| Trump should follow the Bill Clinton scandal playbook Posted: 19 May 2017 02:00 AM PDT  Trump has an unlikely model for how to survive an existential threat to his presidency: Bill Clinton.
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| Times Square Crash: Surveillance Video Shows Horrific Scene Posted: 19 May 2017 08:38 AM PDT  Richard Rojas allegedly drove his car onto a Times Square sidewalk, killing one person and injuring 22 others. He was charged with murder, attempted murder and aggravated vehicular homicide.
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| Video: Erdogan watches security guards beat protesters in Washington Posted: 19 May 2017 09:31 AM PDT  New footage surfaced showing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looking on stoically as members of his security detail beat civilians.
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| The Latest: Juror says cop shouldn't return to patrol duty Posted: 19 May 2017 12:49 PM PDT  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on the not guilty verdict in the manslaughter trial of a white Oklahoma police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man (all times local):
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| The End of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Posted: 19 May 2017 08:57 AM PDT  After nearly 150 years, the show will not go on for the iconic Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which is performing its final act Sunday.
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| New York Times Reports That Trump Said Firing Comey Relieved 'great Pressure' from Him Posted: 18 May 2017 09:00 PM PDT  A new report claims Trump boasted about his decision to fire Comey to top Russian officials in the Oval Office less than 24 hours after the firing.
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| Like most things in politics today, Montana House race is a referendum on Donald Trump Posted: 19 May 2017 10:18 AM PDT  Many in Montana still think Gianforte could have pulled off a party sweep had he cozied up to Trump a little more. And Gianforte now evidently agrees.
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| Yale University Dean Suspended Over Yelp Reviews Posted: 18 May 2017 09:07 PM PDT  June Chu has written many racist reviews on Yelp, even calling a restaurant "white trash." She was suspended on Thursday, following her "reprehensible posts."
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| The Latest: Teen tells police that another suspect shot boy Posted: 19 May 2017 04:17 PM PDT  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on the death of a 6-year-old boy who was in a car that was stolen in Mississippi (all times local):
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| Sweden drops rape investigation of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange Posted: 19 May 2017 08:12 AM PDT  Sweden has dropped a rape investigation of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Assange has been living in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since 2012. If Assange leaves the embassy, London authorities can still arrest him for jumping bail in 2012.
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| Lola Wasn't Alone Posted: 19 May 2017 10:23 AM PDT ![Lola Wasn't Alone]( "Lola Wasn't Alone") There are few subjects more painful than slavery. The word itself conjures images of the most shameful and ugly parts of humanity and our past, histories most would prefer to distance themselves from. This may in part be why, in just two short days, The Atlantic's article "My Family's Slave," by the journalist Alex Tizon about his family's enslavement of a woman named Eudocia "Lola" Tomas Pulido, has caught the attention of and moved thousands of readers. The title itself is shocking in its admission of slavery tucked right into a modern American home.
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| Puerto Rico retirees will get bankruptcy committee: U.S. Trustee Posted: 19 May 2017 01:10 PM PDT  By Nick Brown NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog said on Friday it plans to appoint a committee of retirees in Puerto Rico's bankruptcy to negotiate for pensioners facing benefit cuts as part of the island's debt restructuring. Puerto Rico, carrying some $50 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, "clearly needs a retiree committee and sooner rather than later," the office of the U.S. Trustee said in a filing in federal court in San Juan. Puerto Rico filed the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history earlier this month.
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| Philippines' Duterte: China threatened 'war' over sea row Posted: 19 May 2017 06:34 AM PDT  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday China's leaders told him they were prepared to go to war over competing claims in the South China Sea. Duterte, who met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing this week, said he was making the threat public in response to domestic criticism he was being too weak with China over the dispute. China claims most of the sea, a key waterway for global shipping, and has reclaimed disputed reefs and installed military facilities on them.
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| Fox News co-founder Roger Ailes dies at age 77 Posted: 18 May 2017 10:01 PM PDT  Roger Ailes, the US media mogul who co-founded Fox News and helped redraw conservative American politics, died Thursday less than a year after he was forced out by a sexual harassment scandal. A longtime confidant of media titan Rupert Murdoch, Ailes was a central figure in conservative US politics for decades. Ailes denied all the allegations.
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| New Russia probe leaks threaten to derail Trump's foreign trip Posted: 19 May 2017 03:57 PM PDT  By Eric Beech and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump was hit on Friday by embarrassing leaks that a senior adviser was a "person of interest" in a probe of possible collusion with Russia during last year's election campaign and that Trump had boasted to Russian officials of firing the man heading the investigation. The reports, emerging just as Trump jetted off to Saudi Arabia on his first foreign trip as president, were likely to extend the turmoil engulfing his administration since the May 9 firing of former FBI Director James Comey.
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| Chris Cornell Police Report Reveals New Details About Musician's Suicide Posted: 19 May 2017 01:34 PM PDT  A police report revealed new details surrounding the death of Audioslave and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell.
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| Times Square, protests, Weiner and more — it happened today: May 19 in pictures Posted: 19 May 2017 11:43 AM PDT ![Times Square, protests, Weiner and more — it happened today: May 19 in pictures]( "Times Square, protests, Weiner and more — it happened today: May 19 in pictures") Times Square driver and Anthony Weiner appear in court, and more of today's news from around the world in pictures.
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| Black leaders to Tulsa: Act on pledges of racial harmony Posted: 18 May 2017 05:43 PM PDT TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa community leaders say the acquittal of a white Oklahoma police officer who killed an unarmed black man ripped open a long-festering wound.
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| Syria says US airstrike killed several soldiers near Jordan Posted: 19 May 2017 10:44 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian military official said Friday that an aerial "aggression" by the U.S.-led coalition on a government military position near the border with Jordan the day before killed several soldiers and caused material damage.
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| American Airlines plane makes emergency landing at RDU; 3 taken to hospital Posted: 19 May 2017 08:19 PM PDT  The plane diverted to Raleigh-Durham International Airport because of a strong electrical smell onboard, RDU spokesman Andrew Sawyer said. Three people on board were taken to area hospitals.
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| Polling extended as Iranians deliver verdict on Rouhani Posted: 19 May 2017 01:12 PM PDT  Iran's polls finally closed after Friday's election was extended to cope with the large numbers turning out to give their verdict on President Hassan Rouhani and his troubled efforts to rebuild international ties and kickstart the struggling economy. Rouhani, a 68-year-old moderate cleric who spearheaded a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, has framed the vote as a choice between greater civil liberties and "extremism". "The enthusiastic participation of Iranians in the election reinforces our national power and security," said Rouhani as he cast his vote in Tehran.
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| Mom Tries - and Fails - to Wake Teen Who Fell Asleep Inside Locked Car Posted: 19 May 2017 02:22 PM PDT  Even the sound of a car horn wouldn't wake her.
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| Trump faces diplomatic hurdles during 28 hours in the Holy Land Posted: 19 May 2017 02:16 AM PDT  For Donald Trump, several of those await in Jerusalem and Bethlehem next week. A nine-day tour taking in Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Palestinian territories, the Vatican and NATO would be a tall order for any president. During his campaign, Trump promised to be Israel's "best friend" if elected, and signaled that it was okay for the Israeli government to go on building settlements on occupied land since he didn't regard it as an obstacle to peace.
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| ScootinAmerica - Eight Veterans to Receive Free Harleys Posted: 19 May 2017 09:25 AM PDT  ScootinAmerica - Eight Veterans to Receive Free Harleys Harley-Davidson has joined Adam Sandoval, founder of ScootinAmerica , an initiative that focuses on giving back to our military members, to launch MISSION: "THANK YOU". The project began this morning at
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| This Health Insurance Company Is Hiring 300+ Work-From-Home Employees Posted: 19 May 2017 11:04 AM PDT  With full benefits!
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| Iraq's special forces shrink IS stronghold in western Mosul Posted: 20 May 2017 11:05 AM PDT  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's special forces declared their aspect of the mission to reclaim Mosul completed on Saturday. However heavy fighting still looms between other Iraqi forces and the Islamic State group as IS clings to a dwindling portion of Iraq's second largest city.
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| Aaron Hernandez Allegedly Threatened To Shoot Jail Guard, Kill His Family: Report Posted: 19 May 2017 05:36 PM PDT  Hernandez allegedly threatened multiple guards at the Bristol County House of Corrections and on one occasion threatened to shoot a guard and kill his family.
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| China killed or jailed up to 20 US spies in 2010-12: report Posted: 20 May 2017 05:30 PM PDT  Beijing systematically dismantled CIA spying efforts in China beginning in 2010, killing or jailing more than a dozen covert sources, in a deep setback to US intelligence there, The New York Times reported Sunday. The Times, quoting 10 current and former American officials who spoke on condition of anonymity, described the intelligence breach as one of the worst in decades. It said that even now intelligence officials are unsure whether the US was betrayed by a mole within the CIA or whether the Chinese hacked a covert system used by the CIA to communicate with foreign sources.
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| Basquiat painting fetches record $110.5M at New York auction Posted: 18 May 2017 10:56 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — A 1982 artwork by Jean-Michel Basquiat sold for a record $110.5 million at Sotheby's auction of contemporary art Thursday night.
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| President Trump's first trip abroad Posted: 20 May 2017 12:32 PM PDT ![President Trump's first trip abroad]( "President Trump's first trip abroad") President Trump's first foreign voyage will be an astonishingly ambitious adventure — Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Vatican, a NATO summit in Brussels, and a Group of Seven (i.e.: rich country) gathering in Sicily. He's coming with a packed agenda of the weightiest issues in global affairs, like defeating ISIS, containing Iran, convincing the Muslim world to confront extremism, overhauling relations with crucial allies in Europe and Asia, and forging Middle East peace.
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| 'Doomsday' seed vault entrance repaired after thaw of Arctic ice Posted: 20 May 2017 09:12 AM PDT  By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Norway is repairing the entrance of a "doomsday" seed vault on an Arctic island after an unexpected thaw of permafrost let water into a building meant as a deep freeze to safeguard the world's food supplies. The water, limited to the 15 meter (50 ft) entrance hall in the melt late last year, had no impact on millions of seeds of crops including rice, maize, potatoes and wheat that are stored more than 110 meters inside the mountainside. It seeks to safeguard seeds from cataclysms such as nuclear war or disease in natural permafrost.
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| Billionaire Betsy DeVos wants to scrap student debt forgiveness. Surprised? | Jamie Peck Posted: 19 May 2017 10:38 AM PDT  When Donald Trump appointed Betsy DeVos secretary of education, America's school-going people worried it was only a matter of time before she brought back debtors' prison for student loan defaulters and subcontracted out K-12 education to Nickelodeon. Now Donald and Betsy are one step closer to making that vision a reality, with $10.6bn in cuts to crucial education programs, including a student loan forgiveness program first implemented by a Republican administration. According to budget documents obtained by the Washington Post, the Trump administration plans to end the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, which more than 400,000 people are counting on as part of their financial future.
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| Fate Of Late Roger Ailes' Sexual Harassment Cases Posted: 18 May 2017 11:48 PM PDT  The sexual harassment cases filed against Roger Ailes by Andrea Tantaros and Julie Roginsky may get caught up in complications following an old New York law.
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| The Latest: Bouncer tackled fleeing Times Square driver Posted: 18 May 2017 05:59 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a car striking pedestrians in Times Square (all times local):
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| Insanely Easy Weeknight Dinners To Try This Week Posted: 19 May 2017 10:35 AM PDT  Every week, we're delivering five easy-to-make, insanely delicious dinners, so you can put that takeout habit on hold.
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| Mission unaccomplished: Uganda halts hunt for LRA warlord Posted: 19 May 2017 09:08 PM PDT  Sweat soaks into the bright red neckerchiefs of the soldiers slouching to attention on a steamy parade ground deep in the inaccessible forests of Central African Republic (CAR). The military display marked the end of a failed years-long hunt for Joseph Kony, leader of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel group that has its origins in 1980s Uganda. Lieutenant Hubert Zinja, spokesman for Central African troops in the town of Obo -- until this week the nerve centre of the US-backed, Ugandan-led hunt for Kony -- insisted they were up to the job.
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| 8 hurt after jet collides with truck on service road at Los Angeles International Airport Posted: 20 May 2017 04:19 PM PDT  A single-aisle commercial passenger jet collided with a supply truck that overturned Saturday afternoon on a service road at Los Angeles Airport, authorities said.
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| Grand jury doesn't indict officer for fatally shooting teen Posted: 19 May 2017 05:06 PM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A grand jury voted on Friday not to indict a white Columbus police officer in the fatal shooting of a black 13-year-old boy after a suspected robbery last year.
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| The Latest: Trump presents Saudis with massive arms package Posted: 20 May 2017 01:44 PM PDT  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's first trip abroad (all times local):
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| Ancient Aboriginal Australians Left Behind Artifacts From 51,000 Years Ago Posted: 19 May 2017 02:08 PM PDT  Artifacts left behind by Australia's first human settlers show they got to the area as early as 51,000 years ago and were able to adapt to a changing coastal environment.
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