| Kavanaugh's leaked emails seem to contradict testimony on abortion precedent Posted: 06 Sep 2018 08:57 AM PDT  Emails leaked to the New York Times appear to show the nominee's view that Roe v. Wade could be undone.
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| The Phone Call To The New York Times That Sarah Huckabee Sanders Will Absolutely Hate Posted: 07 Sep 2018 03:34 AM PDT  Sarah Huckabee Sanders urged people to call The New York Times' opinion desk
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| California wildfire nears interstate highway as families ordered to evacuate Posted: 06 Sep 2018 12:52 AM PDT  A wildfire has swept through forest land in California, closing a major highway connecting the state with Oregon and forcing the evacuation of dozens of families. The Delta Fire has charred nearly eight square miles (about 21 square kilometres) of brush and timber in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, which lies in a canyon along the Sacramento River. Fire officials said the fire was caused by humans, but did not indicate whether it was arson or an accident.
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| U.S. has seen evidence of Syria preparing chemical weapons in Idlib: envoy Posted: 06 Sep 2018 05:11 PM PDT  "I am very sure that we have very, very good grounds to be making these warnings," said Jim Jeffrey, who was named on Aug. 17 as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's special adviser on Syria overseeing talks on a political transition in that country. "Any offensive is to us objectionable as a reckless escalation," Jeffrey told a few reporters in his first interview on the situation in Syria since his appointment. "There is lots of evidence that chemical weapons are being prepared." The White House has warned that the United States and its allies would respond "swiftly and vigorously" if government forces used chemical weapons in the widely expected offensive.
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| Japan earthquake: Eight dead and dozens missing in landslides as lights go out on Hokkaido Posted: 05 Sep 2018 10:34 PM PDT  At least eight people were killed and 32 were missing, Japanese media reported, after a powerful earthquake paralysed the northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday, triggering landslides and knocking out power to its 5.3 million residents. Aerial footage showed dozens of landslides exposing barren hillsides near the town of Atsuma in southern Hokkaido, with mounds of reddish earth and fallen trees piled up at the edge of green fields. The collapsed remains of what appeared to be houses or barns were scattered about. Houses were buried by multiple landslides after a powerful earthquake in Atsuma, Hokkaido Credit: Getty Six of the deaths were in the village of Atsuma, National broadcaster NHK reported. With swathes of the country further south recovering from Typhoon Jebi, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that 25,000 troops and other personnel were being dispatched to the area to help with rescue operations. NHK showed the moment the quake struck the city of Muroran, with its camera violently shaking and all city lights going black moments later. In Sapporo, a mudslide on a road left several cars half buried. Akira Fukui, from the main city of Sapporo, told AFP: "I woke up around 3am with a vertical jolt. I put the light on but it went out shortly afterwards. All the traffic lights are out and there's no power at work." A strong earthquake rocked Japan's northern island of Hokkaido shortly after 3 AM on Thursday. Police are checking on the extent of the damage. NHK WORLD-JAPAN is LIVE streaming the Hokkaido earthquake updates. https://t.co/QbGNxwoMjtpic.twitter.com/AX72kCYbEO— NHK WORLD News (@NHKWORLD_News) September 5, 2018 Another Sapporo resident told NHK: "I was scared... I felt the tremor, which lasted for about 30 seconds. I was on the sixth floor, it was really scary." The entire island was without power after Hokkaido Electric Power Co said it conducted an emergency shutdown of all its fossil fuel-fired power plants following the quake. The utility said it wasn't clear when electricity would be restored to 2.95 million households. The trade and industry ministry told the utility to restart the coal-fired Tomato-Atsuma power plant within a few hours, Trade Minister Hiroshige Seko said. All trains across the island were also halted. Residents watch a road damaged by an earthquake in Sapporo, Hokkaido, northern Japan Credit: AP Roof tiles and water could be seen on the floor at Hokkaido's main airport, New Chitose Airport, which would be closed for at least Thursday. New Chitose is a major tourist gateway to the island, known for its mountains, lakes and abundant farmland and seafood, and more than 200 flights and 40,000 passengers would be affected, Kyodo News Agency said. The closure comes just a couple days after Kansai Airport, an important hub near Osaka, in western Japan, was shut after it was hit by Typhoon Jebi. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said officials hoped to reopen Kansai Airport for domestic flights on Friday. The quake, which hit at 3.08am, posed no tsunami risk, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The US Geological Survey said it struck some 42 miles southeast of Sapporo, Hokkaido's main city. It registered a strong 6 on Japan's 7-point earthquake scale. Mr Abe arrived at his office before 6 am and told reporters his government had set up a command centre to co-ordinate relief and rescue. Sounding haggard, Mr Abe said saving lives was his government's top priority. A house damaged by a landslide caused by an earthquake is seen in Atsuma town in Hokkaido prefecture Credit: AFP The Tomari Nuclear Power Station, which has been shut since a 2011 earthquake and tsunami, suffered a power outage but was cooling its fuel rods safely with emergency power, said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga. Operator Hokkaido Electric reported no radiation irregularities at the plant, Suga told a news conference. Farming and tourism are two of the island's biggest economic drivers, but there is some industry. Kirin Beer and Sapporo Beer both said factories were shut by the power outage, although they said no structural damage was found. A fire broke out at a Mitsubishi Steel Mfg Co plant in the city of Muroran after the quake but was mostly extinguished with no injuries, a company official said. A series of smaller shocks, including one with a magnitude of 5.4, followed the initial quake, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. Agency official Toshiyuki Matsumori warned residents to take precautions for potential major aftershocks in coming days. "Large quakes often occur, especially within two to three days (of a big one)," said Toshiyuki Matsumori, in charge of monitoring earthquakes and tsunamis at the meteorological agency. He added the risk of housing collapses and landslides had increased in the area hit by the quake, saying: "We urge residents to pay full attention to seismic activity and rainfall and not to go into dangerous areas." The 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northern Japan destroyed both external and backup power to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, causing meltdowns. The earthquake also affected telephone service and television broadcasting in Sapporo.
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| Tesla Stock Plummets 5% After Elon Musk Smokes Weed on Podcast Posted: 07 Sep 2018 04:12 AM PDT  Tesla shares fell as much as 10% in intraday trading
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| 5 takeaways: Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearing Posted: 06 Sep 2018 10:52 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's second Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, is finishing two marathon days of questioning from senators. Some referred to it as the "last job interview" the 53-year-old appeals court judge will ever have, if, as expected, he's confirmed for the lifetime post.
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| Donald Trump Criticizes Sean Hannity At Rally Like A Best Bud Would Posted: 07 Sep 2018 04:24 AM PDT  Even President Donald Trump's cozy relationship with Fox News' Sean Hannity
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| Court scraps multi-billion-dollar Ecuador damages against Chevron Posted: 07 Sep 2018 10:25 AM PDT  An appeals court in The Hague cancelled $9.5 billion in damages handed down by an Ecuadoran court against American energy giant Chevron for causing oil pollution in the Amazon jungle, Ecuador's public prosecutor said Friday. The original ruling dates back to 2011 and was twice upheld on appeal in Ecuador, but Chevron took its protest to The Hague's Permanent Court of Arbitration, claiming it had already been exonerated of any wrongdoing.
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| Alex Jones and Marco Rubio in heated clash at Twitter and Facebook hearing: 'Don't touch me' Posted: 06 Sep 2018 03:17 AM PDT  Right wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and senator Marco Rubio clashed after a congressional hearing with executives from Facebook and Twitter, in which they attempted to assure politicians that they were capable of protecting November's midterm elections from foreign interference. As the former Republican presidential nominee spoke to reporters after testimony from Facebook's chief operation officer Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, Mr Jones began talking over him. After spotting Mr Rubio, he moved in on his interview and attempted to elicit a response from him about his website's treatment.
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| Firefighter Adopts German Shepherd He Rescued From California Wildfires Posted: 06 Sep 2018 01:01 PM PDT  He later named the pup Mendo, after Mendocino County, where he was found.
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| Can the pope's accusers force him to resign? Posted: 07 Sep 2018 05:22 AM PDT  In 2013, Francis's predecessor, Benedict, became the first pontiff in six centuries to resign. Benedict, then 85, abdicated because he said he no longer had the strength to run the Church. HOW DID THE VATICAN AND THE POPE GET TO THIS POINT?
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| European Nations Urge Syria and Iran to Keep Idlib Ceasefire as Last Rebel Stronghold Teeters Posted: 06 Sep 2018 06:44 PM PDT  Eight European countries are urging Syrian allies Russia and Iran to uphold the cease-fire in Syria's last major rebel-held province of Idlib and avoid putting at risk the lives of 2 million adults and 1 million children.
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| Read More Updates From Brett Kavanaugh's Confirmation Hearing Posted: 07 Sep 2018 06:38 AM PDT  Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearing continues Friday,
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| Shooting At Cincinnati Bank Leaves 4 Dead, 5 Wounded Posted: 06 Sep 2018 07:30 AM PDT  Four people are dead and five others wounded following a shooting at a bank in
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| John Kelly’s vigilante White House Posted: 06 Sep 2018 02:00 AM PDT  Trump's aides say it's their duty to protect the president from himself, even if that means stealing papers off his desk.
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| High-stakes diplomacy as battle for Syria's Idlib looms Posted: 07 Sep 2018 03:42 PM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran and Russia on Friday backed a military campaign to retake the last rebel-held stronghold in Syria as Turkey pleaded for a cease-fire, narrowing the chances of a diplomatic solution to avoid what many say would be a bloody humanitarian disaster.
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| Twitter Finally Bans Alex Jones And Infowars Posted: 06 Sep 2018 01:59 PM PDT  Twitter has decided to permanently ban conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who has
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| Japan's Kansai airport to reopen partially after typhoon damage Posted: 06 Sep 2018 03:00 AM PDT  "Domestic flights in the Kansai international airport will resume tomorrow, and international flights are set to resume operation as soon as preparation work is done," government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said. The airport, in Japan's western Osaka region, was battered by typhoon Jebi, which made landfall Tuesday as the strongest storm to hit Japan since 1993. Airport CEO Yoshiyuki Yamaya said Thursday that virtually all those stranded had now been evacuated and work was ongoing to resume normal operation.
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| Taylor Smith Pleads Not Guilty to Reckless Endangerment After Pushing Friend Off 60-Foot Bridge Posted: 07 Sep 2018 11:56 AM PDT  'All I can do is hope for the best,' the teen has said.
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| For Susan Collins, A Vote For Kavanaugh Would Be Political Suicide Posted: 07 Sep 2018 08:47 AM PDT  Throughout her more than two decades in the Senate, Sen. Susan Collins
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| Jared Kushner's Awkward Wait Outside A Locked Door Becomes Perfect 'Veep' Spoof Posted: 07 Sep 2018 04:06 AM PDT  Jared Kushner was caught on camera awkwardly waiting for almost two minutes to
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| Who wrote the Times op-ed? 'Not me,' top White House officials say Posted: 06 Sep 2018 09:07 AM PDT  Senior Trump administration officials scramble to take themselves off the list of suspects.
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| Iran summit holds key to looming battle in Syria's Idlib Posted: 07 Sep 2018 03:04 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey will meet Friday in Tehran to discuss the war in Syria, with all eyes on a possible military offensive to retake the last rebel-held bastion of Idlib.
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| George Papadopoulos Sentenced To 14 Days In Mueller Investigation Posted: 07 Sep 2018 11:40 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The first Trump campaign adviser arrested in Robert Mueller's
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| Man falls to his death in Yosemite National Park Posted: 06 Sep 2018 11:23 AM PDT  An investigation is underway in Yosemite National Park after a visitor died.
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| Chris Watts Case: Shanann Watts' Brother Details Family Heartache as He Thanks Well-Wishers Posted: 07 Sep 2018 09:18 AM PDT  Frankie Rzucek shared a heartfelt message of thanks for those who have supported his family.
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| Wildfire scorches Northern California Highway Posted: 06 Sep 2018 01:09 PM PDT  A wildfire in Northern California near the Oregon border has forced officials to close about 45 miles of a major highway. The fire erupted Wednesday afternoon in a rural area and nearly tripled in size overnight (Sept. 6)
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| Arizona Cardinals Pick Cindy McCain As Honorary Captain For Season Opener Against Washington Posted: 07 Sep 2018 02:56 PM PDT  Cindy McCain is the latest member of her family to get the tribute treatment
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| Potential 2020 Democratic Candidates Are Taking a Stand at Brett Kavanaugh's Hearings Posted: 06 Sep 2018 01:16 PM PDT  Democratic Sens. Cory Booker, Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar took a stand at Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
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| SKorea seeks 'irrevocable progress' on nukes by year's end Posted: 07 Sep 2018 10:58 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Friday he is pushing for "irrevocable progress" in efforts to rid North Korea of its nuclear weapons by the end of this year as he prepares for his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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| Iran, Russia, Turkey struggle to agree future of Syria's Idlib Posted: 07 Sep 2018 08:28 AM PDT  Iran, Russia and Turkey were unable to overcome their differences at a Tehran summit on Friday as they held talks on an imminent offensive against the last rebel stronghold in Syria, amid warnings from the international community of a looming humanitarian disaster. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan openly disagreed with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a press conference in the Iranian capital and warned of a "bloodbath" in Idlib province, where an assault by Syrian government forces is expected any day.
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| OK, everybody: Stop pot-shaming Elon Musk Posted: 07 Sep 2018 01:27 PM PDT  Last night, a man took a relaxing hit off a joint. Or, to put it another way for readers in California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Alaska, Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, and the District of Columbia: It was a Thursday. The man happened to be Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX. The joint — technically a spliff or blunt, as it was marijuana mixed with tobacco — happened to be proffered by comedian and wrestling commentator Joe Rogan, who was streaming his show live from the state of California. "It's legal, right?" asked Musk as he took Rogan up on his offer. SEE ALSO: Elon Musks opens up about the toll Tesla takes on him Indeed it is. And for those of us in those states where marijuana is acceptable and available to adults in a dispensary near you, it was about as notable as the whiskey he also swigged on the show. Indeed, it seemed one of the more normal things Musk has done lately. Accusing a member of the team that rescued schoolboys stuck in a cave in Thailand of being a pedophile? Shocking and shameful. Promising funding to buy back Tesla shares and take the company private, then rescinding the promise? A real headscratcher, one that is reportedly under SEC investigation. Hitting a spliff once? Meh. If anything, given his stressful role and his hair-trigger tendency to send ill-advised tweets, Musk could probably do with hitting it again. It's certainly preferable to the brain-addling Ambien that may be fueling his recent controversial public statements, according to Tesla board members. It's pot. So what? Musk on Joe Rogan's podcast.Image: joe rogan, youtubeBut even in 2018, with legalization sweeping across America and much of the country aware of scientific reports showing the cannabis plant to be safer than alcohol, it seems we still have to contend with the alarmist legacy of reefer madness. The New York Times, which has a history of misleading marijuana stories, clutched its pearls and called Musk's smoke a "stunt." CNN, based in a state that can't even get its act together on medical marijuana despite overwhelming public support, breathlessly suggested Musk would have to apologize. CNBC speculated that he was breaking Tesla policy (he wasn't; as Musk later told the Guardian, Tesla workers are allowed THC in their blood stream in drug tests.) Fox Business even snitched on Musk to the U.S. Air Force, and the USAF had to deny that it had launched any sort of investigation. Meanwhile Wall Street drove Tesla shares down more than 9% in early trading, much of the damage no doubt done by the street's famously cocaine-fueled investors. Marijuana possession arrests may be in decline (and given the clearly racist nature of those arrests, it's about time). But pot-shaming, apparently, is still a thing. this whole elon thing reminds me how much of a big deal weed still is to people outside of california — ಠ_ಠ (@MikeIsaac) September 7, 2018 It wasn't as if Musk was promoting weed-smoking. ( Vice complained that he'd made the recreational activity less cool just by doing it on camera.) "I'm not a regular smoker," he said. "I don't think it's very good for productivity." This is far from a universal experience, as legendary creatives like the Beatles and Bob Dylan, who may have done their best work while high, will tell you. Still, Musk did his duty by East Coast polite society. He was a paragon of moderation. If the Grimes-Azealia Banks text conversations released last month are to be believed — Banks has since apologized for airing dirty laundry, but hasn't refuted the content — Grimes' boyfriend is still mostly in what blogger Andrew Sullivan dubbed "the cannabis closet." Musk dismisses the fact that he pegged his buyback price for Tesla shares at $420 — a number that has long been code for weed-smoking — as a mere coincidence. Given this two-tiered public reaction to a single toke, is it any wonder Musk would want to spend most of his time in that closet? There's nothing wrong with Elon Musk smoking weed on TV.What's wrong here is that hundreds of thousands of black man are currently rotting in jail for far less. — Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) September 7, 2018 It's hard to explain to some people in non-legal states, or some (but not all) people over a certain age, just how small a deal weed really is. The lies told by the government during the War on Drugs seeped deep into our collective consciousness. No matter how many times the gateway drug theory is refuted by research, there is a vested interest in believing it. Many poppers of pills and swiggers of cocktails do not want to credit the possibility that their relaxation methods are really the dangerous ones — even as a recent, vast study of studies revealed the inconvenient truth that alcohol consumption is unsafe at any level. But given the pace of change, not just across America, but across the world, in the 21 countries that have now at least partly legalized cannabis, it may soon be hard to explain why what Musk did on camera last night was ever considered news. Toke on, Elon. WATCH: This anti-smoking giant is taking on Juul
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| U.S. safety board investigates Delta engine failure Posted: 06 Sep 2018 02:50 PM PDT ![U.S. safety board investigates Delta engine failure]( "U.S. safety board investigates Delta engine failure") (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday it was investigating an engine failure on a Delta Air Lines' flight, which was bound for Orlando, Florida on Wednesday.
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| The Latest: Police identify victims in Cincinnati shooting Posted: 06 Sep 2018 03:56 PM PDT  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on a fatal shooting at downtown Cincinnati bank (all times local):
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| The Trump Administration Plans To Detain More Children And For Longer Posted: 06 Sep 2018 09:02 PM PDT  The Trump administration said Thursday that it plans to withdraw from a court
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| This Porsche 911 Is Powered by an 8.2-Liter Cadillac V8 Posted: 06 Sep 2018 07:41 AM PDT  And it looks almost completely stock. Until you open the engine cover.
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| Mike Pence Slams Anonymous New York Times Op-Ed As Jokers Squeeze Last Yuks From 'Lodestar' Posted: 06 Sep 2018 02:36 PM PDT  Mike Pence is condemning The New York Times' anti-Donald Trump op-ed, which
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| Progressive Groups To Dems: Go Around Chuck Grassley And Release Kavanaugh Records Posted: 05 Sep 2018 08:03 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Progressive groups are urging Democratic senators to take a new
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| 'He still has the ability to inspire': Barack Obama returns to campaign for Democrats Posted: 07 Sep 2018 03:00 AM PDT  Barack Obama is set to appear at a California political rally on Saturday. Barack Obama plans to hit the campaign trail this week to stump for Democrats ahead of the midterm elections in a move that will mark his most public return to the political arena since departing the White House. The former president, who has kept a relatively low profile since leaving office and handing the White House over to Donald Trump in January 2017, is set to appear at a rally in California on Saturday.
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