| Former White House photographer Pete Souza drags Trump over Florida high school shooting comment Posted: 26 Feb 2018 10:52 AM PST  President Donald Trump said on Monday he would have personally run into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to help during the mass shooting earlier this month, even if he was unarmed.
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| No Jail For Texas Teen Who Lied About Being Raped By 3 Black Men Posted: 27 Feb 2018 12:28 PM PST  On Thursday, 19-year-old Breana Harmon of Pottsboro pleaded guilty to four felony charges of tampering with physical evidence and government documents in relation to false reports of kidnapping and sexual assault. "She's very remorseful for what she did and what she said, and that's why she decided to plead guilty," Harmon's attorney Bob Jarvis told the Sherman Herald Democrat. On March 8, 2017, Harmon was reported missing to the Denison Police Department after witnesses noticed the door to her vehicle was open with personal items, including a phone and keys, scattered on the ground.
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| Melania Trump cuts ties with aide whose firm profited from inauguration Posted: 27 Feb 2018 02:42 AM PST  NBC's Andrea Mitchell and panel report on First Lady Melania Trump cutting ties with an aide whose company made $26 million on the inauguration.
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| Meet Four Parkland Teens Demanding Gun Reform Now Posted: 27 Feb 2018 07:50 AM PST  Across social media, in protests, and at town hall meetings, four young women from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School—Delaney Tarr, Samantha Grady, Emma Gonzalez, and Jaclyn Corin—have been raising their voices and organizing for change alongside their classmates to spread the message #NeverAgain. The students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School recently launched #WhatIf, a social media campaign to mobilize efforts to change gun legislation and create stricter laws to protect the safety of all Americans.
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| CDC doctor's disappearance: Parents share chilling last text message from missing son Posted: 27 Feb 2018 07:43 AM PST  The parents of missing doctor Timothy Cunningham shared the last text message they received from their son before his disappearance two weeks ago. Cunningham, a highly regarded epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, went missing after he left work mid-day on Feb. 12, complaining of feeling ill. After Cunningham, 35, failed to report to work or contact his family over the next two days, his parents, Terrell and Tia-Juana Cunningham, drove down to Georgia from their house in Maryland to check on their son.
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| Four dead after blast destroys shop and home in English city of Leicester Posted: 25 Feb 2018 11:30 PM PST ![Four dead after blast destroys shop and home in English city of Leicester]( "Four dead after blast destroys shop and home in English city of Leicester") By Darren Staples LEICESTER, England (Reuters) - At least four people were killed and four more injured when a blast destroyed a convenience store and a home in the central English city of Leicester on Sunday, British police said. "There are four confirmed fatalities at this stage and a number of people still undergoing treatment in hospital," Leicestershire Police Superintendent Shane O'Neill said. "We believe there may be people who have not yet been accounted for and rescue efforts continue in order to locate any further casualties." He said there was no immediate indication that the explosion was linked to terrorism.
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| Murder caught on Facebook Live Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:22 AM PST  55-year-old Prentis Robinson was live-streaming on Facebook his walk home after having his phone stolen when he was suddenly approached by a man who killed him in cold blood.
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| Jared Kushner's Security Clearance Has Been Downgraded: Reports Posted: 27 Feb 2018 12:53 PM PST  All other White House aides working on high-level interim clearances also had their access downgraded, according to a memo reportedly sent to staffers on Friday. Earlier that same day, Trump said he would leave it up to his chief of staff, John Kelly, to decide what access Kushner should have.
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| Gun-Carrying GOP Lawmaker Calls For Assault Weapon Ban: 'Not One More School Shooting' Posted: 27 Feb 2018 08:32 AM PST  Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), a combat veteran and gun-carrying National Rifle Association member, is supporting a ban on "assault-style weapons" in the wake of a deadly mass shooting earlier this month.
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| Supreme Court hears arguments on power of public employee unions Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:39 AM PST  The justices will decide whether state government workers who choose not to join a union must still pay a share of union dues to cover the cost of negotiating contracts.
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| Trump administration can waive environmental rules over Mexico border wall, judge rules Posted: 27 Feb 2018 01:43 PM PST  A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration has the authority to waive environmental rules as it seeks to construct a border wall with Mexico. Judge Gonzalo Curiel handed the administration a victory on one of Donald Trump's central campaign promises - a ruling that was all the more striking because Mr Trump had disparaged Mr Curiel's ability to be unbiased because of the American judge's Mexican heritage. California and an array of environmental groups filed legal challenges last year to the administration's effort to expedite the wall's construction by circumventing a variety of statutes.
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| PNG troops respond to major 7.5 quake as aftershocks feared Posted: 25 Feb 2018 08:29 PM PST  Papua New Guinea sent troops and rescue workers Monday to respond to a powerful earthquake in the Pacific nation's mountainous interior, with unconfirmed reports of fatalities and warnings of aftershocks and landslides. Assessment teams were heading to affected areas near the 7.5-magnitude quake's epicentre, which the US Geological Survey said was some 90 kilometres (55 miles) south of Porgera in Enga province. "It is advisable to stay out of multi-story buildings, to be aware of the potential of landslides, and to be prepared to move to open ground in the event that an aftershock is felt," the chief secretary to the government, Isaac Lupari, said in a statement.
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| Family Dog Walks Out Of Rubble After 5 People Killed in Tornado, Deadly Floods Posted: 26 Feb 2018 05:40 AM PST  Central U.S. through Appalachia experienced gale force winds and heavy rains over the weekend.
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| United Airlines flight from Newark suffers blown tire on way to Portland Posted: 26 Feb 2018 03:54 AM PST  United Airlines says the plane suffered a tire blowout when it was taking off at Newark Liberty International Airport Sunday night.
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| Citigroup refunding $330 million to customers after overcharging interest Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:18 AM PST  Citibank is promising to refund nearly 2 million credit card holders an average of nearly $190 dollars, admitting the bank failed to reduce some annual interest rate charges for cardholders in good standing.
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| Monica Lewinsky: 'I'm Not Alone Anymore' Thanks To The Me Too Movement Posted: 26 Feb 2018 07:45 AM PST  "I'm so sorry you were so alone," Lewinsky wrote in a recent essay for Vanity Fair, recalling a message she received from a leader of the Me Too movement. Lewinsky's essay in the magazine's March edition describes how she grappled with isolation and trauma after her affair with then-President Bill Clinton became public in 1998. "Somehow, coming from her ― a recognition of sorts on a deep, soulful level ― [those words] landed in a way that cracked me open and brought me to tears," Lewinsky continued.
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| Georgia's Lieutenant Governor Tells Delta To Give NRA Back Its Discounts, Or Else Posted: 26 Feb 2018 05:55 PM PST  Georgia's lieutenant governor said on Monday he would work to derail a multimillion-dollar tax cut that would benefit Delta Air Lines unless the company reinstated its relationship with the National Rifle Association. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, who also serves as president of the Georgia state Senate, intimated in a tweet he would "kill any tax legislation" as punishment to Delta, which last week said it would end its discount program for members of the NRA. Delta, headquartered in Atlanta, is one of more than a dozen companies that have distanced themselves from the gun lobby following the massacre of 17 people at a Florida high school on Feb. 14.
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| Hitler Built a World War II Submarine That Was Revolutionary. It Ended Up a Total Failure. Posted: 26 Feb 2018 10:53 AM PST  Hitler Built a World War II Submarine That Was Revolutionary. Some were used for target practice. The only surviving vessel of its class today is the Wilhelm Bauer, which the modern Germany navy converted into a research vessel.
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| New Yorker arrested in Japan over severed head in suitcase Posted: 26 Feb 2018 03:37 PM PST  An American tourist has been arrested in Japan after police found the severed head of a woman in a suitcase in his holiday rental flat. Yevgeniy Vasilievich Bayraktar, 26, from New York, is currently in custody and being questioned by police following the discovery in Osaka last week. The victim is believed to be a woman, 27, from Sanda in Hyogo prefecture, who was last seen on CCTV cameras alongside Mr Bayraktar, just hours before she went missing on February 16. Security footage reportedly captured the pair meeting at a train station in Osaka around midnight and then entering the apartment building together. The woman had earlier told a friend that she was planning to meet a man she had met via a social networking site, according to local newspapers. Arms, legs, and a torso were also found in a mountainous area nearby Credit: AFP Her relatives raised the alarm with police on February 17 when she failed to return home and her mobile phone stopped working. Mr Bayraktar was captured on security footage entering and leaving the flat several times on February 16 with a suitcase, but there was no further sign of the woman. Six days later, police searched the flat and arrested Mr Bayraktar after receiving a tip that he was confining a woman in the flat before discovering a head in a suitcase. Arms, legs, and a torso were also found in a mountainous area nearby. Mr Bayraktar is thought to have arrived in Japan in January for a sightseeing trip and was booked to stay in the flat for around a week. He has denied the allegations and remained silent during police questioning, according to media reports. Japan has long enjoyed a reputation as one of the world's safest countries, with its crime rates among the lowest for industrialised nations. Last month, preliminary police data for 2017 showed that the number of recorded crimes in Japan had fallen to a record low of just over 915,000 incidents. However, every year, a number of violent crimes also hit the headlines, including the so-called "Twitter killer" Takahiro Shiraishi, who was arrested last year after reportedly luring nine young people he found via social media to his home before killing them.
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| Trump says he would have run into Florida school without a weapon Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:05 AM PST  Discussing the Parkland school shooting at a meeting with governors on Monday, Trump said: "I really believe I'd run in there even if I didn't have a weapon."
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| Doyle Lee Hamm execution: Repeated jabbing of death row inmate in attempted lethal injection amounts to torture, says lawyer Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:55 AM PST  Convicted murderer Doyle Lee Hamm, 61, who has spent more than half his life on death row, was returned to his cell after more than two hours of effort by the execution team. Bernard Harcourt, who has represented Hamm for 28 years, claimed the "botched" execution attempt led to at least 12 puncture wounds from failed needle placements. "It was a gory, botched execution," he said.
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| West Virginia Governor Tells Striking Teachers To Get Back In The Classroom Posted: 26 Feb 2018 04:32 PM PST  West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) told his state's striking teachers they "need to be back in the classroom" as he spoke at a series of town halls on Monday. Speaking and taking questions in Wheeling, Martinsburg and Morgantown throughout the day, Justice urged the state's educators to end their strike Tuesday and promised he'd establish a task force in the next seven to 10 days to look into some of their concerns. The comments come days after Justice faced criticisms that he's missing in action at the state Capitol. His administration has denied a Freedom of Information Act request to view his calendars and appointment books.
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| U.S. appeals court says Title VII covers discrimination based on sexual orientation Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:59 AM PST ![U.S. appeals court says Title VII covers discrimination based on sexual orientation]( "U.S. appeals court says Title VII covers discrimination based on sexual orientation") The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overruled prior decisions and said that a worker's sex is necessarily a factor in discrimination based on sexual orientation. The 2nd Circuit revived a lawsuit by the estate of Donald Zarda, a former skydiving instructor on Long Island who said he was fired after he told a customer he was gay and she complained. Zarda's estate was backed in the appeal by dozens of large companies, including Alphabet Inc's Google, Microsoft Corp, CBS Corp and Viacom Inc.
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| Ivanka Trump calls question on father's alleged sexual misconduct 'inappropriate' Posted: 26 Feb 2018 09:20 AM PST  The president's daughter said 'I believe my father' after at least 20 women have made sexual assault and harassment claims Ivanka Trump watches the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics on Sunday in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Photograph: Pool/Getty Images
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| Dubai police: Bollywood's Sridevi drowned in hotel bathtub Posted: 26 Feb 2018 05:25 AM PST  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Indian actress Sridevi drowned in her hotel bathtub after losing consciousness, the Dubai police said in a statement Monday, though two police officials said she was also under the influence of alcohol at the time.
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| Prison fight caught on camera Posted: 27 Feb 2018 09:56 AM PST  A fight broke out in the maximum security section of the Cook County Jail in Illinois. Two inmates were taken to area hospitals for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Sixteen inmates were charged with 'mob action.'
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| Democrats Sue Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker To Force Him To Call Special Elections Posted: 26 Feb 2018 03:52 PM PST  A Democratic group is suing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) over his refusal to call special elections for two seats in the state legislature. In December, two Republican lawmakers ― an assemblyman and a state senator ― resigned to take jobs in the Walker administration. The governor has said he won't call a special election for the vacant seats, leaving them to be filled in the regularly scheduled November election, in order to save the state money. Democrats contend that Walker is delaying the vote in hopes of holding on to two GOP seats after Democrats unexpectedly won a January special election in a Wisconsin district that Donald Trump had carried handily in 2016.
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| Authorities are Searching for the Person Who Fatally Shot a Man on Facebook Live Posted: 25 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST  A suspect is being held without bail in the fatal stabbing of a medical student in a library.
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| Two stowaways on US-bound flight from Ecuador die after falling from aircraft Posted: 27 Feb 2018 01:46 PM PST  Two men thought to have been stowaways on a US-bound flight from Ecuador have died after they fell from the aircraft, it has been reported. The Jose Joaquin de Olmedo airport in Guayaquil was closed for an hour and a half as their bodies were removed from the runway. Employees at the airport noticed three objects falling from the plane and officials believe the pair either fainted or were ejected.
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| U.S. threatens action against Iran after Russia U.N. veto Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:09 PM PST  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS/TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The United States threatened unilateral action against Iran on Monday after Russia vetoed a western bid for the United Nations Security Council to call out Tehran for failing to prevent its weapons from falling into the hands of Yemen's Houthi group. "If Russia is going to continue to cover for Iran then the U.S. and our partners need to take action on our own. If we're not going to get action on the council then we have to take our own actions," U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley told reporters during a visit to Honduran capital Tegucigalpa.
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| 'Black Panther' Success Will Help Fund Boys & Girls Clubs' STEM Centers Posted: 26 Feb 2018 03:08 PM PST  Just as the advanced fictional nation of Wakanda revealed its technology to the world in "Black Panther," Disney is helping the Boys & Girls Clubs of America introduce advanced tech to America's youth. BGCA's STEM Centers of Innovation give kids the chance to learn from advanced technologies like 3D printers, robotics and high-definition video production equipment.
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| After Unsuspecting Mom Is Crushed in Central Park, How to Spot a Troublesome Tree Posted: 26 Feb 2018 02:02 PM PST  Anne Monoky is still in a neck brace after the incident six months ago.
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| The February 2018 Air War between Israel, Syria and Iran Was Brief and Violent Posted: 26 Feb 2018 07:06 AM PST  Many of us woke up on the morning of Feb. 10, 2018 to news of air-to-ground clashes between the Israeli Air-Space Force and the forces of the Bashar Al Assad's regime in Syria and its allies from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. An unmanned aerial vehicle operated by the IRGC was shot down over Israel. Then one of the IASF's F-16s crashed – apparently shot down – over Israel.
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| So That Baby Definitely Wasn't Crying On 'Walking Dead,' Right? Posted: 27 Feb 2018 05:01 AM PST  By all accounts, the most recent episode of "Walking Dead" was tragic (RIP Carl). In the Season 8 midseason premiere on Sunday, Carl enjoyed a touching moment with his sister Judith (Chloe and Sophia Garcia-Frizzi), saying goodbye before his inevitable death from a zombie bite.
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| Study: US inequality persists 50 years after landmark report Posted: 27 Feb 2018 09:12 AM PST  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Barriers to equality pose threats to democracy in the U.S. as the country remains segregated along racial lines and child poverty worsens, according to study made public Tuesday that examines the nation 50 years after the release of the landmark 1968 Kerner Report.
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| Supreme Court Denies Trump Request To Hear Dreamer Lawsuit Posted: 26 Feb 2018 06:53 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― In a major setback for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a lawsuit over the future of an Obama-era program that protects so-called Dreamers from deportation.
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| 'Can't take kids that constantly cry': Woman charged in 1980s death of 3 kids, including own son Posted: 25 Feb 2018 07:59 PM PST  Woman is in jail after authorities say she admitted to killing three young children, including her own infant son more than 30 years ago.
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| Disneyland Paris to add Star Wars zone in $2.5 bn upgrade Posted: 27 Feb 2018 09:06 AM PST  The Walt Disney Company on Tuesday announced a two-billion-euro ($2.5-billion) expansion of its Paris amusement park which will add a new Star Wars-themed zone to the huge site. Disneyland Paris will also build new areas devoted to its hit animated film "Frozen" and the Marvel comics franchise (Spider-Man, The Hulk, X-Men) as part of the makeover, which will take several years. The work will start in 2021 and significantly expand the park, which is Europe's most popular private tourism destination with 320 million visits since it opened in 1992.
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| Republicans back away from curbs on guns Posted: 27 Feb 2018 08:27 AM PST  The top Republican in the US House of Representatives backed away from toughening US gun laws on Tuesday despite the outcry over the Florida high school massacre that left 17 people dead. House Speaker Paul Ryan blamed a broken system that allowed shooter Nikolas Cruz to take an AR-15 assault rifle into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14, where he shot dead 14 students and three adults. Instead, the problem is with a system that allowed Cruz, who had known mental health problems, to legally obtain weapons.
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| Harley-Davidson's 115th Anniversary Promises Tons of Fun Posted: 27 Feb 2018 12:41 PM PST  Harley-Davidson's 115th Anniversary Promises Tons of Fun Special bikes, long rides home, and a huge, citywide party in Milwaukee are just the start Harley-Davidson turns 115-years-old this year, and the venerable Motor Company plans to celebrate with a bang.
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| Roy Moore Endorses Missouri GOP Candidate Who Expects 'Home Cooked Dinner At 6' Posted: 26 Feb 2018 06:41 AM PST  Moore, whose December defeat was a shocking upset, announced Monday his endorsement of Courtland Sykes, who is attempting to unseat Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), a top target of Republicans in this year's elections.
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| Rare Identical Newborn Triplets 'Doing Better Than Expected' Posted: 27 Feb 2018 10:31 AM PST  Their father, Caleb Choge, said his first thought when he realized he would have triplets was, "Our car doesn't fit. I need a bigger car."
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