| Trump Reportedly Uses Private Cell Phone More Often Amid Kelly's Waning Influence Posted: 24 Apr 2018 01:25 AM PDT  President Donald Trump has reportedly increased his use of a private cell
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| Southwest airlines cancels dozens of flights for engine inspections after deadly midair explosion Posted: 23 Apr 2018 08:52 AM PDT  Inspecting its 737 engines round-the-clock on Monday, Southwest canceled 3 percent of its total flights, inconveniencing several thousand passengers.
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| Police Arrest Waffle House Shooting Suspect, Ending Manhunt Posted: 23 Apr 2018 11:16 AM PDT  Travis Reinking, the 29-year-old suspected of killing four people Sunday in a
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| 13 semi truck drivers line up under bridge to stop man from committing suicide Posted: 24 Apr 2018 01:08 PM PDT  The Michigan State Police, along with the help of 13 semi truck drivers,
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| Rural districts are the new frontier for women running for office Posted: 23 Apr 2018 08:16 AM PDT  Esther Roberts stands in her friend's field in Somers, Wis., which sits directly across the road from the massive Foxconn development site in Pleasant Prarie, WIs. At the moment when Esther Roberts decided to run for elected office, she was standing far from her home in Somers, Wisc., amid a sea of pink hats at the March for Women in Washington, D.C., in January 2017. Roberts is typical of the thousands of women who have entered the political arena in the past 18 months in the wake of Donald Trump's election.
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| Uranus Is Actually A Giant Ball Of Farts Floating In Space, Study Finds Posted: 24 Apr 2018 02:01 AM PDT  Someone light a match.
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| Van plows down multiple pedestrians in Toronto Posted: 23 Apr 2018 01:30 PM PDT ![Van plows down multiple pedestrians in Toronto]( "Van plows down multiple pedestrians in Toronto") The driver suspected of killing 10 people and injuring 15 others when he ploughed a rental van into pedestrians in Toronto will make his first court appearance on Tuesday when details of a motive for the attack were expected to emerge.
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| Iran police's assault on woman over headscarf stirs debate Posted: 23 Apr 2018 05:56 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A grainy video of female officers from Iran's morality police assaulting a young woman whose headscarf only loosely covered her hair has sparked a new public debate on the decades-long requirement for women in the Islamic Republic.
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| Construction Workers May Have Found the Mummy of a Long-Lost Iranian Shah Posted: 24 Apr 2018 07:49 AM PDT  DNA tests could confirm the identity
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| Russia, China to obstruct U.S. attempt to sabotage Iran nuclear deal: TASS Posted: 23 Apr 2018 02:22 AM PDT  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday he had agreed with his Chinese counterpart that Moscow and Beijing would try to block any U.S. attempt to sabotage the Iran nuclear deal, Russian state news agency TASS reported. "We are against revising these agreements, we consider it very counter productive to try to reduce to zero years of international work carried out via talks between the six major powers and Iran," TASS quoted Lavrov as saying after talks with Wang Yi, China's top diplomat, in Beijing. ...
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| Missing Virginia Girl Identified as Toddler Found Dead in Suitcase Along New Jersey Train Tracks Posted: 23 Apr 2018 04:49 PM PDT  The toddler found dead in a suitcase in New Jersey has been positively identified as two-year-old Te`Myah Plummer from Richmond.
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| Nikol Pashinyan: from fugitive to victorious protest leader Posted: 24 Apr 2018 10:25 AM PDT  Armenia's opposition lawmaker Nikol Pashinyan led mass anti-government protests that culminated in the resignation of newly appointed Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian and has declared he is ready to lead the country. A fortnight ago, few in Armenia would have believed that the 42-year-old could bring tens of thousands of people out onto the streets of Yerevan and other cities, eventually forcing the veteran leader to resign. Before these protests, Pashinyan was mostly associated with the tragic events following the 2008 presidential vote that first brought Sarkisian to power, when 10 people died in clashes between police and supporters of the defeated opposition candidate.
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| Canadian lynched by villagers in Peruvian Amazon after death of elderly healer Posted: 23 Apr 2018 09:36 AM PDT  Police in Peru were last night preparing a series of arrests over the lynching of a Canadian man accused by villagers of murdering an 81-year-old medicine woman. Sebastian Woodruffe's body was found in a shallow grave on Saturday in a remote village in the Amazonian region of Ucayali. The 41-year-old had been accused by locals of the murder of Olivia Arevalo, a traditional healer of the Shipibo-Conibo tribe. She was shot twice and died on Thursday near her home, said Ricardo Palma Jimenez, the head of a group of prosecutors in Ucayali. Arevalo had been working with traditional plant medicine since the age of 15, and came from a long line of healers, according to the Temple of the Way of Light centre, where she worked. The centre published a YouTube video that shows her singing one of her curing songs. Ricardo Franco, Arevalo's nephew, described her to a Peruvian TV station as "the mother that protects the Earth in the jungle". He said she was "the most beloved woman" in the tribe. Woodruffe was believed to have been one of her clients, and some reports on social media suggested that she was killed for refusing to perform an ayahuasca ceremony – a hallucinogenic spiritual ritual increasingly popular with Westerners. Other reports indicated a row over debts. Arevalo's sons disputed both versions, however, saying that she had stopped performing ayahuasca ceremonies due to her health. Sebastian Woodroffe was found buried. Villagers in remote parts of Peru often punish suspects according to local customs and without the involvement of authorities Locals told an indigenous news outlet that witnesses saw Woodroffe shoot Arevalo multiple times after she sang an ikaro, or curing song. He then fled, local residents alleged, prompting Arevalo's family members to post a "wanted" bulletin online and on Facebook, showing Woodroffe's photo, identifying him by name and nationality, and offering a reward. Distressing mobile phone footage, shared on social media, showed the attack on Woodruffe. He is seen in the film groaning in a puddle near a thatched-roof structure, as another man puts a rope around his neck and drags him, with others looking on. Mr Jimenez said the footage was being studied, and Peru's ministry of the interior said in a statement issued on Monday that they were close to making arrests in the case. "The prosecutor is concluding his file soliciting the preliminary arrest of the person seen in the video," a ministry source told Peruvian newspaper El Comercio. Canada's foreign ministry said they were investigating. "Canada extends its deepest condolences following the reported assassination of Olivia Arévalo Lomas, an Indigenous elder and human rights defender," said Global Affairs Canada, which manages Canadian foreign relations, in a statement. "We are also aware that a Canadian was killed in a related incident. Consular services are being provided to the family of the Canadian." Woodruffe, who is the father of a nine-year-old boy, grew up in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island. His friend Yarrow Willard told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that Woodroffe worked odd jobs in recent years and did some professional diving. Woodroffe said in a YouTube video in 2013 that he decided to leave his job and leave his home in Canada to study plant medicine in Peru. A relative's battle with alcoholism had inspired him to "fix the family's spirit" and pursue a career as an addictions counsellor, he said. Woodroffe began raising money for an apprenticeship with traditional healers in the Amazon, writing on his fundraising page that he felt a responsibility to "support this culture and retain some of their treasure in me and my family, and share it with those that wish to learn." But Mr Willard said Woodroffe had become more distant after trying ayahuasca in Peru in 2016, and came back "troubled" from his retreats there. He described Woodroffe as a person "who likes to poke, and likes to test the boundaries of people's beliefs, but is very much a gentle person underneath all that." He found it hard to believe that his friend would ever be involved in a violent crime. "He had a beautiful spark to him that people respected and loved." He added: "This man has never had a gun or talked about anything along that line," suggesting that Woodroffe may have become a scapegoat for Arevalo's murder. Arevalo's murder prompted outrage in Peru following other unsolved murders of indigenous activists who had repeatedly faced death threats related to efforts to keep illegal loggers and oil palm growers off native lands. Policing is scant over much of the Peruvian Andes and Amazon and villagers in far-flung provinces often punish suspected criminals according to local customs and without the involvement of state police and prosecutors. "We've just been in shock," said Mr Willard. "It just felt like a scam because there is no way this person is capable of that." Woodroffe becomes the second Westerner to die at a Peruvian retreat. In December 2015 Joshua Andrew Freeman Stevens, 29, killed 25-year-old Briton Unais Gomes after Gomes tried to stab him at a ceremony involving the hallucinogens. Mr Freeman Stevens' actions were ruled self defence and he returned home to Canada. Mr Jimenez said that an autopsy showed Woodroffe died of strangulation, after receiving several blows to his body. "We will not rest until both murders, of the indigenous woman as well as the Canadian man, are solved," he said. "We want the people of the Amazon to know that there is justice, but not justice by their own hands." A Peruvian vice minister visited the community at the weekend to reassure locals that they would find the truth behind both murders. But the villagers were sceptical. "There is justice for those with money," one local resident, Alder Rengifo Torres, told TV Peru. Another local woman was captured on Peruvian television telling the minister: "A foreigner can come and kill us, day after day, like dogs or cats, and nothing happens. The state does nothing." A Peruvian ombudsman wrote tweets condemning the killing of Arevalo, "a promoter of the cultural rights of the Shipibo-Conibo indigenous people." He urged the government to protect indigenous people "in the face of an increase in illicit activities that put their lives at risk." But the ombudsman's office also expressed its "resounding rejection of the lynching and murder of the alleged perpetrator" of Arevalo's killing, adding: "We ask the authorities for an in-depth investigation."
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| No, A Monkey Can't Copyright His Selfies, Federal Appeals Court Rules Posted: 23 Apr 2018 09:49 PM PDT  A monkey can't sue over copyright infringement of his selfies because he's not
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| 3 murdered Mexican film students caught in gang turf battle Posted: 24 Apr 2018 01:29 PM PDT ![3 murdered Mexican film students caught in gang turf battle]( "3 murdered Mexican film students caught in gang turf battle") MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three vanished film students whose case had become emblematic of Mexico's 30,000 missing people were killed after being caught unaware in the midst of a drug gang turf battle, officials say.
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| Report supports dossier, contradicts Trump on night in Moscow Posted: 23 Apr 2018 02:09 PM PDT  Donald Trump responded to accusations in the Steele dossier by telling James Comey he never spent the night in Moscow. A new Bloomberg report, along with past reporting, show Trump claim is not true.
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| Egypt's rice farmers see rough times downstream of new Nile mega-dam Posted: 23 Apr 2018 09:03 AM PDT  By Eric Knecht and Maha El Dahan KAFR ZIADA, Egypt/DUBAI (Reuters) - Rice farmers in Kafr Ziada village in the Nile River Delta have ignored planting restrictions aimed at conserving water for years, continuing to grow a medium-grain variety of the crop that is prized around the Arab world. Far upstream, close to one of the sources of the Nile, Ethiopia is preparing to fill the reservoir behind its new $4 billion Grand Renaissance Dam, possibly as soon as this year. How fast it does so could have devastating consequences for farmers who have depended on the Nile for millennia to irrigate strategic crops for Egypt's 96 million people, expected to grow to 128 million by 2030.
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| Toronto Van Attack: Suspect ID'd as 25-Year-Old University Student as First Victim Is Named Posted: 24 Apr 2018 05:34 AM PDT  The first of 10 victims was identified as Anne Marie D'Amico, who worked at an investment management firm.
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| 12 Questions People In Polyamorous Relationships Are Sick Of Hearing Posted: 24 Apr 2018 06:00 AM PDT  People who practice polyamory understand the world's curiosity: Loving more
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| Prince William, Duchess Kate Welcome Baby Boy to the Royal Family Posted: 22 Apr 2018 09:00 PM PDT  Siblings Prince George and Princess Charlotte were seen walking into the hospital for a visit.
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| NRA members destroy products of outdoor company that cut ties with the organisation Posted: 24 Apr 2018 09:05 AM PDT  National Rifle Association (NRA) members have been posting videos of destroying products made by Yeti after the company cut ties with the group in the wake of the Parkland, Florida school shooting. Yeti primarily makes high-end outdoors products, including iceboxes costing between $250 to $1,300 according to the Washington Post. The company had been offering NRA members a discount on its products often used for outdoor events.
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| Investigators: School design contributed to massacre Posted: 24 Apr 2018 10:42 AM PDT  COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (AP) — Faulty classroom design and failures in the police radio and 911 systems contributed to the chaos and deaths during the recent Florida high school massacre, a commission investigating the shooting was told at its first meeting Tuesday.
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| Russia's S-300 or S-400: F-35 Killer or Overhyped? Posted: 23 Apr 2018 04:48 AM PDT  The Pentagon is casting doubt on the effectiveness of Russian-made air defense systems. The Pentagon's move appears to be aimed at deterring Turkey from purchasing the Russian-made S-400. Until the Pentagon's April 19 press briefing, the Defense Department would routinely scaremonger how the S-400 would effectively turn an area into an anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) bubble.
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| Man shackled for days in prisoner transport van files suit Posted: 24 Apr 2018 01:29 PM PDT ![Man shackled for days in prisoner transport van files suit]( "Man shackled for days in prisoner transport van files suit") McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Edward Kovari's 18-day ordeal began Sept. 12, 2016, when some guys in a van showed up to take him from a jail in Virginia to Texas, where he was wanted on charges that he had stolen a car.
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| Toronto police eye deadly van attack suspect's 'cryptic message' Posted: 24 Apr 2018 03:21 PM PDT  By Anna Mehler Paperny and Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) - The man accused of plowing a rental van into pedestrians on a crowded Toronto sidewalk, killing 10 people in Canada's deadliest mass killing in decades, left a "cryptic message" on social media before his attack, police said on Tuesday. Suspect Alek Minassian, 25, was charged with 10 counts of murder and 13 counts of attempted murder in the incident. One possible clue to his motive emerged on Tuesday as Facebook confirmed Minassian wrote a post before the incident that referenced an "incel rebellion." The term is shorthand used in some online message boards for "involuntary celibacy", a loose social media movement of men who blame women for their celibacy.
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| Father of Waffle House shooting suspect was told to keep guns away from son Posted: 23 Apr 2018 03:46 PM PDT  New details are emerging about Travis Reinking, the man accused of killing four people at a Waffle House in Tennessee. He was arrested last June for threatening someone with an AR-15, and was arrested near the White House after demanding to see President Trump. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann has the latest.
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| Chinese carrier leads live fire drill in East China Sea Posted: 23 Apr 2018 09:55 PM PDT  China's sole aircraft carrier has led a flotilla of naval vessels in a "live combat drill" in the East China Sea, state media reported Tuesday, the latest show of force by Beijing's burgeoning navy. Xinhua said the drill, which took place on Sunday, included multiple take-offs from the deck of the Liaoning aircraft carrier by J-15 fighter jets and that "anti-air missiles were fired from ships surrounding the carrier". The manoeuvre occurred in the East China Sea, though the report did not give an exact location.
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| The Latest: UN chief says retreat 'cooled' Syria tensions Posted: 23 Apr 2018 09:43 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syria conflict (all times local):
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| Colorado man shares survival story after Hawaii shark attack Posted: 22 Apr 2018 06:22 PM PDT  A young man from Colorado shared details about how he survived a shark attack.
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| Police repeatedly Taser airline passenger accused of groping and racist remarks Posted: 24 Apr 2018 06:30 AM PDT  A man has been shocked repeatedly with a Taser gun and arrested on board a plane after he allegedly groped another passenger, Miami police said. According to American Airlines, there was a "disagreement" between Jacob Garcia, 28, and others on Flight 2446 as the aircraft was waiting to depart Miami International Airport for Chicago. The dispute started after Mr Garcia allegedly touched a woman without her permission, according to an arrest report.
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| Mexico arrests alleged killer of drug war journalist, says minister Posted: 23 Apr 2018 09:09 PM PDT  Mexico's interior minister on Monday said that authorities had arrested the alleged murderer of a renowned journalist in northern Mexico whose death had become emblematic of a spike in violence across the country. Javier Valdez was assassinated last year in the state of Sinaloa, which has been the scene of violent battles between gangs following the arrest and subsequent extradition early last year to the United States of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. Interior Minister Alfonso Navarrete said via Twitter that federal police and prosecutors had arrested Valdez' alleged murderer and congratulated officials for the joint operation.
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| Appeals court sides with states over fuel economy standards Posted: 23 Apr 2018 04:27 PM PDT ![Appeals court sides with states over fuel economy standards]( "Appeals court sides with states over fuel economy standards") NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government can't delay plans to more than double penalties automakers pay when they fail to meet fuel economy standards, an appeals court said on Monday in siding with five states.
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| Vision Mercedes-Maybach Ultimate Luxury Concept Posted: 24 Apr 2018 07:00 AM PDT  Those turbine wheels look awesome, though.
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| Record US wage gains gnawing at corporate profits: survey Posted: 22 Apr 2018 09:13 PM PDT  Record increases in wages and materials costs are eating into corporate profits despite robust sales, according to a survey of business economists released Monday. The survey by the National Association for Business Economics also found companies had not changed hiring plans following either December's sweeping tax cuts or President Donald Trump's new tariffs on steel and aluminum. Economists are pointing to a pickup in inflation this year after a years of weak price pressures, and the Federal Reserve poised to raise interest rates as many as three more times in 2018 -- a prospect which has investors on edge.
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| Kremlin, on possible missile delivery to Syria, says Western strike soured atmosphere Posted: 23 Apr 2018 04:19 PM PDT ![Kremlin, on possible missile delivery to Syria, says Western strike soured atmosphere]( "Kremlin, on possible missile delivery to Syria, says Western strike soured atmosphere") The Kremlin on Monday declined to comment on media reports that Russia planned to soon supply Syria with S-300 missile systems, but said a Western missile strike on Syria had soured the atmosphere in the region. Russia's daily Kommersant newspaper, citing unnamed military sources, reported earlier on Monday that Russia might start supplying S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Syria in the near future.
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| Toronto: Police name suspect in van attack that killed at least 10 as Alek Minassian Posted: 23 Apr 2018 05:11 PM PDT  Police have named they suspect in a deadly van attack in Toronto as 25-year-old Alek Minassian. Authorities say Mr Minassain drove his car through a busy street in Toronto on Monday at 1:30pm local time, killing at least 10 people and wounding at least 15 others. The suspect came from the Toronto suburb of Richmond Hill, police said.
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| Video Shows the Moment 'Killer Grandma' Lois Riess Is Arrested After 5 Weeks on the Run Posted: 23 Apr 2018 12:57 PM PDT  Riess is set to be extradited to Florida later this week to face charges in the murder of her look-alike.
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| The Latest: Bush hoping to get to Maine despite illness Posted: 23 Apr 2018 07:10 PM PDT  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the hospitalization of former President George H.W. Bush (all times local):
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