| States Sue Trump Administration In Attempt To Overturn DACA Elimination Posted: 06 Sep 2017 12:08 PM PDT  A coalition of 15 states, along with the District of Columbia, filed a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at overturning the Trump administration's decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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| These Photos Show Hurricane Irma's Destructive Path Across The Caribbean Posted: 06 Sep 2017 09:47 AM PDT  As Hurricane Irma sweeps over the Caribbean, images are starting to surface of the damage that has taken place on the shared island of Saint Martin and Sint Maarten.
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| Ahead of Hurricane Irma, Florida Starts Evacuations Posted: 05 Sep 2017 08:32 AM PDT  All of Florida is under a state of emergency as it braces for a "potentially catastrophic" hurricane in Irma, with winds reaching 185 miles per hour.
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| Putin: Russia reserves right to cut further U.S. diplomatic mission Posted: 05 Sep 2017 12:48 PM PDT  Russia reserves the right to cut further the number of U.S. diplomatic staff in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, in response to what he called Washington's "boorish" treatment of Russia's diplomatic mission on U.S. soil.
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| Indian journalist gunned down outside her home Posted: 06 Sep 2017 02:24 AM PDT  BANGALORE, India (AP) — An Indian journalist was fatally shot outside her home the southern city of Bangalore, the latest in a string of deadly attacks targeting journalists or outspoken critics of religious superstition and extreme Hindu politics.
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| Pennsylvania police department ‘terrified’ after finding red balloons tied to sewer grates Posted: 05 Sep 2017 11:39 AM PDT  A police department claimed to be "completely terrified" after spotting red balloons tied to sewer grates, similar to the horror film "It," in Lititz, Pennsylvania.
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| Taliban suicide attack on US base in Afghanistan over leaflet 'insult' Posted: 06 Sep 2017 10:25 AM PDT  A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle blew himself up outside an American base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, Afghan officials said, in an attack the Taliban claimed was revenge for a US leaflet deemed highly offensive to Muslims. US and Afghan authorities confirmed several people were wounded in the late afternoon attack at Bagram Airfield, America's largest base in the country. The Taliban claimed responsibility and said it was in retaliation for "their insult to the Islamic creed".
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| Wildfires burn out of control in Pacific Northwest Posted: 06 Sep 2017 07:51 AM PDT ![Wildfires burn out of control in Pacific Northwest]( "Wildfires burn out of control in Pacific Northwest") A 16-square-mile fire east of Portland, Oregon, forced hundreds of home evacuations. And embers from the fire drifted across the Columbia River — sparking blazes in neighboring Washington state. Here are pictures.
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| As Trump Kills DACA, Bannon's Breitbart Celebrates A Major Policy Win Posted: 05 Sep 2017 02:28 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is still notching policy wins after his return to the right-wing website Breitbart.
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| Houston Families Face Rent Demands On Flooded Properties Posted: 05 Sep 2017 09:21 AM PDT  Some families in the Houston area being asked to pay rent, with late fees, after Hurricane Harvey caused catastrophic flooding to hit southeast Texas and drove them from their homes, The Guardian reported.
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| Girl, 16, Is Suspected Mastermind In Home Invasion Murder of MMA Fighter: Cops Posted: 05 Sep 2017 06:05 AM PDT  A Florida girl in 11th grade has been charged along with two 18-year-old men in the July 3 murder of Aaron Rajman.
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| Delta Air Lines Price Gouges Hurricane Irma Evacuee’s Plane Ticket 600% Posted: 06 Sep 2017 08:23 AM PDT  Delta did not immediately respond for request to comment.
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| Every fashion blogger is wearing this blouse from Target Posted: 05 Sep 2017 12:34 PM PDT  While scrolling our Instagram feeds for the latest style inspiration, we couldn't help but notice the one shirt that has been spotted on top bloggers and influencers.
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| Russia fires missiles near enclave besieged by IS Posted: 05 Sep 2017 03:44 AM PDT  A Russian warship on Tuesday fired cruise missiles from the Mediterranean at the Islamic State group near the Syrian city of Deir Ezzor where regime forces are battling the jihadists, Moscow said. The Russian defence ministry said the strike, which was carried out by the frigate "Admiral Essen," hit IS targets near the town of Al-Shula, which were controlled by fighters from Russia and other post-Soviet nations. "The launch of the Kalibr cruise missiles has ensured the continued success of the advance by Syrian government troops and helped thwart plans of IS militants to regroup and reinforce the positions of terrorists in the vicinity of the city of Deir Ezzor," the ministry said.
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| Hunter tries to shoot grizzly bear, bear knocks gun out of his hand and badly mauls him Posted: 06 Sep 2017 05:32 AM PDT  A hunter was mauled by a grizzly bear after the animal swatted his pistol away as he tried to shoot it in the neck. Tom Sommer said he could "hear bones crunching" as the bear bit his thigh and slashed his head during the attack in the US state of Montana. The 57-year-old and his hunting partner used a type of pepper spray to defend themselves against the charging bear after disturbing it as it feeding on an elk during a hunting trip in the Beaverhead-Deelodge National Forest.
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| Trump To End Protections For Nearly 800,000 Dreamers If Congress Can't Pass A Deal Posted: 05 Sep 2017 08:04 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The Trump administration is officially terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in six months and punting the matter to Congress, putting nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants at risk of deportation if the president and members of the House and Senate can't make a deal to protect them.
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| What You Shouldn't Say To Someone Who's Had A Miscarriage (And What To Say Instead) Posted: 06 Sep 2017 02:05 PM PDT  A powerful campaign is shedding light on the good, bad and ugly things people say to individuals who've experienced miscarriage.
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| Two Houstons emerge from Harvey aftermath: one wet, one dry Posted: 05 Sep 2017 05:33 PM PDT  HOUSTON (AP) — In a quest to help Harvey victims, Kelli Shofstall and her son set out on a 165-mile drive from Austin to Houston that led them through neighborhood after neighborhood where the streets were dry and no one seemed to need assistance.
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| Witness: Child Found Encased in Concrete Was Once Beaten to the 'Point of Death' Posted: 05 Sep 2017 09:31 AM PDT  "It's definitely a tragedy"
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| 3 Dozen Cops Give Kind Send-Off to Slain Officer's Son on First Day of Kindergarten: 'I Was Blown Away' Posted: 06 Sep 2017 08:08 AM PDT  His mom was shocked to open her door that morning.
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| US seeks to cut off oil to North Korea, blacklist Kim Jong-Un Posted: 06 Sep 2017 02:06 PM PDT  The United States on Wednesday asked the UN Security Council to slap an oil embargo on North Korea and freeze the assets of leader Kim Jong-Un, in response to Pyongyang's sixth and most powerful nuclear test. A US-drafted resolution obtained by AFP also called for banning textile exports and ending payments made to North Korean laborers sent abroad, further depriving the regime of revenue to pursue its military programs. The United States circulated the proposed resolution to the 14 other council members two days after Ambassador Nikki Haley called for the "strongest possible measures" to be imposed on North Korea.
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| Heroic Women Sacrifice Own Car To Block Alleged DUI Driver On Highway Posted: 05 Sep 2017 03:58 AM PDT  Three women in Florida sacrificed their own safety for that of others when they made an alleged DUI driver crash into the vehicle in which they were traveling.
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| Washington National Cathedral To Remove Windows Honoring Confederate Leaders Posted: 06 Sep 2017 02:02 PM PDT  The Washington National Cathedral, a central landmark in the U.S. capital, has announced its decision to remove two stained glass windows honoring Confederate Gens.
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| Key Figure Behind ‘Trump Dossier’ Stonewalled Senate Investigators Posted: 06 Sep 2017 11:18 AM PDT  Glenn Simpson invoked his First Amendment rights to protect sources for salacious claims of collusion.
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| Mom's Post About Son With Autism Shows The Impact Of 'Small Victories' Posted: 06 Sep 2017 11:22 AM PDT  On August 30, Sara Farrell Baker wrote on Facebook about "one of the proudest moments" of her life. August, who has autism and sensory sensitivities, toured his school with his mother and visited one of the bathrooms he'd be using throughout the school year. Baker told her son that he had the option of using the hand dryer in the bathroom, although she knew they typically scare him.
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| Kasich joins Schwarzenegger in political map-making fight Posted: 05 Sep 2017 05:53 PM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday joined friend and ex-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's effort to overhaul partisan political map-making that's helped fuel their own Republican party's rise to power.
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| Venice Film Festival 2017: Best of beauty Posted: 05 Sep 2017 11:47 AM PDT  Stars from across the globe gathered this past weekend in Venice, Italy, for this year's esteemed film festival.
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| This Is The First Thing You Should Do When You Feel Unhappy Posted: 05 Sep 2017 04:58 AM PDT  For most of us, when we feel unhappy, we naturally want to push those thoughts away or move on to something positive.
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| Prowling the Syrian Desert, U.S. Picking Off ISIS Fighters in Stranded Convoy Posted: 05 Sep 2017 10:23 AM PDT  Packed with fighters and their families, the buses remain struck in the desert.
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| Purr-Fect Ending: Stray Kitten Rescued After Shutting Down Traffic on Busy Highway Posted: 05 Sep 2017 09:10 AM PDT  The police are now asking the public to help name her.
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| Trevor Noah Reveals The 'Genius' Behind Donald Trump's North Korea Strategy Posted: 06 Sep 2017 01:18 AM PDT  "Daily Show" host Trevor Noah broke down the brilliance of President Donald Trump's game plan regarding North Korea's nuclear threat on Tuesday night.
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| Life as a Kept Man is only dangerous if you're living in the past Posted: 05 Sep 2017 04:44 AM PDT  Contrary to a new study, being a 'kept man' is anything but bad for your health, says Richard Holt, who took a year off work to look after his daughter Have you ever thought how brilliant it would be to have a wife so rich that you never had to work again? It might sound tempting, but maybe it's not such a good idea, because apparently being a 'kept man' poses a serious risk to your health. A 30-year study of couples in the US has revealed that when a woman's earnings overtake those of her husband, the poor chap is at a significantly increased risk of a load of terribly un-fun illnesses like heart disease, strokes, type 2 diabetes and various stress-related complaints. Frightening stuff – not least because, a few years ago, I took time off work to be a stay-at-home dad. I thought I was being a thoroughly modern man. But has it backfired? Did my decision actually put me in perilous danger? Having a year off work was bloody lovelyRichard Holt Well, I'm no doctor, but I'm pretty confident when I say: 'Don't be ridiculous'. Having a year off work was bloody lovely. I never planned to take time off, but when my daughter was 18 months old we were short of attractive childcare options, and as my wife was earning more money than me in a job that was harder to take a break from, it seemed like the best idea. So I got released from my contract for a year and spent the time hanging out with my little girl, learning to do things like brushing hair and walking extremely slowly. I had an incredible time, feeling very lucky that as a family we could (just about) afford to do it. I was healthy and happy, spending long days outdoors laughing like a child rather than sitting in a big office wondering if I'd been put there by mistake. When I went back to work a year later I had a much bigger overdraft, but also I had developed such a strong bond with my daughter that almost no amount of money would persuade me to sell her. Does being all sentimental like this blind me to some hidden danger posed to men by high-earning women? The report raises more questions than it answers. For example, if your wife starts earning more than you, is it because she has upped her game, or because yours has headed south? If it's the latter, any health implications probably have less to do with your wife and more to do with the trauma of watching your own career gurgling down the U-bend. Eight reasons why it's essential children spend time with their fathers There's a broader, sociological point to be made. The report talks about "violating cultural expectations" and posits the theory that the psychological impact of not being the primary earner causes men's health to fail. Essentially, it's suggesting that these men are becoming ill because they are ashamed. Ashamed to be earning less than their wives. Think about that for a moment. These men's innate sense of self – of what it means to be a man – is so wrapped up with the idea of being the main earner that emasculation embarrasses them to the point of sickness. Now, I know that equality is a fairly recent concept – something you will understand if you are old enough to have had an openly racist grandparent. And there are still a few people around who genuinely believe that a man should be the one that earns the money, while the woman bustles around the kitchen in a housecoat, ceaselessly baking. But most people are now more-or-less on board with the whole equality thing. You wouldn't call a stay-at-home mum a 'kept woman' So, for a man to feel ashamed to the point of illness depends on at least one of these two things: 1) How he sees himself. Perhaps the entire edifice of his self-esteem is based on the fact that he is the one that gets waved into airport club lounge. Maybe his sense of worth is closely anchored to the options list on his mid-size executive saloon. In which case, it is time to re-evaluate how important those things really are. And if he does lose his job and spend some time as a kept man, all sympathy to him – but at least having a working wife means he doesn't need to rummage through the bins for his dinner. A slice of perspective would help here. 2) How he sees his wife. One day many years ago, maybe he looked at her and thought: "Wow, she's amazing, I love her and want to spend the rest of my life with her." Then added: "But obviously that love depends on maintaining the God-decreed pay disparity between my important manly job, and that silly part-time thing she is always wittering on about." That's really the only way a man could be properly ashamed. Or maybe he doesn't care, but is worried about what other people will say. Well, those people would be the sort who use phrases like "kept man". And that is just the point. Try describing a stay-at-home mother as a 'kept woman' and see if she likes it. She'll probably take a swing at you with her yoga mat. And quite rightly so. Anything that begins with the word 'kept' conveys the idea of ownership and servitude – hardly a glowing advertisement for the institution of marriage. So we shouldn't say it about men any more than we should say it about women. One half of a couple is always going to earn more than the other; whether it is the man or the woman should not be worthy of comment. No more than it is relevant who would win a game of one-on-one basketball. The real problem is that we are still having this discussion at all; that, consciously or not, many men still feel for some reason that they need to be the ones making the most cash. Maybe they should try spending a bit more time with children – or any other little animals that have no concept of money. They might enjoy it, and it certainly won't be bad for their health.
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| Airline That Destroyed Disabled Man’s Custom Wheelchair Apologizes Posted: 05 Sep 2017 12:35 PM PDT  Ryanair is now apologizing to a disabled man whose wheelchair was destroyed while traveling with the carrier.
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| 15 Must-Try Gravy Recipes For Your Thanksgiving Feast Posted: 06 Sep 2017 01:56 PM PDT |
| 16 Tweets That Will Speak To Your Soul If You're An Introvert Posted: 05 Sep 2017 01:54 PM PDT  If you're an introvert, you likely value your alone time.
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| Mayor: St. Louis 'on edge' awaiting police shooting verdict Posted: 05 Sep 2017 01:25 PM PDT  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The mayor of St. Louis says the city is "on edge" as it awaits a verdict in the first-degree murder trial of former police officer Jason Stockley, in part because of a troubled history of justice in St. Louis and nationwide.
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| A Sick Girl Used Siri To Call In Her Own Rescue From Houston Floodwaters Posted: 04 Sep 2017 07:07 PM PDT  A 14-year-old girl who suffered from a painful attack associated with sickle cell anemia was rescued from Hurricane Harvey's floodwaters in Houston after using Apple's Siri technology to phone the U.S. Coast Guard, according to CNN. Tyler Frank and her family were forced to flee to the roof of their home after waking up Aug. 27 to find the house inundated with floodwater, the network news outlet reported Monday.
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