| Trump defends legal team on Russia case: 'I am VERY happy with my lawyers' Posted: 11 Mar 2018 08:39 AM PDT  President Trump insisted that he is happy with the legal team defending him against allegations that his campaign had colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election.
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| Man Had 'AR-15-Styled Rifle,' Bump Stock Outside Indianapolis Hotel Before Women's March: Report Posted: 12 Mar 2018 09:05 AM PDT  A 22-year-old man living in the U.S. illegally has been charged with a federal crime after police in Indianapolis, Indiana, found him in possession of guns on two occasions in January, The Indianapolis Star reported Sunday. Alaklouk, described as as a Tunisian native and Saudi Arabian citizen in federal court documents obtained by the Star, had been renting a room at the Hyatt when hotel security contacted the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department around 3 a.m. after they saw several weapons in his parked truck. There were six handguns in the backseat and an assault-style rifle in the front seat, according to the Star.
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| Warren rejects DNA test idea to prove Native American ancestry: 'Nobody is going to take that part of me away' Posted: 11 Mar 2018 10:36 AM PDT  Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., dismissed the idea of taking a commercially available DNA test to settle the controversy over whether or not she has Native American heritage. "I know who I am," she said.
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| Mnuchin: Trump's Attacks on the Press Are 'Campaign Rally Issues' Posted: 10 Mar 2018 10:49 PM PST  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin tells Chuck Todd that President Trump's vulgarities and attacks on the press are less important than policy, and should be seen in the context of a "campaign rally."
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| 32 Tweets About Married Life That Will Have You Laughing In Agreement Posted: 12 Mar 2018 09:01 AM PDT  "Marital bliss" is an unrealistic standard for any couple, no matter how in love they are.
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| Arizona border officer falsely claimed to be US citizen Posted: 10 Mar 2018 04:51 PM PST ![Arizona border officer falsely claimed to be US citizen]( "Arizona border officer falsely claimed to be US citizen") PHOENIX (AP) — A U.S. border officer who is a Mexican native claimed he was born in Texas and illegally obtained a job with the law enforcement agency charged with protecting America's borders, authorities said.
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| Engine failure suspected cause of New York City helicopter crash which killed five passengers Posted: 11 Mar 2018 11:33 PM PDT  The pilot of a helicopter which crashed killing five people on Sunday night told air traffic controllers that the engine had failed shortly before it plunged into New York's East River. His warning was heard on the recording of the Mayday call he made to controllers at LaGuardia airport. The pilot, named locally as Richard Vance, 33, was the only survivor of the crash. Two of those on board were killed instantly, the other three passengers were rushed to hospital, where they died from their injuries. The wreckage of a chartered Liberty Helicopters helicopter that crashed into the East River is hoisted from the water in New York Credit: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters A 14-strong team of investigators has been sent to the scene by the National Transportation Safety Board. It is expected to take several months before it announces any preliminary conclusions. There were unconfirmed reports suggesting the pilot had told investigators that a piece of luggage could have inadvertently hit the emergency fuel shut off button. But two experts told the Telegraph that this was unlikely, "The Fuel shut off is located on the ceiling and with a guard lock," said James Healy-Pratt, an aviation lawyer and qualified pilot. New York helicopter crash journey "It isn't a hinged switch, which can be manipulated easily. It is protected with a guard that has to be broken," said Bob Mann, who runs an aviation consultancy in New York. Eyewitnesses described seeing the Eurocopter AS350 go down near the northern tip of Roosevelt Island at 7 pm on Sunday night. "It kind of looked as if it was supposed to be landing, I wasn't really sure," said Brianna Jesme. "The moment it landed it was under." A rescue diver is hosed off with fresh water after pulling victims from the submerged helicopter Credit: Darren Ornitz/Reuters The passengers were reported to have had chartered the flight for a photoshoot of the Manhattan skyline. Two of the victims were from Dallas, Texas: Trevor Cadigan, a video journalist and Brian Brian McDaniel, a fireman. A third victim was named as Carla Vallejos Blanco, an Argentinian visitor. Mr Cadigan shared a video on Instagram taken as the helicopter took off. @cnn@FoxNews just witnessed a helicopter crash into the East River .. hope everyone's ok. Caught it all on tape! pic.twitter.com/saHOMTLR69— JJ Magers (@JJmagers) 11 March 2018 The names of the two others who died have not been released as their families have yet to be informed. "It's a great tragedy," said New York Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro at a press conference late on Sunday. "It took a while for the divers to get these people out." Safety harnesses had to be cut to free the passengers from the helicopter which had overturned shortly after hitting the water, which was reportedly a few degrees above freezing. First responders carry a person to an ambulance after the crash in the East River Credit: AP The flight was operated by Liberty Helicopters which has been in business for more than 30 years, according to the company's website. However an affiliate of CNN reported that this was the company's third crash in 11 years. In August 2009, nine people died after a helicopter collided with a plane over the Hudson River. The wreckage of a chartered Liberty Helicopters helicopter that crashed into the East River is hoisted from the water in New York Credit: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters An NTSB investigation attributed the crash in part to a distracted air traffic controller. In July 2007 eight people were rescued after a Liberty helicopter dropped into the Hudson River. The Telegraph has approached Liberty helicopters for comment.
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| Elon Musk claims SpaceX will launch rocket to Mars in 2019 Posted: 11 Mar 2018 01:39 PM PDT  Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, has suggested that his company will be ready to fly a rocket to Mars in 2019. Speaking during a question and answer session at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, the technology entrepreneur said that the "short flights" could begin by the middle of next year.
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| Trump Brags That He Won Most Of The Women's Vote In 2016. He Didn't. Posted: 11 Mar 2018 03:02 PM PDT  President Donald Trump inaccurately bragged that he won the majority of women's votes in the 2016 presidential election at a political rally on Saturday. Appearing before a crowd in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, Trump boasted that he had proved his naysayers wrong when he received 52 percent of women's votes. It will be a rough night for Donald Trump because the women won't come out.' We got 52 percent, right?
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| The Latest: Interview: Spy would be dead, if Russia wanted Posted: 11 Mar 2018 03:43 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the U.K. investigation into a Russian ex-spy's poisoning (all times local):
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| March Madness odds: Which team has the best chances to win the title? Posted: 12 Mar 2018 11:32 AM PDT  After months of competition, the 68 teams selected to participate in the NCAA Tournament were revealed on Sunday night. After defeating North Carolina to claim the ACC championship, the Virginia men's basketball team secured the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament.
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| Seoul envoy thanks Xi for 'big role' in N. Korea nuclear talks Posted: 12 Mar 2018 06:42 AM PDT  South Korea's national security adviser on Monday thanked Chinese President Xi Jinping for his "big role" in the diplomatic process that has set up a historic summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. Just days after he stood outside the White House and announced the planned meet between the US president and the North Korean leader, Chung Eui-yong was in Beijing to brief Xi and China's top diplomats on the fast-moving efforts to address the nuclear standoff. "The situation on the Korean peninsula has recently undergone very positive changes.
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| Five dead in New York river helicopter crash Posted: 12 Mar 2018 03:39 AM PDT ![Five dead in New York river helicopter crash]( "Five dead in New York river helicopter crash") Five people have died after a helicopter owned by a tour group plunged into Manhattan's East River, police said on Monday. The red chopper, which is owned by tourism group Liberty, was carrying six people including the pilot when it crashed into the river near the upscale Upper East Side neighborhood shortly after 7:00 pm on Sunday.
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| US Navy sends submarines to Arctic for icy exercises Posted: 12 Mar 2018 10:06 AM PDT  As countries race to militarize and exploit the Arctic, two U.S. Navy fast-attack submarines have arrived in the Arctic Ocean for a five-week biennial exercise, called ICEX 2018.
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| Saudi sets up departments to investigate, prosecute corruption cases Posted: 11 Mar 2018 07:04 AM PDT  DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi King Salman has ordered the establishment of specialized departments in the public prosecutor's office to investigate and prosecute corruption cases, the government's information office said in a statement on Sunday. The move is intended to increase effectiveness and accelerate the process of combating corruption, the statement quoted Attorney General Sheikh Saud al-Mujib as saying. Saudi authorities detained hundreds of top businessmen and royals in November and held them for several months at the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton in a sweeping anti-corruption probe. ...
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| 1968 LA school walkout protesters see link to Parkland teens Posted: 12 Mar 2018 11:23 AM PDT  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Participants in a 1968 Los Angeles high school walkout to protest dropout rates and paddle beatings for speaking Spanish that ended up prompting a wave of Mexican-American youth activism say they hear echoes of their demonstrations in the voices of outraged students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people died in a mass shooting.
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| The Syrian Civil War Has Raged for 7 Years. This Is What the U.S. Can Do to Help End It Posted: 12 Mar 2018 10:35 AM PDT  Hundreds of thousands have died. The destruction has not relented
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| Trump's Retreat On Guns Is The World’s Least-Shocking Surprise Posted: 12 Mar 2018 10:41 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Democrats cheered. Following last month's Parkland school massacre in Florida, Trump held a remarkable meeting with a bipartisan group of senators at the White House, where he talked up proposals aimed at curbing gun violence. The president expressed support for ideas backed by Democrats, like universal background checks and raising the minimum age to purchase an assault-style weapon.
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| British PM says 'highly likely' Russia behind spy attack Posted: 12 Mar 2018 03:21 PM PDT  British Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday it was highly likely that Russia was responsible for a "reckless and despicable" attack on a former double agent in Britain, an accusation rejected by Moscow as a "provocation". In a dramatic escalation of diplomatic tensions over the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter on March 4, May said the nerve agent that poisoned them was a military-grade type developed by Russia.
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| Factbox: Cuba's one-party socialist system among last in world Posted: 11 Mar 2018 02:37 PM PDT ![Factbox: Cuba's one-party socialist system among last in world]( "Factbox: Cuba's one-party socialist system among last in world") Cubans vote on Sunday to ratify two official lists of candidates for the national and provincial assemblies, the final step in a process that is set to culminate with Raul Castro stepping down as president on April 19. The following is an outline of Cuba's one-party socialist system, one of the last in the world: - Cuba is a one-party socialist republic, in which political power is vested solely in the Cuban Communist Party (PCC). The system is enshrined in the Cuban Constitution approved by referendum in 1976.
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| Pakistan activists say court ruling threatens minorities Posted: 11 Mar 2018 01:50 AM PST  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Rights activists in Pakistan expressed concern Sunday over a court ruling that would require people to declare their religion on all official documents, saying it could lead to the persecution of minorities, particularly adherents of the Ahmadi faith.
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| Ford Revises the Ka+ for 2019 Posted: 11 Mar 2018 09:00 AM PDT  There's a 2019 Ka+ for any occasion.
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| Caitlyn Jenner: Trump's Administration Has Set Trans People 'Back 20 Years' Posted: 11 Mar 2018 04:33 PM PDT  Over a year after she publicly supported Donald Trump's candidacy, Caitlyn Jenner continues to distance herself from the increasingly unpopular president, saying on Thursday that his administration has been the worst ever for trans people. "As far as trans issues, this administration has been the worst ever," she told Newsweek at the Champions of Jewish Values International Awards Gala in New York on March 9. The former Olympian has flip-flopped somewhat on Trump before.
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| Teenager killed when package explodes at Texas home Posted: 12 Mar 2018 07:44 AM PDT  A male teenager was killed and a woman injured when a package exploded Monday morning at a home in east Austin, Texas. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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| Man of mystery: Tourist arrives, vanishes, is finally found Posted: 11 Mar 2018 10:25 AM PDT ![Man of mystery: Tourist arrives, vanishes, is finally found]( "Man of mystery: Tourist arrives, vanishes, is finally found") NEW YORK (AP) — For weeks, an Uzbek tourist who had come to the country to visit his daughter was a man of mystery.
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| China, the South China Sea and North Korea Posted: 11 Mar 2018 05:01 PM PDT  The United States needs to diplomatically engage China over the South China Sea to reduce tensions, build trust, and achieve a quick and lasting solution to the North Korea problem. The USS Carl Vinson's port call to Danang, Vietnam, the first port call of its kind since the Vietnam War, is aimed at China's posture in the South China Sea and will no doubt elicit criticism from Beijing.
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| What You Learn After Autocrossing a BMW i3 Posted: 12 Mar 2018 01:30 PM PDT |
| Hong Kong democratic opposition fails to regain veto power in legislature Posted: 11 Mar 2018 09:09 PM PDT  By Venus Wu and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp failed on Monday to regain some veto power in the city's legislature in a pivotal by-election, struggling to draw what they hoped would be protest votes against creeping control from Communist Party rulers in Beijing. The democrats won only two of four seats up for grabs, with the opposition now left one seat short from having the power to block most bills in the 70-seat legislative chamber. The by-election marked the first time the democratic camp has lost its long standing veto power via the ballot box, raising fresh questions over the future of the struggle for democracy and autonomy in the freest city in greater China.
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| Black barbershops can help clients lower blood pressure: study Posted: 12 Mar 2018 08:28 AM PDT  Black barbershops are known as places to gather, socialize and get a haircut. When a trained pharmacist met men regularly at their local Los Angeles barbershop, clients were able to significantly lower their blood pressure, said the findings released at the American College of Cardiology conference in Orlando, Florida. If employed on a broad scale, the approach could make major inroads in treating African-American men, a population that is more likely than other races to have high blood pressure --- a leading risk factor for heart disease and stroke -- and less likely to be in a doctor's care, researchers said.
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| Father Of Parkland Victim Creates Powerful Mural Honoring Son And 16 Others Killed Posted: 11 Mar 2018 05:14 PM PDT  In a silent, moving tribute, Manuel Oliver, the father of Parkland school shooting victim Joaquin Oliver, painted a mural on Saturday honoring his son and the 16 other people killed in the Florida massacre last month. The event was captured on a viral video as part of an art exhibit created by artist Evan Pestaina located in an art space in Miami. It was organized by Miami Heat NBA star Dwyane Wade.
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| Trump's education secretary struggles to answer basic questions on schools Posted: 12 Mar 2018 09:36 AM PDT  Donald Trump's education secretary, Betsy DeVos, stumbled through a TV interview on Sunday, admitting she did not know why many US schools were underperforming and agreeing that maybe she should visit some in order to find out. DeVos was brought into the Trump administration with no experience as an educator but with a reputation for promoting private and charter schools.
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| Myanmar Is Building Military Bases on Torched Rohingya Villages, Rights Group Says Posted: 12 Mar 2018 01:49 AM PDT  Amnesty International called the construction a "land grab on a dramatic scale"
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| Five years on, Pope Francis under fire over sex abuse scandals Posted: 10 Mar 2018 06:10 PM PST  As Pope Francis marks the fifth year of his papacy next week, the pontiff once hailed as a fearless reformer is under fire for his handling of the sex abuse scandals that have rocked the Roman Catholic Church.
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| China's Xi joins Russia, Zimbabwe in global autocrat club Posted: 11 Mar 2018 08:25 PM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — Recent history offers sobering lessons to China's Communist Party following its decision to allow President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely.
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| Man with hammer tries to stop driver from fleeing a car crash Posted: 12 Mar 2018 02:34 PM PDT  Several people tried to stop the driver of an SUV who fled the scene of a multi-vehicle crash in Miami. One man got out of his van with a sledgehammer to smash the windows of the SUV.
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| Tesla paused Model 3 production for planned upgrade in February Posted: 11 Mar 2018 09:10 PM PDT  Tesla Inc temporarily suspended production of its Model 3 electric car from February 20-24 for planned work to adjust equipment in order to improve automation and increase production rates. Tesla said the planned pause was normal and common for increases in output when a company is ramping up a new product. Last month, Tesla said in a shareholder note that it continues to target weekly Model 3 production rates of 2,500 by the end of the first quarter and 5,000 by the end of the second quarter.
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| GSK wins new reprieve as Hikma's generic Advair delayed again Posted: 12 Mar 2018 01:43 AM PDT ![GSK wins new reprieve as Hikma's generic Advair delayed again]( "GSK wins new reprieve as Hikma's generic Advair delayed again") (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline has won a further reprieve for its blockbuster Advair lung drug after U.S. regulators insisted Hikma Pharmaceuticals conduct a further clinical study evaluating its generic version of the drug. The Jordan-based firm said on Monday it expected to submit a response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with new clinical data in 2019. Hikma's partner on the project, Vectura , said this meant a potential approval and launch of the generic inhaled medication could come in 2020 if all goes well.
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| 'Simpsons' Producer Reveals The O.J. Simpson Cameo That Never Was Posted: 12 Mar 2018 10:46 AM PDT  Turns out there was a Simpson missing from one of the all-time great "Simpsons" episodes: O.J. Simpson. On Sunday, Fox broadcast a previously unaired 2006 interview with Simpson called "O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?" At the time, Simpson was promoting his book If I Did It, in which he pushes a "hypothetical" scenario of how he would have killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Simpson was famously acquitted of both murders, though found "responsible" in a later civil trial.
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| Trump To Visit Ground Zero Of The Anti-Trump Resistance: California Posted: 11 Mar 2018 08:42 AM PDT  Trump's fraught relationship with California, where he has some of his lowest approval ratings, is sure to cast a shadow on the visit. Gov. Jerry Brown (D) said this week he considers the state at war with Trump's government, and has fiercely denounced the president on climate change, marijuana policy, offshore drilling and, lately, immigration. Trump's administration on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against California over its so-called sanctuary laws meant to protect undocumented immigrants.
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| Israel's Netanyahu accused of stoking 'fake' crisis to force poll Posted: 11 Mar 2018 09:50 AM PDT  Members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition accused the embattled premier on Sunday of perpetuating a "fake crisis" over a political dispute to potentially force early elections. The dispute comes as Netanyahu faces a possible indictment on bribery charges in the coming months. Polls suggest he could remain prime minister and his Likud party could win the most seats in fresh elections despite police investigations into his affairs.
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| Pentagon head warns Syrian forces on use of chemical weapons Posted: 11 Mar 2018 09:11 AM PDT  MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday warned the Syrian government not to use chemical weapons in its civil war and said the Trump administration has made it clear that it would be "very unwise" to use gas in attacks.
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| Mexico: Crude bomb caused ferry blast; terrorism ruled out Posted: 11 Mar 2018 04:21 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities said Sunday that a crude explosive device caused a ferry blast that injured more than two-dozen people last month in Playa del Carmen, where the U.S. Embassy has warned travelers to stay away from the ferries and parts of the Caribbean resort city.
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