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44 photos that show how Kim Kardashian's style has transformed over time

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Since "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" premiered on E! in 2007, fans and haters alike can't get enough of Kim Kardashian West. The most basic details of Kardashian's life make the news, including what she eats in a day, how she takes her selfies, and, of course, what she wears.

In the early 2000s, the reality star often sported valley girl staples like monochromatic tracksuits, belted tunics, and busy patterns. Kardashian's style has subtly shifted over time with popular trends, but it dramatically changed in 2012 after she began dating her now-husband Kanye West. These days, she favors latex dresses, fur coats, and mesh fabric.

Scroll down to see how Kardashian's style has transformed over the years.

In one of her first red carpet appearances, Kim Kardashian wore a white lace dress and posed with Paris Hilton at the premiere of HBO's "Entourage" in June 2006.



In October 2006, Kardashian went for a casual, layered look in jeans, black boots, a button-up camisole, white jacket, and black belt for William Rast's Spring 2007 fashion show.



In March 2007, Kardashian wore a sequined blue dress with matching eyeshadow to a Fashion Week event at Smashbox Studios.



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Sebastian Gorka is out at the White House — here are all the casualties of the Trump administration so far

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Sebastian Gorka is out at the White House, a Trump administration official confirmed on Friday night. The former Breitbart staffer and Steve Bannon ally served as a deputy assistant to President Donald Trump. His departure comes one week after Bannon left the administration to return to Breitbart, and follows a spate of firings and resignations at the White House.

The Trump administration has been rocked by a series of high-profile exits — including Sean Spicer as press secretary and James Comey as FBI director — since the president took office in January.

Here are the top-level people who've either been fired or resigned from the Trump administration:

SEE ALSO: Sean Spicer has resigned as White House press secretary

Sebastian Gorka

A White House official confirmed Sebastian Gorka's departure from the Trump administration Friday night.

The former Breitbart staffer and Steve Bannon ally served as a deputy assistant to President Donald Trump.

His departure comes one week after Bannon left the administration to return to Breitbart. In his departing letter, first published on a pro-Trump website, Gorka told Trump he could better serve the president's "America First" agenda from the outside.

Gorka was aligned with a once-ascendant nationalist arm of the Trump administration, occupied most prominently by Bannon and senior policy adviser Stephen Miller. Bannon's departure was seen as a significant blow to other nationalist, far-right figures in the White House and Gorka implied as much in his letter, saying it was clear to him that "forces that do not support the MAGA promise are – for now – ascendant within the White House."



Steve Bannon

White House officials confirmed that Trump had dismissed Steve Bannon, his chief strategist, on Friday after reports of clashes between Bannon and other members of the White House reached a fever pitch in recent days.

Bannon, who was instrumental in focusing the message of Trump's 2016 campaign, was considered the main conduit between Trump and his base of far-right voters. Bannon submitted his resignation to Trump earlier in August, The New York Times reports.

Matt Drudge, the conservative blogger, said Bannon might return to his former job as executive chairman of Breitbart News.



Anthony Scaramucci

Anthony Scaramucci was hired as the White House communications director and then dismissed in less than two weeks. The decision came at the urging of John Kelly, the new White House chief of staff, according to a Times report.

Scaramucci most notably made headlines for his interview with The New Yorker in which he unleashed an expletive-filled tirade against members of the Trump administration.



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The 10 most popular apps people keep on their home screens (GOOG, GOOGL)

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Most people have a handful of go-to apps that never leave their home screen. 

For some, it's the clock app or a calculator for quick access. For others, weather and maps apps are must-haves. Still others prefer to keep their home screen a blank slate, putting all their apps on the second page. 

As part of its 2017 US Mobile App Report, comScore recently surveyed phone owners 18 and up about the apps they need to have on their home screens, whether by themselves or grouped with other apps in a folder.

For most people, Google's apps like Maps, Gmail, and YouTube took precedence, while others preferred keeping their social networking apps front and center. 

Here are the 10 apps most people keep on their home screen:

SEE ALSO: Fresh data shows millennials' favorite apps — and it's bad news for Snapchat

10. Apple App Store

23% of people have the App Store app on their home screen. 



9. Instagram

24% of people have Instagram on their home screen. 



8. Google Play Store

26% of people have the Google's Play Store on their home screen. 



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These pictures of dogs before and after their haircuts will make you melt

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Every dog has its day, or should we say, its 'do.

Grace Chon, a photographer specializing in animals, recently embarked on a very special project: she photographed dogs before and after getting haircuts in a series called HAIRY. So far, it's proven to be immensely popular, especially on her Instagram page.

Chon told INSIDER that she realized how much people love before and after images, and this concept would be especially funny if it was applied to dogs. Plus, she's always trying to find the humanity in the animals she photographs. What better way to seem more human than to wonder what you look like before and after a haircut?

She visited Healthy Spot in Los Angeles and snapped a series of unforgettable photos. Take a look at some of Chon's work.

Biggie Smalls, done up by Cameron Adkins, is a fluffy mutt.



Biggie's new style is a lot more manageable.



Raider's hair was so long that it pretty much covered his eyes.



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24 photos that show the 30-year evolution of Burning Man's wild fashion

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burning man 2016This year's Burning Man— the wild, weeklong, annual festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert — will start on August 27.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to venture to the desert and follow a 31-year tradition of creating a temporary city, making art, throwing nonstop parties, and burning "the man" (a 100-foot flammable structure that resembles a stick figure). 

Another essential part of Burning Man is the costumes, which usually include some combination of unicorn horns, goggles, Mylar spacesuits, and glow-in-the-dark gear. Burning Man's fashion has changed since its founding in 1986, when just 35 people attended.

From t-shirts to spandex bodysuits, take a look at the evolution of the festival's fashion below.

SEE ALSO: 23 of the most incredible works of Burning Man art ever made

Burning Man started in 1986, when a group of 35 people set a "man" made of scrap lumber ablaze on a San Francisco beach. They wore casual jeans, overalls, and t-shirts.



By 1990, when Burning Man had grown to around 350 attendees, people began experimenting with punk-inspired costumes.



But others still chose to sport casual wear, as seen in this 1991 photo:



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20 college towns where landlords make the most money from students who live off campus

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Students are heading back in droves to college campuses around the country this month.

One major perk about returning for your second year is trading in the dorms for off-campus living. But while that may feel freeing — no more curfew! — renting an apartment or house that's convenient to class and your favorite dining halls won't come cheap in some areas.

HomeUnion, a real-estate investment management firm, recently released a list of the college towns with the highest off-campus rents. Looking at US colleges with enrollment above 15,000, they analyzed the median rent within a two-mile radius of campus and compared it to the metro area's market-rate rent.

In the most expensive places, students pay anywhere from 21% to 85% above market rate to rent housing within two miles of campus. That's a blow to anyone's budget, especially for those living in an already pricey market. Consider California's Bay Area, Orange County, or Los Angeles — students of select colleges in those areas can expect to pay above $4,000 a month for housing close to campus.

"To minimize living expenses, students in high-rent areas like the Bay Area, Boston and Washington, D.C., can rent properties further than two miles from campus or choose to have roommates in a rental home," said Steve Hovland, director of research for HomeUnion.

"But if these options are still too expensive for them, and debt burden is a major concern, students can choose to attend universities in Sunbelt markets," he said. Indeed, the least expensive markets for off-campus renters are in Florida and Texas, according to HomeUnion.

Below, find out where college students are paying far above market price to live off campus.

SEE ALSO: There's a smart way to save for college — and hardly any families are using it

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20. University of Massachusetts, Boston

Location: South End - Boston, Massachusetts

Median rent: $3,127

Percent above market rate: 21.2%



19. Ohio State University

Location: Columbus, Ohio

Median rent: $1,649

Percent above market rate: 23%



18. Boston University

Location: Back Bay - Boston, Massachusetts

Median rent: $3,198

Percent above market rate: 24%



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The University of Southern California dropped $700 million on a student 'village' that includes a Trader Joe's and a Target

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USC

  • USC Village was completed in August 2017 and cost a whopping $700 million.
  • The village has a number of retailers including Trader Joe's, Target, and Starbucks, and is open to the public as well as students.
  • The development is the biggest in the history of South LA.

The University of Southern California unveiled an enormous addition to its campus last week with its completed $700 million "USC Village."

The biggest development in the history of South Los Angeles, USC Village created residential living space for students and a retail center for both the USC community and the public.

The process, from conception to completion was slow, William Marsh, USC director of capital construction development, told Business Insider. While the school started thinking about the project in the early 2000's, it wasn't formally approved by the city until 2012.

In part, that may have been a function of the unique partnership the development forges. The village connects USC to the surrounding LA area, and to a community whose demographics largely collide with its own.

Students at USC are richer and more racially and ethnically diverse than the surrounding area. By contrast, nearly 90% of residents in South LA are Hispanic or African American, according to the 2010 census. The median household income in South LA is about $30,000, a stark contrast to a school whose annual tuition tops $50,000.

That contrast, and gating around the school for student security, has created what some in the community describe as "fortress" of isolation. The USC Village appears an attempt to bridge some of the distance between the two communities.

Business Insider received a tour of the newly completed village. Read on below to see how USC spent its $700 million.

SEE ALSO: 29 kids attend a school behind barbed wire on the border of North Korea — once called 'the scariest place on earth'

USC students moved back to campus on August 16. The USC Village houses 2,500 of these students, about 500 of which are incoming freshman.



The $700 million investment, funded entirely by USC, includes six buildings on 15 acres. The residential colleges will have dorms, work spaces, gyms, and laundry rooms.



Construction of the village supported 5,600 construction jobs and created nearly 800 permanent jobs. The development has been seen as a public-private partnership that benefits the school and bolsters the surrounding community.



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Here are all of the ways hotels are trying to spoil business travelers

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Frequent travelers have an incentive to stay loyal thanks to extra perks and amenities once they reach hotel elite status. But what about travelers without top-notch status or whose travel patterns prevent them from being brand loyal? Hotels are getting creative when meeting frequent travelers' needs; here's how.

SEE ALSO: New York City's famed Plaza Hotel is once again looking for a buyer — here's why it's so legendary

Maximizing productivity

There’s definite "fear of missing out" when travelers are tied to laptops instead of enjoying the hotel pool. Westin Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, California, has a "workation" package with a business-friendly pool cabana including power outlets and wireless Internet to help avoid "FOMO." JW Marriott Palm Springs offers something similar.



 Guests at the Westin Detroit Metropolitan Airport have access to a private security checkpoint directly to avoid lines, and at London’s St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel, suite guests enjoy complimentary fast-track access to St. Pancras train station.



Improving meetings

Convention goers often find large ballrooms get cold quickly. No need to worry at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, which provides complimentary pashminas for use in the conference rooms upon request.



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17 facts that show why bottled water is one of the biggest scams of the century

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There's nothing quite like the feeling of pure, ice-cold hydration. Some of us get our water for free from the tap. The rest pay for it — at the cost of roughly $100 billion a year.

At that steep a price tag, you might assume buying the bottled stuff would be worth it. In most cases, you'd be wrong.

For the vast majority of Americans, a glass from the tap and a glass from the bottle are virtually identical as far as their health and nutritional quality are concerned. In some cases, publicly-sourced tap may actually be safer since it is usually tested more frequently.

There are exceptions, however — people living near private wells do not enjoy the same rigorous testing as those whose water comes from public sources, and some public sources are not properly screened, as was recently seen in Flint, Michigan.

But if you don't get your water from a private well, there are plenty of reasons to stop shelling out for bottled water. Read on to find out all the things you didn't know about your drinking water.

SEE ALSO: Bottled water is a scam for most Americans — but a new report reveals some surprising places where it's dangerous to drink the tap

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The first documented case of bottled water being sold was in Boston in the 1760s, when a company called Jackson's Spa bottled and sold mineral water for "therapeutic" uses. Companies in Saratoga Springs and Albany also appear to have packaged and sold water.

Sources: GreatLakesLaw.orgFineWaters.com



Across the globe, people drink roughly 10% more bottled water every year, but Americans consume more packaged H2O overall than people in every other country in the world besides China. On a per capita basis, the US ranks #6.

Source: International Bottled Water AssociationBeverage Marketing Corporation



At 12.8 billion gallons, or 39 gallons per person, Americans today drink more bottled water than milk or beer.

Source: Beverage Marketing Corporation 



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A look inside the daily life of US Vice President Mike Pence, who loves popcorn, bikes miles at a time, and has a cat called Pickle

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US Vice President Mike Pence is one of President Donald Trump's staunchest defenders.

However, with calls for the president's impeachment at an all-time high, it's not completely outside the realm of possibility that Pence could ultimately take the top job in the White House.

So what does the vice president's usual routine look like, when he's not traveling? Because of the changing nature of the role, it's hard to lock down a concrete schedule. However, Pence's time as a member of Congress and governor of Indiana gives us some idea of what he's up to all day.

Here's some insight into some of Pence's daily habits.

SEE ALSO: A look inside the daily life of Kellyanne Conway, the loyal Trump adviser favored to become the White House's next communications director

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Pence has taken up residence at Number One Observatory Circle, the official residence for the vice president since 1974.

Source: The White House



The home is located on the grounds of the United States Naval Observatory, where scientists observe the sun, moon, and stars for navigational purposes, according to the White House.

Source: The White House



When it comes time to go to work, Pence has an office in the West Wing, along with offices in the nearby Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

Source: The White House, The Washington Post



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UBS: Here are the 10 most crowded bets in the stock market right now

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UBS released its monthly list of which stocks are the most crowded trades in the stock market right now.

As a stock's price climbs higher, investors clamor to gain a piece of the action. But this mob mentality can be disastrous when the prices eventually turn negative once again.

The bank calculated which stocks were overcrowded by comparing institutional ownership data from FactSet and aggregate positions of global active managers against the relative equity benchmark to form what it calls the “active weight.”

This months list spans from new tech stars like Alibaba, to the usual suspects like Alphabet and Microsoft, and even to insurance.

Here’s UBS’ list of the most overcrowded stocks in the market as of August 21:

 

10. Medtronic

Ticker:MDT

Investor Weight: 0.4%

Active Weight: 0.1%

WoW Change: Flat

Source: FactSet, MSCI, UBS Quantitative Research 



9. Comcast Corp.

Ticker:CMCSA

Investor Weight: 0.6%

Active Weight: 0.1%

WoW Change: Flat

Source: FactSet, MSCI, UBS Quantitative Research



8. Alphabet Inc. Class C

Ticker:GOOG

Investor Weight: 0.8%

Active Weight: 0.1%

WoW Change: Flat

Source: FactSet, MSCI, UBS Quantitative Research



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Here's how much your favorite TV show hosts make

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Whether it's movie stars or directors, everyone is flocking to TV and streaming lately to cash in. But the money has always been there for TV show hosts.

They are the ones who are in our living rooms on a daily basis, and since the 1950s executives have shaped TV hosts — whether they be on morning shows or late night — to have a quality that makes them almost feel like they are part of our family. And that leads to big bucks.

Variety has compiled the biggest estimated annual salaries of reality, news, and talk show hosts. There's newbies to the game like Mike Meyers, Jamie Foxx, and Megyn Kelly, and then there are the big hitters like Ryan Seacrest, Ellen DeGeneres, and Judith Sheindlin (you know here better as Judge Judy).

Here are the top 20 paid hosts:

Note: Some of these figures below include fees for producing and back-end compensation. 

SEE ALSO: 34 movies you have to see this fall — including "Justice League,""It," and "Blade Runner 2049"

Mike Myers (“The Gong Show”) - $3 million



Jamie Foxx (“Beat Shazam”) - $ 3 million



Alec Baldwin (“Match Game”) - $3 million



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We had to poll 14 boxers and MMA fighters before we found one ready to give Conor McGregor a chance against Floyd Mayweather

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When Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor's boxing rules bout was first announced, McGregor was a huge underdog.

This is because on Saturday, August 26 inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, McGregor makes his boxing debut and is tasked with toppling a ring king who has never been beaten in 21 years of prizefighting.

Business Insider spoke to 14 mixed martial arts and boxing experts over the last few months to discuss whether the fight was good or bad for boxing, good or bad for MMA, and whether McGregor has any real chance against Mayweather.

Here's what the experts say.

Sauerland Events boxing promoter Kalle Sauerland.

"It will be the best build-up ever for the worst fight ever. It just baffles me! Floyd Mayweather is the greatest defensive boxer ever. Oscar de la Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, and Canelo Alvarez… you can keep counting all the top boxers, Ricky Hatton, Juan Manuel Marquez, the champions, the legends he's faced, he's beaten them all. He's done it. 

"I like Conor McGregor. He's smashing. He's funny and he attracts the young generation. Ultimately, he's a WWE magnet. It's wonderful. But when the bell goes, there's no dollars, no x-rated suits, and no fur coats. What happens next when they're in the ring? Because McGregor cannot box. He cannot box. It's a bold move. And he has no chance. McGregor won't even be able to shake Mayweather's hand let alone punch him. 

"I'm a 17 handicap but I'm not going around challenging Rory McIlroy. This is combat. What's next for McGregor. Fencing? It will smash records but the next morning you and I will text each other saying 'why did we buy that rubbish?'"



Former two-weight world champion boxer Ricky Hatton.

"If the fight was in my back garden, I'd shut the curtains. I can't believe it's going to happen, no disrespect to Conor intended. McGregor is very good for a UFC fighter so it might go a few rounds due to Conor's toughness but I think Floyd will stop him."



Daily Telegraph combat sports journalist Gareth A Davies.

"There's no loser apart from potentially, and this is in all honesty, if Conor McGregor does earn £75 million ($96 million), it's going to be hard to get him back in the Octagon again. When you get that amount of money you don't want to earn five times less next time you fight. That's a difficult conundrum.

"It's a huge event when boxing and MMA comes together. I think the fight will be disappointing because it is a huge mismatch. Fight sports always hunker down around hype and promotion and this is one of those things. The biggest name for boxing in the last ten years against the biggest name in MMA right now who sat a young generation on fire with his antics and briliance.

"I don't think its a great opportunity for Floyd Mayweather to prove anything more other than to make a huge amount of money, potentially 100m +. Mayweather is a huge winner in this. Conor McGregor is a huge winner in this. I don't think the fans will be huge winners. It may not deliver but if it delivers it'll be amazing.

"I'd love to be involved in it as an event, it would be extraordinary. I was involved in Mayweather v Pacquiao and the live blog I did got 40 million (hits), more than we've ever done for anything. It was extraordinary. Interest left right and centre. And this puts two diverse characters together.

"I don't think MMA loses because McGregor will make an account for himself in some way but we'll see that MMA and boxing are two totally different sports. They are both fight sports. They belong to the same genre but not the same species."



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Hurricane Harvey is causing destruction and flooding in Texas — here's what it looks like on the ground

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Hurricane Harvey

Hurricane Harvey made landfall between Port Aransas and Port O'Connor in Texas on Friday night, with wind speeds as high as 130 mph.

The storm continues to move inland, and has been downgraded to a tropical storm. As of 7 a.m. CDT Saturday, it was still packing maximum winds of 80 mph.

Officials anticipate that Harvey will continue dumping rain on Texas through the weekend, with expected rainfall between 15 and 30 inches in many places. A few isolated spots could see up to 40 inches.

The National Hurricane Center is warning that flooding will be "catastrophic and life-threatening." 

Here's what the area looks like.

 

 

SEE ALSO: Hurricane Harvey is moving inland, with catastrophic flooding expected — here's what you need to know

Hurricane Harvey made landfall just before 10 p.m. Friday as a Category 4 hurricane.



Some areas of in the storms path are estimated to have gotten more than 15 inches of rain already, according to the National Weather Service. The Weather Channel reported that Harvey has pushed water 2 to 7 feet above average tide levels near Corpus Christi.

Source: The Weather Channel



Rockport, Texas has been hit especially hard. Reports suggest many buildings, including a senior center, court house, and high school, have been badly damaged. Houston's local ABC affiliate reported that 10 Rockport residents have been treated for injuries.

Source: ABC 13



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'A middle finger to America': What people are saying about Trump's first presidential pardon

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President Donald Trump's pardon of former Maricopa C0unty, Arizona, sheriff Joe Arpaio received some mixed reactions on Friday night, but lawmakers and civil-rights advocates largely condemned the move.

Arpaio, a staunch Trump supporter and compatriot in Trump's yearslong and fruitless quest to disprove President Barack Obama's citizenship, was found guilty last month of criminal contempt for violating the terms of a 2011 court order in a racial profiling case.

He lost a re-election bid last year. The 85-year-old lawman thanked Trump for the pardon and lauded him for "standing by law enforcement."

Here's what other people are saying about Trump's pardon of Arpaio:

SEE ALSO: Trump pardons former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio

Sen. John McCain of Arizona: Trump "undermines his claim for the respect of rule of law" with the Arpaio pardon.

Sen. John McCain said in a statement on Friday:

"No one is above the law and the individuals entrusted with the privilege of being sworn law officers should always seek to be beyond reproach in their commitment to fairly enforcing the laws they swore to uphold. Mr. Arpaio was found guilty of criminal contempt for continuing to illegally profile Latinos living in Arizona based on their perceived immigration status in violation of a judge’s orders. The President has the authority to make this pardon, but doing so at this time undermines his claim for the respect of rule of law as Mr. Arpaio has shown no remorse for his actions."


House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: A "mockery of rule of law."

Trump's "pardon of fellow birther Arpaio makes mockery of rule of law, & says communities of color can be targeted & abused w/ total impunity," Pelosi said on Twitter.



Jeff Flake, the junior Arizona senator, said Trump should have let "the judicial process ... take its course."

Flake wrote on Twitter: "Regarding the Arpaio pardon, I would have preferred that the President honor the judicial process and let it take its course."



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The 12 most high-tech concept cars unveiled in 2017 so far

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For some automakers, the crazier the concept car, the better.

Concept cars might seem like a strange part of the auto industry. The cars are often nowhere near practical and simply bizarre.

But automakers use concept cars to show how they think the auto industry will change with advents in battery tech, self-driving software, and artificial intelligence. They may not be road-ready anytime soon, but they act as a litmus test to explore changes to come.

Scroll down to see the most futuristic concept cars already unveiled in 2017:

SEE ALSO: Porsche is building a stunning Tesla rival — here's everything you need to know

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1. Airbus got creative with its latest concept car: an electric two-seater that can be airlifted by a drone. Called the Pop.Up System, the car has a range of 100 kilometers (62 miles).



The Pop.Up can easily unhook from its chassis for a drone can pick it up with ease. The autonomous drone is powered by eight rotors.

There's no word on if we'll ever see the Pop.Up become a reality, but it does speak to Airbus' plan to build Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) vehicles for urban transit.



2. Volkswagen unveiled a self-driving concept car that's more of a personal robotic assistant at the Geneva Motor Show this year. Called Sedric, the car's artificial intelligence will allow it to find its own parking spot, drop kids off at an extracurricular activity, and pick up packages



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How a high-achieving school in one of America's poorest areas is saving the local community

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The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota is one of the poorest areas in the United States. People who live in the community, many of whom are Lakota, face a lack of economic opportunity and grim healthcare statistics.

The otherwise neglected corner of the country is also home to the Red Cloud Indian School, an academic institution of high achievers. Over 95% of the graduating class of 2017 will attend colleges across the country, including Brown University, Creighton, the University of South Dakota, as well as the University of California. One recent graduate from the Class of 2017 was accepted to seven Ivy League schools.

Life on the reservation is immensely challenging, but there is also resilience and hope. Red Cloud Indian School, which has been providing Lakota children with a holistic, high-quality education for over 125 years, is a big source of that hope.

The Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota has been home to the Oglala Lakota Sioux Nation since the conclusion of the American Indian Wars in the late 19th Century.



Pine Ridge covers more than 2.8 million acres, nearly the size of Connecticut, making it one of the largest reservations in the country.



The reservation includes Wounded Knee, site of the 1890 massacre of 150 unarmed women, children and elderly at the hands of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment.



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North Korea is just getting started on a fleet of more powerful nukes

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North Korean state media released images of Kim Jong Un visiting a plant that makes rocket engines for the country's ballistic missile program, and they reveal capabilities and intentions that paint a nightmare scenario for the US.

"Today is a very bad day," George Herbert, an Aerospace consultant and rocket engineering scientist who works with the US's primere North Korean missile analysts wrote in response to the pictures.

To the untrained eye, the pictures of Kim touring the missile plant look like nothing special. Kim beams a broad smile next to a diagram. Kim walks past a big spool of wire-looking things. Kim runs his hand over a big weird block of... something.

But as is often the case in North Korean propaganda images, each shot reveals an important message about the state of the country's notoriously opaque missile development. In the case of this recent batch of photos, North Korea sought to prove the US wrong on all its most wishful thinking.

With its photo gallery on Wednesday, North Korea demonstrated that it's hot on the trail of technologies that can match the US's ability to throw huge nuclear payloads across massive distances.

In the slides below find out what experts are saying about North Korea's new imagery.  

SEE ALSO: There's an eerie quiet from North Korea — and it could end with peace or a nuclear detonation

North Korea's new missiles will be advanced and lightweight, and Kim wants you to know that.

Herbert told Business Insider that North Korea appears to have made leaps and bounds in its application of composite materials to its missile program.

Instead of heavy sheets of aluminum, North Korea now looks ready to use kevlar and carbon fibre materials to drastically reduce the weight of the missiles, and thereby the range or payload.

"The significance [of the advanced materials] is that those casings weigh about half as much. Either you can carry a bigger payload or you can go further," said Herbert.



North Korea appears on the verge of making solid-fueled missiles, which would be a major breakthrough and a nightmare for the US to stop.

But the design of the motor also indicates that it will use solid fuel, which would be a nightmare for the US. Liquid-fueled rockets require huge teams to fuel the missile and prepare it for launch.

The process on large missiles can take a half hour and requires a long convoy of trucks. This makes the process easy to spot and potentially disrupt for the US military. Solid fueled rockets based on trucks can just park and fire in minutes. The US has no chance of stopping such a launch from a remote place in North Korea. 

"The most advanced solid rocket motors use advanced carbon fibre and kevlar," said Herbert, indicating that North Korean missiles could soon approach the effectiveness of advanced US or Russian missiles.



Also, solid fueled missiles could turn some of North Korea's 60 submarines into nuclear threats.

Herbert identified the solid fueled, kevlar-wrapped missile that North Korea showed off as the Pukgukgsong-3, or the third version of North Korea's submarine-launched missiles.

A nuclear-armed North Korea is scary, but if North Korea could arm even a few of its 60 or so submarines with nuclear missiles, even with the US's massive advantage in submarines and submarine hunting, it would present a likely unsolvable puzzle for the US military.

Additionally, missiles launched from submarines don't need to have ICBM ranges, as they can get close to a target. Regardless, Herbert said the new materials would probably boost the range of the missiles by 30 or 40 percent.



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How Floyd Mayweather makes and spends his millions

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Nearly two years have passed since his last competitive bout, but Floyd Mayweather Jr. remains as polarizing as ever.

On August 26, the former five-division world champion will make his long-awaited return to the ring to take on UFC superstar Conor McGregor. Mayweather is expected to come out on top, but stranger things have happened between the ropes.

The actual fighting, however, is just one part of the equation  fans will be tuning in for the personalities as much as the punches. Mayweather's outspoken demeanor, prolific trash talking, and unabashed love of money make him one of the most talked-about figures in sports, and whether those words are positive or negative, they all serve to boost his bottom line.

Check out how Mayweather has accumulated his fortune over the years, as well as how he spends some of that money away from the ring.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. has boxing in his blood. His father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., was a prominent welterweight in the 1980s, fighting stars like Sugar Ray Leonard and Marlon Starling. The younger Mayweather learned to hold his hands in a boxing position before he learned to walk.

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The early start paid big dividends. Mayweather quickly became one of the foremost amateur boxers in the world, winning a bronze medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.



He shed his amateur status later that same year, defeating Roberto Apodaca on a night when both boxers were making their professional debut. Apodaca went on to lose all four of his bouts as a pro.



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Why NASA's twin Voyagers probes are the most important spacecraft ever launched — and could be the last evidence of humanity's existence

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About 1 billion years from now, the sun will begin to die, blow off its outer atmosphere, and engulf our tiny planet in hot plasma.

Luckily, the galaxy will have NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft to remember us by.

The two nuclear-powered probes launched 40 years ago and became the first and only robots to take close-up photographs of Uranus and Neptune, the planets' moons and rings, and other objects in the outer solar system.

The Voyagers also carried with them a golden record of sounds, images, and other information life on Earth — a basic human catalog that aliens might one day discover and decode.

The mission is now detailed in a remarkable detail for PBS documentary called "The Farthest", which premiered on August 23 and will re-air on September 5 (the date of Voyager 1's launch).

"Fifty years from now, Voyager will be the science project of the 20th century," Brad Smith, a Voyager imaging scientist, said in the movie.

Here's why many scientists and engineers not only hail the Voyagers as the farthest, fastest, and longest-lived space mission, but also one of humanity's greatest endeavors.

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NASA began working on the Voyager mission in 1972 with a budget of $865 million, or roughly $5 billion in 2017-adjusted dollars.

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The goal was to tour the outer solar system using a planetary alignment that happens just once every 176 years. The gravity of the planets would speed up the spacecraft, allowing at least one probe to visit Uranus and Neptune for the first time.


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NASA worried that Jupiter's radiation fields might short-circuit the Voyagers. So engineers shielded and grounded cables of the probes with kitchen-grade aluminum foil. (It worked.)

 

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