| Polar Bear Killed After Attacking Cruise Ship Worker In Arctic Posted: 29 Jul 2018 12:40 AM PDT  A polar bear was killed on Saturday after it attacked a bear guard leading
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| Mike Pence Defends White House Banning CNN Reporter From Press Event Posted: 29 Jul 2018 10:39 AM PDT  Vice President Mike Pence stood by the White House's decision to ban a CNN
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| Pope accepts US cardinal's resignation after sexual abuse claim Posted: 28 Jul 2018 08:14 AM PDT  One of America's most prominent Catholic cardinals has resigned after an allegation was made that he sexually abused a teenage boy almost 50 years ago. Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, wrote to the Vatican offering his resignation on Friday, which was accepted by Pope Francis. A statement from the Vatican issued on Saturday read: "Yesterday evening the Holy Father received the letter in which Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington (USA), presented his resignation as a member of the College of Cardinals. "Pope Francis accepted his resignation from the cardinalate and has ordered his suspension from the exercise of any public ministry, together with the obligation to remain in a house yet to be indicated to him, for a life of prayer and penance until the accusations made against him are examined in a regular canonical trial." Mr McCarrick, 88, was ordained in 1958 and rose through the ranks in the Archdiocese of New York before being installed as archbishop of Washington in 2001, a post he held until 2006. Pope Francis recently criticised the "culture of abuse and cover-up" in the Catholic Church Credit: VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images He is officially retired but continues to travel abroad regularly, speaking on issues such as human rights. The allegation related to Mr McCarrick's time in New York. He was accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old who was being measured for a new cassock, according to The New York Times. The claim was investigated for the New York archdiocese by a group of jurists, law enforcement experts, parents, psychologists, and religious figures. The group judged that the allegations were "credible and substantiated". Mr McCarrick was removed from public ministry on June 20. Mr McCarrick said in a statement at the time that he was "shocked" by the report and maintained his innocence. He also said he had co-operated with the investigation. "My sadness was deepened when I was informed that the allegations had been determined credible and substantiated," he said in the statement. Mr McCarrick added: "While I have absolutely no recollection of this reported abuse, and believe in my innocence, I am sorry for the pain the person who brought the charges has gone through, as well as for the scandal such charges cause our people." At the time senior US church officials said they had received three allegations of McCarrick's sexual misconduct with adults decades ago, two of which resulted in settlements. A Catholic University canon law expert, Kurt Martens, noted that this was the first time an order of penance and prayer had been issued before a church trial could take place. Earlier this year Pope Francis publicly criticsed the "culture of abuse and cover-up" in the Catholic Church, saying it must "never again" be allowed to happen.
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| At Least 3 Dead, Several Injured In New Orleans Shooting Attack Posted: 29 Jul 2018 01:41 AM PDT  A manhunt is underway in New Orleans for two suspects who police say fired
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| Thousands bury 11-year-old, 2 others killed by Israeli fire Posted: 28 Jul 2018 08:18 AM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands attended funerals Saturday of three Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire in a border protest a day earlier, including an 11-year-old, a 17-year-old and a man on crutches.
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| Mangled boats, bikes all that remain in wake of California fire Posted: 28 Jul 2018 01:11 AM PDT  By Alexandria Sage KESWICK, Calif (Reuters) - Before fire hit this Northern California community, summer was well under way. In driveways, speedboats lay on trailers waiting for their next spin on the nearby Sacramento River. The carefree summer has ended for the town of Keswick.
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| Lawmakers trying to stop the production of 3-D-printed guns. But it might be too late Posted: 28 Jul 2018 12:58 AM PDT  US gun safety campaigners have expressed their anger over Congress' failure to regulate the manufacture of 3-D printed guns. Following a multi-year legal battle, the federal government last month entered into a settlement with Defense Distributed founder, Cody Wilson. Mr Wilson rose to fame after manufacturing the the first fully 3-D printed pistol in 2013, when he was just 25.
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| Iran's rial hits record-low 100,000 to the dollar Posted: 29 Jul 2018 01:48 AM PDT  Iran's currency hit a record low on Sunday of 100,000 rials to the dollar amid a deepening economic crisis and the imminent return of full US sanctions. The rial has lost half its value against the dollar in just four months, having broken through the 50,000-mark for the first time in March.
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| Koch Network Leaders Blast Trump White House As ‘Divisive’ Posted: 28 Jul 2018 05:30 PM PDT  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. ― Leaders of the Koch Network of conservative
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| Robert Mugabe: I won't vote for 'those who tormented me' in Zimbabwe elections Posted: 29 Jul 2018 04:27 AM PDT  Robert Mugabe, the former dictator of Zimbabwe, backed the main opposition candidate against his own party in a surprise intervention on the eve of today's historic general election. Mr Mugabe, 94, said he could not vote for Zanu-PF, the party he headed for four decades until he was deposed in November, and indicated he would back the opposition MDC alliance instead. "I cannot vote for the people who tormented me," Mr Mugabe said, referring the the current Zanu PF leader and incumbent president Emmerdon Mnangagwa. "I will make my choice from the other 22 candidates." But he added: "Who is there left? I think it is just Chamisa." Mr Mugabe said he would accept the outcome of the election whoever won. It was not clear if Mr Mugabe's last-minute intervention would affect voting intentions. An apparent endorsement by the widely-hated dictator could erode some of Mr Chamisa's credibility as an oppositionist and candidate of change. However, he could pick up votes from traditional Zanu PF supporters dismayed at Mr Mugabe's treatment during the soft coup that ended his rule last year. Speaking at an impromptu press conference on the grounds of his sprawling mansion in northern Harare, Mr Mugabe, flanked by his wife Grace, said he had been illegally "sacked" in the coup and accused Mr Mnangagwa of destroying Zimbabwe's democracy. Mugabe made the unexpected intervention as Zimbabwe prepared for its first elections since he was removed from power in a soft coup Credit: JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images "I hope the choice of voting tomorrow will throw, thrust away the military government and bring us back to constitutionality," he said. "Let tomorrow be the voice of the people to say never again shall we experience a period where the army is used to thrust one person into power." Mr Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe for 38 years until was he deposed in a largely bloodless military coup in November following a power struggle between Grace Mugabe and Mr Mnangagwa, a former vice president and intelligence chief. Monday's presidential election will be the first in which Mr Mugabe is not on the ballot paper since the end of white minority rule in 1980. Parliamentary and local government elections take place simultaneously. The poll is widely seen as a two-horse race between Mr Mnangagwa of the ruling Zanu PF and Mr Chamisa of the MDC Alliance, a grouping of seven opposition parties. Both candidates have promised radical economic and political reforms in a bid to convince voters that only they offer a break with the Mugabe years. The most recent poll by AfroBarometer, an international pollster, put Mr Chamisa on 37 percent of the vote and Mr Mnangagwa on 40 percent. Show of unity: Mugabe and his wife Grace Credit: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Several prominent former members of the G40, the faction inside Zanu PF that backed Mrs Mugabe in her unsuccessful power struggle with Mr Mnangagwa, have openly endorsed Mr Chamisa. Mr Chamisa, 40, said he would not reject Mr Mugabe's indirect endorsement, but ruled out allowing Grace Mugabe a place in his cabinet. "I will accept any voter with a clear mind and a clean heart," he said at a press conference. "I need every support and this is not about the past. it's about the future. I must not gaze at the past. We are going forward and it is a waste of time watching internal fights in Zanu PF. The conduct and outcome of Monday's election will be seen as a key test of Mr Mnangagwa's promise to build a "New Zimbabwe" of democracy and political pluralism. The international community has demanded a free and fair vote as a condition for allowing Zimbabwe to rejoining the Commonwealth and for the lifting of US sanctions that currently block IMF loans. Mr Mnangagwa, who orchestrated violent crackdowns against the MDC on previous elections, has promised a "non-violent, peaceful" election and international observers and journalists have been allowed into the country for the first time in years. The number of people leaving Zimbabwe has steadily increased under Mugabe The state-owned media and many privately owned but Zanu-controlled outlets have openly backed Mr Mnangagwa, depriving the opposition of much publicity. Mr Chamisa has accused Zanu PF of planning to rig the vote, and has told supporters that a defeat would be proof the election was crooked. Opposition activists have complained that a new electoral roll includes thousands of suspicious entries that could be "ghost voters" used for ballot rigging. The EU, which partially funded the compilation of the new voters roll, which according to a review has no crucial irregularities. Profile | Emmerson Mnangagwa
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| What To Watch On Amazon Prime That’s New This Week Posted: 28 Jul 2018 06:03 AM PDT  Streamline recommends "The Americans" as the thing you should watch on Amazon
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| Vatican meets #MeToo: Nuns denounce their abuse by priests Posted: 28 Jul 2018 09:40 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Revelations that a prominent U.S. cardinal sexually abused and harassed his adult seminarians have exposed an egregious abuse of power that has shocked Catholics on both sides of the Atlantic. But the Vatican has long been aware of its heterosexual equivalent — the sexual abuse of nuns by priests and bishops — and done little to stop it, an Associated Press analysis has found.
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| Former Milosevic defense lawyer killed in Belgrade Posted: 28 Jul 2018 01:52 PM PDT  A prominent Belgrade lawyer who in the past helped to defend late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic was shot dead, gangland-style, in front of his home on Saturday, police said. Dragoslav Ognjanovic, 57, was gunned down in front of his apartment building in the Novi Beograd neighborhood and his 26-year-old son was wounded in the right arm, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. As a prominent criminal lawyer, Ognjanovic served in the early 2000s on a legal team that helped to defend Milosevic at his war crimes trial before the U.N. tribunal for former Yugoslavia in The Hague.
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| No, Bachelor Parties Are Not Why Millennials Can't Afford Houses Posted: 28 Jul 2018 04:48 PM PDT  "Study: Bachelor, bachelorette parties are why millennials can't afford
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| Strong quake kills 14, injures scores, on Indonesia holiday island Posted: 29 Jul 2018 03:08 AM PDT  A powerful earthquake which struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok on Sunday killed at least 14 people, injured scores and damaged thousands of homes, officials said. Five children were among those killed by the shallow 6.4-magnitude early-morning quake, which sent people running outside in panic and triggered landslides on popular mountain hiking routes. Scores of aftershocks sparked fear among survivors.
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| Rudy Giuliani: Michael Cohen Has Been Warned To Keep His Mouth Shut Posted: 28 Jul 2018 08:02 PM PDT  President Donald Trump's legal team has warned his former fixer, Michael
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| Palestinian teenager released from prison after slapping Israeli soldiers Posted: 29 Jul 2018 06:56 AM PDT  Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi was released from prison Sunday after serving eight months for slapping two Israeli soldiers, an episode captured on video that made her a symbol of resistance for Palestinians. Tamimi, 17, and her mother Nariman arrived in their village of Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank, where they were met by crowds of supporters and journalists "The resistance continues until the fall of the occupation, and of course the (female) prisoners in jail are all strong," Ahed Tamimi said, her voice barely audible above the crowd. "I thank everyone who supported me in this sentence and supports all the prisoners." Her father Bassem put his arms around Ahed and her mother as they walked together along the road, the crowd chanting "we want to live in freedom". Tamimi later visited the tomb of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Ramallah and laid flowers there, before meeting Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas. Ahed Tamimi, 17 Abbas "praised Ahed and described her as a model of the Palestinian struggle for freedom, independence and statehood," according to a statement on official news agency WAFA. "He stressed that non-violent resistance which Ahed embodies has proven to be an ideal and vital weapon in facing the repression of the Israeli occupation." Israeli authorities appeared keen to avoid media coverage of the release as much as possible, and conflicting information had meant supporters and journalists scrambled to arrive on time at the correct location. Tamimi and her mother had been driven early on Sunday from Israel's Sharon prison into the occupied West Bank, authorities said. But the location of the checkpoint where they were to cross into the territory was changed three times before it was finally announced they were being taken to a crossing at Rantis, about an hour's drive from the initial location. Both Tamimi and her mother were sentenced to eight months in an Israeli military court following a plea deal over the December incident, which the family said took place in their garden in Nabi Saleh. They were released some three weeks early, a common practice by Israeli authorities due to overcrowded prisons, Tamimi's lawyer Gaby Lasky said. Tamimi visits the Mausoleum of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, following their release from Israeli Prison in Ramallah Credit: Anadolu Video of the December incident went viral, leading Palestinians to view her as a hero standing up to Israel's occupation. Tamimi was arrested in the early hours of December 19, four days after the incident in the video. She was 16 at the time. Her mother Nariman was also arrested, as was her cousin Nour, who was freed in March. Israel's military said the soldiers had been in the area on the day of the incident to prevent Palestinians from throwing stones at Israeli motorists. The video shows the cousins approaching two soldiers and telling them to leave, before shoving, kicking and slapping them. Ahed Tamimi is the most aggressive of the two in the video. The heavily armed soldiers do not respond in the face of what appears to be an attempt to provoke rather than seriously harm them. Many Israelis also praised the restraint of the soldiers, who remained calm throughout, though others said her actions merited a tougher response. The soldiers then move backwards after Nariman Tamimi becomes involved. The scuffle took place amid clashes and protests against US President Donald Trump's controversial recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Relatives say that a member of the Tamimi family was wounded in the head by a rubber bullet fired during those protests.
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| Congress For $400: This House Minority Leader Played Guest Host On 'Jeopardy' Posted: 27 Jul 2018 09:45 PM PDT  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will never be a threat to Alex
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| CBS investigating sexual misconduct allegations against CEO Les Moonves Posted: 28 Jul 2018 07:10 AM PDT  The American cable TV network CBS is investigating sexual misconduct allegations made against its chief executive Les Moonves, triggering a 6 per cent fall in the company's stock value. An article in The New Yorker magazine reported that six women who had professional dealings with Moonves said he sexually harassed them between the 1980s and late 2000s. Four of the women described forcible touching or kissing during business meetings, while two said that Moonves physically intimidated them or threatened to derail their careers, according to the author.
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| Cambodia's ruling party claims victory in much-criticized election Posted: 29 Jul 2018 07:58 AM PDT  By Prak Chan Thul and Tom Allard PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) said on Sunday that it had won a general election that rights groups said was neither free nor fair due to voter intimidation and the absence of any significant challenger to Prime Minister Hun Sen. With no real opposition to speak of, Hun Sen was widely expected to win. CPP spokesman Sok Eysan said the party won an estimated 100 out of 125 parliamentary seats.
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| MoviePass Ran Out Of Money, Couldn't Afford To Buy Tickets For Its Users Posted: 28 Jul 2018 12:28 PM PDT  The movie theater ticket app MoviePass suffered an outage Thursday when its
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| 'Erratic' winds, dry conditions fuel deadly California fires Posted: 29 Jul 2018 01:07 PM PDT  Around 12,000 firefighters battled Sunday to contain wildfires in California that have killed six people -- but authorities warned "erratic" winds and dry conditions have caused the flames to grow and spread. "Very hot and dry conditions will continue over the West coast states through Sunday," the National Weather Service said early Sunday.
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| Indonesia earthquake: At least 10 dead as tourist island of Lombok shaken by 6.4-magnitude tremor Posted: 28 Jul 2018 09:10 PM PDT  A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the popular Indonesian tourist destination Lombok on Sunday, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more, officials said. The strong tremor, which sent people running in panic from homes and hotels in the early morning, was followed by two strong secondary quakes and more than 60 aftershocks. "The earthquake killed at least 10 people, some 40 people are injured and dozens of houses were damaged," said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency. "We estimate the number will keep rising because we are not done collecting data," Nugroho said. A 30-year old Malaysian woman was among the victims, he said, adding those hurt were hit by debris. An Indonesian person scrambles over the collapsed ruins of a house as others look on following an earthquake in Lombok Credit: AFP The jolt was felt some 100 km (60 miles) away in the bustling holiday island of Bali, although there were no immediate reports of damage there. As authorities scrambled to assess the damage to buildings and infrastructure, popular trekking trails on the remote Mount Rinjani were closed because of landslides, according to the disaster agency. "The earthquake was very strong... and everybody in my house panicked, we all ran outside," said Zulkifli, a resident of North Lombok, close to the epicentre. "All my neighbours also ran outside and the electricity was suddenly cut off," Zulkifli, who goes by one name, told AFP. The epicentre of the shallow earthquake struck 50 km (30 miles) northeast of Lombok's main city Mataram, the United States Geological Survey said, far from the main tourist spots on the south and west of the island. It said two of the aftershocks measured more than 5-magnitude. "People in East Lombok and Mataram felt the strong quake for 10 seconds, residents were panicking and running outside of their homes," Nugroho said earlier, adding people had run for open spaces like football fields. No tsunami alert was issued, according to Indonesia's geophysics and meteorology agency. At the holiday island's hotels, tourists raced outside as the quake struck soon after dawn. At the Katamaran Hotel & Resort in Senggigi beach, some 30 guests gathered in the hotel lobby for around half an hour before venturing back to their rooms. Wake up in the morning with the shaking bed ! Got called from farm and so many facility broke down..#agendafreetv#lombok#earthquakepic.twitter.com/GbANUMLpxW— Reyn (@suharja_reynard) July 28, 2018 "They calmed down and returned to their room once we explained the earthquake did not trigger a tsunami, everything is back to normal now," receptionist Ni Nyoman Suwarningsih told AFP. Indonesia, an archipelago of thousands of islands, sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a seismic activity hotspot. It is frequently hit by quakes, most of them harmless. However, the region remains acutely alert to tremors that might trigger tsunamis. In 2004, a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 9.3 undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, in western Indonesia, killed 220,000 people in countries around the Indian Ocean, including 168,000 in Indonesia.
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| Donald Trump Jr. And Robert Mueller's Close Airport Encounter Is Now A Meme Posted: 28 Jul 2018 06:10 AM PDT  Donald Trump Jr. was captured on camera waiting for a flight near the same
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| Somali leader makes 1st visit to Eritrea in diplomatic thaw Posted: 28 Jul 2018 06:59 AM PDT  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Another diplomatic thaw was underway Saturday in the restless Horn of Africa region as Somalia's president visited Eritrea for the first time and years of tensions gave way to an embrace.
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| Sanctuary City Philadelphia to Limit Cooperation with ICE Posted: 28 Jul 2018 09:03 AM PDT  Federal officials said the decision puts U.S. citizens in danger
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| How Green Are Electric Lawn Mowers? Posted: 28 Jul 2018 03:01 AM PDT  The performance of electric mowers has improved dramatically over the course of the decade that Consumer Reports has been testing them. And this year is no different. From the $500 Ego LM2101 pus...
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| Judge urges U.S. to focus on reuniting deported parents with children Posted: 27 Jul 2018 08:49 PM PDT ![Judge urges U.S. to focus on reuniting deported parents with children]( "Judge urges U.S. to focus on reuniting deported parents with children") By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A judge on Friday urged the U.S. government to focus on finding deported immigrant parents so it could reunite them with their children who remain in the United States following separation by officials at the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months. The government had declared it had met a court-ordered deadline to reunite families separated during the Trump administration's "zero tolerance policy" aimed at discouraging illegal immigration. U.S. Judge Dana Sabraw said at a court hearing in San Diego the government deserved credit for the 1,820 children released from custody to a parent or sponsor.
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| Two Rare Bugatti Veyrons Come Up For Sale Posted: 28 Jul 2018 12:04 AM PDT  Extra-special versions of an already incredible car.
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| EU trying to 'swindle' UK in Brexit talks: report Posted: 29 Jul 2018 02:28 AM PDT  Italy's far right deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini has accused the European Union of attempting to "swindle" the United Kingdom out of the Brexit people voted for in the landmark 2016 referendum, The Sunday Times reported. "My experience in the European parliament tells me you either impose yourself or they swindle you", Salvini told the weekly as he urged prime minister Theresa May to take a harder stance in negotiations to sever ties with the trading bloc. May and her ministers are scrambling to forge agreements with each of the EU's 27 member states after a week which saw her already fragile "Chequers plan" for Brexit knocked back by Brussels chief negotiator Michel Barnier.
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| Seventeen missing as deadly California wildfire spreads: official Posted: 28 Jul 2018 02:05 PM PDT  By Alexandria Sage REDDING, Calif. (Reuters) - Seventeen people were missing on Saturday as a monster wildfire in Northern California spread after killing two firefighters, destroying hundreds of buildings and sending tens of thousands of frantic residents fleeing from their homes. More than 38,000 people in Redding and elsewhere in Shasta County have been ordered to leave their homes from the 80,900-acre (32,740-hectare) Carr Fire, which has destroyed at least 500 homes and businesses. Some 3,400 firefighters on the ground and in 17 helicopters were battling the fire, which was just 5 percent contained as it ripped through Redding, a city of 90,000 people, in California's scenic Shasta-Trinity area.
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| NYT Responds To Trump Tweet About 'Fake News' Meeting With Publisher A.G. Sulzberger Posted: 29 Jul 2018 08:38 AM PDT  The New York Times hit back at President Donald Trump's tweet Sunday that
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| Teenager creates site giving children answers on deportation Posted: 28 Jul 2018 07:02 AM PDT ![Teenager creates site giving children answers on deportation]( "Teenager creates site giving children answers on deportation") HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A high school student has designed an online resource to help immigrant children and teenagers learn how to prepare for the possible deportations of parents or guardians.
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| Israel to build new settler homes after deadly knife attack Posted: 27 Jul 2018 07:55 PM PDT  Israel is to build hundreds of new homes in a settlement in the occupied West Bank where a Palestinian stabbed three Israelis, one fatally, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Friday. The announcement came as two Palestinians including a child were shot in the head by Israeli soldiers in separate incidents in the southern Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run territory's health ministry said, the latest deaths in the long-running conflict.
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| Google Celebrates Civil Rights Activist María Rebecca Latigo de Hernández With a Doodle Posted: 29 Jul 2018 06:55 AM PDT  The Mexican American leader spoke against segregation
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| New dolphin-whale hybrid sea creature is the spawn of an unholy union Posted: 28 Jul 2018 02:52 PM PDT  While surveying whales and dolphins off the Hawaiian Islands, scientists spotted a creature they've never seen before: a peculiar hybrid between a dolphin and a small whale. In 2017, before future naval officers trained on submarines in the waters around Kauai — a place called the Pacific Missile Range Facility — the U.S. Navy hired marine researchers from the Cascadia Research Collective to study the native animals in these seas. After encountering a large pod of melon-headed whales, the researchers tagged two of them, to see where they might go. It was then that the researchers noticed something curious about one of the creatures. It wasn't quite a melon-headed whale. Nor was it exactly a rough-toothed dolphin, which are common to the area. They collected some tissue from the animal, and after returning to shore and performing genetic testing, discovered it wasn't either species, but both. SEE ALSO: Iceland gets away with killing dozens of huge, endangered whales. Here's why. Melon-headed whales swimming in tropical waters (not hybrids).Image: NoaaThe hybrid was especially rare because of its melon-headed genes: The toothed-whales are rarely seen in these Hawaiian waters, the researchers wrote. Both species belong to the Delphinidae (oceanic dolphin) family, but the report notes that cross-species unions between them are unusual: It's only the third recorded example in the Delphinidae family, and the first between these two species. The hybrid, however strange, certainly wasn't treated as an outcast. The marine scientists tagged the hybrid with satellite tracking GPS, along with a companion, to see where they might go. And it appears they stayed together, travelling some 475 miles over eight days, and diving thousands of feet beneath the surface. WATCH: Ever wonder how the universe might end?
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| India says hopes new Pakistan government will work for terror-free South Asia Posted: 28 Jul 2018 10:35 AM PDT ![India says hopes new Pakistan government will work for terror-free South Asia]( "India says hopes new Pakistan government will work for terror-free South Asia") India on Saturday said it hoped the new government of Pakistan would "work constructively" to end militancy in South Asia, in its first comments following this week's general election in Pakistan. Cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan, who won the disputed election, has called for better ties with India. "We hope that the new government of Pakistan will work constructively to build a safe, stable, secure and developed South Asia free of terror and violence," India's foreign affairs ministry said in a statement.
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| Best Dishwashers for $1,000 and Up Posted: 29 Jul 2018 03:01 AM PDT  You don't have to spend $1,000 to get a really good dishwasher. But if you want a top-performer that's very quiet and stylish, you'll find the most number of options above this threshold. Dishwas...
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| New Ford Focus Looks The Way It Does Because Of China Posted: 28 Jul 2018 11:00 AM PDT  China wanted wider doors, so Ford complied.
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| The Latest: California wildfire burns 500-plus structures Posted: 28 Jul 2018 04:17 AM PDT  REDDING, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California's devastating wildfires (all times local):
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| Trump Again Threatens To Shut Down His Own Government Over Wall Funding Posted: 29 Jul 2018 07:19 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Sunday embraced shutting down the federal government
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| Burger chain apologises for using image of photojournalist beheaded by Isis in latest advert Posted: 28 Jul 2018 11:53 AM PDT  Z-Burger had put an image of slain reporter James Foley, who was captured by Isis in 2012 while covering the conflict in Syria. Chain owner Peter Tabibian took the tweet down and said in a statement: "An apology has been sent to some of you from a contracted marketing company over an unfortunate incident, a post in very poor taste that was not approved by me before being uploaded to our Twitter account". On 21 July the company's Twitter account posted an advertisement with an image of Mr Foley wearing an orange jumpsuit and kneeling facing the camera with a member of Isis wearing a full mask over their face.
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| Life returns to Egypt's Sinai city despite anti-jihadist war Posted: 28 Jul 2018 07:29 AM PDT  El-Arish (Egypt) (AFP) - With fruit and vegetables aplenty in the markets, public transport back on the roads and universities reopened, life is returning to El-Arish in North Sinai state where Egypt's army is at war with jihadists. During an army-organised visit for foreign media, the city's streets showed telltale signs of fighting in the "Sinai 2018" operation launched by the military on February 9. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered the operation, launched almost three months after more than 300 people died in a devastating attack on a Sinai mosque some 40 kilometres (25 miles) from El-Arish.
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| Five dead, including gunman, in Texas nursing home shooting: official Posted: 28 Jul 2018 08:51 PM PDT ![Five dead, including gunman, in Texas nursing home shooting: official]( "Five dead, including gunman, in Texas nursing home shooting: official") (Reuters) - Five people were shot dead, including the suspected gunman, in a Friday night attack at a Texas nursing home and the home of one of the people slain, city officials said. Police in Robstown, Texas, outside Corpus Christi, responded to reports of an active shooter at a nursing home about 7 p.m. local time (midnight GMT), where they found two men and a woman dead, said Herman Rodriguez, city secretary, in a video interview with the Caller Times of Corpus Christi.
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