- PoliticsYahoo News
'Trump's son should be concerned': FBI obtained wiretaps of Putin ally who met with Trump Jr.
The FBI has obtained secret wiretaps collected by Spanish police of conversations involving Alexander Torshin, a deputy governor of Russia’s Central Bank who has forged close ties with U.S. lawmakers and the National Rifle Association, that led to a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. during the gun lobby’s annual convention in Louisville, Ky., in May 2016, a top Spanish prosecutor said Friday. José Grinda, who has spearheaded investigations into Spanish organized crime, said that bureau officials in recent months requested and were provided transcripts of wiretapped conversations between Torshin and Alexander Romanov, a convicted Russian money launderer.
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All The Things The NRA Has Blamed For The Texas School Shooting
It’s been a week since the mass shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas, and the National Rifle Association has had time to make sense of why, exactly, this happened. Not once did the gun rights group raise concerns over the shooter’s easy access to firearms ― the 17-year-old student just used his dad’s guns ― or acknowledge that school shootings are now happening with such frequency in America that kids are developing post-traumatic stress disorder. The Texas shooting was the 16th school shooting this year.
- PoliticsYahoo View
Israeli security firm allegedly targeted U.S. officials
An NBC News investigation reveals an alleged plot by Black Cube to discredit two advisers to President Obama that were involved in drafting the Iran nuclear deal.
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Woman Killed By Border Patrol Identified As Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzales, 20
The woman shot and killed by U.S. Border Patrol on Wednesday has been identified as Claudia Patricia Gómez Gonzáles, a 20-year-old who had traveled to the U.S. from Guatemala in hopes of securing work to pay for her education. The agent, who has been with Border Patrol for 15 years, said the group refused to get on the ground and instead rushed at him, at which point he opened fire, Customs and Border Protection said in a statement on Friday. The group fled after Gómez Gonzáles was shot, CBP said, but three of the individuals were later apprehended.
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Man Discovers Handgun Impaled In Front Bumper Of Car
A driver on Interstate 5 in Washington state’s South Puget Sound area discovered something shocking when he stopped for gas: a handgun lodged barrel-first in the front bumper. The driver was heading down the freeway when a black object came flying through the air and hit his Honda, according to a tweet from state trooper Guy Gill, a spokesman for that district. Well...this is a first 路♂️! Driver saw a small "black object" in the air while driving on I-5 and it struck the front of his car.
- NewsThe Independent
Hawaii volcano: Aerial footage shows rivers of lava flowing to the ocean
Newly-released aerial footage of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii shows lava flows that extend to the ocean. The footage, released by the United States Geological Survey, is from an unmanned aerial craft hovering over one of the main fissures. Authorities have warned that even small pieces of molten rock can be fatal.
- U.S.People
Mother & 21-Month-Old Killed by Alleged Drag Racer
Jessica Raubenolt, 24, was pushing her daughter Lillia in a stroller across the street on Wednesday when a Ford Mustang slammed into them, according to police
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Prosecutors add lewd conduct charges to tortured kids case
Prosecutors on Thursday added four charges of lewd conduct against a father accused of torturing his children in a Northern California home where prosecutors say 10 children lived in filth and neglect. Prosecutors say the children were punched, kicked, strangled, shot with a BB gun and subjected to waterboarding by their father, while their mother did nothing to stop it. Fairfield police found the children huddled on the living room floor of the two-story home that was littered with feces and trash in the suburb 46 miles (74 kilometers) northeast of San Francisco, prosecutors said.
- WorldThe Telegraph
Pakistan ends colonial-era arrangement as it brings restive tribal border area into mainstream politics
Pakistan’s lower house has voted for landmark reform that would end draconian colonial era laws making the country’s restive tribal areas subject to collective punishment and beyond the protection of courts. The national assembly voted to bring the semi-autonomous border areas at the centre of the war on Islamist terrorism into the mainstream political fold by incorporating them into a neighbouring province. The move would usher in widespread political reform and see the writ of Pakistan’s courts extend into areas currently ruled by all powerful political agents in a throwback to the British Raj.
PoliticsYahoo News'That’s ridiculous': Key Obama adviser dismisses Trump's 'Spygate' claim
Avril Haines, Donald Trump. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Michael Brochstein via ZUMA Wire, Jacquelyn Martin/AP) The woman who oversaw the Obama White House’s response to the Russian election attack said she was never briefed on the FBI’s use
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Publix Suspends Contributions To NRA-Backed Politician Amid Protests
Publix was found to have given $670,000 in donations over the past three years to Adam Putnam, Florida’s current agriculture commissioner, who is now running for governor. Just go an lie down starting at 4.
- Lifestylemotor1
9 Safest Luxury SUVs for 2018
These luxury SUVs get top scores in crash tests and come standard with top-rated auto-braking systems.
NewsReuters'It is happening everywhere' Texas mass shooting victims tell governor
Victims and survivors of mass shootings in Texas choked back tears, recounted the bloodshed that unfolded before their eyes and pleaded with Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday to improve safety so that another massacre does not take place. "May 18th came around and it finally happened to our school and we weren’t surprised," said Grace Johnson, a senior at Santa Fe High School, the latest campus in a string of deadly U.S. mass shootings that stoked a debate about the best ways to stop the carnage. "Why Santa Fe and we said why not.
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Immigrant Children Accuse Border Patrol Of Abuse And Neglect, Report Shows
U.S. Border Patrol agents have resorted to troubling tactics toward unaccompanied migrant children including abuse, neglect and harassment, a report about complaint records shows. The American Civil Liberties Union and the International Human Rights Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School published their findings Wednesday after gaining access to more than 30,000 pages of records pertaining to complaints filed between 2009 and 2014. The report, titled “Neglect and Abuse of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children by U.S. Customs and Border Protection,” highlights systematic patterns of mistreatment toward the minors, who by law should be granted special protection.
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Kīlauea Volcano: Eruptions, lava flows continue to threaten residents
As the eruption at Hawaii's Kīlauea Volcano continues to evolve, the multitude of dangerous threats to residents shows no signs of subsiding. The number of fissures that have cracked open is now at 23, and a spattering of lava continues to ooze from at least five of them. "Future outbreaks could occur both uprift (southwest) and downrift (northeast) of the existing fissures, or existing fissures can be reactivated.
- BusinessCar and Driver
Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Teased, Again
From Car and DriverThe 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is slithering closer to production, and the Blue Oval is teasing its most powerful Mustang variant with a new overhead shot that gives us our best look yet at the muscular pony car.As
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2 People Injured In Indiana School Shooting
At least two people have been injured in a school shooting in Indiana. Local and state police responded to reports of an active shooter at Noblesville West Middle School just after 9 a.m. Friday, Chief of Police Kevin Jowitt told reporters at a news conference. Jowitt confirmed that two people were injured with gunshot wounds: one teacher and one student.
PoliticsAssociated PressAt Harvard, Clinton warns of threats to American democracy
Hillary Clinton implored a crowd at Harvard University on Friday to stand up for "the truth, facts and reason" as attacks on the rule of law, free press and elections threaten to undermine American democracy. The former Democratic presidential candidate, secretary of state, U.S. senator and first lady, called on audience members to vote and find other ways to get involved in issues they care about as she accepted the university's Radcliffe Medal for her leadership and human rights work. "We need more outlets for reliable information," Clinton said.
WorldAFPVenezuela's Maduro seeks oil output boost as he is sworn in
Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro was sworn in Thursday for a second term as president of the crisis-wracked Latin American country, just days after winning an election boycotted by the opposition and decried abroad. In a wide-ranging speech, Maduro promised to defeat US sanctions and take steps to correct the course of an economy in ruins, including seeking OPEC support to nearly double its oil output. Wearing a ceremonial sash in the Venezuelan colors, Maduro swore "to respect and enforce the constitution and lead all revolutionary changes" in a ceremony before the Constituent Assembly, which he set up himself last year and stacked with his supporters.
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Fish Market Buys Freedom For Fred The 70-Pound Octopus
Giovanni DeGarimore, owner of Giovanni’s Fish Market, makes his living selling fish and other forms of seafood. DeGarimore told the San Luis Obispo Tribune he met a friendly octopus while diving in Fiji. The octopus was named Fred and spent a few days at the fish market before being released in a safe place.
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Rachel Dolezal Faces Felony Charges of Welfare Fraud in Washington State
Rachel Dolezal is facing a felony theft charge related to alleged welfare fraud. The former NAACP local chapter leader, who is white but posed as a black woman, has been accused of first-degree theft by welfare fraud, second-degree perjury and false verification for public assistance by authorities in Washington state. Court documents allege Dolezal, who has legally changed her name to Nkechi Diallo, illegally received $8,747 in food assistance and $100 in child care assistance starting in August 2015 up until November 2017.
- WorldAssociated Press
Full text of the letter from President Trump to Kim Jong Un
Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel it is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting. You talk about your nuclear capabilities, but ours are so massive and powerful that I pray to God they will never have to be used.
- LifestyleHuffPost
People Are Disgusted By Hellmann’s Suggestion To Put Mayo On Sushi
An ad on Twitter is making some people uneasy. Make sushi night extra special with NEW Hellmann’s made with the delicious goodness of Avocado Oil. Some people pointed out that many Japanese restaurants put spicy mayo on their rolls, but a lot of Twitter users thought pairing plain, white mayo with the dish was an unappetizing bastardization.
- NewsThe Independent
Mysterious wolf-like creature shot in US baffles experts: 'We have no idea'
A mysterious wolf-like creature shot dead in the US has baffled wildlife experts, who say they have "no idea" what it is. A farmer killed the animal after spotting it close to his livestock near Denton, Montana. "We have no idea what this was until we get a DNA report back," Bruce Auchly, spokesman with Montana’s Fish, Wildlife and Parks department, told the Great Falls Tribune newspaper.
WorldReutersAt least four killed, 15 wounded in Baghdad bomb blast
By Raya Jalabi BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least four people were killed and 15 wounded in a suicide attack targeting a predominantly Shi'ite district of Baghdad on Thursday, a military spokesman told Reuters. Iraq's National Security media center said in a statement that the attacker had detonated an explosive vest after being besieged by security forces at the entrance to the Saqlawiyah public garden in the Shula district of northwest Baghdad. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, in a statement from the group's Amaq news agency.
