| Disney World Guest Mercilessly Heckles Animatronic Donald Trump Posted: 29 Dec 2017 11:51 AM PST  A guest at Disney World got very, er, animated while attending the Hall of Presidents attraction on Wednesday.
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| Deadly apartment fire in the Bronx kills at least 12 Posted: 28 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST  Officials said the blaze was started by a 3.5-year-old boy playing with burners on a stove.
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| Obama: Here are some inspiring 2017 stories Posted: 29 Dec 2017 09:34 AM PST  For the New Year, former President Barack Obama shared three uplifting news stories from 2017, encouraging Americans to look beyond the negativity that has seemed to dominate the news this year.
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| LA Man Arrested For 'Swatting' Call That Led To Innocent Kansas Man's Death Posted: 30 Dec 2017 09:53 AM PST  Authorities arrested a 25-year-old man in California for a "swatting" prank emergency call that led to the death of an innocent 28-year-old Kansas man who was shot by police responders on Thursday evening as he stood on his front doorstep.
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| Trump talks China, North Korea in impromptu interview Posted: 29 Dec 2017 08:04 AM PST  Speaking with the New York Times, the president acknowledged he's "been soft" on China on trade, and decried the Russia investigation, but said he thinks Robert Mueller is "going to be fair."
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| Woman's Mother and Baby Daughter Die in Bronx Fire: 'I Lost Everything in a Matter of Minutes' Posted: 29 Dec 2017 11:47 AM PST  Before Maria Batiz was killed, she called her daughter to say their building was on fire. "I never heard from her again," her daughter said.
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| Australia expected to ease visa restrictions on foreign pilots as planes left grounded Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:05 PM PST ![Australia expected to ease visa restrictions on foreign pilots as planes left grounded]( "Australia expected to ease visa restrictions on foreign pilots as planes left grounded") The Australian government is expected to relax restrictions on visas for foreign pilots as a national shortage sees planes grounded and flights canceled, aviation officials said on Friday. Australia earlier this year removed pilots from a list of eligible professions allowed to work in the country as so-called skilled migrants amid a crackdown to promote "Australia-first". With a global shortage of pilots, Australia's international carriers have lost staff to competitors, forcing them to recruit from domestic carriers, who are in turn employing trained pilots from smaller regional airlines.
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| US eyes increased pumping from biggest federal water project Posted: 29 Dec 2017 01:14 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration said Friday it will look at revving up water deliveries to farmers from California's Central Valley Project, the largest federal water project in the United States, in what environmental groups called a threat to protections for struggling native salmon and other endangered species.
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| Trump reportedly fired his entire HIV/AIDS council by FedEx letter Posted: 29 Dec 2017 09:01 AM PST  President Donald Trump reportedly fired the sixteen remaining members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) Wednesday via a letter FedExed from the White House.
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| 2018 ISIS fight to rely more on general forces Posted: 29 Dec 2017 01:09 AM PST  Secretary of Defense James Mattis previewed what's next in the fight against ISIS, telling reporters that the U.S. will rely less on special forces and more on general forces, especially in Africa. NBC's Hans Nichols reports.
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| 2 Dead, 1 Injured In Shooting At California Law Firm Posted: 30 Dec 2017 06:18 AM PST  A shooter opened fire at a southern California law firm Friday, killing one man and injuring another before fatally turning the gun on himself, police said.
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| Battle Over Contested Virginia House Of Delegates Seat Will Drag On Posted: 29 Dec 2017 10:29 AM PST  The dramatic race for a Virginia House of Delegates seat that could decide which party controls the chamber — a race that's come down to a name-drawing — is expected to continue into the new year.
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| Gardening games: from 'Yonder: The Cloud Chronicles' to 'Flower Design' Posted: 29 Dec 2017 02:44 AM PST |
| Chicago board finds policeman's fatal shooting of two not justified: newspapers Posted: 28 Dec 2017 07:41 PM PST ![Chicago board finds policeman's fatal shooting of two not justified: newspapers]( "Chicago board finds policeman's fatal shooting of two not justified: newspapers") The Civilian Office of Police Accountability said no evidence supported the claims of Officer Robert Rialmo, who said student Quintonio LeGrier advanced at officers with a baseball bat in a threatening manner, the Chicago Sun Times and Chicago Tribune reported. Bettie Jones, a neighbor standing nearby, was accidentally killed by the officer's gunfire in the December 2015 incident that unfolded in a vestibule of a Chicago home.
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| 'Make America Gay Again.' Mike Pence Gets Trolled With Rainbow Banner Posted: 30 Dec 2017 12:41 PM PST  The banner was put up by his temporary neighbors while in Colorado for vacation
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| 16 December Wedding Pics With Plenty Of Love To Keep You Warm Posted: 29 Dec 2017 01:03 PM PST  Big congratulations to all the wonderful couples who tied the knot last month!
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| The High-Tech Ways Authorities Are Keeping You Safe This New Year Posted: 29 Dec 2017 09:55 AM PST  Following a year of deadly terrorist attacks, security is going to be tighter than ever before.
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| Nepal bans solo climbers from Everest Posted: 30 Dec 2017 12:04 AM PST  Nepal has banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in a bid to reduce accidents, an official said Saturday. The cabinet late Thursday endorsed a revision to the Himalayan nation's mountaineering regulations, banning solo climbers from its mountains -- one of a string of measures being flagged ahead of the 2018 spring climbing season. "The changes have barred solo expeditions, which were allowed before," Maheshwor Neupane, secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, told AFP.
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| Police: Man kills 2, then himself at Houston auto shop Posted: 29 Dec 2017 07:11 PM PST  HOUSTON (AP) — A man walked into a Houston auto shop where he used to work Friday and fatally shot two employees before going outside and killing himself, police said.
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| What I Learned From Reading All The Media Safaris Into 'Trump Country' I Could Handle Before Wanting To Die Posted: 29 Dec 2017 11:00 AM PST  This was the year the political media couldn't stop reminding us of the forgotten Americans.
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| China says U.S. should do more to cut its 'enormous' opioid demand Posted: 28 Dec 2017 07:53 PM PST ![China says U.S. should do more to cut its 'enormous' opioid demand]( "China says U.S. should do more to cut its 'enormous' opioid demand") The United States should take action to reduce demand for the drugs fuelling its deadly opioid crisis rather than simply accusing China of being the major source, a top Chinese drug control official said. "The biggest difficulty China faces in opioid control is that such drugs are in enormous demand in the U.S.," Yu Haibin of the China National Narcotics Control Commission said at a news briefing, the China Daily reported on Friday.
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| Videos of Egypt Church Shooting Show Gunman Calmly Leaving Scene Posted: 30 Dec 2017 06:32 AM PST  Clips show the gunman who killed nine walking away unchallenged for 10 minutes
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| Russia Could Soon Sell the S-400 Air Defense System to India: Report Posted: 29 Dec 2017 05:45 PM PST  Russia is on the cusp of signing a deal to sell India its S-400 air and missile defense system, according to a senior Russian official. Recently appearing on Russian television, Vice-Premier Dmitry Rogozin said the two countries were nearing an agreement. "We hope that the S-400 deal will be signed with India soon," Rogozin said, TASS reported.
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| Trump Just Used Normal Winter Weather To Undermine The Science Behind Climate Change Posted: 28 Dec 2017 06:07 PM PST  President Donald Trump used forecasts for what could be record-breaking cold weather over New Year's Eve to push a widely disproven talking point denying climate change.
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| Someone swapped photos of Trump with his animatronic, and plz let my mom know I am dead Posted: 29 Dec 2017 02:55 PM PST  This photoshop says a thousand words, all of which are "help." For Twitter user's @Bornmiserable's latest creation, he swapped photos of the real Trump with his now legendary Disney animatronic figure. The result was just as upsetting as you always imagined it would be. SEE ALSO: Disney's new weapon in the war on Netflix: Hulu @BornMiserable says it's an improvement, which I cannot independently verify as this image has turned me into stone. "I've done several Trump Photoshops and when I saw that animatronic figure, I just thought it would make more sense to put it in place of him — just about as much of a human being as he is," @BornMiserable told Mashable. Image: bornmiserable/twitter Image: bornmiserable/twitter Image: bornmiserable/twitter another, requested by .@Browtweaten: pic.twitter.com/sQ1g5BS2qd — Born Miserable (@bornmiserable) December 29, 2017 When Disney world introduced the Trump animatronic two weeks ago, it was met with fairly universal horror. Critics accused the artist of modeling Trump after a Chucky Doll and/or Hillary Clinton, which is both fair and accurate. Trump robot in the Hall of Presidents looks like a 71-year-old Chucky doll. pic.twitter.com/yLCBmhpNvG — John Cohen (@JohnCohen1) December 19, 2017 Here me out on this. Clearly Disney had Hilary's robot ready to go and then they had to try and make it look like Trump. Don't hate me. This is just a necessary and painful fact we all need to deal with. pic.twitter.com/biSirfwE59 — Shannon O'Neill (@spotastic) December 19, 2017 Frankly, I'd take the animatronic over the real one. Animatronic 2020! WATCH: 2017 was a year of beauty— weird, weird beauty
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| Reporters face obstacle run in corruption-hit Bulgaria Posted: 29 Dec 2017 05:48 PM PST  Cartoonist Hristo Komarnitski and his colleagues had no illusions: launching a satirical journal was always going to be tricky in Bulgaria, new holder of the EU presidency but also ranked as the bloc's worst press freedom violator. As Bulgaria prepares to take the rotating EU helm on January 1, its press industry is mired in "corruption and collusion between media, politicians, and oligarchs," according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Since joining the bloc a decade ago, Bulgaria has tumbled down in the annual RSF press freedom ranking from sharing the 35th place with France in 2006 to 109th out of 180 countries in 2017 -- by far the worst placed EU member state.
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| Ukraine kidnappers free bitcoin analyst after $1 mln ransom paid Posted: 29 Dec 2017 01:32 PM PST ![Ukraine kidnappers free bitcoin analyst after $1 mln ransom paid]( "Ukraine kidnappers free bitcoin analyst after $1 mln ransom paid") By Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) - Kidnappers in Ukraine have released an employee at a United Kingdom-registered cryptocurrency exchange after getting more than $1 million in bitcoins as ransom, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister told Reuters on Friday. Pavel Lerner, a leading analyst and blockchain expert, was abducted by unknown masked people on Dec. 26, according to a statement by his company, EXMO Finance, on its website. "This is the first such case in Ukraine linked to bitcoins," Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, said in a phone text message.
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| Situation Report: Russia Slams U.S. Missile Defense Sale to Japan Posted: 29 Dec 2017 04:43 AM PST  Saudi blockade of Yemen taking a toll, Turkey buys Russian military kit
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| San Juan Mayor Says Trump Lacks 'Good-Hearted' American Values Posted: 29 Dec 2017 10:55 AM PST  One-hundred days after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz on Friday again slammed President Donald Trump's response to a disaster the president says wasn't a "real catastrophe," even though it left at least 64 dead.
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| Keepers Wrangle Ally the Alligator So They Can Save Her Record-Breaking 60 Eggs Posted: 29 Dec 2017 12:50 PM PST  The zoo's general manager Tim Faulkner explained the eggs wouldn't hatch in the Australian heat if they were not moved.
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| Save the bees: Inside a bee sanctuary's fight to save colonies – and the world's food supply – from collapse Posted: 29 Dec 2017 02:03 PM PST  On a seven-acre plot of land in upstate New York, an expansive lawn juts up behind a brown cottage, gently sloping down into the woods. "It's like a desert," Guillaume Gauthereau, the founder and executive director of the New York Bee Sanctuary, said this past August, gesturing to the lush grass as those same bees swirled around. The difference at the sanctuary, however, is that Gauthereau has carefully cultivated a habitat full of vegetation around that grass that gives bees the opportunity to thrive.
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| Gazan dies after border clash with Israel forces Posted: 30 Dec 2017 02:10 PM PST  A Gazan died on Saturday after being wounded by Israeli fire during a protest on the border over US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a Palestinian health official said. Jamal Muslih, 20, of Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, had been seriously wounded by live fire on Friday, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said. Muslih's death brings to 13 the number of Palestinians killed since US President Donald Trump announced on December 6 that he would recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv.
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| Marco Rubio: Tax Bill ‘Probably Went Too Far’ On Corporate Handouts Posted: 29 Dec 2017 02:31 PM PST  has some hangups about the GOP's tax bill, and he's speaking out ― over a week after he delivered a crucial vote in its favor and helped send it to President Donald Trump's desk.
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| Consumer Reports' Top Car Stories of 2017 Posted: 29 Dec 2017 10:36 AM PST  As 2017 draws to a close, we took a look back at the most popular Consumer Reports automotive articles of the year. We've highlighted the cars our testers and readers loved, along with the models...
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| Look, your day might resemble a bin fire, but here's a newborn baby white rhino Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:35 PM PST  Having a bit of a crap day? Look, it's been a weird year. But in the final days of 2017, a little white rhinoceros born at Toronto Zoo on Christmas Eve has provided a sliver of light at the end of a rather tumultuous tunnel. SEE ALSO: 50 actually nice things that happened in 2017 Born to first-time mum Zohari, a seven-year-old white rhinoceros, the new little male calf arrived Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017 at 10:45 p.m. — the first white rhino calf born at Toronto Zoo, in Ontario, Canada, in 27 years. The zoo reports that the calf is healthy and strong, weighing in at a whopping 62.3 kilograms (137 pounds) — that is a big baby — and "has very hairy ears." The first 30 days are pretty important for both mom and the wee bairn, and so the maternity area, seen in the videos, is not available for public viewing (luckily, the zoo installed cameras for our lecherous selves). A white rhino's gestation period is about 425-496 days, so snaps for Zohari. "Zohari's genetics are very valuable to the White Rhino Species Survival Plan which makes this birth particularly significant," said Maria Franke, Curator of Mammals, Toronto Zoo in a press statement, referencing a major conservation plan the zoo is one part of. "Zoo staff were monitoring her 24/7 for several weeks and their passion and commitment should be commended. The Toronto Zoo is working hard to help raise awareness and funds to save this species and other rhinos in the wild." It's quite the landmark for both the zoo and the white rhino as a species — the white rhino is currently listed as Near Threatened on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species. There are approximately 19,682 to 21,077 left in the wild according to 2016 stats from IUCN's African Rhino Specialist Group. Why threatened? The white rhino's beautiful horn is increasing as a sought-after black market item for dipshits poachers. In fact, according to Toronto Zoo, the species was brought back from the brink of extinction by conservation efforts when their numbers hit as low as 20 (!) left in the wild in South Africa's Umfalozi Game Reserve. So this little yet-to-be-named wonder marks a corner turned for the white rhino and a spark at the end of one heck of a year — one that granted, wasn't skint on baby rhino #content. WATCH: 2017 was a year of beauty— weird, weird beauty
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| Luann de Lesseps Checks Herself into Alcohol Treatment Center After Palm Beach Arrest Posted: 29 Dec 2017 09:22 AM PST  Days after her headline-making arrest, Luann de Lesseps is heading to rehab
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