Here’s a look at the life of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He is wanted by Swedish authorities over allegations of sexual assault, and was granted asylum at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on July 19, 2012.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) — House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday said House Republicans intend to strip Planned Parenthood of funding as part of their promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Speaking at his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D. C., Ryan said the women’s healthcare organization would lose millions of dollars in a fast-track bill.
“Planned Parenthood legislation would be in our reconciliation bill,” he said, referring to a congressional procedure that avoids a potential Senate filibuster and would require a simple majority instead of the 60-vote supermajority.
Republicans, who control both chambers of Congress, have vowed to dismantle much of Obamacare this year. Ryan said Thursday they’d provide a transition period before implementing new healthcare legislation.
“We’re going to have a transition period so that people do not have the rug pulled out from underneath them while we get to a better place,” he said. “Obamacare has failed, is getting worse and we have to provide relief.
“This law is failing and we have to fix it. ”
Democrats and pro-choice leaders gathered on Capitol Hill on Thursday to speak against Republican efforts.
“We are going to stand against this with every fiber of our beings,” said Rep. Diana DeGette , D-Colo., chairwoman of the House Pro-Choice Caucus.
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards said “an attack on the Affordable Care Act is an attack on women’s health, plain and simple. ”
In 2014, Planned Parenthood said it received $553 million in government funding, The Washington Post reported. That represents about 40 percent of its overall funding.
Planned Parenthood isn’t allowed to use federal funds for abortions, but can use it to pay for other health services like birth control.
A reconciliation bill defunding Planned Parenthood was passed by both houses of Congress in 2015, but President Barack Obama vetoed it. Trump is expected to sign the new legislation after repeatedly calling for the organization to be defunded throughout his campaign.
“Planned Parenthood should absolutely be defunded,” Trump said in an October 2015 appearance on Fox News Sunday. “I mean if you look at what’s going on with that, it’s terrible. ”
In December, Obama signed an executive order preventing states from cutting off federal funding to Planned Parenthood.
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Washington (CNN) Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas said Thursday Republicans won’t offer a comprehensive bill to replace Obamacare, saying instead that the GOP will try to enact individual health care measures.
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Donald Trump has tweeted that Toyota will face hefty tariffs on cars built in Mexico for the US market.
The President-elect said the Japanese company would be hit with a “big border tax” if it went ahead with plans to build Corollas south of the border.
American car companies have faced harsh criticism from Mr Trump for building cars more cheaply outside the US.
Toyota’s President Akio Toyoda said the company had no immediate plans to curb production in Mexico.
“We will consider our option as we see what policies the incoming president adopts,” said Mr Toyoda, speaking in Japan on Thursday.
The company’s US arm issued a statement which said that production and employment levels at Toyota in the US would not decrease as a result of the new plant in Mexico. The company has ten manufacturing plants in the US.
“Toyota looks forward to collaborating with the Trump Administration to serve in the best interests of consumers and the automotive industry,” the statement said.
Mr Trump has already targeted American carmakers General Motors and Ford for manufacturing south of the border, resulting in Ford’s decision to cancel its plans for a $1.6bn (£1.3bn) plant in Mexico and expand operations in the US instead.
The Nafta free trade area, and the lower cost of labour, makes it attractive for firms to build cars in Mexico for sale in the US.
But Mr Trump has said he would end this practice, as it was costing American jobs.
Toyota announced in April 2015 it would build a $1bn Corolla factory in central Mexico. Construction began in November 2016.
It has existing manufacturing facilities in Baja, Mexico which were established in 2002.
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Criminal charges were filed today against the four Illinois residents who are accused of torturing a man police characterized as having mental health issues in Chicago earlier this week.
The suspects initially posted a video on Facebook that allegedly shows them assaulting the man. The video was later removed by the social media company, which said it does “not allow people to celebrate or glorify crimes on Facebook. “
The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office in Illinois identified the four suspects as 18-year-old Jordan Hill of Carpentersville, 18-year-old Tesfaye Cooper of Chicago, 18-year-old Brittany Covington of Chicago and 24-year-old Tanishia Covington of Chicago.
All four suspects were charged with aggravated kidnapping, hate crime, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Hill, Cooper and Covington were also charged with residential burglary. Hill was additionally charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, according to the prosecutor’s office.
The suspects are scheduled to appear in Central Bond Court on Friday afternoon.
The suspects were arrested in Chicago on Wednesday in connection with the “sickening” video which purportedly shows the individuals committing a “brutal act” toward a man “with mental health challenges,” Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson said at a press conference following the arrests.
While on patrol on Chicago’s West Side on Tuesday, police officers encountered the victim, who “didn’t seem right” and was “in distress,” Chicago Police Department Capt. Steven Sesso said at a press conference. The victim was then transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Around the same time, the suspects were taken into custody for another incident near the address where the victim was found, police said. A Chicago Police Department press release explained that the officers “responded to a battery at a residence… where they discovered signs of a struggle and damage to the property and were able to link this evidence to the disoriented male. “
Police determined that the individuals arrested were responsible for the “injury and maltreatment” of the victim, Sesso said.
Officials later became aware of a social media video depicting a battery of an adult male which is believed to be the same individual, police said.
The video of the violent assault shows a white man with his mouth taped shut as his captors repeatedly torture him. Someone is heard yelling, “F—- white people. “
At one point, the victim was threatened with a knife and told to curse President-elect Donald Trump.
“Say f— Donald Trump,” someone is heard saying.
“F— Donald Trump,” the victim says.
Detectives later determined that the victim had been listed as a missing endangered person from a nearby suburb, said Chicago Police Department Cmdr. Kevin Duffin.
According to a press release issued by the Streamwood Police Department, the victim’s parents reported his disappearance late Monday night, telling police they had not heard from their son since Saturday when they dropped him off at a McDonald’s restaurant. The victim was then entered into the Law Enforcement Agency Data System as a missing endangered person due to his mental health history and because he had not taken his medication since Saturday, according to the incident report from the Streamwood Police Department.
As officers were investigating, the victim’s parents “began receiving text messages from persons claiming to be holding him captive,” the Streamwood Police Department stated in the press release. Soon after, Streamwood police discovered the video on Facebook and they were informed by the Chicago Police Department that the victim had been located.
Police believe the victim is an acquaintance of one of the suspects. Duffin had said on Wednesday that the suspects stole a van from the suburbs and drove to Chicago. The victim voluntarily went with them, Duffin said, and he may have been held captive for 24 to 48 hours.
All four suspects have given video statements, Duffin said. Police do not believe any additional suspects were involved in the incident. The investigation is ongoing.
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コンプリートガチャの解析 高校3年生が受賞
中川翔子、「夜中にパンツ一丁で食べます…」 妊娠中の政井マヤ、第3子は「男の子です」と報告
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アイデア満載！女子DIYクリエイターリレー お部屋で雪景色を楽しもう！ 「冬の小道オブジェ」by瀧本真奈美さん
期待と不安が入り交じる！ 実写化希望のアニメ・マンガ作品ランキング
大泉洋らが番組批判「我々的にはメリットがない」 「ハナタレナックス」全国放送３年連続第３弾
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【大人気トートバッグ】ROOTOTE×Disneyコラボ★
生田斗真、大量の酒注がれ「ふわあっときてる」 気合いの乾杯も言葉まとまらず
まるでトランポリンのようなチーズケーキ！りくろーおじさんの店！
二階堂ふみ、デビッド・ボウイは「ずっと追い続けたい方…」 今年の目標は「早起き…」？
オフィスにオススメ☆お部屋を潤す手づくり加湿器
◆英国大手のタイヤ販売会社を買収◆
食べられる化粧品！？ 黒糖やオリーブオイルを使ったリップ
イカ・イクラ・ウニがのった海鮮三色丼。大三島「よし川」一押しのどんぶり
波瑠、主演ドラマに「思っていたより怖い」 柳楽優弥「人を殺しそうってよく言われる」
なにこれ！？ 食べれるスプリング！
コンプリートガチャの解析 高校3年生が受賞
「ぐでたま」のフィギュア！ 柔らかい「もにまるず」とのコラボ
【フランス】お土産にも！ リーズナブルなボディケア製品「ル・プティ・マルセイエ」
夫婦向けサイトを会話増のきっかけに 夫が興味を持ちそうな話題が増えた！
袋の閉じ方 ３連発
鍋ハンバーグやピリ辛チゲで体ポカポカ デニーズで和・洋・韓国風のあつあつ煮込みメニュー4種
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【1月6日 AFP】トルコ西部イズミル（ Izmir ）の裁判所前で5日午後、自動車爆弾が爆発し、少なくとも2人が死亡した。現場では直後に銃撃戦も発生。当局は、非合法武装組織「クルド労働者党（ PKK ）」による犯行とみて捜査を進めている。
ベイシ・カイナック（ Veysi Kaynak ）副首相は記者団に対し、死亡したのは警察官1人と裁判所職員1人だったと発表。さらにその後、警察と「テロリスト」との間で銃撃戦が起き、武装集団側の2人が殺害されたが、3人目の容疑者が逃走したため現在追跡中だと述べた。
同国では4日前の1日、最大都市イスタンブール（ Istanbul ）のナイトクラブ「レイナ（ Reina ）」で39人が死亡する銃乱射事件が起きたばかり。逃走した実行犯の追跡は現在も続いており、国内では緊張が高まっている。この事件については、イスラム過激派組織「イスラム国（ IS ）」が犯行声明を出している。
当局によると、実行犯はウイグル系トルコ人だった可能性があり、5日にはウイグル系の複数の人物が身柄を拘束された。(c)AFP/Raziye Akkoc with Stuart Williams in Istanbul
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【ラスベガス＝中西豊紀】米国雇用を優先させるトランプ次期米大統領の介入戦略が日本企業にも及んできた。同氏は５日、 トヨタ自動車 のメキシコ工場新設について自身のツイッターに「ありえない！。高い関税を払え」と投稿した。米有力製造業にとどまらず日本を代表する企業までもが名指しで狙われた形で、米産業政策の不透明感がさらに高まっている。
この日、トランプ氏は唐突に「トヨタはメキシコのバハ・カリフォルニア州に工場を建て、米国向けに『カローラ』をつくろうとしている」とツイッターに投稿した。そのうえで「米国に工場を建てろ」と書き込み、メキシコ工場新設の撤回を求めた。
３日にはフォード・モーターがトランプ氏への配慮でメキシコ工場新設の撤回を発表したばかり。同じ日にトランプ氏はゼネラル・モーターズ（ＧＭ）のメキシコ投資も批判し、４日には「これで終わりではない」とつぶやくなど企業介入を続ける意向を示していた。メキシコ投資で外資企業に批判の矛先が向いたのはトヨタが初めてと見られる。
トランプ氏の批判を受け、トヨタは同日「2015年４月に発表したメキシコへの投資で米国の雇用が減ることはない。トランプ氏の政権と共にお客様と自動車産業につくせるよう協力していきたい」とのコメントを発表した。
トランプ氏がなぜトヨタを標的としたのかは明らかになっていない。トヨタの新工場の建設予定地はバハ・カリフォルニア州ではなくグアナファト州で、投稿には一部誤解がある。同社がメキシコ工場新設を決める際には、米国工場の雇用を減らさないよう配慮をほどこしている。
ただ、トヨタの豊田章男は日本時間の５日に「ひとたびやった以上、雇用と地域社会への責任がある」と記者団に述べ、メキシコ工場新設を見直さない考えを示した。トランプ氏の投稿はその直後で、社長発言が同氏を刺激したとの見方もある。
トヨタは80年代、日本車の対米輸出増がもたらした日米自動車摩擦の余波で米国に工場を建設した経緯がある。トヨタのメキシコ新工場は19年稼働予定で、11月の米大統領選直後に起工式を開いたばかり。フォードは18年稼働予定の工場新設を撤回した。今後のトヨタの対応はトランプ氏流の介入を外資が飲むかどうかの「踏み絵」にもなる。
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The LG G5 featured a snap-on construction that let you attach different modules to the bottom of the phone. It flopped.
LG is backing away from what made its previous top-of-the-line phone unique.
The company last year launched the G5, which ventured off the beaten path of phone design: Owners could swap out its bottom “chin” for other parts that added a camera grip or a souped-up speaker. In a sea of similar-looking phones , LG hoped that its unusual approach would turn heads.
It didn’t.
“It was a meaningful test for us,” said LG Chief Technology Officer Skott Ahn in an interview Wednesday. “Of course, we paid a lot. ”
Lessons learned, the company will move away from the modular approach for the upcoming G6, which will likely be a more conventional phone.
That shift marks a turnaround effort for LG as it attempts to win back mobile customers. The company, which sells everything from refrigerators to televisions , had made headway with a portfolio of affordable phones and its G line of flagship phones, but the G5 represented a big misstep.
“We have to follow customer acceptance,” Ahn said, noting that LG’s carrier partners also nixed the modular idea.
He said the idea of a satellite of accessories wouldn’t completely disappear, suggesting other peripherals that didn’t need to be plugged in to the phone could still be available.
Ahn’s comments came against the backdrop of a big day for LG at CES 2017, the gadget extravaganza taking place this week in Las Vegas. The Korean conglomerate is showing off a wide range of gear, including a robotic lawn mower, the superthin W7 “wallpaper” TV and the Alexa-capable InstaView refrigerator with a giant touchscreen in the door.
LG isn’t the only phone maker looking for redemption these days, amid a market that has cooled significantly over the last year or so. Samsung, struggling even as it clings to its renown as the biggest seller of smartphones , is working to recover from its troubles with the Galaxy Note 7. Meanwhile, the BlackBerry brand has been reborn under the care of Chinese phone maker TCL.
Even as an underdog, LG takes no pleasure in Samsung’s troubles with the Galaxy Note 7, whose tendency to overheat, and even sometimes explde, resulted in its recall and elimination. Samsung offered a mea culpa to kick off its press conference at CES.
“We would rather learn from it, rather than enjoy it as competitors,” Ahn said.
At CES 2017, LG announces its Signature TV W. The new television is nearly as thin as wallpaper at 2.57mm thick and attaches to the wall via a magnetic bracket.
Spurred by Samsung’s problems, LG has amped up the testing that its new products receive. All of its upcoming products are going through a more rigorous process, Ahn said.
“There’s a good opportunity to learn,” he said.
Along with Motorola, LG was among the most aggressive when it came to selling smartwatches. It launched a number of different versions, but curtailed its plans late last year.
Ahn confirmed that LG is still developing smartwatches, but didn’t offer any timetable on when they would launch.
“I’m not sure when it’s the right time to dip back in,” he said.
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Every year, the contribution limits and other details about 401(k)s change. A few of those changes this year can be particularly useful for low-income families. Here are the changes to watch for.
First, the contribution limit is still set at $18,000. That part remains unchanged. However, the Saver’s Credit gives an extra incentive to low-income families. If you’re making less than $31,000 a year as a single person, or $62,000 as a married couple filing jointly, you can qualify for a credit on anywhere from 10% to 50% of the first $2,000 you contribute per person to your plans. Those yearly income limits are slightly higher than they were last year, so if you’re not above those limits, it might be worth adjusting your 401(k) contribution.
The other change only affects high-income earners. Employers are now allowed to contribute up to $54,000 in matching contributions (up from $53,000 last year). You probably won’t notice this change unless you’re bringing home a pretty hefty salary to start with, though. Check out the post below from personal finance site The Motley Fool for more details on how the changes will affect you.
The 2 Changes to 401(k)s in 2017 You Need to Know | The Motely Fool
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