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May 22, 2018 at 12:47 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the planned Singapore summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un "may not work out for June 12" and is suggesting it could be delayed.
Trump is meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in (jah-YIHN') on Tuesday at the White House for consultations ahead of the planned June 12 summit with Kim in Singapore.
The meeting is happening as efforts to build peace between the two Koreas have hit a setback.
North Korea pulled out of planned peace talks with South Korea last week, objecting to long-scheduled joint military exercises between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea forces.
North Korea has also threatened to abandon the planned Trump-Kim meeting over the U.S. insistence on denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.
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May 22, 2018 at 12:45 pm
LifeBridge Health is notifying more than a half million patients after malware was found on a server that contained electronic medical records.
The breach, which happened in September 2016, was discovered in March on the server that hosts the electronic medical records of Potomac Physicians and the shared registration and billing system for some other LifeBridge Health providers. LifeBridge operates Northwest, Sinai and Carroll hospitals.
LifeBridge officials engaged a national forensic firm, which found that an unauthorized person accessed the server in September 2016. They don't have reason to believe the information was misused, but notified patients out of what officials say is an abundance of caution.
Officials have opened up a dedicated call center and, for patients whose Soc...
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May 22, 2018 at 12:43 pm
The White House circulated an information sheet on Monday titled, “What You Need To Know About The Violent Animals Of MS-13,” doubling down on President Donald Trump’s use of the word “animals” to describe some undocumented immigrants last week, the Daily Beast reports.
The descriptor appears in the rundown 10 times as it describes violent acts committed by gang members. “President Trump’s entire Administration is working tirelessly to bring these violent animals to justice,” the statement said. Last week, Trump described immigrants as “animals” during a meeting about sanctuary cities. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders then said that she didn’t think the “term that the president used was strong enough...
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May 22, 2018 at 12:41 pm
Despite reporting a dire need for medical equipment, the Hamas terror organization turned back two shipments of medical supplies for their populace because the goods bore labels from the Israel Defense Forces.
On Tuesday, Israel expedited deliveries of medical equipment into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom Crossing, which Israel had reopened a day earlier after Palestinians burned it on Friday.
Four of the supply shipments were sent from the Palestinian Authority, two from the United Nations Children’s Fund, and two from the Israel Defense Forces’ Technological and Logistics Directorate.
The IDF reported that its shipment included IV fluids, bandages, disinfectants, hospital gowns, pediatric supplies and fuel for hospital generators.
Though the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry ...
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May 22, 2018 at 12:37 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Tuesday that she was unaware of intelligence assessments concluding that Russia favored President Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.
The U.S. intelligence community said in a January 2017 assessment that Russia had tried to influence the election to benefit Trump.
"I do not believe I've seen that conclusion that the specific intent was to help President Trump win. I'm not aware of that," Nielsen said, responding to a reporter's question after briefing House members on election security efforts.
She said she believed the Russians have attempted to manipulate public confidence on both sides.
"We've seen them encourage people to go to a protest on one side. We've seen th...
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May 22, 2018 at 12:37 pm
WONSAN, North Korea (AP) — A small group of foreign journalists arrived in North Korea on Tuesday to cover the dismantling of the country's nuclear test site later this week, but without South Korean media initially also scheduled to participate.
Pyongyang is allowing the limited access to the site to publicize its promise to halt underground tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles. It unilaterally announced that moratorium ahead of a summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump scheduled for June 12 in Singapore.
The eight South Korean journalists were excluded because Pyongyang has cut off high-level contact with Seoul to protest an exercise with the U.S. military — a protest the North's media reiterated Tuesday, saying saber-ratt...
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May 22, 2018 at 12:24 pm
The world’s highest fence against anti-tank missiles, closed-circuit cameras and radar equipment affixed to roughly 210-foot poles and a 21-mile security fence: This is just part of the defensive infrastructure that will make the Ramon International Airport safe.
Expected to open in March 2019, the airport is in the final stages of construction in the Timna Valley in southern Israel, near the resort city of Eilat.
The airport is named after the first Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, who perished in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003, and his son Assaf Ramon, who died six years later when his F-16 fighter jet crashed in a training accident.
The 21-mile-long fence stands 20 feet tall, surpassing the 16-foot-tall security fence along the Egyptian border. It comes at a cost of n...
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May 22, 2018 at 12:02 pm
"Some in the media helped Hamas by publishing its lies rather than the facts," Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis writes in Wall Street Journal • He says journalists ignore Hamas' "theatrics" and that it "forced" its commanders and operatives to go to the border.
In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Saturday, IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis slammed Western media outlets for letting the Hamas terrorist group get away with lies over the weekly violent demonstrations near the Gaza Strip border fence. In the most recent clashes, when tens of thousands of rioters tried to storm into Israel, around 60 Palestinians were killed after they tried to target Israeli troops and perpetrate terrorist activities.
Manelis' 1,000-word piece, titled "The Truth About Hamas a...
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May 22, 2018 at 11:59 am
Four suspects are in custody after a Baltimore County police officer died Monday afternoon following an encounter in the Perry Hall area.
The officer, identified in charging documents as Officer Amy Caprio, was responding around 2 p.m. to a call for a suspicious vehicle on Linwen Way. She was critically injured and was taken to MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, where she died around 2:50 p.m.
Caprio was a three-year, 10-month veteran of the department.
A 16-year-old, identified as as Dawnta Anthony Harris, has been arrested and charged with with first-degree murder as an adult as court documents state that Harris admitted he "drove at the officer" when she told him to get out of a Jeep while accomplices burglarized a house.
"He admitted that he partially opened the dri...
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May 22, 2018 at 11:58 am
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has told the city’s police chiefs that it’s time to stop arresting people who are caught smoking marijuana in public, CNN reports. The mayor reportedly told the NYPD this weekend to issue summonses for smoking pot in public instead of making arrests.
The NYPD has already set up a working group to review its marijuana enforcement procedures, but the mayor made it clear this weekend that ending public marijuana smoking arrests is one of the changes he wants. However, any changes to NYPD’s policy on smoking in public would not take effect until the end of the summer. De Blasio’s call to end arrests comes after Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. said he would end prosecution of marijuana possession and smoking cases, starting in...
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May 22, 2018 at 11:58 am
SHANGHAI (AP) — Global airlines are obeying Beijing's demands to refer to Taiwan explicitly as a part of China, despite the White House's call this month to stand firm against such "Orwellian nonsense." The Associated Press found 20 carriers, including Air Canada, British Airways and Lufthansa, that now refer to Taiwan, the self-ruled island that Beijing considers Chinese territory, as a part of China on their global websites.
There are just three days left for dozens of foreign airlines to decide whether to comply with Beijing's orders, or face consequences that could cripple their China business, including legal sanctions. Many have already sided with Beijing.
The spread of "Taiwan, China" on the drop-down menus and maps of airline websites represents another victo...
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May 22, 2018 at 11:43 am
SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — A 17-year-old student accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school should be seen as a "victim" because he may have recently been bullied, causing him to lash out, his father said.
In a phone interview over the weekend with Greece's Antenna TV, Antonios Pagourtzis said he wished he could have stopped the killing Friday at Santa Fe High School. His voice cracked as he described how he told police to let him inside the school so his son, Dimitrios Pagourtzis, could kill him instead. He said he suspects his son was under pressure, perhaps due to bullying.
"Something must have happened now, this last week," he told the station. "Somebody probably came and hurt him, and since he was a solid boy, I don't know what could have happened. I ca...
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May 22, 2018 at 11:41 am
PERRY HALL, Md. (AP) — Authorities in Baltimore County say three additional teenagers have been taken into custody after a female officer was killed.
Baltimore County's public safety department tweeted Tuesday morning that the teenagers are suspects in area burglaries.
The department did not say whether the three played any role in the officer's death.
Another suspect, 16-year-old Dawnta Anthony Harris, was arrested Monday. He is charged as an adult with first-degree murder.
According to court records, Harris told a detective he was waiting in the driver's seat of a Jeep while associates committed a burglary.
The records say he told the detective he drove the vehicle at the officer.
Police spokeswoman Louise Rogers-Feher says she can't immediately ...
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May 22, 2018 at 11:19 am
PERRY HALL, Md. (AP) — A 16-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of a Baltimore County, Maryland, police officer, and three other suspects were taken into custody, authorities said Tuesday.
A statement of probable cause dated Tuesday identified the suspect as Dawnta Anthony Harris of Baltimore and the officer as Amy Caprio. Police have not confirmed how Caprio was fatally injured in a suburban neighborhood Monday, but witnesses reported hearing a pop before seeing a Jeep run her over.
Meanwhile, officials said Tuesday that three additional teenagers had been taken into custody after the officer was killed.
Baltimore County's public safety department tweeted Tuesday morning that the teenagers are suspects in area burglaries.
The department did...
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May 22, 2018 at 11:04 am
Gazan terrorists crossed the border fence south of the community of Kissufim this morning and set fire to an IDF sniper post.
There were no casualties. In response, an IDF tank attacked a Hamas observation post in the southern Gaza Strip.
The IDF Spokesperson said that "the attack was a response to the arson of a military position perpetrated by a number of terrorists who crossed from the Gaza Strip earlier this morning. Read more at Arutz Sheva
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May 22, 2018 at 11:02 am
Amazon is taking drastic measures to punish customers that abuse its returns policy.
The online retailer is closing the accounts of customers who return too many items. The decision is linked to concerns following review fraud, or trading reviews for deals or free merchandise, according to Business Insider, which cited The Wall Street Journal.
According to the report, private Facebook groups revealed comments from customers who admitted violating policies through activities like leaving good reviews in exchange for a reward, such as gift cards. Some said they may have reviewed products they received free or at a discount, but didn’t realize were not allowed. Others said they had no recollection of violating the company’s policies.
These account closures coincide with the &ld...
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May 22, 2018 at 8:39 am
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The Vishnitzer Rebbe Shlita announce he forbids persons to take pictures in his beis medrash. The rebbe addressed the issue during the tisch closing the Yomtov of Shavuos. The rebbe cited that of late, at weddings and other events in the chassidus, photographs are taken, including from the ezras noshim, and often, these photos appear in newspapers and magazines.
“I am uncomfortable with this and must protest”, stated the rebbe, adding “In the past, I have already indicated that I do not want this publicity and I ask that you refrain from acting contrary to my words.
The rebbe then addressed unprotected and unregulated phones,...read more at YWN
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May 22, 2018 at 8:28 am
ATLANTA (AP) — If you want to know where mass school shootings are most likely to occur, look no farther than small-town and suburban America.
The massacre that killed 10 people at a high school in Texas last week was just the latest to happen in a small or suburban city. Of the 10 deadliest school shootings in the U.S., all but one took place in a town with fewer than 75,000 residents and the vast majority of them were in cities with fewer than 50,000 people.
These are seemingly idyllic places to grow up: low crime rates, good schools and a sense of community where everyone seems to know your name. And it's exactly those attributes, experts say, that are why small rural and suburban towns are a breeding ground for the next school shooter.
"Ironically it's people in smal...
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May 22, 2018 at 8:16 am
PERRY HALL, Md. (AP) — Police say a teen has been arrested after the slaying of a Baltimore County, Maryland, police officer, and three other suspects are still being sought.
The Baltimore County Police and Fire Department said Tuesday on Twitter that the 16-year-old was arrested shortly after the female officer was fatally injured Monday. The police tweet did not explain the delay in announcing the teen's apprehension. The teen's name was not immediately released. Police said he is awaiting a bail hearing.
The officer was fatally wounded while investigating a report of a suspicious vehicle in a greater Baltimore suburb. The suspects were considered armed and dangerous.
Baltimore County Police Cpl. Shawn Vinson said Monday evening that heavily armed police — backed...
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May 22, 2018 at 8:14 am
Jerusalem, Israel - May 22, 2018 - London in Jerusalem is a new exhibit at the Tower of David Museum, opening on May 24, 2018.
While the Allenby at the Gates of Jerusalem exhibition examines the historic week in December 1917, when the British conquered Jerusalem and Allenby declared British rule from the steps of the Tower of David (ToD), London in Jerusalem shows the cultural and social aspects of 30 years of British rule.
At the end of World War I, Jerusalem, having endured centuries of neglected rule under the Ottoman Empire, was an underdeveloped location. The British first invested in infrastructure.
The British introduced sports, music, dancing, cinema liquor, Primm's, oysters, and grand afternoon tea parties to Jerusale...
