| ICE Spokesman Quits, Bashes Trump Administration On Immigration Raids Posted: 13 Mar 2018 02:48 AM PDT  A spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Francisco resigned over the Trump administration's handling of a recent immigrant raid in the Bay Area. James Schwab told the San Francisco Chronicle late Monday that administration officials, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Donald Trump, grossly exaggerated the number of undocumented immigrants who avoided arrest after Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf tipped off the public days before the raid began on Feb. 25. "Efforts by local politicians have shielded removable criminal aliens from immigration enforcement and created another magnet for more illegal immigration, all at the expense of the safety and security of the very people it purports to protect," the agency said in a statement.
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| Parents Of 12-Year-Old Say Son Killed Himself After Being Bullied Over Sexuality Posted: 14 Mar 2018 11:52 AM PDT  The parents of a 12-year-old Mississippi boy say he killed himself last week
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| Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Says Victory in Afghanistan Will Now Be 'Political' Instead of Military Posted: 13 Mar 2018 12:31 AM PDT  The U.S. Defense Secretary says victory would now lie in facilitating a Taliban reconciliation with the Afghan government
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| Prosecutors drop 27 cases worked on by police officer filmed attacking black man Posted: 13 Mar 2018 11:05 AM PDT  Prosecutors have dropped 27 criminal cases worked on by a white police officer who was filmed appearing to attack a black man during an arrest. US media reports said footage showed North Carolina officer Christopher Hickman choking and beating Johnnie Rush, who had been accused of jaywalking, and telling him he was "going to get f***ed up". Mr Hickman, 31, was arrested and charged with assault by strangulation after the video emerged last week.
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| Death of puppy on United flight prompts U.S. agency probe Posted: 14 Mar 2018 03:10 PM PDT  U.S. Senator John Kennedy, who earlier on Wednesday sent a letter to United Airlines President Scott Kirby demanding information on the high number of animals that have died in the carrier's care, wrote on Twitter that he planned to file a bill on Thursday that would prohibit airlines from putting animals in overhead bins. Kennedy, in his letter, said United's "pattern of animal deaths and injuries is simply inexcusable." He cited figures from the Transportation Department that of the 24 animals that died on U.S. carriers last year, 18 were on United flights.
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| Man Dressed As Elsa From 'Frozen' Pushes Police Wagon Out Of Snow Posted: 14 Mar 2018 03:54 AM PDT  The police needed help and Jason Triplett wouldn't let it go.
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| Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Charged With 'Massive Fraud' By SEC Posted: 14 Mar 2018 11:13 AM PDT  In a complaint filed Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission leveled
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| Russian broadcaster RT could be forced off UK TV over spy crisis Posted: 13 Mar 2018 10:09 AM PDT  Britain's media regulator Ofcom said Russian broadcaster RT could lose its UK license if Theresa May's government determines that Moscow was behind the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in England this month. RT, or Russia Today, is a round-the-clock news network that is funded by Vladimir Putin's government. With tensions growing between London and Moscow over the attack on Sergei Skripal, and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, some lawmakers have said RT should be blocked in Britain.
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| Ryan Zinke Spars With Senators Over Use Of Private Planes Posted: 13 Mar 2018 12:06 PM PDT  WASHINGTON -- Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday swung back at critics
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| High School Bus Crash Leaves Driver Dead and Dozens of Students Injured Posted: 13 Mar 2018 07:26 AM PDT  The bus was carrying Texas high school band members
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| Utah courthouse shooting video released Posted: 13 Mar 2018 06:14 AM PDT  Dramatic video of a deadly 2014 courthouse shooting in Salt Lake City has been released after a long court battle by the Utah Media Coalition. The video shows a U.S. Marshall shooting dead, racketeering defendant and gang member Siale Angilau as he attacks a testifying witness. The Department of Justice had wanted to suppress the video for fear it would spark a wave of gang-related retaliation. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
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| UK counterterror police investigate Russian's London death Posted: 13 Mar 2018 02:06 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism police on Tuesday took charge of the investigation into the death in London of a Russian businessman because he was connected to a prominent Kremlin foe.
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| Lead poisoning may hasten death for millions in US: study Posted: 12 Mar 2018 10:52 PM PDT  Compared to people with little or no lead in their blood, those with high levels -- at least 6.7 milligrammes per decilitre (mg/dl) -- were 37 percent more likely to die early, according to a new study in The Lancet Public Health, a leading medical journal. The risk of succumbing to coronary heart disease doubled in such cases, the study found. "Low levels of lead exposure are an important, but largely ignored, risk factor for death from cardiovascular disease," mainly heart attacks and strokes, said lead author Bruce Lanphear, a professor at Simon Fraser University in Canada.
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| Fired by Trump over Twitter, Tillerson doesn't thank him Posted: 13 Mar 2018 12:06 PM PDT  Hours after President Trump announced his firing over Twitter, outgoing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday left the former real estate entrepreneur off the list of people he praised and thanked in a brief speech about his accomplishments and the future of his department. Tillerson, looking and sounding defeated as he delivered an eight-minute farewell, said he was delegating his duties to Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, effective at the end of the day, and formally ending his own watch as the top U.S. diplomat at the end of the month. The former Exxon chief told reporters in the State Department briefing room that Trump had telephoned him from Air Force One a little after noon — some five hours after the president announced to the world that Tillerson was out, to be replaced by CIA director Mike Pompeo.
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| Iconic Physicist Stephen Hawking Dies At 76 Posted: 13 Mar 2018 08:50 PM PDT  Stephen Hawking died Wednesday after complications due to amyotrophic lateral
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| As Pennsylvania has shown this week, the Republicans are almost certainly in for a drubbing at the midterms Posted: 14 Mar 2018 10:06 AM PDT  Republicans searching for a silver lining in the returns from the nail-biting special congressional election in western Pennsylvania may as well admit it. True, their candidate Rick Saccone came tantalisingly close. Whoever is eventually confirmed as the victor will have to resume campaigning almost immediately ahead of the midterm elections in November, and for votes in a seat that will look very different from the one he just competed for.
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| Chinese Reporter Rolled Her Eyes On State Television, And Social Media Users Can't Deal Posted: 13 Mar 2018 03:52 PM PDT  Chinese social media users are abuzz after a camera caught a reporter's candid
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| Russia says U.S. plans to strike Damascus, pledges military response Posted: 13 Mar 2018 08:52 AM PDT  Russia said on Tuesday it had information that the United States planned to bomb the government quarter in Damascus on an invented pretext, and said it would respond militarily if it felt Russian lives were threatened by such an attack. Valery Gerasimov, head of Russia's General Staff, said Moscow had information that rebels in the enclave of eastern Ghouta were planning to fake a chemical weapons attack against civilians and blame it on the Syrian army.
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| 'No Excuse' for Leaving Gun in High School Locker Room, Sheriff Says Posted: 13 Mar 2018 11:14 AM PDT  "I have no excuse for my lack of responsibility with this matter"
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| Video shows officer shooting defendant in Utah courthouse Posted: 12 Mar 2018 06:59 PM PDT  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dramatic video released Monday shows a U.S. marshal firing four times at close range at a defendant inside a Utah federal courthouse after he rushed the witness stand, jumped and swung with a pen at a shackled witness who barely backed out of the way.
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| Charles Manson's Grandson Awarded Cult Leader's Body: 'I'm the Last Man Standing' Posted: 13 Mar 2018 02:00 PM PDT  The decision comes after a months-long court battle among several people who tried to claim the cult leader's body.
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| Trump CIA pick Gina Haspel helped lead U.S. torture program Posted: 13 Mar 2018 09:47 AM PDT  Haspel ran a secret prison in Thailand, the agency's first overseas detention site, where accused terrorists were waterboarded. She later drafted the order to have videotapes of the torture destroyed.
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| Companies Are Disclosing How Much Less They Pay Workers Than Executives Posted: 13 Mar 2018 10:00 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― A moment that corporate executives may have dreaded for years has
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| The Latest: Clinton saddened by Hawking's death Posted: 14 Mar 2018 02:12 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the death of Stephen Hawking (all times local):
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| The world's happiest countries - and immigrants - 2018 revealed Posted: 14 Mar 2018 10:02 AM PDT  Finland has captured the title of world's happiest country for 2018, along with world's happiest immigrant population.
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| Palestinian PM Hamdallah survives Gaza roadside bomb attack Posted: 13 Mar 2018 12:39 PM PDT  By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah survived an assassination attempt in Gaza on Tuesday, the Palestinian Authority said after an apparent roadside bomb targeted his motorcade. The attack on the Western-backed leader, who is spearheading the Authority's reconciliation efforts with Gaza's dominant group, Hamas, took place as the White House prepared to hold a meeting on the humanitarian situation in the enclave. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for what one Palestinian Authority security official in Gaza said was a roadside bomb.
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| Russia says 'not guilty' of ex-spy poisoning as UK deadline looms Posted: 13 Mar 2018 09:33 AM PDT  Moscow on Tuesday denied it was behind the poisoning of a former double agent in Britain as a midnight deadline loomed to explain how a suspected Russian-made nerve agent was used in the attack. "Russia is not guilty," said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter in an English city on March 4. The United States, NATO and the European Union have all backed Britain in the deepening diplomatic crisis.
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| Police: Man shoots his 2 kids, wife before killing himself Posted: 13 Mar 2018 06:49 PM PDT  SPANAWAY, Wash. (AP) — A member of the U.S. Air Force in Washington state fatally shot his two young children and his wife before killing himself, authorities said Tuesday.
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| Timothy Cunningham Case: CDC Scientist Missing More Than a Month as Reward Reaches Nearly $40,000 Posted: 13 Mar 2018 07:51 AM PDT  Dr. Timothy Cunningham, an epidemiologist based in Atlanta, Ga., was last seen on Feb. 12 when he left work early, saying he wasn't feeling well.
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| Democrats Projected To Win Pennsylvania District That Went Heavily For Trump Posted: 14 Mar 2018 03:10 PM PDT  ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP, Pa. ― Democrat Conor Lamb defeated Republican Rick Saccone
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| Stephen Hawking Was an Atheist. Here’s What He Said About God, Heaven and His Own Death Posted: 14 Mar 2018 08:12 AM PDT  "I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die"
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| United mistakenly flies Kansas-bound dog to Japan Posted: 14 Mar 2018 09:52 AM PDT  United Airlines says it's investigating after mistakenly flying a Kansas family's dog to Japan.
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| Kendall Jenner Addresses Gay Rumors: 'I Have Literally Nothing To Hide' Posted: 14 Mar 2018 11:32 AM PDT  Being part of the Kardashian-Jenner family means getting used to hearing
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| White nationalist leader faces battery charges in Indiana Posted: 14 Mar 2018 01:41 PM PDT  PAOLI, Ind. (AP) — A white nationalist arrested for physically harassing a woman protesting at a 2016 Donald Trump rally is accused of attacking his wife and her stepfather in southern Indiana.
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| U.S. court upholds most of Texas law to punish 'sanctuary cities' Posted: 13 Mar 2018 05:57 PM PDT  A U.S. appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld most of a Republican-backed Texas law to punish "sanctuary cities," allowing it to remain in effect while the case is being fought in a lower court. The law was the first of its kind since Republican Donald Trump became president in January 2017, promising to crack down on illegal immigration and communities that protect the immigrants. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down one provision in the law enacted by the most-populous Republican-led state to punish local officials who endorse policies running contrary to the law.
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| The Latest: Envoy denies Russia was behind attack on ex-spy Posted: 14 Mar 2018 04:40 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — The latest on the poisoning of a former Russian spy in England (all times local):
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| Google guru Page tests flying taxis in New Zealand Posted: 13 Mar 2018 06:57 PM PDT  Pilot-less flying taxis are being tested in New Zealand as part of a project backed by Google co-founder Larry Page that supporters say will revolutionise personal transport. New Zealand regulators late Tuesday approved plans for Zephyr Airworks, a subsidiary of Page's company Kitty Hawk, to develop and test the futuristic air taxis. Known as Cora, the electric aircraft has a dozen small lift rotors on its wings, making it capable of vertical take-off and landing like a helicopter.
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| FBI Official Trump Loathes May Be Fired For Disclosing Info That Helped Trump's Campaign Posted: 14 Mar 2018 12:40 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Andrew McCabe, who took over as acting head of the FBI after
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| Missing Georgia teenager's remains found in shallow grave Posted: 14 Mar 2018 04:42 AM PDT ![Missing Georgia teenager's remains found in shallow grave]( "Missing Georgia teenager's remains found in shallow grave") AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The remains of a missing Georgia teenager have been discovered in a shallow grave, nearly one year after her mother and stepfather were arrested in connection with her disappearance, authorities said.
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| Here are the last things Stephen Hawking wrote on Reddit Posted: 14 Mar 2018 04:02 AM PDT  Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking may have passed away Wednesday morning, but the legacy he left will be felt for many years to come. Once the news of his death had reached Reddit, a thread about the legendary scientist was started on the r/science board. One of the links re-shared at the top was from Hawking's Reddit AMA, which took place two years ago. SEE ALSO: The world reacts to the death of the much-loved Stephen Hawking Many of his answers, which you can read in full in the thread, discuss the risks associated with artificial intelligence. On the evolution of AI Comment from discussion Prof-Stephen-Hawking's comment from discussion "Science AMA Series: Stephen Hawking AMA Answers!". On the need for 'beneficial intelligence' Comment from discussion Prof-Stephen-Hawking's comment from discussion "Science AMA Series: Stephen Hawking AMA Answers!". On the possibility of AI exceeding human intelligence Comment from discussion Prof-Stephen-Hawking's comment from discussion "Science AMA Series: Stephen Hawking AMA Answers!". On the reason why AI could be a threat to humans Comment from discussion Prof-Stephen-Hawking's comment from discussion "Science AMA Series: Stephen Hawking AMA Answers!". On 'technological unemployment' Comment from discussion Prof-Stephen-Hawking's comment from discussion "Science AMA Series: Stephen Hawking AMA Answers!". Finally, as a bonus, here's his favourite film, song, and the last thing he found hilarious. Image: reddit WATCH: I watched a week's worth of TV in a day
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| Stress Test Is Bad News For Wells Fargo & Co Stock (WFC) Posted: 14 Mar 2018 05:18 AM PDT ![Stress Test Is Bad News For Wells Fargo & Co Stock (WFC)]( "Stress Test Is Bad News For Wells Fargo & Co Stock (WFC)") Big banks have less than a month to submit their capital plans to the Federal Reserve as part of their annual Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review. Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC) is off to shaky start to 2018, and analysts say this year's Fed stress test will be harder on Wells Fargo than most other banks. In February, the Fed released the details of this year's stress test scenarios.
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