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Question: Border-tax plan would cut growth: study

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A proposed U.S. border-adjustment tax that has stirred up fears in Corporate Canada would inflict considerable damage on both economies, a new report said Tuesday.
The study was released a day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met President Donald Trump and top House lawmaker Paul Ryan, who has promoted the border-tax measure.
The analysis by the C.D. Howe Institute think tank estimated the U.S. policy change would shave nearly a full percentage point from Canada’s economic growth.
The study’s authors said the plan would reduce bilateral trade in both directions and predicted it would cut nearly 1.3 percentage points from U.S. economic growth.
“It is trade-distorting and economically damaging to the United States and its trading partners,” co-authors Dan Ciuriak and Jingliang Xiao wrote about the border-tax proposal.
“Canada is heavily exposed to the ramifications of a (border-adjustment tax).”
It’s unclear whether Trudeau was able to get some clarity — or reassurance — from Ryan on the future of the border tax, which has Canadian firms deeply concerned.
When asked whether Trudeau learned more about the border-tax proposal, a spokeswoman in his office pointed to a statement that only said the prime minister discussed trade during his meeting with Ryan.
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Tuesday that the meetings in Washington confirmed her expectations the fate of the border-tax plan was uncertain.
“This is very much in the early stages and there is a very broad diversity of opinion in the United States around that,” Freeland told reporters in Ottawa.
“It’s not appropriate for us to have a position on that until we see where the U.S. lands.”
She noted that the border-tax measure is part of a broader tax-reform plan.
Freeland also said talks surrounding the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement had yet to begin because appointees for the new U.S. secretary of commerce and trade representative positions still had to be confirmed.
“Therefore, it’s not possible for us to start the negotiations at a technical level and we haven’t started,” she said.
“Yesterday’s conversation with the president was very productive. It’s a good start.”

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Former Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew provides his thoughts on the turnaround in the economy and recent tax cuts passed by Congress.


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Question: Ashes latest: We believe we can do something special, says Jonny Bairstow

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JONNY BAIRSTOW is confident England can finally put all the off-pitch distractions behind them in order to hit back against Australia and go on to retain The Ashes.
The current tour Down Under seems to have created as much media interest for what has gone on off the pitch as on it, as Yorkshire’s Bairstow knows only too well to his cost.
As if the furore over his ‘headbutt’ on Cameron Bancroft in Perth before the Test series had not been enough, the weekend’s revelations concerning Lions tour party member Ben Duckett pouring a drink over James Anderson’s head gave the collective press, TV and internet media plenty more material to chew over ahead of this week’s third and, possibly, deciding Test in Perth.
Duckett, 23, has since been suspended for the remainder of the England Lions tour of Australia and received a final written warning over his conduct.
But, coming on top of Bairstow’s bizarre ‘coming together’ with Bancroft in a Perth bar and the much-publicised pre-tour incident in Bristol concerning all-rounder and vice-captain Ben Stokes – currently keeping his eye in playing some 40-over cricket over in New Zealand – it has led to an unprecedented level of scrutiny on what England’s players do once off the field of play.
Bairstow admits it has been difficult to avoid all the negative publicity over the past few weeks – of which he has formed a central part – but believes only by getting their game right out in the middle can England start to create headlines and take up air time for the right reasons.
“There’s been a lot of stuff spoken about since we’ve been over here,” said Bairstow, speaking ahead of the third Test at the WACA, which starts on Thursday. “We knew it was going to be tough coming to Australia, the cricket is always going to be tough.
“But that’s what we can control and we need to control more of that. I’m sure you can imagine what the toughest part of the tour has been. Naturally, it’s been everywhere and all that anyone has been talking about – whether it’s right or wrong, true or false. It is what people have been talking about.
“But we need to just put all that to the back of our minds when we get on the pitch – go out there and try and do something special.”
At 2-0 down and with three Tests to play heading to a venue that has brought only one win in 13 matches for England – even then against an Australian side severely depleted after the exodus to Kerry Packer’s controversial World Series – it does not augur particularly well for Joe Root’s side.
But Bairstow is having none of it and is almost boastful in his belief that England can hit back from defeats in Brisbane and Adelaide to square the series.
“As a group, there’s no way we see this series as being over,” said Bairstow. “We’ve lost two games, but we’ve been in both of them for decent periods of time. We just need to do what we’ve been doing for longer and do it in the key periods of the games where we’ve come unstuck.
“So, yes, it is frustrating, but we have a group of players who can win games here and we still have three chances to put things right.”
One reason Bairstow appears so confident that England can turn things around over the next three weeks or so lies in his faith in Yorkshire team-mate and England captain Root.
Still a relative rookie when it comes to international captaincy, the Sheffield-born batsman has impressed since taking over the reins from Alastair Cook earlier this year. Naturally, in the more intense heat of an Ashes battle. his tactics and decision-making were always going to come under a bigger spotlight in Australia.
For example, some have queried Root’s decision to field first in Adelaide after winning the toss, with some critics suggesting he had handed a significant advantage to the hosts at a ground where many observers felt the conditions favoured England more.
Ultimately, Root’s players were left dispirited by a second heavy defeat, the 120-run loss coming hot on the heels of a 10-wicket pounding in Brisbane. But while there may be critics outside the dressing room, Bairstow revealed that Root has the total backing of his players.
“I think Joe’s captaincy has been brilliant – there aren’t many things that you can fault with what he’s done,” added Bairstow.
“He’s still learning as a captain, but if you’re captain of England you’re going to be learning for a while.”
Yorkshire Tea are sponsors of National Cricket Week, working in partnership with the Chance to Shine programme, which works with 1,500 schools across the UK aiming to encourage youngsters to take up cricket.

UNDER-fire England stalwart James Anderson has hit back at his critics after a heavy nine-wicket defeat against Pakistan at Lord’s.
Former captain Michael Vaughan suggested this week either Anderson or fellow paceman Stuart Broad should be dropped to send a ‘wake-up’ call to the squad.
The veteran paceman responded to the pressure on Wednesday, defending the way he has bowled to 535 Test wickets.
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“We watched Pakistan bowl at us and could see what lengths worked on that pitch, so [the criticism is] just something I’ll try and block out,” he told The Telegraph.
“Some people think they might know better than me but I’d like to think that, after 15 years of playing Test cricket, I know which lengths to bowl on certain pitches.”
Anderson dismissed Vaughan’s suggestion that either he or Broad should make way in the side, saying the pair are doing the best they can to turn England’s form around.
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“We’ve 950 Test wickets between us ... I know we’ve been on a really bad run of form this winter and the first Test here, and I think in these situations you need players to stand up and put in match-winning performances.”
England are facing their third consecutive Test series defeat after losing to Pakistan at Lord’s.
The second and final Test of the series starts at Headingley on Friday night.
Anderson said the side is low on confidence going into the Test, but insisted the best 12 cricketers in the nation had been named in the side.
Anderson dismissed Vaughan’s suggestion that either he or Stuart Broad should make way in the side. Source: Getty Images
However, he spoke before all-rounder Ben Stokes sustained a left hamstring injury during fielding practice.
Stokes is yet to have a scan but will be assessed by England medical staff on Thursday.
Uncapped Surrey left-arm swing bowler Sam Curran has received a late call-up as cover for Stokes.
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The woman whose name suspected Cleveland killer Steve Stephens uttered as he gunned down an elderly man at random said Monday that she’s “overwhelmed” by the tragedy and offered her sympathies to those left grieving.
Joy Lane, who also goes by Joy Carr, is in a safe location while Stephens is still at large, she told TIME. Stephens, 37, is accused of fatally shooting a 74-year-old man Sunday — in what police say is a “heinous” and “senseless” crime that Stephens recorded and posted on Facebook.
“I’m just overwhelmed, and I feel bad for all the families affected,” Lane said in a brief phone conversation. “He was a really good guy. He's been fabulous to me."
Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams said at a news conference Monday that Lane is among several people who have cooperated with authorities in the investigation.
Lane told CBS News in a text message that she and Stephens “had been in a relationship for several years.”
In the video of the killing, which Facebook has since removed, Stephens can be seen approaching Robert Godwin Sr. and asking his victim to say “Joy Lane,” according to the Washington Post . "She's the reason that this is about to happen to you," Stephens tells Godwin before he opens fire.
Lane told TIME she did not know why he would have killed in her name. "I’m not sure,” she said.
The details of the couple's relationship are unclear. Lane declined to comment further.
Stephens' mother , Maggie Green, told CNN that her son said he was "mad with his girlfriend" and wouldn't "stop until his mother or girlfriend tell him to stop."
Local and federal authorities are searching for Stephens in Ohio and several other states, including Pennsylvania, New York, Indiana and Michigan. Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams said they wouldn’t rest until he is captured.
"We're not going to stop until he's in custody,” the police chief said.

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Question: Padmaavat beats Bajirao Mastani to become Ranveer Singh's highest first week grosser

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Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat continues to achieve new milestones at the domestic box office. The magnum opus which collected Rs 166.50 crore in its extended opening week has beaten Bajirao Mastani (Rs 98.40 crore) to become the highest first week grosser of Ranveer Singh. In fact, the costume has also achieved the similar feat director SLB as well. Since there is no release today, Padmaavat will continue to dominate the box office and will enter the Rs 200 crore. It will also become the first 200 crore film for director Bhansali and actors Ranveer Singh and Shahid, while for Deepika Padukone it’ll be her third film to achieve this feat after Chennai Express and Happy New Year.
Made on the whopping budget of Rs 180 crore including promotion and advertising, the makers, later on, spent Rs 20 crore to convert the film into IMAX and 3D formats. The story of Padmaavat revolves around menacing Sultan of Delhi Alauddin Khilji, who wishes to conquer the queen of Chittorgarh Rani Padmavati. Padmaavat marks the third collaboration between director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and actors Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone after Bajirao Mastani and Ram-Leela. (Also Read: Padmaavat box office collection day 7: Ranveer – Deepika – Shahid’s film enters the Rs 300 crore club at the worldwide market)
Padmaavat, which is produced under the banners of Viacom 18 and Sanjay Leela Bhansali productions also stars Aditi Rao Hydari, Jim Sarbh, Raza Murad and Anupriya Goenka. Despite not releasing in the key states like Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, Padmaavat has set new benchmarks at the box office. The makers of the film have already recovered a good amount of chunk by selling satellite, streaming and audio rights. The magnum opus is based on 16th-century poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi’s Padmavat.

Dangal has collected over 270 crores in just ten days at the Box Office in India, which is huge. While Aamir Khan already tops the list of highest grossers of all time list, thanks to PK, with a collection of 339 crores at the domestic box office, here’s a question that erupts – will Dangal beat this record?
Dangal has so far beaten the collections of other biggies like Chennai Express, Kick and Krrish 3 and has now become the fifth highest grosser of all time
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Question: Tiger Woods had pain, anxiety, sleep drugs in system during arrest

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Story highlights Urinalysis indicates the champion golfer mixed pain, anxiety and sleeping medications plus THC
Arrested Memorial Day, Woods entered a DUI first-offender program last week
(CNN) Golfer Tiger Woods had pain, anxiety and sleep medications, as well as THC, in his system when he was arrested on Memorial Day on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to a toxicology report released Monday by the Palm Beach County (Florida) Sheriff's Office.
A urine test revealed hydrocodone and hydromorphone , two opioid pain medications; alprazolam , prescribed for anxiety and panic disorders; zolpidem , a sedative prescribed for insomnia; and metabolites of alprazolam and of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. Metabolites are what remains in the body after a person uses a drug.
His representatives did not respond to a request for comment.
The US National Library of Medicine warns against mixing alprazolam with either hydrocodone or hydromorphone, suggesting that the combination might lead to dizziness, lightheadedness, extreme sleepiness, slowed or difficult breathing, or unresponsiveness. In particular, hydrocodone plus alprazolam may increase the risk of "breathing problems, sedation, coma, or other serious, life-threatening side effects."
Police records indicate that Woods, 41, was found asleep on the side of a road in his 2015 Mercedes-Benz. The engine was running and the brake lights on, with the right turn signal flashing. The front and rear tires on the driver's side had gone flat, with both tire rims showing minor damage.

LOS ANGELES – Jason Day is no stranger to the MRI machine having endured his share injuries throughout his career so when he was asked on Tuesday at Riviera Country Club of Tiger Woods’ ongoing health issues he could empathize.
“I just don't know, I've never had surgeries on my back before. Obviously I've had back problems, but I don't know what the feeling is coming back from a back surgery let alone three back surgeries,” said Day, who missed the final two FedEx Cup Playoff events last season with an ailing back.
“I think it's a double-edged sword for him because he has to come out and play and play tournament golf, but you have to watch also your back and make sure that's healthy.”
Woods, who withdrew from this week’s Genesis Open and next week’s Honda Classic with back spasms, has had three back procedures since April 2014 and missed all of last season as he recovered.
Woods also withdrew from the Dubai Desert Classic after just one round with back spasms two weeks ago and is scheduled to speak with the media on Wednesday at the Genesis Open, which benefits his foundation.


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Question: Tom Brady Shares Adorable Photo of Son Rocking His Football Gear

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Tom Brady took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a cute shot of his son, Benjamin, wearing his football gear. The 8-year-old adorably strikes a pose in his dad's helmet and shoulder pads, holding a football in his left hand.
"Benny B and his armour! Class of 2026! ❤," Brady wrote alongside the photo, while his wife, Gisele Bundchen, commented "Little man," with a couple of heart emojis. The superstar pair are also parents to 5-year-old daughter Vivian, while Brady also shares a 10-year-old son, John, with his ex, actress Bridget Moynahan.
Brady recently opened up about his home life during an appearance at the Milken Institute Global Conference earlier this month, where he revealed that Bundchen and their kids are "getting the short end of the stick" amid his focus on football.
"Part of this offseason for me is certainly about still preparing for what's ahead in my next journey, my next mountain to climb with this group of teammates, but it's also [acknowledging] that a lot of people are getting the short end of the stick in my life -- certainly my wife and my kids," he shared, according to ESPN.
"Football is year-round for me. It's a lot of thought, a lot of energy and emotion put into it, but I need to invest in them, too. My kids are 10, 8 and 5. They're not getting younger, so I need to take time so I can be available to them, too," added Brady, who said he plans to play football until his mid 40s. "I've really spent the last two or three months doing those things, and I think I'm really trying to fill my tank up so that when I do go back, I can go back and I think I'll actually be, in my mind, a better player, a better teammate, because I'll be really rejuvenated."
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Question: Uncle, nephew critical after brutal chopping at Port Mourant

A name-calling incident at Kitten Dam, Portuguese Quarter,Port Mourant in Berbice has left two men critically injured.
The injured were identified as Rajindra Balkaran called “Gomes”,38 and his uncle Vishnu Gopaul called “Strokeman and Balbala”, a pork vendor of the Port Mourant market.
According to information , at approximately 14:00 hrs on Monday , Balkaran who was in an intoxicated state went to the home of Gopaul , who was also intoxicated, and called out to him using expletives while accusing him of being a “cochore” among other names.
As he continued his tirade,he reportedly pushed his uncle’s donkey cart into the trench. This angered the older relative who later emerged from his home with a cutlass. As the argument intensified , the men attacked each other.
Gopaul reportedly brandished his cutlass and chopped his nephew several times to his body. Despite his injuries , Balkaran managed to subdue and relieved him of the weapon and in turn fired several chops to him.
Gopaul is nursing chops wounds to his face, neck,chest, hand while Balkaran sustained chop wounds to his hand and neck.
The police arrived promptly at scene and assisted in taking one of the injured men to the Port Mourant Hospital . Both men were subsequently taken to the New Amsterdam Hospital.
The men are said to be critically injured ; a relative of Gopaul noted that the man was in an unconscious state. The relative related he was bleeding profusely and his wounds were very deep.
Police are investigating the incident.

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The Bet McLean League Cup first round draw took place at Windsor Park this morning.
There was 20 teams from the Bluefin Sport Championship and Premier Intermediate League entered the draw to determine the four first round matches, and the 12 teams who will subsequently get a bye into the next round.
Those four ties were Lurgan Celtic v Armagh City; PSNI v Banbridge Town; Dundela v Knockbreda and Queens v Lisburn Distillery. All first round ties will take place on Saturday 4 August.
The remaining 12 teams - Annagh United, Ballyclare Comrades, Dergview, Dollingstown, Larne, Limavady United, Loughgall, Moyola Park, Newington YC, Portstewart, Sport & Leisure Swifts and Tobermore United - all received a bye into the next round.
All last season’s Danske Bank Premiership sides and the top four from the Bluefin Sport Championship will enter the competition in Round Two (to be played on Tuesday 28 August).

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Question: Lighthouse: Food donation need is urgent

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Officials at Lighthouse of Oakland County are stating that the food pantry is experiencing one of its largest increases in demand for school ever seen during the back-to-school season.
“We always experience an increase in the number of children served by the food pantry during the summer months, and that increase held steady in September,” Rick David CEO of Lighthouse Oakland County said in a release.
“We will see a surge in donations leading up to Thanksgiving and Christmas, but September and October are slower periods for donations and a busy time of need.”
Currently, Lighthouse is asking for items such as:
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s latest survey of business conditions found manufacturing activity accelerating in many parts of the country in late April and early May, even as some businesses expressed concern about uncertainty caused by rising trade tensions.
The Fed said Wednesday that its survey described the economy as expanding at a moderate pace with more than half of the central bank’s 12 regions reporting a pickup in industrial activity and a third of those districts describing manufacturing conditions as “strong.”
The survey was taken after the Trump administration announced plans to institute tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum, actions designed to boost domestic producers.
It will inform discussions when the central bank meets next month, when it is expected to raise rates.

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We have 14 OUTS.
So based on our best info so far - only about 14 of the existing squad are likely to play for us next season. That leaves 14 to 16 decent new players to find. One hell of an ask!
But exciting
INS
Reynolds (confirmed by club)
Acton (confirmed by club)
Hansen (confirmed by club)
Crooks (confirmed by club)
Richards (confirmed by club)
Evans (confirmed by club)
Ridyard ?
McNally ?
MAY BE
Drinkwater
OUTS
Goodwin
Maria
Hampshire
Hood
Hock
Higson
Paterson
Vea
Stewart
Tickle
Langi
Pellisier
Clare
Fleming (assume loan period ended)
UNKNOWN
Dawson
Mortimer
Green
Hopkins
Forster
Thompson
Burr
Any more info? We seem to have 6 confirmed INS plus 2 possible, a MAY BE and 7 UNKNOWNS (2 of which are unlikely).We have 14 OUTS.So based on our best info so far - only about 14 of the existing squad are likely to play for us next season. That leaves 14 to 16 decent new players to find. One hell of an ask!But excitingMAY BEDrinkwaterAny more info? Draexnael Stevo's Armpit
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Really hope Drinkwater doesn't stay, such a slow passer of the ball, scared of taking on the line. Was light and day watching the pace at which Walsh ran/played the game for Catalans v's Drinkwater. Cokey
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Snowy wrote: Now that Cunninghams future is decided and he should be fully committed to the cause, discipline off the pitch now shouldn't be an issue. He takes no Shiiiiiit and any Leniency shown by Jukes should now be fully stamped on !!
I also think there is a plan B and if Jukes doesnt perform, I can see Cunningham take over. Purtill was mentioned frequently by Derek on GMR on Thursday and I can see him going nowhere.
Y oung squad ?? Exciting times ahead. To be fair, our signings were not the best last year but Mortimer is a must as i see him as a major Lynchpin for the kids earning their trade .
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Question: Saudi Pro League : Essam El-Hadary scored for Al Taawoun

Egypt’s Veteran Essam El-Hadary scored his team’s fourth goal from the penalty spot, as Al Taawoun defeated Al-Ettifaq (4-0) in the 13th fixture of the Saudi Pro League.
In the dying moments of the game, the referee awarded Al Taawoun a penalty kick. Egypt’s legendary goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary scored his second-ever career goal.
El-Hadary can become the oldest player at world cup if he play with Egypt next summer.

In an interesting turn of events, Zamalek have appointed Christian Gross as their coach, having first hired him in April, before dramatically announcing ending interest in the former Tottenham manager two months ago.
Gross arrives at Zamalek from Saudi side Al-Ahli with four technical staff members.
“Zamalek president Mortada Mansour announced that the contract with Swiss Christian Gross, for one season, has been agreed,” said Zamalek in a statement.
More interestingly, Gross’ hiring is funded by the chairman of Saudi’s General Authority of Sport Turki Al-Sheikh who is the investor behind newly-established Pyramids FC.
Al-Sheikh is a former honorary president of Zamalek’s archrivals Al-Ahly.
“Thanks to the chairman of Saudi’s General Authority of Sport Turki Al-Sheikh for his financial support. He is funding the new coach and promised to land a super player soon. Zamalek are in a partnership with Pyramids Club,” Mansour was quoted as saying to a local TV station by Egyptian publication Al-Ahram.
Mansour also revealed that they are chasing the signature of Morocco striker Ayoub El-Kaabi who could become their biggest summer signing.


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Question: Top Democrat Governors Get Stunning Bad News

As politics seem to become more divided throughout the nation, a new controversy has risen as to the number of people leaving Democrat-run states versus those run by Republicans.
As reported by Forbes, the Democratic Governors Association made a slight at Republican Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner through a tweet about the seemingly “mass exodus” of citizens that have left Illinois in favor of other states, attempting to paint a picture of continued “outmigration from the Land of Lincoln.”
“With that tweet, the DGA is trying to make the public dumber,” wrote Forbes contributor Patrick Gleason. “The DGA knows full well that Gov. Bruce Rauner doesn’t run his state.”
Gleason suggested that the true figure presiding over Illinois politics is Democrat House Speaker Mike Madigan, who has overseen for nearly 34 years the decline of the once-great state.
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“By attempting to pin Illinois’ continued decline on Gov. Rauner, the DGA is either ignorant about how Illinois politics works, or they are lying,” Gleason added. “Most likely the latter, but either way it’s not good.”
Over the last year, nearly 33,000 Illinois citizens have “fled” Illinois, though Gleason pointed to the fact that the numbers were much worse during Democrat Gov. Pat Quinn’s time in office.
Under Rauner’s predecessor, 247,410 people left the state in favor of those such as North Carolina, Texas, Florida and even Arizona, as they were regarded as “better stewards of taxpayer dollars.”
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According to IRS migration data, those 247,410 left for states that were known to be better-run and have lower taxes, taking nearly $13.7 billion with them.
And Gleason suggests that, though the DGA refuses to consider interstate migration data, numbers in other sectors seem only to get worse as governors such as California’s Jerry Brown are scrutinized.
Since his reinstatement as governor in 2011, nearly 243,099 people have fled California in favor of other states, essentially taking with them $7.794 billion with them to those states that don’t have soaring taxes and housing regulations that make living seemingly unaffordable for middle-class households.
Texas and Nevada has been the top two recipients from those moving from the Golden State, and they also happen to be two states that have zero income tax, while California holds the highest top marginal income tax rate in America.
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“Policy, like elections, has consequences,” Gleason wrote, adding that both the tax hikes championed by Brown on both corporate and personal income tax might be a main reason for the exodus of Californians.
However, Gleason suggests the cost of living will only further be driven up, as the Golden State was one of the hardest hit after Brown approved an extension of he cap and trade program that was renewed earlier in 2017.
The result will be an even more bruised middle class, who are estimated to face what will essentially be a regressive tax hike as gas prices and utility bills become more exorbitant.
“Cap & trade makes Gov. Brown, Democratic lawmakers who run the state legislature with such large majorities they don’t even feel the need to discipline sexual offenders in their caucus, and their supporters feel good about themselves,” Gleason said.
“But the program doesn’t improve the environment,” he added. “In fact, California, even with its cap & trade program and renewable energy mandate, is home to 8 of the 10 cities with the nation’s worst air pollution.”
Things may even become worse, Gleason suggests, as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo becomes a 2020 presidential contender, as the Democrat governor has a history of running both employers and families from his state as the cost of living becomes too high to cope.
“People are voting with their feet and we are seeing them vote in favor of states that have more limited government, lower taxes, and more sustainable levels of spending,” Gleason added, who stated the mass exodus of Blue-run states may only increase.
“As such they are leaving states run by Democratic governors and legislatures,” he added. “That’s why it was odd for the DGA to think it a good idea to focus on migration data, as it does not bode well for Democrats.”
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SEATTLE (AP)  The Latest on courts blocking the president's efforts to keep transgender people from enlisting in the military (all times local):
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A third federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump's ban on transgender people joining the military.
U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman issued her ruling Monday in a case brought by several plaintiffs, including a soldier based in Washington state and two young men who hope to enlist.
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Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson also intervened in the case to challenge Trump's policy.
Pechman found that the ban likely violates the plaintiffs' rights to due process and to equal protection under the law without advancing any government interest. She also said it would harm the state's efforts to protect its residents from discrimination.
Pechman blocked the government from imposing the ban pending further proceedings.
Judges in Maryland and Washington, D.C., also have ruled against the ban. It had been due to take effect Jan. 1.
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The Pentagon official tells The Associated Press that transgender people can enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1, despite President Donald Trump's opposition.
The new policy reflects growing legal pressure on the issue and the difficult hurdles the federal government would have to cross to enforce Trump's demand to ban transgender individuals from the military. Two federal courts already have ruled against the ban.
Potential transgender recruits will have to overcome a lengthy and strict set of physical, medical and mental conditions that make it possible, though difficult, for them to join the armed services.
Maj. David Eastburn says the enlistment of transgender recruits will start Jan. 1 and go on amid the legal battles. The Department of Defense also is studying the issue.

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WWE legend Ric Flair was admitted into intensive care over the weekend, multiple outlets reported.
A representative for Flair, 68, tweeted out a plea for "prayers & positive energy" for the two-time WWE Hall of Famer.
Are u a Fan/Friend of Ric Flair?If so, we need prayers & positive energy 4 our Living Legend as he is dealing w/some tough medical issues🙏🏻 — MelindaMorrisZanoni (@LegacyTalentCEO) August 14, 2017
Flair went to the hospital for heart-related issues on Saturday, Pro Wrestling Sheet reported. Flair's representative tweeted that it was routine and that there was no reason to panic.

Here’s a look at the news for April 24.
Utah Rep. John Curtis speaks at safety summit
Utah Rep. John Curtis spoke at his School Safety Summit on Monday afternoon to talk about school safety, according to the Deseret News.
Curtis showed off the new features on display at Provo's Edgemont Elementary School, showing attendees a new school office where students can receive new lanyards and tags.
Once students enter, the door unlocks, providing safety for those inside the school.
Provo School District Superintendent Keith Ritte said he will continue to seek security measures for students.
"From my point of view, everything is on the table, but it's got to be functional and it should not be detracting from our education. So, if that means I've got to allocate more scarce resources to that level of security while I'm taking away from the ability of teachers to teach reasonably sized classes, it's going to be a bit of a challenge," Rittel said.
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Donovan Mitchell catches fire in Utah Jazz win
The Utah Jazz took a commanding 3-1 series lead over the Oklahoma City Thunder in a rowdy NBA playoff game at Vivint Arena, according to the Deseret News.
Guard Donovan Mitchell was on fire throughout the game, scoring 33 points and nabbing seven rebounds.
Mitchell topped Karl Malone’s Jazz rookie playoff single-game scoring record of 31 points, set in 1986.
“We don’t quit,” Mitchell said. “The big fella (Rudy Gobert) said we’ll be fine. … It’s just a testament to the character of this team.”
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Colorado man survives bear, shark, snake attack
Dylan McWilliams, a 20-year-old from Colorado, somehow has survived a bear, shark and snake attack, BBC News reported.
McWilliams suffered the latest attack, an April 19 brush with a shark, while he was bodyboarding in Hawaii.
"It's kind of crazy," McWilliams told the BBC from the island of Kauai. "I don't seem to have a lot of luck, but it's kind of lucky in unlucky situations."
He said he was boarding when something bumped into his leg.
Shocked, he looked down and noticed the shark beneath him.
"I saw the shark underneath me. I started kicking at it — I know I hit it at least once — and swam to shore as quickly as I could."
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Suspect in custody after attack in Toronto
Toronto police confirmed that 10 people were killed and another 15 were injured when a van struck a crowd in the city on Monday, according to Business Insider.
Police arrested Alek Minassian, 25, of Richmond Hill, Ontario.
Toronto Police Service Chief Mark Saunders said the crash was likely on purpose.
Witness Phil Zullo said he couldn’t believe the carnage.
"I must have seen about five, six people being resuscitated by bystanders and by ambulance drivers," Zullo said. "It was awful. Brutal."
Read more at Business Insider.
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Question: Former Facebook Exec: Social Media Is Ripping Our Social Fabric Apart

Chamath Palihapitiya, who worked at Facebook beginning in 2007 and eventually became its vice president for user growth, warned that the social network is "ripping apart the social fabric of how society works."
During a "View From The Top" talk in November at Stanford, Palihapitiya said that he does not allow his children to use social media or Facebook. "If you feed the beast, that beast will destroy you," he warned.
"If you push back on it, we have a chance to control it and rein it in. And it is a point in time where people need to hard brake from some of these tools, and the things that you rely on. The short-term dopamine-driven feedback loops that we have created are destroying how society works," he added.
"What it really is, is fake, brittle popularity," he said about social media in general. "That's short-term and that leaves you even more, and admit it, vacant and empty before you did it."
"Because then you're in this vicious cycle, like, what's the next thing I need to do now, because I need it back. Think about that compounded by two billion people, and then think about how people react then to the perceptions of others. It's just a really bad thing," he said. "It's really, really bad."
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I think we all knew in the back of our minds, even though we feigned this whole line of there probably aren't any really bad unintended consequences. I think in the back recesses of our mind, we kind of knew. Something bad could happen.
But I think the way we defined it was not like this.
It literally is a point now where I think we have created tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works. That is truly where we are. I would encourage all of you, as the future leaders of the world to really internalize how important this is. If you feed the beast, that beast will destroy you.
If you push back on it, we have a chance to control it and rein it in. And it is a point in time where people need to hard brake from some of these tools, and the things that you rely on. The short-term dopamine-driven feedback loops that we have created are destroying how society works.
No civil discourse, no cooperation, misinformation, mistruth, and it is not an American problem. This is not about Russian ads. This is a global problem. So, we are in a really bad state of affairs right now, in my opinion. It is eroding the core foundations of how people behave by and between each other.
I don't have a good solution. My solution is, I just don't use these tools anymore, I haven't for years.
It created huge tension with my friends, huge tensions in my social circles. If you look at my Facebook feed, I've posted maybe like two times in seven years.
Three times, five times, it is less than ten. And it's weird, I guess, I kind of innately didn't want to get programmed, and so I just kind of tunes it out. But I didn't confront it. And now to see what's happening, it really bums me out.
I think about these examples where there was a hoax at WhatsApp, where in some village in India, people were afraid that there kids were going to get kidnapped etc. And then there were these lynchings that happened as a result. Where people were like vigilante running around. They think they found a person, and they, I mean seriously?
That's what we're dealing with. Imagine when you take that to the extreme, where bad actors can now manipulate large swathes of people to do anything you want.
It's just a really, really bad state of affairs, and we compound the problem. We curate our lives around this perceived sense of perfection because we get rewarded in these short-term signals; hearts, likes, thumbs up. And we conflate that with value, and we conflate it with truth.
And instead what it really is, is fake, brittle popularity. That's short-term and that leaves you even more, and admit it, vacant and empty before you did it. Because then you're in this vicious cycle, like, what's the next thing I need to do now, because I need it back. Think about that compounded by two billion people, and then think about how people react then to the perceptions of others. It's just a really bad thing, it's really, really bad...
You don't realize it, but you are being programmed. It was unintentional, but now you gotta decide how much you're willing to give up. How much of your intellectual independence, and don't think, yeah, not me, I'm a genius, I'm at Stanford. You're probably the most likely to fall for it. Because you are check-boxing your whole damn life. No offense, guys.

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Question: Did a South Korean news report doom Kim Jong Un's brother?

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Intelligence officials believe North Korean agents assassinated leader Kim Jong Un's exiled half brother, but if the whodunit seems settled, a very big question still looms: Why now?
Kim Jong Nam, reportedly killed by two female agents in a cloak-and-dagger operation in a Malaysian airport, had long been an embarrassment to North Korea's government — humiliated during a failed attempt to sneak into Japan to visit Disneyland and outspoken in opposing the rise to power of his brother, who had his uncle executed after taking over.
But the overweight gambler and fading playboy had kept his head down in recent years from his base in Macau. Kim Jong Nam was seen by many outsiders as only a minor distraction for North Korea's leaders, and certainly not an existential threat worth the risk of a potentially embarrassing assassination caper on foreign soil.
The spotty South Korean intelligence community ascribed the North's motivation in killing Kim Jong Nam, without any elaboration, simply to Kim Jong Un's "paranoia." There is a more intriguing possibility floating around Seoul, however: The tipping point in North Korea's bloody calculations may have been a largely ignored South Korean news story from last week.
A national daily, the Kyunghyang Shinmun, reported that Kim Jong Nam tried to defect to South Korea several years ago and had served, in the 2000s, as a middleman between disgraced current South Korean President Park Geun-hye and officials in North Korea.
Kim Jong Un may have clenched his teeth and carried on when he heard reports of his half brother's exploits in Macau casinos, and even when Kim Jong Nam, often photographed in an expensive, untucked, button-down shirt and newsboy cap, questioned in 2010 the need for a third generation of the Kim family to rule in Pyongyang.
But public reports in rival South Korea of alleged close dealings between a direct relative of North Korea's ruling dynasty and high officials in Seoul — and possible attempts to defect to the South — could have represented a serious challenge to a leader who portrays his family as the only legitimate power on the Korean Peninsula.
If a person with the blood of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung flowing in his veins was considering defecting to prosperous, democratic South Korea, what message did that send to North Korea's elite, or to the millions of poor and dissatisfied?
South Korea's spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, which has a spotty record in reading the goings-on in North Korea and often tries to paint the leadership as unbalanced, denied any defection attempt by Kim Jong Nam.
But Cheong Seong-Chang, an analyst at South Korea's Sejong Institute, raised the possibility that the assassination was linked to the newspaper report, which cites interviews with anonymous officials from the Europe-Korea Foundation, where Park served as a board member for a decade before stepping down ahead of the presidential election in late 2012, and computer files and emails that showed exchanges between Kim Jong Nam and the foundation's officials.
The newspaper reported that Kim Jong Nam, who was then living in Beijing, delivered a letter that Park wrote to Kim Jong Il, North Korea's second leader and Kim Jong Un's father, in 2005. The letter, according to the newspaper, showed Park requesting help on cultural exchange programs pushed by the foundation.
Jeong Joon-Hee, the spokesman of South Korea's Unification Ministry, previously said the government doesn't believe such a letter from Park, who has been impeached over a corruption scandal, was delivered to North Korea.
The newspaper also cited anonymous sources to report that Kim Jong Nam explored the possibility of defecting to South Korea, and also to the United States and Europe, in 2012 before giving up. The sources said Kim's talks with South Korea and the United States eventually fell through because of his excessive demands.
While the South Korean news report is a fascinating potential explanation for Kim Jong Nam's death, there are other possibilities — including that Monday's killing was the culmination of years of effort by North Korea.
Seoul's spy service told lawmakers Wednesday that North Korea had for five years tried to kill Kim Jong Nam, who had kept a low profile since his uncle and former protector, the North's former No. 2, Jang Song Thaek, was executed by Kim Jong Un in 2013.
The NIS, according to lawmakers, cited a "genuine" attempt by North Korea to kill Kim Jong Nam in 2012, but didn't elaborate. The lawmakers said the NIS told them Kim Jong Nam sent a letter to Kim Jong Un in April 2012, after the assassination attempt, begging for the lives of himself and his family. The letter said, "I hope you cancel the order for the punishment of me and my family. We have nowhere to go, nowhere to hide, and we know that the only way to escape is committing suicide."
Kim Jong Nam's links with China may have also played a role.
Beijing had long protected Kim Jong Nam, according to South Korea's intelligence service. China may have been interested in propping up Kim Jong Nam as a future North Korean leader should the current government in Pyongyang collapse.
Kim Jong Un would not have been pleased by knowledge that his brother was being used by Beijing as a pawn and potential replacement.

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The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un died suddenly at an airport in Malaysia's capital on Tuesday, local officials told Reuters.
Police said they were investigating the cause of death of Kim Jong Nam after he fell ill at the airport in Kuala Lumpur, according to the news agency.
Kim Jong-Nam, son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, at Tokyo's Narita airport, in 2001. Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP - Getty Images
NBC News was not immediately able to verify that the man was the half-brother of North Korea's dictator. An official who answered the phone at the district police headquarters told NBC News that "the case is still under investigation." He declined to give his name or comment on the dead man's identity.
Kim Jong Nam and Kim Jong Un share a father in former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, who died in 2011. But the pair have different mothers.
Details remained unclear. South Korean officials said it appears he did not die of natural causes.
Unification Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-hee told a news briefing on Wednesday that the South Korean government believed Kim Jong Nam was murdered, according to Reuters.
"We have yet to have the full briefing from the Malaysian authorities but circumstances seems to be pointing towards confirming that the man killed was Kim Jong Nam," Chung Joon Hee, the spokesman of South Korea's Unification Ministry, told NBC News on Wednesday.
South Korean lawmaker Lee Cheol Woo, the secretary-general of the Intelligence Committee of South Korea's National Assembly, said the committee was told by the National Intelligence Service that the body is believed to be that of Kim Jong Nam and were awaiting autopsy results.
Believed to be in his 40s, Kim Jong Nam is believed to have fallen out of favor with the regime in 2001 after he was caught trying to enter Japan under a fake passport, saying he wanted to enter Tokyo Disneyland.
His reported death comes days after North Korea declared its first missile test since the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Earlier this month South Korea said its secretive northern neighbor dismissed its minister of state security, who was a key aide to Kim Jong Un and ran the country's secret police.


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The-Dream has shared a new birthday gift in honor of his debut album, Love Hate.
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The song is “It’s Yo Birthday,” released to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of his full-length debut, which dropped on Dec. 11, 2007.
“Love Hate Changed Everything!,” The-Dream shared on Instagram. “Like it or Not!”
Listen to the new track, “It’s Yo Birthday,” which contains explicit lyrics, now at Radio.com.

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Question: Fox News Host Equates Racist Protesters To BLM Movement

On the Sunday morning after the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a Fox News host defended them by comparing the grievances of white supremacists and nationalist protesters to those of Black Lives Matter movement.
Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth argued that Black citizens protests against police brutality is comparable to the feeling of being a “second-class citizen” that many young white men feel.
“There’s a reason those people were out there,” Hegseth said. “Some of it is outright racism and needs to be condemned. A lot of it, though, is I feel like my country is slipping away and just because I talk about nationalism ― not white nationalism ― doesn’t mean I’m talking in code that I’m a racist.”
Though many have criticized President Trump for giving an abstract condemnation of violence on “many sides,” Hegseth said he “nailed it” and applauded him not “immediately picking a side right out of the gate.”
But Hegseth comments seem to be similar to Trump’s conflated moral equivalency. It’s a stretch to equate one side protesting being killed by police and another feeling oppressed, especially when the rally was a site of white supremacist domestic terrorism. BLM wants equal justice under the law, while the “alt-right,” when you cut through the coded rhetoric, essentially wants America be to a White ethno-state again.

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Good morning, here are our early stories:
-- Firefighters Lose Ground On Largest Of California Fires.
-- The Crazy, Unbelievable Alabama Senate Race Careens To An End.
-- The Myth Of Trump's Economic Populism, As Proven By The Tax Bill.
-- Bitcoin Futures Surge In First Day Of Trading.
-- Simeon Booker, Dean Of Washington's Black Press Corps, Dies At 99.
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Pence Won't Meet Palestinian Leader On Visit. (CNN)
Netanyahu Predicts E.U. Will Also Recognize Jerusalem. (BBC)
Venezuela Blocks Opposition From Future Presidential Election. (Time)
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Saudi Arabia To Lift Decades-Old Ban On Movies. (AP)
Golden Globe Nominations Coming Today. (AFP)
Idaho Man Rams Courthouse, Mad At Court System. (Idaho Statesman)


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Question: Native Tribes Could Lose Federal Recognition of Tribal Sovereignty Under Trump

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In this op-ed, Ruth H. Hopkins (Cankudutawin-Red Road Woman), a Dakota/Lakota Sioux writer, biologist, attorney, and former tribal judge, explains how the Trump administration is trying to remove the classification that designates Native tribes as unique nations.
Under the guise of Medicaid reform, it was reported by Politico on April 22 that the Trump administration is considering steps that would undermine the United States Constitution and upend hundreds of years of federal Indian law court precedent by dismantling federal recognition of tribal sovereignty, which acknowledges tribes’ right to govern themselves.
They have denied requests by tribal leaders to grant natives exemption from new Medicaid work requirements by disregarding tribes’ distinct political status as native nations and changing their designation to a racial group only, thereby making such an exemption a potential illegal racial preference. This action breaches the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, that says that treaties with tribes are the supreme law of the land, and shirks the government’s legal responsibility to provide health care for tribal citizens.
Native nations have existed for millennia on the North American continent as distinct Indigenous groups. The federal government currently acknowledges the existence of at least 567 tribes located in the U.S., although there are more that are recognized by states. The federal government officially recognizes these tribes’ through treaty, and most recently, through a regulatory process established by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1978 . Trump’s apparent decision comes from the President’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and would suddenly eliminate treaty and trust obligations owed these tribes by removing their distinct classification as sovereign political entities and instead recategorize natives as a race only.
The problem with calling tribal exemptions — and essentially, treaty and trust obligations — illegal racial preference is that it points to a flawed understanding of what native identity is. It is possible, historically accurate, and indeed increasingly common for a native individual to be multi-racial. There are millions of people with native heritage and some of those are tribal members who are not full blood. Traditionally, native nations did not ascribe to the idea of blood quantum , which defines one’s nativeness as what fraction of blood they possess from a government documented full blood tribal member ancestor.
We are not dogs or horses. It is the federal government who instituted the idea of blood quantum with the effect of mathematically terminating tribes.
Every federally recognized native tribe in the United States has a land base, and you can travel there to see their elected leadership with your own eyes. You can read their history and visit programs that have been implemented to serve their population, including Indian Health Service clinics, which are administered through 12 area offices and 170 IHS and tribally managed service units. Now, the Trump administration is discounting the existence of these tribal governments, and endorsing Medicaid work requirements which require beneficiaries to verify participation for a certain number of hours per week in approved activities like employment or job training in order to receive medical coverage. According to the April 22 report from Politico , It has already been instituted by Arkansas, Kentucky and Indiana, and at least 10 other states are applying to do the same.
Politico also noted that there are more 620,000 natives that live in those 13 states, based on 2014 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, and tribal leaders have asked for an exemption to Medicaid work requirements because they know the standard would be impossible to meet on impoverished reservations with high unemployment. Also, without Medicaid, Indian Health Programs will not survive . Part of the reason tribes have become more dependent on Medicaid funding is because of the federal government’s own failure to fully fund the Indian Health Service, so while far from perfect, without it, many natives will have no medical care. People will die.
The Trump administration has rejected tribal leaders’ Medicaid Work Exemption requests several times, stating that such exemptions would be illegal preferential treatment based on race, but the National Indian Health Board told Politico that they have yet to provide documentation outlining the legal basis for these denials. And the HHS did not respond to Politico ’s questions on the availability of those documents.
Health statistics for natives are disturbing. American Indians and Alaska Natives born today have a life expectancy that is 4.4 years less than the rest of the U.S. population, according to the Indian Health Service. The HHS’s Office of Minority Health reports that leading causes of death are heart disease, cancer, accidents, diabetes, and stroke. American Indians and Alaska Natives also are twice as likely as Caucasians to have diabetes. American Indians and Alaskan Natives also have a high prevalence of suicide, substance abuse, liver disease, teen pregnancy, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). In fact, American Indians and Alaskan Native infants are twice as likely as Caucasian infants to die from SIDS.
The reason for such grave health conditions among natives is directly related to historical trauma, forced relocation , and poverty . Now they represent our last land holdings and strongholds for tribal cultures, ceremonies, and languages, but reservations were initially created to remove natives from lands and resources that settlers wanted, and to contain us. For example, according to a 2016 Al Jazeera report, the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota was said to be established as a camp for indigenous prisoners of war in 1889. We were forced to stop hunting, fishing and gathering, and given unhealthy, nutrient-poor rations as a substitute. Even today, many reservations are in food deserts .
Our mental health has been targeted as well. Native children were taken away from their families and placed in boarding schools where tribal cultures and languages were forbidden, and the conditions were often harsh and abusive. The practice of native religion was illegal until 40 years ago.
Reservations were and still are rural places with high unemployment. Some tribes have unemployment rates over 80% . There can be no work to fulfill the Medicaid requirement if jobs are nonexistent, and with a problem that has been hundreds of years in the making, there is no overnight solution.
The Trump administration cannot ignore the law, nor the reality of tribes’ existence as sovereign nations that predate the United States. Treaties cannot be sponged away. The government’s legal duty to provide medical care to tribes, determined by treaties, Congress, Executive Orders, and the Supreme Court of the United States , cannot be summarily dismissed. These actions maynot only be illegal, but threaten the survival of natives today, whose ancestors were extinguished by the millions in the genocide of Indigenous that began with the landing of Christopher Columbus in 1492. We deserve to live.
Related: Treaties Between the United States and Indigenous Nations, Explained

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Question: Seven laws you might be breaking in your own garden without realising it

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Thousands of British gardeners are at risk of becoming unwitting criminals due to a lack of knowledge of basic gardening laws, experts have claimed.
Now experts from GardenBuildingsDirect.co.uk have published the top seven little known gardening laws to help Britons understand what they should and shouldn’t do in their gardens.
The list covers common issues such as overhanging branches, boundary disputes, blocked sunlight and wind fallen fruit, among others.
Gardeners could be forgiven for finding the laws confusing, as they can be counter-intuitive and complex.
For example, a person may cut back tree branches that overhang into their garden, as long as they do not go past the boundary line and there is no Tree Preservation Order in place.
But they cannot keep the trimmings nor any fruit or flowers on them – nor can they simply throw the branches back into the tree owner’s garden without permission.
Disputes over boundaries may require a hard look at the house deeds, and even then, there may be issues if the boundaries have changed over time.
There can also be confusion over whether it is legal to allow a tree to block sunlight to a window.
A spokesman for GardenBuildingsDirect.co.uk said: “Most of us want to be good, law abiding neighbours, but that can be difficult if we don’t actually know what the law is.
“There may be times when it would be within your legal rights to do something, but it could cause tensions with your neighbour.
“We’d always advise trying to come to a neighbourly solution first, as this is always preferable to having to call in the lawyers.
“If you brush up on the law as it stands, you may be able to avoid any sort of dispute altogether, which is always the ideal solution.”
Top Seven little-known gardening laws
1. Trimming overhanging branches
If a tree’s branches overhang into your property from a neighbour’s, you can trim them, but only up to the property line. You can’t lean into the neighbour’s garden to do this, though – this constitutes trespass.
If a tree is covered by a Tree Preservation Order, you can’t cut the branches.
2. Fruit and flowers
Although you can cut branches that hang into your garden up to the property line, they still belong to the neighbour – as do any flowers or fruit on them. Your neighbour is technically legally entitled to demand them back.
But do not just throw them into the neighbour’s garden, as this could constitute garden waste fly tipping.
3. Windfalls
Wind fallen fruit technically still belongs to the person who owns the tree. So, if your neighbour’s windfalls end up on your lawn, you might have to ask for permission if you want to keep them.
4. Fallen leaves
Tree owners are not responsible for sweeping up fallen leaves that land on your property.
5. Trees blocking light
Under the Rights of Light Act, if a window has received natural light for 20 years or more, neighbours can’t block it with a new tree.
6. Fences and boundaries
These can be tricky to resolve. The house deeds should indicate who owns fences and is responsible for boundaries (although there is no legal responsibility to keep boundaries well maintained, unless the deeds state otherwise). But boundaries can move over time and cause disputes later. You may need to contact HM Land Registry for help with boundary disputes.
7 Hedges
If a hedge grows along the boundary between two gardens, both neighbours are responsible for trimming. If a hedge belonging to a neighbour grows into your garden, you can trim it but, as with tree branches, you must, technically, return the trimmings to the owner.

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Question: Hinkle says she decided against US team Pride Month call up

Jaelene Hinkle revealed she decided not to play for the U.S. women’s national team last year because her Christian faith prevented her from wearing a jersey that commemorated LGBTQ Pride Month.
Hinkle revealed the reason for her decision last June in an interview posted Wednesday on The 700 Club website. No formal reason for her absence was given by the national team at the time.
“I just felt so convicted in my spirit that it wasn’t my job to wear this jersey,” she said.
Hinkle has not been called up to the national team since.
A defender, Hinkle plays for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women’s Soccer League. The Courage visited the Portland Thorns on Thursday night, and there were boos heard when she was announced in the starting lineup.
Hinkle did not comment after the match.
The Courage, who rank atop the NWSL standings, beat the Thorns 4-1.

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Question: Ed Sheeran’s Voice is Last Thing Dying Teen Hears

By Annie Reuter
Ed Sheeran is well known for his chart-topping hits but the singer/songwriter also has a heart of gold. During a recent episode of Ireland’s The Ray D’Arcy Show, one young man told a story about how the singer granted his sister her dying wish.
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Sheeran fan Triona Priestly lost a long battle with cystic fibrosis in 2014 and her brother, Aiden, recently recounted her final moments and the happiness Sheeran brought her.
“We were in this small little ICU room,” he recalled. “Triona in this huge bed covered in tubes and machines. My brother left the room. He returned then and said, ‘I’m just going to put you on loud speaker,’ and he clicks it, then Ed Sheeran comes on and saying, ‘Hi Triona. I hear you’re a big fan.’”
Sheeran spoke to Triona for a moment and said that he heard her favorite song was “Little Bird.” Then he played the tune in its entirety for her.
“Then we hang up on him, probably a bit rude at the time, and the doctor lifts the stethoscope to tell us her heart had stopped. And we take the mask off because she’d been on a machine to breathe—and in that moment, I remember, a burst of light comes from the window and she smiled,” he added.
Sheeran first learned about Triona’s struggle when fans launched a Twitter campaign #SongForTri. When he heard she had died Sheeran paid tribute to Triona.
Aidan Priestley on @edsheeran's amazing act of kindness to his late sister Triona in her last moments. #RayDarcy https://t.co/RWh3ggQYl6 —
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Question: Woman dies in Arizona after being hit by Uber self-driving SUV

TEMPE, Ariz./SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A woman crossing a street was killed by an Uber self-driving sport utility vehicle in Arizona, police said on Monday, prompting the ride services company to suspend its autonomous vehicle program.
A self driving Volvo vehicle, purchased by Uber, moves through an intersection in Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S., December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Natalie Behring/Files
The accident in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe dealt a potential blow not only to Uber’s strategy but the eventual rollout of robot cars on public roads.
It was the first fatality from a self-driving vehicle, which are being tested around the globe in a high-profile race by global automakers and tech companies expecting that autonomous vehicles will transform transportation and the ride services business.
The vehicle was in autonomous mode with an operator behind the wheel at the time of the accident, which occurred overnight Sunday to Monday, Tempe police said.
“The vehicle was travelling northbound ... when a female walking outside of the crosswalk crossed the road from west to east when she was struck by the Uber vehicle,” police said in a statement.
Police identified the victim as Elaine Herzberg, 49. Herzberg later died from her injuries in a hospital, police said.
Local television footage of the scene showed a crumpled bike and a Volvo XC90 SUV with a smashed-in front.
Tempe is 11 miles (18 km) east of Phoenix.
An Uber Technologies Inc spokesman said the company was suspending North American tests of its self-driving vehicles. In a tweet, Uber expressed its condolences and said the San Francisco-based company was fully cooperating with authorities.
Volvo confirmed the vehicle was a Volvo XC90, which Uber has been using special versions of in its testing. Russell Datz, a spokesman for the automaker, said the autonomous technology was not made by Volvo.
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said they were sending teams to investigate the crash. NHTSA also said it was in contact with Volvo. The Swedish car brand is owned by China’s Geely.
In Canada, the Ministry of Transportation in Canada’s Ontario province, which is overseeing Uber’s on-road autonomous testing in Toronto, said it was reviewing the accident.
On Friday, Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) self-driving unit Waymo and Uber urged Congress to pass sweeping legislation to speed the introduction of self-driving cars into the United States. Some congressional Democrats have blocked the legislation over safety concerns, and Monday’s fatality could hamper the quick passage of the bill, congressional aides said Monday.
A man arrives at the Uber offices in Queens, New York, U.S. on February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files
“This is a wake-up call to the entire AV industry and government to put a high priority on safety,” tweeted former U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.
Senator John Thune, who heads the Senate Commerce Committee, and has been urging Congress to pass sweeping legislation to speed self-driving cars to U.S. roads, said in a statement the accident “underscores the need to adopt laws and policies tailored for self-driving vehicles.”
“Congress should act to update rules, direct manufacturers to address safety requirements, and enhance the technical expertise of regulators,” Thune said.
Fallout from the crash “will likely prove negative for all auto makers and suppliers with aspirations in autonomous driving, Buckingham Research Group analyst Glenn Chin wrote in a client note. “A human fatality is likely to spur increased public and regulatory scrutiny of AVs around a process that is admittedly quite lax in the U.S.”
Arizona has opened its arms to companies testing self-driving vehicles as a means to economic growth and jobs. Republican Governor Doug Ducey signed an executive order in 2015 allowing for the testing of such vehicles on Arizona streets and reached out to Uber a year later after California regulators cracked down on the company over its failure to obtain testing permits.
ESSENTIAL TO UBER’S SUCCESS
Uber is one of many technology companies and automakers, including Waymo and General Motors Co’s (GM.N) Cruise division, racing to ready self-driving cars for public use in coming years.
Uber has said its ability to build autonomous cars is essential to its success in the rapidly changing transportation industry. The company envisions a network of autonomous cars that would be summoned through the Uber app that would supplement - and eventually replace - human-driven cars.
Uber has logged 2 million self-driving miles through December. The company has more than 100 autonomous cars testing on the roads of the greater Phoenix area, the company’s prime testing ground due to the state’s loose regulations and hospitable weather. Rain, snow and ice are particularly challenging for autonomous cars.
Concerns over the safety of autonomous vehicles flared after a July 2016 fatality involving a Tesla Inc automobile (TSLA.O). The car involved in that accident featured a partially autonomous system that required human supervision. Uber’s vehicle, on the other hand, is considered a full self-driving vehicle where a human is not needed at the wheel.
Safety regulators later determined Tesla was not at fault in that accident.
Even when not regulated by state law, companies testing autonomous vehicles still sometimes place a driver at the wheel to monitor the car and take over in case of need.
Uber has weathered a series of crises, including sexual harassment claims, controversy over its use of a tracking tool to avoid government officials, and a high-profile lawsuit brought by competitor Waymo alleging theft of self-driving trade secrets. It settled that lawsuit last month, with Uber paying $245 million of its own shares to Waymo.
That settlement was largely seen as a means for Uber to resume work on autonomous cars without the distraction of litigation, as it hustles to catch up with Waymo, which is widely seen as having the most advanced cars in the industry.

Two unexplained storage tank failures at fertility clinics in Cleveland and San Francisco may have cost hundreds of women and couples their best chance to have children
Two unexplained storage tank failures at fertility clinics in Cleveland and San Francisco may have cost hundreds of women and couples their best chance to have children
The Trump administration accused Russia on Thursday of a concerted, ongoing operation to hack and spy on the U.S. energy grid and other critical infrastructure
The Trump administration accused Russia on Thursday of a concerted, ongoing operation to hack and spy on the U.S. energy grid and other critical infrastructure
Officials say multiple people have been killed and eight people have been taken to the hospital in the collapse of a bridge at a Florida university
Officials say multiple people have been killed and eight people have been taken to the hospital in the collapse of a bridge at a Florida university
With the likely demise of Toys R Us, a piece of Americana is disappearing
With the likely demise of Toys R Us, a piece of Americana is disappearing
End of an era: Toys R Us is going the way of stickball
End of an era: Toys R Us is going the way of stickball
A doctor says his hospital received 10 injured people - two of them critically - from the pedestrian bridge collapse at a Florida university
A doctor says his hospital received 10 injured people - two of them critically - from the pedestrian bridge collapse at a Florida university
Authorities said Friday that the cables suspending a pedestrian bridge were being tightened after a "stress test" when the 950-ton concrete span collapsed over traffic, killing at least six people and injuring 10
Authorities said Friday that the cables suspending a pedestrian bridge were being tightened after a "stress test" when the 950-ton concrete span collapsed over traffic, killing at least six people and injuring 10
The deadly collapse of a pedestrian bridge in Florida has cast a spotlight on a rapid construction technique widely used around the U.S.
The deadly collapse of a pedestrian bridge in Florida has cast a spotlight on a rapid construction technique widely used around the U.S.
Student who narrowly escaped after bridge collapse watched helplessly as structure fell apart
Student who narrowly escaped after bridge collapse watched helplessly as structure fell apart
Student watched helplessly as bridge came down on top of car
Student watched helplessly as bridge came down on top of car
Two weeks of odd news: Police say impaired bride crashes on her way to her wedding; two long-ago high school sweethearts in New Jersey marry in hallway where they met
Two weeks of odd news: Police say impaired bride crashes on her way to her wedding; two long-ago high school sweethearts in New Jersey marry in hallway where they met
Russia has announced it is expelling 23 British diplomats and threatened further measures in retaliation in a growing diplomatic dispute over a nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain
Russia has announced it is expelling 23 British diplomats and threatened further measures in retaliation in a growing diplomatic dispute over a nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain
A Border Patrol agent is going on trial for second-degree murder this week in a rare Justice Department prosecution of a fatal cross-border Mexico shooting.
A Border Patrol agent is going on trial for second-degree murder this week in a rare Justice Department prosecution of a fatal cross-border Mexico shooting.
(AP Photo/Brian Skoloff, File). FILE - This April 2, 2017 file photo made with a drone, shows the U.S. Mexico border fence as it cuts through the two downtowns of Nogales, Ariz. A U.S. border patrol agent is going on trial for second-degree murder in U...
(AP Photo/Brian Skoloff, File). FILE - This April 2, 2017 file photo made with a drone, shows the U.S. Mexico border fence as it cuts through the two downtowns of Nogales, Ariz. A U.S. border patrol agent is going on trial for second-degree murder in U...
US agent goes on trial in Mexican teen cross-border killing
US agent goes on trial in Mexican teen cross-border killing
Authorities say the brother of the teen charged with killing 17 people at a Florida school has been arrested for trespassing at the same school.
Authorities say the brother of the teen charged with killing 17 people at a Florida school has been arrested for trespassing at the same school.
Police have warned residents near the site of the latest explosion in Austin to remain indoors and to call 911 if they need to leave home before 10 a.m.
Police have warned residents near the site of the latest explosion in Austin to remain indoors and to call 911 if they need to leave home before 10 a.m.
(Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP). FBI agents meet at the scene of an explosion in Austin, Texas, Sunday, March 18, 2018. At least a few people were injured in another explosion in Texas' capital late Sunday, after three package bombs deto...
(Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP). FBI agents meet at the scene of an explosion in Austin, Texas, Sunday, March 18, 2018. At least a few people were injured in another explosion in Texas' capital late Sunday, after three package bombs deto...
New York City's deadly helicopter crash has prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to call on federal regulators to prohibit commercial flights that use passenger harness systems that do not allow for easy release.
New York City's deadly helicopter crash has prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to call on federal regulators to prohibit commercial flights that use passenger harness systems that do not allow for...
Attorneys for embattled casino mogul Steve Wynn say in court documents that he brokered a settlement with a second woman who accused him of sexual misconduct more than a decade ago.
Attorneys for embattled casino mogul Steve Wynn say in court documents that he brokered a settlement with a second woman who accused him of sexual misconduct more than a decade ago.
At least two people injured in another explosion in Texas' capital after three package bombs that detonated earlier this month in other parts of the city killed two people and injuring two others.
At least two people injured in another explosion in Texas' capital after three package bombs that detonated earlier this month in other parts of the city killed two people and injuring two others.
(Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP). FBI agents work the scene of an explosion in Austin, Texas, Sunday, March 18, 2018. At least a few people were injured in another explosion in Texas' capital late Sunday, after three package bombs detonat...
(Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP). FBI agents work the scene of an explosion in Austin, Texas, Sunday, March 18, 2018. At least a few people were injured in another explosion in Texas' capital late Sunday, after three package bombs detonat...
Mississippi's governor has signed the nation's tightest abortion restrictions into law, banning most abortions after 15 weeks' gestation.
Mississippi's governor has signed the nation's tightest abortion restrictions into law, banning most abortions after 15 weeks' gestation.
Police in a Phoenix suburb say one of Uber's self-driving vehicles has struck and killed a pedestrian.
Police in a Phoenix suburb say one of Uber's self-driving vehicles has struck and killed a pedestrian.
Former "Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon is running for New York governor.
Former "Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon is running for New York governor.
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:
1. POLICE MAKE DIRECT APPEAL TO BOMBER
In the search for answers to a series of explosions in Austin, Texas, authorities have come ahead with a simple plea to whoever’s behind the blasts: Talk to us.
2. SELF-DRIVING UBER STRIKES, KILLS PEDESTRIAN
The fatality in a Phoenix suburb is the first involving a fully autonomous test vehicle, prompting the ride-hailing company to suspend all road-testing of such autos in the U.S. and Canada.
3. TRUMP UNVEILS PLAN TO COMBAT OPIOIDS
The president calls for stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, including embracing a tactic employed by some of the global strongmen he admires: the death penalty.
4. DATA MINING CREATES STIR
A Trump-affiliated group, Cambridge Analytica, reportedly tried to influence elections using data, including likes, inappropriately obtained on tens of millions of Facebook users. What’s not clear is how effective that was.
5. WHAT’S NEXT FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN
As the Russian leader shifts into his next six-year term, he could groom a successor, scrap term limits, or create for himself a new behind-the-scenes position of power.
6. TURKEY VOWS NO LET-UP
President Erdogan says he intends to keep pressure on a U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish militia — and could expand Turkey’s military offensive into other Kurdish-held areas across northern Syria and even into neighboring Iraq.
7. MISSISSIPPI LAW STANDS ALONE
The state’s governor signs the nation’s tightest abortion restrictions into law, banning most abortions after 15 weeks.
8. HOW TO STAY HEALTHY WHILE FLYING
Worried about catching a cold or the flu on an airplane? Get a window seat, and don’t leave it until the flight is over, researchers advise.
9. NCAA TOURNAMENT HAS NEW LOOK
Sixteen teams are now left. Top seeds Virginia and Xavier are gone. Ditto No. 2 seeds North Carolina and Cincinnati.
10. WHO’S STEPPING ONTO POLITICAL STAGE
Former “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon says she’s running for New York governor.