| Amber Alert issued in Texas for two girls in danger after mom found dead Posted: 02 Jan 2018 07:17 AM PST  An Amber Alert was issued Sunday as Texas police search for two girls following the death of their mother.
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| Donald Trump Rages Against Iran, Pakistan In First Tweets Of 2018 Posted: 01 Jan 2018 08:36 AM PST  President Donald Trump dedicated his first tweets of the new year to lashing out at Pakistan and Iran.
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| 10 Americans among dozen killed in fiery Costa Rican plane crash Posted: 01 Jan 2018 08:08 AM PST  Investigators on Monday were trying to determine what caused the deadly New Year's Eve plane crash in Costa Rica that claimed the lives of 10 Americans and the two crew members.
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| U.S. airport immigration computers go down temporarily: agency Posted: 02 Jan 2018 04:26 AM PST ![U.S. airport immigration computers go down temporarily: agency]( "U.S. airport immigration computers go down temporarily: agency") Immigration desk computers at various airports went down for about two hours on Monday, causing long lines for travelers entering the United States after year-end holidays, according to Customs and Border Protection and posts on social media. All airports were back on line after wait times for travelers that were longer than usual, it said. "At this time, there is no indication the service disruption was malicious in nature," the agency said.
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| U.S. Rabbi Rips Lorde For 'Anti-Semitic' Israel Concert Boycott In Washington Post Ad Posted: 01 Jan 2018 08:54 PM PST  New Zealand Grammy-winning pop star Lorde has been blasted as a "bigot" by a controversial U.S. rabbi for dropping a planned concert in Israel to protest the nation's treatment of Palestinians.
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| 'Life is really difficult': Tehranis share economic grievances Posted: 01 Jan 2018 10:35 AM PST !['Life is really difficult': Tehranis share economic grievances]( "'Life is really difficult': Tehranis share economic grievances") The streets of Iran's capital have been relatively quiet as protests hit much of the country, but Tehranis still have plenty to complain about and demand action from the government. My husband is a government worker but his salary is no way enough for us to make ends meet," said Farzaneh Mirzaie, 42, a mother of two. It is a story heard up and down the country as Iran struggles to recover from years of poor economic management and crippling international sanctions.
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| Pope Francis: War, Injustice and Pollution Spoiled 2017 Posted: 01 Jan 2018 12:19 PM PST  Bidding 2017 farewell, Pope Francis on Sunday decried wars, injustices, social and environmental degradation and other man-made ills which he said spoiled the year.
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| Hawaiian Airlines Flight Takes Off In 2018, Lands In 2017 Posted: 01 Jan 2018 11:44 AM PST  It's plane crazy: A flight that took off in 2018 ended up landing in 2017.
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| Chicago sees drop in homicides, shootings in 2017 Posted: 01 Jan 2018 11:38 AM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago ended 2017 with fewer homicides than the year before, but gang violence in the city's most dangerous neighborhoods kept the total number of killings above the 600 mark for only the second time in more than a decade.
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| Report: Scaramucci telling friends that Trump wants him back in the White House Posted: 02 Jan 2018 07:11 AM PST  Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci made waves during his 10 days with the Trump administration last summer, and he is reportedly bragging about a possible West Wing return.
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| Best photos of the year from Caters News Posted: 01 Jan 2018 10:13 AM PST ![Best photos of the year from Caters News]( "Best photos of the year from Caters News") They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and these striking images of 2017 are no exception. The photo highlights include incredible snapshots of the natural world as well as some awesome animal and human encounters. The vibrant gallery also shows thrill-seekers pushing themselves to the limit with breathtaking stunts captured in perfect clarity. The pictures have been taken by a host of photographers from around the world. (Caters News)
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| Hollywood Heroines Launch Initiative To Fight Sexual Harassment And Inequality Posted: 01 Jan 2018 12:36 PM PST  Some of the entertainment industry's most powerful women are teaming up to combat sexual harassment and inequality in Hollywood and workplaces nationwide.
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| California launches legal sale of cannabis for recreational use Posted: 01 Jan 2018 03:01 AM PST ![California launches legal sale of cannabis for recreational use]( "California launches legal sale of cannabis for recreational use") California will launch the world's largest regulated commercial market for recreational marijuana on Monday, as dozens of newly licensed stores catering to adults who enjoy the drug for its psychoactive effects open for business up and down the state. It becomes the sixth U.S. state, and by far the most populous, venturing beyond legalized medical marijuana to permit the sale of cannabis products of all types to customers at least 21 years old. With California and its 39.5 million residents officially joining the pack, more than one-in-five Americans now live in states where recreational marijuana is legal for purchase, even though cannabis remains classified as an illegal narcotic under U.S. law.
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| CEO Of World’s Biggest Catering Company Among Those Killed In Seaplane Crash Posted: 01 Jan 2018 04:33 AM PST  Richard Cousins, the CEO of one of Britain's biggest companies, and four of his family members were killed in Sydney, Australia on New Year's Eve when their sightseeing seaplane plunged into a river, according to multiple reports.
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| Iran's Rouhani rejects violence but vows 'space for criticism' Posted: 31 Dec 2017 10:08 AM PST  Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that government bodies must provide "space for criticism" as he sought to head off days of unrest, but warned protesters that violence was unacceptable. "Criticism is different to violence and destroying public property," he said in a cabinet meeting, according to the state broadcaster. "Government bodies should provide space for legal criticism and protest," Rouhani said in his first public comments since the protests began on Thursday.
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| Nine Inmates Dead, Dozens Escape as Riot Erupts in a Brazil Prison Posted: 01 Jan 2018 07:52 PM PST  Gang violence is common in Brazil's notorious prisons
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| Cartoon Perfectly Sums Up That 'Back To Work' After Holidays Feeling Posted: 02 Jan 2018 04:08 AM PST  A new cartoon expertly encapsulates the end of the holiday period.
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| Man Found With AR-15, Shotgun, and Ammo in Top-Floor Hotel Room in Houston Posted: 31 Dec 2017 10:55 AM PST  Police said the man was drunk when they searched his room.
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| Trump slams Pakistan for 'lies & deceit' in New Year's tweet Posted: 01 Jan 2018 10:16 AM PST  ISLAMABAD (AP) — President Donald Trump slammed Pakistan for 'lies & deceit' in a New Year's Day tweet that said Islamabad had played U.S. leaders for 'fools.'
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| UN Secretary-General Puts World On 'Red Alert' In Somber New Year's Eve Address Posted: 01 Jan 2018 12:37 AM PST  United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres issued a grim warning as 2017 drew to a close.
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| At least 12 people injured in Bronx apartment fire Posted: 02 Jan 2018 04:59 AM PST ![At least 12 people injured in Bronx apartment fire]( "At least 12 people injured in Bronx apartment fire") At least 12 people were hurt on Tuesday as a fire tore through an apartment building in the Bronx, just days after another blaze in the New York City borough killed 12 people, a New York City Fire Department spokesman said. The six-alarm fire broke out at about 5:30 a.m. local time in a four-story brick structure with a furniture store on the ground floor, Kenneth Reilly told Reuters. More than 200 firefighters were still battling the blaze in frigid temperatures of around 15 degrees Fahrenheit two hours after it started, said Reilly, adding that the cause was yet to be determined.
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| Barack Obama Shares His Favorite Books And Songs From 2017 Posted: 01 Jan 2018 12:59 AM PST  Former U.S. President Barack Obama has been closing out 2017 by trying to lift Americans' spirits.
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| You Can Now Buy Legal Recreational Marijuana In California Posted: 01 Jan 2018 03:00 AM PST  LOS ANGELES ― Adults who are at least 21 years old can legally purchase recreational marijuana from select retail shops in California beginning Monday, a milestone that instantly makes the state the world's largest legal marijuana marketplace.
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| Before Fatal Shooting of Deputy, Authorities Were Warned About Suspect's Mental Health Posted: 01 Jan 2018 10:47 AM PST  The man was never held for a mental health evaluation
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| Nearly 200 hurt in Philippine New Year revelry despite fireworks order Posted: 31 Dec 2017 09:56 PM PST  Nearly 200 people were injured during traditionally raucous New Year celebrations in the Philippines despite President Rodrigo Duterte's order limiting the use of firecrackers, the health minister said Monday. The order signed in June restricted the noisy explosives to community fireworks displays in an attempt to curb the bloody merrymaking that leaves scores of Filipinos dead or injured each year. The Philippines is mainly Catholic but the violent New Year festivities draw on ancient superstitions and Chinese traditions, with people firing guns and setting off powerful fireworks in the belief the bangs will drive away bad spirits.
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| The Latest: Colorado gunman ID'd as US veteran with a grudge Posted: 31 Dec 2017 04:17 PM PST  DENVER (AP) — The Latest on shooting in suburban Denver that left one sheriff's deputy dead and four deputies and two civilians wounded (all times local):
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| Protests in Iran See Their Most Violent Night as Deaths Reach 13 Posted: 01 Jan 2018 10:07 PM PST  Protests across Iran saw their most violent night as "armed protesters" tried to overrun military bases and police stations before security forces repelled them, killing 10 people, Iranian state television said Monday.
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| James Comey Expresses Hope For 'More Ethical Leadership' In 2018 Posted: 01 Jan 2018 04:39 PM PST  In what appears to be a not-so-subtle dig at President Donald Trump, ousted FBI Director James Comey tweeted Sunday that he hoped the new year would bring "more ethical leadership focused on the truth and lasting values."
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| 10 killed in fiery crash along Mexico's Pacific coast Posted: 31 Dec 2017 02:11 PM PST ![10 killed in fiery crash along Mexico's Pacific coast]( "10 killed in fiery crash along Mexico's Pacific coast") ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Five people visiting from the United States were among 10 people killed in a fiery car crash on a coastal highway in southern Mexico, authorities said Sunday.
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| Bernie Sanders Holds Up New York City Mayor As Model For The Trump Opposition Posted: 01 Jan 2018 01:19 PM PST  NEW YORK ― At a ceremony to swear in New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for his second term, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) held up his hometown as a bastion of progress and a template for what Americans should strive for in the face of the Trump administration's policies.
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| Deputy killed, six wounded in Colorado shooting Posted: 31 Dec 2017 03:32 PM PST  A sheriff's deputy was killed and six others, including four deputies, were wounded Sunday in what police called a "disturbance" in a residential suburb near Denver, Colorado. The lone suspect was killed at the end of a two-hour standoff at an apartment complex in Highlands Ranch, 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Denver, Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock told reporters in a televised briefing. "They all went down almost within seconds of each other," Spurlock told reporters.
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| Floral Floats Take to the Streets for the 129th Rose Parade Posted: 01 Jan 2018 09:09 AM PST  Just a few clouds are expected for the 129th annual Rose Parade on New Year's morning, a high of the mid-70s once again in Pasadena.
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| Virginia Man With Suspected Ties to ISIS Arrested for Destroying Evidence Posted: 31 Dec 2017 01:43 PM PST  He may have been interested in a U.S. attack
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| Is austerity really to blame for Iran protests? Posted: 01 Jan 2018 07:08 AM PST  Despite demonstrators chanting provocative slogans against Iran's Islamic rulers, analysts say the roots of the current protests lie in the same anger at economic austerity that has roiled many countries. Deadly unrest has broken out across the country after demonstrations began in the second city of Mashhad on Thursday. "It can be an uncomfortable idea for some people to treat Iran the same as other countries," said Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, an analyst and founder of the Europe-Iran Business Forum.
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| YouTube Star Logan Paul Under Fire After Filming Apparent Suicide Victim in Japanese Forest Posted: 02 Jan 2018 08:02 AM PST  A YouTube star with millions of teenage followers is facing waves of criticism after he and his friends filmed themselves making jokes alongside the body of an apparent suicide victim in a Japanese forest
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| Trump Attacks Justice Department As 'Deep State,' Calls For Jailing Top Clinton Aide Posted: 02 Jan 2018 06:53 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Tuesday renewed his attack on his "deep state" Justice Department, and said a top aide to 2016 election rival Hillary Clinton should be jailed.
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| Boston Mayor Marty Walsh takes oath for second term Posted: 01 Jan 2018 08:54 AM PST  BOSTON (AP) — Mayor Marty Walsh took the oath of office for a second term as Boston's chief executive on Monday, promising to make the city stronger.
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| Spectacular Supermoon Gets 2018 Off To A Heavenly Start Posted: 02 Jan 2018 01:32 AM PST  A spectacular so-called "supermoon" rose high in the sky on New Year's Day, and stargazers around the world were on hand to snap some truly stunning shots of the celestial display: It was well worth waiting for the clouds to clear over Greenwich tonight!
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| A visual that shows just how many Rohingya villages have been burned Posted: 31 Dec 2017 08:22 PM PST ![A visual that shows just how many Rohingya villages have been burned]( "A visual that shows just how many Rohingya villages have been burned") (Reuters) - In the four months since the Myanmar military began a crackdown after Rohingya militants attacked an army base and police posts on Aug. 25, around 655,000 members of the stateless Muslim minority have fled the western state of Rakhine and crossed into neighboring Bangladesh. A Reuters graphic makes use of data from the U.N. Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) to show hundreds of villages in Rakhine state that were once inhabited by the Rohingya, but have now been burned down. A total of 354 villages have either been completely or partially destroyed, Human Rights Watch said on Dec. 18.
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| 2018 Is Already Off To A Violent Start Posted: 01 Jan 2018 02:54 PM PST  The cycle of violence in began anew Monday as millions of merrymakers around the country welcomed 2018.
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| Mom records Animoji of herself coughing uncontrollably and we're screaming Posted: 01 Jan 2018 04:34 AM PST  Parents and technology aren't always a match made in heaven. But, one mother's attempt to use Animoji to send a message to her daughter went hilariously wrong when she succumbed to a coughing fit mid-way through the message. SEE ALSO: Apple has officially jumped on the Animoji karaoke bandwagon Twitter user's @ nmariesinclair video of her mother's disastrous-yet-brilliant Animoji fail went viral, gaining more than 6million views, and almost 370,000 likes. "Y'all. my momma was trynna send my sister an animoji and this is what happened. I died," she wrote on Twitter. ICYMI, the iPhone X allows users to transform their 10 second audio messages into animated emoji, which mimic their facial expressions and head turns. "Hey princess, I'm on my way home, I'm getting the Chick-fil-A, OK?" says the mom just before she starts coughing. The Animoji didn't end there. After the video went viral, the sick mom sent @ nmariesinclair an Animoji message of her own. "You know, Naomi, your mom has bronchitis and you made me go viral," she says, before coughing uncontrollably yet again. Get well soon! WATCH: The most useless gadgets of 2017
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| Death toll from DR Congo violence now 12: protestors Posted: 01 Jan 2018 04:41 PM PST  The death toll from a crackdown on New Year's Eve protests in Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 12, protestors said on Tuesday. "Eleven people died in Kinshasa and one in Kananga," Jonas Tshombela, a spokesman for the protest organisers, told AFP. Catholic and opposition groups on Sunday defied a ban on demonstrations demanding that President Joseph Kabila leave office.
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| New Jersey shooting: Teenager arrested after his parents and two others shot dead on New Year's Eve Posted: 01 Jan 2018 05:48 AM PST  Police had responded earlier to a call from inside the house that there had been shots fired, and found that a semi-automatic weapon had been used in the attack. The deaths came on New Year's Eve in Long Branch, a small city on the Jersey Shore, police had said earlier. The police and prosecutors' office had previously confirmed on Twitter that an incident had occurred but that it was believed to be a domestic dispute and posed no danger to residents.
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| The Latest: Trump predicts a 'tremendous' year ahead Posted: 31 Dec 2017 06:54 PM PST  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
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