| San Juan Mayor Responds To Trump's Attacks: 'I Was Asking For Help' Posted: 30 Sep 2017 04:51 AM PDT  President Donald Trump has hit back at San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz's claims that the federal government isn't doing enough to support Puerto Ricans in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
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| Air Force Academy head to cadets: 'If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect, then get out' Posted: 29 Sep 2017 06:31 AM PDT  Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria told his cadets they "should be outraged, not only as an airman, but as a human being" over racial slurs found on Air Force message boards.
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| More Than Half A Million Rohingyas Fled Myanmar In A Single Month Posted: 29 Sep 2017 08:58 AM PDT  It's been just over a month since Myanmar's military launched a brutal campaign against minority Muslims living in Rakhine state, sparking what the United Nations has called "a human rights nightmare."
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| The 'Meghan Markle effect' is real and retailers can't get enough Posted: 29 Sep 2017 11:03 AM PDT  If you were hoping to buy everything Meghan Markle was wearing at the Invictus Games you are a little too late!
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| Georgia police capture man suspected of killing officer Posted: 29 Sep 2017 12:37 PM PDT  "CAPTURED" was the single-word Twitter message sent by the agency after it said earlier that a suspect was at large and "armed and dangerous." Authorities had said they were searching for suspect Seth Spangler. Two police officers in Polk County had approached a car believed to be stolen when one of the people inside fired at them, killing a female officer and wounding a male officer, Polk County manager Mark Denton said by telephone. A female suspect in the stopped car was taken into custody at the scene, about 60 miles northwest of Atlanta, Denton said.
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| Black Lives Matter is a Social Movement That Can't be Sued, Judge Rules Posted: 29 Sep 2017 12:02 AM PDT  Black Lives Matter is a social movement, like the tea party or the civil rights movement, and therefore can't be sued, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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| Toddler Shoots Playmates At Daycare Facility Posted: 29 Sep 2017 02:00 AM PDT  The residence, where the incident took place has no records of being registered as a child care home, said Pardeep Toor, a representative for the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.
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| Melania Trump fires back at Mass. librarian who rejected her donated books Posted: 29 Sep 2017 09:41 AM PDT  First lady Melania Trump slammed on Friday the Massachusetts elementary school librarian who rejected her donation of children's books.
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| Trump attacks Puerto Rican mayor for 'nasty' comments amid island's crisis Posted: 30 Sep 2017 05:49 AM PDT  President Trump turned his Twitter to San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, attacking her for critical comments as Puerto Rico reels from Hurricane Maria.
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| Our Search For A Secret White Supremacist Meeting In A Tennessee Forest Posted: 29 Sep 2017 03:07 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Prominent neo-Nazis, white supremacists and Klansmen are gathering in East Tennessee this weekend ― over Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar ― for a conference associated with Stormfront, the infamous neo-Nazi internet forum.
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| Climber Falls From Cathedral Spire, Marking Third Incident In Yosemite This Week Posted: 29 Sep 2017 08:36 PM PDT  A climber fell from Higher Cathedral Spiral in Yosemite Valley on Friday, marking the third accident in the national park in three days, KRON4 in San Francisco reported.
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| Putin complains Russian media abroad face unacceptable pressure Posted: 29 Sep 2017 03:20 AM PDT  President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of Russia's Security Council on Friday that Russian media outlets working abroad were facing growing and unacceptable pressure, Dmitry Peskov, his spokesman, said. "It was stressed that such pressure on Russian media is unacceptable," Peskov told a conference call with reporters. Earlier this week, the Russian Foreign Ministry accused Washington of putting unwarranted pressure on the U.S operations of Kremlin-backed media outlet RT, and warned that Moscow could take tit-for-tat measures.
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| Friend: Slain Georgia Police Officer Was the 'Absolute Kindest Person' Posted: 30 Sep 2017 11:40 AM PDT  Officer Kristen Hearne was fatally shot while investigating a stolen vehicle
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| Bali volcano belches steam, sulphur as more evacuees flee Posted: 28 Sep 2017 11:42 PM PDT  A rumbling volcano on the holiday island of Bali is spewing steam and sulphurous fumes with more intensity, heightening fears of an eruption as officials said the number of evacuees had topped 144,000. Mount Agung, 75 kilometres (47 miles) from the resort hub of Kuta, has been shaking since August and threatening to erupt for the first time since 1963 -- a potential blow to the island's lucrative tourism industry. The Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation said Friday that remote satellite sensing had picked up new steam emissions and thermal areas within the crater.
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| Everyone is freaking out over the Everlane X Nordstrom pop-up shop Posted: 29 Sep 2017 10:30 AM PDT  Known for their ethically-made minimal clothing and their best-selling shoe called "The Day Heel" (which had a 28,000 person waitlist), the brand we all know and love has officially launched at Nordstrom today. Up until November 12th, you can find Everlane's most classic styles online and in selected stores. Everlane is all about the simple and timeless pieces that are actually worth the investment.
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| Under Trump, the swamp takes to the air — in private jets — and the public pays Posted: 29 Sep 2017 12:12 PM PDT  Despite a history of attacking wasteful spending by Democrats, HHS Secretary Tom Price has led a host of Trump Cabinet members in taxpayer-funded private travel. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, EPA head Scott Pruitt, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin — all have been called out for flying high on the government's dime.
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| Is North Korea Preparing Its Missiles for Action? Posted: 30 Sep 2017 09:08 AM PDT  October 10 is an important anniversary in North Korea, and the nation has a history of using holidays as excuses to show off its might.
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| Iran's foreign minister urges Europe to defy US if Trump sinks nuclear deal Posted: 29 Sep 2017 10:10 AM PDT  Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has called on Europe to defy US sanctions if the Trump administration torpedoes the international nuclear agreement with Tehran. Zarif warned that if Europe followed Washington's lead, the deal would collapse and Iran would emerge with more advanced nuclear technology than before the agreement was reached in Vienna in 2015.
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| Model Awaits Surgery After Eyeball Tattoo Goes Extremely Wrong Posted: 30 Sep 2017 12:13 PM PDT  A model from Ottawa, Canada, could have permanent vision loss in one eye after her now-ex-boyfriend attempted to tattoo her eyeball with purple ink.
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| The Latest: Yosemite IDs British man killed by rock fall Posted: 28 Sep 2017 11:58 PM PDT  YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a second rock fall in Yosemite one day after a deadly slide (all times local):
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| Oklahoma man convicted of murder in beheading case: media Posted: 29 Sep 2017 08:46 PM PDT  A jury also found Alton Nolen, 33, guilty of assault crimes after less than two hours of deliberation in Cleveland County criminal court, the Oklahoman newspaper reported. Nolan had been suspended from his job at a food distribution plant in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, when he carried out the attack on co-workers in September, 2014.
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| The 'Harvest Moon' is finally set to make an appearance in October Posted: 29 Sep 2017 10:19 AM PDT  Stargazers are in for a treat next week as a special full moon will be visible in the night sky.
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| Air France flight to LA makes emergency landing in Canada after engine blows out Posted: 30 Sep 2017 01:10 PM PDT  An Air France flight en route from Paris to Los Angeles made an emergency landing in Goose Bay, Canada after its engine blew out over the Atlantic Ocean Saturday. The Airbus A380 left Charles de Gaulle Airport Saturday morning and landed around 1:40 p.m. in Canada, CBC reported. SEE ALSO: Air France launches an 'airline for millennials' and it's beyond cringe The plane landed safely, but part of its engine cowling was missing and it scattered debris across the runway. Fire crews arrived to help, but didn't need to do much apart from clean up the debris. Passengers on the flight and others watching the landing observed that the plane definitely looked "broken." I think the engine has seen better days. pic.twitter.com/tAcBE1t0rc — Daniel McNeely (@DanMcneely) September 30, 2017 We had a mid-air mayday when we lost one of our engines. We got diverted for an emergency landing in Canada. — Daniel McNeely (@DanMcneely) September 30, 2017 Stay safe everyone! WATCH: Pitbull sends his private jet to Puerto Rico cancer patients
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| Losing Syria bastion, IS lashes out behind front lines Posted: 30 Sep 2017 02:35 AM PDT  Just after sunrise outside Syria's Raqa, dozens of Islamic State group jihadists donned Kurdish military uniforms, piled into cars with weapons, and broke back into a district they lost control of months ago. The raid was the latest evidence that IS, despite holding just a pocket of territory in its one-time stronghold, retains the capacity to wage deadly guerrilla attacks on areas thought to be relatively safe. The jihadists opened fire on a media centre run by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in Al-Meshleb, the easternmost neighbourhood of Raqa and the first area taken from IS in June.
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| The Hiking Trip That Helped Me Reconnect With Exercise Posted: 29 Sep 2017 04:18 PM PDT  I have never been an athlete, but I'm not a stranger to exercise either.
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| US to Americans: Stay away from Cuba after health 'attacks' Posted: 29 Sep 2017 05:04 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States delivered an ominous warning to Americans on Friday to stay away from Cuba and ordered home more than half the U.S. diplomatic corps, acknowledging neither the Cubans nor America's FBI can figure out who or what is responsible for months of mysterious health ailments.
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| Puerto Rico’s Devastated Electric Grid Could Be a Big Opportunity for Renewable Energy Posted: 29 Sep 2017 02:50 PM PDT  But only if politics don't get in the way
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| Hugh Hefner secretly set up wife Crystal Harris to get millions upon his death Posted: 30 Sep 2017 07:04 AM PDT  Despite an earlier report that alleged Hugh Hefner's wife, Crystal Harris, wouldn't get any of his reported $43 million after his death, a new report is claiming he actually secretly set her up to get millions.
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| Trump economic adviser worth $266m thinks a car costs $1000 Posted: 29 Sep 2017 09:28 AM PDT  It appears that Donald Trump's chief economic adviser Gary Cohn does not know how much the average family pays for a car or home improvement project. Mr Cohn appeared at the White House's press briefing to tout how middle-class families would benefit under the Republicans' latest tax proposal – hours after the President falsely claimed that "the wealthy are not getting a tax cut". Based on the administration's assumptions, Mr Cohn said, a typical family that has two children and earns $100,000 per year can expect annual tax savings of about $1,000.
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| Hundreds of immigrants arrested in sanctuary cities across US Posted: 28 Sep 2017 06:12 PM PDT  The Trump administration's immigration enforcement division arrested hundreds of people in raids across "sanctuary" cities in recent days, in an operation directly targeting communities that are resisting the president's aggressive deportation agenda. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) announced on Thursday that it had arrested 498 people in a four-day operation and that it was dedicating more resources to the liberal jurisdictions that limit police cooperation with federal agents.
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| Canadian Couple Ends Epic Custody Battle Over Hockey Tickets Posted: 29 Sep 2017 06:21 PM PDT  If anyone needs evidence of how passionate Canadian hockey fans are, look no further than Beverly and Donald McLeod.
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| Besty DeVos called 'White Supremacist' at Harvard Posted: 29 Sep 2017 09:21 AM PDT  Harvard University students silently protested Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's speech Thursday.
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| Iraq plans to take control of Kurdistan region's border 'in coordination' with Iran, Turkey Posted: 29 Sep 2017 12:24 PM PDT ![Iraq plans to take control of Kurdistan region's border 'in coordination' with Iran, Turkey]( "Iraq plans to take control of Kurdistan region's border 'in coordination' with Iran, Turkey") Iraq plans to take control of the borders of its autonomous Kurdistan region "in coordination" with Iran and Turkey, the Iraqi Defence Ministry said on Friday. The statement did not give more detail or indicate specifically whether Iraqi forces were planning to move toward the external border posts controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) from the Iranian and Turkish side. The move to seize the border posts is a response to a Kurdish referendum on Monday that produced a vote in favor of secession from Iraq.
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| Mom-of-Two Charged With Murdering Boyfriend After Flagging Down Police Posted: 30 Sep 2017 01:13 PM PDT  The pair have two young children together.
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| Who Is Thelma Williams? Facebook Kidnapping ‘Victim’ Faked Abduction Posted: 29 Sep 2017 01:17 PM PDT  "Do you think she'll look pretty with her insides spilled all over the basement floor?" Williams wrote before the fake abduction.
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| S-400, New Cruise Missiles and More: How Russia's Military Is Back in a Big Way Posted: 29 Sep 2017 06:19 PM PDT  As the Russians are going home from Zapad-2017 (even as a Russian Spetsnaz regiment begins the next joint exercise in Belarus), we can take a look at some of the interesting trends demonstrated in the exercise. Of considerable interest are the military technologies used. Russia has spent considerable resources rearming with precision and next-generation weapons, extolling how this high-tech investment bolsters the economy.
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| Lin-Manuel Miranda Tells Trump He’s Going ‘Straight to Hell’ for Response to Puerto Rico Disaster Posted: 30 Sep 2017 09:05 AM PDT  Lin-Manuel Miranda had some pointed words for Donald Trump after the president criticized San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz and other Puerto Rican officials who have been pleading for aid in the wake of Hurricane Maria
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| 61 Crazy Creative Things To Make With Cauliflower Posted: 29 Sep 2017 02:34 PM PDT |
| Here's Why People Fast on Yom Kippur Posted: 29 Sep 2017 03:00 AM PDT  The tradition dates back to biblical times
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