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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about The Latest: Schiff says Russia memo doesn't vindicate Trump
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on investigations into contacts between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia. (all times local):\n9:31 a.m.\nRep. Adam Schiff, the top-ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, says there is nothing in a classified Republican memo on the Russia investigation that vindicates President Donald Trump.\nHe says Rep. Devin Nunes of California, the committee chairman, is pushing a \"misleading narrative\" to undermine the FBI and special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election and whether Trump's campaign was involved.\nSchiff says, \"This is not about the facts.\"\nHe says Trump also incorrectly claimed to be vindicated last year when Nunes shared evidence with the White House of a \"vast unmasking conspiracy\" that allegedly involved Obama officials inappropriately making requests to uncover the identities of Trump campaign officials in intelligence reports.\nSchiff spoke at an event sponsored by the news site Axios.\n____\n9:10 a.m.\nA White House spokeswoman says she is not aware that President Donald Trump has seen a classified memo on the Russia investigation that he favors releasing.\nTrump was overheard Tuesday night telling a Republican lawmaker he is \"100 percent\" in favor of releasing the memo. He spoke on the House floor after his first State of the Union address.\nSarah Huckabee Sanders said on CNN Wednesday morning that she was not aware Trump had seen the memo, adding that he had not \"prior to and immediately after\" the address.\nSanders said a legal and national security review into the memo continues.\nThe memo purports to show improper use of surveillance by the FBI and Justice Department in the Russia investigation. It has sparked a political fight pitting Republicans against the FBI and the Justice Department.\n__\n2:02 a.m.\nThe White House says it will give a controversial memo connected to the Russia election meddling probe a legal and national security check before President Donald Trump decides whether to release it.\nYet Trump was overhead at Tuesday night's State of the Union address telling a Republican lawmaker that he is \"100 percent\" in favor of releasing the memo. Television cameras captured the exchange as Trump was leaving the House chamber.\nRepublicans say the memo reveals improper use of surveillance by the FBI and the Justice Department, a description Democrats dispute.\nThe memo arrived at the White House on Monday after the House intelligence committee brushed aside opposition from the Justice Department and voted to release it. Under committee rules, the president has five days to object to its release."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about SONIC’s New Cookie Jar Shakes Blend America’s Favorite Cookies into a Sippable Sensation
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"OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--Cookie lovers rejoice – SONIC ® Drive-In (NASDAQ: SONC) is blending the classic all-American combination of creamy ice cream and decadent cookies into one delicious Shake. Part of SONIC’s favorite Summer Nights event, guests can now savor SONIC’s new Cookie Jar Shakes ™ for half-price after 8 p.m. every night.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005237/en/\nSONIC’s new Cookie Jar Shakes are blending the classic all-American combination of creamy ice cream and decadent cookies. (Photo: Business Wire)\nPerfectly blended with SONIC’s famous Real Ice Cream, there is a Cookie Jar Shake to satisfy any sweet tooth. Making every chocoholic’s dream come true, the Chips Ahoy ® Choco Chunky Chocolate Shake blends crumbled Chips Ahoy Choco Chunk Cookies with rich chocolate syrup. The Oreo ® Caramel Shake takes the classic Oreo cookie up a notch with the addition of irresistible caramel syrup. The Nutter Butter ® Banana Shake elevates the childhood favorite combination of peanut butter and banana to dessert perfection, blending Nutter Butter cookie pieces with fresh banana. All SONIC Shakes are finished with an inviting swirl of whipped topping and a cherry.\n“What’s better than adding sweet, crunchy, classic cookies onto creamy, delightful ice cream? Hand-mixing those cookies with our Real Ice Cream for an all new flavor experience,” said Scott Uehlein, vice president of product innovation and development for SONIC. “We reached into the cookie jar to come up with these Shakes, punching up the flavor of these classic cookies – Chips Ahoy, Oreo and Nutter Butter – with the addition of rich chocolate, sweet caramel and fresh banana to give our guests something that is both familiar and distinct at the same time.”\nSONIC’s Cookie Jar Shakes are available for a limited time only **, so guests will need to hurry over to their local drive-ins to enjoy this delicious treat any time of day, or half-price after 8 p.m. every night during the SONIC Summer Nights event.\n**For a limited time only at participating SONIC® Drive-Ins. See menu for details.\nAbout SONIC, America's Drive-In\nSONIC, America's Drive-In is the nation's largest drive-in restaurant chain serving approximately 3 million customers every day. Nearly 94 percent of SONIC's 3,500 drive-in locations are owned and operated by local business men and women. For 65 years, SONIC has delighted guests with signature menu items, 1.3 million drink combinations and friendly service by iconic Carhops. Since the 2009 launch of SONIC's Limeades for Learning philanthropic campaign in partnership with DonorsChoose.org, SONIC has donated $9.5 million to public school teachers nationwide to fund essential learning materials and innovative teaching resources to inspire creativity and learning in their students. To learn more about Sonic Corp. (NASDAQ/NM: SONC), please visit sonicdrivein.com and please visit or follow us on Facebook and Twitter. To learn more about SONIC's Limeades for Learning initiative, please visit LimeadesforLearning.com.\nSONC-M\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005237/en/\nCONTACT: For SONIC Drive-In\nRebeka Mora, 512-542-2804\[email protected]\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA OKLAHOMA\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: RESTAURANT/BAR RETAIL FOOD/BEVERAGE\nSOURCE: SONIC Drive-In\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/23/2018 07:55 AM/DISC: 04/23/2018 07:55 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005237/en"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Red Sox manager Alex Cora brings youthful eye to new job
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"BOSTON (AP) — Dave Dombrowski wanted to make sure he and Alex Cora were on the same page, so the Red Sox boss sent off an email for his new manager's approval.\nThe response: A thumbs-up emoji.\nTony La Russa and Jim Leyland never did that.\n\"He's a good emoji texter,\" Dombrowski said with a laugh this month as the team turned its thoughts toward spring training. \"He's very good with the thumbs-up. My children, they help me out at times.\"\nA native of Puerto Rico, Cora is already a pioneer as the first minority manager in the history of a franchise that was the last to field a black player. But he's also a new kind of Red Sox dugout boss: One of the youngest managers in franchise history, giving him a unique chance to connect with his players.\n\"He's not too far removed from actually playing the game. He's played — actually, personally — with some of my teammates now,\" Boston outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. said. \"I think it's going to be a great combination of old school and new school. He's learned from the past, and he's going to be able to put his own twist on things.\"\nStill just 42 and in his first major league managerial job, Cora is no newbie.\nHis shaved head shows the stubble of a receded hairline, with some gray around the temples picked up during a 14-year career spent with six big-league teams. As a member of the Red Sox from 2005-08, he was a part of the franchise's 2007 World Series title and was teammates with current second baseman Dustin Pedroia. (He also overlapped with first baseman Mitch Moreland for about five days with the Rangers in 2010.)\nIt's this that made him an intriguing choice to replace John Farrell, who was fired last fall at the age of 55 despite leading Boston to the first back-to-back AL East titles in franchise history. Farrell's predecessor, Bobby Valentine, was 62 for his lone season in Boston; you'd have to go back to Kevin Kennedy, who was 41 when he was hired in 1995, to find a younger Red Sox skipper.\n\"I'm 42. I'm young,\" Cora said at the team's Christmas festival in December. \"You'll see me around with my backpack and sneakers and jeans. I'm going to live my life. ... Nothing has changed. I went home and (it was) shorts, sandals and a T-shirt.\"\nSpeaking to reporters before the awards dinner for the Boston chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America this month, Cora seemed completely at home in a knit hoodie and low-top Converse All-Stars. He mingled cheerfully with his players, then looked equally at home at the dinner in a sport coat and tie.\n\"He has the ability to communicate with the younger players, just the ability to talk to them,\" said Dombrowski, who was the youngest general manager in the game when he took over the Montreal Expos at the age of 31 — three decades ago.\n\"He has that respect,\" Dombrowski said. \"He knows how to handle them. He's been in the game a long time, and he's done everything in the game.\"\nCora has been retired as a player less than six years, after failing to make the St. Louis Cardinals in spring training in 2012. He remained in the game, working as an analyst for ESPN, and spending two years managing his hometown team, Caguas, in the Puerto Rican winter league. He has also served as the club's general manager for five years.\nIn winter ball, Cora said, \"For some reason, I wasn't the manager I wanted to be. I was very serious, very strict with the guys. I don't think they had fun with me, and I didn't have fun myself.\n\"I promised myself,\" he said, \"when the opportunity came, I was going to enjoy it.\"\nAs a bench coach for the Houston Astros last season, Cora was reminded how much fun baseball — especially winning baseball — can be. While the franchise was on the way to its first World Series title, Cora interviewed for and landed the Red Sox job.\n\"We play a sport that a lot of people feel is a grind. I was one of them when I played,\" he said. \"But last year I went through it, and it was fun. It wasn't a grind. It's a good atmosphere to work. That starts from the inside out.\"\nBut it can't all be fun and friendships.\nThough not as young as Cora when he was on the Boston bench, Terry Francona prized his ability to communicate with his players and manage the clubhouse personalities as well as the game. He won two World Series with the Red Sox — including the cathartic 2004 title with the fun-loving \"idiots\" like Johnny Damon, Kevin Millar and \"Manny being Manny.\"\nBut the nature of the team had changed by 2011, with high-priced free agents retreating to the clubhouse during games for fried chicken and beer. Francona lost his team — and, after an unprecedented September collapse, his job.\n\"Obviously, there's a line. They need to understand that I'm the manager, they're players,\" Cora said. \"But at the end of the day, we're human beings. During the day, there's probably more conversations about life than baseball. ... To connect with players is very important.\"\nDombrowski has hired his share of old-timers, like Buck Rodgers and Leyland (twice). He brought La Russa, a Hall of Fame manager, in as a special assistant, and Ron Roenicke, who has 27 years of coaching experience, in as a bench coach.\nDombrowski expects their experience to balance out Cora's youth.\n\"You can be young and not be communicative,\" he said. \"But I think in Alex's case he's a very good communicator. There are only pluses.\"\nAnd if Cora gives the players some slack, outfielder Andrew Benintendi said, he won't regret it.\n\"I think we all hold ourselves accountable and know when it's time to buckle down,\" said Benintendi, who is 23 and coming off a season in which he placed second in the AL rookie of the year voting. \"Obviously, he's the manager. He makes the call. But I think he'll still keep it light, keep it fun.\"\nLess than a month before spring training, Cora was still figuring out what he would say to his new team and how the clubhouse would be run. But there's one rule he plans to drop on his players: Don't call him \"Skip\" — Alex or A.C. would be better.\nThat doesn't mean he's not flexible.\nSince becoming a bench coach with the Astros, Cora has replaced the usual fortysomething music on his phone with songs his players might be listening to.\n\"Just to connect is the thing,\" Cora said, \"so that I'm speaking the same language as them.\""
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I am asking in the domain of entertainment. Tell me about Russia-made submarine signaling missiles on Poland's beaches
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"WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A spokesman for Poland's Navy says that three Russian-made submarine signaling missiles have been found in recent days at different locations on Poland's Baltic Sea beaches.\nSpeaking from a from a Navy base in Gdynia, Cmdr. Radoslaw Pioch said Wednesday the missiles came from a submarine type Kilo, made in Russia. They were found at two locations on the Hel Peninsula and on the Sobieszewska Island, within the Bay of Gdansk area that borders Russia's Kaliningrad region with its military port.\nSappers have removed two of them and are searching for the third one. It was not clear when they got to the beaches but could be a remainder from exercise, Pioch said.\nSignaling missiles are fired by emerging submarines when they want to mark their location."
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I am asking in the domain of entertainment. Tell me about 'Day Zero': Water shut-off looms in South Africa's Cape Town
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"CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Long lines of South Africans collect water daily from a natural spring pipeline in an upscale suburb of Cape Town, illustrating the harsh impact of a drought that authorities say could force the closure of most taps in the country's second largest city in just over two months, an occasion ominously known as \"Day Zero.\"\nThe prospect that large sections of South Africa's showcase city, famously perched near two oceans, might go without running water has induced anxiety as well as resolve among its nearly 4 million residents. It has attracted scrutiny from scientists and city managers worldwide who also face the dual challenge of ballooning populations and shrinking resources. This would be the world's first major city to go dry.\n\"There are a lot of people who have been in denial and now they suddenly realize this is for real,\" said Shirley Curry, who waited to fill a plastic container with spring water from one of several taps outside a South African Breweries facility in the Newlands suburb.\nSecurity guards made sure people took only an allotted amount (25 liters maximum in one line and 15 liters in another \"express\" line). However, things were more freewheeling at a nearby spring water source with no oversight. Mayor Patricia de Lille this month threatened to fine those who use too much water and said the city can no longer ask people to comply: \"We must force them.\"\nThe spectacle of people scrounging for water could become more common as \"Day Zero\" approaches in Cape Town, whose natural beauty has made it a coveted spot for international visitors. While the city urges people to restrict water usage, many living in poor areas already have limited access to water. They use communal taps in gritty neighborhoods such as Blue Downs on the Cape Flats, where people washed clothes outside and carried buckets of water to shack dwellings on a recent afternoon.\nCape Town's leaders have instructed residents to use only 50 liters of water daily from Feb. 1, down from the current 87-liter limit. \"Day Zero\" is projected to arrive on April 12 but some fear it could come sooner, while others hope it won't happen if rationing works and rains eventually come.\nIf \"Day Zero\" arrives, many people would have to go to collection points for a daily ration of 25 liters. Taps would continue to run in hospitals and provisions would be made for schools, some of which can pump water from boreholes. Communal taps in poor areas known as informal settlements likely would run to avoid the threat of disease. Some central and downtown areas could be exempt from the cut-off for the sake of tourism and business.\nWhile tourists are still welcome, tourism authorities urge them to flush the toilet as little as possible and \"take a dip in the ocean instead of swimming pools, and maybe even spare yourself a shower.\"\nThe water crisis is propelling Cape Town into the unknown, but the causes have been brewing for a while. Since around the end of white minority rule in 1994, the population has soared by about 80 percent, straining municipal infrastructure. Meanwhile, the region has endured several years of drought. Scientists at the University of Cape Town say man-made global warming may have contributed to the severe weather, and that similar droughts could be more common in the future.\nThe average level of reservoirs that are Cape Town's main water source is currently about 27 percent, but the final 10 percent is considered unusable because of mud, weeds and debris at the bottom. Some residents are already complaining that silt in tap water makes it undrinkable. The city says it would have to turn off most taps if the average reservoir level falls below 13.5 percent.\nTheewaterskloof Dam, whose reservoir was once the city's biggest provider, is a startling sight. Large areas consist of sand and cracked earth. Boats used to moor against tires embedded in a wall near a yacht club, but now the water line is so low that the clubhouse is far from the dwindling lake.\n\"This is a natural disaster of immense proportions,\" said Mmusi Maimane, leader of the Democratic Alliance, an opposition party that runs Cape Town and the surrounding Western Cape province.\nThe party says the national government, run by the ruling African National Congress party, has failed to deliver water to all municipalities as required by law. Nomvula Mokonyane, the water and sanitation minister, counters that the city should do more to crack down on people using too much water.\nFor now, Cape Town residents are advised to limit showers to fewer than 90 seconds and use a bucket to collect the runoff and flush the toilet.\nNoel Borman, a resident collecting water, was asked about \"Day Zero,\" if it comes.\n\"I don't even want to be here,\" he said.\n___\nFollow Christopher Torchia on Twitter at www.twitter.com/torchiachris"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Aubameyang, Bartra, Gomez; Dortmund busy with transfers
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"BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Dortmund is dominating the end of the transfer window in Germany with Spanish defender Marc Bartra leaving, promising winger Sergio Gomez joining and striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang expected to go.\nAubameyang was expected to complete his move to Arsenal on Wednesday for a reported 64.5 million euros ($80 million) once Dortmund had finalized a replacement.\nKicker magazine reported that that was likely to be Belgium forward Michy Batshuayi from Chelsea on a loan deal to the end of the season, with talks ongoing regarding a possible option to buy. Arsenal forward Olivier Giroud, who Dortmund had in mind initially, was expected to move to Chelsea to complete the three-way deal.\nDortmund said it had made a \"big concession\" on the transfer fee to allow Bartra to go to Real Betis after a tumultuous Bundesliga spell.\nBartra was injured after being hit with shrapnel in the bomb attack on Dortmund's team bus before a Champions League game last April. The 27-year-old Spaniard said he had feared for his life.\nBartra played 49 competitive games for Dortmund after joining from Barcelona in 2016, but the club's signing of Swiss defender Manuel Akanji from FC Basel increased the competition for a starting place.\nFellow defender Neven Subotic left the club for French team Saint-Etienne last week, while Danish attacking midfielder Jacob Bruun Larsen joined Stuttgart on loan for the rest of the season.\nDortmund said Tuesday that the 17-year-old Gomez, an attacking midfielder, was joining from Barcelona. He will play for Dortmund's under-19 team until the end of the season, then join the senior team in July. Gomez was voted the second best player at the Under-17 World Cup in India in October.\n\"Gomez is undoubtedly one of the best players in the world for his age group,\" Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc said.\nWolfsburg boosted its goal-threat by signing Swiss attacking midfielder Admir Mehmedi from Bayer Leverkusen.\n\"Mehmedi fits perfectly with our needs,\" said Wolfsburg sporting director Olaf Rebbe, whose team has only four Bundesliga wins in 20 games.\nSchalke reinforced its defense with the return of Abdul Rahman Baba on loan for 1½ seasons from Chelsea. The club had already secured the signing of Croatian forward Marko Pjaca from Juventus.\nBayern Munich also moved early in the transfer window, signing Sandro Wagner from Hoffenheim as a back-up to forward Robert Lewandowski. Wagner scored his first Bayern goal last weekend in a rout of his former club.\nJapan midfielder Genki Haraguchi joined second-division club Fortuna Duesseldorf on loan from Hertha Berlin, while Mainz boosted its ranks by signing Dutch midfielder Nigel de Jong from Galatasaray and Nigerian striker Anthony Ujah from Chinese club Liaoning Whowin.\nThe transfer window in Germany was open until 6 p.m. local time."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about BC-US--Coffee, US
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"New York (AP) — Coffee futures trading on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Monday:\n(37,500 lbs.; cents per lb.)"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Trump wants more traffickers put to death. Can he do that?
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — A wide-ranging White House plan to combat America's opioid crisis contains a striking element: It calls on the Justice Department to seek the death penalty for some drug traffickers. Opponents call that a return to failed drug-war tactics, and some legal experts question its constitutionality and effectiveness.\nA look at President Donald Trump's proposal:\nWHAT IS THE PLAN?\nThe push for greater use of the death penalty is just part of a sweeping plan that includes stiffer penalties for drug peddlers as well as expanding access to treatment and recovery efforts. It's in keeping with the Trump administration's tough-on-crime approach to the opioid abuse epidemic that claimed a record 42,000 people in the U.S. in 2016. Trump, who mused openly that countries like Singapore have fewer issues with addiction because they harshly punish drug dealers, said he wants the Justice Department to seek the \"ultimate penalty\" when possible.\n___\nCAN HE DO THAT?\nMaybe. Trump isn't proposing a new law, but is encouraging the Justice Department to enforce existing laws more vigorously.\nThe Federal Drug Kingpin Act allows federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in cases when someone is intentionally killed during a drug deal or in furtherance of a drug enterprise.\nThere are other federal laws that could potentially allow death penalty prosecutions of \"kingpins\" when large amounts of money and drugs are involved, even if there has not been a killing. But no administration, Democratic or Republican, has ever pursued and secured a death sentence under those laws.\nIt's not clear that death sentences for drug dealers, even for those whose product causes multiple deaths, would be constitutional, said Doug Berman, a law professor at Ohio State University. He predicted the issue would be litigated extensively and ultimately settled by the U.S. Supreme Court.\n\"The death penalty is uncertain as a constitutionally permissible punishment without that connection to an intentional killing,\" Berman said.\nTrump's attorney general, Jeff Sessions, vowed to seek the death penalty under federal law \"whenever appropriate\" against drug dealers who \"show no respect of human dignity and put their own greed ahead of the safety and even the lives of others.\"\n___\nHAVE ANY DRUG TRAFFICKERS EVER BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH?\nThe Death Penalty Information Center lists 14 federal death row prisoners awaiting execution for drug-related crimes. They include Azibo Aquart, who was sentenced to death in 2012 for planning and participating in the deaths of a rival and two people living with her. There is also Orlando Hall, who was sentenced in 2007 for a drug-related kidnapping that ended in death. Dustin Honken was sentenced to die in 2004 for the killings of two children in a drug-related conspiracy in which three other people were also killed.\n___\nWILL MORE FEDERAL DEATH SENTENCES EASE THE DRUG EPIDEMIC?\nTrump believes so, but others are skeptical.\nCornell Law School Professor John H. Blume said enforcement of the Federal Drug Kingpin Act tends to net poor minorities considered low- to mid-level drug dealers rather than kingpins whose products are fueling the drug crisis. Opponents said the approach resembles the drug war of the 1970s and '80s, when there was bipartisan agreement in Washington that the best way to fight crime was with long, mandatory prison sentences. That approach is now questioned by some conservatives as well as liberals.\n\"I don't think there's any reason to believe that attempting to revive this policy and use it more effectively will be any more successful,\" Blume said, adding that death sentences are hard to win. Too few drug traffickers will be sentenced to death and executed to have a real deterrent effect, he said. \"I don't think people out there who sell drugs are worried about, am I going to get the death penalty?\""
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about 2 women found shot dead in Philadelphia home
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"PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say two women, including one in a wheelchair, have been found dead with gunshot wounds to their heads inside a Philadelphia home.\nPolice say they were met by a person at the door of the home late Monday night.\nA 66-year-old woman in the wheelchair was found on the first floor, and a 44-year-old woman was found on the second floor. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.\nThe person who let officers into the home is being questioned as a witness.\nNo names have been released."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Consumer confidence rebounds in April
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers saw their confidence rebound in April to a level close to the 18-year high it had reached two months ago.\nThe Conference Board says its consider confidence index rose to 128.7 in April, up from a March level of 127.0. The March level was just below the 130.0 hit in February, which had been the highest since November 2000.\nThe business research group's index measures consumers' assessment of current conditions and their outlook for the next six months. Economists believe the strength in confidence reflects a strong labor market, with unemployment at a 17-year low, as well as the impact of the $1.5 trillion in tax cuts approved in December, which began showing up in workers' paychecks earlier this year."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Aubameyang deal set to headline final day of transfer window
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"LONDON (AP) — Will Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang leave Borussia Dortmund for Arsenal? Will Riyad Mahrez move to Manchester City?\nIt's the final day of Europe's transfer window and there are potentially some big deals to be finalized, especially in the Premier League, where clubs have already spent a record amount in January.\nThe most significant transfer could see Aubameyang join Arsenal for a reported 64.5 million euros ($80 million) in a move that would have a domino effect, with Dortmund needing a replacement and Arsenal looking to offload striker Oliver Giroud.\nMan City broke its transfer record to sign Aymeric Laporte for $80 million on Tuesday and could surpass that a day later if the Premier League leaders succeed in bringing in Mahrez from Leicester.\nNo major signings are expected in Spain or France."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Holocaust law: Poland, Israel reconcile in German media
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"Poland and Israel have used full-page ads in German newspapers, including the conservative daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, to praise their countries' ties and comment on Poland's controversial Holocaust law.\nThe so-called \"joint declaration\" begins by stating that \"for 30 years, relations between our countries and peoples have been built on a solid foundation of trust and understanding\" and goes on to say both nations are united by a \"deep, long-lasting friendship\" marked by \"mutual respect for the identity and historical sensitivity of our tragic past.\" The ad was published in the name of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki.\nPoland's divisive Holocaust law\nThe ad signals a warming of ties after tension had arisen between both countries over Poland's controversial Holocaust law. Passed in early 2018, the law instantly drew condemnation from Israel, the United States and Ukraine.\nIt stipulated fines and jail sentences of up to three years for individuals who \"publicly and in denial of the facts\" blame Poles or the Polish state for carrying full or partial responsibility for crimes committed by Nazi Germany.\nRead more: Auschwitz: Evolution of a death camp and Holocaust memorial\nCritics feared the law would prevent Holocaust survivors and historians from researching the role that some Poles played in Germany's genocide against the Jews.\nRelations between Poland and Israel were so fraught that Netanyahu accused Poland of trying to rewrite history and possibly even deny the Holocaust.\nSix months later, at Morawiecki's behest, Poland revised the law and cut any reference to possible jail sentences.\nWhy publish in the German press?\nThat Poland and Israel would buy such an ad in the German press may, at first glance, appear surprising. But it isn't really, according to Manuel Sarrazin, a member of Germany's Green party who chairs the German-Polish parliament group.\n\"It is important for Germany that Poland and Israel are on good terms,\" he said, adding that the ad indicates both sides have resumed friendly relations.\nHe welcomed efforts from Poland and Israel to intensify their dialogue over their shared history.\n\"In Germany, we need to realize that Poland's domestic debate [regarding the Holocaust] is also partly due to German media, which failed to distance itself from its own, revisionist portrayals of history,\" he said. German media has occasionally mistakenly referred to Nazi concentration camps in occupied Poland as \"Polish death camps.\"\nThe Polish-Israeli ad states that it is \"clear the Holocaust represents an unprecedented crime committed by Nazi Germany against the Jews and all Poles of Jewish descent\" and adds that Poland \"has always shown it fully understands the significance of the Holocaust.\"\nBut the ad also concedes: \"We recognize that there were horrific acts committed by Poles against Jews during World War II, and we condemn every one of these.\"\nAt the same time, the ad highlights the \"heroic actions of many Poles,\" who risked their own lives to save Jews."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Trump warns Iran that restarting nuclear program will yield 'bigger problems' than ever before
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump warns Iran that restarting nuclear program will yield 'bigger problems' than ever before."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about EPA chief doesn't recall 2016 statements slamming Trump
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt is distancing himself from his 2016 statements that then-presidential candidate Donald Trump is a \"bully\" who, if elected, would abuse the Constitution.\nDemocratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island sought to use Pruitt's own words against him Tuesday during an oversight hearing, having an aide hold the quotes up on large signs.\nPruitt made the comments in February 2016 while appearing on a conservative talk radio program in Oklahoma, where he served as the state's Republican attorney general. At the time, Pruitt supported Jeb Bush for the GOP nomination.\nPruitt said he appeared on the show several times but did not recall making those specific comments, which he said he would not agree with now that he is serving in the Trump administration."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Liz Weston: The right way to give your teen an allowance
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"Here's an idea: Hand your teenagers hundreds of dollars in one lump sum and leave it up to them to manage the money for the next, say, six to 12 months.\nAnyone who's ever had or been a teenager may quail at the thought, but experts say this approach actually can work much better than a weekly allowance in teaching older kids about personal finance.\n\"It gives them that all-important experience of managing their money,\" says Janet Bodnar, former editor of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine and author of \"Raising Money Smart Kids.\" ''The key is that kids have responsibility to go along with the money.\"\nThe problem with weekly or even monthly allowances is that the cash simply comes too often. If your kid blows hers, she just has to wait a little while to get more. Less frequent lump sums, on the other hand, can teach teenagers how to plan and save for future expenses — two crucial habits they'll need to get ahead financially.\nAdults who plan ahead for large, irregular expenses are 10 times more likely to be financially healthy than those who don't, according to a study by the nonprofit Center for Financial Services Innovation. Those who have a regular savings habit are four times more likely to be financially healthy.\nLump sums can teach teens the skills needed to develop those habits, says Ron Lieber, a personal finance columnist for The New York Times and author of the book \"The Opposite of Spoiled.\"\nLump sums \"train and test teens in self-restraint, in anticipating medium-term needs, in telling the difference between wants and needs, and in setting goals and priorities,\" Lieber says. \"If you don't have more money coming for a while but a larger-than-usual pile in front of you, there will just be that many more and bigger tests of your will.\"\nWe switched to the lump sum approach two years ago, when our daughter was still in middle school. I totted up what we'd spent on clothes for her in the previous year, added in a 10 percent fudge factor and plunked the money into her savings account just in time for back-to-school shopping. We told her the money needed to cover her clothing purchases for the next year, and that it was up to her to make sure it lasted.\nWhich she did. She discovered her money went a lot farther at thrift and consignment stores than it did at the mall. She felt the pain of wasted money when an impulse purchase went unworn. She wrestled with whether to spend a huge chunk of her budget on Dr. Martens. (She eventually asked for them as her birthday present.)\nThe keys to making this work:\nMAKE THE LUMP SUM BIG ENOUGH — BUT NOT TOO BIG. Skimping on the amount won't leave teens enough room to make choices, but giving too much means they won't face hard trade-offs. It's also important that the money be intended for necessities rather than \"fun money.\" When our kids gets out in the real world, most of their paychecks won't be discretionary as they pay for rent, food, transportation, taxes and other needs.\nKEEP TALKING. The real value in any kind of allowance is the opportunity it gives you to talk about money. Our daughter had to ask us when she wanted some of the clothing money transferred from savings to her checking account or prepaid card. That gave us a chance to talk about what she was learning, the challenges and choices she faced and our own experiences learning to handle money.\nDON'T BAIL THEM OUT. What if they blow all their money in the first week, or outgrow their last pair of sneakers when their account is on fumes? Let them figure out a solution, such as getting a job or earning money doing extra chores, Bodnar advises.\n\"You need to stick to your guns, which is hard as a parent,\" she says.\nIf parents ride to the rescue, all the teenager learns is to look for the quick fix that avoids short-term pain. That kind of thinking leads to credit card debt, payday loans and repeated requests for bailouts even when they're adults. Better to take a hard line now than watch them fail later.\n\"Teens will flunk these tests regularly, and we should cheer, internally at least, when they do,\" Lieber says. \"The more they mess up while they still live with us and the consequences are relatively mild, the better.\"\n_______\nThis column was provided to The Associated Press by the personal finance website NerdWallet .\nLiz Weston is a columnist at NerdWallet, a certified financial planner and author of \"Your Credit Score.\" Email: [email protected] . Twitter: @lizweston.\nRELATED LINK:\nNerdWallet: Are you financially healthy? https://nerd.me/financial-health-quiz"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about French president calls for more cybersecurity for election
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"PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande is calling for new security measures around the country's presidential race, notably to protect against hacking.\nHollande's order came after the campaign of centrist Emmanuel Macron accused Russia of trying to sway the April 23-May 7 election.\nHollande asked top security officials Wednesday to present electoral security measures next week \"including in the cyber domain.\"\nMounir Mahjoubi, head of digital campaigning for Macron, told The Associated Press that his team identified thousands of hacking attempts originating from Ukraine in recent weeks.\nMahjoubi says the attempts coincided with what he called a fake news operation targeting Macron in Russia-sponsored media in France.\nMacron's leading rivals, Francois Fillon and Marine Le Pen, want to lift sanctions against Russia, while Macron has been less friendly toward Moscow."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about National Hockey League
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"All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 50 34 13 3 71 176 128 Boston 48 29 11 8 66 157 119 Toronto 51 28 18 5 61 162 146 Florida 48 20 22 6 46 136 159 Detroit 48 19 21 8 46 126 146 Montreal 50 20 24 6 46 130 159 Ottawa 48 15 24 9 39 125 168 Buffalo 50 14 27 9 37 115 166 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 49 29 15 5 63 150 138 Pittsburgh 52 28 21 3 59 156 155 New Jersey 49 25 16 8 58 147 147 Columbus 50 27 19 4 58 133 140 Philadelphia 49 24 17 8 56 141 141 N.Y. Rangers 50 25 20 5 55 153 151 N.Y. Islanders 51 25 21 5 55 173 184 Carolina 50 23 19 8 54 139 155 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Winnipeg 51 30 13 8 68 167 137 Nashville 48 29 12 7 65 146 125 St. Louis 52 31 18 3 65 151 131 Dallas 50 28 18 4 60 155 134 Minnesota 50 27 18 5 59 147 142 Colorado 48 27 18 3 57 157 139 Chicago 50 24 19 7 55 148 137 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 48 32 12 4 68 164 128 San Jose 49 26 16 7 59 145 138 Anaheim 51 25 17 9 59 144 142 Calgary 49 25 16 8 58 137 135 Los Angeles 49 26 18 5 57 139 121 Edmonton 49 22 24 3 47 135 157 Vancouver 49 19 24 6 44 127 159 Arizona 50 12 29 9 33 118 172\nNOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.\nMonday's Games No games scheduled\nTuesday's Games\nMinnesota 3, Columbus 2, SO\nPittsburgh 5, San Jose 2\nFlorida 4, N.Y. Islanders 1\nAnaheim 3, Boston 1\nCarolina 2, Ottawa 1\nNew Jersey 3, Buffalo 1\nWinnipeg 3, Tampa Bay 1\nSt. Louis 3, Montreal 1\nChicago 2, Nashville 1\nLos Angeles at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.\nVegas at Calgary, 9 p.m.\nColorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.\nWednesday's Games\nN.Y. Islanders at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.\nSan Jose at Detroit, 8 p.m.\nPhiladelphia at Washington, 8 p.m.\nThursday's Games\nToronto at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.\nMontreal at Carolina, 7 p.m.\nSt. Louis at Boston, 7 p.m.\nFlorida at Buffalo, 7 p.m.\nAnaheim at Ottawa, 7 p.m.\nPhiladelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m.\nVegas at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.\nLos Angeles at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.\nTampa Bay at Calgary, 9 p.m.\nDallas at Arizona, 9 p.m.\nColorado at Edmonton, 9 p.m.\nChicago at Vancouver, 10 p.m.\nFriday's Games\nWashington at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.\nDetroit at Carolina, 7 p.m.\nSan Jose at Columbus, 7 p.m.\nVegas at Minnesota, 8 p.m."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Not Real News: Alabama Senate race spurs false reports
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"BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — As Alabama's high-profile Senate race heads toward a Tuesday vote, supporters and opponents of GOP candidate Roy Moore are bending the truth — or shattering it to pieces — in the campaign's final stretch.\nOne website falsely proclaimed that one of the women who accused Moore of sexual misconduct had recanted. Another erroneously reported that a Moore accuser \"forged\" his yearbook inscription to her. On the other side, Moore's detractors took to social media to assert, erroneously, that Moore had written in a 2011 textbook that women shouldn't hold elected office.\nThe Associated Press checked these out; here are the real facts:\nNOT REAL: BREAKING: Roy Moore's Lying Accuser Admits He Didn't Ever Touch Her\nTHE FACTS: None of the women who accused the Alabama Republican Senate candidate of sexual misconduct, including two women who said Moore molested them, have backed off their initial claims. This fake headline is from a website, Reagan Was Right, which promotes hoaxes and satire. The woman featured in a photograph accompanying the story shows a British reality TV star, not any of the eight women who have accused Moore of sexual misconduct.\nNOT REAL: Claims that Roy Moore authored a textbook in 2011 that says women shouldn't run for office\nTHE FACTS: Moore is in fact a co-author of a \"textbook\" which serves as a study guide for a series of Bible-based video and audio lectures on U.S. law and public policy. The course packaging also identifies him as a \"featured speaker.\" Despite claims spread on the web this week, however, Moore did not author the specific section or deliver the lecture that argues that women should not hold elected office. That talk was given by William Einwechter, an elder at Immanuel Free Reformed Church in Pennsylvania. Moore's office says he does not believe that women are unqualified for public office.\nNOT REAL: BREAKING: ROY MOORE ACCUSER ADMITS SHE FORGED PART OF YEARBOOK INSCRIPTION!!!\nTHE FACTS: Moore supporters celebrated misleading news that Beverly Nelson, one of his accusers, admitted forging a 1977 yearbook inscription that was considered key evidence against the Alabama Republican. The inscription reads, \"To a sweeter more beautiful girl I could not say, 'Merry Christmas.'\" It is followed by the signature \"Roy Moore D.A.\" and the notation \"12-22-77 Olde Hickory House.\" Nelson's attorney, Gloria Allred, said Friday that Nelson had added the date and restaurant name to the inscription. However, Allred also said that a handwriting expert found Moore's signature in the yearbook to be authentic.\n___\nAssociated Press writer Michael Rubinkam contributed to this report.\n___\nThis is part of The Associated Press' ongoing effort to fact-check misinformation that is shared widely online, including work with Facebook to identify and reduce the circulation of false stories on the platform.\n___\nFind all AP Fact Checks here: https://www.apnews.com/tag/APFactCheck"
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about UAE cyber firm DarkMatter slowly steps out of the shadows
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"ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — DarkMatter, a growing cybersecurity company in the United Arab Emirates that's recruited Western intelligence analysts, is stepping out of the shadows amid concerns by activists about its power and potential targets.\nThe company's founder and CEO, Faisal al-Bannai, says DarkMatter takes part in no hacking, although he acknowledges the firm's close business ties to the Emirati government, as well as its hiring of former CIA and National Security Agency analysts.\nActivists warn such expertise could be used to target human rights campaigners, some of whom already have been jailed in the UAE, a major U.S. ally in the Mideast.\nAl-Bannai told The Associated Press his company carefully chooses its clients, while leaving the ethical decisions about privacy and surveillance in wielding its powerful technology to its governmental customers, which include the Dubai police.\n\"Ignoring that use, in my view, would be silly,\" he said. \"I think tackling that issue and saying, 'What is the right balance,' is the right question and the one I think everyone is trying to figure out.\"\nSurveillance is prolific across the UAE, a federation of seven sheikhdoms on the Arabian Peninsula. Flashing cameras capture license plates of vehicles pulling into gas stations. At Dubai's Mall of the Emirates, home to an indoor ski slope, shoppers can use a kiosk to find their cars via the mall's surveillance system.\nAuthorities say surveillance keeps the UAE safe. Surveillance footage helped authorities quickly identify the woman who stabbed an American school teacher to death at an Abu Dhabi mall in 2014.\nIt also aided Dubai police in identifying members of what it described as an Israeli hit squad that killed an operative with the Palestinian militant Hamas group in 2010, an attack never acknowledged by Israel.\nFor al-Bannai, whose father is a retired major general with the Dubai police, cybersecurity seemed like a good bet after he found success with his mobile phone reselling firm Axiom Telecom. He formed DarkMatter in 2015 and today, he said the company has some 650 employees. Most work out of its headquarters in the disc-shaped Aldar building along a major highway connecting Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The firm also has research-and-development centers in China, Finland and Toronto, he said.\n\"The only country in the region that's strong in cybersecurity is Israel,\" al-Bannai told foreign journalists who visited DarkMatter on Tuesday. \"Other than that, it's blank.\"\nHe described DarkMatter as entirely privately held, with a customer base that is 80 percent government agencies and 20 percent commercial. He declined to name specific clients, but many suspect they include the Signals Intelligence Agency, the Emirati version of the NSA. The agency is also registered as having offices in the Aldar building.\n\"Frankly, it's an alignment of the stars,\" al-Bannai said of DarkMatter's government contracts. \"It is a pure commercial transaction with them.\"\nSince its inception, rumors have swirled around DarkMatter.\nSome hackers described receiving aggressive, repeated job offers by the firm. An Italian hacker wrote a blog post in 2016 alleging that DarkMatter tried to hire him through a third-party recruiter who described the company as setting up a vast domestic spying infrastructure, something denied by al-Bannai.\nHowever, human rights activists and others have been targeted by hacks suspected to be directed, if not carried out, by the Emirati government.\nEmirati activist Ahmed Mansoor became famous in August 2016 when he worked with security experts to reveal three previously undisclosed weaknesses in Apple's mobile operating system after he was allegedly targeted with a phishing text message he didn't open.\nMansoor and others believed the United Arab Emirates was behind the attack, as it involved so-called \"zero day\" exploits — flaws in programming that hackers can use to potentially install spyware or gain control of a system — that can be worth over a million dollars each. Mansoor was arrested by UAE authorities last March for his online posts. Authorities later said he was being held at Abu Dhabi's central prison and had \"the freedom to hire a lawyer\" and receive family visits.\nAnother hacking campaign targeting Mansoor and others, dubbed \"Stealth Falcon,\" also appeared to be coordinated by the government, said Bill Marczak, a research fellow at Citizen Lab. DarkMatter's close work with the Emirati government, and the experience of its staff, raised flags about the company, Marczak said.\n\"When you're talking about human rights activists like Ahmed Mansoor ... there's nothing he can do and the government gets access to him and his contacts and then can take further actions against his contacts,\" he said. \"It's one thing to use them against people you may think are committing terrorist acts or criminal acts, but using them against someone who is just kind of sitting around their living room tweeting, it seems kind of disproportionate.\"\nAl-Bannai said DarkMatter had no depository of \"zero day\" exploits, nor did it take part in so-called \"offensive hacking.\" He pointed to one of the company's signature products, a secure mobile phone called \"Katim,\" or \"silence\" in Arabic, as showing the firm's interest in defensive technology.\nHe added that DarkMatter hired CIA, NSA and other ex-government employees for their experience.\n\"If you think an NSA guy is a spooky guy, the NSA guy is the one protecting you in the U.S.,\" al-Bannai said. \"These are not the bad guys.\"\nHe did, however, acknowledge that questions remain about how much information authorities should have and be able to use.\nPegasus, a DarkMatter subsidiary, now has a \"big data\" contract with Dubai police. An example offered by al-Bannai suggested police could be able to pool hours of surveillance video to track anyone in the emirate.\n\"My team knows what they're building,\" he said. \"If they thought they were building funny stuff, they wouldn't be here.\"\n___\nFollow Jon Gambrell on Twitter at www.twitter.com/jongambrellap. His work can be found at http://apne.ws/2galNpz."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Native Americans: Benching Wahoo step in right direction
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"Cleveland native Josh Hunt is not a fan of baseball. But he's showed up at Progressive Field where the Indians play for the past couple of years to protest the team name and its mascot, Chief Wahoo — confronted with fans in headdresses and face paint, some playing small drums.\n\"Being Native American myself, it's a reminder that our city and our society doesn't see me as a human being,\" he said. \"It would prefer to portray me as a racist stereotype, a bloodthirsty savage.\"\nThe protests have been happening since at least the 1970s, and this week marked what American Indians say is a small but substantial change in professional sports. The players won't don Chief Wahoo on their uniforms starting in the 2019 season, when Cleveland will host the All-Star game, though the red-faced cartoon with a big-toothed grin and feather headband won't disappear from merchandise.\nMajor League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and team owner Paul Dolan said the change was about diversity and inclusion. Manfred met with the National Congress of American Indians last April, after the club already reduced Wahoo's visibility and introduced a block \"C'' as the club's primary insignia. The NCAI's executive director, Jacqueline Pata, said she knew the All-Star game was putting pressure on the team, and she further impressed in the meeting that change would equate respect.\n\"Once you make this big step and the public understands, it makes a statement in itself,\" said Pata, of the Tlingit Tribe of Alaska. \"I continue to say an informed public will make decisions about what they buy and how they want to be associated with the sports teams.\"\nThe group has kept a list of schools and sports teams that use indigenous imagery, mascots and names generally associated with Native Americans, once a common tradition throughout the U.S. Change has come: Savages to Blue Hawks at Dickson State University. Indians to Big Green at Dartmouth College. Warriors to Golden Eagles at Marquette University. Minnesota and Wisconsin have banned Native American mascots at school districts for decades.\nPata said about 1,000 names still are targeted, including the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs, the MLB's Atlanta Braves and the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks.\nThe issue stretches beyond the United States.\nBrazil's Chapecoense, a soccer team that lost 19 of its players in a November 2016 air crash, has a mascot named for a 19th century leader of the Kaingang Tribe. Locals in Chapeco, a majority white city, say using the mascot is hypocritical and racist considering the last surviving Kaingangs have been pushed to the edges of the city and beyond.\nMost of the efforts for change in the United States are at the high school level. But the biggest push nationally is against the NFL's Washington Redskins, a name team owner Dan Synder is intent on keeping. The U.S. Justice Department recently gave up a legal fight over the name it said is disparaging because of a Supreme Court decision that favored an Asian-American band calling itself the Slants. Justice officials said that means the Redskins would prevail in a legal battle to cancel the team's trademarks.\nPata sees public sentiment being the main tool in challenging the names and logos. Activists have used the courts, protested, burned mascots in effigy, advertised and had forums on imagery in sports to explain the disparities it creates for Native youth and the misconceptions about contemporary Native Americans.\nHunt said those discussions are most productive when he meets people one on one, away from the Cleveland stadium he calls \"regressive field,\" and is hopeful enough momentum has been built for further change.\n\"While it seems bleak, it really has shocked people into at least waking up a little and paying attention to things like this, racist imagery, to our country's history, how we've treated Native Americans and African Americans,\" said Hunt, an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.\nCharlene Teters was among a group of people arrested in 1998 outside the Cleveland stadium for burning an effigy of Chief Wahoo she likened to Little Black Sambo — a character from an 1899 children's book widely considered to be racist. It was a way for Native Americans, who make up about 2 percent of the U.S. population, to be heard after years of holding signs, she said. The movement now is being led by a younger generation of Native Americans who see how imagery affects them, she said.\n\"That says to me it's over because our young people get it, and they're taking up that challenge and doing it their own way,\" said Teters, a Spokane tribal member and academic dean at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.\nFor some Cleveland fans, Chief Wahoo has been a beloved part of the team since 1947 and they don't want to see the players without him. They've seen Wahoo as a sign of hope, as a symbol of Cleveland's renaissance in the 1990s when the team's fortunes turned on the field — urging through signs and T-shirts to keep him.\n\"That's the way it is, I guess,\" said Jeremiah Baker of North Ridgeville, Ohio, wearing one of the team's blue caps with a red \"C.\" ''I know people get offended about just about everything nowadays. It's disappointing.\"\n___\nAssociated Press writers Tom Withers in Cleveland and Mauricio Savarese in Rio de Janeiro contributed to this report."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Ousted coach says he didn't resign from Glasgow club Rangers
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"GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Mark Warburton has asked Rangers to explain why it said he resigned as manager of the Glasgow club.\nRangers announced last week that it had accepted the resignation of Warburton and two of his backroom staff, but they say \"at no stage did we resign from our positions.\"\nThey added in a statement that \"despite its detailed public statements, the club has not answered key questions put to it by the LMA (League Managers Association) ... requesting an explanation of why it suggested that we resigned.\"\nRangers is third in the Scottish league — 27 points behind leader Celtic — in its first season back in the top division after being forced to start again in the bottom tier in 2012 after a financial meltdown."
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I am asking in the domain of entertainment. Tell me about Ex-Yahoo paying $35M to settle SEC charges over 2014 hack
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — The company formerly known as Yahoo is paying a $35 million fine to resolve federal regulators' charges that the online pioneer deceived investors by failing to disclose one of the biggest data breaches in internet history.\nThe Securities and Exchange Commission announced the action Tuesday against the company, which is now called Altaba after its most valuable parts were sold to Verizon Communications for $4.48 billion last year. The Sunnyvale, California-based company neither admitted nor denied the allegations but did agree to refrain from further violations of securities laws.\nPersonal data was stolen from hundreds of millions of Yahoo users in the December 2014 breach attributed to Russian hackers. The SEC alleged that, although Yahoo senior managers and attorneys were told about the breach, the company failed to fully investigate."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about The Latest: Trump weighs in on cancellation of 'Roseanne'
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"NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on Roseanne Barr (all times local):\n11:50 a.m.\nPresident Donald Trump has broken his silence on the cancellation of \"Roseanne.\"\nIn a tweet, Trump noted that Robert Iger, who is chief executive of ABC's parent Walt Disney Co., called Valerie Jarrett to say the network wouldn't tolerate Roseanne Barr's racist tweet about the former Obama adviser.\nTrump wrote that Iger never called him to apologize for \"the HORRIBLE statements\" that have been said about him on ABC. Tweeted Trump: \"Maybe I just didn't get the call.\"\nThe president reveled in the show's success this spring, especially after Barr's character came out as a supporter of his policies.\n2 a.m.\nRoseanne Barr shows no signs she will remain quiet about her firing from her popular ABC series and has highlighted supporters' tweets criticizing the network.\nBarr engaged in a series of tweets Tuesday night, hours after ABC announced it was canceling the rebooted \"Roseanne\" over a racist tweet by the comedian attacking Valerie Jarrett, an adviser to former President Barack Obama.\nBarr's post-firing tweets included an apology to those who lost their jobs because of her words, but her choice of retweets struck a defiant tone. They included one post that juxtaposed an image of Jarrett with an image of a \"Planet of the Apes\" actor — a comparison that led to her firing.\nShe later tweeted that people should not defend her."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Pakistani officials: Suspected US drone kills militants
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"DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. drone strike killed a militant commander and his associate near the Afghan border.\nTwo intelligence officials say the drone targeted the commander, Qari Abdullah Dawar, as he was walking with his associate near their mountain hideout in the Tor Tangai area of North Waziristan on Wednesday.\nNorth Waziristan has long been a sanctuary for Pakistani Taliban and other militant groups. Pakistan's military says it has eradicated most militant safe havens in operations there.\nThey say the slain militants were from the Gul Bahadur group, which has carried out attacks inside Afghanistan. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.\nPakistani Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah was killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan last month."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Pence touts tax cuts, slams Manchin in West Virginia
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"WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence has paid a visit to a truck dealership in southern West Virginia, touting the tax cuts enacted by the Republican-controlled Congress while slamming the state's Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, who voted against the plan.\nManchin faces re-election this year.\nPence says Manchin \"has voted 'no' time and again on the policies that West Virginia needs.\"\nManchin has responded with a statement saying, \"The Vice President's comments are exactly why Washington Sucks.\"\nPence, speaking at Worldwide Equipment Inc., says cuts in taxes and federal regulations prompted CEO Terry Dotson to give bonuses to all the company's 1,100 employees and move ahead with a new dealership in Charleston, South Carolina.\nThe $300 bonuses were paid in December when the tax bill was signed."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Egypt's leader serves opposition parties with stern warning
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"CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president has given a thinly veiled but stern warning to opposition politicians calling for a boycott of presidential elections in March, saying he would die first before allowing anyone to mess with the country's security.\nA clearly furious Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, a general-turned-president, spoke Wednesday a day after a coalition of opposition parties and public figures called for a boycott of the March 26-28 vote, which they described as a farce.\nEl-Sissi is virtually certain of winning a second four-year term in office.\nWithout directly mentioning the boycott call or the March vote, el-Sissi said he would take \"measures\" against anyone who disrupts Egypt's stability.\nHe says: \"You seem not to know me well enough, but by God, the price of Egypt's security is my life and the life of the army.\""
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about The Latest: Immigrant freed from detention sees targeting
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"NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on Ravi Ragbir, an immigrant activist facing deportation who was ordered freed from detention (all times local):\n12:15 p.m.\nAn immigrant activist freed from detention by a judge's order says immigration officials are engaging in \"psychological warfare\" by targeting him and other activists for detention and deportation.\nRavi Ragbir (RAH'-vee RAHG'-beer) says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is trying to send a message to the immigrant community by taking high-profile activists into custody.\nICE refutes that contention and says it doesn't target anyone \"based on advocacy positions they hold or in retaliation for critical comments they make.\"\nRagbir was released from detention in New York on Monday following a judge's ruling. He had been detained since mid-January and has been fighting deportation.\nHe's trying to attend the State of the Union address in Washington on Tuesday, where immigration will almost certainly come up.\n___\n12:02 a.m.\nA federal judge who ordered a detained immigration rights activist facing deportation to be immediately released is raising \"grave concern\" over the argument that he had been targeted because of his political activities.\nU.S. District Judge Katherine B. Forrest ruled that Ravi Ragbir be freed after a hearing on Monday in Manhattan federal court. The activist had been detained since Jan. 11. He's been fighting deportation following a wire fraud conviction and is executive director a coalition of faith-based groups.\nConcern over activism-based targeting by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement also has been expressed in recent weeks by immigrants and their advocates over Ragbir's and others' cases.\nICE says it doesn't target anyone \"based on advocacy positions they hold or in retaliation for critical comments they make.\""
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about McConaughey fears March for Our Lives will get 'hijacked'
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"LAS VEGAS (AP) — A month after speaking at the March for Our Lives in his hometown of Austin, Texas, Matthew McConaughey says he supports some gun control but fears the youth-led movement could be \"hijacked\" by those hoping to eliminate all guns in the United States.\nMcConaughey spoke about his support for the marchers in Las Vegas on Monday, where he was promoting his upcoming film, \"White Boy Rick,\" at the CinemaCon theater-owners convention.\nHe called gun violence \"an epidemic in our country.\" But he says there are responsible gun owners and some want to ban all guns, and he worries the March for Our Lives will be overtaken by that faction.\nHe says he hopes there's room for agreement between anti-gun activists and the National Rifle Association."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Leaked report: UK economy will be worse off after Brexit
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"LONDON (AP) — A forecast prepared for the British government reportedly says the economy will be worse off after the country leaves the European Union whatever trade deal is struck with the bloc.\nThe leaked assessment published Monday by news website BuzzFeed says if Britain reaches a free trade deal with the EU, growth will be 5 percent lower than current forecasts over 15 years.\nThe document, dated this month, says if there is no deal and Britain resorts to World Trade Organization terms, growth will fall 8 percent. If Britain remains in the EU single market but as a non-bloc member, the decline will be 2 percent.\nThe government maintains that Britain will be able to strike new trade deals around the world after Brexit to replace any decline with the EU.\nThe leaked analysis says new trade deals with the U.S., China, India and other countries would boost growth, but not enough to make up for the lost revenue from the EU, currently Britain's biggest trading partner.\nThe government did not challenge the authenticity of the document, but said Monday it would not comment on its internal Brexit analysis.\nThe report is the latest in a string of economists' predictions that leaving the EU will harm the U.K. economy. Supporters of Brexit point out that many such forecasts have so far not come to pass.\nThe document is likely to further inflame feuding within Britain's Conservative government, between those who back a clean break with the bloc and those who want to keep Britain's economy as closely aligned with the EU's as possible after Brexit in March 2019."
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I am asking in the domain of entertainment. Tell me about Town accused of targeting Jews settles lawsuit over boundary
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"MAHWAH, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey town accused of discriminating against Orthodox Jews from nearby New York state approved a settlement Tuesday with a group that sued over a religious boundary built with white plastic piping on utility poles.\nMahwah Township's council voted 5-2 Tuesday to settle the suit from the Bergen Rockland Eruv Association after two hours of private legal discussion, the Record reports . The settlement will remain confidential pending approval from the group, says Mahwah Township Attorney Brian Chewcaskie.\nThe lawsuit was sparked by a now-reversed township ordinance that would have effectively banned the building of an eruv, a religious boundary that some Orthodox Jews rely on to perform tasks on the Sabbath including carrying bags and pushing strollers.\nThe eruv ban and a separate ordinance that would have restricted parks and playgrounds to local residents were reversed in December after Mahwah was sued by the state attorney general.\nThe ban was prompted by some town residents' complaints about overcrowding at the parks and their use by Orthodox Jewish families coming from towns across the nearby New York border.\nThe Bergen Rockland Eruv Association alleged the ban was an attempt to keep Orthodox Jews from New York out of Mahwah. The eruv association received licenses from the utility company Orange & Rockland before installing the pipes, according to group's attorneys.\nMany Mahwah residents voiced concerns during the legal fight that the expanded eruv meant an influx of Orthodox Jews along with overcrowding and a stressed school system similar to Lakewood. Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker labeled the opposition as anti-Semitic.\nCouncil President Robert Hermansen, who has denied the measures were motivated by anti-Semitism, said that the settlement was the best option for the township.\n\"This is a good town with good people, and we're making this decision for good people,\" said Hermansen.\nCouncil members Janet Ariemma and James Wysocki voted against the settlement. Some residents who attended Tuesday's meeting called on the council members to fight against the eruv all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if needed.\n\"I know the judge and the New Jersey attorney general are trying to force you to resolve this matter immediately. Do not bow to their attempts to coerce action,\" said resident Ralph Fusco. \"You have an army of people ready to support you.\"\n___\nInformation from: The Record (Woodland Park, N.J.), http://www.northjersey.com"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Appeals court refuses to toss Aaron Schock charges
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"CHICAGO (AP) — An appeals court has refused to toss corruption charges against former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, saying it can't assess whether his prosecution violated constitutional separation-of-powers clauses until after he goes to trial.\nThe 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago says in its unanimous ruling Wednesday that it doesn't believe appellate courts have the authority to address such questions until after a verdict. No date has been set for the 36-year-old Schock's trial on 22 corruption counts.\nThe Republican from the central Illinois city of Peoria was indicted in 2016 on charges of misusing funds. He resigned in 2015 amid scrutiny of his spending, including to redecorate his Capitol Hill office in the style of the TV show \"Downton Abbey.\"\nA Schock spokesman didn't have an immediate comment."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about New Zealand wildfires prompt hundreds of evacuations
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"WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Hundreds of homes in the New Zealand city of Christchurch have been evacuated as wildfires threaten some suburbs.\nSelwyn Mayor Sam Broughton tells The Associated Press he's planning to declare a state of emergency, as was the mayor of adjacent Christchurch. He says changing winds have made the fires unpredictable.\nDisplaced residents are staying at evacuation centers or with relatives.\nA helicopter pilot died in a crash Tuesday while fighting the blaze.\nThe New Zealand military on Wednesday revealed the pilot, Corporal David Steven Askin, was a soldier who had won one of the country's top awards for bravery in Afghanistan. A member of the elite Special Air Service, Askin's identity was kept secret at the time he won the Gallantry Star medal."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Former pro BMX rider Kevin 'K-Rob' Robinson dies at age 45
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"PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A former professional BMX rider from who set a world record for the longest power-assisted bicycle backflip has died.\nThe wife of Rhode Island native Kevin \"K-Rob\" Robinson tells The Providence Journal her husband suffered an apparent stroke Saturday. He was 45.\nRobin Adams Robinson says the death was unexpected.\nKevin Robinson earned gold medals in the X Games and retired from competition in 2013.\nHe jumped 84 feet in Providence last year, setting a world record.\nThe East Providence native created the nonprofit K-Rob Foundation to improve children's lives in his hometown and surrounding communities. He built East Providence's first free public skate park.\nRobinson visited schools to talk about perseverance and created a protective clothing line for children.\nHe lived in Barrington with his wife and three children."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about HBO, 'Big Little Lies' lead Globes in TV nods
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"NEW YORK (AP) — The actors from HBO's limited series \"Big Little Lies\" will have quite an internal competition at the Golden Globes next month.\nPowerhouse actresses Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon are both nominated for best actress for a limited TV series, while colleagues Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley and Alexander Skarsgard are up for supporting awards. The Globes announced their television nominations on Monday, and the HBO series led the way with six nods.\nThe Globes offered 32 nominations for programs from cable networks, led by HBO's dozen. Streaming services had 15 nominations, with Netflix on top with nine. The only broadcast networks with nominations were NBC, with five, and ABC, with three.\nCBS, the most-watched network on television, was shut out.\nWhile the Fox network also came up empty, its cable cousin FX was second only to HBO among the cable networks with eight nominations. They include Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon, stars of \"Feud: Bette and Joan.\"\nNetflix's \"The Crown\" and \"Stranger Things\" are both up for best drama series. HBO's \"Game of Thrones\" and Hulu's \"The Handmaid's Tale\" are also up for best drama, with NBC's \"This is Us\" carrying the flag for broadcast television.\n\"The Good Doctor,\" ABC's series about an autistic doctor and the biggest new broadcast hit, didn't land in the top five, although lead actor Freddie Highmore will compete for best drama actor.\n\"Veep\" and star Julia Louis-Dreyfus are used to picking up fistfuls of Emmy awards, but they can stay home on Golden Globes night — one of the most notable snubs in the comedy category.\nIn a retro touch, NBC's reboot of \"Will & Grace\" was nominated for best comedy or musical, with star Eric McCormack earning a nod for best actor. ABC's \"black-ish\" and star Anthony Anderson will be among the competition.\nNetflix's \"Master of None\" and Showtime's \"Smilf\" will also compete for best comedy, along with one relative surprise contender in Amazon's \"The Amazing Mrs. Maisel,\" about a housewife turned comic from \"Gilmore Girls\" creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. Globe voters may be looking to lift the series from obscurity, since \"Maisel\" star Rachel Brosnahan was also nominated.\nAlong with Highmore, best drama actor nominees include Jason Bateman of \"Ozark,\" Sterling K. Brown of \"This is Us,\" Bob Odenkirk of \"Better Call Saul\" and Liev Schreiber of \"Ray Donovan.\"\nNew series are emphasized in the best actress category, where the nominees include Caitriona Balfe of \"Outlander,\" Claire Foy of \"The Crown,\" Maggie Gyllenhaal of \"The Deuce,\" Katherine Langford of \"13 Reasons Why\" and Elisabeth Moss of \"The Handmaid's Tale.\"\nTwo prominent shows where actors were recently written out due to sexual misconduct allegations — \"House of Cards\" (Kevin Spacey) and \"Transparent\" (Jeffrey Tambor) — were both shut out of nominations. It's unknown whether the controversy had any impact; the Globes tend to favor new work and both these series are no longer novelties."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about BC-US--Sugar, US
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"New York (AP) — Sugar futures trading on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Monday:\n(112,000 lbs.; cents per lb.)"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Abortion impasse could shut down effort to reduce premiums
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — The polarizing politics of abortion have burst into the congressional budget debate, overwhelming bipartisan efforts to help millions of consumers who buy their own health insurance policies get relief from soaring premiums.\nOn Monday, Senate and House Republicans released their latest plan to stabilize the Affordable Care Act's insurance markets. It provides new federal money to offset the cost of treating the sickest patients and restores insurer subsidies that President Donald Trump terminated last year.\nThat's clearly a big shift from last year, when repealing \"Obamacare\" was the GOP's demand. But the fine print of the GOP offer includes restrictions on abortion funding that Democrats have already rejected, a \"poison pill\" to abortion rights supporters. They say the proposal could block abortion coverage by some health insurance plans consumers purchase with their own money.\nLawmakers of both parties have been negotiating over a health insurance stabilization bill for months, and some experts estimate such legislation could reduce premiums by 20 percent to 40 percent, after two years of relentless increases.\nThe office of one of the leading Democratic negotiators, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, Monday called the Republican offer \"partisan,\" saying in a statement it came as a surprise.\nIn an interview last Friday, Murray said that her GOP counterparts have only recently started raising the issue of abortion restrictions.\n\"To me that is just unacceptable,\" Murray said. \"Why would they add it on at the last minute?\" She complained that some Republicans were taking the stabilization bill \"hostage.\"\nThe impasse over abortion restrictions on health insurance is just one of several divisive social issues complicating prospects for the $1.3 trillion spending bill that would keep the government open and provide funding increases for military and domestic programs.\nOthers include a Republican demand for stronger \"conscience\" protections for clinicians who object to abortions and assisted suicide, and a Democratic maneuver to protect family planning money for Planned Parenthood clinics, which provide birth control for many low-income women.\nFederal funding for abortion has long been restricted by a series of laws known as the Hyde amendment, which prohibit taxpayer funds from being used to pay for abortions, expect in cases of rape, incest, or when the woman's life is endangered.\nAbortion remains a legal medical procedure in the United States, covered by many employer plans. However, the abortion rate has dropped significantly, from about 29 per 1,000 women of reproductive age in 1980 to about 15 in 2014. Better contraception, fewer unintended pregnancies and state restrictions may have played a role, according to a recent scientific report.\nFormer President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act attempted a compromise over abortion.\nPassed with only Democratic votes, the health law allowed plans sold through HealthCare.gov to cover abortion, provided they didn't tap taxpayer subsidies that help low- to moderate-income people pay premiums. Instead the plans would have to collect a separate premium solely for abortion coverage, and keep the accounts strictly separate.\nThe ACA also allowed states to prohibit abortion coverage in their insurance markets, and about half have done so.\nBut abortion opponents decried Obama's compromise as a bookkeeping exercise. They wanted the Hyde amendment applied to plans sold to individuals through HealthCare.gov and state insurance markets.\nThe new GOP bill would apply the Hyde restrictions to two streams of federal money.\nOne is restored subsidies that compensate insurers for required discounts on copays and deductibles for low-income people.\nThe second funding stream would stabilize insurance markets by helping cover costs for the sickest patients.\nAbortion rights supporters say that the second prohibition could result in abortion restrictions for health insurance that consumers buy with their own money outside of HealthCare.gov. That's because a fund to help with the costs of the sickest patients would help reduce premiums across all plans in a given state.\nSen. Murray is hoping Republicans will change their minds.\nBut Republicans say they've already come a long way, by signing onto legislation that would address some of the problems with \"Obamacare.\"\n\"I'm willing to ensure payments are there to bring premiums down,\" said Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J. \"But we don't want to be complicit in taking the lives of unborn children.\""
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Senate confirms new director of National Security Agency
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump's pick to lead the National Security Agency and the U.S. Cyber Command.\nPaul Nakasone was confirmed Tuesday. The Senate also approved of his military promotion to general.\nHe replaces the current director, Mike Rogers, who is retiring.\nNakasone is a longtime member of the cryptologic community.\nHe's had several top-level intelligence posts. He commanded the U.S. Army Cyber Command and held military intelligence positions in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Republic of Korea."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Neymar urged to stop acting, win titles to get FIFA award
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"MOSCOW (AP) — After a decade of duopoly, the FIFA-run vote to crown soccer's best player finally seems open to third parties after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo left the World Cup early.\nNeymar must help Brazil lift the trophy next week if he wants to join the greats, according to the World Cup winner who first took home FIFA's top individual award.\nCutting out the play-acting would also help Neymar win votes, 1990 World Cup winner Lothar Matthaeus said Wednesday.\n\"We need players like Neymar,\" said the former West Germany captain, who won the inaugural FIFA world player award in 1991. \"But not with this acting what he was doing now in each game.\"\nA debate about Neymar faking injury and overreacting to tackles is polarizing opinion between European outrage and Brazilian defense.\nFormer England forward Alan Shearer called Neymar's behavior \"absolutely pathetic\" in a British broadcast Monday. Neymar's theatrics distracted from Brazil's 2-0 win over Mexico that took the five-time champion into the quarterfinals.\n\"The criticism is nonsense,\" Brazil great Ronaldo told reporters Wednesday. \"I am against all these opinions you mentioned. I don't think referees have been protecting him enough.\"\nRonaldo, a three-time winner of FIFA's best player award, and Matthaeus spoke at a briefing about the individual accolade that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have won five times each in the past decade.\nWith Portugal and Argentina both leaving Russia in the round of 16, the award seems open for a new winner to emerge.\n\"Sure, Neymar — when he will win the World Cup,\" said Matthaeus. \"You have to win titles with your team.\"\nRonaldo and Messi arrived in Russia after Real Madrid won a third straight Champions League title and Barcelona won La Liga. Neymar's absence since February with a foot injury was barely a blip for Paris Saint-Germain's procession to win the French league.\n\"It's easy to win the title in France,\" Matthaeus said. \"For me, Neymar this season, he did not show until now he can be the best.\"\nThe German great picked out another PSG star, Kylian Mbappe of France, England captain Harry Kane and Croatia captain Luka Modric as potential candidates for the FIFA award when voting opens July 23.\nThe winner announced in London on Sept. 24 is judged by a vote by national team coaches and captains, plus media from FIFA's 211 member countries, and fans voting online. It is separate from the Golden Ball given to the World Cup's best player.\nRonaldo singled out Neymar as a potential winner — noting that he himself won the FIFA award after an injury-hit season that peaked with Brazil's World Cup title. Ronaldo's eight goals in Japan and South Korea included both in the final, a 2-0 win over Germany.\n\"The results for Neymar with the national team are incredible and he's still not at his best,\" Ronaldo said.\nMatthaeus suggested an 11th year of Messi-Ronaldo dominance is likely.\n\"I give them maybe one or two years more,\" he said, \"then there will come a change for this award.\"\n___\nMore AP World Cup coverage: www.apnews.com/tag/WorldCup"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Parliament in peril: UK lawmakers debate leaving aging home
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"LONDON (AP) — This is not a metaphor: Britain's Parliament is a mess.\nThe 19th-century London building is crumbling, leaky, infested with vermin and riddled with asbestos. Fixing it will take years and cost billions, but experts say the alternative could be catastrophic.\nAfter years of dithering, lawmakers are set to vote Wednesday on what to do — but there's a good chance they will opt for more delay.\nExperts warn the Victorian Gothic building is at risk of a flood or fire that could leave it uninhabitable. A 2016 report urged politicians to move out for six years for renovations costing 3.5 billion pounds ($5 billion).\nOn Wednesday lawmakers will vote on several options, from agreeing to leave the building so work can begin to deferring a decision for several more years."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Lawyers: Suspects in school fire intellectually disabled
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"CASCO, Maine (AP) — Lawyers for two men facing arson charges in a fire that destroyed a historic Maine schoolhouse say the men are intellectually disabled.\nThe Portland Press Herald reports an attorney for 22-year-old Devin Richardson-Gurney told a judge Monday that the man has autism. An attorney for 20-year-old Edward Scott says the man receives services from an organization that helps the intellectually disabled.\nProsecutors say the two men set the Friends School House in Casco on fire Sunday.\nMembers of the Raymond-Casco Historical Society say they may never recover from the loss. The school house was built in 1849, and the historical society says they've lost historic books and maps dating to the 1700s.\nThe judge set bail for Richardson-Gurney and Scott at $1,500 each.\n___\nInformation from: Portland Press Herald, http://www.pressherald.com"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Dutch intelligence agency warns of child jihadists
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"THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands' main intelligence service says it is treating a small group of Dutch children in conflict zones in Iraq and Syria as \"Jihadist travelers\" since they may have received military training.\nIn a report published Wednesday, the General Intelligence and Security Service says at least 80 Dutch children are in those areas, either having been born there or taken there by one or both parents. It says fewer than 20 percent of the children are age 9 or older.\nThe report says that because children in territory controlled by the so-called Islamic State group \"sometimes receive weapons and combat training from as young as nine years old,\" intelligence officials consider them jihadi travelers.\nDutch authorities routinely detain people caught returning from Syria if they are suspected of extremist links."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Defense arguments start in German neo-Nazi murder trial
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"BERLIN (AP) — Lawyers for the main defendant in a high-profile neo-Nazi murder trial in Germany have begun their closing arguments — five years after proceedings opened.\nBeate Zschaepe, the only known survivor of the far-right National Socialist Underground group, is accused of taking part in 10 killings, two bomb attacks and several bank robberies.\nThe 43-year-old's lawyers told the Munich regional court Tuesday that their client didn't have an equal role in the killings committed by two deceased members of the group.\nProsecutors want life imprisonment for Zschaepe and lesser sentences for four defendants accused of helping the group. They, and lawyers representing some of the victims, finished their closing arguments in February.\nThe trial, which was drawn out by regular delaying motions by the defendants, is expected to conclude within weeks."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about BC-US--Cotton, US
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"New York (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Monday:\n(50,000 lbs.; cents per lb.)"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Yet another House chairman giving up a coveted post
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers spend their careers eying coveted committee chairmanships, angling for the chance at the perks and power that came with the top spot.\nNew Jersey Republican Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen is bowing out after one term.\nFrelinghuysen's announcement Monday that he would not seek re-election, giving up the chairmanship of the House Appropriations Committee, punctuated the dwindling prestige and influence of the positions once consider an apex of power on Capitol Hill. Term limits, legislative dysfunction and gridlock-inducing polarization have gradually tarnished the very chairmanships that are so prized.\n\"Before the farm bill and my tenure as chairman, I had neither grey hair nor did I take hypertension medicine. I now have both for the rest of my life,\" said former House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla. \"Right now you have to deal with a situation where you have the extreme demands of the left on one side of the room and the extreme demands of the right on the other side.\"\nFrelinghuysen is the eighth House committee chair to head for the exits, and a striking case study for the dynamics at play.\nThe New Jersey Republican became chairman of the Appropriations Committee last year after serving for several years as chairman of its defense subcommittee.\nBut Frelinghuysen's year in charge of the panel has been frustrating. In theory, he manages the process of doling out one-third the federal budget. But he's had scant success on that front. Although he helped successfully negotiate a catchall spending bill last spring, the appropriations process for the ongoing budget year has been hamstrung by delays in the Senate and faces the very real danger of running aground completely amid an unrelated months-long battle over immigration.\n\"Serving as chairman of the Appropriations Committee is a difficult and sometimes thankless job,\" said Rep. Nita Lowey of New York, the panel's top Democrat.\nThere have been fewer thank-yous since a series of GOP reforms changed the rules. In a push to curb corruption in 2010, Republicans officially banned \"earmarks,\" severally limiting lawmakers' capacity to direct tens or even hundreds of millions to one's district or state for \"earmarked\" pet projects. The earmarks were a prerogative of the chairman, both to bolster his political standing at home and to court votes with fellow lawmakers of either party.\nHouse GOP rules mean chairmen cycle through six-year terms, which also counts time as ranking minority member. Chairmen are selected by a leadership panel that takes factors such as fundraising and conservative litmus tests into consideration.\nOld-timers such as former Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., say the system centralizes legislative authority with party leaders, who are often less versed in the nuts and bolts of legislation and have little appreciation for the committee's bipartisan traditions.\n\"I often would laugh, express frustration together with Rosa DeLauro, who's as liberal as she can be,\" Kingston recalled of one of his Democratic counterparts on Appropriations until he left Congress in 2015. \"We said if leadership of both parties would get the heck out of the way, we could get something done.\"\nOther chairmen, such as Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, of Financial Services and Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., of Judiciary are leaving after being forced to yield their gavels next year under term limit rules. They were denied signature wins under President Barack Obama — but they have not managed such wins under President Donald Trump, at least so far. They'd rather leave Congress than return to the rank and file.\nA moderate Republican in both his politics and temperament, Frelinghuysen was first elected in the 1994 GOP wave that put Republicans in control of both chambers. He hails from a New Jersey political dynasty that dates to the late 1700s. His father, Peter Frelinghuysen, served in the House for two decades.\nUnlike several other GOP chairmen to announce their retirements after running up against GOP term limit rules for panel heads, Frelinghuysen had years to go as Appropriations chair — assuming Republicans retain control of the House in the 2018 midterm elections. But he angered some conservative lawmakers over votes against the GOP tax overhaul measure last year and his opposition to an initial version of the party's effort to repeal Obama's health care law.\nTrump's sagging popularity is weighing on once-safe Republicans in educated, wealthier suburban districts such as Frelinghuysen's, where some residents could be negatively affected by provisions in the new tax law that went into effect this year.\nStill, Frelinghuysen's vote against the GOP's tax law was highly unusual and was seen as a signal of his political vulnerability. And it was unheard of for such a high-ranking chairman to buck the leadership line on such a major vote.\nAmong the leading Democrats for Frelinghuysen's seat is former federal prosecutor and former Navy helicopter pilot Mikie Sherrill. She raised more than $1.2 million through Dec. 31 and has the backing of local party leaders.\nRepublican insiders say Frelinghuysen's decision wasn't entirely a surprise. They say several potential candidates could build viable campaigns quickly.\nAmong the possible GOP candidates are three state lawmakers: Assemblyman Jay Webber, Assemblyman Anthony M. Bucco and Sen. Joe Pennacchio. Another prominent name mentioned is attorney Rosemary Becchi.\nFrelinghuysen's district had long leaned Republican but was carried only narrowly by Trump in 2016. Nonpartisan analysts say Democrats have a good chance to grab it in this year's midterms.\nFrelinghuysen took the lead in the House in a difficult 2013 effort to provide about $60 billion to help New Jersey and other northeastern states recovery from Superstorm Sandy.\n\"Public service is an incredible way to turn your convictions into something that serves the greater good and to do it alongside people from every walk of life and background,\" Frelinghuysen said.\n___\nAssociated Press writer Bill Barrow in Atlanta contributed to this report."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Arkansas GOP lawmakers work on transgender 'bathroom bill'
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"LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers said Tuesday they're working on a \"bathroom bill\" targeting transgender people, despite warnings from the Republican governor that such a measure isn't needed and could harm the state.\nA one-sentence bill was filed by two GOP state senators stating only that it addresses \"gender identity and bathroom privileges\" without any specifics. But co-sponsor Republican Sen. Gary Stubblefield said it'll require people to use public bathrooms that correspond to the sex on their birth certificate.\n\"If they were born a male, that's where they've got to use the bathroom,\" Stubblefield said.\nA similar law in North Carolina has drawn widespread criticism and boycotts from businesses, and prompted the NBA to pull this weekend's All-Star Game out of Charlotte. The state's Democratic governor on Tuesday proposed a compromise to repeal the measure. A bathroom bill being considered in Texas has also prompted a backlash, with the NFL suggesting that Texas could be passed over for future Super Bowl sites if the proposal becomes law.\nRepublican Gov. Asa Hutchinson repeated his opposition to pursuing a similar measure in Arkansas.\n\"I have consistently said that there is no need for a North Carolina type bathroom bill in Arkansas,\" Hutchinson said in a statement. \"It is unclear as to the specifics of the proposed legislation but if it similar to North Carolina's, I view the bill as unnecessary and potentially harmful.\"\nThe nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights group also urged lawmakers to drop the proposal.\n\"Proponents of anti-trans legislation are invoking a boogeyman that simply does not exist - the reality is that transgender people just want to simply live their everyday lives,\" Kendra Johnson, Arkansas director for the Human Rights Campaign. \"Arkansas should not make the mistake North Carolina made.\"\nStubblefield and GOP Sen. Greg Standridge, who also sponsored the measure, said they weren't concerned about a backlash from businesses. They also said they expect more proposals from other lawmakers in the majority-Republican Legislature.\n\"It's a definite thing that there's going to be a bathroom bill pursued,\" Standridge said. \"We just don't know if it's going to be our bill or someone else's bill.\"\n___\nFollow Andrew DeMillo on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ademillo"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Alberto's last gasp: Mudslides and flooding in Appalachia
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"As remnants of Subtropical Storm Alberto spread into the Great Lakes region, people are keeping a weary watch on dams and hillsides as rains from the storms have triggered floods and mudslides in the Appalachians of the Southeast.\nSo far, four dams being closely watched by a state team of special engineers were holding up, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday.\nBut Cooper went ahead and declared a state of emergency for his hard-hit mountain counties, saying the forecast for the rest of the week calls for isolated heavy rain storms that could instantly cause flooding in areas that have had 20 inches (50 centimeters) of rain in the past 15 days.\n\"This storm isn't yet over. I'm urging people to keep a close eye on forecasts,\" Cooper said.\nAlberto, while still spinning like a classic tropical storm, has managed to make its way since a Memorial Day landfall in the Florida Panhandle to just outside of Chicago. Forecasters said it would still bring rain and gusty winds to the Great Lakes this week.\nAlberto's heavy rains have been widespread. Scattered flooding was reported in several states from Alabama through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, the Carolinas and Virginia and West Virginia.\nIn Hopkinsville, Kentucky, high winds and heavy rains gave Sherry Key a fitful night's sleep.\n\"I have dogs and they're terribly afraid of storms, so they were on top on top me all night,\" said Key, an airport office manager.\nThe worst of the flooding was in the Appalachian Mountains. Up to 7 inches (18 centimeters) of rain caused flooding in Helen, a mountain town in Georgia, the National Weather Service said.\nAtlanta station WAGA-TV reported that several roads near the downtown area of that German-styled tourist destination were shut down because of the rising water. No injuries or structural damage have been reported.\nTwo deaths had been reported during the storm's passage. A television news anchor and a photojournalist were killed Monday in North Carolina while covering the weather, when a tree became uprooted from rain-soaked ground and toppled onto their SUV, authorities said. WYFF-TV of Greenville, South Carolina, said news anchor Mike McCormick and photojournalist Aaron Smeltzer died.\nIn the mountains of North Carolina, two Department of Transportation workers survived a close call when their dump truck was swept away by a mudslide in McDowell County while trying to clean debris from an earlier slide. The men were able to climb from the overturned truck and stand on its side in the Catawba River until they were rescued, Gov. Cooper said.\nAuthorities in Cuba say Alberto left four people dead there as the storm drenched the island in heavy rain. Interior Minister Julio Cesar Gandarilla said late Tuesday they died as a result of \"recklessness\" during the storm. He gave no details. The deaths occurred as authorities worked to contain an oil spill in central Cuba's Cienfuegos Bay that followed the flooding of nearby oil refinery.\n___\nCollins reported from Columbia, South Carolina. Associated Press Reporter Jack Jones, also in Columbia, contributed to this story."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Charles Manson's remains cremated following court battle
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"LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charles Manson's cremated remains have been scattered nearly four months after the cult leader died in prison. A funeral was held Saturday following a court battle for the 83-year-old's remains.\nPastor Mark Pitcher of the Church of the Nazarene in Porterville, California, says 20 to 25 people attended the funeral.\nAmong them were Manson's grandson, Jason Freeman, and Freeman's wife, Audrey.\nFreeman prevailed last week in a months-long court fight for custody of Manson's remains.\nHis grandfather was cremated after the service and his ashes scattered.\nPitcher said Monday he agreed to lead the service because Freeman and his wife are Christians.\nManson was sentenced to life in prison for orchestrating the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and eight others.\nHe died in November."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about The Latest: UK anti-terror police join probe into substance
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"AMESBURY, England (AP) — The Latest on the major incident near Salisbury, England, in which two people have been left in a critical condition (all times local):\n12:20 p.m.\nBritish police say counterterrorism officers are working with local detectives after two people were sickened by an unknown substance in southwest England.\nThe Metropolitan Police says \"officers from the counter terrorism network are working jointly with colleagues from Wiltshire Police\" on the incident in Amesbury.\nPolice say a man and a woman in their 40s were hospitalized after being found unconscious at a residential building in Amesbury. The town is eight miles (13 kilometers) from Salisbury, where ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with a nerve agent on March 4.\nPolice say they are keeping an open mind and do not yet know whether a crime has been committed.\n___\n6 a.m.\nBritish police declared a \"major incident\" Wednesday after two people were left in critical condition from exposure to an unknown substance a few miles from where a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent.\nThe Wiltshire Police force said a man and a woman in their 40s were hospitalized after being found unconscious at a residential building in Amesbury, eight miles (13 kilometers) from Salisbury, where Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned on March 4.\nPolice cordoned off the building and other places the two people visited before falling ill, but health officials said there was not believed to be a wider risk.\nThe man and woman were hospitalized Saturday at Salisbury District Hospital, where authorities initially believed they might have taken a contaminated batch of heroin or crack cocaine.\n\"However, further testing is now ongoing to establish the substance which led to these patients becoming ill and we are keeping an open mind as to the circumstances surrounding this incident,\" police said. \"At this stage, it is not yet clear if a crime has been committed.\""
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about US Rep. Jordan denies claims he knew of Ohio State sex abuse
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"FREMONT, Ohio (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan says he never knew of sexual abuse by a now-dead doctor who examined wrestlers Jordan helped coach decades ago at Ohio State University.\nEx-wrestlers Mike DiSabato and Dunyasha Yetts say the powerful Republican congressman from Ohio knew back then that Richard Strauss was groping male wrestlers.\nJordan spoke to reporters at a July Fourth rally in Fremont and said he knew Strauss but wasn't aware of abuse by him. Jordan says if he'd learned of such allegations he would have reported them.\nOhio State male athletes from 14 sports have alleged sexual misconduct by Strauss, who was on the faculty and medical staff. An independent investigation is underway.\nJordan says he's willing to talk with investigators. He says if abuse occurred victims deserve justice."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Many in NHL just fine with vague injury descriptions
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"Veteran coach Ken Hitchcock struck a nerve earlier this season when he decried the longstanding NHL practice of describing injuries in the vaguest terms possible.\nAn injury can be upper-body, lower-body or undisclosed, except Hitchcock and the Dallas Stars prefer to be more forthright. Defenseman Marc Methot had a knee injury, Martin Hanzal had a hamstring injury and Stephen Johns was dealing with concussion symptoms.\n\"Rather than go through the dance and play the big game, we just decided let's get it out there so they can print it, move on and let's get on with the subject of what's going on on the team,\" Hitchcock said.\nThis is a far cry from the world of the NFL, where teams must reveal specific injuries. Coaches and NHL officials point to gambling and fantasy football as driving forces behind those detailed NFL injury reports, noting hockey has far less of that; one NHL player even joked that it would be foolish for anyone to bet on the sport.\nYet more people are. Westgate sports book vice president Jay Kornegay said the addition and success of the Vegas Golden Knights has at least tripled the amount of bets placed on NHL games this season. He said the gambling public isn't affected much by the information or lack thereof about injuries.\n\"There's information out there if you really want to dissect the injury,\" Kornegay said. \"There's only maybe a handful of guys that might make a major impact, like (Connor) McDavid or (Auston) Matthews or someone like that. Could make maybe a 15-cent impact in the line, which is very minimal. Almost everybody else is like zero impact or maybe five cents impact. ... It wouldn't be like (Tom) Brady being out.\"\nThe NHL represents less than 5 percent of the total amount bet at the Westgate, and less than 6 percent for online sports book Bovada.\nLeague executives and coaches have little to no appetite to change things.\n\"I would ask the question, 'Why is it important that you know everything?'\" Los Angeles Kings coach John Stevens said. \"I think sometimes it protects the player. Sometimes a player's working through an injury. If he's coming back, opponents might know. If it's a knee injury, they might try to take advantage of it.\"\nThe collective bargaining agreement doesn't require any specificity be included in injury announcements. And that means they vary dramatically among the 31 teams.\nNHL Injury Viz , which tracks information about player injuries and illnesses, ranks teams on an \"evasiveness index\" based on how many injuries are called upper- or lower-body, undisclosed or soreness. Through Jan. 20 games, the Winnipeg Jets, Nashville Predators and Philadelphia Flyers were labeled the most evasive, while the New York Rangers, Vancouver Canucks and Minnesota Wild were the most open.\nWhen Washington Capitals winger Andre Burakovsky underwent surgery to repair a broken left thumb in October, the team announced it as such. Upon his return, Burakovsky wore extra padding and worried little about opponents hacking at his thumb to try to reinjure it.\n\"When I'm playing, I'm playing,\" Burakovsky said. \"I don't really focus on if they're going to go after my thumb or whatever it is.\"\nThe central debate over disclosure comes down to whether revealing specific injuries puts players in danger of being targeted. Hitchcock said \"there's too much respect in the league\" for that, but Capitals defenseman Brooks Orpik disagreed.\n\"I wouldn't say there's a lot of guys, but there's definitely more than a handful of (players) in the league that would target guys if they knew where they were hurt,\" Orpik said. \"I don't really see what you gain by releasing it.\"\nHitchcock's comments generated chatter around the league and a variety of opinions, but don't expect the current system to change any time soon.\n\"At the end of the day, I'm not sure it's really anybody's right to know exactly what's ailing a player,\" deputy commissioner Bill Daly said. \"Perhaps there's kind of fan interest in how long he'll be gone, when he can be back to the lineup, etc., etc., but what the precise nature of the injury is I'm not sure is really appropriate for public consumption.\"\nToronto Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said he generally agrees with Hitchcock and doesn't mind disclosing injuries, except he doesn't like talking about head injuries. Jets coach Paul Maurice went the other way, saying teams have a \"responsibility\" to show the NHL is handling concussions the right way but cited privacy concerns in the larger discussion about revealing specific injuries.\nThen there's Carolina Hurricanes coach Bill Peters, who wouldn't mind an NFL-like policy.\n\"It'd be nice if the NHL just said, hey, make it full disclosure. I'd have no problem with that — as long as it's consistent across the board,\" Peters said.\n___\nFollow Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno on Twitter at https://twitter.com/SWhyno\n___\nFor more NHL coverage: https://apnews.com/tag/NHLhockey"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Israel summons Irish ambassador over settlement goods bill
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"JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has summoned Ireland's ambassador over a bill seeking to ban the import of West Bank settlement products.\nThe bill must pass several hurdles to become law. If it does, Ireland would become the first European country to ban settlement goods.\nIsrael's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that the ambassador noted the Irish government opposes the bill, as well as an international movement known as BDS, which advocates boycotts against Israel.\nThe European Union in 2015 approved guidelines to label settlement products. It said the move was meant to differentiate between Israel, a close trade partner, and the settlements, which it considers illegal.\nThe Irish bill also makes a distinction between Israel and the settlements. Israel opposes boycotts of any territories it controls, saying they bolster the BDS movement."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about BC-BBA--Top Ten
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"BC-BBA--Top Ten\nBASEBALL'S TOP TEN By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE G AB R H Pct. Betts Bos 68 260 66 88 .338 Segura Sea 79 329 60 110 .334 Altuve Hou 87 341 55 114 .334 JMartinez Bos 83 318 60 104 .327 Simmons LAA 75 277 42 88 .318 MDuffy TB 70 277 26 87 .314 Rosario Min 81 324 57 101 .312 MMachado Bal 83 322 42 100 .311 Trout LAA 86 297 66 92 .310 Castellanos Det 84 340 46 105 .309 Home Runs\nJMartinez, Boston, 26; Trout, Los Angeles, 24; JoRamirez, Cleveland, 24; Judge, New York, 24; Lindor, Cleveland, 23; Cruz, Seattle, 22; Stanton, New York, 21; Betts, Boston, 21; MMachado, Baltimore, 21; 3 tied at 20.\nRuns Batted In\nJMartinez, Boston, 71; Haniger, Seattle, 62; Lowrie, Oakland, 59; MMachado, Baltimore, 59; Encarnacion, Cleveland, 57; Judge, New York, 57; Gattis, Houston, 56; KDavis, Oakland, 56; JoRamirez, Cleveland, 56; 2 tied at 55.\nPitching\nSeverino, New York, 13-2; Kluber, Cleveland, 12-4; Snell, Tampa Bay, 11-4; Morton, Houston, 10-2; Porcello, Boston, 10-3; Rodriguez, Boston, 10-3; Happ, Toronto, 10-4; GCole, Houston, 9-2; McCullers, Houston, 9-3; Verlander, Houston, 9-4."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about EU warns Britain it can have no say during Brexit transition
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"BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Monday warned Britain that it cannot expect to have a say in EU decision-making once it leaves, including during a transition period from next year meant to help smooth the departure.\nThe warning came as European affairs ministers adopted — in a matter of minutes — new orders for the bloc's Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, laying out the terms of the transition, which would run from the end of March 2019 until Dec. 31, 2020, when the bloc's current long-term budget ends.\nBulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, who chaired the meeting, said the ministers gave \"a clear mandate\" on their requirements for the transition period. She said EU law would apply in Britain during that time and that the country would have \"no participation in the EU institutions and decision-making.\"\nBarnier's deputy tweeted that the negotiating guidelines were endorsed in Brussels within two minutes, although ambassadors had spent weeks drafting them. Zaharieva said: \"We hope an agreement on this with the U.K. can also be closed swiftly.\"\nIn London, Brexit Secretary David Davis played down the impact on Britain's status during the 21-month transition, saying that it's \"not exactly the same as membership — but it's very, very similar.\"\n\"The existing regulatory structure will exist, the existing court structure will exist,\" Davis told a British parliamentary committee.\nHe underlined that Britain would, however, be free during the bridging period to negotiate new trade deals with the wider world, which it is barred from doing while it is an EU member.\nBarnier noted that \"no accord with third countries engaging the United Kingdom can enter force without the agreement of the 27\" EU countries. In a sign of potential tension over the issue, Davis warned that \"there will be an argument about the right to negotiate free trade arrangements.\"\nIn the orders, the EU insists that Britain should also abide by any new rules that are introduced during the transition.\nThis has already raised concern in Britain, and Davis demanded last week \"a way of resolving concerns if laws are deemed to run contrary to our interests and we have not had our say.\"\n\"It's very, very important,\" he said, that \"if there are new laws that affect us, we have the means to resolve any issues during that period.\"\nBut Irish European Affairs Minister Helen McEntee said Monday that \"what we cannot have is a position where the integrity of the single market, the customs union, is in any way undermined.\"\n\"When the U.K. leave the European Union they will not be a voice around the table,\" she said.\nSwedish EU Affairs and Trade Minister Ann Linde agreed.\n\"When you have left the European Union, you have left, and this is just a transition to a new arrangement,\" she said.\nAny disputes would be handled by the European Court of Justice. This, too, will not sit well with Brexit supporters, who want to escape the grip they say Europe's top court has on British sovereignty.\nBritain is impatient to launch talks on future ties with the EU and in particular on trade, but more guidelines will have to be adopted at a summit of European leaders in March for that to happen, based on progress made by then.\nMonday's guidelines include a demand for clarity on what future relations should look like.\n\"The sooner the Brits are clear about the future, the better for everybody,\" said Italy's EU affairs representative Sandro Gozi. \"We have to use our time and energy not in shaping the transition, but in shaping the future relationship.\"\nBarnier also underlined that all elements of any Brexit deal, including the divorce bill and citizens' rights, must be translated into a legally binding text. Separate talks on the thorny issue of keeping open the border between Northern Ireland, which is part of the U.K., and EU member state Ireland will continue this year.\n\"Without an agreement on all parts of the withdrawal there can be no transition,\" Barnier told reporters after the meeting.\n___\nLawless reported from London. Raf Casert in Brussels also contributed."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Obscure politician is face-saving challenger in Egypt vote
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"CAIRO (AP) — A little-known Egyptian politician who is a staunch supporter of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi submitted his candidacy documents to the election commission on Monday, becoming a last-minute challenger to the incumbent.\nEl-Sissi is virtually certain of winning a second, four-year term in the March 26-28 vote. But after a string of would-be challengers were arrested, forced out or quit the race, the prospect of a one-candidate election has proven embarrassing for the government.\nPro-government media and public figures loyal to el-Sissi had pressured one of Egypt's oldest political parties, the Wafd, to field a candidate. But after two days of marathon deliberations, the party decided Saturday not to field a candidate and instead to renew its support for a second term for the president.\nEl-Sissi's campaign said the president should not be blamed for the withdrawal of candidates or the reluctance of others to enter the race.\n\"The presidential hopeful (el-Sissi) is not responsible for the reluctance of politicians to effectively participate in politics,\" campaign spokesman Mohammed Abu Shaqah told a news conference on Monday. He also said el-Sissi should not be blamed for the failure of would-be candidates to secure one of the key constitutional requirements to run: Support of 20 elected lawmakers or \"recommendations\" from 25,000 voters.\nMoussa Mustafa Moussa of the Ghad, or Tomorrow, party, was the subject of intense speculation over the weekend, with many predicting he would step forward as a face-saving candidate. On Monday, one of his top aides submitted documents to the election commission on his behalf.\nMonday at 2 p.m. (1200 GMT) was the deadline for submitting candidacy documents.\nMoussa, whose party does not have a single member in parliament, insisted his candidacy was serious. He argued that his party, which supports el-Sissi, had long prepared to field a challenger, but changed its mind when former prime minister and air force general Ahmed Shafiq said he would run.\nAddressing a news conference Monday at the party's headquarters in downtown Cairo, Moussa said Shafiq's withdrawal from the race changed that.\n\"A very large question mark loomed over the whole affair,\" he said, alluding to the absence of challengers. \"But we are not running as a courtesy to anyone and we don't expect anyone to do us any favors. We are in this for a real competition.\"\nBesides Shafiq, would-be challengers who are no longer in the race include a former military chief of staff, a prominent rights lawyer and a former lawmaker. They were unlikely to win the race, but their participation would have attracted protest votes against el-Sissi, including from Egyptians hit hard by the president's austerity measures and other economic reforms.\nA previous leader of the Ghad Party, Ayman Nour, ran against Egypt's long-ruling President Hosni Mubarak in 2005, in the country's first multi-candidate election. Nour lost by a huge margin amid widespread allegations of vote-rigging and was jailed in December of that year.\nNour had fired Moussa before he was jailed, but Moussa returned and defeated him in a leadership battle in 2011, the same year Mubarak was overthrown in a popular uprising. Nour is now a harsh critic of el-Sissi's rule and lives in exile abroad.\nEl-Sissi led the 2013 ouster of a freely elected but divisive president, the Islamist Mohammed Morsi, and has since overseen what is perhaps the largest crackdown on dissent in the country's living memory. Thousands of Morsi supporters have been jailed, along with secular activists. Most critics in the media have been silenced, human rights groups have been heavily restricted and scores of online news sites have been blocked.\nFive opposition figures, including a 2012 presidential candidate and two top campaign aides for now-arrested presidential hopeful Sami Annan, called for a boycott of the vote, saying it has lost all credibility.\nIn a statement Sunday, they also called on Egyptians not to recognize the presidential vote's outcome if it goes ahead.\nThe statement was a bold move that could be perceived as an attempt to derail the electoral process by authorities that have shown little tolerance for dissent. It is also likely to encourage more expressions of discontent over what critics see as the president's increasingly authoritarian traits.\nEarlier on Monday, prosecutors said they have detained three men over the assault on the country's former top auditor, Hesham Genena. Sacked by el-Sissi after alleging widespread corruption, Genena had come out in support of Anan, a former military chief of staff who was seen as a potentially strong challenger before his arrest. The prosecutors said the suspects were ordered detained for four days, pending investigation. They face charges of armed robbery.\nAnnan was arrested by the military last Tuesday on several charges, including incitement against the armed forces and forgery."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Crews help rescue student, staff members from freezing water
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"BREWSTER, Mass. (AP) — Fire officials in Massachusetts have rescued three people from freezing waters off of Breakwater Beach.\nThe Cape Cod Times reports that a dive team responded to an emergency call in Brewster around 6:40 p.m. Sunday. Brewster Fire Chief Robert Moran says two staff members at the Latham School went after a female student who had swam away from shore.\nMoran says the dive team and firefighters worked together to rescue all three individuals. They were all taken to Cape Cod Hospital with unspecified injuries.\nThe Latham School treats children and young adults with developmental disorders.\n___\nInformation from: Cape Cod (Mass.) Times, http://www.capecodtimes.com"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about D-backs ace Greinke won't start opener, gets time to recover
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"Diamondbacks ace Zack Greinke will start this season in the dugout.\nArizona manager Torey Lovullo said Monday that Greinke won't pitch on opening day because of what's perceived to be a minor health issue.\nGreinke exited his latest start after one inning because of tightness in his groin. He's scheduled to pitch again in spring training Wednesday.\nThe Diamondbacks don't want to push him to be ready for their first game March 29 at home against Colorado. Without this wrinkle, Lovullo said Greinke would've started the opener for the third straight year.\n\"Every staff has a No. 1 and he fit the bill perfectly,\" Lovullo said. \"He won 17 games last year. He was our staff ace.\"\nLovullo said he wasn't ready to say who would start against the Rockies. The likely candidate is Robbie Ray, who went 15-5 with a 2.89 ERA last year.\n\"There's a strategy,\" Lovullo said. \"We don't just look at opening day. We look at opening day and then beyond, so probably five or six days beyond that day. And we want to make sure that we hit things just right to get it to the point where we have good matchups all the way through.\"\nELSEWHERE AROUND THE GRAPEFRUIT AND CACTUS LEAGUES\nRED SOX 6, PHILLIES 5\nBoston ace Chris Sale gave up four runs on five hits and three walks in five innings. He also struck out six. Mookie Betts hit two doubles and Xavier Bogaerts homered for the Red Sox. Aaron Altherr homered for Philadelphia.\nMARLINS 9, NATIONALS 1\nWashington ace Max Scherzer was tagged for three homers and six runs in six innings. Adam Eaton and Anthony Rendon each had two hits for the Nationals. Miami starter Trevor Richards worked four innings and allowed one run.\nASTROS 2, METS 0\nJustin Verlander pitched seven shutout innings and Carlos Correa homered for Houston. Steven Matz struck out nine in six innings for New York.\nORIOLES 4, TIGERS 2\nBaltimore starter Chris Tillman allowed one run in five innings. Detroit starter Michael Fulmer struck out five in five innings and gave up two runs. Dixon Machado doubled twice for the Tigers.\nPIRATES 11, TWINS 8\nMiguel Sano, who had three hits, and Brian Dozier homered for Minnesota. Josh Bell, Jose Osuna and Christopher Bostick connected for Pittsburgh.\nBRAVES 6, BLUE JAYS 0\nJulio Teheran pitched 6 2/3 shutout innings, striking out five and allowing four hits. The Atlanta ace has an 0.87 ERA this spring. Toronto starter Aaron Sanchez allowed two hits over 6 1/3 innings.\nINDIANS 5, GIANTS 4\nYonder Alonso hit two home runs off San Francisco starter Johnny Cueto. Alonso had three hits and drove in four runs. Cueto allowed four runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. Cleveland starter Josh Tomlin gave up three runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings. University of Virginia alum Jarrett Parker, dogged by retriever jokes from his teammates after his Cavaliers were ousted from the NCAA tournament by the University of Maryland-Baltimore County Retrievers, hit his third spring training home run in his bid to make the 25-man roster.\nThe Indians released outfielder Melvin Upton Jr., who hit .189 in 18 spring games. The 33-year-old spent last year in the minors, seeing limited action for the Giants' Triple-A team while slowed by injuries.\nWHITE SOX 15, DIAMONDBACKS 2\nMatt Davidson, who homered, and Adam Engel each had three hits for Chicago and leadoff man Yoan Moncada got two hits and drove in three runs. Carson Fulmer pitched four hitless innings for the White Sox. Arizona relievers Neftali Feliz and Kris Medlen both got roughed up."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Helicopter pilot beaten during French criminal's escape
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"PARIS (AP) — The helicopter pilot who was taken hostage in the escape of one of France's most notorious criminals said the convict's accomplices beat and threatened him during his kidnapping.\nStephane Buy told RTL radio on Wednesday that two men at a flying club near Paris on Sunday \"forced me (to take off) and warned me my family was in danger.\"\nFirst, they made him touch down in a field so others on the breakout team could get onboard. At that point, the engine of the helicopter from the 1960s didn't restart.\nBuy said the men hit him on the head and he briefly fell unconscious.\nAfter several attempts, the engine restarted and they headed to Reau Prison to hustle Redoine Faid to freedom.\nBuy was later released north of Paris."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Expanded Conference Glance
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"All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Tampa Bay 72 49 19 4 102 260 202 26-8-2 23-11-2 15-7-2 Boston 71 45 17 9 99 239 184 25-7-5 20-10-4 15-5-2 Toronto 72 43 22 7 93 243 204 25-8-2 18-14-5 13-6-3 Washington 72 41 24 7 89 225 214 25-9-2 16-15-5 13-7-3 Pittsburgh 72 41 26 5 87 237 218 26-8-1 15-18-4 15-6-1 Columbus 73 40 28 5 85 205 203 24-11-2 16-17-3 13-10-3 Philadelphia 73 37 25 11 85 218 215 18-13-6 19-12-5 11-7-5 New Jersey 72 37 27 8 82 217 215 18-14-3 19-13-5 12-9-1 Florida 69 35 27 7 77 210 216 22-11-3 13-16-4 12-6-2 Carolina 72 31 30 11 73 194 225 16-14-6 15-16-5 9-10-5 N.Y. Rangers 72 32 32 8 72 208 231 20-13-4 12-19-4 9-8-3 N.Y. Islanders 72 30 32 10 70 231 262 16-14-4 14-18-6 10-12-2 Montreal 72 26 34 12 64 182 230 17-11-8 9-23-4 10-8-5 Ottawa 71 26 34 11 63 197 244 15-14-6 11-20-5 8-11-4 Detroit 72 26 35 11 63 184 224 13-14-8 13-21-3 6-13-4 Buffalo 72 23 37 12 58 172 236 11-21-5 12-16-7 10-8-3 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Nashville 72 48 14 10 106 236 178 25-7-4 23-7-6 17-4-2 Vegas 72 46 21 5 97 244 199 25-9-2 21-12-3 17-3-2 Winnipeg 72 43 19 10 96 240 189 26-7-2 17-12-8 13-8-2 Minnesota 72 41 24 7 89 224 206 24-6-6 17-18-1 11-11-0 San Jose 72 40 23 9 89 219 199 21-11-3 19-12-6 19-4-3 Colorado 72 39 25 8 86 231 209 25-9-2 14-16-6 10-10-3 Anaheim 73 37 24 12 86 206 197 22-10-5 15-14-7 11-6-7 Los Angeles 72 39 27 6 84 207 181 19-14-3 20-13-3 11-10-4 Dallas 73 38 27 8 84 209 197 24-10-3 14-17-5 11-13-0 St. Louis 72 39 28 5 83 201 193 21-15-0 18-13-5 10-10-3 Calgary 73 35 28 10 80 202 217 15-17-4 20-11-6 10-9-3 Chicago 73 30 34 9 69 208 223 17-15-4 13-19-5 7-10-3 Edmonton 72 31 36 5 67 201 231 16-17-3 15-19-2 13-9-1 Vancouver 72 25 38 9 59 186 236 12-18-6 13-20-3 6-16-1 Arizona 71 23 37 11 57 170 228 14-20-4 9-17-7 7-10-6\nNOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.\nSunday's Games\nColorado 5, Detroit 1\nVegas 4, Calgary 0\nTampa Bay 3, Edmonton 1\nCarolina 4, N.Y. Islanders 3\nPhiladelphia 6, Washington 3\nWinnipeg 4, Dallas 2\nSt. Louis 5, Chicago 4, OT\nAnaheim 4, New Jersey 2\nMonday's Games\nColumbus 5, Boston 4, OT\nNashville 4, Buffalo 0\nFlorida at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.\nLos Angeles at Minnesota, 8 p.m.\nCalgary at Arizona, 10 p.m.\nTuesday's Games\nColumbus at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.\nDallas at Washington, 7 p.m.\nPittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.\nEdmonton at Carolina, 7 p.m.\nFlorida at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.\nPhiladelphia at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.\nToronto at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.\nLos Angeles at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.\nColorado at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.\nVancouver at Vegas, 10 p.m.\nNew Jersey at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.\nWednesday's Games\nMontreal at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.\nArizona at Buffalo, 7 p.m.\nBoston at St. Louis, 8 p.m.\nAnaheim at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.\nThursday's Games\nN.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.\nArizona at Carolina, 7 p.m.\nFlorida at Columbus, 7 p.m.\nTampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.\nWashington at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.\nEdmonton at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.\nToronto at Nashville, 8 p.m.\nVancouver at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.\nLos Angeles at Colorado, 9 p.m.\nVegas at San Jose, 10 p.m."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Samsung launches 2nd appliance line at S. Carolina facility
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"NEWBERRY, S.C. (AP) — South Korean-based appliance manufacturer Samsung announced the expansion of its production footprint in South Carolina on Monday, making progress on a plan to create nearly 1,000 jobs in the state by 2020.\nThe company officially launched a new line of top-loading washing machines at its facility in Newberry. That's in addition to a line of front-loading washing machines that the South Korean electronics company began making at the plant earlier this year.\nThe expansion comes less than a year after Samsung's June announcement that it would invest $380 million in South Carolina to manufacture home appliances, creating an estimated 950 jobs by 2020. So far, company officials say that they've hired about 650 employees who are now working on the two washing machine lines at a 450,000-square-foot plant.\nSamsung took over property that had belonged to Caterpillar, which announced in April 2016 that it was closing its electric generator packaging facility. The closure left more 300 people out of work, but Samsung said that about 10 percent of the 650 full-time employees currently working at the Newberry plant are former Caterpillar employees.\nSamsung has also hired some of the 6,000 workers left jobless following the scuttling of a reactor construction project at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, about 21 miles (34 km) away.\nSome retrofitting was needed to get Caterpillar's existing buildings in line with Samsung's designs, but Samsung plant manager Tony Fraley said that not having to start from scratch enabled Samsung to get two lines up and running in under a year. Much of the plant's production is focused on robotics, with robots ferrying specially designed trays of parts around the green- and orange-colored plant, and other robots retrieving the pieces and putting them together.\nThe process can be slower than at other manufacturing facilities, Fraley said, but more mechanization means higher productivity and also fewer scratches that can come along with human handling.\n\"Everything has automation built into it,\" Fraley told The Associated Press during a recent tour of the manufacturing plant and new production line.\nAbout 100 Samsung employees from South Korea are currently on-site helping get the new facility up and running, even able to write computer codes on the spot to help the plant run more smoothly. Eventually, Fraley said they will return to the company's headquarters, after training South Carolina employees on all of the technology needed to run the facility's high-tech machines.\n\"If something goes awry, they show us how to fix it,\" Fraley said. \"They show us how to troubleshoot it.\"\nBy this summer, Fraley said he expected the plant to be running at full capacity. Last year, Samsung announced a collaboration with the University of South Carolina and Clemson University in an effort to make the plant a center for customer service and research and development.\nWithout giving specifics, Samsung Electronics North America's President and CEO Tim Baxter told AP that the company hopes to add more production lines in the future, as well as establish a supply chain in the state so that Samsung doesn't have to import as many supplies.\n\"Clearly the plan is to build an eco-system,\" Baxter said in a recent interview. \"Obviously that doesn't happen overnight.\"\n____\nFollow Meg Kinnard on Twitter and see more of her work on apnews.com."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Education Department urged to resume loan cancellations
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog is urging the Education Department to resume the process of forgiving student loans for tens of thousands Americans who were defrauded by for-profit colleges.\nIn a report published Monday, the Office of Inspector General, an independent body within the education agency, recommends that the department restart \"review, approval, and discharge process\" for defrauded students.\nEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos has come under criticism for stalling the review of over 95,000 claims for loan cancellations. The agency has not approved a single claim during her time in office and DeVos' critics charge that she is looking out for industry interests.\nThe AP reported in October that the department is considering abandoning the Obama-era practice of full loan forgiveness in favor of partial relief.\nThe department did not immediately comment."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Owner of crashed Sydney seaplane says route not authorized
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"CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The owner of a seaplane that crashed near Sydney during a New Year's Eve joy flight, killing the Canadian pilot and his five British passengers, says that flight path was not authorized.\nThe Australian Transport Safety Bureau on Wednesday released a preliminary report on its investigation into the cause of the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver crash into the Hawkesbury River.\nSydney Seaplanes chief executive Aaron Shaw said in response to the report that its key question was why the plane was flying in a bay surrounded by steep terrain that had no exit.\nShaw said in a statement Sydney Seaplanes had not authorized the route and \"the plane simply should not have been where it was.\"\nThe report rules out potential causes but does not suggest any likely cause."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Sabres sign Olofsson, who led Swedish league with 27 goals
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"BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres have signed Victor Olofsson to a two-year contract after he scored a Swedish Hockey League-leading 27 goals last season.\nOlofsson was selected by the Sabres in the seventh round of the 2014 draft. The forward has spent the past three seasons in the SHL, collecting 50 goals and 49 assists in 150 regular-season games. Overall, Olofsson had 60 goals and 117 points in 200 games.\nHe is coming off a career-best season in which he finished with 43 points in 50 games during his second year with Frolunda HC.\nThe 22-year-old is listed at 5-foot-11 and 173 pounds.\nThe Sabres announced the agreement on Tuesday.\n___\nMore AP NHL: https://apnews.com/tag/NHLhockey"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about 60 migrants refused by Italy and Malta arrive in Barcelona
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"BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A rescue ship carrying 60 migrants has arrived in a Spanish port after being refused entry by Italy and Malta, the second time in a month that a humanitarian group has been forced to travel for days to unload people rescued in the central Mediterranean.\nThe Open Arms ship docked Wednesday in the northeastern port of Barcelona, where the group — including 5 women, a 9-year-old toddler and four teenagers — will be going through health checks and identification procedures.\nThe Spanish aid group Proactiva Open Arms said the migrants come from 14 countries and are in good health.\nDoctors Without Borders says more than 500 people have died in the Mediterranean since the Aquarius, another rescue ship, was blocked from ports in Italy and Malta in June."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Detained by US, Mexican journalist fears death if deported
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"HOUSTON (AP) — Advocates for a Mexican journalist detained in a remote West Texas facility asked the U.S. government on Monday to grant him asylum instead of deporting him to a country where he believes he'll be killed.\nEmilio Gutierrez Soto fled to the United States a decade ago after articles he wrote alleging corruption in the Mexican military caused his name to end up on a hit list. Mexico is one of the world's most dangerous places for journalism, likened to countries such as Syria and Iraq. At least 11 journalists have been killed in Mexico this year.\nAfter coming within hours of possible deportation, Gutierrez, 54, is now appealing that denial. The National Press Club and other press freedom advocates held an event Monday highlighting Gutierrez's case and those of other reporters whose lives were in danger.\nSpeaking by phone from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Sierra Blanca, Texas, Gutierrez accused Mexican leaders of being complicit in the violence of drug cartels and the murders of journalists, though he did not make specific allegations.\n\"The biggest criminal organization is the government,\" Gutierrez said. \"I'm afraid to take one step into Mexico.\"\nThe U.S. government historically rejects most asylum claims. Over a five-year period ending in September 2016, the U.S. received about 267,000 asylum claims and granted 46,000.\nIt has granted asylum in recent years to a number of Mexican journalists. But Eduardo Beckett, Gutierrez's lawyer, accused the U.S. of turning a blind eye to corruption and violence in Mexico, and blamed the Trump administration for changing how it deals with asylum seekers.\n\"There is no more humanity,\" Beckett said. \"The new tactic is, we'll pressure you, we'll keep you detained, in hopes you'll give up.\"\nAnother Mexican journalist did just that earlier this year. After spending nearly four months in an immigration facility, reporter Martin Mendez Pineda returned to Mexico and went into hiding.\nMexico has created a federal protection program for journalists, with about 600 enrollees nationwide. But one reporter in the program was killed earlier this year, and others question whether the federal government has the power or the will to protect them. Meanwhile, high-profile killings have continued, including the death of Javier Valdez, a legendary reporter who covered drug trafficking in Sinaloa state.\nGutierrez worked for El Diario del Noroeste, a newspaper in the state of Chihuahua. He said his problems began after he wrote articles that alleged military forces were robbing and extorting local people in Chihuahua, which borders New Mexico and part of West Texas.\nAfter receiving what his advocates called veiled threats, Gutierrez discovered his name had been placed on a hit list. So he fled north with his teenage son and entered the U.S. in 2008, seeking asylum.\nHe spent seven months in detention before his release in January 2009, while his application for asylum remained pending.\nBeckett said that Gutierrez was no longer working in journalism while living in the West Texas border city of El Paso. Instead, he supported himself by operating a food truck, Beckett said. His son, now 24, works in a restaurant. But while in the United States, Gutierrez heard from people back in Mexico that if he returned, he would end up like other journalists who were killed.\nAfter nine years, a judge denied his asylum request in July, and the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed his appeal in November.\nHis advocates say he came close to being sent back to Mexico before the appeals board on Thursday issued a stay of his deportation.\nThe U.S. Department of Justice and the Mexican foreign affairs ministry did not return messages seeking comment Monday. ICE said in a statement that Gutierrez remains in the agency's custody \"pending disposition of his immigration case.\"\n___\nFollow Nomaan Merchant on Twitter at @nomaanmerchant. Associated Press reporter Christopher Sherman in Mexico City contributed to this report.\n___\nSign up for the AP's weekly newsletter showcasing our best reporting from the Midwest and Texas: —http://apne.ws/2u1RMfv"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Ameresco’s Woodland Meadows Landfill State-of-the-Art Gas to Energy Facility Now Open
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"FRAMINGHAM, Mass. & WAYNE, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, today announced that the landfill gas to renewable natural gas facility at Waste Management’s, Woodland Meadows Landfill has achieved EPA approval and is now in operation.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005931/en/\nAmeresco designed, built, owns and operates the biogas-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) facility that converts approximately 6,600 SCFM of landfill gas to approximately 3,500 dekatherms of RNG every day. The state-of-the-art facility was commissioned in November 2017.\n“The project, one of the largest of its kind in the US, is unique both technically and commercially,” said Michael T. Bakas, Executive Vice President of Ameresco. “We are very proud of the focus and hard work our staff invested to bring this renewable energy project to fruition. Working with Waste Management and GAIN Clean Fuel to develop this facility has been a very rewarding experience. We look forward to a long-term partnership on this flagship project with these two incredible organizations.”\n“Waste Management is proud to partner with Ameresco to recover valuable resources and create clean, renewable energy from the landfill,” said John Myers, Director, Operations, Waste Management. “It is gratifying to be involved in using disposed materials and transitioning them into tremendous environmental benefits.”\nThe renewable natural gas facility operates continuously. Blower stations draw the gas from the raw landfill gas to produce pipeline-quality gas for distribution in the local gas distribution system. Gas is then injected into the natural gas pipeline, where it is eventually utilized in the vehicle fuel market.\nGAIN Clean Fuel, in partnership with Ameresco, takes ownership of the RNG upon delivery to the natural gas distribution system and transports it for use within the transportation sector.\n“RNG is one of the few alternative fuels that creates air quality improvements during the fuel production process and when used for actual transportation,” said Bryan Nudelbacher, Director of Business Development, GAIN Clean Fuel. “This truly positions companies using renewable natural gas for sustainability success.”\nTraditionally, landfill gas is flared onsite, but current technologies allow for the harnessing of this gas and its conversion into a cleaner renewable transportation fuel.\nAbout Waste Management Waste Management partners with customers and communities to manage and reduce waste from collection to disposal while recovering valuable resources and creating clean, renewable energy. Their Woodland Meadows Recycling and Disposal Facility (RDF) in Wayne, MI is a regional facility that provides safe and convenient disposal services for communities, businesses and industries serving the Detroit Metro and surrounding areas.\nAbout U.S. Gain U.S. Gain, a division of U.S. Venture, Inc., is a leading supplier of renewable (RNG) and compressed (CNG) natural gas—environmentally-friendly and cost-effective alternatives to diesel. GAIN Clean Fuel stations strategically located throughout the United States and Canada feature easy-access for all-natural gas vehicles, 99% site uptime, fast-fill capabilities and premium fuel quality.\nAbout U.S. Venture For more than 65 years, U.S. Venture, Inc. has been recognized as an innovative leader in the distribution of petroleum and renewable energy products, lubricants, and tires and parts for the automotive aftermarket. Guided by its company vision, “To be the very best value-adding distributor of products that vehicles consume in North America,” they deliver unconventional, creative solutions that give their customers a competitive edge. Headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, the company’s business divisions are U.S. Oil, U.S. AutoForce®, U.S. Lubricants and U.S. Gain.\nAbout Ameresco, Inc. Founded in 2000, Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) is a leading independent provider of comprehensive services, energy efficiency, infrastructure upgrades, asset sustainability and renewable energy solutions for businesses and organizations throughout North America and Europe. Ameresco’s sustainability services include upgrades to a facility’s energy infrastructure and the development, construction and operation of renewable energy plants. Ameresco has successfully completed energy saving, environmentally responsible projects with Federal, state and local governments, healthcare and educational institutions, housing authorities, and commercial and industrial customers. With its corporate headquarters in Framingham, MA, Ameresco has more than 1,000 employees providing local expertise in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.ameresco.com.\nThe announcement of our entry into a renewable natural gas purchase and sale agreement is not necessarily indicative of the timing or amount of revenue from such contract, of the company’s overall revenue for any particular period or of trends in the company’s overall total assets in development and operation. This project was reported in assets in development as of December 31, 2017.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005931/en/\nCONTACT: Ameresco:\nCarolAnn Hibbard, 508-661-2264\[email protected]\nor\nU.S. Venture, Inc.:\nAlison Mayer, 920-915-4389\[email protected]\nor\nGAIN Clean Fuel:\nStephanie Lowney, 920-730-7134\[email protected]\nor\nWaste Management:\nTanisha A. Sanders, 248-596-3519\[email protected]\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENERGY ALTERNATIVE ENERGY OIL/GAS UTILITIES ENVIRONMENT\nSOURCE: Ameresco, Inc.\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/23/2018 11:07 AM/DISC: 04/23/2018 11:07 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005931/en"
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Cahill to play for Millwall to help prepare for World Cup
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"LONDON (AP) — Tim Cahill signed a short-term deal with English second-tier club Millwall on Monday in a move designed to help Australia's all-time record scorer prepare for the World Cup in Russia.\nThe 38-year-old forward returns to a team for whom he scored 57 goals in 251 appearances from 1998-2004. He will stay at Millwall until the end of the English season, which finishes about a month before the World Cup.\n\"The romance of the story is definitely not lost on me,\" Cahill said. \"I've always said that if I came back to England, I'd come home. Millwall is where I learnt my trade and it was the most important learning period of my life.\"\nCahill left Millwall for Everton in 2004, then joined New York Red Bulls in 2012. He went on to have a spell in China before returning to Australia to join Melbourne City in 2016.\nWith the help of Cahill, Australia qualified for the World Cup by beating Honduras in an intercontinental playoff over two legs in November."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about The Latest: Workers rush repairs at dam as storm approaches
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"OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on problems with an emergency spillway at the nation's tallest dam (all times local):\n7:25 a.m.\nThe Oroville Reservoir is continuing to drain as state water officials scrambled to reduce the lake's level ahead of impending storms.\nThe Los Angeles Times reports (http://lat.ms/2lKMK5I) that the reservoir was down 20 feet since it reached capacity on Sunday when it overflowed and sparked an evacuation order for nearly 200,000 people south of the dam.\nOfficials say the lake is draining at 100,000 cubic feet per second, reducing the reservoir about a foot every three hours. The Department of Water Resources wants to drop the reservoir's level 50 feet overall by Sunday.\nForecasts call for 2-4 inches of rain and snow in the foothills and mountains starting Wednesday night or early Thursday. But the storm was looking colder than initially projected, meaning less rain and less runoff than last week's storms.\n_____\n12:30 a.m.\nThe stress of evacuation and an uncertain future were enough for Donald Azevedo and his family to opt to stay a few more nights in an emergency shelter rather than risk having to do it all again.\nThe family was among the nearly 200,000 Californians who live downstream from the country's tallest dam who were told they could return home but warned they may have to flee again if repairs made to the battered Oroville Dam spillways don't hold.\nThe fixes could be put to their first test later this week with the first of a series of small storms forecast for the region expected to reach the area Wednesday night."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about US to keep Persian Gulf waterway open despite Iran threats
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"DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military is reiterating a promise to keep Persian Gulf waterways open to oil tankers as Iran renewed threats to close off the region.\nCapt. Bill Urban, a spokesman for the U.S. military's Central Command, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that American sailors and its regional allies \"stand ready to ensure the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce wherever international law allows.\"\nIranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday suggested Iran could halt regional exports if it is stopped from exporting oil after America pulled out of the nuclear deal with world powers.\nMeanwhile, Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani reportedly sent a letter to Rouhani applauding his stance.\nSoleimani, the head of the Revolutionary Guard's expeditionary Quds Force, said his forces were \"ready for any policy.\""
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Lindsey Vonn eyes some unfinished business at 2018 Olympics
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"Lindsey Vonn couldn't wiggle her fingers or move her wrist. Understandably, she wanted to be reassured everything would be OK.\nA crash during training had left her screaming, then passing out from the pain, on the side of a Colorado mountain, 15 months ahead of the Pyeongchang Olympics. Just one of a series of serious injuries that has interrupted the American's illustrious ski career, this required delicate surgery to insert a plate and more than a dozen screws into her broken right arm while trying to avoid nerve damage.\n\"She looked up at me: 'Buddy, you're going to fix this, right? You've got this?'\" her longtime sports physical therapist, Lindsay Winninger, recalled in a recent telephone interview with The Associated Press. \"I confidently said, 'Yes.' But at that point in time, I didn't know if I (could). That was hard from Day One. ... We were putting in almost eight hours a day on that arm, to try and revive the nerve a little bit and get things done as fast as possible. That was a big one.\"\nThere have been several big ones for Vonn along the way, no real surprise given that she spends day after day hurtling herself down icy slopes at speeds that can top 75 mph.\n\"The thing is, everyone asks me if I'm afraid after so many crashes. Do I take my foot off the gas pedal? ... You try to manage risk as much as you want,\" she said. \"But at the end of the day, it's a dangerous sport.\"\nConcussions. Broken fingers. Torn ligaments. A fractured ankle.\nThe lengthy list includes the ripped-up right knee that held her out of the 2014 Sochi Games and prevented her from defending her downhill gold medal from four years earlier, when she also collected a bronze in the super-G.\n\"Eight years has been a very long time. Obviously, I was very ... disappointed and devastated and frustrated that I missed Sochi,\" the 33-year-old Vonn said. \"I've been waiting for this for a long time. I'm ready.\"\nSo it's only natural that as she looked ahead to the 2018 Winter Games, which open in South Korea on Feb. 9, Vonn voiced one primary concern — and it was not related to making sure her racing would be at its best.\nIn sum: To get a chance to add to her medal collection, she'll need to be in the starting hut.\n\"I don't really think about peaking, so much as staying healthy. As long as I'm healthy and confident, then I'll be in a great position when I get to Pyeongchang,\" Vonn said.\n\"Getting to February healthy,\" she said, \"is the only thing I should focus on.\"\nAs much as she's already done — and won — in a sport she has dominated for stretches, including four World Cup overall titles and seven world championships medals, Vonn still has plenty of unfinished business on her agenda.\nThere's her lingering bid to break Ingemar Stenmark's career record for most World Cup wins, the most celebrated mark in ski racing. Vonn's count is up to 79, the most for a woman, and only seven behind Stenmark, a Swede who competed in the 1970s and '80s.\nIt's that chase that prompted Vonn to declare already that she has decided to return to the World Cup circuit next season, saying, \"I already put enough pressure on myself to reach that goal, anyway. I want to make sure I give myself a little more time, so I'm not stressed about it.\"\nThen there's her ongoing pursuit of barrier-breaking competition against men, something Vonn has spoken about pursuing for years.\nShe views it as something that could be as significant as Billie Jean King's exhibition tennis match against Bobby Riggs in 1973, chronicled in last year's \"Battle of the Sexes.\"\n\"I want to see what I'm capable of. It would be really great exposure for the sport,\" Vonn said. \"My personal ambitions aside, I think you have to look at it from a broader perspective. What Billie Jean King did all those years ago made a huge and lasting impact. We have to continue to push the envelope and push women forward in sports.\"\nU.S. Ski and Snowboard formally petitioned the International Ski Federation's Alpine executive board in October on behalf of Vonn, with a goal of being allowed to race against men sometime next season.\nThe proposal was put on hold; it is expected to be considered in May.\n\"Why not? We train with her,\" said Vonn's U.S. teammate, Ted Ligety, a two-time Olympic gold medalist. \"I'd fully be psyched to see her race against guys.\"\nIn case you hadn't noticed, Vonn is not deterred easily.\nIt's why she never allowed any of those injuries to derail her career for good.\nIt's why she owned remarks made in an interview with CNN , in which she said she would \"absolutely not\" visit the White House if the U.S. Olympic team is invited after Pyeongchang and, \"I want to represent our country well. I don't think that there are a lot of people currently in our government that do that.\"\nVonn took some heat on social media after that aired in December, then defended herself by saying at a subsequent World Cup race: \"I was asked my opinion and I gave it. I mean, it's not necessarily my place to be sticking my nose in politics, but as an athlete, I do have a voice.\"\nWhatever might get in her way, Vonn presses ahead.\nThat's why she will be back at the Olympics next month.\nAnd back on World Cup courses next year.\nMaybe even racing against men.\n\"I love going fast. That's why I haven't stopped skiing. I'm 33. I've been injured quite a few times, but my passion for the sport has never changed since I started racing when I was 8 years old,\" Vonn said. \"As long as I'm still enjoying it, and I don't have to use too much duct tape to hold my body together, I'm good. I'm set.\"\n___\nMore AP Olympic coverage: https://wintergames.ap.org/"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Freed prisoner witnessed radicalization in Egyptian jails
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"DUBLIN (AP) — An Irish citizen recently acquitted after four years' imprisonment in Egypt says he saw dozens of cellmates become radicalized and adopt views of the Islamic State group during his brutal captivity in overcrowded jails.\nIbrahim Halawa was arrested after security forces broke up a 2013 sit-in protesting the army's overthrow of an elected Islamist president. The 21-year-old was released in October after being held in a half-dozen detention centers.\nHis experience provides a unique perspective on how conditions inside Egypt's notorious prisons have degenerated during an unprecedented crackdown on dissent.\nHalawa, who is of Egyptian descent, had faced death by hanging on charges that ranged from inciting violence to murder. He says regular beatings with bars and metal chains during captivity led him and others to the brink of despair."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about The Latest: Woman pleads guilty in pregnant neighbor's death
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"FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The Latest on one of two suspects pleading guilty in the killing of a pregnant North Dakota woman. (all times local):\n11:40 a.m.\nA North Dakota woman has pleaded guilty in the killing of a pregnant neighbor so she and her boyfriend could keep the baby.\nThirty-eight-year-old Brooke Crews could face life in prison after pleading guilty Monday to conspiracy to commit kidnapping and murder, and lying to law officers in the death of 22-year-old Savanna Greywind, of Fargo.\nCrews' attorney said she wanted to take responsibility for her actions, but Crews didn't offer details on how Greywind was killed. Authorities haven't said either.\nGreywind was eight months pregnant when she disappeared in August. Kayakers found her body wrapped in plastic in a river. The baby was found alive in the apartment Crews shared with her 32-year-old boyfriend, William Hoehn. He's scheduled for trial in March.\nCass County prosecutor Birch Burdick didn't comment on Crews' plea.\n___\n10:15 a.m.\nA North Dakota woman accused of killing a pregnant neighbor so she and her boyfriend could keep the baby is set to change her plea.\nThirty-eight-year-old Brooke Crews is scheduled to appear in Cass County Court in Fargo on Monday. She and her boyfriend, 32-year-old William Hoehn, have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and kidnapping in the death of 22-year-old Savanna Greywind.\nInvestigators haven't said how Greywind was killed, but Fargo's police chief has called it a \"cruel and vicious act of depravity.\"\nThe baby was found alive in Crews and Hoehn's apartment in Fargo. Greywind's boyfriend says DNA tests confirmed he and Greywind are the girl's parents.\nGreywind was eight months pregnant when she disappeared in August. Kayakers found her body wrapped in plastic in a river."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Yemen's war within a war: What does new fighting mean?
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"CAIRO (AP) — A civil war within a civil war has broken out in Yemen.\nRifts exploded within the U.S.-backed alliance joining Yemen's president and the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels, as forces loyal to each side turned on each other in fierce fighting this week. As a result, the southern city of Aden has become a war zone. The airport has been shut down, schools and shops closed, and families fled districts with the most intense battles.\nThe new split brings more uncertainty and violence in a nearly 3-year-old conflict that has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Here a look at what's happening:\nWHO IS FIGHTING WHOM?\nForces loyal to the Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi have largely been defeated in Aden by a separatist group calling itself the Transitional Southern Council and its forces known as the Security Belt, which was formed, financed and armed by the United Arab Emirates, a key member of the Saudi-led coalition that ostensibly backs Hadi.\nThe council is led by Aidarous al-Zubaidi, once the governor of Aden who was forced out of his post by Hadi last year. Al-Zubaidi joined forces with southern separatist factions fighting for the coalition. The council advocates secession and a return to the pre-1990 situation when there were two Yemeni states.\nLast week, the council gave an ultimatum to Hadi to fire his government over allegations of corruption and incompetence. As the deadline was expiring, the separatists and Hadi's forces pounded each other using tanks, artillery and machine guns. In less than three days, the council forces seized control of most of Aden, including the district where the president's Mashiq Palace is located. Members of Hadi's government are preparing to flee.\nWHY DID THEY TURN AGAINST EACH OTHER?\nHadi has been at odds with the UAE for most of the past two years. The Emirates has taken advantage of the war to seal domination over southern Yemen, taking over oil and gas facilities and ports, setting up militias and creating a network of secret prisons. Hadi and his aides have complained publicly and privately that the UAE is acting like an occupier. The UAE considers Hadi and his circle as corrupt and incompetent and is angered by Hadi's alliance with the Emirates' nemesis, the Muslim Brotherhood's branch in Yemen, known as the Islah Party.\nThe AP has reported earlier that Hadi, his sons, and a number of his aides and commanders, now in Riyadh, were banned from returning to Yemen as Saudis put them under virtual house arrest to appease the UAE.\nWHAT ABOUT THE BROADER CIVIL WAR?\nThe fight between the Hadi-coalition alliance and the Shiite rebels known as Houthis has been largely stalemated, with some see-sawing of control on the edges of territory but no major breakthroughs. The Houthis control the north, the capital Sanaa and most of the western Red Sea coast. The coalition and Hadi's forces hold Aden, most of the south and the east (which in the past was part of the separate nation of South Yemen.)\nLast month, the alliance on the rebel side fell apart as well when fighting erupted between the Houthis and their partner throughout the war, former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. Saleh was fed up with Houthi monopolizing of the north and reached out to ally with Hadi and the coalition. But the Houthis attacked his forces in the capital, defeated them, killed Saleh and arrested hundreds of his loyalists and relatives, leaving the rebels as the sole power.\nWHAT HAPPENS NEXT?\nIf the power struggle within the coalition drags on with fighting in Aden or spreads to other cities, the vacuum could allow extremists like al-Qaida and the Islamic State group to surge and allow the Houthis to advance. One likely scenario is that Hadi will succumb to UAE pressure, toss out his current government, dump his Islamist allies and create a new administration filled with UAE-approved figures. That would solidify the Emirates' power but keep Hadi in place.\nWhat Saudi Arabic does next could be decisive, and so far its stance is unclear. The kingdom says restoring Hadi is its main objective in Yemen but then, the Saudi coalition spokesman avoided condemning the separatists and called on Hadi to \"fix flaws\" in his government, implying Saudi consent.\nYemen's civil war, meanwhile, shows no sign of ending. It has left more than 10,000 people dead, displaced 2 million people and pushed the impoverished nation of some 28 million people to the verge of famine. A proposal for a long-term solution came from a well-known former Saudi general Anwar Eshki, known to be close to Saudi Arabia's crown prince. On Twitter, Eshki recently called for the formation of self-rule entities in the north and south under federation headed by Hadi."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Global Forecast-Asia
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"Global Forecast - Asia as of 13:30 GMT Monday, December 11, 2017\nMinimum and maximum temperatures in Celsius, precipitation in centimeters and weather conditions as recorded for the previous day (Dec 10 except Asia and Australia where data is for Dec 11) and forecast for the current and following day in each city as of 1330 GMT:\n_____\nCITY;MIN;MAX;COND;PRECIP;MIN;MAX;COND;MIN;MAX;COND\nAbidjan;25;33;pc;1.07;25;31;rn;25;31;pc\nAbu Dhabi;19;25;pc;0;17;25;pc;16;26;clr\nAleppo;3;14;clr;0;4;16;clr;3;16;clr\nAlgiers;10;20;c;0;8;13;c;7;14;pc\nAmsterdam;-1;2;sn;25.15;-1;3;pc;2;5;rn\nAnchorage;0;6;c;10.34;0;4;c;-1;4;rn\nAshgabat;-2;10;clr;0;-2;7;clr;-1;6;pc\nAstana;-14;-10;sn;4.17;-19;-11;pc;-24;-13;clr\nAsuncion;20;35;clr;0;21;35;clr;23;37;clr\nAthens;8;15;clr;1.22;9;18;clr;10;19;clr\nAuckland;18;23;rn;6.45;17;24;pc;16;23;pc\nBaghdad;6;19;clr;0;6;19;clr;5;20;pc\nBahrain;16;20;clr;0;16;21;clr;17;21;clr\nBanda Aceh;23;34;rn;2.46;22;31;pc;23;32;pc\nBangalore;17;29;clr;0;18;29;pc;18;28;pc\nBangkok;25;34;pc;0;26;33;pc;25;33;pc\nBarcelona;5;16;rn;0;3;12;pc;7;13;pc\nBeijing;-7;2;clr;0;-8;-1;pc;-7;1;pc\nBelgrade;8;12;pc;0.53;7;16;pc;3;9;rn\nBerlin;3;4;c;7.34;-1;6;c;2;4;c\nBogota;8;19;rn;3.2;7;19;c;8;20;pc\nBrasilia;18;23;rn;18.8;18;25;c;17;23;rn\nBratislava;9;13;c;1.02;2;11;rn;0;4;pc\nBrisbane;18;27;pc;0.74;19;28;clr;20;29;clr\nBrussels;0;4;sn;3.68;0;3;pc;3;7;rn\nBucharest;0;5;pc;3.56;4;11;clr;5;12;pc\nBudapest;8;12;c;1.37;3;15;rn;-1;5;rn\nBuenos Aires;17;23;clr;0;20;29;pc;20;32;pc\nBujumbura;18;29;rn;15.62;17;33;pc;18;33;pc\nBusan;-5;4;pc;0.58;-2;2;clr;-4;4;clr\nCairo;13;23;pc;0;14;25;clr;13;23;clr\nCape Town;15;25;pc;0;15;21;clr;16;19;c\nCaracas;16;27;pc;2.97;18;27;pc;19;25;pc\nChennai;24;32;pc;0.23;23;32;pc;24;31;pc\nChicago;-7;5;sn;0;-9;-3;pc;-2;0;sn\nColombo;24;32;pc;0;24;30;rn;24;30;rn\nCopenhagen;1;2;pc;3.2;0;2;sn;2;3;rn\nDakar;21;28;pc;0;21;26;pc;20;27;pc\nDallas;5;24;clr;0;3;14;clr;5;21;clr\nDar es Salaam;24;31;c;0.99;25;31;pc;25;32;pc\nDenver;0;15;clr;0;2;18;clr;-1;14;pc\nDhahran;10;22;clr;0;11;22;clr;12;22;clr\nDhaka;21;30;c;27.38;19;30;c;17;29;pc\nDili;23;35;pc;14.35;23;33;clr;24;33;c\nDubai;21;26;clr;0;18;26;clr;18;27;clr\nDublin;-1;4;pc;11.43;3;6;rn;2;6;rn\nDushanbe;-1;8;clr;0;-2;7;pc;-3;6;pc\nGibraltar;8;18;rn;1.52;9;14;clr;11;15;pc\nHanoi;16;19;c;0.05;17;19;rn;17;19;rn\nHarare;16;25;c;5.38;17;25;rn;17;26;pc\nHavana;14;22;clr;0;19;23;clr;15;24;pc\nHelsinki;-1;1;c;0.91;-2;4;sn;0;2;pc\nHo Chi Minh City;23;32;clr;0;23;32;pc;24;32;pc\nHong Kong;16;23;clr;0;16;20;pc;18;21;c\nHonolulu;21;28;pc;1.68;20;27;rn;20;27;pc\nHyderabad;15;30;clr;0;17;31;clr;19;31;clr\nIslamabad;8;17;rn;0;6;17;rn;4;17;c\nIstanbul;11;14;clr;4.37;11;16;pc;10;16;clr\nJakarta;24;32;rn;2.03;24;32;rn;24;32;rn\nJeddah;22;31;clr;0.69;22;30;pc;22;30;pc\nJerusalem;8;20;pc;0;8;21;c;8;18;clr\nJohannesburg;14;23;c;2.84;15;28;pc;13;26;rn\nKabul;-3;10;pc;0;-4;8;clr;-4;5;pc\nKarachi;12;26;clr;0;12;26;pc;10;25;pc\nKathmandu;8;23;clr;0;6;23;pc;6;23;clr\nKhartoum;20;35;clr;0;20;36;clr;20;34;clr\nKiev;2;3;pc;0;4;10;pc;1;8;rn\nKingston;25;28;rn;2.79;24;29;rn;24;27;rn\nKinshasa;23;31;rn;5.61;23;32;c;23;29;rn\nKolkata;19;30;c;7.19;18;30;pc;17;30;pc\nKuala Lumpur;25;30;rn;4.9;25;31;rn;24;32;rn\nKuwait;6;20;clr;0;7;21;clr;8;21;clr\nLa Paz;3;16;c;0;3;16;pc;2;16;pc\nLagos;24;32;pc;0.99;25;30;pc;26;31;pc\nLima;18;23;c;0;18;23;c;19;23;pc\nLisbon;8;14;pc;16.48;8;14;clr;12;14;pc\nLondon;-4;3;rn;17.42;0;2;pc;3;7;rn\nLos Angeles;12;28;clr;0;13;28;clr;11;27;clr\nLuanda;24;30;pc;0;24;30;pc;24;30;c\nMadrid;0;11;c;3.12;-1;10;clr;4;11;pc\nMale;26;31;clr;0;25;31;pc;26;31;pc\nManaus;24;31;rn;6.1;23;29;rn;24;30;rn\nManila;25;30;pc;0.3;25;32;pc;24;30;pc\nMecca;21;35;clr;1.24;21;34;pc;21;34;pc\nMelbourne;13;24;pc;0;14;27;clr;19;35;pc\nMexico City;4;20;clr;0;3;21;clr;7;23;pc\nMiami;9;21;clr;0;12;23;clr;8;20;clr\nMinsk;-1;1;sn;0.71;1;6;pc;-5;3;pc\nMogadishu;24;31;clr;0;24;31;clr;24;31;clr\nMontevideo;13;20;pc;0;17;27;pc;20;30;pc\nMontreal;-11;-9;sn;2.72;-9;-3;sn;-15;-8;sn\nMoscow;-5;2;sn;1.96;0;1;sn;-2;3;c\nMumbai;21;29;clr;0;21;28;pc;20;28;pc\nNairobi;12;23;pc;0;12;26;pc;13;27;clr\nNew Delhi;14;26;pc;0;13;23;pc;11;22;pc\nNew York;1;5;pc;0;-4;10;c;-5;0;pc\nNicosia;9;19;pc;0;9;21;clr;7;21;clr\nNovosibirsk;-13;-5;pc;0.25;-16;-11;sn;-16;-11;c\nOsaka-shi;1;9;pc;0.89;1;6;pc;1;7;pc\nOslo;-8;-1;sn;1.02;-10;-5;sn;-2;-1;sn\nOttawa;-11;-8;pc;3.23;-12;-5;sn;-18;-11;sn\nPago Pago;25;28;rn;38.84;25;29;rn;25;29;rn\nPanama City;22;28;rn;0.51;23;29;rn;23;30;pc\nParamaribo;24;31;c;2.03;24;30;c;24;31;c\nParis;0;10;rn;12.19;2;5;pc;5;9;rn\nPerth;19;36;clr;0;16;27;clr;17;25;clr\nPhnom Penh;23;33;pc;0;24;32;pc;23;32;pc\nPort Moresby;23;29;rn;5.08;23;29;rn;24;31;rn\nPort-au-prince;21;31;pc;2.34;22;30;rn;22;30;rn\nPrague;4;6;c;3.56;-1;6;c;0;3;pc\nPyongyang;-15;-8;clr;3.43;-16;-7;clr;-19;-6;clr\nQuito;10;18;rn;23.24;11;18;rn;11;21;c\nRabat;7;16;rn;0;4;15;rn;5;16;clr\nRecife;26;31;pc;1.45;25;31;pc;25;31;pc\nReykjavik;0;2;pc;0;-1;3;sn;-2;0;clr\nRiga;0;1;sn;0.25;2;7;sn;-3;3;pc\nRio de Janeiro;22;31;pc;0.48;21;24;rn;20;26;c\nRiyadh;6;22;clr;0;5;24;clr;8;23;clr\nRome;14;17;rn;3.45;10;17;rn;5;14;rn\nSaint Petersburg;-5;1;c;9.3;0;3;sn;-1;4;sn\nSan Francisco;9;18;clr;0;8;18;clr;9;17;clr\nSan Jose;17;20;rn;9.78;17;22;pc;18;23;pc\nSan Juan;22;29;pc;0;22;30;pc;24;30;pc\nSan Salvador;15;22;pc;0;15;23;pc;15;23;pc\nSana'a;0;26;clr;0;1;24;clr;2;24;clr\nSantiago;12;28;clr;0;11;25;pc;13;28;clr\nSanto Domingo;20;29;pc;0;21;28;pc;22;29;pc\nSao Paulo;2;10;rn;21.54;4;13;clr;10;13;pc\nSeattle;2;9;clr;0;4;9;clr;3;10;pc\nSeoul;-12;-5;clr;4.78;-11;-4;clr;-12;-2;clr\nShanghai;6;10;clr;0;6;10;pc;7;11;c\nSingapore;25;32;rn;7.62;25;31;rn;25;30;rn\nSofia;-5;2;pc;8.38;-1;10;pc;4;12;pc\nSt. John's;24;28;rn;1.02;24;29;pc;23;29;pc\nStockholm;0;1;sn;0.25;-5;2;sn;1;2;c\nSydney;20;27;clr;0;20;27;clr;22;31;c\nTaipei City;16;19;c;0.23;17;19;rn;17;20;rn\nTallinn;-3;-2;clr;1.52;0;5;sn;-1;2;sn\nTashkent;-5;5;pc;2.03;-5;2;clr;-5;3;clr\nTbilisi;-1;10;pc;0;0;9;pc;0;9;clr\nTehran;1;12;clr;0;0;10;clr;2;11;clr\nTel Aviv;14;26;pc;0;14;26;c;15;23;pc\nTirana;11;15;c;1.02;10;18;pc;9;19;rn\nTokyo;2;16;clr;0;1;10;clr;2;9;clr\nToronto;-4;-2;sn;3.07;-9;0;sn;-10;-5;pc\nTripoli;10;21;clr;0;11;22;clr;11;22;clr\nTunis;10;22;clr;0;9;20;pc;8;18;pc\nUlan Bator;-24;-17;pc;0;-24;-16;pc;-27;-16;pc\nVancouver;4;10;clr;0;4;10;c;4;10;c\nVienna;7;13;c;0;1;10;rn;-1;5;pc\nVientiane;22;27;c;0;21;27;pc;21;29;c\nVilnius;1;2;sn;0;1;9;pc;-3;2;pc\nWarsaw;5;6;pc;3.05;0;11;c;-1;3;pc\nWellington;17;21;clr;0;15;23;pc;14;20;pc\nYangon;23;32;clr;0;22;33;clr;22;33;clr\nYerevan;-7;4;clr;0;-6;5;clr;-5;5;clr\nLegend: clr...clear;pc...partly cloudy;c...cloudy;rn...rain;sn...snow\n_____\nCopyright 2017 AccuWeather\n_____\nKeywords: Forecast, Global, Asia"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about The Latest: Pharmacist tearfully apologizes for outbreak
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"BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on sentencing in the 2012 meningitis outbreak (all times local):\n12:20 a.m.\nThe pharmacist convicted in connection with a deadly meningitis outbreak has tearfully apologized to the victims for the pain and suffering they endured.\nGlenn Chin sobbed as he struggled through his statement during his sentencing hearing in Boston's federal courthouse on Wednesday.\nChin said he has prayed every day for the people who were impacted by the outbreak. Chin says he understands that many of the victims will never forgive him, but said he will continue to pray that they will \"find some sort of peace.\"\nChin was convicted in October of fraud and racketeering, but cleared of second-degree murder. Prosecutors are seeking 35 years behind bars, while the defense is urging the judge for a three-year sentence.\n___\n11:45 a.m.\nVictims of the 2012 meningitis outbreak and their family members are describing the pain and suffering they experienced because of the contaminated drugs.\nThe victims spoke Wednesday during the sentencing hearing in federal court in Boston for pharmacist Glenn Chin, who was convicted of racketeering and mail fraud for his role in the nationwide outbreak.\nThe Massachusetts man was cleared in October of second-degree murder under federal racketeering law.\nColette Rybinski choked back tears as she described watching her 55-year-old husband deteriorate mentally and physically after being injected with a mold-tainted steroid.\nShe urged the judge to punish Chin severely, saying he ignored plenty of warning signs that the drugs were unsafe.\nProsecutors are seeking a 35-year-sentence for Chin. Chin's lawyers are asking for about three years behind bars.\n___\n12 a.m.\nA Massachusetts pharmacist convicted of mail fraud and racketeering in connection with a deadly meningitis outbreak is set to be sentenced.\nProsecutors in Boston's federal court will ask a judge Wednesday to sentence Glenn Chin to 35 years in prison for his role in the 2012 outbreak that killed 76 people and sickened hundreds.\nChin was cleared in October of second-degree murder charges, but convicted on dozens of other counts. Chin ran the now-closed New England Compounding Center's clean rooms, where the drugs were made.\nThe outbreak was traced to mold-contaminated steroid injections.\nChin's attorneys are asking for about three years behind bars. They say there's no evidence Chin caused the drugs to become contaminated and have blamed the pharmacy's co-founder, Barry Cadden.\nCadden is serving a nine-year prison sentence."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Global Offshore Patrol Vessel Market 2018-2022
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"LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 4, 2018--The global offshore patrol vessel market is expected to post a CAGR of close to 4% during the period 2018-2022, according to the latest market research report by .\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180704005215/en/\nTechnavio has published a new market research report on the global offshore patrol vessel market from 2018-2022. (Photo: Business Wire)\nA key factor driving the growth of the global offshore patrol vessel market is China’s aggressive expansion into the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. China has built more than 3,200 acres of land on islands in the South China Sea. The country is also strategizing to expand naval operations into the Indian Ocean. Therefore, many nations, including Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and India are taking measures in terms of increasing their naval strength in both the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean.\nThis market research report on the provides an analysis of the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook during the forecast period. Technavio classifies an emerging trend as a major factor that has the potential to significantly impact the market and contribute to its growth or decline.\nThis report is available at a USD 1,000 discount for a limited time only:\nIn this report, Technavio highlights active procurement programs across the world as one of the key emerging trends in the global offshore patrol vessel (OPV) market:\nGlobal offshore patrol vessel market: Active procurement programs across the world\nOPVs are versatile and can be used for a range of purposes. They cost less than frigates and corvettes but can be deployed. Therefore, various nations across the world are expanding their fleet of OPVs. A few of them that did not own an OPV before are also ordering OPVs. For instance, countries such as Poland and Qatar are introducing OPVs into their fleets.\n“Besides procuring new vessels, a few nations are also upgrading their existing fleet of OPVs as well as other sea vessels to be a patrol vessel. For instance, the Royal Australian Navy has planned for upgrading its survey vessels to patrol vessels, retrofitting them with the necessary equipment. These factors are expected to drive the growth of the global OPV market during the forecast period,” says a senior market research analyst at Technavio for transportation and distribution.\nGlobal offshore patrol vessel market: Segmentation analysis\nThis market research report segments the global offshore patrol vessel market by product (high-end OPVs and basic OPVs) and geographical regions (APAC, EMEA, and the Americas).\nThe high-end OPVs segment held a smaller share of the market in 2017, owing to the higher cost of procurement as compared to the basic OPVs, which are more affordable. The market share of the basic OPVs is expected to increase further over the forecast period.\nAPAC led the market in 2017 with over 45% of the market share, followed by EMEA and the Americas respectively. The market share of APAC is expected to witness a further increase of more than 2% over the forecast period, while EMEA and the Americas will see a decline in their market shares.\nLooking for more information on this market?\nTechnavio’s sample reports are free of charge and contain multiple sections of the report such as the market size and forecast, drivers, challenges, trends, and more.\nSome of the key topics covered in the report include:\nMarket Landscape\nMarket ecosystem Market characteristics Market segmentation analysis\nMarket Sizing\nMarket sizing Market size and forecast\nFive Forces Analysis\nMarket Segmentation\nGeographical Segmentation\nRegional comparison Key leading countries\nMarket Drivers\nMarket Challenges\nMarket Trends\nVendor Landscape\nVendors covered Vendor classification Market positioning of vendors Competitive scenario\nAbout Technavio\nis a leading global technology research and advisory company. Their research and analysis focuses on emerging market trends and provides actionable insights to help businesses identify market opportunities and develop effective strategies to optimize their market positions.\nWith over 500 specialized analysts, Technavio’s report library consists of more than 10,000 reports and counting, covering 800 technologies, spanning across 50 countries. Their client base consists of enterprises of all sizes, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies. This growing client base relies on Technavio’s comprehensive coverage, extensive research, and actionable market insights to identify opportunities in existing and potential markets and assess their competitive positions within changing market scenarios.\nIf you are interested in more information, please contact our media team at .\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180704005215/en/\nCONTACT: Technavio Research\nJesse Maida\nMedia & Marketing Executive\nUS: +1 844 364 1100\nUK: +44 203 893 3200\nwww.technavio.com\nKEYWORD:\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: TRANSPORT MARITIME OTHER TRANSPORT MANUFACTURING OTHER MANUFACTURING DEFENSE OTHER DEFENSE\nSOURCE: Technavio Research\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 07/04/2018 10:46 AM/DISC: 07/04/2018 10:45 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180704005215/en"
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Racial disparities rise in school discipline, new data shows
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — New federal data show that black students continue to be expelled and suspended from school much more frequently than their white peers.\nThe report released by the Education Department on Tuesday is likely to add to an already tense national debate about what causes such racial disparities. Civil rights groups believe that racial bias is at play and insist that federal protections are necessary. Other experts say that imposing discipline restrictions on schools causes chaos in classrooms.\nEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos is considering scrapping Obama-era rules that were meant to counter those disparities.\nData shows that while black students represented 8 percent of all enrolled students in 2015-2016, they accounted for 25 percent of suspensions. Black girls made up 8 percent of all students and 14 percent of suspensions."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about The Latest: NY trial opens for reputed Philadelphia mob boss
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"NEW YORK (AP) — The latest from the New York fraud trial of a reputed Philadelphia mob boss (all times local):\n10:15 a.m.\nA federal prosecutor in New York says a reputed Philadelphia mob boss was a \"fixer\" in a widespread scheme to collect insurance payments by bribing doctors to write bogus prescriptions for a pain cream.\nProsecutor Max Nicholas told jurors Tuesday that Joseph \"Skinny Joey\" Merlino \"called the shots\" as he and his cohorts \"used the health care system as their personal money tree.\"\nIn his opening statements at the fraud trial, defense attorney Edwin Jacobs said his client was framed by cooperating criminals with incentive to lie to save their own skins.\nJacobs says Merlino is \"accused of a bunch of crimes he didn't commit.\"\n___\n12:10 a.m.\nA reputed Philadelphia mob boss known for beating murder raps and reinventing himself as a restaurateur is facing fraud charges in a federal trial in New York City.\nOpening statements in the trial of Joseph \"Skinny Joey\" Merlino are set for Tuesday in Manhattan.\nThe 55-year-old Merlino was among nearly four dozen defendants arrested in a 2016 crackdown on an East Coast syndicate that prosecutors say committed crimes including extortion, loan-sharking, casino-style gambling and health care fraud. It operated in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida and New Jersey.\nMost of the defendants pleaded guilty to lesser charges, with Merlino the only one so far to go to trial. He has pleaded not guilty to charges he conspired to bill insurers for unnecessary and excessive prescriptions for expensive compound creams in exchange for kickbacks."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Luxoft Develops ‘Blockchain Adapter’ for a Business Process Management Tool on Appian’s Platform
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"ZUG, Switzerland & RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--Luxoft Holding Inc. (NYSE:LXFT), a global IT service provider, today announces it has built a blockchain adapter for Appian’s (NASDAQ:APPN) rapid application development platform. It is now available exclusively to businesses using Appian’s Business Process Management (BPM) tool and will allow its users to integrate a blockchain network into their day-to-day business processes creating a secure, digital environment that facilitates data sharing.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005657/en/\n“The launch of this adapter is about helping businesses realise the huge potential of blockchain by making it easier to use,” “Problems integrating blockchain into existing in-house systems are often the biggest obstacles to its adoption. Now, by integrating blockchain into a BPM, a business can leverage the benefits of a decentralised model whilst retaining its existing IT architecture. This means business don’t have to rip out their old IT systems to use blockchain.”\nLuxoft will demonstrate how the adapter can be used to benefit the healthcare sector for the first time at Appian World in Miami, FL, US at the Luxoft booth (#16). In particular, Luxoft will show how the blockchain adapter can reduce claims processing errors and inaccurate medical bills. The blockchain creates a secure, reliable and auditable way for medical and pharmacy systems to share and update real-time accumulators, meaning medical insurers, healthcare providers and pharmacies using the Appian Platform instantly have access to the same claim data.\n“The disparate systems used by pharmacies, healthcare providers and insurers to manage medical information are extremely complex. They are not designed for the smooth exchange of data,” . “The Appian blockchain adapter will be a step towards seamless integration across the healthcare ecosystem enabling payers, providers and patients to exchange and verify data in a safe and compliant way.”\n“At Appian we value our partner ecosystem and are committed to supporting them as we grow in the key Healthcare market,” said Marc Wilson, SVP Global Partnerships & Industries at Appian. “Blockchain impacts organizations across all industries, but it is an especially difficult challenge within the Healthcare industry given the complexities they face. Through our partnership with Luxoft, our customers now have a solution specifically designed to address these needs within the Appian platform.”\nLuxoft built the Adapter on Appian’s Platform, as it’s used extensively across a variety of industries, from financial services to healthcare, in areas such as provider data management, medical management and clinical trials. The move is part of a push to commercialise Distributed Ledger Technologies and accelerate its deployment in established business processes.\nAbout Luxoft\nLuxoft (NYSE:LXFT) is a global IT service provider of innovative technology solutions that delivers measurable business outcomes to multinational companies. Its offerings encompass strategic consulting, custom software development services, and digital solution engineering. Luxoft enables companies to compete by leveraging its multi-industry expertise in the financial services, automotive, communications, and healthcare & life sciences sectors. Its managed delivery model is underpinned by a highly-educated workforce, allowing the Company to continuously innovate upwards on the technology stack to meet evolving digital challenges.\nLuxoft has more than 13,100 employees across 41 cities in 20 countries within five continents, with its operating headquarters office in Zug, Switzerland. For more information, please visit the .\nAbout Appian\nAppian provides a leading low-code software development platform that enables organizations to rapidly develop powerful and unique applications. The applications created on Appian’s platform help companies drive digital transformation and competitive differentiation. For more information, visit www.appian.com.\nLuxoft Forward-Looking Statements\nThis news release of Luxoft Holding, Inc (“Luxoft”) contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements include information about possible or assumed future results of our business and financial condition, as well as the results of operations, liquidity, plans and objectives. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “believe,” “may,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “should,” “plan,” “expect,” “predict,” “potential,” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. These statements are subject to, without limitation, the risk factors discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in Luxoft’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2017 and other documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by Luxoft. Except as required by law, Luxoft undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this news release whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.\nAppian Forward-Looking Statements\nThis press release includes forward-looking statements. All statements contained in this press release other than statements of historical facts, including, without limitation, statements regarding the security of the digital market to be created by Appian users integrating a blockchain network into their day-to-day business processes and Appian’s commitment to and support of its partner ecosystem, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” believe,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “will” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Appian has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that Appian believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, short-term and long-term business operations and objectives and financial needs. Those forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, risks related to potential breach of Appian’s security measures or unauthorized access to the Appian platform or customer data, risks related to the success of Appian’s strategic relationships with third parties and the risks and uncertainties set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of Appian’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 23, 2018, and subsequent reports that Appian has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Moreover, Appian operates in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for Appian’s management to predict all risks, nor can Appian assess the impact of all factors on its business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements Appian may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, Appian cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, achievements or events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will occur. Appian is under no duty to update any of these forward-looking statements after the date of this press release to conform these statements to actual results or revised expectations, except as required by law.\nAll trademarks are recognized and are the property of their respective companies.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005657/en/\nCONTACT: Media Inquiries\nLuxoft Holding Inc.\nPatrick R. Corcoran, 212-964-9900 ext. 2453\nGlobal Director, External Relations\[email protected]\n@Luxoft\nor\nAppian\nNicole Greggs, +1 703-260-7868\nDirector of Media Relations,\[email protected]\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES EUROPE NORTH AMERICA FLORIDA SWITZERLAND VIRGINIA\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE OTHER TECHNOLOGY HEALTH OTHER HEALTH\nSOURCE: Luxoft Holding Inc.\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/23/2018 08:00 AM/DISC: 04/23/2018 08:01 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005657/en"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about UK banker back in Hong Kong court for murder appeal
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"HONG KONG (AP) — A British banker sentenced to life in prison for the gruesome slayings of two Indonesian women has appeared in a Hong Kong court in a bid to appeal his conviction.\nLawyers for Rurik Jutting presented their arguments Tuesday in the semiautonomous Chinese city's Court of Appeal.\nThey were requesting the court's permission for an appeal, on the basis that the trial judge gave incorrect instructions to the jury on deciding their verdict.\nThe nine-person jury last year convicted the Cambridge University-educated Jutting of the 2014 killings of Seneng Mujiasih and Sumarti Ningsih.\nThe case shocked residents of Hong Kong, while also highlighting wide inequality and seedy aspects usually hidden below the surface.\nJutting watched the proceedings from the dock Tuesday, often leafing through a bundle of court documents."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Mata extends deal at United after regaining Mourinho's trust
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"MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United handed Juan Mata a one-year contract extension on Tuesday, tying the playmaker to the club until June 2019.\nMata joined from Chelsea in 2014 and has established himself as a key member of the squad under Jose Mourinho, who sold the Spaniard to United when Chelsea manager.\n\"When I arrived one-and-a-half years ago, (they said), 'Mata is in trouble, in trouble, in trouble,' and now he's getting an extension of one more year,\" Mourinho said. \"An important player for me. Important player for the club. Important player for the other players.\""
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about The top 10 movies on the iTunes Store
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"iTunes Movies U.S. charts for week ending April 22, 2018:\niTunes Movies US Charts:\n1. The Post\n2. The Greatest Showman\n3. The Commuter\n4. Molly's Game\n5. Justice League\n6. Baby Driver\n7. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle\n8. Peter Rabbit\n9. Hostiles\n10. Super Troopers\niTunes Movies US Charts - Independent:\n1. Super Troopers\n2. Borg vs McEnroe\n3. Phantom Thread\n4. Lady Bird\n5. Darkest Hour\n6. Wildling\n7. Outside In\n8. In the Fade\n9. The Disaster Artist\n10. 10X10\n__\n(copyright) 2018 Apple Inc."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Ex-Israeli spy chief: Netanyahu planned Iran strike in 2011
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"JERUSALEM (AP) — A former Mossad chief has told an Israeli television program that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the order in 2011 for the military to prepare to attack Iran within 15 days.\nTamir Pardo told Keshet TV's show Uvda in an interview that aired Thursday that the order was not given \"for the sake of a drill.\"\nThere was no immediate comment from Netanyahu's office.\nEx-premier Ehud Barak, who was Netanyahu's defense minister in 2011, previously claimed Netanyahu sought to bomb Iran in 2010 and 2011, but was opposed by senior Israeli officials.\nPardo says he consulted the Mossad's legal advisers following the order but didn't explain what happened after that.\nThe Israeli leader has been a strident critic of Iran, and has accused Tehran of attempting to develop nuclear weapons."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Many Puerto Ricans adrift in US hotels after Hurricane Maria
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"NEW YORK (AP) — After they lost their home in Puerto Rico to flooding during Hurricane Maria, Enghie Melendez fled with her family to the U.S. mainland with three suitcases and the hope it wouldn't take long to rebuild their lives. It hasn't worked out that way.\nMore than four months later, the family of five is squeezed into two rooms in a hotel in Brooklyn. While her husband looks for work, they are stuck in limbo, eating off paper plates and stepping over clothes in cramped quarters as they try to get settled in an unfamiliar city.\n\"After the hurricane hit we told the kids that every day was going to be an adventure, but not like this,\" said the 43-year-old Melendez. \"This is turning out to be really hard.\"\nAround the U.S., many Puerto Ricans are similarly adrift in hotels because of the Sept. 20 hurricane. The move north spared them from the misery of the storm's aftermath on the island. But the transition has often proved to be difficult, disruptive and expensive as people try to find housing, jobs, schools and even furniture and clothes to start fresh on the mainland.\nMelendez and her family shuffled between staying with relatives to a homeless shelter to a small hotel in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, forcing her to change schools for her three daughters in the middle of the semester.\n\"The instability is terrible,\" she said as her husband, who worked as a cook at an Army base near San Juan, used a glass bottle to mash plantains to make a traditional Puerto Rican dish.\nAdding to the worries for large numbers of Puerto Ricans is that hotel reimbursements from the Federal Emergency Management Agency have started to run out and many say they can't afford temporary housing without assistance.\n\"It's stressful,\" said Yalitza Rodriguez, a 35-year-old from the southern Puerto Rico town of Yauco who has been staying at a hotel in Queens with her elderly mother and husband while he looks for work. \"If we don't get an extension we will have nowhere to live.\"\nMaria destroyed between 70,000 and 75,000 homes and damaged an additional 300,000, said Leticia Jover, a spokeswoman for Puerto Rico's Housing Department. The effects of the storm included the widespread loss of power, which is still not restored in some places. Many businesses closed. The result has been an exodus to the mainland.\nThe Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College estimated in an October study that between 114,000 and 213,000 Puerto Ricans would move to the U.S. mainland over the next 12 months. Most were expected to settle in Florida, followed by Pennsylvania, Texas and New York.\nFEMA says there are nearly 4,000 families, more than 10,000 people, receiving hotel assistance from the agency in 42 states because their homes in Puerto Rico are too damaged to occupy. The agency extended the expiration for the program from Jan. 13 to March 20 at the request of the island's governor, but all cases are reviewed for eligibility every 30 days and the payments could end for some people sooner. It's impossible to know how many are in temporary housing without any aid or staying with families.\nLeslie Rivera, from the central town of Caguas, has been shuffling among hotels in Tampa, Florida, since December with her three kids, ages 13, 10 and 2. She was approved for subsidized housing and expects to be settled soon but it has been difficult.\n\"I feel like I am on the streets because I have no clothes. I have nothing for my kids,\" the 35-year-old said with tears in her eyes.\nMarytza Sanz, president of Latino Leadership Orlando, which has been helping displaced families, said many don't know where they will go after FEMA stops paying for their rooms.\n\"There are people with five dollars in their pockets,\" she said. \"They can't buy detergent, deodorant, medicine.\"\nIn Kissimmee, in central Florida, Desiree Torres feels nervous. She has spent more than two months in a hotel with her three children. She says she can't find a job and several local shelters have told her there is no space for her and her children.\n\"I can't sleep at night,\" said the 30-year-old Torres, who lost her home in Las Piedras, a southeastern town near where the eye of the storm first crossed the island. \"I'm worried about my kids.\"\nAfter the hurricane, Melendez and her family were forced to sleep for more than three weeks in their garage because of flooding and sewage that entered the home. They left their four dogs with a friend and managed to get on a humanitarian flight. They spent 10 days at Melendez's father-in-law's Manhattan apartment and a month and a half in a Brooklyn shelter. A Puerto Rican activist helped them enter the hotel.\n\"My kids were in a Manhattan school. We would wake up before 5 a.m. at the shelter to take them there. Now they are in a Brooklyn school,\" she said. \"Where will they be tomorrow?\"\nFor now, they survive on a $1,700 monthly disability payment that Melendez receives along with about $300 a month in food stamps.\nHer 16-year-old daughter, Enghiemar, does her homework on the floor of the hotel room and tries to keep in touch with friends back home by text.\n\"I always wanted to come and live here,\" she said. \"But not like this.\"\n___\nAssociated Press writers Gisela Salomon in Miami and Tamara Lush in Tampa, Florida, contributed to this report."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about BC-US--Cotton, US
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"New York (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday:\n(50,000 lbs.; cents per lb.)"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about US, Australia scientists win Japan Prize for immunology work
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"TOKYO (AP) — An American professor at Emory University and an Australian scientist have been awarded the Japan Prize for research in immunology.\nThe winners were announced Tuesday at a news conference in Tokyo.\nThe Japan Prize Foundation said the work of Emory pediatrician Dr. Max Cooper and Australian Professor Jacques Miller laid \"the conceptual groundwork for our understanding of nearly all fields touched by immunology.\"\nA third winner was Japanese inventor Akira Yoshino, recognized for work that is the foundation of the lithium ion battery.\nThe prize comes with a cash award of 50 million yen ($460,000).\nThe Japan Prize honors scientists who have made significant contributions to science, technology and society to further the peace and prosperity of mankind."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Central Indiana woman gets 120 years for killing 2 children
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"CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a central Indiana woman to 120 years in prison for fatally stabbing her young children hours after her husband filed for divorce.\nThirty-one-year-old Brandi Worley learned her sentence Monday after she pleaded guilty in January to two counts of murder for killing her son, 7-year-old Tyler Worley, and her daughter, 3-year-old Charlee Worley, in November 2016. Her husband was asleep downstairs at the time at the family's Darlington home, about 40 miles northwest of Indianapolis.\nWorley gave no statement at the sentencing, and her attorney said there was no explanation for what she did.\nCourt documents have said Worley told police she killed the children because she didn't want her husband to take them. She also was treated for self-inflicted stab wounds to her neck."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about ProAmpac Showcases Agility of Innovation in Pet Food Packaging
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"CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--ProAmpac, the fast-growing flexible packaging leader, today offers the latest innovations in the company’s flexible packaging products for the pet food industry.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005145/en/\nProAmpac Pet Food Portfolio (Photo: Business Wire)\n“From retort pouches and roll stock to quad-seal and woven polypropylene bags, ProAmpac has a ‘petfolio’ of products that deliver high performance and value to the pet food market,” said Market Manager Julie Conklin, at the April 23-25 Petfood Forum 2018 in the Kansas City Convention Center.\nVisit Booth 835\n“We invite conference goers to visit us at Booth 835 and meet our team to learn about ProAmpac’s approach to the pet food market,” said Julie Conklin.\n“Pet Food is itself a growing and dynamic industry. It has been exhibiting strong rates of growth, attracting significant new investment, and meeting the demands of new, more engaged and demanding consumers who increasingly relate to their pets as members of the family,” said Adam Grose, Chief Commercial Officer.\nFor pet food manufacturers and processors, ProAmpac is a major —and growing—resource for:\nCapabilities that include advanced extrusion and adhesive lamination, pouch and bag converting, award-winning graphics and printing, innovative package design and leading-edge materials science and technology. Rapid product development through Collaborative Innovation. “We are driving collaboration internally, by drawing on our product development teams, our corporate innovation team and our technical service engineers, and externally by partnering our development people with their counterparts in customer organizations,” said Grose. Full suite of flexible-packaging products.\nProducts\nProAmpac’s portfolio of pet products offers speed to market, durability and flexibility:\nPRO-DURA® CLASSIC dry food packaging (11-50 lb. capacity) in classic, woven polypropylene bags offering excellent durability and flexibility with award-winning HD Flexo graphics; PRO DURA PREMIUM adding a premium feel, smooth exterior finish similar to laminate bags (also 11-50 lb.); and new PRO DURA MINI, the first woven bag for smaller portions and portability (3 -10 lb.). QUADFLEX TM (3-40 lb. capacity), premium pet food solution for dry food, treats and more, providing seals on four sides, with exceptional shape, strength and shelf presence. It has options for a flat bottom, pinch bottom, fold-over bottom; HD Flexo printing, with a soft matte, matte and gloss finishes; and easy-open and re-close options. PRO-POUCH ® for wet or dry food (3 oz.+ capacity), offers flat or stand-up pouches; pre-made or form, fill and seal; multiple customization options, easy-open or linear tear; high-performance retort; handles; shaped; various finishes; clear or foil. NO. 2 POUCH ® , a PRO-POUCH product made of recyclable HDPE (3 oz.+), qualified to SPI number 2 classification; approved for post-consumer recycling; clear or white opaque; three side seal options; flat or stand-up with bottom gusset; reclose zipper options.\nTrend Agility\n“In pet food packaging, rapid innovation means having the agility to move ahead in response to change,” Grose said.\nFor example, he noted that Packaged Facts, a division of MarketResearch.com, recently announced a report on Trust and Transparency it will present at Petfood Forum. Concluding the consumer transparency trend will affect pet food, the researchers suggest that pet food brands “could benefit from an image refresh that reflects the visual conventions of clean label products,” itself an extension of the clean eating trend.\n“We have been able to help customers sharpen their labeling through package design. ProAmpac’s award-winning printing, multiple graphic design centers, our LEAD Academy and the DASL, Design and Sample Lab, help customers to address the clean label trend and other changes in consumer preference,” Grose said.\n“We are paying close attention to trends,” Grose continued. “We are meeting rising consumer demand for smaller packages; preferences for premium and super-premium pet food and the packaging that goes along with this; the Millennial Generation’s affinity for pet ownership—76 percent of them— expressing a ‘pets over people’ attitude; as well as the march for e-commerce purchasing which creates demand for lighter, stronger packaging that minimizes material usage.”\nAbout ProAmpac\nProAmpac is a leading global flexible packaging company with a comprehensive product offering unparalleled in the industry. We provide creative packaging solutions, industry-leading customer service and award-winning innovation to a diverse global marketplace. We are guided in our work by four core values that are the basis for our success: Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement. For more information, visit proampac.com.\nCincinnati-based ProAmpac is owned by PPC Partners along with management and co-investors.\nAbout PPC Partners\nPPC Partners acquires and operates North America-based middle-market companies with leading positions in the manufactured products, services and healthcare sectors. Led by Tony Pritzker and the former investment and operating professionals of Pritzker Group Private Capital, the firm’s differentiated, long-duration capital base allows for efficient decision-making, broad flexibility with transaction structure and investment horizon, and alignment with all stakeholders. PPC Partners builds businesses for the long-term and is an ideal partner for entrepreneur- and family-owned companies. For more information, visit PPCPartners.com.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005145/en/\nCONTACT: ProAmpac\nMolly Speer, 513-671-1777\[email protected]\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA KANSAS MISSOURI OHIO\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: MANUFACTURING CHEMICALS/PLASTICS PACKAGING COMMUNICATIONS ADVERTISING CONSUMER PETS\nSOURCE: ProAmpac\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/23/2018 06:00 AM/DISC: 04/23/2018 06:01 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005145/en"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Chinese rights lawyer charged with inciting subversion
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"BEIJING (AP) — Prominent legal activist Yu Wensheng has been charged with inciting subversion of state power after writing a letter calling for democratic reforms, his lawyer said Monday.\nPolice informed Yu's wife of the charge on Saturday, lawyer Huang Hanzhong said. Inciting subversion is a vaguely worded charge often used to muzzle dissent.\nEarlier this month, more than a dozen police officers grabbed Yu, a lawyer in Beijing, while he was waiting in his car to take his 13-year-old son to school. The seizure came a day after he posted a letter online calling on the ruling Communist Party to reform the Chinese Constitution and allow open presidential elections.\n\"The president, the head of state, is basically appointed without any meaningful election. It has no credibility for the country, for civil society and for countries across the world,\" Yu said in the letter.\nHuang said police also took Yu's wife, Xu Yan, to the Shijingshan police station in Beijing on Saturday on the same charge, though they released her the next day.\nPolice searched Yu's home and office and seized computers, USB drives, cellphones and various files documenting cases that Yu had handled in recent years, Huang said.\nReached by phone, an official at the Shijingshan police station directed queries on Yu to its Xingucheng branch. An official at Xingucheng in turn referred questions back to the Shijingshan station.\nXu was told her husband's case would be handed over to a police bureau in the eastern city of Xuzhou in Jiangsu province for further investigation though no reason was provided, the lawyer said. Chinese authorities sometimes transfer politically sensitive cases to courts and prosecutors far from where the alleged offenses took place, moves activists say are intended to make it difficult for supporters to pressure the authorities.\nYu gained widespread attention after being detained for three months in 2014, during which he says he was tortured and questioned. He was detained again in 2015 but released after a day when his case received wide publicity."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about The Latest: Session to re-election Puigdemont postponed
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"MADRID (AP) — The Latest on the political crisis in Catalonia (all times local):\n10:30 a.m.\nThe speaker of Catalonia's parliament has postponed a session intended to re-elect the Spanish region's fugitive ex-president.\nRoger Torrent announced the decision Tuesday, hours before the session he had called to hold a vote authorizing separatist leader Carles Puigdemont to form a government.\nThe decision comes after Spain's top court had ruled Puigdemont, who faces arrest in Spain, would have to return from Belgium and ask a judge permission to attend the session.\nTorrent says he will reconvene the session once Spanish authorities guarantee they \"won't interfere\" in the election of Puigdemont.\nPuigdemont is the focus of an investigation into October's illegal— and unsuccessful— declaration of independence.\n___\n10:15 a.m.\nSpanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is urging the Catalan parliament not to press ahead with the candidacy of fugitive leader Carles Puigdemont for regional president and instead to opt for a lawmaker free of legal proceedings.\nSpeaking Tuesday on Spanish National Television hours before the parliament is scheduled to hold an investiture vote for Puigdemont, Rajoy said the parliament speaker will face legal consequences if he disobeys a Constitutional Court order saying Puigdemont can only be voted on if he is physically present and has previously obtained court permission.\nPuigdemont faces arrest if he returns to Spain.\nRajoy said the \"most sensible\" thing for the parliament speaker would be to propose a \"clean candidate\" who is willing to obey the law and work for the return of normality in Catalonia."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Israelis protesting pending deportation of African migrants
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"JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli government plan to deport tens of thousands of African migrants has sparked an unexpected backlash from liberal Israelis and their American Jewish allies who say Israel — established in the wake of the Holocaust — should never be turning away those in need.\nThe showdown could come to a head on April 1, when the state plans to start expelling Africans, some of whom have been in Israel for years, to an uncertain fate.\nThe government insists all but a select few are economic migrants. But critics charge they are mostly bona fide refugees fleeing persecution and that kicking them out would threaten their lives.\nIn recent weeks, Israeli pilots, doctors, writers, former ambassadors and Holocaust survivors have all urged the government to halt the deportation plan."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about National Hockey League
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"All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 29 21 6 2 44 110 74 Toronto 31 20 10 1 41 106 88 Columbus 30 19 10 1 39 86 73 N.Y. Islanders 30 17 10 3 37 108 100 Washington 31 18 12 1 37 95 91 New Jersey 29 16 9 4 36 89 91 Pittsburgh 32 16 13 3 35 94 104 N.Y. Rangers 29 16 11 2 34 98 87 Boston 27 14 9 4 32 78 75 Montreal 31 13 14 4 30 85 99 Carolina 28 11 10 7 29 78 88 Philadelphia 29 11 11 7 29 83 86 Detroit 29 11 13 5 27 80 97 Florida 29 11 14 4 26 88 104 Ottawa 28 9 12 7 25 77 98 Buffalo 30 7 17 6 20 64 102 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 31 21 8 2 44 104 78 Los Angeles 31 20 8 3 43 97 68 Nashville 29 18 7 4 40 95 84 Vegas 29 19 9 1 39 103 91 Winnipeg 30 17 8 5 39 102 86 San Jose 29 16 10 3 35 79 69 Calgary 30 16 12 2 34 88 94 Minnesota 29 15 11 3 33 87 87 Dallas 30 16 13 1 33 89 89 Chicago 30 14 11 5 33 90 82 Vancouver 30 14 12 4 32 81 85 Anaheim 30 12 11 7 31 80 89 Colorado 29 14 13 2 30 92 95 Edmonton 30 12 16 2 26 86 99 Arizona 33 7 21 5 19 75 114\nNOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.\nSunday's Games\nChicago 3, Arizona 1\nSt. Louis 3, Buffalo 2, OT\nToronto 1, Edmonton 0\nMinnesota 4, San Jose 3, OT\nMonday's Games\nColorado 2, Pittsburgh 1\nN.Y. Islanders 3, Washington 1\nDallas at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.\nFlorida at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.\nVancouver at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.\nCarolina at Anaheim, 10 p.m.\nTuesday's Games\nEdmonton at Columbus, 7 p.m.\nOttawa at Buffalo, 7 p.m.\nToronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.\nColorado at Washington, 7 p.m.\nLos Angeles at New Jersey, 7 p.m.\nCalgary at Minnesota, 8 p.m.\nTampa Bay at St. Louis, 8 p.m.\nFlorida at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.\nCarolina at Vegas, 10 p.m.\nWednesday's Games\nDallas at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.\nN.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 7 p.m.\nBoston at Detroit, 8 p.m.\nNashville at Vancouver, 10 p.m.\nThursday's Games\nBuffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.\nWashington at Boston, 7 p.m.\nN.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 7 p.m.\nNew Jersey at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.\nChicago at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.\nAnaheim at St. Louis, 8 p.m.\nToronto at Minnesota, 8 p.m.\nFlorida at Colorado, 9 p.m.\nTampa Bay at Arizona, 9 p.m.\nNashville at Edmonton, 9 p.m.\nSan Jose at Calgary, 9 p.m.\nPittsburgh at Vegas, 10 p.m."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about BC-US--Index, US
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"NEW YORK (AP) — Standard and Poor's Stock Indexes for Wednesday\nClose Change MidCap 400 1953.97 Down 3.49 500 Stocks 2823.81 Up 1.38 100 Stocks 1251.42 Down .51"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about France-Uruguay pits speed vs. defense in World Cup quarters
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"NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (AP) — France picked up two trophies in 1998: One, of course, was the country's only World Cup title, won on home soil. It was also the birth year of Kylian Mbappe, the 19-year-old who's emerging as one of the biggest stars of the World Cup.\n\"Well, that was a good year for him to be born, even if he didn't see much of the 1998 World Cup,\" joked French coach Didier Deschamps, who was the captain in '98. \"I'm very happy that Mbappe is a French citizen.\"\n?It will be France's searing speed led by Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann against Uruguay's defense anchored by Diego Godin on Friday in Nizhny Novgorod in the World Cup quarterfinals. The winner will face Brazil or Belgium.\nUruguay has given up only one goal in four World Cup matches, and France has scored seven — most in the 4-3 victory over Argentina in the round of 16.\nIn scoring twice against Argentina , Mbappe became the first teenager with multiple goals in a World Cup knockout game since a 17-year-old Pele did it twice (including a hat trick against France) in 1958.\nIt's a big stage with inevitable comparisons that Mbappe smiled about and then batted away.\n\"It's flattering to be the second one since Pele,\" said Mbappe, born in France to a father from Cameroon and a mother from Algeria. \"But let's put things in perspective. Pele's another category.\"\nThis is France's seventh quarterfinal and its fourth in the last six World Cups dating back to 1998 and the famous side led by Deschamps, Patrick Vieira, Zinedine Zidane and Thierry Henry — the so-called \"Rainbow Team\" from a multicultural France.\n\"In a World Cup you have the top-level players,\" said Mbappe, who plays for Paris Saint-Germain. \"So it's an opportunity to show what you can do and what your abilities are. There is no better place than a World Cup.\"\nAfter three lackluster games in group play, France was electric in its most recent match, particularly in the second half when it cut up Argentina's plodding defense. Five of France's starters in the first group match had never played in the World Cup, including Mbappe.\n\"You need some patience,\" Deschamps said.\nDeschamps has compared playing Uruguay to facing Peru, which narrowly lost to France 1-0 in group play on a goal by Mbappe.\nHe termed Uruguay \"solid and aggressive\" in a French television interview, adding: \"These are not qualities displayed by Argentina.\"\nThe match will showcase several cross-border friendships.\nGriezmann plays at Atletico Madrid where his teammates are Uruguayan defenders Godin and Jose Maria Gimenez. Godin is the godfather of Griezmann's daughter.\nWhile Godin and Gimenez will try to stop Griezmann, Uruguay striker Luis Suarez will be opposing Barcelona teammate Samuel Umtiti.\n\"I've always joked ... that I wanted to face Umtiti at a World Cup,\" Suarez said. \"And it came true.\"\nSuarez's running mate, Edinson Cavani, scored both goals in the knockout win over Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal but is nursing a hamstring injury, and it' unclear if he will play.\nHis absence would be a blow to the South Americans, but defense is the real key with coach Oscar Tabarez expecting to see less of the ball.\n\"I think very often there's the mistaken belief that ball possession leads to scoring opportunities,\" said Tabarez, who took over in 2006.\n\"If you don't have ball possession, you can still inflict pain.\""
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Froome calls on skeptical fans to let him ride Tour in peace
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"SAINT-MARS-LA-REORTHE, France (AP) — Chris Froome has asked Tour de France fans to let him race in peace, even if they doubt the recent ruling that cleared him of doping allegations.\nThe British cyclist has been targeted by spectators in the past. During the 2015 Tour, he said a man threw a cup of urine at him while yelling \"doper\".\nWith the latest edition beginning on Saturday, five days after the International Cycling Union finally ruled Froome had won last year's Spanish Vuelta cleanly, the four-time Tour winner offered an alternative way for skeptical fans to show their distrust.\n\"Support the race in a positive way, don't bring negativity,\" he said on Wednesday in western France. \"In terms of safety I obviously would encourage fans of the sport to come watch the race, and if you are not necessarily a Chris Froome fan or a Sky fan, come to the race and put a jersey on of another team you do support. That would be my advice.\"\nA cloud hung over Froome after a urine sample taken during the Vuelta in September showed a concentration of the asthma drug salbutamol that was twice the permitted level.\nAfter months of silence, the UCI said Froome's result did not represent an adverse finding, which could have led him to be stripped of his Vuelta victory, and a suspension.\nThe UCI's ruling ensured he could compete at the Tour after race organizer ASO had informed Team Sky it would forbid Froome from entering until the doping case was decided.\nHis use of asthma medication has been well documented and he often uses inhalers during races. World Anti-Doping Agency rules state an athlete can be cleared for excessive salbutamol use if he proves it was due to an appropriate therapeutic dosage.\nFroome said he understands it may take time for fans to believe he is not a cheat.\n\"But that data is available, and I would like to think that as people understand that more, they will understand my decision to keep on racing knowing I have certainly done nothing wrong,\" Froome said. \"Of course it has been damaging. As it is right now I'm just happy to draw a line in the sand and move on and focus on bike racing.\"\nUCI president David Lappartient has also issued a call for calm.\n\"(Froome) has the right to operate in a safe environment. I have heard calls, sometimes completely irrational, to violence on the Tour de France,\" Lappartient said. \"I cannot accept that and I call on all spectators to protect all the athletes and to respect the judicial decision so that Chris Froome can compete in a safe and serene environment.\"\nTeammate Geraint Thomas said Froome has shown poise even when fans are at their worst.\n\"I've always been impressed by the way he is off the bike,\" Thomas said. \"But the last nine months have been the most impressive, really, how he was able to still perform and train and commit to all that while everything else was going on.\"\nThomas, however, said possible run-ins with the public are part of riding down roads lined by people, most of who are there to cheer on the athletes.\n\"It's not like football — it's not in just a closed stadium when you can check everyone,\" he said. \"So there is that element of risk so to speak.\"\nFroome is aiming to join Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain as the only riders to win the Tour five times.\n___\nMore Tour de France coverage: https://apnews.com/tag/TourdeFrance\n___\nAP Sports Writer Andrew Dampf contributed to this report."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Photo of the Day: The Rock uses 'polite hand' with Taiwanese actress
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"TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- Taiwanese netizens are getting quite a chuckle from a photo posted Monday (July 2) on Taiwanese crooner Jay Chou's Instagram page showing Dwayne \"The Rock\" Johnson gingerly placing his right hand around Chou's wife, Hannah Quinlivan, in a photo with the couple.\nThe photo was taken at an event to promote the Johnson's latest action film \"Skyscraper,\" which also features Quinlivan. In the caption of the photo, which has 196,000 likes and counting, Chou uploaded to his Instagram page it read, \"thank you for taking care of @hannah_quinlivan in the movie it was nice talking to you about music.\"\nHowever, it was the \"gentlemanly\" way Johnson carefully hovered his \"polite hand\" (禮貌手) next to Chou's wife that caught the attention of Taiwanese netizens:\n\"There's no safe place to place the gentlemanly Johnson's hand, haha.\"\n\"Johnson it too much of a gentleman, he won't even make the slightest touch!\"\nOthers praised Chou:\n\"That's great, he's good at spoiling his wife.\"\n\"He loves his wife.\"\n\"Good husband.\"\n\"Requesting Quinlivan for publicity and getting Chou for free. Seems like a pretty good deal.\"\nQuinlivan (left), Johnson (center) and Chou (right). (Photo from Jay Chou Instagram page)"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Immobile sent off as Torino beats Lazio 3-1 in Serie A
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"ROME (AP) — Lazio striker Ciro Immobile was sent off as Torino ended a four-match winless streak with a 3-1 victory in Serie A on Monday.\nImmobile, who has 15 goals this season, was shown a direct red before the break for jerking his head at Nicolas Burdisso and landing his shoulder in the defender's face.\nImmobile, who previously played for Torino, had been protesting for an apparent handball by Iago Falque on a cross of his inside the area.\nTorino took control in the second half with goals from Alejandro Berenguer and Tomas Rincon. Luis Alberto pulled one back for Lazio but Simone Edera restored Torino's two-goal advantage.\nImmobile and Torino counterpart Andrea Belotti hit the post in the first half.\nLazio remained fifth while Torino moved up from the bottom half to eighth.\nTorino hadn't won at Lazio since 1993.\n___\nMore AP Serie A coverage: https://apnews.com/tag/SerieA"
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about The Latest: Legal bid for Simpson autograph profits rejected
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"SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on an effort to collect money from O.J. Simpson to satisfy a multimillion-dollar civil judgment for the deaths of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson (all times local):\n9:24 a.m.\nA judge in Los Angeles has rejected a request to have O.J. Simpson sign over profits from autographs to satisfy a civil judgment for the deaths of Ron Goldman and Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson.\nSuperior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg ruled Tuesday after the request was made by an attorney for Fred Goldman, father of Ron Goldman.\nThe judge denied it on grounds that Goldman can't identify who is paying Simpson.\nSimpson was acquitted of murder in the 1994 killings, but a civil court jury found him liable and ordered him to pay $33.5 million, which has more than doubled over two decades.\nA lawyer for the former football star says Simpson signed autographs after his release from a Nevada prison to pay legal bills.\n___\n11:14 p.m.\nO.J. Simpson owes the family of Fred Goldman more than $70 million from a 1997 wrongful death judgment and a lawyer for the Goldmans says the former football star should use his profits from autographs to settle his debt.\nAttorney David Cook plans to ask a Los Angeles Superior Court judge Tuesday to order Simpson to hand over future money he makes autographing sports memorabilia to satisfy the judgment in the wrongful deaths of Ron Goldman and Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson.\nSimpson was acquitted of murder in the 1994 killings, but a civil court jury found him liable and ordered him to pay $33.5 million, which has more than doubled over two decades.\nA lawyer for the former football star says Simpson signed autographs after his release from a Nevada prison to pay legal bills."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Polish Senate backs controversial Holocaust speech law
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"WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's Senate has backed legislation regulating Holocaust speech that has sparked a diplomatic dispute with Israel and calls from the United States for a reconsideration of a bill seen as threatening freedom of speech.\nThe bill proposed by Poland's ruling conservative party calls for up to three years in prison for any intentional attempt to falsely attribute the crimes of Nazi Germany to the Polish state or people. It exempts artistic and research work.\nSaying the bill defends Poland's good name, the senators voted early Thursday 57-23 to back the bill with two abstentions.\nTo become law, the bill requires approval from the president, who supports it.\nIsrael sees the move as an attempt to whitewash the role some Poles played in the killing of Jews during World War II."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about BC-US--Silver, US
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"New York (AP) — Silver futures trading on the NY Merc Tuesday:\n(5,000 troy oz.; cents per troy oz.)"
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Toshiba Forms Strategic Relationship with Ubimax to Further Expand Acceptance of Wearables with Large Enterprises
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"SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2018--AWE 2018 Booth #525– Toshiba’s Client Solutions Division (CSD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced a strategic relationship with Ubimax as well as the full integration of the Ubimax Frontline application suite on Toshiba’s dynaEdge TM AR Smart Glasses. Toshiba plans to demonstrate the Ubimax Frontline applications on its AR smart glasses during AWE 2018 this week in Santa Clara, Calif.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530006108/en/\nToshiba announces a strategic relationship with Ubimax for the full integration of the Ubimax Frontline application suite on Toshiba’s dynaEdge AR Smart Glasses. (Photo: Business Wire)\n“We are excited to work with Ubimax and its industry-leading expertise in wearable computing and augmented reality which will benefit our customers and increase the mainstream adoption of the category,” said Carl Pinto, vice president, marketing and engineering, Client Solutions Division, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. “The combination of our dynaEdge AR Smart Glasses and the Ubimax Frontline applications create an AR solution capable of improving productivity for the logistics, manufacturing and maintenance sectors.”\nThe two organizations collaborated to ensure their solutions functioned and integrated seamlessly into an enterprise’s existing Windows-based work environment. The Ubimax applications are the company’s first applications to be ported over to a Microsoft Windows environment.\n“We are delighted to be chosen as a global strategic partner for Toshiba,” said Percy Stocker, President, Ubimax, Inc. “We strongly believe in the combination of Toshiba’s longstanding technical and B2B customer support expertise and our own market leading wearable computing solution experience to jointly increase acceptance and focus on the uptake of wearables in the industry.”\nToshiba’s dynaEdge AR Smart Glasses is the company’s first completely wearable AR solution to combine the power of a Windows 10 Pro PC with the performance-based feature set of industrial-grade smart glasses. Toshiba’s new AR solution includes the dynaEdge DE-100 Mobile Mini PC, dynaEdge AR100 Head Mounted Display (HMD), Lens-Less Frame, USB-C™ Cable with Cable Clip and carrying case. Toshiba AR solution has a starting price point of $1,899.99.\nToshiba developed its dynaEdge AR Smart Glasses solutions to meet the performance demands of enterprise workplaces through the adoption of 6 th Generation Intel® Core™ M Processors, Intel® HD Graphics and Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 802.11ac Wi-Fi®. These technologies allow enterprises to integrate the Toshiba AR solution into their existing infrastructure.\nDesigned for enterprise customers, Toshiba’s new AR solution provides Document Viewing, Live Video Calls, See-What-I-See, Photo/Video Capture, Alerts/Messaging, making it ideal for a variety of uses cases, including Maintenance, Remote Expert, Manufacturing, QA Inspection & Audit, Logistics, Training and Knowledge Transfer.\nToshiba also recently announced the availability of its Developer’s Kits for customers or application developers looking to design specialized software for the smart glasses. Toshiba will offer Developer’s Kits with two different configurations – Basic and Performance to best meet a variety of industrial applications with pricing starting at $2,399.99. Customers interested in purchasing the dynaEdge AR Smart Glasses or Developer’s Kits should contact their Toshiba sales representative or email the company at [email protected].\nAbout Ubimax\nUbimax is the global market leader for industrial Wearable Computing and Augmented Reality solutions, creating full, end to end, integrated solutions that incorporate the latest Wearable Computing technologies to improve business operations. Ubimax Frontline solutions have received numerous awards, including: Auggie Award for “Best Enterprise Solution”, MHI Innovation Award for “Best IT Innovation”, and winner of the SAP & Google Glass Challenge. Ubimax has been recognized as the leader in Enterprise Wearables and Augmented Reality Solutions by ABI Research.\nWith offices in the U.S., Mexico and Germany, Ubimax today serves more than 200 customers globally. Leveraging over 10 years of experience as well as an extensive track-record in the fields of Wearable Computing, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality and Sensor Systems, Ubimax’s technological innovations continue to be at the very forefront of Wearable Computing solutions.\nwww.ubimax.com\nAbout Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS)\nHeadquartered in Irvine, Calif., TAIS is comprised of three business units: Client Solutions Division, Imaging Systems Division and Industrial Solutions & Services Division. Together, these divisions provide digital products as well as services and solutions, including award-winning mobile computing devices, security solutions and cloud services; imaging products for the security, medical and manufacturing markets; and IoT solutions development, data analytics and IT services. TAIS provides sales, marketing and services for its wide range of products in the United States and Latin America. TAIS is an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation. For more information on TAIS visit us.toshiba.com.\nAbout Toshiba Corporation\nFor over 140 years, Toshiba Corporation has contributed to a sustainable future by applying innovative technologies to value creation. Today, our business domains are centered on the essential infrastructure that supports modern life and society. Guided by the principles of The Basic Commitment of the Toshiba Group, “Committed to People, Committed to the Future”, Toshiba promotes global operations that contribute to realization of a world where generations to come can live better lives. To find out more about Toshiba, visit www.toshiba.co.jp/worldwide/about/index.html.\n© 2018 Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. dynaEdge is a trademark of Toshiba Client Solutions, Co. Ltd. Intel, Intel Core, Intel vPro and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved. While Toshiba has made every effort at the time of publication to ensure the accuracy of the information provided herein, product specifications, configurations, prices, system/component/options availability are all subject to change without notice. Some features and specifications may be limited to certain models only. Some features may require certain software and/or service activation. *For the complete Toshiba Memory (Main System) and Toshiba Storage Drive Capacity legal disclaimer visit us.toshiba.com/info.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530006108/en/\nCONTACT: Media Contact:\nToshiba America Information Systems, Inc.\nEric Paulsen, 949-583-3541\[email protected]\nor\nMedia Assets:\nPhotos, Spec Sheets and Videos\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA CALIFORNIA\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: TECHNOLOGY CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION HARDWARE SOFTWARE AUDIO/VIDEO TRANSPORT MOBILE/WIRELESS MANUFACTURING LOGISTICS/SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OTHER MANUFACTURING\nSOURCE: Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 05/30/2018 12:31 PM/DISC: 05/30/2018 12:31 PM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530006108/en"
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