New iPhone, Jussie Smollett, national emergency: the best news of Monday

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First, the Grand Canyon: Tourists, employees and children have been exposed to dangerous radiation levels for nearly two decades inside a Grand Canyon museum building, according to the park's security director.

She called the first lady a "monkey". It looks like she's also committed a fraud.

In 2016, Pamela Taylor called Michelle Obama "a monkey in his heels" on Facebook and lost her job in a non-profit group, but it seems that racist words are only the tip of the iceberg . Last week, a woman revealed that she was illegally registered to receive FEMA's disaster benefits after a flood in 2016 that killed more than 20 people in West Virginia. The name and residences of this woman correspond to those of Pamela Taylor, behind the racist post. Taylor has defrauded the federal agency of over $ 18,000 and could incur up to 30 years in prison.

Former first lady Michelle Obama signs copies of her book "Becoming" in New York on November 30, 2018. (Photo11: Richard Drew / AP)

A collapsible iPhone? Apple is hinting yes

Apples Last year's "bendgate" controversy had put everyone to the test of iPhones, but a new patent filing suggests that the technology giant could launch its first flexible phones – foldable iPhones. During Valentine's Day, Apple filed a patent application including 24 drawings that show how to fold future devices, such as a pyramid suggesting that two people sitting in front of the same person could see their own screen while participating to a game (Fortnite, whoever?). It is unlikely that we will see a model in the window of society in September, but in 2020? Apple could be flexible enough to put the pencil on it.

A drawing of Apple's flexible design patent shows a device folded like a pyramid. (Photo11: USA TODAY & # 39; HUI)

An iconic photo sailor dies

George Mendonsa, identified as the sailor kissing a woman in a picture of the end of the second world war, died this weekend at 95. The timeless photo has come to represent the rising spirits of Americans after the war. The woman in the photo, identified as Greta Zimmer Friedman, described the kiss as "something that happened to her," her son said.

George Mendonsa, the man on the iconic picture of an exuberant Navy sailor kissing a woman in Times Square in New York at the end of World War II, has passed away. (Photo11: Victor Jorgensen, US Navy via AP)

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The story of Jussie Smollett may be falling apart

The star of "Empire" Jussie Smollett said he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack almost a month ago. He said that two masked men had assaulted him, sprayed him with a chemical, had shouted: "This is the country of MAGA" and put a rope around his neck. The statement provoked a shock wave in the entertainment industry, but Smollett's story seems to be crumbling. Police have questions to ask the actor after two brothers arrested in the assault claimed to have been paid by the actor to orchestrate the attack. The Chicago police could hand over his investigation to Smollett over the next week, over the course of the puzzling story.

Trump's national emergency could stop a Kentucky middle school

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency last week to bypass Congress and fund his border wall. What does that mean exactly? We have a quick exploder. Construction of a college in Kentucky could be in limbo as a result of reallocations of funds.

Cathy Clark protests President Donald Trump 's emergency declaration in downtown Fort Worth, Texas on February 18. (Photo11: LM Otero, AP)

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