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Israeli police: Prime Minister Netanyahu suspected of bribery, fraud, breach of trust
USA Today - 4 Aug 2017 07:12
Israeli police confirm that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is suspected of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
Trump at West Virginia rally: 'We didn't win because of Russia'
The Week - 4 Aug 2017 06:31
At a rally in Huntington, West Virginia, on Thursday night, President Trump thanked the audience in front of him for his election victory last year, saying, "We didn't win because of Russia, we won because of you. Are th...
Secret Service booted from Trump Tower over lease dispute
New York Post - 4 Aug 2017 06:08
The Trump Organization has given the Secret Service the boot — kicking them out of Trump Tower and ordering them to find space “elsewhere” — following a dispute over the terms of their lease, a report says. Sourc...
Trump blasts Russia investigation as Robert Mueller convenes grand jury
The Guardian - 4 Aug 2017 09:17
Rally for thousands of diehard supporters held on same day news emerged that special counsel has set up panel to examine evidence of alleged collusion Donald Trump has sought to rally thousands of diehard supporters agai...
North Korea threatens US with 'unexpected gift packages' after missile test
New York Post - 4 Aug 2017 08:28
With national pride flying as high as one of its recent intercontinental ballistic missile tests, North Korea threatened the United States — again — on Thursday, warning with typical hyperbolic abandon that the rogue...
The British Hacker Who Helped Stop the WannaCry Cyberattack Has Been Arrested in the U.S.
Time - 4 Aug 2017 05:44
Hutchins was in Las Vegas for Def Con, an annual cybersecurity conference
The biggest myth about sharks that will make you fear them less
Business Insider - 4 Aug 2017 20:03
That sharks represent a risk to swimmers and surfers isn't news to beachgoers. But these predators are not actually looking to feed on humans. To better understand why a tiny number of sharks do sometimes bite people, we...
There's been no Trump boost in the US jobs market
Business Insider - 4 Aug 2017 18:59
President Donald Trump took the time to trumpet Friday's jobs report numbers on Twitter. Trump calledthe addition of 209,000 workers in July "Excellent Jobs Numbers" and said the job gains were only beginning, claimingde...
A 'dark store' tax loophole enjoyed by Target, Lowe's, and Home Depot is costing American schools billions
Business Insider - 4 Aug 2017 18:49
Business Insider/Hayley Peterson Retail giants likeTarget, Lowe's, and Home Depot are fighting to pay less taxes. When they win, schools end up losing billions of dollars, Edweek reported. In what is often described as a...
Venezuela Heads Toward a Showdown as New Assembly Prepares to Convene
Time - 4 Aug 2017 06:23
Opposition lawmakers in congress have vowed they will only be removed by force
UN study: Extremist fighters lack good education and jobs
Miami Herald - 4 Aug 2017 06:11
A U.N. study of 43 people who left their countries to become "foreign terrorist fighters" in Syria has found that most came from disadvantaged backgrounds, lacked good education and decent …
JIM GLASSMAN: Safety nets can trap people in a cycle of poverty
Business Insider - 4 Aug 2017 20:04
Business Insider Jim Glassman, the managing director and head economist for commercial banking at JPMorgan, says that innovation has raised our living standard, and that it should be embraced because of the opportunities...
Helicopter sex film police crew cleared of misconduct
BBC - 4 Aug 2017 18:47
Two officers and two pilots accused of using the aircraft to film naked sunbathers are acquitted.
Barclays: not cheerful, but cheap
MoneyWeek - 4 Aug 2017 15:55
Of all the big banks, it's probably fair to say Barclays has had its fair share of bad publicity, says Matthew Partridge. The post Barclays: not cheerful, but cheap was first published on MoneyWeek.
Hikers form human chain to cross river after flash-flood
New York Post - 4 Aug 2017 09:35
SALT LAKE CITY -- One of several hikers who formed a human chain across a river swollen with flash flood waters in the Utah desert said Thursday it was powerful watching people help each other through the dangerous situa...
3 injured after man shoots into park full of families, tourists
New York Post - 4 Aug 2017 09:25
SAN FRANCISCO -- At least one gunman opened fire Thursday at a popular San Francisco park packed with families and tourists, leaving three people wounded and sending dozens of panicked people running for cover, witnesses...
Stripper sentenced in drunk-driving crash that killed cop
New York Post - 4 Aug 2017 08:44
A Texas exotic dancer convicted of intoxication manslaughter after a crash that killed a Pearland police officer was sentenced to 32 years in prison on Thursday. Amber Willemsen, 40, a former assistant principal turned s...
EPA to reject biofuel program tweaks in blow to refiners, Icahn
New York Post - 4 Aug 2017 07:34
The Environmental Protection Agency will reject a proposed overhaul of the US biofuels program that would have shifted blending responsibility away from refining companies further down the fuel supply chain, three source...
'A Tragic, Forgotten Place.' Poverty and Death in Indonesia's Land of Gold
Time - 4 Aug 2017 06:11
Very few have reached the Papuan highlands, where locals have long reported extrajudicial killings, rape and torture at the hands of Indonesian police
Australian police: ISIS commander sent IED parts to would-be plane bombers
CNN - 4 Aug 2017 06:00
A senior ISIS commander sent parts to make an improvised explosive device (IED) to the two men who were arrested in connection to an alleged plot to take down a passenger plane, Australian police have said.
El Chapo, Accused Drug Lord, Questions Legality of His Extradition From Mexico
The New York Times - 4 Aug 2017 05:42
The court filing, following the transfer of the accused trafficker Joaquín Guzmán Loera to Brooklyn, was the first legal attack on the indictment he faces.
Without Groban and Patinkin, vultures are circling 'Great Comet'
New York Post - 4 Aug 2017 04:36
“Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812" is in danger of closing within weeks, felled by a social-media backlash that hit the show when it was announced that Mandy Patinkin would replace a black actor in one of the ...