| Republican candidates trying to have it both ways on Obamacare Posted: 18 Oct 2018 02:00 AM PDT  Some GOP candidates running this cycle who have or are trying to gut Obamacare are still running on the importance of protecting people with pre-existing conditions.
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| State Department Aide Heather Nauert Dragged Over 'Stunningly Tone Deaf' Saudi Arabia Photo Posted: 17 Oct 2018 12:13 PM PDT  State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert visited Saudi Arabia this week for
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| Police officer lectures boys playing with BB gun: 'Do you think I want to shoot an 11-year-old?' Posted: 17 Oct 2018 06:43 AM PDT  An Ohio police officer is being praised online after turning a call that could
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| Julián Castro says he's 'likely' to run for president in 2020 Posted: 17 Oct 2018 12:36 PM PDT  Julián Castro, former San Antonio mayor and U.S. secretary of housing and urban development in the Obama administration, was unusually open about his political ambitions in an interview with Yahoo Finance.
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| White Woman Calls Police On Black Man Watching His Son's Soccer Game Posted: 17 Oct 2018 07:08 PM PDT  A white woman who called the police on a black man cheering on his son at a
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| Cops Give Doughnuts to the Homeless After Finding Stolen Krispy Kreme Van Posted: 18 Oct 2018 07:53 AM PDT  Of course, they also enjoyed some for themselves.
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| Ford Is Increasing GT Production by 350 Units and Reopening Applications Posted: 18 Oct 2018 11:20 AM PDT  Total production will now be 1350 cars through 2022.
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| Multidrug-resistant salmonella linked to chicken products sickens nearly 100 people across 29 states Posted: 17 Oct 2018 12:18 PM PDT  A multidrug-resistant strain of salmonella linked to raw chicken products has
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| Powerball, Mega Millions jackpots both continue to rise Posted: 18 Oct 2018 04:56 AM PDT  The Mega Millions and Powerball are now at more than $1.3 billion combined.
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| Jamal Khashoggi Tortured In Front Of Top Saudi Diplomat: Reports Posted: 17 Oct 2018 07:52 AM PDT  Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post columnist who has not been seen publicly
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| Democrats Pounce On Mitch McConnell For Blaming Debt On Social Security, Medicare Posted: 17 Oct 2018 09:30 AM PDT  For months now, Democratic leaders and congressional candidates have argued
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| Bizarre Details Revealed in Case of Boy Abandoned on Texas Doorstep Posted: 18 Oct 2018 10:40 AM PDT  The mystery that initially baffled authorities has been solved.
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| Palestinian rocket attack on Israeli city draws Gaza air strikes Posted: 17 Oct 2018 08:09 AM PDT  Egypt, which sent a delegation to Gaza on Tuesday for the latest round of talks on a long-term ceasefire, postponed a visit there by its intelligence chief, Abbas Kamel, following Wednesday's surge in violence, Palestinian officials said. The family living there managed to take shelter in a reinforced room after alert sirens sounded, said officials in the city about 40 km (25 miles) from the Gaza Strip. Another rocket launched from Gaza and aimed at central Israel fell into the Mediterranean Sea, the military said.
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| Simple Debate Question Stumps Ted Cruz Into 6 Seconds Of Painful Silence Posted: 17 Oct 2018 01:40 AM PDT  It was the kind of softball question often used in debates to break up the
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| Returning home — Panhandle residents rebuild lives after Hurricane Michael Posted: 18 Oct 2018 01:30 PM PDT ![Returning home — Panhandle residents rebuild lives after Hurricane Michael]( "Returning home — Panhandle residents rebuild lives after Hurricane Michael") Daily life is a series of fears and frustrations for thousands of people living in the hurricane zone of the Florida Panhandle.
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| Philadelphia crime boss gets 2 years in prison Posted: 17 Oct 2018 05:33 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — A notorious Philadelphia mob boss sentenced to two years in prison for illegal betting quipped outside court Wednesday that President Donald Trump was right to suggest cooperators or flippers should be outlawed.
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| Canada legalizes marijuana for recreational use Posted: 17 Oct 2018 01:45 AM PDT  Nearly a century of marijuana prohibition came to an end Wednesday as Canada became the first major Western nation to legalize and regulate its sale and recreational use. The change was praised by pot enthusiasts and investors in a budding industry that has seen pot stocks soar on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges, but sharply questioned by some health professionals and opposition politicians. The Cannabis Act, which fulfills a promise Trudeau made in the 2015 election campaign, makes Canada only the second nation after Uruguay to legalize the drug.
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| Trump says he expects answers on Saudi reporter’s disappearance by ‘end of the week’ Posted: 17 Oct 2018 11:58 AM PDT  The president also rejected the notion he's covering for Saudi Arabia.
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| Rod Rosenstein Offers 'Forceful Defense' Of 'Appropriate' Russia Probe: WSJ Posted: 17 Oct 2018 08:27 PM PDT  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has offered what The Wall Street
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| What Defines Normal? Millions Search Google Every Day For Answers Posted: 18 Oct 2018 10:36 AM PDT  Days before India's Supreme Court overturned a colonial-era law that made gay
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| Key Afghan police chief killed in shooting at governor's compound after meeting with US general Posted: 18 Oct 2018 05:59 AM PDT  A powerful Afghan police general has been assassinated in an insider attack, robbing president Ashraf Ghani of a key security official and threatening his fragile grip on southern Afghanistan. Gen Abdul Razik was shot dead alongside the Kandahar spy chief and provincial governor shortly after a meeting with the top US military commander in the country. The Taliban said they were behind the attack which saw one of the provincial governor's bodyguards open fire after a meeting with Gen Scott Miller, the top Nato and US commander in Afghanistan. Gen Miller was unhurt, but two Americans were wounded. The assassination dealt a severe blow to Mr Ghani's security forces less than 48 hours before he attempts to hold nationwide parliamentary elections against a backdrop of brutal insurgent violence. Gen Raziq had been the most powerful government figure in southern Afghanistan for much of the past decade, where as Kandahar police chief he had been an aggressive opponent of the Taliban. A NATO helicopter lands at the Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan Credit: MOHAMMAD ISMAIL/REUTERS His young age and boyish looks belied a ruthless commander and he was accused of systematic torture, extrajudicial killings, and enforced disappearances. He denied the accusations. However Western commanders considered him a bulwark against the encroaching Taliban and one of their most effective partners as he brought a measure of stability to Afghanistan's second city. He estimated he had survived dozens of assassination attempts. The Taliban named the attacker as Abu Dujana and said: "The brutal police chief of Kandahar has been killed along several other officials." Said Jan Khakrezwal, the head of the provincial council, told Reuters: "Provincial officials including the governor, the police chief and other officials were accompanying the foreign guests to the plane when the gunshots happened." The shooting wiped out the top of Kandahar's security apparatus at a stroke, also killing the province's intelligence chief Abdul Mohmin and provincial governor Zalmay Wesa. The killings came only a day after a prominent politician, Abdul Jabar Qahraman, became the tenth election candidate to die ahead of Saturday's polls when a Taliban bomb was hidden under his chair. Graeme Smith, a former UN political analyst in Kabul said: "The incident will make the military balance in southern Afghanistan considerably more fragile, as Raziq was often at the forefront of government efforts to slow the Taliban's advances." Saturday will see Afghanistan's only third parliamentary election since the Taliban were ousted. The insurgents have vowed to disrupt what they call a bogus poll.
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| Twitter's Plea To 'Be Sweet When You Tweet' Quickly Flies Off The Rails Posted: 18 Oct 2018 01:55 AM PDT  Twitter made a simple request on Wednesday, but many users of the social
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| Residents still picking up the pieces in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael Posted: 17 Oct 2018 10:23 AM PDT  Food and water is still hard to come by in devastated areas of Florida.
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| 'Randomly shooting everyone': Witnesses on Crimea college attack Posted: 17 Oct 2018 07:44 AM PDT  Students in the Crimean college where at least 17 people died on Wednesday said they heard shooting and chaos as students fled from a gunman or multiple gunmen in the building. "I was at a class when I heard shooting on the first floor," said one student in the Kerch Polytechnical College on the Crimean peninsula, who asked not to by identified. "When we all ran out into the corridor, there were others running and shouting that some guy with a machine gun was randomly shooting everyone in turn," the student told AFP.
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| Pot by Numbers: The Nitty Gritty of Canada's Marijuana Scene Posted: 17 Oct 2018 07:00 AM PDT  Canadian households consumed about C$5.5 billion ($4.2 billion) worth of cannabis in 2017, or 773 tonnes, according to the federal statistics agency, which estimates the production value of the plant at C$5.1 billion. Based on the models of the federal statistics agency, Canada is a net exporter of marijuana, running a trade surplus with the world of C$664 million.
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| Falling Ford Pickup Tailgates Draw Federal Safety Probe Posted: 18 Oct 2018 01:56 PM PDT  Government regulators opened an investigation this week into why some Ford heavy-duty pickup truck power tailgates are falling open. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is ...
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| O’Rourke, trailing Cruz in Texas Senate race, comes out swinging in final debate Posted: 16 Oct 2018 09:13 PM PDT  Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke took off the gloves in his final debate with Sen. Ted Cruz, questioning the Republican's truthfulness and motivations.
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| Turkish Police Search Saudi Consul's Home for Clues in Jamal Khashoggi's Disappearance Posted: 17 Oct 2018 08:44 AM PDT  The new search put further pressure on Saudi Arabia to explain what happened
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| Jimmy Carter Says Brett Kavanaugh 'Unfit' To Serve As Supreme Court Justice Posted: 18 Oct 2018 12:49 PM PDT  Former President Jimmy Carter didn't mince words while discussing Supreme
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| These 25 Hurricane Michael Photos Show The Struggle To Survive, 1 Week On Posted: 17 Oct 2018 11:28 AM PDT  It's been one week since Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle
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| Melania Trump's plane forced to turn around after smoke fills cabin Posted: 17 Oct 2018 07:23 AM PDT  Melania Trump's plane was forced to return to an airbase after a mechanical issue caused smoke to fill the cabin. Journalists travelling with the First Lady reported that a thin haze of smoke and a burning smell spread through the plane around 10 minutes after it took off. Reporters were brought wet towels to hold over their faces if the smell became too strong. Nobody was hurt in the incident and the plane landed safely back at Joint Base Andrews. Mrs Trump was travelling to a hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to meet with families of children who were affected by exposure to opioids while in the womb when the incident occurred. One of the journalist's on the plane said an aide to the First Lady came into their compartment to inform them that there was a "mechanical problem". Photos from pool producer @meghankwelsh showing @FLOTUS getting off her plane this morning. Meghan reports the First Lady's trip is still on; and a new plane is being readied now. pic.twitter.com/XnvtQlEsWj— Mike Emanuel (@MikeEmanuelFox) October 17, 2018 The Boeing C-32A jet returned to Joint Base Andrews shortly after 9am local time and a replacement aircraft is being arranged for the trip. Mrs Trump could be seen departing the original plane dressed in a belted blue coat. Alex Azar, the US Secretary of Health and Human Services, was also on the flight. Stephanie Grisham, Trump's communications director, told CNN the incident was a "minor mechanical issue". "Everything is fine and everyone is safe," she said. Mrs Trump also plans to tour a neonatal intensive care nursery on Wednesday and speak at a US health department conference on a new system that tracks infants suffering from opiate withdrawal. Regarding this morning's incident with @FLOTUS plane to Philly, which made an emergency return to @AndrewsAFB minutes after takeoff after smoke entered the cabin, @StephGrisham45 tells, CNN it was a "minor mechanical issue. Everything is fine and everyone is safe."— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) October 17, 2018 The First Lady's visit is part of her "Be Best" campaign, which focuses on major issues affecting children, including the importance of healthy pregnancies.
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| Mark Peterson awarded 2018 W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant in Humanistic Photography Posted: 18 Oct 2018 03:56 PM PDT ![Mark Peterson awarded 2018 W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant in Humanistic Photography]( "Mark Peterson awarded 2018 W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant in Humanistic Photography") The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund announced on Wednesday evening, Oct. 17, that Mark Peterson is the recipient of this year's $35,000 Grant in Humanistic Photography for his project, The Past Is Never Dead. Selected from a talented group of nine finalists, Peterson looks at the organizations, political parties and candidates bringing the message of white supremacy to the halls of various state and local governments. The W. ...
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| Girl baked grandfather's ashes into cookies and gave them to classmates, police say Posted: 18 Oct 2018 01:51 AM PDT  A high school student mixed her cremated grandfather's ashes into homemade biscuits and gave them to classmates, police in California have said. The youngster and a friend shared the cookies with nine other pupils at Da Vinci Charter Academy in the city of Davis. "She had mentioned her grandpa's ashes before," said Andy Knox.
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| AP Explains: Why Congo's latest Ebola outbreak is worrying Posted: 17 Oct 2018 12:17 PM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The World Health Organization has announced that Congo's latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus is not yet considered a global health emergency. Some aid groups expressed alarm when the rate of new cases more than doubled this month. With the area compared to a war zone, resistance to health workers sometimes turning violent and confirmed cases found near the heavily traveled Ugandan border, the risk of regional spread is "very high."
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| Astronaut remembers failed launch Posted: 17 Oct 2018 01:56 AM PDT  NASA astronaut Nick Hague recounted last week's failed launch to the International Space Station and how he and another astronaut were able to escape. ABC News' David Kerley reports.
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| President Avenatti? Lawyer for Stormy Daniels and Julie Swetnick wants the 2020 Democratic nomination, arguing that no one will swing harder at Trump Posted: 18 Oct 2018 05:41 AM PDT  Michael Avenatti would like to turn his newfound fame into political power, in order to take down the man who did precisely that two years ago.
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| Mnuchin to decide Thursday if attending Saudi conference Posted: 17 Oct 2018 03:22 PM PDT  US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will decide on Thursday whether he will attend an investment conference in Riyadh that has been boycotted by global business leaders concerned about the fate of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi. Two weeks after The Washington Post contributor disappeared at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, titans of finance and industry, as well as major media groups, have withdrawn from next week's Future Investment Initiative organized by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund.
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| New Banksy Video Suggests Shredded Painting Stunt Didn't Go Entirely To Plan Posted: 18 Oct 2018 03:56 AM PDT  Banksy stunned the art world this month with the partial shredding of his
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| Iran's Navy-Killer Missiles Now Have Double the Range Posted: 18 Oct 2018 05:02 AM PDT  Iranian Revolutionary Guard aerospace division chief Amirali Hajizadeh declared Tuesday that Iran had boosted the range of its land-to-sea ballistic missiles up to 700 km, or 435 miles, Reuters reports, capable of hitting "any vessel or ship" at that range.
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| Post-Michael Florida: Fear, frustration and life on the edge Posted: 18 Oct 2018 05:00 PM PDT  MEXICO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Missing relatives and worries that looters are just outside the door. Dirty clothes. Hours-long lines for gasoline, insurance adjusters, food and water. No power, no air conditioning, no schools, no information and little real improvement in sight.
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| 2019 Porsche Macan: New Look, New V-6s, More Power Posted: 17 Oct 2018 07:59 AM PDT  Porsche has released a base price for the revised Macan.
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| Does this 15-second video show the new Mazda3? Posted: 18 Oct 2018 08:17 AM PDT  Mazda has shared a brief video teasing what's believed to be the fourth-generation of the Mazda3 over a month before it's expected to make its official debut. Mazda, however, gave us some candy apple red eye candy ahead of time. At the start of the video, we get a quick view of what looks to be the tail of a vibrant red hatchback, followed by a shadowed side view of a gray vehicle.
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| Trump Threatens To Order Military To 'Close Our Southern Border' Over Immigration Posted: 18 Oct 2018 05:09 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to shut the U.S.-Mexico border,
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| How The Khashoggi Scandal Looks When You've Been Bombed And Starved By Saudi Arabia For Years Posted: 17 Oct 2018 05:06 PM PDT  Global media and international decision-makers, right up to the president of
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