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According to US media reports, the US Army is planning to reduce the size of its force by 40,000 soldiers over the next two years. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13761 Frustrated European leaders gave Greece until Sunday to reach an agreement to save its collapsing economy from catastrophe after an emergency summit meeting in Brussels ended. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13769 Blocking the build-up of a protein in our brains could help stop age-related memory loss. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13737 The "steady erosion" of incomes since the recession began has reduced home ownership in America, with blacks hardest hit. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13762 Researchers have identified a protein which, when blocked, stops parasites from spreading malaria. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13770 Federal health officials said heroin use surged over the past decade, and the wave of addiction and overdose is closely related to the nation’s ongoing prescription drug epidemic. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13763 Donald Trump intensified his criticism of the Mexican government, blaming it for sending criminals across the border. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13760 Coca-Cola is trying to send a message with label-free cans. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13765 The BBC is producing the Micro:Bit, a tiny programmable PC that will be given to every child in Year 7 schools in the UK. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13758 A woman recruiting underage girls for the Islamic State was arrested in the Canary Islands. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13768 #Daesh http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

The South Carolina Senate voted to pull the Confederate flag from Capitol grounds, making way for a measure that could remove it more than 5 decades after it was first flown to protest integration. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13720 President Obama revamps his strategy to fight the Islamic State. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13719 Athens will present a fresh Greek proposal for an aid deal with creditors at an emergency eurozone summit in Brussels on Tuesday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13700 Reddit interim CEO Ellen Pao is drawing the ire of her company's own community base, with a petition drawing more than 174,000 signatures in support of her removal. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13704 According to documents released in a Pennsylvania court, Bill Cosby said in a 2005 legal deposition that he had prescriptions of a powerful sedative to give to women he wanted to have sex with. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13717 The U.S. Senate is poised to take up an all-new federal education policy this week, for the first time in 14 years. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13724 Boys in America are much more likely to get anti psychotic drugs than girls. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13723 Female sailors and Marines will now get 18 weeks of maternity leave, triple the previous amount. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13722 Gun violence in Chicago over the 4th of July weekend left 10 people dead, including a 7-year-old boy, and more than 50 wounded. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13701 The markets have reacted to the news of the Greek "No" vote to reject more austerity. Global markets moved lower, followed by Wall Street—the Dow initially dropped 110 points, then rose. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13698 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

With nearly half of the votes counted, official figures showed 61 percent of Greeks rejecting the bailout offer. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13680 Pope Francis is returning to South America for the first time to make a swing through Bolivia, Ecuador and Paraguay. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13679 Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) blamed President Obama for the release of a Latino immigrant charged in the recent killing of a San Francisco woman. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13681 Scientists have developed an elastic gel that stops bleeding and helps wounds heal. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13685 Ford recalled 433,000 vehicles because of a software bug that could keep their engines running after drivers try to shut them down. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13682 Billy Joel married Alexis Roderick, 33, a former Morgan Stanley executive. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13684 Samsung faces a lawsuit in China over the bloatware on their phones. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13676 Greeks turning to Bitcoin are thought to have caused the recent price increases. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13670 A Utah man, who claimed in April he was victimized twice by gay-hating bigots, admitted that he made it all up. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13678 Kraft Foods and the H.J. Heinz Co. completed their merger on Thursday -- forming the world's fifth-largest food and beverage company. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13683 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Former Virginia senator Jim Webb announced that he will run for the Democratic presidential nomination, adding "a decidedly more conservative option for Democratic voters" (WaPo). http://www.infobitt.com/b/13632 Anonymous donors have given more than $3 million to fund college scholarships for the community around the historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina where nine people were slain last month. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13628 A previously undetected measles infection was found by an autopsy to be the underlying cause of a Washington state woman's death, marking the first known U.S. fatality from the disease in 12 years. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13630 BP has agreed to pay a record environmental fine of $18.7bn to settle legal actions brought by the US and several states over the fatal 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13626 More than 5,000 residents of the US state of Tennessee have been evacuated after a freight train carrying toxic chemicals derailed and caught fire. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13622 A UN official said five UN peacekeepers were killed in an attack on their convoy close to the northern city of Timbuktu. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13627 A new study suggests it may be possible to diagnose autism by giving children a sniff test. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13631 Seven police officers were charged with torturing three women who witnessed a deadly incident in the town of Tlatlaya, in southeastern Mexico. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13624 The labor force participation rate, or the share of working-age Americans who are employed or at least looking for a job, dropped to 62.6%, the lowest reading since October 1977. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13602 The Muslim Brotherhood has warned of "serious repercussions" and has called on its supporters to "rise in revolt" after Egyptian police killed 13 of its members. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13590 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Authorities said twelve correctional officers and prison executives, including the superintendent, have been placed on leave from the New York prison where two convicted murderers escaped. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13553 Captured convict David Sweat — who is portraying himself as the "mastermind" behind the elaborate 2-man escape from prison — did a "dry run" practice session the night before actually breaking free. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13552 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras requested a new two-year bailout program from the euro region just hours away from Greece's payment deadline with the IMF. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13544 A survey found there is enough support among South Carolina legislators to take down the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds: 33 senators and 83 House members would vote to remove it. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13556 The Ku Klux Klan plans to hold a pro-Confederate flag rally at South Carolina's capitol, where a statue of a former state governor who championed white supremacy was vandalized. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13554 The AP says Schuyler Bailar, a transgender man, will be swimming on the Harvard swimming team—the first "openly transgender swimmer in the NCAA." http://www.infobitt.com/b/13559 A U.S. Department of Justice report says police antagonized crowds gathered to protest in Ferguson, violated free-speech rights and made it difficult to hold officers accountable. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13560 The Girl Scouts of Western Washington recently rejected a $100,000 pledge—as long as the funds "will not be used to support transgender girls." http://www.infobitt.com/b/13555 Ten abortion clinics in Texas would have closed Tuesday, but the U.S. Supreme Court said the clinics can remain open while lawyers ask for a full review of a strict law. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13557 More than 100 people were feared dead after a military transport plane crashed into a residential area shortly after take-off in northern Indonesia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13543 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is considering leaving the UN Human Rights Council after the recent UN Gaza report. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13540 NBC has dropped Donald Trump over his "recent derogatory statements ... regarding immigrants". http://www.infobitt.com/b/13525 Scientists are asking people across the globe to lay off sugary drinks, linking the consumption to an estimated 184,000 adult deaths each year. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13537 The Supreme Court has ruled that Arizona does not violate the Constitution by having an Independent Redistricting Commission. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13521 According to a report by WikiLeaks, the U.S. National Security Agency wiretapped two successive French finance ministers and collected information on French export contracts, trade and budget talks. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13541 An investigation into how two murderers managed to break out of a prison in NY has now sparked an FBI investigation into possible broader corruption and drug trafficking at the facility. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13538 Greek banks are closed, and withdrawal limits are in place, as the country is 24 hours from its next IMF payment without a bailout deal in place. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13509 New Zealand is likely to pass a bill that censors "harmful" online communications. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13529 The solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse, has continued its trip around the world. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13508 Prime Minister David Cameron warned that Islamic State militants based in Syria and Iraq were planning specific attacks against Britain. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13506 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

A possible Turkish cross-border military operation in Syria will be announced after a National Security Council (MGK) meeting, which will be held on June 29. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13500 A state trooper shot David Sweat, the surviving prison escapee from Clinton Correctional. Mr. Sweat, 35, was alive and in custody, according to a source. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13496 Baltimore police opened a new investigation into the killing of unarmed black man Spencer Lee McCain, who died after police fired 19 rounds. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13489 Istanbul police dispersed LGBTI Pride Parade participants with tear gas and water cannon as celebrants were ready with rainbow-colored flags and placards to march along Istanbul’s İstiklal Avenue. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13499 Results from an extensive new study suggest that early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease appear up to 18 years before the disease is officially diagnosed. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13498 The IRS erased its backups of subpoenaed emails, supposedly by sheer accident. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13497 At least 510 people were injured -- 183 of them hospitalized in intensive care units -- after flammable powder apparently exploded in midair at Formosa Fun Coast Water Park in Taiwan. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13495 Prime Minister Habib Essid said Tunisia will shut down about 80 mosques accused of inciting violence, after an attack on a holiday resort in which 38 people were killed. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13488 Nara, a Mali town around 30 km (19 miles) south of the border with Mauritania, was attacked by suspected Islamist fighters Saturday, leaving three soldiers and nine attackers dead. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13491 A judge blocked Kansas's ban on an abortion procedure that opponents describe as dismembering a living fetus. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13486 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Giant glacial earthquakes are shaking Greenland, caused by massive movements of ice and how those impact the ground beneath. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13416 The Supreme Court ruled that health insurance consumers qualify for a subsidy that lowers the cost of premiums whether they buy their coverage through federal or state exchanges. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13413 A group of President Obama's former advisers has published an open letter that warns that the looming deal with Iran "may fall short of meeting the administration's own standard of a good agreement." http://www.infobitt.com/b/13414 Russian President Vladimir Putin called U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss continued tensions in eastern Ukraine and various areas of concern in the Middle East. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13418 According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 1.2 million Americans are living with HIV – including about 156,300 who don’t realize it. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13417 Google's self-driving car is now driving itself around the city of Mountain View, tooling along at 25 mph on suburban streets. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13419 Apple has begun removing games with images of the Confederate flag; civil war historians took issue with the move. As one put it, it makes it "as if the Civil War didn't exist." http://www.infobitt.com/b/13420 China and the US have agreed to establish a cyber code of conduct. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13410 OneWeb, an Internet-from-orbit company based in Britain's Channel Islands, plans to launch services in 2019. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13404 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

A federal judge blocked the Obama administration’s tough, new, proposed hydraulic fracturing restrictions. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13369 The New York prison guard who said he unwittingly helped smuggle contraband that would later contribute to the daring escape of two prisoners was arrested for his role in the breakout. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13380 Pope Francis addressed family dynamics, saying sometimes the separation of a husband and wife may be "inevitable" or "even morally necessary" to protect the "weaker spouse or small children." http://www.infobitt.com/b/13384 The U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook parts of southern Alaska. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13383 The #5 Freeway in Santa Clarita reopened as firefighters gained the upper hand on a fast-moving 100-acre brush fire that forced 1,000 residents to flee the flames. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13382 Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced he will seek the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, joining a crowded field as a long-shot candidate with dismal polling numbers. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13381 The IRS admits that it broke the law by awarding contracts to contractors who owe millions of dollars in debt to the federal government. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13368 Google is offering a $1999 Chromebox for its Chromebox for Meetings conference system. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13372 The FBI estimates that ransom malware has cost $18 million in loses. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13376 The governor of Alabama has ordered the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the statehouse. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13364 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

A local prosecutor told NBC News a New York prison seamstress helped killers David Sweat and Richard Matt escape from a prison in northern New York by smuggling tools into prison inside ground beef. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13341 Gov. Andrew Cuomo says authorities have DNA evidence linking Sweat and Matt to a spot only miles from the prison. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13321 According to the document published by WikiLeaks, the NSA is accused of targeting Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande over a period of at least six years. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13347 The hack of the Federal OPM has affected up to 18 million people and includes those who applied for government jobs. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13326 Presidential candidate and U.S. senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has said the Confederate battle flag is “inescapably a symbol of human bondage and slavery” and needs to go. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13325 Senator Boehner said fast track authority would be a "win" for the American people. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13340 Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that the U.S. will send about 250 tanks and military equipment to seven European nations to reassure NATO allies against Russian and terrorist threats. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13324 After a 16-year-old boy died, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to find out how prevalent the plague, which was possibly spread by fleas on his family's property, is in Colorado. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13342 The WHO has decided to classify DDT as "probably carcinogenic to humans". http://www.infobitt.com/b/13345 Samsung and Burnett have developed a "see-through truck" featuring a large screen on the back showing drivers behind the truck what is in front (such as an oncoming car in the other lane). http://www.infobitt.com/b/13331 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley called for the removal of the Confederate Battle Flag from the State Capitol grounds. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13303 Walmart said in a statement that it is removing "all items" promoting the Confederate flag for sale from its stores and its website. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13308 An international team of researchers published a study of the Oase jawbone, showing the ancient man's recent ancestors had interbred with Neanderthals. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13314 A Saudi imam has apologised after accusing a well-known Saudi comedian of apostasy for mocking overzealous clerics. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13310 Witnesses said two girls blew themselves up near a crowded mosque in northeast Nigeria's biggest city, killing about 30 people. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13309 The Taliban launched an attack on the Afghan parliament, with a suicide car bomber striking at the entrance and multiple gunmen battling police. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13285 The Greek government submitted new proposals to its creditors, which Eurozone finance ministers declared "welcome" and met to discuss, though inconclusively. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13288 New Hampshire is considering banning warrant-less tracking of wireless devices via State House Bill 468. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13283 Television pundit Piers Morgan revealed what he thinks the punishment should be for any “white person” who says the “N-word:” jail time. Naturally, controversy erupted. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13313 Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan disclosed that he has been diagnosed with late stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which he described as “a very advanced and very aggressive” form of cancer. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13306 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Barack Obama has used Twitter to further his argument that the time for federal gun legislation is nigh, saying “expressions of sympathy aren’t enough”. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13267 Members of a historic black church worshiped at their sanctuary for the first time since a gunman opened fire at a Bible study, killing nine people. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13262 Cisco has invested $10 billion in China. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13252 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected "international dictates" ahead of a visit by France's top diplomat, with Paris advocating a UN resolution laying out parameters for peace talks. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13266 Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled parental permission is not necessary for the vaccination of babies and children. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13264 Hackers apparently had access to US security clearance for over a year. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13257 According to a report from the Huffington Post, chocolate may help prevent strokes and heart disease. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13260 More than 300 law enforcement officers combed a town in upstate New York for two prison escapees after a woman reported seeing men who matched their descriptions the day before. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13263 China has changed its policy to allow full foreign ownership of ecommerce firms. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13253 Google has announced that it will start de-listing "revenge porn." http://www.infobitt.com/b/13259 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

The man suspected of killing nine people Wednesday night at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, was arrested. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13167 The encyclical on the environment that Pope Francis released is as much an indictment of the global capitalist economic order as it is an argument for the world to confront climate change. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13172 A Minnesota policy to hold some sex offenders after they complete prison sentences was ruled unconstitutional by a district court judge. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13161 According to the first analysis of genetic material, the 8,500-year-old Kennewick Man, found in Washington state—once thought to be related to Japanese and Polynesians—is Native American. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13173 The Supreme Court ruled that Texas is allowed to reject a license plate design that featured a Confederate battle flag. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13168 Jesse Jackson credits white conservative Pat Boone for doing "more for race relations through his music than any other performer". http://www.infobitt.com/b/13171 University accreditors hardly ever kick out the worst-performing colleges and lack uniform standards for assessing graduation rates and loan defaults. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13160 A paper in the journal Science reports an “unprecedented” surge in earthquakes in Texas, Oklahoma and other central U.S. states. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13170 Oracle hired Dave Donatelli, ex-HP head of enterprise business, to report to CEO Mark Hurd. Donatelli will head Oracle’s hardware business as well as servers, storage and networking products. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13165 Brian Williams finally admits he lied, as the NBC probe concludes with his transfer from "Nightly News" anchor to MSNBC. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13169 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

The European Union has decided to extend economic sanctions against Russia for another six months. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13120 Iran is teaming up with some unlikely allies to fight against Daesh. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13130 Coordinated car bomb attacks in Yemen killed or injured at least 50 people near mosques and the headquarters of Yemen's dominant Houthi group in Sanaa. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13126 http://www.infobitt.com/b/13127 The U.S. Treasury Department said a woman will replace Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13131 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced that the Ramallah-based national unity government would resign within the next 24 hours over its inability to operate in the Gaza Strip. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13093 Federal regulators have slapped restrictions on the mortgage businesses of six banks, saying they haven't fully complied with requirements imposed on them after the collapse of the housing market. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13122 Hungary announced plans to build a four-meter-high fence along its border with Serbia to stem the flow of illegal migrants. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13108 Commercial Network Services are to be the first company to file complaints to FCU against Time Warner Cable for "unreasonable rates to deliver its streaming videos to Time Warner’s customers." http://www.infobitt.com/b/13094 Disney reverses its decision to layoff tech workers and force them to train outsourced replacements. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13118 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

President Vladimir Putin said Russia will expand its nuclear arsenal this year. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13086 The New York Times profiles a young transgender woman, Katherine Boone, who had gender reassignment surgery at age 18. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13088 Artificial trans fat will be removed from the U.S. food supply over the next three years due to a ruling by regulators that the products pose health risks that contribute to heart disease. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13065 The United States Women's National Team defeated Nigeria 1-0 on Abby Wambach's goal to win Group D and move on to the Round of 16 at the Women's World Cup. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13089 Donald Trump announced that he will be running for President in 2016 as a Republican. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13064 President Obama will no longer abide by the spending limits he agreed to 4 years ago. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13078 An Egyptian court upheld a death sentence against former president Mohamed Morsi for plotting jailbreaks and attacks on police during the 2011 uprising. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13054 The average American woman now weighs as much as the average American man weighed in 1960. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13057 The United States and Britain have announced, during a U.K. visit by Michelle Obama, a partnership to promote the education of adolescent girls in countries affected by conflict and crisis. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13060 The escaped convicted killers' trail has gone cold. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13067 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Britain has pulled out agents from live operations in "hostile countries" after Russia and China cracked top-secret information contained in files leaked by Edward Snowden. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12969 Saudi Arabia will open its $530 billion stock market to direct foreign investments on Monday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12982 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has resigned herself to Greece leaving the eurozone and has told her top economists and bankers to draw up emergency plans. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12970 Officials said the Pentagon is poised to store battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and other weapons for as many as 5,000 American troops in Baltic and Eastern European countries. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12968 Jeb Bush previewed his formal 2016 presidential campaign announcement with a web video casting himself as a problem solver during his two terms as Florida governor. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12975 Up to 3,500 pro-democracy protesters gathered in Hong Kong as part of the Umbrella Revolution, calling for reforms allowing for the direct election of government candidates. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12976 CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield offered words of praise for the driver of an armored van who opened fire outside of the Dallas police department's headquarters. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12977 The European Space Agency said the comet lander Philae has awakened from a seven-month hibernation and managed to communicate with Earth for more than a minute. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12973 The U.S. says the military launched an airstrike Saturday targeting an al-Qaida leader in eastern Libya. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12981 An armed man was fatally shot when he tried to steal motorcycles in New York City. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12979 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Authorities said the search for two convicted murderers who escaped from a maximum-security prison in upstate New York over the weekend has pushed into Vermont. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12875 Juan Felipe Herrera, who was previously named California’s Poet Laureate in 2012, is the nation's 21st Poet Laureate, the first Hispanic poet to serve in this position, appointed by the Librarian of Congress. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12876 The EPA says that greenhouse gases emitted from aircraft engines contribute to "pollution" that causes dangerous climate change. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12874 The White House says the U.S. will send up to 450 more troops to Iraq to boost the training of local forces. It's a response to recent setbacks at the hands of ISIS and Iraq's request for help. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12877 The European Parliament voiced concerns over democracy and fundamental rights in Turkey. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12867 According to Australian intelligence reports, ISIS has seized enough radioactive material from government facilities to suggest it has the capacity to build a large and devastating "dirty" bomb. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12869 The Vatican announced the creation of a new tribunal for holding accountable bishops who fail to deal properly with clergy sexual abuse. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12870 Nobel laureate (physiology, 2001) Tim Hunt spoke, while in South Korea, in favor of gender-segregated workplaces, and said women in labs "fall in love with you and when you criticize them, they cry." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12872 Barack Obama has openly criticized Turkish authorities for the first time for failing to ramp up the capacity Ankara needs to have to prevent foreign fighters from crossing the Turkish-Syria border. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12866 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

A Dallas-area policeman seen in a viral video tossing a teenage girl to the ground has resigned from the McKinney Police force, the city's police chief said, calling the actions indefensible. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12859 Rebels announced the capture of a strategic army base in southern Syria, the latest of several sweeping offensives by forces battling President Bashar al-Assad. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12865 South Korea's health ministry said two more people have died in its Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak and reported 13 new cases, bringing the total to 108. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12860 Stanford's Manu Prakash made a computer clock made of water droplets trapped in a magnetic field that may have biological/chemical applications, as well as change the way scientists think about computation. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12863 The American Medical Association, one of the largest and most influential associations of medical doctors in the country, endorsed putting an end to religious exemptions to immunization requirements. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12861 A federal appellate court upheld some of the toughest provisions of a Texas abortion law, putting about half of the state’s remaining abortion clinics at risk of shutting their doors. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12864 Syria said it broke into a US Army official web site to protest the training America is providing to Syrian rebels. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12847 Officials in 3 states are working with the CDC to find people who have come in contact with a woman being treated at the National Institutes of Health for a rare form of drug-resistant tuberculosis. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12862 Spotify has started its beta testing program for Android. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12851 Twitter has added conversation filtering. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12854 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Barack Obama lambasted President Putin's isolationist approach as seven major leaders signaled their readiness to tighten sanctions against Russia if the conflict in the Ukraine escalates. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12837 AKP has been accused of electoral fraud in Turkey by Swedish election observers who were forcibly removed from election stations by military personnel in at least 2 separate incidents in different regions. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12836 The governor of Nebraska will proceed with the executions of 10 condemned prisoners despite the new state law abolishing capital punishment. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12835 A former police officer, who fatally shot an unarmed African-American man that was running away after being stopped for a traffic violation, was indicted for murder by a grand jury in South Carolina. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12839 President Obama said that the Supreme Court should never have taken up a case challenging his healthcare law, describing it as an "easy case." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12834 Nearly 6,000 migrants adrift on the Mediterranean were rescued by EU naval vessels over the weekend, as the annual "boat season" of would-be refugees to Europe threatens to reach new highs. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12825 Lots of news from the G7 summit. U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron warned ministers to back his European Union strategy or leave his government. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12823 Sony's Music CEO confirmed that Apple will be starting a new music streaming service. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12829 A young man imprisoned at Riker's Island for three years without a trial has committed suicide. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12840 At the Tony Awards, “Fun Home,” a poignant and raw exploration of family, memory, sexuality and suicide, ended a long journey from the margins to the mainstream as it won Best New Musical. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12824 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

A police officer in McKinney, Texas, was placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced showing him wrestle a 14-year-old girl to the ground and point his gun at two young men. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12821 Initial results of Turkish elections show that the ruling AKP will lose its single party majority as the Kurdish problem-focused HDP has passed the election threshold. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12819 South Korean authorities will track the cellphones of hundreds of people under quarantine to prevent the spread of MERS and reported a fifth death, with the number of infections rising to 64. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12817 Stan Wawrinka upset Novak Djokovic in the French Open, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4, winning the second Grand Slam event of his career. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12818g1 Auto-title loans are growing in popularity and pushing Americans to borrow more than they need. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12820g1 U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Germany to join other world leaders for a G7 summit that will address violence in Ukraine and an entrenched Russian President Vladimir Putin. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12810 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared on Friday that his government would not accept a new bailout plan proposed this week by Greece’s creditors. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12812 Military and militia sources told CNN that Iraqi forces with the support of the U.S. are now in control of Baiji city. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12808 Ships blared horns for three minutes and rescuers bowed in silence to honor the more than 430 victims of the Yangtze River capsizing. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12813 Doctors completed the last of 18 surgeries on Friday afternoon in a very rare two-day, nine-way kidney transplant at two hospitals in San Francisco. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12816 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

The Obama administration said what appeared to be one of the largest breaches of federal employees’ data, involving at least 4 million current and former govt. workers, apparently originated in China. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12739 The EPA said fracking does not contaminate drinking water and does not pose a danger to clean water. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12737 A man fatally shot by antiterrorism investigators on Tuesday, Usaamah Rahim, is thought to have plotted to behead Pamela Gellar, the conservative activist organizing "Muhammad cartoon" contests. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12729 Hundreds gathered to honor the life of former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden at a memorial service held in the Delaware Legislative State House in Dover. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12740 Real time co-authoring is being rolled out in Microsoft's Office 2016 preview. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12730 Rick Perry has joined the Republican presidential nomination race. The LA Times says, "This time he's humbler, and under indictment." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12728 November 10th is Valve's launch date for Steam Machines. At least for now. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12735 Alibaba will be investing $194 million in a Chinese medical firm. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12733 Dish is rumored to be in merger talks with T-Mobile. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12732 Yahoo will live stream one NFL game from London. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12736 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Court testimony confirms that bribes were paid for the 1998 and the 2010 World Cups. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12718 North Carolina’s governor says he’ll sign a bill that would make the state one of several with a 72-hour waiting period for abortions. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12720 As college students become more sensitive, professors become more frightened that they will be punished for saying the "wrong thing" in class. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12723 The Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Dept. announced its investigation into the November 2014 death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland has been handed over to prosecutors. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12721 Cisco has acquired Piston cloud computing. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12704 The Pentagon said a U.S. military base in Utah sent live anthrax samples to 51 labs in 17 states, Washington, D.C. and 3 foreign nations, more than previously disclosed, and the number may rise. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12719 South Korean Defense Ministry officials said the nation successfully test-fired its first ballistic missile with a range far enough to hit any part of North Korea. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12698 London police will soon be wearing video cameras. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12705 Tri Alpha Energy, a "mysterious" California based company has finally published two papers on its research, showing significant progress in fusion power. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12696 As robotics continues to develop, even jobs like reporters no longer seem like a safe work bet. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12699 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

The U.S. Senate passed a bill extending the NSA's collection of phone data for six months. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12686 Findings published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, suggest that chimps have all the brainpower needed to cook, including planning, causal understanding, and ability to postpone gratification. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12688 Sepp Blatter has announced that he is resigning as FIFA president. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12685 The Windows 10 Upgrade path begins today, although Windows 10 will not be available until July 29. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12676 The AP reports that the FBI is operating a small air force with scores of low-flying planes across the country carrying video and, at times, cellphone surveillance technology. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12674 The South Korean health ministry said 5 more cases of MERS, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus, have been confirmed, bringing to 30 the total number of cases in that country of the often-deadly illness. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12689 Hillary Clinton said that the illegal immigrant children who have been surging across the border should be returned to their home countries if their relatives can be located. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12687 Human health is largely affected by the hour of the day. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12675 Google plans to build a second data center in Singapore for $380 million, bringing its total investment to $500M. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12681 Damian Carrington reports, "The Global Apollo Programme aims to make the cost of clean electricity lower than that from coal-fired power stations across the world within 10 years." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12669 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

State media reports a passenger ship carrying 458 people, many elderly Chinese tourists, sank in the Yangtze River during a storm and only 12 people had been rescued so far. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12663 Bruce Jenner has transitioned to Caitlyn Jenner, as Vanity Fair published the first photographs of a newly feminized Jenner. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12662 According to an internal investigation, U.S. airport screeners failed to detect explosives and weapons in nearly every test that an undercover Homeland Security team conducted at dozens of airports. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12665 Microsoft says it will charge $119 for Windows 10 Home, $199 for Windows 10 Pro, and $99 for a Windows 10 Pro Pack to jump from a licensed copy of Windows 10 Home to the Pro version. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12654 The Supreme Court has ruled that violent Facebook posts are not criminal. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12658 Google's new Project Soli is designing a button-less interface using radar signals to replace screen gestures. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12652 Minecraft is getting some new competition from Lego. The brick-maker announced that it's releasing "Lego Worlds," an online title that emulates the open "sandbox" feel of Minecraft. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12664 A "showdown" in the U.S. Senate is expected Tuesday to consider changes to a House bill that would curtail the government’s "sweeping surveillance" after the program expired at midnight Monday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12647 South Korea's exports dropped 11% between May 2014 and May 2015, a signal some analysts are calling a "canary in a coal mine." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12653 Google and Qualcomm are partnering to produce Project Tango smartphones. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12655 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

The Orange County Public Schools District reportedly gets software for monitoring posts made by students, saying it wants to anticipate and prevent cyber-bullying and other crime. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12639 A suicide bombing has killed 18 people inside a mosque in northeast Nigeria just hours after Boko Haram launched a separate attack, on the first full day of President Muhammadu Buhari's term. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12641 The Illinois legislature passed a bill banning "conversion" therapy for minors, and has sent it to the governor. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12631 Neweeg leaked the price (Home Version, $109; Professional, $149) and release date (August 31) of Windows 10. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12633 A piece of mechanical equipment being lifted by a crane at a Manhattan office building broke free and fell about 28 stories to the sidewalk below, causing minor injuries to 10 people. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12642 U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has been calling for all countries in the Asia-Pacific region to halt the construction of artificial islands. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12632 In an international meeting in Singapore, he declared the U.S. would “fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows.” http://www.infobitt.com/b/12622 On Friday, officials from Fort Benning, Georgia, said all five women who were given a second chance to complete Army Ranger School have officially dropped out of the course. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12623 A 92-year-old cancer survivor will go into the record books, becoming the oldest woman to finish a marathon. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12640 Secretary of State John Kerry is hospitalized in Geneva, Switzerland after suffering an injury in a bicycling accident in France. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12610 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

New genetic research suggests that humans migrated out of Africa through Egypt, not Ethiopia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12546 A federal judge ordered the State Department to release some of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails on a firm schedule every month. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12538 The EPA asserted jurisdiction over streams, tributaries and wetlands in a move decried by Republicans as a "tyrannical power grab". http://www.infobitt.com/b/12536 Journalists exaggerated reports of the flooding in Houston. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12548 Republican Dennis Hastert was indicted on charges of evading bank reporting rules and lying to the FBI about it. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12542 According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Amazon is expanding the grocery business by broadening its private-label brand, 'Elements', into food items. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12547 Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul said the GOP's foreign policy hawks "created these people," referring to the Islamic State. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12525 Federal prosecutors want a judge to ban any display of the name or logo of an allegedly criminal motorcycle gang, the "Mongols Nation." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12537 The U.S. military inadvertently shipped live anthrax samples to a half-dozen states late last month. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12524 Android apps can use Wi-Fi connections to surreptitiously locate their users. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12533 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

The Nebraska legislature has abolished the death penalty by overriding the governor's veto. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12509 The Vatican's secretary of state called Ireland's vote to approve same-sex marriage "a defeat for humanity." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12517 Scientists report that a new species of early human, called Australopithecus deyiremeda, has been unearthed in the Afar region of Ethiopia. The discovery is based on jaws and teeth 3.3 and 3.5 million years old. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12519 Perhaps it is the world's oldest murder mystery: Researchers say they have found evidence of the earliest known homicide in a skull that is 430,000 years old. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12513 The IRS believes that criminals behind a major security breach that allowed them to access tax information from more than 100,000 U.S. households were based in Russia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12516 A message containing some Arabic characters will crash iPhones ... but InfoBitt won't tell you what they are! The attack appears to be caused by a glitch in the way Apple’s iOS mobile operating system, which runs on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, renders Arabic text. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12512 Advertisers are decamping from "19 Kids and Counting" days after star Josh Duggar admitted to molesting several underage girls 12 years ago, including his sisters. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12518 McDonald’s is changing how it cooks burgers to win back customers. McDonald’s said it would toast the buns longer so sandwiches would be warmer, and change the way it cooks so that the patties are juicier. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12515 Comedian Tracy Morgan and others injured in a crash with a Wal-Mart truck last year have reached an out-of-court settlement for an undisclosed sum with the world's largest retailer. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12514 Amnesty International condemned the Islamist militant group Hamas for using the cover of last summer’s war to abduct, torture, and carry out extrajudicial executions with impunity. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12506 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

A heat wave has killed more than 900 people across India over a 2-week period as torrid temperatures melted roads in the national capital and forced people indoors on Tuesday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12489 A federal appeals court upheld an injunction against the Obama administration, ruling in favor of Texas, which had sued to stop the president's new amnesty policy. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12483 Two daughters of blues legend B.B. King are seeking a formal inquiry into his death. Karen Williams and Patty King have said in legal documents they believe their father was poisoned. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12490 A study suggests a couple of extra minutes attached to the umbilical cord at birth may translate into a small boost in neuro-development several years later. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12492 Baltimore is seeing its deadliest month in 15 years after an outbreak of Memorial Day weekend violence left nine people dead in 29 shootings. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12485 Researchers say a genetically-engineered version of a virus that normally causes cold sores shows real promise for treating skin cancer. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12491 U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12486 U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday, pushing the S&P 500 to its biggest decline in three weeks. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12487 The governor of Texas likened the floods to a tsunami and called them the worst he's ever seen in Texas. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12466 The International Monetary Fund reports that fossil fuels are subsidised at the rate of $10,000,000 per minute. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12481 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

The Alabama senate has voted to abolish marriage licenses. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12463 Amazon is now paying taxes in the UK and Germany. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12454 Rescuers searched for 12 people gathered in a Wimberley, Texas, home hit by flash floods, including at least three young children, after heavy floods swamped Texas and Oklahoma. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12451 ISIS has slaughtered more than 400 mostly women and children in the ancient city of Palmyra, two days after capturing it. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12449 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed a recent New York Times editorial as “shameless,” calling on the U.S. daily to “know its place.” http://www.infobitt.com/b/12462 A magnitude-5.5 earthquake rattled Tokyo and its suburbs, shaking buildings and temporarily stopping trains but causing no apparent damage or injuries. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12450 Blackberry has fired an "unspecified number" of employees in its device unit. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12459 The World Bank report on May 21 indicated that Turkey and the Gulf countries have so far delivered only part of the aid they pledged to Gaza during a donors conference held in Cairo last October. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12445 Amazon appears to intend to compete with sites like Etsy with its 'Handmade' marketplace. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12460 The US Coast Guard has released an app for iOS and Android. It is designed to provide key boating safety information. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12458 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said that Iraqi forces had demonstrated “no will to fight” against ISIS, saying their retreat enabled ISIS's capture of the Iraqi city of Ramadi. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12438 Two people were killed in storms and flash flooding in Texas and Oklahoma that forced evacuations, with over 1,000 people rescued in Hays County, Texas, alone. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12437 Saudi Arabia's king vowed to punish those responsible for a suicide bombing that killed 21 people at a Shiite mosque in the country's east. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12435 Mathematician John Nash, 86, famous for the Nash equilibrium—a major advance in game theory—a Nobel Prize, and portrayal in "A Beautiful Mind," died in a car crash along with his wife, Alicia, 82. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12433 Exoskeletons, once science fiction, are now a commercial reality. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12427 The FBI has admitted that they did not break even a single terrorist plot using the powers granted by the Patriot Act. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12428 Josh Duggar, one of the stars of the reality TV show about America’s most-famous large family, has acknowledged molesting underage girls as a teenager. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12436 Uber has tested its first autonomous car. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12430 Famous feminist Gloria Steinem led a group of women's activists on a very rare crossing from North Korea into South Korea. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12434 After vigorous debate and intense last-minute pressure by Republican leaders, the U.S. Senate on Saturday rejected legislation that would curb the government’s bulk collection of phone records. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12421 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Three weeks after Baltimore’s top prosecutor announced charges against the six police officers involved in the controversial arrest of Freddie Gray, a grand jury has now indicted all six officers. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12394 Senator and presidential candidate Rand Paul (R-KY) gave a 10-1/2 hour speech yesterday against extending provisions of the Patriot Act that permit collection of billions of phone call records. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12384 U.S. and Cuban negotiators held another round of talks in Washington to restore full diplomatic relations as part of President Obama’s decision to end the decades-old standoff with the island nation. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12396 Google Fiber is apparently pushing automatic fines to subscribers who engage in piracy. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12386 Boy Scouts of America president Robert Gates called for an end to the controversial gay ban against troop leaders while addressing the organization's annual meeting. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12395 David Letterman retired, "with self-mockery and a little mush," as the New York Times put it. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12383 Columbia professor Donald Green retracted his co-authored article in Science magazine about how in-person pollsters can change opinions on gay marriage because the study was fake. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12385 A grand jury has indicted Douglas Hughes (the man who landed a gyro-copter on the lawn of the US Capitol) on six charges. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12377 Amazon has expanded its Prime Now one hour deliveries to include groceries and meals. While currently limited to New York City, the service is expected to expand. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12392 Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical, is considering having an IPO for the company. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12387 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Islamic State militants reportedly captured the ancient Syrian town of Palmyra as Syrian officials evacuated citizens and scrambled to keep priceless antiquities from falling into terrorist hands. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12370 1,433 men, a stunning number—including 261 high-profile individuals—are under investigation for child sex abuse in Great Britain. Tom Watson was the Labour MP whose claims made in the Commons, that there was a paedophile network linked to parliament, triggered a Scotland Yard investigation. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12372 Hackers acquired the data for 1.1 million CareFirst members. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12355 The legislature of Nebraska has voted to abolish the death penalty. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12369 Google is fixing an issue with its Google Maps search function, which currently leads people to the White House if they search for variations of the n-word with the word 'house.' http://www.infobitt.com/b/12371 North Korea claimed it can now miniaturize nuclear weapons—a key step toward building nuclear missiles—as U.S. analysts and officials suspected they were trying to do. But the U.S. was skeptical. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12353 Google search results now show Tweets. This new integration of Twitter will display actual tweets, including photos contained in them. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12364 The U.S. Justice Dept. said five global banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, were fined $5.7 billion, and four pled guilty for rate rigging. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12352 The first update for the Apple Watch has been released. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12363 [dupe] The Los Angeles City Council voted on Tuesday to increase the minimum wage in the nation's second-largest city to $15.00 an hour by 2020 from the current $9.00. http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Officials said a Norwegian cruise ship that departed Boston ran aground in Bermuda. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12341 The Los Angeles City Council voted to increase the minimum wage in the nation's second-largest city to $15.00 an hour by 2020 from the current $9.00. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12339 The U.S. government charged six Chinese nationals with economic espionage, saying they stole secrets from two companies that develop technology often used in military systems. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12337 Former Clinton White House adviser Sidney Blumenthal was subpoenaed to testify next month before the House committee investigating the 2012 Benghazi attack. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12344 The Transportation Department said a major Japanese maker of automotive air bags has agreed to nearly double the scope of its recall, making it one of the largest in U.S. history. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12340 Baby spiders reportedly rained down on an Australian town. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12342 A federal judge has rejected the State Department’s proposal to wait until next January to release over 50,000 emails written by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12335 Canada and Mexico are readying trade sanctions against the United States after they won a meat labeling dispute on Monday, increasing pressure on the U.S. Congress to scrap the laws. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12334 According to police, Mineral Wells, Texas, was hit by a powerful tornado, causing "extensive damage." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12343 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

An avalanche of mud and debris swept over an alpine town in western Colombia, killing at least 52 people in a flash flood and mudslide triggered by heavy rains. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12323 The FTC has warned that RadioShack's sale of customer data might be unlawful. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12314 Republicans rallied to pass a bill giving the White House fast-track authority, as Democrats opposed to free trade launched a filibuster to prevent debate on the bipartisan initiative. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12310 Waco police arrested 192 people following biker-gang violence that left nine people dead yesterday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12300 Elián González, who spent months with his Florida relatives as a Cuban child at the center of an international custody dispute, said in an interview broadcast that he would like to visit the U.S. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12327 Ocean microbes could influence the atmosphere, according to a new study. This new finding could alter how climate models are produced and interpreted, as well as our understanding of climate change. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12326 Syrian President Bashar Assad has been using chlorine bombs against rebel forces over the past several weeks, and America's military is not enforcing President Obama's 'red line' warning. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12294 An Indian woman, who was sexually assaulted and left in a vegetative state for more than 40 years, died, in a case that sparked national debate over the legalization of euthanasia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12325 Starbucks, which operates more than 7,000 shops in the United States, announced a deal to work with Spotify, the subscription streaming service, to produce playlists for its stores. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12324 BBC reporters were arrested and detained in Qatar for reporting on World Cup workers. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12299 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Nine were killed in a gunfight between rival biker gangs at a restaurant in Waco, Texas—about 150 to 200 members from five biker gangs were on the scene. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12289 The official Republican view of the Iraq War has certainly swayed: it was judged a mistake by most of the would-be GOP presidential candidates. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12278 Pope Francis has canonized two nuns from 19th century Ottoman-ruled Palestine in hopes of encouraging Christians across the Middle East who are facing persecution from Islamic extremists. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12281 1,450 Blue Bell Creameries workers have been laid off. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12280 BASE jumpers Dean Potter, 43, and Graham Hunt, 29, were killed in an attempt at a wingsuit flight from a 7,500-promontory called Taft Point. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12290 Nine states in so-called Tornado Alley reportedly saw 28 tornadoes, with flash flooding, destroyed homes, flipped cars, and other damage. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12279 Microsoft will be taking over the updates for Windows 10 devices, rather than having a fragmented update system. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12286 Microsoft has announced that users of non-genuine versions of Windows will not get free upgrades to Windows 10. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12287 Microsoft has released a preview of Graph Engine. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12288 Police and tribesmen said hundreds of police personnel, soldiers, and tribal fighters fled Ramadi after the Islamic State captured one of the last pro-government holdouts in the Iraqi city. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12283 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

14 people have been killed at a hotel shooting in Kabul, Afghanistan. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12229 Some Starbucks mobile app users in the U.S. say that hackers are using the program to siphon money from their credit cards as well as bank and PayPal accounts. http://www.infobitt.com/b/1222 An Iraqi immigrant who has been described as a former U.S. military translator was arrested by federal agents for allegedly lying about pledging allegiance to the leader of Islamic State. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12233 Taxi drivers swarm the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario to protest Uber, snarling traffic between the old and new city hall buildings in an effort to kick the car and limousine service out of the city. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12230 Canada's New Democrats, which stormed to victory in a provincial election in Alberta, overtake Liberals in a national poll. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12231 The failure of Secret Service bosses to report an incident in which two agents drove into a White House bomb-threat stems from the agency's culture in which lower-ranking staff fear retribution. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12228 42% of US bee colonies died off in the 12-month period that ended last month. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12212 Harry Shearer, the voice of many characters, such as Mr. Burns and Ned Flanders, announced his departure from The Simpsons. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12211 Police are opening a criminal investigation into a deadly fire at a slipper factory in the Philippines that has resulted in the deaths of at least 72 people. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12209 The US House has passed a bill to end bulk data collection. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12220 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Wal-Mart Stores will test a new unlimited shipping service for online shoppers this summer that will be priced below Amazon's $99 per year Prime service. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12203 A government official said Malaysia has turned away a boat with more than 500 Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis after providing them with fuel and provisions. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12206 Asked repeatedly in recent days whether he would have supported an Iraq invasion based on what is known now, Jeb Bush has replied “Yes,” “I don’t know,” or refused to answer, depending on the venue. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12204 Nigeria's President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, stated he would not intervene or take sides in the choice of the Senate leadership. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12201 Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair stated that the international communities have confidence on Nigerian President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12199 It has emerged that, in a 2005 letter, Prince Charles urged Tony Blair's government to consider the culling of badgers; this was rejected, but today the letter is scandalizing environmentalists. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12205 The U.S. Commerce Department reported retail sales were flat in April. Consumers cut back on big-ticket purchases, even as import prices declined for the tenth straight month. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12187 In the small African country of Burundi, Maj. Gen. Godefroid Niyombare said on the radio, "President Pierre Nkurunziza is removed from office," sparking celebrations in the streets among protesters. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12186 A Nigerian-born Briton, Chuka Umunna, will run for UK Labour Party leadership. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12200 The 'Venom' vulnerability threatens most data centers, making it a bigger problem than the infamous 'Heartbleed.' http://www.infobitt.com/b/12191 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Amtrak train 188 from Washington DC to New York City crashed in Philadelphia this evening, injuring at least 50 of as many as 240 passengers. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12181 Could Harriet Tubman replace Andrew Jackson on the twenty-dollar bill? http://www.infobitt.com/b/12180 Senior officials from a South Korean spy agency said North Korea’s defense minister has been executed by antiaircraft fire for disloyalty and showing disrespect to dictator Kim Jong Un. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12182 The U.S. Pacific Command announced that a military helicopter has gone missing while participating in rescue efforts in Nepal after the devastating earthquake in late April. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12178 A second, semi-official super PAC is being formed to help Hillary Clinton, and, in an unusual twist, has announced plans to coordinate with the Democratic presidential frontrunner's campaign. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12183 A strong earthquake hit Japan in the same region devastated by a major quake and tsunami in 2011. Authorities said there was no risk of a tsunami this time. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12179 Another earthquake strikes Nepal near Mount Everest. Measured at 7.3, with shockwaves felt as far away as New Delhi, it has resulted in the deaths of over 40 people and injured over a thousand. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12166 The UK's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is hiring hackers to attack terrorist networks. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12172 Colleagues of murdered Russian opposition leader, Boris Nemtsov, published a report detailing the participation of Russian troops in the war in Ukraine—a report that may explain the assassination. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12168 MIT has developed an algorithm to remove window reflections from pictures. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12176 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

According to the findings of a large international study, an antibiotic-resistant "superbug" strain of typhoid fever has spread globally, driven by a single family of the bacteria, called H58. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12162 The US Department of Interior granted permission to Shell Oil to perform exploratory oil drilling in Alaska's Chucki Sea, a rich oil deposit long sought by the oil industry. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12163 Eurosceptic Conservative MPs demand major concessions when David Cameron renegotiates Britain's EU membership. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12145 According to a new report, thousands of people arrested by Baltimore police over the past three years have been turned away from the city's jail because their injuries are too severe. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12143 Russia and China have agreed not to launch cyberattacks on each other. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12152 George Zimmerman has been shot at in an apparent ongoing feud in central Florida. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12161 Google said that its self-driving cars have been involved in 11 accidents over six years. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12160 Reports from the Philippines show Typhoon Noul has killed two people and has forced approximately 3,400 to evacuate to shelter. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12144 The NFL suspended New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for the first 4 games of the 2015 season as a punishment against the organization for its actions in the "Deflategate" scandal. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12158 Journalist Seymour M. Hersh is asserting that the Obama administration lied about certain details relating to Osama bin Laden's death. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12139 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Cuban President Raul Castro visited Pope Francis at the Vatican and said he was so impressed by the pontiff that he was considering returning to the Catholic church. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12128 Boats carrying more than 500 members of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim community washed ashore in western Indonesia. They warned that thousands more are believed to be stranded at sea. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12134 Three suspects were arrested after two police officers were shot and killed during a traffic stop in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12127 Newer solid state drives (SSDs) can lose data over time if left without power. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12132 China has witnessed a religious revival over the past decades, with an especially large increase in Christians, who now account for 5 percent of the population. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12131 Hoping to shore up a weakening economy, China said that it would cut benchmark interest rates for the third time in five months, by 0.25%, to 5.1%. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12129 South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has voted Mmusi Maimane as leader, making him the first black person to head the traditionally white party. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12135 Shortly after the most recent election, the UK government is pushing the return of the "snoopers" charter. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12133 In Switzerland, a 36-year-old Swiss man shot and killed his wife, from whom he was separated, as well as his father-in-law, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law, and then he killed himself. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12130 A 30-second video shows a white principal chastising members of a graduating class who were leaving in the middle of a speech, saying, "Look who's leaving—all the black people." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12137 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

A US Appeals Court says the NSA's bulk collection of phone records is illegal. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12061 U.S. federal scientists say global levels of carbon dioxide, the most prevalent heat-trapping gas, have passed a daunting milestone of 400.83 parts per million. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12068 New research suggests that children who survive a measles infection remain vulnerable to other potentially deadly infections for as long as two or three years after having the measles. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12084 A 20-year-old—politics student Mhairi Black—became the U.K.'s youngest lawmaker since 1667, ousting one of the opposition Labour Party's top figures in the process. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12085 An analysis of Census data by Enterprise Community Partners has revealed that over a quarter of U.S. renters use at least half of their household's income to pay rent. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12083 Saudi Arabia and the United States announced a five-day, renewable cease-fire in Yemen’s war to allow aid to reach millions of civilians caught in a humanitarian crisis from the conflict. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12067 Iran has released the Maersk Tigris, a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship, whose seizure in the Strait of Hormuz last week had raised tensions with Iran. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12065 Freightliner, a subsidiary of the automotive giant Daimler, has unveiled the first road-legal self-driving truck. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12069 Researchers at the University of Trento in Italy found that spiders sprayed with a solution containing 300-nanometer-wide graphene particles found a way to work the graphene into their silk. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12082 Windows 10 will not have the famous 'Patch Tuesday' as patches will be a steady stream regardless of the day of the week. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12076 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Controversial Canadian Anti-Terror Bill C-51 passes in the House of Commons. http://infobitt.com/b/12058 The City of Chicago will pay a total of up to $5.5 million to dozens of people tortured by the city's police in the 1970s and 1980s along with other reparations. http://infobitt.com/b/12050 Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the U.S. "can't do a damn thing" to harm Iran's nuclear facilities and that Iran would not hold nuclear talks when the U.S. is threatening military action. http://infobitt.com/b/12039 A watchdog group says conflicts and violence around the world have displaced a record 38 million people inside their own countries. http://infobitt.com/b/12053 Severe storms spawned tornadoes and brought flooding and heavy winds to Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. Tornado damage has already been reported southwest of Oklahoma City. http://infobitt.com/b/12059 Endangered yellow-crested cockatoos were stuffed into 1.5L plastic bottles and packed into travel bags in an attempt to smuggle them out of the Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, Indonesia. http://infobitt.com/b/12056 A House bill is aimed at stopping warrantless spying on Americans. http://infobitt.com/b/12049 Errol Brown, lead singer of the pop and disco group Hot Chocolate, is dead, age 71. He fronted the group from the late Sixties through the early Eighties. http://infobitt.com/b/12057 Businesses added just 169,000 jobs in April, according to payroll processor ADP, while economists had expected 198,000. http://infobitt.com/b/12037 Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot suspected of deliberately flying a German airliner into the French Alps, appears to have tried to rehearse the fatal dive during an earlier flight on the day of the crash. http://infobitt.com/b/12036 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

The U.S. Senate passed a budget plan today, after the House passed the plan last week. This is not a spending bill but only a GOP budget road map, so push-back might still occur later. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12028 Scientists have discovered the earliest known ancestor to modern birds. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12031 Hillary Clinton took a clear stand in favor of a path to "full and equal citizenship"—what Republicans call "amnesty"—while speaking in Las Vegas. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12029 Astronomers have found a galaxy older and more distant than any spotted before: light we're seeing left the galaxy 13.1 billion years ago, just 670 million years after the Big Bang. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12030 A magnitude-7.4 earthquake has hit off the coast of Papua New Guinea, causing a small tsunami. There has been no report of injuries or major damage to infrastructure. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12016 NASA’s new 10-engine drone is half chopper, half plane. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12021 A black man and a woman—Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina—have put their hats in the ring for the Republican presidential nomination. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12023 The union representing Ontario, Canada’s 73,000 public elementary school teachers and occasional teachers says it will take strike action as early as May 11. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12020 Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has announced his 2016 White House bid. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12027 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has appointed Senator Leo Housakos as the new Speaker of the Senate. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12019 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Hillary Clinton agrees to testify on Capitol Hill later this month about the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, and about her email practices during her tenure as Secretary of State. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12011 Two men opened fire into a Texas crowd at a Muhammad cartoon event Sunday night and were immediately shot dead by a police officer. One security guard was wounded. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11990 The government of Nepal is asking foreign search-and-rescue teams to wrap up operations now that the chance of finding survivors buried by last month’s earthquake has largely passed. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11994 An organization of Israeli soldiers known as “Breaking the Silence” released a report detailing how Israeli soldiers killed civilians in Gaza last summer. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12009 Afghan government officials and Taliban militants are now in their second day of meetings in the gulf state of Qatar, and for once neither side denied that the sessions were taking place. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12008 A rare African plant seems to grow only on top of kimberlite pipes—columns of volcanic rock hundreds of meters across that extend deep into Earth, exhuming diamonds from the mantle. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11993 Ottawa is to pay an Inuit land-claim group more than $250 million to settle a long-standing lawsuit and improve training for Inuit to enter the territorial civil service. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12010 Italy rescues almost 6,800 migrants in the Mediterranean during a huge weekend operation. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11984 Protesters clash with police after footage emerged last week of an Ethiopian Israeli in an army uniform being beaten by police. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11986 Carly Fiorina, the former HP CEO, has announced her candidacy for the presidency. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11996 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Hotel booking scams are costing Americans up to $220 million each year. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11978 A Dallas suburb is on lockdown after a contest for cartoon depictions of Prophet Mohammed ended in a shooting. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11979 The findings of the federal probe into the rogue closure of George Washington Bridge lanes in 2013 appear to have put New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the clear. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11969 Thousands of people took to the streets of Baltimore on Saturday; anger dissipated after six police officers faced criminal charges. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11967 A magnitude-3.9 earthquake struck just outside Los Angeles today. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11975 Nearly 3,700 migrants were rescued from boats near the coast of Libya on Saturday and early Sunday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11973 An under-water volcano may be erupting 300 miles off the coast of Oregon. There is no tsunami threat. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11970 Kashmiri Pandits staged a protest in New Delhi demanding setting up of a commission to probe the “genocide” which led to their exodus and to take them into confidence before rehabilitating. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11977 An official said three survivors have been found in a mountainous village in Nepal, several days after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck the country. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11974 Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey and husband of Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook died suddenly overnight at age 47. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11966 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Scientists reported that a Colorado dog last year caused the largest outbreak of pneumonic plague in the United States since 1924. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11911 Blue Origin, a startup space company owned by Amazon.com chief Jeff Bezos, launched its first experimental suborbital spaceship test flight from Texas. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11910 A Nepal teenager has been rescued from the rubble five days after the earthquake. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11912 A Canadian federal fraud investigator has been suspended without pay after she leaked documents showing investigators had to cut people off their employment insurance benefits in order to meet quotas. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11915 A prisoner who was in the van with Freddie Gray, whose death in police custody led to the Baltimore riots, said Gray was "intentionally trying to injure himself" by "banging against walls." http://www.infobitt.com/b/11894 Ford is recalling more than 591,000 vehicles in North America for four separate problems, including possible broken bolts that could make steering more difficult. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11914 Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in 15 years last week. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11895 World Health Organization officials announced that German measles (Rubella) has officially been eliminated from North and South America. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11896 A court in northwest Pakistan has sentenced 10 men to life in prison for attacking education campaigner Malala Yousafzai in 2012. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11892 The NFL draft for 2015 has begun and the #1 pick was Florida State's Jameis Winston, who led the Seminoles to a 2013 national championship. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11913 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

Throughout the day, protests of the death of a black man in the custody of Baltimore police have erupted across the country (AP). http://www.infobitt.com/b/11886 In the wake of the Baltimore riots, Hillary Clinton has made an impassioned speech where she addressed Race and Justice. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11883 A Russian spacecraft that is tumbling around the Earth after it malfunctioned en route to the International Space Station could remain in orbit for more than a week before crashing down to Earth. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11885 At 10 p.m. last night, a curfew went into effect in Baltimore, and rioters were at work; but 15 minutes later, police began dispersing them, and most were gone within minutes. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11865 Samsung has taken the lead from Apple in smartphone sales. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11881 Telstra's accelerator program is targeting Southeast Asian startups. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11877 Internet Explorer's SmartScreen Filter feature will enforce new rules against misleading advertising starting on June 1st. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11876 Certain wrist tattoos cause sensor troubles for the Apple Watch. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11871 The U.S. GDP slowed to a crawl—a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 0.2%—in the first quarter of 2015. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11867 DHL is exploring drone technology. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11882 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

President Obama condemned looters and those who started fires in Baltimore on Monday saying they "should be treated like criminals". http://www.infobitt.com/b/11861 More looting was reported Tuesday morning, after a night of chaos and rioting that prompted the National Guard to be called in to restore order. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11815 More than 4,600 people are dead; more than 9,000 were injured; and eight million people were affected across Nepal following Saturday's earthquake. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11857 Iranian forces fired at a cargo ship exercising the right of innocent passage through the Strait of Hormuz, and the US Navy responded with a destroyer and aircraft. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11818 Supreme Court justices broke along familiar ideological lines as they considered whether same-sex couples enjoy a constitutional right to marry. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11850 Congress has introduced a bill to end bulk NSA surveillance. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11823 Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a blunt self-described socialist, will jump into the 2016 presidential campaign on Thursday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11862 The Mayor of Baltimore says her remark, "we gave those who wished to destroy space to do that," was not intended to incite violence. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11847 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

The Baltimore protests have turned violent: Seven police officers have been injured. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11805 German car manufacturer Audi says it has created the "fuel of the future" made solely from water, carbon dioxide and renewable sources. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11804 An inquiry ordered by UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has concluded Israel is responsible for Gaza strikes on UN schools and shelters. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11808 Two self-portraits by Francis Bacon are going on public display for the first time after being rediscovered in a private collection, before being sold. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11810 Japan Prime Minister Shinzō Abe begins his US tour with a visit to Boston. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11807 The death toll has risen above 4,000 following Saturday's massive earthquake in Nepal, as the desperate search for survivors continues. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11783 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will meet U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at a U.N. anti-nuclear weapons conference to discuss the Iranian nuclear deal. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11786 Facebook has added Messenger video calling. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11791 The Clinton Foundation's chief executive, Maura Pally, said the nonprofit was working quickly to fix mistakes in how it disclosed donors, acknowledging the foundation had made some errors. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11784 WordPress has released a security update after a hijack vulnerability was exposed. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11789 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

The death toll in Nepal from Saturday's catastrophic earthquake has jumped to at least 2,263. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11758 Despite an international outcry, Indonesia says it will execute 10 convicted drug offenders within 72 hours. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11766 The New York Times reports Russian hackers who gained access to the White House computer system last year were able to read President Obama's unclassified emails. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11779 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' opens to a massive $201.2 million at box offices around the world, and is expected to earn north of $200 million in the US opening next week. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11778 Fast & Furious's "Furious 7" has recently topped $1.32 billion in global earnings this weekend, pushing it ahead of Frozen’s $1.27 billion total. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11777 The billionaire co-founder of Tim Hortons, Ron Joyce, is on the receiving end of a civil suit alleging he sexually assaulted his sometime lover four years ago. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11776 Dan Fredinburg, a Google engineer, was killed in the Everest avalanche. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11769 Police in Winnipeg, Canada are searching for a “person of interest” in the brutal murders of two street people on the weekend. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11775 More than 1,000 demonstrators have taken to the streets of Baltimore in one of the biggest protests the city of 620,000 has seen over the death of a black man in police custody. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11746 The sales of the Apple Watch were muted because it was available only from a small number of "upscale boutiques and department stores"—not even Apple's own stores. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11762 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

A senate bill has been introduced to extend the Patriot Act. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11657 Hillary Clinton refused to privately testify about her email before the Senate Benghazi committee. As the investigation may continue until 2016, her campaign accused Republicans of playing politics. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11667 Bishop Robert Finn became the first bishop sanctioned by a Roman Catholic pope for covering up priestly child abuse or pedophilia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11666 Workers across Russia started a strike against unpaid wages, which according to the Russian statistical service, rose on April 1 to about 2.9 billion rubles (US$56 million), a 15% increase over the previous year. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11649 Female marines are getting a fighting chance to become infantry officers, if physical standards are lowered for them. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11665 Police kill more whites than blacks – in absolute terms – but 49 percent of those killed by officers from May 2013 to April 2015 were white, while 30 percent were black. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11663 The arrest of Navinder Singh Sarao for causing the 2010 Flash Crash is spooking investors. As billionaire Mark Cuban said, how could "one random guy...impact billions of market value in seconds"? http://www.infobitt.com/b/11664 Six Baltimore Police officers were suspended with pay as investigators inquire how 25-year-old Freddy Grey died from severe spine injuries after being arrested. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11640 According to the FBI, law enforcement has become a target for hacktivists. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11651 Saudi Arabia has resumed air strikes against Yemen less than 24 hours after announcing that it was halting its aerial bombing campaign after “achieving its military objectives.” http://www.infobitt.com/b/11641 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt