| 75 Former U.S. Attorneys To Jeff Sessions: End Inhumane Family Separation Policy Now Posted: 19 Jun 2018 06:57 AM PDT  A bipartisan group of former U.S. attorneys has penned an open letter to
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| Patrolling the border, where immigrants wait to be caught Posted: 19 Jun 2018 12:13 PM PDT  Photojournalist Sergio Flores recounts his day with U.S. Border Patrol near McAllen, Texas.
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| Who’s to blame for families being separated at the border? Posted: 18 Jun 2018 08:45 AM PDT  The President tweeted "change the laws" on Monday, but there is no law requiring families to be separated -- only the zero tolerance policy that's prompting it.
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| Federal Judge Strikes Down Kansas Proof Of Citizenship Law Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:22 PM PDT  A federal judge on Monday permanently blocked Kansas from requiring people to
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| Strong quake near Osaka, Japan, kills 4, knocks over walls Posted: 18 Jun 2018 08:02 AM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — Residents in western Japan were cleaning up debris Monday evening after a powerful earthquake hit the area around Osaka, the country's second-largest city, killing four people and injuring hundreds while knocking over walls and setting off fires.
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| Best Bites: Tacos 4 Ways Posted: 19 Jun 2018 12:14 PM PDT  Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your
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| Rare bipartisan agreement on ending separating families at the border Posted: 19 Jun 2018 05:32 AM PDT  Congressional leaders from both parties have expressed outrage over the administration's policy of separating migrant parents from their children at the border.
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| Senate FBI hearing takes twists and turns, including a 'wangdoodle' reference Posted: 18 Jun 2018 06:22 PM PDT  It was not, perhaps, the most somber moment in the history of the U.S. Senate. In the midst of reciting a list of complaints about FBI agents allegedly swayed by their own anti-Trump animus, Sen. John Kennedy R-La., had to engage in a subtle act of censorship.
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| Nielsen: Separating families isn't a 'policy,' it's just something we do Posted: 18 Jun 2018 06:02 PM PDT  Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told reporters Monday that it was "offensive" to imply that the administration had a "policy" of separating parents from children at the border — even though it was the stated purpose of the controversial change in enforcement procedures put in place by the Trump administration.
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| Monday's Morning Email: Dems Beg GOP For Help Stopping Immigrant Family Separations Posted: 18 Jun 2018 04:19 AM PDT  ### TOP STORIES
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| Extreme volcanic eruptions could explain mysterious rock formation on Mars Posted: 18 Jun 2018 10:23 AM PDT  Could a volcanic eruption be the key to unlocking the mysterious geological history of Mars? Back in the 1960s, NASA's Mariner spacecraft discovered an extremely large and unusually soft rock formation. The makeup of the mass, now known as the Medusa Fossae formation, stumped researchers for decades because they were never able to determine how it got there. SEE ALSO: Tiny NASA satellite bound for Mars snaps photo of Earth from thousands of miles away But now, new research seems to answer that question — and maybe many others. More than 3 billion years ago, extreme volcanic eruptions on Mars dropped the huge deposit near the Martian equator, according to the new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. A 13-kilometer (8-mile) diameter crater being infilled by the Medusae Fossae Formation.Image: High Resolution Stereo Camera/European Space AgencyThe Medusa Fossae is about one fifth the size of the United States. "This is a massive deposit, not only on a Martian scale, but also in terms of the solar system, because we do not know of any other deposit that is like this," planetary scientist Lujendra Ojha, the lead author of the new study, said in a statement. Ojha and his colleagues used gravity data from spacecraft orbiting Mars to measure the formation density. Through this, they were able to determine that the rock was unusually porous, allowing them to rule out other potential compositions like ice. On a basic level, the formation is a bunch of hills and mounds of sedimentary rock but because much of Mars's history is shrouded in mystery, a finding like this is huge. An isolated hill in the Medusae Fossae Formation. The effect of wind erosion on this hill is evident by its streamlined shape.Image: High Resolution Stereo Camera/European Space Agency.Eruptions of the magnitude suggested by the study would also have an enormous impact on the planet's climate as well. A considerable amount of "climate-altering" gases like hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide accompany most volcanic eruptions and would have spit out enough water to cover the red planet in a global ocean, the study says. These findings paint a better picture of what habitability on Mars would look like, as well as the usefulness of gravity surveys. "Future gravity surveys could help distinguish between ice, sediments and igneous rocks in the upper crust of the planet," co-author and planetary scientist Kevin Lewis explained. WATCH: NASA is attempting to fly a helicopter on Mars for the first time
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| Police identify gunman killed by bystander in Walmart lot Posted: 18 Jun 2018 06:16 PM PDT  TUMWATER, Wash. (AP) — Tim Day has been identified as the armed suspect killed by a bystander Sunday in a Walmart parking lot in Washington state, police said Monday.
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| 'Wolf-Like' Animal That Baffled Officials Turns Out To Be A Regular Wolf Posted: 19 Jun 2018 08:45 AM PDT  The mystery of a seemingly bizarre "wolf-like" creature that was shot and
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| South Korea Defense Ministry Confirms Suspension of Joint U.S.-South Korea Military Drills Originally Planned for August Posted: 18 Jun 2018 09:06 PM PDT  The South Korean Defense Ministry confirmed Tuesday that their major military exercise with the US planned for August has been suspended.
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| ‘It’s disgraceful’: Some Trump supporters condemn family separations at border Posted: 18 Jun 2018 10:02 AM PDT  Several of President Trump's supporters have been speaking out against the administration's policy of separating children from their parents when they cross the U.S. border illegally.
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| FARC peace deal at risk as conservative Duque wins Colombia presidency Posted: 17 Jun 2018 07:08 PM PDT  Conservative Ivan Duque won Colombia's presidential election Sunday after a campaign that turned into a referendum on a landmark 2016 peace deal with FARC rebels that he pledged to overhaul. Duque, 41, polled 54 percent to his leftist rival Gustavo Petro's 42 percent with almost all the votes counted, electoral authority figures showed. Tensions over the deal became apparent in the immediate aftermath of Duque's victory, after the president-elect lost no time in pledging "corrections" to the peace deal.
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| Niece Wears Princess Diana's Marriage Tiara For Her Own Wedding Posted: 18 Jun 2018 11:52 AM PDT  Princess Diana's wedding-day tiara made a royal comeback over the weekend,
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| 2-Year-Old Gets Through Pool Safety Gate With Ease to Highlight Importance of Child Supervision Posted: 19 Jun 2018 09:54 AM PDT  The Wyman family posted the video to Facebook to show the importance of keeping a close eye on your children around the pool.
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| Ford And John Cena Settle GT Lawsuit, Money Going To Charity Posted: 19 Jun 2018 06:11 AM PDT  Hustle, loyalty, and respect don't get you far in a court of law.
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| James Hansen wishes he wasn't so right about global warming Posted: 18 Jun 2018 12:19 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — James Hansen wishes he was wrong. He wasn't.
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| Senate candidate's first campaign ad depicts Trump administration as literal dumpster fire Posted: 18 Jun 2018 11:48 AM PDT  Richard Painter, a former White House ethics attorney under President George W. Bush who is running for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota as a Democrat, is taking his pointed criticism of President Trump straight to voters.
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| Three Dead, Dozens Injured by Earthquake in Western Japan's Osaka Posted: 17 Jun 2018 08:16 PM PDT  A strong earthquake knocked over walls and set off scattered fires around metropolitan Osaka in western Japan on Monday morning, killing at least three people and injuring dozens.
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| Supreme Court Punts On Partisan Gerrymandering Posted: 18 Jun 2018 07:23 AM PDT  The U.S. Supreme Court took a pass on setting limits on extreme partisan
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| Man Accused Of Making $1.3 Million In Fraudulent Walmart Returns Posted: 19 Jun 2018 03:42 PM PDT  Arizona police have arrested a man for allegedly swindling more than 1,000
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| Georgia Grandma Strangles Rabid Bobcat With Her Bare Hands While Granddaughter Slept Posted: 18 Jun 2018 05:31 AM PDT  Dede Phillips must now get rounds of painful and expensive treatment to prevent rabies.
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| Americans Own 46% of the World's 1 Billion Guns, Says U.N. Report Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:02 PM PDT  There are over 1 billion firearms in the world today, including 857 million in civilian hands
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| Duke and Duchess of Sussex join the Queen at Royal Ascot Posted: 19 Jun 2018 06:16 AM PDT  The Duchess of Sussex has made her debut at Royal Ascot, joining the Queen for her favourite event of the season as she channeled the monochrome style of My Fair Lady. The Duchess, in a white and black hat and dress, accompanied her husband in an Ascot carriage for her first outing to the Royal Enclosure, before presenting a trophy to race winner Frankie Dettori. While she appeared to have taken style inspiration from the outfits of Audrey Hepburn's Eliza Doolittle, she suffered no similar etiquette mishaps, mingling with seasoned race-goers and engaged in cheerful conversation with the Queen. The Queen, in bright yellow, led her family in the opening day of Royal Ascot, joined by the Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Princess Royal and Duke of York with his daughters. The Duke of Cambridge was elsewhere, undertaking engagements focusing on male mental health and technological innovation in Liverpool, while the Duchess remained out of sight with her three children. Royal Ascot 2018, in pictures The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived in the third carriage of the tradition Royal procession, along with the Earl and Countess of Wessex. They would have had much to talk about, as the newlywed Sussexes celebrated the "one month anniversary" of their wedding and the Wessexes marked 19 years to the day since their own Windsor Castle nuptials. The Queen wearing yellow for the first day of Royal Ascot In an unmistakable sign of welcome into the Royal family, the Duke and Duchess were tasked with presenting the trophy for the St James's Palace Stakes, won by Favourite Without Parole ridden by Frankie Dettori and trained by John Gosden. The Duchess of Sussex wore an embellished white shirt dress from Givenchy, the fashion house that designed her wedding gown, with a striking hat by Royal favourite Philip Treacy. How the Royal Family have dressed for the races over the years Fitting in with the strict dress code of the Royal Enclosure, the Duchess' colour scheme was reminiscent of the 1964 My Fair Lady film, in which a beautiful cockney flower seller mingles with high society at Ascot before being unmasked by her coarse shouts of encouragement at the horses. Royal Ascot | Read more
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| Hundreds of children wait in Border Patrol facility in Texas Posted: 17 Jun 2018 10:34 PM PDT  McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of water, bags of chips and large foil sheets intended to serve as blankets.
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| US soldier who said ‘communism will win’ and wore Che Guevara T-shirt to graduation kicked out of army Posted: 19 Jun 2018 09:42 AM PDT  A US cadet who donned a Che Guevera T-shirt to his graduation in and shared a message online which said "communism will win" has been discharged from the army. In the video, Spenser Rapone opens his dress uniform to reveal a T-shirt with a red image of Argentine Marxist Ernesto 'Che' Guevara – one of the world's most famous revolutionaries in one of the photos which were taken at his graduation in May 2016. The 26-year-old, a cadet at US Military Academy West Point, raises his fist and flips over his cap to expose a hand-written message saying "communism will win" in another image.
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| Emilia Clarke Says Goodbye To ‘Game Of Thrones’ In A Heartfelt Post Posted: 18 Jun 2018 04:23 PM PDT  The Breaker of Chains has broken our hearts.
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| Guatemala volcano search called off with nearly 200 unaccounted for Posted: 17 Jun 2018 11:11 PM PDT  Authorities on Sunday called off a search for the nearly 200 people missing since Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted earlier this month, devastating the surrounding countryside. Officials have confirmed the deaths of 110 people as a result of the volcanic eruption on June 3, but another 197 remain unaccounted for. Guatemala's south-central region was also shaken on Sunday night by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake with its epicenter at Iztapa, on the Pacific coast near neighboring El Salvador, the civil protection agency said.
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| Homeland Security secretary gets shredded on Twitter after she lies about policy that separates families at border Posted: 18 Jun 2018 07:12 AM PDT  As the debate rages on about the Trump administration's horrific policy of separating undocumented parents from their children as they attempt to cross the border between the United States and Mexico, the fight between officials and lawmakers has spilled over onto social media. One tweet, in particular, from Homeland Security Secretary Kristjen Nielsen, has served as a flashpoint. She tweeted on Sunday that the DHS doesn't "have a policy of separating families at the border. Period." We do not have a policy of separating families at the border. Period. — Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen (@SecNielsen) June 17, 2018 But images and videos across social media as well as a plethora of well-reported stories have offered substantial evidence to the contrary, relaying stories and even showing tent cities created for undocumented children separated from their families. Here are photos of the tent city near El Paso that is housing immigrant children separated from their parents. Photos by @i_p_a_1 for the @TexasTribune. Read more here: https://t.co/2rqHNDpTLx pic.twitter.com/RUIuGbl4yl — Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 16, 2018 Just visited the Brownsville Children's Facility. Trump Administration didn't let us talk to the kids and they even tried to stop me from recording outside the building. They are clearly sensitive about this trip. This place is packed with kids—over 100 taken from parents. pic.twitter.com/7RVP0ZgT8e — Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) June 18, 2018 What's more, journalists and lawmakers made note of previous comments Nielsen has made in defense of the same policy she tweeted doesn't exist. "Nielsen said the department has ... a policy that it will refer everyone caught crossing the border illegally for prosecution, even if they ... have small children. Any parents who are prosecuted ... will be separated from their children in the process." https://t.co/PiCVLVA2aF https://t.co/Nfs9a3oxxx — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 17, 2018 Kirstjen Nielsen yesterday: "We do not have a policy of separating families at the border. Period." But in May 10, she defended the administration's separation policy to NPR https://t.co/nLC5SY0DzB — Evan Siegfried (@evansiegfried) June 18, 2018 Nielsen didn't exactly help herself, either, on Monday morning by saying, "We will not apologize for doing out job." Lawmakers have jumped in, calling out Nielsen and her statement, labeling it a lie, and challenging both the Trump administration and Nielsen to address the growing crisis that is spiraling out of control. This is a lie. Period. https://t.co/KUUQyyU2kF — Katherine Clark (@RepKClark) June 18, 2018 You are a stone cold liar. https://t.co/JXKb7ppwwt — Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) June 18, 2018 This statement is false. There are thousands of separated families that prove otherwise. My office is working to reunite 3 mothers who were separated from their kids at the border. Will highlight these stories at this week's family separation hearing. #FamiliesBelongTogether https://t.co/iZbAxDdDzG — Nanette D. Barragán (@RepBarragan) June 18, 2018 .@SecNielsen This is a LIE! The Members you are speaking on are at the Detention facilities! We are on the grounds at the border taking with officials... Why don't you STOP typing Tweets in D.C and come to Texas and see for your self. This situation of heartbreaking! https://t.co/2oa1mO22hp — Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) June 18, 2018 The Trump Administration's family separation policy tore 2,000 families apart in six weeks but they won't stop lying about it. https://t.co/gw9RwUVjx5 — Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) June 18, 2018 Retract this statement, Madame Secretary.Yes, technically YOU are not at the border separating families YOURSELF. You are in charge of a policy that turns parents over to DOJ, resulting in the separation of children. You know this, and still - incredibly - sent out this tweet. https://t.co/CikreZ286K — Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 18, 2018 This is a lie. There is no law. There is no court mandate. This is a policy made solely by this administration, and you can stop it right now. And every second you don't you are directly responsible for unimaginable amounts of misery. Period. https://t.co/nf0lF9VEoO — Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) June 18, 2018 While it's mostly been Democrats reacting to Nielsen's statement, some Republicans, including former First Lady Laura Bush, have publicly opposed the Trump administration's policy. As of Monday morning, though, Trump was back on Twitter himself and, though he didn't address Nielsen's comments directly, he did address the issue but in the most horrendous way, continuing to blame Democrats. Children are being used by some of the worst criminals on earth as a means to enter our country. Has anyone been looking at the Crime taking place south of the border. It is historic, with some countries the most dangerous places in the world. Not going to happen in the U.S. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2018 It is the Democrats fault for being weak and ineffective with Boarder Security and Crime. Tell them to start thinking about the people devastated by Crime coming from illegal immigration. Change the laws! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2018 We truly live in the worst, darkest timeline. UPDATE: June 18, 2018, 10:58 a.m. EDT Updated to include new comments from Sec. Nielsen
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| Meghan Markle Cried When Her Father Told Her He Would Miss Her Wedding Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:43 AM PDT  Thomas Markle also said he disagreed with Prince Harry about Donald Trump
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| Monday Muscle: 2007 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Posted: 19 Jun 2018 10:43 AM PDT  After a rare Mustang with bravado and scary amounts of power? Here's why the Shelby Mustang GT500 is the beast for you – and why it's so rare...
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| Re-Boot: The All-New VW Jetta Plays a Little Golf Posted: 18 Jun 2018 12:26 PM PDT  The Golf with a trunk returns, sort of.
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| Trump Defends Immigration Policies As Backlash Grows Posted: 18 Jun 2018 11:08 AM PDT  President Donald Trump is standing by his administration's highly
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| The Latest: EU says it's committed to Human Rights Council Posted: 19 Jun 2018 03:37 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations' main human rights body (all times EDT):
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| Rapper XXXTentacion Shot Dead In Florida Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:41 PM PDT  Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, the rapper known as XXXTentacion, was shot dead in South
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