Blast-hit tankers to be assessed off UAE coast

The two oil tankers crippled in attacks in the Gulf of Oman last week that Washington and Riyadh have blamed on Iran are being assessed off the coast off the United Arab Emirates before their cargos are unloaded, the ships' operators said on Sunday. Damage assessment on Japan's Kokuka Courageous and preparation for ship-to-ship transfer of its methanol cargo would start after authorities in Sharjah, one of the UAE's seven emirates, complete security checks, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement said. Thursday's attacks, which also hit Norwegian tanker Front Altair, have heightened tensions between Iran and the United States and its Gulf allies after similar blasts in May struck four ships, including two Saudi oil tankers, off the UAE.

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  Gulf of Oman: Unconvinced EU foreign ministers call for independent investigation after US claim Iran is behind tanker attack

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  Iran increasing production of uranium

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AOC: ‘Hyde Amendment Is about Income Inequality’ Not Abortion

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) on Sunday praised former vice president Joe Biden for his recently announced opposition to the Hyde amendment and said that her own opposition to the prohibition on the direct federal funding of abortion is rooted in her concern about income inequality. “I'm encourage by the fact that he is now against the Hyde Amendment,” Ocasio-Cortez told ABC's Jonathan Karl when asked about Biden's recent reversal on the issue. Ocasio-Cortez, who launched a petition over the weekend to build public support for the amendment's repeal, went on to explain that the direct federal funding of abortion is necessary to protect the abortion rights of incarcerated pregnant women.

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  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says it's 'too early to endorse' presidential candidate

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  Police: Man sprays fire extinguisher, hides in Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's office

  WTVD – Raleigh/Durham

Off-Duty LAPD Cop Holding Child Shot California Costco Shopper Following Argument

Police now say an unnamed off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer shot and killed 32-year-old Kenneth French while holding his own child in his arms after French allegedly attacked him in an unprovoked incident near the Corona, California, store's freezer section, according to NBC News. Los Angeles Police Commission President Steve Soboroff said Sunday it will be up to LAPD Chief Michel Moore whether to put the unidentified officer on leave. The LAPD is conducting an internal investigation into the shooting while Corona police and the Riverside County district attorney's office conduct a criminal probe.

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  LAPD Officer 'Assigned Home' Amid Probe Into Costco Shooting

  KTLA - Los Angeles
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  Relatives of man killed in Corona Costco shooting seek answers as LAPD launches investigation

  KGO – San Francisco

Nearly 50 Jimmy Buffett fans reportedly fall ill in Dominican Republic

Nearly 50 members of a Jimmy Buffet fan club got sick while vacationing in the Dominican Republic in April, KFOR reports. Dana Flowers, a travel agent and member of the Central Oklahoma Parrothead Association, told the station that 47 out of the 114 people who traveled to the island for a get-together fell ill while staying at the Hotel Riu Palace Macao in Punta Cana. "Four or five days we were having a good time but then by the middle of the week people were beginning to get sick," he said.

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  Jimmy Buffett fan group became seriously ill while staying at Dominican Republic hotel

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  'Shark Tank' Star Barbara Corcoran Speaks Out About Her "Dear Brother's" Death

  Delish

Beijing says will 'firmly support' Hong Kong leader Lam

Beijing reiterated its backing of Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam on Monday after a massive demonstration demanding her resignation over a controversial extradition bill. Protest organisers said some 2 million people choked Hong Kong's streets on Sunday -- despite Lam's decision to indefinitely suspend passage of the bill a day earlier. Critics fear the Beijing-backed law will entangle people in China's notoriously opaque and politicised courts and damage the city's reputation as a safe business hub.

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  'It’s Not the Final Battle.' 10 Questions for Freed Hong Kong Democracy Campaigner Joshua Wong

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  Defiance and hope in Hong Kong as police cede streets

  AFP

The Latest: Airbus is ready for autonomous planes; are you?

The chief salesman for Airbus says his company already has the technology to fly passenger planes without pilots at all — and is working on winning over regulators and travelers to the idea. Christian Scherer also said in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday that Airbus hopes to be selling hybrid or electric passenger jets by around 2035. While the company is still far from ready to churn out battery-operated jumbo jets, Scherer said Airbus already has "the technology for autonomous flying" and for planes flown by just one pilot.

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  New blow to Boeing from engine delay, Airbus long-range rival takes off

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  Boeing lifts 20-year industry demand forecast to $6.8 trillion

  Reuters

Intense Garlic Hack Has Captivated the Internet and People Have Never Been More Pumped to Peel

Peeling garlic is one of those cooking chores that chefs tolerate, painstakingly peeling off the paper-thin covering while dreaming up new ways to get the job done. While some chefs are content to smashing cloves with a knife and peel individual cloves, others opt for the shaking method or invest in a garlic press that doesn't require peeling. Now, there's a new addition to the garlic-peeling bag of tricks, one that some home cooks were not yet privy to.

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  ‘The Twilight Zone’: How Jordan Peele Updated ‘Nightmare at 20,000 Feet’ for 2019

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  This Garlic Peeling Hack Is Taking the Internet by Storm

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Field fires in Syria's Hasakeh kill 10: monitor

Fires engulfing vital wheat fields across Syria's northeast have killed at least 10 people, a war monitor said Sunday, as Kurdish authorities claim the blazes were set deliberately. Kurdish authorities and the Damascus regime are competing to buy up this year's harvest as fires -- some claimed by the Islamic State group -- continue to scorch crops in the country's breadbasket. The victims included civilians and members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces who died while trying to extinguish the blazes since Saturday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Since When Are Liberals against Investigating the CIA and FBI?

Attorney General William Barr's decision to launch an investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation has caused some predicable anger among Democrats and other Trump-administration critics. This discomfort stems from what they regard as an attempt to flip the narrative from Trump's alleged collusion with Russia to a dubious decision by the FBI to begin spying on the political opponents of Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration. Given the failure of the investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller to prove the collusion allegations, Barr's attempt to determine whether the unprecedented probe of a presidential campaign was an abuse of power seems reasonable.

Jon Stewart Shames Mitch McConnell for Failing 9/11 First Responders on ‘Fox News Sunday’

“We don't want to be here,” Jon Stewart told the handful of lawmakers who showed up to watch him plead for an extension of the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund last week. The former host of The Daily Show likely didn't want to be on Fox News Sunday this Father's Day either, but there he was making his case to Chris Wallace. The comedian smiled as Wallace deduced that the “certain someone” Stewart criticized in his congressional testimony was Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

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  Mitch McConnell: Not Sure Why Jon Stewart Is 'Bent Out Of Shape' Over 9/11 Bill

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  Fed-Up Jon Stewart Unloads On Mitch McConnell In Searing ‘Late Show’ Smackdown

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View Photos of the 2020 BMW X3 M

Available in 473-hp standard and 503-hp Competition flavors, BMW's latest M ute is as capable as it is silly. From Car and Driver

Supreme Court upholds 'double jeopardy' standard that could blunt impact of potential Trump pardons

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court upheld Monday the ability of federal and state governments to prosecute defendants twice for the same crime – a form of double jeopardy that could come into play if President Donald Trump pardons former associates caught up in the Russian election-meddling scandal. The case, which was heard in December, had appeared to be an opportunity for challengers to block second prosecutions. But during oral argument, it became clear that a majority of justices were wary of letting criminals go free, possibly including some of those previously sentenced.

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  Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Expand Double-Jeopardy Protections

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  Justice Thomas urges U.S. Supreme Court to feel free to reverse precedents

  Reuters

Ex-Tehran mayor to face trial over wife's killing

Former Tehran mayor and prominent reformist Mohammad Ali Najafi will stand trial next month on charges of murdering his wife, the government-run Iran newspaper said Sunday. Najafi, 67, turned himself in and confessed to shooting his second wife Mitra Ostad on May 28 at their home in northern Tehran, according to Iranian media. "On July 1, the first trial session of Mohammad Ali Najafi, former Tehran mayor, will be held at Tehran's Criminal Court," the Iran daily reported.

Shark bites 8-year-old boy at North Carolina's Bald Head Island

An 8-year-old boy was bitten by a shark Sunday afternoon at Bald Head Island.

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  8-year-old bitten by shark off North Carolina coast

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  Boy, 8, Bit by Shark in North Carolina, Incident Is Third Attack in Weeks: Here's How to Stay Safe

  People

New Zealand cancels tsunami alert after powerful quake

After initially forecasting "a threat to beach, harbour, estuary and small boat activities", New Zealand's Civil Defence organisation gave the all-clear eight minutes later. The earthquake was give a preliminary magnitude of 7.4, but later downgraded to 7.2 by the US Geological Survey. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center also lifted its tsunami warning for parts of the South Pacific but said "minor sea level fluctuations may occur in some coastal areas near the earthquake".

Democrats Struggling With Black Voters Target South Carolina

Four Democratic presidential candidates are trying to make up ground with black voters by visiting the early primary state of South Carolina this weekend, as they look to chip away at front-runner Joe Biden's edge with a key party constituency. Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Beto O'Rourke and Cory Booker each appeared at the event hosted by the Black Economic Alliance in downtown Charleston. All four highlighted issues such as bridging the racial wealth gap, creating opportunity and emphasizing the legacy of slavery that are important to black voters in South Carolina and nationally.

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  2020 Hopeful Cory Booker says baby bonds can help close wealth gap

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  Democratic Candidates Focus on Racial Wealth Gap at Economic Forum

  Rolling Stone

Gun Fact: The Glock 18 Fires 1,200 Bullets Per Minute

The Glock 18 accepts typical Glock magazines, from ten to seventeen rounds, but a handgun with a rate of fire of 1,200 rounds a minute can empty a standard pistol magazine in a blink of an eye. In order to help feed the Glock 18's voracious appetite the company released thirty-three round magazines. In December 2003, soldiers of the U.S. Special Operations Command captured the Ace of Spades himself, Saddam Hussein.

Power mostly restored after massive blackout in Argentina, but questions remain

Power returned to much of Argentina and two neighboring countries following a massive blackout that left tens of millions in the dark on Sunday, but Argentine President Mauricio Macri said the cause of the "unprecedented" outage was still unclear. Argentina's grid "collapsed" around 7 a.m. (1100 GMT), leaving the entire country without power, Argentina's Energy Secretariat said. The outage also cut electricity to much of neighboring Uruguay and swaths of Paraguay, and shut down YPF SA's La Plata refinery, Argentina's largest.

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  Argentina and Uruguay completely without electricity after ‘massive’ network failure

  The Independent
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  Massive power outage hits Argentina, Uruguay: power companies

  AFP

Unruly passenger hits flight attendant, then pukes during Delta flight to Paris

Passengers on Delta Air Lines' Flight 500 from Indianapolis to Paris made an unexpected visit to Detroit on Thursday after an "unruly passenger" caused the plane to divert. The disturbance occurred just after 6 p.m. EDT, according to a federal criminal complaint.

AOC on Trump's willingness to accept political 'dirt' on rivals: 'The pressure to impeach grows'

Days after President Trump asserted he would take damaging information on his political rivals from a foreign power, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said "the pressure to impeach grows. I think every day that passes, the pressure to impeach grows," said Ocasio-Cortez Sunday in an interview on ABC News "This Week." "I think that it's justifiable, I think the evidence continues to come in and I believe that with the president now saying that he is willing to break the law to win reelection, that transcends partisanship, it transcends party lines, and this is now about the rule of law in the United States of America."

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  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says it's 'too early to endorse' presidential candidate

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  Police: Man sprays fire extinguisher, hides in Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's office

  WTVD – Raleigh/Durham

DR officials identify man believed to have paid Ortiz hitmen

Dominican authorities on Monday identified the man they believe paid hit men to try and kill David Ortiz, adding that they were closing in on the mastermind and motive behind the shooting of the famous slugger who is recovering at a hospital in Boston. The man was identified as Alberto Miguel Rodríguez Mota, whom authorities say is a fugitive. The announcement was made as a judge held a hearing closed to the public for another suspect nicknamed "Bone." Officials did not release details, but according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press, the man, whose real name is Gabriel Alexánder Pérez Vizcaíno, is accused of being the liaison between the alleged hit men and the person who paid them.