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Better standards are in place in British Columbia, meaning less fish have escaped, reports show
The federal government isn’t properly managing the risks that farmed salmon pose to their wild counterparts, nor is it doing enough to ensure Canada is meeting its international commitments on biodiversity and sustainable development, Canada’s environmental watchdog says.
In a series of new audits released Tuesday, environment commissioner Julie Gelfand takes a closer look at Canada’s management of the $1-billion salmon farming industry, which she warns is lacking when it comes to assessing the risk that diseases among farmed fish pose to wild salmon.
The department has no requirement to monitor the health of wild salmon or the status of the ocean floor beneath penned salmon farms, said Gelfand, and the department is also providing better funding for research related to fish farms than it is for research to help monitor their impact.
“The department is at risk of being seen to promote aquaculture over the protection of wild salmon,” Gelfand said after the reports were tabled in Parliament.
The research gaps are extensive enough that there’s no way to determine the impact of fish farms on wild fish, she said. Those gaps include a lack of knowledge about the risk of disease, as well as the impact of the drugs used to treat those diseases. Canada also lacks an impact threshold to determine when to shut down or limit fish farming, she added.
Canada also lacks standards for the nets used to contain farmed salmon in the ocean — a particular problem in the Atlantic, where heavy storms often batter salmon farms and destroy nets.
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In 2015, 40,000 salmon escaped from farms in Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Better standards are in place in British Columbia, where fewer escapes have occurred, the report says.
Gelfand’s spring reports also look at Canada’s commitment to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, both of which, she warns, could become the latest international environment agreements Canada signs but does little to actually implement.
She cited a lack of government leadership to address the targets in those agreements, saying there is no way to properly assess how effectively government policies can contribute to meeting those goals.
The agenda for sustainable development is an international agreement for countries to work towards sustainable environmental, economic and social development, including gender equality, eliminating poverty, climate action and industrial innovation.
Canada committed to the 2030 agenda in 2015 and recommitted to it last year, but the audit says the government hasn’t yet put in place the fundamental requirements to do more than pay it lip service.
“The federal government committed to implementing the 2030 agenda three years ago, but again, it is not ready to respect its international commitment,” Gelfand said. “When will it be ready?”
The audit report looked at the period between September 2015 and November 2017. The federal budget tabled in February promised nearly $50 million between now and 2030 to create a specific government unit to oversee the agenda, as well as to fund monitoring and reporting by Statistics Canada, Gelfand acknowledged.
The statistics agency also expects this spring to have a data portal ready to report on the Canadian indicators around the UN 2030 agenda. That could address one of Gelfand’s concerns that there are too many departments assigned as co-leads on the agenda, leaving no one to take full ownership of or leadership on the file.
“In my opinion, it is difficult to move forward with 10 hands on the wheel,” she says.
Gelfand’s third audit this spring looked at another unmet Canadian UN environment commitment, this one the UN Convention on Biological Diversity — a legally binding treaty acknowledging that a global decline in biodiversity is one of the “most serious issues facing humanity.”
Canada has had a biodiversity strategy under the convention since 1995; in 2002, signatories committed to reducing the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. New targets were set for 2020 after that original deadline went wanting.
Environment Canada isn’t taking the necessary steps to hit the 2020 targets, Gelfand found, focusing its efforts on international meetings and creating national committees rather than analyzing whether its actions will do anything to help. There is also no comprehensive monitoring or reporting on whether there is any progress to meeting the 2020 targets.
Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press
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Recently we tried to assess the health of the press galleries in Canada's provincial legislatures. As promised, here's more in that series.
First, the territories. We spoke to journalists and communications staff at the legislatures in Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut and we were told there are usually four legislative reporters in each place. That's on par with many provinces.
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Now on to coverage of municipalities – with some caveats. Unlike legislatures, most of Canada's city halls do not have formal press galleries. There is no list of people who have accreditation. For most cities, the only way to know is by keeping an eye on how many reporters show up to council meetings on a regular basis. So there is some guesswork involved. For that reason, we're not going to publish exact numbers of reporters who cover each city hall full-time, but we're going to show ranges. (With one exception.) Population numbers are sourced from Statistics Canada based on census areas, which don't always map exactly to a city's boundaries. And this is just a sampling of municipalities across the country – we did not count every single one.
And now on to the data...
Twenty-two reporters
Toronto, Ont. (population: 2.7 million). Note: Toronto is the only city we found with a formal press gallery.
About a dozen reporters
Hamilton, Ont. (population: 537,000).
Ottawa (population: 934,000).
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Six to eight reporters
Edmonton (population: 932,000).
Halifax (population: 403,000).
Quebec City (population: 807,000).
Victoria (population: 371,000).
Four or five reporters
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Calgary (population: 1.2 million).
Kelowna, B.C. (population: 152,000).
London, Ont. (population: 384,000).
Moncton (population: 109,000).
Vancouver (population: 631,000).
Winnipeg (population: 705,000).
Two, one or no reporters
Brampton, Ont. (population: 594,000).
Mississauga, Ont. (population: 721,000).
Moose Jaw, Sask. (population: 32,000).
Nanaimo, B.C. (population: 92,000).
Saskatoon (population: 315,000).
Surrey, B.C. (population: 518,000).
And for more on what happens when a community loses its newspaper, check out Marcus Gee's profile of Orillia, Ont., from the weekend.
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CANADIAN HEADLINES
Finance Minister Bill Morneau's council of outside economic advisers says the government should spend $15-billion retraining workers as part of adapting to technological disruption of the economy. "Canada must be prepared to navigate this change and volatility. It can no longer rely on the old formula for economic growth, which emphasized investments in machinery and equipment, and population growth," the report says.
Mr. Morneau insists that the Liberals have no plans for a Netflix tax as part of their cultural policy moving forward. Quebec has said that it will enact a levy on foreign online businesses if the federal government won't.
Provincial finance ministers, who are in Ottawa to meet with Mr. Morneau, say they want a higher share of the revenue that will come from legalizing marijuana.
Pierre Legault, a veteran government lawyer, has been nominated by the Prime Minister to be the watchdog for the Senate.
The House of Commons is working to get more simultaneous translation for Indigenous languages.
Voters in four provinces are casting ballots today in federal by-elections. The by-elections are in B.C.'s South Surrey-White Rock, the Newfoundland riding of Bonavista-Burin Trinity, Saskatchewan's Battlefords-Lloydminster, and east Toronto's Scarborough-Agincourt. The Surrey race has stood out as particularly competitive, with the Liberal and Conservative leaders both stopping by to campaign.
Alberta United Conservative Party Leader and former federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney is "cautiously optimistic" that he will win his provincial by-election on Thursday this week. He's not the only party leader running for the open seat in Calgary-Lougheed. Alberta Liberal Leader David Khan and Green Leader Romy Tittel are also vying to be the MLA for the riding.
B.C. Premier John Horgan will announce today whether his government will kill the Site C dam. The New Democrats came to power earlier this year on a promise to review the $8.8-billion project, and their power-sharing partners in the Green Party want the dam scrapped. But the government has been facing pressure to keep the massive construction project – and the associated jobs – while also worrying about the financial impact of killing the dam, which would mean writing off $4-billion that's already been spent.
The Site C dam's future could hinge in part on the positions of nearby First Nations; two oppose the project, while others have signed benefits agreement. The role those communities have in the government's decision has been shaped by a landmark Supreme Court of Canada ruling issued 20 years ago today. The Delgamuukw case confirmed Indigenous peoples have valid claims to ancestral lands and introduced the requirement for consent to resource development.
And Canadian energy firms are taking issue with the White House's decision to push coal energy and nuclear power.
Campbell Clark (The Globe and Mail) on the Liberal cabinet: "There are now a lot of scuff marks. Mr. Sajjan isn't hobbled running defence, but he's less valuable in selling the not-quite-as-advertized Liberal defence policy. Ms. Joly is no longer a glamorous representative in Quebec. Mr. Morneau will not be effective setting finance policy if his own Liberals doubt he can do the politics. And Mr. Trudeau is going to have to recruit again in 2018."
Heather Mallick (Toronto Star) on Kent Hehr, Minister for People with Disabilities: "The reasoning behind his appointment came from identity politics, which is fine so far as it goes. But it contains a flaw. The assumption that a disabled minister would understand all kind of disability is not true, just as women are not automatic sustainers of other women."
John Ibbitson (The Globe and Mail) on whether senators will hold up the marijuana legalization bill: "The costs of missing that deadline would be severe. Provincial governments are negotiating contracts with suppliers, who are ramping up production. Governments and private companies are signing leases for storefronts. Police forces are acquiring new equipment, and training officers to identify pot-impaired drivers."
Globe and Mail Editorial Board on Trudeau and China: "Canada has never had to deal with a problem quite like China. Managing its rise, and our relationship with this superpower that is both aggressively capitalistic and unapologetically anti-democratic, will be one of Canada's biggest challenges in the years to come. Does Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government understand this? Does it get that China is not just an economic opportunity, but also a threat to the world order this country helped build, and under which we have long prospered."
Barrie McKenna (The Globe and Mail) on protectionism (inside Canada): "The Comeau case offers a rare opportunity to force Ottawa and the provinces to do what they have repeatedly failed to do on their own – even as Canada decries rising protectionism in the United States and elsewhere. Canada faces enormous trade challenges in the world. But too often, we can't get beyond petty fights on the home front." (for subscribers)
Steve Ambler and Jeremy Kronick (The Globe and Mail) on the Bank of Canada: "As was widely expected, the Bank of Canada announced on Wednesday that it was not changing its target overnight rate. Despite the announcement reinforcing expectations, the emphasis on caution was enough to knock more than a half a cent off the value of the Canadian dollar before the end of Wednesday morning. With uncertainty on the horizon for 2018, the year promises to be a challenging one for our central bankers – one that will require market guidance."
Andrew Coyne (National Post) on CBC's funding model: "Though proposed as an antidote to advertising, public funding suffers from much the same basic problem: in either case, the broadcaster is accountable not to its viewers, but to someone else — advertisers or the government, whoever is paying the bills. The larger goal, then, should be for subscription fees to replace, not just advertising, but also the CBC's public subsidy. The beneficiaries from this would not only be taxpayers, but CBC viewers: subsidy is not only no longer necessary, but an impediment to quality — the kind that, we can now see, comes from a direct relationship with a passionate, paying audience."
INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES
After the U.S. unilaterally decided to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital anti-Trump protests have sprung up across the Arab world, although violence has been limited. The Globe's Eric Reguly reports from the West Bank that the Palestinians are searching for allies in the aftermath of the decision. "Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries do not make us a priority for them," said Mahmoud al-Aloul, vice-chairman of Fatah, Palestine's ruling political party. "That's a problem for us, absolutely."
The New York Times has a deep dive into how Donald Trump's daily life has changed nearly a year into the presidency.
The race between Roy Moore and Doug Jones to be the next senator from Alabama is wrapped in struggles over the state's troubled history and its uncertain future, David Shribman writes. The outcome of the race could send a message about the national preoccupation with sexual predators and alter generations-old voting patterns in the most conservative region of the U.S. Alabama's senior senator, also a Republican, says he is not voting for Roy Moore.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops out of Syria, saying they succeeded in suppressing the Islamic State.
The United Kingdom and the European Union made significant progress on a Brexit deal, but tough talks are still ahead. Last Friday, the European Commission said that enough progress had been made on financial obligations, the Irish border and EU citizens' rights that negotiations could begin on the future of the trading relationship. European negotiators say they want to build a trade deal based on the one signed with Canada, known as the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement, while the U.K.'s Brexit minister says he wants a deal that's "Canada plus plus plus."
South Korea has imposed new sanctions against North Korea in a response to its latest missile launch. Groups, including banks and companies, were added to sanctions lists and several individuals were also targeted in the largely symbolic move.
And in case you missed it the European Union and Japan have concluded negotiations on a free-trade agreement that would establish the world's largest open economic area.
Former Obama speechwriter Sarada Peri in The Globe on the bully pulpit: "Teddy Roosevelt was talking about more than influencing policy or even politics. He was illuminating a president's power to shape the nation's ethical framework – his power, in effect, to moralize. 'I suppose my critics will call that preaching,' he said, 'but I have got such a bully pulpit.' Mr. Trump offers no stable political affiliation, no hopeful vision for America, no compelling, or even coherent, agenda."
Konrad Yakabuski (The Globe and Mail) on Roy Moore:"For a few fleeting weeks it seemed even the GOP had a conscience. But the party ultimately could not resist the temptation of passing tax cuts for the rich and its leaders decided they could not sacrifice a reliable Republican seat in the Senate. Especially since they'll need it if Mr. Trump is to replace one of the remaining liberal judges on the Supreme Court and create a conservative majority that would reinstate abortion bans and uphold the Second Amendment right to bear arms and arms and arms. What's a little (more) hypocrisy when the stakes are this high?"
Elizabeth Renzetti (The Globe and Mail) on saying sorry in the public sphere: "Allegations of sexual misconduct against high-profile men have piled up in the past couple of months, followed in some cases by public apologies. These apologies, alas, often resembled Christmas crackers purchased at the dollar store: cheap, hollow and containing nothing of value at their core."


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Six months before rushing water ripped a huge hole in a channel that drains a Northern California reservoir, state inspectors said the concrete spillway was sound. As officials puzzle through how to repair Oroville Dam spillway, federal regulators have ordered the state to figure out what went wrong.
Earlier inspection reports offer potential clues, including cracks on the spillway surface that if not properly repaired could let water tear through the concrete. In recent years, construction crews patched cracks — including in the area where water burrowed a huge pit last week.
Damage to the main spillway triggered a series of problems culminating with the first use of the emergency spillway, which quickly began eroding and threatened to unleash a torrent of water on cities downstream. On Tuesday, officials said the immediate danger had passed, and allowed nearly 200,000 residents to go home after evacuation orders scattered them for nearly two days.
Inspectors with the state agency that both operates and checks the dam, the nation’s tallest at 770 feet, walked the half-mile-long spillway in 2014 and 2015 and did not find any concerns.
“Conditions appeared to be normal,” the inspector wrote in reports from both years.
Last August, a team of inspectors did not check the channel on foot but instead from afar, also concluding that everything looked fine.
The inspection came as California was enduring a five-year drought, and the channel rarely was used to relieve pressure on Oroville Lake, which is about 70 miles north of Sacramento. An extraordinarily wet subsequent six months changed that. Dam managers were draining water from the fast-filling reservoir into the Feather River below when the pit appeared last week.
Experts said problems like the cracks in the concrete spillway and spots in nearby areas where water seeped from the reservoir through a hillside were common issues with dams. What mattered, said John Moyle, New Jersey’s director of dam safety and flood control, was whether dam operators dealt with the problems carefully — patching cracks so they were watertight, and dealing with spots where water was leaking through so they didn’t grow to undermine the concrete.
The Department of Water Resources declined to answer specific questions about the repair work, saying engineers were focused on ensuring public safety.
Robert Bea, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering at University of California, Berkeley, said it’s “obvious those repairs didn’t work.”
“We don’t have details on the repairs, but they put cement into the cracks and troweled it over,” Bea said. “I call it ‘patch and pray.'”
On Monday, federal regulators told the department it must enlist a group of independent consultants both to assess what went wrong and to recommend long-term fixes.
Documents and interviews show that crews were patching cracks in 2009 and 2013. A water resources department spokesman said it was normal for maintenance crews to be troubleshooting cracks in the channel during dry summer months.
One resident of the region said he saw crews in the spillway at least once a year for the past several years.
“When they have four or five trucks down there, the only thing they have to do is fill cracks,” said Don Reighley, a retiree and fisherman who several times a week drives past the channel to launch his boat into the reservoir.
One of the state inspectors who went to Oroville Dam in August said authorities may never know exactly what destabilized the spillway.
“Any type of evidence that might have been there is gone,” Eric Holland of the water resources department’s dam safety division said. “Everything has been washed away.”
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Knickmeyer reported from Sonoma, California, Pritchard reported from Los Angeles. John Flesher in Traverse City, Michigan, contributed.
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Question: NASA providing 1st live 360-degree view of rocket launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Want the world’s best, up-close view of a rocket launch without being right there at the pad?
For the first time, cameras will provide live 360-degree video of a rocket heading toward space.
NASA will provide the 360 stream Tuesday as an unmanned Atlas rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with a capsule full of space station supplies. The stream will begin 10 minutes before the scheduled 11:11 a.m. liftoff and continue until the rocket is out of sight.
The four fisheye-lens cameras are located at the pad, about 300 feet (100 meters) from the rocket. A computer in a blast-proof box will stitch together the images for a full, in-the-round view. There will be about a minute lag time.
It will be shown on NASA’s YouTube channel.

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Look back on last week’s blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.
The TESS mission will search for planets orbiting the stars in our solar neighborhood, finding worlds that are prime candidates for follow-up observations by more powerful telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope set for launch in 2020.
TESS lifted off Wednesday, April 18, from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 6:51:30 p.m. EDT (2251:30 GMT), two days later than planned to allow SpaceX time to complete additional guidance, navigation and control analysis on the launcher.
These images taken by NASA, SpaceX and Spaceflight Now photographers show the 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 rocket blasting off from Cape Canaveral, climbing to the east over the Atlantic Ocean, and dropping its first stage booster for a return trip to Earth for a landing on SpaceX’s downrange drone ship.
Read our full story for details on the mission.
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Question: Some in GOP alarmed as Trump tweets against Robert Mueller

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President Donald Trump kept up his attack on the escalating Russia investigation, insisting in a new tweet Monday that it was "a total WITCH HUNT with massive conflicts of interest!" The comment came a day after a top White House lawyer tried to calm speculation that the president was considering firing the special counsel leading the probe.
White House lawyer Ty Cobb offered a statement late Sunday after top congressional Republicans warned of repercussions if Trump fired special counsel Robert Mueller, who is looking into contacts between Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia and Russian meddling in the presidential election.
In a series of weekend tweets, Trump jabbed directly at Mueller by name for the first time. The president challenged the investigation's existence and suggested political bias on the part of Mueller's investigators. Trump has long been frustrated by the lengthy and intensifying probe, and insists his campaign did not collude with Russia to influence the election in his favor.
"The Mueller probe should never have been started in that there was no collusion and there was no crime," he said in a late Saturday tweet.
Likely contributing to Trump's sense of frustration, The New York Times reported last week that Mueller had subpoenaed the Trump Organization for Russia-related documents. Trump had said Mueller would cross a red line with such a step.
"Why does the Mueller team have 13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans?" he tweeted Sunday.
Some of Mueller's investigators indeed have contributed to Democratic political candidates, but Justice Department policy and federal service law bar discrimination in the hiring of career positions on the basis of political affiliation. Mueller is a Republican.
The tweets revived talk that Trump may, in an attempt to end the investigation, move to have Mueller fired. Cobb sought to tamp down the speculation.
"In response to media speculation and related questions being posed to the Administration, the White House yet again confirms that the President is not considering or discussing the firing of the Special Counsel, Robert Mueller," he said.
Trump on Monday tweeted: "A total WITCH HUNT with massive conflicts of interest!"
Earlier Sunday, members of Congress, including some top Republicans, warned Trump to not even think about terminating Mueller.
"If he tried to do that, that would be the beginning of the end of his presidency," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a Trump ally.
Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform panel, warned Trump that a Mueller firing would be a distraction from the president's agenda.
"Let it play out its course," Gowdy said on "Fox News Sunday." ''If you've done nothing wrong, you should want the investigation to be as fulsome and thorough as possible.
House Speaker Paul Ryan said through a spokeswoman that "Mr. Mueller and his team should be able to do their job."
And Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., tweeted that it is "critical" Mueller be allowed to complete a thorough investigation "unimpeded."
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., called for passage of stalled bipartisan bills designed to protect Mueller. He said Trump "is engaged in desperate and reckless conduct to intimidate his law enforcement agencies of this country and to try and stop the special counsel. That is unacceptable in a democracy."
Trump cannot directly fire Mueller, who can only be dismissed for cause. Any dismissal would have to be carried out by Rod Rosenstein, the Trump-appointed deputy attorney general who has publicly expressed support for Mueller.
Trump has fumed to confidants that the Mueller probe is "going to choke the life out of" his presidency if allowed to continue unabated indefinitely, according to an outside adviser who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations with the president.
Trump has long believed that the entrenched bureaucracy, particularly at the Justice Department and FBI, is out to thwart him. He fumed to one confidant after seeing a promotion for a forthcoming book by James Comey, the FBI director he fired last year, believing Comey will seek to enrich himself by besmirching Trump's reputation. Comey's book, "A Higher Loyalty," topped Amazon.com's best-seller list on Sunday.
The president also has long been torn over how to approach the probe. His legal team, namely Cobb, has counseled Trump to cooperate with Mueller. But some former campaign advisers have urged Trump to be combative, warning that the investigation poses an existential threat to his presidency.
Aides and friends say they understand Trump's frustration.
Marc Short, Trump's congressional liaison, said the frustration is "well-warranted" because "there has been no evidence whatsoever of collusion."
Trump may have felt emboldened after Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe on Friday, something Trump had clamored for out of a belief that McCabe was part of the entrenched, anti-Trump bureaucracy. "A great day for Democracy," Trump tweeted afterward. Trump asserted without elaboration that McCabe knew "all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the FBI!"
The Associated Press later reported that McCabe kept personal memos detailing interactions with Trump that have been provided to Mueller's office and are similar to notes compiled by Comey. Trump sought to cast doubt on their veracity, tweeting Sunday that he spent "very little time" with McCabe "but he never took notes when he was with me."
"I don't believe he made memos except to help his own agenda, probably at a later date. Same with lying James Comey. Can we call them Fake Memos?" Trump tweeted. It wouldn't be unusual for a senior official to make notes soon after meeting with the president.
The contents of McCabe's memos are unknown, but they could help substantiate McCabe's assertion that he was unfairly maligned by a White House he says had declared "war" on the FBI and Mueller's investigation.
Sessions said he dismissed McCabe on the recommendation of FBI disciplinary officials who said McCabe had not been candid with a watchdog office investigation. An upcoming inspector general's report is expected to conclude that McCabe had authorized the release of information to the media and was not forthcoming with the watchdog office as it examined the bureau's handling of an investigation into Democrat Hillary Clinton's emails.
McCabe has vigorously disputed the allegations and said his credibility came under attack as "part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally" but also the FBI and law enforcement.
Mueller is investigating whether Trump's actions, including Comey's ouster, constitute obstruction of justice.
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Associated Press writers Chad Day and Eric Tucker in Washington and Jonathan Lemire in New York contributed to this report.
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4:07 Federal judge temporarily halts Trump’s travel ban
2:19 Warren: Shocked to find 'truth was out of order' on the Senate floor


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Question: The Worlds Most Popular Rugby League Website

Him wrote: I'd say a combination of a few factors:
- players getting bigger, stronger, faster. Puts more pressure and higher impacts on opposing players but also puts more pressure on players own joints/ligaments etc
- more focus on the play the ball and the evolution of tackle/wrestling techniques to involve more and more bending and twisting of the ball carrier
- the increased quality of "smaller" clubs meaning there are fewer and fewer "easy" games
- a small player pool and no NRL style reserves/feeder system means less chance to rest players
- a significantly longer season than the NRL
Just my opinion but I think all those combined are why we have so many injuries.
All fair shouts.If they haven't already (yeah, I know), the RFL should be conducting an investigation into the types of injuries sustained and the causes of them., with a view to see what can be done to reduce numbers.Superleague needs it's best players playing matches. Sponsorship, media attention, attendances are all effected by games played at a poorer standard.I don't watch enough NRL to comment, but what is the scale of injuries like there? If it's a similar amount, then maybe that points to wider issues in the laws of the game & interpretation of those laws/how the game is played, or if they see substantially less injuries, it could point to an issue with more games, double-weekends, possibly sports science, player pool etc.

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Question: New Venom Trailer Finally Shows Tom Hardy's Full Anti-Hero Transformation

Sony Pictures dropped a new trailer for Venom on Monday, and fans finally got to see Tom Hardy mutate into Marvel's anti-hero.
Back in February, the entertainment company released a teaser trailer for the film. While fans caught a glimpse of Hardy as journalist Eddie Brock and saw the alien Symbiote that overtakes his body, they didn't see the actor fully morph into the Spider Man villain.
The new trailer starts by giving sneak peeks of the transformation. First, Hardy's eyes begin to change. Then, he starts to feel sick. He eventually hears voices. By the end of the clip, Hardy has fully transformed into the anti-hero—fangs and all.
"See, we didn't actually forget to put in Venom in the movie," Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman joked on Monday after screening the trailer at CinemaCon (per The Hollywood Reporter).
Watch the video to see him fully take on the alter-ego.

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A Gatsby Moment, June 6, 1-5 p.m., Huckleberry House, 99 Huckleberry Hill Rd., New Canaan. Proceeds benefit Voice of September 11. Tickets $25. Info: conta.cc/2HTP4md.
An Evening of Expressions, June 7, 6 p.m., Rive Bistro, 229 Riverside Ave., Westport. Proceeds benefit the Friends of Westport Public Art Collections. Tickets $90-$175. Info: westportarts.org/expressions.
Compass To Success: A Nautical Night of Seaside Support, June 7, 6:30 p.m., Black Rock Yacht Club, 80 Grovers Ave., Bridgeport. Proceeds will benefit the Boys & Girls Village, Connecticut’s most vulnerable children and families, who often have histories of abuse, neglect, or live in poverty and are in need of behavioral health, educational, or family reunification services. Tickets $150. Info: bgvillage.org/fundraiser.
Booked, June 11, 7 p.m., Rolling Hills Country Club, 333 Hurlbutt St., Wilton. Justin Paul will be at the Westport Library fundraiser. Tickets $1,000. Info: westportlibrary.org.
CLUBS
Treehouse Comedy Club, below Bistro B, Westport Inn, 1595 Post Rd., Westport. Tickets $25 at TreehouseComedy.com or 203-268-5857.
Luc’s Cafe-Restaurant, 3 Big Shop Lane, Ridgefield: “Cafe Musette” featuring Larry Urbon, guitarist. French songs, gypsy swing Mon. and Wed., 7:30-9:30 p.m., info: cafemusette.com
Bernard’s, 20 West Lane, Ridgefield; 203-438-8282 or bernardsridgefield.com: Live music: Fri., piano, 7-10:30 p.m.; Sat., piano, 7-10:30 p.m.; Sun. brunch, piano, 12-3 (1st Sun./month, Young Musicians).
Note Kitchen & Bar, 227 Greenwood Ave., Bethel; notekitchen.com, 203-917-3411.
Old Post Tavern, 1418 Post Rd., Fairfield, oldposttavern.com, 203-292-8631; live music Fri. and Sat., 10 p.m.

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Ironically, Alden Ehrenreich is quite unlike Harrison Ford.
For starters, he reveals a lot in interviews. In Esquire's May issue, for example, he addresses everything from directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller leaving Solo: A Star Wars Story at the end of production to rumors that his performance was so unwatchable he required an acting coach.
Lord and Miller left the project over "creative differences," according to Lucasfilm, and neither has said much else about their eleventh hour exit. According to Ehrenreich, their unorthodox process "was yielding a different movie than the other factions wanted." From the initial screen test, he said, "We played around with it a lot." Ehrenreich insists he knew what he was doing, "but in terms of what that adds up to, you're so in the dark as an actor. You don't know what it's shaping up to be, how they're editing it, so it's kind of impossible without having seen those things to know what the difference [of opinion] was or exactly what created those differences."

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Image copyright AFP Image caption Thousands of Corsicans protested in Ajaccio to back linguistic recognition and greater devolution
Thousands of Corsicans have held a rally to call for greater autonomy from France.
Correspondents say the rally was staged as a shot across the bows of the French government ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's visit on Tuesday.
The nationalists are not seeking independence, but they do want more financial devolution and recognition for the Corsican language.
Mr Macron has said he will not agree to changing France's constitution.
Tuesday's visit will mark the 20th anniversary of the targeted killing of France's top official on the island, Claude Érignac, during a wave of violence orchestrated by the National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC),
The FLNC, a separatist militant group, declared a ceasefire in 2014.
Image copyright AFP Image caption Some demonstrators wore backpacks with signs reading "#democracy"
The local authorities said about 6,000 demonstrators were at Saturday's protest in the capital Ajaccio.
But the protest's organisers put the figure at 25,000.
Image copyright AFP Image caption The protest aimed to put pressure on Mr Macron to give the island greater autonomy
Corsican nationalists have been emboldened by a resounding win in December's elections.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) – Lance Lynn pitched seven shutout innings, Kolten Wong homered and the St. Louis Cardinals stopped a three-game losing streak, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 Monday night.
The Cardinals, who had lost six of seven, are 4-9 and still have the worst record in the NL. Pittsburgh had won three in a row.
Lynn (1-1) allowed three hits and struck out five while walking one.
Seung-Hwan Oh worked around an RBI double by pinch hitter Gregory Polanco in the ninth to record the Cardinals’ first save of the season. The last time it took St. Louis 13 games into a season to get a save was 1980, when Mark Littell closed out the Phillies at Veterans Stadium.
Ivan Nova (1-2) gave up five hits and no walks in eight innings while striking out three.
Wong led off the third with a home run that landed in the right field bullpen. Jose Martinez hit an RBI single in the seventh.
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BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court of appeals has dismissed criminal defamation charges against a British labor rights activist who was sued by a fruit packaging company after he alleged human rights violations at its factory.
Andy Hall's protracted legal battle stemmed from a 2013 report he researched for Finnish consumer organization Finnwatch that alleged labor abuses at Natural Fruit's pineapple canning operation. It employed migrant workers from Myanmar who said the company abused them and broke labor regulations.
Sunya Joongdee, a lawyer for Hall, said Thursday's court ruling dismissed the criminal defamation case, which also resulted in the collapse of a related computer crime case.
He says the court accepted that Hall's interviews with migrant workers revealed information that should be made public.

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Walk down the aisle of your local pharmacy or grocery store and you'll be bombarded by a dizzying array of bleaching products, from gels and strips to paint-on bleach.
Cosmetic tooth bleaching is a $3.2 billion global industry, according to market analysts, and it's getting bigger fast. It's easy to see why. Strikingly white, bright smiles dominate TV and social media, and people tend to prefer the bright teeth of youth rather than those that have been yellowed by trauma or age.
But if you decide that you, too, want a brighter smile, it's hard to know where to start.
"I'm a dentist, but I'm also a consumer and I can certainly get confused by all the products," says Ruchi Sahota who practices in Fremont, Calif. A colleague of hers describes the tooth product aisle in stores as the "dental aisle of confusion," because there are so many options. "You can easily get bewildered standing there trying to figure out which option is the best," she says.
The dilemma isn't helped by regulators. Tooth whitening products don't need approval from the Food and Drug Administration before hitting the market, because the agency considers them "cosmetic," a designation that's much more lightly regulated than drugs. And, the FDA says it has not determined that any ingredients contained in currently marketed products are unsafe.
The American Dental Association does offer some guidance in choosing a bleaching product — its ADA seal of acceptance. "The seal is rooted in science," says chemist Jamie Spomer, director of the ADA's seal of acceptance program; she notes that when a manufacturer applies for the seal, an independent panel of dentists analyzes the company's data and sometimes performs studies of their own.
The seal is a "symbol that an independent panel reviewed and approved the product for its safety and effectiveness," Spomer says. Many toothpastes carry the ADA seal. So far only one over-the-counter-bleaching product does — Crest 3D White Glamorous White Whitestrips.
Even so, Sahota says many over-the-counter products that don't carry the seal can still be effective if used as directed. Most cause some tooth sensitivity during the bleaching process, but that goes away once the process is complete, she says. Depending on which product is used, bleaching can take anywhere from two to six weeks.
And, if you're not careful, Sahota says the products can leak onto the gums, causing inflammation and "extra sensitivity" to pressure, temperature and touch.
A safer but more costly option might be to buy a custom-made tray from your dentist, Sahota says. Unlike the one-size-fits-all trays sold over the counter, a dentist makes the tray "just for you" she says.
The tray hugs the teeth and ensures the gel is kept where it should be and is evenly applied. The kits cost about $400; this at-home whitening process can take up to four weeks, depending on how stained the teeth are to begin with. Generally, the trays are worn for one or two hours a day.
If you want an even faster route, you'll have to pay more. Bleaching in the dental office can run more than $1,000, but results are quick and more dramatic. Dentists use bleaching gels that rely on high concentrations of hydrogen peroxide (up to 40 percent hydrogen peroxide, compared to a 5 to 6 percent concentration in drugstore kits and a 10 to 15 percent solution in the home-kits from dentists).
So the whole process in the dentist's office can take just an hour or two to complete. And because the peroxide concentrations used there are much higher, the results can be many shades lighter than with take-home kits and over-the-counter products.
An important caveat: Insurance companies consider in-office teeth whitening "cosmetic" so the procedures are almost never covered.
Nonetheless, more Americans are opting for in-office whitening. In 2015, in-office bleaching procedures rose 29 percent over the year before, according to an American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry survey. And there's at least a little evidence that the whiter the smile the more attractive the person – in a 2012 study both men and women said they prefer white teeth when choosing a mate.
But go to the dentist before you start bleaching, says Ada Cooper, a New York City dentist.
"Tooth discoloration can be caused by cavities and other oral problems," she says. "It's more important to maintain healthy teeth."
It's also important to note that not all stains are the same. Some are mostly on the surface of the teeth and come from consuming lots of dark colored liquids like coffee, tea and red wine, as well as foods with vibrant yellow spices like turmeric. The tar and nicotine from cigarettes are also huge culprits. Often surface stains can be diminished by routine brushing, flossing and biannual professional cleaning in the dentist's office.
Unfortunately, there are deeper stains you just can't avoid by being careful about what you eat and drink. These come with aging and years of chewing, which causes millions of tiny cracks in the outer enamel of the tooth. These cracks can fill up with stain. On top of that, the thinning enamel can allow the yellow core of the tooth to become more visible. Grinding teeth at night and brushing too hard can also weaken and thin tooth enamel. Bleaching agents can penetrate these deeper stains and turn the tooth whiter — typically two to seven shades lighter.
There are some discolorations that just can't be bleached away. Trauma to a tooth — such as a chip or break — can also permanently discolor it from the inside, and stains from ingesting the antibiotic tetracycline or large amounts of fluoride are also permanent. In these cases, the only option for whiter teeth is a crown or veneer.
All types of bleaching — whether over-the-counter, take-home kits or in the dental office — are temporary, requiring touch-ups at some point. As for homespun remedies promoted online, in social media and in magazines as being "natural whitening" agents (including charcoal, baking soda or lemon juice), the ADA says there is no evidence these methods work.

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CHICAGO (AP)  Prosecutors want the maximum 15-year prison term for a young Chicago-area man who sought to join an al-Qaida-linked group fighting Bashar Assad's regime in Syria.
They requested the sentence in a court filing Thursday for Abdella Ahmad Tounisi's (too-NEE'-see), who was 18 when arrested in an FBI internet sting in 2013. He has pleaded guilty to attempting to offer material support to foreign terrorists.
Tounisi's lawyers want a seven-year term. They say their client felt isolated as a Muslim in the U.S. and that his decision to travel to Syria reflected his immaturity. They insist he's tried to change since then.
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Question: Three tiny and adorable red river hogs have been born at Chester Zoo

A trio of adorable red river hogs have been born at Chester Zoo.
The “pocket-sized” babies, which haven’t yet been named by keepers, were born to mother Mali and father Con-Fetti after a four-month pregnancy.
The zoo posted a video of the three-week-old triplets to Twitter, where it already has over 3,000 views.
You NEED to see these pocket-sized piglets 🐷🐷🐷 pic.twitter.com/SMg3eIGRqt — Chester Zoo (@chesterzoo) May 30, 2018
Sarah Roffe, team manager at the zoo, said: “It’s early days, but the piglets are doing great so far. They’re so small at the moment and their coats are covered in spots and stripes, which will slowly start to fade after about six months when they’ll take on their more iconic rusty colouring.
“The trio are sticking very close to mum Mali, but it’s great to see them spending time with dad Con-Fetti. In fact, they can often be seen enjoying a nap whilst sat on top of him.”
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Roffe said: “This is the pairings first set of triplets, so they’ll soon be a real handful for mum and dad as they become more adventurous and playful. It’s amazing to see the family of seven together!”
Red river hogs are also known as “tufted pigs” due to the white whiskers and tufts found on their ears.
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DevonLive.com has dug into our archives to look back at some of the times that animals escaped in Devon.
Flaviu the Lynx
A lynx that escaped from Dartmoor Zoo has been recaptured after more than three weeks on the run.
Flaviu vanished from Dartmoor Zoo in Devon on July 7, 2016, when he chewed his way out of his enclosure hours after being transferred from another zoo.
His disappearance sparked a search involving a police helicopter, drone and wildlife trackers. Local schools were ordered to keep children indoors as the two-year-old Carpathian lynx evaded capture.
There were several sightings and bait and 25 humane traps were set and hunters even tried playing sounds from its mother to lure it.
The big cat – around the size of a labrador – was caught on Saturday morning in a trap set by head tracker Andrew Goatman. It was 200 yards from Hemerdon Plantation, a woodland about a mile away from the zoo
Escaped antelope at Paignton Zoo
Paignton Zoo has said it had ‘no option’ other than to put to sleep an antelope which escaped after jumping over a high fence last week.
The zoo faced criticism from the public for euthanising the lechwe after it was recaptured in a garden in the town after escaping in September 2016.
Executive director Simon Tonge said the animal had escaped from the enclosure after fighting with the dominant male, who is also his half-brother, and that it was impossible to return the animal to the herd or to find another zoo.
“If the animal had not jumped the fence he would have been killed or horribly injured by a rival male,” said zoo spokesman Phil Knowling. “Ethically, there was no way we could put him back in that group and that enclosure knowing that the fighting would start again.”
And he went on to explain why the animal could not be returned to the wild or sent to another zoo:
“Our animal staff keep their finger on the pulse when it comes to studbooks. In this case they already knew that the chances of moving this lone male to another herd were zero because Paignton Zoo started the studbook for Kafue Flats lechwe.
“This means that, when the fight and the escape occurred, they knew they had no practical option but to put the animal to sleep.
(Image: Mike Langman)
Gorillas escape from their Paignton Zoo den
Three gorillas escaped from their den into a secure corridor at Paignton Zoo and caused thousands of pounds damage ripping apart water pipes, electrical wiring and ducts.
Experts initially considered closing the zoo because staff were unable to get to all three together to dart the escaped lowland gorillas.
The three teenage gorillas each weigh up to 30st (200kg).
It was decided to leave the primates overnight in a secure corridor in the dens of the zoo’s Ape Centre after the incident in July 2017.
But they have left a trail of destruction behind which could take weeks to repair.
(Image: Miriam Haas)
Pumas from Dartmoor Zoo
The British zoo that has lost a lynx was once responsible for letting pumas loose into the wild, the current owner admitted yesterday.
Over the years dozens of sightings of mysterious big cats in the West Country gave rise to the legend of the Beast of Dartmoor.
Police and animal experts historically rubbished the reports despite the claims of locals.
But now, after the escape of Flaviu the lynx from Dartmoor Zoo, owner Benjamin Mee has revealed that wild big cats did roam the area for over 30 years.
He confirmed a pack of three pumas were “released” from the zoo during the 1980s.
They lived on the surrounding land, terrorising farmers and their livestock while feeding on scraps of rubbish in the village.
A Penguin
A penguin, believed to be one of four that escaped from the Exmouth zoo, was spotted cruising on a wooden plank off the south coast of England on January 9, 1964. Reg Matthews, a Teignmouth fisherman, said it seemed to be using the plank as a floating home. The bird “was obviously happy so we didn't try to catch it,” he said.
How Captain the budgerigar escaped
There was a collective lighting up of eyes around the world lwhen news desks studied the wires in search of something to fill a troublesome hole.
A story combining bravery, a daring rescue, a small animal and a desperate search must have sounded too good to be true.
But the lucky escape of ‘Captain’ the budgerigar in July 2009 was true indeed, and was read with interest over corn flakes, Continental breakfasts, bacon with maple syrup, and whatever it is they start the day with in Australia.
For those who have been away, Captain had escaped from an aviary in Brixham and took off across the sea, only to run out of puff and ditch, exhausted, in the waters below. He would have become an ex-parrot had some passing divers not spotted him, plucked him from the waves and taken him to an RSPCA centre, where they named him.
A day later and the lucky bird was reunited with his owner, Mike Peel, later revealed as the chairman of Torbay Budgerigar and Foreign Bird Society.
(Image: Chris Saville/apexnewspix.com)
Escaped wolf
An investigation has been launched after a wolf escaped from an enclosure at a North Devon wildlife park. The move comes after the animal gnawed its way out of its pen at the Combe Martin Wildlife Park in January 2009.
A firearms team was deployed as part of the park’s response to the escape last week. But staff at the wildlife park insist neither the wolf nor the public were in danger.
It is thought the female wolf, which lived in an enclosure with two other wolves, was frightened by something and bit her way through the thick wire enclosure in a fit of terror. Luckily she was seen by a member of the public.
(Image: Paula Davies)
The escape of two wild pigs from a Paignton Zoo compound was ‘exceptional circumstances’, it is being said.
Part of the zoo was closed in April 2008 as two wild pigs escaped during a bout of fighting and had to be knocked out by anaesthetic dart to catch them.
The zoo says two of its female collared peccaries chased each other into the neighbouring giraffe enclosure at lunchtime.
A spokesman said: “Both animals have recovered from the anaesthetic and are fine.
“To the best of my knowledge, one chased the other over the electric strand fencing. In other words, it was an exceptional instance and there was no mechanical or systems failure.”
The duo— Becky and Jemima — were caught within half an hour. They will now be separated while staff decide what to do with them. It is likely that one or both will be moved on to another animal collection.
A wolf from Dartmoor Zoo
An escaped wolf is back behind bars after a frantic four-hour search by police and zoo wardens on the edge of Dartmoor.
Parker the wolf escaped from Dartmoor Wildlife Park in Sparkwell, South Devon, at about 10.30am in February 2007.
A couple of hours later, Leslie Walker and her three young daughters came face-to-face with Parker after tending to their horses.
Youngest daughter Harriet, six, pointed out to her elders that there was a wolf in the road.
“I couldn’t believe it,” said Mrs Walker. “We were sat in the gateway and it just stopped and stared at us. Then it ran past.”
Harriet and her sisters Georgie, 15 and Becky, 13, were all more concerned for the welfare of their horses in the neighbouring field than for their own safety, they said.
Parker is the second animal to escape since new owners took over the park in October. Five days after moving into the premises, a jaguar jumped out of its enclosure and in with a tiger, taking everyone by surprise.
(Image: SWNS)
A Leopard from Paignton Zoo
Tales of the claimed sightings of wild cats in South Devon have a foundation in history - when a big cat with real man-killer potential was on the loose.
Residents in Paignton back in 1939 were put on the alert and advised to stay in doors after a 300lb (150kg) leopard was on the run from the zoo.The big cat escaped after attacking a keeper and was loose in Paignton for a week before being shot by an army marksman.
The escape of Ben, a three-year-old Indian leopard, sparked a major alert, recalls zoo bird curator Colin Bath who delves into the archives for the latest edition of Zoo News.
"Badly mauling his keeper and escaping through an open door, he had been on the run for a week during which time the people of Paignton were advised to 'lock your doors'."
Tony Moss, of the Paignton Preservation Society, said contemporary accounts of the escape were recorded by a man who worked at the zoo and wrote a book.
Mr Moss said Ben was shot by Major Simon York, in January 1939, who was attached to the 152nd Devon Anti-Aircraft Battery.He tracked the animal and killed it in some laurel bushes in the zoo.
Escaped skunk
A clairvoyant has been helping a friend try to find her pet skunk which went missing in North Devon.
Dottie, a 16-month-old “playful” skunk, lives in Dawlish with her owner Sarah Harris.
Sarah was visiting Bratton Fleming for a dog show on Saturday, July 1, and had taken Dottie camping with her.
However, Sarah woke to discover the skunk had escaped from her tent.
Initial searches were not fruitful, so Sarah turned to her clairvoyant friend Becky Willoughby for help.
Becky had previously tried to "link in" to try and sense Dottie's whereabouts. Becky had a vision that the creature could be near a shed. However, days went by and the skunk was still not found.
Fortunes took a turn for the better and Dottie was spotted in the Barnstaple area at the end of July.
A Snake in Torrington
A snake which escaped from its owner five months ago has been returned after a chance encounter with a relative of a reptile expert.
Criss Hatfield, 64, from Torrington lost his Pueblan milksnake on June 1, 2016, and had almost given up hope of seeing it again when reptile expert Kim Insull was alerted to a scary looking snake on his sister-in-law’s patio.
Kim had heard there was a missing snake in the town after taking one of his own milksnakes to a family fun day held at Torrington Rugby Club. He was asked if his snake was the one advertised at a local pet shop as missing.
“I said that it wasn’t and thought nothing of it. However, on Sunday, October 9, 2016, my sister-in-law phoned me sounding rather flustered, asking me to come straight over as there was a snake in her garden,” said Kim.
“When I arrived sure enough there was a milksnake very calmly moving across her patio.
“I picked up the snake which was extremely docile and obviously used to being handled and returned home with the snake in a secure container.”
Kim put her in a vivarium and gave her a drink but found she was in good health and had just shed her skin.
It’s not the first time the snake escaped her owner Criss.
“I’ve lost her twice before. They’re known escape artists,” he said.
“She’s a snake-eater so she’s probably wiped out the local slow worm population.
“I’m just glad she didn’t die a horrible death. I kept imagining someone with a shovel or a particularly brave cat.”
20 deer escape from a Mid Devon farm
Motorists are being urged to take extra care after around 20 deer escaped from a Mid Devon farm.
The animals, both male (stags) and female (hinds) are thought to have jumped a fence at the property where they were being bred for venison at Uffculme.
Since their escape the large deer – thought to be either red deer or Sika – have been seen as far afield as Willand and Burlescome.
One driver came upon a hind while on the B3440 Uffculme Straight on Sunday morning in September 2015.
“It was very large, frightened and moved extremely quickly,” he said.
“Fortunately there weren’t many other vehicles around and we were able to see it carefully onto some nearby farmland.”
Bridwell Court – the home of Lord Ivar Mountbatten – took in at least one of the deer. Lord Mountbatten rears venison in the estate’s parks and has a deer-proofed enclosure there.
On Tuesday a stag believed to be from the escaped herd, was seen at the Willand end of the Uffculme Straight.
The animal made aggressive noises towards a motorcyclist before jumping a five-bar fence.
Villagers bemused by a lemur on the loose
This is the face of a lemur on the run after it escaped from Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park in May 2012.
Sambava, the four-year-old male ring tailed lemur, ventured three and half miles from the park to Berrynarbor before being spotted by bewildered villagers.
(Image: SWNS)
He was first spotted by Gavin Denyer and his son Mike, as they were driving out of Berrynarbor at around 8am towards Berry Down.
Gavin, who works at Ilfracombe Arts College, said: “We saw an unusual looking animal in the middle of the road.
“We had to stop for it and we were astonished to see that it was a ring tailed lemur.
“We went on our way, but called home to let my wife Debbie know that it had just walked past us and was heading towards Berrynarbor.”
To Debbie’s astonishment she opened the door to find the Lemur happily mincing down the family’s driveway.
“Debbie stepped out of our front door and was amazed to see the Lemur strolling casually down our driveway, eventually stopping in our front yard — as it is a dead end.”
(Image: SWNS)
Angry pheasant ‘stalking’ bird expert at home
A pensioner says he is “under siege” from an angry pheasant which attacks him outside and even inside his home.
Retired ornithologist John Tucker, 72, is forced to wear gloves and carry a walking stick to protect himself from the unruly bird – which he has named “Yobbo”.
Every time he leaves his house the pheasant waddles into his garden from a nearby field and pecks him with his beak.
The bird flaps his wings and attacks John’s legs, arms and head – often chasing him round the garden as he tries to escape.
The bird has even learned to spot when the front door is open – and runs into the house to attack John and his wife.
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He is now forced to leave his house by climbing out of a back window so he can avoid a daily pecking from his feathered foe.
John, of Branscombe, East Devon, said: “Every time I get in my car he comes after me down the road and I have to accelerate to get away. My wife can’t sit in the garden without him pestering her. It was quite funny to start with, but now its extremely irritating.
A spokesman for the National Gamekeepers Organisation said the animal is probably defending its territory in a nearby field.
He said: “You get a similar thing in a variety of other birds as spring approaches and the breeding season begins.


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Uber's open COO job in the spotlight amid leadership void
SAN FRANCISCO, June 14 With Chief Executive Travis Kalanick taking a leave of absence from Uber Technologies Inc, the vacant job of chief operating officer takes on a lot more importance as the company frames the position as key to solving its woes.

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Question: Yolo County Does Not Need Volunteers Or Donations For The County Fire Right Now

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YOLO COUNTY (CBS13) — With the County Fire blazing through Yolo County and Napa County, some neighbors may be wondering how they can help evacuees and firefighters.
Yolo County answered that question Wednesday, tweeting that they do not need any help at this time.
But as the fire continues to grow, the need may arise and county officials said that volunteers can sign up at HandsOn Sacramento to be on-call for volunteer opportunities. The HandsOn Sacramento website says that they work with local leaders and agencies to assess and determine volunteer needs, and then reach out to registered volunteers to alert of opportunities.
They also asked volunteers to not self-deploy, but instead to find opportunities with reputable nonprofits or government agencies.
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In addition to volunteering, those who want to help can also go to the Yolo Food Bank website for more information. The food bank accepts monetary donations and interested donors can learn more on the site.
HandsOn Sacramento reminded community members to not collect items to donate unless they have confirmed the need and the destination for the items. Instead, financial contributions to reputable nonprofit agencies are preferred.
The County Fire started June 30 near Guinda and has grown to 82,700 acres and is 25% contained. The fire is east of Lake Berryessa.
Evacuations are currently in place for residences served by Highway 128, between Monticello Dam and Pleasants Valley Road, West of State Highway 16 to Berryessa Knoxville Road, South of Old County Road 40, and North of County Road 53.

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Question: WATCH: Rory McIlroy's thoughts on The Glashedy Links

It has been 12 years since Rory McIlroy played at Ballyliffin - the host club for this year's Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Championship.
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Donegal GAA Captain Michael Murphy will take on the Glashey Links at today’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Pro-Am.
The Glenswilly man will play in a group that contents Kerry’s Kieran Donaghy, Ulster man Stephen Ferris and player Pablo Larrazabel.
Before they headed to the first tee, Murphy and Donaghy took on Paul Dunne and Shane Lowry in a GAA Target Challenge.
Speaking with Highland’s PJ Lynch, Michael was enjoying his day at the course…


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NEW LONDON, Conn. – Members of the Coast Guard Academy send a holiday greeting to friends and family, December 7, 2017.
The Coast Guard Academy has cadets from all over the United States and several international countries, but not all can make it home for the holidays.
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Question: ‘Teen Mom 2’: Javi Marroquin’s Girlfriend Lauren Comeau Shows Off Her Baby Bump In New Instagram Post [Photo]

Lauren Comeau appears to be at least a few months pregnant.
Javi Marroquin and Lauren Comeau are expecting a baby in the coming months and according to a new photo, the child may be coming sooner rather than later.
Although the Teen Mom 2 dad hasn’t yet announced when his second child will arrive, his girlfriend seems to be sporting a fairly large baby bump, which left many fans wondering when she is due to give birth.
“So how far along are you really?? That’s the real question,” one fan noted in the comments section of her baby announcement on Instagram on May 30.
Marroquin also shared a photo of Comeau’s baby bump on his own Instagram page and in the photo, Comeau looked to have an even bigger baby bump than she had in her own photo. Right away, fans took notice and one fan in particular said that if the rumors are true that Comeau is eight weeks pregnant, she must be growing a giant.
Marroquin and Comeau dated for a few weeks last summer and reportedly reconciled in March of this year, which is just two months ago. So, if Comeau is eight weeks along as some have suspected, they would have conceived quite soon after they got back together.
Javi Marroquin was completely devastated when his relationship with Lauren Comeau ended last summer and told Radar Online that he hoped they would one day reconcile. As he explained, he wasn’t understanding with Comeau and should have been more sensitive to the fact that she did not want to live her life in the public eye.
In September of last year, Marroquin told the outlet that he hoped he and Comeau could work out their differences because she made him happier than he had ever been. However, around the same time, Marroquin began dating his Teen Mom 2 co-star Briana DeJesus and continued to date her until February, just weeks before Comeau reportedly became pregnant with his second child.
Because Comeau has never been a fan of the cameras, it is hard to say whether or not she will be open to filming with Marroquin for the upcoming ninth season of Teen Mom 2. That said, it would be strange to see Marroquin without his girlfriend at his side, especially as they prepare to welcome a child together.
To see more of Javi Marroquin and his co-stars, don’t miss new episodes of Teen Mom 2 Season 8B on Monday nights at 9 p.m. on MTV.

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Question: Europe could suffer collateral damage in US-China trade war

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European businesses are unsettled as they watch the U.S. and China collide over trade. And for good reason: the nascent global trade war could represent the biggest single threat to the economic upswing that has helped the region get past its financial crisis.
In theory, some European companies could benefit, jumping into market niches if Chinese businesses are kept out of the U.S. market. But that would only be a few companies or sectors.
When your entire economy is heavily dependent on trade, an overall slowdown in global commerce caused by tit-for-tat import taxes provokes fear and undermines confidence.
And that's just what's happening in Europe. By one measure, business confidence has fallen in six of the past seven months in Germany, where exports are almost half of annual economic output.
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"It's worth all our efforts to defuse this conflict, so it doesn't become a war," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday.
The U.S. is due to put tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods on Friday. The Chinese will respond with tariffs on an equivalent value of U.S. products such as soybeans, seafood and crude oil.
Amid all this, Europe has its own trade dispute with the U.S. After the U.S. put tariffs on steel and aluminum from many allies, including the European Union, the 28-country bloc responded with import taxes on some $3.25 billion of U.S. goods. The Trump administration is also studying the option of putting tariffs on cars, which would significantly escalate the confrontation.
The head of the EU's executive, Jean-Claude Juncker, will head to Washington in late July to try to personally persuade Trump against further measures targeting Europe.
The disputes over trade threaten to spoil the good times for Europe's economy.
Growth last year was the strongest in a decade, since before the global financial crisis. While that has eased in recent quarters, the economy is still strong enough to create jobs. The number of unemployed fell by 125,000 in May, leaving unemployment in the 19 countries that use the euro at 8.4 percent, the lowest since 2008 and down from a high of 12.1 percent in 2013.
"Trade tensions stoked by U.S. President Donald Trump are clouding the economic outlook in Europe," wrote analysts at Berenberg bank in London. They rated the trade risk ahead of troubles from Italy's heavy debt load or faster than expected interest rate increases from the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Many European companies would suffer because they both produce and sell goods in the U.S. and China, the world's biggest economies.
For example, tariffs that China is expected to impose Friday on U.S.-made autos would hit German carmakers Daimler and BMW since they both make vehicles in the United States and export them to China.
Daimler has already lowered its outlook for profits, citing higher than expected costs from the new tariffs. BMW warned in a letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Friday that tariffs would make it harder for it to sell in China the vehicles it builds at its factory in Spartanburg, South Carolina, "potentially leading to a strongly reduced export volumes and negative effects on investment and employment in the United States."
Last year, BMW exported 272,000 vehicles from the Spartanburg plant, more than half its total production. Of those, 81,000 — worth $2.37 billion — went to China. BMW says its exports reduced the U.S. trade deficit by around $1 billion.
By themselves, the tariffs that take effect Friday won't immediately have a dramatic impact on global trade. The fear is that retaliation will spiral, hitting the total amount of global commerce.
Even if the overall effect is to harm growth, there could be benefits for some European companies and sectors. Economists Alicia Garcia Herrero and Jianwei Xu at the French bank Natixis say that European makers of cars, aircraft, chemicals, computer chips and factory machinery could in theory snare market share by substituting for Chinese or American products in the two markets. But that's only if Europe's own trade dispute with the U.S. does not escalate — a big if.
Europe is waiting to see whether the Trump administration will go ahead separately with tariffs on auto imports. European companies like BMW, Daimler's Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen's Porsche and Audi divisions, and Fiat Chrysler send $46.6 billion worth of vehicles every year to the U.S. Some 13.3 million people, or 6.1 percent of the employed population of the EU, work in the automotive sector, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association.
"Europe cannot win anything" on an overall basis "for one obvious reason: we are net exporters," said Garcia Herrero, chief economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis and a senior fellow at European research institute Bruegel. "But we should not understate the view that some sectors could get something out of a U.S.-China trade war."
Amid the brewing conflict, China has sought to get Europe on its side, putting on a diplomatic charm offensive during visits by Merkel and French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe. The EU and China agreed last month to deepen commercial ties and support trade rules. But the EU remains a close, longtime ally of the U.S. on a range of issues, despite the current tensions with the Trump administration.
One negative outcome for Europe, Herrero said, would be if Trump can push the Chinese into a trade agreement aimed at reducing the U.S. trade deficit. The additional U.S. goods to China could come at the expense of European competitors.
"If China concedes to the U.S. proposed agreement, the whole situation faced by the EU would be much tougher," she and Xu wrote in a research note. "For China to massively reduce its trade surplus with the U.S., it has to in some way substitute its imports away from the EU to the U.S., which would have a significant negative impact on the EU producers."
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Both countries are planning to put a 25 percent duty on £25.78billion ($34billion) worth of products on Friday July 6, but because Beijing is 12 hours ahead of Washington China will be implementing them first. Donald Trump’s administration first declared the US would slap tariffs on Chinese products that cover more than 800 categories. China is just retaliating to Mr Trump’s escalating threats and isolationist trade policies. The tariff will take effect at the beginning of the day, but a specific time for China is unclear.
An anonymous source told Reuters that the US will implement their tariffs from midnight. They said: “Our measures are equal and being equal means that if the US starts on July 6, we start on July 6. “The implementation time for all policies starts at midnight.” The China’s customs agency did not respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.
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However, if China were to implement their tariffs at midnight on July 6, it would still be July 5 in Washington. The threat of a trade war has sent the Chinese yuan into a tailspin as the stock market remains jittery. Yesterday, the currency hit an 11-month low as investors and traders are uncertain about the increased tensions between the world’s two biggest economies. The market is expected to remain this way until July 6.
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A market strategist at the Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank says it is too early to tell what the tariff’s impact will be on the global economy, but it has already caused rife speculation in China. Ayako Sera said: “It's not clear yet if the trade row will derail the global economy as a whole but it's already clear that it will harm Chinese companies. "That is why we've seen Chinese yuan and Chinese stocks have suffered sell-offs. I think this will continue at least until the July 6 deadline." The tailspin isn’t expected to be a repeat of 2015 where the Chinese market unexpectedly repeat allowed the currency to weaken nearly three percent again the US dollar.
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Question: Rocks extend pre-season plans with trip along coast

The Rocks will take to the road for three pre-season friendlies matches in July.
Bognor travel to Five Heads Park to face ex-Nyewood Lane legend Michael Birmingham’s Horndean on Friday, July 20 (7.45pm) and head to the Raymond McEnhill Stadium to play Steve Claridge’s Salisbury City on July 27 (7.45pm).
On Friday, August 3, also 7.45pm, they head to Hampshire to play Gosport Borough at Privett Park.
As previously announced, they welcome Brighton under-23s to Nyewood Lane on Tuesday, July 17, host a Pompey XI on July 24, both also 7.45pm.

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It's hard to believe that Rangers and St Johnstone are just a couple of weeks away from returning to action - and for real.
That's when the first round of Europa League qualifiers kick in - incredibly before anyone else has even kicked a pre-season ball in anger.
Following on not so long after Aberdeen will join in the qualifying fun at the second round stage before Celtic's Champions League campaign kicks off.
You could almost forgive those four clubs for ignoring any pre-season friendlies and just getting tore straight into the competitive stuff.
But like the other eight top flight sides our Euro entrants have to warm up for the beginning of the domestic campaign and what better way to do it than a mixture of glamour friendlies and closed-door bounce games.
Sometimes they can actually be quite good. So who is your club preparing to face this summer?
Record Sport Online has all the pre-season fixtures right here.
Aberdeen
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The Dons return to European action once again but have the relative luxury of a first round bye before they begin their campaign on July 13. They will find out who they will face on June 19.
July 1: St Johnstone - McDiarmid Park
July 6: Arbroath - Gayfield
Celtic
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The Scottish champions will begin their bid to reach the group stages of the Champions League for the second consecutive season.
June 28: BW Linz - Rohrbach
July 1: Rapid Vienna - Amstetten
July 4: Slavia Prague - Eden Arena
July 8 - Shamrock Rovers - Tallaght
Dundee
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Neil McCann has taken the hotseat at Dens full time and is preparing his side for an improved Premiership campaign.
July 4: St Mirren - Paisley 2021 Stadium
Hamilton
Martin Canning's side were the last Premiership club to finish their season after winning the play-off against Dundee United - Accies have still to confirm their pre-season plans.
Hearts
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A huge season awaits Ian Cathro and his Tynecastle troops after a major slump after New Year saw them miss out on European football. They have a glamour clash with Cathro's former club Newcastle lined-up aswell as a trip to Ireland.
July 5 - St Patrick's Athletic - Richmond Park, Dublin
July 8 - Linfield - Belfast
July 14 - Newcastle United - Tynecastle
Hibs
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Hibs are preparing for a return to the top flight after a three-year absence and Neil Lennon has a number of new players to bed in before the action stats for real in the Betfred Cup.
July 9 - Sunderland (Lewis Stevenson Testimonial) - Easter Road
July 11 - Berwick Rangers - Shielfield Park
Kilmarnock
Lee McCulloch will lead his Killie squad into the Betfred Cup group stage where they face a local derby against biter rivals Ayr United. No pre-season games confirmed so far though.
Motherwell
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Stephen Robinson is taking his Well squad across the Irish Sea for a training camp but has four dates pencilled in for pre-season friendlies.
July 1 - Stirling Albion - Forthbank
July 4 - Livingston - Almondvale
July 8 - Gateshead - Gateshead
July 11/12 - TBC
Partick Thistle
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Just the one friendly confirmed so far as the Jags prepare for the new campaign. You can bet Alan Archibald will have a few more lined-up to fine tune his top team stars.
July 11 - Dumbarton - Dumbarton
Rangers
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Pedro Caixinha is expected to blood his new-look side in a couple of closed-door friendlies before they begin their Europa League qualifying campaign. They will find out on Monday who they face in the first qualifier. Other than that the Gers are taking part in a six-team tournament alongside Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven, Wolves, Coventry ... and Nuneaton Town.
June 22 - St Johnstone - closed doors
July 29/30 - Nuneaton Town Tournament
Ross County
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The Staggies can look forward to a week in the sun - well not quite but five days in La Manga doesn't sound bad does it? Jim McIntyre will put his players through their paces in Spain between Sunday, July 2 and Friday, July 7. Before then they kick off their pre-season action against Elgin.
July 1: Elgin City - Borough Briggs
St Johnstone
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Tommy Wright is preparing for a fifth year in charge in Perth and a crack at the Europa League and will begin pre-season preparations against Premiership rivals Aberdeen.
June 22 - Rangers - closed doors
July 1: Aberdeen - McDiarmid Park
July 15: Sunderland - McDiarmid Park