| As a grand jury begins work, defiant Trump calls Russia investigation a ‘fabrication’ Posted: 03 Aug 2017 06:36 PM PDT  President Trump defiantly told a cheering crowd at a rally in Huntington, W.Va., that the Russia investigation is a "total fabrication."
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| Vietnam regrets Germany's accusation it kidnapped exile Posted: 03 Aug 2017 06:22 PM PDT  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam said Thursday that it regretted comments by the German Foreign Ministry accusing Vietnamese intelligence services of kidnapping a former Vietnamese oil executive who's wanted back home on embezzlement charges.
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| San Francisco airport: Picture shows how close landing plane was to causing 'the worst aviation disaster in history' Posted: 03 Aug 2017 06:59 AM PDT  A picture and audio recording of a plane that almost crash landed into a busy taxiway has shed more light on what one aviation expert said could have been the "greatest aviation disaster in history". Air Canada Flight 759 was moments way from tragedy as it approached San Francisco International Airport, mistaking the taxiway for the runway, before pilots pulled the plane up again at just 18 metres above the ground to try another landing. United Airlines pilots queuing at the front of the taxiway alerted air traffic controllers, and Philippine Airlines pilots in the plane behind switched on their landing lights to signal danger.
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| In violence-plagued Baltimore, weekend ceasefire offers glimmer of hope Posted: 03 Aug 2017 11:08 AM PDT  By Ian Simpson BALTIMORE (Reuters) - After the deaths of nearly 20 of her friends and relatives, Erricka Bridgeford said she wanted to take a stand against Baltimore's worst wave of deadly violence in a generation. "We want to purposefully just have a pause and a sacred space where everybody's intention is that nobody gets killed," Bridgeford said. The ceasefire has the support of gang leaders, drug dealers and others linked to the violence, she said.
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| Mother of Four Living in U.S. for 17 Years Deported to Mexico Within Days of Traffic Stop Posted: 02 Aug 2017 05:55 PM PDT  Beatriz Morelos Casillas was arrested in Ohio on July 24 for driving without a license. By Tuesday, she was in Nuevo Laredo, a violent Mexico border town.
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| South Korean Spy Agency Admits to Meddling in 2012 Election Posted: 04 Aug 2017 09:11 AM PDT  The presidency may never have been meant for Park Geun-hye after all.
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| Hyperloop pod travels 192mph in maiden journey Posted: 03 Aug 2017 03:26 AM PDT  The ultra-fast Hyperloop is one step closer to becoming a reality after its pod travelled 192 miles per hour in its maiden journey. Hyperloop One said its prototype for the high-speed transport system, which could travel from London to Edinburgh in 50 minutes, reached the speed on a 500-metre-long test track in the Nevada desert. The test marks the first time Hyperloop One has propelled one of its carriages along the tube, as well as the fastest journey for the technology. Hyperloop test The company completed its first trial in May, which involved a smaller trolley reaching a top speed of 70 miles per hour. It is a significant step in the development of the Hyperloop, a transport system first conceived by Elon Musk in 2015 that involves levitating pods travelling through a vacuum at 750 miles per hour. "This is the beginning, and the dawn of a new era of transportation," said Shervin Pishevar, co-founder of Hyperloop One. "We've reached historic speeds of 192 miles per hour and we're excited to finally show the world the XP-1 going into the Hyperloop One tube." Prototypes for the futuristic mode of transport are being developed by a host of rival companies and research institutions. Hyperloop One is the first to test a working model of its magnetic levitating pods. The Hyperloop One prototype pod travelled 192 miles per hour in the test Credit: Hyperloop One Hyperloop One said the first generation of its levitating pod, which was unveiled last month, accelerated for 300 metres, reaching 192 miles per hour before coming to a halt. The XP-1 pod is 8.7 metres long, 2.4 metres wide and 2.7 metres tall. Although Hyperloop One more than doubled its previous record with the run, it fell short of the 250 miles per hour target it had set. The trip brings the Hyperloop close to the 200 miles per hour of Japan's bullet train, but is still 50 miles per hour slower than the planned HS2. FAQ | Hyperloop "We're excited about the prospects and the reception we've received from governments around the world to help solve their mass transportation and infrastructure challenges," said Rob Lloyd, chief executive of Hyperloop One. He added the company plans to discuss the technology with partners, customers and governments following the success of the trial. It is now looking to commercialise the transport system, which is still being developed. Proposed UK routes for the Hyperloop Credit: Hyperloop One Hyperloop One said earlier this year that it will be some time before it becomes a reality because of the complexity of the technology. Before it can accelerate to 750 miles per hour it will need to extend the 500 metre test track, built this year, as well as fine-tune the system. The next phase of tests will focus on solving practical problems such as creating an air lock, rather than increasing speed, it said. The California-based transport innovation firm has proposed nine Hyperloop routes in Europe, including three in the UK: London to Edinburgh, Cardiff to Glasgow, and Glasgow to Liverpool. The crazy future of transport - in pictures
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| Scaramucci Cancels Online Event To Focus 'On Family' Posted: 03 Aug 2017 10:28 PM PDT  When Scaramucci said in his tweet he would focus on his family, Twitter users quickly reacted asking him which family he was talking about.
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| The Morning Email: Mueller Impanels A Grand Jury As The Russia Probe Heats Up Posted: 04 Aug 2017 03:27 AM PDT  Friday, August 4 Kate Sheppard here, filling in for Lauren Weber.
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| This Is the House Where a Mom and 2 Kids Were Held Captive for 2 Years Posted: 03 Aug 2017 12:43 PM PDT  The woman and her children ran out a side door
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| U.S. pushes U.N. to slash North Korea exports by a third over missile tests Posted: 04 Aug 2017 02:06 PM PDT  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.S.-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution, seen by Reuters on Friday, aims to slash by a third North Korea's $3 billion annual export revenue by banning the country's trade of coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore and seafood. A council diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there was a "high confidence" that North Korea ally China and Russia would support the draft resolution, which was circulated to the 15 Security Council members on Friday. The United States is aiming for a vote on Saturday to impose the stronger sanctions over North Korea's two intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests in July, though Russia and some other council members are asking for more time, diplomats said.
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| Fire at Torch Tower in Dubai Posted: 04 Aug 2017 08:02 AM PDT ![Fire at Torch Tower in Dubai]( "Fire at Torch Tower in Dubai") Dubai Police have reopened the streets around Torch Tower, one of the world's tallest residential skyscrapers, after firefighters put out a blaze that erupted early Friday .
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| The Latest: 2nd body found in rubble after school explosion Posted: 02 Aug 2017 08:09 PM PDT  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on an explosion and partial building collapse at a Minneapolis school (all times local):
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| Partition key battleground in India, Pakistan textbook wars Posted: 04 Aug 2017 03:05 AM PDT  Pakistani high school student Noman Afzal knows "traitorous" Hindus are to blame for the bloodshed that erupted when British India split into two nations 70 years ago. Students across the border in India are taught a starkly different version of events, the result of a decades-long effort by the nuclear-armed rivals to shape and control history to their own nationalistic narrative. August marks 70 years since the subcontinent was divided into two independent states -- Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan -- and millions were uprooted in one of the largest mass migrations in history.
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| Venezuela: Vatican calls on Nicolas Maduro's government to suspend constitutional assembly Posted: 04 Aug 2017 05:07 AM PDT  The Vatican has urged Venezuela's president not to proceed with a controversial new assembly that his critics say would give him unprecedented power. In a statement issued on the day Mr Maduro was set to install the new assembly - a vote for which last week was boycotted by the opposition parties and denounced as "rigged - the Vatican called on "all political actors, and in particular the government, to ensure full respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the existing constitution". "The Holy See appeals firmly to all of society to avoid all forms of violence and invites, in particular, the security forces to refrain from excessive and disproportionate use of force," it said.
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| Reporter: Here’s the story behind Trump’s dismissing White House as a ‘dump’ Posted: 03 Aug 2017 06:09 AM PDT  President Trump pushed back Wednesday against a report in Golf magazine that he had called the White House a "dump" with a tweet extolling the presidential residence.
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| Missouri Woman Shaved Boy’s Head For Touching Daughter Inappropriately Posted: 02 Aug 2017 11:49 PM PDT  A 34-year-old Missouri woman allegedly shaved a neighbor boy's head and wrote "pervert" on his forehead for touching his daughter inappropriately.
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| Plane passenger spots man texting about sex abuse of kids Posted: 04 Aug 2017 09:17 AM PDT  A sharp-eyed airline passenger spotted another passenger texting about sexually assaulting children, leading officers in California and Washington state to arrest two people and find two young victims, authorities said Thursday.
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| Immigrants denied credit by Wells Fargo may sue bank, judge says Posted: 04 Aug 2017 08:39 AM PDT  Young immigrants denied credit by Wells Fargo Bank because they are not permanent U.S. residents can sue the bank under a post-Civil War law barring discrimination on the basis of immigration status, a federal judge ruled. In a decision on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney in San Francisco rejected Wells Fargo's argument that lenders are permitted under a more recent federal anti-discrimination law to consider immigration status before granting loans. Filed in January, the proposed class action accused Wells Fargo of denying student loans and credit cards to immigrants granted work permits under the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program enacted by former Democratic President Barack Obama.
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| Nissan workers in Mississippi vote on whether to unionize Posted: 03 Aug 2017 01:06 PM PDT  CANTON, Miss. (AP) — Workers at Nissan Motor Co.'s Mississippi assembly plant voted Thursday to decide whether to be represented by the United Auto Workers union.
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| Zoo Welcomes Tiny, Furry Triplets That Are Closely Related to Elephants Posted: 04 Aug 2017 09:32 AM PDT  Born at less at 9 ounces, the babies have teeth resembling tusks and a skull and foot structure that's similar to elephants.
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| Pilot could face homicide charges over Portugal crash landing Posted: 03 Aug 2017 12:50 PM PDT  A flight instructor and trainee pilot whose small plane killed two people during an emergency landing on a crowded Portuguese beach could face negligent homicide charges, prosecutors said Thursday. The two men refused to speak to reporters as they left court in Almada, across the River Tagus from Lisbon, where they were questioned behind closed doors. "The plane first hit the man, who had his back to it," Filipe Janeira, 34, who was at the beach, told daily Jornal de Noticias.
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| With all-powerful assembly, is Venezuela still a democracy? Posted: 04 Aug 2017 11:20 AM PDT  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Venezuela has installed an all-powerful constituent assembly with the authority to rewrite the constitution, remove public officials and trump all branches of government, raising concerns about the health of democracy in the country.
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| Graphic Video Shows Shark Shot To Death Posted: 04 Aug 2017 04:32 AM PDT  The video, which contains graphic footage, shows one of the men killing the animal by firing two shots at it using a handgun.
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| When is the Perseid Meteor shower and how can I see it? Posted: 04 Aug 2017 05:55 AM PDT  The Perseids is an annual meteor shower that peaks around mid-August,with this year's peak expected between 11 and 13 August. It's regarded as one of the brightest and most visible meteor showers. Here's everything you need to know about the spectacle, including dates and where to see it. #perseids are coming!! pic.twitter.com/F19pqGL3nO— GaryFildes (@TheGaryFildes) July 9, 2017 What is a meteor shower? Ameteor shower occurs when Earth passes through the debris stream occupying the orbit of a comet, in this case comet Swift-Tuttle. Perspective makes meteor showers appear to emanate from a single point in the sky known as the shower radiant. A typical meteor results from a particle the size of a grain of sand vaporising in Earth's atmosphere when it enters at 134,000mph. Something larger than a grape will produce a fireball and this is often accompanied by a persistent afterglow known as a meteor train. This is a column of ionised gas slowly fading from view as it loses energy. The Perseids appear to originate from within the star constellation Perseus, hence the shower's name. A shooting star, top left, is seen during the Perseid meteor shower in Poland in 2016. Credit: EPA/LUKASZ OGRODOWCZYK When can I see the Perseid meteor shower? The window for this year's meteor shower is from July 17 to August 24. Stargazers stand a chance of seeing the shower at any point in this window, however the peak will occur around August 11, 12 and 13. The best time to take a look at the sky will be from about 1am BST in the Northern Hemisphere until the onset of dawn twilight. Space.com says the moon, which will be three-quarters full at the time of the peak, will rise around 11pm meaning the spectacle will be trickier to see this year. However, sky-watchers should still be able to see the shower, despite the moon's glare. Peak rates of 150-200 meteors per hour were recorded in 2016, but typical rates are about 80 meteors an hour streaking across the night sky, each leaving a trail. Complete list of every full moon in 2017 The worlds best stargazing locations How can I see it? Choose a dark location away from stray lights and give yourself at least 20 minutes in total darkness to properly dark adapt. Look at a height approximately two-thirds up the sky in any direction. If you want a recommendation, east through south offers some great background constellations in the early hours during August. Look for the shower's "radiant" from the north-east corner of Perseus. Here are a few great places to view the shower. Galloway Forest Park: Galloway is a couple of hours from Glasgow and an hour from Carlisle. The park's most popular spot for stargazing is Loch Trool. Exmoor and around: Exmoor was granted International Dark-Sky Reserve status by the International Dark-Sky Association in 2011. Light pollution is managed to make the area more appealing to amateur astronomers. Romney Marsh: Night once provided cover for smugglers known as Owlers, but today Romney Marsh offers celestial bounty, arching over a landscape adorned with the spires of ancient churches. Kielder: Kielder Forest is officially the darkest place in England – 250 square miles of wooded beauty where Northumberland brushes against Scotland. It has its own fabulous, modern, wood-clad observatory on the slopes of Black Fell above Kielder Water. North York Moors: As well as stunning night skies, the North York Moors boast historic market towns such as Helmsley and Pickering, plus appealing coastal spots, including Scarborough and Whitby. Reader sends in beautiful Perseid timelapse 00:15 Tell me more about Comet Swift-Tuttle The wonderfully named Comet Swift-Tuttle, the parents of the Persied meteor shower, is the largest object known to repeatedly pass Earth (it's 16 miles wide). It orbits the sun ever 133 years and each time it passes through the inner solar system, it warms up releasing fresh comet material into its orbital stream, according to earthsky.org. The last time it was closest to the sun was in December 1992. It will be back again in July 2126. Total solar eclipse 2017: explainer
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| Refugees from Lebanon camps arrive at edge of Syrian rebel zone Posted: 03 Aug 2017 06:54 AM PDT  Buses carrying Syrians who left Lebanon after a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Nusra militants on Thursday started crossing into the rebel-held zone where they will settle, a Hezbollah military media unit reported. About 7,000 Syrians, including Nusra militants and refugees, left the Arsal district on the border between Lebanon and Syria as part of a ceasefire deal that also involves the handover of captured Hezbollah fighters. A convoy of more than 100 buses arrived on Thursday at Saan in Hama province, where they began to cross frontlines from government territory, the Hezbollah media unit said.
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| Woman Found Buried on Beach Died When Sand Caved In Posted: 03 Aug 2017 07:14 AM PDT  Officials said the death of a Texas woman on a beach in Ocean City, Maryland was accidental
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| 'El Chapo' seeks release from US prison, says conditions like 'torture' Posted: 04 Aug 2017 08:52 AM PDT  Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, one of the world's most notorious criminals, is claiming his extradition to the United States was illegal and wants a US judge to dismiss his case. The 60-year-old kingpin, accused of running the Sinaloa cartel -- one of the world's biggest drug empires -- was extradited to New York on January 19, and is being held in solitary confinement in Manhattan pending trial next April.
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| Germany blasts Vietnam over 'kidnap' of former oil executive Posted: 02 Aug 2017 11:47 PM PDT BERLIN (AP) — The German government accused Vietnamese intelligence services of involvement in what it called the kidnapping in Berlin of a former Vietnamese oil executive, and gave the country's intelligence attache 48 hours to leave Germany.
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| Amazon’s 15 top daily deals: August lock, Wi-Fi extender, Samsung sound bar, $29 security cam, more Posted: 03 Aug 2017 07:41 AM PDT |
| Does Kelly signal a new path for Trump? Posted: 03 Aug 2017 02:00 AM PDT  John Kelly is the right pick to be President Trump's first real chief of staff. But he can't provide the vision, or the agenda, for the president.
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| Dashcam captures moment police officer is thrown over car after he's hit by drunk driver Posted: 03 Aug 2017 03:05 AM PDT  A Texas police officer is recovering from a fracture and other injuries after he was struck by a suspected drunk driver while standing alongside a car during a traffic stop. Officer Lesell approaches the car moments before the drunk driver hits Credit: PA / Fort Worth PD Dashcam video from Fort Worth officer Matt Lesell's patrol car shows Lesell being thrown into the road after being struck on July 7. Officer Lesell's dashcam captures the moment of impact Credit: PA / Fort Worth PD Authorities say the only reason he survived is because the drunk driver first struck the car that was stopped on the side of the road, lessening the blow to Lesell. Lesell told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Monday that he fractured his vertebra and will be out of work for about another month. Fort Worth officer Matt Lesell Credit: PA/KDFW FOX 4 A 34-year-old man was charged with intoxication assault causing serious bodily injury to a police officer. It's not clear whether the second driver was hurt.
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| Ethiopia lifts emergency rule imposed last October after months of unrest Posted: 04 Aug 2017 03:39 AM PDT  By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia on Friday lifted a state of emergency imposed last October following months of protests that killed hundreds of people. More than 29,000 people were arrested during the period and nearly 8,000 of them are on trial for taking part in the violence, Defence Minister Siraj Fegessa said. The unrest was provoked by a development scheme for the capital Addis Ababa and turned into broader anti-government demonstrations over politics and human rights abuses.
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| A Milkshake Was Sent More Nearly 400 Miles for Woman's Final Wish Posted: 03 Aug 2017 12:15 PM PDT  The mocha milkshake was sent about 375 miles with dry ice and was delivered within nine hours.
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| Former South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius Hospitalized For Medical Examination Posted: 03 Aug 2017 10:05 PM PDT  Reeva Steenkamp, 29, had been in a relationship with Pistorius for nearly three months when he shot her four times through a locked bathroom door on Valentine's Day in 2013, mistaking her for an intruder.
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| With live-fire drill, China warns India not to test Beijing Posted: 04 Aug 2017 02:52 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — Beijing is intensifying its warnings to Indian troops to get out of a contested region high in the Himalayas where China, India and Bhutan meet, saying China's "restraint has its limits" and publicizing live-fire drills in Tibet.
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| Donald Trump has taken off three times as much holiday as Barack Obama Posted: 04 Aug 2017 02:36 AM PDT  Donald Trump, who regularly condemned Barack Obama for taking too much time off, has now enjoyed more than three times as many holiday days as his predecessor had enjoyed at the same stage in his tenure. The US president announced he is to spend the next 17 days at his private golf club in New Jersey. It means that by the end of August, Mr Trump will have taken 53 days of leisure, since his inauguration in January, while Mr Obama had taken 15 days during the same time span, according to The Washington Post.
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| Samsung has shipped over 20 million Galaxy S8 smartphones Posted: 03 Aug 2017 05:00 PM PDT 
If there was any concern that the Galaxy S8 would struggle to find a foothold in 2017 with the release of the 10th anniversary iPhone looming, those concerns have been allayed in the days, weeks and months following the launch of Samsung's latest flagship. On Thursday, citing market research firm Strategy Analytics, The Investor reported that Samsung has shipped over 20 million Galaxy S8 units.
Data compiled by the firm shows that Samsung has shipped 278,000 Galaxy S8 phones a day since the phone's release on April 21st. That amounts to 19.8 million shipments through June, which would have made 20 million shipments a fairly reasonable expectation for the end of July. As The Investor notes, Samsung's mobile division chief Koh Dong-Jin said at a media event last month that the Galaxy S8 had outsold the Galaxy S7 by 15% in the same three-month period after launch. Then in a conference call, the company stated that S8 sales in some regions have already doubled S7 sales at the same time last year, despite the S8 launching a month later than the S7. While Apple is sure to turn heads and break records with the iPhone 8/iPhone X/iPhone Pro later this fall, Samsung has done more than tread water in the interim. At this point, it's clear that any misgivings consumers had over the Note 7 debacle have dissipated. And on top of the Galaxy S8's success, Samsung will try to keep the ball rolling when it introduces the Galaxy Note 8 at an event in NYC on August 23rd. Based on what we've seen, it could be another smash hit.
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| Teen tweets boyfriend's hilariously misspelled message thread, goes viral Posted: 03 Aug 2017 05:06 AM PDT  Misspelled words are the bane of any fast-fingered texter, but they can have their upsides too. In the case of 18-year-old Neve McGuinness form Newcastle, UK, they can help you go viral. SEE ALSO: Say hi to Sarahah, the anonymous messaging app ruining Snapchat for teens McGuinness posted the tweet below on Sunday. The picture is a screengrab of her phone showing three messages from her boyfriend Lee. As far as misspelled words go, he really nailed it. Qwas aren't pic.twitter.com/2MkVPy6rX0 — neve (@nevemcguinnessx) July 30, 2017 2,000+ retweets and counting on that one. Sometimes it's the truly silly things that capture the internet's heart. Look who's famous now xxx — caitlin christie (@caitschristie) August 2, 2017 Eee ano caitlin it's not even that funny — neve (@nevemcguinnessx) August 2, 2017 Just jealous of my comedy xoxox — Lee (@wildilwh09) August 2, 2017 Qwas aren't. WATCH: Can you really communicate using iMessage art?
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| Bill to cut off aid to Palestinians passed by U.S. committee Posted: 03 Aug 2017 04:50 PM PDT  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee approved a bill on Thursday that would cut off $300 million in annual U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority unless it stops making what lawmakers described as payments that reward violent crimes. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 17-4 for the measure, known as the Taylor Force Act, after a 29-year-old American military veteran who was fatally stabbed by a Palestinian while visiting Israel last year. The bill, which must be approved by the full Senate and House of Representatives before becoming law, is intended to stop the Palestinian Authority from paying the stipends, which can reach $3,500 per month.
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