| Trump must release his tax returns or be barred from state’s 2020 election ballot, Illinois senate votes Posted: 12 Apr 2019 04:01 AM PDT  Donald Trump will have to release five years of tax returns if he wants appear on the Illinois 2020 presidential ballot, the state's senate has ruled. The bill, which still requires approval by the Prairie State's House of Representatives, comes amid a growing row in Washington over Mr Trump's unprecedented refusal to make publicly available his income tax returns. The US Treasury ignored a congressional deadline to release the documents earlier this week. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin claimed the request by the House ways and means committee was "politically motivated". Mr Trump himself has claimed that he cannot release his tax returns because they are under audit, although technically there is nothing preventing him from doing so. In Illinois, the bill would need to be signed into law by Democratic governor Jay Robert Pritzjer, if it passes through the House which is also controlled by Mr Trump's political rivals. Mr Pritzjer is yet to take a public stance on the issue. Tony Munoz, the state senator who sponsored the bill said: "If you want to run for vice president or president of the United States, hey, what's wrong with providing your tax returns for the past five years?" The veteran Democrat added: "If you've got nothing to hide, you shouldn't worry about anything. That's how I see it."But the move drew complaints from Republicans in the senate. "This is, quite frankly, with all due respect to the sponsor, an embarrassing waste of the senate's time," said Dale Righter. "This is being pushed by a far-leftist organisation from the city of Chicago that wants to be able to get up and chirp about the president of the United States."Ilinois is not the only state where legislation to codify standard practices surrounding tax disclosures for presidential candidates is being advanced. The Washington state senate last month approved legislation that would legally require all presidential candidates to release the last five years of their personal tax returns in order to have their names featured on both primary and general voting ballots.New Jersey has also advanced a similar bill to the state's general assembly that would force candidates to disclose their recent tax returns.
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| US cop's son arrested in arson of three black churches Posted: 11 Apr 2019 02:25 PM PDT  The white son of a Louisiana police officer has been arrested and accused of burning down historically black churches in the southern US state, authorities announced Thursday. Holden Matthews is charged with three counts of arson on a religious building for allegedly burning down three rural churches over a 10-day period beginning in late March. Authorities said they were not ready to discuss the motive for the attacks, but a federal hate crimes investigation was ongoing.
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| GM to reveal next-generation Corvette in July Posted: 12 Apr 2019 12:20 PM PDT  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — It's just the thing to make the hearts of Corvette fans race: A new rendition of the classic sports car is coming.
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| Tripoli forces take prisoners as EU demands Libya's Haftar to stop offensive Posted: 11 Apr 2019 01:06 PM PDT  The fighting between Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) and troops under the internationally-backed Tripoli government has killed at least 56 people and forced 8,000 to flee their homes in the city in the last week, the United Nations said. A Reuters reporter heard occasional heavy gunfire and explosions as the LNA faced off with forces of Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj's government around a disused former international airport and the Ain Zara district. After sweeping up from the south, the LNA became bogged down in Tripoli's southern suburbs 11 km (7 miles) from the city center.
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| Ocasio-Cortez condemns college Republicans' email calling her a domestic terrorist Posted: 10 Apr 2019 06:15 PM PDT  New York congresswoman says 'uncalled for' rhetoric puts her and colleagues in dangerAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez said comments like those in the email routinely led to a 'spike in death threats'. Photograph: Carlos Barría/ReutersA fundraising email sent by a college Republican group branding the US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a "domestic terrorist" drew a sharp rebuke from the congresswoman, who warned that similar rhetorical attacks had in the past resulted in a spike in death threats against her.An email sent on Tuesday by Tom Ferrall, chairman of the Ohio Federation of College Republicans, bore the subject line "AOC is a domestic terrorist" and asked recipients to donate to his group. Dave Levinthal, an editor at the Center for Public Integrity, on Wednesday afternoon shared a screenshot of the email on Twitter."My fellow students often tell me that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a 'role model' and that America should be more like socialist Europe," the email, which appeared not to use the word "terrorist" elsewhere, read in part. It told recipients: "We need your help to stop the brainwashing!"The email fit the template for fundraising emails by similar groups."This puts me in danger every time," tweeted Ocasio-Cortez, the 29-year-old freshman congresswoman whose outspoken progressive views, youth, nimble social media presence and all-around star power yet perhaps do not explain the extent to which she has become a bugbear for the right."Almost every time this uncalled for rhetoric gets blasted by conserv. grps," she tweeted, "we get a spike in death threats to refer to Capitol Police."> This puts me in danger every time. > > Almost every time this uncalled for rhetoric gets blasted by conserv. grps, we get a spike in death threats to refer to Capitol Police. > > Multiple ppl have been arrested trying to harm me, Ilhan, & others.@GOP, what's it going to take to stop? https://t.co/vpous77RbT> > — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 10, 2019After Ocasio-Cortez tweeted about it, the Ohio Federation of College Republicans distanced itself from the email, calling it "unauthorized" without explaining what that meant. "We apologize to Congresswoman Ocascio-Cortez [sic] for the use of unacceptable language in this email, and we do not approve of the message conveyed," the group said.Ferrall, whose name was on the email's signature line, told the Guardian in an email that his group would have no comment beyond the statement. Capitol Police told the Guardian in a statement it could not discuss how it carries out is protective responsibilities for Congress.Ocasio-Cortez's congressional district in Queens, New York, is 400 miles from the Ohio border. The bellwether state voted for Donald Trump by eight points over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.
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| Warren Pushes New Corporate Tax on Profits Above $100 Million Posted: 11 Apr 2019 01:25 PM PDT  There would be "no loopholes or exemptions" for the so-called Real Corporate Profits Tax, Warren said. It would be paid on top of what corporations owe under U.S. tax law and apply to profits earned domestically and abroad, preventing companies from shifting profits offshore to avoid the tax. The Massachusetts senator's plan is part of her initiative to claim the mantle of progressive policy visionary in the large and diverse primary field, and to put meat on the bones of her populist message that corporations and financial elites are rigging the rules at the expense of ordinary Americans.
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| Hillary Clinton says WikiLeaks' Julian Assange must 'answer' after London arrest Posted: 12 Apr 2019 11:03 AM PDT  "I do think it's a little ironic that (Assange) may be the only foreigner that this administration would welcome to the United States," Clinton said.
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| Trump Officials Considered Transporting Migrants to 'Sanctuary Cities' as Political Retribution, Report Says Posted: 11 Apr 2019 10:56 PM PDT  Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco district was reportedly discussed as migrant release location
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| US lawyer Avenatti indicted on theft, fraud, other charges Posted: 11 Apr 2019 10:47 AM PDT  Michael Avenatti, the flamboyant lawyer who represented porn star Stormy Daniels in her legal battle with US President Donald Trump, has been indicted on charges of theft, fraud and tax evasion, authorities said Thursday. Prosecutors say Avenatti stole millions of dollars from his own clients and kept millions of dollars in employment taxes that his coffee company should have paid to the Internal Revenue Service. The 36-count indictment by a federal grand jury exposes Avenatti to up to 333 years behind bars if convicted, Nick Hanna, US Attorney for the Central District of California, said.
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| Tesla to stop selling $35,000 Model 3 online Posted: 12 Apr 2019 01:03 PM PDT  Tesla has pulled the plug on Internet sales of its cheapest Model 3 sedan in the latest shift to the company's retail strategy. "Model 3 Standard will now be a software-limited version of the Standard Plus, and we are taking it off the online ordering menu, which just means that to get it, customers will need to call us or visit any one of the several hundred Tesla stores," Tesla said in a blog post on Thursday night. The announcement reverses Tesla's announcement on February 28 that the $35,000 model could only be purchased online. At the time, Tesla also announced plans to close many of its retail stores, but later retreated on that plan.
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| North Korea shakes up leadership amid diplomacy, economic efforts: KCNA Posted: 11 Apr 2019 04:04 PM PDT  Choe Ryong Hae was named President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea at a session of its rubber-stamp legislature that took place on Thursday, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said, replacing Kim Yong Nam. The person holding that position is technically considered North Korea's head of state and usually represents the country at diplomatic events, though experts say real power remains concentrated in leader Kim Jong Un's hands. Since early 2018 Kim has embarked on a push for economic development and international engagement, including historic summits with the leaders of the United States, China, and South Korea.
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| Why didn’t scientists photograph the black hole at the center of the Milky Way? Posted: 11 Apr 2019 06:03 PM PDT  After years of work and a whole lot of hype, researchers working with the Event Horizon Telescope project finally unveiled the very first image ever captured of an actual black hole this week. The relatively low-res image was nonetheless fantastic, and the fact that scientists were able to capture an image of the black hole from a distance of approximately 55 million light-years away is absolutely mind-boggling.But wait, we live in the Milky Way galaxy, and at the center of it is what scientist believe is a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*. Our galaxy is only around 150,000 to 200,000 light years across, so wouldn't it have been a whole lot easier to just photograph our own black hole instead?That's a question I've seen a few times on social media since the first black hole photo began circulating, and it's a good one. It would make sense to capture a photo of the closest black hole to Earth, especially if we want to see it in great detail. Unfortunately, Earth -- and the vast majority of the planets in the galaxy -- just aren't in the right position to see our galaxy's black hole with optical technology.The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy with long arms filled with hundreds of billions of stars, and it's arranged like a flat disc. If you were to look at the entire galaxy from its face, you'd quickly see our dilemma:The dot labeled "Sun" is where our solar system resides in the galaxy, riding the edge of one of the Milky Way's long, curved arms. From out vantage point, gazing in the direction of the center of the galaxy looks something like this:Trying to see our galaxy's own black hole is like trying to see the center of a vast forest while standing along its fringe. There's just too much stuff in the way, including stars, planets, gas, and dust. To have any hope of seeing our own black hole we'd have to send a spacecraft tens, or even hundreds of thousands of light years away, allowing it view the Milky Way from its face rather than its side, at least when talking about the optical spectrum.Radio telescopes are capable of cutting through a lot of the cloudy debris and light that obscures our view. An array of such telescopes, spread across the globe, is exactly what the Event Horizon Telescope is, making it possible to glimpse Sagittarius A*, but first the black hole needs to cooperate.The Milky Way's black hole is significantly more difficult to capture in images due to how much its signal changes, and how rapidly those changes occur. Researchers with the EHT project still hope to capture a suitable image of Sagittarius A*, but they're not quite there yet.So, the EHT team did the next best thing. M87, the supermassive black hole at the center of galaxy Messier 87, proved to be the perfect first candidate for observation due to its enormous size and consistency. It still took many years and required the collection of an incredible wealth of data, but we finally have our first-ever image of a real black hole.
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| Dimon Defends JPMorgan’s Minimum Wage, Pointing to Low Pay Elsewhere Posted: 12 Apr 2019 07:05 AM PDT  The chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., the largest U.S. bank, pushed back on questions in a call with journalists, asking reporters from the New York Times and CNBC how much their publications pay entry-level workers and saying the banking industry likely pays more than the U.S. government. Representative Katie Porter, a first-term Democrat from California, asked Dimon at a hearing on Wednesday about a minimum-wage employee at JPMorgan who couldn't cover her monthly expenses. Minimum wages at major companies have been under the spotlight, as Jeff Bezos this week called on retailers to match or beat Amazon.com Inc.'s pledge to boost pay to at least $15 an hour.
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| Large dog in plane’s cockpit likely caused fatal crash, NTSB says Posted: 11 Apr 2019 08:49 AM PDT  The NTSB concluded that the cause of a June 2017 accident at Monticello Regional Airport in Iowa was the result of the pilot having a large dog as a passenger in the cockpit.
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| Suspect accused of burning black churches 'didn't seem right,' and used racial slurs Posted: 11 Apr 2019 05:55 PM PDT  St. Landry Parish neighbors react to arrest made Wednesday of 21-year-old neighbor in church fires.
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| Warren on Amazon's $0 tax bill: Yes, it's legal, and that's the problem Posted: 11 Apr 2019 02:21 PM PDT  The Massachusetts senator has a plan to make the online retailer pay federal income taxes.
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| Leaker Chelsea Manning stuck in jail after Assange arrest Posted: 12 Apr 2019 10:53 AM PDT  Nine years ago, a 23-year-old US army specialist, deeply troubled by the US war in Iraq and by her own gender identity, rocked the US government by leaking disturbing classified military records to WikiLeaks. Chelsea Manning spent years in prison for her crime before her sentence was commuted -- but on Friday was again sitting in jail for what her supporters say is an ongoing punitive political vendetta. Last month, she refused to testify in a secret grand jury investigation of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was arrested in London on Thursday on a US indictment linked to their cooperation in 2010 on the leak of secret US records of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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| The "$35,000" Tesla Model 3 Is No More, and It Seems That It Never Was Posted: 12 Apr 2019 07:08 AM PDT  Tesla already raised the price on the Standard Range car, which is now available only by special order, and all signs point to the company never having delivered a single car with a cloth interior.
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| Cain's Fed chances in peril as fourth Republican opposes Trump pick Posted: 11 Apr 2019 03:46 PM PDT  "If I had to vote today, I would vote no," Senator Kevin Cramer said in a statement. If all of the Senate's Democrats and the two independents aligned with them were to vote against Cain, he would fall short of the majority support he needs. Cain could not be reached for comment.
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| Trump Nominee Stephen Moore Says He’ll Challenge Fed’s ‘Growth Phobiacs’ Posted: 11 Apr 2019 06:07 AM PDT  "I'm going to come with the idea -- challenge one fundamental idea that I think is endemic at the Fed, which I think is completely wrong, which is that growth causes inflation. Growth does not cause inflation," he said in an interview on Bloomberg Television on Thursday.
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| 7 Best Financial Funds to Buy and Hold Posted: 12 Apr 2019 12:08 PM PDT ![7 Best Financial Funds to Buy and Hold]( "7 Best Financial Funds to Buy and Hold") Financial companies provide unique benefits to investors.
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| PM rival Gantz congratulates Netanyahu after final results Posted: 12 Apr 2019 06:28 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — Benny Gantz, head of the centrist Blue and White party who had challenged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, called to congratulate him Friday after Israel's final election results showed the prime minister poised to win a fifth term.
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| Southwest flight attendant walks plane aisle with baby to give tired mother a break Posted: 12 Apr 2019 12:43 PM PDT  A Southwest Airlines flight attendant is being lauded online over her kind deed for a weary traveler.
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| Sudan protesters defy curfew after army topples president Omar al-Bashir Posted: 11 Apr 2019 09:40 PM PDT  Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir was deposed by the country's military on Thursday, but protesters against his iron-fisted rule defied a night-time curfew to rally against the military "coup". In a televised address, Sudan's defence minister said the military would rule the country directly for a two year transition period before fresh elections. General Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibnouf, who is also a vice president and was seen as an ally of Mr Bashir, said the long-serving dictator was in a "safe place." "I announce as minister of defence the toppling of the regime and detaining its chief in a secure place," Gen Ibnouf said. He declared a three-month state of emergency and imposed a one-month 10 pm curfew. He said airspace would be closed for 24 hours and border crossings sealed until further notice. Mr Bashir is a former solider who ran a brutal dictatorship after coming to power in an Islamist-backed coup in 1989. He is a pariah in many countries and is also wanted by the international war crimes tribunal for atrocities in Darfur. Crowds are carrying a giant flag of Sudan as they march towards the military headquarters in Khartoum. The military is expected to make a statement following reports of President Omar al-Bashir's resignation pic.twitter.com/draKmgfS8C— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) April 11, 2019 His overthrow follows four months of nationwide protests against his 30-year rule, and there were scenes of jubilation in Khartoum on Thursday morning as rumours spread that he had been deposed. But Gen Ibnouf's early afternoon announcement was greeted with unease by the opposition movement that has brought tens of thousands of protesters onto the streets in recent weeks. Although demonstrators had called on the army to intervene against the president, the defence minister is deeply unpopular among the opposition and widely seen as a Bashir ally. Hundreds of Sudanese protesters maintained their sit-in outside army headquarters in Khartoum for the fifth day in a row Credit: Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Several protesters on the streets of Khartoum told The Telegraph ahead of the announcement they would not accept him as a replacement for Bashir. Minutes before the announcement, Alaa Salah, the 22 year old woman who has become an icon of the protests, tweeted: "We are waiting for a statement by the army. We will only accept a transitional civilian government composed of the forces of the Declaration of Freedom and Change. No other plan will be acceptable." She later added: "The people do not want a transitional military council. Change will not happen with Bashir's entire regime hoodwinking Sudanese civilians through a military coup. We want a civilian council to head the transition." Thousands of protesters staged a sit-in for the sixth night running outside Khartoum army headquarters as the military council's curfew began. The army had earlier warned protesters not to defy the curfew. Well after nightfall, tens of thousands beat drums, sang and chanted slogans against the armed forces and Ibn Ouf. "The first one fell, the second will, too!" protesters shouted. And: "They removed a thief and brought in a thief!" Washington said Khartoum should "exercise restraint and to allow space for civilian participation within the government". "The Sudanese people should determine who leads them and their future and the Sudanese people have been clear and are demanding a civilian-led transition," State Department spokesman Robert Palladino told reporters. The European Union urged the army to carry out a "swift" handover to civilian rule. The Sudanese Professionals Association, the umbrella group of trade unions that has coordinated the protest movement, had earlier warned that it would not accept an internal military coup. The people do not want a transitional military council. Change will not happen with Bashir's entire regime hoodwinking Sudanese civilians through a military coup. We want a civilian council to head the transition. Sudan— Alaa Salah (@iAlaaSalah) April 11, 2019 They issued a statement vowing to remain in the streets until the "regime steps down completely and power is handed to a civilian transitional government." Demonstrations against Mr Bashir's rule initially broke out in the northeastern town of Atabara after the price of bread tripled in December. Protests quickly spread to other cities and morphed from an outpouring of indignation at economic conditions into demands for Mr Bashir to step down. The regime responded with a brutal crackdown, using tear gas, rubber bullets, and live rounds to break up demonstrations and arrested ringleaders and even doctors who treated injured protesters. The movement culminated in massive protests in the capital, beginning on April 6, when opposition leaders called a "one million person" march towards the army's headquarters to mark the anniversary of the bloodless coup that overthrew Gaafar Nimeriy, another president who faced mass discontent. In conscious emulation of 1985, the SPA called for a sit-in outside army headquarters to call on the military to protect the demonstrators. Sudan uprising, in pictures The first sign of a rupture within the regime came when soldiers inside the compound intervened to prevent security personnel from the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) clearing the demonstration on Monday and Tuesday. Several people were killed in the clashes, which prompted fears of a wider conflict between the multiplicity of armed forces, security agencies, and militia groups Mr Bashir set up to challenge one another and consolidate his rule. Thousands sang and danced on Thursday morning when the army said on state media it would be making an important announcement, in what many took as a sign the revolution had succeeded. Later in the morning, several officials pre-empted the military and told the media that Mr Bashir had been arrested. As the morning wore on, officials said that all political prisoners would be released, but it was not clear when. Meanwhile, troops were deployed at key points around the capital and soldiers were seen entered the headquarters of Mr Bashir's Islamic Movement, the main component of the ruling National Congress Party. Some protesters surrounded and entered houses belonging to prominent Bashir allies in Khartoum, and there were unconfirmed reports of crowds storming buildings belonging to NISS. The Alliance for Freedom and Change, which has been involved in supporting the protests, urged the people "not to attack" government and private properties as they awaited the army's announcement. "We are calling on our people to control themselves and not to attack anybody or government and private properties," the Alliance for Freedom and Change said in a statement. "Anyone found doing this will be punished by law. Our revolution is peaceful."
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| Suspect charged in murder of man shot while in the shower in SW Houston Posted: 12 Apr 2019 05:38 AM PDT  Police said the victim crawled out of his southwest Houston apartment and into the parking lot after he was shot in the shower.
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| Disney CEO Bob Iger: 'Hitler would have loved social media' Posted: 11 Apr 2019 08:43 AM PDT  Accepting an award for his humanitarian work Wednesday, Disney CEO Bob Iger attacked social media for its role in spreading hate. "Hitler would have loved social media," said Iger.
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| South Korea court strikes down abortion law in landmark ruling Posted: 11 Apr 2019 02:48 AM PDT  "The law criminalizing a woman who undergoes abortion of her own will goes beyond the minimum needed to achieve the legislative purpose and limits the right of self-determination of the woman," it said in its ruling. "I believe this ruling frees women from shackles," said Kim Su-jung, a lawyer representing the plaintiff, a doctor charged with conducting 69 illegal abortions. The ruling reflects a trend towards decriminalizing abortion, as cases of criminal punishment have fallen in recent years.
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| Trump’s Pursuit of ‘Big Deal’ With Kim Dents Calls for Quick Fix Posted: 12 Apr 2019 02:00 AM PDT  The U.S. president, speaking Thursday during a White House meeting with Moon, said "this isn't the right time" for inter-Korean projects including reopening a joint industrial park kept shuttered by sanctions.
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| How a U.S. Navy Battleship Blasted Its Way Into History (At Point Blank Range) Posted: 11 Apr 2019 05:00 PM PDT  The rest of the Japanese force retired shortly afterward. Washington suffered no damage.The London Naval Treaty of 1936 was intended to preserve the battleship size limitation at thirty-five thousand tons and to restrict the size of battleship guns to fourteen inches. With memory of the Anglo-German and the Anglo-American-Japanese naval races fresh in their minds, the architects of the treaty wanted to limit the most obvious source of escalation. The United States designed its first generation of London Treaty battleships to carry twelve fourteen-inch guns in three quadruple turrets, a formidable armament equal to that of the "Big Five," the last five American battleships built before the treaty.(This first appeared several years ago.)However, the London Naval Treaty had an escape clause. If any one of the original three signatories failed to ratify, the gun limitation rose to sixteen inches. Japan did not sign the treaty (its representatives would have been assassinated if it had), so the fourteen-inch limitation did not apply. The Royal Navy, in a fit of irrational exuberance, had already begun construction of the fourteen-inch weapons for its King George V class, and could not alter their structure. The design of North Carolina and Washington, however, allowed for the substitution of triple sixteen-inch turrets for the quadruple fourteen-inch mounts. Accordingly, the Americans quickly adapted to the heavier guns.
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| Ecuador denounces WikiLeaks-linked plot against Moreno Posted: 11 Apr 2019 01:07 PM PDT  Ecuador said Thursday that it had identified a WikiLeaks collaborator close to Julian Assange as being involved in a plot with two Russian hackers to destabilize President Lenin Moreno's government. The extraordinary claim by Interior Minister Maria Paula Romo at a press conference in Quito came shortly after Moreno terminated Assange's near seven-year asylum at Ecuador's London embassy, allowing British police to arrest him. "For several years now, one of the key members of this WikiLeaks organization and a person close to Mr Julian Assange has lived in Ecuador, and we have sufficient evidence that he has been collaborating with the destabilization attempts against the government," Romo said.
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| EXCLUSIVE-EU eyes 20 billion euros of U.S. imports to hit over Boeing - diplomats Posted: 12 Apr 2019 08:51 AM PDT ![EXCLUSIVE-EU eyes 20 billion euros of U.S. imports to hit over Boeing - diplomats]( "EXCLUSIVE-EU eyes 20 billion euros of U.S. imports to hit over Boeing - diplomats") The European Commission has drawn up a list of U.S. imports worth around 20 billion euros ($22.6 billion) that it could hit with tariffs over a transatlantic aircraft subsidy dispute, EU diplomats said. U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to impose tariffs on $11 billion worth of European Union products over what Washington sees as unfair subsidies given to European planemaker Airbus. The EU measures would relate to the EU's World Trade Organization complaint over subsidies to Boeing.
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| Trump and Netanyahu make me fear for a two-state solution and Middle East peace Posted: 11 Apr 2019 06:19 PM PDT  Trump acquiescence to West Bank annexation would threaten peace prospects, democracy, shared US-Israeli values and bipartisan support for Israel.
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| Fiat Gives the 124 Spider a Blacked-Out Urbana Appearance Package Posted: 12 Apr 2019 06:15 AM PDT  The compact Italian roadster provides more personalization options than its Mazda Miata clone.
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| Kim Kardashian Calls Her Hidden Hills Home a "Minimal Monastery" Posted: 11 Apr 2019 03:02 PM PDT  During a new interview with Vogue, the reality star offers up a glimpse of her house
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| Ocasio-Cortez defends Omar amid 9/11 controversy: GOP is 'happy to weaponize her faith' Posted: 11 Apr 2019 11:23 AM PDT  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote. "Here's 1 fact: @IlhanMN is a cosponsor of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. She's done more for 9/11 families than the GOP who won't even support healthcare for 1st responders."
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| American Airlines flight returns to JFK Airport after clipping wing Posted: 11 Apr 2019 02:15 PM PDT  The FAA says American Airlines flight 300 that was bound from New York to Los Angeles landed safely back at JFK at 9:15 p.m. Wednesday.
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| Currency Chaos That Felled Sudan Leader Is Lesson for Maduro Posted: 12 Apr 2019 03:00 AM PDT  It's the same problem that did for long-standing rulers from Angola to Zimbabwe and may yet claim Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro. Al-Bashir, who the military ousted on Thursday to end 30 years of rule, faced months of protests against the government's economic mismanagement, repression and corruption. One of the root causes of the 75-year-old's downfall was his inability to manage a shortage of foreign exchange that sent inflation soaring and hammered living standards.
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| Julian Assange: a decade of stunning leaks of US secrets Posted: 11 Apr 2019 10:08 AM PDT  The US government has regarded WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a dangerous national security threat ever since he and his organization opened a decade-long effort to expose US secrets -- from military files to embarrassing Democratic Party emails during the 2016 election. After holing up in Ecuador's London embassy for seven years, Assange was arrested by British police Thursday on a US extradition request, outraging press freedom groups. Washington has investigated Australian-born Assange, 47, since at least 2010 when he published hundreds of thousands of US military and diplomatic files obtained from a US Army intelligence official, Bradley Manning.
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| UPDATE 3-Boeing CEO says 737 MAX software update working as designed Posted: 11 Apr 2019 12:56 PM PDT ![UPDATE 3-Boeing CEO says 737 MAX software update working as designed]( "UPDATE 3-Boeing CEO says 737 MAX software update working as designed") Boeing Co's chief executive said on Thursday that a software update designed to prevent disasters like two recent fatal crashes involving its 737 MAX is working, with about two-thirds of the fast-selling jetliner's customers having seen the fix in simulator sessions. In his first public speech since an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash that killed all 157 aboard on March 10, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg said additional tests are expected in the coming weeks as the planemaker works to regain the confidence of its customers and the flying public. Boeing, fighting its biggest crisis in years, has been developing an upgrade to software that is under scrutiny in the Ethiopian Airlines accident and a Lion Air 737 MAX crash that killed all 189 on board on Oct. 29.
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| How the Greatest Battleships Ever Built Could Make the Ultimate Comeback Posted: 11 Apr 2019 06:40 AM PDT  While a comeback is unlikely, it's always nice to dream.Battleships captivate the imagination. Before they were displaced by aircraft carriers, battleships were symbols of great-power status. Some of the most iconic were the American Iowa class, the last battleships ever built by the United States. Powerful in appearance, yet with sleek lines filled in with haze gray, the Iowa class served in World War II and were unretired three more times to serve as the U.S. Navy's big guns. If we brought them back today, what would they look like?The National Defense Authorization Act for 1996, generally known as the defense budget, had a unique provision hidden inside the text: the text directed the Navy to keep at least of the four Iowa-class ships on the Naval Register in good condition, retain the logistical support to maintain battleships on active duty and keep those ships on the Register until the secretary of the navy certified that existing naval gunfire support equaled or exceeded the firepower of two battleships. Iowa and Wisconsin were finally stricken from the Register in 2006 after the secretary of the navy, citing the upcoming thirty-two Zumwalt-class destroyers, certified they were no longer needed.(This first appeared several years ago.)
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| Amazon employees listen to customers through Echo products, report finds Posted: 11 Apr 2019 12:46 PM PDT  Employees listen to Echo recordings, transcribe and annotate them and feed them back to the software so that Alexa can better grasp human speech.
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| South Korea's Top Court Orders Government to End 66-Year-Old Abortion Ban Posted: 11 Apr 2019 05:06 AM PDT  South Korea's current laws governing abortion are some of the strictest in the developed world
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| New Zealand Parliament passes sweeping gun restrictions Posted: 10 Apr 2019 07:44 PM PDT  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's Parliament on Wednesday passed sweeping gun laws that outlaw military style weapons, less than a month after the mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch where 50 people were killed and dozens were wounded.
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