| Offering No Evidence, Trump Says Mueller's Investigators ‘Will Be Meddling’ In Midterms Posted: 29 May 2018 06:22 AM PDT  President Donald Trump dubiously suggested investigators from special counsel
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| The Right-To-Try Bill Puts Patients At Risk In The Name Of Helping Them Posted: 30 May 2018 12:04 PM PDT  Congress recently approved the federal right-to-try bill after a months-long
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| The Latest: Lava crosses highway, destroys 400 utility poles Posted: 29 May 2018 09:08 PM PDT  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on the eruption of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii (all times local):
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| 'I'm Still Alive.' Ukraine Faked the Death of a Journalist Who Was Critical of the Kremlin Posted: 29 May 2018 02:33 PM PDT  Arkady Babchenko, reported dead, showed up at a news conference very much alive
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| Mom Blasts Southwest Airlines For Asking To 'Prove' Biracial Son Was Hers Posted: 30 May 2018 02:14 PM PDT  A Southwest Airlines employee asked a college basketball coach over the
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| Fifty Afghan Taliban leaders killed in rocket strike, U.S. military says Posted: 30 May 2018 04:12 AM PDT ![Fifty Afghan Taliban leaders killed in rocket strike, U.S. military says]( "Fifty Afghan Taliban leaders killed in rocket strike, U.S. military says") More than 50 senior Taliban commanders were killed in an artillery strike on a meeting in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, a U.S. military spokesman said on Wednesday, as fighting continued across the country. Details of last week's operation emerged as fighting continued in other parts of Afghanistan, where the Taliban, aiming to restore their version of hardline Islamic law, launched their annual spring offensive last month. There were also serious incidents in Takhar province in the north, in Loghar, east of the capital, and Kandahar in the south, keeping up a pattern of attacks across the country.
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| Photos: 17 injured following pileup in dense fog in Southern California Posted: 30 May 2018 01:35 PM PDT  Over a dozen cars were involved in a chain-reaction pileup near Cajon Pass in Southern California on Wednesday morning amid dense fog.
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| Pompeii: New find shows man crushed trying to flee eruption Posted: 29 May 2018 08:28 AM PDT  MILAN (AP) — Officials at the Pompeii archaeological site have announced a dramatic new discovery, the skeleton of a man crushed by an enormous stone while trying to flee the explosion of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
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| 'Murdered' journalist Arkady Babchenko turns up alive after death staged to 'expose Russian plot' Posted: 30 May 2018 08:19 AM PDT  By Wednesday afternoon, most of of Arkady Babchenko's friends and colleagues had gone through the familiar cycle of grief and confusion that follows the killing of a Russian dissident journalist. Obituaries had been written, travel arrangements were in train for the funeral, and Western politicians including Boris Johnson had announced they were "appalled" Meanwhile, Ukraine had blamed Russia, Russia had blamed Ukraine, and both launched rival investigations to prove their stories. And journalists in both countries, taught by bitter experience not to trust official probes into the deaths of their colleagues, pledged to run their own investigations. But then came a twist that no one could predict: Vasily Gritsak, the head of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), called a press conference and announced the whole thing had been a hoax. Arkady Babchenko, centre, told a Press conference in Kiev the reported murder was part of sting operation to catch a hit squad Credit: VALENTYN OGIRENKO /Reuters For a moment, there was an uncomprehending silence. Then a door opened, and in shuffled a familiar shaven headed man. Arkady Babchenko was wearing light trousers and a black hoodie. And he was looking somewhat sheepish. "I have buried many friends and colleagues many times and I know the sickening feeling," he said, by way of explanation. "I am sorry you had to experience it. But there was no other way." "Special apologies to my wife. Olechka, I am sorry, but there were no options here," he said. "The operation took two months to prepare. I was told a month ago. As a result of the operation, one person has been captured, he is being held," he added. Mr Gritsak said Mr Babchenko's fake death, which fooled his closest friends and family, as well we international media and world leaders, had allowed Ukrainian agents to thwart a genuine plot to take the journalist's life. Arkady Babchenko was a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin Credit: Vitalii Nosach/Reuters Staging the murder, he implied, was necessary to gain evidence of communication between the hit man and his handlers, who he said worked for the Russian security services. Yury Lutsenko, Ukraine's prosecutor general, said the alleged plot had involved a Ukrainian citizen recruited by Russian handlers to carry out the murder. The SBU later released video of what they said was money being handed to the hired killer. While I am very happy Arkady is alive I am also angry and confused because my fellow reporters and I spent yesterday posting and reading memories we shared of him and feeling very down and out. This was apparently some kind of sting operation. I hope it was worth it.— Simon Ostrovsky (@SimonOstrovsky) May 30, 2018 The death and resurrection of Russia's most famous war correspondent is one of the strangest episodes in the bitter confrontation between Russia and Ukraine. Kiev hailed a victory and Moscow condemned a stunt. But the move drew criticism from journalists and media freedom groups who said it undermined faith in reporting and played into the hands of governments who dismiss unwelcome coverage as fake news. News of Mr Babchenko's "death" sent shock waves through the Russian journalistic community and opposition circles when it was announced on Tuesday evening. Ukrainian police officers guard the entrance to Babchenko's home in Kiev after his body was apparently found Credit: VALENTYN OGIRENKO /Reuters Ukrainian police said the veteran war correspondent had been killed by a gunman lurking in the stairwell outside his Kiev flat late on Tuesday evening. Police said his wife, Olga, found his body on the threshold of the flat with several gunshot wounds in his back and that he died in an ambulance on the way to hospital. All of this seemed entirely plausible to those who knew him. The 2016 Kiev murder of Pavel Sheremet, another journalist, has still not been solved Credit: VALENTYN OGIRENKO Mr Babchenko was an implacable public critic of the Kremlin whose public statements had become increasingly abrasive, and the death appeared to fit with a pattern of murders in Kiev. The unsolved deaths include that of Pavel Sheremet, a prominent Belarusian born liberal journalist who was blown up in his car in 2016. The gunman in the stairwell and the shots in the back also recalled the deaths of two other prominent Kremlin critics - Anna Politkovskaya and Boris Nemtsov, who were murdered in Moscow in 2006 and 2015. One Russian war photographer and friend of Mr Babchenko told the Telegraph he was "not surprised," on reflection, that his friend had been killed. Babchenko had fled Russia over fears to his safety Credit: Akrady Babchenko/Facebook Several acquaintances of Mr Babchenko, many of whom had posted tributes online or even written obituaries for the Russian and foreign media, expressed relief mixed with deep unease over the deception. And media freedom groups condemned the hoax, saying it could put other journalists in danger and play into the hands of those behind real murders. "It is pathetic and regrettable that the Ukrainian police have played with the truth, whatever their motive," said Christophe Deloire, the head of Reporter Without Borders. "All it takes is one case like this to cast doubt on all the other political assassinations." Babchenko, a conscript in the Chechen wars, was a fierce critic of Putin Credit: Akrady Babchenko/Facebook Nor did it shine a light on the other unsolved murders - which some Ukrainian activists say the authorities have been distinctly reluctant to investigate with anything like the same level of commitment. When a Ukrainian journalist asked about the investigation into "a real murder - that of Pavel Sheremet," Mr Gritsak replied: "we have a different topic today." The Russian government, which in the morning had condemned Mr Babchenko's murder and denied accusations of involvement, in the evening welcomed his recovery and swiftly condemned the hoax as "propaganda." Poroshenko meets Babchenko to celebrate what he called a "brilliant operation." Not everyone agrees. https://t.co/U0BgtsYQNIpic.twitter.com/Fj9j8ll2Z3— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) May 30, 2018 "The fact that Babchenko is alive is the best news" said Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the foreign ministry. "The fact that the whole story was created for propaganda effect is obvious." The Ukrainian government was defiant over the operation last night. Petro Poroshenko, the Ukrainian president, wrote on Facebook on Wednesday evening. "I congratulate the SBU. You have conducted a brilliant operation to protect the life of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko," Petro Poroshenko, the Ukrainian president, wrote on Facebook on Wednesday evening. Anton Geraschenko, an aide to the Ukrainian interior ministry, justified the pain caused to Mr Babchenko's family and friends by the hoax saying Sherlock Holmes had used the same tactic. "Wasn't that also painful for his relatives a Dr Watson," he wrote on Facebook.
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| Donald Trump Jr. retweets Roseanne Barr's discredited George Soros claims Posted: 29 May 2018 01:12 PM PDT  Donald Trump Jr. saw fit to retweet Roseanne Barr's claims that billionaire Democratic donor George Soros was "a Nazi."
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| 2,000 People Evacuated in North Carolina After Alberto Triggers Mudslides and Flooding Posted: 30 May 2018 07:11 AM PDT  Mudslides triggered by the soggy remnants of Alberto forced evacuations below a dam and closed an interstate highway in the western mountains of North Carolina on Wednesday
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| Calm returns after most severe Israel-Gaza flare-up in years Posted: 30 May 2018 12:59 PM PDT  Calm returned to the Gaza Strip and nearby Israeli communities on Wednesday after the worst military flare-up since a 2014 war raised fears of yet another full-blown conflict in the beleaguered Palestinian enclave. The exchange of fire on Tuesday and into the early hours of Wednesday began with a barrage of rocket and mortars into Israel from Gaza. Israel said it targeted some 65 militant sites in the Gaza Strip.
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| Kremlin says it is Roman Abramovich's right to take Israeli citizenship Posted: 29 May 2018 03:51 AM PDT  The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich had every right to take Israeli citizenship, saying his choice to acquire another passport was no big deal. Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea soccer club who has found himself without a visa to Britain, took Israeli citizenship on Monday and will move to Tel Aviv where he has bought a property, the Israeli news website Ynet said. Abramovich, 51 has traditionally enjoyed good relations with the Kremlin and served as a regional governor in a remote Russian region from 2000-2008.
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| Mississippi Delta: Still the heart of poverty Posted: 30 May 2018 02:00 AM PDT ![Mississippi Delta: Still the heart of poverty]( "Mississippi Delta: Still the heart of poverty") Photos: Yahoo News national correspondent Holly Bailey journeyed to the Mississippi Delta to find lingering poverty and racial disparities that profoundly moved both Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy fifty years earlier.
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| Japanese whaling programme slaughtered 122 pregnant minke whales on ‘barbaric and illegal’ hunt Posted: 30 May 2018 03:35 AM PDT  Animal rights activists have expressed outrage after a report on Japan's "scientific whaling" programme showed that more than two-thirds of the female minke whales harpooned in the Southern Ocean earlier this year were pregnant females. The report, submitted to a meeting of the scientific committee of the International Whaling Commission in Slovenia earlier this month, also showed that 53 of the 333 whales slaughtered were juvenile animals. "The killing of 122 pregnant whales is a shocking statistic and sad indictment on the cruelty of Japan's whale hunt", said Alexia Wellbelove, of the Australia branch of Humane Society International. "It is further demonstration, if needed, of the truly gruesome and unnecessary nature of whaling operations, especially when non-lethal surveys have been shown to be sufficient for scientific needs", she said. Activists accuse Tokyo of ignoring a ruling in 2014 by the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, that Japan's whaling was a commercial exercise rather than a scientific research programme and that it had to halt. Japanese whaling vessel the Nisshin Maru returns to the Shimonoseki port in southwestern Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo on March 31, 2017, after it and two other vessels hunted 333 minke whales in the Antarctic Ocean Tokyo, which provides large subsidies to keep its domestic whaling industry afloat, responded by adding new research procedures and resuming operations in 2015 with a quota of 333 minke whales. To protect itself from further legal challenges, Japan also withdrew its recognition of the International Court of Justice as an arbiter of disputes over whales. Whale meat used to be an important source of nutrition for the Japanese but little is consumed by the general public today. Instead, whale meat is served in school meals and a handful of specialist restaurants, with the rest frozen or used as pet food. A spokesman for the environmental group Sea Shepherd said it appeared that the Japanese whaling fleet had been "targeting pregnant females, for some reason". Bob Brown, the former head of the Australian Green Party and founder of an environmental foundation, told The Telegraph that the harpooning of pregnant whales was "barbaric and illegal". "These are the most gentle of whales and people go to the Great Barrier Reef just to rub noses with these creatures", he said. "Then they fall pregnant, go to the Southern Ocean and get harpooned by the Japanese while the governments of Australia, New Zealand, Britain, the US and everywhere else sit on their hands and say this criminal behaviour is okay because the Japanese government is funding it. "The leaders who are today failing to take action have the blood of these innocent whales on their hands," he said. "This is an international disgrace and an environmental crime".
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| Bernie Sanders 'is considering another run for the presidency,' former campaign manager says Posted: 29 May 2018 08:44 AM PDT  Jeff Weaver, who managed Sen. Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential bid, says the Vermont independent "is considering another run" in 2020.
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| Virginia Senate Backs Medicaid Expansion, Promising Health Coverage To Almost 400,000 Posted: 30 May 2018 02:05 PM PDT  Medicaid expansion is all but a reality in Virginia after the state Senate
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| Man tied to California blast victim freed, charge dropped Posted: 29 May 2018 05:23 PM PDT  LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man arrested on suspicion of having explosives after a blast killed his ex-girlfriend at her day spa has walked free after U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday that they had dropped the charge against him.
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| Gaza militants fire barrage of mortars at southern Israel: army Posted: 28 May 2018 11:57 PM PDT  Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a barrage of mortar shells at southern Israel on Tuesday, the army said, causing no injuries but raising tensions in the border area. "Most of the launches were intercepted by the IDF's (Israel Defence Forces) Iron Dome aerial defence system," the army said. Police said that "a number of the mortars landed in open areas inside Israel," with no injuries reported.
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| The Mali 'Spider-Man' Was Offered French Citizenship. What About the Muslim Migrants Who Aren't Superheroes? Posted: 30 May 2018 07:11 AM PDT  The coverage of Malian migrant Mamoudou Gassama reveals a great deal about our attitude toward migrants, particularly Muslim ones
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| 'Deadliest Catch' Star Blake Painter Found Dead At Age 38 Posted: 30 May 2018 08:48 AM PDT  Another early death has struck "Deadliest Catch."
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| Evacuation orders canceled in North Carolina after officials deem Lake Tahoma Dam safe Posted: 30 May 2018 12:58 AM PDT  Heavy rainfall led to a landslide that compromised the Lake Tahoma Dam in western North Carolina early Wednesday morning.
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| Paris Jackson Explains Why She Left Dior Show: 'I Do Not Support Animals Being Branded & Whipped' Posted: 29 May 2018 07:19 PM PDT  Paris Jackson is breaking her silence after abruptly leaving the Dior fashion show
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| GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy Contradicts Trump On 'Informant' Claim Posted: 29 May 2018 08:19 PM PDT  Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said
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| Uber and Lyft subpoenaed for employment records after landmark gig economy ruling Posted: 29 May 2018 01:23 PM PDT  San Francisco's city attorney has demanded that Uber and Lyft turn over employment records after a California high court ruling that could reshape the gig economy. Technology firms that allow people to perform discrete tasks for money - like driving passengers to their destination - typically classify those workers as independent contractors, rather than full-time employees, a designation that means they are not entitled to wage and benefit guarantees. The California Supreme Court recently threw that business model into doubt by ruling that companies must meet a series of conditions to prove workers should be independent contractors.
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| Police: Suicidal man kills wife, her parents, self at home Posted: 29 May 2018 02:08 AM PDT ![Police: Suicidal man kills wife, her parents, self at home]( "Police: Suicidal man kills wife, her parents, self at home") MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — A man who expressed thoughts about suicide and was briefly hospitalized returned to a home and fatally shot his wife, her father and her stepmother before killing himself, police said.
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| Ethiopian govt and opposition start talks on amending anti-terrorism law Posted: 30 May 2018 06:51 AM PDT  By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's ruling coalition started talks with opposition groups on Wednesday on amending provisions of an anti-terrorism law that critics say has criminalised dissent, state-affiliated media said. Watchdog groups say the 2009 law's broad definitions have been used indiscriminately against anyone who opposes government policy. The discussions follow the release on Tuesday of opposition leader Andargachew Tsige, who was sentenced to death under the law in 2009 over his role in the opposition group Ginbot 7, which the government has labelled a terrorist organisation.
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| Tesla Model 3 Performance Fans Just Got Some Incredible News From Elon Musk Posted: 29 May 2018 09:43 AM PDT  New, more powerful cars could be arriving soon.
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| Was Starbucks' Racial Bias Training Effective? Here's What These Employees Thought Posted: 29 May 2018 09:01 PM PDT  "I was angry we had to educate people on how to not be racist"
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| Fast lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano closes highway Posted: 30 May 2018 02:29 AM PDT ![Fast lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano closes highway]( "Fast lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano closes highway") By Jolyn Rosa HONOLULU (Reuters) - Fast-moving lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano forced officials to close part of a highway on Tuesday, and they warned that sharp, thin strands of volcanic glass fibers carried by the wind could injure eyes and lungs. As lava crossed Highway 132, officials shut a stretch of road from Lava Tree State Park to Four Corners and told residents who had not evacuated to leave the area immediately. The lava flow destroyed a farm where Kevin Hopkins and partners raise tropical fish and the ornamental carp known as koi.
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| 'Walking Dead' Star Andrew Lincoln Is Reportedly Leaving The Series Posted: 30 May 2018 07:39 AM PDT  Numerous reports are saying that Andrew Lincoln, aka Rick Grimes, is leaving
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| Dictionary.com Takes A Mighty Swing At Rudy Giuliani After He's Booed At Yankees Game Posted: 29 May 2018 05:11 AM PDT  Well played, Dictionary.com.
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| Kendall Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian Pose in Sexy Bikinis for 'Low-Key' Memorial Day Weekend Posted: 29 May 2018 09:51 AM PDT  Kendall Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian spent their Memorial Day at the pool, showing off their summer-ready figures in sultry bikinis.
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| Philippines could go to war over South China Sea: Duterte aide Posted: 30 May 2018 04:26 AM PDT  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said his nation could go to war if its soldiers were hurt in the disputed South China Sea, a top aide said Wednesday after allegations emerged that Beijing had harassed Manila's troops in the area. National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon made the comments as Duterte's administration pushed back against criticism its response to Chinese activities in the hotly contested waters had been weak. Pag-asa, better known as Thitu, is the largest of the islands and outcrops garrisoned by Philippine troops in the disputed areas of the South China Sea.
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| British passenger dies after falling from plane at Dalaman airport in Turkey Posted: 30 May 2018 05:52 AM PDT  A British man died after falling from a plane on to a runway at Dalaman airport in south-west Turkey early on Tuesday morning. Local media reported that staff were trying to remove the 30-year-old when he fell from a door. The unconscious passenger was taken to hospital where he was found to have broken ribs. The man - named by a relative as Andrew Westlake - never regained consciousness before dying later that day, according to Hurriyet newspaper. It reported that the man had spent three days at the airport waiting for a flight home after losing his ticket. After finally boarding the aircraft at 3am he became argumentative with cabin crew and was ordered off the plane as a risk to flight safety. Dalaman airport serves the south-west of Turkey, including resorts such as Marmaris Credit: Alamy Stock Photo An investigation has been launched. A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are supporting the family of a British man following his death in Turkey and are in touch with the local authorities." Dalaman airport is one of the country's busiest and serves seaside resorts including Marmaris and Fethiye, which are popular with British tourists. Some four million passengers pass through the airport each year, and it handles airlines including EasyJet and seasonal charters operated by Thomson Airways.
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| What Medical Schools Are Doing to Reduce Student Debt Posted: 29 May 2018 10:08 AM PDT ![What Medical Schools Are Doing to Reduce Student Debt]( "What Medical Schools Are Doing to Reduce Student Debt") The rising cost of higher education makes affording medical school tough for the vast majority of students. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, 75 percent of medical students who graduated in 2017 borrowed student loans to pay for school. Among U.S. medical school graduates who borrowed, those who attended public institutions finished their degrees with nearly $170,000 on average in student loans, according to data submitted to U.S. News by 52 ranked schools in an annual survey.
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| Only 1 in 10 will advance at National Spelling Bee Posted: 30 May 2018 07:51 AM PDT  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — This year's Scripps National Spelling Bee has drawn the largest number of competitors in its history, 516 spellers, but the field gets much smaller Wednesday with the announcement of the 50 or so spellers who will make Thursday's finals.
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| Who Is Kim Yong Chol? North Korea’s 'Go-To Diplomat' And Ex-Spy Chief Headed To U.S. Posted: 30 May 2018 02:37 AM PDT  President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Kim Yong Chol, North Korea's top
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| I Found Two Great Ways to Lay Out My Minuscule Studio Apartment Posted: 30 May 2018 01:38 PM PDT  They're so good, I can't pick a favorite
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| In symbolic nod to India, U.S. Pacific Command changes name Posted: 30 May 2018 01:52 PM PDT  By Idrees Ali PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Wednesday renamed its Pacific Command the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in a largely symbolic move underscoring the growing importance of India to the Pentagon, U.S. officials said. U.S. Pacific Command, which is responsible for all U.S. military activity in the greater Pacific region, has about 375,000 civilian and military personnel assigned to its area of responsibility, which includes India. "Relationships with our Pacific and Indian Ocean allies and partners have proven critical to maintaining regional stability," U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in prepared remarks.
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