| Trump lawyer: President’s tweet about ‘being investigated’ did not confirm probe Posted: 18 Jun 2017 09:06 AM PDT  In interviews Sunday, attorney Jay Sekulow contradicts the president's own tweet.
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| Bodies of 7 Missing U.S. Sailors Found in Flooded Navy Destroyer Posted: 18 Jun 2017 08:34 AM PDT  The bodies of seven U.S. sailors missing after a Navy destroyer collided with a container ship off Japan were found in flooded berthing compartments, a defense official said.
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| Police: Road rage led to bat attack, Muslim teen's death Posted: 19 Jun 2017 05:08 PM PDT  FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A man charged with murder in the death of a Muslim Virginia teen who was attacked near her mosque became "enraged" by a traffic argument with one of the girl's friends and hit her with a baseball bat before abducting her, police said Monday.
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| Gunmen attack resort in Mali Posted: 19 Jun 2017 05:08 AM PDT ![Gunmen attack resort in Mali]( "Gunmen attack resort in Mali") Campement Kangaba, a resort on the outskirts of the Malian capital of Bamako, was attacked on Sunday.
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| Will Secretive Health Care Bill Push You Off Your Parents’ Insurance? Posted: 19 Jun 2017 09:13 AM PDT  Mum's the word.
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| US student evacuated from N. Korea has died: family Posted: 19 Jun 2017 02:13 PM PDT  Otto Warmbier, the US student released by North Korea in a coma last week after more than a year in detention, has died, his family said Monday. The 22-year-old, who had suffered severe brain damage, was medically evacuated to the United States on June 13. "It is our sad duty to report that our son, Otto Warmbier, has completed his journey home," his family said in a statement.
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| Shootings kill or injure at least 19 US children each day Posted: 19 Jun 2017 06:55 AM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Shootings kill or injure at least 19 U.S. children each day, with boys, teenagers and blacks most at risk, according to a government study that paints a bleak portrait of persistent violence.
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| Black Bear Fatally Mauls Teen Who Was Running Alaska Mountain Race Posted: 19 Jun 2017 11:45 AM PDT  The teen runner was on Bird Ridge trail when he texted a family member to say he was being chased.
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| London attack on Muslim worshippers: What we know Posted: 19 Jun 2017 01:59 PM PDT  Ten people were injured and a man also died at the scene after a van drove into a crowd of Muslim worshippers near a mosque in London in the early hours of Monday. London Mayor Sadiq Khan called it an "horrific terrorist attack" while Muslim leaders linked the incident to a rise in Islamophobic crime. Witnesses said a white van struck a crowd of Muslim worshippers who had been attending evening prayers during the holy month of Ramadan and were looking after an elderly man who had collapsed in an unrelated incident.
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| Is it too soon to miss George W. Bush? Not in the age of Trump. Posted: 18 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT  President George W. Bush holds his last news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Jan. 12, 2009. During an April appearance on ABC News, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said something that would have sounded impossible to anyone who had followed American politics in the first decade of the 21st century. The Democratic leader in Congress repeated the sentiment in early June on MSNBC, saying that she wished George W. Bush were president.
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| Nabra Hassanen's father says she was '100%' killed for being Muslim Posted: 19 Jun 2017 10:35 AM PDT  The father of the murdered Muslim teenager Nabra Hassanen has said he believes his daughter was "100%" killed because of her faith, despite police ruling that it was not a hate crime. Mohmoud Hassanen was asked by The Guardian if his daughter was killed "because she was Muslim". The teenage girl was accosted by a passing motorist while leaving the International House of Pancakes early Sunday morning.
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| Jared Kushner speaks, Twitter reacts Posted: 19 Jun 2017 12:04 PM PDT  Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Trump, spoke — for the first time publicly since his father-in-law took office — at a technology summit Monday in Washington, D.C., and Twitter users gave their opinions of hearing his voice for the first time.
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| South Korea To Start Mass Production Of Missile Interceptor Posted: 18 Jun 2017 04:01 AM PDT  The missile interceptor, codenamed M-SAM, will reportedly be used as a central element of the South's Korea Air and Missile Defense System against North Korea.
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| Boeing, Airbus to battle it out at Paris Air Show Posted: 19 Jun 2017 01:23 AM PDT  The aircraft industry descends on Paris for the world's biggest airshow Monday, which sees bitter rivals Boeing and Airbus battle for contracts as newcomers snap at the heels of the two giants. Single-aisle planes for short and medium distances are the hottest ticket in the world's civil aviation industry, with airline demand for models in the Airbus A320 family giving the European company an edge, for now, over its American opponent, which is racing to return in force to the mid-range segment. Boeing, meanwhile, is to showcase the 737 Max 9 model as its anti-Airbus weapon in a market segment where squeezing a few more seats into a narrow-body cabin while eking out increased fuel efficiency over greater ranges is key.
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| FBI offers $10K reward to help find missing Chinese scholar Posted: 18 Jun 2017 08:38 AM PDT ![FBI offers $10K reward to help find missing Chinese scholar]( "FBI offers $10K reward to help find missing Chinese scholar") URBANA, Ill. (AP) — The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information that'll help locate a visiting scholar from China who disappeared from the University of Illinois.
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| Girl, 11, Electrocuted While Playing in Lagoon With Friends: Police Posted: 19 Jun 2017 08:16 AM PDT  The child, identified by friends and loved ones as Kayla Matos of Newark, was visiting two children in Toms River when the incident occurred around 8 p.m.
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| Trump Lawyer Says President Not Under Investigation, Despite Tweets Posted: 18 Jun 2017 08:37 AM PDT  "Let me be clear here," said Jay Sekulow, a member of the president's legal team, on NBC's "Meet The Press." "The president is not and has not been under investigation for obstruction."
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| Suicide bombers kill 16 in NE Nigeria: emergency services Posted: 18 Jun 2017 05:02 PM PDT  At least 16 people were killed in suicide bomb attacks near a camp for those made homeless by Boko Haram violence in northeast Nigeria, emergency services said on Monday. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said the attacks took place at about 8:45 pm (1945 GMT) on Sunday close to the Dalori camp at Kofa village, near the Borno state capital Maiduguri. NEMA northeast region spokesman Abdulkadir Ibrahim said two female suicide bombers tried to get into the camp but were thwarted by security personnel.
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| Police hunt and kill black people like Philando Castile. There's no justice | Steven W Thrasher Posted: 19 Jun 2017 09:11 AM PDT  Police harassment and violence, and the ways the system facilitate and enable it, are not exceptional to the US. Father's Day weekend was a grim occasion to remind black parents that they are continuously hunted down by police in the United States. Before our timelines began to be filled with pictures of smiling dads over the weekend, black folks across the nation were accosted by news that Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted in the shooting death of Philando Castile.
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| Britain eyes Brexit deal 'like no other in history' Posted: 18 Jun 2017 04:04 PM PDT  Britain's Brexit minister David Davis said the country wanted to strike "a deal like no other in history" as formal talks on quitting the EU were set to begin in Brussels on Monday. Davis is to meet Michel Barnier, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, to kick off hugely complex withdrawal negotiations that are expected to conclude within two years. "Today marks the start of negotiations that will shape the future of the European Union and the United Kingdom, and the lives of our citizens," Davis said in a statement.
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| Harvard freshmen's ouster over posts draws broad response Posted: 19 Jun 2017 11:58 AM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Few college-bound kids lose their shot, and their slot, at their dream school once they get in, but it happened at one of the world's most elite institutions and for a reason that has, until recently, hardly registered in the university admissions process: social media.
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| Tump's Brags Don't Add Up Posted: 18 Jun 2017 10:15 AM PDT  Trump misses the mark in latest tweet hailing his poll numbers.
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| UN: Number of global displaced up to 65.6 million last year Posted: 19 Jun 2017 12:19 AM PDT  GENEVA (AP) — The number of people displaced from their homes across the world due to war and persecution climbed slightly to a record 65.6 million last year, with the escalating conflict in South Sudan largely accounting for the rise, the United Nations refugee agency said Monday.
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| Woman Beats and Chokes 11-Year-Old Daughter in Near-Fatal 'Exorcism': Cops Posted: 19 Jun 2017 10:30 AM PDT  The Northern California girl is now safe.
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| Rep. Scalise's Injuries: Why a Bullet in the Hip Can Be So Damaging Posted: 19 Jun 2017 07:53 AM PDT  Congressman Steve Scalise remains in critical condition today, after being shot in the hip on Wednesday (June 14). Indeed, Scalise was in shock when he arrived at the hospital, and was at "imminent risk of death," Sava said.
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| Mosul's Old City threatened as showdown looms Posted: 17 Jun 2017 05:47 PM PDT  Mosul's Old City, where Iraqi forces are closing in on the Islamic State group's final urban refuge in Iraq, is an ancient maze of narrow alleys. At its heart lies the emblematic Al-Nuri mosque, where jihadist supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a caliphate in June 2014 after his forces seized Iraq's second city along with swathes of territory extending into neighbouring Syria.
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| US Aircraft Shoots Down Syrian Warplane Posted: 18 Jun 2017 09:53 PM PDT  On Sunday, U.S. fighter plane shot down a Syrian jet after the Syrian plane dropped bombs near U.S.-backed coalition forces. On the same day, Iran too launched missiles targeting the Islamic State group in Syria.
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| Baby on board: Indian gives birth at 35,000 feet Posted: 19 Jun 2017 12:11 AM PDT  The unnamed woman, in her 20s, went into premature labour on Sunday's Jet Airways flight between Damman in Saudi Arabia and Kochi in the southern Indian state of Kerala. "The guest delivered a baby boy at 35,000 feet," Jet Airways said in a statement, adding that a paramedic on board and airline staff helped with the delivery. The Boeing 737 flight, which had 162 passengers on board, was diverted to Mumbai where the woman and her newborn were rushed to a hospital near the airport.
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| The Latest: Police: 1 suspect held in mosque attack Posted: 19 Jun 2017 02:09 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on a London crash in which a vehicle struck pedestrians (all times local):
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| Boeing announces latest plane at Paris Air Show Posted: 19 Jun 2017 05:16 AM PDT  Boeing announced Monday what it claims will be the most efficient jet yet in the highly competitive civil aviation market as it tries to claw back market share from rival Airbus. "Today, it is our pleasure to officially announce the newest member of our 737 family, the 737 MAX 10," Kevin McAllister, head of the company's commercial aviation division, told journalists as the Paris Air Show got under way. The MAX 10 will be the largest of the updated 737 series, which competes head on with Airbus's A320 neo family.
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| 25 Cheap and Easy Last-Minute Halloween Party Ideas Posted: 19 Jun 2017 12:13 PM PDT |
| Trump's Cuba speech a 'grotesque spectacle' fitting of the Cold War, says Cuban foreign minister Posted: 19 Jun 2017 07:41 AM PDT  Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez made the comment during a speech in Vienna on a visit aimed at strengthening relations between Cuba and Austria. As for the real effects of policy, Mr Rodriguez said that he will need to wait for Mr Trump's measures to be implemented before he can completely assess their impacts. Mr Trump instructed the federal government to begin working on plans for restricting individual travel to Cuba, and on American investment in the country.
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| What Is Juneteenth? Posted: 19 Jun 2017 05:00 AM PDT  What exactly is Juneteenth and why do we celebrate it?
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| Fuel-Economy Face-Off: Driving With Windows Open or With A/C Running? Posted: 18 Jun 2017 04:00 AM PDT  Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. Q. Does a car use more gasoline when you drive with the windows rolled down or the air conditioning turned on? A. This i...
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| France's Macron begins fine-tuning team after parliament sweep Posted: 19 Jun 2017 02:38 PM PDT  President Emmanuel Macron began fine-tuning his government team on Monday after his centrist party redrew France's political map with a resounding victory in parliamentary elections, dealing him a strong hand to forge ahead with pro-EU, business-friendly reforms. Macron, France's youngest-ever president at 39, asked close ally Richard Ferrand, who is embroiled in a conflict of interest scandal, to leave his cabinet and seek the leadership of the ruling Republic on the Move (REM) party in parliament. As tradition dictates following parliamentary polls, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe tendered the resignation of the entire cabinet.
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| Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines launch joint sea patrols Posted: 19 Jun 2017 02:31 AM PDT ![Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines launch joint sea patrols]( "Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines launch joint sea patrols") TARAKAN, Indonesia (AP) — Southeast Asian neighbors Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines launched coordinated maritime patrols on Monday to intensify their fight against Islamic militants who have laid siege to a southern Philippine city.
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| Rich guy Leo DiCaprio surrenders priceless art in wake of embezzlement scandal Posted: 19 Jun 2017 01:50 PM PDT  Leonardo DiCaprio may have received some very expensive paintings in a super shady way. According to artnet, DiCaprio, a known art collector, is reportedly in the process of surrendering a $3.2 million Pablo Picasso painting and a $9 million Jean-Michel Basquiat collage to U.S. authorities in the wake of a huge embezzlement scandal. Red Granite — the company that produced DiCaprio's movie The Wolf of Wall Street — was co-founded by Riza Aziz, the stepson of Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, and reportedly received illicit financing from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund (also known as 1MDB fund). The fund was initially created for the purposes of economic development, but now allegedly has a hand in less noble dealings. SEE ALSO: Leonardo DiCaprio and Mexico team up to save the cutest little porpoise ever The U.S. Department of Justice's anti-money-laundering division filed a 250-page complaint seeking the surrender of $540 million in assets that it says were bought with money stolen from the 1MDB fund and entities it controlled, reports artnet. These assets include $100 million worth of art, a luxury yacht, and real estate. In addition to the art, the U.S. government previously sought civil forfeiture of "any rights to profits, royalties, and distribution proceeds" related to The Wolf of Wall Street. But how is Leo directly involved? Malaysian financier, art collector, and associate of DiCaprio's, Jho Low, had influence over the corrupt 1MDB fund and has been the subject of investigation for misuse of money before. The government has reason to believe that DiCaprio's Picasso painting, Nature morte au crâne de taureau, was a gift from Low. In a statement, DiCaprio's spokesperson explains: However, the claim that the painting was received for charitable purposes conflicts with the note attached to the painting that read, "Dear Leonardo DiCaprio: Happy belated Birthday! This gift is for you." Hmm. The Basquiat painting, Redman One, was reportedly bought from the Helly Nahmad gallery in New York in March 2013 with funds controlled by an entity known as Tanore, also believed to have been controlled by Low. According to the complaint, Low instructed a gallery in Switzerland as follows: The letter was signed by both Low and DiCaprio. Although it seems as if DiCaprio is suddenly under fire for owning these priceless works of art, his spokesperson told artnet, It looks like America's sweetheart may have a real-life Jordan Belfort problem on his hands. But who needs a priceless Picasso anyway? [H/T: artnet] WATCH: The deck of cards has been reinvented
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| UK: Banned building materials suspected in London fire Posted: 18 Jun 2017 07:49 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — The new exterior cladding used in a renovation on London's Grenfell Tower may have been banned under U.K. building regulations, two British ministers said Sunday as police continued their investigation into the inferno that killed at least 58 people.
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| U.S. student freed from N. Korea dies Posted: 19 Jun 2017 02:44 PM PDT  Otto Warmbier, the U.S. student who was freed from North Korea last week, has died at the age of 22. Warmbier was imprisoned for more than 17 months and was returned home to Ohio in a coma. His family released a statement Monday saying, "It is our sad duty to report that our son, Otto Warmbier, has completed his journey home."
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| Honda releases new Accord concept sketch Posted: 19 Jun 2017 09:36 AM PDT  It's probably not being too unfair to say Honda is widely seen as something of a conservative auto brand, but it's also one that's definitely been looking to expand its appeal beyond its traditional customer base recently. This all-new tenth-generation 2018 Accord is being billed by Honda as, "the most fun-to-drive, premium and dramatically styled Accord ever." And although we'll have to take the manufacturer's word about the fun-to-drive and premium parts of that statement for the moment, the illustration it's just released is understating the "dramatically styled" bit if the car looks like that when it's finally unveiled. Although the Accord has been dropped by Honda completely in some markets such as the UK due to disappointing sales results, it's still an incredibly important model to the brand and its ongoing success.
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| Saudi says 3 Iran guards caught on boat Posted: 19 Jun 2017 11:11 AM PDT  Saudi Arabia said on Monday that it captured three Iranian Revolutionary Guards aboard an explosive-laden boat heading to an oil platform in the Gulf, further ratcheting up tensions in the region. Iran said the three people detained were fishermen. The Saudi statement came three days after it said the incident occurred in the Marjan oil field, and two days after Iran accused the Saudis of shooting one of its fishermen in the Gulf waters which divide their two countries.
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| Carla Bruni says Donald Trump made up claims they had an affair Posted: 19 Jun 2017 08:04 AM PDT  Carla Bruni has yet again rebuffed rumours she had an affair with Donald Trump in the early nineties which caused him to break up with his second wife. The former First Lady of France, who is married to Nicolas Sarkozy, argued President Trump had wholly fabricated claims the pair had an affair. Ms Bruni dominated headlines in 1991 after a photo of Mr Trump and Marla Maples was splashed on the front page of the New York Post alongside the headline "It's Over".
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| Qatar demands 'blockade' lifted before Gulf crisis talks Posted: 19 Jun 2017 06:49 AM PDT  Qatar's foreign minister on Monday called on neighbouring states to lift their "blockade" of his country before Doha takes part in any negotiations on ending the Gulf diplomatic crisis. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani called measures to isolate Qatar imposed by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and others "an act of aggression", adding that lifting them was a "pre-condition" for talks. "We have to make it very clear for everyone, negotiations must be done in a civilised way and should have a solid basis and not under pressure or under blockade," the foreign minister told reporters in Doha.
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| US Citizen Kidnapped In Kabul, Report Say Posted: 18 Jun 2017 04:57 AM PDT  The kidnapped man was working on a World Bank-affiliated project for the war-torn country's ministry of agriculture, irrigation and livestock, a senior government official told Afghanistan's Tolo News.
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| 23 Completely Not Basic Fruit Salad Recipes Posted: 19 Jun 2017 12:07 PM PDT |
