| Mexico Elects Leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador In Landslide Posted: 01 Jul 2018 07:14 PM PDT  Mexico elected leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in a landslide
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| French gangster escapes from prison using a helicopter Posted: 01 Jul 2018 09:06 AM PDT  Witnesses say several heavily-armed men landed a hijacked helicopter in the courtyard to free 46-year-old Redoine Faid, who was serving 25 years for murder.
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| Trump: I'm told I shouldn't ask my SCOTUS nominee about Roe v. Wade Posted: 01 Jul 2018 08:20 AM PDT  President Trump said he probably won't ask potential Supreme Court candidates about their opinions on abortion before nominating Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's replacement. In a program that aired Sunday morning, Fox News journalist Maria Bartiromo asked Trump if he would ask his nominees beforehand how they might vote on Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision affirming that the constitutional right to privacy extends to a woman's decision to have an abortion. Trump responded that he's been advised not to ask such specific questions and that he plans to appoint another conservative justice like Neil Gorsuch, whom Trump appointed to replace Antonin Scalia.
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| Fast-spreading California wildfire forces evacuations in Yolo County Posted: 01 Jul 2018 08:07 PM PDT  A fast-growing wildfire that broke out over the weekend in Northern California, fueled by parched lands and high winds, prompted evacuations on Sunday and sent ash spewing over a wide area of the region, officials said. More than 1,200 people were fighting the so-called County Fire, located about 75 miles (120 kms) northeast of San Francisco. The sky turned orange in parts of the San Francisco Bay area due to the blaze, with many residents waking up to a thin coating of ash on windows, cars and lawns.
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| Sharks drag woman who ignored warnings not to feed them into water Posted: 02 Jul 2018 07:09 AM PDT  A woman on vacation in western Australia says she decided to hand-feed the sharks while boating when she was pulled into the water.
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| Meet the 4 candidates vying to become Mexico's president Posted: 30 Jun 2018 09:06 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four candidates are in the race to become Mexico's next president in Sunday's election. Here's a glance at the hopefuls:
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| One killed, nine injured in boat explosion in the Bahamas Posted: 01 Jul 2018 08:56 AM PDT  12 people were aboard a boat in the Bahamas when it exploded, killing one American woman, police say. The cause of the explosion remains under investigation.
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| Trump Rips Harley-Davidson For Overseas Operation — Just Like His Own Posted: 01 Jul 2018 08:55 PM PDT  Donald Trump is continuing to hammer Harley-Davidson over the motorcycle
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| Here's How To Watch The Full Lunar Eclipse in July, Which Is A Must-See Posted: 02 Jul 2018 01:43 PM PDT  This is one lunar eclipse you won't want to miss, even if you have to watch it online.
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| Crews scramble to protect homes from fierce California wildfire Posted: 02 Jul 2018 03:53 PM PDT  More than 1,200 firefighters aided by water-dropping helicopters battled a wind-driven wildfire raging out of control in Northern California on Monday, threatening homes and other structures as thick black smoke drifted across the San Francisco Bay Area. The so-called County Fire, which broke out on Saturday afternoon in rural Yolo County, west of Sacramento, has already blackened more than 50 square miles of grass, brush and dense scrub oak and was only 3 percent contained as of Monday afternoon. Scott McLean of the California Department of Forestry and Fire protection said the job of hand crews and bulldozer operators trying to cut containment lines was made more difficult by high winds, which were blowing embers and starting new spot fires.
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| 10 Bodies Found Blindfolded and Hanging at New Delhi Home Posted: 01 Jul 2018 07:32 AM PDT  The victims were all from the same family
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| 'We'll Fix This': Some Americans Celebrated Canada Day By Apologizing For Trump Posted: 02 Jul 2018 02:13 AM PDT  There are running jokes about how often Canadians tend to say "sorry." But on
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| Ocasio-Cortez: Socialism is 'part of what I am, not all of what I am' Posted: 30 Jun 2018 11:59 PM PDT  Democratic House nominee Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells Chuck Todd that her brand of politics emphasizes access to housing, healthcare and education, during an exclusive interview with Meet the Press.
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| Israel reinforces troops, steps up humanitarian aid to Syria Posted: 01 Jul 2018 03:58 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Sunday it would be reinforcing troops along the frontier with Syria and stepping up its humanitarian efforts in the area amid a fierce Syrian government offensive that has displaced thousands of people.
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| African Union chief says 'time to act' on South Sudan Posted: 30 Jun 2018 06:22 PM PDT  African Union chief Moussa Faki Mahamat called Saturday for measures against the key players in the conflict in South Sudan, saying "we are used to them not respecting their commitments". "The situation in South Sudan is serious. The humanitarian and security situation is increasingly difficult.
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| White House Backs Off Trump Tweet Claiming Saudi Agreement To Produce More Oil Posted: 30 Jun 2018 10:11 PM PDT  The White House late Saturday issued a statement backing down from President
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| North Korea, South Korea reopen maritime communication channel Posted: 30 Jun 2018 08:30 PM PDT  North and South Korea reopened a maritime communication channel on Sunday, with vessels from the two countries making radio contact for the first time in a decade, South Korea's Defence Ministry said in a statement. A North Korean patrol boat responded immediately when the South Korean Navy contacted it via an international radio channel at 9 a.m. Sunday in the western sea, normalizing the maritime communication channel for the first time in 10 years, according to the ministry.
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| Hero dog suffers swollen snout after saving owner from rattlesnake bite Posted: 02 Jul 2018 08:46 AM PDT  When his owner almost stepped on a rattlesnake during an early morning hike near their home in Arizona, Todd, the golden retriever, knew exactly what to do. The six-month old puppy jumped in front of Paula Godwin. Instead of Ms Godwin's legs, the venomous fangs sank into his snout. The grateful owner posted the story of their snake encounter on Facebook, alongside photographs of Todd's swollen features. "As we were walking down the hill I literally almost stepped on a rattlesnake. But my hero of a puppy Todd saved me," she wrote. Paula Godwin's post quickly went viral "He jumped right in front of my leg where I surely would have got bit. This is what a hero looks like." Her saviour was yelping in pain after the bite, so she scooped the dog up in her arms and set off to a nearby animal hospital with her other dog copper. Todd was given a shot of anti-venom and allowed home to recover after 12 hours. "Please say a little prayer for my sweet hero," wrote Ms Godwin. Todd is making a good recovery, even if he remains a little sore Credit: Paula Godwin/Facebook The result was an outpouring of love as the story went viral, along with more tales from dog owners of how man's best friend had warded off snake attacks. "What a little hero! Hoping for a speedy recovery for Todd," wrote BriAnne Gleason. Ms Godwin followed up the story by launching a GoFundMe appeal to help other owners who face vet's bills for dogs bitten by rattlesnakes. Snakes | How common are snake attacks in Britain? She said she knew the dangers of snakes but had not spotted the speckled white rattlesnake that was almost invisible as it lay in wait on the road. "This snake did not give any indication he was there," she told the BBC. "Usually if I hear that rattle I am alert and I am backing away." This is Todd. He saved his human from a rattlesnake yesterday. A true h*ckin hero. He's expected to make a full recovery and has been rewarded our fifth ever 15/10 pic.twitter.com/TsS6isI0Ew— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) 1 July 2018 And she reassured well-wishers that Todd was on the mend, posting a picture of the pup enjoying a romp in a rattlesnake-free park. "Thank you for all the sweet kind words," she wrote. "My sweet Todd for sure is my hero and I feel I have to say that the man up stairs surely is watching out for me too."
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| 11 bodies, 10 of them hanging, found at New Delhi home Posted: 01 Jul 2018 07:54 AM PDT  NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in India's capital said they found 11 bodies at a home under mysterious circumstances on Sunday, including 10 that were blindfolded and hanging.
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| Mexicans Go to the Polls With Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on the Brink of Historic Victory Posted: 01 Jul 2018 01:17 PM PDT  The campaign has been marred by violence, with more than 120 politicians killed, including some 40 candidates
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| Gay activist attacked in Ukraine ahead of pride march Posted: 01 Jul 2018 08:03 AM PDT  Unidentified assailants have attacked a gay activist in central Ukraine ahead of a gay pride parade he was helping prepare, LGBT rights activists said on Sunday. Borys Zolotchenko was severely beaten by a group of around 10 men in the centre of the industrial city Kryvyi Rig late Saturday, Gay Alliance Ukraine said. As a result of the attack, Zolotchenko was hospitalised, with Gay Alliance Ukraine releasing a picture of him with scratches on his face.
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| 'Vilified too long': teachers' unions fight back after supreme court ruling Posted: 01 Jul 2018 03:00 AM PDT  A supreme court decision puts unions' funding at risk. Gunshots ring out from the nearby hunting range across the railroad tracks in Westmoreland City, Pennsylvania, but Jason Davis is not easily deterred. "You never know what's going to happen when you knock on someone's door," says Davis as we get out of his car to start walking the hills of this blue-collar, Trump-supporting community in the foothills of the mountains of south-western Pennsylvania.
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| Leaked Trump Draft Bill Would Ditch WTO Trade Rules Posted: 02 Jul 2018 05:51 AM PDT  The Trump administration has drafted legislation that would allow the U.S. to
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| Is TooFaced about to launch a skincare line? Posted: 02 Jul 2018 05:46 AM PDT  TooFaced could be set to double down on its debut into skincare by expanding its range. The makeup brand's co-founder and CEO, Jerrod Blandino, has hinted in an interview with HelloGiggles that a full skincare line could be on the way, following the label's debut in December, when it launched its cult "Glow Job" face mask. "I'm actually tip-toeing in skin care based on our Hangover line," Blandino told the publication.
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| Rhode Island sues major oil companies over climate change Posted: 02 Jul 2018 11:01 AM PDT  Rhode Island on Monday sued several major oil companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp and BP plc, accusing them of contributing to climate change that is damaging infrastructure and coastal communities in the state. The lawsuit announced by Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin was the first by a state seeking to hold oil companies responsible for costs associated with climate change and followed similar cases by several local governments nationally. The lawsuit alleged that various oil companies had created a public nuisance in the state and failed to adequately warn customers, consumers and regulators about the risks posed by their products.
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| MAPS: A look at the 'County Fire' burning in Yolo County Posted: 02 Jul 2018 12:22 PM PDT  The County Fire burning in Yolo County has consumed 44,500 acres as of Sunday afternoon. It's just 3 percent contained, according to Cal Fire.
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| Correction: Shootings-Newspaper-The Latest story Posted: 02 Jul 2018 12:41 PM PDT  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — In a June 28 story about an attack at a newspaper in Annapolis, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the suspect arrested in the shooting had mutilated his fingers in an apparent attempt to make it harder for police to identify him. That report was based on initial information given to law enforcement authorities, which has since been corrected. While the suspect was identified using facial recognition technology, his fingers were not mutilated.
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| Birth of a planet captured for first time as gas giant bigger than Jupiter swirls into existence Posted: 02 Jul 2018 05:43 AM PDT  Even by astronomical standards it is a discovery that is out of this world. Scientists have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planet, a huge gas giant many times the size of Jupiter, swirling into existence 370 light years from Earth. The theory of how gas planets form from a vortex of hydrogen and helium molecules captivated by their own gravity, is now widely accepted by scientists. But it has never been seen before, until now. Today scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg and the SPHERE instrument consortium at the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile, released a spectacular image of the birth The planet, currently known as PDS 70b, is shown orbiting within a huge spinning 'protoplanetary disc' of gas and dust, which proves it is continuing to accumulate matter, and so is not yet fully formed. The newborn sits within a 5.4 million year old solar system, orbiting a star called PDS 70 at a distance of 1.8 billion miles. The planet stands out clearly in the image, visible as a bright point to the right of the blackened centre. The dark region at the centre of the image is due to a coronagraph, a mask which blocks the blinding light of the central star and allows astronomers to detect the faint light from the planet. "For our study, we selected PDS 70, a star that was already suspected of having a young planet circling around it," says Miriam Keppler, doctoral student at MPIA. "These discs around young stars are the birthplaces of planets, but so far only a handful of observations have detected hints of baby planets in them. Space exploration | Recent exciting discoveries "The problem is that until now, most of these planet candidates could just have been features in the disc." This glimpse of the dust-shrouded birth of a planet was only possible because of ESO's SPHERE instrument, which studies exoplanets and discs around nearby stars using a technique known as high-contrast imaging. Using the instrument, astronomers were able measure the brightness of the planet at different wavelengths, and find out its composition. It is located roughly three billion kilometres from the central star, roughly equivalent to the distance between Uranus and the Sun. The planet takes about 120 years to orbit its host star. Spectral analysis shows PDS 70 b is a giant gas planet, with a mass a few times that of Jupiter and a surface temperature of around 1,000C, making it much hotter than any planet in our own solar system. Signs of life in our Solar System Thomas Henning, director at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and leader of the teams, summarises the scientific adventure: "After more than a decade of enormous efforts to build this high-tech machine, now SPHERE enables us to reap the harvest with the discovery of baby planets." To date, astronomers have discovered around 3,800 exoplanets outside of the solar system but have never seen one being born. "The results give us a new window onto the complex and poorly-understood early stages of planetary evolution," said Dr André Müller, leader of the second team to investigate the young planet. "We needed to observe a planet in a young star's disc to really understand the processes behind planet formation."
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| Horst Seehofer: Bavarian hardliner turned Merkel nemesis Posted: 02 Jul 2018 03:26 AM PDT  A folksy master of Bavaria's conservative beer hall politics, Horst Seehofer has become the most dangerous critic of Chancellor Angela Merkel's immigration policies and the man who could end her reign. The 68-year-old is keeping Germany on tenterhooks over his next move that could potentially send the government crashing, after he offered to resign during a dramatic overnight crisis meeting with his Christian Social Union (CSU) before reversing his stance. In a sign of mounting frustration, Seehofer reportedly told CSU colleagues that he "travelled especially to Berlin but the chancellor is moving zero point zero" percent with her stance.
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| Thousands march in Hong Kong as restrictions grow Posted: 01 Jul 2018 04:21 AM PDT  Protesters marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday in one of the city's major annual pro-democracy rallies as organisers said the event was coming under unprecedented pressure from authorities. Beijing has become increasingly intolerant of signs of dissent in semi-autonomous Hong Kong since massive pro-democracy rallies in 2014 brought parts of the city to a standstill and led to the emergence of activists demanding independence from China. Hong Kong has rights unseen on the mainland, including freedom of expression, but there are concerns those liberties are now under threat from a repressive Beijing and a loyalist local government.
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| Drinking Coffee May Help You Live Longer, Study Says Posted: 02 Jul 2018 08:00 AM PDT  Whether it's caffeinated, decaf, ground or instant
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| Haute Couture week opens with a bold beauty statement in Paris Posted: 02 Jul 2018 06:14 AM PDT  Statement beauty looks took over the Parisian catwalks this weekend, as the city kicked off the Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2018/19 show season. From wild hair to bleached brows, there was something for every beauty fan in the opening day of the presentations on Sunday.
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| Exclusive: Tesla hits Model 3 manufacturing milestone, hours after deadline - factory sources Posted: 02 Jul 2018 04:09 AM PDT ![Exclusive: Tesla hits Model 3 manufacturing milestone, hours after deadline - factory sources]( "Exclusive: Tesla hits Model 3 manufacturing milestone, hours after deadline - factory sources") Tesla Inc nearly produced 5,000 Model 3 electric sedans in the last week of its second quarter, with the final car rolling off the assembly line on Sunday morning, several hours after the midnight goal set by Chief Executive Elon Musk, two workers at the factory told Reuters. It was not clear if Tesla could maintain that level of production for a longer period. "I think we just became a real car company," Musk wrote.
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| 2019 Range Rover Evoque Spied Looking Stylish At The Nurburgring Posted: 01 Jul 2018 10:29 PM PDT  The baby Velar is shaping up quite nicely.
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| Correction: Shootings-Newspaper story Posted: 02 Jul 2018 12:42 PM PDT  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — In a June 28 story about an attack at a newspaper in Annapolis, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the suspect arrested in the shooting had mutilated his fingers in an apparent attempt to make it harder for police to identify him. That report was based on initial information given to law enforcement authorities, which has since been corrected. While the suspect was identified using facial recognition technology, his fingers were not mutilated.
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| Fury sparked after 11-year-old Thai girl married to Malaysian man Posted: 01 Jul 2018 09:57 AM PDT  The marriage of a Malaysian man with a 11-year-old Thai girl has sparked outrage in the Muslim majority country with one activist Sunday labelling the groom a "child predator". Malaysian Muslims below the age of 16 are allowed to marry if they obtain the permission of a religious court. But the country's women and families ministry said there was no record of religious authorities approving the union, which took place last month across the border in Thailand's largely Muslim far south. "Our officers have gone to the house and met the girl's mother. We are waiting for more reports before deciding on the next course of action," deputy prime minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail was quoted as saying by the Sunday Star newspaper. The 41-year-old husband could be jailed for six months if he married without permission. Malaysian activists have called for law reform to end child marriage, which they said was widespread among the country's Muslim population. Some 16,000 Malaysian girls below the age of 15 are already married, advocates claim. "Marrying a 11-year-old girl is like the behaviour of a child predator or paedophile," child activist Syed Azmi Alhabshi said. Mr Alhabshi said the man was a prosperous trader and already married to two women while the girl's parents were impoverished rubber farmers. Muslim men are allowed to marry up to four wives in Malaysia. The United Nations children's agency Unicef said it was "outraged" by the incident. "It is shocking and unacceptable. Unicef... calls on the government to make good its manifesto promise to ban child marriage," said the agency's Malaysia representative Marianne Clark-Hattingh.
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| Mexico's national elections, at a glance Posted: 30 Jun 2018 09:03 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans will elect a new president and numerous other officeholders on Sunday. With popular discontent high due to high murder rates and rampant corruption, all four candidates are trying to convince voters that they represent change from the status quo.
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| Afghan Sikhs, Hindus grieve after suicide attack kills 19 Posted: 02 Jul 2018 01:19 AM PDT  Grief mixed with anger among Afghanistan's minority Sikh and Hindu community on Monday as they prepared for funerals of loved ones, including an election candidate, killed in a suicide attack. At least 19 people were killed and 21 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus waiting to meet President Ashraf Ghani in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday. Scores of mourners shouted "death to Ashraf Ghani" and "death to the government" as they placed coffins in ambulances that would take them to a temple for funeral ceremonies.
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| Colorado wildfire may have been started by illegal immigrant Posted: 30 Jun 2018 09:38 PM PDT  Officials say the suspect is in the country illegally and will be handed over to ICE.
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| Guggenheim accused of siphoning annuity unit's cash for LA Dodgers Posted: 02 Jul 2018 09:30 AM PDT  Guggenheim Partners, overseen by billionaire Mark Walter, is facing a lawsuit claiming it defrauded annuity investors by saddling an insurance affiliate with risky assets, and siphoning cash for purposes including Walter's purchase of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team. It came as Guggenheim, which said it has more than $305 billion of assets under management, tries to quell client concerns after a year of bad press over its corporate culture. Guggenheim in April said it was cooperating with a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission probe into an asset management unit.
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