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{ "text": [ "LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A senior cleric at an influential Islamic seminary in northern India has issued a religious decree saying that Muslim women should not watch men playing soccer.\nMufti Athar Kasmi said that watching men \"playing with bare knees\" violated the tenets of Islam and was forbidden for women. Kasmi is cleric at Darul Uloom, Asia's largest Sunni Muslim seminary in the northern town of Deoband.\nThe cleric also lashed out at the men who allow their wives to watch football even on television.\n\"Do you have no shame? Do you not fear God? You let her watch these kinds of things,\" he said in his sermon Friday.\nKasmi's decree comes even as the Sunni Muslim kingdom of Saudi Arabia allowed women in to watch matches in soccer stadiums earlier this month.\n\"Why do women need to watch these football matches? What they will gain by looking at footballer's thighs. Their attention will be on that only and they will even miss the scores,\" Kasmi said.\nDarul Uloom, located in Uttar Pradesh state, is a more than 150-year-old seminary that teaches Sunni Hanafi jurisprudence. The Islamic seminary's rigid interpretation of Islam is the ideological foundation for many hard-line religious groups including the Taliban movement in Afghanistan.\nAbout 13 percent of India's 1.3 billion people are Muslim and the majority of them are Sunni but the country's secular constitution ensures that decrees such as Kasmi's have no legal force.\nOn Tuesday a Muslim women's rights activist in the northern city of Lucknow decried the decree.\n\"It implies that Muslim women should not watch any athletic event, tennis matches or swimming championships. How it can be immoral for a woman to watch men playing sport?\" Sahira Nasih said.\nRecently the seminary issued a fatwa asking Muslim women not to visit beauty salons or wear tight clothing." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's Supreme Court has disqualified a lawmaker from the ruling party for five years after finding him guilty of threatening judges in a speech last year.\nIn Thursday's decision, the court also sentenced Nehal Hashmi, of the Pakistan Muslim League, to one month in prison.\nThe decision came a day after Hashmi apologized over his May 2017 speech, in which he threatened judges for ordering a corruption probe against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. In the speech, he said once the judges retire, \"we will make your life and (the lives of) your family members miserable.\"\nIn July 2017, the Supreme Court disqualified Sharif from office for concealing assets.\nSince then, Sharif himself has castigated judges for ousting him from power, but has faced no legal action over his speeches." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "NEW YORK (AP) — The New Yorker magazine says it has cut ties with its well-known political reporter Ryan Lizza for alleged sexual misconduct.\nA New Yorker spokeswoman said Monday that the magazine recently learned Lizza had \"engaged in what we believe was improper sexual conduct.\" A CNN spokeswoman says Lizza will not appear on the cable news network, where he is a contributor, while it looks into the matter.\nLizza says in an emailed statement that the magazine's decision was a \"terrible mistake\" and that he is \"dismayed\" that it was characterizing a \"respectful relationship with a woman I dated as somehow inappropriate.\"\nLizza is known for a memorable interview with Anthony Scaramucci , in which the former White House communications director bashed colleagues in vulgar language. Scaramucci was ousted shortly afterward." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "\"The new law, if implemented, would make us consider cancelling all our activities in Serbia,\" read a letter by Phillip Haussmann, head of German publishing giant Klett, that was sent to Serbia's then-prime minister and now president, Aleksandar Vucic, in 2015. The letter was arguing against legislation to reform Serbia's costly textbook system.\nHaussmann argued that if Klett were to leave Serbia, hundreds of jobs would be lost, which would send a bad signal to other investors. He also reminded Vucic of an earlier conversation that he supposedly had in Stuttgart, in which the Serbian leader is said to have promised to amend the law.\nRead more: Balkan's medical system gripped by endemic corruption\nAt the time, then-Education Minister Srdjan Verbic put forth legislation to allow teachers to pick their textbooks every four years instead of every year. He also wanted to introduce fixed prices. In addition to that, Verbic wanted to put an end to the practice of publishers — Klett most of all — trying to win over teachers with expensive gifts and trips. It wasn't unusual to influence educators by giving them a tablet \"for schoolwork\" or to invite them to textbook presentations in exotic locales.\nKlett is believed to account for roughly half of the €50 million ($58 million) worth of textbooks sold in Serbia every year, largely because it has been acquiring Serbian publishers.\nGerman EU parliamentarians involved\nHaussmann's letter was brought to light last week through research conducted by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN). Trade Minister Rasim Ljajic also recently confirmed that he was approached about the issue by Germany's ambassador to Serbia at the time.\nAt the request of Klett, German EU-parliamentarian David McAllister sent a letter to the EU committee in Belgrade's parliament. \"I was told that the planned change of law could potentially violate the laws of free competition,\" McAllister clarified in writing when asked.\n'I'm not crazy'\nFormer Education Minister Verbic said there were massive \"pressure, threats and intimidation attempts\" from some publishers. He made a statement in February 2016 to the Anti-Corruption Agency that was sent to the general prosecutor, who decided five months later that the publishers didn't break any laws.\nRead more: Lost in Belgrade: Iranian refugees head to Serbia as tourists\nKlett boss Haussmann said that his company always stayed within the law and merely wanted to make its position heard. \"That is hardly ever as necessary as it was in Serbia,\" Haussmann told BIRN. \"But I definitely didn't threaten anybody, since I'm not crazy.\"\nThe original law made it through parliament in September 2015. But the changes called for by the publishers weren't far behind. In Serbia's 2016 elections, Vucic's Serbian Progressive Party won a large majority and Verbic lost his post as education minister.\nIn February of this year, his successor attended a Klett textbook presentation together with Prime Minister Ana Brnabic. In April, the contested law was changed. Now teachers can request that students purchase new textbooks every year again — and they are officially allowed to accept \"small\" gifts, but there's no definition for what counts as small.\nParents under pressure\nMany parents in Serbia struggle to afford the high costs of new textbooks. Students and parents are expected to pay for them out of their own pockets, and one set can cost up to €200, depending on which publishers' offer a teacher accepts.\nRead more: New Vibes by teenagers and for teenagers in southern Serbia\nThat's a lot for a country in which four out of five workers make less than €400 per month after taxes. And with textbooks changing from year to year, older children can't pass down their books to their younger siblings.\n\"Maybe it was my political inexperience, but I was deeply disappointed by the European officials I talked to about the textbook law,\" Verbic told DW. \"Instead of focusing on education, they were always talking about 'foreign investments' and 'free markets.' That wasn't normal for me.\"\nHe believes the initial legislation was a good opportunity to reign in textbook prices. \"But apparently, that can't be done,\" Verbic said. \"In the end, the law that was rated good by all independent institutions was replaced with a new one that these institutions find unacceptable.\"\nIt's not the first time that laws in Serbia were likely altered after lobbying by German business interests. Government critics claim that in 2014, labor laws were changed to appease Western European investors who find cheap labor in Serbia and receive high subsidies from the state." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices jumped in February as buyers are fiercely competing over a dwindling number of homes for sale.\nThe S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index released Tuesday jumped 6.3 percent in February from a year earlier, matching December's increase, which was the largest in nearly three years.\nSteady job gains and an increase in millennials moving out on their own has ramped up competition for homes. February's price gain far outpaces average increases in wages or inflation.\nMany Americans are reluctant to sell their homes as mortgage rates rise, preferring to renovate instead. Others are holding onto their homes because there fewer properties available. That's kept supply tight: The number of homes for sale fell 7.2 percent in March from a year earlier to just 1.67 million." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli legal rights group says it is suing two New Zealanders it credits with convincing the pop singer Lorde to cancel her performance in Israel.\nShurat HaDin said Wednesday it filed the suit in a Jerusalem court on behalf of three Israeli concert ticket holders. The group says the lawsuit intends to give \"real consequences to those who selectively target Israel and seek to impose an unjust and illegal boycott against the Jewish state.\" The three Israelis are seeking about $13,000 in damages.\nLorde announced late last year she was canceling her planned June 2018 concert in Tel Aviv. The two New Zealanders — one Jewish, one Palestinian — had appealed to the singer in an open letter to \"join the artistic boycott of Israel.\"" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison in connection with a bank fraud scheme that involved a former star on the \"Property Wars\" reality TV show.\nProsecutors say 44-year-old Veronica Castro also was ordered Monday to pay more than $1 million in restitution.\nCastro previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud along with co-defendant Scott Menaged, the former TV program star.\nMenaged in December was sentenced to 17 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $33 million in restitution to banks and more than 200 investors.\nMenaged owned and operated furniture stores in the Phoenix metro area. Castro was a longtime employee.\nProsecutors say Castro helped Menaged create fake credit applications and receipts to submit to banks and conceal the fraud." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "DALLAS & SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global technology and specialty materials company, will showcase its broad engineered materials product portfolio at Chinaplas 2018, Asia’s largest plastics trade fair, held in Shanghai April 24-27 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center.\n“With more than 50 years of technical and manufacturing expertise, Celanese is a trusted development partner and first-choice solution source globally, with one of the world’s broadest thermoplastics portfolios on the market,” said Mark Oberle, senior vice president, Europe and Asia. “Expanding through recent acquisitions and polymer innovations, Celanese has further strengthened its leadership position in the engineered materials market to become a global elastomers and nylon compounding provider as well.”\nAt Chinaplas, Celanese will present four new polymer innovations at its stand in Hall 7.2 Booth #D35 to further demonstrate the Art of Material Selection. The four new polymer innovations will include:\nLow-Emission Hostaform® XLE POM: offers more than 100 times reduction in formaldehyde emissions over standard POM (acetal copolymer) and allows parts suppliers and original equipment manufacturers to meet strict formaldehyde-emission guidelines, such as GB/T 27630, for automotive interior components. Low-Odor Celstran® XLE LFRT: provides superior odor and VOC emission performance and allows for the use of long-fiber enhanced thermoplastics in large automotive parts without significantly increasing overall odor or VOC levels of vehicle interiors. Celapex™ ultra high flow PEEK: addresses injection molding processing issues typically associated with PEEK. The Celanese solution enables molding of thin wall, intricate parts and long flow length components at lower injection pressure and lower melt temperature and enhances part making productivity at lower conversion cost as well as simplifies mold design. Zenite® SEA Series: improves high-end compact camera modules in portable devices with less particle, good dimensional stability and mechanical properties enabling thin wall design, molding consistency and productivity.\nWhile at Chinaplas, Celanese will provide customers with insight into its solution-centric customer approach with the main focus at the booth on the Celanese “Innovation Station” which highlights three key areas: Innovative Polymers, Innovative Solutions and Innovative Services. Key customer themes will include Automotive Engineering, Enabling Electrification, Structural Lightweighting, Low Emissions, Appearance Harmony, Future Connectivity, Smart Home, and Green Life.\n“As customer needs diversify, Celanese is well positioned within China -- as well as the greater Asia region -- to meet the demanding technical requirements of consumer and industrial customers,” said Kevin Wu, vice president and managing director, Greater China and Korea. “The need for our customers to rapidly develop products for their customer base is ever increasing; and that’s why partnering with Celanese can provide a competitive advantage when bringing new and innovative products and applications to market.”\nFor more information, visit the Celanese Chinaplas stand in Hall 7.2 Booth #D35 or go to https://celanese.com/Tradeshows/2018/chinaplas-2018.aspx.\nAbout Celanese\nCelanese Corporation is a global technology leader in the production of differentiated chemistry solutions and specialty materials used in most major industries and consumer applications. Our businesses use the full breadth of Celanese's global chemistry, technology and commercial expertise to create value for our customers, employees, shareholders and the corporation. As we partner with our customers to solve their most critical business needs, we strive to make a positive impact on our communities and the world through The Celanese Foundation. Based in Dallas, Celanese employs approximately 7,700 employees worldwide and had 2017 net sales of $6.1 billion. For more information about Celanese Corporation and its product offerings, visit www.celanese.com or our blog at www.celaneseblog.com .\nAll registered trademarks are owned by Celanese International Corporation or its affiliates.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423006252/en/\nCONTACT: Celanese\nInvestor Relations:\nSurabhi Varshney, +1 972-443-3078\[email protected]\nor\nMedia Relations – Global:\nW. Travis Jacobsen, +1 972-443-3750\[email protected]\nor\nMedia Relations Asia (Shanghai):\nHelen Zhang, +86 21 3861 9279\[email protected]\nor\nMedia Relations Europe (Germany):\nJens Kurth, +49(0)69 45009 1574\[email protected]\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES ASIA PACIFIC NORTH AMERICA CHINA TEXAS\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: MANUFACTURING CHEMICALS/PLASTICS\nSOURCE: Celanese Corporation\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/23/2018 06:00 PM/DISC: 04/23/2018 06:01 PM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423006252/en" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A UCF football player may have to choose between continuing to play college football and building his brand on YouTube.\nSophomore kicker Donald De La Haye said in a video he may have to decide whether to remain with the Knights football team or pursue his passion as a YouTube personality after meeting with the school's compliance office last week. He could be violating NCAA rules by receiving money from the advertising revenue off his YouTube videos that chronicle his life as a college student and as a college football player.\nDe La Haye has nearly 56,000 subscribers on YouTube and his latest video detailing his battle to keep his channel going had 113,042 views as of Wednesday afternoon. YouTube pays video creators a percentage of the ad revenue profits.\nDe La Haye, who could not be reached for comment on Wednesday, discussed his dilemma in his most recent YouTube video posted on Monday.\n\"Some people upstairs aren't happy with my videos and they like I'm in violation of NCAA rules and whatnot,\" De La Haye said in the video. \"I don't understand but who am I to say what is in the rulebook and what is not.\"\nThe school released a vague statement Wednesday, leaving it unclear whether De La Haye can continue publishing his videos.\n\"UCF athletics is committed to rules compliance,\" the statement read. \"Our compliance staff strives to make sure our student-athletes are informed about all pertinent NCAA bylaws.\"\nA person with knowledge of the situation said that De La Haye was not told in last week's meeting that he has to discontinue making the video. The person was told the meeting was the first in a series of discussions that the player will have with the compliance office. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because details of the meeting with De La Haye have not been publicly released.\nThe NCAA referred all comments to UCF, saying that it has not received a waiver from the school in regards to the matter.\nNCAA rules prohibit student-athletes from profiting from their likeness or status as student-athletes because it violates amateur guidelines. NCAA bylaw 12.4.4 regarding self-employment states a student-athlete may establish his or her own business, provided the student-athlete's name, photograph, appearance or athletics reputation are not used to promote the business.\nDe La Haye, a marketing major, said in that video posted Monday that he created the channel as a way to further his career. He went on to say it is means to make a little extra money, money the Costa Rica native said his family needs.\n\"Basically, I'm not allowed to make any money off my YouTube videos,\" he said. \"So I'm working hard — basically like a job filming, editing, creating ideas — and I'm not allowed to make any money. And if I do bad things will happen.\"\nDe La Haye, who seems to have a huge personality in the videos he creates, begins the video discussing his dilemma and an impending meeting with a school compliance worker in between taking bites of a hamburger. With a use of a time lapse element, later in the 10:39 video he discusses the meeting with the compliance worker and he says he is disappointed with the decision he believes he must now make.\n\"I feel like they are making me pick between my passion and what I love to do, make videos, entertain and be creative and my other passion playing football,\" said De La Haye, a kickoff specialist who appeared all 13 of the Knights games last season. \"I've really got some decisions to make and not a lot of time to make those decisions.\"\n___\nMore college football: http://collegefootball.ap.org" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays honored the victims of Monday's deadly van attack, and the first responders who rushed to the scene of the tragedy, with a brief tribute before Tuesday night's game against the Boston Red Sox.\nPlayers from both teams stood in front of the dugouts as Toronto police officers and two paramedics stood between second base and the pitching mound and were introduced to cheering fans. Following a video message and a moment of silence, a group of high school students sang the national anthems.\nA blue banner reading \"#TORONTOSTRONG\" was hung from the second deck in center field, and similar signs were hung on the wall behind home plate.\nTen people were killed and 14 injured when a driver plowed a rented van into a on along a crowded sidewalk. It was the worst mass killing in Canada since Dec. 6, 1989, when a man shot 14 women at the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal before turning the gun on himself.\nBlue Jays manager John Gibbons called news of Monday's attack \"brutal,\" while Red Sox manager Alex Cora said \"it makes you sick just to think about it.\"\nCommissioner Rob Manfred, who happened to be in Toronto on Tuesday, said Major League Baseball was \"devastated\" by the events.\n\"You were in our thoughts all day yesterday and will remain there for some time,\" Manfred said about two hours before the first pitch. \"I hope that maybe our game tonight will provide a little bit of the beginning of a healing process that will be important for this city.\"" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "LAS VEGAS (AP) — A court error publicly revealed the name of a man identified as a person of interest in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.\nClark County District Court Judge Elissa Cadish acknowledged that a member of her court staff failed to black out the man's name on one of 276 pages of documents released to news organizations including The Associated Press and Las Vegas Review-Journal.\nAfter the error was recognized, lawyers for the news organizations were told to return the documents. The attorney representing AP and other media did so, but the other lawyer had already transmitted the documents and the Review-Journal published Douglas Haig's name online.\nCadish later ordered the document not be published without redactions, but she acknowledged she couldn't order the newspaper to retract the name.\n\"The reality is, now that it is online, there is nothing I can do,\" Cadish said.\nThe unsealed search warrants in the investigation of the Oct. 1 shooting that killed 58 people revealed Haig as a person of interest authorities spoke to after the shooting. Haig told AP he sold ammo to Paddock and that he had been contacted earlier by investigators in the case.\nA spokeswoman for the FBI in Las Vegas declined to comment and referred calls to the U.S. attorney in Nevada. A spokeswoman for the federal prosecutor's did not immediately respond to messages.\nReporters at the AP never received the document with Haig's name, but the news organization used the name based on the Review-Journal's reporting citing police documents.\nBrian Barrett, AP's assistant general counsel, said the news organization might have viewed it differently if reporters received the documents before the court asked them to be returned.\n\"Once truthful information is in the hands of journalists there are strong First Amendment protections that apply and would allow them to publish,\" Barrett said.\nMichael Parks, journalism professor at the University of Southern California, said if he were in his former position as editor of the Los Angeles Times, he might ask about the origin of documents but wouldn't engage in prepublication censorship if the source was legitimate.\n\"You can't unring the bell. ... It was a mistake, but it's out,\" Parks said. \"Journalists are not in the business of suppressing news. ... We publish it.\"\n___\nMelley reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press reporter Anita Snow contributed to this report from Mesa, Arizona." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "PARIS (AP) — Rattling through the first two rounds of the French Open without losing a set leaves more time for PlayStation for Naomi Osaka.\nAnd should the next big thing in Japanese tennis turn up late for her next match, it could well be because she lost track of time plugged into her console. Who needs the sights of Paris when you have \"The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim\" to distract you? (\"It's OK you don't know it,\" she kindly told a middle-aged journalist).\n\"It's sort of consumed my time a little bit,\" the 20-year-old Osaka said Wednesday after reaching the third round at Roland Garros. \"Literally, if I have 30 minutes then I'll just sit there and I might be a little bit late. Like I'll spend 35 minutes and then I'm like, 'Oh my God, it's 30 minutes past,' and then I have to rush out the door. So if I'm ever late to anything, you know why.\"\nThe French Open marks the first time Osaka has been seeded at a major (at No. 21). That billing and her debut title on tour earlier this year, when she tore through a high-powered field to win at Indian Wells, mark out Japan's top-ranked woman as a player to watch in this first week when many struggle to find their feet on the red clay of Paris but others make it their home.\nOsaka, who also reached the third round at her first French Open in 2016 only to lose to a qualifier in straight sets in the first round last year, said she is concentrating less on the surface than on trying to win her first Grand Slam.\n\"In my mind, it's not really clay,\" she said. \"I just focus more on the tennis part, rather than making up excuses of what the surface is and how my play style isn't suited for it.\"\nOsaka's third-round opponent is Madison Keys, an American seeded 13th. Keys beat Osaka in both of their previous matches. If Osaka has her way, next time will not only produce a different outcome but be quick, too — because she hopes to spend as little time as possible on the tournament grounds.\n\"I'm only here if I have to be, to be honest,\" she said. \"When I was younger I used to love walking around and just experiencing the atmosphere. But now, like, I just sort of think of this as my job. So it's like clocking in and clocking out.\"\nThose she beat on her way to the Indian Wells title in March included five-time major winner Maria Sharapova and top-ranked Simona Halep. At her next tournament, in Miami, she then overpowered Serena Williams, her tennis idol in childhood, 6-3, 6-2 in the first round.\nShe started traveling with her games console from that point on.\n\"Sometimes I'm really bored in my room and I feel like I really want to play,\" she said. \"That's why I started bringing it.\"" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas executes Dallas man for killing an ex-girlfriend while on parole for his estranged wife's slaying." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--Extech Electronic Co. (EEC) is blowing out the birthday candles as the industry-leading innovator of electrical testing equipment celebrates its 40 th anniversary. This year, the company marks four dynamic decades of proudly ensuring the quality of electrical equipment while protecting the safety of manufacturing workers and consumers worldwide. Wherever electrical products are used, there is a need for technologies that allow manufacturers to exceed the highest quality and safety standards and pass those benefits on to their customers. In recognition of this landmark occasion, EEC is sharing its rich history while forging a new course for the future.\nRevolution and Evolution\nEEC is commemorating this milestone with several transformative advances that will enhance brand awareness and expand its business in exciting new directions, all with a focus on improving customer satisfaction. EEC is kicking off the celebration with the launch of the www.eecextech.com website, aiming to inspire customer engagement through a modern, user-friendly online platform that integrates social media and direct engagement. The company is also striving to advance the EEC user experience through multi-language support for its feature-rich solutions.\nOver its 40-year history, EEC has placed an emphasis on delivering superior products and technologies. The company will continue to explore new horizons to enhance its product lines in both electrical safety testers and AC power sources. This year, EEC will revolutionize its approach by shifting to a solution-oriented focus, bringing a myriad of game-changing solutions to multiple industries. This transformation draws upon four decades of experience creating testing solutions for components that drive and array of outstanding multinational brands such as Apple, Dyson, Panasonic, and others.\nSharing Experience\nForty years in the industry has yielded an unmatched pool of knowledge that EEC aims to share through its EEC Service Program. Manufacturers will gain unprecedented access to the company’s expertise in general electrical safety, testing instrumentation and equipment, and testing standards, while EEC provide advanced training on state-of-the-art industry applications and technology. Consulting services along with hardware specifications are now fully customizable to meet the individual needs.\nSince its founding, EEC has established a global presence across 40 countries, and now the company is extending its reach even further with EEC Everywhere. This strategic shift marks an aggressive expansion from direct to indirect sales, opening the door to more distributers and greater service coverage than ever before. As a result, customers can expect almost unlimited availability and unprecedented response times for their requests, enhancing overall customer satisfaction.\nThe Best is Yet to Come\nLooking ahead to an exciting future, EEC remains committed to the highest standards of quality and safety. EEC invites customers old and new to see where the next 40 years take it as the company continues to work with the leading international test laboratories such as UL, TUV, and others to deliver best possible products, solutions, and services for a safe and satisfying electrical life.\nMore information about EEC visit: www.eecextech.com.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005537/en/\nCONTACT: Extech Electronics Co.\nSasha Wang, +886-2-21653066 #2201\nJason Hung, +886-2-21653066 #2217\[email protected]\nKEYWORD: ASIA PACIFIC TAIWAN\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENERGY ALTERNATIVE ENERGY OTHER ENERGY TECHNOLOGY OTHER TECHNOLOGY\nSOURCE: Extech Electronic Co.\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/23/2018 10:00 PM/DISC: 04/23/2018 10:00 PM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005537/en" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University is turning to a hard-nosed former governor and alumnus to right the ship following scathing criticism over former doctor Larry Nassar's ability to molest young female athletes for decades under the guise of medical treatment.\nJohn Engler, 69, led the state for a dozen years from 1991 through 2002. After leaving office because of term limits, he directed business groups in Washington, D.C.\nThe board of trustees will name Engler the school's interim president at a public meeting on Wednesday, a week after Lou Ann Simon's resignation, according to a high-ranking university official involved in the deliberations. The official spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity before the public vote occurred.\nThe selection was welcomed by allies who said Engler is tenacious, not afraid to ruffle feathers and can steer his beloved \"green and white\" Spartans through the tumult. He will also have to shake up a culture that critics say led to the university turning a blind eye to victims of Nassar for years. The board will search for a permanent president as Engler navigates mounting investigations, civil lawsuits and a public relations crisis.\n\"The victims can hopefully rest a little better knowing they've got John Engler to straighten the ship. He earns respect. He commands respect,\" said Dan Pero, who was Engler's first chief of staff in the governor's office. Engler will listen, he said, yet also not be afraid to make tough decisions — having done so when he first won the governorship and, facing a large budget deficit, pushed through cuts to welfare, state mental hospitals and the arts.\n\"Lord knows there will be many decisions that will need to be made at the school that will upset people,\" Pero said. \"With change comes pushback. But ultimately with change comes better times.\"\nThe choice already is coming under criticism in some quarters — including from Rachael Denhollander, the first victim to go public against Nassar after she read an Indianapolis Star investigation of how USA Gymnastics handled sexual abuse allegations against coaches.\nOn Facebook, she called Engler a \"deep political insider\" at a time Michigan State needs outside accountability. She later softened her words, saying she hopes that \"despite his close ties, he will act with leadership and integrity.\"\nThough the board of four Democrats and four Republicans is expected to unanimously back Engler on the same day Nassar's third and final sentencing hearing begins, other Democrats questioned the appointment of the polarizing conservative known for his hardball negotiating tactics.\n\"John Engler is not known as somebody who is a real uniter,\" said Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Brandon Dillon. \"I think it's going to be very difficult for him to do that. But in the interest of not only the university but all of the survivors of Dr. Nassar's abuse, he's going to really have to step up and do things a lot differently than he's done in the past.\"\nThe five at-large faculty members of the university's steering committee, which is involved in academic governance, said they urged trustees in a private meeting Monday to not \"rush\" and appoint a former governor with no academic leadership experience. They said they recommended that the interim president be a woman with experience devising and implementing anti-sexual harassment and sexual abuse programs.\nAs governor, Engler helped to overhaul school funding and was a strong advocate for charter schools. He gained a reputation as an excellent political strategist in his 32 years in the Legislature and governor's office.\nIn college, he joined with another Michigan State University student to write a paper for a Michigan politics class on how he could win a state House seat then held by an incumbent. Engler took that paper, recruited another agricultural economics major to run his campaign and won at age 21.\nTwenty years later, he narrowly defeated Democratic Gov. Jim Blanchard in an upset.\nPolitical observers say Engler's job at Michigan State, which could last up to a year depending on how quickly the board brings in someone else, may be his toughest task yet. State Sen. Margaret O'Brien, who is working on legislation as a result of the Nassar scandal, said she expects him to \"clean (the) house of those who must go.\"\n___\nFollow David Eggert on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DavidEggert00 . His work can be found at https://apnews.com/search/David%20Eggert ." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli troops killed a 16-year-old Palestinian during a confrontation with stone-throwers in a West Bank village.\nThe ministry says Laith Abu Naim was killed Tuesday by a shot to the head.\nThe Israeli military had no immediate comment.\nMayor Faraj al-Nasan says an Israeli military patrol entered the village of Mughayer and that local teens started throwing stones at troops. Al-Nasan says the soldiers were in military vehicles and there was no threat to their lives when one of them opened fire.\nThe teen's death brought to 18 the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in confrontations since President Donald Trump's Dec. 6 recognition of contested Jerusalem as Israel's capital. An Israeli man was killed in a Palestinian shooting attack earlier this month." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with Sudan's president, who is accused of genocide by the International Criminal Court, on the sidelines of the African Union summit on grounds of \"operational necessity,\" the United Nations said Monday.\nU.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters that operational necessities allow the U.N. chief to meet with President Omar al-Bashir \"from time to time\" on issues such as the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur and the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the oil-rich Abyei region that is disputed between Sudan and South Sudan.\n\"That doesn't obviate the need, of course, for respect of the International Criminal Court,\" Haq said.\nAl-Bashir is accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur during fighting since 2003.\nSudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour told local media that Guterres praised the efforts by Sudan's government to achieve peace in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan during Sunday's meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.\nAsked whether that was true, Haq said that \"it's typical for member states to have their own characterizations of meetings.\"\n\"When we talk about meetings ... it's not about praise or about compliments. It's about results,\" he said.\nHaq was also pressed on whether there has been a change in the policy under former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of keeping contacts with individuals indicted by the International Criminal Court to an absolute minimum.\n\"The policy has not changed,\" Haq said.\nIn December, ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda accused some of the court's members, including Jordan, Uganda and Chad, of undermining the tribunal's \"reputation and credibility\" by refusing to arrest al-Bashir.\nShe also criticized the U.N. Security Council, saying it has failed to take action against al-Bashir and others accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur — or to act against nations that fail to carry out arrests." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "BARWON HEADS, Australia (AP) — Scotland-based American Beth Allen shot a 6-under 67 Thursday to take the first-round lead at the Vic Open, the opening event on the Ladies European Tour season.\nCheyenne Woods, niece of Tiger Woods, was a stroke behind Allen. Camilla Lennarth of Sweden shot 69 and was in third place while veteran Laura Davies shot 71.\nNew Zealander James Anstiss and Australian David Bransdon led a PGA of Australia Tour men's event being held concurrently with the women's tournament. They shot 64 and led by one stroke.\nWoods, who won the 2014 Australian Ladies Masters, was unable to fit in a practice round on either of the Beach or Creek layouts in use for the tournament after her clubs missed a connection in Los Angeles.\nThey did not arrive at the clubhouse until late Wednesday afternoon.\n\"I just took a nap and I relaxed yesterday and it was great,\" said Woods. \"After such a long travel day (it) forced me to rest.\"" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to keep open the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, marking a formal reversal of his predecessor's eight-year effort to shut it down.\nTrump made it clear during his campaign that he wanted Guantanamo to remain open and to \"load it up with some bad dudes,\" but he has not yet sent a new detainee to the facility.\nThe order, which Trump signed Tuesday night just before delivering his first State of the Union address, says the U.S. maintains the option to detain additional enemy combatants at the detention center in Cuba when lawful and necessary to protect U.S. national security. It requires the defense secretary to recommend criteria for determining the fate of individuals captured by the United States in armed conflict, including sending them to Guantanamo.\n\"Terrorists who do things like place bombs in civilian hospitals are evil,\" Trump said. \"When possible, we have no choice but to annihilate them. When necessary, we must be able to detain and question them. But we must be clear: Terrorists are not merely criminals. They are unlawful enemy combatants.\"\n\"In the past, we have foolishly released hundreds and hundreds of dangerous terrorists only to meet them again on the battlefield, including the ISIS leader, al-Baghdadi, who we captured, who we had, who we released,\" he said, referring to Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.\nThe office of the Director of National Intelligence said in its most recent report on the subject that about 17 percent of the 728 detainees who have been released from Guantanamo are \"confirmed\" and 12 percent are \"suspected\" of re-engaging in militant activities.\nBut the vast majority of those re-engagements occurred with former prisoners who did not go through the security review that was set up under President Barack Obama. Trump's order says this review process would continue to be used to determine whether detainees should be held.\nPractically, not much is expected to change with Trump's new order, said Lee Wolosky, who was Obama's special envoy at the State Department for closing Guantanamo.\n\"But as a symbolic matter, it changes a great deal because the two presidents before him were trying to close Guantanamo because they recognized that it was a detriment to our national security,\" he said. \"Symbolically, it reaffirms his interest in perpetrating a symbol that has greatly damaged the United States.\"\nEuropean allies, Muslim leaders and other critics have been vehemently opposed to how detainees have been held at Guantanamo for decades without charge.\n\"I have no doubt terrorist groups like ISIS will applaud Trump's announcement that it is now the formal policy of the United States to detain Muslims forever without charge in an offshore prison,\" said attorney J. Wells Dixon of the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights.\nHe said militants will continue to use it to recruit new members. \"Keeping Guantanamo open is politically expedient but exceedingly stupid no matter how you look at it.\"\nThe detention center, which President George W. Bush opened after Sept. 11, 2001, reached a maximum population of about 680 in the summer of 2003. Bush transferred about 500 out before he left office. Obama transferred 197 detainees out, leaving 41, including five cleared for release.\nTrump also asked Congress to make sure that in the fight against the Islamic State group and al-Qaida, the United States has necessary power to detain terror suspects \"wherever we chase them down, wherever we find them.\" That was an apparent reference to current war powers, written years ago, that some argue do not cover the fight against the Islamic State." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The tough final climb up the Cauberg hill has been cut from this year's Amstel Gold Race cycling classic, with organizers saying the move should create a more open race.\nClimbing specialists often wait until the short but steep Cauberg shortly before the finish line to make their move in the race that passes through the rolling hills of Limburg province.\nRace director Leo van Vliet says he now hopes \"to create a more open race, which leads to more potential winners and the attacking riders will have more chance.\"\nFans of Dutch climbs will still get the chance to see riders going up the Cauberg - the racers have to climb it three times during the April 16 event." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "MIAMI (AP) — Derek Jeter says that when his ownership group took over the Miami Marlins in October, he thought Giancarlo Stanton would be with the team in 2018.\nJeter says the Marlins traded Stanton because the National League MVP didn't want to be part of the franchise's rebuilding and instead wanted to move on.\nJeter says the deal with his former team, the New York Yankees, was the best one available to the Marlins, giving them much-needed financial flexibility while helping a weak farm system.\nThe Marlins' new CEO made his comments Monday shortly before Stanton held a news conference at baseball's winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, to discuss a trade being celebrated in New York but panned by beleaguered Miami fans.\n___\nMore AP baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) — A police witness said Monday that the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader met with an unidentified Korean American man on a Malaysian resort island four days before he was murdered, as the trial of two women accused of killing him resumed.\nIndonesia's Siti Aisyah, 25, and Vietnam's Doan Thi Huong, 29, are accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim Jong Nam's face in a crowded airport terminal in Kuala Lumpur last Feb. 13. They pleaded not guilty to murder charges when their trial began Oct. 2. The two are the only suspects in custody, though prosecutors have said four North Koreans who fled the country were also involved.\nChief police investigating officer Wan Azirul Nizam Che Wan Aziz told the court Monday that Kim flew from Macau to Kuala Lumpur last Feb. 6 and went to the northern island of Langkawi two days later. He said Kim met with the Korean American at a Langkawi hotel the next day, but he didn't know the man's identity and it wasn't related to the $138,000 in cash found in Kim's backpack when he was murdered.\nWah Azirul was responding to questions from Gooi Soon Seng, Aisyah's lawyer, who asked him to confirm a report by the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun that Kim had met in Langkawi with a U.S. intelligence agent who was based in Bangkok.\n\"Until now, the identity of the man is not known,\" Wan Azirul told the court. He said he could not remember the hotel name or whether the room was registered under Kim or the man, prompting a lashing from Gooi for his \"severe lapse of memory.\"\nWan Azirul said an analysis of Kim's laptop showed it was last used on Feb. 9. He said Kim returned to Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 12, a day before he was killed while waiting for a flight back to Macau.\nThe trial is to resume Tuesday.\nGooi has told reporters that Kim's killing was likely a political assassination because of involvement by the North Korean Embassy. A police witness has testified that a car used to take the North Korean suspects to the airport on the day of the murder belonged to the embassy. The court also heard that an embassy official met the suspects before they fled and facilitated their check-in at the airport.\nIf they are convicted, the two women could face the death penalty, but not if they lacked intent to kill. Defense lawyers say the women believed they were playing a prank for a hidden-camera TV show. Prosecutors contend the women knew they were handling poison.\nKim, the eldest son in the family that has ruled North Korea since its founding, had been living abroad for years after falling out of favor. It is thought he could have been seen as a threat to the rule of his half brother, Kim Jong Un. Malaysian officials have never officially accused North Korea of involvement in Kim's death and have made it clear they don't want the trial politicized." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "Players no longer will be penalized two shots for an incorrect scorecard if they were not aware of a rules violation when they signed their card.\nThe USGA and R&A also will no longer respond to most TV viewers' calls during the tournament.\nThe changes are part of a local rule effective Jan. 1.\nRescinding the scorecard penalty, famously applied to Lexi Thompson at the LPGA Tour's first major last April, is part of a broader standard for using video.\nThompson had a three-shot lead in the final round of the ANA Inspiration when a TV viewer noticed she had improperly replaced her golf ball on the green during the third round. She was penalized two shots for the infraction. Because that would have made her score two shots higher, she received an additional two-shot penalty for the scorecard error.\nThat became a four-shot penalty in the final hour of the tournament. Thompson rallied, but eventually lost to So Yeon Ryu in the first hole of a playoff.\nLeaders from all major tours and organizations began meeting later that month.\nThe USGA and R&A are leading a group of top officials who are modernizing the Rules of Golf. The proposal currently is under public review and expected to be effective in 2019. The two-shot scorecard error would have been eliminated under the proposed rules.\nThe USGA and R&A also said only video from the telecast — not smart phones or other video from fans — can be used as evidence of a violation. It also said it would make it tougher for fans to call in if they think they see a violation on TV.\nThe change also means each tournament will assign one or more officials to monitor the video broadcast and help identify any violations or rules issues that might arise.\nThe PGA Tour has done this from time to time, but found that it often loses the use of a rules official on the course as he sits in a room watching TV for a violation that is rare over the course of the year.\nAccording to the video review protocol for tournaments on TV, officials will not monitor or review any calls from views at home. That doesn't eliminate TV viewers from noticing violations — such as the incorrect drop by Tiger Woods at the 2013 Masters — but tournament officials will not have a method for fans to call, email or text.\nIn the case of the Masters, the viewer was a former rules expert who knew who to call at the course." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and allegations of an affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels (all times local):\n12:24 p.m.\nAdult film star Stormy Daniels, who allegedly had a sexual relationship with Donald Trump in 2006, has cancelled an upcoming television appearance on ABC's \"The View\" after fanning intrigue about her public denial of the affair.\nDuring a Tuesday appearance on ABC's \"Jimmy Kimmel Live!,\" Daniels cast doubt on whether she had signed or authorized a statement issued hours earlier denying that she had ever had an affair with Trump.\n\"That doesn't look like my signature, does it?,\" Daniels said on the show.\nOn Wednesday morning, both her lawyer Keith Davidson and her publicist Gina Rodriguez said that, despite her comments on Kimmel's show, Daniels had authorized and signed the statement in their presence.\nDaniels has not denied reports that she was paid by Trump's personal attorney to keep the affair quiet during the presidential campaign.\nAnyone looking for further clarification from Daniels may have to wait: on Wednesday, The View confirmed that she had pulled out of a planned Thursday appearance on the show.\n____\n2:00 a.m.\nAn adult film star who previously alleged an extramarital affair with Donald Trump now says in a statement the affair never happened.\nA lawyer for porn actress Stormy Daniels confirmed his client's statement Tuesday. Daniels' real name is Stephanie Clifford.\nClifford has been on a publicity tour in recent weeks amid news of the alleged 2006 tryst with the president. She is scheduled to appear Tuesday on ABC's \"Jimmy Kimmel Live!\" Her publicist hasn't answered questions about the statement.\nClifford has sought to tell her story before, in 2011 and again during the 2016 presidential campaign.\nThe Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month that Trump's personal lawyer brokered a $130,000 payment to Clifford in October 2016 to keep her from publicly discussing it.\nTrump's lawyer has denied any affair." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers have given final approval to a government proposal banning local ivory trading in the Chinese territory by 2021.\nLawmakers voted Wednesday in favor of amending the existing law to outlaw sales of ivory in Hong Kong, which researchers say is the world's biggest retail ivory market.\nThe proposal also includes significantly stiffer penalties for wildlife smuggling to deter black market sales.\nUnder the new law, the maximum sentence will increase to a 10 million Hong Kong dollar ($1.3 million) fine or 10 years in prison, up from the current two years.\nWildlife activists applauded the move, even as Hong Kong moves more slowly than Beijing. Mainland China banned ivory sales at the start of the year after shutting all carving factories and shops last March." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "SUNBURY, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania teacher has apologized for intentionally misspelling Hillary Clinton's name to emphasize the word \"liar\" in a sixth-grade student's letter.\nShannon Reinard tells The Daily Item her 11-year-old stepdaughter, Mary, asked Shikellamy Middle School teacher Benjamin Attinger for help writing the letter to the former presidential candidate. She wrote the letter and Attinger addressed it Hiliar Rodham Clinton.\nHer stepmom noticed the misspelling and in a voicemail the teacher said it was \"kind of a joke.\"\nThe Reinard family met with the teacher and school officials on Tuesday.\nShannon Reinard says the teacher apologized to the student.\n___\nInformation from: The Daily Item, http://www.dailyitem.com" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has shaken up a two-day visit to Nigeria with a stop at the New Afrika Shrine, a concert hall founded by the late music legend Fela Kuti.\nMacron also held talks with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on security in Africa's vast Sahel region as the extremist threat grows from groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State organization.\nMacron's visit to Africa's most populous nation ends Wednesday.\nHis visit to the New Afrika Shrine was for a launch event for the 2020 Season of African Cultures in France.\nMacron also is inaugurating an Alliance Francaise cultural center in Lagos and meeting young Nigerian entrepreneurs." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "NEW YORK (AP) — Iran's foreign minister tells AP that Iran will 'most likely' abandon nuclear deal if Trump pulls US out." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "LONDON (AP) — As Roger Federer was winning 35 consecutive service points at Wimbledon on Wednesday — yes, 35 in a row — a Centre Court spectator cheered him on while wearing a red shirt with white lettering that said, \"PeRFect.\"\nThe Swiss great comes pretty close to living up to that at times.\nFederer moved into the third round at the All England Club as he chases his record-extending ninth championship there, using close-to-impeccable serving to beat 73rd-ranked Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-4, 6-4, 6-1.\nThe 36-year-old Federer compiled 48 winners and just 11 unforced errors. He won 40 of 43 first-serve points, never faced a break chance, and delivered 16 aces.\n\"Sometimes your serve matches up better against certain players,\" he said. \"There's no doubt about that.\"\nTalk about an understatement.\nAt 4-3, 40-30, Federer hit a 118 mph ace to hold and start his roll that included the last five points he served in the first set, all 20 in the second, and then the first 10 of the third. By then, it was so dominant that one television announcer was moved to jokingly exclaim, \"Come on, double-fault!\"\nFederer did not oblige, but moments later, he did lose a point he served at 4-1, 30-love, when Lacko smacked a down-the-line backhand passing winner.\n\"I think (what's) important when you want to serve well is your point-for-point mentality, saying, maybe, 'The first point is as important as a break point,' so the concentration is the same,\" Federer explained. \"Trying to remember all the things you've done throughout the entire match — what has worked, what hasn't worked.\"\nVery little did not work on this day, and he's allowed his two opponents to collect a total of 17 games through six sets.\nVery little hasn't worked for him over the years at Wimbledon, even now that he's in his mid-30s.\nWednesday's result increased Federer's streak to 26 straight sets at Wimbledon, equaling his second-best run, which came in 2003-04. His best was a 34-streak sequence from 2005-06.\nA year ago, Federer became the first man since Bjorn Borg in 1976 to win the title at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament without ceding a single set.\nSo what, Federer was asked, makes him so successful on grass ?\n\"I don't know. I don't know,\" he began, before offering quite a list for someone who doesn't know.\n\"Maybe it's that it helps my slice. That maybe the footwork on grass comes easier to me than for other guys. I'm not sure. Then because I have a decent speed on the serve, and I can serve kick and slice. Maybe also the grass helps me just a little bit to get a few more free points than what it would on some other surfaces.\"\n___\nFollow Howard Fendrich on Twitter at http://twitter.com/HowardFendrich\n___\nMore AP tennis coverage: https://www.apnews.com/tag/apf-Tennis" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2018--CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), today announces the release of the CyberLink AI Style Plugin. The plugin works with CyberLink’s award-winning video editing software, PowerDirector 16, using artificial intelligence and deep learning to recreate artistic styles from the world’s most renowned artists, such as Van Gogh and Monet, and transform any original video into the artist’s style by using the strokes and color tones of a specific work of art.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005080/en/\n(Graphic: Business Wire)\nCyberLink’s AI Style Plugin is the world’s first video editing tool for PC that automatically transforms any footage into a live painting emulating the style of a famous artist. This unique solution runs locally on an edge computing environment and doesn’t need a fast internet connection to a cloud-based server. The plugin runs locally on systems with nVidia graphic cards supporting CUDA 3.0 or newer versions (e.g., nVidia GTX 650/ GT 640M). The tool can process full-length videos and output up to 4K cinematic resolution.\n“Through the power of artificial intelligence and deep learning, we have been able to train our AI engine to possess an almost human-like understanding of the artistic process,” said Dr. Jau Huang, CEO of CyberLink. “With the CyberLink AI Style Plugin we’ve leveraged this research to deliver a quality, cutting-edge product for our PowerDirector users, helping them expand their creative horizons to places that were once unimaginable.”\nRecently, the film “ Loving Vincent ” became the first fully painted feature-length film. Its creators took a traditional approach to transferring Van Gogh’s style to video, taking 125 full-time professionally trained oil painters to produce close to 65,000 original paintings over six years, which merged to make the film. The entire process came at a cost of $5.5 million. With CyberLink’s AI Style Plugin and Style Packs, PowerDirector users can recreate the pioneering style found in “Loving Vincent” for a fraction of the cost, time and effort.\nWhile regular video editing filters simply overlay a general style on top of a clip, CyberLink’s AI Style Plugin uses deep learning to produce work that demonstrates a much greater understanding of the thought processes behind how the human artists create their masterpieces – right down to brush strokes and color tones. Signature works can be found in Style Packs dedicated to specific artists and artistic styles. The first release concentrates on 10 popular pieces each by Van Gogh and Impressionist painters Monet and Manet.\nAvailability The CyberLink AI Style Plugin is available today from the CyberLink Online Store with the purchase of either the Van Gogh or Impressionist AI Style Pack – Vol. 1 AI Style Packs.\nRequirements The CyberLink AI Style Plugin is supported in PowerDirector 16 (requires the latest update), users can get the free update patch from CyberLink Software Update Center. The plugin runs on nVidia CUDA 3.0 graphic cards (e.g., GTX 650/ GT 640M or above), check CyberLink FAQ for detailed system requirements.\nAbout CyberLink CyberLink (5203.TW) is a world leader in multimedia software design. Since 1996, CyberLink has transformed how people enjoy and create media on PCs, mobile devices and in the Cloud. The company’s award-winning products are sold to all major PC manufacturers as well as millions of customers worldwide. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, CyberLink also runs regional operations through offices in the US, Japan, Europe and Asia-Pacific territories. Further information about CyberLink can be found at cyberlink.com.\nAll companies and product names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and are the sole property of their respective owners. Copyright © 2018 CyberLink Corp. All rights reserved.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005080/en/\nCONTACT: CyberLink\nCorporate:\nSteven Lien, +886-2-8667-1298, ext. 2468\[email protected]\nor\nCyberLink Japan:\nHiroyuki Imazawa, +81-3-5875-6650\[email protected]\nor\nCyberLink USA:\nSarah Geist, +1-646-571-0120\[email protected]\nor\nGermany:\nVolker Maxisch, +31-43-306-0797\[email protected]\nor\nFrance:\nLaëtitia D’Urso, +33-(0)1 79 30 90 39\[email protected]\nor\nUnited Kingdom:\nVolker Maxisch, +31-43-306-0797\[email protected]\nKEYWORD: ASIA PACIFIC TAIWAN\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: TECHNOLOGY CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ONLINE RETAIL HARDWARE INTERNET SOFTWARE BLOGGING SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING SOCIAL MEDIA RETAIL COMMUNICATIONS MARKETING PUBLIC RELATIONS/INVESTOR RELATIONS\nSOURCE: CyberLink Corp.\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/24/2018 09:00 AM/DISC: 04/24/2018 09:01 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005080/en" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 50 34 13 3 71 176 128 Boston 48 29 11 8 66 157 119 Washington 49 29 15 5 63 150 138 Toronto 51 28 18 5 61 162 146 Pittsburgh 52 28 21 3 59 156 155 New Jersey 49 25 16 8 58 147 147 Columbus 50 27 19 4 58 133 140 Philadelphia 49 24 17 8 56 141 141 N.Y. Rangers 50 25 20 5 55 153 151 N.Y. Islanders 51 25 21 5 55 173 184 Carolina 50 23 19 8 54 139 155 Florida 48 20 22 6 46 136 159 Detroit 48 19 21 8 46 126 146 Montreal 50 20 24 6 46 130 159 Ottawa 48 15 24 9 39 125 168 Buffalo 50 14 27 9 37 115 166 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 48 32 12 4 68 164 128 Winnipeg 51 30 13 8 68 167 137 Nashville 48 29 12 7 65 146 125 St. Louis 52 31 18 3 65 151 131 Dallas 51 28 19 4 60 155 137 San Jose 49 26 16 7 59 145 138 Los Angeles 50 27 18 5 59 142 121 Minnesota 50 27 18 5 59 147 142 Anaheim 51 25 17 9 59 144 142 Calgary 49 25 16 8 58 137 135 Colorado 48 27 18 3 57 157 139 Chicago 50 24 19 7 55 148 137 Edmonton 49 22 24 3 47 135 157 Vancouver 49 19 24 6 44 127 159 Arizona 50 12 29 9 33 118 172\nNOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.\nMonday's Games No games scheduled\nTuesday's Games\nMinnesota 3, Columbus 2, SO\nPittsburgh 5, San Jose 2\nFlorida 4, N.Y. Islanders 1\nAnaheim 3, Boston 1\nCarolina 2, Ottawa 1\nNew Jersey 3, Buffalo 1\nWinnipeg 3, Tampa Bay 1\nSt. Louis 3, Montreal 1\nChicago 2, Nashville 1\nLos Angeles 3, Dallas 0\nVegas at Calgary, 9 p.m.\nColorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.\nWednesday's Games\nN.Y. Islanders at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.\nSan Jose at Detroit, 8 p.m.\nPhiladelphia at Washington, 8 p.m.\nThursday's Games\nToronto at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.\nMontreal at Carolina, 7 p.m.\nSt. Louis at Boston, 7 p.m.\nFlorida at Buffalo, 7 p.m.\nAnaheim at Ottawa, 7 p.m.\nPhiladelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m.\nVegas at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.\nLos Angeles at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.\nTampa Bay at Calgary, 9 p.m.\nDallas at Arizona, 9 p.m.\nColorado at Edmonton, 9 p.m.\nChicago at Vancouver, 10 p.m.\nFriday's Games\nWashington at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.\nDetroit at Carolina, 7 p.m.\nSan Jose at Columbus, 7 p.m.\nVegas at Minnesota, 8 p.m." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "New York (AP) — Silver futures trading on the NY Merc Wednesday:\n(5,000 troy oz.; cents per troy oz.)" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2018--QuirkLogic, the company helping organizations to drive innovation by connecting people and content, will showcase the latest version of Quilla™, the leading real-time ideation solution designed to support the creative process, June 6-8 during InfoComm 2018.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530006078/en/\nQuirkLogic will Showcase Quilla™, the leading real-time ideation solution leveraging writing and technology designed to support the creative process, next week at InfoComm 2018. (Photo: Business Wire).\nReal-time ideation leverages writing and technology to optimize employees’ ideas and talents without slowing down the focus, creativity and momentum that fosters innovation. By allowing a team’s collective ideas to be captured instantly in digital format and be made available, globally, for immediate refinement and development, they can be converted into value to expand market leadership.\n“Today’s companies are not bound by the walls of an office. Real-time ideation happens everywhere, and employees need tools that can provide them with the flexibility to connect and collaborate no matter their location through whatever smart devices they are using,” said Nashir Samanani, CEO of QuirkLogic. “Quilla helps teams to share content no matter their location so they can focus on ideas, not technology hurdles, and achieve actionable results.”\nQuilla is a portable, lightweight digital writing solution that combines the largest battery-operated interactive screen and the familiar writing experience of pen and paper. With Quilla™, no longer are your company’s best ideas anchored to a wall, chained to a wire or captured on personal smartphones. Quilla is always on and ready to use so it can move effortlessly with you – no matter when or where a great idea strikes. The best ideas aren’t bound to a conference room, that’s why Quilla is designed to follow the conversation, even outdoors in bright sunlight. Just grab a Quilla, pick up the pen and write or sketch.\nMore than a digital writing device, Quilla enables teams in multiple locations to create and collaborate in new ways, formulating, capturing and sharing content-rich ideas in real-time, speeding time to innovation. This uninterrupted creativity helps companies to develop faster product launches, hold more efficient meetings and brainstorms, cultivate more unique and creative designs and better engage clients and partners.\nTo schedule a demo of Quilla in the QuirkLogic booth (N1668) during InfoComm, please contact us.\nAbout QuirkLogic, Inc.\nFounded in 2013, QuirkLogic™ helps teams to drive innovation by connecting people and content to facilitate collaborative, real-time ideation and effective solutions to your most challenging problems. The company’s flagship product, Quilla, is the leading real-time ideation solution designed to support the creative process. The solution consists of the world’s largest mobile digital writing devices linked to a proprietary and secure cloud-based collaboration and storage platform. Companies in various market segments including design, architecture, construction, technology, healthcare and education have turned to QuirkLogic to modernize how they work together to brainstorm, strategize, organize, and develop their creative thinking, all of which is the genesis for corporate strategy and innovation.\nFor more information, visit www.quirklogic.com; also follow QuirkLogic on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530006078/en/\nCONTACT: MSLGroup for QuirkLogic\nJennifer Asaro, 781-684-0770\[email protected]\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA CANADA NEVADA\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: TECHNOLOGY INTERNET NETWORKS SOFTWARE OTHER TECHNOLOGY SOCIAL MEDIA PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONSULTING COMMUNICATIONS\nSOURCE: QuirkLogic, Inc.\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 05/30/2018 12:11 PM/DISC: 05/30/2018 12:11 PM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530006078/en" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Mother Nature is again putting on a show at California's Yosemite National Park, where every February the setting sun draws a narrow sliver of light on a waterfall to make it glow like a cascade of molten lava.\nThe phenomenon known as \"firefall\" draws scores of photographers to a spot near Horsetail Fall, which flows down the granite face of the park's famed rock formation, El Capitan.\nCapturing the sight is a challenge. Horsetail Fall only flows in the winter or spring, when there is enough rain and snow. The sun lights up the fall for only about two minutes at dusk for a few days in February.\nSome photographers have had success this year as pictures of the glowing falls are showing up on social media." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "CAIRO (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Cairo for talks with his Egyptian counterpart on their two countries' rapidly expanding ties.\nEgyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who has visited Russia three times since 2014, gave Putin an official reception at Cairo's airport Monday. It's the Russian president's second visit to Egypt since 2015.\nPutin stopped earlier in the day at a Russian military air base in Syria.\nSince taking office in 2014, el-Sissi has bought billions of dollars' worth of Russian weapons, including fighter jets and assault helicopters.\nRussia and Egypt are also negotiating the construction by a Russian company of Egypt's first nuclear reactor.\nLast month, Russia approved a draft agreement with Egypt to allow Russian warplanes to use Egyptian military bases — a sign of Russia's growing Mideast footprint." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "NEW DELHI (AP) — India estimates that its economy will grow by 7 to 7.5 percent in the fiscal year that starts April 1, making it the fastest-growing major economy in the world once again, the government said Monday.\nThe projection was contained in the annual Economic Survey submitted to Parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The survey is a report on the economy ahead of the annual budget, which is to be announced Feb. 1.\n\"A series of major reforms undertaken over the past year\" is expected to also ensure that the economy grew by about 6.75 percent during the current fiscal year, it said.\nThe survey said the reforms will be strengthened in the coming fiscal year.\nThe government said growth in exports, attributed to an overall improvement in the global economy, and the liberalization of foreign investment rules in India were responsible for an acceleration of growth toward the end of the current fiscal year after a sharp dip in the first half of the year.\nThe slowdown was blamed on the sudden cancellation of 86 percent of India's currency at the end of 2016 and the chaotic implementation of a single goods and services tax last year.\nThe finance ministry added in a statement that there are still worries about the coming fiscal year, especially the possibility of an increase in prices of crude oil in the global market. India relies on oil imports for the bulk of its needs.\nBut the statement added that with the world economy likely to see a boost in 2018, India's overall economic performance would also see an improvement, especially with a likely increase in investment and a more stable response to the new tax system." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials are asking the state's highest court to revoke Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's bail and send him back to prison.\nThe chief state's attorney's office filed the request Monday with the state Supreme Court.\nSkakel, a nephew of Robert F. Kennedy's widow, Ethel Kennedy, was convicted in 2002 in the death of Martha Moxley in their wealthy Greenwich neighborhood in 1975, when they were both teenagers. He was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison, but another judge granted him a new trial in 2013, citing mistakes by his lawyer.\nThe state Supreme Court reinstated the conviction in December 2016. Skakel's lawyers asked the court to reconsider, a request that remains pending.\nSkakel posted $1.2 million bail after the new trial was granted, and has remained free since." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's police and military will help secure water collection sites in drought-stricken Cape Town if authorities must turn off most taps on what they call \"Day Zero,\" a date currently projected to fall in the first half of April, the city said Sunday.\nHospitals, key economic and industrial areas and densely populated areas with a higher risk of disease would be exempt from a water cut-off, said municipal authorities, who plan to open a disaster operations center on Monday to prepare for a possible closure of taps in a city known internationally for its natural beauty and tourist attractions.\nSouth Africa's second-biggest city ramped up contingency plans as the water crisis hurt tourism and politicians bickered over alleged failures to offset a looming disaster blamed on explosive population growth over the last two decades and several years of drought that scientists say was possibly exacerbated by man-made global warming.\nCape Town's roughly 4 million residents can avoid \"Day Zero,\" slated for April 12, by each using no more than 50 liters (13.2 gallons) daily until adequate rainfall fills up depleted reservoirs and additional supply from aquifers, desalination and recycling schemes is activated, according to the city.\nSecurity forces would guard 200 water collection points where residents can pick up 25 liters (6.6 gallons) daily if the tap cut-off occurs, authorities said. Providers of bottled water are being encouraged to increase supply so people have the option of buying water, and water tankers would deliver to homes for the elderly and other care facilities.\n\"This crisis will demand a whole of society approach, where we all pull together to get through this,\" the city said in a statement that acknowledged \"panic\" among residents fretting over the possible difficulties ahead.\nThis weekend, Cape Town's water and sanitation department said it was investigating reports that some retailers might be illegally selling municipal tap water after people were seen lining up with empty bottles at two malls. Some residents are supplementing water supply by collecting from natural springs in the city.\nCape Town is run by the opposition Democratic Alliance party, which says the national government of the ruling African National Congress party has failed to deliver water to all municipalities as required by law. On Sunday, the ANC's provincial branch said the \"Day Zero\" warning was an opposition gimmick to drum up a sense of \"gloom and doom\" and suggested its own solutions, including reductions in production by brewers and soft drink companies.\n\"We need water, not sugary and alcoholic drinks,\" the party said.\nMeanwhile, tourism is taking a hit. Agencies have received cancellations from domestic and international travelers, said Cape Town Tourism CEO Enver Duminy, according to the African News Agency. He did not provide data on cancellations.\nOne visitor to Cape Town this weekend was Olympic great Usain Bolt, who attended a horse racing event. He was asked about the city's crisis at a news conference.\n\"Don't waste water,\" the Jamaican said. In the Caribbean, he said, \"we have this issue sometimes.\"\n___\nFollow Christopher Torchia on Twitter at www.twitter.com/torchiachris" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "NEW YORK (AP) — Whitney Houston's mother had no clue about allegations that her son and superstar daughter were molested as children until the making of the new documentary \"Whitney,\" says the film's executive producer.\nPatricia Houston, the sister-in-law of Whitney, is responsible for getting the film, out Friday, to screen. Directed by Kevin Macdonald, \"Whitney\" paints an intimate portrait of the Grammy-winning pop queen and movie star through interviews with her brothers, her mother, friends, and behind-the-scenes footage. Houston's regal image over the decades was eroded by erratic behavior due to her drug use; she died in 2012, on the eve of the Grammys, after being discovered unresponsive in a hotel bathtub. She was 48.\nIt's the second documentary on Houston: \"Whitney: Can I Be Me\" was released earlier this year.\nPatricia Houston, wife of Gary Garland-Houston, said it was difficult making \"Whitney\" because it hit so close to home — and because she was the one who had to tell Cissy Houston not only that there were abuse allegations, but they would be in the film.\n\"It was deeply a revelation for her. You think about her, and it being a bit overbearing for her to hear — and her kids not telling her. That's pretty tough to have to deal with,\" said Houston.\nDee Dee Warwick, the niece of Cissy Houston and sister to Dionne Warwick, was the alleged abuser. The alleged incidents took place when Gary and Whitney were between the ages of 7 and 9 and Cissy was touring. Warwick, who was 18 years older than Whitney Houston, died in 2008.\nThe documentary suggests that the sexual abuse endured by the children was a significant contributor to their struggles with drugs as adults.\n\"I don't think you can explain anyone's life from one particular event that's happened to them. But I think that it's certainly fair to say that it's maybe, in my opinion, the major contributor to Whitney's unhappiness,\" MacDonald said. \"That and the fact that she never talked about it, and that nobody in the family talked about this and clearly it happened as you'd learned in the film.\"\nMacDonald says the secrets in Houston's life took their toll on the Grammy-winning singer. He cites a clip in the film shot in the mid-2000s that shows her in conflict.\n\"I think there's an amazing piece of home movie footage in the film, which was from the early 2000s where Whitney is sort of really looking despairing. ... she's talking to herself, really going, 'Nippy calling Whitney. Whitney calling Nippy.' And Nippy was her sort of nickname that everybody close to her knew her as Nippy. And Nippy was the real her, as it were, the intimate her. Whitney was the persona,\" Macdonald said.\n\"I think what you see in that home movie clip is this confusion that she has. I think it got progressively worse as she got older. The confusion between what's the real me, and what's not the real me. And obviously, the drugs didn't help with that,\" Macdonald said." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on the announcement by U.S. Rep. Bob Brady 's announcement he won't seek re-election (all times local):\n1:45 p.m.\nU.S. Rep. Bob Brady of Philadelphia says he decided to retire so he could spend more time with his family, not because of the corruption case dogging him.\nThe FBI has said it believes Brady's campaign unlawfully concealed a $90,000 payment to get a primary opponent to quit the race in 2012.\nThree people have already pleaded guilty in the case but Brady has not been charged. The congressman said Wednesday his lawyers told him he would not face charges because of the statute of limitations.\nHe said, \"I did nothing wrong.\"\nBrady has served in Congress for two decades and has been Philadelphia's Democratic Party boss going back 30 years.\nHe said it's time \"to come back home.\"\n__\n12:50 a.m.\nU.S. Rep. Bob Brady of Philadelphia won't seek another term in Congress, giving up the seat he's held for two decades.\nBrady and his lawyer revealed the news to reporters and Democratic Party ward leaders in Philadelphia on Wednesday.\nThe 72-year-old Brady was facing a potentially stiff primary challenge from former city official Nina Ahmad. His decision comes after the FBI investigated a payment his campaign made to a primary opponent in 2012.\nCourt documents made public in November showed the FBI believed Brady unlawfully concealed the $90,000 payment to get the primary opponent to quit the race. Brady has denied any wrongdong.\nLast month, a political consultant for Brady pleaded guilty to lying about the payment." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "SOUTH BEND, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--1st Source Corporation announces the election to its Board and to the 1st Source Bank Board of Melody Birmingham-Byrd, President of Duke Energy Indiana, and Lisa W. Hershman, Deputy Chief Management Officer, U.S. Department of Defense. Together, these new leaders bring years of experience and insight in business and operational management, engineering and talent development to 1st Source Corporation and 1st Source Bank. Both women have operational and financial experience in their respective areas of expertise. “We are pleased to add these two new Board Members who bring us greater diversity of thought and experience in operations, change management, energy production and distribution, and public outreach. Their backgrounds and experience will blend well with our already strong Board,” stated Chris Murphy, Chairman of 1st Source Bank.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005980/en/\nMelody Birmingham-Byrd, President of Duke Energy Indiana, elected to Board of Directors for 1st Source Corporation. (Photo: Business Wire)\nMelody Birmingham-Byrd has 24 years of leadership and managerial experience in the electric power generation and automotive manufacturing industries. She is experienced in managing construction, maintenance, operations, engineering, resource and project management as well as regulatory affairs, government relations and community affairs. Ms. Birmingham-Byrd currently serves on multiple boards of directors and advisory boards including the Indiana Electric Association, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Special Olympics Indiana, Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, The American Association of Blacks in Energy and the United Way of Indiana. She also serves on the Financial Research Institute advisory board of The Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business, University of Missouri. She has a B.S. in Organizational Leadership and Supervision from Purdue University, an M.B.A. from Strayer University, an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Saint Mary of the Woods College and graduated from the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. “I am honored to join the board of directors of 1st Source Bank, an institution that has remained committed to its customers and communities for over 150 years. I look forward to helping the board and company leadership continue to build on its legacy and advance its mission,” Birmingham-Byrd commented.\nLisa W. Hershman has 31 years of leadership and management experience in consulting, turnarounds, business process management, operational management and engineering. On April 3, 2018 she was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the U.S. Department of Defense. She brings expertise in process management, innovation and redesign, managing mergers and acquisitions, and leadership training and education. Ms. Hershman currently serves on the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and previously served as the Chair of Avnet Inc.’s Executive Women’s Forum, National Secretary of the Business and Professional Women’s Organization, and as Commissioner on the Indiana Commission for Women. She has been a board member for the Center of Interactive Learning and Collaboration, the Consortium for Advanced Management International, and The Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series. She also served on the Advisory Council for the Entrepreneurship Center of Miller College of Business at Ball State University. She has a B.S. in Industrial Distribution (Engineering and Management) from Clarkson University, an Executive Certificate in Innovation through IMD/MIT, and an Executive Certificate in Finance from Cornell University. “I am pleased to be joining the Board of a company so committed to the success of the communities it serves and ensuring that its people and the company are part of the social and economic fabric of each of its Indiana and Michigan communities,” Hershman added.\nMr. Murphy went on to say, “1st Source is pleased to have these strong leaders join its board of directors and know they will help the company deliver on its mission to help our clients achieve security, build wealth, and realize their dreams, giving them straight talk and sound advice keeping their best interests in mind for the long term.”\nBoth directors are being elected to terms that end April 2021 and will be subject to reelection at that time.\n1st Source Corporation, parent company of 1st Source Bank, has assets of $6.05 billion and is the largest locally controlled financial institution headquartered in the northern Indiana-southwestern Michigan area. The Corporation includes 79 banking centers, 23 1st Source Bank Specialty Finance Group locations nationwide, eight Wealth Advisory Services locations and ten 1st Source Insurance offices. For more than 150 years, 1st Source has been committed to our mission of helping our clients achieve security, build wealth and realize their dreams. For more information, visit www.1stsource.com.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005980/en/\nCONTACT: 1st Source Corporation\nSara Jenning, 574-235-2128\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA ILLINOIS INDIANA MICHIGAN\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENERGY UTILITIES OTHER ENERGY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BANKING FINANCE INSURANCE DEFENSE OTHER DEFENSE\nSOURCE: 1st Source Corporation\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/23/2018 11:45 AM/DISC: 04/23/2018 11:45 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005980/en" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Mauricio Macri said Monday that government employees in Argentina won't receive pay raises this year as part of a string of measures aimed at cutting spending.\nMacri also announced the elimination of 1,000 \"political positions\" and the firing of family members appointed as advisers by government ministers. The measure is expected to save the government about $75 million.\nMacri came into office in December 2015 promising to revive Argentina's economy and fight entrenched corruption. Although he is credited with ending a longstanding dispute that returned Argentina to global credit markets after more than 14 years, he has struggled to attract badly needed foreign investment.\nAt home, the government's austerity move comes just as Argentines are facing increases in fuel, utilities and transportation costs that have harmed Macri's popularity ratings. His government also faced violent protests in December over a pension overhaul bill that was ultimately approved by Congress.\n\"If Argentines chip in, all of us who are part of politics must make twice the effort and lead by example,\" Macri said at the presidential palace after returning from Europe, where he met with potential investors.\nThe pay freeze and other moves are expected to have a limited impact on the annual budget. But Macri said he hopes it can be followed by mayors and governors to reduce Argentina's high deficit." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department says it is responding to a report of an explosion near Times Square.\nThe response is centered in the area of the Port Authority bus terminal.\nIt's led to delays along some of the subway lines that pass beneath the bus terminal.\nSome passengers have been evacuated as a precaution.\nThere were no immediate reports of injuries." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "TOP STORY:\nSOC--LIVERPOOL-ROMA\nLIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool and Roma started the Champions League as outsiders. Now they meet in the semifinals, with the first leg at Anfield. By Steve Douglas. UPCOMING: 600 words by 2100, GMT.\nNEW/DEVELOPING:\nOLY--TOKYO 2020-INSPECTORS\nTOKYO — The head of an IOC inspection team urged organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to be more direct answering questions about progress and planning on Tuesday. The advice from John Coates, which followed a two-day inspection tour, came a week after several sports federations openly criticized Tokyo's preparations. The games are just over two years away. By Stephen Wade. SENT: 550 words, photos.\nTEN--BARCELONA OPEN\nBARCELONA, Spain — David Goffin faces Marcel Granollers in the second round of the Barcelona Open. UPCOMING: 200 words by 1900 GMT.\nBBO--BABE RUTH-60TH HR BAT\nNEW YORK — As part of its collection of Babe Ruth items, the Baseball Hall of Fame says it has the bat the slugger used to hit his then-record 60th home run in 1927. A private collector also claims to own the bat, and he's selling it at auction. PSA/DNA, one of the leading sports memorabilia authenticators, supports his assertion. By Vin A. Cherwoo. SENT: 820 words, photos.\nFOOTBALL:\nSOC--BAYERN-REAL MADRID-HISTORY\nMADRID — They are two of the biggest clubs in the world, both with enough trophies to fill a warehouse. They are Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. On Wednesday, the giants of European soccer will meet yet again in the Champions League semifinals. The first leg is in Munich. By Tales Azzoni. SENT: 610 words, photos.\nSOC--SALZBURG'S SUCCESS\nVIENNA — Although the desired breakthrough in the Champions League has yet to happen, Salzburg is finally enjoying the European success it has been targeting for more than a decade. The Austrian club is in the semifinals of the Europa League, the only team from outside the top five leagues still in the race for a European cup this season. By Eric Willemsen. SENT: 730 words, photos.\nOther Stories:\n— BBO--BASEBALL CAPSULES — Skaggs shuts down Astros; Angels win 2-0 after call reversed. SENT: 1,480 words, photos.\n— BKN--NBA PLAYOFF CAPSULES — Rockets use 50-point 3rd quarter to blow out Timberwolves. SENT: 320 words, photos.\n— HKN--NHL PLAYOFF CAPSULES — Capitals beat Blue Jackets in Game 6 to advance to 2nd round. SENT: 310 words, photos.\nYOUR QUERIES: Questions and story requests are welcome. Contact your local AP bureau or the AP International Sports Desk in London by telephone at +44 207 427 4224 or email [email protected]." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats stand divided over whether to fight now or later about the fate of some 800,000 immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children.\nHouse Democrats want the issue resolved in the broad spending bill. Some Senate Democrats would rather deal with the issue next year, ahead of President Donald Trump's March deadline.\nThe fate of these \"Dreamers\" is among the trickiest issues to resolve as Washington seeks to avert a Christmas government shutdown.\nFor Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez, there is no more important issue in the year-end budget showdown.\nBut at the top of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's list of political concerns are the re-election bids of 10 Senate Democrats in states Trump won. They want nothing to do with shutting down the government over immigration." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "BOULEVARD, Calif. (AP) — Seventy-seven people who entered the United States illegally were found packed inside a sweltering truck near the Mexico border, and the driver was charged with transporting people for financial gain, authorities said.\nFive children were among those found Monday evening in the cargo area of a brown truck painted to resemble a United Parcel Service vehicle, authorities said.\nThe California Highway Patrol pulled the truck over because it had no tags and was weaving on Old Highway 80 in Boulevard, a tiny desert community in San Diego County about five miles from the border.\nA U.S. Border Patrol agent passing by on patrol stopped and asked the CHP officer if he would like assistance, the Union-Tribune said, citing a criminal complaint.\nWhen the agent approached, he saw the truck was riding low. The agent \"could smell body odor mixed with a distinct type of pungent soap which is commonly used in Mexico,\" according to the criminal complaint filed Tuesday.\nThe records say the driver gave permission for the agent to open the truck.\nInside, he saw people sweating and standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the hot cargo area, the complaint said, noting they were from Mexico and some acknowledged they had entered the U.S. illegally.\nThe driver, Shawn Lee Seiler, said he was a U.S. citizen, \"stated that he is an alien smuggler\" and expected to be paid $100 per immigrant, according to the complaint.\nSeiler had been told he would be carrying 50 people in the truck to San Diego and was surprised to learn there were 77, the documents state.\nSeiler and two men who previously had been deported to Mexico were charged Tuesday in San Diego federal court with transporting of \"certain aliens\" for financial gain. The two men also were charged with being deportees who were in the country illegally.\nMessages left for Seiler's court-appointed attorney, Nancy Bryn Rosenfeld, were not immediately returned Wednesday.\nA similar scene greeted authorities last week in Texas when Border Patrol agents found 76 immigrants, including 13 children, lying on the floor or crouched against the walls in a tractor-trailer rig.\nThe immigrants from Mexico and Central America were found when the semitrailer rig was stopped at a border checkpoint about 35 miles north of Laredo.\nSmuggling organizations \"view these individuals as mere commodities without regard for their safety,\" Gabriel Acosta, assistant chief patrol agent for the Laredo Border Patrol sector, said Monday.\n___\nInformation from: The San Diego Union-Tribune, http://www.utsandiego.com" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (AP) — The faces of the men half-buried in the mass graves had been burned away by acid or blasted by bullets. Noor Kadir could only recognize his friends by the colors of their shorts.\nKadir and 14 others, all Rohingya Muslims, had been choosing players for the soccer-like game of chinlone when the gunfire began. By the time the soldiers stopped shooting at the Myanmar village of Gu Dar Pyin, only Kadir and two teammates were still alive.\nDays later, Kadir found six of his friends lying among the bodies in two graves.\nThey are among more than five mass graves, all previously unreported, that have been confirmed by The Associated Press through multiple interviews with more than two dozen survivors in Bangladesh refugee camps and through time-stamped cellphone videos. The Myanmar government regularly claims massacres like Gu Dar Pyin never happened, and has acknowledged only one mass grave containing 10 \"terrorists\" in the village of Inn Din. The AP's findings, however, suggest not only the military's slaughter of civilians but the presence of many more graves with many more people.\nThe graves are the newest piece of evidence for what looks increasingly like a genocide in Myanmar's western Rakhine state against the Rohingya, a long-persecuted ethnic Muslim minority in the predominantly Buddhist country. Repeated calls Wednesday and Thursday to Myanmar's military communications office were unanswered. Htun Naing, a local security police officer in Buthidaung township, where the village is located, said he \"hasn't heard of such mass graves.\"\nMyanmar has cut off access to Gu Dar Pyin, so it's unclear just how many people died, but satellite images obtained by the AP from DigitalGlobe show a village decimated. Community leaders have compiled a list of 75 dead so far, and villagers estimate the toll could be as high as 400, based on testimony from relatives and the bodies they've seen in the graves and strewn about the area.\nAlmost every villager interviewed by the AP saw three large mass graves at Gu Dar Pyin's northern entrance, near the main road, where witnesses say soldiers herded and killed most of the Rohingya. A handful of witnesses confirmed two other big graves near a hillside cemetery, and smaller graves scattered around the village.\nIn the videos obtained by the AP, dating to 13 days after the killing began, blue-green puddles of acid sludge surround corpses without heads and torsos that jut out from the earth, skeletal hands seeming to claw at the ground.\nSurvivors said soldiers planned the Aug. 27 attack, and tried to hide what they had done. They came to the slaughter armed not only with rifles, knives, rocket launchers and grenades, but also with shovels to dig pits and acid to burn away faces and hands so that the bodies could not be recognized.\nAfter more than 200 soldiers swept into Gu Dar Pyin around noon, Mohammad Sha, 37, a shop owner and farmer, hid in a grove of coconut trees near a river with more than 100 others. They watched as the military searched Muslim homes and dozens of Buddhist neighbors, their faces partly covered with scarves, loaded the possessions they found into about 10 pushcarts. Then the soldiers burned down the homes, shooting anyone who couldn't flee, Sha said.\nMohammad Younus, 25, was crawling on his hands and knees after being shot twice when his brother carried him to some underbrush, where Younus lay for seven hours. At one point, he saw three trucks stop and begin loading dead bodies before heading off toward the cemetery.\nBuddhist villagers then moved through Gu Dar Pyin in a sort of mopping-up operation, using knives to cut the throats of the injured, survivors said, and pitching the young and the elderly into fires.\nThousands of people from the area hid deep in the jungle, stranded without food except for the leaves and trees they tried to eat. From about 10 miles away another group of villagers watched from a mountain as Gu Dar Pyin burned, the flames and smoke snaking up into the sky.\nIn the days and weeks after the attack, villagers braved the soldiers to try to find whatever was left of their loved ones. Dozens of bodies littered the paths and compounds of the wrecked homes; they filled latrine pits. The survivors soon learned that taller, darker green patches of rice shoots in the paddies marked the spots where the dead had fallen.\nBloated bodies began to rise to the surface of the rain-saturated graves.\n\"There were so many bodies in so many different places,\" said Mohammad Lalmia, 20, a farmer whose family owned a pond that became the largest of the mass graves. \"They couldn't hide all the death.\"\nEleven days after the attack, Lalmia was fleeing soldiers patrolling near the mosque when he discovered a human hand sticking out of a cleared patch of earth. Lalmia counted about 10 bodies on the grave's surface and estimated it held at least another 10.\nLalmia and other villagers also saw another large grave in the area, and smaller graves containing as many as 10 bodies scattered about the village.\nOn Sept. 9, villager Mohammad Karim, 26, captured three videos of mass graves time-stamped between 10:12 a.m. and 10:14 a.m., when soldiers chased him away, he said. In the Bangladesh refugee camps, nearly two dozen other Rohingya from Gu Dar Pyin confirmed that the videos showed mass graves in the north of the village.\nAbout 15 days after the massacre, Rohima Khatu, 45, searched for her husband in the graves at Gu Dar Pyin's northern entrance, trying to identify him by his clothes.\n\"There were dead bodies everywhere, bones and body parts, all decomposing, so I couldn't tell which one was my husband,\" Khatu said. \"I was weeping while I was there. I was crying loudly, 'Where did you go? Where did you go?'\"\n\"I have lost everything.\"\n___\nFoster Klug has covered Asia for the AP since 2005. Follow on www.twitter.com/apklug" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "Stocks moved higher in morning trading Wednesday after several big U.S. companies reported strong quarterly results. Technology companies accounted for much of the market's gain, outweighing losses in health care and other sectors. Oil prices headed lower. The market was coming off a two-day losing streak and its biggest drop since August.\nKEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 8 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,830 as of 10:43 a.m. Eastern Time. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 185 points, or 0.7 percent, to 24,262. The Nasdaq added 34 points, or 0.5 percent, to 7,436. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks picked up 6 points, or 0.4 percent, to 1,589.\nTHE FED SPEAKS: Investors were awaiting the Federal Reserve's latest policy statement, which was due out Wednesday afternoon. The statement follows a two-day meeting of the central bank's policymakers, including Fed Chair Janet Yellen, who is stepping down when her term expires at the end of this week. The Fed has signaled it could raise its benchmark interest rate three times this year, but analysts don't expect the first hike to be announced before the Fed's March meeting.\nTECH SURGE: Technology companies posted solid gains, recouping some of their losses from a day earlier. Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices added 72 cents, or 5.6 percent, to $13.59, while Electronic Arts rose $11.58, or 9.8 percent, to $130.28.\nHIGH FLYER: Boeing climbed 5.8 percent after the aerospace giant's latest quarterly earnings topped Wall Street's expectations. The stock, which has been the biggest gainer in the Dow over the past year, added $19.75 to $357.46.\nENERGY: Benchmark U.S. crude fell 14 cents to $64.36 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, used to price international oils, declined 16 cents to $68.36 in London.\nBOND YIELDS: Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 2.73 percent from 2.72 percent late Tuesday.\nCURRENCIES: The dollar rose to 108.94 yen from 108.78 yen on Tuesday. The euro strengthened to $1.2454 from $1.2404.\nMARKETS OVERSEAS: Germany's DAX was flat, while France's CAC 40 gained 0.1 percent. London's FTSE 100 fell 0.4 percent. In Asia, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 fell 0.8 percent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.9 percent. Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 added 0.3 percent." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to create health care company \"free from profit-making incentives \"." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's guests for his State of the Union speech Tuesday include an Ohio welder who will benefit from his tax overhaul plan and the parents of two Long Island teenagers who were believed to be killed by MS-13 gang members.\nAmong his other guests are rescuers who battled wildfires in California and flooding in Texas, as well as a Marine who re-enlisted after losing his legs and going blind from a roadside bomb.\nThe guests will be seated in the box of first lady Melania Trump. Many have been selected to amplify the speech's theme, which White House officials have said is \"building a safe, strong and proud America.\"\nThe president's address to Congress last year took an emotional turn when he introduced the widow of a Navy SEAL killed in a raid in Yemen.\nThe full list of attendees, according to the White House:\n— Corey Adams, a welder in Dayton, Ohio, who plans to invest his extra savings from the tax overhaul plan into his daughters' education fund.\n— Elizabeth Alvarado and Robert Mickens, the parents of Nisa Mickens, and Evelyn Rodriguez and Freddy Cuevas, the parents of Kayla Cuevas. Nisa and Kayla's 2016 slayings were attributed to the MS-13 gang.\n— Retired Cpl. Matthew Bradford, who stepped on a roadside bomb in 2007 while deployed in Iraq. He was blinded and lost his legs. After surgery, he re-enlisted in the Marine Corps, becoming the first blind, double amputee to do so.\n— Jon Bridgers, founder of the Cajun Navy, a nonprofit rescue and recovery group that provided aid to people in Texas affected by Hurricane Harvey.\n— David Dahlberg, a Southern California firefighter who saved 62 children and staff members from a wildfire that had encircled their camp.\n— Officer Ryan Holets, a policeman in Albuquerque, New Mexico, who with his wife adopted a baby from parents who suffered from opioid addiction.\n— Ashlee Leppert, a Coast Guard technician who rescued dozens of people during last year's storms.\n— Celestino \"CJ\" Martinez, a supervisory special agent for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations unit whose investigations have led to more than 100 arrests of MS-13 gang members.\n— Staff Sgt. Justin Peck, a soldier credited with saving the life of Chief Petty Officer Kenton Stacy after a roadside bomb exploded in Syria in November.\n— Preston Sharp, who launched the Flag and Flower Challenge to decorate the graves of fallen soldiers.\n— Steve Staub and Sandy Keplinger, the owners of a Dayton, Ohio, manufacturing company that gave their employees a larger-than-expected Christmas bonus after the GOP tax law was enacted." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Anti-government protesters are rallying in front of Poland's Supreme Court in Warsaw to show support for the rule of law and for the court's president, who is being forced to retire under a new judicial overhaul.\nThe crowd chanted \"Judges are not removable!\" and \"Constitution!\" on Wednesday as the court's First President Malgorzata Gersdorf showed up for work, saying that according to the constitution, her six-year term runs through 2020.\nGersdorf thanked the crowd and said she was acting to protect Poland's rule of law.\nProtests started this week after the right-wing ruling party mandated a new lower retirement age for Poland's Supreme Court justices. The law, which took effect Tuesday, is forcing the chief justice and as many as one-third of the court's 72 sitting judges to step down." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "New York (AP) — Coffee futures trading on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Tuesday:\n(37,500 lbs.; cents per lb.)" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's defense minister says that should war erupt again with Lebanon that country will \"pay the full price\" for Iran's entrenchment.\nAvidgor Lieberman says Wednesday that Hezbollah guerrillas have sacrificed Lebanon's national interests by subjugating fully to Iran. He says, as a result, all of Lebanon will be fair game in a future war.\nSpeaking to the Institute for National Security Studies' annual conference, Lieberman says the Lebanese army will be targeted and \"if citizen of Tel Aviv are forced to sit in shelters, all of Beirut will too.\"\nIsrael and Hezbollah fought a fierce, monthlong war in 2006.\nIsrael has recently been warning of Iran's increasing efforts to turn Lebanon into \"one giant missile site.\" Israel's chief military spokesman this week said it was \"prepared for all the scenarios.\"" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—A Philippine mayor in Nueva Ecija Province had been shot dead at close range in Cabanatuan, located north of Manila, by a gunman who rode a motorcycle, becoming the second mayor to have fallen victim to assassination in two days, Philippine police said on Tuesday, according to media reports.\nLocal police chief Adrian Gabriel said that when Ferdinand Bote and his driver were leaving a government office in a SUV, the gunman approached the vehicle and shot him dead, the reports said.\nBote, 57, was mayor of General Tinio, which is located about 140 kilometers north of the Philippine capital. He became the 12th elected local official murdered since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took office two years ago, according to the reports.\nPolice said in their initial report that Bote was shot multiple times by a handgun and that the driver, who was not injured, had got away, according to the reports. Police found at least 18 shells at the crime scene.\nHarry Roque, a spokesperson for Duterte, said the Philippine government will get to the bottom of the latest crime, the reports said.\nAt around 8:30 a.m. on July 2. Antonio Halili, mayor of Tanauan, located about 65 kilometers south of Manila, was shot dead by a sniper while attending a flag raising ceremony on the square in front of the city hall, according to the reports." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Tampa Bay 50 34 13 3 71 176 128 17-5-1 17-8-2 9-3-1 Boston 48 29 11 8 66 157 119 16-6-4 13-5-4 10-1-2 Washington 50 30 15 5 65 155 141 19-7-1 11-8-4 9-4-3 Toronto 52 29 18 5 63 167 146 14-8-2 15-10-3 6-4-1 Pittsburgh 52 28 21 3 59 156 155 18-7-1 10-14-2 10-4-0 New Jersey 49 25 16 8 58 147 147 13-8-3 12-8-5 5-6-1 Columbus 50 27 19 4 58 133 140 16-8-1 11-11-3 8-5-2 Philadelphia 50 24 18 8 56 144 146 13-9-4 11-9-4 5-3-4 N.Y. Rangers 50 25 20 5 55 153 151 17-8-3 8-12-2 7-6-3 N.Y. Islanders 52 25 22 5 55 173 189 13-8-3 12-14-2 7-7-1 Carolina 50 23 19 8 54 139 155 11-7-4 12-12-4 6-5-3 Florida 48 20 22 6 46 136 159 11-8-3 9-14-3 6-4-1 Detroit 48 19 21 8 46 126 146 10-10-7 9-11-1 6-9-2 Montreal 50 20 24 6 46 130 159 12-10-5 8-14-1 9-6-2 Ottawa 48 15 24 9 39 125 168 9-11-5 6-13-4 5-8-3 Buffalo 50 14 27 9 37 115 166 6-13-3 8-14-6 3-5-2 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Vegas 49 33 12 4 70 168 130 19-3-2 14-9-2 12-1-1 Winnipeg 51 30 13 8 68 167 137 18-3-1 12-10-7 7-5-2 Nashville 48 29 12 7 65 146 125 16-5-3 13-7-4 10-4-2 St. Louis 52 31 18 3 65 151 131 18-10-0 13-8-3 7-4-1 Dallas 51 28 19 4 60 155 137 17-8-1 11-11-3 7-10-0 San Jose 49 26 16 7 59 145 138 14-7-3 12-9-4 12-2-3 Los Angeles 50 27 18 5 59 142 121 12-9-3 15-9-2 6-9-3 Minnesota 50 27 18 5 59 147 142 17-4-4 10-14-1 8-8-0 Anaheim 51 25 17 9 59 144 142 14-9-3 11-8-6 8-5-5 Colorado 49 27 18 4 58 160 143 18-7-1 9-11-3 7-6-1 Calgary 50 25 17 8 58 139 139 12-12-3 13-5-5 8-6-3 Chicago 50 24 19 7 55 148 137 12-10-3 12-9-4 6-7-2 Edmonton 49 22 24 3 47 135 157 11-13-1 11-11-2 10-2-0 Vancouver 50 20 24 6 46 131 162 9-13-3 11-11-3 5-9-1 Arizona 50 12 29 9 33 118 172 6-15-3 6-14-6 1-7-5\nNOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.\nTuesday's Games\nMinnesota 3, Columbus 2, SO\nPittsburgh 5, San Jose 2\nFlorida 4, N.Y. Islanders 1\nAnaheim 3, Boston 1\nCarolina 2, Ottawa 1\nNew Jersey 3, Buffalo 1\nWinnipeg 3, Tampa Bay 1\nSt. Louis 3, Montreal 1\nChicago 2, Nashville 1\nLos Angeles 3, Dallas 0\nVegas 4, Calgary 2\nVancouver 4, Colorado 3, OT\nWednesday's Games\nToronto 5, N.Y. Islanders 0\nWashington 5, Philadelphia 3\nSan Jose at Detroit, 8 p.m.\nThursday's Games\nToronto at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.\nMontreal at Carolina, 7 p.m.\nSt. Louis at Boston, 7 p.m.\nFlorida at Buffalo, 7 p.m.\nAnaheim at Ottawa, 7 p.m.\nPhiladelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m.\nVegas at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.\nLos Angeles at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.\nTampa Bay at Calgary, 9 p.m.\nDallas at Arizona, 9 p.m.\nColorado at Edmonton, 9 p.m.\nChicago at Vancouver, 10 p.m.\nFriday's Games\nWashington at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.\nDetroit at Carolina, 7 p.m.\nSan Jose at Columbus, 7 p.m.\nVegas at Minnesota, 8 p.m.\nSaturday's Games\nOttawa at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.\nAnaheim at Montreal, 1 p.m.\nDetroit at Florida, 7 p.m.\nPittsburgh at New Jersey, 7 p.m.\nSt. Louis at Buffalo, 7 p.m.\nColumbus at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.\nColorado at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.\nToronto at Boston, 7 p.m.\nN.Y. Rangers at Nashville, 8 p.m.\nMinnesota at Dallas, 8 p.m.\nTampa Bay at Vancouver, 10 p.m.\nChicago at Calgary, 10 p.m.\nArizona at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alex Rodriguez thinks the New York Yankees' \"breathtaking\" offense could break records this season.\nRodriguez arrived at spring training Monday and had high praise for a lineup led by Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez and Didi Gregorius. A-Rod is a team special adviser who has worked with a number of New York's younger players.\n\"Happy to be back and see so much talent,\" Rodriguez said Monday night. \"It's breathtaking.\"\nThe Yankees added Stanton, the NL MVP after hitting 59 homers and driving in 132 last season, in a December trade with Miami. Judge had 52 homers and 114 RBIs in winning the 2017 AL Rookie of the Year Award. Sanchez added 33 homers, and Gregorius went deep 25 times.\n\"I can't remember a time to see that type of lineup one-through-nine,\" Rodriguez said.\nRodriguez and Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner worked out a deal during the offseason to keep the former slugger involved with the team.\n\"Love to spend the rest of my life as a Yankee,\" Rodriguez said." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. businesses continued to hire at a healthy pace in January, a sign the economy is off to a solid start for the year.\nPayroll processor ADP said Wednesday that companies added 234,000 jobs, led by big gains in services firms, such as hotels, restaurants, retail, education and health.\nJob gains at that pace are easily enough to drive down the already-low unemployment rate over time. The rate has remained at 4.1 percent for the past three months. Businesses are optimistic about the economy, particularly after the President Donald Trump's tax overhaul was approved last month.\nStill, ADP's data and government figures frequently diverge. In December, ADP's report showed employers added 242,000 jobs. But government data indicated just 148,000 jobs were added." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "LAS VEGAS (AP) — Bradley Cooper has unveiled the first trailer for his directorial debut \"A Star is Born\" for CinemaCon attendees Tuesday evening to hearty applause.\nCooper stars in his remake of \"A Star Is Born\" alongside Lady Gaga as a burgeoning singer. He says his co-star is a revelation in the film.\nCooper told the audience of theater owners and exhibitors that he knows that this movie is a big swing, but says you can't control what moves you.\n\"A Star is Born\" is three years in the making, and features live-singing on real stages at festivals like Glastonbury and Coachella.\nIt hits theaters on Oct. 5." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on civil trial involving Las Vegas Strip headliner David Copperfield and a British tourist who claims he was seriously hurt in a fall while taking part in a signature Copperfield illusion in 2013 (all times local):\n12:30 p.m.\nA judge in Las Vegas has rejected a call by David Copperfield's attorney for a mistrial based on the amount of media coverage that a civil negligence lawsuit involving the world-famous illusionist is getting.\nAttorney Elaine Fresch complained Tuesday about interviews involving plaintiff Gavin Cox's attorney, Benedict Morelli.\nFresch noted that one interview aired on CBS-TV just hours before proceedings resumed.\nUnder questioning by Nevada state court Judge Mark Denton, three jurors said they turned off broadcasts when they saw references to the case on the news during a five-day break in the civil trial.\nThe judge allowed the trial to resume.\nCopperfield is on the stand answering questions from Morelli about whether Copperfield knew of anyone besides Cox who was injured taking part in the magician's audience-volunteer illusion over nearly 20 years he has performed it.\n____\n9 a.m.\nLas Vegas Strip headliner David Copperfield is due to return to the witness stand in a lawsuit by a British tourist who claims he was seriously hurt in a fall while taking part in one of Copperfield's signature illusions in 2013.\nThe magician resumes testimony Tuesday after last week revealing secrets behind a trick that appears to make volunteer audience members vanish onstage and appear a few moments later in the back of the theater.\nPlaintiff Gavin Cox of Kent, England, alleges he fell after being hurried by stagehands through an MGM Grand hotel alleyway coated with a powdery residue near a trailer-sized trash bin.\nCopperfield's lawyers lost pretrial bids to close proceedings to the public to avoid revealing performance secrets\nCox and his wife are seeking unspecified damages." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three vanished film students whose case had become emblematic of Mexico's 30,000 missing people were killed after being caught unaware in the midst of a drug gang turf battle.\nProsecutors in the western state of Jalisco said late Monday the three were abducted by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel because they were filming a school project at a house used by the rival Nueva Plaza gang. The students were using the residence on the outskirts of the city of Guadalajara because it belonged to one of their aunts.\n\"Without knowing it, the students were in a very dangerous place which was being watched by hit men from the New Generation cartel,\" the prosecutor's office said. The aunt was implicated in a human trafficking case involving prostitution at massage parlors in the city of Guadalajara.\nThe students' fate horrified Mexico: Prosecutors said they were killed and their bodies dissolved in acid.\n\"Words can't describe the dimension of this madness,\" Oscar-winning Mexican director Guillermo del Toro wrote on Twitter. \"Three students are killed and dissolved in acid. The 'why' is unthinkable, the 'how' is terrifying.\"\nProsecutors said the New Generation cartel lookouts who were watching the house mistook the students for rival gang members and abducted them on a road after they left the house.\nProsecutors said the gang took the students to a safe house and interrogated them. The gang beat one student so badly he died, leading them to kill the other two.\nThey then took them to another house, where prosecutors found jugs and tubs of sulfuric acid.\nTraces of blood and the DNA of two of the students were found at the houses.\nInvestigators also found fake detectives' credentials at the houses; the killers apparently posed as detectives when they pulled the students over.\nOne gang leader had already been arrested at the aunt's house in 2015 and police had received reports of armed men hanging out at the property in 2017." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "CLEVELAND (AP) — The leader of a breakaway Amish group in Ohio convicted in hair- and beard-cutting attacks is pushing to get his convictions overturned using arguments already rejected in court.\nAn attorney for 72-year-old Samuel Mullet Sr. says Mullet's previous lawyer made mistakes during trial and in prior appeals.\nIn a Monday court filing, prosecutors say there were no errors that amounted to Mullet's rights to due process being violated, and a judge should reject his request.\nDefense attorneys say the 2011 hair- and beard-cutting attacks stemmed from family disputes. Prosecutors say the motive was religious, as hair and beards have spiritual significance in the Amish faith.\nMullet is serving an 11-year sentence. Of the 16 Amish community members convicted in the case, only Mullet remains imprisoned." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2018--Global 50 law firm Goodwin announced today that it has relocated its Silicon Valley office from Menlo Park to 601 Marshall Street in downtown Redwood City. The move aligns with the continued expansion of the firm’s corporate and litigation practices in the Silicon Valley and the Bay Area.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005513/en/\nRibbon-cutting ceremony at Goodwin's new 601 Marshall Street office in downtown Redwood City. Left to Right: Goodwin's Chief Operating Officer Michael Caplan, Chair of the Business Law Department Mark Macenka, Redwood City Council Member Janet Borgens, Goodwin's Silicon Valley Office Chair Lynda Galligan, Chairman David Hashmall, Partner and Real Estate Counsel Alexander Randall, Chief Administrative Officer Michelle Duerr-Condia, Redwood City Council Member Shelly Masur, Goodwin's Chair of the Litigation Department Jeffrey Simes (Photo: Business Wire)\n“Goodwin’s Silicon Valley office has grown to more than 100 lawyers and staff since launching just over ten years ago,” said Goodwin’s Chairman David Hashmall. “We have been fortunate to attract some of the brightest and most sought-after talent who represent many of today’s most innovative companies. In the process, Goodwin has become a household name in the Valley. Our beautiful office in Redwood City is both a testament to what we have accomplished so far and – with its modern, centrally-located space – a fitting home for our continued growth.”\nAs the anchor tenant, Goodwin occupies floors six through eight of the brand new, pre-certified LEED Platinum building at 601 Marshall Street. The office spans 75,000 square feet, including a 2,700 square foot outdoor terrace.\n“We have designed our space in Redwood City with Goodwin’s culture of collaboration top of mind,” said Lynda Galligan, Chair of Goodwin’s Silicon Valley office. “The new office is open, bright and welcoming, and it reflects perfectly who we are as a firm. Moving to downtown Redwood City also seemed like an obvious choice for us. Here, we can be more connected to the Silicon Valley community, our clients and the technology industry than ever before, as we continue to grow our key corporate and litigation practices.”\nGoodwin’s Silicon Valley office represents venture capital and private equity firms, entrepreneurs and companies at all stages of growth across a wide range of market sectors in the technology and life sciences industries. The office offers litigation counsel and representation for companies faced with government investigations and enforcement proceedings, securities litigation and shareholder disputes, patent litigation, trade secret litigation, as well as trademark and technology licensing disputes. The office also provides experienced white collar defense.\nThe firm’s Silicon Valley address is as follows: 601 Marshall Street, Redwood City, CA 94063. The office’s phone and fax numbers remain unchanged.\nThe move follows last year’s relocation of Goodwin’s London, Paris and Frankfurt offices to new, expanded spaces.\nAbout Goodwin\nAt Goodwin, we use law to achieve unprecedented results for our clients. Our 1,000 plus lawyers across the United States, Europe, and Asia excel at complex transactions, high-stakes litigations and world-class advisory services in the financial, life sciences, private equity, real estate, and technology industries. We partner with our clients to practice law with integrity, ingenuity, agility and ambition. To learn more, visit us at www.goodwinlaw.com and follow us on Twitter at @goodwinlaw and on LinkedIn.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005513/en/\nCONTACT: Goodwin\nKonstantin Shishkin, +1-212-459-7176\[email protected]\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA CALIFORNIA\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LEGAL\nSOURCE: Goodwin\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/24/2018 12:30 PM/DISC: 04/24/2018 12:30 PM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005513/en" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "WASHINGTON (AP) — Police say two men have been arrested for their role in a violent altercation outside the Turkish ambassador's residence during a visit to Washington by Turkey's president last month.\nThe Metropolitan Police Department said in a brief statement that Sinan Narin had been arrested in Virginia on an aggravated assault charge.\nIt said Eyup Yildirim had been arrested in New Jersey on charges of assault with significant bodily injury and aggravated assault.\nThe department released no further details about the suspects but said additional information would be available Wednesday.\nU.S. officials had strongly criticized the Turkish government after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's security forces pushed past police and violently broke up a protest outside the residence on May 16." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Ashleigh Barty and Daria Gavrilova will lead Australia in its Fed Cup match against Ukraine, while Ukraine's top-ranked player Elina Svitolina will not be competing.\nTennis Australia said Thursday that No. 16 Barty and No. 25 Gavrilova will be joined by Casey Dellacqua and Destanee Aiava for the World Group II first-round match in Canberra on Feb. 10-11.\nAustralia captain Alicia Molik said \"this is one of the strongest Fed Cup teams we've had in many years.\"\nUkraine prevented Australia from reaching the eight-nation World Group in February of last year, winning 3-1 in Kharkiv. The Canberra winner will play off against one of the four losers in the World Group first round for a place in the final eight.\nSvitolina, a quarterfinalist at the Australian Open who is ranked No. 3, is not making the trip to Canberra.\nThe Fed Cup said on its website that Marta Kostyuk, a 15-year-old qualifier who made the third round at the Australian Open, will lead Ukraine, joined by Lyudmyla Kichenok, Nadiia Kichenok, Dasha Lopatetskaya and captain Mikhail Filima." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump reached an audience of 45.6 million people for his first State of the Union address, not enough to give him bragging rights over his predecessor.\nThe Nielsen company said former President Barack Obama drew 48 million people for his first State of the Union in 2010.\nTrump's audience was down from the 47.7 million people who watched his address to the joint session of Congress last February.\nFox News Channel earned the top spot among the individual networks, with 11.5 million viewers during the speech. It was the first time that Fox News, home of Trump-friendly opinion hosts like Sean Hannity, beat all of the networks for the State of the Union, although Fox also was the network of choice for Trump's address to Congress last February.\nNBC (7.1 million) and CBS (7 million) fought for second place. The Fox broadcast network had 3.6 million, CNN had 3.1 million and MSNBC had 2.7 million, Nielsen said." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "UNCASVILLE, Connecticut (AP) — Courtney Williams scored 22 points and Jonquel Jones had 19 points and 12 rebounds as Connecticut beat the New York Liberty 96-76 on Wednesday night for the Sun's first win in the series since 2014.\nJones has four double-doubles in her last five games, averaging 17 points and 14.8 rebounds during the span.\nConnecticut raced out to a 24-12 lead and never trailed. Williams scored 15 points in the first half as the Sun built a 45-32 lead and Rachel Banham's back-to-back 3-pointers to open the fourth quarter made it 80-56.\nAlyssa Thomas scored 18 points, and Jasmine Thomas added 14 points and a season-high eight assists for Connecticut (4-5).\nTina Charles picked up her second foul with 4:46 left in the first quarter, had seven points at halftime, and finished with 17 for New York (6-4). Shavonte Zellous scored 16 points, including eight of the Liberty's first 13.\nConnecticut is in fourth place in the WNBA's Eastern Conference, 2 ½ games behind leading Washington.\nOn Thursday, Indiana is hosting Atlanta and Los Angeles is at home to San Antonio.\n___\nThe AP WNBA Power Poll can be found online at: http://collegebasketball.ap.org/ap-wnba-power-poll-week-5" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "TAIPEI (Taiwan News) - Top stories on Taiwan News this week included: 7-Eleven Taiwan opens first unmanned X-store, Two Filipino suspects arrested for theft at 2017 Taipei jewelry fair, Massive inferno erupts at CPC refinery in Taoyuan, Super blue red moon appears over Taiwan, Cold wave kills 53 in Taiwan." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Automaker Daimler says it has fired an executive who represented it at an industry-backed organization that commissioned diesel exhaust tests involving monkeys.\nA statement from Daimler AG on Wednesday did not identify by name the executive, citing privacy concerns. It said the executive sat on the top management board of the now-dissolved EUGT entity.\nVolkswagen on Tuesday suspended its head of external relations, who said he knew about the experiments but did not inform the company's then-CEO, Martin Winterkorn.\nThe tests carried about by a lab in New Mexico involved exposing monkeys to diluted exhaust gases from a Volkswagen diesel in an attempt to measure the success of diesel technology in lowering harmful emissions. The New York Times has reported the car was rigged to lower emissions during testing." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "The Associated Press All-America teams.\nFIRST TEAM\nOFFENSE\nQuarterback — Baker Mayfield, senior, Oklahoma.\nRunning backs — Bryce Love, junior, Stanford; Rashaad Penny, senior, San Diego State.\nTackles — Orlando Brown, junior, Oklahoma; Mike McGlinchey, senior, Notre Dame.\nGuards — Quenton Nelson, senior, Notre Dame; Braden Smith, senior, Auburn.\nCenter — Billy Price, senior, Ohio State.\nTight end — Mark Andrews, junior, Oklahoma.\nReceivers — James Washington, senior, Oklahoma State; Anthony Miller, senior, Memphis.\nAll-purpose player — Saquon Barkley, junior, Penn State.\nKicker — Matt Gay, junior, Utah.\nDEFENSE\nEnds — Bradley Chubb, senior, North Carolina State; Clelin Ferrell, sophomore, Clemson.\nTackles — Hercules Mata'afa, junior, Washington State; Maurice Hurst, senior, Michigan.\nLinebackers — Roquan Smith, junior, Georgia; Josey Jewell, senior, Iowa; T.J. Edwards, junior, Wisconsin.\nCornerbacks — Josh Jackson, junior, Iowa; Denzel Ward, junior, Ohio State.\nSafeties — Minkah Fitzpatrick, junior, Alabama; DeShon Elliott, junior, Texas.\nPunter — Michael Dickson, junior, Texas.\n___\nSECOND TEAM\nOFFENSE\nQuarterback — Lamar Jackson, junior, Louisville.\nRunning backs — Jonathan Taylor, freshman, Wisconsin; Kerryon Johnson, junior, Auburn.\nTackles — Mitch Hyatt, junior, Clemson; Isaiah Wynn, senior, Georgia.\nGuards — Cody O'Connell, senior, Washington State; Will Hernandez, senior, UTEP.\nCenter — Bradley Bozeman, senior, Alabama.\nTight end — Troy Fumagalli, senior, Wisconsin.\nReceivers — David Sills V, junior, West Virginia; Michael Gallup, senior, Colorado State.\nAll-purpose player — Dante Pettis, senior, Washington.\nKicker — Daniel Carlson, senior, Auburn.\nDEFENSE\nEnds — Sutton Smith, sophomore, Northern Illinois; Nick Bosa, sophomore, Ohio State.\nTackles — Ed Oliver, sophomore, Houston; Christian Wilkins, junior, Clemson.\nLinebackers — Malik Jefferson, junior, Texas; Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, senior, Oklahoma; Dorian O'Daniel, senior, Clemson.\nCornerbacks — Jalen Davis, senior, Utah State; Carlton Davis, junior, Auburn.\nSafeties — Derwin James, junior, Florida State; Justin Reid, junior, Stanford.\nPunter — Johnny Townsend, senior, Florida.\n____\nTHIRD TEAM\nOFFENSE\nQuarterback — Mason Rudolph, senior, Oklahoma State.\nRunning backs — Ronald Jones II, junior, Southern California; Devin Singletary, sophomore, Florida Atlantic.\nTackles — David Edwards, sophomore, Wisconsin; Jonah Williams, sophomore, Alabama.\nGuards — Beau Benzschawel, junior, Wisconsin; Tyrone Crowder, senior, Clemson.\nCenter — Frank Ragnow, senior, Arkansas.\nTight end — Jaylen Samuels, senior, North Carolina State.\nReceivers — Steve Ishmael, senior, Syracuse; A.J. Brown, sophomore, Mississippi.\nAll-purpose player — D.J. Reed, junior, Kansas State.\nKicker — Eddy Piniero, junior, Florida.\nDEFENSE\nEnds — Austin Bryant, junior, Clemson; Mat Boesen, senior, TCU.\nTackles — Vita Vea, junior, Washington; Harrison Phillips, senior, Stanford.\nLinebackers — Micah Kiser, senior, Virginia; Tremaine Edmunds, junior, Virginia Tech; Devin Bush, sophomore, Michigan.\nCornerbacks — Andraez Williams, redshirt freshman, LSU; Jack Jones, sophomore, Southern California.\nSafeties — Armani Watts, senior, Texas A&M; Quin Blanding, senior, Virginia.\nPunter — Mitch Wisnowsky, junior, Utah.\n___\nVoters: Bob Asmussen, Champaign (Illinois) News-Gazette; Kirk Bohls, Austin (Texas) American-Statesman; Matt Brown, Sports on Earth; Pat Caputo, The Oakland (Michigan) Press; Chuck Carlton, Dallas Morning News; Robert Cessna, Bryan-College Station (Texas) Eagle; Rece Davis, ESPN; Pat Dooley, Gainesville (Florida) Sun; Dave Foster, Fox 17 WZTV, Nashville, Tennessee; Scott Hamilton, WCOG-AM, Greensboro, North Carolina; Eric Hansen, The South Bend (Indiana) Tribune; Brian Howell, Buffszone.com, Boulder, Colorado; Rob Long, WJZ-FM The Fan, Baltimore; Tony Parks, 1280 AM/97.5 FM KZNS, Salt Lake City; Soren Petro, 810 WHB, Kansas City, Missouri; Keith Sargeant, NJ.com/Star Ledger, Newark, New Jersey; Jon Wilner, San Jose (California) Mercury News.\n___\nFollow Ralph D. Russo at www.Twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP\n___\nMore AP college football: http://collegefootball.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP_Top25" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A 14-year-old girl moved the public at a baseball game in the U.S. state of North Carolina by performing Taiwan’s national anthem in the original Chinese language, reports said Wednesday.\nThe reason for the performance was a visit by the Taiwan baseball team to Little League team the Durham Bulls’ arena on June 30 as part of the International Friendship Series, the North State Journal reported.\nEven though Kylie Robinson had to perform the song a capella, she said she lived in Taiwan from 2013 to 2015. “At school, we had to sing it every week, at weekly assembly. So it’s kind of in my brain,” the North State Journal quoted her as saying.\nThe invitation was based on her singing the Star Spangled Banner at the same baseball stadium in front of 5,000 fans at a game between the Durham Bulls and the Charlotte Knights on June 12.\nSince she had experience singing the U.S. anthem, organizers thought the teenager would be the right person to try out the Taiwanese song as well. Robinson not only lived in Taiwan, she also still takes Mandarin-language classes in North Carolina, the North State Journal reported.\nThe audience, including even people who don’t understand a word of Mandarin Chinese, were touched by her performance, the report said." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "MADRID (AP) — Fugitive Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont denies he is giving up the fight following the publication of text messages in which he reportedly said the Spanish government has won the battle in Catalonia.\nIn a tweet Wednesday, Puigdemont said he was \"human and there are times that I also doubt.\" But he added that he was president \"and I won't cower or step back,\" adding \"We continue!\"\nHe was apparently reacting to a Spanish television channel's publication of images showing private phone messages he allegedly sent Tuesday to a fellow fugitive lawmaker, saying the battle is over and that he has been sacrificed by his allies.\nOn Tuesday, the Catalan parliament postponed indefinitely a session in which Puigdemont was to due to be re-elected president of the region." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — It would be easy to say the New Jersey Devils are back after ending a six-year playoff drought.\nJohn Hynes' team went from last in the Eastern Conference in 2016-17 to the postseason in less in the year, riding a career year by left wing Taylor Hall and outstanding first seasons by No. 1 overall draft pick Nico Hischier and Will Butcher. This was a team that made it tough on opponents almost every time it stepped on the ice.\nThe standings said it all. New Jersey went from 28 wins and 70 points to 44 wins and 97 points.\nStill, it was only good enough to outlast the hard-charging Florida Panthers in the closing weeks of the regular season and get the No. 8 seed.\nThe Devils discovered that playoffs were another level. They were eliminated by Tampa Bay, the top seed in the Eastern Conference, in five games.\n\"Of course, we're disappointed,\" veteran center Travis Zajac said Tuesday as the Devils cleaned out their lockers. \"But we accomplished a lot as a team. This is just the beginning. I like how we come together as a team. We faced a lot of adversity, but we survived. Because the league is so close and it's going to be that way again next year, we have to continue to get better.\"\nThe Devils have ridden a roller-coaster in Hynes' first three seasons as coach. They exceeded expectations in his first year, plummeted two years ago and then stunned the league in getting back to the playoffs.\n\"You have no idea of how good I feel about what we did this year,\" said captain Andy Greene, who like Zajac was with the Devils when they reached the Stanley Cup Final in 2012. \"We were a lot better. The way we competed every game down the stretch. We were fighting for each other. We were picked last in the division and last in the conference. We took that to heart. It's all part of the process. You don't go from the bottom to the top unless you work hard.\"\nHall carried the Devils this season, scoring points in 26 straight games in which he played. He finished with 39 goals and 54 assists. His 93 points were 41 more than the next closest player on the team, Hischier (20 goals, 32 assists).\n\"I knew he was a really good hockey player, but it was nothing like what I saw this year,\" said forward Marcus Johansson, who was limited to 29 games by concussions. \"He was unbelievable day in and day out.\"\nIf Hall can match next season and young players like Hischier, Butcher, Myles Wood, Blake Coleman and Jesper Bratt improve and the work ethic remains the same, the Devils can easily make it back to the playoffs next season.\nHere's some things to watch next season:\nGOOD GOALTENDING: The Devils have two starters. Backup Keith Kinkaid had 16 wins in the final two months to secure the playoff berth. Cory Schneider, who lost the starting job after groin and hip injuries in January, was outstanding in the playoffs after taking over for Kinkaid in the second game.\nFREE AGENCY: General manager Ray Shero has three big decisions with unrestricted free agents: forwards Patrick Maroon and Michael Grabner and defenseman John Moore. Maroon, who like Grabner was acquired in a deal near the trading deadline, played better and provided a net-front presence. Moore might be let go to create space for youngsters Mirco Mueller and Steven Santini.\nBlake Coleman and Stefan Noesen, who were the wings on the checking line with Zajac, are restricted free agents along with Wood, who had 19 goals. Expect them back along with Santini, another restricted free agent.\nHISCHIER: The 19-year-old can play. He's not in the same class as Connor McDavid or Austin Matthews. Still, he does all the little things and he will score more if he starts hitting the net.\nDEFENSE: For the second straight year the Devils gave up 244 goals. That's too many. Sami Vatanen, who was acquired from Anaheim, helped the defense and was Greene's partner on the top pair. The defense needs a star and Shero may go after the Capitals' John Carlson.\n___\nAssociated Press freelancer Jim Hague contributed to this report.\n___\nMore NHL hockey: https://apnews.com/tag/NHLhockey" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "MADRID (AP) — Catalonia's fugitive ex-president, Carles Puigdemont, asked the region's parliament on Monday to guarantee his right to attend a session this week in which he hopes to be re-elected government leader, without being arrested.\nSpain's Constitutional Court ruled Saturday that Puigdemont, who fled to Belgium following an illegal declaration of independence last October, must be present in parliament to be chosen as the region's chief in Tuesday's session. But a Spanish judge has ordered Puigdemont's arrest on possible rebellion and sedition charges if he re-enters Spain.\nThe Constitutional Court also said Puigdemont must get court permission to attend the session. Initially, Puigdemont was expected to seek that, but his lawyer said Monday this was unlikely. The lawyer did not rule out Puigdemont's attendance.\nThe Constitutional Court ruled the session would not be valid if Puigdemont attends without the permit.\nShould the Catalan parliament governing board approve Puigdemont's request and encourage his attendance without the permit it would set the chamber on course for further clashes with Spain's government and courts.\nPuigdemont is just one of more than a dozen lawmakers and civic group leaders already under investigation for rebellion and sedition relating to an independence push that brought Spain's worst political crisis in decades to a head.\nThe slim majority regained by separatist lawmakers headed by Puigdemont in Dec. 21 elections has kept the crisis very much alive.\nIn Tuesday's session, the parliament speaker has two choices. He can ignore the court and allow a vote with Puigdemont present in person, if he turns up, or by video conference, which has been banned by the tribunal.\nAlternatively, he can seek another candidate but that would likely outrage the thousands of pro-independence supporters promising to rally outside the chamber.\nPolls regularly show most Catalans want the right to decide the region's future, but are evenly divided over splitting from Spain." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch police say four people have been killed in a collision between a minibus and a truck in the southern town of Helmond.\nPolice in the East Branbant region say in a tweet that four people travelling in the minibus were killed in the accident Monday in the town 125 kilometers (78 miles) southeast of Amsterdam. The driver of the truck was seriously injured.\nThe cause of the accident and further details were not immediately available." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group and the Taliban are competing to take credit for a horrific spike in violence in Afghanistan over the last month, and analysts say both insurgent groups are growing in strength as security forces wither under their relentless attacks and a feuding government struggles to win over citizens.\nStill, the two insurgent groups embrace different agendas and are at war with each other as well as the Afghan government, analysts say.\nRecent large-scale attacks, which have included both suicide bombings and small arms fire, have left nearly 200 people dead and hundreds more wounded. Insurgents have targeted seemingly heavily secure areas in the heart of the Afghan capital, including an Afghan military academy on Monday and a hotel, owned by the government and frequented by foreigners, earlier this month. Using an ambulance to hide their deadly cargo, insurgents slipped passed checkpoints in Kabul's heavily fortified center on Saturday to kill more than 100 people. They also targeted an international aid organization in eastern Jalalabad and a Shiite cultural center in Kabul.\nAfghan Security Forces seem powerless against the onslaught.\nInsurgents share the same goal of delegitimizing the governments they are fighting against, said Andrew Wilder, vice president of Asia programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace. However, in Afghanistan the similarity between IS and the Taliban ends there. Beyond toppling the Afghan government, the Islamic State affiliate and the Taliban have divergent goals, and where the Taliban are seen as possible negotiation partners in a search for peace, the IS is not.\nThe two groups have occasionally clashed on the battlefield.\n\"The Taliban and IS are clearly competitors in the Afghan arena,\" said Thomas Ruttig, whose Afghan Analysts network has deep knowledge of the country and has conducted nationwide studies into a myriad of issues confounding the country, including the IS and Taliban.\n\"The Taliban I see as 'national Islamists' while the IS is 'Internationalist,'\" he said, dismissing reports of collaboration between the two insurgent groups, attributing them to rumors and bickering in northern Afghanistan within the Taliban.\nRuttig said Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan recently flew the IS flag after the Taliban leadership ordered them to hand over their tax collection revenue to the governing Taliban shura or council. A major source of revenue for the Taliban is the tax or tolls they charge local residents for safe passage or to move legal as well as illegal commodities to market.\n\"The groups in the north are a separate phenomenon. There, Taliban commanders have switched to use IS insignia, but the trigger was conflict over transferring taxes to the central leadership,\" said Ruttig.\nBrian Glyn Williams, author of \"Counter Jihad, The American Military Experience in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria,\" buttressed reports of the enmity that characterizes the Taliban/IS relationship, saying, \"their relationship is more defined by open warfare.\"\nWhile loosely constructed, the Taliban since the death of its supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar several years ago are mostly comprised of ethnic Pashtuns and Arab speaking nationals with ties to al-Qaida.\nThe strongest fighting force within the Taliban is the Haqqani network, which has been blamed for the most audacious attacks in Kabul. The Haqqani network has historical ties to Pakistan's powerful ISI spy agency and both the United States and Afghanistan accuse Pakistan of providing sanctuary for Taliban fighters, a claim Islamabad denies. Pakistan in turn has blamed some of the most horrific attacks in Pakistan on IS affiliate insurgents in Afghanistan, accusing Kabul of allowing them space to plot their attacks.\nMeanwhile, the IS affiliate known as IS in Khorasan Province, named for the ancient region that once included Afghanistan, parts of Iran and Central Asia, is a toxic mix of disgruntled Taliban, ferocious Pakistani Taliban, who have sworn allegiance to IS against Pakistan, as well as Uzbeks, mostly from the Islamic movement of Uzbekistan terror group.\nThe success of the U.S. and its allies in driving Islamic State fighters out of Iraq and Syria has pushed many toward Afghanistan, said Williams. Bolstering their ranks, he said, is Afghanistan's own Uzbek population living in northern Afghanistan, who have been drifting toward the IS affiliate as a protracted feud between President Ashraf Ghani and his vice president and Uzbek warlord, Rashid Dostum deepens.\nDostum has been living in Turkey since last year when he and his bodyguards were accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting Ahmad Eshchi, a former ally turned enemy. Ghani prevented Dostum's return to Afghanistan, refusing to allow his plane to land in northern Mazar-e-Sharif. Dostum's absence as a strongman for Afghanistan's Uzbeks has prompted many to join IS, said Williams.\nHe said as many as 3,000 Afghan Uzbeks may have joined the IS affiliate already believed to have several thousand Uzbeks from central Asia.\nThe role of Afghanistan's neighbors further muddies the insurgent landscape, say those familiar with the region.\nPakistan, widely blamed for the Taliban's longevity as a fighting force, is aided by both Russia and Iran, who fear an IS stronghold in Afghanistan.\n\"Pakistan has a deep interest in ensuring that the Taliban doesn't partner with (the Islamic State group),\" said Michael Kugelman, deputy director of the Asia Program at the U.S.-based Wilson Center. \"There's good reason to believe that Russia and also Iran have provided levels of support to the Taliban.\"\n\"The last thing Russia and Iran want are a resurgent (IS) in their broader backyard,\" he said." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "MANKATO, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2018--Rolls-Royce recently introduced the next-generation Series 2000 MTU Onsite Energy diesel generator set product line for the North American market (60Hz). With a power output range from 615 kWe to 1250 kWe it expands the company’s high-power range product portfolio and makes it the most inclusive factory line up in the industry. These new diesel generator sets are already available.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424006115/en/\nRolls-Royce recently introduced the next-generation Series 2000 MTU Onsite Energy diesel generator set product line for the North American market (60Hz). The new systems with a power output range from 615 to 1.250 kWe offer up to three circuit breakers mounted and wired from the factory, a 74.7dBA sound level, and a 190mph wind rating all in one package. (Photo: Business Wire)\nThe new systems, DS750, DS800, DS1000 and DS1250, offer up to three circuit breakers mounted and wired from the factory, a 74.7dBA sound level, and a 190mph wind rating all in one package, making them more complete, reliable and cost-effective than other products on the market. Additional features of the generator sets include:\nHigher power density per square foot, achieving 1250 kWe with an MTU 16V2000 engine providing more power from a smaller footprint 190mph steel and aluminium wind-rated enclosures Best-in-class factory sound enclosure for L3\nThe modular controls cockpit features a brand-new backend concept for mounting and wiring circuit breakers and controls along with a full line of SER circuit breaker solutions. The new generator sets are both IBC and OSHPD certified.\n“The new Series 2000 diesel generator sets provide customers the best-in-class reliability and cost-efficiency that they have come to expect from MTU Onsite Energy products,” said Kevin McKinney, senior sales manager at MTU Onsite Energy. “No other OEM offers the quantity of optional accessories, breakers, sound attenuation level and wind rating all in one package, with or without IBC/OSHPD Certification. By providing these options pre-engineered and validated from the factory, we can inherently improve quality, reliability and provide a more cost-effective solution.”\nMTU Onsite Energy is part of Rolls-Royce Power Systems, a world-leader in diesel and gas-based power and propulsion systems for a wide variety of applications.\nFor more information on MTU Onsite Energy, please visit: www.mtuonsiteenergy.com.\nAbout Rolls-Royce Holdings plc\nRolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to our planet’s vital power needs. Rolls-Royce Power Systems is headquartered in Friedrichshafen in southern Germany and employs around 10,000 people. The product portfolio includes MTU-brand high-speed engines and propulsion systems for ships, power generation, heavy land, rail and defence vehicles and for the oil and gas industry. Under the MTU Onsite Energy brand, the company markets diesel gensets for emergency, base load and peak load applications as well as cogeneration plants using gas engines for the combined generation of heat and power. Bergen medium-speed engines power ships and power generation applications. L’Orange completes the portfolio with fuel injection systems for large engines. Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 150 countries, comprising more than 400 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces, 4,000 marine customers including 70 navies, and more than 5,000 power and nuclear customers. Annual underlying revenue was $21 billion in 2017, around half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services. The firm and announced order book stood at $109.6 billion at the end of December 2017. In 2017, Rolls-Royce invested $2.8 billion on research and development. We also support a global network of 31 University Technology Centers, which position Rolls-Royce engineers at the forefront of scientific research. Rolls-Royce employs almost 50,000 people in 50 countries. More than 16,500 of these are engineers. The Group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment and to further developing employee skills. In 2016 we recruited 274 graduates and 327 apprentices through our worldwide training programs.\n*Based on an exchange rate of $1.40.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424006115/en/\nCONTACT: Jennifer Riley | MTU America\nPhone: +1 248 560 8488\nE-mail:[email protected]\nor\nAshleigh Artist | Stratacomm\nPhone: +1 248 213 7341\nE-mail:[email protected]\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA CANADA MINNESOTA\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENERGY OIL/GAS UTILITIES TECHNOLOGY OTHER TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING OTHER MANUFACTURING\nSOURCE: Rolls-Royce Holdings plc\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/24/2018 11:22 AM/DISC: 04/24/2018 11:22 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424006115/en" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "DEVON, Pa. (AP) — It's a top equestrian event, but all eyes are on the hats, not the horses.\nWomen and girls showed off their fanciest headwear Wednesday on Ladies Day at the Devon Horse Show in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The event was first held in 1896 and lasts for 11 days. It's known as one of the nation's last old-fashioned horse shows.\nThe show made headlines after a horse bolted Tuesday evening, jumped a fence and fled into the crowd.\nBut by the next day, feathers, feathers bows, ribbons and chiffon were the story.\n___\nThis gallery was curated by Associated Press photo editor Jacqueline Larma in Philadelphia.\n___\nVisit the AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com\nVisit AP Images online: http://www.apimages.com" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Atlanta United FC 8 3 2 26 27 17 Columbus 7 3 4 25 18 10 New York City FC 7 3 3 24 26 19 New York 7 3 1 22 26 12 Orlando City 6 5 1 19 22 20 New England 5 4 4 19 22 19 Philadelphia 5 5 3 18 15 16 Chicago 4 7 2 14 18 24 Toronto FC 3 7 1 10 14 20 Montreal 3 10 0 9 14 29 D.C. United 2 5 3 9 14 18 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Sporting Kansas City 7 2 4 25 24 13 FC Dallas 6 1 5 23 20 13 Los Angeles FC 6 3 3 21 24 19 Portland 6 3 2 20 19 17 Real Salt Lake 6 6 1 19 17 26 Houston 5 4 3 18 27 20 Vancouver 4 5 5 17 19 27 LA Galaxy 5 7 1 16 18 22 Minnesota United 5 7 1 16 16 22 San Jose 2 7 3 9 18 23 Seattle 2 6 2 8 7 12 Colorado 2 7 2 8 13 20\nNOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.\n___\nWednesday, May 30\nAtlanta United FC 1, New England 1, tie\nPhiladelphia 3, Chicago 1\nReal Salt Lake 2, Houston 1\nFC Dallas 3, LA Galaxy 2\nFriday, June 1\nVancouver at Colorado, 9 p.m.\nSaturday, June 2\nLA Galaxy at Portland, 5 p.m.\nHouston at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.\nNew York at New England, 7:30 p.m.\nOrlando City at New York City FC, 7:30 p.m.\nPhiladelphia at Atlanta United FC, 7:30 p.m.\nToronto FC at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.\nLos Angeles FC at FC Dallas, 8 p.m.\nSan Jose at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.\nSeattle at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.\nSunday, June 3\nMinnesota United at Sporting Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.\nFriday, June 8\nToronto FC at Philadelphia, 8 p.m.\nSaturday, June 9\nAtlanta United FC at New York City FC, 12:30 p.m.\nNew York at Columbus, 5 p.m.\nOrlando City at Vancouver, 7 p.m.\nMontreal at FC Dallas, 8 p.m.\nNew England at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.\nColorado at Houston, 9 p.m.\nD.C. United at Seattle, 10 p.m.\nLos Angeles FC at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.\nReal Salt Lake at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.\nSporting Kansas City at Portland, 10:30 p.m." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of workers at small businesses will be distracted in the coming months by a series of big sporting events: the Super Bowl, Olympics, NCAA basketball and World Cup soccer.\nSome company owners realize that trying to eliminate sports talk or forbidding staffers to watch games is demoralizing and also difficult to achieve. So as long as there isn't too much Monday morning quarterbacking or time spent in front of the office TV, bosses will go easy on fans.\nSome companies are even more understanding; it's OK there for staffers to watch games in break rooms, and some owners even run office pools without cash prizes. One owner says he'll encourage his crew to stop work during the final minutes of televised NCAA games." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "NEW YORK (AP) — AVOIDING LAST-MINUTE TAX MISTAKES\nBusiness owners can find it a tall order to complete their tax returns while also running their companies. When an owner is distracted, or not paying close attention to IRS rules, that's when mistakes happen. Some of the common ones to avoid:\n—If you're a freelancer or independent contractor, make sure you have all the 1099 forms you need from people or companies you've worked for. If you file your return and you're missing any of your 1099s, you'll be hearing from the IRS. The government cross-checks the 1099 copies it gets with the amount of income you report, and if there's a discrepancy, the IRS will want to know why.\n—If your business is a partnership, be sure the income and deductions reported to the IRS on your firm's Schedule K-1, Partner's Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc., matches what you report on your Form 1040. If you find an error on the K-1, make sure the form is corrected before you file your return.\n—If you're deducting the cost of business meals and entertainment, you can claim only half the amount you spent.\n—If you want to take a deduction for a home office, you must have been using the office exclusively and regularly as your principal place of business. If the office is a desk in the corner of your family room, it's not likely to pass muster with the IRS.\n—If you drive your car for business and personal use, make sure you get as big a deduction as the law allows. The IRS gives you two choices; the first is a standard deduction of 53.5 cents per mile the car was driven for business. The second alternative is a portion of expenses like gas, insurance, lease payments and maintenance that is prorated to the amount the car was used for business. You should calculate your costs using both methods to be sure you get the biggest deduction allowable.\nSTARTING A BUSINESS ON A TIGHT BUDGET\nMany people who want to start a company say they can't, because they don't have enough startup funds. SCORE, the organization that gives free counseling to small businesses, is sponsoring an online seminar on how to launch a company on a tight budget. It will be held Tuesday, March 27, at 1 p.m. Eastern time. You can learn more and register at http://bit.ly/2pr3H5p .\n_____\nFollow Joyce Rosenberg at www.twitter.com/JoyceMRosenberg . Her work can be found here: https://apnews.com/search/joyce%20rosenberg" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "BEIJING (AP) — China's Xi Jinping strikes nationalistic tone in closing address to parliament session that lifted term limits on rule." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are dropping one of the charges against a man accused of plotting to bomb an apartment complex housing Somali immigrants in western Kansas.\nCurtis Allen is among three men charged in the case. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted prosecutors' request on Tuesday to end their appeal of a federal judge's order that dismissed a firearms charge against Allen.\nThe judge tossed the gun charge last year after the 10th Circuit ruled in an unrelated case that a person convicted of misdemeanor domestic battery under a city ordinance could legally carry a gun.\nAllen and co-defendants Patrick Stein and Gavin Wright still face charges of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and conspiracy against civil rights. Wright also is accused of lying to the FBI.\nTrial begins March 19." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—Today, May 31 is World No Tobacco Day, a yearly awareness day established by the World Health Organization (WHO) that highlights the risks associated with tobacco use.\nThe Health Promotion Administration (HPA) of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) held a press conference promoting the World No Tobacco Day and discussed the adverse affects of tobacco.\nDeputy Director Yu Li-hui (游麗惠) said that according to WHO, more than 7 million people die each year because of tobacco, whether from direct inhalation or second-hand smoke. About 900,000 non-smokers are dying due to breathing in second-hand smoke.\nThe theme for this year is “Tobacco and heart disease,” which focuses on the connection between tobacco and cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including stroke, heart attack, coronary heart disease, and peripheral vascular disease. WHO also provides information about how to reduce risks, assistance with smoking cessation, and suggests measures which governments and the public can take to decrease the negative effects of smoking tobacco.\nAccording to the MOHW, in 2015, there were 420 million people worldwide suffering from CVD, which is the leading cause of death. Tobacco contributes about 17 percent to all CVD and heart disease-related deaths; tobacco is second only to high blood pressure in causing CVD. Out of the 1 billion smokers worldwide, about 80 percent are of low- and middle-income families and countries, in which the tobacco-related diseases and deaths have the greatest impact.\nLin Chün-li (林俊立), president of the Taiwan Society of Cardiology, reveals that many people think that smoking a little will not affect their health. According to MOHW, a study shows smoking as little as one cigarette a day increases the chances of a heart attack by nearly 50% (48% for men and 57% for women), and the chances of a stroke increases by more than 20% (25% for men and 31% of women); however, from the moment one quits smoking, CVD risks are immediately reduced by 36%.\nYeh Hung-i (葉鸿毅), president of the Taiwan Society of Lipids and Arteriosclerosis, emphasized that there is absolutely no so-called \"safe smoking amount.” He pointed out that smokers often think that smoking a cigarette a day, or smoking “a little bit,” will not hurt the body, however, it is a grave mistake.\nDoctors have said that the harmful substances in the cigarettes will cause the heart and blood vessels to be in an oxygen-deficient state for a long time, which also leads to inflammation.\nYeh also illustrated how human blood vessels are like a rubber tube. At first, the wall was very clean and flexible. However, as soon as one starts smoking, dirt would build up on the inner walls of the vessels, making them lose their elasticity and durability as time goes by. If they become cracked, it can be life threatening.\nYeh emphasized that about 15 percent of adults in Taiwan are habitual smokers. Even more frightening is that up to 60 percent of patients who have been treated for CVD have continued smoking.\nIn addition, many electronic cigarettes in recent years have claimed to have a smoking cessation effect, which is a big myth for those trying to quit smoking. Yeh stressed that the biggest problem with electronic cigarettes is that no one knows what has been added to the tobacco.\nSome reports have pointed out that electronic cigarettes are often the first step leading to the use of tobacco products and drugs by youngsters. For those wanting to quit smoking, it is suggested to use smoking cessation patches and chewing gums for the best results.\nTaiwan's toll-free quit smoking consultation hotline: 0800-63-63-63. There are more than 4,000 smoking cessation service contract agencies throughout Taiwan, to inquire, call: 02-2351-0120. Also contact your primary care physician, or consult with the local health bureaus to learn more about smoking cessation counseling or services." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "NEW YORK (AP) — Simone Biles says she's met the new president of USA Gymnastics but hasn't heard from the U.S. Olympic Committee regarding the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal.\nThe four-time gold medalist at the Rio Olympics is among those who say they were sexually abused by Nassar, a former team doctor for the governing body for American gymnastics.\nBiles says USA Gymnastics President Kerry Perry flew to meet her in Texas, where she's training for the 2020 Tokyo Games. She says the USOC hasn't reached out.\nBiles said Wednesday there's \"still a lot of work that needs to be done, like independent investigations. So they can ensure this never happens in any sport again.\"\nNassar already has been sentenced to 60 years in prison on child pornography charges and 40 to 175 years for abusing young women and girls while working at Michigan State University. He's also facing sentencing for molesting gymnasts at an elite club in Lansing, Michigan." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2018--Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) today launched a global approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR) focused on empowering people around the world with the information, resources and confidence they need to create a better future — for themselves, their communities and the environment. At the core of Moody's global CSR focus is Reshape Tomorrow, a financial empowerment initiative to help people succeed in growing a small business.\n“By connecting people around the world to knowledge, opportunity and tools to pursue their goals, we can help open doors to a better future,” said Raymond McDaniel, President and Chief Executive Officer of Moody’s. “Our CSR strategy builds on Moody’s unique business strengths to make a lasting difference in people’s lives by helping them overcome barriers that limit success in the evolving global economy.”\nThrough Reshape Tomorrow, Moody’s will partner with organizations around the world to give small-business owners access to vital information about the credit process and help them connect to sources of financing.\n“Small businesses are a significant force in economic growth, yet many entrepreneurs struggle to access credit or loans because they aren’t familiar with how the financial realm operates,” said Arlene Isaacs-Lowe, Global Head of CSR at Moody’s. “Our vision for Reshape Tomorrow is to help people all over the world — especially women and untapped groups — gain the tools and financial knowledge they need to build a more prosperous future for themselves and their communities.”\nMoody’s is seeking proposals from nonprofits to help provide Reshape Tomorrow programs and resources in business development, financial empowerment and other areas. Organizations can submit a proposal by May 31, 2018 to be considered for philanthropic grants and non-financial support, including Moody’s employee volunteers and other capacity-building assistance. To learn more, or to submit a proposal, visit https://csr.moodys.io.\nIn addition to empowering people with financial knowledge through the Reshape Tomorrow initiative, Moody’s global CSR approach has two other focal points:\nActivating an environmentally sustainable future. Moody’s strives to make a positive difference by helping markets better assess the value of environmental sustainability. For example, Moody’s Investors Service (MIS) is taking a more systematic approach to incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into its credit analysis to create more transparent and measurable links between sustainability and creditworthiness. Through its Green Bond Assessments, MIS provides information about the relative effectiveness of bond issuers’ administration, management and reporting for environmentally beneficial projects, ranging from energy-efficient building construction to municipal wastewater reduction systems. Also, MIS regularly presents its views on ESG credit considerations to environmental policymakers, standards bodies and regulatory officials. In addition, Moody’s and its employees continually take steps to reduce the company’s adverse impact on the planet. Moody’s has adopted a company-wide Environmental & Sustainability Policy that sets the goal of reducing the environmental impact of its operations by using natural resources more efficiently. More than half of Moody’s global office space is in LEED-certified green buildings. Moody’s has also established procurement policies and a Vendor Code of Conduct reflecting its environmental values, and created an employee-led Environmental Task Force. As a participant in the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Moody’s helped develop recommendations for companies to voluntarily disclose climate-related financial risks and opportunities to encourage standardized reporting and transparency. Moody’s CEO and CFO signed statements of support for the TCFD recommendations, which Moody’s has implemented. Helping young people reach their potential. Moody’s works with schools and nonprofits around the world to help prepare young people for successful careers in finance, technology and economics. The company helps create and expand mentorship initiatives, skills-development programs, internships, and other educational opportunities for students.\nMoody’s CSR approach reflects the company’s deep commitment to integrity, diversity and inclusion, and strengthening local communities. Moody’s employees play an integral role in driving the company’s CSR progress through contributions including volunteer and giving programs and pro bono expertise. The Moody’s Foundation also provides grant support for many of our partnerships and initiatives. Details can be found at https://csr.moodys.io.\nABOUT MOODY’S CORPORATION\nMoody's is an essential component of the global capital markets, providing credit ratings, research, tools and analysis that contribute to transparent and integrated financial markets. Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) is the parent company of Moody's Investors Service, which provides credit ratings and research covering debt instruments and securities, and Moody's Analytics, which offers leading-edge software, advisory services and research for credit and economic analysis and financial risk management. The corporation, which reported revenue of $4.2 billion in 2017, employs approximately 11,900 people worldwide and maintains a presence in 41 countries. Further information is available at www.moodys.com.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005241/en/\nCONTACT: Moody’s Corporation\nSTEPHEN MAIRE, +1 212-553-7424\nGlobal Head of Investor Relations and Communications\[email protected]\nor\nMICHAEL ADLER, +1 212-553-4667\nSenior Vice President\nCorporate Communications\[email protected]\nKEYWORD: UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES EUROPE NORTH AMERICA CANADA NEW YORK\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: TECHNOLOGY DATA MANAGEMENT INTERNET NETWORKS SOFTWARE SMALL BUSINESS PHILANTHROPY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BANKING FINANCE OTHER PHILANTHROPY\nSOURCE: Moody’s Corporation Investor Relations\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/24/2018 08:00 AM/DISC: 04/24/2018 08:01 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005241/en" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "MILWAUKEE (AP) — Federal prosecutors allege a Turkish businessman helped illegally route Wisconsin-made outboard engines and boat generators to the Iranian navy.\nForty-year-old Resit Tavan of Istanbul appeared in U.S. District Court in Milwaukee Monday. Tavan was arrested in Romania in June on an international warrant.\nTavan, his Turkish company and a manager there are accused of conspiring to defraud the U.S. and to smuggle American-made products to Iran.\nThe Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports the indictment alleges they failed to obtain the special licenses needed to get around trade embargoes against Iran in place since 1995. Instead, the defendants allegedly negotiated the export of the engines and generators to Turkey, then re-exported them to Iran.\nTavan's attorney, Nejla Lane, told The Associated Press her client pleaded not guilty and will fight the charges." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "WASHINGTON (AP) — An aide says Vice President Mike Pence won't hesitate to criticize North Korea when he attends next month's Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.\nPence's deputy chief of staff, Jarrod Agen, said Tuesday: \"No matter the circumstances or occasion, the Vice President will not hesitate to speak out against North Korea when they are being dishonest or deceptive in their practices and provocations against freedom.\"\nThe statement came in response to one by the ambassador for North Korea's mission to the United Nations. Pak Song Il told the Washington Post on Monday that Pence's visit \"only shows how weak their motives are and how shameful their ways of thinking are.\"\nAides to Pence have cast his visit as an attempt to ensure the North doesn't \"hijack the messaging\" at the games." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – As the health insurance system showed a deficit last year, citizens will probably have to pay 21.32 percent or NT$126 (US$4.29) more per year beginning in 2021, the Central News Agency reported Saturday.\nFollowing legal amendments dating back to 2013, the Bureau of National Health Insurance (健保署) under the Ministry of Health and Welfare has to present a report once every five years about the financial condition of the health insurance system. The measure was designed to make sure that the system did not grow out of control over a span of 25 years, CNA reported.\nWith premiums falling and other measures coming into effect, extra income soon fell from NT$72.8 billion (US$2.48 billion) in 2013 to NT$7 billion (US$238 million) in 2016, according to the government report.\nWhile income fell, the amount of medical services covered by the insurance system rose dramatically, resulting in a deficit of NT$11 billion (US$374 million) for 2017.\nIf no corrective measures are taken, that deficit could balloon to NT$99.4 billion (US$3.38 billion) in 2021, officials said.\nThe 21.32 percent increase proposed for 2021 would still have to be followed by a rise of 6.34 percent in 2024, and of 13.06 percent every three years after that, the government support suggested. Another way out could be an annual increase of 3.77 percent." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "ASIA:\nMALAYSIA-NORTH KOREA — Malaysian police arrest a woman in connection with the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother at a Kuala Lumpur airport. Police said the woman was carrying Vietnamese travel documents. By Eileen Ng. SENT: 1,050 words, photos. With MALAYSIA-NORTH KOREA-THE LATEST.\nNKOREA-LEADERS' HIDDEN LIVES — The killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother could be the best cloak-and-dagger thriller North Koreans will never get to hear. And if they did, they'd likely need some plot explainers — few know Kim Jong Un even had a half-brother. While no country in the world has a cult of personality surrounding its leaders as intensive as North Korea's, the narrative is carefully groomed and highly selective, leaving even some of the most basic details unknown to the general public. Predictably enough, the existence of an elder half-brother — and particularly a somewhat rebellious, free-wheeling one — has never been part of the North's official leader narrative. By Eric Talmadge. SENT: 770 words, photos.\nMALAYSIA-NORTH KOREA-UNANSWERED QUESTIONS — It looks like a perfectly staged assassination, straight out of the pages of a spy novel: Kim Jong Nam, the estranged, exiled half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, falls ill at a Malaysian airport, complains of being sprayed with some sort of chemical, and drops dead. But, as with many things about the motives of cloistered North Korea, the unknowns currently far outweigh the certainties. By Foster Klug. SENT: 700 words, photos.\nNKOREA-KIM'S BROTHER-WHY NOW — Intelligence officials believe North Korean agents assassinated leader Kim Jong Un's exiled half brother, but if the whodunit seems settled, a very big question still looms: Why now? By Foster Klug and Kim Tong-hyung. UPCOMING: 870 words by 1300 GMT, photos.\nMALAYSIA-NORTH KOREA-RULING FAMILY — A failed attempt to sneak into Japan to visit Disneyland in 2001 may have doomed the leadership dreams of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's elder brother, who was assassinated this week in an airport in Malaysia. By Hyung-jin Kim. SENT: 760 words, photos.\nNORTH KOREA-ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS — The killing of the North Korean leader's outcast half brother could be the latest addition to a long list of high-profile assassinations or attempts in which the country is suspected of targeting estranged relatives of the Kim clan, turncoats and South Korean public figures. By Kim Tong-hyung. SENT: 570 words, photos.\nINDONESIA-JAKARTA ELECTION — Unofficial counts indicate the acrimonious election for the Indonesian capital's governor will head to a second round in April with the incumbent, a minority Christian, failing to secure the 50 percent needed for an outright win. By Stephen Wright and Niniek Karmini. SENT: 650 words, photos.\nCHINA-TRUMP TRADEMARKS —The government of China awarded U.S. President Donald Trump valuable rights to his own name this week, in the form of a 10-year trademark for construction services. Critics say Trump's global intellectual property interests could be used by foreign states as leverage over the president and may violate the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution, which bars public servants from accepting anything of value from foreign governments unless explicitly approved by Congress. By Erika Kinetz. SENT: 400 words, photos.\nCHINA-XINJIANG ATTACK — Eight people are killed in China's far western Xinjiang region, including three knife-wielding assailants, in the latest outbreak of violence in the volatile territory, authorities say. SENT: 370 words.\nCHINA-POLLUTION PROTEST — The government of an oil city near China's border with Russia says it is suspending an aluminum plant project following street protests by some residents over pollution fears, in the latest sign of rising environmental consciousness among some Chinese. SENT: 280 words.\nCHINA-CORRUPTION — The former Communist Party chief of the major northern Chinese province of Hebei is sentenced to 15 years in prison on corruption charges, as President Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaign continues to claim high-profile targets. SENT: 270 words, photos.\nINDIA-SATELLITES — India's space agency says it successfully launched a record 104 nano satellites into orbit aboard a single rocket. SENT: 230 words, photos.\nNEW ZEALAND-WILDFIRES — Hundreds of people in New Zealand's second-largest city are evacuated from their homes as wildfires burn down several houses and threaten to encroach further into some suburbs. A helicopter pilot who was a decorated soldier died in a crash while fighting the blaze. By Nick Perry. SENT: 350 words, photos.\nAFGHANISTAN — Taliban insurgents attack a village in northern Faryab province, killing five members of the local police force, an official says. SENT: 200 words.\nPAKISTAN — A Taliban suicide bombing targeted the administrative headquarters of a tribal region in northwestern Pakistan, killing three policemen and two passers-by, according to officials. By Riaz Khan and Asif Shahzad. SENT: 580 words, photos.\nAUSTRALIA-REFUGEES — Sri Lankan asylum seekers held on Pacific island camps who could potentially find new lives in the United States are free to return home without fear of persecution, Sri Lanka's prime minister says. By Rod McGuirk. SENT: 710 words, photos.\nCAMBODIA-THAILAND-BRITON SLAIN — A British man suspected of involvement in the gangland-style slaying of another Briton in the Thai resort town of Pattaya has been arrested, Cambodian authorities say. By Sopheng Cheang. SENT: 320 words.\nBUSINESS AND FINANCE:\nFINANCIAL MARKETS — Global stock markets are mostly higher after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said the U.S. central bank could raise interest rates as soon as next month. By Joe McDonald. SENT: 530 words, photos.\nJAPAN-SOFTBANK — The $3.3 billion acquisition by SoftBank Group Corp., the Japanese telecommunications, internet and solar energy giant, of Fortress Investment Group marks tycoon Masayoshi Son's latest step in building an investment empire. By Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 420 words, photos.\nJAPAN-TOYOTA — Toyota has revamped its Prius plug-in hybrid with a longer cruising range and quicker charging, including from a regular home plug, hoping it will sell better than the first model from five years ago that officials acknowledged had flopped. By Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 510 words, photos.\nPHILIPPINES-AIRPORTS — Philippine officials say the government is considering adding airports to serve the capital Manila and nearby areas, including a sprawling airport city complex that could handle 100 million passengers a year. Manila's congested international airport once was dubbed the world's worst airport in surveys by travel website The Guide to Sleeping in Airports. SENT: 240 words.\nMONGOLIA-MINING POLITICS — Mongolian lawmakers tell the government to revoke a private company's purchase of a stake in a major copper mine, a move the president warned could scare away investors at a time when the economy is already struggling. By Grace Brown. SENT: 730 words, photos.\n___\nHOW TO REACH US:\nThe editor in charge at the AP Asia-Pacific Desk in Bangkok is David Thurber. Questions and story requests are welcome. The news desk can be reached at (66) 2632-6911 or by email at [email protected]. The Asia Photo Desk can be reached at (81-3) 6215-8941. Between 1600 GMT and 0000 GMT, please refer queries to the North America Desk in New York at (1) 212-621-1650.\nExpanded AP content can be obtained from http://www.apexchange.com. For access to AP Exchange and other technical issues, contact [email protected] or call (1) 877-836-9477." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that peace between the Israelis and Palestinians may not come in the form of a two-state solution — a dramatic shift from former President Barack Obama, who said he saw no alternative.\nSpeaking to reporters ahead of President Donald Trump's meeting Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a senior White House official said Trump is eager to begin facilitating a peace deal between the two side and hoping to bring them together soon.\nBut the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to preview the visit, said it will be up to the Israelis and Palestinians to determine what peace will entail.\nThe official said peace is the goal, regardless of whether it comes in the form of a two-state solution. He says the administration will work as a facilitator, but is not going to dictate what the terms of peace are going to be.\nDuring his final White House news conference, Obama warned that the moment for a two-state solution \"may be passing\" and said the \"status quo is unsustainable.\"\nNetanyahu is scheduled to meet with Trump at the White House Wednesday, after which he'll head to Capitol Hill for meetings with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.\nTrump takes pride in his deal-making skills and said during his campaign that he'd love the challenge of negotiating a Mideast agreement. At one point Trump pointed to his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as the best man for the job.\nThe official said the Trump and Netanyahu are likely to discuss peace as well as expanded Israeli settlements, Iran and Trump's campaign pledge to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "Taipei, Feb. 2 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Friday it has no knowledge of the government's reported plan to lift a ban on food imports from five Japanese prefectures and has not been asked to start negotiations with Japan on the issue.\nThe United Evening News reported Friday that Taiwan's government is ready to remove the ban under strong pressure from Japan and plans to do so around the Lunar New Year holiday, which begins on Feb. 15.\nTaiwan hopes that lifting the ban would improve its chances of joining negotiations on the Comprehensive and Progress Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTTP) led by Japan, according to the report.\nMOFA spokesman Andrew Lee (李憲章) said that although his ministry is not responsible for food safety issues, it \"will adopt a consistent policy with other government agencies in handling the issue.\"\nLee said Taiwan will deal with the issue by following the examples of the United States and European Union in partially lifting their bans on food imports from five areas in Japan and will ensure that such imports are fully safe.\nTaiwan has banned imports of food from the Japanese prefectures of Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma and Chiba since 2011 over fears those areas were contaminated by radioactive fallout from the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March that year.\nAfter having been rebuffed by heavy opposition when it tried to promote lifting the ban in late 2016, Taiwan's government has started floating the idea again in recent days.\nHealth and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said on Jan. 29 that it was time to reassess Taiwan's policy on Japanese food imports, and he suggested that the government follow the United States in adopting risk-based restrictions in place of the current ban based on regions.\nEarlier Friday, the Executive Yuan would not confirm the report, saying that no timetable for lifting the ban has been set.\nIt indicated that the health of Taiwan's people would be the top priority when discussing whether Taiwan should re-open its doors to food imports from the five Japanese prefectures." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is expected to extend protections for nearly 7,000 Syrian citizens living in the U.S. for another 18 months. But it won't let more applicants from Syria enter the program.\nTwo U.S. officials familiar with the administration's plan say that \"Temporary Protected Status\" for Syrians will be renewed Wednesday. But they say the Homeland Security Department won't re-designate Syria as having conditions preventing citizens from returning safely.\nThat means Syrians already receiving the protections can stay, but more can't apply once the current program expires in March.\nThe officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the decision publicly.\nThe expected decision follows a contentious debate within the Trump administration about whether to cut off the program." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 49 34 12 3 71 175 125 Boston 47 29 10 8 66 156 116 Washington 49 29 15 5 63 150 138 Toronto 51 28 18 5 61 162 146 New Jersey 49 25 16 8 58 147 147 Columbus 49 27 19 3 57 131 137 Pittsburgh 51 27 21 3 57 151 153 Philadelphia 49 24 17 8 56 141 141 N.Y. Rangers 50 25 20 5 55 153 151 N.Y. Islanders 51 25 21 5 55 173 184 Carolina 50 23 19 8 54 139 155 Florida 48 20 22 6 46 136 159 Detroit 48 19 21 8 46 126 146 Montreal 49 20 23 6 46 129 156 Ottawa 48 15 24 9 39 125 168 Buffalo 50 14 27 9 37 115 166 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 48 32 12 4 68 164 128 Winnipeg 50 29 13 8 66 164 136 Nashville 47 29 11 7 65 145 123 St. Louis 51 30 18 3 63 148 130 Dallas 50 28 18 4 60 155 134 San Jose 48 26 15 7 59 143 133 Calgary 49 25 16 8 58 137 135 Colorado 48 27 18 3 57 157 139 Los Angeles 49 26 18 5 57 139 121 Minnesota 49 26 18 5 57 144 140 Anaheim 50 24 17 9 57 141 141 Chicago 49 23 19 7 53 146 136 Edmonton 49 22 24 3 47 135 157 Vancouver 49 19 24 6 44 127 159 Arizona 50 12 29 9 33 118 172\nNOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.\nMonday's Games No games scheduled\nTuesday's Games\nFlorida 4, N.Y. Islanders 1\nCarolina 2, Ottawa 1\nNew Jersey 3, Buffalo 1\nMinnesota at Columbus, 7 p.m.\nSan Jose at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.\nAnaheim at Boston, 7 p.m.\nTampa Bay at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.\nMontreal at St. Louis, 8 p.m.\nChicago at Nashville, 8 p.m.\nLos Angeles at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.\nVegas at Calgary, 9 p.m.\nColorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.\nWednesday's Games\nN.Y. Islanders at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.\nSan Jose at Detroit, 8 p.m.\nPhiladelphia at Washington, 8 p.m.\nThursday's Games\nToronto at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.\nMontreal at Carolina, 7 p.m.\nSt. Louis at Boston, 7 p.m.\nFlorida at Buffalo, 7 p.m.\nAnaheim at Ottawa, 7 p.m.\nPhiladelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m.\nVegas at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.\nLos Angeles at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.\nTampa Bay at Calgary, 9 p.m.\nDallas at Arizona, 9 p.m.\nColorado at Edmonton, 9 p.m.\nChicago at Vancouver, 10 p.m.\nFriday's Games\nWashington at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.\nDetroit at Carolina, 7 p.m.\nSan Jose at Columbus, 7 p.m.\nVegas at Minnesota, 8 p.m." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "PHOENIX (AP) — A national meeting of Southern Baptists will consider condemning the political movement known as the \"alt-right\" amid an uproar over the denomination's commitment to confronting prejudice.\nLeaders of the faith group initially refused to take up a proposal that they repudiate the political group that emerged dramatically during the U.S. presidential election, mixing racism, white nationalism and populism. Barrett Duke, a Southern Baptist leader who led a committee that decided which resolutions should be considered for a vote, said the resolution as originally written contained inflammatory and broad language \"potentially implicating\" conservatives who do not support the \"alt-right\" movement.\nBut the decision caused a backlash online and at the gathering in Phoenix from Southern Baptists and other Christians, especially African-American evangelicals. The denomination has been striving to overcome its founding in the 19th century in defense of slaveholders. Thabiti Anyabwile, a black Southern Baptist pastor, tweeted that \"any 'church' that cannot denounce white supremacy without hesitancy and equivocation is a dead, Jesus denying assembly. No 2 ways about it\".\nSouthern Baptist leaders responded late Tuesday night with a dramatic call for attendees to return to the assembly hall, then announced they would take up the proposal after all on Wednesday. It was a highly unusual move for the denomination's tightly choreographed conventions, underscoring the sensitivity of the issue and the alarm among leaders that their initial rejection of the proposal would be viewed as an unwillingness to fight racism. In encouraging the meeting to reconsider, Steve Gaines, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said he wanted to send the message that \"we love everybody on this planet.\"\nThe initial proposed resolution came from a prominent black Southern Baptist pastor, the Rev. Dwight McKissic, who had submitted the suggested statement to Duke's committee before this week's gathering. When the proposal was not presented Tuesday, McKissic made a direct, unsuccessful plea for reconsideration from the floor of the Phoenix meeting. He called the \"alt-right\" a symptom of \"social disease,\" ''deceptive\" and \"antithetical to what we believe.\" His resolution condemned Christians who attempted to use biblical teachings to justify white supremacy.\nThe new resolution that will be debated Wednesday states racism and white supremacy endure \"in various white supremacist movements, sometimes known as 'white nationalism' or 'alt-right.'\" Southern Baptists \"decry every form of racism, including alt-right white supremacy as antithetical to the Gospel of Jesus Christ\" and \"denounce and repudiate white supremacy and every form of racial and ethnic hatred as of the devil,\" the proposed new resolution states.\nThe Southern Baptist Convention, based in Nashville, has 15.2 million members and is the largest Protestant group in the country. Leaders have repeatedly condemned racism in formal resolutions from past meetings and built new relationships with black Baptists.\nBilly Levengood, a 32-year-old convention attendee from Oxford, Pennsylvania, said he will vote for the resolution, in part to help the denomination move beyond its origins. \"We can't undo the slavery aspect, but we can do all we can to engage every person,\" Levengood said. \"The Gospel is true for all of them.\"\nBut Daniel Brady, 66, a lifelong Southern Baptist from Flagstaff, said he would examine the language more closely before deciding his vote. He said he would support a less specific condemnation of racism, contending media sometimes categorize people as part of the \"alt-right\" based solely on whether they backed President Donald Trump. \"We're always going to be called racists, as Southern Baptists,\" he said.\nEd Stetzer, a Southern Baptist speaker and executive director of the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism at Wheaton College in Illinois, said the committee in charge of resolutions should have revised the initial proposal and brought it to a vote.\n\"Southern Baptists need to speak to this issue,\" Stetzer wrote Wednesday in the evangelical magazine Christianity Today. He pointed to the denomination's history in the civil rights movement. \"Too many Southern Baptists were on the wrong side of the fire hoses in Birmingham. They need to get on the correct side of the rising tide of racism,\" Stetzer wrote.\n____\nWang reported from Phoenix. AP Religion Writer Zoll reported from New York." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "SINGAPORE (AP) — It was 75 years ago that Singapore, the island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula that had been a key strategic outpost of Britain's colonial empire, fell to invading Japanese troops. The events live on in history books more than in memories. But for Margaret Menz, who lost her brother there, the passage of years has not dulled the pain.\nMenz was among hundreds of people who attended a commemoration ceremony Wednesday at Singapore's Kranji War Cemetery, which holds more than 4,400 white gravestones of soldiers from countries such as Britain, Australia and New Zealand.\nWorld War II veterans, their family members and officials said prayers, observed a period of silence and laid wreaths in memory of lives lost." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Europa League final host Lyon is at risk of a one-season ban from UEFA competitions after more fan disorder.\nUEFA says it has charged Lyon for incidents including \"racist behavior\" and \"crowd disturbances\" at a Europa League home game against CSKA Moscow on Thursday. Lyon was eliminated from the competition and lost the chance to reach the final at home.\nThe French club could be barred from Europe when UEFA makes a judgment on the case.\nLast April, UEFA put Lyon on two-year probation after fan disorder delayed a Europa League quarterfinal match against Besiktas.\nLyon is currently fourth in France, competing with third-place Marseille to play in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League or the group stage of the Europa League." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers forward Kevin Love will return Monday after missing six weeks because of a broken left hand.\nCleveland was 11-9 without Love, who was injured on Jan. 30. He's averaging 17.9 points and 9.4 rebounds in 48 games.\nAssociate head coach Larry Drew said Love's minutes will be restricted in Cleveland's game against Milwaukee. Drew is running the team while coach Tyronn Lue takes a leave of absence to address health issues that have included chest pains and a loss of sleep.\nThe Cavaliers are third in the Eastern Conference despite dealing with several injuries. Larry Nance Jr. (sore right hamstring), Rodney Hood (strained lower back), Cedi Osman (strained left hip flexor) and Tristan Thompson (sprained right ankle) were ruled out of Monday's game.\nKyle Korver has returned to the team after missing Saturday's game because of a family emergency. He's also been dealing with a sore right foot and was a game-time decision Monday." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been charged with accepting money to marry six women to help them evade immigration laws.\nFederal prosecutors allege 57-year-old Peter Hicks, of Worcester, married the women from sub-Saharan African nations who were in the U.S. illegally between 2003 and 2013 and filed for immigration benefits for four of them.\nAuthorities also allege that on at least one occasion, he was still married to one woman at the time of his marriage to another.\nHe is also alleged to have recruited others to enter into fraudulent marriages.\nHicks was released following an initial appearance in federal court in Worcester on Tuesday. He faces a maximum of five years in prison if convicted.\nHis federal public defender did not return a call for comment." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll on Donald Trump and Russia was conducted by NORC on June 8-11. It is based on online and telephone interviews of 1,068 adults who are members of NORC's nationally representative AmeriSpeak panel.\nThe original sample was drawn from respondents selected randomly from NORC's National Frame based on address-based sampling and recruited by mail, email, telephone and face-to-face interviews.\nNORC interviews participants over the phone if they don't have internet access. With a probability basis and coverage of people who can't access the internet, surveys using AmeriSpeak are nationally representative.\nInterviews were conducted in English and Spanish.\nAs is done routinely in surveys, results were weighted, or adjusted, to ensure that responses accurately reflect the population's makeup by factors such as age, sex, race, education, region and phone use.\nNo more than 1 time in 20 should chance variations in the sample cause the results to vary by more than plus or minus 4.q percentage points from the answers that would be obtained if all adults in the U.S. were polled.\nThere are other sources of potential error in polls, including the wording and order of questions.\nThe questions and results are available at http://www.apnorc.org/" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }

{ "text": [ "PHOENIX (AP) — A trial began Tuesday in the case of a Syrian man accused of supplying a component of improvised bombs used in the Iraq War, with a prosecutor saying the man had sympathized with a group that wanted to use violence to drive a wedge between Iraqis and Americans.\nAhmed Alahmedalabdaloklah (AL-ah-med-AL-ab-dahl-OK'-lah) is accused of making circuit boards used to remotely detonate roadside bombs in Iraq for the 1920 Revolution Brigades.\nThe trial is being staged in Phoenix because authorities said a part for improvised explosive devices was made by a company headquartered in Arizona.\nProsecutor Joseph Kaster told jurors in opening statements that Alahmedalabdaloklah embraced the group's objectives to force American troops to abandon Iraq. \"He shared their violent objectives,\" Kaster said.\nThe case against the 40-year-old Alahmedalabdaloklah arose out of a raid a decade ago at a Baghdad apartment where soldiers discovered a large cache of bomb-making materials, though no explosives were found. Prosecutors say Alahmedalabdaloklah's fingerprints were found on several items in the apartment.\nAuthorities said in court records that several witnesses have tied him to the production of IED components, including one person who said Alahmedalabdaloklah, after fleeing Iraq and moving to China, found a factory in China to make the circuit boards.\nAlahmedalabdaloklah has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, conspiracy to destroy U.S. government property with an explosive, possession of a destructive device in furtherance of a violent crime, conspiracy to commit \"extraterritorial murder\" of a U.S. citizen and providing support to terrorists. If convicted, he could face up to life in prison.\nDefense attorney Jami Johnson said her client never expressed any sentiments against Americans in 12 years of his emails that were reviewed by investigators. \"Twelve years — and not one single anti-American statement,\" Johnson told jurors.\nJohnson said her client, who was brought to Iraq as a refugee when he was a child, operated a legitimate electronics shop in Baghdad and moved to China when security in Iraq deteriorated.\nJohnson said Alahmedalabdaloklah set up an electronics business in China that sold products in Iraq and elsewhere but never sent any components used in a bomb.\nShe said her client's fingerprints were found on his photos and documents inside the Baghdad apartment, but none of the electronics contained his prints or DNA.\nAlahmedalabdaloklah was arrested in May 2011 after flying to Turkey from China. He was jailed for three years in Turkey before being extradited to the United States in August 2014.\nProsecutors have said in court papers that 1920 Revolution Brigades claimed responsibility for 230 attacks in Iraq against American soldiers from 2005 to 2010.\nThe 1920 Revolution Brigades was active against U.S. forces in Sunni-dominated parts of Iraq until it switched sides in 2007 to fight against al-Qaida. The group derived its name from the 1920 revolution in which Iraqis revolted against a British occupation.\n___\nFollow Jacques Billeaud at www.twitter.com/jacquesbilleaud. His work can be found at https://www.apnews.com/search/jacques%20billeaud." ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }