| Trump Implies Taking Away Security Clearances Is Punishment For Criticizing Him Posted: 21 Aug 2018 08:38 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Tuesday continued to lash out at former top
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| Yahoo News explains: What's the other cause impacting global warming? Posted: 20 Aug 2018 08:13 AM PDT  The authors of the study predict a 58 percent chance that the next few years will be "anomalously warm," with a 69 percent chance that earth's oceans will be too. The study found that that warming trend is not just the result of a steady increase in human-made climate change driven by emissions of greenhouse gases. The study used data from 10 climate-change models and found that natural variabilities were the cause of a global warming "hiatus" in the early 2000s.
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| Manafort trial - live blog: Jury deliberates for third day without verdict as Trump hits out at Mueller probe Posted: 20 Aug 2018 03:46 PM PDT  The jury in the financial fraud trial of Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, are nearing the end of their third day of deliberations. Mr Manafort denies all the charges against him. It came a day after they asked for a definition of "reasonable doubt" and clarification on the law governing the reporting of foreign bank accounts.
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| Good Samaritans rescue two people, dog from sinking car Posted: 20 Aug 2018 04:21 AM PDT  Witnesses say the vehicle crashed through a marina railing in Long Beach, California, and into the water.
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| Pope condemns 'atrocities' of US clerical child abuse Posted: 20 Aug 2018 04:54 AM PDT  Pope Francis condemned Monday the "atrocities" revealed by a far-reaching US report into clerical child sex abuse in the state of Pennsylvania issued last week. "In recent days, a report was made public which detailed the experiences of at least a thousand survivors... the abuse of power and of conscience at the hands of priests," the pope said in a letter made public by the Vatican. A devastating US grand jury report published last week decried a systematic cover-up by the Catholic Church.
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| Wildfire moves closer to Glacier National Park's scenic road Posted: 19 Aug 2018 06:38 PM PDT  MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A wildfire in Montana's Glacier National Park is forcing more evacuations and has burned within a half-mile of the scenic Going-to-the-Sun Road.
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| Crikey! Photographer gets up close with dangerous crocs Posted: 21 Aug 2018 12:41 PM PDT ![Crikey! Photographer gets up close with dangerous crocs]( "Crikey! Photographer gets up close with dangerous crocs") Alex Suh has traveled to Mexico's Banco Chinchorro reef twice in the past three years to get into the waters and capture the crocodiles in their natural habitat.
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| 'National Disgrace!': Trump escalates attack on Mueller as jury mulls Manafort's fate Posted: 20 Aug 2018 05:53 AM PDT  President Trump on Monday escalated his attack on Robert Mueller's Russia probe, labeling the special counsel "disgraced and discredited" and Mueller's investigators a "National Disgrace."
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| Pregnant Woman Suspected Husband Might Be Cheating Before He Allegedly Killed Her: Friend Posted: 20 Aug 2018 07:36 AM PDT  A pregnant woman found dead in Colorado last week had suspected her husband,
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| Families Separated Since Korean War Reunite In North Korea Posted: 20 Aug 2018 04:44 AM PDT  Families divided during the Korean War tearfully reunited for the first time
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| Alligator Kills Woman Walking Dog In South Carolina: Police Posted: 20 Aug 2018 11:50 AM PDT  A woman died Monday morning in a suspected alligator attack on Hilton Head
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| Malaysia's Mahathir cancels China-backed rail, pipeline projects Posted: 21 Aug 2018 01:53 AM PDT  KUALA LUMPUR/BEIJING (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday that the Chinese-funded $20 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project and a natural gas pipeline project in Sabah will be canceled for now, according to media reports. Mahathir made the comments while addressing the media in Beijing during his five-day trip to China. The Prime Minister's office confirmed the comments Mahathir made to reporters in Beijing.
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| Flash flood kills 10 hikers in Italian mountain gorge as rescuers say it hit like 'a tsunami' Posted: 21 Aug 2018 03:19 AM PDT  An eight-year-old girl survived a devastating flash flood in a canyon in southern Italy but was found next to a body that rescuers believe may be one of her parents. The girl, named as Chiara, was semi-conscious, covered in thick mud and suffering from hypothermia when she was found in the gorge in Calabria after it was hit by a "tsunami" of muddy water following a severe storm. The seven-mile-long canyon, located in Pollino national park, has 2,300ft-high sheer rock walls which in some places are just 13ft apart. At least two groups of hikers were caught up in the disaster on Monday. While some were able to scramble to higher ground, others were engulfed by the flash flood and drowned. Ten people were killed, with some bodies washed up to three miles downstream by the force of the torrent. Eleven people were injured, five of them seriously. Four children lost either one or both of their parents. A rescue helicopter in the gorge that was hit by a flash flood Credit: Francesco Arena/Ansa "She was semi-conscious but clearly in a state of shock. We found her next to a corpse and from what we know, her parents are almost certainly among the victims," said Pasquale Gagliardi, a doctor with the local helicopter rescue service. The little girl, who had swallowed mud and debris, was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Naples, hundreds of miles to the north. A girl is helped by a member of the National Alpine and Caving Rescue Squad as they (right) descend the gorge Credit: ANSA/AP "You're going to make it, little one," Dr Pasquale wrote on Facebook under a photograph of the girl's hand, covered in mud, on the shoulder of an alpine rescue specialist. The hand of the eight year old girl on the shoulder of an alpine rescue specialist Credit: Twitter The victims included a volunteer rescue worker who helped pull people alive from a hotel in central Italy that was hit by a deadly avalanche in January 2017. Antonio De Rasis, 32, was guiding hikers through the gorge when it was hit by the 8ft-high wall of water. "With his experience, he would definitely have tried to help the group as much as possible," said Antonio Carlomagno, the mayor of the town where Mr De Rasis came from. The flash flood also claimed the lives of two models, Miriam Mezzolla, 27, and Claudia Giampietro, 31, who were said to be inseparable and shared a passion for burlesque dancing. Rescuers work in the gorge of the Raganello stream in Civita Credit: WENN.com An investigation has been launched into the disaster, with questions asked about why people were allowed into the gorge when bad weather was forecast. "It was a real tsunami. These are events that happen once in a lifetime," said Giacomo Zanfei, a senior official with the mountain rescue service. Italy has experienced strange weather this summer, with torrid heat building up in the mornings and then giving way to thunder, lightning and torrential rain. Rescuers and citizens wait in the central square of Civita, a village in the Italian Calabria southern region Credit: AFP Climate experts say the summer is becoming less dry and more "tropical", with higher rainfall than before. "It is a shocking tragedy, linked to the terrible weather we've had this summer," said Mimmo Lo Polito, a local mayor. The canyoning disaster comes just a week after the collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa, which killed 43 people. Raganello gorges in Pollino National Park, Calabria Credit: DEA/V. GIANNELLA "Italy is tired of crying for the dead. Enough," said Sergio Costa, the environment minister, during a visit to the scene. "If what happened is the result of negligence, sloppiness or a lack of awareness of the risks, we are facing a serious situation that we need to get to the bottom of." "The whole country is deeply saddened by this new tragedy, which has caused many deaths and injuries in Pollino national park," said Sergio Mattarella, Italy's president.
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| Actress Asia Argento denies sexual relationship with underage teen Posted: 21 Aug 2018 01:32 PM PDT  Italian actress and sexual abuse campaigner Asia Argento denied Tuesday having had a sexual relationship five years ago with an underage teen, calling the allegations part of "a long-standing persecution". The New York Times reported on Sunday that Argento, 42, a Harvey Weinstein accuser and leading figure in the #MeToo movement, had paid actor and rock musician Jimmy Bennett $380,000 over the alleged 2013 incident at a Los Angeles hotel. Bennett was two months past his 17th birthday at the time of the alleged encounter, while Argento was 37.
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| Pope addresses Catholic Church sexual abuse report in open letter: ‘We showed no care for the little ones' Posted: 20 Aug 2018 09:58 AM PDT  Pope Francis has condemned the "atrocities" of child sex abuse and cover-ups by the clergy in an open letter to the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics. Addressing a US Grand Jury report revealing decades of alleged sexual abuse inside the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania, the Pontiff described allegations against the Church as "crimes that inflict deep wounds of pain and powerlessness" in victims, their families and the religious community. The report detailed at least 1,000 cases of alleged sexual abuse committed by 300 "predator" priests in Pennsylvania — and what was a systematic cover-up by Church officials.
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| Officials Believe They Have Found the Body of Missing Iowa Student Mollie Tibbetts Posted: 21 Aug 2018 07:02 AM PDT  She disappeared from her small hometown a month ago
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| Could soccer moms swing the House? Democrats hope so. Posted: 20 Aug 2018 07:29 AM PDT  Remember the "soccer moms"? That 1990s term for politically moderate suburban women has fallen out of usage lately, but they're still around, and a key voting bloc in the upcoming midterms. Frustrated with Washington and turned off by President Trump, they could deliver Congress to the Democrats in November. Or not.
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| Elizabeth Warren’s Far-Reaching New Bill Aims To Actually Drain The Swamp Posted: 21 Aug 2018 12:26 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) unveiled a sweeping plan on
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| Famously Thicc, High-Maintenance Cat Finds New Human As Extra As He Is Posted: 21 Aug 2018 02:43 PM PDT  Bruno is off the market, guys.
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| Man Forced to Choose Between Meth and Wife Makes Wrong Call Posted: 21 Aug 2018 06:06 AM PDT ![Man Forced to Choose Between Meth and Wife Makes Wrong Call]( "Man Forced to Choose Between Meth and Wife Makes Wrong Call") Man Forced to Choose Between Meth and Wife Makes Wrong Call There is no wrath like a woman scorned Don't do drugs, m'kay? If you do, be ready to deal with the consequences. I'm not talking about justice or prison here, I'm talking about an angry wife, which
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| Argentine Police Officer Breastfeeds Malnourished Baby in Kind Gesture Posted: 21 Aug 2018 05:57 AM PDT  She went above and beyond the call of duty.
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| 'Most horrible place on earth': German FM visits Auschwitz Posted: 20 Aug 2018 06:40 AM PDT  German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Monday visited the former Nazi-German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, which he called "the most horrible place on earth". Maas has often said that the site which Nazi Germany installed in occupied Poland during World War II inspired him to go into politics. "I saw thousands of children's shoes that were taken off them on their way to the gas chamber, tons of human hair that was taken from people before they were sent to the gas chamber," Maas said after visiting the site in the southern Polish city of Oswiecim.
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| 58 people shot in Chicago over weekend as police hit out at 'cowardly' violence Posted: 20 Aug 2018 05:46 PM PDT  Chicago police have hit out at "cowardly" and "senseless" gun crime after at least 58 people were shot in another violent weekend across the city. Six people were killed from the shootings that took place from Friday to Sunday night, Chicago Police Department (CPD) Superintendent Eddie Johnson said at a press conference. Tom Ahern, the assistant director of news affairs and communications at CPD reported that a three-year-old boy was among those wounded as a result of the shootings from the weekend.
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| Taliban Rockets Were Fired Toward Afghanistan's Presidential Palace During Holiday Speech Posted: 20 Aug 2018 11:46 PM PDT  No injuries were reported
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| Tweeters Erupt Over Donald Trump's 'Racist' Praise Of Border Patrol Agent Posted: 21 Aug 2018 12:27 AM PDT  President Donald Trump faced yet more accusations of racism on Monday after he
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| The Latest: Latest earthquake on Indonesian island kills 2 Posted: 19 Aug 2018 06:20 PM PDT  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Latest on earthquakes that have struck Indonesia's Lombok island (all times local):
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| Iran tells EU to speed up efforts to save nuclear deal Posted: 20 Aug 2018 08:36 AM PDT  EU members Britain, France and Germany plus China and Russia - to avoid the agreement's collapse are struggling as Washington has said any firms dealing with Teheran will be barred from doing business in the United States. "Iran relies mainly on its own capabilities to overcome America's new sanctions," he told a news conference broadcast on state TV. European states have been scrambling to ensure Iran gets enough economic benefits to persuade it to stay in the deal, which Trump said was "deeply flawed".
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| More Russian Hacking Uncovered Ahead Of Midterms — This Time Targeting Conservatives Posted: 21 Aug 2018 02:25 AM PDT  Microsoft announced Tuesday that it had uncovered -- and thwarted -- fresh
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| Muslim pilgrims climb Mount Arafat for peak of hajj Posted: 20 Aug 2018 12:10 AM PDT  Muslim pilgrims on Monday began ascending Mount Arafat for the climax of the annual hajj which brings together more than two million people from around the world. A sea of worshippers scaled the rocky hill southeast of the holy city of Mecca for a day of prayers and reflection where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammed delivered his final sermon. The ritual begins in earnest on Tuesday as Muslims observe the first day of Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the hajj.
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| Husband and Wife Die After Being Caught in Riptide off New Hampshire Beach Posted: 21 Aug 2018 07:30 AM PDT  Michael and Laura Cote were both unconscious when they were pulled from the water at the Seabrook shore about 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
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| Shanann Watts' Dad Breaks Down in Court as Her Husband Faces Murder Charges Posted: 21 Aug 2018 12:31 PM PDT  Christopher Watts is accused of killing his pregnant wife and two daughters
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| Melania Trump's Anti-Cyberbullying Tweet Does Not Go Over Well Posted: 21 Aug 2018 01:42 AM PDT  Melania Trump's "Be Best" campaign continues to receive an icy reception.
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| APNewsBreak: Alaska Natives believed whale hunt was legal Posted: 20 Aug 2018 04:19 PM PDT  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Indigenous hunters in Alaska initially believed they were legally hunting a beluga whale when they unlawfully killed a protected gray whale with harpoons and guns after the massive animal strayed into a river last year, a federal investigative report said.
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| Talks with India the way forward, says Pakistan's new foreign minister Posted: 20 Aug 2018 08:34 AM PDT  Khan, who took office as Pakistani Prime Minister at the weekend, has proposed talks to resolve a long-standing dispute over the Kashmir region. Speaking ahead of the first meeting of Khan's cabinet, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said it was vital to resume talks, which have made little progress in recent years, between the nuclear-armed neighbors who have fought three wars since 1947. Qureshi said Modi had written to Khan congratulating him on his victory and suggesting the two countries "open talks".
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| Democrats Suing To Stop GOP Congressman Calling Himself A ‘Farmer’ On Ballot Posted: 20 Aug 2018 03:17 PM PDT  A California Democrats group wants to stop Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) from
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| A 46-Year-Old Woman Who Fell Off a Cruise Ship Was Rescued Alive 10 Hours Later Posted: 20 Aug 2018 07:38 AM PDT  She credited her yoga routine with giving her the strength to survive
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| Trump Speechwriter Fired After He's Linked To White Nationalist Event Posted: 20 Aug 2018 01:32 AM PDT  A White House speechwriter for President Donald Trump was fired last week
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| Please stop calling us Mormons, says world's leading Mormon Posted: 20 Aug 2018 08:54 AM PDT  "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" doesn't exactly roll of the tongue, which is probably why both followers of the church and the general public have tended to refer to the religion as Mormonism, after the group's most holy text, the Book of Mormon. Russell M Nelson, president of the church and the world's most senior member, says this cannot go on. In a statement released on Friday, he demanded that only the church's full name be used from now on.
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| Russia says U.S. refusal to rebuild Syria a ploy to slow refugee return Posted: 20 Aug 2018 06:35 AM PDT  Russia will help Lebanon return refugees to neighboring Syria, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday, accusing the United States of impeding the general repatriation process by declining to assist in Syria's reconstruction. Lavrov also called on opposition groups in the rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib to distance themselves from the Nusra Front group, formerly the local branch of al Qaeda.
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| Ohio State trustees set Wednesday meeting on Meyer's future Posted: 20 Aug 2018 12:52 PM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State trustees set a private meeting for Wednesday to talk about the future of coach Urban Meyer as the university seeks to quickly move past a scandal that has consumed the football program for nearly a month.
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| Poll: Most Americans say politics at play in Manafort trial Posted: 20 Aug 2018 11:52 AM PDT  Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is charged with tax evasion and bank fraud; Fox News politics editor Chris Stirewalt reacts to latest surveys from Monmouth University Polling Institute.
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