| NBC Reportedly Threatened To 'Smear' Ronan Farrow If He Pressed Harvey Weinstein Exposé Posted: 30 Aug 2018 10:03 PM PDT  New details have emerged about NBC News' reported efforts to stop Ronan Farrow
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| Black Bear Mauls California Hunter Who Shot It With Bow And Arrow Posted: 30 Aug 2018 01:44 PM PDT  A California man who was hunting bear ended up being the hunted when he was
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| Texas Officer's 15-Year Sentence for Shooting Unarmed Black Teen Was Too Lenient, Victim's Family Says Posted: 30 Aug 2018 03:35 AM PDT  "He can actually see life again after 15 years and that's not enough because Jordan can't see life again"
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| Russia says Syria has right to chase rebels out of Idlib: agencies Posted: 31 Aug 2018 06:57 AM PDT  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday the Syrian government had every right to chase militants out of the rebel-held enclave of Idlib and that talks on establishing humanitarian corridors there were ongoing. The Syrian province of Idlib and surrounding areas are the last major enclave held by rebels opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a close Russian ally. Syrian government forces "had the full right to protect its sovereignty and to drive out, liquidate the terrorist threat on its territory", Lavrov was cited as saying by the Interfax news agency.
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| Mars dust storm clears, raising hope for stalled NASA rover Posted: 31 Aug 2018 07:57 AM PDT  One of the biggest Martian dust storms on record is clearing up after nearly three months, raising hope that NASA's stranded, solar-powered robotic vehicle, Opportunity, will soon come back to life. The storm was first detected on May 30, and the US space agency's 15-year-old rover was last heard from on June 10, when it went into "sleep" mode as dust blocked out the Sun and darkness enveloped the Red Planet.
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| Trump administration cuts aid funding for Palestinian refugees Posted: 31 Aug 2018 05:25 PM PDT  The United States is ending its decades of funding for the UN agency that helps Palestinian refugees, a week after slashing bilateral US aid for projects in the West Bank and Gaza. The US supplies nearly 30 per cent of the total budget of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and had been demanding reforms in the way it is run. The US State Department said in a written statement the United States "will no longer commit further funding to this irredeemably flawed operation".
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| A Blimp Resembling a Bikini-Clad Sadiq Khan Will Be Allowed to Fly Over London Posted: 30 Aug 2018 11:52 PM PDT  It imitates a blimp that flew during President Trump's visit to London in July
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| Archbishop who called on Pope to resign says corruption reaches the top Posted: 30 Aug 2018 03:22 AM PDT  Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano has gone into hiding since conservative media published an 11-page statement in which he alleged the pope knew for years about sexual misconduct by an American cardinal and did nothing about it. Vigano has been communicating through Aldo Maria Valli, an Italian television journalist who Vigano consulted several times before releasing his statement last Sunday when the pope was in Ireland. Italian media has reported he was upset because he was never made a cardinal by former Pope Benedict or because Francis blocked his further advancement in the Church.
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| Cape Cod beaches: Playgrounds for tourists, and young sharks Posted: 31 Aug 2018 02:24 PM PDT ![Cape Cod beaches: Playgrounds for tourists, and young sharks]( "Cape Cod beaches: Playgrounds for tourists, and young sharks") BOSTON (AP) — As another beach season draws to a close on Cape Cod, researchers are trying to figure out what's driving the increase in shark sightings and encounters — including the state's first attack on a human since 2012.
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| 'Start Here' podcast: Asian-American students claim discrimination at Harvard Posted: 31 Aug 2018 02:35 AM PDT  The Department of Justice said it's siding with the students. ABC News' Brad Mielke reports.
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| Thousands displaced in Myanmar dam rupture aftermath Posted: 31 Aug 2018 11:56 AM PDT ![Thousands displaced in Myanmar dam rupture aftermath]( "Thousands displaced in Myanmar dam rupture aftermath") Flooding from a ruptured dam in Myanmar has forced the relocation of more than 63,000 people and disrupted traffic on a major road that connects the country's three biggest cities.
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| Donald Trump Stands By His Controversial Response to John McCain's Death Posted: 30 Aug 2018 05:46 PM PDT  President Trump on John McCain controversy: "I've done everything that they requested."
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| Actress Tried To Use Acid And Alligators To Dispose Of Husband's Ex-Wife Posted: 30 Aug 2018 06:09 PM PDT  After Grant and Amanda Hayes killed Laura Ackerson, cut her body into pieces
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| Russia-backed leader of separatist east Ukraine region reportedly killed in blast Posted: 31 Aug 2018 08:43 AM PDT  A prominent pro-Russian separatist leader in eastern Ukraine has been assassinated in one of the highest profile killings in the region since war broke out in 2014. Alexander Zakharchenko, the president of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, was reported killed in an explosion in a cafe in Donetsk, the breakaway statelet's capital, on Friday afternoon. His death was confirmed by separatist officials and Ukraine's Security Service, the SBU. Zakharchenko suffered head injuries that were not survivable and died in hospital, Russian media reported on Friday. Two other ministers of the self-declared separatist government caught up in the blast have been hospitalised with severe injuries. The former mining electrician had run the DPR, one of two breakaway statelets sponsored and backed by Moscow, since 2014. He is the most senior of a string of separatist field commanders and officials to suffer mysterious violent deaths since a 2015 peace deal slowed but failed to end the conflict. Alexander Kazakov, an advisor to Zakharchenko, said the attack may have been carried out by the same people who murdered Arsen "Motorola" Pavlov and Mikhail "Givi" Tolstykh, prominent field commanders who were assassinated in explosions in 2016 and 2017. He called the blast a "terrorist attack" and said a device had been planted in the cafe "deliberately" and "in advance." Police and security forces in Donetsk detained several suspects in the immediate aftermath of the blast, Russia's Interfax news agency reported, citing an unidentified source familiar with the situation. The source claimed the detainees were Ukrainian "saboteurs". Russian officials also accused Ukraine of carrying out the assassination. "We have every reason to believe that the regime in Kiev is behind his murder," Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday. "Kiev's war party is carrying out a terrorist scenario, worsening the situation in the region that is complicated enough," she added. Ukraine denied any involvement in the incident. Olena Gitlyanska, the SBU spokeswoman, attributed the attack to "internal conflicts" within the region. Igor Guskov, the SBU head's chief of staff, said on Ukrainian television that he believed Russia may have been involved in the killing. "We are not excluding the possibility of Russian law enforcement services attempting to eliminate a notorious figure which, according to our information, was getting in the way and became redundant," Mr Guskov was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. Mr Zakharchenko, 42, became the leader of the DPR after fighting against Ukrainian government forces in the war that broke out four years ago. He was named the head of the breakaway region after winning by a landslide in a controversial election, condemned by the European Union as "illegal and illegitimate." Prior to that he was the head of the "cabinet" of the region. Russian-backed security forces put Donetsk on lockdown on Friday evening and blocked all movement into and out of the self-proclaimed republic as they continued a manhunt for suspected perpetrators. An emergency session of the government was summoned to select an acting head of the statelet.
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| Bank Of America Faces Backlash After Freezing Accounts Over Citizenship Questions Posted: 30 Aug 2018 05:09 PM PDT  Bank of America is facing backlash over reports that the company has frozen
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| Boyfriend of woman seen ringing Texas doorbell while wearing wrist restraints found dead Posted: 30 Aug 2018 01:01 AM PDT  The boyfriend of a woman captured on night-vision video ringing a doorbell in the middle of the night while partially-clothed and wearing broken wrist restrains has been found dead, according to police. Mr Spencer said the man had made suicidal comments in a call to the sheriff's office and had died of a gunshot wound. Investigators determined that his girlfriend was the barefoot young woman seen in a nearby resident's security video ringing the doorbell early on Friday while wearing a T-shirt and wrist restraints.
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| Suffering a stroke may double the risk of dementia finds large-scale study Posted: 31 Aug 2018 03:02 AM PDT  In the largest study of its kind ever conducted, new UK research has found that people who suffer a stroke could be around twice as likely to develop dementia. After taking into account other risk factors for dementia, such as blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, the researchers found that having a stroke still significantly increased the risk of the condition, providing the strongest evidence yet that stroke plays a role in dementia risk.
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| Germany to boost funds for Palestinians after U.S. cut Posted: 31 Aug 2018 02:36 AM PDT ![Germany to boost funds for Palestinians after U.S. cut]( "Germany to boost funds for Palestinians after U.S. cut") The German government has pledged to significantly increase its funding for the U.N. agency that supports Palestinian refugees after the United States cut its aid. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said the funding crisis for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) was fueling uncertainty. Germany had already provided 81 million euros ($94 million) in aid for UNWRA this year, he said, and was preparing to increase its contribution.
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| NASA Detects Small Leak on the ISS – and the Russian Crew Is Fixing It With Rags and Junk Posted: 30 Aug 2018 09:15 AM PDT  The depressurization did not pose an immediate threat to astronauts, NASA said
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| Trump Confirms His 'Insulting' Comments About NAFTA Talks With Canada Posted: 31 Aug 2018 01:47 PM PDT  President Donald Trump on Friday confirmed "insulting" comments that he'd
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| UN Syria envoy floats idea of evacuating Idlib civilians Posted: 30 Aug 2018 12:52 PM PDT  GENEVA (AP) — Fearing a military offensive, the U.N. envoy for Syria proposed Thursday that civilians holed up in the rebel-held region of Idlib could evacuate to government areas — a move that would send many back into parts of Syria they once fled in its 7-1/2-year-old civil war.
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| Voters Will Likely Use North Carolina's Unconstitutional Congressional Map Again This Year Posted: 31 Aug 2018 02:53 PM PDT  North Carolina is unlikely to have new congressional districts this year, even
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| Coca-Cola buys coffee chain Costa for $5.1 billion Posted: 31 Aug 2018 01:46 AM PDT  Coca-Cola on Friday said it had agreed to buy international coffee chain Costa from its UK owner Whitbread, in a deal that gives the beverages behemoth its first global coffee brand. "Hot beverages is one of the few remaining segments of the total beverage landscape where Coca-Cola does not have a global brand. Costa gives us access to this market through a strong coffee platform," Coca-Cola chief executive James Quincey said in a joint statement.
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| £4.5-million Bugatti Divo revealed at Pebble Beach Posted: 30 Aug 2018 08:55 AM PDT  Just 40 examples will be produced, with a keen focus on handling. Its 236mph top speed is slower than a Chiron's, but it generates 90kg more downforce
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| FBI arrests New Mexico compound members on new charges Posted: 31 Aug 2018 05:08 PM PDT ![FBI arrests New Mexico compound members on new charges]( "FBI arrests New Mexico compound members on new charges") Five residents of a New Mexico compound were arrested on Friday by the FBI for violating firearms and conspiracy laws in what one of their lawyers described as a "bad development" for the group who are accused of planning anti-government attacks. The arrests and charges came two days after two New Mexico judges dismissed child abuse charges against all five defendants due to a procedural fumble by state prosecutors and allowed three of them to be released from jail.
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| 44 Hearty Fall Slow-Cooker Recipes Posted: 30 Aug 2018 11:26 AM PDT |
| Al Sharpton Absolutely Shreds Donald Trump At Aretha Franklin's Funeral Posted: 31 Aug 2018 10:42 AM PDT  > Rev. Al Sharpton at Aretha Franklin's funeral: "When word went out that Ms.
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| China says no plans to deploy troops to Afghanistan Posted: 30 Aug 2018 05:03 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — China on Thursday denied reports that it plans to deploy troops to Afghanistan, saying the neighbors are engaged merely in "normal military and security cooperation."
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| Cuomo, Dodging Corruption Accusations, Attacks Cynthia Nixon: ‘You’re A Corporation’ Posted: 29 Aug 2018 08:24 PM PDT  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo dodged corruption accusations at the first and only
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| 28 Pumpkin Pie Recipes That'll Take Your Thanksgiving to the Next Level Posted: 30 Aug 2018 01:08 PM PDT |
| The 2019 Chevrolet Camaro Turbo 1LE Is Anything but Entry-Level Posted: 29 Aug 2018 09:00 PM PDT  Chassis upgrades make a go-fast bargain out of the four-cylinder sports coupe.
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| The Latest: Woman who hit couple with car charged Posted: 30 Aug 2018 02:56 PM PDT ![The Latest: Woman who hit couple with car charged]( "The Latest: Woman who hit couple with car charged") SEABROOK, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on a woman accused of hitting and killing a man and striking his wife with her car (all times local):
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| Ford and Gulf reunite for special Ford GT ’68 Heritage Edition Posted: 30 Aug 2018 06:20 AM PDT  Gulf and Ford have come together to mark 50 years of Le Mans victory with a new GT '68 Heritage Edition. Just look at it!
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| David Stockman Calls Trump A 'Complete Ignoramus' On Fiscal Policy Posted: 31 Aug 2018 12:42 AM PDT  Ronald Reagan's budget director slammed President Donald Trump as an
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| Why Cadillac Developed a New Twin-Turbo V8 Posted: 31 Aug 2018 10:00 AM PDT  For the luxurious CT6 sedan, a Chevy small block wasn't quite right.
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| Despite tensions, China says navy chief plans to visit U.S. next month Posted: 30 Aug 2018 03:45 AM PDT  China's defense ministry said on Thursday that navy chief Shen Jinlong plans to visit the United States in September, despite an escalating trade row that threatens to spill into other areas of tension between the two countries. The announcement the ministry's spokesman Wu Qian comes two months after U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited Beijing. China said that visit yielded positive results, and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe has accepted an invitation to visit the United States before the end of the year.
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| Rubio’s New Paid Leave Bill Threatens The Very Idea Of Social Security, Report Finds Posted: 29 Aug 2018 09:00 PM PDT  The paid maternity and paternity leave bill proposed by Sen. Marco Rubio
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| 2 in custody after woman's body parts were found in bags in New York Posted: 29 Aug 2018 10:24 PM PDT  Police received a 911 call just after 7:30 p.m. after they say a child discovered a bag with a foot sticking out of it that washed ashore inside Barretto Point Park.
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| Prince Harry And Meghan Markle's Wax Faces On Real People Will Give You Nightmares Posted: 30 Aug 2018 11:42 AM PDT  If you couldn't make it to the royal wedding but still want your chance to see
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| Tesla has a surprise reveal for Grand Basel show; is it the production Roadster? Posted: 31 Aug 2018 10:00 AM PDT  The Grand Basel show in Switzerland will play host to a new Tesla reveal, the electric car manufacturer confirmed Friday. Noting the show's theme, the production version of the Tesla's second-generation Roadster is the most likely candidate for a debut, unless the company is prepared to show off something truly surprising. CEO Elon Musk pulled a classic Steve Jobs "one more thing" moment during the reveal of the Tesla Semi and surprised with the Roadster concept car last November.
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| Correction: Texas Officer-Murder Trial-Differences story Posted: 30 Aug 2018 09:08 AM PDT  In a story Aug. 29 about a former Texas police officer's murder conviction, The Associated Press erroneously referred to the school where Phil Stinson works as Bowling Green University. The school's name is Bowling Green State University.
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| Stefan Passantino: Donald Trump's ethics lawyer 'to leave White House today' Posted: 30 Aug 2018 04:31 AM PDT  The deputy White House counsel, Stefan Passantino, is reportedly to step down today just a day after it was announced the government's top lawyer would also leave his position. Don McGahn, the top-ranking White House counsel, will leave by the autumn, Mr Trump announced on Twitter. Mr Passantino, who is responsible for overseeing ethics issues for Donald Trump's staff, was due to exit on Thursday, according to Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Jacobs.
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