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Capitals owner pays for NHL Stanley Cup tickets, travel for 200 employees

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Tickets are selling for an average of well over $1,000 on the secondary market.

Consumer Reports recommends 'buy' for Tesla Model 3

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Consumer Reports is now recommending Tesla's Model 3 compact electric car after a company software update improved its poor braking performance.

Americans trust CEOs more than government: report

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A new study from public relations firm Edelman revealed that most Americans trust companies more than the government

Roseanne tweets unacceptable, but double standard at play, conservative activist says

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If you are even a smidgen to the right and say something you regret, apologies do not matter, Charlie Kirk says.

Ambien did not make Roseanne racist, drugmaker says

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The pharmaceutical giant responded to claims made by the actress that she was “Ambien tweeting.”

Elon Musk says Tesla CFO deciding whether, when company enters India

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The billionaire tweeted that challenging regulations in the country are preventing its entry.

Trump Asked Jeff Sessions To Reverse Recusal From Russia Probe: Report

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President Donald Trump reportedly asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2IXo7ik

Trump touts new conspiracy: Mueller's team will be 'meddling' in midterms

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President Trump on Tuesday accused, without evidence, investigators working on special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe of a partisan plot to meddle in the 2018 midterm elections. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2L4u2P7

British passenger dies after falling from plane at Dalaman airport in Turkey

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A British man died after falling from a plane on to a runway at Dalaman airport in south-west Turkey early on Tuesday morning. Local media reported that staff were trying to remove the 30-year-old when he fell from a door. The unconscious passenger was taken to hospital where he was found to have broken ribs. The man - named by a relative as Andrew Westlake - never regained consciousness before dying later that day, according to Hurriyet newspaper. It reported that the man had spent three days at the airport waiting for a flight home after losing his ticket. After finally boarding the aircraft at 3am he became argumentative with cabin crew and was ordered off the plane as a risk to flight safety. Dalaman airport serves the south-west of Turkey, including resorts such as Marmaris Credit: Alamy Stock Photo An investigation has been launched. A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We are supporting the family of a British man following his death in Turkey and are in touch with the local author

Correction: Ukraine-Journalist Killed story

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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — In a story May 29 about a Russian journalist killed in Ukraine, The Associated Press and other media organizations reported, based on fabricated information from Ukrainian authorities, that Arkady Babchenko was shot and killed. Babchenko showed up at a news conference on Wednesday, saying that Ukraine's security services faked his death to thwart a plot on his life. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2kAg0cQ

Philippines could go to war over South China Sea: Duterte aide

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said his nation could go to war if its soldiers were hurt in the disputed South China Sea, a top aide said Wednesday after allegations emerged that Beijing had harassed Manila's troops in the area. National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon made the comments as Duterte's administration pushed back against criticism its response to Chinese activities in the hotly contested waters had been weak. Pag-asa, better known as Thitu, is the largest of the islands and outcrops garrisoned by Philippine troops in the disputed areas of the South China Sea. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2H4jsoG

Sarah Sanders gets choked up after a young boy asks about school safety

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On Wednesday, May 30, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders got choked up after a young boy asked about school safety during a press briefing. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2sidtbg

Puerto Rican death toll from Hurricane Maria 73 times official tally: study

Many residents subsequently left.A closer look at the Buckee calculation shows that while the researchers estimate 4,645 deaths, statistically there's a 95 percent chance that the actual number could be as low as 793 and as high as 8,498. When the researchers tried to adjust for the fact that people living in single-person households couldn't report their own death, they estimated 5,740 excess deaths, with a margin of error ranging from 1,506 and 9,889.The Buckee number is more than four times higher than a December estimate by the New York Times, which reported that the actual death toll was probably about 1,052 excess deaths based on data from the island's vital statistics bureau and a comparison of deaths during a comparable period in the two previous years. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2IU3Av4

Roseanne Returns To Twitter To Push More Racism

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Assad says U.S. must leave Syria, vows to recover SDF areas

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad said the United States should learn the lesson of Iraq and withdraw from Syria, and promised to recover areas of the country held by U.S.-backed militias through negotiations or force. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LagfXg

Prosecutors raid Korean Air over suspected embezzlement by founding family

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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors raided the headquarters of Korean Air Lines Co Ltd on Thursday over suspected embezzlement, tax evasion and breach of trust by members of its founding family, a prosecution official told Reuters. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Jmb5uc

Polls show most Italians want to stay in euro

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ROME (Reuters) - Two polls show that between 60-72 percent of Italians want the country to remain part of the euro while 23-24 percent would choose to drop the common currency. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2steP2d

Trump: I wish I didn't pick Jeff Sessions

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President Trump on Wednesday expressed fresh regret for appointing Jeff Sessions his attorney general. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2sracpn

Man tied to California blast victim freed, charge dropped

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LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man arrested on suspicion of having explosives after a blast killed his ex-girlfriend at her day spa has walked free after U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday that they had dropped the charge against him. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2LEuq89

Fast lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano closes highway

By Jolyn Rosa HONOLULU (Reuters) - Fast-moving lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano forced officials to close part of a highway on Tuesday, and they warned that sharp, thin strands of volcanic glass fibers carried by the wind could injure eyes and lungs. As lava crossed Highway 132, officials shut a stretch of road from Lava Tree State Park to Four Corners and told residents who had not evacuated to leave the area immediately. The lava flow destroyed a farm where Kevin Hopkins and partners raise tropical fish and the ornamental carp known as koi. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2xpit2V

Family of saved boy thank Malian 'Spider-Man' Mamoudou Gassama, as 'true hero' receives French residency

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The family of a small boy found hanging from a balcony in Paris have expressed heartfelt thanks to the Malian migrant who saved him. "He's truly a hero," the boy's grandmother said of Mamoudou Gassama, who climbed four floors before a crowd of well-wishers to pluck the child from danger. The four-year-old's father, who had allegedly left him in their flat to go shopping, and then stayed out longer than planned to play Pokemon Go, faces charges of child neglect. The daring rescue, which has earned him the nickname of Spider-Man, saw Mr Gassama become an overnight national hero and he was offered French citizenship. President Emmanuel Macron awarded him a medal for bravery after inviting him to the Elysée Palace on Monday and offered him a job in the fire brigade. “Thank you France. That’s all I can say,” said Mr Gassama after coming out of the state prefecture in of Bobigny, north or Paris, where he was handed a residency permit while awaiting full citizenship. It

Tesla in autonomous mode hits parked police car

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Police in a Southern California coastal town said that a Tesla in autonomous mode hit a patrol car parked on the side of a road on Tuesday. No one was in the patrol car when the collision took place in the late morning, the Laguna Beach Police Department said in a message posted along with photos on Twitter. "When using Autopilot, drivers are continuously reminded of their responsibility to keep their hands on the wheel and maintain control of the vehicle at all times," a Tesla spokeswoman said in response to an AFP inquiry. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2IXv8iS

'Murdered' journalist Arkady Babchenko turns up alive after death staged to 'expose Russian plot'

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By Wednesday afternoon, most of Arkady Babchenko's friends and colleagues had gone through the familiar cycle of grief and confusion that follows the killing of a Russian dissident journalist.  Obituaries had been written, travel arrangements were in train for the funeral, and Western politicians including Boris Johnson had announced they were "appalled".  Meanwhile, Ukraine had blamed Russia, Russia had blamed Ukraine, and both launched rival investigations to prove their stories.  And journalists in both countries, taught by bitter experience not to trust official probes into the deaths of their colleagues, pledged to run their own investigations. But then came a twist that no one could have predicted: Vasily Gritsak, the head of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), called a press conference and announced the whole thing had been a hoax.  Arkady Babchenko, centre, told a Press conference in Kiev the reported murder was part of sting operation to catch a hit squad Credi

Film producer Weinstein indicted for rape: New York prosecutor

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Movie producer Harvey Weinstein was indicted on Wednesday on charges of rape and a criminal sexual act, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said, the first case to emerge from a slew of sexual misconduct allegations against him. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2LMKRzk

Trump sees media bias in handling of 'Roseanne' cancellation

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested an executive behind ABC's cancellation of sitcom "Roseanne" was biased while the White House said it did not defend comedian Roseanne Barr's racist tweet that sparked the decision. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2xsPjQz

Parkland killer boasted of mass murder plans in cell phone videos

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(Reuters) - The teen charged with shooting 17 people dead at his former high school in Parkland, Florida, boasted of plans to commit mass murder in a series of cell phone videos recorded by him before the rampage and released on Wednesday by prosecutors. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2xuZQdV

Illinois passes Equal Rights Amendment, more than three decades after deadline

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(Reuters) - Illinois joined 36 U.S. states on Wednesday when it ratified an U.S. constitution Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) intended to ensure women are treated the same as men under state and federal laws, more than three decades after a deadline to approve it. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2JgxvwN

Trump says drug companies to announce 'massive' price cuts soon

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he expects major drug companies to slash prices on their products in two weeks, but did not provide details on which companies would do so or how such reductions would be made. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2xtNC5h