| Man has life support accidentally cut off by wrong family after being mistaken for someone else Posted: 04 Jul 2019 09:40 AM PDT  A man died without his relatives knowing after a mix up led to another family turning off his life support.Relatives say Elisha Brittman, 69, was misidentified as Alfonso Bennett after he was found naked and unresponsive with serious facial injuries beneath a car in Chicago in April.He was taken to Mercy Hospital, where he was listed as John Doe while his family continued their desperate search for him, according to the CBS 2 news channel.Mr Bennett's family later received a phone call from the hospital, which said he had been identified through mugshots and that he was in intensive care.When he showed no signs of improvement, the Bennett family agreed to have his ventilator removed and he died days later.The family were in the middle of arranging the funeral when the real Alfonso Bennett turned up at a barbecue.Mr Brittman's relatives, who still believed he was missing at the time, learned of his death after he was eventually identified through fingerprints at the morgue.Both families have now filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Chicago and Mercy Hospital, accusing them of negligence.They say the mix up, which has been devastating for everyone involved, may never have happened if Mr Brittman had been fingerprinted in the first place.Mr Bennett's sister Rosie Brooks, who received the phone call saying her brother was in hospital, told a press conference on Wednesday: "I said 'how did you all verify this was Alfonso Bennett' –they said 'through the Chicago Police Department'."In my heart I could not recognise him."She added: "If this [the fingerprinting] had been done when they first picked that body up we wouldn't even be here today."State senator Patricia Van Pelt said she would look into introducing legislation which would require an unconscious person to be identified through fingerprints.Anthony Guglielmi, chief communications officer for Chicago Police, said in a tweet last month: "To say that we currently have questions is an understatement."We have detectives looking into every aspect of this incident – from the incident response to the circumstances leading to the hospitalisation and the notification of family members."A spokesperson for Mercy Hospital said it would not be providing a statement at this time.The Independent has contacted Chicago Police Department for comment.
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| Trump says officials working on holiday on census dispute Posted: 04 Jul 2019 05:08 AM PDT  President Donald Trump said administration officials were working on Independence Day in hopes of finding a way to have the 2020 census include a citizenship question even though the government has begun the process of printing the questionnaire without it. "So important for our Country that the very simple and basic 'Are you a Citizen of the United States?' question be allowed to be asked in the 2020 Census," Trump said in his first tweet of the holiday. Trump's administration has faced numerous roadblocks to adding the question, including last week's Supreme Court ruling that blocked its inclusion, at least temporarily.
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| California earthquake: five things to know about the tremor near Los Angeles Posted: 04 Jul 2019 03:54 PM PDT  With more than 500 active faults in California, the state is sure to see many more quakes in the future Seismologist Lucy Jones speaks at a media briefing on the California earthquake. Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Thursday morning, southern California experienced its largest earthquake in two decades. The 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the remote city of Ridgecrest, near Death Valley national park and about 100 miles (160km) from Los Angeles.Here's what you should know about the impact of the quake, and whether more seismic activity will strike anytime soon:1) How common is this type of earthquake for this region?It's pretty common. Southern California sees magnitude 6 earthquakes every three to five years on average, according to Lucy Jones, one of the world's foremost seismologists. The fact that there hasn't been one this big in decades is not typical. Over the past 40 years, there have been eight earthquakes of magnitude 5 or higher in this area, according to the United States Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program. The largest one was a 5.8 earthquake in 1995.2) What should you expect in terms of aftershocks?In the three hours after the earthquake, there have already been 180 small aftershocks, including 10 with a magnitude of 4, according to Jones. Officials expect that a magnitude 5 aftershock will likely take place in the next day or so. In that time period, an earthquake even larger than the initial quake could also take place.3) What kind of damage and injuries have been reported?The earthquake took place in a very isolated area, where few people live. It did not affect any part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. But there have been reports of structure fires and rock slides, and there could be much more damage that simply hasn't yet been discovered or reported. "For the people that are nearby, we don't yet really know what the damage level is," says Jones. "It might be pretty significant." There were no injuries immediately reported.4) How prepared was California for this type of natural disaster?Jones says the state could do better when it comes to protecting its water systems, which are particularly vulnerable to earthquakes. She says it's also important to make sure all buildings are up to code, so that they will keep residents safe during any future bad quakes. Overall, she says, "we're much more prepared than we were and not nearly as prepared as we could be."5) What can people expect in terms of future earthquakes in the region?With over 500 active faults in California, the state is sure to see many more quakes in the future. Perhaps the most worrisome fault in the area is the San Andreas Fault, which, on its southern side, is capable of producing a magnitude 8.2 quake. Luckily, the earthquake on Thursday was over 100 miles from the fault. Jones says overall, it's important to remember that "the last 25 years has not been normal. It's been a particularly quiet time. And we need to make sure we don't think that that's the definition of what could come in the future."
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| Vladimir Putin finally admits fire-hit Russian submarine was nuclear powered Posted: 04 Jul 2019 04:42 AM PDT  Vladimir Putin has admitted that the fire that killed 14 sailors on Monday happened on a nuclear submarine, although the defence ministry said the reactor was not damaged. Ministry head Sergei Shoigu met with Mr Putin on Thursday upon his return from the Arctic naval town of Severomorsk, where the stricken submersible was taken. During their conversation, Mr Putin asked him about the nuclear power unit on board, according to a Kremlin readout. Moscow had not previously confirmed the presence of a reactor and still has not said what kind of submarine was involved, arguing that these are state secrets. Mr Shoigu told Mr Putin that "the nuclear power unit has been sealed off and all personnel have been removed". He also said the cause of the disaster was a "fire in the battery compartment which then spread". The blaze happened on Monday but was only announced the next day by Russian authorities, who have refused to give many details about the incident. Russia rescue personnel return from a dive in a mini submarine to the Kursk on the sea bed Credit: RU-RTR Russian Television via AP It is believed that the fire occurred on an AS-31 deep-water research submarine in the Barents Sea. Nicknamed "Losharik" after a Soviet cartoon horse, it is operated by a navy division responsible for reconnaissance and intelligence gathering and can reportedly dive to depths of 10,000 feet. The submarine is reportedly able to cut underwater cables that carry much of the world's internet traffic. All 14 of the sailors who died were officers, leading to speculation that it was on a top-secret mission. The defence ministry said they were performing "bathymetric measurements" of the ocean floor. One sailor put a civilian in a compartment and shut the hatch to return to fighting the blaze, it said. Arctic neighbour Norway said it had been informed of a gas explosion on the submarine, but the Russian defence ministry denied this. Norwegian authorities said they had not detected abnormal levels of radiation in the Barents Sea.
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| Ice cream licker in viral video could face 20 years in jail, federal charges Posted: 04 Jul 2019 05:16 PM PDT  Blue Bell Creameries has removed all half-gallon containers of "Tin Roof" from a Walmart in Lufkin, Texas, police said.
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| Woman who 'died' for 27 minutes writes chilling note after she's resuscitated Posted: 03 Jul 2019 09:10 AM PDT  An Arizona woman who "died" for a total of 27 minutes asked for a notepadafter she was resuscitated to share an urgent message about the afterlife, herfamily claims
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| Hong Kong police vow action over parliament storming Posted: 03 Jul 2019 10:55 AM PDT  Hong Kong authorities vowed Wednesday to hunt down the protesters who stormed parliament in an unprecedented challenge to the Beijing-backed government. The semi-autonomous city has been shaken by massive anti-government demonstrations since last month, sparked by a proposed law that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China. China has appeared irked by former colonial power Britain's public rebukes over the protests, and on Wednesday London summoned the Chinese ambassador.
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| Navy SEAL accused of killing Iraqi detainee acquitted of murder, thanks Trump for support Posted: 03 Jul 2019 08:15 AM PDT  Gallagher was convicted on a single charge: posing with the 17-year-old militant's corpse.
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| Migrant children's drawings depict 'horrific' conditions in cages Posted: 03 Jul 2019 02:16 PM PDT  Pediatricians shared pictures drawn by migrant children after being released from US custodyA drawing by children recently released depicting their time spent in US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody. Photograph: Handout ./ReutersDisturbing drawings by children recently held in migrant detention centers showing sad figures in cages have been released by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which last week warned of longterm trauma faced by immigrant children separated from parents or guardians under the Trump administration's border policies.The pictures were drawn last week by unaccompanied 10 and 11-year-old migrant children after being released from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody. They were obtained by NBC News which said they were provided to the AAP by a social worker in Texas."The fact that the drawings are so realistic and horrific gives us a view into what these children have experienced," Dr Colleen Kraft, former president of the AAP, told CNN. "When a child draws this, it's telling us that child felt like he or she was in jail."In its policy statement released last week, the academy warned that the welfare of immigrant children seeking safe haven in the United States, whether arriving unaccompanied or in family units, is of "great concern to pediatricians and other advocates for children".The academy warned that Department of Homeland Security facilities used to accommodate unaccompanied children "do not meet the basic standards for the care of children in residential settings".> According to @AmerAcadPeds ...this is a drawing by a migrant child after being released from @CBP custody. It was provided by a social worker in Texas. pic.twitter.com/KNm6bpBOYM> > — Gabe Gutierrez (@gabegutierrez) July 3, 2019The warnings come as multiple reports found that immigrant children are being held in poor conditions after being separated from their guardians. A report in ProPublica released on Monday also revealed the existence of a secret Facebook group, in which CBP officers seemed to mock the plight of migrant children.In one example, group members joked about a 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant who died in May while in custody at a border patrol station in Weslaco, Texas.Following a visit to a migrant detention center in Texas this week, New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez described the conditions she and other lawmakers found as "horrifying".On Tuesday, the department of homeland security's office of inspector general released a report detailing severe overcrowding and escalating tensions between detainees and border patrol agents at five facilities in the Rio Grande Valley.The report said children were denied showers, clean clothing and hot meals. Several adults hadn't had a shower for as long as a month.The latest warnings about the long-term psychological damage facing migrant children separated from family members come as a government spokesman said Wednesday that the administration is evaluating vacant properties near five US cities as potential permanent sites to hold unaccompanied migrant children.Department of Health and Human Services spokesman Mark Weber said Wednesday that property is being assessed in and around Atlanta, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas.Public contracts for the facilities state properties must be able to accommodate up to 500 children. Buildings must have up to 100,800 square feet (9,400 sq meters) of space and the properties must include about 2 acres (0.8 hectares) for outdoor recreation.Plans for the Atlanta facility calls for 125 bedrooms, with each of them housing up to four children. The HHS spokesman said the search for permanent facilities is being pursued to reduce the possible need for temporary shelters in the future.The Associated Press contributed to the report
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| Fourth of July 2019: What is the history behind America’s biggest national holiday? Posted: 03 Jul 2019 10:00 PM PDT  Americans celebrate the Fourth of July every year, with 2019 marking the 243rd anniversary of the founding of the United States.An occasion for parties, barbecues, fireworks and, under Donald Trump, tank displays and Air Force flyovers, this is the most significant national holiday in the American calendar, an unabashed expression of patriotic pride.For the unitiated, here's everything you need to know. What is it?The occasion honours the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the Founding Fathers on 4 July 1776.In putting quill to parchment, these 56 statesmen – Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin among them – renounced the British Empire and pronounced the North American colonies free states.A modern superpower was born. What's the story behind it?The British Empire had built a commanding presence in the New World since Sir Walter Raleigh led the first attempts to establish settlements on the east coast in the late Elizabethan era.By the 18th century, North America was governed from London and comprised of the Thirteen Colonies, consisting of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina and Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations.Primarily agricultural lands, the Thirteen Colonies were exploited by their imperial rulers for their resources, particularly the territories' lucrative tobacco crops. While relations between settlers and the Crown were initially amicable, tensions began to escalate under King George III over opposition to the imposition of British laws and taxes, notably the Stamp Act. A growing spirit of nationalism swelled among the native-born. By 1765, Americans began to demand an end to "taxation without representation", calling for their voices to be heard in the Houses of Parliament.Acts of dissent followed, notably the Boston Tea Party in 1773. A protest against the Tea Act, which gave the East India Company a monopoly, the incident saw a group known as the Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans dump an entire shipment of imported British tea leaves into the city's harbour.The demonstration was both a gleeful satire of the ruling power's obsession with its national beverage and a call to arms against the decadence and entitlement of empire.Further ill-feeling was fostered by the Coercive Acts, known as the "Intolerable Acts" among American Patriots, which retracted Massachusetts' semi-independence as punishment for the Tea Party humiliation.Two Continental Congresses were staged bringing together delegates from the Thirteen Colonies to coordinate the resistance. At the second meeting in Philadelphia in 1775, the Declaration of Independence was signed and the American War of Independence declared, with open combat erupting in Concord, Massachusetts, that April. The conflict would rage for eight years, until the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783.The declaration was drafted by the Committee of Five – Jefferson, Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston – and established citizens' "unalienable" rights, observing that "all men are created equal" and enshrining the individual's entitlement to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness".The draft was submitted to Congress on 28 June 1776, voted into law on 2 July and formally ratified on 4 July, a date that has been celebrated by patriotic Americans ever since. It was first published in The Pennsylvania Evening Post two days later. How has it been celebrated through history? The first readings of the Declaration were made in Philadelphia squares and met with bonfires and the ringing of bells.In Bristol, Rhode Island, a salute of 13 gunshots in the morning and evening marked the day in 1777, the country's first formal 4 July celebration and a point of pride in the town to this day, which has held an annual parade since 1785. In 1778, George Washington, then a general in the revolutionary army, issued his troops with a double rum ration to cheer the day. The first recorded music commemorating independence was the "Psalm of Joy", written by Johann Friedrich Peter in Salem, North Carolina, in 1783. Congress made the day an unpaid national holiday for federal workers in 1870 but it has been a paid vacation since 1938. How do people celebrate it today?All major cities hail 4 July with spectacular fireworks displays, the White House giving its own.The occasion is otherwise marked in towns across America with picnics, baseball games, marches, brass brands playing John Philip Sousa and performances of "The Star-Spangled Banner".As a national holiday, it also serves as an occasion for family reunions and vacations.
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| Proud to be an American? Gallup poll hits historic low of 45% ahead of Fourth of July holiday Posted: 03 Jul 2019 05:37 AM PDT ![Proud to be an American? Gallup poll hits historic low of 45% ahead of Fourth of July holiday]( "Proud to be an American? Gallup poll hits historic low of 45% ahead of Fourth of July holiday") The highest readings on record, of 69% and 79%, occurred between 2002 and 2004, according to Gallup.
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| Australian student released in North Korea says 'I'm OK' Posted: 04 Jul 2019 07:31 AM PDT  An Australian student released after a week in detention in North Korea arrived in Tokyo on Thursday after telling reporters he was in "very good" condition, without saying what happened to him. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced to Parliament that Alek Sigley, 29, had been released following intervention from Swedish diplomats and had been taken to the Australian Embassy in Beijing. Later Thursday, Sigley flew to Tokyo's Haneda airport to reunite with his Japanese wife.
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| Trump team weighs giving China a get-out-of-jail free card on Iran Posted: 03 Jul 2019 02:02 AM PDT  The move would breach a vow to bring Iran's oil exports to zero.
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| Chinese police arrest man who allegedly poured water over Baidu CEO's head Posted: 03 Jul 2019 10:57 PM PDT  Chinese authorities have detained a man in connection with an investigation of an incident in which a man poured a bottle of water over Robin Li, chief executive of Chinese search giant Baidu Inc, at a conference, police said on Thursday. Li was making a keynote address on Wednesday at the opening of an annual Baidu event to promote its advances in artificial intelligence (AI), when a man approached the stage and emptied a bottle of water over Li's head. Baidu alerted police about the incident, Beijing police said.
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| Reptile invasion: Florida agency encourages killing iguanas Posted: 03 Jul 2019 09:12 AM PDT |
| This Is the Devastating Aftermath of an Airstrike That Killed 53 Migrants at a Libyan Detention Center Posted: 04 Jul 2019 09:26 AM PDT  These photographs capture the devastation of the airstrike in Libya on Wednesday, that left at least 53 dead and 130 injured.
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| Update: City officials fill giant Edison Park pothole after residents raise concerns Posted: 03 Jul 2019 12:01 PM PDT  City officials have filled a giant pothole on Touhy Avenue after residents complained pothole caused homes to shake.
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| Homicide charges dropped against shot Alabama woman who miscarried Posted: 03 Jul 2019 01:53 PM PDT  An Alabama prosecutor dismissed charges Wednesday against an American woman who was charged by state authorities over the death of her fetus, having miscarried after being shot five times. Marshae Jones, 27, was shot in the abdomen in December during a fight with another woman, resulting in the death of her five-month-old fetus. "There are no winners, only losers, in this sad case," Washington told a press conference, according to the news website AL.com.
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| The 25 Best-Selling Cars, Trucks, and SUVs of 2019 (So Far) Posted: 03 Jul 2019 07:30 AM PDT |
| After deadly NH biker crash, thousands of out-of-state traffic notices found untouched by Massachusetts RMV Posted: 03 Jul 2019 08:44 AM PDT  Tens of thousands of notifications detailing traffic incidents involving Massachusetts drivers in other states sat untouched.
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| US pride hits record low, poll shows Posted: 04 Jul 2019 10:00 AM PDT  As the US celebrates Independence Day, a new poll suggests less Americans feel pride in their country than at any other time since 2001. While 70 per cent of US adults claim to be proud to be Americans, only 45 per cent identified as "extremely proud" in the survey, marking the second consecutive year that this falls below the majority level. The highest reported levels of pride in the US government and being an American came in 2002 and 2004, after the 9/11 attacks. During those years, 70 per cent of people identified as "extremely proud" to be American. While Democrats have historically reported lower levels of extreme patriotism among their ranks, the polling, carried out by Gallup, found this year their "extreme pride" has hit an all-time low. At this point, only 22 per cent of Democrats identify as "extremely proud". Before Donald Trump was elected, it was nearly twice that. Democrat-voting women, liberals, and younger people all experience lower levels of pride than the rest of the US population.Independents echo similar sentiments, with a record low of 41 per cent reporting extreme pride. Republicans, on the other hand, have reported that 76 per cent of them remain in the "extremely proud" group, a ten per cent decrease from the highest recording in 2003.In a new question introduced this year, Gallup found that Americans largest sources of pride were in science (91 per cent), arts (85 per cent), and the US military (89 per cent). On the contrary, US citizens were least proud of the political system (32 per cent) and the health and welfare system (37 per cent).Gallup attributed the new record low in part to a divisive political climate, noting similar figures have been also been reported once before during the time Mr Trump has been in office.
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| AOC Releases Plan to Address Immigration Crisis Posted: 03 Jul 2019 03:17 PM PDT  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday released a plan to address the increasing numbers of migrants crossing the southern border, calling among other things for decriminalizing illegal border crossings.In her four-point plan, the New York Democrat calls on the Trump administration to "reinstate US humanitarian aid in the Northern Triangle, where people are fleeing" as well as "start acting like a real partner in Latin America, & increase visas where we intervene."Secondly, the progressive congresswoman tied in her signature issue, climate change, saying that the refugee crisis is partly due to natural disasters."There is broad consensus from military to activists that resource strains (droughts, famine, etc) & nat disasters are drivers of refugees," she wrote on Twitter. "People are fleeing places that were once livable & are no longer. It will get worse the longer we do nothing."Third, Ocasio-Cortez called for repealing the laws criminalizing crossing into the U.S. without proper documentation, saying the Trump administration is using the statutes to "mindlessly throw people in cages.""We have to take these proceedings out of criminal code & into civil code," she said. "Torture accomplishes nothing."Finally, the congresswoman proposed "large-scale public investment to spur job creation for citizens & immigrants alike." She mentioned climate change again, expressing her hope that the "investment transitions us to a sustainable economy (climate & income-wise)."Ocasio-Cortez's plan rollout comes days after she visited Customs and Border Protection detention facilities, where she said she witnessed migrants being held in disturbing and unsanitary conditions and experienced CBP agents behaving in a "physically & sexually threatening" manner towards her.CBP has also faced outrage and is under scrutiny this week after the discovery of a secret border patrol workers' Facebook group containing offensive content about migrants.
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| China says existing U.S. tariffs must be removed for a trade deal Posted: 04 Jul 2019 12:21 AM PDT ![China says existing U.S. tariffs must be removed for a trade deal]( "China says existing U.S. tariffs must be removed for a trade deal") Existing U.S. tariffs will have to be removed if there is to be a trade deal between Beijing and Washington, China's commerce ministry said on Thursday. The leaders of the two countries agreed last weekend to relaunch trade talks that had stalled in May after U.S. officials accused China of pulling back from commitments made in the text of a pact negotiators had said was nearly finished. Trade teams from both countries are in contact, commerce ministry spokesman Gao Feng told a regular media briefing.
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| Vegas police fire officer who hesitated during mass shooting Posted: 03 Jul 2019 01:47 PM PDT  A veteran Las Vegas police officer who froze in the hallway of a casino-hotel as a gunman carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history has been fired from the force, police said. Officer Cordell Hendrex was fired from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on March 20, police spokesman Officer Larry Hadfield said late Tuesday. Police union president Steve Grammas said Hendrex was fired because of his actions during the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting that left 58 people dead and hundreds more injured.
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| Biden Returns to Campaign Trail With Strong Defense of Obamacare Posted: 03 Jul 2019 07:54 PM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- Joe Biden returned to the campaign trail Wednesday with a defense of the Affordable Care Act, consciously drawing a contrast with other Democratic presidential hopefuls after spending weeks focused almost exclusively on President Donald Trump."I fundamentally disagree with anyone who says scrap Obamacare," the former vice president told voters in Waterloo, Iowa, at his first public appearance since last Thursday's primary debate. "I'm against any Republican who wants to scrap it, I'm against any Democrat who wants to scrap it."Biden's comments touched on a divide within the Democratic Party that was on view during both nights of last week's debates in Miami – over whether to end the existing private insurance system that covers millions of Americans and replace it with Medicare for All."I'm going to be very blunt with you: it's going to be a debate among us all in this race," he said, adding that there are "a lot of good people running."The opponents closest to Biden in the polls – Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Kamala Harris of California and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren – back Medicare for All, which would eventually include the elimination of private insurance that remains popular with many voters.Biden has not yet rolled out his full health care plan, but suggested Wednesday that he would favor a hybrid public-private system that could help the uninsured get coverage."We can't start over. There's no time to start over in my view," he said. "Building on what we've got, not starting over. Allowing people to keep their employer-based insurance or their private insurance or any insurance they have if they want. But if they don't, allowing them the ability to buy into a public option, a health care plan like Medicare."He pointed out that many presidents before Barack Obama had tried to pass a health care bill and not succeeded. "We have to finish the job and make health care a right not a privilege," he said. Biden's shift to a more direct comparison with other candidates for the Democratic nomination comes after he stumbled last week when facing an attack from Harris on his opposition to federally mandated busing to desegregate schools during the 1970s and has since seen his poll numbers drop.A Quinnipiac national poll released Tuesday found Biden slipping to 22%, just 2 percentage points ahead of Harris at 20%. Warren was next with 14% then Sanders with 13%. A CNN national poll found Biden slipping 10 percentage points in one month — to 22%. Behind him was Harris with 17%, 9 percentage points higher than in CNN's previous poll, and Warren with 15%, an 8-percentage-point gain, and Sanders with 14%, a 4-percentage-point drop.Biden's campaign said Wednesday that it raised $21.5 million in the second quarter, second to Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, who took in $24.8 million.Biden's team was quick to note that he entered the race on April 25, nearly a month into the quarter, meaning that he took in more per day than any other candidate. Sanders said that his campaign raised $18 million during the second quarter. Harris and Warren have not yet disclosed their fundraising totals.On Thursday, Biden plans to march in a July 4 parade in Independence, Iowa, and to take in an Iowa Cubs game in Des Moines, the state capital.(Updates with additional quote, in eighth paragraph. An earlier version corrected the day that Biden spoke, in sixth paragraph.)To contact the reporter on this story: Jennifer Epstein in Washington at jepstein32@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Alex Wayne at awayne3@bloomberg.net, John Harney, Max BerleyFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| I asked Latinos why they joined immigration law enforcement. Now I'm urging them to leave. Posted: 03 Jul 2019 03:04 AM PDT  Latinos make up half of American Border Patrol agents. But it's not self-hatred driving them to work for agencies deporting their communities.
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| A Teen From a 'Good Family' Allegedly Bragged About Raping a 16-Year-Old. Now a Judge Is Under Fire for His Leniency Posted: 03 Jul 2019 11:41 AM PDT  The judge denied a request to try the boy as an adult. An appeals court reversed his decision
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| DNA is Being Used to Crack Decades-Old Crimes in Growing Number of Cases Posted: 03 Jul 2019 10:02 AM PDT  The Golden State Killer, the NorCal Rapist and now another man accused of 1990s Sacramento-area rape cases are all behind bars thanks to genetic genealogy.
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| Putin, after three days, says fire-hit Russian submarine was nuclear-powered Posted: 03 Jul 2019 11:49 PM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin disclosed on Thursday for the first time that a secret military submarine hit by a fatal fire three days ago was nuclear-powered, prompting the defense minister to assure him its reactor had been safely contained. Moscow's slow release of information about the incident has drawn comparisons with the opaque way the Soviet Union handled the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power station disaster, and another deadly submarine accident -- the 2000 sinking of the nuclear-powered Kursk, which claimed 118 lives. Russia, which says the details of the submarine involved in the latest accident are classified, said the fire took place on Monday, though it was only officially disclosed late on Tuesday.
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| Acting Homeland Security boss decries 'vile' Facebook posts Posted: 03 Jul 2019 02:14 PM PDT  Before the rise of social media, Border Patrol agents gathered in parking lots at the end of their shifts for what was known as "choir practice" — a chance to share what they saw that day and anything else on their minds. T.J. Bonner, who led the National Border Patrol Council during much of his 32-year career as an agent, recalled the defunct tradition while trying to explain a secret Facebook group for agents that included sexually explicit posts about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and questioned the authenticity of a recent photo of a father and daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande. "That outlet faded away and was replaced by social media, where people thought they had a safe place they could vent and process," said Bonner, whose career ended in 2010 and who does not belong to the group.
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| Iran's Navy Has a Big Problem: A Track Record of Getting Crushed in Battle Posted: 02 Jul 2019 11:30 PM PDT  Tensions have escalated in the Persian Gulf region in the aftermath of U.S. president Donald Trump's decision unilaterally to withdraw the United States from the agreement limiting Iran's nuclear program.The U.S. military has implicated Iranian agents in several summer 2019 attacks on civilian ships sailing near Iran. The U.S. Navy sent the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and her strike group to the region. The U.S. Air Force deployed B-52 bombers and F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters.If war breaks out, American forces could target Iran's small navy as well as the vessels belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps militia.The battle could be brief. Iran's fleet has a long history of waging losing fights with the United States and other Western powers.During World War II, the Allied powers worried that Iran, while technically neutral, might sympathize with and aid the Nazis, potentially depriving the Allies of the country's oil. On Aug. 25, 1941, Commonwealth and Soviet forces invaded.British and Australian warships steamed into Abadan Harbor as part of a surprise attack. HMS Shoreham opened fire first, striking the Iranian warship Palang. Soon virtually the entire Iranian fleet was in ruins and commander-in-chief Adm. Gholamali Bayandor lay dead.The British and Soviets divided up Iran and deposed its shah. In the two decades following the war, the new regime rebuilt the navy with mostly British-made ships, some of which remain in service today.The new Iranian navy fought hard during the bloody Iran-Iraq war between 1980 and 1988. Iran's attacks on tanker ships—some strictly neutral, others admittedly supplying Iraq—incited international rage.
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| The 2021 Ford Mach E Will Combine Electric Power with Mustang-Esque Styling Posted: 03 Jul 2019 05:00 AM PDT  2021 Ford Mach E
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| War crimes court-martial ends with Navy SEAL walking free Posted: 03 Jul 2019 10:20 PM PDT  One of the U.S. military's most significant war crimes cases ended with a decorated Navy SEAL walking out of court a free man after acknowledging moral and ethical mistakes, including posing in photographs with the body of an Islamic State captive he was cleared of killing. Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher will spend no time in jail for the only charge he was convicted of — posing with a human casualty — despite being given the maximum sentence of four months' confinement for the offense Wednesday by a military jury. Gallagher turned to his wife, shook his head and pretended to unpin his "anchors" — the insignia of a chief — and fling them across the courtroom.
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| 'Unbelievable:' All-time record heat set to bake Alaska Posted: 03 Jul 2019 12:05 PM PDT  Think Alaska is always cold and snowy? Think again. Most of the nation's biggest state is forecast to bake under record-breaking heat over the next few days.
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| Joe Biden raises $21.5 million in second quarter, keeps pace with Buttigieg Posted: 03 Jul 2019 09:28 AM PDT  Former Vice President Joe Biden took in $21.5 million in the second fundraising quarter of the year, his campaign said on Wednesday, placing him behind only Pete Buttigieg among 2020 Democratic presidential candidates who have reported campaign donations for the period. In an email to supporters, the Biden campaign pointed out that Biden entered the race in late April three weeks after the quarter began, making his per-day donation rate the highest of any candidate so far. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders raised $18 million in the second quarter, his campaign reported on Tuesday.
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| Captivating 1969 Chevrolet Camaro In Copperhead Metallic Posted: 03 Jul 2019 06:55 AM PDT  And it's looking for a new (forever) home.If you're a car enthusiast with a soft spot for the classic muscle cars, then keep on reading. The beauty you see above is up for sale through Legendary Motors in Beverly, Massachusetts. For those who may not be able to tell at a glance, it's none other than a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro. The current asking price as of this writing is $40,900. When you factor in its long list of goodies and the fact that it's only got one mile on the odometer since the build, it's not extreme at all! This model is powered by Chevy's 496 V8 engine mated to a three-speed automatic transmission. However, it's got a lot more under the hood than just that. The 1969 Camaro is, without a doubt, one of the most popular pony cars out there. It was the final year of the first-generation Camaro and the first year that the car saw some significant changes. It received all-new sheet metal, except for the hood and trunk. The front grille featured a more angled "V" design that allowed the headlights to be more deeply inset. Meanwhile, the rear taillights were extended to a triple-lens setup. Louvers were also added on the rear quarter panels. The updated body panels make for a flatter and wider looking stance that emits a more expressive and muscular appearance. The mechanical underpinnings of the '69 Chevy Camaro remained the same, however. The interior gauges from the '67 and '68 models were replaced by square ones and actually inspired the gauges found in the fifth-gen Camaro as well.This 1969 Chevrolet Camaro coupe sports a custom PPG Copperhead Metallic Paint with PPG Snow White Pearl Stripes. It is a Pro Street build with a long list of added equipment and a ton of power to boot. The car delivers incredible sound and stance as it rumbles down the street or strip. No matter where you take it, this model is sure to impress. The interior was also customized with racing seats, a racing harness, roll cage, Grant GT steering wheel, B&M Pro Stick automatic shifter, and more! You won't believe your eyes at all the work and love that was put into this bad boy. We won't spoil the entire list for you here, so take a look at the ad for yourself!General Motors sold 37,773 units of the 1969 Camaro RS, 34,394 of the SS, and 20,302 of the Z/28. One thing is for sure, though. No matter which Camaro you have, it's a valuable collectible that will forever be admired and remind us of its history, legendary prowess, and overall journey to the present-day models. Don't miss the opportunity to get your hands on this iconic 1969 Camaro. Call today! Read more... First Battle Of The Builders Champ 1969 Camaro This 1968 Camaro RS Is Both The Beauty And The Beast
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| Trump celebrates US might, avoids politics in rousing July 4 speech Posted: 04 Jul 2019 05:16 PM PDT  President Donald Trump sang the praises of the US military and American heroes of the past two and a half centuries Thursday as he skirted politics in a rousing Independence Day speech in Washington. As combat aircraft, including the rarely seen B2 stealth bomber flew overhead, Trump scrolled through myriad events of US history, from groundbreaking inventions to battlefield victories, drawing cheers of "USA! USA!" from an enthusiastic rain-soaked audience of tens of thousands on the National Mall in Washington. In front of a massive statue of a seated Abraham Lincoln, the heroic 19th century president, Trump used the traditionally politics-free holiday to deliver shoutouts to each arm of the military, as well as singling out first responders and the controversial Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agencies that have been criticized for their treatment of migrants.
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| China's Navy is Going Blue Water (Starting With 6 Aircraft Carriers) Posted: 03 Jul 2019 08:00 PM PDT  China's rush to rival the United States as an aircraft carrier superpower reflects Beijing's conviction, inculcated after the perceived humiliation of the Third Taiwan Crisis, that China can neither defend its eleven-thousand-mile-long coastline nor project seapower throughout the East Asia region without fielding a modernized carrier fleet; specifically, six of them by 2035.China is forging ahead with the construction of its third aircraft carrier in under a decade, highlighting the scale of Beijing's maritime ambitions.A series of satellite images from the Jiangnan shipyard, recently published by a China-focused think tank, shed light on the ongoing construction of China's Type 002 carrier. The images reveal a typical military vessel construction site, replete with a floodable basin and multiple sluice gates. While the haziness of the photos makes it difficult to discern the carrier's dimensions, the hull appears to measure forty meters in width by forty-eight meters in length. If prior reports are accurate, Type 002 will be larger and much heavier than its predecessors at a displacement of up to eighty-five thousand tons versus the sixty thousand to seventy thousand tons. The carrier is widely expected to feature a conventional propulsion system, though other technical details remain scant.
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| The Ford GT Mk II Is a $1.2 Million Track-Only Monster with 700 HP Posted: 04 Jul 2019 02:00 AM PDT  Only 45 units of this racing-inspired track-only supercar will be built, at a cost of $1.2 million each.
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