| Trump Mourns 'Young And Beautiful' Lives 'Destroyed' By Russia Probe Posted: 27 May 2018 07:36 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Sunday lamented the lives "devastated" by special
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| Olympian Gus Kenworthy Mourns Death Of Dog He Adopted From Meat Farm Posted: 28 May 2018 08:08 AM PDT  U.S. freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy wrote a gut-wrenching goodbye Sunday to a
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| Full Panel: 'The Chinese want a seat at the table' on North Korea talks Posted: 26 May 2018 11:34 PM PDT  Victor Cha joins Andrea Mitchell, Eugene Robinson, Amy Walter and Matthew Continetti to talk about the back forth over whether the North Korea summit will still take place in Singapore.
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| Earthquake shakes northeast China, but no apparent damage Posted: 27 May 2018 11:13 PM PDT ![Earthquake shakes northeast China, but no apparent damage]( "Earthquake shakes northeast China, but no apparent damage") BEIJING (AP) — A moderate earthquake shook northeastern China early Monday, but no damage or injuries have been reported.
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| Alberto, first named storm of the season, threatens Gulf Coast Posted: 27 May 2018 08:39 AM PDT  Residents along the Gulf Coast are preparing for Alberto, which is expected to dump up to a foot of rain across parts of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. All three states have declared states of emergency.
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| India steps up hunt for origin of mysterious brain-damaging virus Posted: 28 May 2018 06:16 AM PDT  By Subrat Patnaik and D. Jose MUMBAI/KOCHI (Reuters) - India began a fresh round of tests to trace the origin of a rare brain-damaging virus that has killed 13 people, a health official said on Monday, as initial tests on animals suspected of carrying the Nipah virus showed no sign of the disease. All animal samples, including those from bats, cattle, goats and pigs from the southern state of Kerala, sent to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, were negative for Nipah, said animal husbandry officer A. Mohandas. The department was now collecting samples of fruit bats from Perambra, the suspected epicenter of the infection and nearby areas, Mohandas said.
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| Spain saves over 500 migrants at sea Posted: 27 May 2018 09:33 AM PDT  Spain's maritime rescue service said Sunday it had rescued 532 migrants who were attempting the perilous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea from north Africa this weekend. Rescue boats intercepted 239 migrants travelling in eight small boats off Spain's southern coast on Sunday, a day after 293 migrants were pulled from nine vessels. Three of the boats sank on Sunday right after the migrants were plucked from them due to their "poor state", the maritime service said in a Twitter message.
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| Border Patrol Alters Account Of Guatemalan Woman's Death Posted: 26 May 2018 06:26 PM PDT  U.S. immigration authorities have altered their account of the Border Patrol's
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| Lava From Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Has Reached a Geothermal Power Plant Posted: 27 May 2018 07:12 PM PDT  Lava reached the property overnight and was within 200 yards of the nearest well
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| With immigrant family separation policy, is Trump playing to base? Posted: 27 May 2018 01:48 AM PDT  Andrea Mitchell joins Ali Vitali to discuss the president's immigration policy and to ask whether it's an act of political base upkeep.
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| Florida Mom Missing Since Mother's Day Is Presumed Dead — and a Suspect Is Arrested in the Case Posted: 28 May 2018 07:34 AM PDT  Florida police have arrested a woman in connection with the disappearance of a mom-of-three who didn't pick up her children on Mother's Day and hasn't been seen since
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| Republicans Who Thought North Korea Summit Would Save Election Now Rebooting Posted: 28 May 2018 02:55 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― While President Donald Trump may have seen a successful summit
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| George H.W. Bush Hospitalized Due to Low Blood Pressure and Fatigue Posted: 27 May 2018 12:25 PM PDT  He will likely remain in the hospital for a few days.
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| Ivanka Trump Posts Cuddle Pic With Son, Twitter Reminds Her Of Missing Migrant Kids Posted: 27 May 2018 07:04 PM PDT  > My ️! #SundayMorning pic.twitter.com/CN5iXutE5Q
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| US Rep. says he's battling alcoholism, drops re-election bid Posted: 28 May 2018 04:54 PM PDT  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Congressman Thomas Garrett of Virginia announced Monday that he will no longer seek re-election, saying he needs to work on recovering from alcoholism and renewing his commitment to his family.
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| Hormel Recalls 228,000 Pounds Of Spam Posted: 28 May 2018 12:02 AM PDT  Hormel Food Corp. is recalling more than 228,000 pounds of canned pork and
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| Video Shows Police Officer Punching Woman On New Jersey Beach Posted: 28 May 2018 06:53 AM PDT  The police department of Wildwood, New Jersey, is investigating a viral video
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| Russia forces among dozens dead in IS east Syria attacks Posted: 27 May 2018 06:43 AM PDT  Russian fighters were among dozens of pro-government forces killed in eastern Syria this week in a deadly wave of attacks by Islamic State group jihadists, Moscow and a monitor said Sunday. After the collapse of its so-called "caliphate" last year, IS now only holds tiny pockets of Syria, mainly in the vast desert stretching to its eastern border. The deadliest was on Wednesday, when IS targeted a group of Syrian and allied Russian fighters near the town of Mayadeen in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor.
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| Donald Trump's 'phony source' is revealed as White House official, in escalating row with newspaper Posted: 27 May 2018 07:12 AM PDT  Donald Trump stoked his simmering feud with The New York Times at the weekend, accusing the stately newspaper of inventing a source for a story. More fake news, was the gist. Just one problem: The source was in fact a White House official who conducted a briefing for reporters on condition he not be named, according to both the newspaper and reporters who attended. Such arrangements are commonplace, allowing aides to fill in details about complex issues without overshadowing the president's own words on the subject. It seems no-one told Mr Trump. In a tweet, he accused the newspaper of quoting an official "who doesn't exist" as he disputed a line about a possible summit with North Korea, which read: "a senior White House official told reporters that even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on June 12 would be impossible, given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed." The Failing @nytimes quotes "a senior White House official," who doesn't exist, as saying "even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on June 12 would be impossible, given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed." WRONG AGAIN! Use real people, not phony sources.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2018 Mr Trump was no doubt riled by the comments after he earlier said he thought the on-again-off-again June 12 date could bet met. A transcript of the event showed a reporter asking why the Thursday briefing was not on the record only to be told that the president and secretary of state had both spoken publicly during the day and that it was designed to provide only "background context". Fake news | What exactly is it – and how can you spot it? Although Mr Trump accused the New York Times of inventing its source, he could perhaps have challenged the newspaper's interpretation of the words and the conclusion that the June 12 date was "impossible" rather than unlikely. "I think that the main point, I suppose, is that the ball is in North Korea's court right now. There's really not a lot of time," the official said, according to the transcript. "There's a certain amount of actual dialogue that needs to take place at the working level with your counterparts to ensure that the agenda is clear in the minds of those two leaders when they sit down to actually meet and talk and negotiate and hopefully make a deal. And June 12 is in 10 minutes."
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| Authorities: Flash flood surges through Maryland community Posted: 27 May 2018 04:34 PM PDT  ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — Flash floods struck a Maryland city on Sunday that had been wracked by similar devastation two years earlier, prompting emergency rescues as raging waters engulfed cars and rose above the first floor of some buildings, authorities said.
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| Facebook’s Health Groups Offer A Lifeline, But Privacy Concerns Linger Posted: 28 May 2018 02:45 AM PDT  When Mel Neve founded her Facebook group Women with PTSD United four years
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| Focus-Based Mach 1 Electric SUV Report Might’ve Been Inaccurate Posted: 27 May 2018 02:32 PM PDT  The plot thickens. Sort of.
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| U.S. proposes U.N. sanctions against six senior South Sudan officials: draft Posted: 27 May 2018 12:19 PM PDT ![U.S. proposes U.N. sanctions against six senior South Sudan officials: draft]( "U.S. proposes U.N. sanctions against six senior South Sudan officials: draft") The United States has proposed the U.N. Security Council impose sanctions against several South Sudanese ministers and officials, accusing them of obstructing peace efforts and blocking humanitarian assistance to civilians, according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters on Sunday. A resolution needs nine votes in favor and no vetoes by Russia, China, France, Britain or the United States to pass. The council sanctioned several senior South Sudanese officials on both sides of the conflict in 2015, but a U.S. bid to impose an arms embargo in December 2016 failed.
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| Spider-Man' of Paris, 22, Climbs Building to Save Child, 4, Dangling from Balcony Posted: 28 May 2018 07:34 AM PDT  Everyday heroes are just as spectacular as the ones in comic books!
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| One Harvey Weinstein accuser says she won't celebrate his arrest in a must-read thread Posted: 27 May 2018 03:03 PM PDT  In the days following Harvey Weinstein's arrest, some within the entertainment industry have posted a statement released by Time's Up — the organization created in the wake of the scandal. Others, like actress Annabella Sciorra, have taken things a step further. Sciorra was one of the women to come forward in Ronan Farrow's follow up stories featured in The New Yorker. On Sunday, she shared that she felt the farthest thing from celebratory when she heard the initial news about his arrest. SEE ALSO: Harvey Weinstein hands himself in to police in New York "The law finally caught up with Harvey Weinstein on Friday and charge him with multiple counts of rape and sexual assault," she tweeted. "But nothing about that felt celebratory to me." The law finally caught up with Harvey Weinstein on Friday and charged him with multiple counts of rape and sexual assault. But nothing about that felt celebratory to me. — Annabella Sciorra (@AnnabellSciorra) May 27, 2018 "The smirk on his face as he was led out of the police station in cuffs made me physically sick," she continued. "The public statement from his lawyer was intended only to denigrate all the brave women who came forward and spoke out against him." "All that says is, money buys VIP treatment in the justice system no matter how serious or violent the crimes," she tweeted, after referencing his "million dollar bond." Compare that to the case of Kalief Browder, who was denied bail after being accused of a misdemeanor, then spent four years in Rikers, over half of it in solitary confinement, awaiting a trial that never occurred. — Annabella Sciorra (@AnnabellSciorra) May 27, 2018 "Compare that to the case of Kalief Browder, who was denied bail after being accused of a misdemeanor, then spent four years in Rikers, over half of it in solitary confinement, awaiting a trial that never occurred," she went on, referencing the tragic case of Browder, who ultimately committed suicide at the age of 22 because of mental distress due to his incarceration. "If there was truly 'equal justice under the law,' Harvey Weinstein would be behind bars in Rikers today, waiting for his own day in court, not free to roam New York, his other hunting ground, wearing an ankle bracelet," Sciorra wrote. If there was truly 'equal justice under the law', Harvey Weinstein would be behind bars in Rikers today, waiting for his own day in court, not free to roam New York, his other hunting ground, wearing an ankle bracelet. — Annabella Sciorra (@AnnabellSciorra) May 27, 2018 Mira Sorvino, who has been a vocal Time's Up supporter and came forward with her own Weinstein story in 2017, chimed in and thanked Sciorra for her words. This thread is so important. I feel the same way, there was no jubilation although I was heartened that he was starting the process of standing trial. — Mira Sorvino (@MiraSorvino) May 27, 2018 WATCH: 82 women walked this year's Cannes red carpet in protest, calling for gender equality in the film industry
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| Russia urges harshest punishment for Ivan the Terrible painting attacker Posted: 28 May 2018 11:03 AM PDT  Russia on Monday called for the harshest possible punishment after a visitor to Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery caused serious damage by attacking a famous 19th-century painting of Ivan the Terrible. Russia's deputy culture minister Vladimir Aristarkhov told a news conference the gallery on Monday that his ministry expects the man to receive "the most severe punishment possible". "We would like to initiate a discussion on toughening up the punishment for the vandalism of art," Tretyakov Gallery director Zelfira Tregulova added, speaking in the Repin Room of the gallery where the crime took place.
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| Carl Bernstein Warns Of 'Authoritarianism' As Trump Repeatedly Attacks Mueller Probe Posted: 28 May 2018 07:12 AM PDT  Legendary journalist Carl Bernstein warned President Donald Trump's attacks on
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| Saudi Arabia Told The World Its Problem Was Islam. It's Actually Tyranny. Posted: 27 May 2018 04:47 PM PDT  Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman doesn't apologize for much. In the past
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| 'He has a gun' Woman held captive by boyfriend slips note to veterinarian for help Posted: 28 May 2018 04:19 AM PDT  Police say the woman convinced her boyfriend to take their dog to the veterinarian, where she slipped a note for help to a staff member.
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| Israeli army kills Gaza fighter while thwarting border breach Posted: 28 May 2018 11:06 AM PDT ![Israeli army kills Gaza fighter while thwarting border breach]( "Israeli army kills Gaza fighter while thwarting border breach") Israeli tank fire killed a Hamas fighter at a frontier outpost on Monday while soldiers chased down and caught two other Gazan militants who tried to cross into Israel, the military said. During their pursuit of the two Palestinians attempting to infiltrate armed with "knives, wire cutters and combustible material", the Israeli soldiers were shot at from inside the Gaza Strip, the military said in a statement. "In response, an IDF (Israel Defense Forces) tank targeted an adjacent military observation post," it said.
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| BMW M8 Gran Coupe Concept Filmed At Villa d'Este 2018 Posted: 28 May 2018 01:12 AM PDT  We can only hope the production version will look that good.
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| 1 new Ebola death confirmed in Congo, bringing total to 12 Posted: 27 May 2018 12:18 PM PDT  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Another person has died in Congo of a confirmed case of Ebola, bringing the number of fatalities from the latest outbreak to 12, the country's health ministry said Sunday.
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| Croatia blocks extradition of suspect in Hamas murder Posted: 28 May 2018 11:26 AM PDT  Croatia's top court on Monday blocked the extradition of a Bosnian man to Tunisia over the alleged murder of an aerospace engineer, described by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas as one of its members. Mohamed Zaouari, 49, was killed in a hail of bullets outside his house in the Tunisian city of Sfax in December 2016. "The Supreme court accepted the appeal of the suspect... and rejected the request for extradition from the Republic of Tunisia," the court said in a statement.
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| China Approves 5 New Trademarks For Ivanka Trump Business As President Forges ZTE Deal Posted: 26 May 2018 08:42 PM PDT  Ivanka Trump's business has won approval from the Chinese government for at
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| Iran sanctions shadow falls on smaller German banks Posted: 26 May 2018 07:24 PM PDT  Germany's biggest lenders have shied away from business with Iran after past penalties for breaching US sanctions, but smaller banks have leapt on opportunities afforded by the nuclear deal rejected by Donald Trump. There are just months to go until a November deadline issued by Washington after the US president abandoned a hard-fought agreement that loosened business restrictions on the Islamic Republic in exchange for Tehran giving up its pursuit of nuclear weapons. "We will continue to serve our clients," for now, said Patrizia Melfi, a director at the "international competence centre" (KCI) founded by six cooperative savings banks in the small town of Tuttlingen in southwest Germany.
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| EU moves to ban single-use plastics Posted: 28 May 2018 05:38 AM PDT  The European Commission on Monday proposed banning single-use plastic products such as cotton buds and plastic straws and putting the burden of cleaning up waste on manufacturers in an effort to reduce marine litter. Under the proposal, single-use plastic products with readily available alternatives will be banned and replaced with more environmentally sustainable materials. The proposal also requires EU countries to collect 90 percent of single-use plastic drink bottles by 2025 and producers to help cover costs of waste management and clean-up.
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| Nicki Minaj Has Relationship Advice For You: 'Queen, Know Your Worth' Posted: 27 May 2018 08:51 AM PDT  Sit down, because Nicki Minaj has a lot to tell you about relationships and
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| Alan Bean, former Apollo 12 astronaut and fourth person to walk on moon, dies Posted: 26 May 2018 06:03 PM PDT  Former Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, who was the fourth man to walk on the moon and later turned to painting to chronicle the moon landings on canvas, has died. He was 86. Bean was the lunar module pilot for the second moon landing mission in November 1969. He spent 31 hours on the moon during two moonwalks, deploying surface experiments with commander Charles Conrad and collecting 75 pounds of rocks and lunar soil for study back on Earth. Bean died on Saturday in Houston, Texas, following a short illness, a Nasa statement said. "As all great explorers are, Alan was a boundary pusher," Nasa Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a statement that credited Bean with being part of 11 world records in the areas of space and aeronautics. "We will remember him fondly as the great explorer who reached out to embrace the universe." With Bean's passing, only four of 12 Apollo moonwalkers are still alive - Buzz Aldrin, Dave Scott, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt. Astronaut Alan L. Bean holds a Special Environmental Sample Container filled with lunar soil collected during the Apollo 12 mission Credit: Reuters Schmitt, the lunar module pilot for Apollo 17, was one of many astronauts who mourned Bean's death and paid tribute on Saturday to his accomplishments that blazed trails for future space exploration. "His enthusiasm about space and art never waned. Alan Bean is one of the great renaissance men of his generation - engineer, fighter pilot, astronaut and artist," Schmitt said in a statement, adding that the wide array of lunar samples Bean helped collect from the moon was "a scientific gift that keeps on giving today and in the future." In 1998 Nasa oral history, Bean recalled his excitement at preparing to fly to the moon. "When you're getting ready to go to the moon, every day's like Christmas and your birthday rolled into one. I mean, can you think of anything better?" Bean said. Left to right: Mission Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr.; Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean Credit: AFP After Apollo, Bean commanded the second crewed flight to the United States' first space station, Skylab, in 1973. On that mission, he orbited the Earth for 59 days and travelled 24.4 million miles, setting a world record at the time. Born March 15, 1932, in Wheeler, Texas, Bean received a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Texas in 1955. He attended the Navy Test Pilot School and was one of 14 trainees selected by Nasa for its third group of astronauts in October 1963. "I'd always wanted to be a pilot, ever since I could remember," Bean said in the 1998 Nasa oral history. "I think a lot of it just had to do with it looked exciting. It looked like brave people did that. I wanted to be brave, even though I wasn't brave at the time. I thought maybe I could learn to be, so that appealed to me." Bean retired from Nasa in 1981 and devoted much of his time to creating an artistic record of space exploration. Alan L, Bean, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 12 mission, starts down the ladder of the lunar module Credit: Universal Images Group Editorial His Apollo-themed paintings feature canvases textured with lunar boot prints and embedded with small pieces of his moon dust-stained mission patches. "Alan Bean was the most extraordinary person I ever met," astronaut Mike Massimino, who flew on two space shuttle missions to service the Hubble Space Telescope, said in a statement. "He was a one-of-a-kind combination of technical achievement as an astronaut and artistic achievement as a painter." Many fellow space explorers posted tributes to Bean on Twitter. Retired U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly said the world had not only lost "a spaceflight pioneer ... but also an exceptional artist that brought his experience back to Earth to share with the world." Kelly added: "Fair winds and following seas, Captain." Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon, is shown during a preview of his work at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas Credit: AP US astronaut Karen Nyberg called Bean a kind, gracious and humble man and a true role model. "As a girl who grew up with passions for spaceflight and art, Alan Bean was my hero," she wrote. "I feel fortunate to have met him." Retired astronaut Clayton Anderson tweeted "#RIP Alan Bean. Thank you for letting me stand upon your shoulders." Bean's wife of 40 years, Leslie Bean, said in a statement that Bean died peacefully at Houston Methodist Memorial Hospital surrounded by those who loved him. "Alan was the strongest and kindest man I ever knew," she said. "He was the love of my life and I miss him dearly." He is survived by his wife, a sister and two children from a prior marriage, a daughter Amy Sue and son, Clay.
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| Only Syrian army should be on country's southern border: Russia Posted: 28 May 2018 07:36 AM PDT  MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia said on Monday only Syrian army troops should be on the country's southern border with Jordan and Israel, after Washington warned of "firm measures" over truce violations in the region. Rebels control stretches of southwest Syria, bordering the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, while Syrian army troops and allied Iran-backed militias hold nearby territory. The United States has voiced concern about reports of an impending Syrian army offensive in a "de-escalation zone" in the southwest, warning Damascus it would respond to breaches.
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| Republicans turn on each other in California US House fight Posted: 27 May 2018 09:39 AM PDT  HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Twenty-three years ago, Scott Baugh was a little-known Southern California lawyer whose conservative politics and youthful brio impressed Republican U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, who steered his new protege to a seat in the state Legislature.
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| Thousands square off in Berlin far-right rally and counter demos Posted: 27 May 2018 08:25 AM PDT  Thousands of demonstrators for and against the far-right faced off in mass rival rallies in Berlin on Sunday, where calls of "We are the people" were countered with "Go away, Nazis" and techno beats. Police, who were out in force to keep the groups apart, said the march organised by the anti-immigrant, anti-Islam Alternative for Germany (AfD) drew over 5,000 supporters while the counter-demonstrators numbered more than 25,000. The rallies passed off largely peacefully, although Berlin police said on Twitter that they had to use pepper spray to stop "demonstrators from trying to break down barriers" at one square.
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