| How to help Florence victims Posted: 17 Sep 2018 09:00 AM PDT  Five ways you can contribute to storm relief efforts right now.
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| Markets Right Now: Technology stocks lead US indexes lower Posted: 17 Sep 2018 01:15 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
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| Erdogan says luxury jumbo is 'gift' from Qatar emir Posted: 16 Sep 2018 05:55 PM PDT  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the emir of Qatar gave a luxury jumbo jet as a "gift" to Turkey, rejecting opposition claims the plane had been bought in a costly purchase for the presidency. In comments published Monday, Erdogan said Turkey had shown interest in buying the on-sale Boeing 747-8 plane -- reportedly worth around $400 million -- but Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani insisted on offering the plane as a gift. When the Qatar emir was informed of this he gave it as a gift, saying 'I won't take money from Turkey.
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| Tesla's Musk is sued for calling Thai cave rescuer paedophile Posted: 17 Sep 2018 01:20 PM PDT  Vernon Unsworth, who lives north of London, sued over Musk's July 15 tweet to more than 22 million followers referring to him as a "pedo guy," a comment for which Musk later apologised. Tesla did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Musk and the company. Unsworth is seeking at least $75,000 of compensatory damages plus unspecified punitive damages in his complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
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| Massachusetts man dies in state's first shark attack fatality in over 80 years Posted: 16 Sep 2018 01:01 AM PDT  A man who was bitten by a shark in Cape Cod has died, becoming Massachusetts' first shark attack fatality in over 80 years. The 26-year-old and his friend were boogie-boarding off Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet when the attack took place around noon on Saturday, Wellfleet Police Lieutenant Michael Hurley said. Joe Booth, a local fisherman and surfer, said that he saw the victim kick something behind him and the flicker of a tail in the water.
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| Report links half of Dutch cardinals and bishops to abuse Posted: 17 Sep 2018 05:00 AM PDT  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A media report linking half of the cardinals and bishops who served in the Netherlands between 1945 and 2010 to abuse cases has drawn the country's Catholic Church into the church's global sex abuse and cover-up scandal.
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| Rising floodwaters, potential dam failures threaten North Carolina communities in Florence's wake Posted: 17 Sep 2018 09:16 AM PDT  Some communities in North Carolina are now faced with rising floodwaters and potential dam failures in Florence's wake.
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| Time Magazine To Be Sold To Billionaire Couple For $190 Million Posted: 16 Sep 2018 09:20 PM PDT  Billionaire Marc Benioff and his wife, Lynne, are buying Time magazine from
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| Rare triple whale breach close to boat stuns onlookers Posted: 17 Sep 2018 03:14 AM PDT  Whale watchers squeal with delight as three surfacing humpbacks leap out of the water almost simultaneously in rare triple breach right next to their boat.
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| Fearing attacks from above, Syrians in Idlib head underground Posted: 16 Sep 2018 07:08 PM PDT  The grotto in northwestern Syria has already saved his children's lives once. Fearing more air attacks, Abdulmonem is expanding the makeshift bomb shelter in case they need to take refuge there again. Residents of Idlib province and surrounding areas have been bracing themselves for a Russian-backed government offensive on the country's largest remaining rebel-held zone.
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| Turkey's Erdogan defends gift of luxury plane from Emir of Qatar Posted: 17 Sep 2018 02:55 AM PDT  President Tayyip Erdogan has defended his decision to accept a luxury plane from Qatar at a time of economic hardship, saying it was a gift, not a purchase, and that it had been donated to the Turkish state, not to him personally. State broadcaster TRT Haber said last week the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani had given Erdogan the aircraft, which Turkish media said was a Boeing 747, sparking criticism from Turkey's opposition. A lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), Sezgin Tanrikulu, had expressed concern that the aircraft had been bought rather than donated, noting that Turkey was in an economic crisis, the Hurriyet newspaper reported.
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| Dozens buried in Philippines landslide triggered by Typhoon Mangkhut Posted: 17 Sep 2018 06:46 AM PDT  Hundreds of rescuers in the Philippines dug frantically with shovels and their bare hands on Monday in an attempt to save the lives of dozens of people buried by a landslide triggered at the weekend by Typhoon Mangkhut, the world's strongest storm of the year. But despite their best efforts, weary aid workers were only able to pull dead bodies from the mud and debris that had engulfed a church and miners' bunkhouse where people had been sheltering from the fierce rain and winds topping 150 miles per hour in the early hours of Saturday morning. Grief-stricken relatives, many of them quietly praying, waited anxiously near the disaster site. Victorio Palangdan, Itogon's mayor, warned that the chances of finding any survivors were slim, raising the prospect that the previously confirmed Philippine death toll of 65 from the typhoon could significantly rise. Mr Palangdan told a news conference that of the 40 to 50 people thought buried, there's a "99 per cent (chance) that they are really dead." Itogon, #Philippines. With no chance of getting heavy equipment into the valley, rescue workers are using shovels and their hands to move rock and debris from the landslides. But there is so much of it. One official figures it will take a week. @NBCNewspic.twitter.com/4tX1LjXNKx— Janis Mackey Frayer (@janisfrayer) September 17, 2018 He revealed that dozens of residents had refused to heed police warnings to leave the area. "They laughed at our policemen. They insisted," he said, according to the AP. "They were resisting when our police tried to pull them away. What can we do?" Most of the buried are believed to be poor miners and their families, who were working illegally at the mine site. Foreign aid has begun to pour into the Philippines, which will face months of recovery after farms across the island of Luzon, which produces much of the nation's rice and corn, were submerged in muddy floodwater just a month before harvest. Francis Tolentino, a senior adviser to President Rodrigo Duterte, estimated that nationwide 5.7 million people had been affected by the storm. Many high rise buildings in Hong Kong had their windows blown out Credit: Anthony Wallace/AFP Hong Kong on Monday also began to clear up "severe and extensive" damage from Mangkhut after it struck the high-rise city on Sunday, leaving 300 injured. Roads remained blocked by felled trees and debris and some areas remained severely flooded. Windows in swaying tower blocks had been smashed by gusts of more than 142mph. After tearing through Luzon and pummelling Hong Kong and Macau, the storm hit China's Guangdong province, killing four people, three of whom were struck by trees. More than 3 million people were evacuated. But by Monday afternoon, the terrifying storm had been downgraded to a tropical depression at it moved into Guangxi province on a path to the mountainous Yunnan province, where it was expected to weaken further as it approached Vietnam, Laos and Burma. No further deaths or damage were reported.
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| Gunmen wearing mariachi garb kill 5, wound 8 in Mexico City Posted: 15 Sep 2018 05:49 PM PDT  Mexicans heading into the weekend's Independence Day celebrations were jolted by the brazen shooting,
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| Michael Moore Thinks Donald Trump Or 'One Of His Minions' Wrote Anonymous NYT Op-Ed Posted: 16 Sep 2018 01:56 PM PDT ![Michael Moore Thinks Donald Trump Or 'One Of His Minions' Wrote Anonymous NYT Op-Ed]( "Michael Moore Thinks Donald Trump Or 'One Of His Minions' Wrote Anonymous NYT Op-Ed") Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore said he believes President Donald Trump
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| Kings Plaza fire: At least 21 injured as firefighters tackle blaze at Brooklyn shopping centre parking lot Posted: 17 Sep 2018 11:54 AM PDT  Firefighters are tackling a massive fire that spread through a parking garage in Brooklyn, New York. The fire began before 9:00 a.m. local time near the Kings Plaza shopping centre in Brooklyn, erupting from a two-alarm to a seven-alarm emergency within an hour. Police and fire department officials did not respond to enquiries, and it was not immediately clear whether police suspected criminal intent or wrongdoing.
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| Florence death toll at 17, including 3-month-old Posted: 16 Sep 2018 05:15 PM PDT  The death toll attributed to Florence stands at 17, including 11 in North Carolina and six in South Carolina.
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| Elon Musk tweets new images of SpaceX's forthcoming BFR spacecraft Posted: 16 Sep 2018 11:28 PM PDT  That's one big effing rocket. With the imminent reveal of the mystery passenger who will be flying around the moon in SpaceX's forthcoming BFR, Elon Musk tweeted two new renders of the spacecraft. SEE ALSO: SpaceX books its first passenger to fly around the moon The 106 metre (347 feet) long ship was first announced last year, and Musk said the ship will contain up to 40 cabins which will have enough space for 100 people. BFR's booster will be powered by 31 Raptor engines, while the ship itself will have 7 Raptor engines, which appear to be arranged like a honeycomb. pic.twitter.com/dUpiavvM1Z — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 17, 2018 pic.twitter.com/d1KEp44zjm — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 17, 2018 In another tweet, Musk confirmed a forward-moving wing near the nose that appears to retract or expand when required. Forward moving wing — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 17, 2018 You might've already spotted SpaceX's new render of the BFR ship, when the company announced that it had signed a passenger to fly around the moon on Thursday. Musk hinted it might be a Japanese passenger, prompting Twitter to throw out names of very rich people like entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa and legendary video game designer Hideo Kojima. SpaceX has signed the world's first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard our BFR launch vehicle—an important step toward enabling access for everyday people who dream of traveling to space. Find out who's flying and why on Monday, September 17. pic.twitter.com/64z4rygYhk — SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 14, 2018 SpaceX will reveal the identity of the passenger on Monday, Sept. 17 at 6 p.m. PT via webcast. Is it you? WATCH: Someone designed a toiletry kit you actually will want to use
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| Around 1,000 Hungarians protest against Orban at pro-EU rally Posted: 16 Sep 2018 09:03 AM PDT  The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to sanction Hungary for flouting EU rules on democracy, civil rights and corruption in an unprecedented step that left Orban isolated from some powerful allies in the European Parliament. Hungary said it would seek legal ways to challenge the ruling which it described as "petty revenge".
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| Israel to deport French-US professor arrested at demo Posted: 16 Sep 2018 01:07 PM PDT  An American-French law professor arrested by Israel while protesting against the demolition of a Palestinian village in the West Bank is to be deported, his lawyer said Sunday. US-born Frank Romano, who teaches law at the Paris Nanterre University, was detained on Friday while taking part in a demonstration at the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, east of Jerusalem. "There is an administrative decision to deport him," lawyer Gaby Lansky told reporters.
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| You've Been Pronouncing Chrissy Teigen's Name All Along and She's Sick of Living the Lie Posted: 17 Sep 2018 06:01 AM PDT ![You've Been Pronouncing Chrissy Teigen's Name All Along and She's Sick of Living the Lie]( "You've Been Pronouncing Chrissy Teigen's Name All Along and She's Sick of Living the Lie") Chrissy Teigen has an announcement about how everyone' been pronouncing her name wrong.
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| Shattered buildings, swamped fields: the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut Posted: 16 Sep 2018 09:00 AM PDT  The skeleton of a shattered school, bare walls of homes stripped of their roofs and vast cornfields drowned in muddy floodwaters: this is the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut as seen from the air. A day after the world's worst storm of the year carved a path of deadly destruction across the northern Philippines' agricultural heartland, AFP was able to fly over some of the damage in Cagayan province. "I saw widespread damage to planted crops, mostly corn.
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| Volvo asks US government for tariff exemption for China-built XC60 crossover SUV Posted: 17 Sep 2018 06:34 AM PDT  Volvo is the latest automaker to ask the U.S. government for an exemption from steep tariffs on Chinese-made SUVs, Reuters reported Friday. Buick asked trade officials in July for an exemption from a 25-percent tariff on its China-made Envision SUV earlier this year, although Volvo's interest in seeking relief from the measure is far greater. In August, the XC60 accounted for more than 31 percent of overall sales for Volvo, according to the automaker. Since May, the U.S. has imported most of its Volvo XC60 models from China, although the automaker originally imported them from its factory in Sweden when the car was launched. Unlike Buick, which petitioned for an exemption for 40,000 of its China-built Envision crossover, Volvo is seeking an unlimited exemption for XC60 crossovers built in China, according to Reuters. Earlier this year, Volvo opened its first North American production facility near Charleston, S.C., where it builds the S60 sedan and eventually the XC90 full-size crossover. DON'T MISS: Global trade war prompts Volvo to put brakes on its IPO In its letter to the U.S. Trade Representative, Volvo said it could eventually build the XC60 crossover in America, but said that a proposed 25-percent tariff would be unfairly passed to consumers. When Volvo opened its North American plant in June, CEO Hakan Samuelsson said that steep tariffs could threaten jobs at that plant and that eliminating global trade restrictions was the "right way" for the auto industry. "We will export as many cars from this factory as we will import in the U.S...That is a good example of how trade with cars should work in an open and free economy," he said in June.
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| Nunes reacts to Strzok-Page 'media leak strategy' texts Posted: 16 Sep 2018 07:43 AM PDT  Texts show former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page talking about media leaks; Rep. Devin Nunes reacts on 'Sunday Morning Futures.'
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| US to slash refugee admissions to historic low of 30,000, Pompeo confirms Posted: 17 Sep 2018 03:02 PM PDT  The US will allow no more than 30,000 refugees into the country in the coming year, down by a third from last year's cap, the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has announced. The latest cut reflects a victory by White House hardliners on immigration over both the state department and the Pentagon. When Donald Trump took office the ceiling on refugees the US was prepared to welcome each year was 110,000.
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| Hurricane Florence cuts off road access to N. Carolina city Posted: 16 Sep 2018 02:26 PM PDT  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Damage from Hurricane Florence left a North Carolina city popular with tourists cut off Sunday from road access, leaving authorities planning how to get food and water there by air and water.
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| Lula’s guy: Brazilian Left’s new candidate Haddad rallies voters who barely recognise him Posted: 16 Sep 2018 09:35 AM PDT  As the new favourite to face far-Right candidate Jair Bolsonaro in the Brazilian election race, there is only one question on the lips of Fernando Haddad's supporter base: who is he? Last week, jailed former president Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva - the firm frontrunner - officially stepped down as the candidate for the centre-left Workers' Party, calling in running mate Mr Haddad as his replacement. Now, the Workers' Party's strategy is to transfer as much of these votes as possible to Lula's understudy Mr Haddad, the former education minister and São Paulo mayor. Besides Mr Haddad's professorial, technocratic demeanour – a far cry from Mr da Silva's passionate fist-shaking and rabble-rousing – the stand-in candidate is virtually unknown outside of the large urban centres of Brazil's southeast. Nevertheless, early indications show that Mr Haddad, who has seen his voting intentions triple in the last three weeks, is hotly tipped to challenge Mr Bolsonaro in a second-round runoff. Supporters of Brazilian former president Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva holds a mask of his face Credit: NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP This week, Mr Haddad beings his campaign in the northeast of Brazil, the least developed region of the country and a traditional Workers' Party stronghold. During his last visit, Mr Haddad was a stranger to the local electorate, referred to mostly as "Lula's guy", or mistakenly as Fernando "Andrade". This time, he will need to make a much greater impact. Brazil goes to the polls on October 7, leaving Mr Haddad little time to win over Mr da Silva's impressive support base. Polls released last week gave Mr Haddad 13 per cent of the vote, up from 4 per cent three weeks ago and tied in second place alongside fellow centre-Left candidate Ciro Gomes. Supporter of Brazil's Workers Party gather for a rally Credit: DANIEL RAMALHO/AFP/Getty Images In contrast, before bowing out of the race, Mr da Silva was polling at 39 per cent. Had he not been barred from running, there is a considerable chance he would have been elected with an overall majority, despite the fact he is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence for corruption and money laundering. "Haddad is trying his best to present himself as Lula's candidate, and this is why he has been growing in opinion polls", said José Alvaro Moisés, political scientist and one of the founders of the Workers' Party. "After two days' campaigning, we're already in second place", joked Mr Haddad at a press conference with foreign correspondents last week. "There are still 20 more days to go."
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| U.S. to spare Apple watch, many gadgets from new China tariffs Posted: 17 Sep 2018 04:55 PM PDT  The administration's proposal for the tariffs on $200 billion of products drew protest from technology companies earlier this year, but the final list of taxed devices described by the official avoids many big consumer brand names and products. The iPhone was not among the 'wide range' of products that Apple told regulators would be hit by the $200 billion round of tariffs in a September 5 comment letter to trade officials.
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| Diver Who Helped With Thai Cave Rescue Sues Elon Musk for Calling Him a 'Pedo' Posted: 17 Sep 2018 11:15 AM PDT  "Mr. Unsworth is not a pedophile. Mr. Unsworth has never engaged in an act of pedophilia"
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| Are we there yet? No bottom in sight for China stocks Posted: 15 Sep 2018 09:34 PM PDT  Shanghai is the world's worst-performing major stock market this year despite respectable corporate earnings, a disconnect which is feeding growing talk that Chinese equities are now a screaming buy. Not so fast, say brokers and analysts, who warn shares have further to fall due to US-China trade squabbling, slowing Chinese economic growth, and a government crackdown on debt that is drying up liquidity. Despite China's still enviable economic growth of over six percent, the Shanghai Composite Index is down 19 percent this year and flirting with levels not seen since late 2014.
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| Five baby squirrels rescued after being found tied together by their tails Posted: 17 Sep 2018 05:16 AM PDT  Five infant squirrels have been rescued after being found tied together by their tails. The entanglement is thought to have happened by chance with the giant knot forming as the young greys moved about their nest and each other. Grass, twigs and bits of plastic had also become interwoven into the entanglement.
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| Police: Border agent targeted victims for vulnerability Posted: 17 Sep 2018 04:29 PM PDT  LAREDO, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol supervisor charged in the killings of four women knew the victims and targeted them for their vulnerability, authorities said Monday, as some feared more deaths at the hands of the agent remained undiscovered.
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| FEMA Will Test an Emergency System That Lets President Trump Send You Text Alerts Posted: 16 Sep 2018 07:44 AM PDT  The texts will be sent as "Presidential Alerts"
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| Organizations around the country flock to the rescue of animals amid Florence Posted: 17 Sep 2018 05:39 AM PDT  Dozens of organizations, teams and families from around the country came to the rescue throughout the weekend, providing temporary homes and transportation to safer shelters.
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| Doomed Palestinian village turns to Europe as last hope Posted: 16 Sep 2018 09:49 AM PDT  KHAN AL-AHMAR, West Bank (AP) — For the anxious Palestinian residents of Khan al-Ahmar, there's little left to do but wait.
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| Navya already sells fully self-driving cars, including in US Posted: 17 Sep 2018 03:00 AM PDT  Waymo, formerly the Google Self-Driving Car Project, plans to launch its first commercial service for self-driving cars later this year, essentially a fully automated ride-hailing service covering about 100 square miles in Phoenix, Arizona. The company is called Navya, and its two self-driving cars currently on sale include the Autonom Shuttle and the smaller Autonom Cab. Navya says its vehicles have been designed for "last mile" travel, i.e.
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| Japanese submarine conducts first drills in South China Sea Posted: 17 Sep 2018 01:31 AM PDT ![Japanese submarine conducts first drills in South China Sea]( "Japanese submarine conducts first drills in South China Sea") A Japanese submarine has for the first time joined a naval drill in the South China Sea, the Ministry of Defence said on Monday, in an expansion of Japanese activity in the disputed waterway claimed by China and others. It was the first time a Japanese submarine had conducted drills there. The exercise, which involved the submarine trying to evade detection, was conducted away from island bases built by China to push its claims in the strategic sea.
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| Iran vows to protect civilians in Syria's Idlib province Posted: 17 Sep 2018 06:04 AM PDT  Iran said Monday it is committed to protecting civilians if its Syrian regime ally launches a full-scale offensive on the country's last rebel stronghold of Idlib province. "The humanitarian issue is of significant importance to us," foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi told journalists in Tehran. Tehran is a key backer of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country's seven-year conflict, and has said it is ready to support an assault by regime forces on the rebel-held province.
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| Barn-find Porsche 901 makes post-restoration debut Posted: 17 Sep 2018 09:06 AM PDT  An early production run Porsche 901 spent decades rotting away in a barn. After three years of restoration, it's driving again, competing in the Hamburg-Berlin Classic rally
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| VIDEO: Hurricane Florence wreaks havoc at Atlantic Beach Posted: 16 Sep 2018 09:41 PM PDT  Hurricane Florence wreaked much havoc on Atlantic Beach Thursday night.
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| Meghan Markle releases cookbook for Grenfell Tower victims Posted: 17 Sep 2018 07:08 AM PDT  The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has spearheaded a charity cookbook for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fires in London.
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| Flooding From Hurricane Florence Is Overtaking Hog Farms and Coal Ash Dumps Posted: 17 Sep 2018 12:32 PM PDT  Officials say several open-air manure pits at hog farms have failed
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| Sessions calls family of MS-13 victim's mom killed by car Posted: 16 Sep 2018 02:29 PM PDT  BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions offered his condolences to the family of Evelyn Rodriguez, who was struck and killed by a car after a heated confrontation with the driver at the memorial of her daughter killed by MS-13 gang members two years ago.
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| Macron under fire after telling young jobseeker to 'find work by crossing the road' Posted: 16 Sep 2018 10:02 AM PDT ![Macron under fire after telling young jobseeker to 'find work by crossing the road']( "Macron under fire after telling young jobseeker to 'find work by crossing the road'") Emmanuel Macron has provoked ridicule and anger by telling an unemployed man that he could find him work "just by crossing the road". The 25-year-old aspiring gardener complained of being unable to find a job when he spoke to the French president during a public open day at the Elysée Palace on Saturday. Mr Macron advised him to change his line of work, saying jobs were readily available in catering or construction. "Hotels, cafés, restaurants, I can find you [work] by crossing the road. They just want people who are ready to work," he said. There's not a single place I go to where they don't say they're looking for people." Industry officials say about 100,000 vacancies in hotel and restaurants need filling in France. They have urged Mr Macron to allow immigrants to take the jobs. But the off-the-cuff remark by Mr Macron, often derided by critics as the "president of the rich", was immediately mocked on social media. Fort de Brégançon: Emmanuel Macron's 'Riviera Camp David' with view of Mediterranean A video of the exchange went viral, prompting a torrent of posts saying that Mr Macron, 40, a former Rothschild banker married to a chocolate heiress, was out of touch. "Completely disconnected from the reality of French people," one post read. "How can someone show that much contempt, lack of empathy and ignorance in just 30 seconds?" said another. The exchange drew furious criticism from opposition parliamentarians. Laurence Rossignol, a Socialist senator and former minister for families, deplored the president's "unfortunate remarks" three days after he announced a plan to wean the French off welfare. Mr Macron's €8 billion "anti-poverty" proposals aim to end the French practice of lavish benefits payments for the poor. Instead, they are to be offered a way out of penury by finding jobs. Mr Macron, who has so far failed to fulfil election pledges to slash unemployment and revive economic growth, is struggling to restore his image after a summer of political scandals and plunging approval ratings. The president came under fire from Left and Right last month for describing the French last month as "Gauls who are resistant to change". The head of Mr Macron's party rejected accusations that his latest remarks showed contempt for the poor. "Is what the president said false? If you go to the Montparnasse area, you won't find that they need workers?" Christophe Castaner said in a TV interview yesterday. "Would you prefer empty words? I prefer a president who speaks the truth."
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