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The Mueller investigation was supposed to be a legal process concerned with crimes. Investigators identified no crimes to charge, and so it has, naturally, become something else: no longer a theory about a criminal conspiracy — only an irritable mood.An ordeal that had been conducted under the procedures of law in accordance with legal criteria is now an ordeal that is being conducted under the procedures of politics in accordance with political criteria — or, if you prefer, with moral criteria related to Donald Trump’s character. For those who want to see President Trump impeached and who think of impeachment as a fundamentally political process in spite of its mock-trial aspect, that’s just fine. They’ll take their pound of flesh, however it is had.The problem with this point of view is that the question of Donald Trump’s personal fitness for office already has been adjudicated as a political matter: That is what happened in the 2016 presidential election. Many critics, myself includ...

Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido used his latest mass rally on Saturday to reiterate an appeal to the army to end its support for Nicolas Maduro's regime, and announced massive Mayday protests to oust the embattled president. Despite support from more than 50 states who recognize him as interim president, US-backed Guaido has been unable to affect Maduro's grip on the military, which continues to keep him in power, along with allies China and Russia. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2XRaFiM via Latest News

The wife and a daughter of the suspected mastermind of suicide attacks on churches and four hotels in Sri Lanka were wounded in a gunbattle that erupted following a raid in the east of the country, police and his sister said on Saturday. The shootout at a safe house erupted on Friday in Sainthamaruthu in Ampara district on the east coast as police hunted for people linked to Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Zahran, who has been named as the ringleader of the Easter Sunday bombings. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2IKG2rX via Latest News

Despite the harrowing experience, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein said he and his congregation will not be "intimidated or deterred" by the threat of violence. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2WaPg3T via Latest News

US regulators considered grounding some Boeing 737 MAX planes last year after learning of a problem with a system that is now the main suspect in two deadly crashes, a source close to the matter said. Investigators in the Lion Air crash in October off the coast of Indonesia and the Ethiopia Airlines disaster in March have zeroed in on the planes' anti-stall system, called the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, or MCAS. Last year, inspectors with the Federal Aviation Administration discovered Boeing de-activated a signal designed to advise the cockpit crew of a malfunctioning of the MCAS system, the source said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Px32v9 via Latest News

Last December, police reports indicated dog feces and urine were scattered throughout 5-year-old Andrew "AJ" Freund's home. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2XJON8Z via Latest News

With its latest battle, Game of Thrones solidifies its seat on TV's VFX throne    Ars Technica You can kind of tell by looking, but Ars spoke with some VFX pros who concur. from Technology - Latest - Google News http://bit.ly/2vsOGTa via Technology

Overcast can create clips from any public podcast    Engadget It can be a headache to share a favorite podcast moment with your friends. Unless you're willing to dive into the file with a media editor, you'll usually have... from Technology - Latest - Google News https://engt.co/2L6MH1p via Technology

More details on X570 motherboards allegedly leaked    Notebookcheck.net AMD Ryzen 3000 Zen 2 Expected To Hit 4.5GHz With A Sweet 15% IPC Uplift    Hot Hardware HW News - Ryzen 3200 Delid, Intel 10nm Qualified, & More Malware    Gamers Nexus Leak: Ryzen 3000 runs at 4.5 GHz and beats Ryzen 2000 by 15%    TechSpot AMD Ryzen 3000 CPUs Allegedly Feature 15% Better IPC And Boost Up To 4.5 GHz    WccftechTV View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News http://bit.ly/2ZFZV8N via Technology

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia keeps reverberating even with special counsel Robert Mueller's report now part of history. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2vqOS5C via Latest News

On Friday evening, as the troops approached the house - a one-storey building on a narrow lane opposite an open drain - three explosions went off and they opened fire on the suspects holed up inside, according to the military. The wife and a daughter of the suspected mastermind of the suicide attacks, Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Zahran, were wounded in the ensuing gunbattle, police and his sister said on Saturday. Security forces have detained 100 people, including foreigners from Syria and Egypt. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2ZGCEne via Latest News

Lucas Jackson/ReutersNew York Attorney General Letitia James has launched an investigation into the National Rifle Association after reports surfaced of financial improprieties within the organization. “The Office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James has launched an investigation related to the National Rifle Association (NRA). As part of this investigation, the Attorney General has issued subpoenas,” a spokesperson for the attorney general's office told NPR. According to NPR, the group received a document preservation notice in connection with the AG's investigation, and The New York Times reports that several businesses connected with the gun rights group also received subpoenas.The announcement comes just hours after and the pro-gun group's president, Oliver North, announced that he has been ousted, and The Daily Beast exclusively reported that longtime NRA lawyer, Steve Hart, has been suspended. North's ouster capped off days of vicious infighting within...

POWAY, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a synagogue in Southern California (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2IXnOmp via Latest News

The 2020 election isn’t going to be close.The first-quarter gross domestic product growth rate of 3.2 per cent sets up the first reality that will be noted in November 2020 because it telegraphs where the economy will be then: not in recession.Recessions are charted when GDP growth is negative for two consecutive quarters or more. That can and has occurred in sudden fashion – financial panics don’t send “save the date” cards.But the economy over which president Donald Trump is presiding is strong and getting stronger.Innovation is accelerating, not declining. A recession before election day looks less and less likely by the day.Small wonder then that Trump dominates the GOP with an approval rating above 80 per cent.His administration’s deregulatory push is accelerating. More and more rule-of-law judges, disinclined to accept bureaucrats’ excuses for over-regulation, are being confirmed to the bench. Readiness levels in the US military have been renewed. America’s relationship with its ...

Last year was one of the most eventful for the Royal family, with the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle, Princess Eugenie to Jack Brooksbank, and the birth of Prince Louis. And while 2019 hasn't been as jam-packed for the Windsors so far, there's a whole new reason to celebrate on the horizon - the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's first child is expected any day now. As royal watchers in the UK and abroad wait for the latest arrival, speculation is mounting as to what he or she could be called - and whether the Queen will allow the child to become a Prince or Princess.  Latest predictions on what the Royal baby will be called The duke and duchess may decide to go with a traditional name like Alice, Grace or Victoria for a girl or James, Edward or Arthur for a boy. However, the pair are forward-thinking royals and may decide to surprise everyone when naming their first child. Canadian-born Autumn Phillips, and husband Peter Phillips, opted for a non-traditi...

Israel released two prisoners on Sunday, sending them back to Syria in what Damascus described as Russian-mediated reciprocation for the repatriation of the body of a long-missing Israeli soldier. Russia, a key Damascus ally, this month handed Israel the remains and personal effects of Zachary Baumel, who was declared missing in action along with two other Israeli soldiers following a 1982 tank battle with Syrian forces in Lebanon. A Syrian government source said Damascus then pressured Moscow to secure a prisoner release by Israel. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2ISAUlN via Latest News

REUTERSAt least 15 people, including six children, were killed Friday night when suspected militants set off a series of explosions and engaged cops in gunfire during a raid by Sri Lankan police in connection to the deadly Easter Sunday suicide bombings, authorities said. Authorities told the AP they received a tip that members of the group associated with the coordinated terrorist bombings that killed more than 250 people last week were in a safe house  near the town of Sammanthurai. When they arrived, militants  “detonated three explosions and opened fire.”The U.S. Department of State, citing possible secondary attacks, urged Americans to reconsider traveling to Sri Lanka and have ordered children of government workers to leave the country.Most of the victims in the latest round of violence—which also included six men and three women—were killed in three bomb blasts that ripped apart the roof and one wall of the house, police said. One witness told CNN the explosion during t...

The list released by the New York Archdiocese includes 120 men, none of them in active ministry now. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2ULsLkr via Latest News

“The treatment of these Franklin crewmen,” concludes Springer, constituted “one of the greatest but least-known injustices involving the U.S. Navy in World War II.”Seldom do I come away incensed from reading history. The saga of the World War II aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) constitutes an exception. We normally think of Franklin’s history as a parable about the importance of shipboard firefighting and damage control. It’s about materiel and methods, in other words. And these things are important without a doubt. Fighting ships are metal boxes packed with explosives and flammables. Suppressing fire represents a crucial function, which is why the first thing a new sailor does after reporting aboard is qualify in rudimentary damage control.(This first appeared several years ago.)But a ship is more than a hunk of steel. The hunk of steel plus the crew that lives on board it comprises the ship. Bad leadership marred Franklin’s human component. In the end, then, this is a story with...

About 600 mostly Cuban migrants who were part of a mass escape from a southern Mexico immigration detention center a day earlier remained at large Friday evening, immigration authorities said. Hours after the mass escape, throngs of detained migrants raised their fists in the air and chanted "We want food! We want out!" from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2ZGGEUM via Latest News