| Red State Democrats In Hot Seat Over Trump's Supreme Court Pick Posted: 09 Jul 2018 10:29 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The fate of President Donald Trump's upcoming Supreme Court
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| Panel: Paper trail 'should not be disqualifying' for Supreme Court pick Posted: 07 Jul 2018 11:40 PM PDT  Susan Page, Mark Murray, Dany Pletka and Eugene Robinson join the Meet the Press panel to talk about the leading contenders for President Trump's next Supreme Court nominee.
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| Miss Massachusetts Hopeful Resigns From Competition In Protest Of 'Me Too' Joke Posted: 09 Jul 2018 10:36 AM PDT  A contestant in the Miss Massachusetts competition has resigned in protest
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| Official death toll from record Japan rains rises to 75 Posted: 08 Jul 2018 04:12 PM PDT  The death toll in record rains that have devastated parts of Japan rose to 75 on Monday, according to an official tally, as rescue operations continued. Dozens of people remain missing after the days of torrential rains that have caused flash floods and landslides. Rescue workers and troops have been struggling in the mud and water to save lives.
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| Britain must be free to maintain leading position in services after Brexit: May Posted: 09 Jul 2018 12:25 PM PDT  Britain must be free to protect its leading position in the services sector, including finance, after it leaves the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson quit on Monday over May's plan for Brexit, which includes a free-trade area for goods but little detail on the approach to services. "On services, we want to be free to ensure that we are able to put in place what we believe is necessary to maintain our key position in services, not least on the financial services." May told parliament in a heated session that her plan was "not a betrayal" of the referendum vote.
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| Bookstore Owner Calls Police On Woman Accosting Steve Bannon Posted: 09 Jul 2018 02:00 AM PDT  A Richmond, Virginia, bookstore owner called the police on a customer for
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| Divers Begin Rescue Operation to Free 12 Boys and Their Soccer Coach Trapped in a Thai Cave Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:08 PM PDT  The boys will be extricated one at a time by a dangerous dive through flooded tunnels
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| The Latest: Largest California wildfire over half contained Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:00 PM PDT  GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires burning in the West (all times local):
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| Iranian teen detained over dancing Instagram post Posted: 08 Jul 2018 10:30 AM PDT  Iran has detained a teenage girl who posted dance videos on Instagram and attracted tens of thousands of followers. State TV broadcast a video on Friday in which Maedeh Hojabri, 18-year-old gymnast, acknowledged breaking moral norms while insisting that was not her intention, and that she was only trying to gain more followers. It was unclear whether her statement was made under duress. Shabooneh, a local news website, said Hojabri and three other individuals were detained on similar charges in recent weeks before being released on bail. She had posted around 300 videos on her account, many of which showed her dancing in both Iranian and Western styles. She also appeared in videos without wearing the obligatory Islamic headscarf. Her performances had thousands of followers on various accounts with her name on them, ranging from 12,000 to 66,000 followers. None of the accounts were verified. چیو باید اعتراف کرد؟ بابت لرزوندن سینه از کی خط گرفتی؟؟ چگونه قر کمر رو وارد کشور میکردین؟؟ هم دستات تو سبک باباکرم کیا بودن؟؟؟ A post shared by MahiMaedeh (@maedeh_hozhabri) on Jul 8, 2018 at 7:14am PDT Iranian police have said they plan to shut down similar accounts on Instagram, and the judiciary is considering blocking access to the site. Iran has already blocked access to many social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and the Telegram messaging app. Millions of Iranians continue to use the sites through proxies and VPNs. Iran's judiciary and security forces are dominated by hard-liners who launch periodic crackdowns on behavior deemed un-Islamic. The latest arrests came amid a series of protests against the government's handling of the economy. In 2014 authorities sentenced six young men and women to suspended prison terms after they appeared in a video dancing to Pharrell Williams' song "Happy."
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| Giuliani: Trump ‘has to sit down with Vladimir Putin’ Posted: 07 Jul 2018 10:53 PM PDT  Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer, says that the White House's planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin shows Trump's confidence.
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| More Boys Freed From Thailand Cave As Rescue Mission Stretches Into Second Day Posted: 09 Jul 2018 04:24 AM PDT  The second day of a harrowing mission to rescue a junior soccer team and their
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| Fresh Del Monte Produce Recalls Vegetable Trays After 212 Get Infected By Parasites Posted: 09 Jul 2018 11:37 AM PDT  More than 200 people in four states have been infected with an intestinal
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| "D-Day": dangerous mission underway to save Thai boys trapped in cave Posted: 08 Jul 2018 06:21 AM PDT  By Panu Wongcha-um and John Geddie THAM LUANG CAVE, Thailand (Reuters) - A dangerous mission to rescue 12 Thai schoolboys and their soccer coach trapped inside a flooded cave for more than two weeks began on Sunday and authorities said the first survivor may emerge around 11 hours later. Thirteen foreign divers and five members of Thailand's elite navy SEAL unit are trying to bring the boys - some as young as 11 and weak swimmers – through narrow, submerged passageways that claimed the life of a former Thai navy diver on Friday. "Today is D-Day," Narongsak Osottanakorn, head of the rescue mission, told reporters.
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| Man on New York subway fractures fellow passenger's skull with metal pole after argument Posted: 09 Jul 2018 07:31 AM PDT  A New York subway rider was left with a fractured skull after a fellow passenger hit him over the head with a metal pipe. The New York Police Department (NYPD) said the incident took place on a train in Manhattan after the pair became embroiled in an argument. As the fight escalated, the man hit the 59-year-old victim in the face with a metal pipe, before leaving the train and fleeing at Chambers Street subway station.
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| Two-year-old dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound in California Posted: 08 Jul 2018 01:42 PM PDT  According to police, the toddler was in a bedroom of one of the homes when he accidentally shot himself in the head.
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| Dozens killed in Turkey train derailment Posted: 09 Jul 2018 06:01 AM PDT ![Dozens killed in Turkey train derailment]( "Dozens killed in Turkey train derailment") A passenger train derailed in northwestern Turkey, killing two dozen people and injuring more than 300 others, officials said Monday.
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| Starbucks to stop using plastic straws by 2020 Posted: 09 Jul 2018 06:57 AM PDT  Starbucks has joined the number of businesses pledging to cut back on plastic by announcing it will phase out plastic straws by 2020. The coffee giant on Monday announced it would eliminate plastic drinking straws and bring in lids designed not to need straws in stores within two years to combat the stress they put on marine life and the environment as a whole. It is the largest company so far to made the pledge. Viral videos showing straws littering beaches, choking marine life, and even floating through the Arctic Ocean have turned them into a focal point of the campaign against plastic. It's estimated that nine million tonnes of plastic is dumped into the sea each year, of which straws make four per cent. The chain, which is known for its iced coffee frappuccinos, has said it will replace its current straws with eco-friendly alternatives. Starbucks estimates the switch will eliminate more than 1 billion plastic straws a year. Starbucks is banning plastic straws Credit: PA Responding to one concerned Twitter user wondering whether they would have to drink any cold drink 'straight', a Starbucks spokesperson said straws made of paper or compostable plastic would be available instead. The global movement sees similar franchises committing to cutting down on plastic straw usage. Plastic consumption | The war on straws Costa has said it will only provide them on request by the end of this year, while Pizza Express in January said it would replace plastic straws in all of its restaurants by summer 2018. McDonald's shareholders voted down a proposal requesting a report on plastic straws in May, but the fast food chain recently said it would switch to paper straws in the UK and Ireland by next year, and test alternatives to plastic straws in some US locations. Starbucks' decision comes one week after its hometown, Seattle, banned plastic drinking straws and utensils.
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| Trump Is Giving Democrats Everything They Need For The Midterms Posted: 09 Jul 2018 06:58 AM PDT  President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress either had a great Fourth
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| Pilot may have saved lives in Chicago helicopter crash Posted: 08 Jul 2018 11:11 AM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — A pilot may have saved lives by crashing a medical helicopter in a grassy area on the South Side of Chicago rather than on major interstate highways or a train station nearby, officials said Sunday.
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| New allegation that Rep. Jim Jordan knew of sexual abuse by Ohio State team doctor Posted: 08 Jul 2018 09:12 AM PDT  Another former college wrestler has come forward alleging sexual abuse by Dr. Richard Strauss, telling the Washington Post that former assistant coach Jordan had to know about it.
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| Firefighters Battle California Wildfires as Blazes Continue in Colorado and Utah Posted: 09 Jul 2018 01:16 AM PDT  Firefighters continued to contain around destructive wildfires in California, though one blaze grew significantly and crossed into Oregon
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| 1-Year-Old Baby Appears In Immigration Court, Cries Hysterically Posted: 08 Jul 2018 06:01 PM PDT  A 1-year-old boy in federal custody who appeared in immigration court without
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| Haitian civil unrest enters third day despite fuel hike reversal Posted: 08 Jul 2018 04:45 PM PDT  By Andres Martinez Casares PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Protesters blocked streets in Haiti on Sunday while many damaged or looted stores stayed closed for a third day following anger over steep fuel price increases in the Caribbean nation. The U.S. embassy warned its citizens to avoid the unrest in the capital Port-au-Prince and reschedule travel plans as several airlines canceled flights. At the Toussaint Louverture international airport, dozens of stranded travelers camped out waiting for flights to resume, lounging on suitcases.
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| As trial opens, man dying of cancer blames Monsanto's Roundup Posted: 09 Jul 2018 02:55 PM PDT  A lawyer for a California groundskeeper dying of cancer took aim at Monsanto Monday as a jury began hearing the lawsuit accusing the chemical giant of ignoring the health risks of its top-selling weed killer Roundup. "For the past 40 years, Monsanto has known the primary ingredient in Roundup can produce tumors in lab animals," attorney Brent Wisner told the jury in a California state court hearing the case brought by Dewayne Johnson, a 46-year-old father of two. Diagnosed in 2014 with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer that affects white blood cells, Johnson used Roundup repeatedly in his job at a school in Benecia, California.
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| Giuliani 'Close To Determining' That Trump Won't Sit Down With Mueller Posted: 08 Jul 2018 11:06 AM PDT  Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, said Sunday that he's
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| The Latest: Slain staffer remembered as 'beautiful soul' Posted: 08 Jul 2018 06:36 PM PDT  DUNDALK, Md. (AP) — The Latest on services held for the victims of a shooting at a Maryland newspaper's office (all times local):
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| Officials Pose Alongside Enormous 13-Foot Alligator Captured in Florida Posted: 09 Jul 2018 08:00 AM PDT  "This may be the largest gator we've ever responded to," the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post.
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| Two-year-old dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound Posted: 07 Jul 2018 11:49 PM PDT  Neighbors watched as a two-year-old boy was loaded into the back of an ambulance in a northwest Fresno neighborhood.
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| Japan floods: Scores dead and dozens missing as two million are told to evacuate amid record rains Posted: 07 Jul 2018 07:57 PM PDT  Shinzo Abe, Japan's Prime Minister, has warned of a "race against time" to rescue flood victims as authorities issued new alerts over record rains that have killed at least 48 people and left dozens missing. The torrential downpours have caused flash flooding and landslides across central and western parts of the country, prompting evacuation orders for more than two million people. "Rescues, saving lives and evacuations are a race against time," Mr Abe said as he met with a government crisis cell set up to respond to the disaster. "There are still many people whose safety has yet to be confirmed," he added. Top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said the death toll in days of record rains now stood at 48, but the toll was expected to rise further. National broadcaster NHK said at least 62 people were dead and 44 missing. The Japan Meteorological Agency said three hours of rainfall in one area in Kochi prefecture reached an accumulated 26.3 centimeters (10.4 inches), the highest since such records started in 1976. Local residents sit in a boat as they are rescued from a flooded area at a hospital in Kurashiki Credit: Reuters "We've never experienced this kind of rain before," an official at the Japanese Meteorological Agency told a news conference. "This is a situation of extreme danger." The unprecedented downpours have wreaked havoc primarily in the west of the country. Isolated residents are being rescued from their homes Credit: The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images The rain has completely blanketed some villages, forcing desperate residents to take shelter on their rooftops with flood water swirling below as they wait for rescue. Over two million people have been told to evacuate, but the orders are not mandatory and many remained at home, becoming trapped by rapidly rising water or sudden landslides. The meteorological agency issued its highest level alert for two new regions on Sunday, while lifting the alerts for other areas where rains were subsiding. An aerial view shows a local resident being rescued from a submerged house by rescue workers using helicopter at a flooded area in Kurashiki Credit: Reuters In the town of Mihara, in the south of the Hiroshima region, a temporary let-up in rain laid bare the devastation wrought by the downpours. Roads were transformed into muddy flowing rivers, with dirt piled up on either side and stranded cars barely withstanding the current flowing around their wheels. Cars are damaged by floodwater as heavy rain continues in Hiroshima, Japan Credit: Getty "The area became an ocean," said 82-year-old Nobue Kakumoto, a long-time resident. "I'm worried because I have no idea how long it will stay like this." Work crews could be seen elsewhere trying to clear multiple small landslides that coated roads in mud, rendering them virtually impassable. "We are carrying out rescue operations around the clock," Yoshihide Fujitani, a disaster management official in Hiroshima prefecture, told AFP. "We are also looking after evacuees and restoring lifeline infrastructure like water and gas," he added. "We are doing our best." In this aerial image, JR Nose Station is submerged in Hiroshima Credit: Getty In western Okayama prefecture, around 200 people including children and elderly people were trapped in a hospital after a river burst its banks and flooded the surrounding area. "The electricity and water has been cut off. We are suffering water and food shortages," a nurse told public broadcaster NHK. Over 50,000 rescue workers, police and military personnel have been mobilised to respond to the disaster, which has left entire villages submerged by flooding, with just the top of traffic lights visible above the rising waters. "My house was simply washed away and completely destroyed," Toshihide Takigawa, a 35-year-old employee at a gas station in Hiroshima, told the Nikkei daily on Saturday. "I was in a car and massive floods of water gushed towards me from the front and back and then engulfed the road. I was just able to escape, but I was terrified," 62-year-old Yuzo Hori told the Mainichi Shimbun daily in Hiroshima. Rescue workers dig to search missing people in Hiroshima Credit: Getty Though the typhoon began last week, the worst of the rain hit from Thursday, when a construction worker was swept away by floodwaters in western Japan. The toll has risen steadily since then, and the conditions have made rescue operations difficult, with some desperate citizens taking to Twitter to call for help. "Water came to the middle of the second floor," a woman in Kurashiki, Okayama wrote, posting a picture of her room half swamped by flooding. "The kids could not climb up to the rooftop," she said. "My body temperature has lowered. Rescue us quickly. Help us." In some place rescuers were using boats, or helicopters to airlift those affected to safety. Several major manufacturers, including carmakers Daihatsu and Mitsubishi, said they had suspended operations at plants in the affected areas. The disaster is the deadliest rain-related crisis in Japan since 2014, when at least 74 people were killed in landslides caused by torrential downpours in the Hiroshima region.
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| Police open murder probe as 1 of 2 nerve agent victims dies Posted: 08 Jul 2018 03:06 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — A woman who was poisoned by a military-grade nerve agent in southwest England died Sunday, eight days after police think she touched a contaminated item that has not been found.
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| Nissan admits falsifying emissions data on cars made in Japan Posted: 09 Jul 2018 02:01 AM PDT  Nissan admitted Monday that data on exhaust emissions and fuel economy had been deliberately "altered", dealing a blow to the Japanese car giant's efforts to recover trust after an inspection scandal last year. The company did not say how many cars were affected by the falsifications, which were uncovered during voluntary tests of all parts of Nissan's operations conducted in the wake of last year's scandal. It said tests on exhaust emissions and fuel economy had "deviated from the prescribed testing environment".
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| Trump's Former Personal Driver Sues Claiming Years Of Unpaid Overtime Posted: 09 Jul 2018 11:12 AM PDT  He was Donald Trump's personal driver for 25 years ― and he's pretty sure
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| After quitting, Boris Johnson says Brexit 'dream is dying' Posted: 09 Jul 2018 10:45 AM PDT  Boris Johnson warned Monday as he quit as foreign secretary that the Brexit "dream is dying" and Britain is "headed for the status of colony" with its plan to stay close to the EU. "Brexit should be about opportunity and hope. "In that respect we are truly headed for the status of colony -- and many will struggle to see the economic or political advantages of that particular arrangement," he said.
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| Woman dependent on oxygen tank dies after power cut off to home following overdue bill Posted: 08 Jul 2018 04:25 PM PDT  A woman in hospice care died just hours after PSEG cut off the power to her house in New Jersey because of an overdue bill. The woman relied on an oxygen tank powered by electricity to breathe.
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| Emily Mobley, Who Was Pulled From Cave in 1991, Monitoring Thailand Rescue Effort Posted: 09 Jul 2018 11:50 AM PDT  Mobley now teaches others how to rescue anyone who may be trapped in a cave.
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| Ethiopia and Eritrea say war over, U.N. hails 'wind of hope' in Africa Posted: 09 Jul 2018 08:46 AM PDT  By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia and Eritrea declared their "state of war" over on Monday and agreed to open embassies, develop ports and resume flights, concrete signs of a rapprochement that has swept away two decades of hostility in a matter of weeks. The announcement promised to end of one of Africa's most intractable military stand-offs, a conflict that has destabilized the region and seen both governments funnel large parts of their budgets into security and soldiers. "The people of our region are joined in common purpose," Ethiopia's new prime minister Abiy Ahmed said, according to a tweet from his chief of staff, after signing a pact on resuming ties with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki.
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| Death toll climbs to 76 as heavy rains hammer southern Japan Posted: 08 Jul 2018 09:24 AM PDT  HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Searches continued Sunday night for victims of heavy rainfall that hammered southern Japan for the third straight day, as the government put the death toll at 48, with 28 others presumed dead.
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| Mexico will not intervene in Venezuela, Nicaragua crises: incoming minister Posted: 09 Jul 2018 10:35 AM PDT  The next government of Mexico, led by leftist President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, will not intervene in the internal affairs of other nations, such as crisis-ridden Venezuela and Nicaragua, the country's future foreign minister said on Monday. Mexico's current administration has taken a lead in regional efforts to pressure socialist Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro into restoring democracy in the South American country, and has worked closely alongside the United States to stem north-bound Central American migration. Lopez Obrador, the landslide winner in the July 1 vote, is due to take office on December 1.
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| Mitch McConnell Warns 2 Possible Trump Court Picks Risk Big Senate Fights: NYT Posted: 08 Jul 2018 07:31 AM PDT  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is reportedly worried about the
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| India death sentences upheld over 2012 gang-rape Posted: 09 Jul 2018 03:31 AM PDT  India's top court on Monday upheld death sentences for three men convicted over the notorious 2012 gang-rape and murder of a woman that sparked national protests and soul-searching. Jyoti Singh, a physiotherapy student, was raped and left for dead by a gang of five men and a teenager on a bus in the Indian capital New Delhi in December 2012. The six-strong gang beat the man unconscious before raping and torturing Singh with an iron bar as the private bus drove loops through the Indian capital.
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| Political Commentator Continues TV Interview, Unfazed by Cat Jumping on His Head Posted: 09 Jul 2018 09:26 AM PDT  Jerzy Targalski had to brush the cat's tail away from his eyes more than once.
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| U.S. Military identifies soldier killed in 'insider attack' in Afghanistan Posted: 08 Jul 2018 10:00 PM PDT  (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan was identified late on Sunday as Cpl. Maciel, 20, was killed, and two others wounded, during an apparent "insider attack" in southern Afghanistan, the NATO Resolute Support mission said in a statement. Maciel was deployed from Fort Benning, Georgia, which straddles the Alabama and Georgia border, near Columbus, Ga., and he was assigned to the 1st Battallion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division.
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