Blog

Silicon Valley just lost a friend with the exit of Gottlieb from the FDA – CNBC

Wednesday, March 06, 2019

<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Tech The departure of Scott Gottlieb from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday is a potential blow to Silicon Valley. In his two years as commissioner of the FDA, Gottlieb, a doctor and former venture capitalist, gained a reputation as a proponent of health-care innovation, including pharmaceutical companies bringing new drugs to market. He helped to establish a digital health software program called…

North Korea Seen Reassembling Rocket Test Site Days After Summit With US – NPR

Wednesday, March 06, 2019

North Korea’s Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launchpad in Dongchang-ri, North Korea, in this Dec. 12, 2012, photo released by the Korean Central News Agency. AP hide caption toggle caption AP North Korea’s Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launchpad in Dongchang-ri, North Korea, in this Dec. 12, 2012, photo released by the Korean Central News Agency. AP Satellite imagery suggests that North Korea may be taking…

Trump Organization’s insurance policies under investigation: Source – ABC News

Wednesday, March 06, 2019

Insurance regulators in New York have issued a subpoena to Aon, the Trump Organization’s insurance broker of choice, the company confirmed to ABC News. The subpoena, issued by the New York State Department of Financial Services, was based in large part on the testimony of Michael Cohen, who answered in the affirmative when asked whether President Donald Trump ever inflated his assets to an insurance company, according to a source…

Bloomberg Ends the Tease, Decides Not to Run for President – Slate

Wednesday, March 06, 2019

‘:””},t.getDefinedParams=function(e,t){return t.filter(function(t){return e[t]}).reduce(function(t,n){return l(t,function(e,t,n){return t in e?Object.defineProperty(e,t,{value:n,enumerable:!0,configurable:!0,writable:!0}):e[t]=n,e}({},n,e[n]))},{})},t.isValidMediaTypes=function(e){var t=[“banner”,”native”,”video”];return!!Object.keys(e).every(function(e){return(0,b.default)(t,e)})&&(!e.video||!e.video.context||(0,b.default)([“instream”,”outstream”],e.video.context))},t.getBidderRequest=function(e,t,n){return(0,v.default)(e,function(e){return e.bids.filter(function(e){return e.bidder===t&&e.adUnitCode===n}).length>0})||{start:null,auctionId:null}},t.getUserConfiguredParams=function(e,t,n){return e.filter(function(e){return e.code===t}).map(function(e){return e.bids}).reduce(s,[]).filter(function(e){return e.bidder===n}).map(function(e){return e.params||{}})},t.getOrigin=function(){return window.location.origin?window.location.origin:window.location.protocol+”//”+window.location.hostname+(window.location.port?”:”+window.location.port:””)},t.getDNT=function(){return”1″===navigator.doNotTrack||”1″===window.doNotTrack||”1″===navigator.msDoNotTrack||”yes”===navigator.doNotTrack},t.isAdUnitCodeMatchingSlot=function(e){return function(t){return B(e,t)}},t.isSlotMatchingAdUnitCode=function(e){return function(t){return B(t,e)}},t.unsupportedBidderMessage=function(e,t){var n=Object.keys(e.mediaTypes||{banner:”banner”}).join(“, “);return”\n “+e.code+” is a “+n+” ad unit\n containing bidders that don’t support “+n+”: “+t+”.\n This bidder won’t fetch demand.\n “},t.deletePropertyFromObject=function(e,t){var n=l({},e);return delete n[t],n},t.removeRequestId=function(e){return t.deletePropertyFromObject(e,”requestId”)},t.isInteger=function(e){return Number.isInteger?Number.isInteger(e):”number”==typeof e&&isFinite(e)&&Math.floor(e)===e},t.convertCamelToUnderscore=function(e){return e.replace(/(?:^|\.?)([A-Z])/g,function(e,t){return”_”+t.toLowerCase()}).replace(/^_/,””)},t.transformBidderParamKeywords=function(e){var n=arguments.length>1&&void 0!==arguments[1]?arguments[1]:”keywords”,r=[];return t._each(e,function(e,i){if(t.isArray(e)){var o=[];t._each(e,function(e){(e=t.getValueString(n+”.”+i,e))&&o.push(e)}),e=o}else{if(e=t.getValueString(n+”.”+i,e),!t.isStr(e))return;e=[e]}r.push({key:i,value:e})}),r},t.convertTypes=function(e,n){return Object.keys(e).forEach(function(r){var i,o;n[r]&&(t.isFn(e[r])?n[r]=e[r](n[r]):n[r]=(i=e[r],o=n[r],”string”===i?o&&o.toString():”number”===i?Number(o):o), isNaN(n[r])&&delete n.key)}),n};var g=n(3),h=r(n(63)),v=r(n(10)),b=r(n(5)),y=n(11),m=n(4),_=!1,A=Object.prototype.toString,E=Boolean(window.console),w=Boolean(E&&window.console.log),S=Boolean(E&&window.console.info),I=Boolean(E&&window.console.warn),T=Boolean(E&&window.console.error);t.replaceTokenInString=function(e,n,r){return t._each(n,function(t,n){t=void 0===t?””:t;var i=r+n.toUpperCase()+r,o=new RegExp(i,”g”);e=e.replace(o,t)}),e};var x,j=(x=0,function(){return++x});t.getUniqueIdentifierStr=i,t.generateUUID=function e(t){return t?(t^16*Math.random()>>t/4).toString(16):([1e7]+-1e3+-4e3+-8e3+-1e11).replace(/[018]/g,e)},t.getBidIdParameter=function(e,t){return t&&t[e]?t[e]:””},t.tryAppendQueryString=function(e,t,n){return n?e+(t+”=”)+encodeURIComponent(n)+”&”:e},t.parseQueryStringParameters=function(e){var t=””;for(var n in e)e.hasOwnProperty(n)&&(t+=n+”=”+encodeURIComponent(e[n])+”&”);return…

Alabama tornadoes: Seven family members among 23 killed – BBC News

Tuesday, March 05, 2019

Media captionAerials show Alabama tornado destruction Seven members of one family were among the 23 victims identified after an outbreak of tornadoes devastated the US state of Alabama, officials have said. Every victim, including four children, was found close to their homes, rescue crews say. The victims range in age from six to 89, Lee County Coroner Bill Harris told a news conference. Up to eight people remain missing, officials…

The solution for Trump’s impending Senate showdown: End the national emergency – Washington Examiner

Tuesday, March 05, 2019

By declaring a national emergency to build his promised wall at the southern border, President Trump has pitted his presidency against the Constitution’s principles of separation of powers, legislative control of funds, and limited government among others. And, as congressional Republicans have increasingly made clear, they’re not so willing to throw those principles out the window. That leaves the Senate poised to rebuke the president and, in the process, highlight…

A Surge In Migrant Asylum Seekers Is Overwhelming Immigration System – NPR

Tuesday, March 05, 2019

Honduran migrants react as they surrender to the U.S. Border Patrol after crossing the border wall into the United States. According to new federal data, the number of migrants apprehended crossing the border in recent months has surged. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption toggle caption Ramon Espinosa/AP Honduran migrants react as they surrender to the U.S. Border Patrol after crossing the border wall into the United States. According to new federal…

Trump signals White House may not comply with House Judiciary requests – CNBC

Tuesday, March 05, 2019

<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Politics President Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to suggest that the White House may refuse to comply with a slew of requests for documents sent this week by House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler, N.Y. Speaking at a White House event, Trump cited what he said was the Obama administration’s approach to handling document requests related to Congressional investigations: “They didn’t give one letter. They…

Dale Kasler recounts how Sacramento police detained the protesters and him – Sacramento Bee

Tuesday, March 05, 2019

Dozens of us, effectively penned in by a phalanx of police officers by a police cordon at the edge of the Highway 50 overpass, had nowhere to go. Then the arrests started. A protest march over the shooting death of Stephon Clark, and the Sacramento County district attorney’s decision not to prosecute the police officers who killed him, had proceeded relatively peacefully for more than two hours through the tony…

‘We lost children, mothers, fathers, neighbors and friends,’ Alabama’s governor says after tornadoes – CNN

Tuesday, March 05, 2019

“);var a = g[r.size_id].split(“x”).map((function(e) {return Number(e)})), s = u(a, 2);o.width = s[0],o.height = s[1]}o.rubiconTargeting = (Array.isArray(r.targeting) ? r.targeting : []).reduce((function(e, r) {return e[r.key] = r.values[0],e}), {rpfl_elemid: n.adUnitCode}),e.push(o)} else l.logError(“Rubicon bid adapter Error: bidRequest undefined at index position:” + t, c, d);return e}), []).sort((function(e, r) {return (r.cpm || 0) – (e.cpm || 0)}))},getUserSyncs: function(e, r, t) {if (!A && e.iframeEnabled) {var i = “”;return t && “string” == typeof t.consentString &&…

Hillary Clinton says she’s ‘not running’ for president in 2020 – AOL

Tuesday, March 05, 2019

Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, said she is not running for president in the 2020 election. “I’m not running, but I’m going to keep working, and speaking, and standing up for what I believe,” Clinton said in an interview with News 12, last week in New York. “I want to be sure that people understand: I’m going to keep speaking out,” Clinton said…

‘We lost children, mothers, fathers, neighbors and friends,’ Alabama’s governor says after tornadoes – CNN

Tuesday, March 05, 2019

“);var a = g[r.size_id].split(“x”).map((function(e) {return Number(e)})), s = u(a, 2);o.width = s[0],o.height = s[1]}o.rubiconTargeting = (Array.isArray(r.targeting) ? r.targeting : []).reduce((function(e, r) {return e[r.key] = r.values[0],e}), {rpfl_elemid: n.adUnitCode}),e.push(o)} else l.logError(“Rubicon bid adapter Error: bidRequest undefined at index position:” + t, c, d);return e}), []).sort((function(e, r) {return (r.cpm || 0) – (e.cpm || 0)}))},getUserSyncs: function(e, r, t) {if (!A && e.iframeEnabled) {var i = “”;return t && “string” == typeof t.consentString &&…

Hillary Clinton says she’s ‘not running’ for president in 2020 – AOL

Tuesday, March 05, 2019

Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, said she is not running for president in the 2020 election. “I’m not running, but I’m going to keep working, and speaking, and standing up for what I believe,” Clinton said in an interview with News 12, last week in New York. “I want to be sure that people understand: I’m going to keep speaking out,” Clinton said…

‘We lost children, mothers, fathers, neighbors and friends,’ Alabama’s governor says after tornadoes – CNN

Tuesday, March 05, 2019

“);var a = g[r.size_id].split(“x”).map((function(e) {return Number(e)})), s = u(a, 2);o.width = s[0],o.height = s[1]}o.rubiconTargeting = (Array.isArray(r.targeting) ? r.targeting : []).reduce((function(e, r) {return e[r.key] = r.values[0],e}), {rpfl_elemid: n.adUnitCode}),e.push(o)} else l.logError(“Rubicon bid adapter Error: bidRequest undefined at index position:” + t, c, d);return e}), []).sort((function(e, r) {return (r.cpm || 0) – (e.cpm || 0)}))},getUserSyncs: function(e, r, t) {if (!A && e.iframeEnabled) {var i = “”;return t && “string” == typeof t.consentString &&…

Hillary Clinton says she’s ‘not running’ for president in 2020 – AOL

Tuesday, March 05, 2019

Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, said she is not running for president in the 2020 election. “I’m not running, but I’m going to keep working, and speaking, and standing up for what I believe,” Clinton said in an interview with News 12, last week in New York. “I want to be sure that people understand: I’m going to keep speaking out,” Clinton said…

Alabama tornado damage looks like ‘someone took a giant knife and just scraped the ground,’ sheriff says – Fox News

Tuesday, March 05, 2019

Video At least 23 dead after tornado tears through Alabama Cyclone leaves a path of destruction a half a mile wide and a mile long; Jonathan Serrie reports from the scene. Rescuers are scouring through what remains of destroyed homes as part of an intense ground search in southeast Alabama on Monday after a deadly tornado tore through the region, killing least 23 and leaving a number in the “double digits” of people…

Alabama tornado damage looks like ‘someone took a giant knife and just scraped the ground,’ sheriff says – Fox News

Tuesday, March 05, 2019

Video At least 23 dead after tornado tears through Alabama Cyclone leaves a path of destruction a half a mile wide and a mile long; Jonathan Serrie reports from the scene. Rescuers are scouring through what remains of destroyed homes as part of an intense ground search in southeast Alabama on Monday after a deadly tornado tore through the region, killing least 23 and leaving a number in the “double digits” of people…

Alabama tornado damage looks like ‘someone took a giant knife and just scraped the ground,’ sheriff says – Fox News

Tuesday, March 05, 2019

Video At least 23 dead after tornado tears through Alabama Cyclone leaves a path of destruction a half a mile wide and a mile long; Jonathan Serrie reports from the scene. Rescuers are scouring through what remains of destroyed homes as part of an intense ground search in southeast Alabama on Monday after a deadly tornado tore through the region, killing least 23 and leaving a number in the “double digits” of people…