| ‘I thought it would be easier’: Trump assesses his first 100 days Posted: 28 Apr 2017 07:58 AM PDT  On the cusp of his 100th day in office, President Trump went on a media blitz this week, granting interviews to a number of outlets reflecting on his first months in the nation's highest office. In addition to an interview with the Associated Press that attracted attention for all the "unintelligible" lines in the transcript, Trump spoke to the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and Reuters about everything from his flip-flop on withdrawing from NAFTA to his surprise about the difficulties of his job. "I loved my previous life," Trump told Reuters. "I had so many things going.
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| Turkey arrests American and Briton entering from Syria Posted: 28 Apr 2017 05:53 AM PDT ![Turkey arrests American and Briton entering from Syria]( "Turkey arrests American and Briton entering from Syria") ISTANBUL (AP) — An American and a British man, allegedly members of the Islamic State group, were arrested in Turkey after crossing the border from Syria and handing themselves over to the authorities, officials said Friday.
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| United CEO blames ‘system failure’ for Dao dragging, expresses condolences for giant rabbit death Posted: 27 Apr 2017 07:29 AM PDT  United CEO Oscar Munoz said David Dao incident was a "system failure," and also apologized for the death of a giant rabbit that died following a recent flight.
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| Delta Kicks Out Passenger From Flight Because He Used The Loo Posted: 27 Apr 2017 03:41 AM PDT  Kima Hamilton, a passenger aboard a Delta Airlines flight 2035 from Atlanta to Milwaukee was removed from the flight because he needed to use the restroom urgently.
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| Korean Businesses Targeted During LA Riots Posted: 27 Apr 2017 01:47 AM PDT  In archival NBC News footage, Diana Koricke reports on Koreans targeted during the 1992 riots, in part because of the light sentencing a South Korean store owner received after fatally shooting a teenaged black girl.
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| Detainees found in 'secret cell' in Philippines: rights group Posted: 27 Apr 2017 09:34 PM PDT  A dozen people have been found stuffed inside a closet-sized cell hidden behind a book shelf in a Philippine police station, triggering further alarm about abuse under President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly war on drugs. Members of the government's human rights commission, accompanied by journalists, found the men and women in a surprise visit to the station in the heart of Manila's slum area on Thursday evening.
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| Abbas turns screw on Hamas by cutting Gaza's electricity Posted: 27 Apr 2017 05:33 AM PDT  By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - With the prospect looming of a Middle East peace initiative by a new U.S. administration more sympathetic to Israel, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has decided to turn the screw on the Hamas group that has kept Gaza out of his control for a decade. Abbas's Western-backed Palestinian Authority (PA) on Thursday told Israel it would no longer pay for the electricity Israel supplies to Gaza, a move that could lead to a complete power shutdown in the territory, whose 2 million people already endure blackouts for much of the day.
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| Tad Cummins' Wife Says She Warned Her Husband About Getting Too Close to Teen Posted: 28 Apr 2017 12:37 PM PDT  Jill Cummins says the girl was like a daughter to her.
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| ACLU defends Coulter after Berkeley speech cancellation Posted: 27 Apr 2017 06:46 AM PDT  "For the future of our democracy, we must protect bigoted speech from government censorship," stated David Cole, head of the ACLU, in Coulter's defense.
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| Elizabeth Warren: I’m ‘troubled’ by Obama’s $400,000 Wall Street speaking fee Posted: 27 Apr 2017 01:45 PM PDT  Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Thursday that she's troubled by former President Barack Obama's accepting a $400,000 speaking fee from a Wall Street firm. Obama accepted a $400,000 fee from the investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald to speak at a health care conference in September.
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| MS-13 street gang grips Long Island suburbs in violence Posted: 28 Apr 2017 01:33 PM PDT  BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — Late at night, when helicopters thrum overhead and spotlights beam down onto lawns, many people here know exactly what's going on.
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| Andmesh’s cool elastomer cases are finally available for the iPhone 7 Plus Posted: 28 Apr 2017 12:44 PM PDT 
We've covered Andmesh's elastomer iPhone cases a few times before here on the site. They're like no other cases out there, both in terms of their design and the material they're made from. Elastomer is a cool rubbery substance that's harder than silicone but still flexible and grippy. The pattern is another unique aspect, with a cool design that spreads different sized holes across the back of the phone. It still covers your iPhone, but you can still see the Apple logo through the case. Andmesh makes its cases for a bunch of different iPhone models, but it hasn't ever made one for the iPhone 7 Plus… until now. If you're looking for a cool and original case that protects your phone as well, definitely give the Andmesh Elastomer iPhone 7 Plus Case a shot. Here are the highlights from the product page: - A stylish layout and design: This design covers up the buttons and yet it still allows you to reliably operate them with a minimum amount of effort, not hindering in any way its usability. Its tiny hole is big enough that it resembles the Apple mark, so the Apple mark is still slightly visible in this design.
- Made from excellent materials: Made with Japan-produced elastomer, which is neither too hard nor too soft, and doesn't feel sticky on the hands. This evolved iPhone7 has an appropriate case which has an additional water-proof quality.
- A reliable durability: The hemispheres which are set in the lateral sides of its interior have been strengthened in order to protect it from any impact. It even passes the United States Military Standard drop test.
- A comfortable and solid grip: It has a rounded finish which is pleasant to the grip. It covers the LCD screen with a thickness of over 1mm, and this guarantees the protection of the fragile space between the LCD screen and the case.
- Supported model: iPhone 7 Plus Supported Weight: Approx. 40g Raw materials: Japan-made elastomer Type: Case Color: Four colors (Red / Black / Gray / White)
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| Late Boy's Family Wants April's Calf To Be Named After Him Posted: 28 Apr 2017 03:07 AM PDT  The calf, who is now almost two weeks old, will be named through a vote held by the upstate New York zoo.
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| Trump administration's hardline immigration stance in Supreme Court case could see Melania Trump deported Posted: 28 Apr 2017 02:17 AM PDT  The argument that even an "immaterial" error on official paperwork can justify deportation, put forward by the Trump administration in a recent Supreme Court case, would be sufficient to deport the President's wife, Melania. The First Lady of the United States reportedly failed to disclose earnings from nearly two months of illegal work in the USA on a visitor's visa, and subsequently failed to mention the offence on immigration documents. A Serbian woman was recently deported for failing to disclose her husband's history in the military, thus setting a technical precedent for deporting Ms Trump, as Slate reports.
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| Trump speaks at NRA meeting and more: April 28 in photos Posted: 28 Apr 2017 01:22 PM PDT ![Trump speaks at NRA meeting and more: April 28 in photos]( "Trump speaks at NRA meeting and more: April 28 in photos") The president speaks to the NRA convention; Japanese and U.S. naval ships engage in joint maneuvers; the pope meets an imam during a peace conference in Egypt.
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| Sheryl Sandberg's mother-in-law stuns her by encouraging her to remarry Posted: 27 Apr 2017 02:05 PM PDT  While Sheryl Sandberg and her mother-in-law, Paula Goldberg, were cleaning out Dave Goldberg's closet after he passed away, Goldberg said something that stunned Sandberg. "You are not only going to live, but you are going to get remarried one day — and I am going to be there to celebrate with you," she said.
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| Footage Shows 3 Inmates Brutally Beating Jail Guards, Leaving 1 Unconscious Posted: 28 Apr 2017 10:10 AM PDT  Authorities say the trio repeatedly punched the two correctional deputies at Cook County Jail in Illinois.
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| Venezuela snubs regional powers as more die in unrest Posted: 26 Apr 2017 07:19 PM PDT  Venezuela says it is quitting the Organization of American States in anger at pressure from the bloc over the government's handling of a deadly political crisis. The announcement late Wednesday raised international tension over Venezuela, where unrest has left 28 people dead this month. Echoed by the United States and European Union, the OAS has led an international chorus of concern over the economic and political chaos in the major oil-exporting country.
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| Russia's Putin, Japan's Abe call for talks, calm with North Korea Posted: 27 Apr 2017 10:06 AM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday called on North Korea and other countries to avoid behaviour or rhetoric that could increase tensions around Pyongyang's nuclear programme. Speaking at a news conference in Moscow after holding talks, Putin and Abe said they had agreed to cooperate closely to try to help defuse tensions around the secretive Asian state and that both wanted to see a resumption of six-party international talks with North Korea. "In my opinion, and in the opinion of the prime minister, the situation on the Korean peninsula has unfortunately got a lot worse," said Putin.
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| Arkansas girl found dead after mom, great-uncle killed Posted: 28 Apr 2017 04:46 PM PDT ![Arkansas girl found dead after mom, great-uncle killed]( "Arkansas girl found dead after mom, great-uncle killed") MENA, Ark. (AP) — One of two Arkansas siblings reported missing after their mother's body was discovered in a creek was found dead on Friday, a day after another relative was found dead, and teams are still searching for the other child, investigators said.
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| This 7-year-old girl wrote a letter to Google and got a tech job out of it Posted: 28 Apr 2017 10:39 AM PDT  How about this amazing little nugget to restore your faith in humanity: Chloe Bridgewater, a seven-year-old from Hereford, UK, is a big fan of technology and eventually wants to work for Google. Rather than wasting any time, she decided to send Google CEO Sundar Pichai a letter to let him know that she's planning on working there one day. She got two things in return: A lovely letter from Pichai encouraging her to follow her dreams, and a paid job testing tech products for a tech startup based in London. "Dear Google boss," Young Bridgewater's letter begins. "May name is Chloe and when I am bigger I would like a job with Google." She goes on to explain that she's also planning on swimming in the Olympics and working at a chocolate factory, because what kid doesn't dream of that?  Her love of Google centers around its work culture, which includes kid-friendly bonuses like working from a bean bag or making your way from one floor of the company's headquarters to another via slide. After her father posted a photo of her letter online it quickly went viral, catching the attention of Kano, the built-it-yourself computer startup that crushed its crowdfunding goals back in late 2013 and has been shipping its kits ever since. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V0qlI28Usc Now, the 7-year-old and her younger sister, Hollie, help Kano test new products ahead of time, giving the company feedback on what works and what doesn't. The two girls were even added as board members of Kano's product innovation board. See? The world isn't all bad.
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| 2017 Mini Cooper Countryman Grows Bigger, Gains Power, and Adds Practicality Posted: 27 Apr 2017 12:22 PM PDT   A model from the Mini brand is unmistakable, no matter the guise, version, or body style. Some may consider the all-new 2017 Mini Cooper Countryman—the biggest Mini yet—an SUV, but the model embo...
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| We asked Trump voters what they think about his first 100 days – and if they have any regrets Posted: 27 Apr 2017 10:36 AM PDT  Like the majority of people who sent Donald Trump to the White House, Lorraine Ostrowski has no regrets. While Mr Trump's national approval rating is lower than that of any modern president, a recent Washington Post-ABC News survey found that among those who voted for him, just 2 per cent said they had made a mistake. Indeed, despite controversies ranging from Mr Trump's Muslim travel ban, his campaign's alleged links to Russia and the apparently often chaotic nature of his administration, when The Independent visited Macomb County, it found not a single Trump voter who wished for a do-over.
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| French tourist attacked by shark in New Zealand Posted: 26 Apr 2017 11:26 PM PDT  A French tourist survived a rare shark attack in New Zealand on Thursday, suffering only moderate injuries, rescuers and locals said. The woman, aged in her 20s, was bodyboarding in the afternoon at Curio Bay in the South Island when the shark attacked her leg, St John Ambulance said. Nick Smart, who runs the Caitlin Surf School, said the woman was in the water with friends when the shark attacked "out of nowhere".
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| Mystery deaths in Liberia linked to funeral - WHO Posted: 28 Apr 2017 05:18 AM PDT  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Nine people have died and eight are sick in Liberia after attending the funeral of a religious leader, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday. On Wednesday, the WHO said Liberian health authorities were taking rapid precautionary steps after eight people died of a mystery illness, 10 months after the end of a two-year Ebola virus outbreak. "It seems all of these people were attending the funeral of a religious leader," WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib told a briefing in Geneva.
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| 1992 ‘Rodney King riots' – A look back at L.A. in flames Posted: 28 Apr 2017 09:08 AM PDT ![1992 'Rodney King riots' – A look back at L.A. in flames]( "1992 'Rodney King riots' – A look back at L.A. in flames") The 1992 Los Angeles riots began on April 29, 1992, after the acquittal of four LAPD police officers on trial for the beating of motorist Rodney King. Video of his treatment after a March 3, 1991, traffic stop drew international attention. Civil unrest, which included violence and looting, broke out on the streets of Los Angeles.
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| Tillerson urges U.N. to act 'before North Korea does' Posted: 28 Apr 2017 10:34 AM PDT  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke at a special U.N. Security Council meeting and urged the council to place new sanctions on North Korea before the situation escalates to a military conflict. Tillerson said, "Failing to act now on the most pressing security issue in the world may bring catastrophic consequences."
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| Wife of Tad Cummins Reveals Note He Left Before Running Off With Student: 'I'm So Sorry' Posted: 27 Apr 2017 03:10 PM PDT  Jill Cummins spoke exclusively to Inside Edition about her estranged husband, who still calls her from prison.
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| The New Jersey Chemical Spill That Could Pollute U.S.-Argentine Relations Posted: 28 Apr 2017 10:49 AM PDT  Argentina wants a fresh start with Washington. But the legal battle over a polluted New Jersey river could spoil those plans.
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| Google Will Mark Any HTTP Pages That Record User Data As 'Not Secure' Posted: 27 Apr 2017 03:02 PM PDT  Google plans to mark HTTP sites that record user information as "Not Secure" in its Google Chrome browser, as well as labeling all HTTP sites as unsecure when visited in incognito mode.
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| Bernie Sanders says it is 'likely' he would have beaten Donald Trump Posted: 27 Apr 2017 12:59 PM PDT  Senator Bernie Sanders has said it is "likely" he would have beaten Donald Trump in the 2016 election, but that "it doesn't matter" now that Mr Trump is president. Trump understood that, by the way, and that's why he said, 'The whole system sucks. Mr Sanders has been an outspoken critic of the president's policy on the environment, healthcare, the economy, and a host of other issues.
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| This may be Apple’s first brand new iOS device since 2015 Posted: 27 Apr 2017 10:14 AM PDT 
The rumors saying that Apple is working on a Siri-based Amazon Echo rival are back, with a noted insider saying that Apple is currently finalizing the design for the unnamed product.
"Apple is currently finalizing designs for their Alexa competitor, expected to be marketed as a Siri/AirPlay device," Sonny Dickson said on Twitter. https://twitter.com/SonnyDickson/status/857584682677829633 Dickson, who has a decent track record when leaking details about unreleased Apple products (especially iPhones) also said the upcoming Echo rival is "believed to carry some form of Beats technology, and is expected to run [an iOS variant]." The insider did not mention anything about an actual launch date for the product, or a price. Amazon's Echo is currently the most popular voice-based home assistant product out there. Earlier this week, Amazon unveiled a new Echo gadget, the Echo Look that comes with a built-in camera. Amazon's Alexa assistant, the AI brains of the Echo line of devices, is available in other non-Amazon devices as well, with more third-party companies interested in integrating the service into their products. https://twitter.com/SonnyDickson/status/857584905982693379 Google is looking to turn its Home device into an equally popular gadget, although Amazon's lead can't be contested for the time being. A Time report in February said that Apple had no interest in making a device that would compete against Amazon Echo and Google Home. However, given the increased popularity of these home devices, it wouldn't be surprising to see Apple come out with a competitive product that would offer Siri functionality at home.
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| Life sentences sought for 30 with ties to Turkish newspaper Posted: 27 Apr 2017 09:01 AM PDT  ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court accepted a criminal indictment demanding life imprisonment for 30 people with ties to a newspaper linked to a Muslim cleric whom the government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt.
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| NRA’s Wayne LaPierre calls academic and media elites ‘America’s greatest threat’ Posted: 28 Apr 2017 11:55 AM PDT  Executive vice president and CEO of the National Rifle Association Wayne LaPierre spoke ahead of President Trump at an NRA meeting and said academic and media elites are "America's greatest domestic threats."
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| Russian intelligence ship sinks off Turkey's Black Sea coast Posted: 27 Apr 2017 09:19 AM PDT  A Russian naval intelligence ship sank off Turkey's Black Sea coast on Thursday after colliding with a vessel carrying livestock and all 78 personnel on board the navy ship were evacuated, Turkish officials said. The rescued crew members of the Russian ship Liman were in good health after the collision with the Togo-flagged Youzarsif H, Turkey's Transport Minister Ahmed Arslan said. The incident took place in fog and low visibility 18 miles (29 km) from Kilyos village on the Black Sea coast just north of Istanbul.
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| Sweden truck attack death toll rises to five Posted: 28 Apr 2017 04:06 AM PDT  The death toll from the Stockholm truck attack rose to five on Friday after a 60-year-old Swedish woman succumbed to her injuries, police said. An Uzbek suspect has confessed to using a stolen truck to mow down pedestrians on a busy shopping street in central Stockholm on April 7 in a rampage similar to attacks in Nice, Berlin and London. Rakhmat Akilov, a 39-year-old Uzbek national who was arrested a few hours after the attack, has confessed to driving the truck.
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| Israeli strikes inside Syria pick up tempo in proxy war Posted: 27 Apr 2017 01:43 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's military said Israel struck a military installation southwest of Damascus International Airport before dawn Thursday, setting off a series of explosions and raising tensions further between the two neighbors.
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| 'Enormous progress' in U.S.-Mexico ties: Mexican foreign minister Posted: 27 Apr 2017 08:24 AM PDT  Relations between the United States and Mexico have seen "enormous progress" during the first months of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said on Thursday. Videgaray said the call, which was initiated by Pena Nieto and lasted about 20 minutes, focused exclusively on the looming talks over NAFTA's "renegotiation and modernization." He noted that Trump wanted to see the talks accelerated.
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| Can the Hennessey Exorcist drive out the Dodge Demon? Posted: 28 Apr 2017 02:28 AM PDT  Texas tuner extraordinaire Hennessey Performance wants to give anyone considering snapping up the new Dodge Challenger SRT Demon cause for concern. At the New York International Auto Show, Dodge confounded expectations with an 840hp street-legal drag car called the Demon. Based on the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and set to be offered as either a full turnkey car or as a conversion for existing ZL1 owners, the Exorcist has a totally overhauled engine complete with ported cylinder heads, new valves, a new camshaft, a high-flow supercharger, plus new exhaust system.
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| 6 Hidden Gems in Utah's National Parks Posted: 28 Apr 2017 07:08 AM PDT ![6 Hidden Gems in Utah's National Parks]( "6 Hidden Gems in Utah's National Parks") Utah's Zion and Bryce Canyon national parks illustrate the diverse terrain and geological splendors of America's top national parks. "Millions of people visit Zion, but relatively few go exploring into the park's secret places," says Janice Holly Booth, author of the book "Only Pack What You Can Carry: My Path to Inner Strength, Confidence and True Self Knowledge," a book published by National Geographic. Instead of hiking on the popular trails with the masses and venturing to well-traversed parks like the iconic Arches National Park, immerse yourself in the backcountry and remote spots to enjoy seclusion and stunning scenery.
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| You Can Now Eat At Taco Bell's Top-Secret Test Kitchen Posted: 28 Apr 2017 10:52 AM PDT  It's like getting access to Willy Wonka's factory.
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| Analysis: Finally, crystal-clear clarity in French election Posted: 27 Apr 2017 11:02 AM PDT  PARIS (AP) — When France's presidential election turned into a political boxing match this week at the gates of an appliance factory threatened with closure, the far-right populist Marine Le Pen showed that she wields a mean right hook. Her centrist rival, Emmanuel Macron, a political neophyte contesting his first election, demonstrated that he can take a solid punch to the chin.
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| Exiled Turkish journalist urges EU to confront Erdogan Posted: 27 Apr 2017 09:27 AM PDT  The exiled former editor-in-chief of Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet urged EU leaders Wednesday to stand up for their principles and confront President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Can Dundar, who fled to Germany last year while appealing against a near six-year jail term for revealing state secrets, told AFP in an interview however that it could be too late after they abandoned their "ideals" to win a refugee deal with Ankara. Speaking shortly after Turkey detained more than 1,000 people in a new crackdown against alleged supporters of a cleric accused of orchestrating a coup bid last year, Dundar added that the "whole country is under arrest".
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| The Latest: California authorities identify slain woman, 86 Posted: 27 Apr 2017 04:23 PM PDT ![The Latest: California authorities identify slain woman, 86]( "The Latest: California authorities identify slain woman, 86") NORTH HIGHLANDS, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the apparent random beating death of an elderly California woman (all times local):
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