| Few Migrants From Caravan Allowed To Enter U.S., Apply For Asylum Posted: 01 May 2018 04:45 AM PDT  After being denied entry to the U.S. for more than 24 hours, eight migrants
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| 'Clerical error' briefly puts U.S. close to war with Iran Posted: 30 Apr 2018 01:22 PM PDT  Rachel Maddow reports on a declaration by the White House that Iran "has" a clandestine nuclear weapons program, followed shortly thereafter by a corrected statement that Iran only "had" such a program.
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| Afghanistan Bombings Result in Country's Deadliest Day For Journalists Posted: 30 Apr 2018 09:35 AM PDT  At least 10 journalists were killed in Afghanistan on Monday, making it the
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| North-linked firms soar on Seoul market after summit Posted: 30 Apr 2018 01:14 AM PDT  Shares in South Korean builders, railway component makers and other firms with links to the North rocketed on Monday as Friday's inter-Korea summit fuelled optimism for new cross-border projects. The historic meeting saw the North's leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowing to "encourage more active cooperation, exchanges" and promote "co-prosperity". Shares of Hyundai Engineering & Construction -- which built buildings at the now-shuttered Kaesong jointly-run industrial complex in the North -- surged 26 percent.
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| British wildlife park owner mauled by lion after entering enclosure in front of tourists Posted: 01 May 2018 11:58 AM PDT  The British owner of a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa has been severely mauled by a lion he hand-reared from a cub in an attack witnessed and filmed by his tourist clients. Michael Hodge, who is 71, was attacked as he walked into the enclosure of the Marakele Animal Sanctuary's star attraction, a male lion named Shamba. Video footage of Saturday's incident shows Mr Hodge, who moved to South Africa in 1999, walking in a relaxed manner towards the lion a ranger outside the fence attempts to distract the animal. Mr Hodge, who founded the sanctuary in South Africa's Limpopo region with his wife Chrissy and her daughter Emma in 2010, was reportedly investigating a strange smell that had been upsetting the lion. Suddenly, Mr Hodge is seen running for the gate of Shamba's enclosure before being brought down just short, his body crashing against the fence. Mike Hodge has been running the animal sanctuary in South Africa since 2010 Credit: Facebook A woman can be heard sobbing and screaming "Oh my god!" and "somebody help, please!" as the lion drags Mr Hodge away into a thicket. Mr Hodge is heard to cry out: "help me please". Shots ring out, fired by the ranger, prompting Shamba to drop the injured Mr Hodge. The lion retreated a few yards from the bush where the Briton lay, but not far enough to allow a safe rescue attempt to be made. Shamba was then killed, a family friend, Bernadette Maguire, said, before Mr Hodge was rushed to a clinic 3m away in the town of Thabazimbi. He was later airlifted to a hospital in Johannesburg. Mrs Hodge said her husband had been hurt was now recovering. "He has a broken jaw and several lacerations, but is recovering well," she said in a statement. Mike Hodge and his wife Chrissy, who had reportedly nursed the lion who later launched the attack She added that the family were "devastated" over Shamba's death. The lion, born in 2008, had been hand-reared since it was a month old, with Mrs Hodge nursing it through a near-fatal dose of colic, according to friends. Shamba was one of the most popular of the dozen or so big cats housed in the sanctuary's "predator park". Tourists could pay an extra fee to be locked into a cage on the back of a pick-up vehicle. Shamba had been trained to leap onto the cage to eat freshly slaughtered chickens hung from the bars. Tourists would then photograph Shamba from just inches away as the feathers flew. "Come and take a ride on the wild side in our purpose-built Lion Mobile," the sanctuary's website reads. "I can promise you that Shamba will jump up and look you in the eye." Previous visitors and volunteers said that Mr Hodge had long experience with lions, having hand-reared three from cubs. One, a lioness named Nina, even slept on his bed, according to Emerita Abadilla, a former volunteer. "She slept in Mike's bed, washing his face and giving him a spit-bath daily at 3am," she wrote in a blog post two years ago. Apart from lions, the sanctuary also housed at least two tigers, a species not native to South Africa. Some visitors to the sanctuary's Facebook page criticised the manner in which Shamba was killed and the park run — but friends also came to Mr Hodge's defence, saying he had a "special bond" with the dead lion.
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| Juror Says Deposition Helped Jury Convict Bill Cosby Posted: 29 Apr 2018 09:00 PM PDT  The comedian was found guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004.
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| Waffle House Doubles Down On Chikesia Clemons Arrest As Activists Call For Boycott Posted: 30 Apr 2018 09:53 AM PDT  Activists protested at Waffle House's Atlanta headquarters on Monday,
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| Burning high-rise occupied by squatters collapses in Sao Paulo, Brazil Posted: 01 May 2018 07:26 AM PDT ![Burning high-rise occupied by squatters collapses in Sao Paulo, Brazil]( "Burning high-rise occupied by squatters collapses in Sao Paulo, Brazil") An abandoned high-rise building occupied by squatters in downtown Sao Paulo caught fire and collapsed Tuesday, sending chunks of fiery debris crashing into neighboring buildings and surrounding streets.
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| Russian fighter jet reportedly intercepts US military plane Posted: 01 May 2018 10:08 AM PDT  A Russian fighter jet has reportedly intercepted a US surveillance plane in international airspace. The Russian Su-27 jet performed an "unprofessional" but not unsafe interception of a US Navy P-8 plane that was flying over the Baltic Sea, defence officials told CNN and Fox News. "Due to standing DOD policy, we do not release the details of safe interactions," said Lieutenant Commander Zach Harrell, a spokesman for US Naval Forces Europe.
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| Pruitt admits fancy, waste of money phone booth is 'not a SCIF' Posted: 30 Apr 2018 08:47 AM PDT  Rachel Maddow shows how EPA administrator Scott Pruitt insisted at first that his $43,000 soundproof phone booth was a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, but changed that explanation once Congress (and TRMS) started fact-checking that lie.
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| Ronny Jackson Won't Return to His Role as President Trump's Personal Physician, Report Says Posted: 29 Apr 2018 09:25 PM PDT  Jackson withdrew his nomination to head the Department of Veterans Affairs amid numerous allegations of misconduct
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| Trump’s Immigration And Customs Enforcement Chief To Retire Posted: 30 Apr 2018 11:55 AM PDT  Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan will
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| Detractors deride Duterte for asking Filipinos to leave Kuwait Posted: 29 Apr 2018 10:31 PM PDT  By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - A Philippine labor group and a senator accused President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday of gambling with the livelihoods of tens of thousands of Filipinos in Kuwait, after he asked them to come home amid a diplomatic dispute over reported labor abuse. The Philippines and the Gulf Arab state are embroiled in a row over what Duterte says is a pattern of mistreatment of domestic workers by Kuwaiti employers. The Philippine ambassador has been asked to leave following attempts by embassy workers to "rescue" distressed workers there, which Kuwait says is a breach of its sovereignty.
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| Roy Moore Files Complaint Claiming He Was Targeted By Political Conspiracy Posted: 30 Apr 2018 01:30 PM PDT  Former Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore filed a complaint on Monday
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| Sources: Chief of Staff John Kelly calls Trump ‘idiot,’ mocks his policy ignorance Posted: 30 Apr 2018 08:47 AM PDT  In what appears to be a souring relationship with Trump, four administration officials tell NBC News that Kelly has said he is "the one saving the country."
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| Iran nuclear deal: UK backs 'vitally important' agreement despite Israel and US accusations of lying Posted: 01 May 2018 03:09 AM PDT  The nuclear deal with Iran is "vitally important" to ensure the country's atomic programme is "exclusively peaceful", the UK has said, despite accusations from Israel and the US that the agreement has been breached. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, unveiled what he claimed were documents which reveal Tehran covertly pursued nuclear weapons before signing a deal with world powers in 2015. The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said the information showed Iran's leaders lied about a nuclear weapons programme known as "Project Amad".
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| Michigan Catholic school ends prom 'modesty poncho' plan Posted: 01 May 2018 01:49 PM PDT ![Michigan Catholic school ends prom 'modesty poncho' plan]( "Michigan Catholic school ends prom 'modesty poncho' plan") DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A principal at a Michigan Catholic high school has rescinded a plan to require female students to wear "modesty ponchos" at prom if their dresses are too revealing.
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| 'Avengers: Infinity War' Goes Made in America Posted: 29 Apr 2018 09:00 PM PDT  The blockbuster superhero film employed more than 3,000 Georgia residents.
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| Kanye West Calls Slavery A ‘Choice,’ Gets Schooled On History Posted: 01 May 2018 01:42 PM PDT  Kanye West dropped by TMZ on Tuesday to tell the newsroom staff that he loves
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| U.S. judge mulling compromise decision on AT&T-Time Warner deal Posted: 30 Apr 2018 03:00 PM PDT  The judge who will decide if AT&T will be allowed to buy movie and TV show maker Time Warner indicated on Monday that he could be considering a decision that wasn't a clear approval or blocking of the $85 billion deal. In his closing remarks, U.S. Justice Department lawyer Craig Conrath asked for the planned transaction to be stopped. In the absence of blocking it, Conrath urged the judge to consider a divestiture, or asset sale.
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| Report: John McCain Tells Son-In-Law To 'Take Care Of Meghan' Posted: 29 Apr 2018 06:13 PM PDT  An emotional Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) hugged son-in-law Ben Domenech and
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| Did Golden State Killer Commit Murder That Sent Innocent Man to Prison for Nearly 40 Years? Posted: 01 May 2018 11:20 AM PDT  Craig Coley served 39 years in prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend and her son, but was later cleared by DNA evidence.
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| Ancient Christian ruins found under former ISIS-held city Posted: 01 May 2018 06:49 AM PDT  The ruins of an ancient Christian refuge, or early church, possibly dating back to the first centuries of Christendom's existence, under the Roman Empire has been discovered in Manbij, Syria, which was recently under ISIS control.
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| Documents show ties between university, conservative donors Posted: 30 Apr 2018 06:53 PM PDT  FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Virginia's largest public university granted the conservative Charles Koch Foundation a say in the hiring and firing of professors in exchange for millions of dollars in donations, according to newly released documents.
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| Ford's Car Cut Impact Posted: 01 May 2018 06:07 AM PDT  A look at the reaction to Ford's big decision.
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| Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu says he has 'conclusive proof' Iran lied about its nuclear weapons programme Posted: 30 Apr 2018 04:05 PM PDT  Israel has accused Iran of lying to the world about its nuclear weapons programme both before and since the 2015 nuclear deal after Israeli intelligence stole 100,000 files from a secret "atomic archive" in Tehran. Benjamin Netanyahu, an arch-opponent of the nuclear deal, made the dramatic public accusation in Tel Aviv less than two weeks before Donald Trump is due to announce whether he is pulling the US out of the agreement. The Israeli prime minister said that Israeli spies had obtained "half a tonne" of secret documents which show that Iran's leaders never gave a full account of their past nuclear activities as required by the Iran deal and were maintaining the knowhow to build a bomb in the future. "The nuclear deal is based on lies. It is based on Iranian lies and Iranian deception," Mr Netanyahu said. "This is a terrible deal which should never have been concluded and in a few days' time President Trump will make his decision on what to do with the nuclear deal. I'm sure he will do the right thing. The right thing for the US, the right thing for Israel, and the right thing for the peace of the world." Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv Credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS Mr Netanyahu's presentation, made in front of a large screen at the Israeli defence ministry, seemed designed to convince Mr Trump to follow his instincts and pull the US out of the agreement ahead of a May 12 deadline. Mr Trump said in Washington that the Israeli presentation "really showed that I've been 100 per cent right". "That is just not an acceptable situation," he said. "They [Iran] are not sitting back idly, they're setting off missiles." Mr Trump refused to say what his final decision would be but said he was open to negotiating "a better deal". Iran and other members of the P5+1 bloc of world powers have said it is not possible to renegotiate the agreement or strike a new pact. Mr Netanyahu's talk served as a counterweight to a furious diplomatic effort by Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel, who both visited the White House last week to implore Mr Trump not to scrap the agreement. Con Coughlin: Israel's only aim is to persuade Trump to scrap the Iran nuclear deal - and it could work Britain supports remaining in the agreement and Theresa May spoke to both her German and French counterparts about the situation over the weekend. Mr Netanyahu said the files had already been shared with the US and that American intelligence "can vouch for its authenticity". Israel plans to share it with other Western countries and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog. Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, mocked Mr Netanyahu's speech before it even began. "The boy who can't stop crying wolf is at it again," Mr Zarif said. "You can only fool some of the people so many times. BREAKING: The boy who can't stop crying wolf is at it again. Undeterred by cartoon fiasco at UNGA. You can only fool some of the people so many times. pic.twitter.com/W7saODfZDK— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) April 30, 2018 Mr Netanyahu said the 55,000 pages and 55,000 electronic documents had been secreted out of an archive in the Shorabad district of southern Tehran. "Few Iranians knew where it was, very few, and also a few Israelis," he said. Mr Netanyahu said Israeli spies had pulled off one of their "biggest-ever intelligence achievements" by getting the files out of Tehran but gave no details about how they ended up in Israeli hands. The files were from "Project Amad", which Mr Netanyahu said was a secret Iranian programme to develop nuclear weapons. Iran's leaders have said consistently that they did not want a nuclear bomb and that their nuclear intentions were entirely peaceful. Benjamin Netanyahu presents his evidence Credit: Sky News Project Amad was shelved in 2003 but elements of it secretly continued and remain functional to this day under the direction of the same Iranian scientists who conducted the original research, Mr Netanyahu said. He charged that Iran had failed to "come clean" about its past nuclear activities in 2015, after the nuclear deal was signed, when Iran was required by the agreement to tell the IAEA about all its previous research. Iranian officials "denied the existence of a coordinated programme aimed at the development of a nuclear device and specifically denied the existence of the Amad Plan", the IAEA wrote in its December 2015 assessment. Mr Netanyahu said that Iran was preserving its nuclear knowhow, which could be applied again in 2026 when parts of the nuclear deal expire and Iran is allowed to return to largescale enrichment of uranium. Mr Netanyahu did not present evidence that Iran was currently violating the terms of the nuclear deal, for example by secretly enriching uranium now. FAQ | Iran nuclear talks The IAEA has said consistently that Iran is abiding by the terms of the agreement. since it went into force in January 2016. It last certified Iran's compliance in February of this year. Senior US and Israeli military officers have also said in recent weeks that the Iran deal may be flawed but is achieving its central purpose of stopping Iranian progress towards a nuclear weapon. "Right now the agreement, with all its faults, is working and is putting off realisation of the Iranian nuclear vision by 10 to 15 years," said General Gadi Eisenkot, the head of the Israeli military, in an interview on March 30. General Joseph Votel, the top US commander in the Middle East, said on March 14 that the deal "addresses one of the principle threats that we deal with from Iran". The announcement was in character for Mr Netanyahu, who has a history of theatrical flourishes when it comes to announcements on Iran. During a speech before a security conference in Munich in February, the Israeli leader brandished a piece of an Iranian drone shot down by Israel's air force. Six years ago, he brought a cartoon poster of a bomb to the United Nations as he warned against allowing Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.
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| Virginia Is On The Verge Of Giving Health Coverage To 400,000, But There's A Catch Posted: 01 May 2018 02:33 AM PDT  Virginia's Republican-led legislature is on the verge of doing something that
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| Accused Florida airport shooter to avoid death penalty in plea deal Posted: 01 May 2018 08:07 AM PDT  A U.S. Iraq war veteran agreed on Tuesday to plead guilty to killing five people at a Florida airport last year in exchange for prosecutors not pursuing the death penalty, a spokeswoman for federal prosecutors said. Esteban Santiago, 28, is accused of opening fire in the baggage claim area of the Fort Lauderdale airport on Jan. 6, 2017. U.S. prosecutors said in federal court on Tuesday that they would not seek the death penalty for Santiago.
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| Chaplain Ouster Shows What Version Of Christianity Controls The GOP Posted: 01 May 2018 11:59 AM PDT  There was an uproar last week among Democrats, and even some Republicans,
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| 'I Hate to Leave.' John McCain Opens Up About His Brain Cancer Diagnosis and the Future of Politics Posted: 30 Apr 2018 12:12 PM PDT  'I can vote my conscience without worry'
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| Activists, workers mark May Day with protests Posted: 01 May 2018 10:36 AM PDT ![Activists, workers mark May Day with protests]( "Activists, workers mark May Day with protests") International Workers' Day on May 1 is a public holiday in many countries, though some governments have clamped down on rallies and protests. Anti-capitalist protesters torched a McDonald's restaurant and clashed with police in Paris on the fringes of a May Day rally in Paris. Shouting slogans such as "Rise up, Paris" and "Everyone hates the police", over 1,000 youths with black jackets and face masks joined the traditional union-led demonstration for worker's rights.
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| The Feigned Outrage At Michelle Wolf Posted: 30 Apr 2018 05:38 AM PDT  Sitting at a table pretty far from the stage at the annual White House
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| Mindfulness could help to stave off dementia, research suggests Posted: 30 Apr 2018 03:30 PM PDT  Mindfulness and meditation could stave off dementia, research suggests. Analysis of research involving 30,000 people found that those who suffered moderate to severe anxiety in mid-life were more likely to develop dementia years later. Researchers said responses to stress may speed up brain cell ageing and degenerative changes in the central nervous system, increasing vulnerability to conditions such as Alzheimer's disease. And they said therapies such as mindfulness and meditation, which have been found to reduce anxiety, might reduce the risk of later dementia. Researchers from University College London examined studies looking at the association between mid-life anxiety, depression, and the development of dementia. The findings, published in BMJ Open, found an association between moderate to severe anxiety and future dementia, with a gap of at least 10 years in between diagnoses. Dementia | Read more The findings back up recent evidence pointing to a link between anxiety and risk of mild cognitive impairment, and lend weight to the known association between depression and dementia, they say. Researchers said more research was needed to establish whether reduced anxiety in middle age could reduce the risk of dementia. But they said approaches other than anti-anxiety drugs were worth exploring/ "Non-pharmacological therapies, including talking therapies and mindfulness-based interventions and meditation practices, that are known to reduce anxiety in midlife, could have a risk reducing effect, although this is yet to be thoroughly researched," they said. Study author Dr Natalie Marchant, from UCL's division of psychiatry, said: "Clinically significant anxiety in midlife was associated with an increased risk of dementia over an interval of at least 10 years. "These findings indicate that anxiety may be a risk factor for late-life dementia". GPs should monitor patients suffering from anxiety in case of heightened risks, she suggested. Mindfulness: a cheat's guide "Given the high prevalence of anxiety seen in primary care, we suggest that general practitioners could consider anxiety alongside depression as an indicator of risk for dementia. "To improve the rate of earlier diagnosis of dementia, close monitoring of subtle cognitive decline in older adults with a history of anxiety, depression and cerebrovascular disease would be encouraged," she said. Last year a trial suggested mindfulness - a meditative practice of paying more attention to the present moment, is more than twice as better at reducing stress than gardening The practice - which can involve deep breathing, has been growing in popularity in recent years, with the NHS recommending it as a way to reduce stress and anxiety. The eight week trial by the BBC and the University of Westminster showed it was better than gardening and yoga at helping people to relax. US scientists recently found that an eight week course of mindfulness, involving daily classes, can help lower inflammatory molecules and stress hormones by around 15 per cent.
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| UK, U.S. study Antarctic glacier, hoping to crack sea level risks Posted: 30 Apr 2018 03:16 AM PDT  Britain and the United States launched a $25 million project on Monday to study the risks of a collapse of a giant glacier in Antarctica that is already shrinking and nudging up global sea levels. The five-year research, involving 100 scientists, would be the two nations' biggest joint scientific project in Antarctica since the 1940s. Ice is thawing from Greenland to Antarctica and man-made global warming is accelerating the trend.
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| 'Simpsons' Creator On Apu Debate: 'People Love To Pretend They're Offended' Posted: 30 Apr 2018 11:31 AM PDT  The creator of "The Simpsons" seems unapologetic over controversial Indian
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| These Dreamers' Future in America Is in Doubt. But They're Headed to College Anyway Posted: 01 May 2018 12:48 PM PDT  "One of the safest places for an undocumented student is on a college campus"
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| Nut rage sister faces fruit juice questions in S. Korea Posted: 30 Apr 2018 11:50 PM PDT  The stony-faced daughter of a Korean billionaire, whose older sister was brought low by the "nut rage" scandal, apologised Tuesday as she reported to police for questioning over allegations she sprayed a business associate in the face with fruit juice. "I'm really sorry for causing concern," Cho Hyun-min repeatedly told a crowd of journalists outside the Gangseo police station in Seoul, without admitting to any specific actions. Cho, who police said is accused of using violence and obstructing business, is the daughter of Hanjin Group chairman Cho Yang-ho.
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| Nearly 12-foot-long alligator blocks Highway 59 near Cleveland Posted: 30 Apr 2018 05:01 AM PDT  Police and firefighters were called to a different type of emergency, when a huge alligator needed to be wrangled off of Highway 59.
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| Iran's top leader: US pushing Saudis toward war with Iran Posted: 30 Apr 2018 05:57 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's top leader said Monday the United States is pushing Saudi Arabia into a war against Iran.
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| Tammie Jo Shults, Who Safely Landed Southwest Plane After Engine Explosion, Honored at White House Posted: 01 May 2018 11:50 AM PDT  It's the first time Shults has been seen publicly since the pulse-pounding incident.
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