| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivers devastating dissection of US financial system and political corruption in congress speech Posted: 08 Feb 2019 02:57 AM PST  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has used a speech before finance watchdogs to expose the vast conflicts of interest which shape American politics. "We have a system with right now which is fundamentally broken," she concluded after her question and answer session with a panel of senior figures from campaign finance watchdog groups. "If I want to run a campaign that is entirely funded by corporate political action committees, is there anything that legally prevents me from doing that?" she asked.
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| Evidence shows Khashoggi murder planned, carried out by Saudi officials: U.N. Posted: 07 Feb 2019 11:16 AM PST  Khashoggi's killing by a team of Saudi operatives on Oct. 2 provoked widespread revulsion and tarnished the image of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, previously admired in the West for pushing deep changes including tax reform, infrastructure projects and allowing women to drive. U.S. intelligence agencies believe Crown Prince Mohammed ordered an operation to kill Khashoggi, a critic and Washington Post columnist, and say his body was dismembered and removed to a location still publicly unknown. "Evidence collected during my mission to Turkey shows prime facie case that Mr. Khashoggi was the victim of a brutal and premeditated killing, planned and perpetrated by officials of the State of Saudi Arabia," Agnes Callamard, U.N. special rapporteur for extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions, said in statement issued in Geneva.
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| Cindy McCain apology shows challenge for mixed-race families Posted: 08 Feb 2019 03:59 PM PST  PHOENIX (AP) — Cindy McCain has apologized after she claimed she stopped a case of human trafficking at the Phoenix airport when she reported a toddler with a woman of a different ethnicity and "something didn't click." Police said they investigated but there was no evidence of a crime.
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| Trump, honoring Holocaust survivors, seems blind to events of today Posted: 06 Feb 2019 06:26 PM PST  President Trump honored Holocaust survivors in his State of the Union speech. But many could have been saved if the U.S. had opened its doors to refugees from Europe before World War II.
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| Jeff Bezos: Extortion and Embarrassing Photos Won’t Distract Me Posted: 08 Feb 2019 02:00 AM PST  Now the world's wealthiest man needs to convince investors that locking horns with a powerful American media organization won't end up hurting Amazon.com Inc. itself. Bezos, Amazon's single largest shareholder, stunned the industry Thursday night when he accused the Enquirer of trying to blackmail him, publishing tense exchanges with the magazine that included prurient details of his relationship with former TV anchor Lauren Sanchez. Bezos' revelation steps up a war of words with a confidant of U.S. President Donald Trump, who's been critical of Amazon and its founder.
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| Motorcycle-themed 2019 Ford F-150 concept is making an appearance at Chicago Auto Show Posted: 07 Feb 2019 06:53 AM PST  The Harley-Davidson-themed Ford F-150, a concept model that went on display last August at the motorcycle brand's 115th Anniversary event, turned out to be so popular and highly-requested that -- at long last -- the motorcycle-styled pickup truck that was in production for over a decade in the early 2000s will be put back on the market. Naturally with a special edition truck comes a hearty, custom lift-kit and new set of high performance shock absorbers.
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| Meghan Markle Already Knows Prince Harry Is Going to Deserve a 'Best Dad' Mug Posted: 08 Feb 2019 07:45 AM PST  They're already confident parents
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| Officers patrol Texas border as immigrants arrive Posted: 07 Feb 2019 11:54 AM PST  U.S. officials have bolstered security along the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, across from Piedra Negras, Mexico, where a caravan of mostly Honduran migrants is being held. It's the first caravan in recent months to have arrived at the Texas border. (Feb. 7)
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| Twenty Things You Didn’t Know about Cory Booker Posted: 07 Feb 2019 03:30 AM PST  1. Henry Louis Gates tested Senator Booker's DNA for an episode of his ancestry-research program Finding Your Roots and found that Booker's ancestry was 47 percent African, 45 percent European, and 7 percent Native American. 2. If elected president, Booker would be the best football player in the Oval Office since Gerald Ford. In fact, former president Ford called to urge Booker to play for his alma mater, the University of Michigan, when the future senator was in high school.
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| Florida wins its first passing grade on annual gun-safety report card Posted: 08 Feb 2019 06:38 AM PST  Florida earned a passing grade for the first time on an annual gun-safety report card compiled by a prominent advocacy group, after the state led all others in bolstering its firearms laws in the year since the deadly Parkland school shooting. The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence released its annual analysis on Friday, days before the first anniversary of the shooting, which killed 17 students and staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The incident intensified a national debate over gun violence, prompting a wave of student-led walkouts and pushing lawmakers to pass 67 gun safety bills in 26 states and Washington, D.C., according to the center's data.
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| Saudi crown prince told aide he would use 'a bullet' on Khashoggi: report Posted: 07 Feb 2019 05:02 PM PST  Saudi Arabia's crown prince told a senior aide he would go after Jamal Khashoggi "with a bullet" a year before the dissident journalist was killed inside the kingdom's Istanbul consulate, the New York Times reported Thursday quoting US intelligence. US intelligence understood that Mohammed bin Salman, the country's 33-year-old de facto ruler, was ready to kill the journalist, although he may not have literally meant to shoot him, according to the newspaper. After initially denying any knowledge of Khashoggi's disappearance, the kingdom has acknowledged that a team killed him inside the diplomatic mission but described it as a rogue operation that did not involve the crown prince.
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| Democrats speechless as scandal engulfs Virginia's leaders Posted: 07 Feb 2019 05:30 AM PST  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — With Virginia's top three elected officials engulfed in scandal, fellow Democrats were rendered practically speechless, uncertain of how to thread their way through the racial and sexual allegations and their tangled political implications.
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| Trump Confidant Roger Stone Sued by Jerome Corsi in Latest Twist Posted: 07 Feb 2019 07:10 PM PST  Corsi claims Stone began waging a public-relations campaign to "smear, defame, intimidate and threaten" him after Stone concluded he was going to be charged by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The author seeks more than $25 million in damages in a complaint filed late Thursday in Washington federal court.
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| National Enquirer owner responds to Bezos post, says it 'acted lawfully' in its reporting Posted: 08 Feb 2019 12:16 PM PST  American Media Inc., owner of the National Enquirer, says in a statement that it "acted lawfully" after Jeff Bezos blasted the company Thursday.
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| Florida caregiver charged after mentally disabled woman gives birth Posted: 08 Feb 2019 08:59 AM PST  Willie Shorter, 58, was charged with lewd and lascivious battery on a disabled adult after a test showed his DNA matched that of the child of the woman who was identified only as "DB," Rockledge, Florida, police said in a court affidavit. Shorter was released on bond on Thursday after being arrested a day earlier, according to Brevard County Sheriff's Office records. Shorter could not immediately be reached for comment, and a Rockledge police spokeswoman said she did not know if he had an attorney.
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| The 2019 Mazda MX-5 Miata 30th Anniversary Edition in Photos Posted: 07 Feb 2019 09:43 AM PST |
| Hey, how do you think a sentient baguette would move? Posted: 07 Feb 2019 02:15 PM PST  If a baguette was alive and could move around, how would it move?This is the vital question posed by a comedian and animator named Dave (@sheepfilms on Twitter), who gave the internet its latest thing to debate on Thursday. According to Dave, there are four possible ways a baguette could move: worm, gallop, robot rotate, and caterpillar.Please observe: SEE ALSO: Is there something wrong with me if I only hear Yanny and not Laurel?A poll tweeted shortly after the video reveals number 3 (robot rotate) as the clear frontrunner. I agree, as this is the only scenario in which the baguette's crusty exterior would not be compromised. You know what they say: A floppy baguette is no baguette at all. (No one says that.)> Here's a survey. How would a baguette move?> > -- Dave (@sheepfilms) February 7, 2019On Twitter, most people agree with me, proving that I am right. I knew it! However, some people did suggest other alternatives. For example, what if the baguette just rolled around on its side like a log? That might be good, although perhaps a little slow.Please feel free to bring this up at your next social gathering. Everyone will love it. WATCH: Twitter turned this massive fried rice prank into a pretty great meme -- All the Memes
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| Trump Wants Increased Immigration. Please Clap. Posted: 07 Feb 2019 07:15 AM PST  My impression that this was just a Trumpian verbal tic was strengthened by the fact of his earlier support for the RAISE Act and the Goodlatte bill, both of which would have reduced overall immigration, albeit not as much as critics imagined. TRUMP: Yes, because we need people in our country because our unemployment numbers are so low and we have massive numbers of companies coming back into our country — car companies, we have seven car companies coming back in right now and there's going to be a lot more — we've done really well with this, and we need people. You want more legal immigration?
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| Woman breaks up fight between dogs before realising one is a mountain lion Posted: 08 Feb 2019 11:03 AM PST  A woman intervened in an apparent fight between two dogs, only to discover one of the combatants was in fact a mountain lion. "As she pulled the two animals apart, she realised that in one hand she held a juvenile male mountain lion, about 35 pounds, and not another dog as she expected," said the Idaho department of fish and game in a statement. "Her husband responded and quickly dispatched the mountain lion as she held on to it," added the IDFG.
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| What now for Venezuela? Posted: 07 Feb 2019 08:37 AM PST  With international pressure intensifying on President Nicolas Maduro to step aside and support growing for his opposition rival Juan Guaido, Venezuela is poised on a knife-edge, say analysts. Guaido, the National Assembly speaker, has so far been recognized by around 40 countries since declaring himself interim president on January 23. Here are four scenarios that according to several Latin America experts could tip the balance either way as Venezuela struggles with the worst economic crisis in its recent history.
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| Remembering Fox News legal analyst Bob Massi Posted: 07 Feb 2019 04:00 AM PST  Fox News legal analyst and Nevada real estate attorney Bob Massi passes away at age 67 after an extended cancer battle. 'Fox & Friends' remembers 'The Property Man.'
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| Parliament Gets Another Crack at May on Feb. 14: Brexit Update Posted: 07 Feb 2019 03:39 AM PST  If she doesn't clinch concessions by next week, then members of Parliament will have another chance to force her to rewrite her plans on Feb. 14. Key Developments:Government sticks to plan to present a motion on Brexit on Feb. 14, which MPs will be able to amend to rewrite Brexit or even delay it May meets European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
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| Russian official: Another nuclear pact with US in trouble Posted: 07 Feb 2019 09:45 AM PST  MOSCOW (AP) — Another U.S.-Russian nuclear pact is in danger following the U.S. move to withdraw from a Cold War-era arms control treaty, a senior Russian diplomat said Thursday.
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| Michael Cohen Search Warrant Documents to Be Made Partly Public Posted: 07 Feb 2019 11:41 AM PST  Over objections from federal prosecutors, U.S. District Judge William Pauley on Thursday granted a request by media organizations for access to documents related to the April 9 FBI search of Cohen's home, office and hotel room, while agreeing with the government that some materials must remain secret to protect ongoing investigations. "The public interest in the underlying subject matter of the materials -- which implicates the integrity of the 2016 presidential election -- is substantial," Pauley said.
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| Sears saved from liquidation: Judge approves bankruptcy sale to ex-CEO Eddie Lampert Posted: 08 Feb 2019 07:42 AM PST ![Sears saved from liquidation: Judge approves bankruptcy sale to ex-CEO Eddie Lampert]( "Sears saved from liquidation: Judge approves bankruptcy sale to ex-CEO Eddie Lampert") A federal judge on Thursday approved a last-minute deal to save Sears in shrunken form, giving the death-defying retailer a second chance at life.
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| Trump credits people of faith for 'abolition of civil rights' at National Prayer Breakfast Posted: 07 Feb 2019 08:10 AM PST  Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., Thursday, President Trump stumbled while crediting America's God-fearing citizens for the country's historic achievements.
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| Amazon will deliver specialty flowers to you on Valentine's Day in one hour Posted: 08 Feb 2019 08:18 AM PST  Valentine's Day is less than a week away and if you're like the majority ofAmericans that wait until the last minute to get something for your specialsomeone, you might be starting to panic
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| Israeli gunfire kills Gaza teens during border protests Posted: 08 Feb 2019 08:07 AM PST  Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinian teenagers including a 14-year-old boy during Gaza border protests on Friday, Palestinian health officials said. Israel's military said it had opened fire in response to explosives and rocks hurled at the border fence. Palestinians have been staging weekly protests since last March at the border of Gaza, an enclave controlled by the Islamist militant group Hamas.
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| An Ominous Moment for the Pro-Life Movement Posted: 08 Feb 2019 10:35 AM PST  In a 5–4 decision, Justice John Roberts sided with the court's progressive wing to grant an emergency stay blocking enforcement of Louisiana's admitting-privileges law. The Louisiana law appeared to violate a recent Supreme Court precedent called Whole Women's Health v. Hellerstedt, which struck down a nearly identical Texas law. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, however, surprisingly upheld the Louisiana law, holding that there were enough factual differences between Louisiana and Texas to render the Louisiana law less burdensome on abortion rights.
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| U.S. banks weigh whether to embrace or avoid progressive firebrand Ocasio-Cortez Posted: 06 Feb 2019 11:32 PM PST  Barely a month into the new Congress, financial lobbyists in Washington are already strategizing how to handle the star power of rookie Democrat lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The Democratic Socialist and Wall Street critic joined the 60-member House Financial Services Committee in mid-January and more than a dozen lobbyists interviewed by Reuters say the 29-year-old activist and former bartender is too high-profile to ignore. Richard Hunt, chief executive of the Consumer Bankers Association, said he had not encountered a lawmaker like Ocasio-Cortez in more than 20 years in Washington.
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| No bag fees, no problem: Southwest Airlines takes in $642 million in other fees in 2018 Posted: 07 Feb 2019 11:49 AM PST  The airline is the only carrier to offer two free checked bags and no ticket change fees, but priority boarding fees and other fees bring in big bucks.
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| Ivanka Trump 'not concerned' over threat of Russia probe Posted: 08 Feb 2019 09:24 AM PST  President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka said Friday that she is not worried about any threat that the Mueller Russia meddling investigation might pose to her family. The senior White House advisor, who is married to Jared Kushner, another of the president's closest advisors, told ABC News that there is "nothing" of substance in the 21-month-old probe by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into possible collusion between Moscow and President Trump's 2016 election campaign. "No. There's nothing there," Trump answered.
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| The Acura NSX Revolutionized the Sports-Car Game When It Appeared 30 Years Ago Posted: 07 Feb 2019 07:00 AM PST  Remembering this rapier of a supercar on the anniversary of its Chicago auto show debut.
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| Son Accused of Killing, Burning Mother Before Hanging Her Upside Down in Closet Posted: 08 Feb 2019 02:16 PM PST  A man has been arrested after his mother was found to stabbed to death, her body badly burned and hanging upside down in a closet at a home in Crown Heights, sources told PIX11 News Friday.
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| New York is most popular Valentine's Day destination for lovebirds Posted: 07 Feb 2019 03:16 AM PST  New York and Cancun have emerged the top destinations for US couples planning to celebrate Valentine's Day the grand way this year.
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| Facility where incapacitated woman gave birth to shut down Posted: 07 Feb 2019 05:08 PM PST  PHOENIX (AP) — A long-term care facility in Arizona where an incapacitated woman was raped and later gave birth announced Thursday that it would shut down operations.
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| Trump investigation: House intelligence committee to probe Russia links and foreign financial interests Posted: 07 Feb 2019 01:20 AM PST  Donald Trump's foreign financial links and possible connections to Russia will be investigated by the House intelligence committee, its new chairman Adam Schiff has announced. The Democratic congressman said on Wednesday lawmakers would probe the "scope and scale" of Moscow's intervention in the election, the "extent of any links and/or coordination" between Russians and Trump associates, whether foreign actors have sought leverage over Mr Trump or his associates, and if anyone has sought to obstruct any of the relevant investigations. Mr Schiff dismissed those comments, deciding instead to move ahead with the aggressive oversight House Democrats have promised now they are in the majority.
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| US banks BB&T and SunTrust announce $66 billion merger Posted: 07 Feb 2019 02:07 PM PST  BB&T and SunTrust announced Thursday they will combine in a $66 billion transaction to create a regional banking giant in the industry's largest merger since the 2008 financial crisis. The two midsize banks operating in the fast-growing Southeastern United States described the move as a merger of equals that would enable them to compete against heavyweights like Bank of America and Wells Fargo and save some $1.6 billion in administrative costs. Shares of both companies soared on the announcement, which establishes the sixth-largest bank in the country by assets and deposits, and follows President Donald Trump's moves to cut corporate taxes and ease banking regulations imposed after the 2008 crisis.
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| Warren struggles to move past Native American heritage flap Posted: 06 Feb 2019 05:45 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is on the verge of launching a presidential campaign that should be all about her vision for the future. But first she has to explain her past.
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| Audi TT RS Coupe and Roadster get refreshed for Geneva Posted: 07 Feb 2019 07:10 AM PST  Despite Audi's TT RS lineup already being equipped with an impressively high-performance powertrain inside a stylish exterior, the company has decided to refresh the vehicle with a set of welcome aesthetic enhancements. Audi announced on Wednesday that the Audi TT RS Coupe and Roadster are getting a mostly-cosmetic refresh just in time for their Geneva Motor Show appearance.
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