| Meet Al Franken's Republican Defenders Posted: 07 Dec 2017 07:43 AM PST  Republicans are coming to the defense of Al Franken.
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| Southern California Is Burning. Here's How You Can Help. Posted: 06 Dec 2017 06:08 PM PST  Multiple fires have started in the last three days in the hills of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, burning more than 83,400 acres and forcing tens of thousands of Californians to evacuate.
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| Russian lawyer says Trump Jr. sought info on Clinton funds Posted: 06 Dec 2017 12:43 AM PST  NBC News intelligence correspondent Ken Dilanian shares an exclusive report that Russian lawyer Natalie Veselnitskaya told the Senate that Donald Trump Jr. sought info on Clinton Foundation during their June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower.
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| LaVar Ball 'dunks' on President Trump to escalate the pair's feud Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:44 PM PST  President Donald Trump has a history of tweeting animated GIFs and videos that show him physically dominating his enemies, whether that's Hillary Clinton or CNN.
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| Will tax cuts spur the American economy? Maybe with a time machine. Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:00 AM PST  The GOP tax bill's main failing is that it's based on a played-out theory, aimed at the problems of an age when the economy looked completely different.
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| Chinese firm sues Venezuela as crisis tests ally's patience Posted: 07 Dec 2017 01:47 AM PST ![Chinese firm sues Venezuela as crisis tests ally's patience]( "Chinese firm sues Venezuela as crisis tests ally's patience") CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — One of China's biggest state-run conglomerates has sued a Venezuelan counterpart in a U.S. court in a dispute over unpaid bills, a sign of Beijing's growing impatience with its socialist South American ally as it slides into bankruptcy.
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| Lorde Predicted The Downfall Of Predatory Men Back In January Posted: 06 Dec 2017 06:29 PM PST  An outpouring of sexual assault accusations have destroyed the reputations of some of the most powerful men in entertainment, media and politics ― and Lorde apparently predicted it.
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| Mystery of removed Mueller agent resolved Posted: 06 Dec 2017 12:10 PM PST  Rachel Maddow reminds viewers of the mysterious, apparent demotion of a member of Robert Mueller's investigative team, Peter Strzok, in August and updates the story with new revelations that Strzok was found to have made anti-Trump comments in texts.
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| Growing Southern California Wildfires Force 200,000 People To Evacuate Posted: 07 Dec 2017 11:14 AM PST  Roughly 200,000 people have been forced to flee Southern California's wildfires that as of Thursday have scorched more than 181 miles (or 116,100 acres) and destroyed more than 100 homes as intensifying winds prompted an unprecedented warning level of purple.
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| 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT R - when only a German muscle car will do Posted: 07 Dec 2017 12:51 PM PST  Pras Subramanian reviews the 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT R.
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| 14 Gifts Your Coffee-Obsessed Friends Want This Year Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:39 AM PST |
| Poll: Melania Trump still not as popular as Michelle Obama Posted: 06 Dec 2017 11:42 AM PST  First lady Melania Trump appears to be getting more popular, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll released Wednesday. Fifty-three percent of those polled said they had at least a somewhat favorable view of the first lady, which is an 8 percent increase from those who felt the same shortly after the 2016 presidential election. Thirty-six percent of participants answered that they held an unfavorable view of Trump and 11 percent were listed undecided.
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| New Mexico brothers questioned in Texas border agent's death Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:42 PM PST  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The FBI questioned two brothers from New Mexico in the death of a border patrol agent in Texas, according to federal court documents that have been sealed.
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| Dramatic Images From Devastating Southern California Wildfires Posted: 06 Dec 2017 09:54 AM PST  Southern California residents face growing uncertainty as several fast-moving wildfires continue to engulf tens of thousands of acres while destroying dozens of homes in its path. Flames consumed the hills surrounding Interstate 405 near Los Angeles' famed Getty Center early Wednesday, with the fire lighting up the high terrain in a horrifying, apocalyptic-like display. In haunting photos, rows of homes are seen razed to the ground in Ventura County, where the largest of the fires has overtaken more than 50,000 acres since Monday night.
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| U.S. athletes may not attend Olympics as threat of nuclear war with North Korea rises, Haley warns Posted: 07 Dec 2017 05:38 AM PST  Nikki Haley says it's an "open question" whether the U.S. will participate in the Winter Olympics.
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| Exclusive: U.S. asks Israel to restrain response to Jerusalem move - document Posted: 06 Dec 2017 06:24 PM PST  By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is asking Israel to temper its response to the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as its capital because Washington expects a backlash and is weighing the potential threat to U.S. facilities and people, according to a State Department document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. "While I recognize that you will publicly welcome this news, I ask that you restrain your official response," the document dated Dec. 6 said in talking points for diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv to convey to Israeli officials. A second State Department document seen by Reuters, which was also dated Dec. 6, said the agency had formed an internal task force "to track worldwide developments" following the U.S. decision on Jerusalem.
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| Sia Responds To Criticism That She Pushed Fame On Teen Dancer Maddie Ziegler Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:07 AM PST  Sia has an uncomfortable relationship with fame and is known for retreating from the spotlight.
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| Southern California's Wildfires Will Get Worse Before They Get Better Posted: 06 Dec 2017 02:02 PM PST  It's been the most destructive wildfire season in California history, and it's getting worse.
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| Dylan Farrow Asks Why Woody Allen Has Been Spared After Harvey Weinstein Scandal Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:32 PM PST  Woody Allen's daughter Dylan Farrow is asking why her father has been spared in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the subsequent #MeToo movement.
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| Striking NASA satellite views of the California wildfires Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:59 AM PST ![Striking NASA satellite views of the California wildfires]( "Striking NASA satellite views of the California wildfires") NASA tweeted photos of the smoke plume drifting over the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday. Four fires are currently blazing through thousands of acres in California, forcing residents to evacuate.
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| Protests Erupt As Trump Recognizes Jerusalem As Israeli Capital Posted: 06 Dec 2017 03:38 AM PST  Palestinians took to the streets on Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump's expected decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and relocate the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to the contested city.
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| Russian military: mission accomplished, Islamic State defeated in Syria Posted: 07 Dec 2017 05:50 AM PST  Russia's military said on Thursday it had accomplished its mission of defeating Islamic State in Syria, and there were no remaining settlements there under the group's control. Russian bombers had used unprecedented force in the final stages to finish off the militant group, a senior Russian officer said. "The mission to defeat bandit units of the Islamic State terrorist organization on the territory of Syria, carried out by the armed forces of the Russian Federation, has been accomplished," Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoi, head of the general staff's operations, said on Rossiya 24 TV channel.
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| The Key To Chip And Joanna Gaines' Marriage Isn't Really A Secret Posted: 06 Dec 2017 08:32 AM PST  Chip and Joanna Gaines have been together for over 14 years.
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| The XB-70 Valkyrie: The Sad Story of the Biggest and Fastest U.S. Bomber Ever Posted: 06 Dec 2017 04:53 PM PST  With the growing realization that Soviet SAMs posed an increasing threat to American bombers, the Pentagon started to explore low-level penetration as an alternative. Many leading military strategists of the time believed bombers were too vulnerable to survive the journey into Soviet airspace. As a result, President John F. Kennedy decided to cancel the XB-70 as a frontline bomber program on March 28, 1961.
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| Gal Gadot Surprises College Student With First Wonder Woman Scholarship Posted: 06 Dec 2017 03:52 PM PST  Gal Gadot stepped out of her Wonder Woman costume on Wednesday to surprise a young woman with a truly wonderful award: a college scholarship.
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| Only 15 Cars Earn 2018 IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Rating Posted: 06 Dec 2017 09:01 PM PST  Just 15 new vehicles meet the increased requirements of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and have earned a Top Safety Pick+ rating, the safety group reported Thursday. The stricter guid...
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| US House approves easing of interstate rules on concealed guns Posted: 06 Dec 2017 07:22 PM PST  US lawmakers voted Wednesday to allow gun owners to carry concealed firearms across state lines, a controversial bill that critics say is aimed at undermining national gun control efforts. The move came two months after the worst mass shooting in modern US history, when a gunman who had taken a vast arsenal into a Las Vegas hotel fired down on concert-goers and killed 58. It passed the House of Representatives 231 to 198, after six Democrats joined all but 14 Republicans in supporting the bill, which will also need Senate passage if it is to become law.
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| Striking aerial photos show severity of California wildfires Posted: 05 Dec 2017 05:56 PM PST  Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti declared a state of emergency in the city Tuesday as several wildfires continued to rage across the region. Blazes in Santa Clarita, Santa Ana and Ventura County claimed tens of thousands of acres between them and filled the southern Californian skies with smoke — so much smoke in fact, they left trails visible from space. SEE ALSO: Surreal scenes of devastation across Southern California from unrelenting wildfires NASA's striking satellite image, above, gives a good feel for the scope of the smoke, as did pictures posted by meteorologists on Twitter Tuesday. Incredible amount of smoke being picked up on satellite right now from the wildfires in Southern California. #ThomasFire #RyeFire #CreekFire pic.twitter.com/vEH3vkm7IJ — Drew Tuma (@DrewTumaABC7) December 5, 2017 Continuing to monitor the #fires in SoCal, Suomi NPP satellite captured the power outages last night in #SantaBarbara and #Oxnard. @VCFD #ThomasFire More imagery: https://t.co/eRJpPpx698 pic.twitter.com/CFogVw2JAG — NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) December 5, 2017 The skies won't be clearing any time soon, either. The National Weather Service is warning of continued gusty, dry Santa Ana winds through Friday, which could help fuel more flames. One meteorologist on Twitter described the situation as a "wildfire siege." Unofficial burn map of current #Thomasfire #Creekfire and #Ryefire. Weaker but still gusty #SantaAnawinds expected Wednesday before stronger winds return later Wednesday evening into Thursday. #CAwx #LAWeather #LAwind pic.twitter.com/qmuyeXASIh — NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) December 5, 2017 Thick smoke is seen streaming from several fires, including the #CreekFire, in southern California in this @NASAEarth satellite view from this afternoon. Take a look: https://t.co/xXJl4Vx6mr pic.twitter.com/uz3dlB4FQv — NASA (@NASA) December 5, 2017 That's our NWS Incident Meteorologist painting the weather picture for the next 36-48 hrs. Winds increase again Wed night-Thu. #ThomasFire #CAwx pic.twitter.com/HnNa6f0KTh — Eric Boldt (@wxreport) December 6, 2017 The Thomas Fire in Ventura alone has burned at least 50,000 acres and forced over 27,000 people to evacuate. About 150,000 were affected by evacuation orders of some kind in Los Angeles, according to CNN. The Creek Fire was burning in the hills just to the north downtown LA. These fires come at the tail end of what is the worst wildfire season in California history, after fires destroyed thousands of homes and businesses and killed more than 40 people in northern California in October. Science editor Andrew Freedman contributed reporting. WATCH: California wildfire victims returning to their destroyed homes is absolutely heart-wrenching
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| Donald and Melania Trump both flub Pearl Harbor tweets Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:48 AM PST  President Donald Trump appears to have slightly misquoted Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous remarks following the brutal attack on Pearl Harbor in a tweet commemorating the 76th anniversary of the solemn day.
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| Parents of Florida murder suspect refuse to answer questions Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:21 AM PST  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The parents of the 24-year-old man suspected in a string of fatal shootings that terrorized a Florida neighborhood must "show cause" on why they shouldn't be held in civil contempt for refusing to answer investigators' questions about the case, a judge ruled Thursday.
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| 32 of the Best Ways to Update Grandma's Favorite Recipes Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:35 PM PST |
| Why Was Gretchen Carlson Excluded From Time's 'Silence Breakers'? Posted: 06 Dec 2017 11:17 AM PST  Time Magazine named The Silence Breakers ― "the individuals who set off a national reckoning over the prevalence of sexual harassment" ― its Person of the Year for 2017 and, strangely, Gretchen Carlson was not one of those singled out.
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| U.S. to deny visas to Cambodian officials over opposition crackdown Posted: 06 Dec 2017 06:56 PM PST ![U.S. to deny visas to Cambodian officials over opposition crackdown]( "U.S. to deny visas to Cambodian officials over opposition crackdown") By Eric Walsh and Prak Chan Thul WASHINGTON/PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it would restrict entry to people involved in the Cambodian government's actions to undermine democracy, including the dissolution of the main opposition party and imprisonment of its leader. The visa sanctions were the toughest steps by any Western country since a crackdown on critics of Prime Minister Hun Sen ahead of an election next year in which the authoritarian leader seeks to extend more than three decades in power. "We call on the Cambodian government to reverse course by reinstating the political opposition, releasing Kem Sokha, and allowing civil society and media to resume their constitutionally protected activities," the State Department said in a statement.
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| Naya Rivera Is Divorcing Husband Ryan Dorsey For The Second Time Posted: 06 Dec 2017 07:30 AM PST  Actress Naya Rivera and husband Ryan Dorsey are calling it quits for the second time.
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| We Compared the Nutrition of Every Type of Oatmeal—Here’s What We Found Posted: 07 Dec 2017 10:46 AM PST  What's the healthiest type of oatmeal? The answer might surprise you.
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| Israel says F-35 stealth fighter jets operational Posted: 06 Dec 2017 08:57 AM PST  Israel' military on Wednesday declared its newly acquired F-35 stealth fighters operational, making it the first country outside of the United States to put the ultra hi-tech jets into service. The Israeli Air Force currently has nine jets out of the total of 50 it has agreed to buy. The aim of the purchase is to allow Israel to maintain its military superiority in the turbulent Middle East, particularly regarding its arch-foe Iran and the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system delivered to it by Russia.
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| Everyone's sharing this video of a man saving a rabbit from the California wildfires Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:28 AM PST  Destructive wildfires have torn across thousands of acres in Southern California since Monday night, destroying homes, forcing evacuations, and displacing thousands of residents as a result. In the days since, nightmarish photos and videos of three massive wildfires in the Los Angeles area have been widely circulated. On Thursday morning, one video in particular seems to have struck a chord for its sweetness: A brief clip that appears to show an unnamed man rescuing a rabbit from the blaze in Ventura County. SEE ALSO: Wildfires lead to hellish scenes for Los Angeles commuters The man in the clip from RMG News (shared on Twitter by ABC News) reportedly declined to share his story on camera. (It should go without saying that getting this close to a wildfire is extremely dangerous and not recommended.) Per CNN, more than 110,000 Southern California residents have been forced to evacuate their homes as the fires spread. Thursday in particular looks to be a potentially devastating day for the area, with exceptionally strong winds and extreme dry air. The Storm Prediction Center estimates that Thursday's conditions will affect 9.5 million people. As Mashable reported, powerful Santa Ana winds have enabled wildfire to move quickly across hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and may continue to do so into Saturday. WATCH: California wildfire victims returning to their destroyed homes is absolutely heart-wrenching
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| House Votes Down Trump Impeachment Resolution Posted: 06 Dec 2017 02:16 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― Fifty-eight House Democrats voted to advance the impeachment of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, in direct defiance of the pleas of House Democratic leaders earlier in the day.
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| Why the U.S. Marines Love the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle Posted: 06 Dec 2017 04:29 PM PST  Marksmanship, the ability to shoot accurately and service targets with the minimum expenditure of ammunition, has always been part of the U.S. Marine Corps ethos. The adoption of the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle over the older M249 Squad Automatic Weapon marks a return to that ethos across the service at the small unit level. More accurate and capable of accomplishing its mission with fewer expended rounds, the M27 is now being considered as the front-line rifle not only for a handful of squad members but across the Corps' front line units.
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| Woman sentenced for trafficking teen tattooed with bar code Posted: 06 Dec 2017 12:18 PM PST ![Woman sentenced for trafficking teen tattooed with bar code]( "Woman sentenced for trafficking teen tattooed with bar code") BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman won't serve any more time behind bars for her involvement in the sex trafficking of a teenager who was tattooed with a bar code to show that she was property.
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| Kinder Morgan Canada wins appeal on Trans Mountain expansion Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:39 PM PST  Canada's energy regulator ruled on Thursday in favor of Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd in its appeal seeking to sidestep some municipal permits needed for the company's C$7.4 billion ($5.8 billion) Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Kinder Morgan Canada stock fell as much as 4.7 percent on Tuesday. The federally approved project has faced fierce opposition from environmentalists, aboriginal groups and some municipal governments.
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| Kate McKinnon Breaks Out A Glorious Gal Gadot Impression On 'The Tonight Show' Posted: 06 Dec 2017 03:01 AM PST  If Gal Gadot should ever need a day off from acting, Kate McKinnon of "Saturday Night Live" would make one hilarious substitute.
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| Black political machine tested again in Atlanta mayor race Posted: 06 Dec 2017 04:16 PM PST  Atlanta voters woke up to deja vu Wednesday in the racially polarized contest to choose the city's next mayor, with one candidate laying claim to City Hall while the other vowed to seek a recount over a margin of just 759 votes.
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| China says Indian drone 'invaded' its airspace, crashed Posted: 07 Dec 2017 01:30 AM PST  China lodged an official protest with India on Thursday after charging that an Indian drone had "invaded" its airspace before crashing, months after the two sides ended a tense border standoff. Beijing said the incident occurred "recently" at the border separating India's northeastern Sikkim state and China's Tibet region, but it did not say exactly where and when. India's army said the unmanned aerial vehicle was on a "regular training mission" when ground control lost contact with it "due to some technical problem" and it crossed over the demarcation line.
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