| Suspect Charged In Young Woman's Horrific Stabbing Death On Oakland Transit Posted: 23 Jul 2018 11:30 PM PDT  A man with a history of violence has been charged in what police said appears
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| 463 Migrant Parents May Have Been Deported Without Their Kids, Court Filings Show Posted: 23 Jul 2018 10:17 PM PDT  The Trump administration said Monday that 463 parents separated from their
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| Daily Digit: Teachers made less last year than they did in 2010 Posted: 23 Jul 2018 06:21 AM PDT  With a new school year on the horizon, we're looking at how public school teachers are paid in the U.S. According to the National Education Association, public school teachers made an average of $58,950 during the 2017-18 academic year, which is about $2,700 less than they earned in 2010 when adjusted for inflation.
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| Trevor Noah Under Fire For Offensive 2013 Joke About Aboriginal Women Posted: 24 Jul 2018 03:48 AM PDT  Comedian Trevor Noah is under fire for a past joke about indigenous Australian
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| Coast Guard salvages Missouri boat after deadly sinking Posted: 23 Jul 2018 09:01 AM PDT  The Coast Guard said it will load the boat onto a trailer to hand it over to federal investigators. The boat's black box, which contains video and other data, was recovered last week and has already been taken to a Washington laboratory for analysis, the National Transportation Safety Board said. Thirty-one people were aboard the Ride the Ducks boat last Thursday when a sudden, intense storm struck, with winds just shy of hurricane strength churning the lake's waters.
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| 10-Year-Old Girl and 18-Year-Old Aspiring Nurse Dead After Gunman Opens Fire on Busy Toronto Street Posted: 23 Jul 2018 05:18 AM PDT  A motive for the shooting wasn't immediately known.
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| While making nice with US and South, North Korea slams Japan Posted: 23 Jul 2018 05:56 PM PDT  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea's state-run media have toned down their rhetorical attacks on the United States and South Korea while leader Kim Jong Un pursues a more diplomatic approach, but the vitriol continues — and Japan is now Pyongyang's favorite foil.
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| Gunman opens fire on Toronto street, injuring over a dozen people Posted: 23 Jul 2018 04:08 AM PDT ![Gunman opens fire on Toronto street, injuring over a dozen people]( "Gunman opens fire on Toronto street, injuring over a dozen people") Investigators are digging into the life of a 29-year-old man trying to explain what prompted him to fire a handgun into restaurants and cafes in a lively Toronto neighborhood, killing a 10-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman and wounding 13 others. The family of Faisal Hussain, who died during an exchange of gunfire with police, said Monday that he had long suffered from psychosis and depression but they never imagined this would be his fate. The mass shooting in the Greektown district came just three months after a man used a van to plow over pedestrians on a sidewalk in another Toronto district, killing 10 people and injuring 14 in an attack apparently aimed at women.
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| Riders Say Uber Drivers Are Using Vomit To Scam Them Posted: 24 Jul 2018 03:54 PM PDT  Some Uber riders in Florida are accusing their drivers of engaging in some
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| Hundreds missing in Laos after hydropower dam collapse: state media Posted: 24 Jul 2018 01:38 AM PDT  Hundreds of people are missing and an unknown number believed dead after the collapse of a hydropower dam under construction in southeast Laos, state media reported Tuesday. Several dams are being built or are planned in Laos, an impoverished and landlocked communist country that exports most of its hydropower energy to neighbouring countries like Thailand. Laos News Agency said the accident happened at a hydropower dam in southeastern Attapeu province's Sanamxay district late Monday, releasing five billion cubic metres of water -- more than two million Olympic swimming pools.
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| Rescued Thai Boys To Be Ordained As Novice Buddhist Monks Posted: 24 Jul 2018 11:06 AM PDT  Two weeks after their dramatic rescue from a cave in northern Thailand, young
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| Jimmy Kimmel Shreds Donald Trump's Double Standard On Russia And Iran Posted: 24 Jul 2018 02:37 AM PDT  Jimmy Kimmel is puzzled by President Donald Trump's all-caps tweet toward
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| Waiter who got customer barred for ‘we don’t tip terrorist’ message ‘fabricated the entire story’ Posted: 24 Jul 2018 04:18 AM PDT  The Texas restaurant company which banned a customer after an employee's story of a receipt scrawled with a racial epithet went viral said that it had parted ways with the employee and learned that the story was made up. "We have learned that our employee fabricated the entire story," Terry Turney, the chief operating officer of Saltgrass steakhouses, said in a statement. The incident unfolded earlier this month when Khalil Cavil, a 20-year-old waiter at a Saltgrass outpost in Odessa, Texas, posted an image to Facebook that showed a $108 bill with zero on the tip line, and "We don't tip terrorist," written in ink at the top.
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| After Missouri Duck Boat Tragedy, Passengers Grappling With Survivor Guilt Posted: 23 Jul 2018 11:23 AM PDT  "I'm thinking, 'Why me?'" said 14-year old Lauren Smith, who lost her brother and father in the sinking of the vessel.
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| Judge postpones Paul Manafort trial until next week Posted: 23 Jul 2018 03:03 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday postponed the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort until next week.
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| Israel rebuffs Russian offer to keep Iranian forces from Golan: official Posted: 23 Jul 2018 10:59 AM PDT  By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel rebuffed on Monday a new Russian offer to keep Iranian forces in Syria away from the Golan Heights ceasefire line, an Israeli official said, complicating Moscow's bid to stabilize the country as the civil war there wanes. The latest disagreement arose in a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a senior Russian delegation dispatched to Jerusalem as Syrian government forces routed rebels near the Golan. Israel's vigilance was underscored by the launch of its latest, U.S.-backed missile shield against rockets that it said were fired from within Syria but which fell short of the Golan lines.
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| Chinese premier calls for severe punishment amid growing anger over vaccine scandal Posted: 22 Jul 2018 06:02 PM PDT  Li Keqiang, the Chinese Premier, has called for an immediate investigation into a scandal over faulty vaccines that he said had crossed a moral line, and urged severe punishment for the companies and people implicated. The scandal erupted a week ago, after major vaccine maker Changsheng Biotechnology Co was found to have violated standards in making rabies vaccine for humans. There did not appear to be reports, however, of people harmed by the vaccine or having contracted rabies after receiving it. The case has sparked anger on social media and dealt a blow to China's drug regulator, which has been struggling to clean up the world's second-biggest drug industry and promote domestically made vaccines. In a statement posted on the government's website late on Sunday, Li said the public deserved a clear explanation. "We will resolutely crack down on illegal and criminal acts that endanger the safety of peoples' lives, resolutely punish lawbreakers according to the law, and resolutely and severely criticise dereliction of duty in supervision," he was quoted as saying. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang reads a letter from Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad during his meeting with Malaysia's new government advisor Daim Zainuddin Credit: AP The Food and Drug Administration said in a statement on Sunday evening that its investigation had found that Changsheng fabricates production records and product inspection records, and arbitrarily changes process parameters and equipment, "serious violations" of the law. In a stock exchange statement on Sunday, the company said its suspension of rabies vaccine production would have a significant impact on its finances and that some regional disease control agencies had suspended some of its other vaccines. Changsheng's shares fell the maximum limit of 10 percent on Friday, to stand at 14.5 yuan ($2.14). They have lost 40 percent of their value since July 13. An editorial on Monday in the China Daily warned that the case could become a public health crisis if it is not handled "in a reasonable and transparent manner". "The government needs to act as soon as possible to let the public know it is resolved to address the issue and will punish any wrongdoers without mercy," it said. Very rarely, China's state media Xinhua, People's Daily and CCTV have all called for thorough investigation on the case Sunday. Meanwhile, "疫苗" or "vaccines" has become the latest word being censored on social media, together with the original report exposing the scandal. https://t.co/8CksFZKzW8— Henry Yin (@HenryYinCNA) July 22, 2018 "Those who dare to challenge the bottom line and make substandard or even fake vaccines need to receive the heaviest penalties according to the law." Late on Sunday, the state news agency Xinhua ran an editorial calling for strict punishment for any violations, big or small, in the vaccine industry and for regulators to close loopholes and tighten oversight of the industry. The China Securities News also weighed in, saying that listed companies - like Changsheng Biotechnology - have a duty to the public and to conduct business with integrity. "Cases like Changsheng Biotechnology, where laws and regulations are ignored and internal controls exist only in name bring a painful price," it said. State media have said the listed company made a public apology and recalled all their rabies vaccine available on the market.
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| NY Daily News slashes half its newsroom staff Posted: 23 Jul 2018 04:56 PM PDT  The New York Daily News, the century-old tabloid known for its provocative headlines, made its own news Monday by slashing half its editorial staff, in the latest retrenchment in the newspaper sector. A source familiar with the matter told AFP the cuts represent "nearly 50 percent" of newsroom staff. Tronc declined to comment on the cutbacks or confirm precisely how many staff were affected, but the rival New York Post said the Daily News had some 85 editorial staff before the layoffs.
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| 220-Pound Stone Drops From Western Wall, Narrowly Missing Worshipper Posted: 23 Jul 2018 05:43 PM PDT  An elderly woman narrowly escaped tragedy at Jerusalem's Western Wall on
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| Katharine McPhee Shows Off Massive Engagement Ring From David Foster Posted: 22 Jul 2018 06:46 PM PDT  Newly engaged singer Katharine McPhee posted a photo Sunday of her massive
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| Greece wildfires a 'Biblical disaster': At least 74 killed near Athens as tourists forced to flee into sea Posted: 24 Jul 2018 02:52 PM PDT  Raging wildfires have killed at least 74 people and injured scores more as flames swept through a small resort town near Athens. Emergency crews found one group of 26 victims, including families with children clasped in a last embrace as they tried to flee the flames. They were huddled together in a field just 30 metres from the sea near Mati in the region of Rafina, eastern Greece. Nikos Economopoulos, head of Greece's Red Cross, told Skai TV: "They had tried to find an escape route but unfortunately these people and their kids didn't make it in time. Instinctively, seeing the end nearing, they embraced." Interior Minister Panos Skourletis described the wildfires as a "Biblical disaster", according to The Times, and said rescue workers were "still searching to see if there are more missing", while mayor of Rafina Evangelos Bournous told the channel: "The number of dead is rising." Ferocious fires came all the way into the towns, meaning the only safe direction for people to flee was towards the sea where hundreds of people had to be rescued in local fishing boats. Greece wildfires gallery puff Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said early on Tuesday that Greece had requested US drones "to observe and detect any suspicious activity" after "15 fires had started simultaneously on three different fronts in Athens". "I am really concerned by the parallel outbreak of these fires," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said, with officials raising the possibility they could have been started deliberately by criminals out to ransack abandoned homes. Is it safe to travel to Greece? The fire was by far Greece's worst since flames devastated the southern Peloponnese peninsula in August 2007, killing dozens. It broke out in Mati late Monday afternoon and was still burning in some areas on Tuesday morning. Greece wildfires | Travel advice Cecily, 44, from Paris, on holiday with her 15-year-old daughter told The Telegraph: "We were staying in a holiday villa in Mati. We saw the fires outside the house and jumped in our hire car and drove towards the beach. "There were about 500 people crammed onto the beach. There were no warnings and no help from authorities. The local Greek people came to rescue us in their fishing boats. "We got in one then were picked up by a military boat which took us to Rafina. All the hotels were full so we slept in the hallway. We booked a flight back to Paris today. We have had no help from anywhere." Another French tourist Paulina Corvisier, 25, from Lyon, on holiday with her husband and mother-in-law, said: "We ran to the beach. We were all crowded onto the sand and rocks. Then the trees surrounding the beach burst into flames. "I jumped in the water because I didn't know what else to do. Ash was falling on me from the sky while I was in the water." Coastguard vessels were combing beaches to find any remaining survivors, with military hospitals on full alert, a government spokesman said. Dozens of people flee to the beach in Matiq Credit: Blitz Pictures Mati is in the eastern Rafina region, a popular spot for Greek holiday-makers, particularly pensioners and children at camps, 29 km (18 miles) east of the capital. Haris Malimagolou from the Red Cross, talking of the harrowing discovery of the 26 victims found together, said: "Some members of our team found 26 bodies in a field next to the sea, we are assuming they were trapped by the fire because it was so strong and so fast. Some were huddled together as if trying to protect each other. "They were badly burned and have not been identified yet. Their bodies have been transferred to Athens." He explained that the fire was so devastating because a separate fire at Corinth - some 68 miles from Mati - started earlier at 11am, so all the fire service resources were sent there. This region is also very densely populated with a lot of summer houses, old people and children. Mr Malimagolou told The Telegraph the Red Cross have treated about 100 people for both minor and serious injuries One of the youngest fatalities at this stage is thought to be a six-month-old baby who died of smoke inhalation, officials said. Of the 156 people injured, 11 were in intensive care, they added. Greece wildfires gallery puff The coastguard said four bodies were retrieved from the sea. In total, coastguard and other vessels rescued 696 people who had fled to beaches. Boats plucked another 19 people alive from the water. Greece's fire brigade said the intensity and spread of the wildfire at Mati had slowed on Tuesday as winds died down, but it was still not fully under control. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday afternoon declared a three-day period of national mourning, and said after cutting short a visit to Bosnia: "We are dealing with something completely asymmetric. It's a difficult night for Greece." A woman walks in front of burnt cars at the village of Mati during a wildfire near Athens Credit: AFP Tourist resorts hit Greek authorities were rushing to evacuate residents and tourists stranded on beaches in coastal areas early on Tuesday. Dozens of people scrambled into the ocean as the blaze raged close to the shore, and they were picked up by passing boats. Nine coastal patrol boats, two military vessels and "dozens of private boats" assisted by army helicopters were mobilised to help those stuck in Rafina harbour. Flames rise as a wildfire burns in the town of Rafina, near Athens Credit: AFP There were several reports of missing persons, including four tourists from Denmark who were said to have fled on a boat that was missing on Tuesday morning. Evangelos Bournous, mayor of the port town of Rafina, said: "We were unlucky. The wind changed and it came at us with such force that it razed the coastal area in minutes." The dock area became a makeshift hospital as paramedics checked survivors when they came off coast guard vessels and private boats. The operation continued through the night. Wildfire in Mati, Greece At daybreak on Tuesday, Ambulance Service deputy director Miltiadis Mylonas said the number of casualties was likely to rise as the more gutted homes and cars were checked. "It took people by surprise and the events happened very fast. Also, the fires broke out on many fronts, so all these factors made the situation extremely difficult," he said. "The task we face now is organizing the identification of victims by members of their families." State of emergency Greece issued an urgent appeal for help to tackle the fires, saying it needed air and land assets from its European Union partners. Cyprus offered to send fire engines and personnel. The first major fire broke out in a pine forest near the seaside settlement of Kineta, 30 miles west of Athens between the capital and Corinth. At least 220 firefighters were on the scene there while five water-dropping planes and seven helicopters helped to fight the blaze from the air. Reinforcements were sent in from across Greece. Residents of coastal areas of Mati and Kokkino Limanaki in Rafina, East Attica, Greece resort to the sea to escape fledging fires today July 23, 2018. #πυρκαγιά#Athens#forestfirespic.twitter.com/2SvFPN0BWB— Theodore Theodorides (@TheoTheodorides) July 23, 2018 Senior fire chief Achilleas Tzouvaras went on state TV to appeal to people to leave the area after some tried to stay on their properties. "People should leave, close up their homes and just leave. People cannot tolerate so much smoke for so many hours," he said. "This is an extreme situation." A man holds his son as a wildfire burns in the town of Rafina, near Athens Credit: AFP The second major blaze broke out Monday afternoon in the Penteli and Rafina areas northeast of Athens. Children's summer camps and a seaside resort for military officers were evacuated, as well as residences in the area. Dozens of homes and cars were reportedly destroyed. Victims flee coast There was no official figure on how many people were evacuated overall. The fire burned into the town of Rafina, turning the sky above the nearby port that serves ferries to the Cycladic islands black from the smoke. Witnesses reported seeing a hillside of homes gutted by flames east of Athens. A mayor said he saw at least 100 homes and 200 vehicles burning. An official from the Red Cross said on Tuesday morning that 26 bodies had been discovered in the courtyard of a villa at the seaside resort of Mati. The bodies were entwined and severely burnt, a photographer at the scene said. They appeared to have been caught by the flames trying to reach the sea. A house burns in the town of Mati, east of Athens Credit: AP Greek authorities urged residents to abandon their homes as a wildfire burned ferociously, closing one of Greece's busiest motorways, halting train links and sending plumes of smoke over the capital. Wildfires are not uncommon in Greece, but a relatively dry winter created tinder box conditions. It was not clear what ignited the fires. A firefighter tries to extinguish hotspots during a wildfire in Kineta, near Athens Credit: AFP The main Athens-Corinth motorway, one of two road routes to the Peloponese peninsula, was shut and train services were cancelled. Fire raged around the Saronicos Gulf, ravaging tracts of pine forest, and was visible for miles. An ominous cloud of black-orange smoke hung over the Acropolis hill and the Parthenon temple in Athens on Monday afternoon. Cars are blocked at the closed National Road during a wildfire in Kineta Credit: AFP Several other fires broke out across the country, including in northeastern Greece and the southern island of Crete, stretching Greece's firefighting capabilities. Gale force winds that frequently changed direction and continued into the night were hampering firefighting efforts. Disaster could top Europe's most deadly wildfires The wildfires raging near Athens are among the deadliest in Europe, with Portugal and Russia also suffering heavy losses. Here is a recap of the worst. Portugal in 2017 (64) Sixty-four people were killed and 250 injured in the deadliest wildfires in Portugal's history in June 2017. The fires burned for five days in the central Leiria region, breaking out at the height of a summer heatwave. Many of the victims died trapped in their cars by the flames while trying to escape. Violent winds fanned the fires, ravaging some 460 square kilometres (around 180 square miles) of hillsides covered with pine and eucalyptus. Fire over Vieira de Leiria, Portugal, in 2017 Credit: NPA In 2003 gigantic fires caused by a heatwave left 20 dead between July and September in central and southern Portugal. The summer of 2003 remains the most disastrous in terms of surface destroyed, with nearly 4,250 square kilometres going up in smoke. In 1966 a blaze in the forest of Sintra, west of Lisbon, killed 25 soldiers trying to battle the flames. Russia in 2015 (34) In April 2015 huge fires that started in the Khakassia region of southeastern Siberia killed 34 people as well as hundreds of cattle and thousands of sheep. The blaze, which spread as far as Mongolia and practically up to the Chinese border, also destroyed 2,000 homes and 10,000 square kilometres of land. Five years earlier, vast swathes of western Russia were ravaged by fires for weeks during an unprecedented heatwave and drought. Russian wildfires in 2010 Credit: Artyom Kototayev/AFP The blazes between July and August 2010 tore through 10,000 square kilometres of forest, bogs and brushwood, burning entire villages. Some of the fires came dangerously close to Russia's top nuclear research centre in Sarov. Greece in 2007 (77) Forest fires killed 77 people at the end of August 2007 in Greece, ravaging 2,500 square kilometres in the southern Peloponnese and the island of Evia, northeast of Athens. A Greek firefighter battles the fire at the village of Styra on the island of Evia, Greece, in August 2007 Credit: Margarita Kiaou/EPA The fires raged for around 12 days, but most of the victims were killed early on in the disaster when they became trapped in villages cut off by the flames, some ignoring orders to evacuate. France in 1949 (82) In the heaviest loss of life in wildfires in France, 82 people were killed battling flames in the southwest Landes region in August 1949. The victims - firemen, volunteers and soldiers - were caught in a ball of fire after the winds suddenly changed direction.
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| Georgia Lawmaker Faces Backlash After 'Appalling and Offensive' Sacha Baron Cohen Appearance Posted: 23 Jul 2018 08:36 AM PDT  Jason Spencer repeatedly used the n-word and engaged in other behavior
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| Somalia's al Shabaab says it storms military base, kills 27 troops Posted: 23 Jul 2018 06:39 AM PDT ![Somalia's al Shabaab says it storms military base, kills 27 troops]( "Somalia's al Shabaab says it storms military base, kills 27 troops") Al Shabaab fighters detonated a suicide car bomb before storming a military base in the south of Somalia on Monday and killing 27 soldiers, the militant group said, its second strike on the base in as many months. Fighting broke out between al Shabaab and the national army shortly afterwards, resulting in the army killing 87 militants, assistant information minister Aden Isak Ali told a state news agency SONNA on Monday. The attack, whose blast was heard by residents of a nearby town, follows a strike last month by al Shabaab on the base in Baar Sanguni, about 50 km (31 miles) from the port city of Kismayu, that wounded seven soldiers.
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| Ford Launches New Autonomous Vehicles LLC Business Posted: 24 Jul 2018 02:52 PM PDT  Ford has committed $4 billion to developing self-driving technology and jump-starting a business that revolves around automated vehicles. Starting about the time it made a billion-dollar investment in Argo AI during the spring of 2017, the company made internal plans to spend an additional $3 billion through 2023 to get a business revolving around automated vehicles off the ground. Ford executives revealed the cumulative financial figure Tuesday as the company's self-driving-vehicle efforts reached a new milestone: The company has spun several of the businesses into their own subsidiary called Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC.
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| US: Mideast states not doing enough for Palestinians Posted: 24 Jul 2018 01:14 PM PDT  "It is time for the regional states in particular to step up and really help the Palestinian people, instead of just making speeches thousands of miles away," Haley said at a monthly meeting of the UN Security Council on the Middle East. "Where are the Arab countries when it comes to encouraging reconciliation between Palestinian factions, which is essential to peace?
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| 10 Wrap Dresses To Scoop Up During Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale Posted: 23 Jul 2018 02:19 PM PDT  There are plenty of items to shop at this year's Nordstrom Anniversary Sale,
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| Homeland Security Advisory Council Members Resign Over 'Repugnant' Family Separations Posted: 24 Jul 2018 09:43 AM PDT  Multiple members have resigned their positions on the Homeland Security
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| Girlfriend Of 'Stand Your Ground' Shooting Victim Says Gunman 'Was Picking A Fight' Posted: 23 Jul 2018 07:24 AM PDT  The girlfriend of a Florida man who was shot dead during an altercation over a
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| Life may have existed on the Moon four billion years ago Posted: 23 Jul 2018 12:00 PM PDT  When Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon's surface in July 1969, it was not only a giant leap for mankind, but was also thought to have been the first time the satellite had ever hosted life. The lunar world was said to be a "dead rock", lacking the volcanic activity needed to create an atmosphere and without sufficient gravity to trap the molecules needed for microbes to evolve. But now, scientists from Birkbeck, University of London and Washington State University have found that conditions on the lunar surface could have supported simple lifeforms around 4 billion years ago - roughly the same time that life was getting started on Earth. When Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon it was covered in dust, but it may once have had liquid water flowing Credit: Neil Armstrong During both periods, the Moon was spewing out large quantities of superheated gases, including water vapor, from its interior. Not only did it create an atmosphere, but the escaping steam could have condensed into pools of liquid water on the Moon's surface, becoming a perfect breeding ground for microorganisms. Dr Dirk Schulze-Makuch, an astrobiologist at Washington State University, said: "It looks very much like the Moon was habitable at this time. There could have actually been microbes thriving in water pools on the Moon until the surface became dry and dead. "If liquid water and a significant atmosphere were present on the early Moon for long periods of time, we think the lunar surface would have been at least transiently habitable." The findings are based on data from recent space missions and analyses of lunar rock and soil samples that show the Moon is not as dry as previously thought. The surface of the Moon would have once been firey and active Credit: Salvatore Allegra In 2009 and 2010, an international team of scientists discovered hundreds of millions of metric tons of water ice on the Moon. Additionally, there is strong evidence of a large amount of water in the lunar mantle that is thought to have been deposited very early on in the Moon's formation. It is thought the Moon was formed when a large planet, dubbed Theia, crashed into Earth, creating a huge debris disc which eventually swirled together to form the satellite. While today's Moon is silent and sterile, around four billion years ago it would have been firey and active following its dramatic birth. Although the conditions were present for life to evolve in the Moon, as it did on Earth, researchers think it is far more likely that it was brought be a meteorite. Earliest fossil life found around 4 billion years ago on Earth Credit: DOMINIC PAPINEAU Ian Crawford, Professor of Planetary Science and Astrobiology at Birkbeck, University of London said: "We know we have lunar meteorites on the Earth, so it may well be that a chunk of Earth carried life to the Moon. " If we can drill down and find evidence of early life it could show us what life was like on the early Earth. "I am sure the Moon is completely dead now, but it once would have been very active and we have evidence from the Apollo missions of lava flows dating back billions of years. "It seems bizarre to think about, but there may even have been liquid water on the Moon." The earliest evidence for life on Earth comes from fossilized cyanobacteria that are between 3.5 and 4.2 billion years old. During this time, Solar System bodies were frequently bombarded by giant meteorite impacts. It is possible that meteorites containing simple organisms like cyanobacteria could have been blasted off the surface of the Earth and landed on the Moon, seeding it with early microbes. However the window of opportunity for life had closed by around 3 billion years ago, with the Moon cooling to such an extent it no longer gave off the gases needed to maintain its atmosphere. It also lost its protective magnetic shield, which allowed solar winds to strip away atoms. The research was published in the journal Astrobiology.
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| 12 audio files sent to prosecutors in Michael Cohen probe Posted: 23 Jul 2018 02:25 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — A dozen audio recordings seized by the FBI from President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, were forwarded to federal prosecutors after lawyers dropped challenges on attorney-client privilege grounds, a former judge revealed Monday.
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| Australia honors bravery of divers involved in Thai cave rescue Posted: 23 Jul 2018 11:58 PM PDT  By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia gave state honors on Tuesday to nine people who helped rescue most of a Thai boys' soccer team trapped in a flooded cave, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull saying their teamwork had set an example for world leaders. The last of the group was brought to safety from the Tham Luang cave in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai on July 10. Turnbull hastened the usual honors approval process and held a ceremony to recognize the Australians involved in a drama that gripped the world for weeks, which he called an extraordinary international effort.
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| Mecum Auctions to sell Ferris Bueller's Ferrari 250 GT Replica Posted: 23 Jul 2018 01:03 PM PDT  One of two Ferrari 250 GT California replicas made for filming 1986 film classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off is up for sale with Mecum Auctions on August 25
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| Gunmen storm Iraq Kurdish governor's office, killing one Posted: 23 Jul 2018 08:09 AM PDT  Three teenage gunmen on Monday stormed the governor's headquarters in Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, opening fire and killing one employee before being shot dead, officials said. Initial reports said two gunmen had stormed the building in Arbil in the early morning, shooting and wounding a policeman. "An employee was killed in the assault on the provincial headquarters," Arbil governor Nawzad Hadi told a news conference.
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| Massachusetts Passes NASTY Women Act To Repeal Archaic Abortion Ban Posted: 24 Jul 2018 02:26 AM PDT  Massachusetts moved to pre-emptively protect the right to abortion in the
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| Greece finds 'Neko', a noblewoman buried in her jewelry 1,800 years ago Posted: 23 Jul 2018 06:26 AM PDT  By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek archaeologists have discovered a virtually intact grave of an ancient noblewoman buried with her golden jewelry at a Roman burial monument in the island of Sikinos. "We are now trying to find out more about her," he said.
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| Three-Year-Old Boy Seriously Injured in Suspected U.K. Acid Attack Posted: 22 Jul 2018 07:52 PM PDT  A 3-year-old boy suffered severe burns during a suspected acid attack in England that investigators think was deliberate, police said
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| Tronc Fires New York Daily News Social Media Team, But They Tweet The Last Laugh Posted: 23 Jul 2018 12:07 PM PDT  In the hours after the New York Daily News, a 99-year-old tabloid known for
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| White House ramps up pressure on Dems to meet with Kavanaugh Posted: 23 Jul 2018 04:02 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is turning up the pressure on Senate Democrats to meet with President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, though with little success.
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| The Latest: Toronto suspect's kin grieving for victims Posted: 23 Jul 2018 07:23 PM PDT  TORONTO (AP) — The latest on the mass shooting in Toronto (all times local):
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| Tesla says supplier discount request was for ongoing projects Posted: 23 Jul 2018 12:13 PM PDT ![Tesla says supplier discount request was for ongoing projects]( "Tesla says supplier discount request was for ongoing projects") The Wall Street Journal had reported on Sunday that Tesla had turned to some suppliers for a refund of previously made payments in a bid to turn a profit, citing a memo sent by a Tesla global supply manager. Concern that the memo signalled that money-losing Tesla was scrambling to find cash to fund its current operations and multiple long-term projects had sent shares down. Any pricing adjustments would improve Tesla's "future cash flows, but not impact our ability to achieve profitability in Q3," the spokesperson added.
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