| World Leaders Gather In Paris For The 100-Year Anniversary Of WWI Ending Posted: 11 Nov 2018 02:39 AM PST  Dozens of world leaders gathered on Sunday at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris to
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| Death Toll For California's Wildfires Rises To 25 Posted: 10 Nov 2018 08:28 AM PST  The death toll for California's wildfires more than doubled on Saturday as
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| Fox News Host Responds To Ocasio-Cortez After Being Called Out For Money-Shaming Her Posted: 10 Nov 2018 01:37 PM PST  Fox News anchor Ed Henry responded to Democratic Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-
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| 100 years on we shall remember them: Britain commemorates its WWI dead Posted: 10 Nov 2018 10:02 AM PST  They may no longer be with us - the last of their number, Harry Patch, died in 2009, aged 111 - but we will remember them. Around the country thousands of people will pay tribute on Sunday to those who died on foreign soil or at sea for their country, and those at home who endured the anguish and hardship of global war. On the 100th anniversary of the Armistice events will take place in every corner of the British Isles to commemorate the sacrifice of a generation during the First World War, which only came to an end at 11am on November 11, 1918, after an almost incalculable loss of life. The numbers still have the power to shock. Between 1914 and 1918, 886,345 UK troops were killed. Another 228,569 troops from the wider British Empire were killed, more than 74,000 of them from India. Each one was a son, father, husband or brother who willingly or not, whether with courage or almost paralysed by fear, died in a conflict whose causes and conclusion were beyond their control. In addition there were 6.32 million civilians killed when total war visited their communities, 109,000 of them in the UK , 300,000 in France and 426,000 in Germany. The acts of remembrance being organised to commemorate this loss will be as varied as they will be moving. They range from the formal state occasion of the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph, where Prime Minister Theresa May and the Prince of Wales will lay wreaths, and a special service at Westminster Abbey being attended by the Queen and other senior members of the Royal family, to the Yorkshire town of Otley, where posters will be hung on more than 100 doors to remember the man who lived there but never returned from the front line. In addition each house in the town will also display a knitted poppy, with another 16,000 installed along the railings outside of All Saints Parish Church. The familiar chimes of Big Ben will mark the centenary of the Armistice, despite the clock tower being covered in scaffolding for conservation works. The 13.7 tonne bell, which hangs in the Elizabeth Tower in Westminster, will sound 11 times at 11am today for the traditional two minutes of remembrance. It will strike a further 11 times at 12.30 with bells ringing across the UK and worldwide as part of a nationwide programme of events to mark the end of the war. Wire Sculptor Jackie Lantelli from Slimbridge in Gloucestershire, England, with her Wire Soldiers installation at St John's Churchyard, Slimbridge, Credit: PAUL NICHOLLS Many of today's commemorative events have been communal efforts, drawing in whole families to remember the dead. In the West Midlands town of Walsall almost 100 houses in one street have been covered with 24,000 red poppies and the black silhouette statues of soldiers, symbolising the men from the area who were killed. Geoff Talbot, 74, one of those who decorated his home, said: "Lots of people have put a lot of effort to do this. In those days Aldridge was only a village, but a lot of local young men left and never came back. It is an absolutely nice way to do a tribute for them." A huge wall of 2,500 poppies also festoons the Bell Inn in nearby Willenhall, after locals painstakingly knitted the individual flowers by hand over a 24-month period. The day will not be without the kind of ironic humour one imagines would have been appreciated by the Tommies whose death in their thousands across the Western Front remain embedded in popular memory. Thwaites brewery, in Lancashire, is honouring one of WWI's Victoria Cross winners by naming the Shire horse that deliver its beer around Blackburn after him. The two-year-old gelding is being named 'Drummer' in honour of the East Lancashire Regiment's first WWI Victoria Cross winner, Drummer John Bent, aged 23. Bent was commended after saving a soldier from no-man's land and leading his platoon into action under fire after their officers and NCO's were all killed on 1st November 1914, near Le Gheer, Belgium. Drummer Bent's was the 24th of a total of 628 VCs awarded during WWI. As well as recalling his heroism, the name 'Drummer' also commemorates the role of thousands of horses in the Great War. White van driver Christopher Curtis, 32, from Oldham, who served for 11 years as a Sapper in the Royal Engineers, has sketched the silhouette of a soldier standing over a field of poppies with the words "Lest We Forget" in the dirt on the back of his van. In Bolton, criminals sentenced to unpaid work orders by magistrates were deployed to decorate lamp posts, the town hall and other landmarks in the Lancashire town with 500 giant poppies. The factory in Aylesford, Kent, that makes poppies has worked around the clock for the first time to meet the unprecedented demand for the symbol of Remembrance Day, producing more than 1,500 a day for the past two and a half weeks. Mandy Barker, Head Flower Arranger, and Julia Weston, Volunteer, arrange flowers on the Remembrance Cross for Sunday's Service at York Minster Credit: Charlotte Graham/The Telegraph In a measure of the continuity of the tradition of remembrance a box of poppies believed to be from one of the early Poppy Appeals has been discovered in an old suitcase in Cardiff.. Bernie Axtell, 77, found them while searching for paperwork in his home. They are believed to date from before the Second World War and will be brought to the Cenotaph by Royal British Legion representatives today. Mr Axtell was handed the box of poppies by his friend Vic Luckhurst about 30 years ago, while working for the Legion in Street, Somerset. "I said to Vic that I would find something special to do with them," he said. "Thirty years is a very long time to wait, but now they are doing something extraordinary." In Portsmouth a 24-hour guard of honour was being held at the city's Cenotaph, with 200 people, including schoolchildren, veterans and serving members of the armed forces, working in 15-minute slots to stand by the monument until 10am today. Meanwhile silhouettes of soldiers from the First World War have been projected onto famous landmarks around the country by the There But Not There project to raise money for mental health charities. There include Marble Arch, Tate Modern, HMS Belfast, the Angel of the North, the Tyne Bridge, Titanic Belfast and Edinburgh Castle. In Ilfracombe, Devon, it was the bodies of people that made their mark yesterday, recreating a famous photograph from 100 years ago by spelling out the word 'peace' on nearby Capstone Hill to remember those who died so that we might preserve it. Residents of a Devon town have re-enacted a classic photograph to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One. Locals and members of the public alike helped to recreate the original picture from 1919 by spelling out the word 'PEACE' on Capstone Hill in Ilfracombe. Credit: MARK PASSMORE/APEX The original picture from 1919 in which residents of Ilfracombe spell out the word 'peace' Credit: Apex News and Pictures
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| Critics rebuke Mississippi senator's 'public hanging' remark Posted: 11 Nov 2018 05:09 PM PST  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A newly published video shows a white Republican U.S. senator in Mississippi praising someone by saying: "If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be on the front row."
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| Saudi says to cut oil output as producers discuss price dip Posted: 11 Nov 2018 08:12 AM PST  Saudi Arabia, the world's top crude exporter, said Sunday it will cut oil output from next month, as major producers held a key meeting to discuss shoring up sliding prices. Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih announced the kingdom was cutting its supplies by 500,000 barrels per day from December. Oil prices have shed a fifth of their value in just one month after surging to a four-year high in early October, driven by a combination of factors centred on higher supply and fears of sluggish demand.
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| Melbourne police see Islamic State 'inspiration' behind stabbings Posted: 09 Nov 2018 11:15 PM PST  Police identified the man responsible for Friday's attack as Somali-born Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, 30, and said he was radicalized and inspired by the militant group's propaganda. Police said Shire Ali's Australian passport was canceled in 2015 after an intelligence report he planned to travel to Syria, but an assessment was made that while he had radical views, he posed no threat to national security. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, which came two days before Remembrance Day, marking 100 years since the end of World War One, without providing any evidence.
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| One Day In, Florida's Senate Recount Gets Messier Posted: 11 Nov 2018 04:26 PM PST  The race to count Florida's votes got even messier on Sunday as Gov. Rick
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| Dozens of cat mummies unearthed in ancient Egyptian tomb Posted: 11 Nov 2018 12:20 PM PST  At an excavation of a pharaoh's 4,500-year-old pyramid complex, Egyptian archaeologists discovered dozens of mummified cats — in addition to 100 ornate cat statues. Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Dr. Khaled El-Enany announced the ancient cat artifacts on Nov. 10, and the Ministry took to Twitter to share images of the long-deceased felines, wrapped in ribbons of cloth. Ancient Egyptians may not have worshiped their cats, but there's ample evidence that they viewed the small mammals as divine. #Tens of #cats #mummies were unearthed in #Saqqara #necropolis along with 100 wooden #gilded #statues of #cats and a bronze one dedicated to the cat #goddess #bastet. pic.twitter.com/g0oSQPBhL8 — Ministry of Antiquities-Arab Republic of Egypt (@AntiquitiesOf) November 10, 2018 #mummies of #cats #discoverd in #Saqqara (#Discovery pic.twitter.com/AFRNERfHBn — Ministry of Antiquities-Arab Republic of Egypt (@AntiquitiesOf) November 10, 2018 SEE ALSO: The people have spoken and they want to eat the diseased tomb cheese The mummified cats, however, weren't alone. Piles of mummified scarab beetles were also found in the tomb. The large beetles lay buried under the lid of heavy limestone sarcophagus for 4,500 years. #Discovery Unique #Discovery in #Saqqara #Giza #Egypt #mummies of #scarabs #AncientEgypt pic.twitter.com/FkCA9HxY5P — Ministry of Antiquities-Arab Republic of Egypt (@AntiquitiesOf) November 10, 2018 WATCH: Subway rat seizes free avocado, because who wouldn't
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| Kellyanne Conway: 'Never heard' Trump say Whitaker and Mueller in 'same sentence' Posted: 11 Nov 2018 04:14 AM PST  On "This Week," White House counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway discusses Attorney General Jeff Sessions' firing and his acting replacement, and the mandated recount of votes in Florida races.
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| President Trump visits France for World War I Centennial Posted: 10 Nov 2018 10:52 AM PST ![President Trump visits France for World War I Centennial]( "President Trump visits France for World War I Centennial") President Donald Trump paid tribute Sunday to U.S. and allied soldiers killed in World War I as he and dozens of other world leaders commemorated the 100th anniversary of the end of "a horrible, horrible war" that marked America's emergence as a world power.
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| Stunning NASA Photos Show California's Devastating Wildfires From Space Posted: 09 Nov 2018 07:37 PM PST  Satellite photos captured by NASA show how large California's wildfires have
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| Victoria's Secret Boss Apologizes For 'Insensitive' Trans Comment Posted: 11 Nov 2018 06:22 AM PST  The chief marketing officer of L Brands, the parent company of Victoria's
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| Women's role in WWI underplayed at Armistice weekend Posted: 11 Nov 2018 09:57 AM PST  PARIS (AP) — Buried in French President Emmanuel Macron's speech on the sacrifice of "young men" in World War I Sunday was a reference to the "three million widows" the fallen soldiers left behind.
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| Indonesia calls off the search for Lion Air crash victims Posted: 10 Nov 2018 01:51 AM PST  "Since yesterday afternoon until today we have not found any more victims and therefore I declare the search and rescue operation is over," Muhammad Syaugi, head of the search and rescue agency, told reporters Saturday. Lion Air has begun paying $102,058 compensation money for each passenger to the grieving families. Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee has retrieved one of the black boxes -- the flight data recorder -- and is still hunting for the cockpit voice recorder, which recorded the last conversation between the pilot and co-pilot before the crash.
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| Heavy rains, flooding kill 12 people in Jordan: government Posted: 10 Nov 2018 04:16 AM PST  Twelve people died in heavy rains and flooding in parts of Jordan on Friday and authorities evacuated foreign tourists from the ancient city of Petra and other popular destinations, officials said on Saturday. The country has recently been hit by flash floods and heavy downpours. In the worst incident, 21 people - mostly school children on an outing to the Dead Sea - were killed as torrential rains poured through valleys and deep ravines.
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| Chuck Schumer Calls On Rick Scott To Recuse Himself From Florida's Recounts Posted: 11 Nov 2018 08:07 AM PST  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday urged Gov. Rick Scott
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| British relatives gather in Ypres on Armistice Day to mark passing of their fallen families Posted: 11 Nov 2018 03:24 AM PST  Every evening at sunset, the Last Post has sounded under the Menin Gate, in Ypres, the epicentre of conflict in the First World War, today, on Armistice Day, legions of British families flocked to Ypres to pay their respects to the fallen. Benoit Mottrie,chariman of the Last Post Association and the grandson of its founder Aime Gruwez' said, "This is the busiest time I have ever witnessed. "In the 1950s, 60s, 70s it was often just the two police stopping the traffic the buglers, and maybe a handful of people, sometimes no one when we played the Last Post. I don't think we will ever be alone again." Gathered around the imposing 14.5 metre high memorial that bears the names of 54,395 British and Commonwealth soldiers of the 90,000 who died on Ypres Salient but were never found, the crowds bowed their head at one at 11am local time on the 11 November. They fell silent, like the guns on November 11. At least 300,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers were killed over the four years of war, five major battles around Ypres, including Passchendaele which cost half a million casualties for the gain of just a few miles. Lest we forget: First World War centenary commemorations, in pictures Ypres, which was of major strategic importance, was constantly shelled by the surrounding German troops and the city reduced to rubble. Scott Watson, 33, is a fireman with six years service in the Royal Navy. His great great grandfather was killed in 1915 in France. His great grandad served in the Desert Rats and his Dad was in the navy for 32 years. He was among the packed crowds by the gate with his partner Catherine Shea, 34 and daughter Grace, 13. "This means everything to me and to my family. It is our responsibility to make sure future generations remember them and Grace must make sure her children remember as well. We will never forget," he said. Gareth Richards is a former warrant officer with the Royal Engineers, who served in Kosovo, Bosnia and Northern Ireland. Francesca Shaw, from Leeds, England, prepares to lay a poppy wreath during an Armistice ceremony at the Menin Gate Credit: AP Photo/Virginia Mayo He travelled to Ypres with 25 veterans of the regiment from Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Royal Engineers fought on the salient, digging under German positions and planting explosives. Gareth, who lives in Paisley, was here to pay tribute to his great grandfather, a private in the Welsh Fusiliers. Robert Evans was taken prisoner in the First Battle of Ypres in August 1914. He later served in the Home Guard in World War Two. Wearing his great grandfather's medals from the Boer war and First World War alongside his own, Gareth said, "This is so important to mark history. There are going to be a lot of tears today." The men marched out towards the front from Ypres, some along the route on which Reginald Blomfield's triumphal arch has stood since 1927. Max Dutton, 26, is assistant historian at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Max, who is from Harrogate, said, "and I am honoured to do this job". An HQ dugout near Ypres during the First World War, found in a scrapbook belonging to Captain Robert Harley Egerton Bennett Credit: A.C.H.Bennett / PA His maternal great grandfather, Private William Alvin of the East York Regiment, served and survived on the Sommes and Ypres. "He was gassed," said Max, "my granny always used to say he coughed all his life." Volunteers from every corner of Britain took part in the "poppy parade" on Sunday, holding baskets of poppies. They were tossed them from the top of the gate so they floated down from the top of the arch. Firefighters in full dress uniform, and other onlookers, bent down and gently stowed them away in pockets and wallets as souvenirs. Eleanor Foulkes, 28., , an actor, grew up in Montreal, Canada. "The importance of remembering cannot be overstated, especially for my generation as the war gets further and further away and back into history," she said. Nearby at St George's Memorial Church the muffled bells rang out. For almost 90 years, there were no bells ringing from the "English Church" but today they rang four times. The church was built in 1927 to give a place of worship to those who came to build the memorials to the fallen. Reginald Bromfield, the architect of the Menin Gate where thousands gathered to pay their respects just 10 minutes' walk away , was the brains and heart behind it. The Ypres and Surrey Pipes Marching Band march during an Armistice ceremony at the Menin Gate Credit: AP Photo/Virginia Mayo The Menin Gate and the English Church were among a handful of new additions in Ypres, which was over the course of the war reduced to rubble and had to be painstakingly rebuilt. But St George's was never truly finished because until last year. Its brick tower, draped on Sunday with a cloak of 1,600 croctched poppies sent from around the world, had never hosted church bells. Funding ran out before they could ever be made. That changed last year, thanks to readers of the Daily Telegraph who contributed to an appeal to finally "finish the church". Recognised in Belgian law as a Church of England parish on a foreign land, St George's now has its "remembrance bells", eight English change-ringing bells that fit the steeple perfectly. They are engraved with the names of fallen bell-ringers on the Western Front, and by the names of schools whose boys went over the top to their doom. The heaviest, the tenor, weighs 672 pounds and each of the eight needs a ringer to sound them. Queen Mathilde and King Philippe of Belgium during the Last Post ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in Ypres Credit: NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/AFP "We all them our remembrance bells because they have the names of fallen soldiers engraved upon them. When you are ringing, you remember. But we must never forget, we never seem to learn, We are at war now, aren't we? No one must ever forget," said Liz Millward, the tower captain of the bell ringers and the church warden. Liz was inspired to take up bell-ringing again, after a 15-year gap. Her father, a former RAF serviceman, had been ringing since he was 13. She moved to Ypres 14 years ago and is now the proud grandmother to a Belgian-British girl. Her great grandfather was killed in France, aged 42 and leaving four children and a pregnant wife. Alan Regin is the steward of the rolls of honour for the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers, and has been researching the lives of the fallen bell-ringers from the Great War for nearly 30 years. The 59-year-old said, "1,500 bell-ringers fell in World War One. At Tyne Cot cemetery there are 35 names on the memorial to the missing and there are more than 50 on the Menin Gate in Ypres. It was them who brought me to Ypres and to St George's Church. I saw the tower and I thought, "let's get some bells in there.'
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| The NRA told doctors to 'stay in their lane.' Doctors aren't having it. Posted: 10 Nov 2018 09:23 AM PST  #ThisisMyLane The National Rifle Association has a bone to pick with "anti-gun doctors" (what) and their collective desire to stop pulling bullets out of patients. They don't know what they're talking about, the NRA contends, when they argue in favor of common sense gun control. "Someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane," the Wednesday tweet read. "Half of the articles in Annals of Internal Medicine are pushing for gun control. Most upsetting, however, the medical community seems to have consulted NO ONE but themselves." SEE ALSO: Doctor: Asking Patients About Gun Ownership Is a Healthcare Issue The tweet then links to an NRA website article deriding a position paper from the American College of Physicians (ACP). The paper lays out a number of policy recommendations that, its abstract notes, "the evidence suggests will be effective in reducing deaths and injuries from firearm-related violence." The NRA takes issue with the fact that the paper's authors didn't consult with "firearms experts or lawyers." I'm not personally well-versed enough in these issues to respond to that charge, though I feel like a paper — even a policy paper — from a national health care organization is probably not in the wrong for focusing on what doctors think. What's important here, however, is how doctors responded. Many did not take kindly to the NRA's assertion that health care providers should "stay in their lane." They were quick to remind the NRA that guns and the wounds they cause are very much in a doctor's "lane." And so, a hashtag was born: #ThisisMyLane. I may not have a strong enough grasp of the complexities here to rebuff the specifics of that NRA article. But the health care providers sharing their gun violence horror stories here are all the convincing anyone should need that gun control is an issue that sorely needs to be addressed. Hey @NRA, so a 4 year old comes into the ER with a GSW to the chest, but it hasn't crossed the midline. Please inform me, a pediatric intensive care physician, what is the trauma protocol for this? I'm confused since this is not my lane. #ThisisMyLane — pachec (@pachec) November 10, 2018 .@NRAsays docs should "stay in [our] lane. My lane is a son shot walking down the street with his mother. I opened his chest and repaired his heart after it stopped, but I couldn't prevent the brain damage from lack of oxygen during CPR#ThisisMyLane . What's yours? — Stephanie Bonne (@scrubbedin) November 8, 2018 @nra This is the chest x-ray of my 15 year old patient shot by an R.I.P. bullet, how many of those fragments could you find and fix? #ThisisMyLane https://t.co/zIUtjA5JG8 pic.twitter.com/i4LG83WUEd — Ellie Curtis (@elliecurtismd) November 10, 2018 Oops @NRA - forgot to consult you on that gunshot victim I treated. Turns out, THEY came into MY lane, and I heard YOU were driving. Next time, what's your number? I'll call you to deliver the bad news, since clearly you claim this lane as YOURS. #Docs4GunSense #ThisISMyLane — Brandon Morshedi, MD, DPT (@bbmorshedi) November 10, 2018 My kids' pediatrician sent me a picture of her altered water bottle in her (parked!) car. Considering that in 2015 alone, 2,824 children died by gunshot and 13,723 others were injured, this is very much her lane. #ThisIsMyLane @NRA @momsdemand #ENOUGH pic.twitter.com/H6mKBCmo0a — Alyson Gilles (@AlysonGilles) November 9, 2018 #ThisisMyLane: 15 yo boy, innocent bystander, shot in the pelvis by a stray bullet. Obliterated iliac vessels, we couldn't save him. His poor mother crumpled and screamed when I told her he died. Her screams haunt me. — Jill Streams (@JCRStreams) November 9, 2018 .@NRA says docs should "stay in [our] lane. My lane: a resident, watching my mentor desperately try to save a 6 year old accidentally shot by his brother. When he knew it over, he stopped, held the boys hand and wept at the OR table as he died.#ThisisMyLane What's yours? — Stephanie Bonne (@scrubbedin) November 9, 2018 I worked in a trauma unit and had to hold together the skull of a young man who was shot in the head, so we could wrap it up enough for his family to see him and say goodbye. #ThisisMyLane — Kelly Pavelec (@kelly_pavelec) November 10, 2018 Moments you always remember. Furious honking in the ambulance bay. Picking up the lifeless 12 yo from the front seat like he weighed nothing. Putting him on the cot, A,B... So many holes. No breathing, finger thoracostomy, so much blood shooting up my arm. He died. #ThisIsMyLane — Dr. Howie Mell (@DrHowieMell) November 10, 2018 I've been reading statements from the trauma surgeons and ED docs about gun carnage. As rehab doc, let me mention lifetimes in wheelchairs with SCI, useless arms from brachial plexus destruction, colostomies from belly destruction and years of dependence with TBI #ThisIsMyLane — Kathleen Bell, MD (@KathleenBellMD) November 10, 2018 Hey @NRA ! Wanna see my lane? Here's the chair I sit in when I tell parents their kids are dead. How dare you tell me I can't research evidence based solutions. #ThisISMyLane #ThisIsOurLane #thequietroom pic.twitter.com/y7tBAuje8O — Stephanie Bonne (@scrubbedin) November 9, 2018 WATCH: 'We're being used': Rapper Vic Mensa pleads for gun control legislation.
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| Trump condemned for missing Armistice ceremony at US cemetery because of ‘poor weather’ Posted: 11 Nov 2018 05:54 AM PST  John Kerry, the former US secretary of state and Sir Winton Churchill's grandson led the criticism of Donald Trump after he cancelled a visit to a First World War cemetery because of "poor weather". The US president was supposed lay a wreath at the Aisne-Marne American cemetery in Belleau, but the White House claimed that heavy rain prevented him from arriving via helicopter to the site around an hour's drive away from the French capital, where he was meeting with Emmanuel Macron. The 1918 battle looms large in the history of the US Marine Corps in which the Americans and French repelled German forces.
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| Evacuations remain for Malibu, two found dead as Woolsey Fire threatens tens of thousands of structures Posted: 11 Nov 2018 01:43 PM PST  Two people were found dead, and more than 200,000 residents remain under mandatory evacuation as the Woolsey Fire rages in Southern California.
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| 8 Personalized Gifts That Aren't Cheesy Or Expensive Posted: 11 Nov 2018 01:54 PM PST  Though there are plenty of thoughtful gift ideas that mean much more than they
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| JetBlue inaugurates route from Boston to Cuba's capital Posted: 10 Nov 2018 09:03 PM PST ![JetBlue inaugurates route from Boston to Cuba's capital]( "JetBlue inaugurates route from Boston to Cuba's capital") HAVANA (AP) — A JetBlue flight from Boston landed in Havana on Saturday, as the U.S. airline expanded its routes to Cuba despite a drop in American visitors amid tensions between the countries.
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| After back-to-back mass shootings, America grows numb Posted: 09 Nov 2018 06:10 PM PST  When a gunman entered a California music bar this week and started firing, some of the patrons ran out of back doors, they smashed windows to escape, they hid. Unlike some mass shooting victims, they were not paralyzed by fear. Several of those at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks on Wednesday had been through a mass shooting before -- when a gunman opened fire on a crowd of country music fans in Las Vegas last year, killing 58.
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| Sri Lanka PM, 44 ex-MPs defect from party led by president ahead of election Posted: 11 Nov 2018 08:00 AM PST  Sirisena dissolved parliament on Friday night and called a general election for Jan. 5 in a move that has drawn international criticism as it is likely to deepen the country's political crisis. An intense power struggle has erupted in Sri Lanka in the past two weeks following Sirisena's sudden sacking of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the appointment of former leader Rajapaksa, a pro-China strongman, in his place. Rajapaksa and 44 former lawmakers of the Sirisena-led center-left Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) on Sunday joined Sri Lanka Podujana Peremuna (SLPP), a political party formed in 2016 by Rajapaksa's younger brother Basil, a former economy minister.
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| Broward Elections Supervisor Mixed Good and Bad Provisional Ballots Posted: 10 Nov 2018 11:00 AM PST  Broward County elections supervisor Brenda Snipes contaminated about 200 valid provisional ballots by combining them with more than a dozen rejected ballots, the Miami Herald reported late Friday. The Broward canvassing board discovered the mistake when Snipes conceded to Republican attorneys' demand that she present the board with 205 provisional ballots for inspection on Friday evening. The 205 contaminated provisional ballots were filled out by voters whose information did not appear in the databases at their respective polling stations, but whose registrations were confirmed when election workers called the Broward elections headquarters.
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| Dog with Failing Kidneys Receives Miracle Organ Donation from One of Her Puppies Posted: 11 Nov 2018 08:54 AM PST  Three years after giving birth, a once-abandoned dog received a life-saving kidney donation from one of her pups.
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| What To Watch On Netflix That’s New This Week Posted: 10 Nov 2018 07:35 AM PST  Streamline recommends "The Great British Baking Show" as the thing to watch on
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| Matthew Whitaker Led Foundation That May Have Violated Tax-Exempt Status Posted: 09 Nov 2018 09:17 PM PST  Matthew G. Whitaker, the nation's new acting attorney general, repeatedly
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| 'New normal' ferocious winds whip up deadly California fires Posted: 11 Nov 2018 11:24 AM PST  Two deadly wildfires fueled by "devil winds" tore through opposite ends of California on Sunday, with residents urged to heed evacuation orders by officials forced to leave their own homes. In northern California, the Camp Fire is one of the deadliest and most destructive in the state's history, killing at least 23 since it broke out on Thursday northeast of Sacramento and consumed much of the mountain town of Paradise. Hundreds of miles to the south, at least two people died in the Woolsey conflagration threatening the wealthy beach community of Malibu, near Los Angeles.
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| Airplane banner denounces Jets' partnership with MGM Posted: 11 Nov 2018 12:21 PM PST  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — An airplane banner criticizing the New York Jets' gaming deal partnership with casino operator MGM Resorts International circled MetLife Stadium several times a few hours before the team's game against the Buffalo Bills.
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| 2018 Veterans Day Parade in New York City Posted: 11 Nov 2018 02:13 PM PST ![2018 Veterans Day Parade in New York City]( "2018 Veterans Day Parade in New York City") New York City hosted its annual Veterans Day Parade, the largest celebration of service in the nation, on Nov. 11. "America's Parade" featured more than 20,000 participants, with 300 marching bands, floats, veterans' groups and military units. Medal of Honor recipient Florent Groberg (U.S. Army, Afghanistan) was this years grand marshal.
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| Alibaba hits another 'Singles Day' record but growth slows Posted: 11 Nov 2018 05:28 PM PST  Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba filled a record $30.7 billion in orders on Sunday during its annual "Singles Day" shopping frenzy, but growth slowed from previous years. Although retail sales in China have been steady, the outlook is uncertain as the economy slows and concerns rise over the impact of the trade war with the United States. Alibaba's share price, which doubled in 2017, is down 16 percent this year.
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| Gun control groups outspent NRA in midterm elections Posted: 11 Nov 2018 04:27 AM PST  Lucy McBath speaks with supporters in Marietta, Georgia. Gun control groups outspent the National Rifle Association in the midterm elections, pouring more than $11m into congressional races as NRA spending dropped dramatically. Everytown for Gun Safety and Giffords, a gun control group founded by a Congresswoman injured in a mass shooting, together spent more than $11m to influence national races, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.
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| Official: Gunman apparently stopped shooting to post online Posted: 10 Nov 2018 03:01 AM PST  THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities trying to make sense of why a gunman killed 12 people at a Southern California bar are not publicly discussing what they've learned, but at least one Instagram post he made after beginning the massacre has emerged as an early focus.
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| There Were Zero Better Things This Week Than Ezra Miller's Dementor Chic Red Carpet Look Posted: 10 Nov 2018 05:00 AM PST  Welcome to Good Stuff, HuffPost's weekly recommendation series devoted to the
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| Donald Trump Draws Ire With ‘Celebrate' End Of WWI Tweet Posted: 10 Nov 2018 03:28 AM PST  Twitter users chided President Donald Trump over his choice of words in a
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| California shooting follows election of gun control advocate as governor Posted: 09 Nov 2018 06:23 PM PST  Ian David Long, 28, used a .45 caliber Glock handgun equipped with a high-capacity magazine to mow down patrons late on Wednesday in the bar and dance hall filled with college students, authorities said. The shooting raised questions about the efficacy of existing gun safety laws as Gavin Newsom, a two-term lieutenant governor closely aligned with gun control advocates, prepares to take the helm in the most populous U.S. state following his election victory on Tuesday. "He's been such a champion on this issue so we expect to see more innovation from the legislators and approved by Gavin Newsom," said Laura Cutilletta, legal director of the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
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| 5 Ways to Spend Less on Thanksgiving Food Posted: 10 Nov 2018 02:15 PM PST  Food stores have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. Only Christmas bests Thanksgiving in terms of food and beverage sales, according to a study by the market research company Nielsen. ...
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| Facebook refuses Singapore request to remove post after critical website blocked Posted: 10 Nov 2018 01:04 AM PST  Singapore's central bank said on Friday it had filed a police report against an online article by an Australia-based independent blogger about Singapore banks and Malaysia's scandal-linked 1MDB state fund. Web access in Singapore to the website of the States Times Review (STR) has been blocked by internet service providers as directed by Singapore's telecom and media regulator IMDA, which said it had determined the website carried prohibited content. "IMDA has assessed that the article undermined public confidence in the integrity of the Singapore Government and is objectionable on grounds of public interest," Infocommm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said in a statement.
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| Woolsey Fire whips up 'terrifying' firenado along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu Posted: 11 Nov 2018 07:58 AM PST  Karen Foshay called the firenado she filmed along PCH "one of the most terrifying events I have experienced."
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| Four Ukraine soldiers killed ahead of separatist polls Posted: 10 Nov 2018 09:38 AM PST  Four soldiers were killed in war-torn eastern Ukraine, the military said Saturday, as pro-Russian separatists prepared to hold elections in defiance of the West. In one attack, two soldiers died after an assault near the separatist-controlled city of Lugansk, with the rebels using heavy weapons including large-calibre mortars, Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk told a briefing. In a separate later incident, two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and two others wounded in an explosion in the nearby Donetsk region, the military said.
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| 'Textbook voter suppression': Georgia's bitter election a battle years in the making Posted: 10 Nov 2018 03:00 AM PST  Kemp has declared victory and handed in his resignation as secretary of state – the very office that oversees this contentious election. Abrams' campaign team is still counting the votes. According to a statement posted on the Georgia secretary of state's website while Kemp was still in that role, counties have until 9 November to verify provisional ballots and until 13 November to certify the results.
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| Centenary of WWI's end bringing leaders to Arc de Triomphe Posted: 10 Nov 2018 01:04 PM PST  PARIS (AP) — An overview of the international ceremony taking place in Paris on Sunday for the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I:
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| Support for Aussie republic slumps after Harry and Meghan visit Posted: 11 Nov 2018 03:43 PM PST  Public support for Australia breaking its ties to the British monarchy has slumped following the triumphant visit Down Under by Prince Harry and his pregnant wife Meghan, according to a survey published Monday. The Newspoll survey found only 40 percent of respondents favoured Australia becoming a republic, the lowest level of support in 25 years and 10 points down from a similar poll conducted before the royal couple's October visit. A total of 48 percent of the 1,800 people questioned said they opposed ending the colonial tradition of having the British monarch act as Australia's head of state.
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| The Perfect Wine Glass, A Reissue of an Iconic Sofa, and More Great New Products to Source Posted: 10 Nov 2018 07:24 AM PST |
| Firefighters Fight Trump's Threats As California's Deadly Wildfires Continue Posted: 10 Nov 2018 06:35 PM PST  California's largest firefighter organization said President Donald Trump was
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| How a Balance Transfer Credit Card Can Help You Pay Down Debt Posted: 11 Nov 2018 06:40 AM PST  The average interest rate consumers pay on credit card balances has hit a record high of 17.11 percent, according to the latest data from CreditCards.com. At the same time, outstanding credit ca...
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| AstraZeneca's diabetes drug curbs heart failure, kidney risks Posted: 10 Nov 2018 01:51 PM PST  Diabetics are at increased risk of heart problems, making the CV profile of drugs to treat the condition an important focus for doctors and patients. Dr Stephen Wiviott of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, a senior investigator on the trial, said the findings were important in building up a clearer picture of SGLT2 drugs, which until now have been targeted at patients with established heart disease. AstraZeneca hopes the new data will help expand the use of Farxiga to a much wider range of patients.
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