| Trump Orders Strikes On Syria In Retaliation For Chemical Attack Posted: 13 Apr 2018 06:04 PM PDT  The United States, France and the United Kingdom on Friday conducted a wave of
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| Abuse Survivors Demand Concrete Action After Pope Admits His 'Serious Errors' Posted: 13 Apr 2018 04:05 PM PDT  Advocates say Pope Francis' apology to Chilean sex abuse victims is a good
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| Latest: Oklahoma wildfires force evacuation of 1,400 people Posted: 13 Apr 2018 01:24 PM PDT  WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires that have burned thousands of acres in northwestern Oklahoma (all times local):
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| Leading LGBT+ rights lawyer David Buckel dies after setting himself on fire in protest in Brooklyn park Posted: 15 Apr 2018 02:51 AM PDT  A leading LGBT+ lawyer and environmental activist used fossil fuels to burn himself to death in New York in a drastic protest against climate catastrophe. David Buckel's body was found by onlookers in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Before setting himself alight, he had stowed his identification and a suicide note close by, police sources said.
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| Chibok schoolgirls frustrated despite escaping Boko Haram Posted: 13 Apr 2018 10:03 AM PDT  On April 14, 2014, Saraya Amos and 56 of her classmates staged a daring escape from Boko Haram jihadists who raided their secondary school in Chibok, northeast Nigeria. Most of the 106 who have been found or freed as a result of government negotiations with Boko Haram are now studying at the private American University of Nigeria in Yola, Adamawa state.
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| Kate McKinnon Kills As Laura Ingraham On 'Saturday Night Live' Posted: 14 Apr 2018 11:02 PM PDT  Astounding chameleon Kate McKinnon claimed one more victim on "Saturday Night
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| Weibo to ban gay, violent content from platform Posted: 13 Apr 2018 08:33 PM PDT  China's Sina Weibo will remove gay and violent content, including pictures, cartoons and text posts, during a three-month clean-up campaign, the microblogging platform said. Friday's announcement comes amid a clampdown targeting content across social media platforms as China's leaders look to tighten their grip on a huge and diverse cultural scene popular with the young. Weibo announced the move on its official administrator's account, saying the action aimed to comply with China's new cyber security law that calls for strict data surveillance.
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| Russian presence in Syria a concern as US, UK, France attack Posted: 13 Apr 2018 12:26 PM PDT  Keir Simmons, NBC News foreign correspondent, reports live from Moscow on the Russian concerns in Syria and considerations made of the Russian presence by the joint strike by U.S., Britain, and France.
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| Trump's Strike Won't Serve Syrians Or The U.S. Posted: 13 Apr 2018 07:43 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump's decision to strike Syrian facilities in
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| Some Criminals Have A ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ On Google, UK High Court Rules Posted: 13 Apr 2018 03:38 PM PDT  A high court in London ruled Friday that some lawbreakers have a "right to be
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| Hunter burned, homes evacuated in Oklahoma wildfires Posted: 13 Apr 2018 01:55 PM PDT OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma turkey hunter was found alive but badly burned Friday after spending the night trapped by one of two wildfires raging in northwestern Oklahoma that forced about 1,400 people from their homes.
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| Tens Of Thousands In Hungary Protest Far-Right Leader Viktor Orbán Posted: 14 Apr 2018 11:40 AM PDT  Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through Hungary's capital of
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| Mother who died after being set on fire by boyfriend to testify from beyond the grave Posted: 15 Apr 2018 05:55 AM PDT  A mother who died after being set on fire by her boyfriend will testify in court from beyond the grave following a landmark ruling. The video testimony of Judy Malinowski will be played by prosecutors during the murder trial of her ex-partner Michael Slager, an Ohio judge said on Friday. Ms Malinowski died in June 2017, aged 33, two years after she was left with catastrophic burns after her boyfriend doused her in petrol and set her alight on a petrol station forecourt in Gahanna, near Columbus.
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| Scepticism as Myanmar announces return of first Rohingya family Posted: 15 Apr 2018 04:30 AM PDT  Myanmar's government said it has repatriated the first family of Rohingya refugees, among the 700,000 who fled a brutal crackdown, but the move was slammed by rights groups as a publicity stunt which ignored warnings over the security of returnees. The stateless Muslim minority has been massing in squalid refugee camps in Bangladesh since the Myanmar army launched a ruthless campaign against the community in northern Rakhine state last August. The United Nations says the operation amounts to ethnic cleansing, but Myanmar has denied the charge, saying its troops targeted Rohingya militants.
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| Police Release Body Cam Video Of YouTube Shooter Nasim Aghdam Posted: 13 Apr 2018 05:22 PM PDT  California police have released body camera footage of YouTube shooter Nasim
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| Kentucky teachers march on state capitol Posted: 14 Apr 2018 12:35 PM PDT ![Kentucky teachers march on state capitol]( "Kentucky teachers march on state capitol") Thousands of teachers rallied inside and outside Kentucky's capitol on Friday. The rally took on a festival-like atmosphere as some teachers sat in lawn chairs or sprawled out on blankets.
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| CHP officer witnesses shots fired from passing vehicle during stop in Richmond Posted: 14 Apr 2018 09:22 PM PDT  The California Highway Patrol is investigating after an officer witnessed shots being fired from a vehicle during a traffic stop on I-580 in Richmond Saturday.
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| Theresa May preparing to give order for Britain to join US-led military strikes against Syria Posted: 13 Apr 2018 01:30 PM PDT  Theresa May is preparing to give the order for Britain to join US-led military strikes against Syria after warning that the "abhorrent" use of chemical weapons cannot be allowed to become "the new norm". The Prime Minister is expected to speak to President Donald Trump to agree the final details of cruise missile attacks on airfields and other military targets of the Assad regime. She cleared the way for British participation in airstrikes on Thursday when the Cabinet gave its unanimous backing for the UK joining the international response to last week's gassing of civilians in Douma, near Damascus. The Prime Minister has ruled out a parliamentary vote on military action when MPs return from their Easter recess on Monday, and The Daily Telegraph understands preparations are in place for airstrikes to happen before then. A dozen Tory MPs are openly demanding a Parliamentary vote on military intervention in Syria when MPs return from recess next week including Ken Clarke, the former chancellor, and Dominic Grieve, the former Attorney General. However the Government believes that military intervention is a decision for ministers under the powers of Royal Prerogative. At least one of the Royal Navy's attack submarines is now in the region, it is understood, armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles with a range of 1000 miles. Britain is also understood to be improving military defences around RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus by stationing a destroyer nearby. Mr Trump, who insisted on Wednesday that missiles "are coming", appears to have been delayed by a cautious approach from the Pentagon. James Mattis, the US Defence Secretary, has warned that the US needs to stop any military intervention from "escalating out of control". Donald Trump, the US President Credit: CARLOS BARRIA /REUTERS The US President has been warned that he will look like "Obama 2.0" if he fails to take action, a reference to his predecessor's decision not to intervene in Syria in 2013. Emmanuel Macron, the French President, yesterday spoke to Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, calling for dialogue between the two countries to be "maintained and stepped up". Mr Macron has been clear that the chemical weapons attack on civilians in Syria represent a "red line" and said that his Government has "proof" that the Assad regime was behind the attack. The Prime Minister was last night due to speak to Mr Macron. More than 70 people, including children, died in the chemical weapons attack on Douma in Syria last weekend. Russia claimed that the UK and staged the chemical weapons attack as part of a "Russophobic campaign". It also blocked a UN investigation into the attack. US-Russia weapons in Syria Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said that "no one is buying" Russia's lies and cover-ups. She said that Assad's forces have used chemical weapons at least 50 times during the Syria conflict. She told the UN Security Council: "Our President has not yet made a decision about possible action in Syria. But should the United States and our allies decide to act in Syria, it will be in defence of a principle on which we all agree. "All nations and all people will be harmed if we allow Assad to normalize the use of chemical weapons." In a strong condemnation of Russia, she added: "We know who did this. Our allies know who did this. Russia can complain all it wants about fake news, but no one is buying its lies and its cover-ups. Russia was supposed to guarantee that Assad wouldn't use chemical weapons, and Russia did the opposite." Cabinet sources have disclosed that Mrs May began Thursday's meeting by telling ministers that since the end of the First World War 100 years ago the international community has upheld the rule that "chemical weapons are abhorrent and should never be used". What happens next in Syria – could Britain be drawn into World War Three? The Prime Minister said that in recent years in Syria there had been "an erosion of that international norm" and it was vital to act "to ensure that that norm is restored". She added that when chemical weapons are used it must not go "unchallenged". A Government source said that while Mrs May did not mention the Salisbury chemical weapons attack in her address to the Cabinet, "she is clear that it is part of that erosion". Stop the War last night held protests outside Downing Street.
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| Tarantula Topping Draws The Brave Into North Carolina Burger Joint Posted: 13 Apr 2018 02:37 PM PDT  A hamburger intentionally topped with a tarantula is attracting customers to a
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| Nearly 1,400 Sharks Spotted In Mysterious Gathering Off East Coast Posted: 14 Apr 2018 08:19 PM PDT  Nearly 1,400 basking sharks were spotted in aerial photos in a puzzling
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| Man accused of shooting at black teenager who knocked on his door to ask for directions Posted: 14 Apr 2018 04:48 PM PDT  A man who allegedly fired a shotgun at a black teenager who knocked on his door to ask for directions after missing the school bus, has been charged with assault with intent to murder. Brennan Walker, 14, told police that he overslept, missed his bus and was trying to walk to school when he got lost. Hoping to ask for directions, he knocked on retired firefighter Jeffrey Zeigler's front door in the suburban Detroit neighbourhood.
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| Republican-led House panel orders interviews with Pruitt aides at EPA Posted: 13 Apr 2018 05:16 PM PDT  A Republican-led House of Representatives committee wrote to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt on Friday to demand interviews with five top aides, including his security chief. The letter from Representative Trey Gowdy, chairman of the House oversight panel, ordered the agency to make appointments for the aides for interviews by April 27.
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| Gun rights activists rally at state capitols nationwide Posted: 14 Apr 2018 02:26 PM PDT ![Gun rights activists rally at state capitols nationwide]( "Gun rights activists rally at state capitols nationwide") Pro-gun supporters wrapped in flags and carrying guns rallied at statehouses across the U.S.
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| Kyle Plush's minivan death is latest incident in series of issues linked to 911 system Posted: 13 Apr 2018 04:03 PM PDT  Investigators in Ohio are trying to figure out what went wrong when a 16-year-old boy became trapped in a minivan, even though he called 911. Officials say it's the latest incident involving a 911 system riddled with issues. CBS News correspondent Adriana Diaz reports.
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| Erdogan welcomes Syria strikes against Assad regime Posted: 14 Apr 2018 01:07 PM PDT  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday welcomed Western strikes against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's regime as "appropriate" in retaliation for Damascus' "inhumane" attacks. "We consider this operation as appropriate," Erdogan told a meeting of his ruling party in Istanbul. The United States, Britain and France carried out a wave of pre-dawn strikes against the Assad regime Saturday in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians on April 7.
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| Good Riddance To Paul Ryan And His Cowardice On Immigration Posted: 13 Apr 2018 01:34 PM PDT  It's official. Paul Ryan, the man who made "morally ambiguous" statements
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| Father of Parkland Shooting Victim Said He Doesn't Want Cruz's Inheritance Money Posted: 14 Apr 2018 01:05 PM PDT  He said he wants ten minutes alone in a room with him instead.
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| High-profile gay rights lawyer sets himself alight in New York park in suicide protest against fossil fuels Posted: 14 Apr 2018 07:01 PM PDT  A well-known gay rights lawyer and environmental advocate burned himself to death in New York City on Saturday in a grisly protest against ecological destruction. The charred remains of 60-year-old David Buckel were found by passers-by in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Police said he was pronounced dead at about 6:30 am. The Daily News reports that Buckel left a suicide note in a shopping cart near his body that said he hoped his death was "honorable" and "might serve others". The New York Times said it received an emailed copy of the note, which also said, "Most humans on the planet now breathe air made unhealthy by fossil fuels, and many die early deaths as a result - my early death by fossil fuel reflects what we are doing to ourselves." Buckel was the lead attorney in a lawsuit involving Brandon Teena, a transgender man who was murdered in Nebraska. Hilary Swank won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Teena in the 1999 movie "Boys Don't Cry." Hilary Swank (R) and Chloe Sevigny in Boys Don't Cry Credit: Fox Searchlight/Reuters Buckel also served as marriage project director at Lambda Legal, a national organisation that fights for LGBT rights, where he was the strategist behind same-sex marriage cases in New Jersey and Iowa. Susan Sommer, a former Lambda Legal attorney who is now the general counsel for the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice in New York City, told the Times that Buckel "was all about justice, but he was also all about what it means to be human." Ms Sommer added, "He was a very smart and methodical lawyer. He knew his craft and his trade and was strategic in how to build the blocks toward a sweeping victory."
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| Russia says Britain helped fake Syria chemical attack Posted: 13 Apr 2018 11:59 AM PDT ![Russia says Britain helped fake Syria chemical attack]( "Russia says Britain helped fake Syria chemical attack") Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that Britain was involved faking a suspected chemical weapons attack in the Syrian town of Douma. Britain and its allies accuse Damascus of carrying out the suspected attack on Douma and are considering military action against Syria in response. Syria and its main ally Russia deny a chemical attack took place.
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| The Latest: Mayor calls for probe of Starbucks policies Posted: 15 Apr 2018 01:35 AM PDT ![The Latest: Mayor calls for probe of Starbucks policies]( "The Latest: Mayor calls for probe of Starbucks policies") PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of two black men in a Philadelphia Starbucks (all times local):
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| Mercedes-AMG Might Be Cooking Up Porsche Cayman Competitor Posted: 13 Apr 2018 02:05 PM PDT  A smaller AMG makes sense.
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| Syria's Assad tells Russian lawmakers Western strikes were act of aggression Posted: 15 Apr 2018 05:28 AM PDT ![Syria's Assad tells Russian lawmakers Western strikes were act of aggression]( "Syria's Assad tells Russian lawmakers Western strikes were act of aggression") Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told a group of Russian lawmakers on Sunday that Western missile strikes on his country were an act of aggression. The meeting followed missile strikes by the United States, France and Britain against Syrian government targets over a suspected poison gas attack a week ago. Russia, which is helping Assad fight militants and rebels opposed to his rule, immediately condemned the strikes and called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council.
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| N. Korea's Kim greets Chinese official, calls for stronger ties Posted: 15 Apr 2018 07:20 AM PDT  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally greeted a top Chinese official in Pyongyang and called for stronger ties with Beijing, state media from both countries said Sunday, as the traditional allies seek to heal battered relations. Kim met Song Tao, head of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee's international department, who was leading an art troupe to a spring festival in the North's capital. The delegation arrived just weeks after Kim made a surprise visit to Beijing and met Chinese President Xi Jinping, signalling an attempt by both leaders to shore up a key alliance ahead of a period of high-stakes diplomacy.
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| Trump Promised Senator No Federal Crackdown On Legal Weed, But Who Even Knows Posted: 13 Apr 2018 03:33 PM PDT  President Donald Trump has assured a top Senate Republican that he will allow
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| Woman's body found in California river where family vanished Posted: 13 Apr 2018 04:51 PM PDT  LEGGETT, Calif. (AP) — Searchers looking for a family of four whose SUV plunged into a Northern California river have found the body of a woman believed to be from the vehicle, authorities said Friday.
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| New satire offers Zimbabweans a chance to laugh at Robert Mugabe Posted: 14 Apr 2018 10:11 PM PDT  For the first time Zimbabweans can laugh at Robert Mugabe at the theatre without worrying they may be arrested or that the play will be banned. A new and daring comedy, Operation Restore Regasi, about the soft coup d'etat in Harare last November, has packed out the theatre. Audiences have been convulsed with laughter as they watch Carol Magena, playing Grace Mugabe, teetering around the stage trying to seduce Constantino Chiwenga, the army commander, while her frail old husband, Robert Mugabe, 93 at the time, is slumped in his chair, asleep. There was standing room only at the play, which opens with Mr Mugabe under house arrest in his mansion, and Mrs Mugabe shrieking that she wants to leave Zimbabwe immediately and go to Dubai, her favourite shopping destination. Charles Munganasa based his script on what he imagined the first couple would be saying to one another, and to Chiwenga, shortly after the army took power. Carol Magenga as Grace Mugabe, Khetani Banda (2nd L) in the role of former Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe and Charles Munganasa as Zimbabwe's former army commander General Costantino Chiwenga Credit: AFP Ms Magena said she was having the "time of her life" playing the former first lady, who emerged into Zimbabwe's political arena only three years ago and hatched a plan to inherit the top job from her husband. She said it was easy to portray Grace Mugabe, both physically and emotionally, as the former first lady so regularly appeared on state television. Profile | Robert Mugabe "She ensured all her meetings were on TV. She is unpredictable, erratic, volatile, even crazy. She said anything that came into her head. We watched as she dominated the media, getting people fired, insulting senior people. She was in control of Zimbabwe." The play's short three-day run was packed out and was extended this week. It closed on Friday but will tour Zimbabwe and South Africa. Munganasa said the play destroys Mugabe's legacy: "He was lost within his own political camp and he thought he was untouchable and invincible and he surrendered power to his wife." He called the play Operation Restore Regasi, because General Chiwenga cannot say L in English and uses R instead. The army's campaign against Mr Mugabe was called Operation Restore Legacy.
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| The Latest: Cosby lawyers ask accuser about pyramid scheme Posted: 14 Apr 2018 03:20 AM PDT  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the Bill Cosby sexual-assault retrial (all times local):
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| Facebook CEO's compensation jumps to $8.9 million as security costs soar Posted: 13 Apr 2018 04:11 PM PDT  About 83 percent of the compensation represented security-related expenses, while most of the rest were tied to Zuckerberg's personal usage of private aircraft. Zuckerberg spent much of last year travelling after he pledged to visit all the U.S. states that he had not previously been to. Menlo Park, California-based Facebook paid to buy, install and maintain security measures for Zuckerberg's personal residences, which include properties in San Francisco and Palo Alto, the filing showed.
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| UN Security Council holds emergency meeting on Syria Posted: 14 Apr 2018 08:21 AM PDT  Russia expected to introduce a draft resolution condemning the U.S., U.K, and France joint attack on Syria; Laura Ingle reports.
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| 'Bombs won't save lives' in Syria, opposition leader Corbyn tells UK PM May Posted: 14 Apr 2018 01:27 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Saturday that Prime Minister Theresa May should have sought approval from parliament before ordering cruise missile strikes against Syria. "Bombs won't save lives or bring about peace. This legally questionable action risks escalating further," Corbyn, a veteran anti-war campaigner, said. "Britain should be playing a leadership role to bring about a ceasefire in the conflict, not taking instructions from Washington and putting British military personnel in harm's way. ...
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| Canada's Trudeau defends controversial pipeline project Posted: 15 Apr 2018 04:32 AM PDT  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday defended his government's backing of a controversial pipeline project, saying the world could not afford to choose between the environment and the economy. In an interview with French business daily Les Echos ahead of a visit to Paris, Trudeau acknowledged that environmentalists were "concerned" by the Trans Mountain pipeline. Opponents of the pipeline point to the risk of oil spills at sea and say it flouts Trudeau's commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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| Joe Wilson Reacts To Scooter Libby Pardon: 'Trump Is A Vile And Despicable Individual' Posted: 13 Apr 2018 11:16 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Former U.S. ambassador Joseph Wilson, a man whose family was
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