| North Korea summit: Why Trump's failure to reach a deal is being lauded in Washington Posted: 28 Feb 2019 12:22 PM PST  Lawmakers and national security experts were worried about Trump falling for half-measures or false promises from the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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| Ivanka Trump occupies a different reality from most working women Posted: 28 Feb 2019 03:00 AM PST  Responding to a question about Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's proposed Green New Deal and its call for a federal job guarantee, Ivanka Trump this week offered sage wisdom: "I've spent a lot of time traveling around this country over the last four years," she said. In light of this recent controversy, it's worth revisiting Ivanka Trump's views on work through the lens of her now defunct, eponymous website dedicated to building her personal lifestyle brand – think Goop for the recently lobotomized, with fewer jade eggs and a hint of Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In. Judging by the kinds of women highlighted on her site, the working women she has in mind mostly are CEOs for jewelry and wellness companies, including her fellow bootstrapping go-getter Lauren Bush Lauren, niece of George W Bush.
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| Marine Corps confirms investigation of officers in apparent 'blackface' video Posted: 28 Feb 2019 03:58 PM PST  The Marines have launched an investigation after two of their members appeared on a social media posting appearing to wear blackface.
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| Guaido rallies support, vows to return to Venezuela 'despite threats' Posted: 28 Feb 2019 03:15 PM PST  Brasília (AFP) - Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido vowed on Thursday to return home "in the coming days... despite threats" from President Nicolas Maduro's regime, as he continues a tour of regional allies to rally international support. Guaido, recognized as interim president by more than 50 countries, met with Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday afternoon while Paraguay's leader Mario Abdo announced Guaido would be in Asuncion on Friday. After flouting a travel ban by Maduro's regime, Guaido went to Colombia last Friday where he met President Ivan Duque, US Vice President Mike Pence, Abdo and Sebastian Pinera of Chile.
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| Woman Says She's Receiving Threats After Posting Photo of What Group Calls `Trophy Kill` Posted: 27 Feb 2019 08:43 AM PST  A Colorado hunter is being blasted on Facebook for hunting a mountain lion. The hunter says her kill was legal, but members of an environmental group are taking her to tasksaying she is nothing more than a gory-hungry trophy hunter.
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| Stick to Marx not 'ghosts and spirits', China warns party members Posted: 27 Feb 2019 03:13 AM PST  China's ruling Communist Party warned party members on Wednesday to stick to Marx and Lenin and not believe in "ghosts and spirits", in the latest effort to root out superstitious practices. China officially guarantees freedom of religion for major belief systems like Christianity, Buddhism and Islam, but party members are meant to be atheists and are especially banned from participating in what China calls superstitious practices like visiting soothsayers. There have been numerous scandals in recent years where senior party members have been accused of involvement in superstition.
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| In Hanoi, Trump calls Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony 'shameful' and 'fake' Posted: 28 Feb 2019 01:49 AM PST  President Trump's second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week came as Michael Cohen, a man who was once one of Trump's closest allies, delivered dramatic testimony before Congress, calling the president a "con man."
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| 5 North Koreans Weigh in on the Second Trump-Kim Summit Posted: 28 Feb 2019 03:32 AM PST  "The more Kim develops his image as a normal leader, the quieter the voices calling for human rights for North Korean people will become."
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| Mountain lion killed by Colorado trail runner was a kitten, necropsy report says Posted: 28 Feb 2019 12:36 PM PST  The final necropsy report of the mountain lion killed by Colorado trail runner Travis Kauffman estimates the age of the lion at three to four months.
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| New solutions for the old problem of illegal massage parlors Posted: 27 Feb 2019 07:33 PM PST  BOSTON (AP) — They're nestled amid bustling downtowns and tucked into nondescript strip malls across quiet suburbs. Brothels posing as massage parlors and Asian spas have been part of the American landscape for decades, hidden in plain sight.
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| Netanyahu says graft allegations a 'witch hunt' to topple him Posted: 28 Feb 2019 11:07 AM PST  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called corruption allegations a "witch hunt" meant to topple him after the attorney general announced plans to indict him. Speaking in a televised statement a couple of hours after the attorney general's announcement, Netanyahu said he planned on being prime minister for a long time to come despite the allegations. "The left knows it cannot beat us at the polling booth, so for the past three years they have been carrying out an unprecedented witch hunt which has one aim: to topple the right-wing government which I lead," he said.
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| ECB’s Rimsevics Is Back at Work and Headed to Frankfurt Posted: 27 Feb 2019 08:42 AM PST  "I will not restrict him, I will let him travel" to Frankfurt, Viorika Jirgena, the prosecutor in charge of his case, said in an interview. The central banker's case hasn't been sent to Latvian court yet, since he is still submitting evidence in the pre-trial stage. The Latvian central bank board won't grant Rimsevics access to documents involving the case or information about commercial banks that are connected to it, with all legal inquires going through his deputy Zoja Razmusa, spokesman Janis Silakalns said in an email.
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| Jim Jordan: Cohen Hearing ‘First Step’ in Dems’ ‘Crazy Impeachment Plans’ Posted: 28 Feb 2019 05:49 AM PST  Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, the ranking Republican on the House Oversight Committee, said Wednesday evening that Democrats called Michael Cohen to testify before the panel in order to set the stage for President Trump's impeachment."I do not think you could believe much of what this guy says. What I do think was going on today is that this was the first step in the Democrats' crazy impeachment plans," Jordan said during an appearance on Fox News's "Special Report."Jordan's comments came hours after Cohen publicly disparaged his former boss as a "racist," a "conman," and a "cheat" during his public testimony before Congress. Though Cohen accused Trump of engaging in "illicit acts" while in office, including the reimbursement of hush-money payments made during the campaign to his former mistresses, the former attorney admitted he did not have knowledge of any collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.Jordan and fellow Republicans on the Oversight Committee spent the hearing impugning Cohen's credibility, frequently raising the fact that he previously lied to Congress under oath about the timing of plans to build a Moscow Trump Tower when he testified in August.Democrats, meanwhile, said their Republican colleagues were angry that Cohen had stopped lying to protect the president, and argued he had nothing to gain by continuing to lie. Despite Cohen's Wednesday testimony, Democratic leaders remain hesitant to openly broach the prospect of impeachment."Isn't it interesting that not one person on our side even mentioned the word impeachment?" Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D., Md.) said after the hearing. "Not one."Speaker Pelosi told reporters Wednesday that she did not watch Cohen's testimony.
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| Nigeria's opposition to launch legal challenge after Buhari wins second term Posted: 27 Feb 2019 10:03 AM PST  Nigeria's opposition leader is to mount a legal challenge after President Muhammadu Buhari secured a second term in an election marked both by apathy and violence that claimed hundreds of lives. The electoral commission officially declared Mr Buhari the victor of Saturday's poll, saying he had won 56 percent of the vote, against 41 percent secured by his main challenger, Atiku Abubakar. But Mr Abubakar insisted he had been cheated of the chance to lead Africa's most populous state after a conspiracy between the commission and the president's ruling party. "It is clear that there were manifest and premeditated malpractices in many states which negate the results announced," Mr Abubakar, a former vice president, said as he announced that he would file a legal petition to overturn the vote. Mr Buhari, a former military dictator who returned to office as a civilian in 2015, insisted that the election was "free and fair", claiming the vote was "another milestone in Nigeria's democratic development." Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari walks to the lectern to address the crowd gathered at an electoral commission ceremony in Abuja Credit: AP Observers have so far raised no objection to the conduct of the vote, although analysts say there were troubling aspects to it. Most controversially, the president suspended the country's chief justice last month after accusing him of improperly declaring his assets. In so doing, he removed an independently minded figure who would have presided over the hearing of Mr Abubakar's case. As a result, the petition is thought unlikely to succeed. The suspicion of some Nigerians was also raised after the electoral commission delayed the vote by a week just hours before polling was due to start. Because many voters who had travelled to their rural homes to cast their ballots were forced to return to work, turnout was barely more than a third. Many Nigerians, particularly in the predominantly Christian south, were little enthused by either candidate, both of whom are Muslim northerners. Despite the apathy, at least 327 people have been killed since campaigning began in October, an independent group that monitors violence in Nigeria said. Most died in attacks by Islamist jihadists or in fighting between gangs and the security forces close to polling stations. More than 60 have died since Saturday. Illustrating the challenges facing the president in a country struggling to emerge from recession and plagued by violence, a non-Islamist insurgent group in an oil region in the south has said it would resume its rebellion after a two-year lull should Mr Buhari win. The president will face less opposition in parliament, however, after his most formidable opponent, Bukola Saraki, the head of the senate, lost his seat.
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| Tesla announces long-promised $35,000 Model 3 Posted: 28 Feb 2019 03:29 PM PST  Tesla's long-awaited Model 3 with a $35,000 price has finally arrived.
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| Hyundai, Kia recall over 500K vehicles as fire risk spreads Posted: 28 Feb 2019 10:09 AM PST  DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai and Kia have added more than a half-million vehicles to 3 ½-year string of U.S. recalls for engine failures and fires.
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| Cardinal Pell behind bars in Australia after child sex conviction Posted: 26 Feb 2019 11:00 PM PST  Pell, a former top adviser to Pope Francis and the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted for child sex offences, was found guilty in December of five charges related to the abuse of the 13-year-old boys while he was Archbishop of Melbourne in the 1990s. Pell's guilty verdict was revealed in Australia on Tuesday after a court suppression order was dropped. The 77-year-old Pell was back in court on Wednesday for his sentence plea hearing, where his bail was revoked and he was taken into custody ahead of his final sentence being determined.
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| Did Pakistan Just Blink? Posted: 28 Feb 2019 01:38 AM PST  Things did not go as Islamabad planned.
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| J&J resumes production of baby talc in India after tests find no asbestos Posted: 28 Feb 2019 06:08 AM PST  "Johnson & Johnson has resumed production of its Johnson's Baby Powder at plants in Baddi and Mulund, India, after government sanctioned testing reaffirmed that the product does not contain asbestos," J&J said in a statement to Reuters. Reuters reported earlier on Thursday that the federal regulator had not found any asbestos in the company's talc, citing sources familiar with the matter. The federal regulator and its counterparts in Indian states launched an investigation into J&J's Baby Powder following a Reuters report in December that the firm knew for decades that cancer-causing asbestos could be found in the product.
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| Meadows gets in heated argument over race at Cohen hearing Posted: 28 Feb 2019 12:25 AM PST  Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Rep. Mark Meadows clashed during Michael Cohen's hearing after she condemned "someone" using an African woman as "a prop" in the chamber.
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| View Photos of the 2020 Polestar 2 EV Posted: 27 Feb 2019 03:58 AM PST |
| 5 Key Moments From Trump and Kim's Second Summit Posted: 28 Feb 2019 03:15 AM PST  They reached no new deal
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| Ocasio-Cortez – 'who actually worked for wages' - rebukes Ivanka Trump Posted: 26 Feb 2019 06:39 PM PST  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez described her experience 'as a person who actually worked for tips and hourly wages'. Without calling her out outright, the Democratic freshman congresswoman and Twitter wonder Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday rebuked the first daughter Ivanka Trump for sounding off on something she could never truly understand: working for a living wage. Describing her expertise "as a person who actually worked for tips and hourly wages", Ocasio-Cortez essentially pointed out that Ivanka Trump has never had to work a minimum wage job in her life and that her comments on the Green New Deal jobs guarantee rang hollow.
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| Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch for sale: Listing price slashed 70 percent to $31M Posted: 28 Feb 2019 10:13 AM PST  Neverland is co-owned by the Jackson estate and the investment firm Colony Capital and Michael Jackson's estate. Once listed for $100 million, the price has been slashed to $31 million.
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| Rubio warns Venezuela regime in jab at critics over tweets Posted: 26 Feb 2019 07:14 PM PST  MIAMI (AP) — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a fierce critic of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, warned Tuesday that tyrants often believe they're invulnerable — his first, indirect reference to his own cryptic tweeted images over the weekend showing dictators during their brutal downfalls.
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| Church sex abuse scandal: Vatican opens investigation into Cardinal George Pell Posted: 27 Feb 2019 01:02 PM PST  Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican's third-most powerful official, was remanded to prison in Australia for sexually abusing two choirboys.
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| China urges India, Pakistan against 'expansion' of tensions Posted: 27 Feb 2019 07:39 PM PST  China's foreign minister has called on Pakistan and India to avoid escalating tensions, expressing to his Pakistani counterpart "deep concern" over the Kashmir crisis amid fears aerial battles could snowball into an all-out conflict. Wang Yi's comments came as Shah Mehmood Qureshi called him on Wednesday to provide an update on the latest developments in the standoff, the Chinese foreign ministry said Thursday. Wang told Qureshi he hoped the nuclear-armed neighbours would "exercise restraint and earnestly fulfil their commitment to preventing the expansion of the situation", a ministry statement said.
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| Apple self-driving car layoffs give hints to division's direction Posted: 27 Feb 2019 07:48 PM PST  The tech firm said in a filing with state regulators that it planned to lay off people from eight different Santa Clara County facilities near its Cupertino, California, headquarters, as of April 16. A company spokesman confirmed that the reduction was from the self-driving car program. Among those laid off were at least two dozen software engineers, including a machine learning engineer, and 40 hardware engineers, according to a letter sent by Apple to California employment regulators earlier this month.
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| Pioneer Woman slow cookers on sale at Walmart — get two for less than $20 Posted: 27 Feb 2019 08:57 AM PST  No potluck is complete without dips. Almost everyone can get behind a good buffalo chicken dip or queso, and small slow cookers are arguably the best vehicle for these types of side dishes.Transport your dips in style with a set of two Pioneer Woman 1.5-quart slow cookers by Hamilton Beach, on sale for $19.99 at Walmart. Image: the pioneer woman Image: the pioneer womanThese 1.5-quart cookers are ideal for dips, sides, desserts, appetizers, fondue, and small servings. No need to lug around a large slow cooker when a smaller one will do the trick. Plus, these Pioneer Woman models have super cute floral designs. Three different heat settings allow you to cook food and maintain temperature before serving. The removable stoneware crock and glass lid are both dishwasher safe, so cleanup is easy.Get this set of two 1.5-quart Pioneer Woman slow cookers from Hamilton Beach for $19.99 at Walmart -- quite the steal. Image: The pioneer woman The Pioneer Woman set of two 1.5-quart slow cookers -- $19.99 at Walmart See Details
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| The Next-Generation Porsche Macan Will Be Fully Electric Posted: 27 Feb 2019 07:01 AM PST  Due in 2021, the next Macan will ride on an electric platform shared with the second-gen Taycan.
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| A Modern Floral Chair Will Transform Your Space Posted: 27 Feb 2019 02:04 PM PST |
| Martha Stewart partners with marijuana producer Canopy Growth to create hemp-derived goods Posted: 28 Feb 2019 12:57 PM PST  The businesswoman and television personality will be advising the company as it develops this new line, starting with animal health products.
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| The Latest: Oklahoma governor signs permitless gun bill Posted: 27 Feb 2019 03:13 PM PST  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Latest on a bill that would allow Oklahoma residents to openly carry firearms without a background check or training (all times local):
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| Why is there only one human trafficking charge in Florida massage parlor busts? Posted: 27 Feb 2019 06:22 AM PST  Lanyun Ma and Yongzhang Yan, a married Orlando couple, owned multiple Florida spas. Police said they both were sex traffickers.
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| The India-Pakistan crisis: What we know Posted: 28 Feb 2019 03:32 PM PST  A string of violent escalations have pushed India and Pakistan to the brink of conflict, sparking global alarm and calls for restraint between the nuclear-armed neighbours. On February 14, 40 paramilitaries were killed in a suicide bomb attack in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, igniting outrage. A ceasefire line divides it between India and Pakistan, but both claim the Himalayan region in its entirety.
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| Top Bristol-Myers shareholder comes out against $74 billion Celgene deal Posted: 27 Feb 2019 05:04 PM PST ![Top Bristol-Myers shareholder comes out against $74 billion Celgene deal]( "Top Bristol-Myers shareholder comes out against $74 billion Celgene deal") The announcement strengthens the hand of activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP, which filed a slate of nominees to challenge Bristol-Myers' board last week, and has been canvassing its shareholders seeking to oppose the deal. Boston-based Wellington Management rarely makes its views public. Celgene shares fell 8.5 percent in after-hours trading following Wellington's statement, while Bristol-Myers shares rose 3 percent.
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| PG&E likely started the Camp Fire and expects a $10.5B impact to its bottom line, it tells regulators Posted: 28 Feb 2019 11:59 AM PST ![PG&E likely started the Camp Fire and expects a $10.5B impact to its bottom line, it tells regulators]( "PG&E likely started the Camp Fire and expects a $10.5B impact to its bottom line, it tells regulators") Amid PG&E's bankruptcy, the company notified investors that the evidence points to its transmission equipment, In a regulatory filing.
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| Toyota Corolla Hybrid vs. Honda Insight: How These Fuel Sippers Measure Up Posted: 27 Feb 2019 01:40 PM PST  Both Honda and Toyota now have hybrid sedans that look far more conventional than the Prius, and here's how they compare.
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| Marie Kondo Helps Celebs Like Jennifer Garner, Hasan Minhaj Get a Head Start on Spring Cleaning Posted: 27 Feb 2019 12:27 PM PST  The tidying expert has gone viral following the premiere of her Netflix series Tidying Up With Marie Kondo
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| Cohen unloads on Trump in explosive testimony Posted: 27 Feb 2019 08:00 AM PST  President Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen blasted his former employer as a racist, conman and cheat in House testimony.
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| Upland PD: Mother to face charges after daughter dies, son thrown off balcony Posted: 27 Feb 2019 08:45 AM PST  An Upland mother is expected to face charges for killing her infant girl and throwing her son off a balcony, police say.
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