| Iran FM says Trump, Bin Salman, Netanyahu are 'isolated' Posted: 06 Aug 2018 03:18 AM PDT  Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Monday that the leaders of the United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel were isolated in their hostility to Iran. "Today, the entire world has declared they are not in line with US policies against Iran," Zarif said in a speech, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency. "Talk to anyone, anywhere in the world and they will tell you that (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu, (US President Donald) Trump and (Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed) bin Salman are isolated, not Iran," he said.
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| California's Mendocino Wildfire Is Now The 2nd-Largest In State History Posted: 06 Aug 2018 10:57 AM PDT  A combination of wildfires raging north of San Francisco, which already has
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| Longtime Manafort deputy Rick Gates admits embezzlement Posted: 06 Aug 2018 04:09 PM PDT  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The government's star witness in the financial fraud trial of Paul Manafort testified Monday that he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from the former Trump campaign chairman — and told jurors that he and Manafort committed crimes together.
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| Dead baby found in water beneath New York's Brooklyn Bridge Posted: 06 Aug 2018 03:37 AM PDT  Police are investigating the death of a baby who was found floating in the water near New York's Brooklyn Bridge. Tourists spotted the approximately 8-month-old boy wearing only a nappy in the shallow water near the Manhattan shoreline at about 4pm on Sunday. Oklahoma-based chiropractor Monte Campbell said his wife, Diana Campbell, first noticed the baby.
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| Venezuela Detains 6 Suspects Over a Failed Drone Attack Aimed at President Maduro Posted: 05 Aug 2018 07:33 PM PDT  Explosives-laden drones were allegedly used in a failed assassination attempt
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| Five killed, dozens shot in Chicago 'violent night' Posted: 05 Aug 2018 11:22 PM PDT  Chicago Police chief of patrol Fred Waller told a press conference Sunday afternoon some of the shootings were "targeted" and related to gang conflicts. "The city of Chicago experienced a violent night. Incidents of either random or targeted shooting on our streets is totally unacceptable," he said.
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| Massive California wildfire becomes fifth largest in state history Posted: 05 Aug 2018 02:34 PM PDT ![Massive California wildfire becomes fifth largest in state history]( "Massive California wildfire becomes fifth largest in state history") By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A massive, out-of-control Northern California wildfire that destroyed 68 homes and forced thousands to flee has become the fifth largest in state history, officials said on Sunday, as crews battled high temperatures and strong winds. The Mendocino Complex Fire, made up of two separate conflagrations that merged near Ukiah, north of Sacramento, exploded by 25 percent overnight and had blackened nearly 400 square miles as of Sunday morning, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. "The Mendocino Complex Fire has charred more than 254,000 acres, making it the fifth largest blaze in California's history," AccuWeather said on its website.
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| Vintage plane crashes in Swiss Alps, killing 20 on board Posted: 05 Aug 2018 01:56 PM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — Determining why a vintage plane crashed in the Swiss Alps will be challenging since the 79-year-old aircraft did not have black boxes and was traveling in an area without frequent radar readings when it plunged into a mountain, killing all 20 of the people on board, investigators said Sunday.
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| Iran, US trade warnings as sanctions on Tehran set to take effect Posted: 06 Aug 2018 03:03 PM PDT  The leaders of Iran and the United States traded accusations Monday as the clock ticked down to Washington's reimposition of sweeping sanctions on Tehran, which dismissed Donald Trump's offer of talks on a new nuclear deal. The comments all came as Iran braces for the return of sweeping US sanctions on Tuesday -- the first round, which takes effect overnight, targets the Islamic republic's access to US banknotes and key industries including cars and carpets.
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| After N.C. Boy's Lemonade Stand Is Robbed at Gunpoint, He's Gifted Lawnmower for His Landscaping Business Posted: 06 Aug 2018 01:30 PM PDT  Police said the armed robbery of the 9-year-old's lemonade stand was "a new low."
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| Manafort trial: Rick Gates admits to committing crimes while working for former Trump campaign manager Posted: 06 Aug 2018 02:25 PM PDT  The deputy of Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort has admitted to criminal activity while working for the political operative and told a court he helped him file false returns. On the fifth day of the trial of Mr Manafort, who has pleaded not guilty to 18 counts of bank and tax fraud and failing to disclose foreign bank accounts, prosecutors introduced the man they believe could be their star witness - the defendant's 46-year-old right hand man and deputy, Rick Gates. Mr Gates told the court he was appearing as part of a plea deal, having agreed to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 election.
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| New Mexico: 11 ‘starving’ children rescued from makeshift compound Posted: 06 Aug 2018 10:55 AM PDT  Conditions at a compound in rural New Mexico where 11 children were taken into protective custody for their own health and safety after a raid by authorities. Police in rural New Mexico have rescued 11 children from a "squalid" makeshift compound after receiving a tip that they were "starving" and desperately in need of food and water. The children, ranging in age from one to 15, were turned over to state child-welfare workers.
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| Psychiatrist: Much is still hidden in theater shooter's mind Posted: 05 Aug 2018 10:07 AM PDT  DENVER (AP) — A psychiatrist who spent hours talking with mass murderer James Holmes says that what led Holmes to open fire in a crowded Colorado movie theater was a one-of-a-kind vortex of his mental illness, his personality and his circumstances — and some other, unknown currents that will probably never be uncovered.
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| Three of 5 victims identified in Southern California small plane crash worked in Danville Posted: 06 Aug 2018 12:37 PM PDT  All five victims have been identified after a small plane that departed from Concord crashed near an Orange County shopping mall on Sunday afternoon.
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| New York's Cuomo rejects NRA claim that 'blacklisting' jeopardizes mission Posted: 06 Aug 2018 08:33 AM PDT  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday rejected a claim by the National Rifle Association that his efforts to get banks and insurers to stop doing business with the group threatened its ability to advocate for gun rights. Underwood acknowledged Cuomo's and the NRA's "longstanding history of strong disagreement" on gun control, but said the lawsuit did not allege that New York "directly inhibited the NRA from expressing its opposition to gun regulation.
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| Suicide attack kills three NATO soldiers in Afghanistan: official Posted: 05 Aug 2018 02:52 AM PDT  A suicide attack claimed by the Taliban killed three foreign soldiers on patrol in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the deadliest assault on US-led NATO troops for many months. "Three Resolute Support service members were killed by a suicide bomber during a combined, dismounted patrol with Afghan forces in eastern Afghanistan," NATO's Resolute Support mission said in a statement. A US member of the patrol and two Afghan soldiers were wounded, it said, without giving the nationality of those killed.
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| Indonesia quake kills 82, leaves hundreds wounded Posted: 05 Aug 2018 03:22 PM PDT  A powerful quake which struck the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok has killed 82 people and wounded hundreds, national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said early Monday, with thousands of buildings left damaged. The 6.9 magnitude tremor, which triggered panic among tourists and locals on Sunday evening, was also felt on the neighbouring island of Bali, one of Southeast Asia's leading tourist destinations. Nugroho said an initial tsunami warning which was later cancelled had sparked terror as residents scrambled to reach safer ground.
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| 1 killed, 2 injured in shooting on San Francisco bridge Posted: 06 Aug 2018 09:49 AM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man was killed and two others were injured Monday in a shooting on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that caused several cars to collide and shut down all traffic lanes for hours, authorities said.
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| Trump Privately 'Fearful' That Don Jr. 'Wandered Into Legal Jeopardy': Reports Posted: 04 Aug 2018 08:58 PM PDT  If Donald Trump has seemed particularly energized in his recent condemnations
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| Canada ‘seriously concerned’ by escalating diplomatic spat with Saudi Arabia Posted: 06 Aug 2018 08:23 AM PDT  Canada's foreign ministry has said it is "seriously concerned" and "seeking greater clarity" from Saudi Arabia after the conservative kingdom's decision to expel the Canadian ambassador and freeze all new trade between the two countries. The statement on Monday from spokesperson Marie-Pier Baril also reiterated Ottawa's commitment to international human rights after Canada's initial comments on the detention of Saudi women's rights activists, which sparked the escalating diplomatic row. Riyadh's diplomatic community was left reeling on Sunday night after a royal statement carried by the Saudi state news agency announced the expulsion of Canadian ambassador Dennis Horak and a suspension of business ties.
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| Tibbetts investigators return to pig farm for third time Posted: 06 Aug 2018 06:39 AM PDT  Farmer tells Fox News he has allowed authorities to search his property and cell phone; Matt Finn reports on the latest in the search for the missing student.
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| Eleven children found at squalid New Mexico compound, two arrested Posted: 06 Aug 2018 01:40 PM PDT  Three women believed to be the children's mothers also were detained during last week's sweep, which followed a two-month investigation by authorities in New Mexico and Georgia as well as the FBI, Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe said in a statement on the department's Facebook page. Hogrefe said in the statement that Siraj Wahhaj, 39, was taken into custody on a warrant accusing him of abducting his 3-year-old son.
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| Why are California's wildfires so intense and what can be done? Posted: 06 Aug 2018 01:29 PM PDT  The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning in parts of California warning of conditions conducive to the growth of wildfires, including strong winds, low humidity and very high temperatures. The White House has declared California's fires a major disaster and there are signs they are growing more intense.
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| Oregon police chief orders review of use of force at protest Posted: 06 Aug 2018 01:30 AM PDT  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Portland police were accused Sunday of being heavy-handed against people protesting a rally by extreme-right demonstrators, reportedly injuring some counter-protesters and prompting the city's new police chief to order a review of officers' use of force.
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| Bangladesh must improve conditions for Rohingya, scrap island plan: HRW Posted: 06 Aug 2018 01:11 AM PDT  Bangladesh should dramatically improve living conditions for Rohingya in the world's largest refugee camp and scrap plans to move many to a flood-prone island, Human Rights Watch said Monday. Almost one million Rohingya Muslims forced out of Myanmar now live in southern Bangladesh, with 700,000 of them arriving after the latest crackdown on the stateless minority started in August last year. The US and UN have branded operations by Myanmar security forces as ethnic cleansing.
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| Identical Twin Brides Marry Identical Twin Grooms in Joint Ceremony in Twinsburg, Ohio Posted: 06 Aug 2018 11:07 AM PDT  Here come the brides!
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| The Latest: Expert says Maduro may use attack for purge Posted: 04 Aug 2018 08:03 PM PDT  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Latest on explosions at speech given by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (all times local):
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| Classics for sale: 1988 Lamborghini LM002 Posted: 06 Aug 2018 07:59 AM PDT  The Urus might be in the spotlight now, but it wasn't the raging bull's first attempt at a 4x4. This LM002 is a prime example of the original Lamborghini SUV
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| Man found in restaurant freezer attacks worker with kitchen knife then dies, say police Posted: 06 Aug 2018 01:39 AM PDT  A 54-year-old man died after jumping out of a freezer and attacking an employee with a kitchen knife on Sunday at a popular restaurant in New York, police said. The man shouted, "Away, Satan!" and grabbed the knife after an employee opened the walk-in freezer at Sarabeth's in Manhattan around 11am, police said. No restaurant workers or patrons were injured, police said.
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| Powerful quake kills 82 on Indonesia's Lombok island, thousands flee homes Posted: 05 Aug 2018 05:30 PM PDT  By Nyimas Laula DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) - At least 82 people were killed when Indonesia's resort island of Lombok was hit by a powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Sunday, triggering widespread panic as thousands fled their homes for emergency shelters as buildings collapsed. Singapore Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam, who was on the 10th floor of a hotel in the Lombok town of Mataram at the time of the quake, wrote on Facebook that his room shook violently and walls cracked. Most of the victims were killed by falling rubble in northern and western parts of Lombok.
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| Watch Nissan GT-R50 Hit The Track For The First Time Posted: 06 Aug 2018 12:23 AM PDT  No, this is not the next-generation GT-R.
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| Israel says Gaza truce talks focus on easing closure in return for calm Posted: 05 Aug 2018 10:36 AM PDT  By Maayan Lubell and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) - Israel set out limited goals for Gaza truce talks on Sunday, saying the focus was on a proposal to ease its blockade of the Islamist Hamas-controlled territory in return for the Palestinians calming their side of the frontier. The Israeli statement came hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his security cabinet to discuss, and possibly approve U.N.- and Egyptian-brokered ideas for preventing another threatened Gaza war. It said that Israel's military chief had briefed the cabinet about the situation in the Gaza Strip and that the army was "prepared for any scenario." The United Nations and Egypt have not publicly detailed their proposals.
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| Court's AT&T-Time Warner ruling 'clearly erroneous': US gov't Posted: 06 Aug 2018 04:13 PM PDT  The US Justice Department attacked Monday a court ruling that allowed June's $85 billion mega-merger between AT&T and Time Warner to go forward, saying a federal judge had relied on faulty economics. The June decision by US District Judge Richard Leon had dealt a stinging defeat to the Justice Department and handed a total victory to the companies. "The court agreed that Time Warner enjoyed bargaining leverage before the merger but it illogically and erroneously concluded that Time Warner will have no increased leverage post-merger because blackouts are 'infeasible' so Time Warner cannot credibly threaten them," the brief said.
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| 2018 Mercedes-AMG G63 armoured limo priced at $1.2million Posted: 06 Aug 2018 07:46 AM PDT  The Mercedes-Benz G-Class, which feels like it's been crafted out of a single massive block of steel, is a pretty indestructible vehicle. The Canadian upfitter has created a stretched and armoured version of the 2018 G-Class G63, listed on its website as a limousine. At 172.2 inches (437.4cm), the wheelbase of Inkas's G63 limo is a full 60 inches (152.4cm) longer than that of a standard G-Class.
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| State Department On Saudi Arabia-Canada Spat: We're Staying Out Posted: 06 Aug 2018 02:53 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The State Department made its first comments on the dispute
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| Hiroshima remembers atomic bombing on 73rd anniversary Posted: 06 Aug 2018 03:33 AM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — Hiroshima marked the anniversary of the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of the city with a somber ceremony Monday to remember those killed and injured and a call to eliminate nuclear weapons amid hopes of denuclearizing North Korea.
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| Donald Trump admits son met Russian to get information on Hillary Clinton Posted: 05 Aug 2018 06:52 PM PDT  Donald Trump, the US president, on Sunday admitted that his son met a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower in 2016 to collect information on Hillary Clinton but said it was "totally legal". The Sunday morning tweet is Mr Trump's most direct acknowledgement that the motive for the June 2016 meeting was to get dirt on Hillary Clinton, his Democratic rival for the presidency. It follows reports in American news outlets that the president was becoming concerned that Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the election was closing in on family members – particularly Donald Trump Jnr. As he has in the past, Mr Trump insisted he did not know at the time about the meeting between his son Donald Jnr and Natalia Veselnitskaya, a lawyer with links to the Kremlin. "This was a meeting to get information on an opponent, totally legal and done all the time in politics - and it went nowhere," he wrote. "I did not know about it!" Fake News reporting, a complete fabrication, that I am concerned about the meeting my wonderful son, Donald, had in Trump Tower. This was a meeting to get information on an opponent, totally legal and done all the time in politics - and it went nowhere. I did not know about it!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 5, 2018 That meeting has come under intense scrutiny from Mr Mueller, the special counsel, as he probes whether the Trump campaign coordinated with a Russian effort to sway the election in his favour. The Washington Post reported that Mr Trump has been brooding in private about whether his son unintentionally put himself in legal jeopardy by meeting with Ms Veselnitskaya. Natalia Veselnitskaya met senior members of the Trump campaign team in June 2016 Credit: Kommersant via AP Mr Trump called the report "a complete fabrication." Donald Jr initially said in July 2017 that the meeting was "primarily" about US adoptions of Russian children. The Washington Post has reported that the statement was dictated by the president. Donald Jr later admitted he accepted the meeting with Ms Veselnitskaya in hopes of obtaining damaging information on Ms Clinton, but said nothing came of it. In brief | Donald Trump's family Mr Trump's lawyers argue that the meeting violated no laws. "The question is how will it be illegal? The real question here is, would... the meeting itself constitute a violation of the law," the president's lawyer Jay Sekulow said on ABC's "This Week." Mr Sekulow acknowledged that the public explanation for the meeting has changed but insisted that the White House has been very clear with the special counsel's office. He said he was not aware of Mr Trump Jr. facing any legal exposure. "I don't represent Don Jr.," Sekulow said, "but I will tell you I have no knowledge at all of Don Jr. being told that he's a target of any investigation, and I have no knowledge of him being interviewed by the special counsel." Democrats hammered away at the president's admission. "The Russians offered damaging info on your opponent. Your campaign accepted. And the Russians delivered," tweeted Rep. Adam Schiff of California, top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. "You then misled the country about the purpose of the Trump Tower meeting when it became public. Now you say you didn't know in advance. None of this is normal or credible."
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| 5 killed after plane nosedived into California parking lot Posted: 06 Aug 2018 03:40 PM PDT  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — On a breezy morning, Floria Hakimi smiled as her photo was snapped on the steps leading up to a small plane that was supposed to usher her to a workshop for real estate agents in Southern California.
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| The Latest: Pope prays for dead and consolation for grieving Posted: 06 Aug 2018 11:27 AM PDT  MATARAM, Indonesia (AP) — The Latest on an earthquake that struck Indonesia's Lombok island (all times local):
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| Audi PB 18 E-Tron Concept To Preview R8 E-Tron Electric Supercar? Posted: 05 Aug 2018 11:31 PM PDT  We want to believe.
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| Deployed Soldier`s Dog Found Safe Two Months After Escaping Foster Home Posted: 06 Aug 2018 05:53 AM PDT  David Powell can breathe a sigh of relief after a deployed soldier`s dog in his car was found after being missing for two months.
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| Bangladesh police fire tear gas to clear protesters blocking traffic Posted: 05 Aug 2018 07:03 AM PDT  By Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladeshi police fired tear gas on Sunday to disperse tens of thousands of students protesting for an eighth day to demand safer roads after two teenagers were mown down by a bus. The U.S. embassy criticized the crack-down on protesters who it said had "united and captured the imagination of the whole country." The embassy tweeted that while it did not condone property damage by some of the protesters: "Nothing can justify the brutal attacks and violence over the weekend against the thousands of young people who have been peacefully exercising their democratic rights in supporting a safer Bangladesh." Spontaneous student protests are rare in Bangladesh, and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina suggested her political rivals were using the issue to stir up anti-government sentiment ahead of a general election this year.
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| South Sudan foes sign final power-sharing deal Posted: 05 Aug 2018 10:55 AM PDT  South Sudanese arch-foes signed a final power-sharing deal on Sunday, aimed at ending a civil war that has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions in the world's youngest country. President Salva Kiir and his bitter rival Riek Machar were in neighbouring Sudan to sign the deal, under which the rebel leader is set to return to a unity government as the first of five vice presidents, an AFP correspondent there reported. The deal, which paves the way to a final peace accord, was signed in the presence of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his counterparts from Kenya, Uganda and Djibouti, along with foreign diplomats.
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| 5 Home Depot Products That Will Instantly Make Over Your Bedroom Posted: 06 Aug 2018 09:07 AM PDT  Sweet dreams are imminent
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