| 75 Former U.S. Attorneys To Jeff Sessions: End Inhumane Family Separation Policy Now Posted: 19 Jun 2018 06:57 AM PDT  A bipartisan group of former U.S. attorneys has penned an open letter to
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| Patrolling the border, where immigrants wait to be caught Posted: 19 Jun 2018 12:13 PM PDT  Photojournalist Sergio Flores recounts his day with U.S. Border Patrol near McAllen, Texas.
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| Federal Judge Strikes Down Kansas Proof Of Citizenship Law Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:22 PM PDT  A federal judge on Monday permanently blocked Kansas from requiring people to
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| Strong quake near Osaka, Japan, kills 4, knocks over walls Posted: 18 Jun 2018 08:02 AM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — Residents in western Japan were cleaning up debris Monday evening after a powerful earthquake hit the area around Osaka, the country's second-largest city, killing four people and injuring hundreds while knocking over walls and setting off fires.
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| Best Bites: Tacos 4 Ways Posted: 19 Jun 2018 12:14 PM PDT  Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your
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| South Korea Defense Ministry Confirms Suspension of Joint U.S.-South Korea Military Drills Originally Planned for August Posted: 18 Jun 2018 09:06 PM PDT  The South Korean Defense Ministry confirmed Tuesday that their major military exercise with the US planned for August has been suspended.
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| Senate FBI hearing takes twists and turns, including a 'wangdoodle' reference Posted: 18 Jun 2018 06:22 PM PDT  It was not, perhaps, the most somber moment in the history of the U.S. Senate. In the midst of reciting a list of complaints about FBI agents allegedly swayed by their own anti-Trump animus, Sen. John Kennedy R-La., had to engage in a subtle act of censorship.
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| Monday's Morning Email: Dems Beg GOP For Help Stopping Immigrant Family Separations Posted: 18 Jun 2018 04:19 AM PDT  ### TOP STORIES
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| FARC peace deal at risk as conservative Duque wins Colombia presidency Posted: 17 Jun 2018 07:08 PM PDT  Conservative Ivan Duque won Colombia's presidential election Sunday after a campaign that turned into a referendum on a landmark 2016 peace deal with FARC rebels that he pledged to overhaul. Duque, 41, polled 54 percent to his leftist rival Gustavo Petro's 42 percent with almost all the votes counted, electoral authority figures showed. Tensions over the deal became apparent in the immediate aftermath of Duque's victory, after the president-elect lost no time in pledging "corrections" to the peace deal.
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| Police identify gunman killed by bystander in Walmart lot Posted: 18 Jun 2018 06:16 PM PDT  TUMWATER, Wash. (AP) — Tim Day has been identified as the armed suspect killed by a bystander Sunday in a Walmart parking lot in Washington state, police said Monday.
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| 'Wolf-Like' Animal That Baffled Officials Turns Out To Be A Regular Wolf Posted: 19 Jun 2018 08:45 AM PDT  The mystery of a seemingly bizarre "wolf-like" creature that was shot and
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| Niece Wears Princess Diana's Marriage Tiara For Her Own Wedding Posted: 18 Jun 2018 11:52 AM PDT  Princess Diana's wedding-day tiara made a royal comeback over the weekend,
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| Photographer Reveals Heartbreaking Story Behind Viral Photo of Crying Toddler at the Border Posted: 18 Jun 2018 08:58 AM PDT  He said the photo made him emotional.
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| Extreme volcanic eruptions could explain mysterious rock formation on Mars Posted: 18 Jun 2018 10:23 AM PDT  Could a volcanic eruption be the key to unlocking the mysterious geological history of Mars? Back in the 1960s, NASA's Mariner spacecraft discovered an extremely large and unusually soft rock formation. The makeup of the mass, now known as the Medusa Fossae formation, stumped researchers for decades because they were never able to determine how it got there. SEE ALSO: Tiny NASA satellite bound for Mars snaps photo of Earth from thousands of miles away But now, new research seems to answer that question — and maybe many others. More than 3 billion years ago, extreme volcanic eruptions on Mars dropped the huge deposit near the Martian equator, according to the new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. A 13-kilometer (8-mile) diameter crater being infilled by the Medusae Fossae Formation.Image: High Resolution Stereo Camera/European Space AgencyThe Medusa Fossae is about one fifth the size of the United States. "This is a massive deposit, not only on a Martian scale, but also in terms of the solar system, because we do not know of any other deposit that is like this," planetary scientist Lujendra Ojha, the lead author of the new study, said in a statement. Ojha and his colleagues used gravity data from spacecraft orbiting Mars to measure the formation density. Through this, they were able to determine that the rock was unusually porous, allowing them to rule out other potential compositions like ice. On a basic level, the formation is a bunch of hills and mounds of sedimentary rock but because much of Mars's history is shrouded in mystery, a finding like this is huge. An isolated hill in the Medusae Fossae Formation. The effect of wind erosion on this hill is evident by its streamlined shape.Image: High Resolution Stereo Camera/European Space Agency.Eruptions of the magnitude suggested by the study would also have an enormous impact on the planet's climate as well. A considerable amount of "climate-altering" gases like hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide accompany most volcanic eruptions and would have spit out enough water to cover the red planet in a global ocean, the study says. These findings paint a better picture of what habitability on Mars would look like, as well as the usefulness of gravity surveys. "Future gravity surveys could help distinguish between ice, sediments and igneous rocks in the upper crust of the planet," co-author and planetary scientist Kevin Lewis explained. WATCH: NASA is attempting to fly a helicopter on Mars for the first time
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| Trump: 'The United States will not be a migrant camp' Posted: 18 Jun 2018 08:27 AM PDT  President Trump on Monday again tried to shift blame for his administration's controversial policy of separating immigrant families at the border to Democrats.
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| Three Dead, Dozens Injured by Earthquake in Western Japan's Osaka Posted: 17 Jun 2018 08:16 PM PDT  A strong earthquake knocked over walls and set off scattered fires around metropolitan Osaka in western Japan on Monday morning, killing at least three people and injuring dozens.
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| 5 dead as SUV chased by Border Patrol crashes in South Texas Posted: 17 Jun 2018 09:31 PM PDT  BIG WELLS, Texas (AP) — At least five people were killed and several others hurt Sunday as an SUV carrying more than a dozen people during a suspected "smuggling event" crashed while fleeing from Border Patrol agents in South Texas, authorities said.
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| Man Accused Of Making $1.3 Million In Fraudulent Walmart Returns Posted: 19 Jun 2018 03:42 PM PDT  Arizona police have arrested a man for allegedly swindling more than 1,000
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| Ford And John Cena Settle GT Lawsuit, Money Going To Charity Posted: 19 Jun 2018 06:11 AM PDT  Hustle, loyalty, and respect don't get you far in a court of law.
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| 2-Year-Old Gets Through Pool Safety Gate With Ease to Highlight Importance of Child Supervision Posted: 19 Jun 2018 09:54 AM PDT  The Wyman family posted the video to Facebook to show the importance of keeping a close eye on your children around the pool.
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| Michelle Obama Seconds Laura Bush's Criticism Of Child Separation Policy Posted: 18 Jun 2018 12:41 PM PDT  Former first lady Michelle Obama neatly criticized the Trump administration's
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| US soldier who said ‘communism will win’ and wore Che Guevara T-shirt to graduation kicked out of army Posted: 19 Jun 2018 09:42 AM PDT  A US cadet who donned a Che Guevera T-shirt to his graduation in and shared a message online which said "communism will win" has been discharged from the army. In the video, Spenser Rapone opens his dress uniform to reveal a T-shirt with a red image of Argentine Marxist Ernesto 'Che' Guevara – one of the world's most famous revolutionaries in one of the photos which were taken at his graduation in May 2016. The 26-year-old, a cadet at US Military Academy West Point, raises his fist and flips over his cap to expose a hand-written message saying "communism will win" in another image.
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| Judge cancels hearing in Stormy Daniels case against Trump, Cohen Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:33 PM PDT  According to an order issued on Monday, U.S. District Judge James Otero decided it was unnecessary to hear arguments on the request by Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti to lift a 90-day stay imposed on April 28. In imposing the stay, the judge cited the potential overlap between Daniels' lawsuit and a separate criminal probe by federal prosecutors in Manhattan that he said could result in Cohen's indictment.
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| Americans Own 46% of the World's 1 Billion Guns, Says U.N. Report Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:02 PM PDT  There are over 1 billion firearms in the world today, including 857 million in civilian hands
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| Guatemala volcano search called off with nearly 200 unaccounted for Posted: 17 Jun 2018 11:11 PM PDT  Authorities on Sunday called off a search for the nearly 200 people missing since Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted earlier this month, devastating the surrounding countryside. Officials have confirmed the deaths of 110 people as a result of the volcanic eruption on June 3, but another 197 remain unaccounted for. Guatemala's south-central region was also shaken on Sunday night by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake with its epicenter at Iztapa, on the Pacific coast near neighboring El Salvador, the civil protection agency said.
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| Georgia Grandma Strangles Rabid Bobcat With Her Bare Hands While Granddaughter Slept Posted: 18 Jun 2018 05:31 AM PDT  Dede Phillips must now get rounds of painful and expensive treatment to prevent rabies.
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| Rapper XXXTentacion Shot Dead In Florida Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:41 PM PDT  Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, the rapper known as XXXTentacion, was shot dead in South
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| Seth Meyers On Immigration: A Little Sympathy For The Apostle Paul Posted: 19 Jun 2018 05:01 AM PDT  Attorney General Jeff Sessions used the Bible ― specifically the apostle
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| Indiana State Trooper Becomes Internet Star After Posting 'Slowpoke' Law Photo Posted: 19 Jun 2018 01:24 PM PDT  The Indiana state trooper said he took the opportunity to "educate" the slow driver.
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| Melania Trump and Laura Bush join debate over children separated from families at US-Mexico border Posted: 18 Jun 2018 01:27 PM PDT  Melania Trump waded into a debate over children being separated from their families at the Mexico border, saying the United States should "govern with heart". In a rare intervention the first lady's spokeswoman said she wanted Republicans and Democrats to work together to achieve "successful immigration reform". Her comments were taken by some as an implicit criticism of her husband's recently introduced "zero tolerance" policy at the border. A two-year-old Honduran asylum seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the US-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 in McAllen, Texas Credit: Getty It was also possible she was backing the president's recent claim that Democrats in Congress were responsible for the situation. Her remarks were followed by a strong statement from former first lady Laura Bush, who called the policy "cruel" and "immoral" and said "it breaks my heart." Melania Trump said she wants an end to children being separated from their families at the Mexico border Credit: CARLOS BARRIA/Reuters More than 2,000 children have been removed from their parents over the last six weeks since Jeff Sessions, the US attorney general, introduced the new approach. Under the policy adults are being detained and prosecuted with their children taken away and sent to separate shelters. Previously, many illegal immigrants were allowed to remain at liberty while they awaited proceedings. Children who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, rest in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas Credit: AP A spokeswoman for the first lady said: "Mrs Trump hates to see children separated from their families and hopes both sides of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful immigration reform. "She believes we need to be a country that follows all laws but also a country that governs with heart." A mural at a former Walmart where illegal immigrant boys are being held Credit: Reuters Mrs Trump, who immigrated to the United States legally from her native Slovenia, campaigns on behalf of children. The comments came amid a growing uproar over the detention of minors, including hundreds being held at a former Walmart superstore in Texas. On Monday night Hilary Clinton also condemned the situation, calling it a "humanitarian crisis". What's happening to families at the border right now is a humanitarian crisis. Every parent who has ever held a child in their arms, every human being with a sense of compassion and decency, should be outraged.— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) 18 June 2018 Despite what this White House claims, separating families is not mandated by law. That is an outright lie, and it's incumbent on all of us – journalists and citizens alike – to call it just that.— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) 18 June 2018 Laura Bush writing a guest column for The Washington Post on Sunday compared the policy to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. "I appreciate the need to enforce and protect our international boundaries, but this zero-tolerance policy is cruel," the wife of George W Bush wrote. She said "the US government "should not be in the business of warehousing children in converted box stores or making plans to place them in tent cities in the desert outside of El Paso." The US Border Patrol on Sunday allowed reporters to briefly visit the facility where it holds families arrested at the border. The cages in which people are held in cases of illegal entry into the United States Credit: AP Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of water, bags of chips and large foil sheets intended to serve as blankets. One teenager told an advocate who visited that she was helping care for a young child she didn't know because the child's aunt was somewhere else in the facility. She said she had to show others in her cell how to change the girl's diaper. Behind the Shutter: US-Mexico border Mr Trump himself has also said he "hates to see separation of parents and children" and has accused Democrats of pursuing a "horrible and cruel legislative agenda". On Sunday Kellyanne Conway, his counsellor, tried to further distance the White House from responsibility. Mrs Conway said: "As a mother, as a Catholic, as somebody who's got a conscience, I will tell you that nobody likes this policy. "Congress passed the law that it is a crime to enter this country illegally. So if they don't like that law, they should change it." Democrats and some Republicans in Congress also criticised the policy, blaming the White House. Illegal immigrant boys are allowed two phone calls a week at a shelter Credit: Reuters Susan Collins, a Republican senator from Maine, accused the White House of trying to send a message "that if you cross the border with children, your children are going to be ripped away from you". She added: "That's traumatising to the children who are innocent victims and it is contrary to our values in this country." Democrats suggested Mr Trump was using the separation of families as a negotiating tool to secure funding for his proposed border wall in future immigration legislation. Adam Schiff, a Democrat congressman, said the administration was "using the grief, the tears, the pain of these kids as mortar to build the wall. It's an effort to extort a bill to their liking in the Congress". Mr Trump is due to meet with Republicans in Congress on Tuesday and there is expected to be a vote on an immigration bill next week. Steve Bannon, Mr Trump's former chief strategist, defended the separation of families at the border. He said: "We ran on a policy, very simply, stop mass illegal immigration and limit legal immigration, get our sovereignty back, and to help our workers. "And so he went to a zero tolerance policy. Zero tolerance, it's a crime to come across illegally, and children get separated."
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| Emilia Clarke Says Goodbye To ‘Game Of Thrones’ In A Heartfelt Post Posted: 18 Jun 2018 04:23 PM PDT  The Breaker of Chains has broken our hearts.
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| Senate candidate's first campaign ad depicts Trump administration as literal dumpster fire Posted: 18 Jun 2018 11:48 AM PDT  Richard Painter, a former White House ethics attorney under President George W. Bush who is running for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota as a Democrat, is taking his pointed criticism of President Trump straight to voters.
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| Meghan Markle Cried When Her Father Told Her He Would Miss Her Wedding Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:43 AM PDT  Thomas Markle also said he disagreed with Prince Harry about Donald Trump
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| James Hansen wishes he wasn't so right about global warming Posted: 18 Jun 2018 12:19 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — James Hansen wishes he was wrong. He wasn't.
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| Israel mum on US claims it hit Iraq militia in Syria Posted: 18 Jun 2018 11:36 PM PDT  Israel declined to comment on Tuesday on a weekend air strike against an Iraqi paramilitary base in eastern Syria after its US ally implicated it in the attack. The Sunday evening strike against the Al-Hari base on the Syrian side of the border with Iraq came less than 24 hours after Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would strike Iran's "proxies" anywhere in Syria. Fighters of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force, mainly composed of Iran-trained Shiite militia, have played a major role in the war against the Sunni extremists of the Islamic State group in Syria as well as Iraq.
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| Michelle Wolf Airs Candid Mental Health Segment Posted: 18 Jun 2018 08:23 AM PDT  Sunday, on her Netflix show "The Break," host Michelle Wolf aired an honest
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| Monday Muscle: 2007 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Posted: 19 Jun 2018 10:43 AM PDT  After a rare Mustang with bravado and scary amounts of power? Here's why the Shelby Mustang GT500 is the beast for you – and why it's so rare...
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| Supreme Court Punts On Partisan Gerrymandering Posted: 18 Jun 2018 07:23 AM PDT  The U.S. Supreme Court took a pass on setting limits on extreme partisan
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| Trump Claims German Crime Is Way Up To Defend Child Separation Policy. It's Not. Posted: 18 Jun 2018 03:18 PM PDT  President Donald Trump, once again defending his policy of separating migrant
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| Duke and Duchess of Sussex join the Queen at Royal Ascot Posted: 19 Jun 2018 06:16 AM PDT  The Duchess of Sussex has made her debut at Royal Ascot, joining the Queen for her favourite event of the season as she channeled the monochrome style of My Fair Lady. The Duchess, in a white and black hat and dress, accompanied her husband in an Ascot carriage for her first outing to the Royal Enclosure, before presenting a trophy to race winner Frankie Dettori. While she appeared to have taken style inspiration from the outfits of Audrey Hepburn's Eliza Doolittle, she suffered no similar etiquette mishaps, mingling with seasoned race-goers and engaged in cheerful conversation with the Queen. The Queen, in bright yellow, led her family in the opening day of Royal Ascot, joined by the Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Princess Royal and Duke of York with his daughters. The Duke of Cambridge was elsewhere, undertaking engagements focusing on male mental health and technological innovation in Liverpool, while the Duchess remained out of sight with her three children. Royal Ascot 2018, in pictures The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived in the third carriage of the tradition Royal procession, along with the Earl and Countess of Wessex. They would have had much to talk about, as the newlywed Sussexes celebrated the "one month anniversary" of their wedding and the Wessexes marked 19 years to the day since their own Windsor Castle nuptials. The Queen wearing yellow for the first day of Royal Ascot In an unmistakable sign of welcome into the Royal family, the Duke and Duchess were tasked with presenting the trophy for the St James's Palace Stakes, won by Favourite Without Parole ridden by Frankie Dettori and trained by John Gosden. The Duchess of Sussex wore an embellished white shirt dress from Givenchy, the fashion house that designed her wedding gown, with a striking hat by Royal favourite Philip Treacy. How the Royal Family have dressed for the races over the years Fitting in with the strict dress code of the Royal Enclosure, the Duchess' colour scheme was reminiscent of the 1964 My Fair Lady film, in which a beautiful cockney flower seller mingles with high society at Ascot before being unmasked by her coarse shouts of encouragement at the horses. Royal Ascot | Read more
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| Chadwick Boseman Gives His MTV Movie Award for Best Hero to Waffle House Hero James Shaw Jr. Posted: 18 Jun 2018 09:19 PM PDT  Chadwick Boseman gave his 2018 MTV Movie and TV Award to a real-life superhero.
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| Gang shootout at New Jersey arts festival kills one, injures 22 Posted: 17 Jun 2018 11:50 PM PDT  One of the shooting victims was a 13-year-old boy who was in extremely critical condition, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri told a news conference. Three others were in critical condition. At least two people opened fire around 2:45 a.m. at the annual Art All Night event in Trenton, about 60 miles (100 km) southwest of New York City.
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