| 'National Disgrace!': Trump escalates attack on Mueller as jury mulls Manafort's fate Posted: 20 Aug 2018 05:53 AM PDT  President Trump on Monday escalated his attack on Robert Mueller's Russia probe, labeling the special counsel "disgraced and discredited" and Mueller's investigators a "National Disgrace."
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| Alligator Kills Woman Walking Dog In South Carolina: Police Posted: 20 Aug 2018 11:50 AM PDT  A woman died Monday morning in a suspected alligator attack on Hilton Head
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| Crikey! Photographer gets up close with dangerous crocs Posted: 21 Aug 2018 12:41 PM PDT ![Crikey! Photographer gets up close with dangerous crocs]( "Crikey! Photographer gets up close with dangerous crocs") Alex Suh has traveled to Mexico's Banco Chinchorro reef twice in the past three years to get into the waters and capture the crocodiles in their natural habitat.
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| Dad of slain pregnant woman breaks down in Colorado court as murder charges read against son-in-law Posted: 21 Aug 2018 10:05 AM PDT  Chris Watts is accused of killing his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts, and their two daughters, Celeste, 3, and Bella, 4, last week.
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| Why It Is Time for All U.S. Bishops to Resign Posted: 20 Aug 2018 01:34 PM PDT  In the midst of the Catholic Church's latest reckoning
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| France's Total has officially left Iran: oil minister Posted: 20 Aug 2018 08:39 AM PDT  French energy giant Total has officially quit its multi-billion-dollar gas project in Iran, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on Monday, following the reimposition of US sanctions. "Total has officially left the agreement for the development of phase 11 of South Pars (gas field)," he told parliament's news agency ICANA, adding that it had been more than two months since the French firm announced it would leave. Zanganeh also appeared before parliament to underline the dire state of Iran's oil and gas facilities, which he said were "worn out" and in need of renovation that Iran could not afford.
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| Could soccer moms swing the House? Democrats hope so. Posted: 20 Aug 2018 07:29 AM PDT  Remember the "soccer moms"? That 1990s term for politically moderate suburban women has fallen out of usage lately, but they're still around, and a key voting bloc in the upcoming midterms. Frustrated with Washington and turned off by President Trump, they could deliver Congress to the Democrats in November. Or not.
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| Pregnant Woman Suspected Husband Might Be Cheating Before He Allegedly Killed Her: Friend Posted: 20 Aug 2018 07:36 AM PDT  A pregnant woman found dead in Colorado last week had suspected her husband,
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| Malaysia's Mahathir cancels China-backed rail, pipeline projects Posted: 21 Aug 2018 01:53 AM PDT  KUALA LUMPUR/BEIJING (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday that the Chinese-funded $20 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project and a natural gas pipeline project in Sabah will be canceled for now, according to media reports. Mahathir made the comments while addressing the media in Beijing during his five-day trip to China. The Prime Minister's office confirmed the comments Mahathir made to reporters in Beijing.
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| Elizabeth Warren’s Far-Reaching New Bill Aims To Actually Drain The Swamp Posted: 21 Aug 2018 12:26 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) unveiled a sweeping plan on
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| Wildfire moves closer to Glacier National Park's scenic road Posted: 19 Aug 2018 06:38 PM PDT  MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A wildfire in Montana's Glacier National Park is forcing more evacuations and has burned within a half-mile of the scenic Going-to-the-Sun Road.
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| Yahoo News explains: What's the other cause impacting global warming? Posted: 20 Aug 2018 08:13 AM PDT  The authors of the study predict a 58 percent chance that the next few years will be "anomalously warm," with a 69 percent chance that earth's oceans will be too. The study found that that warming trend is not just the result of a steady increase in human-made climate change driven by emissions of greenhouse gases. The study used data from 10 climate-change models and found that natural variabilities were the cause of a global warming "hiatus" in the early 2000s.
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| Pope addresses Catholic Church sexual abuse report in open letter: ‘We showed no care for the little ones' Posted: 20 Aug 2018 09:58 AM PDT  Pope Francis has condemned the "atrocities" of child sex abuse and cover-ups by the clergy in an open letter to the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics. Addressing a US Grand Jury report revealing decades of alleged sexual abuse inside the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania, the Pontiff described allegations against the Church as "crimes that inflict deep wounds of pain and powerlessness" in victims, their families and the religious community. The report detailed at least 1,000 cases of alleged sexual abuse committed by 300 "predator" priests in Pennsylvania — and what was a systematic cover-up by Church officials.
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| Eight hikers die as flash flood hits Italy's Calabria Posted: 20 Aug 2018 01:46 PM PDT  Eight hikers died when a mountain river suddenly flooded in Italy's southern Calabria region, with five people still missing, local emergency services said on Monday. "We have eight dead but we can't rule out the toll increasing," the local civil protection unit told AFP. It also said there were two groups of 18 hikers at the site.
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| Man Forced to Choose Between Meth and Wife Makes Wrong Call Posted: 21 Aug 2018 06:06 AM PDT ![Man Forced to Choose Between Meth and Wife Makes Wrong Call]( "Man Forced to Choose Between Meth and Wife Makes Wrong Call") Man Forced to Choose Between Meth and Wife Makes Wrong Call There is no wrath like a woman scorned Don't do drugs, m'kay? If you do, be ready to deal with the consequences. I'm not talking about justice or prison here, I'm talking about an angry wife, which
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| Trump Implies Taking Away Security Clearances Is Punishment For Criticizing Him Posted: 21 Aug 2018 08:38 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Tuesday continued to lash out at former top
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| Missouri Teen Killed On Birthday Just An Hour After ‘I Made It To 17’ Facebook Post Posted: 21 Aug 2018 03:19 PM PDT  A Missouri teenager was senselessly killed after posting to Facebook about how
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| More Russian Hacking Uncovered Ahead Of Midterms — This Time Targeting Conservatives Posted: 21 Aug 2018 02:25 AM PDT  Microsoft announced Tuesday that it had uncovered -- and thwarted -- fresh
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| Some Venezuelans, alarmed by Maduro's measures, speed up plans to flee Posted: 20 Aug 2018 02:51 PM PDT ![Some Venezuelans, alarmed by Maduro's measures, speed up plans to flee]( "Some Venezuelans, alarmed by Maduro's measures, speed up plans to flee") Maduro on Friday stunned the South American nation by announcing a 96 percent devaluation and vowing to peg the bolivar currency to Venezuela's new 'petro', a cryptocurrency that experts have cast doubt on as a functional financial instrument. "I am looking for flights to leave on Wednesday, any way I can," Narvaez said in Venezuela's western oil hub of Punto Fijo, home to massive but deteriorated oil refineries. "I am sure this is going to get worse because the man's ideas lack all logic." Maduro, who argues that he is the victim of a Washington-led "economic war" designed to sabotage his administration through sanctions, said that using the petro will abolish the "tyranny" of the dollar and lead to an economic rebirth in Venezuela, an OPEC member state home to the world's biggest crude oil reserves.
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| The Latest: Suspect, a 2-year employee, fired on co-workers Posted: 20 Aug 2018 11:09 AM PDT  MISSOURI CITY, Texas (AP) — The Latest on deadly workplace shooting near Houston (all times local):
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| Actress Asia Argento denies sexual relationship with underage teen Posted: 21 Aug 2018 01:32 PM PDT  Italian actress and sexual abuse campaigner Asia Argento denied Tuesday having had a sexual relationship five years ago with an underage teen, calling the allegations part of "a long-standing persecution". The New York Times reported on Sunday that Argento, 42, a Harvey Weinstein accuser and leading figure in the #MeToo movement, had paid actor and rock musician Jimmy Bennett $380,000 over the alleged 2013 incident at a Los Angeles hotel. Bennett was two months past his 17th birthday at the time of the alleged encounter, while Argento was 37.
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| Argentine Police Officer Breastfeeds Malnourished Baby in Kind Gesture Posted: 21 Aug 2018 05:57 AM PDT  She went above and beyond the call of duty.
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| EPA Proposal To Gut Obama-Era Coal Plant Rule Could Cause 1,400 Premature Deaths Per Year Posted: 21 Aug 2018 06:06 AM PDT  The Trump administration proposed its plan Tuesday to gut a controversial
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| The Taliban Have Taken at Least 100 People Hostage in Northern Afghanistan, Officials Say Posted: 19 Aug 2018 11:01 PM PDT  Women and children were among those seized during an ambush in the country's north
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| Famously Thicc, High-Maintenance Cat Finds New Human As Extra As He Is Posted: 21 Aug 2018 02:43 PM PDT  Bruno is off the market, guys.
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| Irish abuse survivors await Pope's arrival with scepticism Posted: 20 Aug 2018 07:35 AM PDT  Over the next 15 years floods of similar stories followed as harrowing state investigations unearthed endemic sexual abuse and cover-up that rocked the church's standing in the once staunchly Roman Catholic country. When Pope Francis makes the first papal visit to Ireland in nearly 40 years this weekend, Madden, a Dubliner, will be a long way away. To see that institution being cheered on when there are so many unanswered questions, I would find it sickening," said Madden, who will be in Rome when the Pope addresses an expected 500,000 people in Dublin on Sunday.
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| 58 people shot in Chicago over weekend as police hit out at 'cowardly' violence Posted: 20 Aug 2018 05:46 PM PDT  Chicago police have hit out at "cowardly" and "senseless" gun crime after at least 58 people were shot in another violent weekend across the city. Six people were killed from the shootings that took place from Friday to Sunday night, Chicago Police Department (CPD) Superintendent Eddie Johnson said at a press conference. Tom Ahern, the assistant director of news affairs and communications at CPD reported that a three-year-old boy was among those wounded as a result of the shootings from the weekend.
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| Good Samaritans rescue two people, dog from sinking car Posted: 20 Aug 2018 04:21 AM PDT  Witnesses say the vehicle crashed through a marina railing in Long Beach, California, and into the water.
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| Tweeters Erupt Over Donald Trump's 'Racist' Praise Of Border Patrol Agent Posted: 21 Aug 2018 12:27 AM PDT  President Donald Trump faced yet more accusations of racism on Monday after he
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| Iran unveils first domestic fighter jet Posted: 21 Aug 2018 12:45 AM PDT  Iran unveiled its first domestic fighter jet on Tuesday, with President Hassan Rouhani insisting that Tehran's military strength was only designed to deter enemies and was aimed at creating "lasting peace". Images on state television showed Rouhani sitting in the cockpit of the new "Kowsar" fourth-generation fighter at the National Defence Industry exhibition in Tehran. "When I speak of our readiness to defend, it means we seek lasting peace.
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| Democrats Suing To Stop GOP Congressman Calling Himself A ‘Farmer’ On Ballot Posted: 20 Aug 2018 03:17 PM PDT  A California Democrats group wants to stop Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) from
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| Mollie Tibbetts' Father Reluctantly Returns Home After a Month Posted: 20 Aug 2018 05:57 AM PDT  Law enforcement encouraged the Tibbetts family to return to their regular lives.
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| Flash flood kills 10 hikers in Italian mountain gorge as rescuers say it hit like 'a tsunami' Posted: 21 Aug 2018 03:19 AM PDT  An eight-year-old girl survived a devastating flash flood in a canyon in southern Italy but was found next to a body that rescuers believe may be one of her parents. The girl, named as Chiara, was semi-conscious, covered in thick mud and suffering from hypothermia when she was found in the gorge in Calabria after it was hit by a "tsunami" of muddy water following a severe storm. The seven-mile-long canyon, located in Pollino national park, has 2,300ft-high sheer rock walls which in some places are just 13ft apart. At least two groups of hikers were caught up in the disaster on Monday. While some were able to scramble to higher ground, others were engulfed by the flash flood and drowned. Ten people were killed, with some bodies washed up to three miles downstream by the force of the torrent. Eleven people were injured, five of them seriously. Four children lost either one or both of their parents. A rescue helicopter in the gorge that was hit by a flash flood Credit: Francesco Arena/Ansa "She was semi-conscious but clearly in a state of shock. We found her next to a corpse and from what we know, her parents are almost certainly among the victims," said Pasquale Gagliardi, a doctor with the local helicopter rescue service. The little girl, who had swallowed mud and debris, was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Naples, hundreds of miles to the north. A girl is helped by a member of the National Alpine and Caving Rescue Squad as they (right) descend the gorge Credit: ANSA/AP "You're going to make it, little one," Dr Pasquale wrote on Facebook under a photograph of the girl's hand, covered in mud, on the shoulder of an alpine rescue specialist. The hand of the eight year old girl on the shoulder of an alpine rescue specialist Credit: Twitter The victims included a volunteer rescue worker who helped pull people alive from a hotel in central Italy that was hit by a deadly avalanche in January 2017. Antonio De Rasis, 32, was guiding hikers through the gorge when it was hit by the 8ft-high wall of water. "With his experience, he would definitely have tried to help the group as much as possible," said Antonio Carlomagno, the mayor of the town where Mr De Rasis came from. The flash flood also claimed the lives of two models, Miriam Mezzolla, 27, and Claudia Giampietro, 31, who were said to be inseparable and shared a passion for burlesque dancing. Rescuers work in the gorge of the Raganello stream in Civita Credit: WENN.com An investigation has been launched into the disaster, with questions asked about why people were allowed into the gorge when bad weather was forecast. "It was a real tsunami. These are events that happen once in a lifetime," said Giacomo Zanfei, a senior official with the mountain rescue service. Italy has experienced strange weather this summer, with torrid heat building up in the mornings and then giving way to thunder, lightning and torrential rain. Rescuers and citizens wait in the central square of Civita, a village in the Italian Calabria southern region Credit: AFP Climate experts say the summer is becoming less dry and more "tropical", with higher rainfall than before. "It is a shocking tragedy, linked to the terrible weather we've had this summer," said Mimmo Lo Polito, a local mayor. The canyoning disaster comes just a week after the collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa, which killed 43 people. Raganello gorges in Pollino National Park, Calabria Credit: DEA/V. GIANNELLA "Italy is tired of crying for the dead. Enough," said Sergio Costa, the environment minister, during a visit to the scene. "If what happened is the result of negligence, sloppiness or a lack of awareness of the risks, we are facing a serious situation that we need to get to the bottom of." "The whole country is deeply saddened by this new tragedy, which has caused many deaths and injuries in Pollino national park," said Sergio Mattarella, Italy's president.
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| Taliban reject Afghan ceasefire, kidnap nearly 200 bus passengers Posted: 20 Aug 2018 09:03 AM PDT  Two Taliban commanders said their supreme leader rejected President Ashraf Ghani's Sunday offer of a three-month ceasefire, beginning with this week's Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday. In June, the Taliban observed a government ceasefire over the three-day Eid al-Fitr festival, leading to unprecedented scenes of government soldiers and militants embracing on front lines, and raising hopes for talks. Taliban leader Sheikh Haibatullah Akhunzada rejected the new offer on the grounds that it too would only help the American-led mission.
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| Muslim pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat for hajj's pinnacle Posted: 20 Aug 2018 12:23 AM PDT  MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Some 2 million Muslim pilgrims gathered on Monday in the valley of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for a day of prayer that marks the pinnacle of the annual hajj.
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| A 46-Year-Old Woman Who Fell Off a Cruise Ship Was Rescued Alive 10 Hours Later Posted: 20 Aug 2018 07:38 AM PDT  She credited her yoga routine with giving her the strength to survive
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| Trump Speechwriter Fired After He's Linked To White Nationalist Event Posted: 20 Aug 2018 01:32 AM PDT  A White House speechwriter for President Donald Trump was fired last week
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| This Is How South Africa Could Become the Next Zimbabwe Posted: 20 Aug 2018 12:36 PM PDT  Forced land redistribution was tried eighteen years ago by Zimbabwe and it did not go well.
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| Husband and Wife Die After Being Caught in Riptide off New Hampshire Beach Posted: 21 Aug 2018 07:30 AM PDT  Michael and Laura Cote were both unconscious when they were pulled from the water at the Seabrook shore about 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
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