Monday, May 1, 2017

Pool party gunman called ex-girlfriend during deadly rampage

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Pool party gunman called ex-girlfriend during deadly rampage

Pool party gunman called ex-girlfriend during deadly rampageSAN DIEGO (AP) — A gunman distraught over a recent breakup calmly reclined in a pool chair as he shot strangers at a birthday party and phoned his ex-girlfriend so she could hear the gunfire and screams of terror, San Diego police said Monday.


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Quake near Canada border jolts Yukon, southeast Alaska

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Quake near Canada border jolts Yukon, southeast Alaska

Quake near Canada border jolts Yukon, southeast AlaskaANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A major earthquake in northwest British Columbia shook up communities in nearby Alaska and Yukon Territory but caused no apparent damage.


The Latest: Protesters at St. Olaf reach deal with college

The Latest: Protesters at St. Olaf reach deal with collegeNORTHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on protests against racist incidents at St. Olaf College (all times local):


Police set ablaze at May Day demos and more: May 1 in photos

Police set ablaze at May Day demos and more: May 1 in photosFrench CRS anti-riot police officers are engulfed in flames as they face protesters during a march for the annual May Day workers’ rally in Paris; Looking At Lee gets a bath outside Barn 38 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.; and, An attendee photographs fashion displays during the ‘Rei Kawakubo/Commes Des Garcons: Art of the In-Between’ during the The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Spring 2017 exhibition.


Reality Star Takes Mel B's Side Against Estranged Husband She Claims Assaulted Her

Reality Star Takes Mel B's Side Against Estranged Husband She Claims Assaulted HerNicole Contreras is the mother of Stephen Belafonte's 12-year-old daughter.


Video Shows Cops Confronting Pool Party Gunman 'With a Beer in One Hand and a Gun in the Other'

Video Shows Cops Confronting Pool Party Gunman 'With a Beer in One Hand and a Gun in the Other'Seven people were shot in the chaos, one fatally.


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Quake on Canada-Alaska border jolts faraway lawmakers awake

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Quake on Canada-Alaska border jolts faraway lawmakers awake

Quake on Canada-Alaska border jolts faraway lawmakers awakeANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A magnitude-6.2 earthquake near the Canada-Alaska border jarred people awake, including lawmakers in the state capital, and set off a series of aftershocks, including a magnitude-6.3, officials said.


Puerto Ricans protest on May Day as debt deadline nears

Puerto Ricans protest on May Day as debt deadline nearsSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Thousands of protesters blocked roads and marched in Puerto Rico's capital Monday to vent their anger over a decade-long economic crisis and looming austerity measures.


Violence scars France's pre-election May Day marches

Violence scars France's pre-election May Day marchesTraditional May 1 union marches turned violent in France on Monday and presidential election frontrunner Emmanuel Macron attacked far-right rival Marine Le Pen, highlighting the divisions six days before the runoff. Six police officers were hurt in clashes in Paris between masked youths throwing molotov cocktails and riot police who responded with tear gas, as tens of thousands of union activists took to the streets for May Day demonstrations. In a feisty speech, Macron told thousands of his supporters he would defend "free democracy" if voters choose him on Sunday after Le Pen had urged voters to reject "the world of finance, of arrogance, of money as king" she said her opponent embodied.


Vice President Mike Pence admits Trump's tax plan could increase deficit

Vice President Mike Pence admits Trump's tax plan could increase deficitDonald Trump’s proposed tax plan could increase the national deficit, his Vice President Mike Pence has admitted. The White House has released a one-page outline of their tax plan, which includes proposals to cut the business tax rate to 15 per cent, eliminate the estate tax and the alternative minimum tax, and reduce the number of tax brackets from seven to three.


Insanely Easy Weeknight Dinners To Try This Week

Insanely Easy Weeknight Dinners To Try This WeekEvery week, we're delivering five easy-to-make, insanely delicious dinners, so you can put that takeout habit on hold.


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Strawberry Kit Kats Have Arrived

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Strawberry Kit Kats Have Arrived

Strawberry Kit Kats Have ArrivedThis is not a drill.


13 Super Speedy Snacks For Kids

13 Super Speedy Snacks For Kids


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May Day around the world: Holiday marked with defiant rallies for workers rights

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May Day around the world: Holiday marked with defiant rallies for workers rights

May Day around the world: Holiday marked with defiant rallies for workers rightsWorkers and activists marked May Day around the world Monday with defiant rallies and marches for better pay and working conditions.


This app is about to become every iPhone user’s new addiction

This app is about to become every iPhone user’s new addiction

There’s something about polls that are endlessly fascinating to humans. It doesn’t make much sense, but we as a species really, really like to record our feelings, opinions, and stances in every possible way, even if it’s something that really doesn’t have any actual meaning whatsoever. Treeo, a new app that bills itself as “addictive emoji voting” squeezes that little part of our brains until it practically bursts, and there’s a good chance you could lose some serious time

As the name implies, the core mechanic of Treeo is a three-option polling system that forces you to decide how you feel about the specific options. It could be as simple as choosing which of three really awesome looking vacation destinations fits your taste the best, or deciding how you feel about three different outfits. But rather than just pick your favorite, you have to choose between the three emoji options — typically ranging from great, which might be a thumbs-up emoji, to awful, like a poop emoji, along with a third option somewhere in between.

You drag the circular image of the choices to the emoji that matches, according to you, and your vote is then logged. Immediately after you vote, you get to see a breakdown of exactly how everyone else voted, with percentages showing how close you were to the average or how completely absurd your opinion actually is. It’s extremely easy to grasp, and there’s really no barrier to entry or learning curve, you just open the app, vote, and view results.

But the real fun of Treeo is less about your own voting habits and more about seeing how your friends have voted. On the post-voting results screen you can scroll down to see how other people you’ve connected with on the app also voted, which really makes the whole exercise feel very, very personal. Finding out which guy (or gal) celebrity your friends find the most attractive, their favorite obscure 80s band, or what their dream car is can be a pretty enlightening experience, and the option to comment on friends’ votes makes it a much more social experience than you’d initially expect.

Of course, if you really want to embrace Treeo’s most addictive feature, you can create your own polls, where you pick a category, choose the options, and assign the emojis you want the voters to use. It’s very simple and you can whip up a poll in a matter of seconds. It’s one of the app’s best features, but it’s also where there could be potential for abuse — think “hot or not” mixed with a hefty helping of adolescent bullying, for example. It’s not a deal-breaker, but it’s something Treeo’s creators would do well to monitor to ensure things don’t go off the rails.

Treeo is free to download, and is live right now on the App Store.

Disclosure: BGR Editor-in-chief Jonathan Geller is an investor.


Health Benefit of Cayenne Pepper

Health Benefit of Cayenne PepperCayenne pepper is more than a flavor enhancer, it has a bunch of health benefits too. Did you know this capsaicin-rich vegetable can help relieve pain or help you lose weight? Watch the video to learn more.


Donald Trump could be forced to reveal tax returns under New York Democrats plan

Donald Trump could be forced to reveal tax returns under New York Democrats planDemocrats in Donald Trump’s home state have come up with a plan to try and force him to release his local tax returns. The bill introduced in New York’s Senate and Assembly would require the state to release five years of state tax information for any president or vice president who files a New York state return. The AP said that while the return would not include all the details contained on his federal return, it would be a way of providing at least some information on an issue on which Mr Trump has been utterly opaque.


Elon Musk teases future plans at TED talk

Elon Musk teases future plans at TED talkElon Musk paused while chatting about his series of potentially world-changing endeavors to say he isn't in it to provide salvation. It was during a talk on Friday at a prestigious TED Conference in Vancouver, where the tech entrepreneur was discussing his ventures building electric cars and trucks, rockets, a newly launched tunnel-boring company and even dabbling with super-fast mass transit. "I'm not trying to be anyone's savior," Musk said while discussing colonizing Mars and other dreams.


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U.S. Congress negotiators set spending plan to avert shutdown, bolster defense

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U.S. Congress negotiators set spending plan to avert shutdown, bolster defense

U.S. Congress negotiators set spending plan to avert shutdown, bolster defenseBy Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiators in the U.S. Congress reached a deal late on Sunday on around $1 trillion in federal funding that would avert a government shutdown later this week, while handing President Donald Trump a down payment on his promised military build-up. The full House of Representatives and Senate must still approve the bipartisan pact, which would be the first major legislation to clear Congress since Trump became president on Jan. 20. The funds, which should have been locked into place seven months ago with the start of fiscal 2017 on Oct. 1, would pay for an array of federal programs from airport and border security operations to soldiers' pay, medical research, foreign aid, space exploration, and education.


Mob in India lynches two Muslims over suspected cow theft

Mob in India lynches two Muslims over suspected cow theftA mob in India beat to death two Muslims who were accused of trying to steal cows for slaughter, police said on Monday, the latest incident in a surge of violence blamed on hardline Hindu groups. Some Hindu groups are demanding a ban on the slaughter of cows, which many Hindus regard as sacred.' Activists have been making their demands more vociferously since Prime Minister Narendra Modi, of the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, came to power in 2014. About 20 people attacked the two Muslim youths, beating them with sticks, after they were accused of plotting to steal cows.


What parents can do in cases of student sex assault

What parents can do in cases of student sex assaultWhat can parents do if they believe their child has been the victim of sexual abuse at school? Here's advice from Adele Kimmel, a senior attorney at the Washington, D.C., nonprofit organization Public Justice who is an expert on school bullying:


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N. Korea warns of nuclear test 'at any time'

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N. Korea warns of nuclear test 'at any time'

N. Korea warns of nuclear test 'at any time'North Korea warned Monday that it will carry out a nuclear test "at any time and at any location" set by its leadership, in the latest rhetoric to fuel jitters in the region. Tensions on the Korean peninsula have been running high for weeks, with signs that the North might be preparing a long-range missile launch or a sixth nuclear test -- and with Washington refusing to rule out a military strike in response. A spokesman for the North's foreign ministry said Pyongyang was "fully ready to respond to any option taken by the US".


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