| Air Force Academy head to cadets: 'If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect, then get out' Posted: 29 Sep 2017 06:31 AM PDT  Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria told his cadets they "should be outraged, not only as an airman, but as a human being" over racial slurs found on Air Force message boards.
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| More Than Half A Million Rohingyas Fled Myanmar In A Single Month Posted: 29 Sep 2017 08:58 AM PDT  It's been just over a month since Myanmar's military launched a brutal campaign against minority Muslims living in Rakhine state, sparking what the United Nations has called "a human rights nightmare."
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| Climber Falls From Cathedral Spire, Marking Third Incident In Yosemite This Week Posted: 29 Sep 2017 08:36 PM PDT  A climber fell from Higher Cathedral Spiral in Yosemite Valley on Friday, marking the third accident in the national park in three days, KRON4 in San Francisco reported.
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| Police Officer Fatally Shot and Another Wounded in Georgia Posted: 29 Sep 2017 12:03 PM PDT  Two suspects have been arrested while a third remains at large
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| Bali volcano belches steam, sulphur as more evacuees flee Posted: 28 Sep 2017 11:42 PM PDT  A rumbling volcano on the holiday island of Bali is spewing steam and sulphurous fumes with more intensity, heightening fears of an eruption as officials said the number of evacuees had topped 144,000. Mount Agung, 75 kilometres (47 miles) from the resort hub of Kuta, has been shaking since August and threatening to erupt for the first time since 1963 -- a potential blow to the island's lucrative tourism industry. The Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation said Friday that remote satellite sensing had picked up new steam emissions and thermal areas within the crater.
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| Melania Trump fires back at Mass. librarian who rejected her donated books Posted: 29 Sep 2017 09:41 AM PDT  First lady Melania Trump slammed on Friday the Massachusetts elementary school librarian who rejected her donation of children's books.
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| Mumbai station stampede kills at least 22 amid rumour bridge was collapsing Posted: 29 Sep 2017 01:29 AM PDT  A rush-hour stampede at a railway station in Mumbai has left at least 22 people dead and dozens more injured. Indian police said it was triggered by a rumour that a pedestrian bridge was collapsing, sparking chaos as passengers surged forwards to flee. When falling concrete hit a bridge railing, people in the crowd thought the bridge would collapse and surged to escape, Mumbai police official Gansham Patel said. A railway spokesman said the stampede happened on the footbridge that had been particularly busy as passengers, who had been taking shelter from heavy rain, tried to leave the station at the same time. .@RailMinIndia@WesternRly this is parel / elphinston bridge. We heard People died due to stampede ? Good returns of my tax! @narendramodipic.twitter.com/Yj0tySttCo— Chirag Joshi (@chiragmjoshi) September 29, 2017 The incident at the suburban Elphinstone station, which connects two of the west-coast city's major local lines, came amid overcrowding and heavy rain. Junior Railway Minister Manoj Sinha said at least 22 people were killed and more than 30 others injured when panicked pedestrians pushed forwards to the end of the overcrowded bridge, with some people falling underfoot and being trampled. "Two of the injured are in serious condition," said Deepak Sawant, the health minister of the western state of Maharashtra surrounding Mumbai. Tragic news from #Mumbai. 22 people killed in a deadly stampede at Elphinstone railway station foot over bridge. 27 injured. Many critical. pic.twitter.com/xMohQ2zBfQ— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) September 29, 2017 Police had said the stampede came amid a rumor that the bridge was collapsing after some chunks of concrete had fallen. One of the injured passengers, Akash Koteja, said a "cloudburst" had caught commuters off guard. "Trains were rolling in and some people wanted to get out of the station, but others were not making way," he said. "When a few tried, it led to a stampede." Manish Mishra, a witness who helped some of the injured, said the situation was worsened as police and emergency officials did not respond immediately or enforce crowd control measures. Stampede at Mumbai's #elphinstone railway station 15 dead,over 25 injured.AAM admi ke zindagi ki kisi ko parwah nahi hai.��Prayers#pmoindiapic.twitter.com/OtbRmeIbgo— vijitashwa Mishra (@VijitashwaMisra) September 29, 2017 Politician Shaina Nana Chudasama, of the governing Bhartiya Janata party, said people had been huddling under the canopy covering the bridge to escape heavy rains, making the deadly tragedy worse. Tanaji Pawar, a spokesman for Mumbai's disaster management unit, warned that the death toll "is likely to go up". Those injured have been taken to hospital as an investigation was launched on Friday morning. The suburban Elphinstone railway station in Mumbai. File picture Credit: INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP Deadly stampedes are common during Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas with few safety or crowd control measures. The stampede happened at Elphinstone station in Mumbai
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| San Juan mayor disputes administration: 'This not a good-news story when people are dying' Posted: 29 Sep 2017 06:42 AM PDT  Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz took issue with officials from Homeland Security who said they were "very pleased" with the "textbook" response to Hurricane Maria.
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| Black Lives Matter is a Social Movement That Can't be Sued, Judge Rules Posted: 29 Sep 2017 12:02 AM PDT  Black Lives Matter is a social movement, like the tea party or the civil rights movement, and therefore can't be sued, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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| Our Search For A Secret White Supremacist Meeting In A Tennessee Forest Posted: 29 Sep 2017 03:07 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Prominent neo-Nazis, white supremacists and Klansmen are gathering in East Tennessee this weekend ― over Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar ― for a conference associated with Stormfront, the infamous neo-Nazi internet forum.
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| Questions Over The Trump Administration's Travel Spending Won't End With Tom Price Posted: 29 Sep 2017 05:43 PM PDT  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is being investigated by the Treasury Department's inspector general for opting to use a government jet to commute from New York to D.C. after an August news conference in Trump Tower, ABC reported last week.
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| Everyone is freaking out over the Everlane X Nordstrom pop-up shop Posted: 29 Sep 2017 10:30 AM PDT  Known for their ethically-made minimal clothing and their best-selling shoe called "The Day Heel" (which had a 28,000 person waitlist), the brand we all know and love has officially launched at Nordstrom today. Up until November 12th, you can find Everlane's most classic styles online and in selected stores. Everlane is all about the simple and timeless pieces that are actually worth the investment.
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| FEMA Insists Containers Sitting In San Juan Port Aren’t Filled With Aid Posted: 29 Sep 2017 02:16 PM PDT  Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló told CBS just two days ago that thousands of shipping containers with food, water and medicine are just sitting in the port of San Juan not being distributed. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is disputing those claims.
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| Hundreds of immigrants arrested in sanctuary cities across US Posted: 28 Sep 2017 06:12 PM PDT  The Trump administration's immigration enforcement division arrested hundreds of people in raids across "sanctuary" cities in recent days, in an operation directly targeting communities that are resisting the president's aggressive deportation agenda. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) announced on Thursday that it had arrested 498 people in a four-day operation and that it was dedicating more resources to the liberal jurisdictions that limit police cooperation with federal agents.
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| The Latest: Yosemite IDs British man killed by rock fall Posted: 28 Sep 2017 11:58 PM PDT  YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a second rock fall in Yosemite one day after a deadly slide (all times local):
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| Model Awaits Surgery After Eyeball Tattoo Goes Extremely Wrong Posted: 30 Sep 2017 12:13 PM PDT  A model from Ottawa, Canada, could have permanent vision loss in one eye after her now-ex-boyfriend attempted to tattoo her eyeball with purple ink.
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| Friend: Slain Georgia Police Officer Was the 'Absolute Kindest Person' Posted: 30 Sep 2017 11:40 AM PDT  Officer Kristen Hearne was fatally shot while investigating a stolen vehicle
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| Iraq plans to take control of Kurdistan region's border 'in coordination' with Iran, Turkey Posted: 29 Sep 2017 12:24 PM PDT ![Iraq plans to take control of Kurdistan region's border 'in coordination' with Iran, Turkey]( "Iraq plans to take control of Kurdistan region's border 'in coordination' with Iran, Turkey") Iraq plans to take control of the borders of its autonomous Kurdistan region "in coordination" with Iran and Turkey, the Iraqi Defence Ministry said on Friday. The statement did not give more detail or indicate specifically whether Iraqi forces were planning to move toward the external border posts controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) from the Iranian and Turkish side. The move to seize the border posts is a response to a Kurdish referendum on Monday that produced a vote in favor of secession from Iraq.
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| The 'Harvest Moon' is finally set to make an appearance in October Posted: 29 Sep 2017 10:19 AM PDT  Stargazers are in for a treat next week as a special full moon will be visible in the night sky.
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| Rush Limbaugh Says Anthem Protests Are Leftist Plot To 'Damage' NFL Posted: 29 Sep 2017 07:13 AM PDT  Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh got a chance Thursday to weigh in on the NFL's national anthem protests during an appearance on Fox News ― and he took the ball and ran with it.
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| ACLU Challenges Trump's New Travel Ban Posted: 29 Sep 2017 02:06 PM PDT  The American Civil Liberties Union announced Friday that it is suing President Donald Trump's administration over its new travel ban.
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| Puerto Rico’s Devastated Electric Grid Could Be a Big Opportunity for Renewable Energy Posted: 29 Sep 2017 02:50 PM PDT  But only if politics don't get in the way
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| Hugh Hefner secretly set up wife Crystal Harris to get millions upon his death Posted: 30 Sep 2017 07:04 AM PDT  Despite an earlier report that alleged Hugh Hefner's wife, Crystal Harris, wouldn't get any of his reported $43 million after his death, a new report is claiming he actually secretly set her up to get millions.
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| Iran's foreign minister urges Europe to defy US if Trump sinks nuclear deal Posted: 29 Sep 2017 10:10 AM PDT  Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has called on Europe to defy US sanctions if the Trump administration torpedoes the international nuclear agreement with Tehran. Zarif warned that if Europe followed Washington's lead, the deal would collapse and Iran would emerge with more advanced nuclear technology than before the agreement was reached in Vienna in 2015.
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| Who Is Thelma Williams? Facebook Kidnapping ‘Victim’ Faked Abduction Posted: 29 Sep 2017 01:17 PM PDT  "Do you think she'll look pretty with her insides spilled all over the basement floor?" Williams wrote before the fake abduction.
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| 61 Crazy Creative Things To Make With Cauliflower Posted: 29 Sep 2017 02:34 PM PDT |
| The Hiking Trip That Helped Me Reconnect With Exercise Posted: 29 Sep 2017 04:18 PM PDT  I have never been an athlete, but I'm not a stranger to exercise either.
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| Justice Department, FBI resist lawmaker demands for 'Trump dossier' files: officials Posted: 28 Sep 2017 06:31 PM PDT  By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and the FBI are resisting demands from a Republican lawmaker to hand over documents about a former British spy's dossier on purported Russian support for Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign, because the FBI has its own open criminal investigation, officials said. The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee issued subpoenas in August seeking "any and all documents" about both agencies' dealings with former MI6 officer Christopher Steele, according to a letter seen by Reuters from committee chairman Devin Nunes, a Trump supporter.
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| Newborn with jaundice dies after parents refuse treatment saying ‘God makes no mistakes’ Posted: 29 Sep 2017 04:17 AM PDT  A mother ignored a midwife's warning their newborn baby could die of jaundice on religious grounds and refused to seek treatment for her child. Rachel Joy Piland, from Michigan, told the midwife "God makes no mistakes", according to a police detective who testified in court last week. Detective Peter Scaccia said: "Rachel declined to seek any medical treatment for Abigail, stating God makes no mistakes.
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| US to Americans: Stay away from Cuba after health 'attacks' Posted: 29 Sep 2017 05:04 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States delivered an ominous warning to Americans on Friday to stay away from Cuba and ordered home more than half the U.S. diplomatic corps, acknowledging neither the Cubans nor America's FBI can figure out who or what is responsible for months of mysterious health ailments.
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| Conan O'Brien, Lin-Manuel Miranda Join #PuberMe Challenge to Raise Money for Puerto Rico Posted: 29 Sep 2017 09:54 AM PDT  The effort comes as cruise ships help bring aid to the Caribbean.
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| Canadian Couple Ends Epic Custody Battle Over Hockey Tickets Posted: 29 Sep 2017 06:21 PM PDT  If anyone needs evidence of how passionate Canadian hockey fans are, look no further than Beverly and Donald McLeod.
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| Losing Syria bastion, IS lashes out behind front lines Posted: 30 Sep 2017 02:35 AM PDT  Just after sunrise outside Syria's Raqa, dozens of Islamic State group jihadists donned Kurdish military uniforms, piled into cars with weapons, and broke back into a district they lost control of months ago. The raid was the latest evidence that IS, despite holding just a pocket of territory in its one-time stronghold, retains the capacity to wage deadly guerrilla attacks on areas thought to be relatively safe. The jihadists opened fire on a media centre run by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in Al-Meshleb, the easternmost neighbourhood of Raqa and the first area taken from IS in June.
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| Iowa Mom Arrested After Allegedly Leaving 4 Kids Home Alone to Go on a Planned 12-Day German Vacation Posted: 29 Sep 2017 05:20 PM PDT  An Iowa woman was arrested Thursday after she went on a planned days-long vacation to Germany and allegedly left her four young children home alone, PEOPLE confirms
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| Toddler Shoots Playmates At Daycare Facility Posted: 29 Sep 2017 02:00 AM PDT  The residence, where the incident took place has no records of being registered as a child care home, said Pardeep Toor, a representative for the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.
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| George Washington and the Real History Behind a Yom Kippur Legend Posted: 29 Sep 2017 06:00 AM PDT  Legend has it that Haym Salomon interrupted a Yom Kippur service to give George Washington a loan to finance the Continental Army
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| Trump to 'Confront' North Korea Threat on Asia Trip Posted: 29 Sep 2017 08:56 AM PDT  Trump will travel to five countries—Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines—while in Asia in November.
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