| White House Demands Border Wall, Changes To Immigration System In Return For DACA Posted: 08 Oct 2017 06:51 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The White House told Congress on Sunday night that it wants a border wall and new limits on legal immigration in return for allowing people illegally brought into the United States as children to remain here ― demands top Democrats say renege on a deal President Donald Trump himself made with them last month.
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| Body-Cam Footage From Salt Lake City Police Shooting Continues To Raise Questions Posted: 08 Oct 2017 08:38 AM PDT  Salt Lake City police body-cam captured white officers shooting a black man who they say threatened them, but evidence of this remains unclear in footage of Patrick Harmon running away.
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| 5 Young Native Americans On What Indigenous Peoples Day Means To Them Posted: 09 Oct 2017 04:01 AM PDT  On Monday, as people across the country celebrated the controversial Columbus Day holiday, young Native Americans in Los Angeles marked Indigenous Peoples Day for the first time in their city.
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| Democrats look to distance themselves from Weinstein Posted: 08 Oct 2017 11:12 AM PDT  "This is a pretty bad guy who did some really awful things," Sen. Chris Murphy said Sunday. "People that took money from him should probably give it back."
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| Police: 16-Year-Old-Boy Killed a Man in Front of His Kids and Raped an 81-Year-Old Woman Posted: 09 Oct 2017 11:53 AM PDT  Tulsa police say a 16-year-old boy fatally shot a man in front of his kids and raped an 81-year-old woman.
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| NRA backs down over possible ban on 'bump stocks' Posted: 08 Oct 2017 10:30 AM PDT  The National Rifle Association, America's biggest gun lobby group appeared to backtrack on Sunday on calls for regulation of deadly "bump stocks", as the country's gun control debate returned to familiar impasse. Only days after the NRA appeared open to a possible ban on the devices which convert semi-automatic guns into fully automatic weapons, the group's leaders began to quibble over the idea. "We don't believe bans ever worked on anything," said Chris Cox, the NRA's executive director, when asked whether the organisation would consider a ban on bump stocks following the Las Vegas massacre which left people 58 dead. The row-back came as police in Las Vegas revealed that gunman Stephen Paddock had used mathematical calculations to maximise the death toll, working out his optimal distance and bullet trajectory on a piece of paper found in his 32nd-floor hotel suite. Wayne LaPierre, the NRA vice president, accused Democrats of trying to politicise the massacre to achieve gun control, returning to the familiar NRA argument that America's glut of privately-owned guns is essential for protection against 'evil doers'. A photograph hangs from one of the 58 white crosses set up for the victims of the Route 91 music festival mass shooting in Las Vegas "There are monsters like this monster out there every day. People want to be able to protect themselves. Nobody should be forced to face evil with empty hands," he said. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the administration was looking into legislation that would ban the bump stock devices used by Paddock to upgrade the arsenal of weaponry he used to target a country music festival on October 1st. Yesterday, Dianne Feinstein, a senior Democrat senator and leading advocate for gun stricter controls, was gathering support for the introduction of a bill to ban bump stocks. She said: "America is a gun-happy country and I think there are many of us in growing numbers that don't want a gun-happy country." The motive for America's worst mass shooting remains unknown and the paper bearing numbers relating to trajectory and distance was the only note found in Paddock's suite at the Mandalay Bay Hotel. David Newton, an officer with the Las Vegas Police Department's K-9 unit was one of the first to breach the room and said he noticed the note on the Paddock's bedside table. 'Any soldier would help': UK troops assist victims of Las Vegas shooting 00:55 It was located near one of the windows that Paddock had smashed with a hammer to fire onto the crowd 1,200ft away. He told CBS News 60 Minutes: "I could see on it he had written the distance, the elevation he was on, the drop of what his bullet was gonna be for the crowd. "So he had that written down and figured out so he would know where to shoot to hit his targets from there." Speaking of the moment, he entered the room to find Paddock dead on the floor surrounded by weapons, Officer Newton, said: "Very eerie, yeah, the dust from the explosive breach. And then you have the flashing lights. And that looked straight like, out of a movie you know?" Paddock, a 64-year-old retired accountant and professional gambler from the desert town of Mesquite, Nevada shot himself after the killing spree which also left almost 500 wounded. According to the New York Times, his girlfriend Marilou Danley, told investigators that Paddock seemed to be deteriorating both mentally and physically in recent months. FBI profilers and behavioural scientists have spent the week examining interviews in an attempt to better understand a man who left no suicide note or manifesto left behind.
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| South of New Orleans, Nate spares parish devastated by Hurricane Katrina Posted: 08 Oct 2017 10:52 AM PDT  By Jessica Resnick-Ault BELLE CHASSE, La. (Reuters) - Residents of Louisiana's lower Plaquemines Parish, the swampy peninsula that shadows the Mississippi River as it empties into the Gulf of Mexico, know Nate let them off very easy, certainly when compared with hurricanes of years past. As the Category 1 storm approached this weekend, memories of the devastation of Katrina 12 years ago, and to a lesser extent, Issac in 2012, loomed large in the scattered hamlets that cling to the few spots of terra firma that line the river south of New Orleans. "I had prayed for this - that we would be spared," said Amos Cormier, president of the parish, Louisiana's equivalent to a county.
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| Student Gets Suspended For Sitting During Pledge Of Allegiance Posted: 08 Oct 2017 09:09 PM PDT  A Houston student was suspended from school for refusing to stand during the pledge of allegiance.
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| 10 Killed as California Wildfires Torch Wine Country Posted: 09 Oct 2017 10:16 AM PDT  At least 1,500 homes and businesses were destroyed
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| Kim's murder trial to resume with lab visit for VX evidence Posted: 07 Oct 2017 05:34 PM PDT  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The trial of two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader enters its second week with the court moving temporarily Monday to a high-security laboratory to view evidence tainted with the toxic VX nerve agent.
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| Allies desert Syria jihadists before Turkey-backed battle Posted: 07 Oct 2017 07:25 PM PDT  Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate was once a key ally for many rebels but they are now abandoning it as the jihadists face a Turkey-backed operation in its stronghold. The Fateh al-Sham Front, formerly known as Al-Nusra Front, is the most powerful faction in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, which remains largely beyond the control of the regime. It heads the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham coalition, which brought together an array of sympathetic rebel and jihadist groups and holds sway across Idlib after ousting rival factions earlier this year.
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| What You Don't Get To See When Your Plane Is Landing Posted: 09 Oct 2017 01:01 AM PDT  There's no better window seat than the one in the cockpit.
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| Is Mike Pence a Snowflake? Probably, Yes Posted: 09 Oct 2017 08:18 AM PDT  The vice president has displayed a host of snowflake tendencies for decades.
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| Stephen Paddock: Investigators 'believe Las Vegas shooter had severe mental illness that was likely undiagnosed’ Posted: 09 Oct 2017 02:13 AM PDT  Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock likely had a severe mental illness that was probably undiagnosed, according to sources close to the police investigation. The drug is used to treat a number of mental illnesses, from anxiety to panic attacks. Police are struggling to find a motive for the attack, which left 58 dead and hundreds more injured, when Paddock opened fire from his hotel room onto concert-goers below.
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| Venezuela leader thanks hostile Trump for making him 'famous' Posted: 08 Oct 2017 01:50 PM PDT  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro baited U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday by thanking him for a barrage of criticism that had made him famous worldwide. "It's an honor that the head of the empire mentions me every day," said the 54-year-old president, just back in Venezuela from a trip to Russia, Belarus and Turkey. "That means I'm doing something right!" Maduro laughed, during his weekly program on state TV.
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| The Dove Ad Is What Happens When 'Diversity' Is Just A Buzzword Posted: 09 Oct 2017 03:03 PM PDT  The online ad featuring black women gleefully transforming into a white women (ostensibly through the power of Dove soap), is not the first racially tone-deaf ad to draw the ire of the public, and it certainly will not be the last.
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| How high is air pollution in your city and how does it compare to the most polluted cities in the world? Posted: 09 Oct 2017 12:18 AM PDT  Pollution is a greater global threat than Ebola and HIV, according to warnings by the World Health Organisation. According to its recent report, one in four deaths among children aged under five are now due to environmental hazards such as air pollution and contaminated water. Previously this year, air pollution levels in London were worse than those in Beijing for a brief period - with the UK capital's pollutants frequently breaking UK limits. Now, the UK Government plans to tackle such dangers by banning diesel and petrol cars by 2040. But how bad is air pollution in other areas of the UK? Search for your postcode to see how bad air pollution is in your area How high is air pollution in your area? How does the UK compare to the world? According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), London is just a mid-table city when it comes to the international league table of polluted places. London only ranked 1,389th out of the nearly 3,000 cities and towns around the world monitored in the WHO's database of annual air pollution readings. Which cities have the worst air pollution levels? WHO guidelines state that cities should aim to have an annual average of no more than 10 micrograms of PM2.5 (very fine particulate matter) for every cubic metre of air. London had an annual PM2.5 average of 15 μg/m3 in 2013, far lower than Beijing's average of 85.2 μg/m3. These particles are very small in diameter and are classed as carcinogenic by leading health organisations. Thousands of deaths a year are attributable to air pollution in the UK. London pollution - what causes it and how can you stay safe? 01:33 Which cities have the highest air pollution levels worldwide? According to the WHO, the most polluted city in the world is Zabol in Iran. Zabol's PM2.5 measurements were found to average a massive 217 μg/m3 for the latest available year - more than 20 times higher than the recommended level. The next two entries on the list are both located in India (Gwalior and Allahabad) while the first non-Asian city on the list is Bamenda in Cameroon which came in eighth place. Tetovo in Macedonia was the most polluted European city in the database, followed by Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The most polluted city in the UK isn't actually London. Glasgow topped that list, followed by Scunthorpe and Leeds with London in sixth place. However, given that these rankings are based on figures taken in 2013, the situation may have changed since. London may also experience greater peaks in air pollution but these figures are all annual averages. Table - The 100 most air polluted cities in the world
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| Child Sex Offender Awarded Joint Custody Of Victim’s Kid: Attorney Posted: 09 Oct 2017 09:51 AM PDT  A Michigan woman who was just 12 years old when she says an 18-year-old held her captive for days and raped her now faces the prospect of sharing joint custody with her attacker, according to the victim's lawyer.
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| US risks sparking North Korea 'escalation': Lavrov Posted: 09 Oct 2017 11:50 AM PDT  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday warned his US counterpart Rex Tillerson that Washington risks sparking an unacceptable escalation in tensions with North Korea. In a phone call with US Secretary of State Tillerson, Lavrov "stressed the unacceptability of an escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula, which the American military preparations in the region are leading to," the foreign ministry said in a statement. US President Donald Trump said Saturday that diplomatic efforts with North Korea have consistently failed.
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| Bridal Week: Naeem Khan Fall 2018 Posted: 09 Oct 2017 08:27 AM PDT  Naeem Khan has long been hailed as a favorite for names like Beyoncé, Kate Hudson and former first lady Michelle Obama, but his global influence extends far beyond that.
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| The U.S. Army Is Building a New Tank in a Very Sneaky Way Posted: 09 Oct 2017 05:27 AM PDT  The U.S. Army just got a new tank. On Oct. 4, 2017, the Army's program office for ground vehicles announced that the service had accepted the first M-1A2SEPV3 "on schedule and on budget." General Dynamics Land Systems builds the tank in Lima, Ohio, using existing M-1 hulls as a starting point. The Army asked to buy 58 M-1A2SEPV3 tanks in 2018, against a total requirement for around a thousand of the new vehicles — enough to equip all of the branch's active-duty tank brigades.
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| Ashley Graham Shares The Awful Comments She Gets When She Works Out Posted: 09 Oct 2017 07:05 AM PDT  Model Ashley Graham is the poster child for body positivity.
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| US-backed Syrian fighters preparing for final push in Raqqa Posted: 09 Oct 2017 09:03 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed fighters in northern Syria are preparing for a final offensive on neighborhoods still held by the Islamic State group in the city of Raqqa, a spokesman for the group said Monday. A U.S. official affirmed that the battle for Raqqa is now approaching its last phase.
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| Trump says giving peace a chance before U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem: interview Posted: 07 Oct 2017 06:44 PM PDT  President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast on Saturday that he wanted to give a shot at achieving peace between Israel and the Palestinians before moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In June Trump signed a temporary order to keep the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv, despite a campaign promise he made to move it to Jerusalem. In an interview with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee on the TBN program "Huckabee," Trump noted his administration was working on a plan for peace between the two sides.
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| Calling Her The 'Real Hero,' Retiree Gives $7,000 Reward To Kidnapped Teen He Rescued Posted: 09 Oct 2017 07:20 AM PDT  When Earl Melchert was handed a $7,000 reward last week for rescuing an abducted teenager, he immediately and "without hesitation" gave his windfall to the girl he saved.
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| Las Vegas killer was high roller, Valium user: CNN Posted: 09 Oct 2017 09:44 AM PDT  Las Vegas mass killer Stephen Paddock was a compulsive player of video poker who took the anxiety drug Valium, CNN reported on Monday. Paddock said in a 2013 court deposition that he was "the biggest video poker player in the world," according to CNN, which obtained a copy of the 97-page document. It was part of a civil lawsuit against the Cosmopolitan Hotel, where he slipped and fell on a walkway in 2011.
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| CBS Reporter Sparks Uproar By Mistakenly Claiming Kaepernick Wouldn't Kneel Posted: 08 Oct 2017 04:58 PM PDT  CBS sports reporter Jason La Canfora sparked outrage on Sunday when he falsely reported that former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick would stand for the national anthem if signed to a team.
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| 'Catalonia is Spain': Spanish Unionists Lead Huge Barcelona Rally Posted: 08 Oct 2017 07:04 PM PDT  Spanish unionists in Catalonia finally found their voice on Sunday, resurrecting Spain's flag as a symbol of patriotism after decades of it being associated with the Franco dictatorship.
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| Bangladesh police hunt man who married Rohingya refugee Posted: 08 Oct 2017 04:10 AM PDT  Bangladesh police were Sunday searching for a man who defied a ban and married a Rohingya refugee, hundreds of thousands of whom have fled across the border to escape violence in Myanmar. More than half a million Rohingya refugees have flocked to Bangladesh since an army crackdown began on August 25 in Myanmar's Rakhine state, a process the UN has described as ethnic cleansing. Shoaib Hossain Jewel, 25, and his 18-year-old Rohingya bride Rafiza have been on the run since marrying last month, said police in Jewel's home town of Singair.
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| Donald Trump claims he came up with the term 'fake news' Posted: 09 Oct 2017 02:23 AM PDT  It is no mystery that Donald Trump has a high opinion of himself. SEE ALSO: How Trump's four hours in Puerto Rico revealed his Achilles' heel In May this year, for instance, he took credit for coining the famed economic phrase 'prime the pump'. And now, Trump maintains he invented the word 'fake'. In an interview with former Republican candidate Mike Huckabee on Christian TV network Trinity Broadcasting, the US president said: Just listen and cry: Trump is probably referring to 'fake news', his favourite buzzword and the main topic he tweets about. Thankfully, Merriam-Webster is here to once again debunk the president's absurdities: Our research traces 'fake news' back to at least 1890. But we won't be adding the term to the dictionary…yet. https://t.co/obsCKNu3RH — Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) October 8, 2017 'Fake news' popped up at the end of the 19th century and is used "to describe a political story which is seen as damaging to an agency, entity, or person" though that is in no way restricted to politics and "seems to have currency in terms of general news," Merriam-Webster writes. Last month, Dictionary.com added 'fake news' to its online list. WATCH: The truth about detoxes and cleanses
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| Man arrested for rape of stepdaughter he 'kept prisoner for 19 years' Posted: 09 Oct 2017 06:35 AM PDT  Henri Michele Piette, 62, has been charged with first-degree rape and other offences by authorities in Oklahoma after Rosalynn McGinnis, now 33, made her way to the US embassy in Mexico. There, she told investigators she was "married" by a then 15-year-old son of Mr Piette's in the back of a van the day before he was due to marry her mother. Ms McGinnis's mother later left Mr Piette because of his violent behaviour and lived with her daughter in protective accommodation, The Oklahoman reported.
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| Likely successor to Cuba's Castro rejects U.S. demands for change Posted: 08 Oct 2017 08:19 AM PDT  By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - The man forecast to replace Cuban President Raul Castro early next year rejected U.S. demands that the Communist-run country change its political and economic system. "The changes needed in Cuba will solely be carried out by the Cuban people," Diaz-Canel said.
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| J.T. Brown Becomes First NHL Player To Protest During National Anthem This Season Posted: 08 Oct 2017 07:03 AM PDT  Tampa Bay Lightning forward J.T. Brown raised his right fist during the national anthem before a game against the Florida Panthers on Saturday night, becoming the first NHL player this regular season to join the silent protests that have been sweeping the NFL and other U.S. sporting leagues.
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| White tiger cubs maul keeper to death in India Posted: 08 Oct 2017 04:15 AM PDT  Two white tiger cubs have mauled their keeper to death at a wildlife national park in southern India, an official said on Sunday. Anji, 40, was killed late Saturday at Bannerghatta Biological Park on the outskirts of Bangalore when the two cubs attacked him as he herded them into their enclosure, park chief Santosh Kumar told AFP. The tigers were eventually driven off by park staff but the victim was already dead.
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| Flexible Frittata is thick, satisfying omelet Posted: 09 Oct 2017 05:28 AM PDT  What to do on a busy weeknight when you poke your head into the fridge and discover a variety of souvenirs left over from previous meals — including veggies, protein and starch? Just reach for a carton of eggs and turn the whole thing into a one-skillet meal. Leftovers? Not at all. The Flexible Frittata is a thick, satisfying omelet.
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| Philippines: NY 'plotter' was allegedly doctor to pro-IS gunmen Posted: 09 Oct 2017 01:45 AM PDT  A Filipino doctor wanted over a foiled jihadist plot targeting New York's subway and Times Square previously treated pro-Islamic State (IS) group militants in the mountains of southern Philippines, the military said on Monday. Russell Salic, 37, had links to the Maute group, which since May had been occupying parts of the Philippines' most important Islamic city of Marawi in a bid to establish an IS caliphate in Southeast Asia, Philippine authorities said. "He was among those who were treating wounded members of the Maute group," military spokesman Colonel Edgard Arevalo told AFP.
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| Blue Ivy's Pricey Wardrobe Is Making Headlines Yet Again Posted: 09 Oct 2017 01:11 PM PDT  Five-year-old Blue Ivy Carter recently attended the New Orleans wedding of Beyoncé and Jay-Z's friends, Lawrence Parker and Jessica Clemons.
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| Kathy Griffin Returns To The Stage Wearing A Donald Trump Mask, Naturally Posted: 09 Oct 2017 01:36 PM PDT  Kathy Griffin performed for the first time since the now-infamous photo of her holding a fake, bloodied Donald Trump head went viral, and it appears she's not done making jokes at the president's expense.
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| Turkey wants US to review decision to halt visa services Posted: 09 Oct 2017 02:08 PM PDT  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's justice minister on Monday said he hoped the United States would review its decision to suspend most visa services for Turkish citizens following the arrest of a U.S. consulate employee in Istanbul that has deepened tensions between the two NATO allies.
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| Las Vegas concert-goers claim personal items left after massacre Posted: 08 Oct 2017 03:28 PM PDT  By Sharon Bernstein LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - The FBI on Sunday started returning thousands of purses, phones and other property left behind by concert-goers in Las Vegas fleeing the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, as the Red Cross stepped up efforts to reach those traumatized by the Oct. 1 massacre. Investigators still lack a clear reason why Stephen Paddock, 64, unleashed a torrent of gunfire into a crowd of 22,000 at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. The suspect shot himself to death before police stormed his 32nd-floor suite in the Mandalay Bay Casino and Resort, high above the concert venue.
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| What You Need to Know About Nutritional Yeast Posted: 09 Oct 2017 11:31 AM PDT  Nutritional yeast has long been a favorite of vegans, who use it as a cheese substitute. But now nutritional yeast is everywhere—maybe you've seen it in the market, or on a food blog. Here's what you need to know about the popular seasoning.
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| Gunman kills two guards at Saudi royal palace Posted: 07 Oct 2017 06:47 PM PDT  A gunman shot dead two Saudi guards and wounded three others at the gate of the royal palace in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on Saturday, the interior ministry said. Royal guards killed the gunman, identified by the ministry as a 28-year-old Saudi national armed with a Kalashnikov and three grenades. "An outpost of the royal guard came under fire by a person who got out of a Hyundai car," the ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.
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| Gal Gadot Gets Help From Leslie Jones In Her First 'SNL' Monologue Posted: 07 Oct 2017 09:23 PM PDT  "Wonder Woman" star Gal Gadot hosted her very first "Saturday Night Live" episode and got a little help from another powerful woman, Leslie Jones.
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