| Masterpiece Cakeshop Owner Sues Colorado After Refusing To Bake Trans Woman's Cake Posted: 15 Aug 2018 12:10 PM PDT  Months after winning a Supreme Court case over his refusal to make a wedding
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| Wisconsin flipped for Trump. Minnesota nearly did. What do their primaries predict for the midterms? Posted: 15 Aug 2018 03:42 PM PDT  The results of Tuesday's primaries in Minnesota and Wisconsin were the latest in a series of revealing soundings from the region — tremors on the electoral Richter scale that help delineate the underlying forces shaping American politics.
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| Stranded Parrot 'Turns Air Blue' Cursing Out Firefighter During Rescue Attempt Posted: 15 Aug 2018 03:13 AM PDT  Jessie the parrot was decidedly unimpressed when a firefighter came to rescue
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| Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's trial in Alexandria, Va. Posted: 15 Aug 2018 05:00 AM PDT ![Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's trial in Alexandria, Va.]( "Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's trial in Alexandria, Va.") Closing arguments were expected Wednesday in the trial of Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman accused of tax evasion and bank fraud.
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| Rising sea levels threatens coastal cities with more tsunamis, scientists warn Posted: 15 Aug 2018 10:00 PM PDT  Tsunamis will become more common and more ferocious with global warming, scientists have warned after a study found that global sea level rises will increase the risk of coastal cities being wiped out. Smaller earthquakes that currently pose no serious tsunami threat could unleash waves capable of inundating coastal cities, researchers found in a study focusing on the city of Macau in China. Currently it is considered safe from tsunamis, despite lying within a major earthquake zone. At today's sea level, it would take a very powerful earthquake tipping past magnitude 8.8 to cause widespread tsunami flooding in Macau. But a half-metre rise in sea level - predicted to occur in the region by 2060 - could more than double the chances of a huge tsunami swamping the territory, according to the research. A three-foot sea level rise, expected by 2100, would increase the risk up to 4.7 times. The source of the earthquake danger is the Manila Trench, a massive crack in the floor of the South China Sea formed by the collision of two tectonic plates. It has generated numerous earthquakes, though none larger than magnitude 7.8 since the 1560s. A modest rise in sea levels would greatly amplify the tsunami threat from smaller earthquakes, the computer simulation study showed. Cities most prone to natural disaster Lead researcher Dr Robert Weiss, from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in the US, said: "Our research shows that sea-level rise can significantly increase the tsunami hazard, which means that smaller tsunamis in the future can have the same adverse impacts as big tsunamis would today. "The South China Sea is an excellent starting point for such a study because it is an ocean with rapid sea-level rise and also the location of many mega cities with significant worldwide consequences if impacted." The team's findings are reported in the journal Science Advances.
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| No injuries reported after 2 planes collide at Chicago O'Hare Airport Posted: 15 Aug 2018 04:10 PM PDT  Two planes collided on the ground at Chicago O'Hare Airport on Wednesday.
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| What Happened on Inside Edition Today Posted: 16 Aug 2018 10:32 AM PDT  After a woman and her children were killed in Colorado, Inside Edition takes a look at the heartbreaking trend of pregnant women who were murdered by their partners.
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| Vatican Feels 'Shame And Sorrow' Over Abuse By Pennsylvania Priests, Spokesman Says Posted: 16 Aug 2018 02:00 PM PDT  As Catholics in the U.S. grapple with fallout from a grand jury's shocking
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| Subaru Ascent Owners Will Get New Cars in Recall Posted: 15 Aug 2018 11:23 AM PDT  Subaru replaces nearly 300 cars that have compromised frames.
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| NYU To Cover Tuition For All Medical Students Posted: 16 Aug 2018 11:15 AM PDT  New York University will pay for the tuition of all its medical students, the
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| Illness at Ohio Chipotle caused by food-borne bacteria: local officials Posted: 16 Aug 2018 10:56 AM PDT  The outbreak last month was the latest in a series of food safety lapses at the burrito chain, and health officials said it was caused by the clostridium perfringens bacterium, which often infects food that is prepared in large quantities and kept warm for a long time. The resulting illnesses are fairly common and affect nearly 1 million people each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Customers had last month complained of food poisoning and diarrhea after eating tacos and burrito bowls at the Powell, Ohio Chipotle restaurant.
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| Couple whose caravan wheel sparked California wildfire told ‘it’s not your fault’ Posted: 15 Aug 2018 11:37 AM PDT  A couple whose caravan accident started one of the largest wildfires in California history have been told by local residents told:: "It's not your fault". Authorities have not identified the owners of the mobile home vehicle, but that has not stopped the community affected by the Carr wildfire to send an outpouring of support in Facebook posts, letters, and cards. The trailer experienced a flat tyre on 23 July near Redding, California, and the steel rim of the wheel scraped against the asphalt, creating the spark which ignited dry brush near the side of the road.
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| National Guard deploys thousands of soldiers to California Posted: 15 Aug 2018 02:33 PM PDT  National Guard soldiers are supporting response efforts, providing unique military capabilities to contain the fires.
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| Vice President Mike Pence Prays With Mollie Tibbetts' Family During Visit to Iowa Posted: 16 Aug 2018 08:35 AM PDT  The missing college student hasn't been seen since July 18.
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| The Death Toll From Italy's Genoa Bridge Collapse Is at Least 38 Posted: 14 Aug 2018 10:22 PM PDT  Many in the city had said the 1967 bridge needed shoring up
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| Kellyanne Conway tries to criticize her husband anonymously, but it backfires Posted: 16 Aug 2018 06:15 AM PDT  Kellyanne Conway, President Trump's chief counselor, found a unique way to let her husband know how she feels about his public bashing of her boss.
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| Ilhan Omar Wins Democratic Primary For Congress In Minnesota Posted: 14 Aug 2018 07:00 PM PDT  Minnesota state Rep. Ilhan Omar won the Democratic primary on Tuesday for the
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| Taiwan company bows to China after boycott threat Posted: 15 Aug 2018 03:57 AM PDT  A Taiwanese coffee chain has become the latest business to bow to pressure from Beijing after Chinese web users threatened a boycott over a visit to one of its stores by the island's president. Tsai Ing-wen stopped off at a Los Angeles branch of the 85C Bakery Cafe this week during a US stopover in which she became the first Taiwanese leader to give a public speech on American soil in 15 years. Taiwan is a self-ruled democracy that considers itself a sovereign state but has never declared formal independence.
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| Police: Shooting followed dispute in Walmart checkout lines Posted: 14 Aug 2018 07:59 PM PDT  WYNCOTE, Pa. (AP) — A man pulled a gun during a dispute with another customer in Walmart checkout lines near Philadelphia and opened fire, wounding several people before fleeing but was later arrested after crashing into a police vehicle, police said Tuesday night.
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| Russia's S-500: How Putin Could Kill Air Force F-22s and B-2 Stealth Bombers? Posted: 16 Aug 2018 06:02 AM PDT  Russia's fearsome new S-500 air and missile defense system has apparently entered production—and is setting new records for missile engagement range.
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| At least 76 overdose on synthetic marijuana in 24-hours at US park Posted: 16 Aug 2018 04:49 AM PDT  A man has been arrested after more than 76 people overdosed in 24 hours after taking synthetic marijuana suspected of being laced with fentanyl – an opioid. The first overdoses were reported at Connecticut's New Haven Green, a park close to Yale University, late on Tuesday night.
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| Hundreds Of Newspapers Are Challenging Trump's Attacks: 'We Are Not The Enemy’ Posted: 16 Aug 2018 03:17 AM PDT  Hundreds of U.S. newspapers are banding together this week to fight back
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| Christine Hallquist Scores Historic Win In Vermont's Democratic Gubernatorial Primary Posted: 14 Aug 2018 06:17 PM PDT  Christine Hallquist on Tuesday became the country's first openly transgender
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| Republicans Are Using An Unprecedented Partisan Vetting Process To Rush Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Posted: 16 Aug 2018 12:54 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Republicans are circumventing the normal vetting process for
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| New Zealand curbs foreign property ownership to cool market Posted: 15 Aug 2018 07:47 PM PDT  New Zealand has passed legislation curbing foreigners' ability to buy residential property in a bid to rein in the South Pacific nation's booming housing prices. The law, which passed late Wednesday, meets a key campaign pledge from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who vowed to make housing more affordable before her election last year. The new restrictions mean an almost complete ban on non-nationals buying residential property in New Zealand, with only a couple of exemptions.
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| Italy hunts for blame in bridge collapse that killed 39 Posted: 15 Aug 2018 06:14 PM PDT  GENOA, Italy (AP) — As more bodies were pulled Wednesday from a mountain of jagged concrete and twisted steel left by a highway bridge collapse that killed 39, prosecutors focused on possible design flaws and past maintenance of the heavily used span, and politicians squabbled over blame.
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| Classics for sale: 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 429 Posted: 15 Aug 2018 07:51 AM PDT  The Ford Mustang Boss 429 was the ultimate pony car of its era. Designed to compete in NASCAR, this Grabber Blue example is up for auction
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| Alert level raised for tiny volcanic isle in southern Japan Posted: 15 Aug 2018 03:05 AM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — Japan raised alert levels on a small southern volcanic island on Wednesday, urging its 105 residents to prepare for an evacuation amid growing risks of an eruption.
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| Black bear trying to live its best life just wanted to go to the liquor store Posted: 15 Aug 2018 12:23 PM PDT  Bears are doing it all this summer. They've been caught jumping into pools, sneaking sips of margaritas in hot tubs, and now they're going on liquor runs. SEE ALSO: The bears of Alaska's bear cam should have left the river by now. Why are they still here? A black bear was caught on camera strolling into Crazy Bruce's Liquor store in Bristol, Connecticut, on Monday. The bear set off the automatic sliding doors' sensor while walking past, causing the doors to open and allowing it into the store, the Hartford Courant reported. The liquor store shared security footage of the extremely casual bear walking into the store on its Facebook account. Luckily, when a store employee spotted the bear, they quickly locked the store's inner door, barring the bear's access to the sweet, sweet alcohol it so craved (maybe — I don't know what bears like). An unsuspecting customer also walked into the store after the bear, completely unaware of its presence, according to the Courant, and was ushered inside and to safety by an employee. (The customer can be seen in the footage shared by the liquor store.) "The customer didn't even see the bear when he came in — we told him to hurry up, but he didn't know why. He was kind of shocked," Dan Niedzwiecki, an assistant store manager told the Courant. "At the time he had no clue — he was just walking in minding his own business." No one was harmed, and eventually the bear made its way out of the store's entrance and back into the parking lot, perhaps in search of a liquor store willing to cater to its bear needs. WATCH: These robotic arms are actually bartenders
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| Facebook is ‘a surveillance system,’ sci-fi author Cory Doctorow says Posted: 15 Aug 2018 02:00 AM PDT  The novelist reflects on the way that the social media platform spies on its customers.
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| Jahana Hayes Could Be Connecticut's First Black Democrat In Congress Posted: 14 Aug 2018 06:37 PM PDT  With her primary win in Connecticut's 5th Congressional District on Tuesday,
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| John Brennan Says Trump's 'No Collusion' Claims Are 'Hogwash' Posted: 16 Aug 2018 04:06 AM PDT  Former CIA Director John Brennan says Donald Trump's oft-repeated claims of
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| Rights groups condemn Kabul school blast as outrage grows Posted: 16 Aug 2018 11:24 AM PDT  Rights groups Thursday condemned a suicide blast inside a school that killed dozens of students in Kabul a day earlier, as outrage over the attack grew while tearful families buried loved ones in the war-weary Afghan capital. The attack was just one of the most shocking in a blood-soaked week across Afghanistan that has left security forces and civilians reeling. Two gunmen attacked an intelligence training centre in Kabul Thursday, firing on security forces for several hours before they were killed, police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai said, adding that there were no other casualties.
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| Genoa bridge collapse: what we know Posted: 15 Aug 2018 07:01 AM PDT  Nearly 40 people died on Tuesday when a giant motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa in northwestern Italy, with the death toll expected to mount further. The Morandi viaduct, a massive concrete structure less than five kilometres (three miles) to the west of Genoa's old port, was completed in 1967 and acts as the flyover of the A10 motorway. Named after the architect who designed it, the bridge spanned railway lines, factory buildings and the Polcevera stream around 45 metres (over 150 feet) below.
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| Judge threatened over granting bail for suspects in New Mexico compound case Posted: 15 Aug 2018 11:06 AM PDT  The courthouse was locked down after a backlash against the judge's decision culminated in threats.
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| Bear wanders into a liquor store in Connecticut Posted: 15 Aug 2018 05:46 AM PDT  A bear has been caught on camera as it took a stroll into a Connecticut off-licence. The mid-sized creature lumbered across a car park in the town of Bristol on August 13, getting close enough to the entrance of Crazy Bruce's Liquors to trigger a sensor that automatically opened an outer door. "Fortunately we had some quick responding employees who locked the doors," the management for the shop commented on Twitter.
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| Sean Spicer Tries Roasting Andrew Cuomo And Gets Burned By Twitter Users Posted: 15 Aug 2018 04:41 PM PDT  Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer thought he had a clear shot to
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| 12 Ways Teachers Save Money on Back-to-School Shopping Posted: 15 Aug 2018 02:31 PM PDT |
| Republicans Plan To Run Close To Trump. A New Poll Shows Why That’s A Bad Idea. Posted: 15 Aug 2018 05:31 AM PDT  Republicans have made clear they plan to run close to President Donald Trump
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