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SFGATE: Report: Donald Trump Jr., wife to divorce

Report: Donald Trump Jr., wife to divorce Published on March 15, 2018 at 03:03AM by Kate Taylor, provided by Brian Snyder/Reuters Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Vanessa Trump, are headed for a divorce, Page Six reported.  The businessman (and first son) and the former model have been married since 2005. Since President Trump's election, Donald Jr. has faced several high-profile scandals, while Vanessa has kept a lower profile.    Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Vanessa Trump, are reportedly headed for divorce.  The pair are living separate lives and expected to file for divorce soon, according to friends, The New York Post's Page Six reported on Wednesday. The news comes after a scare in which Vanessa opened an envelope addressed to Donald Jr. that contained a mysterious white powder, which was later determined not to be hazardous.
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SFGATE: President Trump mistakenly tweets thanks to 'Marine Core'

President Trump mistakenly tweets thanks to 'Marine Core' Published on March 14, 2018 at 11:38PM by Alex Horton, The Washington Post As President Donald Trump's chief of staff, retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly is the core of White House operations. The spelling distinction was all Trump had to remember when he tweeted about his visit to a Marine installation outside San Diego on Tuesday. "It was my great honor to deliver a message at the Marine Core Air Station Miramar to our GREAT U.S. Military," Trump wrote in a tweet that misspelled "Corps." Trump's tweet was later deleted, probably because of the spelling error from the commander in chief. He replaced it with a properly spelled version 30 minutes later. The misfire was notable, given Trump's exposure to the Marine Corps, the branch in which Kelly and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis served.
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SFGATE: 8-year-old San Jose boy joins protest, gets support all over internet

8-year-old San Jose boy joins protest, gets support all over internet Published on March 15, 2018 at 03:06AM by Alyssa Pereira An 8-year-old boy in San Jose walked out of his classroom on Wednesday to join the millions of students protesting for more gun control regulations, wielding a cardboard sign around his neck that read "Guns are cruel, not cool."
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SFGATE: At Dirty Harry’s Oakland high school, students protest

At Dirty Harry’s Oakland high school, students protest Published on March 15, 2018 at 12:43AM by By Otis Taylor and Kevin Fagan At Oakland Technical High School — alma mater of Clint Eastwood, who glamorized gun use in movies such as “Dirty Harry” — students poured out of their classrooms Wednesday chanting, “Enough is enough,” in support of the national walkout against gun violence. Under rainy skies, students read the names of the 17 students and staffers shot to death last month at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Many held signs, including one reading, “Thoughts and prayers don’t save lives.” Then, while motorists on nearby Broadway honked support, students took to a microphone to denounce gun deaths in America.
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SFGATE: Some Bay Area students walk out but don't want gun control

Some Bay Area students walk out but don't want gun control Published on March 14, 2018 at 11:37PM by By Sophie Haigney and Kevin Fagan While hundreds of El Cerrito High School students crammed into the central quad Wednesday carrying signs such as “Protect children, not guns,” at least two stayed silent when everyone cheered for gun control. Diego Anderson and Daniel Reales, both 17-year-old juniors, each carried an American flag to the rally, part of a national student walkout denouncing gun violence and honoring the 17 high school students and staffers killed by a gunman last month in Parkland, Fla. “I’m good with honoring the 17 victims, but I’m really not for gun control,” Reales said as he waved his flag. “If you look at data, gun control is ridiculous,” Anderson said.
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SFGATE: MTV, Nickelodeon, BET, Comedy Central go dark in support

MTV, Nickelodeon, BET, Comedy Central go dark in support Published on March 14, 2018 at 07:53PM by Jennifer Maas, provided by If you were watching MTV, BET, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, Comedy Central, TV Land or CMT when the channel went dark at 10 a.m. (in all time zones) on Wednesday, you shouldn’t be alarmed.  Your regularly scheduled programming is set to continue in 17 minutes. Why? All Viacom-owned networks and platforms paused at that time to honor the 17 lives lost in the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida last month.
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SFGATE: Shooting threat locks down San Leandro school amid protests

Shooting threat locks down San Leandro school amid protests Published on March 14, 2018 at 11:55PM by By Nanette Asimov While thousands of students walked out of school Wednesday in California and across the country to demand stricter gun laws, a written threat of a school shooting at San Leandro High forced a lockdown in yet another example of why so many students are protesting. “I’m pretty scared,” a 16-year-old sophomore told a reporter by phone from a darkened San Leandro High classroom, where he was sitting with dozens of fellow students. “We have police, FBI and SWAT (teams) around the school.” San Leandrop police sent out an alert confirming the lockdown at 11:10 a.m., while school officials did not respond to requests for comment.
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NASA to Highlight Science Launching on Next Resupply Mission to Space Station

NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT Monday, March 19, to discuss a number of science investigations and instruments launching in April to the International Space Station on the next SpaceX commercial resupply mission. Audio of the teleconference will stream live on NASA’s website. March 14, 2018 from NASA http://ift.tt/2pecwPV
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SFGATE: In the East Bay, thousands of students walk out

In the East Bay, thousands of students walk out Published on March 14, 2018 at 10:18PM by By Sophie Haigney and Kevin Fagan Chronicle Columnist Otis Taylor contributed to this report. From the suburban spreads of Fremont and Walnut Creek to the urban cores of Richmond and Oakland, East Bay high school students raised their fists and their voices Wednesday in solidarity with the national campus walkout to denounce gun violence. At El Cerrito High School, virtually all 1,430 students jammed into the central quad at 10 a.m. for the protest and put their signatures on a huge sign of support they intend to send to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where 17 students and staffers were massacred last month. “We decided it was really important to support students across the country,” said one of the chief organizers in El Cerrito, 17-year-old student Eleanor Maoz.
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SFGATE: Thousands of students protest gun violence in nationwide walkout

Thousands of students protest gun violence in nationwide walkout Published on March 14, 2018 at 09:22PM by By Jill Tucker In New York, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Parkland, Fla., and other cities across the East Coast, thousands of students poured out of schools Wednesday as the clock struck 10 a.m., leading off what promised to be the largest coordinated school-day protest in decades. The National School Walkout comes a month after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 people were killed by a former student. As the Parkland teenage survivors — who, since the day of the shooting, have advocated for government action to end school gun violence — walked out of class at 10 a.m., news helicopters flew overhead.
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SFGATE: Students at school shooting site walk out, risk discipline

Students at school shooting site walk out, risk discipline Published on March 14, 2018 at 07:57PM by WEST LIBERTY, Ohio (AP) — Some students at an Ohio high school that had a shooting last year joined the nationwide student walkouts to protest gun violence, despite being warned they could face detention or more serious discipline. The Springfield News-Sun reports about 10 students exited West Liberty-Salem High School as a group of supporters across the street cheered Wednesday. The students weren't deterred by school warnings that they'd face consequences for leaving. Superintendent Kraig Hissong says campus isn't the place for political demonstrations and it's not in the district's interest to endorse political movements.
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SFGATE: Walkouts range from somber tributes to angry rallies

Walkouts range from somber tributes to angry rallies Published on March 14, 2018 at 08:21PM by By The Associated Press Students hoisted "Stand United" signs. They chanted "''Hey, hey, ho, ho - the NRA has got to go" outside the White House. Others read the names of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High victims aloud in a somber tribute. These scenes played out across the country as students put down their pencils and pens and walked out of class to protest gun violence. Activists hoped it would be the biggest demonstration of student activism yet in response to last month's massacre in Florida. A PERSONAL CONNECTION TO PARKLAND At East Chapel Hill High School in North Carolina, senior Talia Pomp said one of her best friends attends Marjory Stoneman Douglas High and texted her during the rampage last month, leaving an everlasting impact on her.
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SFGATE: Students across the nation begin massive walkout

Students across the nation begin massive walkout Published on March 14, 2018 at 07:06PM by PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the nationwide student walkout to protest gun violence (all times local): 10 a.m. At schools across the country, students have begun a walkout to protest gun violence. It's the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that's emerged following the massacre of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last month. The protests have drawn mixed reactions from school administrators. While some applaud students for taking a stand, others threatened discipline. ___ 1 a.m. Thousands of students across the U.S. are expected to put their pencils down and walk out of school to demonstrate against gun violence.
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There's Always Pi!

Just by determining how circular a given crater is – using pi and the crater’s perimeter and area – planetary geologists can reveal clues about how the crater was formed and the surface that was impacted. from NASA http://ift.tt/2IncexY
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SFGATE: Judge: Manafort might spend 'the rest of his life in prison'

Judge: Manafort might spend 'the rest of his life in prison' Published on March 14, 2018 at 12:39AM by Michal Kranz, provided by Thomson Reuters Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, looks like he might be looking at a lifetime in prison, according to the judge overseeing his case. Manafort was put under "24-hour-a-day lockdown" on Friday by the judge. Manafort has been charged with dozens of crimes by special counsel Robert Mueller in the ongoing investigation into Russian election interference. Sign up for the latest Russia investigation updates  here. The district judge assigned to Paul Manafort's case said the gravity and number of charges against President Donald Trump's former campaign manager means he could possibly spent the rest of his life behind bars, according to Politico. U.S. District Judge T.S.
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SFGATE: Lamb declares victory in special House race

Lamb declares victory in special House race Published on March 14, 2018 at 09:54AM by CANONSBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the special election in western Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District: 11:30 p.m. State officials say there are about 3,900 absentee ballots still to be counted in the Pennsylvania congressional race between Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone, which remains too close to call late Tuesday. Officials in the most populous of the four counties, Allegheny County, say they counted more than 4,000 absentee ballots before midnight. State officials expect Westmoreland County, the second-most populous county in the district, to include their absentee ballot count in Tuesday night's total.
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