| Rand Paul Says He'll Support Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination To Supreme Court Posted: 30 Jul 2018 08:49 AM PDT  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) announced on Monday he will support the nomination of
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| 'Come and get me,' boy pleaded before California fire death Posted: 30 Jul 2018 04:50 PM PDT  A young boy pleaded for rescue before he died along with two others in a California wildfire, an anguished relative recounted Monday, while other shaken survivors told of their flight from a "tornado" of fire. Thousands of firefighters in California made some progress against several large-scale blazes that have turned close to 200,000 acres (80,940 hectares) into an ashen wasteland, destroyed expensive homes, and killed eight fire personnel and civilians in the most populous US state. The worst blaze, northern California's Carr Fire, has killed six people since Thursday, including a 70-year-old woman and her two great-grandchildren aged four and five.
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| New MH370 probe shows controls manipulated, but mystery remains unsolved Posted: 30 Jul 2018 03:51 AM PDT  By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Investigators released a report on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on Monday, saying the Boeing 777's controls were likely deliberately manipulated to take it off course but they were not able to determine who was responsible. The 495-page report draws no conclusion about what happened aboard the plane that vanished with 239 people on board en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014, leaving one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries unsolved. "The answer can only be conclusive if the wreckage is found," Kok Soo Chon, head of the MH370 safety investigation team, told reporters.
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| Zimbabwe Is Voting In Its First Ever Election Without Mugabe. Here's What to Know. Posted: 30 Jul 2018 03:52 AM PDT  Voting began on Monday in the 2018 Zimbabwean election, the country's first since the removal last year of longtime president Robert Mugabe.
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| How one airline is helping to shave seconds to help stay on time Posted: 30 Jul 2018 02:43 PM PDT  Delta Airlines is creating a quick and effective way to keep flights on time, such as laser parking, 45-degree taxi parking and quick bag transfer for connecting flights called "hot bags".
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| The Latest: Minneapolis cops: Feared for lives in shooting Posted: 30 Jul 2018 01:01 PM PDT  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the release of body-camera video in the June fatal shooting of a black man by Minneapolis police (all times local):
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| Anger as MH370 families say official report offers no new information Posted: 30 Jul 2018 12:07 AM PDT  A long-awaited official report into the disappearance of Flight MH370 gave no new clues about why the plane vanished, relatives of those on board the aircraft said Monday, expressing anger and disappointment. Family members had been hoping that the official investigation team's report could provide them with some closure, over four years after the Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people went missing. Some angry relatives walked out of the briefing.
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| CBS Board Takes No Immediate Action Against Les Moonves Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations Posted: 30 Jul 2018 01:27 PM PDT  During a regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, CBS's board of directors did
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| Trump says ‘many’ border crossers use children for ‘their own sinister purposes’ Posted: 29 Jul 2018 07:15 AM PDT  President Trump said many parents crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally are using their children for "their own sinister purposes" and threatened to shut down the government if Congress doesn't support his wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.
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| Twitter's Lock On Users With Elon Musk's Name Means A Nazi Ban Is Possible Posted: 30 Jul 2018 08:56 AM PDT  If you're on Twitter and you change your unverified account's display name to
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| California wildfire: Firefighters gain ground on devastating inferno as victims' families reel from loss Posted: 30 Jul 2018 11:57 AM PDT  Firefighters in northern California have finally begun gaining ground on the massive wildfire that has claimed at least six lives after doubling over the weekend – fuelled by hot, dry conditions and swift winds that pushed the flames. The family of a 70-year-old woman and two children killed by the massive fires, for instance, described the final moments of their loved ones, with the woman trying in vain to save her two great-grandchildren using a wet blanket at their house outside of Redding. The victims were identified by relatives as James Roberts, five, his sister Emily, four, and their great grandmother, Melody Bledsoe, 70.
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| 14 killed in Vietnam wedding party car crash Posted: 29 Jul 2018 10:27 PM PDT  Fourteen members of the same family were killed in a car crash in central Vietnam Monday en route to a wedding party, including the groom who died instantly when their van hit a container truck, police said. Road accidents are the leading cause of death in Vietnam, where traffic laws are loosely obeyed and road infrastructure is patchy. The victims of Monday's car crash in Quang Nam were members of an extended family, including the groom, who were heading to the bride's family home in a neighbouring province, a police officer told AFP.
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| Family Of Duck Boat Drowning Victims Files $100 Million Lawsuit Posted: 30 Jul 2018 02:39 PM PDT  Relatives of two drowning victims are seeking $100 million in damages after 17
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| After prison release, Palestinian teen considers law study Posted: 29 Jul 2018 12:46 PM PDT  NABI SALEH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi, who became an international symbol of resistance to Israeli occupation after slapping two soldiers, walked out of an Israeli prison Sunday and told throngs of journalists and well-wishers that she now wants to study law to defend her people.
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| 36 women, children kidnapped by IS last week in Syria's Sweida: monitor Posted: 30 Jul 2018 03:03 AM PDT  The Islamic State group kidnapped dozens of Druze women and children when it attacked their villages last week in Syria's southern province of Sweida, a monitor said Monday. More than 250 people were killed on Wednesday when IS carried out a string of suicide attacks and shootings in the provincial capital Sweida and villages to the north and east. "At least 36 Druze women and children were abducted after the attacks," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor with a network of sources inside Syria.
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| Northern California wildfire forces thousands to evacuate Posted: 30 Jul 2018 07:12 AM PDT ![Northern California wildfire forces thousands to evacuate]( "Northern California wildfire forces thousands to evacuate") California firefighters on Monday were gaining ground on a massive blaze that has killed six people and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses, while rescuers searched for seven people unaccounted for in the wildfire. The Carr Fire, outside Redding, California, ignited a week ago and doubled in size over the weekend, charring an area the size of Detroit, forcing 38,000 people to flee their homes and claiming lives of two firefighters and another person, as well as a woman and her two young great-grandchildren. Centered 150 miles (240 km) north of Sacramento, it is the deadliest of the 90 wildfires burning across the United States.
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| N.Y. Times publisher implores Trump to stop calling journalists 'enemy of the people' Posted: 29 Jul 2018 09:24 AM PDT  A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of the New York Times, warned President Trump during a meeting at the White House that his anti-press rhetoric is "contributing to a rise in threats against journalists and will lead to violence."
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| CBS' Board Will Meet Monday to Talk About the Les Moonves Allegations Posted: 30 Jul 2018 04:57 AM PDT  Six women have accused the CBS CEO of sexual misconduct
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| Sacha Baron Cohen Punks Roy Moore With 'Pedophile Detector' Posted: 29 Jul 2018 10:18 PM PDT  When former GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore sat down for an interview with a man
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| Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa accuses rival Chamisa of striking deal with Mugabe Posted: 29 Jul 2018 11:44 AM PDT ![Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa accuses rival Chamisa of striking deal with Mugabe]( "Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa accuses rival Chamisa of striking deal with Mugabe") HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa accused his main rival Nelson Chamisa on Sunday of striking a deal with former leader Robert Mugabe on the eve of an election and cast doubt on Chamisa's intentions of rebuilding the country. Mnangagwa, who did not provide any evidence of his accusations, said in a Facebook post that voting for 40-year-old Chamisa was tantamount to bringing back Mugabe in disguise. He made the comments after Mugabe said he would vote for the opposition in Monday's election. (Reporting by MacDonald Dzirutwe; Editing by Adrian Croft)
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| Greek seaside town remembers lives lost to wildfire Posted: 29 Jul 2018 11:13 AM PDT  Mourners gathered in a church in the Greek coastal town of Mati on Sunday where they wept and lit candles in memory of those killed when a massive wildfire swept through the popular resort near Athens earlier this week. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is facing fierce recriminations for the government's response to the fire and has promised a national plan to avoid a repeat of the disaster. Rescue crews are still looking for survivors of the blaze which began last Monday in Mati, 30 km (17 miles) east of Athens, as the death toll rose to at least 91 with dozens more injured.
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| The Ugliest Concept Cars Ever Made Posted: 30 Jul 2018 08:00 AM PDT |
| Hun Sen: Cambodia's shape-shifting strongman leader Posted: 28 Jul 2018 07:44 PM PDT  Cambodian leader Hun Sen has outlasted the murderous Khmer Rouge, sidelined the monarchy and crushed his opponents in a 33-year rule defined by patronage, political agility and repression and set to be prolonged by Sunday's election. Hun Sen is part of a small coterie of world leaders to hold power for three decades, adapting to the shifting political landscape in the poor Southeast Asian country since the Cold War. In his final campaign speech days before the poll, Hun Sen was in typically bombastic form, bragging about the legal action to "eliminate traitors who attempted to topple the government".
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| US government approves aid as California battles raging wildfires Posted: 28 Jul 2018 06:31 PM PDT  The US federal government approved aid Saturday for California as thousands of firefighters battled to contain a series of deadly raging wildfires that have killed six people, including two young children and their great grandmother, and destroyed hundreds of buildings. The largest of the fires menacing the state has nearly doubled in size, while another pushed thousands of people to flee and a third forced the partial closure of the popular Yosemite National Park. Melody Bledsoe, 70, and her two great-grandchildren James and Emily Roberts -- aged just five and four respectively -- died as the fire consumed their rural trailer home.
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| Father of missing Iowa college student speaks out Posted: 30 Jul 2018 04:19 PM PDT  Desperate search for Iowa college student gone missing for nearly 2 weeks. Mollie Tibbetts's father exclusively joins 'The Story.'
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| Rudy Giuliani Stuns Fox News Hosts With Rambling Account Of Trump Tower Meetings Posted: 30 Jul 2018 01:48 PM PDT  Rudy Giuliani baffled Fox News hosts Monday when he attempted to clarify
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| Australian Bishop Convicted of Covering Up Sexual Abuse Resigns Posted: 30 Jul 2018 06:19 AM PDT  Archbishop Philip Wilson was convicted in May of covering up abuse in the 1970s
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| HHS Official Ximena Barreto Resigns After Scandal Over Anti-Muslim Comments Posted: 29 Jul 2018 02:37 PM PDT  A Department of Health and Human Services official who shared bigoted memes
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| Terrifying first-person footage shows just how devastating the wildfires in Greece are Posted: 29 Jul 2018 12:50 PM PDT  First-person footage of flames engulfing a neighborhood shows just how devastating the wildfires in Greece are. A man trying to save his friend's cat caught the wildfire on video as it burned through the trees surrounding his home. Within the video's short span of time, just three-and-a-half minutes, the fire approaches and starts to consume the house. SEE ALSO: Devastating photos show the impact of deadly wildfires in Athens According to an English-language version of a local paper, the Cyprus Times, the person who recorded the video is safe. The severe wildfires near Athens has claimed 91 lives over the past week, the Associated Press says. A number of victims drowned in the sea while trying to flee the fire. According to the Centre for the Research on Epidemiology of Disasters in Brussels, this is the deadliest wildfire Europe has seen since 1900. The fire started on July 23 in Mati, a small village just outside of Athens, and spread without warning. Since then, it's ravaged the coast and prompted Greece to ask for aid from the European Union. During a Sunday memorial service at the local church in Mati, the Holy Synod — a ruling body of bishops in the Greek Orthodox Church — said in a letter that "everyone bears responsibility for protecting the environment from haphazard development." The unprecedented heat waves scorching Europe have been boosted by climate change. According to NOAA, Greece is experiencing one of its hottest years on record. Thanks to a lack of steady rainfall, heavy winds, and extremely dry forests, Greece's "tinderbox conditions" make wildfires almost inevitable. Rising temperatures are an international issue — although we're just over halfway through 2018, global warming is already apparent. WATCH: Veterinarians are using fish skin to help heal bear paw burns from wildfires
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| EU observers offer mixed picture of first Zimbabwe vote since Mugabe's fall Posted: 30 Jul 2018 08:21 AM PDT ![EU observers offer mixed picture of first Zimbabwe vote since Mugabe's fall]( "EU observers offer mixed picture of first Zimbabwe vote since Mugabe's fall") By MacDonald Dzirutwe and Joe Brock HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe held its first election on Monday since former president Robert Mugabe was ousted in a de facto coup and European Union observers said the vote was "very smooth" in some places and "totally disorganised" in others. A credible election after Mugabe's 37-year rule is essential if Zimbabwe is to exit painful sanctions imposed on the government and secure the donor funding and investment needed to stem chronic cash shortages. Elmar Brok, the EU's chief observer, said many voters, particularly young women, left voting queues in frustration at long delays.
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| The Cost of AirPods Could Be Rising Soon — Here’s Why Posted: 30 Jul 2018 09:21 AM PDT  It's not because of any upgrades.
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| Harley Finally Enters the 21st Century with Big News Posted: 30 Jul 2018 07:56 AM PDT  Harley Finally Enters the 21st Century with Big News From the LiveWire to a new ADV bike to small-displacement mills for emerging Asian markets, Harley seems to have finally figured out a new way forward Guys! GUYS! We just got some major news from
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| Brothers Fend Off, Kill Alleged Burglar With Baseball Bat Posted: 30 Jul 2018 07:30 AM PDT  An alleged burglar died Monday after being stabbed and hit with a baseball bat by two brothers defending their Queens home, according to police sources.
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| Trump Again Threatens To Shut Down His Own Government Over Wall Funding Posted: 29 Jul 2018 07:19 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Sunday embraced shutting down the federal government
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| No charges after US police kill man who yelled 'don't shoot' Posted: 30 Jul 2018 11:34 AM PDT  Blevins took the gun out of his pants pocket and turned towards the officers just before they fired 14 shots, according to the Hennepin County prosecutor's office. Blevins then collapsed and blood began to pool beneath his body, as an officer kicked away a handgun that had fallen to the ground. "Mr Blevins represented a danger to the lives of (the officers)," County Attorney Mike Freeman said in a written statement.
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| Here Are the Coolest Cars Bonhams Is Auctioning Off at Monterey This Year Posted: 30 Jul 2018 12:00 PM PDT |
| In Rare Interview, Charles Koch Suggests Political Spending May Dip Posted: 29 Jul 2018 01:22 PM PDT  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. ― Charles Koch, the libertarian megadonor who leads a
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| Zimbabwe votes in first post-Mugabe poll, Mnangagwa vows election is fair Posted: 30 Jul 2018 02:13 AM PDT  By MacDonald Dzirutwe and Joe Brock HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabweans voted on Monday in the first election since the removal of former president Robert Mugabe, a watershed moment they hope will rid the country of its pariah status and spark a recovery in its failed economy. The election pits 75-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a long-time Mugabe ally, against 40-year-old Nelson Chamisa, a lawyer and pastor vying to become Zimbabwe's youngest head of state. On the eve of the election, Mugabe emerged from eight months of obscurity since the military ousted him in a bloodless coup, to announce he would vote for the opposition, surprising former ally Mnangagwa who accused him of striking a deal with Chamisa.
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| Kansas Family Has Accounts Frozen by Bank of America After Being Asked About Citizenship Status Posted: 30 Jul 2018 12:54 PM PDT  Josh Collins, of Roeland Park, received in June a form letter in the mail from Bank of America that asked a series of personal questions, including if he were an American citizen or had dual citizenship with another country.
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| Thomas Markle claims Duchess of Sussex has cut him off as he says daughter's mobile phone has been disconnected Posted: 29 Jul 2018 04:01 AM PDT  Thomas Markle, the father of the Duchess of Sussex, has claimed he has not spoken to his daughter for more than ten weeks, and that the number he used to contact her on has been "cut off." He told The Mail on Sunday: "I'm really hurt that she's cut me off completely. I used to have a phone number and text number for her personal aides at the Palace, but after I said a few critical words about the Royal Family changing Meghan, they cut me off. "Those numbers were disconnected, they no longer work. I have no way of contacting my daughter." The 73-year-old said he worries he has been frozen out of the family, and thinks he will not get to meet any children Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have. He said: "What's sad is that some time in the next year Meghan and Harry will have a baby and I'll be a grandfather, and if we're not speaking I won't see my grandchild." He believes he has been cut off from the Royal Family because of staged paparazzi photos which emerged in the weeks before the Royal Wedding, and for the statements he made to the press afterwards. Mr Markle, who lives in Mexico, made headlines around the globe last month when he gave an explosive interview to Good Morning Britain. He claimed that Prince Harry had once told him to "give Donald Trump a chance", and also alleged the sixth-in-line to the throne had seemed "open" to the idea of Brexit. Thomas Markle Snr and his daughter Meghan Markle, in pictures Mr Markle used the interview as an opportunity to apologise for his about his own actions before the wedding, saying: "I accept full responsibility. I can say I'm sorry for those things for the rest of my life, but I'm paying for those things for the rest of my life. "But as long as they're happy and have a great life and have some beautiful children and do good things in the world, I'm can't ask for more."
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| The Carr Fire Is California's Deadliest and Biggest Blaze of the Year (So Far). Here's What to Know Posted: 30 Jul 2018 10:14 AM PDT  Here's what we know about it
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| Anger as MH370 report offers no new clues to aviation's greatest mystery Posted: 30 Jul 2018 02:41 AM PDT  Investigators said Monday they still do not know why Malaysia's Flight MH370 vanished four years ago in aviation's greatest mystery, sparking anger and disappointment among relatives of those on board. In a long-awaited report the official investigation team pointed to failings by air traffic controllers, said the course of the Malaysia Airlines plane was changed manually, and refused to rule out that someone other than the pilots had diverted the jet. "The team is unable to determine the real cause for the disappearance of MH370," concluded the largely technical 400-page report, noting that investigators were hindered in their probe as neither the plane's wreckage nor its black boxes had been found.
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| A Democratic Wave In The Midterms Is Looking More And More Likely Posted: 29 Jul 2018 02:12 PM PDT  Can we really expect a blue-wave election in November, with Democrats taking
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| Homeless man photographed handing out resumes lands job offers Posted: 30 Jul 2018 01:52 AM PDT  Over the weekend, a photo of out-of-work web developer went viral, resulting in a flurry of job offers. The photo, which was tweeted by @jaysc0 on Friday, showed David Casarez standing on the side of the road in Mountain View, California, holding a placard telling people that he was homeless. SEE ALSO: Architects are building floating neighborhoods on city canals to create affordable housing for students Despite his circumstances, Casarez didn't ask for money, instead asking people to take copies of his resume. Today I saw this young homeless man asking for people to take a resume rather than asking for money. If anyone in the Silicon Valley could help him out, that would be amazing. Please RT so we can help David out! pic.twitter.com/ewoE3PKFx7 — FullMakeup Alchemist (@jaysc0) July 27, 2018 A college graduate, Casarez told NBC Bay Area that he had moved to Silicon Valley last September with three years' experience as a software developer, with the goal of launching a startup. Those dreams faded when Casarez underestimated the cost of living in the area, and the difficulties of finding work. He stayed in his van, until that was taken in June when he couldn't afford the payments, leaving him sleeping in a park. "All I wanted was for one person to notice, take my resume and give me an opportunity," he told the news outlet. The photo amassed tens of thousands of retweets, resulting in offers of jobs and help. We'll take care of him if no one else has stepped in yet. Have a nonprofit fund for this kind of thing, or housing, or industry connections, whatever he prefers — Austen Allred (@AustenAllred) July 28, 2018 Hello, I am VP Engineering at AncestryDNA and also an Aggie, class of 93. I would love to interview David Casarez for a Web developer or QA automation position. Can you please put me in touch with David ? — Paddy (@DeshmukhPaddy) July 28, 2018 On Sunday, Casarez thanked everyone for their support. Thank you everyone for the outpouring of support! I am completely floored by how many are interested in my #Hungry4Success story. I have met several who have been or currently are in the same situation tell me their story. I am glad to be an inspiration for you all. — David Casarez (@DavidCasarez17) July 29, 2018 The situation is indicative of the affordable housing crisis which has engulfed Silicon Valley and neighbouring San Francisco. Even family of four earning $117,400 per year in San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties is considered "low income," and is eligible for affordable housing programs. It's also why big tech companies like Facebook and Google have looked to building housing for their employees, who too struggle with the cost of living. WATCH: Wait, who owns the moon? We found out
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| On retirement question, Justice Ginsburg has go-to answers Posted: 30 Jul 2018 12:01 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than a decade, audiences and interviewers have had one pressing question for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: When will you retire?
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| Somalia, Eritrea mend ties as change sweeps Horn of Africa Posted: 30 Jul 2018 06:41 AM PDT  The presidents of Somalia and Eritrea on Monday agreed to establish diplomatic ties after more than a decade of animosity, in the latest lightning rapprochement between Horn of Africa rivals. Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's three-day visit to Asmara coincides with an extraordinary peace process between Eritrea and Ethiopia -- part of dizzying change in a region burdened by war, proxy conflicts, isolation and iron-fisted rule. "The two countries will establish diplomatic relations and exchange ambassadors," read a "joint declaration on brotherly relations" signed in Asmara by Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Mohamed, who left for Mogadishu shortly thereafter.
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