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Bridgestone has revealed a new “airless” bicycle tire that it plans to put on sale by 2019.

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Pump it up? You won't really need to, soon.

Bridgestone has revealed a new "airless" bicycle tire that it plans to put on sale by 2019.

The non-pneumatic features a ring of flexible composite spokes -- connected to a smaller, solid inner hub -- that both hold its shape and provide cushioning on par with an air-filled tube. A conventionally-shaped tread is mounted to the outside.

Bridgestone has been developing "tweels" intended for automobiles for several years, but has yet to commercialize any of the designs. Polaris currently sells an ATV with flat-proof tires of a similar design that's available to military and consumer users, while Michelin offers one for small commercial vehicles.

Projected pricing and size availability for the Bridgestone bicycle tires have not yet been determined.

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POLARIS AIRLESS TIRES WON'T GO FLAT:

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Bridgestone launching 'airless' bicycle tires in 2019

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Pump it up? You won't really need to, soon. Bridgestone has revealed a new "airless" bicycle tire that it plans to put on sale by 2019. The non-pneumatic features a ring of flexible composite spokes -- connected to a smaller, solid inner hub -- that both hold its shape and provide cushioning on par with an air-filled tube.

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Trump says media won't give him credit for his accomplishments

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President Trump, who this week boasted at a Wisconsin tool factory that "no administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days," said in a Friday morning tweet that he's not getting enough credit from the national media for all his successes.

"No matter how much I accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, & it has been a lot (including S.C.), media will kill!" Trump tweeted.

No matter how much I accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, & it has been a lot (including S.C.), media will kill!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2017

Whether the president was looking to pre-empt media criticism or lower expectations as the benchmark nears was not clear, but the White House is clearly bracing for a report card from the press.

The first 100 days of a first-term president is often used to measure success and set a roadmap for future policy issues. The fascination with the first 100 days goes back to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who came into office in 1933 and signed a staggering 76 pieces of legislation, including 15 major overhauls and new programs during the depths of the Great Depression.

"It's very clear that he's committed to the conservative principles and agenda that he outlined in the campaign."

- White House spokesman Sean Spicer

Since then, the first 100 days has been the test of a new president's productivity, though none have come close to matching FDR.

Trump had promised huge changes during his first 100 days including cracking down on illegal immigration, a complete tax overhaul and the repeal and replace ObamaCare.

"You're going to have such great healthcare at a tiny fraction of the cost and it's going to be so easy," Trump said during an October 2016 rally.

When it came to building his "big beautiful wall" with Mexico, he told Fox News in 2015, "So simple. So simple."

Expectations were high, given Trump's promises and the fact he had a Republican-led Congress, but so far, the two branches have not always been on the same page.

On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer defended the Trump administration's accomplishments.

"Look at the record that he's achieved over these first 90 days," Spicer told Fox News' "The First 100 Days." "It's very clear that he's committed to the conservative principles and agenda that he outlined in the campaign."

Trump hits the 100-day mark on April 29.

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President Trump, who boasted at the Snap-on headquarters in Wisconsin earlier this week that "no administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days," said in a Friday morning tweet that he's not getting enough credit from the national media for all his successes.

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Woman stands up to armored military vehicle

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During protests in Venezuela a woman stood in front of an armored vehicle. Protesters are calling for Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, to step down.

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Planet Comicon is coming to Kansas City next weekend

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Planet Comicon * Kansas City's Largest Comic Book and Pop Culture Convention

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Planet Comicon Kansas City is coming to Bartle Hall April 28-30, 2017

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Planet Comicon Kansas City - April 28-30, 2017, in Bartle Hall. Planet Comicon is Kansas City's largest comic con and pop culture expo.

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Rajon Rondo Out with thumb injury

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danaya vann - Florida says sorry to 'Groveland Four,' wrongly convicted of rape in 1949

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danaya vann - Florida says sorry to 'Groveland Four,' wrongly convicted of rape in 1949

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n 1949, four black men -- Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd and Ernest Thomas -- were accused of raping Norma Padgett, a 17-year-old white girl.

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$600,000 of Gold Found Inside Piano That Was Given Away

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Reuben Foster failed drug test

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Married man sends hijack hoax email to avoid trip with girlfriend

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will smith the new Orleans saints football player death caused by the man who had road rage they are saying he is sentenced to 25 years in prison

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Ronda Rousey Announces Engagement to Travis Browne

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4 times in 4 days: Russian military aircraft fly off US coast

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On Monday, US F-22 fighter jets intercepted two Russian bombers in international airspace 100 miles from Kodiak Island, Alaska. A US military official called the interaction "safe and professional."

Less than 24 hours later, a US surveillance aircraft responded to two Russian bombers that were spotted in the same area, this time flying 41 miles off Alaska.

The Russian aircraft did not enter US airspace in either instance and US defense officials say there was nothing unusual or confrontational about the Russians' conduct. The US itself has carried out similar flights along both the Chinese and Russian coasts.

Moscow, for its part, said it "regularly carries out patrol missions above the neutral waters of the Arctic, the Atlantic, the Black Sea and the Pacific Ocean."

"All such missions are carried out in strict compliance with international regulations and with respect to national borders," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a written statement.

But this week's encounter plays into a larger effort by Russian President Vladimir Putin "to prove Russia is back in the game," according to Howard Stoffer, a former State Department staffer.

"This kind of cat-and-mouse stuff has been going on for a while now," Stoffer told CNN, adding that Putin "is trying to put the US on notice that the Russians are everywhere and are back to expanding the limits of expanding their military power."

"It is one thing when you fly to be noticed," he said. "When the Russians buzz US ships, that is an unprofessional action because upsets the operation and is dangerous for all parties involved ... that is where the line that is drawn."

US officials have echoed Stoffer's stance as recently as February, after the USS Porter had three encounters with Russian aircraft while sailing in the Black Sea.

Those encounters were deemed unsafe and unprofessional because of how close the Russian planes flew to the American destroyer, a senior defense official said at the time.

Moscow denied that its aircraft had made any unsafe moves.

Russian aircraft have also been spotted recently flying near the coastline of US allies, including Japan, which has scrambled fighter jets four times this month in response, according to a statement from the Japanese Foreign Ministry.

The Viktor Leonov, a Russian spy ship, has also been spotted near the US coastline twice in recent months.

Rising tensions between US and Russia are a far cry from President Donald Trump's optimistic campaign rhetoric of hopes for a collaborative relationship. As Trump himself said earlier this month, relations between the former Cold War foes "may be at an all-time low."

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's alleged April 4 chemical weapons attack on his own civilians triggered Trump's outrage, leading him to strike a Syrian airfield with Tomahawk missiles, and witnessed a change in Trump's stance on Russia, which has supported Assad throughout Syria's bloody civil war.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the US missile strikes on an airfield in Syria were a failed attempt to try to undermine the peace process in the country and to change the regime.

And Russia has stood with Iran, a long-time US foe, in condemning the strikes.

"Attempts of this kind will never be a success. It will never happen," Lavrov said during a joint news conference with the Iranian and Syrian foreign ministers in Moscow. "We demand that the United States should respect the sovereignty of a state and avoid such actions that threaten the current world order."

Opposing views on the conflict in Ukraine have also become a hot-button issue between the Kremlin and the new US administration.

In February, Russia's Foreign Ministry also indicated that it intends to keep Crimea and not return it to Ukraine because it considers it to be part of Russia -- a stance that the Trump administration has said it directly opposes.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said earlier this year that Trump had been taking a tough line with Russia and that he expected Moscow to withdraw from the region, which it has occupied since 2014.

The US, meanwhile, has positioned military assets across Europe in an effort to reassure its European and NATO allies in the wake of Russia's movements in Ukraine.

Over the weekend, the US Air Force sent its newest stealth fighters to the United Kingdom in a demonstration of its military reach.

This week's encounters might be routine military chest-thumping, but the countries' entwinement in complex military situations around the world raises the risk of escalation.

American forces have so far refrained from engaging Russian aircraft after they've performed maneuvers like buzzing Navy ships. But Stoffer indicated retaliation could be possible in the future.

According to Stoffer, it is unlikely that the US would go to the extreme of firing a shot across the bow of a Russian ship or shooting down a Russian jet carrying out an unsafe move.

But he could see a scenario in which a US commander greenlights alternative responses like jamming the aircraft's radar and avionics systems -- which could cause the aircraft to crash.

If a minor provocation were to escalate and turn into a larger-scale war situation, Moscow would be at a disadvantage, according to retired Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden.

"No one wants to go to war with the Russians, but let me double down on another concept: The Russians really don't want to go to war with us," said Hayden, the CIA and National Security Agency director under President George W. Bush, during an interview on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront."

"They are by far the weaker power," he said.

CNN's Ryan Browne, Barbara Starr, Brad Lendon and Junko Ogura contributed to this report.

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On Monday, US F-22 fighter jets intercepted two Russian bombers in international airspace 100 miles from Kodiak Island, Alaska. A US military official called the interaction "safe and professional." Less than 24 hours later, a US surveillance aircraft responded to two Russian bombers that were spotted in the same area, this time flying 41 miles off Alaska.

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Killer of former Saints star Will Smith gets 25 years in prison

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Volkswagen ordered to pay $2.8B criminal penalty in scandal

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50 year old Tad Cummins was arrested for sexual interaction with a minor and aggravated kidnapping of 15 year old Elizabeth Thomas. Thomas was found in a cabin safe and Cummins was arrested. The two were romantically involved with each other.

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'I'm glad this is over': Tenn. teacher accused of kidnapping girl arrested in Calif.

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After five weeks on the run, a Tennessee teacher who kidnapped and fled with a 15-year-old student has been arrested in California, and the student has been found safe, authorities said Thursday.

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The Royals lost a close game to the Rangers last night it was 1-0

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Bulls' Rajon Rondo suffers fractured thumb, out indefinitely

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Chicago Bulls guard Rajon Rondo suffered a fractured right thumb in Game 2 against the Boston Celtics and will be out indefinitely, the team said Friday.

The team said Rondo's injury will not require surgery.

The Bulls have a 2-0 lead in the best-of-7 series, which resumes Friday night in Chicago.

Rondo is averaging 11.5 points and 8.5 assists in the Bulls' two victories over the Celtics, and he was just one rebound shy in Game 2 of becoming the team's first player since Scottie Pippen (1997) to get a postseason triple-double.

He finished Game 2 with 11 points, 14 assists, nine rebounds and five steals. The 14 assists tied a Bulls playoff record.

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Bulls' Rondo out indefinitely with broken thumb

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Chicago Bulls guard Rajon Rondo suffered a fractured right thumb in Game 2 against the Boston Celtics and will be out indefinitely, the team said Friday. The team said Rondo's injury will not require surgery. The Bulls have a 2-0 lead in the best-of-7 series, which resumes Friday night in Chicago.

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Kate Hudson Celebrates 38th Birthday with Her New Beau and Friends Like Robert Patterson

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Twenty children have been killed in a minibus crash near the South African capital Pretoria, emergency services have said.

The children died after the vehicle burst into flames following a collision with a truck just north of the capital.

There were understood to be both primary and secondary school-aged children on board.

Panyaza Lesufi, the official responsible for education in Gauteng province, has said it is a "dark day".

The minibus collided with a truck on the single carriageway R25 in between Verena, Gauteng, and Bronkhorstpruit, which lies on the border of neighbouring Mpumalanga province.

It is not yet known what the cause of the accident was, but pictures show the minibus entirely burnt out.

In a statement, emergency medical service ER24 described arriving at the scene, where fire-fighters were tackling the flames. A number of children had already been pulled out by "members of the community", the statement said.

"Once the flames had been extinguished, paramedics found that approximately 13 children lying trapped inside the vehicle. Unfortunately, nothing could be done for the children and they were declared dead on the scene," the statement said.

ER24 and the Gauteng Education Department have since confirmed the number has risen to 20.

"This is a huge loss and we're deeply pained by the tragic news," the education department tweeted.

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Twenty children have been killed in a minibus crash near the South African capital Pretoria, emergency services have said. The children died after the vehicle burst into flames following a collision with a truck just north of the capital. There were understood to be both primary and secondary school-aged children on board.