| A look back at Trump’s anti-vacation tweets as he readies for 17-day vacation Posted: 04 Aug 2017 06:37 AM PDT  Candidate Trump promised he'd never see his golf courses again if elected. President Trump is preparing for a 17-day vacation at one of his golf courses.
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| Trump Under Fire As He Heads for Vacation in New Jersey Posted: 03 Aug 2017 09:00 PM PDT  Two grand juries involved in Russia investigation, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions declares war on leakers.
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| EU slaps new sanctions on Russia over Crimea turbines Posted: 04 Aug 2017 09:13 AM PDT  The EU expanded its Russia sanctions blacklist Friday, targeting three people including the deputy energy minister and three companies involved in diverting gas turbines sold by German firm Siemens to Russian-annexed Crimea. Under the 28-nation European Union's strict policy of not recognising Crimea's March 2014 annexation from Ukraine, the three individuals will be hit with an asset freeze and a travel ban. The measures come despite the fact that the EU just days ago bitterly criticised the United States over fresh sanctions targeting Russia for election meddling, on the grounds that it could harm European energy firms.
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| NAACP Hopes Advisory Brings Attention To Missouri Law Posted: 04 Aug 2017 12:18 PM PDT  The first of its kind advisory hopes to raise awareness.
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| Crew Springs Into Action After an American Airlines Plane Catches Fire During Takeoff Posted: 03 Aug 2017 09:00 PM PDT  As the plane rushed down the runway at Chicago's O'Hare airport, it left behind a trail of smoke and flames.
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| Married special education teacher 'had sex with teenage pupil in car', say US police Posted: 04 Aug 2017 12:36 AM PDT  Laura Ramos, 31, who has a young child, is standing trial accused of sexual assault but faces new charges after another student reportedly confessed to police the pair had slept together. Ms Ramos, from New Haven, Connecticut, turned herself in to police on Wednesday after the second student came forward. Reports said police believed Ms Ramos had sex with at least four students, although she has only been formally charged in connection with two.
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| Venezuela's currency crumbles at dizzying speed Posted: 03 Aug 2017 07:05 PM PDT  Venezuela's money, the bolivar, is sinking faster and faster under an intensifying political and economic crisis that has left citizens destitute and increasingly desperate. Its depreciation accelerated this week, after a disputed vote electing an all-powerful "Constituent Assembly" filled with allies of President Nicolas Maduro, which the opposition and dozens of countries have called illegitimate. On Thursday alone, the bolivar slumped nearly 15 percent on the black market, to be worth 17,000 to one US dollar.
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| Interior Department watchdog to investigate threat to Alaska senator on healthcare Posted: 05 Aug 2017 10:50 AM PDT  The Interior Department's inspector general said it would investigate a reported threat by the agency's head, Ryan Zinke, against Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski's state of Alaska last week over her opposition to her party's efforts to repeal Obamacare.
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| Schwarzenegger launches state initiative to terminate pollution — with or without Trump Posted: 04 Aug 2017 08:14 AM PDT  Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is scheduled to present his new Digital Environmental Legislative Handbook to legislative leaders during his keynote address at the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators on Friday in Cambridge, Mass.
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| 4-Year-Old And Her Grandfather Drown After He Jumps Into Pool to Save Her Posted: 05 Aug 2017 06:54 AM PDT  They both could not swim.
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| Luggage Of Passengers Sprayed By Sewage Water At Nashville Airport Posted: 03 Aug 2017 11:05 PM PDT  The incident occurred due to a toilet getting clogged at the airport and was reported to have affected 380 passengers of Southwest Airlines.
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| Feds take no action after reviewing police shooting Posted: 04 Aug 2017 01:08 PM PDT  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Federal officials on Friday agreed with a state decision not to prosecute a white Tennessee police officer who fatally shot a black man after a traffic stop.
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| The 2017 Total Solar Eclipse: What Time Can You See It? Posted: 04 Aug 2017 07:16 AM PDT  Here's what you need to know
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| Nissan workers reject union bid at Mississippi plant Posted: 05 Aug 2017 01:12 AM PDT  Nissan has defeated a bid by the United Auto Workers to unionize employees at a factory in the US Deep South, ending a bitter contest that critics said laid bare a racial divide in the company. Some 60 percent of the approximately 3,500 workers in the Mississippi factory rejected the union in the vote that ended Friday, according to results released by the National Labor Relations Board, with pro-union employees vowing to continue their fight. In a statement following the tally's release the company said it believes the outcome "positions Nissan to be competitive in the future" and urged the United Auto Workers union to end its bid to organize employees.
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| The Latest: Venezuela's Maduro lauds security forces Posted: 04 Aug 2017 04:28 PM PDT  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Latest on Venezuela's political crisis over installation of a special assembly to rewrite the constitution (all times local):
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| Sessions vows to crack down on leakers — and sends a warning to reporters Posted: 04 Aug 2017 10:57 AM PDT  Attorney General Jeff Sessions vowed to crack down on what he called a "staggering" number of leaks of classified information since the Trump took office.
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| United Nations Security Council unanimously approves sanctions on North Korea to ban $1bn of exports Posted: 05 Aug 2017 12:41 PM PDT  The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved new sanctions on North Korea on Saturday which include banning exports worth over $1billion. The move to reduce its export revenue by a third is in response to Pyongyang's two intercontinental ballistic missile tests last month. The resolution adopted Saturday afternoon will also ban countries from giving any additional permits to North Korean laborers - another source of money for Kim Jong Un's regime. The US drafted measure, negotiated with North Korea's neighbor and ally China, is aimed at increasing economic pressure on Pyongyang to return to negotiations on its nuclear and missile programs. It follows North Korea's first successful tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States. The resolution bans North Korea from exporting coal, iron, lead and seafood products estimated to be worth over $1billion. This represents one-third of its total exports last year, estimated at $3 billion. The United States "is taking and will continue to take prudent defensive measures to protect ourselves and our allies" from the threat posed by North Korea, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said yesterday evening. "The North Korean threat ... is rapidly growing more dangerous," she told the UN Security Council after the 15-member body unanimously voted to impose new sanctions. "Further action is required," she added. The resolution also adds nine individuals and four entities to the UN blacklist, including North Korea's primary foreign exchange bank, subjecting them to a global asset freeze and travel ban. The sweeping measures are the first of that scope to be imposed on North Korea since US President Donald Trump took office and highlighted China's willingness to punish its ally. The United States entered into negotiations with China a month ago on the new resolution after North Korea launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile on July 4 which was followed by a second test on July 28. But the measure does not provide for cuts to oil deliveries to North Korea as initially proposed by the United States - a move that would have dealt a serious blow to the economy. The new raft of measures are the seventh set of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea since it first carried out a nuclear test in 2006, but these have failed to compel Pyongyang to change its behaviour. The United States has put heavy pressure on China, which accounts for 90 percent of trade with North Korea, to enforce the sanctions and the fate of these measures largely hinges on Beijing's cooperation. China and Russia had resisted the US push for sanctions, arguing that dialogue with North Korea was the way to persuade Pyongyang to halt its military programs.
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| Immigrants denied credit by Wells Fargo may sue bank, judge says Posted: 05 Aug 2017 03:48 PM PDT  Young immigrants denied credit by Wells Fargo Bank because they are not permanent U.S. residents can sue the bank under a post-Civil War law barring discrimination on the basis of immigration status, a federal judge ruled.
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| Man Gets Viciously Mauled By Bear After He Provokes It Posted: 04 Aug 2017 01:48 AM PDT  A viral video doing the rounds on social media showed the terrifying moment when a person in Thailand was viciously mauled by an Asian black bear after he teased it with food.
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| Fires still burning after CSX train derailment in Pennsylvania Posted: 04 Aug 2017 08:42 AM PDT  Officials said hazardous substance experts also continued working with firefighters at the scene to contain leaks and minimize environmental damage. There was no word from federal transportation regulators, the company, or Pennsylvania State Police on the cause of the derailment in Hyndman, about 100 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. CSX initially said one rail car containing liquefied petroleum gas and one car containing molten sulfur leaked and were on fire.
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| Target's Halloween Decor Will Make You Wish It Was Already October Posted: 05 Aug 2017 10:27 AM PDT |
| WannaCry hero Marcus Hutchins could face 40 years in US prison Posted: 04 Aug 2017 10:57 AM PDT  The young computer expert who stopped the WannaCry global cyber attack could face decades in a US prison following accusations that he helped create and sell a malicious software that targeted bank accounts. Marcus Hutchins, who saved the NHS from cyber criminals, could face a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison in the US if he is found guilty of the charges. Hutchins, who was at a hacking conference in Las Vegas when he was arrested by the FBI, faces six counts of helping to create, spread and maintain the banking Trojan Kronos between 2014 and 2015. According to the US Department of Justice indictment, the alleged offences took place between July 2014 and July 2015. Hutchins was jointly charged with another individual who was not named. The indictment alleged that Hutchins "created the Kronos malware" and the other person later sold it for $2,000 (£1,500) online. "The maximum statutory sentence he could face is decades, roughly 40 years," said Tor Ekeland, a US lawyer who specialises in defending alleged cyber criminals. "Would he get that? I doubt it, it would be a bizarre outcome. Is it possible? It sure is." Hutchins is due to appear in court later on Friday, when he could plead guilty or not guilty. If he pleads guilty he could be sentenced to a short prison sentence or supervised release. If he pleads not guilty, he will be moved to Wisconsin, where the charges have been brought, to face trial, which could start any time between three months and three years, Ekeland said. "The main thing to do now is enter a not guilty plea as soon as you can, get him out on bail, and then you've got some breathing room," said Ekeland. But he added it is "highly likely" Hutchins will be refused bail, because he is a foreign national in the US and could be deemed a flight risk. Ekeland described the allegations against Hutchins as "very thin". "There's not a single allegation that he made any money or anybody came to any harm from it," he said. "The indictment is very thin. It's legally bizarre and there's little detail." Hutchins was arrested at an airport in Las Vegas on Wednesday shortly before he was due to fly back to the UK. Priority boarding so you can add to the time you're sat on a plane that is nowhere near ready to fly ��— MalwareTech (@MalwareTechBlog) 2 August 2017 The Kronos malware was spread through emails with malicious attachments and allowed users steal money using credentials such as internet banking passwords. It was allegedly sold on the dark web marketplace AlphaBay, which the US Government shut down at the end of July. The allegations are unrelated to the WannaCry attack he was credited with halting, according to a US official. The security expert, from Devon, was hailed a hero in May when he discovered a "kill switch" for the WannaCry ransomware, which spread to hundreds of thousands of computers across 150 countries. Among the victims were dozens of NHS Trusts, which were forced to delay operations and turn people away. About | WannaCry Hutchins, who stopped the attack from his bedroom under the pseudonym MalwareTech, has reportedly helped GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre since the incident. A a source said the organisation collaborated with many private individuals and was "very much embedded in the community," of which Hutchins is a part. On his arrest, an NCSC spokesman said: "We are aware of the situation. This is a law enforcement matter and it would be inappropriate to comment further." Janet Hutchins, his mother, told the Telegraph she was trying to find out exactly what had happened to her son but said she had not yet managed to get anything confirmed. "I think I'm going to be rather busy tonight," she added. Cyber attack 'hero': I was just 'doing my bit' 00:59 A security expert who was staying with Hutchins at the DefCon hacking conference in Nevada said he had been arrested at Las Vagas's McCarran International Airport on Wednesday afternoon. The friend, who also works in the cyber security industry, said: "He was detained at McCarran airport yesterday. He checked into his flight and I think he was sitting in the Virgin upper class lounge. "He was escorted out of the airport and never made his flight." Around 20 hours after he went missing, Hutchins' parents told the friend he had been arrested. After his arrest, Hutchins was taken to Henderson Detention Center in Nevada before being moved to the Las Vegas FBI field office. "I had been trying to get in contact with him for the past 20 hours," the friend told the Telegraph. "I finally located him this morning but they moved him before visiting hours. Now he's in the wind again." A spokesman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: "We are in touch with local authorities in Las Vegas following reports of a British man being arrested." The UK's National Crime Agency said: "We are aware a UK national has been arrested but it's a matter for the authorities in the US." I can confirm @MalwareTechBlog was detained yesterday and FBI/US Marshalls won't tell me where he is. https://t.co/lV5SxZjsRi— Andrew Mabbitt (@MabbsSec) August 3, 2017 Hutchins stopped the spread of the WannaCry ransomware when he accidentally discovered a "kill switch". Working on his own from his small bedroom in his parent's home, Hutchins has been lauded for his computer skills in the wake of the attack. The WannaCry attack spread to more than 230,000 computers in scores of countries, affecting major organisations including the NHS, Renault and O2. Using a vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows operating system discovered by US security agencies, WannaCry locked victims' computers and demanded a $300 ransom. Hutchins found a way to stop the virus from rapidly spreading. He was given a $10,000 (£7,600) reward for the effort, which he donated to charity. The ethical hacker, who is largely self-taught and did not go to university, was in the US for the world's largest annual conventions for security experts, BlackHat and DefCon. His arrest comes as more than £100,000 of digital currency bitcoin that was paid by victims of the WannaCry attack was withdrawn from the hackers' online wallets. There is no indication that the two events are connected. Victims were asked to pay around £230 in Bitcoins to get back control of their systems and monitoring websites showed the wallets holding the payments had been emptied on Thursday. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack but experts have connected it to Lazarus, a group also linked to the 2014 Sony Pictures hack. Experts warned the incident will send a "really bad message" to the cyber security community. "There are major implications for cyber security," said Ekeland, the US lawyer. "By doing this they've made the internet less safe because nobody in their right mind is likely to help the US Government stop attacks now. "They've sent a really bad message that even if you help the US Government stop a worldwide major malware attack and save people millions of dollars and potentially saved lives, you could be arrested because someone you supposedly associated with supposedly sold malware for $2,000." Ekeland added that creating and distributing malicious software is different to using it to commit crimes. "They're messing with a multi-billion dollar market," he said. "If I was a certain type of software manufacturer, I would be very concerned about my work right now. I don't understand why this type of software isn't legal." WannaCry ransomware map - locations of infection
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| Venezuela constitutional assembly removes chief prosecutor Posted: 05 Aug 2017 05:18 PM PDT  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A newly installed constitutional assembly ousted Venezuela's defiant chief prosecutor Saturday, a sign that President Nicolas Maduro's embattled government intends to move swiftly against critics and consolidate power amid a fast-moving political crisis.
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| Army Identifies Two Paratroopers Who Were Killed In Afghanistan Suicide Bomb Posted: 04 Aug 2017 05:49 AM PDT  Sgt. Jonathon Hunter, 23, of Columbus, Ind., and Spc. Christopher Harris, 25, of Jackson Springs, N.C. were killed near Kandahar.
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| Senators head home, and block Trump recess appointments Posted: 03 Aug 2017 07:24 PM PDT  The US Senate adjourned Thursday leaving Donald Trump deprived of any major legislative victory heading into summer break, as lawmakers also blocked the president from making so-called recess appointments during the rest period. The move, by unanimous consent of the 100 senators, serves as a check on Trump as he mulls firing his Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Trump has considered replacing his embattled top law enforcement official amid broadening investigations into allegations that his aides coordinated with Russia to tilt last year's election in his favor.
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| Beer Styles Explained, From IPA To Pilsner And Beyond Posted: 04 Aug 2017 03:01 AM PDT  You'd better know what you're looking for before walking into the beer section of a liquor store or sidle up to a bar.
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| Magnitude 5.8 quake hits Philippines: USGS Posted: 04 Aug 2017 05:56 PM PDT ![Magnitude 5.8 quake hits Philippines: USGS]( "Magnitude 5.8 quake hits Philippines: USGS") (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck south Mindanao island in the Philippines on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake's epicenter was 21 miles (34 km) east of the city of General Santos, which has a population of almost 600,000. The USGS said the quake was 46.2 miles (74 km) deep but European quake agency EMSC put it at only 6.2 miles (10 km) deep, which would increase its impact. The temblor, initially reported as a magnitude 6.0, struck at 8:30 a.m. (0030 GMT), the USGS said. A magnitude 5. ...
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| 2017 Tesla Model 3: Everything We Know Posted: 04 Aug 2017 08:34 AM PDT  Attempting to bring the EV to the masses.
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| 3 people shot at San Francisco park packed with families Posted: 03 Aug 2017 07:36 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — At least one gunman opened fire Thursday at a popular San Francisco park packed with families and tourists, leaving three people wounded and sending dozens of panicked people running for cover, witnesses and police said.
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| Pole detained over abduction of British model in Italy Posted: 05 Aug 2017 08:40 AM PDT  A British model was drugged and abducted for a week in Italy last month by a British-based Pole who allegedly tried to auction her off as a sex slave on the dark web, Italian police said Saturday. The unidentified 20-year-old was injected in the arm with the tranquiliser ketamine after going to what was a fake photo shoot at a venue near Milan's central station on July 11. Lukasz Pawel Herba, 30, has been charged with orchestrating the kidnapping and given a version of events which the prosecutor in charge of the case described as barely credible.
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| Iran vows 'unified' response to breach of nuclear deal Posted: 05 Aug 2017 09:36 AM PDT ![Iran vows 'unified' response to breach of nuclear deal]( "Iran vows 'unified' response to breach of nuclear deal") TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said that his administration and country will show a "unified" response to a breach of the 2015 landmark nuclear deal with world powers.
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| U.S. poll data expert working for Kenya opposition arrested Posted: 05 Aug 2017 06:17 AM PDT  By Maggie Fick NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police arrested an American election data expert working with opposition leader Raila Odinga's National Super Alliance (NASA) ahead of Aug. 8 polls, an opposition senator and the U.S. embassy said on Saturday. Senator James Orengo said John Aristotle Phillips, chief executive of political technology and data provider Aristotle Inc., was detained late on Friday along with a Canadian national, whom he did not name. "The police invaded their apartment," Orengo told a news conference, adding that the pair were manhandled and thrown into the back of a vehicle.
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| Immigration enforcement agents banned from labor offices in California amid fears for migrants trying to recoup wages Posted: 04 Aug 2017 04:02 PM PDT  Immigration enforcement agents have been banned from labor offices amid fears undocumented migrants are being put off pursuing wages owed to them. Multiple reported cases of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents appearing at immigrants' hearings prompted California Labor Commissioner Julie Su to release a memo to employees instructing them to refuse immigration agents entry to labor commission offices or to provide information on the location of workers.
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| Inspiring Quotes From Barack Obama To Celebrate His 56th Birthday Posted: 04 Aug 2017 04:39 AM PDT  It is former President Barack Obama's 56th birthday Friday and here are some of the inspiring quotes from him.
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| This Double Reese's Cheesecake Will Destroy You Posted: 04 Aug 2017 04:44 PM PDT  All willpower lost.
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| Correction: Building Collapse-Minneapolis story Posted: 04 Aug 2017 10:39 AM PDT  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In a story Aug. 2 about an explosion that killed two people at a Minneapolis school, The Associated Press, relying on information from a relative, erroneously reported that victim John Carlson was 81. The medical examiner said he was 82.
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| Hezbollah chief says ready to battle IS on Lebanon-Syria border Posted: 04 Aug 2017 01:01 PM PDT  Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Friday he was ready to launch an offensive against the Islamic State group on the Lebanon-Syria border, days after forcing Al-Qaeda's former Syrian branch from the area. In a televised speech broadcast on Hezbollah's Al-Manar television channel, Nasrallah also demanded news within days about the fate of nine Lebanese soldiers kidnapped by IS in 2014. Nasrallah said "eliminating" IS from the mountainous area known as Jurud along the Lebanon-Syria border "is in the interests of both Lebanon and Syria".
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| Minnesota man accused of using forced labor in restaurant Posted: 04 Aug 2017 05:09 PM PDT ![Minnesota man accused of using forced labor in restaurant]( "Minnesota man accused of using forced labor in restaurant") ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota restaurant owner brought a teenager to America on the promise of education and instead forced him to work long hours for low wages and perform sex acts, a criminal complaint alleges.
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| U.S. court tosses murder conviction of ex-Blackwater guard Posted: 04 Aug 2017 03:10 PM PDT  A federal appeals court on Friday threw out the murder conviction of an ex-Blackwater security guard and ordered three of his former colleagues to be re-sentenced in the high-profile prosecution stemming from the massacre of 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians at a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007.
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| Grand jury issues subpoenas in connection with Trump Jr., Russian lawyer meeting: sources Posted: 03 Aug 2017 10:10 PM PDT ![Grand jury issues subpoenas in connection with Trump Jr., Russian lawyer meeting: sources]( "Grand jury issues subpoenas in connection with Trump Jr., Russian lawyer meeting: sources") By Karen Freifeld and John Walcott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A grand jury has issued subpoenas in connection with a June 2016 meeting that included President Donald Trump's son, his son-in-law and a Russian lawyer, two sources told Reuters on Thursday, signalling an investigation is gathering pace into suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. The sources added that U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller had convened the grand jury investigation in Washington to help examine allegations of Russian interference in the vote. One of the sources said it was assembled in recent weeks.
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| Doing the Math on Tesla's Solar Roof (Again) Posted: 04 Aug 2017 05:54 PM PDT  Now that Tesla has announced detailed pricing for its Solar Roof, which the company started rolling out in August, potential customers can get an estimate on an installation using the company's o...
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