| Senate FBI hearing takes twists and turns, including a 'wangdoodle' reference Posted: 18 Jun 2018 06:22 PM PDT  It was not, perhaps, the most somber moment in the history of the U.S. Senate. In the midst of reciting a list of complaints about FBI agents allegedly swayed by their own anti-Trump animus, Sen. John Kennedy R-La., had to engage in a subtle act of censorship.
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| Federal Judge Strikes Down Kansas Proof Of Citizenship Law Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:22 PM PDT  A federal judge on Monday permanently blocked Kansas from requiring people to
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| Best Bites: Tacos 4 Ways Posted: 19 Jun 2018 12:14 PM PDT  Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your
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| Three Dead, Dozens Injured by Earthquake in Western Japan's Osaka Posted: 17 Jun 2018 08:16 PM PDT  A strong earthquake knocked over walls and set off scattered fires around metropolitan Osaka in western Japan on Monday morning, killing at least three people and injuring dozens.
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| 'Wolf-Like' Animal That Baffled Officials Turns Out To Be A Regular Wolf Posted: 19 Jun 2018 08:45 AM PDT  The mystery of a seemingly bizarre "wolf-like" creature that was shot and
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| Photographer Reveals Heartbreaking Story Behind Viral Photo of Crying Toddler at the Border Posted: 18 Jun 2018 08:58 AM PDT  He said the photo made him emotional.
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| Extreme volcanic eruptions could explain mysterious rock formation on Mars Posted: 18 Jun 2018 10:23 AM PDT  Could a volcanic eruption be the key to unlocking the mysterious geological history of Mars? Back in the 1960s, NASA's Mariner spacecraft discovered an extremely large and unusually soft rock formation. The makeup of the mass, now known as the Medusa Fossae formation, stumped researchers for decades because they were never able to determine how it got there. SEE ALSO: Tiny NASA satellite bound for Mars snaps photo of Earth from thousands of miles away But now, new research seems to answer that question — and maybe many others. More than 3 billion years ago, extreme volcanic eruptions on Mars dropped the huge deposit near the Martian equator, according to the new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. A 13-kilometer (8-mile) diameter crater being infilled by the Medusae Fossae Formation.Image: High Resolution Stereo Camera/European Space AgencyThe Medusa Fossae is about one fifth the size of the United States. "This is a massive deposit, not only on a Martian scale, but also in terms of the solar system, because we do not know of any other deposit that is like this," planetary scientist Lujendra Ojha, the lead author of the new study, said in a statement. Ojha and his colleagues used gravity data from spacecraft orbiting Mars to measure the formation density. Through this, they were able to determine that the rock was unusually porous, allowing them to rule out other potential compositions like ice. On a basic level, the formation is a bunch of hills and mounds of sedimentary rock but because much of Mars's history is shrouded in mystery, a finding like this is huge. An isolated hill in the Medusae Fossae Formation. The effect of wind erosion on this hill is evident by its streamlined shape.Image: High Resolution Stereo Camera/European Space Agency.Eruptions of the magnitude suggested by the study would also have an enormous impact on the planet's climate as well. A considerable amount of "climate-altering" gases like hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide accompany most volcanic eruptions and would have spit out enough water to cover the red planet in a global ocean, the study says. These findings paint a better picture of what habitability on Mars would look like, as well as the usefulness of gravity surveys. "Future gravity surveys could help distinguish between ice, sediments and igneous rocks in the upper crust of the planet," co-author and planetary scientist Kevin Lewis explained. WATCH: NASA is attempting to fly a helicopter on Mars for the first time
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| Trump: 'The United States will not be a migrant camp' Posted: 18 Jun 2018 08:27 AM PDT  President Trump on Monday again tried to shift blame for his administration's controversial policy of separating immigrant families at the border to Democrats.
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| Democratic Lawmakers Call On DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen To Resign Posted: 18 Jun 2018 12:16 PM PDT  Several Democratic lawmakers said Monday that Department of Homeland Security
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| Niece Wears Princess Diana's Marriage Tiara For Her Own Wedding Posted: 18 Jun 2018 11:52 AM PDT  Princess Diana's wedding-day tiara made a royal comeback over the weekend,
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| Police identify gunman killed by bystander in Walmart lot Posted: 18 Jun 2018 06:16 PM PDT  TUMWATER, Wash. (AP) — Tim Day has been identified as the armed suspect killed by a bystander Sunday in a Walmart parking lot in Washington state, police said Monday.
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| Barack Obama Gets School Named For Him In Former Confederate Capital Posted: 19 Jun 2018 06:28 AM PDT  The school board in Richmond, Virginia, on Monday night voted to rename an
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| 2-Year-Old Gets Through Pool Safety Gate With Ease to Highlight Importance of Child Supervision Posted: 19 Jun 2018 09:54 AM PDT  The Wyman family posted the video to Facebook to show the importance of keeping a close eye on your children around the pool.
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| FARC peace deal at risk as conservative Duque wins Colombia presidency Posted: 17 Jun 2018 07:08 PM PDT  Conservative Ivan Duque won Colombia's presidential election Sunday after a campaign that turned into a referendum on a landmark 2016 peace deal with FARC rebels that he pledged to overhaul. Duque, 41, polled 54 percent to his leftist rival Gustavo Petro's 42 percent with almost all the votes counted, electoral authority figures showed. Tensions over the deal became apparent in the immediate aftermath of Duque's victory, after the president-elect lost no time in pledging "corrections" to the peace deal.
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| Ford And John Cena Settle GT Lawsuit, Money Going To Charity Posted: 19 Jun 2018 06:11 AM PDT  Hustle, loyalty, and respect don't get you far in a court of law.
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| ‘It’s disgraceful’: Some Trump supporters condemn family separations at border Posted: 18 Jun 2018 10:02 AM PDT  Several of President Trump's supporters have been speaking out against the administration's policy of separating children from their parents when they cross the U.S. border illegally.
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| XXXTentacion death: False claims and conspiracy theories suggesting rapper still alive spread across social media Posted: 19 Jun 2018 11:12 AM PDT  False reports claiming rapper XXXTentacion is still alive are spreading across the internet. The singer, born Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, was shot dead as he shopped for motorcyles in Miami. In a statement released on Twitter, the Broward Sheriff's Office said: "The adult male that was taken to the hospital has been pronounced dead.
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| Supreme Court Punts On Partisan Gerrymandering Posted: 18 Jun 2018 07:23 AM PDT  The U.S. Supreme Court took a pass on setting limits on extreme partisan
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| The Latest: Fourth death confirmed in Osaka-area earthquake Posted: 18 Jun 2018 07:52 AM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on a powerful earthquake in Japan (all times local):
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| Man Accused Of Making $1.3 Million In Fraudulent Walmart Returns Posted: 19 Jun 2018 03:42 PM PDT  Arizona police have arrested a man for allegedly swindling more than 1,000
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| South Korea Defense Ministry Confirms Suspension of Joint U.S.-South Korea Military Drills Originally Planned for August Posted: 18 Jun 2018 09:06 PM PDT  The South Korean Defense Ministry confirmed Tuesday that their major military exercise with the US planned for August has been suspended.
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| Georgia Grandma Strangles Rabid Bobcat With Her Bare Hands While Granddaughter Slept Posted: 18 Jun 2018 05:31 AM PDT  Dede Phillips must now get rounds of painful and expensive treatment to prevent rabies.
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| Senate candidate's first campaign ad depicts Trump administration as literal dumpster fire Posted: 18 Jun 2018 11:48 AM PDT  Richard Painter, a former White House ethics attorney under President George W. Bush who is running for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota as a Democrat, is taking his pointed criticism of President Trump straight to voters.
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| Harry and Meghan light up Royal Ascot as racing carnival begins Posted: 19 Jun 2018 09:19 AM PDT  Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, as she has done for over 60 years, led the Royal Procession down the finishing straight on Tuesday to get probably racing's most famous carnival Royal Ascot under way. The greatest cheers, though, were reserved for newly-married couple Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, who are appearing together at the historic meeting for the first time. Harry and Meghan -- who were in the third of the four carriages -- later presented the trophy for the prestigious St James's Palace Stakes.
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| Emilia Clarke Says Goodbye To ‘Game Of Thrones’ In A Heartfelt Post Posted: 18 Jun 2018 04:23 PM PDT  The Breaker of Chains has broken our hearts.
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| Hundreds of children wait in Border Patrol facility in Texas Posted: 17 Jun 2018 10:34 PM PDT  McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of water, bags of chips and large foil sheets intended to serve as blankets.
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| Rapper XXXTentacion Shot Dead In Florida Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:41 PM PDT  Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, the rapper known as XXXTentacion, was shot dead in South
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| US soldier who said ‘communism will win’ and wore Che Guevara T-shirt to graduation kicked out of army Posted: 19 Jun 2018 09:42 AM PDT  A US cadet who donned a Che Guevera T-shirt to his graduation in and shared a message online which said "communism will win" has been discharged from the army. In the video, Spenser Rapone opens his dress uniform to reveal a T-shirt with a red image of Argentine Marxist Ernesto 'Che' Guevara – one of the world's most famous revolutionaries in one of the photos which were taken at his graduation in May 2016. The 26-year-old, a cadet at US Military Academy West Point, raises his fist and flips over his cap to expose a hand-written message saying "communism will win" in another image.
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| Indiana State Trooper Becomes Internet Star After Posting 'Slowpoke' Law Photo Posted: 19 Jun 2018 01:24 PM PDT  The Indiana state trooper said he took the opportunity to "educate" the slow driver.
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| Philippines' ousted Supreme Court chief lambastes Duterte Posted: 19 Jun 2018 04:00 AM PDT  The ousted Philippine Supreme Court chief justice launched a blistering attack on President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, calling him a "self-styled savior who is willing to kill", after she lost an appeal against her removal from office. Maria Lourdes Sereno, the first woman chief justice of the Philippines who Duterte denounced as an "enemy" for her opposition to some of his proposals, was ousted by fellow-judges allied with the president last month. "Our sights have been set low by the very leaders who should lead us to pursue lofty visions for our nation and our people," Sereno said in a speech to her supporters after the court ruling.
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| Trump And His Allies Are Lying Through Their Teeth About Family Separations Posted: 18 Jun 2018 11:57 AM PDT  On May 7, the Trump administration announced a policy of systematically
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| Guatemala volcano search called off with nearly 200 unaccounted for Posted: 17 Jun 2018 11:11 PM PDT  Authorities on Sunday called off a search for the nearly 200 people missing since Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted earlier this month, devastating the surrounding countryside. Officials have confirmed the deaths of 110 people as a result of the volcanic eruption on June 3, but another 197 remain unaccounted for. Guatemala's south-central region was also shaken on Sunday night by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake with its epicenter at Iztapa, on the Pacific coast near neighboring El Salvador, the civil protection agency said.
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| Monday Muscle: 2007 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Posted: 19 Jun 2018 10:43 AM PDT  After a rare Mustang with bravado and scary amounts of power? Here's why the Shelby Mustang GT500 is the beast for you – and why it's so rare...
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| The Latest: Coalition says Iran is arming Yemen rebels Posted: 19 Jun 2018 08:07 AM PDT  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The Latest on the battle for the Yemeni port town of Hodeida (all times local):
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| Turkish PM criticizes U.S. bill to block sale of F-35 jets: Haberturk Posted: 19 Jun 2018 01:04 AM PDT  The U.S. Senate's decision to pass a bill prohibiting the sale of Lockheed Martin's F-35 jets to Turkey is unfortunate and against the spirit of strategic partnership, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Tuesday. The U.S. Senate passed a $716 billion defense policy bill on Monday, backing President Donald Trump's call for a bigger, stronger military, which includes an amendment prohibiting sales of the jets to Turkey.
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| Melania Trump ‘Hates’ Family Separation, But Doesn’t Directly Call Out Zero Tolerance Policy Posted: 17 Jun 2018 08:30 PM PDT  First lady Melania Trump issued a subtle rebuke to her husband's
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| Children separated from parents at US border held in cages in Texas warehouse Posted: 17 Jun 2018 06:06 PM PDT  Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of water, bags of crisps and large foil sheets intended to serve as blankets. One teenager told an advocate who visited that she was helping care for a young child she didn't know because the child's aunt was somewhere else in the facility. She said she had to show others in her cell how to change the girl's diaper. The US Border Patrol on Sunday allowed reporters to briefly visit the facility where it holds families arrested at the southern US border, responding to new criticism and protests over the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy and resulting separation of families. More than 1,100 people were inside the large, dark facility that's divided into separate wings for unaccompanied children, adults on their own, and mothers and fathers with children. The cages in each wing open out into common areas to use portable restrooms. The overhead lighting in the warehouse stays on around the clock. Children who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, rest in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas Credit: AP The Border Patrol said close to 200 people inside the facility were minors unaccompanied by a parent. Another 500 were "family units," parents and children. Many adults who crossed the border without legal permission could be charged with illegal entry and placed in jail, away from their children. Reporters were not allowed by agents to interview any of the detainees or take photos. Nearly 2,000 children have been taken from their parents since Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the policy, which directs Homeland Security officials to refer all cases of illegal entry into the United States for prosecution. Church groups and human rights advocates have sharply criticized the policy, calling it inhumane. I saw chain link cages full of unaccompanied children. They sat on metal benches and stared straight ahead silently— Rep. Peter Welch (@PeterWelch) June 17, 2018 Stories have spread of children being torn from their parents' arms, and parents not being able to find where their kids have gone. A group of congressional lawmakers visited the same facility on Sunday and were set to visit a longer-term shelter holding around 1,500 children - many of whom were separated from their parents. "Those kids inside who have been separated from their parents are already being traumatised," said Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, who was denied entry earlier this month to children's shelter. "It doesn't matter whether the floor is swept and the bedsheets tucked in tight." In Texas' Rio Grande Valley, the busiest corridor for people trying to enter the US, Border Patrol officials argue that they have to crack down on migrants and separate adults from children as a deterrent to others. "When you exempt a group of people from the law ... that creates a draw," said Manuel Padilla, the Border Patrol's chief agent here. "That creates the trends right here." Agents running the holding facility - generally known as "Ursula" for the name of the street it's on - said everyone detained is given adequate food, access to showers and laundered clothes, and medical care. People are supposed to move through the facility quickly. Under US law, children are required to be turned over within three days to shelters funded by the Department of Health and Human Services. People who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas Credit: AP Padilla said agents in the Rio Grande Valley have allowed families with children under the age of 5 to stay together in most cases. An advocate who spent several hours in the facility on Friday said she was deeply troubled by what she found. Michelle Brane, director of migrant rights at the Women's Refugee Commission, met with a 16-year-old girl who had been taking care of a young girl for three days. The teen and others in their cage thought the girl was 2 years old. "She had to teach other kids in the cell to change her diaper," Brane said. Just left Border Patrol Processing Center in McAllen—aka "the dog kennel." Witnessed loads of kids massed together in large pens of chain-linked fence separated from their moms and dads. @realDonaldTrump, change your shameful policy today! #FamiliesBelongTogether— Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) June 17, 2018 Brane said that after an attorney started to ask questions, agents found the girl's aunt and reunited the two. It turned out that the girl was actually 4 years old. Part of the problem was that she didn't speak Spanish, but K'iche, a language indigenous to Guatemala. "She was so traumatised that she wasn't talking," Brane said. "She was just curled up in a little ball." Brane said she also saw officials at the facility scold a group of five-year-olds for playing around in their cage, telling them to settle down. There are no toys or books. Demonstrators hold a large banner that reads "Humanity Is Borderless," outside of a U.S. Border Patrol station in McAllen, Credit: Bloomberg But one boy nearby wasn't playing with the rest. According to Brane, he was quiet, clutching a piece of paper that was a photocopy of his mother's ID card. "The government is literally taking kids away from their parents and leaving them in inappropriate conditions," Brane said. "If a parent left a child in a cage with no supervision with other five-year-olds, they'd be held accountable." Dr. Colleen Kraft, the head of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said she visited a small shelter in Texas recently, which she declined to identity. A toddler inside the 60-bed facility caught her eye - she was crying uncontrollably and pounding her little fists on mat. Staff members tried to console the child, who looked to be about two years old, Kraft said. She had been taken from her mother the night before and brought to the shelter. The staff gave her books and toys - but they weren't allowed to pick her up, to hold her or hug her to try to calm her. As a rule, staff aren't allowed to touch the children there, she said. "The stress is overwhelming," she said. "The focus needs to be on the welfare of these children, absent of politics."
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| James Hansen wishes he wasn't so right about global warming Posted: 18 Jun 2018 12:19 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — James Hansen wishes he was wrong. He wasn't.
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| Re-Boot: The All-New VW Jetta Plays a Little Golf Posted: 18 Jun 2018 12:26 PM PDT  The Golf with a trunk returns, sort of.
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| Admire The Sinfully Gorgeous BMW 8 Series Coupe In Official Videos Posted: 18 Jun 2018 01:24 AM PDT  It's okay to stare.
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