| San Juan Mayor Responds To Trump's Attacks: 'I Was Asking For Help' Posted: 30 Sep 2017 04:51 AM PDT  President Donald Trump has hit back at San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz's claims that the federal government isn't doing enough to support Puerto Ricans in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
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| Air Force Academy head to cadets: 'If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect, then get out' Posted: 29 Sep 2017 06:31 AM PDT  Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria told his cadets they "should be outraged, not only as an airman, but as a human being" over racial slurs found on Air Force message boards.
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| More Than Half A Million Rohingyas Fled Myanmar In A Single Month Posted: 29 Sep 2017 08:58 AM PDT  It's been just over a month since Myanmar's military launched a brutal campaign against minority Muslims living in Rakhine state, sparking what the United Nations has called "a human rights nightmare."
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| The 'Meghan Markle effect' is real and retailers can't get enough Posted: 29 Sep 2017 11:03 AM PDT  If you were hoping to buy everything Meghan Markle was wearing at the Invictus Games you are a little too late!
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| Oklahoma man convicted of murder in beheading case: media Posted: 29 Sep 2017 08:46 PM PDT  A jury also found Alton Nolen, 33, guilty of assault crimes after less than two hours of deliberation in Cleveland County criminal court, the Oklahoman newspaper reported. Nolan had been suspended from his job at a food distribution plant in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, when he carried out the attack on co-workers in September, 2014.
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| Climber Falls From Cathedral Spire, Marking Third Incident In Yosemite This Week Posted: 29 Sep 2017 08:36 PM PDT  A climber fell from Higher Cathedral Spiral in Yosemite Valley on Friday, marking the third accident in the national park in three days, KRON4 in San Francisco reported.
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| Passengers describe seeing fireball as engine on Air France flight disintegrates over Atlantic Ocean Posted: 30 Sep 2017 04:08 PM PDT  An Air France flight from Paris to Los Angeles was forced to make an emergency landing in Canada on Saturday after an engine apparently disintegrated over the Atlantic. Passengers said they heard a thud and vibrations rattled through the cabin as the A380 plane lost altitude. "We heard a big popping sound and the airplane basically dropped and it was trembling. You could definitely tell something was different and it wasn't just turbulence," Sarah Eamigh told the New York Daily News, adding that the plane shook for 20 minutes before stabilising. Inflight pictures. Loud thud and a lot of vibration. pic.twitter.com/s9GFIyssrh— Rick Engebretsen (@RickEngebretsen) September 30, 2017 Another passenger, John Birkhead, said he had been stretching with his wife when "suddenly there was an enormous bang, and the whole plane shook." "We were lucky we weren't tossed to the ground," he told the New York Times. Passengers posted photographs to social media showing the damage. One said: "I think the engine has seen better days." The images appeared to show that the inlet, or front part, of the engine had torn off, but the main part of the engine remained intact. Rick Engebretsen, a passenger, tweeted that there had been a "loud thud and a lot of vibration". Another passenger Daniel McNeely tweeted "one of our engines is slightly blown apart," before posting a picture of the shredded engine taken from inside the plane's cabin. "Just glad to be on the ground," he added. The airline said flight AF 066 from Paris landed safely at Goose Bay Airport in Labrador. An Air France Airbus A380 is seen during an emergency landing in Happy Valley-Goose Bay Credit: Reuters I talked to the passenger by the window and He said the entire engine exploded into giant fireball.— Daniel McNeely (@DanMcneely) September 30, 2017 "The aircraft landed safely at 15:42 (GMT), and the regularly trained pilots and cabin crew handled this serious incident perfectly," the airline said in a statement. "Air France is working to re-route the passengers to Los Angeles via one of its connecting platforms in North America." The aircraft is one of 10 A380s in the Air France fleet and was carrying 496 passengers and 24 crew. The forced landing in Canada's easternmost province is reminiscent of an incident seven years ago in which one of the Rolls Royce engines on a Qantas A380 suffered mid-engine damage after taking off in Singapore. The November 2010 incident prompted the grounding of the entire Qantas A380 fleet -- six A380s at the time -- for over three weeks.
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| Bali volcano belches steam, sulphur as more evacuees flee Posted: 28 Sep 2017 11:42 PM PDT  A rumbling volcano on the holiday island of Bali is spewing steam and sulphurous fumes with more intensity, heightening fears of an eruption as officials said the number of evacuees had topped 144,000. Mount Agung, 75 kilometres (47 miles) from the resort hub of Kuta, has been shaking since August and threatening to erupt for the first time since 1963 -- a potential blow to the island's lucrative tourism industry. The Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation said Friday that remote satellite sensing had picked up new steam emissions and thermal areas within the crater.
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| Black Lives Matter is a Social Movement That Can't be Sued, Judge Rules Posted: 29 Sep 2017 12:02 AM PDT  Black Lives Matter is a social movement, like the tea party or the civil rights movement, and therefore can't be sued, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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| Melania Trump fires back at Mass. librarian who rejected her donated books Posted: 29 Sep 2017 09:41 AM PDT  First lady Melania Trump slammed on Friday the Massachusetts elementary school librarian who rejected her donation of children's books.
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| Our Search For A Secret White Supremacist Meeting In A Tennessee Forest Posted: 29 Sep 2017 03:07 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Prominent neo-Nazis, white supremacists and Klansmen are gathering in East Tennessee this weekend ― over Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar ― for a conference associated with Stormfront, the infamous neo-Nazi internet forum.
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| Twitter Goes Pun-Crazy Over Tom Price's Resignation Posted: 30 Sep 2017 12:20 AM PDT  People online couldn't help poking fun at now former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price after he quit his position on Friday.
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| Toddler Shoots Playmates At Daycare Facility Posted: 29 Sep 2017 02:00 AM PDT  The residence, where the incident took place has no records of being registered as a child care home, said Pardeep Toor, a representative for the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.
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| The Latest: Yosemite IDs British man killed by rock fall Posted: 28 Sep 2017 11:58 PM PDT  YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a second rock fall in Yosemite one day after a deadly slide (all times local):
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| Donald Trump spends 67th day at his golf resort while Puerto Rico struggles with hurricane devastation Posted: 30 Sep 2017 08:51 AM PDT  While Puerto Rico's infrastructure lies in tatters and food and medicine shortages endanger survivors on the hurricane-stricken island, Donald Trump appears to have been busy practicising his favourite pastime. The US President started his day at his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster in New Jersey. President Trump, who has spent a substantial proportion of his presidency teeing off, regularly rebuked Barack Obama for playing too much golf but has radically outpaced his predecessor.
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| Iran's foreign minister urges Europe to defy US if Trump sinks nuclear deal Posted: 29 Sep 2017 10:10 AM PDT  Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has called on Europe to defy US sanctions if the Trump administration torpedoes the international nuclear agreement with Tehran. Zarif warned that if Europe followed Washington's lead, the deal would collapse and Iran would emerge with more advanced nuclear technology than before the agreement was reached in Vienna in 2015.
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| Whole Foods' Yom Kippur Cake Doesn't Seem To Get The Holiday Posted: 29 Sep 2017 10:11 AM PDT  A shopper in Whole Foods came across the most puzzling of cakes for sale ― a sheet cake celebrating Yom Kippur.
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| Everyone is freaking out over the Everlane X Nordstrom pop-up shop Posted: 29 Sep 2017 10:30 AM PDT  Known for their ethically-made minimal clothing and their best-selling shoe called "The Day Heel" (which had a 28,000 person waitlist), the brand we all know and love has officially launched at Nordstrom today. Up until November 12th, you can find Everlane's most classic styles online and in selected stores. Everlane is all about the simple and timeless pieces that are actually worth the investment.
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| Putin complains Russian media abroad face unacceptable pressure Posted: 29 Sep 2017 03:20 AM PDT  President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of Russia's Security Council on Friday that Russian media outlets working abroad were facing growing and unacceptable pressure, Dmitry Peskov, his spokesman, said. "It was stressed that such pressure on Russian media is unacceptable," Peskov told a conference call with reporters. Earlier this week, the Russian Foreign Ministry accused Washington of putting unwarranted pressure on the U.S operations of Kremlin-backed media outlet RT, and warned that Moscow could take tit-for-tat measures.
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| Losing Syria bastion, IS lashes out behind front lines Posted: 30 Sep 2017 02:35 AM PDT  Just after sunrise outside Syria's Raqa, dozens of Islamic State group jihadists donned Kurdish military uniforms, piled into cars with weapons, and broke back into a district they lost control of months ago. The raid was the latest evidence that IS, despite holding just a pocket of territory in its one-time stronghold, retains the capacity to wage deadly guerrilla attacks on areas thought to be relatively safe. The jihadists opened fire on a media centre run by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in Al-Meshleb, the easternmost neighbourhood of Raqa and the first area taken from IS in June.
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| Police: Mother Left Her 4 Young Kids Home Alone and Went to Europe Posted: 29 Sep 2017 11:24 AM PDT  Police have arrested a suburban Des Moines mother who left her four children home alone while she traveled to Europe
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| US to Americans: Stay away from Cuba after health 'attacks' Posted: 29 Sep 2017 05:04 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States delivered an ominous warning to Americans on Friday to stay away from Cuba and ordered home more than half the U.S. diplomatic corps, acknowledging neither the Cubans nor America's FBI can figure out who or what is responsible for months of mysterious health ailments.
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| Health Secretary Tom Price resigns amid private-plane controversy Posted: 29 Sep 2017 01:52 PM PDT  The White House announced Friday that President Trump had accepted the resignation of beleaguered Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. Press secretary Sarah Sanders released a statement saying that Price had submitted his resignation earlier Friday and Trump had accepted it.
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| Katrina Commander Swears On Live TV Over Puerto Rico Response Posted: 28 Sep 2017 09:24 PM PDT  The retired lieutenant general who righted the recovery response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 slammed President Donald Trump's administration over the humanitarian crisis left by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
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| The 'Harvest Moon' is finally set to make an appearance in October Posted: 29 Sep 2017 10:19 AM PDT  Stargazers are in for a treat next week as a special full moon will be visible in the night sky.
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| Model Awaits Surgery After Eyeball Tattoo Goes Extremely Wrong Posted: 30 Sep 2017 12:13 PM PDT  A model from Ottawa, Canada, could have permanent vision loss in one eye after her now-ex-boyfriend attempted to tattoo her eyeball with purple ink.
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| Hugh Hefner secretly set up wife Crystal Harris to get millions upon his death Posted: 30 Sep 2017 07:04 AM PDT  Despite an earlier report that alleged Hugh Hefner's wife, Crystal Harris, wouldn't get any of his reported $43 million after his death, a new report is claiming he actually secretly set her up to get millions.
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| Iraq plans to take control of Kurdistan region's border 'in coordination' with Iran, Turkey Posted: 29 Sep 2017 12:24 PM PDT ![Iraq plans to take control of Kurdistan region's border 'in coordination' with Iran, Turkey]( "Iraq plans to take control of Kurdistan region's border 'in coordination' with Iran, Turkey") Iraq plans to take control of the borders of its autonomous Kurdistan region "in coordination" with Iran and Turkey, the Iraqi Defence Ministry said on Friday. The statement did not give more detail or indicate specifically whether Iraqi forces were planning to move toward the external border posts controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) from the Iranian and Turkish side. The move to seize the border posts is a response to a Kurdish referendum on Monday that produced a vote in favor of secession from Iraq.
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| Michael Bennett Was Not Racially Profiled: Sheriff Posted: 30 Sep 2017 03:19 AM PDT  A police review also judged that officers didn't use excessive force when handcuffing and detaining Bennett at gunpoint.
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| Hundreds of immigrants arrested in sanctuary cities across US Posted: 28 Sep 2017 06:12 PM PDT  The Trump administration's immigration enforcement division arrested hundreds of people in raids across "sanctuary" cities in recent days, in an operation directly targeting communities that are resisting the president's aggressive deportation agenda. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) announced on Thursday that it had arrested 498 people in a four-day operation and that it was dedicating more resources to the liberal jurisdictions that limit police cooperation with federal agents.
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| Under Trump, the swamp takes to the air — in private jets — and the public pays Posted: 29 Sep 2017 12:12 PM PDT  Despite a history of attacking wasteful spending by Democrats, HHS Secretary Tom Price has led a host of Trump Cabinet members in taxpayer-funded private travel. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, EPA head Scott Pruitt, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin — all have been called out for flying high on the government's dime.
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| Rush Limbaugh Says Anthem Protests Are Leftist Plot To 'Damage' NFL Posted: 29 Sep 2017 07:13 AM PDT  Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh got a chance Thursday to weigh in on the NFL's national anthem protests during an appearance on Fox News ― and he took the ball and ran with it.
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| The Hiking Trip That Helped Me Reconnect With Exercise Posted: 29 Sep 2017 04:18 PM PDT  I have never been an athlete, but I'm not a stranger to exercise either.
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| Who Is Thelma Williams? Facebook Kidnapping ‘Victim’ Faked Abduction Posted: 29 Sep 2017 01:17 PM PDT  "Do you think she'll look pretty with her insides spilled all over the basement floor?" Williams wrote before the fake abduction.
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| Retired Lieutenant General: While Trump Golfs, San Juan’s Mayor Is ‘Living On A Cot’ Posted: 30 Sep 2017 12:31 PM PDT  The retired lieutenant general who led the effort to bring aid to Louisiana after it was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina didn't mince words when talking about the president's response to the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico.
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| China says U.S. should respect concerns on Taiwan Posted: 30 Sep 2017 06:01 AM PDT ![China says U.S. should respect concerns on Taiwan]( "China says U.S. should respect concerns on Taiwan") The United States must respect China's concerns on Taiwan to avoid causing disturbances in Sino-U.S. ties, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Saturday. China considers democratic Taiwan to be a wayward province and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control. The United States has no formal ties with Taiwan but is bound by law to help it defend itself and is the island's main source of arms.
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| Newborn with jaundice dies after parents refuse treatment saying ‘God makes no mistakes’ Posted: 29 Sep 2017 04:17 AM PDT  A mother ignored a midwife's warning their newborn baby could die of jaundice on religious grounds and refused to seek treatment for her child. Rachel Joy Piland, from Michigan, told the midwife "God makes no mistakes", according to a police detective who testified in court last week. Detective Peter Scaccia said: "Rachel declined to seek any medical treatment for Abigail, stating God makes no mistakes.
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| George Washington and the Real History Behind a Yom Kippur Legend Posted: 29 Sep 2017 06:00 AM PDT  Legend has it that Haym Salomon interrupted a Yom Kippur service to give George Washington a loan to finance the Continental Army
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| White House begins investigation into use of private email accounts – reports Posted: 28 Sep 2017 07:31 PM PDT  Accounts used by Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are reportedly being reviewed. The White House has launched an internal investigation after it emerged that Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, and other senior officials used personal email accounts for official business, Politico reported on Thursday.
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| Catalan nationalists and Spanish pro-unity demonstrators protest in Barcelona Posted: 30 Sep 2017 12:28 PM PDT ![Catalan nationalists and Spanish pro-unity demonstrators protest in Barcelona]( "Catalan nationalists and Spanish pro-unity demonstrators protest in Barcelona") Pro-independence and pro-unity demonstrators gathered in Barcelona in a sign of how the disputed banned referendum on Catalonian independence from Spain has divided the country.
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| Friend: Slain Georgia officer the 'absolute kindest person' Posted: 30 Sep 2017 09:47 AM PDT  CEDARTOWN, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia police officer killed while investigating a stolen vehicle is being remembered as a devoted wife and mother who was always willing to help others.
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| Canadian Couple Ends Epic Custody Battle Over Hockey Tickets Posted: 29 Sep 2017 06:21 PM PDT  If anyone needs evidence of how passionate Canadian hockey fans are, look no further than Beverly and Donald McLeod.
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