| How the Trump team's story has evolved on their New York meeting with the Russians Posted: 18 May 2018 02:00 AM PDT  The explanations about a 2016 meeting between members of the Trump campaign and a Russian lawyer have continually changed.
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| Protesters Throw A Fiesta To Razz Lawyer Who Ranted At Spanish Speakers Posted: 18 May 2018 09:32 PM PDT  > Mariachi band continues #AaronSchlossberg #hablamosespanol @NYDailyNews
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| Santa Fe High School shooting survivor: 'I've always felt it would eventually happen here, too' Posted: 18 May 2018 10:20 AM PDT  A young student who survived Friday's shooting at a Texas high school told a
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| Transphobic Congressional Hopeful Berates Person Inside Public Restroom Posted: 18 May 2018 10:20 AM PDT  A California GOP candidate for Congress is feeling the heat after posting a
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| Former WWF Wrestler Severely Beaten Outside California Home Posted: 18 May 2018 02:24 PM PDT  A former pro wrestler was brutally beaten and kicked by a group of young men
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| Hawaii volcano spews 6 mile-high plume of ash, could blow again Posted: 17 May 2018 09:14 PM PDT  By Terray Sylvester PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) - Hawaii's Kilauea volcano spewed ash nearly six miles (9 km) into the sky on Thursday and scientists warned this could be the first in a string of more violent explosive eruptions with the next possibly occurring within hours. "This has relieved pressure temporarily," U.S. Geological Survey geologist Michelle Coombs told a news conference in Hilo. "We may have additional larger, powerful events." Residents of the Big Island were warned to take shelter from the ash as toxic gas levels spiked in a small southeast area where lava has burst from the ground during the two-week eruption.
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| New documents suggest Las Vegas shooter was conspiracy theorist – what we know Posted: 19 May 2018 03:00 AM PDT  Stephen Paddock was the gunman who killed 58 people and wounded hundreds more last October, when he opened fire from the window of his room at the Mandalay hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. Yesterday, following legal action from news organizations, the Las Vegas police department released a trove of documents on the investigation, including statements from witnesses and victims. Mostly the documents contain harrowing accounts from victims of Stephen Paddock's shooting spree.
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| Boeing 737 crashes after takeoff in Havana, Cuba Posted: 18 May 2018 12:02 PM PDT ![Boeing 737 crashes after takeoff in Havana, Cuba]( "Boeing 737 crashes after takeoff in Havana, Cuba") A Cuban airliner with 114 people on board plummeted into a yuca field just after takeoff from Havana's international airport on Friday. There was no immediate word on casualties, though residents told The Associated Press they saw at least some survivors being taken away in ambulances.
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| Court to Summer Zervos on discovery in Trump lawsuit: Go for it Posted: 17 May 2018 12:50 PM PDT  Rachel Maddow reports on a court ruling that Summer Zervos can proceed with discovery in her lawsuit against Donald Trump. Zervos is suing Trump for defamation after he called her a liar when she described being sexually assaulted by him.
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| Cuba Plane Crash Reportedly Kills Over 100 Posted: 18 May 2018 10:46 AM PDT  A Boeing 737 airliner crashed shortly after taking off from Havana's Jose
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| Amal Clooney Wears a Regal Yellow Dress to Royal Wedding Posted: 19 May 2018 02:54 AM PDT  She also pulled off a bold train
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| These Are The Victims Of The Santa Fe High School Shooting Posted: 18 May 2018 06:18 PM PDT  Students at Santa Fe High School in Texas spent Friday morning in fear as a
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| Exclusive: In run-up to Venezuelan vote, more soldiers dissent and desert Posted: 18 May 2018 11:34 AM PDT  By Girish Gupta and Anggy Polanco CARACAS/SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) - Arrests for rebellion and desertion are rising sharply in Venezuela's armed forces, a mainstay of President Nicolas Maduro's Socialist government, amid discontent within the ranks at food shortages and dwindling salaries, according to documents and interviews with army personnel. Internal military documents reviewed by Reuters showed that the number of soldiers detained for treason, rebellion and desertion rose to 172 in the first four months of the year, up three-and-a-half times on the same period of 2017. Former military officials said the figures reflected a dramatic increase in the level of dissent within Venezuela's once-proud armed forces.
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| Trump knew a 'scary' amount about Bill Gates' daughter’s looks, says Microsoft founder Posted: 18 May 2018 02:00 AM PDT  Bill Gates has claimed Donald Trump twice asked him if there was a difference between HIV and HPV, knew a "scary" amount about the Microsoft founder's daughter's looks, and once left an event so he could arrive back 20 minutes later in a helicopter. The remarks were caught on camera at a recent Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation event, where the billionaire philanthropist took questions from staff, according to MSNBC, which obtained the footage. Having "avoided" Mr Trump at an event earlier in 2016, Gates said he met him for the first time at a Trump Tower meeting that December.
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| Republican Immigration Fight Derails Food Stamp Bill Posted: 17 May 2018 01:52 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The most conservative Republicans in Congress say they won't vote
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| Meghan Markle to Spend Her Last Night as a Single Woman With Mom and Close Friends Posted: 18 May 2018 10:54 AM PDT  She will stay with Doria Ragland and members of her bride tribe at the exclusive five-star hotel, Cliveden House.
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| Republican congressman explains sea-level rise: it's rocks falling into the sea Posted: 17 May 2018 01:33 PM PDT  A member of Congress has suggested that the White Cliffs of Dover tumbling into the English Channel was causing rising sea levels. Republican Mo Brooks of Alabama pushed back at the notion that rising sea levels were the result of global warming in a hearing of the House Science, Space and Technology on Wednesday.
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| New California Law Protects Undocumented Immigrants In Court Posted: 17 May 2018 05:48 PM PDT  On Thursday, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed a bill meant to protect
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| What Is Elderflower? How To Replicate The Flavor Of The Royal Wedding Cake Posted: 18 May 2018 02:45 AM PDT  Ever since Kensington Palace announced that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's
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| The Latest: Cuba state media says Castro had hernia surgery Posted: 18 May 2018 05:22 PM PDT  HAVANA (AP) — The Latest on the plane crash in Havana (all times local):
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| 2019 Corvette ZR1s With Weird Exhausts Caught Lapping The 'RIng Posted: 18 May 2018 06:09 AM PDT  Chevy might be preparing for the ZR1 to set an official lap time around the Nürburgring.
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| Police: Fitness buff tried ambush attack at Trump resort Posted: 18 May 2018 03:40 PM PDT  DORAL, Fla. (AP) — A fitness buff carrying an American flag and shouting about President Donald Trump stormed the hotel lobby of Trump's Miami-area golf resort early Friday and opened fire at a chandelier. He then waited for police to arrive, and exchanged gunfire with officers who shot him in the legs and arrested him.
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| Royal Wedding Has People Remembering Emotional Princess Diana Quote About Love Posted: 19 May 2018 06:37 AM PDT  Shots of a beaming Prince Harry at the altar on Saturday as he wed Meghan
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| Woman jumps off building with 7-year-old boy in Manhattan Posted: 18 May 2018 09:06 AM PDT  The 46-year-old woman jumped from the The Gotham Hotel with a 7-year-old boy just after 8:30 a.m. on East 46th Street.
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| Muslim leaders call for international protection force for Palestinians Posted: 18 May 2018 03:47 PM PDT  By Ali Kucukgocmen and Tulay Karadeniz ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Muslim leaders called on Friday for an international force to be deployed to protect Palestinians after dozens of protesters were shot dead by Israeli forces on the Gaza border this week. At a special summit in Turkey convened by President Tayyip Erdogan, they also pledged to take "appropriate political (and) economic measures" against countries that followed the United States in moving their Israel embassies to contested Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. Erdogan, who is campaigning for re-election next month, used the summit to verbally attack Israel, comparing the actions of its forces to Nazi Germany's treatment of Jews in World War Two, when millions were killed in concentration camps.
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| Israel condemns 'hypocrisy' of UN rights council on Gaza Posted: 18 May 2018 09:21 AM PDT  Israel condemned the "hypocrisy and absurdity" of the UN Human Rights Council after it voted Friday to send war crimes investigators to probe the shootings of Gaza protesters by Israeli forces. "Israel totally rejects the resolution of the UN Human Rights Council, that once again has proven itself to be a body made up of a built-in anti-Israeli majority, guided by hypocrisy and absurdity," the Israeli foreign ministry said in a statement.
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| N. Korea unlikely to return to talks with South over drills Posted: 17 May 2018 05:45 PM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea strongly criticized South Korea over ongoing U.S.-South Korean military exercises on Thursday and said it will not return to talks with its rival until Seoul resolves its grievances.
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| Chevy Camaro SS Vs. Ford Mustang GT: Top-Down Tussle Posted: 18 May 2018 06:00 AM PDT  Which Pony car comes out on top, when the sun's out?
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| Princess Diana Reportedly Refused To Wear Chanel For A Heartbreaking Reason Posted: 19 May 2018 07:08 AM PDT  The late Princess Diana reportedly couldn't bear to wear Chanel after her
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| Raj Nair Is Now President and COO of Multimatic Posted: 18 May 2018 06:30 AM PDT  Nair was ousted from his role as president of Ford North America in February. Now he joins the Canadian racing company that builds the GT.
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| Duke and Duchess of Sussex? What will Meghan and Harry's Royal titles be? Posted: 18 May 2018 09:46 PM PDT  When Meghan Markle marries her fiancee Prince Harry on Saturday 19 May at St George's Chapel, Windsor, like all brides she will be joining a new family. But this is not any family. Just like her sister-in-law-to-be Kate Middleton, the former American actress will be making the transition from "commoner" to "royal" complete with a new title. Here's everything you need to know about the British peerage and our best guess at what her new title will be. Could Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's titles be The Duke and Duchess of Sussex? Ms Markle is tipped to become the first Duchess of Sussex when she marries Prince Harry. By tradition, male members of the Royal family receive a title from the monarch on their wedding day, and the vacant title Duke of Sussex is regarded as the most likely choice for the Prince. The only previous Duke of Sussex was married twice, but neither of his marriages was approved by his father, George III, meaning they were considered unlawful. It means that Ms Markle would be the first woman entitled to use the title HRH The Duchess of Sussex. Ms Markle's full name is Rachel Meghan Markle, but she was named as Meghan in Buckingham Palace's announcement of the engagement, meaning she is unlikely to revert to Rachel when she is married. Meghan and Wallis: Two American divorcées marrying into royalty - what a difference 80 years makes What's the procedure in choosing a title? A dukedom is the highest rank in the British peerage and comes from the Latin word dux, meaning leader. Traditionally, the monarch would bestow these titles on people loyal to the crown, in exchange for land or money, or they were inherited from a direct ancestor. They were known as "peers of the realm". The five titles, from highest to lowest are: duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron for men; duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess, and baroness for women. The Queen is expected to choose a Dukedom for her grandson from titles that are currently suspended, and other options include the dukedoms of Clarence, Connaught, Windsor, Albany, and Cumberland and Teviotdale. However, many of them have inauspicious histories that would almost certainly rule them out. Titles and how to use them Charles Kidd, editor of Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage, said he believed the Queen would choose the Dukedom of Sussex for Prince Harry, which was previously held by George III's sixth son Augustus Frederick. He said: "They're quite limited in the titles that are available. The Duke of Sussex is the front-runner without any doubt." Who was the previous Duke of Sussex? Like Prince Harry, the previous Duke of Sussex, Augustus Frederick, lived at Kensington Palace, and he also married for love, rather than choosing brides who fitted the traditional royal mould. Prince Augustus Frederick was not given consent by his father, King George III, to marry his first wife Lady Augusta Murray, as she was considered to be from too low a social rank. The Prince married her anyway, in secret in Rome in 1793, and then again in England when they returned, but without the king's permission the marriage contravened the Royal Marriages Act 1772 and was annulled in 1794. The couple continued to live as man and wife and had two children before they eventually separated. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge pictured in February in Oslo, Norway Credit: Chris Jackson/Getty Images Prince William and Kate Middleton's titles explained When Prince Harry's brother William married Catherine Middleton in 2011, the Queen bestowed the title of the Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus on her grandson. Catherine, known as Kate, became the Duchess of Cambridge. Like the Duke of Sussex, the previous Duke of Cambridge, Prince George, known as the 2nd Duke of Cambridge, married a commoner for love just like Prince William. Born in 1819, he was a grandson of George III and the only son of Prince Adolphus Frederick, the 1st Duke of Cambridge. He refused to have an arranged marriage and declared such unions were "doomed to failure". He became captivated by the actress Sarah Louisa Fairbrother, who was said to be a classic beauty and a graceful dancer. They wed in 1847 when she was already the mother of two of his children and pregnant with his third. The Duchess of Cambridge and Sophie Countess of Wessex Credit: Eddie Mulholland Are there any other royal dukes? The Queen's second son, Prince Andrew, was created Duke of York upon his marriage to Sarah Ferguson in 1986. The Queen's youngest son, Prince Edward, however broke with royal tradition when he chose the title of Earl of Wessex upon his marriage to Sophie Rhys-Jones (now Sophie, Countess of Wessex) in 1999. The other royal dukes are The Queen's first cousins, the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent.
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| French business chief in Iran sees bleak prospects for European firms Posted: 18 May 2018 08:50 AM PDT  By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - The head of France's business lobby in Iran said on Friday he feared a mass exodus of European firms following the U.S. decision to impose new sanctions and that EU government efforts to protect their companies were unlikely to be enough. European leaders want to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, which lifted most of the international sanctions that have badly hurt the Iranian economy in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program. "Sadly, what we can fear is a mass withdrawal of European firms," Matthieu Etourneau, managing director of the French Centre for Business in Tehran, said at a conference at the French Institute for International Relations.
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| Pakistan-India border gunbattle leaves nine dead Posted: 18 May 2018 04:51 AM PDT  Indian and Pakistani forces exchanged fire across the tense, heavily militarised Kashmir border Friday, leaving eight civilians and an Indian soldier dead, officials said. The heavy weapons fire along a rare stretch of frontier that India and Pakistan do not argue over also left 22 people wounded. It came a day ahead of a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kashmir.
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| Time Lapse Captures Hawaii Volcano Eruption Posted: 17 May 2018 04:37 PM PDT  Time lapse images captured the ash plume rising from an early-morning eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano Thursday. The plume rose to more than 30,000 feet and scientists say it's the most powerful eruption in recent days. (May 17)
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| Forget Yanny and Laurel, what the heck is this toy saying? Posted: 17 May 2018 11:43 AM PDT  The Yanny/Laurel debate divided the internet more than The Dress did a few years ago. It ruined more friendships than pineapple on pizza. It's facilitating more arguments than the American Chopper meme. It's tearing us apart more than Lisa ever did. SEE ALSO: What Yanny vs. Laurel taught us: We yearn to be divided But let's be real: the Yanny/Laurel thing is already getting kind of old — isn't there anything else to talk about? When you log into any social media site, it seems like everyone's still arguing over whether that audio clip is saying Yanny or Laurel. The U.S. Air Force jumping in on the debate was the final nail in the coffin: Yanny/Laurel is a dead meme. But don't worry, everyone! If you're on the hunt for a new mystery to ruin all your relationships, listen to this video: is the toy saying "brainstorm" or "green needle?" If you heard "brainstorm," try thinking "green needle" and then listen again — you'll probably hear "green needle" this time. Now try it in reverse: think "brainstorm" and then listen to the video. You may even be able to hear "green storm" or "brain needle." You can pretty much choose what you hear. It's wild. Understandably, people are freaking out about this. One Redditor offered this explanation for why you hear what you're thinking: Comment from discussion You can head "brainstorm" or "green needle" based on whichever one you think about. OK, that makes sense. It's the most rational explanation. But u/syntheticwisdom said what we all feel: Comment from discussion You can head "brainstorm" or "green needle" based on whichever one you think about. After all, it's almost like we love memes like The Dress and Yanny/Laurel because we want to be divided! WATCH: Yanny or Laurel? We asked around the office and fights almost broke out.
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