NewsYahoo NewsAlexandria shooter carried list of 6 members of Congress, FBI confirms
FBI officials confirmed Wednesday that the gunman who injured five people in last week’s shooting at a Republican congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Va., was carrying a note with the names of six lawmakers when he opened fire. James T. Hodgkinson, a 66-year-old from Belleville, Ill., wounded five people, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and two Capitol Police officers, at the June 14 practice before he was shot by police. Hodgkinson later died.
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Officials: No Policy from Trump On Russian Vote Attacks
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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Meet the Vulcanologist Pledging to Bring "Good Science" to Washington
Inspired by the election of President Trump and what she perceives as his administration's problematic stance on climate change and science generally, vulcanologist Jess Phoenix is trading in her field work for a chance at Congress.
NewsYahoo NewsMcCain castigates Defense Department pick at confirmation hearing
At a confirmation hearing Tuesday, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., berated the deputy defense secretary nominee, Patrick Shanahan, for a wishy-washy answer to whether, in his position, he would advocate for providing lethal defensive aid to Ukraine. McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, even threatened to block Shanahan’s nomination. Not a good beginning,” McCain cautioned at one point.
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Settlement Reached in Lawsuit over Michael Brown's Death
(Reuters) - The parents of black teenager Michael Brown and the city of Ferguson, Missouri, have settled a lawsuit over his fatal shooting by a white city police officer in 2014, according to a court document filed on June 19, 2017.
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10 of the World's Scariest Airports to Fly Into
By Nick Mafi. Photos by: Getty Images.Forget about turbulence—one of these airports only allows eight specialized pilots to fly into itThis story originally appeared on Architectural Digest.More from Architectural Digest:10 Hotels With Unbelievably High
NewsAssociated PressThe Latest: Navy Seal tells of wound during Bergdahl search
A former Navy Seal says his career was ended by a wound he suffered on a search mission to find Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl after the soldier walked off his post in Afghanistan. Prosecutors called retired Senior Chief Petty Officer James Hatch to testify Wednesday at a pretrial hearing at Fort Bragg.
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"Textalyzer" Device Allows Police to Determine if Drivers Were Texting and Driving
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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The USS Fitzgerald Is Built to Take Abuse
This weekend's collision between the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald and the cargo carrier ACX Crystal has highlighted the role Arleigh Burke-class destroyers play in U.S. naval operations worldwide. Designed during the Cold War to help protect carrier battle groups, the Burke destroyers are the most capable surface warships ever put to sea by the U.S. Navy. The Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers were conceived in the 1980s as anti-air warfare destroyers designed to shoot down Soviet missiles.
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Ex-Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson: DNC and state officials dismissed Russia warnings last year
Former President Barack Obama’s secretary of homeland security says that his efforts to protect the country from Russian cyberattacks last year were twice rebuffed — first by the Democratic National Committee and then later by state election officials who feared he was plotting an unwarranted “federal takeover” of the U.S. election system. The comments by ex-Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, made in prepared testimony for the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, underscore the frustrations that the Obama administration had last year in dealing with a Russian state-sponsored cyberattack on the 2016 election that was far more extensive and sophisticated than was publicly realized at the time.
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Anti-Trump Resistance Falling Flat? Some Democrats Deflated After Georgia Loss
“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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Walmart And Amazon Rivalry Goes To The Next Level: The Cloud
Walmart is stepping up the rivalry against Amazon by taking the fight into the cloud, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Walmart warned some tech companies if they want to do business, they can’t run the retailer’s applications on Amazon’s cloud-computing platform, Amazon Web Services, sources told the Journal. Walmart reportedly keeps most of its data on its servers and uses services from emerging Amazon cloud rivals, like Microsoft’s cloud-computing platform Azure.
WorldReutersRussia, Iran sanctions bill hits roadblock in U.S. House
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation to impose new sanctions on Russia and Iran that passed the U.S. Senate nearly unanimously last week has run into a procedural problem that could prevent a quick vote in the House of Representatives, lawmakers said on Tuesday. The Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act, which also includes new sanctions against Russia, passed the Senate 98-2 last week, an overwhelming vote that looked like it might complicate President Donald Trump's desire for warmer relations with Moscow.
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McDonald's Changed The Meat In Its Burgers And People Are Pissed
From DelishAround this time last year McDonald's announced that it was going to start testing fresh, not frozen, beef for its hamburgers. Since then, the chain has been flipping fresh patties for its Quarter Pounders
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Police Officer Stabbed in Neck at Michigan Airport, Suspect Detained
A Michigan State Police officer has been hospitalized after he was stabbed in the neck and back at Bishop International Airport in what authorities are investigating as an act of terrorism. Police arrested Amor Ftouhi, 50, a Canadian from Quebec. As we wait to learn more about the incident at Bishop Airport, please keep the attacked officer in your thoughts & prayers.
BusinessAssociated PressWall Street Journal fires correspondent over ethics conflict
The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday fired its highly regarded chief foreign affairs correspondent after evidence emerged of his involvement in prospective commercial deals — including one involving arms sales to foreign governments — with an international businessman who was one of his key sources. The reporter, Jay Solomon, was offered a 10 percent stake in a fledgling company, Denx LLC, by Farhad Azima, an Iranian-born aviation magnate who has ferried weapons for the CIA. "We are dismayed by the actions and poor judgment of Jay Solomon," Wall Street Journal spokesman Steve Severinghaus wrote in a statement to The Associated Press.
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Career Criminal, Mob Ties, Trump Associate
Tim O'Brien, executive editor and columnist at Bloomberg View, talks with Rachel Maddow about how Donald Trump's past business dealings could integrate with the Trump Russia investigation.
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Gigantic Stash of Nazi Memorabilia Found in Argentina
Roughly 75 Nazi artifacts have been discovered in Argentina, believed to once be the possession of high-ranking Nazi officials who had fled after the collapse of their government. It's the largest stash of Nazi memorabilia found in the country's history. After Hitler's suicide and the collapse of the German Nazi government, officials who could escape often looked towards South America as a refuge.
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Canadian sniper breaks world record for longest confirmed kill shot in history
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.
WorldAFPPentagon chief blasts N.Korea over US student who died
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 Texas Nurse Genene Jones Accused Of Killing Infants, Charged Again
A San Antonio grand jury convicted a former Texas nurse, Genene Jones, on Wednesday on a new murder charge for the second time in recent weeks, as the prosecutors claimed she may be responsible for the murder of 60 infants. Jones was first indicted in 1984 for killing a child, and was labeled as “angel of death." She was sentenced to 99 years in prison for murdering the 15-month-old girl in Kerrville, Texas by injecting her with powerful drugs. Jones was also recently charged with a separate count of murder in May for the killing of an 11-month-old boy, Joshua Sawyer, by injecting the child with a toxic level of Dilantin in December 1981.
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Republican Karen Handel wins Georgia House race, beating back liberal wave
Karen Handel blows a kiss with her husband, Steve, looking on while thanking supporters during her election night party in the Sixth District race with Jon Ossoff on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. Former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in the hotly contested congressional special election in suburban Atlanta Tuesday. Handel garnered 52 percent of the vote compared with Ossoff’s 48 percent when the Associated Press called the race Tuesday night.
WorldReutersIslamic State blows up historic Mosul mosque where it declared 'caliphate': Iraqi military
By Marius Bosch and Maher Chmaytelli MOSUL/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamic State militants on Wednesday blew up the Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret, an Iraqi military statement said, as Iraqi forces seeking to expel the group from the city closed in on the site. It was from this medieval mosque three years ago that the militants' leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a self-styled "caliphate" spanning parts of Syria and Iraq. Islamic State's Amaq news agency accused American aircraft of destroying the mosque, a claim swiftly denied by the U.S.-led international coalition fighting the hardline Sunni group.
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Inmates Rushed to Save Guard Who Passed Out: 'We Had to Help Him'
Six Georgia inmates have been praised for saving the life of a correctional officer after he collapsed while they were on a work detail. “When he started breathing, it was just real heavy and real fast,” inmate Greg Williams told CBS19. Polk County Sheriff Johnny Moats saluted the prisoners’ actions.
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Barbie's companion Ken gets new looks: Man bun, beefy bod
Mattel is introducing 15 new looks for the male doll, including different skin tones, body shapes and hair styles. Barbie had a similar makeover more than a year ago, both part of the toy company's plan to make its dolls more diverse and appealing to today's kids. Ken hadn't changed much since he was introduced 56 years ago as Barbie's blue-eyed, chiseled boyfriend.
