| Tense scene as Trump supporters meet protesters in Arizona Posted: 22 Aug 2017 06:27 PM PDT  Temperatures and tempers ran hot as President Trump prepared to hold a rally at the Phoenix Convention Center on Tuesday evening.
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| Trump Dossier Testimony Could Be Made Public Posted: 23 Aug 2017 11:00 AM PDT  Rachel Maddow describes some of the history of the collection of intelligence known as the "Trump dossier," and the apparent likelihood that the Senate Judiciary testimony of the company responsible for that dossier, Fusion GPS, will be made public.
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| Headless body found in Danish waters is missing journalist Kim Wall, police say Posted: 22 Aug 2017 11:25 PM PDT  The headless body of a woman found in Danish waters is that of a Swedish journalist who authorities believe died aboard an inventor's homemade submarine, police said Wednesday. "The DNA of the torso matches that of Kim Wall," Danish police announced on Twitter, saying more details would be given at a news conference on Wednesday morning. The female torso, with head and limbs missing, was found on Monday in Koge Bay, around 50 km (30 miles) south of Copenhagen. Divers from the Danish Defence Command is preparing for a dive in Koge Bugt near Amager in Copenhagen, Denmark Credit: EPA The 30-year-old Wall, a freelance journalist who had reported for The Guardian and The New York Times, had not been seen since boarding Danish inventor Peter Madsen's submarine on August 10 to interview him for a story. She was reported missing a day later. The same day, Madsen was rescued from waters between Denmark and Sweden shortly before his submarine sank. Danish submarine owner and inventor Peter Madsen after landing with the help of the Danish defense in Dragor Harbor south of Copenhagen, Denmark Credit: EPA Madsen, whose website describes him as an "inventepreneur", initially told authorities that he dropped Wall off on an island late on the evening of August 10. But he changed his story several days later when he appeared in court, saying Wall died in an accident on board and that he dumped the body at sea in an undefined location of the Koge Bay. The privately owned submarine Nautilus is carried out of Copenhagen harbor on a truck for further forensic police investigation Credit: Corbis via Getty Images Police have since said they believe Madsen, 46, "deliberately" sank the sub. It was brought to the surface and searched, but found to be empty. Investigators are not convinced by Madsen's latest account and suspect him of negligent manslaughter.
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| U.S. Navy relieves Seventh Fleet commander in wake of collisions in Asia Posted: 23 Aug 2017 02:57 AM PDT  WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy on Wednesday said it had removed Seventh Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin after a series of collisions involving its warships in Asia as the search goes on for 10 sailors missing since the latest mishap. Aucoin's removal comes after a pre-dawn collision between a guided-missile destroyer and a merchant vessel east of Singapore and Malaysia on Monday, the fourth major incident in the U.S. Pacific Fleet this year. "Admiral Scott Swift, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, today relieved the commander of Seventh Fleet, Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin, due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command," the U.S. Navy said in a press release.
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| Calif. Dad Who Murdered Son After Disneyland Trip Is Confronted at Sentencing by Boy’s Mom Posted: 24 Aug 2017 02:07 PM PDT  A California man who recently pleaded guilty to murdering his 5-year-old son three months ago following a trip to Disneyland has been sentenced to 25 years to life, PEOPLE confirms.
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| US to limit visas from 4 nations that won't take deportees Posted: 24 Aug 2017 10:25 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is poised to impose visa restrictions on four Asian and African nations refusing to take back their citizens who've been deported from the United States, officials said Thursday.
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| Massive Washington Salmon Escape Blamed On Solar Eclipse Posted: 23 Aug 2017 12:07 PM PDT  Eclipse and the tide, salmon farming company says high tide and fast current caused failure of net pens.
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| College Student Dies After Suffering Altitude Sickness While Hiking Colorado Mountains Posted: 23 Aug 2017 01:10 PM PDT  Susanna DeForest, 20, of Pennsylvania, was hiking with friends on the Conundrum Creek Trail when she fell ill Thursday, authorities said.
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| Don Lemon unloads after Trump speech: 'Total eclipse of the facts' Posted: 23 Aug 2017 07:04 AM PDT  Trump's Phoenix rally leaves CNN panel questioning his fitness for office. Former intelligence chief James Clapper called his remarks "scary and disturbing."
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| Florida executes racist killer inmate using unproven drug Posted: 24 Aug 2017 02:32 PM PDT  The state of Florida on Thursday executed its first death row inmate in nearly two years, using a lethal injection cocktail that had never been tried before in the United States. Mark Asay, 53, was sentenced to death in 1988 for a racially motivated double murder in Jacksonville, Florida a year earlier. The execution was carried out at 6:22 pm (2222 GMT), the Florida Department of Corrections said. For his last meal, Asay ordered fried pork chops, fried ham, fries, vanilla swirl ice cream and Coca-Cola, authorities said. He did not make a final statement. Earlier this month, the Florida Supreme Court denied a stay of execution for Asay, who had challenged the state's plan to employ a lethal injection cocktail that includes etomidate, an anesthetic never before used in carrying out an execution in the US. It replaces another drug, midazolam, which has been the subject of significant legal wrangling. According to critics, midazolam does not always adequately sedate prisoners, therefore subjecting them to excessive suffering. Corrections department spokeswoman Ashley Cook told AFP the department "follows the law and carries out the sentence of the court." "This is the department's most solemn duty and the foremost objective of the lethal injection procedure is a humane and dignified process," Cook said. Asay was the first prisoner to be executed in Florida since January 2016, before the state's supreme court ruled that Florida executions were unconstitutional because judges were granted powers that should be reserved for juries. He also was the first white man convicted of killing a black man to be executed in the state since Florida reinstated the death penalty in 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC). Since then, the state has executed 92 inmates - 20 of them black inmates who had at least one white victim. Fifty-four others were white inmates who had white victims, according to DPIC data. Prosecutors say Asay fatally shot Robert Lee Booker, an African American, after making racist remarks. He killed his other victim, Robert McDowell, who has been identified as white and Hispanic and was apparently dressed as a woman, after making a deal to pay him for sex. Difficult to administer Janssen, a pharmaceutical division of the company Johnson & Johnson, developed etomidate and has objected to its use in executions. "Janssen discovers and develops medical innovations to save and enhance lives," spokesman Greg Panico told The Washington Post. "We do not condone the use of our medicines in lethal injections for capital punishment." Etomidate is difficult to administer and can cause severe irritation and burns if used incorrectly, warned Jonathan Groner, a professor of surgery at Ohio State University who is against the death penalty. Groner said administering the drug particularly "hurts when it's being injected if the veins are damaged - and a lot of people on death row have damaged veins because they're either old or they have an IV drug abuse history."
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| U.S. Navy identifies one dead, nine missing USS McCain sailors Posted: 24 Aug 2017 06:40 AM PDT  The U.S. Navy on Thursday confirmed the identity of one sailor killed after the warship USS John S. McCain collided with a merchant vessel in waters near Singapore and Malaysia, and of nine missing sailors. "After more than 80 hours of multinational search efforts, the U.S. Navy suspended search and rescue efforts for missing USS John S. McCain sailors in an approximately 2,100-square mile area east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore," the U.S. Seventh Fleet said on its website. U.S. Navy and Marine Corps divers will continue search efforts inside flooded compartments in the ship for the missing Sailors.
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| Duterte visits Marawi after Filipino troops recapture mosque Posted: 24 Aug 2017 08:58 AM PDT  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte fired a rifle toward Islamic State-linked militants during a visit Thursday to the battle zone in southern Marawi, after troops recaptured a main mosque where the gunmen had taken cover with their hostages in the three-month siege of the city, officials said.
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| New ISIS Video Shows American Child For The First Time Posted: 23 Aug 2017 12:18 PM PDT  The child says his father was a U.S. soldier who fought against jihadists in Iraq.
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| Robert E Lee's descendant tells Trump to stop defending Confederate statues: 'How dare you' Posted: 24 Aug 2017 09:38 AM PDT  A descendant of Confederate general Robert E Lee has called for all statues of him to be pulled down and claimed Donald Trump has "no idea" what he is talking about when he defends them. In the aftermath of neo-Nazi-led violence in Charlottesville that left one woman dead, Mr Trump was slow to blame the white supremacists who triggered the clashes and said there was blame on "many sides". Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments.
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| Armed police shoot suspected gunman ending restaurant siege in Charleston, South Carolina Posted: 24 Aug 2017 01:31 PM PDT  A fired dishwasher shot and killed a chef and held a "small number" of people hostage for about three hours before he was shot by police at a crowded restaurant in a tourist-heavy area of downtown Charleston, South Carolina, on Thursday, authorities and one of the restaurant's owners said. The hostages were freed with no injuries, Mayor John Tecklenburg said. The shooting took place at Virginia's restaurant on the usually crowded King Street, a line of shops and nice dining that caters to both tourists and residents in South Carolina's largest and most historic city. Mr Tecklenburg quickly said the shooting was "the act of a disgruntled employee" and not a terrorist attack or a hate crime in a city where nine black church members were killed by a white man two years ago. Bystanders wait at a police perimeter Credit: Reuters "This was a tragic case of a disturbed individual, I think, with a history of some mental health challenges," he said at a news conference. Authorities did not release the names of the gunman or the employee he killed, and would not specify the number of hostages who had been held. The shooting was reported shortly after noon Thursday. Peter Siegert, 73, and his son Peter Siegert IV, 45, were quoted by The Post and Courier of Charleston as saying that just after several waitresses and kitchen workers walked out the door without saying a word, a man in an apron with a gun came out of the kitchen and locked the front door. "'I am the new king of Charleston,"' the Siegerts quoted the man as saying. The man told diners to get on the floor and move to the back of the restaurant. The Siegerts said they escaped out a back door and didn't know how many people were left behind. One of the restaurant's owners, John Aquino, told WCSC-TV that a dishwasher who had been fired came back to the restaurant and shot a chef to get revenge. The restaurant was packed with a lunchtime crowd and the first officers to arrive were able to get the man who was shot and a number of diners out safely, interim Charleston Police Chief Jerome Taylor said. 9:07PM Siege ends after police shoot suspected gunman The mayor says a hostage situation in a Charleston, South Carolina, restaurant has ended with the gunman being shot by police. Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg said the restaurant employee shot by the gunman Thursday has died. Interim Charleston Police Chief Jerome Taylor says all the hostages at Virginia's restaurant were rescued safely. He didn't say how many there were. Mr Tecklenburg says the man who took the hostages is in critical condition. Authorities did not release the names of the gunman or the man killed. 8:22PM Wounded person rushed to ambulance NEW video from the scene in downtown Charleston as medics rush someone to an ambulance. https://t.co/hqX7IdwrNy#chsnewspic.twitter.com/gKLZ66xa2I— WCBD (@WCBD) August 24, 2017 8:04PM Owner says suspect is 'fired dishwasher' An owner of a South Carolina restaurant where a gunman was holding hostages says he's been told the man is a dishwasher who was angry with and shot a male chef. John Aquino told WCSC-TV that he thinks the gunman was fired and came back to Virginia's in downtown Charleston on Thursday to get revenge. Aquino says he doesn't know how badly the chef was injured. 8:03PM 'Shooter down' Police breaking down perimeter, allowing people closer to scene. One officer told citizens shooter is down. #chsnews— Andrew Knapp (@offlede) August 24, 2017 Police have begun taking down the perimeter they put up to protect public. 7:37PM 'Loud bang' Reporters on the scene say they have heard some kind of loud bang. Loud bang heard at Charleston shooting site. #chsnews— Andrew Knapp (@offlede) August 24, 2017 7:21PM Police warn residents to avoid area King btwn Calhoun & Morris blocked to motorist & pedestrian traffic active shooter in 400 block of King people to avoid the area.— Charleston P.D. (@CharlestonPD) August 24, 2017 7:17PM 'Man came out of kitchen' Tom and Patsy Plant told The Post and Courier of Charleston they were eating at Virginia's restaurant and saw a man come out of the kitchen with a gun in his hand who said, "There's a new boss in town." The man looked like "an ordinary grandpa, but he had a crazy look," the couple said. They were able to escape out a back door. 7:16PM Memories of a hate crime The location of the shooting immediately raised fears of a hate crime. The site is a few blocks away from Emanuel AME church, where nine black members of a church were killed by a white man during a June 2015 Bible study. Dylann Roof was sentenced to death in the case. 7:09PM Bomb squad on scene Charleston PD bomb squad has arrived at shooting site on King Street. #chsnewspic.twitter.com/3eFpq6jYdK— Andrew Knapp (@offlede) August 24, 2017 7:05PM Two hostages Police say two hostages remain inside the restaurant and negotiators are moving into place. 7:02PM 'The new king of Charleston' The Post and Courier newspaper says the incident is centred on Virginia's restaurant. Peter Siegert, 73, and his son Peter Siegert IV, 45, both of Maryland, were eating at Virginia's when two waitresses and three kitchen staff members marched through the restaurant and out the front door without saying anything. An older black man wearing an apron and dressed like a kitchen staff member walked through the front door holding a small caliber revolver. He locked the door and said "I am the new king of Charleston." 6:59PM Police have taken up positions in the street DEVELOPING: Police are responding to an active shooting in downtown Charleston, S.C.; reports of hostage situation https://t.co/ibtMQH9mzmpic.twitter.com/Q8kbQbMuN1— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 24, 2017 6:58PM One person wounded The mayor also confirmed at least one person was shot and taken to a local hospital. 6:57PM Suspect is 'disgruntled former employee' John Tecklenburg, Charleston mayor, said the gunman appeared to be a disgrunted former employee and that there was no suggestion of any terror connection.
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| U.S. may sanction four countries for refusing deportees: DHS Posted: 23 Aug 2017 07:45 PM PDT ![U.S. may sanction four countries for refusing deportees: DHS]( "U.S. may sanction four countries for refusing deportees: DHS") The United States could impose additional penalties on four unidentified countries that do not cooperate with requests to return their citizens, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesman said Wednesday. The State Department and the DHS can sanction countries that do not cooperate with removals, but has only used that punishment authority twice in the past 15 years. The current 12 countries deemed recalcitrant are China, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, Iran, Cambodia, Myanmar, Morocco, Hong Kong, South Sudan, Guinea and Eritrea.
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| Mystery deaths of HL Hunley submarine crew solved - they accidentally killed themselves Posted: 23 Aug 2017 11:00 AM PDT  The mystery of how the crew of one of the world's first submarines died has finally been solved - they accidentally killed themselves. The HL Hunley sank on February 17 1864 after torpedoing the USS Housatonic outside Charleston Harbour, South Carolina, during American Civil War. She was one of the first submarines ever to be used in conflict, and the first to sink a battleship. It was assumed the blast had ruptured the sub, drowning its occupants, but when the Hunley was raised in 2000, salvage experts were amazed to find the eight-man crew poised as if they had been caught completely unawares by the tragedy. All were still sitting in their posts and there was no evidence that they had attempted to flee the foundering vessel. The submarine being raised in 2000 Credit: US Navy Now researchers at Duke University believe they have the answer. Three years of experiments on a mini-test sub have shown that the torpedo blast would have created a shockwave great enough to instantly rupture the blood vessels in the lungs and brains of the submariners. "This is the characteristic trauma of blast victims, they call it 'blast lung,'" Dr Rachel Lance. "You have an instant fatality that leaves no marks on the skeletal remains. Unfortunately, the soft tissues that would show us what happened have decomposed in the past hundred years." The Hunley's torpedo was not a self-propelled bomb, but a copper keg of 135 pounds of gunpowder held ahead and slightly below the Hunley's bow on a 16-foot pole called a spar The sub rammed this spar into the enemy ship's hull and the bomb exploded. The furthest any of the crew was from the blast was about 42 feet. The shockwave of the blast travelled about 1500 meters per second in water, and 340 m/sec in air, the researchers calculate. The bodies of the crew were found sitting in their positions around the central crankshaft which made the submarine move Credit: Reuters While a normal blast shockwave travelling in air should last less than 10 milliseconds, Lance calculated that the Hunley crew's lungs were subjected to 60 milliseconds or more of trauma. "That creates kind of a worst case scenario for the lungs," added Dr Lance. "Shear forces would tear apart the delicate structures where the blood supply meets the air supply, filling the lungs with blood and killing the crew instantly. "It's likely they also suffered traumatic brain injuries from being so close to such a large blast. "All the physical evidence points to the crew taking absolutely no action in response to a flood or loss of air. If anyone had survived, they may have tried to release the keel ballast weights, set the bilge pumps to pump water, or tried to get out the hatches, but none of these actions were taken." A painting of the HL Hunley Credit: Conrad Wise Chapman The fate of the crew of the 40-foot Hunley remained a mystery until 1995, when the submarine was discovered about 300 meters away from the Housatonic's resting place. Raised in 2000, the submarine is currently undergoing study and conservation in Charleston by a team of Clemson University scientists. Initially, the discovery of the submarine only seemed to deepen the mystery. The crewmen's skeletons were found still at their stations along a hand-crank that drove the cigar-shaped craft. They suffered no broken bones, the bilge pumps had not been used and the air hatches were closed. Except for a hole in one conning tower and a small window that may have been broken, the sub was remarkably intact. Speculation about their deaths has included suffocation and drowning. The new study involved repeatedly setting blasts near a scale model, shooting authentic weapons at historically accurate iron plate and calculating human respiration and the transmission of blast energy. The research was published in PLOS ONE.
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| California woman feared husband who killed her, took son Posted: 23 Aug 2017 08:54 PM PDT  SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — A California man who killed his ex-wife and fled with his 9-year-old son had battled with her over money and their former home, according to court documents.
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| Exxon Mobil 'Misled' Public On Climate Change For 40 Years, Harvard Study Finds Posted: 24 Aug 2017 03:36 AM PDT  Yes, #ExxonKnew — and the oil giant deliberately deceived the public about the dangers of climate change for four decades.
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| Me, My Liberal Wife and What Happened When We Went to a Gun Range Posted: 24 Aug 2017 03:57 AM PDT  'She wanted to protect herself from the people who had guns to protect themselves'
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| Trump Dossier Researcher 'Stands By' Explosive Findings Posted: 23 Aug 2017 08:36 AM PDT  Glenn Simpson, whose firm compiled an infamous dossier on Donald Trump, spent more than 10 hours talking with Senate investigators.
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| IS claims beheading of 11 at Libya checkpoint Posted: 23 Aug 2017 09:37 AM PDT  At least 11 people were beheaded Wednesday in an attack claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group on a checkpoint manned by forces of Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar. Haftar's spokesman Colonel Ahmad al-Mesmari said "at least nine soldiers were beheaded... in addition to two civilians" when the jihadists attacked at dawn in the Al-Jufra region about 500 kilometres (300 miles) south of Tripoli. IS claimed responsibility for the attack via its Amaq propaganda channel on the Telegram messaging app, saying its fighters had killed or wounded "21 members of Haftar's militia".
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| Remains Found in Aruba Found to Be Woman of Eastern European Descent, Just Like Natalee Holloway Posted: 24 Aug 2017 01:18 PM PDT  Aruban authorities claim the remains are not human at all.
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| House Speaker Ryan says rates must be permanent in tax reform Posted: 24 Aug 2017 11:38 AM PDT  U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday rejected speculation that future tax legislation could include temporary tax cuts for businesses, saying macro-economic elements of tax reform including rates must be permanent. - That stuff's got to be permanent," Ryan said in an interview with CNBC television. "We recognize, acknowledge and believe you need to maintain the mortgage interest deduction.
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| North Korea invites Russian tourists promising a holiday that is 'safer than London' Posted: 24 Aug 2017 09:43 AM PDT  North Korea has opened its doors to Russian tourists, issuing a licence for the first travel agency in Moscow to promise clients "full immersion" in the nation's culture and enjoyment "safer than an evening walk in London". Nkorean.ru, a Russian company licensed by North Korea's government, offers organised tours for groups of up to 10 people or individuals "to show the travellers the multi-faceted life of this most closed of countries". Guests to North Korea must necessarily be "checked" before their trip and will always be accompanied by a guide who will monitor the "adequate behaviour of the tourist and guarantee his safety." Pictures of strategic and military facilities are banned and long talks with locals "are not recommended". Inside North Korea North Korea has conducted two nuclear tests and dozens of missile tests since the beginning of last year, significantly raising tension on the heavily militarised Korean peninsula and in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions. Two tests of inter-continental ballistic missiles in July triggered a new round of tougher global sanctions. Faced with economic problems made harder by multiple sanctions, the Pyongyang government is keen to develop tourism to earn cash. The most pricey tour, 15 days "full immersion in the culture of North Korea" costing 118,090 roubles (£1558), includes visits to a farm, a mineral water factory, a Buddhist temple, walks in the mountains and an introduction to national cuisine. Visits to numerous museums to founding leader Kim Il-Sung are also on offer. Other less demanding tours include relaxation on a beach, an aviation show and even a beer festival. It is unclear how popular these trips will be among Russians who have already developed a fondness for visiting Europe and the affordable resorts of Turkey and Thailand. Is it a good idea to visit North Korea? The world's 15 most dangerous countries (according to the Foreign Office)
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| Mom Who Criticized Louise Linton: She Doesn't Know 'What Everyday Americans Deal With' Posted: 23 Aug 2017 05:19 PM PDT  "I don't think she has any idea what everyday Americans deal with"
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| Video Shows Denver School’s Cheerleaders Forced Into Extended Split Position Posted: 24 Aug 2017 02:05 AM PDT  Police have launched an investigation after videos of eight cheerleaders in a Denver school being forced into splits by their teammates and coach surfaced.
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| U.S. retailers hit as immigration worries weigh on Hispanic spending Posted: 24 Aug 2017 04:16 AM PDT  By Richa Naidu CHICAGO (Reuters) - Many U.S. Hispanics are venturing out only to buy essential goods and are cutting back on discretionary spending, worried about possible harassment by immigration or law enforcement officials since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump, according to community groups, research firms and retailers. O'Reilly Automotive Chief Executive Gregory Henslee told analysts earlier this month that many of the company's stores with weak second-quarter sales were in Hispanic-dominant areas of the United States. In late July, Target Corp Chief Executive Brian Cornell at a conference referenced a report by retail consultants NPD Group that cited a decline in discretionary spending by Hispanics.
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| Chelsea Manning says she would've been 'better' at military job if she was out as trans Posted: 23 Aug 2017 07:12 AM PDT  On the day President Trump announced transgender people would no longer be allowed to serve with the U.S. military "in any capacity," Chelsea Manning found herself outside the White House. Directly speaking to her military service and the culture of the armed services, Manning says she would have been "better" at her military job had she already come out as transgender.
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| Parents Charged in Death of 2-Year-Old Son's Suffocation Death Posted: 23 Aug 2017 11:18 AM PDT  Justin Dwyer, 29, and Courtney Stash, 28, were charged Tuesday with involuntary manslaughter and other crimes in the April death of their son.
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| Washington Just Punished Russia — and Helped Putin Posted: 24 Aug 2017 11:13 AM PDT  The Trump administration just made it harder for Russians to enter the United States ... and gave the Kremlin an easy win.
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| Qatar defies Saudi Arabia by restoring diplomatic ties with Iran Posted: 24 Aug 2017 12:32 PM PDT  Qatar has defied Saudi Arabia by strengthening its diplomatic ties with Iran - rather than cutting them back as Saudi Arabia and its allies have demanded. Saudi Arabia and three other Arab states have been blockading Qatar since early June and have demanded that Qatar curb its ties with Iran, as well as shut down its al-Jazeera television network and expel extremists from its territory. Rather than give in to the blockading countries' demands, Qatar announced on Thursday that it was restoring full diplomatic relations with Iran and sending its ambassador back to Tehran for the first time since 2016. "The state of Qatar expressed its aspiration to strengthen bilateral relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran in all fields," The Qatari foreign ministry said. There was no immediate response from Saudi Arabia or its allies in Bahrain, UAE and Egypt to the diplomatic move. Qatar has been under blockade for nearly three months Credit: REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo The act of defiance came amid suspicions among Qatar's leaders that Saudi Arabia might be trying to engineer a palace coup against its emir, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. Their fears were raised after Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, met with an obscure Qatari royal for in Jeddah last week. The royal, Abdullah al-Thani, has no role in the Qatari government and is from a branch of the royal family that was pushed out of power during a 1972 coup. Abdullah had previously lived in Saudi Arabia and at the meeting spoke warmly of "brotherly relations rooted in history" between the two countries. Prince Mohammed responded by opening the Saudi land border to Muslim pilgrims from Qatar who wanted to make the Hajj journey to Mecca, and offering to fly other pilgrims directly to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's powerful Prince Mohammed bin Salman (left) met with a relatively unknown Qatari royal, Abdullah bin Ali bin Jassim al-Thani Credit: HANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images The unusual meeting between the powerful Saudi and the little-known Qatari quickly prompted suspicions in Doha that Prince Mohammed might be hoping to install Abdullah or someone else from his family as Qatar's new leader. Gerd Nonneman, a professor of International Relations and Gulf Studies at Georgetown University in Qatar, said the meeting was more likely intended as a "propaganda ploy" by Saudi Arabia intended to "needle the Qatari leadership". While Saudi Arabia and Iran are archrivals - and are opposing sides in conflicts across the Middle East - there are some indications of a slight thaw. The two countries foreign ministers met recently and the two sides are planning mutual diplomatic visits next month for the first time since January 2016. Diplomatic relations collapsed after Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran in protest at Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shia cleric. Both sides withdrew their diplomats during the crisis and Qatar pulled out its own ambassador in solidarity with Saudi Arabia. A group of Saudi diplomats will visit Tehran to inspect the country's embassy there while a group of Iranians will do the same in Riyadh.
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| Here’s how much the Galaxy Note 8 costs from every major wireless carrier Posted: 23 Aug 2017 09:44 AM PDT 
Samsung on Wednesday unveiled the Galaxy Note 8, a phone that was so widely covered in leaks that we hardly saw any surprises during the event. One of the few things we didn't know about the phone was the final sticker price, although reports did say it could cost nearly $1,000. It turns out the rumors were right on the money, and in this post you'll find out how much the Galaxy Note 8 costs from every major wireless carrier in the US. AT&T AT&T will sell the Galaxy Note 8 for $31.67/month for 30 months, which comes to a total of $950. The carrier also announced a bunch of deals for the Galaxy Note 8 preorder period, as follows: - Get $500 towards a Samsung TV purchased online when you buy on AT&T Next and add DirecTV,
- Get $750 in credits towards another Galaxy smartphone when you purchase on AT&T Next and have DirecTV
- Get a Samsung Gear S2 for 99-cents or the Gear S3 for $49.99 on a 2-year agreement when you purchase on AT&T Next
- Trade in your eligible smartphone for up to $200 in credits.
T-Mobile T-Mobile's Galaxy Note 8 is a little cheaper, and the company announced all the details shortly after Samsung's Unpacked event began. The full retail price is $930. Or you can pay $210 down followed by monthly installments of $30 (Equipment Installment Plan), or $0 down and $39 per month (Jump plan). Verizon The unlocked Galaxy Note 8 will cost you $960, Verizon's press release explains. That is if you want to pay it all once. The carrier will have the phone for preorder on August 24th, just like everyone else, starting at $40 per month over a 24-month period. Video throttling on the Note 8 will be a complimentary service. US Cellular US Cellular will get you a $300 in credit with each Galaxy Note 8 purchase, including a $100 Promotional Card given at the point of sale and a $200 card via mail within 6-8 weeks. The carrier doesn't mention the Note 8's full price in its announcement. Sprint UPDATE 1:04PM ET: Sprint finally decided to join the party, and the carrier's Note 8 pricing is as follows: - Customers switching to Sprint get 50 percent off the lease price and pay just $20.00 per month with $0 down with 18 Sprint Flex payments.
- Galaxy Forever allows upgrades any time to the latest Galaxy after just 12 Sprint Flex payments, exclusively from Sprint.
- Customers who get Galaxy Note8 through Sept. 24 will receive their choice of a free Galaxy Foundation kit with a Samsung 128GB EVO+ memory card and Fast Wireless Charging Convertible ($189.98 value) or a free Samsung Gear 360 camera ($229.99 value).
Other deals Regardless of the carrier you choose, each Galaxy Note 8 preorder comes with a choice of free Gear 360 camera ($229.99 value) or Fast Charge Wireless Charging Convertible and 128GB microSD card ($189.98 value combined). Best Buy, however, has a much better deal in place — read about it at this link.
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| Harley-Davidson Rolls Out 17 Stunning New Models Posted: 23 Aug 2017 12:19 PM PDT  Harley-Davidson Rolls Out 17 Stunning New Models Softails get complete overhaul, Touring Bikes get new CVO options, Dynas get the axe. Remember back in February when Harley CEO Matt Levatich told the motorcycling press that the Motor Company planned to
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| Teen tells judge he bought tiger cub on streets of Mexico Posted: 24 Aug 2017 03:19 PM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California teenager who says he bought a Bengal tiger cub on the streets of Tijuana for $300 was arrested when he tried to bring it into the United States in his 2017 Chevy Camaro.
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| Cop Charged in Hot Car Death of K-9 Officer Left in Vehicle in 88-Degree Heat Posted: 24 Aug 2017 01:26 PM PDT  Sebastian Police Officer Eric Antosia is accused of leaving his partner, German shepherd Diesel, inside their patrol vehicle outside a court house.
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