CLG: German nuclear plant infected with computer viruses, operator says, World's fastest jet MiG-31 intercepts US spy plane near Russia's Far East, Turkey explosion: Gaziantep police station hit by blast

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03 May 2016 - Part 1

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German nuclear plant infected with computer viruses, operator says | 27 April 2016 | A nuclear power plant in Germany has been found to be infected with computer viruses, but they appear not to have posed a threat to the facility's operations [?!?] because it is isolated from the Internet, the station's operator said on Tuesday. The Gundremmingen plant, located about 120 km (75 miles) northwest of Munich, is run by the German utility RWE. The viruses, which include "W32.Ramnit" and "Conficker", were discovered at Gundremmingen's B unit in a computer system retrofitted in 2008 with data visualization software associated with equipment for moving nuclear fuel rods, RWE said. Malware was also found on 18 removable data drives, mainly USB sticks, in office computers maintained separately from the plant's operating systems.

 

Officials for Hanford Nuclear Reservation trying to determine if second giant tank containing radioactive waste from production of plutonium for nuclear weapons is leaking | 26 April 2016 | (WA) Officials for the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are trying to determine if a second giant underground tank containing radioactive waste from the production of plutonium for nuclear weapons is leaking, the U.S. Department of Energy revealed on Tuesday. Air monitors attached to an aging tank known as AY-101 recently found radiation at higher than normal background levels, the agency said. A video inspection of the underground tank found no evidence that radioactive waste had leaked from the primary tank into the space between the two walls, Hanford officials said. A Hanford watchdog group on Tuesday contended the higher radiation found by the air monitors was evidence of a leak in a second tank.

 

Baghdad state of emergency as protesters storm parliament | 01 May 20916 | Protesters have stormed Iraq's parliament in a dramatic culmination of months of demonstrations, casting uncertainty over the tenure of the country's prime minister and the foundations of the political system laid in place after the 2003 US-led invasion. Security forces declared a state of emergency in the Iraqi capital after demonstrators climbed over blast walls and broke through cordons to enter Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, also home to ministries and embassies. MPs fled the building in panic, with some berated and hit as they left.

 

World's fastest jet MiG-31 intercepts US spy plane near Russia's Far East | 28 April 2016 | A Russian Air Force MiG-31 jet intercepted a US spy plane near Kamchatka in Russia's Far East last week, flying within 15 meters of the aircraft. Washington downplayed the incident, saying it was carried out in a "safe and professional" manner. The MiG-31 (NATO code name Foxhound) is a Soviet-design supersonic interceptor, the world's fastest aircraft in service today. It got to within 15 meters of a US surveillance plane, which was flying in international airspace near the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

 

French Assembly adopts resolution calling to end anti-Russian sanctions imposed by EU | 28 April 2016 | French MPs have voted in favor of a resolution to lift the EU-imposed sanctions initially slapped on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine and the reunification with Crimea. The document is non-binding. Fifty-five members of the French National Assembly have supported the resolution calling on the government not to extend the sanctions imposed on Russia by the EU. Forty-four voted against and two abstained.

 

Turkey explosion: Gaziantep police station hit by blast | 01 May 2016 | At least one person has died and 14 were injured by an explosion near the main police station in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, officials say. The blast hit the southern city, 10km (six miles) from the Syrian border, at about 09:30 local time (06:30 GMT). CNN Turk reported that the blast was heard several kilometres away.

 

Suspect in Paris attacks extradited to France from Belgium | 27 April 2016 | Salah Abdeslam, suspected of playing a major part in November's attacks in Paris by Islamist militants in which 130 people were killed, has been extradited to France from Belgium, prosecutors in both countries said on Wednesday. Abdeslam, 26, was Europe's most wanted fugitive until his capture in Brussels on March 18 after a four-month manhunt. He was due to appear before French judges later on Wednesday.

 

Brother of San Bernardino shooter arrested with two others | 29 April 2016 | Three people linked to the couple [allegedly] responsible for December's mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, were arrested on Thursday on conspiracy, marriage fraud and other charges unrelated to the massacre, U.S. prosecutors said. The trio included Syed Raheel Farook, whose brother Syed Rizwan Farook and sister-in-law, Pakistan-born Tashfeen Malik, killed 14 people in a rampage authorities have said was inspired by Islamist militants. All three pleaded not guilty and will be released on bond, Los Angeles U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Thom Mrozek said.

 

Michigan official suggested rigging water tests to 'bump out' lead results | 27 April 2016 | A Michigan environmental official suggested a technician collecting samples for a suburban Detroit private water system "bump...out" a test result that found very high levels of lead by testing more homes, according to a 2008 email reviewed by the Guardian. Doing so could avert a "lead public notice", the email reasoned, which would alert residents of dangerously high levels in their water.

 

Obama torches Trump at his final Washington correspondents' dinner | 01 May 2016 | U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday took aim at Democrats and Republicans alike in his final appearance headlining the star-studded White House correspondents' dinner, but saved his sharpest barbs for Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump...In his remarks, Obama looked back on his presidency and jokingly predicted the country may be nearing its doom. "The end of the republic has never looked better," the tuxedo-clad president said looking out at the well-groomed crowd as he blasted Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus.

 

Trump white powder scare: Envelope filled with mystery substance is mailed to Trump's campaign office forcing six people into isolation --Five Trump staffers and a police officer are being evaluated after an envelope of suspicious white powder was mailed to Trump Tower | 28 April 2016 | Hazmat teams and emergency crews surrounded Trump Tower this evening after an envelope of suspicious white powder was mailed to Donald Trump. Six people, including a police officer, were isolated after an intern at the Tower in New York opened the envelope at just after 8pm on Thursday. They alerted security after they discovered a mysterious white powder inside. The letter had been addressed to Donald Trump at Trump Tower, officials say.

Media conflates rigged computer programming and stolen 'elections' with 'good ground g-me:' Cruz Poaches Nearly All AZ Delegates; Former Gov. Brewer Screams 'I Got CheaTED!' | 01 May 2016 | Donald Trump won the Arizona Republican primary with 47% of the vote to second- place Ted Cruz with 25%. Trump won all 58 delegates in Arizona. But that didn't stop the Cruz campaign and GOP elites from coming in and poaching all of the delegates at today’s state convention...Even former Governor Jan Brewer, an outspoken Trump supporter, had her name removed from the online ballot and did not make the cut. Brewer took to Twitter, and exclaimed:"I've been elected to 5 straight National Conventions. Today, I got cheated. @realDonaldTrump got cheated at AZ Convention. Shameful!!!" "My name was 'mysteriously' removed off @realDonaldTrump online ballot.Today's electronic vote full of glitches and errors. Cheated today!"

5 arrested, 1 injured in chaotic protest outside Burlingame Republican Convention | 30 April 2016 | Protesters against Republican frontrunner clashed with his supporters outside the state Republican convention in Burlingame. The Republican frontrunner Donald Trump was forced to leave his motorcade to cut through a fence into a back entrance. "It felt like I was crossing the border," Trump said. The chaos lead police in riot gear to make arrests. In all, police made five arrests Friday.

 

John Boehner: Ted Cruz is 'Lucifer in the flesh' | 28 April 2016 | John Boehner excoriated his former Capitol Hill colleague and GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz during a talk at Stanford University, labeling Cruz as "Lucifer in the flesh" Boehner, who retired as speaker of the House last fall, laid out his opinion on thepresidential race in a talk at the university. Cruz did not fare well. "I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life," Boehner said, according to the Stanford Daily...If Trump is the Republican nominee, Boehner said, he would vote for him. However, if Cruz won the nod, he would not support him, Boehner said.

 

Cruz defends Fiorina's business record amid Carrier controversy | 01 May 2016 | On "Fox News Sunday," Texas Senator Ted Cruz defended Carly Fiorina's business record amid ongoing controversy about outsourced jobs in Indiana. Cruz discussed his intent to bring manufacturing jobs to the United States and touted his choice of the former Hewlett-Packard CEO as his running mate. Upon the mention of Fiorina, host Chris Wallace pressed Cruz about her record on outsourcing.

 

Ted Cruz to Name Carly Fiorina as His Running Mate | 27 April 2016 | Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, desperate to alter the course of a presidential primary fight in which Donald J. Trump is closing in on victory, will announce Wednesday afternoon that Carly Fiorina will be his running mate if he wins the Republican nomination, two campaign advisers confirmed. The move, a day after Mr. Trump scored unexpectedly wide victory margins in sweeping five East Coast states, amounts to the grandest diversionary ploy a presidential candidate can stage-- or at least the grandest one available to a candidate trailing by more than 400 delegates who failed to win more than 25 percent of the vote in any state on Tuesday.

 

High-Ranking LA County Sheriff's Official Resigns Over 'Inappropriate and Unprofessional Emails,' Department Says | 01 May 2016 | A top LA County Sheriff's Department official resigned Sunday in the wake of a controversy over emails he forwarded to people from his work computer. Tom Angel, who until Sunday was chief of staff for Sheriff Jim McDonnell, forwarded the emails three to four years ago while he was working as second-in-command at the Burbank Police Department. The emails were recently uncovered in an LA Times report and Angel faced public backlash over their offensive takes on minorities.

 

Supreme Court: Texas voter ID law to remain | 29 April 2016 | The Supreme Court on Friday allowed a controversial Texas voter ID law to remain in effect for now, turning away an emergency motion from opponents of the law who say it is one of the most strict in the country. A federal appeals court is set to hear a challenge to the law at the end of May. In their one-page order, the justices made clear they recognize the "time constraints" that exist because of the upcoming election and advised the parties that if the appeals court has not ruled by the end of July, the civil rights groups who brought the challenge could return to the Supreme Court to seek relief. 

 

Six killed in Texas floods as severe weather lashes central U.S. | 30 April 2016 | A grandmother and four of her grandchildren were killed and another person also died in floods in Texas caused by storms that unleashed tornadoes, damaging hail and torrential rains on several central U.S. states, officials said on Saturday. The woman and her grandchildren died in Palestine, Texas, 100 miles (160 km) southeast of Dallas, after escaping a house where flood waters had reached the roof line. They were then swept away, Palestine police Captain James Muniz said.

 

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