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Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Facebook provided at least four Chinese electronics companies, including government-linked telecom giant Huawei, unrestricted access to user data, according to a person familiar with the matter but not authorized to speak on the record.

The relationships were part of a recently revealed data-sharing partnership program which included at least 60 major device manufacturers, including Apple, Amazon, Blackberry, Microsoft and Samsung – allowing the companies to integrate various Facebook features into their operating systems which gave them access to user data, and the data of users’ friends without consent.    Continue reading “Facebook Gave User Data Access To Chinese Firm Flagged By US Intelligence”

Yahoo News

SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — U.S. immigration agents made more than 100 arrests Tuesday at a gardening and landscaping company, aided by about 200 law enforcement workers in one of the largest employer stings in recent years.

The 114 arrests occurred at two locations of Corso’s Flower & Garden Center, one in Sandusky, a resort city on Lake Erie, and another in nearby Castalia. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it expected criminal charges including identity theft and tax evasion.   Continue reading “Immigration agents arrest 114 in sting at Ohio landscaper”

USA Today

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A fatal shooting Saturday morning in this Phoenix suburb is connected to the murder of a forensic psychiatrist and two paralegals earlier this week, police said.

The Scottsdale Police Department is investigating this fourth homicide at an office building, Sgt. Ben Hoster said. Police did not identify the victim. Karen Kolbe, a licensed professional counselor, told The Arizona Republic the victim was Marshall Levine, a psychologist to whom she had rented office space for the last two years.   Continue reading “4th killing in 3 days in Phoenix suburb connected to deaths of psychiatrist, paralegals, police say”

AdAge – by Garett Sloane

Facebook is trying to create balance with its upcoming news programs, set to launch next week.

The social network tapped CNN and Fox News as two of its showcase media partners for a news initiative it has been working on for months under Campbell Brown, Facebook’s head of news partnerships, according to people familiar with the deals. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report that CNN and Fox News were joining Facebook to create news programs, and that Shepard Smith would be the face of Fox’s new digital news program.   Continue reading “Facebook Taps CNN and Fox as News Partners, Dumps Trending News”

CNBC

President Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to issue a pardon to Dinesh D’Souza, a prominent conservative commentator and filmmaker who was convicted of making an illegal campaign contribution.

Trump said he will pardon D’Souza on Thursday, adding that D’Souza “was treated very unfairly by our government!”   Continue reading “Trump will pardon conservative pundit Dinesh D’Souza, who was convicted of campaign finance violation”

Fox News

A Tennessee sheriff’s deputy was killed Wednesday and a manhunt is on for the gunman, officials said.

Sgt. Daniel Scott Baker, of the Dickson County Sheriff’s Office, got into an altercation with the suspect when the deputy responded to a report of a stolen vehicle in Kingston Springs.  Continue reading “Tennessee sheriff’s deputy shot and killed, search for gunman underway”

ABC 30 News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Calls for President Trump to commute the sentence of a man who was recently sent back to prison after he was released in 2016 have crossed the political spectrum and call attention to “mandatory minimum” prison sentences.

Matthew Charles had served 21 years of a 35-year sentence for selling crack to a police informant in the 1990’s before he was released under reduced sentences of “mandatory minimum” sentences by the Obama Administration. An appeals court recently ruled that he was released in error.   Continue reading “Calls For Trump To Commute Sentence Of Man Sent Back To Prison Increase”

Fox News

An off-duty San Antonio Police Office was shot six times after a road rage incident turned into a shootout in the parking lot of a gentleman’s sports club on Tuesday, according to the city’s police chief.

San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said at a news conference the off-duty officer and a 25-year-old driver pulled into the parking lot of the Allstars Gentleman’s Sportsclub off Interstate 10 after the motorist accused the officer of cutting him off. The driver then pulled out a gun and started shooting, hitting the officer six times in the lower-torso.  Continue reading “Off-duty Texas police officer shot 6 times after road rage incident, officials say”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

One day after Trump surprised trade watchers by announcing he would impose 25% tariffs on up to $50 billion in Chinese tech imports as well as other sanctions, a confused Beijing hit back at the US president, saying that if the U.S. insists on unilateral measures, China will respond accordingly, according to foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters in Beijing on Wednesday.

“Every flip-flop in international relations simply depletes a country’s credibility,” Hua added following the White House’s statement on Tuesday that a final list of imported goods to be targeted will be released by June 15, and levies imposed “shortly thereafter.”    Continue reading “China Trade Deal On The Verge After Beijing Slams Trump’s Latest Surprise “Flip-Flop””

Fox News

The state senate in California on Tuesday reportedly voted in favor of legislation that would up the legal purchasing age for rifles and shotguns, and would set restrictions on long guns.

The measure, proposed by Democrat Sen. Anthony Portantino of La Canada Flintridge, moves to make 21 the legal age to buy rifles or shotguns, up from 18, and seeks to prevent people from exceeding more than one long gun purchase per month, according to The Associated Press.   Continue reading “California Senate OKs bill raising age to buy rifles, shotguns from 18 to 21”

Yahoo News

Russia and Israel have reportedly reached an unprecedented deal which would allow Bashar al-Assad’s forces to take remaining rebel territory in southern Syria – so long as Iranian fighters do not participate.

Moscow appears to have capitulated to Israeli demands to hold back Tehran-backed militias 15 miles from the occupied Golan Heights, according to Israeli and Saudi reports.  Continue reading “Russia and Israel ‘agree deal’ to hold back Iranian militias so Assad can take border region”

RT

Tehran wants to sue Washington for its indirect involvement in dual terrorist attacks in Iran last year, claiming that the president himself repeatedly admitted the US is responsible for the rise of the terrorist group.

During his election campaign, US President Donald Trump repeatedly accused his predecessor’s administration – in particular, Democratic Party rival and former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton – of creating Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS).  Continue reading “Iran builds legal case against ‘ISIS-founder’ US, based on Trump campaign claims”

Fortune

A potential bill to prohibit ZTE Corp. (ZTCOY, -15.37%) and other Chinese telecommunications companies from operating in the U.S. would garner supermajority support in Congress, Republican Senator Marco Rubio said.

Rubio was responding to Trump’s proposal to allow the networking gear and smartphone maker to remain in business after paying a $1.3 billion fine, changing its management and board, and providing “high-level security guarantees.” The president has suggested the deal is a favor to Chinese President Xi Jinping as the two nations hold talks to prevent a trade war. But a bill like the one the senator’s proposing threatens to derail any agreement struck with Beijing.   Continue reading “Trump Proposed a Deal to Let ZTE Stay in Business. Now Congress May Try to Ban Chinese Telecom Firms From the U.S.”

AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Thursday passed a $717 billion defense policy bill that would give the military a 2.6 percent pay hike, the largest in nine years.

The bipartisan 351-66 vote sends the measure to the Senate, where a key panel completed a companion measure in a closed-door session on Wednesday.   Continue reading “House passes $717B Pentagon policy measure”

Chron

Texas oil and gas companies are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s pending steel tariffs, arguing they would cause job losses and the bankruptcies of some businesses.

The Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, which represents 2,600 smaller oil and gas companies, submitted its comments to the U.S. Commerce Department, asking for the elimination of import quotas and exemptions for countries that provide a lot of steel piping to the energy sector.   Continue reading “Texas oil producers fight steel tariffs, import quotas”

ABC 13

NOBLESVILLE, Indiana — Authorities say two victims in a shooting at a suburban Indianapolis school are being taken to a hospital and the lone suspect is in custody.

Bryant Orem, a spokesman for the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, says in a news release that the victims in Friday morning’s attack at Noblesville West Middle School are being taken to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis and their families have been notified. He says no other information is available about the victims.   Continue reading “Authorities: 2 victims in Indiana middle school shooting headed to hospital, lone suspect in custody”

NBC

Fifteen people were injured by an intentional explosion at an Indian restaurant in a Toronto suburb Thursday night, authorities said.

Police said they were hunting for two men who are alleged to have walked into the Bombay Bhel restaurant and “detonated an improvised explosive device” before fleeing the restaurant in Mississauga, Ontario.   Continue reading “‘IED’ explosion in Toronto-area restaurant injures 15, two suspects sought”