| Al Franken Uses Final Senate Speech To List Trump's Lies To The American People Posted: 21 Dec 2017 09:24 PM PST  Outgoing Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), who resigned from office earlier this month amid sexual misconduct allegations, used his final speech from the Senate floor on Thursday to list President Donald Trump's many lies.
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| After Hurricane Maria, a look back at the Vazquez family, lit by generator Posted: 22 Dec 2017 02:00 AM PST  Christmas marked 96 days since Jesse Vazquez's house on Calle Alameda in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, lost power in Hurricane Maria. The small generator his children brought him from New York back in October, when Yahoo News accompanied them on their journey, has since been supplemented with a larger one.
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| New Democratic leader orders party to 'organize everywhere' Posted: 22 Dec 2017 02:00 AM PST  Tom Perez, the head of the Democratic National Committee, sees organizing as central to rebuilding the party.
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| Russian Foreign Ministry says latest U.S. sanctions are 'grotesque' Posted: 21 Dec 2017 04:10 AM PST ![Russian Foreign Ministry says latest U.S. sanctions are 'grotesque']( "Russian Foreign Ministry says latest U.S. sanctions are 'grotesque'") MOSCOW (Reuters) - The latest U.S. sanctions imposed on five Russians and Chechens are grotesque and groundless, and Moscow will hit back with tit-for-tat sanctions, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed the new sanctions on the five people, including on Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov, for alleged human rights abuses. (Reporting by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Alison Williams)
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| Ivanka Trump Goofs Up On Tax Law In Her Televised Boast Posted: 21 Dec 2017 06:40 PM PST  Ivanka Trump's victory boast on "Fox & Friends" about her dad's new tax measure included a couple of gaffes.
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| Turtle Found by U.S. Coast Guard with $53 million Worth of Cocaine Attached to It Posted: 22 Dec 2017 02:20 PM PST  A Sea Turtle was rescued after it became trapped in bundles of cocaine worth over $53-Million dollars
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| The Latest: Governor says Amtrak will pay derailment costs Posted: 20 Dec 2017 05:27 PM PST  DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — The Latest on the deadly Amtrak train derailment in Washington state (all times local):
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| Watch Trump Apologize To Women In A Mashup We Wish Was Real Posted: 21 Dec 2017 09:09 AM PST  Donald Trump just apologized to women everywhere. Just kidding!
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| Thousands in Syria's Aleppo mark one year since 'victory' Posted: 21 Dec 2017 10:26 AM PST  Jumaa Sabbuh lost his son in the violence that battered Syria's Aleppo for years. On Thursday, he was among thousands commemorating the one-year anniversary of the army's recapture of the city. Sabbuh carried a poster of his bright-eyed son, killed in 2014 while serving in Syria's army.
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| Older Couple Caught With 60 Pounds Of Pot Said It Was For Holiday Gifts: Police Posted: 22 Dec 2017 03:24 PM PST  A routine traffic stop in York County, Nebraska, on Tuesday turned out to be anything but routine.
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| Trump and Saudi Arabia: Missing a Generational Opportunity Posted: 21 Dec 2017 12:27 PM PST  The United States once sided with a Middle Eastern monarch to reform a country. There is much to commend Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for, particularly his willingness to confront the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's entrenched interests that have long prevented its transition to an economically sustainable and more socially free country. From the Wahhabi-dominated religious establishment that has long hindered social reform in Saudi Arabia and helped lay the groundwork for Sunni extremism globally, to the wasteful economics of absolute oil dependency, Prince Mohammed's willingness to confront these internal forces represents a unique departure from previous Saudi monarchs.
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| PM Orban: Hungary will block any punitive EU action on Poland Posted: 21 Dec 2017 11:31 PM PST ![PM Orban: Hungary will block any punitive EU action on Poland]( "PM Orban: Hungary will block any punitive EU action on Poland") Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday said that Hungary sees a strong Poland as a vital component of a central European caucus within the European Union, and so will block any action to suspend Poland's voting rights in the EU. Orban said Poland, under fire from Brussels for its transformation of the judiciary, was being criticized unfairly and unjustly.
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| Coroner: Gunfire killed all 58 victims in Las Vegas shooting Posted: 21 Dec 2017 06:01 PM PST  LAS VEGAS (AP) — All 58 victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting died of gunshot wounds, a coroner said Thursday, revealing that no one was trampled to death trying to escape from an outdoor concert that turned into a massacre.
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| French woman, husband incommunicado in China after Liu Xiaobo tribute Posted: 21 Dec 2017 09:44 PM PST  A French citizen and her husband have been incommunicado for a week after the couple travelled to southern China to paint a tribute to the late democracy activist and dissident Liu Xiaobo, friends and witnesses said Friday. Marine Brossard and Hu Jiamin painted a mural at the entrance of a public exhibition in Shenzhen on December 15, but city authorities covered the wall with a banner the same evening, witnesses told AFP.
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| Groom in rare cross-border wedding is a drug smuggler Posted: 21 Dec 2017 07:36 PM PST  SAN DIEGO (AP) — It was a heartwarming scene: A U.S. citizen, forbidden to enter Mexico, wed the love of his life in a brief moment when the gate separating the two countries was opened.
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| 10 Obama regulations Trump has overturned Posted: 22 Dec 2017 04:06 AM PST  Trump's executive-order counteroffensive carries more than mere symbolic value and represents a dramatic policy shift that will impact the nation and the world for years to come.
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| The 20 Funniest Tweets From Women This Week Posted: 22 Dec 2017 02:46 AM PST  The ladies of Twitter never fail to brighten our days with their brilliant ― but succinct ― wisdom.
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| Former U.S. Attorneys Warn Trump About 'Severe Repercussions' Of Firing Robert Mueller Posted: 22 Dec 2017 12:10 PM PST  WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of more than 20 former federal prosecutors has urged President Donald Trump to stand by his recent statements and allow special counsel Robert Mueller to conduct his investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election without interference.
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| California wildfire crews gain edge as last evacuation orders lifted Posted: 21 Dec 2017 03:35 PM PST ![California wildfire crews gain edge as last evacuation orders lifted]( "California wildfire crews gain edge as last evacuation orders lifted") By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Crews battling to subdue the remnants of a sprawling Southern California wildfire held their ground on Thursday against a resurgence of winds that proved weaker than expected, allowing officials to lift all remaining evacuation orders and warnings. The so-called Thomas fire, California's second-largest on record, has charred 272,200 acres (110,155 hectares) of coastal mountains, foothills and canyons across Ventura and Santa Barbara counties northwest of Los Angeles, fire officials said. Much of their progress was made during three days in which diminished winds, cooler temperatures and higher humidity levels allowed firefighters to go on the attack against a blaze that had kept them on the defensive for the better part of two weeks.
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| 'Kayak Killer' Released From Prison Just 6 Weeks After Sentencing in Boyfriend's Death Posted: 21 Dec 2017 10:54 AM PST  Angelika Graswald has been freed, much to the anger of Vincent Viafore's family.
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| Sean Hannity Appears To Bash CNN, NBC While Sharing NBC Story Posted: 21 Dec 2017 10:56 AM PST  Fox News host Sean Hannity appeared to criticize CNN and NBC News on Twitter on Thursday, calling them "fake news" and "conspiracy TV," but then included an article published by NBC News.
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| U.S. Sanctions Myanmar General Accused of Carrying Out Ethnic Cleansing Campaign Against Rohingya Posted: 21 Dec 2017 06:37 PM PST  12 other "serious human rights abusers and corrupt actors" were also sanctioned
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| Chaos behind them, chaos ahead, Republicans savor a moment of triumph Posted: 22 Dec 2017 02:00 AM PST  Paul Ryan, as 2017 wound down, looked like a man who had dodged a meteor strike. The Republican House speaker from Wisconsin, in fact, looked like a man who had been relieved of a great weight at his weekly press conference in the final days of his party's push to pass a massive tax cut through Congress. Most days were consumed with the tweet-inspired chaos that has become the norm in Donald Trump's Washington.
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| 5-year-old boy shot for second time in two years in Chicago Posted: 21 Dec 2017 12:07 PM PST  A 5-year-old boy in Chicago has undergone emergency surgery after being shot for the second time in two years. Kavan Collins of Chicago, Illinois accidentally shot himself in the hand while playing with his younger brother in his family home, according to local news reports. A year and a half ago, the young boy was hit by a stray bullet while walking with his family in Chicago's South Side.
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| Papa Tossed! Pizza Chain Orders Up New CEO. Posted: 21 Dec 2017 03:35 PM PST  The popular pizza chain, known for featuring founder "Papa" John Schnatter in its commercials, announced Thursday that Schnatter will step down as CEO at the beginning of next month.
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| The Latest: All but 1 evacuation lifted at California fire Posted: 21 Dec 2017 10:16 AM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local):
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| Cardinal Law funeral held at Vatican with no mention of sex abuse crisis Posted: 21 Dec 2017 10:52 AM PST ![Cardinal Law funeral held at Vatican with no mention of sex abuse crisis]( "Cardinal Law funeral held at Vatican with no mention of sex abuse crisis") The funeral of Cardinal Bernard Law, who resigned as Archbishop of Boston 15 years ago after covering up years of sexual abuse of children by priests, was held in the Vatican on Thursday without a mention of what led to his downfall. About 200 people attended the funeral Mass in a chapel in the apse of St. Peter's Basilica and presided over by a senior cardinal, Angelo Sodano. Pope Francis entered the chapel for a few minutes after the Mass to bless the coffin and conduct a brief service known as the Final Commendation and Farewell - which he does for all cardinals who die in Rome.
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| Several businesses announce bonuses to workers after passage of tax cut bill Posted: 21 Dec 2017 04:18 PM PST  With businesses getting a permanent tax cut, from 35 percent to 21 percent, some companies have announced bonuses to employees, new investments and pay hikes.
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| Top S. Korean court spares 'nut rage' heiress jail Posted: 21 Dec 2017 12:40 AM PST  South Korea's top court kept a Korean Air heiress out of prison Thursday in the final verdict on the "nut rage" incident that triggered national uproar in 2014. Cho Hyun-Ah, a daughter of Korean Air chief Cho Yang-Ho and then the company's vice president, became infuriated when a flight attendant served her some nuts in a bag rather than in a bowl.
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| Iran’s North Korean Playbook to Protect Its Nuclear Program Posted: 22 Dec 2017 08:41 AM PST  Tehran is building up Hezbollah as leverage against an attack by Israel.
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| 5 ways Donald Trump has failed to 'drain the swamp' Posted: 22 Dec 2017 02:00 AM PST  One year into his first term, however, Trump's pledge to root out Washington corruption has not exactly yielded the quick and easy results his slogan promised. Perhaps as a result, a new poll finds a sharp jump over the past 12 months in the number (44 percent) of Americans who think that most or all of the officials in the current administration are corrupt. A man holds up a "Drain the Swamp in Washington DC" sign as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump attends a campaign event at the airport in Kinston, N.C., Oct. 26, 2016.
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| How to cook the perfect Christmas dinner – the definitive step-by-step guide Posted: 22 Dec 2017 08:15 AM PST  Juggling all the components that go into having the Christmas dinner all laid out on the dinner table can seem like having to deliver six billion presents all over the world in one evening. And with just four hobs (or seven reindeers in Santa's case) too. Everything has to be piping hot and on the dinner table at the same time, on time (quite like the presents under the tree). And while this may seem like mission impossible, you can do it. Really. You just need a little help. That's why, with the kind help of Leiths Cookery School, we have put together this definitive interactive guide to cooking the perfect Christmas dinner on this most stressful of days. Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith founded the school in 1975, and their teachers have been helping home cooks master the seemingly dark arts of cookery ever since. With this guide you can follow their expert timings and instructions, making a breeze of the (roughly) five hour cooking process. Just hit start on the graphic and follow the step-by-step guide. Checklist | What you need to make our perfect Christmas dinner The guide works on the basis that you are working with a conventional home oven and four hobs. It's a done-in-one-go instruction manual; there's no need to do anything the day or the week before (although you do need to make sure your turkey is fully defrosted by the time you wake up on Christmas morning). And if you fall behind at any point, don't worry too much: Leiths say they'd always allow for an hour's contingency when cooking a meal as large as this. Simply click the link at the bottom of the graphic to reveal the step-by-step process in full. Good luck and have a Merry Christmas! Christmas roast interactive timer Celebrate Christmas with Leiths with their festive gift guide How to make the perfect gravy | Source: Leiths cookery School
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| There Is Now Weed Named After Monica Lewinsky Posted: 22 Dec 2017 10:58 AM PST  A Washington-state based cannabis producer called Sugarleaf created a strain of weed named "Monica Lewinsky," and the woman behind that namesake has discovered it.
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| Mindy Kaling's Friends Throw Her A Nora Ephron-Themed Party Celebrating New Baby Posted: 22 Dec 2017 11:41 AM PST  Actress and self-avowed romcom fan Mindy Kaling gave birth to her first child last week, and her friends aptly threw her a "You've Got Mail"-themed holiday party to celebrate.
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| Slain Australian's family demands integrity in US probe Posted: 21 Dec 2017 11:48 AM PST  SYDNEY (AP) — The family of an Australian woman who was fatally shot by a Minnesota police officer in July demanded a more rigorous probe Thursday after a prosecutor cast doubts on the investigation.
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| Chicago police say Facebook 'secret groups' traffic in guns and drugs Posted: 21 Dec 2017 06:20 PM PST  Announcing the arrests at a news conference, Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson initially criticized Facebook as being unhelpful during a 10-month investigation by his department. Police did not detail charges facing the 50 men and women arrested through Thursday, but said there were "dozens and dozens" of private Facebook groups being used for illegal drug and weapons transactions. Arrest warrants for 18 more suspects have been signed, and most have prior criminal histories, police said.
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| 2018 Mercedes-AMG E63 S Sedan Posted: 22 Dec 2017 10:00 AM PST  The sports sedan to beat.
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| Weinstein hit with $10mn sexual harassment suit in NY Posted: 21 Dec 2017 11:34 AM PST  Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and his ex-production company have been hit with a $10 million New York lawsuit by a former associate producer on Netflix show "Marco Polo". The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Alexandra Canosa in the New York Supreme Court on Wednesday accuses the 65-year-old father of five of violations that include sexual harassment, assault, battery and emotional distress.
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| Trump Bemoans War Costs As Pence Promises Afghanistan To 'See This Through' Posted: 22 Dec 2017 06:02 AM PST  President Donald Trump on Friday lamented the cost of U.S. military action in the Middle East and vowed to spend more on domestic infrastructure, undercutting a promise his vice president made to Afghan leaders a day earlier.
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| 5 Things South Korea Can Do to Wrest Control from Washington Posted: 21 Dec 2017 06:12 AM PST  A glance at a map of the Korean Peninsula shows why the interests of Washington and Seoul diverge when it comes to preventive war. South Korea does not lack for savvy experts on statecraft, and he would, and should, turn to them. Ultimately, South Koreans must decide their country's policies.
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| Car Brands Ranked by Owner Satisfaction Posted: 21 Dec 2017 03:00 AM PST  At our 327-acre test track in Connecticut, we evaluate dozens and dozens of cars each year, which we buy at dealerships the same way you do. In addition to testing them rigorously at our track, w...
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| ‘She’s in My Dreams’: How the Boyfriend of a N.D. Woman Killed for Their Baby Is Haunted by Her Death- HOLD FOR POST 12/21 Posted: 20 Dec 2017 06:09 PM PST  Four months after Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind's killing, her longtime boyfriend and father of her only child remains haunted.
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| The Latest: Nestle says it will follow California water laws Posted: 21 Dec 2017 06:30 PM PST ![The Latest: Nestle says it will follow California water laws]( "The Latest: Nestle says it will follow California water laws") LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on California regulators ruling on Nestle water claims (all times local):
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