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2018年5月31日星期四
S. Korea, DPRK start high-level talks at Panmunjom
High-level officials of South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) started talks at the border village of Panmunjom on Friday, Seoul's unification ministry said. ...
Media summit to play positive role in building up strength for SCO: Xi
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) media summit will play a positive role in building up strength for the organization, said Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday. ...
Russia ready to host World Cup for first time
Time has ticked into the final fortnight before the FIFA World Cup kicks off in Russia. Now the world's largest country is ready to host the quadrennial football extravaganza for the first time. ...
China Focus: China sees increasing variety of gifts on Children's Day
BDai Xiangting, a young mother of two-year-old twins in Shenzhen, said she was more than happy to receive cartoon stickers as gifts when she was little, and now thirty years on, her sons' favourite gifts are picture books and role play toys. ...
Interview: SCO has become effective mechanism for active cooperation -- Kazakh president
Seventeen years into its establishment, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has been recognized by the international community and become an effective platform for cooperation in multiple fields, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said Thursday. ...
House Leader McCarthy slams Google over 'Nazism' error, claims bias against conservatives
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has spoken out about what he views as political bias in the tech industry.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was quick to slam Google on Thursday after reports surfaced that an error in the Internet search giant's Knowledge Panel listed "Nazism" as a tenet of the California Republican Party.
"Sadly, this is just the latest incident in a disturbing trend to slander conservatives," McCarthy wrote. "These damaging actions must be held to account. #StopTheBias"
Earlier in the week, McCarthy tweeted out a video of his speech to the Council for National Policy, in which he also criticized what he described as efforts to thwart conservative ideas.
"Social media is being rigged to censor conservative voices," McCarthy tweeted. "We will not be silenced. #StopTheBias"
The Google error, first spotted by political strategist Eric Wilson, listed "Nazism" among other GOP ideologies, such as "Conservatism," "Market liberalism," "Fiscal conservatism," and "Green conservatism." The news was first reported by Vice News.
Google's Knowledge Panel pulls information from various sources from across the web, including Wikipedia.
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"Google should apologize for labeling Republicans nazis," Wilson tweeted. Wilson is the founder of LearnTestOptimize, which describes itself as "a community platform for professionals working at the intersection of marketing, technology, and politics."
The error has since been fixed. When reached for comment, a Google spokesperson told Fox News the error was likely the result of vandalism on one of its sources.
"This was not the result of any manual change by anyone at Google. We don't bias our search results toward any political party. Sometimes people vandalize public information sources, like Wikipedia, which can impact the information that appears in search," the spokesperson said via email.
The spokesperson continued: "We have systems in place that catch vandalism before it impacts search results, but occasionally errors get through, and that's what happened here. This would have been fixed systematically once we processed the removal from Wikipedia, but when we noticed the vandalism we worked quickly to accelerate this process to remove the erroneous information."
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Nevertheless, Donald Trump Jr. was among other conservative voices joining McCarthy in condemning the error.
"This one from @google is even more disgusting than @instagram putting up a note that those searching a # of my name 'could cause harm and even lead to death,'" Trump Jr. tweeted Thursday. "So much for free thought or speech!"
Silicon Valley has come under fire in recent months for being seen as suppressing conservative voices, including from some senior members of the Republican Party.
During recent testimony before Congress, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, about the company's perceived "pervasive pattern of bias and political censorship." Cruz pointed to a recent in which Fox News Channel contributors Diamond and Silk who were temporarily banned from the platform.
In response to Cruz's question, Zuckerberg said that Diamond and Silk's ban was an error. "In that specific case, our team made an enforcement error and we have already gotten in touch with them to reverse it," Zuckerberg said.
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The tech exec also noted that he was concerned about political bias in the tech industry, and he has tried to root that out at Facebook.
A source familiar with Google's thinking noted that its systems are designed to detect if their information services have been vandalized.
"These generally work well, but aren't perfect," the source said, and when the company is alerted of an error, it is fixed.
Fox News' Chris Ciaccia contributed to this story.
Spelling bee winner is 14-year-old Texan who spelled 'koinonia' correctly
Karthik Nemmani, 14, from McKinney, Texas, holds the Scripps National Spelling Bee Championship Trophy with Scripps President and Chief Executive Officer Adam Symson after winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., May 31, 2018. (Associated Press)
Karthik Nemmani, 14, of McKinney, Texas, won this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee late Thursday.
Nemmani spelled the word "koinonia" correctly to become the champion. The word is defined as "Christian fellowship or communion, with God or, more commonly, with fellow Christians."
He also spelled "haecceitas" correctly after seventh-grader Naysa Modi from Frisco, Texas, missed the word "Bewusstseinslage" in the final round.
The champion of the 93-year-old competition will receive more than $42,000 in cash and prizes.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Mississippi juvenile reportedly shoots, kills hatchet-wielding home invader
Jerry Lee Robinson was trying to enter a house with a hatchet in Mississippi when he was shot by a juvenile, authorities said. (Choctaw County Sheriff's Office)
A Mississippi man armed with a hatchet died after being shot on Tuesday by a juvenile whose home he was trying to break in to, authorities said.
The adolescent was by himself in the house when Jerry Lee Robinson arrived with the weapon, Choctaw County Chief Deputy Lee Upchurch said, according to The Associated Press.
After the adult made a threatening move, the juvenile fired at Robinson, Upchurch said. Authorities later discovered that the man had been shot in the chest.
He was reportedly non-responsive and later pronounced dead.
The juveniles' mother, Rachel Cork, told WCBI that her 16-year-old son "defended himself" against Robinson. The teen was identified as a relative of Robinson's.
"Yeah, my son defended himself," Cork told the outlet. "It could have been the other way around. It could have been my son, I'm the one I'm picking up and having to bury, but it wasn't."
The juvenile was reportedly not charged following the incident but a grand jury will hear the case over the summer.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Tennessee deputy-killing suspect stole officer's gun, car before disappearing, report says
Steven Wiggins is wanted in connection with a sheriff deputy's death. (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation via AP)
The man wanted in connection to the fatal shooting of a Tennessee sheriff's deputy earlier this week reportedly stole the officer's car and firearm before going off the grid.
Steven Wiggins, 31, swiped the deputy's weapon and vehicle before Sgt. Daniel Scott Baker died, the Dickson County 911 Center confirmed to WSMV. At some point, the car was abandoned by the suspect and his girlfriend, the outlet said, citing the director of the Dickson County Emergency Communications Center.
Sgt. Daniel Baker leaves behind a wife and daughter. He served with the office for 10 years, three months and 12 days. (Dickson County Sheriff's Office)
As the pursuit for Wiggins carried into Thursday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations (TBI) increased the reward for information leading to his capture to $46,000.
The agency also released new photos of the suspect "from several days before Wednesday's incident in Dickson County." Wiggins is seen in the images wearing a blue striped polo shirt, a brimmed cap, glasses and has a beard.
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Wiggins was previously described as a white male with thinning, brown hair. Shortly after midnight Thursday morning, TBI officials tweeted that they finalized an arrest warrant, charging him with first degree murder.
Baker, a deputy with the Dickson County Sheriff's Office, was responding to a call about a stolen vehicle in Kingston Springs when officials said they lost contact with him. Officers were able to use GPS to track the deputy's car, where he was found shot dead inside of it.
While hundreds of tips have poured in, authorities said that as of Thursday evening, there were no confirmed sightings of the suspect.
"It's very imperative for everyone to keep their eyes, their ears open for this individual," TBI spokeswoman Susan Niland said at a news conference Thursday. "He could be in Dickson County. He could be in a neighboring county. But the fact is, we don't know where he is."
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Dickson County Sheriff Joe Bledsoe thinks it's possible that Wiggins is moving on foot in the area.
"At this point, we're going to work with all our agencies and all of our partners, and there will be no rest until he's taken into custody," Bledsoe said during the news conference.
Late Wednesday evening, a female suspect, identified as Erika Castro-Miles, 38, of Dickson, Tennessee, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection to Baker's death, TBI announced. The agency said during the investigation, they learned that Castro-Miles "participated in the incident."
According to local news reports, an affidavit filed in Dickson County court said Castro-Miles was sitting in the car with Wiggins when he shot and killed the deputy. She fled the shooting scene Wednesday and hid under a house, the affidavit said.
TBI said she remained at Dickson County Jail.
Baker, a member of the Marine Corps Reserve, served the department for 10 years, three months and 12 days. He leaves behind a wife and daughter.
Fox News' Stephen Sorace and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
BookExpo 2018 highlights latest publishing trends
BookExpo 2018 is officially underway and this year's event will see some 600 booksellers, retailers, librarians and museum officials from around the world during the three-day event at the Javits Center in New York City. ...
One week until China’s make-or-break college entrance exams
Huanggang Middle School, located in Huanggang city of Central China's Hubei Province, is regarded as one of the most prestigious secondary schools in China. ...
Drug-dealing dean convicted of shooting student over marijuana sales
In this May 30, 2018, photo, Shaun Harrison reacts as attorneys give closing arguments in Suffolk Superior Court in the jury trial of him in Boston. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP)
A former high school dean known as an anti-violence advocate was convicted Thursday of shooting and nearly killing a student he had recruited to sell marijuana for him.
Shaun Harrison, 58, was found guilty of all charges, including armed assault with intent to murder, by a Suffolk Superior Court jury in its second day of deliberations.
"Shaun Harrison was really a fraud, he was living a lie, and it was clearly exposed in this case," District Attorney Dan Conley said. "Not only was he not a man of God or a role model for young people, he manipulated them in a way that was terribly offensive."
Harrison, who had worked as a dean at Boston English High School for five years, recruited 17-year-old Luis Rodriguez to sell marijuana for him at the school and shot him on March 3, 2015, because he believed the student was not generating enough sales and withholding money.
Rodriguez, now 20, testified that he came from a dysfunctional family and trusted Harrison, who students nicknamed "Rev."
This undated booking photo released Thursday, May 31, 2018, shows Shaun Harrison. (Suffolk County District Attorney's Office via AP)
"He was my counselor. I went to him for everything," Rodriguez said during the two-week trial.
On the day of the shooting, the pair arranged to meet at a gas station where Harrison was supposed to hand over some drugs.
Harrison shot the student in the back of the head and fled on foot, prosecutors said. The bullet entered Rodriguez's head just under his right ear. It just missed his carotid artery, broke his jawbone and caused nerve damage and hearing loss.
Rodriguez said he was saved by occupants of a passing car, who called 911.
Bruce Carroll, Harrison's attorney, asked why Rodriguez did not immediately identify his client as the shooter even though he was conscious and alert.
Rodriguez had told hospital staff he was shot by one of his marijuana customers during a botched drug deal, Carroll said.
"It took me a while to get all my thoughts back together after being shot in the head, sir," Rodriguez said during cross-examination. "I was in such denial. I knew who did it. Of course I knew who did it."
Sentencing is scheduled for Friday.
Pit bull fatally mauls 9-month-old Florida girl in bouncy chair
Liana Valino, a 9-month-old in Florida, was fatally mauled by a pit bull as she sat in a bouncy chair. (Facebook)
A Florida mother was reeling after her 9-month-old daughter was fatally mauled by a pit bull as she sat in a bouncy chair, saying she's numb after losing "the best thing to ever happen to me."
Brenda Villasin, 24, told the Miami Herald that she dropped off her baby daughter, Liana Valino, at her paternal grandmother's house early Wednesday, kissing the girl's feet goodbye as she slept. But hours later, she got the call that every parent dreads — telling her to return to the Miramar home outside of Fort Lauderdale as fast as she could, according to the newspaper.
Upon arriving, police told Villasin that her daughter had died when a male pit bull about 3 or 4 years old — one of three in the residence — mauled her as she sat in a child's seat.
"I am numb right now," Villasin told the Herald. "She was the best thing to ever happen to me."
ESPN warning its outspoken broadcasters following 'Roseanne' controversy at ABC
ESPN managers are telling their most outspoken broadcasters and writers to be careful on social media in light of Disney axing Roseanne Barr's TV show over her racist tweets, sources told The Post.
A source said that the Disney-owned ESPN was specifically reaching out to the most politically outspoken of its broadcasters. Jemele Hill, Keith Olbermann and Kenny Mayne are the ones most frequently associated with venturing outside of sports.
An ESPN spokesman declined comment.
In the last few years, ESPN has had several social-media flare-ups involving non-sports topics. Most notably, Hill called President Trump a "white supremacist" in September.
Hill was not suspended for the Trump tweet, but later was when she broached the subject of boycotting the Dallas Cowboys sponsors after team owner Jerry Jones said he would bench any player who disrespected the flag. Jones is a very influential member of the NFL's TV committee, which decides which networks broadcast the games.
Olbermann, who spent many years as a left-leaning political commentator, has been very critical of the president, but has quieted down since he started his latest stint with ESPN. Mayne tweets often about politics.
While ESPN's upper management on Thursday was mainly focused on getting the message to its most outspoken personalities, some managers also sent the word to broadcasters and writers who have never been embroiled in any social-media controversies pertaining to politics or race.
Disney chairman Bob Iger made the final call on canceling "Roseanne" after Barr tweeted that a former senior adviser to President Obama, Valerie Jarrett, looked as if "muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj."
Iger called Jarrett to apologize, which prompted Trump to tweet, "Iger, where is my call of apology? You and ABC have offended millions of people, and they demand a response. How is Brian Ross? He tanked the market with an ABC lie, yet no apology. Double Standard!"
Ross was suspended in December and ABC did apologize after he incorrectly reported about Trump, Gen. Michael Flynn and contact with Russians during the 2016 campaign.
This article originally appeared in The New York Post.
The Latest: National Spelling Bee finalists return to stage
OXON HILL, Md. – The Latest on the Scripps National Spelling Bee (all times local):
3 p.m.
Sixteen accomplished spellers have advanced to the prime-time finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, an unusually high number after a morning session that lasted 4½ hours.
The finals began with 41 spellers, and the number slowly dwindled over five rounds, but there was never a mass exodus from the stage. At one point in the second round, 21 consecutive kids spelled their words correctly.
Three spellers who made the top 10 last year still have a chance to repeat that accomplishment: Erin Howard, Naysa Modi and Shruthika Padhy.
Tara Singh, making her fifth and final appearance in the bee, will go to the prime-time finals for the first time.
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9 a.m.
The dramatic final rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee are set to begin.
Forty-one spellers advanced to Thursday's finals out of a field of 516 — by far the largest in the 93-year history of the competition. Scripps started a wild-card program this year that created a path to nationals for spellers who didn't win their regional bees, and some of the finalists got to the bee that way.
The past 13 champions and 18 of the last 22 have been Indian-American, and that trend could easily continue. Most of the consensus favorites in this year's bee have Indian heritage.
Roseanne says she 'begged' ABC, 'like 40 motherf-----s,' to let her 'make amends' before show was axed
Following days of heavy backlash for a string of controversial tweets, Roseanne Barr on Thursday said she "begged" ABC to give her a chance to "apologize & make amends."
"I begged Ben Sherwood at ABC 2 let me apologize & make amends," the embattled TV star tweeted about the ABC president. "I begged them not to cancel the show. I told them I was willing to do anything & asked 4 help in making things right. I'd worked doing publicity4 them 4free for weeks, traveling, thru bronchitis. I begged4 ppls jobs."
She went on to apparently recall a conversation during which she claimed she "begged 4 my crew jobs."
"He said: what were you thinking when you did this? I said: I thought she was white, she looks like my family! He scoffed & said: "what u have done is egregious, and unforgivable.' I begged 4 my crews jobs. Will I ever recover from this pain? Omg"
"I also told Ben Sherman that I would go in hospital to check my meds, bc the stress had made them less effective. I begged like 40 motherf-----s," she later wrote. "Done now."
ABC CANCELS 'ROSEANNE' AFTER BARR'S RACIST TWEET
The tweets followed a series of others, in which Barr spoke of God and religion, and appeared to specifically want to make amends to a few individuals who were the focus of her provocative tweets.
"Attempting to also get phone numbers for Jarrett, Michelle and GS to personally apologize to them tho I disagree with their politics," Barr tweeted. "I was still wrong 2 dehumanize them-they r not my enemy, harboring hate & anger is my enemy. I can speak respectfully 2 those w whom I disagree."
The tweet appeared to be in reference to former President Obama's aide, Valerie Jarrett, as well as former first lady Michelle Obama and liberal donor George Soros.
Earlier this week, Barr tweeted that Jarrett, who is African-American and born in Iran, is like the "muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby." She also sent a politically charged tweet linking Chelsea Clinton to Soros.
The comments elicited wide criticism against the star, ultimately leading to the next season for the reboot of her namesake show being canceled and her talent agency, ICM Partners, deciding to drop her.
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Amid the ongoing fallback for her comments, Barr returned to Twitter and retweeted an unproved claim posted by a right-wing activist, which accused ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey of consulting the former first lady before canceling the reboot.
Barr tweeted Thursday that she asked "God2 help me use this bad experience 2 move in2 a better place where I can be more useful to help suffering people who are homeless battered & hopeless in this world, everywhere."
She continued on to say she is "so flawed" and thanked her followers for their "loving support."
Barr also said she "intended to bring ppl together" and said it was "a joyous experience" to get "to work on the Roseanne show again."
Upset restaurant employee hires homeless man and stages robbery to teach boss a lesson
An angry employee, Chan Tran (left), hired a homeless man, Conan Dehut (right), to help her pretend to rob the restaurant where she worked. (Marion County Jail)
A disgruntled employee hired a homeless man and staged a robbery to teach her boss a lesson after he repeatedly sent his wife to open the restaurant while he stayed home, Oregon police said.
Chanh Tran, 47, worked at Gina's Restaurant in Woodburn, Ore., where she opened up the eatery with the owner's wife, Chung Liu Huang – an activity she felt was unfair.
"It was not fair to make [Chung Liu Huang] work more, and possibly dangerous," Tran told KATU of her motivation behind the planned robbery.
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To get back at her boss for not coming to work as often, Tran said she hired a homeless man from Portland to pretend to rob the restaurant while the two women were there alone, Miami Herald reported.
Tran had reportedly offered the homeless man, identified as Conan Dehut, 36, a cell phone and cash to pretend to rob the restaurant.
The two allegedly practiced the robbery "to make it look as real as possible," Tran said to KATU.
In the practice, Duhat was supposed to drag the owner's wife to the back of the restaurant and place a knife to her throat before Tran intervened with money.
However, during the staged robbery, Duhut tried to enter the restaurant differently, which Tran attempted to block. Once Duhut forced his way inside, Tran placed money on the floor for him, which he took and then fled, The Oregonian reported. During the fake robbery, Duhut cut Tran on the arm with the knife he was carrying.
Police were called to the scene after Tran claimed she was robbed at knifepoint.
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After an investigation, officers discovered surveillance footage of Tran dropping Dehut off behind the restaurant an hour before the robbery.
Tran and Dehut were arrested on attempted robbery, unlawful use of a weapon and menacing charges.
'Fixer Upper' stars Chip, Joanna Gaines mark wedding anniversary on social media
"Fixer Upper" stars Chip and Joanna Gaines took time Thursday to mark their 15th wedding anniversary on social media.
Chip Gaines shared a message directed at his "sweet girl" on Twitter.
"15 years.. where'd they go 15 years.. I'd like to know 15 more, to God I pray 15 more just to make her day," the 43-year-old wrote.
At the bottom of the tweet were the words, "Happy anniversary sweet girl!"
A photo of the twosome was posted on Joanna Gaines' Instagram account.
"It's been a good fifteen years @chipgaines ❤️ Here's to fifty more…" the 40-year-old captioned the post.
She also tweeted the same sentiment.
The couple reportedly met in 2001. Joanna is currently pregnant with their fifth child.
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"I have forgotten almost everything, so it feels brand new," she previously told PEOPLE.
"I tell Chip that I feel 25, and in my mind there's something about it that gives me an extra kick in my step," she added. "Forty and pregnant … who would have ever thought that was going to happen? But I'll take it!"
Their other children include Drake, Duke, Ella and Emmie.
Fox News' Kathleen Joyce contributed to this report.
Third person arrested in disappearance of Washington girl, 15
A third person has been arrested in connection with the case of missing 15-year-old Lily Christopherson of Bonney Lake, Washington, police say.
The man was picked up by officers late Wednesday night in Tacoma on suspicion of third-degree child rape.
Law enforcement sources say the man told them Lily left his Tacoma home last week. Nobody has seen her since then.
Q13 News is not naming him because he has not been formally charged yet.
Police believe Lily is being sex-trafficked.
Christopher Russell Fitzpatrick, 39, and Maria Ann Counts, 29, were arrested earlier and charged with kidnapping, raping and sex-trafficking the teen.
Lily was reported missing by her mother to the Bonney Lake Police Department on May 9. An intensive search has been underway for the teenage girl since then.
Montel Williams hospitalized after workout at NYC gym
Montel Williams, 61, was hospitalized Wednesday after doing dumbbell squats at a New York City gym.
TV personality Montel Williams, 61, was hospitalized Wednesday after suffering an apparent medical issue while working out at a New York City gym, according to his spokesman.
Williams was doing dumbbell squats and sought medical attention when he didn't feel right, according to TMZ,
"Anyone who knows Montel knows that he is an exercise enthusiast," Jonathan Franks, Williams' spokesman, said in a statement on Thursday posted to social media. "Yesterday, he overdid it, and has been admitted to the hospital out of an abundance of caution. He is doing well and anticipates being discharged soon."
It's unclear where Williams was hospitalized.
He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999, and Franks told TMZ that they didn't want to take any chances because of his disease.
"In the coming days, as he always has, Montel will tell his story himself. Until then, we respectfully ask that his family's privacy be respected," Franks' statement continued. "The Williams family will be forever grateful for the quick response from (New York City Fire Department) and the excellent care he has received."
Williams is expected to make a full recovery.
Franks told TMZ: "We just had to cancel a speech, and he's extremely unhappy he won't be able to give his speech tomorrow."
Pennsylvania pit bull dead after allegedly being buried in locked cage
A dog died after being buried in a locked cage in the woods in Pennsylvania, according to a report. (GoFundMe)
A dog reportedly died after being buried in a locked cage in the woods in Pennsylvania and a local animal shelter is "seeking justice" for the "torturing act."
Animal cruelty officers located the pit bull after someone called in to the Ruth Steinert Memorial SPCA, WNEP reported.
"Whoever did this went to great effort and was sick," SPCA manager Lori Sult told the outlet. "They basically built a torture chamber for this dog."
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Bridget Barder, an animal cruelty officer, reportedly described the scene as "horrid" and "barbaric."
The animal shelter took to Facebook Tuesday to post about the "heartless" act.
"We are still in shock over this heartless, barbaric, sick, torturing act," the shelter wrote. "This poor dog was locked in a crate shoved down a hole with blankets and wood covering the crate PURPOSELY left to die in a wooded area in Heckshersville."
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They said they were "seeking justice for this poor baby" and urged anyone with information to get in touch with the Frackville State Police.
A link to a GoFundMe account was also provided on the shelter's Facebook post, saying it was created to help raise money for a reward for any details "that can lead to the prosecution of the person (s) responsible for the intentional torture to the sweet brindle pittie we have named Thomaston."
Employees of the shelter believe the animal lived in the conditions for roughly two months and seems to have died of starvation, WNEP reported.
Las Vegas mayor on possible strike of union casino workers
This is a rush transcript from "Your World," May 31, 2018. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: You know, anything is possible in Las Vegas, but the city of the heat right now has a team in the Stanley Cup. So that alone is amazing. So we will see how those battles go back and forth, last night, not so much.
But in the middle of all of that, a possible casino workers strike that could affect upwards of 50,000.
The latest on all this with Las Vegas independent Mayor Carolyn Goodman.
Mayor, very good to have you here. Thanks for coming.
CAROLYN GOODMAN, MAYOR OF LAS VEGAS: Oh, thanks, Neil. It's good to hear your voice again.
CAVUTO: All right, same here.
Let me ask you a little bit about some of these casinos and unions negotiating these pay raises for workers, because the timing couldn't be worse. How likely do you think a strike is? This is the time of year where interest in Vegas, to say nothing of hockey, pops inexorably.
So, what is going on?
GOODMAN: Well, you know, as you so well know, this is the entertainment capital.
So, I think it will settle. I'm not quite sure what the numbers are going to be. It's a five-year contract. I do believe hopefully the hotels will work with the union employees to give them some type of technological training. That's very important to them in this issue. But I don't think it's going to happen.
Our last major culinary strike was in 1984, when we were a town of less than 500,000. Now we're 2.3 million, with 43 million visitors coming into town every year. So I think it will settle.
CAVUTO: What I guess it would be, if it were to come to fruition, we could be days away from the first, you know, citywide strike in decades.
How likely do you think that is?
GOODMAN: You know, I really -- because we depend for everything that we do here on the diversity of our community and on the comradery of everybody that lives here, I think it will settle.
I'm not quite sure on the numbers, because, of course, I haven't been included in them. We have two major players, MGM Resorts, of course, and Caesar's Entertainment, that together probably own more than a dozen of the resort properties.
And so, you know, these are the people that live here. And I feel for them and understand and believe in their asks, but then again, too, this is their hometown and we have got to get things going. This is a popular place to be right now.
CAVUTO: No, obviously.
Mayor, that's something I was going to ask you as well. It's also a place that's seen a big economic turnaround. And a lot of people are surprised, particularly after the shooting last year, that whether the town would right itself again. It clearly has.
But I'm wondering whether something like this, just hearing about it, chases individuals away or they start thinking, well, maybe not Vegas right now.
GOODMAN: You know, it's one individual. We're seeing it all over the world. We're seeing it all over the country. And it's like trying to put your finger in a dam to stop the water from coming through. It's going to pop out somewhere else.
You just can't imagine who has got the sickness that they have or wants notoriety, whatever is causing it. These are individual people that really are creating a problem for people who just want to live and have their normal life.
But these are issues, and absolutely not here in Las Vegas. I think we know, we -- certainly, it was a tragedy.
CAVUTO: Right.
GOODMAN: And I think there's sort of an ethereal spirit now through our Vegas Golden Knights. It's sort of been galvanizing and pulling everybody back up.
CAVUTO: Now we're learning that the shooter in that particular incident, Mayor, was telling folks what he was planning to do and we're sort of piecing together -- this wouldn't be the first shooter who was telegraphing his intentions. But what do you make of all that?
GOODMAN: Well, you know, I'm looking at the students, these students around the country. And whether they have been bullied or they're a bully or they're a dropout, a lot of this is all about the media attention.
And during that tragic time, which we continue to deal with, I have yet to mention the shooter's name here or have anything to say about him, because it's about the 58 people we lost, all of those people who were wounded, the wonderful first-responders, and about life as it is today.
Something has to be done. The family needs to be fixed. Young people need to learn how to tolerate each other and identify for help who students who seem to be having problems. We need to galvanize and get young people involved. It's not about the guns. It's really about these young people who have issues and don't know how to handle it because they don't know how to talk with each other anymore.
And a lot of it has to do with that their fingers are doing all the talking.
CAVUTO: Yes, there could be a lot to that.
You know, Mayor, has the city changed or are people now more leery of outdoor Vegas events post this incident, that there are very few of them that people seek out now and fewer even offered now in your city?
GOODMAN: Well, you know, I think what we have done out on the Strip, we have put up these bollards for people who are in cars. You see that all over the world too, these cars taking out people.
CAVUTO: Right.
GOODMAN: So it's not one incident.
And as I have told the Conference of mayors again and again, it's not when-- I mean, it's not if something is going to happen. You need to be prepared. And you need to have funds available so you can appropriately attend to whatever is happening in your community.
But we need every one of us. We need every child. We need parents to start parenting again and really keep an eye on their children and really understand where they are. And then if -- as metro law enforcement everywhere says, see something, say something.
And you don't want to castigate kids and people. You just want to make this work and get us back where we belong. And this community has been simply phenomenal. This is a family of people who live in Southern Nevada that are so strong and so dedicated to each other.
And I think it's just done nothing but pull us together. And it's wonderful, as I mentioned before, to have something as fabulous as a new franchise in the finals of the Stanley Cup.
CAVUTO: In one of the hottest cities, I mean, actually physically hot cities, and then a hockey team that is thriving like this. It's amazing.
GOODMAN: Yes.
CAVUTO: Mayor, thank you very, very much. Very good seeing you.
GOODMAN: Thank you so much for having us.
CAVUTO: All right.
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Jersey Shore real estate sign washes up in France years after Hurricane Sandy
A damaged sign blown away from the Jersey Shore during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The sign ultimately washed up on a French beach. (Diane Turton, Realtors)
A New Jersey-based real estate agency is now touting itself as a "global" company after one of its signs, blown away during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, was found on the shores of France.
The saga began when a man named Hannes Frank, from Bordeaux, France, reached out to the New Jersey company -- Diane Turton, Realtors in Point Pleasant -- after finding a damaged Turton sign during a beach walk.
The sign was only partially destroyed, with the company's phone number still visible. (Diane Turton, Realtors)
The company has confirmed that this is its sign, from a waterfront listing well over half a decade ago, marketing director Perry Beneduce told Fox News.
The home survived the powerful storm's destruction, but the sign was washed out into the Atlantic Ocean. In all, it appears to have floated across 3,700 miles in the years since.
The sign made the nearly 3,700 mile journey from the Jersey Shore to Bordeaux, France. (Diane Turton, Realtors)
The agency posted the strange story, along with photos, on its Facebook page, where its been shared more than 300 times.
"Having our signage wash up in France on the beach truly proves that Diane Turton, Realtors is a global real estate company," the agency boasted.
YouTube shooter asked about a job when she visited the campus a day earlier, police say
A day before the April 3 shooting at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, California, police said the female gunman visited the company's campus asking about a job.
The new details from the San Bruno Police Department come nearly two months after the shooting spree left multiple people injured before the shooter ultimately turned the gun on herself.
Gunman Nasim Aghdam visited the video-sharing company's campus for about 10 minutes on April 2, according to police, who said she "asked for directions to the main office and was directed to the front desk where she inquired about employment."
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Before returning to YouTube the following day, police confirmed Aghdam spent less than an hour at the Jackson Arms Shooting Range in South San Francisco. Roughly an hour after leaving the range, she arrived at the company's campus and "carrying a purse over her left shoulder," made her way to a courtyard, police said.
Aghdam then pulled a weapon from her purse after being approached by an employee who wanted to see her company ID, which police said she ignored.
"Upon seeing the pistol, the YouTube Employee immediately fled and dialed 911," police said. "Aghdam walked east through the courtyard and began firing indiscriminately into a crowd of employees eating lunch. She emptied her pistol of ammunition, reloaded another magazine, and continued firing at the building and into the crowd."
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As she made her way to the entrance of the building, police said Aghdam shot herself in the chest.
The weapon used was a Smith and Wesson 9mm Model SD9VE Semi-Automatic Pistol, which police said was registered to and purchased by Aghdam.
"A total of twenty ejected shell casings were located at the scene and one round remained in the firearm," police said.
Authorities searched homes in San Diego and Menifee, as well as the shooter's car, from which police said they found the handwritten addresses for Google's Mountain View campus, as well as the San Bruno YouTube campus.
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In this April 3, 2018 image from video provided by the Mountain View Police Department, Nasim Aghdam is questioned by officers after being found asleep in her car in Mountain View, Calif. (Mountain View Police Department via AP)
Police said there's no indication at this point that Aghdam coordinated with anyone in carrying out the attack, nor does evidence suggest that "her actions were intended to support any specific cause or ideology.
"Furthermore, the primary motive for this crime is believed to be Aghdam's displeasure with YouTube business practices," police said.
Aghdam's father previously said that his daughter was furious with the company because it had stopped paying her for videos she posted on the platform.
Police said Aghdam was reported missing by family members on April 1. Around 1:40 a.m. on April 3, police said authorities found her asleep in her car, located in a Walmart parking lot. Aghdam told police that "she left home due to a disagreement with family members," after which police said they confirmed she didn't need help, took her out of the missing persons system and notified her family that she was found safe.
Fox News' Gregg Re contributed to this report.
Arizona law gives delivery robots same rights as pedestrians – but they must abide by same rules
PHOENIX – In Arizona, robots zigzagging across a sidewalk will have the same rights as everyone else – and they will have to follow the same laws.
A new law signed by the governor earlier this month will allow delivery robots, or personal delivery devises, to operate on sidewalks throughout the state, but the robots have to be courteous and use crosswalks just like everyone else. Previously, motor vehicles, including robots, were forbidden on sidewalks.
"You don't want to think of it as a human with rights or something like that, but it causes them to have to obey the laws," said State Rep. Kelly Townsend, R-Mesa, who sponsored the bill. "So they can't just whiz out into the street, they can't run into somebody, they have to go by our current laws."
The law makes way for delivery robots to become big business in Arizona. The robot would work like this: Customers place a food or coffee order on an app, the eatery inserts the items inside a delivery robot – and the robot goes off, on its own, to make the delivery.
"There's all kinds of things that could be done with them (the delivery robots) that takes us to the next level," said State Rep. Kelly Townsend, R-Mesa. (Fox News)
Townsend said she saw the robots at a conference in Boston and they intrigued her – so she wanted to bring them to her state. They can bring just about anything in minutes, from groceries to flowers to carry-out meals.
"It's super hot and people don't want to go out and go get their lunch or whatever it is that they need delivered," Townsend said.
Henry Harris-Burland, a spokesman for Starship Technologies, which touts itself as the first company to build delivery robots, said delivery robots are operating in 10 cities across five countries.
"You order and get a robot within 15 to 30 minutes," said Henry Harris-Burland, a spokesman for Starship Technologies. (Starship Technologies)
"Within the app, you can see what's available in your local area—it will be like a local marketplace of local shops and things like that," Harris-Burland said. "You order and get a robot within 15 to 30 minutes."
Starship Technologies was started by two of Skype's co-founders who wanted to solve current problems and inefficiencies of delivery by using robotics technology.
"We want delivery robots to be a common site on sidewalks around the world as quickly as possible."
"We want delivery robots to be a common site on sidewalks around the world as quickly as possible," Harris-Burland said. "It's an emerging industry."
The robots use sensors to navigate sidewalks and cross streets.
Yet, some fear that the technology could be dangerous as more and more robots zip across sidewalks brimming with people.
"The robots on the sidewalk, they could be running into us or I could be running into it with the stroller," said Caitlin Erickson, an Arizona resident and mother who supports new technology but has some concerns. "Or is it going to damage property?"
Dominick Mack, an Arizona resident, said the technology could be helpful but also has concerns.
"It's just a little crazy because I've never heard anything about that and it just seems like it's happening kind of fast—kind of like the whole autonomous car thing," Mack said. "Out of nowhere, we see them on the street."
Two months ago, an Uber autonomous car hit and killed an Arizona woman, leading the company to eventually shut its autonomous car operations in the state.
Townsend said the new law would pose restriction on delivery robots – it looks ahead to any issues that might arise. He said similar laws should have been in place to regulate self-driving vehicles before they hit the road.
"They came into our state, they were given a wide birth without a lot of regulation to operate and to test and the regulations were to come later," Townsend said. "For this technology and the bill that I put forward, I wanted to have basic safety regulations, common sense regulations, so that something like this wouldn't happen."
"I do think there's a very big difference between a car traveling at 80 miles an hour or 70 miles an hour in a freeway and a robot traveling at max speed four miles an hour on the sidewalk," Harris-Burland said. (Starship Technologies)
But he said he did not want to over-regulate the robots, which would deter businesses from coming. And under-regulating them would put people at risk, he said.
"It has to be a common sense, healthy balance of little bit of red tape but not a lot in order to keep people safe," Townsend said.
Harris-Burland said the difference between their autonomous robots and autonomous cars is the company's robots are 99 percent autonomous. The company will create "call centers" where operators keep their eyes on the robots.
"Let's see how it does—let's give it a year and a half and see if it can deliver, you know, no pun intended."
"We never want to be 100 percent autonomous," Harris-Burland said. "So, we have humans in the loop, and that's not going to change. There's always going to be…situations that a robot finds itself in where every now and again you're going to need that human help. And those are the times where a human can take over and make those decisions."
"They're creating jobs but it seems like we'll be losing more entry level jobs," Mack said. "You probably have to be qualified to monitor the robots and do those kinds of things, whereas…a delivery job's more entry level. So, it's like you're gaining jobs but you're losing entry-level jobs that help a lot of people make ends meet."
The law will allow delivery robot companies to roll out their bots on sidewalks for a testing phase starting in August. There's also a sunset provision in place, where legislators in 2020 will examine how it's been working and discuss whether or the law needs to be revised.
Arizona is the seventh state to pass this type of legislation, paving the way for robots to be a part of people's daily routines. Some believe robots sharing sidewalks with pedestrians could be a common sight soon.
"Let's see how it does," Townsend said. "Let's give it a year and a half and see if it can deliver – you know, no pun intended."
Suspect faces federal charges in Ohio postal worker deaths
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A disgruntled postal worker accused of fatally shooting his supervisor at an Ohio post office and later killing a postmaster has been indicted on federal charges carrying the possibility of a death sentence.
The indictment announced Thursday by county and federal prosecutors charges 24-year-old DeShaune Stewart, of Columbus, with two counts of murdering an officer of the United States.
Authorities say Stewart shot and killed 52-year-old Lance Dempsey at a post office in suburban Dublin in December. They say he then killed 53-year-old Ginger Ballard at an apartment complex.
Authorities say Stewart was naked during both attacks.
Police say the violence appeared to be retaliation for Stewart's pending dismissal at work.
A message seeking comment was left with Stewart's public defender.
Shocked Amazon customer receives single package of Oreos in massive box
A shocked Amazon customer received this small package of Oreos inside a giant box. (Twitter/JasonHowell)
An Amazon customer was shocked to discover the small package of Oreos he ordered were delivered in an absurdly large box.
Jason Howell tweeted a photo of his online delivery, showing the single pack of kettle corn-flavored Oreos next to the empty box.
For added protection, the cookies came padded with an inner cardboard insert and a long piece of bubble wrap.
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Howell also shared a video of himself unwrapping the unusually large box.
"There's nothing in here," Howell says as he pulls out the bubble wrap. Then he pulls out more plastic padding before discovering the cookies.
"This box had this package of Oreos in it. What the…?" he says.
The Kettle Corn Oreos he ordered are one of three flavors chosen as a finalist in the company's #MyOreoCreation Contest.
Kettle Corn Oreos feature golden wafers with a kettle corn-flavored creme and puffed millet bits. (Nabisco)
According to a review by Junk Banter, they feature the "golden wafer with a kettle corn flavored creme and puffed millet bits."
The other flavors chosen as part of the contest are Piña Colada and Cherry Cola.
One person on Twitter commented that he "heard somewhere that they choose the size of the box based on what will fit best in truck, not what size item is."
Another commenter agreed, writing that it's "some algorithm they use so packages don't move around too much in the truck during shipment."
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This isn't the first time someone has called Amazon out for their extreme packaging. In March, a woman received a small boom pole for a microphone inside a 4 feet by two feet box with 30 feet of paper. The box was so large, the woman was able to fit inside.
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