| The bar fights back at Kavanaugh Posted: 02 Oct 2018 02:02 PM PDT  When President Trump named Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee to the Supreme Court in late July, the legal community rallied around the D.C. circuit court judge. Here's Why Democrats Should Support Judge Kavanaugh," read the headline of one Politico op-ed. "There are a lot of good reasons for liberals to oppose Kavanaugh," wrote Benjamin Wittes, editor in chief of the legal blog LawFare.
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| 8 Times Donald Trump Claimed He Was A Self-Made Man Posted: 03 Oct 2018 04:46 AM PDT  Donald Trump has, for decades, attempted to portray himself as a self-made, up-by-your-bootstraps entrepreneur who benefited little from his father's fortune.
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| FEMA Tests New Presidential Emergency Alert System On Cellphones Posted: 03 Oct 2018 11:20 AM PDT  In case you missed it, the Federal Emergency Management Agency tested its
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| IAEA fends off Israel pressure over Iran Posted: 02 Oct 2018 11:52 AM PDT  The UN's nuclear watchdog Tuesday refused to "take at face value" Israel's claims that Iran is harbouring a secret atomic warehouse, fending off pressure to inspect the allegedly suspect site. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the claim in front of the UN General Assembly last week. Without explicitly referring to Netanyahu's claim, IAEA chief Yukiya Amano insisted that the agency's independence was "of paramount importance" for its work.
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| What You Need To Know About The FBI's Brett Kavanaugh Investigation Posted: 03 Oct 2018 03:35 AM PDT  The FBI has moved quickly to investigate several allegations of sexual
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| Volkswagen not prepared to cover full costs of diesel retrofits: source Posted: 02 Oct 2018 04:35 AM PDT  Volkswagen is not prepared to cover the full cost of hardware retrofits for older diesel vehicles in Germany, a source at Volkswagen said, contradicting a deal announced by the German coalition parties on Tuesday. Under the coalition parties' deal, owners of older diesel cars in German cities where the air is particularly polluted will be able to choose between trade-in incentives and a hardware upgrade.
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| Weird Goblin Planet Found On The Edge Of Solar System Posted: 03 Oct 2018 02:00 AM PDT  A strange little dwarf planet with a colorful name is giving astronomers new
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| How Liquefaction Made Mud Flow 'Like Waves' in Indonesia's Earthquake Disaster Posted: 03 Oct 2018 12:28 AM PDT  In one neighborhood, 1,700 houses were consumed by liquefying soil
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| Dunkin' Donuts Fires Worker Who Poured Water On Homeless Man Posted: 02 Oct 2018 05:00 PM PDT  Two employees at a Dunkin' Donuts franchise in Syracuse, New York, have been
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| Syria's Assad says 'understanding' reached with Arab states Posted: 03 Oct 2018 11:08 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — President Bashar Assad told a little-known Kuwaiti newspaper that Syria has reached a "major understanding" with Arab states after years of hostility over the country's civil war.
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| Body found inside plane days after it ditched into Pacific lagoon Posted: 01 Oct 2018 06:21 PM PDT  A male passenger's body has been found inside an airliner that ditched and sank in a lagoon last week after missing the runway on a remote Pacific island, officials said. The Air Niugini Boeing 737-800 was attempting to land at Weno airport in Micronesia on Friday morning but fell short of the runway and splashed down in Chuuk lagoon. "It is with great sadness I confirm that the body of a male passenger was discovered by divers today as they conducted a further search of P2-PXE and the surrounding area in Chuuk lagoon," Air Niugini chief executive Tahawar Durrani said in a statement late Monday.
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| Border patrol agent's explosive ‘gender reveal’ stunt sparks 47,000-acre wildfire and causes £6.3m damage Posted: 02 Oct 2018 03:30 AM PDT  An elaborate stunt planned by a US Border Patrol agent to reveal the sex of his future child sparked a massive wildfire that spread over 47,000 acres of land and caused $8.2m (£6.3m) damage. Dennis Dickey, 37, shot a rifle at a target containing Tannerite, a highly explosive powder, at a "gender-reveal party" near Green Valley in Arizona. The "high-velocity" bullet was intended to cause an explosion of either blue or pink powder, but it also sparked flames which spread rapidly to the Coronado National Forest.
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| Graham on Kavanaugh confirmation process: ‘Enough. Vote. Don’t destroy this man’s life’ Posted: 03 Oct 2018 10:16 AM PDT  Sen. Lindsey Graham is suspicious of the numerous allegations coming out against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Graham lists the allegations and says, "Don't destroy this man's life." Graham also says that if a seat on the Supreme Court should become open in a presidential election year, he would want to wait until the next election to confirm a nominee.
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| 40+ Halloween Dinner Ideas That Are So Good It's Scary Posted: 03 Oct 2018 11:11 AM PDT |
| ‘Women For Trump’ Cheer As President Mocks Christine Blasey Ford Posted: 02 Oct 2018 08:52 PM PDT  President Donald Trump once again mocked the Me Too movement and threw doubt
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| Unchecked Misogyny Is The Problem. So, Men, What Do We Do About It? Posted: 03 Oct 2018 02:45 AM PDT  The sexual assault allegation against nominee Brett Kavanaugh has once again sparked a national conversation about men behaving badly toward women.
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| Trump Administration Halts Visas for Unmarried Same-Sex Partners of Diplomats Posted: 02 Oct 2018 02:26 AM PDT  The new policy could pose a problem for diplomats who can't get married at home
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| The Latest: ATF: Guns stolen in Tennessee found near Chicago Posted: 02 Oct 2018 01:32 PM PDT ![The Latest: ATF: Guns stolen in Tennessee found near Chicago]( "The Latest: ATF: Guns stolen in Tennessee found near Chicago") MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on guns stolen from a United Parcel Service facility in Tennessee and recovered near Chicago (all times local):
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| American Airlines flight diverted after passenger refuses to stop doing pull-ups on overhead compartment Posted: 03 Oct 2018 03:16 AM PDT  A flight had to be diverted after a passenger reportedly refused to stop doing pull-ups on an overhead compartment. American Airlines flight 2763 from Phoenix to Boston was forced to land in Kansas City so authorities could escort the unruly passenger off the plane. Eyewitness David Markoski told the WBZ-TBV news channel that the man, who has not been named, boarded the plane with two dogs and appeared to be drunk.
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| Russia completes delivery of S-300 system to Syria Posted: 02 Oct 2018 02:47 PM PDT  Russia has delivered an S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria, it said on Tuesday, in defiance of Israeli and U.S. concerns that the arms sale would embolden Iran and escalate the Syrian war. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin during a meeting broadcast by Rossiya 24 TV: "The work was finished a day ago," adding that the system would improve the security of Russian military personal in Syria. Russia decided to supply the system after Moscow accused Israel of indirectly causing the downing of a Russian military jet near Syria in September.
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| Trump mocks Christine Blasey Ford at Mississippi rally Posted: 02 Oct 2018 06:21 PM PDT  After initially calling Christine Blasey Ford a "credible witness," President Trump took issue with her testimony at a Mississippi rally.
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| Four of ‘the most violent’ marchers in Charlottesville white nationalism rallies arrested Posted: 02 Oct 2018 01:46 PM PDT  Federal authorities have arrested four alleged members of the Rise Above Movement, a white supremacist group involved in last year's deadly Charlottesville riots. The men were "among the most violent individuals present in Charlottesville" during the white nationalism demonstrations that took place over a weekend in August 2017, according to an affidavit written by an FBI agent. The defendants names are Benjamin Drake Daley, Michael Paul Miselis, Thomas Walter Gillen and Cole Evan White, all of whom were charged with travelling to incite riots and conspiracy to riot.
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| War in the South China Sea: 3 Ways America and China Fight it Out Posted: 02 Oct 2018 04:49 PM PDT  "If China decides to go ahead and declare an ADIZ over the South China Sea, matters could become even more complicated."
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| Canada revokes Myanmar leader's honorary citizenship Posted: 02 Oct 2018 07:47 PM PDT  OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada's Parliament formally stripped Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship on Tuesday for complicity in the atrocities committed against Myanmar's Rohingya people.
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| The US military's close call with China Posted: 03 Oct 2018 04:08 AM PDT  A Chinese warship sailed 135 feet from the bow of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Decatur on Sunday.
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| Top UN court sides with Iran and rules US must roll back some sanctions Posted: 03 Oct 2018 04:51 AM PDT  The UN's highest court handed Iran a legal victory over the US on Wednesday when it ordered the White House to roll back some of Donald Trump's sanctions on Tehran. Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled unanimously that parts of the sanctions the US imposed on Iran in May were illegal and must be removed. The Iranian government hailed the ruling as proof that "Iran is in the right" but the US said it was not bound by the court's decision and would not ease sanctions. Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, said he was "disappointed that the court failed to recognise that it has no jurisdiction to issue any order relating to these sanctions measures." The court ruled that the US must roll back sanctions that would hamper Iran's ability to important medicine, food, and spare parts necessary for civilian airline safety. In a 29-page ruling, the judges said that US sanctions could stop Iran importing humanitarian items and have "a serious detrimental impact on the health and lives of individuals on the territory of Iran". It also ruled that a US ban on spare airline parts had the "potential to endanger civil aviation safety in Iran and the lives of its users". Mr Trump ordered a first round of punishing sanctions on Iran in May after he pulled the US out of the 2015 nuclear agreement earlier this year. Iran petitioned the court in July, arguing that Mr Trump's decision violated a 1955 treaty signed between the countries before they became arch-foes following the Iranian revolution in 1979. Mr Pompeo announced Wednesday he was terminating the treaty in response to the ruling. "This is a decision, frankly, that is 39 years overdue," he said. The ICJ rules that the US must roll back any sanctions on Iran which would affect import of medicine, food, and civil aviation safety equipment. https://t.co/tm6FxolzZxpic.twitter.com/8oZ056qZvr— Raf Sanchez (@rafsanchez) October 3, 2018 Judges agreed with the Iranian argument and ordered the US to scale back some of the sanctions. "The decision proved once again that the Islamic Republic is right and the US sanctions against people and citizens of our country are illegal and cruel," the Iranian foreign ministry said in a statement. "The United States must comply with its international commitments and lift obstacles to Iranian trade," it added. Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, called the decision "another failure for the sanctions-addicted US government and victory for rule of law". There was no immediate response by the US. During a hearing in August, the US argued that the ICJ did not have the authority to rule on the case because it was related to American national security. The US sanctions have already badly weakened Iran's economy and sent the riyal spiraling to new lows against the dollar. UN top court rules that US must comply with obligations violated by re-imposing sanctions on Iranian people when exiting #JCPOA. Another failure for sanctions-addicted USG and victory for rule of law. Imperative for int'l community to collectively counter malign US unilateralism. pic.twitter.com/8AMGL0tqXU— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) October 3, 2018 A second round of even tougher sanctions is due to go into force in November, targeting countries which buy Iranian oil. Iran has demanded that European countries find a way to offset the economic damage caused by US sanctions. Tehran has threatened to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear agreement if American sanctions choke off its economy. Hassan Rouhani, Iran's president, said Wednesday Europe had taken "a big step" towards maintaining business relations with Iran by setting up a special channel designed to allow European firms to trade with Iran while avoiding US sanctions. Analysts have been sceptical that the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) arrangement would give European firms the confidence to continue doing business with Iran but Mr Rouhani praised the measure.
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| Pizza Delivery Man Credited With Stopping Kidnapping After He Notices Woman Mouth 'Help Me’: Cops Posted: 02 Oct 2018 08:13 AM PDT  Joey Grundl, 24, was dropping off a pizza in Waldo, Wisconsin, when he said he noticed a woman in distress inside the home on Sept. 27.
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| White House Transcript Edits Trump's Dig That Female Reporter 'Never' Thinks Posted: 02 Oct 2018 12:41 AM PDT  The president told an ABC News reporter Monday, "I know you're not thinking, you never do."
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| The 2019 Porsche Macan gets way more than some fancy new colors Posted: 02 Oct 2018 09:23 AM PDT  When you think of Porsche, SUVs probably aren't the type of cars that come to your mind first. This Macan, however, which comes in four new colors, is definitely one you will remember. Since making its debut a couple months ago in July, the 2019 Porsche Macan is back for its European premiere at the Paris Motor Show.
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| Palestinian teen killed in clashes with Israeli army: Gaza ministry Posted: 03 Oct 2018 11:09 AM PDT  A Palestinian teenager was killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers near the Gaza border on Wednesday, the health ministry in the enclave said. Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told AFP that Ahmed Abu Habel, 15, succumbed to a head wound after being hit with a tear gas cannister fired by soldiers near a checkpoint between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
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| Nobel Prize in Physics Goes To U.S., Canadian and French Scientists for Laser Breakthrough Posted: 02 Oct 2018 03:43 AM PDT  Along with colleagues from France and Canada
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| AP Explains: Removal of mines from Korean Demilitarized Zone Posted: 01 Oct 2018 05:49 PM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seoul says the rival Koreas began removing mines and other explosives at two sites inside their heavily armed border on Monday as part of their recent tension-reduction steps. They will likely end up pulling out a very small portion of an estimated 2 million mines littered inside and near the 248-kilometer (155-mile) -long, 4-kilometer (2.5-mile) -wide Demilitarized Zone. But it would be the two countries' first joint demining work in more than a decade and comes amid international diplomacy aimed at ridding North Korea of its nuclear weapons.
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| Don't Accept a Job Until You Identify Your Priorities Posted: 03 Oct 2018 09:02 AM PDT ![Don't Accept a Job Until You Identify Your Priorities]( "Don't Accept a Job Until You Identify Your Priorities") There's nothing more exciting than receiving a job offer. But that excitement is often mixed with anxiety and apprehension. What if you make the wrong decision?
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| BMW is adding to its EV portfolio Posted: 03 Oct 2018 07:47 AM PDT  The Paris Motor Show has been jam-packed with exciting announcements from car manufacturers visiting from across the globe, and BMW was no exception. CEO Harald Krüger opened the BMW segment with news we've been waiting for since March: the BMW i4 will be launching in 2021.
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| Suspected ricin-laced mail sent to U.S. defense secretary Posted: 02 Oct 2018 03:59 PM PDT  The Pentagon said on Tuesday that it had received mail suspected of containing the deadly poison ricin, including an envelope that a U.S. official said was addressed to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. The Pentagon said in a statement that it had put its mail facility under quarantine and that the FBI was analyzing the envelopes. U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the envelopes initially tested positive for ricin after being detected by Pentagon police on Monday at a mail sorting facility on the Pentagon compound but not in the main building.
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