| Bodies of 7 Missing U.S. Sailors Found in Flooded Navy Destroyer Posted: 18 Jun 2017 08:34 AM PDT  The bodies of seven U.S. sailors missing after a Navy destroyer collided with a container ship off Japan were found in flooded berthing compartments, a defense official said.
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| Is it too soon to miss George W. Bush? Not in the age of Trump. Posted: 18 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT  President George W. Bush holds his last news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Jan. 12, 2009. During an April appearance on ABC News, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said something that would have sounded impossible to anyone who had followed American politics in the first decade of the 21st century. The Democratic leader in Congress repeated the sentiment in early June on MSNBC, saying that she wished George W. Bush were president.
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| Jared Kushner speaks, Twitter reacts Posted: 19 Jun 2017 12:04 PM PDT  Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Trump, spoke — for the first time publicly since his father-in-law took office — at a technology summit Monday in Washington, D.C., and Twitter users gave their opinions of hearing his voice for the first time.
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| Car rams police vehicle on famed Paris avenue; attacker dies Posted: 19 Jun 2017 02:14 PM PDT  PARIS (AP) — A man on the radar of French authorities for extremism was killed Monday after ramming a car carrying arms and explosives into a police convoy on Paris' famed Champs-Elysees Avenue, setting off a fiery blast and a cloud of orange smoke, officials said. France's anti-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation.
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| Suicide bombers kill 16 in NE Nigeria: emergency services Posted: 18 Jun 2017 05:02 PM PDT  At least 16 people were killed in suicide bomb attacks near a camp for those made homeless by Boko Haram violence in northeast Nigeria, emergency services said on Monday. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said the attacks took place at about 8:45 pm (1945 GMT) on Sunday close to the Dalori camp at Kofa village, near the Borno state capital Maiduguri. NEMA northeast region spokesman Abdulkadir Ibrahim said two female suicide bombers tried to get into the camp but were thwarted by security personnel.
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| Gunmen attack resort in Mali Posted: 19 Jun 2017 05:08 AM PDT ![Gunmen attack resort in Mali]( "Gunmen attack resort in Mali") Campement Kangaba, a resort on the outskirts of the Malian capital of Bamako, was attacked on Sunday.
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| Girl, 11, Electrocuted While Playing in Lagoon With Friends: Police Posted: 19 Jun 2017 08:16 AM PDT  The child, identified by friends and loved ones as Kayla Matos of Newark, was visiting two children in Toms River when the incident occurred around 8 p.m.
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| Shootings kill or injure at least 19 US children each day Posted: 19 Jun 2017 06:55 AM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Shootings kill or injure at least 19 U.S. children each day, with boys, teenagers and blacks most at risk, according to a government study that paints a bleak portrait of persistent violence.
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| Otto Warmbier, the American Student Just Released From North Korea, Has Died Posted: 19 Jun 2017 02:54 PM PDT  Three other U.S. citizens are still held as prisoner in the Hermit Kingdom.
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| Donald Trump fails to personally address terror attack on London mosque and murdered Muslim woman Posted: 19 Jun 2017 01:08 PM PDT  Donald Trump has failed to personally acknowledge the attack on members of a mosque in London, and the murder of a Muslim teenager in Virginia, prompting critics to attack his silence. The White House has commented on the Finsbury Park attack, saying that they have reached out and offered to help in any way possible. Fifteen hours after a man drove a van into a group of Muslims near a London mosque, killing at least one and injuring 10 others, there was still no note of condolences from the President, the Washington Post posted in an editorial analysing Mr Trump's response to terrorist attacks.
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| Full Rubio Interview: 'Take a Deep Breath' On Russia Investigations Posted: 17 Jun 2017 11:03 PM PDT  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) tells Chuck Todd that he has confidence in the ongoing investigations into Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
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| The Latest: U.S. Navy says destroyer collided at 2:20 a.m. Posted: 19 Jun 2017 06:04 AM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the collision early Saturday between a U.S. Navy destroyer and a container ship off the Japanese coast that killed seven Navy sailors (all times local):
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| War for Sinaloa Cartel leaves trail of bodies in Mexico Posted: 17 Jun 2017 10:36 PM PDT  Since the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was extradited to the United States, a war has broken out for control of his Sinaloa cartel, leaving a growing trail of bodies. At least three sides have been fighting each other for control of the multi-billion-dollar drug trafficking operation, experts say. One group is led by Guzman's right-hand man, Damaso Lopez Nunez, who knows the cartel's operations inside-out and helped his extradited boss escape prison twice.
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| US Citizen Kidnapped In Kabul, Report Say Posted: 18 Jun 2017 04:57 AM PDT  The kidnapped man was working on a World Bank-affiliated project for the war-torn country's ministry of agriculture, irrigation and livestock, a senior government official told Afghanistan's Tolo News.
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| Baby on board: Indian gives birth at 35,000 feet Posted: 19 Jun 2017 12:11 AM PDT  The unnamed woman, in her 20s, went into premature labour on Sunday's Jet Airways flight between Damman in Saudi Arabia and Kochi in the southern Indian state of Kerala. "The guest delivered a baby boy at 35,000 feet," Jet Airways said in a statement, adding that a paramedic on board and airline staff helped with the delivery. The Boeing 737 flight, which had 162 passengers on board, was diverted to Mumbai where the woman and her newborn were rushed to a hospital near the airport.
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| Woman Beats and Chokes 11-Year-Old Daughter in Near-Fatal 'Exorcism': Cops Posted: 19 Jun 2017 10:30 AM PDT  The Northern California girl is now safe.
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| FBI offers $10K reward to help find missing Chinese scholar Posted: 18 Jun 2017 08:38 AM PDT ![FBI offers $10K reward to help find missing Chinese scholar]( "FBI offers $10K reward to help find missing Chinese scholar") URBANA, Ill. (AP) — The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information that'll help locate a visiting scholar from China who disappeared from the University of Illinois.
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| Harvard freshmen's ouster over posts draws broad response Posted: 19 Jun 2017 11:58 AM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Few college-bound kids lose their shot, and their slot, at their dream school once they get in, but it happened at one of the world's most elite institutions and for a reason that has, until recently, hardly registered in the university admissions process: social media.
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| Trump's Cuba speech a 'grotesque spectacle' fitting of the Cold War, says Cuban foreign minister Posted: 19 Jun 2017 07:41 AM PDT  Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez made the comment during a speech in Vienna on a visit aimed at strengthening relations between Cuba and Austria. As for the real effects of policy, Mr Rodriguez said that he will need to wait for Mr Trump's measures to be implemented before he can completely assess their impacts. Mr Trump instructed the federal government to begin working on plans for restricting individual travel to Cuba, and on American investment in the country.
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| Mosul's Old City threatened as showdown looms Posted: 17 Jun 2017 05:47 PM PDT  Mosul's Old City, where Iraqi forces are closing in on the Islamic State group's final urban refuge in Iraq, is an ancient maze of narrow alleys. At its heart lies the emblematic Al-Nuri mosque, where jihadist supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a caliphate in June 2014 after his forces seized Iraq's second city along with swathes of territory extending into neighbouring Syria.
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| SitRep: More Fighting Between Syria, Iran, and U.S.; USS Fitzgerald Goes Home; What Afghanistan Strategy? Posted: 19 Jun 2017 04:53 AM PDT  War Game Shows Importance of Critical Bit of Eastern Europe; Israel Backs Syria Rebels; Final Days of U.S. pacific Commander?
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| Toddler Pulls Loaded Gun From Toy Box During Police Welfare Check: Cops Posted: 18 Jun 2017 07:25 AM PDT  No one was injured.
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| Boeing announces latest plane at Paris Air Show Posted: 18 Jun 2017 05:53 PM PDT  Boeing announced Monday what it claims will be the most efficient jet yet in the highly competitive civil aviation market as it tries to claw back market share from rival Airbus. "Today, it is our pleasure to officially announce the newest member of our 737 family, the 737 MAX 10," Kevin McAllister, head of the company's commercial aviation division, told journalists as the Paris Air Show got under way. The MAX 10 will be the largest of the updated 737 series, which competes head on with Airbus's A320 neo family.
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| UN: Number of global displaced up to 65.6 million last year Posted: 19 Jun 2017 12:19 AM PDT  GENEVA (AP) — The number of people displaced from their homes across the world due to war and persecution climbed slightly to a record 65.6 million last year, with the escalating conflict in South Sudan largely accounting for the rise, the United Nations refugee agency said Monday.
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| Donald Trump claims his approval rating is higher than Barack Obama's but data suggests opposite Posted: 18 Jun 2017 05:51 AM PDT  Donald Trump has claimed his approval rating is higher than that of Barack Obama – despite the data he is referring to suggesting the opposite is true. Last week, the President had tweeted an image of a Rasmussen Reports poll that put his approval rating at 50 per cent – the first time it had been above 50 per cent since April. "His approval rating has ranged from a high of 59 per cent in late January shortly after he took office, to a low of 42 per cent in early April," said the polling company.
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| Honda releases new Accord concept sketch Posted: 19 Jun 2017 09:36 AM PDT  It's probably not being too unfair to say Honda is widely seen as something of a conservative auto brand, but it's also one that's definitely been looking to expand its appeal beyond its traditional customer base recently. This all-new tenth-generation 2018 Accord is being billed by Honda as, "the most fun-to-drive, premium and dramatically styled Accord ever." And although we'll have to take the manufacturer's word about the fun-to-drive and premium parts of that statement for the moment, the illustration it's just released is understating the "dramatically styled" bit if the car looks like that when it's finally unveiled. Although the Accord has been dropped by Honda completely in some markets such as the UK due to disappointing sales results, it's still an incredibly important model to the brand and its ongoing success.
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| Van strikes pedestrians outside of London mosque Posted: 18 Jun 2017 07:53 PM PDT ![Van strikes pedestrians outside of London mosque]( "Van strikes pedestrians outside of London mosque") When a van plowed into a crowd gathered outside a London mosque, at least one person was killed and 10 injured. Here are photos from the scene.
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| France's Macron begins fine-tuning team after parliament sweep Posted: 19 Jun 2017 02:38 PM PDT  President Emmanuel Macron began fine-tuning his government team on Monday after his centrist party redrew France's political map with a resounding victory in parliamentary elections, dealing him a strong hand to forge ahead with pro-EU, business-friendly reforms. Macron, France's youngest-ever president at 39, asked close ally Richard Ferrand, who is embroiled in a conflict of interest scandal, to leave his cabinet and seek the leadership of the ruling Republic on the Move (REM) party in parliament. As tradition dictates following parliamentary polls, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe tendered the resignation of the entire cabinet.
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| South Korea To Start Mass Production Of Missile Interceptor Posted: 18 Jun 2017 04:01 AM PDT  The missile interceptor, codenamed M-SAM, will reportedly be used as a central element of the South's Korea Air and Missile Defense System against North Korea.
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| Police: Road rage led to bat attack, Muslim teen's death Posted: 19 Jun 2017 05:08 PM PDT  FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A man charged with murder in the death of a Muslim Virginia teen who was attacked near her mosque became "enraged" by a traffic argument with one of the girl's friends and hit her with a baseball bat before abducting her, police said Monday.
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| 3-Year-Old Dies During Routine Dental Procedure, Parents Seek Answers Posted: 18 Jun 2017 12:02 PM PDT  The cause of death remains undetermined.
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| The Latest: Georgia governor praises Handel in US House race Posted: 19 Jun 2017 04:36 PM PDT  JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on Georgia's 6th Congressional District race (all times local):
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| Britain eyes Brexit deal 'like no other in history' Posted: 18 Jun 2017 04:04 PM PDT  Britain's Brexit minister David Davis said the country wanted to strike "a deal like no other in history" as formal talks on quitting the EU were set to begin in Brussels on Monday. Davis is to meet Michel Barnier, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, to kick off hugely complex withdrawal negotiations that are expected to conclude within two years. "Today marks the start of negotiations that will shape the future of the European Union and the United Kingdom, and the lives of our citizens," Davis said in a statement.
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| Rich guy Leo DiCaprio surrenders priceless art in wake of embezzlement scandal Posted: 19 Jun 2017 01:50 PM PDT  Leonardo DiCaprio may have received some very expensive paintings in a super shady way. According to artnet, DiCaprio, a known art collector, is reportedly in the process of surrendering a $3.2 million Pablo Picasso painting and a $9 million Jean-Michel Basquiat collage to U.S. authorities in the wake of a huge embezzlement scandal. Red Granite — the company that produced DiCaprio's movie The Wolf of Wall Street — was co-founded by Riza Aziz, the stepson of Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, and reportedly received illicit financing from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund (also known as 1MDB fund). The fund was initially created for the purposes of economic development, but now allegedly has a hand in less noble dealings. SEE ALSO: Leonardo DiCaprio and Mexico team up to save the cutest little porpoise ever The U.S. Department of Justice's anti-money-laundering division filed a 250-page complaint seeking the surrender of $540 million in assets that it says were bought with money stolen from the 1MDB fund and entities it controlled, reports artnet. These assets include $100 million worth of art, a luxury yacht, and real estate. In addition to the art, the U.S. government previously sought civil forfeiture of "any rights to profits, royalties, and distribution proceeds" related to The Wolf of Wall Street. But how is Leo directly involved? Malaysian financier, art collector, and associate of DiCaprio's, Jho Low, had influence over the corrupt 1MDB fund and has been the subject of investigation for misuse of money before. The government has reason to believe that DiCaprio's Picasso painting, Nature morte au crâne de taureau, was a gift from Low. In a statement, DiCaprio's spokesperson explains: However, the claim that the painting was received for charitable purposes conflicts with the note attached to the painting that read, "Dear Leonardo DiCaprio: Happy belated Birthday! This gift is for you." Hmm. The Basquiat painting, Redman One, was reportedly bought from the Helly Nahmad gallery in New York in March 2013 with funds controlled by an entity known as Tanore, also believed to have been controlled by Low. According to the complaint, Low instructed a gallery in Switzerland as follows: The letter was signed by both Low and DiCaprio. Although it seems as if DiCaprio is suddenly under fire for owning these priceless works of art, his spokesperson told artnet, It looks like America's sweetheart may have a real-life Jordan Belfort problem on his hands. But who needs a priceless Picasso anyway? [H/T: artnet] WATCH: The deck of cards has been reinvented
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| UK: Banned building materials suspected in London fire Posted: 18 Jun 2017 07:49 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — The new exterior cladding used in a renovation on London's Grenfell Tower may have been banned under U.K. building regulations, two British ministers said Sunday as police continued their investigation into the inferno that killed at least 58 people.
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| Iraqi forces push into Mosul Old City, warn IS 'surrender or die' Posted: 19 Jun 2017 10:46 AM PDT  Iraqi forces pushed deeper into Mosul's Old City on Monday after launching a final assault on the Islamic State group, warning civilians to stay inside and telling jihadists to "surrender or die". Iraqi forces launched the operation Sunday to retake the district, the last part of Iraq's second city still held by IS after a months-long offensive.
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| Difference Between Vegetarianism And Veganism Posted: 18 Jun 2017 04:00 AM PDT  People often mistake vegetarianism for veganism and vice versa not realizing that both of them are quite different from each other.
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| What Is Juneteenth? Posted: 19 Jun 2017 05:00 AM PDT  What exactly is Juneteenth and why do we celebrate it?
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| This smartphone controlled paper airplane is so much more fun than a drone Posted: 18 Jun 2017 07:30 AM PDT 
Drones? Pfffff, quadcopters are old news. They're great if you want to spend thousands of dollars on a professional-grade model that you use for high-resolution aerial video recording or something. But if you're just looking to have some fun, we've got a great alternative to your run-of-the-mill drones that you'll definitely want to check out. The PowerUp 3.0 Smartphone Controlled Paper Airplane is exactly what it sounds like, a motor-powered paper airplane that you can actually fly around and control with your phone! It's a ton of fun, and it can fly for up to 10 minutes per charge, which is comparable to similarly priced quadcopters. Here are some key details from the product page: - The world's first remote controlled paper airplane conversion kit has a 180 feet/ 55 meter range and a crash-resistant design
- Contains Bluetooth Smart Technology controlled by your smartphone (check compatible models below)
- Special template paper to ensure easy folding and flying spare, micro USB cable for charging, spare propeller and rudder
- Control by tilting smartphone or tablet right or left for maneuvering and ascend or descend using the throttle lever
- Features battery level indicator charging status indicator and range indicators and an Air Traffic Control attribute
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| America's biggest-selling vehicle gets new tweaks to stay ahead of the game Posted: 19 Jun 2017 05:48 AM PDT  It may be hard for some people outside North America to imagine, but the biggest-selling vehicle in the United States is the F-150 full-size pickup truck. To say the F-150 is the standard bearer of the US auto industry is something of an understatement, so details of the new 2018 model are a pretty big deal. Of course, a vehicle doesn't become as popular as the Ford over so many years without staying ahead of the game, and details that have now surfaced about the new model show the designers are not resting on their laurels in any way.
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| The Latest: EU backs Kuwaiti efforts to end Gulf crisis Posted: 19 Jun 2017 07:19 AM PDT  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Latest on the diplomatic crisis between Gulf nations and Qatar (all times local):
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| India's ruling party picks Dalit as presidential candidate Posted: 19 Jun 2017 04:55 AM PDT  India's ruling party on Monday named a lawyer from the lowest Dalit caste as its candidate for president, a move seen as an attempt to reach out to the marginalised community. Ram Nath Kovind, 71, is likely to take up the largely ceremonial post when the term of Pranab Mukherjee ends next month, becoming the second Dalit to be India's head of state. The president is voted in by an electoral college comprised of federal and state lawmakers, and the ruling ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is thought to have the support it needs to push its candidate through.
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| Recording: Woman brandished shears in past police encounter Posted: 19 Jun 2017 03:35 PM PDT  SEATTLE (AP) — Family members of a pregnant mother shot and killed by Seattle police questioned Monday why they didn't use a Taser or other non-lethal options when they encountered the woman, who the officers knew had been struggling with mental health issues.
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