| Hurricane Harvey And The Potential Hypocrisy Of Texas Republicans Posted: 28 Aug 2017 02:47 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Texas Republicans, long accustomed to bashing the federal government, are already changing their tune now that Hurricane Harvey has devastated parts of their state. An emergency aid package hasn't surfaced yet, but Congress almost certainly will have to approve a spending bill to help those affected by the hurricane-force winds and widespread flooding in southeastern Texas. The question is whether that money will be offset by cuts to other government programs, whether extraneous spending will be attached to the package, and whether, under any circumstances, Texas Republicans will have a problem voting for it.
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| Over 300 gators may escape from enclosure as hurricane flood waters approach fence height Posted: 29 Aug 2017 11:29 AM PDT  Rogue alligators have been cropping up in backyards and driveways around Texas due to the rising flood waters brought by Hurricane Harvey.
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| Sweet dog seen carrying own bag of dog food during Harvey goes viral Posted: 29 Aug 2017 11:15 AM PDT  After Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas as a Category 4 storm, there have been reports of catastrophic damage, deadly flooding and incredible tales of survival. Some animals were the first to be evacuated by their owners. Slowly, heartbreaking footage of these animals emerged on social media in an effort to draw attention to Texas' plight.
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| Houston Businessman Turns His Furniture Stores Into Storm Shelters Posted: 29 Aug 2017 09:09 AM PDT  As many Houston businesses close down amid widespread flooding, one local businessman has opened his furniture stores as shelter to hundreds of displaced Texans.
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| Teen shooter in New Mexico attack sought religion to ease troubled past Posted: 29 Aug 2017 02:48 PM PDT ![Teen shooter in New Mexico attack sought religion to ease troubled past]( "Teen shooter in New Mexico attack sought religion to ease troubled past") A teenager who killed two people and wounded four others in a shooting at a small-town New Mexico library had a troubled past but appeared to have turned his life around after joining a local church and accepting Jesus, his pastor said Tuesday. Sixteen-year-old Nathaniel Jouett had been baptized this summer and was helping the church raise money to send teen members to youth camp just days before he opened fire Monday afternoon at the Clovis-Carver Public Library, Pastor David Stevens said in a telephone interview. Jouett, a sophomore at Clovis high school, had been suspended from school for two days for fighting at the time of the shooting, Stevens said.
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| Survivor of Katrina loses home to Hurricane Harvey: 'Most traumatic experience of my life' Posted: 29 Aug 2017 01:39 PM PDT  A survivor of Hurricane Harvey described how he fled his home almost 12 years ago to the day after doing the same during Hurricane Katrina. The 22-year-old called Romeo left his flooded flat in Houston having been in a similar situation in New Orleans more than a decade ago. He told local TV station KENS5: "Most traumatic experience of my life, repeating itself. That's the crazy part. Romeo was 10 and living in New Orleans when Katrina hit. Now he's in Houston enduring Harvey. https://t.co/xw8pBDR5N7— KENS 5 (@KENS5) August 29, 2017 "You see the cars under water. It's the same thing, it's the same thing again." Romeo told KENS5 his grandmother drowned after Katrina hit. He was 10 at the time and spent a month displaced at the Astrodome in Houston. He said: "Love the people that are close to you as much as you can," he said. "Don't forget to tell people that you love them because you'll lose people." Residents of Houston evacuating on boats Credit: Reuters Harvey became the most extreme rain event ever recorded in the United States with 51.1 inches of rainfall measured just east of Houston Texas climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon, said it was the heaviest storm anywhere in the US ever, apart from isolated incidents in Hawaii. "And it's still raining," he added. The rainfall over a 20,000-square-mile area amounted to nearly 20 times the daily discharge of the Mississippi River, he said.
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| Abandoned dogs seen in heartbreaking Hurricane Harvey photo have been rescued Posted: 29 Aug 2017 10:43 AM PDT  A reporter who posted a heartbreaking photo on Instagram showing two dogs that were left behind by a family fleeing Hurricane Harvey shared a happy update on Tuesday.
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| North Korea Fires New Missile Over Japanese Territory Posted: 28 Aug 2017 03:03 PM PDT  North Korea reportedly fired a ballistic missile over Japanese territory, prompting major concerns and emergency meetings in Tokyo.
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| Melania Trump changes her shoes after sparking backlash as she arrives in Texas Posted: 29 Aug 2017 10:38 AM PDT  It looks like Melania Trump has heard the internet loud and clear. Hours after sparking backlash on Tuesday morning for her choice in footwear while heading to Texas with President Trump, Melania landed in Corpus Christi with a noticeably different pair of shoes -- white sneakers. The first lady paired her casual shoes with a crisp white button-down shirt with a black trousers that hit just above her ankles.
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| Houston Faces Another Threat: Damaged Refineries Spewing Toxic Fumes Posted: 28 Aug 2017 03:21 PM PDT  Harris County, Texas, is home to around 4.5 million people and more than 40 percent of the nation's petrochemical capacity.
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| Family of 6 presumed dead after van sinks in Harvey floods Posted: 29 Aug 2017 09:04 AM PDT  As a van full of family members tried to escape Harvey, violent floodwaters engulfed the vehicle and six people are presumed dead, including four siblings aged 6 to 16, a relative said.
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| 7-Year-Old Girl Survives Being Kidnapped, Choked and Thrown Off Bridge: Cops Posted: 28 Aug 2017 01:39 PM PDT  The little girl survived her fall off a bridge, police said.
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| MSNBC's Katy Tur Calls Out Ted Cruz's Hypocrisy For Opposing Hurricane Sandy Relief Posted: 28 Aug 2017 09:57 PM PDT  As the unprecedented Hurricane Harvey's aftermath continues to pummel Texas, lawmakers in New York and New Jersey have been criticizing their Texas colleagues for potential hypocrisy ― asking for aid for their state when they were unwilling to support relief for storm victims in another part of the country. At the time, all but one Texas Republican in Congress voted against a $50.5 billion Hurricane Sandy relief package in 2013. "I covered those people," Tur continued, speaking of the victims of Hurricane Sandy.
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| Taliban claims Kabul suicide bombing near U.S. Embassy Posted: 29 Aug 2017 08:03 AM PDT ![Taliban claims Kabul suicide bombing near U.S. Embassy]( "Taliban claims Kabul suicide bombing near U.S. Embassy") A suicide bombing in a busy commercial area in Kabul near a string of banks and not far from the U.S. Embassy killed at least five people on Tuesday, Afghan officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
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| Neighbors form human chain to rescue woman in labor during Hurricane Harvey Posted: 29 Aug 2017 10:12 AM PDT  A group of brave Texans linked together to form a human chain and rescue their pregnant neighbor who had gone into labor during Hurricane Harvey.
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| Trump Confuses Two Female Finnish Journalists During Press Conference Posted: 28 Aug 2017 03:45 PM PDT  Trump mixes up two Finnish journalists during press conference.
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| Philippines' Duterte says police can kill 'idiots' who resist arrest Posted: 29 Aug 2017 06:17 AM PDT  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told police on Monday they could kill "idiots" who violently resist arrest, two days after hundreds of people turned the funeral of a slain teenager into a protest against his deadly war on drugs.
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| Man charged with shooting at Charlottesville counter-protesters arrested Posted: 29 Aug 2017 11:46 AM PDT  The man suspected of firing a gun into a crowd of counter-protestors at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia has been arrested, Charlottesville police confirmed. The man, identified as Maryland resident Richard Wilson Preston, has been charged with discharging a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school – a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Police believe Mr Preston is the man who was caught on video shooting at counter-protesters at the rally.
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| Japan won't lower guard of whaling as Sea Shepherd changes tactics: official says Posted: 29 Aug 2017 03:12 AM PDT  Japan will not lower its guard over its whaling even though its biggest foe - the Sea Shepherd conservation group - has said it will not send ships to disrupt its fleet this year, a government official said on Tuesday. Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, said in a statement on Monday the group's limited resources made it difficult to compete with the military technology Japan employs to guard its whaling fleet and it would not send ships to the Southern Ocean this year.
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| Bangladesh offers Myanmar army aid against Rohingya rebels Posted: 28 Aug 2017 09:56 PM PDT  Bangladesh has proposed joint military operations with Myanmar against Rohingya militants fighting in Rakhine state, as the UN raised fears over reports of civilians killed during fresh violence in recent days. An upsurge in fighting in Rakhine, an impoverished state neighbouring Bangladesh, has been raging since Friday when Rohingya militants staged coordinated ambushes against Myanmar's security forces.
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| Cajun Navy joins rescue efforts in Texas as Hurricane Harvey causes massive flooding Posted: 28 Aug 2017 09:47 AM PDT  The Cajun Navy departed Louisiana on Sunday, heading straight to where they are needed most -- Southeast Texas.
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| Chinese migrants lead US agents to San Diego border tunnel Posted: 28 Aug 2017 03:36 PM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dozens of migrants fleeing from Border Patrol agents led authorities to a surprising discovery over the weekend: A tunnel under the US-Mexico border in San Diego used to bring Chinese nationals illegally into the United States.
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| Neil deGrasse Tyson Has No Time For Climate Change Deniers Marveling At The Eclipse Posted: 29 Aug 2017 02:00 AM PDT  Neil deGrasse Tyson is thrilled that Americans came together to witness the total eclipse of the sun this month.
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| Chicago Cop Guilty of Shooting Two Black Teenagers Posted: 28 Aug 2017 02:49 PM PDT  Surveys conducted by Urban Institute researchers in four Chicago neighborhoods showed that relations between the police and the community are poor.
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| Before Harvey Hit, Trump Voided A Federal Rule To Protect Infrastructure From Future Flooding Posted: 28 Aug 2017 10:30 AM PDT  President Donald Trump, who will visit Texas on Tuesday for a first-hand look at Hurricane Harvey's deluge of rainfall, flooding and destruction, may have already made preparedness for similar natural disasters more difficult.
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| Louise Mensch retweets hoax claims Donald Trump's company is being investigated for sex trafficking Posted: 29 Aug 2017 07:25 AM PDT  False allegations retweeted by Louise Mensch about a criminal inquiry into Donald Trump's former modelling agency were made by a hoaxer claiming to work in New York law enforcement, it has emerged. Writer and former Clinton staffer Claude Taylor tweeted fake details of a criminal inquiry into a fashion modelling agency on possible sex trafficking charges by the New York Attorney General but allegedly did not check whether the details were genuine.
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| 2019 Porsche Cayenne Revealed: The Porsche of SUVs, Take Three Posted: 29 Aug 2017 02:15 PM PDT  It puts the sport in sport-utility.
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| Inside Houston shelter, a loud and sometimes chaotic night Posted: 29 Aug 2017 08:24 AM PDT  HOUSTON (AP) — With more guests than cots, some people slept on chairs or the floor. People hung towels and wet clothes on the base of the ceiling supports. Police officers guarded several entrances. Outside, dozens of people still awake stood with their pets and traded cigarettes.
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| Woman Selling Bread on Street Becomes Top Model After Photobombing Shoot Posted: 28 Aug 2017 07:53 PM PDT  Olajumoke Orisaguna, a 27-year-old from Nigeria, went from selling bread on the streets of the city of Lagos to becoming a signed model in the most unexpected way.
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| ‘Charlottesville to D.C: The march to confront white supremacy’ Posted: 29 Aug 2017 09:53 AM PDT !['Charlottesville to D.C: The march to confront white supremacy']( "'Charlottesville to D.C: The march to confront white supremacy'") A multi-racial coalition of faith, student and community activists began a ten-day trek from Charlottesville to Washington, D. C., in 'The March to Confront White Supremacy,' a response to President Donald Trump's failure to confront the white supremacy.
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| Legendary 'Game Of Thrones' Theory Finally Goes Down On Season 7 Finale Posted: 27 Aug 2017 08:05 PM PDT  Warning! Spoilers below for "Game of Thrones" Season 7! Like the saying goes, what goes up, must come down in a hail of ice dragon fire.
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| You Could Have This Common Skin Condition And Not Even Know It Posted: 28 Aug 2017 04:21 PM PDT  That dark patch on your cheek that you thought was a healing sunburn could actually be the sign of a common, though little-known skin condition called melasma.
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| Houston dam begins to overspill as Harvey triggers unprecedented impact Posted: 29 Aug 2017 08:25 AM PDT  A vital dam in suburban Houston that protects the central city began overspilling on Tuesday, and officials said the rainfall from Harvey is so unprecedented they do not know what the impact on surrounding communities will be. Water levels in the Addicks reservoir have reached 108ft, said Jeff Lindner, a Harris County flood control district meteorologist.
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| Transgender members in U.S. military may serve until study completed: Mattis Posted: 29 Aug 2017 05:17 PM PDT  U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday current policy regarding transgender personnel serving in the military would remain in place until he advises President Donald Trump on how to implement his directive on a transgender ban. Mattis said in a statement he would set up a panel of experts serving in the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to provide recommendations on implementing the ban. A White House official who briefed reporters about the memo on Friday declined to specify whether transgender men and women who are currently active in the military could continue to serve based on such criteria.
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| Hurricane Harvey: Otis The Dog Carrying A Bag Of Food Goes Viral Posted: 29 Aug 2017 01:43 PM PDT  Not all heroes wear capes.
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| Danes scan home-made submarine for any concealed areas Posted: 29 Aug 2017 07:10 AM PDT  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police on Tuesday scanned a home-made submarine where Swedish journalist Kim Wall was last seen alive, saying they are looking for any possible concealed cavities.
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| China 'pleased' India withdraws from disputed border Posted: 28 Aug 2017 01:11 AM PDT  China said Monday it was "pleased" that India had agreed to withdraw troops from a disputed border area in the Himalayas following a months-long stand-off. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Chinese personnel on the ground verified that Indian troops and equipment had pulled back in the morning from the area, which is disputed between China and Bhutan. India's foreign ministry announced earlier an "expeditious disengagement" in the Doklam area after reaching an "understanding" with Beijing on the confrontation that began on June 16.
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| Incredible moment reporter helps rescue man caught in Harvey floods, live on TV Posted: 28 Aug 2017 07:24 AM PDT  The saying "not all superheroes wear capes" feels trite at the best of times. But in this case, it's rather appropriate. SEE ALSO: Apple is accepting donations through iTunes to aid Harvey storm relief A local TV reporter covering the flooding in Houston, Texas (as a result of Hurricane Harvey) came to the aid of a truck driver who was stranded in 10 feet of water. Reporter Brandi Smith and camera operator Mario Sandoval of KHOU 11 — a CBS-affiliated television station — were literally keeping the station's coverage going as their studios had been evacuated earlier. As the @KHOU studios are evacuated, reporter @BrandiKHOU and her photog, on the side of a road, providing 100% of the station's coverage. — Janet Shamlian (@JanetShamlian) August 27, 2017 Smith was on air when she spotted a truck surrounded by water. The driver, whose name was reported as Robert, was stranded inside as water seeped into his vehicle. What happened next was human survival mode in action, live on TV: Incredible, watch as @BrandiKHOU flags down a rescue boat on-air, saving this truck driver's life https://t.co/EVvNbdt13k pic.twitter.com/3mYi9McniB — Hayley Jones (@meetmissjoness) August 27, 2017 Smith noticed a rescue team driving by, flagged them down and brought them to the stranded driver, all the while reporting on events as they transpired. At one point she stopped to clean the lens of her photographer's camera. As the rescue team took their boat towards the trapped driver and hauled him to safety, Smith became emotional. "Incredible kudos to these two sheriff's deputies who are risking their lives in this deep water. I'm sure he's very wet, very cold, very frightened." she said. "I finally feel like I can breathe," she continued. He's out! Our signal died, but @HCSOTexas crews got to that semi driver to safety. Full video here: https://t.co/uacB9hk9sU #KHOU11 — Brandi Smith (@BrandiKHOU) August 27, 2017 "I just thank God that you guys were right here to get me and put me back on land safely," Robert said in a short interview, minutes after the rescue. The interview ended with Smith embracing the man. "This is going to sound weird but can I hug you? I so glad you're ok," she said. @BrandiKHOU & I are fine i don't even know how long we were live I used a 96min card + half of my 2nd card. #Harvey #Team #khou11 pic.twitter.com/nnrDSXwS8M — Mario Sandoval (@KHOU_MSandoval) August 27, 2017 So there you have it. Proof that not all heroes wear capes, they also wear rain jackets and carry cameras and microphones. WATCH: This innovative wind turbine can withstand hurricane-force winds
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| Australian surfer in lucky escape after punching 'massive' shark and riding wave to shore Posted: 29 Aug 2017 04:29 AM PDT  A surfer was lucky to escape with a superficial scratch on his back, a torn wetsuit and teeth marks in his board when he was attacked by a shark on Tuesday off an Australian beach. Marcel Brundler, 37, estimated the shark that grabbed his board was a 3-metre (10-foot) Great White shark. He was surfing at Cathedral Rock, near Lorne 140km southwest of the Victoria state capital, Melbourne. Mr Bundler said he punched the shark before making his escape by catching a wave. Surfer Marcel Brundler escaped a shark attack Credit: ABC News/Cameron Best Marcel Brundler said he initially thought the shark was a dolphin, but quickly realised it was much bigger than the mammal. "But then I realised fairly quick because it was more than half a metre wide, with a massive dorsal fin, and it looked at me," he told ABC News. "Then it kind of dived off, came back and circled me, and took a fair notch out of my board, circled me again, then it got me on my (westsuit), it got me on my hip. Marcel Brunder shows the teeth marks on his surfboard after the attack Credit: ABC via AP "Luckily, it's just a little scrape on my skin." Mr Brundler said that he punched the shark then rode a wave away. "I was shouting and punching it while it attacked me," he told the Associated Press. "I was really, really lucky this wave popped up out of nowhere," he added. Lucas Von Graevenitz Sanchez said he watched the attack through his binoculars from the shore. Surfer Marcel Brundler punches away a shark in an attack in Victoria. @MyleeHogan#CathedralRock#7Newspic.twitter.com/sR5lRnigfG— 7 News Sydney (@7NewsSydney) 29 August 2017 "The shark was massive," Von Graevenitz Sanchez said. Police said Brundler was remarkably calm after the attack. "The shark left bite marks in his board and tore at his wetsuit ... but he has no injuries. He was very, very lucky," police Senior Constable Mick Atkinson said. Marcel Brunder holds his board as he looks out to sea after being attacked while surfing Credit: ABC via AP "There were four surfers in the water at the time and they paddled in pretty quickly after that," Atkinson added. Despite the ordeal, Swiss-born Mr Brundler said he would probably surf again next week. "Maybe not on my own though, it will be a little scary," he said. About | Shark attacks
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