| Pres. Trump has a new legal strategy in Russia investigation Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:17 AM PDT  Rudy Giuliani tells NBC News that if Special Counsel Robert Mueller wants to interview President Trump, Mueller would first have to prove that there is probable cause that Trump colluded with Russia or obstructed justice.
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| Panel: Paper trail 'should not be disqualifying' for Supreme Court pick Posted: 07 Jul 2018 11:40 PM PDT  Susan Page, Mark Murray, Dany Pletka and Eugene Robinson join the Meet the Press panel to talk about the leading contenders for President Trump's next Supreme Court nominee.
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| North Korea Calls Talks 'Regrettable' After U.S. Says Progress Was Made Posted: 07 Jul 2018 08:22 AM PDT  North Korea called denuclearization talks with the U.S. "regrettable" on
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| 4 of 12 Boys Trapped in Thailand Cave Have Been Rescued Posted: 08 Jul 2018 07:53 AM PDT  Authorities said the next rescue should take place in no more than 20 hours.
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| State of emergency in parts of California as wildfires blaze amid high temperatures Posted: 07 Jul 2018 08:43 AM PDT  More than 2,000 people have been evacuated near Santa Barbara as the flames destroyed dozens of buildings. Across the West, nearly 60 fires blaze across 13 states.
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| Goleta brush fire: Gov. Jerry Brown declares state of emergency Posted: 07 Jul 2018 12:16 PM PDT  California Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency in Santa Barbara County due to a raging wildfire that has burned several homes and prompted hundreds of evacuations in the Goleta area.
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| Brazil judge rules to keep da Silva in jail after dispute Posted: 08 Jul 2018 05:22 PM PDT  SAO PAULO (AP) — The president of a Brazilian appeals court whose judges issued contradictory rulings Sunday on whether former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should be freed ordered late in the day that he remain jailed.
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| Twitter suspends over 70 million accounts in two months - Washington Post Posted: 06 Jul 2018 06:00 PM PDT  Twitter and other social media platforms such as Facebook Inc have been under scrutiny by U.S. lawmakers and international regulators for doing too little to prevent the spread of false content. Twitter suspended more than 70 million accounts in May and June, and the pace has continued in July, the Post reported on Friday, citing data it obtained. "It's hard to believe that 70 million accounts were affected when Twitter has only 336 million monthly active users (MAU)," Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter said.
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| Full Blunt: 'I hope the president sticks with the sanctions' on North Korea Posted: 07 Jul 2018 11:24 PM PDT  In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) tells Chuck Todd that "there's nothing wrong with talking to the Russians" ahead of President Trump's summit with Vladimir Putin.
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| Defense lawyers ask to move Manafort trial, cite publicity Posted: 06 Jul 2018 06:39 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, asked a federal judge Friday to relocate a criminal trial starting later this month because of pretrial publicity.
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| Massive Protest Against Gun Violence Closes Chicago Highway Posted: 07 Jul 2018 07:30 PM PDT  A massive rally against gun violence clogged a major highway in Chicago on
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| Comic book great and Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko dies at age 90 Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:38 AM PDT  Ditko co-created Spider-Man alongside writer Stan Lee. He brought numerous other characters to life throughout his career, including Marvel's Dr. Strange.
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| One dead as western US heat wave stunts firefighting efforts Posted: 06 Jul 2018 09:27 PM PDT  The western US was in the midst of a record heat wave Friday, with one dead in California as massive fires forced hundreds to evacuate. "Large fire activity is spread across the country from Florida to Alaska," the National Interagency Fire Center announced, as temperatures spiked above 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) in some places. California's fire agency, Cal Fire, said on Twitter that one person had died as a result of the "Klamathon" fire in Siskiyou County, near the border with Oregon.
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| Russian Bots Linked To Viral Twitter Attacks On 'Hateful' Dems Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:32 PM PDT  In what may be an early onslaught of Kremlin-linked Twitter attacks ahead of
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| 2 boys rescued from Thailand cave as divers work to retrieve others Posted: 08 Jul 2018 05:48 AM PDT  Two ambulances seen leaving cave in northern Thailand hours after operation began to rescue trapped youth soccer players.
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| Syrian refugee girl who used tin cans for legs cries as she gets first prosthetic limbs Posted: 08 Jul 2018 04:52 AM PDT  The 8-year-old Syrian girl, quietly crying in an Istanbul clinic, was overwhelmed by the new set of prosthetic legs she had just received and taken aback by the cameras pointed at her by journalists attending the fitting. Maya Meri has been in the spotlight since images of her plight hit social media last month. She was filmed in a camp for the displaced in Syria's northwestern Idlib province walking around on contraptions her father made from tuna cans, plastic tubes and fabric. "I thought of doing something that would protect her while on the ground from stones and other things, so I made these limbs for her," said her father, Mohammed. Maya Meri adjusts her prosthetic leg as she sits on her dad Mohammed's lap at a rehabilitation clinic in Istanbul. Credit: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Maya was born without legs because of a condition called congenital amputation. Her story moved one Turkish prosthetics specialist to reach out to Turkey's largest humanitarian organization, which evacuated her from Syria. Maya is now in Istanbul with her father, who shares the same disability. On Thursday, as journalists looked on, prosthetics specialist Mehmet Zeki Culcu took off Maya's makeshift legs. He first wrapped her limbs in protective layers of fabric and then placed her in temporary prosthetics. Camera shutters clicked as Culcu lifted Maya up and she stood in her purple and pink sneakers, which looked a few sizes too big. Maya waited for years for proper prosthetics Credit: OSMAN ORSAL/Reuters Originally from Aleppo province, the Meri family had to move to escape the fighting. "We fled to an area that has not witnessed bombardment but it was difficult to live there in a tent on a mountain," said Mohammed, who has five other children still in Syria with their mother. Maya Meri is guided by a prosthetic specialist as she tries out her new legs. Credit: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP In the Idlib camp, Maya and her father had to crawl on the bare earth to get anywhere. He said the little girl would be in pain because of the rugged terrain as she made her way to school. The homemade prosthetics allowed her to move about more easily, and helped her learn how to balance, shortening a two-week process to a single day when she was fitted with her new legs. Culcu, who took on her case pro-bono, thinks it will take about 2 1/2 months for her to be fully fitted. "If Maya continues to learn so fast and be so enthusiastic, it might be completed in a shorter time," he said. Maya walks on legs made of tin cans in a refugee camp in Idlib Credit: AAREF WATAD/AFP Maya practices taking steps with the aid of a walker. In time, Culcu said her trial socket prosthetics will be lengthened with a knee joint and then extended below the knee. She grimaces with pain after an hour with her synthetic limbs, but the technicians said that's to be expected and worked to adjust them. Culcu said Maya has become a "child symbol" and he hopes the world will be moved by her plight to put an end to the civil war in Syria. "There are hundreds of thousands of people living with disabilities, and among them are tens of thousands of children, who unfortunately need prosthetics," he said. Turkey, which shares a lengthy border with Syria, has become entrenched in the Syrian conflict. The country hosts more than 3.5 million Syrian refugees, and its agencies and non-governmental organizations work across the border to provide aid. Maya Meri waits to be fitted with her new legs Credit: OSMAN ORSAL/ REUTERS Turkish troops and allied Syrian fighters have seized territory in northern Syria from the Islamic State group and U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters. Turkey, which supports the Syrian opposition, has negotiated local cease-fires with Iran and Russia, which are allied with the government. The Turkish Red Crescent is sponsoring Maya and her father's stay in Turkey. Culcu has pledged to provide prosthetics for the elder Meri after he receives an operation to prepare his limbs for the fitting. A while after trying her new prosthetics, Maya sat on her father's lap, exhausted and silent as he mused about their future. "Life is good if I can live here in Turkey, where someone can help us live a good life, because I cannot work," he said.
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| In The World According To Trump, NATO Allies Are Bad And Putin Is Good Posted: 07 Jul 2018 04:01 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The elected leaders of other Western democracies in Brussels on
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| Violent protests erupt in Haiti as fuel prices spike Posted: 06 Jul 2018 08:23 PM PDT  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Major protests erupted Friday in Haiti as the government announced a sharp increase in gasoline prices, with demonstrators using burning tires and barricades to block major streets across the capital and in the northern city of Cap-Haitien.
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| Canada woman breaks silence on PM groping allegation Posted: 06 Jul 2018 07:27 PM PDT  A former journalist broke her silence on Friday to stand by her allegation that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau groped her nearly two decades ago, when he was not politically involved. "I issue this statement reluctantly, in response to mounting media pressure to confirm that I was the reporter who was the subject of the Open Eyes editorial, published in the Creston Valley Advance in August of 2000," Rose Knight said in a statement to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Mr Trudeau did apologize the next day.
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| All-time record heat fuels California wildfires as thousands forced to evacuate Posted: 07 Jul 2018 02:26 AM PDT  Wildfires ignited and rapidly grew in Southern California to close out the past week as some locations endured their highest temperatures in recorded history.
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| North Korea says resolve for denuclearisation may falter after talks with U.S.: KCNA Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:20 AM PDT ![North Korea says resolve for denuclearisation may falter after talks with U.S.: KCNA]( "North Korea says resolve for denuclearisation may falter after talks with U.S.: KCNA") SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Saturday its "firm, steadfast" resolve to give up its nuclear programs may falter after the United States demanded unilateral denuclearisation during two days of talks in Pyongyang, state media said. The North's official KCNA news agency said the result of talks with the delegation headed by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was "extremely troubling," accusing it of insisting on complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation. ...
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| California police draw attention to cold case, in tweets Posted: 08 Jul 2018 02:39 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California police department is drawing attention to a 45-year-old murder case by tweeting about the crime as if it just happened, in the voice of the 11-year-old victim.
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| Maisie Williams Is The 'Last Woman Standing' As 'Game Of Thrones' Winds Down Posted: 07 Jul 2018 10:23 AM PDT  Maisie Williams, aka Arya Stark, gave desperate "Game of Thrones" fans an
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| Suppliers Say Porsche Cross Turismo To Hit The Market Late 2021 Posted: 08 Jul 2018 01:00 PM PDT  Tesla has three more years to prepare for its greatest rival.
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| Three-Door 2019 Hyundai Veloster Delivers Fun at a Budget Price Posted: 08 Jul 2018 03:06 AM PDT  At a time when automakers are doubling down on SUVs and moving away from coupes, Hyundai rolls out a new Veloster. This distinctive sportster has been redesigned for 2019, bringing subtle improve...
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| President Trump’s first UK visit expected to be met with protests and support Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:02 AM PDT  As the city of London braces for protests during Trump's first official visit, NBC News' Lucy Kafanov talks to those who support the president.
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| AP Explains: Immigration protests before 'Abolish ICE' Posted: 07 Jul 2018 10:28 AM PDT  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Several people were arrested this week after they placed a banner on the Statue of Liberty's pedestal on the Fourth of July calling for abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Protesters forced the closure of the ICE building in Portland, Oregon, and more Democratic politicians have been embracing an "abolish ICE" message as the midterm elections approach.
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| Syria regime pounds south, rebel evacuations postponed Posted: 08 Jul 2018 01:40 AM PDT  Regime forces bombarded southern Syria on Sunday, as the evacuation of rebel fighters under a ceasefire deal for the region was postponed, a monitor and an opposition official said. Opposition fighters in the southern province of Daraa announced a ceasefire deal late Friday with regime ally Russia to end more than two weeks of deadly regime bombardment. Under that deal, rebels who wished to do so were to leave areas in the strategic southern province to be retaken by President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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| Man dies after being pulled from rough surf off the coast of North Carolina Posted: 07 Jul 2018 05:28 PM PDT  A 62-year-old swimmer died in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, after being swept away from shore by a current on Saturday.
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| U.S. warships pass through Taiwan Strait amid China tensions Posted: 08 Jul 2018 03:31 AM PDT  By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Jess Macy Yu WASHINGTON/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Two U.S. warships passed through the Taiwan Strait on Saturday on a voyage that will likely be viewed in the self-ruled island as a sign of support by President Donald Trump amid heightened tension with China. "Two U.S. Navy ships conducted a routine transit through the international waters of the Taiwan Strait on July 7-8 (local time)," Captain Charlie Brown, a spokesman for U.S. Pacific Fleet, told Reuters in a statement. "U.S. Navy Ships transit between the South China Sea and East China Sea via the Taiwan Strait and have done so for many years," Brown said.
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| This Week: PepsiCo results, consumer prices, bank earnings Posted: 07 Jul 2018 10:11 PM PDT ![This Week: PepsiCo results, consumer prices, bank earnings]( "This Week: PepsiCo results, consumer prices, bank earnings") A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week:
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| Dogs ‘Write’ Note to Mail Carrier Apologizing For Eating Her Lunch: 'Thank You For Sharing!' Posted: 07 Jul 2018 11:23 AM PDT  Brothers Bear and Bull, black lab-mastiff mixes with a zeal for adventure, had been caught red-handed devouring their mail carrier's lunch.
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| The Week's Most Important Car Numbers Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:00 AM PDT  From a new Volvo to an adorable Audi, these are the most important numbers of the week.
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| Family of Ohio State doctor says it's cooperating in probe Posted: 07 Jul 2018 03:17 PM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The family of a former Ohio State University team doctor accused by athletes of sexual misconduct says it is "shocked and saddened" by the allegations and is cooperating with the school's independent investigation.
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| Trump's lawyers called former FBI director James Comey 'Machiavellian' and dishonest in memo to Russia investigation Posted: 07 Jul 2018 12:42 PM PDT  Donald Trump's legal team reportedly launched a withering attack on former FBI Director James Comey in a letter to the special counsel probing Russian interference in the election, calling him "Machiavellian" and "dishonest". In a memo provides a window into the way the president's lawyers have been seeking to undermine the credibility of Mr Comey, a letter dispatched to Special Counsel Robert Mueller by Marc Kasowitz, then the president's lead lawyer, described him as "unbounded by law and regulation". The letter, obtained by the Associated Press, was sent in June 2017, shortly after Mr Mueller was appointed to lead the investigation into alleged Russian interference and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow.
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| Foes Ethiopia, Eritrea pledge to open embassies as leaders embrace Posted: 08 Jul 2018 11:47 AM PDT  The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea announced on Sunday they would re-open their embassies, hailing a stunningly swift rapprochement between bitter regional enemies at their first summit since a war two decades ago. The talks were the product of an unexpected peace initiative by Ethiopia's new reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, which could transform the Horn of Africa region, ending decades of animosity during which both countries remained isolated and dominated by their security forces. Eritrea's long-time leader Isaias Afwerki welcomed Abiy at Asmara's airport in the morning before they departed for the State House for talks that lasted all day.
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| Syria says Israeli strikes target air base Posted: 08 Jul 2018 02:31 PM PDT  Syria on Sunday accused Israel of targeting an air base in the central Homs province, saying its defences hit a jet involved in the attack. "Our air defences are responding to an Israeli aggression and intercepting a number of missiles targeting the airport, hitting one of the attacking planes and forcing the rest to leave the airspace," the official SANA news agency quoted a military source as saying. Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP that a missile bombardment killed an unspecified number of "Iranian and pro-regime fighters" at the T-4 base and was "likely to be Israeli".
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| Miss America factions clash over decision to ditch swimsuit round Posted: 08 Jul 2018 06:57 AM PDT  Former Miss Americas are rallying in support of Gretchen Carlson, another former winner brought in to reform the pageant, after state officials pushed for her resignation. Their move reveals deep divisions over the direction of an organisation that was rocked by a 2017 email scandal and is trying to modernise for the #metoo era. Ms Carlson, Miss America 1989 and an early figure in the #MeToo movement, announced last month that the pageant was dropping the swimsuit element of the competition. However, some former directors and state officials said they felt pressured to make the change or risk broadcasters dropping the pageant from television. Representatives from 22 state pageants signed a petition calling for the resignations of the new Miss America board, including Ms Carlson and Regina Hopper, its chief executive, according to The Press of Atlantic City. Gretchen Carlson leads the Miss America board of trustees Credit: Miss America Organisation But in a letter to the newspaper, 30 former Miss Americas said they "fully support" Carlson and the board members "who are and have been working tirelessly to move our programme forward". The Miss America organisation is regrouping after a December scandal in which emails surfaced in which its then chief executive and board members mocked winners' intelligence, looks and sex lives. They were forced to resign. Today, the organisation's top three posts are held by women and the new leaders have begun making changes. The petition from the state pageant officials expressed a vote of "no confidence" in the board of trustees. It cited a lack of transparency and adherence to best practices, The Press said. But the former Miss Americas said in their letter that they "hope the voices of our majority can and will be heard". Ms Hopper told The Press on Friday that "there are always those who disagree with or find it hard to accept change", but that the organisation welcomes anyone who wants to move forward with a revitalised programme dedicated to providing scholarships and opportunities to young women. Suzette Charles, Miss America 1984, said things had begun to "unravel" in the organisation. "There's been a lot of dismay with (Carlson's) leadership," she said. "We thought she would regard this program with reverence and keep this tradition alive."
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| Pope says walls, occupation and fundamentalism hamper Mideast peace Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:15 AM PDT  By Philip Pullella BARI, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Francis led a summit of Christian leaders on how to promote peace in the Middle East on Saturday and said building walls, occupying territories and religious fanaticism would not resolve conflict in the region. Francis also repeated his view that the "status quo" of the contested city of Jerusalem should be respected, and backed a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.
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| The Latest: Rescuer says conditions good for extraction Posted: 07 Jul 2018 12:33 PM PDT  MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — The Latest on the rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach in a cave in northern Thailand (all times local):
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| New Jersey father and four daughters killed in Delaware car crash Posted: 08 Jul 2018 11:52 AM PDT  Master Corporal Melissa Jaffe of the Delaware State Police says they are investigating the cause of the crash. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
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| Hawaii’s volcano eruption: Photos of sublime beauty and danger Posted: 08 Jul 2018 07:40 AM PDT ![Hawaii's volcano eruption: Photos of sublime beauty and danger]( "Hawaii's volcano eruption: Photos of sublime beauty and danger") Photographer CJ Kale's breathtaking works show the molten lava of Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano in its incredible vibrancy.
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| Bentley Taking Pikes Peak Bentayga To Goodwood Posted: 08 Jul 2018 01:29 AM PDT  And a pair of Continental GTs too.
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| Senate's McConnell on mission to reshape the courts Posted: 07 Jul 2018 11:40 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was upbeat the night after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he was retiring from the Supreme Court.
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