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Nancy Pelosi On North Carolina Election Fraud: We Can Refuse To Seat That Congressman

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 10:03 AM PST

Nancy Pelosi On North Carolina Election Fraud: We Can Refuse To Seat That CongressmanWASHINGTON ― House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that


Lawyer for undocumented Trump Organization workers seeks investigation

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 01:26 PM PST

Lawyer for undocumented Trump Organization workers seeks investigationAnibal Romero says "many of the abuses" his clients received at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., "constitute crimes."


Internet Users Are Finding Creative Ways To Mess With Giuliani's Old Tweets

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 09:41 AM PST

Internet Users Are Finding Creative Ways To Mess With Giuliani's Old TweetsOne day, Rudolph Giuliani will learn to add spaces when he writes sentences on


Elementary school principal put on leave after banning Santa, candy cane decorations

Posted: 07 Dec 2018 07:19 AM PST

Elementary school principal put on leave after banning Santa, candy cane decorationsAn elementary school principal was put on leave after trying to enact a


Huawei 'princess' becomes pawn in US-China trade row

Posted: 07 Dec 2018 01:43 AM PST

Huawei 'princess' becomes pawn in US-China trade rowAs the daughter of the company's founder, Meng Wanzhou was known internally as the "princess" of telecoms giant Huawei and possible heir to the throne, but now finds herself a pawn in the US-China trade clash. Meng, Huawei's chief financial officer, was arrested in Canada at the request of the United States, which seeks to extradite her in a move that could blow tensions between the two powers wide open. The affair is a major setback for a woman who had been rising through the company founded by her father Ren Zhengfei, sparking speculation in recent years that she would some day assume full control.


Dow Jones industrial average drops as trade fight, oil price and recession worries mount

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 01:44 PM PST

Dow Jones industrial average drops as trade fight, oil price and recession worries mountInvestors hoping for stability after the Dow Jones industrial average's nearly 800-point fall Tuesday, instead saw the stock gauge plunge further.


Lone Wisconsin Republican Who Opposed Stealing Democrats’ Power Explains Why

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 10:59 AM PST

Lone Wisconsin Republican Who Opposed Stealing Democrats' Power Explains WhyThe vote by the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature to strip power


GOP Candidate's Consultant Linked To 2nd County In North Carolina Election Probe

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 08:35 PM PST

GOP Candidate's Consultant Linked To 2nd County In North Carolina Election ProbeLUMBERTON, N.C. ― McCrae Dowless, the political operative at the center of an


Coal booster joins energy regulator, dealing setback to green movement

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 03:28 PM PST

Coal booster joins energy regulator, dealing setback to green movementBernard L. McNamee, who is now one of the nation's top energy regulators, took the opportunity last Earth Day to praise oil and coal.


Kevin Hart steps down from hosting the 2019 Academy Awards

Posted: 07 Dec 2018 05:14 AM PST

Kevin Hart steps down from hosting the 2019 Academy AwardsThe comedian announced he is stepping down following criticism of some anti-gay tweets he posted years ago. ABC News Emily Rau reports.


Principal on leave after banning Christmas decorations, including candy canes and reindeer

Posted: 07 Dec 2018 02:11 PM PST

Principal on leave after banning Christmas decorations, including candy canes and reindeerThe principal of Manchester Elementary School - located near Omaha, Nebraska - sent her staff a memo outlining specific steps educators were expected to take during the holiday season to remain "inclusive and culturally sensitive."


10 Warm Winter Coats That Aren't Puffers

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 10:26 AM PST

10 Warm Winter Coats That Aren't PuffersWinter is around the corner and while you might have already refreshed your


Caretaker of neglected, bone-strewn cemetery is arrested

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 02:07 PM PST

Caretaker of neglected, bone-strewn cemetery is arrestedA fuller picture of a cemetery in ghastly disarray emerged Thursday as the longtime caretaker of a graveyard in Connecticut's largest city was arrested and officials described in new detail shocking discoveries that included human bones and casket pieces scattered about.


Here's the history behind the Presidential Train Car that will transport George H.W. Bush

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 06:11 AM PST

Here's the history behind the Presidential Train Car that will transport George H.W. BushUnion Pacific's Locomotive No. 4141, made to honor the 41st president, will be the presidential funeral train for former President George H.W. Bush.


Amid North Carolina Election Probe, Voters Are Scared, Confused And Angry

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 02:45 AM PST

Amid North Carolina Election Probe, Voters Are Scared, Confused And AngryTAR HEEL, N.C. ― Emma Shipman's house is hidden away at the end of a long and


Huawei Reveals the Real Trade War With China

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 02:10 PM PST

Huawei Reveals the Real Trade War With ChinaAfter all, the president and trade-warrior-in-chief has called himself "Tariff Man." And the tentative trade deal between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping was mainly about tariffs, especially on items like automobiles. The arrested executive, Wanzhou Meng, is the chief financial officer of telecom-equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies Co. (and its founder's daughter). The official reason for her arrest is that Huawei is suspected of selling technology to Iran, in violation of U.S. sanctions.


France’s Gas Tax Debacle Bolsters The Case For Green New Deal-Style Climate Policies

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 04:15 PM PST

France's Gas Tax Debacle Bolsters The Case For Green New Deal-Style Climate PoliciesFrench President Emmanuel Macron reversed course on his controversial gas tax


Grace Millane: Police increasingly concerned over British backpacker missing in New Zealand

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 01:23 AM PST

Grace Millane: Police increasingly concerned over British backpacker missing in New ZealandPolice say they are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a British tourist who has gone missing in New Zealand. Detectives are investigating the disappearance of 22-year-old Grace Millane, who was last seen in Auckland on Saturday night. The backpacker, reported to be from Essex, has not been in contact with her family for several days, including on her 22nd birthday on Sunday. Detective Inspector Scott Beard, of Auckland City Police, said Ms Millane's father was on his way to New Zealand, and said her family were understandably "distraught". "Clearly this is a very stressful time for Grace's family and the longer she remains missing, the more our concern grows for her safety and wellbeing," he said. CCTV image issued by Auckland City Police shows Grace Millane at Auckland's Sky City entertainment complex Credit:  Auckland City Police Ms Millane is said to have been in New Zealand for about two weeks, and was staying at a backpackers' hostel in Auckland city centre. Police have released a CCTV image of the last known sighting of her at 7.15pm on Saturday at entertainment complex Sky City. A number of unconfirmed sightings have been reported to detectives. Members of Ms Millane's family have shared appeals for information on Facebook, and Mr Beard said more than 20 staff were working on the case. A spokesman for the Foreign Office said: "We are providing consular support to the family in the UK, and working with the New Zealand Police in relation to reports of a missing British national in New Zealand."


10 IKEA Buys That Will Make the Holidays So Much Easier

Posted: 07 Dec 2018 11:54 AM PST

10 IKEA Buys That Will Make the Holidays So Much Easier


Pearl Harbor created the 'Greatest Generation.' Out of it came men like George H.W. Bush

Posted: 07 Dec 2018 04:00 AM PST

Pearl Harbor created the 'Greatest Generation.' Out of it came men like George H.W. BushThe 77th anniversary of Pearl Harbor coincides with the death of George H.W. Bush. As his generation disappears, our country's future is uncertain.


The start of funeral train ride to George H.W. Bush's resting place

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 12:32 PM PST

The start of funeral train ride to George H.W. Bush's resting placeTrain No. 4141 carries Bush from Spring to College Station, Texas, where he will be buried next to his wife and daughter.


Disputed House race puts spotlight on 'ballot harvesting'

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 07:37 PM PST

Disputed House race puts spotlight on 'ballot harvesting'HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An investigation into whether political operatives in North Carolina illegally collected and possibly stole absentee ballots in a still-undecided congressional race has drawn attention to a widespread but little-known political tool called ballot harvesting.


Donald Trump Becomes Butt Of Twitter Jokes With 'Boarder Security' Typo

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 11:15 PM PST

Donald Trump Becomes Butt Of Twitter Jokes With 'Boarder Security' TypoPresident Donald Trump became a Twitter laughingstock late Thursday with yet


Rudy Giuliani ‘Deluding’ Trump About The Extent Of Trouble He Is In, Says Former White House Counsel John Dean

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 02:23 AM PST

Rudy Giuliani 'Deluding' Trump About The Extent Of Trouble He Is In, Says Former White House Counsel John DeanFormer White House counsel to Richard Nixon, John Dean, told CNN's Don Lemon that Rudy Giuliani is "deluding" Trump about the extent of trouble the president is in. Dean's statements came in response to the revelation that special counsel Robert Mueller is not planning to pursue a jail term for former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, as reported by the BBC. In a memo released ahead of Flynn's sentencing on December 18, Mueller maintained that Flynn had provided "substantial assistance" in the criminal probe regarding Trump transition team's contacts with Russian government officials and as a result should not be incarcerated for lying to the FBI earlier.


Dollar Stores Sell More Food Than Whole Foods

Posted: 07 Dec 2018 12:00 PM PST

Dollar Stores Sell More Food Than Whole FoodsThey technically aren't even grocery businesses, but dollar stores are feeding


Tennessee executes man on death row for 36 years

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 06:34 PM PST

Tennessee executes man on death row for 36 yearsTennessee on Thursday electrocuted a convicted murder who had been on death row for 36 years, in a case that renewed debate on use of the death penalty so long after a crime. David Earl Miller, 61, was put to death at 7:25 pm (0125 GMT) at a high security prison in Nashville, authorities said, over the beating and stabbing death of a young woman with a mental disability. Miller was physically and sexually abused as a child and living as a drifter in the early 1980s when a Tennessee pastor gave him shelter in exchange for sex.


Chip Gaines details 'Fixer Upper' nightmare: 'I felt caged, trapped'

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 11:18 AM PST

Chip Gaines details 'Fixer Upper' nightmare: 'I felt caged, trapped'"The more staged something becomes, or the more required something becomes, it boxes me up..." Chip Gaines said of his final seasons on "Fixer Upper."


Endangered Hawaiian monk seals baffle scientists by getting eels stuck in their noses

Posted: 07 Dec 2018 10:25 AM PST

Endangered Hawaiian monk seals baffle scientists by getting eels stuck in their nosesThe behaviour of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal has researchers confused - after multiple incidents involving the creatures getting eels stuck up their noses. "Mondays… it might not have been a good one for you but it had to be better than an eel in your nose," the HMSRP captioned the photo. The unlucky situation led many to raise questions on Facebook, where the photo has been shared more than 1,200 times.


Judge: Pipeline owners trespassed, but work can continue

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 02:22 PM PST

Judge: Pipeline owners trespassed, but work can continueNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana judge ruled Thursday that a company building an oil pipeline through south Louisiana trespassed on the land of three people opposed to the project, but he allowed the work to continue while awarding the three only $150 apiece in compensation and damages.


Donald Trump Picks Anti-Muslim Official For U.S. Ambassador To UN

Posted: 07 Dec 2018 12:48 PM PST

Donald Trump Picks Anti-Muslim Official For U.S. Ambassador To UNPresident Donald Trump announced in a tweet Friday morning that State


Autistic Student Dies After Being Restrained Face-Down By Staff At California School For Close To An Hour

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 10:42 PM PST

Autistic Student Dies After Being Restrained Face-Down By Staff At California School For Close To An HourThe incident took place at the Guiding Hands School in El Dorado Hills, California, where authorities say the 13-year-old was put in what was known as a "prone restraint" for close to an hour. As the Sacramento Bee reported, the boy stopped breathing at some point while he was restrained. The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office said the student, who was severely autistic, became violent and had to be placed in the restraint after attacking staff members.


Moose uses doorbell to awaken a couple in Alaska

Posted: 07 Dec 2018 12:20 PM PST

Moose uses doorbell to awaken a couple in AlaskaVideo from a home security camera in Anchorage, Alaska, captured the moment a moose rang a doorbell, then calmly walked away.


Detailed Photos of the 2018 Mercedes-AMG GLC63

Posted: 07 Dec 2018 12:13 PM PST

Detailed Photos of the 2018 Mercedes-AMG GLC63


Six missing after U.S. military aircraft collide off Japan

Posted: 05 Dec 2018 07:25 PM PST

Six missing after U.S. military aircraft collide off JapanSix U.S. Marines were missing following a still-unexplained mishap involving two aircraft, which may have collided during a refueling exercise gone wrong.


35 Tweets About The Struggle Of Getting Kids Dressed For Cold Weather

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 02:45 AM PST

35 Tweets About The Struggle Of Getting Kids Dressed For Cold WeatherCold weather means time for hot chocolate, snowball fights and cozy nights at


New NASA lander captures 1st sounds of Martian wind

Posted: 07 Dec 2018 02:06 PM PST

New NASA lander captures 1st sounds of Martian windCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's new Mars lander has captured the first sounds of the "really unworldly" Martian wind.


Russia laughs off US navy ship near its Pacific coast amid Black Sea tensions

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 06:25 AM PST

Russia laughs off US navy ship near its Pacific coast amid Black Sea tensionsRussia has laughed off a US warship's "challenge" to its territorial claims in the Sea of Japan as "unsuccessful" while reacting angrily to reports that US ships could also enter the Black Sea.  The US naval activity comes less than two weeks after Russia seized three Ukrainian ships off the coast of Crimea in the Black Sea last month in an escalation of existing tensions there. The guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell "sailed in the vicinity of Peter the Great Bay to challenge Russia's excessive maritime claims" in a demonstrative "freedom of navigation" operation on Wednesday, the navy said. But the Russian defence ministry claimed on Thursday that the McCampbell had not come closer than 100 kilometres (62 miles) to its territorial waters and was currently "demonstrating its bravery" 250 miles from Russian shores.  A destroyer and several warplanes nonetheless followed the US ship, which tried to "get away at maximum speed," the ministry said in a sarcastic statement carried on state television. Moscow has since Soviet times maintained that the entire Peter the Great Bay, which includes the home base of its Pacific fleet in Vladivostok, is historically Russian territory.  Washington on the other hand argues that Russian waters extend only 12 nautical miles from shore as per international law. In an unrelated incident, five marines were missing after an American fighter jet collided with a tanker plane during refuelling over the Sea of Japan on Thursday. Russia blocked the Kerch Strait with a tanker before seizing Ukrainian navy ships that tried to sail through last month Credit: Pavel Rebrov/Reuters The navy's freedom of navigation operation marked a geographical broadening of tensions between Russia and the US, which has previously focused on challenging Chinese claims in the South China Sea, most recently sailing naval ships near contested areas there last week.  The two Cold War foes are also at odds over a landmark arms control treaty that Donald Trump wants to abandon. Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, said on Wednesday Russia would develop new missiles if the US withdrew. Meanwhile, CNN reported that the US was notifying Turkey of "possible plans" to sail a warship into the Black Sea in response to the capture of three Ukrainian ships and 24 sailors there on November 25.  The ships were headed for Ukrainian ports in the Sea of Azov through the Kerch Strait, which has been controlled by Russia since the 2014 annexation of Crimea.  US senator John Barrasso had called on Sunday for American and Nato ships to be sent to the Black Sea in a show of force against Russia.  Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, who is trailing in the polls before March's election, continues a string of appearances at military bases on Thursday Credit: Mikhail Palinchak/Presidential Press Service via AP The purported plan provoked a blustery response from Russian politicians and pundits on Thursday, with one warning Russia could repeat the incident of February 1988, when a Soviet frigate rammed a US cruiser in the Black Sea.  MP Yury Shvytkin vowed that Russia would "respond accordingly" if Russia's waters were violated.  "I wouldn't really want our submarines to have to surface off the American coast," he said.  Following the seizure of its ships, Kiev has declared martial law and called up reservists in response to claims of a Russian troop buildup on its borders, which Moscow has denied. On Thursday, parliament moved forward on legislation claiming Ukraine's waters extend 24 nautical miles into the Black Sea.  In a New York Times editorial on Wednesday, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko told Western leaders to stop "appeasing" Mr Putin and adopt further sanctions on Russia in response to its "unprovoked military attack".  The head of the Ukrainian fleet has offered himself in exchange for the 24 captured sailors, who face six years in prison on charges of violating Russia's borders. The Russian foreign ministry retorted that he should resign instead. 


The New 2020 Chevrolet Silverado HD Looks Way Different Than the 1500

Posted: 06 Dec 2018 07:34 AM PST

The New 2020 Chevrolet Silverado HD Looks Way Different Than the 1500And in this case, way different means way better.


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