Trump Sues Banks to Stop Them From Complying With House Subpoenas

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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to Step Down in May

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Man Charged With Killing 5 in Annapolis Newsroom Uses Insanity Defense

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In Scranton, College Students Give High Marks to Biden’s First Campaign Speech

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Sri Lanka, ISIS, British Police: Your Tuesday Briefing

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The Latest: Islamic State leader says attack was revenge

AMPARA, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Latest on the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka (all times local):

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Two U.S. Navy warships sail through strategic Taiwan Strait

The voyage risks further raising tensions with China but will likely be viewed by self-ruled Taiwan as a sign of support from the Trump administration amid growing friction between Taipei and Beijing. Taiwan is one of a growing number of flashpoints in the U.S.-China relationship, which also include a trade war, U.S. sanctions and China's increasingly muscular military posture in the South China Sea, where the United States also conducts freedom-of-navigation patrols. "The ships' transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific," Commander Clay Doss, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet, said in a statement.

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From Heisei to Reiwa: how Japan changed under Emperor Akihito

Japan marks the end of an era with Tuesday's abdication of Emperor Akihito, and the outgoing monarch leaves behind a much-changed country. Crown Prince Naruhito will inherit a Japan vastly different from that of the start of his father's reign, when the country was in the grip of an economic bubble and on the verge of a tech revolution. Japan's shrinking population is among the country's most pressing social and economic issues.

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Deadly Seattle crane collapse was likely caused by human error, experts say

Human error may be to blame for the Seattle crane collapse on Saturday that killed four people and injured another four, experts said based on videos.

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UN chief demands that the world step up to stamp out hatred

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres demanded Monday that the world "step up to stamp out anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim hatred, persecution of Christians and all other forms of racism, xenophobia, discrimination and incitement."

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Her 'final good deed': Woman hailed as hero after taking bullets to protect rabbi during synagogue shooting

The woman killed during Saturday’s San Diego synagogue shooting stepped in front of the bullets aimed at her longtime friend and rabbi, friends said.

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Officials: Parents of suspect among 7 killed in Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The man suspected of killing his parents and five other people in two rural Tennessee homes stole the car of one of the victims and was wearing a blood-stained T-shirt when he was seen, telling acquaintances the stain was just chocolate, according to authorities and court documents.

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Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders Stake Out Ideological Poles of Democratic Race

Biden is an establishment Democrat with a long record of bipartisan deals ranging from budget accords this decade to a now-maligned 1994 crime bill. Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, was an early adopter of ideas including single payer health insurance and a $15 federal minimum wage, that have rapidly gained traction in the progressive base. For the moment, Biden, 76, and Sanders, 77, lead the pack in virtually every poll, buoyed by strong name recognition.

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Poway Synagogue Shooting Suspect’s Parents Call Him ‘Evil’

via FacebookPOWAY, California—The parents of John Earnest, who allegedly opened fire on a synagogue Saturday, called their son evil on Monday.“We are shocked and deeply saddened by the terrible attack on the Chabad of Poway synagogue,” the family said in a statement released through an attorney. “But our sadness pales in comparison to the grief and anguish our son has caused for so many innocent people. He has killed and injured the faithful who were gathered in a sacred place on a sacred day. To our great shame, he is now part of the history of evil that has been perpetrated on Jewish people for centuries.” On Saturday morning, Earnest entered Chabad of Poway with an assault-style rifle and allegedly opened fire, killing one woman and wounding three others, including a rabbi. Twenty minutes before the attack, Earnest published a virulently anti-Semitic manifesto repeating centuries’ old libels against Jews as justification for murdering them. The message said he idolized Brenton Tarrant, the alleged Christchurch mosque attacker, and Robert Bowers, who allegedly murdered 11 Jews at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Earnest also approvingly cited Adolf Hitler. Twenty minutes after posting the message, he entered Chabad of Poway with an assault-style rifle and allegedly opened fire, killing one woman and wounding three others, including a rabbi. Earnest was chased out of the synagogue by an Army veteran and fled in a vehicle. Soon after, he called 911 and told authorities where to find him on a highway, according to authorities. He will be arraigned Wednesday morning in San Diego County court, one count of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder.Earnest, 19, grew up in a middle-class neighborhood not far from Poway. He was an honors student and accomplished pianist at Mt. Carmel High School, where his father, also named John, works as a teacher. Earnest’s father also served as board president of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Escondido, where the family attended church weekly. Gerrit Groenewold, a member of the church, told The Daily Beast on Sunday that Earnest was the quietest of his family, so quiet that Groenewold grew concerned. “I noticed that he was quiet and just wanted to have contact,” he said. “It’s not good if someone is that quiet. He needs to be part of the community, to let them know what is going on.”Earnest was not known to law enforcement prior to the attack, authorities said, and has no known ties to white supremacist groups.Read more at The Daily Beast.

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FAA considered grounding some Boeing 737 Max planes last year: source

US regulators considered grounding some Boeing 737 MAX planes last year after learning belatedly of a problem with a system that is now the main suspect in two deadly crashes, a source close to the matter said. Investigators in the Lion Air crash in October and the Ethiopia Airlines disaster in March have zeroed in on the planes' anti-stall system, the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, or MCAS. Last year, before the Lion crash, inspectors with the Federal Aviation Administration discovered that the manufacturer had de-activated a signal designed to advise the cockpit crew of a malfunctioning of the MCAS system, the source said.

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Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein submits resignation

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'Boyz n the Hood' director John Singleton dead at 51, family announces

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Michael Avenatti pleads not guilty in federal wire, bank fraud case; trial to begin on June 25

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First images emerge of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in five years, intelligence group says

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Jennifer Rubin: Pelosi is right. People don't want Trump impeached. They just want him gone - Salt Lake Tribune

1. Jennifer Rubin: Pelosi is right. People don't want Trump impeached. They just want him gone  Salt Lake Tribune
2. Donald Trump sues Deutsche Bank, Capital One in attempt to block congressional subpoenas  USA TODAY
3. Trump team sues Deutsche Bank and Capital One to keep them from turning over financial records to Congress  CNN
4. Trump Sues Banks to Stop Them From Complying With House Subpoenas  The New York Times
5. Let’s impeach Trump for being such a great president  The Washington Post
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Army Vet Plotted To Commit Terrorist Attack In Los Angeles Area - NPR

1. Army Vet Plotted To Commit Terrorist Attack In Los Angeles Area  NPR
2. Army veteran charged with plotting terror attacks in California  CNN
3. Afghanistan war vet plotted to bomb Long Beach white nationalist rally, feds say  Fox News
4. L.A. terror plot thwarted: Army vet planned ‘mass casualties,’ FBI says  Los Angeles Times
5. 'Martyrdom, bro:' California man busted in domestic terror plot  NBC News
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Her best friend died at Chabad, but she's determined to keep her message alive. - CNN

1. Her best friend died at Chabad, but she's determined to keep her message alive.  CNN
2. 'Hero' congregant honored after San Diego synagogue shooting  New York Post
3. Synagogue shooting "an affront to humanity," Poway mayor says  CBS News
4. California synagogue shooting: Doctor performed CPR on dying wife  Daily Mail
5. Lori Gilbert Kaye, killed in synagogue shooting, is remembered as a teacher of 'radical empathy'  CNN
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Trump orders asylum overhaul, including new fee for applicants and faster adjudications, amid 'severe' bord... - Fox News

1. Trump orders asylum overhaul, including new fee for applicants and faster adjudications, amid 'severe' bord...  Fox News
2. Trump introduces sweeping changes to asylum in memo  CNN
3. Asylum Seekers Face New Restraints Under Latest Trump Orders  The New York Times
4. White House Orders New Restrictions on Asylum Seekers at Southern Border  The Wall Street Journal
5. Trump calls for tightening restrictions on asylum-seekers in new memo | TheHill  The Hill
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to Step Down in May - The New York Times

1. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to Step Down in May  The New York Times
2. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein resigns  CNN
3. Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein submits resignation  Fox News
4. Rod Rosenstein resigning: Deputy attorney general submits resignation letter, will leave May 11  CBS News
5. Rod Rosenstein resigning: Deputy attorney general submits resignation letter, will leave May 11  CBS News
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Beto O'Rourke's campaign for climate socialism is deeply unserious - Washington Examiner

1. Beto O'Rourke's campaign for climate socialism is deeply unserious  Washington Examiner
2. Beto: We only have ’10 years’ left on Earth if we don’t address climate change  Fox News
3. O'Rourke releases plan to fight climate change with $5 trillion investment and net-zero emissions by 2050  CNN
4. Beto’s Green New Deal? Flagging in polls, O’Rourke unveils $5T climate change plan  Fox News
5. Beto O’Rourke has a new climate plan. Here’s the right reason to dislike it.  The Washington Post
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Trump sends regards to Japan’s Emperor Akihito ahead of abdication - Fox News

1. Trump sends regards to Japan’s Emperor Akihito ahead of abdication  Fox News
2. Japan's emperor is abdicating. Here's what you need to know.  The Washington Post
3. Japan Will Enthrone a New Emperor. His Wife Won’t Be Allowed to Watch.  The New York Times
4. Japan’s emperor is abdicating. He leaves behind a powerful legacy.  The Washington Post
5. Japan police: Man put knives on desk of emperor's grandson  Fox News
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Exclusive: Blackwater founder’s latest sales pitch - mercenaries for Venezuela - Reuters

1. Exclusive: Blackwater founder’s latest sales pitch - mercenaries for Venezuela  Reuters
2. Pompeo: Maduro loyalists looking for 'golden ticket' out of regime  Washington Examiner
3. Pompeo says Maduro's inner circle looking for exit strategy in Venezuela | TheHill  The Hill
4. U.S. Threatens Maduro Supporters After Russia and China Blast Plans to Overthrow Venezuelan President  Newsweek
5. Venezuela’s National Assembly leader Juan Guaido denounces Russia’s “intervention” in Venezuela  Miami Herald
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Decoding ISIS leader's new video - Washington Examiner

1. Decoding ISIS leader's new video  Washington Examiner
2. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Of ISIS Apparently Releases Rare Video  NPR
3. ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi Appears In Video For First Time In 5 Years | TIME  TIME
4. ISIS leader al-Baghdadi pictured for first time since 2014, intel group says  Fox News
5. Though Isis leader al-Baghdadi is alive, this poor strategist may not be a huge threat  The Independent
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UN boss raises Xinjiang Uyghurs during his trip to China - CNN

1. UN boss raises Xinjiang Uyghurs during his trip to China  CNN
2. U.N. chief raises issue of Xinjiang's Uighurs during China visit  Reuters
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Day Ahead: Top 3 Things to Watch By Investing.com - Investing.com

1. Day Ahead: Top 3 Things to Watch By Investing.com  Investing.com
2. Cramer: Be wary of stocks that rally into earnings reports, like Google-parent Alphabet did  CNBC
3. Alphabet stock drops after earnings show disappointing Google sales growth  MarketWatch
4. Google Reminds Investors Rapid Growth Isn’t Guaranteed  Bloomberg
5. Alphabet's first-quarter sales fall short of expectations  Yahoo Finance
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Airline outages: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, JetBlue experience IT issues - CBS News

1. Airline outages: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, JetBlue experience IT issues  CBS News
2. Major US airlines hit with systemwide ticketing outages  CNBC
3. Several US airlines hit by brief computer-related outage  Star Tribune
4. American, JetBlue, Alaska Airlines hit by brief computer outage — again  USA TODAY
5. Computer systems restored after 'technical issue' causes outages at airports across the country  Fox News
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Spotify Has 100 Million Paid Subscribers - Thurrott.com - Thurrott.com

1. Spotify Has 100 Million Paid Subscribers - Thurrott.com  Thurrott.com
2. Spotify now has 100M paying subscribers, but it’s still losing money  BGR
3. Spotify has 100 million Premium users  Engadget
4. Spotify Reaches 100 Million Subscribers, but Not Without Some Dissonance  The New York Times
5. Spotify now has 100M paid subscribers, double Apple Music’s last reported number  9to5Mac
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Western Digital stocks declines as earnings miss Street view - MarketWatch

1. Western Digital stocks declines as earnings miss Street view  MarketWatch
2. Western Digital Shares Tank After Company Misses Earnings Badly  TheStreet.com
3. Western Digital fiscal Q3 clocked by inventory writedown  ZDNet
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Apple nicked Intel's modem lead - Fudzilla

1. Apple nicked Intel's modem lead  Fudzilla
2. The man who predicted Antennagate is no longer at Apple  The Verge
3. Apple engineer in charge of 5G efforts exits following Intel hire, Qualcomm settlement  9to5Mac
4. Apple's 5G modem project lead Ruben Caballero has left the company  AppleInsider
5. Who will be the king of the 5G chip market?  Gizchina.com
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Samsung's latest patent shows phone with wraparound display - TechRadar

1. Samsung's latest patent shows phone with wraparound display  TechRadar
2. Samsung imagines a wraparound smartphone display  Engadget
3. Samsung Patents Wraparound Display That Aids in Photos and Selfies  PetaPixel
4. Samsung's Wraparound Phone Design Is the Anti Galaxy Fold  Tom's Guide
5. Samsung might be working on a new phone with a wrap-around display  BGR
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Simplified Start Menu on Windows 10 May 2019 Update doesn't completely skip the bloatware - OnMSFT

1. Simplified Start Menu on Windows 10 May 2019 Update doesn't completely skip the bloatware  OnMSFT
2. 10 truly helpful Windows 10 tools you might not know about  PCWorld
3. Windows 10 will require PCs to have at least 32 GB storage  SlashGear
4. Microsoft is working on an “open design” philosophy, but there's still a long way to go  OnMSFT
5. How Microsoft learned from the past to redesign its future  The Verge
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‘Snowfall’: Filming On John Singleton’s FX Drama Series Continues As Cast & Crew Honor His Memory - Deadline

1. ‘Snowfall’: Filming On John Singleton’s FX Drama Series Continues As Cast & Crew Honor His Memory  Deadline
2. 'Boyz N the Hood' director John Singleton dies after suffering major stroke  ABC News
3. 'Boyz n the Hood' director John Singleton dead at 51  Fox News
4. How John Singleton's 'Boyz n the Hood' shaped the life of one boy from the hood  Los Angeles Times
5. How John Singleton’s ‘Boyz N the Hood’ Steered Hollywood in a New Direction  Variety
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Prince William and Kate Middleton Celebrate Their 8 Year Anniversary Despite Those Cheating Rumors - The Cheat Sheet

Prince William and Kate Middleton Celebrate Their 8 Year Anniversary Despite Those Cheating Rumors  The Cheat Sheet

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge celebrated eight years of wedded bliss and pointedly ignored the cheating rumors.

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Woodstock 50 Has Been Canceled - erienewsnow.com

1. Woodstock 50 Has Been Canceled  erienewsnow.com
2. Woodstock 50 Organizers ‘Committed’ to Festival After Losing Financial Backing  Rolling Stone
3. Woodstock 50 Canceled By Its Investors  NPR
4. Woodstock Organizers Cancel 50th Anniversary Festival  Billboard
5. Woodstock 50 canceled? Organizers say festival will be a 'blast'  Poughkeepsie Journal
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Khloe Kardashian Says She'd Be 'Insecure' If She Was Sofia Richie After Scott Disick Discovers His 'Soulmate' - Entertainment Tonight

Khloe Kardashian Says She'd Be 'Insecure' If She Was Sofia Richie After Scott Disick Discovers His 'Soulmate'  Entertainment Tonight

On the latest episode of 'KUWTK,' a spiritual healer tells exes Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick that they are 'soulmates.'

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NFL Draft: Taking a look back at the weekend that was from an entertainment point of view - Niners Nation

1. NFL Draft: Taking a look back at the weekend that was from an entertainment point of view  Niners Nation
2. 2019 NFL draft -- Biggest post-draft questions for all 32 teams  ESPN
3. Opinion: One pressing post-draft question for each of the 32 NFL teams  USA TODAY
4. Kyler Murray, A Black Man, Was The #1 NFL Draft Pick, Trump Congratulated The #2 Pick Instead | TIME  TIME
5. Steve Keim: I’m not scared to make a mistake  NBC Sports
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Western Conference's Best Assists of the First Round | 2019 Playoffs - NBA

1. Western Conference's Best Assists of the First Round | 2019 Playoffs  NBA
2. It's Time To Remember Al Horford Again  Deadspin
3. NBA Playoffs best bets and prop predictions: Sixers need strong start in Game 2  Covers.com
4. Eastern Conference's Best Assists of the First Round | 2019 NBA Playoffs  NBA
5. Monday Morning Media Roundup: April 29th, 2019  Brew Hoop
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2019 Dynasty fantasy football rookie rankings - NFL.com

2019 Dynasty fantasy football rookie rankings  NFL.com

With the NFL Draft in the books, it's officially time to start gearing up for 2019 fantasy football leagues. This exciting time begins with a look at the incoming rookie ...

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Switch to Barclays Center not reason for Islanders' second-round hole - New York Post

1. Switch to Barclays Center not reason for Islanders' second-round hole  New York Post
2. Stanley Cup Playoffs Daily - Hurricanes rally to stun Islanders  ESPN
3. The Islanders' Best Hope Against The Hurricanes Is A War Of Attrition  Deadspin
4. Herrmann: Lehner knows series is far from over  Newsday
5. New York Islanders Need to Leave Panic Button Alone  FanSided
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Japanese Emperor Akihito begins historic abdication

Akihito, who says he is too old for the role, is the first Japanese emperor to stand down in 200 years.

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US deputy attorney general tells Trump he quits

Rod Rosenstein, who was once accused of treason by the president, exits after a turbulent two years.

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'Yeti footprints': Indian army mocked over claim

Its claim to have discovered footprints of the 'mythical beast' prompts derision on social media.

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IS leader al-Baghdadi appears in first video in five years

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who has not been seen on camera since 2014, vows revenge for his militants.

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Guantanamo Bay commander fired over 'loss of confidence'

Navy Rear Admiral John Ring was fired as Guantanamo Bay prison commander after a month-long inquiry.

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'Completely avoidable' measles outbreak hits 25-year high in US

Officials say more than 700 Americans have been infected, calling the outbreak "completely avoidable".

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Mozambique cyclone: Death toll rises as storm blocks aid

Torrential rain and strong winds make getting aid into the cyclone-affected area almost impossible.

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Trade war: What you need to know about US-China talks

Talks appear to be reaching the final stretch though both sides remain divided on several key issues.

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Australian Senate candidate Steve Dickson quits over strip club videos

Footage showed aspiring Australian senator Steve Dickson groping women and making derogatory remarks.

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San Diego synagogue attack suspect 'evil', says his family

Lori Kaye was killed after shielding her rabbi from a gunman who opened fire at a Passover service.

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US Army veteran 'planned to bomb Nazi rally'

The 26-year-old Muslim convert also allegedly plotted terror attacks on Jews and churches.

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Boeing safety system not at fault, says chief executive

Dennis Muilenburg says a safety mechanism was only one factor in two fatal Boeing plane crashes.

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'Our water pollution is a cancer'

"Waterkeeper" Nabil Musa fights Iraq's water crisis, which he calls the country's gravest threat yet.

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Rabbi describes seeing synagogue attacker

A rabbi who was injured in the deadly shooting at a synagogue near San Diego on Saturday has described the moment he faced the gunman.

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'Russian spy whale'

A beluga whale was found with suspicious equipment off Norway's coast

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Heavy flooding hits eastern Canada

Thousands of people were told to evacuate after rising floodwaters breached a dyke following heavy rain.

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How one woman beat mining giants and saved rare snow leopards

A woman from Mongolia has won the Goldman Environmental Prize after a campaign to stop mining firms destroying a critical habitat for snow leopards.

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Indonesia floods: Dozens killed in floods

Flooding caused by torrential rains has killed nearly 40 people and left thousands homeless in Sumatra.

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UK university puts stress-busting dogs on staff

A university has taken on five "canine teaching assistants" to tackle student anxiety.

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Norway finds 'Russian spy whale' off Arctic coast

A tame beluga wearing a Russian harness is thought to have come from a Russian navy facility.

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North Korea TV revamps weather report

North Korean state TV introduces a more casual, modern-looking weather broadcast.

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Korean elderly back road safety seats

A city in South Korea has put out special seating for older people at road crossings.

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Japanese Emperor Akihito's human touch

Emperor Akihito will be remembered as the man who began the modernisation of Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne.

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Jeopardy: How a pro gambler 'cracked' US game show

Sports bettor James Holzhauer's unusual strategy is paying off as he crushes Jeopardy records.

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'We are students thanks to South Africa's #FeesMustFall protests'

What has changed since mass protests led South Africa to announce free education for poor university students?

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How tech is bringing Israelis and Palestinians together

Young people on either side of a decades-old conflict seldom meet, but tech is building bridges.

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Sri Lanka attacks: Where else in the world have face coverings been banned?

Following the Sri Lankan ban, BBC Reality Check looks at other countries that have imposed either a partial or complete ban on face coverings

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India student leader 'a symbol of protest' against PM Modi

Kanhaiya Kumar has emerged as an outlier in an election being seen as a battle for India's identity.

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Barr threatens to skip House hearing on Mueller report over format dispute

Attorney general has expressed objections to House judiciary committee’s questioning format, according to Democratic aide The US attorney general, William Barr, is scheduled to testify before the House judiciary panel, chaired by the Democrats, on Thursday. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The Department of Justice (DoJ) has informed the powerful House of Representatives judiciary committee that the attorney general, William Barr, may not attend a Thursday hearing to review special counsel Robert Mueller’s report of the Trump-Russia investigation. Barr has expressed objections over the panel’s questioning format, according to a senior Democratic committee aide. The department has balked at the panel’s plans to allow committee counsels from both sides to question Barr after the traditional round of questioning by members of Congress who sit on the committee, which is currently chaired by the Democrats because they control the House. Justice officials also told the committee they opposed committee chairman Jerry Nadler’s plan to go into closed session if members want to discuss redacted portions of Mueller’s report. That’s also according to the aide, who requested anonymity to discuss the confidential communications with the justice department. Barr is scheduled to testify on Wednesday before the Senate judiciary committee, which is chaired by the Republicans, the party in control of the Senate, and to the House panel on Thursday. The redacted Mueller report was made public just over a week ago. While it concluded there was not enough evidence to charge members of the Trump campaign with criminal conspiracy between the organisation and Russia, it also determined there was a lot of contact, and that Russia conclusively interfered in the 2016 election. Democrats the following day issued a subpoena for the un-redacted version. The report also found that it could not exonerate the president on the question of obstruction of justice and if Mueller could he would have done so, while also stating the investigation would not reach a conclusion on whether there had been criminal obstruction. The DoJ has deemed that a sitting president cannot be indicted. Congress is now conducting further inquiries and a number of other criminal investigations are ongoing, including by federal prosecutors in New York, against the president, though the nature of most of the investigations has not been made public. This article was amended on 29 April, to reflect that the Mueller report concluded there was not sufficient evidence to bring charges of criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia, and that the investigation would not reach a conclusion on whether there had been criminal obstruction.

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U.S. envoy signed North Korea document to pay for Warmbier's care: Bolton

The United States signed a document agreeing to pay North Korea for the care of American Otto Warmbier but never paid the $2 million Pyongyang demanded, White House national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday. Bolton, who said he was not part of the administration at the time, confirmed newspaper reports that North Korea demanded the money before Warmbier was flown out of Pyongyang in a coma on June 13, 2017. Asked whether U.S. envoy Joseph Yun signed the document when he went to retrieve Warmbier, Bolton told "Fox News Sunday" in an interview: "That is what I am told, yes." He said no payment was made.

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United Airlines is covering up cameras on seat backs amid privacy backlash

United Airlines is covering up all the cameras on the back of customers' seats amid backlash about privacy.

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Sean Spicer: Trump has 'insurmountable edge' in key battleground states

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer lays out how Republicans are going to compete against Democrats in 2020.

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US consumer spending jumps in March; inflation remains tame

American consumer spending leapt last month to post the biggest gain in 10 years, recovering from a weak start to 2019, while inflation remained tame, according to government data released Monday. The strong finish to the third quarter comes a day before the Federal Reserve is due to meet, with markets overwhelmingly expecting the central bank to leave interest rates untouched. The latest figures confirm the picture of steady economic growth in the first quarter that were released Friday in the Commerce Department's GDP report.

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Man arrested after knives found at school desk of only male heir to Japanese imperial throne

Japanese police on Monday arrested a 56-year-old man in connection with two paring knives found at the school desk of Prince Hisahito, grandson of Emperor Akihito, local media reported. The incident comes as authorities were beefing up security ahead of the popular emperor's abdication on Tuesday after a 30-year reign, the first monarch to relinquish the throne of the world's oldest imperial family for two centuries. Akihito's eldest son, 59-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito, will take the throne on Wednesday in a series of ceremonies. Hisahito is the son of Naruhito's younger brother and the last eligible male heir. Japan's centuries-old succession would be broken if Hisahito does not have a male child as the Imperial Household Law, in place since 1947, does not allow women to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne. Japan's Imperial family The suspect, identified as Kaoru Hasegawa, was arrested on suspicion of illegally entering the premises of the junior high school the 12-year-old prince attends on Friday, public broadcaster NHK and other news reports said. His motive was not immediately clear. NHK said police officials were questioning him and suspected he placed the knives at the desk, while Nippon Television said he admitted the allegations. A police spokesman declined to comment. Hisahito, who began attending the school this month, was not in the classroom when the knives are believed to have been left. There were no reports of any injuries or damage at the school, while police did not find any threatening note related to the case. Security camera footage showed a man with a helmet trespassing on the school grounds at around noon, they said. Police had been searching for the middle-aged man who was dressed as a construction worker. Threats to the imperial family are relatively rare. In 1975, Akihito was almost hit by a Molotov cocktail in Okinawa, a major World War II battlefield where there was strong anti-emperor sentiment.

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Ocasio-Cortez fires back at Kellyanne Conway for slamming her response to Sri Lanka attacks

Ocasio-Cortez called the series of bombings in Sri Lanka, which death toll has risen to 290, “horrifying.” “The Sri Lanka massacre was horrifying.

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US stocks tread water ahead of more earnings, Fed

Wall Street was flat but holding near record levels just after the open on Monday as investors awaited a fresh set of corporate earnings during week loaded with economic data. Markets were also absorbing an upbeat report on consumer spending for March, which showed a big jump at the end of the first quarter. The data come as the Federal Reserve is due to begin its latest-two day policy meeting on Tuesday but is overwhelmingly expected to leave interest rates untouched.

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Washington's Woeful Maduro Miscalculation

When Washington recognized Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s rightful president, Trump administration officials clearly hoped that incumbent Nicolas Maduro’s grip on power would not last long. There were reasons for such optimism. The socialist regime’s corruption and grotesque economic mismanagement had reached crisis levels. Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chavez, had transformed Venezuela from one of Latin America’s most prosperous countries into a poverty-stricken horror marked by runaway inflation and severe shortages even of the most basic consumer necessities. Venezuela was the latest exhibit in the museum of socialist calamities. Maduro’s popularity had plunged, and his implementation of ever more autocratic measures to suppress opponents did not help his situation.

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FOREX-Dollar rally stalls underlining slowdown fears

A rally in the dollar faltered on Monday with strong U.S. data doing little to lift the currency or convince investors that a slowdown in activity is over. The greenback traded in a narrow range as Japan kicked off a week of holidays, typically a period of thin liquidity that can prompt spikes in volatility. A Federal Reserve policy meeting, Brexit negotiations and a raft of global data including on U.S. core inflation and payrolls could each be the trigger for big currency swings this week.

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Job post seeking 'preferably Caucasian' applicants removed

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia tech staffing company has apologized after an online job posting sought "preferably Caucasian" applicants.

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Here's the biggest news you missed this weekend

Corey Ballentine, "Avengers: Endgame" and more of the weekend's top news.

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The Best Compact Cars of 2019, Ranked from Worst to Best

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Synagogue Shooting Suspect Was a Piano-Playing Nursing Student From Religious Family With a Racist Secret

Sandy Huffaker/AFP/GettyPOWAY, California—Nineteen-year-old nursing student John T. Earnest, who was charged with murder Sunday as the lone gunman in the deadly Poway Synagogue shooting, played piano for hours a day and earned a 4.31 grade point average. His father was a church elder whom neighbors called “the sweetest man.”But somewhere on his path, Earnest took a terrible turn, claiming Adolf Hitler as an idol and writing what appears to be his own rambling manifesto that Jews “deserved nothing but hell.” He wanted to be the one to, as he put it, “Send. Them. There.”Police say someone purporting to be him posted the anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, white supremacist “manifesto”—which eerily mirrored the Q&A; style that Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant used in his own pre-massacre diatribe—about 20 minutes before he walked into the Poway synagogue with an AR-15 style assault rifle and started shooting—killing one woman and injuring three others—before the gun malfunctioned and he was chased out by an armed security guard.Earnest was arrested by police a few minutes after the shooting as he fled, called 911, and told them where to find him off an exit on a California highway, authorities said. As an officer approached, he exited his vehicle, raised his hands, and surrendered. A rifle was recovered from the car. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday on one count of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.In his online posting, Earnest championed the likes of Robert Bowers, who fatally shot 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue shootings in Pittsburgh six months ago, Tarrant, who killed 50 people in a New Zealand mosque in March; and Hitler.He used mainstream social media like Twitter and the fringe message boards 8Chan in what has become a proven way for terrorist groups and lone wolves alike to ensure that propaganda is disseminated to both those looking for it and those who are not. He posted the original screed on Pastebin.com and Mediafire.com, and linked to them on 8Chan. Like Tarrant, he promised to live-stream his killing spree, which he evidently failed to pull off. Facebook immediately removed the profile link he intended to use, but had somehow not seen the warning signs when he created the page.Sheriff William Gore of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said during a press conference late Sunday that authorities were carrying out searches in the suspect’s home and “looking into digital evidence and checking the authenticity of an online manifesto.” If it is validated as authentic, the student, who was previously unknown to police, found footing in the usual tenets of hate and the now all-too-familiar desire for infamy. Zach Keele, pastor of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, where Earnest’s father was an elder, or officer of the church, confirmed that he was part of the parish. “So John T. Earnest is a member here,” he told The Daily Beast. “We completely deplore what he did. That is not part of our practices, our teachings in any way. Our hearts, our prayers, our tears go out to the victims, to all those wonderful neighbors at the synagogue.”Keele said Earnest had never appeared to be the sort of person who would carry out this sort of an attack. “This is a complete surprise,” he said.In a service at the church on Sunday, Keele delivered a sermon on betrayal and forgiveness, offering condolences to the victims–but also to Earnest’s family. “We pray, Lord, for those who are hurting, and we pray for the victims of that synagogue,” Keele told the crowd of 50 or so parishioners. “We deeply mourn that this evil came out from us. We do not understand it, oh Lord, and we pray that you would forgive us for any such shortcoming, for any good deeds we left undone. We pray, Lord, that you will be with the Earnest family.”Speaking to his congregation after the service, Keele said he had spoken with Earnest’s parents the night before. They had spent the night huddled in their other son’s apartment close to the beach while their own house was searched by SWAT teams, he said. Earnest’s father plans to release a statement Monday morning through an attorney. “It’s a good statement,” Keele said. “They have good family support.”The minister added that Earnest must “suffer the full punishment of the law.” Still, he hopes he will “recant his hatred.” Keele plans to visit the young man in prison, if convicted, he said. After the service, Gerrit Groenewold, a board member at the Orthodox Presbyterian Church who happens to be the father of the girlfriend of one of Earnest’s brothers, told The Daily Beast that he had noticed Earnest had seemed quiet, and often tried to reach out to the young man, but with little luck. “I have tried to talk to John several times, but he is very silent and very reclusive. I noticed that he was quiet and just wanted to have contact... The other [members of his family] are not nearly as quiet,” he said. “It’s not good if someone is that quiet. He needs to be part of the community, to let them know what is going on.”Earnest also claimed responsibility for an attempted arson attack last month on Dar-ul-Arqam Mosque in Escondido, about nine miles from Poway, Security cameras at the mosque caught a suspect breaking a lock and pouring liquid on a side door but had failed to identify the person. Gore said investigators are now looking his “possible involvement in the arson and vandalism of mosque.”In a comment that was left after the synagogue shooting, someone asks, “How does a child of such privilege go so horribly wrong? Where does this hatred come from?”Late Saturday afternoon, California State University San Marcos president Karen S. Haynes confirmed that Earnest had been enrolled at the its nursing school.“We are dismayed and disheartened that the alleged shooter—now in custody—is a CSUSM student. CSUSM is working collaboratively with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department to assist and gain more information,” Haynes said in a statement. “We are heartbroken by this tragedy, which was motivated by hate and anti-Semitism.”A man who identified himself as Earnest’s grandfather expressed shock at his grandson’s role in the deadly shooting on Saturday.“He did what?” the man told The Daily Beast when reached by phone. “That is out of whack. My heart is sinking into my chest. I’m going to hang up now.” By Saturday evening, police had barricaded the streets leading to the cul-de-sac in Rancho Peñasquitos, a hilly, middle-class suburb of San Diego about seven miles from the synagogue where Earnest lives with his family. More than three dozen law enforcement officers, including FBI agents, ATF agents, and cops, were at the scene. Eyewitnesses told The Daily Beast that the family left their home under police escort hours earlier.  Around 9 p.m. local time, law enforcement had secured a search warrant to enter Earnest’s house, which may well confirm the authenticity of his hate-filled screed and could possibly uncover how far he was willing to act on his hate. Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here

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Spain's knife-edge election is a bellwether for the next European Parliament

According to Vox, Spain’s new hard-Right force, today’s general elections are about the survival of Spain as a national entity. Most European observers, however, will be looking to see how strongly Spain’s forces of moderation can survive the first real assault of Right-wing, anti-immigration and slightly Eurosceptical populism the country has experienced. With no elections due this year in any of Europe’s biggest nations, all eyes are today on Spain as a bellwether for next month’s European Parliament poll, in which populist movements are expected to make a bigger impact than ever. Spain, despite its political fragmentation that has brought about this, its third election in less than four years, has been making solid economic progress in the past half-decade, while also putting order in its public finances. With unemployment still close to 15 per cent, the economy might have been expected to feature prominently in the campaign. But instead Spaniards have been beaten around the head with the strategic importance of the country’s first general election since the Catalan regional government’s unconstitutional referendum and declaration of independence in 2017. Despite the fact that his Socialist party (PSOE) minority government fell because Catalan pro-independence parties withdrew their confidence and supply support, the incumbent Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been accused of betraying Spain for trying to launch a negotiation process with Catalonia’s leaders. The main opposition conservative Popular Party (PP) and liberal Ciudadanos have been joined in rage at Mr Sánchez’s search for a Catalan compromise by Vox, which polled just 0.2 per cent in 2016, but is expected to surge into Congress today with around a tenth of the seats. Spanish politics has been split into two blocs by the Catalan issue, with Mr Sánchez and his PSOE’s only hope of a stable coalition partner lying in the hard-Left Podemos. Ciudadanos and PSOE have previously sought coalition deals together, but the polarisation over Catalonia is such that the liberal party’s leader, Albert Rivera, prefers to look to Vox for support. According to polling, it is very possible that neither bloc will make it over the line. The PSOE-Podemos alliance could seek to woo pragmatic Basque nationalists, but Mr Sánchez will hope not to have to rely on Catalan parties again. While a Left-wing government could serve to take the sting out of the Catalan independence movement, the PP, Ciudadanos and Vox have competed to take the strongest line against separatism. All three back a prolonged suspension of Catalonia’s autonomy, plus measures to either ban or limit the political freedom of pro-independence parties. A third scenario is political stasis from an impossible hung parliament. This may not be the last general election in Spain this year.

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Man arrested over knives at Japan prince's school desk: media

Japanese police on Monday arrested a 56-year-old man in connection with two paring knives found at the school desk of Prince Hisahito, grandson of Emperor Akihito, local media reported. The incident comes as authorities were beefing up security ahead of the popular emperor's abdication on Tuesday after a 30-year reign. The man, identified as Kaoru Hasegawa, was arrested on suspicion of illegally entering the premises of the junior high school the 12-year-old prince attends on Friday, public broadcaster NHK and other news reports said.

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Beats' first truly wireless earbuds to launch May 10

Over the weekend, Apple's Beats headphones division announced that pre-ordering for their fitness-oriented AirPods competitor will open May 3, with the earbuds hitting shelves on May 10. While the Powerbeats Pro are powered by the same Apple H1 chip used in the second-gen AirPods and likewise support "Hey Siri," they offer nearly double the listening time at nine hours on a single charge instead of just five. The earbuds come in four colors and will put owners back $249.99, $50 more than the latest AirPods.

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Here's What Happens After Russia or China Sink a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier

An attack that sank a carrier with significant casualties, on the other hand, might well result in demands for vengeance, the specific circumstances of the attack notwithstanding. This could put U.S. policymakers in the awkward position of needing to escalate, without being able to use some of the most lethal military options in their toolkit.Since the 1950s, the supercarrier has been the most visible representation of U.S. military power and maritime hegemony. Although supercarriers have participated in nearly every military conflict since the commissioning of USS Forrestal in 1955, no carrier has come under determined attack from a capable opponent. In part, this is because supercarriers are very difficult to attack, but the symbolic grandeur of the massive ships also plays a role; no one wants to know what the United States might do if one of its carriers came under attack.(This first appeared several months ago.)What would happen if a foe attacked a United States Navy (USN) aircraft carrier during a conflict? How would the United States react, and how would it respond?Circumstances:

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Adidas is dropping more 'Avengers' sneakers

These designs are super sick.

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US STOCKS-Futures edge lower ahead of inflation data

In yet another busy week for earnings, about 160 S&P 500 companies, including Google-parent Alphabet Inc and Apple Inc, are due to report their quarterly reports. An inflation report from the Commerce Department is expected to show personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index for March to have risen 0.7% from 0.1% in February.

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Rep. Clyburn slams Trump's praise for Robert E. Lee: 'The president is now glorifying a loser'

“Robert E. Lee was a slave owner and a brutal slave master. Robert E. Lee was a loser.”

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American, JetBlue, Alaska Airlines hit by brief computer outage — again

Sabre, which handles reservations and other functions for major airlines, said it is "actively working to resolve'' the problem.

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Seven people killed in string of rural Tennessee homicides, authorities confirm

Sunday morning law enforcement was still blocking two roads near where the bodies of five victims were found Saturday.

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Jordan Peterson accuses Cambridge University of being 'unprofessional' after he found out from Twitter that he was stripped of fellowship

The controversial professor Jordan Peterson has said Cambridge University is "unprofessional" after he found out the institution had stripped him of a fellowship via Twitter. Dr Peterson, who will be speaking at a sold-out show at the Hammersmith Apollo next month, said he felt "sorrow" and "shock" over the decision, which came as Cambridge academics lambasted the university for inviting him. Many have dismissed the views of the Canadian psychologist, who has hundreds of thousands of fans and styles himself as the "professor against political correctness". He has argued for enforced monogamy, pushed the view that men are victims of gender discrimination, and said that the idea of white privilege is a “Marxist lie.” The professor has also come under fire for posing in a photograph next to a man in a shirt with the slogan "proud Islamaphobe". However, he has said the university was wrong to strip him of his visiting fellowship, telling the Sunday Times magazine: "It was unprofessional in a way that is almost incomprehensible to me. I can't believe how it was handled." The professor added that the decision it reflects the general attitude of universities and their "continual, quasi-Marxist assault" on the "foundational ideas of our culture." He also defended sacked government advisor Roger Scruton, who was relieved of his position on the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission over remarks he made about Islamophobia and the Chinese government. Dr Peterson said Mr Scruton was "witch-hunted" out of his position, adding: "It's not surprising, this kind of thing happens all the time now. "People make mistakes, they're taken out of context. If the rule is going to be that if you have ever said anything that could be interpreted as offensive by the minority, no matter how small - I don't mean ethnic, I mean minority of people - you are no longer fit for public office or public discussion or anything of significance, then how the hell are you going to escape that?"

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2019 Mini Cooper John Cooper Works Hardtop Knights Edition In Photos

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After Sri Lanka blasts, government targets the niqab veil

KATTANKUDY, Sri Lanka (AP) — As Sri Lanka's long civil war ended in this once-contested region along its eastern coast, Muslim women eager to show their piousness began wearing the black niqab veil to hide their faces.

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North Korea vs. the F-35 Stealth Fighter (Who Wins? Who Dies?)

Alternatively, the F-35A might be assigned to dangerous suppression or destruction of enemy air defenses (SEAD/DEAD) missions. The stealth and onboard jamming capabilities of the F-35 would make it more survivable than the ROKAF’s 4th generation aircraft in such a role.The ROKAF, South Korea’s Air Force received their first F-35A fighter jets in April 2019. The ROKAF hopes to eventually buy forty F-35As and should have ten F-35As by the end of the year.(This first appeared several weeks ago.)But how do these aircraft fit into the ROKAF’s existing fleet of aircraft? What role could they play in countering the North Korean KPAF?The ROKAF already fields a variety of advanced American fighters, including over one hundred KF-16Cs and around 60 F-15K Slam Eagles. The KF-16C is fully integrated with the American AMRAAM air-to-air missile, which the ROKAF fields in the AIM-120C-5 and AIM-120C-7 variants.The combination of the KF-16C and AMRAAM vastly outclasses the majority of fighters the KPAF can field. The bulk of the KPAF fighter fleet is built out of MiG-21 variants and the J-7 fighter, which can only mount short-range infrared air-to-air missiles. KF-16Cs could just fire AMRAAMs, turn around and bug out before the KPAF MiGs lock on, though individual conditions could dictate engagement at shorter ranges.

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Putin calls U.S. treatment of admitted agent Butina an outrage

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday made his first comments on a U.S. court sentencing admitted Russian foreign agent Maria Butina to 18 months in prison, calling her treatment a travesty of justice. Butina was sentenced on Friday after the Siberia native, her voice breaking with emotion, begged a judge for mercy and expressed remorse for conspiring with a Russian official to infiltrate a gun rights group and influence U.S. conservative activists and Republicans. Speaking in Beijing, Putin said the sentence looked like an attempt by U.S. law enforcement and judicial officials to save face.

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FAA considered grounding some Boeing 737 Max planes last year: source

US regulators considered grounding some Boeing 737 MAX planes last year after learning belatedly of a problem with a system that is now the main suspect in two deadly crashes, a source close to the matter said. Investigators in the Lion Air crash in October and the Ethiopia Airlines disaster in March have zeroed in on the planes' anti-stall system, the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, or MCAS. Last year, before the Lion crash, inspectors with the Federal Aviation Administration discovered that the manufacturer had de-activated a signal designed to advise the cockpit crew of a malfunctioning of the MCAS system, the source said.

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The Latest: Seattle college says student was killed by crane

SEATTLE (AP) — The Latest on a crane collapse in Seattle (all times local):

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Border Patrol is now releasing migrant families directly in Tucson

The Border Patrol's Tucson sector has followed in the footsteps of its counterparts in Yuma and is releasing families into the community in Tucson.

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Impeachment Would Be a Redundant Judgment

The Mueller investigation was supposed to be a legal process concerned with crimes. Investigators identified no crimes to charge, and so it has, naturally, become something else: no longer a theory about a criminal conspiracy — only an irritable mood.An ordeal that had been conducted under the procedures of law in accordance with legal criteria is now an ordeal that is being conducted under the procedures of politics in accordance with political criteria — or, if you prefer, with moral criteria related to Donald Trump’s character. For those who want to see President Trump impeached and who think of impeachment as a fundamentally political process in spite of its mock-trial aspect, that’s just fine. They’ll take their pound of flesh, however it is had.The problem with this point of view is that the question of Donald Trump’s personal fitness for office already has been adjudicated as a political matter: That is what happened in the 2016 presidential election. Many critics, myself included, argued that Trump was unfit for the office, both morally and intellectually. We made our arguments, the voters consulted their own consciences, and, weighing these things however it is that voters weigh them, chose Trump. There wasn’t some occult intermediary step in there. That’s how things go in politics: The people behave just as if they had minds of their own! And, sometimes, they get to have their own way.In terms of Donald Trump’s character and habits, there is practically nothing in the Mueller report — or in the public record since 2016 — that voters did not already know when they elected him. And that is really the fundamental argument against impeaching President Trump: The political judgment called for in an impeachment at this point and in this context properly ought to be understood as beside the point, if we take seriously the democratic assumption that the judgment of the people, rendered in the election, is sovereign.There isn’t some shocking new thing, and, of course, some Democrats have been talking impeachment since before Trump was even sworn in. The Democrats do not propose to impeach Donald Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors, but simply for being Donald Trump. One may sympathize with that, but Donald Trump is the man the voters chose.And that goes to the real issue here: The Democrats cannot accept that they lost an election to Donald Trump. One sympathizes with that, too, but that is what actually happened, for several reasons: Trump focused on two issues — immigration and trade — that speak to a substantial bipartisan plurality with nationalistic and protectionist impulses rarely taken seriously by mainstream figures in either party; his opponent ran an inept campaign and has been questing after power for so long that both she and the voters are exhausted by it; the “elites” and Washingtonians against whom Trump & Co. inveigh were judged, not without some reason, to merit a trip to the woodshed; the so-called war on terror and the financial crisis of 2008–09 have destabilized formerly sturdy political coalitions. And, of course, it was Republicans’ turn.Which is to say: The Democrats’ talk of impeachment is partly about 2020, but it’s mainly about 2016, and their adolescent psychic need to believe that the presidential election that brought Donald Trump to the White House was illegitimate rather than an opportunity they simply blew. The theory that the election was thrown by Russian trolls posting dank memes on Twitter is hard to take seriously. If we had a list of every voter whose mind was changed in 2016 by an anonymous social-media account with a Cyrillic bio, then disenfranchising those voters would be a good start on improving things for 2020. Alas and alack, we don’t do that sort of thing. But the argument that bot-executed shenanigans nullified democracy in 2016 amounts to the Democrats protesting: “These trolls robbed us of the support of our natural base: morons!”There’s no quality control in social media — and less quality control in ordinary news media than there used to be. Lies, distortions, exaggerations, and pure inventions are going to be out there in the intellectual marketplace, whether they originate in Moscow or in Brooklyn. That’s a real problem, but it doesn’t invalidate the outcome of the 2016 election.There are many reasons to oppose an impeachment at this time: One is that no one has made a very persuasive case for one, all of the Democrats’ arguments up to this point having been transparently pretextual. Another is that the Republican majority in the Senate all but ensures that the process would be purely symbolic, an exercise in chaos for pleasure’s sake. A third is that it normalizes the invocation of a procedure that should be reserved for extraordinary circumstances in the service of ordinary short-term partisan interests. For comparison, consider that there was no serious impeachment talk when Barack Obama authorized the assassination of U.S. citizens without so much as a by-your-leave from Congress — or when he took executive actions that he himself had described as unconstitutional only months before. That suggests a pretty high standard — and if “I think that guy is a fink!” ends up being a common rationale for impeachment, then you’d better make your peace with anarchy, because Washington is going to be a ghost town.But the most important reason for forbearance here is that a political judgment already has been rendered on Donald Trump’s character — and, if you don’t like how that came out, there’s another chance right around the corner.

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