| Bookstore Owner Calls Police On Woman Accosting Steve Bannon Posted: 09 Jul 2018 02:00 AM PDT  A Richmond, Virginia, bookstore owner called the police on a customer for
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| More Boys Freed From Thailand Cave As Rescue Mission Stretches Into Second Day Posted: 09 Jul 2018 04:24 AM PDT  The second day of a harrowing mission to rescue a junior soccer team and their
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| Boys emerge in Thailand cave rescue Posted: 08 Jul 2018 12:10 AM PDT  NBC News Chief Global Correspondent Bill Neely reports from the site of an underwater rescue mission in Thailand, says that "we expect that this could be over certainly within 24 hours"
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| Insurers warn of rising premiums after Trump axes Obamacare payments again Posted: 08 Jul 2018 02:46 PM PDT  By Amanda Becker and Carl O'Donnell WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Health insurers warned that a move by the Trump administration on Saturday to temporarily suspend a program that was set to pay out $10.4 billion to insurers for covering high-risk individuals last year could drive up premium costs and create marketplace uncertainty. The Affordable Care Act's (ACA) "risk adjustment" program is intended to incentivize health insurers to cover individuals with pre-existing and chronic conditions by collecting money from insurers with relatively healthy enrollees to offset the costs of other insurers with sicker ones. President Donald Trump's administration has used its regulatory powers to undermine the ACA on multiple fronts after the Republican-controlled Congress last year failed to repeal and replace the law propelled by Democratic President Barack Obama.
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| The Latest: California wildfire briefly shuts down highway Posted: 08 Jul 2018 07:57 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the wildfires around the West (all times local):
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| Haiti president tells protesters 'go home' after fuel hike suspended Posted: 07 Jul 2018 10:37 PM PDT  Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Haiti's President Jovenel Moise called on protesters late Saturday to "go home" after the suspension of a fuel price hike that triggered violent protests and left at least two dead in the Caribbean nation. In an address broadcast on state television, Moise said he had "corrected what had to be corrected" following an about-face on the price increases earlier that day. Because you started sending me this message last night, I received it and corrected what had to be corrected," Moise said.
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| Novichok: Woman dies after exposure to nerve agent - police launch murder investigation Posted: 08 Jul 2018 02:29 PM PDT  A mother-of-three has died after she and her partner were exposed to Novichok in Amesbury. Dawn Sturgess, 44, died on Sunday evening in hospital. Her partner Charlie Rowley, 45, is still in a critical condition after the couple fell ill last Saturday. Scotland Yard said they have launched a murder investigation - the second major probe involving the nerve agent this year, following the case of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in March. Tests have revealed that the Amesbury couple were exposed to the nerve agent after touching a contaminated item with their hands. The possibility that the two investigations might be linked is "clearly a key line of inquiry for police", the Met said. Novichok strikes Salisbury area again Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said: "This is shocking and tragic news. "Dawn leaves behind her family, including three children, and our thoughts and prayers are with them at this extremely difficult time. "The 45-year-old man who fell ill with Dawn remains critically ill in hospital and our thoughts are with him and his family as well. "This terrible news has only served to strengthen our resolve to identify and bring to justice the person or persons responsible for what I can only describe as an outrageous, reckless and barbaric act. "Detectives will continue with their painstaking and meticulous work to gather all the available evidence so that we can understand how two citizens came to be exposed with such a deadly substance that tragically cost Dawn her life." Ms Sturgess's family are being given support by specialist officers and have asked for privacy. About | Novichok agent Prime Minister Theresa May said she was "appalled and shocked", and sent her "thoughts and condolences" to the family. "Police and security officials are working urgently to establish the facts of this incident, which is now being investigated as a murder," she added. "The Government is committed to providing full support to the local community as it deals with this tragedy." A post-mortem examination will be scheduled to take place in due course. Amesbury poisoning Sajid Javid, the Home Secretary, had earlier said there were "no current plans" to impose fresh sanctions on Russia, despite accusing the country of using Britain as a "dumping ground" for poison. During a brief tour of Amesbury on Sunday, he said he would not "jump to conclusions" over the latest attack. Ms Sturgess and her partner Charlie Rowley, 45 It comes four months after former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia fell ill after being exposed to Novichok in nearby Salisbury. Police have yet to identify any individuals responsible for the poisoning, and are working to establish how Ms Sturgess, 44, and her partner Charlie Rowley, 45, came into contact with the nerve agent. Mr Javid said: "Clearly what we have already determined, what our expert scientists have determined, is that the nerve agent in this incident is the exact same nerve agent as was used back in March (when the Skripals were poisoned). "We know back in March that was the Russians. We know it was a barbaric inhuman act by the Russian state. Again for this particular incident we need to learn more and let the police do their work." This is a breaking news story - more to follow.
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| After quitting, Boris Johnson says Brexit 'dream is dying' Posted: 09 Jul 2018 10:45 AM PDT  Boris Johnson warned Monday as he quit as foreign secretary that the Brexit "dream is dying" and Britain is "headed for the status of colony" with its plan to stay close to the EU. "Brexit should be about opportunity and hope. "In that respect we are truly headed for the status of colony -- and many will struggle to see the economic or political advantages of that particular arrangement," he said.
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| Trump will have 'pretty good gut feel' in choosing for Supreme Court: Chris Christie Posted: 08 Jul 2018 09:57 AM PDT  The "This Week" Powerhouse Roundtable debates current politics, including President Trump's upcoming Supreme Court announcement.
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| New allegation that Rep. Jim Jordan knew of sexual abuse by Ohio State team doctor Posted: 08 Jul 2018 09:12 AM PDT  Another former college wrestler has come forward alleging sexual abuse by Dr. Richard Strauss, telling the Washington Post that former assistant coach Jordan had to know about it.
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| Dozens killed in Turkey train derailment Posted: 09 Jul 2018 06:01 AM PDT ![Dozens killed in Turkey train derailment]( "Dozens killed in Turkey train derailment") A passenger train derailed in northwestern Turkey, killing two dozen people and injuring more than 300 others, officials said Monday.
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| Trump's Former Personal Driver Sues Claiming Years Of Unpaid Overtime Posted: 09 Jul 2018 11:12 AM PDT  He was Donald Trump's personal driver for 25 years ― and he's pretty sure
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| The Latest: Largest California wildfire over half contained Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:00 PM PDT  GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires burning in the West (all times local):
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| Britain must be free to maintain leading position in services after Brexit: May Posted: 09 Jul 2018 12:25 PM PDT  Britain must be free to protect its leading position in the services sector, including finance, after it leaves the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson quit on Monday over May's plan for Brexit, which includes a free-trade area for goods but little detail on the approach to services. "On services, we want to be free to ensure that we are able to put in place what we believe is necessary to maintain our key position in services, not least on the financial services." May told parliament in a heated session that her plan was "not a betrayal" of the referendum vote.
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| Iranian teen detained over dancing Instagram post Posted: 08 Jul 2018 10:30 AM PDT  Iran has detained a teenage girl who posted dance videos on Instagram and attracted tens of thousands of followers. State TV broadcast a video on Friday in which Maedeh Hojabri, 18-year-old gymnast, acknowledged breaking moral norms while insisting that was not her intention, and that she was only trying to gain more followers. It was unclear whether her statement was made under duress. Shabooneh, a local news website, said Hojabri and three other individuals were detained on similar charges in recent weeks before being released on bail. She had posted around 300 videos on her account, many of which showed her dancing in both Iranian and Western styles. She also appeared in videos without wearing the obligatory Islamic headscarf. Her performances had thousands of followers on various accounts with her name on them, ranging from 12,000 to 66,000 followers. None of the accounts were verified. چیو باید اعتراف کرد؟ بابت لرزوندن سینه از کی خط گرفتی؟؟ چگونه قر کمر رو وارد کشور میکردین؟؟ هم دستات تو سبک باباکرم کیا بودن؟؟؟ A post shared by MahiMaedeh (@maedeh_hozhabri) on Jul 8, 2018 at 7:14am PDT Iranian police have said they plan to shut down similar accounts on Instagram, and the judiciary is considering blocking access to the site. Iran has already blocked access to many social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and the Telegram messaging app. Millions of Iranians continue to use the sites through proxies and VPNs. Iran's judiciary and security forces are dominated by hard-liners who launch periodic crackdowns on behavior deemed un-Islamic. The latest arrests came amid a series of protests against the government's handling of the economy. In 2014 authorities sentenced six young men and women to suspended prison terms after they appeared in a video dancing to Pharrell Williams' song "Happy."
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| 'I don't know where to start': Rains devastate Japan town Posted: 08 Jul 2018 12:42 AM PDT  Masanori Hiramoto stood before his traditional home in the Japanese town of Mihara, speechless at the destruction caused by record rains that have killed dozens of people. Hiramoto was one of around 60 evacuees from Hongo district in southern Hiroshima prefecture, who ventured back to their homes on Sunday, two days after fleeing when authorities issued evacuation orders. More than two million people across parts of central and western Japan have been issued similar orders, but they are not mandatory and many of those who defied the instructions have found themselves caught up in flash floods and landslides.
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| 1-Year-Old Baby Appears In Immigration Court, Cries Hysterically Posted: 08 Jul 2018 06:01 PM PDT  A 1-year-old boy in federal custody who appeared in immigration court without
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| Boys rescued from Thailand cave rushed to hospital for treatment Posted: 08 Jul 2018 09:06 AM PDT  An entire floor at the hospital has been reserved to treat the rescued members of the soccer team. Days before the mission began, the boys wrote letters to their families about what they would want once they get out.
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| Blunt on North Korea 'Actions here will speak louder than words' Posted: 07 Jul 2018 11:49 PM PDT  Missouri Senator Roy Blunt (R) tells Chuck Todd that "he thought it was a mistake to give the military exercises up," during an exclusive interview with Meet the Press.
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| The Guy Behind Trump's SCOTUS Choices Says No One Knows If They'd Overturn Roe v. Wade Posted: 08 Jul 2018 09:53 AM PDT  Leonard Leo, a leader of the conservative Federalist Society who is advising
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| Thai cave: Four boys saved, the rest wait for rescue to resume Monday Posted: 08 Jul 2018 10:27 AM PDT  By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - Four of 12 Thai schoolboys were rescued from a flooded cave on Sunday in a daring and dangerous operation to save the children and their soccer coach who have been trapped underground for more than two weeks. Thirteen foreign divers and five members of Thailand's elite navy SEAL unit guided the boys to safety through narrow, submerged passageways that claimed the life of a former Thai navy diver on Friday. "Today was the best day, the best situation in terms of the weather, the health of the boys, our water management for our rescue effort," the head of the rescue operation, Narongsak Osottanakorn, told a news conference.
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| Mexico's next president aims to end foreign fuel imports in three years Posted: 07 Jul 2018 07:45 PM PDT  By David Alire Garcia and Miguel Angel Gutierrez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will seek to end the country's massive fuel imports, nearly all from the United States, during the first three years of his term while also boosting refining at home. The landslide winner of last Sunday's election told reporters on Saturday morning before attending private meetings with members of his future cabinet that he will also prioritize growing crude oil production domestically, which has fallen sharply for years. "The objective is that we stop buying foreign gasoline by the half way point of my six-year term," said Lopez Obrador, repeating a position he and his senior energy advisor staked out during the campaign.
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| Man's Skull Fractured With Metal Pipe During Attack on NYC Subway Posted: 09 Jul 2018 06:33 AM PDT  A man struck a subway rider in the face with a metal pipe, fracturing the man's skull during an apparent argument over money late Saturday, police said.
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| Japan floods: Scores dead and dozens missing as two million are told to evacuate amid record rains Posted: 07 Jul 2018 07:57 PM PDT  Shinzo Abe, Japan's Prime Minister, has warned of a "race against time" to rescue flood victims as authorities issued new alerts over record rains that have killed at least 48 people and left dozens missing. The torrential downpours have caused flash flooding and landslides across central and western parts of the country, prompting evacuation orders for more than two million people. "Rescues, saving lives and evacuations are a race against time," Mr Abe said as he met with a government crisis cell set up to respond to the disaster. "There are still many people whose safety has yet to be confirmed," he added. Top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said the death toll in days of record rains now stood at 48, but the toll was expected to rise further. National broadcaster NHK said at least 62 people were dead and 44 missing. The Japan Meteorological Agency said three hours of rainfall in one area in Kochi prefecture reached an accumulated 26.3 centimeters (10.4 inches), the highest since such records started in 1976. Local residents sit in a boat as they are rescued from a flooded area at a hospital in Kurashiki Credit: Reuters "We've never experienced this kind of rain before," an official at the Japanese Meteorological Agency told a news conference. "This is a situation of extreme danger." The unprecedented downpours have wreaked havoc primarily in the west of the country. Isolated residents are being rescued from their homes Credit: The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images The rain has completely blanketed some villages, forcing desperate residents to take shelter on their rooftops with flood water swirling below as they wait for rescue. Over two million people have been told to evacuate, but the orders are not mandatory and many remained at home, becoming trapped by rapidly rising water or sudden landslides. The meteorological agency issued its highest level alert for two new regions on Sunday, while lifting the alerts for other areas where rains were subsiding. An aerial view shows a local resident being rescued from a submerged house by rescue workers using helicopter at a flooded area in Kurashiki Credit: Reuters In the town of Mihara, in the south of the Hiroshima region, a temporary let-up in rain laid bare the devastation wrought by the downpours. Roads were transformed into muddy flowing rivers, with dirt piled up on either side and stranded cars barely withstanding the current flowing around their wheels. Cars are damaged by floodwater as heavy rain continues in Hiroshima, Japan Credit: Getty "The area became an ocean," said 82-year-old Nobue Kakumoto, a long-time resident. "I'm worried because I have no idea how long it will stay like this." Work crews could be seen elsewhere trying to clear multiple small landslides that coated roads in mud, rendering them virtually impassable. "We are carrying out rescue operations around the clock," Yoshihide Fujitani, a disaster management official in Hiroshima prefecture, told AFP. "We are also looking after evacuees and restoring lifeline infrastructure like water and gas," he added. "We are doing our best." In this aerial image, JR Nose Station is submerged in Hiroshima Credit: Getty In western Okayama prefecture, around 200 people including children and elderly people were trapped in a hospital after a river burst its banks and flooded the surrounding area. "The electricity and water has been cut off. We are suffering water and food shortages," a nurse told public broadcaster NHK. Over 50,000 rescue workers, police and military personnel have been mobilised to respond to the disaster, which has left entire villages submerged by flooding, with just the top of traffic lights visible above the rising waters. "My house was simply washed away and completely destroyed," Toshihide Takigawa, a 35-year-old employee at a gas station in Hiroshima, told the Nikkei daily on Saturday. "I was in a car and massive floods of water gushed towards me from the front and back and then engulfed the road. I was just able to escape, but I was terrified," 62-year-old Yuzo Hori told the Mainichi Shimbun daily in Hiroshima. Rescue workers dig to search missing people in Hiroshima Credit: Getty Though the typhoon began last week, the worst of the rain hit from Thursday, when a construction worker was swept away by floodwaters in western Japan. The toll has risen steadily since then, and the conditions have made rescue operations difficult, with some desperate citizens taking to Twitter to call for help. "Water came to the middle of the second floor," a woman in Kurashiki, Okayama wrote, posting a picture of her room half swamped by flooding. "The kids could not climb up to the rooftop," she said. "My body temperature has lowered. Rescue us quickly. Help us." In some place rescuers were using boats, or helicopters to airlift those affected to safety. Several major manufacturers, including carmakers Daihatsu and Mitsubishi, said they had suspended operations at plants in the affected areas. The disaster is the deadliest rain-related crisis in Japan since 2014, when at least 74 people were killed in landslides caused by torrential downpours in the Hiroshima region.
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| Haiti between anarchy, normalcy after deadly fuel-price violence Posted: 08 Jul 2018 07:17 PM PDT  Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Scenes of anarchy alternated with tentative signs of a return to normal life in Haiti's capital, with calls for a general strike Monday after two days of deadly looting and arson triggered by a quickly-aborted government attempt to raise fuel prices. Many Haitians are now demanding the immediate departure of President Jovenel Moise. Groups of young men trying to extort money from motorists as well as pedestrians controlled various intersections and roads in Port-au-Prince on Sunday.
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| Miss Massachusetts Hopeful Resigns From Competition In Protest Of 'Me Too' Joke Posted: 09 Jul 2018 10:36 AM PDT  A contestant in the Miss Massachusetts competition has resigned in protest
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| Officials Pose Alongside Enormous 13-Foot Alligator Captured in Florida Posted: 09 Jul 2018 08:00 AM PDT  "This may be the largest gator we've ever responded to," the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post.
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| Giuliani: Trump ‘has to sit down with Vladimir Putin’ Posted: 07 Jul 2018 10:53 PM PDT  Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer, says that the White House's planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin shows Trump's confidence.
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| China's CATL to build first EU electric car battery plant in Germany Posted: 09 Jul 2018 08:02 AM PDT  Chinese firm CATL will build a battery factory in central Germany to supply the country's key auto industry in its transformation toward electric cars, an investment hailed Monday by Chancellor Angela Merkel as a "new step" in Sino-European cooperation. The factory will be the only such manufacturing site in all of Europe, noted Merkel at a press conference with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang following talks involving both countries' cabinets. "It is therefore of course a qualitative new step for a Chinese company to come here with technology that we don't have in Europe at the moment," she said.
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| Firefighters Battle California Wildfires as Blazes Continue in Colorado and Utah Posted: 09 Jul 2018 01:16 AM PDT  Firefighters continued to contain around destructive wildfires in California, though one blaze grew significantly and crossed into Oregon
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| Two-year-old dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound in California Posted: 08 Jul 2018 01:42 PM PDT  According to police, the toddler was in a bedroom of one of the homes when he accidentally shot himself in the head.
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| Syrian troops surround rebel-held southwestern city of Daraa Posted: 09 Jul 2018 05:12 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces have surrounded rebel-held parts of the city of Daraa as part of their offensive in the southwestern province, activists said Monday.
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| EU calls on Myanmar to release Reuters reporters Posted: 09 Jul 2018 03:03 AM PDT ![EU calls on Myanmar to release Reuters reporters]( "EU calls on Myanmar to release Reuters reporters") The European Union on Monday called on Myanmar to drop charges against two Reuters reporters after a court charged them with obtaining secret state documents. Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, have been detained in Myanmar since December 2017. At the time of their arrest, they had been working on an investigation into the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys in a village in Rakhine state.
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| President Trump says he’s still deciding on Supreme Court pick ahead of announcement Posted: 08 Jul 2018 09:09 AM PDT  The president told reporters that he is "getting very close to making a final decision" on his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
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| 'Abolish ICE' protesters confront Mitch McConnell outside restaurant over Trump immigration policies Posted: 09 Jul 2018 09:23 AM PDT  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has become the latest Republican to face public protest over the Trump administration's immigration policies, as demonstrators chanting "Vote you out!" and "Abolish ICE!" pursued him across a restaurant parking lot in his hometown. More than half a dozen protesters from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and other groups confronted Mr McConnell as he left the Bristol Bar & Grille in Louisville, Kentucky this weekend, according to the Louisville DSA. One of the protesters, DSA member Andrew Massie, told The Independent that he and several others were attending an immigration rally nearby when they learned of Mr McConnell's location via social media.
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| As trial opens, man dying of cancer blames Monsanto's Roundup Posted: 09 Jul 2018 02:55 PM PDT  A lawyer for a California groundskeeper dying of cancer took aim at Monsanto Monday as a jury began hearing the lawsuit accusing the chemical giant of ignoring the health risks of its top-selling weed killer Roundup. "For the past 40 years, Monsanto has known the primary ingredient in Roundup can produce tumors in lab animals," attorney Brent Wisner told the jury in a California state court hearing the case brought by Dewayne Johnson, a 46-year-old father of two. Diagnosed in 2014 with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer that affects white blood cells, Johnson used Roundup repeatedly in his job at a school in Benecia, California.
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| Meghan Markle Stuns in Olive Green Ralph Lauren Dress as She Attends Prince Louis' Christening Posted: 09 Jul 2018 11:36 AM PDT  Markle tapped into her American background as she donned the dress during Monday's ceremony.
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| Tesla dominated electric-car sales in Canada in June Posted: 09 Jul 2018 09:01 AM PDT  Electric cars accounted for nearly 3 percent of all passenger vehicles sold in Canada in June, thanks to a surge of Tesla Model 3 deliveries.
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| Landslide warnings as Japan digs through rain devastation Posted: 09 Jul 2018 03:19 AM PDT  Desperate relatives braced for bad news Monday as rescuers dug through landslides in the wake of severe floods that have killed more than 100 people and left swathes of central and western Japan under water. With the toll mounting, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cancelled a four-country foreign trip, the government's top spokesman said. "I can't reach her phone," he told AFP, sitting across from a house that had been ripped apart and tossed on its side by a huge landslide.
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| U.S. Military identifies soldier killed in 'insider attack' in Afghanistan Posted: 08 Jul 2018 10:00 PM PDT  (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan was identified late on Sunday as Cpl. Maciel, 20, was killed, and two others wounded, during an apparent "insider attack" in southern Afghanistan, the NATO Resolute Support mission said in a statement. Maciel was deployed from Fort Benning, Georgia, which straddles the Alabama and Georgia border, near Columbus, Ga., and he was assigned to the 1st Battallion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division.
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| The Latest: Slain staffer remembered as 'beautiful soul' Posted: 08 Jul 2018 06:36 PM PDT  DUNDALK, Md. (AP) — The Latest on services held for the victims of a shooting at a Maryland newspaper's office (all times local):
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| After Pyongyang put-down, Pompeo stands by 'difficult' denuclearization talks Posted: 08 Jul 2018 03:38 PM PDT  By David Brunnstrom, Tim Kelly and Patricia Zengerle TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo brushed off North Korean charges that he used "gangster-like" diplomacy in negotiations in Pyongyang, saying on Sunday after meeting his Japanese and South Korean counterparts that he would keep pursuing denuclearization talks with North Korea. Pompeo said in Tokyo there was still a lot of work to do, but he was confident North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would stick to a commitment to abandon nuclear weapons he made during a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Singapore last month.
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