China on Friday threatened the U.S. with unspecified "countermeasures" if it follows through with a planned sale of F-16s fighter jets to Taiwan – the first of what will likely be many repercussions for the Trump administration's military support for a country Beijing considers a renegade province.

News of the planned sale emerged early Friday after the State Department informed Congress Thursday evening of the administration's intent to sell 66 of the Fighting Falcon jets to Taiwan. Leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs committees – which would need ultimately to approve the sale – issued statements of support shortly after. The chairman and ranking member of the House committee called the sale "a strong message about the U.S. commitment to security and democracy in the Indo-Pacific" against China's "military aggression in the region."

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has previously claimed tribal ancestry, publicly apologized for "the harm I have caused" during her speech Monday at the Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum in Sioux City, Iowa.

Warren, who's been surging in 2020 Democratic primary polls in recent months, opened her speech at a forum organized by a group fighting for Native American voting rights with an apology and was greeted with a warm reception. She didn't directly reference the controversy over the DNA test results released last year to prove her ancestry.

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A man charged with robbery in Oregon is trying to dismiss his case after police admitted to photoshopping the mugshot used by witnesses to identify him.

Police say they digitally removed the facial tattoos from the image of Tyrone Lamont Allen, 50, so as not to make it "stand out" in a photo line-up.

Read more at BBC News.

The New York City police officer involved in the high-profile 2014 chokehold death of an African-American man has been fired.

Daniel Pantaleo was sacked over the death of Eric Garner, whose dying words "I can't breathe" became a rallying cry for protests against police brutality.

Read more at BBC News.

A 21-year-old woman in El Salvador whose baby was found dead in the toilet where she gave birth has been cleared of murder during a retrial.

Evelyn Hernández had always maintained she was innocent, saying that she did not know she was pregnant and lost consciousness during the birth.

Read more at BBC News.

There isn’t a location on the planet unaffected by climate change, however, some are being destroyed at a faster rate than others. There are also local cultures and traditions around the world that are changing at a frantic pace. These are all breathtaking locations packed full of opportunities that your family will talk about endlessly.

Given the relentless pace of decline, it is important that we document how these locations look now, so we can at least share the memory with future generations. Here are some of the locations that will be unrecognizable within our lifetime.

Read more at Ecophiles.

It’s hard to imagine that a pug dressed up as a hot dog doesn’t feel embarrassed, especially if it’s displaying expressions that we normally associate with that emotion, such as looking away. But perhaps the dog is just uncomfortable in the costume, or even scared.

Likewise, an animal which has done something we deem to be naughty or silly might appear to be embarrassed, when it’s actually just responding to our body language and anticipating a reaction from us. While scientists agree that some animals are capable of experiencing basic emotions, a lack of research means that the jury is still out on these more complex ones.

Read more at Science Focus.

Have you found yourself forgetting your keys more often than usual? Or maybe you've been feeling unfocused at work and have had trouble remembering deadlines or important tasks. When you're not feeling your sharpest brain-wise, it can be a little disconcerting. You start to think you're literally losing your mind.

I know the hypochondriac in me starts to think about other cognitive diseases when I have a bout of memory loss or am feeling particularly frazzled and out of it. In addition to consulting your doctor if your memory loss or lack of focus is worsening, there are some remedies that can help your brain health.

Read more at The Thirty.

A Tesla Model 3 electric car caught fire after crashing into a parked tow truck on a Moscow motorway late on Saturday, with the Tesla driver saying he had failed to see the vehicle with which he collided.

Asked in a video published on REN TV website if he was using an Autopilot self-driving system, driver Alexei Tretyakov said he was in a drive assistance mode in which he was still holding the steering wheel.

Read more at Reuters.