| Southern California Is Burning. Here's How You Can Help. Posted: 06 Dec 2017 06:08 PM PST  Multiple fires have started in the last three days in the hills of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, burning more than 83,400 acres and forcing tens of thousands of Californians to evacuate.
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| More than 25 Democratic senators call for Al Franken to resign Posted: 06 Dec 2017 08:50 AM PST  Seven Democratic women in the Senate tweeted that Sen. Al Franken should quit over sexual misconduct allegations, and they were quickly joined by many colleagues.
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| Russian lawyer says Trump Jr. sought info on Clinton funds Posted: 06 Dec 2017 12:43 AM PST  NBC News intelligence correspondent Ken Dilanian shares an exclusive report that Russian lawyer Natalie Veselnitskaya told the Senate that Donald Trump Jr. sought info on Clinton Foundation during their June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower.
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| Chinese firm sues Venezuela as crisis tests ally's patience Posted: 07 Dec 2017 01:47 AM PST ![Chinese firm sues Venezuela as crisis tests ally's patience]( "Chinese firm sues Venezuela as crisis tests ally's patience") CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — One of China's biggest state-run conglomerates has sued a Venezuelan counterpart in a U.S. court in a dispute over unpaid bills, a sign of Beijing's growing impatience with its socialist South American ally as it slides into bankruptcy.
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| Lorde Predicted The Downfall Of Predatory Men Back In January Posted: 06 Dec 2017 06:29 PM PST  An outpouring of sexual assault accusations have destroyed the reputations of some of the most powerful men in entertainment, media and politics ― and Lorde apparently predicted it.
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| New Mexico brothers questioned in Texas border agent's death Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:42 PM PST  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The FBI questioned two brothers from New Mexico in the death of a border patrol agent in Texas, according to federal court documents that have been sealed.
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| North Korea says U.S. threats make war unavoidable as China urges calm Posted: 07 Dec 2017 06:57 AM PST  Two American B-1B heavy bombers joined large-scale combat drills over South Korea on Thursday amid warnings from North Korea that the exercises and U.S. threats have made the outbreak of war "an established fact".
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| LaVar Ball 'dunks' on President Trump to escalate the pair's feud Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:44 PM PST  President Donald Trump has a history of tweeting animated GIFs and videos that show him physically dominating his enemies, whether that's Hillary Clinton or CNN.
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| Growing Southern California Wildfires Force 200,000 People To Evacuate Posted: 07 Dec 2017 11:14 AM PST  Roughly 200,000 people have been forced to flee Southern California's wildfires that as of Thursday have scorched more than 181 miles (or 116,100 acres) and destroyed more than 100 homes as intensifying winds prompted an unprecedented warning level of purple.
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| Will tax cuts spur the American economy? Maybe with a time machine. Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:00 AM PST  The GOP tax bill's main failing is that it's based on a played-out theory, aimed at the problems of an age when the economy looked completely different.
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| 14 Gifts Your Coffee-Obsessed Friends Want This Year Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:39 AM PST |
| Poll: Melania Trump still not as popular as Michelle Obama Posted: 06 Dec 2017 11:42 AM PST  First lady Melania Trump appears to be getting more popular, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll released Wednesday. Fifty-three percent of those polled said they had at least a somewhat favorable view of the first lady, which is an 8 percent increase from those who felt the same shortly after the 2016 presidential election. Thirty-six percent of participants answered that they held an unfavorable view of Trump and 11 percent were listed undecided.
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| Sia Responds To Criticism That She Pushed Fame On Teen Dancer Maddie Ziegler Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:07 AM PST  Sia has an uncomfortable relationship with fame and is known for retreating from the spotlight.
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| Mexican acquitted of murder faces gun, immigration charges Posted: 05 Dec 2017 06:32 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. authorities on Tuesday charged a Mexican man with new immigration and gun violations less than a week after a San Francisco jury acquitted him of murder for the shooting death of Kate Steinle, a case that helped fuel a fierce national debate on immigration.
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| Exclusive: U.S. asks Israel to restrain response to Jerusalem move - document Posted: 06 Dec 2017 06:24 PM PST  By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is asking Israel to temper its response to the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as its capital because Washington expects a backlash and is weighing the potential threat to U.S. facilities and people, according to a State Department document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. "While I recognize that you will publicly welcome this news, I ask that you restrain your official response," the document dated Dec. 6 said in talking points for diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv to convey to Israeli officials. A second State Department document seen by Reuters, which was also dated Dec. 6, said the agency had formed an internal task force "to track worldwide developments" following the U.S. decision on Jerusalem.
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| Southern California's Wildfires Will Get Worse Before They Get Better Posted: 06 Dec 2017 02:02 PM PST  It's been the most destructive wildfire season in California history, and it's getting worse.
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| U.S. athletes may not attend Olympics as threat of nuclear war with North Korea rises, Haley warns Posted: 07 Dec 2017 05:38 AM PST  Nikki Haley says it's an "open question" whether the U.S. will participate in the Winter Olympics.
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| 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT R - when only a German muscle car will do Posted: 07 Dec 2017 12:51 PM PST  Pras Subramanian reviews the 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT R.
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| The Key To Chip And Joanna Gaines' Marriage Isn't Really A Secret Posted: 06 Dec 2017 08:32 AM PST  Chip and Joanna Gaines have been together for over 14 years.
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| Donald and Melania Trump both flub Pearl Harbor tweets Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:48 AM PST  President Donald Trump appears to have slightly misquoted Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous remarks following the brutal attack on Pearl Harbor in a tweet commemorating the 76th anniversary of the solemn day.
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| The Latest: Walter Scott's family finally sees justice Posted: 07 Dec 2017 01:08 PM PST  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the federal sentencing of a former South Carolina police officer in the death of an unarmed motorist (all times local):
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| Russian military: mission accomplished, Islamic State defeated in Syria Posted: 07 Dec 2017 05:50 AM PST  Russia's military said on Thursday it had accomplished its mission of defeating Islamic State in Syria, and there were no remaining settlements there under the group's control. Russian bombers had used unprecedented force in the final stages to finish off the militant group, a senior Russian officer said. "The mission to defeat bandit units of the Islamic State terrorist organization on the territory of Syria, carried out by the armed forces of the Russian Federation, has been accomplished," Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoi, head of the general staff's operations, said on Rossiya 24 TV channel.
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| The XB-70 Valkyrie: The Sad Story of the Biggest and Fastest U.S. Bomber Ever Posted: 06 Dec 2017 04:53 PM PST  With the growing realization that Soviet SAMs posed an increasing threat to American bombers, the Pentagon started to explore low-level penetration as an alternative. Many leading military strategists of the time believed bombers were too vulnerable to survive the journey into Soviet airspace. As a result, President John F. Kennedy decided to cancel the XB-70 as a frontline bomber program on March 28, 1961.
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| Everyone's sharing this video of a man saving a rabbit from the California wildfires Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:28 AM PST  Destructive wildfires have torn across thousands of acres in Southern California since Monday night, destroying homes, forcing evacuations, and displacing thousands of residents as a result. In the days since, nightmarish photos and videos of three massive wildfires in the Los Angeles area have been widely circulated. On Thursday morning, one video in particular seems to have struck a chord for its sweetness: A brief clip that appears to show an unnamed man rescuing a rabbit from the blaze in Ventura County. SEE ALSO: Wildfires lead to hellish scenes for Los Angeles commuters The man in the clip from RMG News (shared on Twitter by ABC News) reportedly declined to share his story on camera. (It should go without saying that getting this close to a wildfire is extremely dangerous and not recommended.) Per CNN, more than 110,000 Southern California residents have been forced to evacuate their homes as the fires spread. Thursday in particular looks to be a potentially devastating day for the area, with exceptionally strong winds and extreme dry air. The Storm Prediction Center estimates that Thursday's conditions will affect 9.5 million people. As Mashable reported, powerful Santa Ana winds have enabled wildfire to move quickly across hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and may continue to do so into Saturday. WATCH: California wildfire victims returning to their destroyed homes is absolutely heart-wrenching
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| Gal Gadot Surprises College Student With First Wonder Woman Scholarship Posted: 06 Dec 2017 03:52 PM PST  Gal Gadot stepped out of her Wonder Woman costume on Wednesday to surprise a young woman with a truly wonderful award: a college scholarship.
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| Only 15 Cars Earn 2018 IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Rating Posted: 06 Dec 2017 09:01 PM PST  Just 15 new vehicles meet the increased requirements of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and have earned a Top Safety Pick+ rating, the safety group reported Thursday. The stricter guid...
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| Why Was Gretchen Carlson Excluded From Time's 'Silence Breakers'? Posted: 06 Dec 2017 11:17 AM PST  Time Magazine named The Silence Breakers ― "the individuals who set off a national reckoning over the prevalence of sexual harassment" ― its Person of the Year for 2017 and, strangely, Gretchen Carlson was not one of those singled out.
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| 32 of the Best Ways to Update Grandma's Favorite Recipes Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:35 PM PST |
| House Votes Down Trump Impeachment Resolution Posted: 06 Dec 2017 02:16 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― Fifty-eight House Democrats voted to advance the impeachment of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, in direct defiance of the pleas of House Democratic leaders earlier in the day.
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| Parents of Florida murder suspect refuse to answer questions Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:21 AM PST  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The parents of the 24-year-old man suspected in a string of fatal shootings that terrorized a Florida neighborhood must "show cause" on why they shouldn't be held in civil contempt for refusing to answer investigators' questions about the case, a judge ruled Thursday.
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| Israel says F-35 stealth fighter jets operational Posted: 06 Dec 2017 08:57 AM PST  Israel' military on Wednesday declared its newly acquired F-35 stealth fighters operational, making it the first country outside of the United States to put the ultra hi-tech jets into service. The Israeli Air Force currently has nine jets out of the total of 50 it has agreed to buy. The aim of the purchase is to allow Israel to maintain its military superiority in the turbulent Middle East, particularly regarding its arch-foe Iran and the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system delivered to it by Russia.
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| U.S. to deny visas to Cambodian officials over opposition crackdown Posted: 06 Dec 2017 06:56 PM PST ![U.S. to deny visas to Cambodian officials over opposition crackdown]( "U.S. to deny visas to Cambodian officials over opposition crackdown") By Eric Walsh and Prak Chan Thul WASHINGTON/PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it would restrict entry to people involved in the Cambodian government's actions to undermine democracy, including the dissolution of the main opposition party and imprisonment of its leader. The visa sanctions were the toughest steps by any Western country since a crackdown on critics of Prime Minister Hun Sen ahead of an election next year in which the authoritarian leader seeks to extend more than three decades in power. "We call on the Cambodian government to reverse course by reinstating the political opposition, releasing Kem Sokha, and allowing civil society and media to resume their constitutionally protected activities," the State Department said in a statement.
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| The Latest: California wildfire hops highway, nears ocean Posted: 05 Dec 2017 10:06 PM PST  SANTA PAULA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in Southern California (all times local):
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| Why the U.S. Marines Love the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle Posted: 06 Dec 2017 04:29 PM PST  Marksmanship, the ability to shoot accurately and service targets with the minimum expenditure of ammunition, has always been part of the U.S. Marine Corps ethos. The adoption of the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle over the older M249 Squad Automatic Weapon marks a return to that ethos across the service at the small unit level. More accurate and capable of accomplishing its mission with fewer expended rounds, the M27 is now being considered as the front-line rifle not only for a handful of squad members but across the Corps' front line units.
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| Naya Rivera Is Divorcing Husband Ryan Dorsey For The Second Time Posted: 06 Dec 2017 07:30 AM PST  Actress Naya Rivera and husband Ryan Dorsey are calling it quits for the second time.
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| Kate McKinnon Breaks Out A Glorious Gal Gadot Impression On 'The Tonight Show' Posted: 06 Dec 2017 03:01 AM PST  If Gal Gadot should ever need a day off from acting, Kate McKinnon of "Saturday Night Live" would make one hilarious substitute.
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| Christian Leaders Warned Trump Against Recognizing Jerusalem As Israeli Capital Posted: 06 Dec 2017 12:28 PM PST  Christian leaders from within and outside of Jerusalem were among those who warned President Donald Trump about the potential repercussions of recognizing the city as Israel's capital and moving the U.S. embassy there from Tel Aviv.
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| The 93 Most Delish Ways To Eat Peanut Butter Posted: 07 Dec 2017 11:07 AM PST  ...other than with a spoon out of the jar, of course.
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| 22 of the Most Delicious Fall Soup Recipes Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:35 PM PST |
| US House approves easing of interstate rules on concealed guns Posted: 06 Dec 2017 07:22 PM PST  US lawmakers voted Wednesday to allow gun owners to carry concealed firearms across state lines, a controversial bill that critics say is aimed at undermining national gun control efforts. The move came two months after the worst mass shooting in modern US history, when a gunman who had taken a vast arsenal into a Las Vegas hotel fired down on concert-goers and killed 58. It passed the House of Representatives 231 to 198, after six Democrats joined all but 14 Republicans in supporting the bill, which will also need Senate passage if it is to become law.
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| North Korea Says Nuclear War on the Peninsula Is Inevitable and an 'Established Fact' Posted: 06 Dec 2017 11:46 PM PST  North Korea says a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula has become a matter of when, not if, as it continued to lash out at a massive joint military exercise between the United States and South Korean involving hundreds of advanced warplanes.
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| Pope wants better translation of phrase on temptation in 'Our Father' prayer Posted: 07 Dec 2017 03:00 AM PST  Pope Francis has said the Roman Catholic Church should adopt a better translation of the phrase "lead us not into temptation" in the "Our Father", the best known prayer in Christianity. "That is not a good translation," the pope said in a television interview on Wednesday night. Francis said the Catholic Church in France had decided to use the phrase "do not let us fall into temptation" as an alternative and indicated that it or something similar should be applied worldwide.
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| Black political machine tested again in Atlanta mayor race Posted: 06 Dec 2017 04:16 PM PST  Atlanta voters woke up to deja vu Wednesday in the racially polarized contest to choose the city's next mayor, with one candidate laying claim to City Hall while the other vowed to seek a recount over a margin of just 759 votes.
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| Bitcoin Is Skyrocketing and it Just Hit $17,000 Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:07 AM PST  After gaining more than $5,000 in days
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