| Police Shooting Mistrial Ignites Nationwide Protests Posted: 22 Jun 2017 09:00 PM PDT  The jury was deadlocked in the trial of the former Cincinnati police officer charged with killing an unarmed black driver during a traffic stop.
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| Trump vs. Medicaid Posted: 23 Jun 2017 12:16 PM PDT  Despite repeated campaign promises not to cut Medcaid, Trump supports the Senate health care bill, which one GOP senator said cuts health care for "tens of millions."
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| Protesters to target Gay Pride marches Posted: 23 Jun 2017 01:37 PM PDT  Protesters plan to demonstrate at Gay Pride marches this weekend in order to shine a light on minority groups in the LQBT community.
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| Mourners remember U.S. student held prisoner by North Korea Posted: 22 Jun 2017 10:21 AM PDT  Thousands of friends and family members gathered in suburban Cincinnati on Thursday to say goodbye to an American student who died days after returning to the United States in a coma following 17 months in captivity in North Korea. Otto Warmbier, 22, was arrested in the reclusive communist country while visiting as a tourist. Some 2,500 mourners attended a Thursday morning memorial at Wyoming High School.
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| Crash that killed teenage siblings so horrific emergency responder went into cardiac arrest Posted: 23 Jun 2017 08:03 AM PDT  An emergency response volunteer went into cardiac arrest while helping to remove bodies from the scene of a "horrific" car accident in which two teenage siblings and a 70-year-old man were killed. Eric Neibaur, 15, and his 13-year-old sister Lauren Neibaur died when their pick-up truck collided with Jay Lanningham's vehicle on a major road in the US state of Idaho. Police said a member of the local search and rescue unit had to be revived with a portable defibrillator after his heart stopped at the scene of the crash, reported the Idaho State Journal.
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| JetBlue Flight Makes Emergency Landing in South Carolina Posted: 22 Jun 2017 09:00 PM PDT  Passengers and crew noticed smoke halfway through the flight, leading to an emergency landing in Charleston.
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| 9 Creative Ways To Add Bailey's To Your Sweets Posted: 23 Jun 2017 08:54 AM PDT |
| In just a year, Republicans became far more skeptical of claims of racism Posted: 22 Jun 2017 03:29 PM PDT  Only 32 percent of Republicans in 2016 said they believe African-Americans face "a lot of discrimination," a significant drop from just a year earlier.
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| Judge: Another Mistrial in Case Against Former Officer in Deadly Ohio Shooting Posted: 23 Jun 2017 08:36 AM PDT  A mistrial was declared Friday in the retrial of former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing, who was accused of murder and manslaughter in the 2015 shooting death of Samuel DuBose, an unarmed black motorist.
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| US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan quits post Posted: 23 Jun 2017 10:39 PM PDT  Washington's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan stepped down on Friday, just as the United States is preparing to send thousands more troops to the region. A senior State Department official told AFP that acting special representative Laurel Miller left the post without a replacement being named. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Miller is returning to a position at the Rand Corporation and that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has not yet decided what to do with post.
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| Conjoined McDonald Twins Surgeons Reflect On Separating Babies Posted: 23 Jun 2017 09:58 AM PDT  "The one thing we knew was to expect the unknown."
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| Anger in Mosul as Islamic State destroys historic mosque Posted: 22 Jun 2017 11:31 AM PDT  By Kawa Omar and Ahmed Rasheed MOSUL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - The leaning al-Hadba minaret that towered over Mosul for 850 years lay in ruins on Thursday, demolished by retreating Islamic State militants, but Iraq's prime minister said the act marked their final defeat in the city. "In the early morning, I climbed up to the roof of my house and was stunned to see the Hadba minaret had gone," Nashwan, a day-laborer who lives near the mosque, said by phone. The demolition came on Wednesday night as Iraqi forces closed in on the mosque, which carried enormous symbolic importance for Islamic State (IS).
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| Here’s Why That Harley/Ducati Rumor is BS Posted: 22 Jun 2017 11:13 AM PDT  Here's Why That Harley/Ducati Rumor is BS Combination of brands could be successful but is unlikely to ever occur On Wednesday we posted a story about rumors that Harley-Davidson may be interested in purchasing Italian brand Ducati , the latter being the
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| Rolling sequoia: Idaho tree tied to John Muir set for move Posted: 22 Jun 2017 06:09 PM PDT  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Not very often does a 10-story-tall, 800,000-pound landmark change locations. Especially one that's alive.
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| Trump admits he has no tapes of Comey meetings Posted: 22 Jun 2017 10:35 AM PDT  After threatening to release tapes of conversations with former FBI Director James Comey, President Trump said Thursday he does not have such recordings.
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| Cosby Juror Surprised Case Ended in Mistrial, Thought Shamed Comic Would be Acquitted Posted: 22 Jun 2017 01:05 PM PDT  The alternate juror also said he found it "confusing" that Cosby's wife was not present for the majority of the trial.
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| Inmates Describe Torture In Secret Prisons In Yemen Posted: 22 Jun 2017 01:26 PM PDT  "We could hear the screams," said a former inmate.
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| Arab states issue ultimatum to Qatar: close Jazeera, curb ties with Iran Posted: 23 Jun 2017 03:13 PM PDT  By William Maclean, Rania El Gamal and Tom Finn DUBAI/DOHA (Reuters) - Four Arab states that imposed a boycott on Qatar have issued an ultimatum to Doha to close Al Jazeera television, curb ties with Iran, shut a Turkish base and pay reparations, demands so far reaching it would appear to be hard for Doha to comply. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have sent a 13-point list of demands apparently aimed at dismantling their tiny but wealthy neighbor's two-decade-old interventionist foreign policy which has incensed them. A Qatari government spokesman said Doha was reviewing the list of demands and that a formal response would be made by the foreign ministry and delivered to Kuwait, but added that the demands were not reasonable or actionable.
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| US Energy Secretary Rick Perry told he lacks 'fundamental understanding' of climate science Posted: 23 Jun 2017 12:57 AM PDT  The American Meteorological Society has told Rick Perry he lacks a 'fundamental understanding' of science after the US Energy Secretary claimed carbon dioxide was not a primary cause of climate change. The former governor of Texas told CNBC TV that "the most likely the primary control knob [for climate change] is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in", rather than greenhouse gas emissions produced by human activity. Becoming the latest of Donald Trump's administration to dispute established science without any attempt at reasoned argument, Mr Perry also said it was "quite all right" to be a sceptic about climate change, suggesting the trait was one held by any "wise, intellectually engaged person".
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| This Super Common Beauty Product Could Be Linked to Breast Cancer Posted: 24 Jun 2017 03:41 AM PDT  A new study conducted by Rutgers School of Public Health found a connection between hair dye and relaxer usage and an increased chance of developing breast cancer. The results show that way these products affect you has a lot to do with your race. The study found that African-American women who used dark brown or black hair dyes saw a 51 percent increased risk of developing breast cancer. These products also led to a 72 percent increase specifically in estrogen-positive ...
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| News outlets 'banned from filming' Jared Kushner during visit to Israel Posted: 23 Jun 2017 07:28 AM PDT  Journalists were ordered not to photograph Jared Kushner while he is in Israel on a quick visit trying to broker a peace deal for father-in-law Donald Trump. It is unclear at this time who gave the order, but reports indicate that an Associated Press cameraman was prevented from filming Mr Kushner's arrival at the office of Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu. Another cameraman was told to delete the memory card in his camera, which reportedly contained images of Mr Kushner's arrival and from Mr Netanyahu's office.
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| US Navy to hold Japan memorial for sailors killed in crash Posted: 23 Jun 2017 04:27 AM PDT  The US navy said Friday it will hold a memorial ceremony for seven sailors killed when their destroyer collided with a container ship off Japan's coast last weekend. The service will be held on Tuesday at the naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, where the badly damaged destroyer USS Fitzgerald is based, a navy spokeswoman said. The sailors' relatives, US military officials and some 300 crew members of the guided-missile warship will join the private event, she added, without releasing other details.
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| 12 Bizarre Kitchen Ingredients That Get Rid Of Stains Fast Posted: 23 Jun 2017 08:54 AM PDT |
| Pakistan says Indian man admits spying, India dismisses it as farce Posted: 23 Jun 2017 01:10 AM PDT ![Pakistan says Indian man admits spying, India dismisses it as farce]( "Pakistan says Indian man admits spying, India dismisses it as farce") ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian citizen sentenced to death for spying in Pakistan has admitted espionage and filed a mercy petition with the chief of army staff, the Pakistan military said on Thursday, a statement India dismissed as a farce. Former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav was arrested last year in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan, the site of a long-running conflict between the Pakistan military and separatist insurgents.
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| Employer: Bear hyper-aggressive against newlywed, co-worker Posted: 22 Jun 2017 06:14 PM PDT ![Employer: Bear hyper-aggressive against newlywed, co-worker]( "Employer: Bear hyper-aggressive against newlywed, co-worker") ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A hyper-aggressive black bear moved back and forth between two women in a ferocious attack earlier this week that left a newlywed dead and her co-worker injured in a remote area of Alaska, their employer said Thursday.
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| Michelle Carter Spotted First Time In Public After Guilty Verdict Posted: 23 Jun 2017 06:11 AM PDT  Photos of the 20-year-old Massachusetts woman, who encouraged her boyfriend to kill himself, were posted by Daily Mail on Thursday.
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| Suspect in Michigan airport stabbing attempted to buy gun before attack Posted: 22 Jun 2017 02:36 PM PDT  The man charged with stabbing an airport police officer in Michigan unsuccessfully attempted to purchase a gun before the attack, which is being investigated as an act of terrorism, federal officials said on Thursday. The suspect, Amor Ftouhi, 49, of Quebec, Canada, has been charged in federal court with violence at an international airport for stabbing Jeff Neville, an officer at the Bishop International Airport in Flint, in the neck on Wednesday.
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| Bumbling Ex-CIA Officer Charged With Selling Secrets to China Posted: 23 Jun 2017 01:24 PM PDT  A prestigious Chinese think tank provided cover for the intelligence operation that ensnared Kevin Mallory.
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| Egypt tycoon jailed for diva murder freed after presidential pardon Posted: 23 Jun 2017 12:19 PM PDT  An Egyptian real estate tycoon jailed for the murder of a Lebanese pop diva was freed Friday as part of a presidential pardon for hundreds of detainees, security officials said. State television said President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned a total of 502 prisoners to mark Eid al-Fitr holiday at the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Hisham Talaat Moustafa, who was sentenced to 15 years in jail in 2010 for the murder of Suzanne Tamim, was among those pardoned on health grounds, an interior ministry official told AFP.
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| NASA's Curiosity rover has a pet rock on Mars Posted: 22 Jun 2017 01:22 PM PDT  Mars is probably a pretty lonely place. The red planet is littered with rusty red rocks and, as far as we know, devoid of any kind of life. But even so, rovers still roam the surface of the world on humanity's behalf, making their solitary treks along previously unexplored paths. And sometimes, they make friends. SEE ALSO: NASA photo captures the loneliness of the Mars Curiosity rover NASA's Curiosity rover — which has been exploring the red planet's Gale Crater since 2012 — appears to have a little pet rock caught in one of its wheels. The rock got stuck in the right front wheel at some point in the last couple weeks, but scientists aren't exactly sure when it started hitching a ride because the rover doesn't snap photos of its wheels every day. Sol 1729 and 1730 MAHLI images of the hitchhiker rock pic.twitter.com/m5SEYXyrep — Lars (@LarsTheWanderer) June 19, 2017 This isn't the first time a rock has gotten caught in Curiosity's shoe, according to Emily Lakdawalla, a planetary scientist writing a book about the rover. Lakdawalla said that NASA and other interested folks back on Earth keep an eye on Curiosity's wheels and the rocks that might pop up in them as it roams the Martian surface. Scientists also spotted another rock, which appeared in that same right front wheel starting in January and disappearing by April, according to Ashwin Vasavada, a Curiosity project scientist. The current pet rock was seen in photos taken on Sol (Mars day) 1729 and 1730, which translates to June 17 and June 18 on Earth. "We don't exactly know how the rocks get in the wheels, but it's likely that they can hop in as the wheels (and heavy rover) break rocks and sink into the soil around loose rocks," Vasavada said via email. As for the rock's effect on Curiosity's wheels, it seems to be pretty benign. MARS FACT: All rocks on Mars are freeloading stowaways. pic.twitter.com/m8nSdVUXE4 — SarcasticRover (@SarcasticRover) June 20, 2017 The rocks are small and relatively soft, Vasavada said, so they shouldn't pose too much of an issue to the long-running rover's movements. However, it's always possible that something unexpected could happen. "There are some bad scenarios, such as when a rock gets jammed and makes a larger hole in a wheel, or if a rock interferes with some cables that run to the wheel motors," Vasavada said. "But we don't think those are credible problems with these small rocks." Scientists have Curiosity take these photos of its wheels to keep an eye on any holes that have developed in the rover's machinery. The holes in Curiosity's wheels are a sign of the wear and tear the rover has taken on during its years of work on the red planet, but for the moment, the worn wheels are still functioning well. And hey, at least Curiosity has a friend. WATCH:
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| Syria regime penetrates IS-held eastern province: monitor Posted: 23 Jun 2017 09:32 AM PDT  Syrian regime forces on Friday broke into the eastern Deir Ezzor province for the first time since 2014, a monitor said, after seizing territory from Islamic State group jihadists. Government forces control part of Deir Ezzor city and the adjacent military airport, but IS holds the vast desert province and most of the provincial capital. "Backed by Iranian, Lebanese and Iraqi fighters, the Syrian army entered Deir Ezzor province from the southeast, near the Iraqi border," said Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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| Mom Pleads to Save Her Nearly 300 Pound 11-Year-Old Daughter Posted: 23 Jun 2017 11:20 AM PDT  Miranda and her mother Julie have come to The Doctors seeking guidance and help to transform their eating habits in hopes of reversing their health issues. Miranda says the bullying from other kids has become a "daily routine" for her.
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| Trump admin OKs drone sale to India, manufacturer says Posted: 23 Jun 2017 05:57 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has authorized the sale of unarmed surveillance drones to India, the manufacturer said Friday, as the two nations' leaders prepare for their first face-to-face meeting.
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| Casey Anthony’s Parents Counter Sue Over Family Home Foreclosure Posted: 23 Jun 2017 12:29 PM PDT  Caylee Anthony lived with her mother and grandparents at the home at the time of her death in 2008.
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| Appeals court overturns conviction of 'Making a Murderer' inmate Posted: 22 Jun 2017 03:31 PM PDT  A three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled 2-1 to uphold a federal judge's ruling last year that overturned Dassey's conviction for a 2005 murder. Magistrate Judge William Duffin had ruled in August that the conviction was based on a coerced confession that Dassey, now 27, gave as a 16-year-old with a learning disability. Duffin ordered Dassey freed in November, but his release was halted while Wisconsin authorities appealed the decision.
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| California AG bans state travel to Texas, 3 other states Posted: 22 Jun 2017 06:11 PM PDT ![California AG bans state travel to Texas, 3 other states]( "California AG bans state travel to Texas, 3 other states") SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's attorney general blocked state-funded travel to Texas and three other states on Thursday in response to what he considers anti-LGBT rights laws enacted this year.
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| 6.8-magnitude quake hits Guatemala, second in eight days: USGS Posted: 22 Jun 2017 02:24 PM PDT  A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Guatemala's coast Thursday, injuring four people and damaging homes and roads, officials said, just eight days after another strong tremor killed five people in the Central American country. The quake struck at 6:31 am (1231 GMT) with its epicenter in the Pacific Ocean at a depth of 46.8 kilometers, about 23 kilometers (14 miles) southwest of Puerto San Jose, the US Geological Survey said. The Guatemalan Seismological Institute measured the quake at a magnitude of 6.7.
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| Luisa Ortega: Venezuelan prosecutor defying president Posted: 22 Jun 2017 01:34 PM PDT  Her enemies have branded her insane, but those close to Venezuela's Attorney General Luisa Ortega say her defiance of the government over the country's deadly political crisis is pure courage. A longtime sympathizer of the socialist movement that brought President Nicolas Maduro to power, Ortega, 59, says her relatives have received threats in recent weeks since she has emerged as the biggest challenge to his authority. In return, Maduro's allies have set the machinery of the state judiciary in motion against her.
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