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Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, talks about the features of the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus including the color finishes.(Photo: Eric Risberg, AP)
That time the Apple Event left us wanting
Did our eyes deceive us? Or did Wednesday's Apple Event look like the same old, same old? Sure, there were the shiny new toys we couldn't stop tweeting about, a slew of iPhone 6S features we can't wait to tap into and a stylus that has — so far — only drawn laughs. ("It's an Apple Pencil, people!") Even if we got through the event feeling "meh," we couldn't look away, which made it easier to notice that the splashy event seemed on track to feature a lineup of usual suspects in dad jeans: CEO Tim Cook and SVPs Craig Federighi and Eddy Cue. If Apple wanted to demonstrate its progress in hiring women, it was off to a rocky start. And then the event took a cringe-inducing turn when one presenter adjusted the face of a woman in one of his designs to "give her a little bit more of a smile." (Of course, Twitter went nuts.) In all, it took nearly 45 minutes before the first woman executive spoke. Irene Walsh of 3D4 Medical would be one of three to take the stage; the other two were Jen Folse, a senior design producer at Apple who demonstrated the new Apple TV, and Michelle Peluso, CEO of Gilt, who showed how her company's app would work on the Apple TV. The effort felt forced. But Apple — criticized for years over the event's lack of women and underrepresented minorities — was trying. We have to remember their greatness — or meh — wasn't built in a day.
A TV camerawoman from Hungary is caught in shocking video tripping a migrant dad carrying a child
Shame on you, Hungarian journalist Petra László. She was recording migrants fleeing police near the town of Rőszke on Tuesday when another journalist nearby saw her stick her leg in front of the man, causing him to fall on top of the child. We repeat: She stuck out her leg and tripped a man carrying a child. You have to watch the unbelievable video. She was fired Wednesday. László's motivation wasn't clear, and attempts to reach her through N1TV, where she was a camera operator, were not successful. The station posted a message on its website saying László had been dismissed for "unacceptable behavior." The 20-second video was captured by a German journalist. If tripping a baby-carrying man fleeing police wasn't bad enough, in a separate video, she can be seen kicking two other migrants, one of whom appears to be a young girl. Unreal. Let's back up and talk about the latest in Europe's migrant crisis. The European Union is calling for mandatory refugee quotas. Hundreds of thousands of people have traveled to Europe this year, but the EU has struggled to form a strategy for handling them. The crisis has rapidly developed into a humanitarian emergency with thousands of people stranded at various transit points and borders from Greece to Hungary. Some 500,000 migrants have entered Europe this year, many from conflict-torn Syria and Libya.
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A TV camerawoman has been fired after she was caught on video kicking and tripping migrants entering Hungary across the border with Serbia. Hungary's N1TV Internet channel identified their employee as Petra Laszlo. USA TODAY
Queen Elizabeth II's latest crowning achievement? Nailed it.
Sound the trumpets! Queen Elizabeth II, 89, is now the longest-reigning British sovereign in more than 1,000 years of the monarchy, overtaking her great-great grandmother, Queen Victoria, with just over 63 years and six months on the throne. (Queen Victoria died in January 1901, when she was 81.) Buckingham Palace marked the event by releasing an official photograph of the queen taken by Mary McCartney, the photographer daughter of former Beatle Paul McCartney. In London, a flotilla of historic vessels, leisure boats and ferries took part along the River Thames in central London. The HMS Belfast sounded a four-gun salute. And the queen herself? Dressed in one of her signature pastel outfits, she was in Scotland, taking a break from her vacation at Balmoral to open a new railroad. Do you heart the royals? You're not alone.
The wait is over for Week 2 of the USA TODAY GOP Power Rankings — and Fiorina is on the move
If Donald Trump is looking in his rearview mirror, he will see Carly Fiorina gaining on him. The former Hewlett Packard CEO has had several good weeks, and our panel of political experts now have her in third place in the GOP 2016 power rankings. In the second week of our rankings, Fiorina moves up from sixth place, while Florida Sen. Marco Rubio drops from third to sixth. Of course, Trump remains No. 1 in our poll by a wide margin, with 22 first-place votes. So what changed since last week? Deb Lucia, a Kansas Tea Party activist, explains: “The CNN debate controversy put her in the spotlight, and many people took a look at her for the first time and liked what they saw.” But don't get too excited. It's early still. “There is a long time between now and February, when people start making real choices,” says Nathan Gonzales of the Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report. And if you're curious about the whole field — Dems included — be sure to check out the USA TODAY/Facebook Candidate Barometer. You'll see who's trending and where and see who has the most buzz on Facebook.
USA TODAY GOP Power Rankings, Week 2 (Photo: AP)
New York City says: Please don't pass the salt
Remember when then-mayor Michael Bloomberg wanted to help New Yorkers slim down by banning super-size sugary soft drinks? And remember how a court struck down that ban with a 20-page ruling that said the city Board of Health "exceeded the scope of its regulatory authority"? Yeah, we remember, too. Now the board is going after salty foods with a first-of-its-kind warning label. Salt-shaker symbols on menus will denote dishes with more than the recommended daily limit of 2,300 milligrams of sodium — that's about a teaspoon. Public health advocates cheered the board's vote Wednesday, while salt producers and restaurateurs were left with a bitter taste in their mouths, calling it a misguided step based on "outdated" guidelines.
If you only read one thing tonight: Expert says sleep deprivation is 'torture,' calls for later workday
Stories you're clicking on today:
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Also today in Election 2016: Donald Trump writes in an op-ed for USA TODAY that it's "amateur hour" with the Iran nuclear deal. Speaking of the Iran deal, HIllary Clinton came to its defense in a forceful speech. New Late Show host Stephen Colbert used his interview with Jeb Bush on opening night to sharpen the former Florida governor’s feud with Trump.
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A massive sandstorm is blanketing the Middle East in a thick yellow haze for a second day with no relief in sight. The images are incredible.
A Syrian worker looks down from the rooftop of a high-rise tower under construction as a sandstorm shrouds the coastal capital of Beirut. (Photo: Hussein Malla, AP)
Have you seen it? Meet the quokka, aka the happiest animal you've never met.
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Until recently, many people have never even heard of the Quokka - a Muppet-like marsupial with an irresistible smile. But this year, people's selfies with the furry critter have charmed the Internet. These social plant-eaters hang out in clans, munc USA TODAY
Maybe Caitlyn Jenner has a better sense of humor than all of us. Or she’s got skin of steel. Because Jenner wasn’t at all offended by the crude Halloween costume poking fun of her iconic Vanity Fair cover.
The Victoria's Secret Angels are returning to the runway in NYC. Phew. You can rest easy now. And because we must, we bring you the images from last year's sizzling show.
To round out the evening, we bring you this: A 12-year-old girl in England just scored higher on a Mensa IQ test than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, who are, well, super smart. Genius.
We all need a little distraction at some point during the day (what else are smartphones for?), so add DISTRACTME on the YO app. It'll be fun, we promise.
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This is a compilation of stories from across USA TODAY.
Contributing: Jessica Guynn, Marco della Cava, Jefferson Graham, Ed Baig, Elizabeth Weise, Maeve McDermott, Kevin Kepple, Janet Loehrke, Kim Hjelmgaard, Matthew Diebel, Maria Puente, Mike Snider, Cooper Allen, Paul Singer, David Jackson, USA TODAY; the Associated Press
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Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, talks about the features of the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus including the color finishes.(Photo: Eric Risberg, AP)
That time the Apple Event left us wanting
Did our eyes deceive us? Or did Wednesday's Apple Event look like the same old, same old? Sure, there were the shiny new toys we couldn't stop tweeting about, a slew of iPhone 6S features we can't wait to tap into and a stylus that has — so far — only drawn laughs. ("It's an Apple Pencil, people!") Even if we got through the event feeling "meh," we couldn't look away, which made it easier to notice that the splashy event seemed on track to feature a lineup of usual suspects in dad jeans: CEO Tim Cook and SVPs Craig Federighi and Eddy Cue. If Apple wanted to demonstrate its progress in hiring women, it was off to a rocky start. And then the event took a cringe-inducing turn when one presenter adjusted the face of a woman in one of his designs to "give her a little bit more of a smile." (Of course, Twitter went nuts.) In all, it took nearly 45 minutes before the first woman executive spoke. Irene Walsh of 3D4 Medical would be one of three to take the stage; the other two were Jen Folse, a senior design producer at Apple who demonstrated the new Apple TV, and Michelle Peluso, CEO of Gilt, who showed how her company's app would work on the Apple TV. The effort felt forced. But Apple — criticized for years over the event's lack of women and underrepresented minorities — was trying. We have to remember their greatness — or meh — wasn't built in a day.
A TV camerawoman from Hungary is caught in shocking video tripping a migrant dad carrying a child
Shame on you, Hungarian journalist Petra László. She was recording migrants fleeing police near the town of Rőszke on Tuesday when another journalist nearby saw her stick her leg in front of the man, causing him to fall on top of the child. We repeat: She stuck out her leg and tripped a man carrying a child. You have to watch the unbelievable video. She was fired Wednesday. László's motivation wasn't clear, and attempts to reach her through N1TV, where she was a camera operator, were not successful. The station posted a message on its website saying László had been dismissed for "unacceptable behavior." The 20-second video was captured by a German journalist. If tripping a baby-carrying man fleeing police wasn't bad enough, in a separate video, she can be seen kicking two other migrants, one of whom appears to be a young girl. Unreal. Let's back up and talk about the latest in Europe's migrant crisis. The European Union is calling for mandatory refugee quotas. Hundreds of thousands of people have traveled to Europe this year, but the EU has struggled to form a strategy for handling them. The crisis has rapidly developed into a humanitarian emergency with thousands of people stranded at various transit points and borders from Greece to Hungary. Some 500,000 migrants have entered Europe this year, many from conflict-torn Syria and Libya.
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A TV camerawoman has been fired after she was caught on video kicking and tripping migrants entering Hungary across the border with Serbia. Hungary's N1TV Internet channel identified their employee as Petra Laszlo. USA TODAY
Queen Elizabeth II's latest crowning achievement? Nailed it.
Sound the trumpets! Queen Elizabeth II, 89, is now the longest-reigning British sovereign in more than 1,000 years of the monarchy, overtaking her great-great grandmother, Queen Victoria, with just over 63 years and six months on the throne. (Queen Victoria died in January 1901, when she was 81.) Buckingham Palace marked the event by releasing an official photograph of the queen taken by Mary McCartney, the photographer daughter of former Beatle Paul McCartney. In London, a flotilla of historic vessels, leisure boats and ferries took part along the River Thames in central London. The HMS Belfast sounded a four-gun salute. And the queen herself? Dressed in one of her signature pastel outfits, she was in Scotland, taking a break from her vacation at Balmoral to open a new railroad. Do you heart the royals? You're not alone.
The wait is over for Week 2 of the USA TODAY GOP Power Rankings — and Fiorina is on the move
If Donald Trump is looking in his rearview mirror, he will see Carly Fiorina gaining on him. The former Hewlett Packard CEO has had several good weeks, and our panel of political experts now have her in third place in the GOP 2016 power rankings. In the second week of our rankings, Fiorina moves up from sixth place, while Florida Sen. Marco Rubio drops from third to sixth. Of course, Trump remains No. 1 in our poll by a wide margin, with 22 first-place votes. So what changed since last week? Deb Lucia, a Kansas Tea Party activist, explains: “The CNN debate controversy put her in the spotlight, and many people took a look at her for the first time and liked what they saw.” But don't get too excited. It's early still. “There is a long time between now and February, when people start making real choices,” says Nathan Gonzales of the Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report. And if you're curious about the whole field — Dems included — be sure to check out the USA TODAY/Facebook Candidate Barometer. You'll see who's trending and where and see who has the most buzz on Facebook.
USA TODAY GOP Power Rankings, Week 2 (Photo: AP)
New York City says: Please don't pass the salt
Remember when then-mayor Michael Bloomberg wanted to help New Yorkers slim down by banning super-size sugary soft drinks? And remember how a court struck down that ban with a 20-page ruling that said the city Board of Health "exceeded the scope of its regulatory authority"? Yeah, we remember, too. Now the board is going after salty foods with a first-of-its-kind warning label. Salt-shaker symbols on menus will denote dishes with more than the recommended daily limit of 2,300 milligrams of sodium — that's about a teaspoon. Public health advocates cheered the board's vote Wednesday, while salt producers and restaurateurs were left with a bitter taste in their mouths, calling it a misguided step based on "outdated" guidelines.
If you only read one thing tonight: Expert says sleep deprivation is 'torture,' calls for later workday
Stories you're clicking on today:
No, Serena Williams didn't throw the second set against Venus
Embattled Ky. county clerk delays return to work
Review: Stephen Colbert promising, if he relaxes
Police fear protests sparking backlash against law enforcers
Macy's is closing up to 40 stores
Also today in Election 2016: Donald Trump writes in an op-ed for USA TODAY that it's "amateur hour" with the Iran nuclear deal. Speaking of the Iran deal, HIllary Clinton came to its defense in a forceful speech. New Late Show host Stephen Colbert used his interview with Jeb Bush on opening night to sharpen the former Florida governor’s feud with Trump.
Extra Bites:
A massive sandstorm is blanketing the Middle East in a thick yellow haze for a second day with no relief in sight. The images are incredible.
A Syrian worker looks down from the rooftop of a high-rise tower under construction as a sandstorm shrouds the coastal capital of Beirut. (Photo: Hussein Malla, AP)
Have you seen it? Meet the quokka, aka the happiest animal you've never met.
UP NEXT
03
Until recently, many people have never even heard of the Quokka - a Muppet-like marsupial with an irresistible smile. But this year, people's selfies with the furry critter have charmed the Internet. These social plant-eaters hang out in clans, munc USA TODAY
Maybe Caitlyn Jenner has a better sense of humor than all of us. Or she’s got skin of steel. Because Jenner wasn’t at all offended by the crude Halloween costume poking fun of her iconic Vanity Fair cover.
The Victoria's Secret Angels are returning to the runway in NYC. Phew. You can rest easy now. And because we must, we bring you the images from last year's sizzling show.
To round out the evening, we bring you this: A 12-year-old girl in England just scored higher on a Mensa IQ test than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, who are, well, super smart. Genius.
We all need a little distraction at some point during the day (what else are smartphones for?), so add DISTRACTME on the YO app. It'll be fun, we promise.
Want the Short List newsletter in your inbox every night? Sign up here.
This is a compilation of stories from across USA TODAY.
Contributing: Jessica Guynn, Marco della Cava, Jefferson Graham, Ed Baig, Elizabeth Weise, Maeve McDermott, Kevin Kepple, Janet Loehrke, Kim Hjelmgaard, Matthew Diebel, Maria Puente, Mike Snider, Cooper Allen, Paul Singer, David Jackson, USA TODAY; the Associated Press
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