| NRA's Chris Cox: 'We Don't Believe Bans Ever Worked On Anything' Posted: 08 Oct 2017 10:12 AM PDT  While the National Rifle Association has said it would support regulating bump stocks ― the device the Las Vegas shooter used to turn his semi-automatic firearms into automatic ones ― the gun lobby's executive director said Sunday that a push in Congress to ban the gun accessory would be useless.
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| Full Feinstein : 'I Don't Know' of a Gun Law That Could Have Stopped Las Vegas Shooting Posted: 07 Oct 2017 10:31 PM PDT  Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) tells Chuck Todd that the images of innocent deaths in Las Vegas should spur people to action in enacting gun control laws.
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| Donald Trump Revels In Recounting The 'Very Good Towels' He Threw To Hurricane Victims Posted: 08 Oct 2017 01:20 PM PDT  President Donald Trump congratulated himself on his trip to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico last week by celebrating the "incredible" cheering of the "crowd of a lot of people" who watched him throw rolls of paper towels.
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| Body Cam Footage Raises Questions in Police Killing of a Black Man Posted: 07 Oct 2017 08:35 AM PDT  The video, released by Salt Lake City Police, shows the shooting death of a 50-year-old black man at the hands of a white police officer.
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| Teenager 'thrown out of school' for sitting during Pledge of Allegiance Posted: 08 Oct 2017 11:02 AM PDT  A 17-year-old student is suing her high school district after she claims she was suspended for refusing to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance. India Landry, from Houston, said she was asked to leave Windfern High School after the incident, despite having sat during the Pledge to the flag hundreds of times before. The federal lawsuit alleges administrators at the school had been "recently whipped into a frenzy" by NFL players kneeling for the national anthem, according to the NY Daily News.
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| Why Trump Needs the Iran Deal Posted: 06 Oct 2017 07:01 PM PDT  With important issues facing our country, the last thing the country needs is for the president to upend an agreement that is meeting U.S. security objectives. Diplomacy is supposed to be the vehicle by which U.S. leaders and officials secure American security and economic interests abroad. Trump's threat to decertify the Iran nuclear deal, whatever flaws may legitimately exist, threatens to cause severe damage to America's interests in the medium and long term.
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| Sudan Airways seeks post-embargo Boeing, Airbus spare parts Posted: 08 Oct 2017 10:30 AM PDT  Sudan's national carrier aims to revive its fleet by procuring new components from Boeing and Airbus after Washington lifted its 20-year-old trade embargo on Khartoum, a minister said Sunday. Sudan Airways, one of the oldest airlines in Africa, has 12 of its 14-strong fleet of aircraft grounded after failing to source spare parts from Boeing and Airbus because of the sanctions imposed in 1997.
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| Evacuations off to a Slow Start in Advance of Hurricane Nate Posted: 07 Oct 2017 08:31 AM PDT  With shelters mostly empty along the gulf coast, emergency officials fear that the widespread voluntary evacuation orders may have been ignored.
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| Death of Teen Who Was Found Inside a Hotel’s Freezer Has Been Ruled an Accident Posted: 07 Oct 2017 02:35 PM PDT  The death of Kenneka Jenkins at the Crowne Plaza hotel has been determined an accident, the medical examiner's office announced in a statement
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| Banning Bump Stocks Is A Mostly Meaningless Gesture, And The NRA Knows It Posted: 07 Oct 2017 12:35 PM PDT  WASHINGTON — A gunman slaughtered 58 people and wounded hundreds more in Las Vegas last week, but the ensuing policy debate has so far focused almost entirely around pieces of plastic on the non-shooting end of the perpetrator's rifles.
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| Feinstein On Bump Stock Debate: 'This Is One Simple Thing' Posted: 08 Oct 2017 01:38 AM PDT  Watch Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), OMB DIrector Mick Mulvaney and the panel weigh in on this week's news.
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| Police probe letter calling on day care to fire black worker Posted: 07 Oct 2017 01:08 PM PDT ![Police probe letter calling on day care to fire black worker]( "Police probe letter calling on day care to fire black worker") WHITEHALL, Pa. (AP) — Police are investigating an anonymous letter calling on a Pennsylvania day care center to fire a black worker because of her skin color.
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| Trump to unveil new responses to Iranian 'bad behavior': White House Posted: 07 Oct 2017 06:21 AM PDT ![Trump to unveil new responses to Iranian 'bad behavior': White House]( "Trump to unveil new responses to Iranian 'bad behavior': White House") By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will announce new U.S. responses to Iran's missile tests, support for "terrorism" and cyber operations as part of his new Iran strategy, the White House said on Friday. "Not just the nuclear deal as bad behavior, but the ballistic missile testing, destabilizing of the region, Number One state sponsor of terrorism, cyber attacks, illicit nuclear program," Sanders continued.
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| Bannon to Target All Incumbent Senators Except Ted Cruz Posted: 08 Oct 2017 01:16 AM PDT  On the MTP Panel, Kristen Welker reports that former presidential adviser Steve Bannon is advancing the internal feud among Republicans by targeting almost every incumbent senator facing re-election.
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| Abe vows to tackle N. Korea threat ahead of Japan election Posted: 08 Oct 2017 03:22 AM PDT  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Sunday to impose "all possible pressure" on North Korea over its nuclear and missile programmes, promising to secure national security in a televised debate before a snap election. "Stepping up all possible pressure, we need to create a situation in which North Korea wants talks as it will change policy," Abe told the debate. Abe is seeking a fresh term as tensions with North Korea rise, with Pyongyang in recent months conducting what it described as a hydrogen bomb test and firing two missiles over Japan.
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| 'Rick and Morty' Fans Are Pissed At McDonald's Over Szechuan Sauce Posted: 07 Oct 2017 04:48 PM PDT  McDonald's is leaving a sour taste in people's mouths that has nothing to do with food.
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| Here Are The Cities That Celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day Instead of Columbus Day Posted: 08 Oct 2017 04:00 AM PDT  More cities opt to celebrate it every year
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| Scalise: Gun Rights are Unlimited Thanks to Founding Fathers Posted: 07 Oct 2017 11:26 PM PDT  In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) told Chuck Todd that he would have potentially opposed gun control laws that are already on the books.
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| Man who raped 12-year-old awarded joint custody of her child Posted: 08 Oct 2017 04:49 AM PDT  A man who raped a 12-year-old has been awarded joint custody of her child despite being convicted of her rape and another sexual assault on a child. A judge has given Christopher Mirasolo, 27, parenting time and joint legal custody of the eight-year-old boy after a paternity test found he was the father. Since his conviction for the rape in 2008, Mirasolo, from Brown City, Michigan, has been convicted of another child sex assault, for which he served four years in prison.
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| White House Official Gives Lip Service To Puerto Rican Debt Relief But Offers No New Deal Posted: 08 Oct 2017 12:31 PM PDT  Mick Mulvaney, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said Sunday that existing legislation is enough to provide Puerto Rico with the debt relief it needs to get back on its feet.
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| Turkey's president announces operation in Syria's Idlib Posted: 07 Oct 2017 03:23 PM PDT  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's president announced Saturday that the country has launched a "serious" operation in Syria's northwestern Idlib province with Turkey-backed Syrian opposition forces, following international efforts for de-escalation in the war-torn country.
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| A hurricane is no reason to end the party in New Orleans Posted: 07 Oct 2017 06:27 PM PDT  A hurricane could not deter revelers Thursday on popular Bourbon Street in New Orleans' historic French Quarter. Just minutes before an evening curfew in the city known as "The Big Easy," happy people continued to saunter through the streets, dance in bars and dine in restaurants. Mayor Mitch Landrieu could barely contain his irritation, admonishing those who did not heed the curfew or evacuation orders for several low-lying areas.
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| Ghana's capital rocked by huge gas explosion leaving several casualties Posted: 07 Oct 2017 07:38 PM PDT  A tanker explosion at a gas-filling station in Ghana late on Saturday, followed by a secondary blast, has left a number of casualties in the Legon suburb in northwest Accra, authorities said. Ghana's deputy information minister Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah said the fire has been controlled and firefighters are now controlling the second explosion. "It is early days yet to give any figures" on the number injured or dead, he said, adding there were casualties. Ambulances had been deployed, and those people who sustained various degrees of injury have been sent to hospitals, he said. More than 200 police personnel were also deployed to help to cordon off the area of the explosion, making it difficult to access. The filling station is near a transport terminal and close to some hostels for the University of Ghana in Accra. People run after a natural gas station exploded in Ghana's capital Accra Credit: Reuters George Agbey, who was close to the scene of the explosion said, "There was some panic and we all just moved away from the scene. It was like refugees moving away from a war-torn zone." Videos of the explosion posted on social media showed a blazing mushroom cloud. Legon is a suburb of the capital, and is also home to the main campus of the University of Ghana. Wreckage of cars are seen at the explosion site of a fuel station in north Accra Credit: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock In May, an explosion at a factory in the Western Regional capital of Takoradi occurred as a tanker was discharging liquefied petroleum gas at the Ghana Household Utilities Manufacturing Company factory. That explosion killed at least six fire service personnel at the scene, and injured at least other 80 people, according to Ghana's state news agency.
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| This Man Is Building An 'Army Of Environmental Super Voters' To Rival The NRA In Turnout Posted: 07 Oct 2017 05:16 AM PDT  Nathaniel Stinnett knows he's preaching to the choir.
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| Teen Found Dead in Hotel Freezer Died of Hypothermia: Report Posted: 07 Oct 2017 07:02 AM PDT  The teen was found dead in a hotel freezer last month.
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| 'He was raised right': Vegas victims remembered Posted: 07 Oct 2017 07:54 AM PDT  It's been nearly a week since hundreds of people lost their mothers, their fathers, their brothers, sisters, husbands, wives and friends.
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| Trial Of Man Accused Of Burning A High School Cheerleader To Death Begins Monday Posted: 07 Oct 2017 02:36 PM PDT  The trial of the man accused of burning 19-year-old Jessica Chambers to death will begin Monday
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| Natural History Museum: Donald Trump Jr 'likes' tweet reporting Sadiq Khan's comments about victims injured in London car crash Posted: 07 Oct 2017 03:45 PM PDT  As speculation swirled about the car crash outside the Natural History Museum, Donald Trump's son "liked" a tweet which quoted London Mayor Sadiq Khan as saying a number of people had been injured and a man detained by police. Donald Trump Jr was responding to the report about the incident by US broadcaster ABC News, clicking the like button on their story about the incident. A large number of Twitter users but not ABC News had claimed it was a terrorist attack.
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| San Juan Mayor Pleads For Help: 'We Need Water!' Posted: 08 Oct 2017 10:29 AM PDT  Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, said on Sunday that despite the compassion of the U.S. public, the federal government "does not want to help" Puerto Rico.
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| Here Is the U.S. Military's New High-Speed Boat in Action Posted: 07 Oct 2017 06:46 AM PDT  Back in July, U.S. Central Command tweeted a gnarly photo of Gen. Joseph Votel cruising aboard a Combatant Craft Assault boat, the stealthy multi-role watercraft designed to replace U.S. Special Operations Command's smaller MkV Special Operations Craft and Naval Special Warfare Rigid Inflatable Boats for "inserting and extracting SOF in low-to-medium threat environment," according to an unclassified SOCOM briefing.
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| Thousands demand Putin quit as birthday protests turn violent Posted: 07 Oct 2017 02:52 PM PDT  Russian police violently broke up a rally in Saint Petersburg as thousands took to the streets across Russia Saturday on President Vladimir Putin's 65th birthday, urging him to quit power. Heeding the call of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny to demand competitive elections, around 3,000 people rallied in Russia's second city and Putin's hometown while more than a thousand demonstrated in the centre of Moscow, AFP reporters said.
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| Dove apologises for advert showing black woman transforming into white model Posted: 08 Oct 2017 02:20 PM PDT  Dove has issued an apology for an advertising campaign branded "racist" which included an image of a black woman removing her top to reveal a white model underneath. The series of adverts, which have provoked outcry on social media after being circulated on Facebook, also showed a third image portraying a caucasian woman transforming into an Asian woman as she undresses. Following the furore, Dove published a statement which stated: "An image we recently posted on Facebook missed the mark in representing women of colour thoughtfully. We deeply regret the offence it caused. "As part of a campaign for Dove body wash, a three-second video clip was posted to the US Facebook page. "This did not represent the diversity of real beauty which is something Dove is passionate about and is core to our beliefs, and it should not have happened. "We have removed the post and have not published any other related content. We apologise deeply and sincerely for the offence that it has caused." The advert was highlighted by Naomi Blake, who posted the images on social media The images first went viral after an American makeup artist, Naomi Blake, shared them with her followers on social media. She said: "What does America tell black people...that we are judged by the colour of our skin and that includes what is considered beautiful in this country. "To know that colorism is a problem in the world, that includes bleaching the skin, and they would put this ad out without a thought...the tone deafness in these companies makes no sense." The controversy comes two years after the cosmetics brand faced a wave of criticism for the product literature on one of its self-tanning products. The "summer glow" lotion, aimed at people with "normal to dark skin", was labelled racist because it suggested that consumers with darker skin were not "normal". Meanwhile, in 2011 Dove was again accused of racism for using a before and after image in an advert for its "visiblecare" range, which appeared to place three women on a colour gradient. The image, which portrayed a black, an Asian and a white woman standing together, appeared to suggest that the lightest skinned woman was the end result.
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| Nelly Arrested On Accusation Of Rape Posted: 07 Oct 2017 09:50 AM PDT  Auburn Police in Washington arrested rapper Nelly Saturday morning on an accusation that he raped a woman on his tour bus.
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| Kitten Rescued With Homemade Pole After Being Trapped in Pipe, 25 Feet Underground Posted: 08 Oct 2017 10:32 AM PDT  "Animals don't always understand that we are there to help, so making the grab is never easy," one of the rescuers said.
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| 'Honest Trailers' Creator Suspended After Sexual Harassment Allegations Posted: 07 Oct 2017 08:59 AM PDT  Andy Signore, the creator of the popular video series, "Honest Trailers" and the website Screen Junkies is now suspended from the parent company Defy Media after multiple women came forward on Twitter Friday accusing him of sexual harassment.
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| Syrian jihadist alliance decries rebel groups planning incursion: statement Posted: 07 Oct 2017 10:32 AM PDT ![Syrian jihadist alliance decries rebel groups planning incursion: statement]( "Syrian jihadist alliance decries rebel groups planning incursion: statement") Tahrir al-Sham, an alliance of jihadist factions in Syria, on Saturday decried Turkey-backed Syrian rebel factions planning an operation in the northwestern Idlib province where it dominates, saying it would "not be a picnic" for them. Earlier on Saturday Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Syrian rebel fighters were preparing to launch "a serious operation" in Idlib backed by Turkish forces from inside Turkey's borders. The operation comes after an agreement last month between Turkey, Russia and Iran to set up a "de-escalation zone" in northwest Syria where Idlib is located to reduce warfare there.
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| Ken Starr Predicts Indictments Over Russia Probe Posted: 07 Oct 2017 12:32 PM PDT  The former special counsel involved in Whitewater said he expected it.
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| Survivalist spends 45 years filling huge basement with food — then decides Puerto Ricans need it more Posted: 07 Oct 2017 09:28 AM PDT  A grieving widower survivalist and a young Puerto Rican couple have found a way to turn tragedy into hope. Forty barrels, filled with over 300 pounds of food each are making their way to Puerto Rico after Joseph Badame ran into Victoria Barber at an estate sale where bankers were selling of Mr Badame's New Jersey home. The food — amassed over 45 years as Mr Badame prepared with his late wife for a potential national or international crisis — were not for sale, and the 74-year-old was concerned it would all get tossed.
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| North Korea's Air Force Is Total Junk (But It Can Still Kill) Posted: 07 Oct 2017 06:43 AM PDT  North Korea's Korean People's Army Air Force (KPAAF)—referred to as the Air and Anti-Air Force Command in South Korean documents—is not in the top ranks of the world's air forces. The regime's survival is their survival, and thus the so-called Korean People's Army is a dedicated to their supreme leader and is likely to put up a fanatical defense in the event of a renewed war. Among the most antiquated and obsolete aircraft in the North Korean air force is the Shenyang J-5, a Chinese copy of the 1950s-era Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco.
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| Chris Cornell’s Widow Vicky Meets with Detroit Medical Examiner Four Months After Rocker’s Death Posted: 08 Oct 2017 11:08 AM PDT  Four months after Chris Cornell's shocking death, his widow is still searching for answers
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| Danish police find decapitated head of Swedish journalist Posted: 07 Oct 2017 07:54 AM PDT  Danish police said Saturday that divers had recovered the decapitated head and the legs of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who vanished in August while interviewing a Danish inventor aboard his homemade submarine. In a grisly case worthy of a Nordic noir thriller, Copenhagen police inspector Jens Moller Jensen told reporters that divers had found bags containing her missing clothes, her head and legs in Koge Bay, south of the Danish capital. "Last night our forensic dentist confirmed that it was Kim Wall's head," he said.
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| A Pair of Photographer Moms Created a Mock Wedding Photo Shoot With Their Children Posted: 07 Oct 2017 11:07 AM PDT  The kids had a blast.
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| Richard Spencer And Fellow White Nationalists Return To Charlottesville Posted: 07 Oct 2017 05:29 PM PDT  Less than two months after violence broke out in Charlottesville, Virginia, white nationalists returned to Emancipation Park on Saturday evening to rally in support of Confederate statues.
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| Filipino wanted in US terror plots stands accused at home Posted: 06 Oct 2017 11:16 PM PDT ![Filipino wanted in US terror plots stands accused at home]( "Filipino wanted in US terror plots stands accused at home") MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino doctor accused of plotting terror attacks in the United States was arrested months ago in the Philippines for his alleged involvement in kidnappings and beheadings blamed on pro-Islamic State group militants, an official said Saturday.
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