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Manhunt launched after five bodies found in Missouri apartment

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Five people were found dead at an apartment in St Louis, Missouri, prompting police to appeal to the local community for help.The victims’ bodies were discovered after a friend of the group returned to the building in the north of the city at around midday on Saturday.All five are adults but detectives did not release any information about their ages, genders or causes of death.“We can tell they are homicides,” said St Louis County police officer Tracey Panus outside the scene on Chambers Road.“We got a call around noon for suspicious deaths in the 1900 block of Chambers. When we responded we found five deceased victims.“We don’t know cause of death, we don’t have any suspects in custody, we are just looking for tips, we are looking for people to call our investigators to provide any information they may have seen between 9pm and noon today.”Detectives used specialist equipment to take 3D images of the crime scene as part of the homicide investigation. The St Louis Post-Dispatch newspa...

Italian captain under investigation for rescuing 41 shipwrecked migrants

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A charity rescue vessel has been impounded and the captain is under investigation after he defied Italian authorities and brought 41 shipwrecked migrants into the Sicilian port of Lampedusa late on Saturday. It is the second boat in a week to challenge the far-right interior minister Matteo Salvini’s determination to close Italian ports to migrants and Italy was facing renewed pressure from Germany to open its doors to asylum seekers. Mediterranea’s Italian-flagged Alex was met by police on the quay and migrants were allowed to disembark in the latest setback for Mr Salvini’s hardline immigration stance.  “I do not authorise any landing for those who couldn’t care less about Italian laws and who help the people smugglers,” the populist deputy prime minister tweeted. On Sunday Mr Salvini accused the NGO of lying about the necessity to rescue the migrants saying that “their rubber dinghy had no problems”.  “I would like you to be in front of a rubber dinghy with 50 people with c...

Turkey sacks central bank governor: presidential decree

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Turkey has sacked the governor of its central bank and replaced him with his deputy, a presidential decree published in the official gazette said on Saturday. Murat Cetinkaya, who was appointed to the role in April 2016, had been replaced by Murat Uysal, the decree said, but gave no official reason for the change. There had been recent speculation that Cetinkaya could be replaced amid disagreements with the government on cutting interest rates. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2LDGBnT via Latest News

How Can Presidential Candidates Be So Silly?

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If California senator Kamala Harris is elected president in 2020 and reelected in 2024, by the time she leaves office 114 months from now she might have a coherent answer to the question of whether Americans should be forbidden to have what 217 million of them currently have: private health insurance. Her 22 weeks of contradictory statements, and her Trumpian meretriciousness about her contradictions, reveal a frivolity about upending health care's complex 18 percent of America's economy. And her bumblings illustrate how many of the Democratic presidential aspirants, snug in their intellectual silos, have lost -- if they ever had -- an aptitude for talking like, and to, normal Americans.Seven days after announcing her candidacy in January, Harris, appearing on CNN, endorsed "Medicare for All" and was asked: So, people "who like their [private] insurance, they don't get to keep it?" She answered: "The idea is that everyone gets access to medical care...

California earthquake: more major quakes and months of aftershocks likely, seismologists say

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Up to 30,000 aftershocks could hit California in the next six months after the US state was hit by two major earthquakes in 48 hours last week, seismologists have warned. They were part of a continuing sequence of tremors that would affect the area for months, said Lucy Jones, of the California Institute of Technology and said the earthquakes. The region could see more than 30,000 minor earthquakes over six months, with one or two magnitude 6 quakes expected, her colleague and fellow seismologist Egill Hauksson, added. Up to 190 magnitude 3 earthquakes could take place over the next week alone, with a 12 per cent probability of a magnitude 6 earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).Magnitude 3 earthquakes are big enough to be felt and any earthquake over magnitude 4 is big enough to cause damage to buildings.“It is a wake-up call for the rest of the state and other parts of the nation, frankly,” California Governor Gavin Newsom said, voicing concerns about the possibili...

Trona, California, was trying to bounce back. Then an earthquake hit. Then a bigger one.

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"If we have another quake, I am not going to have a house," said a resident coping with damage in the 1,500-person town of Trona, California. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2RY4Zlz via Latest News

Hong Kong protesters hold vigil ahead of Sunday march

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A vigil was held Saturday night for a Hong Kong woman who fell to her death this week, one of three apparent suicides linked to ongoing protests over fears that freedoms are being eroded in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. A mostly youthful gathering placed lit candles and incense at temporary memorials in a square in central Hong Kong. Before falling from a shopping mall on June 30, the 29-year-old woman left a message on Facebook that wished for the protesters' success but said she could not carry on, Hong Kong media have reported. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Jthu4y via Latest News

California earthquake: 7.1 quake shakes Southern California 1 day after magnitude 6.4

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A powerful 7.1 earthquake shook Southern California one day after a magnitude 6.4. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2RZCt2G via Latest News

Border agency knew of troubling Facebook posts in 2016: acting secretary

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U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials knew in 2016 about a private Facebook group where border agents posted racist and misogynistic comments, acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan said on Sunday. The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) service came under fire over the issue last Monday, when the nonprofit news site ProPublica reported that offensive content had been posted on a private Facebook group for current and former CPB officers. McAleenan said the Facebook page was a private site run by a group of individuals in their off-duty hours and not under CBP control. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32ef8z2 via Latest News

California earthquake: Here's what we know about injuries, damage and aftershocks

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A 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocked Southern California late Friday. Here's what we know about injuries, damage and aftershocks. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Xs1f1z via Latest News

Porsche unveils revised 911 RSR for WEC, IMSA - Motorsport.com

Porsche unveils revised 911 RSR for WEC, IMSA    Motorsport.com Beautiful flat-six 1973 Porsche 911 RSR sounds incredible at FOS    Goodwood Road & Racing Porsche's New Race Car Says No to Turbos and Yes to Side Exit Exhaust    Jalopnik Why you should buy a front-engine Porsche    British GQ 2019 Porsche 911 RSR GTE world debut at Goodwood Festival of Speed    Goodwood Road & Racing View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2L4MHOP via Technology

Modern Warfare Perks, Equipment & Skills List Reportedly Leaked - Gaming INTEL

Modern Warfare Perks, Equipment & Skills List Reportedly Leaked    Gaming INTEL Call of Duty sales figures show surprising results for Black Ops 4, WWII and more    Dexerto 'Call of Duty Modern Warfare' 2019 Release Date, Gameplay, Trailer and More    Inverse Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Is Adding A Big New Gameplay Feature    Comicbook.com Modern Warfare Killstreaks List Reportedly Leaked    Gaming INTEL View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/32ocUgO via Technology

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Kylie Minogue, Sheryl Crow and Lewis Capaldi show support for a campaign against "throwaway fashion". from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2XUStZe via Online Shopping

Google joins Dish Network in talks to create 4th mobile carrier - New York Post

Google joins Dish Network in talks to create 4th mobile carrier    New York Post Google is in talks to help create a fourth US wireless carrier, even as Sprint and T-Mobile struggle to get their controversial merger cleared with federal and state ... from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2G0rnpq via Technology

Stranger Things season 3: Our biggest WTF questions - CNET

Our minds are blown in the post-credits but what other loose ends are left in Hawkins? from CNET https://ift.tt/2FYz4wC via Mobiles

Three Very Important Features For Microsoft's New Surface Laptop 3 - Forbes

Three Very Important Features For Microsoft's New Surface Laptop 3    Forbes Microsoft Surface Laptop 3: What to Expect (and What We Want)    Laptop Mag View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2XssQj8 via Technology

Iran denies tanker detained by UK was headed to Syria

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Iran denied Sunday that an oil tanker detained by Britain in Gibraltar was carrying crude to Syria, which would put it in violation of EU sanctions. "The tanker was carrying Iran's oil... Contrary to what the British government claims, its destination was not Syria," said Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at a press conference in Tehran. "The port named in Syria does not even have the capacity for such a supertanker to dock. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Jskoqs via Latest News

Starbucks apologizes to Tempe police after evicting six officers, trying to quell firestorm

Starbucks has issued a formal apology to an Arizona police force after six officers were kicked out of a Tempe coffee shop on Independence Day. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32cc1Ym via Latest News

Mothers rally as Hong Kong's divide shows no sign of closing

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Hong Kong's political divisions showed no sign of closing as students rebuffed an offer from city leader Carrie Lam to meet and a few thousand mothers rallied in support of young protesters who left a trail of destruction in the legislature's building at the start of the week. "Don't feel lonely, dad and mum will support you," read one of many handwritten messages held aloft at a "Hong Kong Mothers" rally Friday. University professor Sealing Cheng asked who was responsible for the destruction of the legislature, implying that an arrogant government had driven the protesters to break into the building and rampage through it. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Jq0cFF via Latest News

2020 Dems' opposition builds against Trump judges

Exclusive data obtained by POLITICO shows that Senate Democrats are rejecting the president's judicial nominees far more often than during the last Congress. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2XPZlHk via Latest News