| In a philosophical mood, Congress debates freedom of speech on campus Posted: 23 May 2018 08:16 AM PDT  A congressional hearing on free speech and political correctness on campus turns both philosophical and confrontational.
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| Stephen King Reveals Why Donald Trump Blocked Him On Twitter Posted: 24 May 2018 01:38 AM PDT  A federal judge on Wednesday ruled it was unconstitutional for Donald Trump to
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| A Planner's Guide to the Mediterranean Diet Posted: 23 May 2018 07:21 AM PDT ![A Planner's Guide to the Mediterranean Diet]( "A Planner's Guide to the Mediterranean Diet") 2018 might well be dubbed the year of the Mediterranean diet. Not only did it tie for the best overall diet in the U.S. News Best Diets rankings in January, but this year also marks the Mediterranean diet pyramid's 25th anniversary. Beyond being linked to a host of powerful health benefits including a reduction in heart disease risk, potential weight loss, improved brain health and longevity, much of the eating pattern's staying power can be attributed to its flexibility -- there aren't entire food groups excluded, and followers don't calorie count or track macros.
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| Texas considers 'red flag' law in wake of school shooting: governor Posted: 23 May 2018 06:37 PM PDT ![Texas considers 'red flag' law in wake of school shooting: governor]( "Texas considers 'red flag' law in wake of school shooting: governor") By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott sought consensus on firearms in a second round of talks on preventing gun violence on campus on Wednesday and may look at "red flag laws" to keep guns out of the hands of people deemed by a judge to be danger to themselves or others. After last week's fatal shooting of 10 people in a Houston-area high school, Abbott invited the Texas State Rifle Association, affiliated with the National Rifle Association, and Texas Gun Sense, which favors tighter gun laws, to join him in Austin, the state capital. Alice Tripp, legislative director of the Texas State Rifle Association, told reporters after the meeting she found "no common ground" with groups at the session supporting tougher gun laws.
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| Police release bodycam footage from Sterling Brown arrest Posted: 24 May 2018 09:38 AM PDT  Milwaukee police released bodycam footage from the Jan. 26 arrest of Milwaukee Bucks player Sterling Brown.
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| 2019 Ford F-150 Raptor’s Shocks Learn to Code Posted: 24 May 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Ford will also offer Recaro seats in the off-roader.
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| China calls US withdrawal of drills invite 'unconstructive' Posted: 24 May 2018 03:48 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — China's Defense Ministry on Thursday criticized as "unconstructive" Washington's withdrawal of an invitation for it to participate in a multinational naval exercise the U.S. is hosting this summer.
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| Judge Orders 30-Year-Old Man To Move Out Of His Parents' House Already Posted: 23 May 2018 11:07 AM PDT  Two parents in New York will finally get to know what empty nest syndrome
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| Amnesty highlights sex-for-food claims in Boko Haram-hit Nigeria Posted: 24 May 2018 01:20 AM PDT  Amnesty International on Thursday urged Nigeria to act on claims soldiers and members of the civilian militia have raped women and girls in remote camps for people displaced by Boko Haram but the government said the rights monitor was repeating false accusations. Amnesty said it had gathered multiple testimonies about alleged abuse by the security forces, including claimed that soldiers coerced vulnerable survivors into having sex in exchange for food. In November 2016, police vowed to look into allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation in the camps but several months later, the military rejected the allegations.
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| Cleveland Indians Pitcher Trevor Bauer Rejects Claims He Scrawled 9/11 Conspiracy Message on Mound Posted: 23 May 2018 10:59 AM PDT  The message, "BD911" was thought to mean "Bush did 9/11."
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| Trump claims Clapper 'admitted' the FBI spied on his campaign. But Clapper said the opposite. Posted: 23 May 2018 11:24 AM PDT  President Trump on Wednesday falsely claimed that former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper conceded the FBI was spying on the Trump campaign.
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| Immigrant Children Accuse Border Patrol Of Abuse And Neglect, Report Shows Posted: 24 May 2018 08:55 AM PDT  U.S. Border Patrol agents have resorted to troubling tactics toward
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| Fashion Designer Convicted of Torturing 21-Year-Old Nanny and Burning Her Body Posted: 24 May 2018 10:10 AM PDT  Sophie Lionnet's emaciated body was stuffed into a suitcase and burned on a bonfire
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| Archaeologists Find 'Holy Grail of Shipwrecks' Carrying Stash Worth Up to $17 Billion Posted: 23 May 2018 11:35 AM PDT  In 1708, the San José— a Spanish galleon ship carrying a stash of gold, silver and emeralds — sank during a fierce battle against the British in the Caribbean Sea. Now, after sitting at the bottom of the ocean for 310 years, the San José's shipwreck has finally been officially identified, thanks to an analysis of the distinctive bronze cannons that sank with the ship.
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| Syrian air defense intercepts missile attack on airport: state media Posted: 24 May 2018 12:09 PM PDT ![Syrian air defense intercepts missile attack on airport: state media]( "Syrian air defense intercepts missile attack on airport: state media") Syrian state media said a military airport near Homs city had come under missile attack which was repelled by its air defense systems on Thursday. "One of our military airports in the central region was exposed to a hostile missile attack, and our air defense systems confronted the attack and prevented it from achieving its aim," state news agency SANA said. SANA earlier reported sounds of explosions heard near the Dabaa airport, about 20 km (12 miles) southwest of the central Syrian city of Homs and 10 km (6 miles) from the Lebanese border.
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| Rescue Cat Has Hilarious Wide-Eyed Expression After Scan Confirms She Is Pregnant Posted: 24 May 2018 06:11 AM PDT  An adorable rescue cat called Ulla made the most endearing face after a
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| Sandy Hook families sue US conspiracy theorist Posted: 24 May 2018 08:19 AM PDT  Six families of victims killed in one of America's worst mass shootings have filed a lawsuit against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who has claimed the massacre days shortly before Christmas 2012 never happened. Twenty small children and six adults were killed in less than five minutes on December 14, 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, by 20-year-old killer Adam Lanza who then turned the gun on himself. A Connecticut law firm filed the defamation lawsuit in Bridgeport on Wednesday accusing Jones, his far-right website Infowars, other financial backers, one of his guests and another associate of greed in peddling their campaign.
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| Donald Glover Fans Execute Stunning Coup On Donald Trump-Themed Reddit Forum Posted: 23 May 2018 08:26 AM PDT  Fans of actor Donald Glover blitzed a forum on Reddit that was previously
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| Video Footage Shows Milwaukee Police Arresting and Tasing NBA Player Sterling Brown Posted: 23 May 2018 10:18 PM PDT  The Milwaukee police chief has apologized to Bucks' Sterling Brown for a January arrest that escalated to include the use of a stun gun
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| 13 Wedding Cake Alternatives For Couples Who Prefer Savory Over Sweet Posted: 24 May 2018 06:02 AM PDT  Sweets and cakes may reign supreme at most weddings, but there's no rule
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| Pakistani girl killed in Texas school shooting buried in Karachi Posted: 23 May 2018 12:19 AM PDT  A Pakistani exchange student killed in a mass shooting in Texas last week was buried in her home town of Karachi on Wednesday, her coffin draped with Pakistan's green and white flag. Sabika Sheikh, 17, was among eight students and two teachers killed in Texas when Santa Fe High School, southeast of Houston, on Friday joined a grim list of U.S. schools and campuses where students and staff have been gunned down, stoking a divisive debate about gun laws. Sheikh's body arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday night and the funeral was held at a graveyard near her home in Karachi in the middle class Gulshe-e-Iqbal neighborhood.
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| Grizzly bear approved in US state for first time in 43 years after Trump administration decides they're not under threat there anymore Posted: 24 May 2018 01:55 AM PDT  The decision allows hunters to shoot and kill as many as 22 grizzlies in total in a wide area to the east and south of Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. It comes after the Trump administration decided to de-list the animal as a threatened species in the region, an idea formerly proposed in 2016, under the Obama administration. The move was based on US Fish and Wildlife Service findings which suggested the bears' numbers had recovered sufficiently in recent decades that federal safeguards were no longer necessary.
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| 'Infinity War' Writers Try To Clear Up Marvel's Problematic Timeline Posted: 24 May 2018 08:36 AM PDT  "Infinity War" screenwriters Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus helped to
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| Atlanta lawyer gets life in shooting of business exec wife Posted: 23 May 2018 01:03 PM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Wednesday sentenced a well-connected Atlanta attorney to life in prison with the possibility of parole for fatally shooting his business executive wife.
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| Woman Mauled By Bear in Montana Walks Miles to Safety With Skull Fracture Posted: 23 May 2018 06:02 PM PDT  A 28-year-old woman who finally earned her "dream job" working as a grizzly bear researcher is now recovering in the hospital from serious injuries after she was attacked by one of the powerful animals
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| Trump Roasted For Rushing To Defend Tomi Lahren While Ignoring Real Victims Posted: 24 May 2018 01:18 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Wednesday rushed to the defense of conservative
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| Six Americans injured in Honduras plane crash Posted: 22 May 2018 09:48 PM PDT  At least six Americans were injured Tuesday when a plane crashed while landing at the Honduran capital's international airport and split in two. The commercial jet from Austin, Texas left the runway and veered into a ditch, Carlos Cordero, deputy head of Honduras's disaster relief agency Copeco told local media. Firefighters arrived at Toncontin airport in Tegucigalpa and used foam to extinguish flames coming from the wreckage.
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| Iran's supreme leader threatens to resume nuclear programme if Europe doesn't guarantee lost oil revenues Posted: 24 May 2018 05:45 AM PDT  Iran's supreme leader has threatened to pull his country out of the nuclear deal and resume enriching uranium if European countries do not promise to buy Iranian oil and to oppose all new US sanctions against Tehran. Three days after US secretary of state Mike Pompeo delivered America's extensive list of demands of Iran for a new nuclear agreement, Ayatollah Khamenei laid out his own demands of European countries for Iran to stay in the 2015 deal. "If the Europeans hesitate in responding to our demands, Iran is entitled to resuming its nuclear activities," he said in a statement. The sweeping demands are likely to be rejected by Britain, France and Germany - diminishing the already narrow hopes of saving of the 2015 nuclear agreement. The ayatollah made five demands of the European countries. He called on them to "guarantee the total sales of Iran's oil", meaning that Europe must promise to make up for any oil sales from third countries which are cancelled because of US sanctions. Such a guarantee would potentially cost Europe billions of dollars. Mike Pompeo Iran demands The ayatollah said European banks "must guarantee business transactions with the Islamic Republic", even in the face of US sanctions. European banks that continue to deal with Iran in the face of US restrictions could be blacklisted and frozen out of the American financial system. He called on the Europeans to issue a UN security council resolution condemning Donald Trump's decision to leave the Iran deal and said Europea "must confront imposition of any sanctions on the Islamic Republic and stand firmly against US sanctions on Iran". Finally, he said the Europeans "must guarantee it will not raise the issue of the Islamic Republic's missiles and regional affairs". The ayatollah may have staked out a deliberately maximalist position to give more room for the Iranian foreign minister, Javad Zarif, to appear conciliatory in his own meetings with the Europeans to try to save the nuclear agreement. Mr Zarif and other reformist figures with the Iranian regime are eager to preserve the deal, while more hardline politicians and elements with the Revolutionary Guard want to see it scrapped. The supreme leader has the final decision. Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, is on a diplomatic mission to preserve the Iran deal Credit: REUTERS/Francois Lenoir But if Iran's real red lines are even close to the sweeping demands made by the ayatollah it is unlikely that the Europeans will be able to satisfy Tehran. A Foreign Office spokeswoman did not directly address the ayatollah's demands but said the UK, along with the EU, "continues to view the nuclear deal as a vital factor in our shared security". "We have raised with the US the need to make allowance for continued economic ties between Europe and Iran to ensure we can meet our obligations under the deal," a spokeswoman said. The two positions staked out this week - one by Mr Pompeo and the other by Ayatollah Khamenei - leave a narrow and treacherous path for European diplomats as they try to salvage the 2015 agreement. Mr Pompeo said the US would inflict the "strongest sanctions in history" on Iran unless it agreed to 12 American demands, including withdrawing from Syria and halting its funding of militant groups like Hizbollah and Hamas. Iran's government flatly rejected Mr Pompeo's list of demands. "Who are you to decide for Iran and the world?" said Hassan Rouhani, the Iranian president. European countries also expressed scepticism about Mr Pompeo's plan to merge a nuclear agreement with broader issues about Iran's missile systems and its behaviour in the Middle East. Boris Johnson, the foreign secretary, said "a new jumbo Iran negotiation" would be very difficult to achieve and said the world should stick with the 2015 agreement instead.
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| U.S.-backed Syrian forces arrest French Islamic State leader: SDF Posted: 24 May 2018 10:23 AM PDT  The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Thursday they had arrested a French citizen who headed an Islamic State group in Syria and had been involved in the Paris and Nice attacks in 2015 and 2016. An SDF statement said the man arrested was Adrien Lionel Kayali and that he was born in 1983 and converted to Islam in 2003. French media have reported the captured man's name as French citizen Adrien Guihal, wanted in connection with terrorist activities in France.
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| EXCLUSIVE: Yulia Skripal speaks about poisioning Posted: 23 May 2018 10:39 AM PDT  Yulia Skripal has spoken to Reuters for the first time on camera since recovering from a poisoning on UK soil that Britain has blamed on Russia. Yulia was hospitalized along with her father Sergei Skripal in a nerve agent attack in March. Jacob Greaves reports.
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| Mexican Mafia run jail crime like an 'illegal government' Posted: 23 May 2018 11:42 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County jails are run by the sheriff, but the Mexican Mafia wields the power in the underworld behind bars.
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| The F-35 Might Just Be the Ultimate Weapon (For Israel) Posted: 23 May 2018 08:00 AM PDT  The chief of Israel's air force said on Tuesday that his was the first country to ever use the F-35 fighter jet in combat. "The 'Adir' (F-35I) aircraft are already operational and flying combat missions. In fact, we have performed the first operational F-35 strike in the world," Major General Amikam Norkin was quoted by Israel Defense as saying.
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| Twitter Critics Mercilessly Mock Trump For Canceling Summit With Kim Posted: 24 May 2018 09:41 AM PDT  If you thought President Donald Trump's decision to cancel his planned summit
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| 'Nut rage' Korean Air heiress questioned for illegal maids Posted: 23 May 2018 10:23 PM PDT  A Korean Air heiress known for a "nut rage" tantrum that sparked national uproar was summoned for questioning Thursday for illegally hiring immigrants to work as maids, the latest scandal to engulf her billionaire family. Cho Hyun-ah kept her head bowed as she reported to immigration authorities in Seoul on Thursday. A series of scandals have left Korean Air chairman Cho Yang-ho and his family facing mounting scrutiny over a spate of alleged wrongdoings that have riled the public and even sparked protests by the firm's employees.
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| Which Car Was Killed Before it Could Succeed? Posted: 23 May 2018 08:30 AM PDT  Lots of great cars never get the chance they deserve.
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| US State department in China reports ‘abnormal' sound like diplomats heard in Cuba Posted: 23 May 2018 06:43 AM PDT  The State Department has said a US government employee in China reported "subtle...but abnormal" ear pressure, possibly pointing to a similar situation experienced by American diplomats in Cuba. The agency emailed a notice to all US citizens in China about the employee at the consulate in Guangzhou who said there were "subtle and vague, but abnormal, sensations of sound and pressure". It advised Americans to contact medical professionals if they experience any "unusual auditory or sensory of phenomena accompanied by unusual sounds or piercing noises".
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| Mercedes-AMG lineup completed with E53 sedan reveal Posted: 24 May 2018 03:40 AM PDT  Mercedes-AMG has now completed the final piece of its inline-six powered midsize jigsaw with the reveal of the AMG E53 sedan, which utilises the same 3.0-litre turbocharged inline-six also found in the CLS53 and E53 coupe and convertible models. The engine under the hood of the 2019 Mercedes-AMG E53 sedan also produces the same 429 horsepower and 384 lb.-ft. of torque as it does elsewhere, but perhaps the standout point of this powerplant is the 48-volt ultra-mild hybrid assist system it also shares with its siblings. There's only one gearbox available with the 2019 E53 sedan, but that's not a problem as it's the excellent nine-speed auto used extensively throughout the Mercedes family at the moment.
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| Australian grandmother Maria Exposto sentenced to death for drugs in Malaysia Posted: 24 May 2018 06:20 AM PDT  An Australian grandmother who said she was tricked into carrying drugs into Malaysia after falling for an online romance scam was Thursday sentenced to death after an earlier acquittal was overturned, her lawyer said. Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto was arrested in December 2014 while in transit at Kuala Lumpur airport with 1.1 kilos (2.4 pounds) of crystal methamphetamine stitched into the compartment of a backpack she was carrying. The 54-year-old was cleared in December of trafficking after a High Court judge ruled she did not know she was transporting the drugs. But prosecutors challenged the decision and an appeals court overturned the acquittal Thursday, and found her guilty, her lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said. Anyone caught with at least 50 grams (1.75 ounces) of crystal meth is considered a trafficker in Muslim-majority Malaysia, and death by hanging is mandatory in the case of a conviction. FAQ | Methamphetamine Shafee slammed the ruling as "perverse" and said Exposto would make a final appeal to the country's top court. "I thought there was an overwhelming case for the defence. I am shocked with the decision," he said. The mother of four argued she did not know about the hidden stash of "ice". She said she had been fooled into carrying the bag after travelling to China to see someone she met online called "Captain Daniel Smith", who had claimed to be a US serviceman. After engaging in a long online romance, Exposto had travelled to Shanghai to see "Smith". But she did not succeed in meeting her supposed love interest while there and ended up being given a bag by a stranger, who asked her to take it to Melbourne. When she arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport to change flights, she mistakenly went through immigration as she was unfamiliar with the airport. She voluntarily offered her bags for customs inspection and the drugs were discovered. There are at least 900 people on death row in Malaysia, officials have said, but executions have been rare in recent years. Malaysian lawmakers have voted to amend legislation so that capital punishment is no longer mandatory in drug-trafficking cases. But the changes have not yet come into force as they must be passed by the upper house. Two Australians were hanged in Malaysia in 1986 for heroin trafficking - the first Westerners to be executed in the country - in a case that strained relations. In 2013 Dominic Bird, a former truck driver from Perth, was acquitted of drug trafficking charges after he was allegedly caught with 167 grams of crystal methamphetamine.
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| Porsche Looks Back At 7 Important Cars From The Last 7 Decades Posted: 24 May 2018 01:54 AM PDT  Where's the Carrera GT?
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