| Good Samaritans Rescue Fellow Citizens Amid Catastrophic Floods Posted: 27 Aug 2017 05:16 PM PDT  The citizens of Houston and nearby towns are showing amazing resilience in the face of catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Harvey.
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| NBC News Special Report: Catastrophic Flooding in Houston Posted: 27 Aug 2017 09:53 AM PDT  The deadly Tropical Storm Harvey is bringing catastrophic flooding to Houston and the surrounding region. Lester Holt anchors the NBC News special report.
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| As Officials Attempt To Protect Dams, More Houston Neighborhoods Deal With Flooding Posted: 28 Aug 2017 02:29 PM PDT  HOUSTON – While officials in Houston used controlled releases of water from dams to try to keep them from failing amid relentless rainfall, residents of the Fleetwood neighborhood wedged between the Addicks and Barker reservoirs dealt with a new onslaught of flooding from the dams themselves.
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| Startling Image of Flooded Texas Nursing Home Prompts Rescue Posted: 27 Aug 2017 08:37 AM PDT  An image of elderly women in a Texas nursing home surrounded by waist-deep flood waters went viral on social media on Sunday, prompting an emergency evacuation of the facility.
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| Trump Still Insists Mexico Will Pay For The Wall -- Eventually Posted: 27 Aug 2017 07:35 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Sunday returned to rallying his base by continuing to insist that Mexico will pay for his proposed border wall, after last week threatening a government shutdown if funding for the barrier isn't provided in the U.S. budget.
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| Armed men destroy two dozen logging trucks in Chile indigenous dispute Posted: 28 Aug 2017 01:09 PM PDT  A group of armed men claiming to represent the nation's indigenous Mapuche people hijacked and burned 29 logging trucks in southern Chile on Monday morning as a years-long conflict with forestry companies heated up. "We're going to combat violence and we are not going to allow minoritarian groups, which don't value dialogue, to ruin the great effort all regional actors in the south are doing to promote development and overcome exclusion," Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said in televised remarks. Many Mapuche leaders doubt all such attacks are carried out by indigenous people, saying non-indigenous groups with a radical political agenda may be involved.
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| Houston Mayor Defends Decision to Not Issue Mandatory Evacuation Orders Posted: 27 Aug 2017 08:40 AM PDT  Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said it was not feasible to put "2.3 million people on the road," saying the controversial 2005 Hurricane Rita evacuation had taught the city a lesson.
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| Harvey: Muslim youth group hits streets to help Houston residents during storm Posted: 28 Aug 2017 02:34 PM PDT  As tropical storm Harvey hit Texas with devastating floods, a group of young Muslim men hit the streets to help their neighbours. More than 100 members of Muslim Youth USA, and 40 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, passed out food, water, and other supplies in Houston, according to organisers. Madeel Abdullah, director of humanitarian affairs for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, said more than 700 members of his organisation have been affected by the storm.
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| Joel Osteen's Houston Megachurch Blasted For Closing As Thousands Are Displaced Posted: 28 Aug 2017 01:20 PM PDT  Hurricane Harvey has dumped over 30 inches of rain throughout parts of Southeast Texas since it made landfall on Friday evening. Dozens of Houston-area churches, schools and community centers opened their doors to offer temporary shelter to survivors, while other local houses of worship organized volunteer teams to help with relief efforts. One church, however, drew criticism online for remaining shut.
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| After Charlottesville, Tillerson says Trump 'speaks for himself' Posted: 27 Aug 2017 10:21 AM PDT  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declined to say Sunday whether President Trump's values align with the United States' values, instead maintaining that Trump "speaks for himself." The comment was made during Tillerson's appearance on "Fox News Sunday," after host Chris Wallace questioned him about a U.N. committee's criticism of Trump's response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va.
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| Historic Floods Hit Houston as Hundreds Rescued from Water Posted: 27 Aug 2017 08:32 AM PDT  Officials reported answering thousands of calls from people trapped in Houston on Sunday as torrential rain from deadly Hurricane Harvey caused "catastrophic flooding" in the city and across southeast Texas.
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| ‘Our Town Is Destroyed’: Texans Face Hurricane Harvey Destruction Posted: 28 Aug 2017 03:43 AM PDT  Hurricane Harvey landed in Texas and has been marked as the worst natural disaster in Texas history. The originally category 4 storm has left most of southeast Texas underwater, here's what some Texans facing the storm had to say.
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| Hurricane Harvey's Stinging Nightmare: Floating Fire Ant Colonies Posted: 28 Aug 2017 03:40 PM PDT  As if the catastrophic floods in Houston haven't done enough damage, people are now reporting large colonies of fire ants floating on the rising water.
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| For Women, New Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi Is Almost Certainly An Improvement Posted: 28 Aug 2017 10:14 AM PDT  It looks like the new CEO of Uber will be a step up for women at the company, though the bar for success is pretty low.
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| U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to release water from two Houston-area dams: statement Posted: 28 Aug 2017 07:53 AM PDT  The Corps of Engineers said it needs to release water now to prevent uncontrolled water flowing from the dams. Water is being released from the Addicks and Barker into Buffalo Bayou, the primary body of water running through Houston. "If we don't begin releasing now, the volume of uncontrolled water around the dams will be higher and have a greater impact on the surrounding communities," said Col. Lars Zetterstrom, Galveston District commander of the Corps.
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| Scores treated after mystery 'chemical haze' hits UK coast Posted: 28 Aug 2017 01:38 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — A mysterious chemical haze that left scores of people on the English coast with streaming eyes, sore throats and breathing problems has dissipated, but its cause remains a mystery, police and emergency services said Monday.
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| GOP Illinois Governor Signs Major Voting Reform Into Law Posted: 28 Aug 2017 07:37 AM PDT  Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) signed a law Monday authorizing different state agencies to automatically register voters when they interact with them, marking a huge victory for voting advocates after Rauner vetoed similar legislation a year ago.
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| Reporter Leads Rescuers To Truck Driver Trapped In 10 Feet Of Water Posted: 28 Aug 2017 01:45 AM PDT  Severe flooding in Houston stranded a truck driver in 10 feet of water on Sunday.
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| Serving police officer among suspects in German 'far-Right terror cell' Posted: 28 Aug 2017 10:48 AM PDT  Police in Germany carried out raids on Monday against a suspected far-Right terror cell believed to be planning attacks on left-wing politicians. One of two suspects targetted in the raids was identified by prosecutors as a serving police officer. He and another man are suspected of hoarding ammunition and drawing up a list of high-profile targets for assassination. A government spokesman said the suspected plot was in the early stages of planning and there was no imminent risk of an attack. Police special forces raided several addresses in the north-eastern cities of Rostock and Schwerin in the early hours of on Monday morning. The suspects have not been arrested. One was identified as a serving police officer in the small town of Ludwigslust, south of Schwerin. He is facing disciplinary action, according to local government officials. The other suspect has not been officially identified but according to German television reports he is the lawyer for a small local political party. Angela Merkel has come under pressure over her immigration policies Credit: Lefteris Pitarakis Neither suspect has been named, in accordance with German privacy laws. The plot was uncovered when the two suspects were monitored discussing politics on online chat forums, according to prosecutors. They were unhappy at the government's immigration and refugee policies and, fearing they could result in a collapse of public order, they hoarded food supplies and ammunition for their legally licensed guns. "In addition, the suspects saw the crisis they feared also as an opportunity to kill figures on the left-wing of the politcal spectrum with these weapons," prosecutors said in a statement. "They prepared a list of names of such people to target." Prosecutors said the object of Monday's raids was to secure evidence against the suspects. A number of properties belonging to third parties not under direct suspicion were also searched. The state where the raids took place, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, in the former communist East, has a history of anti-immigrant violence, though it has been peaceful in recent years. Angela Merkel's political constituency lies within the state. "As this is an initial suspicion, there is not urgent need for action," the Mecklenburg-West Pomerania state government said in a statement. "Disciplinary measures are being taken against the accused police officer."
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| Hurricane Harvey much less damaging than Katrina, Sandy: Hannover Re Posted: 28 Aug 2017 07:11 AM PDT  Damages from Harvey, the hurricane and tropical storm ravaging Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast, are estimated to be well below those from major storms that have hit New Orleans and New York, according to Hannover Re on Monday. Hannover Re, one of the world's largest reinsurers, said that insured losses for Katrina in 2005 were around $80 billion, while losses from Sandy in 2012 were $36 billion. "We are far from Katrina and Sandy in magnitude in the case of Hurricane Harvey," a spokeswoman for the company said.
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| A Look at Why Houston Floods Posted: 27 Aug 2017 08:48 AM PDT  Experts say the "bayou city" is so vulnerable to floods — not only because it is low-lying — because explosive growth in the metro area has added 25 percent more pavement in the last 15 years...
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| Reporter shares heartbreaking photo of dogs left behind during Hurricane Harvey Posted: 28 Aug 2017 11:20 AM PDT  A reporter covering Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas, posted a heartbreaking photo on Instagram showing two dogs that he believes were left behind by a desperate family fleeing flood waters.
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| Dramatic before and after images of Houston in the wake of Hurricane Harvey Posted: 28 Aug 2017 12:44 PM PDT  The nation's fourth-largest city has been hit with more than 20 inches of rain since Friday. Forecasters say another 30 inches of rain could fall in southeast Texas over the next few days.
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| Houston News Station KHOU 11 Evacuates On Live TV As Harvey Floods Studio Posted: 28 Aug 2017 12:08 AM PDT  News station KHOU 11 was forced to evacuate on Sunday as flood waters from Hurricane Harvey entered the building's first floor.
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| Black-Clad Anarchists Attack at Least Five People at Anti-Hate Rally in Berkeley Posted: 27 Aug 2017 07:05 PM PDT  The anarchists blended in with peaceful protesters, then they attacked
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| There May Be A Dark Reason Tyrion Made That Look In The 'Game Of Thrones' Finale Posted: 28 Aug 2017 08:47 AM PDT  The "Game of Thrones" Season 7 finale ended with a crack in the Wall ― and also some butt crack on the part of Jon Snow.
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| Indian guru faces up to life in prison in rape case Posted: 27 Aug 2017 05:10 AM PDT  NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of supporters of an Indian quasi-religious sect leader left his headquarters in northern India on Sunday as authorities relaxed a curfew a day ahead of his sentencing for rape.
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| U.S. navy recovers remains of all sailors missing after USS McCain collision Posted: 27 Aug 2017 07:27 PM PDT  The U.S. Navy on Monday confirmed recovery of the remains of all 10 sailors killed after the warship John S. McCain collided with a merchant vessel in waters near Singapore and Malaysia. "The U.S. navy and marine corps divers have now recovered the remains of all 10 USS John S.McCain sailors," the Seventh Fleet said in a statement on its website. The news follows the navy's Thursday announcement that it had suspended wider search and rescue operations after finding and identifying the remains of one sailor.
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| Trump Associate Tried To Broker Moscow Deal So That 'Our Boy Can Become President' Posted: 28 Aug 2017 11:07 AM PDT  Suspicious ties between President Donald Trump and the Russian government just keep appearing. In 2015, a Russian-born real estate broker working for the Trump Organization, Felix Sater, reportedly wrote a series of emails to Michael Cohen, Trump's lawyer, attempting to broker a deal for a Trump Tower in Moscow. "I will get Putin on this program and we will get Donald elected," another email said, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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| The Pizzeria Everyone Is Obsessed With In Your State Posted: 28 Aug 2017 01:55 PM PDT |
| Hurricane Harvey: Viral Photo Of Elderly People In Flood Water Prompts Rescue Operations Posted: 27 Aug 2017 10:50 PM PDT  The distressed patients of La Bella Vita nursing home could be seen struggling in waist-deep water after Hurricane Harvey ravaged Houston, Texas, over the weekend.
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| Jailed Samsung heir appeals against conviction Posted: 27 Aug 2017 10:15 PM PDT  Lawyers for the jailed heir to the Samsung empire filed an appeal against his conviction on Monday as South Korean media divided on the ruling that put the country's top business leader behind bars. Lee Jae-Yong, the de-facto head of Samsung Electronics, was found guilty last week of bribing South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hye and sentenced to five years in prison. The official website of the Seoul Central District Court showed that Lee's lawyer Kim Jong-Hoon filed an appeal on Monday but gave no further details.
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| 'No Fascist USA.' Thousands Protest Planned Right-Wing Rally at Berkeley Posted: 27 Aug 2017 01:44 PM PDT There were a few skirmishes
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| 20 Gift Ideas For Literally Everyone On Your List Posted: 28 Aug 2017 11:44 AM PDT  Gift-giving can be incredibly stressful, particularly because each person on your list has different tastes.
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| Trump Orders Military To Give Cops Free Grenade Launchers, Bayonets, And Tanks Posted: 28 Aug 2017 07:10 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump will repeal restrictions that former President Barack Obama placed on police access to excess military gear, allowing the federal government to immediately resume handing out free bayonets, grenade launchers, tracked armored vehicles such as tanks and other equipment to law enforcement departments around the country. Trump will sign an executive order on Monday that repeals the limits Obama placed on the access to some military surplus items in 2015. Obama's move followed the "provocative" response to the August 2014 unrest in Ferguson, Mo., where St. Louis County Police officers atop armored vehicles pointed sniper rifles at peaceful demonstrators in broad daylight.
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| Charges accuse pair of seeking to steal woman's baby Posted: 28 Aug 2017 03:28 PM PDT  FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A suspect in the death of a pregnant woman initially claimed the woman gave up her newborn daughter but later admitted taking advantage of her to get the child, according to court documents filed Monday that shed no light on how the woman died.
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| Kenya bans plastic bags, may fine violators up to $38,000 Posted: 28 Aug 2017 10:19 AM PDT  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A ban on plastic bags came into force Monday in Kenya and those found violating the new regulation could be receive maximum fines of $38,000 or a four-year jail term.
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| Here's How Whole Foods' New Prices Compare To A Regular Supermarket Posted: 28 Aug 2017 12:55 PM PDT  Amazon's purchase of Whole Foods Market has caused a lot of speculation in how the tech giant will change the high-end supermarket chain.
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| Carjacker in America dragged down street with trousers falling off Posted: 28 Aug 2017 05:22 AM PDT  A man who attempted to hijack a car was filmed holding onto the door handle of the vehicle as it moved off, dragging him down the road and pulling his shorts down in the process. Extraordinary footage, filmed by witnesses in Kent, Washington, shows a large SUV approaching, with the man holding onto the door handle as he is dragged along a busy road. The vehicle then comes to a halt, and the half-naked man stands and momentarily opens the door of the car before the driver moves off again, with the man still clutching the door handle.
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| 5 Things To Know About Uber’s New CEO Posted: 27 Aug 2017 09:35 PM PDT  Iranian-born American businessman Dara Khosrowshahi has been heading online travel company Expedia since 2005.
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| Israelis log out of high-tech jobs for a life offline Posted: 27 Aug 2017 04:45 AM PDT  Former technology executive Dotan Goshen carefully arranges some melons at the bottom of a crate, followed by courgettes, tomatoes and lettuce. Goshen, a graduate of Israel's prestigious Technion technological institute, made a dramatic change of course after his boss called him at home one evening and berated him for not devoting himself sufficiently to his work -- even though he was putting in at least 50 hours a week. The following day, the 37-year-old father of three handed in his resignation and set out to realise his dream of producing organic fruit and vegetables.
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| Pakistan postpones U.S. visit after Trump speech Posted: 27 Aug 2017 10:06 AM PDT  By Kay Johnson ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan postponed a visit by a U.S. acting Assistant Secretary of State, officials said, as small protests broke out against President Donald Trump's accusations that Islamabad was prolonging the war in Afghanistan. The visit of Alice Wells, acting assistant Secretary of State for South and Asian Affairs, scheduled for Monday, would have been the first high-profile visit by a U.S. official since Trump's Afghan policy speech on Aug. 21.
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| J.J. Watt Starts His Own Harvey Relief Fund And Raises Money In A Hurry Posted: 28 Aug 2017 05:35 AM PDT  J.J. Watt of the Houston Texans is tackling the disaster left by the catastrophic storm Harvey with the same passion he uses to pursue quarterbacks.
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| Transgender Service Members Make A Statement On VMAs Red Carpet Posted: 27 Aug 2017 05:10 PM PDT  Days after President Donald Trump signed a memo banning transgender soldiers from enlisting in the military, several service members are making a statement on the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet.
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| What's The Difference Between Cardiac Arrest & Heart Attack? Posted: 28 Aug 2017 08:22 AM PDT  Cardiac arrest and heart attacks are both serious heart failures, but they are actually two different things. These four questions will help you tell them apart and respond accordingly if you ever encounter one. Watch the video to learn more.
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| Living Room Paint Ideas and Inspiration from AD Posted: 28 Aug 2017 11:28 AM PDT |
