| Gore: Trump ‘tears down America’s standing in the world’ by leaving Paris climate accord Posted: 17 Jul 2017 07:16 AM PDT  Former Vice President Al Gore said Monday that the U.S. is "going through a challenging time" under the Trump administration, decrying President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.
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| GOP Rep. Rohrabacher gets to the bottom of Martian civilization: There wasn’t any Posted: 18 Jul 2017 02:48 PM PDT  A Republican lawmaker asked a panel of NASA scientists Tuesday for opinions on whether Mars could have had civilized life "thousands of years ago."
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| Boy, 10, Who Died After Trip to Neighborhood Pool Had Fentanyl in His System Posted: 18 Jul 2017 10:58 AM PDT  Alton Banks started vomiting at his Overtown home after a trip to the neighborhood pool on June 23. He died that night.
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| Russia earthquake: Magnitude 7.8 quake off far east coastline triggers US tsunami warning Posted: 18 Jul 2017 12:02 AM PDT  A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula triggered a tsunami warning for parts of the Pacific. The quake struck some 125 miles (200 km) from the city of Nikolskoye on Bering Island off the Kamchatka Peninsula. The epicentre was west of Attu, the westernmost and largest island in the Near Islands group of Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands.
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| Family Wants Answers After Woman’s Mysterious Death At Mexico Resort Posted: 17 Jul 2017 08:51 AM PDT  "Someone needs to be held responsible for this."
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| Minneapolis police shooting of Australian woman sparks questions about body cameras Posted: 17 Jul 2017 03:55 PM PDT  By Todd Melby MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Authorities and activists on Monday questioned why Minneapolis police who fatally shot an Australian woman over the weekend did not have their body cameras turned on during the incident. Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Minnesota called for answers on why the two responding officers failed to turn on their body cameras when they arrived at Damond's home in a quiet, upper-middle-class neighborhood shortly before midnight on Saturday. Police shot Damond, originally of Sydney, through the door of their patrol car as she approached them in an alley near her home, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported, citing three unnamed sources.
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| Teenage Isil bride from Germany captured in Mosul Posted: 18 Jul 2017 04:08 AM PDT  A 16-year-old German Islamic State bride, who reportedly joined the jihadist group after being radicalised online, has been captured by Iraqi forces in the ruins of Mosul. Linda Wenzel, from the small town of Pulsnitz, near Dresden, was discovered by troops with a group of 20 other suspected foreign female Isil members in a tunnel under the Old City on Thursday. Pictures shared on social media show the girl being escorted by security forces, appearing pale and unveiled but wearing a colourful scarf around her neck. Social media images alleging to show an Isil sniper believed to be 16-year-old German Linda W Credit: Twitter She appears pale, afraid and covered in dust, unveiled but wearing a colourful scarf around her neck. She was initially mistaken for a kidnapped Yazidi girl because of her lack of Arabic. Linda was reported missing from her home a year ago, where she had been living with her mother, Katharina, and step-father, Thomas. She grew up in a Protestant family, and had not showed any interest in religion until a few months before her disappearance. In the spring of 2016 she told her parents for the first time that she was interested in Islam. Friends in Pulsnitz say she converted to Islam around this time and was radicalised online in chat rooms. She started learning Arabic, taking the Koran to school, wearing conservative clothing and becoming fascinated with Islam before her disappearance. Police believe she had fallen in love with a Muslim man she met online who persuaded her to move to Syria to join him. Image posted by Vian Dakhil, Yazidi member of Iraq's council of representatives Credit: Twitter She disappeared last July after telling her parents she wanted to stay the weekend at a friend's house. She travelled to Istanbul posing as her mother Katharina, and then down to Turkey's border with Syria, where she crossed with the help of an Islamist group aligned with Isil. The jihadists then handed her over to an Isil fighter who is believed to have groomed her over the internet and convinced her to travel to the group's so-called caliphate. Linda is thought to have made it to Mosul before the Iraqi army launched the offensive to retake the city in October. Iraqi forces image allegedly showing an Isil sniper believed to be 16-year-old German Linda Wentzel Credit: Iraqi army Until six months before she fled to join Isil, she had never even travelled by train alone. "I am devastated by the fact that she was apparently completely brainwashed and persuaded to leave the country by someone and that she managed to hide it from me," Mrs Wenzel said last July. When she searched her room, Mrs Wenzel found an Islamic prayer mat and a tablet computer with a second Facebook account they did not know about on it. On this second account Linda was in touch with people in the Middle East and shared messages such as "Pray, the end is approaching". Linda Wentzel, aged 16, orignally from Pulsnitz near Dresden in Germany Credit: ENTERPRISE NEWS AND PICTURES "At the moment the priority is to determine whether this is Linda W or not. The police will undertake all necessary investigations," Lorenz Haase, chief prosecutor and spokesman for the Dresden prosecutor's office, told the Telegraph. "If it is confirmed, we would reopen criminal proceedings against her which were set aside. We had set aside the proceedings on the grounds we did not know her whereabouts and she is a minor. She is understood to have been handed over to American troops stationed in Iraq for questioning. Four other German women were also reportedly discovered last week in a tunnel system built by Isil. A little girl named Amina was found by Iraqi Army soldiers when they heard her cries from the rubble. Credit: Rex Iraqi forces say they discovered weapons and suicide belts at the site, presumably to be used for assaults on soldiers. They were part of a group of 20 female fighters, including Russian, Turkish, Canadian and Chechen, apprehended in the last remaining pocket of Isil territory in Mosul. It is not clear whether Linda and the other women will be held in Iraq or deported back to Germany to face trial. A senior Iraqi judge told the Telegraph earlier this year that foreign members of Isil would be tried in Iraqi courts, however as she is considered a minor they may decide to extradite her. Only a handful of European Isil members under 18 year of age have ever been detained, most of whom after voluntarily returning home.
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| Made in America? Most Trump Products Manufactured Overseas Posted: 17 Jul 2017 07:27 AM PDT  Donald Trump kicked off "Made in America" week touting products made in the U.S., but do Trump businesses heed the president's message?
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| John McCain's surgery may be more serious than thought, sparking fears among Republicans over fate of Trumpcare Posted: 17 Jul 2017 09:28 AM PDT  Senator John McCain's medical condition may be more serious than previously thought, experts have said, raising concerns his absence from Washington could further jeopardise the fate of the Republican healthcare bill for which his vote is vital. The Senate's Republican leadership had been hoping to hold a vote on the measure that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, this week, but Mr McCain's surgery to remove a blood clot above his left eye has thrown some uncertainty around the new bill. With a majority of 52 senators, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell can only afford to lose two votes on the bill.
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| Melting glacier reveals Swiss couple who went missing 75 years ago Posted: 18 Jul 2017 05:22 AM PDT  The frozen bodies of a Swiss couple who went missing 75 years ago in the Alps have been found on a shrinking glacier, Swiss media said on Tuesday. Marcelin and Francine Dumoulin, the parents of seven children, had gone to milk their cows in a meadow above Chandolin in the Valais canton on August 15, 1942. "We spent our whole lives looking for them, without stopping. We thought that we could give them the funeral they deserved one day," their youngest daughter Marceline Udry-Dumoulin told the Lausanne daily Le Matin. "I can say that after 75 years of waiting this news gives me a deep sense of calm," added the 79-year-old. In an overnight statement, Valais cantonal police said that two bodies bearing identity papers had been discovered last week by a worker on Tsanfleuron glacier near a ski lift above Les Diablerets resort at an altitude of 2,615 metres (8,600 feet). DNA testing would be carried out to confirm the identities of the couple. "The bodies were lying near each other. It was a man and a woman wearing clothing dating from the period of World War Two," Bernhard Tschannen, director of Glacier 3000, told the paper. "They were perfectly preserved in the glacier and their belongings were intact." "We think they may have fallen into a crevasse where they stayed for decades. As the glacier receded, it gave up their bodies," he told the daily Tribune de Geneve. Marcelin Dumoulin, 40, was a shoemaker, while Francine, 37, was a teacher. They left five sons and two daughters. "It was the first time my mother went with him on such an excursion. She was always pregnant and couldn't climb in the difficult conditions of a glacier," Udry-Dumoulin said. "After a while, we children were separated and placed in families. I was lucky to stay with my aunt," she said. "We all lived in the region but became strangers." "For the funeral, I won't wear black. I think that white would be more appropriate. It represents hope, which I never lost."
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| US-China citizen given 10 years for espionage in Iran: media Posted: 16 Jul 2017 06:21 PM PDT  A Chinese American accused of "infiltration" in Iran has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, local media reported on Sunday. The man was identified as Xiyue Wang, a 37-year-old researcher at Princeton University, according to Mizanonline, the official news agency of Iran's judiciary. Wang, who was born in Beijing according to the report, was arrested on August 8, 2016 while trying to leave the country.
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| Tourists train at Israeli 'counter-terrorism boot camp' Posted: 18 Jul 2017 09:12 AM PDT ![Tourists train at Israeli 'counter-terrorism boot camp']( "Tourists train at Israeli 'counter-terrorism boot camp'") Taking in the scene of a simulated fruit market in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, a group of tourists ponders whether a poster-size figure of an Arab man holding a cellphone is a threat and should be shot. It is part of a counter-terrorism "boot camp" organized by Caliber 3, a company set up by a colonel in the Israeli army reserves. Admission includes watching former Israeli commandos take down an "attacker" and other means to thwart assaults, including the use of an attack dog.
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| Police: Dealer charged with killing 4 claimed other slayings Posted: 18 Jul 2017 04:50 PM PDT  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A pot dealer who confessed to killing four men on his family's farm in Bucks County also claimed to have killed two people in neighboring Philadelphia, but the city's police commissioner called the information "sketchy."
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| On ‘Made in America Week,’ White House fields questions about what’s not: Trump products Posted: 17 Jul 2017 02:48 PM PDT  Shirts are among the products made abroad by the Trump Organization. WASHINGTON — Monday was the start of "Made in America Week" at the White House, a celebration of U.S. industry and products. Along with a showcase of goods made in each of the 50 states, the event came with questions about the wide selection of products President Trump's family businesses source from overseas factories.
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| China approves two more GMO crops for import, DuPont disappointed Posted: 17 Jul 2017 03:27 AM PDT ![China approves two more GMO crops for import, DuPont disappointed]( "China approves two more GMO crops for import, DuPont disappointed") By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) - China has approved two more genetically modified (GMO) crops for import, the Ministry of Agriculture said, the second such move in the past month to expand access to biotech seeds as part of Beijing's 100-day trade talks with Washington. The two new crops, approved from July 16 for a period of three years, are Syngenta's 5307 insect-resistant corn sold under the Agrisure Duracade brand and Monsanto's 87427 glyphosate-resistant corn, sold under the Roundup Ready brand, the ministry said on its website on Monday. The move brings total approvals to four after the government last month gave the go-ahead to Dow Chemical Co's Enlist corn and Monsanto's Vistive Gold soybeans.
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| Man And Dog Attacked By Bobcat In Arizona Posted: 18 Jul 2017 03:53 AM PDT  The attack was captured in a video that was posted on Facebook by Jason Garrido, who witnessed the incident Sunday.
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| Disrupted sleep could increase the risk of dementia, studies suggest Posted: 18 Jul 2017 06:26 AM PDT  Disrupted sleep could increase the risk of dementia, a series of major studies suggests. Research on more than 1,600 people found that those suffering from disordered breathing at night were more likely to suffer an accumulation of proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease. The three US studies examined links between obstructive sleep apnoea - one of the most common sleep disorders - and changes to the brain which may indicate a greater risk of dementia. Build up of amyloid proteins is known to be a precursor to diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. The first study of 516 healthy pensioners found that those with self reported disordered breathing had higher levels of amyloid proteins in the brain, and accumlated it a faster rate than those with more regular sleeping habits. The second piece of research, tracking 798 people with mild memory problems, found a faster build up of the same protein among those with the sleep disruption. The third, which tracked the same groups, and 325 people with Alzheimer's disease, found similar changes, and a build up of another protein tau, in those suffering from sleep apnoea, a condition which around one in four poeple suffer from. The condition occurs when the upper airway closes fully or partially, interrupting sleep repeatedly. Researchers said it was possible that constant interruptions to deep sleep meant it was not possible for the brain to clear deposits of plaque, which would normally happen during the sleep process. Studies on people repeatedly jolted awake during the night have also showed increases in amyloid buildup, they said. Disrupted sleep was also found to raise levels of tau, another protein linked to dementia Credit: Alamy Dr Carol Routledge, Director of Research at Alzheimer's Research UK, said: "Conditions such as sleep disordered breathing can get in the way of a restful night's sleep, and may have wider reaching health impacts. "We know that Alzheimer's proteins can start to build-up over a decade before symptoms appear so it is often difficult to tease apart cause and effect in the relationship between sleep problems and dementia." "Understanding how sleep disorders could affect our risk of dementia is of great importance, especially if managing these conditions could help to reduce the number of people developing dementia," she said. The scan on the right shows reduction of both function and blood flow in both sides of the brain, a feature often seen in Alzheimer's. Credit: DR ROBERT FRIEDLAND/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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| Man accused of being lottery scam kingpin to plead guilty Posted: 17 Jul 2017 01:30 PM PDT  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Jamaican man accused of masterminding a lottery scam that victimized dozens of Americans out of millions of dollars has agreed to plead guilty in a deal with federal prosecutors in North Dakota.
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| Outgoing federal ethics chief: ‘We are pretty close to a laughingstock at this point’ Posted: 17 Jul 2017 06:35 AM PDT  Walter M. Shaub Jr., director of the Office of Government Ethics, said President Trump's apparent disdain for ethical norms has undermined the credibility of the U.S. around the world.
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| Pakistan's Supreme Court starts hearings to decide PM's future Posted: 17 Jul 2017 04:45 AM PDT  By Drazen Jorgic ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday began hearings that will decide the fate of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is fighting for his job as he contests the damning conclusions of a corruption investigation into his family's wealth. The Supreme Court could put Sharif on trial on corruption charges or disqualify him from office, but few expect the judges to dismiss the case after an investigation team submitted a 254-page report into his family wealth last week. Speaking outside the Supreme Court, Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb said Sharif's family lawyers had challenged the legality of the investigators' findings, including allegations falsified evidence was submitted.
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| Cosmo DiNardo Says He Killed Others Before Murdering Missing Pennsylvania Men Posted: 18 Jul 2017 09:25 AM PDT  Philadelphia Police want to find out if there is any truth to his claims.
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| Scary vengeance-seeking bird has a vendetta against poor woman Posted: 18 Jul 2017 07:45 AM PDT  Birds are kind of scary and we don't know why. Maybe it's because they're fast flyers, or they're always pecking at dirty stuff, or they just seem to be everywhere at all times, loudly chirping away. Or maybe at anytime, they can choose to attack you viciously and without remorse. They're terrifying and we can prove it. Twitter user emilyrose caught a vengeance-seeking bird attacking her mother on video, and we want this sucker in handcuffs. I got a call from my mom crying saying I needed to come home asap because a bird was attacking her and I came home to this... pic.twitter.com/k3oDmaftA3 — emilyrose (@walsh_emilyrose) July 17, 2017 SEE ALSO: Parakeet only wants to be friends with birds, real or not, who look exactly like itself Yo, bird, CHILL. This bird is after to this poor mom like she owes it money or something. Did this she accidentally hit this bird's sister with her car? It seems to have a seriously personal vendetta against this innocent woman. Even when emilyrose's mom goes inside to escape the evil creature, it stalks the front door and will not, under any circumstances, leave this family alone. It even gets the cat and dog riled up by trying its hand at breaking and entering. We're calling the cops. This nonsense has gone far enough. WATCH: 'Forest Bathing': How steeping yourself in nature could help with stress
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| Here's What to Do When Your Boss Doesn't Care About You Posted: 18 Jul 2017 07:49 AM PDT ![Here's What to Do When Your Boss Doesn't Care About You]( "Here's What to Do When Your Boss Doesn't Care About You") If you think your boss couldn't care less about your career growth, unfortunately, you're not alone. In fact, according to a new Monster poll, 72 percent of respondents said they do not feel like their manager or supervisor is interested in their job growth. With that in mind, here are some ways to continue your career growth when your boss isn't helping pave the way.
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| Charlie Gard doctors remain 'unconvinced' after flying visit by US neurosurgeon who said he could treat him Posted: 18 Jul 2017 02:00 PM PDT  The British doctors caring for Charlie Gard are understood to remain unconvinced by an American neurosurgeon who claimed he could treat the little boy. Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) staff spent five and half hours on Tuesday locked in discussions with Dr Michio Hirano, a US specialist who flew back to the US on Tuesday night. Charlie's mother Connie Yates was also present at the meeting to determine the best course of action for her 11-month-old son. Dr Hirano had flown to London on Monday to examine the boy and assess brain scans carried out at the weekend. Timeline: Charlie Gard's parents' battle 02:17 Dr Hirano had said his experimental therapy could help treat Charlie, who suffers from a rare genetic disease. GOSH believes that Charlie has suffered irreversible brain damage and that life support should be withdrawn but his parents Connie Yates and Chris Gard, from Bedfont in west London, argue he should be transferred to a New York hospital for treatment from Dr Hirano. A High Court has already ruled that Charlie be allowed to 'die with dignity' but agreed to further examination after hearing Dr Hirano's therapy could significantly improve his quality of life. Dr Michio Hirano Miss Yates, 31, thanked Dr Hirano and another specialist, who cannot be named, for flying in to see her child. She said: "Our gorgeous baby boy is still stable. We are at his bedside and feel satisfied he is not suffering or in any pain. As Charlie's loving parents we are doing the right thing for our son in exploring all treatment options." She said that Dr Hirano had requested a new MRI scan and a 30-minute EEG scan but that "GOSH preferred a longer EEG which the judge ordered". Miss Yates added: "Our son has now undergone the scans. We have facilitated the experts in every possible way. Charlie will be having some more tests shortly." It is not clear what those tests are. Connie Yates and Chris Gard with baby Charlie Great Ormond Street has declined to comment on the discussions with Dr Hirano while the court case is ongoing. But it is understood the hospital failed to be persuaded by claims he had made in the High Court last week that he could help Charlie and that he had seen no evidence of irreversible brain damage. The hospital is understood to be sticking by its position statement issued last Thursday. In that statement, the hospital said: "It has been and remains the unanimous view of all those caring for charlie at Great Ormond Street that withdrawal of ventilation and palliative care are all that the hospital can offer him consistent with his welfare. "That is because in the view of his treating team and all those from whom GOSH obtained second opinions, he has no quality of life and no real prospect of any quality of life." The case will come back to the High Court on Friday with further hearings expected next week that will finally decide the fate of Charlie,who suffers from mitochondrial depletion syndrome. His doctors say he is blind, deaf, unable to move and badly brain damaged, with no hope of recovery. The case has become a cause celebre with interventions from Donald trump and the Vatican in support of Charlie's parents. The Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court have both uphold the decision of Mr Justice Francis in the High Court that Charlie's life support be withdrawn.
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| Rebel-Kurd clashes kill 15 in north Syria: monitor Posted: 18 Jul 2017 07:16 AM PDT  More than a dozen Syrian rebels have died in hit-and-run clashes with a US-backed alliance dominated by Kurdish forces in the country's north, a monitoring group said Tuesday. The Turkish-backed rebels were locked in a second day of fighting on Tuesday with units from the Syrian Democratic Forces around the village of Ain Daqna. "Since Monday, 15 fighters from Syrian rebel factions were killed in the clashes and four SDF fighters were wounded, including one in critical condition," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.
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| Vatican trial dawns for alleged misuse of hospital donations Posted: 17 Jul 2017 12:04 PM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Other than St. Peter's Basilica, there is hardly better real estate in Vatican City than the sprawling penthouse apartment in the Vatican gardens, where the rooftop terrace has in-your-face views of the dome itself and overlooks the hotel that Pope Francis calls home.
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| Killer Chuckled on 911 Call When Asked If His Victim Was Breathing: Cops Posted: 17 Jul 2017 08:59 AM PDT  Teddy Vanders, 52, allegedly murdered his girlfriend on July 13.
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| Putin shows off Russian advances at MAKS-2017 Aviation and Space Salon Posted: 18 Jul 2017 12:07 PM PDT ![Putin shows off Russian advances at MAKS-2017 Aviation and Space Salon]( "Putin shows off Russian advances at MAKS-2017 Aviation and Space Salon") The MAKS airshow and exhibition is a major international event in the aerospace business. Here are photos from the first day of this year's gathering.
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| 'Inappropriate' and 'Insulting.' Most Americans Disapprove of Trump's Twitter Use Posted: 17 Jul 2017 05:02 AM PDT  Most Americans disapprove of President Trump's Twitter use, a new poll finds
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| US Navy Tests Laser Weapon That Can Hit Missiles At Speed Of Light Posted: 18 Jul 2017 05:59 AM PDT  The speed of LaWs is 50,000 times the speed of an incoming intercontinental ballistic missile. The new technology does not need any heavy and costly missile.
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| Small U.S. towns brace for rare solar eclipse, and crowds, in August Posted: 18 Jul 2017 07:06 AM PDT  By Ann Saphir DRIGGS, Idaho (Reuters) - Hyrum Johnson, mayor of the tiny city of Driggs, Idaho, expects some craziness in his one-stoplight town next month when the moon passes in front of the sun for the first total solar eclipse in the lower 48 U.S. states since 1979. The town of 1,600 people in Teton County, just west of the jagged peaks of the Rocky Mountains Teton Range, is getting poised to receive as many as 100,000 visitors on Aug. 21 for the celestial event, said Johnson, who was both excited and worried. Driggs is one of hundreds of towns and cities along a 70-mile arc, stretching from Oregon to South Carolina, that are in the direct path of the moon's shadow.
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| Salesforce Is Hiring 150 Work-From-Home Employees Posted: 17 Jul 2017 11:39 AM PDT  The extra perks sound amazing, too.
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| Air strikes pummel Syria's Raqa as US-backed forces advance on IS Posted: 17 Jul 2017 12:10 PM PDT  Heavy bombardment and fierce fighting shook the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold Raqa on Monday, as US-backed forces said they captured a new neighbourhood from entrenched jihadists. Bursts of gunfire and artillery as well as the thud of air strikes conducted by the US-led coalition filled the air in western neighbourhoods of Raqa, on what AFP's correspondent said was the heaviest day of bombardment to date. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, updating an earlier toll, said the air strikes killed at least 10 civilians, two of them children.
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| Kin sue to stop inheritance as grandad, mom die mysteriously Posted: 17 Jul 2017 02:34 PM PDT  The family of a man suspected in the slaying of his millionaire grandfather filed a lawsuit in New Hampshire on Monday accusing him of killing his grandfather and possibly his mother, who was lost at sea during a mother-son fishing trip, in a bid to collect a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
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| Babysitter Breaks Kid's Arm for Wetting Pants: Cops Posted: 18 Jul 2017 10:52 AM PDT  The babysitter, 21-year-old Haillee Howell, allegedly twisted the boy's arm and hit him with a spatula.
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| Trump's 'Made in America' week is already failing and it's not even Tuesday Posted: 17 Jul 2017 07:12 AM PDT  Donald Trump, who loves nothing more than themed weeks, would have been far more successful had he run for president of my middle school student council than president of the United States. Alas, here we are smack dab at the beginning of "Made in America" week and already, the backlash has begun. Maybe he just needs better posters? SEE ALSO: Shiny objects foreign leaders are using to distract Trump so he doesn't destroy their world The President is supposed to host a "Made in America" product showcase and deliver a speech enjoining companies to produce more at home. But Trump has come under highly understandable amounts of social media fire for this whole "Made in America" week, largely because products from his and his daughter's companies aren't actually made in America. Trump's ties, for example, have been made in countries where production costs are low, including Bangladesh, China, Medico and Indonesia, for years. And everyone was very excited to bring it up: Maybe during Made in America Week we can hear from U.S. steel workers who were screwed by Trump for years as he bought metal from China. — Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) July 17, 2017 Asked if "Made in America" week includes commitment by Trump Org or Ivanka brand to produce in USA, WH says "we'll get back to you on that." — Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) July 16, 2017 Apparently the White House announced this 'Made in America' week. Must be because of all the home-grown fabrication they do. #GrabYourWallet pic.twitter.com/QgR5N5oYEM — Shannon Coulter (@shannoncoulter) July 17, 2017 Will they also hold a not made in America week to showcase all of the Trump family products? — B Cohen (@bjcohen76) July 16, 2017 Happy #MadeInAmericaWeek @IvankaTrump @realDonaldTrump #IvankaTrump pic.twitter.com/TzQwxESBUi — beetinik (@Beetinick) July 17, 2017 For Made in America week, let's remember that Nixon used American labor to steal from DNC. He didn't outsource it to the Russians. https://t.co/R86Pt7qud4 — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 16, 2017 The W.H. just unveiled Made in America week.Most Trump products are made in a dozen countries that aren't the U.S. https://t.co/jsPm46zVjf — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 16, 2017 A recent Washington Post investigation found that products from the Ivanka Trump brand were routinely manufactured in countries like Bangladesh, Indonesia, and China, where labor protections are poor. Ivanka failed to meet basic apparel industry standards, which critics have derided as already low enough. The company was further accused of failing to monitor its suppliers, who are supposed to protect workers from physical abuse and child labor. Can we please move onto the next themed week already? I've been waiting for Pajama Day or at least Twins day for sixteen years now, and it's getting kind of old. WATCH: Watch this team rescue an elephant that was swept into the sea
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| Iran says it has received 'contradictory signals' from Trump Posted: 17 Jul 2017 09:02 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Iran's foreign minister said the government has received "contradictory signals" from the Trump administration and doesn't know how to interpret them, but he held open the possibility of talks and improved relations with the United States.
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| Separatists in Ukraine declare creation of new 'state' Malorossiya Posted: 18 Jul 2017 06:29 AM PDT  Russian-backed rebels fighting against Kiev announced on Tuesday the creation of a new "state" that they said would take the place of Ukraine and have its capital in their territory. The proposed country - which has no chance of getting off the ground - would be founded after a referendum and called Malorossiya, a tsarist-era name meaning "Little Russia" that once described most of the area covering modern-day Ukraine. A constitution presented by rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko said representatives from the insurgents' self-declared Donetsk and Lugansk "People's Republics" and other regions had agreed to "declare the establishment of a new state, which is the successor of Ukraine." Alexander Zakharchenko presented the constitution of the new 'state' on Tuesday Credit: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters The document - released by the separatists' news agency - said rebel bastion Donetsk would become the capital, while Kiev would be reduced to the status of a "historical and cultural centre". Leader of self-declared Lugansk "People's Republic" Vladimir Degtyarenko denied taking part the project and expressed doubts about "the appropriateness of this decision," the Lugansk Information Center news outlet reported Tuesday. "Such decisions can only be made based on people's opinion. Aside from that, right not we are complying with the Minsk agreements, and there's no alternative to that," Degtyarenko was quoted as saying. Ukrainian nationalist protesters and military veterans Credit: ALEKSEY FILIPPOV/AFP The surprise proposal elicited immediate reaction from Ukraine's pro-Western authorities in Kiev, who have been locked in a conflict with the Moscow-supported rebels since 2014 that has cost the lives of some 10,000 people. Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday that he would "restore sovereignty over Donbass and Crimea," and predicted that the Malorossiya project would fall apart, just like the Novorossiya project did earlier. Petro Poroshenko speaks at a press conference during his meeting with Georgian President Georgy Margvelashvili in Tbilisi on Tuesday Credit: Shakh Aivazov/AP The Kremlin used the tsarist-era name "Novorossiya" (New Russia) to refer to the areas the rebels had seized, but the term was later dropped. According to the rebels, 19 regions of Ukraine have supported the move. The Kremlin hasn't yet commented on it. Two Russian lawmakers called creating a new "state" in Ukraine unavoidable. State Duma deputy Leonid Kalashnikov told the state-run RIA Novosti news agency that Ukrainian authorities have reached a dead end in Eastern Ukraine, and the new state could be a way out. Pro-Russian militants pose on July 13, 2014 with a 'Novorossiya' flag in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, in July 2014 Credit: DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP "People can't be at war forever; creating an independent state could be a way out for them," he said. Federation Council senator Sergei Tsekov echoed his sentiment: "federalization" is necessary for Ukraine, he told the Lenta.ru news website on Tuesday, and the decision to create Malorossiya would "push Kiev [closer] to it." In the meantime, German government expressed hope that Russian authorities will officially denounce the project, RIA Novosti reported. "We expect Russia to immediately denounce the move and not recognize it nor respect it," the German cabinet press service told RIA Novosti in written comments. "Resolving the conflict in Ukraine is only possible through negotiations, which entail complying with the Minsk agreements." A woman holds a map depicting Novorossiya (New Russia), during a rally in support of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" in June 2014 Credit: DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP It was not immediately clear why the rebels decided to put forward the new plan, but it is likely a gambit aimed at pushing forward their case in a stalled peace process. A peace deal brokered by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany in 2015 has hit a wall as clashes drag on along the volatile frontline. The Russia - Ukraine conflict explained in 60 seconds 01:03 The latest move by the rebels could throw the troubled plan even further into doubt. It echoed language used by Moscow in the early days of the conflict that promoted fears Russia was looking to annex swathes of mainland Ukraine after its seizure of the Crimea peninsula. Ukraine and the West insist that Moscow has funneled troops and arms across the border to fan the flames of the war in Europe's backyard. Moscow has denied the allegations despite overwhelming evidence that it has been involved in the fighting and its explicit political support for the rebels.
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| Massachusetts court rules for woman fired for medical marijuana use Posted: 17 Jul 2017 01:33 PM PDT ![Massachusetts court rules for woman fired for medical marijuana use]( "Massachusetts court rules for woman fired for medical marijuana use") By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts' top court on Monday ruled that a woman who had been fired for testing positive for marijuana that she had been legally prescribed under state law could sue her former employer for handicap discrimination. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rejected the former employer's argument that she could not sue it for handicap discrimination because possessing marijuana remains illegal under federal law. Lawyers for the former employee, Christina Barbuto, said the ruling represents a major win for employees in the state and set a precedent that they said could have an impact in other states where medical marijuana is legal.
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