| Missing CDC doctor was passed up for promotion before his disappearance Posted: 28 Feb 2018 01:29 PM PST  Missing CDC doctor Timothy Cunningham was passed up for a promotion shortly before he disappeared without a trace more than two weeks ago, according to police. Cunningham, a highly regarded epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, went missing after he left work mid-day on Feb. 12. Atlanta Police Department Major Michael O'Connor said that on the morning of his disappearance, Cunningham called his sister before going to work and talking with his supervisor about a promotion that he didn't receive.
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| Trump's A 'Wuss' Who's Afraid To Challenge Russia, CNN's Paul Begala Says Posted: 27 Feb 2018 08:41 PM PST  Why is Donald Trump, a man so tough he says he would rush into a school shooting unarmed, why is he such a wuss and a wimp about Russia?" Begala, a former adviser to President Bill Clinton, wondered on "Anderson Cooper 360" on Tuesday night. Begala's comments came hours after U.S. Cyber Command chief Adm. Mike Rogers told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Trump hasn't given him orders to counter Russian efforts to disrupt U.S. elections.
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| Democrats Flip Seats in N.H., Connecticut Special Elections Posted: 27 Feb 2018 01:03 PM PST  Rachel Maddow reports on three state special elections, two of which, in New Hampshire and Connecticut, were formerly Republican-held and flipped by Democrats, and a third, in Kentucky.
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| President Trump chides senators for being 'afraid of the NRA' Posted: 28 Feb 2018 02:02 PM PST  President Trump held a meeting at the White House with members of Congress to discuss school and community safety. At one point, Trump asked Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., if the bill he sponsors addresses changing the purchasing age for certain guns from 18 to 21. When Toomey admitted it was not in the bill, Trump replied it was because the lawmakers are "afraid of the NRA."
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| Alaska lawmaker cites Holocaust deaths to oppose gun control Posted: 28 Feb 2018 04:41 PM PST  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska Republican and most senior member of the U.S. House argued against gun control by wondering how many Jewish people "were put in the ovens" because they were not armed.
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| Georgia's Lt. Gov. threatens to eliminate tax break over NRA Posted: 28 Feb 2018 02:53 AM PST  Greg Bluestein of The Atlantic Journal-Constitution discusses the impact of companies cutting ties with the NRA after top Georgia official threatens to block tax break for Delta Air Lines.
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| Alex Jones Decries YouTube's Temporary Ban On Infowars, Asks Parkland Teen To Debate Posted: 27 Feb 2018 06:22 PM PST  According to The Hill, Infowars claimed it had received a notice from YouTube on Tuesday morning that it would be temporarily barred from uploading new content after receiving a second strike for videos it had posted about the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Florida. InfoWars got another strike on their YouTube account for a Florida shooting video, now one strike left before they get banned.
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| Father of Florida high school shooting victim to legislators: 'You all failed me and my little boy' Posted: 28 Feb 2018 07:08 AM PST  The father of one of the victims of the Parkland high school massacre gave an emotional testimony in front of Florida lawmakers on Tuesday during a four-hour discussion over a new school safety bill. "You legislators, you all failed me and my little boy," said Max Schachter, the father of Alexander Schachter, a 14-year-old boy who was gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School two weeks ago. "Sadly, you have a unique opportunity in the state of Florida to be leaders and to unite this country around school safety," said Schachter.
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| Owner of Ring Doorbell Company Turns 'Shark Tank' Rejection Into Billion-Dollar Deal Posted: 28 Feb 2018 12:40 PM PST  The video doorbell was one of QVC's top sellers for 2017.
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| Delta Will Never, Ever Leave Georgia. Here's Why Posted: 28 Feb 2018 11:31 AM PST  Even if some politicians are mad over the company's NRA stance
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| Trump's longest-serving aide, Hope Hicks, resigns in White House 'shocker' Posted: 28 Feb 2018 04:03 PM PST  White House communications director Hope Hicks announced her resignation on Wednesday, leaving many West Wing staffers and others in President Trump's orbit stunned.
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| Poll: Most Voters Think The NRA Is Bad For America Posted: 27 Feb 2018 01:43 PM PST  Most voters think the National Rifle Association supports policies that are bad for the country, new polling finds, as an increasing share favor stricter gun laws. In a Quinnipiac University National Poll conducted after the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, 51 percent of voters said the NRA supports policies that are bad for the U.S. That's an uptick from October, when the poll found that 47 percent of respondents thought the NRA supported bad policies.
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| Lion kills woman at refuge of South African 'lion whisperer' Posted: 28 Feb 2018 06:21 AM PST  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A lion that mauled a young woman to death in South Africa was under the care of a man known as the "lion whisperer" for his close interactions with the predators.
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| The ice on Lake Michigan has turned blue. Here's why. Posted: 28 Feb 2018 03:52 PM PST  The ice on portions of Michigan's Great Lakes has turned blue, but don't worry, there's a perfectly good reason why. The phenomenon is common on glaciers, but not so much on large swathes of lake ice. It's happening where Lake Michigan meets Lake Huron, at a place called the Straits of Mackinac. There, fat slabs and mounds of cracked blue ice have collected near the shorelines. Local photographer Tori Burley captured the image above. SEE ALSO: Gas-filled vessel barrels solo through pathetic Arctic sea ice during dead of winter The ice, however, is not actually turning blue. The color is a result of the way sunlight is bouncing off this particular ice, explained Ted Scambos, a research scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, in an interview. Sometimes, weather conditions — such as a lack of high winds — allow water to freeze slowly and evenly, resulting in ice composed of large crystals (unlike snow, which is formed quickly and made up of small crystals). When light hits these big ice crystals, it can travel deep into the structures (compare this to snow, wherein light hits a sharp edge and reflects off of it right away, resulting in blinding white). When the light travels deeper into slowly formed ice, some of the red wavelengths of sunlight — which is the longest wavelength of visible light — get absorbed into the ice structure. The blue, which is the shortest wavelength of visible light, bounces back out, meet our eyes, and results in a deep aqua color. Sunlight reflecting off the Thwaites glacier in Antarctica, which makes the water look an aqua color.Image: nasaBut this isn't the complete story. Blue ice is also composed of relatively pure, untainted water, which allows the blue reflection to be so vivid and dominant. "It's a tribute to how clean the upper surface of Lake Michigan is," said Scambos, adding, "At least somewhere in Lake Michigan." WATCH: 'Beast from the East' to plunge UK, rest of Europe into historic deep freeze
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| Empty seats, missing friends as Florida school reopens after shooting Posted: 28 Feb 2018 01:22 PM PST  Survivors of the second-deadliest U.S. public school shooting were brought to tears on Wednesday by empty seats and missing friends at roll call as they returned to their Florida high school two weeks after 17 students and educators were massacred there. Upon emerging from a half-day of classes intended to ease their return after the tragedy, some of the roughly 3,000 teens who attend Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, described their emotional day. Samuel Safaite, a 15-year-old sophomore, said students in his Spanish class broke down when the teacher took attendance and read out the name of Luke Hoyer, a 15-year-old slain in the attack.
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| Unlicensed Day Care Worker Admits to Breaking 1-Year-Old`s Legs, Police Say Posted: 28 Feb 2018 05:18 PM PST  A 66-year-old unlicensed day care worker is facing felony child abuse charges after a baby boy in her care went to the hospital with two broken legs.
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| University Faculty Votes To Revoke Donald Trump's Honorary Degree Posted: 28 Feb 2018 03:42 AM PST  Faculty members at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, have voted by a large majority that the school should annul the honorary degree awarded Donald Trump in 1988. Almost 83 percent of faculty members who participated in this week's ballot approved the motion calling on the school's board of trustees to rescind Trump's degree, reports Lehigh Valley Live. BREAKING: 83 percent of @LehighU faculty voted in support of a motion to rescind @realDonaldTrump's honorary degree.
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| North Carolina Facebook Live Murder Suspect Arrested Posted: 27 Feb 2018 11:55 AM PST  The motive for the shooting is still unclear
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| Lavrov says Syria rebels must 'act' to make truce work Posted: 28 Feb 2018 05:27 AM PST  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that rebels in Syria's Eastern Ghouta were responsible for ensuring that a "humanitarian pause" in the area brings relief for devastated civilians. "Russia, together with the Syrian government, has already announced the establishment of humanitarian corridors in Eastern Ghouta," Lavrov told the UN Human Rights Council. Tuesday was the first day of the five-hour daily "pause" in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta that was ordered by President Vladimir Putin, the Syrian regime's main backer.
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| Oprah Says She Would Run For President Under One Condition Posted: 28 Feb 2018 07:24 AM PST  "I've always felt very secure and confident with myself in knowing what I could do and what I could not," Oprah said in an interview with InStyle, conducted three weeks before her Globes speech. "Gayle ― who knows me as well as I know myself practically ― has been calling me regularly and texting me things, like a woman in the airport saying, 'When's Oprah going to run?'" Oprah revealed to InStyle. If Oprah did run, the "A Wrinkle In Time" actress already has experience with attention she'd receive from President Donald Trump.
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| Trump’s White House is like 'a plantation', says ex-Trump aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman Posted: 01 Mar 2018 08:21 AM PST  Former Trump aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman has compared her experience at the White House to being on a plantation. Ms Manigault-Newman left her role as communications director of the White House's Office of Public Liaison in December. During her time on Celebrity Big Brother, Ms Manigault-Newman said she would never vote for Mr Trump again.
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| Walmart To Raise Age Requirement To Buy Firearms And Ammunition Posted: 28 Feb 2018 03:59 PM PST  Walmart has vowed to raise its age requirement to 21 years old for customers looking to purchase firearms or ammunition from their stores. The retail giant decided to change its firearms policy "in light of recent events," Walmart said in a statement to reporters on Wednesday. "We take seriously our obligation to be a responsible seller of firearms and go beyond Federal law by requiring customers to pass a background check before purchasing any firearm," the company's statement read.
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| Nikolas Cruz's Biological Mom Was a Drug Addict Who Gave Him Up for a $50,000 Fee: Report Posted: 28 Feb 2018 10:28 AM PST  He was given up for adoption when he was days old.
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| Mike Pence Suggests Legal Abortions In U.S. Could End ‘In Our Time’ Posted: 28 Feb 2018 02:39 AM PST  Standing before a roomful of anti-abortion activists in Nashville on Tuesday, Mike Pence described the "great progress" made under President Donald Trump to limit women's access to legal abortions in the U.S. and abroad. Speaking at a luncheon hosted by the Susan B. Anthony List and Life Institute, an anti-abortion group, the vice president announced that "life is winning in America once again," before ticking off the many policies enacted under Trump aimed at limiting access to abortions.
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| UConn gives posthumous admission to school shooting victim Posted: 27 Feb 2018 01:32 PM PST  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut has sent a posthumous letter of admission to the family of a student killed in the mass shooting at a Florida high school.
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| After Russian veto, US and allies condemn Iran over missiles to Yemen Posted: 27 Feb 2018 10:42 PM PST  The United States and three European allies condemned Iran on Tuesday after the United Nations found Tehran had violated the arms embargo on Yemen by failing to block supplies of missiles and drones to Huthi rebels. Britain, France, Germany and the United States urged Iran to "immediately cease all activities that are inconsistent or would violate" the UN resolution that established the arms embargo in 2015.
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| Ryan Seacrest Will Work Red Carpet At Oscars Despite Sexual Misconduct Claims Posted: 27 Feb 2018 11:53 AM PST  E! has confirmed that Seacrest will be doing red carpet hosting duties before the Academy Awards on Sunday. Earlier this week, the TV personality's former personal stylist told Variety that Seacrest sexually harassed and assaulted her over seven years. Suzie Hardy says she was terminated in 2013 after she reported Seacrest to E! News' human resources executives.
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| Murder trial begins for New York nanny accused of stabbing two children Posted: 01 Mar 2018 09:54 AM PST  Nanny Yoselyn Ortega stabbed to death two children in her care at their New York luxury apartment out of resentment that their mother was the parent "she could never be," a prosecutor said on Thursday at the opening of Ortega's murder trial. A lawyer for Ortega told the jury she should be found not guilty by reason of insanity, however, saying she was incapable of having an intent to kill on Oct. 25, 2012, when Lucia Krim, 6, nicknamed Lulu, and her brother Leo, 2, were killed. After returning to the family apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side, Marina Krim found her children's bloody bodies in a bathtub and Ortega standing over them, plunging a knife into her own neck.
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| Vatican magazine hits out at clergy's exploitation of nuns Posted: 01 Mar 2018 08:45 AM PST  A Vatican magazine has denounced how nuns are often treated like indentured servants by cardinals and bishops, for whom they cook and clean for next to no pay. The March edition of "Women Church World," the monthly women's magazine of the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, hit newsstands Thursday. Its exposé on the underpaid labor and unappreciated intellect of religious sisters confirmed that the magazine is increasingly becoming the imprint of the Catholic Church's #MeToo movement. "Some of them serve in the homes of bishops or cardinals, others work in the kitchens of church institutions or teach. "Some of them, serving the men of the church, get up in the morning to make breakfast, and go to sleep after dinner is served, the house cleaned and the laundry washed and ironed," reads one of the lead articles. A nun identified only as Sister Marie describes how sisters serve clergy but "are rarely invited to sit at the tables they serve." While such servitude is common knowledge, it is remarkable that an official Vatican publication would dare put such words to paper and publicly denounce how the church systematically exploits its own nuns. Nuns walk past a bike covered in snow in Rome, Italy Credit: REUTERS/Max Rossi But that pluck has begun to define "Women Church World," which launched six years ago as a monthly insert in L'Osservatore Romano and is now a stand-alone magazine distributed for free online and alongside the printed newspaper in Italian, Spanish, French and English. "Until now, no one has had the courage to denounce these things," the magazine's editor, Lucetta Scaraffia, told The Associated Press. "We try to give a voice to those who don't have the courage to say these words" publicly. "Inside the church, women are exploited," she said in a recent interview. While Pope Francis has told Scaraffia he appreciates and reads the magazine, it is by no means beloved within the deeply patriarchal Vatican system. Recent issues have raised eyebrows, including the March 2016 edition on "Women who preach," which appeared to advocate allowing lay women to deliver homilies at Mass. One of the authors had to publish a subsequent clarification saying he didn't mean to suggest a change to existing doctrine or practice. Other recent issues have explored the symbolic power of women's bodies and "rape as torture." Profile | Pope Francis Ms Scaraffia, a Catholic feminist and professor of history at Rome's La Sapienza university, sees the magazine as a necessary tool to push the envelope on issues that matter to half the members of the Catholic Church. The fact that a women's supplement to L'Osservatore Romano is even necessary is indicative of what she's up against. L'Osservatore is the official newspaper of the Vatican, publishing official papal decrees and speeches and maintaining an editorial line that reflects the priorities of the Holy See. The March issue of its women's magazine is dedicated to "Women and Work," and explores many issues that are in some ways correlated to the #MeToo movement, including the gender pay gap, the lack of women in leadership positions, and the "Ni Una Menos" movement to combat feminicide and violence against women, often by spurned lovers. During his recent trip to Peru, Francis denounced feminicide and gender-based crimes that have turned his home continent, Latin America, into the most violent place on Earth for women. He also has frequently called for dignified work - and dignified pay - for all. And in a recent prologue to a book on women's issues, Francis acknowledged that he was concerned that in many cases, women's work in the church "sometimes is more servitude than true service." The March edition of "Women Church World" drives that home, with a lead article "The (nearly) free work of sisters," by French journalist Marie-Lucile Kubacki, the Rome correspondent for the La Vie magazine of the Le Monde group. Ms Kubacki noted that sisters often work for prelates or church institutions without contracts. When one falls sick, she is simply sent back to her congregation which sends another in her place. Nuns at a canonisation ceremony in St. Peter's Square in 2015 Credit: Franco Origlia/Getty Images Other sisters, meanwhile, show remarkable intellectual gifts and earn advanced degrees, but aren't allowed to put them to use because the collective nature of religious communities often discourages personal advancement, another nun, Sister Paule, told the magazine. "Behind all this is the unfortunate idea that women are worth less than men, and above all that priests are everything in the church while sisters are nothing," Sister Paul said. Sister Marie noted that many nuns from Africa, Asia or Latin America who come to study in Rome hail from poor families, whose extended care is often paid for by their congregations. As a result, they feel they can't complain about their work conditions, she said. "This all creates in them a strong interior rebellion," Sister Marie reported. "These sisters feel indebted, tied down, and so they keep quiet." Ms Scaraffia said she wanted to give these sisters a voice, even though she counts herself among the church's exploited. Neither Ms Scaraffia nor the eight-member editorial staff of Women Church World is paid. The magazine, funded by a grant from the Italian postal service Poste Italiane, pays contributors for their articles, but it is published each month thanks to the free labor of its editorial staff.
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| Trevor Noah Suggests Why Stacey Dash Is Really Running For Congress Posted: 28 Feb 2018 04:45 AM PST  The "Clueless" star turned conservative commentator has filed to run as a Republican in California's 44th Congressional District — where voters overwhelmingly favored Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Dash's commentary from her time on Fox News wouldn't help her case, Noah added, as he aired clips in which Dash decried needing events such as the BET Awards or Black History Month.
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| What did Hope Hicks lie about? Newsroom readers have thoughts Posted: 28 Feb 2018 02:43 PM PST  "She tells Trump how great he is." "Does Hicks realize that she is not a contestant on 'The Bachelor'?" Hope Hicks resigned one day after reports claimed she told "white lies" for President Trump, but it's unclear what about. Newsroom readers have some theories. During a closed-door testimony, White House communications director Hope Hicks reportedly admitted her job has sometimes required her to tell "white lies" on the president's behalf. The admission has sparked questions and concern. Newsroom commenters believe: "Lies are lies" no matter how big or small. Others think that "anyone who doesn't take truth seriously … cannot be trusted." According to reports, Hicks insisted she didn't lie about the investigations into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. What do you think Hicks lied about? Should "white lies" get a pass? Join the conversation in Newsroom.
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| Mystery cloaks Japanese dad of 13 born from Thai surrogates Posted: 28 Feb 2018 05:01 PM PST  TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese businessman who won legal custody of his 13 children born from surrogates in Thailand is virtually anonymous in his home country.
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| Will the Syria Conflict Continue to Escalate? Posted: 27 Feb 2018 05:33 PM PST  Moscow, Washington, Tehran and Ankara are all jockeying for power. In early February, western media reported that the United States had led a strike on the Russian mercenaries of Wagner PMC. Bloomberg News reported hundreds, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced a smaller number and noted that "Russian citizens" were injured.
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| Florida shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz 'etched swastikas into ammunition magazines used in massacre' Posted: 28 Feb 2018 08:40 AM PST  The Florida school shooting suspect had etched swastikas onto the ammunition magazines he used during the massacre, police have said. Nikolas Cruz was armed with 330 rounds of ammunition when he entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and began firing at pupils and staff with an assault rifle, according to law enforcement sources. Mr Cruz, 19, is said to have worn a gas mask as he stalked the school with his firearm and smoke grenades before pulling a fire alarm, prompting students and staff to pour from classrooms into hallways.
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| Neighbors say police, others alerted before child's death Posted: 28 Feb 2018 05:15 PM PST  BELFAST, Maine (AP) — Former neighbors of a couple accused of fatally beating a 10-year-old girl said they heard abuse months ago and reported it to police and the state health and human services' officials.
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| Venezuela says U.S. sanctions hampering debt renegotiation Posted: 27 Feb 2018 11:23 AM PST ![Venezuela says U.S. sanctions hampering debt renegotiation]( "Venezuela says U.S. sanctions hampering debt renegotiation") By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Venezuela's foreign minister said on Tuesday that U.S. sanctions against the ailing oil nation are making foreign debt renegotiation more difficult and causing "panic" at global banks. Venezuela is undergoing a major economic crisis, with millions suffering food and medicine shortages, and President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government is late in paying interest of some $1.9 billion on its debt. The U.S. government imposed financial sanctions on Venezuela in August, prohibiting dealing in new debt from the Venezuelan government or state oil company PDVSA, in an effort to halt financing that Washington said fuels a "dictatorship." Venezuela has repeatedly said Washington is trying to force a default.
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| Russian Trolls Used This One Weird Trick To Infiltrate Our Democracy. You’ll Never Believe Where They Learned It. Posted: 28 Feb 2018 01:49 PM PST  The troll operation liked divisive, emotionally charged content because the social media platforms liked divisive, emotionally charged content. Facebook and Twitter were and still are optimized to send traffic to posts about these subjects, and so the troll outfit optimized its content accordingly. It went hard on social-justice issues and directed ire at everyone from manspreaders to Nazis.
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| First Drive: Tesla Model 3 Posted: 28 Feb 2018 09:00 AM PST   It's always a big deal when electric automaker Tesla unveils a new product, but the all-new Model 3 luxury compact sports sedan is arguably the automaker's most important release so far. That's b...
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