| Saudi Arabia Allegedly Tortured Women's Rights Activists Before Khashoggi Murder Posted: 21 Nov 2018 10:23 AM PST  In the wake of the brutal torture and murder of Saudi journalist Jamal
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| Vintage illustrations as Thanksgiving greetings Posted: 21 Nov 2018 04:30 AM PST ![Vintage illustrations as Thanksgiving greetings]( "Vintage illustrations as Thanksgiving greetings") Here's a look at some vintage Thanksgiving postcards, greeting cards and illustrations from the turn of the century to 1923. They don't make them like that any more!
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| Barack Obama 'Crashes' Chicago Food Bank To Help Out For Thanksgiving Posted: 21 Nov 2018 02:34 AM PST  Former President Barack Obama lent a helping hand at a food bank in Chicago on
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| ‘Email Is The Key To Prosecuting Just About Everyone,’ Ivanka Trump Wrote In Her Book Posted: 21 Nov 2018 01:58 PM PST  “My friend Andrew Cuomo, New York’s great attorney general, tells me that email is the key to prosecuting just about everyone these days,” Ivanka Trump wrote in her 2009 self-help book The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life, according to Raw Story. “People can be so incredibly slapdash with their electronic messages, as if they were some modern version of smoke signals that can disappear without a trace.”
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| California fire death toll rises to 83 Posted: 21 Nov 2018 11:55 PM PST  The death toll from the wildfire in northern California rose to 83 Wednesday after crews found two more sets of remains in burned-out buildings, officials said. Another three people died in a second major blaze that struck Malibu in southern California. Crews are preparing to deal with heavy rain forecast for the rest of the week, which will help put out the fire but raises the prospect of flash floods and could wash away human remains.
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| Mark Zuckerberg Says He Wants to Work With Sheryl Sandberg for Decades Posted: 21 Nov 2018 06:57 AM PST  Following a damaging report on Russian interference
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| Trump's whitewashing of brutal Saudi killing denounced by both parties Posted: 21 Nov 2018 12:11 PM PST  The president puts a price on moral values, and members of Congress aren't happy about it.
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| FedEx driver who fatally punched man after he hurled racist slurs will not face criminal charges Posted: 22 Nov 2018 09:00 AM PST  A FedEx delivery driver who punched a man who shouted racial slurs at him will not face criminal charges after the man later died, officials announced. Timothy Warren was driving his truck through a Portland, Oregon, neighbourhood when Joseph Magnuson began to shout at him to tell him that he was going too fast. Mr Warren stopped his truck and tried to explain to Mr Magnuson that he was exhausted and just wanted to finish his work.
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| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Throws Support Behind Nancy Pelosi For House Speaker Posted: 22 Nov 2018 07:27 AM PST  Incoming Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) announced her support
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| Macron Magic Endures for Foreign Businesses Despite Domestic Woes Posted: 22 Nov 2018 12:25 AM PST  For 74 percent of heads of foreign companies in France, the country is an attractive place for business, according to an annual poll of 200 executives by Ipsos. "A year and a half after the election of Emmanuel Macron, the image of France and its attractiveness remains very high and is even increasing," Ipsos said.
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| Far-Right Conspiracy Theorist Laura Loomer Banned From Twitter After Attacking Muslim Congresswoman Posted: 21 Nov 2018 05:02 PM PST  Far-right figure Laura Loomer was banned by Twitter on Wednesday after attacking newly elected Democratic representative Ilhan Omar. According to Loomer, she was banned by the social media site after tweeting about the Minnesota politician. "Isn't it ironic how the twitter moment used to celebrate 'women, LGBTQ, and minorities' is a picture of Ilhan Omar?" Loomer wrote.
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| CDC says U.S. abortion rate plunged in decade ending 2015 Posted: 21 Nov 2018 11:52 AM PST  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that statistics for 2015, the most recent year for which data is available, show the abortion rate was 11.8 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44. Teens aged 15 to 19 experienced a greater decrease than older women, with the rate falling 54 percent from 2006 to 2015, the CDC said. "This decrease in abortion rate was greater than the decreases for women in any older age group," the CDC said in a statement.
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| Chief of Russia's military intelligence agency dies Posted: 22 Nov 2018 12:19 AM PST  The head of the Russian military intelligence agency linked to a series of notorious operations abroad has died after a long illness, the defence ministry said on Thursday. Igor Korobov, 62, had headed the military's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) since 2016 and was the target of US sanctions. The West has accused the powerful agency of a number of attacks on foreign soil including the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia with a nerve agent in Britain last March.
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| Donald Trump Lashes Out At Chief Justice John Roberts Over Immigration Rulings Posted: 21 Nov 2018 01:16 PM PST  President Donald Trump lashed out at Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday
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| US tourist killed by reclusive tribe on illegal visit to isolated Indian island Posted: 21 Nov 2018 02:42 AM PST  An American tourist has been killed by a remote Indian tribe after he illegally ventured onto their island home. John Allen Chau, 27, was met with a volley of arrows as he set foot on North Sentinel Island, part of the Andaman Islands deep in the Indian Ocean. Police sources told local media that Mr Chau was a missionary and travelled to the island to convert the Sentinelese tribe to Christianity. But police officer Dependra Pathak disputed this, telling local website News Minute the American "was on a misplaced adventure in (a) prohibited area to meet uncontacted persons". Mr Pathak said authorities are still consulting with tribal welfare experts to determine how best to retrieve Mr Chau's body. The case has cast a rare spotlight on the Sentinelese tribe, one of the last in the world thought to be untouched by modern civilisation. Mr Chau was killed on November 16 when he paid local fishermen to transport him to the island, according to a police source. "He was attacked by arrows but he continued walking. The fishermen saw the tribals tying a rope around his neck and dragging his body," the source said. "They were scared and fled but returned next morning to find his body on the seashore." North Sentinel Island locator Indian media reported that the fishermen told a preacher in Port Blair, the main town of the Andamans, about the incident who then contacted Mr Chau's family in America. The US consulate in the southern Indian city of Chennai confirmed that it was aware of the incident and said it was working closely with local authorities. According to official sources, Mr Chau had a tourist visa to enter the Andaman Islands, where access to some restricted zones is given, and had made several trips to other Andaman islands before offering money to fishermen to take him to North Sentinel. Mr Chaud is thought to have paid fishermen to take him to the island Outsiders are banned from going within three miles of their home to protect their way of life and to safeguard them from 21st century diseases. One police source said: "He tried to reach Sentinel island on November 14 but could not make it. Two days later he went well prepared. He left the dinghy midway and took a canoe by himself to the island". The Andamans are also home to the 400-strong Jarawa tribe who activists say are threatened by contact from outsiders. But tourists have previously bribed local officials in a bid to be able to spend time with them. Tribes such as the Sentinelese, believed to be only 150 in number, shun all contact with the outside world and have a record of hostility to anyone who tries to get close. In 2006, two Indian fishermen who moored their boat to sleep were killed when the vessel broke loose and drifted onto North Sentinel and their bodies never recovered. A 1900 image of a Jarawa tribesman from India's Andaman Islands Credit: UniversalImagesGroup/Getty The island was hit by the devastating 2004 tsunami that swept across the Indian Ocean but not much is known about the impact it had on the reclusive inhabitants. After the tsunami one member of the tribe was photographed attempting to fire an arrow at an Indian Coast Guard helicopter. Indian authorities make periodic checks on the tribe from boats anchored at a safe distance from the shore. Survival International, a group protecting tribal people's rights, said that the "tragedy" of the American's death "should never have been allowed to happen". "The Indian authorities should have been enforcing the protection of the Sentinelese and their island for the safety of both the tribe and outsiders," it said. Since the Indian authorities keep away from the island, the legal repercussions of Mr Chau's killing are unclear. However police in the island chain in the Bay of Bengal have launched a murder investigation. Deepak Yadav, a senior police officer, said a case has been registered against "unknown tribesmen" and that six fishermen and one other person were arrested in connection with the death.
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| Mercy Hospital Shooting: 4 dead, including Chicago Officer Samuel Jimenez and gunman Posted: 21 Nov 2018 12:07 PM PST  Four people were killed - including a Chicago police officer, an ER doctor, and a pharmacy resident -- Monday afternoon in a shooting at Mercy Hospital on the city's Near South Side.
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| Nancy Pelosi Critic Reverses Course, Will Back Democratic Leader For Speaker Posted: 21 Nov 2018 09:37 AM PST  Rep. Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.), a critic of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.),
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| Meet the 5 Best Gun Manufacturers on the Planet (Sig Sauer and Glock Made the Cut) Posted: 21 Nov 2018 07:08 PM PST  Let the debate begin.
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| This rally-honed Renault R8 Gordini is a long way from home Posted: 21 Nov 2018 10:04 AM PST  We don't think the Renault 8 Gordini was designed with Californian coastal highways in mind – but that's exactly where this rally-inspired classic has ended up
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| Colts Neck Fire: Brother Charged With Arson, More Details Emerge About Quadruple Homicide Posted: 21 Nov 2018 01:59 PM PST  The brother of the man who was found dead outside his Colts Neck home yesterday has been charged with aggravated arson. Paul J. Caneiro, 51, was arrested and placed into custody at Monmouth County jail for attempting to burn down his own house in Ocean Township, New Jersey. According to USA Today, Paul Caneiro allegedly tried to burn down his Tilton Drive home "using gasoline and igniting the gasoline causing the residence to catch fire while his wife and two daughters were inside." None of his family were reported injured as a result of the blaze.
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| Israeli minister says 'time limited' for Hamas Gaza leader Posted: 21 Nov 2018 02:56 AM PST  A senior Israeli minister warned Wednesday that "time is limited" for Hamas's leader in the Gaza Strip, days after a controversial truce ended a severe flare-up and triggered a coalition crisis. "Yahya Sinwar's time is limited," said Housing Minister Yoav Gallant, a former general who once oversaw operations in the Gaza Strip. Speaking at a conference organised by the Jerusalem Post newspaper, Gallant said Hamas's leaders must "recalculate their route" and decide whether to fight Israel or retain the relative quiet of recent days.
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| Trump May Move Ahead With Plans To Make Asylum Seekers Wait In Mexico: Report Posted: 21 Nov 2018 09:28 PM PST  The Trump administration is preparing to unveil a plan that would force asylum
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| France advised to change heritage law to allow return of African art to former colonies Posted: 21 Nov 2018 06:54 AM PST  Franceshould change heritage law to facilitate the return of thousands of African artworks pillaged or bought during the colonial era, a government-appointed report is to advise President Emmanuel Macron. If approved, it would amount to a radical policy shift that could pile pressure on Britain and other ex-colonial powers to hand back long-held artifacts to their countries of origin. The report follows a groundswell of calls to return cultural treasures in Africa, amid estimations that up to 90 per cent of its cultural heritage is in foreign hands. France alone possesses around 90,000 African artworks, some 70,000 of which are at Paris' Quai Branly museum, founded by ex-president Jacques Chirac, a fan of African and Asian art. Currently, French law strictly forbids the government from parting with what amounts to state property, even in clear-cut cases of pillaging. But President Macron signalled he was prepared to consider change in a speech in Burkina Faso last year in which he said:"Africa's heritage cannot just be in European private collections and museums. "Within five years, I want the conditions to be met for the temporary or definitive restitution of African heritage to Africa." Mr Macron tasked French art historian Benedicte Savoy and Senegalese writer Felwine Sarr to draw up a report on the issue. It is estimated that up to 90 per cent of Africa's cultural treasures are held outside the continent Credit: GERARD JULIEN/AFP Due for release on Friday but leaked to French media on Wednesday, the report suggests amending French law to enable the restitution of cultural works if bilateral accords are struck between France and African states. The change would apply in particular to works held in museums which were "transferred from their original territory during the French colonial period," the report said. "We propose changing heritage laws so that all types of cases can be taken into account, and the criteria of consent can be invoked," Ms Sarr told French daily Libération. The experts said such collections were in effect depriving Africans of their artistic and cultural heritage. Advocates of such restitutions welcomed the report. Marie-Cecile Zinsou, a daughter of Benin's former prime minister and president of the Zinsou Art Foundation in Cotonou said that while it would spark "howls of disapproval" from some quarters in France, notably the far-Right, it could unleash a cultural "shockwave" throughout Europe and Africa. "Today it feels as if we're just a step away from recovering our history and being finally able to share it on the continent," she told AFP. The UK has resisted numerous and often impassioned calls to return artifacts to their countries of origin, including the Elgin Marbles to Greece and the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. On Tuesday, the governor of Chile's Easter Island in the Pacific implored the British Museum to return the Hoa Hakananai'a, one of its most important statues and held for 150 years.
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| What To Know About The Romaine E. Coli Outbreak Ahead Of Thanksgiving Posted: 21 Nov 2018 09:08 AM PST  Following an E. coli bacterial outbreak in 11 states and Canada that has
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| Meet the 5 Best Smith & Wesson Handguns Ever Made Posted: 21 Nov 2018 11:11 AM PST  What would you choose?
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| The Latest: Gunman killed himself after shot by police Posted: 21 Nov 2018 02:58 AM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shootings at a Chicago hospital (all times local):
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| The Ferrari Daytona that taught learners how to drive fast Posted: 21 Nov 2018 05:42 AM PST  This rare 174mph Ferrari Daytona was once used by the British School of Motoring to train pupils in the art of high-performance driving. Now it's heading to auction
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| Don’t Worry, The Military At The Border Is Ignoring The White House Posted: 21 Nov 2018 10:13 PM PST  In a truly shocking and unprecedented turn of events, the White House authorized the use of "lethal force" at the Mexican border, per a cabinet order signed on Wednesday by Chief of Staff John Kelly, as previously reported by the Inquisitr. U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis stated that the military police at the border don't even have weapons. "There is no armed element going on," Mattis told reporters on Wednesday, according to the BBC.
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| 5 Times Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker Critiqued The Mueller Investigation On CNN Posted: 21 Nov 2018 11:03 AM PST  Before Matt Whitaker was tapped to replace his boss, former Attorney General
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| Star Trek-style 'ionic wind' plane hailed as most significant advance in flight since the Wright brothers Posted: 21 Nov 2018 10:00 AM PST  A revolutionary Star Trek-style electric plane that flies silently and has no moving parts has completed its first test flight, in what is being hailed as one of the most significant advances in flight since the early experiments of the Wright brother more than 100 years ago. The battery-powered plane, which was developed and tested by engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US, is not kept in flight by propellers or a turbine but by an ionic wind system. The 16ft aircraft is completely silent and colliding electrically charged air molecules provide the thrust needed to make it fly, opening the door to new generation of emissions-free passenger aircraft and silent drones. Professor Steven Barrett, lead researcher on the project at MIT in Massachusetts, told the Telegraph that the plane's first flight, which is detailed in the journal Nature, was "super exciting". The battery-powered plane, which was developed and tested by engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is powered by an ionic wind system He said: "This is the first time an aeroplane with no moving parts has flown. It's taken nine years of work to get here, and it's a hundred years since the ionic wind was first discovered". In the tests, the battery-powered unmanned aircraft, that weighs just five pounds, managed sustained flights of 197 ft in an MIT gym hall. Professor Barrett was inspired to launch the project after watching sci-fi series Star Trek as a child. He was especially impressed by the show's futuristic shuttle crafts that skimmed through space with "just a blue glow and silently glide". The project was inspired by the shuttlecraft featued in sci-fi series Star Trek Credit: Sportsphoto Agency "This made me think, in the long-term future, planes shouldn't have propellers and turbines," he said. "They should be more like the shuttles in Star Trek." Ionic wind, also known as electroaerodynamic thrust, was first identified in the 1920s and explored by scientists and engineers in the US and at Britain's Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough in the 1960s, but they were only able to produce very low levels of thrust, insufficient for flight. To overcome this obstacle, the MIT test aircraft carries an array of thin wires strung beneath the front end of its wings. A high voltage current passed through the wires via a lightweight power converter strips negatively charged electrons from surrounding air molecules. This produces a cloud of positively charged ionised air molecules that are attracted to another set of negatively charged wires at the back of the plane, like a giant magnet attracting iron filings As they flow towards the negative charge, the ions collide millions of times with other air molecules, creating the thrust that pushes the aircraft forward. How ionic wind is generated One of the biggest challenges faced by the MIT team was designing a power supply that would generate 40,000 volts from the plane's battery output, one of the biggest stumbling blocks in adapting the technology for large-scale commercial use. Prof Barrett told the Telegraph that while it will take "several decades" for the technology to be advanced enough to power passenger aircraft, unmanned aircraft with wingspan of up to 80 ft will be possible in the "nearer term". The silent aircraft has obvious applications as a stealth drone, as it would not be detected by infrared scanners. Defence giant Lockheed Martin has reportedly already expressed interest in the project. Guy Gratton, an aerospace engineer and visiting professor at Cranfield University, said: "It's clearly very early days: but the team at MIT have done something we never previously knew was possible, in using accelerated ionised gas to propel an aircraft. "Aeronautical engineers around the world are already trying hard to find ways to use electric propulsion, and this technology will offer something else that in the future may allow manned and unmanned aircraft to be more efficient, and non-polluting."
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| Dubai Design Week 2018: The Best Exhibits, Installations, and Collaborations Posted: 21 Nov 2018 11:11 AM PST |
| Khloe Kardashian Reveals Her Biggest Struggle With Breastfeeding Posted: 21 Nov 2018 10:24 AM PST  Khloe Kardashian recently opened up about a problem so many mothers can relate
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| Iran sticking to nuclear deal, IAEA says, amid new U.S. sanctions Posted: 22 Nov 2018 04:45 AM PST  Iran is implementing its side of its nuclear deal with major powers, the U.N. atomic watchdog policing the pact reaffirmed on Thursday, two weeks after the latest wave of reimposed U.S. sanctions against Tehran took effect. President Donald Trump said in May he was pulling the United States out of the 2015 nuclear deal for reasons including Iran's influence on the wars in Syria and Yemen and its ballistic missile program, none of which are covered by the pact. Germany, France and Britain have been scrambling to prevent a collapse of the deal, under which international sanctions against Tehran were lifted in exchange for strict limits being placed on Iran's nuclear activities.
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| Correction: Mansion Fire-Deaths-The Latest story Posted: 22 Nov 2018 04:23 PM PST  COLTS NECK, N.J. (AP) — In some versions of a story Nov. 21 about the death of a family of four, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of a man charged with setting fire to his own home. He is Paul Caneiro, not Caniero. Additionally, the last name of one of the dead family members was misspelled. She is Jennifer Caneiro, not Jennifer Caniero.
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| MINI to bring stylish new Coupe to LA Auto Show Posted: 21 Nov 2018 04:35 AM PST  BMW Group has announced that a new black and crimson Mini John Cooper Works will be on show at the LA Auto Show on November 28. The Knights Edition MINI JCW is making its North American debut in LA next week, bridging the gap between the classic Cooper model and the ultra-sporty JCW GP -- a 2017 concept model recently confirmed for production and 2020 launch. The MINI John Cooper Works Knights Edition is essentially a gussied up JCW Hardtop featuring Midnight Black and Melting Silver components enhanced with separately available accessories.
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| UN Yemen envoy to visit battleground Hodeida city: source Posted: 22 Nov 2018 01:50 AM PST  The United Nations envoy will visit Yemen's embattled city of Hodeida this week, a UN source said Thursday, ahead of peace talks set for December in Sweden. Martin Griffiths, who arrived in the rebel-held capital Sanaa on Wednesday, was in the country to lay the groundwork for the upcoming negotiations aimed at ending almost four years of devastating conflict. The British diplomat is expected to visit the lifeline port city of Hodeida on Friday, a UN source told AFP.
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| Duchess of Sussex dishes out the love as she reunites with Grenfell Tower survivors Posted: 21 Nov 2018 07:54 AM PST  Elbow deep in carrots, peppers and beetroot, and stirring pots of soup, the Duchess of Sussex got to work on Wednesday bringing comfort and assistance to those who lost everything in the Grenfell Tower fire. The Duchess made a return visit to the kitchen in west London which inspired a charity cookbook, endorsed by the Duchess, in aid of the fire's victims. For nearly an hour, she helped volunteers at the Hubb Community Kitchen after saying that she wanted to see for herself what progress had been made since the book, Together, went on sale in September. It features more than 50 recipes from women whose community was devastated by the fire, which claimed the lives of 72 people. Healthy sales of the book, which the Duchess has previously described as a "labour of love", have paid for a complete makeover of the kitchen as well as funding longer opening hours. The Duchess has been making private visits to the kitchen since January Credit: Chris Jackson/Getty Images The Duchess, who is 17 weeks pregnant with her first child, also introduced her friend Clare Smyth, the Northern Irish chef, to the volunteers. Cradling her bump and sipping ginger tea as she listened to some of the women's plans for the future, the Duchess said: "I'm so proud of you. It's really exciting." She was keen to join in the work herself, taking off her burgundy Club Monaco coat, rolling up the sleeves of her dress and putting on an apron and a pair of gloves so she could get cooking. In total, more than 200 meals were prepared today for delivery to local groups, including elderly people's homes, homeless shelters and women's refuges, with mouth-watering dishes such as Egyptian lamb fattah, Persian chicken and barberry rice on the menu. Sales of the book have paid for a complete makeover of the kitchen Credit: Chris Jackson/Getty Images It emerged that the Duchess has been making private visits to the kitchen since January and is understood to have been left deeply moved by the dedication and hard work of those involved. Ahlam Saeid, 61, whose Iraqi family's recipe of rainbow roasted vegetables Meghan helped prepare, said: "I told her this [baby] is our grandchild, we are so happy. The whole community. And she is so happy." The Duchess was also given a traditional Ugandan cloth to wrap around her stomach after giving birth. Munira Mahmud, who presented her with the navy blue fabric, said: "Much of what we are doing is based on tradition. I thought what could be better to get her than the wrap. She was over the moon, she was really happy." More than 200 meals were prepared for delivery to local groups, including elderly people's homes, homeless shelters and women's refuges Credit: Chris Jackson/Getty Images Ms Mahmud, a mother-of-two, is one of the women motivated by the success of the kitchen project to start up a new scheme, providing new mothers with fresh and nutritious meals. She said: "I told her 'I can't wait to cook for you after you have the baby'." She added that Meghan told her she would be happy to enjoy her meals. Other projects, launched with the backing of the social entrepreneur foundation UnLtd, include a group for women who have suffered domestic violence. The Duchess embraces one woman outside The Hubb Community Kitchen in north Kensington Credit: Samir Hussein/WireImage The book Together: Our Community Cookbook has sold nearly 40,000 copies in the UK alone, raising £210,000. The kitchen was redesigned with the input of the volunteers "to capture its spirit as a place for the community to come together over a meal" and is now open seven days a week, up from just two when it began last year. The Grenfell disaster, which left 223 people homeless, was the worst UK residential fire since the Second World War. A public inquiry is currently under way to examine the causes of the blaze, what contributed to it spreading so quickly and whether more could have been done to prevent loss of life.
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| What Betsy DeVos' New Rule Means For Sexual Assault Survivors At Community Colleges Posted: 22 Nov 2018 05:00 AM PST  Last week, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos released a proposed regulation
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| Theresa May takes her deal to Brussels Posted: 21 Nov 2018 11:11 AM PST  Prime Minister Theresa May heads to Brussels to try to finalize a blueprint for Britain's future ties with the EU. Francesca Lynagh reports.
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