| These Cities Are Suing The Pentagon Over 'Deadly Gaps' In America's Gun-Check System Posted: 26 Dec 2017 01:37 PM PST  The cities of New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco are suing the U.S. Department of Defense over its legal failure to report service member crimes to the FBI and national gun background check database, multiple outlets reported Tuesday.
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| North Korean Defectors Show Signs Of Possible Radiation Exposure Posted: 27 Dec 2017 09:02 AM PST  At least four North Korean defectors have shown symptoms consistent with radiation exposure, including chromosomal abnormalities, South Korea's Unification Ministry said Wednesday.
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| GOP Congressman calls for 'purge' of FBI Posted: 25 Dec 2017 11:57 PM PST  GOP Rep. Francis Rooney calls for a 'purge' in the FBI and accuses some in the agency of being a part of the 'deep state.'
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| Trump latest tweetstorm targets FBI, Russia dossier Posted: 25 Dec 2017 10:51 PM PST  In a series of tweets over the weekend, President Trump targeted the FBI, calling it 'tainted.' The tweets come amid rumors that FBI director Andrew McCabe is considering retiring.
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| Melania Trump Orders Large Portion Of Historic White House Tree Removed Posted: 26 Dec 2017 12:27 PM PST  First Lady Melania Trump has made the call to remove a significant part of a historic magnolia tree that has graced the White House's south facade since the 1800s.
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| Deputy recalls breaking through frozen pond to pull out boy Posted: 26 Dec 2017 06:20 PM PST  NEW HARMONY, Utah (AP) — A Utah sheriff's deputy said Tuesday he was desperate and numb from the cold as he punched and stomped his way into a frozen pond on Christmas Day to pull out an 8-year-old boy who had fallen through the ice while chasing his dog.
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| Colombia records lowest murder rate in four decades Posted: 26 Dec 2017 09:51 AM PST  Colombia recorded its lowest murder rate in four decades this year in the wake of a peace deal with the leftwing FARC rebel group, the government said Tuesday. There were "a little over 11,000 homicides" in 2017, Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas said, equating to a rate of 23 murders per 100,000 inhabitants. The government's Forensic Medicine Institute has not yet released its data on recorded deaths for 2017.
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| Syrian, Iranian backed forces advance in border area near Israel Posted: 25 Dec 2017 12:49 PM PST ![Syrian, Iranian backed forces advance in border area near Israel]( "Syrian, Iranian backed forces advance in border area near Israel") By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian army forces backed by Iranian-backed militias pushed deeper into the last rebel-held enclave near a strategic border area with Israel and Lebanon in a new expansion of Tehran's influence in the war-torn country. The army and the Shi'ite forces helped by Druze militias in the area advanced east and south of the Sunni-rebel held bastion of Beit Jin backed by some of the heaviest aerial bombing and artillery shelling since a major assault began more than two months ago to seize the area, rebels said. The Syrian army said it had encircled the village of Mughr al Meer at the foothills of Mount Hermon as troops moved toward Beit Jin amid fierce clashes.
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| Meet the Press: Most Watched Clips of 2017 Posted: 25 Dec 2017 09:05 PM PST  From "Alternative Facts" to a defense of the indefensible, 2017 was a milestone year in politics. Meet the Press looks back on President Trump's first year in Washington.
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| NY Atty. General steps up lawsuits against Trump admin. Posted: 25 Dec 2017 11:43 PM PST NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed his 100th lawsuit against Donald Trump and the administration, according to the New York Times. Nick Akerman explains Schneiderman's history with Trump and why his legal challenges are significant.
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| 4 Found Dead In Basement Apartment In Upstate New York Posted: 26 Dec 2017 03:58 PM PST  A property manager found four bodies in a basement apartment in upstate New York on Tuesday.
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| Ben Affleck Spends Christmas with Ex Jennifer Garner and Kids as He Continues Treatment Posted: 26 Dec 2017 06:00 PM PST  Ben Affleck, ex Jennifer Garner and their three children celebrated Christmas as a family
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| #5 of 10 Most Popular News Galleries of 2017: Dramatic aerial views of the flooding in Harvey’s aftermath Posted: 27 Dec 2017 03:44 AM PST ![#5 of 10 Most Popular News Galleries of 2017: Dramatic aerial views of the flooding in Harvey's aftermath]( "#5 of 10 Most Popular News Galleries of 2017: Dramatic aerial views of the flooding in Harvey's aftermath") Neighborhood after neighborhood underwater. Submerged highways. The cities of coastal Texas in crisis.
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| The Stranger Who Sent Steve Mnuchin A Box Of Horse Poo Has Come Forward Posted: 25 Dec 2017 02:08 PM PST  On Sunday, the Los Angeles Police Department and U.S. Secret Service investigated a mysterious package left outside the Bel Air home of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.
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| HRW accuses Yazidi fighters in Iraq of executing civilians Posted: 27 Dec 2017 02:58 AM PST  Fighters from Iraq's Yazidi community, brutally targeted by the Islamic State group, executed 52 civilians in apparent revenge killings after capturing territory from the jihadists, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. "Relatives of victims told Human Rights Watch that on June 4, 2017, Yazidi forces detained and then apparently executed men, women, and children," the US-based rights group said in a report. After seizing Iraq's Sinjar area in 2014, IS unleashed a brutal campaign against the Yazidis -- dubbed heretics by the jihadists for their non-Muslim faith -- that the UN says could amount to genocide.
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| A Woman Says United Gave Her Seat to a Congresswoman Posted: 26 Dec 2017 01:43 PM PST  A woman is claiming United airlines gave her first-class ticket to a congresswoman, and she says the airline hasn't apologized.
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| Americans getting prepared after tax law changes Posted: 26 Dec 2017 08:09 AM PST  Property owners around the country are trying to figure out if they should pre-pay their property tax after tax reform. For accountants, it feels like tax season has come early.
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| 'Dotard’ vs. 'Rocketman': The Nuclear Standoff That Rattled 2017 Posted: 26 Dec 2017 05:18 AM PST  Days after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, he received a stark warning from America's outgoing leader.
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| Man held in Phoenix killings of estranged wife, 2 kids Posted: 26 Dec 2017 03:53 PM PST  PHOENIX (AP) — A man accused in the Christmas day shooting of his estranged wife and their two children was held without bail Tuesday on three counts of first-degree murder following an afternoon of violence that culminated in a night-time shootout with police officers.
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| 60 Books We Can't Wait To Read In 2018 Posted: 26 Dec 2017 04:01 AM PST  As 2018 approaches, there's a lot to look forward to: the end of a hellish 2017, the Winter Olympics, "The Bachelor: Winter Games," 2017 being over, midterm elections, and 2017 finally drawing to a close.
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| Record-breaking snowstorm in Pennsylvania declared disaster emergency Posted: 26 Dec 2017 08:06 AM PST  With nearly 57 inches of snow in two days, conditions are so hazardous that the airport was forced to close.
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| Do Extroverts Get a Bad Rap at Work? Posted: 26 Dec 2017 07:59 AM PST ![Do Extroverts Get a Bad Rap at Work?]( "Do Extroverts Get a Bad Rap at Work?") Fueled by Susan Cain's bestseller "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" and her TedTalk, which has pulled in more than 18 million views, "introvert" is no longer a dirty word or a personality type to try to conceal behind a facade of office chatter. While extroverts do need to be aware of whether they are monopolizing too much air time, their talent for thinking on the fly isn't a bad thing, particularly not in a business setting.
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| Pennsylvania Woman Shocked By $284 Billion Electric Bill Posted: 26 Dec 2017 08:49 AM PST  You can't blame Mary Horomanski for getting a little charged up when she saw her electric bill earlier this month.
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| Tunisia working with UAE on terrorist threat from female jihadist returnees Posted: 26 Dec 2017 04:50 AM PST ![Tunisia working with UAE on terrorist threat from female jihadist returnees]( "Tunisia working with UAE on terrorist threat from female jihadist returnees") By Mohamed Argoubi TUNIS (Reuters) - The UAE, which angered Tunisia by banning Tunisian women from its passenger flights, has intelligence that female jihadists returning from Iraq or Syria might try to use Tunisian passports to stage terrorist attacks, a Tunisian government official said. Tunisia had demanded the United Arab Emirates apologize for the travel ban - saying that the UAE had provided no explanation - and on Sunday it suspended the Dubai-based airline Emirates from operating at Tunis airport.
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| Cameroon frees US professor held for criticizing government Posted: 27 Dec 2017 08:39 AM PST  YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — A New York literature professor held in the Central African nation of Cameroon since early this month after writing an article that criticized the government was released Wednesday, his lawyer said.
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| Bangladesh activist arrested on 'anti-Islam' charges Posted: 26 Dec 2017 12:08 AM PST  Bangladesh police arrested a 25-year-old social media activist as he tried to leave the country on charges that he defamed Islam and the Prophet Mohammed, authorities said Tuesday. Immigration police detained Asaduzzaman Noor, known as Asad Noor on his Youtube channel, at Dhaka airport on Monday evening, inspector Mohammad Shahidullah told AFP. "The charge against him is that he hurt religious feeling by mocking Prophet Mohammed and made bad comments against Islam, the prophet and the Koran on Facebook and Youtube," he said.
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| Democrat In Tied Virginia Race Tries To Stop Winner From Being Picked Out Of A Bowl Posted: 26 Dec 2017 01:35 PM PST  Democrat Shelly Simonds launched a last-minute effort Tuesday to prevent the race for a crucial seat in Virginia's House of Delegates from being settled by luck.
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| Lifelong best friends discover they're actually brothers Posted: 26 Dec 2017 01:23 PM PST  HONOLULU (AP) — Two Hawaii men who grew up as best friends recently learned that they're actually brothers and revealed the surprise to family and friends over the holidays.
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| Man's 'Christmas Vacation' Homage Has Neighbors Calling 911 Posted: 26 Dec 2017 10:58 AM PST  A Colorado man's homage to his favorite Christmas movie gave him the gift of laughter this year.
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| Egypt hangs 15 militants for killing security forces in Sinai: security sources Posted: 26 Dec 2017 04:03 AM PST ![Egypt hangs 15 militants for killing security forces in Sinai: security sources]( "Egypt hangs 15 militants for killing security forces in Sinai: security sources") Egypt hanged 15 men convicted of attacks that killed security forces in the Sinai Peninsula, security sources said on Tuesday, in what appears to be the largest number of executions on a single day since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took office in 2014. A military court issued the sentences and interior ministry officials carried out the executions simultaneously at Borj al-Arab and Wadi al-Natroun prisons, the sources said. Most of the militants were from Sinai region and were accused of "joining militant groups and taking part in carrying out, planning and assisting in killing a number of army and police personnel in Sinai," the sources said.
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| A pastoral lost: the withering of Russia's old Soviet farms and villages Posted: 26 Dec 2017 06:45 AM PST ![A pastoral lost: the withering of Russia's old Soviet farms and villages]( "A pastoral lost: the withering of Russia's old Soviet farms and villages") Strewn with abandoned buildings, ruined grain silos, and muddy streets lined with empty, tumbledown Russian-style cottages, this community is mostly a ghost town. Pyotr Volkov and his wife Natasha are already pensioners, yet they are the youngest inhabitants here. Perhaps due to a bureaucratic error, Komsomolskoye still has a functioning post office.
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| First Responders Reunite With Man They Saved After He Collapsed While Holding Infant Daughter Posted: 26 Dec 2017 11:04 AM PST  The gift of life has proven to be a present money cannot buy.
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| Orrin Hatch Trolls Utah Newspaper That Wants Him To Retire Posted: 26 Dec 2017 11:19 AM PST  Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on Monday tweeted out an editorial in The Salt Lake Tribune naming him "Utahn of the Year," declaring that he was "grateful for this Christmas honor."
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| Man tells girl he raped from ages four to 12 to ‘get over it,’ police say Posted: 26 Dec 2017 09:35 AM PST  A man who admitted to raping a child for nearly a decade told her to "get over it" when she confronted him on social media as an adult, police said. Ronnie Lynn Gipson, 45, apparently admitted to initiating sexual contact with the girl from when she was 4-years-old until she was 12. Following his arrested, Mr Gipson allegedly admitted to raping the woman when she was a child, telling police that it began she was three or four.
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| U.S. appeals court rejects challenge to Trump voter fraud panel Posted: 26 Dec 2017 12:36 PM PST ![U.S. appeals court rejects challenge to Trump voter fraud panel]( "U.S. appeals court rejects challenge to Trump voter fraud panel") A U.S. appeals court in Washington on Tuesday upheld a lower court's decision to allow President Donald Trump's commission investigating voter fraud to request data on voter rolls from U.S. states. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) watchdog group, which filed the lawsuit, did not have legal standing to seek to force the presidential commission to review privacy concerns before collecting individuals' voter data.
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| Mark Hamill Posts A Perfect Tribute To Carrie Fisher One Year After Her Death Posted: 27 Dec 2017 07:24 AM PST  Mark Hamill marked the first anniversary of Carrie Fisher's untimely death with a beautiful tribute to the late actress on Wednesday.
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| The Die Hard Writer Just Settled the Christmas Movie Debate Once and For All Posted: 26 Dec 2017 07:47 AM PST  Yippee-ki-yay, movie lovers
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| Name-drawing postponed in Virginia election drama Posted: 27 Dec 2017 07:31 AM PST  A random drawing to decide a topsy-turvy election in the US state of Virginia has been postponed after a last-minute challenge to a disputed ballot which left the candidates tied with 11,608 votes each. The chairman of the state board of elections had been scheduled to draw a name out of a bowl on Wednesday to decide the winner of the race for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. The stakes are particularly high because a win by the Democrats in the 94th District would leave a 50-50 split in the 100-seat house.
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| A U.K. Woman Tried to Bring Painkillers Into Egypt. She Was Sentenced to 3 Years Posted: 26 Dec 2017 01:43 PM PST  A woman from the United Kingdom was sentenced to three years in jail for bringing potent painkillers into Egypt.
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| A digital solution when children can’t find books in their mother tongue Posted: 26 Dec 2017 04:00 AM PST ![A digital solution when children can't find books in their mother tongue]( "A digital solution when children can't find books in their mother tongue") For some students at Umubano Primary School, located just outside Kigali, Rwanda, being bilingual is a necessity. Although the school offers some lessons in Kinyarwanda, physical learning materials in the language aren't easy to come by. The number of books available in Kinyarwanda is limited, says educator Amy Barnecutt, and the few owned by the school tend to be flimsy and in poor condition. For the past two years, Umubano has partnered with Library for All so students can access a robust cloud-based library filled with culturally relevant books in Kinyarwanda and other languages.
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| The Russification of U.S. Deterrence Policy Posted: 25 Dec 2017 05:29 PM PST  After a quarter-century monopoly on such capabilities, the United States finds itself essentially in the same predicament that the Russians or Chinese have faced since the end of the Cold War. The new U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS), which was unveiled on December 18, is a thoroughly realist document that places premium on effective deterrence—which, the document says, has degraded in the recent years. "The spread of accurate and inexpensive weapons and the use of cyber tools have allowed state and non-state competitors to harm the United States across various domains.
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| Minneapolis police remove memorial left by hate group Posted: 25 Dec 2017 10:42 AM PST ![Minneapolis police remove memorial left by hate group]( "Minneapolis police remove memorial left by hate group") MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police have removed a memorial that a white nationalist group created to honor an Australian woman killed by a Somali officer last summer.
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