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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about US Nobel laureate fears US politics could undermine science
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"STOCKHOLM (AP) — An American scientist who shared this year's Nobel Prize for medicine bluntly criticized political developments at home in his address at the awards' gala banquet, saying that U.S. scientists are facing funding cutbacks that will hurt research.\nMichael Rosbash, who was honored for his work on circadian rhythms — commonly called the body clock — expressed concern that U.S. government funding such as that received by him and Nobel colleagues Jeffrey Hall and Michael Young is endangered.\n\"We benefited from an enlightened period in the postwar United States. Our National Institutes of Health have enthusiastically and generously supported basic research ... (but) the current climate in the U.S. is a warning that continued support cannot be taken for granted,\" Rosbash said in a short speech Sunday night at Stockholm's ornate city hall.\nThe 2018 federal budget proposed by President Donald Trump calls for cutting science funding by billions of dollars.\n\"Also in danger is the pluralistic America into which all three of us of born were born and raised after World War II,\" Rosbash said. \"Immigrants and foreigners have always been an indispensable part of our country, including its great record in scientific research.\"\nLiterature laureate Kazuo Ishiguro of Britain expressed concern about increasing tensions between social factions.\n\"We live today in a time of growing tribal enmities of communities fracturing into bitterly opposed groups,\" said Ishiguro, who was born in Japan.\nHe said Nobel prizes can counterbalance such animosity.\n\"The pride we feel when someone from our nation wins a Nobel prize is different from the one we feel witnessing one of our athletes winning an Olympic medal. We don't feel the pride of our tribe demonstrating superiority over other tribes. Rather it's the pride that from knowing that one of us has made a significant contribution to our common human endeavor,\" he said.\nIn the Norwegian capital of Oslo, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima compared her struggle to survive in 1945 to the objectives of the group awarded this year's Nobel's Peace Prize.\nSetsuko Thurlow, who was 13 when the U.S. bomb devastated her Japanese city during the final weeks of World War II, spoke as a leading activist with the Nobel-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.\nThurlow said the Hiroshima blast left her buried under the rubble, but she was able to see light and crawl to safety. In the same way, the campaign to which she belongs is a driving force behind an international treaty to ban nuclear weapons, she said after ICAN received the Nobel prize it won in October.\n\"Our light now is the ban treaty,\" Thurlow said. \"I repeat those words that I heard called to me in the ruins of Hiroshima: 'Don't give up. Keep pushing. See the light? Crawl toward it.'\"\nThe treaty has been signed by 56 countries — none of them nuclear powers — and ratified by only three. To become binding it requires ratification by 50 countries.\nICAN Executive Director Beatrice Fihn, who accepted the prize along with Thurlow, said that while the treaty is far from ratification \"now, at long last, we have an unequivocal norm against nuclear weapons.\"\n\"This is the way forward. There is only one way to prevent the use of nuclear weapons — prohibit and eliminate them,\" Fihn said.\nThe prize winners were announced in October. All except the peace prize were awarded in Sweden on Sunday.\nThe other laureates were American Richard Thaler for his work in behavioral economics; American physicists Kip Thorne, Rainer Weiss and Barry Barish for confirming the existence of gravity waves; and Jacques Dubochet of Switzerland, American Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson of the United Kingdom for advances in electron microscopy.\n___\nHeintz reported from Moscow."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Leicester forward Ahmed Musa returns to CSKA Moscow on loan
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"MOSCOW (AP) — Leicester has sent Nigeria forward Ahmed Musa back to CSKA Moscow on loan until the end of the season.\nMusa joined Leicester from CSKA in 2016 but scored only twice in 21 games last season.\nHe spent much of this season with Leicester's reserve team and only played one game in the English League Cup, scoring against Sheffield United.\nIn a statement on the Russian club's website, Musa says CSKA is \"truly my home, a champion team,\" adding, \"I'm back in the red-and-blue family.\"\nCSKA is likely to offer Musa regular game time as he prepares to represent Nigeria at the World Cup. Nigeria will face Croatia, Iceland and Argentina in the group stage."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Ibrahim Nasrallah wins Arabic book prize for dystopian novel
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"ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Jordanian-Palestinian writer Ibrahim Nasrallah has won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction with a novel about humanity's capacity for savagery.\n\"The Second War of the Dog\" was named winner at a ceremony Tuesday in the Emirates capital, Abu Dhabi.\nSet in a dystopian future society, the book centers on an opponent of the regime who descends into brutal nihilism. The author has called it \"a warning of what we could become in the future.\"\nIbrahim Al Saafin, who chaired the judging panel, said the book used \"humor and insight\" to expose society's tendency toward brutality.\nNasrallah's book was chosen from among 124 entries from 14 countries for the award, which is affiliated with Britain's prestigious Man Booker Prize.\nHe wins $50,000 and funding for an English translation of his novel."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about German coalition talks appear to break impasse on migrants
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"BERLIN (AP) — The prospective partners in Chancellor Angela Merkel's next government appear to have broken an impasse over migrants' right to bring close relatives to Germany.\nMerkel's conservative Union bloc and the center-left Social Democrats hope to conclude coalition talks Sunday. The Social Democrats are seeking more palatable compromises on some issues already discussed in preliminary talks.\nThose include whether close relatives can join migrants with a status below full asylum. They can't now, but that rule expires in mid-March. News agency dpa reported the two sides agreed Tuesday that, from August, a maximum 1,000 relatives monthly should be let in, plus people who can be admitted under existing rules for hardship cases.\nThat's largely in line with a preliminary agreement that was considered a success for conservatives. But Social Democrat lawmaker Eva Hoegl said her party had ensured that relatives can come."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Gov't report: Health care deductibles higher under GOP bill
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump promised to make health care more affordable but a government report finds that out-of-pocket costs — deductibles and copayments — would average 61 percent higher under the House Republican bill.\nAnd even though the sticker price for premiums would be lower than under the Obama-era law, what consumers actually pay would edge up on average because government financial assistance would be curtailed.\nThe report from the Office of the Actuary, a nonpartisan economic unit at the Health and Human Services Department, was released earlier this week with little fanfare.\n\"It's fascinating,\" said Chris Sloan, a policy expert with the Avalere Health consulting firm. \"They actually think that on average people will be paying more even though the underlying premium is less.\"\nThe estimates are for the year 2026, and apply to people who buy their own health insurance policies. That group was a major focus of former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act. Individually-purchased coverage is also key to the GOP's American Health Care Act, which would roll back much of \"Obamacare.\"\nThe report tracks with findings by the Congressional Budget Office, which said millions more would be uninsured under the Republican legislation, in particular due to Medicaid cuts affecting low-income people. But at first blush the impact appears to be less dramatic. The budget office estimate of 23 million more uninsured in 2026 compares with 13 million projected by the experts at HHS.\nHowever, Sloan said much of the contrast appears due to a fairly technical issue: the two groups of experts make different assumptions about the number of people covered as a result of Obama's law.\nThe HHS report also finds that the Republican bill would shorten the life of the Medicare hospital trust fund by two years, partly because it repeals a tax on upper-income earners.\nIn a statement, the Trump administration said the new HHS estimate doesn't take into account other changes proposed by the president, including relief from burdensome regulations and additional health care legislation.\nWhile Trump celebrated passage of the House bill with a Rose Garden ceremony, lately he's told senators it's too \"mean,\" and he's urged lawmakers to spend more money on health care. Republican senators are trying to find a compromise that will let them advance their own version.\nThe HHS experts projected forward nearly a decade, estimating that sticker-price premiums would average $801 a month in 2026 if the Obama law stays in place.\nUnder the GOP bill, that gross monthly premium would drop to $695, or about 13 percent less.\nYet financial assistance would also be reduced under House bill, which provides government tax credits based on age, not income. After taking that and other changes into account, net premiums would average $380 under the GOP bill, a little bit more than the $360 a month consumers would pay under current law.\nThe GOP bill also would eliminate current subsidies that help reduce deductibles and copayments for people of modest incomes. And it would allow insurers to offer plans that cover fewer benefits, among other changes. Both those shifts lead to higher deductibles and copayments.\nWhen all that is factored in, the HHS estimate found that cost-sharing would average $380 a month, 61 percent more than the estimate of $236 under current law.\nIn a Washington Post interview shortly before taking office, Trump promised \"much lower deductibles.\"\n\"You can see promise of the lower premiums holding up,\" said Sloan. \"But there is nothing in this proposal that is going to lead to lower deductibles or lower cost-sharing. There is just nothing there.\"\nThe HHS report cautioned that averages don't tell the whole story. The impacts would vary widely by age, income, and where a consumer lives. And the cost-sharing average includes people who use their insurance a lot, and people who don't go to the doctor.\n___\nHHS Office of the Actuary report: https://tinyurl.com/ycc9cmvt"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Trump administration acts to 'stabilize' health insurance
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — With a new health secretary in office, the Trump administration is proposing its first regulatory changes to the health insurance markets created by President Barack Obama's overhaul.\nAmong the most noticeable change for consumers: a shorter sign-up window of 45 days, as opposed to three months.\nAdministration officials said Wednesday the new regulations will help to stabilize the individual insurance market for next year. That could buy time for the Republican-led Congress to make good on its promise to repeal the Obama-era health care overhaul and replace it with a conservative approach.\nMany of the proposed changes reflect the wishes of the insurance industry. Even so, insurer Humana announced Tuesday it will not participate in next year in the government-run marketplaces.\nHuman Services Secretary Tom Price was confirmed Friday."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Kentucky lawmaker accused of sexual assault
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"FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker who attracted national attention last year when he compared President Barack Obama and his wife to monkeys has been accused of sexual assault.\nThe Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting quotes Maranda Richmond as saying she has asked Louisville police to reopen an investigation of Dan Johnson.\nJohnson was elected to the state legislature in 2016 — after he posted the Facebook remarks about the Obamas. He didn't respond to a voicemail Monday. Richmond says Johnson assaulted her in 2012. She says she reported it to police in 2013, but the case was closed without charges. No one at the police department responded to a telephone call seeking comment.\nThe Associated Press does not generally identify alleged sexual assault victims, but is doing so because Richmond has gone public."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Jury selection starts for men accused of Kansas bomb plot
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"WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A trial begins this week for three members of a militia group accused of conspiring to bomb a mosque and apartment complex housing Somalis in the Kansas town of Garden City.\nPatrick Stein, Gavin Wright and Curtis Allen are charged with conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and conspiracy against civil rights. Stein also faces a weapons-related charge and Wright has an additional charge of lying to the FBI.\nThe three men, who were indicted in October 2016, have pleaded not guilty.\nTheir federal trial in Wichita is expected to last six weeks, with jury selection beginning Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren.\nThe government said in court filings that a militia member tipped off federal authorities after becoming alarmed by the heightening talk of violence, and later agreed to wear a wire as a paid informant. The government's case features months of investigation captured on profanity-laced recordings that referred to the Somalis as \"cockroaches.\"\nEarlier in the case, a judge denied a defense motion to expand the prospective jury pool to encompass more rural western Kansas counties where the defense believed residents would be more conservative.\nDefense attorneys argued the case is \"uniquely political\" because much of the anticipated evidence is in reaction to the 2016 presidential election. They contended the case will require jurors to weigh evidence regarding whether the alleged conduct constitutes the crimes charged, or whether it is constitutionally protected speech and assembly and implicates the right to bear arms."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about AP PHOTOS: Dozens get hitched on Valentine's Day in Vegas
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"LAS VEGAS (AP) — In keeping with tradition, dozens of couples have obtained marriage licenses in Las Vegas this Valentine's Day.\nThe Clark County Marriage License Bureau reported issuing more than 110 marriage licenses by Tuesday afternoon.\nIts main office in downtown Las Vegas closes at midnight.\nA county spokesman, Dan Kulin, says the bureau issues about 120 licenses on a normal Tuesday.\nNearly 380 couples obtained licenses last year's Valentine's Day, which fell on a Sunday.\nIn an area where people can get married in venues that range from a shooting range to a Denny's restaurant, the bureau is one of the busiest in the nation. It issues more than 80,000 marriage licenses every year."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Mattis' reassurance tour in Europe could include US requests
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"BRUSSELS (AP) — For Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, the next few days will be a reassurance tour with a twist.\nAs much he'll tell allies the U.S. is committed to NATO, he also is expected to visit Europe with a hand out, hoping to secure bigger defense spending commitments and greater assistance in military campaigns in Afghanistan and elsewhere.\nMattis also will field questions on national security adviser Michael Flynn's resignation over his pre-inauguration discussions with Russia, and what the change means for U.S. policy on Moscow.\nSpeaking to reporters on the way to a NATO defense ministers' meeting, Mattis said Flynn's departure \"has no effect at all\" on him.\n\"Frankly, this has no impact,\" he said. \"I haven't changed what I'm heading there for. It doesn't change my message at all. Who is on the president's staff is who I will work with. And so, you know, it's full speed ahead.\"\nMattis also reinforced earlier comments he's made on NATO's importance.\nCalling it \"the most successful military alliance in history,\" he told reporters on the plane that \"our commitment remains to NATO.\" But he said allies need to discuss increasing their military funding to the benchmark goal of 2 percent of gross domestic product.\nAfter spending his first official trip telling America's Asian allies they wouldn't be abandoned, Mattis is on a similar journey in Brussels and Munich this week, where he will have to address the mixed messages from President Donald Trump on the value of NATO before and after he took office.\n\"I think there will be a lot of reassuring words spoken over the next week,\" said Derek Chollet, a former senior defense official who is now senior adviser at the German Marshall Fund.\nNations want Mattis to maintain the U.S. commitment to providing military support and troops to bolster Poland and the Baltics, who feel threatened by Russia, he said. While Mattis' words may provide some comfort, Chollet said: \"It will leave the question: What does the president think? If anything, the sum total of all of this will just perpetuate the confusion.\"\nWednesday marks Mattis' first NATO meeting as defense secretary. During his Senate confirmation hearing last month, the retired Marine general said he wanted the U.S. to \"maintain the strongest possible relationship with NATO.\"\nWith remarks such as those, Mattis has distanced himself from Trump's criticism of the military alliance and threats that the U.S. might not defend allies that don't fulfill their financial obligations as NATO members.\nMattis, however, is aligned with Trump's call for the 27 NATO members to meet the defense spending requirement. Only a few are currently hitting the 2 percent mark, while the U.S. spends more on its armed forces than all the others combined. Washington also foots more than 22 percent of NATO's commonly funded budget.\nThe U.S. also would like to see an increased NATO commitment in Afghanistan, where forces have been fighting the Taliban for more than 15 years, since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Washington wants more trainers in Afghanistan, where about 8,400 American troops are still deployed.\nThere also will be discussions about how to accelerate the newer, U.S.-led campaign to defeat the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.\nEurope's leaders will first be looking for clarity from Mattis. They're still rattled by Trump's declarations that NATO is \"obsolete\" and his repeated praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin.\nSuch comments have triggered fears Trump will ease sanctions imposed on Moscow after it annexed Ukraine's Crimea region in 2014 and supported an insurgency in eastern Ukraine. Another concern: lessened U.S. military support for eastern European allies near Russia's border who worry about being the next target.\nDuring his confirmation hearing, Mattis told senators that he has discussed NATO with the president and that Trump was \"open\" to changing his position. Among Mattis' first calls after Trump's inauguration was one to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.\nIn recent weeks, Trump's public statements on NATO have softened somewhat.\nAfter meeting Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May told reporters that he assured her he was \"100 percent\" behind NATO. A joint statement issued after Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by telephone said the two agreed on the \"fundamental importance that the NATO alliance has for trans-Atlantic relations\" and the need for all members to pay their fair share. Trump made similar comments in a call with French President Francois Hollande.\nOnly four countries other than the U.S. — Britain, Estonia, Greece and Poland — are meeting NATO's spending target. Many are increasing their budgets in response to Russia's actions."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Federer and Williams back on Centre Court at Wimbledon
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"LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer and Serena Williams are both back on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Wednesday as they look to advance to the third round.\nFederer will play Lukas Lacko of Slovakia as he continues his quest for a record-extending ninth title at the All England Club. Williams then faces Bulgarian qualifier Viktoriya Tomova as she goes for a 16th straight match win at the tournament — having missed last year while pregnant.\nAustralian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki and last year's men's runner-up, Marin Cilic, are also back in action as they try to avoid more upsets at the tournament. Three of the top-10 seeded men lost in the first round, while former champions Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova also went out on Tuesday.\nThe forecast calls for more sunny skies, although there is a 30 percent chance of rain showers in the afternoon.\n___\nMore AP tennis coverage: https://www.apnews.com/tag/apf-Tennis"
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I am asking in the domain of entertainment. Tell me about Randolph's double-double leads Kings past Pelicans, 114-103
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"NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zach Randolph scored 26 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and the Sacramento Kings beat the New Orleans Pelicans 114-103 on Tuesday night.\nKosta Koufos had 17 points and 17 rebounds for the Kings, who were able to exploit the absence of Pelicans All-Star and former King DeMarcus Cousins by getting double-doubles from both of their starting big men.\nRookie De'Aaron Fox and reserve guard Garrett Temple, a former LSU player, each scored 15 for the Kings, who've won three of their last four games.\nAnthony Davis had 23 points and 13 rebounds for the Pelicans, while Jrue Holiday scored 21 points and Ian Clark a season-high 20, hitting nine of 10 shots. But New Orleans has lost both of its games without Cousins, who went out for the season with a ruptured left Achilles at the end of a victory over Houston last Friday night.\nThe Pelicans trailed by five points after Davis' free throws with 4:13 to go, but Sacramento reserve George Hill, who had 14 points, responded with a 3 with 3:24 left. Koufos then converted inside to make it a 10-point game with 2:44 left and New Orleans never got closer than six after that.\nTIP INS\nKings: Randolph shot 11 of 23 overall and 3 of 6 from 3-point range. ... Reserve G Buddy Hield, drafted sixth overall by New Orleans in 2016 and sent to Sacramento as part of the trade that brought Cousins to the Pelicans, scored eight points on 4-of-9 shooting, but missed all four of his 3-point attempts. ... The Kings improved to 9-20 on the road, with two of those victories coming in New Orleans.\nPelicans: Struggled from 3-point range for a second straight game, going 9 of 25 (36 percent) against the Kings, including 3 of 15 in the second half. ... Reserve F Cheik Diallo played for the first time since Jan. 10. He was in the game for more than six minutes and had two points and a rebounds ... G Tony Allen was deemed available to play after missing 22 games with a fractured left fibula but did not play. ... F Dante Cunningham, who has started forward in both games since Cousins' season-ending injury, left the game late in the first half with back spasms. ... C Omer Asik played a season-high 24 minutes. He had four rebounds, a block, a steal and a single point on 1-fo-4 free throw shooting. He did not attempt a field goal and committed five fouls and one turnover.\nUP NEXT\nKings: Host Golden State on Friday night.\nPelicans: Visit Oklahoma City on Friday night.\n___\nMore AP NBA: https://apnews.com/tag/NBAbasketball"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Earnings reports lift stocks; 10-year yield hits 3 percent
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"NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are higher Tuesday morning as investors applaud strong first-quarter results from companies including machinery maker Caterpillar, appliance maker Whirlpool and Fifth Third Bancorp. Smaller companies made big gains in an optimistic sign for the U.S. economy. Bond yields continue to rise and the 10-year Treasury note reached 3 percent for the first time in more than four years. Alphabet, Google's parent company, slid after it reported greater revenue but also an increase in spending.\nKEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index gained 4 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,675 as of 9:55 a.m. Eastern time. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 43 points, or 0.2 percent, to 24,492. The Nasdaq composite added 13 points, or 0.2 percent, to 7,141. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks rose 8 points, or 0.5 percent, to 1,570.\nMACHINE POWER: Caterpillar said the strong global economy helped its sales of construction and energy industry machinery and it raised its forecasts for the year. It also said prices rose and its stock jumped 3.3 percent to $159. Appliance maker Whirlpool also surpassed expectations and rose 5 percent to $157.80. Aircraft maker United Technologies rallied 1.5 percent to $125.29 after its report and competitor Boeing gained 1.7 percent to $344.59. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies picked up 2.4 percent to $90.15.\nMISPRINT: Alphabet slid 2.6 percent to $1,045.78 after the company said ad revenue climbed, but expenses also rose. Google's parent company benefited from strong digital ad sales as well as an accounting change.\nDrugmaker Biogen reported weaker sales than analysts expected and its stock gave up 2.3 percent to $253.34 while scientific equipment maker Waters said sales to industrial customers decreased. The stock plunged 7.9 percent to $193.\nBONDS: Bond prices kept slipping. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 3 percent before it slipped to 2.99 percent. It finished at 2.98 percent on Monday.\nThe yield on the 10-year note is a benchmark for many kinds of interest rates including mortgages, and it's been climbing because investors expect greater economic growth and faster inflation. It hadn't reached 3 percent since early January of 2014.\nSince the global financial crisis in 2008-09, a combination of low inflation expectations and a bond-buying program by the Federal Reserve have helped keep bond yields low, but they have climbed this year as inflation has picked up and the Fed raised interest rates. With the Fed no longer buying bonds and investors expecting greater inflation, analysts say higher yields could make bonds more attractive.\nCURRENCIES: The dollar rose to 109.13 yen from 108.65 yen. The euro rose to $1.2230 from $1.2205.\nENERGY: Benchmark U.S. crude oil gained 19 cents to $68.83 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price international oils, gained 7 cents to $74.78 per barrel in London.\nOVERSEAS: Germany's DAX lost 0.3 percent while the French CAC 40 dipped 0.2 percent. Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.2 percent. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.9 percent, helped by the weaker yen. The Kospi in South Korea lost 0.4 percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 1.4 percent.\n____\nAP Markets Writer Marley Jay can be reached at http://twitter.com/MarleyJayAP . His work can be found at https://apnews.com/search/marley%20jay"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Fed leaves key rate unchanged at Yellen's final meeting
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"The Federal Reserve has left its benchmark interest rate unchanged but signaled that it expects to resume raising rates gradually to reflect a healthy job market and economy.\nAt Janet Yellen's final meeting as chair Wednesday, the Fed kept its key short-term rate in a still-low range of 1.25 percent to 1.5 percent. It said in a statement that it expects inflation to finally pick up this year and to stabilize around the Fed's target level of 2 percent. In its previous statement, the Fed had predicted that inflation would remain below its target rate.\nThe Fed also indicated that it thinks the job market and the overall economy are continuing to improve.\n\"Gains in employment, household spending and business fixed investment have been solid,\" its statement said.\nYellen has led a cautious approach to rate increases in her four years as chair, and Jerome Powell, who will succeed her next week, has indicated he favors a similar approach.\nThe Fed raised its key rate three times in 2017, and most economists expect the Powell-led Fed to do so at least three additional times this year beginning in March. Powell has been a Yellen ally and among the Fed's consensus-builders in 5½ years on the central bank's board.\nThe unemployment rate is at a 17-year low of 4.1 percent, and the economy expanded at a solid 2.6 percent annual rate in the October-December quarter, helping lift growth for all of 2017 to a decent 2.3 percent.\nSynchronized growth in major regions across the world has helped energize the U.S. economy. And the sweeping tax overhaul that Trump pushed through Congress last month is expected to further support U.S. growth.\nThe Fed's next scheduled policy meeting in March, when most economists foresee the next rate hike, will be the first time that Powell is scheduled to hold one of the Fed leader's quarterly news conferences.\nIn its statement Wednesday, the Fed said Powell would be sworn in on Monday. Last week, the Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's nomination of Powell to be Fed chairman.\nEconomists are roughly divided on whether they think Fed's policymakers will raise rates three times this year, as in 2017, or four times. The pivotal factor will likely be how inflation performs. For the past six years, inflation has been a no-show, running below even the Fed's target level of 2 percent.\nA tight job market, with pressure building for pay increases, and potentially higher consumer and business spending resulting from the Republican tax cuts, could accelerate inflation this year. The prospect of faster inflation could, in turn, lead the Fed to step up its rate hikes.\nThe Fed has modestly raised its benchmark rate five times since December 2015, when it began tightening for the first time since the height of the financial crisis in 2008. When the crisis erupted, the Fed cut its rate to a record low near zero to help rescue the financial system and the economy and then held it there for seven years.\nThis year, the lineup of Fed regional bank presidents who vote on the central bank's rate policy — a list that rotates annually — is expected to be somewhat more \"hawkish\" this year. Fed hawks are those who are less likely to favor low rates to maximize employment and more likely to back rate hikes to prevent future high inflation.\nPowell, a lawyer and investment manager by training, will be the first Fed leader in 30 years not to hold a Ph.D. in economics. Trump chose Powell for the post rather than offer Yellen a second term despite widespread praise for her performance as chair.\nWith Yellen's departure, the seven-member Fed board will have four vacancies. Marvin Goodfriend, a conservative economist, has been nominated by Trump for one of the vacant board seats. Trump has yet to make nominations for the others."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about 10 Things to Know for Thursday
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"Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:\n1. HIGH-STAKES DIPLOMACY PLAYING OUT\nA senior North Korean official arrives in New York in the highest-level official visit to the United States in 18 years, as President Trump and Kim Jong Un try to salvage their on-again, off-again nuclear summit.\n2. 'I'M STILL ALIVE'\nRussian journalist Arkady Babchenko walks into a news conference a day after police said he had been assassinated. Authorities say his death was staged to foil a plot on his life by Moscow's security services.\n3. GRAND JURY INDICTS HARVEY WEINSTEIN\nThe indictment on rape and criminal sex act charges furthers the first criminal case to arise from a slate of sexual misconduct allegations against the former movie mogul.\n4. WHICH CONSPIRACY THEORY IS BEING DEBUNKED\nThere's no evidence that the FBI planted a \"spy\" on Trump's 2016 campaign, a senior House Republican says, despite the president's repeated assertions.\n5. IN MIDEAST, AN UNEASY TRUCE\nWith a cease-fire declared, Israel and Hamas appear to have avoided — for now — a fourth war after a day of intense rocket fire and airstrikes.\n6. WHY DRUG COMPANY ISN'T TAKING BLAME\nThe maker of Ambien says that \"racism is not a known side effect\" after Roseanne Barr cited the insomnia drug in explaining the tweet that led ABC to cancel her show.\n7. WALMART WORKERS GET COLLEGE ON THE CHEAP\nAmerica's largest private employer is offering its employees a new perk: affordable access to a college degree.\n8. WHAT'S FUELING TRADE TENSIONS\nEurope braces for the U.S. to announce restrictions on imported steel and aluminum, a move that could provoke retaliatory tariffs.\n9. BELTWAY ABUZZ OVER MELANIA'S WHEREABOUTS\nThe first lady tries to tamp down speculation about why she's not been seen in public in nearly three weeks, tweeting that she's \"feeling great.\"\n10. WHOSE CAUSE REALITY TV STAR IS CHAMPIONING\nKim Kardashian West visits the White House to advocate on behalf of a woman serving a life sentence for drug offenses."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about France's Sanofi buys biotech company Ablynx for $4.8 billion
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"PARIS (AP) — French drugmaker Sanofi has made another big purchase aimed at strengthening its position in rare disease treatments, buying Belgian biotech company Ablynx for 3.9 billion euros ($4.8 billion).\nSanofi announced Monday that the deal was approved by the boards of both companies. Sanofi is paying 45 euros per share.\nDanish drugmaker Novo Nordisk had also sought to buy Ablynx but the Belgian company said Novo Nordisk's offers were too low.\nAblynx is notably developing nanobodies, small antibodies that it hopes can be used to treat blood disorders, inflammation and respiratory diseases.\nSanofi says the purchase will boost its rare blood disorder portfolio, after announcing earlier this month that it's buying U.S. hemophilia specialist Bioverativ for $11.6 billion.\nThe pharmaceutical industry is seeing increasing interest in rare diseases."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about US says WTO losing focus on trade, becoming litigation group
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"BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The United States is accusing the World Trade Organization of losing its focus on trade.\nU.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Monday that the WTO is \"losing its essential focus on negotiation and becoming a litigation-centered organization.\"\nLighthizer also said some members try to gain concessions through lawsuits that he said they could never get at the negotiating table. He spoke Monday at the WTO's ministerial meeting that is being held in Argentina.\nPresident Donald Trump says the policy of the U.S. \"is to aggressively promote and use American-made goods.\"\nSome member nations that favor free trade have decried what they say are Trump's protectionist measures. But many also acknowledge the WTO needs reform."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Cannabis capitalists exploit loopholes by 'gifting' the drug
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"BOSTON (AP) — The single bottle of juice delivered to your door will set you back at least $55. But the bag of marijuana that comes with it? On the house.\nRetail marijuana stores are months away from opening in Massachusetts, but some companies have been quietly operating for more than a year, selling and delivering marijuana via a legal loophole.\nCompanies like HighSpeed, which describes itself as a juice delivery service, are exploiting so-called \"gifting\" provisions that are on the books in Massachusetts and most other states where marijuana has been legalized.\nThey generally allow the exchange of small amounts of the drug so long as it's given away — \"gifted\" — from one adult to another. In other words, passing a joint at a party or dropping a bud in your brother's Christmas stocking won't result in fines or jail time.\nBut some entrepreneurs see the provisions as an opportunity to get ahead of the regulated market, planting an early stake in what could become a crowded and lucrative industry.\nGifting also allows cannabis capitalists to undercut licensed shops because they don't face the same oversight or pay marijuana sales taxes. And underground sellers could complicate things in places like Vermont, Maine and Washington, D.C., which have legalized pot but have no firm plans to open regulated retailers.\n\"Under any fair reading of the law, these businesses are illegal,\" said Roger Katz, a Republican state senator in Maine who is studying the issue. \"If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it is a duck.\"\nAt least four enterprises have done gifting business in Massachusetts since marijuana was legalized in December 2016, two of them in the Boston area, The Associated Press found in an investigation that included records gathered from law enforcement agencies around the state.\nIn addition to HighSpeed, a Boston-area company cleverly called Duuber has drivers delivering marijuana-themed T-shirts that come with gifts of pot.\nOfficials in western Massachusetts also looked into a Craigslist ad offering plastic sandwich bags costing up to $325 apiece (the marijuana in them was free) but dropped the case after they couldn't identify the seller.\nIn Springfield, officials ordered a smoke shop called Mary Jane Makes Your Heart Sing to shut down last March after it gave marijuana to customers who paid a $25 to $50 admission fee.\nThat hasn't scared HighSpeed, which also operates in D.C.\n\"We've had no issues with law enforcement, and we're going to do our best to keep it that way,\" said founder David Umeh. \"We're not doing anything wrong. We're abiding by the current legislation until it changes.\"\nGifting provisions are on the books in Massachusetts and all but one of the other states that have legalized marijuana: Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Nevada, Oregon and Washington state, plus D.C. Most instituted the measure specifically as part of new marijuana laws.\nVermont does not have a provision, but local experts and activists argue the exchanges will be permitted there, too, since they're not expressly banned.\nSome states have tried to stem abuse of the laws by prohibiting businesses from advertising marijuana giveaways or specifically banning \"delayed or disguised\" payments for marijuana gifts, said Leo Beletsky, a law professor at Northeastern University in Boston.\nBut businesses simply find ways to obscure what they're doing, he said, and then rely largely on word of mouth to make sales. Clued-in customers can infer how much pot they're ordering judging by the price and size of the items accompanying it, but for the most part, they're at the mercy of the seller.\nIn the case of HighSpeed, there is no mention of marijuana on its website. The company sells drinks priced from $55 to $150, depending on whether the beverage comes with \"Love\" or \"Lots of Love.\"\nThe AP recently put in a $60 order for \"Raspberry Roxbury\" with \"Love\" and received a bottle of Tazo juice along with about an eighth of an ounce of marijuana.\nDuuber also doesn't explicitly spell out its marijuana \"gift\" on its website. But when the AP ordered a $100 product listed as \"Luxury Tshirt - Citrus - small,\" the brown paper bag delivered by a driver contained a white T-shirt with the company's name in black over an image of a marijuana leaf — and a clear plastic bag of marijuana labeled \"1/4 Ruthless OG.\"\nThe opening of retail shops in states with marijuana laws should eventually make most gifting operations obsolete, said Morgan Fox, spokesman for the D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project.\n\"People want quality control-tested products,\" he said. \"The sooner that happens, the sooner this sort of thing disappears.\"\nBut in Colorado, where pot shops opened in 2014, gifting businesses are still hatching creative ways to skirt the law, said Detective Kerry Linfoot of the Colorado Springs Police Department. The department shut down 14 gifting businesses last year.\nU.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision to rescind an Obama-era policy that called for non-interference with legal state marijuana operations could also help bolster gifting and other underground operations, Beletsky said.\n\"If the feds somehow came down on state regulators or licensed retail operations,\" he said, \"that could provide a convenient opening for these gray-market operators to scale up what they're already doing.\"\n___\nFollow Philip Marcelo at twitter.com/philmarcelo. His work can be found at https://www.apnews.com/search/philip_marcelo."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Russia warns of locusts destroying World Cup fields
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"MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian government says a plague of locusts could \"disgrace\" the country by destroying World Cup fields.\nLocusts often feast on crops in southern Russia and Pyotr Chekmaryov, who oversees plant protection at the agriculture ministry, says they could descend on stadiums, too.\nIn comments reported by state news agencies, Chekmaryov says \"we've more or less learned how to deal with locusts, but this year I'm afraid we could end up in an international locust scandal.\"\nHe adds that \"locusts like places where there is a lot of green,\" and says that it is important \"not to disgrace ourselves in front of global society, especially where we will have guests from all over the world.\"\nChekmaryov pointed out the Volgograd region as a particular concern."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about McGahan to leave Melbourne Rebels after Super Rugby season
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"MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tony McGahan won't wait around to see if the Melbourne Rebels survive to play Super Rugby next year: the head coach and the club announced a mutual parting of the ways on Thursday.\nThe Australian Rugby Union must decide which of the five Australian franchises is cut by the league for the 2018 Super Rugby season. The Rebels and Western Force have been most often mentioned as one of the teams to be cut.\nA statement on behalf of the Rebels and McGahan said both parties arrived at the decision in the best interests of the Rebels \"in order for the club to develop the long-term direction of the rugby program.\"\nMelbourne has just one win and a draw in 13 matches and is a distant last in a mediocre Australian conference.\nThe Rebels meet the Western Force in Perth on July 7 and McGahan will coach his last game in Melbourne against Argentina's Jaguares on July 14."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Russia's Putin stops at Russian military base in Syria
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"MOSCOW (AP) — The Tass news agency says that Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived at a Russian military air base in Syria.\nTass said that Putin's plane landed at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria's coastal province of Latakia, the heartland of Syrian President Bashar Assad's Alawite minority. The visit marks Putin's first trip to Syria and comes as Assad's forces have retaken control over most of Syria under the Russian air cover.\nThe air base has served as the main foothold for the air campaign Russia has waged since September 2015 in support of Assad."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about UN and AU recommend big cuts to Darfur peacekeeping force
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"UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations and the African Union are recommending a 44 percent cut in the number of peacekeeping troops in their joint force in Sudan's vast and troubled Darfur region and a 30 percent reduction in the international police force.\nAssistant Secretary-General El-Ghassim Wane presented the proposals to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday following a review of the 17,000-strong U.N.-AU force.\nHe said a decade has passed since the council decided to deploy the force, and the review found that over the past three years the conflict that led to the peacekeeping mission \"has markedly changed.\"\nWane said a successful military campaign by the government has reduced the rebellion to \"a small presence\" of Sudan Liberation Army forces loyal to founder Abdul Wahid Elnur in western Jebel Marra."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Infrastructure exec named to head New Jersey Transit
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"NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has named a new director for the embattled transit agency that he recently termed \"a national disgrace.\"\nKevin Corbett awaits approval by the New Jersey Transit board.\nCorbett is an executive with AECOM, an international infrastructure consulting firm. Previously, Corbett oversaw the economic redevelopment of Lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He also has served on the board of the Regional Plan Association, a transportation think tank.\nCorbett said Tuesday he welcomes the challenge and said an immediate step that could improve performance would be to improve accountability when trains suffer equipment problems.\nMurphy, a Democrat, recently ordered a top-to-bottom audit of NJ Transit, an agency that has been plagued by frequent delays, safety issues and management defections."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Sweet science: Putting corn syrup to work on Earth's origins
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"NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (AP) — How has the Earth evolved, and what's in store for the future? It's a sticky question that has graduate student Loes van Dam covered in corn syrup by the end of a day in the lab.\nShe thought using a computer model would be limiting. So she designed and built a large tank, filled it with 2,000 pounds (907 kilograms) of corn syrup, and added six counter-rotating belts to study how tectonic plates drift and shift.\nThe corn syrup represents the Earth's mantle, which melts to form magma at volcanoes and ridges. The belts are the drifting and shifting tectonic plates. Their intersection is the ocean ridge.\nSyrup in the tank, which measures 5 feet (1.5 meters) wide, 5 feet (1.5 meters) long and 1½ feet (0.3 meters) tall, slowly moves as the belts pull apart. Cameras record the flow in what van Dam has named the \"ridge zone replicator.\" One minute of each experiment equals more than a million years in time, to show how tectonic plates move mantle material.\n\"It's really cool that with our little experiments, we get clues about how this process has been going on in the past and why those plates are positioned the way they are now,\" said van Dam, who studies geological oceanography at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography in Narragansett.\nHow plates drift is not thoroughly understood, and computer simulations have difficulty capturing it. Her experiments aim to show how plate tectonics created the sea floor over billions of years, and how those forces are at work today.\n\"We can understand the flow at all points in the syrup. We're not limited to measuring at a few points, like in a numerical simulation,\" she said.\nHer experiments are showing that the lava that erupts from volcanoes to form new sea floor may originate at a shallower depth in the Earth than geologists currently think. The model shows more horizontal flow of mantle material than previous models have shown.\nThat may tell researchers more about the chemical makeup of the Earth's interior, said URI Professor Chris Kincaid, an expert in geophysical oceanography.\nTo his knowledge, he said, it's the first 3-D model of a mid-ocean ridge system that can migrate in any direction.\n\"She's trying to put together a clearer picture of the evolution of the Earth,\" he said. \"If you're trying to understand how the Earth is changing in the future, you need to know that.\"\nVan Dam, 23 and born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, moved to Novato, California, when she was young. She always picked up rocks that fascinated her and got her first introduction to plate tectonics in a third-grade earth science class.\nThe research is funded with a grant from the National Science Foundation."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about #MeToo, immigrants will have strong presence in SOTU address
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, but he won't be the only one trying to send a message.\nHere's a look at some of the ways lawmakers are using the speech to make a point:\n___\n#METOO\nMany female Democratic lawmakers plan to follow the lead of celebrities at this year's Golden Globe Awards by wearing black to the State of the Union.\nAllegations of sexual harassment have had a big impact on Capitol Hill in recent months, forcing resignations and retirements on both sides of the political aisle as well as ongoing Ethics Committee investigations.\n\"Wearing black to #SOTU isn't about Trump,\" tweeted Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla. \"It's about showing solidarity with a movement- from hotels to farm fields, to Congress, we're standing with workers to end sexual harassment in all workplaces.\"\nSome lawmakers are also bringing attention to the issue through the guest they have invited to the State of the Union. Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H., has invited Chessy Prout, a victim of sexual assault while she attended high school.\n\"The conversation about sexual harassment and assault in our nation is long overdue, but through the efforts of Chessy and the #MeToo movement, it is finally gaining steam,\" Kuster said.\n___\nFACES OF IMMIGRATION\nDozens of young immigrants will be sitting in the House gallery overlooking the president as he speaks. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer and other Democratic lawmakers invited them to put a face on an immigration debate that is dominating Congress's attention.\nThe guests are among the nearly 700,000 people who received protection from deportation under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.\nTrump canceled the program last year but gave Congress until March to come up with a legislative fix.\nThe \"Dreamers\" in the gallery include aspiring nurse Karen Bahena of San Diego and Virginia high school student Nicolle Uria, who was brought into the United States as a 1-year-old. Bahena is the guest of Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif. Uria is the guest of Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va.\n\"This country is all she has ever known and through her volunteer work she has made our community better,\" Connolly said.\nRep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., is also making a statement on immigration. His guest, Tommy Fisher, is president of a company that was given a contract to develop a prototype wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.\n\"As Congress develops comprehensive immigrant enforcement legislation, I am proud to know a North Dakota company is a finalist to construct the border wall between our nation and Mexico,\" Cramer said.\n___\nEMPTY SEATS\nAt least eight Democratic lawmakers have announced they are boycotting the president's address: Reps. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, Pramila Jayapal of Washington, John Lewis of Georgia, Frederica Wilson of Florida, Gregory Meeks of New York, Maxine Waters of California and Bobby Rush and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois.\n\"Rather than listening to yet another destructive and divisive speech by Trump, I will not attend this year's annual address to Congress,\" said Blumenauer, who also skipped the Trump inauguration.\n___\nTHE SCIENCE GUY\nBill Nye the Science Guy is also on the guest list. The harsh critic of Trump's environmental policies is the guest of Republican Rep. Jim Bridenstine, Trump's nominee to serve as the next administrator of NASA.\nNye said he has enjoyed a productive working relationship with Bridenstine on space issues.\nDemocratic lawmakers have been highly critical of Bridenstine, saying that placing a politician at the head of the agency, instead of someone steeped in the sciences, would be a mistake. A Senate committee approved Bridenstine's nomination on a party-line vote, but the full Senate hasn't yet taken it up.\n\"I hope to hear the president present plans for an ambitious, science-driven space exploration agenda,\" Nye said.\n___\nREBUTTAL\nRep. Joe Kennedy of Massachusetts will deliver the Democratic response to the president's address. He is the grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, the former senator and U.S. attorney general, and the son of former Rep. Joseph Kennedy II, who served in the House from 1987 to 1999. Democratic leaders are pitching Kennedy as someone who can champion Democratic policies to the middle class."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Poultry in motion: Bill targets owners of trespassing fowl
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"CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Why did the chicken cross the road? In New Hampshire, the answer may soon cost its owners.\nThe Legislature is considering a bill that would make trespassing fowl a violation, not for the chicken, but for its owners. Under the proposal, anyone who knowingly, recklessly or negligently allows their domestic fowl to enter someone else's property without permission can be convicted of a violation if the birds damage crops or property.\nThe law already makes such trespassing illegal when it comes to sheep, goats, cows, horses or pigs.\nRepublican Rep. Michael Moffett, of Loudon, told a House committee Tuesday that a constituent's frustration with a neighbor's ducks led to the legislation. Committee members raised numerous questions, including whether the proposal would apply to someone whose pond attracts wild ducks."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Stronger economy lifts bond yields; stocks hold at records
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"NEW YORK (AP) — Bond yields climbed again on Wednesday and U.S. stocks held close to their record highs after more reports showed the economy continues to strengthen. The encouraging data could push the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates sooner rather than later in its gradual move away from record low rates during the Great Recession.\nKEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index was close to flat at 2,338 as of 9:57 a.m. Eastern time. The index closed at a record high Tuesday after rising for the sixth straight day. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 37 points, or 0.2 percent, to 20,541. The Nasdaq composite rose 8, or 0.1 percent, to 5,790.\nENCOURAGING ECONOMIC GAINS: Wednesday's economic reports give the Federal Reserve more leeway to raise interest rates. Retailers had stronger sales in January than economists expected, and inflation at the consumer level was the highest in years. Consumer prices rose 2.5 percent in January from a year earlier, the highest rate since March 2012.\nFed Chair Janet Yellen said in testimony before a Senate committee on Tuesday that the strengthening job market and a modest move higher in inflation should warrant continued, gradual increases in interest rates. The central bank raised rates in December for just the second time in a decade, after keeping rates at nearly zero to help lift the economy out of the Great Recession. Yellen speaks before a House committee Wednesday.\nBOND YIELDS: Treasury yields jumped immediately after the release of the retail sales and inflation reports. The 10-year yield rose to 2.50 percent from 2.47 percent late Tuesday. The two-year yield inched up to 1.25 percent from 1.24 percent, and the 30-year yield rose to 3.09 percent from 3.06 percent.\nDAMPENED DIVIDEND DEMAND: When bonds are paying more in interest, it can mean less demand from income investors for stocks that pay big dividends. Utility stocks, which are some of the biggest dividend payers, fell 1.2 percent, the largest loss among the 11 sectors that make up the S&P 500. Real-estate investment trusts and telecom stocks are also go-to buys for dividend seekers, and they were weak as well.\nGLOBAL MARKETS: In Europe, the German DAX index lost 0.2 percent, while the French CAC 40 and U.K. FTSE 100 each added 0.4 percent. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose 1 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.2 percent and the Kospi in South Korea gained 0.4 percent.\nCURRENCIES: The strong U.S. economic reports helped lift the value of the dollar against many of its rivals. The dollar ticked up to 114.64 Japanese yen from 114.22 late Tuesday. The euro fell to $1.0557 from $1.0572, and the British pound dipped to $1.2411 from $1.2465.\nCOMMODITIES: Benchmark U.S. crude rose 2 cents to $53.22 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, lost 11 cents to $55.85 in London. Natural gas rose 5 cents to $2.96 per 1,000 cubic feet.\nGold slipped 30 cents to $1,225.10 per ounce, silver was close to flat at $17.89 per ounce and copper was flat at $2.74 per pound."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Turkey issues decree adjusting laws to presidential system
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"ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has issued a decree to adjust its current laws to a new presidential system that comes into effect with last month's presidential and parliamentary elections.\nThe decree issued Wednesday changes the wording in some 5,000 laws, removing references to the prime minister — whose office has been abolished — and transferring some powers to the president.\nPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the presidential election on June 24 with 52.6 percent of the vote, according to results which have yet to be confirmed by Turkey's electoral council.\nErdogan will now rule with substantially expanded powers in line with constitutional changes that were narrowly approved in a referendum last year.\nHe is expected to be sworn in over the weekend."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Cubs draft son of woman killed in 2015 church shooting
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"NEW YORK (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have drafted Chris Singleton, whose mother was among those killed two years ago during the shooting inside a South Carolina church.\nSingleton was selected Wednesday by the defending World Series champions with the final pick of the 19th round, No. 585 overall. He is a right-handed-hitting center fielder at Charleston Southern University.\nThe outfielder's mother, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, was one of nine people killed by Dylann Roof on June 17, 2015, during a Wednesday night Bible study at Emanuel AME Church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, one of the South's first African-American churches.\nColeman-Singleton, who was 45, was a track coach at Goose Creek High School.\nIn a news release detailing the amateur draft, Major League Baseball says Chris Singleton was honored by the New York Yankees during the team's annual HOPE Week in 2015, \"following his courageous response to the tragic shooting inside a Charleston, South Carolina church that claimed the life of his mother.\""
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Pakistani military: Roadside bombing kills 2 soldiers
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"PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan's military says a roadside bombing has killed at least two soldiers and wounded three in the country's northwestern tribal region that borders Afghanistan.\nA military statement says that Wednesday's bombing took place in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan.\nIt says the bomb exploded as a vehicle ferrying soldiers drove near it. The casualties were transported to a military hospital in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.\nThe tribal region was a sanctuary for militants until several massive military operations claimed to have pushed them out of the safe havens. The army claims to have cleared the area but militants in North Waziristan sporadically strike back, targeting security forces."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Expanded Conference Glance
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"All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Tampa Bay 72 49 19 4 102 260 202 26-8-2 23-11-2 15-7-2 Boston 70 45 17 8 98 235 179 25-7-4 20-10-4 15-5-2 Toronto 72 43 22 7 93 243 204 25-8-2 18-14-5 13-6-3 Washington 72 41 24 7 89 225 214 25-9-2 16-15-5 13-7-3 Pittsburgh 72 41 26 5 87 237 218 26-8-1 15-18-4 15-6-1 Philadelphia 73 37 25 11 85 218 215 18-13-6 19-12-5 11-7-5 Columbus 72 39 28 5 83 200 199 24-11-2 15-17-3 13-10-3 New Jersey 72 37 27 8 82 217 215 18-14-3 19-13-5 12-9-1 Florida 69 35 27 7 77 210 216 22-11-3 13-16-4 12-6-2 Carolina 72 31 30 11 73 194 225 16-14-6 15-16-5 9-10-5 N.Y. Rangers 72 32 32 8 72 208 231 20-13-4 12-19-4 9-8-3 N.Y. Islanders 72 30 32 10 70 231 262 16-14-4 14-18-6 10-12-2 Montreal 72 26 34 12 64 182 230 17-11-8 9-23-4 10-8-5 Ottawa 71 26 34 11 63 197 244 15-14-6 11-20-5 8-11-4 Detroit 72 26 35 11 63 184 224 13-14-8 13-21-3 6-13-4 Buffalo 72 23 37 12 58 172 236 11-21-5 12-16-7 10-8-3 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Nashville 72 48 14 10 106 236 178 25-7-4 23-7-6 17-4-2 Vegas 72 46 21 5 97 244 199 25-9-2 21-12-3 17-3-2 Winnipeg 72 43 19 10 96 240 189 26-7-2 17-12-8 13-8-2 Minnesota 72 41 24 7 89 224 206 24-6-6 17-18-1 11-11-0 San Jose 72 40 23 9 89 219 199 21-11-3 19-12-6 19-4-3 Colorado 72 39 25 8 86 231 209 25-9-2 14-16-6 10-10-3 Anaheim 73 37 24 12 86 206 197 22-10-5 15-14-7 11-6-7 Los Angeles 72 39 27 6 84 207 181 19-14-3 20-13-3 11-10-4 Dallas 73 38 27 8 84 209 197 24-10-3 14-17-5 11-13-0 St. Louis 72 39 28 5 83 201 193 21-15-0 18-13-5 10-10-3 Calgary 73 35 28 10 80 202 217 15-17-4 20-11-6 10-9-3 Chicago 73 30 34 9 69 208 223 17-15-4 13-19-5 7-10-3 Edmonton 72 31 36 5 67 201 231 16-17-3 15-19-2 13-9-1 Vancouver 72 25 38 9 59 186 236 12-18-6 13-20-3 6-16-1 Arizona 71 23 37 11 57 170 228 14-20-4 9-17-7 7-10-6\nNOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.\nSunday's Games\nColorado 5, Detroit 1\nVegas 4, Calgary 0\nTampa Bay 3, Edmonton 1\nCarolina 4, N.Y. Islanders 3\nPhiladelphia 6, Washington 3\nWinnipeg 4, Dallas 2\nSt. Louis 5, Chicago 4, OT\nAnaheim 4, New Jersey 2\nMonday's Games\nNashville 4, Buffalo 0\nColumbus at Boston, 7 p.m.\nFlorida at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.\nLos Angeles at Minnesota, 8 p.m.\nCalgary at Arizona, 10 p.m.\nTuesday's Games\nColumbus at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.\nDallas at Washington, 7 p.m.\nPittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.\nEdmonton at Carolina, 7 p.m.\nFlorida at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.\nPhiladelphia at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.\nToronto at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.\nLos Angeles at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.\nColorado at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.\nVancouver at Vegas, 10 p.m.\nNew Jersey at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.\nWednesday's Games\nMontreal at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.\nArizona at Buffalo, 7 p.m.\nBoston at St. Louis, 8 p.m.\nAnaheim at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.\nThursday's Games\nN.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.\nArizona at Carolina, 7 p.m.\nFlorida at Columbus, 7 p.m.\nTampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.\nWashington at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.\nEdmonton at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.\nToronto at Nashville, 8 p.m.\nVancouver at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.\nLos Angeles at Colorado, 9 p.m.\nVegas at San Jose, 10 p.m."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about MPAA head says theaters will survive rise of streaming sites
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"LAS VEGAS (AP) — The new chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America says he is optimistic about the movie and theatrical exhibition business.\nRivkin and John Fithian, the president and CEO of the National Association of Theater Owners delivered a state of the industry speech Tuesday morning at the annual CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas addressing concerns like waning audiences and increased competition from streaming.\nBoth stressed that there are ups and downs every year and that theaters will continue to survive.\nCinemaCon is an annual gathering of theater owners and exhibitors, during which they get a look upcoming films from major Hollywood studios and a preview of some of the latest and greatest in theatrical technologies and even concession options."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about The Latest: White House says no talk of firing Mueller
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation (all times local):\n2:25 p.m.\nThe White House is continuing to deny that President Donald Trump is looking to oust special counsel Robert Mueller.\nSpokesman Hogan Gidley tells reporters aboard Air Force One that, \"there are no conversations or discussions about removing\" Mueller.\nAnd he says Trump's recent tweets criticizing Mueller's team are part of his \"well-established frustration for more than a year this has been going on.\"\nTrump this weekend lashed out at Mueller on Twitter for the first time by name. Some congressional Republicans feared that was a signal Trump might be considering firing Mueller. On Monday Trump called the probe \"a total WITCH HUNT with massive conflicts of interest!\"\nGidley says Trump \"believes this is the biggest witch hunt in history.\"\nTrump cannot directly fire Mueller. Any dismissal would have to be carried out by deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein.\n__\n1:24 a.m.\nThe White House says President Donald Trump isn't thinking or talking about firing special counsel Robert Mueller.\nThat's the word from White House lawyer Ty Cobb in a statement late Sunday after a series of Trump tweets revived chatter that the frustrated president may be preparing to have Mueller fired.\nMueller is investigating whether Trump's actions, including last year's ouster of FBI Director James Comey, amount to obstruction of justice.\nTrump believes the probe is biased against him, a point he made clear in weekend tweets that jabbed Mueller directly.\nCobb says: \"In response to media speculation and related questions being posed to the Administration, the White House yet again confirms that the President is not considering or discussing the firing of the Special Counsel, Robert Mueller.\""
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about High school coaches see recruiting shift after early signing
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"All the top 2018 football prospects at St. Peter's Prep in New Jersey took advantage of the new NCAA signing period and wrapped up their recruitments in December.\nStill, St. Peter's coach Rich Hansen has been kept busy lately by college recruiters.\n\"Duke just left. Syracuse was in this morning. Northwestern's in tomorrow. Virginia,\" Hansen said recently.\nThe day before, Rutgers coach Chris Ash and coaches from Penn State swung by the Jersey City school that has produced Alabama All-American Minkah Fitzpatrick and Notre Dame quarterback Brandon Wimbush in recent years. The previous week, Ohio State coach Urban Meyer dropped by.\n\"It's the same traffic. It's the same schedule,\" Hansen said. \"The agenda just changed a little bit. But they're not going to give up an open (recruiting) period.\"\nThe first two-legged signing period in major college football began Dec. 20 and will largely wrap up on Feb. 7, the traditional first Wednesday of February. The modified agenda for schools this January has been to fill a handful of open spots in the 2018 class and get a running start on 2019 and beyond.\nSeveral longtime, successful high school coaches gave the new recruiting calendar generally positive reviews. They were hopeful early signing would create more clarity and opportunities for their players. They said they have seen an increase in the recruitment of their remaining prospects. And while adding signing-day planning to the to-do list during playoff time was not ideal, none of the four thought it distracted players to the detriment of the team.\nAccording to recruiting and scouting analyst Tom Luginbill of ESPN, about 2,800 prospects sign in a typical year. During the Dec. 20-22 signing period, 2,003 high school players signed with Bowl Subdivision schools. Another 360 prospects are unsigned but committed heading into next week's traditional signing day, Luginbill said.\nHansen had six players sign in December, including three of the top 20 prospects in New Jersey, according to 247 Sports' composite rankings.\n\"It's over and done and I can start getting the kids going to D-IIs and IIIs, and the juniors and sophomores and freshmen,\" Hansen said. \"But if I'm on the other side of the table and I'm waiting for that offer and it hasn't come, I don't know how I'm going to feel about it.\"\nHansen said having most of the top prospects signed should help clear the \"logjam\" of prospects farther down the board that in past years would be holding out for better offers. With 10 days remaining before signing day, only 18 of 247 Sports' top 100 prospects were uncommitted. Another 13 were verbally committed, but unsigned.\nSteve Mask, head coach at St. Paul's Episcopal in Mobile, Alabama, had his best player, cornerback Jalyn Armour-Davis, sign with the Crimson Tide in December. Mask's quarterback, Swift Lyle, held out, hoping that a Power Five offer might come. That's happened, Mask said. It's impossible to know if that would have happened without the early signing period, but it seems like a positive sign to Mask.\n\"It may benefit those kids to some degree,\" Mask said. \"The other side of that coin is it could also backfire. If Timbuktu College is a Group of Five and they're recruiting three quarterbacks and they say, 'You know what? We're going to take the first one that signs in December.' All of sudden that kid that gambled a little bit may not have the opportunity to come back.\"\nWith college recruiters no longer having to focus on verbally committed recruits through January, guarding against last-minute flips, they have more time to take a swing at a top uncommitted recruit such as linebacker Solomon Tuliaupupu from Southern California powerhouse Mater Dei.\n\"That many more phone calls started to happen. That many more tweets. I guarantee these guys are coming in and (asking), 'What do you know about Solomon?'\" Mater Dei coach Bruce Rollinson said.\nRollinson's team won the state championship in 2017 in a game played four days before the early signing period opened. He said he never felt as if the looming decision-day affected his players.\nKevin Wright, head coach at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, a school that draws elite athletes of all kinds from all over the world, had 19 players sign with FBS schools in December. It didn't necessarily hurt his team, he said, but he could tell recruiters were anxious to have players signed in December.\n\"It definitely weighs on those kids,\" Wright said. \"They're getting pushed hard right in the middle of the season to commit.\"\nRollinson said the only nuisance caused by the early signing period was trying to prepare a signing day celebration for players inking a national letter of intent in December. He said the event lost some of its luster.\n\"Whereas in February, we as a school try to make it as special, as we have done in the past,\" he said.\nMask said less attention on signing day was fine by him.\n\"Most people were out for the holidays. You didn't have all that fanfare,\" Mask said. \"You didn't have ESPN using 19 channels to try to cover everybody from all over the country. And from that standpoint I thought that was a major benefit.\"\n___\nFollow Ralph D. Russo at www.Twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP\n___\nMore AP college football: https://collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Strategy Analytics: Global Smart Home Market to Hit $155 Billion by 2023
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"BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2018--The global smart home market ended on an upbeat note in 2017 reaching $84 billion, up 16% from $72 billion in 2016 according to a report just released by. According to the report, “”, worldwide consumer spending on smart home devices, systems and services will total nearly $96 billion in 2018 and grow at 10% CAGR over the forecast period (2018 to 2023) to $155 billion. North America will account for 41% of total spending or $40 billion, followed by the Asia-Pacific region at $26 billion and Western Europe at $17 billion.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530006126/en/\nHouseholds with \"Smart\" Systems: Global Total (Graphic: Strategy Analytics)\nNew offerings from big brand tech firms such as Amazon, Google (Nest), ADT and Samsung are driving adoption in North America. In Europe, UK-based Centrica Connected Homes’ Hive along with Deutsche Telekom’s Magenta Home, Germany’s eQ-3 and the Netherlands Enco’s Toon are stimulating market demand. In Asia-Pacific, China’s Xiaomi, Korean service provider LG U+, Japan’s iTSCOM and Panasonic, as well as, Origin and Telstra in Australia are powering the market.\n“The market continues to mature,” stated Bill Ablondi, Director of Strategy Analytics’ Smart Home Strategies advisory service. “Consumer awareness is rising, prices are coming down, and the technology is becoming more intuitive. Yet, there is still a high degree of fragmentation, with numerous firms competing for smart home consumers. Who will ultimately succeed in capturing growth in this market remains unclear.”\nAbout Strategy Analytics\nStrategy Analytics, Inc. provides the competitive edge with advisory services, consulting and actionable market intelligence for emerging technology, mobile and wireless, digital consumer and automotive electronics companies. With offices in North America, Europe and Asia, Strategy Analytics delivers insights for enterprise success.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530006126/en/\nCONTACT: Strategy Analytics, Inc.\nBill Ablondi, +1 617-614-0744\nwablondi@strategyanalytics.com\nor\nJack Narcotta, +1 617-614-0798\njnarcotta@strategyanalytics.com\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA MASSACHUSETTS\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: TECHNOLOGY CONSUMER ELECTRONICS HARDWARE INTERNET AUDIO/VIDEO SECURITY MOBILE/WIRELESS\nSOURCE: Strategy Analytics, Inc.\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 05/30/2018 12:52 PM/DISC: 05/30/2018 12:52 PM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530006126/en"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Venezuela drops overvalued exchange rate for state imports
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"CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan officials are abandoning their most highly overvalued foreign exchange rate, which has been used for state imports of food and medicine as the nation's economic crisis worsens.\nAuthorities announced in the nation's official gazette that all transactions will instead utilize a second official exchange rate known as Dicom.\nThe Dicom rate still contrasts sharply with the current black market exchange rate: One U.S. dollar buys 3,345 bolivars at the Dicom rate while Venezuelans are paying an average of nearly 250,000 bolivars per U.S. dollar on the black market.\nThe rate being abandoned was set at 10 bolivars per dollar.\nVenezuela has been operating with two official exchange rates, though most Venezuelans can only buy dollars on the illegal black market."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Predators beat Sabres 4-0, improve to 14-0-1 in last 15
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"BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Pekka Rinne stopped 35 shots for his eighth shutout of the season and the Nashville Predators set a franchise record by earning a point in their 15th consecutive game with a 4-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night.\nMike Fisher and Ryan Johansen scored goals 4:34 apart in the second period, and Filip Forsberg and Ryan Hartman sealed the victory by scoring in the final four minutes.\nThe NHL-leading Predators improved to 14-0-1 in their past 15, and also extended their team-best road winning streak to nine straight.\nRinne won his 11th straight to match his personal best in a stretch in which he's allowed just 18 goals. The shutout was the 51st of his 12-year career and third in nine games. Rinne also improved to 40-9-4 in becoming the NHL's seventh goalie to win 40 games in a season three or more times.\nBLUE JACKETS 5, BRUINS 4, OT\nBOSTON (AP) — Cam Atkinson scored 2:55 into overtime to lift Columbus to its eighth straight win, spoiling a splendid NHL debut for Boston forward Ryan Donato.\nSonny Milano, Boone Jenner, Thomas Vanek and Artemi Panarin also scored for the Blue Jackets. Nick Foligno had two assists, and Vanek and Jenner each added one. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 34 shots.\nAtkinson cut in on the left wing and fired a wrister past Rask for the game-winner.\nColumbus moved into a tie with Philadelphia with 85 points, but the Flyers hold the tiebreaker for third place in the Metropolitan Division and the Blue Jackets hold the first wild card in the Eastern Conference.\nDonato had a goal and two assists for Boston, which moved a point behind idle Tampa Bay for first in the Atlantic. Riley Nash, Brad Marchand and David Krejci also scored for the Bruins, and Tuukka Rask finished with 20 saves.\nKINGS 4, WILD 3, OT.\nST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jeff Carter scored his second goal of the game with 33.8 seconds left on the clock in overtime and Los Angeles recovered after giving up a two-goal lead.\nTanner Pearson and Dustin Brown also scored for Los Angeles, which has alternated wins and losses over its past nine games. The Kings pulled into a tie with Anaheim for third place in the Pacific Division with 86 points, and hold the tiebreaker over the Ducks.\nJonathan Quick made 24 saves for the Kings, who appeared headed to a second straight loss until Brown tipped home a point shot from Drew Doughty with 46.5 seconds left in regulation. Doughty finished with three assists.\nJoel Eriksson Ek scored for the first time in 13 games with 2:31 left to give Minnesota the lead after trailing 2-0. Eric Staal added his 39th and Zach Parise had his second goal in three games for the Wild.\nDevan Dubnyk stopped 26 shots for Minnesota, which is in third in the Central Division, four points ahead of Colorado.\nPANTHERS 2, CANADIENS 0\nMONTREAL (AP) — Roberto Luongo stopped 28 shots for his third shutout of the season and 76th of his career to lead Florida.\nAaron Ekblad and Aleksander Barkov scored to help the Panthers inch closer to a playoff position, pulling three points behind idle new Jersey for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference. Florida has two games in hand on the Devils.\nAntti Niemi finished with 38 saves for Montreal, which was shut out for the second straight game and 12th time this season — including three against the Panthers. The Canadiens were coming off a 4-0 loss at Toronto on Saturday."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Britain's Prince William, Kate try bandy hockey in Sweden
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"STOCKHOLM (AP) — Britain's Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge have taken a shot at bandy hockey to kick off a visit to Sweden and Norway.\nWilliam and Kate, who is pregnant with their third child, began their four-day tour Tuesday with a visit to an outdoor ice-skating venue in Stockholm. Later they will head to the royal palace for a luncheon with Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia before visiting a museum that tells the story of the Nobel prizes.\nTheir trip also includes a visit to a medical institute to meet academics and discuss Sweden's approach to managing mental health challenges, a subject the royals have campaigned about.\nThe royal couple, both 35, will continue to Norway on Thursday for a two-day visit."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Florida school shooting suspect foretold intention in videos
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"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The suspect in February's massacre at a Florida high school made chilling cellphone videos announcing his intention to become the next school shooter, aiming to kill at least 20 people and saying \"you're all going to die.\"\nThe three videos released by prosecutors Wednesday were found on the cellphone of suspect Nikolas Cruz after the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people.\nCruz introduces himself in the first video and says he is \"going to be the next school shooter of 2018.\" He goes on to say that he wants to use an AR-15 to kill at least 20 people and specifies the high school in Parkland. He laughs and then says, \"You're all going to die.\"\nCruz is charged with 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder.\n___\nThis story has corrected the spelling of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about The Latest: Lewis discharged from hospital after train crash
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the accident involving a train carrying lawmakers to a policy retreat in West Virginia (all times local):\n7 p.m.\nAides to Minnesota Rep. Jason Lewis say he's been discharged from a Virginia hospital after suffering a concussion when a train carrying House Republicans to a retreat struck a truck.\nA tweet from Lewis' account late Wednesday said Lewis was heading for the retreat and planned to participate as much as he could as he recovers.\nThe train taking House Republicans from Washington to a retreat in West Virginia collided with the garbage truck in Crozet, Virginia, on Wednesday. One person in the truck was killed.\nFellow Minnesota Reps. Erik Paulsen and Tom Emmer were also on board the train. Both lawmakers say they were unhurt.\n___\n6:15 p.m.\nA congressman who was on the train that hit a garbage truck in Virginia says the truck's driver was killed instantly.\nTennessee Rep. Phil Roe, who is a doctor, told reporters about the death Wednesday evening.\nThe White House earlier had confirmed one fatality and one serious injury after the chartered train carrying dozens of Republican lawmakers to a retreat in West Virginia hit the truck.\nTexas Rep. Michael Burgess, also a doctor, described the accident near Crozet, Virginia, as a \"scene you don't ever want to see.\"\nSen. Jeff Flake of Arizona says seeing lawmaker doctors tending to the injured reminded him of Rep. Steve Scalise's shooting at a GOP baseball practice last year.\n___\n5 p.m.\nA man who lives near the railroad crossing where a train carrying Republican lawmakers struck a garbage truck says the crossing arms have not been working correctly.\nBenny Layne said the truck landed on his property Wednesday after it collided with the Amtrak train near Crozet, Virginia.\nLayne told The Associated Press that he has recently seen lines of cars stopped at the crossing, with the crossing arms lowered even though no train was approaching. He said motorists would get out of their cars to help guide other motorists around the malfunctioning arms so they could cross the tracks.\nLayne says he has seen the arms stay down for hours. He also says he saw a man examining the crossing arms this week.\nCSX Transportation owns the tracks where the crash occurred. Buckingham Branch Railroad leases the tracks and is responsible for maintenance, signaling and traffic dispatching on the line.\nA spokeswoman for Buckingham said she was not aware of any problems with equipment at the crossing but referred questions to the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the crash.\n___\n3:30 p.m.\nThe railroad crossing where a train carrying Republican lawmakers struck a trash truck is equipped with two advance warning signs, two roadway gate arms, two mast-mounted flashing lights and a bell to warn of an approaching train.\nThose details are included in a U.S. Department of Transportation Inventory Form dated Jan. 3 describing the warning system at the crossing near Crozet, Virginia.\nAccording to the report, three freight trains pass through the intersection during the day and two at night, on average. The report says passenger trains don't go through very often — an average of less than one per day.\nThe maximum speed for trains crossing the intersection is 60 miles per hour.\nOne accident report filed by CSX Transportation in 1999 said a train hit a vehicle that was stuck between the rails at the crossing. No injuries were reported, but there was damage to the train's engine and the vehicle, which was driven by a 70-year-old woman who got out of her car before the train hit.\n___\n3:15 p.m.\nPresident Donald Trump says he has spoken to House Speaker Paul Ryan after a train carrying Republican lawmakers to a retreat hit a truck on the tracks in Virginia.\nThe president says in the Oval Office that the lawmakers are \"doing pretty good\" and are \"proceeding with their conference.\" Trump says he was told \"it was a pretty rough hit.\"\nThe White House says one person was killed and another was seriously injured after the chartered train struck a garbage truck.\nTrump is planning to address the Republican lawmakers Thursday at the conference at the Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.\n___\nRep. Chuck Fleischmann of Tennessee was injured Wednesday morning when a train taking Republican members of Congress to a retreat hit a garbage truck in Virginia.\nThe Tennessean reports that Fleischmann said in a phone call from the scene, where he was being treated for his injuries, that he was on his way to the restroom when the crash occurred. He said he was thrown around upon impact and suffered neck, back and foot injuries.\nFleischmann said he was in a \"bit of shock\" and significant pain.\n___\n2:30 p.m.\nStaff members say Rep. Jason Lewis of Minnesota has been taken to a hospital after being injured in a train accident in Virginia.\nMembers of his staff tweeted that the first-term congressman was being checked for a possible concussion after the Wednesday crash.\nOfficials say the train was carrying Republican lawmakers from Washington to a retreat in West Virginia when it hit a truck on the tracks near Crozet, Virginia.\nThe White House is confirming one fatality and one serious injury after the chartered train hit a garbage truck.\n___\n2 p.m.\nAmtrak says two crew members and two passengers have been taken to a hospital with minor injuries after a train crash in Virginia.\nAmtrak spokeswoman Beth K. Toll says the four were injured when the train hit a truck on the tracks Wednesday morning near Crozet, Virginia.\nPolice and a local hospital have given differing figures, but the reason for the discrepancies wasn't immediately clear.\nThe train was carrying Republican lawmakers to a conference at the Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.\nThe accident happened at an intersection that crosses the tracks at the top of a hill where visibility is limited. There is a train arm at the crossing.\nCrozet is a small town west of Charlottesville, which is home to the University of Virginia.\n___\n1:55 p.m.\nThe organization that's hosting a retreat for congressional Republicans says the event will go on with an adjusted program in the wake of the train accident carrying participants to a West Virginia resort.\nThe Congressional Institute says the decision was made after consulting with Republican leaders.\nThe White House is confirming one fatality and one serious injury after the chartered train hit a garbage truck.\nWhite House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says there are no serious injuries among members of Congress or congressional staff.\n___\n1:15 p.m.\nA congressman on the train involved in an accident on its way to a GOP retreat in West Virginia says three lawmakers who are doctors tended to crash victims.\nRep. James Comer of Kentucky says the collision destroyed a garbage truck, leaving it \"just in pieces.\"\nComer says Reps. Larry Bucshon of Indiana, Roger Marshall of Kansas and Brad Wenstrup of Ohio came to the aid of crash victims before emergency personnel — including a transport helicopter — arrived.\nThe train was en route to a conference at the Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, and hit the truck in Crozet, Virginia — which is near west of Charlottesville.\nComer says lawmakers, spouses, and aides had been on the train for about two hours when suddenly there was a crash. The impact made him jump out of his seat.\n___\n12:40 p.m.\nAn Amtrak spokeswoman says a train has come into contact with a vehicle on the tracks in central Virginia — the same area where members of Congress are reporting their train struck a truck.\nAmtrak spokeswoman Kimberly Woods says there are no reported injuries to passengers or crew members after the incident that happened around 11:20 a.m. in Crozet, Virginia. Crozet is about 15 miles west of Charlottesville.\nWoods says the train originated in Washington, but she couldn't confirm that members of Congress were aboard.\nShe says local law enforcement is investigating and crews are inspecting equipment for damage.\n___\n12:35 p.m.\nThe White House is confirming one fatality and one serious injury after a chartered train carrying Republican lawmakers to a retreat in West Virginia hit a garbage truck.\nWhite House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says there are no serious injuries among members of Congress or congressional staff.\nSanders says President Donald Trump has been fully briefed on the matter and is receiving regular updates.\nThe train carrying the lawmakers hit a garbage truck south of Charlottesville, Virginia.\nLawmakers are heading to their annual legislative retreat at the Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Germany deports 69 failed asylum-seekers to Afghanistan
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"BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have deported 69 Afghans whose asylum requests were rejected back to their home country.\nA plane carrying the men from Munich to Kabul landed in the Afghan capital early Wednesday. It was one of the largest collective deportation flights yet organized by Germany, which has vowed to step up the removal of people who don't have a right to remain in the country.\nThe state interior minister of Bavaria, where 51 of the men had been living, welcomed the deportation flight.\nJoachim Herrmann noted that unlimited deportations to Afghanistan had recently been approved by Germany's federal authorities. In recent years deportations to Afghanistan were limited to people with criminal convictions."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about National Taiwan University leaps in university reputation survey
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"TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- National Taiwan University moves up one bracket from 61-70 to 51-60 in university reputation survey announced by British magazine Times Higher Education on Thursday, while it was also the only university in Taiwan that made it into the top 100 in the rankings.\nThe top 10 schools in the survey were mostly from the United States and the United Kingdom. Harvard University had the best reputation among the world's universities ever since the first survey followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University.\nThe top-performer in Asia this year was Japan's University of Tokyo at 11th, followed by Tsinghua University of China at 14th.\nThe Times Higher Education World Reputation rankings are based on an invitation-only survey of thousands of senior researchers from all over the world."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about FIFA drops Saudi referee from World Cup after fixing ban
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"ZURICH (AP) — FIFA has dropped referee Fahad Al Mirdasi from the World Cup after he was banned from football for life in Saudi Arabia over match fixing.\nThe Saudi Arabian Football Federation said two weeks ago that Fahad Al Mirdasi asked for money to help a team win a cup final.\nNow FIFA says its referees' committee has decided that his conditions to be selected for the World Cup in Russia \"are not satisfied anymore.\"\nAs a result, the entire Saudi refereeing team has been removed from the tournament, including two assistants.\nFIFA says Al Mirdasi won't be directly replaced. Instead, the governing body will take two additional assistant referees from the United Arab Emirates and Japan."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Book launch highlights Taiwan’s medical diplomacy
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"Efforts by the Republic of China (Taiwan) in assisting its diplomatic allies through medical aid reflect the country’s soft power and commitment to advancing global health, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs June 13.\nThe success of Taiwan’s annual international medical mission in the Marshall Islands serves as a prime example in these regards, MOFA Deputy Minister Paul Wen-liang Chang said, adding that the country will continue to strengthen bilateral collaboration with the South Pacific ally to help improve its medical care.\nThe deputy minister made the remarks during the launch of the book “The Guardian from Dawn to Dusk: the Stories of Shuang Ho Hospital Medical Missions in Marshall Islands,” which documents the efforts of medical professionals dispatched every year byTaipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital to the island state since 2013.\nAccording to Chang, the dedication of the local medical missions to enhancing public health in the Marshall Islands is greatly appreciated by the nation’s people. They expressed this sentiment to MOFA Minister David Tawei Lee when he visited the ROC diplomatic ally in April this year, the deputy minister added.\nTaiwan medical teams’ achievements underscore the effectiveness of the ROC government’s steadfast diplomacy, which is helping safeguard the global health system, Chang said.\nIn a video recorded for the occasion, Marshall Islands Health Minister Kalani Kaneko thanked Taiwan for providing medical assistance to his country. Anjanette Kattil, deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of the Marshall Islands in Taipei, also expressed gratitude for the medical teams’ successful efforts.\nAccording to the MOFA, since diplomatic relations between the ROC and Marshall Islands began in 1998, the two countries have maintained close cooperation in such areas as agriculture, clean energy, education, medicine and public health.\nA recent example of the firm bilateral ties is an agreement signed by Kaneko and Shuang Ho Hospital Deputy Superintendent Dr. Lin Jia-wei Feb. 24, 2017 in Marshall Islands. Under the pact, the hospital will oversee a residency program for Marshallese medical doctors graduating from the College of Medicine at Kaohsiung City-based I-Shou University, with the internship set to begin in August this year at Majuro Hospital under the supervision of Shuang Ho physicians.\nTaiwan’s medical missions in the Marshall Islands are representative of broader efforts to contribute to global health security. The Pacific island nation has played a major role in this endeavor, most recently by advocating for the ROC’s participation in this year’s World Health Assembly—the decision-making body of the World Health Organization, the MOFA added."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Massachusetts gambling regulators to review Wynn allegations
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"BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts gambling regulators are holding a special meeting to discuss sexual misconduct allegations against casino magnate Steve Wynn, whose company is building a $2.4 billion casino outside Boston.\nThe Massachusetts Gaming Commission will receive an update on an investigation Wednesday.\nRepublican Gov. Charlie Baker says if the allegations are true, Wynn would \"fail to meet the suitability standard under the state gaming law.\"\nThe Wall Street Journal reported Friday that a number of women said they were harassed or assaulted by Wynn, and that one case led to a $7.5 million settlement.\nThe 76-year-old Wynn has denied the allegations.\nUnder the 2011 casino law, a license is considered a \"revocable privilege,\" and can be suspended or revoked if a licensee is found \"unsuitable to operate a gaming establishment.\""
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Mercantile Bank of Michigan and Abe AI Celebrate #FinHealthMatters Day with Launch of Groundbreaking Financial Management Technology
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"GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2018--Mercantile Bank of Michigan and Abe AI are launching the MercMoney® Chatbot to support consumer financial health. In launching today, the organizations particularly want to draw attention to the need for financial health training and information for students and recent graduates.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424006705/en/\nWhat did I spend last night? (Photo: Business Wire)\nThe nonprofit Center for Financial Health Services Innovation (CFSI) is putting a spotlight on the state of Americans’ financial health with #FinHealthMatters Day. This year, on April 25th 2018, #FinHealthMatters Day will focus specifically on the financial health of America’s students. With over 20 million Americans pursuing higher education and roughly 70% graduating with debt, the issue is critical.\n“We were delighted to see such support for #FinHealthMatters Day in 2016 and 2017,” said Jennifer Tescher, founder and CEO of CFSI. “It’s an annual day to draw attention to Americans’ financial health -- one of the most pressing issues of our time, and one that affects nearly everyone in some way.”\nThe MercMoney® Chatbot will help users improve their financial health by providing secure, simple access to their accounts through Google Home, SMS, and Messenger. After linking their accounts, users can track spending, set budgets, and manage their finances simply by sending a message through their phone, or talking to their Google home.\n“At Mercantile we want to do everything we can to support our customers, and our students in particular, and that starts by re-thinking how we deliver relevant and timely financial insights that shape day-to-day financial decisions. That’s why we decided to expand accessibility by meeting them in the voice-and-messaging channels they are already using on a daily basis,” said John Schulte, Chief Information Officer. “To do this we’ve partnered with Abe AI, to expand the functionality of our personal financial management tools into Google Home, SMS (text-messaging), and Messenger. We want to make the management of money feel more like a conversation, rather than a chore.”\n“This is the most sophisticated conversational banking interface available today from any financial institution,” said Rob Guilfoyle, CEO of Abe AI. “Being able to say, ‘How much do I have left in my grocery budget this month?’ or even make a new savings goal just by talking to my Google Home - that’s groundbreaking, and has the potential to transform the way we interact with our finances, taking away some of the potential intimidation, and making them simpler and more approachable.”\nAbout Mercantile Bank of Michigan\nBased in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Mercantile Bank Corporation is the bank holding company for Mercantile Bank of Michigan. Mercantile provides banking services to businesses, individuals and governmental units, and differentiates itself on the basis of service quality and the expertise of its banking staff. The mission of Mercantile is to provide value in a highly professional and personalized manner. Mercantile has assets of approximately $3.2 billion and operates 47 banking offices. Mercantile Bank Corporation’s common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “MBWM.”\nFor more information on Mercantile Bank of Michigan, visit https://www.mercbank.com/ or follow us on Twitter at @MercBank.\nAbout Abe AI\nAbe AI exists to create simplicity and convenience in everyone’s financial lives. Established in 2016, Abe AI makes it possible for financial institutions to utilize the latest advancements in artificial intelligence to engage and support consumers on conversational interfaces including Google Home, SMS, Facebook Messenger, smarter IVRs and more to drive acquisition, support engagement, and user experience. With Abe AI’s artificial intelligence platform, financial institutions can effortlessly build their own AI-powered banking solutions. For more information, visit www.abe.ai. Follow Abe AI on Twitter, Linkedin, and Facebook.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424006705/en/\nCONTACT: Mercantile Bank of Michigan\nJohn Schulte, 616-813-3894\njschulte@mercbank.com\nor\nAbe AI, Inc.\nKeith Armstrong, 407-310-8166\nmedia@abe.ai\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA FLORIDA MICHIGAN\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: TECHNOLOGY DATA MANAGEMENT NETWORKS SOFTWARE OTHER TECHNOLOGY SECURITY MOBILE/WIRELESS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BANKING FINANCE OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES\nSOURCE: Abe AI, Inc.\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/24/2018 07:30 PM/DISC: 04/24/2018 07:30 PM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424006705/en"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about The Latest: Search called off for bears in Alaska mauling
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"ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on three juveniles being injured in bear mauling near Anchorage (all times local):\n3:45 p.m.\nThree juveniles were mauled Wednesday after coming across a grizzly bear and her two cubs while they were hiking in a heavily wooded area just north of Alaska's largest city.\nAnchorage authorities said four young people were hiking in the woods around the Eagle River campground when three of them were injured after running into the bears. Police say three juveniles were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The other youth wasn't injured.\nKen Marsh is the spokesman for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. He says it's possible this group just surprised the bears, and the mother reacted \"defensively, pretty much in brown bear fashion.\"\nThe search for the bears has been called off. Officials will put up signs warning people of bear activity in the area.\n___\n1:57 p.m.\nThree hikers have been injured following a run-in with a bear at a campground near Alaska's largest city.\nAnchorage authorities say four young people were hiking in the woods around the Eagle River campground when three of them were injured by a grizzly bear with two cubs. They were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.\nAnchorage police said in a news release say that while responding officers were searching for the hikers they were charged by the bear and shot at it. The bear's status was not immediately known."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about World's last male northern white rhino, Sudan, dies
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"NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Researchers say the world's last male northern white rhino, Sudan, has died after \"age-related complications.\"\nA statement from the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya says the 45-year-old rhino was euthanized on Monday after his condition \"worsened significantly\" and he was no longer able to stand.\nThe rhino had been part of an ambitious effort to save the subspecies from extinction with the help of the two surviving females.\n\"He was a great ambassador for his species and will be remembered for the work he did to raise awareness globally of the plight facing not only rhinos, but also the many thousands of other species facing extinction as a result of unsustainable human activity,\" said the conservancy's CEO, Richard Vigne.\nSudan was something of a celebrity, attracting thousands of visitors."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about China awards Trump valuable new trademark
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"SHANGHAI (AP) — The government of China awarded U.S. President Donald Trump valuable rights to his own name this week, in the form of a 10-year trademark for construction services.\nThe registration became official on Feb. 14 and was published in a trademark registration announcement on the website of China's Trademark Office on Wednesday.\nThis may well be the first foreign trademark to be handed to Trump during his presidency, but is unlikely to be the last. In China alone he has 49 pending trademark applications and 77 marks already registered in his own name, most of which will come up for renewal during his term.\nCritics say Trump's global intellectual property interests could be used by foreign states as leverage over the president and may violate the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution, which bars public servants from accepting anything of value from foreign governments unless explicitly approved by Congress. These concerns are particularly sharp in China, where the courts and bureaucracy reflect the will of the ruling Communist Party.\nThe registration this week came as a surprise win for Trump after a decade of trying — and failing — to wrest the rights to his name back from a man named Dong Wei. The a href='https://apnews.com/c113029cef374b29b22e0d836f41a1ef/With-Trump's-win-in-China,-will-Trump-toilets-get-flushed?'abrupt turn in Trump's bureaucratic fortunes/a once he declared his candidacy has raised questions about the extent to which his political status may be helping his family business.\nAny special treatment from China would mean that Trump effectively accepted a present from Beijing, an act that would violate the Constitution, Richard Painter, chief White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush, said in an email. \"A different conclusion might be reached if Trump had been treated like everyone else seeking a trademark, but the evidence does not point in that direction.\"\nAlan Garten, chief legal officer of The Trump Organization, said Trump's trademark activity in China predates his election. Trump has turned management of his company over to his children and a team of executives in order to remove himself from his business and its trademark portfolio, he added.\nChina's State Administration for Industry and Commerce, which oversees the Trademark Office, and the foreign ministry could not be reached for comment Wednesday.\n___\nAssociated Press researcher Fu Ting in Shanghai contributed to this report.\n___\nFollow Kinetz on Twitter at twitter.com/ekinetz"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Mississippi imposes 15-week abortion ban; nation's toughest
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"JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's governor has signed the nation's tightest abortion restrictions into law.\nRepublican Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 1510 on Monday afternoon. It becomes law immediately and bans most abortions after 15 weeks' gestation. Bryant has frequently said he wants Mississippi to be the \"safest place in America for an unborn child.\"\nThe law's only exceptions are if a fetus has health problems making it \"incompatible with life\" outside of the womb at full term, or if a pregnant woman's life or a \"major bodily function\" is threatened by pregnancy. Pregnancies resulting from rape and incest aren't exempted.\nAbortion rights advocates are calling the law unconstitutional because it limits abortion before fetuses can live outside the womb. The owner of Mississippi's only abortion clinic opposes the law and has pledged to sue."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Senate overwhelmingly approves new package of sanctions to punish Russia for meddling in 2016 election
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate overwhelmingly approves new package of sanctions to punish Russia for meddling in 2016 election."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Toro Supports 2018 Wyland National Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation
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"RIVERSIDE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--April is Water Conservation Month, making this an ideal time to for people everywhere to take steps to conserve and protect one of earth’s most vital resources. April also means the Wyland National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation, the largest community-based challenge for water conservation, is in full swing.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005115/en/\nFurthering education and awareness in water conservation, Toro continues its support of the Wyland National Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation (Photo: The Toro Company)\nHeld every year from April 1-30, the National Mayor’s Challenge is presented by the Wyland Foundation with sponsorship and support from The Toro Company. The 7 th annual challenge kicked off with Plano, Texas, Mayor Harry LaRosiliere challenging mayors throughout the U.S. to help spread the word about the importance of water.\nThe challenge rewards individual residents who make pledges online at www.mywaterpledge.com to perform specific water-saving activities throughout the month. By simply pledging their commitment to easy water-saving actions, residents are eligible for a chance to win many exciting prizes – $5,000 toward home utilities payments, water-efficient home irrigation products like Toro smart irrigation controllers, and other eco-friendly products. This year residents can also nominate a local charity from a participating city to win a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid vehicle.\nToro has been a partner with the Wyland Foundation since 2015, supporting outreach and activities around water conservation throughout the year. “Our partnership is a natural fit in our mission to support sustainability through the efficient use of water,” says Phil Burkart, vice president of Toro’s Irrigation & Lighting Businesses. “We recognize the limited resources and availability of water. It’s why we are dedicated to providing water-saving innovation and education to our customers worldwide.”\n“As a worldwide leader in irrigation technology and innovation for homes, golf courses, sports fields, municipalities and agriculture, Toro recognizes the importance of protecting water resources for future generations,” says renowned marine life artist and conservationist Wyland. “Toro’s support for Wyland Foundation and the National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation further demonstrates their commitment to ensure availability for people around the world and to educate the masses on how to successfully use water without waste.”\nThe National Mayors Challenge continues through April 30, 2018. Other sponsors include Toyota, EPA WaterSense ®, National League of Cities, Conserva Irrigation, Earth Friendly Products, makers of ECOS, and southern California broadcast partner KCAL9/KCBS2. The challenge is designed to bring together all facets of the community to follow their city’s progress throughout the month and to use that information to encourage neighbors, businesses and civic groups to spread the word. At the midway point in the annual challenge, residents across the United States have already committed to reducing their water waste by approximately 1 billion gallons.\nAbout The Toro Company\nThe Toro Company is a leading worldwide provider of innovative solutions for the outdoor environment including turf maintenance, snow and ice management, landscape, rental and specialty construction equipment, and irrigation and outdoor lighting solutions. With sales of $2.5 billion in fiscal 2017, Toro’s global presence extends to more than 125 countries. Through constant innovation and caring relationships built on trust and integrity, Toro and its family of brands have built a legacy of excellence by helping customers care for golf courses, sports fields, public green spaces, commercial and residential properties and agricultural operations. For more information, visit www.toro.com.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005115/en/\nCONTACT: The Toro Company\nAlexis Bookman\nalexis.bookman@toro.com\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA CALIFORNIA TEXAS\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENERGY UTILITIES NATURAL RESOURCES AGRICULTURE OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES LANDSCAPE URBAN PLANNING ENVIRONMENT CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY\nSOURCE: The Toro Company\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/23/2018 08:30 AM/DISC: 04/23/2018 08:30 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005115/en"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about The Latest: Tokyo subway workers mark gas attack anniversary
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"TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the anniversary of the 1995 Tokyo subway nerve gas attack (all times local):\n12:40 p.m.\nTokyo subway employees have marked the 23rd anniversary of a nerve gas attack that killed 13 people and sickened thousands at several stations.\nUniformed workers bowed their heads in silence Tuesday at Kasumigaseki station, one of those targeted by the Aum Shinrikyo religious cult.\nThe current station head and the 71-year-old widow of an assistant stationmaster who died in the attack placed flowers on a temporary altar set up for offerings.\nThirteen cult members have been sentenced to death for the March 20, 1995, attack and other crimes.\nKyodo News service quoted the widow Shizue Takahashi saying the trials went on for a long time, and she feels the process has entered the next stage.\n___\n10:20 a.m.\nThirteen Japanese cult members may be sent to the gallows any day now for a 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subway system and other crimes. But when is uncertain. Such is the secrecy that surrounds Japan's death penalty system.\nTuesday marks 23 years since members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult punctured plastic bags to release sarin nerve gas inside subway cars, sickening thousands and killing 13. Cult leader Shoko Asahara and a dozen followers have been sentenced to death for that and other crimes that killed 27 in all.\nThe relocation of seven of the convicts to detention centers outside of Tokyo last week has sparked speculation that executions could be imminent. Accomplices are customarily hanged on the same day.\nThe executions won't be announced until after they occur."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about What's next for Malaysia's disgraced ex-PM Najib Razak?
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"The spectacle of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak being hauled to court to face corruption charges gripped Malaysians and marked a historic moment in the nation's politics.\nNajib, who until recently was at the apex of power in the Southeast Asian country, now must face the ignominy of defending himself against accusations of corruption.\nThe massive graft scam involving the state-run multibillion-dollar 1MDB fund, tarnished Najib's reputation and many believe it played a major role in his party's defeat in recently held elections, which upended the nation's political landscape.\nOn Wednesday, Najib pleaded not guilty to three charges of criminal breach of trust and a fourth for abuse of power. He has been released on bail and was ordered to surrender his two diplomatic passports. His trial will begin in February 2019.\nThe court also granted an interim gag order that Najib's lawyers requested. This would limit media coverage to only \"the merits of the case,\" and hamper reporting on a high-profile story spanning six countries. Malaysian Attorney General Tommy Thomas, who leads a 12-member prosecution team, will file a formal response opposing the order.\nThe return of good governance?\nSocial media has been awash with posts and memes by Malaysians welcoming the news of the imminent trial of a leader who they see as having enriched himself with public funds while tainting the country's image.\nMany attribute the swift investigation and Najib's subsequent arrest to the current ruling party Pakatan Harapan's pre-election promise to deal with the 1MDB scandal.\n\"Truth be told, I believe that his being brought to justice was partly driven by public pressure. After all, it is us who put the current government in charge of running this country,\" Kuala Lumpur-based legal consultant, Madeleine D’Angelus, told DW.\nBridget Welsh, associate professor of political science and Southeast Asia expert at the John Cabot University, who is currently in Kuala Lumpur observing the proceedings, said that this case will also reinforce the issue of good governance — something that the public found lacking during Najib's tenure as premier.\n\"It is a precarious situation because it's a highly politicized arrest that shows that what goes around comes around. It also shows that Malaysia is moving towards a cleaner process and there's a lot of hope. People are pleased. For many Malaysians, Najib betrayed the public's trust,\" she told DW.\nRead more: Malaysia says seized items in ex-premier probe valued at €234 million\nDeath knell for corruption?\nDescribed as the \"world’s biggest financial scandal,\" the 1MDB issue laid bare the rampant and deep-rooted corruption within the Malaysian government and some of the external bodies associated with it.\n\"The problem of corruption is endemic in Malaysia — it's not just within politics but also businesses. So this is the beginning of a very important step and sends a signal that leaders are accountable and cannot misuse public funds. It moves Malaysia in the right direction to clean out the dirt,\" said Welsh.\nOthers see Najib's prosecution as a warning to members of the current Pakatan Harapan government under Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, as well as future administrations, to conduct their affairs transparently and not to the detriment of the electorate who voted them into office.\n\"There is already a new policy in place stating that gifts to government figures are to be kept to a minimum. If this is further strengthened by legislative developments and the guarantee of the independence of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), then I am confident that this will see the end of most corruption,\" Azmi Sharom, associate professor of law at University Malaya, told DW.\n\"Money politics, that is to say buying patronage and support, will probably go on in parties such as UMNO which, by their selection of [former deputy prime minister] Zahid Hamidi as their new president, have shown that they want to continue business as usual,\" Azmi added.\nRead more: Malaysia election: People were 'disgusted with government's corruption'\nMalaysia sets up task force to probe 1MDB scandal\nNot going down alone\nBoth Najib and his supporters have contended that the charges against him are politically motivated. This places the onus on the current administration under Mahathir to not just establish a watertight case against Najib, but also to dispel rumors of political retribution.\nNajib, who also held the finance portfolio during his tenure as prime minister, has previously claimed ignorance of any wrongdoing in the daily business of 1MDB.\n\"His name is on the documents and the money was in his bank account. The MACC wouldn't have arrested him without due cause. They have not rushed into it. It's been five weeks since they started conducting the investigations and counting the goodies,\" explained Welsh, adding that Najib is unlikely to go down alone.\n\"I would say that the directors involved in 1MDB will be affected as well. Other former ministers are coming forward too. There is a collective responsibility.\"\nAzmi argues that the political consequences are not as important as the criminal consequences.\n\"The anti-money laundering law in Malaysia has a very broad range of offenses; anyone proven to have received money from 1MDB will be in serious danger of prosecution.\"\nThe neighbors are watching\nNajib's arrest and imminent trial may also have international implications, which could prove discomfiting to some Southeast Asian nations.\n\"While Najib isn't the first leader to be arrested in Southeast Asia, his arrest makes history in Malaysia,\" said Welsh. \"Among Southeast Asian neighbors, Singapore would be watching very closely as its [banking sector's] involvement with the 1MDB has not been fully divulged yet,\" said Welsh.\nAzmi also believes that the prosecution could look to Malaysia's neighbors for cues on how to best navigate the unchartered territory of bringing high-ranking government officials to justice.\n\"In terms of battling corruption, Indonesia has made some impressive progress and could probably be a better example to look to,\" he told DW.\nRead more: Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim: from prisoner to prime minister-in-waiting\nReckoning ahead\nDespite their jubilance that justice is finally being meted out, Malaysians are remaining rather pragmatic.\nFahmi Reza, political critic, street artist and documentary filmmaker, who was jailed last year for publishing a clown caricature of Najib, was among those following the proceedings in Kuala Lumpur.\n\"The arrest and prosecution brings us one step closer towards getting some justice, but the fight against corruption and kleptocracy is far from being over. We still have a long way to go if we want to end the culture of impunity and corruption in this country,\" Fahmi told DW.\nIn a prerecorded message to his fellow Malaysians posted on Twitter on Tuesday, Najib apologized and sought forgiveness from fellow Malaysians, adding that despite doing his very best \"there were many weaknesses.\"\nNajib also fired a salvo at the current administration. \"Everyone is equal before the law,\" he said. \"Not just in the world, but also judgment in the afterlife.\""
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Romania: Ceausescu auction marks century since his birth
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"BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian auction house is selling memorabilia belonging to former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu to mark what would have been his 100th birthday.\nThe \"Golden Era\" online auction kicks off Wednesday evening. Among the 250 items going under the hammer are a fur-lined hunting cap worn by Ceausescu, an avid hunter, and shoes and a purse made for his wife, Elena Ceausescu. There's even toilet paper, which was scarce in the late days of communism.\nIulian Plestiu, research director at Artmark auction house, says potential buyers are middle-aged Romanians collecting memorabilia or younger people looking to acquire one of the now-trendy period posters.\nCommunism in Romania ended in 1989 when the Ceausescus were executed after a summary trial."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Tennessee church shooting suspect indicted on 43 counts
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"NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The man accused of fatally shooting a woman and wounding six people at a Tennessee church in September faces a 43-count indictment, including first-degree murder, attempted murder and felony civil rights intimidation charges.\nFriday's grand jury indictment in Davidson County charges 26-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson in the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ shooting in Nashville. He's been held without bond since September.\nAn arrest affidavit from September says Samson waived his rights and told police he arrived armed and fired at Burnette.\nIn October, Nashville Police Detective Steve Jolley testified that a note in Samson's car referred to a white supremacist's 2015 massacre at a South Carolina black church. Jolley said Samson also told him he didn't give much thought to race or religion, and heard voices and had visions."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Gonzales, Mariners edge sagging White Sox 1-0
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"CHICAGO (AP) — Marco Gonzales and four relievers combined on a five-hitter, Mitch Haniger singled home the only run and the Seattle Mariners edged the Chicago White Sox 1-0 Tuesday.\nAt 5-15, the rebuilding White Sox are off to their worst start since the 1950 season. That year they opened 5-20 en route to a 60-94 finish.\nGonzales (2-2) was in control almost from the start, allowing five hits and one walk while striking out eight in six-plus innings. The left-hander snapped a run of three starts in which he lasted no more than 4 2/3 innings.\nSeattle broke out on top against fill-in starter Chris Volstad (0-1) in the fourth when Kyle Seager doubled and scored on Haniger's base hit, both with two outs.\nAfter Yoan Moncada's leadoff double chased Gonzales in the seventh, reliever Dan Altavilla retired the next two batters before Marc Rzepczynski got the final out of the inning.\nJuan Nicasio pitched the eighth then Edwin Diaz worked the ninth for his ninth save in as many tries.\nVolstad (0-1) was effective for 4 1/3 innings. The veteran allowed one run and four hits and didn't walk a batter as a replacement for Miguel Gonzalez, who is on the 10-day disabled list with an inflamed right rotator cuff.\nThe start was the first for Volstad after four relief appearances this year and third in the majors since the 2012 season.\nWhite Sox manager Rick Renteria was ejected by plate umpire Mike Estabrook after he protested a called third strike to Matt Davidson that ended a two-on, two-out threat in the sixth.\nTIME WILL TELL\nThe game had a rare 4:10 p.m. start time as part of a team marketing experiment. An estimated 2,000 fans witnessed the first pitch in sunny, 59-degree weather. The announced attendance was 10,761.\nIN DANNY'S CORNER\nFormer Mariners teammates and their wives remained in contact with the family of White Sox RHP Danny Farquhar, who underwent surgery for a brain aneurysm last weekend. He spent the 2013-15 seasons with the team.\n\"You just want to give his family enough space, but you also want to do all you can to be there for support,\" said C Mike Zunino, Farquhar's ex-batterymate. \"When you first hear something like this happens, it's really scary because you have don't know what's going to happen. It seems like each day we hear something positive, so that's a really good feeling.\"\nTRAINER'S ROOM\nMariners: 1B Ryon Healy (sprained right ankle) neared his return from the disabled list with a two-run single and walk in four plate appearances for Double-A Arkansas Tuesday.\nWhite Sox: LHP Carlos Rodon (left shoulder surgery) pitched three innings Monday against the Reds in an extended spring game in Arizona. He could rejoin the parent club in late May.\nUP NEXT\nMariners: RHP Felix Fernandez (2-2, 5.06 ERA) will take a career 6-6 mark vs. the White Sox into the series finale Wednesday. He was a 4-3 winner in his only appearance against them last year.\nWhite Sox: RHP James Shields (1-2, 6.17) comes off his worst start of the season, a 10-0 blowout against the Houston Astros in which he allowed seven earned runs in 5 1/3 innings."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Asian confederation imposes life bans for Laos match-fixing
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"KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The Asian Football Confederation has banned 15 current or former players for life for match-fixing.\nThey are among 22 people from Laos and Cambodia issued with life bans by the AFC disciplinary committee for manipulating matches involving Laos national teams and club side Lao Toyota. The banned players represented Laos or Lao Toyota.\nThe AFC says its match-fixing investigation is ongoing so \"specific details including the relevant matches will not be disclosed.\" The regional governing body wants FIFA to extend the bans globally."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about City to pay $2.6M to family of veteran killed by police
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"MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California city has agreed to pay $2.65 million to the family of a mentally ill Gulf War veteran fatally shot by police in 2014 after his family called 911.\nThe Sacramento Bee reports Tuesday the agreement between the city of Lodi and the family of Parminder Singh Shergill settles a federal lawsuit the family filed accusing the officers of excessive force.\nShergill was killed after his sister-in-law called 911 and said he was a paranoid schizophrenic who was \"going crazy\" and was attacking his mother. Shergill's family says he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after participating in Operation Desert Storm in the 1990s.\nOfficers fatally shot Shergill as he walked through his neighborhood after they said he charged at them with a knife. Shergill's family disputes that account.\n___\nInformation from: The Sacramento Bee, http://www.sacbee.com"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about The Latest: Islamic militants kill 12 troops in south Yemen
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"SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The Latest on the situation in Yemen (all times local):\n12:10 p.m.\nYemeni tribesmen say suspected Islamic militants have attacked a checkpoint in southern Yemen, killing at least 12 soldiers.\nThe tribesmen say Tuesday's attack started with a mortar round fired at the checkpoint, followed by heavy gunfire that killed most of its guards. The checkpoint is near the southern city of Ataq, the provincial capital of Shabwa.\nThey tribesmen spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak to the media.\nThe troops guarding the checkpoint are part of a unit called the Elite Shabwa Force that was trained by the United Arab Emirates and deployed last year to the region. It declared victory over al-Qaida's branch in Yemen, which used Shabwa as a safe haven. The UAE is part of a Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen's Shiite rebels who control the country's north.\nMeanwhile, UAE-trained forces in the city of Aden — some 400 kilometers, or 250 miles, from Shabwa— have battled Yemeni government forces there and seized control of a district where the presidential palace is located.\n—Ahmed Al-Haj in Sanaa, Yemen;\n___\n10 a.m.\nYemeni security officials say the prime minister is preparing to flee the country for Saudi Arabia after separatists seized the area around the presidential palace in the southern port city of Aden in fierce battles overnight.\nThe officials say fighters loyal to the so-called Southern Transitional Council fought all way to the gates of the Palace of Maashiq in the district of Crater in Aden, forcing President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi's troops to abandon their positions.\nThey said Hadi's prime minister and several Cabinet members would leave imminently to Riyadh.\nThe palace is the seat of Yemen's internationally backed government. The separatist forces did not enter the palace itself and were stopped by Saudi Arabian troops who have been guarding the palace for the past months."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about 10 Things to Know for Today
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"Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:\n1. WHAT TRUMP WILL HERALD IN STATE OF THE UNION\nThe Republican president will trumpet a robust economy and push for bipartisan congressional action on immigration in the annual address.\n2. US ISSUES 'PUTIN LIST' BUT NO PUNISHMENT\nThe political list is the entire presidential administration, as listed on the Kremlin website, and the Russian Cabinet, while the oligarchs list is a carbon copy of the top of the Forbes magazine's Russian billionaires' list, compiled to hit Moscow for interfering in the 2016 U.S. election.\n3. WHAT HAS BECOME A POLITICAL FLASHPOINT\nRepublicans on the House intelligence committee vote to release a classified memo that purports to show improper use of surveillance by the FBI and the Justice Department in the Russia investigation.\n4. CHILD EXPERTS: JUST SAY 'NO' TO FACEBOOK'S KIDS APP\nA group letter sent to Mark Zuckerberg argues that younger children aren't ready to have social media accounts, navigate the complexities of online relationships or protect their own privacy.\n5. PENTAGON RESTRICTS RELEASE OF AFGHAN WAR DATA\nTrump is railing against the recent string of attacks in Afghanistan, and rules out any U.S. discussions with the Taliban as part of the effort to achieve peace.\n6. PROMINENT CHINESE JOURNALIST TRANSITIONS TO NEW ROLE\nHu Shuli speaks guardedly to AP about censorship and declares her financial magazine Caixin free to conduct its signature muckraking reporting, despite governmental obstacles.\n7. WHERE THEY'RE 'LOOTING TO EAT' AMID ECONOMIC TAILSPIN\nMobs of poor Venezuelans are pilfering markets, swarming trucks loaded with corn and slaughtering cows with rocks and machetes in an outburst of almost daily unrest triggered by hunger.\n8. HISTORIC VEGAS NEON SIGNS SET TO SHINE BRIGHT AGAIN\nThe Neon Museum is bringing back to life some of the most iconic marquees of Sin City thanks to projectors that will cast digitally reconstructed images of the signs back onto the hulking metal, AP learns.\n9. 'COOL RUNNINGS' REDUX IN NIGERIA\nEven though the competitors are American-born, Nigeria will field the first bobsled team from the entire continent of Africa in the Pyeongchang Games next month.\n10. HOW THEY'RE DESCRIBING 'BLACK PANTHER'\n\"Incredible\" and \"kinetic\" are just a few of the words people are using to describe the new Marvel flick that follows a late king's son's ascension to the throne in a fictional African nation."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Romanian court rules president must fire anti-corruption chief
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"Romania's constitutional court on Wednesday ruled in a 6-3 vote that President Klaus Iohannis is constitutionally obliged to sack the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) Chief Prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi.\nThe court said it would explain its ruling later, without saying when, issuing the following statement.\n\"The president has refused to issue the dismissal decree [...] which has blocked the justice minister from using his authority related to the prosecutors' activities,\" the court said in a statement. \"The constitutional conduct that must be followed is for the president to issue the dismissal decree.\"\nHundreds of people protested near the government building in Bucharest after the ruling was announced.\nIohannis, from the center-right Union to Save Romania party, has resisted calls for him to sack Kovesi, a figure widely seen as taking on the corruption endemic to Romanian public life and touching several members of the ruling social democrats (PSD).\nRead more: Romania's democracy in danger after Mihai Tudose resignation\nThe court had to decide whether the president was required by the constitution to implement the request of the justice minister, Tudorel Toader, to sack Kovesi. It said there had been an \"institutional conflict\" that needed resolving.\nAccording to the constitution, only the president can dismiss the DNA chief.\nSince their election victory in December 2016, the PSD and its junior, liberal, partner ALDE have sought to bring the judiciary under tighter executive control\nUnder Kovesi's leadership, the DNA investigated 60 top-ranking officials, including a prime minister and over 40 lawmakers and other wealthy Romanians over the past four years.\nLiviu Dragnea, leader of the PSD, faces charges of alleged misconduct and Kovesi's office was preparing a case against him. He was given a two-year suspended sentence in 2016 for electoral fraud.\nThe PSD tried in early 2017 to decriminalize several corruption offenses by emergency decree but withdrew the bill after huge street protests.\nIohannis' reaction awaited\n\"Regardless of what the court decides, I will wait for the motivation, I will read it and act accordingly,\" Iohannis told reporters before the decision.\nIohannis has said that Toader's reasoning for wanting to remove Kovesi contained \"weak arguments\" and had defended Kovesi's work as a prosecutor.\nThe independent judicial watchdog has also expressed a positive opinion of Kovesi and the EU has praised her work.\nThe EU has a special mechanism monitoring Romania's justice system.\nGovernment praises ruling\nToader praised the ruling, saying Iohannis did not have \"the legal ability to evaluate the professional and management competences of high-ranking prosecutors.\"\nIn a February report calling for Kovesi's dismissal, Toader said she was \"authoritarian,\" claimed that prosecutors had falsified evidence and said the number of acquittals was too high.\nSenate President Calin Popescu-Tariceanum said on Wednesday that Kovesi \"should have resigned a long time ago.\"\nOpposition up in arms\nThe opposition party Union to Save Romania said the ruling was politically motivated and was designed to help the PSD. It said the government wants to replace Kovesi with someone more pliable.\nThe party said in a statement that the court's decision \"deals a heavy blow to the court's credibility.\"\nTensions between Romania's center-right president and the center-left government reached a nadir in April when Iohannis called for the country's Prime Minister Viorica Dancila to resign.\nHundreds of Romanians have said they will attend a demonstration in Bucharest in support of Kovesi and to \"defend democracy and justice,\" while about 108,000 people have signed an online petition calling on Iohannis not to dismiss Kovesi.\nEach evening at 1830 UTC, DW's editors send out a selection of the day's hard news and quality feature journalism. You can sign up to receive it directly here.\njbh/rc (AP, AFP, Reuters)"
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Italian police nab ancient artifact trafficking gang
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"Italian police on Wednesday said an international criminal gang who stole artifacts from Sicilian archaeological sites had been dismantled with scores of arrests made.\nThe group \"illegally exported\" many of the stolen artifacts to Germany where they were granted fake certificates of origin and sold by auction houses in Munich, the Carabinieri art heritage police said.\nRead more: The most spectacular art robberies in history\nSome of the 20,000 objects recovered included ancient coins, statues and pottery, as well as fake artifacts, and police said the haul was estimated to be worth more than €40 million ($46.5 million).\nArrests across several countries\nA total of 23 people have been arrested in relation to the gang, with eight in custody, seven under house arrest in Italy, and three subject to European arrest warrants in Germany, Spain and Britain.\nA 61-year-old Italian was arrested in Ehingen, in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg, and €30,000 ($35,000 dollars) in cash was seized from his home.\nRead more: How Paris' 100-million-euro art heist happened\nA British art dealer was arrested in London and another Italian was arrested in Barcelona.\nThe group's alleged leader is a 76-year-old man known as \"Zu Gino\" (Uncle Gino), who worked out of the Sicilian town of Riesi.\nPolice are also investigating two Munich auction houses.\nAnother five suspects were not detained, but have been ordered to report regularly to police, the art heritage squad said.\nlaw/kms (AP, dpa)"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about German automakers face heat over tests on monkeys, humans
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"FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Public criticism of the German auto industry has escalated after a report that an industry-sponsored entity commissioned a study of the effects of diesel exhaust using monkeys, while another study exposed humans to low levels of one type of air pollutant.\nThe German government on Monday condemned the experiments and Volkswagen sought to distance itself from them, with its chairman saying that \"in the name of the whole board I emphatically disavow such practices.\"\nThe tests were reportedly commissioned by a research group funded by major German auto companies.\nRevelations of the tests add a twist to the German auto industry's attempt to move past Volkswagen's scandal over cheating on diesel tests and the resulting questioning of diesel technology across the industry.\nVolkswagen Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch said the tests must be \"investigated completely and without reservation,\" the dpa news agency reported.\nA report by The New York Times found that the research group financed by top German car manufacturers commissioned experiments in which one group of monkeys was exposed to diesel exhaust from a late-model Volkswagen, while another group was exposed to fumes from an older Ford pickup.\nThe experiments were carried out in 2014 before Volkswagen was caught using software that let vehicles cheat on emissions tests. They were intended to show modern diesel technology had solved the problem of excess emissions, but according to the Times report the Volkswagen car in the tests was equipped with illegal software that turned emissions controls on while the car was on test stands and off during regular driving.\nVolkswagen admitted using the software in 2015. The Volkswagen scandal led to public scrutiny of diesel emissions as regulators discovered that other companies' vehicles also had higher emissions on the road than during testing, though not necessarily through illegal rigging. The industry has had to fend off calls for diesel bans in German cities with high pollution levels.\nDaimler AG said it was \"appalled by the nature and extent of the studies\" and said that, though it didn't have any influence on the studies' design, \"we have launched a comprehensive investigation into the matter.\"\nBMW said that it \"did not participate in the mentioned study\" on animals \"and distances itself from this study.\" It said it was investigating the work and background of the research group.\nThe Times report said the group that commissioned the studies, known by German initial EUGT, got all of its funding from the three automakers.\nThe Times report was followed by one in Monday's edition of the Stuttgarter Zeitung daily that the now-closed research group also commissioned tests in which humans were exposed to nitrogen dioxide, which belongs to a class of pollutants known as nitrogen oxides. The group reportedly said the tests showed no effect on the subjects.\nThe human study, carried out by Aachen University, involved studying the effects of exposing 25 subjects, mostly students, to low levels of nitrogen dioxide like those that could be found in the environment — from a 40-liter bottle, not a diesel engine. The individuals gave informed written consent for the study, which was approved by the ethics committee of the university's medical faculty, according to the study. The university said the study had no relation to the diesel scandal.\nThe German government condemned the reported tests on animals and humans. Transport Minister Christian Schmidt \"has no understanding for such tests ... that do not serve science but merely PR aims,\" spokesman Ingo Strater told reporters in Berlin.\nHe called for the companies concerned to provide \"immediate and detailed\" responses, and said a ministry commission of inquiry that was set up after the emissions scandal broke will hold a special meeting to examine whether there are any other cases.\nChancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said that \"the disgust many people are feeling is absolutely understandable.\"\n\"These tests on monkeys or even humans can in no way be ethically justified,\" Seibert said. \"They raise many critical questions for those behind these tests, and these questions must urgently be answered.\"\nHe questioned the aims of the tests. \"The automakers have to reduce emissions of harmful substances further and further,\" he said. \"They should not be trying to prove the supposed harmlessness of exhaust with the help of monkeys or even humans.\"\nSeibert said that the supervisory boards of the companies concerned \"have a particular responsibility.\"\nThe governor of the German state of Lower Saxony, a major shareholder in Volkswagen, added his voice to calls for quick answers.\nStephan Weil, who sits on VW's supervisory board, stressed that \"the behavior of the company must in every respect fulfill ethical demands.\" He said he hadn't known about the tests.\n___\nThis story has been corrected to show that a research group commissioned the tests, not that it carried them out. A previous version corrected the first paragraph to show that the second set of tests on humans didn't involve diesel exhaust."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Alan Page exhibits slavery artifacts in time for Super Bowl
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"MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An iron collar that kept slaves in bondage. A branding iron that marked human beings as someone's property. A photograph of black babies captioned as \"alligator bait.\" A fine china plate with gold lettering that says, \"KKK 'God Give Us Men.'\"\nThey're among the artifacts of slavery and segregation collected by NFL Hall of Famer and retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page and his wife, Diane Sims Page. They went on display this month in time for Super Bowl visitors and the thousands of other people expected to flock to downtown Minneapolis for the festivities. The exhibit, \"TESTIFY: Americana from Slavery to Today,\" runs through Feb. 6 at the Minneapolis Central Library.\nWhile a sign at the entrance warns that some items inside might be disturbing, there are also messages of hope and promise. There's a banner that was held by a mourner in 1865, when a funeral train took President Abraham Lincoln's body home to Illinois. The banner reads, \"Our Country Shall Be One Country!\" Page said it moved him to tears when he first saw it.\n\"For me it transports me back to that time and that place,\" Alan Page said.\nSigns that once enforced segregation in the South hang from a wall down the center of the gallery. They designated restrooms as \"white\" or \"colored,\" and marked the \"colored waiting room\" at train and bus stations. Just across from it is an assembly of vibrant pictures by black artists, showing how African-Americans reclaimed control over their own narrative. Diane Page said the contrast between the \"oppressive and expressive\" is deliberate.\nAlan Page, a feared member of the Vikings' Purple People Eaters defensive line in the 1970s, played in all four of their Super Bowl appearances. He's one of only two defensive players ever voted the NFL MVP. He also became the first black justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court, serving 22 years until he hit the mandatory retirement age of 70 in 2015.\nThe Pages timed the exhibit to coincide with the Super Bowl on Feb. 4 in Minneapolis, but he noted that it also comes \"at this time when white supremacy is raising its ugly head\" in ways that he thought he would never see again.\n\"We hope the exhibit will challenge people by seeing what took place in the past, and challenge them in ways that will cause them to think about taking action, not only to prevent them from happening again, but to end the effects of that past, the effects that still linger today,\" he said.\nIt's one thing to see a picture of an artifact from that era; it's another to actually stand in front of it, said Lois Langer Thompson, director of the Hennepin County Library system. She said the library's location on the Nicollet Mall pedestrian zone, the site of a 10-day fan festival with free concerts and other attractions, makes it convenient for visitors to stop by and see the exhibit — and warm up.\nDiane Page started the collection about 30 years ago after a friend pointed out that missing amid the sleek decor and a couple of Andy Warhols on the walls of their home were any pieces of African-American art or cultural items to educate the four Page children about their heritage. Eventually, the couple would visit antique stores and work with dealers to fill their home, and his Supreme Court chambers, with artifacts from slavery and the Jim Crow era.\n\"These items represent facts,\" he said. \"Not somebody's opinion about what happened. Not somebody's view about what did or didn't occur, but actual facts. ... They help me understand where we are today. The disparities in education, our criminal justice system. For me the message I get is that we haven't come to grips with the discrimination that comes, that came with those facts. We haven't addressed the present effects of that past history, the present effects of that past discrimination.\"\nDaughter Georgi Page-Smith took the lead in assembling the more than 100 items on display in the exhibit, which includes a \"testification station,\" made from her father's stand-up desk from his chambers, where visitors are invited to write their impressions in a leather-bound book.\n\"We knew it would be very emotional,\" she said. \"So we wanted to create an area where people could just stop for a minute, and do a little processing, and then reflect back to us.\"\nAs part of the exhibit, Alan Page will give a talk Wednesday called \"TESTIFY: It's Not About the Flag or the Anthem, It's About Justice.\" He said the controversy over players kneeling during the national anthem misses the point.\n\"That debate about the anthem and the flag is the reddest of red herrings. The point is that we have injustice. And the question is: what are we going to do about that? Protesting draws attention to that injustice, but it's a tactic. It's not a program to end injustice. And so one of the things I also hope to do is encourage those who would be inclined to protest to take the next step, and take some concrete actions beyond merely drawing attention to the problem, and being involved in steps to eliminate it.\""
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about The Latest: UN says no 'plan B' for Mideast peace
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on U.S. President Donald Trump's planned meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (all times local):\n10 a.m.\nU.N. chief António Guterres says there is no \"plan B\" for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after the White House suggested a two-state solution was one of many options for making peace.\nSpeaking to reporters in Cairo, Guterres said the international community must do everything it can to bring about a two-state solution.\nEgyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, standing next to Guterres, did not comment on the issue.\nThe two-state solution has wide international backing and has been a cornerstone of American diplomacy in the Middle East for more than two decades.\nA senior White House official said Tuesday that Trump hopes to bring the two sides together and facilitate a peace agreement, but that peace — and not necessarily a Palestinian state alongside Israel — was the priority. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in order to preview the meeting.\n___\n4 a.m.\nA Palestinian official says the goal of establishing a state of Palestine alongside Israel enjoys broad international support, expressing surprise at a Trump administration suggestion that a peace deal may not come in the form of a two-state solution.\nHusam Zomlot, an adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, says the \"two-state solution is not something we just came up with.\"\nZomlot spoke ahead of a White House meeting on Wednesday between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.\nA White House official has said that it's up to Israelis and Palestinians to decide what peace will entail, and that peace, not a two-state solution, is the goal.\nZomlot says it's not clear if the comments signal a shift from long-standing U.S. policy of supporting a two-state deal.\n___\n3:30 a.m.\nThe White House says rebooting the Mideast peace process is a very high priority for the Trump administration, although peace may not come in the form of a two-state solution.\nA senior White House official says President Donald Trump is eager to begin facilitating a peace deal and hoping to bring the Israelis and Palestinians together sometime soon.\nTrump is meeting Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.\nThe official says that peace is the goal, regardless of whether it comes in the form of a two-state solution. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in order to preview the meeting.\nOther topics of discussion expected to come up Wednesday include expanded Israeli settlements, Iran and a potential move of the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Volkswagen suspends head of external relations in connection with scandal over use of monkeys in research
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"FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen suspends head of external relations in connection with scandal over use of monkeys in research ."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Halak, Islanders end skid with win over Caps
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"NEW YORK (AP) — Jaroslav Halak made 31 saves after getting a vote of confidence from his coach, and the New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 on Monday night to snap a three-game winless streak.\nBrock Nelson, Andrew Ladd and John Tavares scored goals for the Islanders, who built a 3-0 lead early in the second period and ended Washington's four-game winning streak.\nIt was the second time this season that Halak held an opponent to a single goal and the third time New York has allowed one goal as a team. Halak's strong performance came after coach Doug Weight sternly defended his goaltenders following the team's skate Monday morning. New York was 1-3-1 over its last five games.\nBraden Holtby made nine saves for the Capitals before being pulled after the Islanders scored their third goal 1:34 into the second period.\nJETS 5, CANUCKS 1\nWINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Mathieu Perreault scored two goals and added an assist to help Winnipeg halt a three-game losing streak by beating Vancouver.\nThe win was the Jets' seventh straight victory at home and they have points in their last 11 games (10-0-1) at Bell MTS Place.\nThe Canucks have lost three straight in regulation for the first time this season.\nDmitry Kulikov, Josh Morrissey and Nikolaj Ehlers also scored for Winnipeg (18-8-5). Ehlers' 14th of the season was on the power play and gave him goals in three straight games.\nBrock Boeser scored his team-leading 16th goal for the Canucks. He also extended his goal-scoring streak to three games.\nConnor Hellebuyck made 25 saves for Winnipeg.\nAVALANCHE 2, PENGUINS 1\nPITTSBURGH (AP) — Jonathan Bernier stopped 39 shots and Mark Barberio scored in the third period, helping Colorado top Pittsburgh.\nBlake Comeau added an empty-netter against his former team as Colorado won its second straight after a string of six losses in seven games. It was Comeau's seventh of the season.\nBarberio put the Avalanche ahead to stay 6:17 into the third. His slap shot off the rush hit Pittsburgh forward Riley Sheahan in front and got past goaltender Tristan Jarry.\nBernier was on track for his second shutout of the season before Phil Kessel scored his team-best 15th goal for Pittsburgh at 19:48. Bernier beat the Penguins for just the second time in 10 career games.\nKessel has points in 25 of 32 games this season and eight straight home games, his longest streak since joining the Penguins.\nPittsburgh lost for the third time in four games following a four-game winning streak.\nSTARS 2, RANGERS 1, SO\nNEW YORK (AP) — Jason Spezza scored in the shootout, and Dallas snapped a three-game losing streak by defeating New York.\nKari Lehtonen made 24 saves for Dallas in the opener of its four-game East Coast road trip against the Metropolitan Division. Julius Honka scored in the second period.\nThe Stars had a 1-0 lead before Rick Nash tied it for the Rangers when he tipped in Brady Skjei's wrist shot with 3:41 left in regulation. Nash made contact with Lehtonen but the Stars goalie was well outside the blue paint. Coach Ken Hitchcock challenged the play, but the referees ruled there was no goaltender interference.\nHonka drove a slap shot past Ondrej Pavelec at 6:30 of the second for his first of the season. The 2014 first-round pick rejoined the lineup after sitting for the previous three games.\nPavelec finished with 44 saves, keeping New York in the game.\nPANTHERS 2, RED WINGS 1, OT\nDETROIT (AP) — Mike Matheson scored his first goal of the season, and Florida beat Detroit to win in overtime for the first time this season.\nMatheson drove the rebound of a Nick Bjugstad shot into the net behind Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard at the 2:02 mark of overtime for the winner. Florida improved to 1-2 in OT, rallying from a 1-0 third-period deficit.\nVincent Trocheck also scored for the Panthers, while Henrik Zetterberg scored for the Wings, who are 0-5 in overtime.\nEnding a 22-game goal drought, Zetterberg opened the scoring at the 18:27 mark of the first period."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Greece hoping to finally secure long-term debt relief deal
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"LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Greece is hoping to secure more bailout funds to meet a summer debt repayment hump as well as a debt relief deal at a meeting of finance ministers from the 19-country eurozone.\nThe country, which has been promised help on its mountain of debt once its bailout ends next year, is again the main topic of discussion at a meeting of the so-called eurogroup Thursday.\nThe main obstacle to an agreement is a difference of opinion between the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund over Greece's long-term debt outlook.\nThe expectation is Greece will get the roughly 7 billion euros ($7.8 billion) due, but will struggle to clinch the outlines of a debt relief deal that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras thinks is crucial for the country's economy in the long-term."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Aetna beats 4Q profit forecasts
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"HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Aetna is reporting a better-than-expected profit of $244 million for the fourth quarter.\nThe Hartford, Connecticut, company's per-share profit was 74 cents, or $1.25 when adjusted for one-time charges and costs. That beat Wall Street projections by 7 cents, according to a poll of industry analysts by Zacks Investment Research.\nThe health insurer posted revenue of $14.85 billion. Adjusted revenue was $14.74 billion, which is just shy of analyst expectations for $14.89 billion.\nThere was no early trading Tuesday in shares of Aetna Inc., which are up 7 percent this year.\n_____\nThis story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on AET at https://www.zacks.com/ap/AET"
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about President Trump says of VA nominee Ronny Jackson it's 'totally his decision' whether to drop out
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Trump says of VA nominee Ronny Jackson it's 'totally his decision' whether to drop out."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Official: Suicide attack kills 2 in northwestern Pakistan
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"PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A local Pakistani government official says a suicide bomber has targeted the administrative headquarters of a tribal region in the country's northwest, killing two policemen.\nHameedullah Khan says Wednesday's bombing struck at the main gate of the tribal headquarters in Ghalanai, in the Mohmand tribal region.\nNo one immediately claimed responsibility of the attack.\nEarlier this week, a suicide bombing killed 13 in eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. A breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban — the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar or Freedom Movement — claimed that attack.\nThe breakaway faction is based in the Mohmand area — part of rugged, lawless regions along the Afghan border which have long served as safe havens for local and al-Qaida-linked foreign militants.\nPakistan has waged several offensives against Islamic militants in recent years."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Miami police officer charged with Costa Rica property fraud
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"MIAMI (AP) — A Miami police officer has been charged with being part of a fraud scheme that falsely promised investors high returns on loans to property in Costa Rica.\nThe Miami U.S. Attorney's Office said in a news release Tuesday that 41-year-old Officer Dermis Hernandez is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Prosecutors say Hernandez falsely promised investors big profits by putting their money into loans for people buying property in Costa Rica.\nInstead, prosecutors say Hernandez and others used most of the money for themselves and to pay returns of earlier investors in a classic Ponzi scheme.\nMiami police say Hernandez has been with the department since 2004 and is a member of the marine patrol unit.\nIt wasn't immediately clear Tuesday if Hernandez had a lawyer to represent him."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Swedish supermarket tests lasers to label organic produce
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"MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Something high-tech is happening in the produce aisle at some Swedish supermarkets, where laser marks have replaced labels on the organic avocados and sweet potatoes.\nSwedish supermarket chain ICA started experimenting in December with \"natural branding,\" a process that uses low-energy carbon dioxide lasers to remove the pigment from the outer skins of fruits and vegetables.\nThe laser beams create tattoo-like patterns — in this case the product's name, country of origin and code number — similar to the way hot irons brand cattle. If its test is successful, ICA, which has 1,350 stores across Sweden, hopes to cut down on the stickers and packaging it now uses to identify its organic produce.\n\"It's a new technique, and we are searching for a smarter way of branding our products due to the fact that we think we have too much unnecessary plastic material or packaging material on our products,\" Peter Hagg, the chain's senior manager for fruits and vegetables, said.\nICA decided to start with sweet potatoes and avocados because their peels are not typically eaten and have a tendency to shed the stickers normally used to brand produce. But branded broccoli and engraved eggplants may not be far behind.\nLater this year, the chain plans to test laser-marking melons plus some items with consumable skins to gauge consumer reaction. Hagg claims lasering has no negative effects on the fruit and vegetables.\n\"It's very delicate. Because the mark is not going through the skin in any way, it doesn't affect the quality or taste of the product,\" he said.\nJonas Kullendorff, a 29-year-old engineer, says he approves of the method, if it reduces packaging waste.\n\"It's actually the first time I've seen this branding, but if it's (a) more sustainable alternative, I'm all for it,\" Kullendorff said. \"No, I wouldn't say it would put me off. If it's less packaging materials, that's a good thing.\"\nLaser labeling has been used in Australia and New Zealand since 2009 and was approved for use in European Union countries in 2013, according to Eosta, the Netherlands-based produce supplier that is working with ICA to test the technology in Sweden.\nEosta says it sold over 725,000 packs of organically grown avocados to the supermarket chain in 2015. Packing them required about 220 kilometers (135 miles) of plastic wrap. The avocados etched by Eosta now sit in open bins without stickers or packaging.\nLaser marking can't be used on all produce. Citrus fruit, for example, has the ability to heal itself, meaning the etchings would disappear after just a few hours. Packaging still is desirable in some cases to extend a product's shelf life, Hagg said.\n\"The plastic branding — there is of course positive things with it,\" he said. \"But in some items it's just unnecessary, because it doesn't bring you better shelf life. It just brings you extra costs.\"\nCentral to the trial's success will be consumer response and whether shoppers are happy to eat something that's been zapped by a laser.\n\"It's really new to me, but I think it's a really good idea (for) the environment,\" Emma Jeppsson, a customer in the store, said.\nProduce stickers, which are made of paper or plastic along with ink and adhesives, may seem like more of an inconvenience than a source of pollution, but environmentalists say even small bits of waste have an impact on the environment.\n\"We know there's a huge amount of waste across the supply chain before we get to the packaging we see on our shelves,\" Friends of the Earth campaigner Kierra Box said."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Ginsburg to skip State of the Union to speak in Rhode Island
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"BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is skipping President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address while she travels to Rhode Island to speak to a group of law students.\nGinsburg is scheduled to speak on Tuesday at Roger Williams University School of Law in Bristol.\nThe talk will only be open to students, faculty and staff, although members of the media are allowed.\nDuring her trip to Rhode Island, Ginsburg also is set to make stops at a synagogue and at U.S. District Court, both in Providence. Both stops are closed to the media.\nThe trailblazing, 84-year-old justice is the subject of a new documentary called \"RBG,\" which just premiered at the Sundance Film Festival."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about AP confirms 5 previously unreported Myanmar mass graves
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"BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (AP) — The faces of the men half-buried in the mass graves had been burned away by acid or blasted by bullets. Noor Kadir finally recognized his friends only by the colors of their shorts.\nKadir and 14 others, all Rohingya Muslims in the Myanmar village of Gu Dar Pyin, had been choosing players for the soccer-like game of chinlone when the gunfire began. They scattered from what sounded like hard rain on a tin roof. By the time the Myanmar military stopped shooting, only Kadir and two teammates were left alive.\nDays later, Kadir found six of his friends among the bodies in two graves.\nThey are among more than five mass graves, all previously unreported, that have been confirmed by The Associated Press through multiple interviews with more than two dozen survivors in Bangladesh refugee camps and through time-stamped cellphone videos. The Myanmar government regularly claims such massacres of the Rohingya never happened, and has acknowledged only one mass grave containing 10 \"terrorists\" in the village of Inn Din. However, the AP's reporting shows a systematic slaughter of Rohingya Muslim civilians by the military, with help from Buddhist neighbors — and suggests the presence of many more graves with many more people.\n\"It was a mixed-up jumble of corpses piled on top of each other,\" said Kadir, a 24-year-old firewood collector. \"I felt such sorrow for them.\"\nThe graves are the newest piece of evidence for what looks increasingly like a genocide in Myanmar's western Rakhine state against the Rohingya, a long-persecuted ethnic Muslim minority in the predominantly Buddhist country. Repeated calls to Myanmar's military communications office went unanswered Wednesday and Thursday. Htun Naing, a local security police officer in Buthidaung township, where the village is located, said he \"hasn't heard of such mass graves.\"\nMyanmar has cut off access to Gu Dar Pyin, so it's unclear just how many people died, but satellite images obtained by the AP from DigitalGlobe, along with video of homes reduced to ash, reveal a village that has been decimated. Community leaders in the refugee camps have compiled a list of 75 dead so far, and villagers estimate the toll could be as high as 400, based on testimony from relatives and the bodies they've seen in the graves and strewn about the area. A large number of the survivors carry scars from bullet wounds, including a 3-year-old boy and his grandmother.\nAlmost every villager interviewed by the AP saw three large mass graves at Gu Dar Pyin's northern entrance, near the main road, where witnesses say soldiers herded and killed most of the Rohingya. A handful of witnesses confirmed two other big graves near a hillside cemetery, not too far away from a school where more than 100 soldiers were stationed after the massacre. Villagers also saw other, smaller graves scattered around the village.\nIn the videos of the graves obtained by the AP, dating to 13 days after the killing began, blue-green puddles of acid sludge surround corpses without heads and torsos that jut into the air. Skeletal hands seem to claw at the ground.\n__\nTHE MASSACRE\nSurvivors said that the soldiers carefully planned the Aug. 27 attack, and then deliberately tried to hide what they had done. They came to the slaughter armed not only with rifles, knives, rocket launchers and grenades, but also with shovels to dig pits and acid to burn away faces and hands so that the bodies could not be identified. Two days before the attack, villagers say, soldiers were seen buying 12 large containers of acid at a nearby village's market.\nThe killing began around noon, when more than 200 soldiers swept into Gu Dar Pyin from the direction of a Buddhist village to the south, firing their weapons. The Rohingya who could move fast enough ran toward the north or toward a river in the east, said Mohammad Sha, 37, a shop owner and farmer.\nSha hid in a grove of coconut trees near the river with more than 100 others and watched as the soldiers searched Muslim homes. Dozens of Buddhists from neighboring villages, their faces partly covered with scarves, loaded the possessions they found into about 10 pushcarts. Then the soldiers burned down the homes, shooting anyone who couldn't flee, Sha said.\nAt the same time, another group of soldiers closed in from the north, encircling Gu Dar Pyin and trapping villagers in a tightening noose.\nWhen Mohammad Younus, 25, heard explosions from hand grenades and rocket launchers, he ran to the road. He was shot twice while trying to call his family. One of the bullets, still in his hip, can be seen when he pinches the skin.\nHis brother found him crawling on his hands and knees and carried him to some underbrush, where Younus lay for seven hours. At one point, he saw three trucks stop and begin loading dead bodies before heading off toward the cemetery.\nBuddhist villagers then moved through Gu Dar Pyin in a sort of mopping-up operation, using knives to cut the throats of the injured, survivors said, and working with soldiers to throw small children and the elderly into the fires.\n\"People were screaming, crying, pleading for their lives, but the soldiers just shot continuously,\" said Mohammad Rayes, 23, a schoolteacher who climbed a tree and watched.\nKadir, the chinlone player, was shot twice in the foot but managed to drag himself under a bridge, where he removed one of the bullets himself. Then he watched, half-delirious, for 16 hours as soldiers, police and Buddhist neighbors killed unarmed Rohingya and burned the village.\n\"I couldn't move,\" he said. \"I thought I was dead. I began to forget why I was there, to forget that all around me people were dying.\"\nNear dawn, three boys creeping toward the bridge from another village to see what had happened heard Kadir's groans and brought him back with them.\nFor days, Rohingya from the area stole into Gu Dar Pyin and rescued people who'd been left for dead by the soldiers. Thousands of people from the area hid deep in the jungle, stranded without food except for the leaves and trees they tried to eat. More than 20 infants and toddlers died because of the lack of food and water, villagers said.\nA day after the shooting began, another group of survivors watched from a distant mountain as Gu Dar Pyin burned, the flames and smoke snaking up into a darkening sky.\n___\nTHE MASS GRAVES\nSix days after the massacre, Kadir risked his life to dodge the dozens of Myanmar soldiers occupying the local school so he could look for his four cousins. That's when he found his teammates half-buried in the mass graves. He also saw four plastic containers that turned out to contain acid.\nIn the next days and weeks, other villagers braved the soldiers to try to find whatever was left of their loved ones. Dozens of bodies littered the paths and compounds of the wrecked homes; they filled latrine pits. The survivors soon learned that taller, darker green patches of rice shoots in the paddies marked the spots where the dead had fallen.\nAs monsoon rains pounded the sometimes thin layer of dirt on the graves to mud, more bloated bodies began to rise to the surface.\n\"There were so many bodies in so many different places,\" said Mohammad Lalmia, 20, a farmer whose family owned a pond that became the largest of the mass graves. \"They couldn't hide all the death.\"\nEleven days after the attack, Lalmia set out to see if the soldiers had destroyed the Quran in the village mosque. He walked quickly along the edge of the jungle to the mosque, where he found torn pages from the Muslim sacred book scattered about.\nAs he tried to clean up, someone shouted that the soldiers were coming. He fled through an open window, looking back over his shoulder at about 15 patrolling soldiers.\nWhen he turned back to the path, he stopped abruptly: A human hand stuck out of a cleared patch of earth.\nLalmia counted about 10 bodies on the grave's surface. Although he was worried about the military finding him, he used a six-foot bamboo stick to check the pit's depth. The stick disappeared into the loose soil, which made him think that the grave was deep enough to hold at least another 10 bodies.\n\"I was shocked to be that near so many bodies I hadn't known about,\" Lalmia said. He and other villagers also saw another large grave in the area.\nHe estimates that soldiers dumped about 80 bodies into his family's pond and about 20 in each of the other four major graves. He said about 150 other bodies were left where they fell.\nThree of the big graves were in the north of the village. Two of those pits were about 15 feet wide and 7.5 feet long, villagers said. The pond, which Lalmia had helped dig, measured about nine feet deep and 112 square feet.\nMany other smaller graves with three, five, seven, 10 bodies in them were scattered across Gu Dar Pyin. During a short walk, Abdul Noor, an 85-year-old farmer, saw three dead bodies stuffed into what might have been a latrine hole and covered with soil. He saw another two near some banana plants, and three in the corner of a compound.\n\"I tried to see more, but the stench was overwhelming and the soldiers were still at the school,\" he said.\nTwo other men separately said they saw another latrine filled with bodies and covered with a thin layer of soil. They said it contained between five and 10 bodies on the top, and thought there were at least five more corpses below.\nAfter 12 days, Younus went to try to find four family members who'd been killed. He saw people in the graves without hair or skin who he thought had been burned with acid, and dozens of decomposing bodies in the rice fields.\nThe next day, on Sept. 9, villager Mohammad Karim, 26, captured three videos of mass graves that were time-stamped between 10:12 a.m. and 10:14 a.m., when he said soldiers chased him away. When he fled to Bangladesh, Karim removed the memory card from his phone, wrapped it in plastic and tied it to his thigh to hide it from Myanmar police.\nIn the Bangladesh refugee camps, nearly two dozen other Rohingya from Gu Dar Pyin confirmed that the videos showed mass graves in the north of the village. They easily picked out details from a geography they knew intimately, such as the way certain banana plants were positioned near rice paddies.\nThe videos show what appear to be bones wrapped in rotting clothing in a soupy muck. In one, the hands of a headless corpse grasp at the earth; most of the skin seems melted away by acid that has stained the earth blue. Nearby are two bloated legs clad in shorts. A few paces away, the bones of a rib cage emerge from the dirt.\nThe AP saw several other videos that appeared to show graves in the village, but only Karim's contained the original time stamps. In some cases, villagers said Myanmar soldiers took their phones and memory cards, sometimes at knife and gun point, at the checkpoints they had to pass through on the way to Bangladesh.\nSome survivors never found the bodies of their loved ones.\nRohima Khatu, 45, recounted her story as tears streamed down the face of her 9-year-old daughter, Hurjannat, who sat silently by her mother's side.\nKhatu was determined to find her husband, even though women risked not only death but rape if they were caught by the soldiers. Villagers said her husband was shot after he stayed home to protect their 10 cows, five chickens and eight doves, along with their rice stockpiles.\nSo 15 days after the massacre, she searched for him in the graves at Gu Dar Pyin's northern entrance, trying to identify him by the green lungi and white button-down shirt he had been wearing. Only 10 minutes passed before someone shouted that about 20 soldiers were coming.\n\"There were dead bodies everywhere, bones and body parts, all decomposing, so I couldn't tell which one was my husband,\" Khatu said. \"I was weeping while I was there. I was crying loudly, 'Where did you go? Where did you go?'\"\n\"I have lost everything.\"\n___\nFoster Klug has covered Asia for the AP since 2005. Follow on www.twitter.com/apklug"
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Gas driller: Make homeowner pay for disparaging us
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"MONTROSE, Pa. (AP) — A gas driller's ongoing feud with a Pennsylvania homeowner over the contamination of his water supply has once again entered a courtroom.\nHouston-based Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. claims Dimock resident Ray Kemble and his former lawyers tried to extort the company through a frivolous lawsuit. The federal lawsuit, which was filed in April but withdrawn two months later, accused Cabot of polluting Kemble's water supply.\nCabot says the claims in Kemble's suit were the subject of a 2012 settlement between Cabot and dozens of Dimock residents, including Kemble. It's seeking monetary damages against Kemble and his former lawyers. The first hearing in the case was held Monday.\nKemble says Cabot is trying to use the legal system to shut down dissent.\nPennsylvania regulators previously held Cabot responsible for polluting residential water wells in Dimock."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Market assessment solution for a green packaging manufacturer helped in expanding product offerings - Request a proposal now
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"LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 4, 2018--Infiniti Research, a global market and customer intelligence solutions provider, has announced the completion of their new market assessment study on the green packaging industry. A well-renown green packaging manufacturer wanted to determine consumers’ preferences and boost the overall awareness of their products.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180704005120/en/\nMarket Assessment Study on the Green Packaging Market Assessing Sustainability Challenges in Expanding Product Offerings to Niche Target Regions. (Graphic: Business Wire)\nAccording to the experts at Infiniti, “Sustainability is an important and fast-growing area of concern for packaging companies as it addresses environmental, social, and economic challenges.”\nto see how Infiniti Research’s solutions can help you.\nIn the current competitive business environment, organizations in the global packaging industry are being broadly analyzed along the entire supply network, beginning from raw material processing to end-of-life processes. Therefore, there have been important advances in sustainability, which has later posed major challenges due to the difficulty of interactions between packaging and the packaged products and the various functions performed by them. The growing trend towards sustainability and the adoption of green packaging solutions has greatly influenced manufacturers in the packaging industry.\nThe market assessment solution presented by Infiniti helped the client to find out all market opportunities whilst effectively tackling sustainability issues. The client was able to extract other information including trends, growth, opportunities, risks, and key players in the market.\nThis market assessment solution provided benefits that helped the client to:\nDevelop an action plan for addressing the issues identified Gain a holistic view of the risks and opportunities in the packaging industry To know more about our market assessment solution,\nThis market assessment solution provided predictive insights on:\nExpanding their product offerings to niche target segments Identifying new market opportunities To read more about the scope of our engagement,\nView the complete market assessment study here:\nAbout Infiniti Research\nEstablished in 2003, Infiniti Research is a leading market intelligence company providing smart solutions to address your business challenges. Infiniti Research studies markets in more than 100 countries to help analyze competitive activity, see beyond market disruptions, and develop intelligent business strategies.\nWith 15+ years of experience and offices across three continents, Infiniti Research has been instrumental in providing a complete range of competitive intelligence, strategy, and research services for over 550 companies across the globe.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180704005120/en/\nCONTACT: Infiniti Research\nAnirban Choudhury\nMarketing Consultant\nUS: +1 844 778 0600\nUK: +44 203 893 3400\nhello@infinitiresearch.com\nhttps://www.infinitiresearch.com/contact-us\nKEYWORD:\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: MANUFACTURING PACKAGING ENVIRONMENT\nSOURCE: Infiniti Research\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 07/04/2018 08:03 AM/DISC: 07/04/2018 08:03 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180704005120/en"
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Maple Leafs hope for new ending in Game 7 against Bruins
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"BOSTON (AP) — This is where the Toronto Maple Leafs try to change the ending.\nAfter beating the Bruins in back-to-back elimination games to force their first-round playoff series to the limit — just like they did in 2013 — the Maple Leafs are hoping to finish the job on Wednesday in Game 7 in Boston.\nThat's something they couldn't do five years ago, when they became the first team in NHL history to blow a three-goal, third-period deficit and lose a Stanley Cup playoff game.\n\"We've got some more work to do,\" said goalie Frederik Andersen, who stopped 32 of 33 shots in Game 6 on Monday to help Toronto win 3-1 and prolong its season.\n\"It's the same kind of pressure we've felt these last two games, where we've been facing elimination,\" he said. \"Game 7 should be the same. It's something that you all dream of — those big moments — and you also want to perform.\"\nSo do the Bruins, who have struggled to put away Toronto for the second consecutive time. In '13, the Maple Leafs won two straight and then opened a 4-1 lead in the third period of Game 7, but Boston scored a pair of goals 31 seconds apart in the final 2 minutes of regulation before winning in overtime.\nPatrice Bergeron, who scored the game-winner, is one of seven Bruins remaining from that team, compared with four players wearing Toronto jerseys.\n\"It's nice to have those guys,\" said Boston forward David Pastrnak, who had four goals and five assists in the first two games of the series this year but only two assists since. \"They've been here a bunch, so they know what to expect. It's good for our young guys to have them around.\"\nThe winner of Wednesday night's game will play Tampa Bay, which eliminated New Jersey in five games. The Lightning will host the first two games, regardless of which opponent advances.\n\"I don't think there's any panic at all in this group,\" Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said.\nToronto feels the same way.\n\"We think we're going to win,\" Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said. \"We've thought that all along, and we've crawled our way back and now we have the opportunity of a lifetime. This is where you want to be.\"\nPRESSURE\nBoth teams paid their respects to the victims of the rental van attack in Toronto that killed 10 people and injured 15 more. There was a moment of silence before Monday night's game, and Babcock opened his postgame remarks by sending support to those affected. Asked on Tuesday about the pressure his team faces heading into a winner-take-all game, Cassidy said he has tried to keep things in perspective.\n\"Listen, yesterday in Toronto, the first-responders, they were under pressure. That's pressure to me, that's real-life pressure,\" he said. \"This is a game that players dream about being in this situation, Game 7, playing road hockey in a small town in Canada or a big city in the United States or somewhere in between. That's what it's all about. ... Now you've got to go out and embrace it.\"\nGAME 7 HISTORY\nThe Bruins are 13-12 in Game 7s, with a 12-8 record at home. Toronto is 12-10 and 5-9 on the road. Boston is 2-1 in Game 7s against Toronto, including 2013. Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara will be playing in his 12th career Game 7 — the most for any active player, and just one shy of the record held by Patrick Roy and Scott Stevens.\nROUND TWO\nThe Capitals and Penguins await the start of the second round, when they will play each other for the third straight postseason. Pittsburgh is 9-1 all-time in playoff series against Washington.\nIn the West, the pairings are Vegas against San Jose and Winnipeg against Nashville.\n___\nMore AP NHL: https://apnews.com/tag/NHLhockey"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about 100-year-old man throws $13,000 party for the less fortunate
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"BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — More than 450 people enjoyed the fun and free food at an annual holiday party thrown by a 100-year-old Vermont resident.\nAnthony Pomerleau says he pays for the entire party each year in Burlington, with this year's bill costing around $13,000. He tells WPTZ-TV he doesn't mind the cost because he \"was brought up the hard way\" and wants to help the less fortunate with his money.\nU.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders helped kick off the first party 37 years ago when Pomerleau asked the independent senator, then mayor of Burlington, if he could throw a holiday dinner. Pomerleau says the party has fed at least 40,000 under-privileged children.\nThe centenarian also remarked on his age, saying \"first of all, I'm 100 years old! Feels pretty good to be here.\"\n___\nInformation from: WPTZ-TV, http://www.thechamplainchannel.com"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Wednesday's Major League Linescores
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"AMERICAN LEAGUE Toronto 000 002 002—4 6 1 Boston 001 012 02x—6 11 1\nGaviglio, Oh (7), Tepera (8) and Maile; Rodriguez, Barnes (7), B.Johnson (9), Kimbrel (9) and C.Vazquez. W_Rodriguez 6-1. L_Gaviglio 2-1. Sv_Kimbrel (18). HRs_Toronto, Hernandez (8). Boston, Nunez (4), Martinez (18).\n___\nChicago 000 000 001—1 5 2 Cleveland 205 200 00x—9 13 0\nLopez, Volstad (3), Avilan (4), Rondon (5), Fry (6), N.Jones (7), Soria (8) and Narvaez; Kluber, Beliveau (7), Marshall (8), B.Taylor (9) and Gomes. W_Kluber 8-2. L_Lopez 1-4. HRs_Chicago, Sanchez (3). Cleveland, Ramirez (17), Encarnacion (13).\n___\nHouston 000 020 001—3 7 0 New York 100 022 00x—5 8 1\nKeuchel, McHugh (6) and Stassi; L.Severino, Robertson (8), Chapman (9) and Romine. W_L.Severino 8-1. L_Keuchel 3-7. Sv_Chapman (12). HRs_Houston, Stassi (5).\n___\nLos Angeles 001 000 000—1 7 0 Detroit 100 005 00x—6 9 0\nOhtani, Bedrosian (6), J.Johnson (6), Morris (8) and Maldonado; Fiers, Jimenez (8), Greene (9) and Greiner. W_Coleman 2-0. L_Bedrosian 1-1.\n___\nMinnesota 001 124 000— 8 11 0 Kansas City 270 000 11x—11 16 0\nRomero, Slegers (2), Pressly (8) and B.Wilson; Keller, Oaks (4), Smith (5), Flynn (6), McCarthy (7), Hill (8), Herrera (9) and S.Perez. W_McCarthy 4-2. L_Romero 2-2. Sv_Herrera (12). HRs_Minnesota, Dozier (8), Adrianza (1). Kansas City, Moustakas (12), Soler (8), Dozier (1).\n___\nINTERLEAGUE Washington 001 000 100—2 7 0 Baltimore 000 000 000—0 4 0\nScherzer, Doolittle (9) and P.Severino; Hess, M.Castro (7), Hart (8), Wright Jr. (9) and Sisco. W_Scherzer 9-1. L_Hess 2-2. Sv_Doolittle (13). HRs_Washington, Harper (18).\n___\nNATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis 000 000 200—2 8 1 Milwaukee 000 010 20x—3 10 1\nA.Reyes, Gant (5), Lyons (7), Tuivailala (7) and Kelly; Guerra, Jeffress (7), Hader (8), Knebel (9) and Kratz, Pina. W_Jeffress 5-0. L_Tuivailala 1-1. Sv_Knebel (5). HRs_St. Louis, Bader (5). Milwaukee, Yelich (7).\n___\nCincinnati 000 402 001—7 12 0 Arizona 301 000 000—4 13 1\nRomano, W.Peralta (6), Hughes (7), Garrett (7), R.Iglesias (8) and Barnhart; Corbin, Salas (7), Chafin (8), McFarland (9) and Murphy. W_Romano 3-6. L_Corbin 5-2. Sv_R.Iglesias (9). HRs_Cincinnati, Schebler (6), Duvall (10). Arizona, Goldschmidt (7), Murphy (7).\n___\nChicago 100 000 000—1 9 1 Pittsburgh 110 000 00x—2 9 0\nHendricks, R.Rosario (6), Mazzoni (7), J.Wilson (7) and Contreras; Musgrove, Crick (8), F.Vazquez (9) and Cervelli. W_Musgrove 2-0. L_Hendricks 4-4. Sv_F.Vazquez (10). HRs_Pittsburgh, Harrison (2).\n___\nNew York 000 100 111—4 9 1 Atlanta 000 000 100—1 5 0\nVargas, T.Peterson (6), Familia (8), Gsellman (9) and Plawecki; Teheran, Carle (8), S.Freeman (8), Socolovich (9) and Suzuki. W_Vargas 2-3. L_Teheran 4-3. Sv_Gsellman (2). HRs_Atlanta, Camargo (4).\n___\nSan Francisco 020 220 010—7 11 0 Colorado 310 000 000—4 11 0\nHolland, Moronta (6), Watson (7), S.Dyson (8), Strickland (9) and Posey; Gray, Musgrave (4), Oberg (6), McGee (8), Rusin (9) and Wolters. W_Holland 3-6. L_Musgrave 0-1. Sv_Strickland (11). HRs_Colorado, Arenado (11).\n___\nMiami 000 200 000—2 4 1 San Diego 000 100 002—3 6 0\nUrena, Steckenrider (7), Barraclough (8), Ziegler (9) and Realmuto; Richard, Strahm (8) and Lopez. W_Strahm 1-2. L_Ziegler 0-5. HRs_Miami, Castro (3). San Diego, Reyes (4)."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Spain: Dozens of children among 329 migrants rescued at sea
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"MADRID (AP) — Spanish officials say more than 300 people including newborns have been rescued from a wooden fishing boat off Libya's coast and taken to an Italian port.\nThe Defense Ministry said water was flooding the boat when rescuers reached it Saturday northeast of the Libyan town of Misrata.\nThe ministry said a Spanish frigate working on a European border patrol mission and a vessel of the Spanish non-governmental organization Proactiva Open Arms transferred 329 people from the wooden boat.\nThe migrants were from various Sub-Saharan African countries and included 95 women, three of them pregnant, and 37 children — including six newborns, according to Javier Yrayzoz, a Second Lieutenant with Spain's Santa Maria frigate.\nYrayzoz said rescuers worked against the clock to securely transfer the migrants from the fishing boat as its stowage, where many of the passengers crammed, filled up with water.\n\"We saw moments of heightened tension because the water leak forced us to operate at high speed while safety measures dictate us to operate cautiously,\" the lieutenant told The Associated Press over the phone.\nA doctor with the frigate said those rescued showed symptoms related to hypothermia and tiredness, but overall they were healthy.\nThe ministry said Monday the migrants were taken Sunday to Italy.\nThe International Organization for Migration says 4,742 migrants entered Europe by sea this year through Jan. 25, and that 206 others died en route."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Workers to discuss harassment suit against restaurant chain
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"BOSTON (AP) — Five female kitchen workers in Boston are detailing a sexual harassment lawsuit they're filing against a national restaurant chain.\nThe Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, which represents the women, says the lawsuit being addressed Tuesday highlights the plight of women in low-wage positions like dishwashers, cleaners and cooks.\nIt comes as allegations of sexual misconduct have roiled American politics, media, film and other white-collar industries.\nThe lawyers' committee, a Boston-based nonprofit, says the lawsuit alleges a workplace filled with \"lewd behavior, sexually inappropriate comments and unwanted touching.\"\nThe woman and their attorneys are expected to speak Tuesday. The committee hasn't named the women or the restaurant chain yet.\nCelebrity chef Mario Batali stepped away from his restaurant empire Monday after four women accused him of inappropriate touching."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Spain's conservative leader faces no-confidence vote
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"MADRID (AP) — The Spanish parliament's lower house is debating whether to end Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's nearly eight years in power and replace him with the leader of the Socialist opposition.\nRajoy refused to resign after his conservative Popular Party was fined as beneficiary of a large kickbacks-for-contracts scheme. In a damaging ruling last week, the court questioned Rajoy's claim that he and other top officials were unaware of the party's illegal accounting.\nSocialist leader Pedro Sanchez, who is leading the no-confidence vote against Rajoy, would instantly become the country's prime minister if he wins 176 or more votes in the 350-seat Congress of Deputies on Friday.\nHis opening speech Thursday proposing an alternative government will be watched by other opposition lawmakers who are still undecided on whether to oust the government."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about PSG playing its best soccer since Qatari takeover in 2011
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"PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain is dreaming big, just like its motto says.\nThe French club, desperate to join Europe's elite since Qatari owners QSI took over six years ago, made an eye-catching breakthrough in the Champions League on Tuesday, routing Barcelona 4-0 in the first leg of the last 16.\n\"This was the best performance I've been part of since coming to PSG,\" said midfielder Blaise Matuidi, one of QSI's first signings after its takeover in June 2011.\nIn the years since the new ownership came in, PSG has pumped hundreds of millions of euros (dollars) into acquiring big-name coaches and big-name players, including Thiago Silva, Edinson Cavani, Angel Di Maria and Julian Draxler.\nQSI also launched an advertising campaign with the motto \"Revons Plus Grand,\" French for \"Let's Dream Bigger.\"\nIt hasn't always worked out, though.\nIn the past four seasons, PSG has dominated in France but has failed to reach even the semifinals of the Champions League. Twice the team lost to Barcelona, in 2013 and '15, in the quarterfinals and then again last year to Manchester City.\nThe result of European frustration has led to swift and ruthless change, with coach Laurent Blanc fired in the offseason despite winning back-to-back domestic trebles.\nHis successor, Unai Emery, was hand-picked by PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who liked what he saw in the Sevilla side that Emery guided to three straight Europa League titles.\nThat team played with passion, total commitment and relentless energy, and the Spanish coach has allied those qualities to a PSG team with considerably more individual talent than Sevilla.\nAfter a difficult start, his methods are working well.\n___\nNO IBRA, MORE TEAMWORK\nZlatan Ibrahimovic's departure to Manchester United before the season left a huge void — one that PSG has filled with more teamwork.\nWhen Ibrahimovic played, everything revolved around him. He was given such freedom by then-coach Carlo Ancelotti and by Blanc that he roamed wherever he wanted.\nWhile the Swede was a prolific scorer, the loose way he played often unbalanced PSG and made the side predictable against better European opposition.\nWith the unselfish Edinson Cavani as the main striker, PSG is much harder working. And Cavani has stepped up with 34 goals this season.\nIbrahimovic also hardly ever defended, while Cavani tracks back to support his teammates.\n___\nEMERY'S TACTICS\nThe team Emery picked against Barcelona was brave and innovative.\nHe dropped Brazilian winger Lucas, one of his best players, and recalled the inconsistent Angel Di Maria — who scored twice.\nBut it was Emery's midfield formation that really caught the eye and earmarked him as a clever strategist.\nSwitching from the 4-3-3 formation he usually deploys, Emery went for a 4-2-3-1 with Adrien Rabiot and Marco Verratti as the holding pair and with Blaise Matuidi pushing up almost as a playmaker.\nMatuidi is usually either a holding or a wide midfielder, but Emery used him as a thrusting spearhead where his relentless energy and ability to time late runs behind the defense caused havoc.\n___\nHOMEGROWN TALENT\nAs the final whistle blew at Parc des Princes, three homegrown PSG players joined in the celebrations.\nCenter back Presnel Kimpembe had marked Barcelona star Lionel Messi out of the game and Adrien Rabiot had won his midfield battle against Sergio Busquets. Midfielder Christopher Nkunku came on for the last 20 minutes.\nKempembe and Rabiot are both 21, while Nkunku is 19. All three grew up in the Paris region and came through the club's youth ranks.\nWhile Ancelotti and Blanc rarely trusted homegrown players, offloading central defender Mamadou Sakho to Liverpool and winger Kingsley Coman to Juventus, Emery has great faith in them.\nKimpembe is an athletic defender who reads the game well and is strong in the air. The graceful Rabiot has great composure on the ball, a dangerous shot from outside the box and is a perceptive passer.\nHomegrown players also give the club a stronger local identity because fans feel like they're watching one of their own, rather than only imported stars.\n___\nKEEPING VERRATTI\nThe diminutive Marco Verratti is the heartbeat of the side and PSG has done well to keep him, despite interest from Real Madrid.\nThe 24-year-old Italy midfielder is a great organizer and sets the tempo for PSG's game with quick-thinking and crisp passing.\nHe has an excellent passing range, whether short or long, and he regularly creates chances with his defense-splitting passes.\nAll he needs to add now is goals, with only five in 185 games since joining from Italian side Pescara five years ago."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about BC-TEN--French Open Results
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"BC-TEN--French Open Results\nTEN--French Open Results\nPARIS (AP) — Results Wednesday from the French Open at Stade Roland Garros (seedings in parentheses):\nMen's Singles\nSecond Round\nDavid Goffin (8), Belgium, def. Corentin Moutet, France, 7-5, 6-0, 6-1.\nGael Monfils (32), France, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.\nMarco Cecchinato, Italy, def. Marco Trungelliti, Argentina, 6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-1.\nPablo Carreno-Busta (10), Spain, def. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, 7-6 (0), 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-4.\nRoberto Bautista-Agut (13), Spain, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3.\nNovak Djokovic (20), Serbia, def. Jaume Antoni Munar Clar, Spain, 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-4.\nFernando Verdasco (30), Spain, def. Guido Andreozzi, Argentina, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.\nGrigor Dimitrov (4), Bulgaria, def. Jared Donaldson, United States, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 10-8.\nMatteo Berrettini, Italy, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.\nKei Nishikori (19), Japan, def. Benoit Paire, France, 6-3, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.\nGilles Simon, France, def. Sam Querrey (12), United States, 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-1.\nDamir Dzumhur (26), Bosnia-Herzegovina, def. Radu Albot, Moldova, 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 1-6, 7-5.\nAlexander Zverev (2), Germany, def. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 2-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.\nWomen's Singles\nFirst Round\nSimona Halep (1), Romania, def. Alison Riske, United States, 2-6, 6-1, 6-1.\nSecond Round\nKaterina Siniakova, Czech Republic, def. Kateryna Kozlova, Ukraine, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4.\nBarbora Strycova (26), Czech Republic, def. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 6-4, 6-2.\nYulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, def. Jennifer Brady, United States, 6-4, 6-3.\nQiang Wang, China, def. Petra Martic, Croatia, 6-1, 6-1.\nMadison Keys (13), United States, def. Caroline Dolehide, United States, 6-4, 6-1.\nNaomi Osaka (21), Japan, def. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 7-5.\nMihaela Buzarnescu (31), Romania, def. Rebecca Peterson, Sweden, 6-1, 6-2.\nElina Svitolina (4), Ukraine, def. Viktoria Kuzmova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-4.\nPetra Kvitova (8), Czech Republic, def. Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino, Spain, 6-0, 6-4.\nAnett Kontaveit (25), Estonia, def. Alexandra Dulgheru, Romania, 7-5, 6-2.\nCamila Giorgi, Italy, def. Mariana Duque-Marino, Colombia, 6-0, 6-3.\nSloane Stephens (10), United States, def. Magdalena Frech, Poland, 6-2, 6-2.\nCaroline Wozniacki (2), Denmark, def. Georgina Garcia Perez, Spain, 6-1, 6-0.\nMen's Doubles\nFirst Round\nLukasz Kubot, Poland and Marcelo Melo (1), Brazil, def. Marco Cecchinato, Italy and Marton Fucsovics, Hungary, 6-4, 7-5.\nGregoire Jacq, France and Benjamin Bonzi, France, def. Scott Lipsky, United States and Tennys Sandgren, United States, 6-2, 6-4.\nMaximo Gonzalez, Argentina and Nicolas Jarry, Chile, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy and Mischa Zverev, Germany, 6-1, 6-2.\nStephane Robert, France and Calvin Hemery, France, def. Donald Young, United States and Matthew Ebden, Australia, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (6).\nMarcel Granollers, Spain and Pablo Cuevas (11), Uruguay, def. Daniel Nestor, Canada and Jeremy Chardy, France, 7-5, 6-2.\nSteve Johnson, United States and Jack Sock, United States, def. Nicholas Monroe, United States and John-Patrick Smith, Australia, 7-6 (6), 6-4.\nNicolas Mahut, France and Pierre Hughes Herbert (6), France, def. Robert Lindstedt, Sweden and Marcin Matkowski, Poland, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6).\nEvgeny Donskoy, Russia and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela, Mexico, def. Aisam Qureshi, Pakistan and Jean-Julien Rojer (7), Netherlands, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-4.\nLeonardo Mayer, Argentina and Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Constant Lestienne, France and Geoffrey Blancaneaux, France, 7-6 (3), 6-3.\nSantiago Gonzalez, Mexico and Marcelo Demoliner, Brazil, def. Roman Jebavy, Czech Republic and Andrei Vasilevski, Belarus, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (8), 7-6 (2).\nFeliciano Lopez, Spain and Marc Lopez (12), Spain, def. Andres Molteni, Argentina and Guillermo Duran, Argentina, 6-3, 6-4.\nDaniele Bracciali, Italy and Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Philipp Petzschner, Germany and Maximilian Marterer, Germany, 2-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4.\nGuido Pella, Argentina and Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, def. Antonie Hoang, France and Ugo Humbert, France, 6-3, 6-3.\nRajeev Ram, United States and Ivan Dodig (9), Croatia, def. Hans Podlipnik, Chile and Jackson Withrow, United States, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.\nJames Cerretini, United States and Marcelo Arevalo-Gonzalez, El Salvador, def. Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany and Ben Mclachlan (14), Japan, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-3.\nOliver Marach, Austria and Mate Pavic (2), Croatia, def. Adil Shamasdin, Canada and Sander Arends, Netherlands, 6-2, 6-2.\nWomen's Doubles\nFirst Round\nKristina Mladenovic, France and Timea Babos (1), Hungary, def. Shuai Zhang, China and Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, 6-1, 6-4.\nKveta Peschke, Czech Republic and Nicole Melichar (13), United States, def. Shuai Peng, China and Christina McHale, United States, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (3).\nMakoto Ninomiya, Japan and Eri Hozumi, Japan, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia and Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, 6-0, 6-4.\nYi-Fan Xu, China and Gabriela Dabrowski (5), Canada, def. Fiona Ferro, France and Tessah Andrianjafitrimo, France, 6-3, 6-1.\nBethanie Mattek-Sands, United States and Latisha Chan (4), Taiwan, def. Virginie Razzano, France and Jade Suvrijn, France, 6-4, 6-1.\nKaterina Bondarenko, Ukraine and Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, def. Abigail Spears, United States and Alicja Rosolska (15), Poland, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (2).\nSorana Cirstea, Romania and Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spain, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia and Jelena Ostapenko (10), Latvia, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.\nSvetlana Kuznetsova, Russia and Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland and Marketa Vondrousova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-4.\nAna Isabel Medina Garrigues, Spain and Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, def. Alison Riske, United States and Johanna Konta, Britain, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3).\nZhaoxuan Yang, China and Hao-Ching Chan (8), Taiwan, def. Su-Wei Hsieh, Taiwan and Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 6-4, 6-4.\nTatjana Maria, Germany and Heather Watson, Britain, def. Manon Arcangioli, France and Sherazad Reix, France, 6-3, 6-4.\nRenata Voracova, Czech Republic and Taylor Townsend, United States, def. Jessika Ponchet, France and Sara Cakarevic, France, 6-4, 6-1.\nJohanna Larsson, Sweden and Kiki Bertens (9), Netherlands, def. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia and Veronika Kudermetova, Russia, 7-5, 6-2.\nVenus Williams, United States and Serena Williams, United States, def. Shuko Aoyama, Japan and Miyu Kato (14), Japan, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.\nDarija Jurak, Croatia and Donna Vekic, Croatia, def. Coco Vandeweghe, United States and Ashleigh Barty (7), Australia, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.\nAnastassia Rodionova, Australia and Nadiia Kichenok (16), Ukraine, def. Mandy Minella, Luxembourg and Anastasija Sevastova, Latvia, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.\nAliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus and Ying-Ying Duan, China, def. Olga Savchuk, Ukraine and Ana Bogdan, Romania, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.\nSamantha Stosur, Australia and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Lidziya Marozava, Belarus and Lesley Kerkhove, Netherlands, 6-3, 6-4.\nMixed Doubles\nFirst Round\nMatwe Middelkoop, Netherlands and Demi Schuurs, Netherlands, def. Michael Venus, New Zealand and Hao-Ching Chan (6), Taiwan, 6-3, 6-2."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Mattis says Korea talks can't distract from denuclearization
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"HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday that Olympics talks between North and South Korea should not distract from the internationally agreed goal of denuclearizing the North.\nMattis spoke during a photo session with South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo at U.S. Pacific Command headquarters.\nMattis welcomed the North-South talks but said a campaign of diplomatic pressure will continue unabated. He said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un should get the message that his nuclear and missile programs are unacceptable to the international community.\n\"Diplomacy should impose reason on Kim's reckless rhetoric and dangerous provocations,\" Mattis said. \"The international pressure campaign must continue.\"\nSong said the talks with the North are \"about ultimately drawing the North into a dialogue with the United States.\"\nSouth Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week that the idea of using military force to stop North Korea's nuclear program was \"unacceptable.\"\nMattis praised South Korea's efforts to enforce U.N. sanctions against the North. He thanked Song's government for impounding two ships \"that were found violating United Nations resolutions\" against transfers of certain kinds of cargo. He did not elaborate."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about NYU Shanghai and NYU Stern to Jointly Offer One-Year Master of Science Programs for College Graduates in Data Analytics & Business Computing and Quantitative Finance
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"SHANGHAI & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2018--NYU Shanghai and the NYU Stern School of Business are partnering to deliver two new one-year Master of Science programs to prepare new and recent college graduates for successful careers in the rapidly evolving marketplaces of analytics and finance in China and Asia.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424006060/en/\nThe jointly offered programs, an MS in Quantitative Finance and an MS in Data Analytics & Business Computing, will entail 12 months of full-time study over three semesters in two global hubs, starting with a summer semester at NYU Stern in New York City followed by fall and spring semesters in China at NYU Shanghai. The first classes will enroll in June 2019. Graduates will join an NYU alumni network of more than 500,000 worldwide in over 180 countries, including more than 17,000 alumni in Asia.\nNYU Shanghai Chancellor Yu Lizhong said the launch of the two joint programs marks a new phase of development for NYU Shanghai. “The University will focus on introducing more graduate programs in the future, on the basis of exploring and innovating its undergraduate education model. We hope to cultivate more high-level talents that can contribute to the socio-economic development of Shanghai.”\n“This new collaboration with NYU Stern fits right within NYU Shanghai’s philosophy of offering innovative graduate programs that are tailored to meet societal needs,” said Jeffrey Lehman, Vice Chancellor, NYU Shanghai. “The programs are designed to combine the best of both schools and place students at the forefront of business education in China and Asia.”\n“We are excited to partner with NYU Shanghai and bring to bear our best finance and data science scholars to prepare the next generation of young minds to excel in two high-growth markets in Asia,” said Raghu Sundaram, Dean, NYU Stern. “These new MS programs represent the latest in a line of new education models designed to give students global exposure in the course of their studies, and to support students and future employers in a rapidly evolving global marketplace.”\nNYU Stern is home to one of the largest faculty of computer and data scientists at any business school and is consistently top ranked in the world for finance. Stern has offered an MS in Business Analytics for senior executives since 2013 with an annual waitlist for enrollment due to demand.\nWith its unique platform for study and research that bridges the New York University global network with China, NYU Shanghai has been pioneering new models of international higher education since its founding in 2012. NYU Shanghai’s business faculty features more than 30 distinguished scholars with vast academic and industry experience.\nThe MS in Data Analytics & Business Computing will teach students to use a data-driven approach to solve business challenges in today’s era of big data through an interdisciplinary curriculum in business, data science and management science. Through the MS in Quantitative Finance, students will focus on the modern financial architecture and its functions, including the range of technical innovations that have given rise to Fintech. Each program also features an affiliated advisory board of senior industry leaders from companies around China and Asia, such as Chailease Group, Ctrip, Dangdang, Didi, IBM, Jinde Fund, KKR, Ping An, Publicis Media, Tencent, Xin Tian Fund Management, XY Investments and ZhenFund, among others. Both programs will culminate with a capstone project to solve a real case situation presented by a corporate client, including projects sourced from the advisory boards.\nFor more information on the programs and admissions process, visit the website.\nAbout NYU Shanghai\nNYU Shanghai is the third degree-granting campus of NYU and the first Sino-U.S. joint university in China. With an enrollment of 1,600 students and a distinguished multinational faculty of 250, NYU Shanghai exemplifies the highest ideals of contemporary higher education. At the undergraduate and postgraduate level, NYU Shanghai’s programs prepare graduates to be creative leaders with global vision.\nAbout New York University Stern School of Business\nNew York University Stern School of Business, located in the heart of Greenwich Village, is one of the nation’s premier management education schools and research centers. NYU Stern, whose faculty includes three Nobel Laureates in Economics, offers a broad portfolio of programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels, all of them enriched by the dynamism, energy and deep resources of one of the world’s business capitals.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424006060/en/\nCONTACT: For NYU Shanghai\nJake Pu\nzp5@nyu.edu\nor\nFor NYU Stern\nJessica Neville\njneville@stern.nyu.edu\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES ASIA PACIFIC NORTH AMERICA CHINA NEW YORK\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OTHER EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY OTHER TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BANKING FINANCE OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES\nSOURCE: NYU Stern School of Business\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/24/2018 10:58 AM/DISC: 04/24/2018 10:58 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424006060/en"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about US firms increased inventories and sales jump in December
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. businesses stockpiled more goods in December and posted the biggest sales increase in nearly six years.\nThe Commerce Department says business inventories rose a seasonally adjusted 0.4 percent in December, led by an increase in stockpiles at stores that sell food and beverages. Auto and auto parts dealers reduced inventories 0.6 percent. Furniture and appliance stores also cut back.\nCompanies also reported a 2 percent monthly sales increase, the best since March 2011.\nManufacturers reported that sales rose 2.2 percent in December. Retailers posted a 1.2 percent gain.\nU.S. economic growth was hobbled much of last year by inventory cutbacks. But businesses rebuilt stockpiles in the October-December period, accounting for more than half of fourth-quarter economic growth."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Glowforge Launches the 3D Laser Printer That Made Crowdfunding History
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"SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--Glowforge launched its much-anticipated line of 3D laser printers today, giving creators, families, and small businesses the ability to bring their ideas to life at the push of a button.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005466/en/\nGlowforge Pro 3D Laser Printer (Photo: Business Wire)\nIn 2015, Seattle-based Glowforge made a staggering introduction when it set a 30-day crowdfunding record of more than $27,900,000. Now that pre-orders have been completed, Glowforge is launching its long-awaited product to the general public. The 3D laser printer has already been used to print everything from personalized leather pet collars to coffee makers to outdoor business signs – even a pediatric surgical training tool.\nFor the first time ever, laser cutting and engraving technology has been freed from the factory and made easy and affordable for home and small business use.\n“From the very start, we designed the Glowforge 3D laser printer to unlock people’s creativity,” said Dan Shapiro, CEO of Glowforge. “We set out to re-invent the idea of ‘homemade.’ What if you could print what you wanted, when you needed it? What if you could sketch a design, then turn it into something real you could use, without complicated software? What if your gifts were personal instead of purchased? What if it was easy to print your ideas a hundred times, so you could launch a business?”\nGlowforge sets up in just minutes and works via Wi-Fi. No software is required, as it uses the web browser or app on any Mac, PC, tablet, and smartphone. Users can create and print from software including Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, CorelDraw, Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, Autodesk 360, and Sketchup. They can also bypass software altogether – the onboard cameras can scan a drawing and transform it directly into a beautiful print on almost any material.\nGlowforge prints on an enormous variety of materials: leather, wood, acrylic, paper, fabric, cardboard, metal, glass, ceramic, stone, laptops and even chocolate. To make things even easier, Glowforge offers a line of Proofgrade™ materials digitally encoded so Glowforge printers can recognize them and auto-adjust to print perfectly each time.\nThe Glowforge Basic, Plus, and Pro are now available for purchase at Glowforge.com:\nGlowforge Basic ($2,495) is perfect for home, hobby, and craft use, and can print beautiful products on dozens of materials. Glowforge Plus ($3,995) offers upgraded components and a more powerful laser to print up to 20% faster, plus a double warranty. Glowforge Pro ($5,995) is for serious makers, home entrepreneurs, and small businesses. It is designed for all-day use. The Pro Passthrough allows printing large projects, including home décor and furniture.\nCustomers that have received their Glowforge are already raving about the experience. “I am having the time of my life using Glowforge to make things I never would have thought possible. I now make gifts for friends and family for Christmas, Valentine’s Day and soon all the other holidays,” said Rodney Maker of Downey, CA. “The excitement that surrounds us when we see the expression from friends and family and the big question they ask us ‘did you make this?’ Wow! and ‘can we watch you make something?’ I anticipate we will be making things with our Glowforge until the end of time.”\nTo learn more, visit glowforge.com or click here to watch a video. To see what customers are making with Glowforge, search #Glowforge on Instagram or click here.\nABOUT GLOWFORGE\nGlowforge is a Seattle-based startup that created the 3D laser printer. Glowforge’s wireless desktop laser makes it simple for designers, artists, and makers to take products directly from digital design to reality. Unlike 3D printers that use additive technology to build objects out of plastic, Glowforge uses subtractive technology to cut and engrave products from durable and beautiful materials like wood, leather, acrylic, paper, fabric – even chocolate. A sleek and efficient design makes this industrial-grade technology beautiful and affordable, and a friendly cloud-based app makes it easy to create amazing things with Glowforge. For more information, please visit Glowforge.com.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005466/en/\nCONTACT: Type A Marketing\nGlenn Mandel / Alex Skillman\n760-798-1563 / 415-342-6425\nglenn@typeamarketing.com/alex@typeamarketing.com\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: OTHER CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION HARDWARE MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING CONSUMER\nSOURCE: Glowforge\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/23/2018 09:00 AM/DISC: 04/23/2018 09:01 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005466/en"
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Toronto police say driver in deadly van attack posted 'cryptic' Facebook message minutes before incident
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"TORONTO (AP) — Toronto police say driver in deadly van attack posted 'cryptic' Facebook message minutes before incident."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Heat for tweet: Browns' Randall amazed by jersey posting
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"CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns safety Damarious Randall underestimated two things: the power of social media and passion of Cleveland fans.\nRandall said Wednesday he never imagined that an innocent Twitter posting about the NBA Finals would blow up into a national story — and maybe something he lives to regret.\nA big fan of Golden State star guard Stephen Curry, Randall posted a tweet on Monday night promising that if the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Warriors in the \"2018 NBA finals, I'll buy everyone who retweet's this a jersey.\"\nBy Wednesday afternoon, Randall's tweet had been retweeted 869,000 times.\n\"Honestly, I didn't think it was going to get over 100,\" Randall said after practice. \"I didn't think people were going to actually view that as a serious tweet from me. But obviously it got the whole world excited about it, and I mean now I'm actually excited about it. It is a great, great opportunity to interact with the fans and we're just going to watch the series and just see how everything folds out.\"\nRandall, who came to the Browns in a March trade from Green Bay, said he couldn't track the number of re-tweets because his phone locked up when he tried to access his Twitter account.\n\"I definitely didn't think it would go as viral as it did,\" the 25-year-old said. \"I definitely didn't think the Cleveland fan base would go this crazy about it. Obviously, it was a joke, but just to know how passionate this fan base is, I mean, it's just really encouraging.\"\nRandall wouldn't say if he planned to pay off his promise if the Cavs win.\n\"We'll talk about this after the series is over,\" he said.\nRandall is from Florida, but said he became a fan of Curry's after the shooting star made a name for himself at Davidson College and went pro. Randall said he also likes Cleveland's superstar LeBron James, but not as much as Curry.\n\"I am not anti-LeBron. I am actually a big LeBron fan as well, but when he's going against Steph, I would rather Steph over LeBron,\" he said. \"But at the end of the day, I mean they are both great, great players, and I definitely respect everything that LeBron has done for this community and for this city and state. He is one of the greatest players to ever touch a basketball if you ask me.\"\nBrowns quarterback Tyrod Taylor had some advice for Randall when it comes to picking sides and making your opinion public on social media.\n\"Don't hit send,\" he said. \"Should have been smarter about the whole situation, about the tweet. Whether you feel that way or not, don't tweet it.\"\nCoach Hue Jackson, who plans to jump into Lake Erie on Friday to make good on a promise he made when the team was going 0-16 last season, knew Randall would get some heat for his tweet.\n\"I think what Damarious found out is that there are a lot of passionate Cleveland fans here, and you've got to be careful about what you say,\" Jackson said. \"I don't think he meant any harm. I think he has a love and a respect for Curry, obviously. But he found out that, 'Hey, look, in this city it's about the Cavaliers and LeBron James.\"\nJackson also used a comment made by James following Cleveland's win in Boston on Sunday as a teaching tool for the Browns.\n\"Just the other day, I was able to show them LeBron's message to the media in Game 7 when he talked about team,\" he said.\n\"I thought it was tremendous. I thought what he said about his other teammates and how they are a huge part of it and how people who have not played the game or wore shorts or been in a locker room understand what it takes to win. I thought that was sensational. I said that to our football team.\"\n___\nFor more AP NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP_NFL"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Girl wounded in Texas high school shooting out of hospital
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"ITALY, Texas (AP) — Officials say a 15-year-old girl shot at a North Texas high school is out of the hospital and back with her family a week after the shooting.\nIn social media postings, the Italy (IT'-lee) Independent School District says its students were told Monday that the girl is continuing her recovery with her family at an undisclosed location. The district says the family is optimistic about the girl's recovery but asks for continued prayers for her.\nAuthorities have not released her name.\nShe was shot multiple times Jan. 22 in the Italy High School cafeteria. A 16-year-old boy who attended the school has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He remains in juvenile custody.\nItaly is 42 miles (68 kilometers) south of Dallas and has about 1,900 residents."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Longtime Philadelphia Democratic party leader won't seek re-election to U.S. House after allies indicted in payoff plot
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"PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Longtime Philadelphia Democratic party leader won't seek re-election to U.S. House after allies indicted in payoff plot."
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I am asking in the domain of entertainment. Tell me about Wednesday's Major League Linescores
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"AMERICAN LEAGUE Toronto 000 002 002—4 6 1 Boston 001 012 02x—6 11 1\nGaviglio, Oh (7), Tepera (8) and Maile; Rodriguez, Barnes (7), B.Johnson (9), Kimbrel (9) and C.Vazquez. W_Rodriguez 6-1. L_Gaviglio 2-1. Sv_Kimbrel (18). HRs_Toronto, Hernandez (8). Boston, Nunez (4), Martinez (18).\n___\nChicago 000 000 001—1 5 2 Cleveland 205 200 00x—9 13 0\nLopez, Volstad (3), Avilan (4), Rondon (5), Fry (6), N.Jones (7), Soria (8) and Narvaez; Kluber, Beliveau (7), Marshall (8), B.Taylor (9) and Gomes. W_Kluber 8-2. L_Lopez 1-4. HRs_Chicago, Sanchez (3). Cleveland, Ramirez (17), Encarnacion (13).\n___\nHouston 000 020 001—3 7 0 New York 100 022 00x—5 8 1\nKeuchel, McHugh (6) and Stassi; L.Severino, Robertson (8), Chapman (9) and Romine. W_L.Severino 8-1. L_Keuchel 3-7. Sv_Chapman (12). HRs_Houston, Stassi (5).\n___\nLos Angeles 001 000 000—1 7 0 Detroit 100 005 00x—6 9 0\nOhtani, Bedrosian (6), J.Johnson (6), Morris (8) and Maldonado; Fiers, Jimenez (8), Greene (9) and Greiner. W_Coleman 2-0. L_Bedrosian 1-1.\n___\nMinnesota 001 124 000— 8 11 0 Kansas City 270 000 11x—11 16 0\nRomero, Slegers (2), Pressly (8) and B.Wilson; Keller, Oaks (4), Smith (5), Flynn (6), McCarthy (7), Hill (8), Herrera (9) and S.Perez. W_McCarthy 4-2. L_Romero 2-2. Sv_Herrera (12). HRs_Minnesota, Dozier (8), Adrianza (1). Kansas City, Moustakas (12), Soler (8), Dozier (1).\n___\nINTERLEAGUE Washington 001 000 100—2 7 0 Baltimore 000 000 000—0 4 0\nScherzer, Doolittle (9) and P.Severino; Hess, M.Castro (7), Hart (8), Wright Jr. (9) and Sisco. W_Scherzer 9-1. L_Hess 2-2. Sv_Doolittle (13). HRs_Washington, Harper (18).\n___\nNATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis 000 000 200—2 8 1 Milwaukee 000 010 20x—3 10 1\nReyes, Gant (5), Lyons (7), Tuivailala (7) and Kelly; Guerra, Jeffress (7), Hader (8), Knebel (9) and Kratz, Pina. W_Jeffress 5-0. L_Tuivailala 1-1. Sv_Knebel (5). HRs_St. Louis, Bader (5). Milwaukee, Yelich (7).\n___\nCincinnati 000 402 001—7 12 0 Arizona 301 000 000—4 13 1\nRomano, W.Peralta (6), Hughes (7), Garrett (7), R.Iglesias (8) and Barnhart; Corbin, Salas (7), Chafin (8), McFarland (9) and Murphy. W_Romano 3-6. L_Corbin 5-2. Sv_R.Iglesias (9). HRs_Cincinnati, Schebler (6), Duvall (10). Arizona, Goldschmidt (7), Murphy (7).\n___\nChicago 100 000 000—1 9 1 Pittsburgh 110 000 00x—2 9 0\nHendricks, R.Rosario (6), Mazzoni (7), J.Wilson (7) and Contreras; Musgrove, Crick (8), F.Vazquez (9) and Cervelli. W_Musgrove 2-0. L_Hendricks 4-4. Sv_F.Vazquez (10). HRs_Pittsburgh, Harrison (2).\n___\nNew York 000 100 111—4 9 1 Atlanta 000 000 100—1 5 0\nVargas, T.Peterson (6), Familia (8), Gsellman (9) and Plawecki; Teheran, Carle (8), S.Freeman (8), Socolovich (9) and Suzuki. W_Vargas 2-3. L_Teheran 4-3. Sv_Gsellman (2). HRs_Atlanta, Camargo (4).\n___\nSan Francisco 020 220 010—7 11 0 Colorado 310 000 000—4 11 0\nHolland, Moronta (6), Watson (7), S.Dyson (8), Strickland (9) and Posey; Gray, Musgrave (4), Oberg (6), McGee (8), Rusin (9) and Wolters. W_Holland 3-6. L_Musgrave 0-1. Sv_Strickland (11). HRs_Colorado, Arenado (11)."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Global Metal Forming and Press Tending Robots Market - Growth Opportunities
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"LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2018-- market research analysts forecast the to grow at a CAGR of close to 8% during the period 2018-2022, according to their latest report.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424006432/en/\nTechnavio has published a new market research report on the global metal forming and press tending robots market from 2018-2022. (Graphic: Business Wire)\nIn this report, Technavio highlights the improvement in robotic system integration services as one of the key emerging trends in the . By capitalizing on technological improvements such as the Internet of Things and software platforms, system integrators are taking initiatives to innovate the delivery of services. Software solutions are increasingly being incorporated for the improvement in commissioning and programming of industrial robots, along with trends such as virtual commissioning and offline programming expected to gain traction over the forecast period. These include solutions offered by key players to improve the efficiency of press tending robots.\nThis report is available at a USD 1,000 discount for a limited time only:\nSave more with Technavio. Buy2 reports and get the third for FREE:\nIn this report, Technavio analysts highlight the advantages over automated equipment as a key factor contributing to the growth of the global metal forming and press tending robots market:\nAdvantages over automated equipment\nOver the past few years, there has been an increase in the adoption of metal forming and press tending robots owing to their ability to work under extreme conditions and give relatively better results than automated equipment used for metal forming and press tending applications. Players in the market have introduced robots that can be easily synchronized with industrial stamping presses and are increasingly being adopted for material handling processes that require parts to be tilted, rotated, and flipped.\nAccording to a senior analyst at Technavio for , “Robots have a better ability than conventional automated equipment to handle metal and alloys that are hard and have high tensile strength and are challenging to deform by denting, perforation, or shearing.”\nLooking for more information on this market?\nTechnavio’s sample reports are free of charge and contain multiple sections of the report such as the market size and forecast, drivers, challenges, trends, and more.\nGlobal metal forming and press tending robots market – segmentation analysis\nThis market research report segments the global metal forming and press tending robots market into the following end-users, including metal industry, automotive industry, and aerospace and defense industries and key regions, including the Americas, APAC, and EMEA.\nAPAC was the leading region for the in 2017, accounting for a market share of nearly 55%. In APAC, the accelerated growth in the automotive industry and increased automation for metal fabrication and foundry applications is driving growth. Technologies such as metal forming and press tending robots are expected to be adopted in this region due to their ability to deliver smooth and continuous production of high-quality metal parts with minimal material wastage. By 2022, APAC is expected to continue dominating the market and register the highest growth rate.\nAbout Technavio\nis a leading global technology research and advisory company. Their research and analysis focuses on emerging market trends and provides actionable insights to help businesses identify market opportunities and develop effective strategies to optimize their market positions.\nWith over 500 specialized analysts, Technavio’s report library consists of more than 10,000 reports and counting, covering 800 technologies, spanning across 50 countries. Their client base consists of enterprises of all sizes, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies. This growing client base relies on Technavio’s comprehensive coverage, extensive research, and actionable market insights to identify opportunities in existing and potential markets and assess their competitive positions within changing market scenarios.\nIf you are interested in more information, please contact our media team at .\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424006432/en/\nCONTACT: Technavio Research\nJesse Maida\nMedia & Marketing Executive\nUS: +1 844 364 1100\nUK: +44 203 893 3200\nwww.technavio.com\nKEYWORD:\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING STEEL\nSOURCE: Technavio Research\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/24/2018 03:01 PM/DISC: 04/24/2018 03:01 PM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424006432/en"
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Apple and Chesapeake Energy rise; Spark Therapeutics sinks
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"NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday:\nBluebird Bio Inc., up $30.65 to $201.80\nBluebird and Celgene reported positive results from an early clinical trial of a multiple myeloma treatment.\nApple Inc., up $3.30 to $172.67\nThe website Apple Insider said the company is delivering new iPhones to customers at a faster pace.\nSpark Therapeutics Inc., down $25.66 to $47.72\nSpark plunged and competitor BioMarin climbed after both reported data on experimental treatments for hemophilia A.\nHSBC Holdings PLC, up 83 cents to $50.20\nThe bank said the Justice Department will ask a court to dismiss deferred criminal charges after it strengthened safeguards against money laundering.\nScana Corp., down $2.79 to $42.38\nThe company offered to give the site of a failed nuclear reactor project to a South Carolina utility.\nChesapeake Energy Corp., up 15 cents to $3.83\nOil and gas prices rose as a major North Sea pipeline will be shut down to fix a crack.\nOverstock.com, up $9.93 to $55\nThe online discount retailer accepts payment in bitcoin, and rose as trading in bitcoin futures started.\nCanadian Solar Inc., up 54 cents to $17.79\nThe company said Chairman and CEO Shawn Qu offered to take the company private for $18.47 a share."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Hawley sees link to sexual revolution, sex trafficking
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"KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is drawing attention after a report that he told a gathering of pastors last month that sex trafficking is linked to the sexual revolution of the 1960s.\nThe Kansas City Star reported Wednesday that it had obtained audio from a speech Hawley gave in December at a \"Pastors and Pews\" event in Kansas City hosted by the Missouri Renewal Project. The Missouri group is an affiliate of the American Renewal Project that works to politically engage conservative Christians.\n\"The 1960s, 1970s, it became commonplace in our culture among our cultural elites, Hollywood, and the media, to talk about, to denigrate the biblical truth about husband and wife, man and woman,\" Hawley is recorded telling the pastors.\nHawley is seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill in November. His campaign spokeswoman, Kelli Ford, said in an email to The Associated Press that Hawley believes putting criminals behind bars is not enough to end sex trafficking because the \"culture of male exploitation of women\" must also change.\nHawley said on the audio that human trafficking exists because \"our culture has completely lost its way.\"\n\"The sexual revolution has led to exploitation of women on a scale that we would never have imagined, never have imagined,\" Hawley told the crowd. \"We must ... deliver a message to our culture that the false gospel of 'anything goes' ends in this road of slavery. It ends in the slavery and the exploitation of the most vulnerable among us. It ends in the slavery and exploitation of young women.\"\nThe \"sexual revolution\" of the 1960s and 1970s was a period when society became more permissive of pre-marital sex, use of birth control pills, and non-married couples living together, signaling a shift from the more conservative 1950s.\nAustin Petersen of Kansas City, another Republican running for the Senate, said Hawley's comments \"do nothing but foster a Todd Akin-style culture war that the GOP will lose to a formidable female incumbent.\"\nAkin, a former Republican congressman from suburban St. Louis, lost to McCaskill in 2012 after comments about what he called \"legitimate rape.\"\nFord said Hawley's comments need no clarification.\n\"Let's get serious: sex trafficking is driven by male demand and the subjugation of women. In the 1960's and '70's, it became okay for Hollywood and the media to treat women as objects for male gratification. And that demeaning view of women has helped fuel harassment, inequality, and yes, sex trafficking,\" Ford said in the email.\nKimberly Mehlman-Orozco, an expert on human trafficking who has advised law enforcement and testified in criminal cases across the country, told The Star there is no empirical evidence or research to suggest an increase in trafficking during the 1960s or 70s. She said sex trafficking has been a problem since the nation's founding."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Bigger ice makes a big difference at the Olympics
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"Size matters. Especially when it's 15 feet.\nIf an Olympic hockey coach coming from North America tried to imitate Gene Hackman in \"Hoosiers\" and took a tape measure to the rinks in South Korea, it wouldn't add up. International-sized ice is 15 feet wider than rinks used in the NHL, American Hockey League and NCAA —100 feet compared to 85 — and that's more than enough to change everything.\n\"It's totally different: two different sports,\" said Henrik Sedin, who won the 2006 Olympic gold medal with Sweden on the larger ice. \"You can have players that are good in the NHL but they can't play on the bigger ice, and then you have guys the other way around where they really succeed on the big ice but when they come over here, they can't play. It's a different sport.\"\nBig ice makes a big difference where goals are at a premium and five-man defensive units can make the outer edges of the rink feel like a distant planet. Going to the 200-by-100 international ice is a (far-fetched) idea some have suggested might increase scoring in the NHL, but Slovak Olympic coach Craig Ramsay recalls playing for the Buffalo Sabres against the New York Rangers on the big sheet in Lake Placid, New York, and the quality of play and offense did not match everyone's expectations.\n\"It was a hard game because people would be more than willing to beat you (wide) but now they're 50 feet from the net instead of 40 and there's a big difference,\" Ramsay said. \"The (defensemen) are smart and can push you a little bit wider (and) your angles are not nearly as good and the goaltender now can cut down that angle and it's not as easy to score as people think.\"\nCanada scored just six goals in its three medal-round games in winning gold in Sochi in 2014, one of four Olympics featuring NHL players on international ice. Canada also won in 2002 on big ice and in 2010 when the International Ice Hockey Federation allowed for NHL-sized rinks to use the ones already in place in Vancouver.\nIn Sochi, Canada coach Mike Babcock employed Ralph Krueger as his big-ice consultant, and it paid off with North American NHL players tailoring their game to the style of play.\n\"You kind of just have to shrink the ice down a little bit,\" said Jamie Benn, who won gold with Canada in Sochi. \"We were changing little things on the ice to try and get an advantage with the big ice. You definitely have more time and more space, but in the end it'll always come back to the middle of the ice.\"\nThe fear for NHL players from the U.S. and Canada has always been getting caught on the outside on the big ice. That should be less of a concern this time around with rosters largely made up of players currently skating on international-size ice in Europe. The U.S. has 15 players and Canada has 20 who are based in European professional leagues, which was very much by design.\n\"That is an advantage from a standpoint that they know the angles,\" U.S. coach Tony Granato said. \"The big sheet, there are different styles that we're going to play against so internationally you're going to see a lot of teams that sit back in a 1-4 to clog the neutral zone. Lots of countries use that style of play. We're going to have to, obviously, prepare our guys to be ready for seeing things differently than you see in North America.\"\nSeveral European-born NHL players said there is less hitting, more trapping and the overall pace is slower on the bigger ice.\nEuropean teams have the advantage of players who learned to play on the big ice, even though many excelled in the NHL. Someone like 17-year-old Sweden defenseman Rasmus Dahlin could be a perfect fit for this style of play, along with Russian playmakers Ilya Kovalchuk and Pavel Datsyuk who can take advantage of the extra room.\n\"It's a lot more of a puck-possession game, definitely, when you play on the bigger ice,\" Canada assistant general manager and gold-medal-winning goalie Martin Brodeur said. \"I think the fact that you're going to play against European guys that are used to playing on that ice surface, it was the big difference. I think now having most of our players playing in Europe, I don't think it's going to be that big of adjustment for these guys to play in these games.\"\n___\nFollow Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno on Twitter at https://twitter.com/SWhyno\n___\nMore AP Olympic coverage: https://wintergames.ap.org"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about MobiWeb Awarded Excellence of the Year at the Le Fonti Awards Ceremony in Hong Kong
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"HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--MobiWeb was awarded for Excellence of the Year Innovation & Leadership SMS Messaging Provider at the 40th edition of the Le Fonti Awards. The Awards ceremony was held at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers in downtown Hong Kong on March 23rd 2018, recognizing leaders from around the world for their achievements in a wide range of industries.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005086/en/\nPeter Kappos, CEO of MobiWeb, awarded Excellence of the Year at the Le Fonti Awards Ceremony in Hong Kong (Photo: Business Wire)\n«MobiWeb has been recognized because is one of the leading global A2P end-to-end SMS messaging providers», said Mr. Guido Giommi, Le Fonti President and Founder, who added: «Through one connection, enterprises connect to MobiWeb's carrier-grade platforms and unlock enterprise messaging delivery to 6+ billion subscribers of 1000+ mobile operators. With an international presence with offices located in three continents, MobiWeb provides high quality telecommunication solutions to more than 2500 enterprises globally».\n«I am honored to win this award. This achievement is the result of our hard work and our focus on growth and innovation in the enterprise messaging market», declared Mr. Peter Kappos, CEO of MobiWeb, who added that «successful management is more than growth. Vision, leadership, inspiring and motivating others, are even more important. It takes a lot of teamwork, inspiration, and good old-fashioned hard work to bring a company to global excellence. This award is an inspiration to continue progressing and disrupting the enterprise messaging industry with new innovative products».\nClick below to view the entire video interview with Mr. Peter Kappos: http://www.lefonti.tv/peter-kappos-ceo-of-mobiweb-179.html\nAbout MobiWeb\nMobiWeb is a global A2P SMS messaging provider and the ideal partner for companies that require high quality SMS messaging services, meeting the most demanding enterprise requirements. Through MobiWeb’s omni-channel platform, enterprises are able to reach their customers through SMS, Voice, Push Notifications, Social Media and Chat Messengers among others, delivering improved user experiences. MobiWeb actively participates in the development of the mobile ecosystem as a GSMA associate member.\nwww.solutions4mobiles.com\nAbout Le Fonti\nLe Fonti is a media company and an independent source of analysis on international business, finance, technology and world affairs, with editorial offices in London, New York, Dubai and Hong Kong. We deliver our information through a range of formats, including monthly and quarterly magazines, conferences, television, C-level summits, international fairs and awards ceremonies. www.lefonti.com\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005086/en/\nCONTACT: MobiWeb\nAlexander Spirotis, +852 580 84070\naspirotis@solutions4mobiles.com\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES ASIA PACIFIC NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK HONG KONG\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS SOFTWARE TELECOMMUNICATIONS MOBILE/WIRELESS\nSOURCE: MobiWeb\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/23/2018 03:30 AM/DISC: 04/23/2018 03:30 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005086/en"
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