| But Her Emails? Lawmakers Shrug Off Trump’s Lax Cellphone Security Posted: 22 May 2018 04:20 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The Hillary Clinton email controversy received an enormous amount
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| Medical examiner releases CDC doctor Timothy Cunningham's official cause of death Posted: 22 May 2018 12:45 PM PDT  The death of a CDC employee whose body was found in an Atlanta river last
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| ACLU Fighting To Release Gay Man In ICE Detention Since January Posted: 22 May 2018 04:04 PM PDT  The American Civil Liberties Union is fighting to end the monthslong detention
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| Southern Baptist Leader Who Said Abused Women Should Just Pray Is Removed From Post Posted: 23 May 2018 05:00 AM PDT  A prominent Southern Baptist Church leader who is known to have made
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| Primaries in Southern states shed light on midterms Posted: 22 May 2018 07:56 PM PDT  ABC News breaks down the night's primary races in Texas, Georgia, Kentucky and Arkansas.
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| Surprises and statements in fascinating Tuesday primary results Posted: 22 May 2018 12:24 PM PDT  Steve Kornacki, MSNBC political correspondent, talks with Rachel Maddow about the results, including some surprises, of primary elections in some key states like Georgia and Kentucky.
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| Driver in Fatal New Jersey Bus Crash Was 77-Year-Old Man With 14 Previous License Suspensions Posted: 23 May 2018 05:46 AM PDT  The driver has been identified as Hudy Muldrow Sr.
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| Emptying the nest: US couple gets court to evict 30-year-old son Posted: 23 May 2018 02:13 PM PDT  Most parents are living the life of "empty nesters" by the time their children reach 30, but one US couple had to go to court to give their son that extra little push. "We don't talk, we stay out of each other's way," Rotondo told US media.
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| Israeli air force chief confirms first F-35 airstrike Posted: 22 May 2018 11:37 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of Israel's air force on Tuesday revealed that it used the next-generation F-35 fighter jet for the first time during a recent mission.
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| Hearing delayed in Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's New York court case Posted: 23 May 2018 09:17 AM PDT  By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York federal judge has postponed to next week a hearing in the case brought by President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen to limit prosecutors' review of documents seized from his home and office. The hearing, which had been scheduled to take place Thursday, is expected to address the ongoing review of the seized documents by a court-appointed official called a special master, as well as a motion by adult film star Stormy Daniels to intervene in the case. U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood rescheduled the hearing for May 30 in an order late Tuesday evening.
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| California Moves To Let Schools, Co-workers 'Red Flag' Dangerous Gun Owners Posted: 22 May 2018 03:24 PM PDT  Lawmakers in the California Assembly voted Monday to advance a bill that would
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| Betsy DeVos and Democrats in Congress Both Support Paying Teachers More. They Differ on the Details Posted: 22 May 2018 02:39 PM PDT  Democrats unveiled a plan to boost teacher pay amid national walkouts
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| Is This the Loch Ness Monster? Scientists to Finally Find Out the Truth Posted: 23 May 2018 10:48 AM PDT  A little girl's eerie footage has people scratching their heads in Scotland.
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| Federal Court Sides With Transgender Teen Gavin Grimm In Bathroom Fight Posted: 22 May 2018 03:15 PM PDT  A Virginia federal court on Tuesday denied a motion to dismiss the case of
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| Trump says he will propose new tax cuts prior to November Posted: 22 May 2018 06:12 PM PDT  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will propose new tax cuts sometime prior to November, when Republicans look to retain their control of the U.S. Congress in midterm elections. Trump said he would meet with Republican Representative Kevin Brady, chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, about the proposal. "We're going to be submitting additional tax cuts sometime prior to November," Trump said in a speech to the Susan B. Anthony List, an anti-abortion group.
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| Amazing video shows eagle battling fox for rabbit in mid-air Posted: 22 May 2018 03:53 PM PDT  An eagle and fox were captured battling it out in mid-air for a rabbit.
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| Military Husband Celebrates Gender Reveal With Comrades While Deployed to Japan Posted: 23 May 2018 07:13 AM PDT  In a cute video, he found out what his wife would be having while 3,000 miles away.
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| In pictures: The world's top-rated landmarks 2018, according to TripAdvisor Posted: 22 May 2018 05:53 AM PDT |
| Six Americans injured in Honduras plane crash Posted: 22 May 2018 09:48 PM PDT  At least six Americans were injured Tuesday when a plane crashed while landing at the Honduran capital's international airport and split in two. The commercial jet from Austin, Texas left the runway and veered into a ditch, Carlos Cordero, deputy head of Honduras's disaster relief agency Copeco told local media. Firefighters arrived at Toncontin airport in Tegucigalpa and used foam to extinguish flames coming from the wreckage.
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| Texas school shooting suspect's father thinks he was bullied Posted: 22 May 2018 01:57 PM PDT  SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — A 17-year-old student accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school should be seen as a "victim" because he may have recently been bullied, causing him to lash out, his father said.
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| Ocean, jungle explosions new risks from Hawaii eruption Posted: 22 May 2018 05:48 PM PDT  By Jolyn Rosa HONOLULU (Reuters) - Lava from Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano is exploding as it pours into the ocean, shooting rock fragments that are a danger to boaters. Inland, where molten rock is burning through jungle, methane explosions are hurling boulders while toxic gas is reaching some of the highest levels seen in recent times. Lava edged towards a geothermal power plant on Tuesday after destroying an old warehouse near the facility, County of Hawaii Civil Defense said.
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| GOP Candidate Who Pointed Gun At Teenager Advances To Georgia Governor Primary Runoff Posted: 22 May 2018 08:38 PM PDT  A Republican candidate who pointed a gun at a teenager in a campaign ad has
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| Dave Grohl Wants To Apologize To The World For ‘Massive Jerk’ Trump Posted: 22 May 2018 09:42 PM PDT  Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl didn't hold back when asked about President
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| Exasperated man strolls past bomb squad to empty suspicious package before being rugby-tackled by FBI Posted: 22 May 2018 05:02 AM PDT  A man apparently exasperated by police officers' decision to place a wide cordon around a suspicious package was bundled to the ground when he breezed right through it and tipped out the bag's contents. The drama took place at an intersection on Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Milwaukee on Monday, reports said. Police had been called to the suspicious package placed on top of an electrical box shortly before 7am.
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| Sinkhole opens up on White House lawn after days of heavy rain, storms Posted: 22 May 2018 12:36 PM PDT  A sinkhole opened up on the White House's North Lawn, near the press briefing room, early this week and has been roped off with orange cones and yellow caution tape.
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| Mike Pompeo threatens 'strongest sanctions in history' and vows to 'crush' Iranian proxies Posted: 21 May 2018 07:34 PM PDT  Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, threatened Iran with the "strongest sanctions in history" and vowed to "crush" the regime's proxies around the world on Monday, sparking a furious response from Tehran. Mr Pompeo also called for a new nuclear treaty with Iran to replace the Obama-era deal that Donald Trump withdrew from earlier this month. But the top US diplomat issued a list of 12 requirements for such a deal, many of which Iran would be unlikely to agree to. He said the US would apply "unprecedented financial pressure" on Iran and send teams of specialists to allies around the world to explain US policy. Mr Pompeo said if Iran makes "major changes" the US was willing to lift all sanctions. Iran responded in furious fashion. President Hassan Rouhani led a bitter personal attack on Mr Pompeo, pointing out that he had until recently led the CIA, which had been implicated in Iran's 1953 coup. "A guy who had been active in an espionage center for years now wants to make a decision for Iran and other countries from the position of a foreign minister. It is not acceptable under any circumstance," he said. Javad Zarif, the foreign minister, insisted Iran was working with other partners to find a new solution. US diplomacy sham is merely a regression to old habits: imprisoned by delusions & failed policies—dictated by corrupt Special Interest—it repeats the same wrong choices and will thus reap the same ill rewards. Iran, meanwhile, is working with partners for post-US JCPOA solutions.— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) May 21, 2018 Iran deal was a 'loser' Delivering his first major foreign policy speech since taking the job, Mr Pompeo doubled down on the United States' decision to quit the Iran nuclear deal earlier this month. He framed the 2015 deal as allowing Iran to increase its malign influence across the Middle East on the back of funding from renewed trade with the West. Mr Pompeo accused the Iranian regime of "playing with house money that has become blood money". And he told the regime: "Understand your current activities will be met with steely resolve". He added: "The Obama administration made a bet. That bet was a loser with massive repercussions. Mike Pompeo speaking in Washington Credit: Reuters "The bet was a bad one for the US, for Europe, and for the world. Iran's leaders saw it as a starting gun for the march across the Middle East." He added: "We will track down Iranian operatives and their proxies around the world and we will crush them." America 'open' to a new deal Mr Pompeo called for a new treaty with Iran, ratified by Congress, that ends enrichment and gives inspectors access . He said Iran must "stop enrichment" of uranium, which was allowed within strict limitations under the 2015 deal. Iran must also allow nuclear inspectors "unqualified access to all sites throughout the country". The Iranians must also declare all previous efforts to build a nuclear weapon, he said. Mr Pompeo also demanded that Iran must end support for Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen, withdraw all forces from Syria, halt support for Hezbollah and stop threatening Israel. It must also release all US citizens missing in Iran or being held on "spurious charges". Mike Pompeo Iran demands Mr Pompeo said if Iran made "major changes" the US would be willing to lift all sanctions, restoring full diplomatic and commercial ties. The US. would even support the modernisation of Iran's economy and help it reintegrate into the global financial system, he said. He added: "A treaty would be our preferred way to go." Pompeo reaches out to European allies Mr Pompeo reached out to European and Middle Eastern allies to help ramp up economic pressure on Iran. He said: "We want the support of our most important allies," adding that he welcomed backing from any other nation "sick and tired" of Iran. He said the plan "may seem unrealsistic" but what the US was pursuing was the global consensus befoe the 2015 Iran deal. "Our ears are open to what may be possible," he said, adding that progress with North Korea showed what could be achieved. Other signatories of the 2015 Ian deal - Britain, France, Germany, the European Union, China, Russia and Iran - have said they will try to keep the agreement alive. Mr Pompeo said: "I know our allies in Europe may try to keep the old nuclear deal going with Tehran. That is certainly their decision. They know where wee stand." The future of the 2015 deal remains in the balance, with Iran saying it will only keep to the agreement if the economic benefits gained from it remain in placed. American allies have been clamouring for the Trump administration to explain its 'Plan B' approach to Iran after unilaterally quitting the deal. US 'fully prepared' to respond if Iran resumes nuclear programme Mr Pompeo said the US was ready if Iran chose to resume its nuclear programme. He said: "Our demands on Iran are not unreasonable - give up your programme. "Should they choose to go back, should they begin to enrich, we are fully prepared to respond to that as well. I hope they will make a different decision, choose a different path." He did not say what the US response would be. European businesses would have to cut ties with Iran Much of the effectiveness of the Trump administration's reimposition of sanctions depends on European businesses cutting economic ties with Iran. Firms in the EU have taken much more advantage of the 2015 waiving of sanctions to sign contracts increasing business in Iran than those in America. The EU exported over €10.8 billion (£9.4 billion) worth of goods to Iran in 2017, half of which was made up by machinery and transport. That is up from €6.5 billion (£5.7 billion) in 2015. Senior Trump administration officials have threatened to impose 'secondary sanctions' on European businesses if they refuse to cancel their contracts. In return the EU has moved to reimpose a "blocking statue" originally meant to circumvent a the US embargo against Cuba in the 1990s that would protect European businesses.
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| Michael Rotondo Talks Returning to His Parents' Home After Eviction: 'It Was Awkward' Posted: 23 May 2018 12:45 PM PDT  The case sheds new light on "Failure to Launch" syndrome.
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| Lupe Valdez Makes History In Texas By Winning Democratic Nod For Governor Posted: 22 May 2018 07:47 PM PDT  Former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez won the Democratic gubernatorial
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| The Latest: Brother contacts police after Vegas shooting Posted: 23 May 2018 04:15 PM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on documents that Las Vegas police released from the investigation into the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history (all times local):
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| Pentagon disinvites China from major U.S. military exercise Posted: 23 May 2018 03:58 PM PDT  By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Wednesday disinvited China from a major U.S.-hosted naval drill in response to what it sees as Beijing's militarization of islands in the South China Sea, a decision China called unconstructive. "As an initial response to China's continued militarization of the South China Sea we have disinvited the PLA Navy from the 2018 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise," said Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Logan, a Pentagon spokesman.
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| 25 Decor Scores to Snag from Nordstrom's Half-Yearly Sale Posted: 23 May 2018 10:16 AM PDT |
| How 3-Year-Old Princess Charlotte Took Charge of the Other Kids at the Royal Wedding: 'No, You Can't Go Yet!' Posted: 23 May 2018 10:37 AM PDT  Leave it to Princess Charlotte to secretly run the show on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's big day.
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| Disney Reveals Opening Seasons For 'Star Wars' Theme Park Lands Posted: 23 May 2018 01:49 AM PDT  Disney's "Star Wars"-themed lands at its California and Florida resorts now
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| Baby Asian Elephant Born After Mother Was Pregnant for More Than 2 Years Posted: 22 May 2018 10:21 AM PDT  Thi Hi Way's unnamed son was born an incredible 3 months late.
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| Iran says cannot 'interact' with US Posted: 23 May 2018 02:48 PM PDT  Iran cannot "interact" with the United States as it is a country whose word cannot be trusted, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Because America is not committed to its promises," Press TV quoted him in English as saying. The conditions addressed every aspect of Iran's missile programme and what the US calls its "malign influence" across the region, including support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Hezbollah and Huthi rebels in Yemen.
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| 'He's a Victim.' Father of Santa Fe Shooting Suspect Thinks He Was Bullied Posted: 22 May 2018 02:42 PM PDT  'The kid didn't own guns. I owned guns'
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| Syria says Iranian withdrawal not up for discussion Posted: 23 May 2018 07:53 AM PDT  The withdrawal of Iranian forces from Syria, demanded by the United States, is not up for discussion, a top Syrian official was quoted as saying on Wednesday, adding that Damascus was deciding on its next campaign against rebels. "Whether Iranian forces or Hezbollah withdraw or stay in Syria is not up for discussion because it's the (business) of the Syrian government," Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said in an interview with Russia's Sputnik state news agency.
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| Bumped from Indy, Hinchcliffe plans to help teammate win Posted: 22 May 2018 03:09 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — James Hinchcliffe once likened Indianapolis Motor Speedway to a cruel mistress.
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| Giuliani’s New Stance On Russian Collusion: So What? It’s Not Illegal. Posted: 22 May 2018 04:05 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― His client insists there was "NO COLLUSION" with Russia to win
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