| Clinton rape accuser Juanita Broaddrick explains why she supported Trump Posted: 11 Dec 2017 12:02 PM PST  A woman who accuses former President Bill Clinton of raping her during his 1978 campaign for Arkansas governor spoke out on Monday about her support for President Donald Trump.
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| How The Thomas Fire Could Affect An Already Struggling Economy In Ventura Posted: 12 Dec 2017 02:45 AM PST  Wednesday, and Ventura resident Matthew Fienup was driving up the 101 Freeway to Santa Barbara.
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| A Roy Moore victory would put Senate GOP in a tough spot Posted: 11 Dec 2017 02:13 PM PST  A victory for Roy Moore means the Senate majority leader will be able to hold onto his slim two-vote majority, but the former judge brings to the Senate a toxic mix that few Senate Republicans are keen to accept.
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| Charge dropped for 'It's OK To Be White' commentator Posted: 11 Dec 2017 02:49 PM PST  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a breach of peace charge filed against a conservative commentator over a confrontation he had with protesters at the University of Connecticut as he prepared to give a speech titled "It's OK To Be White."
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| After NYC Blast, Former NYPD Officer Shows What to Do If You're Caught in Subway Terror Attack Posted: 11 Dec 2017 10:56 AM PST  Bill Stanton says those who take mass transit should always carry these two items with them.
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| Charles Jenkins, American Held By North Korea For 40 Years After Defection, Dies At 77 Posted: 12 Dec 2017 12:56 PM PST  Charles Jenkins, a former American soldier who defected across the Demilitarized Zone into North Korea in 1965 and was held by the totalitarian regime for 40 years, died in Japan on Monday at the age of 77.
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| White House says Trump's tweet to Gillibrand was not 'sexist at all' Posted: 12 Dec 2017 02:40 PM PST  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders defended President Trump's tweet saying Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand would "do anything" for campaign donations.
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| Meghan Markle's former Toronto rental hits the market Posted: 11 Dec 2017 02:06 PM PST  Perhaps Meghan Markle was always meant to be a royal.
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| Sandy Hook families post video on how to spot signs of potential mass shooting Posted: 11 Dec 2017 11:07 AM PST  Sandy Hook Promise released a new video with the message that it is possible to see the signs of a potential act of violence ahead of time. Instead, family members of victims have watched as a series of increasingly deadly mass shooting attacks have occurred at schools, churches, baseball practices and concerts. To mark the fifth anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, a nonprofit founded by some of the family members of victims is releasing a new video with the message that it is possible to see the signs of a potential act of violence ahead of time – and that it is crucial to act on them.
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| Mario Batali Advocated Doing 'The Right Thing' Weeks Before Being Accused Of Misconduct Posted: 12 Dec 2017 06:29 AM PST  Mario Batali, who stepped down from his restaurant group on Monday after four women accused him of sexual misconduct, spoke out in support of women's equality at an event in October.
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| Iran will treat jailed aid worker as Iranian citizen: foreign ministry Posted: 11 Dec 2017 10:36 AM PST ![Iran will treat jailed aid worker as Iranian citizen: foreign ministry]( "Iran will treat jailed aid worker as Iranian citizen: foreign ministry") Iran will treat a British-Iranian aid worker as an Iranian citizen and she will serve her sentence as determined by the judiciary, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson discussed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's case with Iranian officials after flying to Tehran over the weekend to try to seek her release. "One of the issues that Johnson brought up in Tehran was the issue of Ms. Zaghari," Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi was quoted by state media as saying.
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| Photographer, Now Facing Felonies, Had Asked News Site For Inauguration Work Posted: 11 Dec 2017 08:28 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― A photographer currently facing trial on several felony charges after being arrested during a protest of Donald Trump's inauguration had reached out to a Texas news outlet before Jan. 20 about photographing the protests, yet another indication he was working as a journalist that day.
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| Woman Wins Dallas Marathon With the Help of a Stranger After Falling Near Finish Line Posted: 11 Dec 2017 10:24 AM PST  Chandler Self was helped to her feet by a kind teen each of the four times she fell.
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| Donald Trump tells Alabama to vote for accused child molester Roy Moore because opponent Doug Jones is 'pro-abortion' Posted: 12 Dec 2017 06:22 AM PST  Donald Trump has tweeted his election-day support of Senate candidate Roy Moore, urging Alabama residents to vote for the accused child sex abuser and claiming his opponent is "pro-abortion". "The people of Alabama will do the right thing," Mr Trump tweeted.
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| Dying polar bear roams iceless land for food in 'soul-crushing' video Posted: 11 Dec 2017 10:47 AM PST  Heartbreaking footage of a starving polar bear desperately searching for food on iceless land highlights the "real face of climate change", conservationists say. Photojournalist Paul Nicklen said his team were moved to tears as they captured the struggling animal's battle to stay alive on Canada's Baffin Island last summer. The "soul-crushing" scene, captured by marine conservationists SeaLegacy, shows the emaciated bear searching an abandoned Inuit camp for sustenance. "My entire SeaLegacy team was pushing through their tears and emotions while documenting this dying polar bear," explained Mr Nicklen. "It's a soul-crushing scene that still haunts me, but I know we need to share both the beautiful and the heartbreaking if we are going to break down the walls of apathy. This is what starvation looks like. The muscles atrophy. No energy. It's a slow, painful death. Polar bears are listed as vulnerable due to a "loss of sea ice habitat from climate change" Credit: AP "When scientists say polar bears will be extinct in the next 100 years, I think of the global population of 25,000 bears dying in this manner. There is no band aid solution. There was no saving this individual bear. People think that we can put platforms in the ocean or we can feed the odd starving bear. "The simple truth is this - if the Earth continues to warm, we will lose bears and entire polar ecosystems. This large male bear was not old, and he certainly died within hours or days of this moment. But there are solutions. We must reduce our carbon footprint, eat the right food, stop cutting down our forests, and begin putting the Earth-our home-first." His colleague Cristina Mittermeier said it was "one of the hardest shoots we have ever had to do". "Through tears, we were able to capture this footage with the hope of awakening people to the realities of a climate change future," she said. Polar bears are the poster child for climate change Credit: AP SeaLegacy said though it couldn't say with 100 per cent certainty what had caused the bear to starve to death, the group added: "We do know that he didn't have any visible wounds and that he was not an old bear. "Many of you have asked whether we could have saved this individual bear, but the hard truth is that he was on his last legs and his muscles had atrophied beyond repair. It would also have been illegal to feed him, to approach him, or to do anything to ease his pain." The group warned an increasing number of polar bears are likely to die in this way "as a result of our warming climate". "As global temperatures rise, the amount of multi-year sea ice in the Arctic shrinks. Polar bears depend on that ice to travel large distances and to hunt for their food. Without sea ice this will become a common scene across the Arctic," they said. The World Wildlife Fund says polar bears are vulnerable due to a "loss of sea ice habitat from climate change". A study published last year by University of Washington researchers found that polar bears across the Arctic are facing a shorter sea ice season, a surface they depend on for hunting, travelling and breeding.
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| AP: Rohingya methodically raped by Myanmar's armed forces Posted: 11 Dec 2017 02:24 PM PST  UKHIA, Bangladesh (AP) — The soldiers arrived, as they often did, long after sunset.
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| Five years after Sandy Hook, U.S. gun-control advocates switch strategy Posted: 12 Dec 2017 03:07 AM PST  Instead of pressuring lawmakers to push new gun-control measures through the U.S. Congress, volunteers from groups including Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America are now running for office themselves. Nine of 13 volunteers trained by the group ran for office this year and won seats, ranging from New Hampshire state representative to city council member in West University Place, Texas. Fourteen more have already declared their intentions to run for office in 2018, seeking seats in Congress, state legislatures and local government, all running as Democrats.
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| San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee Dies At 65 Posted: 12 Dec 2017 03:02 AM PST  San Fransisco Mayor Ed Lee died early Tuesday, a hospital spokesman told HuffPost.
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| Pistorius injured in prison brawl over phone Posted: 12 Dec 2017 01:03 AM PST  Former Paralympic champion and convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius has been injured in a prison brawl over the use of a public phone, a South African official said on Tuesday. The double amputee -- who is serving a 13-year jail term for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp -- was left with a bruise after "an altercation with another inmate over the use of a public phone" on December 6, according to the department of Correctional Services. "Oscar Pistorius sustained a bruise following an alleged incident with another inmate over the use of a public phone in the special care unit where both offenders are detained at Attridgeville Correctional Centre," spokesman Singabakho Nxumalo said.
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| U.S. not granting loan relief to defrauded students: inspector general Posted: 12 Dec 2017 06:22 AM PST  The U.S. Education Department under President Donald Trump and Secretary Betsy DeVos has stopped cancelling the student-loan debt of people defrauded by failed for-profit schools and those borrowers face mounting interest and other burdens, its inspector general said on Monday.
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| Trump Attacks Kirsten Gillibrand, Blames Democrats For 'Fabricated Stories' Of Sexual Assault Posted: 12 Dec 2017 04:44 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Tuesday assailed renewed claims of sexual misconduct against him as "fabricated stories," a day after several of his accusers called on Congress to investigate the president's past behavior.
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| Alabama: Roy Moore's wife says he can't be antisemitic - he has a Jewish lawyer Posted: 12 Dec 2017 04:36 AM PST  The wife of Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore has defended her husband against accusations of anti-semitism, partly on the grounds that one of the couple's lawyers is Jewish. Mr Moore, a former Alabama state judge, is standing against Democratic nominee Doug Jones in what pollsters say is a neck-and-neck race, despite the state's strong conservative leanings. Introducing her husband at a rally on the eve of the 12 December vote, Kayla Moore said: "Fake news would tell you we don't care for Jews.
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| How To Tell If You Have A Cold Or Allergies Posted: 11 Dec 2017 02:58 PM PST  It's often challenging during the winter months to determine whether you've fallen victim to a nasty bug or are just adjusting to the changing atmosphere.
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| Tasmanian tiger was 'doomed by poor DNA' long before it was wiped out by hunting, scientists say Posted: 12 Dec 2017 02:49 AM PST  Scientists in Australia have mapped the genetic sequence of the extinct Tasmanian tiger, raising hopes of reviving the species, whose last survivor died in a zoo in the city of Hobart in September 1936. The landmark study of the Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, was based on examination of DNA from a female pup that had been preserved in ethanol at a museum since 1909. Andrew Pask, a researcher from the University of Melbourne, said that establishing a blueprint of the thylacine's entire genetic code was the first step in trying to bring back the species through cloning. "As this genome is one of the most complete for an extinct species, it is technically the first step to 'bringing the thylacine back'," he said. "We are still a long way off that possibility. We would need to develop a marsupial model to host the thylacine genome, like work conducted to include mammoth genes in the modern elephant." Tasmanian tigers became extinct on the Australian mainland about 3,000 years ago but survived on the island state of Tasmania. The species was hunted by European settlers who believed the animals threatened their sheep and who were encouraged by a government bounty of £1 per carcass. Tasmanian tigers or thylacines photographed at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart in Australia's Tasmania state in 1918 Credit: AFP / TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY The last known creature died in captivity in 1936, though the species was not officially declared extinct until 1982. But the genome study revealed that the sandy-coloured marsupial may have become extinct even if humans had not settled in Tasmania. The sequencing found that the thylacine had little genetic diversity, making it harder for it to survive changes in environmental conditions. "They were actually in pretty bad genetic shape and it wasn't because of their isolation on Tasmania. It was a longer-term decline in their history," Dr Pask said. "We certainly made them go extinct — there's no question about that. But we now know even if [thylacines] were still around today they'd probably be in the same genetic dire circumstances as the Tasmanian devil [a local species that is under threat]." The Tasmanian tiger has a somewhat mythical status in Australia and there is still frenzied speculation about whether it may have survived in the wild. There have been regular reported sightings, though most experts believe that the creatures that are spotted are probably feral dogs and that the thylacine is unlikely to have survived. Recent unconfirmed sightings in the state of Queensland prompted a fresh search which has so far proven fruitless. The study found that the genetic health of the thylacine became compromised about 70,000 to 120,000 years ago, an era which coincided with an ice age. The Tasmanian species became isolated when the island was cut off from the mainland due to rising seas about 14,000 years ago. On the mainland, the species became extinct due to extreme weather and drought, according to a study released earlier this year. Experts said it could take some years – and billions of dollars - to revive the species. "We still have a way to go to get the technology and to get that at a reasonable cost," Christy Hipsley, from Museums Victoria, told Channel Seven. However, Dr Pask said he believed humans have a moral obligation to try to revive the species. "I think we were responsible for hunting [the species] to extinction - in that case, we almost owe it to the species to bring it back," he said. The findings were published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution.
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| War-scarred neighborhoods in Ukraine's rebel-held Donetsk Posted: 12 Dec 2017 04:05 AM PST  Ruined houses, shell craters and deserted streets - this is a typical scene in the Oktyabrsky district of Donetsk, the largest city of Ukraine's pro-Russian rebel region that bears the same name. The self-styled Donetsk and next-door Luhansk "people's republics" broke away from central rule in 2014 after months of violent street protests in Kiev toppled Ukraine's Moscow-leaning president and propelled pro-Western nationalists to power. In this calm suburb of Donetsk, many people stood aloof of politics.
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| The Story of How the Japanese Admiral Who Planned Pearl Harbor Was Assassinated Posted: 12 Dec 2017 06:52 AM PST  The U.S. military treated it as a purely military matter that didn't need civilian approval. Admiral Nimitz authorized the interception, and the orders were passed down the military chain of command. There was no presidential decision nor Justice Department review.
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| Man charged over jihadist murders of French police couple Posted: 11 Dec 2017 06:17 PM PST  French police charged a man on Monday in connection with the jihadist murder of a police couple after his DNA was matched to traces found in their home near Paris, legal sources said. Mohamed Lamine Aberouz, 24, has been linked to Larossi Abballa, the Islamic State extremist who claimed the June 2016 attack in a live video from the murder scene before being killed by police in a shootout, the sources added. Aberouz, who was not on a terrorism watchlist but was known to be radicalised, was arrested in the western Paris suburb of Les Mureaux.
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| Super PAC's Facebook Ads Back Roy Moore Because Doug Jones Supports NFL Kneelers Posted: 11 Dec 2017 02:35 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― A pro-Trump super PAC is encouraging Alabama voters to support Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore because, it says on Facebook, Democratic rival Doug Jones is a liberal puppet of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi who supports abortion and NFL players who kneel during the national anthem.
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| Ryan Lizza fired by The New Yorker for alleged sexual misconduct Posted: 11 Dec 2017 01:27 PM PST  The New Yorker has cut ties with Ryan Lizza over alleged sexual misconduct. Mr Lizza was one of the magazine's most high-profile writers. "The New Yorker recently learned that Ryan Lizza engaged in what we believe was improper sexual conduct," the magazine said in a statement.
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| Authorities: 2 dead after school bus fire in western Iowa Posted: 12 Dec 2017 03:43 PM PST  OAKLAND, Iowa (AP) — A fire erupted on a school bus after it backed into a ditch in western Iowa early Tuesday, killing a student and the bus driver, investigators said.
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| British volunteers killed in Syria given military send-off Posted: 12 Dec 2017 03:21 AM PST  A military ceremony has been held in Syria for two British volunteers with a Kurdish group fighting Islamic State in Raqqa, who were killed while clearing mines in the city. The coffins of Oliver Hall from Portsmouth and Jac Holmes from Bournemouth, both 24, were draped in the flag of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). Hall from Portsmouth had been trying to make safe booby traps laid by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) in the recently liberated city of Raqqa when he was caught in a blast on Saturday. The former engineering student had only joined the YPG three months ago and had no previous military experience. Foreign volunteers remember Oliver Hall and Jac Holmes, both killed while clearing mines in Raqqa Credit: Facebook Jac Holmes, a 24-year-old from Bournemouth, died also clearing mines in Raqqa in October. He was the longest-serving British volunteer. Their coffins were carried by other foreign volunteers, including Briton Kimmie Taylor, who gave a short speech at the service. "Jac was everyone's best friend," Miss Taylor, from Blackburn, told the BBC. "His determination to see the freedom of the Kurdish people and to see the fall of Daesh (IS) showed his strength. "I hope his family can understand the impact he had." The coffins were given a guard of honour as they were taken across the Semelka border crossing into Iraq where they will be repatriated to the UK. Their coffins were taken to Iraq and will be repatriated to the UK. Credit: Facebook His death underscored the dangers of clearing a city which Islamic State group fighters had rigged with large amounts of explosives. Dozens civilians have been killed by IEDs after returning to their homes before the city has been completely cleared. Seven Britons in total have been killed while fighting with the YPG, including Mehmet Aksoy, 32, Luke Rutter, 22, Ryan Lock, 20, Dean Evans, 22, and Konstandinos Erik Scurfield, 25.
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| U.S. Treasury tax study slammed as 'fake math' by Democrats Posted: 11 Dec 2017 01:25 PM PST ![U.S. Treasury tax study slammed as 'fake math' by Democrats]( "U.S. Treasury tax study slammed as 'fake math' by Democrats") By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday released a one-page analysis of the economic and fiscal impact of a Republican tax overhaul plan that was swiftly criticized by a number of tax experts and attacked as "fake math" by Democrats. Treasury said the tax plan would more than pay for itself in 10 years, basing its forecast on a 2.9 percent annual economic growth assumption, a level well above most economists' expectations, as well other changes on which the White House has made little progress. "We are pleased to release an analysis demonstrating the revenue impact of the administration's economic agenda," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs banker, said in a statement.
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| Opioid crisis strains foster system as kids pried from homes Posted: 12 Dec 2017 12:40 PM PST  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The case arrives with all the routine of a traffic citation: A baby boy, just 4 days old and exposed to heroin in his mother's womb, is shuddering through withdrawal in intensive care, his fate now here in a shabby courthouse that hosts a parade of human misery.
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| Japan picks 'North' as 2017 symbol amid N. Korea threat Posted: 11 Dec 2017 10:58 PM PST  Japan on Tuesday chose the Chinese character for "North" as its traditional "defining symbol of 2017" following a series of North Korean missile launches. Japanese TV stations went live to broadcast the annual announcement, in which Seihan Mori, master of the ancient Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, wrote the character on a huge white panel using an ink-soaked calligraphy brush. "It was the year in which people felt threatened and anxious by North Korea following repeated ballistic missile launches and a nuclear test," said the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, the event organiser.
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| Twitter Users Burn Trump For Denying He Watches 4-8 Hours Of TV A Day Posted: 11 Dec 2017 10:13 AM PST  President Donald Trump is denying a New York Times story that says he watches at least four, and as many as eight, hours of TV each day.
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| Man Arrested in 1995 Kidnapping of 9-Year-Old Girl Posted: 11 Dec 2017 09:54 AM PST  Kevin Lin was taken into custody in Southern California by the U.S. State Department on Friday after applying for a passport with his real name, authorities said.
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| Celebrities Flee California Community as Ash Falls Like Snow - Venture County Timelapse Posted: 12 Dec 2017 02:09 PM PST  Ash fell like snow and heavy smoke had residents gasping for air Monday as a huge Southern California wildfire exploded in size again, becoming the fifth largest in state history and driving celebrities from a wealthy hillside enclave.
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