| Syria's Child Death Toll Prompts Scathing 1-Sentence Statement From UN Agency Posted: 20 Feb 2018 07:12 PM PST  The United Nations agency that helps the world's needy children issued a terse statement on Tuesday about the escalating death toll in Syria as pro-government forces hammer rebel-held areas.
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| Trump, inexplicably, says he has 'been much tougher on Russia than Obama' Posted: 20 Feb 2018 07:39 AM PST  President Trump declared on Tuesday that he has been "much tougher on Russia" than President Barack Obama, despite evidence that the opposite is true.
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| Kushner Doesn't Want To Give Up His Security Clearance As John Kelly Cracks Down: Report Posted: 20 Feb 2018 09:44 PM PST  White House senior adviser Jared Kushner doesn't want to give up the interim security clearance that gives him access to highly classified information, even though his current duties likely don't require him to view top-secret material, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
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| Army Awards Heroism Medal To 3 Junior ROTC Cadets Killed In Florida Shooting Posted: 20 Feb 2018 11:43 AM PST  Three Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets killed during last week's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida have been awarded the Medal of Heroism by the U.S. Army.
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| Truck was on tracks despite gates when struck by Amtrak train: U.S. report Posted: 21 Feb 2018 10:03 AM PST  A garbage truck was on the tracks despite lowered safety gates when it was struck by a train carrying Republican lawmakers in a fatal crash last month in rural Virginia, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Wednesday. Data from a camera mounted on the front of the chartered Amtrak train showed the gates were down at the crossing at the time of the crash, according to a preliminary NTSB report on the Jan. 31 accident. A passenger on the garbage truck was killed and two others on the truck were injured.
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| 7th-grader with distraction device shoots himself at school Posted: 20 Feb 2018 02:15 PM PST  MASSILLON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio seventh-grader who brought a gun to school and shot himself inside a restroom just before classes began on Tuesday also had a device in his backpack meant to cause a distraction, police said.
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| Netanyahu says Israel intel foiled IS Australia plane plot Posted: 21 Feb 2018 12:30 PM PST  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that intelligence provided by his country foiled a plot by the Islamic State group to bring down a plane from Australia. "The Israeli intelligence services thwarted the downing of an Australian plane, an unimaginable slaughter," the Israeli leader told an American Jewish conference in Jerusalem. "This would have caused a major disruption in global air transport and this is only one of dozens of terrorist attacks we have foiled around the world," Netanyahu said, later referring to the failed plot as an IS attempt.
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| Report Alleges Rampant Sexual Misconduct At Dallas Mavericks Posted: 21 Feb 2018 03:57 AM PST  A Sports Illustrated report detailing widespread workplace sexual misconduct in the Dallas Mavericks organization that involved its former CEO is sending shock waves through the league and drawing sharp criticism.
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| The world's best beaches in the world revealed: TripAdvisor Posted: 21 Feb 2018 05:53 AM PST  The pristine white sand beaches of Grace Bay in Turks and Caicos top this year's list of TripAdvisor's World's Best Beaches Awards.
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| Tom Fitton and Sebastian Gorka on the real Russian collusion Posted: 20 Feb 2018 07:17 PM PST  On 'Hannity,' Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, and Fox News national security strategist Sebastian Gorka discuss the Mueller indictments and the potential legal ramifications for Hillary Clinton.
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| Democrats Flip Kentucky State House Seat Where Trump Won Overwhelmingly Posted: 20 Feb 2018 05:30 PM PST  Democrats flipped a GOP-held Kentucky state House seat on Tuesday, handing the party its 37th state legislative pickup nationwide since Donald Trump won the presidency.
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| School Shooting's Survivors Cry As Florida House Rejects Talks On Assault Weapon Ban Posted: 20 Feb 2018 04:21 PM PST  Survivors of last week's school shooting in Florida were brought to tears as state lawmakers refused to debate a gun control measure in Tallahassee on Tuesday.
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| Seas to rise about a meter even if climate goals are met - study Posted: 20 Feb 2018 08:07 AM PST  By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Sea levels will rise between 0.7 and 1.2 meters (27-47 inches) in the next two centuries even if governments end the fossil fuel era as promised under the Paris climate agreement, scientists said on Tuesday. Early action to cut greenhouse gas emissions would limit the long-term rise, driven by a thaw of ice from Greenland to Antarctica that will re-draw global coastlines, a German-led team wrote in the journal Nature Communications. Sea level rise is a threat to cities from Shanghai to London, to low-lying swathes of Florida or Bangladesh, and to entire nations such as the Maldives in the Indian Ocean or Kiribati in the Pacific.
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| Hazardous effort to recover bodies from plane crash in Iran mountains Posted: 20 Feb 2018 07:13 AM PST  "Deep and dangerous crevices in the area of the crash have made it impossible for helicopters to land," Ghafoor Rastinrooz, director of the regional medical centre, told official news agency IRNA. Aseman Airlines flight EP3704 disappeared from radar as it flew over the Zagros mountain range on Sunday morning, around 45 minutes after taking off from Tehran on a domestic flight.
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| 15-year-old shot 5 times protecting classmates from gunfire Posted: 20 Feb 2018 07:33 PM PST  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A 15-year-old student who was shot five times during last week's massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is credited with saving the lives of at least 20 other students.
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| Christians Wrestle With Billy Graham's Legacy Posted: 21 Feb 2018 02:52 PM PST  Rev. Billy Graham, the famous evangelist who died on Wednesday, was a charismatic preacher, a counselor to presidents, and a leading figure in American evangelicalism.
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| White House Press Secretary Dodges Questions On Russia's Election Meddling Posted: 20 Feb 2018 03:23 PM PST  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders evaded reporters' questions Tuesday about what the president is doing to address Russian meddling in the 2016 elections.
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| Parkland Shooting Survivor’s Dad Escaped Earlier Las Vegas Shooting Posted: 21 Feb 2018 09:33 AM PST  When freshman Braden survived last week's shooting spree that killed 17 of his classmates, as well as adults, at his Parkland, Florida, high school, there was one person he knew who could understand the horrors he experienced: his father.
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| Republicans will sue to block court-drawn Pennsylvania congressional map Posted: 20 Feb 2018 03:52 PM PST  State and national Republican officials will file a federal lawsuit as soon as Wednesday seeking to block a new Pennsylvania congressional map released on Monday by the state's high court, the party's congressional campaign arm said on Tuesday. The new map would give Democrats better odds of capturing as many as half a dozen U.S. House of Representatives seats in Pennsylvania, where Republicans currently hold 13 of the 18 seats. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court drew a new map for the state's 18 congressional districts after previously invalidating the existing lines as an unconstitutional gerrymander, finding the Republican-controlled legislature drew them to marginalize Democratic voters.
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| In photos: Sweden's first three Michelin-starred restaurant Frantzen Posted: 20 Feb 2018 01:55 AM PST |
| Who are the #NeverAgain kids pushing for US gun control? Posted: 21 Feb 2018 10:52 AM PST  They survived the Parkland school massacre and now a group of Florida teens -- driven, empowered and united -- are spearheading a #NeverAgain activist movement that hopes to pressure US lawmakers into tightening gun laws. After 17 people were shot dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last Wednesday, students from the community near Miami were quick to raise their voices to demand action to stop the scourge of mass shootings in American schools.
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| Volcanic blast reshaped summit of Indonesia's Mount Sinabung Posted: 20 Feb 2018 12:50 AM PST  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The eruption of Indonesia's Mount Sinabung that shot ash 5 kilometers (3 miles) high also blew away much of the mountain's summit.
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| The 10 Best Beaches In The World In 2018, Revealed Posted: 21 Feb 2018 06:00 AM PST  Need some travel inspo for your upcoming beach vacation?
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| Man who died in Yellowstone was looking for hidden treasure Posted: 20 Feb 2018 03:31 PM PST  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A 53-year-old Illinois man who fell to his death in Yellowstone National Park last year was looking for a supposed hidden cache of gold and jewels that has inspired thousands to hunt in vain across remote corners of the Western U.S., according to a report by park authorities.
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| Mississippi Town Rejects 'Historic' LGBTQ Pride Parade Despite Local Support Posted: 21 Feb 2018 01:37 PM PST  Local leaders in Starkville, Mississippi, denied a request to host what would have been the town's first gay pride parade.
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| A U.S. Postal Worker Has Been Found Fatally Shot Inside a Mail Truck in Texas Posted: 19 Feb 2018 06:08 PM PST  Investigators are treating the case as a homicide
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| Democrats want $300 million to fight possible Russia election tampering Posted: 21 Feb 2018 11:45 AM PST  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic leaders called on Congress on Wednesday to give the Federal Bureau of Investigation $300 million to fight foreign efforts to interfere in congressional and state elections in November, amid growing concerns about potential Russian influence on the polls. Citing warnings from intelligence agencies that Russia is trying to influence the upcoming vote, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House of Representatives Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi asked that the additional funds be included in a bill to fund the government which Congress aims to pass by March 23.
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| Gun owner destroys AR-15 after Florida school shooting Posted: 20 Feb 2018 06:50 AM PST  Scott Pappalardo recorded himself cutting his rifle to pieces days after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
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| Duterte slammed for barring Philippine news site from his events Posted: 20 Feb 2018 09:01 PM PST  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's move to ban a critical news website from covering the presidential palace is a threat to press freedom, rights and media groups said on Wednesday. Rappler, set up in 2012, is among a clutch of Philippine news organisations that have sparred with Duterte over their critical coverage of his drug war which the government says has claimed the lives of nearly 4,000 suspects. Human rights groups charge that thousands more have been killed by shadowy vigilantes.
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| Dallas Politician Tells NRA To Get Lost Unless It's Ready To Talk Reform Posted: 20 Feb 2018 03:58 AM PST  A gun-owning Dallas politician said he won't support the National Rifle Association holding its annual convention in his city this year after last week's Florida school shooting unless the group will discuss gun law reform.
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| Japanese 'baby factory' man wins custody of 13 kids born to Thai surrogates Posted: 19 Feb 2018 08:19 PM PST  A Bangkok court on Tuesday granted a Japanese man "sole parent" rights to 13 children he fathered through Thai surrogate mothers, a ruling that paves the way for him to take custody of the group. Mitsutoki Shigeta caused a "baby factory" scandal in 2014 after Thai police said DNA samples linked him to nine infants found in a Bangkok apartment, plus at least four other babies born by surrogates. The murky case threw the spotlight on Thailand's then unregulated rent-a-womb industry, and helped push authorities to bar foreigners from paying for Thai surrogates in 2015.
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| Congressman Booed at Town Hall as People Demand Action on Guns Posted: 21 Feb 2018 08:36 AM PST  A Colorado congressman was met with boos at a town hall on Tuesday night as he repeatedly declined to back an assault-weapons ban.
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| Trump Administration Takes Another Step To Roll Back Obamacare Posted: 20 Feb 2018 06:52 AM PST  Republican efforts to roll back the Affordable Care Act's insurance reforms continued Tuesday, when the Trump administration proposed regulations that would make it easier for health insurers to sell cheap, short-term policies that leave out key benefits and are available only to people in good health.
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| 11 Cherry Cobblers That'll Convince You To Switch It Up From Pie Posted: 20 Feb 2018 11:46 AM PST |
| New York Daily News Rips Donald Trump For Visiting Golf Course During Florida Funerals Posted: 20 Feb 2018 01:23 AM PST  The New York Daily News tore into President Donald Trump for visiting his Florida golf course while funerals for the Parkland school massacre victims were taking place "just miles away."
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| Some Conservatives Are Trying To Discredit Outspoken Florida Shooting Survivors Posted: 20 Feb 2018 11:30 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― After what seems like a never-ending stream of deadly mass shootings, many gun reform proponents fear that Americans have become too desensitized to bloodshed to demand action to end gun violence.
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| US-Russia ties will be hard to repair: Moscow Posted: 21 Feb 2018 12:39 AM PST  Moscow on Wednesday said it would be "very difficult" to improve US-Russia relations, which have plummeted to Cold War lows on accusations of election meddling and crises in Syria and Ukraine. Deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov accused the US of trying to meddle in Russia's internal affairs ahead of a presidential election next month, after Washington indicted 13 Russians for an alleged covert effort to interfere in 2016 US polls. "Paradoxically, the Americans are taking steps towards meddling in our internal affairs and exacerbating tensions in bilateral relations ahead of the presidential election" in Russia on March 18, Ryabkov told the news agency Interfax.
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| Florida officials can be removed from office and fined $5,000 for attempting to enforce stricter gun controls Posted: 21 Feb 2018 06:16 AM PST  While Florida's lawmakers refuse to consider banning assault weapons following the Parkland school shooting, some local politicians say they want to act. Florida's statute gives the state sole authority to regulate firearms. Towns, cities and counties have been banned from making their own gun laws since the 1987, but it was only seven years ago that the state's Republican-controlled House introduced the threat of penalties.
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| Archaeologists find fossils, Mayan relics in giant underwater cave in Mexico Posted: 20 Feb 2018 07:03 AM PST  Archaeologists who have been exploring the world's largest underwater cave -- recently discovered in Mexico -- presented their findings Monday, including fossils of giant sloths and an elaborate shrine to the Mayan god of commerce. Researchers discovered last month that two large networks of underwater caves in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, the Sac Actun and Dos Ojos networks, are in fact connected, forming the largest such structure on Earth. Diving with SCUBA gear, they have been exploring the ancient relics left in the caves over the millenia, in a project sponsored by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).
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| Stephen Colbert Gets Serious: Time To Tell Do-Nothing Pols That Their Time Is Up Posted: 20 Feb 2018 08:41 PM PST  There's only one group Stephen thinks can actually defend the kids.
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| Watch Billionaire Bill Gates try to guess the prices of normal people groceries Posted: 21 Feb 2018 11:47 AM PST  Billionaire Bill Gates would probably be great on a show where he guessed the prices of real estate and yachts. Groceries for norms? Not so much. Gates appeared on The Ellen Show on Wednesday, where host and millionaire of the people, Ellen DeGeneres, decided to quiz the tech mogul The Price is Right style . In a segment called "Bill's Grocery Bills," Degeneres had Gates guess the price of everyday objects from the grocery store. If Gates successfully guesses the price (within a range of $1) of three out of the five products, the audience wins a prize. For what it's worth, Gates couldn't even recall the last time he stepped foot in a grocery store, but his performance is less than stellar. Gates thought cheap stuff, like Rice-A-Roni and Totino's Pizza Rolls were way more expensive than they actually are, and guessed expensive items, like Tide Pods, are way cheaper than their $19.97 price tag. It's fun to rip on out-of-touch-billionaire Gates for not knowing how expensive normal people stuff costs, but if you were a billionaire, would you go grocery shopping? With a little help, the audience was able to secure the prize, which was to return to the show for Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways. Thanks, Bill.
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| Donald Trump Jr. Loves India's 'Poorest Of The Poor' Because They Smile Posted: 21 Feb 2018 04:13 AM PST  Donald Trump Jr. is catching heat on social media over a tone-deaf comment he made about India's poorest citizens during his visit to the country to promote Trump-branded luxury real estate.
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| 'Making a Murderer' case may go to Supreme Court: report Posted: 21 Feb 2018 01:17 PM PST  Attorneys for Brendan Dassey, 28, made a similar argument to the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago in December and failed. The judges voted 4-3 to uphold his conviction in the slaying of Teresa Halbach. Dassey confessed when he was 16 of helping his uncle, Steven Avery, rape and kill Halbach, a freelance photographer, in 2005.
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