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Americans by nearly 2 to 1 oppose Donald Trump ’s attempts to build a wall across the U.S.-Mexico border and just three in 10 in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll support making it harder for undocumented immigrants to request asylum protection in the United States. Interested in Immigration? Add Immigration as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Immigration news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Sixty-four percent oppose Trump declaring a national emergency in order to build a wall without congressional approval, while 34% back him. That includes 55% who “strongly” disapprove, vs. 28% who strongly support. See PDF for full results, charts and tables. Just 30%, moreover, favor making it harder for undocumented immigrants to seek asylum, as Trump has proposed. Essentially as many, 27%, would make it easier, while 34% favor leaving the law as it is now. Majority opposition to Trump’s policies stands even as a sense of the seriousness of the situation has rise...

Jeff Chiu/Associated Press The era of Vinsanity may be nearing an end, but it’s not over yet. Vince Carter announced his intentions to return for a 22nd NBA season on the latest episode of the Winging It  podcast, (h/t the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ‘s Chris Vivlamore ):  “I’m coming back.” After signing a one-year deal with the Atlanta Hawks last summer, he can explore his options this offseason. A return to Atlanta is under consideration, though. “I would like to,” Carter added. “We’ll see what happens.”  After previously writing in a  diary entry with   Marc J. Spears   of The Undefeated in April 2018 that he was “90 percent” sure he would call it quits after 2018-19, he mentioned on ESPN’s  Pardon The Interruption  in March that he may have one more year in him: Now it’s official. After being drafted fifth overall in 1998 by the Golden State Warriors and subsequently traded, the North Carolina product spent the first six-plus...

Apple, it seems, is no longer interested in hobbies. On a conference call with analysts Tuesday, Tim Cook, the company’s CEO, seemed to get a bit defensive when asked about the potential of the new services Apple announced last month. After touting the early consumer interest in Apple Card, the company’s new credit card , and the work it’s put into its new game , news , and video subscription offerings, Cook dismissed any notion that the iPhone maker merely dabbling in such services. “We wouldn’t do a service that we didn’t think would be meaningful,” said Cook, who was speaking after the company reported its second fiscal-quarter earnings . He continued: “These aren’t hobbies.” Read this : Apple’s shares jump 5% as its Q2 numbers beat the Street For those with long memories, the line was both a callback and rebuke to one Cook’s predecessor, Steve Jobs, used to describe Apple TV, the company’s digital video streaming device. While Jobs initially expressed hope that the device wou...

Japan’s new Emperor Naruhito has formally ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne, a day after his father Akihito abdicated from the world’s oldest monarchy and ushered in a new imperial era. Naruhito officially became emperor at the stroke of midnight local time (1500GMT Tuesday) but the process will be formalised on Wednesday with the 10-minute ritual, which is off-limits to female royals – even his wife Masako. It took place on the first day of the new imperial era of Reiwa, meaning “beautiful harmony”, which will last throughout Naruhito’s reign. The 59-year-old was presented with the sacred imperial treasures of a sword and a jewel, as well as the seal of state and his personal imperial seal, at a solemn ceremony in the Room of Pine in the Imperial Palace at 10:30am local time (0130 GMT).  Shortly afterwards, joined by Masako and other royals, Naruhito addressed the nation for the first time as its 126th emperor, as he vowed to stand with the Japanese people. He swore to “ac...

Hundreds of Venezuelans rallied on Tuesday after opposition leader Juan Guaido called for a “military uprising” in his strongest move to take down President Nicolas Maduro since declaring himself interim president earlier this year.  Guaido, in a video posted on Twitter earlier on Tuesday, said he had started the “final phase” of his campaign to remove Maduro from power, calling on Venezuelans and the military to back him. He was surrounded by individuals in military uniforms and opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez in Venezuela , who has been under house arrest since being found guilty of inciting violence during anti-government protests in 2014. Guaido said he was at the Caracas airbase La Carlota and called for people to come out in support as well.  “The time is now,” Guaido said. “We are going to achieve freedom and democracy in Venezuela,” he added, urging supporters to take to the streets. Shortly after, a small group of armed troops, who had appeared to pledge ...

Now that all of the major cloud computing vendors have published their first quarter results, cloud market researcher Synergy is tallying how each of them fared. Most of them don’t really report their cloud computing earnings in a way that makes them easy to compare. For instance, Google bundles its cloud revenues into under the banner of “other revenues,” which includes other big units like its app store. That whole unit brought in $5.4 billion in revenue in the first quarter, up 25% year-over-year. While Sundar Pichai called Google Cloud “one of the fastest growing businesses in Alphabet,” the company didn’t give any kind of specifics. Read: Microsoft, VMware, and Dell officially launched a new partnership that shouldn’t please Amazon Microsoft doesn’t report revenues for its Azure cloud either, although it said that mystery number grew by 76%. Azure is part of Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud unit, which reported $9.4 billion in revenue in Q1, but which includes other popular, mul...

Two people have been killed and four others wounded – two with life-threatening injuries – in a shooting at the University of North Carolina. UNC Charlotte issued a campus lockdown late on Tuesday afternoon, saying shots had been fired. Later in the evening, the campus was declared secure after a suspect was taken into custody. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in a statement on Twitter that one person was in custody and no one else is believed to be involved. Television station WBTV in Charlotte reported that gunfire erupted about 5:45 pm local time (2145 GMT) near the university’s Kennedy Hall administrative building. The Mecklenburg EMS, an independent agency that handles emergency services for the county, confirmed that two people were dead on the scene and that four others were taken to a nearby hospital, two of them with life-threatening injuries.  BREAKING: Video shows police responding to active shooter at UNCC Charlotte – 6 shot, one in custody. pic.t...

Aaron Gash/Associated Press After finding a new franchise cornerstone in Luka Doncic this past season, the Dallas Mavericks have big hopes for free agency this summer to boost their surrounding talent.  According to  Marc Stein of the  New York Times , the Mavs are looking for “s hooters, athleticism and veterans.” Stein mentioned Khris Middleton and Kemba Walker as two of their top targets.  The Mavericks should have ample salary-cap space to sign free agents. They currently have only $45.9 million in guaranteed salary on their books for next season, per   Basketball Insiders , although they’ll also have to re-sign Kristaps Porzingis this summer.  Per   Shams Charania   of The Athletic and Stadium, the NBA ‘s projected salary cap for 2019-20 is $109 million, while the luxury-tax threshold is projected to be $132 million.  Stein said the Mavs are hopeful they will have a shot at signing one of either Middleton or Walker.  D...

Frank Augstein/Associated Press Ajax defeated Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 on the road   to claim a first-leg advantage in their UEFA Champions League semi-final on Tuesday. Donny van de Beek broke the deadlock after only 15 minutes as Ajax flew out of the blocks, and the Dutch side should have further punished the Premier League team in a frantic first half. Spurs manager  Mauricio Pochettino switched his tactics and formation as the interval approached, and the home team were much more effective after the restart. Ajax failed to keep possession with the same conviction late in the game, but the visitors were celebrating at the final whistle.                       Blame Pochettino for First-Leg Performance VI-Images/Getty Images In a match where Spurs needed to identify the threats on display, the Premier League side were wholly deficient in the first half. Pochettino started the game with five at the back, and ...

Wall Street just got to see all of the details of Tesla’s disastrous first quarter , and now things look even worse for the electric-car maker than they did just a few days before. Here’s what went down: Last week the company reported select numbers — including a $700 million loss and deliveries that fell 31% from the previous quarter — while CEO Elon Musk swatted away questions about demand and refused to lower his expectations for the year to come. Then on Monday, Tesla released all of its numbers, and there were a few nasty surprises that it had neglected to mention the week before. For one thing, the company made $216 million selling auto-energy credits, without which it would have experienced a quarterly loss of around $900 million. For another, it stealthily changed its next “milestone.” Back in its annual report, Tesla wrote it would make 500,000 Model 3s from June 30, 2019, through June 30, 2020. Now the electric-car maker says it’s going to make 500,000 cars total during ...

A Marine Corps reservist is under investigation for posting a photo on Instagram that showed four pairs of boots in the shape of a swastika. “We can confirm that Pfc. Anthony D. Schroader is a member of the Selected Marine Corps Reserve and is assigned to 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve located in West Palm Beach, Florida,” Marine Forces Reserve confirmed to ABC News on Tuesday. Schroader allegedly sent the photo to Marine veteran Maximilian Uriarte last week, asking him to post it on the social media pages for “Terminal Lance,” a popular comic series by Uriarte about the Marine Corps. Instead, Uriate tweeted the photo to Marine Corps officials, asking them to investigate. He then deleted the tweet after he got confirmation from the Corps that they would look into the photo, according to Task & Purpose which first reported the story . “There is no place for racial hatred or extremism in the Marine Corps,” Marine Forces Res...

Torrential rain continued to batter northern Mozambique  on Tuesday, several days after Cyclone Kenneth, as the United Nations said aid workers faced “an incredibly difficult situation” in reaching thousands of survivors. The rains grounded aid operations for a third consecutive day leaving some of the worst-hit communities cut off with very limited supplies. A planned World Food Programme (WFP) flight to the island of Ibo was on standby until the weather improved, according to Deborah Nguyen, spokeswoman for the agency. “We are really concerned about the situation for people on Ibo island,” she said, as they had been left out in the open after the majority of homes were destroyed, and with very limited food. “For us, it’s a frustrating day … There is not much we can do to reach these islands now,” she said. The government again urged residents of the main city of Pemba to flee to higher ground as flooding continued.  More than 570 millilitres has fallen in Pemba since ...

Apple won’t have to do much to impress Wall Street on Tuesday. The tech giant is slated to report its earnings for its fiscal second quarter after the market closes — and, following the company’s lead, analysts have exceedingly modest expectations. They’re projecting that the company will announce that both its sales and earnings slumped in the period from the year-ago quarter and that they’ll do so again in its third quarter. Should the company hurdle that low bar, it could see its stock pop. Wall Street reset its projections for the company this year after it warned in January that it saw worse-than-expected iPhone sales over the holidays, and expected continued struggles in coming months. The warning followed numerous reports and indications that its latest models weren’t catching on with consumers to the same extent that previous models had. With Apple unlikely to refresh its lineup until this fall, analysts are projecting its sales won’t rebound anytime soon . Even if anal...

David Zalubowski/Associated Press San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is expected to sign a three-year deal once he formally commits to return to the sideline, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski . While a multi-year contract would give Popovich the ability to coach beyond 2019-20, Wojnarowski noted the 70-year-old coach would continue to go on a year-to-year basis.        This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available. Get the best sports content from the web and social in the  new B/R app . Get the app and get the game. Read More from Trend News Web http://bit.ly/2GKN64v

Facebook’s biggest event of the year kicks off on Tuesday. F8, the company’s annual developer conference, is happening this year in San Jose, California, from April 30 to May 1. It begins with a keynote featuring CEO Mark Zuckerberg and a handful of other executives. We’ll learn more about what Facebook is working on, and perhaps some plans for the future. Business Insider is attending F8 2019. Follow along with us in the live blog below! Read More from Trend News Web http://bit.ly/2V33vv3

Sudanese protest leaders have called for a mass rally amid mounting tensions over the composition of a joint civilian-military council to run the country following the removal of Sudan ‘s longtime ruler, Omar al-Bashir.  In a statement on Tuesday, the political parties and movements behind the months-long anti-government protests urged supporters  to gather for a “million-strong march” on May 2 to keep up the pressure for civilian rule. The appeal came hours after Sudan’s military rulers warned against “chaos” and called on protesters to clear roads and railways, saying seven provinces were running low on essential supplies.  Mohamed  Naji al-Assam, spokesman for the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), the main protest group, said the ruling military council  was “not serious” about transferring power to civilians. “With the passing of time the powers of the military council are expanded and this is a very big danger for the Sudanese revolution,” he s...

When it comes to health, I’ve been pretty lucky. I live in one of the most healthcare-centric cities in the world. I can’t go very far without running into a hospital or urgent-care center. In New York, a doctor is never more than a walk or a short train ride away. Even so, finding the right place to go has been my biggest challenge since moving from the Chicago area out East four years ago. For the first time in my life, I’ve had to navigate where to find a primary-care doctor, where to go to the dentist, things that had been taken care of so simply through existing appointments scheduled on a yearly or twice-yearly basis throughout my childhood and young-adult years. In my role at Business Insider, I’ve been tracking a new crop of companies that have reached sky-high valuations or generated a lot of buzz , all with the aim to change the way Americans get healthcare. It ranges from companies like One Medical , the primary-care company that’s been around for more than a decade, to...

The Trump administration is working to designate the  Muslim Brotherhood a foreign “terrorist” organisation, the White House said on Tuesday, which would bring sanctions against Egypt’s oldest Islamist movement. “The president has consulted with his national security team and leaders in the region who share his concern, and this designation is working its way through the internal process,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in an email. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi  had urged US President Donald Trump to take the step during an April 9 visit to the White House,  the New York Times  reported  on Tuesday , citing officials familiar with the matter. After the meeting, Trump praised Sisi as a “great president,” as a bipartisan group of US politicians raised concerns about Sisi’s record on human rights. The Muslim Brotherhood, or Ikhwan al-Muslimeen, is a revivalist Islamic movement, formed in Egypt in 1928. One of the oldest and most i...

President Donald Trump has called for new rules for asylum seekers , including charging them a fee, limiting their ability to work legally and demanding that the courts resolve their claims within 180 days. Interested in Donald Trump? Add Donald Trump as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Donald Trump news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The plan, outlined in a White House memo released late Monday, is the administration’s latest attempt to deter a massive influx of families migrating to the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump’s mandate is one of several steps the administration is considering as part of a broader strategy at the border. Last week, Trump has issued a separate memo aimed at combating visa stays. The administration also has discussed the possibility of building tent cities along the border and is examining an external study that suggests the president use “emergency regulation” to detain families longer. “This strategic exploitation of our Nation’s humanitar...

Diosdado Cabello, the head of  Venezuela ‘s pro-government constituent assembly, has called on supporters of President Nicolas Maduro to rally at the presidential palace after opposition leader Juan Guaido said troops had joined him to oust Maduro. Guaido, speaking earlier on Tuesday near the La Carlota air force base in Caracas surrounded by a group of men in military uniform, said the “final phase” to end Maduro’s presidency had begun. Guaido, in a video posted on his Twitter account, was speaking in the company of men in military uniform and opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez, who had been under house arrest after he was found guilty of inciting violence during anti-government protests in 2014. He said he was at the  La Carlota  airbase in Caracas.  “The national armed forces have taken the correct decision, and they are counting on the support of the  Venezuela n people,” Guaido said. He also called on people to go out to the streets and asked them to...

BEVERLY HILLS— SoftBank’s Vision Fund is known for injecting millions (or billions ) of dollars in capital into startups to help them supercharge growth. It turns out, the fund has plans for some mega-growth of its own. On stage at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Monday, the CEO of SoftBank Investment Advisors Rajeev Misra said he has plans to double the size of the investment arm from 400 employees to 800 employees over the next 18 months — dramatically increasing the size of the team managing the Vision Fund. Read more: ‘If you have no capital, why be a capitalist?’: The global elite at Milken can’t stop talking about populism Misra’s remarks came during an on-stage conversation with chairman Michael Milken. The growth comes just as the Vision Fund is set to see big returns on at least two of its portfolio companies. Uber launched its roadshow this week for an IPO that could value that company upwards of $90 billion. WeWork, another portfolio company, announced Mond...

Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council has said the army will not accept unrest in the country, a day after protesters said soldiers were trying to disperse a sit-in in capital Khartoum. “We will not accept chaos. We will deal with it firmly in accordance with the law,” Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the Transitional Military Council’s vice president, said in a press conference on Tuesday. “We do not want to escalate the situation. We are committed to negotiation. After today, there will be no chaotic scenes,” he added. Thousands of protesters have been camping outside the army headquarters in Khartoum, almost three weeks after the military and security forces removed former president Omar al-Bashir from power on April 11 On Monday, Sudan’s main protest group said the military was trying to remove barricades at the sit-in outside the army headquarters. “The military council is a copy cat of the toppled regime. The army is trying to disperse the sit-in by removing the barricades,”...

Erik Prince – the founder of the controversial private security firm Blackwater and a prominent supporter of US President Donald Trump – has been pushing to deploy a private army to help topple Venezuela ‘s socialist president, Nicholas Maduro , four sources with knowledge of the effort told Reuters. Over the last several months, the sources said, Prince has sought investment and political support for such an operation from influential Trump supporters and wealthy Venezuelan exiles. In private meetings in the United States and Europe , Prince sketched out a plan to field up to 5,000 soldiers-for-hire on behalf of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido , according to two sources with direct knowledge of Prince’s pitch. One source said Prince has conducted meetings about the issue as recently as mid-April. White House National Security Council Spokesman Garrett Marquis declined to comment when asked whether Prince had put his plan to the government and whether it would be consid...