| The neo-Nazi has no clothes: In search of Matt Heimbach's bogus 'white ethnostate' Posted: 02 Feb 2018 02:00 AM PST  The "Traditionalist Worker Party" leader is a key public figure in the new white nationalist movement, and his ambitions for extend well beyond the Deep South.
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| Outside Law Firm To Probe U.S. Olympics And Gymnastics Officials Over Larry Nassar Scandal Posted: 02 Feb 2018 10:05 AM PST  An independent investigation will look into former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar's serial sexual abuse, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) announced on Friday, after widespread calls from athletes and public officials for greater scrutiny of the institutions that many say enabled his years of assaulting young women.
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| Single Indiana block sees 27 overdoses in 24 hours Posted: 01 Feb 2018 01:51 PM PST  Emergency responders have been working tirelessly after one Indiana block observed dozens of overdoses in just a 24-hour timeframe, according to the Indy Channel.
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| Police: 2 students shot inside Los Angeles middle school Posted: 01 Feb 2018 10:42 AM PST  Female student opens fire inside a classroom at the Salvador Castro Middle School, leaving two other students wounded, including one in critical condition.
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| Apparent Trump legal defense fund uncovered Posted: 01 Feb 2018 12:10 PM PST  Rachel Maddow reports exclusively on the Patriot Legal Defense Fund Trust, which appears to be a fund set up to help cover the legal expenses of Trump staffers caught up in the Robert Mueller Trump Russia investigation.
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| More than $60K raised for family of man killed in GOP train crash Posted: 02 Feb 2018 07:41 AM PST  The family of the man who was killed when a train carrying Republican members of Congress to a retreat collided with a garbage truck in Virginia on Wednesday thanked donors to a crowdfunding campaign that raised more than enough to cover the cost of his funeral.
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| U.N. court hands Costa Rica territorial victories over Nicaragua Posted: 02 Feb 2018 11:00 AM PST ![U.N. court hands Costa Rica territorial victories over Nicaragua]( "U.N. court hands Costa Rica territorial victories over Nicaragua") By Stephanie van den Berg and Enrique Andres Pretel THE HAGUE/SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rica claimed victory over Nicaragua on Friday, after the United Nations' highest court awarded Costa Rica disputed territory along the coastal border shared by the two Central American countries. Nicaragua was ordered by the International Court of Justice in The Hague to remove a military base from a contested coastal area near the San Juan river, which the judges said violated Costa Rican sovereignty. The court's panel of 15 international judges also found that Costa Rica has sovereignty over the "whole northern part of Isla Portillos, including the coast," but excluding Harbour Head Lagoon.
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| Texas executes man who killed his daughters Posted: 01 Feb 2018 08:20 PM PST  The US state of Texas put to death Thursday a man who executed his two young daughters while forcing his ex-wife to listen on the phone. John Battaglia shot to death his six- and nine-year-old daughters in 2001, when they were visiting him for dinner. Battaglia's lawyers filed last-minute appeals claiming he suffered from mental illness and delusions that made him incapable of understanding why he was being punished.
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| UPenn Revokes Steve Wynn, Bill Cosby Honors Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations Posted: 01 Feb 2018 12:13 PM PST  The University of Pennsylvania said Thursday it was cutting ties with billionaire casino mogul Steve Wynn, a former university trustee, after allegations of sexual misconduct that spanned decades.
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| There's an island in Scotland on sale for $351,000 Posted: 01 Feb 2018 10:48 AM PST  Nestled off the coast of the Shetland Isles lies a 63.75-acre private island called Linga. In addition to cottage renovations, the island's prospective owner can also build a new cottage, a pier, wind and solar power generation and a few other agricultural infrastructures.
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| 12-Year-Old Female Student in Custody After Shooting at L.A. Middle School Posted: 01 Feb 2018 10:16 AM PST  One boy is in critical condition and a girl is in fair condition
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| Smoking Driver Hits Crowd In Shanghai After Accidentally Igniting Van Posted: 01 Feb 2018 07:38 PM PST  A van ran into a crowd of pedestrians in Shanghai on Friday morning, injuring more than a dozen people, according to local media reports.
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| US targets Hezbollah financier with sanctions Posted: 02 Feb 2018 07:49 AM PST  The United States levied sanctions Friday against six individuals and seven business with alleged links to Hezbollah financier Adham Tabaja, the White House said. It will be a "very bad day for" Tabaja, said a senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Trump White House is keen to signal a tougher stance on Hezbollah and its Iranian backers.
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| Trump nuclear doctrine takes tougher stance on Russia Posted: 02 Feb 2018 03:41 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday announced it will continue much of the Obama administration's nuclear weapons policy, but take a more aggressive stance toward Russia. It said Russia must be convinced it would face "unacceptably dire costs" if it were to threaten even a limited nuclear attack in Europe.
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| Natalie Wood's Husband Robert Wagner Now 'Person Of Interest' In Her Death Posted: 01 Feb 2018 02:05 PM PST  Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators say Robert Wagner is "more of a person of interest" in the death of actress Natalie Wood, who died nearly 40 ago under mysterious circumstances.
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| Wear Red Day reminds women of heart disease warning signs Posted: 02 Feb 2018 08:21 PM PST  It's National Wear Red Day - a movement to empower women to take charge of their heart health.
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| In Japan, baby-at-work fuss highlights deeper issue: few women in politics Posted: 01 Feb 2018 10:06 AM PST ![In Japan, baby-at-work fuss highlights deeper issue: few women in politics]( "In Japan, baby-at-work fuss highlights deeper issue: few women in politics") When Yuka Ogata walked into work last November with her 7-month-old in her arms, she wanted to highlight the challenges working women face in Japan – child-care access, in particular. In a way, she succeeded all too well: The municipal assembly, of which she is a member, kicked them out of the meeting and later gave her a written reprimand, setting off a media firestorm that reached far beyond Japan. The news about Ms. Ogata and the male-dominated assembly in Kumamoto, a southwestern city of 740,000, made headlines from Washington to Bolivia.
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| Texas executes man for murdering daughters in killings wife heard on phone Posted: 01 Feb 2018 08:16 PM PST ![Texas executes man for murdering daughters in killings wife heard on phone]( "Texas executes man for murdering daughters in killings wife heard on phone") A man who killed his two young daughters at his Dallas apartment in 2001 while the girls' mother listened on the phone and heard the fatal gunshots and her children's screams, was executed in Texas on Thursday, prisons officials said. John Battaglia, 62, a former accountant was put to death by lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville after the execution was delayed for several hours for federal courts to consider last-minutes appeals to spare his life. Lawyers for Battaglia argued he suffered from severe mental illness and was incompetent to be executed.
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| 'We Can’t Ignore It Any More.' A Tennessee Lawmaker Filed a Bill to Ban Fraternities and Sororities Posted: 01 Feb 2018 03:07 PM PST  "This is something that we've got to get right all over the country"
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| Rewrite: John Kelly picks sides in the Trump White House Posted: 01 Feb 2018 12:09 PM PST  in the Rewrite, Lawrence O'Donnell explains how White House Chief of Staff John Kelly is part of the Trump White House's problem with the truth.
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| 'Oil-like' blobs hit Japan beaches after tanker sinks Posted: 02 Feb 2018 02:16 AM PST  Tokyo (AFP) - "Oil-like" blobs are washing up on the beaches of several southern Japanese islands, officials said Friday, raising fears they could be from a tanker that sank in the area nearly three weeks ago. The Iranian tanker Sanchi -- carrying 111,000 tonnes of light crude oil -- went under in a ball of flames on January 14 in Japan's economic waters in the East China Sea, sparking concerns it could lead to a massive environmental catastrophe. Japan's government is analysing the origin of the "oil-like" substance, and has dispatched the coast guard to help with clean-up, top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said.
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| The Latest: Arizona House votes to expel embattled lawmaker Posted: 01 Feb 2018 01:05 PM PST  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on efforts to punish an Arizona lawmaker over sexual harassment allegations (all times local):
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| CDC Reports 16 More Children Dead From the Flu Posted: 02 Feb 2018 09:21 AM PST  "We are by no means out of the woods"
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| Victims' dad apologizes after lunging at Nassar in courtroom Posted: 03 Feb 2018 03:36 AM PST  CHARLOTTE, Mich. (AP) — A distraught father seething over sexual abuse suffered by three daughters tried to attack former sports doctor Larry Nassar in a Michigan courtroom after a judge rejected his request to confront the "demon" in a locked room, a stunning rush that reflected the anguish felt by parents who trusted him with their children.
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| Polish lawmakers back Holocaust bill, drawing Israeli outrage, U.S. concern Posted: 01 Feb 2018 12:16 PM PST ![Polish lawmakers back Holocaust bill, drawing Israeli outrage, U.S. concern]( "Polish lawmakers back Holocaust bill, drawing Israeli outrage, U.S. concern") By Justyna Pawlak and Lidia Kelly WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish lawmakers approved a bill on Thursday that would impose jail terms for suggesting Poland was complicit in the Holocaust, drawing concern from the United States and outrage from Israel, which denounced "any attempt to challenge historical truth". Poland's ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) says the bill is needed to protect Poland's reputation and ensure historians recognize that Poles as well as Jews perished under the Nazis.
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| What If North Korea Had Won the Korean War? Posted: 02 Feb 2018 07:18 PM PST  In the summer of 1950, the Korean People's Army (KPA) came tantalizingly close to rolling up UN forces on the Korean Peninsula. Only a heroic defense around Pusan prevented a total victory for North Korea (the DPRK), thus allowing MacArthur's war-changing invasion at Inchon. How Could North Korea Have Won?
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| Iran arrests 29 women as headscarf protests intensify Posted: 02 Feb 2018 03:41 AM PST  Tehran police have arrested 29 women for appearing in public without a headscarf as protests against the dress code in force since the Islamic revolution of 1979 intensify, Iranian media reported Friday. Chief prosecutor Mohammad Jafar Montazeri had played down the escalating protests on Wednesday, saying they were "trivial" and "childish" moves possibly incited by foreigners. Montazeri said those flouting "hijab" rules -- which require headscarves and modest clothing -- must have been encouraged by outsiders.
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| Bitcoin Price Drops Below $9,000 as Cryptocurrency Has Lost Half of Value Posted: 01 Feb 2018 02:44 PM PST  Not a great way to kick off February.
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| Trump Says He 'Really Didn't Care' About Drilling Arctic Refuge. Then A Friend Called. Posted: 01 Feb 2018 12:06 PM PST  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he had little interest in opening Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling until a friend "who's in that world and in that business" called and told him Republicans have been trying to do so for decades.
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| Markets Right Now: US stock indexes close mostly lower Posted: 01 Feb 2018 01:13 PM PST ![Markets Right Now: US stock indexes close mostly lower]( "Markets Right Now: US stock indexes close mostly lower") NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local):
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| 'Motherlode' of Dinosaur Footprints Discovered at NASA Flight Center Posted: 02 Feb 2018 09:26 AM PST  The footprints of eight different species were identified
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| Black Lives Matter flag begins flying over Vermont school Posted: 01 Feb 2018 12:49 PM PST  MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont high school on Thursday began flying a Black Lives Matter flag in what officials said was a commitment to make the mostly white institution more inclusive.
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| After Turkish anger, France's Macron plays down Syria warning Posted: 01 Feb 2018 10:12 AM PST ![After Turkish anger, France's Macron plays down Syria warning]( "After Turkish anger, France's Macron plays down Syria warning") ANKARA/TUNIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday played down cautionary remarks he had made about Turkey's operation against Kurdish militants in northern Syria after Ankara labeled them as insults. Macron on Wednesday warned Turkey the operation in the Afrin region should not become an excuse to invade Syria and said he wanted Ankara to coordinate its action with its allies.
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| Mass Graves Suggest Systematic Killing Of Rohingya In Myanmar Posted: 01 Feb 2018 11:30 AM PST  A new report discloses at least five previously unreported mass graves in Myanmar, adding further evidence of the systematic killing of Rohingya Muslim civilians by the country's military.
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| Land Stripped From Utah National Monuments Opens To Mining Claims Friday Posted: 01 Feb 2018 05:44 PM PST  WASHINGTON — More than 2 million acres of Utah wilderness — land that President Donald Trump cut from a pair of protected national monuments — will be opened early Friday to new mining claims.
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| Correction: Alaska-Fatal Police Shooting story Posted: 01 Feb 2018 12:48 PM PST  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — In stories Jan. 31, 2018, and Oct. 12, 2017, about an Alaska police officer being cleared in a fatal shooting, The Associated Press reported erroneously the first name of the officer. He is Matthew "Eddie" Armstrong, not Michael "Eddie" Armstrong.
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| Instagram model Jen Selter removed from American Airlines flight after 'humiliating' row Posted: 02 Feb 2018 03:56 AM PST  An Instagram fitness model was "humiliated" after being removed from an American Airlines flight following a row with staff. Jen Selter, who has 11 million followers on Instagram, posted footage of her arguing with a pilot and a flight attendant on the delayed flight from Miami to New York on 27 January. "I did nothing wrong but got kicked off the plane," she wrote, adding she had the "worst experience" following a delay which left the aircraft stuck on the runway for two hours. The 24-year-old claims she and her sister were told to leave the aircraft following a disagreement with a male attendant when she got up to put her coat away and stretch her legs. She argues that two other passengers had been allowed to go to the bathroom when she stood up, adding she was being sarcastic after responding "yeah" when asked by the attendant, "Do you want to get kicked off the plane?" Current situation @AmericanAir .. insane. pic.twitter.com/kIOh3VysnU— Jen Selter (@JenSelter) January 28, 2018 Ms Selter says the attendant told her to sit down and they began arguing resulting in the pilot calling the police who then arrived on board. "The crew is asking for you guys to be removed off the plane," the pilot tells them in one clip. Just like that, 5 cops coming at me. Worst experience American Air ✌�� pic.twitter.com/1LY1NrAQ3k— Jen Selter (@JenSelter) January 28, 2018 In another video, a police officer tells the sisters: "American Airlines calls the shots. They don't want you to fly on their plane today." Ms Selter told the New York Post: "It was humiliating. They made me feel like a terrible person, and I did nothing wrong." A spokesperson for American Airlines said in a statement: "Ms. Selter was asked to leave the aircraft after a disagreement occurred Saturday night at Miami International Airport (MIA). "American offered her hotel accommodations and transportation, which she declined. She flew on American Sunday morning back to New York (LGA) – arriving around 8:30 a.m. ET yesterday morning." Ms Selter has vowed "to never fly American Airlines again".
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| Data Shows White Supremacist Propaganda on College Campuses Tripled in 2017 Posted: 01 Feb 2018 01:08 PM PST  Here's what states have the worst problem.
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