US's Answer To China's 'Carrier Killer' Missile

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(An X-47B demonstrator with folded wings on the aircraft elevator of USS George H.W. Bush on May 14, 2013.MC2 Timothy Walter)

The US Navy just named the first carrier-based Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) the MQ-25A Stingray.

The Navy has been pursuing a carrier-based drone since 2006 — first as a long-range stealthy bomber, then as a surveillance and strike craft, and finally as a flying tanker. Though air-to-air refueling is hardly a breakthrough, having a carrier-based tanker provides the Navy with a possible solution to one of their most pressing problems — anti-access area denial (A2AD).

Family of Robbers With Millions Stolen

Meet the Family of Robbers Who Stole Millions and Evaded Police for Over a Decade (ABC News)

From 1995 to 2005, three members of the Cabello family stole nearly $4 million and almost got away with it.

Archie Cabello stole thousands of dollars with his wife Marian Cabello in 1995, when he drove an armored truck delivering cash and coins to banks and businesses all over Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where they lived. After the theft, Archie Cabello was fired, but no one was charged.

Obama Flawed Trump At GOP Convention: CNN Vets The Claims

(CNN)President Barack Obama on Friday responded to Donald Trump's convention speech, specifically disputing the Republican presidential nominee's view that the country is being threatened by rising crime rates and illegal immigration.

CNN's Reality Check Team of reporters, researchers and editors listened throughout the speech and selected key statements, rating them true; mostly true; true, but misleading; false; or it's complicated.

MH370 Update: Pilot Practiced Suicide Route On Home Simulator, Report Says

Evidence surfaced Friday in a new report that suggests the pilot of the disappeared Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might have taken the plane on a premeditated suicidal flight. The plane vanished in March 2014 with 239 people aboard.
The report from New York Magazine claims to have obtained information from the Malaysian investigation into the incident that was previously unknown to the public.

"New York has obtained a confidential document from the Malaysian police investigation into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that shows that the plane’s captain, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, conducted a simulated flight deep into the remote southern Indian Ocean less than a month before the plane vanished under uncannily similar circumstances. The revelation, which Malaysia withheld from a lengthy public report on the investigation, is the strongest evidence yet that Zaharie made off with the plane in a premeditated act of mass murder-suicide."

UPDATE: MH370 Pilot Conducted Similar Route On Home Computer

(CNN)An FBI forensic examination shows the pilot of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 conducted a flight simulation on his home computer that closely matched the suspected route of the missing Boeing 777 in the southern Indian Ocean, according to a Malaysian government document obtained by New York magazine.

The confidential document summarizes Malaysia's police investigation into Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the captain of the plane that has been missing for more than two years.

According to the magazine, citing the document, the FBI analyzed hard drives from a flight simulator Zaharie had built using Microsoft Flight Simulator X software. The FBI was able to recover data points from the program that pointed to the southern Indian Ocean.

Unarmed Man With Hands Up Shot by Police

An unarmed black man was shot by police while attempting to help a suicidal man with autism in North Miami, officials said.

Cellphone video from the scene showed 47-year-old Charles Kinsey, who is an employee of an assisted living facility, had lain on his back with his hands in the air while speaking with officers, who had drawn their guns.

"I'm like this right here, and when he shot me, it was so surprising," Kinsey told WSVN-TV in Miami. "It was like a mosquito bite, and when it hit me, I'm like, 'I still got my hands in the air,' and I said, 'No, I just got shot!' And I'm saying, 'Sir, why did you shoot me?' and his words to me, he said, 'I don't know.'"

So far, no video has surfaced of the actual shooting, but Kinsey said he still had his hands in the air when officers fired at him.

Nigerian Farmers To Pay Security Fee Against Kidnappers – Ogbeh

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh

The Federal Government is making a security arrangement whereby farmers in the country will pay fees for protection from kidnappers while in their farms.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, dropped the hint yesterday in Abuja while speaking with State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting.

Ogbe, who was responding to a question on the perennial attacks on farmers by suspected Fulani herdsmen, said he and the Minister of Interior had met and were considering the security situation in the agriculture sector.

500 elephants find new home in massive African relocation

LIWONDE NATIONAL PARK, Malawi (AP) -- Half a dozen African elephants lay strewn on a riverside plain in Malawi, immobilized by darts fired from a helicopter in a massive project to move 500 elephants, by truck and crane, to a sanctuary for the threatened species.

As development squeezes Africa's wildlife areas, this kind of man-made animal migration is increasingly seen as a conservation strategy in Malawi, one of the continent's most densely populated countries, and beyond.

Conservationists flipped the prostrate elephants' large ears over their eyes to block out light, and propped open the tips of their trunks with twigs to ensure unimpeded breathing. Then the multi-ton elephants, hanging upside down from ankle straps, were loaded by crane onto trucks for a road trip of about 185 miles (300 kilometers) to a safer, more spacious area.

Zika: Caregiver Contracted the Virus

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A caregiver for an elderly Utah man who died while infected with Zika tested positive for the virus but has recovered, health officials said on Monday.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it has confirmed that a person who helped care for the man who died last month while infected with Zika contracted the virus. But, it said the patient recovered quickly.

Utah officials said the infected caregiver had not had any recent travel to an area where the Zika virus is being transmitted nor had the person had sex with an infected individual. Utah officials are still investigating how the person became infected.

CNN's Multi Platform Operation in Nigeria

Stephanie Busari, a Nigerian, who will lead the operation

CNN is establishing a multi-platform operation in Lagos, Nigeria. Launching specifically in Lagos, the operation is designed to increase news coverage of Africa and give the network a strong digital presence on the continent.

According to Deborah Rayner, an SVP for news gathering at CNN International, Nigerian native Stephanie Busari will lead the operation. “This is a truly integrated role, and one that underlines CNN’s commitment to both Nigeria and Africa as a whole,” Rayner began. “Stephanie will work across our platforms on both news and feature content.  In particular, she will head CNN’s Africa content across digital – responding to breaking news and managing our Africa features projects.  She will also be central to CNN International’s coverage of the continent on television.”

Presidents of Rwanda and Chad Receive Pan-African Passport

The African Union (AU) has launched its continental Africa-wide passport, with the presidents of Chad and Rwanda being the first two recipients.

The five-language diplomatic passport, which ensures holders free movement throughout the continent, was unveiled at the opening of the 27th AU Summit in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, on Sunday.

Chadian President Idriss Déby, the body’s current chairperson, and Rwandan leader Paul Kagame were presented with the passports by outgoing AU Commission chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

“I feel deeply and proudly a true son of Africa after receiving this passport,” said Déby. Dlamini-Zuma said that the body had been “overwhelmed” with requests for the passport since its launch was announced in January and that other heads of state would be issued with the document over the course of the summit, which concludes Monday.