| Trump Tells Baltic Presidents Not To Call On U.S. Reporters: 'Real News, Not Fake News' Posted: 03 Apr 2018 12:18 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Tuesday continued his attacks on the
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| Parkland students return from spring break to clear backpacks and TSA-style checkpoints Posted: 02 Apr 2018 12:28 PM PDT  Students returning from spring break to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Monday were greeted with metal barriers and clear backpacks — new safety measures put in place in the wake of February's mass shooting at the school.
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| YouTube shooting: Female suspect dead at scene Posted: 03 Apr 2018 08:46 AM PDT  A woman opened fire at YouTube's California headquarters Tuesday afternoon before dying of a gunshot wound, multiple law enforcement sources told NBC News. Multiple injuries were reported.
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| Fighter. Liberator. Ungovernable Woman. Mother Of A Nation. And A Wife Too. Posted: 02 Apr 2018 02:38 PM PDT  JOHANNESBURG, South Africa ― The news that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela had died
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| Labor of love: Vintage Vespa fans cling to the past in Pakistan Posted: 03 Apr 2018 12:30 PM PDT ![Labor of love: Vintage Vespa fans cling to the past in Pakistan]( "Labor of love: Vintage Vespa fans cling to the past in Pakistan") As cheap Chinese-made motorbikes flood Pakistan's roads, fans of vintage Vespa scooters are scrambling to find spare parts and preserve models that hark back to a quieter, bygone era.
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| Teenager accepted by all 20 top-ranked universities he applied to — with full scholarships Posted: 03 Apr 2018 10:50 AM PDT  A high school senior from Houston, Texas, was accepted by each of the 20 top-
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| Dan Rather Has Scathing Words For Sinclair News Anchors Reading 'Propaganda' Posted: 02 Apr 2018 03:27 PM PDT  Renowned former CBS news anchor Dan Rather chimed in on the disturbing story
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| Mexican immigrant dad released from detention in California Posted: 02 Apr 2018 03:49 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Mexican father arrested by immigration officials after dropping off his daughter at day care in California was released from a detention center on Monday and will be allowed to remain in the U.S. after a judge ruled he could face persecution with a return to Mexico.
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| Russia says spy poisoning 'grotesque provocation' by UK, US Posted: 04 Apr 2018 01:43 AM PDT  The head of Russia's SVR foreign intelligence agency said Wednesday the poisoning of a Russian former double agent in Britain was a "grotesque provocation" by the British and US security services. "Even when it comes to the grotesque provocation with the Skripals that was crudely concocted by the British and American security services, a number of European countries are in no rush to unquestioningly follow London and Washington but prefer to look into what has happened in detail," SVR chief Sergei Naryshkin said at a security conference.
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| Woman wounds three at YouTube headquarters in California, then kills herself Posted: 03 Apr 2018 09:35 PM PDT  A woman who had voiced complaints online about YouTube opened fire with a handgun at the tech company's headquarters near San Francisco on Tuesday, wounding three people before shooting herself dead, authorities and media said. Most recently, the massacre of 17 people at a Florida high school has led to calls for tighter curbs on gun ownership. Police did not identify the suspect or say what might have motivated Tuesday's shooting at YouTube, a video-sharing service owned by Alphabet Inc's Google which employs nearly 2,000 people at the San Bruno, California offices.
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| Florida car crash kills four British family members Posted: 03 Apr 2018 11:18 AM PDT  Four members of a British family have been killed in a car crash while on holiday in Florida, police have said. The family had just left Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre when their rented Mitsubishi saloon was hit by a Ford pick-up truck at about 18:00 local time [23:00 GMT] on Monday. Driver Adam Stephenson, 30, his wife Maryanne Stephenson, 29, and his parents Brian Stephenson, 66, and Sheralyn Stephenson, 56, died in the collision in Titusville.
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| Here’s why Oklahoma teachers are striking, even after getting a $6,100 Pay raise Posted: 03 Apr 2018 01:23 PM PDT  Last week, the Oklahoma Legislature signed off on a $6,100 raise for the state's public school teachers. On Monday, they went on strike.
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| Trump: 'I want to get out' of Syria Posted: 03 Apr 2018 12:22 PM PDT  President Trump said he will make a decision soon on U.S. force levels in Syria, saying he wants to "bring our troops back home" as soon as possible.
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| Video Shows Texas Officer Punching Suspect During Arrest Posted: 03 Apr 2018 11:45 AM PDT  Video appears to show a Fort Worth Police Department officer punching a suspect while he was on the ground during a recent arrest.
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| Designer Of Waterslide That Decapitated 10-Year-Old Boy Seized On Murder Charge Posted: 03 Apr 2018 08:05 AM PDT  The lead designer of a waterslide that killed a 10-year-old boy in Kansas
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| Democrats Score Big Win In Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Posted: 03 Apr 2018 07:04 PM PDT  Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Rebecca Dallet won a seat on the Wisconsin
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| Fiji PM warns of 'frightening new era' as he blames deadly cyclone on climate change Posted: 03 Apr 2018 07:26 AM PDT  Fiji's prime minister has blamed climate change for a cyclone which killed five people and caused severe flooding, saying the Pacific nation is now under constant threat and has entered a "frightening new era". As authorities tried to restore power and water supplies across various islands, Frank Bainimarama said Fiji was facing a "fight for our very survival" and urged other countries to support efforts to tackle the causes of climate change. "We are now at an almost constant level of threat from these extreme weather events that are becoming more frequent and more severe because of climate change," he said. "As a nation we are starting to build our resilience in response to the frightening new era that is upon us." Cyclone Josie brought torrential rains and led to heavy flooding on the weekend. It came just six weeks after Cyclone Gita in February, which caused some property damage in Fiji but devastated Tonga, and two years after Cyclone Winston, which killed 44 people. Cyclone Josie crashed into Fiji on Easter Weekend, killing at least five people Credit: REUTERS Fiji and other small Pacific nations have led a desperate push for global action to combat climate change, saying that rising sea levels and intense weather events have already begun to make parts of their territory uninhabitable. Mr Bainimarama assumed a leading role in international climate talks last November when he served as president of the UN's COP23 negotiation in Bonn. Torrential rains and heavy flooding is becoming a recurring theme on the tiny Pacific islands Credit: REUTERS "We need to get the message out loud and clear to the entire world about the absolute need to confront this crisis head on," he said. Most scientists believe climate change will reduce the frequency of cyclones as temperature differences between the earth's surface and the atmosphere decrease. But it will lead to more intense cyclones – including higher wind speeds and greater rainfall - as warmer water temperatures add to overall precipitation and to the amount of energy at the water surface. Scientists believe cyclones are likely to become more intense in the region Credit: REUTERS Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said it was difficult to detect trends about cyclone intensity in the region because of a lack of consistent data. But it noted: "We may have fewer cyclones but the ones we do have will be stronger." Five places | threatened by climate change Professor James Renwick, an expert in atmospheric sciences at Victoria University of Wellington, told Radio New Zealand in February he expected cyclone intensity to increase because there will be "more energy in the climate system". "Warmer seas, warmer air - so when you have a tropical cyclone it's likely to be more intense," he said. Since the latest cyclone in Fiji, authorities have been clearing debris, restoring roads and assisting people who have taken shelter in dozens of evacuation centres. Bainimarama has long spoken out about climate change Credit: AFP/PHILIPPE LOPEZ Ranjana Devi, a mother of two, said her family was trapped in their house as the floodwaters smashed through their village and started rising in their home. She and her husband were in separate rooms – each with a son - and survived when their boys kicked through a window and opened a door to allow them to escape. "At one point it was me and my younger son Veron trapped in one room," she told the Fiji Sun. Families and business owners were left with a major clean-up job after the latest storms Credit: REUTERS "My husband and elder son Devan were trapped in the other room. It all happened so quickly. As the water rose, we knew we could have all died and what made it worse was the fact that we were separated and locked in different rooms." She added: "From here, we will rebuild and start all over. We have lost everything in this flood."
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| Boater offers few answers in deaths of grandfather, mother Posted: 03 Apr 2018 11:27 AM PDT  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Vermont man accused by his family of killing his millionaire grandfather and possibly his mother in an attempt to collect inheritance money offered few clues in court regarding the deaths or his possible role in them.
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| Shooting at YouTube's California headquarters Posted: 03 Apr 2018 03:16 PM PDT ![Shooting at YouTube's California headquarters]( "Shooting at YouTube's California headquarters") The woman identified by police as the attacker who wounded three people at YouTube's headquarters in California was a vegan blogger who accused the video-sharing service of discriminating against her, according to her online profile. Police said 39-year-old Nasim Najafi Aghdam from San Diego was behind Tuesday's shooting at YouTube's offices in Silicon Valley.
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| Saudi crown prince says Israelis have right to their own land Posted: 02 Apr 2018 01:40 PM PDT  Saudi Arabia's crown prince said Israelis are entitled to live peacefully on their own land in an interview published on Monday in U.S. magazine The Atlantic, another public sign of ties between Riyadh and Tel Aviv appearing to grow closer. Asked if he believes the Jewish people have a right to a nation-state in at least part of their ancestral homeland, Mohammed bin Salman was quoted as saying: "I believe the Palestinians and the Israelis have the right to have their own land.
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| Laura Ingraham Once Sent A Student Reporter To Secretly Tape LGBTQ Group Posted: 03 Apr 2018 02:33 PM PDT  Fox News personality Laura Ingraham continues to face backlash for mocking a
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| Trump lashes out at 'little' CNN executive — and the network fires back Posted: 03 Apr 2018 07:21 AM PDT  President Trump lashed out at television news networks on Tuesday for having what he called a "sick and biased" agenda while zeroing in on the cable channel that has become his favorite foil: CNN.
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| 1 Elephant Died and 4 Others Were Hurt After a Circus Truck Crash Posted: 03 Apr 2018 07:23 AM PDT  The crash provoked an outcry among animal rights defenders
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| Dashboard video shows Sacramento sheriff's car hit protester Posted: 02 Apr 2018 07:24 PM PDT  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Video shown Monday that was taken by a dashboard camera inside a sheriff's vehicle shows it hitting a protester and driving away — the latest flashpoint following the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in Sacramento.
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| GOP Rep. Speculated 'Criminal Illegal Aliens' Were Behind YouTube Shooting Posted: 04 Apr 2018 06:16 AM PDT  Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) speculated that the person who opened fire at
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| Russia, Iran and Turkey struggle to find common ground on Syria Posted: 03 Apr 2018 06:13 AM PDT  By Parisa Hafezi and Ezgi Erkoyun ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Three foreign powers who have shaped Syria's civil war - Iran, Russia and Turkey - will discuss ways to wind down the fighting on Wednesday despite their involvement in rival military campaigns on the ground. The leaders of the three countries will meet in Ankara for talks on a new constitution for Syria and increasing security in "de-escalation" zones across the country, Turkish officials say. The Syria summit brings together two powers which have been President Bashar al-Assad's most forceful supporters, Iran and Russia, with one of his strongest opponents, Turkey.
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| Armed guard bars woman from Disney Cruise Line ship because she's a week over their pregnancy limit Posted: 03 Apr 2018 04:10 AM PDT  A pregnant woman was blocked from boarding a Disney Cruise Line ship by an armed guard with an assault rifle. Although she is 25 weeks into her term, Emily Jackson had a doctor's note permitting her to travel. Like a number of other cruise lines, the company does not permit women over 24 weeks pregnant to board the ship.
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| Dinosaur footprints dating back 170 million years discovered in Scotland Posted: 03 Apr 2018 12:08 PM PDT  Dinosaur footprints were discovered on a cold, wet island of Scotland that used to be as warm as Florida during the Jurassic period, 170 million years ago.
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| 2 Florida Republicans Now Joining Calls For Scott Pruitt To Resign Posted: 03 Apr 2018 10:33 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Reps. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.)
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| Japanese couple apologise for ignoring work pregnancy timetable by conceiving ‘before their turn’ Posted: 03 Apr 2018 01:59 PM PDT  A Japanese worker has been reprimanded by her boss for "selfishly breaking the rules" after she became pregnant before it was her "turn", according to media reports. The woman was working at a private childcare centre in Aichi prefecture, north Japan, when she found out she was pregnant. However, the timing reportedly clashed with "shifts" drawn by the childcare centre director, which listed when female staff were allowed to marry and have children. The plight of the woman, who has not been identified, highlights the unsettling practice of some Japanese companies dictating when female staff are allowed to marry and have children, depending on their level of seniority. Her experiences came to light after her husband, aged 28, wrote a letter outlining their plight to Mainich Shimbun, one of Japan's leading newspapers. Yuka Ogata was banned from feeding her baby in the Kumamoto City council chamber earlier this year in another blow to maternity rights Credit: KYODO/ REUTERS Describing how his wife felt "glum and anxious" after finding out she was pregnant, the husband wrote: "The director at the child care center where she works had determined the order in which workers could get married or pregnant, and apparently there was an unspoken rule that one must not take their 'turn' before a senior staff member..." The couple formally met with the director to apologise about the pregnancy in person, but the husband claimed that his wife has since been "chided" for "selfishly" breaking the rules of the child care center. He added: "Childcare providers sacrifice their own children to care for the children of others. It is a noble profession that nurtures children who will forge the future of this country. "I respect my wife for her commitment to her profession, and continue to encourage her. The conditions of those working to nurture and care for children are evidence of a backward country." Why has a generation given up on having children? The case has prompted a flood of support in Japan, a nation famed for both its shrinking birth rate and a chronic shortage of public childcare establishments. Many commentators were critical of the nursery, claiming such rules are a violation of human rights - although some were sympathetic to the challenges faced by childcare centres due to widespread staffing shortages. Japanese women have long had a tough time in the workplace, due to widespread gender discrimination, with the nation slipping to 114th place out of 144 countries in last year's World Economic Forum global gender equality rankings. Maternity harassment – known as "matahara" in Japan – is also a major issue, with a 2015 government survey revealing that half of the nation's working women suffered some kind of harassment after becoming pregnant, with one in five dismissed from their job. Japan is placed 114 of 144 in the World Economic Forum's global gender equality rankings Credit: ISSEI KATO/ REUTERS The practice of telling female employees exactly when they are allowed to have children – and when they cannot - is reportedly not confined to the childcare industry in Japan. Another woman, aged 26, from Tokyo also reportedly spoke out about how a female supervisor at a cosmetics-related company told her she would not be allowed to have a child until she was around 35. She reportedly received a document detailing childbirth and childrearing schedules which was circulated among 22 female colleagues via email, with the warning: "Selfish behaviour will be subject to punishment." The married woman, who has fertility issues, told Mainichi Shimbun: "I already have trouble getting pregnant. How are they going to take responsibility if I put off getting pregnant and lose my chances to have children altogether?" The outdated postwar concept of "gendered division of labour" still lingers in many Japanese companies, according to Dr Brigitte Steger, an expert on modern Japanese studies at Cambridge University. Generations apart | How pregnancy advice has changed "The term matahara is used frequently," she told the Telegraph. "Women are being harassed for being selfish for taking time out to have children or look after them and for being inconsiderate towards their fellow employees - while women are also criticised for being selfish and not having children." Referring to the prime minister Shinzo Abe's so-called policies of "womenomics", she added: "The main aim of this politics is to allow more women to combine career with having children, encouraging fathers' involvement in childcare, allowing maternity and paternity leave, providing more childcare facilities, etc. "But there are no real structural changes and industries have not all changed their attitudes and demands towards their workforce."
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| Israel cancelling deal with UN on African migrants: Netanyahu Posted: 03 Apr 2018 03:11 AM PDT  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he was cancelling an agreement with the UN refugee agency on resettling thousands of African migrants after facing mounting pressure from his right-wing base. "After having heard numerous comments on the agreement, I have examined the pros and cons and have decided to cancel the agreement," Netanyahu said in a statement. The agreement was designed to end the possibility of forced deportations of thousands of migrants to Rwanda under a controversial plan put forward by Netanyahu in January.
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| Harley-Davidson Recalls 250,000 Bikes for Faulty Brakes Posted: 03 Apr 2018 10:53 AM PDT ![Harley-Davidson Recalls 250,000 Bikes for Faulty Brakes]( "Harley-Davidson Recalls 250,000 Bikes for Faulty Brakes") Harley-Davidson Recalls 250,000 Bikes for Faulty Brakes 2008 to 2011 Harley-Davidson VRSC, Touring, and CVO Touring models being recalled due to finicky ABS So far 2018 isn't off to a great start for Harley-Davidson. On top of a steadily declining customer
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| Methamphetamine seizures lead surge in Thai drug busts Posted: 03 Apr 2018 04:16 AM PDT  BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand announced Tuesday that they confiscated an estimated $54 million worth of methamphetamine in one of their biggest-ever drug seizures and arrested 11 people in recent days as illegal drug cases surge in the country.
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| What to Know About Suspected YouTube Shooter Nasim Aghdam Posted: 03 Apr 2018 03:29 PM PDT  The suspected shooter died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot
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| China's Xi tells Zimbabwe president they should write "new chapter" in ties Posted: 03 Apr 2018 06:01 AM PDT  Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday told President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe that they should work towards a new chapter in ties, during the African leader's first state visit to China since he seized power last year. Mnangagwa, who was sworn in as president in November after a de facto military coup ended Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule, has vowed to rebuild his country's ravaged economy and re-engage with the international community. China had considered Mugabe a "good friend" in a relationship dating back to its support for Zimbabwe's independence war, but pointedly failed to support him when he was ousted.
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| Shep Smith Fact-Checks Trump's Latest Amazon Claim: 'None Of That Was True' Posted: 03 Apr 2018 03:32 PM PDT  Fox News' Shep Smith was quick to pounce on President Donald Trump Tuesday,
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| Latest: Boy rescued from pipe says he prayed he wouldn't die Posted: 02 Apr 2018 07:00 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a boy who fell into a drainage pipe in a Los Angeles park (all times local):
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| US-backed fighters on high alert in Syria's Manbij Posted: 02 Apr 2018 09:37 PM PDT  On the outskirts of Syria's Manbij, Kurdish-led fighters have dug trenches and US-led coalition soldiers patrol from land and sky after Turkey threatened to overrun the northern city. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has repeatedly threatened to launch an attack on the city, near which US troops are stationed as part of their support to a Kurdish-led alliance fighting jihadists. Pro-Ankara Syrian rebels control territory to the north and west of the city held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance.
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| All-New 2019 Kia K900 Aims to Deliver Big Luxury on a Budget Posted: 02 Apr 2018 01:58 PM PDT  Kia took the wraps off its redesigned, second-generation K900 flagship luxury sedan at the New York Auto Show. Like the original, the 2019 K900 is positioned as a value-driven luxury car that pro...
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