| Trump Appointee Carl Higbie Resigns Following Offensive Comments Posted: 19 Jan 2018 03:03 AM PST  Carl Higbie, the chief of external affairs for the Corporation for National and Community Service, resigned Thursday after CNN unearthed a litany of offensive and discriminatory remarks he'd made on various radio segments.
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| Man Surprises Grandfather With Restored 1957 Chevy Bel Air For His 81st Birthday Posted: 17 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST  Cam Dedman revealed the car to Fred Lamar after a year of restoring it on his own.
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| The resistance is organized and ready in district where Trump is visiting Posted: 18 Jan 2018 11:00 AM PST  Democrats, especially women, have been organizing ever since last year's election. And they think they have a chance to take the seat in this heavily Republican district.
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| Russian Money Ties to NRA Under FBI Scrutiny Posted: 18 Jan 2018 12:18 PM PST  Greg Gordon, investigative reporter for McClatchy DC, talks with Rachel Maddow about news that the FBI is looking into whether Russian money was funneled to the Trump campaign through the NRA.
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| Deported Man's Wife Will Be State Of The Union Guest Posted: 19 Jan 2018 03:15 AM PST  Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) was so moved by the story of Jorge Garcia, a 39-year-old man deported to Mexico this week after living most of his life in the U.S., that she plans to bring his wife Cindy Garcia as her plus-one guest to the 2018 State of the Union address.
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| Sen. Kaine condemns 'unacceptable' expanded U.S. mission in Syria Posted: 18 Jan 2018 11:46 AM PST  Sen. Tim Kaine warned that the expanded mandate outlined by Rex Tillerson was "unacceptable" absent a vote in Congress.
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| US border patrol exposed kicking over water bottles left for migrants Posted: 18 Jan 2018 06:32 AM PST  US border patrol agents are routinely sabotaging water supplies left for migrants in the Arizona desert, condemning them to death, humanitarian groups have said. Travellers attempting to cross into the US from Mexico regularly die of dehydration, as well as exposure to extreme heat or cold, so aid groups leave water bottles and emergency stocks such as blankets at points throughout the Sonoran desert. A video released by the groups showed border patrol agents kicking over water bottles and pouring away their contents.
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| House Blocks Trump's Order To Deport Palestinian Man Living In U.S. For 39 Years Posted: 18 Jan 2018 04:02 PM PST  Last month, with a deportation order hanging over his head, Amer Othman Adi, 57, and his family were making preparations to leave their life in Youngstown, Ohio, willingly.
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| California torture house: 13 siblings allowed to eat once a day, shower once a year Posted: 18 Jan 2018 07:53 AM PST  The 13 starving siblings held captive in a California house hardly ever saw the sun and were allowed, a prosecutor said Thursday, to eat only one rationed meal a day and shower just once a year.
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| White House tries to tag Democrats with blame for possible shutdown Posted: 19 Jan 2018 12:36 PM PST  A White House official said Democrats are "hellbent on getting a shutdown." Democrats pointed to specific legislation and claimed they're willing to compromise.
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| Couple’s sexless marriage is ‘weird, weird, weird’ says Yahoo Newsroom Posted: 18 Jan 2018 11:09 AM PST  "People can do what they want. But the marriage is a joke." "Huh? Am I missing something here?" Two friends of Tiffany Trump's are in the spotlight after exchanging "unconditional, unconventional" vows for a sexless marriage. The story jumped to the "top-trending" category on Yahoo Newsroom, sparking thousands of skeptical comments. New York socialites Quentin Esme Brown and Peter Cary Peterson tied the knot in Las Vegas (where first daughter Tiffany served as flower girl). On social media, the best friends turned husband and wife made clear that theirs will be a sexless, open marriage. Brown explained on Instagram, "Peter and I are not romantically involved — in fact we are still dating others and will continue to seek love in all forms — we are just each other's hearts and wish to begin our journey towards evolution." Their nontraditional relationship status raised one question over and over in the Yahoo comments: Why bother? One especially suspicious reader guessed that it's a "business partnership and fraud." What do you think of a sexless marriage? Join the conversation in Yahoo Newsroom.
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| Fox News Guest Goes Off The Rails: 'White Supremacists Are American Citizens' Posted: 18 Jan 2018 11:55 PM PST  A guest on Fox News defended white supremacists over undocumented immigrants on Thursday evening.
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| Adulthood now begins at 24, say scientists as young people delay work, marriage and families Posted: 19 Jan 2018 07:00 AM PST  Adulthood does not begin until 24, scientists have concluded because young people are continuing their education for longer and delaying marriage and parenthood. The traditional definition for adolescence is currently between and the ages of 10 and 19, which marked the beginnings of puberty and the perceived end of biological growth. But, writing in the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, scientists from the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne argue the timings needs to be changed. They point to the fact that the brain continues to mature beyond the age of 20, and many people's wisdom teeth do not come through until the age of 25. And people are also getting married and having children later, with the average man entering their first marriage aged 32.5 and women 30.6, an increase of eight years since the 1970s. Families have changed significantly since the 1970s Credit: Fox Photos Lead author Prof Susan Sawyer, said delays in young people leaving education, settling down and becoming parents, showed adolescence was now longer and argued that policies that support youth should be extended beyond teenage years. Countries such as New Zealand already treat children who have been in care as vulnerable until they are 25, allowing them the same rights as youngsters "Age definitions are always arbitrary," she said, but "our current definition of adolescence is overly restricted." "The ages of 10-24 years are a better fit with the development of adolescents nowadays." However other academics argued that just because young people were unmarried or still in education did not mean they were not fully functioning adults. But Dr Jan Macvarish, a parenting sociologist at the University of Kent, told the BBC: "There is nothing inevitably infantilising about spending your early 20s in higher education or experimenting in the world of work. "Society should maintain the highest possible expectations of the next generation." Prof Sawyer also admits there could be downsides to he plan, particularly if youngsters were no longer seen as responsible or capable of full engagement in society until they were 24. "Such a view would risk disenfranchising adolescents and undermines their rights to fully participate in society," she added.
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| Helicopter with Zimbabwe opposition leader crashes, kills 5 Posted: 18 Jan 2018 03:52 PM PST  RATON, N.M. (AP) — A group of prominent friends, including a key Zimbabwean opposition leader and a Texas-based investor and philanthropist, was heading to a ranch in the U.S. state of New Mexico when their helicopter crashed and burned in a remote area, killing five people aboard.
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| Senate Advances Judicial Pick Hostile To Voting Rights For Black People Posted: 18 Jan 2018 09:10 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― Despite protests by civil rights leaders, the Senate voted Thursday to advance a judicial nominee who helped draft North Carolina's voter suppression law, defended racially discriminatory gerrymandering and may have lied to the Senate about his role in disenfranchising black voters when he worked for the late Sen. Jesse Helms.
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| Woman Says 12-Year-Old Son Who Died Had Flu-Like Symptoms But Test Came Back Negative Posted: 17 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST  The CDC said the test can miss the flu up to half the time and doesn't give a complete picture.
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| Car plows into crowd along Brazil’s Copacabana beach, killing baby Posted: 19 Jan 2018 07:56 AM PST ![Car plows into crowd along Brazil's Copacabana beach, killing baby]( "Car plows into crowd along Brazil's Copacabana beach, killing baby") A car plowed into a crowd on Rio de Janeiro's tourist-packed Copacabana seaside promenade, killing a baby and injuring more than a dozen people.
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| A free-for-all destroyed the Republican Party. Could Democrats be next? Posted: 18 Jan 2018 02:00 AM PST  Lesson from the GOP in 2016: When a field of candidates is divided 20 different ways, the one who makes a loud, emotional or even outrageous appeal can incite enough of a disenchanted plurality to win.
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| WH blame possible shutdown on Schumer and Democrats Posted: 19 Jan 2018 09:16 AM PST  The White House tries to lay blame for possible government shutdown on Senator Schumer and Senate Democrats.
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| Chris Christie Reportedly Turned Away From Airport VIP Entrance Posted: 18 Jan 2018 09:44 PM PST  Chris Christie, no longer the governor of New Jersey, was reportedly denied access to a special VIP entrance at Newark Liberty International Airport on Thursday.
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| Texas 'tourniquet killer' set to be first U.S. inmate executed in 2018 Posted: 18 Jan 2018 08:22 AM PST ![Texas 'tourniquet killer' set to be first U.S. inmate executed in 2018]( "Texas 'tourniquet killer' set to be first U.S. inmate executed in 2018") In the first U.S. execution of 2018, Texas was set on Thursday to put to death a man convicted of raping and murdering five girls and young women, using a tourniquet to torture and strangle his victims. Anthony Shore, 55, was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in the state's death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. If the execution goes ahead, it will be the 546th in the state since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, the most of any state.
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| Mom Of Racist-Ranting Alabama Student Says She Didn't Raise Her That Way Posted: 19 Jan 2018 05:13 AM PST  The mother of a University of Alabama student who received national scorn for her racist rants on video said she agreed with the school's decision to expel her daughter.
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| Emirates throws Airbus A380 a lifeline with jumbo order Posted: 18 Jan 2018 09:33 AM PST  Emirates Airlines said Thursday it has struck a $16 billion deal to buy 36 Airbus A380 superjumbos just days after the European manufacturer said it would have to halt production without new orders. The company said it had placed firm orders for 20 of the double-decker aircraft with options for a further 16. Emirates is already the world's biggest customer for the A380 with 101 in its fleet and 41 more firm orders previously placed.
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| Anderson Cooper Tells Conan Haiti Is 'Among The Richest Countries I've Ever Been To' Posted: 19 Jan 2018 04:03 AM PST  CNN's Anderson Cooper on Thursday gave Conan O'Brien a glowing review of Haiti before the talk show host's trip there.
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| UK and French leaders reach border deal, disagree on Brexit Posted: 18 Jan 2018 03:23 PM PST  CAMBERLEY, England (AP) — The leaders of Britain and France met Thursday against a military backdrop to pledge closer cooperation on defense, security and borders after Britain leaves the European Union.
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| Government shutdown: Trump tweets cause chaos for Republicans as they scramble to pass spending bill Posted: 18 Jan 2018 04:25 PM PST  A tweet from President Donald Trump has thrown Republican plans to avoid a government shutdown into chaos by contradicting his own administration. Congress has been scrambling to pass a short-term measure before a shutdown comes into effect on Saturday. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said "we're in very good shape" for passage of a spending bill that would keep the government running for another four weeks.
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| Watch As A Drone Saves Two Teen Swimmers From Heavy Surf In Australia Posted: 18 Jan 2018 09:58 AM PST  An unlikely hero saved two teen swimmers on Thursday when a drone dropped a flotation device as the pair were stranded in heavy surf.
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| France's 'Black Widow' sentenced to 22-years for poisoning wealthy elderly men Posted: 18 Jan 2018 04:14 PM PST  A French woman dubbed the "Black Widow of the Riviera" was jailed for 22-years Thursday for poisoning four wealthy elderly men, two of whom died. Patricia Dagorn, 57, was convicted of killing two men found dead in 2011 on the Cote d'Azur and of drugging two others. Prosecutors say she attempted to enrich herself by seducing older men she met mostly through a dating agency. The "Black Widow", who denied all the charges against her, did not flinch as the verdict was handed down. Dagorn is already serving a five-year prison term for theft, fraud and sequestration involving an octogenarian in the French Alps in 2012 who had agreed to let her live with him in exchange for sexual relations. One of the men she poisoned, 91-year-old widower Robert Vaux, told reporters at the courthouse on Monday that Dagorn "was like a ray of sunshine in winter. When you are with a younger woman you know it won't last but you don't deny yourself the moment unless you're a masochist". One of the victims, Robert Vaux Credit: VALERY HACHE/AFP The prosecution team called her a "perverted narcissist" while the defence spoke of a "victim" of loneliness. Attorney General Annie Brunet-Fuster described Dagorn as "not psychotic but psychopathic". Police began suspecting Dagorn after the body of Michel Kneffel, a man in his 60s with whom she had been living at a residential hotel in Nice, was discovered in July 2011. No charges were filed at the time, but the investigation was reopened the following year after police found vials of Valium and personal documents belonging to about a dozen different men among her belongings. The documents included IDs, bank account details and health insurance cards. Investigators then followed the trail to another suspected murder case, that of Francesco Filippone, 85, whose body was found in his bathtub in an advanced state of decomposition in Mouans-Sartoux, outside Cannes, in February 2011. Dagorn had earlier cashed a cheque from Filippone for 21,000 euros ($25,600), money which she said was a gift to help her open a jewellery shop. A court sketch made on January 16, 2018 shows Patricia Dagorn in court earlier in the trial Credit: BENOIT PEYRUCQ/AFP 'Quick and easy money' Police now think Dagorn may have met at least 20 men, after arriving on the French Riviera in 2011, mainly via a matchmaking agency. Vaux, comfortably retired but lonely since the death of his wife, brought Dagorn to live with him in early 2012 in the coastal town of Frejus. When he was at his lowest ebb, Dagorn wrote to his solicitor, asking to be written into his will, according to Vaux. He and another man whom Dagorn is accused of trying to poison, Ange Pisciotta, 82, joined the case as civil plaintiffs. Dagorn, who has a law degree, had already been handed a one-year suspended prison term in a case involving her ex-husband who was found guilty of fraud. In 2013, her youngest son told a local newspaper that he was not surprised by the accusations against his mother. "She has always been obsessed with quick and easy money," the son, identified only as Guilhem, told Nice Matin daily.
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| Rex Tillerson Says There Is Evidence That Sanctions Are 'Really Starting to Hurt' North Korea Posted: 17 Jan 2018 11:29 PM PST  The U.S. Secretary of State said he was confident the pressure would eventually bring North Korea to the negotiating table
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| 14 Michigan State Reps Reportedly Heard About Abuser Larry Nassar And Did Nothing Posted: 18 Jan 2018 11:09 AM PST  At least 14 Michigan State University staffers and representatives were warned about Larry Nassar's sexual abuse over the course of two decades and allegedly did nothing to stop it, according to an explosive new report from the Detroit News.
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| Pope shocks Chile by accusing sex abuse victims of slander Posted: 18 Jan 2018 08:16 PM PST  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Pope Francis accused victims of Chile's most notorious pedophile of slander Thursday, an astonishing end to a visit meant to help heal the wounds of a sex abuse scandal that has cost the Catholic Church its credibility in the country.
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| Taiwan stymies new China flights amid route row, official says Posted: 19 Jan 2018 06:25 AM PST ![Taiwan stymies new China flights amid route row, official says]( "Taiwan stymies new China flights amid route row, official says") By Jeanny Kao and Brenda Goh TAIPEI/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Taiwan's aviation regulator has stalled applications for new flights from China Eastern Airlines and Xiamen Airlines amid a row between Beijing and the self-ruled island over air routes, a regulatory official said on Friday. Taiwan had not yet approved the applications to add flights during the approaching Lunar New Year holiday because in recent weeks the airlines had used four disputed air routes close to the island, said the official, who asked not to be identified. This month China opened several disputed air routes, including a northbound M503 route in the Taiwan Strait, without informing Taiwan, contravening what the democratic government in Taipei said was a 2015 deal to first discuss such flight paths.
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| FBI investigates whether Russia banker used NRA to fund Trump campaign – report Posted: 18 Jan 2018 12:42 PM PST  The FBI is investigating whether a Russian banker with close ties to Vladimir Putin funneled money through the National Rifle Association to support Donald Trump's presidential campaign, it was reported on Thursday. Foreign contributions to American political campaigns are illegal.
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| Special Operations dogs get tactical gear upgrade Posted: 18 Jan 2018 12:44 PM PST  Fox Firepower: Allison Barrie with a look at how U.S. Army SOCOM is looking to equip the 75th Ranger Regiment's dogs with advanced vest protection, wearable sensors and video cameras.
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| 'Leaning Out': Aerial photography by Jeffrey Milstein Posted: 19 Jan 2018 10:48 AM PST !['Leaning Out': Aerial photography by Jeffrey Milstein]( "'Leaning Out': Aerial photography by Jeffrey Milstein") Jeffrey Milstein's overhead images of ports, train yards, airports, parking lots, and cityscapes, reveal harmonious symmetries invisible during daily life yet still somehow familiar.
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| Turpin family latest: Two healthy Maltese dogs seized from couple whose 13 malnourished children were found 'imprisoned' Posted: 19 Jan 2018 04:35 AM PST  Authorities seized two healthy dogs from the Turpin family after 13 siblings were found malnourished and allegedly tortured. The two Maltese-mix dogs "appear healthy", Perris, California animal control officer Christina Avila said, and will be raffled for adoption. David and Louise Turpin have denied a string of charges relating to their alleged treatment of the children, who are aged between 2 and 29.
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| Supreme Court Tells North Carolina To Hold Off On Redrawing Congressional Map Posted: 18 Jan 2018 03:44 PM PST  The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday evening granted a request from Republican lawmakers in North Carolina to temporarily put on hold a lower court order that the state redraw its congressional map by next week.
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| Last three years hottest on record: UN Posted: 18 Jan 2018 11:53 AM PST  The last three years were the hottest on record, the United Nations weather agency said Thursday, citing fresh global data underscoring the dramatic warming of the planet. Consolidated data from five leading international weather agencies shows that "2015, 2016 and 2017 have been confirmed as the three warmest years on record", the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said. It added that 2016 remains the hottest year ever measured, due to the warming effect of El Nino, while 2017 was the warmest non-El Nino year beating out 2015 by less than one hundredth of a degree.
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| Do You Need Tamiflu for the Flu? Posted: 19 Jan 2018 02:53 PM PST  This year is proving to be a challenging one when it comes to fighting the flu. As of January 13, this season's flu is responsible for more than 9,000 hospitalizations—and 30 deaths in children a...
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| President Trump steps to forefront of anti-abortion movement Posted: 19 Jan 2018 11:05 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — He once called himself "pro-choice." But a year into his presidency, Donald Trump is stepping to the forefront of his administration's efforts to roll back abortion rights.
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| Turpin Case: Clothes, Shoes and Toys Donated to 13 Siblings Saved From California 'House of Horrors' Posted: 19 Jan 2018 06:58 AM PST  The Perris community is rallying around the children, who were allegedly tortured by their own parents.
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