| Former Idaho governor candidate under investigation in 1984 slaying Posted: 13 Sep 2019 07:42 PM PDT  Steve Pankey, a former candidate for Idaho governor, recently revealed he is under investigation in the 1984 slaying of a Colorado girl.
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| Kamala Harris laughs when Biden tells her she can't ban guns with an executive order Posted: 13 Sep 2019 06:32 PM PDT  Dan Bongino wraps up a wild week in news with News Explosion on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.'
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| Court revives suit alleging Fox News inflicted 'emotional torture' on Seth Rich family Posted: 13 Sep 2019 12:33 PM PDT  A federal appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit against Fox News brought by the parents of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, concluding there are plausible claims that the network was party to a "campaign of emotional torture."
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| Pakistani PM: India's crackdown on Kashmir will spur global Muslim extremism Posted: 13 Sep 2019 05:38 AM PDT  MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - India's crackdown on protests and dissent in Kashmir will drive more of the world's Muslims into extremism, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said during a fiery speech on Friday, in the part of the disputed territory administered by Pakistan. India revoked the special status of its portion of Kashmir, known as Jammu and Kashmir, on Aug. 5 and moved to quell unrest by clamping down on communications and freedom of movement. Authorities in Indian Kashmir have arrested nearly 4,000 people since then, government data seen by Reuters showed.
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| US officials warn of danger of feral hogs heading across the border from Canada Posted: 13 Sep 2019 12:14 PM PDT  US officials have warned that feral hogs heading across the border from Canada may pose a danger to the local environment. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that sightings of the feral animals on the US-Canadian border have increased in recent years. At least eight of the wild animals have been sighted just north of Lincoln County, Montana, this summer, officials said. Several agencies, including Wildlife Services, the Montana Invasive Species Council, the National Feral Swine Program and the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks department fear the wild pigs could cause significant damage to the landscape. Officials warned the animals can often be aggressive, breed rapidly, and difficult to catch. The feral pigs pose a risk to the local agriculture industries as they often destroy farm land and crops as they root for food. They also have the potential to spread diseases to domestic livestock, although no disease has been detected in the team in Canada. Female hogs typically have more than a dozen piglets in each litter and full grown hogs can weigh anywhere between 120lb to 400lbs. Dale Nolte, from the USDA's National Feral Swine Program, described the prospect as "a disaster". "Multiple people say that if we were to design an invasive species that would do the most widespread damage, feral swine aren't too far off from being the perfect specimen," he told local newspaper Daily Inter Lake. Ryan Brook, an assistant professor at the University of Saskatchewan, blamed the southern migration of the feral pigs on poor monitoring systems in the province, which are allowing numbers - and the spread of the animals - to grow unchecked. "Saskatchewan is a very high functioning pig factory and the populations are exploding with very minimal efforts to control them," he told the Daily Inter Lake. "Lack of serious action in Saskatchewan is the single greatest threat to Montana." Legit question for rural Americans - How do I kill the 30-50 feral hogs that run into my yard within 3-5 mins while my small kids play?— Willie McNabb (@WillieMcNabb) August 4, 2019 The warning of a potential hog invasion prompted amusement on social media, with users highlighting a viral tweet last month by a man arguing assault weapons were necessary to manage the feral populations. "How do I kill the 30-50 feral hogs that run into my yard within 3-5 mins while my small kids play?" he asked on Twitter, prompting widespread mockery at the time.
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| Liberty students protest in wake of reports about Falwell Posted: 13 Sep 2019 03:39 PM PDT  Students at Liberty University in Virginia gathered Friday to protest in the wake of news reports containing allegations that school president Jerry Falwell Jr. improperly benefited from the institution and disparaged students in emails. Students joined together at the private evangelical university known for being an influential hub in conservative politics and held up signs calling for accountability and an investigation. Elizabeth Brooks, a junior majoring in politics and policy, told The Associated Press by phone that a recent Politico Magazine story as well as a Reuters report prompted the protest at the school in Lynchburg.
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| Mall brawls and street fights as Hong Kong polarisation deepens Posted: 14 Sep 2019 03:34 AM PDT  Fights erupted in Hong Kong on Saturday with political rivals trading blows in a mall and Beijing supporters using Chinese flags to assault opponents on a street, deepening the city's polarisation after months of pro-democracy protests. The once-stable international hub has been convulsed by weeks of huge, sometimes violent rallies calling for greater democratic freedoms and police accountability. The movement is the biggest challenge to China's rule since the city was handed back by Britain in 1997 and shows no sign of ending, with city leaders and Beijing taking a hard line.
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| Biden sparks outrage after suggesting black people don't know how to raise children: 'Put the record player on at night' Posted: 13 Sep 2019 07:54 AM PDT  Taking several turns and going down multiple tangents, Joe Biden could not seem to answer a simple question about the legacy of slavery during the third Democratic debates.The former vice president mentioned record players, discussed education and talked about bringing social workers into homes in low-income communities when debate moderator Linsey Davis asked him: "What responsibility do you think that Americans need to take to repair the legacy of slavery in our country?"
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| 2020 Vision: A burning AOC offers a scary preview of next year's attack ads Posted: 13 Sep 2019 11:12 AM PDT  In a likely preview of Republican messaging for the 2020 election, an ad from a GOP PAC that aired during Thursday night's Democratic debate showed a photograph of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with her face engulfed in flames.
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| Andrew Yang on healthcare during the Democratic Debate: 'I'm Asian, so I know a lot of doctors' Posted: 12 Sep 2019 06:51 PM PDT  While speaking during the Democratic debate, Andrew Yang invoked a stereotype about Asian people.
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| Trump Administration Scraps 20 Miles of Wall After Savings Fade Posted: 13 Sep 2019 06:48 PM PDT ![Trump Administration Scraps 20 Miles of Wall After Savings Fade]( "Trump Administration Scraps 20 Miles of Wall After Savings Fade") (Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration scrapped three border wall projects that it said it intended to build using money found from cost savings in constructing other portions of the barrier along the southern border.In a court filing Friday, the administration said it had determined the savings weren't sufficient to pay for the additional 20 miles (32 kilometers) of wall in Arizona and California.A divided U.S. Supreme Court in July allowed the administration to start using disputed Pentagon funds to construct more than 100 miles of fencing along the border, letting the president take his biggest step yet toward erecting his long-promised wall.The case is Center for Biological Diversity v. Trump, 19-cv-408, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia (Washington).To contact the reporter on this story: Joe Schneider in Los Angeles at jschneider5@bloomberg.netTo contact the editor responsible for this story: David Glovin at dglovin@bloomberg.netFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| O'Rourke's 'hell yes' vow to take away rifles worries U.S. lawmakers pushing for gun limits Posted: 13 Sep 2019 02:00 PM PDT  Former U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke did not hesitate during Thursday night's Democratic presidential debate when asked whether he would confiscate assault-style weapons from Americans. "Hell yes, we're going to take away your AR-15, your AK-47," he said, instantly creating a viral moment – and potentially a fresh headache for lawmakers trying to persuade reluctant Republicans to pass new gun limits in Washington. Opinion polls have found that tackling gun violence is increasingly a top priority for voters.
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| Second British-Australian woman jailed in Iran identified as Middle East researcher Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert Posted: 13 Sep 2019 09:56 PM PDT  A British-Australian woman who has been sentenced to 10 years in a notorious Iranian prison has been identified as Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a Cambridge-educated academic specialising in Middle Eastern politics. Dr Moore-Gilbert, who was working as a lecturer and researcher for Melbourne University's Asia Institute and has published work on authoritarian governance and activism in the Middle East, was jailed in October 2018. However, her detention had not been reported in case it harmed the prospects of her release. On Saturday, the Australian government confirmed Dr Moore-Gilbert was being held in prison in Iran. A statement from the family of Dr Moore-Gilbert, who is incarcerated in Evin prison, said they were in close contact with Australian authorities on the matter. "Our family thanks the Government and the University of Melbourne for their ongoing support at this distressing and sensitive time. "We believe that the best chance of securing Kylie's safe return is through diplomatic channels." It is not known what Dr Moore-Gilbert was charged with, but 10-year terms are routinely given in Iran for spying. She is one of two British-Australian women whose detentions in Iran have come to light in the past week. Jolie King with her partner Mark Firkin Jolie King, a travel blogger, and her Australian fiancé Mark Firkin were arrested near a military site in Jajrood near Tehran on August 9, it was revealed on Thursday. They had reportedly been using a drone to film aerial footage in the area. They too have been sent to Evin prison, the main detention centre for Iran's political prisoners, which also houses 41-year-old Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian mother of one who is midway through a five-year sentence on spying charges. Tehran has pursued a campaign of detaining Iranian and dual nationality academics in recent years, raising fears the Islamic Republic is using them as diplomatic leverage. The Australian government has said it is lobbying Tehran to ensure all three are appropriately looked after. Iran is believed to be holding the trio captive in the hope of exchanging one of them for an Iranian imprisoned in the US on charges of evading American sanctions. Tensions between Britain and Iran escalated dramatically after it emerged the women were being held in the first recent case of Tehran arresting British citizens who do not also hold Iranian nationality. Sources said Tehran sees the women as bargaining chips to secure the release of Negar Ghodskani, a 40-year-old Iranian woman facing jail in the US after pleading guilty to a conspiracy to export prohibited technology to Iran. Ghodskani was arrested in Australia in 2017 at the request of US government and gave birth to a baby boy while in custody in Adelaide. She was extradited to the US and now faces five years in federal prison. Negar Ghodskani Credit: AP While Iran has not commented publicly on any of the arrests, in April the country's foreign minister, Javad Zarif, proposed swapping Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe for Ms Ghodskani. According to the University of Melbourne's website, Dr Moore-Gilbert "specialises in Middle Eastern politics, with a particular focus on the Arab Gulf states," and has published work on the 2011 Arab uprisings, authoritarian governance, and on the role of new media technologies in political activism. In 2018 she was awarded a grant to investigate "Iran's relationship with Bahrain's Shi'a after the Arab Uprisings". Dr Moore-Gilbert's LinkedIn profile shows her first degree came in Middle Eastern Studies at Cambridge, where she also completed her Master of Arts. Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne said she has raised the cases of the three prisoners "many times" with Mr Zarif, and denied the arrests were politically motivated. "We have no reason to think that these arrests are connected to international concern over Iran's nuclear programme, United Nations sanction enforcement or maritime security concerning the safety of civilian shipping," Senator Payne said. What appears to be the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1 off the coast of Tartus, Syria, Credit: Reuters News of the three prisoners has come amid a downturn in relations between Britain and Iran, sparked by issues including the Royal Marines' seizure near Gibraltar in July of an Iranian oil tanker, the Grace I. Iran responded by seizing British-flagged oil tanker the Stena Impero. While Britain released the Iranian tanker, the Stena Impero is still being held. Australia also said in July that it would join the US and the UK in protecting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian threats. Relations between Tehran and the West, especially the United States, have deteriorated significantly since the Trump administration withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions, prompting Iran to ramp up restricted enrichment.
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| Black transgender woman found torched in car as campaigners warn LGBT rights are fragile in Trump’s America Posted: 14 Sep 2019 07:23 AM PDT  On the still dark morning of September 4, tucked behind a rural Florida neighbourhood dotted with single-story houses painted bright green, turquoise and pink, flames licked the metal frame of a PT Cruiser parked in the grass.When Hendry County Sheriff's deputies doused the flames, they found a woman's body inside so badly burned she couldn't be identified for days.
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| Jeered over attacks, S.Africa's president apologises at Mugabe funeral Posted: 14 Sep 2019 07:45 AM PDT  South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa was jeered and whistled at on Saturday during his speech at Zimbabwe ex-leader Robert Mugabe's funeral before he apologised for recent xenophobic attacks. At least 12 people have been killed this month in a surge in violence and mob attacks against foreign-owned businesses in and around Johannesburg, South Africa's largest city. A wave of jeers, boos and whistles interrupted Ramaphosa at the Harare national stadium as he started his eulogy at the state funeral for Mugabe, who died age 95 last week.
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| A 'turning point' on UFOs: Physicist Michio Kaku tells ufology conference the truth is out there Posted: 13 Sep 2019 02:00 AM PDT  Sparked by recently released Navy cockpit videos, interest in UFOs is spiking. A world "ufology" conference drew its share of eccentrics — but also a renowned physicist and government officials who say it's time to take the phenomenon more seriously.
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| Drone attack by Yemeni rebels sets off fires at major Saudi Arabian oil facilities Posted: 14 Sep 2019 01:28 PM PDT  President Donald Trump discussed the oil facility attack with Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman after Yemen's Houthi rebels take credit
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| House committee subpoenas acting intelligence director Posted: 13 Sep 2019 07:01 PM PDT  The chairman of the House intelligence committee has issued a subpoena to the acting Director of National Intelligence, saying Joseph Maguire is withholding a whistleblower complaint from Congress. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said in a statement Friday evening that the committee will require that Maguire testify Thursday unless he complies with the subpoena.
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| China's First Nuclear Submarines Were Underwater 'Train-wrecks' Posted: 13 Sep 2019 06:35 AM PDT  Better than nothing.
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| Judge rules Confederate statues will remain in Charlottesville despite deadly white nationalist rally Posted: 14 Sep 2019 10:27 AM PDT  A pair Confederate statues will remain standing in the city of Virginian city Charlottesville where clashes over their removal left a young woman dead.After city officials decided to remove statues of Confederate American Civil War generals Robert E Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, one resident filed a lawsuit to prevent this.
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| Cars Worth Waiting For That Arrive between 2020 and 2025 Posted: 14 Sep 2019 05:00 AM PDT |
| DOJ cites Dems' mixed-up impeachment messages to undercut House probe Posted: 13 Sep 2019 04:31 PM PDT  The filing comes a day after the committee approved a set of technical procedures for its impeachment investigation.
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| U.S. Navy Asserts Freedom of Navigation in South China Sea Posted: 13 Sep 2019 08:20 PM PDT ![U.S. Navy Asserts Freedom of Navigation in South China Sea]( "U.S. Navy Asserts Freedom of Navigation in South China Sea") (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Navy has asserted that the recent passage of its guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer in waters near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea is consistent with its stance on international law that allows freedom of navigation, according to a statement Saturday."China, Taiwan, and Vietnam each claim sovereignty over the Paracel Islands," the U.S. Navy said. "The unilateral imposition of any authorization or notification requirement for innocent passage is not permitted by international law, so the United States challenged these requirements."The comments were in response to an earlier statement issued by the People's Liberation Army Daily stating that the U.S. vessel had entered Chinese waters surrounding the islands and had ignored China's objection to the move.The latest development comes as Vietnam is pushing back harder against China's efforts to isolate it diplomatically on a territorial dispute in an energy-rich part of the South China Sea.To contact the reporter on this story: Marcus Wong in Singapore at mwong547@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Shamim Adam at sadam2@bloomberg.net, Andreea Papuc, Stanley JamesFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| India sets up fund to complete stalled housing projects Posted: 14 Sep 2019 03:33 AM PDT  India on Saturday announced a series of measures to revive the housing sector and boost exports as the government tries to kick-start an economy hit by a lending crisis and a slowdown in demand. A fund worth 100 billion rupees ($1.41 billion) will be available to complete unfinished affordable and middle income housing projects, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. An equal amount of funding will come from the private sector or from a government insurance company, she added.
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| Mine shutdowns in top US coal region bring new uncertainty Posted: 14 Sep 2019 09:01 AM PDT  At two of the world's biggest coal mines, the finances got so bad that their owner couldn't even get toilet paper on credit. Warehouse technician Melissa Worden divvied up what remained, giving four rolls to each mine and two to the mine supply facility where she worked. Then mine owner Blackjewel LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 1.
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| Ohio mom gets 3 years' probation for corpse abuse Posted: 13 Sep 2019 10:49 AM PDT  A young Ohio woman acquitted of killing her newborn but convicted of corpse abuse has been sentenced to three years' probation. (September 13)
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| See Photos of Vision Mercedes Simplex Concept Posted: 14 Sep 2019 03:30 PM PDT |
| Every top Democrat can beat Trump. Their unique strategies will determine who gets that shot Posted: 13 Sep 2019 12:43 PM PDT  Each of the five leading 2020 Democratic candidates can beat the president in a general election, according to the latest national match-up polls. But first, they will need to secure the party's nomination in a hotly contested primary season that started with more than two dozen hopefuls. They're each using very different tactics to do so.Those five candidates — Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg — joined each other on Thursday night for the third Democratic debates, along with five additional candidates currently polling beneath them: Cory Booker, Andrew Yang, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O'Rourke and Julian Castro.
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| W.African leaders agree billion-dollar anti-jihadist plan Posted: 14 Sep 2019 12:34 PM PDT  West African leaders on Saturday announced a billion-dollar plan to fight the rising problem of jihadist violence in the region, at a summit in Burkina Faso. The plan, to be funded from 2020 to 2024, was announced at end of the Economic Community Summit of West African States in Ouagadougou, where the ECOWAS nations were joined by Mauritania and Chad. ECOWAS had decided to mobilise "the financial resources of up to a billion dollars for the fight against terrorism", said Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou.
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| Democratic senators seek to block Trump administration end-run on ICE funding Posted: 13 Sep 2019 01:32 PM PDT  A group of Senate Democrats are seeking to prevent the Trump administration from unilaterally moving appropriations around to fund immigration detention and border enforcement operations.
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| WTO allows U.S. to hit EU with tariffs over Airbus subsidies Posted: 14 Sep 2019 06:51 AM PDT ![WTO allows U.S. to hit EU with tariffs over Airbus subsidies]( "WTO allows U.S. to hit EU with tariffs over Airbus subsidies") The ruling ends a decades-long dispute.
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| Turkey orders arrest of 223 military personnel over suspected Gulen links: state media Posted: 13 Sep 2019 11:49 PM PDT  Turkey has ordered the arrest of 223 serving military personnel across the country and in the breakaway state of Northern Cyprus over suspected links to a network Ankara accuses of organizing an attempted coup in 2016, state media said on Saturday. Authorities are seeking the suspects across 49 provinces in Turkey and in Northern Cyprus, state broadcaster TRT Haber said.
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| 2 arrested in racist attack on black student at U of Arizona Posted: 13 Sep 2019 08:05 PM PDT  Several dozen students at the University of Arizona on Friday protested campus police handling of a physical and racist attack on a black student this week. University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins said in a statement Thursday that he was angered and disappointed by the incident.
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| Pence goes after Biden for saying 'I'm the vice president' at the Democratic debate Posted: 13 Sep 2019 02:50 PM PDT  So let me be clear, I am the vice president of the United States," Pence told a group of Republicans at the GOP retreat in Baltimore.
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| Chinese Sea Mines Are Threatening the U.S. Navy Posted: 13 Sep 2019 02:17 AM PDT  Chinese naval strategists want to push the United States Navy as far away as possible.
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