| What’s behind the deadly Gaza protests Posted: 08 May 2018 09:10 AM PDT  Ongoing protests at the border between Gaza and Israel, now in their sixth week, are growing increasingly violent, as Palestinian demonstrators have reportedly begun using firebombs, burning tires and wire cutters to breach the barbed-wire border fence. Protesters who breached the barricade on April 27 attempted to cross into Israel, only to be repelled by Israeli soldiers, who fired at them with rubber bullets and live ammunition, killing three and injuring many others. Holding Hamas accountable for breaching the fence, Israel's Air Force struck on Friday evening several targets inside Gaza associated with Hamas, the Islamist-fundamentalist organization that governs the Gaza Strip.
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| University of Florida president apologizes for grads being rushed off stage Posted: 07 May 2018 08:46 AM PDT  The school is facing claims of racism after a video showing minority students pushed off stage during their commencement drew outrage on social media.
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| Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Destroys Dozens Of Homes, Shows 'No Sign Of Slowing Down' Posted: 07 May 2018 03:16 AM PDT  Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano has destroyed more than two dozen homes in
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| Judge Rules Missouri Governor's Ex-Mistress Can Testify in Invasion of Privacy Case Posted: 07 May 2018 03:49 PM PDT  A St. Louis circuit court judge ruled on pre-trial motions for Missouri Governor Eric Greitens' invasion of privacy case.
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| France vows to seek stronger Iran deal, with or without US Posted: 08 May 2018 01:51 AM PDT  Paris will continue to push for a broader deal aimed at ensuring Iran complies with a landmark 2015 deal curbing its nuclear programme, "whether the United States participates or not", France's defence chief said Tuesday. "This agreement is not the best one in the world," Defence Minister Florence Parly told RTL radio. US President Donald Trump is widely expected to announce Tuesday that he is pulling out of what he has called a "very badly negotiated" deal with Tehran and possibly reimpose economic sanctions.
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| NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Accused Of Physical Abuse Posted: 07 May 2018 04:16 PM PDT  Four women who have been romantically involved with New York Attorney General
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| Trump spars with Kerry over 'possibly illegal' talks on Iran deal Posted: 07 May 2018 09:14 AM PDT  Former Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday brushed aside President Trump's suggestion that his discussions with the Iranian foreign minister about salvaging the Iran deal are "possibly illegal."
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| Republicans in key election races turn down volume on Trump's tax cuts Posted: 07 May 2018 05:10 AM PDT  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Right after Republicans in the U.S. Senate passed their income tax overhaul in December, delivering tax cuts to businesses and most American taxpayers, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was buoyant. Surrounded by jubilant fellow Republicans, he told reporters, "If we can't sell this to the American people, we ought to go into another line of work." Four months later, McConnell's attempt at levity could prove prophetic. The most vulnerable Republican incumbents in the tightest congressional races in the November elections are talking less and less about the tax cuts on Twitter and Facebook, on their campaign and congressional websites and in digital ads, the vital tools of a modern election campaign, a Reuters analysis of their online utterances shows. All told, the number of tax messages has fallen by 44 percent since January.
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| Hawaii volcano simmers ominously, experts warn it could blow again Posted: 08 May 2018 04:48 PM PDT  By Terray Sylvester PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) - Hawaii residents drove through clouds of sulfur and over roads splitting open to make desperate and possibly last visits home on Tuesday before another eruption by Kilauea volcano, which has already destroyed 35 homes and other structures. The explosions from Kilauea, which began five days ago, paused on Tuesday long enough for many of the roughly 1,700 people ordered to flee their homes in the hardest-hit Leilani Estates area to rush back in for pets or cherished belongings they were forced to leave behind. "The way it looks now, I thought I'd try one more time to get my things out," U.S. Army veteran Delance Weigel, 71, said while collecting some of his prized possessions shortly after 7 a.m. on Tuesday as steam and sulfur dioxide gas rose out of cracks in the street.
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| Bank Of America Appears To Flip On Firearm Promise With Loan To Remington Posted: 08 May 2018 04:41 AM PDT  Bank of America has been accused of breaking a promise to stop lending money
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| 2 Cold Cases More than 40 Years Old Believed to Be Linked to Married Serial Killers: Police Posted: 07 May 2018 09:01 AM PDT  The remains of an unidentified woman are believed to be those of Mary Ann Perez.
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| Uber shows off its new flying taxi prototype Posted: 08 May 2018 01:00 PM PDT  Uber is dead set on bringing its ride-hailing service to the skies, and the company showed off its latest flying taxi prototype on Tuesday. The prototype bowed ahead of Uber's Elevate conference, which will bring the aviation, real estate, and infrastructure industries together with government regulators. Uber said its initial research found the stacked rotors provided better performance and quieter operation.
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| Putin to begin fourth term, but what happens in 2024? Posted: 06 May 2018 08:37 PM PDT  Vladimir Putin will be inaugurated for a historic fourth term on Monday, extending his almost two-decade rule by another six years after predictably winning Russia's March presidential election. Without constitutional reform, Putin will not be able to run for a fifth time -- Russian law forbids serving more than two consecutive terms. Putin, who will turn 72 in 2024, could decide to leave the Kremlin after 24 years in power, making way for a successor.
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| Kim Jong Un Secretly Met With Xi Jinping Again Posted: 08 May 2018 05:28 AM PDT  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the
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| Senate Candidate Who Praises Adolf Hitler Ejected From California GOP Convention Posted: 07 May 2018 01:12 AM PDT  A California Republican candidate for U.S. Senate who praises Adolf Hitler is ejected from the state's GOP convention.
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| Stanford rape case judge breaks silence ahead of recall vote Posted: 08 May 2018 01:45 PM PDT  Aaron Persky, the judge who faced intense criticism for sentencing ex-Stanford swimmer Brock Turner to a short jail term for sexual assault, broke his silence Tuesday ahead of next month's vote to recall him from the bench.
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| Syria accuses Israel of attacking army base near Damascus Posted: 08 May 2018 01:53 PM PDT  Syria accused Israel of launching missiles at an army position near the capital Damascus on Tuesday. The attack was said to have taken place shortly after Donald Trump announced he was quitting the Iranian nuclear deal. Syrian state news agency SANA reported the sound of explosions, and said Syrian air defences fired at and destroyed two Israeli missiles. A commander in the regional alliance supporting Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator, told Reuters that Israel's air force had struck an army base without causing casualties. Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP that the missiles had targeted a weapons depot in Kissweh, "presumably belonging to Hezbollah and the Iranians". Abdel Rahman said the strike had killed at least nine pro-government fighters, "including members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and other pro-Iranian Shiite militiamen", but it was not possible to independently confirm any toll. Flames rise after an attack in an area known to have numerous Syrian army military bases Credit: AP There was no immediate comment from Israel, which almost never confirms or denies airstrikes in Syria. Iran has vowed to retaliate to recent Israeli strikes in Syria targeting Iranian outposts in the country. An April 9 strike killed seven Iranian military personnel at a Syrian airbase. Iran blamed Israel and vowed to retaliate. Israel's military said it was seeing signs of "irregular activity of Iranian forces in Syria" and ordered Israeli civilians in the Golan Heights to ready their bomb shelters. "Defence systems have been deployed and Israel Defense Forces troops are on high alert for an attack," a military spokesman said. "The IDF is prepared for various scenarios and warns that any aggression against Israel will be met with a severe response." Some reserve troops from military intelligence, air defence, and the home front units were called up, according to Israeli media, but the military stopped of a full scale mobilisation of reserves. The Israeli education ministry also cancelled all school trips to the Golan Heights scheduled for Wednesday. Meanwhile, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister and a leading critic of the Iran deal, said Mr Trump had made a "brave and correct decision" to withdraw from the agreement. "Israel fully supports President Trump's bold decision today to reject the disastrous nuclear deal," Mr Netanyahu said in a speech moments after Mr Trump's address. The Israeli leader has consistently warned that the deal would pave the way for Iran to build an arsenal of nuclear weapons and called the agreement a "recipe for disaster".
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| Decades-long hunt for missing girls leads to Michigan farm: police Posted: 08 May 2018 01:17 PM PDT  Investigators were digging in a wooded area where the man, Arthur Ream, led officials 10 years ago to the body of a girl that he was found guilty of murdering, said William Dwyer, commissioner of the Warren Police Department. Dwyer said information from several people, including Ream, led them to believe that the bodies of four to six teenage girls may be buried there. If their remains are located, Ream could face charges related to their disappearances, Dwyer said.
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| Netanyahu's Chef Blasted For Serving Japan's Prime Minister Dessert In A Shoe Posted: 08 May 2018 11:11 AM PDT  > A post shared by segevmoshe (@segevmoshe) on May 2, 2018 at 1:04pm PDT
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| Overprotective Raccoon Mama Sends Cops and Firefighters Running Posted: 07 May 2018 12:20 PM PDT  The new mom even bit through the glove of a firefighter.
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| Irish campaigners in abortion referendum vie for online impact Posted: 07 May 2018 09:53 AM PDT  Leading Irish actors have urged voters in a video posted online Sunday to legalise abortion in the country, as campaigning intensifies ahead of a referendum later this month on the issue. The black-and-white video features an ensemble of screen stars voicing their opposition to laws making abortion illegal in Ireland unless there is a real and substantial risk to the life of the mother. "In Ireland today", begins "Game of Thrones" actor Liam Cunningham, "if the woman sitting next to you is pregnant" continues local TV star Peter McDonald, "she does not have full rights over her own body" adds Owen McDonnell, famous for playing a fictional police sergeant on Irish TV.
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| New outbreak of Ebola kills 17 in northwest DR Congo Posted: 08 May 2018 11:31 AM PDT  "Twenty-one cases of fever with haemorrhagic indications and 17 deaths" have been recorded in Equateur province, it said, citing a notification to the ministry as of May 3. It is the DRC's ninth known outbreak of Ebola since 1976, when the deady viral disease was first identified in then-Zaire by a Belgian-led team. In Geneva, the World Health Organization (WHO) said lab tests in the DRC confirmed the presence of Ebola virus in two out of five samples collected from patients.
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| The 15 Best-Designed Hotels Opening This Summer Posted: 08 May 2018 11:42 AM PDT |
| Connecticut To Give Its Electoral College Votes To National Popular Vote Victor Posted: 07 May 2018 04:27 AM PDT  Connecticut's legislature has passed a bill that would give the state's
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| US, Philippines launch largest military drills under Duterte Posted: 07 May 2018 07:30 AM PDT  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — U.S. and Philippine forces on Monday began their largest annual military exercises since President Rodrigo Duterte came to power and vowed to scale down America's military presence in the country as he sought closer ties with China and Russia.
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| Ex-Minnesota officer in fatal shooting of Australian expected to plead not guilty Posted: 08 May 2018 07:27 AM PDT  The former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering an unarmed Australian woman is expected to enter a not guilty plea on Tuesday. Mohamed Noor, 32, will enter his plea in Hennepin County District Court in Minneapolis and court documents filed last month show he intends to argue he used "reasonable force" last July when he fatally shot 40-year-old Justine Damond. Noor, who was freed on $400,000 bail, faces third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges.
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| American boy wakes up after being declared brain dead Posted: 07 May 2018 05:52 PM PDT  A teenager in Alabama who was declared brain dead regained consciousness a day before his life support was due to be withdrawn. Trenton McKinley, 13, suffered severe brain trauma in a car accident from which doctors believed he would not recover. His parents were told his organs were a match for five children who needed transplants, and they had already signed the paperwork agreeing to donate them when their son showed signs of life. The teenager suffered seven skull fractures in March when he fell from a car trailer which overturned and crushed his head in Mobile, Alabama. Trenton's mother, Jennifer Reindl, said her son had undergone several rounds of surgery, suffering kidney failure and cardiac arrest. At one point, she was told he would not recover. Trenton faces more surgery as he recovers slowly Credit: Jennifer Reindl/Facebook "He was dead a total of 15 minutes," Ms Reindl told CBS News. "All I saw was a stretcher with his feet. "When he came back they said he would never be normal again." Ms Reindl said added that she agreed to sign donation papers when she was told her son's organs could save five lives. "That also ensured that they would continue to keep Trenton alive to clean his organs for the donation," she said. "The next day he was scheduled to have his final brain wave test to call his time of death, but his vitals spiked so they cancelled the test." His mother called his recovery "a miracle", saying the teenager has been walking and talking and even reading and doing maths. Trenton is now going through a slow recovery process at home. He needs several more rounds of surgery to rebuild his skull and still suffers seizures. He said he believed he was in heaven while he was unconscious. "There's no other explanation but God," he said. "There's no other way that I could have came back."
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| Bill O’Reilly Offers To Stand Next To Sarah Sanders To Handle ‘Out Of Line’ Reporters Posted: 07 May 2018 10:25 PM PDT  Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly reportedly offered to stand next to White
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| Elon Musk "super serious" about starting candy company Posted: 07 May 2018 01:00 PM PDT  Perhaps we'll soon see yet another ambitious project from Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk. The outspoken executive recently took to Twitter to announce he's "super serious" about starting...a candy company. Where did the idea for a candy company originate?
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| Uber shows off its vision for future 'flying taxi' Posted: 08 May 2018 02:25 PM PDT  A model of Uber's electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle concept (eVTOL) -- a cross between a helicopter and a drone -- was displayed at the second annual Uber Elevate Summit in Los Angeles. "Our goal is to radically improve global mobility," said Uber Aviation product chief Nikhil Goel. "We fly a lot so we can prove to the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and the public that these aircraft are safe," he said.
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| Burst Pipe Floods Carnival Cruise Ship in a Scene Right Out of 'Titanic' Posted: 07 May 2018 11:29 AM PDT  Water was seen spewing out of the walls as a result of the mishap.
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| Catholic Priest Praised As 'Best Dressed Dude' At Met Gala For Just Living His Life Posted: 08 May 2018 09:53 AM PDT  As celebrities and designers descended on The Metropolitan Museum of Art for
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| Hezbollah allies gain in Lebanon vote, underscoring Iran sway Posted: 07 May 2018 03:29 PM PDT  By Tom Perry, Laila Bassam and Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah and its political allies made significant gains in Lebanon's parliamentary election, official results showed, boosting an Iranian-backed movement fiercely opposed to Israel and underlining Tehran's growing regional clout. The leader of Shi'ite Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, called the result a "a very big political, parliamentary and moral victory for the choice of resistance". The number of Hezbollah MPs was the same or little changed, but candidates supported by the group or allied to it gained in major cities.
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| In W.Va., Blankenship defiant as Trump tweets against him Posted: 07 May 2018 08:37 PM PDT  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A defiant Don Blankenship fired back Monday after President Donald Trump urged West Virginia voters to support opponents of the former coal executive — and former convict — in the Republican U.S. Senate primary.
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| Carolyne Roehm's Newest Collaboration and Other Top Additions to the Showrooms Posted: 07 May 2018 06:00 AM PDT |
| The World's Strongest Man Is 'The Mountain' From 'Game Of Thrones' (Seriously) Posted: 07 May 2018 12:59 PM PDT  Hafþor Julius Bjornsson, who plays Gregor Clegane aka "The Mountain" in "Game
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| British man weds bride days after saving her life when crocodile bit her arm off Posted: 07 May 2018 01:50 PM PDT  A British man has described the moment he desperately fought to save his fiancee as her arm was bitten off by a crocodile, five days before they got married. Jamie Fox, 27, wed Zanele Ndlovu in a Zimbabwean hospital. "In one week we went from shock and agony to a truly amazing experience," he said. Fox and his then fiancée, Miss Ndlovu, 25, were canoeing in an inflatable boat on the Zambezi, one of Africa's longest rivers, when they were attacked by a crocodile on April 30. Mr Fox managed to pull his fiancee, a former national tennis player, back out of the water and applied a makeshift tourniquet, but she had lost so much blood it was feared that she may die from the wound. "I was shouting, trying to save her," he said. "She was not complaining of pain when we managed to pull her out of the water, maybe because of the shock. We were hoping the doctors would save her arm but that was not to be." Doctors were unable to save Zenele Ndlovu's right arm Credit: AP Miss Ndlovu was rushed to Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo but lost her right arm and suffered injuries to her left hand. Five days later, they married in the hospital chapel. "We were glad we still had our lives and managed to keep our wedding date, although we had to do with a much smaller venue," Mr Fox added. "The celebrations went ahead at the original venue but Zanele and I had to remain at the hospital." He described the wedding as "incredible". The couple had dated for around 18 months before he proposed in February. The couple are hoping to settle in the UK Credit: Jamie Fox/Facebook It is believed Mr Fox's mother, Jennette, 58, and his sister Sophie, 24, flew over from their home in Orpington, Kent, to attend the wedding. "We are hoping to settle in the UK so we are sorting out her visa and then we will think of the honeymoon," he added. Miss Ndlovu was discharged from the hospital on Monday.
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| Putin sworn in for fourth term as Russian president Posted: 07 May 2018 12:41 PM PDT  Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia's president for a fourth term on Monday, extending his almost two-decade rule by another six years at a time of high tension with his Western rivals. The 65-year-old, in power since 1999, is on course to become the longest-serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin after his victory in March elections. Putin won nearly 77 percent of the vote in polls in which his most vocal opponent, Alexei Navalny, was banned from running.
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| New Range Rover Evoque Seen Abusing Its Tires At The Nurburgring Posted: 08 May 2018 04:11 AM PDT  Attacking the challenging corners of the Green Hell with a small luxury crossover is not something you see every day.
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| Holy Matrimony! There Was A Proposal At The Met Gala. Posted: 08 May 2018 06:22 AM PDT  While Monday night's Met Gala, with its celebration of the "Catholic
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| Germany's BDI laments U.S. decision to quit Iran nuclear deal Posted: 08 May 2018 12:28 PM PDT  Germany's BDI industry association on Tuesday said it deeply regretted the U.S. decision to pull out of the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran after the long and difficult negotiations required to conclude the deal with Tehran. The industry group said it was now important for the European Union, together with Russia and China, to send a clear signal about their continued commitment to the agreement. "This is about maintaining credibility in foreign, security and economic policy," the group's president, Dieter Kempf said.
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| The Latest: Protesters allege fraud in Lebanon vote Posted: 07 May 2018 08:48 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on Lebanon's elections (all times local):
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| Skakel prosecutors mulling new murder trial face obstacles Posted: 07 May 2018 01:16 PM PDT  Now that a court has struck down the murder conviction of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, the next step in the decades-long legal saga is up to Connecticut prosecutors, who must decide whether to seek a new trial in the 1975 slaying. As they mull prospects for another guilty verdict they will have to consider a number of new twists that have emerged since Skakel was convicted in 2002 of killing Martha Moxley with a golf club when they were teenage neighbors in the exclusive Belle Haven shoreline section of Greenwich. Skakel, 57, a nephew of Robert F. Kennedy's widow, Ethel Kennedy, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison and spent 11 years behind bars.
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| 4.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Southern California Posted: 08 May 2018 06:48 AM PDT  A 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Palm Springs this morning and could be felt in Los Angeles. A 3.2 magnitude aftershock struck minutes after the quake in the region.
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