| North Korea says it’s suspending nuclear and missile tests Posted: 21 Apr 2018 09:07 AM PDT  The announcement said the suspension will continue so long as there are no nuclear threats against North Korea and contained no indication that the country would give up its nuclear weapons.
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| Suspect in Ocala, Florida school shooting: ‘I want to be put away’ Posted: 21 Apr 2018 09:23 AM PDT  As students around the country rallied against gun violence on Friday, one student was injured in a shooting at a Florida high school. The suspect spoke to local NBC reporter Matt Lupoli.
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| Iran's Top Diplomat Says 'All Options Are On The Table' If U.S. Pulls Out Of Nuclear Deal Posted: 22 Apr 2018 08:45 AM PDT  Iran's top diplomat warned President Donald Trump to not pull out of the 2015
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| Missouri governor charged with felony computer data tampering Posted: 20 Apr 2018 07:13 PM PDT  Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, already facing an invasion-of-privacy trial next month in connection with an extramarital affair, was charged separately on Friday with felony computer tampering tied to his political fund-raising. The new case was brought by the same St. Louis prosecutor two days before the statute of limitations deadline for the charge, which stems from Greitens' alleged theft of a donor list from the military veterans charity he created and ran for several years. Greitens, a Republican under mounting pressure from Missouri politicians of both parties to resign since the sex scandal broke earlier this year, called the latest case part of a "smear" campaign orchestrated by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, a Democrat.
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| FAA Orders Emergency Engine Inspections After Deadly Southwest Accident Posted: 20 Apr 2018 06:44 PM PDT  Three days after a fatal accident on a Southwest Airlines flight involving a
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| Korean Air boss apologises as hot-tempered daughters resign Posted: 22 Apr 2018 03:35 AM PDT  Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho on Sunday apologised for the "immature" behaviour of his two daughters and said they would both immediately resign from their company posts following separate controversies. Cho Hyun-min, the younger daughter who is marketing executive at the South Korean flag carrier, is under police investigation for assault after she was accused of throwing water into a man's face at a business meeting. Four years ago her older sister Cho Hyun-ah made global headlines for angrily kicking a cabin crew member off a plane after being served macadamia nuts in a bag rather than a bowl -- an incident quickly dubbed "nut rage".
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| Avoid romaine lettuce, CDC warns, amid E. coli outbreak Posted: 21 Apr 2018 09:01 AM PDT  The warning stems from romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona and shipped across the country, the with CDC telling grocery stores, restaurants, and consumers not to eat the lettuce unless they can be certain it didn't come from that area.
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| My Son Suddenly Stopped Talking And I Wasn't Sure If He'd Ever Speak Again Posted: 21 Apr 2018 05:30 AM PDT  At the age of 3, my son suddenly stopped speaking ― for hours, then days, then
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| 'Overwhelmed' Letter Carrier Allegedly Held Onto 17,000 Pieces Of Mail Posted: 21 Apr 2018 08:48 AM PDT  An "overwhelmed" New York City postal worker stashed more than 17,000 pieces
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| The end of the Castro era? Raúl's exit likely to change little in Cuba Posted: 21 Apr 2018 12:01 AM PDT  A child holds a Cuban flag marking the 59th anniversary of the arrival of Fidel Castro and his rebel army on the outskirts of Havana in January. As pundits around the globe proclaimed the end of the Castro era this week, Cuba's new president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, promptly dismissed such a notion. "Raúl Castro … will lead the decisions of greatest transcendence for the present and the future of this country," said Díaz-Canel in a speech marking the official changing of the guard on Thursday.
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| Police Took Suspect's Guns, Dad Gave Them Back: The Latest on the Nashville Waffle House Mass Shooting Posted: 22 Apr 2018 08:08 AM PDT  The shooter is still at large
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| R. Kelly's Lawyer, Publicist And Assistant Flee From Singer Amid Scandals Posted: 21 Apr 2018 03:40 PM PDT  Singer R. Kelly's scandals may be too much for the people he employs. Since
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| Armenian protest leader says to meet PM to discuss his 'resignation' Posted: 21 Apr 2018 02:23 PM PDT  Armenian anti-government protests leader Nikol Pashinyan said he would meet Prime Minister and ex-president Serzh Sarkisian on Sunday, after nine days of mass demonstrations against an alleged power-grab. Tens of thousands of people earlier flocked to Republic Square in the capital Yerevan to protest against new premier Sarkisian's rule, according to AFP journalists at the scene. "I will meet Serzh Sarkisian to discuss the conditions of his resignation and of (a) peaceful transfer of power," Pashinyan said in a video address published on his Facebook page.
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| New Body Camera Footage Shows Officers Did Not Leave Patrol Car While Searching for Kyle Plush Posted: 21 Apr 2018 09:29 AM PDT  The teen was later found dead by his father.
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| Infiniti Launching Five New Cars Just For China Posted: 21 Apr 2018 10:07 AM PDT  Starting with the QX50.
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| Trump Celebrates Earth Day By Praising Rollback Of Environmental Protections Posted: 22 Apr 2018 10:27 AM PDT  President Donald Trump commemorated Earth Day on Sunday by applauding his
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| Colin Kaepernick Receives Amnesty International's Highest Honor For Activism Posted: 21 Apr 2018 01:30 PM PDT  Amnesty International on Saturday named former San Francisco 49ers quarterback
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| Saudi security shoots down recreational drone near royal palace Posted: 21 Apr 2018 03:47 PM PDT ![Saudi security shoots down recreational drone near royal palace]( "Saudi security shoots down recreational drone near royal palace") By Rania El Gamal and Stephen Kalin DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian security forces said they had shot down a recreational drone in the capital on Saturday after online videos showing gunfire in a neighborhood where royal palaces are located sparked fears of possible political unrest. The Riyadh police spokesman, quoted by the official Saudi News Agency (SPA), said a security screening point noticed the flying of a small unauthorized recreational drone at 7:50 p.m. local time (1650 GMT), leading security forces to deal with it according to their orders and instructions. There were no casualties, and King Salman was not at his palace at the time, a senior Saudi official told Reuters.
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| Iran ex-prosecutor jailed months after sentence: media Posted: 22 Apr 2018 01:16 AM PDT  A former Iranian prosecutor has finally been taken to prison months after being sentenced over the death in custody of a protestor, the judiciary's news agency said Sunday. The delay in starting Saeed Mortazavi's two-year sentence had caused anger and ridicule in recent weeks, with mocked-up "Wanted" posters appearing for the notorious former prosecutor online and around Tehran. The former chief prosecutor for Tehran was sentenced last year over the death of a protester who had been jailed for taking part in the mass protests over alleged election-rigging in 2009.
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| NASA Releases Astounding Video Of The Lagoon Nebula To Celebrate Hubble's Birthday Posted: 21 Apr 2018 08:08 PM PDT  Ever wanted to zoom near that central bulge in the Milky Way in the
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| UN Security Council meets over Syria in remote Swedish farmhouse Posted: 21 Apr 2018 07:28 AM PDT  Backåkra (Sweden) (AFP) - The UN Security Council met in a secluded farmhouse on the southern tip of Sweden on Saturday in a bid to overcome deep divisions over how to end the war in Syria. In a first for the Security Council, which normally holds its annual brainstorming session in upstate New York, the 15 ambassadors and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres were this year invited to hold an informal meeting in Backakra by Sweden, a non-permanent member of the body.
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| Martin Lewis to sue Facebook over fake ads which scam people out of thousands Posted: 22 Apr 2018 04:01 PM PDT  MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis is to sue Facebook over scam adverts using his image. The commentator and financial journalist is claiming defamation over allegations that the site is publishing scam adverts using his image causing vulnerable people to hand over thousands of pounds to criminals. He said the company had hosted more than 50 of the scam ads and that it had failed to act because it was motivated by "greed". Mr Lewis said the legal action, due to be launched on Monday, was the result of months of frustration with scammers who were piggybacking on his reputation and preying on Facebook users with outlandish get-rich-quick scams. Supporters have handed over thousands of pounds in good faith, only to find the advert has nothing to do with Mr Lewis or his company. "Vulnerable people are the ones being scammed and the ones being hurt," he told the Daily Telegraph. "It has to take some responsibility." "It is not worth Facebook's while improving its systems. The company who is the leader in facial recognition, when it's been put on notice by someone that there is a scam and that that person never does adverts, it is not beyond its wit and wisdom to notify me of these adverts, and ask if they are legitimate. "But its processes don't work like that - it wants to make it flexible and easy for anyone to be able to advertise - and it has done, including criminal scammers. "Facebook has become this big agglomerated organisation where no-one seems to take care and responsibility." Any damages won through the lawsuit will be donated to charity, by Mr Lewis said the legal action was not designed to win the case itself, but to force the company to change its policy on advertising, for example by having inbuilt settings notifying well-known people every time their image was used in an advert, requiring their approval. It's distressing, and genuinely makes me feel physically sick when I hear someone has lost money because of this, and because they trusted me, and now they blame me.Martin Lewis He said he has repeatedly reported the adverts, only for new, almost identical ones to appear days later. "I don't do ads, so an ad with me in it, does not have my permission. These are companies warned about by the FCA, warned about by Action Fraud - this is about as clear cut as it gets," he said. "Why do I have to go through the time, cost and stress of doing the work? I have people spending half their week doing this. I'm not being paid by Facebook. It's making the money - if I'm going to have to do that can it pay me a fee to police it? "It sees each advert as discrete, and the next day there's another one. They're not identical but it's the same thing. They say 'it's a new advert, you've got to report it'. "It's distressing, and genuinely makes me feel physically sick when I hear someone has lost money because of this, and because they trusted me, and now they blame me. It is very upsetting, personally - not as upsetting as it is for the people who have lost money." He said "fake ads" needed to be taken seriously alongside "fake news" as a threat to civil society. "Our democracy is failing to protect vulnerable from scammers by appeasing one of the world's biggest and richest companies. That is a bit of a threat as well. There isn't enough focus on fake ads." Solicitor Mark Lewis of Seddons, leading the lawsuit, said: "Facebook is not above the law - it cannot hide outside the UK and think that it is untouchable. "Exemplary damages are being sought. This means we will ask the court to ensure they are substantial enough that Facebook can't simply see paying out damages as just the 'cost of business' and carry on regardless. "It needs to be shown that the price of causing misery is very high." A Facebook spokesperson said: "We do not allow adverts which are misleading or false on Facebook and have explained to Martin Lewis that he should report any adverts that infringe his rights and they will be removed. "We are in direct contact with his team, offering to help and promptly investigating their requests, and only last week confirmed that several adverts and accounts that violated our Advertising Policies had been taken down."
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| 4 dead, several injured in Waffle House shooting Posted: 22 Apr 2018 07:16 AM PDT  One person at the restaurant wrestled the rifle away from the gunman, police said.
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| Militarized Cops At Tiny Georgia Neo-Nazi Rally Arrest Counterprotesters For Wearing Masks Posted: 21 Apr 2018 08:59 PM PDT  NEWNAN, Ga. -- A heavily militarized police force of some 400 officers
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| Jeep Wrangler Scrambler Pickup Caught In Motion On The Highway Posted: 22 Apr 2018 01:08 AM PDT  Expected to arrive in showrooms in about a year from now.
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| Michael Bloomberg to write $4.5 million check for Paris climate pact Posted: 22 Apr 2018 10:20 AM PDT  Former New York mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg said on Sunday he will write a $4.5 million check to cover this year's U.S. financial commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement. President Donald Trump last year pulled the United States out of the pact, making the country the only one opposed to it. Bloomberg, in a CBS interview, said he hopes by next year Trump will have changed his mind.
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| Netflix Sought To Purchase A Chain Of Movie Theaters Posted: 22 Apr 2018 01:04 PM PDT  Streaming service Netflix has been looking to buy its own series of movie
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| Could a Mold Allergy Be Making You Miserable? Posted: 21 Apr 2018 03:06 AM PDT  Are you having episodes of sneezing accompanied by a drippy or stuffy nose? Are your eyes, lips, mouth, or nose itchy? If you're experiencing these kinds of allergy symptoms even when pollen coun...
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| Iran rejects US rights report as 'biased' Posted: 21 Apr 2018 09:51 AM PDT  Iran rejected the latest US human rights report as hypocritical on Saturday, saying it was "biased by political objectives". "Iran considers the annual report by the US State Department and in particular allegations raised about human rights in Iran as absolutely biased by political objectives, which depicts a distorted and unrealistic image of our country's situation," said foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi in a statement on the ministry website.
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| Smallville actor Allison Mack charged with trafficking over 'involvement in sex cult' Posted: 21 Apr 2018 05:13 AM PDT  Allison Mack, an actor best known for her role in the US TV show Smallville, has been charged with sex trafficking and conspiracy. Ms Mack was arrested on Friday and has since pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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| High holiday: Pot fans join 420 smoke-out in San Francisco Posted: 20 Apr 2018 06:23 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of marijuana enthusiasts simultaneously exhaled a giant cloud of smoke that rose above San Francisco's Golden Gate Park precisely at 4:20 p.m. Friday, the annual April 20 high holiday.
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| 13 Billboards Call Out How Much Money Politicians Got From The NRA Posted: 20 Apr 2018 06:21 PM PDT  On the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School mass shooting in
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| When Calling the Police Is a Privilege Posted: 21 Apr 2018 05:00 AM PDT ![When Calling the Police Is a Privilege]( "When Calling the Police Is a Privilege") The call was brief, and had the relaxed feel of someone making a reservation at a restaurant. "I have two gentlemen at my cafe who are refusing to make a purchase or leave," the manager of the Starbucks told the 911 dispatcher. She calmly gave her address, and after being reassured that law enforcement would be on the way shortly, she thanked the dispatcher and hung up. The call, of which audio was released by the Philadelphia police department, lasted roughly 20 seconds.
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| The Week's Most Important Car Numbers Posted: 21 Apr 2018 07:00 AM PDT  From a powerful BMW coupe, to an electric Buick, these are the most important numbers of the week.
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| German minister urges Russia to cooperate in solving Syria crisis Posted: 21 Apr 2018 03:06 PM PDT  German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Saturday urged Russia to help solve the Syria crisis as he set off for a meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized nations in Toronto. The Syrian conflict has badly damaged already strained relations between the West and Russia, which backs President Bashar al-Assad. The United States, France and Britain conducted missile strikes against Syrian targets this month after a suspected chemical weapons attack that Assad and Moscow deny carrying out.
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| Ranking The Best New Shows On Netflix You Can Stream Right Now Posted: 21 Apr 2018 06:02 AM PDT  For the weekend of April 21, Streamline recommends "Collateral" in the top
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| Death of Gaza teenager at border protest sparks condemnation Posted: 21 Apr 2018 01:57 PM PDT  The death of a Palestinian teenager during protests along Gaza's border with Israel sparked condemnation and international calls for restraint on Saturday. Rescue services and relatives said Mohammed Ayoub, aged 15, was killed by Israeli gunfire on Friday. The Israeli army said Saturday it was opening an investigation into the death of the young Palestinian, who was killed during demonstrations that have brought thousands of Palestinians to the border for four consecutive Fridays.
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| The Latest: Walkouts spark protests against gun violence Posted: 20 Apr 2018 05:58 PM PDT  The Latest on national school walkouts protesting gun violence (all times local):
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| Tens of thousands of Hungarians rally in new anti-Orban protest Posted: 21 Apr 2018 01:39 PM PDT  Tens of thousands of Hungarians took to the streets in Budapest for a second consecutive Saturday to protest against newly reelected Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Campaigning hard against immigration, the 54-year-old Orban's overwhelming victory April 8 saw his Fidesz party secure around half the vote. As part of sweeping reforms since he came into power in 2010, Orban has turned the public media channels into what his critics call "government mouthpieces".
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| Deputy who fired fatal shot in death of unarmed man last month fired after investigation Posted: 20 Apr 2018 09:05 PM PDT  The deputy who fatally shot Danny Ray Thomas has been fired, the Harris County Sheriff's Office announced Friday.
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| 2,000-HP Nissan Qashqai Becomes Fastest SUV In The World: 237.8 MPH Posted: 22 Apr 2018 02:31 AM PDT  It has dethroned the 230-mph Toyota Land Cruiser.
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| Man killed in random knife attack at California steakhouse Posted: 21 Apr 2018 04:22 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A homeless man who randomly stabbed a patron in a crowded Southern California restaurant to death as he was holding his daughter was reported just a few hours earlier for disruptive behavior, but police ultimately determined he was not a threat, authorities said Saturday.
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| 570S Spider Design Edition Is Customized By McLaren's Styling Team Posted: 21 Apr 2018 11:46 PM PDT  Why bother personalizing your droptop supercar when McLaren can do it for you?
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| Israel hints it could hit Iran's 'air force' in Syria Posted: 22 Apr 2018 04:26 AM PDT ![Israel hints it could hit Iran's 'air force' in Syria]( "Israel hints it could hit Iran's 'air force' in Syria") (This April 17 story corrects to change the media source in paragraph 8 to The Israeli News Company.) By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel released details on Tuesday about what it described as an Iranian "air force" deployed in neighboring Syria, including civilian planes suspected of transferring arms, a signal that these could be attacked should tensions with Tehran escalate. Iran, along with Damascus and its big-power backer Russia, blamed Israel for an April 9 air strike on a Syrian air base, T-4, that killed seven Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) members. Israeli media ran satellite images and a map of five Syrian air bases allegedly used to field Iranian drones or cargo aircraft, as well as the names of three senior IRGC officers suspected of commanding related projects, such as missile units.
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| Fans on Royal Baby Watch Set up Camp Outside of Hospital Posted: 22 Apr 2018 11:14 AM PDT  They're hoping the baby will come soon.
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