| Pope to meet U.S. Church leaders after archbishop's accusations: Vatican Posted: 11 Sep 2018 11:52 AM PDT  Pope Francis will meet on Thursday with U.S. Catholic Church leaders who want to discuss the fallout from a scandal involving a former American cardinal and demands from an archbishop that the pontiff step down. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), asked for the meeting after Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano last month accused the pope of knowing for years about sexual misconduct by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and of doing nothing about it. The Vatican said in a statement the pope would meet on Thursday with DiNardo, Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley of Boston, and two USCCB officials.
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| Best Bites: Weeknight meals minestrone with dinosaur noodles Posted: 11 Sep 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your
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| Serbian president's praise of Milosevic triggers outrage Posted: 10 Sep 2018 10:16 AM PDT  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The Serbian president's praise of Slobodan Milosevic as a "great" leader triggered outrage on Monday in neighboring states where his nationalist policies in the 1990s caused bloodshed and destruction.
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| Photos Show Residents Preparing For Monster Hurricane Florence Posted: 11 Sep 2018 10:09 AM PDT  Residents of the eastern seaboard of the United States made preparations ahead
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| Even Fox News Shoots Down Donald Trump's Economy Boast Posted: 10 Sep 2018 09:26 PM PDT  President Donald Trump boasted Monday in a tweet that it's the first time in
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| Elon Musk's access to government secrets questioned after bizarre cannabis interview Posted: 10 Sep 2018 10:18 AM PDT  Elon Musk has access to some of the government's most important secrets. The SpaceX boss has high-level security clearance as a result of his work with the rocket firm he founded and which carries sometimes mysterious government hardware up into space. After that video surfaced, numerous reports suggested that the Air Force was reconsidering Mr Musk's government clearance.
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| Uganda's Museveni blames 'external forces' for opposition unrest Posted: 10 Sep 2018 04:31 AM PDT  Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has accused "external forces" of trying to foment trouble by funding his political opponents in a bid to undermine the country's image abroad. In an hours-long televised speech late on Sunday, the 74-year-old railed against the opposition and accused "external forces" of seeking to "sabotage" Uganda's growth. Museveni, who took power in 1986, claimed "foreign money" was being funnelled to his political opponents by unnamed NGOs to foment trouble by paying youngsters to burn tyres and throw rocks at police.
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| The Latest: Hospital releases bank shooting victim Posted: 10 Sep 2018 07:33 PM PDT  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on the Sept. 6 shootings in a Cincinnati bank building (all times local):
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| Hurricane Florence heads toward Carolina coast Posted: 11 Sep 2018 03:15 AM PDT  States of emergency have been declared from the Carolinas to Maryland as millions brace for Hurricane Florence. ABC News' Janai Norman reports.
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| More Than 500 Teachers And Other Educators Are Running For Office This Year Posted: 11 Sep 2018 11:32 AM PDT  As massive teacher strikes swept red states around the country earlier this
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| The Trump Administration Is Shutting Down the Palestinian Office in Washington Posted: 10 Sep 2018 07:31 PM PDT  The move is likely to harden Palestinian resistance to the U.S. role as a peace broker
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| Hurricane Florence tracker: Storm aims at Carolinas, expected to gain strength Posted: 11 Sep 2018 06:57 AM PDT  As mandatory evacuations begin for parts of three East Coast states, millions of Americans have been preparing for what could become one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the Eastern Seaboard in decades.
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| Kellyanne Conway Mocked For Hypocritically Bashing 'Cowardly' Anonymous NYT Writer Posted: 10 Sep 2018 02:20 PM PDT ![Kellyanne Conway Mocked For Hypocritically Bashing 'Cowardly' Anonymous NYT Writer]( "Kellyanne Conway Mocked For Hypocritically Bashing 'Cowardly' Anonymous NYT Writer") Kellyanne Conway on Monday slammed the unnamed Trump administration official
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| Goldman banker had raised ethics concerns: NYT Posted: 11 Sep 2018 06:51 AM PDT  (Reuters) - A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc partner had raised concerns about some unethical practices at the bank before he left in 2015, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing people close to the matter. James Katzman, who led the bank's West Coast mergers-and-acquisitions practice, had used the whistle-blower hotline in 2014 to report on the investment bank trying to hire a customer's child and colleagues' repeated attempts to obtain and then share confidential client information, the paper reported https://nyti.ms/2CJ9wEq. The investigation was taken up by the bank's general counsel and Katzman was urged to move past his complaints by several senior investment banking executives, the newspaper reported, citing several people familiar with the interactions.
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| Bus accident in south India kills at least 55 people Posted: 11 Sep 2018 09:03 AM PDT  A bus carrying pilgrims from a Hindu temple in the hills of south India plunged off a road, officials said.
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| Foreign fighters in Syria's Idlib face last stand Posted: 09 Sep 2018 07:32 PM PDT  Hailing from far and wide, they flocked to Syria to wage "holy war". Now foreign jihadists face a fight to the last to hold onto Idlib, their final bastion. Syrian troops, backed by Russia and Iran, have massed around the northwestern province ahead of an expected onslaught against the largest rebel-held zone left in the country.
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| Among Cries On The Medieval Battlefield: 'Me Too' Posted: 11 Sep 2018 05:00 AM PDT  SLIPPERY ROCK, Penn. ― Hannah Hoffman usually feels more comfortable close-
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| Don Lemon Has Just 1 Question For Trump After His Latest Wild Claim Posted: 11 Sep 2018 01:27 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Monday made a claim about the economy that his own
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| Russia-linked professor who promised Trump campaign 'dirt' on Hillary Clinton 'may be deceased', court told Posted: 10 Sep 2018 08:47 AM PDT  A missing Maltese professor who promised the Trump campaign "dirt" on Hillary Clinton in the run-up to the presidential election may be dead, a US court has been told. Joseph Mifsud, a former teaching fellow at Stirling University, held meetings in 2016 with George Papadopoulos, a former Trump administration foreign policy adviser who was jailed last week for lying to the FBI, including over his connections to the 57-year-old professor. Prosecutors in the Papadopoulos case allege Mr Mifsud touted his "substantial connections with Russian government officials", who could deliver "thousands of emails" featuring incriminating information against Ms Clinton.
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| Australian Newspaper Doesn't See How This Cartoon of Serena Williams Is Racist Posted: 11 Sep 2018 01:08 AM PDT  The illustration has drawn comparisons to racist images of the Jim Crow era
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| Ford Model T Buying Guide Posted: 10 Sep 2018 10:14 AM PDT  Here's how to buy a solid Ford Model T, a prime slice of Americana and one of the most significant cars in motoring history…
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| Cambodia opposition leader released from prison on bail Posted: 10 Sep 2018 04:10 AM PDT  Cambodia's opposition leader Kem Sokha was released from jail early Monday a year after he was detained on treason charges, as the country's strongman ruler loosens his grip on opponents after sweeping one-sided elections. Over a 33-year rule, the wily Hun Sen has tightened and relaxed his chokehold on opponents at will, most recently launching a broad crackdown in the run-up to July elections that gifted his ruling party an uncontested victory. As part of that action Kem Sokha, the head of the only serious opposition the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was arrested on September 3, 2017, and accused of treason.
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| Man arrested after seven wounded in Paris knife attack Posted: 10 Sep 2018 02:38 AM PDT ![Man arrested after seven wounded in Paris knife attack]( "Man arrested after seven wounded in Paris knife attack") French police detained a man who wounded seven people in a knife attack in central Paris late on Sunday, police and judicial sources said Monday.
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| Lawsuit over Louisiana school's hair policy is dismissed Posted: 11 Sep 2018 03:42 PM PDT  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Parents of two New Orleans-area school girls have dismissed their lawsuit against a Catholic school over its policy forbidding hair extensions.
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| Trump Achieves The Impossible: Democratic Voters Want Jeff Sessions To Stick Around Posted: 10 Sep 2018 02:52 PM PDT  President Donald Trump has scrambled many of Washington's standard operating
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| Brussels will not turn Hungary into 'country of migrants', rages Viktor Orban Posted: 11 Sep 2018 08:14 AM PDT  Viktor Orban warned he would never allow Brussels to transform Hungary into "a country of migrants" on Tuesday, ahead of an unprecedented vote tomorrow in the European Parliament that could strip Budapest of its EU voting rights. MEPs will vote on whether to trigger "Article 7", an EU law drafted to ensure respect for democracy and the rule of law, amid fears that Mr Orban is turning Hungary into a dictatorship. "You believe you know better than the Hungarians themselves," Mr Orban told MEPs, after arriving late at Tuesday's debate. "Hungary will be condemned because Hungarians have decided their country is not going to be a country of migrants." Hungary will become the first country to face the procedure because of a European Parliament vote, if it is passed by the required two-thirds majority. Poland is also undergoing the Article 7 process, but in its case this was triggered by the European Commission rather than a parliament vote. National governments must back any action and Budapest has already vowed to veto any punishment levied on Warsaw. Mr Orban is at loggerheads with Brussels over mandatory migrant relocation quotas, as well as laws in Hungary cracking down on NGOs, the media and the Central European University. In an incendiary speech that exposed deep EU divisions, he claimed the "verdict was already written" by a "pro-migration majority", despite his Fidesz party being a member of the European Peoples Party (EPP), the largest parliament group. "We will protect our borders and we will decide who to live together with. We have built a fence and we have stopped illegal migrants. Hundreds of thousands of them. We have defended Hungary and we have defended Europe," he said. "This is the first case in the history of Europe when a community has condemned its own border guard," he added. Perceived share of immigrants in national population "Thank God there is at least one European leader prepared to stand up for his principles, his culture, his nation and his people in the face of such extreme bullying," said Nigel Farage, the MEP and former Ukip leader. "Come and join the Brexit club. You'll love it," he said, after telling Mr Orban he was at a "show trial". Merkel's migration tensions | Read more There is speculation that EPP support for Mr Orban is splintering but British Conservative MEPs will vote against Article 7 because it "infringes the sovereignty of a member state". "Will you ensure that the values of this Union are more than just words written on a piece of paper?" asked Judith Sargentini, the Dutch Green MEP who wrote the parliament report that will be voted on. Mr Orban echoed Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras and Guy Verhofstadt, the federalist MEP, in predicting that next May's European Parliament elections would be a battle between pro-EU and anti-migrant, nationalistic parties.
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| Exclusive: Venezuela signs oil deals similar to ones rolled back under Chavez - document Posted: 10 Sep 2018 12:32 PM PDT ![Exclusive: Venezuela signs oil deals similar to ones rolled back under Chavez - document]( "Exclusive: Venezuela signs oil deals similar to ones rolled back under Chavez - document") The effort signals that President Nicolas Maduro, who is struggling under a hyper-inflationary economic meltdown and fast-declining oil output, is willing to reverse the aggressive efforts of his predecessor - who died in 2013 - to expand the state's role in the energy industry of the OPEC nation. The government had already announced a vague plan to boost oil output with the help of seven companies. The plan was described during a televised event on Aug. 28 in which representatives of those companies, during a ceremony including Maduro, signed "joint service agreements" with PDVSA.
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| 'Tower of Voices' Memorial Honors Flight 93 Passengers Who Lost Their Lives on 9/11 Posted: 09 Sep 2018 11:11 PM PDT  The 93-foot structure contains a wind chime for every passenger who was on board
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| Diplomats from Iran, Russia, Turkey meet UN envoy on Syria Posted: 11 Sep 2018 10:08 AM PDT  GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Syria hosted key diplomats from Iran, Russia and Turkey on Tuesday to discuss work toward rewriting the country's constitution, amid concerns about a possibly devastating military offensive on rebel-held Idlib province.
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| Mayor of Louisiana City Bans Nike Purchases for Its Recreational Programs Posted: 10 Sep 2018 08:38 AM PDT  The ban comes after the launch of Nike's "Dream Crazy" campaign, which features former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
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| Classics for sale: A sub-£15,000 Lamborghini! Posted: 10 Sep 2018 06:07 AM PDT  It's not got the grunt or the flash of a supercar but the 2R tractor is still 100% authentic Lamborghini. And it's much cheaper than a Lamborghini supercar, too
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| ICC 'undeterred' after US sanctions threat Posted: 11 Sep 2018 10:38 AM PDT  The International Criminal Court on Tuesday said its work would continue "undeterred" after Washington threatened to prosecute its judges if Americans are charged with war crimes committed in Afghanistan. France and Germany also weighed in to support the Hague-based court after White House National Security Advisor John Bolton said the ICC was "already dead to us". "The ICC, as a court of law, will continue to do its work undeterred, in accordance with those principles and the overarching idea of the rule of law," the tribunal said in a statement.
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| BMW X3 M and X4 M Are Definitely Happening Posted: 10 Sep 2018 02:14 PM PDT  The first ever M versions of the X3 and the X4 will reach showrooms a year from now as 2020 models.
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| Tesla to drop some color options for cars to simplify production Posted: 11 Sep 2018 10:01 AM PDT  Tesla currently offers seven colors for its vehicles that include top variant Model S, mid level Model X and its most affordable sedan Model 3. The company is trying to iron out production bumps after struggling to produce Model 3 sedans and failing to meet several production deadlines. "Moving 2 of 7 Tesla colors off menu on Wednesday to simplify manufacturing.
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