| Trump lawyer: President’s tweet about ‘being investigated’ did not confirm probe Posted: 18 Jun 2017 09:06 AM PDT  In interviews Sunday, attorney Jay Sekulow contradicts the president's own tweet.
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| Bodies of 7 Missing U.S. Sailors Found in Flooded Navy Destroyer Posted: 18 Jun 2017 08:34 AM PDT  The bodies of seven U.S. sailors missing after a Navy destroyer collided with a container ship off Japan were found in flooded berthing compartments, a defense official said.
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| London attack on Muslim worshippers: What we know Posted: 19 Jun 2017 01:59 PM PDT  Ten people were injured and a man also died at the scene after a van drove into a crowd of Muslim worshippers near a mosque in London in the early hours of Monday. London Mayor Sadiq Khan called it an "horrific terrorist attack" while Muslim leaders linked the incident to a rise in Islamophobic crime. Witnesses said a white van struck a crowd of Muslim worshippers who had been attending evening prayers during the holy month of Ramadan and were looking after an elderly man who had collapsed in an unrelated incident.
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| Full Rubio Interview: 'Take a Deep Breath' On Russia Investigations Posted: 17 Jun 2017 11:03 PM PDT  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) tells Chuck Todd that he has confidence in the ongoing investigations into Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
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| Mother: Son tried to save Navy shipmates after collision Posted: 18 Jun 2017 07:47 PM PDT  YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) — The mother of a U.S. Navy sailor said her son kept diving to try to save his shipmates after a collision at sea until their flooded sleeping berth began running out of air pockets, while other survivors — believing their ship was under attack — hurried to man the guns.
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| Suspect Arrested In Murder Of Muslim Teen Posted: 19 Jun 2017 09:16 AM PDT  Darwin Martinez-Torres was arrested by Virginia police during the search for Nabra Hassanen.
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| Shootings kill or injure at least 19 US children each day Posted: 19 Jun 2017 06:55 AM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Shootings kill or injure at least 19 U.S. children each day, with boys, teenagers and blacks most at risk, according to a government study that paints a bleak portrait of persistent violence.
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| Black Bear Fatally Mauls Teen Who Was Running Alaska Mountain Race Posted: 19 Jun 2017 11:45 AM PDT  The teen runner was on Bird Ridge trail when he texted a family member to say he was being chased.
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| Otto Warmbier dead: Trump attacks 'brutality of North Korea' after imprisoned student's death Posted: 19 Jun 2017 02:44 PM PDT  Donald Trump has attacked the "brutality of the North Korean regime" following the death of American student Otto Warmbier - who had been imprisoned in the country for 17 months. The US President has offered the family of Mr Warmbier his respects after news broke that the young man had died after being transported back to the United States from North Korea. "Melania and I offer our deepest condolences to the family of Otto Warmbier on his untimely passing," Mr Trump said in a statement.
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| Is it too soon to miss George W. Bush? Not in the age of Trump. Posted: 18 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT  President George W. Bush holds his last news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Jan. 12, 2009. During an April appearance on ABC News, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said something that would have sounded impossible to anyone who had followed American politics in the first decade of the 21st century. The Democratic leader in Congress repeated the sentiment in early June on MSNBC, saying that she wished George W. Bush were president.
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| Jared Kushner speaks, Twitter reacts Posted: 19 Jun 2017 12:04 PM PDT  Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Trump, spoke — for the first time publicly since his father-in-law took office — at a technology summit Monday in Washington, D.C., and Twitter users gave their opinions of hearing his voice for the first time.
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| Mixed north London area rallies against anti-Muslim terror after attack Posted: 19 Jun 2017 08:39 AM PDT  The multi-ethnic London neighbourhood of Finsbury Park, which has strong Jewish and Muslim communities, came out against terrorism on Monday after a white man drove a van into a crowd of Muslim worshippers near a local mosque. Finsbury Park represents the rest of London.
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| The Latest: U.S. Navy says destroyer collided at 2:20 a.m. Posted: 19 Jun 2017 06:04 AM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the collision early Saturday between a U.S. Navy destroyer and a container ship off the Japanese coast that killed seven Navy sailors (all times local):
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| Police hunt and kill black people like Philando Castile. There's no justice | Steven W Thrasher Posted: 19 Jun 2017 09:11 AM PDT  Police harassment and violence, and the ways the system facilitate and enable it, are not exceptional to the US. Father's Day weekend was a grim occasion to remind black parents that they are continuously hunted down by police in the United States. Before our timelines began to be filled with pictures of smiling dads over the weekend, black folks across the nation were accosted by news that Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted in the shooting death of Philando Castile.
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| Gunmen attack resort in Mali Posted: 19 Jun 2017 05:08 AM PDT ![Gunmen attack resort in Mali]( "Gunmen attack resort in Mali") Campement Kangaba, a resort on the outskirts of the Malian capital of Bamako, was attacked on Sunday.
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| Leaping into water tanks to escape Portugal's deadly fires Posted: 19 Jun 2017 10:12 AM PDT  NODEIRINHO, Portugal (AP) — Survivors emerged Monday with stories of leaping into water tanks and other dramatic escapes from the forest fires scorching central Portugal, and authorities came under mounting criticism for not doing more to prevent Portugal's deadliest natural disaster in decades.
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| South Korea To Start Mass Production Of Missile Interceptor Posted: 18 Jun 2017 04:01 AM PDT  The missile interceptor, codenamed M-SAM, will reportedly be used as a central element of the South's Korea Air and Missile Defense System against North Korea.
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| Georgia special election: Democrats look to humiliate Donald Trump in historic vote Posted: 19 Jun 2017 11:14 AM PDT  As Jon Ossoff sprang into a campaign office on the eve of the most closely watched – and costliest – special election in history, there were few clues on the 30-year-old's face that he had been shaking hands and banging on doors all year. If he does emerge as the victor, it would be the first time a Democrat has Georgia's 6th congressional district in four decades. The polite and humble former documentary filmmaker has been careful throughout his campaign – situated in the green suburbs north of Atlanta – to avoid being overly critical of Donald Trump.
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| Boeing, Airbus to battle it out at Paris Air Show Posted: 19 Jun 2017 01:23 AM PDT  The aircraft industry descends on Paris for the world's biggest airshow Monday, which sees bitter rivals Boeing and Airbus battle for contracts as newcomers snap at the heels of the two giants. Single-aisle planes for short and medium distances are the hottest ticket in the world's civil aviation industry, with airline demand for models in the Airbus A320 family giving the European company an edge, for now, over its American opponent, which is racing to return in force to the mid-range segment. Boeing, meanwhile, is to showcase the 737 Max 9 model as its anti-Airbus weapon in a market segment where squeezing a few more seats into a narrow-body cabin while eking out increased fuel efficiency over greater ranges is key.
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| Suicide bombers kill 16 in NE Nigeria: emergency services Posted: 18 Jun 2017 05:02 PM PDT  At least 16 people were killed in suicide bomb attacks near a camp for those made homeless by Boko Haram violence in northeast Nigeria, emergency services said on Monday. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said the attacks took place at about 8:45 pm (1945 GMT) on Sunday close to the Dalori camp at Kofa village, near the Borno state capital Maiduguri. NEMA northeast region spokesman Abdulkadir Ibrahim said two female suicide bombers tried to get into the camp but were thwarted by security personnel.
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| Trump Lawyer Says President Not Under Investigation, Despite Tweets Posted: 18 Jun 2017 08:37 AM PDT  "Let me be clear here," said Jay Sekulow, a member of the president's legal team, on NBC's "Meet The Press." "The president is not and has not been under investigation for obstruction."
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| Girl, 11, Electrocuted While Playing in Lagoon With Friends: Police Posted: 19 Jun 2017 08:16 AM PDT  The child, identified by friends and loved ones as Kayla Matos of Newark, was visiting two children in Toms River when the incident occurred around 8 p.m.
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| 25 Cheap and Easy Last-Minute Halloween Party Ideas Posted: 19 Jun 2017 12:13 PM PDT |
| Spanish bullfighter gored to death in French ring Posted: 18 Jun 2017 01:30 AM PDT  A Spanish bullfighter died on Saturday after he tripped in the ring and was gored in the chest by the bull in southwestern France. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
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| UK: Banned building materials suspected in London fire Posted: 18 Jun 2017 07:49 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — The new exterior cladding used in a renovation on London's Grenfell Tower may have been banned under U.K. building regulations, two British ministers said Sunday as police continued their investigation into the inferno that killed at least 58 people.
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| FBI offers $10K reward to help find missing Chinese scholar Posted: 18 Jun 2017 08:38 AM PDT ![FBI offers $10K reward to help find missing Chinese scholar]( "FBI offers $10K reward to help find missing Chinese scholar") URBANA, Ill. (AP) — The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information that'll help locate a visiting scholar from China who disappeared from the University of Illinois.
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| Mosul's Old City threatened as showdown looms Posted: 17 Jun 2017 05:47 PM PDT  Mosul's Old City, where Iraqi forces are closing in on the Islamic State group's final urban refuge in Iraq, is an ancient maze of narrow alleys. At its heart lies the emblematic Al-Nuri mosque, where jihadist supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a caliphate in June 2014 after his forces seized Iraq's second city along with swathes of territory extending into neighbouring Syria.
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| Baby on board: Indian gives birth at 35,000 feet Posted: 19 Jun 2017 12:11 AM PDT  The unnamed woman, in her 20s, went into premature labour on Sunday's Jet Airways flight between Damman in Saudi Arabia and Kochi in the southern Indian state of Kerala. "The guest delivered a baby boy at 35,000 feet," Jet Airways said in a statement, adding that a paramedic on board and airline staff helped with the delivery. The Boeing 737 flight, which had 162 passengers on board, was diverted to Mumbai where the woman and her newborn were rushed to a hospital near the airport.
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| US Citizen Kidnapped In Kabul, Report Say Posted: 18 Jun 2017 04:57 AM PDT  The kidnapped man was working on a World Bank-affiliated project for the war-torn country's ministry of agriculture, irrigation and livestock, a senior government official told Afghanistan's Tolo News.
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| Nabra Hassanen: 17-year-old Muslim girl abducted and killed on way home from Virginia mosque Posted: 19 Jun 2017 03:14 AM PDT  A 17-year-old Muslim girl was assaulted, abducted and killed as she was travelling home in Virginia on Sunday, after attending her local mosque. The girl, named locally as Nabra Hassanen of Reston, had been attending the All Dulles Area Muslim Society mosque in observance of the last 10 days of Ramadan when the attack happened in the early hours of Sunday morning. Nabra was walking home from with several friends when they were confronted by a motorist.
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| 3-Year-Old Dies During Routine Dental Procedure, Parents Seek Answers Posted: 18 Jun 2017 12:02 PM PDT  The cause of death remains undetermined.
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| Harvard freshmen's ouster over posts draws broad response Posted: 19 Jun 2017 11:58 AM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Few college-bound kids lose their shot, and their slot, at their dream school once they get in, but it happened at one of the world's most elite institutions and for a reason that has, until recently, hardly registered in the university admissions process: social media.
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| Recording: Woman brandished shears in past police encounter Posted: 19 Jun 2017 03:35 PM PDT  SEATTLE (AP) — Family members of a pregnant mother shot and killed by Seattle police questioned Monday why they didn't use a Taser or other non-lethal options when they encountered the woman, who the officers knew had been struggling with mental health issues.
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| France's Macron begins fine-tuning team after parliament sweep Posted: 19 Jun 2017 02:38 PM PDT  President Emmanuel Macron began fine-tuning his government team on Monday after his centrist party redrew France's political map with a resounding victory in parliamentary elections, dealing him a strong hand to forge ahead with pro-EU, business-friendly reforms. Macron, France's youngest-ever president at 39, asked close ally Richard Ferrand, who is embroiled in a conflict of interest scandal, to leave his cabinet and seek the leadership of the ruling Republic on the Move (REM) party in parliament. As tradition dictates following parliamentary polls, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe tendered the resignation of the entire cabinet.
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| UN: Number of global displaced up to 65.6 million last year Posted: 19 Jun 2017 12:19 AM PDT  GENEVA (AP) — The number of people displaced from their homes across the world due to war and persecution climbed slightly to a record 65.6 million last year, with the escalating conflict in South Sudan largely accounting for the rise, the United Nations refugee agency said Monday.
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| Boeing announces latest plane at Paris Air Show Posted: 18 Jun 2017 05:53 PM PDT  Boeing announced Monday what it claims will be the most efficient jet yet in the highly competitive civil aviation market as it tries to claw back market share from rival Airbus. "Today, it is our pleasure to officially announce the newest member of our 737 family, the 737 MAX 10," Kevin McAllister, head of the company's commercial aviation division, told journalists as the Paris Air Show got under way. The MAX 10 will be the largest of the updated 737 series, which competes head on with Airbus's A320 neo family.
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| Rep. Scalise's Injuries: Why a Bullet in the Hip Can Be So Damaging Posted: 19 Jun 2017 07:53 AM PDT  Congressman Steve Scalise remains in critical condition today, after being shot in the hip on Wednesday (June 14). Indeed, Scalise was in shock when he arrived at the hospital, and was at "imminent risk of death," Sava said.
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| Donald Trump claims his approval rating is higher than Barack Obama's but data suggests opposite Posted: 18 Jun 2017 05:51 AM PDT  Donald Trump has claimed his approval rating is higher than that of Barack Obama – despite the data he is referring to suggesting the opposite is true. Last week, the President had tweeted an image of a Rasmussen Reports poll that put his approval rating at 50 per cent – the first time it had been above 50 per cent since April. "His approval rating has ranged from a high of 59 per cent in late January shortly after he took office, to a low of 42 per cent in early April," said the polling company.
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| Toddler Pulls Loaded Gun From Toy Box During Police Welfare Check: Cops Posted: 18 Jun 2017 07:25 AM PDT  No one was injured.
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| To North Korea and back: Otto Warmbier's strange, sad trip Posted: 18 Jun 2017 02:32 PM PDT  WYOMING, Ohio (AP) — Over and over, Otto Warmbier apologized and begged — at first calmly, then choking up and finally in tears — to be reunited with his family.
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| Preliminary-magnitude 3.5 quake shakes Idyllwild Posted: 18 Jun 2017 10:50 AM PDT  A preliminary-magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck near the Riverside County community of Idyllwild on Sunday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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| US working to relaunch military hotline with Russia Posted: 19 Jun 2017 11:31 AM PDT  The United States wants to re-establish a military hotline that Russia said it had severed after an American jet shot down a Syrian regime warplane, the top US general said Monday. The so-called "deconfliction" line has been a vital tool in protecting both sides' forces as they conduct separate campaigns in Syria's crowded battlespace. "We will work diplomatically and militarily in the coming hours to re-establish deconfliction," said General Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, referring to the special communications channel.
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| Colombia: Bombing at mall kills 3, including French woman Posted: 17 Jun 2017 07:37 PM PDT  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A strong explosion from a bomb rocked one of the busiest shopping centers in Colombia's capital Saturday, killing three people, including a 23-year-old French woman, and injuring nine others, authorities said.
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| What Is Juneteenth? Posted: 19 Jun 2017 05:00 AM PDT  What exactly is Juneteenth and why do we celebrate it?
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