| Steve Wynn resigns as RNC finance chair amid misconduct allegations Posted: 27 Jan 2018 07:34 AM PST  Steve Wynn, the billionaire casino magnate, resigned as finance chair of the Republican National Committee on Saturday following a report of widespread misconduct allegations, NBC News has confirmed.
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| 4 Killed In Shooting Rampage At Pennsylvania Car Wash Posted: 28 Jan 2018 10:03 AM PST  At least five people were killed in an overnight shooting at a car wash in Melcroft, Pennsylvania, officials said.
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| 50 years after North Korea captured the USS Pueblo, the ship is still on display Posted: 27 Jan 2018 07:56 AM PST  It's the only Navy ship still commissioned by the United States currently held captive today, and serves as a reminder of the ongoing tensions between the U.S. and North Korea.
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| Czech President Zeman re-elected with anti-immigration message Posted: 27 Jan 2018 09:58 AM PST ![Czech President Zeman re-elected with anti-immigration message]( "Czech President Zeman re-elected with anti-immigration message") By Robert Muller and Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech President Milos Zeman won a second term in a presidential election on Saturday, gaining the backing of voters for his tough stance against immigration and his courtship of Russia and China. In the run-off against strongly pro-European Union academic Jiri Drahos, Zeman scored 51.4 percent to 48.6 percent for his challenger. Zeman, 73, is the last prominent figure among active politicians from the country's post-communist transitional period in the 1990s, and has shifted from being a center-left prime minister 16 years ago to being a president with leanings toward the far-right.GRAPHIC: http://tmsnrt.rs/2D3BO8e The vote showed Czech voters' concerns over security despite a period of fast economic growth and rising wages.
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| Body Found in Pond is Believed to be Missing 4-Year-Old Boy: Police Posted: 28 Jan 2018 07:25 AM PST  He went missing while his grandfather was watching him.
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| Air Force One's New Refrigerators Will Cost Taxpayers Nearly $24 Million Posted: 27 Jan 2018 04:23 PM PST  President Donald Trump will continue to travel in luxury when he gets two new refrigerators for Air Force One that will cost taxpayers nearly $24 million.
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| Brief leave from Iran jail for Iranian-American over health Posted: 28 Jan 2018 10:34 AM PST ![Brief leave from Iran jail for Iranian-American over health]( "Brief leave from Iran jail for Iranian-American over health") DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian-American dual national held in Tehran was granted a brief leave from prison over health concerns, his Washington-based lawyer said Sunday.
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| Meet the 24-year-old innovator designing cars for Ford Posted: 27 Jan 2018 08:02 AM PST  Victoria Schein has been at Ford for less than two years and already is credited with 40 patents.
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| Report: Employees fired after delivering raw meat using shopping carts in San Jose Posted: 27 Jan 2018 06:17 PM PST  Officials launched a health investigation after photos posted on social media showed men delivering unwrapped meat in shopping carts to a market in San Jose.
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| New York State Probes Social Media Bot Firm Exposed By New York Times Posted: 28 Jan 2018 03:56 PM PST  New York is investigating an American company accused of selling millions of fake followers to social media accounts, the state's chief prosecutor said Saturday.
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| McCarthy: Immigration bill will need bipartisan support to pass Posted: 27 Jan 2018 11:34 PM PST  During an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) tells Chuck Todd that the White House immigration proposal shows the president is serious about finding a deal.
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| Finns, worried by Russia, hand cautious president huge election win Posted: 28 Jan 2018 02:59 PM PST ![Finns, worried by Russia, hand cautious president huge election win]( "Finns, worried by Russia, hand cautious president huge election win") By Jussi Rosendahl and Tuomas Forsell HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's moderate President Sauli Niinisto cruised to a rare first round election win on Sunday as his delicate balancing of ties with neighbor Russia and the U.S.-led NATO military alliance resonated with voters. The 69-year-old Niinisto, known for cultivating good relations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, won his second six-year term with an overwhelming 62.7 percent of the vote.
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| Steve Wynn Steps Down As RNC Finance Chair Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations Posted: 27 Jan 2018 12:23 PM PST  Billionaire Steve Wynn resigned his post as finance chair for the Republican National Committee on Saturday, one day after The Wall Street Journal reported numerous allegations of him sexually harassing employees at his Las Vegas casinos over several decades.
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| Brazil nightclub shooting: 14 people killed in Fortaleza after gunmen storm party Posted: 27 Jan 2018 08:25 AM PST  A "large number of people" have been shot dead in north-western Brazil after gunmen stormed into a party, police said. Local media reported that 14 people had been killed in the shootings at a nightclub in the city of Fortaleza. At least six others, some of them children, were injured, according to the country's National Public Security Force.
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| Cost of bread doubles in Jordan as subsidies lifted Posted: 27 Jan 2018 08:13 AM PST  Jordan on Saturday increased the price of bread by up to 100 percent after lifting subsidies on the staple in a bid to redress its debt-riddled economy. The move is expected to affect low income Jordanians, for whom flat pitta-like bread is an essential part of meals. Past price hikes have sparked riots in the cash-strapped country which has few natural resources.
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| More than 600 residents evacuated in Paris as Seine River rises Posted: 27 Jan 2018 07:43 AM PST Forecasters are predicting the Seine will only rise a few more inches, but there are already reports of water seeping into basements -- and more rain is on the way.
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| Justice Ginsburg signals her intent to work for years more Posted: 27 Jan 2018 07:10 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — In different circumstances, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg might be on a valedictory tour in her final months on the Supreme Court. But in the era of Donald Trump, the 84-year-old Ginsburg is packing her schedule and sending signals she intends to keep her seat on the bench for years.
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| World's Oceans Were Hottest On Record In 2017, Study Finds Posted: 27 Jan 2018 07:08 AM PST  The world's oceans in 2017 were the hottest ever recorded, scientists revealed in a new study published on Friday.
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| Garrison Keillor, Fired For Harassment, Goes After MPR And Accuser In Statement Posted: 27 Jan 2018 04:04 PM PST  Garrison Keillor, a former Minnesota Public Radio host, denounced the head of MPR and called his accuser "was a friend" in a statement denying recent harassment allegations against him.
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| Thousands in Albania rally, call for government to resign Posted: 27 Jan 2018 11:25 AM PST  TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands supporting Albania's opposition took to the streets for an anti-government protest Saturday, accusing the Cabinet of links to organized crime and calling for its resignation.
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| Motorist shot dead after trying to run over Mississippi police officers Posted: 27 Jan 2018 11:19 PM PST ![Motorist shot dead after trying to run over Mississippi police officers]( "Motorist shot dead after trying to run over Mississippi police officers") The woman, identified by police as 21-year-old Crystaline Barnes, 21, was shot around 7:30 a.m. Saturday after she reportedly forced another motorist off the road, local media including CBS affiliate WJTV reported. When police stopped her, she tried to flee in her car, reversed direction, and then drove at the officers, according to the WJTV report.
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| Katie Holmes And Jamie Foxx Look Adorably Happy At Pre-Grammy Gala Posted: 28 Jan 2018 04:25 PM PST  Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx were spotted together Saturday night at the Clive Davis and The Recording Academy's Pre-Grammy Gala in New York City.
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| Trump’s SOTU will strike a tone of unity, WH Official tells NBC News Posted: 27 Jan 2018 07:40 AM PST According to one senior administration official, the theme of Pres. Trump's State of the Union speech this year is "building a safe, strong and proud America. "
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| Gazan unearths ancient graves in vegetable patch Posted: 27 Jan 2018 02:09 AM PST  When Abdul Karim al-Kafarnah went to check the rainwater gushing down a hole in his garden he was in for quite a shock -- hidden steps led him down to an ancient grave complex. The 24-year-old lives in the Beit Hanoun district of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli border which suffered intensive bombardment during the 2014 conflict between the Israeli army and Palestinian militants. The flash-flooding earlier this week led him to one particular spot, where, on removing a large stone, he found a staircase leading four metres (13 feet) down into an ancient tomb.
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| So Here's The 'Lady Bird' Trailer Except Every Line Is Screamed Posted: 27 Jan 2018 08:51 AM PST  Sometimes a thing described to you is no match for experiencing the thing firsthand.
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| Trump's Washington hotel is half-empty and more expensive than competitors, figures suggest Posted: 27 Jan 2018 02:27 PM PST  Donald Trump's extravagant hotel in Washington, DC was reportedly more expensive and emptier than its peers in 2017. The establishment – a popular hangout for administration officials and the President's supporters – had an average monthly occupancy rate of about 50 per cent from January through November 2017, according to data provided to CNN. At the same time, the Trump hotel charged nightly room rates that were 40 per cent higher on average than comparable hotels in the area.
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| Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed released as corruption probe winds down Posted: 27 Jan 2018 11:31 AM PST ![Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed released as corruption probe winds down]( "Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed released as corruption probe winds down") By Sarah Dadouch and Katie Paul RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the kingdom's top international businessmen, was released from detention on Saturday, more than two months after he was taken into custody in a sweeping crackdown on corruption. A senior Saudi official said Prince Alwaleed was freed after he reached a financial settlement with the attorney general. "The attorney general has approved this morning the settlement that was reached with Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, and the prince returned home at 1100 a.m. (0800 GMT)," the official told Reuters, without giving details of the terms.
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| Jeremy Piven Hit With Sexual Misconduct Allegations By 3 More Women Posted: 28 Jan 2018 02:35 PM PST  Three more women are accusing actor Jeremy Piven of sexual misconduct, bringing the total number of public accusers to eight.
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| The Latest: Turkey says 2 soldiers killed in Afrin push Posted: 27 Jan 2018 10:21 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):
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| Police say Canadian billionaire, wife apparently murdered Posted: 26 Jan 2018 08:20 PM PST  TORONTO (AP) — Police said Friday they believe Canadian drug-company billionaire businessman Barry Sherman and his wife were both murdered.
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| Missed opportunities to sound the alarm on Nassar: Part 4 Posted: 26 Jan 2018 05:49 PM PST  Former Michigan State University athletes said athletic and administration officials allegedly turned a blind eye to their complaints about Nassar.
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| Here Are All The 2018 Grammy Winners Posted: 28 Jan 2018 04:21 PM PST  Music's biggest night started before most people were even watching, as many winners of the 60th annual Grammy Awards were announced hours before the ceremony started Sunday night.
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| US senator fires top aide over 'improper relations' with staff Posted: 28 Jan 2018 01:29 AM PST  A prominent US senator on Saturday fired his chief of staff for improper relations with subordinates, as US lawmakers increasingly grapple with the issue of sexual harassment. This led Rubio to return Saturday to Washington from his home state of Florida to fire his top aide, he said in a statement. Rubio's office confirmed the identity of the dismissed staffer as Clint Reed, but there were no details on the nature of the improper relations.
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| Bodies of three crew members from Sanchi identified Posted: 27 Jan 2018 11:43 AM PST ![Bodies of three crew members from Sanchi identified]( "Bodies of three crew members from Sanchi identified") The bodies of three of the crew of the Sanchi, the tanker involved in the worst oil ship disaster in decades off the coast of China, have been identified, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported Saturday. The three crew members identified are Milad Aravi, Majid Naqian and Mohammad Kavousi, the agency reported. The semi-official Fars news agency said that the three were Iranian.
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| EPA Chief Under Nixon And Reagan: GOP’s Climate Denial Is 'Killing Everything' Posted: 27 Jan 2018 04:31 AM PST  The nation's first Environmental Protection Agency chief, who returned as administrator in 1983 under President Ronald Reagan, excoriated his own party on Friday, warning that Republicans' ideological opposition to widely-accepted climate science would prove lethal.
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| Four-month-old puppy hanged, beaten and shot in 'worst case of animal abuse officials have seen' Posted: 28 Jan 2018 07:29 AM PST  The city of Sacramento is offering a $12,000 reward for information about the person or people who beat, shot, and hanged a puppy, in what animal control officers are calling the worst case of animal abuse they've ever seen. Chief Animal Control Officer Jase Huggins told KTXL that the puppy had sustained fractures "from nose to tail" before being shot with a BB gun and hanged from her leash. It's probably the worst one I've seen since I've been here working for the city," Mr Huggins said.
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| Tweeters Lose It After Sean Hannity's Account Mysteriously Goes Down Posted: 27 Jan 2018 01:21 AM PST  Fox News host Sean Hannity's Twitter account disappeared on Friday night, and sent fellow tweeters into a mini-meltdown.
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| One Year Since Trump's First Travel Ban, Many Refugees Left With Only Hellish Options Posted: 27 Jan 2018 02:46 AM PST  It feels like just yesterday that a collective revolt surged in opposition to the signing of President Donald Trump's first travel ban, enacted one year ago Saturday.
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| Michigan AG vows to find out who knew what at Michigan State Posted: 27 Jan 2018 04:04 PM PST  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette lashed out at Michigan State University for allowing Larry Nassar to sexually abuse girls and women for years, and he took a shot at the school's governing body.
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| Pico Rivera councilman, teacher recorded making anti-military rant in classroom Posted: 28 Jan 2018 03:35 PM PST  Gregory Salcido, a government teacher and former mayor of Pico Rivera, referred to military members as the "freaking lowest of our low" in a classroom rant recorded by a student.
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| Estonia makes 'token' effort to take euro crypto Posted: 27 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST  Estonia is looking to drag the euro into the crypto age -- and tame the volatility plaguing bitcoin and its peers -- by creating a digital token backed by the single European currency. One way to counter this would be to issue digital versions of an existing currency, but an initial proposal by a government agency in eurozone member Estonia was torpedoed by European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi last year.
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| Polish rescue team finds French climber on Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain' Posted: 27 Jan 2018 03:51 PM PST ![Polish rescue team finds French climber on Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain']( "Polish rescue team finds French climber on Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain'") By Marcin Goettig WARSAW (Reuters) - After an exhausting night ascent a rescue mission found the French mountaineer Elisabeth Revol on the slopes of Pakistan's treacherous "Killer Mountain", but a Polish climber who had been with her remained missing, Poland's winter climbing team said. Revol and her climbing companion, Tomasz Mackiewicz, had called for help on Friday from about 7,400 meters up Pakistan's second highest peak, the 8,126 meter (26,660 feet) Nanga Parbat. A team of elite Polish climbers, who had been attempting the first winter ascent of the nearby K2 mountain, rushed to try to rescue them.
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| U.N. Syria mediator to attend peace conference in Russia Posted: 27 Jan 2018 06:10 AM PST ![U.N. Syria mediator to attend peace conference in Russia]( "U.N. Syria mediator to attend peace conference in Russia") United Nations Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura will attend a peace conference in Russia next week, the United Nations said on Saturday. "The Secretary-General is confident that the Congress in Sochi will be an important contribution to a revived intra-Syrian talks process under the auspices of the United Nations in Geneva," U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement. Western powers and some Arab states believe the conference in Sochi is an attempt to create a separate peace process that would undermine the United Nations' efforts and lay the groundwork for a solution more suitable to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Russia and Iran.
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| Did Maisie Williams Just Reveal When ‘Game Of Thrones’ Will Return? Posted: 27 Jan 2018 02:34 AM PST  Arya Stark in HBO's epic fantasy drama ― appears to have inadvertently revealed when the show will return to television screens for its eighth and final season.
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| California wants 5 million 'green' cars on roads by 2030 Posted: 26 Jan 2018 11:28 PM PST  California Governor Jerry Brown Friday signed an executive order detailing aims to have five million electric cars on the state's roads by 2030 -- by accelerating the production of such vehicles using financial incentives and rebates. The $2.5 billion, eight-year plan also involves the installation of 250,000 electric vehicle charging stations and 200 hydrogen fueling stations by 2025. "To continue to meet California's climate goals and clean air standards, California must go even further to accelerate the market for zero-emission vehicles," the governor's office said in a statement.
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| Bill Maher: Donald Trump 'Loves To Pick Fights With Black People' Posted: 26 Jan 2018 11:48 PM PST  Bill Maher has dissected President Donald Trump's oft-repeated defense that he's "the least racist person anyone has ever met."
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| Man Rescues Abandoned Dogs and Makes Them His Travel Buddies on Epic Road Trip Posted: 28 Jan 2018 09:02 AM PST  They've traveled more than 35,000 miles together.
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