| More than 25 Democratic senators call for Al Franken to resign Posted: 06 Dec 2017 08:50 AM PST  Seven Democratic women in the Senate tweeted that Sen. Al Franken should quit over sexual misconduct allegations, and they were quickly joined by many colleagues.
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| Growing Southern California Wildfires Force 200,000 People To Evacuate Posted: 07 Dec 2017 11:14 AM PST  Roughly 200,000 people have been forced to flee Southern California's wildfires that as of Thursday have scorched more than 181 miles (or 116,100 acres) and destroyed more than 100 homes as intensifying winds prompted an unprecedented warning level of purple.
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| U.S. athletes may not attend Olympics as threat of nuclear war with North Korea rises, Haley warns Posted: 07 Dec 2017 05:38 AM PST  Nikki Haley says it's an "open question" whether the U.S. will participate in the Winter Olympics.
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| Dylan Farrow Asks Why Woody Allen Has Been Spared After Harvey Weinstein Scandal Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:32 PM PST  Woody Allen's daughter Dylan Farrow is asking why her father has been spared in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the subsequent #MeToo movement.
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| Dramatic Images From Devastating Southern California Wildfires Posted: 06 Dec 2017 09:54 AM PST  Southern California residents face growing uncertainty as several fast-moving wildfires continue to engulf tens of thousands of acres while destroying dozens of homes in its path. Flames consumed the hills surrounding Interstate 405 near Los Angeles' famed Getty Center early Wednesday, with the fire lighting up the high terrain in a horrifying, apocalyptic-like display. In haunting photos, rows of homes are seen razed to the ground in Ventura County, where the largest of the fires has overtaken more than 50,000 acres since Monday night.
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| 14 Gifts Your Coffee-Obsessed Friends Want This Year Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:39 AM PST |
| Trump Jr Cites 'Privilege' to Avoid Questions Posted: 06 Dec 2017 12:07 PM PST  Donald Trump Jr. claimed in testimony to the House Intelligence Committee that he couldn't answer questions about what he talked about with his father because of attorney client privilege. What?
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| LaVar Ball 'dunks' on President Trump to escalate the pair's feud Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:44 PM PST  President Donald Trump has a history of tweeting animated GIFs and videos that show him physically dominating his enemies, whether that's Hillary Clinton or CNN.
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| Congress Passes Stopgap Spending Bill To Avert Government Shutdown Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:40 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― Less than 48 hours before a government shutdown, House lawmakers passed a stopgap spending bill on Thursday to fund the government through Dec. 22.
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| Southern California's Wildfires Will Get Worse Before They Get Better Posted: 06 Dec 2017 02:02 PM PST  It's been the most destructive wildfire season in California history, and it's getting worse.
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| Pope wants better translation of phrase on temptation in 'Our Father' prayer Posted: 07 Dec 2017 03:00 AM PST  Pope Francis has said the Roman Catholic Church should adopt a better translation of the phrase "lead us not into temptation" in the "Our Father", the best known prayer in Christianity. "That is not a good translation," the pope said in a television interview on Wednesday night. Francis said the Catholic Church in France had decided to use the phrase "do not let us fall into temptation" as an alternative and indicated that it or something similar should be applied worldwide.
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| Lorde Predicted The Downfall Of Predatory Men Back In January Posted: 06 Dec 2017 06:29 PM PST  An outpouring of sexual assault accusations have destroyed the reputations of some of the most powerful men in entertainment, media and politics ― and Lorde apparently predicted it.
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| Chinese firm sues Venezuela as crisis tests ally's patience Posted: 07 Dec 2017 01:47 AM PST ![Chinese firm sues Venezuela as crisis tests ally's patience]( "Chinese firm sues Venezuela as crisis tests ally's patience") CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — One of China's biggest state-run conglomerates has sued a Venezuelan counterpart in a U.S. court in a dispute over unpaid bills, a sign of Beijing's growing impatience with its socialist South American ally as it slides into bankruptcy.
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| President Donald Trump's newfound lisp sets internet aflame Posted: 06 Dec 2017 12:52 PM PST  While President Trump delivered a landmark speech in which he recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital Wednesday, listeners couldn't help but notice a strange moment during his announcement.
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| 32 of the Best Ways to Update Grandma's Favorite Recipes Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:35 PM PST |
| Southern California Is Burning. Here's How You Can Help. Posted: 06 Dec 2017 06:08 PM PST  Multiple fires have started in the last three days in the hills of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, burning more than 83,400 acres and forcing tens of thousands of Californians to evacuate.
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| Exclusive: U.S. asks Israel to restrain response to Jerusalem move - document Posted: 06 Dec 2017 06:24 PM PST  By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is asking Israel to temper its response to the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as its capital because Washington expects a backlash and is weighing the potential threat to U.S. facilities and people, according to a State Department document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. "While I recognize that you will publicly welcome this news, I ask that you restrain your official response," the document dated Dec. 6 said in talking points for diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv to convey to Israeli officials. A second State Department document seen by Reuters, which was also dated Dec. 6, said the agency had formed an internal task force "to track worldwide developments" following the U.S. decision on Jerusalem.
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| Sia Responds To Criticism That She Pushed Fame On Teen Dancer Maddie Ziegler Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:07 AM PST  Sia has an uncomfortable relationship with fame and is known for retreating from the spotlight.
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| North Korea ballistic missile tests forced Singapore Airlines to reroute flights from Seoul Posted: 07 Dec 2017 04:40 AM PST  Singapore Airlines changed a flight route between South Korea and the US earlier this year over fears about North Korean missile launches in the Asia-Pacific region, it has emerged. An airline spokesperson told CNNMoney on Wednesday that it had rerouted daily flights between the South Korean capital, Seoul, and Los Angeles after Pyongyang test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in July. On July 28 an Air France flight from Tokyo to Paris, carrying 323 people, passed just 60 miles from the splashdown site of a North Korean missile test, roughly five to ten minutes after it hit the water. The French airline expanded its no-fly zone over North Korea as a result. North Korea's attempts to develop an ICBM to carry a nuclear warhead to strike the American mainland have put commercial airlines operating in the busy East Asian airspace on alert, even though the chances of a plane colliding with a missile are miniscule. According to guidelines issued by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), a UN agency in charge of air safety, nations have the "responsibility to issue risk advisories regarding any threats to the safety of civilian aircraft operating in their airspace." Pyongyang, already subject to UN sanctions for its nuclear and missile programme, regularly fails to issue any warnings. The crew of a Cathay Pacific flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong on November 29 reported the sighting of what they believed was a North Korean missile as it re-entered the earth's atmosphere. The North Koreans claimed on that day to have fired the Hwasong-15, their biggest and most powerful missile to date. It reportedly reached 1,000 miles higher than the July launch. Hwasong-15 ICBM - new North Korean missile In a statement, Cathay said the flight was "far from the event location" and that it had been in touch with the relevant authorities but had no plans to change its routes. "We remain alert and review the situation as it evolves," it added. David Wright, a missile defence expert at the Union of Concerned Scientists, said the crew most likely saw the missile early in its flight, rather than at the point of re-entry. "Given the timing, it seems likely that the crew might have seen the first stage burn out and separate from the rest of the missile. This would have happened a few minutes after launch," he wrote.
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| Donald and Melania Trump both flub Pearl Harbor tweets Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:48 AM PST  President Donald Trump appears to have slightly misquoted Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous remarks following the brutal attack on Pearl Harbor in a tweet commemorating the 76th anniversary of the solemn day.
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| The Key To Chip And Joanna Gaines' Marriage Isn't Really A Secret Posted: 06 Dec 2017 08:32 AM PST  Chip and Joanna Gaines have been together for over 14 years.
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| The XB-70 Valkyrie: The Sad Story of the Biggest and Fastest U.S. Bomber Ever Posted: 06 Dec 2017 04:53 PM PST  With the growing realization that Soviet SAMs posed an increasing threat to American bombers, the Pentagon started to explore low-level penetration as an alternative. Many leading military strategists of the time believed bombers were too vulnerable to survive the journey into Soviet airspace. As a result, President John F. Kennedy decided to cancel the XB-70 as a frontline bomber program on March 28, 1961.
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| We Compared the Nutrition of Every Type of Oatmeal—Here’s What We Found Posted: 07 Dec 2017 10:46 AM PST  What's the healthiest type of oatmeal? The answer might surprise you.
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| California fires: LA braces itself as new blaze threatens city Posted: 06 Dec 2017 09:24 AM PST  Wind-whipped wildfires are continuing to scorch the Los Angeles area, with a trio of existing infernos expanding overnight and a newly ignited blaze forcing evacuations in the upscale Bel Air neighbourhood of Los Angeles. After spending Tuesday battling the sprawling Thomas Fire in Ventura County and the fast-growing Creek Fire and Rye Fire in northern Los Angeles County, firefighters were scrambling to combat the newly named Skirball Fire in one of the tonier Los Angeles areas. Driven by winds blowing at 25 miles per hour or more, the Skirball fire began early on Wednesday morning and within hours had burned across some 50 acres.
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| Russian military: mission accomplished, Islamic State defeated in Syria Posted: 07 Dec 2017 05:50 AM PST  Russia's military said on Thursday it had accomplished its mission of defeating Islamic State in Syria, and there were no remaining settlements there under the group's control. Russian bombers had used unprecedented force in the final stages to finish off the militant group, a senior Russian officer said. "The mission to defeat bandit units of the Islamic State terrorist organization on the territory of Syria, carried out by the armed forces of the Russian Federation, has been accomplished," Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoi, head of the general staff's operations, said on Rossiya 24 TV channel.
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| Why Was Gretchen Carlson Excluded From Time's 'Silence Breakers'? Posted: 06 Dec 2017 11:17 AM PST  Time Magazine named The Silence Breakers ― "the individuals who set off a national reckoning over the prevalence of sexual harassment" ― its Person of the Year for 2017 and, strangely, Gretchen Carlson was not one of those singled out.
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| Man Pulls Over on Highway to Rescue Wild Rabbit Threatened by California Wildfires Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:55 AM PST  The good Samaritan was caught on camera luring the rabbit out of flaming bushes.
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| Black political machine tested again in Atlanta mayor race Posted: 06 Dec 2017 04:16 PM PST  Atlanta voters woke up to deja vu Wednesday in the racially polarized contest to choose the city's next mayor, with one candidate laying claim to City Hall while the other vowed to seek a recount over a margin of just 759 votes.
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| FBI Director Defends Bureau's 'Brave Men And Women' After Trump Twitter Attack Posted: 07 Dec 2017 08:11 AM PST  FBI Director Chris Wray, who took over the bureau in August, appeared before the House Judiciary Committee for an oversight hearing on Thursday. Under questioning from House Judiciary Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Wray responded directly to Trump's tweet, saying there was "no shortage of opinions out there." He then described the FBI he knows: a bureau full of tens of thousands of "brave men and women" working hard to keep Americans "safe from harm" from threats like gang violence, child predators and terrorists. He spoke of being inspired by the recent graduates of FBI academy in Quantico, and of the response teams the FBI sends into harm's way.
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| Traces of Alcohol Revealed in Chester Bennington's Autopsy Report Release Posted: 05 Dec 2017 06:03 PM PST  Months after Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington was found dead in his California home on July 20, autopsy results reveal precisely what substances were in his system before he took his own life by hanging
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| Why the U.S. Marines Love the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle Posted: 06 Dec 2017 04:29 PM PST  Marksmanship, the ability to shoot accurately and service targets with the minimum expenditure of ammunition, has always been part of the U.S. Marine Corps ethos. The adoption of the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle over the older M249 Squad Automatic Weapon marks a return to that ethos across the service at the small unit level. More accurate and capable of accomplishing its mission with fewer expended rounds, the M27 is now being considered as the front-line rifle not only for a handful of squad members but across the Corps' front line units.
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| Gal Gadot Surprises College Student With First Wonder Woman Scholarship Posted: 06 Dec 2017 03:52 PM PST  Gal Gadot stepped out of her Wonder Woman costume on Wednesday to surprise a young woman with a truly wonderful award: a college scholarship.
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| Bitcoin Is Skyrocketing and it Just Hit $17,000 Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:07 AM PST  After gaining more than $5,000 in days
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| 22 of the Most Delicious Fall Soup Recipes Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:35 PM PST |
| Israel says F-35 stealth fighter jets operational Posted: 06 Dec 2017 08:57 AM PST  Israel' military on Wednesday declared its newly acquired F-35 stealth fighters operational, making it the first country outside of the United States to put the ultra hi-tech jets into service. The Israeli Air Force currently has nine jets out of the total of 50 it has agreed to buy. The aim of the purchase is to allow Israel to maintain its military superiority in the turbulent Middle East, particularly regarding its arch-foe Iran and the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system delivered to it by Russia.
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| You May Have Missed The 6th Woman On Time’s Person Of The Year Cover Posted: 06 Dec 2017 02:36 PM PST  Time magazine named "The Silence Breakers" its 2017 Person of the Year on Wednesday, saying the term referred to "individuals who set off a national reckoning over the prevalence of sexual harassment."
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| Donald Trump Jr. Gets Blasted For His Al Franken Hot Take. Mike Huckabee Too. Posted: 07 Dec 2017 10:57 AM PST  Al Franken's decision to resign from the Senate in light of numerous sexual misconduct allegations may have given women hope that their voices are being heard.
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| U.S. to deny visas to Cambodian officials over opposition crackdown Posted: 06 Dec 2017 06:56 PM PST ![U.S. to deny visas to Cambodian officials over opposition crackdown]( "U.S. to deny visas to Cambodian officials over opposition crackdown") By Eric Walsh and Prak Chan Thul WASHINGTON/PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it would restrict entry to people involved in the Cambodian government's actions to undermine democracy, including the dissolution of the main opposition party and imprisonment of its leader. The visa sanctions were the toughest steps by any Western country since a crackdown on critics of Prime Minister Hun Sen ahead of an election next year in which the authoritarian leader seeks to extend more than three decades in power. "We call on the Cambodian government to reverse course by reinstating the political opposition, releasing Kem Sokha, and allowing civil society and media to resume their constitutionally protected activities," the State Department said in a statement.
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| Naya Rivera Is Divorcing Husband Ryan Dorsey For The Second Time Posted: 06 Dec 2017 07:30 AM PST  Actress Naya Rivera and husband Ryan Dorsey are calling it quits for the second time.
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| Only 15 Cars Earn 2018 IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Rating Posted: 06 Dec 2017 09:01 PM PST  Just 15 new vehicles meet the increased requirements of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and have earned a Top Safety Pick+ rating, the safety group reported Thursday. The stricter guid...
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| The 93 Most Delish Ways To Eat Peanut Butter Posted: 07 Dec 2017 11:07 AM PST  ...other than with a spoon out of the jar, of course.
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| Da Vinci sold for $450 mn is headed to Louvre Abu Dhabi Posted: 06 Dec 2017 06:04 PM PST  Abu Dhabi (AFP) - "Salvator Mundi," a painting of Christ by Leonardo Da Vinci that recently sold for a record $450 million, is heading to the Louvre Abu Dhabi in a coup for the bold new museum, it announced Wednesday. The Louvre Abu Dhabi, the first museum to bear the Louvre name outside France, has been billed as "the first universal museum in the Arab world," in a sign of the oil-rich emirate's global ambitions. "Da Vinci's Salvator Mundi is coming to #LouvreAbuDhabi," the museum said on Twitter in Arabic, English and French.
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