| Senate FBI hearing takes twists and turns, including a 'wangdoodle' reference Posted: 18 Jun 2018 06:22 PM PDT  It was not, perhaps, the most somber moment in the history of the U.S. Senate. In the midst of reciting a list of complaints about FBI agents allegedly swayed by their own anti-Trump animus, Sen. John Kennedy R-La., had to engage in a subtle act of censorship.
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| 'Wolf-Like' Animal That Baffled Officials Turns Out To Be A Regular Wolf Posted: 19 Jun 2018 08:45 AM PDT  The mystery of a seemingly bizarre "wolf-like" creature that was shot and
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| Patrolling the border, where immigrants wait to be caught Posted: 19 Jun 2018 12:13 PM PDT  Photojournalist Sergio Flores recounts his day with U.S. Border Patrol near McAllen, Texas.
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| Federal Judge Strikes Down Kansas Proof Of Citizenship Law Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:22 PM PDT  A federal judge on Monday permanently blocked Kansas from requiring people to
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| Police identify gunman killed by bystander in Walmart lot Posted: 18 Jun 2018 06:16 PM PDT  TUMWATER, Wash. (AP) — Tim Day has been identified as the armed suspect killed by a bystander Sunday in a Walmart parking lot in Washington state, police said Monday.
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| Best Bites: Tacos 4 Ways Posted: 19 Jun 2018 12:14 PM PDT  Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your
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| South Korea Defense Ministry Confirms Suspension of Joint U.S.-South Korea Military Drills Originally Planned for August Posted: 18 Jun 2018 09:06 PM PDT  The South Korean Defense Ministry confirmed Tuesday that their major military exercise with the US planned for August has been suspended.
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| Nielsen: Separating families isn't a 'policy,' it's just something we do Posted: 18 Jun 2018 06:02 PM PDT  Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told reporters Monday that it was "offensive" to imply that the administration had a "policy" of separating parents from children at the border — even though it was the stated purpose of the controversial change in enforcement procedures put in place by the Trump administration.
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| Judge cancels hearing in Stormy Daniels case against Trump, Cohen Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:33 PM PDT  According to an order issued on Monday, U.S. District Judge James Otero decided it was unnecessary to hear arguments on the request by Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti to lift a 90-day stay imposed on April 28. In imposing the stay, the judge cited the potential overlap between Daniels' lawsuit and a separate criminal probe by federal prosecutors in Manhattan that he said could result in Cohen's indictment.
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| Michelle Obama Seconds Laura Bush's Criticism Of Child Separation Policy Posted: 18 Jun 2018 12:41 PM PDT  Former first lady Michelle Obama neatly criticized the Trump administration's
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| Strong quake near Osaka, Japan, kills 4, knocks over walls Posted: 18 Jun 2018 08:02 AM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — Residents in western Japan were cleaning up debris Monday evening after a powerful earthquake hit the area around Osaka, the country's second-largest city, killing four people and injuring hundreds while knocking over walls and setting off fires.
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| Extreme volcanic eruptions could explain mysterious rock formation on Mars Posted: 18 Jun 2018 10:23 AM PDT  Could a volcanic eruption be the key to unlocking the mysterious geological history of Mars? Back in the 1960s, NASA's Mariner spacecraft discovered an extremely large and unusually soft rock formation. The makeup of the mass, now known as the Medusa Fossae formation, stumped researchers for decades because they were never able to determine how it got there. SEE ALSO: Tiny NASA satellite bound for Mars snaps photo of Earth from thousands of miles away But now, new research seems to answer that question — and maybe many others. More than 3 billion years ago, extreme volcanic eruptions on Mars dropped the huge deposit near the Martian equator, according to the new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. A 13-kilometer (8-mile) diameter crater being infilled by the Medusae Fossae Formation.Image: High Resolution Stereo Camera/European Space AgencyThe Medusa Fossae is about one fifth the size of the United States. "This is a massive deposit, not only on a Martian scale, but also in terms of the solar system, because we do not know of any other deposit that is like this," planetary scientist Lujendra Ojha, the lead author of the new study, said in a statement. Ojha and his colleagues used gravity data from spacecraft orbiting Mars to measure the formation density. Through this, they were able to determine that the rock was unusually porous, allowing them to rule out other potential compositions like ice. On a basic level, the formation is a bunch of hills and mounds of sedimentary rock but because much of Mars's history is shrouded in mystery, a finding like this is huge. An isolated hill in the Medusae Fossae Formation. The effect of wind erosion on this hill is evident by its streamlined shape.Image: High Resolution Stereo Camera/European Space Agency.Eruptions of the magnitude suggested by the study would also have an enormous impact on the planet's climate as well. A considerable amount of "climate-altering" gases like hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide accompany most volcanic eruptions and would have spit out enough water to cover the red planet in a global ocean, the study says. These findings paint a better picture of what habitability on Mars would look like, as well as the usefulness of gravity surveys. "Future gravity surveys could help distinguish between ice, sediments and igneous rocks in the upper crust of the planet," co-author and planetary scientist Kevin Lewis explained. WATCH: NASA is attempting to fly a helicopter on Mars for the first time
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| Children separated from parents at US border held in cages in Texas warehouse Posted: 17 Jun 2018 06:06 PM PDT  Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of water, bags of crisps and large foil sheets intended to serve as blankets. One teenager told an advocate who visited that she was helping care for a young child she didn't know because the child's aunt was somewhere else in the facility. She said she had to show others in her cell how to change the girl's diaper. The US Border Patrol on Sunday allowed reporters to briefly visit the facility where it holds families arrested at the southern US border, responding to new criticism and protests over the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy and resulting separation of families. More than 1,100 people were inside the large, dark facility that's divided into separate wings for unaccompanied children, adults on their own, and mothers and fathers with children. The cages in each wing open out into common areas to use portable restrooms. The overhead lighting in the warehouse stays on around the clock. Children who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, rest in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas Credit: AP The Border Patrol said close to 200 people inside the facility were minors unaccompanied by a parent. Another 500 were "family units," parents and children. Many adults who crossed the border without legal permission could be charged with illegal entry and placed in jail, away from their children. Reporters were not allowed by agents to interview any of the detainees or take photos. Nearly 2,000 children have been taken from their parents since Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the policy, which directs Homeland Security officials to refer all cases of illegal entry into the United States for prosecution. Church groups and human rights advocates have sharply criticized the policy, calling it inhumane. I saw chain link cages full of unaccompanied children. They sat on metal benches and stared straight ahead silently— Rep. Peter Welch (@PeterWelch) June 17, 2018 Stories have spread of children being torn from their parents' arms, and parents not being able to find where their kids have gone. A group of congressional lawmakers visited the same facility on Sunday and were set to visit a longer-term shelter holding around 1,500 children - many of whom were separated from their parents. "Those kids inside who have been separated from their parents are already being traumatised," said Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, who was denied entry earlier this month to children's shelter. "It doesn't matter whether the floor is swept and the bedsheets tucked in tight." In Texas' Rio Grande Valley, the busiest corridor for people trying to enter the US, Border Patrol officials argue that they have to crack down on migrants and separate adults from children as a deterrent to others. "When you exempt a group of people from the law ... that creates a draw," said Manuel Padilla, the Border Patrol's chief agent here. "That creates the trends right here." Agents running the holding facility - generally known as "Ursula" for the name of the street it's on - said everyone detained is given adequate food, access to showers and laundered clothes, and medical care. People are supposed to move through the facility quickly. Under US law, children are required to be turned over within three days to shelters funded by the Department of Health and Human Services. People who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas Credit: AP Padilla said agents in the Rio Grande Valley have allowed families with children under the age of 5 to stay together in most cases. An advocate who spent several hours in the facility on Friday said she was deeply troubled by what she found. Michelle Brane, director of migrant rights at the Women's Refugee Commission, met with a 16-year-old girl who had been taking care of a young girl for three days. The teen and others in their cage thought the girl was 2 years old. "She had to teach other kids in the cell to change her diaper," Brane said. Just left Border Patrol Processing Center in McAllen—aka "the dog kennel." Witnessed loads of kids massed together in large pens of chain-linked fence separated from their moms and dads. @realDonaldTrump, change your shameful policy today! #FamiliesBelongTogether— Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) June 17, 2018 Brane said that after an attorney started to ask questions, agents found the girl's aunt and reunited the two. It turned out that the girl was actually 4 years old. Part of the problem was that she didn't speak Spanish, but K'iche, a language indigenous to Guatemala. "She was so traumatised that she wasn't talking," Brane said. "She was just curled up in a little ball." Brane said she also saw officials at the facility scold a group of five-year-olds for playing around in their cage, telling them to settle down. There are no toys or books. Demonstrators hold a large banner that reads "Humanity Is Borderless," outside of a U.S. Border Patrol station in McAllen, Credit: Bloomberg But one boy nearby wasn't playing with the rest. According to Brane, he was quiet, clutching a piece of paper that was a photocopy of his mother's ID card. "The government is literally taking kids away from their parents and leaving them in inappropriate conditions," Brane said. "If a parent left a child in a cage with no supervision with other five-year-olds, they'd be held accountable." Dr. Colleen Kraft, the head of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said she visited a small shelter in Texas recently, which she declined to identity. A toddler inside the 60-bed facility caught her eye - she was crying uncontrollably and pounding her little fists on mat. Staff members tried to console the child, who looked to be about two years old, Kraft said. She had been taken from her mother the night before and brought to the shelter. The staff gave her books and toys - but they weren't allowed to pick her up, to hold her or hug her to try to calm her. As a rule, staff aren't allowed to touch the children there, she said. "The stress is overwhelming," she said. "The focus needs to be on the welfare of these children, absent of politics."
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| Seth Meyers On Immigration: A Little Sympathy For The Apostle Paul Posted: 19 Jun 2018 05:01 AM PDT  Attorney General Jeff Sessions used the Bible ― specifically the apostle
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| Syria strike blamed on Israel kills 22 Iraqi fighters Posted: 18 Jun 2018 06:36 PM PDT  More than 20 fighters from an Iraqi paramilitary force key to the battle against the Islamic State group were killed in an eastern Syria air raid the United States linked to Israel. The bombing raid hit Al-Hari, a town controlled by regional militias fighting in Syria's complex seven-year war alongside President Bashar al-Assad's forces. Both Syrian authorities and Iraqi forces pointed the finger at the US-led coalition, which denied it was involved in Sunday night's attack.
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| Georgia Grandma Strangles Rabid Bobcat With Her Bare Hands While Granddaughter Slept Posted: 18 Jun 2018 05:31 AM PDT  Dede Phillips must now get rounds of painful and expensive treatment to prevent rabies.
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| Senate candidate's first campaign ad depicts Trump administration as literal dumpster fire Posted: 18 Jun 2018 11:48 AM PDT  Richard Painter, a former White House ethics attorney under President George W. Bush who is running for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota as a Democrat, is taking his pointed criticism of President Trump straight to voters.
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| Man Accused Of Making $1.3 Million In Fraudulent Walmart Returns Posted: 19 Jun 2018 03:42 PM PDT  Arizona police have arrested a man for allegedly swindling more than 1,000
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| James Hansen wishes he wasn't so right about global warming Posted: 18 Jun 2018 12:19 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — James Hansen wishes he was wrong. He wasn't.
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| 93 Bacon Recipes That Are Seriously Addictive Posted: 18 Jun 2018 09:11 AM PDT |
| Five Dead After a Border Control Chase Ends With a Crash in South Texas Posted: 17 Jun 2018 06:17 PM PDT  The vehicle went out of control at more than 100 mph and overturned
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| Niece Wears Princess Diana's Marriage Tiara For Her Own Wedding Posted: 18 Jun 2018 11:52 AM PDT  Princess Diana's wedding-day tiara made a royal comeback over the weekend,
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| Iraq condemns strikes targeting forces fighting Islamic State Posted: 18 Jun 2018 05:50 PM PDT ![Iraq condemns strikes targeting forces fighting Islamic State]( "Iraq condemns strikes targeting forces fighting Islamic State") Iraq on Tuesday condemned air strikes targeting forces fighting Islamic State in Iraq or Syria after Syrian state media said that U.S.-led coalition aircraft had bombed a Syrian army position near the Iraqi border, causing deaths and injuries. In a statement, Iraq's Foreign Ministry said that it "expresses rejection and condemnation of any air operations targeting forces in areas where they are fighting ISIS, whether in Iraq or Syria or any other area where there is a battlefield against this enemy that threatens humanity." The statement added that the ministry reiterates its call for all countries to stand together to face these "extremist groups," and it sees the necessity for an international coalition to coordinate regularly and accurately with the forces fighting these groups as well as to offer help and support.
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| 2-Year-Old Gets Through Pool Safety Gate With Ease to Highlight Importance of Child Supervision Posted: 19 Jun 2018 09:54 AM PDT  The Wyman family posted the video to Facebook to show the importance of keeping a close eye on your children around the pool.
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| 75 Former U.S. Attorneys To Jeff Sessions: End Inhumane Family Separation Policy Now Posted: 19 Jun 2018 06:57 AM PDT  A bipartisan group of former U.S. attorneys has penned an open letter to
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| FARC peace deal at risk as conservative Duque wins Colombia presidency Posted: 17 Jun 2018 07:08 PM PDT  Conservative Ivan Duque won Colombia's presidential election Sunday after a campaign that turned into a referendum on a landmark 2016 peace deal with FARC rebels that he pledged to overhaul. Duque, 41, polled 54 percent to his leftist rival Gustavo Petro's 42 percent with almost all the votes counted, electoral authority figures showed. Tensions over the deal became apparent in the immediate aftermath of Duque's victory, after the president-elect lost no time in pledging "corrections" to the peace deal.
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| Emilia Clarke Says Goodbye To ‘Game Of Thrones’ In A Heartfelt Post Posted: 18 Jun 2018 04:23 PM PDT  The Breaker of Chains has broken our hearts.
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| Meghan Markle Cried When Her Father Told Her He Would Miss Her Wedding Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:43 AM PDT  Thomas Markle also said he disagreed with Prince Harry about Donald Trump
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| Trump family separation policy becomes focus of national outrage Posted: 18 Jun 2018 01:58 PM PDT  Rep. Beto O'Rourke talks with Rachel Maddow about a Father's Day protest march he organized at the site of Trump's "tent city" camp for migrant kids in Tornillo, Texas, and the plight of migrant families being persecuted by the Trump administration.
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| Supreme Court Punts On Partisan Gerrymandering Posted: 18 Jun 2018 07:23 AM PDT  The U.S. Supreme Court took a pass on setting limits on extreme partisan
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| Monday Muscle: 2007 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Posted: 19 Jun 2018 10:43 AM PDT  After a rare Mustang with bravado and scary amounts of power? Here's why the Shelby Mustang GT500 is the beast for you – and why it's so rare...
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| XXXTentacion dead: Soldier Kidd and Soldier Jojo deny involvement as police description of suspects released Posted: 19 Jun 2018 01:13 AM PDT  A police description of suspects has been revealed after US rapper XXXTentacion was shot dead in Florida in an apparent attempted robbery. The 20-year-old rising star – real name Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy – was pronounced dead on Monday evening at a Fort Lauderdale hospital, the sheriff's office said. According to TMZ, police radio described the suspects in the shooting as two black males wearing hoodies, with the shooter wearing a red mask.
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| The Latest: Coalition says Iran is arming Yemen rebels Posted: 19 Jun 2018 08:07 AM PDT  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The Latest on the battle for the Yemeni port town of Hodeida (all times local):
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| Guatemala volcano search called off with nearly 200 unaccounted for Posted: 17 Jun 2018 11:11 PM PDT  Authorities on Sunday called off a search for the nearly 200 people missing since Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted earlier this month, devastating the surrounding countryside. Officials have confirmed the deaths of 110 people as a result of the volcanic eruption on June 3, but another 197 remain unaccounted for. Guatemala's south-central region was also shaken on Sunday night by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake with its epicenter at Iztapa, on the Pacific coast near neighboring El Salvador, the civil protection agency said.
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| You Listened To Children Crying At The Border. Sheriffs Listened To Kirstjen Nielsen. Posted: 19 Jun 2018 05:00 AM PDT  NEW ORLEANS -- As the debate over whether migrant children should be taken
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| Americans Own 46% of the World's 1 Billion Guns, Says U.N. Report Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:02 PM PDT  There are over 1 billion firearms in the world today, including 857 million in civilian hands
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| Turkish PM criticizes U.S. bill to block sale of F-35 jets: Haberturk Posted: 19 Jun 2018 01:04 AM PDT  The U.S. Senate's decision to pass a bill prohibiting the sale of Lockheed Martin's F-35 jets to Turkey is unfortunate and against the spirit of strategic partnership, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Tuesday. The U.S. Senate passed a $716 billion defense policy bill on Monday, backing President Donald Trump's call for a bigger, stronger military, which includes an amendment prohibiting sales of the jets to Turkey.
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| Duke and Duchess of Sussex join the Queen at Royal Ascot Posted: 19 Jun 2018 06:16 AM PDT  The Duchess of Sussex has made her debut at Royal Ascot, joining the Queen for her favourite event of the season as she channeled the monochrome style of My Fair Lady. The Duchess, in a white and black hat and dress, accompanied her husband in an Ascot carriage for her first outing to the Royal Enclosure, before presenting a trophy to race winner Frankie Dettori. While she appeared to have taken style inspiration from the outfits of Audrey Hepburn's Eliza Doolittle, she suffered no similar etiquette mishaps, mingling with seasoned race-goers and engaged in cheerful conversation with the Queen. The Queen, in bright yellow, led her family in the opening day of Royal Ascot, joined by the Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Princess Royal and Duke of York with his daughters. The Duke of Cambridge was elsewhere, undertaking engagements focusing on male mental health and technological innovation in Liverpool, while the Duchess remained out of sight with her three children. Royal Ascot 2018, in pictures The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived in the third carriage of the tradition Royal procession, along with the Earl and Countess of Wessex. They would have had much to talk about, as the newlywed Sussexes celebrated the "one month anniversary" of their wedding and the Wessexes marked 19 years to the day since their own Windsor Castle nuptials. The Queen wearing yellow for the first day of Royal Ascot In an unmistakable sign of welcome into the Royal family, the Duke and Duchess were tasked with presenting the trophy for the St James's Palace Stakes, won by Favourite Without Parole ridden by Frankie Dettori and trained by John Gosden. The Duchess of Sussex wore an embellished white shirt dress from Givenchy, the fashion house that designed her wedding gown, with a striking hat by Royal favourite Philip Treacy. How the Royal Family have dressed for the races over the years Fitting in with the strict dress code of the Royal Enclosure, the Duchess' colour scheme was reminiscent of the 1964 My Fair Lady film, in which a beautiful cockney flower seller mingles with high society at Ascot before being unmasked by her coarse shouts of encouragement at the horses. Royal Ascot | Read more
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