| Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Destroys Dozens Of Homes, Shows 'No Sign Of Slowing Down' Posted: 07 May 2018 03:16 AM PDT  Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano has destroyed more than two dozen homes in
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| What’s behind the deadly Gaza protests Posted: 08 May 2018 09:10 AM PDT  Ongoing protests at the border between Gaza and Israel, now in their sixth week, are growing increasingly violent, as Palestinian demonstrators have reportedly begun using firebombs, burning tires and wire cutters to breach the barbed-wire border fence. Protesters who breached the barricade on April 27 attempted to cross into Israel, only to be repelled by Israeli soldiers, who fired at them with rubber bullets and live ammunition, killing three and injuring many others. Holding Hamas accountable for breaching the fence, Israel's Air Force struck on Friday evening several targets inside Gaza associated with Hamas, the Islamist-fundamentalist organization that governs the Gaza Strip.
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| University of Florida president apologizes for grads being rushed off stage Posted: 07 May 2018 08:46 AM PDT  The school is facing claims of racism after a video showing minority students pushed off stage during their commencement drew outrage on social media.
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| Decades-long hunt for missing girls leads to Michigan farm: police Posted: 08 May 2018 01:17 PM PDT  Investigators were digging in a wooded area where the man, Arthur Ream, led officials 10 years ago to the body of a girl that he was found guilty of murdering, said William Dwyer, commissioner of the Warren Police Department. Dwyer said information from several people, including Ream, led them to believe that the bodies of four to six teenage girls may be buried there. If their remains are located, Ream could face charges related to their disappearances, Dwyer said.
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| NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Resigns Amid Abuse Allegations Posted: 07 May 2018 06:50 PM PDT  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) announced his resignation on
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| Putin to begin fourth term, but what happens in 2024? Posted: 06 May 2018 08:37 PM PDT  Vladimir Putin will be inaugurated for a historic fourth term on Monday, extending his almost two-decade rule by another six years after predictably winning Russia's March presidential election. Without constitutional reform, Putin will not be able to run for a fifth time -- Russian law forbids serving more than two consecutive terms. Putin, who will turn 72 in 2024, could decide to leave the Kremlin after 24 years in power, making way for a successor.
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| Overprotective Raccoon Mama Sends Cops and Firefighters Running Posted: 07 May 2018 12:20 PM PDT  The new mom even bit through the glove of a firefighter.
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| Trump tries to sink Blankenship in West Virginia primary Posted: 07 May 2018 06:28 AM PDT  On the eve of the West Virginia Senate primary, President Trump urged voters in the state to reject Republican Don Blankenship, a coal magnate who served a year in prison after a deadly mine explosion.
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| Correction: Science Says-Volcanoes Explained story Posted: 08 May 2018 11:32 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story May 7 about the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, The Associated Press misspelled the name of a university. It is Denison University, not Dennison.
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| Senate Candidate Who Praises Adolf Hitler Ejected From California GOP Convention Posted: 07 May 2018 01:12 AM PDT  A California Republican candidate for U.S. Senate who praises Adolf Hitler is ejected from the state's GOP convention.
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| NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Accused Of Physical Abuse Posted: 07 May 2018 04:16 PM PDT  Four women who have been romantically involved with New York Attorney General
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| Former top Chinese Communist official jailed for life for bribery Posted: 07 May 2018 07:45 PM PDT  A former Chinese Communist Party official who was once tipped for a top leadership post was sentenced to life in prison for bribery on Tuesday, the latest senior cadre to fall in President Xi Jinping's sweeping anti-corruption crusade. Sun Zhengcai, a former Politburo member and party chief of the southwestern mega-city of Chongqing, was found guilty of taking over 170 million yuan ($26.7 million) in bribes, the First Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin said in a statement on its website. Sun, 54, had once been tipped for promotion to the Politburo's elite seven-member standing committee, which rules the country and is presided over by Xi.
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| Stanford rape case judge breaks silence ahead of recall vote Posted: 08 May 2018 01:45 PM PDT  Aaron Persky, the judge who faced intense criticism for sentencing ex-Stanford swimmer Brock Turner to a short jail term for sexual assault, broke his silence Tuesday ahead of next month's vote to recall him from the bench.
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| Israeli minister threatens Assad over any Iranian attacks from Syria Posted: 07 May 2018 02:18 AM PDT  Israel could respond to any Iranian attack on it from Syria by toppling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, an Israeli security cabinet minister said on Monday, hinting that Assad himself may be targeted for assassination. Israel and Iran have traded blows over Syria since February, stirring concern that major escalation could be looming ahead of next week's review decision by U.S. President Donald Trump on the 2015 international nuclear deal with Tehran.
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| Connecticut To Give Its Electoral College Votes To National Popular Vote Victor Posted: 07 May 2018 04:27 AM PDT  Connecticut's legislature has passed a bill that would give the state's
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| American boy wakes up after being declared brain dead Posted: 07 May 2018 05:52 PM PDT  A teenager in Alabama who was declared brain dead regained consciousness a day before his life support was due to be withdrawn. Trenton McKinley, 13, suffered severe brain trauma in a car accident from which doctors believed he would not recover. His parents were told his organs were a match for five children who needed transplants, and they had already signed the paperwork agreeing to donate them when their son showed signs of life. The teenager suffered seven skull fractures in March when he fell from a car trailer which overturned and crushed his head in Mobile, Alabama. Trenton's mother, Jennifer Reindl, said her son had undergone several rounds of surgery, suffering kidney failure and cardiac arrest. At one point, she was told he would not recover. Trenton faces more surgery as he recovers slowly Credit: Jennifer Reindl/Facebook "He was dead a total of 15 minutes," Ms Reindl told CBS News. "All I saw was a stretcher with his feet. "When he came back they said he would never be normal again." Ms Reindl said added that she agreed to sign donation papers when she was told her son's organs could save five lives. "That also ensured that they would continue to keep Trenton alive to clean his organs for the donation," she said. "The next day he was scheduled to have his final brain wave test to call his time of death, but his vitals spiked so they cancelled the test." His mother called his recovery "a miracle", saying the teenager has been walking and talking and even reading and doing maths. Trenton is now going through a slow recovery process at home. He needs several more rounds of surgery to rebuild his skull and still suffers seizures. He said he believed he was in heaven while he was unconscious. "There's no other explanation but God," he said. "There's no other way that I could have came back."
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| 4.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Southern California Posted: 08 May 2018 06:48 AM PDT  A 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Palm Springs this morning and could be felt in Los Angeles. A 3.2 magnitude aftershock struck minutes after the quake in the region.
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| The Latest: Rouhani: Iran will negotiate with others on deal Posted: 08 May 2018 01:44 PM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Latest on Iran's nuclear deal (all times local):
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| Bank Of America Appears To Flip On Firearm Promise With Loan To Remington Posted: 08 May 2018 04:41 AM PDT  Bank of America has been accused of breaking a promise to stop lending money
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| Netanyahu's Chef Blasted For Serving Japan's Prime Minister Dessert In A Shoe Posted: 08 May 2018 11:11 AM PDT  > A post shared by segevmoshe (@segevmoshe) on May 2, 2018 at 1:04pm PDT
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| Hawaii volcano simmers ominously, experts warn it could blow again Posted: 08 May 2018 04:48 PM PDT  By Terray Sylvester PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) - Hawaii residents drove through clouds of sulfur and over roads splitting open to make desperate and possibly last visits home on Tuesday before another eruption by Kilauea volcano, which has already destroyed 35 homes and other structures. The explosions from Kilauea, which began five days ago, paused on Tuesday long enough for many of the roughly 1,700 people ordered to flee their homes in the hardest-hit Leilani Estates area to rush back in for pets or cherished belongings they were forced to leave behind. "The way it looks now, I thought I'd try one more time to get my things out," U.S. Army veteran Delance Weigel, 71, said while collecting some of his prized possessions shortly after 7 a.m. on Tuesday as steam and sulfur dioxide gas rose out of cracks in the street.
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| Kim Jong Un Secretly Met With Xi Jinping Again Posted: 08 May 2018 05:28 AM PDT  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the
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| Florida deputy killed after responding to dispute over cat Posted: 07 May 2018 12:23 PM PDT ![Florida deputy killed after responding to dispute over cat]( "Florida deputy killed after responding to dispute over cat") LAKE PLACID, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff's deputy died Monday afternoon, a day after being shot in the head while responding to a dispute over a cat, authorities said.
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| Republicans in key election races turn down volume on Trump's tax cuts Posted: 07 May 2018 05:10 AM PDT  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Right after Republicans in the U.S. Senate passed their income tax overhaul in December, delivering tax cuts to businesses and most American taxpayers, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was buoyant. Surrounded by jubilant fellow Republicans, he told reporters, "If we can't sell this to the American people, we ought to go into another line of work." Four months later, McConnell's attempt at levity could prove prophetic. The most vulnerable Republican incumbents in the tightest congressional races in the November elections are talking less and less about the tax cuts on Twitter and Facebook, on their campaign and congressional websites and in digital ads, the vital tools of a modern election campaign, a Reuters analysis of their online utterances shows. All told, the number of tax messages has fallen by 44 percent since January.
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| Joe Scarborough: Trump's Legal Strategy Is Like 'A Monkey Throwing Poo Against The Wall' Posted: 08 May 2018 05:44 AM PDT  MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ruthlessly mocked President Donald Trump on Tuesday
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| British man weds bride days after saving her life when crocodile bit her arm off Posted: 07 May 2018 01:50 PM PDT  A British man has described the moment he desperately fought to save his fiancee as her arm was bitten off by a crocodile, five days before they got married. Jamie Fox, 27, wed Zanele Ndlovu in a Zimbabwean hospital. "In one week we went from shock and agony to a truly amazing experience," he said. Fox and his then fiancée, Miss Ndlovu, 25, were canoeing in an inflatable boat on the Zambezi, one of Africa's longest rivers, when they were attacked by a crocodile on April 30. Mr Fox managed to pull his fiancee, a former national tennis player, back out of the water and applied a makeshift tourniquet, but she had lost so much blood it was feared that she may die from the wound. "I was shouting, trying to save her," he said. "She was not complaining of pain when we managed to pull her out of the water, maybe because of the shock. We were hoping the doctors would save her arm but that was not to be." Doctors were unable to save Zenele Ndlovu's right arm Credit: AP Miss Ndlovu was rushed to Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo but lost her right arm and suffered injuries to her left hand. Five days later, they married in the hospital chapel. "We were glad we still had our lives and managed to keep our wedding date, although we had to do with a much smaller venue," Mr Fox added. "The celebrations went ahead at the original venue but Zanele and I had to remain at the hospital." He described the wedding as "incredible". The couple had dated for around 18 months before he proposed in February. The couple are hoping to settle in the UK Credit: Jamie Fox/Facebook It is believed Mr Fox's mother, Jennette, 58, and his sister Sophie, 24, flew over from their home in Orpington, Kent, to attend the wedding. "We are hoping to settle in the UK so we are sorting out her visa and then we will think of the honeymoon," he added. Miss Ndlovu was discharged from the hospital on Monday.
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| Catholic Priest Praised As 'Best Dressed Dude' At Met Gala For Just Living His Life Posted: 08 May 2018 09:53 AM PDT  As celebrities and designers descended on The Metropolitan Museum of Art for
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| 2 Cold Cases More than 40 Years Old Believed to Be Linked to Married Serial Killers: Police Posted: 07 May 2018 09:01 AM PDT  The remains of an unidentified woman are believed to be those of Mary Ann Perez.
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| Taiwan hits back at WHO exclusion under Beijing pressure Posted: 08 May 2018 03:29 AM PDT  Taiwan accused the World Health Organization of succumbing to political pressure from Beijing Tuesday after the island failed to receive an invitation to a major international meeting. China sees self-governing democratic Taiwan as part of its territory awaiting reunification and has used its clout to diminish the island's presence on the world stage since Beijing-sceptic President Tsai Ing-wen took power in May 2016. Last year was the first time in eight years that Taiwan was not granted access to the World Health Assembly (WHA) -- the WHO's main meeting.
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| Off-duty officer pulls gun on man he thought was shoplifting pack of Mentos Posted: 07 May 2018 01:37 PM PDT  Surveillance video clearly showed the man paying for the candy, then putting it in his pocket. But the officer behind him didn't see that.
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| White House Prepares To Send Congress $15 Billion Spending Cuts Package Posted: 07 May 2018 06:05 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The White House is preparing to send Congress a roughly $15
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| Hezbollah allies gain in Lebanon vote, underscoring Iran sway Posted: 07 May 2018 03:29 PM PDT  By Tom Perry, Laila Bassam and Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah and its political allies made significant gains in Lebanon's parliamentary election, official results showed, boosting an Iranian-backed movement fiercely opposed to Israel and underlining Tehran's growing regional clout. The leader of Shi'ite Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, called the result a "a very big political, parliamentary and moral victory for the choice of resistance". The number of Hezbollah MPs was the same or little changed, but candidates supported by the group or allied to it gained in major cities.
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| 3 black Airbnb guests questioned by police plan lawsuit Posted: 07 May 2018 04:54 PM PDT ![3 black Airbnb guests questioned by police plan lawsuit]( "3 black Airbnb guests questioned by police plan lawsuit") LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three black people plan to sue a Southern California police department over what they say was an excessive response to a racially motivated 911 call, but police say their officers' response was polite, brief and nothing out of the ordinary.
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| New Range Rover Evoque Seen Abusing Its Tires At The Nurburgring Posted: 08 May 2018 04:11 AM PDT  Attacking the challenging corners of the Green Hell with a small luxury crossover is not something you see every day.
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| Holy Matrimony! There Was A Proposal At The Met Gala. Posted: 08 May 2018 06:22 AM PDT  While Monday night's Met Gala, with its celebration of the "Catholic
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| Elon Musk "super serious" about starting candy company Posted: 07 May 2018 01:00 PM PDT  Perhaps we'll soon see yet another ambitious project from Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk. The outspoken executive recently took to Twitter to announce he's "super serious" about starting...a candy company. Where did the idea for a candy company originate?
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| Xi urges Trump to consider N. Korea's 'reasonable security concerns': state media Posted: 08 May 2018 10:27 AM PDT  Chinese President Xi Jinping urged US counterpart Donald Trump to take Pyongyang's "reasonable security concerns" into consideration, in a phone call Tuesday hours after Xi met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Xi told Trump that he supports the planned meeting between the US and North Korean leaders, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. The Chinese president "hopes the US and North Korea can work together, build mutual trust" and "consider North Korea's reasonable security concerns," the report said.
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| Burst Pipe Floods Carnival Cruise Ship in a Scene Right Out of 'Titanic' Posted: 07 May 2018 11:29 AM PDT  Water was seen spewing out of the walls as a result of the mishap.
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| The World's Strongest Man Is 'The Mountain' From 'Game Of Thrones' (Seriously) Posted: 07 May 2018 12:59 PM PDT  Hafþor Julius Bjornsson, who plays Gregor Clegane aka "The Mountain" in "Game
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| Walmart to restrict opioid dispensing at its pharmacies Posted: 07 May 2018 10:36 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Walmart Inc said on Monday it would restrict initial acute opioid prescriptions to no more than a seven-day supply as the retailer aims to curb an opioid epidemic that has plagued the United States. The supply limit will begin within the next 60 days, the company said. In January , Walmart said it would provide its customers filling prescriptions for opioids with a packet of powder that would help them dispose of leftover medication.
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| Skakel prosecutors mulling new murder trial face obstacles Posted: 07 May 2018 01:16 PM PDT  Now that a court has struck down the murder conviction of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, the next step in the decades-long legal saga is up to Connecticut prosecutors, who must decide whether to seek a new trial in the 1975 slaying. As they mull prospects for another guilty verdict they will have to consider a number of new twists that have emerged since Skakel was convicted in 2002 of killing Martha Moxley with a golf club when they were teenage neighbors in the exclusive Belle Haven shoreline section of Greenwich. Skakel, 57, a nephew of Robert F. Kennedy's widow, Ethel Kennedy, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison and spent 11 years behind bars.
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| Putin sworn in for fourth term as Russian president Posted: 07 May 2018 12:41 PM PDT  Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia's president for a fourth term on Monday, extending his almost two-decade rule by another six years at a time of high tension with his Western rivals. The 65-year-old, in power since 1999, is on course to become the longest-serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin after his victory in March elections. Putin won nearly 77 percent of the vote in polls in which his most vocal opponent, Alexei Navalny, was banned from running.
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