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WASHINGTON— Multiple failures are to blame for the Niger ambush that killed four U.S. service members last October, the Pentagon said Thursday, citing insufficient training and preparation as well as the team’s deliberate decision to go after a high-level Islamic State insurgent without proper command approval. A report summary released Thursday includes recommendations to improve mission planning and approval procedures, re-evaluate equipment and weapons requirements, and review... Читать дальше...

InPackage:ENTHD PENTHD; ap_fixture:Books Best Sellers;ap_fixtureid:02D15EC54F0842C2B352F1BFD432EE20; ap_subject:Entertainment; topic:ap_topic:general entertainment;subtopic:other; Language:en-us; 1. "A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo" by Twiss/Keller (Chronicle Books) 2. "Magnolia Table" by Joanna Gaines and Marah Stets (Morrow Cookbooks) 3. "A Court of Frost and Starlight" by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury) 4. "The 17th Suspect" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown) 5. "Trials of Apollo... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House intelligence committee have released more than 3,500 Facebook ads that were created or promoted by a Russian internet agency, providing the fullest picture yet of Russia’s attempt to sow racial and political division in the U.S. before and after the 2016 election. Most of the ads are issue-based, pushing arguments for and against immigration, LGBT issues and gun rights, among other issues. A large number of them attempt to stoke racial divisions... Читать дальше...

SYLMAR, Calif. (AP) _ Second Sight Medical Products Inc. (EYES) on Thursday reported a loss of $9.8 million in its first quarter. The Sylmar, California-based company said it had a loss of 17 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 14 cents per share. The maker of camera-based retinal implants posted revenue of $976,000 in the period. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, the company's shares hit $1.93. A year ago, they were trading at $1.19. _____ This story was... Читать дальше...

CARPINTERIA, Calif. (AP) — This picturesque coastal town cradled by mountains and sandy shores is a scene out of a Southern California postcard. Residents of Carpinteria say they feel lucky to live in what they consider a slice of paradise. But change is in the air. And sometimes, they say, it stinks. That's because marijuana has become a new crop of choice in the farmlands surrounding this tight-knit community of 14,000, which has long helped fuel the U.S. cut flower industry. Residents say a thick... Читать дальше...

MONTESANO, Wash. (AP) — Officials say the remains of a girl missing from Grays Harbor County since 2009 have been found in eastern Washington. Grays Harbor County Sheriff Rick Scott said Thursday at a news conference that the remains of Lindsey Baum were found by hunters in September 2017 in a remote area. He says DNA was used to make a positive identification. Authorities say Baum vanished nearly nine years ago from her hometown of McCleary. The 10-year-old was last seen the night of June 26, 2009, when she left a friend's home. Читать дальше...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) _ Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $1.24 billion. On a per-share basis, the Santa Clara, California-based company said it had profit of $1.98. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $2.05 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.65 per share. The maker of graphics chips for gaming and artificial intelligence... Читать дальше...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The attorney for a former Arizona legislator charged with killing a man on an Alaska hunting and fishing trip in 2016 says the shooting was an accident, not murder. Deborah Macaulay, who represents Mark Desimone (dee-sih-MOHN), told jurors in closing statements that the lack of an apparent motive is a hole in the prosecution's case. Desimone faces charges of murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of Duilio (DOO-lee-oh) Antonio "Tony" Rosales. Assistant... Читать дальше...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A former Independence city employee alleges in a lawsuit that she was subjected to several incidents of sexual harassment and assault. The woman says in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Jackson County Circuit Court that most of the events involved Police Chief Brad Halsey. The Kansas City Star reports the woman resigned as an analyst for the police department because of the treatment, which also involved two other department employees. She said the incidents involving Halsey... Читать дальше...

SAN DIEGO (AP) _ Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. (HALO) on Thursday reported a loss of $27.5 million in its first quarter. On a per-share basis, the San Diego-based company said it had a loss of 19 cents. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 21 cents per share. The biopharmaceutical company posted revenue of $30.9 million in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — A California man has been charged with hacking and defacing websites for a West Point counterterrorism research center and a New York City government finance agency. A criminal complaint accuses Billy Ribeiro Anderson with hacking the two sites in 2015 and 2016 using the online pseudonym "Alfabeto Virtual." It says he modified them to display "Hacked by Alfabeto Virtual." Federal prosecutors in Manhattan announced computer fraud charges against Anderson on Thursday. He was to make... Читать дальше...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on the exit of the chief executive of LeafLine Labs (all times local): 3:45 p.m. One of Minnesota's medical marijuana manufacturers lost $5.3 million in the year before its chief executive left the company. That's according to new 2017 financial documents on LeafLine Labs released by the state to The Associated Press. Those losses bring LeafLine's total losses to $12.2 million in the first three years of legal medical marijuana sales. The Cottage Grove-based company... Читать дальше...

Fox just cut three comedies from its lineup: “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “The Mick,” and “The Last Man on Earth.” The Andy Samberg show is just about to wrap is fifth (and now final) season, while Kaitlin Olsen’s “The Mick” and Will Forte’s “The Last Man on Earth” already aired their Season 2 and Season 4 closers, respectively. The call to cancel the trio of sitcoms is tied to Fox’s addition of another night of football to its primetime lineup for the 2018-2019 season and the renewal of a large portion of the network’s freshman series renewed... Читать дальше...

When it comes to intense dramas set in hospitals, is it possible to over-prescribe? Maybe, but we’re not there yet, at least judging from the upcoming television season. There are currently five such shows airing on the Big 4 networks, and last Friday NBC announced it’s adding a new hospital wing in the 2018-2019 TV schedule, picking up the Ryan Eggold-led pilot “New Amsterdam” to series. Per the logline, the medical drama “inspired by Bellevue, the oldest public hospital in America” focuses on “the brilliant and charming Dr.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's unfunded debt for teacher pensions has grown by nearly $11 billion after officials lowered its outlook for investment earnings. The California State Teachers Retirement System reported Thursday that it is facing a $107 billion gap between the cost of pensions promised to teachers and the money currently set aside to pay for them. As of June 30, 2017, the pension system was 62.6 percent funded, down from 63.7 percent a year earlier. It had $209 billion in assets. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is returning to the campaign trail with big-stage events targeting vulnerable Senate Democrats and mobilizing his most fervent supporters on behalf of Republicans, after primaries this week that saw GOP congressmen lose in key races. Trump plans to take the stage in Elkhart, Indiana, on Thursday night, two days after Republicans nominated former state lawmaker Mike Braun to challenge vulnerable Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly. Trump's political advisers view... Читать дальше...

Kendrick Lamar and his Top Dawg Entertainment labelmates kept the celebration going hard at Oracle Arena following a victorious NBA playoff series for the Golden State Warriors the night before. Sure, it was a day after the tour’s originally scheduled stop in Oakland due to the Warriors’ inability to close out their series with the New Orleans Pelicans over the weekend, but the thousands of Bay Area hip-hop fans who filled the arena were just as ready for the show on Wednesday, May 9. Collectively... Читать дальше...

Robert N. Hall’s legacy can be found at almost every checkout counter — that little red blinking laser scanner that reads bar codes on milk cartons, boxes of light bulbs, price tags dangling from a new jacket and just about everything else that can be bought in a store. A product of his inventive labor can also be found in most kitchens nowadays: the microwave oven. Yet for all the widespread familiarity of what Hall wrought as a remarkably ingenious physicist, his death, at 96, on Nov. Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper unveiling his proposed budget adjustments for next year (all times local): 4:25 p.m. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper wants to raise teacher pay higher on average than what the state budget currently plans for next fall, and corporations and high wage-earners would help pay for it. Cooper unveiled Thursday proposed adjustments to the second year of the state government spending plan. He says teachers would get average raises of 8 percent... Читать дальше...

The months leading up to Robin Williams' 2014 suicide were characterized by depression, dementia and an exhaustion that seemed existential in its consumption of the beloved comic's mind and body.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A white ex-volunteer deputy who served time in prison for shooting an unarmed black man was recently seen drinking at an Oklahoma bar in apparent violation of the conditions of his probation, which prohibit him from consuming alcohol or being in places that serve it. Robert Bates, the 76-year-old millionaire insurance executive who moonlighted for years as a reserve Tulsa County sheriff's deputy, was convicted of second-degree manslaughter in the death of Eric Harris in 2015.... Читать дальше...

FORT DODGE, Iowa, EE.UU. (AP) — Con amigos como estos, ¿quién necesita enemigos? Un hombre de Iowa dijo que su perro lo baleó accidentalmente mientras jugaban el miércoles. Richard Remme, de 51 años y residente de Fort Dodge, le dijo a la policía que estaba jugando en el sofá con su perro, Balew, y lanzó al animal para quitárselo del regazo. Remme señaló que el perro, una cruza de pitbull y labrador, debió desactivar el seguro del arma que llevaba en una faja y pisar el gatillo cuando le saltó encima nuevamente. Читать дальше...

Early in “Avengers: Infinity War,” before the whole deal with Thanos trying to kill half of the universe with the Infinity Stones gets going on Earth, Tony Stark and Pepper Potts talk about having a baby. Turns out, it might be more than talk. Eagle-eyed Twitter user ashley__renae spotted an interview with Gwyneth Paltrow,  who plays Potts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, in “Marvel’s Official Avengers: Infinity War” magazine. As CBR reports, in it, Paltrow describes the growth of the relationship... Читать дальше...

PHILADELPHIA — A Giants team that lost 98 games last season had a nice three-week run, and for three fun-filled days in Atlanta, they got a reminder of what it feels like to be a winning team. Then Philadelphia happened, a four-game disaster filled with enough hitters striking out to set a franchise record, starters getting shelled like walnuts and endless renditions of that painfully sugary Phillies victory song, “High Hopes.” The Giants’ first four-game losing... Читать дальше...

Omari Hardwick, star of “Power,” sits down for an interview and photo session. Read original story ‘Power’ Star Omari Hardwick Portraits (Exclusive Photos) At TheWrap