| Alabama officials dismiss Moore claims of voter fraud; Jones certified as winner Posted: 28 Dec 2017 11:47 AM PST  Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill laughed off the assertion by Roy Moore campaign spokeswoman Janet Porter that there is a "one in 15 billion" chance voter fraud did not occur in the state's special U.S. Senate election.
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| Gruesome murder leaves 2 children, 2 adults dead Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:05 AM PST  Investigators in Troy, New York are on the hunt for the people responsible for murdering two children, their mother and her girlfriend. The bodies were found a day after Christmas.
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| Female Comedian From 'Last Comic Standing' Sued For Banning Men From Show Posted: 28 Dec 2017 01:04 PM PST  A man is suing comedian Iliza Shlesinger for waging a "War On Men" after he was denied entry to her November show, "Girls Night In With Iliza — No Boys Allowed."
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| Report: White House intern appears to flash 'white power' hand gesture in photo with Trump Posted: 29 Dec 2017 07:00 AM PST  A White House intern appeared to flash a white power hand gesture in a photo with President Donald Trump, a signal that some far-right groups have adopted in recent months.
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| Increased police presence in Times Square on New Year’s Eve Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:05 AM PST In the wake of the recent attempted suicide bombing in New York City and the Las Vegas hotel shooting, the New York Police Department announced new steps to protect people in Times Square on New Year's Eve.
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| Solange Opens Up About Autonomic Disorder She's Been Battling For Months Posted: 28 Dec 2017 07:35 AM PST  Solange just revealed she won't be performing in South Africa at Afropunk's upcoming New Year's Eve show due to medical issues.
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| Here's the chilling reason some Disney hotels are getting rid of 'do not disturb' signs Posted: 29 Dec 2017 08:13 AM PST  Walt Disney World resorts are beginning to do away with one traditional hotel feature -- and the possible reason why is haunting.
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| Russian environmental activist hospitalized after beating Posted: 29 Dec 2017 03:23 AM PST ![Russian environmental activist hospitalized after beating]( "Russian environmental activist hospitalized after beating") A leading Russian environmental activist said on Friday he had been hospitalized after being severely beaten by unknown assailants in the southern city of Krasnodar. Andrei Rudomakha, head of the Environmental Watch on the North Caucasus NGO, told Reuters he and a group of activists were assaulted late on Thursday upon returning from the Black Sea coastal city of Gelendzhik where they were documenting the illegal construction of a mansion for high-ranking officials. The regional branch of the Russian Interior Ministry, in a statement sent to Reuters, said authorities were investigating the attack by what it said were three assailants.
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| Israel retaliates to Gaza rocket attack, no injuries Posted: 29 Dec 2017 08:25 AM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's military retaliated to rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip on Friday with strikes on posts used by the Islamic militant group Hamas that rules the territory. The exchange caused no casualties on either side.
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| Video shows police officers risking their lives to save trapped teenagers Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:10 AM PST  Body cameras captured the moments when two Milwaukee police officers rescued two teenagers who were trapped inside a burning car.
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| At Least 15 People Have Been Killed in Mumbai After a Fire Engulfs a Building Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:21 PM PST  A fire broke out early Friday in an upscale rooftop restaurant in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital, leaving at least 15 dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
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| Trump opens up about Mueller, Russia probe Posted: 28 Dec 2017 12:01 PM PST  Michael Schmidt, national security reporter for the New York Times, talks with Reid about his impromptu interview with Donald Trump in which Trump discussed the Robert Mueller investigation, the Department of Justice, and his value to news media ratings
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| Tehran Police Say Women Will No Longer Be Arrested For Violating 'Islamic' Dress Code Posted: 28 Dec 2017 11:26 AM PST  Police in Iran's capital are loosening up restrictions regarding dress code after decades of pushback from women in the country.
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| Shy 10-year-old Oklahoma boy looking for a permanent home Posted: 28 Dec 2017 07:54 AM PST  A shy fourth grader from Oklahoma is turning to the public in hopes that someone will read his story and make him a part of their family.
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| Most popular Yahoo News photo galleries of 2017 – The countdown Posted: 29 Dec 2017 04:50 AM PST  The countdown of photo galleries that our Yahoo readers liked the best this year! Check back in as we'll be counting down the top 10 until New Year's Eve.
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| One-year-old baby among 12 victims of New York fire 'started by child playing with stove' Posted: 28 Dec 2017 07:51 PM PST  A child playing with a stove caused New York's deadliest fire in almost 30 years, leaving 12 people dead including one baby. The three-year-old child survived when his mother swept him away from the rising smoke in the kitchen and out into safety with his younger sibling. The fire quickly spread up the block, with the stairway acting "like a chimney", according to investigators, killing 12 people, aged one to 50. The one-year-old girl died along with her mother as they tried to shelter in a bathtub, investigators said. Two young girls aged two and seven, and a boy whose age was not known, were also among the dead. "People had very little time to react," Daniel Nigro, the city's fire department commissioner, said. "They couldn't get back down the stairs. Those that tried perished." The fire broke out at 7pm on Thursday in a building with 26 flats near the Bronx Zoo, a popular tourist attraction. Firefighters were on the scene within three minutes but the blaze spread rapidly fueled by strong winds. Firefighters leave after putting out the major fire Credit: Amir Levy/ Getty More than 160 firefighters took three hours to control the blaze as water leaking from hoses froze on the pavement due to extreme cold. The building, made of plaster and brick, was erected in 1916 and had six open safety violations including for a defective smoke detector on the first floor, the New York Times reported. It was not clear if the smoke detector had been fixed or replaced, or whether it had played any role in the fire. The blaze was the most deadly in a block of flats in the city since 1990. Bill de Blasio, the New York City Mayor, called it an "unspeakable tragedy". He said: "What we think at this point is that unfortunately it emanated from an accident, a young child playing with a stove on the first floor of the building. A ladder from a fire truck extends to an apartment window where firefighters respond to a deadly fire Credit: Frank Franklin/AP "Here in the Bronx there are families that have been torn apart. This is the worst fire tragedy we have seen in this city in at least a quarter century. "The building owner, the building manager, is supposed to make sure that all those basic safety precautions are in place." Kimberly Wilkins, an eyewitness, said: "People were screaming and that's how we knew there was trouble. People were screaming, 'Fire! Help! Fire! Help!" The building was in a section of the Bronx where half the residents earn less than the US poverty threshold.
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| Tuscon Police Release Footage of Man Impersonating a Police Officer Posted: 27 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST  The suspect allegedly made fake traffic stops in Arizona and handcuffed one of his victims.
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| 10 Winter Hats For Natural Hair That'll Protect Your Beautiful Curls Posted: 29 Dec 2017 11:52 AM PST  I know the struggle that is trying to find a winter hat or beanie that will stylishly fit over my massive head of hair ― which I recently transitioned back to its naturally curly state.
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| Turkey's Erdogan seeks to mend strained ties with Europe Posted: 28 Dec 2017 02:23 PM PST  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signaled he wants to mend fences with the governments of several European nations he's quarreled with this year, saying Turkey must "decrease the number of enemies and increase friends."
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| Blue Apron Is Launching A Whole30 Meal Plan Just In Time For The New Year Posted: 29 Dec 2017 11:54 AM PST  If your New Year's resolution is to eat cleaner and healthier, the challenge just got a little bit easier.
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| 'I’m Not Giving up My Voice.' Sen. Al Franken Makes First Public Statement Since Resigning Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:21 PM PST  Sen. Al Franken spoke to his supporters in Minneapolis Thursday evening after resigning due to sexual harassment allegations made against him.
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| Bronx Fire That Killed 12 Is Latest in History of New York City's Deadliest Fires Posted: 29 Dec 2017 08:46 AM PST ![Bronx Fire That Killed 12 Is Latest in History of New York City's Deadliest Fires]( "Bronx Fire That Killed 12 Is Latest in History of New York City's Deadliest Fires") Remembering the lives of others who were lost in deadly blazes throughout the city.
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| California set for New Year's buzz with recreational marijuana sales Posted: 29 Dec 2017 05:59 AM PST ![California set for New Year's buzz with recreational marijuana sales]( "California set for New Year's buzz with recreational marijuana sales") California adults not content to ring in the New Year with the traditional fizz of champagne can look forward to celebrating with the buzz of marijuana, purchased for the first time from state-licensed retailers of recreational pot. Dozens of newly authorized marijuana stores are due to open for business across California on Jan. 1, launching yet another chapter in America's drug culture and the largest regulated commercial market for cannabis in the United States - one valued at several billion dollars. Newly permitted retailers will rely on a hodge-podge of marijuana producers in the state's illicit "gray market" to stock their shelves for the next six months, until state-licensed growers can harvest their first crops.
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| Trump lawyers to attack Flynn credibility: Wash Post Posted: 28 Dec 2017 12:44 AM PST  Washington Post reporter Carol Leonning joins MSNBC to discuss her new report that President Trump's legal team is preparing to attack Michael Flynn's credibility, should he accuse the president or his aides of wrongdoing.
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| Death Of Argentine Prosecutor Investigating Massive Terror Attack Ruled A Murder Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:18 AM PST  More than two decades after the deadliest bombing in Argentina's history, the details of the unresolved massacre are only becoming more mysterious.
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| Remembering Those Lost in 2017 Posted: 27 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST  "World News Tonight" remembers some of the people who helped shape history.
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| AP PHOTOS: Jerusalem walls offer glimpse of city's richness Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:28 PM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — What would Jerusalem be without its walls? Poets have sung of them since ancient times, they are mentioned in the Book of Psalms, and they have shadowed conflicts past and present.
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| Fighting in northwestern Syria kills 66: monitor Posted: 29 Dec 2017 01:34 AM PST  Clashes pitting mainly jihadist and rebel fighters against regime forces backed by Russian warplanes killed at 66 people on the edge of Syria's northwestern Idlib province, a monitor said Friday. Among the victims were at least 19 civilians killed by air strikes, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that the casualties were over 24 hours of fighting in an area straddling Idlib and Hama provinces. The head of the Observatory, Rami Abdel Rahman, said seven children were among the civilian victims.
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| Pour One Out, Flavortown Fans: Guy Fieri's Times Square Restaurant Is Closing Posted: 29 Dec 2017 08:57 AM PST  "Flavortown" fans, put on your best flame shirt and prepare to bury your feelings in a whole lot of donkey sauce.
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| Mindfulness can lead to selfishness, warns psychiatry expert Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:51 AM PST  Mindfulness has grown in popularity as people search for meaning in life. But doing it alone could actually make you more selfish, an expert at the Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned. Dr Alison Gray, chair of the spirituality special interest group at the College, which advises psychiatrists on how to deal with spiritual issues, said more "inward-focused" types of spirituality "can become self-involved". "In as much as religion is about binding people together, spirituality can become inward looking and selfish," she said. "In no way does that happen to everyone - in many cases increases their passion for the whole world. But there's a potential for it to become inward-looking and basically self-centred." She warned that meditation can lead to problems as people uncover the more negative aspects of their personality, which they might previously have buried. "When you look inside yourself what you find can be quite negative and quite destabilising, and so you need a community around you to help process this stuff and keep you healthy", she told the Daily Telegraph. Meditation and mindfulness can mean people notice "selfish drives and ambitions, bits of themselves that they previously projected onto other people, anger hatred, all the negative emotions." To counter this, the practises should be done in groups. "I would encourage people to be in with a community," she said. Practises such as meditation and mindfulness have been growing in popularity in the UK and other western countries as people who do not have religious beliefs turn to "spirituality" instead. Mindfulness is increasingly offered by schools and workplaces to help employees and students improve their mental health. Dr Gray said she believed people were "rediscovering the old ways". Mindfulness: a cheat's guide "We're still the same human beings that have been around for thousands of years. The neanderthals had basic religion and ways of burying the dead, it's always been there. "I would suggest that it's a rediscovery of the old ways rather than anything completely new - the newness is the recombination of different traditions." Several studies have linked religion with better health and wellbeing. Data from the Office for National Statistics published last year found that people with no religion have below-average happiness and life satisfaction levels. On average respondents scored their life satisfaction as 7.53 out of 10 and their happiness the previous day as 7.38, while those who describe themselves as having no religion scored their happiness slightly below average, at 7.22 out of 10. But the data on spirituality is less clear, with the vague meaning of the word making it hard for scientists to define.
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| NYPD Officers Suspended After Witnesses Say They Didn't Check On Woman Later Found Dead Posted: 29 Dec 2017 12:55 AM PST  Two New York City police officers were suspended after witnesses said they failed to leave their car to check on a young woman who was later found dead at the bottom of a stairwell.
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| Brazil defense ministry opposes giving up Embraer control to Boeing Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:12 AM PST ![Brazil defense ministry opposes giving up Embraer control to Boeing]( "Brazil defense ministry opposes giving up Embraer control to Boeing") (Reuters) - Brazil's defense minister voiced opposition on Thursday to selling control in Embraer SA to Boeing Co , saying the defense operations of the Brazilian planemaker cannot be separated from the commercial business. Boeing and Embraer said last week they were discussing a "potential combination", in a move that would consolidate a global passenger jet duopoly provided Brazil's government gives its blessing. Defense Minister Raul Jungmann said on Thursday the ministry was concerned that the negotiations between the aerospace companies had advanced without its knowledge.
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| Situation Report: Russia Slams U.S. Missile Defense Sale to Japan Posted: 29 Dec 2017 04:43 AM PST  Saudi blockade of Yemen taking a toll, Turkey buys Russian military kit
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| Happy New Year From The Rachel Maddow Show! Posted: 28 Dec 2017 01:22 PM PST  Thanks very much to everyone who has watched the show this year. See you in 2018!
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| Trump Administration Moves To Weaken Offshore Safety Rules Prompted By 2010 Spill Posted: 28 Dec 2017 07:21 PM PST  The Trump administration moved on Thursday to eliminate key offshore safety regulations adopted in the wake of the deadly Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the biggest in the nation's history.
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| AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from the past week in Asia Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:42 PM PST  A bride is helped before a mass wedding of over 250 couples in Surat, India. The wedding was hosted by an Indian businessman who has funded nuptials of fatherless brides in the city of Surat for several years. Weddings in India are expensive affairs with the bride's family traditionally expected to pay the groom a large dowry of cash and gifts.
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| Bronx fire that killed 12 people 'caused by child playing with stove' Posted: 29 Dec 2017 07:15 AM PST  New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio said investigators believe the Bronx fire which killed 12 people was caused by a child playing with a stove. The four-alarm fire – five being the highest level of alert – began on Thursday evening in a neighbourhood near the Bronx Zoo and by the next morning had turned into the city's deadliest blaze in nearly 25 years. Mr De Blasio called it "an unspeakable tragedy in the middle of the holiday season" during a news conference at the scene, amid subfreezing temperatures in the city.
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| An Australian Grandmother Was Charged With Drug Trafficking in Malaysia. She Just Escaped a Death Sentence Posted: 27 Dec 2017 07:10 PM PST  An Australian grandmother who was detained with more than a kilogram of crystal methamphetamine in Kuala Lumpur has been cleared of drug trafficking, a charge that in Malaysia carries a mandatory death penalty if convicted.
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| Venezuela blames Portugal for sabotaging Christmas with ham delays as protesters urge 'pork revolution' Posted: 29 Dec 2017 09:01 AM PST  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accused Portugal of sabotaging Christmas as a shorage of pork led to anti-government protests spilling onto the streets. According to Mr Maduro and his socialist government, the Portuguese authorities were pressured into preventing the delivery of two "giant boats" laden with government-subsidized ham, a favoured seasonal meat, due to an international conspiracy led by the United States. "So, what happened to the ham?" Mr Maduro asked in a televised Christmas address on Wednesday after hundreds of people took to the streets in poor parts of Caracas on Wednesday night in protest at the shortage. "We were sabotaged. I can name one country: Portugal. Everything was ready because we bought up all the ham there was in Venezuela, but we had to import [more] so I gave the order and signed off on the payments." Some pockets of protests continued on Thursday morning, in what some social media users dubbed the "pork revolution". Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro took to state television to denounce a US-led conspiracy Credit: REUTERS Diosdado Cabello, the former speaker of parliament and a key figure in Venezuela's ruling party, placed ultimate blame for the ham shortage at the feet of the "gringo" US government. "And why didn't the ham arrive? Because of the blockage against us. The Portuguese made an agreement, then they were frightened by the gringos and they didn't send the hams." But the Portuguese government has denied any involvement in the alleged Christmas sabotage. "I know that ham to Venezuelans is as important as cod is to us at Christmas, but the fact that distribution has been delayed has nothing to do with the Portuguese government", said Portugal's foreign minister, Augusto Santos Silva. A bemused Mr Santos Silva explained that the only restrictions on trade with Venezuela are "sanctions against that country approved in the framework of the European Union", naming the freezing of certain assets if found in Europe and the sale of some military material. As Venezuelans protest in Caracas demanding the government's prommised pork -the main dish of the Christmas and New Year's dinner-, President Nicolas Maduro attributes the shortage to international sabotage Credit: FEDERICO PARRA/ AFP But on Thursday a statement by food company Raporal appeared to clarify the crux of the dispute, explaining that it and other Portuguese exporters had yet to be paid in full for last year's consignment of meat products shipped to Venezuela. According to Raporal, a contract of €63.5 million was signed in 2016 for the supply of 14,000 tons of meat, but "€40 million remains unpaid". Venezuela's acute economic crisis has led to shortages of many consumer products in recent months, including petrol, despite the country being a major oil producer. Street protests turned violent earlier this year after President Maduro stripped the powers of the opposition-controlled legislative, replacing it with a puppet assembly.
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| Van jumps Seattle sidewalk, hits pedestrians, at least 5 injured Posted: 28 Dec 2017 01:22 PM PST ![Van jumps Seattle sidewalk, hits pedestrians, at least 5 injured]( "Van jumps Seattle sidewalk, hits pedestrians, at least 5 injured") The incident did not appear to be deliberate, a police official told local media. At least two people were in serious condition. The Seattle police and fire departments posted photos on social media of a white van with a dented left side that was stopped about a yard (meter) from the side of a downtown store.
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| China pledges support for Cambodia's 2018 poll: official Posted: 28 Dec 2017 02:55 AM PST  China will donate ballot boxes and voting booths for Cambodia's 2018 election, an official said Thursday, weeks after Western democracies pulled their support in protest over a crackdown on opposition politicians. The US and the European Union withdrew their backing after a Phnom Penh court dissolved the main opposition party in November -- a move they said stripped next year's election of any legitimacy.
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| Deadly Police Shooting May Have Been Result of Online Gaming Prank Posted: 29 Dec 2017 11:27 AM PST  The practice is known as "swatting"
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| Ivanka Trump's Vacation Picture Has A Confederate Flag In The Background Posted: 28 Dec 2017 11:18 AM PST  One of Ivanka Trump's photos from her family's holiday break in Florida is causing quite the stir.
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| Recy Taylor, who fought for justice after 1944 rape, dies Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:14 PM PST  ABBEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Recy Taylor, a black Alabama woman whose rape by six white men in 1944 drew national attention, died Thursday. She was 97.
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