| Rudy Giuliani Reverses Trump Team's Position, Says President Can Obstruct Justice Posted: 18 May 2018 09:25 AM PDT  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani made an eyebrow-raising statement
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| 'Not looking good': How Trump has responded to mass shootings Posted: 18 May 2018 09:53 AM PDT  Another mass shooting, another tweet from President Trump.
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| Parkland Survivors React To Santa Fe High School Shooting In Texas Posted: 18 May 2018 10:06 AM PDT  A shooting at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, killed at least eight
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| Prince Harry And Meghan Markle's Insane Wedding Cake Will Have 200 Lemons In It Posted: 18 May 2018 12:14 PM PDT  It appears that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will be getting sweet and sour
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| New documents suggest Las Vegas shooter was conspiracy theorist – what we know Posted: 19 May 2018 03:00 AM PDT  Stephen Paddock was the gunman who killed 58 people and wounded hundreds more last October, when he opened fire from the window of his room at the Mandalay hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. Yesterday, following legal action from news organizations, the Las Vegas police department released a trove of documents on the investigation, including statements from witnesses and victims. Mostly the documents contain harrowing accounts from victims of Stephen Paddock's shooting spree.
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| North Korea demands South Korea send back restaurant workers Posted: 19 May 2018 04:36 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday reiterated its demands for South Korea to send back 12 North Korean restaurant workers who came to the South in 2016, saying such a move would demonstrate Seoul's willingness to improve relations.
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| Texas shooter had 'born to kill' t-shirt Posted: 18 May 2018 02:30 PM PDT  Information from his cellphone and computer showed "not only did he want to commit the shooting, but he wanted to commit suicide after the shooting," said Texas Governor Greg Abbott, briefing reporters.
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| Farm bill fails in U.S. House as immigration spat roils Republican Party Posted: 18 May 2018 11:08 AM PDT  By Amanda Becker and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a sweeping $867 billion farm bill on Friday after Republican leaders failed to appease conservative lawmakers who had asked them not to hold the vote until they were given the chance to consider a bill to clamp down on immigration. The next steps are unclear for the farm bill, which failed in a 198-to-213 vote. The farm bill's passage through the House has been entangled in the debate over immigration, as the conservative House Freedom Caucus sought to pre-empt a move by moderate Republicans and Democrats to use procedural tactics to force a wide-ranging immigration debate on the House floor.
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| Young father imprisoned in Iran: An American dream turned nightmare Posted: 18 May 2018 04:00 AM PDT  Xiyue Wang, a husband, father and Princeton University doctoral student, has been imprisoned in Iran since August 2016 on charges of espionage. He was invited to study at a foreign language institute in Tehran and was granted permission by Iran's Foreign Ministry to further his dissertation research. But President Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Iran nuclear agreement has complicated his case, along with the cases of four other Americans detained in Iran. Meanwhile back home in Princeton, N.J., his wife, Hua Qu, has been juggling her career and taking care of their 5-year-old son, all while trying to focus on her husband's case, appealing to President Trump for his release. Qu sat down with Yahoo News' Stephanie Sy to talk about her imprisoned husband and what it's like raising a son on her own.
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| FBI used informant to investigate Trump Russia contacts, not spy Posted: 18 May 2018 11:53 AM PDT  The New York Times reports that the FBI used an informant to investigate members of the Donald Trump campaign after their contacts with Russian intelligence. Adam Goldman, national security reporter for the New York Times.
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| Protesters Throw A Fiesta To Razz Lawyer Who Ranted At Spanish Speakers Posted: 18 May 2018 09:32 PM PDT  > Mariachi band continues #AaronSchlossberg #hablamosespanol @NYDailyNews
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| Who is Dimitrios Pagourtzis, the Santa Fe shooting suspect? Posted: 18 May 2018 04:50 PM PDT  Like most teenagers, Dimitrios Pagourtzis cultivated a social media presence. The 17-year old, who is alleged to have carried out the Santa Fe high school shooting, posted a picture on Facebook wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the slogan, "Born to Kill". On the page he also promoted a YouTube channel, using the pseudonym, "Comma Kazi". A Facebook page under his name has since been deleted. An Instagram page, linked with Pagourtzis which has also been deleted, shows a handgun and knife. Emergency crews gather in the parking lot of Santa Fe High School Credit: Daniel Kramer/AFP But pupils who knew Pagourtzis paint a very different picture of an 11th-grade student at the high school who, pupils said, "kept to himself". "He was really quiet, he wore a trench coat nearly every day," fellow pupil, Mateo Twilley, told CNN. Tristen Patterson, who described himself as a friend of Pagourtzis, said he was interested in guns and war simulation games, but never talked about killing people. Two young girls pray during a vigil held at the Texas First Bank after the shooting at Santa Fe High School Credit: Trish Badger/Reuters Pagourtzis was understood to have been interested in joining the marines and had also been a promising football player. He was also on the honour roll of his junior high school, CNN reported. One witness has said that Pagourtzis was bullied at the school. But according to Greg Abbott, the Texas governor, there were no obvious warning signs. He had no criminal history. "His slate was pretty clean". His parents are understood to be Antonios Pagourtzis and Rose Marie Kosmetatos who, according to online records, were married in Texas in March 2000.
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| Oprah Winfrey Delightfully Surprised Everyone By Rolling Up to the Royal Wedding Posted: 19 May 2018 02:01 AM PDT  The mogul had a last-minute dress emergency
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| New California Law Protects Undocumented Immigrants In Court Posted: 17 May 2018 05:48 PM PDT  On Thursday, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed a bill meant to protect
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| Texas school shooting: Student tells media 'I wasn’t surprised, I was just scared' Posted: 18 May 2018 11:16 AM PDT  At least one student at the Texas high school that became the scene of a mass shooting on Friday has said she wasn't surprised. "It's been happening everywhere," 17-year-old student Paige Curry said in an interview hours after the shooting. Paige told ABC News that she was three classrooms away from where the Santa Fe High School gunman opened fire that morning, killing at least eight people.
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| All Chilean bishops quit over child abuse scandal Posted: 18 May 2018 08:58 AM PDT  Thirty-four Chilean bishops announced their resignation Friday over a child sex abuse scandal within the Church in Chile that has come to haunt the reign of Pope Francis. "We, all the bishops present in Rome, have tendered our resignation to the Holy Father so that he may decide freely for each of us," the bishops said in a statement after three days of intense meetings with Francis at the Vatican. "We want to ask forgiveness for the pain caused to the victims, to the Pope, to God's people and to our country for the serious errors and omissions we have committed," the statement continued.
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| Iran can resume 20 percent enrichment if EU fails to retain nuclear deal Posted: 19 May 2018 09:22 AM PDT  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran could resume its 20 percent uranium enrichment if the European signatories of the 2015 nuclear deal failed to keep it alive following Washington's withdrawal, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation said on Saturday. "If the other side keeps itself committed to its promises we also will be keeping ourselves to our promises... Our policy is wait and see now ... for just the few weeks time ... There are all kind of possibilities, we can ... start the 20 enrichment," Ali Akbar Salehi told reporters. (Writing by Parisa Hafezi, Editing by William Maclean)
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| N. Korea unlikely to return to talks with South over drills Posted: 17 May 2018 05:45 PM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea strongly criticized South Korea over ongoing U.S.-South Korean military exercises on Thursday and said it will not return to talks with its rival until Seoul resolves its grievances.
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| Santa Fe Shooting: Teacher Killed Left One Last Note For Her Family Posted: 19 May 2018 12:45 PM PDT  They have since framed the heartbreaking note.
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| Blake Lively Teases Ryan Reynolds And Hugh Jackman's Bromance Posted: 18 May 2018 03:51 AM PDT  Blake Lively isn't fooled.
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| Cleric Sadr wins Iraq poll but forming government far off Posted: 19 May 2018 03:42 AM PDT  Final results from Iraq's election confirmed Saturday that an alliance spearheaded by populist cleric Moqtada Sadr has triumphed, but the fiery preacher faces a huge task to form a governing coalition. Sadr's Marching Towards Reform bloc won 54 of the 329 seats in parliament in a major upset at a May 12 vote that saw a record level of abstentions as Iraqis turned their back on a widely reviled elite. The nationalist -- whose Shiite militia battled US troops after the 2003 invasion -- faces a deeply fragmented political landscape and opposition from key player Iran after he called for foreign influence in Iraq to be cut.
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| Parkland students on Texas: "They're part of this now" Posted: 18 May 2018 08:55 PM PDT  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, are expressing outrage and heartbreak after authorities said a student killed 10 people Friday at a high school in Texas.
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| Chevrolet Silverado Adds Turbo Four-Cylinder Posted: 18 May 2018 05:00 AM PDT  A four-cylinder full-size pickup is coming, and we took it for a quick spin.
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| Exclusive: In run-up to Venezuelan vote, more soldiers dissent and desert Posted: 18 May 2018 11:34 AM PDT  By Girish Gupta and Anggy Polanco CARACAS/SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) - Arrests for rebellion and desertion are rising sharply in Venezuela's armed forces, a mainstay of President Nicolas Maduro's Socialist government, amid discontent within the ranks at food shortages and dwindling salaries, according to documents and interviews with army personnel. Internal military documents reviewed by Reuters showed that the number of soldiers detained for treason, rebellion and desertion rose to 172 in the first four months of the year, up three-and-a-half times on the same period of 2017. Former military officials said the figures reflected a dramatic increase in the level of dissent within Venezuela's once-proud armed forces.
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| WHERE ARE THEY? Families desperate for answers on missing people following Santa Fe High School shooting Posted: 19 May 2018 03:44 PM PDT  While we have seen tearful reunions after the deadly Santa Fe High School shooting, some families still awaiting word of their loved ones.
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| Two-Tone Trends: 15 Cars With Contrasting Roofs Posted: 18 May 2018 12:24 PM PDT |
| Meek Mill Backs Out Of Trump Event On Prison Reform Posted: 18 May 2018 09:31 AM PDT  Rapper Meek Mill withdrew from an event at the White House on Friday where he
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| Markle's bridal gown work of Givenchy's Clare Waight Keller Posted: 19 May 2018 12:45 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Clare Waight Keller of Givenchy is the master British designer behind the sleek silk boat-necked gown and long billowing veil worn by Meghan Markle as she walked down the nave of St. George's Chapel for her wedding to Prince Harry.
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| US embassy opening in Jerusalem, killings and outrage Posted: 18 May 2018 11:48 AM PDT  The opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem, after Washington recognised the disputed city as Israel's capital, sparked deadly demonstrations in Gaza in which Israeli forces killed dozens of Palestinians. Hours before the embassy's controversial opening Monday, tens of thousands of protesters gather at the Gaza-Israel border, defying Israeli warnings to keep away. The border had been a flashpoint for deadly demonstrations that began on March 30, with some protesters attempting to breach the fence as part of demands that Palestinian refugees be allowed to return to their homes now inside Israel.
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| China lands bomber on South China Sea island for first time Posted: 19 May 2018 06:07 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese air force has landed long-range bombers for the first time at an airport in the South China Sea, a state newspaper said Saturday, in a move likely to further fuel concerns about Beijing's expansive claims over the disputed region.
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| Raj Nair Is Now President and COO of Multimatic Posted: 18 May 2018 06:30 AM PDT  Nair was ousted from his role as president of Ford North America in February. Now he joins the Canadian racing company that builds the GT.
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| Fujifilm set to sue Xerox soon for scrapping takeover deal Posted: 18 May 2018 01:18 AM PDT  Fujifilm Holdings Corp is planning to sue Xerox Corp soon deeming that the U.S. photocopier company has no legal right to unilaterally scrap their $6.1 billion merger, a senior Fujifilm executive said on Friday. "We are currently in talks with lawyers on the schedule for filing the lawsuit and plan to go to court as soon as possible," Chief Operating Officer Kenji Sukeno said at an earnings briefing. In January, Fujifilm and Xerox agreed to a complex deal to merge Xerox into their 56-year-old Asia joint venture Fuji Xerox and give Fujifilm control.
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| 2019 Corvette ZR1s With Weird Exhausts Caught Lapping The 'RIng Posted: 18 May 2018 06:09 AM PDT  Chevy might be preparing for the ZR1 to set an official lap time around the Nürburgring.
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| Saudi Arabia detains women's rights activists weeks before female driving ban comes to an end Posted: 18 May 2018 07:58 AM PDT  Saudi Arabia has detained several prominent female activists who campaigned for women's right to drive, taking them into custody just weeks before the decades-long driving ban finally comes to an end. Human rights groups said Loujain al-Hathloul, Eman al-Nafjan and Aziza al-Yousef - three of the most prominent voices demanding women be free to drive - were all detained on Thursday. Two male advocates for women's rights were also detained, activists said. The activists were detained as Saudi Arabia prepares for the driving ban to come to an end on June 24. The policy shift has become a symbol of the modernising drive of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and the Saudi government is eager for positive media coverage of the move. The detentions appear to be an effort by Saudi authorities to make sure they do not have to share credit for the end of the driving ban with activists who spent years campaigning for it. They may also be concerned that the women right's campaigners would use the end of the driving to call for further advances in women's freedom - like an end to the male guardianship system that severely limits Saudi women's ability to travel independently. A woman in a black niqab drives in Saudi Arabia Neither Ms Narfjan nor Ms Hathloul could be reached for comment. Ms Hathloul told The Telegraph earlier this year that shortly before Saudi authorities announced the end of the driving ban in September she was warned not to speak publicly about it. Instead, she Tweeted just the word "Alhamdulillah" in Arabic, or "Praise be to God". "Shutting up or submitting to these threats is unacceptable to me, it is not an option to stay quiet any more," she said, breaking her silence in January. "We have been quiet for too long." Ms Hathloul had been detained twice before for her activism. She and other Saudi women sometimes filmed themselves driving in defiance of the ban and published the videos online, to the fury of the government. Ms Hathloul was voted the third-most powerful Arab woman by Forbes in 2015, but was forced to quit her job that same year because of driving restrictions. Her husband, a well-known Saudi comedian who acts as her male guardian, was often out of the country meaning she had to pay for taxis to and from work. Saudi women tour a car showroom for women on January 11, 2018, in the Saudi Red Sea port city of Jeddah. Credit: AFP "The Uber and Careem applications would take more than 30 per cent of my salary. For instance I would pay 2,000-3,000 riyals (£375-560) a month to get around, while my salary was 6,000 riyals," she said. "At the end of the month I basically had nothing." It was not clear if she or any or any of the other activists had been charged with a crime. Prisoners of Conscience, a human rights group, said that two men - Mohammed al-Rabjah and Ibrahim al-Mdmyegh - had also been arrested. The driving ban has been in place since 1979 and women's rights activists have been fighting it against for it for decades. In 1990, around 50 women launched the first high profile protest by driving in a convoy around Riyadh. They were eventually stopped by police. The Saudi government under the leadership of Crown Prince Mohammed has shown itself willing to use detention as a tool against political rivals. Dozens of princes and prominent businessmen were arrested in November and detained at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh on allegations of corruption. Most were released only after agreeing to pay large sums as part of a settlement with the authorities.
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| Serena Williams Went All Out For The Royal Wedding Posted: 19 May 2018 02:42 AM PDT  Serena Williams looked simply stunning as she arrived at the royal wedding of
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| Four dead in eastern Ukraine in fighting uptick Posted: 18 May 2018 04:42 AM PDT  At least four people, including a child, were killed in Ukraine's separatist east, pro-Russian rebel authorities said Friday as fighting intensified in the region. The news came the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were set to meet in Russia to discuss the long-running conflict. Rebel authorities reported two of their fighters were killed and a third wounded in the clashes with the Ukrainian army.
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| The Latest: Trump defends 'animals' comment in tweet Posted: 18 May 2018 04:08 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and immigration (all times local):
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| Chevy Camaro SS Vs. Ford Mustang GT: Top-Down Tussle Posted: 18 May 2018 06:00 AM PDT  Which Pony car comes out on top, when the sun's out?
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| Ukraine leader enacts new sanctions against Russia Posted: 17 May 2018 10:53 PM PDT  Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree to enact the recently adopted decision to expand sanctions on Russian companies and entities, according to information published on the presidential website on Friday. Ukraine's council of security and defense approved in early May the sanctions that mirror those of the United States, which has blacklisted tycoons and allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kiev has also extended existing sanctions it introduced against hundreds of Russian companies and entities in response to the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and Kremlin support for a pro-Russian separatist uprising in eastern Ukraine.
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| Dixon High School shooter used mother's gun; students return for graduation rehearsal Posted: 17 May 2018 08:39 PM PDT  The suspected gunman accused of opening fire inside Dixon High School Wednesday may have gotten the gun from his mother, officials said Thursday.
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| 2020 Mid-Engined Chevy Corvette Spied Up Close Posted: 18 May 2018 12:00 PM PDT  This is our clearest look yet.
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| Grimes is legally changing her name, thanks to Elon Musk Posted: 18 May 2018 02:03 PM PDT  Elon Musk and Grimes are being the world's nerdiest couple, again. SEE ALSO: Of course Elon Musk and Grimes spawned a beautiful new meme Originally born Claire Boucher, Grimes announced on Thursday that she's legally changing her name to just c, which is the measurement for the speed of light in a vacuum. She tweeted a screenshot of the Wikipedia article about it, adding "this will be much better." Grimes also specified the name c will be lowercase and italicized. i'm legally changing my name from claire to 'c' , as in the speed of light. {☄️ lowercase and italics ��} ___ this will be much better pic.twitter.com/nOG5kNEU9O — Grimes (@Grimezsz) May 17, 2018 Grimes/ c said that she's wanted to change her name "4ever" but her friends already call her c. Musk pointed out that her nickname "actually rox" and that she didn't need to look for another. well he's the one who pointed out that my working nickname (c) actually rox and i don't need to look further (been trying 2 change name 4ever but couldn't find a gud 1, but my friends call me c } — Grimes (@Grimezsz) May 17, 2018 She added that she hasn't liked her given name since she "became sentient" (confirming that Musk is into manic pixie dream robots) and that her speech impediment makes it difficult to say. if u like ^_^ claire has been the bane of my existence since i became sentient... i can barely say it w my speech impediment altho c is technically worse 4 lisp haha , omg nice quiet avatar �� and general font — Grimes (@Grimezsz) May 17, 2018 The tech mogul and indie pop artist made their relationship official at the Met Gala earlier this month after weeks of awkward Twitter flirting. Apparently they got together because of a niche joke that blended artificial intelligence and French baroque art. The couple's debut at the Met Gala — with Grimes dressed as a goth fairy queen and Musk dressed as a standard rich guy — had people wondering if we really are in a simulation. Grimes went from tweeting Elon Musk to being his date at the #MetGala SOMEBODY END THIS SIMULATION pic.twitter.com/MvKm1aZzWL — �� (@moonlightzenty) May 8, 2018 With her name change, coming up with couple names will be a little more challenging. Space C? Elon Mus c? cElon Musk? But don't worry, everyone — professionally speaking, Grimes is staying Grimes. of course, i'm just changing my legal name not the band haha �� — Grimes (@Grimezsz) May 17, 2018 She also announced that she's releasing new music "soon ish" — we're either getting a "super dark heavy ballad about fighting balrog in the center of earth that is a sex metaphor" or a "very not pg13 ethereal shadow of colossus demon nu metal song abt insomnia." Musk, being the supportive AI enthusiast boyfriend that he is, can add a few more jams to his list of favorite Grimes songs. Want more clever culture writing beamed directly to your inbox? Sign up here for the twice-weekly Click Click Click newsletter. It's fun – we promise.
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| Monitor: 11 killed in blasts inside Syria weapons warehouse Posted: 18 May 2018 12:05 PM PDT  PARIS (AP) — Blasts set off by an explosion at a weapons warehouse in central Syria killed 11 people and wounded dozens Friday, a war monitor said, amid soaring tensions between regional archenemies Israel and Iran.
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| Police have found 'no evidence' of Meghan Markle's half-sister's alleged car crash with paparazzi Posted: 18 May 2018 12:33 AM PDT  Florida police have found no evidence of Samantha Markle's alleged car crash after being reportedly chased by paparazzi. It was claimed Meghan Markle's estranged half-sister, 53, was run off the road and hospitalised by a photographer. Gossip site TMZ relseased a picture from an unknown hospital. Her boyfriend claimed she had a broken ankle and possible knee fracture. However, police in her hometown say there is no record of such an altercation - and that if it did happen, her boyfriend may be charged with hit-and-run. "Even if they hit a stationary property such as a wall under Florida law you are required to report that to law enforcement," Lt. Kim Montes told DailyMail.com. She continued: "If you didn't that's considered to be a hit and run." Her 60-year-old boyfriend Mark Phillips could face two months in jail for failing to report the incident. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: The story of their relationship, in pictures Ms Grant's partnersaid their car hit a concrete barrier after attempting to avoid a photographer. He told TMZ the incident happened near a toll booth, where he claimed a photographer veered in front of the couple's vehicle, leading him to swerve. Ms Grant hit the windshield and fell to the floor mat, he said, adding that - as she suffers from MS - she was unable to lift herself up and that her foot was twisted backwards. The officer told the tabloid that the force had spent three hours trawling its database but had not found any record of the crash. "The nearest toll road would be the turnpike so we checked the turnpike, we checked I4, we checked all these other roads," Lt Montes said. "We checked by her name, we checked by his name and we didn't find any reports. So we don't know if this actually happened. "We can't find any reports basically from all of central Florida. We can't find a report by name or a scenario that was similar to this." Royal wedding | Read more
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