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Glaciers Are Melting Underwater. It's Worse Than Previously Thought

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Underwater glacier melt could be happening faster than previously thought, a dangerous finding as melting ice and glaciers raise sea levels from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2LGhtxS via Latest News

Brazil judge orders Petrobras to refuel Iran ships: source

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Brasília (AFP) - A Supreme Court judge on Thursday ordered Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras to refuel two Iranian ships stranded off the country's coast, a source involved in the dispute and a report said. The order came after Iran's top envoy to Brazil told Bloomberg that Tehran could suspend imports from the Latin American country if the issue was not resolved. Petrobras has refused to provide fuel to the vessels, which have been stuck at Paranagua port in the southern state of Parana since early last month, for fear of breaching US sanctions. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2y937gr via Latest News

Point Break: Is Iran Ready to Retaliate Against America?

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The United States and Iran remain locked in a tense standoff, punctuated by periodic escalations, that could easily transition into a full-blown conflict. Following the U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA, Iran has been subjected to crushing sanctions that have contracted its economy and put pressure on its leadership. Rather than concede, Iran has responded with increasingly provocative moves—sabotaging several oil tankers, shooting down a U.S. drone, and openly violating the uranium enrichment and storage thresholds in the JCPOA. Many in Washington want the United States to launch military strikes on Iran because they believe the prospect of a war that it would lose would force Iran into submission. Military action is much more likely to backfire, however, since it would only legitimize Iran's nuclear program and make a nuclear arsenal essential to defend itself from the United States.Iran has clearly telegraphed that it would restart uranium enrichment unless America’s European allie...

Correction: Train Crash story

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UPDATE 3-N.Korea's Kim says missile launch a warning to S.Korean 'warmongers'

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The medical examiner said a man died of natural causes. Funeral home employees found stab wounds in his neck

A medical examiner in Georgia ruled a man died of natural causes. Then funeral home employees found stab wounds in his neck. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SBO2xv via Latest News

The quiet scheme saving thousands from ransomware

No More Ransom says it has helped 200,000 people recover from ransomware attacks. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2K3ZaiW via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Guide: All Free EA Access Games Available on PS4 - Push Square

Guide: All Free EA Access Games Available on PS4    Push Square Madden NFL 20 Early Access Is Live, Here's How To Get In    GameSpot 10 Games like Call of Duty that'll have you reloading for more    GamesRadar EA Access is now available on PlayStation 4    VentureBeat Best PS4, Switch, Xbox One Deals In Best Buy's Black Friday In July Sale (US)    GameSpot View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2GqXOxC via Technology

Brave browser now lets you cash out your ad revenue - CNET

You'll have to identify yourself first, though. The feature is only in test versions of the ad-blocking browser for now. from CNET https://ift.tt/32OyaMZ via Mobiles

Russia may have tried to hack elections systems in all 50 states, Senate report says - CNET

The report was heavily redacted. from CNET https://ift.tt/2ZbNYHh via Mobiles

John McAfee tweets photos of jail stay, 'airdrops' bitcoin - CNET

He's giving away 5,000 bitcoin and 10,000 ethereum "to celebrate being alive." from CNET https://ift.tt/2YlebSm via Mobiles

Equifax data breach: How to claim $125 right now in the settlement - CNET

You can file a claim to get $125 as part of the settlement reached between the FTC and Equifax from CNET https://ift.tt/2JQiuRM via Mobiles

Star Trek: Lower Decks -- All we know about the new CBS animated show - CNET

The USS Cerritos support crew gets to shine in a new Star Trek animation from Rick and Morty's Mike McMahan. from CNET https://ift.tt/2YkJP2z via Mobiles

Waymo and DeepMind mimic evolution to develop a new, better way to train self-driving AI - TechCrunch

Waymo and DeepMind mimic evolution to develop a new, better way to train self-driving AI    TechCrunch DeepMind is helping Waymo evolve better self-driving AI algorithms    MIT Technology Review DeepMind and Waymo collaborate to improve AI accuracy and speed up model training    VentureBeat DeepMind helps Waymo train self-driving cars    Financial Times View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/32SNOGO via Technology

Meghan McCain challenges O'Rourke on comment comparing Trump rally to Nazi Nuremberg rally

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Twice in two days, Beto O'Rourke has compared a recent Trump rally to Nuremberg rallies in Nazi Germany. But the 2020 Democrat said he also believes that not everyone at Trump's recent North Carolina rally is a racist. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30O7Dxa via Latest News

AG Barr Reinstates Federal Death Penalty, Immediately Schedules 5 Executions

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Attorney General William Barr on Thursday reinstated the federal death penalty, which lapsed 20 years ago, and immediately scheduled executions for five federal death row inmates convicted of murdering children and the elderly, while promising more to come.According to a Justice Department announcement, Barr directed Hugh Hurwitz, the acting director of the Bureau of Prisons, to adopt the revision to the Federal Execution Protocol, a maneuver that “[clears] the way for the federal government to resume capital punishment after a nearly two decade lapse, and bringing justice to victims of the most horrific crimes.”Barr also directed Hurwitz to schedule executions for five death-row inmates at a federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana in December 2019 and January 2020.“Congress has expressly authorized the death penalty through legislation adopted by the people’s representatives in both houses of Congress and signed by the President,” Barr said in a statement.“Under Administrations o...

Florida girl, 9, attacked by bison at Yellowstone National Park

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A nine-year-old girl was thrown into the air by a bison at YellowstoneNational Park on Monday from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30QBYLN via Latest News

School board member longs for Muslim congresswoman's death in post: 'My life would be complete'

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Toms River Regional Board of Education member Dan Leonard has come under fire for a series of posts against Muslims. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2JPCbZK via Latest News

Ukraine seizes Russian tanker in Black Sea

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The Ukrainian Security Service said Thursday it had seized a Russian tanker in a Black Sea port, a move that could undermine an anticipated prisoner swap between the two countries. The security service said it detained the Russian tanker in a Ukrainian port on Wednesday. Authorities said the tanker was used in a Russian operation to block Ukrainian vessels from sailing through the Kerch Strait in November. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Ynby6N via Latest News

Treasury's Mnuchin says Amazon 'destroyed' U.S. retail sector

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Mnuchin said he looked forward to hearing the results of a Justice Department probe, announced on Tuesday, into whether big U.S. technology firms engage in anticompetitive practices, the strongest sign yet that the Trump administration is stepping up its scrutiny of Big Tech. "If you look at Amazon, although they're certain benefits to it, they've destroyed the retail industry across the United States," Mnuchin told CNBC. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2LNsduv via Latest News

Trump Unleashes Furious Twitter Attack Ahead Of Mueller’s Testimony

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President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of angry tweets Wednesday ahead of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony in front of Congress.“Why didn’t Robert Mueller [and] his band of 18 Angry Democrats spend any time investigating Crooked Hillary Clinton, Lyin’ [and] Leakin’ James Comey, Lisa Page and her Psycho lover, Peter S, Andy McCabe, the beautiful Ohr family, Fusion GPS, and many more, including HIMSELF [and] Andrew W?” Trump wrote Wednesday on Twitter.Trump also claimed Mueller denied reports that the president turned him down for the role of FBI director the day before Mueller’s appointment as special counsel in 2017.“It has been reported that Robert Mueller is saying that he did not apply and interview for the job of FBI Director (and get turned down) the day before he was wrongfully appointed Special Counsel. Hope he doesn’t say that under oath in that we have numerous witnesses to the interview, including the Vice President of the United States!” Tr...

Russia warns of 'consequences' after Ukraine seizes tanker

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Ukraine on Thursday seized a Russian tanker it said was used in a naval confrontation last November amid sensitive prisoner swap talks between the two countries who have been at loggerheads since 2014. Kiev's SBU security service said it stopped the tanker, the Neyma, as it entered the port of Izmail in the southern Odessa region. Investigators seized documents onboard and questioned crew members, an SBU statement said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Yu62z6 via Latest News

How to claim your share of the $700 million Equifax settlement

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Starting today, victims of the massive Equifax data breach -- and chances are if you're reading this, you're one of them since 147 million people were affected -- can finally get the ball rolling on filing a claim and collecting their share of the $700 million settlement with the credit reporting agency.As a reminder, hackers extracted tons of data from Equifax servers in a data breach a couple of years ago that included peoples' names, birth dates, addresses, social security numbers, and more than 200,000 payment card numbers and expiration dates. Equifax settled a lawsuit the FTC brought against it for $700 million, and that money will be used in part to offer free credit monitoring services to victims of the breach, as well as direct cash payments to people affected.The FTC's claim website went live on Thursday morning, and that's where you should go to see if you were affected by the breach. You can also use the form to denote how much money you think you're...