| Donald Trump Jr. retweets Roseanne Barr's discredited George Soros claims Posted: 29 May 2018 01:12 PM PDT  Donald Trump Jr. saw fit to retweet Roseanne Barr's claims that billionaire Democratic donor George Soros was "a Nazi."
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| The Latest: Lava crosses highway, destroys 400 utility poles Posted: 29 May 2018 09:08 PM PDT  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on the eruption of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii (all times local):
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| Mom Blasts Southwest Airlines For Asking To 'Prove' Biracial Son Was Hers Posted: 30 May 2018 02:14 PM PDT  A Southwest Airlines employee asked a college basketball coach over the
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| Photos: 17 injured following pileup in dense fog in Southern California Posted: 30 May 2018 01:35 PM PDT  Over a dozen cars were involved in a chain-reaction pileup near Cajon Pass in Southern California on Wednesday morning amid dense fog.
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| Taliban, Afghan officials in ceasefire talks: US general Posted: 30 May 2018 11:29 AM PDT  Senior Taliban officials have been secretly negotiating with Afghan officials on a possible ceasefire, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan disclosed Wednesday. "A lot of the diplomatic activity and dialogue is occurring off the stage, and it's occurring at multiple levels," General John Nicholson said in a teleconference with reporters at the Pentagon. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in late February proposed peace talks with the Taliban, saying they could be recognized as a political party if they accepted a ceasefire and recognized the country's 2004 constitution.
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| The Latest: Girl seriously wounded in school attack improves Posted: 28 May 2018 10:25 PM PDT  NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — The Latest on a science teacher shot while tackling an armed student in Indiana (all times local):
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| The Mali 'Spider-Man' Was Offered French Citizenship. What About the Muslim Migrants Who Aren't Superheroes? Posted: 30 May 2018 07:11 AM PDT  The coverage of Malian migrant Mamoudou Gassama reveals a great deal about our attitude toward migrants, particularly Muslim ones
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| Trump touts new conspiracy: Mueller's team will be 'meddling' in midterms Posted: 29 May 2018 06:57 AM PDT  President Trump on Tuesday accused, without evidence, investigators working on special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe of a partisan plot to meddle in the 2018 midterm elections.
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| Mississippi Delta: Still the heart of poverty Posted: 30 May 2018 02:00 AM PDT ![Mississippi Delta: Still the heart of poverty]( "Mississippi Delta: Still the heart of poverty") Photos: Yahoo News national correspondent Holly Bailey journeyed to the Mississippi Delta to find lingering poverty and racial disparities that profoundly moved both Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy fifty years earlier.
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| Supreme Court Blocks Appeal, Allowing Arkansas To Restrict Medical Abortions Posted: 29 May 2018 09:02 AM PDT  The Supreme Court refused to hear a case from a Planned Parenthood affiliate
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| Man tied to California blast victim freed, charge dropped Posted: 29 May 2018 05:23 PM PDT  LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man arrested on suspicion of having explosives after a blast killed his ex-girlfriend at her day spa has walked free after U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday that they had dropped the charge against him.
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| Fans Want 'Roseanne' To Continue -- Just Without Roseanne Posted: 29 May 2018 11:48 PM PDT  The success of the rebooted version of "Roseanne" on ABC may not have been due
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| Evacuation orders canceled in North Carolina after officials deem Lake Tahoma Dam safe Posted: 30 May 2018 12:58 AM PDT  Heavy rainfall led to a landslide that compromised the Lake Tahoma Dam in western North Carolina early Wednesday morning.
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| Ethiopian govt and opposition start talks on amending anti-terrorism law Posted: 30 May 2018 06:51 AM PDT  By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's ruling coalition started talks with opposition groups on Wednesday on amending provisions of an anti-terrorism law that critics say has criminalised dissent, state-affiliated media said. Watchdog groups say the 2009 law's broad definitions have been used indiscriminately against anyone who opposes government policy. The discussions follow the release on Tuesday of opposition leader Andargachew Tsige, who was sentenced to death under the law in 2009 over his role in the opposition group Ginbot 7, which the government has labelled a terrorist organisation.
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| 2,000 People Evacuated in North Carolina After Alberto Triggers Mudslides and Flooding Posted: 30 May 2018 07:11 AM PDT  Mudslides triggered by the soggy remnants of Alberto forced evacuations below a dam and closed an interstate highway in the western mountains of North Carolina on Wednesday
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| Vacationers on cruise ship stuck for 2 days in Tampa port Posted: 29 May 2018 01:03 PM PDT ![Vacationers on cruise ship stuck for 2 days in Tampa port]( "Vacationers on cruise ship stuck for 2 days in Tampa port") TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of passengers on a Carnival Cruise ship were supposed to be enjoying sun and fun, but instead they were kept in port in Tampa for two days.
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| Bernie Sanders 'is considering another run for the presidency,' former campaign manager says Posted: 29 May 2018 08:44 AM PDT  Jeff Weaver, who managed Sen. Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential bid, says the Vermont independent "is considering another run" in 2020.
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| Tesla in autonomous mode hits parked police car Posted: 29 May 2018 06:46 PM PDT  Police in a Southern California coastal town said that a Tesla in autonomous mode hit a patrol car parked on the side of a road on Tuesday. No one was in the patrol car when the collision took place in the late morning, the Laguna Beach Police Department said in a message posted along with photos on Twitter. "When using Autopilot, drivers are continuously reminded of their responsibility to keep their hands on the wheel and maintain control of the vehicle at all times," a Tesla spokeswoman said in response to an AFP inquiry.
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| Virginia Senate Backs Medicaid Expansion, Promising Health Coverage To Almost 400,000 Posted: 30 May 2018 02:05 PM PDT  Medicaid expansion is all but a reality in Virginia after the state Senate
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| 'I'm Still Alive.' Ukraine Faked the Death of a Journalist Who Was Critical of the Kremlin Posted: 29 May 2018 02:33 PM PDT  Arkady Babchenko, reported dead, showed up at a news conference very much alive
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| Pompeii: New find shows man crushed trying to flee eruption Posted: 29 May 2018 08:28 AM PDT  MILAN (AP) — Officials at the Pompeii archaeological site have announced a dramatic new discovery, the skeleton of a man crushed by an enormous stone while trying to flee the explosion of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
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| Fast lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano closes highway Posted: 30 May 2018 02:29 AM PDT ![Fast lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano closes highway]( "Fast lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano closes highway") By Jolyn Rosa HONOLULU (Reuters) - Fast-moving lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano forced officials to close part of a highway on Tuesday, and they warned that sharp, thin strands of volcanic glass fibers carried by the wind could injure eyes and lungs. As lava crossed Highway 132, officials shut a stretch of road from Lava Tree State Park to Four Corners and told residents who had not evacuated to leave the area immediately. The lava flow destroyed a farm where Kevin Hopkins and partners raise tropical fish and the ornamental carp known as koi.
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| Celebrities, activists, and Barr react to 'Roseanne' news Posted: 29 May 2018 08:42 PM PDT  Reaction to ABC's cancellation of its hit reboot of "Roseanne" after star Roseanne Barr's racist tweet that referred to former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett as a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the "Planet of the Apes":
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| Paris Jackson Explains Why She Left Dior Show: 'I Do Not Support Animals Being Branded & Whipped' Posted: 29 May 2018 07:19 PM PDT  Paris Jackson is breaking her silence after abruptly leaving the Dior fashion show
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| Trump Asked Jeff Sessions To Reverse Recusal From Russia Probe: Report Posted: 29 May 2018 05:59 PM PDT  President Donald Trump reportedly asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to
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| New Jersey police investigated after punching woman in the head during arrest Posted: 29 May 2018 12:34 AM PDT  Police officers have been reassigned to administrative duty amid an investigation into a video posted online showing an officer punching a woman on a beach in New Jersey. Wildwood police said on their Facebook page that 20-year-old Emily Weinman, of Philadelphia, faces several charges, including two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Video of Saturday's incident shows an officer striking the woman's head twice as she's down on the sand. Voices are heard yelling "stop resisting," though it's unclear who was talking. The video doesn't show what led to the confrontation. Wildwood Police Chief Robert Regalbuto said he finds the video "alarming" but doesn't want to "rush to any judgment" until the investigation is complete. Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr told The Philadelphia Inquirer that the episode was a "shame," but said police would soon release body camera footage showing officers being insulted and spat upon. Weinman is also charged with spitting at an officer. The police officer was filmed on New Jersey beach Credit: @HewittLexy "It wasn't just that this officer decided to beat her up," he said. "That wasn't the case." Troiano declined comment on the use of force, saying he didn't know the whole story, but added: "We don't like to see anyone get hit, period. But then again, when you have someone who's aggressively attacking you or spitting at you . I wasn't there. I don't know." He also expressed frustration at the amount of underage drinking, saying no one is allowed to drink in public or on the beach in Wildwood unless they are attending an event that has received a permit to allow drinking. Wildwood police asked anyone who was present and has video of the altercation to come forward to help their internal affairs investigation, in which Cape May County officers will also be assisting. A listed phone number for Weinman wasn't immediately found.
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| Militants kill one in attack on interior ministry in Kabul Posted: 29 May 2018 05:56 PM PDT  Militants launched a gun and bomb attack on the interior ministry in Kabul Wednesday, killing a policeman in the latest chilling demonstration of their ability to strike at the heart of the Afghan capital. The Taliban are also stepping up their assaults on the capital, making the heavily fortified city the deadliest place in the country for civilians. Special forces rushed to the scene after the attackers detonated what police said was a car bomb at the first checkpoint leading to the ministry, then tried to battle their way inside.
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| Was Starbucks' Racial Bias Training Effective? Here's What These Employees Thought Posted: 29 May 2018 09:01 PM PDT  "I was angry we had to educate people on how to not be racist"
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| Japanese whaling programme slaughtered 122 pregnant minke whales on ‘barbaric and illegal’ hunt Posted: 30 May 2018 03:35 AM PDT  Animal rights activists have expressed outrage after a report on Japan's "scientific whaling" programme showed that more than two-thirds of the female minke whales harpooned in the Southern Ocean earlier this year were pregnant females. The report, submitted to a meeting of the scientific committee of the International Whaling Commission in Slovenia earlier this month, also showed that 53 of the 333 whales slaughtered were juvenile animals. "The killing of 122 pregnant whales is a shocking statistic and sad indictment on the cruelty of Japan's whale hunt", said Alexia Wellbelove, of the Australia branch of Humane Society International. "It is further demonstration, if needed, of the truly gruesome and unnecessary nature of whaling operations, especially when non-lethal surveys have been shown to be sufficient for scientific needs", she said. Activists accuse Tokyo of ignoring a ruling in 2014 by the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, that Japan's whaling was a commercial exercise rather than a scientific research programme and that it had to halt. Japanese whaling vessel the Nisshin Maru returns to the Shimonoseki port in southwestern Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo on March 31, 2017, after it and two other vessels hunted 333 minke whales in the Antarctic Ocean Tokyo, which provides large subsidies to keep its domestic whaling industry afloat, responded by adding new research procedures and resuming operations in 2015 with a quota of 333 minke whales. To protect itself from further legal challenges, Japan also withdrew its recognition of the International Court of Justice as an arbiter of disputes over whales. Whale meat used to be an important source of nutrition for the Japanese but little is consumed by the general public today. Instead, whale meat is served in school meals and a handful of specialist restaurants, with the rest frozen or used as pet food. A spokesman for the environmental group Sea Shepherd said it appeared that the Japanese whaling fleet had been "targeting pregnant females, for some reason". Bob Brown, the former head of the Australian Green Party and founder of an environmental foundation, told The Telegraph that the harpooning of pregnant whales was "barbaric and illegal". "These are the most gentle of whales and people go to the Great Barrier Reef just to rub noses with these creatures", he said. "Then they fall pregnant, go to the Southern Ocean and get harpooned by the Japanese while the governments of Australia, New Zealand, Britain, the US and everywhere else sit on their hands and say this criminal behaviour is okay because the Japanese government is funding it. "The leaders who are today failing to take action have the blood of these innocent whales on their hands," he said. "This is an international disgrace and an environmental crime".
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| In symbolic nod to India, U.S. Pacific Command changes name Posted: 30 May 2018 01:52 PM PDT  By Idrees Ali PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Wednesday renamed its Pacific Command the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in a largely symbolic move underscoring the growing importance of India to the Pentagon, U.S. officials said. U.S. Pacific Command, which is responsible for all U.S. military activity in the greater Pacific region, has about 375,000 civilian and military personnel assigned to its area of responsibility, which includes India. "Relationships with our Pacific and Indian Ocean allies and partners have proven critical to maintaining regional stability," U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in prepared remarks.
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| Only 1 in 10 will advance at National Spelling Bee Posted: 30 May 2018 07:51 AM PDT  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — This year's Scripps National Spelling Bee has drawn the largest number of competitors in its history, 516 spellers, but the field gets much smaller Wednesday with the announcement of the 50 or so spellers who will make Thursday's finals.
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| 'Walking Dead' Star Andrew Lincoln Is Reportedly Leaving The Series Posted: 30 May 2018 07:39 AM PDT  Numerous reports are saying that Andrew Lincoln, aka Rick Grimes, is leaving
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| Who Is Kim Yong Chol? North Korea’s 'Go-To Diplomat' And Ex-Spy Chief Headed To U.S. Posted: 30 May 2018 02:37 AM PDT  President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Kim Yong Chol, North Korea's top
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| Mother of baby girl found dead in a diaper box faces charges Posted: 30 May 2018 03:15 PM PDT  CHESTERFIELD, S.C. (AP) — The mother of an 11-month-old baby found dead in a diaper box near her South Carolina home has been charged with lying to police and improperly disposing of a body, authorities said Wednesday.
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| Hungary moves to jail NGOs for aiding migration Posted: 29 May 2018 11:08 AM PDT  NGO workers in Hungary could soon face prison after Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government tabled what it calls the "Stop Soros" laws to parliament Tuesday, targeting "organisers of illegal migration". According to the text of the legislation, helping asylum-seekers to acquire refugee status could result in jail for up to one year if those persons were not in immediate danger, or had entered Hungary illegally. "Hungary's security interests must come first," said state secretary Csaba Domotor, adding that the laws reflected the will of the people expressed at a parliamentary election April 8.
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| Gaza's Hamas Rulers Say a Cease-Fire Has Been Reached With Israel Posted: 30 May 2018 12:21 AM PDT  Israeli Cabinet minister Arieh Deri told Israel's Army Radio that he expected calm to be restored
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| British passenger dies after falling from plane at Dalaman airport in Turkey Posted: 30 May 2018 05:52 AM PDT  A British man died after falling from a plane on to a runway at Dalaman airport in south-west Turkey early on Tuesday morning. Local media reported that staff were trying to remove the 30-year-old when he fell from a door. The unconscious passenger was taken to hospital where he was found to have broken ribs. The man - named by a relative as Andrew Westlake - never regained consciousness before dying later that day, according to Hurriyet newspaper. It reported that the man had spent three days at the airport waiting for a flight home after losing his ticket. After finally boarding the aircraft at 3am he became argumentative with cabin crew and was ordered off the plane as a risk to flight safety. Dalaman airport serves the south-west of Turkey, including resorts such as Marmaris Credit: Alamy Stock Photo An investigation has been launched. A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are supporting the family of a British man following his death in Turkey and are in touch with the local authorities." Dalaman airport is one of the country's busiest and serves seaside resorts including Marmaris and Fethiye, which are popular with British tourists. Some four million passengers pass through the airport each year, and it handles airlines including EasyJet and seasonal charters operated by Thomson Airways.
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| 'It's what Jesus would do': Televangelist asks followers for $54m to buy private jet Posted: 29 May 2018 07:51 AM PDT  A televangelist has asked his followers to donate money so he can buy a $54m private jet. Jesse Duplantis, 68, based in Louisiana, sought the donations in a video posted on his ministry's website. In the video, he points to pictures on the wall of previous jets he's bought, before moving on to the Starship Enterprise from Star Trek.
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| What Medical Schools Are Doing to Reduce Student Debt Posted: 29 May 2018 10:08 AM PDT ![What Medical Schools Are Doing to Reduce Student Debt]( "What Medical Schools Are Doing to Reduce Student Debt") The rising cost of higher education makes affording medical school tough for the vast majority of students. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, 75 percent of medical students who graduated in 2017 borrowed student loans to pay for school. Among U.S. medical school graduates who borrowed, those who attended public institutions finished their degrees with nearly $170,000 on average in student loans, according to data submitted to U.S. News by 52 ranked schools in an annual survey.
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| Giuliani Says He Might Have Recused Himself From Russia Probe Too Posted: 30 May 2018 10:40 AM PDT  WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said that he can
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| Police: Suicidal man kills wife, her parents, self at home Posted: 29 May 2018 02:08 AM PDT ![Police: Suicidal man kills wife, her parents, self at home]( "Police: Suicidal man kills wife, her parents, self at home") MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — A man who expressed thoughts about suicide and was briefly hospitalized returned to a home and fatally shot his wife, her father and her stepmother before killing himself, police said.
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| Philippines could go to war over South China Sea: Duterte aide Posted: 30 May 2018 04:26 AM PDT  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said his nation could go to war if its soldiers were hurt in the disputed South China Sea, a top aide said Wednesday after allegations emerged that Beijing had harassed Manila's troops in the area. National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon made the comments as Duterte's administration pushed back against criticism its response to Chinese activities in the hotly contested waters had been weak. Pag-asa, better known as Thitu, is the largest of the islands and outcrops garrisoned by Philippine troops in the disputed areas of the South China Sea.
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