| Comey says he is ‘mildly nauseous’ over possibility his October letter led to Clinton loss Posted: 03 May 2017 08:53 AM PDT  The FBI director gave an impassioned defense of his decision to reopen the investigation into Clinton's use of a private server 11 days before the election.
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| The Latest: Receding flood allows I-44 to reopen Posted: 04 May 2017 03:41 PM PDT  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on flooding in the Midwest (all times local):
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| Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are engaged, NBC confirms Posted: 04 May 2017 04:57 AM PDT  The "Morning Joe" co-hosts' long-rumored romance is now official.
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| President Trump signs an executive order on religious freedom Posted: 04 May 2017 09:17 AM PDT  On Thursday, May 4, 2017, President Trump signs an executive order on religious freedom.
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| No charges over black man's police shooting in Louisiana Posted: 03 May 2017 02:48 PM PDT  Louisiana police will not face federal charges over the shooting of a 37-year-old African American man whose death sparked widespread protests, the US Justice Department said Wednesday, in a decision slammed by rights groups as a message of impunity. Alton Sterling's videotaped shooting in Baton Rouge was one of a series of police killing of black men that triggered nationwide protests spearheaded by the "Black Lives Matter" movement. Sterling was shot to death July 5, 2016 in a scuffle with two officers, Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake, outside a convenience store where he had been selling CDs.
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| 3 Killed, Several Injured As Vehicle Plows Into Crowd at Car Auction Posted: 03 May 2017 08:34 AM PDT  Three people were killed and several others sustained life-threatening injuries after a vehicle plowed into a crowd and crashed through a wall at an auto auction in Massachusetts on Wednesday morning.
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| Wildlife-rich lagoon heavily polluted, threatened by building boom Posted: 04 May 2017 07:58 AM PDT ![Wildlife-rich lagoon heavily polluted, threatened by building boom]( "Wildlife-rich lagoon heavily polluted, threatened by building boom") Florida's Indian River Lagoon is plagued by oxygen-robbing algae and a surface dotted with thousands of dead fish, manatees, birds and other creatures.
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| Got a Pre-Existing Condition? Your Premium Could Rise Sharply Under New GOP Plan Posted: 03 May 2017 11:11 AM PDT  Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. As House Republicans frantically seek support for legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act, the biggest sticking p...
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| Marine Veteran and Girlfriend Who Went Missing In Belize Were Strangled, Autopsy Finds Posted: 03 May 2017 06:07 AM PDT  The Marine veteran and his Canadian girlfriend were missing for a week before their bodies were discovered Monday.
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| Lawrence: Comey's False Choice On Clinton Email Probe Posted: 03 May 2017 12:03 PM PDT  FBI Director James Comey defended his handling of the Clinton email investigation by saying it wasn't politically motivated, but Lawrence O'Donnell argues that every decision Comey made involved politics.
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| Family kicked off Delta flight and threatened with jail for not giving up their two-year-old's seat Posted: 04 May 2017 03:17 PM PDT  A family was removed from an overbooked flight and threatened with jail for not giving up a seat that was occupied by their two-year-old son. Staff aboard the Delta airlines flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles asked the Schear family from Southern California to carry the two-year-old on their laps. Brian Schear said that staff told him that they were told that they would be sent to jail and the boy taken away from them if they did not agree to the demand.
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| Iranians must give Rouhani second term to make good on nuclear deal: vice president Posted: 03 May 2017 07:17 AM PDT  By Alissa de Carbonnel TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's president must get a second term to secure the economic benefits that he promised would result from a diplomatic thaw with the West, Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar said ahead of a May 19 election. Hassan Rouhani's hardline challengers for the presidency, some of whom are close to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, say he traded away too much in a 2015 deal with world powers that limited Iran's nuclear work but failed to deliver sufficient rewards. In a rare interview with a trio of foreign reporters at an EU-Iran business forum on Sunday, Ebtekar, one of Iran's 12 vice presidents, said voters should not give up on Rouhani.
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| Ivanka Trump's New Book Draws Criticism Posted: 04 May 2017 01:19 AM PDT  The first daughter has released her second book Tuesday and it has drawn negative attention for the portrayal of class bias.
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| Cassini Completes First Successful Dive Between Saturn and Its Rings Posted: 04 May 2017 04:32 AM PDT  NASA's Cassini spacecraft sent back fascinating images of Saturn's atmosphere during its first dive between Saturn and its rings. It will complete its second dive this week.
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| Philippine environment chief dumped as miners triumph Posted: 03 May 2017 03:26 AM PDT  Philippine Environment Secretary Regina Lopez was sacked on Wednesday when lawmakers rejected her appointment, in a big victory for the mining industry which she had accused of corruption and abuse. Lopez sent shockwaves through the industry during her 10 months as environment chief, seeking to shut down roughly two-thirds of the nation's existing mines and banning any new open-pit operations. With the Philippines being the world's biggest supplier of nickel ore and a major source of copper, Lopez's campaign had impacted global prices.
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| Nigeria's Buhari misses cabinet meeting for third time to rest Posted: 03 May 2017 08:04 AM PDT ![Nigeria's Buhari misses cabinet meeting for third time to rest]( "Nigeria's Buhari misses cabinet meeting for third time to rest") By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari missed his third straight weekly cabinet meeting on Wednesday because he needed to rest, officials said, fuelling concerns about the state of his health. A Reuters reporter witnessed the start of the session and Buhari's failure to arrive for the meeting, which was chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Information Minister Lai Mohammed said the president had been in the office on Tuesday.
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| Hero Sports Bar Customer Fatally Shoots Gunman Who'd Just Killed Employee: Cops Posted: 04 May 2017 06:23 AM PDT  The shocking scene unfolded in Texas.
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| US animal sanctuary kills all its animals including three tigers and three lions Posted: 04 May 2017 04:12 AM PDT  The owners of an American animal sanctuary have come under fire for killing all 11 of its exotic animals, despite other rescue centres offering to rehome the three tigers, three lions and five bears. The Lion's Gate Sanctuary in Colorado said it was forced to euthanise its animals last month after it was denied permission to relocate away from a site that had repeatedly flooded. Co-owners doctor Joan Laub and Peter Winney said in a statement they planned to build a new facility on 45 acres of empty land they owned, but were denied permission by commissioners who bowed to pressure from local residents in an "unfair" hearing.
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| US tests nuclear-capable missile with the range to strike North Korea Posted: 03 May 2017 04:36 AM PDT  The US has test-fired a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile from a site in California, the second such launch in a week, amid rising tensions with North Korea. The unarmed Minuteman 3 missile has a range of around 8,000 miles, putting it within striking distance of Pyongyang. It blasted off just after midnight from Vandenberg Air Force Base, 150 miles northwest of Los Angeles, and delivered a single projectile to a target approximately 4,200 miles away at Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, US Air Force Global Strike Command said.
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| What to know as Texas nears passing 'sanctuary city' law Posted: 04 May 2017 09:17 AM PDT  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — What to know about a Texas bill targeting so-called 'sanctuary cities' that is heading to the desk of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who has pledged to sign the measure that immigrant-rights activists say will lead to profiling and discrimination.
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| FBI Director Comey pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill, and more: May 3 in photos Posted: 03 May 2017 11:55 AM PDT ![FBI Director Comey pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill, and more: May 3 in photos]( "FBI Director Comey pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill, and more: May 3 in photos") FBI Director James Comey pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 election; French soldiers patrol near the Eiffel Tower as part of the "Sentinelle" security plan in Paris; President Trump shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as they deliver a statement at the White House. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters/Zuma)
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| Melania ‘Likes’ Tweet Mocking Relationship With Donald Trump Posted: 02 May 2017 08:55 PM PDT  The tweet the first lady liked had a short video showing the president turning back to look at his wife during Inauguration Day and her responding with a brief smile which disappeared the moment he looked away.
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| Authorities haven't found 'even a dollar' of El Chapo's $1bn drug fortune Posted: 03 May 2017 11:36 AM PDT  El Chapo faces a string of charges in a New York court and prosecutors are seeking the forfeiture of more than $14bn in illicit earnings made by his cartel. Over nearly 30 years at the head of one of the most powerful crime organisations in the world, the jailed drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is reputed to have built up a fortune worth at least $1bn.
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| Egyptian woman leaves Indian hospital more than 300 kg lighter Posted: 04 May 2017 04:54 AM PDT  An Egyptian woman widely believed to have been the world's heaviest woman left an Indian hospital on Thursday more than 300 kg lighter for further treatment in Abu Dhabi. Eman Ahmed, who weighed more than half a metric ton (1,100 lb) when she was operated on in March, has not walked for 25 years. A series of operations in Mumbai brought her weight down to below 200 kg (440 lb), her doctor, Muffazal Lakdawala, wrote in a blog post.
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| Lone Unadopted Dog at Shelter Becomes the Most Popular Pup in Town as Applications Pour In Posted: 03 May 2017 09:31 AM PDT  The shelter had to close off applications for Eastwood, the 1-year-old Labrador, after 80 families applied to adopt the pup.
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| Dust storm blows across north China, flights cancelled Posted: 03 May 2017 10:19 PM PDT  A major dust storm engulfed northern China and Beijing on Thursday, prompting authorities to cancel dozens of flights and urge children and the elderly to stay indoors. At least 48 flights were cancelled, including six international routes in Asia and Russia, according to the Beijing Capital Airport's website. The storms regularly occur in spring, when winds from China's northwest blow loose, dry soil and sand into the city from the Gobi desert, coating urban areas with a layer of yellow grime.
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| Venezuela death toll rises as foes protest Maduro's power shakeup Posted: 03 May 2017 04:18 PM PDT  By Andrew Cawthorne and Alexandra Ulmer CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan security forces battled protesters who lit fires and hurled stones on Wednesday in rage at President Nicolas Maduro's decree to create an alternative congress, with another fatality taking the death toll to 34 during a month of unrest. In a familiar pattern in protests against the socialist government, thousands of opposition supporters rallied peacefully at first before being blocked, sparking fights around the city between masked youths and soldiers. One 17-year-old protester died in the melee from an object that hit him in the neck, said Gerardo Blyde, a district mayor for the opposition.
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| Red Sox permanently ban fan for racial slur to another fan Posted: 04 May 2017 05:52 AM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox on Wednesday permanently banned from Fenway Park a man they said used a racial slur, a separate confrontation from the insults directed at Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones a night earlier but one the team says it is taking just as seriously.
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| Tim Cook will spend 0.39% of Apple’s cash to keep Donald Trump happy Posted: 03 May 2017 04:24 PM PDT 
In a CNBC interview this evening, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple will start a $1 billion fund to "promote advanced manufacturing jobs in the United States." President Trump has repeatedly called out American companies that do a majority of their manufacturing overseas, including Apple. Previously, Apple has hinted that it might explore the possibility of building iPhones in the US. Trump has explored the possibility of a border adjustment tax, which would heavily penalize companies that manufacture overseas, but no concrete plans have been put forward.
In the interview with CNBC, Cook didn't explicitly talk about Trump's policies or indicate that they were the impetus for Apple's announcement. Cook seemed to promote Apple's new fund as part of the company's broader corporate social responsibility, saying "A lot of people ask me, 'Do you think it's a company's job to create jobs?' and my response is [that] a company should have values because a company is a collection of people. And people should have values, so by extension, a company should. And one of the things you do is give back." Details of the fund have not been specified, but Cook did say that Apple has already "talked to a company that we're going to invest in." That first investment is expected to be made in May. A $1 billion investment is a relative drop in the pond for Apple, which yesterday revealed that its cash holdings, mostly offshore, now total more than $250 billion. Cook did not specify if the investment fund will come from Apple's cash stock, or debt financing, which it commonly uses for dividends and share buyback programs.
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| Guess Who Just Beat Whole Foods For America's Favorite Grocery Store? Posted: 04 May 2017 10:53 AM PDT  We didn't see this one coming.
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| Made-in-China passenger jet set to take wing Posted: 02 May 2017 11:20 PM PDT  China is expected this week to conduct the maiden test flight of a home-grown passenger jet built to meet soaring domestic travel demand and challenge the dominance of Boeing and Airbus. The C919, built by state-owned aerospace manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), was set to take wing over Shanghai on Friday, the company said on Wednesday, according to the official Xinhua news agency. "If weather conditions are not suitable, the maiden flight will be rescheduled," COMAC said, adding that engineers had completed some 118 tests.
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| Lawyer: Foster dad cleared in sex abuse case had home looted Posted: 04 May 2017 08:27 AM PDT  MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A former foster father acquitted of charges he sexually abused six boys returned home after 16 months in jail to find his boarded-up house looted of nearly everything he owned and is now thinking of selling his story to make ends meet, according to his lawyer.
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| Former warlord Hekmatyar calls for peace with Afghan Taliban Posted: 04 May 2017 07:18 AM PDT  By Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - Former Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar returned to Kabul on Thursday after two decades in hiding, calling for peace with Taliban insurgents and criticizing the Western-backed government, which he said was not working. Hekmatyar's comments in a ceremony at the presidential palace highlighted the complications likely to face President Ashraf Ghani, who signed a peace deal with Hekmatyar last year that brought his Hizb-i-Islami party into the government fold. Calling his former allies in the Afghan Taliban "brothers", Hekmatyar, a charismatic speaker whose address was frequently interrupted by shouts of acclamation, portrayed himself as a mediator able to bring peace.
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| Trump and Ryan celebrate passing of health care bill and more: May 4 in photos Posted: 04 May 2017 01:15 PM PDT ![Trump and Ryan celebrate passing of health care bill and more: May 4 in photos]( "Trump and Ryan celebrate passing of health care bill and more: May 4 in photos") President Trump, joined by House Speaker Paul Ryan, applauds in the Rose Garden after the House pushed through a health care bill; tourists take photos of Russian jets flying over the Kremlin during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow; demonstrators protest along the West Side Highway in New York ahead of Trump's arrival in the city for the first time since taking office. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters/Zuma)
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| Google Docs Phishing Scam: Email Attack Hijacks User Accounts By Posing As Google Docs Posted: 03 May 2017 02:14 PM PDT  If you get an email asking you to open a Google Doc Wednesday, you might want to pause for a minute. An email phishing scam is quickly spreading to many Gmail users.
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| Woman prosecuted for laughing at Jeff Sessions Posted: 03 May 2017 07:25 AM PDT  A woman is facing disorderly conduct charges for laughing during the confirmation hearing for Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Desiree Fairooz laughed after Senator Richard Shelby, a fellow Alabama Republican, introduced Mr Sessions saying his history of "treating all Americans equally under the law is clear and well documented." Ms Fairooz was charged alongside two men — who donned white Ku Klux Klan outfits in protest — with disorderly conduct and demonstrating within a Capitol building. "I felt it was my responsibility as a citizen to dissent at the confirmation hearing of Senator Jeff Sessions, a man who professes anti-immigrant, anti-LGBT policies, who has voted against several civil rights measures and who jokes about the white supremacist terrorist group the Ku Klux Klan," Ms Fairooz said in a statement released by the pro-women advocacy group Code Pink, which is supporting her.
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| Puerto Rico files for biggest ever U.S. local government bankruptcy Posted: 03 May 2017 02:43 PM PDT  Puerto Rico announced a historic restructuring of its public debt on Wednesday, touching off what may be the biggest bankruptcy ever in the $3.8 trillion U.S. municipal bond market. While it was not immediately clear just how much of Puerto Rico's $70 billion of debt would be included in the bankruptcy filing, the case is sure to dwarf Detroit's insolvency in 2013. The move comes a day after several major creditors sued Puerto Rico over defaults its bonds.
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| President Trump Makes Major Changes To School Lunches Posted: 03 May 2017 01:14 PM PDT  The USDA wants to make lunches "appealing" again.
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| Man's gluten-free meal on his 9-hour flight leaves a lot to be desired Posted: 03 May 2017 09:17 AM PDT  The airlines are at it again, folks. The gluten-free breakfast option for a nine-hour flight on All Nippon Airways is apparently an exquisite single banana served with packets of salt and pepper and I am getting hungry just thinking about it! Man who ordered gluten-free meal on flight is given a single banana – and cutlery to eat it with https://t.co/GYC3cKBqPD pic.twitter.com/QbpSXxPMiA — The Telegraph (@Telegraph) May 3, 2017 SEE ALSO: Airline crew casually help woman deliver a baby 42,000 feet in the air London resident Martin Pavelka was on a flight from Tokyo to Sydney when he received this gourmet breakfast in plain view of seething jealous passengers who all had to settle for huge meals of eggs, sausage, mushrooms, bread, and yogurt. "When the stewardess came to me, she said 'we've got a special meal for you' and I got the banana," Mr. Pavelka said to the Standard. "This was a nine-hour flight. Although definitely gluten free, the banana did not keep me full for very long. At the price I paid, you would expect something more than that." The banana was also served with a knife and fork, which is apparently how one eats a banana. "As a coeliac, I always order gluten-free meal on my flights. Sometimes they are bland, sometimes they are actually much better than the ordinary meal service," he told the Standard. "On this flight, I was left literally speechless." So if you're gluten-free and flying All Nippon Airways, remember to pack your own meal. UPDATE: May 3, 2017, 4:38 p.m. EDT ANA provided the following statement to Mashable: BONUS: Simply Delicious Shower Thoughts with Cookie Monster
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| Russian fighter jets, bombers intercepted off Alaskan coast Posted: 04 May 2017 06:21 AM PDT  American F-22s escorted Russian planes back to international airspace
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| Attorney: Officer threatened black man before fatal shooting Posted: 03 May 2017 02:56 PM PDT  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The white police officer who shot a black man to death outside of a convenience store pointed a gun at the man's head and threatened to shoot him before they wrestled on the ground, lawyers for the slain man's family said Wednesday.
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| Russia, Turkey, Iran sign deal to set up Syria safe zones Posted: 04 May 2017 05:21 PM PDT  Russia, Iran and Turkey on Thursday signed an agreement to set up four safe zones in Syria that the United Nations described as a promising step to wind down the brutal six-year war. The United States however gave an extremely cautious welcome, citing Iran's role as a guarantor even as it expressed hope that the deal could set the stage for a settlement.
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| Members of Congress 'holding secret conversations about removing Donald Trump from office' Posted: 04 May 2017 03:46 AM PDT  Members of the US Congress are holding "private conversations" about whether Donald Trump should be removed from office, reports suggest. The New Yorker this week published a lengthy analysis of the two ways the Republican could be removed from office: either through impeachment by Congress or via the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution, which allows for a president to be removed if he is considered to be mentally unfit. Evan Osnos, the author of the article, said he had been told that members of Congress were already holding conversations on the issue.
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