| Bronx Hospital Alleged Shooter Sent Email to Newspaper Before Rampage Posted: 01 Jul 2017 08:33 AM PDT  In a chilling e-mail sent to the New York Daily News, suspect Henry Bello complained he was forced out of his job at Bronx Lebanon Hospital because of "bogus" complaints from colleagues.
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| Little Rock Mass Shooting: At Least 28 Injured in Arkansas Club Posted: 01 Jul 2017 08:31 AM PDT  Little Rock Police said 25 people were shot, while three club-goers suffered other injuries, during a dispute at the Power Ultra Lounge nightclub in the Arkansas capital.
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| Trump Seen Hatching Voter Suppression Plan Posted: 30 Jun 2017 11:36 AM PDT  Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, talks with Rachel Maddow about why Donald Trump's history and the people he is putting on his voter fraud commission point to a goal of suppressing voter participation.
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| Gunman who ambushed police left note, prayer, trail of rage Posted: 30 Jun 2017 01:22 PM PDT  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The military veteran who killed three law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge last summer left behind a suicide note, a prayer from an Islamic holy book and an online trail of his rage against police.
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| The Fight for Mosul: U.S.-Backed Iraqi Forces Corner ISIS Fighters Posted: 01 Jul 2017 08:39 AM PDT  On Saturday, U.S.-backed forces squeezed the remaining ISIS militants into the narrow streets of Mosul's Old City as they looked to re-take full control of the strategic city.
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| Will Germany Finally Pay the Holocaust Survivors of the Romanian Death Train? Posted: 01 Jul 2017 08:41 AM PDT  Over the last 65 years, the German government has paid out more than $70 billion in reparations to Jewish victims of the Holocaust. However, a small group of Jews in the Romanian city of Iasi have received nothing.
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| Can the Islamic State Survive If Baghdadi Is Dead? Posted: 30 Jun 2017 11:29 AM PDT  Rumors are swirling that the Russians may have killed the ISIS leader. But lopping off the head won't kill the snake.
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| Man held in kidnapping of Chinese scholar who is feared dead Posted: 01 Jul 2017 10:41 AM PDT  Man held in kidnapping of Chinese scholar who is feared dead.
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| Suspect Arrested In University Of Illinois Scholar Kidnapping Posted: 01 Jul 2017 01:11 AM PDT  Chinese scholar, Yingying Zhang, went missing three weeks ago on June 9 and was last seen getting into a black Saturn Astra.
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| Trump, Merkel and coal take center stage at climate protests ahead of the G20 in Hamburg Posted: 02 Jul 2017 08:00 AM PDT ![Trump, Merkel and coal take center stage at climate protests ahead of the G20 in Hamburg]( "Trump, Merkel and coal take center stage at climate protests ahead of the G20 in Hamburg") About 4,000 people marched through the city center Sunday to protest against the climate and trade policies of the world's major developed and emerging economies.
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| Chicago schools make partial payment to teachers' pensions Posted: 30 Jun 2017 03:25 PM PDT ![Chicago schools make partial payment to teachers' pensions]( "Chicago schools make partial payment to teachers' pensions") The cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools (CPS) said it sent $464 million to its teachers' pension fund by Friday's fiscal year-end deadline, leaving an additional $250 million payment to be made in the fall. "Only CPS has to take hundreds of millions of dollars out of the classroom for teacher pensions, but despite the unfairness of this law, CPS is meeting its obligation to our teachers' pensions today," CPS CEO Forrest Claypool said in a statement. Unlike other Illinois school districts, which are part of a state-wide teachers retirement system subsidized with state dollars, CPS has its own pension fund.
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| Californians take a shine to solar power Posted: 01 Jul 2017 06:57 PM PDT  Jacquie Barnbrook had grown tired of the high electricity bills and her gas-guzzling luxury car when she finally decided to take the plunge last year. The 52-year-old Los Angeles resident joined an ever-growing number of Californians who are switching to solar power for their energy needs in a bid to not only save money but to also do their part for the environment in a state setting the pace for the rest of the country in that sector. Nearly 4.9 million homes are powered by solar energy in California -- the nation's green trailblazer and the most populous state -- and that number is expected to continue to grow, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association, a non-profit trade association.
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| Trump Aides Named in Hack Recruiter Docs: WSJ Posted: 30 Jun 2017 11:45 AM PDT  Rachel Maddow relays new reporting from the Wall Street Journal about a long-time Republican operative's effort to recruit hackers to find Hillary Clinton e-mails, and a document listing Donald Trump campaign officials in a recruitment document.
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| Prosecutors charge man with 9 Phoenix serial killings Posted: 30 Jun 2017 01:44 PM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — A former city bus driver accused in a string of deadly nighttime shootings of people outside their homes or sitting in cars that kept residents of a Phoenix neighborhood inside after dark has been formally charged with nine counts of murder.
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| These Are The Most Expensive Homes For Sale In Every Southern State Posted: 30 Jun 2017 01:28 PM PDT |
| Xi Jinping Warns Hong Kong on Separatism as Marchers Call for Greater Autonomy Posted: 01 Jul 2017 04:17 AM PDT  Youthful marchers and activists call for greater freedom from Beijing—even independence
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| Body of Missing Boy, 5, Turns Up Near Lake Months After Father Was Found Passed Out In His Car Posted: 01 Jul 2017 10:08 AM PDT  The body of Aramazd Andressian was found near Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara County, cops said Saturday.
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| Shark Attacks Teen At South Carolina Beach Posted: 01 Jul 2017 07:54 AM PDT  An Ohio teen was attacked by a shark while boogie boarding at a local beach during the first day of her family vacation.
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| Snipers, bombs, mortars - Philippine troops battle against Islamists Posted: 01 Jul 2017 05:58 AM PDT  The two spoke quietly to each other as the sniper took three more shots across the Agus river into the militant-held commercial district of Marawi, now a battleground strewn with debris from ruined buildings. Thousands of soldiers are battling to retake the southern Philippine city, where militants loyal to Islamic State launched a lightning strike on May 23. The southern Philippines has been marred for decades by insurgency and banditry.
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| UN refugee chief says Italy needs support helping migrants Posted: 01 Jul 2017 06:14 AM PDT  Italy needs more international support to cope with a wave of migrants that has flooded its shores since the start of the year, UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi said on Saturday. "What is happening in front of our eyes in Italy is an unfolding tragedy," Grandi said in a statement. Separately, a source in Paris said the interior ministers of France, Germany and Italy will meet in the French capital on Sunday to discuss a "coordinated approach" to help Italy.
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| How to Dine Out with a Toddler: The Dos and Don't You Dares Posted: 02 Jul 2017 06:00 AM PDT  This article, How to Dine Out with a Toddler: The Dos and Don't You Dares, originally appeared on Chowhound.
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| 'Surreal' feeling for Las Vegas man freed after 23 years Posted: 30 Jun 2017 04:01 PM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 42-year-old Nevada man freed from prison after 23 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit said Friday he felt "a little overwhelmed" by changes in the city where he was arrested when he was 19.
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| Philippines, US hold joint patrol in dangerous waters Posted: 01 Jul 2017 08:06 AM PDT  US and Philippine warships on Saturday conducted a joint patrol of southern waters known as a hunting ground for local Muslim militants, amid rising concern over Islamic militancy and piracy in the region. U.S. Navy combat ship USS Coronado and the Philippine frigate BRP Ramon Alcaraz carried out their joint patrol of the Sulu Sea, a body of water off the southern Philippines where militant groups have carried out kidnappings, a US embassy statement said. "These patrols enhance regional peace and stability," the US naval commander, Rear Admiral Don Gabrielson said, according to the statement.
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| 2017 Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback Manual Posted: 30 Jun 2017 01:30 PM PDT  Struggling with an identity crisis.
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| Pope shakes up Vatican by replacing conservative doctrinal chief Posted: 01 Jul 2017 01:05 PM PDT  By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - In a major shake-up of the Vatican's administration on Saturday, Pope Francis replaced Catholicism's top theologian, a conservative German cardinal who has been at odds with the pontiff's vision of a more inclusive Church. A brief Vatican statement said Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Mueller's five-year mandate as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a department charged with defending Catholic doctrine, would not be renewed. The position is the most important one that a pope fills in the Vatican hierarchy after the Secretary of State.
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| 'Wanted: Bona Fide President.' New Yorkers Protest President Trump's Travel Ban Posted: 30 Jun 2017 10:43 AM PDT  More than 100 protestors gathered hours before the Travel Ban took effect
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| China's new heavy-lift rocket launch fails in flight Posted: 02 Jul 2017 06:53 AM PDT  China's launch of a new heavy-lift rocket, the Long March-5 Y2, carrying what the government said was its heaviest ever satellite, failed on Sunday, official news agency Xinhua said. The same rocket type had been expected to take China's latest lunar probe to the Moon this year and to return with samples. President Xi Jinping has prioritized advancing China's space program to strengthen national security and defense, and the government has stressed it is a purely peaceful initiative.
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| Couple Gets Married 22 Years After Meeting in Preschool: 'I've Always Loved Him' Posted: 30 Jun 2017 02:20 PM PDT  Matt Grodsky got down on one knee at... their old preschool.
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| IMF to participate for 'last time' in Greek bailout: Schaeuble Posted: 01 Jul 2017 06:30 AM PDT  The International Monetary Fund, a key creditor in Greece's bailout, will not participate in any further rescues of the debt-wracked country, Germany's finance minister told a Greek newspaper Saturday. "We have all acknowledged (eurozone and IMF) that the third Greek (bailout) payment will be the last with the participation of the IMF," Wolfgang Schaeuble told Greek daily Ta Nea. The German finance chief has been inflexible on the issue of Greek debt relief, in opposition to the IMF which says it needs to be done to breathe new life into Greece's floundering economy.
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| US planning to create 'Space Corps' as sixth branch of armed forces Posted: 01 Jul 2017 05:58 AM PDT  The House Armed Services Committee has voted to create a US "Space Corps", which would become a new branch of the armed forces and incorporate the current space missions of the US Air Force. If the US Space Corps goes ahead, it would be the first new military service in the country since 1947. The move has caused consternation as committee members of the panel say they were only recently informed, giving them little time to protest against the proposal.
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| Gunman kills doctor, wounds six others in Bronx hospital rampage Posted: 30 Jun 2017 04:01 PM PDT  By Laila Kearney and Melissa Fares NEW YORK (Reuters) - A doctor who lost his job at a New York City hospital opened fire with an assault rifle inside the building on Friday, killing another physician and wounding six other people before taking his own life in a burst of apparent workplace-related violence, officials said. The gunman, wearing a white medical lab coat, stalked two floors of the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, and apparently tried to set himself on fire, officials said. One physician was shot to death, and six other people were injured, five seriously, including one who was shot in the leg, Police Commissioner James O'Neill said at a news conference.
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| Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Phone Specs May Include Internal Storage Upgrades Posted: 01 Jul 2017 10:55 AM PDT  With the Galaxy Note 8, Samsung may once again attempt to match Apple in internal storage.
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| GOP Operative Seeking Clinton Emails Cited Top Trump Campaign Officials Posted: 01 Jul 2017 11:56 AM PDT  They were named under a header labeled "Trump Campaign"
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| Ex-'Dance Moms' Star Abby Lee Miller Gets Last-Minute Reprieve Before Prison Sentence Posted: 30 Jun 2017 01:16 PM PDT  She was sentenced to a year and a day behind bars on May 9 for hiding nearly $775,000 from a bankruptcy court.
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| Mexico: 19 killed in clashes near beach city of Mazatlan Posted: 01 Jul 2017 03:19 PM PDT  CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities said Saturday that at least 19 people died in clashes involving armed men and security forces in the gang-plagued northwestern state of Sinaloa, where homicides have spiked dramatically following the capture and extradition of convicted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
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| Bear crashes through window of Alaska boy's bedroom Posted: 30 Jun 2017 07:48 PM PDT  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A huge crash jolted 11-year-old Zach Landis awake in his Anchorage home, but it soon became clear it wasn't a human intruder or his sisters playing a trick on him.
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| Total to sign Iran gas deal, biggest since sanctions lifted Posted: 01 Jul 2017 05:36 PM PDT  French energy giant Total will finally sign its multi-billion-dollar agreement to develop an Iranian offshore gas field on Monday, the oil ministry said, in the biggest foreign deal since sanctions were eased last year. "The international agreement for the development of phase 11 of South Pars will be signed on Monday in the presence of the oil ministry and managers of Total, the Chinese company CNPC and Iranian company Petropars," a ministry spokesman told AFP. Total signed a preliminary deal with Iran in November, taking a 50.1 percent stake in the $4.8 billion (4.2 billion euro) project.
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| Trump risks global trade war if he restricts imports of steel and aluminum Posted: 01 Jul 2017 04:00 AM PDT  Washington is looking to reduce excess global production capacity of steel, particularly in China. Chinese and European diplomats have warned Donald Trump against reported plans to restrict imports of steel and aluminum – a strategy that risks triggering a global trade war. By invoking a rarely used law from the cold war era, the US president could limit imports of goods deemed critical to national defence and satisfy the "America first" elements of his support base.
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