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• After beach fiasco, Christie and N.J. lawmakers reach deal to end shutdown
• Nightly News Investigation: Hidden Dangers for Children On Cruise Ships
• Mississippi Woman's Years-long Search to Find Biological Father, Part 1
• Americans celebrate the Fourth of July, 2017
• New York police officer 'assassinated' by gunman: official
• List of demands put to Qatar 'unrealistic': foreign minister
• US Officials Weigh Options After North Korean Missile Launch
• Tourists scream as hot air balloon lands in alligator-infested pond near Disney World
• The Latest: US envoy: Breach of IS' Raqqa wall a 'milestone'
• NASA has a plan for preventing asteroid strikes, and it’s going to test it
• Hobby Lobby to forfeit ancient Iraqi artifacts in settlement with U.S. DOJ
• Gazprom to start new gas deliveries to China by end-2019
• Widow goes after money Canada will give ex-Gitmo prisoner
• How the Senate Health Care Bill Would Hurt Seniors in Nursing Homes
• Situation Report: U.S. and Korea Respond to North Korean missile test; No good options; and a bit more.
• Mrs Terror Wants To Go Home
• Child in Germany brings WWII bomb into kindergarten
• U.S.-backed Syrian force battles Islamic State in Raqqa's Old City
• Poland moves toward extraditing US man in Nazi case
• Man Kills Prison Pen Pal and Her Boyfriend Less Than a Month After His Release: Cops
• The Latest: UN chief sends envoy to Gulf amid Qatar crisis
• Panda diplomacy: Merkel and Xi pushed into awkward embrace before G20
• LHC Hits Record Number Of Proton Bunches
• 12 Ultra Rare Fast American Muscle Cars
• US soldier killed in Afghanistan's Helmand
• In today's movement toward home abortions, echoes of past cultural battles
• Israel slams UNESCO vote that calls it 'occupying power'
• Couple Charged With Child Abuse After 18-Month-Old Foster Toddler Is Found 'Malnourished'
• Ahead of fractious G20, Germany and China pledge new cooperation
• Decide If You Need a Private Financial Aid Consultant
• Exclusive: Philippines' Duterte proposed deal to end city siege, then backed out
• An All-in-One Washer/Dryer Can Do It All, If You Give It Time
• Libya rocket attack kills five on Tripoli beach: ministry
• N. Korea launches possibly most successful missile test yet
• Fourth of July: America celebrates Independence Day
• Drug Dealer Found Guilty in Brutal Murder of TV Exec Who Vanished 5 Years Ago
• The Latest: Mother of slain deputy wants man to be executed
• Russia may deploy military in Syrian buffer zones within weeks
• YouTube Vlogger Eats Poisonous Agave Americana Instead Of Aloe Vera
• 2018 Buick Regal TourX Dissected: Exterior, Chassis, Powertrain, and More!
• Nigeria probes claims of teenage plane stowaway survivor
• The Latest: US warns China about North Korea trade
• 15,000 immigrants become US citizens in July 4 tradition marked by jabs at Trump
• Joey Chestnut Wins Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in Record-Breaking Display of Competitive Eating

After beach fiasco, Christie and N.J. lawmakers reach deal to end shutdown Posted: 04 Jul 2017 08:41 AM PDT New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and lawmakers reached a deal that would end a government shutdown and reopen state beaches following his controversial trip over the weekend.

Nightly News Investigation: Hidden Dangers for Children On Cruise Ships Posted: 04 Jul 2017 08:45 AM PDT A teen victim recounts being sexually violated by a gym instructor on a cruise ship.

Mississippi Woman's Years-long Search to Find Biological Father, Part 1 Posted: 04 Jul 2017 09:00 PM PDT Amanda Holdiness enlisted the help of investigative genealogist and ABC News consultant Pam Slaton to try to find her dad through DNA databases.

Americans celebrate the Fourth of July, 2017 Posted: 04 Jul 2017 11:29 AM PDT Americans are celebrating their country's 241st birthday with big-time fireworks, small-town parades and the quirky spectacle of competitive hot dog eating.

New York police officer 'assassinated' by gunman: official Posted: 05 Jul 2017 01:04 PM PDT A New York City police officer was shot dead early on Wednesday morning by a gunman who was killed by police as he ran from the scene, an attack the city's top police official called an assassination. The officer, Miosotis Familia, 48, a 12-year veteran of the force, was shot in the head as she sat in a mobile command truck in the Bronx borough with her partner at about 12:30 a.m. EDT (0430 GMT), the New York Police Department said. "This was an unprovoked direct attack on police officers who were assigned to keep the people of this city safe," Police Commissioner James O'Neill told a news conference.

List of demands put to Qatar 'unrealistic': foreign minister Posted: 04 Jul 2017 08:18 AM PDT Qatar's foreign minister said Tuesday that demands put to Doha by Saudi Arabia and its allies in the Gulf diplomatic crisis were impossible to meet. "The list is unrealistic and is not actionable," Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani told reporters in Doha. "It's not about terrorism, it's talking about shutting down the freedom of speech," he said at a joint press conference after talks with German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel.

US Officials Weigh Options After North Korean Missile Launch Posted: 04 Jul 2017 02:29 PM PDT The Kim Jong-Un regime cited a "persistent nuclear war threat" by the U.S. as the reason for the missile test.

Tourists scream as hot air balloon lands in alligator-infested pond near Disney World Posted: 04 Jul 2017 01:48 PM PDT Seven people are thanking their lucky stars to be alive after a relaxing hot air balloon trip crashed into an alligator-infested pond near Disney World. In a video capturing the aftermath of the crash, people can be seen screaming as the wicker basket sinks further and further into murky waters in Florida. The pilot later said that they weren't able to land the balloon on land because of shifting winds that made it impossible to move the balloon to safer areas.

The Latest: US envoy: Breach of IS' Raqqa wall a 'milestone' Posted: 04 Jul 2017 07:35 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):

NASA has a plan for preventing asteroid strikes, and it’s going to test it Posted: 04 Jul 2017 01:11 PM PDT The threat of an asteroid striking Earth is pretty scary — and not just in all the ways Hollywood movies have depicted — but human technology has reached a point where it might actually be possible for us to prevent an asteroid impact if we see one headed our way. NASA has a concept for a tool that could do the trick. It's called the DART (short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test), and the agency is finally moving forward with its plan to design and hopefully build the hardware that it needs to save humanity's bacon. The idea behind DART is that by spotting a troublesome asteroid well in advance, a "kinetic impactor" could nudge the space rock off of its collision course with Earth. The plan includes sending a spacecraft to the asteroid and impacting it in such a way as to alter its orbit. The spacecraft wouldn't have to be particularly large — only about the size of a refrigerator — because even a small change in the asteroid's trajectory would be amplified over time and cause it to miss our planet. The DART plan is currently moving from the concept to design phase, and the actual testing of the hardware is expected to take place in 2024. At that point, a DART spacecraft will be sent to an asteroid that does not pose a threat to Earth, but will perform the same task as it would on a potentially cataclysmic space rock in order to gauge how well it actually works. Eventually, the fear of an asteroid collision could become a thing of the past.

Hobby Lobby to forfeit ancient Iraqi artifacts in settlement with U.S. DOJ Posted: 05 Jul 2017 04:59 PM PDT The U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday it had reached a settlement with national arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby to forfeit thousands of ancient artifacts illegally smuggled into the country from the Middle East. Under the terms of the settlement filed in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York, Hobby Lobby Stores has agreed to forfeit the antiquities, which originated from the region of modern-day Iraq, as well as $3 million, federal prosecutors said in a statement.

Gazprom to start new gas deliveries to China by end-2019 Posted: 04 Jul 2017 04:30 AM PDT Russia will start supplying gas to China through a new pipeline by the end of 2019, state gas giant Gazprom said Tuesday, as part of a mammoth $400-billion deal. "Today a deal was signed...about the date of the start of gas deliveries through the 'Power of Siberia' pipeline. It is December 20, 2019," Gazprom boss Alexei Miller told journalists.

Widow goes after money Canada will give ex-Gitmo prisoner Posted: 04 Jul 2017 03:27 PM PDT TORONTO (AP) — The lawyer for the widow of an American soldier killed in Afghanistan said Tuesday they have filed an application so that any money paid by the Canadian government to a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner convicted of killing him will go toward the widow and another U.S. soldier injured.

How the Senate Health Care Bill Would Hurt Seniors in Nursing Homes Posted: 05 Jul 2017 09:12 AM PDT The Better Care Reconciliation Act, which was released on June 22, has faced harsh criticism over its deep cuts to Medicaid.

Situation Report: U.S. and Korea Respond to North Korean missile test; No good options; and a bit more. Posted: 05 Jul 2017 04:21 AM PDT By David Francis, Adam Rawnsley, and FP Staff U.S. and Korea respond to North Korean missile test with military exercises. The drills took place in South Korean territorial waters along the country's eastern coastline after North Korea's latest launch. The Washington Post's Dan Lamothe: "The Army used its Army Tactical Missile System and South Korea ...

Mrs Terror Wants To Go Home Posted: 04 Jul 2017 04:12 AM PDT With the terror group besieged from all side, British jihadist Sally Jones reported to be desperate to leave Raqqa and return to Britain

Child in Germany brings WWII bomb into kindergarten Posted: 05 Jul 2017 07:29 AM PDT A child in Germany sparked the evacuation of a kindergarten Wednesday by unearthing a World War II bomb and bringing it back to the classroom, police said. The youngster "found an incendiary bomb on a walk in the woods and carried it into the kindergarten," a police spokeswoman in the western city of Darmstadt said. Explosives experts rushed to the scene and retrieved the bomb, allowing the children to return to the kindergarten.

U.S.-backed Syrian force battles Islamic State in Raqqa's Old City Posted: 04 Jul 2017 04:55 AM PDT The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said its fighters were waging fierce battles with Islamic State militants in the Old City of Raqqa on Tuesday after the U.S.-led coalition opened two small openings in its historic walls. The SDF's media office said four of its fighters were killed in fighting in the Old City. The coalition said on Monday the SDF fighters had breached the Old City after the coalition targeted two 25-meter sections of the 2,500-meter wall.

Poland moves toward extraditing US man in Nazi case Posted: 04 Jul 2017 09:15 AM PDT WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's special prosecutors say they have taken steps toward seeking the extradition from the U.S. of a Minnesota man they accuse of participating in a World War II massacre.

Man Kills Prison Pen Pal and Her Boyfriend Less Than a Month After His Release: Cops Posted: 05 Jul 2017 01:37 PM PDT Thomas Knuff, 42, was charged with aggravated murder in the stabbing deaths of 65-year-old John Mann and 50-year-old Regina Capobianco, cops said.

The Latest: UN chief sends envoy to Gulf amid Qatar crisis Posted: 05 Jul 2017 11:04 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — The Latest on Arab nations' diplomatic dispute with energy-rich Qatar (all times local):

Panda diplomacy: Merkel and Xi pushed into awkward embrace before G20 Posted: 04 Jul 2017 03:58 AM PDT By Noah Barkin BERLIN (Reuters) - When President Xi Jinping took the stage in Davos in January and painted China as a champion of free markets ready to fill the global leadership role vacated by the United States, German officials couldn't help but chuckle. Six months later, as Xi arrives in Berlin for a highly symbolic visit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel before a Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, what seemed laughable in the thin mountain air of the Swiss Alps is not so absurd any more. Despite concerns about human rights in China, frustrations over market access and worries about a wave of corporate takeovers in Europe by state-run Chinese firms, Germany is being pushed into an awkward embrace with Beijing as Trump doubles down on his promise to put "America First".

LHC Hits Record Number Of Proton Bunches Posted: 04 Jul 2017 12:49 AM PDT The Large Hadron Collider is presently the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator and is currently undergoing a one-week technical stop for maintenance.

12 Ultra Rare Fast American Muscle Cars Posted: 05 Jul 2017 08:53 AM PDT

US soldier killed in Afghanistan's Helmand Posted: 05 Jul 2017 10:31 AM PDT A US soldier has been killed and two others wounded in an attack in Afghanistan's Helmand province while conducting operations against the Taliban, US military officials said Wednesday. Private First Class Hansen Kirkpatrick, 19, of Wasilla, Alaska died Monday following the "indirect fire" assault, which means he was hit by a mortar or some other incoming round. Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis said the soldiers had been conducting an off-base operation with partnered Afghan security forces when they came under fire.

In today's movement toward home abortions, echoes of past cultural battles Posted: 05 Jul 2017 05:15 AM PDT In the fall of 1970, a schoolteacher named Judith Arcana walked into a meeting held at a church a few blocks from her Chicago apartment. "We can do a lot of stuff now, but should we?" says Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa, founder of the pro-life group New Wave Feminists.

Israel slams UNESCO vote that calls it 'occupying power' Posted: 05 Jul 2017 04:16 AM PDT WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Israel has protested a UNESCO vote that called it the "occupying power" in Jerusalem's Old City which includes sites sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims.

Couple Charged With Child Abuse After 18-Month-Old Foster Toddler Is Found 'Malnourished' Posted: 04 Jul 2017 01:45 PM PDT Garren Dodd McDonald, 48, and Shelley Lanette McDonald, 43, were taken into custody last week and each charged with one count of felony child abuse.

Ahead of fractious G20, Germany and China pledge new cooperation Posted: 05 Jul 2017 07:32 AM PDT By Thomas Escritt and Michelle Martin BERLIN (Reuters) - Ties between China and Germany are about to enter a new phase, China's president said, as he met the German chancellor before a G20 summit that is expected to highlight their differences with the United States on a host of issues. President Xi Jinping and Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged on Wednesday to work together more closely on a range of issues, two days ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg that U.S. President Donald Trump is also due to attend.

Decide If You Need a Private Financial Aid Consultant Posted: 05 Jul 2017 06:00 AM PDT When Brad Lyons' oldest son was a junior in high school, he decided to contact Fred Amrein, a college funding expert. Knowing that he was on the cusp of a whirlwind of college tours, applications, Free Application of Federal Student Aid forms and tuition bills -- and with three more kids to get through college -- Lyons wanted some advice on where to put his resources. Given the complex college funding landscape, families can pay private financial aid consultants to help them through the process of navigating the FAFSA , figuring out which assets to put toward tuition, and weighing the pros and cons of different types of loans.

Exclusive: Philippines' Duterte proposed deal to end city siege, then backed out Posted: 05 Jul 2017 09:19 AM PDT Exclusive: Philippines' Duterte proposed deal to end city siege, then backed out.

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Libya rocket attack kills five on Tripoli beach: ministry Posted: 04 Jul 2017 07:12 PM PDT A rocket hit a beach in Tripoli killing five people, including at least one child, and wounding 25 others, the Libyan health ministry said. The blast Tuesday hit the beach in front of Mitiga airport in the east of the Libyan capital, the ministry statement said. An interior ministry source said there were clashes Tuesday inside the airport perimeter between security forces and an "outlawed" group.

N. Korea launches possibly most successful missile test yet Posted: 03 Jul 2017 10:27 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea conducted what may be its most successful missile test yet on Tuesday, firing an intermediate-range weapon that could be powerful enough to reach Alaska. It's Pyongyang's latest step in a push for nuclear weapons capable of hitting any part of the United States.

Fourth of July: America celebrates Independence Day Posted: 04 Jul 2017 07:48 PM PDT From flashy firework displays for massive crowds to small-town parades, Americans celebrated the United States' 241st birthday in both joyous and serious ways.

Drug Dealer Found Guilty in Brutal Murder of TV Exec Who Vanished 5 Years Ago Posted: 04 Jul 2017 01:22 PM PDT John Creech was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the May 1, 2012 death of 57-year-old Gavin Smith.

The Latest: Mother of slain deputy wants man to be executed Posted: 05 Jul 2017 03:12 PM PDT RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the scheduled execution of a man who killed a hospital security guard and sheriff's deputy in 2006 (all times local):

Russia may deploy military in Syrian buffer zones within weeks Posted: 04 Jul 2017 10:08 AM PDT Russia may deploy its military to police the borders of planned de-escalation zones in Syria within two to three weeks after finalizing an agreement with Turkey and Iran, Russian negotiator Alexander Lavrentyev said on Tuesday. Moscow hopes to sign the final documents with Ankara and Tehran on Wednesday, he told reporters after a series of meetings in the Kazakh capital, Astana. Russia and Iran, which back President Bashar Assad's government, and Turkey, which supports some of the rebels, agreed in principle to create four "de-escalation zones" in Syria in a previous round of talks in May, but put off a planned June meeting where they were supposed to work out the details.

YouTube Vlogger Eats Poisonous Agave Americana Instead Of Aloe Vera Posted: 04 Jul 2017 12:48 AM PDT The sap of agave americana contains natural chemicals like calcium oxalate crystals, acrid oils and saponin that irritates the skin and the digestive system.

2018 Buick Regal TourX Dissected: Exterior, Chassis, Powertrain, and More! Posted: 05 Jul 2017 07:25 AM PDT Don't call the TourX a crossover. But you might call it a Subaruick.

Nigeria probes claims of teenage plane stowaway survivor Posted: 04 Jul 2017 05:29 PM PDT Nigerian authorities have launched an investigation into claims that a teenager survived 12 hours hidden in the wheel compartment of a plane between Lagos and London, an aviation official said Wednesday. "We are looking into the incident to find how it happened and to prevent a recurrence," Sam Adurogboye, of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), told AFP.

The Latest: US warns China about North Korea trade Posted: 05 Jul 2017 03:36 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. response to North Korea's latest missile launch (all times EDT):

15,000 immigrants become US citizens in July 4 tradition marked by jabs at Trump Posted: 04 Jul 2017 12:24 PM PDT With nearly 15,000 people being sworn in as American citizens on Independence and in the days leading up to the holiday, critics have used the occasion to take jabs at Donald Trump. "Whenever you feel that future is threatened, whenever those values of liberty and justice for all that drew us here seem under assault, you need to speak up and speak out," California Senator Kamala Harris said at one of the naturalisation events in Los Angeles in an apparent reference to Mr Trump's push back on immigration. Ms Harris is a daughter of immigrants from India and Jamaica.

Joey Chestnut Wins Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in Record-Breaking Display of Competitive Eating Posted: 04 Jul 2017 12:19 PM PDT Chestnut, whose nickname is "Jaws," broke his own record for most dogs ever eaten in the contest. The previous record was 70, which he set last year.

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