'Completely avoidable' measles outbreak hits 25-year high in US

from BBC News - World Officials say more than 700 Americans have been infected, calling the outbreak "completely avoidable". https://bbc.in/2DHmAIp

Mozambique cyclone: Death toll rises as storm blocks aid

from BBC News - World Torrential rain and strong winds make getting aid into the cyclone-affected area almost impossible. https://bbc.in/2GRqujS

Trade war: What you need to know about US-China talks

from BBC News - World Talks appear to be reaching the final stretch though both sides remain divided on several key issues. https://bbc.in/2vuHl5H

Australian Senate candidate Steve Dickson quits over strip club videos

from BBC News - World Footage showed aspiring Australian senator Steve Dickson groping women and making derogatory remarks. https://bbc.in/2V7z1In

San Diego synagogue attack suspect 'evil', says his family

from BBC News - World Lori Kaye was killed after shielding her rabbi from a gunman who opened fire at a Passover service. https://bbc.in/2LqmVWr

US Army veteran 'planned to bomb Nazi rally'

from BBC News - World The 26-year-old Muslim convert also allegedly plotted terror attacks on Jews and churches. https://bbc.in/2WcVvE9

Boeing safety system not at fault, says chief executive

from BBC News - World Dennis Muilenburg says a safety mechanism was only one factor in two fatal Boeing plane crashes. https://bbc.in/2vsjIui

'Our water pollution is a cancer'

from BBC News - World "Waterkeeper" Nabil Musa fights Iraq's water crisis, which he calls the country's gravest threat yet. https://bbc.in/2UQTSuB

Rabbi describes seeing synagogue attacker

from BBC News - World A rabbi who was injured in the deadly shooting at a synagogue near San Diego on Saturday has described the moment he faced the gunman. https://bbc.in/2WfDjtM

'Russian spy whale'

from BBC News - World A beluga whale was found with suspicious equipment off Norway's coast https://bbc.in/2WfNGgW

Heavy flooding hits eastern Canada

from BBC News - World Thousands of people were told to evacuate after rising floodwaters breached a dyke following heavy rain. https://bbc.in/2Lbt7kS

How one woman beat mining giants and saved rare snow leopards

from BBC News - World A woman from Mongolia has won the Goldman Environmental Prize after a campaign to stop mining firms destroying a critical habitat for snow leopards. https://bbc.in/2UMgIDr

Indonesia floods: Dozens killed in floods

from BBC News - World Flooding caused by torrential rains has killed nearly 40 people and left thousands homeless in Sumatra. https://bbc.in/2LcXFTf

UK university puts stress-busting dogs on staff

from BBC News - World A university has taken on five "canine teaching assistants" to tackle student anxiety. https://bbc.in/2GPH2rc

Norway finds 'Russian spy whale' off Arctic coast

from BBC News - World A tame beluga wearing a Russian harness is thought to have come from a Russian navy facility. https://bbc.in/2J1c9CZ

North Korea TV revamps weather report

from BBC News - World North Korean state TV introduces a more casual, modern-looking weather broadcast. https://bbc.in/2GRp6hm

Korean elderly back road safety seats

from BBC News - World A city in South Korea has put out special seating for older people at road crossings. https://bbc.in/2PzLLBw

Japanese Emperor Akihito's human touch

from BBC News - World Emperor Akihito will be remembered as the man who began the modernisation of Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne. https://bbc.in/2ZNOA6P

Jeopardy: How a pro gambler 'cracked' US game show

from BBC News - World Sports bettor James Holzhauer's unusual strategy is paying off as he crushes Jeopardy records. https://bbc.in/2L8O5k9

'We are students thanks to South Africa's #FeesMustFall protests'

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How tech is bringing Israelis and Palestinians together

from BBC News - World Young people on either side of a decades-old conflict seldom meet, but tech is building bridges. https://bbc.in/2vrILxN

Sri Lanka attacks: Where else in the world have face coverings been banned?

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India student leader 'a symbol of protest' against PM Modi

from BBC News - World Kanhaiya Kumar has emerged as an outlier in an election being seen as a battle for India's identity. https://bbc.in/2UT7bL2

The Latest: Islamic State leader says attack was revenge

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AMPARA, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Latest on the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka (all times local):

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Two U.S. Navy warships sail through strategic Taiwan Strait

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The voyage risks further raising tensions with China but will likely be viewed by self-ruled Taiwan as a sign of support from the Trump administration amid growing friction between Taipei and Beijing. Taiwan is one of a growing number of flashpoints in the U.S.-China relationship, which also include a trade war, U.S. sanctions and China's increasingly muscular military posture in the South China Sea, where the United States also conducts freedom-of-navigation patrols. "The ships' transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific," Commander Clay Doss, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet, said in a statement.

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From Heisei to Reiwa: how Japan changed under Emperor Akihito

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Japan marks the end of an era with Tuesday's abdication of Emperor Akihito, and the outgoing monarch leaves behind a much-changed country. Crown Prince Naruhito will inherit a Japan vastly different from that of the start of his father's reign, when the country was in the grip of an economic bubble and on the verge of a tech revolution. Japan's shrinking population is among the country's most pressing social and economic issues.

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Deadly Seattle crane collapse was likely caused by human error, experts say

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Human error may be to blame for the Seattle crane collapse on Saturday that killed four people and injured another four, experts said based on videos.

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Rep. Clyburn slams Trump's praise for Robert E. Lee: 'The president is now glorifying a loser'

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“Robert E. Lee was a slave owner and a brutal slave master. Robert E. Lee was a loser.”

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North Korea vs. the F-35 Stealth Fighter (Who Wins? Who Dies?)

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Alternatively, the F-35A might be assigned to dangerous suppression or destruction of enemy air defenses (SEAD/DEAD) missions. The stealth and onboard jamming capabilities of the F-35 would make it more survivable than the ROKAF’s 4th generation aircraft in such a role.The ROKAF, South Korea’s Air Force received their first F-35A fighter jets in April 2019. The ROKAF hopes to eventually buy forty F-35As and should have ten F-35As by the end of the year.(This first appeared several weeks ago.)But how do these aircraft fit into the ROKAF’s existing fleet of aircraft? What role could they play in countering the North Korean KPAF?The ROKAF already fields a variety of advanced American fighters, including over one hundred KF-16Cs and around 60 F-15K Slam Eagles. The KF-16C is fully integrated with the American AMRAAM air-to-air missile, which the ROKAF fields in the AIM-120C-5 and AIM-120C-7 variants.The combination of the KF-16C and AMRAAM vastly outclasses the majority of fighters the KPAF can field. The bulk of the KPAF fighter fleet is built out of MiG-21 variants and the J-7 fighter, which can only mount short-range infrared air-to-air missiles. KF-16Cs could just fire AMRAAMs, turn around and bug out before the KPAF MiGs lock on, though individual conditions could dictate engagement at shorter ranges.

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Synagogue Shooting Suspect Was a Piano-Playing Nursing Student From Religious Family With a Racist Secret

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Sandy Huffaker/AFP/GettyPOWAY, California—Nineteen-year-old nursing student John T. Earnest, who was charged with murder Sunday as the lone gunman in the deadly Poway Synagogue shooting, played piano for hours a day and earned a 4.31 grade point average. His father was a church elder whom neighbors called “the sweetest man.”But somewhere on his path, Earnest took a terrible turn, claiming Adolf Hitler as an idol and writing what appears to be his own rambling manifesto that Jews “deserved nothing but hell.” He wanted to be the one to, as he put it, “Send. Them. There.”Police say someone purporting to be him posted the anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, white supremacist “manifesto”—which eerily mirrored the Q&A; style that Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant used in his own pre-massacre diatribe—about 20 minutes before he walked into the Poway synagogue with an AR-15 style assault rifle and started shooting—killing one woman and injuring three others—before the gun malfunctioned and he was chased out by an armed security guard.Earnest was arrested by police a few minutes after the shooting as he fled, called 911, and told them where to find him off an exit on a California highway, authorities said. As an officer approached, he exited his vehicle, raised his hands, and surrendered. A rifle was recovered from the car. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday on one count of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.In his online posting, Earnest championed the likes of Robert Bowers, who fatally shot 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue shootings in Pittsburgh six months ago, Tarrant, who killed 50 people in a New Zealand mosque in March; and Hitler.He used mainstream social media like Twitter and the fringe message boards 8Chan in what has become a proven way for terrorist groups and lone wolves alike to ensure that propaganda is disseminated to both those looking for it and those who are not. He posted the original screed on Pastebin.com and Mediafire.com, and linked to them on 8Chan. Like Tarrant, he promised to live-stream his killing spree, which he evidently failed to pull off. Facebook immediately removed the profile link he intended to use, but had somehow not seen the warning signs when he created the page.Sheriff William Gore of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said during a press conference late Sunday that authorities were carrying out searches in the suspect’s home and “looking into digital evidence and checking the authenticity of an online manifesto.” If it is validated as authentic, the student, who was previously unknown to police, found footing in the usual tenets of hate and the now all-too-familiar desire for infamy. Zach Keele, pastor of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, where Earnest’s father was an elder, or officer of the church, confirmed that he was part of the parish. “So John T. Earnest is a member here,” he told The Daily Beast. “We completely deplore what he did. That is not part of our practices, our teachings in any way. Our hearts, our prayers, our tears go out to the victims, to all those wonderful neighbors at the synagogue.”Keele said Earnest had never appeared to be the sort of person who would carry out this sort of an attack. “This is a complete surprise,” he said.In a service at the church on Sunday, Keele delivered a sermon on betrayal and forgiveness, offering condolences to the victims–but also to Earnest’s family. “We pray, Lord, for those who are hurting, and we pray for the victims of that synagogue,” Keele told the crowd of 50 or so parishioners. “We deeply mourn that this evil came out from us. We do not understand it, oh Lord, and we pray that you would forgive us for any such shortcoming, for any good deeds we left undone. We pray, Lord, that you will be with the Earnest family.”Speaking to his congregation after the service, Keele said he had spoken with Earnest’s parents the night before. They had spent the night huddled in their other son’s apartment close to the beach while their own house was searched by SWAT teams, he said. Earnest’s father plans to release a statement Monday morning through an attorney. “It’s a good statement,” Keele said. “They have good family support.”The minister added that Earnest must “suffer the full punishment of the law.” Still, he hopes he will “recant his hatred.” Keele plans to visit the young man in prison, if convicted, he said. After the service, Gerrit Groenewold, a board member at the Orthodox Presbyterian Church who happens to be the father of the girlfriend of one of Earnest’s brothers, told The Daily Beast that he had noticed Earnest had seemed quiet, and often tried to reach out to the young man, but with little luck. “I have tried to talk to John several times, but he is very silent and very reclusive. I noticed that he was quiet and just wanted to have contact... The other [members of his family] are not nearly as quiet,” he said. “It’s not good if someone is that quiet. He needs to be part of the community, to let them know what is going on.”Earnest also claimed responsibility for an attempted arson attack last month on Dar-ul-Arqam Mosque in Escondido, about nine miles from Poway, Security cameras at the mosque caught a suspect breaking a lock and pouring liquid on a side door but had failed to identify the person. Gore said investigators are now looking his “possible involvement in the arson and vandalism of mosque.”In a comment that was left after the synagogue shooting, someone asks, “How does a child of such privilege go so horribly wrong? Where does this hatred come from?”Late Saturday afternoon, California State University San Marcos president Karen S. Haynes confirmed that Earnest had been enrolled at the its nursing school.“We are dismayed and disheartened that the alleged shooter—now in custody—is a CSUSM student. CSUSM is working collaboratively with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department to assist and gain more information,” Haynes said in a statement. “We are heartbroken by this tragedy, which was motivated by hate and anti-Semitism.”A man who identified himself as Earnest’s grandfather expressed shock at his grandson’s role in the deadly shooting on Saturday.“He did what?” the man told The Daily Beast when reached by phone. “That is out of whack. My heart is sinking into my chest. I’m going to hang up now.” By Saturday evening, police had barricaded the streets leading to the cul-de-sac in Rancho Peñasquitos, a hilly, middle-class suburb of San Diego about seven miles from the synagogue where Earnest lives with his family. More than three dozen law enforcement officers, including FBI agents, ATF agents, and cops, were at the scene. Eyewitnesses told The Daily Beast that the family left their home under police escort hours earlier.  Around 9 p.m. local time, law enforcement had secured a search warrant to enter Earnest’s house, which may well confirm the authenticity of his hate-filled screed and could possibly uncover how far he was willing to act on his hate. Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here

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UN chief demands that the world step up to stamp out hatred

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres demanded Monday that the world "step up to stamp out anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim hatred, persecution of Christians and all other forms of racism, xenophobia, discrimination and incitement."

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Her 'final good deed': Woman hailed as hero after taking bullets to protect rabbi during synagogue shooting

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The woman killed during Saturday’s San Diego synagogue shooting stepped in front of the bullets aimed at her longtime friend and rabbi, friends said.

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The Best Compact Cars of 2019, Ranked from Worst to Best

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Richard Lugar, US foreign-policy luminary, dies at 87

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Senator Richard Lugar, a leading US voice on foreign policy for decades and a onetime presidential candidate known for his civility and bipartisan ways, has died at a medical center in Falls Church, Virginia. Lugar died of chronic inflammatory polyneuropathy, according to a statement from the Lugar Center in Washington, a global policy institute which he founded in 2013. A soft-spoken Republican moderate, Lugar was twice chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and built a reputation as one of Washington's most influential foreign-policy voices during the record six terms he represented Indiana in the Senate.

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United Airlines is covering up cameras on seat backs amid privacy backlash

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United Airlines is covering up all the cameras on the back of customers' seats amid backlash about privacy.

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Ocasio-Cortez fires back at Kellyanne Conway for slamming her response to Sri Lanka attacks

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Ocasio-Cortez called the series of bombings in Sri Lanka, which death toll has risen to 290, “horrifying.” “The Sri Lanka massacre was horrifying.

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Sean Spicer: Trump has 'insurmountable edge' in key battleground states

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Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer lays out how Republicans are going to compete against Democrats in 2020.

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FOREX-Dollar rally stalls underlining slowdown fears

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A rally in the dollar faltered on Monday with strong U.S. data doing little to lift the currency or convince investors that a slowdown in activity is over. The greenback traded in a narrow range as Japan kicked off a week of holidays, typically a period of thin liquidity that can prompt spikes in volatility. A Federal Reserve policy meeting, Brexit negotiations and a raft of global data including on U.S. core inflation and payrolls could each be the trigger for big currency swings this week.

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Man arrested after knives found at school desk of only male heir to Japanese imperial throne

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Japanese police on Monday arrested a 56-year-old man in connection with two paring knives found at the school desk of Prince Hisahito, grandson of Emperor Akihito, local media reported. The incident comes as authorities were beefing up security ahead of the popular emperor's abdication on Tuesday after a 30-year reign, the first monarch to relinquish the throne of the world's oldest imperial family for two centuries. Akihito's eldest son, 59-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito, will take the throne on Wednesday in a series of ceremonies. Hisahito is the son of Naruhito's younger brother and the last eligible male heir. Japan's centuries-old succession would be broken if Hisahito does not have a male child as the Imperial Household Law, in place since 1947, does not allow women to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne. Japan's Imperial family The suspect, identified as Kaoru Hasegawa, was arrested on suspicion of illegally entering the premises of the junior high school the 12-year-old prince attends on Friday, public broadcaster NHK and other news reports said. His motive was not immediately clear. NHK said police officials were questioning him and suspected he placed the knives at the desk, while Nippon Television said he admitted the allegations. A police spokesman declined to comment. Hisahito, who began attending the school this month, was not in the classroom when the knives are believed to have been left. There were no reports of any injuries or damage at the school, while police did not find any threatening note related to the case. Security camera footage showed a man with a helmet trespassing on the school grounds at around noon, they said. Police had been searching for the middle-aged man who was dressed as a construction worker. Threats to the imperial family are relatively rare. In 1975, Akihito was almost hit by a Molotov cocktail in Okinawa, a major World War II battlefield where there was strong anti-emperor sentiment.

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Here's What Happens After Russia or China Sink a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier

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An attack that sank a carrier with significant casualties, on the other hand, might well result in demands for vengeance, the specific circumstances of the attack notwithstanding. This could put U.S. policymakers in the awkward position of needing to escalate, without being able to use some of the most lethal military options in their toolkit.Since the 1950s, the supercarrier has been the most visible representation of U.S. military power and maritime hegemony. Although supercarriers have participated in nearly every military conflict since the commissioning of USS Forrestal in 1955, no carrier has come under determined attack from a capable opponent. In part, this is because supercarriers are very difficult to attack, but the symbolic grandeur of the massive ships also plays a role; no one wants to know what the United States might do if one of its carriers came under attack.(This first appeared several months ago.)What would happen if a foe attacked a United States Navy (USN) aircraft carrier during a conflict? How would the United States react, and how would it respond?Circumstances:

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Officials: Parents of suspect among 7 killed in Tennessee

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The man suspected of killing his parents and five other people in two rural Tennessee homes stole the car of one of the victims and was wearing a blood-stained T-shirt when he was seen, telling acquaintances the stain was just chocolate, according to authorities and court documents.

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2019 Mini Cooper John Cooper Works Hardtop Knights Edition In Photos

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US stocks tread water ahead of more earnings, Fed

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Wall Street was flat but holding near record levels just after the open on Monday as investors awaited a fresh set of corporate earnings during week loaded with economic data. Markets were also absorbing an upbeat report on consumer spending for March, which showed a big jump at the end of the first quarter. The data come as the Federal Reserve is due to begin its latest-two day policy meeting on Tuesday but is overwhelmingly expected to leave interest rates untouched.

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Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders Stake Out Ideological Poles of Democratic Race

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Biden is an establishment Democrat with a long record of bipartisan deals ranging from budget accords this decade to a now-maligned 1994 crime bill. Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, was an early adopter of ideas including single payer health insurance and a $15 federal minimum wage, that have rapidly gained traction in the progressive base. For the moment, Biden, 76, and Sanders, 77, lead the pack in virtually every poll, buoyed by strong name recognition.

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Here's the biggest news you missed this weekend

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Corey Ballentine, "Avengers: Endgame" and more of the weekend's top news.

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U.S. envoy signed North Korea document to pay for Warmbier's care: Bolton

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The United States signed a document agreeing to pay North Korea for the care of American Otto Warmbier but never paid the $2 million Pyongyang demanded, White House national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday. Bolton, who said he was not part of the administration at the time, confirmed newspaper reports that North Korea demanded the money before Warmbier was flown out of Pyongyang in a coma on June 13, 2017. Asked whether U.S. envoy Joseph Yun signed the document when he went to retrieve Warmbier, Bolton told "Fox News Sunday" in an interview: "That is what I am told, yes." He said no payment was made.

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Poway Synagogue Shooting Suspect’s Parents Call Him ‘Evil’

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via FacebookPOWAY, California—The parents of John Earnest, who allegedly opened fire on a synagogue Saturday, called their son evil on Monday.“We are shocked and deeply saddened by the terrible attack on the Chabad of Poway synagogue,” the family said in a statement released through an attorney. “But our sadness pales in comparison to the grief and anguish our son has caused for so many innocent people. He has killed and injured the faithful who were gathered in a sacred place on a sacred day. To our great shame, he is now part of the history of evil that has been perpetrated on Jewish people for centuries.” On Saturday morning, Earnest entered Chabad of Poway with an assault-style rifle and allegedly opened fire, killing one woman and wounding three others, including a rabbi. Twenty minutes before the attack, Earnest published a virulently anti-Semitic manifesto repeating centuries’ old libels against Jews as justification for murdering them. The message said he idolized Brenton Tarrant, the alleged Christchurch mosque attacker, and Robert Bowers, who allegedly murdered 11 Jews at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Earnest also approvingly cited Adolf Hitler. Twenty minutes after posting the message, he entered Chabad of Poway with an assault-style rifle and allegedly opened fire, killing one woman and wounding three others, including a rabbi. Earnest was chased out of the synagogue by an Army veteran and fled in a vehicle. Soon after, he called 911 and told authorities where to find him on a highway, according to authorities. He will be arraigned Wednesday morning in San Diego County court, one count of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder.Earnest, 19, grew up in a middle-class neighborhood not far from Poway. He was an honors student and accomplished pianist at Mt. Carmel High School, where his father, also named John, works as a teacher. Earnest’s father also served as board president of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Escondido, where the family attended church weekly. Gerrit Groenewold, a member of the church, told The Daily Beast on Sunday that Earnest was the quietest of his family, so quiet that Groenewold grew concerned. “I noticed that he was quiet and just wanted to have contact,” he said. “It’s not good if someone is that quiet. He needs to be part of the community, to let them know what is going on.”Earnest was not known to law enforcement prior to the attack, authorities said, and has no known ties to white supremacist groups.Read more at The Daily Beast.

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Washington's Woeful Maduro Miscalculation

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When Washington recognized Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s rightful president, Trump administration officials clearly hoped that incumbent Nicolas Maduro’s grip on power would not last long. There were reasons for such optimism. The socialist regime’s corruption and grotesque economic mismanagement had reached crisis levels. Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chavez, had transformed Venezuela from one of Latin America’s most prosperous countries into a poverty-stricken horror marked by runaway inflation and severe shortages even of the most basic consumer necessities. Venezuela was the latest exhibit in the museum of socialist calamities. Maduro’s popularity had plunged, and his implementation of ever more autocratic measures to suppress opponents did not help his situation.

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Job post seeking 'preferably Caucasian' applicants removed

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FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia tech staffing company has apologized after an online job posting sought "preferably Caucasian" applicants.

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Abdication of Japan’s Emperor, Who Put a Human Face on the Monarchy

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Akihito, who says he is too old for the role, is the first Japanese emperor to stand down in 200 years.April 30, 2019 at 12:57PM

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Rod Rosenstein, who was once accused of treason by the president, exits after a turbulent two years.April 30, 2019 at 06:11AM

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Its claim to have discovered footprints of the 'mythical beast' prompts derision on social media.April 30, 2019 at 12:48PM

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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who has not been seen on camera since 2014, vows revenge for his militants.April 30, 2019 at 09:14AM

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Navy Rear Admiral John Ring was fired as Guantanamo Bay prison commander after a month-long inquiry.April 30, 2019 at 01:04AM

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Officials say more than 700 Americans have been infected, calling the outbreak "completely avoidable".April 30, 2019 at 12:50AM

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Torrential rain and strong winds make getting aid into the cyclone-affected area almost impossible.April 29, 2019 at 10:53PM

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Talks appear to be reaching the final stretch though both sides remain divided on several key issues.April 30, 2019 at 08:35AM

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Footage showed aspiring Australian senator Steve Dickson groping women and making derogatory remarks.April 30, 2019 at 10:05AM

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Lori Kaye was killed after shielding her rabbi from a gunman who opened fire at a Passover service.April 30, 2019 at 02:16AM

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The 26-year-old Muslim convert also allegedly plotted terror attacks on Jews and churches.April 30, 2019 at 06:38AM

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Dennis Muilenburg says a safety mechanism was only one factor in two fatal Boeing plane crashes.April 30, 2019 at 10:02AM

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"Waterkeeper" Nabil Musa fights Iraq's water crisis, which he calls the country's gravest threat yet.April 30, 2019 at 05:00AM

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A rabbi who was injured in the deadly shooting at a synagogue near San Diego on Saturday has described the moment he faced the gunman.April 29, 2019 at 06:38PM

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A beluga whale was found with suspicious equipment off Norway's coastApril 30, 2019 at 04:05AM

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Thousands of people were told to evacuate after rising floodwaters breached a dyke following heavy rain.April 29, 2019 at 04:56PM

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A woman from Mongolia has won the Goldman Environmental Prize after a campaign to stop mining firms destroying a critical habitat for snow leopards.April 29, 2019 at 03:16PM

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Flooding caused by torrential rains has killed nearly 40 people and left thousands homeless in Sumatra.April 29, 2019 at 08:22PM

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A university has taken on five "canine teaching assistants" to tackle student anxiety.April 30, 2019 at 05:40AM

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A tame beluga wearing a Russian harness is thought to have come from a Russian navy facility.April 29, 2019 at 08:51PM

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North Korean state TV introduces a more casual, modern-looking weather broadcast.April 29, 2019 at 09:23PM

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A city in South Korea has put out special seating for older people at road crossings.April 29, 2019 at 06:09PM

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Emperor Akihito will be remembered as the man who began the modernisation of Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne.April 30, 2019 at 05:08AM

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Sports bettor James Holzhauer's unusual strategy is paying off as he crushes Jeopardy records.April 30, 2019 at 05:24AM

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What has changed since mass protests led South Africa to announce free education for poor university students?April 30, 2019 at 05:12AM

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Young people on either side of a decades-old conflict seldom meet, but tech is building bridges.April 30, 2019 at 05:08AM

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Following the Sri Lankan ban, BBC Reality Check looks at other countries that have imposed either a partial or complete ban on face coveringsApril 30, 2019 at 05:24AM

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Kanhaiya Kumar has emerged as an outlier in an election being seen as a battle for India's identity.April 30, 2019 at 05:05AM

Would You Pay This Much For A Corvette Body?

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Quite a few people love the look of a classic Chevy Corvette Stingray, and why not? While that’s certainly true, you might be wondering why this 1966 Chevrolet Corvette convertible body is so pricey. All you get is the body, doors, hinges, rear exhaust valance, convertible decklid, bird cage, and windshield frame, plus the glass.

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Trump Off Sounds in Interview With Mark Levin: ‘Lot of Good People’ in Charlottesville

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REUTERS/Yara NardiAbout an hour into a wide ranging radio interview on Friday with conservative radio personality Mark Levin, President Donald Trump took a stab at explaining exactly what he meant when he said there were “very fine people on both sides” of the neo-Nazi march that ended in the death 32-year-old counter-protester Heather Heyer, in Charlottesville in 2017. Levin, having hashed over the Mueller report with the president ad nauseam, had one last topic while he still had the president on the line. “Bernie Sanders believes terrorists should be able to vote,” Levin said as a way of introduction into the topic. “Joe Biden has announced the other day that he wants to run and he’s got a history of actually supporting segregation back in the 70s. He starts attacking you for Charlottesville.”Levin then makes it clear that he has gone back through the audio tapes of the president’s comments in which he said that there were “some very fine people” on both sides of the issue. “You never said anything positive about neo-nazis and klansmen, but they continue to push that line, don’t they?” Levin asked.“That’s a terrible thing that they keep bringing up,” the president responded. “And I actually said, two different ways. And I actually said it every way you can say it. But I said you had bad people in both groups and I said you had good people in both groups.”Levin then prompted the president, “And by groups you mean protestors, not the Klan and neo-nazis?”The president then said that absolutely yes, that’s just what he meant.“If you remember, that started over the statue of probably the greatest general in the history of our country in terms of strategic brilliance,” he said. “If you go to generals, a lot of generals I work with many of them, think that strategically and in many ways Robert E. Lee was the greatest general they have in Charlottesville where I have a big property, where I have a big house, the John Kluge estate.”“You know will you go and you look at this incredible–what was–incredible statue of Robert E. Lee on a horse and many of those people were from University of Virginia. They were from all around the neighborhood, the area,” he said. “They just wanted to protest the fact that they want to take down the statue of Robert E. Lee now there were a lot of good people in that group and they were protesting the taking down of statues.”Levin did not fact check the president or clarify that there were no University of Virginia protesters carrying tiki torches that day who were not part of the Unite the Right neo-nazi movement or those protesting the march. Read more at The Daily Beast.

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No Mass for Sri Lanka's Catholics; no veils for Muslim women

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AMPARA, Sri Lanka (AP) — The effects of Sri Lanka's Easter suicide bombings reverberated across two faiths Sunday, with Catholics shut out of their churches for fear of new attacks, left with only a televised Mass, and Muslim women ordered to stop wearing veils in public.

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Spain election: Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wins as far-Right makes breakthrough

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Spanish Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez earned his first general election win on Sunday, despite the emergence of a hard-Right party that capitalised on many Spaniards’ fury with the government’s attempt to find common ground with the breakaway region of Catalonia.   On high turnout of close to 76 per cent, the Socialist party (PSOE) claimed victory for the first time since 2008 with 123 seats out of 350, although a delicately hung parliament means that forming a government will involve complex negotiations with other forces from the Left and regional parties. With more than 98 per cent of the vote counted, the PSOE was declared winner by Spanish government spokeswoman Isabel Celaá. “We have sent a clear message to Europe and the world: you can beat authoritarianism and involution from the left,” Mr Sánchez said in reference to his victory over his conservative opponents including the anti-immigration, populist force Vox. Vox became the first hard-Right force to gain significant representation in Spain’s parliament since the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975 with 24 seats. Santiago Abascal, leader of far right party Vox, addresses supporters outside the party headquarters after the general election in Madrid Credit: AP With the vote on the Right side of the spectrum split three ways, the biggest loser of the night was the main conservative opposition Popular Party (PP), falling to 66 seats, less than half of the 137 seats it achieved when winning the previous election in 2016. The liberal Ciudadanos came close to pipping the PP to second place, with 58 seats. Vox came from a result of 0.2 per cent in 2016 to win 10 per cent, but it had the effect of cannibalising the Right-of-centre vote and helping Mr Sánchez to stretch out his lead. Together, the PP, Ciudadanos and Vox won 43 per cent, one point more than PSOE and Podemos combined. The PP, Ciudadanos were hoping to combine with Vox for a majority to eject Mr Sánchez from power in order to crack down on Catalonia’s separatist leaders by suspending the region’s autonomy. The three parties had accused Mr Sánchez of being a danger to Spanish unity after he used his 10-month-long spell in government before the election to seek a negotiated end to the impasse between Madrid and Catalonia’s regional government. But Vox’s secretary general, Javier Ortega, was exultant over the result. “This is just the beginning,” he told supporters in Madrid’s Margaret Thatcher square. “Every Vox member of Congress is going to be a whirlwind.”  The general secretary of VOX, Javier Ortega Smith, is seen during his speech at the Plaza Margaret Thatcher, where the party celebrates the electoral results  Credit: Getty Pablo Iglesias, the leader the hard-Left Podemos, offered his party’s 42 seats to “build a leftist government coalition”. But Mr Sánchez will also have to seek support from Basque nationalists and other minority forces, possibly including Catalan pro-independence parties in order to reach a majority. Divisions over how to deal with Catalonia’s bid for independence played out in an ill-tempered campaign with the trial of 10 imprisoned Catalan leaders over their role in the region’s unconstitutional referendum in 2017 rumbling on in the background. Mr Sánchez was described by Vox as “an enemy of the nation” for negotiating with Catalan forces, while PP leader Pablo Casado accused the prime minister of siding with “bloodstained hands” after the government received parliamentary support from Basque party Bildu, regarded as the successor to the political wing of terrorist group Eta. The party leaders clashed in fractious televised debates. Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera described Mr Sánchez as a “disgraceful” prime minister for kneeling before Catalan separatists, while the latter took his Right-wing opponents to task over their Andalucian government’s rollback of assistance for women victims of male violence.

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