| Dems Beg GOP For Help Stopping Immigrant Family Separations Posted: 17 Jun 2018 09:52 PM PDT  BROWNSVILLE, Texas ― Eight Democratic lawmakers visited the Rio Grande Valley
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| Kellyanne: ‘No’ White House not using migrant children for political leverage Posted: 16 Jun 2018 11:51 PM PDT  White House Adviser Kellyanne Conway tells Chuck Todd that the children who are separated from their families at the border are being cared for with empathy.
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| California ER Doctor Suspended After Video Shows Her Berating Patient: 'Are You Dead Sir?' Posted: 18 Jun 2018 10:42 AM PDT  Dr. Beth Keegstra thought the patient, Samuel Bardwell, was trying to score prescription drugs.
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| Texas Border Patrol Chase Ends In Crash, Killing At Least 5 Immigrants Posted: 17 Jun 2018 03:11 PM PDT  At least five people were killed and several others injured when an SUV
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| At least 20 injured after gunfire erupts at New Jersey art festival Posted: 17 Jun 2018 08:48 AM PDT  The gunfire rang out in Trenton, New Jersey, during an "Art All Night" festival meant to bring the community together. Police say one suspect is dead and another is in custody.
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| Weekend Rewind: Federal judge reverses Manafort's bail Posted: 18 Jun 2018 02:27 AM PDT  Take a look the top stories that happened over the weekend, including the reversal of fortune for President Trump's former campaign head Paul Manafort.
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| Former Israeli government minister charged with spying for Iran Posted: 18 Jun 2018 12:39 PM PDT  A former Israeli government minister, once imprisoned for trying to smuggle drugs, is back behind bars after being charged with spying for archenemy Iran, the country's internal security agency said Monday. The Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency, said Gonen Segev was extradited from Guinea and arrested upon arrival in Israel last month on suspicion of "committing offenses of assisting the enemy in war and spying against the state of Israel." It said Mr Segev, a former energy minister, acted as an agent for Iranian intelligence and relayed information "connected to the energy market and security sites in Israel including buildings and officials in political and security organizations." Lawyers representing Mr Segev issued a statement that did not reject or accept the accusations, only saying that the indictment "portrays a different picture" than what the Shin Bet says. Mr Segev, who served in the Cabinet under Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in the mid-1990s, was arrested in 2004 for attempting to smuggle 32,000 Ecstasy tablets from the Netherlands to Israel using an expired diplomatic passport. Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin speaks with former energy minister Gonen Segev Credit: REUTERS/GPO A former doctor whose medical license was revoked, Mr Segev was released from prison in 2007 and had been living in Africa in recent years. The Shin Bet said Mr Segev met with his operators twice in Iran, and also met with Iranian agents in hotels and apartments around the world. Mr Segev was given a "secret communications system to encrypt messages" with his operators. The statement said that Mr Segev maintained connections with Israeli civilians who had ties to the country's security and foreign relations. It said he acted to connect them with Iranian agents who posed as businessmen. Israel and Iran are bitter enemies, and the allegations against Mr Segev are extremely grave. Israel considers Iran to be its biggest threat, citing Iranian calls for Israel's destruction, Iran's support for hostile militant groups like Hezbollah and its development of long-range missiles.
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| Trump defends North Korea summit, trashes media: 'We got so much for peace in the world' Posted: 17 Jun 2018 07:23 AM PDT  Sunday morning, President Trump repeatedly defended the North Korea summit and accused the press of not giving him the credit he deserves for trying to bring more stability to the Korean peninsula.
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| Dunkin' Donuts Sign Asks Customers To Snitch On Workers Not Speaking English Posted: 18 Jun 2018 11:19 AM PDT  A Dunkin Donuts in Baltimore is under fire for posting a sign offering
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| Texas sheriff deputy charged for child abuse after allegedly blackmailing undocumented mother with deportation Posted: 18 Jun 2018 08:51 AM PDT  A Texas sheriff's deputy has been accused of sexually assaulting an undocumented immigrant's child, and blackmailing the mother with potential deportation to keep her quiet about the attacks. Jose Nunez, 47, is being held on charges of "super aggravated sexual assault" after the mother sought help at a fire department for her 4-year-old child, who had reportedly been crying out in pain. "The details of the case are quite frankly heartbreaking, disturbing, disgusting and infuriating all at the same time," Javier Salazar, the Bexar County Sheriff, said during a press conference announcing the charges and circumstances.
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| Turned away by 2 countries, rescued refugees end their odyssey in Spain Posted: 17 Jun 2018 11:07 AM PDT  More than 600 refugees who set out from Libya to reach Europe were turned away by Italy, in a sudden change of heart about accepting refugees, and denied entry to Malta. At last, Spain agreed to take them — but the politics of immigration in the European Union are only growing more complicated and fraught.
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| Guatemala ends victim searches at volcano where 110 died Posted: 17 Jun 2018 10:34 AM PDT  By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala on Sunday ended its victim search efforts in the zone that suffered most deaths and injuries from the Fuego volcano eruption, its disaster agency said. At least 110 people died and 197 are still missing after violent eruptions that began two weeks ago, according to disaster agency CONRED. "The search efforts are permanently suspended in the towns San Miguel Los Lotes and El Rodeo in the Escuintla municipality... the zone is uninhabitable and high risk," CONRED said in a statement on Sunday.
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| The movement to arm teachers Posted: 18 Jun 2018 12:55 AM PDT  Since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February, a divisive idea has gained momentum as a way to stem school shootings: arm teachers. At some schools in Ohio, armed teachers have been in classrooms for as many as five years.
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| Clashes flare near Yemen's flashpoint Hodeida Posted: 17 Jun 2018 02:34 AM PDT  Yemeni pro-government forces traded mortar fire Sunday with rebels near Hodeida airport, military sources said, on the fifth day of an offensive to seize back control of the strategic port city. The fighting between the Iran-backed rebels and a pro-government alliance, led by Saudi Arabia, has raised UN fears of humanitarian catastrophe in a country already teetering on the brink of famine. Yemen's military forces have closed in on areas south and west of Hodeida port, sources in the army said.
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| Trump Insisted He Didn't Call Immigrants 'Animals.' But That's How He's Treating Them. Posted: 18 Jun 2018 01:30 PM PDT  In March, there was a lot of debate about whether President Donald Trump had
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| Gunman wounds 2, fatally shot by bystander at Walmart store Posted: 17 Jun 2018 09:15 PM PDT  TUMWATER, Wash. (AP) — A gunman injured a teen and shot a man in a pair of carjacking attempts Sunday, before being killed by a bystander outside a Washington state Walmart store.
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| Megachurch Pastor: 'It’s embarrassing' that Sessions quoted the Bible to defend immigration policy Posted: 17 Jun 2018 08:37 AM PDT  MSNBC's Yasmin Vossoughian interviews Pastor Carl Lentz, lead pastor of Hillsong NYC Church. Pastor Lentz called Sessions use of Romans 13 a "misapplication of scripture".
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| Grandmother strangles rabid bobcat after it attacked her Posted: 18 Jun 2018 02:31 AM PDT  A 46-year-old has strangled a rabid bobcat to death after the large feline attacked her. DeDe Phillips said the wild animal, which is a relative of the lynx, emerged next to her pickup truck in Georgia while she was in her front driveway on 7 June. Ms Phillips, who lives in rural Hart County (about 100 miles northeast of Atlanta), told the Athens Banner-Herald: "The cat took two steps and was on top of me.
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| Kaliningrad photos appear to show Russia upgrading nuclear weapons bunker Posted: 17 Jun 2018 10:00 PM PDT  Vladimir Putin attends naval celebrations in Kaliningrad, which also serves as a base for Russia's Baltic fleet. Russia appears to have upgraded a nuclear weapons storage bunker in its Kaliningrad enclave, in the latest sign of Moscow's increased emphasis on nuclear arms in its standoff with Nato, according to a new report.
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| Suspect dead after 20 hurt in shooting at New Jersey arts festival Posted: 17 Jun 2018 09:25 AM PDT  (Reuters) - A suspected gunman was fatally shot after multiple people opened fire at an all-night arts festival in New Jersey, wounding 20 people including a boy who is in critical condition, authorities said on Sunday. Prosecutors said a 33-year-old man was killed and a second suspect arrested after gunfire erupted at 3 a.m. EDT (0700 GMT) at the event in the city of Trenton, about 60 miles (100 km) southwest of New York City. ... Multiple weapons have been recovered," Angelo Onofri, prosecutor for Mercer County, told a news conference.
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| Kendall And Kylie Jenner Wish Heartfelt Happy Father's Day To Caitlyn Posted: 18 Jun 2018 07:49 AM PDT  Caitlyn Jenner's model daughters got sentimental on Father's Day.
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| Photographer Reveals Heartbreaking Story Behind Viral Photo of Crying Toddler at the Border Posted: 18 Jun 2018 08:58 AM PDT  He said the photo made him emotional.
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| Pot growers refuse to let go of dream after Kilauea volcano erupts Posted: 18 Jun 2018 10:38 AM PDT ![Pot growers refuse to let go of dream after Kilauea volcano erupts]( "Pot growers refuse to let go of dream after Kilauea volcano erupts") Dale Altman and his grandson Josh Doran live on a 5-acre (2-hectare) plot atop a hill on Hawaii's Big Island by the erupting Kilauea volcano, where they grow medical marijuana.
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| Some Prominent Conservatives Call On Trump To Stop Separating Migrant Parents & Children Posted: 18 Jun 2018 08:33 AM PDT  Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard Law professor emeritus and staunch supporter of
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| Remnants of hurricane help crews in Colorado, Wyoming fires Posted: 17 Jun 2018 07:05 PM PDT  DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — A welcome dose of rain spawned by a hurricane that churned through the Pacific has given a boost in the battle against two large wildfires in Colorado and Wyoming.
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| Three Dead, Dozens Injured by Earthquake in Western Japan's Osaka Posted: 17 Jun 2018 08:16 PM PDT  A strong earthquake knocked over walls and set off scattered fires around metropolitan Osaka in western Japan on Monday morning, killing at least three people and injuring dozens.
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| Father James Martin: Separating kids from their parents is not biblical. Period. Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:10 AM PDT  Jesuit Priest and editor-at-large of "America" Magazine, Father James Martin, says that the use of the bible by some White House officials to defend the separation of parents and children at the border is "reprehensible".
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| Did Russia and America Almost Go to War in Syria? Posted: 16 Jun 2018 08:04 PM PDT  On May 24, 2018, the New York Times ran an article by Thomas Gibbons-Neff detailing an intense battle between U.S. special forces and Syrian government-allied troops and Russian mercenaries for control of the Conoco gas field east of Deir ez-Zor.
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| Parents hit with £100,000 bill after child knocks over a statue Posted: 17 Jun 2018 08:37 AM PDT  A family has been asked to pay nearly £100,000 after a child knocked over a valuable sculpture in a community centre. The five-year-old boy was caught on CCTV touching the artwork in the community centre in Overland Park, Kansas. Now the community centre want the boy's mother, Sarah Goodman, to pay for the the Aphrodite di Kansas City work which has been valued at $132,000 (£99,400).
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| Dutch prosecutor: Man who drove into concert-goers turned himself in Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:36 AM PDT ![Dutch prosecutor: Man who drove into concert-goers turned himself in]( "Dutch prosecutor: Man who drove into concert-goers turned himself in") AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A 34-year-old Dutchman turned himself in to police hours after driving a delivery van into concert-goers, killing one and critically injuring three others, prosecutors said on Monday. Prosecutor Daniela Weymar told journalists the man, who had driven away from the scene of the incident, had turned himself in to police in the capital, Amsterdam, and was taken into custody. Police said earlier that it was not clear whether the van driver had hit the group at the Pinkpop event intentionally or by accident. (Reporting by Anthony Deutsch; Editing by Catherine Evans)
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| The One Piece of Advice Andrew Zimmern Would Give to Young Chefs Posted: 18 Jun 2018 10:13 AM PDT  At the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, the chef and television personality also addressed the death of his good friend Tony Bourdain.
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| Full Kellyanne Conway: 'Nobody likes' immigration policy separating families Posted: 16 Jun 2018 11:23 PM PDT  In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Kellyanne Conway, Counselor to President Trump, tells Chuck Todd that migration and the White House family separation policy can only be solved with Democrats' help.
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| The Latest: Inspector general: FBI employees aren't perfect Posted: 18 Jun 2018 12:01 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on an inspector general report that criticizes the FBI and Justice Department (all times local):
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| Lucy Hale Says She Was Assaulted: 'It's Happened To Me' Posted: 18 Jun 2018 02:21 PM PDT  It appears stories from the recent Me Too movement hit close to home for
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| 5.6 magnitude quake shakes Guatemala; no damage reported Posted: 17 Jun 2018 08:38 PM PDT ![5.6 magnitude quake shakes Guatemala; no damage reported]( "5.6 magnitude quake shakes Guatemala; no damage reported") A 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook Guatemala on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), but disaster officials said it did not cause any damage, including at the Fuego volcano where recent eruptions have killed 110 people. Strong shaking was felt but "all is calm," Guatemala's disaster agency said in a statement. A Reuters witness said tremors were not felt in the capital Guatemala City.
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| British Man Accidentally Kills Himself While Demonstrating 'Stab-Proof' Vest Posted: 18 Jun 2018 12:42 PM PDT  Jordan Easton mistakenly thought he was wearing a vest that was 'stab-proof,' authorities said.
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| S. Korea holds war games to defend against Japan Posted: 17 Jun 2018 11:52 PM PDT  South Korea on Monday began two days of war games to practise defending the disputed Dokdo islands off its east coast -- against an unlikely attack by Japan. The drills come just days after President Donald Trump announced the suspension of long-running US joint exercises with South Korea -- aimed at deterring North Korea -- calling them expensive and "provocative". The two-day exercise -- tiny compared with the suspended US-South Korea war games -- will involve six warships and seven aircraft and had begun, Seoul's defence ministry said.
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| Toyota confirms production of 986bhp GR Super Sport Posted: 18 Jun 2018 07:58 AM PDT  Since the Toyota MR2 went out of production in 2007 there hasn't been much evidence of sportiness in the Japanese automaker's lineup beyond the somewhat underpowered GT86, but that's about to change in a big way as it's now been confirmed a production version of the 986 horsepower GR Super Sport is in the pipeline. At the moment we only have images of the concept first shown at the Tokyo Auto Salon in January of this year, but news of a production version was released by Toyota on the eve of the Les Mans 24 hour race. This isn't the first time Toyota has looked at building a production Le Mans racer, because in 1998 the company brought us the GT-One (TS020) Le Mans Prototype where a road-going concept was produced with a view towards building a handful of production models.
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| Trump lawyer shrugs off Roger Stone meeting with Russian over Clinton dirt Posted: 17 Jun 2018 12:03 PM PDT  Roger Stone, a sometime adviser to Trump, has said he expects Mueller to indict him in order to 'silence' him. Donald Trump's lawyer said on Sunday he "doubted" the president knew about a newly reported May 2016 meeting between sometime adviser Roger Stone and a Russian offering damaging information about Hillary Clinton, then Trump's rival for the White House. "I doubt it," Rudy Giuliani told CNN's State of the Union.
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| Ariana Grande Just Got Real About Why She's Moving So Fast With Pete Davidson Posted: 18 Jun 2018 01:27 PM PDT  Ariana Grande has no tears left to cry and no time to waste on people who
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| Column: Koepka wins an Open where the whiners go home early Posted: 17 Jun 2018 05:11 PM PDT  SOUTHAMPTON (AP) — The whiners went home early, beaten down by Shinnecock Hills and the USGA's clumsy efforts to turn the venerable golf course into something it was never meant to be.
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| Eid ceasefire proved 'wide support' for Afghan Taliban, they say Posted: 17 Jun 2018 10:32 AM PDT  By Rupam Jain and Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban said their three-day Eid ceasefire, which ends on Sunday, proved the unity of their movement and its "wide national support" as the presidential palace extended its own ceasefire with the militants by 10 days. Taliban fighters headed into cities across Afghanistan over the weekend as they celebrated their Eid cessation of hostilities with feasts, hugs and selfies, raising questions about what happens when their ceasefire ends at midnight (1930 GMT) on Sunday. "The announcement (of the ceasefire), implementation and the wide national support and welcome of the Mujahideen by the people proves that the demands of the Islamic Emirate and the nation are identical – all want the withdrawal of foreign invaders and establishment of an Islamic government," they said.
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