| Democratic Candidates Are Hanging Roy Moore Around The Necks Of Their GOP Opponents Posted: 16 Nov 2017 10:58 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― Democrats are seizing on the controversy surrounding Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore in state and local races around the country, attacking GOP opponents over their stance regarding the former judge, who has been accused of sexual assault and inappropriate advances by multiple women.
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| Franken backs ethics investigation after woman accuses him of groping her Posted: 16 Nov 2017 08:37 AM PST  Sen. Al Franken apologized to radio anchor Leeann Tweeden after she said he groped her in 2006. She posted a photo of the incident.
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| Ohio Lawmaker Quits After Having 'Inappropriate Conduct' With Man In His Office Posted: 17 Nov 2017 11:16 AM PST  An Ohio lawmaker known for his devotion to "family values" has stepped down after allegedly engaging in "inappropriate conduct with another man" in his office.
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| Oklahoma Science Teacher, 22, Charged with Rape of Teenage Student After Police Barge In Posted: 17 Nov 2017 08:17 AM PST  Sheriff's deputies barged in on a tryst she had allegedly set up with the teenage student
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| Supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga clash with police in Nairobi, Kenya Posted: 17 Nov 2017 05:37 AM PST ![Supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga clash with police in Nairobi, Kenya]( "Supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga clash with police in Nairobi, Kenya") Two people were killed on Friday as Kenyan police tried to disperse supporters cheering a convoy carrying opposition leader Raila Odinga in Nairobi.
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| Newly Flipped Witness May Have Info on Flynn Posted: 16 Nov 2017 12:17 PM PST  Tom Winter talks with Rachel Maddow about new reporting that Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian national wanted by Turkey and charged in the U.S. for sanctions violations is talking with prosecutors and may have information about Mike Flynn.
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| Injured defector's parasites and diet hint at hard life in N.Korea Posted: 17 Nov 2017 04:13 AM PST  Parasitic worms found in a North Korean soldier, critically injured during a desperate defection, highlight nutrition and hygiene problems that experts say have plagued the isolated country for decades. At a briefing on Wednesday, lead surgeon Lee Cook-jong displayed photos showing dozens of flesh-coloured parasites - including one 27 cm (10.6 in) long - removed from the wounded soldier's digestive tract during a series of surgeries to save his life. The parasites, along with kernels of corn in his stomach, may confirm what many experts and previous defectors have described about the food and hygiene situation for many North Koreans.
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| Woman with crude anti-Trump truck decal arrested Posted: 17 Nov 2017 10:52 AM PST  The driver of a pickup displaying an expletive-filled message to President Donald Trump and his supporters in the Houston area was arrested Thursday on an outstanding warrant.
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| Donald Trump Tied To Putin's Leash On Sassy California Billboard Posted: 16 Nov 2017 09:16 PM PST  President Donald Trump and Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)
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| German court: Kuwait Airways can refuse Israeli passengers Posted: 16 Nov 2017 08:38 AM PST  BERLIN (AP) — A German court ruled Thursday that Kuwait's national airline didn't have to transport an Israeli citizen because the carrier would face legal repercussions at home if it did.
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| Trevor Noah Asks: #YouToo, Al? Blames All Men Posted: 17 Nov 2017 03:26 AM PST  "The Daily Show's" Trevor Noah was particularly disappointed at the latest revelation concerning a groper-in-high-places.
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| ‘Glad It’s Out’: Moore Accuser Says ‘Community knew’ Posted: 16 Nov 2017 08:46 AM PST  Becky Gray says Roy Moore would hang out at the local mall, ogling young woman, and claims he was eventually banned from establishments because of his "creepy" behavior.
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| School cancels Muslim speaker after teacher organising presentation receives threats Posted: 16 Nov 2017 06:03 PM PST  A teacher at Northeastern Middle School in Bristol, Connecticut, had invited a local Muslim woman to speak about her faith and sent a note to parents informing them of the event. The letter, which was posted online, introduced the speaker as a New York City native who resided in Connecticut and had founded an organisation devoted to "empowerment of Muslim women". In a statement to NBC, Bristol Public Schools superintendent Susan Kalt Moreau said despite the cancellation "there was an outpouring of support for bringing a speaker in to support our curriculum which includes religions of the world".
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| Some People Think Starbucks Is Promoting 'Gay Agenda' On Holiday Cups Posted: 17 Nov 2017 01:17 PM PST  It seems like outrage over Starbucks cups is almost as much of a holiday tradition as crowded malls, Mariah Carey and sappy movie marathons.
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| Puerto Rico utility head resigns after slow Hurricane Maria response Posted: 17 Nov 2017 01:20 PM PST  By Jessica Resnick-Ault and Nick Brown NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of Puerto Rico's indebted utility has resigned following criticism of the slow restoration of power to the island after Hurricane Maria, the U.S. territory's governor said. Ricardo Ramos, who was named head of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) in 2016, was also criticized over controversial contracts. Rossello recommended Justo Gonzalez as interim director, according to a separate statement.
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| Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Says Bill Clinton Should've Resigned Over Lewinsky Scandal Posted: 16 Nov 2017 08:53 PM PST  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said that President Bill Clinton should have resigned from the Oval Office after news broke of his infamous affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
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| If America Topples North Korea and Iran, What Happens Next? Posted: 16 Nov 2017 06:06 PM PST  Just say no to regime change. On October 19, National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster declared that President Donald Trump was not going to accept the North Korean regime threatening the United States with a nuclear weapon.
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| Gunman ran victims off road, chased them on foot Posted: 16 Nov 2017 09:15 PM PST  Michelle McFadyen was driving to the store with her husband when the couple strayed into the path of a shooting rampage in their small Northern California town.
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| Woman Dies After Cleaning Scene Of Son's Suspected Drug Overdose Posted: 16 Nov 2017 03:19 PM PST  A Pennsylvania mother caring for her son after his suspected drug overdose is believed to have accidentally overdosed on the same substance while cleaning his home, leading to her death.
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| Grace Mugabe: the office worker who wanted to rule Zimbabwe Posted: 17 Nov 2017 07:57 AM PST ![Grace Mugabe: the office worker who wanted to rule Zimbabwe]( "Grace Mugabe: the office worker who wanted to rule Zimbabwe") By Joe Brock HARARE (Reuters) - The spectacular rise and fall of Zimbabwe's uncompromising First Lady, Grace Mugabe, had an unusual beginning: an office affair. It was the early 1990s when President Robert Mugabe's eye fell upon one of his shy young typists. President Mugabe is trying to cling to power after the military took over this week in response to his purge of vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa, 75, a liberation war fighter and Grace's sworn enemy.
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| Alabama Governor Plans To Vote For Roy Moore Despite Sexual Assault Accusations Posted: 17 Nov 2017 03:16 PM PST  Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey plans to vote for Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore in spite of allegations that the former judge sexually assaulted multiple women.
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| Man accidentally shoots himself and wife at church while discussing church shootings Posted: 17 Nov 2017 06:43 AM PST  A man accidentally shot himself and his wife while discussing church shootings at a church in Tennessee, police have said. Tellico Plains police say a man in his 80s accidentally discharged his gun during a Thanksgiving luncheon at the First United Methodist Church. As they cleaned up from the luncheon, the group began discussing church shootings, such as the recent shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
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| Palestinian rams car into Israeli civilians, is shot: army Posted: 17 Nov 2017 12:04 AM PST  A Palestinian rammed his car into two Israeli civilians in the occupied West Bank Friday before trying to stab soldiers and being shot, the Israeli army said. In a statement the army said the attacker drove his car into the two Israelis near the Gush Etzion junction in the southern West Bank, leaving them both injured. A spokeswoman for the hospital said the Palestinian was 17 and in critical condition.
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| Argentina's navy searches for missing submarine with 44 crew on board Posted: 17 Nov 2017 03:22 PM PST  Argentina's navy has launched a huge search-and-rescue operation for a military submarine with 44 crew members that has been missing off the coast of Patagonia for more than two days. The last radio contact with the San Juan submarine was on Wednesday, when it was 430km off the coast of the southern province of Chubut, in the area of San Jorge bay, a naval spokesman said on Friday. The spokesman, Enrique Balbi, told local television that as there was no indication of problems from the submarine, it could not yet be termed lost.
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| Tesla Unveils World's Fastest Production Car In Surprise Announcement Posted: 17 Nov 2017 12:34 AM PST  Tesla on Thursday night unveiled its electric semi truck, but the massive new vehicle was overshadowed by what it was hauling inside.
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| How the U.S. Military Could Soon Have a New Way to Crush North Korea's ICBMs Posted: 17 Nov 2017 04:28 AM PST  A US military upgraded Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, or EKV, a kinetic-force weapon that slams into its targets, destroyed an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time during a Missile Defense Agency test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system several months ago. The Missile Defense Agency's first-ever successful intercept of an ICBM target using a Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, using the kinetic force of an Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) to destroy the target, is paving the way toward advanced future kill vehicles able to discern and attack multiple approaching threats, industry and Pentagon officials said.
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| In Post-Weinstein Era, Trump Sexual Assault Accusers Await His Downfall Posted: 17 Nov 2017 06:56 AM PST  The women who have accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault are patiently awaiting his undoing.
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| Ohio calls off execution after failing to find inmate's vein Posted: 16 Nov 2017 02:16 AM PST  LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Ohio called off the execution of an ailing 69-year-old killer Wednesday after the executioners couldn't find a vein to insert the IV that delivers the lethal drugs.
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| Millions of People May Die if Saudi Arabia Doesn't Allow Aid to Enter Yemen Immediately Posted: 16 Nov 2017 09:51 PM PST  A humanitarian crisis is rapidly deepening in Yemen, where millions of aid-reliant people have been cut off from assistance since Saudi Arabia closed the country's ports on Nov. 5.
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| Immigrants Anxiously Await Citizenship As Processing Times Nearly Double Posted: 17 Nov 2017 01:56 PM PST  For immigrants, the road to U.S. citizenship has always been a long and difficult one.
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| US nets 214 arrests in MS-13 gang sweep Posted: 16 Nov 2017 02:08 PM PST  US authorities announced Thursday that 214 members of the notorious MS-13 gang had been arrested in a one-month sweep around the country. More than half of those picked up in the action which was led by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, were arrested on immigration violations. The largest part of the group, 135, were from El Salvador, followed by Honduras and Mexico.
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| Ohio judge uses groping scandal to brag about having sex with 50 women and 'love in the hayloft' Posted: 17 Nov 2017 12:13 PM PST  An Ohio Supreme Court justice has been denounced for responding to sexual misconduct allegations against Sen Al Franken by bragging of his prolific sexual exploits. Mr Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, apologised this week after broadcaster Leeann Tweeden accused him of groping and kissing her non-consensually during a 2006 tour, when Mr Franken was a comedian and had not yet been elected. Elected officials, including Democrats, swiftly denounced Mr Franken.
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| Russia's Next Big Nuclear Missile Submarine Launches Tomorrow Posted: 16 Nov 2017 05:59 PM PST  Russia's first Project 995A Borei-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) is set to be launched on November 17 in Severodvinsk. The vessel, called Prince Vladimir (Князь Владимир—transliterated as Knyaz Vladimir) is an improved version of the original Project 955 SSBN, three of which have been completed for the Russian Navy. Compared to the three older Project 995 boats, Prince Vladimir has a better acoustical stealth, better electronics and improved living spaces for the crew.
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| Ivanka Trump warned to stay quiet after speaking out about sexual assault allegations Posted: 16 Nov 2017 07:02 PM PST  First daughter Ivanka Trump's harsh statement about Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore drew some backlash from Breitbart this week.
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| All The Best Black Friday Deals, In One Exhaustive List Posted: 16 Nov 2017 03:43 PM PST  We know how overwhelming Black Friday and Cyber Monday can be.
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| U.S. envoy says no communication, no signal from North Korea amid nuclear crisis Posted: 17 Nov 2017 04:49 AM PST  South Korea and the United States agreed on Friday to keep working for a peaceful end to the North Korean nuclear crisis, but a U.S. envoy said it was difficult to gauge the reclusive North's intentions as there has been "no signal". North Korea is under heavy international pressure to end its nuclear and missile programs, pursued in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions, but has vowed never to give up its nuclear arsenal which it says it needs to counter perceived U.S. aggression. Lee Do-hoon, South Korea's special representative for Korean peace and security affairs, and his U.S. counterpart, Joseph Yun, met on the southern resort island of Jeju, following a summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump in Seoul last week.
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| The Absolute Worst Excuses Ever For Calling In Sick Posted: 17 Nov 2017 02:46 AM PST  CareerBuilder's annual survey, which covered a 12-month period ending in September, found that 40 percent of workers had claimed to be sick when they actually weren't, and 38 percent of employers had checked up on workers who called in sick.
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| The Kurdish Explosion Is Unleashing Demons Posted: 16 Nov 2017 01:22 PM PST  The United States needs to put a stop to this flashpoint before it's too late.
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| Indonesia smugglers stuffed exotic birds in pipes: police Posted: 16 Nov 2017 12:32 AM PST  Smugglers who allegedly stuffed 125 exotic birds into drain pipes have been arrested in Indonesia, officials said Thursday, as part of a bid to clamp down on a lucrative illegal trade in wildlife. Four men have been charged after 41 endangered white cockatoos and 84 eclectus parrots were discovered squashed into plastic piping that had been cut and sealed at each end by wire. Police said the men were arrested in four separate locations in eastern Indonesia, and are part of a suspected wildlife trafficking ring.
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| Al Franken accused of sexual assault by female presenter Posted: 16 Nov 2017 08:23 AM PST  Democratic Senator Al Franken has been accused of sexual assault as the national discussion about sexual harassment moves to the US capitol. Leeann Tweeden, a morning news anchor for a Los Angeles radio station, claimed in an article for 790 KABC that Mr Franken kissed her and groped her without her consent during a tour through the Middle East. The Senator has apologised, and asked for an ethics investigation into his own conduct.
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| Polish Woman Says She Was Dragged Out Of Church After Unfurling Anti-Racism Banner Posted: 17 Nov 2017 09:39 AM PST  A Polish woman says she was booted out of a Catholic church service in Warsaw while protesting against racism and far-right nationalist groups.
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| Venezuela's Ousted Chief Prosecutor Says President Nicolas Maduro Is Responsible for 8,000 Murders Posted: 16 Nov 2017 07:53 PM PST  Venezuela's ousted chief prosecutor on Thursday asked the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into President Nicolas Maduro and four other senior officials for alleged crimes against humanity.
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| Big House victory for GOP tax plan, but Senate fate unclear Posted: 16 Nov 2017 07:58 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans rammed a $1.5 trillion overhaul of business and personal income taxes through the House Thursday, edging toward the code's biggest rewrite in three decades and the first major legislative triumph for President Donald Trump and the GOP after 10 bumpy months of controlling government.
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