| Mail bomb suspect displayed rage — and love for Trump — on social media pages Posted: 26 Oct 2018 10:51 AM PDT  Facebook accounts, a LinkedIn account, and a Twitter page appear to belong to mail-bomb suspect Cesar Altieri Sayoc, and the postings appear to be from an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump.
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| Turkey's Erdogan to Saudis: Who gave order to kill Khashoggi? Posted: 26 Oct 2018 02:55 AM PDT ![Turkey's Erdogan to Saudis: Who gave order to kill Khashoggi?]( "Turkey's Erdogan to Saudis: Who gave order to kill Khashoggi?") Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged Saudi Arabia on Friday to disclose who gave the order to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as well the location of his body, saying Turkey had more information about the case than it has shared so far. Erdogan also said Riyadh needed to reveal the identity of the "local cooperator" who Saudi officials earlier said had taken Khashoggi's body from Saudi agents after the journalist was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. Saudi Arabia said on Thursday the killing of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and a critic of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was premeditated, reversing previous statements that it was unintended.
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| 2 dead at Yosemite National Park after apparent fall: Official Posted: 26 Oct 2018 03:57 AM PDT  A man and a woman were found dead after apparently falling from Taft Point in Yosemite National Park, the park said in a statement Thursday.
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| AI-generated portrait sells for a whopping $432,000 at auction Posted: 26 Oct 2018 12:38 AM PDT  Well, here's another job artificial intelligence can do instead of humans. AI-generated artwork Portrait of Edmond Belamy sold for 45 times its anticipated price at Christie's, going under the hammer for an eye-watering $435,000 in New York. SEE ALSO: A museum without walls: How the Met is bringing its ancient collection online While the painting (of sorts) is done by computers, the project is actually the creation of Obvious, a Parisian collective consisting of Hugo Caselles-Dupré, Pierre Fautrel and Gauthier Vernier. It's the first AI-created artwork that's gone to auction, and was created by an algorithm which uses thousands of portraits to create the image. "The algorithm is composed of two parts," Caselles-Dupré explained in a statement online. "On one side is the Generator, on the other the Discriminator. We fed the system with a data set of 15,000 portraits painted between the 14th century to the 20th. "The Generator makes a new image based on the set, then the Discriminator tries to spot the difference between a human-made image and one created by the Generator. The aim is to fool the Discriminator into thinking that the new images are real-life portraits. Then we have a result." While it resembles a portrait, there is slight distortion in its appearance, which is a result of the AI being not quite there when it comes to aesthetics. "The Discriminator is looking for the features of the image — a face, shoulders — and for now it is more easily fooled than a human eye," Caselles-Dupré added. It's not the first time AI has been used to create art. Last year, Los Angeles artist Matty Mo used the technology to create portraits of factory workers, art dealers, pilots, artists, and taxi drivers, jobs that he believes will be replaced by machines. WATCH: The Met is redefining what it means to be a museum in the digital age — Mashable Originals
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| Democrats could still flip the Senate. Republicans could still keep the House. Here’s how. Posted: 26 Oct 2018 08:31 AM PDT  It's unlikely the GOP will keep the House or the Democrats will take the Senate. But those improbable things can still happen.
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| Suspect In Fatal Kroger Shooting First Tried To Get Inside Black Church: Police Posted: 26 Oct 2018 06:29 AM PDT  JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky. (AP) -- A white man with a history of violence and mental
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| President Trump blames mail bombs for hurting Republicans in midterm elections Posted: 26 Oct 2018 07:47 AM PDT  President Trump suggested Friday morning that the dangerous packages sent to prominent Democrats and critics of his administration were hurting the GOP's chances in the midterms.
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| Twitter Admits Mistake After Fox News Pundit Says They Disregarded Bomb Suspect's Threats Posted: 26 Oct 2018 03:06 PM PDT  Rochelle Ritchie, a Fox News pundit and former press secretary for
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| Rouhani Braces for Sanctions With New Ministers in Key Posts Posted: 27 Oct 2018 02:49 PM PDT ![Rouhani Braces for Sanctions With New Ministers in Key Posts]( "Rouhani Braces for Sanctions With New Ministers in Key Posts") It's drawn its sword from the sheath and points it in the faces of the people of Iran, and we have to battle and we have to fight and we have to be united," Rouhani said in a speech to lawmakers ahead of the parliamentary vote aired on state TV. Rouhani is under mounting pressure to contain a currency crisis brought on by U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal.
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| Trump's Proposed Caravan Crackdown Could Land Him In Court Posted: 26 Oct 2018 03:04 PM PDT  The caravan of asylum-seekers and migrants headed toward the U.S. is hundreds
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| Vatican meeting ends with call for greater role for women in Church Posted: 27 Oct 2018 03:15 PM PDT  The role of women took center stage at the synod, which was focused on reaching out to young people but has been overshadowed by the scandal over sex abuse in the Church and acrimony between social conservatives and reformers. A working paper for the gathering, which began on Oct. 3, had used the acronym LGBT, but this did not appear in the 60-page final document. The document also called for stricter measures to combat sexual abuse, including more transparency in Church structures, and denounced a culture of elitism among some Church leaders which it said can facilitate cover-up and corruption.
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| Emergency declared in typhoon-ravaged Northern Mariana Posted: 27 Oct 2018 07:40 AM PDT  US military aircraft laden with emergency supplies flew in to the Northern Mariana Islands Saturday in the wake of destructive Super Typhoon Yutu which destroyed buildings and cut electricity. Ralph Torres, the governor of the US Pacific territory, said President Donald Trump had approved a request for a "major disaster declaration" after the storm. More than 1,000 were also stranded with the international airport on the main island of Saipan closed to commercial flights to free up space for military aircraft.
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| Plane carrying Harry and Meghan aborts landing, flies around Posted: 26 Oct 2018 01:59 AM PDT  NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — A plane carrying the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had to abort its landing at Sydney airport on Friday evening and flew around because there was another aircraft on the runway.
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| What to Know About Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Suspect Robert Bowers Posted: 27 Oct 2018 11:06 AM PDT  Robert Bowers, the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect, appears to be tied to an account with anti-Semitic posts on Gab.
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| Migrant caravan gives Kobach fresh ammunition in deadlocked Kansas governor's race Posted: 26 Oct 2018 02:16 PM PDT  Though the capital of Kansas is about 1,000 miles from the southwest border, Kris Kobach has seized on the immigrant caravan story to make illegal immigration a key issue in his incredibly close governor's race with Democrat Laura Kelly.
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| Friday Rewind: Mega Millions jackpot winner Posted: 26 Oct 2018 03:16 AM PDT  A lucky winner in South Carolina is confirmed to be the winner of the nearly $1.6 billion jackpot.
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| Michelle Obama Is Challenging People To Start Voting Squads As Midterms Near Posted: 27 Oct 2018 09:30 AM PDT  Michelle Obama is continuing her efforts to increase voter turnout in the
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| After deadly Gaza protests, rockets hit southern Israel Posted: 26 Oct 2018 04:05 PM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli aircraft struck several militant sites across the Gaza Strip early Saturday shortly after militants fired rockets into southern Israel, the Israeli military said.
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| Facebook removes fake accounts tied to Iran that lured over one million followers Posted: 26 Oct 2018 10:13 AM PDT  Facebook Inc said on Friday it had deleted more accounts originating in Iran that attracted more than a million U.S. and British followers, its latest effort to combat disinformation activity on its platform. The social media company removed 82 pages, groups and accounts on Facebook and Instagram that represented themselves as being from American or British citizens, then posted on "politically charged" topics such as race relations, opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump and immigration, Facebook's head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said in a blog post. In total, the removed accounts attracted more than 1 million followers.
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| Trump’s Military Response To Migrant Caravan Foreshadows A Dark Long-Term Climate Policy Posted: 27 Oct 2018 05:00 AM PDT  The Trump administration is preparing to dispatch 800 troops and has
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| 11 days until the midterm elections: Where things stand Posted: 25 Oct 2018 09:01 PM PDT  From Nevada's too-close-to-call Senate race to a contentious governor's race in Florida, the electoral atmosphere remains tense.
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| Plane Carrying Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Forced to Abort Landing in Sydney Posted: 26 Oct 2018 05:07 AM PDT  A plane carrying the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had to abort its landing at Sydney airport because there was another aircraft on the runway
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| Ford Is Bringing Seven Modified 2019 Rangers to SEMA Posted: 26 Oct 2018 09:36 AM PDT  Two of the trucks were tuned by Ford's Performance division.
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| The Latest: Turkey seeking return of Saudi slaying suspects Posted: 26 Oct 2018 09:07 AM PDT  ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on the slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi (all times local):
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| Melissa Harris-Perry Declares Megyn Kelly's 'Today' Slot For Tamron Hall Posted: 26 Oct 2018 08:07 AM PDT  Now that Megyn Kelly is leaving NBC's "Today" show following controversy over
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| Suspicious packages sent to top Democrats, CNN and others Posted: 26 Oct 2018 10:22 AM PDT ![Suspicious packages sent to top Democrats, CNN and others]( "Suspicious packages sent to top Democrats, CNN and others") President Donald Trump, in his first remarks since Cesar Sayoc, 56, was apprehended in Florida, declared that "we must never allow political violence take root in America." But his remarks came just hours after Trump tweeted a complaint that the media's focus on bombs was distracting from Republican efforts in the upcoming midterm elections.
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| Catholic Church fails to get on youth wavelength Posted: 27 Oct 2018 01:52 PM PDT  Hailed as a chance for the Catholic Church to reconnect with today's young, a month-long meeting at the Vatican ended with a whimper Saturday as bishops from across continents fail to see eye to eye. The 267 prelates attending the meet had been tasked with finding a way to breathe fresh life into a centuries-old institution suffering from both a damaging global sex abuse crisis and widespread secularity in the West. Pope Francis appeared to acknowledged the difficulties of presenting an attractive front, saying the church was being "persecuted" and "dirtied" by "continuous accusations" -- a possible reference to his conservative critics.
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| Judge orders Durst of 'The Jinx' to stand trial in murder case Posted: 25 Oct 2018 05:43 PM PDT ![Judge orders Durst of 'The Jinx' to stand trial in murder case]( "Judge orders Durst of 'The Jinx' to stand trial in murder case") Robert Durst, the subject of an HBO documentary, "The Jinx," must stand trial in the 2000 murder of his longtime friend, a judge ruled on Thursday at a hearing interrupted at times by outbursts from Durst. Durst, a 75-year-old multi-millionaire, was arrested in 2015 and charged with murder in the shooting death of his confidante Susan Berman. Prosecutors say Durst killed Berman because she could implicate him in the murder of his wife, who vanished in 1982 when the couple was living in New York City.
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| Trump Wants to Leave a Nuclear-Weapons Treaty. Here’s What Happened When Arms Control Failed in the 1930s Posted: 26 Oct 2018 11:14 AM PDT  Twice in the 20th century, the great powers tried to create a peaceful world for the long run by limiting armaments. And, with recent developments, it appears as if those efforts have twice failed
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| The Caravan Exposes the Democrats Posted: 26 Oct 2018 09:50 AM PDT ![The Caravan Exposes the Democrats]( "The Caravan Exposes the Democrats") Democrats don't want to talk about the migrant caravan. Liberal commentators have been urging Democrats to refute Trump's accusation that the party supports open borders. There are the taunting headlines like "No, Democrats Don't Want 'Open Borders.'" There are the opinion columnists who point out that every Democratic senator in 2013 voted for the Gang of Eight immigration bill, which included a large amnesty but had weak enforcement mechanisms.
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| Honda's SEMA 2018 display lineup includes Ridgeline Overland Concept and a surprise Posted: 26 Oct 2018 09:14 AM PDT  For this year's SEMA, Honda announced an impressively long list of models, from race cars to motorbikes to a secretive concept car, that will be on display at its booth. Let's cut to the chase: the Rugged Open Air Vehicle Concept, which Honda describes as "wild-looking" is definitely piquing interest. As for the rest of the lineup, a number of Honda race cars, some of which have been piloted by Ryan Eversley and Team Honda Research West, will be in Honda's display beside a Ridgeline Overland Project.
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| Border Patrol Has No Intention 'Right Now' to Shoot at Caravan Migrants If They Approach U.S. Border Posted: 26 Oct 2018 01:23 PM PDT  Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said there were no plans to open fire on a migrant caravan currently heading through Mexico.
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| Newt Gingrich Suggests Kavanaugh Could Block Democratic Bid To Get Trump's Tax Returns Posted: 26 Oct 2018 02:31 AM PDT  Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said Thursday that if Democrats
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| Police Reveal Extortion Plot Tied to Killing of Utah Track Star Posted: 26 Oct 2018 10:23 AM PDT  University of Utah Police Chief Dale Brophy revealed new information Thursday about the death of 21-year-old student-athlete Lauren McCluskey, including details of a sexual extortion/blackmail plot against her.
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| Ex-deputy says he feels 'very bad' about killing unarmed man Posted: 26 Oct 2018 08:06 AM PDT  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A white former Oklahoma volunteer deputy who fatally shot an unarmed black man says he's sorry for the man's family, but that the shooting also disrupted his own life.
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| US tourist helps stop thief who tried to steal Magna Carta Posted: 27 Oct 2018 08:46 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — An American tourist from Louisiana helped stop a hammer-wielding thief who unsuccessfully tried to steal the Magna Carta at Salisbury Cathedral, working in tandem with a church employee to prevent the man from escaping.
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| UN panel rejects Russian proposal on nuclear treaty Posted: 26 Oct 2018 01:45 PM PDT  A UN General Assembly panel rejected Friday Russia's proposal to debate its resolution on preserving the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) that the US plans to pull out of. Fifty-five countries on a General Assembly committee specializing in disarmament voted against putting the debate on the agenda, while 31 voted in favor and there were 54 abstentions. Several of the countries that abstained argued the issue was more a matter for the UN Security Council.
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| Tesla says has not received subpoena on Model 3 production Posted: 27 Oct 2018 12:12 AM PDT  Tesla Inc has not received a U.S. subpoena related to its Model 3 production forecasts, the electric carmaker said on Friday, following a report that it faced a deepening criminal probe about the projections. The company has cooperated in responding to what it called a "voluntary request" for documents from the Department of Justice in September, a Tesla spokesperson said. "We have not received a subpoena, a request for testimony, or any other formal process, and there have been no additional document requests about this from the Department of Justice for months," the spokesperson said in an email.
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