| A man broke into a woman's house in Alabama with a gun, police say. She countered with a pot of hot grease Posted: 06 Aug 2019 04:19 PM PDT  Larondrick Macklin, 31, was arrested in Alabama after police say he broke into a woman's home with a gun. She defended herself with hot grease.
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| FBI agents are reluctant to pursue white nationalist extremists because they don't want to target Trump's base, former counterterrorism official says Posted: 05 Aug 2019 03:35 AM PDT  One former FBI agent told The Washington Post that he thought political controversies had muted the response to violence by white nationalists.
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| CNN Disputes Matt Gaetz’s Claim the Network Snubbed Him on Gun Talks Posted: 06 Aug 2019 12:11 PM PDT  REUTERSRep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) suggested this week that CNN deliberately tried to silence him in the wake of several mass shootings over the weekend. But the network says Gaetz is deliberately misrepresenting the facts.The Florida Republican made the suggestion Tuesday in response to CNN noting the number of Republicans who were unwilling to appear on the network to discuss gun laws following the shootings. Gaetz, a TV-friendly regular on Fox News and other cable-news programs, responded that he was booked on Erin Burnett on Monday, but the show cancelled on him. Then, he claimed, he was also bumped by Anderson Cooper after getting booked on his primetime CNN program. "I'm ready for the discussion whenever CNN is," he claimed.But in a statement to The Daily Beast, a CNN spokesperson pushed back on Gaetz's claims, saying the congressman's timeline is all out of whack. According to the spokesperson, several shows on the network had in fact declined to book Gaetz last week—before the shootings ever took place. "Wrong Congressman! Your staff pitched you a week ago for an in-studio interview based on your travel to NY. Both shows declined last week, well before the tragic events over the weekend. Those are the facts," the spokesperson said.The absence of Republicans lawmakers appearing on non-Fox News networks in the wake of the shootings in El Paso and Dayton has been a subject of some criticism from Democrats and journalists, who believe the politicians should answer questions about the party's continued opposition to major gun-control measures. Republican Politicians on Fox News Blame Video Games for Latest Mass ShootingsSeveral prominent news hosts like Tapper and Rachel Maddow pointed out that few Republican elected officials had been willing to appear CNN, MSNBC, and other mainstream television outlets in the wake of the shootings that left a combined 31 people dead.Some Republicans, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, did sit down for major TV interviews, but with only Fox News. In his Sunday conversation with Fox, the Republican leader blamed violent video games for the mass shootings. Meanwhile, Republican leaders have continued to ignore calls for a serious discussion about possible new gun laws—instead focusing on video games and mental illness."We've always had guns. We've always had evil," Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said during a weekend interview with Fox News. "But what's changed where we see this rash of shooting? And I see a video game industry that teaches young people to kill."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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| Mitch McConnell campaign tweets image of tombstone with opponent’s name Posted: 05 Aug 2019 04:05 PM PDT  The tweet was shared as details of the El Paso shooting were still developing.
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| Boy thrown from London's Tate Modern is French tourist visiting UK Posted: 05 Aug 2019 10:13 AM PDT  A six-year-old boy thrown from a tenth-floor viewing platform at London's Tate Modern gallery is a French national who was visiting the British capital with his family, police said Monday. The boy is no longer in a life-threatening condition, according to London's Metropolitan Police, who appealed for further witnesses to the Sunday afternoon incident to come forward. "This is being treated as an isolated event with no distinct or apparent motive," senior investigating officer DCI John Massey said in a statement, adding there was no known link between the victim and the teen arrested.
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| An Ohio state lawmaker blamed everything from gay marriage and drag queens to marijuana for 2 recent mass shootings Posted: 05 Aug 2019 11:20 AM PDT  State Rep. Candace Keller of Ohio blamed mass shootings on drag queens, recreational marijuana, video games, and President Barack Obama.
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| Mexico to pursue legal action after seven citizens killed in El Paso shooting Posted: 04 Aug 2019 07:17 PM PDT  Foreign minister described the shooting as 'an act of terrorism' against Mexican Americans and Mexican nationals in the US Mourners in Ciudad Juárez take part in a vigil after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas. Photograph: Stringer/ReutersMexico has promised to explore pursuing terrorism charges in the US legal system over the shooting in El Paso, Texas, which claimed the lives of seven Mexican citizens and left seven more injured.The Mexican foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard, also said on Sunday that Mexico would try to take legal action against the person or firm who sold the assault weapon used in Saturday's killings. The country will also pursue the possibility of extraditing the suspect to Mexico, Ebrard said."We consider this an act of terrorism against the Mexican American community and Mexican nationals in the United States," Ebrard told reporters. "Mexico is outraged. But we aren't proposing to meet hate with hate. We will act with reason and according to the law and with firmness."A 21-year-old man is suspected of opening fire in a Walmart store in the US border city on Saturday, killing at least 20 people. Police in El Paso are examining a hate-riddled message on the website 8chan, posted around 20 minutes before Saturday's attack, that stated: "This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas."El Paso is located on the US-Mexico border, opposite the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez. Six of the victims in El Paso were Mexicans and another seven Mexicans were injured, including, Gloria Irma Márquez, a schoolteacher from Ciudad Juárez who crossed the border to shop on Saturday and was killed in the gunfire, according to the newspaper Reforma.Mario de Alba, 45, travelled from Chihuahua state to shop in El Paso. He was shot in the back, according to the Associated Press. His wife, Olivia Mariscal, and 10-year-old daughter Erika were also wounded, but are recovering, according to relatives.The shooting in El Paso was just one of two to rock the United States over the weekend. A gunman opened fire in Dayton, Ohio, in the early hours of Sunday morning, killing at least nine people.The spate of weekend shootings in the United States has caused indignation in Mexico – parts of which the US government warns citizens to avoid due to drug cartel violence.People gather in Juárez, Mexico, on Saturday, in a vigil for the Mexican nationals who were killed in an El Paso shopping-complex shooting. Photograph: Christian Chavez/APBut the shootout also triggered some uncomfortable self-reflection. It comes as Mexico endures waves of violence, including its own murder rate reaching record highs and frequent shootouts which claim multiple victims, but which generate little outrage outside the affected areas or get lost in a crowded news cycle.It also comes as Mexico cracks down on Central American migrants trying to transit the country on the way to the US border – even as it doggedly defends the rights of its own citizens living in the United States."We've told ourselves that story for decades: we're the victims in this [US-Mexico] relationship. And, in many ways, we have been," said Carlos Bravo Regidor, a journalism professor in Mexico City."With this new policy toward [migrating] Central Americans, the tables have turned and now Mexicans are the Americans to Central Americans."The El Paso shootout prompted rare terse words on the US situation from Mexico's foreign policy officials."The intentionality of the attack against the Mexicans and the Latino community in El Paso is frightening. NO to hate speech. NO to xenophobic discourse," tweeted Martha Bárcena, Mexico's ambassador in Washington.The administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, commonly called "Amlo", has pushed for action on the flow of US guns into Mexico, which inevitably end up in the hands of cartel thugs. But Amlo has preferred not provoke Trump, even as Trump has badmouthed Mexico ahead of his re-election campaign and threatened Mexico with tariffs if migration through Mexico was not stopped."We don't want to interfere in the affairs of other countries. We're going to continue sticking to the principles of non-intervention," Amlo told an audience on Sunday."Hugs, not bullets. That's our posture," he added, repeating a campaign slogan from his successful 2018 presidential campaign.
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| Alabama student arrested after threatening shooting, bombing at his high school Posted: 06 Aug 2019 12:02 PM PDT  A teenager was arrested at his Alabama home Tuesday after threatening multipleattacks at Mary G
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| Here's the Story Behind That Controversial 'Backless Seats' Photo Posted: 06 Aug 2019 11:10 AM PDT  EasyJet told TIME that the flight departed with five spare seats
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| 'This is a target list': Joaquin Castro facing backlash for tweeting the names of Texas Trump donors Posted: 06 Aug 2019 05:19 PM PDT  Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh called on Joaquin Castro to delete the tweet and apologize, and for his brother's 2020 campaign to disavow the list.
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| Suspect arrested in murders of man, nanny found dead at suburban New Jersey home Posted: 05 Aug 2019 01:28 PM PDT  Police have made an arrest in the killings of a man and a live-in nanny who worked with his family in New Jersey.
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| CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Relentlessly Grills Kellyanne Conway on Trump’s Role in Shootings Posted: 05 Aug 2019 04:08 PM PDT  When CNN host Christiane Amanpour came face to face with Kellyanne Conway on Monday evening, she wasted no time addressing the "10-ton gorilla in the room" after a pair of deadly mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio over the weekend."You are his senior counselor, and many, many people are asking whether now, all these words that he's used, all these phrases that he's used, will he follow up on what he urged the country today to put aside racial hatred, white supremacy and just stop all this hatred?" Amanpour asked Conway. "Will he do that now?" Saying that "he already did it," Conway turned around to accuse the Democrats running to unseat her boss of using "really hateful language." Amanpour reminded her that Trump also accused the "fake news" of "spreading hatred and division" in the wake of the shootings. Kellyanne Conway Blames Obama, Hillary, CNN for Gun Violence After VegasAmanpour kept coming back to the rhetoric that Trump has used and was directly echoed in the El Paso shooter's manifesto, including the description of an "invasion" at the Southern border. She also played the clip of Trump laughing during a rally in the Florida panhandle earlier this year when someone in his audience suggested "shooting" migrants. "Only in the panhandle can you get away with that statement," the president joked. "Kellyanne, you're his senior counselor, you are really close to him," Amanpour said. "Do you countenance those words that the president uses? Do you try to tell him not to use those words like 'invasion,' like 'infestation,' like all the words he uses which are associated with hate speech?" Again, Conway deflected, trying to make the conversation about James Comey, Robert Mueller and the death penalty. "I'd like to know if the 2020 crowd who was preening and screaming all over your network and elsewhere is going to look America in the eye and somehow tell us that the death penalty should not be considered for this monster," she said. "I'm trying to have a grown-up conversation with you," Amanpour replied at one point in an effort to get the interview back on track. When Conway accused the host of "not wanting to talk about" the opioid crisis, Amanpour shot back, "No, no, it's not that I don't want to talk about it" and "we're not talking about border security right now." Finally, returning to her original question, Amanpour asked, "I'm asking you, will you and the president's advisors seek to restrict his Twitter use and his other use of these words?" As Conway stalled, she added, "Yes or no? It's simple because if it's no, it's stays there at the top." Conway ultimately refused to say one way or the other: "I'm not telling you what I discuss with the president." 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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| Prosecutor: Man body-slammed boy after national anthem snub Posted: 06 Aug 2019 04:12 PM PDT  A man is facing an assault charge after Montana authorities say he threw a 13-year-old boy to the ground at a rodeo because the teenager didn't remove his hat when the national anthem was played. Court documents filed by Mineral County Attorney Ellen Donohue said the boy was flown to the hospital for a possible concussion and fractured skull. Curt James Brockway, 39, told a sheriff's deputy that he asked the boy to remove his hat out of respect for the national anthem playing before the start of the county rodeo on Saturday, Donohue wrote in the document describing the alleged attack.
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| Couple died shielding their 2-month-old baby during El Paso shooting Posted: 05 Aug 2019 08:05 AM PDT  An El Paso couple died shielding their 2-month old son after a gunman opened fire at a Walmart on Saturday.
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| 'Good Guys With Guns' Can Rarely Stop Mass Shootings, and Texas and Ohio Show Why Posted: 06 Aug 2019 02:00 PM PDT  Mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso show the NRA's push to relax gun laws hasn't stopped the death toll from gunmen.
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| What the Ford Mustang Shelby GT500's 0–100–0-MPH Time Means Posted: 05 Aug 2019 11:00 AM PDT  We place Ford's acceleration and braking claim in context.
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| Trump tweet: Nobody blamed Obama for Sandy Hook Posted: 06 Aug 2019 06:17 AM PDT  President Trump responded to the criticism he's been receiving in the wake of the deadly mass shootings over the weekend by quoting "Fox & Friends" co-hosts, who argued former President Barack Obama was not treated as harshly.
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| One inmate killed and five others hospitalized after clash between white and black federal prisoners Posted: 05 Aug 2019 12:45 PM PDT  One inmate was killed and five others were injured in a violent clash between black and white inmates at a Florida federal prison.
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| Iran unveils three new precision-guided missiles Posted: 06 Aug 2019 02:14 AM PDT  Iran unveiled three precision-guided missiles on Tuesday, with the defence minister saying they show the country is ready to defend itself in the face of US "viciousness and conspiracies". The new line-up of air-to-air missiles dubbed the "Yasin", "Balaban" and a new series of the "Ghaem" were developed jointly by the ministry and Sa Iran, also known as Iran Electronics Industries. Defence Minister Brigadier-General Amir Hatami hailed their launch as "another significant achievement of power and dignity for the Islamic Republic of Iran".
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| War with Iran is the mother of all wars: Iran president Posted: 05 Aug 2019 11:24 PM PDT  War with Iran is the mother of all wars, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday in a speech broadcast live on state TV, warning once again that shipping might not be safe in the Strait of Hormuz oil waterway. Tensions have risen between Iran and the West since last year when the United States pulled out of an international agreement which curbed the Islamic Republic's nuclear program in return for an easing of economic sanctions on Iran. "Peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, war with Iran is the mother of all wars," Rouhani said at the Foreign Ministry in a speech which also praised Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif after the United States imposed sanctions on him on July 31.
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| Trump on mass shootings: 'Our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy' Posted: 05 Aug 2019 07:24 AM PDT  President Trump addressed the nation following the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.
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| Epstein Seen With Young Girls as He Shopped for ‘Baby Ranch’ in New Mexico Posted: 06 Aug 2019 02:10 AM PDT  Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Photos Getty/ReutersR. Kelly arrived under escort of U.S. Marshals on Friday at the same small New Jersey airport where Jeffrey Epstein was arrested last month.The singer and the money manager are charged in separate cases with having sex with multiple minors. Both have long been seen in the company of underage girls. And both cases raise the question of why so many people said nothing over the years. Saying something when you see something—the post-9/11 adage about terrorism—should also apply to the sexual abuse of underage girls.Of course, not everybody could be expected to have understood the significance of what they were seeing before Epstein's proclivities became widely known. That included realtor Pat French of Santa Fe, New Mexico.Back in September of 1992, French was on the way to take her tween-turning-teen daughter and a friend to see the first woman to lead the Cherokee tribe, when she stopped at a luxury hotel to drop off some papers to a mega-rich New Yorker who was shopping for a ranch. Send The Daily Beast a TipWhen she rang the doorbell to the suite at the Rancho Encantado that September day in 1992, Jeffrey Epstein was not who answered."There were all these girls," French told The Daily Beast this week. "A little bit older than my daughter. Not much."French made what seemed at the time to be a completely reasonable assumption. "I thought, 'Oh, these must be his daughters and friends he took along on the trip,'" French recalled. She did not know at the time that Epstein had no children.The girls took the papers, which described properties that French thought might interest Epstein. He had told her he was seeking isolation."He wanted really far away from people," French recalled.French proceeded on with her daughter and friends to see Cherokee Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller receive an an award from the International Women's Forum. Mankiller—now deceased, from cancer in 2010—was a leading champion of women's rights as well as Native American rights and human rights in general. Mankiller was taking particular steps to combat the sexual abuse of children in her tribe. French never imagined that the girls she saw back at the plush Rancho Encantado were victims of evil such as Mankiller battled."I had no idea about this man," French later told The Daily Beast.French had no further dealings with Epstein. He chose to buy a ranch through another realtor, Rhonda King, who was also then a representative to the New Mexico state legislature. The purchase of the 10,000-acre Zorro Ranch came with an additional, instant political connection, as Epstein bought it from the realtor's uncle, former Gov. Bruce King. Epstein proceeded to build a 26,700 square foot hacienda-style hilltop mansion, the largest private home in Santa Fe County, perhaps the state. The former governor's brother, New Mexico State treasurer David King, was quoted saying of Epstein, "He's building what you want as a heavenly ranch."Epstein was reported to have bought $600 bedsheets. He was said to have his bread flown in from New York."They do have money," a local builder remarked.But money was still money for Epstein. He sued Santa Fe County in 2000, alleging that he was being overcharged on property taxes because the ranch was worth only $30 million, not the $33 million it had been officially appraised. He demanded a refund of $20,000 he had already paid. The suit was settled for an undisclosed amount. Visitors to the mansion included the leading candidate for governor in 2002, Bill Richardson, who was later quick to say that he was accompanied by his wife. Epstein contributed $50,000 to Richardson's campaign. Epstein kicked in another $50,000 towards Richardson's successful run for reelection in 2006.Gary King, the former governor's son, was running for state attorney general that year and Epstein donated $15,000 to his primary campaign. Epstein also donated $10,000 toward Jim Bacca's campaign to become head of the land commission and $2,000 toward Santa Fe County Sheriff Jim Solano's bid for reelection.In the meantime, Epstein was apparently flying in underage girls as well as fresh bread, usually through Santa Fe when he was using his Gulfstream, or the larger Albuquerque airport when using his Boeing 727. One of his accusers would say that she was raped at the ranch when she was 15.No doubt people at the airports and ranch workers and folks in town saw the girls. But nobody seems to have contacted the authorities even after the news broke in July 2006 that Epstein was being charged in Florida with having sex with underage girls. The following year, Epstein was allowed to plead guilty to just one count of engaging a minor in prostitution. This unconscionable deal allowed him to serve just 13 months of nights and weekends in a private section of the Palm Beach County Jail. A resident of Santa Fe recalled to The Daily Beast that when she went into a local newsstand, the proprietor remarked, "Oh, he always used to come into town with all these girls."Epstein Had His Own Lodge at Interlochen's Prestigious Arts Camp for KidsUpon his release in 2009, Epstein was required by the plea deal to to register as a sex offender. Federal law required him also to register in any other jurisdiction where he maintained a residence, including what his lawyers termed his "vacation home" outside Santa Fe.On July 23, 2010, Epstein received a notice from the New Mexico Department of Public Safety (NMDPS) stating it had been notified by its Florida counterpart that Epstein was a registered sex offender."A convicted sex offender who resides in New Mexico shall register with the county sheriff no later than ten (10) days after establishing residence in this state," the notice said.On August 17, Epstein registered in person with Detective Deborah Anaya at the Santa Fe County Sheriff's office. Anaya afterwards paid a standard visit to the offender's home. What wasn't standard were the offender's conveyances, which she listed as two private jets and two helicopters, along with a fleet of land vehicles.Two days later, on August 19, Epstein received a second notice from NMDPS, which said, "You are not required to register with the state of New Mexico." A NMDPS spokesman later told The Daily Beast, "While in New Mexico we expressly disapprove of such conduct as specific to this case, the determination made when someone must register in New Mexico is a fact-based inquiry. The state conducted a 'translation' on August 11, 2010, regarding Mr. Epstein's 2008 conviction for procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution in the state of Florida, i.e., a comparison of the out-of-state elements of the Florida conviction were compared against New Mexico law. It was determined at that time that because the victim was not under the age of 16, Mr. Epstein does not have a registration requirement in New Mexico."The spokesman did not respond to a query as to how this squared with federal law, which would seem to say that the conviction in Florida required him to register in New Mexico even if the victim was not under 16. The Florida definition of a minor was the operative one in whatever state when it came to registering. The standard letterhead in both NMDPS notices was identical, but in retrospect the words "Bill Richardson, Governor" seem to jump out a little more in the second one. Richardson—a former Energy Secretary in the Clinton administration—was in the final months of his second and final term as New Mexico's governor, but Gary King remained the state attorney general until 2015. He ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2014 and may have imagined nobody would be any the wiser when he accepted $35,000 donated by five shell companies that Epstein had established. The companies—three of which were apparently named after streets in the gated Brooklyn enclave where Epstein was raised—are based in the Virgin Islands. That is where Epstein has two private islands and where numerous people also saw him in the company of apparently underage girls and where he also made numerous political contributions, and even hired a former governor's wife as his office manager.Epstein almost certainly would still be flying girls to New Mexico and the Virgin Islands, along with his residences in Palm Beach and New York and likely Paris had he not been indicted by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office for sex trafficking. He was arrested when he stepped off his Gulfstream at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. Epstein seems to have been abusing girls in New Mexico for at least 27 years. If he was traveling with underage girls after his widely reported conviction, no one should have imagined that he was doing so for any purpose other than should have been immediately reported to the authorities. So many people saw something and said nothing.Epstein apparently imagined people would keep saying nothing and he would remain at liberty. He has long leased grazing rights for 1,244 acres adjoining his Zorro Ranch and he renewed the lease in 2016 so it runs to 2021. He was reported in 2011 to have 39 Angus-cross cows and two bulls. The bulls are apparently for breeding.Epstein seems to have been obsessed with breeding. As The New York Times reported, he talked about using his seed to impregnate a herd of women, whom he seems to have regarded as just cattle at whatever age. He was said to have suggested to scientists that the human race would be improved by having what might in ranch terms be called an Epstein-cross.We can all hope that his line dies in prison along with him. Until then, look for Epstein to seek to curry favor with other inmates at the Metropolitan Correctional Center by putting money in their commissary accounts the same way he used to contribute to politicians in New Mexico and the Virgin Islands.Out in New Mexico, one of Epstein's more remote neighbors was spared ever encountering him. But the artist Sina Brush did receive an unbidden letter from him not long after he built his mansion. He informed her that he was paying her $25,000 for her refuge of 40 years. The letter did not even ask she was interested in selling. She sent back a polite "no thank you" note despite his rudeness. The modest parcel where Brush lives and works with an aging mare named Billie—"after the kid"—is one place that Epstein could not have bought with all his money. There, Brush enjoys a realm whose magical light and timeless peace have inspired many other artists, including not only Georgia O'Keeffe, but also Gerald Cassidy, Forrest Moses, Woody Gwyn and Fritz Scholde. Here is isolation that can also lead to what is the very best in us."I'm not going anywhere," she told The Daily Beast. "I need this kind of tranquility and beauty."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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| Sharks bite three people on the same beach in separate attacks within 24 hours Posted: 06 Aug 2019 03:42 AM PDT  Three people have been bitten by sharks on the same beach in just 24 hours, with two attacks occurring within 30 minutes of each other.Multiple separate attacks were recorded over the weekend at New Smyrna Beach in Florida, an area which has been called the "shark attack capital of the world".A 20-year-old surfer, Emily Comfort, was bitten on her left hand and wrist on Saturday, according to Volusia County Beach Safety, and taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.Approximately half an hour later, a 21-year-old surfer named Riley Petrovich was treated for a shark bite on his right foot.He refused transport to a hospital, according to officials.On Sunday, beach officials reported that 51-year-old Peter Bourbeau was bitten by what he described as a 4ft shark while standing in knee-deep water.Mr Bourbeau said he kicked the shark and it swam away.It is not known whether any of the attacks were committed by the same predator.Gavin Naylor, director of the Florida Programme for Shark Research at the Florida Museum of Natural History, told CNN that sharks are often drawn to New Smyrna Beach by bait fish which gather nearby."If you like to surf and you surf in this particular spot, the chances are high that you have been within 10ft of a shark," he said."The surfers all know this. They routinely report seeing sharks in the area. While it may be news to the non-surfing community, it is widely-known to scientists and surfers."Shark sightings are relatively common in Volusia County, where there has been 303 unprovoked attacks recorded since 1882, according to research by the Florida Museum of Natural History.That number is the highest for a county in the US.There have been 1,441 confirmed unprovoked shark attacks in the US since 1837 with the majority occurring in Florida (828 attacks), according to the museum.In 2018, the museum reported 16 unprovoked shark attacks in the state, accounting for half of all such attacks in the US last year.
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| Cathay Pacific Says It's Recording Passengers With Onboard CCTV Posted: 06 Aug 2019 12:22 AM PDT  An updated privacy policy the Hong Kong-based airline states CCTV cameras are recording passengers onboard and in airport lounges
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| Dayton shooting: Gunman killed his sister, but was the ‘sororicide' intentional? Posted: 05 Aug 2019 05:25 PM PDT  The murder of a sister is sororicide. Officials says it's too early to tell whether Megan Betts was a target of Sunday's mass shooting in Dayton.
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| The NRA issued a statement supporting Trump's call to focus on mental illness to reduce gun violence after the shootings in El Paso and Dayton Posted: 05 Aug 2019 01:17 PM PDT  The NRA backed Trump's call to focus on mental illness after the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, despite research showing no link between them.
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| 4 people found dead in apparent San Antonio murder-suicide Posted: 06 Aug 2019 09:01 AM PDT ![4 people found dead in apparent San Antonio murder-suicide]( "4 people found dead in apparent San Antonio murder-suicide") Emergency personnel responding to a San Antonio house fire found four people dead in an apparent murder-suicide, police said Tuesday. Police spokeswoman Romana Lopez said officers received a report of a family disturbance Monday at a home in southwest San Antonio just south of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Responding officers found the house in flames and two bodies in the front yard with gunshot wounds.
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| India hails 'historic' Kashmir rule as Pakistan, China slam move Posted: 06 Aug 2019 11:00 AM PDT  India's Hindu nationalist government on Tuesday hailed "historic" legislation to bring Kashmir under its direct control but Pakistan and China challenged the divisive move, sending tensions soaring between the nuclear neighbours. New Delhi stripped Kashmir of its seven-decade-long autonomous status via a presidential decree on Monday, hours after imposing a massive security lockdown in the state to quell any unrest. "Together we are, together we shall rise and together we will fulfill the dreams of 130 crore (ten million) Indians," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted late Tuesday after parliament approved the move to turn India's only Muslim-majority state into administrative territories controlled by his government.
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| Aden attack exposes splits in Yemen's anti-Houthi alliance Posted: 06 Aug 2019 06:29 AM PDT  Yemen's southern separatists on Tuesday accused an Islamist party of complicity in last week's deadly attack on Aden, the seat of government, exposing rifts in the Saudi-backed coalition battling the Iran-aligned Houthi movement. The separatists and Islamist party are united in their wider war on the Houthis, but have rival agendas for Yemen, and frictions between them over Thursday's attack could destabilize the southern port city that is the coalition's sole stronghold.
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| From El Paso to Christchurch, a Racist Lie Is Fueling Terrorist Attacks Posted: 04 Aug 2019 06:16 PM PDT  Joel Angel Juarez/GettyIt's the meme behind the massacres. In El Paso this weekend and across the globe this year, white supremacists have left manifestos referencing a racist conspiracy theory to justify slaughtering religious and ethnic minorities.Alleged killers in Christchurch, New Zealand; Poway, California; and El Paso, Texas believed a theory that claims white people are being "replaced" by people of color through mass immigration. Conspiracy theorists often falsely claim this is a deliberate effort by any number of groups demonized on the far right: liberals, Democrats, Jews, Muslims. It's the theory peddled by white-supremacist groups seeking recruits and the torch-bearing marchers in Charlottesville two years ago. It's also a thinly disguised—and often not disguised—talking point from some conservative politicians and pundits, experts say.By leaving these conspiratorial manifestos, white supremacists are trying to add to a long and growing library of terror, and get others to follow their examples."They're also trying to inspire others about the urgency of the moment. In particular with the New Zealand shooter, the Poway shooter, and this guy in El Paso, you see these ideas building on each other," Heidi Beirich, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project, told The Daily Beast."There's no question these people are feeding off each other because they're referencing prior manifestos. In the Poway case and the El Paso case, they both referenced Christchurch."Accused El Paso Walmart Shooter Apparently Posted Racist Manifesto Before AttackIn name alone, the conspiracy theory began in 2011, with the book The Great Replacement by French author Renaud Camus. The anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant text likened the growth of non-white populations to the genocide of white people in European countries. This supposed genocide is nonexistent. White supremacists use it as an excuse for violence anyway. On Aug. 11, 2017, white supremacists led a torch-lit march on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville. The marchers chanted "You will not replace us," or sometimes "Jews will not replace us," in a callout to the conspiracy theory. The gathering, the first event of the two-day "Unite the Right Rally," was intended as a coming-out moment for America's increasingly visible white-supremacist movement. On the second day, a neo-Nazi drove a car into a crowd of anti-racist protesters, murdering one.The conspiracy theory continued to gain traction with white supremacists. The Christchurch shooter referred to the "replacement" in the title of his manifesto before he allegedly massacred 51 people at a mosque in March—and live-streamed it on Facebook for propaganda. White supremacists online glorified the Christchurch attack. The alleged shooter at a Poway synagogue in April cited the Christchurch manifesto as his motivation for murdering Jews. The alleged shooter at a Walmart in El Paso on Saturday also cited the Christchurch tract as inspiring him to murder Hispanic people.Clint Watts, a former FBI agent and current distinguished research fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, said the alleged attackers were mobilizing each other."They all cite each other," Watts told The Daily Beast. "Yesterday's El Paso shooter cited Christchurch. Then he talked about how a month ago, he started to think about an attack. That's really a short time, which makes it even more impossible for law enforcement to get in front of it.Mass Shooting Kills 20 at El Paso Walmart: Gunman 'Started Shooting Everyone, Aisle by Aisle,' Witness SaysWatts likened the attacks to terror campaigns by organized groups like ISIS, which touched off a series of attacks across the world in the summer of 2016, with new violence inspiring new violence."Because of those successful attacks, you'd see a wave of inspired attacks, meaning that there are often one, two, three people already thinking about doing an attack," Watts said. When those people see a violent incident, "they mobilize because they want to get into the media storm. They want to be part of that phenomenon. It becomes a contagion."ISIS terror and white-supremacist terror both require a wide network of online extremists potentially ready to commit violence for the cause. The difference with the current wave of white-supremacist violence, Watts said, is that white supremacists are decentralized and do their organizing through a leaderless online movement, rather than following orders from recognized leaders.Media treatment of ISIS and white-supremacist violence are also different, Watts noted. "What's remarkable is that our response [to white violence] is just, 'Eh, this guy is a bad apple; he's crazy," he said. Sometimes, the white-supremacist rhetoric actually comes from conservative media and politicians, SPLC's Beirich said.These figures are "not always using the term 'Great Replacement,'" she said, but "even from Trump and others, there's a lot of talk about Latinos 'invading' the United States, about the idea that Democrats like immigrants because they're going to vote for the Democratic Party, the idea—which we've heard from Trump, Tucker Carlson, and others—that white people are basically being pushed out of their areas by these new populations."Trump on Twitter has repeatedly described Hispanic immigrants as "invading" the U.S.—the same terminology the alleged El Paso shooter used—and in a campaign speech last year said migration from Central America was "like a war" on America. (Trump condemned white supremacy in an address Monday from the White House.)Rep. Steve King (R-IA) has gone further, promoting explicit white nationalists and writing that "we can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies" in a tweet defending a racist Dutch politician's stance on "demographics."Fox New personalities have also invoked similar terms, with pundit Laura Ingraham recently claiming that Democrats support "replacing the current American population, or swamping the current American population, with a new population of people."The line could have belonged in one of the emerging manifestos, according to Beirich."They're not calling it 'white genocide,' per se, but it's the same idea," she said.America Under Attack by White Supremacists Acting Like ISISRead 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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| Man allegedly tries to rob bank in Cleveland, gets caught after leaving a note with his name, address Posted: 05 Aug 2019 01:40 PM PDT  An Ohio man accused of robbing a bank was caught by police last week after hemade a pretty unfortunate mistake
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| Iran's Air Force Just Lost a Fighter Jet: U.S. Made F-4 Phantom Just Went Down Posted: 05 Aug 2019 12:22 AM PDT  On Aug. 4, 2019, around 12:30 hrs local time, the F-4E Phantom II inventory of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) became a little smaller after a 61st TFS F-4E crashed near Tangestan beach, north-west of home base 6th Tactical Air Base Bushehr (Iran).Luckily both crew members managed to eject in time and parachuted safely to mother Earth.Their unfortunate Phantom crashed into the Persian Gulf. Regular patrol flights of F-4Es are common in the region, but this crash comes amid tensions in the Gulf region between the US and Iran.Earlier, on Aug. 4, Iran announced it had captured a foreign oil tanker, which, according to their statement, was smuggling fuel to an unnamed Arab state in the region. Possibly, the F-4E was involved in a top cover mission when things went wrong. A spokesman of the IRIAF said the crew of the crashed F-4E reported technical issues before they ejected.
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| Community raises more than $50,000 to keep man with special needs as neighbor Posted: 05 Aug 2019 05:46 PM PDT  Lamar Harris has lost all the relatives who once cared for him. But his Gloucester Township neighbors showed him he still has plenty of family.
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| Only 3 countries in the world protect the right to bear arms in their constitutions: the US, Mexico, and Guatemala Posted: 06 Aug 2019 09:31 AM PDT  Only Mexico, Guatemala, and the US have a constitutional right to keep and bear arms. The US is the only country without any constitutional limits.
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| FBI: California gunman had list of possible targets Posted: 06 Aug 2019 03:57 PM PDT  The FBI has opened a domestic terrorism investigation into the mass shooting at a California food festival after it discovered a "target list" compiled by the gunman whose relatives apologized Tuesday and said they were "horrified" by his actions. The FBI disclosure came during a funeral mass for Keyla Salazar, a 13-year-old middle schooler who was one of three people killed on July 28 by gunman Santino William Legan during the Gilroy Garlic Festival. It was the first of three mass shootings within a week that killed a total of 34 people in Gilroy, Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas.
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| After Trump mistakes Toledo for Dayton, mayors of both cities take notice Posted: 05 Aug 2019 11:46 AM PDT  In his first formal comments on two mass shootings, the president mistakenly identified Sunday's killings in Ohio as having occurred in Toledo rather than Dayton. The mistake was not lost on the mayors of both cities.
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| China tells Kyrgyzstan to punish mine attackers Posted: 06 Aug 2019 09:08 AM PDT  China's embassy in Kyrgyzstan Tuesday called on the Central Asian country to punish villagers it said attacked a Chinese-owned mine, leaving more than 20 workers injured. The rare diplomatic rebuke from Beijing followed a skirmish between mine employees and villagers living close to the Solton Sary gold deposit which is licensed to China's Zhong Ji Mining. The embassy said it had informed Kyrgyzstan of its "serious concern" over the incident.
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| Drought reveals lost temple in Thailand submerged by dam Posted: 05 Aug 2019 05:33 PM PDT  Thousands are flocking to see a Buddhist temple in central Thailand exposed after drought drove water levels to record lows in a dam reservoir where it had been submerged. As the reservoir reaches less than 3% of capacity, the remains of Wat Nong Bua Yai, a modern temple submerged during construction of the dam 20 years ago, have became visible in the middle of dry ground. Some Buddhist monks were among the hundreds of people who walked through broken temple structures on cracked earth littered with dead fish last week to pay respects to a headless 4-metre (13-feet) -tall Buddha statue, adorning it with flowers.
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| Double your iPhone XR’s battery life for $27 Posted: 06 Aug 2019 01:20 PM PDT  There is no question that the iPhone XR offers battery life that is among the best we've ever seen on an iPhone. There's also no question that it's not enough. When it comes to battery life, it's never enough. If you want to make sure you never run out of juice when you need your phone most, definitely check out the Euhan 4200mAh Slim iPhone XR Battery Case on Amazon. It'll be the best $27 you've spent in a long time.Here's what you need to know from the product page: * SYNC & Portable Built-in 4200mAh, add extra 140% backup battery for iPhone XR wherever you need it. Perfect for traveling, camping, business trip or other outdoor occasions. Thin and fit your hands well. Easy to carry. * Upgraded design, The iPhone XR uses the unique power of kickstand to make it easy for you to watch a video while working at your computer desk. giving you a different experience. * Enjoy Music,Calling-(NOTE: please charge the battery case first before you use it to charge your iphone.)This iPhone XR battery case is compatible with iphone Lighting Headphone,which enable you to listen to music or make a phone call through the case while charging your iphone ! * 4 LED POWER INDICATOR : This iPhone XR battery pack the features of 4 LED battery level indicator letting you know exactly the power you have (25%--50%--75%--100%); besides, you could switch on/off the battery case with the power switch button on the bottom. * Warranty and Support: Euhan's 7*24 online support standing by, worry-free 100% money-back guarantee, 1-Year Replacement Warranty and life-time technical support
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| Tourist plummets to death near Yosemite waterfall after slipping off rock Posted: 06 Aug 2019 09:30 AM PDT  A 21-year-old Romanian tourist fell to his death near a waterfall at YosemiteNational Park after he slipped off a rock, KCRA reports
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| Amy McGrath calls out Sen. Mitch McConnell for posting a photo of her name on a tombstone Posted: 06 Aug 2019 04:37 AM PDT  There's a new zinger in the ongoing saga between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his rival, Amy McGrath.
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| Barack Obama shares heartfelt response to mass shootings, calls for stricter gun laws Posted: 05 Aug 2019 01:03 PM PDT  Barack Obama has finally released a statement on the deadly mass shootings that took place over the weekend in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.The former president shared a heartfelt four-paragraph message on Twitter Monday afternoon, explaining that he and Michelle "grieve with all the families in El Paso and Dayton who endured these latest mass shootings.""Even if details are still emerging," Obama wrote, "there are a few things we already know to be true."> pic.twitter.com/nNOVtQ50O4> > -- Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 5, 2019SEE ALSO: 2020 candidates directly call out Trump in the wake of two mass shootingsObama went on to state that "no other nation on Earth comes close to experiencing the frequency of mass shootings that we see in the United States." He argued that as a developed nation, America needs to stop accepting the excuse that "gun laws won't stop all murders." Even if stricter gun laws can prevent some deaths or some families from grieving, he says, they're worth it. "The evidence shows that they can stop some killings. They can save some families from heartbreak. We are not helpless here. And until all of us stand up and insist on holding public officials accountable for changing our gun laws, these tragedies will keep happening," he said.Obama then touched on the motivations behind the shootings, and said that while they "may not be fully known, there are indications that the El Paso shooting follows a dangerous trend: troubled individuals who embrace racist ideologies and see themselves obligated to act violently to preserve white supremacy."The former president called out "white nationalist websites" for radicalizing these ideologies, and called on law enforcement agencies and internet platforms to work harder to minimize the influence of hate groups. Earlier today Donald Trump made a public statement about the shootings, and before he misidentified the Ohio city in which the second shooting took place, he also touched on the influence the internet has on these deadly shootings.Trump said he is "directing the Department of Justice to work in partnership with local state and federal agencies, as well as social media companies, to develop tools that can detect mass shooters before they strike." Trump's suggestion has been criticized, mostly because asking internet companies to identify shooters before they stage an attack seems nearly impossible. However, Obama's call to reduce the influence of hate groups online seems far more manageable. Obama continued his statement by calling on the American people to reject hate and embrace diversity."We should soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any leader that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalized racist sentiments; leaders who demonize those who don't look like us, or suggest that other people, including immigrants, threaten our way of life, or refer to other people as sub-human, or imply that America belongs to just one certain type of people," he wrote. Obama did not name anyone specifically by name. "We should soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any leader that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalized racist sentiments; leaders who demonize those who don't look like us, or suggest that other people, including immigrants, threaten our way of life, or refer to other people as sub-human, or imply that America belongs to just one certain type of people," he wrote. Obama did not name anyo specifically by name. "It has no place in our politics and our public life. And it's time for the overwhelming majority of Americans of goodwill, of every race and faith and political party, to say as much -- clearly and unequivocally."Obama replied to his statement by sharing an article from Vox on gun reform, and reiterating that, "Until all of us stand up and insist on holding public officials accountable for changing our gun laws, these tragedies will keep happening." WATCH: Obama advises men to avoid toxic masculine behavior
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| O.C. murder fugitive who allegedly murdered wife in 2012 captured in Mexico, authorities say Posted: 05 Aug 2019 12:33 PM PDT  A Southern California multimillionaire who went on the run after he was charged in the 2012 death of his wife was captured in Mexico, according to the Newport Beach Police Department.
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| Texas police condemned after officers on horseback lead black suspect by rope Posted: 06 Aug 2019 11:20 AM PDT  Police in Texas have apologised after photographs emerged of two white officers on horseback leading a black man down the street by a rope. Donald Neely, 43, had been arrested on suspicion of trespassing in an office building in downtown Galveston, a coastal city of 50,000 people just outside Houston. The officers attached a rope to the handcuffs behind his back, before leading him to a police staging area eight street blocks away. A passerby took photographs which circulated on social media, leading to a widespread backlash against the police department. "This is 2019 and not 1819," said James Douglas, president of the Houston chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It was the latest incident to raise tensions over police treatment of black suspects. Prominent alleged abuse and deaths in custody have sparked riots in recent years up and down the US. Melissa Morris, a lawyer for Mr Neely's family, said he was homeless, mentally ill, and suffered from bipolar disorder. She said: "I'm appalled. I believe the way they handled him was disgusting. The family is offended. The family is upset." Galveston's police department said leading a suspect by a rope on horseback was something officers were trained to do. It was an accepted law enforcement technique, and even "best practice" in some situations. However, following fierce criticism, it was announced that the practice would be discontinued. In a statement the police department said: "We understand the negative perception of this action and believe it is most appropriate to cease the use of this technique. "While this technique of using mounted horses to transport a person during an arrest is considered a best practice in certain scenarios, such as during crowd control, the practice was not used correctly in this instance." Vernon Hale, the Galveston Police Chief, said: "First and foremost I must apologise to Mr Neely for this unnecessary embarrassment. "Although this is a trained technique, and best practice in some scenarios, I believe our officers showed poor judgment in this instance, and could have waited for a transport unit at the location of the arrest. "We will review all mounted training and procedures for more appropriate methods." He added that the officers had no "malicious intent" when they led Mr Neely by a rope, and their body cameras were activated at the time. Mr Neely was previously known to the officers. The officers were named by the police department as Officer P. Brosch and Officer A. Smith, but it was not clear if they would face disciplinary action. Mr Neely was accused of trespassing in a building containing offices for companies including investment management firm Merrill Lynch. He was later released on bail. Leon Phillips, president of the Galveston Coalition for Justice, said: "These are two white police officers on horseback, with a black man, walking him down the street with a rope tied to the handcuffs, and that's doesn't make sense, period. "Stay there with him instead of humiliating him, and now you've humiliated the whole city of Galveston. And I do understand this, if it was a white man, I guarantee it would not have happened." The incident will likely put authorities on high alert for a backlash. In 2014 Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, was fatally shot by a white officer, Darren Wilson, in Ferguson, Missouri. The officer was not charged and Mr Brown's death led to months of protests, becoming a catalyst for the Black Lives Matter movement. The following year there were protests in Baltimore when Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man, died after being injured in a police van. In New York relations between police and the black community have been poisoned by the death of Eric Garner, a 43-year-old black man, in police custody in 2014. Daniel Pantaleo, the officer who applied a chokehold to Mr Garner, is still on the force amid ongoing calls for him to be fired.
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| North Korea fires more weapons, denounces US military drills Posted: 06 Aug 2019 04:44 AM PDT  North Korea continued to ramp up its weapons demonstrations by firing two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into the sea Tuesday while lashing out at the United States and South Korea for continuing military exercises that the North says could derail fragile nuclear diplomacy. North Korea's fourth round of weapons launches in less than two weeks came amid a standstill in nuclear negotiations and after President Donald Trump repeatedly dismissed the significance of the country's recent tests despite the threat the weapons pose to allies South Korea and Japan and to U.S. bases there. Experts say Trump's downplaying of the North's weapons display has allowed the country more room to advance its military capabilities as it attempts to build leverage ahead of negotiations, which could possibly resume sometime after the end of the allies' drills later this month.
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