| Second Ankle Bracelet for Manafort After Plea on Latest Charges Posted: 08 Mar 2018 12:55 PM PST  Rachel Maddow reports on Paul Manafort pleading not guilty to his second set of charges in Virginia, earning him a second ankle bracelet as he faces potentially 23 to 30 years in prison if he is convicted in both cases.
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| Democrats push 'Medicare for All' bills, but not all in the party are onboard Posted: 08 Mar 2018 06:45 PM PST  Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders have introduced bills for universal health care, which will be a tough sell for many in their own party.
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| New Florida gun law gets mixed reviews from Parkland survivors Posted: 09 Mar 2018 01:01 PM PST  Melissa Falkowski, a teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, talks with Rachel Maddow about how the students and faculty are recovering and her assessment of Florida's new gun control measures.
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| 4 Dead As Hostage Standoff Ends At California Veterans Home Posted: 09 Mar 2018 11:36 AM PST  A standoff at a veterans home in Yountville, California, ended Friday night with the deaths of three female employees and the gunman who took them hostage, the California Highway Patrol said. Police identified the shooter as Albert Wong, a military veteran they said was armed with a high-powered rifle. The gunman stormed the Veterans Home of California-Yountville in Napa County midmorning Friday during a farewell party for an employee.
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| Illness sidelines US secretary of state for a day in Africa Posted: 10 Mar 2018 04:41 AM PST  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson canceled his scheduled events Saturday in Kenya because he was sick.
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| Ferry Boat Explosion Sparks Mexico Travel Warning Ahead of Spring Break Posted: 09 Mar 2018 10:29 AM PST  Tourists are urged to use "extreme caution" when visiting the Playa Del Carmen area.
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| Police Officer Takes on Phone Scammer: 'Can I Send a Check?' Posted: 08 Mar 2018 09:00 PM PST  The scammer, posing as an IRS agent, called Daniel Stief of Midland, Texas.
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| 'Stand down': How the Obama team blew the response to Russian meddling Posted: 09 Mar 2018 02:00 AM PST  The story of how Obama's team blew the response to Russian meddling during the 2016 election. From Michael Isikoff and David Corn's new book, "Russian Roulette."
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| Martin Shkreli sentenced to seven years in prison for securities fraud and defrauding investors Posted: 09 Mar 2018 11:09 AM PST  A judge has sentenced former drug company executive Martin Shkreli, who was vilified for vastly increasing the price of a lifesaving drug, to seven years in prison over an unrelated conviction on securities fraud charges. Shkreli, who become known as the "Pharma Bro" because of his image of a cocky young investor with an abrasive manner, was also ordered to pay $75,000 (£54,150) on top of a previous $7.36m (£5.31m) forfeiture order – which had included a one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album that Shkreli boasted of buying for $2m (£1.44m). In calling for a more lenient sentence, Shkreli's own lawyer had even admitted he wanted to "punch him in the face" at times.
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| What to know about the Veterans Home of California-Yountville Posted: 09 Mar 2018 01:00 PM PST  The Veterans Home of California-Yountville is the largest home for veterans in the United States. It's located in Napa Valley, approximately an hour north of San Francisco.
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| NRA Sues To Block Brand-New Gun Law In Florida Posted: 09 Mar 2018 03:44 PM PST  The National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit in federal court on Friday to block a new gun law in Florida just over an hour after it was signed by Republican Gov. Rick Scott, who is an NRA member. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act — passed three weeks after a mass shooting at the school killed 17 people — raises the minimum legal age for buying any guns in Florida from 18 to 21 and would allow some teachers and other staff in the Florida school system to be armed after training. SB 7026 also prohibits gun ownership by people mental health problems and expands the three-day waiting period that had applied only to handguns to now include long gun purchases.
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| Ex-police Officer Charged in Beating of Unarmed Black Man Accused of Jaywalking Posted: 08 Mar 2018 09:00 PM PST  It took six months and a leaked video before charges were filed in North Carolina.
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| The U.S. Should Not Be Subjecting Refugees To 'Reverse' Abortions Posted: 09 Mar 2018 02:46 AM PST  A January report revealed Trump administration members discussed interfering with a young woman of color's abortion while she was in federal custody. According to VICE News, officials in the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) considered delaying a 17-year-old refugee's abortion procedure and instead engaging in an experimental method to "reverse" the abortion ― a controversial practice that some anti-abortion advocates have campaigned for.
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| Exclusive: U.S. has ordered Broadcom to give notice of steps to redomicile - sources Posted: 09 Mar 2018 02:44 PM PST  The previously undisclosed requirement shows that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which reviews foreign acquisitions of U.S. companies for potential national security risks, is aware that its jurisdiction could be contested if Broadcom redomiciles to the United States. The panel on Sunday ordered San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc to postpone its shareholder meeting by 30 days so it could investigate Broadcom's $117 billion hostile bid for Qualcomm.
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| China's Air Force May Soon Get More Russian Su-35 Fighters Posted: 09 Mar 2018 07:09 AM PST  Moscow and Beijing may have struck a deal. Multiple sources within Russia and the People's Liberation Army Air Force suggest that Beijing and Moscow may have struck a preliminary deal for procurement by the PLAAF of more of Russian-made Sukhoi Su-35 fighters. Hong Kong-based military monthly Kanwa Defense Review reported in February that the second batch of the highly maneuverable aircraft with thrust-vectoring engines had already descended on PLA airbases in southern China.
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| Mueller obtains personal letter from Trump to Putin: WaPo Posted: 09 Mar 2018 12:31 PM PST  Rosalind Helderman, reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about Robert Mueller investigators obtaining a letter, including a handwritten note, from Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin, inviting Putin to the 2013 Miss Universe pageant.
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| LAPD officer won't face charges in killing of unarmed man Posted: 08 Mar 2018 03:52 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly three years after a police shooting that sparked protests in Los Angeles, prosecutors said Thursday they will not file charges against the officer who killed an unarmed homeless man, despite a recommendation for charges from the police chief.
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| False news online travels faster than the truth: study Posted: 08 Mar 2018 11:06 AM PST  False information on the internet travels faster than the truth, researchers said Thursday. The report in the journal Science is the largest of its kind to date, and studied some 126,000 cascades on Twitter from 2006 to 2017. "Falsehoods were 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than the truth," said the report, led by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT).
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| Kris Kobach Begins To Show Why He Thinks There's Widespread Voter Fraud In Kansas Posted: 08 Mar 2018 06:39 PM PST  KANSAS CITY, Kan. ― Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) on Thursday offered his first evidence of noncitizens trying to register to vote in a trial challenging a Kansas requirement that people prove their U.S. citizenship to get on the voter rolls. The evidence was a spreadsheet of 38 instances of alleged illegal voter activity in Sedgwick County that Kobach's office had compiled over 18 years, from 1999 to 2017. As of 2016, there were more than 293,000 registered voters in Sedgwick County and over 1.8 million in Kansas.
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| 11 Questions You Should Be Able To Answer Before You Get Married Posted: 09 Mar 2018 06:01 AM PST  "If money wasn't a factor and the options were limitless, what would your partner be doing with their life? Do you know what excites them and lights a fire in their heart and soul? Knowing the answer to this question can help you encourage your partner to dabble in things that you know interest them.
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| Police: Man got girl out of school 10 times; now both missing Posted: 08 Mar 2018 02:17 PM PST  A 45-year-old man managed to sign a 16-year-old girl out of her school 10 times in the last few months, and now the two are missing, police said.
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| Intel casts doubt on report of interest in Broadcom Posted: 09 Mar 2018 03:52 PM PST  The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Intel's competitive concern about Broadcom's attempt to buy mobile chip rival Qualcomm Inc had led it to consider buying Broadcom, as one of several responses. Responding to an inquiry about the Journal's report, Intel said it does not comment on "rumors or speculation" related to mergers and acquisitions but that it is focused on its previous acquisitions.
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| Immigrant rights activist ‘targeted’ and detained by ICE during routine check-in in Arizona Posted: 08 Mar 2018 10:23 AM PST  An undocumented immigrant rights organiser has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in what activists say is the latest example of the Trump administration targeting vocal members of the immigrant rights movement. Alejandra Pablos, 32, was detained early Thursday morning during a routine check-in with ICE officials, just months after she was arrested by immigration officials at what has been described as a peaceful immigration protest outside of an ICE field office in Virginia. Ms Pablos, in a video recorded before her detention and posted on Facebook, said that arrests like hers are an effort to silence immigration activists and disassemble the larger pro-immigrant movement.
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| Trump's Decision To Impose Tariffs Draws Bipartisan Condemnation Posted: 08 Mar 2018 02:31 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump's decision to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports drew rare bipartisan criticism from lawmakers, who warned the move could trigger a transatlantic trade war and hurt U.S. companies. Trump signed proclamations Thursday allowing tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum to take effect later this month. "The American aluminum and steel industry has been ravaged by aggressive foreign trade practices.
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| Frida Kahlo Is Being Made Into a Barbie Doll. But One of Her Relatives isn’t Happy Posted: 08 Mar 2018 07:03 PM PST  A relative of the late Mexican artist says Mattel doesn't have the rights
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| Activists Rally Behind Bipartisan Effort To Have Senate Vote On Brutal Yemen War Posted: 08 Mar 2018 03:29 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― Advocacy groups with powerful grassroots networks around the country are pressuring senators to vote for unprecedented legislation from Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) that would immediately end U.S. support for a controversial Saudi-led coalition that has been fighting in Yemen since 2015. At noon on Thursday, all Senate offices received a letter organized by the progressive group Win Without War and the conservative organization FreedomWorks and signed by 53 other outfits, including Indivisible, Our Revolution, CODEPINK, MoveOn.Org and CREDO.
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| Second man pleads guilty in Texas death of 10 immigrants in truck Posted: 08 Mar 2018 05:08 PM PST ![Second man pleads guilty in Texas death of 10 immigrants in truck]( "Second man pleads guilty in Texas death of 10 immigrants in truck") A second man pleaded guilty on Thursday to arranging the transport of dozens of immigrants across Texas last year that ended with 10 of them dead or dying in a sweltering tractor-trailer in a San Antonio parking lot. Pedro Silva Segura, 47, faces up to life in prison after pleading guilty before a federal magistrate judge in San Antonio to one count of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in death.
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| Dramatic Video Captures Rescue of Woman Who Went Overboard While Taking Cruise Ship Selfie Posted: 09 Mar 2018 11:44 AM PST  The 53-year-old woman had been in the water off the Bahamas for more than an hour.
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| Michael Cohen May Have Used Trump Org Email For Stormy Daniels Arrangement: Report Posted: 09 Mar 2018 11:44 AM PST  Michael Cohen, personal attorney for President Donald Trump, used his Trump Organization email to arrange to have money transferred to former adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, NBC News reported on Friday. A source familiar with the negotiations said Cohen used the Trump-affiliated email address to arrange the 2016 transfer of $130,000 to Clifford, who goes by the stage name Stormy Daniels. The lawyer used the same email in other negotiations with Clifford, who signed a nondisclosure agreement not to speak publicly about an alleged 2006 affair she had with Trump.
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| Turkey's Erdogan says Syria's Afrin town under siege, entry imminent Posted: 09 Mar 2018 09:00 AM PST  Turkey's military and its rebel allies have besieged the northern Syrian town of Afrin and were nearing its town center, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, in what would mark a major advance in Turkey's military operation. Turkey launched its operation, dubbed "Olive Branch", in northern Syria nearly seven weeks ago to sweep the Syrian Kurdish YPG from the Turkish border. Turkey sees the YPG as a terrorist group and an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
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| Man dies after driving around barricade and onto live wires in New Jersey Posted: 08 Mar 2018 04:38 PM PST  A man died after authorities say he drove his car around a barricade and onto live wires in New Jersey Thursday morning.
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| Uber selling Southeast Asia operations to Grab: report Posted: 08 Mar 2018 11:40 AM PST  Uber is selling parts of its Southeast Asia operations to local rival Grab, getting a piece of the action in the process, according to US media reports. Grab is on the cusp of buying Uber's business in some Southeast Asia markets in a deal that would give the California-based smartphone-summoned ride service a stake in its competitor, reported Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal. Uber did not respond to an AFP request or comment.
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| Equifax Wins In Latest Version Of Senate Bank Bill Posted: 09 Mar 2018 11:53 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― Companies that are notorious for mistreating U.S. consumers could benefit from a bipartisan Senate bill that is supposed to protect those consumers. Legislation by Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and supported by more than a dozen Democrats would give credit monitoring companies like Equifax a chance to expand their role in the mortgage industry. The bill would require government-backed mortgage companies to solicit applications for credit scoring models for evaluating the creditworthiness of people seeking home loans.
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| 'Black Panther' Sequel Officially Confirmed By Marvel Studios Head Posted: 09 Mar 2018 12:54 PM PST  Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige confirmed to Entertainment Weekly in an interview published Friday that ― SHOCK! ― a "Black Panther" sequel is certain.
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| Japan court sentences Peruvian to hang for killing 6 people Posted: 09 Mar 2018 01:29 AM PST ![Japan court sentences Peruvian to hang for killing 6 people]( "Japan court sentences Peruvian to hang for killing 6 people") TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Friday sentenced a Peruvian man to hang for killing six people over several days in 2015 near Tokyo.
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| Lloyd Blankfein, Wall Street’s brash survivor, to call time on his leadership of Goldman Sachs Posted: 09 Mar 2018 10:24 AM PST  Goldman Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein, one of the industry's great survivors, and the institution's longest-serving boss in nearly half a century, is reportedly preparing to step down after 12 years at the top. Rejected by the big names, including Goldman, he found a job with a small trading firm that came to be bought by Goldman where it, and its staff, were seen as the poor relations. The trading business exploded and Blankfein the gambler, who had a fondness for Las Vegas casinos in his legal days, was swept all the way up to the top as a result, assisted by his skill as a salesman, and his ability as a manager of traders.
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| Oil Companies Agree on a Climate Change Solution That Would Help Their Bottom Line Posted: 08 Mar 2018 10:46 AM PST  But environmentalists worry it would lead to more oil and gas being used
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| Trump's Tariffs Could Make These Popular Products More Expensive Posted: 09 Mar 2018 05:00 AM PST  American companies that rely heavily on aluminum and steel have raised alarm that President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports of the metals will raise costs and hurt workers. In two weeks, the U.S. will begin collecting a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports, Trump announced Thursday. Some U.S. trade partners have already signaled they'll slap retaliatory tariffs on U.S.-made goods ― with consequences that could affect American jobs and retail prices.
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| Informant had no evidence Clinton benefited from uranium sale: Democrats Posted: 08 Mar 2018 03:43 PM PST  By Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An informant whom House Republicans have said could reveal a link between a 2010 sale of U.S. uranium supplies and donations to the Clinton Foundation provided no evidence of that during a four-hour interview with congressional staff last month, Democrats said on Thursday. The informant, lobbyist William D. Campbell, "provided no evidence of a quid pro quo involving Secretary (Hillary) Clinton or the Clinton Foundation and no evidence that Secretary Clinton was involved in, or improperly influenced" the uranium sale, the Democrats said in a five-page summary of the Feb. 7 interview. Democrats said they were releasing a summary of the session because majority Republicans, who control the panels involved, refused to approve the preparation of a full transcript.
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| Turkey's top court says journalist should get stiffer sentence Posted: 09 Mar 2018 10:37 AM PST ![Turkey's top court says journalist should get stiffer sentence]( "Turkey's top court says journalist should get stiffer sentence") Turkey's highest court overruled a five-year jail sentence against prominent journalist Can Dundar on Friday, saying he should instead face up to 20 years in prison on espionage charges, the state-run Anadolu agency said. Dundar and a colleague from the Cumhuriyet newspaper, Erdem Gul, were both sentenced in 2016 to five years in prison for publishing a video purporting to show Turkey's intelligence agency trucking weapons into Syria. On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that the lower court should have sentenced Dundar on espionage-related charges, which carry a 15-20 year sentence, rather than the lesser charge of disclosing confidential information, Anadolu said.
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| Netanyahu at UN shows defiance at Jerusalem exhibit Posted: 08 Mar 2018 10:27 AM PST  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday went to the United Nations to open an exhibit on Jerusalem, sending a message of defiance after the world body rejected US recognition of the city as Israel's capital. The exhibit of artifacts on Jews in Jerusalem "represents the truth" about the city that "is being denied by those seeking to erase the history of our people," Netanyahu said. "We are changing Israel's position in the world and above all, we are making it clear that we fight for the truth and our rights," he said.
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| Philippine president needs 'psychiatric evaluation': UN rights chief Posted: 09 Mar 2018 02:10 AM PST  The UN human rights chief said Friday that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has launched profanity-laced diatribes against United Nations rapporteurs, needs "psychiatric evaluation". Zeid and other UN rights officials have focused significant attention on Duterte's controversial drug war.
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