| Carl Bernstein Warns Of 'Authoritarianism' As Trump Repeatedly Attacks Mueller Probe Posted: 28 May 2018 07:12 AM PDT  Legendary journalist Carl Bernstein warned President Donald Trump's attacks on
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| Video shows police officer punching woman during New Jersey beach arrest Posted: 28 May 2018 09:01 AM PDT  In the now-viral video, an officer repeatedly punches 20-year-old Emily Weinman in the head. New Jersey police say the video fails to show the events that led to that moment.
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| French citizenship, a job offered to man who scaled building to save child Posted: 27 May 2018 09:00 PM PDT  The man, an illegal immigrant from Mali, has been asked to join the fire department.
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| Besides lava and ash, Hawaii volcano is pumping out 'vog' Posted: 28 May 2018 12:04 AM PDT  HONOLULU (AP) — Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has had it all over the past three weeks: molten rock shooting toward the sky, lava oozing from the ground and ash clouds rising miles into the air.
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| Florida Mom Missing Since Mother's Day Is Presumed Dead — and a Suspect Is Arrested in the Case Posted: 28 May 2018 07:34 AM PDT  Florida police have arrested a woman in connection with the disappearance of a mom-of-three who didn't pick up her children on Mother's Day and hasn't been seen since
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| Doctors who treated Skripals uncertain about their long-term health Posted: 28 May 2018 04:06 PM PDT  The doctors who treated a Russian former spy and his daughter after they were poisoned with a nerve agent in Britain say they don't know what the pair's long term health outlook is - and initially feared the incident could have been much worse. Sergei Skripal, a former colonel in Russia's military intelligence who betrayed dozens of agents to Britain, and daughter Yulia were found unconscious on a public bench in the southern English city of Salisbury on March 4. Staff at Salisbury hospital, where they were treated, told the BBC that some started to wonder whether they too would fall victim to the nerve agent.
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| 'Hero' Malian saves child, 4, in spectacular Paris rescue Posted: 27 May 2018 04:53 PM PDT  Without a thought for his own safety, Mamoudou Gassama took just seconds to reach the child in a spectacular rescue captured on film and viewed millions of times on social networks. The incident took place at around 8:00 pm (1800 GMT) on Saturday in northern Paris. Film of the rescue shows Gassama, 22, pulling himself up from balcony to balcony with his bare hands as a man on the fourth floor tries to hold on to the child by leaning across from a neighbouring balcony.
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| South Korea's president Moon Jae-in might join Trump-Kim summit, officials say Posted: 28 May 2018 03:59 AM PDT  South Korea's president could attend a historic meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, officials have said. Moon Jae-in could travel to Singapore for the summit depending on the outcome of discussions between the US and North Korean leaders, Seoul's presidential Blue House said. Mr Moon and Mr Kim agreed a summit between North Korea and the US must be held as they held a surprise meeting on Saturday at the border village of Panmunjom.
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| Florida Cop In Trouble After Wishing Car Accident On Gun Violence Protest Posted: 28 May 2018 07:40 PM PDT  A Florida police officer could face disciplinary action after he said on
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| Hawaii volcanic eruptions cause more destruction Posted: 28 May 2018 08:55 AM PDT  Three weeks after Kilauea first exploded, the situation appears to be getting worse with new explosions destroying more neighborhoods.
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| No Charges For Teacher Who Drowned Raccoons In Front Of Students Posted: 29 May 2018 08:31 AM PDT  A high school teacher in Ocala, Florida, who was caught on camera getting his
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| TV Anchor and Photojournalist Killed by a Falling Tree in North Carolina Posted: 28 May 2018 06:35 PM PDT  A large tree fell on their vehicle while reporting on the storm
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| Roman Abramovich becomes an Israeli citizen a month after his UK visa was delayed Posted: 29 May 2018 02:54 AM PDT  Roman Abramovish has become an Israeli citizen a month after the UK delayed renewing his visa in a move that could allow him to return without one. The Chelsea FC owner, who is Jewish, exercised his right under Israel's Law of Return, which states that Jews from anywhere in the world can become citizens of Israel. The oligarch, worth an estimated £8.6 billion, instantly became Israel's wealthiest person after receiving his citizenship yesterday. The 51-year-old had been travelling in and out of the UK for years on a Tier-1 investor visa, designed for wealthy foreigners who invest at least £2 million in Britain. He applied to renew the visa in April but did not immediately receive approval from the Home Office amid diplomatic tension between London and Moscow. It is unclear if the UK decided to reject his application permanently but a source familiar with the matter told The Daily Telegraph that the renewal process seemed to be taking an unusually long time. Amber Rudd ordered a review of the visa status of wealthy Russians after the Salisbury nerve agent attack Credit: Jack Taylor/Getty Images Europe Mr Abramovich is believed to have returned to Russia after his visa expired. He did not attend Chelsea's 1-0 win over Manchester United in the FA Cup at Wembley on May 19. Israeli passport holders can travel to Britain without a visa for short periods of time, and can stay as long as six months. Russians must apply for a visa from the British Embassy in Moscow if they wish to travel to Britain. Mr Abramovich's decision comes after the Government suggested it would take a harder line on Russian oligarchs in Britain following the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury in March. Q&A | Roman Abramovich's visa His private G650 jet touched down at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport on Monday and he was immediately granted Israeli citizenship. A spokesman for the Israeli interior ministry said he applied at the Israeli embassy in Moscow and was found eligible for citizenship after proving his Jewish heritage. "He filed a request to receive an immigration permit, his documents were checked according to the Law of Return, and he was indeed found eligible," the spokesman told Israel's Channel 10 news. Mr Abramovich previously purchased a £17.1 mansion in Tel Aviv's upmarket Neve Tzedek neighbourhood. The house was a former hotel and Mr Abramovich bought it from the husband of Gal Gadot, the Israeli actress who starred in Wonderwoman.
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| Authorities: Flash flood surges through Maryland community Posted: 27 May 2018 04:34 PM PDT  ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — Flash floods struck a Maryland city on Sunday that had been wracked by similar devastation two years earlier, prompting emergency rescues as raging waters engulfed cars and rose above the first floor of some buildings, authorities said.
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| Myanmar says some Rohingya refugees returned voluntarily Posted: 28 May 2018 01:18 AM PDT  Myanmar says dozens of Rohingya Muslims who fled to neighbouring Bangladesh have returned voluntarily and will be sent to a transit centre pending resettlement. Nearly 700,000 Rohingya fled mainly Buddhist Myanmar after a violent army crackdown began last August in the western state of Rakhine, a process that the US and UN have described as ethnic cleansing. Myanmar has said it is ready to take them back and has traded accusations with Bangladesh over who is responsible for the delay in implementing a repatriation deal.
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| Veterans Group Blasts Trump's Memorial Day Remark As 'Most Inappropriate' Ever Posted: 28 May 2018 05:27 PM PDT  A veterans group has slammed Donald Trump's self-congratulatory tweet Monday
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| Chief responds after video released of police taking down beachgoer Posted: 27 May 2018 09:00 PM PDT  The officers are on administrative duty; the department plans to release bodycam footage soon.
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| Israeli Military Says More Than 25 Mortar Shells Have Been Fired From Gaza Posted: 28 May 2018 11:36 PM PDT  It's the largest single barrage fired since the 2014 Israel-Hamas war
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| Ellicott City flood: Man missing after '1,000-year' torrents devastate Maryland Posted: 28 May 2018 08:43 AM PDT  Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman said the priorities are finding the missing man - identified as Edison Hermond, 39 - and assessing the condition of buildings that house shops, restaurants and families. Mr Hermond was reported missing somewhere in downtown Ellicott City, Maryland at 12.30am on Monday. "It's going to be a long road again," Mr Kittleman told CNN about the second flood to hit the area in 22 months.
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| WHO's Congo Ebola plan assumes 100-300 cases over 3 months Posted: 29 May 2018 03:20 AM PDT ![WHO's Congo Ebola plan assumes 100-300 cases over 3 months]( "WHO's Congo Ebola plan assumes 100-300 cases over 3 months") By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization assumes 100-300 cases of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo between May and July, under a revised response plan to the outbreak that it published on Tuesday. Congo's Health Ministry said late on Monday there had been 54 cases of Ebola in the outbreak - 35 confirmed, 13 probable and six suspected - and 25 deaths.
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| American freed from Venezuelan jail returns home to Utah Posted: 28 May 2018 10:25 PM PDT  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nearly two years after a trip to meet the woman he loved turned into an imprisonment in a Venezuelan jail, an exhausted but grateful Utah man arrived home with his wife Monday.
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| Netanyahu says Iran can have no military presence in Syria Posted: 28 May 2018 09:09 AM PDT  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he will press German and French leaders next week to support his position that Iran should have no military presence in neighbouring Syria. Netanyahu will travel to Germany and France for talks expected to focus on the US decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal -- long sought by Israel -- and the Iranian presence in Syria. Netanyahu said he may also meet British Prime Minister Theresa May.
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| Wife of Korean Air chief summoned over abuse allegations Posted: 27 May 2018 09:42 PM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police on Monday summoned the wife of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho to question her about allegations she abused and assaulted employees.
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| Ted Cruz's Attempt At Tweeting Sports Did Not Go Well Posted: 29 May 2018 01:51 AM PDT  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) tried to show some support on Twitter for the Houston
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| Russia urges harshest punishment for Ivan the Terrible painting attacker Posted: 28 May 2018 11:03 AM PDT  Russia on Monday called for the harshest possible punishment after a visitor to Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery caused serious damage by attacking a famous 19th-century painting of Ivan the Terrible. Russia's deputy culture minister Vladimir Aristarkhov told a news conference the gallery on Monday that his ministry expects the man to receive "the most severe punishment possible". "We would like to initiate a discussion on toughening up the punishment for the vandalism of art," Tretyakov Gallery director Zelfira Tregulova added, speaking in the Repin Room of the gallery where the crime took place.
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| U.S. official says agency did not lose immigrant children Posted: 28 May 2018 07:40 PM PDT  Over 1,500 immigrant children who have entered the United States unaccompanied are not "lost," as Senate testimony by an administration official in April suggested, a U.S. Health and Human Services official said on Monday, as outrage over their treatment triggered a social media storm. Deputy HHS Secretary Eric Hargan issued a statement and fact sheet on Monday night saying the department's Office of Refugee Resettlement attempted to follow up on the 2016 release of unaccompanied children by contacting their families, a step he said was not required of the department. Following recent news reports of children lost in the system after crossing the border illegally, outrage erupted on social media in recent days after reports emerged that HHS over the past three months of 2017 lost track of 1,475 children who crossed into the United States from Mexico by themselves and were placed with sponsors.
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| Skeleton of Roman beheaded by giant flying rock slab found at Pompeii Posted: 29 May 2018 09:13 AM PDT  The skeleton of a Roman man who was decapitated by a giant slab of rock has been discovered by archeologists in Pompeii. They believe the man, aged in his thirties, was attempting to flee the eruption of Mt Vesuvius when the 300kg rock slammed into him, beheading him and killing him instantly. He had struggled to escape the doomed city because he had an infection in his leg. Archeologists found the rock sticking out of the ground at an angle, with the remains of the man protruding and intact from the chest down. The rock, which they think may have been part of a stone doorway, was hurled into the air by the force of the eruption, which devastated Pompeii in AD79. Archeologists say the man was fleeing the eruption but was impeded by a leg bone infection Credit: Pompeii archeological site The skeleton was uncovered in an area of new excavations, close to a newly-discovered alleyway of houses with balconies. Massimo Osanna, the director general of the archaeological site, called the discovery "dramatic and exceptional". "A formidable stone block (perhaps a door jamb), violently thrown by the volcanic cloud, collided with his upper body, crushing the highest part of the thorax and yet-to-be-identified head, which probably lies under the stone block," archeologists said in a statement. The experts found lesions on his tibia which indicate a serious bone infection. That "could have caused significant walking difficulties, enough to impede the man's escape at the first dramatic signs which preceded the eruption," they said. Earlier this month, archeologists made another unusual discovery – the carbonised remains of a horse which died during the eruption of Vesuvius. The remains of a Roman horse were found earlier this month Credit: Pompeii archeological site The horse was found in the remains of a large Roman villa, which tomb raiders had been excavating illegally in search of artefacts and valuables. By pumping plaster into the space where the horse was found, experts produced an accurate cast of the animal. It was the first time that a cast was made of a horse at Pompeii – the technique has previously been used for the human victims of the cataclysmic eruption. Experts believe the horse was used in military parades and ceremonies. It was found in the remains of a stable attached to the villa.
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| Ellicott City Floods: Army National Guardsman, Eddison Hermond, Missing Amid Maryland Floods Posted: 28 May 2018 10:26 AM PDT  A storm hit the town Sunday.
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| The Latest: Girl seriously wounded in school attack improves Posted: 28 May 2018 10:25 PM PDT  NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — The Latest on a science teacher shot while tackling an armed student in Indiana (all times local):
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| Student seen walking to catch bus to graduation in viral photo given car by radio host Posted: 28 May 2018 01:57 PM PDT  Thousands of messages praising the determination of Corey Patrick came in from across the US after a local bus driver DeJuanna Beasely posted photos of the teenager to Facebook. Patrick, a graduate of Tarrant High School, had been making the same 90-minute journey all the way through his final year after his family - who do not own a car - moved out of the area.
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| Police: Suicidal man kills wife, her parents, self at home Posted: 29 May 2018 02:08 AM PDT ![Police: Suicidal man kills wife, her parents, self at home]( "Police: Suicidal man kills wife, her parents, self at home") MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — A man who expressed thoughts about suicide and was briefly hospitalized returned to a home and fatally shot his wife, her father and her stepmother before killing himself, police said.
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| Top North Korean general on way to US ahead of summit Posted: 29 May 2018 08:55 AM PDT  A senior North Korean official was bound for New York for high-level talks with US officials on Tuesday as preparations for a historic nuclear summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un gathered pace. General Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the central committee of the Workers' Party and right hand man to Kim, will meet US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in New York "later this week," the White House said.
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| Hungary aims to criminalize aiding illegal migration in 'Stop Soros' bill Posted: 29 May 2018 09:54 AM PDT  By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Individuals or groups who help migrants not entitled to protection to submit requests for asylum or who help illegal migrants to gain status to stay in Hungary will be liable to jail under a new bill submitted to parliament on Tuesday. In a separate bill, the government proposed amending the constitution to state that an "alien population" could not be settled in Hungary and foreign citizens could live in Hungary only if permitted by the national authorities. It also said that foreigners who sought to enter Hungary via a third country in which they were not directly exposed to persecution would not be entitled to asylum.
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| Russia and Israel 'agree deal' to hold back Iranian militias so Assad can take border region Posted: 29 May 2018 06:05 AM PDT  Russia and Israel have reportedly reached an unprecedented deal which would allow Bashar al-Assad's forces to take remaining rebel territory in southern Syria - so long as Iranian fighters do not participate. Moscow appears to have capitulated to Israeli demands to hold back Tehran-backed militias 15 miles from the occupied Golan Heights, according to Israeli and Saudi reports. In return, Israel will not stand in the way of any Syrian regime offensive on the city of Deraa and territory along the Israeli and Jordanian border. Russia said on Monday only Syrian army troops should be on the country's southern frontiers, which appeared to be directed at Iran. The deal is said to have been finalised in a phone call days earlier between Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli defence minister, and Sergei Shoigu, his Russian counterpart. Children play football in front of a damaged building in a rebel-held neighbourhood of Deraa in southern Syria Credit: AFP It averts a possible direct confrontation between Iran and Israel in Syria, where tensions have heightened between the foes in recent months. At the same time it reveals growing daylight between Moscow and Tehran, which back the same side in the conflict. According to Israeli sources, Russia has grown increasingly frustrated with Iran's presence in Syria and is worried that fighting between Israel and Iran threatens its hard-fought victories. Iran is estimated to have thousands of advisers and fighters in Syria as well as a number of bases, which have become regular targets for Israel attacks. Flames rise from a missile, which according to the Lebanon national news agency appears to be part of a Syrian air defense missile targeting an Israeli warplane which landed in a lemon grove, in Hasbani village, southwest Lebanon Credit: AP Israel, which is also said to have received assurances from Moscow that it will not to try to stop any future strikes on Iranian targets, is concerned about Iran and allied Hizbollah's growing arsenal on its doorstep. Both Russia and Iran have played pivotal roles in helping reverse Assad's fortunes, and Faisal Mekdad, Syria's deputy foreign minister, has reassured Tehran that a pullout is not up for discussion. Deraa is the obvious next target for Assad, who has repeatedly promised to retake every inch of the country. The only other major opposition stronghold, in Idlib in the northwest, is fraught with complications because of the presence of Turkish troops in the area. Syrian soldiers wave inside a destroyed building nearly a week after retaking the town of Harasta from the rebels, in Eastern Ghouta Credit: AFP Fighting in southwestern Syria has been contained since last year by a "de-escalation" agreement brokered by Russia, the US and Jordan. However, the recent victory for the government in Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus has relieved pressure on the depleted army and freed up troops. A pro-government military source confirmed on Tuesday that preparations had been completed for an offensive on Deraa. "The Syrian army will wage all the battles and has now become strong and capable," the commander said. This week the army dropped leaflets over the city, urging fighters to disarm. "The men of Syrian army are coming. Take your decision before it is too late," they read. Deraa, known as the cradle of the revolution because of its uprising against Assad in early 2011, is under the control of a patchwork of rebels including the Free Syrian Army's Southern Front. Like most deals agreed for Syria, where competing international backers have vested interests, no Syrian group was party to the discussion. Elia Samaan, an adviser in the government's reconciliation ministry, told The Telegraph there was no set deadline for the offensive. "But of course the Syrian government always prefers an agreement over a military operation," he said. "Currently all efforts are being put forth to reach an agreement in the southern area in order to avert a military operation." The agreement will be a massive blow for the rebels in southern Syria, who have received considerable money and arms from the US, as well as Israel. The US expressed alarm over the weekend that Syrian regime forces were massing for an assault there, but that was before reports surfaced about the deal. The US under the Donald Trump administration has backed off its support for the rebels and has given little indication it is prepared to intervene on their behalf. Officials from Washington are due to have talks with Jordan and Russia about the fate of the south. Jordan fears an offensive there could send thousands of refugees to its border. Additional reporting by Joseph Haboush in Beirut
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| Jada Pinkett Smith And Gabrielle Union Settle 'Petty' Feud Once And For All Posted: 29 May 2018 07:37 AM PDT  The best daytime talk show isn't even on TV. No, it's Jada Pinkett Smith's
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| Land Rover Legends Gather For 70th Celebration Posted: 29 May 2018 04:58 AM PDT |
| Wanda Sykes Says She's Left 'Roseanne.' Others React To Barr's Racist Remarks. Posted: 29 May 2018 09:49 AM PDT  Comedian and writer Wanda Sykes has quit her job as a consulting producer on
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| This House On Stilts Is Stronger Than It Looks Posted: 29 May 2018 05:00 AM PDT  On a waterfront stretch of Long Island, architect Bill Ryall devises an elegant, eco-friendly house to withstand the worst
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| Italy turmoil drags European markets down Posted: 28 May 2018 09:07 AM PDT  European stocks, bonds and the euro fell on Monday as political chaos in Italy rattled investors who feared the nomination of a caretaker government will only delay, but not avert, a eurozone crisis, analysts said. Oil prices extended losses, meanwhile, after Saudi Arabia and Russia signalled they could raise output, while Asian stock markets rose on signs that Donald Trump's summit with Kim Jong Un could be back on. Milan's FTSE MIB stock index had a rollercoaster day, starting with a two-percent surge as investors greeted with relief President Sergio Mattarella's veto against the nomination of fierce eurosceptic Paolo Savona as economy minister.
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| China Has Dispatched Warships to Challenge U.S. Vessels Sailing Near Disputed Islands Posted: 27 May 2018 10:25 PM PDT  The Chinese military says it has dispatched warships after U.S. Navy vessels sailed near Beijing-claimed islands in the South China Sea.
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