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A few weeks ago, as Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Nate Silver admitted that his data-driven site, FiveThirtyEight, "got the Republican race wrong."

Silver's post, which was discussed here, was something of a mea culpa. But it pointed to a slew of external factors ostensibly out of Silver's control and which he rationally could not have predicted. (The short of it, according to Silver, was that three assumptions had gone wrong.)

But in a new post on FiveThirtyEight on Wednesday... Читать дальше...

George Zimmerman said Wednesday he had succeeded in auctioning off the gun he used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Seizing new fuel for his appeal to Donald Trump's critics, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson has joined forces with another former Republican governor to strengthen his Libertarian presidential bid.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Seizing new fuel for his appeal to Donald Trump's critics, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson has joined forces with another former Republican governor to strengthen his Libertarian presidential bid.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Seizing new fuel for his appeal to Donald Trump's critics, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson has joined forces with another former Republican governor to strengthen his Libertarian presidential bid. William Weld, who served two terms as the Republican governor of Massachusetts in the 1990s, will announce plans Thursday to seek the Libertarian Party's vice presidential nomination, Johnson confirmed in a Wednesday interview with the Associated Press. The pair met privately... Читать дальше...

National security leaker Chelsea Manning is appealing her 2013 court-martial conviction for sending classified material to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks while serving as an Army intelligence analyst in Iraq.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Police in riot gear clashed with thousands of protesters trying to reach the headquarters of Venezuela's electoral body Wednesday to demand a referendum to recall unpopular President Nicolas Maduro.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Police in riot gear clashed with thousands of protesters trying to reach the headquarters of Venezuela's electoral body Wednesday to demand a referendum to recall unpopular President Nicolas Maduro.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Police in riot gear clashed with thousands of protesters trying to reach the headquarters of Venezuela's electoral body Wednesday to demand a referendum to recall unpopular President Nicolas Maduro.

Intelligence Chairman Sen. Richard Burr has work to do to convince tech giants such as Apple

WHITE MARSH, Md. (AP) — Maryland authorities say an Oregon man was injured after he jumped from a construction site crane and his parachute failed to fully deploy.

Tesla Motors Inc said it would offer $2 billion of stock to help finance the accelerated launch of its new Model 3 electric sedan.

Viacom Inc.’s board voted Wednesday to stop paying 92-year-old controlling shareholder and Chairman Emeritus Sumner Redstone, according to a source familiar with the matter. Viacom had cut the total pay of its billionaire chairman, who also owns a majority stake in CBS, by 85 percent to $2 million last year. Redstone remains chairman emeritus, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the pay cut. A representative for Viacom could not be reached for comment.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Bakers are asking state lawmakers to make it easier for them to mass produce an Italian-American treat.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Bakers are asking state lawmakers to make it easier for them to mass produce an Italian-American treat.

The state Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to pass legislation that would create a special wine biscuit license allowing bakers to buy up to 2,000 gallons of wine a year from wholesalers. Chef Richard Miscovich first encountered the biscuits when he moved to Providence to teach at Johnson and Wales University's College of Culinary Arts and lead its bakery and pastry department. A lobbyist who represents liquor stores said the bill is one of several efforts to chip away at Rhode Island's "three-tiered system" regulating alcohol producers... Читать дальше...

A seven-year-old from northern California who donated his hair to a cancer charity has sadly been diagnosed with aggressive stage four cancer. Vinny Desautels grew out his hair for two years before cutting it to give to “wigs for kids with cancer” “I want to help people so they don’t have to go to the doctors to fight cancer.” he said. He has recently been diagnosed with the devastating disease himself. Fox40 reports: Thirteen inches of hair gone with the snip of some scissors. “And then everyone got excited when mom cut the ponytails off. Читать дальше...

Neal Duckworth

Security, Americas

The Edward Lin espionage case highlights America's human vulnerabilities.

It was recently made public that U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin was arrested by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service on September 11, 2015, and is in pretrial confinement charged with passing secrets to a foreign government, patronizing prostitutes and committing adultery (the latter being a crime under military law). Lin pleaded not guilty, and it has not been revealed whether Lin passed... Читать дальше...

Ai Weiwei at Alcatraz, Haines Gallery Director Cheryl Haines says it is “refreshingly easier putting together a gallery exhibition” of the Chinese artist and activist’s work. After closing the gallery for six weeks to make Ai’s suggested renovations, including a longer, uninterrupted wall to showcase his 40 famous “Study of Perspective” photos in which he gives the middle finger to various iconic world landmarks, Haines Gallery reopened in April with Ai Weiwei: The captivating multimedia selection... Читать дальше...

Alphabet announces a new home assistant and messenger service that will be powered by Google Assistant, an artificially intelligent chatbot.

Alphabet announces a new home assistant and messenger service that will be powered by Google Assistant, an artificially intelligent chatbot.

Alphabet announces a new home assistant and messenger service that will be powered by Google Assistant, an artificially intelligent chatbot.

WACO, Texas (AP) — An examination of Waco police records over a five-year period found more allegations of violent incidents involving Baylor football players who were not charged, appeared to face little or no discipline from the team even though coaches and administrators knew about the allegations and that some documents were shielded from public view by officers, ESPN reported Wednesday. Records obtained by ESPN also showed that Waco police have kept open for four years a sexual assault investigation... Читать дальше...

As the father appeared in court on charges of murdering his wife and the child she was pregnant with, the medical examiner assigns an age to the youngest victim.