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Russian billionaire Yuri Milner’s early backing of Facebook, Twitter had Kremlin ties

Russian billionaire Yuri Milner gained fame and wealth as an early backer of Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and other Silicon Valley startups. Called “Russia’s most influential tech investor” by Forbes, Milner’s wealth has enabled him to partner with Facebook Chairman Mark Zuckerberg in scientific philanthropy, form a spacecraft initiative with famed physicist Stephen Hawking, and […]

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International, USA

All Florida State fraternity activities suspended after pledge dies; alcohol suspected

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The death of a 20-year-old fraternity pledge from Pompano Beach led Florida State University to shut down all Greek life activities Monday. Alcohol is suspected of playing a role in the death of Andrew Coffey, whose body was found Friday — the morning after a gathering of more than 50 people

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

How SpongeBob SquarePants is helping one Syrian woman preserve her culture for her daughter

Of all the things Syrian refugees leave behind, one of the most surprising is language. Not the dialect they speak at home, but the Arabic of written and formal speech. It’s the form of Arabic used in school, books, public life and media. It’s a simplified version of the Arabic of the Quran, and you

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International, USA

Here’s how 2 good guys with a truck and a gun stopped the Texas church shooter

Johnnie Langendorff; Stephen Willeford After Devin Kelley killed more than 20 people in the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, two locals with a gun and a truck helped stop him in his tracks. Kelley, 26, opened fire on churchgoers over the weekend, killing 26 inside of the building. Freeman Martin, regional director of

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USA

Trump ends his visit in Japan by calling for a military buildup to counter the threat from North Korea

TOKYO — Wrapping up a visit here before flying to South Korea, President Donald Trump called for Japan to buy U.S. anti-missile batteries to counter the growing ballistic missile threat from North Korea, saying buying more U.S. military equipment would create more jobs for Americans and increase security for the Japanese. “He will shoot them

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International, USA

Trump Blames Mental Health For Texas Shooting But It’s More Complicated Than That

President Donald Trump blamed the Texas church shooting that left at least 26 dead on mental health problems, but experts say that it’s much more complicated than that. Trump, who’s visiting Japan, spoke about the shooting in a press conference Monday. “We have a lot of mental health problems in our country, as do other

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Federal judge calls indicted Trump campaign official Paul Manafort ‘significant’ flight risk

WASHINGTON — A federal judge said Monday that President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman and another senior campaign aide posed “significant flight risks” a week after they were indicted on charges of fraud, money laundering and conspiracy that emerged from the special counsel investigation. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson did not ease bail conditions

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USA

Howard Dean: Jared Kushner Will Probably Be Indicted

Special counsel Robert Mueller will probably indict President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, former Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean predicted Sunday. “I expect there’s a good likelihood Jared Kushner will be indicted for money laundering, and then we’re going to see how far this Russian involvement goes,” Dean said on MSNBC.

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International, USA

Suspect in Texas shooting was court-martialed for assault on his spouse and child

WASHINGTON — The man authorities have identified as the shooter in the massacre at a Texas church was give a bad conduct discharge from the Air Force three years ago after being court-martialed for assault, a military spokeswoman confirmed Sunday. Federal law prohibits a person who has been dishonorably discharged from buying a firearm. Whether

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USA

Here’s where Anthony Weiner’s going for his first day of prison

Anthony Weiner Former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner begins his prison sentence of nearly two years Monday at Federal Medical Center Devens, a male-only federal prison facility in Massachusetts, according to the New York Daily News. The 53-year-old was tried and convicted of one count of transferring obscene material to a 15-year-old. In September, he

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USA

US-Israel fund to invest $4.8 million in clean energy projects

By Shoshanna Solomon A program funded by the US Department of Energy and Israel’s Ministry of Energy and the Israel Innovation Authority will finance five joint Israel-US clean energy projects for a total of $4.8 million. Each project addresses energy challenges and opportunities of interest to both countries, while focusing on commercializing clean energy technologies

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Middle East, USA