| Trump Reportedly Tells Pentagon To Consider Reducing Troops In South Korea Posted: 03 May 2018 09:32 PM PDT  President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Defense to present plans
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| The cluelessness of the correspondents' dinner Posted: 03 May 2018 02:00 AM PDT  The main problem with the White House Correspondents' Dinner isn't the ugly humor or the God-awful food. It's the display of vanity, pretension and tribalism that reinforces the worst idea of what political journalism is all about.
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| Mandatory Evacuations Ordered As Lava Spews Into Hawaii Residential Neighborhood Posted: 03 May 2018 11:47 PM PDT  Kilauea, one of Hawaii's most active volcanos, erupted on Thursday, spewing
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| Anti-Semites on the ballot: GOP 'condemns' three contenders with racist views Posted: 03 May 2018 02:00 AM PDT  Three Republican candidates in this year's midterms have been disavowed by the Republican National Committee for their racist and anti-Semitic views — including one who is, according to a local television news poll, the leader to win his party's nomination for Senate in California.
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| United Airlines passengers say flight attendant appeared drunk on plane Posted: 04 May 2018 06:48 AM PDT  A United Airlines flight attendant is under investigation after passengers reported she was drunk on a flight.
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| Correction: Military Plane Crash story Posted: 03 May 2018 02:58 PM PDT  PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) — In a story May 2 about the crash of a military cargo plane, The Associated Press erroneously reported the age of the plane based on information from Puerto Rico's National Guard. The plane was about 40 years old, not more than 60 years old.
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| Starbucks agrees compensation with black men arrested while they waited for a friend Posted: 03 May 2018 03:24 AM PDT  Two black men who were arrested as they waited for a friend in a Philadelphia Starbucks last month have reached settlements with the coffee chain and the city. The arrest of Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson on 12 April was captured on video and widely shared online, sparking protests in Pennsylvania over accusations of racial profiling. Mr Robinson and Mr Nelson have now dropped their legal action against the city, agreeing to a symbolic $1 each in compensation and the commitment of $200,000 (£150,000) from officials to fund an entrepreneurship program for public school students. The men, both 23, also reached a confidential financial settlement with Starbucks, who also offered them the opportunity to complete their undergraduate degrees at Arizona State University with full tuition coverage. "We all recognise the importance of communication about differences and solutions, and that we will be measured by our action not words," they said in a joint statement. Mr Robinson added: "It's not a right-now thing … but I feel like we will see the true change over time." Starbucks issued an apology for the incident which saw a store manager call the police when the pair sat down before making an order as they waited for a friend to arrive. The company responded by closing more than 8,000 of its US stores for an afternoon of racial bias training, with Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson also apologising personally to the two men. Demonstrators protest over the arrests of Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson Credit: AP "I want to thank Donte and Rashon for their willingness to reconcile," said Mr Johnson. "I welcome the opportunity to begin a relationship with them to share learnings and experiences. "Starbucks will continue to take actions that stem from this incident to repair and reaffirm our values and vision for the kind of company we want to be." Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson appear on Good Morning America Credit: ABC / Getty Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said the incident had "evoked a lot of pain" and put the city under a "national spotlight for unwanted reasons". "I am pleased to have resolved the potential claims against the city in this productive manner," he added.
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| Don Blankenship's New Xenophobic Campaign Ad Sparks Twitter Fury Posted: 04 May 2018 03:24 AM PDT  West Virginia GOP Senate candidate Don Blankenship has amped up the xenophobic
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| Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big Island Posted: 04 May 2018 07:18 AM PDT ![Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big Island]( "Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big Island") Hundreds of people were under an evacuation order on Friday after the Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii's Big Island came to life, belching ash into the sky and spewing fountains of lava in a residential area, officials said. Residents in the Puna communities of Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens subdivisions, home to about 1,700 people, were ordered to evacuate after public works officials reported steam and lava spewing from a crack, according to the county's Civil Defense Agency. Two emergency shelters were opened to take in evacuees, the Civil Defense Agency said, while Governor David Ige activated the Hawaii National Guard to provide emergency response help.
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| Trump hints of imminent news on Americans detained in N.Korea Posted: 02 May 2018 08:19 PM PDT  US President Donald Trump hinted Wednesday that there would be imminent news about three Americans detained in North Korea, after sources said they had been relocated ahead of their possible release. The development comes as Trump is preparing for a historic summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, following months of tense saber-rattling over the North's nuclear and missile programs. "The past Administration has long been asking for three hostages to be released from a North Korean Labor camp, but to no avail.
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| Scott Pruitt Is So Cozy With Lobbyists They're Reportedly Helping Plan His Travel Posted: 04 May 2018 06:20 AM PDT  Lobbyists and a well-connected GOP political backer played outsized roles in
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| As Israel-Iran rivalry burns, Russia's Tehran ties may get singed Posted: 04 May 2018 08:36 AM PDT ![As Israel-Iran rivalry burns, Russia's Tehran ties may get singed]( "As Israel-Iran rivalry burns, Russia's Tehran ties may get singed") As Israel and Iran increasingly square off against each other amid Syria's multi-dimensional war, it is Russia that finds itself between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Russia has managed to maintain good relations with both Iran and Israel, even as the former has increased its presence in Syria in defense of the Assad regime, raising the latter's hackles.
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| Education boss arrested 'for defecating on school playing fields every day' Posted: 04 May 2018 05:39 AM PDT  A US education chief has been charged with repeatedly defecating on a high school football field and running track. District superintendent Thomas Tramaglini, 42, was identified as the "mystery pooper" of Holmdel, New Jersey, after staff set up surveillance cameras. Mr Tramaglini, who lives in nearby Matawan, New Jersey, was charged with lewdness, littering and defecating in public.
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| Gang Used Drone Swarm To Thwart FBI Hostage Raid Posted: 04 May 2018 12:28 PM PDT  FBI agents covertly surveilling a criminal gang suspected of holding at least
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| The Latest: 'No panic' on flight after window crack Posted: 02 May 2018 09:15 PM PDT  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on a cracked window on a Southwest Airlines jet (all times local):
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| 2019 Chevy Suburban RST Gets A More Powerful V8, Meaner Looks Posted: 04 May 2018 09:52 AM PDT  The full-size SUV now pumps out 420 horsepower, and is even more refined with Magnetic Ride Control.
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| The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week Posted: 04 May 2018 07:57 AM PDT  Kids may say the darndest things, but parents tweet about them in the funniest
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| Lava from volcano flows into Hawaiian neighborhood Posted: 03 May 2018 10:25 PM PDT  Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is releasing red lava into a residential subdivision, prompting the county to order mandatory evacuations. Hawaii County spokeswoman Janet Snyder said Thursday red lava emerged on Mohala Street in the Leilani Estates subdivision. The county is calling for all residents in the subdivision to evacuate.
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| Beijing 'installs missiles' on South China Sea islands Posted: 03 May 2018 06:11 PM PDT  Beijing reasserted its right Thursday to build "defence" facilities in the disputed South China Sea, but declined to confirm reports it had installed new missiles on artificial islands it has built in the region. Washington warned that Beijing would face unspecified "consequences" over its militarisation of the South China Sea, and said it had raised the issue with China. "China's peaceful construction in the Spratly archipelago, including the deployment of necessary national defence facilities, is aimed at protecting China's sovereignty and security," she said.
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| This Week Was A Great Reminder That Trump Is A Huge Liar Posted: 03 May 2018 11:02 AM PDT  It's been another cataclysm of a news cycle in which President Donald Trump
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| Britain 'deeply concerned' by Palestinian president's Holocaust remarks Posted: 03 May 2018 06:49 AM PDT  Britain said on Thursday that recent remarks by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the Holocaust were "deeply concerning" and unhelpful to peace in the region. Israel has accused Mr Abbas of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial after the Palestinian leader suggested in a speech that historic persecution of European Jews had been caused by their conduct. "Palestinian President Abbas's comments at the Palestinian National Congress were deeply concerning. Any attempt to justify or explain away any element of the Holocaust is unacceptable," Britain's Middle-East minister Alistair Burt said in a statement. "President Abbas has shown a commitment to non-violence and a two-state solution. But his recent rhetoric does not serve the interests of the Palestinian people and is deeply unhelpful to the cause of peace." Mr Abbas said in his speech that Jews living in Europe had suffered massacres "every 10 to 15 years in some country since the 11th century and until the Holocaust". Citing books written by various authors, Mr Abbas argued: "They say hatred against Jews was not because of their religion, it was because of their social profession. So the Jewish issue that had spread against the Jews across Europe was not because of their religion, it was because of usury and banks." Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves in Ramallah on Tuesday Credit: REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday accused Mr Abbas of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. Jewish groups and diplomats also condemned Mr Abbas' comments, made in a speech on Monday to the Palestinian National Council, that Jews had suffered historically not because of their religion but because they had served as bankers and money lenders. "It would appear that, once a Holocaust denier, always a Holocaust denier," Mr Netanyahu said on Twitter. "I call upon the international community to condemn the grave anti-Semitism of Abu Mazen (Abbas), which should have long since passed from this world." On Thursday, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) parliament was preparing to hand its authority over to a smaller council in a move seen as a concentration of power in the hands of President Mahmoud Abbas's loyalists. The Palestinian National Council agreed Thursday to grant the 115-member Central Council authority to assume the political body's powers, such as appointing a successor to the 83-year-old Palestinian leader and resolving the decade-long rift with the rival Hamas party ruling Gaza. Abbas aide Ahmad Majdalani says the move will "make it easier for the PLO to handle political developments, and to fill any vacuum in PLO positions." The Palestinian National Council, which met this week for the first time in over two decades, was set to formally announce the measure Thursday evening.
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| Golden State Killer suspect fights demand for more of his DNA Posted: 03 May 2018 05:50 AM PDT  A former policeman accused of being the infamous Golden State Killer is battling prosecutors' efforts to collect more of his DNA. Joseph DeAngelo, 72, was scheduled to appear in a court in Sacramento, California, on Thursday after his lawyer filed a motion to block the district attorney from taking DNA, fingerprints and photos of his body. Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert got a warrant last week to collect the samples and images.
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| Cheryl Burke And Matthew Lawrence Are Engaged Posted: 04 May 2018 09:06 AM PDT  Cheryl Burke of "Dancing With the Stars" had one hell of a birthday.
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| 77 killed as powerful dust storms ravage northern India Posted: 03 May 2018 03:46 AM PDT  Dust storms tore across northern India killing at least 77 people and injuring 143 as trees and walls were flattened by powerful winds, officials said Thursday. The overnight storm ravaged Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan states and the death toll was expected to rise, officials said. There were 46 confirmed deaths in Uttar Pradesh in the north and 31 in the desert state of Rajasthan to the west.
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| Ideas For Mother's Day Brunch At Home Posted: 04 May 2018 02:46 AM PDT  Brunching with kids at a restaurant on Mother's Day can be a diabolical
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| Tech companies not hiring blacks despite ownership rates Posted: 03 May 2018 06:04 PM PDT ![Tech companies not hiring blacks despite ownership rates]( "Tech companies not hiring blacks despite ownership rates") WASHINGTON (AP) — African-Americans are among the top owners of mobile devices, but aren't being considered when it's time for social media and technology companies to hire.
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| North Korea's Kim tells China he is committed to denuclearisation Posted: 03 May 2018 06:35 AM PDT  By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told a visiting Chinese diplomat on Thursday that he is committed to denuclearisation, China's foreign ministry said, as diplomatic efforts to bring lasting peace to the Korean peninsula gather pace. China is North Korea's most important economic and diplomatic backer, despite its anger at North Korea' repeated nuclear and missile tests, and its support for strong U.N. sanctions against the North.
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| Gigi Hadid Apologizes For Vogue Italia 'Blackface' Controversy Posted: 03 May 2018 02:41 PM PDT  Gigi Hadid and Conde Nast have both issued apologies for the model's May cover
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| Giuliani says Trump fired Comey because he wouldn't assure him FBI was not targeting him in Russia probe Posted: 02 May 2018 07:18 PM PDT  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani says that President Donald Trump fired former FBI Director James Comey in part because he would not tell him that the president was not personally a target in the intelligence agency's probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 election. Mr Giuliani, who is a recent addition to Mr Trump's legal team charged with helping deal with special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, made the comment during an appearance on Fox News. "He fired Comey because Comey would not, among other things, say that he wasn't a target of the investigation," Mr Giuliani told the cable network's Sean Hannity, who has himself been a vocal supporter of Mr Trump.
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| Democrats Are In Denial About The Supreme Court Posted: 04 May 2018 06:01 AM PDT  On issues from racial justice and reproductive freedom to money in politics,
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| Kamiyah Mobley Case: Woman Who Kidnapped Baby From Hospital 20 Years Ago Apologizes in Court Posted: 04 May 2018 08:44 AM PDT  Shanara Mobley told a Florida court she wants the maximum penalty for the kidnapper.
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| California DMV reveals more hurdles ahead for self-driving cars Posted: 03 May 2018 08:37 AM PDT  The California Department of Motor Vehicles explained on Monday one of the reasons why self-driving cars aren't buzzing around the Golden State's roads: human drivers still have to take over too often. In response to a request from the DMV, eight companies intent on putting driverless cars on California's roads submitted annual "disengagement reports" that detail when humans were forced to take charge, reported The Mercury-News. MORE: Nissan's self-driving car tech explained The reports reveal just why the DMV hasn't granted autonomous car permits to the more than 50 applicants. Google's Waymo division reported the lowest disengagement rate among the eight reports, with a total of 63 disengagements over 352,545 miles. In its follow-up report, Waymo reported that one of its cars did not see a "no right turn on red signal" among other hardware and software issues. At the opposite end of the spectrum, GM's Cruise Automation reported a much longer list of issues indicating the sensors in its cars had trouble detecting vehicles in opposite lanes, as well as processing data into conclusions about the movement of other cars. Additional issues reported by Cruise included its cars not breaking hard enough to stop at a stop sign, failing to yield to another vehicle entering a lane, taking a right turn too wide and even getting confused by construction cones. DON'T MISS: Self-driving Uber car in Arizona hits, kills bicyclist Aptiv, the arm of global automotive supplier Delphi, reported problems with handling human behavior that was unexpected and often illegal, loss of GPS signal and that one of its cars "encountered difficulty identifying a particular traffic light." China's Baidu reported issues with "misclassified" traffic lights, failure to yield and delays in recognizing both pedestrians and vehicles that had cut in front of its test cars. The issues could push back deployment programs for self-driving cars. For instance, Waymo plans to launch a ride-hailing service later this year initially in Arizona and GM is targeting 2019 for a similar system. At least in California, those deadlines may present a big challenge.
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| 6 dead in Kenya overnight flooding with 11 others missing Posted: 04 May 2018 02:34 AM PDT  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Six people have drowned in Kenya in overnight flooding and 11 others are missing, local authorities said Friday, the latest of dozens of deaths caused by heavy seasonal rains in recent weeks.
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| Half of 'caravan' asylum seekers in U.S., Sessions puts judges on border Posted: 02 May 2018 08:42 PM PDT ![Half of 'caravan' asylum seekers in U.S., Sessions puts judges on border]( "Half of 'caravan' asylum seekers in U.S., Sessions puts judges on border") By Delphine Schrank TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - At least 88 Central American asylum seekers from a caravan through Mexico had crossed into the United States by Wednesday, a movement that prompted U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to beef up legal resources on the border. Women, children and transgender people were among those who waited for hours inside the walkway to the U.S. gate before being allowed to pass through to begin the asylum process. On Wednesday, U.S. officials let in three groups totaling 63 migrants, a dramatic uptick from the trickle permitted since Monday.
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| China rejects US military claims of laser attacks on pilots Posted: 04 May 2018 03:08 AM PDT  China on Friday rejected US allegations that Chinese nationals shone military-grade lasers at American pilots in Djibouti, dismissing the claims as "inconsistent with facts". Beijing, which operates a naval base in the Horn of Africa country, denied Pentagon accusations that Chinese personnel have targeted US pilots in the country with the beams, resulting in minor injuries to airmen and creating the potential for an accident. "After careful verification, we have told the US explicitly that the so-called accusations are totally inconsistent with facts," foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters.
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| Man facing drugs charges leaps from courthouse balcony Posted: 04 May 2018 08:14 AM PDT  A man facing drug charges has survived after jumping head-first from the courthouse balcony. Christopher Clay Rudd had been scheduled to appear before a judge in Spanish Fork, Utah, on Monday after he was arrested for drug offences. Rudd reportedly suffered head and hip injuries during the fall and was later taken to hospital for treatment, although he is not thought to be in a life-threatening condition.
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| Tesla pushes back start of Model Y production to 2020, says new plant needed Posted: 03 May 2018 06:00 AM PDT  Tesla's next model bound for production is the Model Y, a small SUV related to the Model 3.
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| Meteors to dash across weekend sky as Eta Aquarid shower reaches its lengthy peak Posted: 03 May 2018 07:52 AM PDT  This weekend will feature the last meteor shower until late July with meteors streaking across the night sky all around the globe.
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| Clipper Creek offers certified pre-owned charging stations Posted: 03 May 2018 07:53 AM PDT  You've heard of certified pre-owned cars, maybe even certified pre-owned electric cars. Now you can buy a certified pre-owned home charging station to go with your certified pre-owned electric car. ClipperCreek, one of the oldest charging-station manufacturers, is offering two types of certified pre-owned models, the LCS, which delivers up to 24 amps of power, for $300, and the HCS, which can deliver up to 80 amps, for $400.
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| Deadly unrest at Gaza border mirrors Israeli author's novel Posted: 03 May 2018 11:12 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — For Israeli author Mishka Ben-David, the deadly scenes that have been playing out every Friday for weeks along Gaza's border, with thousands of Palestinian protesters marching and threatening to storm the security fence and Israeli troops opening fire, are eerily familiar.
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| Priyanka Chopra Hints Meghan Markle Cried When She Found Her Wedding Dress Posted: 04 May 2018 02:05 PM PDT  Sometimes actions speak louder than words.
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| Paul Ryan Reverses Course, Accepts House Chaplain Rescinding Resignation Posted: 03 May 2018 01:27 PM PDT  House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Thursday that he accepts House Chaplain
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| Widow of dissident Liu Xiaobo is losing hope of leaving China, friend says Posted: 03 May 2018 12:39 AM PDT  Liu Xia, the widow of China's Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident, Liu Xiaobo, is losing hope of leaving the country and says she may die there, a friend who recently spoke to her by telephone has said. Liu Xia, a poet and artist who suffers from depression, has effectively been under house arrest since her husband won the prize in 2010. Liu Xiaobo died in Chinese custody in July last year, after being denied permission to go abroad for treatment of advanced liver cancer.
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