| Former Florida School Resource Officer Defends Response To Parkland Shooting Posted: 26 Feb 2018 01:45 PM PST  The former school resource officer who resigned after failing to confront a gunman earlier this month at the Florida high school where he was assigned is defending his response to the deadly mass shooting. Scot Peterson said he was following training he had received as a Broward County sheriff's deputy when he decided to remain outside, despite being armed, during the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, according to a statement released Monday by his attorney. "The allegations that Mr. Peterson was a coward and that his performance, under the circumstances, failed to meet the standards of police officers are patently untrue," Joseph A. DiRuzzo III, Peterson's attorney, wrote in the statement.
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| CDC doctor's disappearance: Parents share chilling last text message from missing son Posted: 27 Feb 2018 07:43 AM PST  The parents of missing doctor Timothy Cunningham shared the last text message they received from their son before his disappearance two weeks ago. Cunningham, a highly regarded epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, went missing after he left work mid-day on Feb. 12, complaining of feeling ill. After Cunningham, 35, failed to report to work or contact his family over the next two days, his parents, Terrell and Tia-Juana Cunningham, drove down to Georgia from their house in Maryland to check on their son.
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| Melania Trump cuts ties with aide whose firm profited from inauguration Posted: 27 Feb 2018 02:42 AM PST  NBC's Andrea Mitchell and panel report on First Lady Melania Trump cutting ties with an aide whose company made $26 million on the inauguration.
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| Murder caught on Facebook Live Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:22 AM PST  55-year-old Prentis Robinson was live-streaming on Facebook his walk home after having his phone stolen when he was suddenly approached by a man who killed him in cold blood.
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| Doyle Lee Hamm execution: Repeated jabbing of death row inmate in attempted lethal injection amounts to torture, says lawyer Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:55 AM PST  Convicted murderer Doyle Lee Hamm, 61, who has spent more than half his life on death row, was returned to his cell after more than two hours of effort by the execution team. Bernard Harcourt, who has represented Hamm for 28 years, claimed the "botched" execution attempt led to at least 12 puncture wounds from failed needle placements. "It was a gory, botched execution," he said.
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| Prison fight caught on camera Posted: 27 Feb 2018 09:56 AM PST  A fight broke out in the maximum security section of the Cook County Jail in Illinois. Two inmates were taken to area hospitals for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Sixteen inmates were charged with 'mob action.'
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| Gun-Carrying GOP Lawmaker Calls For Assault Weapon Ban: 'Not One More School Shooting' Posted: 27 Feb 2018 08:32 AM PST  Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), a combat veteran and gun-carrying National Rifle Association member, is supporting a ban on "assault-style weapons" in the wake of a deadly mass shooting earlier this month.
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| Supreme Court hears arguments on power of public employee unions Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:39 AM PST  The justices will decide whether state government workers who choose not to join a union must still pay a share of union dues to cover the cost of negotiating contracts.
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| Supreme Court Denies Trump Request To Hear Dreamer Lawsuit Posted: 26 Feb 2018 06:53 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― In a major setback for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a lawsuit over the future of an Obama-era program that protects so-called Dreamers from deportation.
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| Citigroup refunding $330 million to customers after overcharging interest Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:18 AM PST  Citibank is promising to refund nearly 2 million credit card holders an average of nearly $190 dollars, admitting the bank failed to reduce some annual interest rate charges for cardholders in good standing.
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| Family Dog Walks Out Of Rubble After 5 People Killed in Tornado, Deadly Floods Posted: 26 Feb 2018 05:40 AM PST  Central U.S. through Appalachia experienced gale force winds and heavy rains over the weekend.
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| Hitler Built a World War II Submarine That Was Revolutionary. It Ended Up a Total Failure. Posted: 26 Feb 2018 10:53 AM PST  Hitler Built a World War II Submarine That Was Revolutionary. Some were used for target practice. The only surviving vessel of its class today is the Wilhelm Bauer, which the modern Germany navy converted into a research vessel.
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| Oakland mayor warns residents of ICE immigration raids Posted: 26 Feb 2018 01:20 PM PST  Escalating California's resistance to federal immigration enforcement, Oakland's mayor has warned residents that she believes an operation was imminent. "I am sharing this information publicly not to panic our residents but to protect them," Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said in a press release, citing her "moral obligation" and directing people to immigration law resources. "I know that Oakland is a city of law-abiding immigrants and families who deserve to live free from the constant threat of arrest and deportation," she added, saying immigration authorities have "used activity rumors in the past as a tactic to create fear".
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| West Virginia Governor Tells Striking Teachers To Get Back In The Classroom Posted: 26 Feb 2018 04:32 PM PST  West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) told his state's striking teachers they "need to be back in the classroom" as he spoke at a series of town halls on Monday. Speaking and taking questions in Wheeling, Martinsburg and Morgantown throughout the day, Justice urged the state's educators to end their strike Tuesday and promised he'd establish a task force in the next seven to 10 days to look into some of their concerns. The comments come days after Justice faced criticisms that he's missing in action at the state Capitol. His administration has denied a Freedom of Information Act request to view his calendars and appointment books.
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| U.S. appeals court says Title VII covers discrimination based on sexual orientation Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:59 AM PST ![U.S. appeals court says Title VII covers discrimination based on sexual orientation]( "U.S. appeals court says Title VII covers discrimination based on sexual orientation") The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overruled prior decisions and said that a worker's sex is necessarily a factor in discrimination based on sexual orientation. The 2nd Circuit revived a lawsuit by the estate of Donald Zarda, a former skydiving instructor on Long Island who said he was fired after he told a customer he was gay and she complained. Zarda's estate was backed in the appeal by dozens of large companies, including Alphabet Inc's Google, Microsoft Corp, CBS Corp and Viacom Inc.
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| Georgia's Lieutenant Governor Tells Delta To Give NRA Back Its Discounts, Or Else Posted: 26 Feb 2018 05:55 PM PST  Georgia's lieutenant governor said on Monday he would work to derail a multimillion-dollar tax cut that would benefit Delta Air Lines unless the company reinstated its relationship with the National Rifle Association. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, who also serves as president of the Georgia state Senate, intimated in a tweet he would "kill any tax legislation" as punishment to Delta, which last week said it would end its discount program for members of the NRA. Delta, headquartered in Atlanta, is one of more than a dozen companies that have distanced themselves from the gun lobby following the massacre of 17 people at a Florida high school on Feb. 14.
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| Trump says he would have run into Florida school without a weapon Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:05 AM PST  Discussing the Parkland school shooting at a meeting with governors on Monday, Trump said: "I really believe I'd run in there even if I didn't have a weapon."
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| United Airlines flight from Newark suffers blown tire on way to Portland Posted: 26 Feb 2018 03:54 AM PST  United Airlines says the plane suffered a tire blowout when it was taking off at Newark Liberty International Airport Sunday night.
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| Ivanka Trump calls question on father's alleged sexual misconduct 'inappropriate' Posted: 26 Feb 2018 09:20 AM PST  The president's daughter said 'I believe my father' after at least 20 women have made sexual assault and harassment claims Ivanka Trump watches the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics on Sunday in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Photograph: Pool/Getty Images
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| US deputy branded a 'coward' breaks silence, defends actions Posted: 27 Feb 2018 10:00 AM PST  Now, after nearly two weeks of opprobrium, the sheriff's deputy accused of failing to take action during the Florida high school shooting is fighting back. Scot Peterson, 54, broke his silence on Monday and defended his conduct during the shooting at Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School in Parkland, Florida, which left 14 students and three adult staff members dead. "Let there be no mistake, Mr. Peterson wishes that he could have prevented the untimely passing of the 17 victims on that day, and his heart goes out to the families of the victims," his attorney, Joseph DiRuzzo III, said in a statement.
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| Two stowaways on US-bound flight from Ecuador die after falling from aircraft Posted: 27 Feb 2018 01:46 PM PST  Two men thought to have been stowaways on a US-bound flight from Ecuador have died after they fell from the aircraft, it has been reported. The Jose Joaquin de Olmedo airport in Guayaquil was closed for an hour and a half as their bodies were removed from the runway. Employees at the airport noticed three objects falling from the plane and officials believe the pair either fainted or were ejected.
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| So That Baby Definitely Wasn't Crying On 'Walking Dead,' Right? Posted: 27 Feb 2018 05:01 AM PST  By all accounts, the most recent episode of "Walking Dead" was tragic (RIP Carl). In the Season 8 midseason premiere on Sunday, Carl enjoyed a touching moment with his sister Judith (Chloe and Sophia Garcia-Frizzi), saying goodbye before his inevitable death from a zombie bite.
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| No Jail For Texas Teen Who Lied About Being Raped By 3 Black Men Posted: 27 Feb 2018 12:28 PM PST  On Thursday, 19-year-old Breana Harmon of Pottsboro pleaded guilty to four felony charges of tampering with physical evidence and government documents in relation to false reports of kidnapping and sexual assault. "She's very remorseful for what she did and what she said, and that's why she decided to plead guilty," Harmon's attorney Bob Jarvis told the Sherman Herald Democrat. On March 8, 2017, Harmon was reported missing to the Denison Police Department after witnesses noticed the door to her vehicle was open with personal items, including a phone and keys, scattered on the ground.
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| Dubai police: Bollywood's Sridevi drowned in hotel bathtub Posted: 26 Feb 2018 05:25 AM PST  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Indian actress Sridevi drowned in her hotel bathtub after losing consciousness, the Dubai police said in a statement Monday, though two police officials said she was also under the influence of alcohol at the time.
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| The February 2018 Air War between Israel, Syria and Iran Was Brief and Violent Posted: 26 Feb 2018 07:06 AM PST  Many of us woke up on the morning of Feb. 10, 2018 to news of air-to-ground clashes between the Israeli Air-Space Force and the forces of the Bashar Al Assad's regime in Syria and its allies from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. An unmanned aerial vehicle operated by the IRGC was shot down over Israel. Then one of the IASF's F-16s crashed – apparently shot down – over Israel.
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| When Does DACA Expire? The Supreme Court Just Gave Dreamers More Time Posted: 26 Feb 2018 09:34 AM PST  President Donald Trump set a deadline of March 5 for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, but the Supreme Court gave everyone more time.
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| Authorities are Searching for the Person Who Fatally Shot a Man on Facebook Live Posted: 25 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST  A suspect is being held without bail in the fatal stabbing of a medical student in a library.
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| 'Black Panther' Success Will Help Fund Boys & Girls Clubs' STEM Centers Posted: 26 Feb 2018 03:08 PM PST  Just as the advanced fictional nation of Wakanda revealed its technology to the world in "Black Panther," Disney is helping the Boys & Girls Clubs of America introduce advanced tech to America's youth. BGCA's STEM Centers of Innovation give kids the chance to learn from advanced technologies like 3D printers, robotics and high-definition video production equipment.
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| New Yorker arrested in Japan over severed head in suitcase Posted: 26 Feb 2018 03:37 PM PST  An American tourist has been arrested in Japan after police found the severed head of a woman in a suitcase in his holiday rental flat. Yevgeniy Vasilievich Bayraktar, 26, from New York, is currently in custody and being questioned by police following the discovery in Osaka last week. The victim is believed to be a woman, 27, from Sanda in Hyogo prefecture, who was last seen on CCTV cameras alongside Mr Bayraktar, just hours before she went missing on February 16. Security footage reportedly captured the pair meeting at a train station in Osaka around midnight and then entering the apartment building together. The woman had earlier told a friend that she was planning to meet a man she had met via a social networking site, according to local newspapers. Arms, legs, and a torso were also found in a mountainous area nearby Credit: AFP Her relatives raised the alarm with police on February 17 when she failed to return home and her mobile phone stopped working. Mr Bayraktar was captured on security footage entering and leaving the flat several times on February 16 with a suitcase, but there was no further sign of the woman. Six days later, police searched the flat and arrested Mr Bayraktar after receiving a tip that he was confining a woman in the flat before discovering a head in a suitcase. Arms, legs, and a torso were also found in a mountainous area nearby. Mr Bayraktar is thought to have arrived in Japan in January for a sightseeing trip and was booked to stay in the flat for around a week. He has denied the allegations and remained silent during police questioning, according to media reports. Japan has long enjoyed a reputation as one of the world's safest countries, with its crime rates among the lowest for industrialised nations. Last month, preliminary police data for 2017 showed that the number of recorded crimes in Japan had fallen to a record low of just over 915,000 incidents. However, every year, a number of violent crimes also hit the headlines, including the so-called "Twitter killer" Takahiro Shiraishi, who was arrested last year after reportedly luring nine young people he found via social media to his home before killing them.
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| After Unsuspecting Mom Is Crushed in Central Park, How to Spot a Troublesome Tree Posted: 26 Feb 2018 02:02 PM PST  Anne Monoky is still in a neck brace after the incident six months ago.
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| Monica Lewinsky: 'I'm Not Alone Anymore' Thanks To The Me Too Movement Posted: 26 Feb 2018 07:45 AM PST  "I'm so sorry you were so alone," Lewinsky wrote in a recent essay for Vanity Fair, recalling a message she received from a leader of the Me Too movement. Lewinsky's essay in the magazine's March edition describes how she grappled with isolation and trauma after her affair with then-President Bill Clinton became public in 1998. "Somehow, coming from her ― a recognition of sorts on a deep, soulful level ― [those words] landed in a way that cracked me open and brought me to tears," Lewinsky continued.
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| U.S. threatens action against Iran after Russia U.N. veto Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:09 PM PST  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS/TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The United States threatened unilateral action against Iran on Monday after Russia vetoed a western bid for the United Nations Security Council to call out Tehran for failing to prevent its weapons from falling into the hands of Yemen's Houthi group. "If Russia is going to continue to cover for Iran then the U.S. and our partners need to take action on our own. If we're not going to get action on the council then we have to take our own actions," U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley told reporters during a visit to Honduran capital Tegucigalpa.
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| Harley-Davidson's 115th Anniversary Promises Tons of Fun Posted: 27 Feb 2018 12:41 PM PST  Harley-Davidson's 115th Anniversary Promises Tons of Fun Special bikes, long rides home, and a huge, citywide party in Milwaukee are just the start Harley-Davidson turns 115-years-old this year, and the venerable Motor Company plans to celebrate with a bang.
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| Roy Moore Endorses Missouri GOP Candidate Who Expects 'Home Cooked Dinner At 6' Posted: 26 Feb 2018 06:41 AM PST  Moore, whose December defeat was a shocking upset, announced Monday his endorsement of Courtland Sykes, who is attempting to unseat Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), a top target of Republicans in this year's elections.
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| Israeli government backs down in stand off with Christian churches Posted: 27 Feb 2018 09:51 AM PST  Israel on Tuesday suspended tax measures and other actions that led to the rare closure of the church built at what is seen as the holiest site in Christianity, shut down all week in protest. Christian leaders who have kept Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre closed since Sunday were yet to respond to the decision and it was not clear whether it would reopen imminently. The closure has left thousands of pilgrims and tourists seeking to visit the site locked outside, with some kneeling in front of its large wooden doors to pray in Jerusalem's Old City. Dozens of protesters rallied outside the church on Tuesday afternoon in support of Christian leaders. A statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said a "professional team" would be appointed to come up with a solution to tax measures imposed by Israeli authorities in Jerusalem firmly opposed by Christian leaders. More than 500,000 Christian tourists visit Israel every year Credit: THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images "As a result, the Jerusalem municipality is suspending the collection actions it has taken in recent weeks," the statement said. Israeli Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi will also look into the issue of land sales in Jerusalem by Christian bodies. During that time, a proposed law that Christian leaders say would allow Israel to expropriate church land is to be shelved, the statement said. The church is built where Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected. Custody of it is shared by the Greek Orthodox, Armenian and Roman Catholic denominations. Christian leaders are in part angry over attempts by Israeli authorities in Jerusalem to enforce tax collection on church property they consider commercial, saying exemptions only apply to places of worship or religious teaching.
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| Nassar victims help unveil sweeping child abuse legislation Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:50 PM PST  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Victims of imprisoned former sports doctor Larry Nassar helped unveil what they described Monday as a sweeping rewrite of Michigan laws related to childhood sexual abuse, saying the changes would ease the ability to stop abuse and bring justice to survivors.
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| Rare Identical Newborn Triplets 'Doing Better Than Expected' Posted: 27 Feb 2018 10:31 AM PST  Their father, Caleb Choge, said his first thought when he realized he would have triplets was, "Our car doesn't fit. I need a bigger car."
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| China leader's top economic adviser heads to the U.S. for trade talks Posted: 26 Feb 2018 12:30 AM PST  Chinese President Xi Jinping's top economic adviser, Liu He, will visit the United States this week, China's Foreign Ministry said on Monday, at a time of tension between the two countries over trade. Liu will be in the United States from Feb. 27 to March 3, ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a daily news briefing. Views will be exchanged "on China-U.S. relations and the two countries' economic and trade cooperation", the spokesman said, confirming reports from the United States on the trip, but without giving other details.
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| Bill Clinton pays respects to Billy Graham Posted: 27 Feb 2018 09:34 AM PST  Former President Bill Clinton paid his respects to the late evangelist preacher Billy Graham in Charlotte, North Carolina on Tuesday. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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| Florida Hockey Team Places Medals on Memorials of 17 School Massacre Victims Posted: 25 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST  The Marjory Stoneman Douglas team was the underdog but won the state championship.
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