground and advocated for equal legal protections for LGBTQ people before it was popular. "The only final security for all is to provide equal protection for every group under the law," Rustin said while testifying before the General Welfare Committee of New York City Council in 1986.But Rustin was only one of several black LGBTQ activists who were ahead of their time. The Combahee River Collective Statement, formulated by a group of black queer women in 1974, was a groundbreaking manifesto that reshaped the way we now discuss feminism and intersectionality.Co-founded by acclaimed black lesbian activist Barbara Smith, the Combahee River Collective gave a voice to black queer women at a time when they were excluded from mainstream movements. Some of the intersectional values expressed by this trailblazing group can be seen in many movements today, such as the Black Lives Matter movement, whose founding leadership include black queer women.Such activism wasn't just projected in policy and direct action, but through pop culture. The legendary James Baldwin and Alice Walker weren't the only black queer writers who spoke truth to power—the 1986 anthology In the Life, edited by Joseph Beam, also redefined how we saw ourselves as well. At 27 years old, it never really dawned on me how much black queer culture has been highly consumed by society at large until I watched the groundbreaking 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning which spotlighted the immersive and deep history of New York City's black queer ballroom drag scene. While many now freely use the colloquial phrases "throwing shade," "read you for filth," and "spill the tea," it was impoverished black queer and transgender drag performers who originated those terms decades ago while facing a HIV/AIDS epidemic that still hasn't gotten better for people like them. Fast-forward to now, and we're still talking about the ballroom scene's impact through the new hit show Pose on FX that includes a remarkable amount of diverse LGBTQ actors, writers, producers, and directors. Films such as the Oscar-winning film Moonlight, books such as Charles Blow's Fire Shut Up In My Bones, and the rise of black LGBTQ voices from public figures such as Billy Porter, Lena Waithe, Roxane Gay, Janet Mock, Janelle Monáe, Laverne Cox, Sharron Cooks, Raquel Willis, Tre'vell Anderson, Don Lemon, and other countless activists and entertainers, give me hope. But again, we still have a long way to go. Right now, LGBTQ progress is being threatened under the presidency of Donald Trump. We have already witnessed ongoing federal setbacks to policies impacting the transgender community and those living with HIV. The unaddressed racial pitfalls that have unfairly crippled black and brown LGBTQ people have made matters worse in the very safe spaces we should be considering home.It hurts to see the lack of diversity and the erasure of black queer and transgender revolutionaries during Pride month, and to see companies that still lack our visibility in their offices take up space in our parades. Pride wouldn't exist without the work of black and brown LGBTQ activists who risked their lives and reputations on behalf of a community that haven't paid their proper respects. As we move into the next 50 years, let's not continue to ignore and silence the accomplishments of black and brown LGBTQ community members. Give them a seat at the table and a mic at the podium. Pay them in equity and access, not tokenization and exploitation. It can't be a true Pride celebration until we are all free. This is what Marsha P. Johnson would have wanted because she once said so herself: "As long as gay people don't have their rights all across America, there's no reason for celebration."This Pride season, it's time to put the rainbow flags and cocktails down and put our fists back up. The revolution is still not over; there's plenty of work to be done.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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| What next for tumultuous UK Brexit path as May steps down? Posted: 07 Jun 2019 09:54 AM PDT  Prime Minister Theresa May stepped down Friday as leader of Britain's Conservative Party after admitting failure in her attempt to withdraw the country from the European Union. Britain's next leader will be chosen by the 313 lawmakers and about 160,000 members of the Conservative Party. Nominations for party leader will close on Monday afternoon.
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| Joe Biden ends decades-long support for the Hyde Amendment that bars federal funding for abortions Posted: 07 Jun 2019 05:36 AM PDT  Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden explains why he's suddenly changing his view on the Hyde Amendment.
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| 41 Low-Carb Breakfasts You'll Actually Want To Eat Posted: 07 Jun 2019 01:15 PM PDT |
| Trump criticised for using D-Day interview next to war cemetery to launch fresh attack on Nancy Pelosi Posted: 07 Jun 2019 02:50 AM PDT  Donald Trump has been criticised for using an interview on the anniversary of D-Day to attack Nancy Pelosi as "Nervous Nancy" and call her a "disaster".The US president made the detour into domestic politics during an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham taped at a cemetery in France just before a ceremony at Normandy American Cemetery.He called Ms Pelosi, the House speaker, a "nasty, vindictive, horrible person"."I think she's a disgrace," the president said. "I actually don't think she's a talented person, I've tried to be nice to her because I would have liked to have gotten some deals done."She's incapable of doing deals, she's a nasty, vindictive, horrible person, the Mueller report came out, it was a disaster for them."Mr Trump went on to say special counsel Robert Mueller, who is a Vietnam War veteran, had made "a fool out of himself" with his investigation of the president.When Ms Ingraham asked the president whether he cared if Mr Mueller would testify publicly about his report, he launched into another attack on Ms Pelosi.He said Mr Mueller had "made such a fool out of himself", then added: "Nancy Pelosi, I call her Nervous Nancy, Nancy Pelosi doesn't talk about it. Nancy Pelosi's a disaster, she's a disaster."Ms Pelosi was also among the US politicians who had travelled to France to attend the D-Day commemorations.In an interview with MSNBC, she declined to criticise Mr Trump, and instead said she hoped he would "convey a renewed spirit of collaboration" with allies.Mr Trump and Ms Ingraham were criticised for the interview, which was staged in front of over 9,000 war graves, by conservative pundit Amanda Carpenter, who previously worked as communications director for Texas's Republican senator Ted Cruz."You look at the shot and what I see, just as an American, is a draft-dodging president who is sitting down with a woman who regularly defends antisemites - like Paul Nehlen - espouses white supremacist talking points while using the graves of World War soldiers who saved the world from Nazis as a prop," Ms Carpenter said during an interview with CNN.She was referring to how Ms Ingraham had recently spoken in defence of Mr Nehlen, a white supremacist and antisemite who she claimed was merely a "prominent voice".
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| Could The Navy Dust Off Its World War II Plan to Beat Japan and Use it On China? Posted: 06 Jun 2019 11:00 PM PDT  Suppose Beijing opted to risk a cross-strait invasion of Taiwan. Take it from an old naval artilleryman: amphibious operations are no simple matter even when the auguries are good. And an attack on Taiwan would be far from auspicious for PLA forces. If you transpose a map of probable landing beaches on Taiwan onto the map of the actual Allied landings in Normandy in 1944, the imagery is striking. The two amphibious zones are comparable in size, while Taiwan's coastal terrain rivals Normandy's as an obstacle to troops storming ashore. PLA soldiers and marines will have their work cut out for them should the Chinese Communist leadership ordain that the island be taken by force.Everyone says it: Newport, as in where the U.S. Naval War College is located and where yours truly works, underwent a golden age of strategy-making during the interwar decades. It must usher in a new golden age to prevail in strategic competition against the likes of China and Russia. Revisiting the service's and Naval War College's roots will shed light on the new, old dilemmas besetting them.Indeed it may—if posterity understands that long-ago age.(This first appeared last month.)
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| NASA is putting the finishing touches on its Mars helicopter Posted: 07 Jun 2019 01:44 PM PDT ![NASA is putting the finishing touches on its Mars helicopter]( "NASA is putting the finishing touches on its Mars helicopter") The Mars 2020 mission will truly be one for the record books when it begins in July of next year. Not only is the Mars 2020 rover one of the most advanced piece of equipment that will ever be sent to the Red Planet, it's also equipped with its very own helicopter.The vehicle, named simply the Mars Helicopter, is the first of its kind, and a great deal of work as been put into perfecting its simple design and ensuring that it can withstand the conditions of Mars. Now, in a new blog post, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory says that the helicopter has entered its final testing phase and it's already passed many of its trials with flying colors."Nobody's built a Mars Helicopter before, so we are continuously entering new territory," MiMi Aung, manager of the Mars Helicopter project at JPL, said in a statement. "Our flight model - the actual vehicle that will travel to Mars - has recently passed several important tests."The tiny copter will be affixed to the belly of the Mars 2020 rover during the flight to Mars and throughout the landing phase. Once the rover is on the surface, it will deploy the helicopter.The helicopter doesn't have any scientific objectives this time around, and it's being sent to Mars simply as a testing and demonstration vehicle to provide scientists with information on flight within the thin atmosphere of Mars. The helicopter's sole instrument is a high-resolution camera that, NASA hopes, will capture some lovely shots of the Red Planet and relay them back to Earth.In the future, helicopter-like vehicles may be a regular addition to Mars missions since they afford greater flexibility to relocate to new areas in short periods of time. Rovers are, generally speaking, pretty slow, but if NASA can perfect the art of flight on Mars it will have the power to explore new areas rapidly.
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| US carrier in Persian Gulf region sends clear signal to Iran Posted: 08 Jun 2019 12:32 PM PDT  Under a starry sky, U.S. Navy fighter jets catapulted off the aircraft carrier's deck and flew north over the darkened waters of the northern Arabian Sea, a unmistaken signal to Iran that the foremost symbol of the American military's global reach is back in its neighborhood, perhaps to stay. The USS Abraham Lincoln , with its contingent of Navy destroyers and cruisers and a fighting force of about 70 aircraft, is the centerpiece of the Pentagon's response to what it calls Iranian threats to attack U.S. forces or commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf region. In recent years, there has been no regular U.S. aircraft carrier presence in the Middle East.
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| The 2019 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid Is the RAV4 to Have Posted: 07 Jun 2019 05:00 AM PDT  The Toyota compact ute's hybrid powertrain delivers better fuel efficiency and greater refinement-for a price.
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| Kia teases refreshed 2020 Cadenza with series of sketches Posted: 07 Jun 2019 06:54 AM PDT  On Kia's official Korean Facebook page earlier this week, the company posted a handful of sketches of what looks to be a facelifted Cadenza. Based on the images, Kia is bringing a more luxurious disposition to the model.
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| Venezuela partially opens border with Colombia that was shut in February Posted: 07 Jun 2019 06:05 PM PDT  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday announced a partial opening of the country's border with Colombia, which his government closed in February as opposition leaders prepared an ultimately failed effort to bring aid into the country. Maduro had closed borders with Colombia, Brazil and Dutch Antilles islands as opposition leader Juan Guaido prepared to bring in U.S.-backed humanitarian aid. Maduro said on Friday via Twitter that Colombia border crossings in the western state of Tachira would be open as of Saturday.
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| Trump Says He'll Drop Mexico Tariff as Deal Reached on Migrants Posted: 07 Jun 2019 06:15 PM PDT  "I am pleased to inform you that The United States of America has reached a signed agreement with Mexico," Trump said in a tweet Friday night. Under the deal, Mexico will expand deployment of its national guard throughout the country, prioritizing its southern border, according to a joint statement from the two countries.
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| Glock 46: The Glock Gun That Could Change Everything Posted: 07 Jun 2019 11:00 PM PDT  Glock GmbH is criticized by some for being one of the least innovative companies in the gun industry. The basic design of a Glock pistol has changed very little from the original Generation 1 Glock: the majority of changes through the generations are slight changes to the trigger layout and the addition of rails and other ergonomic features. This has led some to say that Glock cannot innovate.However, the Glock 46 stands as a stark counterpoint to those who say so. Utilizing a rotating barrel system and a redesigned striker system, the Glock 46 is a total rethinking of the Glock design, different in almost every way.The rotating barrel likely makes the Glock 46 softer shooting than its tilting barrel counterparts. Other pistols with rotating barrels, such as Beretta's Px4, Grand Power's K100, and Archon/Arsenal's Stryk B all are known for their pleasant recoil. It also provides some accuracy benefits. Glock's approach to the rotating barrel appears to address some concerns leveled at other pistols with rotating barrels, which can be difficult to field strip. Glock's barrel appears to put two camming pins on the barrel itself, as opposed to the Px4 which places a camming surface on the barrel itself. The change in the placement of the rotating parts could make the Glock 46's field strip simpler than some of its rotating barrel competition.
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| Michael B. Jordan presents Central Park 5 with courage award Posted: 07 Jun 2019 05:09 PM PDT  Michael B. Jordan told the men known as the Central Park Five Friday that he cannot watch footage of the new series "When They See Us" without getting emotional and feeling like as a young black man he too could have faced a similar ordeal. "It's dangerous in America when you're living in a black body," Jordan said. Jordan praised the men — Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise — for their perseverance and courage during a luncheon in which the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California honored Netflix's series about their case.
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| Get a 6-quart Crock-Pot slow cooker for under $25 on Amazon Posted: 07 Jun 2019 04:06 PM PDT ![Get a 6-quart Crock-Pot slow cooker for under $25 on Amazon]( "Get a 6-quart Crock-Pot slow cooker for under $25 on Amazon") Instant Pots and other comparable multi-use cookers are so great, but they're also very expensive. You can easily spend $100, $150, or even more on a multicooker. That's fine if you plan to constantly switch things up and get the most out of it, but it's a pretty big waste of money if you plan to use it mainly as a slow cooker. Check out the Crock-Pot 6-Quart Cook & Carry Oval Manual Portable Slow Cooker on Amazon instead. It's an excellent dedicated slow cooker, and you can literally get four of them for the price of one Instant Pot with the same 6-quart capacity!Here's more info from the product page: * 6-quart portable slow cooker serves 7+ people * Handles make it easy to carry and lid-mounted locking system * High/Low/Warm settings * Removable, dishwasher-safe stoneware insert, and dishwasher-safe locking glass lid * Stylish red exterior with black accents and plastic handles
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| Supreme Court rulings on gerrymandering set to shape elections for the next decade Posted: 07 Jun 2019 07:17 AM PDT  The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule this month on two gerrymandering cases that will have a massive impact on the partisan balance of American politics for the next decade.
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| Mercedes-AMG's New 416-HP Engine Is the World's Most Powerful Four-Cylinder Posted: 07 Jun 2019 12:03 PM PDT  The turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four will be stuck in cars like the A45, CLA45, and GLA45.
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| Tired of Spinach? Try These Totally Awesome Arugula Salads Posted: 07 Jun 2019 02:18 PM PDT |
| Hopes dim for C. American migrants at Mexico's southern border Posted: 06 Jun 2019 10:42 PM PDT  Mexico's southern border is 1,138 kilometers (707 miles) of porous, largely unpoliced territory, much of it stretching through the jungle. It is not very hard to cross for the undocumented Central Americans who have been heading toward the United States in a growing exodus in recent months.
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| Opposition Labour narrowly denies Brexit Party its first seat in UK parliament Posted: 06 Jun 2019 06:58 PM PDT  Britain's opposition Labour Party narrowly held on to a parliamentary seat in eastern England on Friday, seeing off a challenge from Nigel Farage's insurgent Brexit Party to win by less than 700 votes. The Brexit Party, which only launched in April, swept to victory in the United Kingdom's European Parliament election last month, riding a wave of anger over Prime Minister Theresa May's failure to deliver Brexit on time. It had hoped to replicate that success by winning its first seat in the British parliament at the election in Peterborough, which supported Brexit by 61% to 39% in the 2016 referendum.
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| Salisbury poisoning: Putin says UK’s next prime minister should ‘forget about’ Skripal attack Posted: 07 Jun 2019 01:15 AM PDT  Britain's next prime minister should "forget about" the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in Salisbury, Vladimir Putin has said.The Russian president said he hoped whoever succeeded Theresa May would see what he described as the bigger picture and move on from the Skripal attack."When all's said and done we need to turn this page connected with spies and assassination attempts," Mr Putin said on the sidelines of an economic forum in St Petersburg.He described Sergei Skripal, a former colonel in Russian military intelligence who betrayed dozens of Russian agents to MI6, as London's spy."He's your agent not ours. That means you spied against us and it's hard for me to say what happened with him subsequently. We need to forget about all this in the final analysis," he said.Mr Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned in Salisbury with the nerve agent novichok in March last year.The attack led to a wave of diplomatic expulsions and diplomatic relations between Moscow and the west deteriorated to a post-Cold War low.British prosecutors have charged two Russian military intelligence officers, known by the aliases Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, with attempted murder in their absence.The Kremlin has repeatedly denied any involvement.Mr Putin recalled his own experience working first for the Soviet Union's KGB spy service and then Russia's FSB security service."Global issues linked with common national interests in the economic, social and security spheres are more important than games played by intelligence services," he said. "I'm talking to you as an expert, believe me. We need to cast off this fluff and get down to business."Ms May's spokeswoman said London would continue to engage with Russia on matters of international security, but said Moscow had to change its behaviour."We have been clear that Russia's pattern of aggression and destabilising behaviour undermines its claims to be a responsible international partner," she said. "The PM has made clear on numerous occasions we can only have a different relationship if Russia changes its behaviour."Mr Putin also issued a stern warning about the danger of a new arms race, accusing the United States on shunning talks on extending the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty, which is set to expire in 2021.He said while Russia had repeatedly signalled its intention to begin discussions on extending the pact, Washington had been unresponsive."We have said 100 times already that we are ready, but no one is talking to us," he claimed.The pact, signed in 2010 by then-presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev, limits each country to no more than 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers.
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| Police: Body found in home confirmed to be Mouseketeer Posted: 06 Jun 2019 05:44 PM PDT ![Police: Body found in home confirmed to be Mouseketeer]( "Police: Body found in home confirmed to be Mouseketeer") The Oregon State Medical Examiner's office identified the body, although they were unable to use dental records or DNA because of the condition of the remains, Oregon State Police said Thursday. Friends and relatives had set up the Help Us Find Dennis Day Facebook page. "Our family is truly thankful to the Oregon State Police for helping to bring closure to our family so that we can finally lay Dennis to rest," Showers said.
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