| Andrew McCabe Oversaw Criminal Investigation Of Jeff Sessions Posted: 21 Mar 2018 01:38 PM PDT  Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe authorized an investigation into
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| Senate to take another look at the 2001 ‘war on terror’ resolution Posted: 20 Mar 2018 02:09 PM PDT  Three presidents have relied on a 2001 congressional measure in applying deadly force overseas. Now, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will meet to discuss replacing or revising it.
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| Austin bombing investigation continues as new details emerge Posted: 21 Mar 2018 04:04 AM PDT  New details are emerging about the investigation into the Austin bombings and the background of the suspect, Mark Conditt, including how police were able to track down Conditt's movements.
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| Mark Anthony Conditt: Austin bombings suspect named as 24-year-old man by Texas police Posted: 21 Mar 2018 06:40 AM PDT  The suspected Texas serial bomber has been identified by US media, citing police sources, as 24-year-old Mark Anthony Conditt. The young man blamed for sparking terror within the city of Austin by sending a series of explosive packages that killed two and injured half-a-dozen others, killed himself in the early hours by the side of a highway – apparently by detonating a device – as authorities closed in on him. "The suspect is deceased and has significant injuries from a blast that occurred from detonating a bomb inside his vehicle," Austin Police Chief Brian Manley told reporters near the scene.
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| 'Incendiary Device' In Austin Injures Worker. Police Not Linking It To Package Bombs. Posted: 20 Mar 2018 05:34 PM PDT  AUSTIN, Texas ― Austin police on Tuesday evening responded in full force to an
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| Boko Haram release 91 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls Posted: 21 Mar 2018 01:37 AM PDT  Boko Haram has released most of a group of schoolgirls taken hostage in a mass abduction a month ago, government officials said on Wednesday. The 110 school pupils were kidnapped from the north-east town of Dapchi on February 19, in a case with echoes of the Chibok school abduction that sparked the global #bringbackourgirls social media campaign. Early on Wednesday morning, however, residents of Dapchi said that a convoy of Boko Haram gunmen returned to the town and dropped most of the hostages off. Nigeria's minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, later said that 91 had so far been accounted for. The girls' arrival brought grateful crowds onto the streets of the remote farming town, some of whom even cheered the masked Boko Haram gunmen as they drove through town waving their black Islamic flags. Bashir Manzo, who heads a parents' support group in Dapchi, told the AFP news agency: "The girls have been brought back. They were brought in nine vehicles and dropped outside the school at about 8am (7am GMT). "These girls were not accompanied by any security personnel. Their abductors brought them, dropped them outside the school and left, without talking to anyone." Authorities said 91 girls had been released Credit: Reuters News of the release prompted rejoicing across Nigeria, although there was widespread speculation that a ransom had been paid to secure the girls' freedom. The Nigerian government is widely reported to have paid £2 million in ransom cash for the release last year of 82 of the 276 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls. Five Boko Haram prisoners were also freed as part of that exchange. One local source, who was familiar with previous negotiations to free Boko Haram hostages, told The Telegraph: "If these are the Dapchi girls, I think we can assume that a hell of a lot of money has been paid for them." He added that with elections due next year, President Muhammadu Buhari was under increasing pressure to get the girls back. "The only way to do that is by paying money. Since they were only kidnapped last month, I'm not sure there would have been time to free prisoners as well, which takes longer." Residents of Dapchi, who had posted a billboard of 110 passport photos of the missing girls outside their school, said they initially fled on Wednesday morning when they heard reports that a Boko Haram convoy was heading into town. Schoolgirls wait for the arrival of Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari at the Goverment girls' science and technical college in Dapchi, Nigeria March 14, 2018 Credit: REUTERS Instead, the gunmen arrived without firing a shot and dropped the girls off from a convoy of vehicles, some at the school itself, others by the roadside. One witness in Dapchi told the Associated Press that fighters said to residents they had returned the girls "out of pity." They also claimed that the gunmen had warned them "don't ever put your daughters in school again". Boko Haram's name translates roughly as "Western education is forbidden". The mother of one of the abducted girls in Dapchi Credit: REUTERS However, other accounts of the girls' return suggested an element of pre-planning with members of Nigerian security services. By coincidence, a group of Nigerian reporters were already in town at the time to cover a solidarity meeting between the parents of the kidnapped Dapchi girls and those from Chibok. Jonathan Gopep, a correspondent with Nigeria's Channels TV, said: "Thee parents of the abducted girls told me they were expecting the arrival of the abducted children. We were then told to wait on the outskirts of town by local security men. A signpost of the Government Girls Science and Technical College is pictured in Dapchi Credit: REUTERS "Then we saw a motorcade going in and we heard wild jubilation within town. They didn't want the press men to know actually who brought the girls in, or how they were brought in." "We did eventually speak to a small group of five or six of the girls – they said they hadn't been mistreated or hurt." Nigerian officials said the girls would be transferred into the custody of the state security service, who would take them to the Nigerian capital, Abuja, for debriefing about their ordeal. There were unconfirmed reports that five had died during the initial abduction, possibly as a result of suffocation after being packed en masse into overcrowded Boko Haram trucks. The father of one of the abducted girls in Dapchi Credit: REUTERS The return of the girls is a boost for President Buhari, whose security forces were facing heavy criticism for having failed to prevent the abduction in the first place. Critics, though, expressed surprise that the gunmen had apparently been able to roll into town unchallenged yet again. Some said the military had withdrawn from the town a few hours before, suggesting that some kind of pre-arranged deal was in place. "The question now is, how were the girls returned without the security men apprehending the captors?" wrote one Twitter user. "Was any ransom paid for their freedom? Is this a scam?"
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| LinkedIn reveals top 50 places to work in the US for 2018 Posted: 21 Mar 2018 09:06 AM PDT  The standard for qualifying what makes a 'good' or 'satisfying' job has become
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| Footage Shows The Moment Cops Fatally Shot Unarmed Black Man Stephon Clark Posted: 21 Mar 2018 04:55 PM PDT  Police helicopter and body camera footage shows the moment two California cops
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| Shooting At Maryland High School Leaves 1 Dead, 2 Injured Posted: 20 Mar 2018 05:57 AM PDT  A shooting at a high school in Great Mills, Maryland, on Tuesday left one
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| Fuming Trump defends Putin embrace after damaging leak Posted: 21 Mar 2018 01:15 PM PDT  US President Donald Trump stridently defended his much-criticized overtures to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin Wednesday, as White House anxiety over his embrace spilled into full public view. After aides leaked embarrassing details of Trump's shock decision to call Putin and congratulate him on re-election, the US president blamed the media for the furor and insisted Moscow can be a solid partner. "I called President Putin of Russia to congratulate him on his election victory," Trump tweeted.
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| Ex-French president Sarkozy held on Gadhafi financing claims Posted: 20 Mar 2018 07:21 PM PDT  PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was taken into custody Tuesday in connection with allegations that he received millions of euros in illegal campaign financing from the regime of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
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| 13 Stunning GIFs Show Puerto Rico's Road To Recovery Posted: 21 Mar 2018 10:44 AM PDT  Six months after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico,
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| Skeletal Remains May Be Louise Pietrewicz, Who Vanished 50 Years Ago Posted: 21 Mar 2018 09:56 AM PDT  Bones found in Long Island, N.Y., are believed to be those of Louise Pietrewicz.
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| Missouri set to execute man despite claims of undue suffering Posted: 20 Mar 2018 03:20 AM PDT  The death row inmate, Russell Bucklew, 49, was convicted of killing his former girlfriend's new boyfriend and raping the ex-girlfriend more than two decades ago. Bucklew suffers from a congenital ailment known as cavernous hemangioma, a malformation of blood vessels that could burst from the stress of lethal injection, leading to undue agony in violation of the U.S. Constitution's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
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| How to Avoid Getting Sick on a Plane, According to Science Posted: 20 Mar 2018 11:36 AM PDT  The secret is picking the right seat
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| Texas Bomb Suspect's Family 'Devastated And Broken' Posted: 21 Mar 2018 01:35 PM PDT  Family members of the man police suspect in a string of Texas bombings
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| Theresa May Should Go After Putin’s Debt Posted: 21 Mar 2018 06:56 AM PDT  The Russian government's greatest weakness is its dependence on Western investors.
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| Trevor Noah Unveils Terrifying Donald Trump-Themed Anti-Drugs PSA Posted: 21 Mar 2018 02:26 AM PDT  > "Let's say you kill all the drug dealers...do you also kill doctors who
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| The Latest: Artillery simulator caused Austin Goodwill blast Posted: 20 Mar 2018 08:03 PM PDT  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on serial bombings in Texas (all times local):
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| IS kills 36 Syria troops in surprise attack on Damascus: monitor Posted: 20 Mar 2018 01:53 AM PDT  A monitor said Tuesday three dozen pro-government fighters were killed in a district of Syria's capital as Islamic State jihadists took control of it in a surprise nighttime attack. There was no immediate comment from the government on the report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which could not provide casualty figures for the jihadists. "IS took full control of Qadam, and 36 government troops and loyalist fighters have been killed," the Britain-based monitoring group said.
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| Homeless Arizona woman killed by Uber self-driving SUV was 'like everyone's aunt' Posted: 20 Mar 2018 03:59 PM PDT  The Arizona pedestrian killed by an Uber self-driving vehicle was a homeless woman close to getting off the streets, her friends said, describing her as a fighter who took care of those around her. Elaine Herzberg, 49, known fondly as "Elle" and "Ms. Elle," was widely known and liked throughout the homeless community of Tempe, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. "She was like everyone's aunt," said Benjamin Jeffrey, a friend of Herzberg and also homeless, who spoke to Reuters from an encampment near the scene of Sunday's accident.
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| California storm soaks hillsides in Santa Barbara, Ventura counties amid mudslide fears Posted: 21 Mar 2018 04:45 PM PDT  A powerful storm dropped steady rain Wednesday onto hillsides stripped bare by wildfires in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties amid fears of debris flows.
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| Mike Pence's Daughter Is 'All For' The Gay Bunny Book That's Trolling Her Dad Posted: 21 Mar 2018 04:35 AM PDT  Charlotte Pence had a surprising response to the new children's book about a
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| Suspected Austin Bomber Dead In Confrontation With Police Posted: 21 Mar 2018 03:04 AM PDT  * The bomber died Wednesday morning after a device exploded in his car during a confrontation with police
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| Jeremy Corbyn mocked by his own MPs after claiming Russia should be given the right to test nerve agent itself Posted: 20 Mar 2018 12:02 PM PDT  Jeremy Corbyn has been mocked by own MPs after saying Russia should be given a sample of the nerve agent used in the Salisbury attack so it can "say categorically one way or the other" whether it is responsible. The Labour leader also said he would be happy to work with President Putin if he was Prime Minister and stopped short of blaming the Kremlin for the attack, despite his deputy John McDonnell doing so over the weekend. It exposes a deepening split in the party's position on the nerve agent attack which has left Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in a coma in hospital. Last week Mr Corbyn was criticised for refusing to categorically blame Russia for the Novichok poisoning and his communications chief drew further ire when he claimed British intelligence cannot be trusted after the Iraq war dossier. Responding to his latest remarks on the issue Mr Corbyn was roundly mocked by his own MPs including Ian Austin, a member of the Foreign Affairs select committee, who joked that Mr Putin would never accuse himself of having smuggled the nerve agent into the UK to use against the former spy. He said: "Does anyone seriously think Putin will say: 'Thanks for the sample. We have now examined it and yes, I'm sorry to say that it did come from Russia and was then given to one of our agents to murder Mr Skripal in the way we have murdered lots of other opponents'? Who thinks that?" Russian spy poisoning | Read more Speaking to the BBC's World and One programme Mr Corbyn said: "All fingers point towards Russia's involvement in this, and obviously the manufacture of the material was undertaken by the Russian state originally. "What I'm saying is the weapons were made from Russia, clearly. "I think Russia has to be held responsible for it but there has to be an absolutely definitive answer to the question where did the nerve agent come from? I asked the Russians be given a sample so that they can say categorically one way or the other." In a move that is likely to spark further frustration among Labout MPs Mr Corbyn maintained there had to be a relationship with Russia and said he would still "do business" with president Putin if Labour came to power. Corbyn or the Russian Embassy | Who said what "Would I do business with Putin, sure? And I'd challenge him on human rights in Russia, challenge him on these issues and challenge him on that whole basis of that relationship," he said. John Woodcock, chair of Labour's backbench foreign affairs committee, warned allowing Russia to test the poison would be "like saying you trust the fairness of Putin's re-election because he told you it was fine". He added: "Russia denies every single assassination attempt on foreign soil, no matter how blatant. "In what parallel universe would we think sending Putin's regime a sample of their poison would lend more credibility to this latest denial?" It came as Theresa May chaired a meeting of the National Security Council to discuss additional sanctions on Russia after the Kremlin ejected 23 British diplomats from the country. 23 Russian officials, thought to be undeclared spies, left the UK today. The Prime Minister told the meeting: "There are other measures that government and security officials are actively considering and stand ready to deploy at any time." She revealed action has been taken at the UK border to beef up visa checks, particularly for private flights, and amendments to the sanctions and money laundering bill are also taking shape. A spokesman for Mrs May said: "The Prime Minister reiterated that we will freeze Russian state assets wherever we have evidence that they may threaten UK persons or property. And, led by the National Crime Agency, we will continue to bring all the capabilities of the UK law enforcement to bear against serial criminals and corrupt elites."
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| Billionaire Democrat Wins Illinois Gubernatorial Nomination Posted: 20 Mar 2018 06:21 PM PDT  Billionaire J.B. Pritzker won Illinois' Democratic gubernatorial primary on
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| Vigil for Florida bridge-collapse victims draws tears, gasps Posted: 21 Mar 2018 02:40 PM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — Hundreds of Florida International University students held a vigil Wednesday to remember the six victims who died in a pedestrian bridge collapse near campus.
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| Happy Nowruz 2018! Everything You Need to Know About the Persian New Year Posted: 21 Mar 2018 12:53 AM PDT  Nowruz is often marked with traditional food, cultural events and sports
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| Mississippi's new law restricting abortion blocked by judge for 10 days Posted: 20 Mar 2018 12:49 PM PDT  A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a Mississippi law that enacted the tightest restrictions on abortion in the United States, in a ruling handed down a day after the governor signed the measure. The Mississippi law would prohibit abortion after 15 weeks of gestation, with some exceptions. It went into effect immediately after Republican Governor Phil Bryant signed it on Monday.
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| A judge asks basic questions about climate change. We answer them Posted: 20 Mar 2018 10:00 PM PDT  California is a hotbed of climate change activism, so it perhaps wasn't a surprise to see the cities of San Francisco and Oakland sue the world's largest oil companies last year for allegedly knowing about the dire consequences of global warming while seeking to downplay or deny it. The judge, who previously learned coding techniques for a Silicon Valley lawsuit, has set out a list of questions for a climate change "tutorial" on the floor of the courtroom on Wednesday. What caused the various ice ages (including the "little ice age" and prolonged cool periods) and what caused the ice to melt?
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| Police: New explosion not tied to Austin package bombings Posted: 20 Mar 2018 06:32 PM PDT  The Austin Fire Department says at least one person has been injured in an explosion believed unrelated to the previous package bombings.
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| Chrissy Metz Says She Was Physically Abused By Her Stepfather As A Teen Posted: 21 Mar 2018 06:36 AM PDT  Chrissy Metz says she was "a tough cookie" growing up, but that didn't stop
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| Trump Tweets Strange Warning Of 'Coming Arms Race,' Suggests Russia Can Help Posted: 21 Mar 2018 02:19 PM PDT  President Donald Trump on Wednesday tweeted a bizarre and ominous defense of
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| Scott Pruitt Went To Italy, And It Only Cost Taxpayers $120,000 Posted: 20 Mar 2018 07:59 PM PDT  Details about Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's
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| Officer's response praised as school shooting ends quickly Posted: 21 Mar 2018 07:12 AM PDT  GREAT MILLS, Md. (AP) — In the latest school shooting in America, the gunfire was over and done with in less than a minute.
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| A Passenger Bus in the Philippines Has Plunged off a Cliff and Killed 19 People Posted: 21 Mar 2018 02:07 AM PDT  The Philippines has a high rate of road fatalities due to aging vehicles
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| Paris named as world's n°1 destination by Traveler's Choice Awards Posted: 20 Mar 2018 04:05 AM PDT  After the terror attacks in 2015, Paris has proved that it's still standing strong in the international tourist arena. The French capital has moved up two positions in the TripAdvisor ranking which is based on the quantity and quality of traveler reviews and ratings for various destinations.
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| How to Steer the Saudi Crown Prince Away from a Nuclear Weapon Posted: 20 Mar 2018 04:48 PM PDT  Washington should invite the Saudi Prince to discuss energy alternatives. The prince's threat to break the agreement to match "as soon as possible" a move by Saudi Arabia's bitter rival makes clear he wants a ready nuclear weapons option.
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| Russia hits back in spy poisoning row as experts called in Posted: 19 Mar 2018 08:38 PM PDT  Russia hit back at Britain in the spy poisoning row, demanding proof of its alleged involvement in a nerve agent attack, as international weapons experts arrived to take samples of the toxic substance. The March 4 poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal, which took place just two weeks ahead of Russia's presidential poll in which Vladimir Putin was re-elected, has plunged relations between London and Moscow into crisis. As the European Union offered Britain its "unqualified solidarity" on Monday, the Kremlin demanded London either come up with proof of Russia's involvement -- or apologise.
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