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Among this week's most popular news stories are Samsung's launch of the Note 9 and Galaxy Watch, Magic Leap's reveal of its first augmented reality headset, and NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission to the sun. from CNET https://ift.tt/2OuYKCF via Mobiles

Andrew Hoyle and Drew Stearne break down Samsung's new Galaxy Note 9 and we find out why Drew might have a Hue obsession. from CNET https://ift.tt/2KIVqSh via Mobiles

Use these handy new features to get the most out of Android 9.0. from CNET https://ift.tt/2Mcwg3K via Mobiles

Get your flat cap and short pants ready, lads and lasses, it's British bicycle time! from CNET https://ift.tt/2OtGedU via Mobiles

In a world of massive and massively expensive phones, a smaller, cheaper Android handset that still delivers great features could have great appeal. from CNET https://ift.tt/2Mdrfbt via Mobiles

Coober Pedy is home to one of the most extreme climates on earth. To survive, people bury themselves beneath the ground. from CNET https://ift.tt/2OYGLpb via Mobiles

A Magic Leap unicorn appears; we dig into Android Pie; and Alex Jones and Infowars test the limits of free speech online. from CNET https://ift.tt/2vHW9hZ via Mobiles

Engineers at Vanderbilt University built a "smart" prosthetic ankle that can help patients adjust to stairs and uneven surfaces. from CNET https://ift.tt/2vACbWa via Mobiles

It's in the middle of the desert and an 8 hours' drive to the nearest capital city. Living in Coober Pedy is an exercise in self-reliance. from CNET https://ift.tt/2vC35x0 via Mobiles

Here's what happens when mining for opals has the added benefit of expanding the bedroom. from CNET https://ift.tt/2vyb4uQ via Mobiles

“It was very painful. I cannot tell you how close we were. These folks live with you all day, 24/7. It was like losing a family member.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vXaDK4 via Latest News

Monsanto's German owners insisted Saturday that the weed killer Roundup was "safe", rejecting a California jury's decision to order the chemical giant to pay nearly $290 million for failing to warn a dying groundskeeper that the product might cause cancer. While observers predicted thousands of potential future claims against the company in the wake of Monsanto's defeat, Bayer -- which recently acquired the US giant -- said the California ruling went against scientific evidence. "On the basis of scientific conclusions, the views of worldwide regulatory authorities and the decades-long practical experience with glyphosate use, Bayer is convinced that glyphosate is safe and does not cause cancer," the company said in a statement. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2nuybC0 via Latest News

Airbnb said it is prepared to ban users who participate in the white from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2nsJ07F via Latest News

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A last-minute technical problem Saturday delayed NASA's unprecedented flight to the sun. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2MkXdSj via Latest News

The Trump administration plans to roll back another major Obama-era rule that was created to police the for-profit college industry, according to a proposal issued by the Education Department on Friday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2nu8QIH via Latest News

A Horizon Air ground service agent got into a Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft on Friday night in a maintenance area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and took off, Horizon sister carrier Alaska Airline said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2MBXlJQ via Latest News

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“It’s hard to just take joy in something like a Pulitzer when you know that it came because of such a tragic event.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vSgct3 via Latest News

Police in Fredericton, a city of about 56,000 that is the capital of the province of New Brunswick, said a suspect was in custody and was being treated for serious injuries. A local health official said multiple shooting victims were being treated at one hospital. Officials identified the slain officers as Sara Mae Burns, 43, and Lawrence Robb Costello, 45. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2nxBKHM via Latest News

They were not his last words but they revealed something of Richard Russell's story as he sat at the controls of a stolen passenger aircraft, a few hundred feet above the ground. “I’ve got a lot of people that care about me," he told air traffic controllers. "It’s going to disappoint them to hear that I did this.” Minutes later he was dead. The empty Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft nosedived into island in Puget Sound, not far from Seattle.  Relatives and friends of the 29-year-old said they were struggling to reconcile the rogue pilot - whose actions closed an international airport and sent F-15 fighters scrambling into the air - with the likeable young man they knew. His family - who knew him as "Beebo" - expressed their heartbreak. Seattle plane crash "This is a complete shock to us," they said in a statement read by a friend. "We are devastated by these events, and Jesus is truly the only one holding this family together right now. Without ...

SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — The Latest on a plane stolen from Sea-Tac International Airport in Washington state (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KOF0Ym via Latest News

Monsanto's German owners insisted Saturday that the weed killer Roundup was "safe," rejecting a California jury's decision to order the chemical giant to pay nearly $290 million for failing to warn a dying groundskeeper that the product might cause cancer. While observers predicted thousands of potential future claims against the company in the wake of Monsanto's defeat, Bayer -- which recently acquired the US giant -- said the California ruling went against scientific evidence. "On the basis of scientific conclusions, the views of worldwide regulatory authorities and the decades-long practical experience with glyphosate use, Bayer is convinced that glyphosate is safe and does not cause cancer," the company said in a statement. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2nu439U via Latest News

At least four people, including two police officers have been killed in a shooting in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton, with one person having taken into custody. Police in Fredericton, a city of about 56,000 that is the capital of the province of New Brunswick, have a 48-year-old suspect in custody. Fredericton's deputy police chief Martin Gaudet said the two the officers saw two deceased civilians before being shot and killed themselves. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2P0JvCn via Latest News

Authorities battling massive wildfires in large swathes of California issued mandatory evacuation orders and health warnings Friday over the worsening air quality as the flames grew ever closer to populated areas. After almost a month of wildfires, the National Weather Service warned that satellite images showed "widespread smoke" drifting from the fires into western and central Canada before heading back south in the US Northern Plains. Its largest blaze, the Ranch Fire, was only 53 percent contained compared to 87 percent for its twin River Fire. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2AXKfpd via Latest News

With Facebook, YouTube, Spotify, Google and Apple all taking concrete steps in from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2McyMac via Latest News

Services across north-west England have been affected due to train crew scheduling "difficulties". from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2MdIBoA via Online Shopping

Short-sellers say they've lost millions after "misleading" comments about going private. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2vVkLD2 via Online Shopping

The incident points to one of the biggest potential perils for air travel from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KQu64E via Latest News

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― On Aug. 12 of last year, after the murder of Heather from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2w3l3HW via Latest News

NASA postponed until Sunday the launch of the first ever spacecraft to fly directly toward the Sun on a mission to plunge into our star's sizzling atmosphere and unlock its mysteries. The next launch window opens at 3:31 am (0731 GMT) on Sunday, when weather conditions are 60 percent favorable for launch, NASA said. Not only is the corona about 300 times hotter than the Sun's surface, but it also hurls powerful plasma and energetic particles that can unleash geomagnetic space storms, wreaking havoc on Earth by disrupting the power grid. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vAhCZN via Latest News

“It was very painful. I cannot tell you how close we were. These folks live with you all day, 24/7. It was like losing a family member.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vXaDK4 via Latest News

Monsanto's German owners insisted Saturday that the weed killer Roundup was "safe", rejecting a California jury's decision to order the chemical giant to pay nearly $290 million for failing to warn a dying groundskeeper that the product might cause cancer. While observers predicted thousands of potential future claims against the company in the wake of Monsanto's defeat, Bayer -- which recently acquired the US giant -- said the California ruling went against scientific evidence. "On the basis of scientific conclusions, the views of worldwide regulatory authorities and the decades-long practical experience with glyphosate use, Bayer is convinced that glyphosate is safe and does not cause cancer," the company said in a statement. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2nuybC0 via Latest News

A 29-year-old "suicidal" airport worker who commandeered an empty plane from Seattle's main airport and took it on an hour-long flight chased by F-15 fighter jets before crashing into a small island did not commit any security violations, officials said Saturday. Horizon Air employee Richard Russell told an air traffic controller he was "just a broken man" minutes before dying late Friday in the Bombardier Q400 twin-engine turboprop plane, appearing to apologize for his actions. Law enforcement officials identified him to US media. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vDynTY via Latest News

Kobach announced his decision in a letter to his opponent Gov. Jeff Colyer from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2P2es9C via Latest News

Android 9 Pie upgrades confirmed for Sony Xperia XZ1, XZ2, HTC U12+, HTC U11 series    9to5Google HTC announces which of its phones will receive Android 9.0 Pie    Android Police Sony Lists Xperia Phones Getting Android 9.0 Pie Treatment Soon    International Business Times Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2MHcNEU via Technology

An airline employee stole a plane from the Seattle-Tacoma International from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2P1Iudl via Latest News

A group of anti-fascist activists rallied peacefully in downtown Charlottesville as the city marks the anniversary of last summer's white supremacist violence. Saturday marks a year since white nationalists marched through the University of Virginia campus with torches, clashing with a group of counterprotesters. The following day, a much larger gathering of white nationalists near a downtown park erupted into violence. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vBNVrB via Latest News

LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters fought to spare homes Friday from a growing Southern California forest fire, a day after flames came perilously close to neighborhoods and destroyed one house. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2M7enU2 via Latest News

"This crisis is created by America," she said. The lira has lost more than 35 percent against the dollar this year and hit a fresh low on Friday, its biggest one day fall since Turkey's 2001 financial crisis. Food, rents and fuel prices in Turkey have all surged. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2w0TBLc via Latest News

"This is truly a historic and unprecedented event in park history" from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2P28o0A via Latest News

Four people including two police officers have been shot dead in the Canadian city of Fredericton. One suspect has been arrested over the gun attack in New Brunswick province following a manhunt during which residents were told to remain in their homes and lock their doors. The country’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, paid tribute to the victims of Friday morning’s shooting. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2MjV9d5 via Latest News

President Trump was excoriated for blaming “both sides” for the deadly violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., last August. Nearly a year later, those affected by the events of that weekend haven’t forgiven him. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2nuycWz via Latest News

Two military F-15 jets were scrambled late Friday after a "suicidal" airline worker stole and later crashed an empty passenger plane from the Seattle-Tacoma airport, local officials said. An airline employee "conducted an unauthorized takeoff" of an airplane carrying no passengers at the major airport in the northwestern US state of Washington, airport officials said on Twitter. The aircraft "crashed in south Puget Sound," Sea-Tac Airport said, adding that normal operations at the transport hub had resumed after a pause. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2MCOCHm via Latest News

The employee stole an unoccupied 76-seater Horizon Air turboprop plane Friday night. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2w2MEZO via Latest News

CNN's Jake Tapper slammed President Donald Trump on Friday for failing to from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Oqc4bq via Latest News

Lezley McSpadden, the mother of Michael Brown, officially announced her from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KGV4eR via Latest News

A package of baseball season tickets owned by President Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort was a major topic of discussion on Friday at his trial for charges including money laundering, financial fraud and tax investigation. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2nvHW30 via Latest News

They were not his last words but they revealed something of Richard Russell's story as he sat at the controls of a stolen passenger aircraft, a few hundred feet above the ground. “I’ve got a lot of people that care about me," he told air traffic controllers. "It’s going to disappoint them to hear that I did this.” Minutes later he was dead. The empty Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft nosedived into island in Puget Sound, not far from Seattle.  Relatives and friends of the 29-year-old said they were struggling to reconcile the rogue pilot - whose actions closed an international airport and sent F-15 fighters scrambling into the air - with the likeable young man they knew. His family - who knew him as "Beebo" - expressed their heartbreak. Seattle plane crash "This is a complete shock to us," they said in a statement read by a friend. "We are devastated by these events, and Jesus is truly the only one holding this family together right now. Without ...

The police chief's son is being accused of beating a 71-year-old man. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Ot8iOt via Latest News

The Latest on events marking the anniversary of white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2MbAx7T via Latest News

The US military said it had launched a search and rescue operation after reports a marine may have fallen overboard from an American warship as it sailed through Philippine waters. The US 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit said a member, who was not named, may have gone overboard Thursday morning. Aircraft on board the USS Essex are searching waters off the Sulu Sea and the Surigao Strait while multiple searches are also being made inside the ship itself, the unit said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2MdEpoY via Latest News

Mr. Tibbs and Kunimitsu are shaken but expected to make a full recovery. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vXAC3T via Latest News

A Horizon Air ground service agent got into a Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft on Friday night in a maintenance area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and took off, Horizon sister carrier Alaska Airlines said. Relatives and co-workers identified the man as Richard Russell of Sumner, Washington, who also went by the name Beebo. "He was a faithful husband, a loving son, and a good friend," the Russell family said in a statement. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2MlXXqf via Latest News

Twitter won't ban far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, but it is going from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vTBir4 via Latest News

Take a closer look at Chevrolet's interesting approach to mid-engine aerodynamics. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2OW1MRk via Latest News

Launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida aborted on Sat morning Nasa to send spacecraft into the Sun's atmosphere Parker Solar Probe is as heat-resistant as a spacecraft gets Aim is to make 24 passes through the corona during 7-year mission   9:32AM Launch aborted There is clearly still an issue - possibly with the helium regulator. The launch window has expired and Nasa will now aim to reschedule the launch within 24 hours. 9:17AM Launch is back on New launch time set for 9.28am BST (4.29am ET). 8:56AM No go on launch The launch has been delayed. It's not clear what the issue is, but there is a "launch window" of around 45 minutes. The countdown clock was halted at the T-4 minutes. 8:35AM What are the questions the mission hopes to shed light on? Magnetic fields How can the Sun's atmosphere, called the corona, reach temperatures exceeding a million degrees Celsius if the star's surface is "only" 6,000 C (10,800 degrees Fahrenheit)? "That's the b...

A father and son have been charged with several crimes after they allegedly from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vFEKXd via Latest News

Firefighters worked furiously Friday to keep a Southern California wildfire from burning more homes, dumping water and bright pink retardant to protect Lake Elsinore and other foothill communities as the fire sweeps through the dense, bone-dry brush of the Cleveland National Forest. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2MoNPgi via Latest News

Puerto Rico for the first time has told Congress that its 1,427 additional deaths last year compared to 2016 may have resulted from Hurricane Maria, a dramatic spike from the official toll of 64. A June government report showed that in the four months after Hurricane Maria, the island registered 1,427 more deaths than in the same period the previous year. Wednesday's report to Congress made the connection. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2OWcxTI via Latest News

The hijacker of an empty Horizon Air turboprop plane in Seattle had clearance to be among aircraft but did not hold a pilot’s licence, authorities said. The 29-year-old man used a machine called a pushback tractor to first manoeuvre the aircraft so he could board and then take off from Sea-Tac International Airport on Friday evening. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2OZpRqt via Latest News

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― On Aug. 12 of last year, after the murder of Heather from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2w3l3HW via Latest News