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Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner have a combined wealth estimated in the nine-figures, while Ms Trump remains a stakeholder in Washington’s Trump International Hotel, according to new financial disclosures released by the White House on Friday evening. The wealth amassed by Mr Trump’s White House inner circle before he became president is exposed by a series of filings covering around 180 top administration […]

By Roberta Rampton and Ayesha Rascoe | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Friday released details of the personal finances of his staffers late on Friday, including his son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka, confirming that he has surrounded himself with some very affluent advisers. White House ethics officials said the legally required disclosure documents provided a snapshot of assets and positions held by personnel when they […]

California is known far and wide for it’s wacky regulations.  In fact, just last fall we wrote about SB 1383, a very significant piece of legislation signed into law by Jerry Brown which requires a 40% reduction in methane gas emissions from cow flatulence by 2030 (no, really…you can take a look here: “Here Are Some Of The Ridiculous New State Laws That Will Take Effect January […]

A Qatar-based investment firm has announced it has invested in Voopter, the largest flight metasearch engine in Brazil. After reaching the mark of two million users per month, No Borders Investments (NBI) said it has made a “substantive investment” with co-investor Travel Capitalist Ventures, without giving specifics. The Doha-headquartered private investment firm said it typically makes investments of between $1-100 million in market leaders around the world. […]

Gilbert Baker, a San Francisco-based activist and artist best known for creating the rainbow flag representing gay rights, has died at the age of 65, his longtime friend announced on social media on Friday. “My dearest friend in the world is gone. Clive Baker gave the world the rainbow flag, he gave me forty years of love and friendship,” Cleve Jones said on Twitter. No details were […]

After centuries of getting around primarily via horses, many people viewed the first automobiles with apprehension. This newfangled “horseless carriage” was considered too fast and dangerous to ever catch on. In the late 19th century, England even had a law called the Red Flag Act, which required self-propelled vehicles to be led at walking pace by someone waving a red flag. In 1895, the New […]

By Alex Dobuzinskis | LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES Federal agents have arrested illegal immigrants at California courthouses because local authorities have made such apprehensions at jails difficult, the Trump administration’s top two law enforcement officials told the state’s chief justice, who had requested a halt to the practice. In a letter to Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye made public on Friday, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department […]

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With Adam Rawnsley   Looking for a deal. Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, has offered to be interviewed by the FBI and House and Senate investigators examining the Trump campaign’s potential ties to Russia, in exchange for immunity from prosecution, “but has so far found no takers,” according to the Wall Street Journal. In a statement on Thursday evening, Flynn’s lawyer Robert Kelner, […]

The Crisis in Scale Five million people is roughly equal to the population of Norway. If nearly a quarter of the United States’ population left the country, it would be as if the combined populations of California, New York and Ohio had disappeared. In addition, 6.3 million Syrians have been internally displaced by the war. Altogether, about half of all Syrians have been forced from their homes […]

California’s public law schools could be in line for an unexpected source of new money, thanks to a bankruptcy judge’s creative take on a way to punish after finding that the bank mistreated a couple trying to save its home. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein in Sacramento recently issued a $45 million fine against the […] (via WSJ)

Akamai Technologies has snapped up Soasta, makers of application testing and performance analytics software. Specific terms of the all-cash deal were not disclosed. Based in Mountain View, California, Soasta’s flagship product is called CloudTest and it has previously counted brands like Apple, Target, Nordstrom, Home Depot and Walmart as customers. The startup raised $30 million in funding in March 2016. Akamai said it plans to integrate Soasta’s […]

Good morning. Here’s our morning roundup of all the media news you need to know. Want to get this briefing in your inbox every morning? Subscribe here. Donald Trump is temporary ratings gold, which is either evidence of renewed civic engagement or merely the decline of Western civilization. Variety reports that Fox News “finished far and above its competition in the ratings for the first quarter of […]

The World Health Organization revealed in a statement issued on Tuesday, March 28, of high number of measles cases that were reported in the European region. The agency issued a warning as measles outbreaks hit countries in Europe that have suffered from drop in immunization rates. Over 500 cases of the infectious disease were reported across Europe in January this year. Highly Contagious Measles Measles is a […]

This originally ran in our weekly newsletter Local Edition. You can join the conversation here. A few months ago, my son, Max, got me thinking about adaptation. “Everything is different!” the 9-year-old blustered from the back seat after his Kindle finished updating. “I can’t find anything now!” “That stinks,” I told him. But it’s also good practice, I said, for a skill that younger people figure out […]

When was the first time you smoked weed? For those who’ve never indulged (or perhaps never inhaled), the question might seem too personal for an interview. But, for the millions of Americans who smoke marijuana, it could be an entrée to a host of interesting questions: Where are you from? Who’d you hang out with when you were in high school? What was your relationship with your […]

The House intelligence committee cancelled a hearing on alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia after administration officials reportedly told an Obama-era appointee that she could not testify about conversations she had concerning Michael Flynn, who was fired as White House national security adviser. Sally Yates, the acting attorney-general early in the Trump administration, was due to testify before the committee on Tuesday. But the White […]

There could soon be a novel method to combat depression, as a new study reveals that playing video games can help beat the blues. University of California-Davis researchers are experimenting with video games and brain training programs to find a treatment for depression. Video games specifically designed for people suffering from depression have been shown to provide some benefits. The study also revealed that the participants began enjoying […]

In this Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, photo, a group of self-driving Uber vehicles position themselves to take journalists on rides during a media preview at Uber’s Advanced Technologies Center in Pittsburgh. On Monday, March 27, 2017, Uber said it is resuming its self-driving car program in Arizona and Pittsburgh after it was suspended following a crash over the weekend. The company had also grounded self-driving cars in […]

Elon Musk is a man who wants to do a myriad of things: he wants autonomous electric cars cruising down streets in the near future, he wants to send people to Mars and our Moon, and he wants to build a substitute to trains that travels blazingly fast. Now, he has another item in his to-do list: to link up your human brain with artificial intelligence. How? With the […]

Democracy Fund and First Look Media on Monday announced $9 million in funding to bolster an independent free press split evenly between three newsrooms: ProPublica, the Center for Public Integrity and the Center for Investigative Reporting. Democracy Fund and First Look Media are also committing an additional $3 million to support independent in vigorous journalism. It includes: The Knight Prototype Fund aimed at combating misinformation will receive […]

Livestock grazing could affect the sage grouse population across 11 states in the western region of the United States and two Canadian provinces in western North America, according to a study. Its effect, either positive or negative, is determined by the amount of grazing and when it occurs. The study said some grazing could still be beneficial to chicken-like grouse if grazing occurred during the later part of […]

The location and energy potential, in terawatt hours, of eastern and southern African renewable resources (wind, solar photovoltaic and concentrating solar power). Credit: UC Berkeley As Africa gears up for a tripling of electricity demand by 2030, a new Berkeley study maps out a viable strategy for developing wind and solar power while simultaneously reducing the continent’s reliance on fossil fuels and lowering power plant construction costs. […]

A Beijing court has overturned a ruling that Apple’s iPhone 6 violated a patent owned by local manufacturer Shenzhen Baili, the South China Morning Post has reported. The Beijing Intellectual Property Office ruled last May that the tech giant violated design patents of the local device with its iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, and as a result was ordered to cease selling the smartphone in Beijing. […]

Following a car accident involving one of its self-driving cars, Uber is officially pulling out its autonomous testing program in Arizona, in addition to pausing its Pittsburgh test bed. This is the latest for a company currently facing a diverse set of controversies: from workplace sexism to Kalanick’s perceived lack of leadership to pressing accounts of its noxious office culture. Uber’s Self-Driving Car Crashes In a photo first […]

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Battle Uttar Pradesh Will Be Tougher For Yogi Than Expected // TVM –Mangaluru Vande Bharat claims top spot // Emaar approves Development buyout ahead of planned delisting // Kochi police detain two actors over bid to honey trap doctor // Motorola introduces Signature 27 flagship priced at $1,599 // e-Crime Bureau Signs Cybersecurity Partnership With Smart Africa, Reinforcing Its Global Expansion // Xi Jinping Preparing For A Trilateral Summit With Trump And Putin At APEC Summit On Nov 18-19 // India Under Pressure To Join RCEP On The Eve Of ASEAN Summit In Manila On Nov 15-17 // CM disputes Vijayan’s claims // Technology shares plunge as Nasdaq enters correction // Private varsities bill all set to face the axe // Democrats Gearing Up For 2028 Presidential Elections To Gain Full Power // Beyond the exhibition floor: How robots, AI and networks are moving into the real world // Trump’s Iran War Has A Share Of Contribution To His Midterm Debacle // Microfinance case trouble for Vellappally // Oil advances towards $100 as tanker attacks persist // Millions Of Indians May Soon Be Deprived Of Government Assistance // CR Longdation Aethereal Cybersecurity × Global Cybersecurity Alliance (GCSA) Join Hands to Establish the “AI and Cybersecurity Research Centre” // Miss Universe Hong Kong Jen Zhou Departs for Puerto Rico to Compete in the 75th Miss Universe World Final // UK air traffic outage inflicted £33m financial losses //