| Alexandria shooter carried list of 6 members of Congress, FBI confirms Posted: 21 Jun 2017 08:34 AM PDT  On James T. Hodgkinson, investigators found a piece of paper with the names of six members of Congress. The FBI did not disclose the names of those lawmakers.
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| Anti-Trump Resistance Falling Flat? Some Democrats Deflated After Georgia Loss Posted: 21 Jun 2017 08:42 AM PDT  "Democrats would do much better" if they would work more with Republicans, Pres. Trump tweeted after Republican Karen Handel's win in the high-profile Georgia congressional special election.
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| Thousands Attend Funeral for Muslim Teen Who Was Murdered in Virginia Posted: 21 Jun 2017 08:40 AM PDT  As many as 5,000 people attended the funeral to remember Nabra Hassanen, a 17-year-old girl who was beaten to death early Sunday as she walked home after an all-night prayer session at a mosque.
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| Bloomberg says Trump should ‘stop tweeting’ and let Russia probe run its course Posted: 21 Jun 2017 07:18 AM PDT  "When there's an allegation, you have to have a competent, independent investigation that will find something wrong or remove the cloud," Bloomberg said.
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| 6.8-magnitude quake hits Guatemala, second in eight days: USGS Posted: 22 Jun 2017 02:24 PM PDT  A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Guatemala's coast Thursday, injuring four people and damaging homes and roads, officials said, just eight days after another strong tremor killed five people in the Central American country. The quake struck at 6:31 am (1231 GMT) with its epicenter in the Pacific Ocean at a depth of 46.8 kilometers, about 23 kilometers (14 miles) southwest of Puerto San Jose, the US Geological Survey said. The Guatemalan Seismological Institute measured the quake at a magnitude of 6.7.
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| 'Pizzagate' gunman in DC sentenced to 4 years in prison Posted: 22 Jun 2017 02:04 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — An online conspiracy theory dubbed "pizzagate" ended Thursday with real-world consequences when a North Carolina man was sentenced to prison for arming himself with an assault rifle, traveling to the nation's capital and firing his weapon inside a neighborhood pizza restaurant.
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| "Textalyzer" Device Allows Police to Determine if Drivers Were Texting and Driving Posted: 21 Jun 2017 08:47 AM PDT  The "Textalyzer" device allows police to plug in and determine if a driver was using a cell phone to text while driving. Jeff Rossen shows how it works.
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| Canadian sniper breaks world record for longest confirmed kill shot in history Posted: 22 Jun 2017 02:22 AM PDT  A Canadian sniper in Iraq has broken the world record for the longest confirmed kill shot in history. A member of the elite Special Forces unit, Joint Task Force 2, who has not been named, killed an Isis insurgent from 3,450 metres (2.1 miles) away. The shot broke the previous record, held by Craig Harrison, a member of the British armed forces, by almost 1000 metres.
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| U.S. Attorney General Sessions hires private attorney Posted: 22 Jun 2017 07:16 AM PDT  U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has become the latest senior Trump administration official to hire a private attorney, a Justice Department spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
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| Tim Kaine: U.S. strikes on Syrian forces ‘completely illegal’ Posted: 21 Jun 2017 02:19 PM PDT  Sen. Tim Kaine sharply condemned U.S. strikes on Syrian regime forces as "completely illegal." He says President Trump needs a new AUMF.
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| Russians Tried To Target 21 Election Systems, DHS Official Says Posted: 21 Jun 2017 10:18 PM PDT  Department of Homeland Security officials testified Wednesday saying Russian hackers meddled with the U.S. election systems of 21 states last year. However, there was no evidence of the results being manipulated.
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| Officials: No Policy from Trump On Russian Vote Attacks Posted: 21 Jun 2017 12:21 PM PDT  Government cybersecurity and intelligence officials say they haven't received directions from Trump about stopping Russian meddling in future elections, and that Russia targeted 21 election systems in 2016.
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| Trump team takes victory lap after GOP special-election wins Posted: 21 Jun 2017 05:34 AM PDT  The president and his supporters celebrated on social media late Tuesday night after Republicans secured a pair of victories in congressional races in Georgia and South Carolina.
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| 2 Elephants Spring Into Action to Save Calf From Drowning in Zoo's Pool Posted: 21 Jun 2017 08:54 AM PDT  Two elephants worked together to save a baby calf who fell into a pool at the Seoul Grand Park Zoo in South Korea.
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| China’s border with North Korea Posted: 22 Jun 2017 01:07 PM PDT ![China's border with North Korea]( "China's border with North Korea") China has long been North Korea's main ally and trading partner, but relations are increasingly strained by continued missile testing and provocations by the regime of Kim Jong Un. At least three-quarters of trade between the two nations flows through points along its 880-mile-long shared border, a divide that reveals stark contrasts in development.
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| The Latest: Navy Seal tells of wound during Bergdahl search Posted: 21 Jun 2017 09:28 AM PDT  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on pretrial hearings in the case of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who is accused of endangering comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan in 2009 (all times local):
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| Exploding whipped cream dispenser kills fitness blogger Posted: 21 Jun 2017 09:51 PM PDT  An Instagram star and well-known fitness blogger has died in a freak accident after a pressurised cannister used for dispensing whipped cream exploded, hitting her in the chest, her family has said. Rebecca Burger, who had a large following on the social media site, where she posted regular pictures of herself promoting fitness products, was killed in eastern France in what the family said was a domestic incident. "It is with great sadness we announce the death of Rebecca who died the June 18th, 2017 in an accident in the home," read a statement on Burger's Instagram account, signed "The grieving family".
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| U.S. top court rebuffs men convicted in notorious Washington murder Posted: 22 Jun 2017 09:45 AM PDT ![U.S. top court rebuffs men convicted in notorious Washington murder]( "U.S. top court rebuffs men convicted in notorious Washington murder") The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to overturn the convictions of seven men in a notorious 1984 gang murder of a woman in a Washington neighborhood not far from the U.S. Capitol even though prosecutors had concealed evidence in the case. The justices, in a 6-2 ruling, said the evidence withheld by the prosecution at the time of the trial, which the men claimed would have cast doubt on their guilt in the murder of Catherine Fuller, was not material to the eventual jury verdict. The case has stayed the public eye not only because of the grisly nature of the murder that occurred during a period of high crime in the U.S. capital city in the 1980s but also because of the Supreme Court's decision to scrutinize the process that led to the convictions.
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| Walmart And Amazon Rivalry Goes To The Next Level: The Cloud Posted: 21 Jun 2017 09:48 AM PDT  Walmart and Amazon's rivalry just went to the next level.
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| Senate Republicans to release draft of healthcare bill as details emerge Posted: 21 Jun 2017 07:17 PM PDT  According to reports, the bill proposes repealing key provision of the ACA, restructuring subsidies and cutting Medicaid funding. Senate Republican leaders are on Thursday to unveil draft language of legislation that would repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), after weeks of secrecy surrounding their effort to prepare a healthcare bill to be voted on as early as next week. The Senate bill is expected to follow the template laid out in the House version, which narrowly passed last month, but with key differences.
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| Buoyant Trump spouts boasts, proposals — and falsehoods — at Iowa rally Posted: 21 Jun 2017 08:40 PM PDT  President Trump recapped his campaign's greatest hits and offered new policy ideas as well as blatant misstatements during a rally Wednesday night in Iowa.
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| This Is How Great-Power Wars Get Started Posted: 21 Jun 2017 01:26 PM PDT  Not with a bang, but basic strategic confusion in Washington about the links between Syria, Qatar, Iran, and Russia.
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| Boeing wins order dogfight at Paris Air Show Posted: 21 Jun 2017 05:28 PM PDT  Boeing outpaced its rival Airbus in terms of new orders at this year's Paris Air Show thanks to its new 737 MAX 10 airliner, taking in a total of 571 orders for nearly $75 billion. The 737 MAX 10 is aimed at the biggest part of the commercial airline market -- single-aisle aircraft for medium-range flights -- and scooped up 326 orders worth nearly $40 billion at list prices as the jet promises even more fuel economy thanks to improvements to aerodynamics and engine performance. "This wide market acceptance endorsed the 737 MAX 10 as the industry's most efficient and profitable single-aisle airplane," Boeing said in a statement.
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| Former Texas Nurse Genene Jones Accused Of Killing Infants, Charged Again Posted: 21 Jun 2017 09:50 PM PDT  Genene Jones is suspected of killing more than a dozen infants in the pediatric intensive care unit at San Antonio's charity hospital where she worked during the early 1980s.
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| Gigantic Stash of Nazi Memorabilia Found in Argentina Posted: 21 Jun 2017 10:19 AM PDT  It didn't just get there by itself.
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| Republican Karen Handel wins Georgia House race, beating back liberal wave Posted: 20 Jun 2017 07:12 PM PDT  Former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in the hotly contested congressional special election in suburban Atlanta Tuesday.
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| U.S. will take weapons from Kurds after Islamic State defeat: Turkey Posted: 22 Jun 2017 03:52 AM PDT  The United States has told Turkey it will take back weapons supplied to the Kurdish YPG militia in northern Syria after the defeat of Islamic State, Ankara said on Thursday, seeking to address Turkish concerns about arming Kurds on its border. Turkish defense ministry sources said U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis also promised his Turkish counterpart to provide a monthly list of weapons handed to the YPG, saying the first inventory had already been sent to Ankara.
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| Vandal Arrested After Memorial For Slain Muslim Teen Is Set On Fire: Cops Posted: 22 Jun 2017 06:09 AM PDT  Nabra Hassanen, 17, was found dead in a pond Sunday.
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| Man invents tsunami sensor, internet obsesses over his dog Posted: 22 Jun 2017 08:47 AM PDT  This pensive dog upstaged his owner and wasn't even aware of it. SEE ALSO: Friendly island doggo followed a street view mapper and photobombed all his shots Inventor Jerry Paros posed for a photograph for an article in the publication Nature about his invention — an ultra precise quartz sensor that could contribute to an early-warning system designed to detect shifts in the sea floor that cause tsunamis. Tsunamis are caused primarily by earthquakes that occur in the seafloor, since rapid shifts in elevation can generate waves that cross oceans in a matter of several hours. In 2011, a massive tsunami hit northern Japan following a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the coast, resulting in the meltdown of nuclear reactors at the Fukashima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The article and the photograph were shared on Nature's Twitter page. Meet the man hoping to transform the way we gather data from the seafloor to detect the next big earthquake: https://t.co/GmICfBMSDR pic.twitter.com/zvRlwpyADX — Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) June 21, 2017 While many found the article interesting, most people were busy obsessing over Paros' photobombing canine companion. Yeah that's interesting and all but can we talk about the DOG ON THE DESK! — Weird Science News (@GCweirdscience) June 22, 2017 the dog looks philosophical. the dog must think about how to save this world from natural disasters. great dog. — SaveSouthKorea (@SaveSouthKorea) June 21, 2017 PLEASE PROVIDE DOG NAME. And, is he a good boy? — Bepps, The (@l_____88_____l) June 21, 2017 Wow look at the picture on the desk! pic.twitter.com/GS8cIHYvRx — Sojiro (@The_clark_Side) June 21, 2017 pic.twitter.com/f37p3lsdUt — Jon (@jonheheman) June 21, 2017 No doubt @Paroscientific #earthquake research important. But am mostly obsessed by doggo looking out the window in the pic #dogsoftwitter https://t.co/i3DJAU6D5F — Amanda Cronkhite (@abcronkhite) June 21, 2017 Please can we talk about this man's dog — Stefan (@StefanRautnbach) June 21, 2017 Ok but interview that dog. — Ashley (@ashcech) June 21, 2017 Not one word in this article about the man's dog. — ♥️ (@LoveRunandPray) June 21, 2017 Dog is studying squirrels behavior and how subtle changes in behavior predict seismic activity. — Luminous Numinous (@LuminousNumino1) June 22, 2017 Twitter has spoken. We need to know more about that doggo. (H/T Twitter Moments) WATCH: This drone will play with your dog
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| Gunmen attack Philippine village near war-torn city: military Posted: 20 Jun 2017 10:09 PM PDT  Hundreds of gunmen attacked troops in a southern Philippine village on Wednesday in a hit-and-run assault that may have been intended to help Islamist militants engaged in a nearby urban war, authorities said. Five civilians who were used as human shields were missing, and soldiers were pursuing the assailants who had quickly retreated, military spokesman Brigadier General Restituto Padilla told reporters in Manila. Padilla said the gunmen attacked a military outpost at daybreak in Pigkawayan, a farming town about 160 kilometres (100 miles) from Marawi city where fighters linked to the Islamic State (IS) group have been battling troops for a month.
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| Conrad Roy III's Mother Sympathizes With Michelle Carter's Family Posted: 22 Jun 2017 03:58 AM PDT  Roy's girlfriend Michelle Carter was convicted Friday after she was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the 2014 suicide of her boyfriend.
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| The Death of the Boeing's 747 Is on the Horizon Posted: 21 Jun 2017 10:19 AM PDT  A Boeing forecast of the airline industry leaves the large four-engine planes like the 747 without a seat at the table.
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| James Blake agrees not to sue NYC in exchange for fellowship Posted: 21 Jun 2017 10:40 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Tennis star James Blake has agreed to drop his right to sue New York after he was mistakenly arrested and tackled by police. In exchange, a legal fellowship will be created in his name that will bolster the work of the city's police watchdog agency.
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| Trump Meets Poroshenko As US Imposes Sanctions On Russia Over Crimea Posted: 21 Jun 2017 12:52 AM PDT  Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko met President Donald Trump at the Oval Office on Tuesday after the Treasury Department imposed sanctions on 38 Russian individuals and organizations over Crimea.
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| Milwaukee mayor urges peaceful protest after ex-cop cleared Posted: 21 Jun 2017 07:06 PM PDT  MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee jury on Wednesday acquitted a former police officer in the on-duty shooting of a black man last year that ignited riots on the city's north side.
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| NATO jet approaches Russian defence minister's plane Posted: 22 Jun 2017 01:36 AM PDT  A NATO military plane on Wednesday approached the plane of Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu above the Baltic Sea, Russian news agencies reported, the third such encounter in three days. A NATO fighter jet tried to approach Shoigu's plane but a Russian escort plane intervened to defend it, Interfax news agency reported, citing journalists accompanying the minister. The escort plane, a Sukhoi SU-27, demonstrated it was armed by rocking its wings, after which the NATO plane flew off, Interfax reported.
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| Pentagon chief blasts N.Korea over US student who died Posted: 21 Jun 2017 01:21 PM PDT  North Korea's treatment of an American student who died after being released from detention in a coma was inhuman and US patience with Pyongyang is running out, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Wednesday. Otto Warmbier, 22, suffered severe brain damage in North Korea and died on Monday following 18 months of captivity in North Korea after he was sentenced to hard labor for stealing a political poster from a hotel. "To see a young man go over there healthy and, (after) a minor act of mischief, come home dead basically... this goes beyond any kind of understanding of law and order, of humanity, of responsibility towards any human being," Mattis said.
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| Former Apple engineer Chris Lattner leaves Tesla just six months after starting Posted: 21 Jun 2017 05:00 PM PDT 
Tesla has always been rather aggressive about poaching talented engineers from Apple. This past January, though, Tesla kicked things up a notch when it hired Chris Lattner to head up the company's Autopilot Software division. Though not a household name, Lattner was a senior Apple engineer who helped spearhead the development of Swift in addition to overseeing Apple's Xcode team. Lattner's departure at the time was viewed as a significant loss for Apple and a huge boon for Tesla.
Not six months later, Lattner's time at Tesla has come to an end for rather murky reasons. In a tweet published yesterday evening, Lattner relayed that Tesla wasn't a good fit for him while adding that he's now open to exploring engineering positions at other companies. https://twitter.com/clattner_llvm/status/877341760812232704 With Lattner now out the door, Tesla has brought on deep learning expert Andrej Karpathy to leave the company's Autopilot efforts, as initially reported by TechCrunch. Tesla has hired deep learning and computer vision expert Andrej Karpathy in a key Autopilot role. Karpathy most recently held a role as a researcher at OpenAI, the artificial intelligence nonprofit backed by Elon Musk. He has an extensive background in AI-related fields, having completed a PhD at Stanford University in computer vision. Karpathy also created one of the original, and most respected, deep learning courses taught at Stanford, and his dissertation work focused on creating a system by which a neural network could identify multiple discrete and specific items within an image, label them using natural language and report to a user.
Notably, Karpathy's LinkedIn profile reveals that he also spent nearly a year as an intern working on Deep Learning projects for DeepMind, the UK-based artificial intelligence company that Google ultimately acquired in 2014.
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| Dashcam video of fatal shooting of Philando Castile released Posted: 21 Jun 2017 08:28 AM PDT  Minnesota authorities released the dashcam video that shows the fatal shooting of Philando Castile. Castile was pulled over for a broken brake light by former officer Jeronimo Yanez. After Castile told the officer that he had a firearm in his possession, the video shows Yanez shouting "don't pull it out" and then he fired seven shots into the car.
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| What You Learn After Driving the R8 Spyder Posted: 22 Jun 2017 09:51 AM PDT  Sometimes, top down is better
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| Appeals court overturns conviction of 'Making a Murderer' inmate Posted: 22 Jun 2017 03:31 PM PDT  A three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled 2-1 to uphold a federal judge's ruling last year that overturned Dassey's conviction for a 2005 murder. Magistrate Judge William Duffin had ruled in August that the conviction was based on a coerced confession that Dassey, now 27, gave as a 16-year-old with a learning disability. Duffin ordered Dassey freed in November, but his release was halted while Wisconsin authorities appealed the decision.
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| ISIS Denies Mosul Mosque Bombing, Blames US Air Strike Posted: 21 Jun 2017 11:36 PM PDT  The U.S. and Iraq said that ISIS blew up the mosque while ISIS said U.S. warplanes were responsible for the Mosul's big loss Wednesday, reports said.
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