| White House defends Trump’s congratulations to Putin Posted: 20 Mar 2018 12:22 PM PDT  White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders defended President Trump's decision to congratulate Russian President Vladimir Putin on winning reelection.
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| Officer Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Justine Damond Posted: 20 Mar 2018 11:52 AM PDT  The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an Australian woman in July
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| Footage Shows The Moment Cops Fatally Shot Unarmed Black Man Stephon Clark Posted: 21 Mar 2018 04:55 PM PDT  Police helicopter and body camera footage shows the moment two California cops
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| 13 Stunning GIFs Show Puerto Rico's Road To Recovery Posted: 21 Mar 2018 10:44 AM PDT  Six months after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico,
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| LinkedIn reveals top 50 places to work in the US for 2018 Posted: 21 Mar 2018 09:06 AM PDT  The standard for qualifying what makes a 'good' or 'satisfying' job has become
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| Homeless Arizona woman killed by Uber self-driving SUV was 'like everyone's aunt' Posted: 20 Mar 2018 03:59 PM PDT  The Arizona pedestrian killed by an Uber self-driving vehicle was a homeless woman close to getting off the streets, her friends said, describing her as a fighter who took care of those around her. Elaine Herzberg, 49, known fondly as "Elle" and "Ms. Elle," was widely known and liked throughout the homeless community of Tempe, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. "She was like everyone's aunt," said Benjamin Jeffrey, a friend of Herzberg and also homeless, who spoke to Reuters from an encampment near the scene of Sunday's accident.
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| Mark Anthony Conditt: Who is the Texas bombing suspect? Posted: 21 Mar 2018 11:45 AM PDT  Mark Anthony Conditt has been named by police as the suspected serial bomber who terrorised the capital region for the past three weeks. The 23-year-old white male from Pflugerville, Texas, a suburb of Austin, died earlier this morning after setting off an explosive device in his vehicle after police had caught up to him approximately 13 miles north of his home, outside of the Round Rock, Texas, Red Roof Inn. Mr Conditt, who had no criminal record or military experience, had been tracked there after police had identified his vehicle.
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| Trump ignored advisers' warnings and congratulated Putin Posted: 20 Mar 2018 05:22 PM PDT  President Trump did not heed the warnings of his own national security advisers Tuesday when he called and congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his reelection victory.
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| Suspected Austin Bomber Dead In Confrontation With Police Posted: 21 Mar 2018 03:04 AM PDT  * The bomber died Wednesday morning after a device exploded in his car during a confrontation with police
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| Austin Bombing Suspect Dead After Blowing Himself Up During Police Confrontation Posted: 21 Mar 2018 04:20 AM PDT  ## TOP STORIES
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| 'Incendiary Device' In Austin Injures Worker. Police Not Linking It To Package Bombs. Posted: 20 Mar 2018 05:34 PM PDT  AUSTIN, Texas ― Austin police on Tuesday evening responded in full force to an
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| The Latest: Rods were being adjusted when bridge fell Posted: 21 Mar 2018 02:26 PM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on the bridge collapse in Florida (all times local):
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| Russia's foreign minister threatens to 'hit back' at Britain over response to nerve agent attack Posted: 20 Mar 2018 11:30 PM PDT  Russia's foreign minister threatened on Wednesday to retaliate against Britain for "anti-Russian measures", with the two countries at loggerheads over the poisoning of a spy in southern England. Speaking after a meeting with Japanese counterpart Taro Kono, Mr Lavrov said: "If the British government continues taking some anti-Russian measures, we will hit back under the principle of reciprocity." Mr Lavrov urged the British government to "respond calmly" over the March 4 attack on former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, who remain in critical condition. Britain says only Russia had the capability, motive and intent to be behind the attack, which used the nerve agent Novichok reportedly developed by the former Soviet Union. Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed this as "nonsense". Britain reacted by expelling 23 Russian diplomats and their families – around 80 people in total – and has also cut off high-level contacts. Russia | Theresa May's retaliation measures A spokesman for Theresa May said London was "actively considering" other measures. On Tuesday, the head of the OPCW chemical watchdog said it would take two to three weeks to complete laboratory analysis of samples taken from the poisoning. The affair has poisoned Russia's already shaky relations with many Western countries. The EU has expressed its solidarity with Britain and leaders at a summit later this week will agree to "coordinate on the consequences" for Russia, according to a draft statement seen by AFP. Novichok US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis suggested on Tuesday that Moscow's suspected involvement shows Russia has "chosen to be a strategic competitor." However, President Donald Trump skipped the issue when congratulating Putin on his re-election and proposed a summit in the "not-too-distant future." Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe voiced "outrage" over the attack in a call to Mrs May, according to her office. Skripal, 66, a former Russian officer who sold secrets to Britain and moved there in a 2010 spy swap, remains in a coma along with his 33-year-old daughter after they were found unconscious on a bench in Salisbury.
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| Missouri set to execute man despite claims of undue suffering Posted: 20 Mar 2018 03:20 AM PDT  The death row inmate, Russell Bucklew, 49, was convicted of killing his former girlfriend's new boyfriend and raping the ex-girlfriend more than two decades ago. Bucklew suffers from a congenital ailment known as cavernous hemangioma, a malformation of blood vessels that could burst from the stress of lethal injection, leading to undue agony in violation of the U.S. Constitution's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
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| How to Avoid Getting Sick on a Plane, According to Science Posted: 20 Mar 2018 11:36 AM PDT  The secret is picking the right seat
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| Shooting At Maryland High School Leaves 1 Dead, 2 Injured Posted: 20 Mar 2018 05:57 AM PDT  A shooting at a high school in Great Mills, Maryland, on Tuesday left one
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| Senate to take another look at the 2001 ‘war on terror’ resolution Posted: 20 Mar 2018 02:09 PM PDT  Three presidents have relied on a 2001 congressional measure in applying deadly force overseas. Now, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will meet to discuss replacing or revising it.
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| Skeletal Remains May Be Louise Pietrewicz, Who Vanished 50 Years Ago Posted: 21 Mar 2018 09:56 AM PDT  Bones found in Long Island, N.Y., are believed to be those of Louise Pietrewicz.
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| Billionaire Democrat Wins Illinois Gubernatorial Nomination Posted: 20 Mar 2018 06:21 PM PDT  Billionaire J.B. Pritzker won Illinois' Democratic gubernatorial primary on
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| Mike Pence's Daughter Is 'All For' The Gay Bunny Book That's Trolling Her Dad Posted: 21 Mar 2018 04:35 AM PDT  Charlotte Pence had a surprising response to the new children's book about a
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| Russia hits back in spy poisoning row as experts called in Posted: 19 Mar 2018 08:38 PM PDT  Russia hit back at Britain in the spy poisoning row, demanding proof of its alleged involvement in a nerve agent attack, as international weapons experts arrived to take samples of the toxic substance. The March 4 poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal, which took place just two weeks ahead of Russia's presidential poll in which Vladimir Putin was re-elected, has plunged relations between London and Moscow into crisis. As the European Union offered Britain its "unqualified solidarity" on Monday, the Kremlin demanded London either come up with proof of Russia's involvement -- or apologise.
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| Boko Haram release 91 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls Posted: 21 Mar 2018 01:37 AM PDT  Boko Haram has released most of a group of schoolgirls taken hostage in a mass abduction a month ago, government officials said on Wednesday. The 110 school pupils were kidnapped from the north-east town of Dapchi on February 19, in a case with echoes of the Chibok school abduction that sparked the global #bringbackourgirls social media campaign. Early on Wednesday morning, however, residents of Dapchi said that a convoy of Boko Haram gunmen returned to the town and dropped most of the hostages off. Nigeria's minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, later said that 91 had so far been accounted for. The girls' arrival brought grateful crowds onto the streets of the remote farming town, some of whom even cheered the masked Boko Haram gunmen as they drove through town waving their black Islamic flags. Bashir Manzo, who heads a parents' support group in Dapchi, told the AFP news agency: "The girls have been brought back. They were brought in nine vehicles and dropped outside the school at about 8am (7am GMT). "These girls were not accompanied by any security personnel. Their abductors brought them, dropped them outside the school and left, without talking to anyone." Authorities said 91 girls had been released Credit: Reuters News of the release prompted rejoicing across Nigeria, although there was widespread speculation that a ransom had been paid to secure the girls' freedom. The Nigerian government is widely reported to have paid £2 million in ransom cash for the release last year of 82 of the 276 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls. Five Boko Haram prisoners were also freed as part of that exchange. One local source, who was familiar with previous negotiations to free Boko Haram hostages, told The Telegraph: "If these are the Dapchi girls, I think we can assume that a hell of a lot of money has been paid for them." He added that with elections due next year, President Muhammadu Buhari was under increasing pressure to get the girls back. "The only way to do that is by paying money. Since they were only kidnapped last month, I'm not sure there would have been time to free prisoners as well, which takes longer." Residents of Dapchi, who had posted a billboard of 110 passport photos of the missing girls outside their school, said they initially fled on Wednesday morning when they heard reports that a Boko Haram convoy was heading into town. Schoolgirls wait for the arrival of Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari at the Goverment girls' science and technical college in Dapchi, Nigeria March 14, 2018 Credit: REUTERS Instead, the gunmen arrived without firing a shot and dropped the girls off from a convoy of vehicles, some at the school itself, others by the roadside. One witness in Dapchi told the Associated Press that fighters said to residents they had returned the girls "out of pity." They also claimed that the gunmen had warned them "don't ever put your daughters in school again". Boko Haram's name translates roughly as "Western education is forbidden". The mother of one of the abducted girls in Dapchi Credit: REUTERS However, other accounts of the girls' return suggested an element of pre-planning with members of Nigerian security services. By coincidence, a group of Nigerian reporters were already in town at the time to cover a solidarity meeting between the parents of the kidnapped Dapchi girls and those from Chibok. Jonathan Gopep, a correspondent with Nigeria's Channels TV, said: "Thee parents of the abducted girls told me they were expecting the arrival of the abducted children. We were then told to wait on the outskirts of town by local security men. A signpost of the Government Girls Science and Technical College is pictured in Dapchi Credit: REUTERS "Then we saw a motorcade going in and we heard wild jubilation within town. They didn't want the press men to know actually who brought the girls in, or how they were brought in." "We did eventually speak to a small group of five or six of the girls – they said they hadn't been mistreated or hurt." Nigerian officials said the girls would be transferred into the custody of the state security service, who would take them to the Nigerian capital, Abuja, for debriefing about their ordeal. There were unconfirmed reports that five had died during the initial abduction, possibly as a result of suffocation after being packed en masse into overcrowded Boko Haram trucks. The father of one of the abducted girls in Dapchi Credit: REUTERS The return of the girls is a boost for President Buhari, whose security forces were facing heavy criticism for having failed to prevent the abduction in the first place. Critics, though, expressed surprise that the gunmen had apparently been able to roll into town unchallenged yet again. Some said the military had withdrawn from the town a few hours before, suggesting that some kind of pre-arranged deal was in place. "The question now is, how were the girls returned without the security men apprehending the captors?" wrote one Twitter user. "Was any ransom paid for their freedom? Is this a scam?"
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| Roche's Tecentriq notches third cancer cocktail trial win Posted: 20 Mar 2018 03:02 AM PDT  By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche's immunotherapy Tecentriq on Tuesday racked up a third trial win in combination with other cancer drugs, a boost for the Swiss drugmaker as it seeks to muscle in on space dominated by Merck and Bristol-Myers Squibb. A late-stage study, called IMpower131, demonstrated Tecentriq mixed with chemotherapies carboplatin and Abraxane cut risk of disease worsening or death (PFS), compared with chemotherapy alone, in first-line treatment of patients with advanced squamous non-small cell lung cancer.
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| Texas Bomb Suspect's Family 'Devastated And Broken' Posted: 21 Mar 2018 01:35 PM PDT  Family members of the man police suspect in a string of Texas bombings
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| Trevor Noah Unveils Terrifying Donald Trump-Themed Anti-Drugs PSA Posted: 21 Mar 2018 02:26 AM PDT  > "Let's say you kill all the drug dealers...do you also kill doctors who
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| California storm soaks hillsides in Santa Barbara, Ventura counties amid mudslide fears Posted: 21 Mar 2018 05:50 PM PDT  A powerful storm dropped steady rain Wednesday onto hillsides stripped bare by wildfires in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties amid fears of debris flows.
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| Illinois primary election: anti-abortion Democrat wins close congressional fight Posted: 20 Mar 2018 10:29 PM PDT  Daniel Lipinski had not previously faced a serious challenge in his seven terms in office. Incumbent Democrat Dan Lipinski won a narrow victory after a fierce challenge from progressive Marie Newman on Tuesday in Illinois's third congressional district.
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| Israel admits 2007 Syrian 'nuclear reactor' strike for first time Posted: 21 Mar 2018 09:33 AM PDT  Israel admitted for the first time Wednesday it was responsible for a top-secret 2007 air raid against a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledging to prevent enemies from obtaining atomic weapons. Israel has long been assumed to have carried out the raid and had been named by other countries as being behind it, but it had never formally acknowledged the strike or divulged details. The admission along with the release of newly declassified material related to the raid comes as Israel intensifies its warnings over the presence of its main enemy Iran in neighbouring Syria.
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| A Passenger Bus in the Philippines Has Plunged off a Cliff and Killed 19 People Posted: 21 Mar 2018 02:07 AM PDT  The Philippines has a high rate of road fatalities due to aging vehicles
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| Chrissy Metz Says She Was Physically Abused By Her Stepfather As A Teen Posted: 21 Mar 2018 06:36 AM PDT  Chrissy Metz says she was "a tough cookie" growing up, but that didn't stop
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| US agent on trial in cross-border killing of Mexican teen Posted: 20 Mar 2018 06:28 PM PDT  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A rare murder trial of a U.S. Border Patrol agent charged with shooting into Mexico in 2012 and killing a teenager started Tuesday with jury selection.
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| Trump Tweets Strange Warning Of 'Coming Arms Race,' Suggests Russia Can Help Posted: 21 Mar 2018 02:19 PM PDT  President Donald Trump on Wednesday tweeted a bizarre and ominous defense of
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| Police: New explosion not tied to Austin package bombings Posted: 20 Mar 2018 06:32 PM PDT  The Austin Fire Department says at least one person has been injured in an explosion believed unrelated to the previous package bombings.
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| What It's Like To Date An Older Man At 17, Then Marry Him Posted: 21 Mar 2018 10:35 AM PDT  This as-told-to has been edited for clarity and length. Debbie, who's from
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| Peru opposition alleges vote 'buying' to keep Kuczynski in power Posted: 20 Mar 2018 08:23 PM PDT  By Mitra Taj and Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's biggest opposition party released audio and video recordings late on Tuesday in which supporters of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski appear to offer lawmakers public work projects in exchange for help defeating an impeachment motion. In a press conference two days before Congress votes on whether to force Kuczynski from office, the spokesman of rightwing party Popular Force said the snippets of surreptitious recordings of lawmakers and a government official shown to journalists were proof Kuczynski was trying to "buy" votes. "We're outraged," Daniel Salaverry said, flanked by other members of his party as they renewed calls for Kuczynski to step down.
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| Erdogan tells US to end 'deception' on Syria Posted: 20 Mar 2018 03:57 AM PDT  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday told the US to stop "deceiving" Turkey and start cooperation, after Washington said it was concerned by the Turkish-led offensive on the Syrian city of Afrin. Erdogan's typically abrasive comments came after the US State Department reacted to the capture by Turkish forces of Afrin from Kurdish militia by sounding alarm over the fate of civilians and looting. "If we are strategic partners, you must respect us and you must work with us," Erdogan told Turkey's NATO ally during a speech to ruling party lawmakers in parliament.
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| Paris named as world's n°1 destination by Traveler's Choice Awards Posted: 20 Mar 2018 04:05 AM PDT  After the terror attacks in 2015, Paris has proved that it's still standing strong in the international tourist arena. The French capital has moved up two positions in the TripAdvisor ranking which is based on the quantity and quality of traveler reviews and ratings for various destinations.
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| Accused Parkland Shooter Nikolas Cruz and His Brother Starting Fan Club to Meet Girls: Prosecutor Posted: 21 Mar 2018 06:26 AM PDT  A state attorney made the claim at a court hearing Tuesday.
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| It Matters That A Gay Man Helped Trump Backers Exploit Facebook Data Posted: 20 Mar 2018 06:00 AM PDT  Christopher Wylie is the self-described gay Canadian vegan who's come forward
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| Correction: Abortion-Mississippi story Posted: 21 Mar 2018 10:37 AM PDT  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In a story March 19 about abortion legislation, The Associated Press erroneously identified the name of a group involved in legal action opposing the law. It is the Center for Reproductive Rights, not the Center of Reproductive Rights.
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| 2019 Ford Fusion Gets Minor Facelift, More Standard Safety Tech Posted: 20 Mar 2018 02:10 PM PDT  You can see it in person next week at the New York Auto Show.
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| Scott Pruitt Went To Italy, And It Only Cost Taxpayers $120,000 Posted: 20 Mar 2018 07:59 PM PDT  Details about Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's
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