| Trump Accuses California Of Causing Wildfires By 'Diverting' Water To Pacific Posted: 05 Aug 2018 09:52 PM PDT  As California wildfires claimed their seventh victim, Donald Trump finally
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| Report: Dead fetus discovered on American Airlines flight at New York's LaGuardia Airport Posted: 07 Aug 2018 07:28 AM PDT  A dead fetus was reportedly discovered by cleaning crews inside a toilet
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| German couple convicted of rape, online sale of young son Posted: 07 Aug 2018 05:57 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — A German mother and her partner were convicted and jailed Tuesday for repeatedly raping the woman's young son and selling him to pedophiles on the internet, abusing him for more than two years in a case that has horrified the country.
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| Here's What Happens To Your 401(k) When You Leave Your Job Posted: 06 Aug 2018 02:45 AM PDT  Let's face it: Nowadays, most workers don't stay in the same job or work for
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| 20 arrested during 'No to Marxism in America 2' march, rally in Berkeley Posted: 05 Aug 2018 11:30 PM PDT  Berkeley city streets are open again following a protest by a pro-Trump conservative group that says it is anti-Marxist and an even larger opposition group that says it is anti-fascist. Police arrested 20 people, most of them for bringing items that could be used as weapons.
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| FCA Seeks to Stop Jeep-Like Mahindra Roxor 4x4 in the U.S. Posted: 06 Aug 2018 08:37 AM PDT  The Indian manufacturer's vehicle copies Jeep's design, Chrysler claims.
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| Venezuela's Maduro a no-show at support rally after drone blasts Posted: 06 Aug 2018 02:11 PM PDT  By Andreina Aponte and Shaylim Castro CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan government sympathizers on Monday rallied to show support for President Nicolas Maduro following weekend drone blasts that he called an assassination attempt, but the socialist leader surprised the crowd by skipping the event. Maduro, whose approval ratings hover around 25 percent, with opponents blaming his policies for worsening an economic meltdown, has urged supporters to unite in the face of what he described as right-wing plots led by the Colombian government and exiles in the United States. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has scoffed at the accusations, saying he was fully focused on his granddaughter's baptism, while U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said Washington was not involved in the blasts.
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| New York race could spark new Trump investigation Posted: 06 Aug 2018 06:16 AM PDT  All of the leading candidates for attorney general in New York are eager to continue Robert Mueller's work or mount an entirely new investigation into the president.
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| After Years Of Alex Jones' Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories, Why Now? Posted: 06 Aug 2018 04:20 PM PDT  Backlash against Alex Jones grew to a new level on Monday as YouTube announced
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| Best Bites: Chicken Caesar pasta salad Posted: 07 Aug 2018 02:47 AM PDT  Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your
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| Beachgoers Stunned After Dead Baby Blue Whale Washes Up On Japan Shores Posted: 06 Aug 2018 03:41 PM PDT  A dead baby blue whale washed up on the shores of Japan on Sunday, about 40
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| Police Locate 11 Children Living In Decrepit New Mexico Compound Posted: 06 Aug 2018 02:52 AM PDT  Police discovered 11 children in a squalid New Mexico compound while searching
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| Vintage Photos Show Lucille Ball's Unmatched Style Through The Years Posted: 06 Aug 2018 02:45 AM PDT  Lucille Ball was a star in more ways than one. She was a television pioneer, a
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| Israeli fire kills 2 Hamas militants in Gaza Posted: 07 Aug 2018 08:14 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Tuesday it struck a Hamas military post in the Gaza Strip in response to militant fire at Israeli troops, while Hamas said two of its fighters were killed after taking part in a gunfire parade inside a militant camp.
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| North Korea urges US to drop sanctions as it accuses Washington of 'acting opposite' to Singapore pledges Posted: 06 Aug 2018 05:43 AM PDT  North Korea's state media called on Monday for the United States to ditch crippling economic sanctions as a reward for Pyongyang's show of good faith in ending its nuclear weapons testing and transferring the remains of American troops killed in the Korean War. The calls came just days after a confidential United Nations report concluded that the pariah regime has not stopped its nuclear and missile programmes, and continues to conduct illegal trades of oil, coal and other commodities, reported Reuters. Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader, and Donald Trump, the US President, agreed at a June summit in Singapore to work towards "complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula" but little progress has been made amid differing interpretations on both sides of what the declaration means. The two countries sparred over the weekend, with Ri Yong-ho, the North's foreign minister, accusing Washington of dragging its feet over confidence-building measures since the summit and stressing the need for "simultaneous actions and phased steps." Kim Jong-un appears to be enjoying the hot North Korean summer despite Pyongyang's sharp criticism of ongoing international sanctions Credit: KCNA via KNS /AFP His criticism was revealed in a transcript of a closed-door meeting of top diplomats at an Asian security meeting, also in Singapore, attended by Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State. Mr Ri hit out at Washington for "retreating" from ending the 1950-53 Korean War, which concluded with an armistice, not a peace treaty, leaving US-led United Nations forces, and South Korea, technically still at war with the North. The North's state media added fuel to the fire, accusing Washington of "acting opposite" to its plan to improve ties, despite Pyongyang making goodwill gestures. "There have been outrageous arguments coming out of the US State Department that it won't ease sanctions until a denuclearisation is completed, and reinforcing sanctions is a way to raise its negotiating power," the Rodong Sinmun newspaper said in an editorial. In quotes | Singapore summit North Korea Trump Kim Senior US officials, including Admiral Harry Harris, the new ambassador to Seoul, have also called for Pyongyang to start giving up its nuclear weapons before any breakthrough on ending the war. "One of the things that hasn't happened is the demonstrable moves toward denuclearisation before we can entertain something like the end-of-war declaration," Mr Harris told reporters last week. His statement was backed by Mr Pompeo, who suggested at the weekend that the North's continued work on its weapons programme was inconsistent with Kim's commitment to denuclearise. However, US and South Korean officials have also been at pains to show continued conciliatory gestures, and sources told CNN that there is a "strong possibility" of a second summit between Kim Jong-un and President Trump later this year. Mr Pompeo, meanwhile, stressed that despite the tense exchange over the weekend, Mr Ri had made clear that his country was still willing to denuclearise, in sharp contrast to the "anger" expressed by Pyongyang in recent years. Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, meets Ri Yong Ho, North Korea's foreign minister at a weekend summit in Singapore Credit: Mohd Rasfan/AFP Kang Kyung-wha, the South Korean foreign minister, also reiterated on Sunday that Seoul remains committed to bringing a formal end to the war by the end of the year, reported Yonhap. "I think the UN General Assembly (to be held in September) is an important opportunity," she said. "We are having close consultations (with partner countries)." Ms Kang's efforts to meet formally with Mr Ri in Singapore were rebutted, however. She said she regretted the missed opportunity but respected his decision. On Monday, state-controlled North Korean media continued to express Pyongyang's unhappiness over sanctions, with one outlet, Uriminzokkari, slamming the pressure campaign as "anachronistic" and a hurdle for better relations. Maeri, another North Korean outlet, stressed the need for U.S. action to build confidence in response to the North's moves to close its weapons programmes and send back the soldiers' remains.
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| Confessions of an enemy of the people Posted: 06 Aug 2018 06:22 AM PDT  If President Trump's threats against reporters went to the next level -- think Soviet-era show trials -- I imagine it happening something like this.
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| Rick Gates Shows Why Trump Is So Worried About Witness Flipping Posted: 07 Aug 2018 01:19 AM PDT  When Rick Gates took the stand in Paul Manafort's Virginia trial Monday, he quickly showed the power Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team can wield if they can get witnesses to "flip" against former friends and colleagues.
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| Ai Weiwei Says Chinese Government Has Demolished His Beijing Studio Posted: 06 Aug 2018 01:13 AM PDT  Chinese authorities began demolishing one of Ai Weiwei's Beijing studios
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| Device to clean-up Great Pacific Garbage Patch could harm wildlife, warn conservationists Posted: 07 Aug 2018 02:00 PM PDT  A controversial scheme to clean up plastic in the Pacific Ocean could harm wildlife and release unnecessary greenhouse gases into the air, conservationists have warned. On September 9th, The Ocean Cleanup foundation will launch a device to sweep up plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and remove it from the water. The system uses a 2000ft long u-shaped floating cylinder with a 10ft skirt beneath which moves along with the current capturing plastic as it goes. The refuse is corralled into a small area and then picked up by boat every few months and taken to land for processing and recycling. A section of the floating system which will move with the water currents collecting plastic Credit: The Ocean Cleanup The Ocean Cleanup claims that full-scale deployment of their system could clean up 50 per cent of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. However marine experts claim the project could do more harm than good. Dr Sue Kinsey, Senior Pollution Policy Officer at the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said: "We have serious concerns about the Ocean Cleanup and its effectiveness. "It seems likely that wildlife will be affected, especially the smaller floating plankton that many creatures depend on and those organisms that passively float in the oceans who won't be able to avoid these arrays. "Also much of this litter is distributed throughout the water column and this may only pick up the surface material." Some of the plastic picked up from The Great Pacific garbage patch during monitoring Credit: The Ocean Cleanup The MCS also warned that the time and energy it takes to collect and return the waste could result in large amounts of greenhouse gases and carbon, and called for organisations to do more to stop litter entering oceans in the first place. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which is located between California and Hawaii is the area where plastic rubbish accumulates because of ocean currents, known as gyres which act like a vortex pulling waste into a central channel. It is around three times the size of Spain. Research by the foundation found that, at its peak, the patch contains around 330lbs of plastic per square mile, reducing to 33lbs at the outer edges. The project to clean up the patch is the brainchild of Boyan Slat, a 24 year old Dutch inventor and entrepreneur, who founded the foundation in 2013. Last month the company published its Environmental Impact Assessment and found there was a 'medium' risk to sea turtles who found themselves trapped within the floating tube system. The cleanup system works by using a floating cylinder with a trailing skirt which picks up debris Credit: The Ocean Cleanup A survey of 15 experts by the ecologist and shark researcher David Shiffman of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver also found that it is unlikely that the floating device will clean up a significant amount of plastic without harming wildlife. One in four believed that the entire concept is "a bad idea with little or no redeeming value." Writing on the website Southern Fried Science Dr Shiffman said: "This device is designed to aggregate objects of a certain size to remove them from the water but cannot distinguish between plastic and living things. The captured plastic will be collected by boats and taken to the mainland for processesing Credit: The Ocean Cleanup Commenting in the survey Eben Schwartz, Marine Debris Program Manager, California Coastal Commission, said: "To make the claim, as the Ocean Cleanup Project is, that they will "clean the oceans" by 2040 or whenever, is disingenuous and misleading, when it will, at best, clean a very small percentage of what's found on the surface." However The Ocean Cleanup said that the device moved slowly enough through the water that any animals would easily have time to escape. "Every year, millions of tons of plastic enter the ocean," said a spokesman. "The Ocean Cleanup is developing a passive system, that moves with the currents - just like the plastic - to catch it. ""The Ocean Cleanup's passive system is comprised of a floater with an impermeable screen underneath, concentrating the debris before it is extracted by support vessel, while also moving slow enough for sea life to follow the slight downward current as not to be entangled in the system."
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| Germany jails couple jailed for pimping young son online Posted: 07 Aug 2018 02:04 AM PDT  A German court Tuesday handed down lengthy jail sentences to a couple for repeatedly sexually abusing their young son and selling him to paedophiles online for more than two years. In a case that shocked the country and raised serious questions about child protection services in Germany, the regional court in Freiburg sentenced the boy's mother, Berrin Taha, to 12-and-a-half years in prison.
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| American Airlines Didn't Let Musician Fly With $30,000 Cello After She Bought Extra Ticket Posted: 06 Aug 2018 01:16 PM PDT  A cellist in Chicago is not exactly singing the praises of American Airlines
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| Polish tourists killed in sightseeing plane crash in Alaska Posted: 06 Aug 2018 06:28 PM PDT  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Searchers on Monday found four people dead in a sightseeing airplane carrying Polish tourists in Alaska's Denali National Park — a day and a half after thick clouds hampered the response to distress calls.
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| 11 Impressive Questions To Ask At The End Of Every Job Interview Posted: 06 Aug 2018 04:23 PM PDT  No matter how prepared you are, a job interview is a nerve-wracking
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| Canada to ask allies to help cool Saudi dispute; U.S. offers no aid Posted: 07 Aug 2018 02:27 PM PDT  By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada plans to seek help from the United Arab Emirates and Britain to defuse an escalating dispute with Saudi Arabia, sources said on Tuesday, but close ally the United States made clear it would not get involved. The Saudi government on Sunday recalled its ambassador to Ottawa, barred Canada's envoy from returning and placed a ban on new trade, denouncing Canada for urging the release of jailed rights activists. Riyadh accused Ottawa on Tuesday of interfering in its internal affairs.
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| President Trump Says He Reinstated Sanctions on Iran for 'WORLD PEACE' Posted: 06 Aug 2018 02:39 PM PDT  "Anyone doing business with Iran will NOT be doing business with the United States"
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| California wildfire: State's biggest blaze on record expected to burn for rest of month Posted: 07 Aug 2018 02:35 PM PDT  California's biggest wildfire on record is expected to burn for the rest of the month, fire officials say, amid strong winds and a summer heatwave. The latest report from firefighters is that 34 per cent of the fire has been contained, after it damaged 75 residences and nearly 2,000 other structures. The state experienced a similarly large wildfire last year in the southern part of the state in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, but the Mendocino Fire has eclipsed the Thomas Fire in size.
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| Texas Governor Greg Abbott Tweets Fake Winston Churchill Quote On 'Anti-Fascists' Posted: 07 Aug 2018 10:58 AM PDT  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), apparently responding to recent news reports
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| Man Who Lost Limbs After He Was Licked by Dog Says He's Happy to Be Alive Posted: 07 Aug 2018 07:36 AM PDT  Greg Manteufel has been left disfigured by the ordeal as well.
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| Iraq sentences German and French Isil members to life in prison Posted: 06 Aug 2018 06:05 AM PDT  An Iraqi court on Monday sentenced a French man and a German woman to life in prison in the latest punishments handed down for belonging to the Islamic State jihadist group. Frenchman Lahcen Gueboudj, 58, and a German woman whose name was given only as Nadia were sentenced separately at the Baghdad central criminal court. Nadia's mother, a German woman of Moroccan origin, was sentenced to death in January for Isil membership but the sentence was later commuted to life, which in Iraq is equivalent to 20 years. The mother and daughter were arrested in July 2017 in Mosul, the jihadists' former de-facto capital in Iraq where the government declared victory over Isil in December last year. Neekor Israel Abdul Karim, 28, from Uzbekistan is convicted of joining Isil in Baghdad Central Criminal Court, on April 25 Credit: Sam Tarling for The Telegraph Wearing a black abaya in court, Nadia said she travelled from Syria to Iraq "to run away from the people of IS". Speaking in German with a few Arabic words, she said she travelled to Syria from Turkey with her mother, her daughter Yamana and her mentally disabled sister who was killed in a bombardment. Nadia's lawyer stressed that she was a minor at the time and that her marriage to an Isil jihadist in Syria was "not a decision taken by an adult in full conscience". The French defendant, meanwhile, refuted statements made during his interrogations. "I signed confessions in Arabic without knowing what was written," said Gueboudj, with short grey hair and stubble, wearing a brown prison uniform. "I would never have left France, if my eldest son Nabil, 25-years-old, hadn't gone to Syria," he said in French. "I wanted to convince him to return with us to France," added Gueboudj. The French citizen had travelled with his wife and children to Turkey before entering Syria, and later being arrested in Iraq.
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| Parkland suspect: Voice told him to burn, kill, destroy Posted: 06 Aug 2018 03:40 PM PDT  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz told a detective that a demon in his head — "the evil side" — told him to burn, kill and destroy, and that he thought about going to a park to kill people about a week before 17 people were gunned down at the school, according to a transcript of his interrogation released Monday.
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| 27 Funny Tweets About Being A Parent vs. Being A Kid Posted: 06 Aug 2018 08:36 AM PDT  People say having kids changes everything. For parents, this is particularly
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| Israel minister welcomes Syria scientist killing Posted: 07 Aug 2018 04:18 AM PDT  Israeli Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz on Tuesday welcomed the killing of a leading Syrian weapons scientist but declined to comment on reports his government was behind the fatal bombing. General Aziz Asbar, head of a Syrian government weapons research centre, was killed along with his driver when the bomb hit his car on Saturday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Asbar headed the Maysaf research centre in Hama, which was hit by Israeli air strikes last month and in September last year, the Observatory said.
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| Trump's Wall Could Run Up Billions In Unforeseen Costs, Watchdog Report Warns Posted: 06 Aug 2018 03:05 PM PDT  President Donald Trump's proposed wall on the U.S.-Mexico border could cost
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| Baseball-Size Hail Kills Zoo Animals In Colorado Posted: 07 Aug 2018 11:49 AM PDT  A powerful hailstorm swept through parts of Colorado on Monday, injuring 14
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| Brazil: judge shuts border to Venezuelan migrants fleeing hunger and hardship Posted: 06 Aug 2018 01:59 PM PDT  A judge in Brazil has blocked Venezuelans from entering the border state of Roraima as local authorities harden their stance against the flood of migrants fleeing hunger and hardship in their home country. Judge Helder Barreto said he had suspended the entry of Venezuelan immigrants until the conditions for a "humanitarian reception" are created but activists working with migrants attacked it as "absurd". Sister Telma Lage from the non-profit Migration and Human Rights Institute, which helps vulnerable migrants in Roraima's capital Boa Vista, said the judge had overstepped his authority.
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| Perfect Royal Couple Status Nearly Compromised By Gaping Hole in Prince Harry's Fancy Shoe Posted: 07 Aug 2018 07:18 AM PDT  The Prince had a giant hole in his shoe, but didn't seem bothered in the least
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| The Latest: California plane crash killed 3 co-workers Posted: 06 Aug 2018 10:16 AM PDT  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a small plane crash in Southern California (all times local):
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| Venezuela arrests 'terrorists' over Maduro attack as opposition fears reprisals Posted: 05 Aug 2018 08:52 PM PDT  Six "terrorists and hired killers" have been arrested in Venezuela accused of trying to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro in an alleged drone attack, the government said on Sunday. Three soldiers were in critical condition and four more were injured in the alleged attack that involved two remote-controlled drones, Reverol said. Venezuela's opposition braced itself for "persecution and repression" as the armed forces vowed "unconditional" loyalty to radical socialist leader Maduro who, standing with his wife on a reviewing stand, was unharmed in the incident.
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| Police and kids compete in friendly dance-off Posted: 05 Aug 2018 08:16 PM PDT  South Carolina police and the children of a local Boys and Girls Club squared off in a highly competitive dance-off - and looks like everyone brought their 'A game.'
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| Donald Trump Won't Be The 2020 Republican Nominee, And Other Predictions Posted: 06 Aug 2018 06:11 AM PDT  There is a saying attributed to various wise men: "Never make predictions,
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| Dog Wearing Wedding Dress Steals the Show During Her Owner's Big Day Posted: 06 Aug 2018 01:29 PM PDT  Gia was even wearing a veil.
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| Kris Kobach Could Be The Next Governor Of Kansas Posted: 06 Aug 2018 06:55 AM PDT  Since 2011, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) has successfully used
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