| Hillary Clinton: ‘If Republicans pass this bill, they’re the death party’ Posted: 23 Jun 2017 03:21 PM PDT  Hillary Clinton didn't mince words Friday when it came to the Senate Republicans' health care legislation unveiled the day before.
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| Another mistrial in case of US officer who shot black man Posted: 23 Jun 2017 02:20 PM PDT  The second murder trial of a white Ohio policeman who shot a black man during a routine traffic stop ended Friday in a mistrial, just as the first had a year earlier. Former University of Cincinnati campus police officer Ray Tensing was accused of killing Sam DuBose in a case tinged with the same overtones of racial discrimination and heavy-handed tactics as other recent high-profile US police shooting cases. Tensing, 27, told investigators that he opened fire out of fear for his life after DuBose, 43, tried to drive away and dragged the officer along with him.
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| Deadly landslide in southwestern China Posted: 24 Jun 2017 08:39 AM PDT ![Deadly landslide in southwestern China]( "Deadly landslide in southwestern China") Fears grew for 141 people missing in China after a landslide buried their mountain village in southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday, with reports that only three survivors had been pulled out of the mud and rock hours after the calamity struck. The landslide swept over 46 homes as dawn broke at around 6 a.m. in Xinmo village in Maoxian county, a remote mountainous area of north Sichuan close to the region of Tibet, according to the official Xinhua state news agency. President Xi Jinping urged on the rescue effort, but state broadcaster CCTV reported that by midday the only people rescued were a couple and their two-month-old baby.
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| Mosul’s 800-year-old Great Mosque of al-Nuri destroyed as Iraqi troops close in on ISIS Posted: 23 Jun 2017 10:07 AM PDT  The Great Mosque of al-Nuri, a revered symbol of Islamic history, is destroyed, a victim of clashes between the Iraqi Army and an increasingly embattled ISIS.
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| Strong earthquake injures 2, knocks off roof tiles in Japan Posted: 24 Jun 2017 11:07 PM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake shook residents Sunday in a mountainous region of central Japan, injuring at least two people and knocking roof tiles off homes.
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| Rep. Scalise, wounded in Virginia shooting, is out of ICU Posted: 23 Jun 2017 12:50 PM PDT  Steve Scalise, the Louisiana lawmaker shot last week at a U.S. congressional baseball team practice, is no longer in the intensive care unit of the hospital where he is being treated and remains in fair condition, the hospital said on Friday. Scalise was shot in the hip on June 14 when a lone gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers practicing for an annual charity game against the Democrats. "Congressman Steve Scalise's continued good progress allowed him to be transferred out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on Thursday," said MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
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| Banned Bahraini newspaper fires staff Posted: 25 Jun 2017 03:56 AM PDT  A independent Bahraini newspaper has sacked its staff three weeks after Sunni-dominated authorities banned it on accusations that it "sows division" in the Shiite-majority Gulf kingdom. "We regret to inform you that the board of directors... has decided to terminate the employment contracts with the employees," board chairman Adel al-Maskati wrote in English in a message addressed to "all staff" on Saturday. The information ministry banned Al-Wasat in early June "until further notice" for its "violation of the law and repeatedly publishing information that sows division in society and affects Bahrain's relations with other states," said BNA state news agency.
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| 16-Month-Old Infant Allegedly Assaulted by Her Dad on Father's Day Dies of Her Injuries Posted: 23 Jun 2017 02:44 PM PDT  Nylah Lewis died at a Coney Island hospital after sustaining two skull fractures and other bruises.
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| White House wants more ‘outrage’ over Johnny Depp comments Posted: 23 Jun 2017 12:35 PM PDT  The White House spoke against suggestions of violence by an actor and a play but said less against similar remarks last year by a campaign supporter.
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| The Knives Are Out for South Korea’s Robber Barons Posted: 23 Jun 2017 12:52 PM PDT  Business clans have dominated the country's economy for decades — but their time may finally be up.
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| Black off-duty cop shot by colleague while responding to car crash Posted: 23 Jun 2017 11:52 AM PDT  A complex situation involving a car crash and three sets of police led to the shooting of a black officer by a white one in St. Louis.
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| Tallest building west of Mississippi River opens in LA Posted: 23 Jun 2017 09:43 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The tallest building west of the Mississippi River opened its doors on Friday in once-stodgy downtown Los Angeles, which is sprouting a crop of new skyscrapers.
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| Syria says Israel strike kills civilians Posted: 24 Jun 2017 11:45 AM PDT  Israel said on Saturday it had targeted Syrian military installations after shells landed in the occupied Golan Heights but a Syrian military source said the Israeli strikes killed some civilians. Rebels including hardline Islamist factions fought the Syrian army on Saturday in Quneitra province, bordering the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Syrian state media and a war monitor reported. Israel's military said 10 projectiles from inside Syria had hit the Golan and it responded with air strikes on the position they were launched from and on two Syrian army tanks, one as it was preparing to fire. Aerial video footage released by the Israeli military purporting to show the strikes showed a machine gun and two tanks targeted and hit.
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| AirAsia plane 'shaking like washing machine' returns to Australia Posted: 25 Jun 2017 12:13 AM PDT  An AirAsia flight to Malaysia was forced back to Australia Sunday due to a technical problem, with one passenger saying the plane was "shaking like a washing machine". The Airbus A330 from Perth to Kuala Lumpur experienced problems about 90 minutes into the journey. It landed safely, with Perth Airport reporting a "technical issue".
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| Invasive Asian carp found near Great Lakes beyond electrified barrier Posted: 24 Jun 2017 09:26 AM PDT  Asian carp can weigh up to 100lbs and often outcompete other fish. An Asian carp has been found just miles from the Great Lakes, beyond an electrified barrier designed to keep the invasive species from entering the ecosystem and wreaking the sort of damage seen elsewhere in the US. The carp was sent to Southern Illinois University for further analysis.
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| Senate Judiciary Questions Kushner Clearance Posted: 23 Jun 2017 11:17 AM PDT  Rachel Maddow reports that the bipartisan leadership of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary has sent a letter to the FBI and the White House questioning Jared Kushner's security clearance and Donald Trump's role in his clearance process.
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| Inside the Sprawling Compound That Polygamist Leader Warren Jeffs and His 79 Wives Called Home Posted: 23 Jun 2017 02:03 PM PDT  Jeffs' 65th wife, Brielle Decker, took Inside Edition on a tour of the Utah compound.
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| Jowls for days: Meet the 2017 World's Ugliest Dog winner Posted: 24 Jun 2017 07:05 AM PDT  The 2017 World's Ugliest Dog winner is perhaps the floppiest yet. Martha, a three-year-old 125-pound Neapolitan Mastiff from Sebastopol, California, took the top prize at the Petaluma competition on Friday. Martha will triumphantly return home with $1,500, a trophy, and a free trip to New York City for media appearances. SEE ALSO: Dogs, ranked And she seems absolutely thrilled. Image: M. DAVEY/EPA/REX/ShutterstockMartha reportedly won over the judges the way we'd all like to — by lying down and not doing anything, even when she was supposed to. This year's second and third place winners were Moe, a Brussels griffon pug, and Chase, a Chinese crested-Harke mix. They are both beautiful. Moe.Image: AP/REX/Shutterstock Chase.Image: AP/REX/ShutterstockA total of fourteen dogs competed in the event. WATCH: Watch these elephants save one of their own from drowning
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| 2 Amazing Pictures Of Space Taken By An Amateur Posted: 24 Jun 2017 04:00 AM PDT  These are some of the most visually striking things related to space.
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| Three police, family of six killed in latest Mexico violence Posted: 24 Jun 2017 10:54 PM PDT  Three federal police officers were mowed down Saturday in Mexico's Veracruz state, where gunman also killed a family of six, in the latest spasm of violence linked to criminal gangs. Among Saturday's victims were a federal police commander and two agents, who were ambushed by gunmen in the city of Cardel. In the nearby city of Coatzacoalcos, the dead included two adults and four children who died in a hail of bullets as they ate dinner at an outdoor restaurant.
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| Some House Democrats mull over how to oust Pelosi as leader Posted: 24 Jun 2017 12:29 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A dozen or so House Democrats want Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to go after a dispiriting loss in a House election in Georgia. They just don't know how to make it happen.
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| Turkey's Erdogan says Arab demands on Qatar unlawful Posted: 25 Jun 2017 08:35 AM PDT  By Mehmet Caliskan ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday dismissed calls for Turkey to close a military base in Qatar and said a wider list of demands issued by four Arab states was an unlawful intervention against the Gulf emirate's sovereignty. In his strongest statement of support for Qatar in the nearly three-week-old crisis centered on the Gulf state, Erdogan said the call to withdraw Turkish forces was disrespectful and that Doha - which described the demands as unreasonable - was taking the right approach.
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| China's Xi to attend Hong Kong handover anniversary Posted: 24 Jun 2017 08:43 PM PDT  President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong this week to celebrate 20 years since the former British colony's return to China, state media confirmed Sunday, a trip that will stoke resentment among pro-democracy activists. It will be Xi's first visit to Hong Kong since the head of the Communist Party became president in 2013. The Chinese leader will also take part in the inauguration of the fifth administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the semi-autonomous city's government.
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| Dallas officer charged with aggravated assault for killing of 21-year-old woman Posted: 24 Jun 2017 04:00 AM PDT  Mary Dawes (center), Genevive's mother, becomes emotional during a news conference. A grand jury has indicted a Dallas police officer on a charge of aggravated assault for firing into a moving car and killing a 21-year-old woman. Christopher Hess, a 10-year veteran of the department, has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal affairs investigation into the death of Genevive Dawes, Dallas police said in a statement on Friday.
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| Donald Trump defies calls to appoint envoy to combat anti-Semitism around the world Posted: 24 Jun 2017 10:44 AM PDT  Donald Trump has defied calls to appoint a special envoy to combat anti-Semitism across the world despite growing pressure from Jewish groups and Congress. The two remaining staffers in the US State Department's office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism are reportedly set to be reassigned next month, which will leave the branch completely unstaffed after 1 July. President Trump is legally required to appoint a Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, a position created under former president George W. Bush.
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| One Dead and One Injured After Small Plane Crashed Into Daycare Center Posted: 24 Jun 2017 09:59 AM PDT  The daycare was not open during the crash and no employees were on scene.
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| What happened when Otto Warmbier was detained in North Korea: Part 2 Posted: 23 Jun 2017 06:31 PM PDT  Officials in North Korea say Warmbier took a poster down from a staff-only floor of the hotel he was staying in.
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| Milky Way nightscapes Posted: 25 Jun 2017 06:24 AM PDT ![Milky Way nightscapes]( "Milky Way nightscapes") Thousands of glittering stars lighting up beautiful Indonesian and Malaysian nightscapes will take your breath away.
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| Work to move giant sequoia draws curious Idaho onlookers Posted: 23 Jun 2017 05:50 PM PDT  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Workers in Idaho prepared to inflate rolling tubes beneath a massive sequoia that grew over more than a century from a seed sent by naturalist John Muir. Then, they wrestled the tree up a ramp to street level Friday.
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| More than 50 people killed in multiple Pakistan attacks Posted: 23 Jun 2017 12:29 PM PDT  Multiple blasts and a gun attack killed more than 50 people and wounded at least 170 in three Pakistani cities on the last Friday of Ramadan, Islam's holiest month, as officials warned the toll could rise. Authorities said 37 people were killed and more than 150 wounded when twin blasts tore through a market in Parachinar, capital of Kurram district, a mainly Shiite area of Pakistan's tribal belt. Local official Nasrullah Khan told AFP that the first blast detonated as the market was crowded with shoppers preparing for the Eid ul-Fitr festival marking the end of Ramadan.
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| Minnesota police officer's brutal arrest of driver was 'disturbing', ACLU says Posted: 23 Jun 2017 10:19 AM PDT  A Minnesota arrest in which a driver was dragged from his vehicle and repeatedly punched and kneed by a police officer was a "disturbing and completely unnecessary" example of an excessive use of force, the state ACLU has said. Video recently obtained by the Minnesota chapter of the ACLU shows Buffalo Ridge drug taskforce agent Joe Joswiak initiating a traffic stop with his gun leveled at the driver's seat of the vehicle, shouting expletives at the driver, and violently removing him from the vehicle – seemingly before he had a chance to comply with the officer's commands.
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| Senators Urge Trump to Approve Taiwan Arms Sales Posted: 23 Jun 2017 03:08 PM PDT  Lawmakers issue bipartisan appeal amid concern the White House is abandoning Taiwan to please China.
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| Panda mania hits Germany as China's cuddly envoys arrive Posted: 24 Jun 2017 01:55 AM PDT  Germany was bracing for panda mania as furry ambassadors arrive from China on Saturday, destined for a new life as stars of Berlin's premier zoo. The pair, named Meng Meng and Jiao Qing, will be jetting in on a special Lufthansa cargo plane, accompanied by two Chinese panda specialists, the Berlin Zoo's chief vet and a tonne of bamboo. Berlin's mayor, China's ambassador to Germany and a gaggle of journalists will greet the VIPs as LH8415 pulls to a stop on the tarmac of Schoenefeld airport.
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| These 4 Animals Are Real Extinct American Creatures Posted: 24 Jun 2017 07:00 AM PDT  They sound like mythical creatures but these prehistoric American animals were very real before they went extinct thousands of years ago.
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| Cosby Aides Defend Post-Sexual Assault Trial Tour: 'He Deserves the Opportunity to Speak' Posted: 23 Jun 2017 01:36 PM PDT  Reps for the disgraced comedian are calling it his "Restoration of Legacy" tour.
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| Hundreds celebrate 'mud people' festival in the Philippines Posted: 24 Jun 2017 02:24 AM PDT  Filipino devotees muddied their faces and covered themselves with dried banana leaves on Saturday to celebrate a religious festival which also has roots in Japan's occupation of the country during World War II. Hundreds of men, women and children walked to a muddy field at dawn and covered themselves from head to toe with mud and dried banana leaves, with some residents saying their appearance was meant to evoke the attire of John the Baptist in Biblical times.
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| 2 in Thunderbirds jet accident in Ohio in good condition Posted: 23 Jun 2017 07:18 PM PDT ![2 in Thunderbirds jet accident in Ohio in good condition]( "2 in Thunderbirds jet accident in Ohio in good condition") CINCINNATI (AP) — A Thunderbirds Air Force jet went off a runway and overturned Friday during preparations for an Ohio air show, injuring the pilot and causing a performance to be canceled.
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| If Baghdadi is dead, next IS leader likely to be Saddam-era officer Posted: 24 Jun 2017 03:49 AM PDT  By Maher Chmaytelli BAGHDAD (Reuters) - If Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is confirmed dead, he is likely to be succeeded by one of his top two lieutenants, both of whom were Iraqi army officers under late dictator Saddam Hussein. Experts on Islamist groups see no clear successor but regard Iyad al-Obaidi and Ayad al-Jumaili as the leading contenders, though neither would be likely to assume Baghdadi's title of "caliph", or overall commander of Muslims. Russia's defense ministry said last week Baghdadi may have been killed in an air strike in Syria and Interfax news agency quoted a senior Russian parliamentarian on Friday as saying the likelihood that he had been killed was close to 100 percent.
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| Lawsuits: Officer used excessive force in several cases Posted: 25 Jun 2017 06:50 AM PDT  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Eight brutality lawsuits settled over the past 10 months paint a disturbing picture of a former Connecticut police officer accused of beating people while they were handcuffed and ordering his police dog to attack others who were not resisting arrest.
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| Qatar blockade exposes rifts in Trump administration's 'peculiar' foreign policy Posted: 24 Jun 2017 04:00 AM PDT  US secretary of state Rex Tillerson meets with then-Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef in May. Tillerson has warned the Gulf states to make their demands of Qatar 'reasonable and actionable'. The crisis created by the ultimatum delivered to Qatar by the Saudi-led Gulf coalition has been deepened by mixed messages from Washington.
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| Find Out If ’90 Day Fiancé’ Star Mohamed Got Deported Posted: 24 Jun 2017 09:25 PM PDT  "It's my decision to leave. If there were no TV show my marriage could be much better."
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| Obama kicks off tropical holiday in Indonesia Posted: 23 Jun 2017 11:22 PM PDT  Barack Obama kicked off a 10-day family holiday in Indonesia that will take in Bali and Jakarta, the city where he spent part of his childhood, officials said on Saturday. The casually dressed former president arrived in the resort island of Bali with his wife Michelle and their two daughters, a local military commander said. "They arrived late last night and went straight to the hotel in Ubud," a local military commander, I Gede Widiyana, told AFP.
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