| Trump Reportedly Tells Pentagon To Consider Reducing Troops In South Korea Posted: 03 May 2018 09:32 PM PDT  President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Defense to present plans
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| The cluelessness of the correspondents' dinner Posted: 03 May 2018 02:00 AM PDT  The main problem with the White House Correspondents' Dinner isn't the ugly humor or the God-awful food. It's the display of vanity, pretension and tribalism that reinforces the worst idea of what political journalism is all about.
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| Mandatory Evacuations Ordered As Lava Spews Into Hawaii Residential Neighborhood Posted: 03 May 2018 11:47 PM PDT  Kilauea, one of Hawaii's most active volcanos, erupted on Thursday, spewing
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| Anti-Semites on the ballot: GOP 'condemns' three contenders with racist views Posted: 03 May 2018 02:00 AM PDT  Three Republican candidates in this year's midterms have been disavowed by the Republican National Committee for their racist and anti-Semitic views — including one who is, according to a local television news poll, the leader to win his party's nomination for Senate in California.
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| Investigators search for cause of deadly cargo plane crash Posted: 03 May 2018 01:11 PM PDT  PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) — Military investigators began the arduous task Thursday of answering why a C-130 Hercules cargo plane being flown into retirement by an experienced crew plunged onto a Georgia highway. Families and friends of the nine airmen, meanwhile, grieved and took note of the fact that Puerto Rico's planes are the oldest in the National Guard inventory.
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| Scott Pruitt Is So Cozy With Lobbyists They're Reportedly Helping Plan His Travel Posted: 04 May 2018 06:20 AM PDT  Lobbyists and a well-connected GOP political backer played outsized roles in
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| Giuliani says Trump fired Comey because he wouldn't assure him FBI was not targeting him in Russia probe Posted: 02 May 2018 07:18 PM PDT  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani says that President Donald Trump fired former FBI Director James Comey in part because he would not tell him that the president was not personally a target in the intelligence agency's probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 election. Mr Giuliani, who is a recent addition to Mr Trump's legal team charged with helping deal with special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, made the comment during an appearance on Fox News. "He fired Comey because Comey would not, among other things, say that he wasn't a target of the investigation," Mr Giuliani told the cable network's Sean Hannity, who has himself been a vocal supporter of Mr Trump.
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| Don Blankenship's New Xenophobic Campaign Ad Sparks Twitter Fury Posted: 04 May 2018 03:24 AM PDT  West Virginia GOP Senate candidate Don Blankenship has amped up the xenophobic
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| Magnitude 5.7 quake hits Hawaii's Big Island where volcano erupting: USGS Posted: 04 May 2018 03:30 PM PDT  (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Hawaii's Big Island on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, just south of where the Kilauea volcano has been spewing flows of lava into residential areas, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate. The USGS said the tremor was very shallow - only 4.3 miles (7 km) deep - and centered 11 miles (17.7 km) southeast of Fern Forest. The USGS said earlier the eruption of the volcano, one of five on the island, followed a series of earthquakes over the past week.
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| 145 Central American migrants from 'caravan' have entered US: official Posted: 03 May 2018 08:16 PM PDT  A total of 145 Central American migrants who traveled as part of a "caravan" from their home countries through Mexico have so far entered the United States to seek asylum, officials said Thursday. The migrants were part of a group of around 1,000 people who set out from Mexico's southern border on March 25, before reaching the northern border town of Tijuana on Sunday. "There were 70 people who crossed this morning," bringing the total up to Thursday to 145, said Mexican immigration official Edgar Antonio Gonzalez Rubio Nunez.
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| Gang Used Drone Swarm To Thwart FBI Hostage Raid Posted: 04 May 2018 12:28 PM PDT  FBI agents covertly surveilling a criminal gang suspected of holding at least
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| 2019 Chevy Suburban RST Gets A More Powerful V8, Meaner Looks Posted: 04 May 2018 09:52 AM PDT  The full-size SUV now pumps out 420 horsepower, and is even more refined with Magnetic Ride Control.
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| Starbucks agrees compensation with black men arrested while they waited for a friend Posted: 03 May 2018 03:24 AM PDT  Two black men who were arrested as they waited for a friend in a Philadelphia Starbucks last month have reached settlements with the coffee chain and the city. The arrest of Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson on 12 April was captured on video and widely shared online, sparking protests in Pennsylvania over accusations of racial profiling. Mr Robinson and Mr Nelson have now dropped their legal action against the city, agreeing to a symbolic $1 each in compensation and the commitment of $200,000 (£150,000) from officials to fund an entrepreneurship program for public school students. The men, both 23, also reached a confidential financial settlement with Starbucks, who also offered them the opportunity to complete their undergraduate degrees at Arizona State University with full tuition coverage. "We all recognise the importance of communication about differences and solutions, and that we will be measured by our action not words," they said in a joint statement. Mr Robinson added: "It's not a right-now thing … but I feel like we will see the true change over time." Starbucks issued an apology for the incident which saw a store manager call the police when the pair sat down before making an order as they waited for a friend to arrive. The company responded by closing more than 8,000 of its US stores for an afternoon of racial bias training, with Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson also apologising personally to the two men. Demonstrators protest over the arrests of Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson Credit: AP "I want to thank Donte and Rashon for their willingness to reconcile," said Mr Johnson. "I welcome the opportunity to begin a relationship with them to share learnings and experiences. "Starbucks will continue to take actions that stem from this incident to repair and reaffirm our values and vision for the kind of company we want to be." Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson appear on Good Morning America Credit: ABC / Getty Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said the incident had "evoked a lot of pain" and put the city under a "national spotlight for unwanted reasons". "I am pleased to have resolved the potential claims against the city in this productive manner," he added.
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| School shooter suspect's brother released again on probation Posted: 03 May 2018 01:59 PM PDT  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The younger brother of Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz is getting out of jail again after violating probation for previously trespassing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, site of the Feb. 14 massacre that killed 17 people.
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| Paul Ryan Reverses Course, Accepts House Chaplain Rescinding Resignation Posted: 03 May 2018 01:27 PM PDT  House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Thursday that he accepts House Chaplain
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| There's Virtually No Way Trump Could Win The Nobel Prize This Year For North Korea Posted: 03 May 2018 12:13 PM PDT  Three months ago, President Donald Trump used his first State of the Union
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| The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week Posted: 04 May 2018 07:57 AM PDT  Kids may say the darndest things, but parents tweet about them in the funniest
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| 77 killed as powerful dust storms ravage northern India Posted: 03 May 2018 03:46 AM PDT  Dust storms tore across northern India killing at least 77 people and injuring 143 as trees and walls were flattened by powerful winds, officials said Thursday. The overnight storm ravaged Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan states and the death toll was expected to rise, officials said. There were 46 confirmed deaths in Uttar Pradesh in the north and 31 in the desert state of Rajasthan to the west.
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| U.S. complains to China after laser incidents in Djibouti Posted: 03 May 2018 10:29 AM PDT ![U.S. complains to China after laser incidents in Djibouti]( "U.S. complains to China after laser incidents in Djibouti") The United States formally complained to China after Chinese nationals pointed lasers at U.S. military aircraft near Djibouti in a number of incidents in recent weeks, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The U.S. military has been grappling with lasers being pointed at aircraft for decades.
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| Golden State Killer suspect fights demand for more of his DNA Posted: 03 May 2018 05:50 AM PDT  A former policeman accused of being the infamous Golden State Killer is battling prosecutors' efforts to collect more of his DNA. Joseph DeAngelo, 72, was scheduled to appear in a court in Sacramento, California, on Thursday after his lawyer filed a motion to block the district attorney from taking DNA, fingerprints and photos of his body. Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert got a warrant last week to collect the samples and images.
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| Raw: Video Shows Utah Courthouse Jumper Posted: 03 May 2018 08:53 PM PDT  Courthouse security camera footage captured a handcuffed defendant rushing out of a Utah courtroom Monday and jumping over a second floor railing onto the floor below. Officials say he had been arrested on drug allegations. (May 4)
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| Report: Pilots struggled to control crippled Southwest jet Posted: 03 May 2018 02:42 PM PDT ![Report: Pilots struggled to control crippled Southwest jet]( "Report: Pilots struggled to control crippled Southwest jet") DALLAS (AP) — The pilots of a Southwest Airlines jet struggled to handle the plane after an engine blew apart at 32,000 feet over Pennsylvania last month.
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| Ideas For Mother's Day Brunch At Home Posted: 04 May 2018 02:46 AM PDT  Brunching with kids at a restaurant on Mother's Day can be a diabolical
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| Britain 'deeply concerned' by Palestinian president's Holocaust remarks Posted: 03 May 2018 06:49 AM PDT  Britain said on Thursday that recent remarks by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the Holocaust were "deeply concerning" and unhelpful to peace in the region. Israel has accused Mr Abbas of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial after the Palestinian leader suggested in a speech that historic persecution of European Jews had been caused by their conduct. "Palestinian President Abbas's comments at the Palestinian National Congress were deeply concerning. Any attempt to justify or explain away any element of the Holocaust is unacceptable," Britain's Middle-East minister Alistair Burt said in a statement. "President Abbas has shown a commitment to non-violence and a two-state solution. But his recent rhetoric does not serve the interests of the Palestinian people and is deeply unhelpful to the cause of peace." Mr Abbas said in his speech that Jews living in Europe had suffered massacres "every 10 to 15 years in some country since the 11th century and until the Holocaust". Citing books written by various authors, Mr Abbas argued: "They say hatred against Jews was not because of their religion, it was because of their social profession. So the Jewish issue that had spread against the Jews across Europe was not because of their religion, it was because of usury and banks." Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves in Ramallah on Tuesday Credit: REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday accused Mr Abbas of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. Jewish groups and diplomats also condemned Mr Abbas' comments, made in a speech on Monday to the Palestinian National Council, that Jews had suffered historically not because of their religion but because they had served as bankers and money lenders. "It would appear that, once a Holocaust denier, always a Holocaust denier," Mr Netanyahu said on Twitter. "I call upon the international community to condemn the grave anti-Semitism of Abu Mazen (Abbas), which should have long since passed from this world." On Thursday, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) parliament was preparing to hand its authority over to a smaller council in a move seen as a concentration of power in the hands of President Mahmoud Abbas's loyalists. The Palestinian National Council agreed Thursday to grant the 115-member Central Council authority to assume the political body's powers, such as appointing a successor to the 83-year-old Palestinian leader and resolving the decade-long rift with the rival Hamas party ruling Gaza. Abbas aide Ahmad Majdalani says the move will "make it easier for the PLO to handle political developments, and to fill any vacuum in PLO positions." The Palestinian National Council, which met this week for the first time in over two decades, was set to formally announce the measure Thursday evening.
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| This Week Was A Great Reminder That Trump Is A Huge Liar Posted: 03 May 2018 11:02 AM PDT  It's been another cataclysm of a news cycle in which President Donald Trump
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| Cheryl Burke And Matthew Lawrence Are Engaged Posted: 04 May 2018 09:06 AM PDT  Cheryl Burke of "Dancing With the Stars" had one hell of a birthday.
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| US asylum seekers with children face wrenching, Solomonic choice Posted: 02 May 2018 06:27 PM PDT Yolany Reyes is adamant about one thing: no one is going to separate her from her three-year-old son. Reyes and her child have traveled across Mexico by train, bus and on foot with a migrant caravan, and now she's at the US border hoping to gain asylum. Along with 150 other Central Americans, they have been camped out since Sunday in a little plaza in Tijuana that abuts a border crossing into southern California.
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| Prosecutors expect to charge more people in N.Y. sex traffic case Posted: 04 May 2018 09:20 AM PDT  A federal prosecutor in Brooklyn said Friday more people are expected to be charged in a sex-trafficking case, in which self-help guru Keith Raniere and actress Allison Mack are accused of running a secret society where women were branded and treated as slaves. "We anticipate that there will be additional charges and additional defendants in this case," Assistant U.S. Attorney Moira Kim Penza said at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn federal court.
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| Man facing drugs charges leaps from courthouse balcony Posted: 04 May 2018 08:14 AM PDT  A man facing drug charges has survived after jumping head-first from the courthouse balcony. Christopher Clay Rudd had been scheduled to appear before a judge in Spanish Fork, Utah, on Monday after he was arrested for drug offences. Rudd reportedly suffered head and hip injuries during the fall and was later taken to hospital for treatment, although he is not thought to be in a life-threatening condition.
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| Gigi Hadid Apologizes For Vogue Italia 'Blackface' Controversy Posted: 03 May 2018 02:41 PM PDT  Gigi Hadid and Conde Nast have both issued apologies for the model's May cover
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| Report: Principal jokes about telling police special needs student has gun Posted: 03 May 2018 09:51 AM PDT  A principal in Texas has apologized for a comment she made regarding an elementary school student in special education. Ponderosa Elementary School Principal Shanna Swearingen was overheard saying the comment regarding the student, who has a history of running from class, on April 17 in front of three staff members, Click2Houston reported. Swearingen's comment found its way to a Spring neighborhood Facebook page.
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| Deadly unrest at Gaza border mirrors Israeli author's novel Posted: 03 May 2018 11:12 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — For Israeli author Mishka Ben-David, the deadly scenes that have been playing out every Friday for weeks along Gaza's border, with thousands of Palestinian protesters marching and threatening to storm the security fence and Israeli troops opening fire, are eerily familiar.
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| Democrats Are In Denial About The Supreme Court Posted: 04 May 2018 06:01 AM PDT  On issues from racial justice and reproductive freedom to money in politics,
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| As Israel-Iran rivalry burns, Russia's Tehran ties may get singed Posted: 04 May 2018 08:36 AM PDT ![As Israel-Iran rivalry burns, Russia's Tehran ties may get singed]( "As Israel-Iran rivalry burns, Russia's Tehran ties may get singed") As Israel and Iran increasingly square off against each other amid Syria's multi-dimensional war, it is Russia that finds itself between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Russia has managed to maintain good relations with both Iran and Israel, even as the former has increased its presence in Syria in defense of the Assad regime, raising the latter's hackles.
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| 6 dead in Kenya overnight flooding with 11 others missing Posted: 04 May 2018 02:34 AM PDT  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Six people have drowned in Kenya in overnight flooding and 11 others are missing, local authorities said Friday, the latest of dozens of deaths caused by heavy seasonal rains in recent weeks.
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| Trump administration moves to expel some 57,000 Hondurans Posted: 04 May 2018 02:45 PM PDT  By Mica Rosenberg and Gustavo Palencia NEW YORK/TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Friday it will end temporary protections for immigrants in the United States from Honduras on Jan. 5, 2020, leaving potentially 57,000 people vulnerable to deportation. It is the latest in a series of decisions by President Donald Trump to shut down temporary protected status (TPS) granted to immigrants after natural disasters or violent conflicts that would prevent them from safely returning to their home countries. The government of Honduras said on Friday that it "profoundly regrets the cancellation of the program" and pledged free legal and consular support for Hondurans living in the United States.
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| Priyanka Chopra Hints Meghan Markle Cried When She Found Her Wedding Dress Posted: 04 May 2018 02:05 PM PDT  Sometimes actions speak louder than words.
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| Tesla pushes back start of Model Y production to 2020, says new plant needed Posted: 03 May 2018 06:00 AM PDT  Tesla's next model bound for production is the Model Y, a small SUV related to the Model 3.
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| US commandos help Saudis against Yemen rebels: report Posted: 03 May 2018 09:06 AM PDT  A team of elite US Green Beret commandos deployed to the Saudi border of Yemen last year to help find and destroy Huthi rebel missile caches, the New York Times reported Thursday. Since Yemen's brutal conflict erupted three years ago, Huthi rebels have fired multiple ballistic missiles toward Riyadh and other Saudi cities. The unannounced move shows a deepening US involvement in Yemen's war that has seen the country spiral toward famine and claimed almost 10,000 lives.
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| Tech companies not hiring blacks despite ownership rates Posted: 03 May 2018 06:04 PM PDT ![Tech companies not hiring blacks despite ownership rates]( "Tech companies not hiring blacks despite ownership rates") WASHINGTON (AP) — African-Americans are among the top owners of mobile devices, but aren't being considered when it's time for social media and technology companies to hire.
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