| Rep. Peter King says secret memo will show 'serious improper behavior' Posted: 30 Jan 2018 10:18 PM PST  Rep. Pete King says a secret memo at the center of a partisan dispute shows "serious improper behavior" in the Justice Department's inquiry into President Donald Trump's campaign.
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| Iranian Women To U.S.: Our Protest Isn’t About The Hijab. It Is About Freedom. Posted: 30 Jan 2018 03:12 PM PST  Protests have swept across Iran in recent weeks, the largest in almost a decade, as Iranians take to the streets to protest abysmal economic conditions and allegations of widespread corruption.
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| Trump SOTU Fell Short on Truth Posted: 30 Jan 2018 12:10 PM PST  Senator Kamala Harris shares her reaction to Donald Trump's State of the Union address, with particular criticism of his characterization of the tax bill and Trump's treatment of immigrants.
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| State Officials Fire Employee Who Sent False Missile Alert In Hawaii Posted: 30 Jan 2018 09:03 AM PST  The emergency worker responsible for sending a false missile alert to people in Hawaii earlier this month actually believed there was an incoming ballistic missile, The Washington Post reports.
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| Correction: Deadly Car Wash Shooting story Posted: 31 Jan 2018 03:41 PM PST  In a story Jan. 28 about the shooting deaths of four people at a car wash, The Associated Press, relying on information from state police, misspelled the first name of one of the female victims. She was Cortney Snyder, not Courtney.
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| Nearly 80 undocumented immigrants found crammed in truck near US-Mexico border Posted: 30 Jan 2018 06:53 AM PST  Immigration authorities have found nearly 80 people crammed into the back of a truck trying to enter the US without proper documents. The truck was travelling on highway in Laredo, Texas, near the US-Mexico border when the driver was pulled over. At least 13 were found to be unaccompanied children.
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| Military blames 'human error' for hidden Afghan war data Posted: 30 Jan 2018 11:17 AM PST  The Defense Department is withholding important figures about how the nation's longest war is going, a watchdog office says. The latest quarterly report omits such data as the size of Afghan forces and the number of districts under Taliban control.
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| Hamas official dies three weeks after 'accidental' shooting Posted: 30 Jan 2018 01:09 AM PST  A senior Hamas official has died in Gaza three weeks after shooting himself in the head in what officials described as an accident, the Palestinian Islamist group announced Tuesday. Imad al-Alami, a former member of Hamas's highest political body and its ambassador to Iran, died overnight, a Hamas statement said. Alami was wounded on January 9 while "inspecting his personal weapon in his home" in Gaza, Hamas said at the time.
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| Second Person Of Interest Related To Las Vegas Massacre Admits Selling Gunman Ammo Posted: 31 Jan 2018 11:15 AM PST  A second person of interest related to last year's mass shooting at a Las Vegas music festival was identified as an ammunition dealer who sold to gunman Stephen Paddock, according to newly unsealed court documents.
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| Trump's 1st State of the Union vs. Obama's: By the numbers Posted: 30 Jan 2018 10:09 PM PST  A comparison of President Trump's first State of the Union address with that of his predecessor.
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| GOP Congressman Calls For Undocumented SOTU Guests To Be Arrested On The Spot Posted: 30 Jan 2018 02:04 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― About 30 young undocumented immigrants are attending the State of the Union on Tuesday as guests of lawmakers ― and one of their colleagues wants to use the opportunity to have those guests arrested.
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| Correction: Ex-Stanford Swimmer Rape story Posted: 30 Jan 2018 08:55 AM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a story Jan. 29 about a sexual assault victim deciding not to participate in the creation of a plaque marking where she was attacked on the Stanford University campus, The Associated Press reported erroneously when her assaulter was sentenced. Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky sentenced Brock Turner in June 2016, not in January 2016.
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| FEMA criticized for plan to end storm aid in Puerto Rico Posted: 30 Jan 2018 02:56 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Plans by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to halt hurricane relief supplies to Puerto Rico drew criticism Tuesday from members of Congress and the mayor of the island's largest city.
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| Fact Check: State of the Union's standout lines Posted: 31 Jan 2018 12:44 AM PST  ABC News' MaryAlice Parks investigates some of the statements made during President Trump's first State of the Union address.
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| Trump's State Of The Union Keeps Up His Racist Fight With Black Athletes Posted: 30 Jan 2018 07:31 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump used his first State of the Union address to continue his attacks on black NFL players and other athletes who have kneeled during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality.
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| Second Hong Kong WW2 bomb in a week sparks evacuation Posted: 31 Jan 2018 07:03 AM PST  A second wartime bomb was discovered at a construction site in the heart of Hong Kong within a week, prompting thousands of people to evacuate on Wednesday and stores to shutter. Police sealed off parts of the busy Wan Chai district and ferry services crossing the Victoria Harbour were suspended as experts worked to unearth the explosive, an operation that would likely continue overnight. The bomb was found at the same construction site along the harbour front as a 450-kilogram explosive that was successfully defused on Saturday.
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| Russian fighter jet flies within 5ft of US Navy surveillance aircraft Posted: 30 Jan 2018 04:58 AM PST  A Russian fighter jet came within 5ft of a US surveillance plane as it flew over the Black Sea, in what the US called an "unsafe interaction". The flight path of the Russian jet forced the US Navy aircraft, which was flying in international airspace, to end its mission prematurely, a US official said. "This is but the latest example of Russian military activities disregarding international norms and agreements," the US State Department said in a separate statement.
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| Louvre displays art looted by Nazis, hopes to find owners Posted: 30 Jan 2018 05:27 AM PST  PARIS (AP) — The Louvre Museum is putting 31 paintings on permanent display in an effort to find the rightful owners of those and other works of art looted by Nazis during World War II.
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| 'This Has Got to Stop.' Scott Baio Denies Nicole Eggert's Sexual Abuse Allegations Posted: 31 Jan 2018 06:43 AM PST  'Why would I have a concern over something that I didn't do?'
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| Mom of guilty teen in 'Slender Man' case on hearing daughter admit to stabbing Posted: 30 Jan 2018 04:46 PM PST  Morgan Geyser's mother Angie Geyser told ABC's David Muir that her daughter's police interrogation tape "is very difficult to watch... I couldn't believe what I was hearing."
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| Broadcasters shut as Kenyan opposition leader takes symbolic oath of office Posted: 30 Jan 2018 04:07 AM PST ![Broadcasters shut as Kenyan opposition leader takes symbolic oath of office]( "Broadcasters shut as Kenyan opposition leader takes symbolic oath of office") By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan authorities shut down television and radio stations on Tuesday as supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga watched him take a symbolic presidential oath on the Bible in a Nairobi park in a direct challenge to President Uhuru Kenyatta. Odinga's supporters insist that he, not Kenyatta, is Kenya's legitimate leader, and that Kenyatta's election was neither free nor fair. Kenyatta's election victory in August was annulled by the Supreme Court over irregularities, but he then won a re-run, which Odinga boycotted over a failure to revamp the electoral commission, and was sworn in for a second term in November.
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| Lockheed Martin Has Delivered 265 F-35s (And the Profits are Pouring In) Posted: 30 Jan 2018 05:08 PM PST  The future is looking bright for Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which is set for massive growth as the program finally reaches maturity and enters into full rate production. "Our F-35 program, during the fourth quarter we met our joint government and industry commitment by delivering the 66 aircraft in 2017," Marillyn Hewson, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin, told investors. Lockheed Martin expects that the program will continue to expand in 2018.
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| AP FACT CHECK: Trump on Islamic State Posted: 30 Jan 2018 06:07 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — A look at one of President Donald Trump's statements from his prepared State of the Union address on Tuesday night and how it compares with the facts:
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| U.S. defends role of Lebanon army as Israel threatens to attack it Posted: 31 Jan 2018 08:20 AM PST ![U.S. defends role of Lebanon army as Israel threatens to attack it]( "U.S. defends role of Lebanon army as Israel threatens to attack it") By Dan Williams TEL AVIV (Reuters) - The United States pledged continued support for Lebanon's military on Wednesday, calling it a potential counterweight to Iranian-backed Hezbollah, even as Israel said the two forces were indistinguishable and fair game in any future war. The Lebanese Armed Forces took no part in the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel. It has received more than $1.5 billion in U.S. military assistance since then and, in the last seven years, training and support from U.S. special forces too.
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| 'They're Shelling the City, for God's Sake': How the Tet Offensive Began Posted: 30 Jan 2018 06:30 AM PST  "The blast of strings of exploding firecrackers jerked me awake"
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| Breathtaking Photos Show The 'Super Blue Blood Moon' Around The World Posted: 31 Jan 2018 10:04 AM PST  A rare "super blue blood moon" had space enthusiasts across the world in awe Wednesday.
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| Pope sends sex crimes expert to Chile to investigate bishop Posted: 30 Jan 2018 02:05 PM PST  VATICAN CITY (AP) — After coming under excoriating public criticism, Pope Francis decided Tuesday to send the Vatican's most respected sex crimes expert to Chile to investigate a bishop accused by victims of covering up for the country's most notorious pedophile priest.
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| US delegation flees Bethlehem event as Palestinians protest Posted: 30 Jan 2018 09:42 AM PST  A delegation of US diplomats had to cut short an event in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem on Tuesday, an attendee said, after protesters stormed their meeting. The angry protesters, who were objecting to US President Donald Trump's controversial recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, also threw tomatoes at the delegation's car as they left. Samir Hazboun, head of the Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce, said they had been holding a training session for local businesspeople about digital commerce with an American expert and a delegation from the US consulate in Jerusalem.
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| 2019 Jeep Cherokee Posted: 31 Jan 2018 07:50 AM PST  Easier on the eyes, even easier to drive.
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| Patriots' Joe Thuney Deftly Solves Rubik's Cube At Super Bowl Event Posted: 30 Jan 2018 06:50 AM PST  New England Patriots guard Joe Thuney doesn't just protect quarterback Tom Brady and open holes for running backs.
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| Hong Kong drowning in waste as China rubbish ban takes toll Posted: 30 Jan 2018 10:07 PM PST ![Hong Kong drowning in waste as China rubbish ban takes toll]( "Hong Kong drowning in waste as China rubbish ban takes toll") By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong boasts glittering skyscrapers, seamless transportation and billion dollar infrastructure projects, but it is struggling with a much more mundane problem: disposing of its trash. The former British colony is grappling with a growing mountain of waste resulting from China's ban this year on imports of 24 types of unprocessed rubbish – part of an effort to upgrade its recycling industry and reduce pollution. The Hong Kong government acknowledges its inability to cope with the problem, saying that it lacks the land to develop an effective recycling industry.
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| Lotus boss reveals plans for two new models Posted: 30 Jan 2018 02:46 AM PST  2020 may seem like a long way off at the moment but for the motor industry it's just around the corner as new models take years to bring to fruition. With that in mind, Lotus has revealed it will be bringing two new sports cars to the market in 2020, and an SUV will be following them in either 2021 or 2022. For the sports car brand this is quite an ambitious program as they will be the first all-new vehicles the brand will have launched since it brought us the Evora back in 2009.
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| Turkey readies camps in Syria for civilians fleeing assault Posted: 30 Jan 2018 06:43 PM PST  Turkey is drawing up contingency plans to cope with any movement of Syrian civilians towards the north of the country to flee Ankara's air and ground offensive against a Kurdish militia. The campaign unleashed January 20 targets the US-backed People's Protection Units (YPG), considered a terrorist outfit by Ankara based in the border enclave of Afrin. The Turkish army and authorities say the utmost care is taken not to harm civilians in the operation dubbed "Olive Branch".
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| Paris Hilton Impersonates Kim Kardashian for Kanye West Fashion Line Posted: 31 Jan 2018 07:17 AM PST  Paris Hilton has done her part to promote the Yeezy Season 6 fashion line, further proving her feud with Kim Kardashian is history.
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| Officials ask court to send Kennedy cousin back to prison Posted: 30 Jan 2018 12:57 PM PST  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials are asking the state's highest court to revoke Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's bail and send him back to prison, reminding justices it has been more than a year since they reinstated his murder conviction.
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