| Sarah Huckabee Sanders: 'I Can't Guarantee' Trump Never Said Racial Slur Posted: 14 Aug 2018 12:34 PM PDT  White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Tuesday she "can't
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| Car crash outside U.K. Parliament; terrorist suspect arrested Posted: 14 Aug 2018 08:19 AM PDT ![Car crash outside U.K. Parliament; terrorist suspect arrested]( "Car crash outside U.K. Parliament; terrorist suspect arrested") A car plowed into pedestrians and cyclists near the Houses of Parliament in London during the morning rush hour Tuesday, injuring three people in what police suspect is the latest in a string of attacks in the British capital that used vehicles as weapons.
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| Florida State House Candidate Admits She Faked College Diploma Posted: 13 Aug 2018 04:31 PM PDT  A Republican candidate for office in Florida is admitting she lied about her
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| Man Caught on Camera Spanking Hippo at California Zoo Posted: 14 Aug 2018 12:01 PM PDT  Police said the intruder could face charges of trespassing.
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| Many Among Us Can Relate to the Thirsty Bear Who Made a Liquor Store Pit Stop Posted: 14 Aug 2018 08:54 AM PDT  He was denied access — and not just because he was lacking ID
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| Off-the-grid dream becomes nightmare in New Mexico compound Posted: 13 Aug 2018 05:56 AM PDT ![Off-the-grid dream becomes nightmare in New Mexico compound]( "Off-the-grid dream becomes nightmare in New Mexico compound") Relatives and neighbors say things began to go downhill for Lucas Morton, 39, shortly after he arrived in this vast alpine valley about 40 miles (64 km) north of Taos in a white moving van last December. The families set up home on a 10-acre plot of land that was near to one owned by Morton, a carpenter, but which actually belonged to U.S. Army veteran Jason Badger. The vet filed a court complaint but the Morton and Wahhaj families stayed on the land.
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| Sixth First Responder Dies Fighting Northern California Wildfires Posted: 14 Aug 2018 08:53 AM PDT  A sixth first responder has died battling this year's wildfires in California,
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| Donald Trump Sparks Outrage After Calling Omarosa A 'Dog' Posted: 14 Aug 2018 05:25 AM PDT  President Donald Trump faced backlash Tuesday morning after he called his
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| The 2018 Mercedes-Benz S560 4Matic Sedan Marks the Return of a Classic Benz Badge Posted: 14 Aug 2018 02:37 PM PDT  Echoes of the big Benz from days past.
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| Tibbetts family thinks search is narrowing for Mollie Posted: 14 Aug 2018 08:13 AM PDT  Mollie's father Rob Tibbetts and her boyfriend Dalton Jack believe she is still alive nearly a month after her disappearance.
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| Koreas hold high-level talks on third leaders' summit Posted: 12 Aug 2018 08:35 PM PDT  The two Koreas opened high-level talks Monday to prepare for a possible summit in Pyongyang between the South's President Moon Jae-in and the North's leader Kim Jong Un, as the diplomatic thaw on the peninsula builds. The exact date and location of what would be their third meeting have yet to be decided, but at their historic first summit in Panmunjom in April they agreed Moon would visit Kim in the North Korean capital during the autumn. Monday's high-level talks, taking place on the northern side of the truce village in the Demilitarized Zone, were proposed by the North last week as it lashed out at Washington for pushing ahead with sanctions.
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| Mollie Tibbetts Search: Website for Tips Announced, Residents Asked to Report Strange Behavior Posted: 13 Aug 2018 01:35 PM PDT  Iowa authorities have interviewed more than 500 people in the search for Mollie Tibbetts.
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| Most Top Democrats, Progressive Groups Reserve Judgment On Keith Ellison Allegations Posted: 13 Aug 2018 03:50 PM PDT  All but a few prominent Democrats and progressive groups have stayed silent on
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| New Mexico family believed dead boy's spirit would lead attacks: prosecutors Posted: 13 Aug 2018 09:45 PM PDT  A 3-year-old boy found buried at a New Mexico desert compound died in a ritual to "cast out demonic spirits," but his extended family believed he would "return as Jesus" to identify "corrupt" targets for them to attack, prosecutors said in court on Monday. Prosecutors' account of an exorcism-like ritual, allegations of weapons training for children and references to martyrdom and conspiracy were aimed at persuading a judge to deny bond for the five adults charged with child abuse in the case. Defense attorneys said prosecutors sought to criminalize their clients for being African-Americans of Muslim faith.
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| Government Agencies Coordinated To Arrest Migrants Seeking Legal Status, ACLU Says Posted: 14 Aug 2018 05:24 AM PDT  Various branches of the federal government worked in tandem to time interviews
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| Trump attacks ‘wacky,’ ‘vicious,’ ‘not-smart’ former protégé Omarosa Posted: 13 Aug 2018 08:00 AM PDT  President Trump said former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman was "vicious," "not smart" and regularly missed meetings.
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| Missing Hiker’s Mom Shares Message: ‘My Ears Ache To Hear Your Voice' Posted: 13 Aug 2018 06:40 PM PDT  Nearly two weeks since Samantha "Sam" Sayers disappeared while hiking in
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| Erdogan calls for boycott of iPhones as he targets American consumer products in retaliation for Turkey sanctions Posted: 14 Aug 2018 03:35 AM PDT  Turkey's president escalated tensions with the US on Tuesday after calling for a boycott of American electronics, amid reports that diplomatic talks have stalled over the issue of a detained pastor. Showing no signs of backing down in a standoff with President Donald Trump, Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested that Ankara would stop buying US-made iPhones and buy Korean or Turkish-made models instead. "If they have the iPhone, there is Samsung elsewhere. We have Vestel," he said, renewing calls for Turks to convert their dollars to lira as the Turkish currency began to rally on Tuesday morning. However, financial experts questioned whether such a move would have much of an effect given Turkey's current purchasing power. Some even pointed to the irony of Mr Erdogan lashing out at American tech companies. The president fended off a coup attempt two years ago by appealing to his supporters via FaceTime, the Apple video chat app. The country's finance chief, Mr Erdogan's son-in-law, is due to address foreign investors later on Tuesday, in an attempt to quell growing concerns. Andrew Brunson: The evangelical US pastor at the heart of the Turkey crisis Talks between the two Nato countries seem to have been frozen until Turkey releases American evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson, who stands accused by Ankara of espionage and terrorism related to the 2016 putsch. John Bolton, White House National Security Adviser, told Turkey's Ambassador Serdar Kilic in Washington on Monday that there was nothing further to discuss until Mr Brunson was freed. The US had believed it had agreed a swap deal with Turkey during a Nato summit in July, where Mr Brunson would be released in return for a Turkish actress held by Israel over links to Hamas. Turkish citizens look at a board showing foreign currency rates inside a currency exchange shop in Ankara Credit: AP Actress Ebru Özkan was released the next day, while the pastor was moved from prison to house arrest. Mr Brunson's lawyer Ismail Cem Halavurt on Tuesday appealed again to a Turkish court to release him and lift his travel ban. He said the court had up to seven days to decide. Mr Brunson, who faces up to 35 years in jail if found guilty, denies the charges. The lira started to stage a recovery on Tuesday following its dramatic two-day collapse. After plunging to record lows yesterday, the currency clawed back as much as 9.1 per cent, although it slipped again after Mr Erdogan's remarks on consumer goods. The earlier rebound was pinned on local investors attempting to cash in on the lira slide by selling their dollars. Retail investors in Turkey are understood to have sold $50m (£39m) to $60m in foreign currency with the jump in the lira exaggerated by thin trading volumes, according to Bloomberg. Markets were also somewhat soothed by Turkey's central bank loosening cash buffer requirements for the country's banks and its finance minister setting up a call with investors. Despite the lira's rally, it has still lost 42 per cent of its value against the dollar in 2018.
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| 200-million year old Pterosaur 'built for flying' Posted: 13 Aug 2018 11:42 AM PDT  Scientists on Monday unveiled a previously unknown species of giant pterosaur, the first creatures with a backbone to fly under their own power. Neither dino nor bird, pterosaurs -- more commonly known as pterodactyls -- emerged during the late Triassic period more than 200 million years ago and lorded over primeval skies until a massive space rock slammed into Earth, wiping out the dinosaurs and most other forms of life some 65 million years ago. "They are delicately framed animals that are built for flying," said Brooks Britt, a paleontologist at Brigham Young University in Utah and lead author of a study in Nature Ecology & Evolution.
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| What happened, what's next after airline worker stole plane Posted: 13 Aug 2018 09:44 AM PDT  SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. investigators are working to find out how an airline employee stole an empty commercial airplane from the main airport serving Seattle and crashed into a small island after being chased by military jets.
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| Orca mother ends 'tour of grief' for her newborn after 17 days and 1,000 miles Posted: 12 Aug 2018 10:10 PM PDT  For 17 days, a southern resident killer whale (SRKW) named J35, but better known as Tahlequah, carried her deceased baby for more than 1,000 miles. The orca's unusually long spell of grieving came to an end on Saturday, when Tahlequah was spotted in the Haro Strait off Victoria, British Columbia, chasing a school of salmon without her newborn. SEE ALSO: New dolphin-whale hybrid sea creature is the spawn of an unholy union "Her tour of grief is now over and her behavior is remarkably frisky," the Center for Whale Research (CWR) explained in a blog post online. August 11, 2018 J35 update: "The ordeal of J35 carrying her dead calf for at least seventeen days and 1,000 miles is now over, thank goodness." - Ken Balcomb, Center for Whale Researchhttps://t.co/kQpA4WWbmg pic.twitter.com/cQIN13HgN6 — Whale Research (@CWROrcas) August 12, 2018 The CWR added that the baby's carcass has probably sunk to the bottom of the Salish Sea, meaning that researchers may not get a chance to examine it. On Jul. 24, Tahlequah's baby orca died shortly after birth, in what has been a common story for the southern resident killer whale population. Over the last two decades, 75 percent of SRKW newborns failed to survive. The last successful birth was in 2015, when two calves were born. In the hours, then days after the death, Tahlequah was spotted trying to keep her baby's head above the water's surface, reluctant to leave the body behind. "That's not unprecedented, but it's the longest one that I've personally witnessed," Ken Balcomb, CWR's founder and principal investigator, told The Washington Post. These orcas are facing a real threat of extinction, with no successful pregnancies in the last three years. At just 75 whales, the population is at its lowest in 30 years. The SRKW's decline is linked to the reduction in population of its primary food source, Chinook salmon. Canada's government announced in May it would cut the allowable catch of Chinook by up to 35 percent to help protect the orca. WATCH: This tiny robotic spider might one day perform surgeries inside your body
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| 'Stand Your Ground' Shooter Charged After Fatal Altercation Over Parking Space Posted: 14 Aug 2018 01:57 PM PDT  A Florida man who invoked the state's controversial "stand your ground" law
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| Students rally nationwide in support of Kavanaugh nomination Posted: 13 Aug 2018 04:04 AM PDT  Students for Life of America say they want a Supreme Court that's pro-life.
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| Trump adviser Stephen Miller's uncle: My nephew is 'an immigration hypocrite' Posted: 13 Aug 2018 07:51 AM PDT  Stephen Miller, the architect of some of Trump's most controversial anti-immigration policies, has been assailed by critics who are quick to point out that Miller himself is a grandchild of refugees. Now Miller's own uncle is joining the outcry.
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| Connecticut primary - LIVE: Polls wind to a close as voters seek candidates for wide-open governor election Posted: 14 Aug 2018 03:04 PM PDT  The biggest race as Connecticut residents goes to the polls for Tuesday's primaries is for the governor's office. Republicans believe they have a good chance of winning it back after losing control in 2010. Control of the narrowly divided General Assembly is also in play, especially the state Senate, now equally split between Democrats and Republicans.
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| It’s Official: Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Is An Ostrich About Wildfires Posted: 13 Aug 2018 06:04 PM PDT  At a conservative event in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, on Friday, Interior
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| Markets rattled as Turkish lira dives Posted: 13 Aug 2018 05:37 PM PDT  New York (AFP) - Turkey's troubled lira tumbled Monday to fresh record lows against the euro and dollar, piling pressure on stock markets on fears the country's crisis could spill over into the world economy.
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| From Westminster to Nice: Vehicle rampage attacks in UK and Europe Posted: 14 Aug 2018 05:01 AM PDT  A driver has been arrested on suspicion of terror offences after a car collided with cyclists and pedestrians before crashing into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament today. The man, in his late 20s, is being held in custody at a south London police station after armed officers swarmed the scene following the suspected terror attack just before 7.40am. This kind of event has become worryingly common in Europe in recent years, with hundreds of people killed and injured in vehicle attacks since 2016. Cars and vans are easy to obtain, and pedestrians in crowded streets are vulnerable targets. Many of these attacks – often known as rampage attacks or ramming attacks – have been attributed to Islamist terror, though motives can vary. Protective bollards are now commonplace around crowded areas in city centres and at events, and politicians have discussed ways to prevent extremists from hiring vehicles. However, the number of pedestrian fatalities caused by deliberate violent acts remains small in contrast to the death toll from accidental crashes. Although we don't know what was behind the Westminster incident yet, here's a look at the other vehicle attacks that have happened across Europe in the last three years. The van used in the London Bridge terror attack Credit: LONDON METROPOLITAN POLICE Grosser Kiepenkerl, Münster, 7 April 2018 A grey Volkswagen minibus was driven at speed into the outdoor seating area of a popular pub in Muenster, killing two people and injuring around 20 more. The 48-year-old driver, who killed himself shortly after the attack, is not thought to have links to Islamist terror groups. Las Ramblas, Barcelona, 17 August 2017 A hired van drove down Barcelona's Las Ramblas district on a sunny afternoon, killing 13 people and injuring 50 more. The van is understood to have been hired from the Telefurgo rental chain. Anybody with a driving licence can hire this sort of van – prices in Spain are around £50 to £100 per day, depending on the age of the driver. Levallois-Perret, Paris, 9 August 2017 A BMW 2-Series Active Tourer was driven into a group of soldiers in a suburb of Paris. Six people were injured, three seriously. The driver was then stopped on the A16 motorway, being shot several times in the process. The hired BMW was equipped with a GPS tracking system, making it easy for the police to locate. Champs-Élysées, Paris, 19 June 2017 A Renault Megane containing explosives and weapons (an AK-47 rifle and handguns) was driven into a Gendarmerie vehicle on the famous Champs-Élysées in Paris. Only the attacker was killed in what is understood to be a 'botched' suicide attack. What is autonomous emergency braking (AEB) and could it prevent terrorist attacks? Finsbury Park, London, 19 June 2017 A rented van was driven into a group of people outside a Mosque. The driver was heard saying "I want to kill all Muslims" and "this is for London Bridge". One person died. London Bridge, London, 3 June 2017 A rented van was driven into pedestrians in the London Bridge area. The three attackers then got out of the van and began stabbing people, before being shot by police. A further 8 people died and 48 people were injured, 21 critically. Drottninggatan, Stockholm, 7 April 2017 A hijacked lorry was driven into crowds on a popular shopping street in Stockholm. Five people were killed, and 14 were seriously injured. A home-made explosive was found in the lorry after the attacker had abandoned it. The lorry used in the terror attack in Stockholm Credit: JONATHAN NACKSTRAND /AFP Westminster, London, 22 March 2017 AHyundai Tucson was driven into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge. The driver then got out and stabbed a policeman to death, before being shot. Five people were killed in the car attack, with 49 injured. Breitscheidplatz, Berlin, 19 December 2016 A stolen lorry was driven into pedestrians at a Christmas market in Berlin. The attacker had shot the driver of the lorry in order to take it, and then killed 11 pedestrians. There were 56 non-fatal injuries. Promenade des Anglais, Nice, 14 July 2016 A lorry was driven into crowds celebrating Bastille Day near the seafront at Nice. 87 people were killed, including the attacker, and a further 458 were injured.
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| The Latest: Italy authorities raise bridge death toll to 26 Posted: 14 Aug 2018 01:21 PM PDT  MILAN (AP) — The Latest on the collapse of a bridge in Italy (all times local):
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| Ford to invest $740 million in Detroit train station, city development project Posted: 14 Aug 2018 04:11 PM PDT  Ford aims to turn the building into a campus of offices for up to 5,000 tech workers and software engineers focused on self-driving vehicles and ancillary technologies and services. The second largest U.S. automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, about 10 miles from Detroit, announced the project in June, but had not previously disclosed costs until a community meeting on Tuesday. The company said Tuesday in a statement it is "working with federal, state and local economic development groups and officials, seeking at least $250 million in tax or other incentives to support the development of the five Corktown sites Ford has purchased." Ford said total investment in the development of the train station and developing 45 acres of vacant land will cost approximately $740 million over the next four years.
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| S. Korea bans recalled BMWs from streets pending safety inspections Posted: 13 Aug 2018 11:25 PM PDT  BMW Korea last month started recalling 106,000 vehicles with an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) module, which it says caused the recent fires. An average 7,000 cars have been inspected every day but some 27,000 vehicles had not yet been checked by late Monday, the transport ministry said in a press statement, leaving some 20,000 cars to be hit when the measure takes effect midnight Tuesday. Once the ban comes into effect, drivers are forbidden from driving their vehicles unless they are taking them to be tested, the statement said, with a senior official telling Yonhap news agency drivers would be liable in the event of a fire.
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| Top GOP Congressman's Son Gives Money To Democrat Running For Father's Seat Posted: 13 Aug 2018 06:27 AM PDT  Bobby Goodlatte, son of retiring Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), has announced his
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| Ugandan police shoot driver, arrest singer-turned-politician Posted: 14 Aug 2018 03:38 AM PDT  Ugandan musician and opposition lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, was arrested Tuesday after an incident in which security officers shot his driver dead, a police spokesman said. "We arrested Bobi Wine and others this morning and he is in our custody," said Emilian Kayima, Uganda's police spokesman. Kyagulanyi was arrested in the northwestern town of Arua where he was campaigning for an opposition candidate in a hard-fought by-election that also drew President Yoweri Museveni in support of the ruling party candidate.
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| Cooler weather helps crews fight Southern California fire Posted: 12 Aug 2018 07:14 PM PDT  LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) — Aided by slightly cooler temperatures, firefighters made steady progress Sunday in battling a wildfire that destroyed 16 structures as it raged through Southern California's Cleveland National Forest.
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| Illinois Man With Parrot on His Shoulder Rescued From Mud Hole by Firefighters Posted: 13 Aug 2018 03:14 PM PDT  The bird got stuck in the mud, then its owner got stuck in the mud trying to rescue it.
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| 'Finding Mollie' website launched for missing Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts; authorities detail how to help Posted: 14 Aug 2018 11:42 AM PDT  Authorities on Monday urged the public to continue to share information that may help find Mollie Tibbetts.
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| Cosmos Bank loses $13.5 million in cyber attack Posted: 14 Aug 2018 06:40 AM PDT  Cyber criminals hacked the systems of India's Cosmos Bank and siphoned off nearly 944 million rupees ($13.5 million) through simultaneous withdrawals across 28 countries over the weekend, the bank has told police. The co-operative bank said unidentified hackers stole customer information through a malware attack on its automated teller machine (ATM) server, withdrawing 805 million rupees in 14,849 transactions in just over two hours on Aug. 11, mainly overseas. Apart from the ATM withdrawals, the hackers transferred 139 million rupees to a Hong Kong-based company's account by issuing three unauthorised transactions over the SWIFT global payments network, the bank said in a police complaint, a copy of which was seen by Reuters.
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| Just Who Is Andy Chan, the Leader of Hong Kong's Independence Movement? Posted: 14 Aug 2018 01:04 AM PDT  The head of the Hong Kong National Party has infuriated Beijing with his calls for independence, but is curiously short on specifics
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| Porsche Boxster 986 Buying Guide Posted: 14 Aug 2018 06:34 AM PDT  Mixing traditional Porsche driving fun and usability, this model is a temptingly affordable way into marque ownership. Read this before taking the plunge
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| Trump Reacts To Firing Of Peter Strzok, FBI Agent Who Sent Anti-Trump Texts Posted: 13 Aug 2018 09:20 AM PDT  FBI special agent Peter Strzok, who sent personal text messages critical of
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