| 'How dare you': Greta Thunberg tears into world leaders over inaction at U.N. climate summit Posted: 23 Sep 2019 08:11 AM PDT  In an angry and emotional speech at the United Nations climate summit on Monday, Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg tore into world leaders for failing to act.
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| Senator Elizabeth Warren's net worth revealed as the 2020 Presidential Election heats up Posted: 24 Sep 2019 08:11 AM PDT  The 2020 President Election is heating up -- and with taxes and finances being some of the biggest areas, here's a look at Sen Elizabeth Warren's net worth.
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| Man drowns while proposing to his girlfriend underwater: 'This emptiness will never be filled' Posted: 23 Sep 2019 06:33 AM PDT  A man drowned Thursday while proposing to his girlfriend from outside their underwater hotel room, according to a Facebook post by his girlfriend.
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| Iran's Strange Navy of Small, Fast Boats Is No Joke Posted: 24 Sep 2019 04:47 AM PDT  A "mad max" threat?
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| Western hemisphere countries activate treaty on Venezuela Posted: 23 Sep 2019 08:17 PM PDT  Countries in the Americas voted Monday to activate a regional defense treaty against Venezuela, responding to a request by the United States, which is seeking to topple leftist president Nicolas Maduro. The United States earlier this month invoked the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, known by its Spanish acronym TIAR, as it denounced "bellicose" moves by Venezuela. It pointed to Venezuela's alleged support for Colombian armed groups that rejected a peace deal, as well as Venezuelan troop movements in exercises near the border.
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| Thousands rally against Indonesian bill to ban extra-marital sex Posted: 23 Sep 2019 04:57 AM PDT  Thousands of students protested at rallies across Indonesia on Monday against a new criminal code that would outlaw sex outside marriage and gay sex, as lawmakers met the president to discuss how to proceed with a bill that has divided Indonesians. President Joko Widodo on Friday ordered a delay in a planned vote on the controversial bill - originally slated for Tuesday - and said 14 articles needed further review before it was deliberated by a new parliament, whose term begins next month. Students rallied on Monday in the capital Jakarta - where some climbed the gates of the parliament to hang banners - and cities including Yogyakarta, in central Java, and Makassar, on Sulawesi island, to oppose the bill.
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| FBI agents raid Illinois state senator's home, offices Posted: 24 Sep 2019 12:52 PM PDT  FBI agents carried materials in bankers' boxes and grocery bags out of the Illinois Capitol building on Tuesday, and multiple media outlets reported that and other raids were linked to a Democratic state senator. FBI spokesman John Althen said the agents were in the building for "law enforcement activity" but declined to elaborate. Multiple media outlets reported that the raids were conducted at Sen. Martin Sandoval's Capitol office in Springfield, his district office in the Chicago suburb of Cicero and his Chicago home.
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| Trump says he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize Posted: 23 Sep 2019 11:47 AM PDT  The president lashes out at the Nobel Peace Prize committee for giving the award to his predecessor.
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| With military parade, Iran warns U.S. and other Western forces to leave the Persian Gulf Posted: 23 Sep 2019 11:38 AM PDT  As Iran paraded its troops and its arsenal of various weapons Sunday, the country's president demanded the U.S. and other Western nations leave the Persian Gulf.
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| #NoFutureNoChildren: Teens are pledging not to have kids until the government acts against climate change Posted: 24 Sep 2019 06:00 AM PDT  Thousands of teenagers are pledging not to have children until the government takes greater steps to steps to combat climate change.
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| Attacks on Saudi Oil – Why Didn’t Prices Go Crazy? Posted: 23 Sep 2019 12:03 PM PDT  The attack on the Abqaiq oil facilities in Saudi Arabia has sparked geopolitical tensions but has had only a minor impact on oil prices.
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| Senate GOP Unanimously Approves Dem Resolution Calling for Release of Whistleblower Complaint Posted: 24 Sep 2019 03:01 PM PDT  Senate Republicans on Tuesday unanimously approved a measure proposed by Democrats calling on the Trump administration to turn over to Congress the whistleblower complaint that has resulted in calls for Trump's impeachment.Every Senate Republican and Democrat voted to pass Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's resolution demanding that the administration "immediately" release the whistleblower complaint detailing allegations against the president to the House and Senate intelligence committees.During a July 25 phone call with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump repeatedly asked Zelensky to investigate Biden's son, Hunter Biden, over allegations that the former vice president used his position to help a Ukrainian energy company avoid a corruption probe soon after Hunter was appointed to its board.On Tuesday, Trump admitted that he temporarily withheld military aid from Ukraine that was intended to help the country ward off Russian aggression, prompting suspicion of a quid pro quo scheme in which Trump is said to have finally released the aid in exchange for the promise that Biden's conduct would be investigated.The whistleblower complaint was made by an anonymous member of the intelligence community who lacked direct knowledge of the call, according to reports.House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) announced Tuesday that the unnamed whistleblower has requested to testify before his panel, and may do so as early as this week."This is not one of those discretionary moments," Schumer said from the Senate floor. "The law says this must be transmitted to Congress. Well, we still have not received the whistleblower complaint."Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell "hotlined" the non-binding resolution, a process to quick passage that requires no senator object to the measure.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday that a formal impeachment against Trump is moving forward and said the administration must turn over the whistleblower complaint by Thursday."The country's doing the best it's ever done, and I just heard she'd like to impeach," Trump told reporters. "They all say that's a positive for me in the election. You could also say who needs it. It's bad for the country."
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| UPDATE 2-Air strikes in Yemen hit Houthi territory, Houthis fire ballistic missile Posted: 24 Sep 2019 04:17 AM PDT ![UPDATE 2-Air strikes in Yemen hit Houthi territory, Houthis fire ballistic missile]( "UPDATE 2-Air strikes in Yemen hit Houthi territory, Houthis fire ballistic missile") Air strikes blamed on the Saudi-led coalition killed at least 16 people in Yemen's Houthi-controlled Dalea province on Tuesday, two residents and the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV said. The strikes came four days after the Houthis, a group aligned with Iran, said they would stop aiming missile and drone attacks at Saudi Arabia if the Saudi-led coalition targeting Yemen does the same. The coalition spokesman said later on Tuesday that Houthi forces fired a ballistic missile from Amran, northwest of the capital Sanaa, but it fell inside Houthi territory in Yemen.
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| Man's brain tumor was misdiagnosed as mental illness for six years Posted: 24 Sep 2019 09:55 AM PDT  A New Zealand man who was told he had a mental illness learned that he, in fact, had a brain tumor.
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| Bill O'Reilly says new book on Trump 'will bring backlash': 'This is his actual life history' Posted: 24 Sep 2019 09:20 AM PDT  Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly latest book,'The United States of Trump,' is all about the sitting president.
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| Coalition forces in Iraq say attacks 'will not be tolerated' Posted: 24 Sep 2019 11:30 AM PDT  U.S.-led coalition forces in Baghdad said Tuesday that attacks on coalition personnel and facilities in Iraq "will not be tolerated," adding that coalition forces retain the right to self-defense. No coalition or U.S.-occupied facility was struck in Monday night's attack in which two Katyusha rockets were fired into the heavily fortified Green Zone, according to a statement issued by the coalition and Iraqi security forces. The rockets landed few hundred meters (yards) away from the U.S. Embassy compound's perimeters, triggering alert sirens that sounded across the capital's Tigris River.
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| Muslim girl ‘forced to remove hijab’ before flight, lawsuit says Posted: 24 Sep 2019 06:05 AM PDT  A Muslim girl who plays for the US national squash team was forced to remove her hijab in public before boarding a flight, a lawsuit claims.Fatima Abdelrahman, who was 12 at the time, was allegedly made to remove the head covering by Air Canada workers at San Francisco International Airport – despite having already been through security.
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| 'Keep calm': 6.0 earthquake rattles jittery Puerto Rico as Tropical Storm Karen strengthens Posted: 24 Sep 2019 04:21 PM PDT  A magnitude 6.0 quake rattled Puerto Rico hours before Tropical Storm Karen was forecast to pound an island still recovering from Hurricane Maria.
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| Meet the F-4 Phantom: This 60-Year-Old Fighter Jet Won't Stop for Anyone Posted: 23 Sep 2019 09:54 PM PDT  The story of the legendary F-4 Phantom II.
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| View Photos of Radwood Detroit 2019 Posted: 24 Sep 2019 07:30 AM PDT |
| Trump changes explanation for withholding Ukraine aid Posted: 24 Sep 2019 07:38 AM PDT  The president confirmed that he froze the military assistance before reportedly pressing the country's leader to investigate his political rival.
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| U.S. Labor Department extends overtime pay to 1.3 million U.S. workers Posted: 24 Sep 2019 06:22 AM PDT  Currently, workers who earn a salary rather than hourly wages are automatically entitled to overtime pay only if they earn less than $23,660 a year, a figure set in 2004. The new rule will raise the threshold to $35,568 when it takes effect on Jan. 1.
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| Japan refers US military pilot to prosecutors over Osprey crash Posted: 24 Sep 2019 12:27 AM PDT  Japanese authorities on Tuesday referred the case of a US military pilot to prosecutors over the 2016 crash of an Osprey aircraft that fuelled sentiment against a US base on Okinawa island. The crash did not kill anyone and only caused injuries to two of the five crew members aboard the US Marine MV-22 Osprey. The Pentagon described the December 2016 crash as a "mishap", which saw the plane end up in shallow water off Okinawa.
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| Correction: Social Security Fraud story Posted: 24 Sep 2019 10:06 AM PDT  In a story Sept. 23 about a new lawsuit over federal disability benefits for former clients of Eric Conn, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a federal appeals court ruling in November restored benefits for about 300 of Eric Conn's former clients. The federal appeals court ruling paved the way for the restoration of benefits. A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a group of people who lost federal disability benefits after their lawyer was arrested for fraud.
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| The Secret Reason America's Military Dominates: Nazi Weapons Tech? Posted: 23 Sep 2019 04:30 AM PDT  Before the guns fell silent in 1945, the Allies had already drawn up plans for gathering as much German technology as they could take. What did they find?
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| A woman caught a rare flesh-eating bacteria from a manicure, and doctors had to remove chunks of her thumb Posted: 24 Sep 2019 11:09 AM PDT  The infection can be deadly if not caught early and treated. The woman's doctor said she was lucky she didn't need her arm amputated.
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| Jessica Simpson has lost 100 lbs in 6 months: 'Yes, I tipped the scales at 240' Posted: 24 Sep 2019 11:49 AM PDT  During her third pregnancy, Jessica Simpson 'tipped the scales at 240,' but she's spent the last six months getting back on track.
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| Trump uses antisemitic trope during UN speech Posted: 24 Sep 2019 07:47 AM PDT  Donald Trump used an anti-semitic phrase during his speech to the UN General Assembly, referring to "globalists" trying to take over the world."The future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots," he said, while discussing global trade.
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| U.S. calls Michael Avenatti request to subpoena Nike a 'fishing expedition' Posted: 24 Sep 2019 08:02 AM PDT  U.S. prosecutors urged a Manhattan federal judge to reject Michael Avenatti's request to subpoena Nike Inc, calling it a "fishing expedition" unrelated to a criminal case accusing the embattled lawyer of extortion. In a letter late on Monday, prosecutors said they and Nike had already turned over 3,360 pages of documents to Avenatti, and the added materials he wanted were irrelevant to his knowledge or state of mind when he allegedly broke the law. Prosecutors accused Avenatti of threatening to publicize claims that Nike arranged for payments to elite college basketball recruits, unless the athletic wear company paid him more than $20 million and hired him to manage an internal probe.
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| Haiti: photojournalist shot in face as senator opens fire outside parliament Posted: 23 Sep 2019 11:30 AM PDT  * Jean Marie Ralph Féthière draws handgun amid chaotic scenes * Chery Dieu-Nalio avoids serious injury; another man woundedTwo men including a photojournalist have been shot and injured by a Haitian senator who opened fire outside the country's parliament, amid chaotic scenes as the government attempted to confirm the appointment of a new prime minister.Chery Dieu-Nalio, an Associated Press photographer, was wounded in the face and a second man, Leon Leblanc, a security guard and driver, was also injured in the incident in the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, on Monday.Although doctors were reported to be removing bullet fragments from Dieu-Nalio's face, the injuries are said not to be life-threatening.Before leaving the scene, Leblanc told reporters he had seen Jean Marie Ralph Féthière, a senator from the north of the country, draw a handgun as he tried to leave the parliamentary precincts through a crowd of protesters.Another senator, Patrice Dumont, said Féthière warned the crowd he would shoot if they did not let him leave. Féthière later justified his actions, without actually admitting firing his weapons. He told Radio Mega, "I was attacked by groups of violent militants. They tried to get me out of my vehicle. And so I defended myself. Self-defence is a sacred right."Armed individuals threatened me. It was proportional. Equal force, equal response."He said he did not know a journalist was present, even though Dieu-Nalio was wearing a helmet and flak jacket inscribed with the word "Press".Photojournalist Chery Dieu-Nalio holds a healing gauze next to his mouth. Photograph: Andrés Martínez Casares/ReutersThe incident came as the Haitian senate attempted to meet for the second time in two days to confirm the appointment of a new prime minister, Fritz-William Michel.President Jovenel Moïse is attempting to force through the appointment so he can leave the country to speak at the UN this week. His departure has already been delayed since Sunday.Haiti has been convulsed for a week by demonstrations against Moïse and the government, strengthened by fury at a serious fuel shortage and the rising cost of living.Protesters have blocked roads the length and breadth of the Caribbean nation, using trees, rocks, burning tyres and cars and trucks.Michel's nomination has already caused violence in the parliament, with politicians hitting each other with chairs and fists in the national assembly.Two years into his five-year term, Moïse is widely discredited. Annual per capita income is $350 a year and inflation is currently standing at 19%. Fuel price rises and their associated effect on food, have left Haitians to the point of despair.Even before the recent wave of unrest, Haitians have been saying the current situation is more serious than the Duvalier dictatorships, the US invasion or the 2010 earthquake. "I can't remember a situation this bad," said Leslie Voltaire, a former presidential candidate and adviser to two former presidents.Tensions had been rising outside the senate since early on Monday.The senate president, Carl Murat Cantave, had given instructions to the police that only senators would be allowed in to the senate precinct with one driver and two police-appointed security agents.People run as Haiti's Senator Jean Marie Ralph Féthière holds a gun in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Photograph: Andrés Martínez Casares/ReutersWithin hours he was criticising the police on Radio Magik9, saying they could not contain the crowds and there was chaos in the yard. Separately the senator Jean Rigaud Belizaire complained the senate's rooms had been smeared with a liquid resembling faeces.Senators, realising that the session would not happen and the ratification would have to be delayed again, began trying to leave to shouts of "thief, thief, thief."Cantave himself was reported to be confined to parliament, having to retreat in his car under a barrage of rocks.In a separate incident, in the town of Gonaïves, the offices of Cantave's foundation were attacked and destroyed.Demonstrators continue to move through Port-au-Prince, as rumours swirled that there would be other attempts, possibly at another location, to ratify Michel.
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| Old lady discovers Renaissance masterpiece in her kitchen Posted: 23 Sep 2019 05:24 PM PDT  An early Renaissance masterpiece by the Florentine master Cimabue has been discovered in an old lady's kitchen in a town near Paris, art experts said Monday. The painting is thought to be part of a large diptych dating from 1280 when Cimabue painted eight scenes depicting Christ's passion and crucifixion.
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| Fatal NYC helicopter crash video shows passengers struggling, NTSB report says Posted: 23 Sep 2019 08:08 PM PDT ![Fatal NYC helicopter crash video shows passengers struggling, NTSB report says]( "Fatal NYC helicopter crash video shows passengers struggling, NTSB report says") Passengers struggled to escape safety harnesses as a sightseeing helicopter sank in New York City's East River last year, according to new documents.
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| Chanel Miller said she didn't know she was sexually assaulted until reading a news article about Brock Turner's arrest 10 days after she blacked out and woke up in the hospital Posted: 24 Sep 2019 10:45 AM PDT  Brock Turner sexually assaulted Chanel Miller at a frat party in 2015. A jury found Turner guilty on three counts of sexual assault in 2016.
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| Meghan Markle shakes up royal tradition with casual denim look in South Africa Posted: 24 Sep 2019 09:26 AM PDT  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's second day of the royal tour of Africa has kicked off with a few breaks to royal protocol!
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| How Iran's Aging Air Force Still Poses a Threat to America's F-35 Stealth Fighter Posted: 24 Sep 2019 04:31 AM PDT  You never know what could happen.
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| Chinese heiress and socialite charged with murdering her ex at a California mansion says he was killed in botched kidnap plot Posted: 24 Sep 2019 01:24 PM PDT  A Chinese heiress and Bay Area socialite charged with murdering the father of her two children at her California mansion has denied the charges.
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| Russia summons senior U.S. diplomat over U.N. visa row Posted: 24 Sep 2019 01:27 AM PDT  Russia on Tuesday summoned a senior U.S. diplomat in Moscow to protest over what it said was Washington's unacceptable refusal to issue visas to members of a Russian delegation traveling to the United Nations General Assembly. The Kremlin promised a tough response and said Jon Huntsman, the U.S. ambassador in Moscow, had been summoned to the foreign ministry, but Russian news agencies said that Huntsman's deputy had gone instead. Moscow said 10 members of a Russian delegation traveling to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York had not been issued visas by U.S. authorities.
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| Pakistan trained al-Qaeda, says Imran Khan Posted: 24 Sep 2019 09:17 AM PDT  Pakistan's army and military spy agency trained al-Qaeda and then maintained links with the militants afterwards, Imran Khan has said. Pakistan's prime minister said his country had then made a major mistake siding with America during the war on terror after the 9/11 attacks. The decision had cost 60,000 Pakistani lives as the country battled Islamist militancy and Pakistan would have been better staying neutral. Mr Khan's comments at a New York think tank came ahead of his speech at the United Nations general assembly this week where he is expected to press the case for international action against India over Kashmir. He has also held meetings with Donald Trump trying to get the American president to restart talks with the Taliban movement in Afghanistan. Pakistan PM: "The Pakistani Army, ISI, trained al-Qaida and all these troops to fight in Afghanistan. There were always links between—there had to be links, because they trained them." pic.twitter.com/BZ61P4tgxu— Miraqa Popal (@MiraqaPopal) September 24, 2019 Asked at the Council for Foreign Relations about how Osama bin Laden had managed to stay in Pakistan undiscovered, Mr Khan said: "The Pakistani Army, ISI [military spy agency], trained al-Qaida and all these troops to fight in Afghanistan. " There were always links between—there had to be links, because they trained them." He said the links were "probably at lower levels", and he did not believe military chiefs had known of Bin Laden's presence. Mr Khan's comments may anger the military. Pakistan's security apparatus has in the past angrily rejected politicians linking it to militancy. Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister, faced treason charges last year after an interview where he suggested the Pakistani state played a role in the 2008 Mumbai attack that killed 166 people. Mr Khan said that after the 9/11 attacks, Pakistan had done a 180 degree turn against former militants, to side with America. " I opposed this from day one," Mr Khan said. "I said we had first trained these guys to fight jihad and it was a great idea, and now we are telling the same groups it's terrorism. So we should at least have stayed neutral. Pakistan, by joining the US after 9/11, committed one of the biggest blunders." Mr Khan also said he believed the Taliban had changed since they were ousted in 2001 and were willing to make peace He said: "This is—Taliban realise that they cannot control the whole of Afghanistan. The Afghan government knows that they cannot—you know, there needs to be some sort of a peace deal. There has to be a political settlement."
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| Panther stolen from zoo after rescue from French rooftops Posted: 24 Sep 2019 05:12 PM PDT  It appears to be France's most coveted cat: A black panther rescued from rooftops near the northern city of Lille last week has been stolen from the zoo where it was taken after capture, officials said. The feline was seized overnight from the zoo in Maubeuge near the Belgian border, the city's mayor, Arnaud Decagny, told AFP on Tuesday. Firefighters caught the cat last Wednesday as it roamed rooftops in Armentieres after escaping through the window of a private apartment believed to have been its home.
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