| Wisconsin Republicans Abruptly Decide To Oust Top State Elections And Ethics Officials Posted: 24 Jan 2018 03:31 PM PST  Wisconsin Republicans voted Tuesday to remove the state's top election election and ethics officials, despite looming state and federal elections.
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| Mysterious letter sent to police station was allegedly written by 1962 Alcatraz escapee Posted: 24 Jan 2018 07:00 AM PST  A mysterious letter sent to the San Francisco Police Department in 2013 by a man who claimed to have escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was just obtained by local television station KPIX.
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| ‘Your words will haunt him,’ judge tells victims during Nassar sentencing Posted: 24 Jan 2018 03:01 AM PST  Judge Rosemarie Aquilina allowed 156 victims to come forward a speak out against former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. She sentenced him to 40-175 years in prison.
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| U.S. Schools Have Already Faced 11 Shooting Incidents This Year Posted: 24 Jan 2018 07:52 AM PST  The two students killed by a fellow high schooler Tuesday in Benton, Kentucky, weren't the first victims of such violence this month.
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| Twitter ignites over photo of Mike Pence posing with White House interns Posted: 24 Jan 2018 02:15 PM PST  White House intern photos have been known to stir up conversation on social media — and this recent one seems to be no different than the ones before it.
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| US warns Hong Kong on illicit North Korea trade Posted: 24 Jan 2018 06:48 AM PST  A senior United States official warned Hong Kong authorities Wednesday they must stop the city being used as a "safe harbour" for illicit trade with North Korea, in violation of United Nations sanctions. The warning came weeks after a Hong Kong-flagged ship was seized in South Korea for transferring oil products to another vessel. The UN -- at the urging of the US -- has imposed a series of sanctions against North Korea aimed at tightening the economic screws on Pyongyang over its missile and nuclear programme.
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| Traffic Stop Chase Ends in Head-On Collision Posted: 23 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST  Arizona police said the suspect has "an extensive criminal history."
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| Kidnapping victim killed when FBI agent opens fire during raid in northeast Houston Posted: 25 Jan 2018 03:50 PM PST  A man who police say was kidnapped during a home invasion was fatally shot hours later, as FBI agents moved in on the home where he was held.
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| RNC Chair: Trump Was Just Making Small Talk When He Asked FBI Head How He Voted Posted: 24 Jan 2018 06:27 AM PST  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's defenders are brushing off reports that he asked his acting FBI director how he voted in the presidential election as simply Trump's way of "getting to know people."
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| GOP Lawmaker Gets Sunday-Schooled Over Botched Religious Reference Posted: 24 Jan 2018 10:53 PM PST  #FactsFirst #LetsGetAfterIt #CuomoPrimeTime https://t.co/5Z0ylovxO7—
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| 'He Kissed My Forehead and Slit My Throat.' Ex-Teacher Attacked Wife Who Discovered His Affair With 14-Year-Old Student, Police Say Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:36 AM PST  James Chelekis slashed his wife's throat after she discovered his affair
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| Oregon boy, 8, dies from flesh-eating bacteria after falling off bike Posted: 25 Jan 2018 10:00 AM PST  And 8-year-old boy from Oregon has just died days after contracting rare, flesh-eating bacteria.
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| Trump: ‘I’m looking forward’ to speaking with Mueller Posted: 24 Jan 2018 07:43 AM PST  After publicly expressing reservations about meeting with Special Counsel Mueller, the President said he's willing to testify under oath and that the interview will likely happen in a few weeks.
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| Inside a Flat Earth Convention, Where Nearly Everyone Believes Earth Isn't Round Posted: 23 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST  Many believers at the Flat Earth International Conference, an educational seminar about our planet, support a theory that Earth is flat.
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| Smart Contact Lenses Are Now Ready to Bring the Future Direct to Your Eyes Posted: 24 Jan 2018 04:01 PM PST  Smart glasses? So passé.
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| 1 Word Convinced Tweeters That Donald Trump Is A 'Power Rangers' Fan Posted: 25 Jan 2018 01:38 AM PST  Go, go Donald Trump! Tweeters gleefully mocked the president on Wednesday over his choice of words while discussing an immigration plan to deal with young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children.
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| Activists Film ‘Extreme Market’ In Indonesia To Denounce Dog Meat Trade Posted: 23 Jan 2018 08:34 PM PST  A coalition of animal welfare groups has released horrific footage of dogs being bashed to death and blowtorched in so-called "extreme markets" in Indonesia.
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| Three dead as packed Italy commuter train derails Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:52 AM PST  Three women were killed and a dozen people seriously injured after a packed Italian commuter train derailed on Thursday near the northern city of Milan. Witnesses told the media the regional train began to shake heavily as if it were running over rocks, before braking suddenly and derailing. Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni promised that full light would be shed on the circumstances of the crash, whose cause was not immediately clear.
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| North Koreans Can't Escape Human Rights Abuses, Even When They Flee Posted: 25 Jan 2018 02:46 AM PST  As tensions with North Korea reached new heights in late 2017, an alarming new YouTube genre swept the internet like wildfire: the Korean DMZ escape video.
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| Correction: Burned Bears story Posted: 25 Jan 2018 12:04 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a story Jan. 24 about medical care for three wild animals burned in fires in Southern California, The Associated Press, relying on information from the animal's caregivers, reported erroneously that a 5-month-old mountain lion being treated for burns would be released back into the wild this week.
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| California house of horrors: parents could face life in prison Posted: 24 Jan 2018 07:52 AM PST David and Louise Turpin are headed to trial, and prosecutors say their 13 children have survived a nightmare.
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| Venezuela's presidential battle begins, Maduro favorite Posted: 24 Jan 2018 03:28 PM PST ![Venezuela's presidential battle begins, Maduro favorite]( "Venezuela's presidential battle begins, Maduro favorite") By Andrew Cawthorne and Andreina Aponte CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's presidential election race has begun with favorite and incumbent Nicolas Maduro signaling a nationalist, "anti-Trump" campaign while his demoralized foes scramble to find a viable candidate for a vote they predict will be unfair. Critics of the 55-year-old Maduro, who succeeded Hugo Chavez in 2013, say he has ruined a once prosperous oil economy, turned Venezuela into a dictatorship and skewed the election system to perpetuate power for his Socialist Party. Government officials say they are fighting a U.S.-led right-wing conspiracy determined to end socialism in Latin America, hobble Venezuela's economy, and steal its oil wealth.
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| Why the Blockchain Is So Much Bigger Than Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Posted: 24 Jan 2018 12:04 PM PST  Looking for Blockchain 101? Look no further.
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| Trump HUD Official Lynne Patton Under Fire After Calling Journalist 'Miss Piggy' Posted: 24 Jan 2018 09:09 PM PST  An event planner appointed by President Donald Trump to a key position at the Department of Housing and Urban Development has apologized after insulting a journalist on Wednesday.
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| What You Should Really Be Asking At Parent-Teacher Conferences Posted: 25 Jan 2018 06:01 AM PST  Parent-teacher conferences are a place to share concerns and suggest solutions when it comes to children's lives in the classroom, but what questions should parents be asking to make these meetings as efficient as possible?
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| Turpin family latest: Parents smile in court as judge bans them from contacting 'tortured' children Posted: 25 Jan 2018 03:14 AM PST  The parents who allegedly imprisoned and tortured their 13 children, keeping some of them shackled to their beds, have been barred from contacting them by a California judge. David and Louise Turpin were ordered to stay 100 yards from the siblings and have no electronic contact for three years. The 56-year-old and his 49-year-old wife were shackled as they appeared in the state Superior Court in Riverside, California.
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| NATO chief says Turkey has right to defend itself amid Syria campaign Posted: 25 Jan 2018 10:03 AM PST  NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that member state Turkey had a right to act in self-defence as Ankara presses a military operation against Kurdish-held positions in northern Syria. "All nations have the right to defend themselves, but this has to be done in a proportionate and measured way," Stoltenberg said in a statement issued by his office. Turkey launched an offensive against the Kurdish YPG militia on Saturday in their enclave of Afrin, supporting Syrian rebels with air strikes and ground troops.
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| Garrison Keillor's Former Station Reports He Was Fired For More Than Touching A Woman's Back Posted: 23 Jan 2018 06:54 PM PST  Garrison Keillor, the former Minnesota Public Radio host who was fired for harassment, may have done far more than "accidentally" place his hand on a female colleague's bare back, as he claimed in November.
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| Video released of bar fight allegedly involving off-duty CPD officer Posted: 25 Jan 2018 12:16 PM PST  Surveillance video was released Wednesday showing a bar fight allegedly involving a Chicago police officer, who could be fired for the shooting deaths of two people 2015.
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| Gunmen cross from Nigeria, attack Cameroon border post: witnesses Posted: 25 Jan 2018 07:52 AM PST ![Gunmen cross from Nigeria, attack Cameroon border post: witnesses]( "Gunmen cross from Nigeria, attack Cameroon border post: witnesses") By Josiane Kouagheu DOUALA (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a border crossing in Cameroon's southwest on Thursday, launching their assault from Nigeria, according to security officials who witnessed the incident. A Nigerian military spokesman denied the assailants had crossed over from Nigeria, and the incident is likely to further damage relations between the neighbours, strained over the rise of an Anglophone Cameroonian separatist movement.
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| Larry Nassar Sentenced To 40 To 175 Years In Prison For Child Sexual Abuse Posted: 24 Jan 2018 09:39 AM PST  Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University team doctor who treated some of America's best athletes, was sentenced to 175 years in prison Wednesday for sex crimes that have shaken the sport's governing body.
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| Please Explain Why Vanity Fair Gave Oprah 3 Hands In This Photo Posted: 25 Jan 2018 04:07 PM PST  You gotta hand it to Vanity Fair, this photoshoot is getting attention.
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| Dashcam Video Shows ‘Senseless’ Killing Of Iranian-American By Federal Cops, Lawyers Say Posted: 24 Jan 2018 11:43 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― U.S Park Police shot and killed an unarmed Iranian-American man in Fairfax County, Virginia, last November.
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| Trump v. Mueller: risks in a political showdown Posted: 25 Jan 2018 10:27 AM PST  Donald Trump has said he "would love" to be interviewed under oath in special prosecutor Robert Mueller's probe into possible collusion between Trump's presidential campaign and Russia. -- Did the Trump campaign collude with Russia's efforts to influence the election, which included leaking hacked Democrat files and communications and an extensive misinformation campaign? -- Did Trump try to illegally obstruct the collusion investigation, via public comments and the firing of FBI director James Comey in early 2017?
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| Man Surprises Stepdad With Adoption Papers and Plans to Take His Name Posted: 25 Jan 2018 01:01 PM PST  "I wish I had done it years and years ago," Logan Borden told InsideEdition.com.
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| Astronomers really hate that bright disco ball satellite secretly launched to space Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:28 AM PST  On Thursday, the rocket company Rocket Lab announced that it had secretly launched the Humanity Star, a satellite in the shape of a reflective sphere that effectively works as a disco ball and could at times become the brightest object in the night sky. The Humanity Star was launched as a way to unite all who see it under the night sky, according to Rocket Lab. SEE ALSO: A satellite secretly launched by a little rocket is expected to be 'the brightest thing in the night sky' "The Humanity Star is intended to serve as a focal point for humanity as every single person on Earth will have the opportunity to see and experience it," Rocket Lab said in a statement. But certain people on Earth aren't exactly pleased. Just after Rocket Lab announced the surprise launch of the satellite, many astronomers tweeted their annoyance that the New Zealand-based company would build and launch this bright object. Looking up at the Moon and the planets in the night sky invokes similar feelings of wonder - why do we need this artificial disco ball in orbit? https://t.co/FDxiR7FyQr — Meg Schwamb (@megschwamb) January 24, 2018 This is stupid, vandalizes the night sky and corrupts our view of the cosmos. https://t.co/KkATT35Kf0 — David Kipping (@david_kipping) January 25, 2018 An unscientific survey of the astronomy folks I follow suggest they all hate this object. https://t.co/zKP94AqISw — M.P. (@OmanReagan) January 24, 2018 "Looking up at the Moon and the planets in the night sky invokes similar feelings of wonder - why do we need this artificial disco ball in orbit?" planetary scientist Meg Schwamb said in a tweet. The Humanity Star isn't expected to stay in orbit for very long, and it won't be visible everywhere. The quickly spinning satellite will orbit the Earth every 90 minutes and its orbit should decay in about 9 months, forcing the Humanity Star to harmlessly burn up in the atmosphere. That said, it could create a bit of a headache for astronomers trying to peer deeply out into the cosmos during the time that it's in orbit. While this is a great idea, there is the problem that having another bright light in the sky, making light pollution that makes it more difficult to see that Universe.... :oS https://t.co/OD21gTbnjb — DJ Dr JJ Eldridge (@astro_jje) January 24, 2018 There are already hundreds of satellites you can see with your naked eye. Launching a disco ball as a PR stunt just increases the odds of the Kessler Syndrome making low earth orbit unusable. — Andy Howell (@d_a_howell) January 24, 2018 I agree, it presumably also adds one more piece of optical noise to the sky (how to ruin nice telescope integration time...) — Caleb Scharf (@caleb_scharf) January 24, 2018 Wow. Intentionally bright long-term space graffiti. Thanks a lot, @RocketLab. https://t.co/jvYBvQGyW3 — Mike Brown (@plutokiller) January 24, 2018 Agree, this is an awful idea. Besides: ISS is naked eye when visible. It's been done. Judging by the past couple decades: putting bright shiny thing in orbit =/= awe and world peace. — Eric Mamajek (@EricMamajek) January 25, 2018 David Kipping, an astronomer who hunts for planets outside of our solar system, made the point that the satellite could create some serious problems if he's trying to catch sight of one of those elusive planets as the Humanity Star flies through his field of view. it's supposed to be the brightest thing in the sky, i'd be pretty annoyed if this thing passed through my field whilst observing a transit... — David Kipping (@david_kipping) January 25, 2018 The intention behind the Humanity Star, however, is certainly something most astronomers can likely understand. "I know many astronomers are upset at this unnecessary object that will cause light pollution, although again we don't know orbit or brightness yet so we don't know how bad it will be," astrophysicist JJ Eldridge said via Twitter message. "But I can also kinda see that maybe we do need something like this with so much negativity in the world at the moment." Rocket Lab, for its part, has been replying to some negative tweets and attempting to clarify just how much of a distraction the Humanity Star will be for those studying the universe. The Humanity Star will blink across the sky for just a seconds, and it won't be visible in your region for the full 9 months in orbit. Our hope is that it draws people's attention to the stars, then leaves them looking to the universe long after The Humanity Star has passed. — Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) January 24, 2018 "The Humanity Star will briefly flash across the sky for a few seconds, reflecting sunlight back to the Earth's surface, creating a fleeting glint of light," Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck said in a statement via email. "It is designed to be a brief moment of just a few seconds." The Humanity Star was launched to space during a test flight of Rocket Lab's Electron rocket over the weekend. Update: This story was updated to include a statement from Rocket Lab. WATCH: Neil deGrasse Tyson explains if we can dump our trash on the moon
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| Chinese Drugmakers Are Getting Opioids Into the U.S. Through the Postal Service Posted: 24 Jan 2018 06:17 PM PST  Investigators traced online sellers to seven deaths and 18 drug arrests
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| AP FACT CHECK: Shades of gray in Turkey's stated Syria goals Posted: 24 Jan 2018 10:02 PM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — The Turkish attack on the Syrian border town of Afrin, controlled by Kurdish fighters, has been long anticipated — Turkish officials have been threatening to launch the offensive and preparing for it for months.
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| Kim Kardashian Reportedly Wants More Kids After Baby Chicago Posted: 24 Jan 2018 01:46 PM PST  A week after welcoming her third child, Kim Kardashian is reportedly mulling over expanding her famous family again.
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| Couple Charged With Child Abuse, 10-Month-Old Weighed Just 9 Pounds Posted: 25 Jan 2018 06:50 AM PST  A Utah couple was charged with felony child abuse after their baby was found to be severely malnourished, weighing only 9 pounds at the age of 10 months.
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| Trump says he is willing to testify under oath in U.S.-Russia probe Posted: 24 Jan 2018 03:52 PM PST ![Trump says he is willing to testify under oath in U.S.-Russia probe]( "Trump says he is willing to testify under oath in U.S.-Russia probe") By Roberta Rampton and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to be interviewed under oath by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. "I would do it under oath." Although Trump has pledged cooperation with Mueller's probe before, Trump made his assertion as the White House and allies in Congress have stepped up attacks on the investigation's credibility and Trump himself has hedged on whether he would answer questions.
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