| Sen. Marco Rubio Admits There's No Proof Tax Cut Is Helping American Workers Posted: 30 Apr 2018 04:01 PM PDT  Marco Rubio may have committed the ultimate heresy for a Republican: The
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| Former CIA Acting Director: House Russia report is a ‘wreck’ Posted: 29 Apr 2018 11:20 AM PDT  Former CIA Acting Director John McLaughlin said the way in which Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee handled their Russian interference investigation shows a "new level" of partisanship.
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| Authorities recover body of 4-year-old boy swept out to sea while walking with mother on beach Posted: 30 Apr 2018 11:41 AM PDT  Authorities recovered the body of a 4-year-old boy who was swept away by a
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| Journalists Push Back On Correspondents' Association's Response To Michelle Wolf Posted: 30 Apr 2018 07:04 AM PDT  The president of the White House Correspondents' Association released a
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| The Latest: Pompeo says US stands with allies against Iran Posted: 29 Apr 2018 07:04 PM PDT  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Latest on U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo's trip to the Middle East (all times local):
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| Controversy after fatal police-involved shooting in Georgia Posted: 29 Apr 2018 09:05 AM PDT  Ricky Boyd, 20, was shot and killed in January by Savannah police when they went to his home to question him in connection with a murder case. At first, authorities said he was armed and initiated gunfire.
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| That's quackers! Mesmerizing overhead footage of hundreds of ducks following the leader Posted: 29 Apr 2018 02:00 AM PDT ![That's quackers! Mesmerizing overhead footage of hundreds of ducks following the leader]( "That's quackers! Mesmerizing overhead footage of hundreds of ducks following the leader") These photographs of hundreds of ducks following their leader down a river are truly mesmerizing. Rafeur Rahman of Bangladesh climbed a high bridge and saw hundreds of ducks apparently playing a game of follow the leader. More than 500 ducks live on the river, where the mosses and snails provide the perfect habitat. (Caters News)
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| US top court to consider use of gas on death row inmate Posted: 30 Apr 2018 10:56 AM PDT  The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to rule on whether the state of Missouri should use gas as an alternative to a lethal injection to execute a convicted murderer-rapist with a rare congenital disease. The top US court has halted Russell Bucklew's execution twice before, most recently last month after his lawyers argued that a lethal injection could cause intense suffering. The US Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, and a series of botched executions with lethal injections has spurred debate over the constitutionality of this most common method for putting inmates to death in the United States.
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| America Rejected A Muslim Ban. Now The Supreme Court Must As Well. Posted: 30 Apr 2018 12:42 PM PDT  As I sat in the Supreme Court's gallery last week, I recalled the morning
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| Space tourism could be possible in near future Posted: 29 Apr 2018 09:41 AM PDT  Blue Origin had a successful test-launch on Sunday, part of a growing industry hoping to ferry civilians into space, with the company's goal to start sending tourists by the end of this year.
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| 10-year-old boy found dead inside dryer after game of hide-and-seek was electrocuted: autopsy Posted: 30 Apr 2018 01:10 PM PDT  A 10-year-old Texas boy who was found dead inside a communal dryer after a
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| Joy Reid's Defenders Praise Her Apology — But Ignore Her Apparent Cover-Up Posted: 29 Apr 2018 03:18 PM PDT  Joy Reid has apologized for writing anti-LGBTQ posts on her old blog, but she
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| Iran leader: U.S. pushes Riyadh to confront Tehran, stirs crisis Posted: 30 Apr 2018 05:29 AM PDT  By Parisa Hafezi ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader on Monday hit out at the United States a day after new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Riyadh, accusing Washington of trying to stoke a "regional crisis" by provoking its ally Saudi Arabia to confront Tehran. In remarks broadcast on state television, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated longstanding calls for the United States to "leave" the Middle East, which he called Iran's home, and said any power seeking to challenge Iran would be defeated.
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| Fugitive suspect in killing of deputy captured, arrested Posted: 28 Apr 2018 07:04 PM PDT  NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine (AP) — A man accused of killing a sheriff's deputy was arrested Saturday outside a remote cabin, ending an intense manhunt in its fourth day in the woods of central Maine.
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| Twin Peaks star, Pamela Gidley, dies ages 52 Posted: 30 Apr 2018 12:02 PM PDT  The American actress, Pamela Gidley, who played Teresa Banks in David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" prequel "Fire Walk with Me" passed away on April 16th, it was confirmed on Sunday.
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| Deal agreed to evacuate Syria's Yarmuk refugee camp: state media Posted: 29 Apr 2018 12:49 PM PDT  A deal has been reached for the evacuation of the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmuk where Islamic State group fighters have been holed up in southern Damascus, state media reported Sunday. The transfer of "terrorist groups" to rebel-held areas of northwestern Syria would begin on Monday, said the official SANA news agency, which did not name IS jihadists. It came hours after the Syrian government and rebels agreed to evacuate opposition fighters from the areas of Yalda, Babila and Beit Sahem, also in southern Damascus, according to SANA.
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| Florida police officer signs off after 30 years of service Posted: 29 Apr 2018 08:18 PM PDT  Sarasota Police Officer Andre Jenkins got emotional as he signed off for the last time after 30 years of service.
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| The world's oldest recorded spider built herself a hole, then just stayed there till age 43 Posted: 30 Apr 2018 06:17 AM PDT  Just how many walking sticks would an elderly spider require? SEE ALSO: 5 common groceries made from microorganisms Researchers in Australia monitored what is most likely the world's oldest spider on record, who died at age 43, outstripping the previous record-holder, a 28-year-old tarantula. The lead researcher, Leanda Mason, said of the spider in question, "to our knowledge this is the oldest spider ever recorded, and her significant life has allowed us to further investigate the trapdoor spider's behaviour and population dynamics," according to a press release. A sedentary creature, the female Gaius villosus trapdoor spider builds itself a tunnel in the ground and stays there, seldom wandering too far from its hidey-hole. Sounds pretty ideal to be honest. Some people online were confused as to how the researchers knew the spider's age. HOW DO YOU KNOW IT WAS THE OLDEST SPIDER, HAVE YOU ASKED ALL THE OTHERS THEIR AGE? https://t.co/b5ls7v4p31 — Christine Best (@tinajaneb33) April 28, 2018 You just have to look it up on the web. — Ryan Evans (@DoNothing69) April 30, 2018 Spider census. Every spider took it. Although apparently a few of them lied about their age to get into bars, allegedly. — matthew marsden (@matthewdmarsden) April 29, 2018 Named "Number 16" (affectionate pet-names were notably absent from the paper) the female trapdoor spider was first documented as a spiderling in 1974 by a study initiated by Barbara York Main. The study monitored individuals using tagged pegs put next to their burrows. Trapdoor spiders never re-use the disused burrow of another spider, so the researchers can be fairly confident that they were monitoring the same spider for 43 years. Number 16 probably didn't die of natural causes. On Oct. 31, 2016, the researchers found that her burrow had been pierced by a parasitic wasp. Her burrow fell into disrepair thereafter, meaning that poor Number 16 was probably eaten from the inside out by a spider wasp larva. What a way to go. WATCH: Go on a tour of the moon with these 4K images
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| Drivers facing most expensive driving season in years Posted: 30 Apr 2018 02:15 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Get ready for a little bit more pain at the pump this summer.
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| Paul Ryan Tries To Act Cool In White House Correspondents' Dinner Video Posted: 28 Apr 2018 08:34 PM PDT  House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) really wants people to think he's cool.
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| U.S. concerned by 'destabilizing and malign activities' of Iran: Pompeo Posted: 29 Apr 2018 12:53 PM PDT  By Lesley Wroughton and Ori Lewis TEL AVIV (Reuters) - The United States is deeply concerned by Iran's "destabilizing and malign activities", new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday. The former CIA director was speaking on a flying visit to the region, where he had earlier in the day met with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh and stressed the need for unity among Gulf allies as Washington aims to muster support for new sanctions against Iran to curb its missile program. The whirlwind trip to NATO in Brussels and to Middle East allies came only hours after Pompeo was confirmed as Trump's top diplomat.
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| Golden State Killer Case: Is Suspect Joseph James DeAngelo Pretending to Be Sickly Old Man? Posted: 30 Apr 2018 12:29 PM PDT  Police believe DeAngelo is acting in a bid for sympathy from the court.
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| Visit These 16 Eiffel Tower Replicas Located Outside of Paris Posted: 30 Apr 2018 02:47 PM PDT |
| Lava pours from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano in mesmerising timelapse video Posted: 29 Apr 2018 09:29 AM PDT  It was filmed after an eruption on Monday following a period of increased seismic activity. Lava can be seen overflowing onto the crater floor. The largest of these flows was from approximately 06:15am to 10:30am, which is around 19 seconds into the video above, covering 90 acres.
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| Toyota Preparing For Next Corolla: $170M Investment, 400 New Jobs Posted: 28 Apr 2018 10:09 PM PDT  The production lines at the factory in Mississippi will be completely replaced.
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| Harley-Davidson Confirms LiveWire on Schedule for 2019 Release Posted: 30 Apr 2018 10:04 AM PDT  Harley-Davidson Confirms LiveWire on Schedule for 2019 Release Harley reports its debut electric model is on schedule for a release next year, but will the MoCo's foray into ebikes right the ship? At this point it's common knowledge that things in recent
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| Syrian army says 'enemy' rocket attacks on military bases Posted: 29 Apr 2018 04:40 PM PDT ![Syrian army says 'enemy' rocket attacks on military bases]( "Syrian army says 'enemy' rocket attacks on military bases") The Syrian army said on Sunday that rockets had struck several military bases in the Hama and Aleppo countryside in what it said was new "aggression" by its enemies, state television said. In a news flash, state television said the missile attacks took place at 10:30 p.m. "Syria is being exposed to a new aggression with some military bases in rural Hama and Aleppo hit with enemy rockets," an army source was quoted as saying without elaborating. Earlier, state television said successive blasts were heard in rural Hama province and that authorities were investigating the cause.
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| Danish citizen jailed under new Malaysian anti-fake news law Posted: 30 Apr 2018 01:57 AM PDT  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian court on Monday sentenced a Danish citizen to a week in jail after he pleaded guilty to maliciously publishing false information, the first person to be punished under a controversial anti-fake news law.
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| President Trump threatens shutdown over border wall Posted: 30 Apr 2018 03:33 AM PDT  Strategists Kimberly Klacik debates Chuck Rocha on 'Fox & Friends First.'
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| China's foreign minister to visit N. Korea this week Posted: 29 Apr 2018 11:52 PM PDT  China's foreign minister will visit North Korea this week, his office said Monday, becoming the highest-ranking Chinese official to travel there in years as Beijing moves to further improve ties with Pyongyang days after a landmark inter-Korean summit. The Chinese foreign ministry said in a brief statement that Wang Yi will visit North Korea on Wednesday and Thursday at the invitation of his North Korean counterpart, Ri Yong Ho. The two met in Beijing in early April, days after talks between President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the Chinese capital -- the first meeting between the leaders since Kim inherited power from his father Kim Jong Il in 2011.
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| Bill Cosby Trial: Juror Says Comedian's Past Talk of Quaaludes Helped Seal His Conviction Posted: 30 Apr 2018 10:54 AM PDT  Harrison Snyder, 22, admitted that he's never seen an episode of "The Cosby Show" before he served on the jury.
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| Draft EPA memo freezes fuel economy standards at 42 mpg through 2026 Posted: 30 Apr 2018 06:00 AM PDT  After announcing its intention last month to roll back emissions standards that require cars to get higher fuel economy, the EPA is now circulating a proposal in Washington to freeze the standards at 2020 levels through 2026. The story was first reported by the Los Angeles Times, and confirmed by Reuters. The proposal so far is a draft, which officials at the EPA and the NHTSA are discussing among others.
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| Porsche Exclusive Builds Custom 911 S Cabrio With Crimson Cabin Posted: 30 Apr 2018 06:01 AM PDT  The mix of GT Silver Metallic on the outside and Bordeaux Red inside is a classic looking combination.
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| This Is the Last JK Jeep Wrangler Posted: 30 Apr 2018 09:00 AM PDT  With JL Wrangler production fully up and running, it's time to say goodbye to the JK.
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| AAPL Stock: What to Expect From Apple Inc. Earnings Posted: 30 Apr 2018 05:04 AM PDT ![AAPL Stock: What to Expect From Apple Inc. Earnings]( "AAPL Stock: What to Expect From Apple Inc. Earnings") Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock is limping into the company's fiscal second-quarter earnings report expected out after the market close May 1. Investors are likely most concerned with iPhone sales and guidance, but there are several other key metrics and trends that analysts will be watching closely. Analysts are expecting Apple to report second-quarter earnings per share of $2.69 on revenue of $60.9 billion.
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| The Latest: US reacts coolly to North Korea on weapons Posted: 29 Apr 2018 09:22 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on North Korea's diplomatic overtures (all times local):
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| Kim Kardashian Explains Why The Name Chicago ‘Kind Of Messes With Me’ Posted: 30 Apr 2018 11:32 AM PDT  Chicago is a lot of things -- a city, a style of pizza and the name of Kim
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| Court documents: Deputy was shot in the head by assailant Posted: 30 Apr 2018 02:58 PM PDT  AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine man confessed to a friend after shooting a sheriff's deputy in the head last week, investigators said in documents made public Monday.
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| EU considering 'freeze' on subsidies for illiberal member states Posted: 29 Apr 2018 04:42 AM PDT  EU member states that fail to live up the European Union's democratic values could find parts of their EU subsidies being "frozen" until they mend their ways, The Telegraph understands. Under proposals to be unveiled in Brussels this week by Guenther Oettinger, the EU's budget commissioner, Eastern EU states like Poland and Hungary could feel a financial squeeze if they were deemed to have failed to live up to the founding values of the EU. The moves comes after pressure from liberal groups in the European Parliament and leading western powers like France and Germany, who want to find a mechanism to put pressure on recalcitrant member states. "The precise details are still to be worked out, but the proposal will include the temporary freezing of funds in order to motivate a change of behaviour among states," said an EU source briefed on the document. Poland and Hungary are both major recipients of EU 'structural funds' which are designed to narrow the gap between rich and poor member states, each receiving €5.5bn and €2.7bn respectively a year. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is on a collision course with the EU after his emphatic election victory Credit: REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo Sources said the threat to freeze access to funding for projects could also include agricultural subsidies, but would not include student programmes like Erasmus to avoid punishing citizens for the misdeeds of their governments. Reports also suggest that new formulas for calculating payments will mean that southern EU states, who tend to adhere closer to liberal values, will receive higher payments when the next 7-year budget cycle begins in 2021. The decision to link EU payments to 'good behaviour' is highly controversial and risks deepening the stand-off between western Europe and the populist governments in Warsaw and Budapest. Tensions have deepened over the last two years after eastern EU countries refused to accept refugee resettlement quotas following the 2015 migrant crisis, and Poland introduced judicial reforms judged anti-democratic by the EU. The recent re-election campaign of the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, which was marred by anti-semitic rhetoric, corruption scandals and warnings from OSCE election monitors about a lack of free media, only deepened concern in Brussels. Poland is currently battling Brussels over an 'Article 7' disciplinary procedure for breaches of EU commitments to maintain the 'rule of law', but is protected from serious punishment by a Hungarian promise to veto any sanctions. EU sources said the plan to explicitly link EU payments to democratic standards was in part driven by a French and German desire to have a less draconian and more flexible mechanism for pressuring states that were falling short. They added that the Commission would have to negotiate a system for deciding when payments would be frozen - but leading western states, like Germany, want it based on majority voting to avoid the kind of protective vetoes that have neutered the Article 7 process. FAQ | Article 7 of the Treaty of the EU However an Eastern EU diplomatic source said that any attempt to connect funds to the "proper functioning of the judicial system in a member state" would be a matter of serious concern, raising questions about fairness and due process. "Who would assess the state of the judicial system and on what grounds? Wouldn't there be a risk of political pressure and arbitrariness in such an assessment? Our position will depend on the shape of the proposal, but the budget must be governed by the law, not by arbitrariness," the source said. Liberal forces have become increasingly agitated that states like Poland, Hungary but also Bulgaria and Romania - who joined in 2007 - are flouting EU norms with impunity, revelling in what Mr Orban has called "illiberal democracy". When former Soviet-bloc states joined the EU in 2004, they signed up to values founded on "freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities." Now Mr Orban has talked openly about pursuing the "Hungarian model" which contests western interpretations of the EU's statement on values. Guy Verhofstadt, the leader of the liberal ALDE grouping in the European Parliament and a trenchant critic of Mr Orban, welcomed the Commission proposal. "It is grotesque for EU tax-payers' money to be spent propping up the vanity projects of illiberal ruling elites who politicise their own judiciaries, erode democratic safeguards and systematically attempt to undermine NGOs and the free press," he told The Telegraph. "From 2020 onwards, it is essential that cohesion funds are made conditional on full compliance with the rule of law and our European values of democracy and freedom." A spokesman for the Commission declined to comment on the forthcoming proposal which will cover the EU budget for 2021-2027, which has already been complicated by the €10bn-€15bn a year shortfall left by the UK's departure from the EU. Reports suggest that the Commission will propose a budget between 1.1 and 1.2 percent of the bloc's gross national income - an increase from the current 1.0 percent which results in a seven-year 1 trillion euros budget.
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| UK, U.S. study Antarctic glacier, hoping to crack sea level risks Posted: 30 Apr 2018 03:16 AM PDT  Britain and the United States launched a $25 million project on Monday to study the risks of a collapse of a giant glacier in Antarctica that is already shrinking and nudging up global sea levels. The five-year research, involving 100 scientists, would be the two nations' biggest joint scientific project in Antarctica since the 1940s. Ice is thawing from Greenland to Antarctica and man-made global warming is accelerating the trend.
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| Ford Rules Out Bringing ST SUVs To Europe Posted: 30 Apr 2018 03:00 AM PDT  No V6 Edge for you, Europe.
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| Thais rally against officials building homes on sacred mountain Posted: 29 Apr 2018 04:27 AM PDT  Around 1,000 people rallied in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai on Sunday to protest the construction of homes for officials on forested land flanking a revered mountain, in one of the largest shows of dissent under junta rule. Public frustration has been mounting over the project since aerial images of several dozen officials' homes -- carved into the green foothills of Chiang Mai's Doi Suthep mountain -- started circulating on social media earlier this year. On Sunday, a sea protesters, many wearing green and waving flags, called for the demolition of the buildings as they marched through Chiang Mai, the biggest city in Thailand's mountainous north.
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| How Land Rover Created the Ultimate Defender Posted: 30 Apr 2018 10:54 AM PDT  If you wanted to build the perfect Defender, it'd probably look a lot like the Defender Works V8.
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| Waffle House shooting hero James Shaw Jr. raises $197k+ for victims' families Posted: 29 Apr 2018 11:58 AM PDT  James Shaw Jr. was hailed as a hero, but he's making sure that the focus stays on the victims and their families.
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| Britain, France and Germany agree on support for Iran nuclear deal Posted: 29 Apr 2018 11:46 AM PDT  Britain, France and Germany have agreed that the nuclear deal that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to scrap remains the best way of stopping Tehran getting nuclear weapons, British Prime Minister Theresa May's office said on Sunday. May had phone calls with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel where they agreed the deal may need to be broadened to cover areas such as ballistic missiles, what happens when the deal expires, and what they consider Iran's destabilizing regional activity, a statement said. "They committed to continue working closely together and with the U.S. on how to tackle the range of challenges that Iran poses – including those issues that a new deal might cover," the statement said.
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