| Pakistan Tanker Explosion: at Least 153 Killed Posted: 25 Jun 2017 09:09 AM PDT  An oil tanker truck crashed on a busy highway in Pakistan Sunday, killing at least 153 people when it exploded as crowds rushed to the scene to collect leaking fuel.
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| Trump complains about Democrats’ rallying cry to ‘resist’ Posted: 25 Jun 2017 09:15 AM PDT  President Trump admitted that he likes divisive rhetoric as a campaign tactic, but now finds it frustrating when it is used by Democrats to counter his agenda.
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| Air Asia Pilots Asks Passengers ‘To Pray’ During Wild Flight Posted: 25 Jun 2017 09:04 AM PDT  The pilot twice asked passengers to pray on Air Asia flight D7237 from Australia to Malaysia as the plane shook like a "washing machine" for two hours, according to passengers.
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| Philando Castile's family reaches $3M settlement in death Posted: 26 Jun 2017 02:13 PM PDT  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mother of Philando Castile, a black motorist killed by a Minnesota police officer last July, has reached a nearly $3 million settlement with the city that employed the officer, avoiding a federal wrongful death lawsuit that attorneys said could have taken years to resolve.
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| Texas sanctuary city law could lead to immigration police state: lawyer Posted: 26 Jun 2017 04:18 PM PDT  A small border town and some of the largest cities in Texas told a federal judge on Monday a new state law aimed at punishing sanctuary cities could lead to an immigration police state and asked him to halt it because it was unconstitutional. The Republican-backed law in Texas, the U.S. state with the longest border with Mexico, takes effect on September 1. It is the first of its kind since Republican Donald Trump became president in January, promising to crack down on illegal immigration.
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| California father buries wrong man after coroner's mistake Posted: 24 Jun 2017 07:04 PM PDT  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Eleven days after laying his son to rest, Frank J. Kerrigan got a call from a friend.
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| People Celebrate Eid Al-Fitr 2017 Around The World Posted: 25 Jun 2017 04:47 AM PDT  After a month of fasting, millions of Muslims across the globe will celebrate one of their biggest religious festivals, Eid Al-Fitr, starting this Sunday.
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| 'We Love to Attack Our Leaders' Democrats Debate Pelosi's Leadership Posted: 24 Jun 2017 11:31 PM PDT  Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) join Meet the Press for an exclusive joint interview to talk about the future of the Democratic party.
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| Ed Gillespie is not interested in the latest Trump tweets Posted: 25 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT  Ed Gillespie has a tricky road ahead of him as he campaigns for Virginia governor this year. The Republican nominee wants to talk about state issues, not President Trump, not Russia and certainly not what's on Twitter. The latest sign is that former President Obama has already decided to campaign for the Democratic nominee, Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam.
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| Stalin tops Putin in Russian poll of greatest historical figures Posted: 26 Jun 2017 04:07 AM PDT  Russians have picked Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin as the greatest figure in history, a new poll said Monday, beating President Vladimir Putin into joint second alongside poet Alexander Pushkin. In the poll conducted in April by the Levada Centre independent pollster, Russians were asked to pick the ten greatest individuals of all time. Stalin came out on top with 38 percent, while Putin shared second place on 34 percent with Russia's beloved national bard Pushkin.
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| UK: 6 hurt as car strikes people at Muslim celebration Posted: 25 Jun 2017 08:13 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Six people, including three children, were injured Sunday after a car ran into a large crowd gathered to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr in the northern English city of Newcastle. Police said there was no information suggesting the incident was terror-related.
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| New York City gay pride parade Posted: 25 Jun 2017 04:00 PM PDT ![New York City gay pride parade]( "New York City gay pride parade") Tens of thousands of marchers paraded through New York streets Sunday in a huge Gay Pride parade, with many proudly carrying rainbow flags or waving virulently anti-Trump signs.
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| Apple CEO touts India impact in push for deeper market access Posted: 26 Jun 2017 02:26 PM PDT  Apple CEO Tim Cook on Sunday highlighted the economic impact the company is having on India in a meeting with its prime minister as the iPhone maker seeks deeper access to the world's third-largest smartphone market behind the United States and China. Cook met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a business summit in Washington at a time when Apple Inc is targeting the nascent Indian market as a revenue source after its sales in China slipped. Apple has asked Indian government officials for a range of tax and policy changes to help build out its iPhone assembly work in the country.
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| Fugitive lawyer says he's fled the US using fake passport Posted: 25 Jun 2017 07:05 PM PDT  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A fugitive Kentucky lawyer at the center of a nearly $600 million Social Security fraud case has fled the country using a fake passport and has gotten help from someone overseas with a job to help support himself.
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| Eid Al-Fitr 2017 Quotes And Greetings Posted: 25 Jun 2017 03:35 AM PDT  People in the U.S. and the U.K., along with countries in the Middle East celebrate Eid al-Fitr on Sunday.
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| These Ice Cream Sundaes Are Going Viral Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:18 AM PDT  Because churro + soft serve = ��
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| White House adviser Ivanka Trump: ‘I try to stay out of politics’ Posted: 26 Jun 2017 05:45 AM PDT  Ivanka Trump told "Fox & Friends" that she speaks up when she disagrees with her father on certain issues — but does not "profess to be a political savant."
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| Greenland now a major driver of rising seas: study Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:37 AM PDT  Ocean levels rose 50 percent faster in 2014 than in 1993, with meltwater from the Greenland ice sheet now supplying 25 percent of total sea level increase compared with just five percent 20 years earlier, researchers reported Monday. "This result is important because the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)" -- the UN science advisory body -- "makes a very conservative projection of total sea level rise by the end of the century," at 60 to 90 centimetres (24 to 35 inches), said Peter Wadhams, a professor of ocean physics at the University of Oxford who did not take part in the research. Greenland alone contains enough frozen water to lift oceans by about seven metres (23 feet), though experts disagree on the global warming threshold for irreversible melting, and how long that would take once set in motion.
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| Dozens missing after Colombian tourist boat sinks in reservoir Posted: 26 Jun 2017 04:26 AM PDT ![Dozens missing after Colombian tourist boat sinks in reservoir]( "Dozens missing after Colombian tourist boat sinks in reservoir") Nine people died and 28 are missing after a multidecked tourist boat carrying about 170 passengers sank in Colombia's Penol-Guatape reservoir on Sunday during the long holiday weekend, a government official said. Ninety-nine people were rescued, Margarita Moncada, the head of disaster relief for Antioquia province, told journalists.
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| US Government Websites Hacked By ISIS Propaganda Posted: 26 Jun 2017 01:36 AM PDT  Ohio Gov. John Kasich's website was hacked to broadcast pro-ISIS propaganda, displaying a message in Arabic message and playing a call to Islamic prayer.
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| Iran's Rouhani backs Qatar, rejects 'siege' Posted: 25 Jun 2017 02:04 PM PDT  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani voiced support on Sunday for Qatar in its confrontation with Iran's rival Saudi Arabia and its allies, saying a "siege of Qatar is unacceptable", the state news agency IRNA reported. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain cut ties with Qatar on June 5, accusing it of support for Islamist militants, an allegation Qatar denies.
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| We Test Ride the Vanderhall Venice Three-Wheeler Posted: 26 Jun 2017 05:00 AM PDT  Vanderhall Motor Works Venice Roadster – Ride Drive (?) Review Sometimes, three wheels is better than four Photography by Vanderhall Not too long ago RideApart first told you about Vanderhall Motor Works , a Utah-based company making three-wheeled vehicles.
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| Sheriff: Man killed missing son, 5, after Disneyland trip Posted: 26 Jun 2017 01:28 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators suspect the father of a 5-year-old California boy who has been missing for two months killed the child after a family outing at Disneyland in a plot to get back at his estranged wife during a bitter separation, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said Monday.
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| Q&A: Afraid of sharks? Flu, asteroids pose far greater risk Posted: 25 Jun 2017 06:49 AM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — You might want a bigger boat, but you probably don't need better odds.
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| Nigeria's ill president sends recorded greetings from London Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:36 AM PDT  Nigeria's ailing President Muhammadu Buhari marked the end of Ramadan with an audio broadcast to the nation, his first public message since heading to London on medical leave nearly two months ago, the president's office said. The recording attributed to the president was played on Nigerian radio channels over the weekend and featured a tired hesitant voice that appeared to be his, speaking in the Hausa language used in the Muslim-majority north, where Buhari is from. Some Nigerians questioned the use of Hausa for Buhari's first message since departing for London on May 7, accusing him of addressing only his kinsmen rather than the nation as a whole.
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| Texas Latinos greet court date for 'show me your papers' SB4 immigration law Posted: 26 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT  Students in April protested at the Texas Capitol against SB4, a state immigration law against which civil rights groups will argue this week during a federal court hearing. Anger at Texas' strict new immigration law simmered as a thousand Latino policymakers and advocates gathered in Dallas this weekend, ahead of a hearing in which civil rights groups will ask for the measure to be blocked.
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| Elon Musk packs the best of SpaceX's latest landing in 20-second video Posted: 25 Jun 2017 05:01 PM PDT  While you were out enjoying the sun and sights here on Earth, SpaceX was busy making history, again. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk wants your trip to Mars to be like a Carnival cruise On Sunday, SpaceX pulled off its 13th flawless rocket landing, delicately putting the Falcon 9 on the seaborne drone ship called "Just Read the Instructions." And while SpaceX founder Elon Musk knows that every space nerd on the planet was watching in real time, he's also aware of the power of social media. To that end, Musk posted a high-speed version of the space-to-Earth landing on Instagram. Sped up version of today's rocket landing on the Droneship Just Read the Instructions (guess it did) A post shared by Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on Jun 25, 2017 at 2:41pm PDT "Sped up version of today's rocket landing on the Droneship Just Read the Instructions (guess it did)," wrote Musk, on Twitter and Instagram. The successful launch and landing allowed SpaceX to deploy one of a series of low-Earth orbit satellites from voice and data communications company Iridium. This was the second launch and landing in 48 hours for SpaceX, adding more real world proof to Musk's dream of making space travel as common and frequent as airplane flights. WATCH: SpaceX did something amazing over the weekend
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| J. K. Rowling marks 'wonderful' Harry Potter anniversary Posted: 26 Jun 2017 08:03 AM PDT  Author J.K. Rowling on Monday marked the "wonderful" two decades since her Harry Potter creation first hit the shelves, starting a global literary phenomenon which has inspired a generation. Joanne Kathleen Rowling had struggled through poverty before winning a £1,500 publishing deal with Bloomsbury to print 1,000 copies of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". "Harry Potter has had a huge impact on a generation of children, who became so obsessed with reading that they would queue for hours to get their hands on the next book," said Diana Gerald, head of the Book Trust, a charity which encourages youngsters to read.
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| Sean Spicer angrily confronted by CNN reporter during tense off-camera press briefing Posted: 26 Jun 2017 01:29 PM PDT  A CNN reporter has argued with White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer over the West Wing's decision to bar cameras from broadcasting the daily press briefings. Jim Acosta, the White House correspondent for the cable news network, challenged Mr Spicer after the White House representative admonished the reporter while he was trying to ask a question on healthcare. "There's no camera on, Jim", Mr Spicer said .
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| Saudi demands from Qatar 'very provocative': Germany Posted: 26 Jun 2017 11:29 AM PDT  By Andrea Shalal BERLIN (Reuters) - A list of 13 demands submitted by four Arab states to Qatar as a condition to lift their boycott on the Gulf country is "very provocative" because some items challenge Doha's sovereignty, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt imposed a boycott on Qatar three weeks ago, accusing it of backing militants - then issued an ultimatum, including demands that it shut down a Turkish military base in Doha.
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| Arkansas inmate on lam for 32 years visiting mom when caught Posted: 26 Jun 2017 02:06 PM PDT  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The mother of an Arkansas prison escapee who had been on the run for more than three decades said she has been in contact with her son since soon after his escape and that he was visiting her when he was arrested.
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| 2018 BMW X3 Posted: 26 Jun 2017 07:00 AM PDT  New engines and more tech highlight the changes.
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| Eid truce in war-torn Philippines city of Marawi ends Posted: 25 Jun 2017 04:39 AM PDT  An eight-hour ceasefire in a Philippine city allowing residents to celebrate the end of Ramadan came to an abrupt end Sunday afternoon as the government continued its offensive against Islamist militants occupying parts of war-torn Marawi. Assaults backed by air and artillery bombardment had stopped at the start of Islamic prayers at 6am but gunfire broke out as soon as the truce ended around 2pm, AFP reporters in Marawi said. Regional military commander Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez said the truce also allowed five Muslim religious leaders to enter ground zero and negotiate with the militants to release civilian hostages, especially children, women and the elderly.
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| Trump Meeting Indian PM Narendra Modi On Monday Posted: 26 Jun 2017 05:16 AM PDT  As relations have cooled between the two countries somewhat, the two leaders could discuss issues like terrorism, the India-Pakistan relationship, and defense deals.
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| Obama and family go river rafting during Indonesia vacation Posted: 26 Jun 2017 04:12 AM PDT  BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his family were seen on a river rafting trip Monday as they vacationed in Indonesia, where he lived for several years as a child.
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| The Inside Of This Spinach And Artichoke-Stuffed Burger Will Give You All The Feels Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:17 AM PDT  You'll never look at the dip the same way again.
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| Hong Kong's youth press campaign despite China's rejection of full democracy Posted: 26 Jun 2017 04:03 AM PDT  By James Pomfret and Benjamin Kang Lim HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - When the British handed over Hong Kong to China in 1997, Beijing promised to allow universal suffrage as an "ultimate aim", along with other freedoms, under a "one country, two systems" arrangement agreed with London. China did offer a contentious electoral reform package in 2014, which allowed Hong Kong a direct vote, but only of candidates pre-screened by Beijing.
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| The Latest: 1st day of testimony over in Joe Arpaio's trial Posted: 26 Jun 2017 05:10 PM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on the trial of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio (all times local):
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| Ford testing plug-in hybrid Escape Posted: 26 Jun 2017 02:25 AM PDT  The possibility of a plug-in hybrid version of the Ford Escape dates back as far as 2009 when Ford actually took a prototype to the Detroit Auto Show, and a small batch of them were handed over to a California utility to be tried out. It now seems as though a plug-in hybrid variant of the current model could finally be arriving in showrooms for sale to the public, and it could possibly be unveiled as soon as next year. Although Ford has confirmed it's currently testing a new Escape PHEV prototype, no details have yet been released regarding the expected range, how it's likely to perform, or how much it will eventually cost to buy.
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| Families separated by US-Mexico border have fleeting reunion Posted: 24 Jun 2017 07:33 PM PDT  Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (AFP) - After more than a decade apart, the Pastrana family on Saturday finally got to embrace during a special event allowing nearly 200 families separated by the US-Mexico border to spend three minutes together. The meeting took place in the middle of the murky Rio Grande -- which divides the Mexican city Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Texas and is crossable this time of year -- under the watchful eye of Border Patrol agents.
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| SitRep: CIA’s Secret Syria Contacts; Tillerson Bashed by Anonymous WH Officials; State Shuttering Afghan Office Posted: 26 Jun 2017 05:13 AM PDT  Pentagon Push in Africa; Israel and Syria Spar; U.S. Arming Jets in South Korea
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| Asylum seekers in Canada who fled Trump now trapped in legal limbo Posted: 26 Jun 2017 04:59 AM PDT  By Anna Mehler Paperny and Rod Nickel TORONTO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Thousands of people who fled to Canada to escape President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal migrants have become trapped in legal limbo because of an overburdened refugee system, struggling to find work, permanent housing or enroll their children in schools. Refugee claims are taking longer to be completed than at any time in the past five years, according to previously unpublished Immigration and Refugee Board data provided to Reuters. Those wait times are set to grow longer after the IRB in April allocated "up to half" of its 127 tribunal members to focus on old cases. The number of delayed hearings more than doubled from 2015 to 2016 and is on track to increase again this year.
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| Milky Way nightscapes Posted: 25 Jun 2017 06:24 AM PDT ![Milky Way nightscapes]( "Milky Way nightscapes") Thousands of glittering stars lighting up beautiful Indonesian and Malaysian nightscapes will take your breath away.
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| Transplanted: Large Idaho sequoia tree finds new home Posted: 25 Jun 2017 12:38 PM PDT  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A large sequoia tree with a history rooted in conservation was standing in the way of progress, so on Sunday, it was moved.
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