| Doug Jones Is Counting On Black Voters. They Don't Sound Too Inspired. Posted: 09 Dec 2017 05:04 PM PST  ― Days before Alabama's special Senate election, Democrat Doug Jones is within striking distance of winning a seat his party hasn't won in 25 years.
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| Trump has no authority “to give away Jerusalem to an occupying power,” Palestinian official says Posted: 09 Dec 2017 08:04 AM PST  Palestinian leaders are vowing to snub the White House following President Trump's decision Wednesday to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
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| Appeals Court Denies New Trial For 'Making A Murderer' Subject Brendan Dassey Posted: 08 Dec 2017 04:10 PM PST  In a case featured in Netflix's documentary series "Making a Murderer," a federal court ruled Friday that Brendan Dassey's confession in the 2005 Wisconsin murder of Teresa Halbach was not coerced and denied him a new trial.
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| Fox News Corrects Story Claiming Roy Moore Accuser ‘Forged’ Candidate’s Signature Posted: 09 Dec 2017 12:49 PM PST  Fox News updated a story that erroneously claimed one of Roy Moore's accusers had "forged" evidence she'd presented to bolster her claim against him.
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| Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor to be buried 76 years later Posted: 08 Dec 2017 01:10 PM PST  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The funeral for a recently identified Kentucky sailor who was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 76 years ago is bringing his family together for the first time in decades.
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| California firefighters make gains ahead of strong winds Posted: 09 Dec 2017 02:25 PM PST  By Caroline Anderson VENTURA, Calif. (Reuters) - Firefighters in Southern California made progress on Saturday in their multifront battle against a slew of wildfires that have killed at least one person, destroyed hundreds of buildings and forced more than 200,000 people from their homes this week. As the dry Santa Ana winds that have fueled the blazes abated slightly, officials lifted evacuation orders for parts of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, and crews started getting the upper hand in containing some of the area's major fires.
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| Trump regard for Russia raised red flags Posted: 08 Dec 2017 01:51 PM PST  Rachel Maddow describes how American journalists began to pick up on clues that Russia had a peculiar relationship with the Trump campaign as Dossier author Christopher Steele began sharing his findings with the FBI.
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| Puerto Rico's Death Toll May Be 1,052, New York Times Analysis Finds Posted: 08 Dec 2017 04:51 PM PST  For months, interviews with funeral home directors and morgues have cast doubt on the accuracy of the official death count in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria.
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| White Nationalists Have Been Saying 'Diversity Is Not Our Strength' For Years Posted: 09 Dec 2017 12:24 PM PST  Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has again flirted with being an open white nationalist.
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| Isolated US defends Trump on Jerusalem at the UN Posted: 08 Dec 2017 10:55 AM PST  The United States stood alone Friday as one after another fellow UN Security Council member criticized its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The debate unfolded at a largely symbolic emergency meeting of the council -- no vote on a resolution was planned, as the US has veto power -- two days after President Donald Trump reversed two decades of US policy on the holy city. This seemd a vivid show of the discord triggered by Trump's announcement, which included plans to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
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| Serial Killer, Who Murdered 7 People, Confesses to More Slayings Posted: 10 Dec 2017 07:27 AM PST  He wrote an eight page letter to a local newspaper.
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| Russia says ready to exert influence on North Korea: Ifax Posted: 08 Dec 2017 12:17 PM PST  Russia has communication channels with North Korea open and Moscow is ready to exert its influence on Pyongyang, Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov as saying on Tuesday.
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| Prosecutor declines to charge officer in deaf man's killing Posted: 08 Dec 2017 04:03 PM PST  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma prosecutor announced Friday that he won't charge a police officer who fatally shot a deaf man, determining the killing was legally justified after the man aggressively approached the officer while armed with a 2-foot metal pipe.
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| Major Injuries After Bus Overturns On San Francisco Highway Posted: 09 Dec 2017 05:35 AM PST  A charter bus carrying 29 people overturned Friday night on a San Francisco highway, causing major injuries and backing up traffic in the city for hours.
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| Iraq declares final victory over Islamic State Posted: 09 Dec 2017 09:57 AM PST  By Maher Chmaytelli and Ahmed Aboulenein BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared final victory over Islamic State on Saturday after Iraqi forces drove its last remnants from the country, three years after the militant group captured about a third of Iraq's territory. The announcement comes two days after the Russian military announced the defeat of the militants in neighboring Syria, where Moscow is backing Syrian government forces. Iraqi forces recaptured the last areas still under Islamic State control along the border with Syria, the military said.
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| 46 Racehorses Killed In Southern California Wildfire Tragedy Posted: 09 Dec 2017 09:08 PM PST  At least 46 racehorses at a training center in San Diego County were killed by flames or smoke inhalation in a particularly heartbreaking result of the fires raging through southern California.
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| Star U.S. Diplomat Quits With Fiery Letter To Rex Tillerson Posted: 10 Dec 2017 07:26 AM PST  A distinguished U.S. diplomat who was seen as a rising star at the State Department resigned after writing a searing letter to Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson, accusing him of gutting the department and damaging America's standing across the world.
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| China Is Now Making Some of the Most Powerful Guns on the Planet Posted: 09 Dec 2017 05:56 PM PST  Like the rest of China's military revolution over the past quarter century, its small-arms revolution is a remarkable achievement. China's People's Liberation Army has traditionally relied on foreign and Communist bloc weapons manufactured in China under license—or not. Now, however, as the PLA undergoes an unprecedented modernization, a new generation of locally designed and manufactured light weaponry is arming China's armed forces, from handguns to light machine guns.
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| Abu Dhabi authorities 'acquired' $450 mn Da Vinci: museum Posted: 08 Dec 2017 12:25 PM PST  The Louvre Abu Dhabi said Friday that local Emirati authorities had "acquired" a $450-million painting by Renaissance master Leonardo Da Vinci, as reports swirled about the original source of funding. "Louvre Abu Dhabi is looking forward to displaying the Salvator Mundi by Leonardo Da Vinci. The work was acquired by the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi," the museum said in tweets in both English and Arabic.
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| UK foreign minister in Iran to push for Briton's release Posted: 09 Dec 2017 05:01 PM PST  Britain's foreign minister visited Iran on Saturday to press for the release of British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe amid accusations at home that one of his gaffes has seriously harmed her case. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson held two hours of "frank" talks with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, which also touched on the landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, the future of which has been thrown into doubt by US President Donald Trump.
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| Former Priest Convicted In Decades-Old Beauty Queen Slaying Posted: 08 Dec 2017 02:25 PM PST  A former Catholic priest has been found guilty in the death of a South Texas beauty queen nearly 60 years ago.
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| Priest who used to be KKK member apologizes 40 years later Posted: 09 Dec 2017 02:11 PM PST  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A former Ku Klux Klan member who burned a cross on a black couple's lawn 40 years ago, before becoming a Roman Catholic priest, has finally written his victims an apology.
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| Susan Collins Never Had An Actual Deal On Taxes Posted: 08 Dec 2017 10:26 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― Before she voted for the Senate version of the Republican tax bill, Sen. Susan Collins saw that Congress would soon be passing separate spending deals, and she had demands.
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| Al Franken Makes Santa's Naughty List On 'SNL,' But Roy Moore Makes The 'Registry' Posted: 09 Dec 2017 09:30 PM PST  Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) December 10, 2017 "Saturday Night Live's" take on politics this week featured elf Kate McKinnon and Santa Kenan Thompson in the cold open listening to a line-up of smart kids asking about everything from opioids to Colin Kaepernick and toys — more specifically, Matt Lauer's sex toys.
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| California's Getty museum survives wildfire, ready for quakes Posted: 09 Dec 2017 12:32 PM PST  Southern California's Getty Center, one of the world's wealthiest art institutions, said it had survived a wildfire tearing through Los Angeles thanks to a disaster plan that has it ready for earthquakes as well. Fires that have chased almost 200,000 Californians from their homes covered the Getty's hillside location in smoke this week. Perched above the busy 405 freeway, an artery of California's traffic system, the Getty is among the most visited U.S. museums and reopened on Friday after two days closed.
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| The American Who Paid for Israel's Nuclear Bomb Posted: 09 Dec 2017 05:07 AM PST  Although Israel doesn't officially acknowledge it, it is well understood that the country possesses a nuclear weapon arsenal (although the exact number of warheads are in dispute). It is similarly well understood that the United States opposed Israel's nuclear weapons program during the John F. Kennedy and, to a lesser extent, Lyndon B. Johnson administrations. One part of the history that is less well known is that much of the funding for Israel's nuclear weapons program came from private Americans in an effort that was spearheaded by, Abraham Feinberg, a prominent American who served as an unofficial advisor to both President Kennedy and President Johnson.
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| 'Soul-crushing' video of starving polar bear exposes climate crisis, experts say Posted: 08 Dec 2017 03:27 PM PST  Video footage captured in Canada's Arctic has offered a devastating look at the impact climate change is having on polar bears in the region, showing an emaciated bear clinging to life as it scrounged for food on iceless land. The scene was recorded by the conservation group Sea Legacy during a late summer expedition in Baffin Island. "My entire Sea Legacy team was pushing through their tears and emotions while documenting this dying polar bear," photographer Paul Nicklen wrote on social media after publishing the footage this week.
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| North Korea open to direct talks with US, says Russia Posted: 08 Dec 2017 03:19 PM PST  Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said North Korea is open to direct talks with the US and passed that message on to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. "We know that North Korea wants above all to talk to the United States about guarantees for its security. Experts have said repeatedly that Pyongyang may be basing its need for security guarantees on recent US treatment of Iran.
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| Egypt archaeologists discover mummy in Luxor Posted: 09 Dec 2017 08:47 AM PST  Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a mummy in one of two previously unexplored tombs across the Nile from the southern city of Luxor, the antiquities ministry said Saturday. The tombs were found in the 1990s by German archaeologist Frederica Kampp, though she had only reached the entrance gate "but never entered", the ministry said. Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Enany was in Luxor to announce the discovery in Draa Abul Nagaa necropolis near the famed Valley of the Kings, where many pharaohs, including Tutankhamun, were buried.
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| US policeman acquitted of killing unarmed man who begged for life Posted: 08 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST  Officials in the southwestern US state of Arizona released a graphic video Friday showing an unarmed man sobbing and begging for his life moments before he was fatally shot by a police officer who was acquitted of murder. It was the latest in a spate of killings that have prompted criminal charges against law enforcement officials. Philip Brailsford, who shot and killed Daniel Shaver in the hallway of a hotel in January 2016, was acquitted of second-degree murder as well as reckless manslaughter by a jury on Thursday, according to USA Today.
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| Vonn happy to mix sport and politics ahead of Olympics Posted: 08 Dec 2017 11:02 AM PST  ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Lindsey Vonn says she won't stop expressing her political views, though her main goal is regaining her Olympic downhill title.
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| Obama Warns Americans Against Following In The Path Of Nazi Germany Posted: 09 Dec 2017 09:22 AM PST  It's not that democracy is "fragile," exactly, but it is "reversible," according to former President Barack Obama.
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| Donald Trump Attacks Roy Moore's Accuser At Florida Rally Posted: 08 Dec 2017 06:18 PM PST  President Donald Trump attacked one of the women who has accused Senate hopeful Roy Moore of sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager and he was in his 30s, mocking her over the scrutiny a note she made under Moore's alleged signature in her high school yearbook has received.
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| The Army's Has Over 100,000 'New' M4A1 Rifles - Here's What They Can Do Posted: 10 Dec 2017 05:10 AM PST  To date, the Army has completed more than 117,000 M4A1 upgrades on the way to the eventual transformation of more than 480,000 M4 rifles. As a result, it is entirely conceivable that the Army will explore new requirements and technologies for the M4A1 as time goes on. The service's so-called M4 Product Improvement Program, or PIP, is a far-reaching initiative to upgrade the Army's entire current inventory of M4 rifles into higher-tech, durable and more lethal M4A1 weapons, Army spokesman Pete Rowland, spokesman for PM Soldier Weapons, told Scout Warrior in an interview.
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| Racial dispute at beloved bakery roils liberal college town Posted: 10 Dec 2017 06:54 AM PST  OBERLIN, Ohio (AP) — Students at Oberlin College have long enjoyed pastries, bagels and chocolates from Gibson's Bakery, a century-old, family-owned business near campus. That sweet relationship has turned bitter amid hotly disputed accusations of racism, roiling a school and town long known for their liberal politics.
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| U.S. top court takes up Republican challenge to Maryland electoral district Posted: 08 Dec 2017 02:26 PM PST  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday added a second case to its docket on a contentious issue that could have major consequences for American elections, agreeing to decide whether Democratic lawmakers in Maryland unlawfully drew a congressional district in a way that would prevent a Republican candidate from winning. The court's agreement to take up an appeal by Republican voters in Maryland regarding the U.S. House of Representatives district came two months after the justices heard arguments in a high-profile challenge by Democratic voters to Republican-drawn state legislative districts in Wisconsin.
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| 'Please don't kill me': Police officer cleared of murder after shooting a sobbing man as he crawled along a hotel corridor Posted: 08 Dec 2017 11:58 AM PST  A former Arizona police officer has been acquitted of murder after he shot and killed an unarmed man outside his hotel room. Philip Mitchell Brailsford, 27, shot Daniel Shaver in 2016 when he was responding to call that someone there was pointing a gun out of a window. The shooting occurred in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa after officers ordered Mr Shaver to exit his hotel room, lay face-down in a hallway and refrain from making sudden movements. Mr Shaver, a 26-year-old father-of-two, sobbed as he begged police not to shoot and was ordered to crawl toward officers. Video of the shooting, which Shaver's family has referred to as an "execution", has finally been released. It shows a sobbing Mr Shaver lying on the floor and crawling towards the police officer. He can be heard begging "please don't kill me" at the officers. Daniel Shaver (pictured with his daughters) was heard saying "please don't shoot me, please don't shot me", according to audio heard on a police video of the incident As he inched forward, he reached toward the waistband of his shorts. Mr Brailsford said he fired his rifle because he believed Mr Shaver was grabbing a handgun in his waistband. While no gun was found on Mr Shaver's body, two pellet rifles related to his pest-control job were later found in his room. The detective investigating the shooting had agreed Mr Shaver's movement was similar to reaching for a pistol, but has said it also looked as though Shaver was pulling up his loose-fitting basketball shorts that had fallen down as he was ordered to crawl toward officers. The investigator noted he did not see anything that would have prevented officers from simply handcuffing Mr Shaver as he was on the floor. Mr Brailsford's attorney Michael Piccarreta put an arm around his client after the verdict was read. Mitch Brailsford was fired from the Mesa police force and charged with second degree murder Credit: Mesa Police department "There are no winners in this case, but Mitch Brailsford had to make a split-second decision on a situation that he was trained to recognize as someone drawing a weapon and had one second to react," Mr Piccarreta said. "He didn't want to harm Mr Shaver... The circumstances that night that were presented led him to conclude that he was in danger. Try to make a decision in one second, life or death. It's pretty hard." Mr Piccarreta also said he wasn't sure his client would be interested in trying to get his police job back. Mr Shaver's widow, Laney Sweet, and Mr Shaver's parents have filed wrongful-death lawsuits against the city of Mesa over the shooting death. Ms Sweet shook her head after the jury's decision and said she was not going to answer any questions. During his trial testimony, Mr Brailsford described the stress that he faced in responding to the call and his split-second decision to shoot Mr Shaver. Mr Brailsford told jurors that he was terrified for the safety of officers and a woman who was in the hallway. He also said he felt "incredibly sad" for Mr Shaver. Mr Brailsford served as a Mesa officer for about two years before he was fired for violations of departmental policy, including unsatisfactory performance. He is one of the few police officers in the US to be charged with murder for shooting someone while on duty. The shooting occurred as police departments across the US became focal points of protests over deadly encounters with law enforcement.
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| Ryan Zinke Dismisses Reports On His Use Of Helicopters As ‘Fabricated’ Posted: 09 Dec 2017 04:00 PM PST  WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Saturday swung back at recent media reports about his costly use of government helicopters, calling them "total fabrications and a wild departure from reality."
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| Trump Watches Up To 8 Hours Of TV Per Day Posted: 09 Dec 2017 12:20 PM PST  President Donald Trump, who just last month said he's too busy "reading documents" to watch much television, spends up to 8 hours in front of the TV each day, according to a new report.
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| A Terminally Ill Progressive Activist Confronted Jeff Flake About The Tax Bill On A Flight Posted: 08 Dec 2017 02:20 PM PST  A leading progressive activist with Lou Gehrig's disease appealed to Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) to reconsider his support for the Republican tax bill during a flight to Phoenix on Thursday.
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| 2 suspects in Hawaii vacation rental home killing in custody Posted: 08 Dec 2017 06:06 PM PST  HONOLULU (AP) — A man and woman remained in custody Friday after they were arrested on suspicion of killing a woman in a Hawaii vacation rental home.
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