| Hundreds In Israel And Beyond Protest Killings Of Palestinians On Gaza Border Posted: 15 May 2018 06:27 PM PDT  Hundreds took to the streets in Tel Aviv, Israel, and other cities worldwide
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| Man accused of torturing his 10 children fires back from jail Posted: 15 May 2018 08:45 AM PDT  "I'm not perfect. No one is perfect. But I am not an animal. I am not a torturer. And I'm not a monster," Jonathan Allen says. He and his wife Ina Rogers are being accused of abusing and neglecting their ten children.
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| Sally Yates warns of Trump 'tearing down the legitimacy' of the Justice Department Posted: 15 May 2018 08:41 AM PDT  Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates said she had something to get off her chest about President Trump at the 2018 Ideas Conference hosted by the Center for American Progress on Tuesday: Don't ignore his attacks on the rule of law.
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| Insane Photos Show Massive Ash Plume Looming Over Hawaii's Big Island Posted: 16 May 2018 08:14 AM PDT  People living near the Halemaumau Crater got quite the apocalyptic sight
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| Sichuan Airlines co-pilot 'sucked halfway' out of cockpit, captain says Posted: 15 May 2018 01:20 AM PDT  By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The co-pilot of a Sichuan Airlines flight that was forced to make an emergency landing on Monday was "sucked halfway" out of the plane after a cockpit windshield blew out, media reported, citing the aircraft's captain. Liu Chuanjian, hailed a hero on social media after having to land the Airbus A319 manually, told the Chengdu Economic Daily his aircraft had just reached a cruising altitude of 32,000 feet when a deafening sound tore through the cockpit. The cockpit experienced a sudden loss of pressure and drop in temperature and when he looked over, the cockpit's right windshield was gone.
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| I Was Denied Entry To A County Courthouse Because I Am A Muslim Woman Posted: 15 May 2018 11:03 AM PDT  What should have been a great day became one of the worst days of my life.
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| Report finds cases of STDs reach all-time high in California Posted: 14 May 2018 06:54 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The number of cases of sexually transmitted diseases in California reached a record high last year and officials are particularly concerned by a spike in stillbirths due to congenital syphilis, state health authorities said Monday.
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| Idaho Inches Closer To Electing The Nation's First Native American Governor Posted: 15 May 2018 10:29 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Progressive Democrat Paulette Jordan won Tuesday night's primary
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| The Latest: Investigators give more details in stabbing case Posted: 15 May 2018 03:59 PM PDT  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on the search for an Oklahoma woman who police say stabbed one child and fled with another (all times local):
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| Navy Aircraft Carriers Might Just Be Unsinkable. Here's Why. Posted: 15 May 2018 08:10 AM PDT  The bottom line on aircraft carrier survivability is that only a handful of countries can credibly pose a threat to America's most valuable warships, and short of using nuclear weapons none of those is likely to sink one. Although the Navy has changed it tactics to deal with the proliferation of fast anti-ship missiles and the growing military power of China in the Western Pacific, large-deck aircraft carriers remain among the most secure and useful combat systems in America's arsenal. With the unlimited range and flexibility afforded by nuclear propulsion, there are few places they can't go to enforce U.S. interests. And at the rate the Navy is investing in new warfighting technologies, that is likely to remain true for many decades to come. Large-deck, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are the signature expression of American military power. No other combat system available to U.S. warfighters comes close to delivering so much offensive punch for months at a time without requiring land bases near the action. As a result, the ten carriers in the current fleet are in continuous demand from regional commanders -- so much so that extended overseas combat tours are becoming the norm.
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| Thousands of North Carolina public school teachers march in Raleigh Posted: 16 May 2018 02:50 PM PDT ![Thousands of North Carolina public school teachers march in Raleigh]( "Thousands of North Carolina public school teachers march in Raleigh") Thousands of North Carolina teachers swarmed the state legislature on Wednesday to call for pay raises and more spending on schools, making the state the country's sixth to be roiled by educators demanding better funding. Hundreds of teachers in red T-shirts filled a spectators gallery and chanted "remember, remember, we vote in November" as the Republican-controlled General Assembly started its session. The protest prompted at least 38 districts, representing more than half the state's 1.5 million public school students, to cancel classes.
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| Democrats Force Vote To Keep Net Neutrality Rules Posted: 16 May 2018 01:18 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Senate Democrats forced a vote Wednesday to repeal changes to
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| Ecuador spied on Assange at London embassy: report Posted: 16 May 2018 02:13 AM PDT  Ecuador spied on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at its London embassy where he has been living since 2012, initially to support him but things changed after he hacked the mission's computers, the Guardian reported Wednesday. The newspaper said Ecuador employed an international security company and undercover agents to monitor his visitors, embassy staff and even the British police at the embassy in London's luxury Knightsbridge area. The snooping was initially intended to protect Assange from the risk of being taken away by British police but later became a full-blown spying operation.
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| British Airways Celebrates Royal Wedding With A Special Crew Posted: 16 May 2018 09:13 AM PDT  Things will definitely get "Harry" on one British Airways flight this
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| The Latest: California office blast victim ran day spa Posted: 16 May 2018 12:53 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a deadly explosion at a Southern California office building (all times local):
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| Christopher Wylie Warns Senators: Cambridge Analytica, Steve Bannon Want 'Culture War' Posted: 16 May 2018 04:47 PM PDT  Cambridge Analytica may technically no longer exist,* but revelations about
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| The Latest: Hotel housekeeper says shooter stared at her Posted: 16 May 2018 05:18 PM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the release by Las Vegas police of witness statements and officer reports in the investigation of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history (all times local):
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| Putin says Russian frigates in Mediterranean on standby over Syria threat Posted: 16 May 2018 06:06 AM PDT ![Putin says Russian frigates in Mediterranean on standby over Syria threat]( "Putin says Russian frigates in Mediterranean on standby over Syria threat") Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russian military vessels with Kalibr cruise missiles would be on permanent standby in the Mediterranean to counter what he said was the terrorist threat in Syria. The deployment shows how Russia has increased its military presence in the Middle East since it launched an intervention in Syria in 2015, turning the tide of the civil war in favor of its close ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Russia has in the past fired Kalibr cruise missiles from frigates and submarines stationed in the Mediterranean Sea at militant targets to support Syrian army offensives.
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| Tomi Lahren Hits Back At Genealogist Who Researched Her Family, Misses The Point Posted: 15 May 2018 09:57 AM PDT  Tomi Lahren responded to the genealogist who researched her family history
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| CDC Map Shows Every State Affected by the Salmonella Egg Outbreak Posted: 15 May 2018 08:42 AM PDT  Fortunately, the outbreak has slowed way down.
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| Republican gubernatorial candidate drives 'deportation bus’ around Georgia Posted: 15 May 2018 10:14 AM PDT  A Republican candidate for governor of Georgia is driving a "deportation bus" around the state, promising to fill it with undocumented immigrants and "send them back to where they came from". Michael Williams –a Georgia state senator and, according to his website, the first elected official in the state to endorse Donald Trump – announced this week that he would drive a bus around the state to raise awareness of the "overwhelming problem of illegal immigration". "Throughout his bus tour of sanctuary cities, Williams will expose how dangerous illegal aliens ruin local economies, cost American jobs, increase healthcare costs, and lower education standards," a statement on his Facebook page reads.
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| Pink Had A Badass Response To A Troll Who Said She Looked Old Posted: 16 May 2018 09:42 AM PDT  Pink saw red after someone left a rude comment about her appearance on Twitter
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| Twitter Users Roast Experts Who Say ‘You Should Have Twice Your Salary Saved’ By 35 Posted: 15 May 2018 03:25 PM PDT  A bit of financial advice almost broke Twitter on Tuesday.
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| Prosecutor: Children tortured "for sadistic purposes" Posted: 14 May 2018 05:49 PM PDT  FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Children removed from a squalid California home described acts of intentional abuse that resulted in puncture wounds, burns, bruising and injuries consistent with being shot with a pellet gun, authorities said Monday.
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| Palestinians clash with Israeli forces on 70th anniversary of the Nakba (“catastrophe”) Posted: 15 May 2018 09:18 AM PDT ![Palestinians clash with Israeli forces on 70th anniversary of the Nakba (]( "Palestinians clash with Israeli forces on 70th anniversary of the Nakba (") Palestinians clashed with Israeli security forces in the occupied West Bank and at the Israeli-Gaza border in the Gaza Strip, during protests marking the anniversary of the Nakba, or "catastrophe," when more than 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled in the 1948 war surrounding Israel's creation. The protests were also a response to the United States' relocation of its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. (Getty Images)
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| Search ends for grenade launcher ammo lost in North Dakota Posted: 15 May 2018 02:39 PM PDT ![Search ends for grenade launcher ammo lost in North Dakota]( "Search ends for grenade launcher ammo lost in North Dakota") PARSHALL, N.D. (AP) — Airmen have called off the search for military explosives that recently fell off a vehicle on a Native American reservation in North Dakota.
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| U.S. judge refuses to dismiss ex-Trump aide Manafort's criminal case Posted: 15 May 2018 03:39 PM PDT  By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge dealt President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort a major blow on Tuesday by refusing to dismiss criminal charges brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, after Manafort claimed that Mueller's probe has run amok and should be reined in. In a sharp rebuke of those claims, Judge Amy Berman Jackson of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had followed all the Justice Department's rules when he hired Mueller and Mueller's case against Manafort is not overly broad or improper.
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| Is Thomas Markle's story of whether to attend the royal wedding a 'rollercoaster of speculation' or a cruel soap opera? Posted: 16 May 2018 07:20 AM PDT  Perhaps there really was a time, long ago, when if one wanted to be informed of the activities of the royal family, one consulted the court circular. Now, of course, you go on US celebrity gossip website TMZ. And there in glaring headlines you find a story, not of family joy at a forthcoming wedding, but of pain and suffering – much of it heaped on Meghan Markle's 73-year-old father Thomas. You could, as one newspaper has, call it "a rollercoaster of speculation surrounding whether Mr Markle would attend Saturday's royal wedding at Windsor Castle in Berkshire".
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| Aston Martin unveils 630 bhp DB11 AMR Posted: 15 May 2018 06:37 AM PDT  There's really no such thing as an "ordinary" Aston Martin, but for those who want something a little more special than the current spectacular lineup of dream cars from the legendary British manufacturer there's now the DB11 AMR, which is the first model from the new performance arm of Aston Martin. The Aston Martin DB11 AMR is the new flagship in the company's GT range, and it replaces the standard V12 in the automaker's portfolio. By combining that extra power with improved shift calibration of the eight-speed automatic gearbox, the AMR has knocked 0.2 seconds off the DB11's 0 to 60 mph time, so it now takes just 3.7 seconds to get to 60 mph from a standing start.
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| Debbie Wasserman Schultz: The NRA Is 'Just Shy Of A Terrorist Organization' Posted: 15 May 2018 12:32 PM PDT  Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) had stern words for the National Rifle
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| Coroner: Detained suspect in Louisiana died of asphyxiation Posted: 14 May 2018 07:14 PM PDT  GRETNA, La. (AP) — A black suspect who tussled with white deputies as they detained him in a suburb of New Orleans last week died of asphyxiation and there was evidence of pressure on his neck, a coroner said Monday.
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| Larry Burrows revisited — iconic images of the Vietnam War Posted: 16 May 2018 04:32 AM PDT ![Larry Burrows revisited — iconic images of the Vietnam War]( "Larry Burrows revisited — iconic images of the Vietnam War") In the 1960's, Larry Burrows became the preeminent photographer documenting the Vietnam War. "Larry Burrows Revisited" exhibition will be on view at the Laurence Miller Gallery in New York City through June 29, 2018.
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| The Latest: Cypriots protest Israel's actions in Gaza Posted: 16 May 2018 09:43 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the Israel-Palestinian conflict (all times local):
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| Your Complete Guide to Ramadan, Including the Proper Greeting and When It Starts Posted: 15 May 2018 02:55 AM PDT  What you need to know about Islam's holiest month
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| Sanctions to intervention: US options after 'sham' Venezuela vote Posted: 15 May 2018 06:44 PM PDT  The United States, which in March 2015 labelled Venezuela "a national security threat," has already imposed sanctions on dozens of officials and companies from the Socialist government in Caracas. Maduro and several other senior government officials have been targeted and accused of corruption or complicity in drug trafficking. President Donald Trump has also banned US entities from buying bonds from the Venezuelan state or from its oil company, PDVSA, and has forbidden any trading in the petro, the new crypto-currency that Venezuela launched to the public in March.
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| U.S. imposes sanctions on Iran central bank governor Posted: 15 May 2018 02:37 PM PDT  By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Iran's central bank governor and an Iraq-based bank for "moving millions of dollars" for Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard, as Washington seeks to cut off funding it says Tehran is using to fund militant activities overseas. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin accused bank chief Valiollah Seif of covertly funneling money on behalf of the revolutionary guard's external arm, Quds Force (IRGC-QF), through Al-Bilad Islamic Bank "to enrich and support the violent and radical agenda of Hezbollah." The move cuts off Iran's use of a critical banking network, he said.
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| New Audi S6 Avant Caught Making Generous Use Of Camouflage Posted: 15 May 2018 02:50 AM PDT  You don't have to be the biggest Audi fan to figure out what's hiding underneath all that disguise.
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| You Like Han Solo Because He’s A Scoundrel. 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Forgot That. Posted: 15 May 2018 02:05 PM PDT  What's in a name? For Han Solo, everything and nothing. The skilled pilot and
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| The Latest: Man accused of helping kill 4 rejects plea deal Posted: 16 May 2018 12:02 PM PDT  DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on a court hearing for two cousins accused of killing and burying four men outside suburban Philadelphia (all times local):
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| Students Stage Fake Car Wreck for Their Senior Prank Posted: 15 May 2018 10:49 AM PDT  It looked pretty real!
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| Syrian government forces seize last rebel enclave in Homs Posted: 15 May 2018 06:57 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces are in full control of the last rebel enclave in Syria's largest province after "overpowering terrorism" following the evacuation of thousands of armed men and civilians, an officer told state-run TV Tuesday.
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