| Cathay Pacific Crew Say They Saw North Korean Missile 'Blow Up And Fall Apart' Posted: 04 Dec 2017 03:57 AM PST  Crew members aboard a Hong Kong-bound Cathay Pacific flight from San Francisco saw what they suspected was a North Korean ballistic missile re-entering the Earth's atmosphere last week, the airline has confirmed.
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| Protestors rally in Utah against Trump's expected Federal-lands reduction Posted: 03 Dec 2017 07:59 AM PST  Thousands descended on the state capitol in Utah this weekend to protest an expected announcement from Pres. Trump tomorrow to dramatically shrink the federally-protected lands of two national monuments.
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| The 2017 Supermoon Seen From Around The World Posted: 04 Dec 2017 01:30 AM PST  The first in a series of three supermoons lit up the sky overnight Sunday, appearing so big in some places that it looked close enough to touch.
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| Man detained by ICE after speaking with news reporters Posted: 03 Dec 2017 01:37 PM PST ![Man detained by ICE after speaking with news reporters]( "Man detained by ICE after speaking with news reporters") SEATTLE (AP) — A Mexican man who spoke with reporters about his longtime girlfriend's immigration arrest has now been detained himself, and he says agents told him it's because he was in the newspaper.
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| Collins: Tax bill will cut deficit through 'economic growth' Posted: 02 Dec 2017 11:18 PM PST  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) tells Chuck Todd that she believes the Republican tax plan will unleash enough economic growth to reduce the budget deficit.
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| O'Reilly's Plan To Smear His Accusers Appears To Be Backfiring Posted: 04 Dec 2017 01:02 PM PST  In an attempt to defend himself after numerous women accused him of sexual misconduct, Bill O'Reilly tried to paint the women as liars out for fat settlement checks.
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| Rebels kill Yemen's strongman Saleh as alliance collapses Posted: 04 Dec 2017 11:05 AM PST  Yemeni rebels killed their erstwhile ally Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country's former president and strongman, as their forces battled for control of the capital, Sanaa, officials said.
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| Judge to weigh sentence for South Carolina ex-policeman who killed black man Posted: 04 Dec 2017 10:59 AM PST  U.S. prosecutors said on Monday that a white former South Carolina policeman caught on video shooting an unarmed black man in the back committed murder, while defense lawyers argued their client did not deserve to go to prison for life for his crime. Michael Slager, 36, pleaded guilty in May to a federal civil rights charge of using excessive force when he killed 50-year-old Walter Scott in 2015. Slager, then a North Charleston police officer, fired eight shots at Scott's back after he fled a traffic stop, hitting him five times.
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| Even Lawyers And Cops Knew About Roy Moore’s Behavior. Why Didn’t They Do Anything? Posted: 04 Dec 2017 09:06 AM PST  ― There were stories told around the courthouse, lawyer gossip about Roy Moore.
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| Republicans push for US govt funding extension as shutdown looms Posted: 04 Dec 2017 07:33 AM PST  US Republicans say they are confident of averting a government "shutdown" that would see basic services come to a grinding halt as a Friday deadline for passing new funding measures looms. "Look, there's not going to be a government shutdown. It's just not going to happen," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told ABC on Sunday.
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| Brazilian Mayor who ran town by WhatsApp is jailed for stealing millions from poorest citizens Posted: 03 Dec 2017 04:49 PM PST  A Brazilian mayor who governed her town via WhatsApp has been jailed for at least 14 years for embezzling millions from its education budget. The 27-year-old directed local officials using WhatsApp while she lived a life of luxury in Sao Luiz, the state capital of Maranhão, around 180 miles away. Following a two-and-a-half year legal battle, Leite was sentenced to 14 years and one month in prison followed by six years of house arrest after she was found guilty of taking R$20m (£4.5m) from an education fund.
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| Golden Krust Founder And CEO Lowell Hawthorne Dead at 57 Posted: 04 Dec 2017 09:01 AM PST  Lowell Hawthorne, founder and CEO of Caribbean restaurant chain Golden Krust, was found dead at his Bronx factory on Saturday due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
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| CIA director warns Iranian general on Iraq Posted: 02 Dec 2017 11:56 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Saturday that he sent a letter to a top Iranian military official warning him that the United States would hold Tehran accountable for any attacks it conducted on American interests in Iraq.
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| Trump Advisers: 'He would tear your face off' Posted: 02 Dec 2017 10:53 PM PST  Former Trump Campaign Chairman Corey Lewandowski and Adviser David Bossie talk to Chuck Todd for an exclusive interview about the president's actions during the campaign.
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| Obama: Elect More Women 'Because Men Seem To Be Having Some Problems These Days' Posted: 03 Dec 2017 11:30 PM PST  Barack Obama said he believes more future leaders should be women.
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| Sign language interpreter delivered gibberish in Florida Posted: 04 Dec 2017 01:21 PM PST ![Sign language interpreter delivered gibberish in Florida]( "Sign language interpreter delivered gibberish in Florida") TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hearing-impaired people tuning in to a news conference about the arrest of a suspected serial killer got a message of gibberish from an American Sign Language interpreter.
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| US Patriot missiles may have failed in Saudi Arabia: report Posted: 04 Dec 2017 11:01 AM PST  When Shiite rebels blasted a ballistic missile from Yemen toward the Saudi capital last month, Riyadh officials said they had intercepted and destroyed the incoming rocket. The November 4 attack was the first missile Shiite rebels had aimed at the heart of the Saudi capital, underscoring the growing threat posed by the raging conflict in Yemen. The Times and researchers, mainly from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California, said the bits of missile Saudi officials collected and put on display were all from the back end of the rocket, believed to be a Scud variant, raising the question that the Patriot system may not have worked.
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| Yemen's Saleh was killed in RPG, gun attack on his car, Houthis say; party confirms death Posted: 04 Dec 2017 07:01 AM PST  Officials in Ali Abdullah Saleh's General People's Congress party (GPC) confirmed to Reuters that the former Yemeni president and party leader has been killed outside Sanaa, in what sources in the Houthi group said was an RPG and gun attack.
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| GOP Senator Implies Those Who Aren't Millionaires Waste Money On 'Booze, Women' Posted: 03 Dec 2017 06:28 PM PST  In an astonishing defense of dropping "death taxes" for individual estates worth more than $5.5 million, GOP Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley implied that people not currently affected by that tax are "spending every darn penny ... on booze or women."
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| Republican Leaders Say Helping Dreamers Isn't An Emergency. For Many Dreamers, It Is. Posted: 04 Dec 2017 02:35 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― For Republican leaders in Congress, finding a legislative solution to help young undocumented immigrants who may soon be deported isn't an urgent problem.
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| Garrison Keillor's Successor Addresses 'Heartbreaking' Allegations in First Broadcast Since Firing Posted: 03 Dec 2017 03:14 PM PST  "We are in the middle of a national movement, which I believe represents progress"
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| Jordan begins diplomatic offensive ahead of Trump move on Jerusalem Posted: 03 Dec 2017 11:31 AM PST  By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan has begun consultations on convening an emergency meeting of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation before an expected move this week by U.S. President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a senior Jordanian source said. A senior U.S. administration official said on Friday that Trump was likely to make the controversial declaration in a speech on Wednesday. Recognizing Jerusalem would upend decades of American policy and possibly inflame tensions in the Middle East.
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| Instagram Now Warns Users Against Wild Animal Selfies Posted: 04 Dec 2017 03:49 PM PST  If you're thinking of posting that pic of you riding an elephant during your vacation in Thailand on social media, you may want to reconsider.
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| Brock Turner: Former Stanford swimmer appeals sexual assault conviction Posted: 03 Dec 2017 05:19 PM PST  A former Stanford University swimmer who was found guilty of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a campus fraternity party, is to appeal his conviction. Brock Turner's case made headlines around the world, when the former Olympic hopeful was sentenced to just six months in prison despite a powerful written statement delivered by his victim in which which she outlined the impact the attack had on her. Judge Aaron Persky said a longer sentence would have a "damaging" effect on his life, even though he was found guilty of three separate counts of sexual assault for the 2015 attack.
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| Educate Your Relatives This Holiday Season With A 'F*ck Your Racist Grandma' Sweatshirt Posted: 04 Dec 2017 12:34 PM PST  This holiday season, show your relatives you love them by bestowing upon them the gift of activism without even having to say anything.
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| Big changes for Florida with mass Puerto Rican immigration Posted: 03 Dec 2017 06:21 PM PST  Cristina Sanchez is one of thousands of Puerto Ricans fleeing their hurricane-ravaged island for Florida, a mass migration set to shape the southern US state as much as migrants from communist Cuba in the late 20th century. As her flight departed the capital San Juan, she glanced out the window at what she was leaving behind: a sun-drenched Caribbean island turned into a hellhole by Hurricane Maria. On September 20, powerful Maria tore across Puerto Rico, destroying homes, shattering the island's rickety power grid and phone network, and leaving its 3.4 million residents in the dark and incommunicado.
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| 22-Year-Old Rapper Meets 81-Year-Old Words With Friends Opponent Posted: 04 Dec 2017 02:22 PM PST  There are no words for this: A 22-year-old rapper and producer living in Harlem finally met the 81-year-old woman he considered his "best friend."
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| MSNBC Host Joy Reid Sorry For 'Tone Deaf' LGBTQ Posts Posted: 04 Dec 2017 12:41 AM PST  MSNBC host Joy Reid apologized over the weekend for writing blog posts that were slammed as anti-gay.
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| President Trump Slams Suspended ABC Reporter Brian Ross Over False Report He Ordered Flynn's Russia Contact Posted: 03 Dec 2017 07:34 AM PST  Ross was suspended by ABC News on Saturday
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| The Worst Beauty Trends Of 2017 Posted: 04 Dec 2017 06:36 AM PST  This year sure was an interesting one for beauty trends.
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| Texas Girl, 13, Found Safe in Mexico After Running Away to Meet Man She Met on Social Media Posted: 04 Dec 2017 06:11 AM PST  Ashlee Hattermann went alone to Mexico apparently to meet a man with whom she had been corresponding for a year.
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| Kate Steinle latest: Antifa outnumber neo-Nazis at White House protest over murder trial Posted: 04 Dec 2017 04:46 AM PST  Antifa outnumbered white supremacists during a protest in front of the White House which saw the two rival groups hurl slogans at each other before being escorted away by the police. Neo-Nazis and members of the far right gathered on Pennsylvania Avenue carrying American flags and chanting "build the wall" to show their opposition to the verdict in the Kate Steinle trial. Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, an undocumented Mexican immigrant, was found not guilty of murder last week in the killing of a woman on a San Francisco pier that sparked a national immigration debate two years ago.
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| Former 'Cult Leader' Allegedly Killed Toddler in 1980s: 'We Think There Are More Victims' Posted: 04 Dec 2017 02:17 PM PST  A 75-year-old woman who police allege was the leader of a religious cult in Florida has been charged with murder in Georgia in the death of a toddler more than 25 years ago, PEOPLE confirms.
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| Turkey's Erdogan says will not succumb to U.S. 'blackmail' over court case Posted: 03 Dec 2017 07:24 AM PST  Turkish President Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey would not succumb to "blackmail" by the United States in the trial of a Turkish bank executive being charged with evading U.S. sanctions on Iran. Already strained ties between NATO allies Ankara and Washington have deteriorated as Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab, who is cooperating with U.S. prosecutors, detailed in court a scheme to evade U.S. sanctions.
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| 16 Tweets That Define What It Means To Be An Introvert Posted: 04 Dec 2017 11:34 AM PST  If you're an introvert, you likely value your alone time.
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| Donald Trump slashes size of national parks in Utah to allow drilling Posted: 04 Dec 2017 11:54 AM PST  President Trump has announced plans to slash the size of two US national parks, provoking fury from environmentalists, native american tribes and conservationists. Mr Trump called for the 1.3 million acre Bears Ears National Monument to be cut back to 228,784 acres split into two separate areas. He also called for Grand Staircase Escalante Monument to be slashed by half to just under one million acres and split into three areas. Both parks, or monuments as they are called, are in the dramatic Southern Utah red rock country. The changes will make way for oil and gas drilling, mining and other resource extraction activities in the beauty spot. Unlike national parks that can only be created by an act of Congress, national monuments can be designated unilaterally by presidents under the century-old Antiquities Act, a law meant to protect sacred sites, artifacts and historical objects. Mr Trump travelled to Salt Lake City to make the announcement at a rally on Monday. A protest is being organised by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and on Saturday, thousands of demonstrators holding signs with messages like "Protect Wild Utah" converged on the steps of the Utah State Capitol. The Upper Gulch section of the Escalante Canyons within Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Credit: AP The president had previously called for a review of more than two dozen national monuments that had been created over the past few decades to address the complaints of some politicians and local people who had objected to their designations which protected the areas from development. A supporter of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments dances with a headdress during a rally Saturday Credit: AP Before President Barack Obama left office he designated more than 1.6 million acres of land in Utah and Nevada as national monuments, protecting two areas rich in Native American artifacts from mining, oil and gas drilling. Mr Trump called the move an "egregious abuse of power". President Donald Trump signs a Presidential Proclamation shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City Credit: AFP Republican Rob Bishop of Utah, chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, is expected to introduce legislation after Mr Trump's announcement to carry out the cuts. It is unclear if the measure would have a chance of passing the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Mr Trump will also ask Congress to look at the areas that are being removed from the current monuments to consider designating some as a national conservation or national recreation areas, and create a co-management structure for tribes. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told reporters the changes were supported by Utah's Republican Governor Gary Herbert, along with Utah's congressional delegation, the state legislature, and the local county Commissioner Rebecca Bennally. A man holds a sign as he waits at the Kanab Airport to protest U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke in Kanab, Utah Credit: Getty But tribal leaders representing the five tribes that pushed for the creation of the monument, and who now manage it, said they will take the Trump administration to court. They include the Navajo, Hopi, Pueblo of Zuni, Ute Mountain and Ute Indians who consider Bears Ears sacred. "We will be fighting back immediately. All five tribes will be standing together united to defend Bears Ears," said Natalie Landreth, an attorney for the Native American Rights Fund, which believes the cut would violate the Antiquities Act. Protesters gather before a visit by President Donald Trump to announce that he is scaling back two sprawling national monuments Credit: The Salt Lake Tribune Utah has gone well beyond any other in the region in trying to pry the federal government's hands off land it sees as belonging to its residents. In 2012, its Legislature passed a law demanding the federal government give 30 million acres (121,000 square kilometers) of the land it owns in Utah to the state government - a measure other Western states have balked at replicating, even deeply conservative ones like Idaho. Earlier this year, a Utah congressman introduced a bill to sell more than 4,600 square miles of Western federal land to private entities but pulled it after a backlash. "Utah's certainly on the tip of the spear," said state Congressman Mike Noel, who represents south-central Utah, where some residents have fought to shrink or eliminate Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument since President Bill Clinton created it in 1996.
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| Lin-Manuel Miranda And Vanessa Nadal Expecting Their Second Child Posted: 03 Dec 2017 10:59 PM PST  Lin-Manuel Miranda confirmed on Sunday that he and his wife Vanessa Nadal were expecting their second child together.
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| 12 Gift Ideas For Couples Who Don’t Take Themselves Too Seriously Posted: 04 Dec 2017 08:49 AM PST  Nailing down the perfect holiday gift for your significant other can be tricky. Jewelry is pretty but predictable and a tech gift like the Amazon Echo is practical, but feels impersonal.
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| Correction: Haslams Investigation story Posted: 04 Dec 2017 11:11 AM PST ![Correction: Haslams Investigation story]( "Correction: Haslams Investigation story") NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In a Dec. 2 story about the trial of former executives and sales representatives at the truck stop chain controlled by the family of Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam , The Associated Press misspelled the last name of defendant Scott "Scooter" Wombold's attorney. It's John Kelly, not Keller.
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| Deer Hunter Saves Drowning Buck in Partially Frozen Lake Posted: 03 Dec 2017 09:29 AM PST  He spotted the deer while on a nearby road.
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| Why the AK-47 is the World's Most Feared Firearm (75 Million Guns in Nearly 100 Nations) Posted: 04 Dec 2017 07:45 AM PST  The AK first saw widespread military use in Vietnam. American soldiers saw its effectiveness firsthand, as farmers armed with the rifle proved a tenacious foe. Washington would take this experience to heart and go on to design the AR-15 (what would become the M-16) with such lessons in mind.
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| Smothered by the Islamic State, an Iraqi teen dares to dream Posted: 04 Dec 2017 11:41 AM PST  MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The three women tensed as their taxi approached the checkpoint manned by Islamic State group fighters. Everyone in Mosul dreaded checkpoints; you could never predict what these gunmen might do in their fanatic drive to crush the slightest hint of "sin." One of them peered at the girl in the back seat, Ferah.
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