| Knife Attack In Paris Leaves 1 Dead, Several Injured Posted: 12 May 2018 02:11 PM PDT  A man wielding a knife was shot dead in central Paris on Saturday evening
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| Mueller Reportedly Investigating Foreign-Linked Donors To Trump's Inauguration Fund Posted: 11 May 2018 08:30 PM PDT  Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating contributions to Donald
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| Candidate says ‘f*** the NRA’ to spark gun control debate Posted: 12 May 2018 09:58 AM PDT  Pat Davis, a Democratic candidate in a New Mexico Congressional race, says being polite just gets "thoughts and prayers" from the NRA. The former police officer and shooting survivor aired the advertisement to "keeps the conversation moving forward."
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| Guide to Britain's royal wedding on May 19 Posted: 11 May 2018 07:30 PM PDT  The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle next Saturday will be a fun-filled occasion but run with military precision, as per British royal tradition. The wedding service will be followed by a carriage procession, a lunchtime reception and an evening party. -- 9:00 am (0800 GMT): Some 2,640 people including charity workers, community leaders and military veterans begin to enter the grounds of Windsor Castle where they will be able to see the royals before and after the ceremony.
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| China's first home-built carrier sets out for sea trials Posted: 12 May 2018 07:28 PM PDT  China's first domestically developed aircraft carrier left its northeastern port to begin sea trials on Sunday, state media said, the latest milestone in the country's efforts to modernize its military. The official Xinhua news agency confirmed the ship had left for trials with a short announcement. "Our country's second aircraft carrier set sail from its dock in the Dalian shipyard for relevant waters to conduct a sea trial mission, mainly to inspect and verify the reliability and stability of mechanical systems and other equipment," Xinhua said.
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| Video Shows Security Guard Choking Black Teen Accused Of Shoplifting In New York Posted: 12 May 2018 08:54 PM PDT  New York police officers arrested a department store security guard on Friday
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| McQuade: Were payments to Michael Cohen ‘crime' or 'slime’? Posted: 12 May 2018 09:46 AM PDT  Former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade said the criminality of Michael Cohen's advising to President Donald Trump depends on if payments from AT to Cohen changed the actions of the president.
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| Car transporting illegal immigrants races through Border Patrol checkpoint Posted: 12 May 2018 02:04 PM PDT  A Border Patrol Agent was seriously injured after the car struck a steel-framed stop sign.
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| Iraqis vote in first national election since ISIS defeated Posted: 12 May 2018 12:55 PM PDT ![Iraqis vote in first national election since ISIS defeated]( "Iraqis vote in first national election since ISIS defeated") Iraqis voted on Saturday for the first time since the defeat of Islamic State.
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| Michael Bloomberg Slams 'Epidemic' Of Political Lies As Danger To Democracy Posted: 12 May 2018 06:40 PM PDT  Billionaire and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg lashed out
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| How Amazon Is Holding Seattle Hostage Posted: 12 May 2018 05:00 AM PDT  SEATTLE ― The 9:30 a.m. meeting of the Seattle City Council's Finance and
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| Mutual admiration as Parkland students celebrate milestones Posted: 12 May 2018 08:05 PM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — Samantha Fuentes, one of the Parkland school shooting survivors who gave emotional speeches at the March for Our Lives in Washington, has something to celebrate: Three months after the attack, she says "My face is finally shrapnel free!"
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| Grandfather planned Australia family murder-suicide according to grieving father Posted: 13 May 2018 05:46 AM PDT  The grieving father of four children who were killed in a family mass murder and suicide case that rocked Australia said on Sunday their grandfather was to blame for what he called a planned shooting. Aaron Cockman's children - three boys and a girl aged eight to 13 - were among the seven people found dead by police on a rural property in the small town of Osmington near the Margaret River wine region of Western Australia. The bodies of their mother Katrina Miles, 35, and grandparents Peter and Cynda Miles were also found at the property. Cockman, who told reporters in Margaret River he was estranged from Katrina, said "Peter didn't snap". "I think he's thought this through. I think he's been thinking this through for a long time," Cockman added in his first public comments since the shootings. Katrina Miles with her four children Credit: Facebook Police have yet to confirm which family member was the shooter but said they were not searching for any suspects. Three firearms licensed to Peter Miles were found by investigators. Cockman said that after feeling "so much anger" during legal struggles over custody of his children, such feelings had vanished. "I don't feel angry. I feel tremendous sadness for my kids. Angry will destroy you. I'm tremendously sad but I'll get through this." Investigators have not revealed the motive behind the shootings, with Cockman only saying he previously enjoyed a close relationship with Katrina's parents. "He (Peter) was like my best friend and I still love who he was, but his mental attitude... there are some people you just don't get on the wrong side of... and that's Peter and Cynda," Cockman added. Mass shootings are rare in Australia, which has strict gun laws introduced after 35 people were killed in 1996 at Port Arthur in Tasmania. The Osmington deaths are the worst mass shooting since then. Western Australia state Premier Mark McGowan, who travelled to Margaret River on Sunday, said he did not think gun laws could be further tightened but he would await recommendations from a coronial inquiry into the shootings.
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| Possible Autopilot Use Probed After Tesla Crashes At 60 MPH Posted: 12 May 2018 10:06 PM PDT  A Tesla Model S sedan equipped with a semi-autonomous Autopilot system plowed
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| Stalking Cheetahs Give Oblivious Family A Scare When They Exit Car At Safari Park Posted: 11 May 2018 06:10 PM PDT  A French family had a very close call when the parents foolishly exited their
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| Fire breathing dragon at Disney World parade bursts into flames Posted: 13 May 2018 06:10 AM PDT  "I think we have a problem, the dragon's literally on fire," says one shocked onlooker in a video circulated on social media. The float was supposed to represent 'Maleficent' from Disney classic Sleeping Beauty. Onlookers, including many children, saw the motorised beast continued to lift its head up and down while the flames made their way down its neck.
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| Kumar: Trump's immigration plan is 'hurting people at scale’ Posted: 12 May 2018 11:54 AM PDT  Marisa Teresa Kumar, president of Voto Latino, says President Trump's approach to immigrants is harmful because of his penchant for creating more undocumented immigrants.
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| Officer arrested after video shows him hitting daughter at school Posted: 12 May 2018 01:31 PM PDT  Surveillance video shows police officer beating his daughter at school while school workers do nothing to stop him.
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| College Costs Are America's Cruel Graduation Gift Posted: 13 May 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Springtime at the school where I teach is usually a celebration of how far so
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| Irish anti-abortion activists rally ahead of referendum Posted: 12 May 2018 04:59 PM PDT  Thousands gathered in Dublin on Saturday for the final major pro-life rally ahead of Ireland's referendum on whether it should liberalise its tight abortion laws. Demonstrators held up placards reading "Compassion for both" showing a mother and baby, "No abortion on demand" and "Also your niece, your friend, your grandchild". Others read: "Where there is life, there is hope", "There's always a better answer than abortion", "Voice for the voiceless", "My heartbeat started at 22 days" and "Repeal kills.
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| Michael Che's Stepmom Melissa McCarthy Embarrasses Him On 'Weekend Update' Posted: 13 May 2018 10:00 AM PDT  As much as she might embarrass him, Michael Che loves his stepmom Melissa
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| Aston Martin SUV Could Have Over 700 Horsepower Posted: 12 May 2018 12:04 AM PDT  Reports suggest the hybrid version of the upcoming Aston SUV could pack a punch.
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| North Korea to dismantle nuclear site ahead of Trump-Kim summit Posted: 12 May 2018 08:18 AM PDT  North Korea has announced it will hold a ceremony in late May for the dismantling of its nuclear test site. The country's central news agency said tunnels will be collapsed with explosions, blocking entrances, while observation facilities, research buildings and security posts will be closed. The event, which journalists across the world including from America and South Korea will be invited to cover, will take place between May 23 and May 25, depending on weather. The news came as Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, said America was prepared to help the regime boom economically if it denuclearises. The developments precede Donald Trump's historic meeting with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, scheduled for June 12 in Singapore. David Beasley, executive director of the UN's World Food Programme, said on Saturday that he believed North Korean leaders wanted change after a four-day visit to the country. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We must capture this moment and work diligently to move the ball forward down the road toward progress and peace. "And I am hopeful. I do believe there's a genuine desire to move forward, but time will tell." Mr Pompeo, who has visited North Korea twice in recent weeks, said the country could have a bright economic future if it quickly agrees to give up its nuclear weapons. If North Korea took "bold action" to quickly denuclearise, then the US was prepared to reward Pyongyang by propelling it towards the same levels of prosperity as the neighbouring South, he said at a press conference in Washington. "If Chairman Kim chooses the right path, there is a future brimming with peace and prosperity for the North Korean people," Mr Pompeo added. His comments set a positive tone for the talks in the Asian city-state of Singapore on June 12, and follow a goodwill gesture from Pyongyang after Kim agreed last week to release three Americans who had been held prisoner for over a year. Lee Hsien Loong, the Singaporean prime minister, has hailed the decision to hold the "historic and momentous event" in his tiny nation, and the news has been largely welcomed by the public, despite concerns over tight security, roadblocks and traffic chaos on the 85-mile long island. The local media has already touted several possible venues for the high stakes meeting, including the glitzy Marina Bay Sands hotel and casino resort, which is owned by Sheldon Adelson, an American business magnate and one of the largest donors to the Republican party. However, the luxury five-star Shangri-la hotel, a short distance from Singapore's main shopping boulevard, is "on top of the list" of likely locations for the meeting, said Toby Koh, group managing director of Ademco Security. The hotel has hosted annual meetings of defence ministers and military chiefs since 2002 and its security procedures were "down pat," said Mr Koh. "They don't really need to do a lot more to improve it." But the luxurious settings that Singapore has to offer will do little to detract from the difficulty of the negotiations that the two leaders face. In spite of easing tensions in recent months, Pyongyang has given few indications of being willing to go beyond sweeping statements in support of the concept of denuclearisation. Washington, meanwhile, remains committed to the "complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement" of North Korea's nuclear programme. Nevertheless, Mr Pompeo described his meeting with Kim last week in Pyongyang as "warm" as they communicated "mutual objectives." "We talked about the fact that America has often in history had adversaries who we are now close partners with and our hope that we can achieve the same with respect to North Korea," he said.
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| Wisconsin group wants officer charged for punching teen Posted: 13 May 2018 03:18 PM PDT ![Wisconsin group wants officer charged for punching teen]( "Wisconsin group wants officer charged for punching teen") WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) — A community organization is calling for a Wisconsin police officer to be fired and charged after a video surfaced showing a white officer punching a black teenager in the face outside a mall during an arrest.
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| Iran deal: State Department nuclear expert quits after Trump withdraws US from agreement Posted: 12 May 2018 05:01 AM PDT  A top nuclear expert has resigned from the US State Department after Donald Trump announced the US would pull out from the Iran nuclear deal. Richard Johnson, the assistant coordinator for Iran nuclear issues at the Office of Nuclear Implementation, reportedly handed in his resignation this week. A civil servant, Mr Johnson had been involved in failed negotiations including the UK, France and Germany to save the deals after Mr Trump threatened to pull out.
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| Fox Is Bringing Back Tim Allen's Last Man Standing This Fall Posted: 12 May 2018 06:33 AM PDT  After cancelling 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' and 'The Last Man on Earth'
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| LGBTQ Groups Call New Oklahoma Adoption Law Discriminatory Posted: 12 May 2018 08:51 AM PDT  A new "faith-based" adoption law signed by Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin on Friday
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| Eleven Iranians among dead in Israel strikes on Syria Thursday: monitor Posted: 12 May 2018 12:24 AM PDT  At least 11 Iranians were among those killed in unprecedented Israeli strikes on Syria this week, a monitor said Saturday. "At least 27 pro-regime fighters were killed" in Thursday's strikes, said Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. "The new report is due to the death of wounded or missing persons whose deaths have been confirmed," Abdel Rahman said.
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| Pompeii excavation finds ancient thoroughbred racehorse Posted: 11 May 2018 05:54 PM PDT  The villa and its stable were buried after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.
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| Ford Wants You To Consider Mustang Over Challenger, Camaro Posted: 13 May 2018 07:00 AM PDT  Because subtlety is so last summer.
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| Pakistan bars U.S. diplomat from leaving amid tense relations: media Posted: 12 May 2018 11:20 AM PDT ![Pakistan bars U.S. diplomat from leaving amid tense relations: media]( "Pakistan bars U.S. diplomat from leaving amid tense relations: media") Pakistani authorities have barred a U.S. diplomat involved in a fatal traffic accident from leaving the country, forcing an American military aircraft flown in for his departure to leave without him, local media reported on Saturday. The move came a day after Pakistan said it would restrict the movements of all American diplomats in the country in response to Washington's similar restrictions on Pakistani embassy diplomats. A spokesman for the U.S. embassy in Islamabad declined to comment on the media reports, and a U.S. State Department spokesperson in Washington would neither confirm nor deny them.
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| Airbus, Boeing fly into lucrative services market Posted: 12 May 2018 09:40 PM PDT  Airbus and Boeing may have built their global success on the back of the transcontinental airliners but they are now eyeing a lucrative if rather less glamorous side of the aviation sector in their battle to dominate the skies -- parts and repairs. The European and American firms have long done some business in after-sales support, but they are now moving to win greater market share and take on other players like Germany's Lufthansa Technik and US-based AAR. "The services market is more lucrative than actual aircraft sales because it has more potential and it covers many different spectrums," said Shukor Yusof, an analyst with aviation research firm Endau Analytics in Malaysia.
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| Trump administration reverses Obama-era prison rules to protect transgender inmates Posted: 12 May 2018 11:53 AM PDT  The Trump administration is reversing Barack Obama-era measures aimed at protecting transgender jail inmates, after four women prisoners challenged the policies in court. The Bureau of Prisons has rolled back rules that allowed transgender inmates to use facilities that match their gender identity, including cell blocks and bathrooms.
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| What to Expect from Putin’s Fourth Term Posted: 11 May 2018 06:39 PM PDT  On May 7, Vladimir Putin took the oath of office in the Kremlin for his fourth term as president, describing Russia as a "country of magnificent victories and accomplishments" and vowing to "do everything to build up Russia's might, prosperity and glory." On May 9, Russia commemorated the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War with a massive military parade that showcased the latest hypersonic missiles, tanks and drones. Putin warned in his speech against those trying to rewrite history or to claim exceptionalism, as had the Nazis.
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| ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Finds New TV Home, Stars And Fans Rejoice Posted: 11 May 2018 10:53 PM PDT  "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" is coming back to television!
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| Deadly Indonesia church suicide bombings committed by one family Posted: 13 May 2018 11:14 AM PDT  A family of six including two young daughters staged suicide bombings at three Indonesian churches during Sunday services, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens in attacks claimed by the Islamic State group. The bombings at three churches in Surabaya were Indonesia's deadliest for years, as the world's biggest Muslim-majority country grapples with homegrown militancy and rising intolerance towards religious minorities. A further three people were killed and two wounded when another bomb exploded at an apartment complex in Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city, just hours later, police said.
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| Malaysia bars scandal-ridden ex-leader from leaving country Posted: 12 May 2018 03:52 AM PDT  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's new leader, Mahathir Mohamad, said Saturday that defeated scandal-tainted Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife have been barred from leaving the country to prevent them from fleeing from possible prosecution over a massive corruption scandal.
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| How Many Toy Cars Are Needed To Pull A Jeep Grand Cherokee Posted: 13 May 2018 09:00 AM PDT  Of course it worked.
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| Three killed in attack linked by security services to Iraq's election Posted: 12 May 2018 10:15 AM PDT ![Three killed in attack linked by security services to Iraq's election]( "Three killed in attack linked by security services to Iraq's election") Three men were killed by a bomb attached to their car in a Sunni Arab region south of the oil city of Kirkuk on Saturday in an attack which security sources linked to Iraq's parliamentary election. Two of the dead were voters and the third an observer in a voting station near the town of al-Khan, the sources said. Islamic State earlier claimed responsibility for the attack.
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| NASA plans to send mini-helicopter to Mars Posted: 12 May 2018 12:43 AM PDT  The US space agency said Friday it plans to launch the first-ever helicopter to Mars in 2020, a miniature, unmanned drone-like chopper that could boost our understanding of the Red Planet. Known simply as "The Mars Helicopter," the device weighs less than four pounds (1.8 kilograms), and its main body section, or fuselage, is about the size of a softball. It will be attached to the belly pan of the Mars 2020 rover, a wheeled robot that aims to determine the habitability of the Martian environment, search for signs of ancient life, and assess natural resources and hazards for future human explorers.
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| Woman kicked off United flight in Houston after man complains of 'pungent odor' Posted: 11 May 2018 08:24 PM PDT  The woman, who is Nigerian, believes United Airlines kicked her off the plane because of her race.
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| Michael Cohen is 'in business'. But just what sort of business is he in? Posted: 12 May 2018 08:00 AM PDT  Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen arrives at his hotel in New York City this week. Michael Cohen, the most personal of the president's personal attorneys, has cut an extraordinary figure in this totally abnormal administration.
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| Pope to give Chilean bishops a dressing-down on abuse errors Posted: 12 May 2018 08:39 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican made it clear Saturday that Pope Francis had summoned Chile's bishops to Rome for a papal dressing-down because of their role in covering up sexual abuse by priests and their "grave omissions" in caring for victims.
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| Sacked Philippine chief justice to appeal her ouster Posted: 12 May 2018 03:25 AM PDT  The ousted top judge of the Philippines will appeal against the decision to sack her, after she battled with President Rodrigo Duterte over his deadly drug war, her spokesman said Saturday. Maria Lourdes Sereno's colleagues voted on Friday to remove her as Supreme Court chief justice in an unprecedented decision that has sparked a legal firestorm. "She will file MR (motion of reconsideration)," her spokesman Carlo Cruz said in a message to AFP without elaborating.
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| Oklahoma governor vetoes gun carry bill in defeat for NRA Posted: 11 May 2018 06:55 PM PDT  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's Republican Gov. Mary Fallin vetoed a bill late Friday that would have authorized adults to carry firearms without a permit or training, dealing a rare defeat to the National Rifle Association in a conservative state.
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