| Supreme Court Rejects GOP Plea To Keep Gerrymandered House Map In Pennsylvania Posted: 19 Mar 2018 12:22 PM PDT  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to step in and block a new
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| Cirque du Soleil Star Plunges to Death During Performance Posted: 19 Mar 2018 08:57 AM PDT  An experienced Cirque du Soleil performer died on Sunday after plunging onto a stage during an aerial straps routine at a Tampa, Florida show.
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| Alabama Lawmaker Opposes Arming Teachers Because 'Lady Teachers' Are 'Scared Of Guns' Posted: 19 Mar 2018 08:29 AM PDT  An Alabama lawmaker says arming teachers to protect against gun violence in
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| Wisconsin congressman offers McCabe a job Posted: 19 Mar 2018 03:15 AM PDT  Representative Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, offers former FBI Deputy Andrew McCabe a job so that way he may receive his full pension, something that was withheld from him due to his firing.
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| Body of Missing St. Joseph's University Freshman Mark Dombroski Found in Bermuda Posted: 19 Mar 2018 10:55 AM PDT  Mark Dombroski, 19, was last seen at a bar called The Dog House.
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| Syria Aid Worker: 'A Motionless World' Is Watching 'Wholesale Slaughter' Posted: 19 Mar 2018 08:27 PM PDT  An aid worker in the besieged Syrian region of eastern Ghouta has spoken of
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| Northern Brazil overwhelmed by desperate, hungry Venezuelans Posted: 20 Mar 2018 02:16 PM PDT  PACARAIMA, Brazil (AP) — Hungry and destitute, tens of thousands of victims of Venezuela's unrelenting political and economic crisis are trying their luck in Brazil — a country where they do not speak the language, conditions are often poor and there are few border towns to receive them.
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| What You Need To Know About Cambridge Analytica Posted: 20 Mar 2018 02:34 PM PDT  The reported breach and misuse of roughly 50 million Facebook users' data is
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| Congress leaders near deal on government funding bill: senators Posted: 20 Mar 2018 01:14 PM PDT  By Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers neared agreement on Tuesday on a massive government spending bill that Congress hopes to pass by Friday, as congressional leaders worked to narrow their differences on thorny issues such as President Donald Trump's border wall. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, said he and his counterparts in the House of Representatives and Senate were "moving to completing" work on the $1.3 trillion spending bill that would significantly boost spending for the U.S. military and an array of non-military programs.
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| DeVos Finally Agrees Federal Dollars Shouldn't Fund LGBTQ Discrimination In Schools Posted: 20 Mar 2018 01:54 PM PDT  Questioned by a persistent lawmaker on Tuesday, Education Secretary Betsy
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| 'Midnight Sun' Star Bella Thorne on Showing the World Who She Really Is Posted: 18 Mar 2018 09:00 PM PDT  The former Disney Channel star opens up about her experiences growing up and using her platform to help others embrace their true selves.
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| Turkey 'to expand Syria op' to other Kurdish-held towns Posted: 19 Mar 2018 08:14 AM PDT  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday vowed to expand Turkey's Syria campaign to other Kurdish-held areas up to the Iraqi border, a day after ousting Kurdish militia from their former enclave of Afrin. Indicating there was no plan for the Turkish army to call off offensive, Erdogan described the taking of Afrin as merely a "comma" and also warned Turkey could launch a surprise attack on Kurdish rebel strongholds in Iraq.
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| Vehicle used to pick up Yulia Skripal from airport seized for forensic tests Posted: 19 Mar 2018 06:21 AM PDT  The vehicle used to pick up Yulia Skripal from Heathrow when she arrived in the UK from Moscow has been seized by the military for forensic testing. The development suggests that detectives believe the Novichok nerve agent used to poison both the 33-year-old and her father, Russian spy Sergei Skripal, a fortnight ago may have been unwittingly carried over by her from Russia the previous day. Barely 24 hours later, the pair were found on a bench in the centre of Salisbury in a catatonic state. Miss Skripal was picked up from the airport on Saturday March 3 by Ross Cassidy, one of Col Skripal's closest friends, who drove her back to her father's house in Salisbury. Intelligence officers have suggested that the toxin may have been hidden in her luggage, either impregnated in an item of clothing or cosmetics or else in a gift, meaning Miss Skripal was deliberately targeted to get at her father. Mr Cassidy confirmed when contacted by The Telegraph that his pick-up truck had been seized at the concrete plant in Amesbury where he works. Ross Cassidy, a close friend of Sergei Skripal, who is understood to have picked Yulia Skripal up from Heathrow Meanwhile, police investigating the murder of Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov said they had found no evidence of forced entry into his home. The 68-year-old was found apparently strangled at his terraced house in Clarence Avenue, New Malden on March 12, prompting fears that a new Moscow-sponsored attack had been carried out on UK soil. The former Aeroflot deputy director, a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, was granted asylum in the UK after fleeing Russia in 2006. His death was initially treated as unexplained but four days later, following a post-mortem examination, Scotland Yard launched a murder inquiry. Mr Glushkov, who was close friends with Putin critic Boris Berezovsky, was wanted over fraud allegations in his native Russia. He was also outspoken after Mr Berezovsky died in 2013, refusing to accept that his friend had taken his own life. Sergei Skripal with his daughter Yulia Credit: Social media Counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation into Mr Glushkov's death but have stressed that there is no evidence to link it with the attempted murder of Col Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury. On Monday officers were carrying out house-to-house inquiries near his Clarence Avenue home and appealing for witnesses to come forward. Metropolitan Police Commander Clarke Jarrett said: "I would urge anybody who may have information to get in touch if they have not already done so. We will have officers in Mr Glushkov's local neighbourhood today so please come and speak to us if you think you may have seen or heard anything suspicious last Sunday or Monday. "The investigation is progressing; we have taken a number of statements and have over 400 exhibits which are being processed. We have found no sign of forced entry thus far, but the forensic examination at Mr Glushkov's home continues and we expect to be there for some time. "I must stress that there is nothing we have found in our investigation so far to suggest any link to the attempted murders in Salisbury and I would like to reassure the public in New Malden that there are no wider public health concerns in relation to this investigation." Officers at the cordon near the tent covering the bench where Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found poisoned Credit: REUTERS/Peter Nicholls The bodies of Russian dissidents who have died in the UK are likely to be exhumed in the wake of Boris Johnson's disclosure that the Kremlin has spent a decade developing nerve agents for assassination purposes. The remains of at least two Russians who died suddenly and mysteriously are expected to be re-examined. Neither was tested for nerve agent poisoning after their deaths. Yesterday, the Foreign Secretary accused Putin's regime of breaking international law in developing Novichok for use by hit squads. Today, inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will visit the defence laboratory at Porton Down to collect nerve agent samples used in the attack for independent testing. The tests are expected to last at least two weeks. Mr Johnson said the Government had proof that Novichok was being stockpiled by Russia. The Skripals remain in a critical and life threatening condition.
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| Ex-French president Sarkozy held on Gadhafi claims Posted: 20 Mar 2018 03:09 PM PDT  PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was taken into custody Tuesday in connection with allegations that he received millions of euros in illegal campaign financing from the regime of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
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| 27 Easy Pasta Recipes That Don't Use Sauce From A Jar, Because You Deserve Better Posted: 20 Mar 2018 02:45 AM PDT  You want to make dinner with your eyes closed and both hands tied behind your
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| Report: Trump Demanded Nondisclosure Pacts So Staffers Can Never Spill Posted: 19 Mar 2018 06:45 AM PDT  President Donald Trump has pressured senior White House staff members to sign
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| Personal Information Of 880,000 Orbitz Customers Likely Breached Posted: 20 Mar 2018 09:01 AM PDT  Travel website Orbitz announced Tuesday it has detected a security breach that
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| U.S. high court skeptical toward California law on anti-abortion centers Posted: 20 Mar 2018 11:44 AM PDT  A California law that requires Christian-based facilities that steer pregnant women away from abortion to post notices about the availability of state-subsidized abortions ran into trouble at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, with justices on the right and left indicating it may violate free speech rights. Various justices voiced concern that the Democratic-backed 2015 law was crafted to take aim at a specific viewpoint -- opposition to abortion -- held by these non-profit facilities called crisis pregnancy centers. Conservative justices sharply questioned the lawyer representing California, and even two liberal justices expressed unease with parts of the law during an hour-long argument in an appeal by these facilities of a lower court ruling upholding the statute.
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| Maryland school shooting: Two students injured and shooter dead after gun attack Posted: 20 Mar 2018 06:50 AM PDT  The student who shot two other students at Great Mills High School in southeast Maryland has died after a school resource officer fired at him, the sheriff for St Mary's County has said. The school day had barely begun when a student shot a male and female student in a hallway before exchanging fire with a campus security officer, county Sheriff Timothy Cameron told NBC's Washington affiliate. The officer ended the attack at the Great Mills, Maryland high school, about 70 miles from Washington, by injuring the shooter.
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| What the world is saying about Putin's re-election Posted: 19 Mar 2018 01:17 PM PDT  China was the first world power to react Monday to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin's re-election, vowing to push ties to a "higher level", but Germany questioned the fairness of the vote and warned that Moscow would remain "difficult". "Currently, the China-Russia comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership is at the best level in history, which sets an example for building a new type of international relations," Xi said in a message to Putin. "We expect Russia to address the violations and shortcomings," an EU statement said.
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| Good Samaritans help flip a man's car following crash Posted: 20 Mar 2018 11:09 AM PDT  A group of good Samaritans in Chester County, Pa., came to the aid of a driver who was trapped under his burning car after a crash.
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| Officer Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Justine Damond Posted: 20 Mar 2018 11:52 AM PDT  The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an Australian woman in July
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| The Latest: 1st lawsuit filed after Florida bridge collapse Posted: 19 Mar 2018 11:32 AM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on a Florida university campus reopening after a fatal bridge collapse (all times local):
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| Wendy Williams Gives Graves’ Disease Update: ‘It Was Just a Mess Going On Inside My Body’ Posted: 19 Mar 2018 07:50 AM PDT  She says she is now feeling better.
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| Tessa Thompson Can't Get Enough Of A Hilarious Meme Comparing Her To Goats Posted: 20 Mar 2018 05:20 AM PDT  This Tessa Thompson meme could be the greatest of all time.
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| Pennsylvania GOP Moves To Impeach Supreme Court Democrats For Gerrymandering Ruling Posted: 20 Mar 2018 03:13 PM PDT  A dozen GOP Pennsylvania lawmakers filed legislation on Tuesday to impeach
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| Roche's Tecentriq notches third cancer cocktail trial win Posted: 20 Mar 2018 03:02 AM PDT  By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche's immunotherapy Tecentriq on Tuesday racked up a third trial win in combination with other cancer drugs, a boost for the Swiss drugmaker as it seeks to muscle in on space dominated by Merck and Bristol-Myers Squibb. A late-stage study, called IMpower131, demonstrated Tecentriq mixed with chemotherapies carboplatin and Abraxane cut risk of disease worsening or death (PFS), compared with chemotherapy alone, in first-line treatment of patients with advanced squamous non-small cell lung cancer.
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| ‘Fixing’ the Iran Nuke Deal Ahead of North Korea Talks Is a Terrible Idea Posted: 20 Mar 2018 08:56 AM PDT  The road to Pyongyang does not pass through Tehran.
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| Couple interrogated French nanny before killing her, court hears Posted: 20 Mar 2018 09:09 AM PDT  A couple living in London interrogated their young French au-pair relentlessly for hours before murdering her and burning her body to cover up the crime, prosecutors told a court Tuesday. The charred remains of 21-year-old Sophie Lionnet were discovered by the fire brigade on September 20, in the back garden of the southwest London home where she cared for two children. On Tuesday's second day of the trial, the packed courtroom heard clips of more than eight hours of audio recordings of Lionnet being questioned by the couple.
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| Jim Carrey Starts Controversy With Painting That Looks Like Sarah Huckabee Sanders Posted: 19 Mar 2018 11:38 AM PDT  Comedian Jim Carrey ruffled feathers Saturday when he tweeted a photo of a
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| British woman Anna Campbell who joined all-female fighting unit killed in Syria Posted: 19 Mar 2018 04:31 AM PDT  A British woman fighting with a Kurdish armed unit has died in Syria, her father has said. Anna Campbell, 26, from Lewes, East Sussex, died on March 15 in Afrin while with the Kurdish Women's Protection Units, the YPJ. It is feared she was killed by Turkish airstrikes. Ms Campbell - who had dyed her fair hair black so she would not stand out - is the first British woman to have been killed in Syria with the Kurds and the first Briton to be killed in the battle for Afrin. Seven other Britons have died in the country while fighting alongside the groups. Ms Campbell's father, Dirk, told the BBC she "wanted to create a better world and she would do everything in her power to do that". Anna Campbell, centre, with YPJ fighters stationed in northern Syria Credit: YPJ He added: "I told her of course that she was putting her life in danger, which she knew full well she was doing. I feel I should have done more to persuade her to come back, but she was completely adamant." The YPJ is an all-female brigade of the Kurdish People's Protection Units YPG, which has around 50,000 Kurdish men and women fighting against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) in northern Syria. The group has been defending the Kurdish-majority city of Afrin from Turkish forces backed by Syrian rebels after they launched an offensive in mid-January. Ankara considers the YPG a terrorist group, an offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) which has led an insurgency in Turkey for decades. Ms Campbell had been qualified plumber living in Bristol before she left to join the Kurdish militia in Syria. Her friends and commanders are thought to have tried to dissuade her from going, saying it was too dangerous. İngiliz BBC haber kanalı, İngiliz Anna Campbell isimli kadının, Afrin'de terör örgütü YPG'nin kadınlardan oluşan kolu YPJ saflarında öldürüldüğünü duyurdu. pic.twitter.com/c4noQgbNJL— Son Kale Türkiye (@SonKaleTurkiye2) March 19, 2018 He said his daughter was an "incredibly principled, brave, determined, committed woman" whose death had left him "in pieces". "She was determined to live in a way that made a difference to the world and she was determined to act on that and do whatever it took," he told the BBC. "She was prepared to put her life on the line. There aren't many people who do that. "In retrospect I think that I probably should have done more to dissuade her (from going to Syria) but I also knew that she would never have forgiven me if I had actively prevented her from going. "I couldn't affect or try to influence her own perceived destiny. It was the most important thing in life for her." Britons killed after joining Kurdish forces in Syria Macer Gifford, a British volunteer with the YPG, said: "I travelled into Rojava with Anna in May 2017. She was kind, funny and brimming with energy. She had heard about the bravery of the YPJ and they inspired her to come out to fight for democracy, equality and peace in Syria. "She wanted to fight ISIS and to rid Syria of the evil that has ripped the country apart," said Gifford, who uses a pseudonym. "Anna then bravely volunteered to join the defence of Afrin. She bravely fought alongside her YPJ sisters, they opened corridors for civilians to leave and delayed the invaders long enough to save thousands of lives." About | Women's Protection Units (YPJ) Mark Campbell, co-chairman of the Kurdistan Solidarity Campaign, said: "Anna is a woman who seemed to have more humanity in her little finger than the whole of the international community. "She is an inspiration and a hero." He said Ms Campbell, who is no relation to him, was killed alongside two Kurdish women amid the air strikes. He added: "I did not know her but I met with her father this morning. I have the utmost respect and condolences for her family." A Turkish-backed Syrian rebel drives past a burning shop in the city of Afrin, in northern Syria, on Sunday Credit: BULENT KILIC /AFP In a statement, YPJ commander and spokeswoman Nesrin Abdullah said Ms Campbell's death was a "great loss". She said: "Campbell's martyrdom is a great loss to us because with her international soul, her revolutionary spirit, which demonstrated the power of women, she expressed her will in all her actions. "On behalf of the Women's Defence Units YPJ, we express our deepest condolences to (her) family and we promise to follow the path she took up. We will represent her in the entirety of our struggles." Conflict between Turkey and Kurdish groups has been inflamed since January. Over the weekend, Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the country's military had captured the town centre of Afrin, which was previously controlled by the YPG. Video: Afrin is under 'total control', says Erdogan Nearly two months after launching an offensive on the Kurdish territory, he announced that the Turkish flag and that of Syrian opposition fighters had been raised in the town.
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| US agent on trial in cross-border killing of Mexican teen Posted: 20 Mar 2018 12:12 PM PDT  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A rare murder trial of a U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of shooting across the international boundary into Mexico in 2012 and killing a teenager started Tuesday with jury selection.
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| Chrysler's Turbine Car Secretly Used a Ford Part Posted: 19 Mar 2018 09:00 AM PDT  To make the Chrysler Turbine Car drivable, engineers had to obtain a crate of parts from a Ford factory under shady circumstances.
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| Lin Manuel Miranda And Ben Platt Join Forces For Ultimate Broadway Mashup Posted: 19 Mar 2018 08:05 AM PDT  If we don't live to see their glory, at least we'll have this moving
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| After landslide re-election, Russia's Putin tells West: I don't want arms race Posted: 19 Mar 2018 11:01 AM PDT  By Andrew Osborn and Christian Lowe MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin struck a softer tone towards the West on Monday after winning his biggest ever election victory, saying he had no desire for an arms race and would do everything he could to resolve differences with other countries. Putin's victory, which comes at a time when his relations with the West are on a hostile trajectory, will extend his political dominance of Russia by six years to 2024. "We will do everything to resolve all the differences with our partners using political and diplomatic channels." His comments, which are likely to be heard with some scepticism in the West following years of confrontation, mark a change in tone after a bellicose election campaign during which Putin unveiled new nuclear weapons he said could strike almost any point in the world.. German Chancellor Angela Merkel wished Putin success and called for more dialogue.
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| Federal Judge Rips Kris Kobach For Failing To Fully Comply With Court Order Posted: 20 Mar 2018 02:01 PM PDT  A federal judge lambasted Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) on Tuesday
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| Maryland High School Shooter Dead After Wounding 2: Police Posted: 20 Mar 2018 06:32 AM PDT  "The event is contained," the school district said in a statement.
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| Google buys NYC's Chelsea Market building for $2.4 bn Posted: 20 Mar 2018 10:35 AM PDT  Google on Tuesday bought up New York's Chelsea Market for $2.4 billion, finalizing its acquisition of the emblematic retail and food hall that stands opposite the internet giant's current headquarters in the city. Google had already paid $1.7 billion for the building facing the market in 2010, which has 275,000 square metres of office floorspace. It already has offices in the Chelsea Market building -- built in 1913 by architect Albert G. Zimmerman as a factory for the Nabisco biscuit company -- which serve as offices for the Google-owned online company Youtube.
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| Congress Races Against Time To Avoid Yet Another Shutdown Posted: 20 Mar 2018 02:41 AM PDT  Lawmakers in Washington worked feverishly into the night on Monday to finalize
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| Steve Wynn settled with second woman over sex allegations Posted: 19 Mar 2018 02:10 PM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Embattled casino mogul Steve Wynn brokered a settlement more than a decade ago with a second woman who accused him of sexual misconduct and recently reported her to the FBI, his attorneys say in court documents.
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| Devin Nunes on McCabe firing, upcoming IG report Posted: 19 Mar 2018 06:49 PM PDT  Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee weighs in on 'Hannity' about Attorney General Jeff Sessions' dismissal of the former FBI deputy director.
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