| Mueller probe outgrows its ‘witch hunt’ phase Posted: 27 Dec 2017 02:00 AM PST  Trump has returned to one phrase — "witch hunt" — time and again — and repackaged with typical Trumpian hyperbole. "This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!" Trump tweeted last May after ex-FBI director Robert Mueller was appointed as Justice Department special counsel to oversee the probe.
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| Ohio Teens Charged With Tossing Sandbag Off Overpass That Killed Man Posted: 27 Dec 2017 11:59 AM PST  Four Ohio teenagers have been charged with murder for allegedly throwing a sandbag off an overpass that struck and killed a 22-year-old man.
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| Bitter cold Gripping Much of the U.S. Could Last Through New Year’s Celebrations Posted: 27 Dec 2017 08:15 AM PST  NBC News' Ron Allen reports from Erie, Pennsylvania, which was covered by 65 inches of snow in four days. It's just one of many cities and towns dealing with harsh winter weather as 2018 approaches.
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| 31 Tweets That Perfectly Sum Up New Year's Eve For Parents Posted: 28 Dec 2017 01:17 PM PST  New Year's Eve festivities look a little different when you add kids to the mix.
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| Trump Team Readies Flynn Smear Strategy: WaPo Posted: 27 Dec 2017 12:13 PM PST  Joyce Vance, former U.S. attorney, talks with Joy Reid about a Washington Post report that Donald Trump's legal team is preparing a strategy to discredit Mike Flynn in case his testimony is used against Trump.
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| Utah Deputy Broke Through a Frozen Pond to Save an Eight-Year-Old Boy on Christmas Day Posted: 26 Dec 2017 05:50 PM PST  The deputy stomped to break through the ice and work his way deeper, pounding with his hands and fists
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| N. Korean boat skipper 'charged over Japan theft' Posted: 28 Dec 2017 12:30 AM PST  Japanese prosecutors reportedly charged a North Korean fishing boat captain for theft on Thursday, accusing him of making off with items ranging from home appliances to solar panels. The 45-year-old was among 10 North Korean "fishermen" spotted aboard a tiny wooden boat struggling in bad weather off the northern island of Hokkaido in late November. Some of them admitted to "taking out" some electronic products from a remote Japanese island where they landed briefly to take refuge.
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| Russia: Explosion injures 10 at St. Petersburg supermarket Posted: 27 Dec 2017 12:26 PM PST  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — At least 10 people were injured Wednesday by an explosion at a supermarket in St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city and the site of a deadly subway bombing this year.
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| Mueller Probing GOP Work With Russian Hacking Posted: 27 Dec 2017 12:11 PM PST Natasha Bertrand, political correspondent for Business Insider, talks with Joy Reid about a report that the Mueller investigation is expanding to look at the extent to which RNC digital operations overlapped with Russian hacking activity.
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| 2 Children Among 4 Dead in Basement in Troy After Act of 'Savagery,' Police Say Posted: 27 Dec 2017 01:53 PM PST  Two young children and their mother were among the four family members found killed in an act of "savagery" this week inside their basement apartment in the upstate New York city of Troy
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| Pro-Trump Singer Says Corey Lewandowski Sexually Assaulted Her At A Party Posted: 27 Dec 2017 10:31 AM PST  Singer Joy Villa, who unironically wore a "Make America Great Again" dress to the 2017 Grammys, says she has filed a sexual assault complaint with police against President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.
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| The year in late night: Laughs, tears and politics in 2017 Posted: 26 Dec 2017 09:04 PM PST  From Jimmy Kimmel's heartfelt plea for health care reform to Melissa McCarthy's memorable Sean Spicer impression, watch 2017's best moments in late night.
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| Ex-army boss to be sworn in as Zimbabwe vice president on Thursday Posted: 27 Dec 2017 06:07 AM PST ![Ex-army boss to be sworn in as Zimbabwe vice president on Thursday]( "Ex-army boss to be sworn in as Zimbabwe vice president on Thursday") Retired army chief Constantino Chiwenga and veteran politician Kembo Mohadi will be sworn in as Zimbabwe's vice presidents on Thursday, state-run Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation said on Wednesday. The pair, appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, were elevated to similar positions in the ruling ZANU-PF party on Saturday. Chiwenga retired from the military this month.
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| American Airlines apologizes to pro basketball players Posted: 27 Dec 2017 09:16 AM PST  American Airlines has apologized to two professional basketball players who were kicked off a flight originating from Dallas, Texas, after being falsely accused of theft. The airline said it apologized to Marquis Teague and Trahson Burrell, both members of the National Basketball Association's minor league team Memphis Hustle, for the Christmas Eve incident, which came to light Tuesday. The two men, who are African-American, had boarded a flight operated by American's regional subsidiary Envoy Air.
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| Inspector Gen.: DOJ has ‘systemic’ issues addressing harassment Posted: 26 Dec 2017 11:50 PM PST  According to a report by the Inspector General, top Justice Department officials were among those mishandling sexual harassment complaints. NBC's Julia Ainsley reports.
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| Dollar General To Create 400 New Jobs In Texas As It Expands In Rural America Posted: 27 Dec 2017 02:54 PM PST  Dollar General, a favorite spot for household staples across the country, is expanding even further.
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| Officer plotted to blackmail wife; she plotted his murder Posted: 27 Dec 2017 09:03 AM PST ![Officer plotted to blackmail wife; she plotted his murder]( "Officer plotted to blackmail wife; she plotted his murder") STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania police officer has pleaded guilty to a plot to blackmail his wife over having sex with a 14-year-old boy while she has pleaded guilty to plotting to kill her husband.
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| Russia Warns U.S.: Don’t ‘Meddle’ In Upcoming Presidential Election Posted: 28 Dec 2017 05:23 AM PST  Russian President Vladimir Putin's government has issued a warning to the U.S.: Don't "meddle" in the country's upcoming election.
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| Israel to name new Jerusalem train station after Donald Trump Posted: 27 Dec 2017 04:49 AM PST  Israel's transport minister has said he was pushing ahead with controversial plans to build a high-speed train network under the Old City in Jerusalem and declared its main station would be named after Donald Trump. Yisrael Katz's proposal would involve digging two underground stations and excavating more than two miles of tunnel - ending up at the Western Wall, an ancient holy site revered in Judaism. The project would extend the soon-to-open multi-billion-pound rail line from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and help ferry the some 11 million tourists and worshippers a year to the wall. The route will run close to - but not directly under - the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where tradition holds that Jesus was crucified and buried, and a contested holy site known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. The same area is also home to the al-Aqsa Mosque, one of the oldest in Islam. Palestinians fear any underground work could see the structure compromised. The Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in the foreground Credit: AMMAR AWAD/ REUTERS Similar excavations by Israel have sparked violent Palestinian protests in the past. The project is estimated to cost more than $700 million (£522m) and, if approved, would take four years to complete. Mr Katz, a senior Cabinet official who also serves as Israel's intelligence minister, is a close ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and is seen by many as his likely eventual successor as head of the Likud party. His office said the minister advanced the plan in a recent meeting with Israel Railways executives and declared it a national priority, meaning construction on the line would be expedited and started within the next year. Mr Katz, known as "The Bulldzoer" for his highly ambitious construction projects, said a high-speed rail station would allow visitors to reach "the beating heart of the Jewish people - the Western Wall and the Temple Mount." He proposed naming the station after the US president as thanks for his "for his brave and historic decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital" earlier this month. Mr Trump gave the Israelis' claim to Jerusalem a major boost after declaring the US would move its embassy from Tel Aviv to the contested city. The declaration sparked protests around the Muslim world, which turned violent in the Palestinian territories and led to the deaths of several demonstrators. The Palestinians see east Jerusalem as the capital of any future state. The UN General Assembly last week rejected Washington's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, reaffirming that the city's status should be agreed between Israelis and Palestinians through direct negotiations. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has said America could no longer be a fair broker in the peace process. Ikrema Sabri, a senior Muslim cleric in Jerusalem, denounced the planned train line extension, saying that Palestinians would not accept "any change or act in the occupied territories." He said that "giving the name of Trump to this project will not give it any legitimacy. It would be just another implementation of the unacceptable decision of President Trump to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel." Wasel Abu Youssef, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation's Executive Committee, said: "The Israeli extremist government is simply trying to race against time to impose facts on the ground in the city of Jerusalem."
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| Tokyo-bound Flight with Chrissy Teigen Forced to Return to Los Angeles Posted: 27 Dec 2017 08:20 AM PST Supermodel Chrissy Teigen was live tweeting her flight that made a U-turn four hours in after the crew discovered an "unauthorized" passenger on board.
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| Updated Obamacare enrollment figure dips to 8.7 million Posted: 28 Dec 2017 11:04 AM PST ![Updated Obamacare enrollment figure dips to 8.7 million]( "Updated Obamacare enrollment figure dips to 8.7 million") The number represented a slight decline from the 2017 enrollment figure when about 9.2 million people signed up for health insurance policies from private insurers on the HealthCare.gov platform. It was slightly lower than the 8.8 million figure given last week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Proponents of Obamacare, as former President Barack Obama's healthcare law is known, said the 2018 figure was relatively strong given President Donald Trump slashed the program's advertising and outreach budget and cut the enrollment period in half.
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| China Communist Party takes control of paramilitary police Posted: 27 Dec 2017 09:13 AM PST  China's paramilitary police force will soon be commanded by the Chinese Communist Party's armed forces, a report said Wednesday, the latest sign of the leadership's resolve to centralise power. The move puts the force, which maintains domestic security, squarely under the command of President Xi Jinping, who is also head of the military. It is currently under the dual leadership of the government's cabinet, the State Council, and the party's Central Military Commission.
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| 18 Tweets That Capture The Struggle Of Translating For Immigrant Parents As A Kid Posted: 27 Dec 2017 01:45 PM PST  If you grew up with immigrant parents who didn't speak English, you probably remember your first job as a child: family interpreter.
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| Judge praises teen for progress since killings when he was 8 Posted: 27 Dec 2017 06:17 PM PST  ST. JOHNS, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona judge and the family of a teenager who fatally shot two men in 2008, including his father, heaped praise on him Wednesday for the progress he's made as his time on probation comes to an end.
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| Claire’s Pulls Makeup After Mom Finds Asbestos In 6-Year-Old’s Kit Posted: 28 Dec 2017 12:04 PM PST  Claire's, a store that sells accessories and makeup to young girls and teens, has pulled some of its items after it was found that cancer-causing asbestos was present in some of its products.
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| US Republican explains call for FBI 'purge' over anti-Trump bias Posted: 27 Dec 2017 08:00 PM PST  After saying he supported a "purge" of the FBI and Department of Justice a Republican US lawmaker on Wednesday toned down his call but still said he was "frustrated" with investigators he thinks may be biased. "I'm very concerned that the DOJ and the FBI, whether you want to call it 'deep state' or what, are kind of off the rails," Rooney said.
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| Ex-Keppel lawyer cooperated with U.S. in Brazil bribery probe: documents Posted: 28 Dec 2017 12:50 AM PST ![Ex-Keppel lawyer cooperated with U.S. in Brazil bribery probe: documents]( "Ex-Keppel lawyer cooperated with U.S. in Brazil bribery probe: documents") Jeffery Chow, a former senior member of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd's legal department, cut a deal to help prosecutors in their probe of Keppel and other former executives, according to the documents unsealed on Tuesday in federal court in Brooklyn. Chow, 59, pleaded guilty on Aug. 29 to conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act as part of his deal to cooperate. "I am deeply sorry for my conduct," Chow, 59, said during his plea hearing, according to a transcript.
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| Putin says St. Petersburg supermarket bomb blast was terrorist attack Posted: 28 Dec 2017 06:55 AM PST ![Putin says St. Petersburg supermarket bomb blast was terrorist attack]( "Putin says St. Petersburg supermarket bomb blast was terrorist attack") Russian President Vladimir Putin said a bomb blast in a St. Petersburg supermarket on Wednesday was an act of terrorism.
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| Chicago Area Officials Demand Accountability For Drugmakers 'Complicit' In Opioid Crisis Posted: 27 Dec 2017 09:58 AM PST  Officials in the one of the nation's largest counties filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging that major prescription drug manufacturers were "complicit" in the opioid crisis and should pay monetary damages for the public health costs.
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| 18-year-old daughter asks stepdad to adopt her in the best Christmas gift ever Posted: 27 Dec 2017 06:49 AM PST  Some gifts are totally priceless. Makayla Dabney, an 18-year-old from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, gave her dad the best Christmas present anyone could hope to receive. SEE ALSO: At Christmas, these UNESCO protected botanical gardens turn into a living fairytale She wraps it really, REALLY well. (In the video, it takes him about five minutes to get through all the boxes and wrapping paper! If you're really impatient, skip ahead to about 5:30.) There's a lot going on as she gives an emotional speech — the other kids playing around, with the excitement of Christmas. But when her dad, Stephen Dabney, opens it, he's moved to tears. It's adoption papers — an amazing thank you to the man who has helped raise her since she was 5. Her mother said he "stepped up when he didn't have to." Not a dry eye in the room.
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| Disneyland Theme Park Loses Power On One Of The Busiest Days Of The Year Posted: 27 Dec 2017 02:04 PM PST  A power outage at Disneyland took some of the magic out of the day for thousands of guests on Wednesday.
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| Cameroon frees US professor held for criticizing government Posted: 27 Dec 2017 08:39 AM PST  YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — A New York literature professor held in the Central African nation of Cameroon since early this month after writing an article that criticized the government was released Wednesday, his lawyer said.
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| US, Turkey put end to visa spat Posted: 28 Dec 2017 11:22 AM PST  The United States and Turkey on Thursday turned the page on a visa crisis triggered nearly three months ago by the arrest of a staff member at the American mission in Ankara, but relations between the NATO allies remain tense. The two sides announced the resumption of full visa services for each other's citizens, but their statements revealed lingering misgivings between the countries, who are partners in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group.
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| In images: six connected devices that hit the headlines in 2017 Posted: 28 Dec 2017 01:35 AM PST |
| Kremlin says Putin critic Navalny's protest call to be investigated Posted: 28 Dec 2017 03:20 AM PST ![Kremlin says Putin critic Navalny's protest call to be investigated]( "Kremlin says Putin critic Navalny's protest call to be investigated") The Kremlin said on Thursday that a call by opposition leader Alexei Navalny to hold nationwide protests to back a boycott of next year's presidential election would be investigated to see if it broke the law. Navalny, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday announced a series of rallies across Russia on Jan. 28 to press home his call for a boycott of the election, in which he has been barred from running. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Navalny's move would be carefully studied.
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| Steph Curry, Chance The Rapper Join Barack Obama In Inspiring PSA Posted: 27 Dec 2017 10:01 AM PST  Chance the Rapper and NBA star Steph Curry have teamed up with former President Barack Obama to deliver a powerful message on self-worth.
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| The Type A's Must-Have Guide To Getting Organized In 2018 Posted: 27 Dec 2017 02:15 PM PST  The holidays can definitely be a time of gluttony, and we don't mean just the food.
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| New Study Reveals When China Will Pass U.S. for World's No. 1 Economy Posted: 27 Dec 2017 10:40 AM PST ![New Study Reveals When China Will Pass U.S. for World's No. 1 Economy]( "New Study Reveals When China Will Pass U.S. for World's No. 1 Economy") A new report outlines how the digital revolution has changed everything.
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| FBI won't take over investigation of detective's slaying Posted: 27 Dec 2017 01:11 PM PST  BALTIMORE (AP) — The FBI won't take over an investigation into the homicide of a Baltimore city detective who was shot in the head the day before he was to testify before a federal grand jury about a group of indicted officers, the city's top police official said Wednesday.
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| Apple sued over slowing phones in France, where planned obsolescence is a crime Posted: 28 Dec 2017 01:31 PM PST  The legal fallout over Apple slowing down old iPhones could produce a criminal court proceeding after a French organisation filed a criminal lawsuit. Since it emerged that Apple slowed old iPhones to prevent them from malfunctioning due to poor battery performance, the company has faced a slew of lawsuits in the United States and Israel. In a statement, the organisation claimed Apple's actions violated a 2015 French law that prohibits "the practice of planned obsolescence, which is defined by the use of techniques by which the person responsible for the marketing of a product aims to deliberately reduce the duration to increase the replacement rate".
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| Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels in mass prisoner swap Posted: 27 Dec 2017 05:28 PM PST  Ukraine and Russian-backed rebels have swapped hundreds of prisoners in the war-torn east of the country, one of the largest such exchanges since the outbreak of an insurgency almost four years ago. The swap of captives on a dusty road close to the town of Gorlivka, 40 kilometres (25 miles) northeast of the rebels' stronghold of Donetsk on Wednesday was an attempt to revive a tattered peace deal between the Kiev army and rebels from the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. The war in the former Soviet republic broke out in April 2014, after Russia annexed Crimea the previous month.
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