| Students March For Their Lives As Trump Chills At Golf Course, Largely Ignores Them Posted: 25 Mar 2018 08:58 AM PDT  Hundreds of thousands of protesters nationwide took to the streets Saturday to
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| French police officer hailed a hero after terror attack, dies from his injuries Posted: 24 Mar 2018 08:58 AM PDT  Arnaud Beltrame was one of the first officers to respond to the attack on a French supermarket, swapping places with a hostage.
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| The Rest Of The World Showed Up To March For Our Lives Posted: 24 Mar 2018 09:05 PM PDT  As the March For Our Lives protests took over cities across America, allies
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| March for Our Lives: Youth send a message with rallies across the country Posted: 24 Mar 2018 08:43 AM PDT  Demonstrators filled the streets of Washington, DC and cities around the country, a chorus of young voices demanding change and telling legislators "enough."
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| Pope urges young people not to remain silent Posted: 25 Mar 2018 08:20 AM PDT  Pope Francis on Sunday urged young people not to allow themselves to be silenced and to stand up for what they believe in, a day after more than a million people in the United States took part in student-led protests demanding tighter gun control. "It is up to you not to keep quiet," Francis told young people.
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| South L.A. Teen Gives Powerful Speech On Trauma Of Surviving Gun Violence Posted: 24 Mar 2018 11:09 AM PDT  A teen from South Los Angeles who lost her brother to gun violence commanded
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| Relatives Mourn the Loss of Family of 4 Who Died While on Vacation in Mexico Posted: 24 Mar 2018 12:54 PM PDT  It s unclear what caused their deaths.
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| Video of Uber Crash Raises More Questions Posted: 24 Mar 2018 07:30 AM PDT  Experts say the SUV's laser and radar sensors should have spotted Herzberg and her bicycle in time to brake.
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| Paul McCartney attends March for our Lives Rally in New York City Posted: 24 Mar 2018 12:56 PM PDT  Paul McCartney attends the March for Our Lives rally in New York City, not far from where Beatles bandmate John Lennon was fatally shot.
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| South Korea says North agrees to hold summit preparation talks on March 29 Posted: 24 Mar 2018 12:54 AM PDT  By Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has agreed to hold high-level talks with South Korea on March 29 at the border truce village of Panmunjom to prepare for a summit of their leaders planned for April, the South said on Saturday. A team of three officials will be led by Ri Son Gwon, the chairman of North Korea's committee for the peaceful reunification of the country, the North told its neighbor early on Saturday, the South's Unification Ministry said. "This morning, North Korea sent a message through a communication channel in Panmunjom agreeing to our suggestion made on the 22nd to hold high-level inter-Korea talks," the ministry said in a statement.
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| Mount Etna slowly 'sliding towards the Mediterranean Sea' Posted: 24 Mar 2018 08:20 AM PDT  Mount Etna, Europe's largest and most active volcano, is slowly sliding towards the Mediterranean Sea, scientists have observed. The entire 3,350m (11,000ft) stratovolcano, located on the east coast of the Italian island of Sicily, is currently moving downslope at an average rate of 14 mm per year - or 1.4 metres over 100 years. Experts have warned the sliding could eventually lead to greater risk of large scale slope failure, which could trigger landslides, however researchers at The Open University emphasised there is currently no sign of that happening. Dr John Murray, lead author of the paper published in the Bulletin of Volcanology, stressed the minute movement currently posed no danger to life, but warned that monitoring the volcano for more significant changes was crucial. "At the moment there is no cause for concern from the sliding of the volcano towards the sea, the movement is just too small," Dr Murray told The Telegraph. "However, the possibility of things changing in the future needs to be taken seriously, so it is important to keep monitoring the movement." At a glance | Deadliest volcanic eruptions The UK-led team, who monitored the changes using GPS technology placed around the mountain, found the sliding is lubricated by the weak sediments beneath Etna and the slope of the basement. Dr Murray, who has been working for 49 years studying the active volcanoes of Mount Etna, said if a sector collapse were to occur, the results could be "catastrophic". "Around one million people live on Etna and its immediate surroundings, so the destruction of property and loss of life could be catastrophic; but I cannot emphasise enough that there is no sign of this happening at the present time," he explained. "Clearly even the mention of such a dangerous event would be very unnerving for the people who live on Etna, so I am anxious that they don't get the wrong impression." At a glance | Where are the world's most famous volcanoes? It is the first time basement sliding of an entire active volcano has been directly observed, with the team suggesting that similar edging may be taking place at other active volcanoes such as Mexico's Volcán de Colima and Mount Teide in Tenerife. Dr Murray said he did not expect the rate of movement to increase, but added: "I regard it as essential to keep measuring our stations, and will be on the lookout for any kind of change in rate of downslope sliding."
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| How short bursts of exercise could help you live a healthier life Posted: 24 Mar 2018 09:00 AM PDT  Duke University researchers found that adults who exercised for an hour a day cut their risk of death by more than half — no matter if they exercised in one big chunk of time or in short, 5-minute bursts throughout the day.
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| Scenes from March for Our Lives rallies around the world Posted: 24 Mar 2018 04:26 PM PDT ![Scenes from March for Our Lives rallies around the world]( "Scenes from March for Our Lives rallies around the world") Hundreds of thousands of people from across the globe participate in 800 marches in solidarity with the "March for Our Lives," organized by students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida,
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| Designer Of Deadly Kansas Waterslide Has 'No Engineering Credentials': Lawsuit Posted: 25 Mar 2018 12:32 PM PDT  The Kansas water park owner who helped design the waterslide that decapitated
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| UK regulators search Cambridge Analytica offices Posted: 23 Mar 2018 06:05 PM PDT  British regulators on Friday began searching the London offices of Cambridge Analytica (CA), the scandal-hit communications firm at the heart of the Facebook data scandal, shortly after a judge approved a search warrant. Around 18 enforcement agents from the office of Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham entered the company's London headquarters at around 8:00pm (2000 GMT) to execute the warrant. The High Court granted the raid request less than an hour earlier, as Denham investigates claims that Cambridge Analytica may have illegally harvested Facebook data for political ends.
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| FBI seeks motive for fiery van crash at California air base Posted: 23 Mar 2018 06:33 PM PDT  ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Investigators said Friday that they are stumped as to why a man who emigrated 25 years ago from India drove a flaming minivan full of propane tanks and gasoline cans through the main gate of a major Northern California Air Force Base this week, but see no evidence of terrorism.
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| Iowa Family Died of Gas Asphyxiation at Mexican Resort Posted: 25 Mar 2018 06:31 AM PDT  There was no sign of foul play or suicide, authorities said
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| Russia denies aiding Afghan Taliban in wake of U.S. general's comments Posted: 24 Mar 2018 11:46 PM PDT  Russia has rejected comments by NATO's top commander in Afghanistan that it has been supporting and even supplying weapons to the Taliban, in a clash of words that underlines growing tension over Moscow's involvement in the conflict. In an interview with the BBC last week, General John Nicholson said that Russia had been acting to undermine U.S. efforts in Afghanistan despite shared interests in fighting terrorism and narcotics, with indications that Moscow was providing financial support and even arms. "We've had weapons brought to this headquarters and given to us by Afghan leaders and said this was given by the Russians to the Taliban," he said.
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| Trolley cars abandoned in graveyard Posted: 25 Mar 2018 08:26 AM PDT ![Trolley cars abandoned in graveyard]( "Trolley cars abandoned in graveyard") Tucked away in these spooky woodlands, one man has amassed a huge collection of decaying trolley cars. Once a novel mode of public transport in the likes early 20th Century New York, the hauntingly beautiful trolleys are now at one with nature – a scene that abandoned location photographer Matthew Christopher was able to discover in a location not disclosed to the public. Matthew, of Abandoned America, has shot the roughly 40 trolleys at various stages throughout the years – his images ranging from those that still have their original paint jobs to rusted vehicles covered in graffiti.
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| Donald Trump Sticks With Ban On Most Transgender Troops Posted: 23 Mar 2018 06:23 PM PDT  President Donald Trump announced Friday that he's sticking to his ban on
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| Woman Sneaks In Anti-Ted Cruz Message During Photo With Ted Cruz Posted: 25 Mar 2018 02:22 PM PDT  On Saturday, a Twitter user going by the name "Sukie," with the handle
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| Heroic French officer Arnaud Beltrame dies after switching himself for hostage in France supermarket Posted: 23 Mar 2018 10:26 PM PDT  Gunman shot dead after taking hostages in Trebes, France Attacker named as petty criminal Redouane Lakdim, 26 At least two people killed in store and dozen more wounded Attacker also shot a driver in the head and stole his car Gunman 'shouted Allahu Akbar' and 'said he supported Isil' Military officer, 45, dies in hospital after swapping himself for hostage A French policeman shot by an Islamist gunman when he swapped himself for a hostage in a supermarket siege has died. Arnaud Beltrame, a lieutenant-colonel in the gendarmerie, was hailed a hero after the attacker - who killed four people in a shooting spree - was shot dead by police. Mr Beltrame was among the officers who rushed to the scene when the assailant stormed the store in the southwest town of Trèbes, firing on shoppers and staff before taking a hostage. Gérard Collomb, the interior minister, announced early on Saturday that Mr Beltrame had passed away after he was reportedly hit by several bullets and one injury to the throat. "Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame has left us. France will never forget his heroism, his bravery, his sacrifice." Arnaud Beltrame, the policeman who died after being seriously injured during the siege, was praised by Emmanuel Macron Credit: BOYER Claude In an interview in December with the local Independent newspaper, Mr Beltrame said he had taken part in an attack simulation in Carcassonne that centred around a mass attack in a supermarket. "A mass killing took place in a supermarket. This is the only information that was given to the police," he was quoted by the newspaper as saying, describing the simulation scenario. "We want to be closer to real conditions, so there is no pre-established scenario". Emmanuel Macron, the French President, called Mr Beltrame a hero. "He saved lives and honoured his colleagues and his country," President Macron said of the officer. Arnaud Beltrame poses for a photo in Avranches, western France Credit: AP The gunman was identified as 26-year-old Redouane Lakdim, a petty criminal of Moroccan origin who claimed allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil). He opened fire on passengers in a car, killing one of them, then shoot dead another two people at the supermarket. The gunman was eventually killed in the police assault after a standoff of more than three hours. He reportedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" as he burst into the Super U store on the outskirts of the picturesque medieval town of around 5,000 inhabitants. Eyewitnesses told French media that Lakdim demanded the release of Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the 2015 Paris jihadist attacks that killed 130 people, and said he was taking revenge for the international coalition bombing Isil targets in Syria. "He was known by the police for petty crimes, we had monitored him and did not think he had been radicalised," Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told reporters at the scene in Trebes. Radouane Lakdim, who authorities have named as the 26-year-old attacker responsible for the death of at least three people in southwest France Credit: Getty Lakdim was described by a neighbour as a "pleasant young man" who lived with his parents and sisters in a flat in Carcassonne, taking the youngest children to school every day. The incident in Trèbes came as France is still on high alert after suffering a string of terror attacks since January 2015. Lakdim began his shooting spree in his home town, whose huge medieval castle makes it a tourist hotspot, around 10 am local time when he hijacked a car, shooting dead a passenger and seriously injuring its driver. Then he fired at a group of CRS riot policemen who were jogging near the castle in Carcassonne and wounded one of them. Gendarmes and police officers at the supermarket after the hostage situation in Trebes Credit: REGIS DUVIGNAU /Reuters The attacker then drove off towards Trèbes, about five miles away, where he dumped the hijacked vehicle in the car park of a supermarket before storming into the Super U store, and shooting dead a shop worker and a customer. Other customers and staff fled or hid, with one group hiding themselves in the supermarket's cold store Christian Guibbert was one of them. He described how he heard gunshots when he arrived at the supermarket with his wife and sister-in-law, who hid in the cold room while he called police. He saw the attacker holding a handgun and a knife screaming "Allahu Akbar" and ordering people to get on the ground. "At one point he saw me and took after me with his knife," Mr Guibbert told Reuters. "Then I looked back and he wasn't there any more and I slipped out of an emergency exit." Police arrived shortly after the start of the siege at around 11am. "They managed to get some of the people out," said Interior Minister Collomb, but the attacker kept one woman hostage to use as a human shield. Carcassonne shooing - locator map It was then that Mr Beltrame, the 45-year-old lieutenant-colonel, offered to take the woman's place and remained holed up with Lakdim while negotiations to end the standoff continued. The officer "left his telephone on the table", switched on, to allow police surrounding the building in to listen in, said Mr Collomb. "When we heard shots the GIGN (an elite police force) intervened," the minister said. A team of about a dozen officers entered the building and quickly shot dead the attacker. 'We got him, we got him!," one police officer shouted as he re-emerged from the building, according to an eyewitness account by a journalist from the local newspaper La Depeche. An officer from the GIGN team was also hurt in the operation to neutralise the gunman. 3:37PM Theresa May: We stand in solidarity with our friends and allies in France After the "cowardly" attacks, Theresa May, the Prime Minister, said Britain stands "in solidarity with our friends and allies in France, just as they always stand with us": PM: My thoughts are with the victims of the cowardly attacks in Trèbes and Carcassonne. We stand in solidarity with our friends and allies in France, just as they always stand with us.— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) March 23, 2018 3:25PM Elite officer who swapped places with hostage kept phone on so colleagues could hear conversation with attacker The unnamed police officer who volunteered to swap his place with a hostage managed to leave his phone on so his colleagues outside could hear his conversation with the attacker. French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb praised the "heroism" of the 45-year-old lieutenant-colonel, who suffered a bullet wound during the assault in which the hostage-taker was shot dead by police and is seriously injured. Mr Collomb said he managed to leave his mobile phone switched on after the swap, establishing a contact with officers outside the supermarket in the stand-off. Mr Collomb said elite French forces stormed the market and killed the gunman after hearing gunshots inside. He did not say how or when the police officer was injured. French security and police gather outside the Super U supermarket in the town of Trebes Credit: PASCAL PAVANI /AFP France Info radio reported that police at first negotiated with the attacker and persuaded him to agree to swap an unspecified number of hostages - perhaps all of them - for an officer from the GIGN unit present at the scene. The GIGN is an elite tactical unit of the Gendarmerie whose operations include hostage rescue, counter-terrorism, and the protection of top government officials. 3:00PM Isil claims responsibility for France attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) has claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement, but gave no evidence for the claim. 2:59PM Police officer who swapped himself for hostage suffered bullet wound Interior Minister Gerard Collomb has confirmed that a gendarme who offered himself in exchange for hostages held in the supermarket was injured. He said that the lieutenant-colonel suffered a bullet wound during the assault in which the hostage taker was shot dead by police. Gendarmes of the French special unit GIGN are seen next to the Trebes supermarket Credit: REGIS DUVIGNAU /Reuters 2:48PM Attacker named as 26-year-old Redouane Lakdim The man who killed at least three people in attacks in southern France was a 26-year old known for petty crimes and possession of drugs, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told reporters, adding that he acted alone. Collomb named the attacker as Redouane Lakdim and said he was from nearby Carcassonne, where the attacks started. "He was known for petty crimes. We had monitored him and thought there was no radicalisation," Collomb said. 2:35PM Attacker was 'radicalised petty criminal under surveillance' The suspect in a supermarket hostage-taking in southern France who killed three people is believed to have acted alone, the French interior minister has said. He described the unnamed attacker as a "radicalised petty criminal under surveillance". Although he was known to authorities, he was "not considered an Islamist threat", the minister added. A military helicopter flies over the village of Trebes during the incident Credit: JEAN-PAUL PELISSIER /Reuters 2:30PM Suspect was 'pleasant young man who... always had a nice word to say' Police have raided the home in Carcassonne of the man suspected of carrying out the supermarket attack in Trebes, Le Parisien newspaper reported. It said police had also raided the homes of his associates and relatives. One neighbour told the newspaper the suspect was a pleasant young man who was "calm, friendly, and always had a nice word to say." He reportedly lived in an apartment block with his parents and sisters, and would take the youngest child to school every day. 2:17PM 'We got him!' shouts police officer after attacker is shot dead A police officer emerged from the supermarket where the hostage-taker was holed up and shouted: "We got him, we got him!" A journalist from the local La Depeche newspaper described the scene as police moved in to put an end to the incident. They wrote: "I saw a dozen police from the GIGN (an elite police corps specialised in hostage and terror situations) go inside the Super U supermarket. "From the outside you couldn't hear any shots being fired. Very quickly after this assault ambulances and a helicopter arrived at the car park. "Then security forces sent sniffer dogs into the building. I saw a police officer come out, shouting: 'We got him, we got him!" French gendarmes block access to Trebes, where a man took hostages Credit: ERIC CABANIS /AFP 2:13PM President Emmanuel Macron: 'All evidence suggests' this is terror attack French President Emmanuel Macron said "all evidence suggests" the shootings in southern France are a terrorist attack. Speaking in Brussels, where he is attending an EU summit, Macron offered his "full support" to everyone involving in the situation. French President Emmanuel Macron speaking on Friday afternoon Credit: Geert Vanden Wijngaert /AP 2:10PM Military officer swapped himself for supermarket hostage Interior Minister Gerard Collomb confirmed that French police killed the gunman who was holed up in the Super U store. It also emerged that a French military officer took the place of a supermarket hostage. The 45-year old lieutenant-colonel swapped himself in exchange of one of the hostages, a source close to the investigation said. 1:50PM Breaking: Police shoot supermarket attacker dead The suspect in the hostage-taking situation has been shot dead by police, a police union official confirmed. 1:30PM Gunman shot motorist in head before stealing car to drive to supermarket Police have found a body in bushes in Carcassonne and another man there who suffered bullet wounds is being treated in hospital, local media reported. The gunman is believed to have shot a motorist in the head - and also injured the passenger - before stealing the car to drive to the Trebes supermarket. Bruno Bartocetti, the regional representative of the SGP police union, said the Carcassonne attacker is believed to the same person who has taken hostages in Trebes. Local media report that the Trebes attacker is a Moroccan man who lived in Carcassonne. 1:19PM Customers escape after hiding in freezer room for an hour One woman who was shopping in the Trebes supermarket when the attacker burst in said she and other customers hid in a freezer room for an hour before managing to escape. "A man started shouting and fired a gun several times," the shopper, who was not named, told France Info radio. "I saw a door into a freezer room and I told other people around me to come and take refuge there. There were ten of us and we stayed there for an hour. "There were more shots and we eventually got out through an emergency exit at the back." Another witness said the attacker was armed with a gun, knives and a hand grenade. Armed police outside the supermarket on Friday morning Credit: REUTERS 1:16PM Attack comes after string of atrocities in France The attacker holed up in the supermarket in Trebes has reportedly claimed allegiance to Isil. If that is confirmed, the incident would be the first deadly jihadist attack in France since last October, when two young women were stabbed to death outside the main railway station in Marseille. The incident in Trebes, a picturesque medieval town of around 5,000 inhabitants, come as France is still on high alert after suffering a string of terror attacks since January 2015, when a gun attack by radical Islamists on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo killed 12 people. The deadliest assault came in November the same year, when attackers claiming allegiance to Isil killed 130 people in bombings and shootings at bars, restaurants, the Bataclan concert venue and the national stadium. Paris terror attacks: The 25 images that define the tragedy in France The following July, in another attack claimed by Isil, a man drove a truck through revellers celebrating Bastille Day in the Riviera resort of Nice, killing 84 people. The government put the country under a state of emergency after the Paris attacks. This was was finally lifted in October last year, but soldiers continue to patrol major tourist sites and transport hubs. 1:05PM Car used by man in police shooting found at supermarket - police sources The car of the man who fired at riot police near Carcassonne has been found in the car park of the supermarket where an armed man has holed up after reportedly killing at least one person, AFP has reported citing police sources. This would suggest that - as suspected - the two attacks were carried out by the same man. A damaged vehicle in the spot where police officers were shot at and wounded near the town of Carcassonne Credit: Amenvals Nathalie /PA 12:38PM Police confirm at least two people killed in hostage-taking French police have confirmed that two people have been killed and about a dozen wounded in the supermarket hostage-taking. However, the casualty toll is likely to rise, the regional head of the gendarmes said. "We are unfortunately expecting to find more victims," he told Sud-Ouest newspaper. A spokesman with the national police service said that it is unclear whether there are still hostages inside the store. The spokesman said a police operation to apprehend the assailant is still under way. 12:12PM Attacker reported to be Moroccan national known to French intelligence services The attacker is a Moroccan national known to France's intelligence services, according to La Depeche, a regional newspaper. The authorities have so far given no details about the man's identity. 12:10PM Hostage-taker 'demanding release of Salah Abdeslam' A French TV station reports that the hostage-taker has demanded the release of Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the Isil cell that attacked Paris in November 2015 and killed 130 people. He is currently in a prison near Paris awaiting trial for those attacks. Salah Abdeslam Credit: AFP/Getty 12:03PM French PM: We believe this is a terrorist act French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said: "The information which we currently have to hand makes us believe that this is a terrorist act." He said he will cut short a visit to the eastern town of Mulhouse and return to Paris to monitor the situation in Trebes and will "remain in constant contact with the president," Emmanuel Macron, who is in Brussels today for a European Council meeting. Meanwhile, around 50 people who fled the supermarket have taken refuge in a Peugeot garage next to the store. 11:46AM Attacker shouted Allahu Akbar as he burst into store - witness The hostage-taker has killed at least one person inside the supermarket, a police union official said, reports Rory Mulholland. The hostage-taking began at 11am local time when a man burst into the supermarket and fired shots, the local prosecutor's office said. Local police said they believed one or two people were hit hit by the gunfire. One witness said the attacker had shouted Allahu Akbar as he burst into the store. Police close to the scene of the hostage-taking at a Super U supermarket in Trebes Credit: Sky News 11:34AM Attacker wanted to 'take revenge for Syria' The attacker, who is believed to be in his 30s, has one or more grenades and said that he wanted to "take revenge for Syria", sources told the Dépêche du Midi newspaper. Local media said it was the same man who shot the police officers and then took refuge in the supermarket, but this has not been confirmed. 11:25AM Two confirmed injured in supermarket hostage-taking The Mayor of Trebes has told BFM TV that there are at least two people injured in the supermarket-hostage situation. The scene in Trebes as the attack was under way Credit: Sky News 11:17AM Policeman injured after man opens fire on officers A man opened fire on four French police officers before fleeing the scene in Carcassonne. He is reported to have fired five shots. One police officer was injured after he was shot in the shoulder. He is being treated in hospital. It has not yet been confirmed if this incident is linked to the hostage-taking in nearby Trebes. 11:15AM Counter-terror investigation launched into hostage-taking Counter-terrorism prosecutors are investigating the incident, a source in Paris said. The Super U supermarket in Trebes. File picture Credit: Google Street View 11:15AM People urged to avoid area around supermarket The French Interior Ministry said on its Twitter account Friday that police and rescue operations were the priority. Authorities in the Aude region are warning people to avoid the area around the supermarket.
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| Police: Officer kills driver who tried to pin him with car Posted: 23 Mar 2018 07:08 PM PDT ![Police: Officer kills driver who tried to pin him with car]( "Police: Officer kills driver who tried to pin him with car") LARGO, Fla. (AP) — A police officer shot and killed a suspect who was trying to pin him with a car, authorities on Florida's Gulf Coast said Friday.
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| Dozens arrested as Belarus opposition marks 'Freedom Day' Posted: 25 Mar 2018 11:22 AM PDT  Belarusian authorities on Sunday arrested around 30 protesters in Minsk ahead of a banned opposition march while detaining activists across the country, human rights group Viasna said. The Belarusian opposition is marking the 100th anniversary of the short-lived Belarusian People's Republic of 1918-19 that it sees as the foundation of an independent Belarus. It accuses President Alexander Lukashenko of consciously erasing Belarusian identity and "russifying" the former Soviet republic.
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| Black Dragon: This Is Taiwan's Super 'Gun' That Would Blast China in a War Posted: 25 Mar 2018 07:07 AM PDT  In the video below, Taiwanese troops roll a Black Dragon on rails from its underground lair on Kinmen — before firing it with a really big bang. It's worth remembering there was a time when the islands were at the front line of a long and violent conflict, one characterized by frequent artillery duels and commando raids. Now the islands are tourist attractions and Taiwan's military presence fell sharply … decades ago.
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| Uber to sell Southeast Asia business to rival Grab - source Posted: 25 Mar 2018 09:56 AM PDT  Ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc has agreed to sell its Southeast Asian business to bigger regional rival Grab, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Sunday, in what would be the U.S. company's second retreat from Asia. The deal, which could be announced as early as Monday, marks the first big consolidation in the industry in Southeast Asia, home to about 640 million people, and will put pressure on rivals such as Indonesia's Go-Jek, backed by Alphabet Inc's Google and China's Tencent Holdings Ltd . As part of the transaction, Uber would get a stake of as much as 30 percent in the combined business, the source said.
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| EU Russia envoy holds crisis talks over spy poisoning Posted: 25 Mar 2018 12:36 PM PDT  The EU's diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini held crisis talks with the bloc's ambassador to Moscow Sunday after he was recalled over the poisoning of a former Russian spy in England. EU leaders summoned envoy Markus Ederer back to Brussels for consultations as international pressure builds on Moscow over the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the British city of Salisbury. At a summit on Friday, the bloc unanimously backed Britain's assessment that the Kremlin was to blame for the incident -- the first offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since World War 2.
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| Who Makes Tires For The World's Most Expensive Car? Posted: 24 Mar 2018 03:17 AM PDT  Well, Pirelli does now. It's just announced a new addition to its historic range – for the 65-year-old, $38-million Ferrari 250 GTO...
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| Mnuchin Touts Trump's Call For Unconstitutional Line-Item Veto Posted: 25 Mar 2018 09:06 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Congress should somehow reinstate the line-item veto even though
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| ABC's Karl Schmid Reveals He Is HIV Positive In Moving Facebook Post Posted: 25 Mar 2018 11:22 AM PDT  Los Angeles-based ABC correspondent Karl Schmid said he struggled for nearly a
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| 2 firefighters killed, 3 injured trying to reach fatal wreck Posted: 24 Mar 2018 08:01 PM PDT ![2 firefighters killed, 3 injured trying to reach fatal wreck]( "2 firefighters killed, 3 injured trying to reach fatal wreck") PRATT, W.Va. (AP) — Two West Virginia firefighters were killed and three others were injured when a volunteer fire department's truck flipped while responding to a call about a highway accident that also had three fatalities, authorities said Saturday night.
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| Family disputes California police account in shooting of black man Posted: 23 Mar 2018 09:35 PM PDT  The family of an unarmed black man shot to death by police officers in the backyard of his grandparents' house in Sacramento, California, disputes the police account that he had earlier been breaking windows, the family's attorney said on Friday. Two officers, responding to a report of someone shattering car windows, fatally shot Stephon Clark, 22, on Sunday night. Police on Wednesday released body camera and helicopter video of the shooting in Sacramento, the state capital, sparking street protests the next day.
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| Quick victory unlikely in Egypt assault on IS: analysts Posted: 23 Mar 2018 07:55 PM PDT  Egypt's military is conducting a sweeping assault to crush a resilient Islamic State branch in Sinai, but the jihadist group is unlikely to be vanquished quickly, analysts say. The operation was launched on February 9 after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who is expected to sweep to a second term in polls next week, gave the armed forces and police a three-month deadline in November to wipe out the jihadists. The military gives regular updates on the operation, saying it has killed more than 100 jihadists so far while losing at least 20 troops.
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| Nigeria talking to Boko Haram about possible ceasefire Posted: 25 Mar 2018 01:13 PM PDT  By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's government is in talks with Islamist militant group Boko Haram about a possible ceasefire with the ultimate aim of securing a permanent cessation of hostilities, the country's information minister said on Sunday. It is the first time in years the government has said it is talking to Boko Haram about a ceasefire in an insurgency that has killed tens of thousands of people since 2009. President Muhammadu Buhari's administration has repeatedly said it is willing to hold talks with the group.
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| UK watchdog reviews evidence after Cambridge Analytica search Posted: 24 Mar 2018 03:08 AM PDT  British regulators finished searching the offices of Cambridge Analytica, the firm at the centre of a Facebook data scandal, before dawn on Saturday and said they would examine the evidence before considering "next steps". After receiving a warrant from a judge, about 18 enforcement agents from the Information Commissioner's Office entered the company's London offices at around 8:00 pm (2000 GMT) Friday. Cambridge Analytica, which worked on US President Donald Trump's election campaign, has been accused of illegally mining tens of millions of users' Facebook data and using it to target potential voters.
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| Range Rover SV Coupe Will Remain A Limited Edition Unicorn Posted: 23 Mar 2018 11:35 PM PDT  The three-door Range Rover is going to be exclusive.
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| Donald Trump announces ban on transgender people serving in military except under ‘limited circumstances’ Posted: 24 Mar 2018 05:43 AM PDT  Donald Trump has announced a policy to ban most transgender people from serving in the US military except under "limited circumstances". The President signed a memorandum on Friday stating that transgender individuals with a history of "gender dysphoria" are disqualified from military service "except under certain limited circumstances". Gender dysphoria was defined as "those who may require substantial medical treatment, including through medical drugs or surgery".
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| 'Black Panther' The U.S.'s Highest Grossing Superhero Film Of All Time Posted: 24 Mar 2018 02:28 PM PDT  In the U.S., "Black Panther" is officially the king of superhero films.
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| BMW M5 Competition Package Details Are Slowly Leaking Posted: 24 Mar 2018 08:47 AM PDT  Someone placed an order and spilled some juicy details.
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| David Hogg: We are going to make guns the voting issue Posted: 24 Mar 2018 10:59 AM PDT  Parkland, Florida school shooting survivor speaks out at the Washington D.C. March for Our Lives.
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| The Latest: Closing arguments set in police slaying trial Posted: 23 Mar 2018 07:38 PM PDT ![The Latest: Closing arguments set in police slaying trial]( "The Latest: Closing arguments set in police slaying trial") NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a man accused of killing a New Orleans police officer (all times local):
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| As Syrian rebels quit Ghouta, Douma stands alone Posted: 24 Mar 2018 01:32 PM PDT  Syrian rebels began pulling out of several towns in their former enclave of eastern Ghouta on Saturday, surrendering them to the government and leaving the besieged city of Douma as their last bastion there. It comes after a month-long assault that devastated the already battered eastern Ghouta, an area of farmland and towns that was one of the first centers of the uprising in 2011 and the last major rebel stronghold near the capital Damascus. Ten buses carrying fighters along with their families and other civilians started to leave the enclave after dark, the vanguard of a convoy heading into exile in northwestern Syria.
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| Turkey takes full control of Syria's Afrin: military source Posted: 24 Mar 2018 10:45 AM PDT  By Bulent Usta AFRIN, Syria (Reuters) - Turkey's military and its Syrian rebel allies have taken full control of northwest Syria's Afrin region, a Turkish army source said on Saturday, as aid workers distributed food to people in the area. A military source told Reuters the last remaining villages had been seized and control established overnight. "Control has been completely achieved in the Afrin region and search operations are continuing so that local people can return safely to their houses," the source said.
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| World cities go dark as Earth Hour climate campaign circles globe Posted: 24 Mar 2018 10:13 PM PDT  The Sydney Opera House, the Eiffel Tower and Moscow's Red Square were among the world landmarks to go dark Saturday, as part of a global campaign to raise awareness about the impacts of climate change. Earth Hour, which started in Australia in 2007, is being observed by millions of supporters in 187 countries, who turned off their lights at 8:30 p.m. local time in what organisers describe as the world's "largest grassroots movement for climate change". "It aims to raise awareness about the importance of protecting the environment and wildlife," Earth Hour organiser WWF Australia chief Dermot O'Gorman told AFP.
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| How the U.S. Military Went to War against Vietnam's Radar and Air Defenses Posted: 24 Mar 2018 07:57 PM PDT  Hanoi had top of the line weapons to kill U.S. fighters and bombers. It was December 22, 1965, and his plane was part of a strike mission searching out enemy antiaircraft sites. As the F-100F in which he was flying raced through the skies over North Vietnam, Donovan detected a signal from enemy radar known as a Fan Song.
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| Apple boss Tim Cook pleads with US and China to call off trade war Posted: 25 Mar 2018 10:19 AM PDT  Apple boss Tim Cook has called for "calm heads" amid growing fears China and the US could be on the brink of a trade war. China later announced a $3bn list of US goods, including pork, apples and stainless steel pipes, which could be hit by higher tariffs in retaliation to Washington's accusation that Beijing improperly acquired foreign technology. Speaking at the China Development Business Forum in Beijing on Saturday, Mr Cook urged businesses to keep their lines of communication open, reports CNN.
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