| Trump Ally Says President Cut Off Obamacare Payments To Destroy Health Law Posted: 15 Oct 2017 10:41 AM PDT  President Donald Trump ended payments to health insurance companies serving the poorest Obamacare customers in order to deliberately destroy the health care law, former chief White House strategist Steve Bannon said.
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| Five Arrested in Connection to a Murder That Dates Back Three Decades Posted: 14 Oct 2017 08:51 AM PDT  Two law enforcement officers were arrested with three other suspects in what investigators are calling a racially-motivated killing of a man in rural Georgia 34 years ago.
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| Feds Foil Homemade Bomb in Plot to Attack North Carolina Airport Posted: 14 Oct 2017 08:40 AM PDT  In a story that failed to get much attention last week, federal authorities say they stopped a plot to bomb a small North Carolina airport and will charge a suspect who allegedly said he was "getting ready to fight a war on U.S. soil."
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| 'She was my life': Longtime loves among those lost in fire Posted: 13 Oct 2017 06:30 PM PDT  More than 30 people have died in the deadliest week of wildfires in California history. The victims include a couple who recently celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary, a woman born with a spinal defect who worked to help others despite her own troubles and a woman who died in her husband's arms as they sought safety in a backyard swimming pool.
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| Kasich: 'I Just Don't Think There's Any Policy Here' on Health, International Allies and Trade Posted: 14 Oct 2017 11:50 PM PDT  In an exclusive inventive, Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) tells Chuck Todd that the White House is "weakening" long-standing international alliance and allowing authoritarian governments to rise.
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| California 'horror' fires kill at least 38, deadliest in state history Posted: 14 Oct 2017 04:20 PM PDT  By Heather Somerville SANTA ROSA, Calif. (Reuters) - Fast-moving fires spread by shifting winds forced thousands more Californians to evacuate their homes on Saturday as the death toll from the deadliest blaze recorded in the state's history rose to at least 38, with hundreds of people still missing. About 10,000 firefighters supported by air tankers and helicopters overhead were battling 16 major wildfires, some encompassing several smaller merged blazes, in areas north of San Francisco that have consumed nearly 214,000 acres (86,000 hectares) over seven days, or roughly 334 square miles (865 sq km) - an area larger than New York City. The 38 confirmed fatalities, including 20 in Sonoma County, already make it the deadliest fire event in California history.
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| Evacuation deal for Isil fighters in Syria's Raqqa as city's capture nears Posted: 14 Oct 2017 11:42 AM PDT  A convoy will leave Syria's Raqqa on Saturday under an evacuation deal agreed as a US-backed force battles to seize Isil's last positions in the city. The US-led coalition said the deal for the evacuation would exclude foreign Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) fighters, but left unclear whether Syrian jihadists would be able to quit their one-time stronghold. The agreement, reached by local officials, comes after days of talks on a way for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces to secure the last parts of the city while avoiding further civilian casualties. Earlier Saturday, the US-led coalition said around 100 Isil fighters had surrendered to the SDF in the past 24 hours, but again stressed that no foreign fighters would be allowed to escape the city. In neighbouring Deir Ezzor province meanwhile, Syria's army captured the Isil stronghold of Mayadeen, in the latest blow to the jihadists who are seeing their self-styled "caliphate" crumble. Raqqa was once the de facto Syrian capital of the jihadist group's "caliphate" and the city's loss would be a new blow for Isil, which has already been driven from its strongholds in Iraq including second city Mosul. In June, the US-backed SDF, an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, broke into Raqqa, and since then they have captured around 90 percent of the city. 'Minimise civilian casualties' In recent days, talks had been under way on a deal to secure the last parts of Raqqa while protecting trapped civilians, some of them being used by Isil fighters as human shields. "The arrangement is designed to minimise civilian casualties and purportedly excludes foreign Daesh terrorists as people trapped in the city continue to flee the impending fall of Daesh's so-called capital," the coalition said, using the Arabic acronym for Isil. "People departing Raqqa under the arrangement are subject to search and screening by Syrian Democratic Forces," it added. A Raqqa official told AFP on Saturday that Syrian Isil members had surrendered overnight to the SDF, without specifying how many. Syrian women and children gather on the western front after fleeing the centre of Raqqa on October 12, 2017 Credit: AFP "They sent a message to the Raqqa Civil Council (RCC) and to the tribal mediators," the official said. "Those that surrendered are local, not foreigners - the foreigners have not handed themselves in yet," he said. An SDF military source told AFP that buses and trucks were waiting outside Raqa and would take the surrendered fighters further east to Deir Ezzor province, much of which remains under Isil control. Members of the RCC - a provisional administration for the city, set up by the SDF - had been working with tribal leaders throughout the week to try to secure safe passage for civilians. Up to 1,500 civilians have managed to flee the battle-ravaged city in the past week, according to the coalition. The United Nations estimates thousands more may still be trapped inside. US-led coalition strikes have dropped off at points in the past week, with its latest update reporting no air raids on Friday. City on verge of capture The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitor of the war, said all the Syrian Isil fighters in the city had left, but negotiations on the fate of 150 foreign jihadists were ongoing. "The foreign fighters are asking to leave in one group towards areas under Isil control in Deir Ezzor province," said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman. The US-led coalition however insisted that "foreign fighters are not being allowed to leave Raqqa," and cautioned that it still expected "difficult fighting in the days ahead." The damage near the central hospital of the embattled northern Syrian city of Raqqa Credit: AFP "Daesh is on the verge of being finished in Raqa in the coming days," said Nuri Mahmud, a spokesman for the key Kurdish People's Protection Units that forms the SDF's backbone. Isil captured Raqqa in 2014, turning it into a byword for its outrageous abuses as well as a centre for the planning of attacks abroad. The jihadists are also under attack in their remaining territory in Deir Ezzor province, where Syria's Russian-backed army on Saturday captured the town of Mayadeen. The army and the SDF are fighting two separate campaigns in the province. In neighbouring Iraq, the jihadists now hold just a sliver of territory in the Euphrates River valley.
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| California wildfire 'blast' kills teen, injures his family Posted: 14 Oct 2017 09:11 AM PDT  When flames swept over the mountain like a "nuclear blast," Paul Hanssen ran from his burning home, a water-soaked towel around his head and dog by his side, and took shelter in a trailer. He waited nervously for two long hours as winds howled and embers flew by.
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| Trump Accuser Demands Release Of Documents On All His Sexual Assault Allegations Posted: 15 Oct 2017 12:01 PM PDT  A woman who accused President Donald Trump of unwanted groping has subpoenaed all documents held by his presidential campaign about any harassment and assault allegations against him, BuzzFeed News reported Saturday.
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| Police Change Timeline Of Las Vegas Mass Shooting Again Posted: 14 Oct 2017 06:00 AM PDT  The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has once again changed its timeline of the tragic mass shooting carried out by Stephen Paddock from a corner suite at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino on Oct. 1.
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| Tampa opens arms to Puerto Rico evacuees Posted: 14 Oct 2017 08:27 AM PDT  The city of Tampa is preparing for an influx of Puerto Rico evacuees following Hurricane Maria.
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| Harvey Weinstein Accusations: Will it Lead to a Permanent Shift? Posted: 15 Oct 2017 01:10 AM PDT  As Hollywood deals with the fallout from allegations of sexual assault by Harvey Weinstein, Kim Strassel, Heather McGee and Kasie Hunt discuss the implications for campuses and the halls of Congress.
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| America's Killer M1 Abrams Tank Now Has Its Own Shields Posted: 14 Oct 2017 05:31 AM PDT  The Trophy system is coming to one of America's most lethal weapons of war. On September 28, 2017 the U.S. Army announced that it would equip the M1A2 SEP V2 Abrams tanks of one of its armored brigades with Israeli-built Trophy Active Protection Systems (APS). Or to put it in plain speech: some of America's 70-ton main battle tanks will now have radar-guided robotic shotguns that can shoot down incoming missiles.
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| Woman Dies in Husband's Arms While Taking Shelter in Swimming Pool To Escape California Wildfire Posted: 14 Oct 2017 09:26 AM PDT  They waited in the pool for hours, but she didn't make it.
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| California fires: Death toll climbs to 40 as emergency workers struggle to control more than a dozen blazes Posted: 15 Oct 2017 03:05 AM PDT  Firefighters are still battling more than a dozen fierce blazes that are raging across northern California as the death toll soared to more than 40 and is expected to rise further amid the crisis. Powerful shifting winds have left emergency service workers struggling to control the wildfires, while low humidity has dried up vegetation and turned vast areas into a tinderbox, officials said. More than 10,000 firefighters and police have been deployed in a massive emergency operation where more than 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, with hundreds unaccounted for.
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| Turkish army expands deployment in Syria's northwest: rebels Posted: 14 Oct 2017 11:33 PM PDT ![Turkish army expands deployment in Syria's northwest: rebels]( "Turkish army expands deployment in Syria's northwest: rebels") By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - The Turkish army is expanding its deployment in northwest Syria with the goal of encircling a Kurdish enclave and reining in Russian strikes in the Idlib border province under a deal to reduce clashes, rebels and witnesses said on Sunday. A convoy of Turkish army troops entered Syria near the Bab al-Hawa border crossing on Thursday in the first such deployment since last year when Ankara launched a major ground and air offensive to clear Islamic State militants from its last stretch of border with Turkey. At least four convoys carrying scores of armored vehicles and equipment have been stationed in several locations in the first phase of a deployment that is expected to deepen inside rebel-held Idlib, opposition sources said.
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| Coffey Park is Ground Zero for California fire devastation Posted: 14 Oct 2017 12:41 PM PDT  SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — The warnings about impending doom came suddenly and in different ways. Frantic pounding on doors. Blaring fire alarms. Commotion outside windows.
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| Michele Bachmann Offers Her Thoughts On Donald Trump Being A 'Man Of Faith' Posted: 14 Oct 2017 08:53 AM PDT  At the annual Values Voter Summit (VVS) in Washington this weekend, former congresswoman Michele Bachmann, who serves on Donald Trump's evangelical advisory board, said in an interview with me on SiriusXM Progress that Donald Trump is now a "committed believer" of Jesus Christ and "man of faith" who has "asked God for help and wisdom."
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| Kellyanne Conway Morphed Into Pennywise On 'SNL' And It's Terrifying Posted: 14 Oct 2017 10:14 PM PDT  This "Saturday Night Live" sketch came straight out of a nightmare.
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| Don’t Worry About North Korea: Venezuela Is the Problem Posted: 14 Oct 2017 01:52 PM PDT  As Donald Trump continues to recklessly handle North Korea, a humanitarian crisis in the South American nation could pose a larger problem for the U.S.
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| Analyst lays out prosecution's theory in burned woman trial Posted: 14 Oct 2017 07:09 PM PDT  BATESVILLE, Miss. (AP) — An intelligence analyst guided a jury Saturday through cellphone data and video footage prosecutors hope will prove their theory that a Mississippi man fatally burned a 19-year-old woman.
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| Ranking The Best Shows On Amazon You Can Stream Right Now Posted: 14 Oct 2017 05:07 AM PDT  The more you stream, the more potential there is for you to click over to buy something on their service.
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| California wildfires are officially the worst in history with 36 people dead Posted: 13 Oct 2017 08:55 PM PDT  A fifth day of desperate firefighting in California wine country brought a glimmer of hope on Friday as crews battling the flames reported their first progress toward containing the massive blazes, and hundreds more firefighters poured in to join the effort. The scale of the disaster also became clearer as authorities said the fires had chased an estimated 90,000 people from their homes and destroyed at least 5,700 homes and businesses. The death toll rose to 36, making this the deadliest and most destructive series of wildfires in California history. In all, 17 large fires still burned across the northern part of the state, with more than 9,000 firefighters attacking the flames using air tankers, helicopters and more than 1,000 fire engines. Helicopters dump giant buckets of water on California wildfires 00:53 "The emergency is not over, and we continue to work at it, but we are seeing some great progress," said the state's emergency operations director, Mark Ghilarducci. Over the past 24 hours, crews arrived from Nevada, Washington, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North and South Carolina, Oregon and Arizona. Other teams came from as far away as Canada and Australia. Drone footage shows decimated California town 01:10 Since igniting Sunday in spots across eight counties, the blazes have reduced entire neighbourhoods to ash and rubble. The death toll has risen daily as search teams gain access to previously unreachable areas. Individual fires including a 1991 blaze in the hills around Oakland killed more people than any one of the current blazes, but no collection of simultaneous fires in California ever led to so many deaths, authorities said. People remained on edge, worried about the wind shifting fires in their direction, said Will Deeths, a Sonoma middle school principal helping to supervise volunteers at Sonoma Valley High School, now an evacuation shelter. "In the afternoons we start looking up at the flag pole and we start looking to see, is the wind blowing? Is the flag moving?" he said. "It's been really crazy." Video was released of body camera footage on the first night of the fire, showing an unnamed deputy braving wild flames and thick smoke to clear out a community already being devoured by the flames. "Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!" the Sonoma County deputy yells to drivers who are hesitating and moving slowly as they flee. The deputy, wheezing and coughing, runs to several doors shouting "sheriff's office!" for anyone who may be in earshot. He then comes across another deputy with a woman in a wheelchair right next to a house that is burning and lifts her into an SUV to take her away. A helitanker drops water on Mt St Helena Credit: The Press Democrat via AP On Friday dozens of search-and-rescue personnel at a mobile home park in Santa Rosa, also in Sonoma County, carried out the grim task Friday of searching for remains. Fire tore through Santa Rosa early Monday, leaving only a brief window for residents to flee, and decimated the park, which was known as Journey's End and was home to hundreds of people. Workers were looking for two missing people who lived at the park. They found one set of remains, mostly bone fragments, and continued looking for the other, said Spencer Crum, Sonoma County sergeant. To help in the search, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office near San Francisco sent specialised equipment, including drones with three-dimensional cameras and five dogs trained to sniff out human remains. Resident looks through the rubble of a home in Napa, California Credit: Bloomberg Authorities have said that some victims were so badly burned they were identified only by metal surgical implants found in the ashes that have ID numbers on them. The influx of outside help offered critical relief to firefighters who have been working with little rest since the blazes started. "It's like pulling teeth to get firefighters and law enforcement to disengage from what they are doing out there," CalFire's Napa chief Barry Biermann said. "They are truly passionate about what they are doing to help the public, but resources are coming in. That's why you are seeing the progress we're making." In addition to manpower, equipment deliveries have poured in. Crews were using 840 fire engines from across California and another 170 sent from around the country. Smoke and haze obscure the Bay Bridge and San Francisco skyline Credit: AP Two of the largest fires in Napa and Sonoma counties were at least 25 percent contained by Friday, which marked "significant progress," said Ken Pimlott, chief of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. But he cautioned that crews would face more gusty winds, low humidity and higher temperatures. Those conditions were expected to take hold later Friday and persist into the weekend. Smoke from the blazes hung thick over the grape-growing region and drifted south to the San Francisco Bay Area. Face masks were becoming a regular accessory, and sunsets turned blood-red from the haze. "It's acrid now," said Wayne Petersen in Sonoma. "I'm wearing the mask because I've been here two or three days now. I live here. It's starting to really affect my breathing and lungs." Fire officials were investigating whether downed power lines or other utility failures could have sparked the fires, but they say they are far from determining how the blazes began.
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| Kurds block Iraqi forces' access to Kirkuk oil fields; Iran shuts border crossings Posted: 15 Oct 2017 11:29 AM PDT  By Maher Chmaytelli BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Kurdish Peshmerga fighters rejected a warning from an Iraqi paramilitary force to withdraw from a strategic junction south of Kirkuk, which controls access to some of the region's main oilfields, a Kurdish security official said on Sunday. Iran meanwhile shut its border crossings with Iraq's Kurdistan in support of measures taken by the Iraqi government to isolate the Kurdish region, the Iraqi foreign ministry said. The border closing came as an Iranian military official arrived in Iraq's Kurdistan for talks on the growing crisis between the Kurdish authorities and the Iraqi government following last month's Kurdish independence referendum.
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| Groom Reduced to Tears as He Sees Bride Walking Down the Aisle in Her Wedding Dress Posted: 14 Oct 2017 06:01 AM PDT  "I've never seen him cry like that," bride Ashleigh said.
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| President Trump and Women's Rights Posted: 14 Oct 2017 10:15 PM PDT  Join Rev. Al Sharpton as he chats with Tina Tchen former chief of staff to the Obama's and how this new administration differs from the Obama's views on women's rights.
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| US mobile carriers Sprint, T-Mobile to merge: report Posted: 13 Oct 2017 10:09 PM PDT  Japan's SoftBank has reached a broad accord to merge its US subsidiary Sprint with T-Mobile to create a rival to America's top two wireless carriers, a newspaper said Saturday. SoftBank and German group Deutsche Telekom, which holds 64 percent of T-Mobile, are considering a stock swap for the deal, which could be announced as early as this month, the Nikkei daily said. The Japanese telecom giant is also planning to begin procedures for the approval of the US Federal Communications Commission and the US Department of Justice, the report said.
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| 4 Dead After Plane Crashes Into the Sea Off Ivory Coast Posted: 14 Oct 2017 06:00 AM PDT  Two Moldovans and four French citizens are injured
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| Girl Dies After Falling Two Stories From Carnival Cruise Ship Posted: 15 Oct 2017 10:23 AM PDT  An 8-year-old girl has died after falling two stories from a Carnival cruise ship docked in Miami, Florida
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| Hawaiians aim to help heal Las Vegas, survivors of shooting Posted: 14 Oct 2017 06:57 PM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A group of Hawaiians who now make their homes in Las Vegas on Saturday joined others who still live in the islands to bring the city's people a special lei (LAY) braided with leaves from a sacred plant in a gesture they hope will bring peace and healing after the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
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| Harvey Weinstein Kicked Out Of Motion Picture Academy Posted: 14 Oct 2017 01:36 PM PDT  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to expel Harvey Weinstein after holding an emergency meeting on Saturday to discuss the onslaught of sexual harassment and assault allegations directed at the Hollywood mogul.
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| Incredible moment family dog emerges unscathed from California wildfires Posted: 15 Oct 2017 05:29 AM PDT  Two men who hiked for miles through northern California wildfire territory expecting a grim discovery were met with a joyful one instead. Jack Weaver and his brother-in-law Patrick Widen walked around police barricades, through a creek and up treacherous hilly roads to save Mr Weaver's mother from having to recover the body of the family's beloved dog Izzy. Katherine Weaver was convinced Izzy died in a ferocious wildfire that destroyed their neighbourhood and sent the family fleeing for safety. When the men reached the end of the narrow road, and had all but given up hope, Izzy came bounding out of the rubble. Jack Weaver, who was filming the scene for his parents, captured the joyous reunion on his phone in a video that's gone viral, providing a rare bit of good news amid endless scenes of severe destruction. Video block text
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| Is Iran's Navy a Threat to America? Posted: 14 Oct 2017 05:41 AM PDT  Is Iran's Navy a Threat to America? Iran's naval forces are some of the smallest but most aggressive in the region. Decades of sanctions and embargoes have strangled the navy's attempts to modernize, leaving a smaller than expected naval force whose most intimidating features are homebrewed frigates, coastal missile batteries and swarms of fast, lightly armed fast-attack craft.
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| Canadian says child killed, U.S. wife raped during Afghan kidnapping Posted: 14 Oct 2017 02:21 AM PDT  OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) - A U.S.-Canadian couple freed in Pakistan this week, nearly five years after being abducted in Afghanistan, returned to Canada on Friday where the husband said one of his children had been murdered and his wife had been raped. American Caitlan Coleman and her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, were kidnapped while backpacking in Afghanistan in 2012 by the Taliban-allied Haqqani network. "Obviously, it will be of incredible importance to my family that we are able to build a secure sanctuary for our three surviving children to call a home," Boyle told reporters after arriving at Toronto's Pearson International Airport, wearing a black sweatshirt and sporting a beard.
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| Hostage release not a cure for long-damaged US-Pakistan ties Posted: 13 Oct 2017 09:17 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Pakistan are hailing the release of a Taliban-held U.S.-Canadian family as a cautious sign of improved ties for a deeply troubled relationship that has endured years of rancor. For the good will to last, Pakistan will need to convince a skeptical Washington that it has cut ties to militants who are destabilizing neighboring Afghanistan.
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| You Might See Blue Wine Popping Up on Social Media Soon. Here's What to Know About It. Posted: 15 Oct 2017 01:46 PM PDT  Fruity on the nose, with a light, candy-forward flavor. Hints of oak and sweet watermelon. Somewhat acidic finish. No, these aren't the tasting notes of a frozen rosé, or a buttery Chardonnay. It's blue wine.
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| Man Recounts Horrific Attack That Killed His Wife, Son and In-Laws Posted: 15 Oct 2017 07:59 AM PDT  He was repeatedly stabbed in the neck, face and arms
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| California declares emergency to fight hepatitis A outbreak Posted: 13 Oct 2017 05:54 PM PDT ![California declares emergency to fight hepatitis A outbreak]( "California declares emergency to fight hepatitis A outbreak") SAN DIEGO (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday declared a state of emergency to combat a hepatitis A outbreak that has claimed 18 lives in San Diego.
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| India man-eating tiger dies after being electrocuted Posted: 14 Oct 2017 11:31 PM PDT  A tiger which killed four villagers in central India has died after being electrocuted, an official said Sunday, ending a hunt by armed rangers for the beast. A court in Maharashtra state issued a shoot-to-kill order Friday against the two-year-old female tiger after its latest victim, a woman, died earlier this month. The tiger named "Kala", meaning black in Hindi, was initially captured in July after killing two villagers and injuring four others in Brahmapuri in Maharashtra state.
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| German Soccer Team Kneels During Game In Solidarity With NFL Players Posted: 14 Oct 2017 06:07 PM PDT  German soccer team, Hertha Berlin, shocked fans when they took a knee on the field before their match Saturday.
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| Chad pulls out of fight against Boko Haram after Donald Trump's 'Muslim ban' comes into force Posted: 14 Oct 2017 07:22 AM PDT  An African country included in Trump's revised "Muslim ban" has pulled out of the US-backed fight against Boko Haram militants. Less than a month after Trump placed travel restrictions on citizens from Chad entering the US, the country has pulled hundreds of troops from neighbouring Niger where they were helping local forces fight jihadists. Chad's government has not given any reason for the withdrawal of troops but it comes weeks after they warned the US travel restriction could affect their security commitments, including their involvement in the fight against the Islamist militant group.
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| What a War between Iran and America Would Actually Look Like Posted: 13 Oct 2017 06:22 PM PDT  This position is held in the United States by figures such as Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and by policymakers such as Sen. Tom Cotton. The desire for regime change is also shared by some in the Middle East, including significant elements of the Israeli and Saudi national security states.
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| Pope adds 35 saints to church, nearly all martyrs Posted: 15 Oct 2017 05:19 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, who often laments current persecutions of Christians, has given the Catholic Church 35 new saints, nearly all of them martyrs, from past centuries.
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| Hillary Clinton suggests the Tories lack ‘empathy’ in warning over ‘divisive’ Brexit rhetoric Posted: 14 Oct 2017 02:50 PM PDT  Hillary Clinton has suggested Theresa May's Tory Government lacks "empathy" as she called for an end to the "divisive rhetoric and policy" that has emerged in the wake of Brexit. The former US presidential hopeful, speaking in Swansea as she completes a tour of the UK, raised the issue of EU citizens' uncertain futures once Britain cuts ties with Brussels in 2019. As she was presented with an honorary doctorate at Swansea University for her commitment to promoting the rights of families and children around the world, the former first lady said: "Teachers and schools are reporting an outbreak of bullying and racially motivated insults.
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| Philippines' Duterte warns of 'revolutionary government' Posted: 13 Oct 2017 10:11 PM PDT  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned he is prepared to establish a "revolutionary government" to fend off alleged efforts to oust him, fuelling fears of a looming dictatorship. Duterte said he would resort to a revolutionary government, as opposed to martial law that would require congressional approval, if communists and other opponents tried to destabilise his rule. "If your destabilisation is taking place and there is chaos already, I will not hesitate to declare a revolutionary government until the end of my term and I will arrest all of you and we can go to a full scale war against the reds," Duterte said, in reference to communist rebels who have waged a nearly 50-year insurgency.
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| Man wounded in shooting during fight in Tombstone saloon Posted: 14 Oct 2017 01:53 PM PDT ![Man wounded in shooting during fight in Tombstone saloon]( "Man wounded in shooting during fight in Tombstone saloon") TOMBSTONE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona authorities say a saloon shooting in the Old West town of Tombstone put one man in the hospital with a leg wound and another in jail.
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| California couple had marked 50-year anniversary before fire Posted: 14 Oct 2017 06:03 PM PDT At least 40 people have died in the deadliest week of wildfires in California history. The victims include a couple who recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, a 14-year-old boy whose parents and older sister were severely burned, and a woman born with a spinal defect who worked to help others despite her own troubles.
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| Mayim Bialik's thoughts on sexual harassment miss the point: It's men that need to fix this. Posted: 14 Oct 2017 08:33 AM PDT  In the New York Times, actress Mayim Bialik weighed in on the Harvey Weinstein saga by detailing her own experience with the culture of Hollywood — one that differs from that of many of her peers. It's okay that Bialik's experience is unique. Every woman's is, and valid to boot. What's not okay is Bialik's fundamental misunderstanding of how harassment works — a misunderstanding that makes the piece careen into victim-blaming territory. SEE ALSO: This New York Times comment perfectly explains why women didn't speak up about Harvey Weinstein "I still make choices every day as a 41-year-old actress that I think of as self-protecting and wise," Bialik writes. "I have decided that my sexual self is best reserved for private situations with those I am most intimate with. I dress modestly. I don't act flirtatiously with men as a policy." She then connects these choices — as well as her refusal to adhere to Hollywood's beauty standards — with the fact that she "has almost no personal experience with men asking [her] to meeting in their hotel rooms" (an obvious allusion to Weinstein's abuses). Whether intended or not, the insinuation is clear: Bialik has evaded harm because of her own choices. It's a dangerous and irresponsible connection. Contrary to Bialik's implications, it's not just "doe-eyed" women with personal trainers who experience harassment. It's all of us. SEE ALSO: Samantha Bee on the Weinstein problem: 'This is about men' In the days since the Weinstein allegations surfaced, one of the narratives that's emerged is that nearly every woman has a story of harassment, abuse, or misconduct — even if she hasn't shared it. This narrative hasn't emerged because it's a bunch of hot air. It's emerged because nearly every woman has a story of harassment, abuse, or misconduct. And to imply otherwise is to erase victims who don't fit the "Hollywood mold" — including women who made the same "self-protecting" choices as Bialik but were abused anyway. To be clear, there is nothing wrong with Bialik's lived experiences. She has the inherent right to dress, believe, and behave how she pleases. And she's certainly not responsible for the toxic, profiteering culture in Hollywood. But neither is Asia Argento. Neither is Gwyneth Paltrow, or Angelina Jolie. Or Ambra Battilana Gutierrez. Or Rose McGowan. Or any of the women who are made to feel small by their abuse-ridden industries every single day. Misogyny's a monster — by now, that's as crystal-clear as ever. But the impetus to defeat it isn't on its victims. It's on the men. WATCH: Sorry, but you just can't erase yourself from the internet
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