| Trump spars with Kerry over 'possibly illegal' talks on Iran deal Posted: 07 May 2018 09:14 AM PDT  Former Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday brushed aside President Trump's suggestion that his discussions with the Iranian foreign minister about salvaging the Iran deal are "possibly illegal."
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| Rubin: If the U.S. breaks the Iran Deal, ‘the guardrails are off’ Posted: 06 May 2018 10:43 AM PDT  Opponents of the Iran Deal, such as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton, used similar rhetoric leading up to the Iraq War.
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| Oliver North, Key Player In Iran-Contra Scandal, Named NRA President Posted: 07 May 2018 12:54 PM PDT  Oliver North, a Fox News contributor who was a central figure in the Iran-
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| Toxic gas follows molten lava as erupting Hawaii volcano destroys homes Posted: 06 May 2018 03:50 PM PDT  Residents evacuated from homes threatened by a volcanic eruption spewing lava and gas on Hawaii's Big Island were able to make a quick return visit on Sunday to rescue pets, medicines and essential documents. Authorities said more lava fissures opened overnight in the Leilani Estates area, where lava leapt up to 230 feet (70 metres) into the air. Nine homes had been destroyed, the Hawaii County Civil Defence Agency said. Some of the nearly 2,000 residents evacuated were allowed to go back during a 10-hour window on Sunday to pick up valuables, the agency said on Facebook, so long as conditions permitted. The Lanipuna Gardens neighbourhood remained off-limits due to dangerous volcanic gases. "This is not the time for sightseeing," the agency said on social media, urging others to stay away from the community about a dozen miles (19 km) from where the Kilauea volcano erupted on Thursday. No injuries or deaths have been reported. The southeast corner of the island was rocked by a powerful magnitude 6.9 earthquake on the volcano's south flank on Friday, the strongest tremor since 1975, and more earthquakes and eruptions were forecast, perhaps for months to come. Lava from a fissure slowly advancing to the northeast on Hookapu Street in Leilani Estates, Hawaii Credit: US Geological Survey/HO/AFP Photo Although no significant lava flows have yet formed, additional outbreaks of lava, which can reach temperatures of about 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit (1,150 Celsius), were expected. The rest of the island and state were conducting business as usual with no impact to flights to tourism centers, state officials said. "The area where lava is coming to the surface is very far from resort areas," said George Szigeti, president and CEO of the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Petra Wiesenbauer, owner of Hale Moana Hawaii Bed and Breakfast, evacuated on Friday evening with her two teenage children and pets. Kilauea volcano - Hawaii - locator map "Now we are just trying to make plans for the future," she said. "There is no telling when or if we'll ever be able to go back in." US Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, a Democrat, called on federal officials to quickly respond to needs such as short- and long-term housing and infrastructure repairs. Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes and one of five on the island, has been in constant eruption for 35 years.
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| Gaza's bloody uprising Posted: 08 May 2018 09:15 AM PDT ![Gaza's bloody uprising]( "Gaza's bloody uprising") Italian photojournalist Fabio Bucciarelli has been documenting the protests, and the casualties, for weeks, and filed these riveting, and disturbing, images.
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| Overprotective Raccoon Mama Sends Cops and Firefighters Running Posted: 07 May 2018 12:20 PM PDT  The new mom even bit through the glove of a firefighter.
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| US takes to Chinese social media over 'Orwellian' demand Posted: 07 May 2018 03:40 AM PDT  The United States took to a popular Chinese social media platform Monday to ramp up its criticism of Beijing's demand that airlines list Taiwan as part of China, but the message earned little sympathy on the tightly monitored website. The US embassy posted on its official Weibo account the Mandarin translation of a White House statement that dismissed China's request to foreign air carriers as "Orwellian nonsense".
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| Connecticut To Give Its Electoral College Votes To National Popular Vote Victor Posted: 07 May 2018 04:27 AM PDT  Connecticut's legislature has passed a bill that would give the state's
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| 3 black Airbnb guests questioned by police plan lawsuit Posted: 07 May 2018 04:54 PM PDT ![3 black Airbnb guests questioned by police plan lawsuit]( "3 black Airbnb guests questioned by police plan lawsuit") LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three black people plan to sue a Southern California police department over what they say was an excessive response to a racially motivated 911 call, but police say their officers' response was polite, brief and nothing out of the ordinary.
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| Giuliani Says Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen 'Has No Incriminating Information About The President' Posted: 08 May 2018 09:44 AM PDT  WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's newest lawyer said Tuesday that his
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| Replica Panmunjom village draws tourists after Korea summit Posted: 07 May 2018 06:34 AM PDT  With access to the real DMZ restricted, tourists are flocking to a replica of the border truce village of Panmunjom to re-enact the scene of the leaders of the two Koreas shaking hands. With a low cement block between them marking the "border", they shake hands as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korea's President Moon Jae-in did when they met at Panmunjom on April 27. Many visitors joined hands and hopped over the mock Military Demarcation Line to the "North" and back, re-enacting the scene that was broadcast live.
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| Hawaii volcano eruption latest: Families flee as rivers of lava from Mount Kilauea engulf entire neighbourhoods Posted: 08 May 2018 01:36 AM PDT  People in Hawaii forced to flee a volcanic eruption that has destroyed dozens of homes and other buildings have taken advantage of a brief respite in its activity to rescue their pets and belongings. Rivers of lava from Kilauea have already accounted for entire neighbourhoods, and those of the 1,700 evacuees from the Leilani Estates neighbourhood on Big Island who returned home during the lull on Sunday and Monday to retrieve animals, medication and important possessions were warned to be prepared to flee at any moment. Residents of a second area, Lanipuna Gardens, were barred from returning home on Monday due to the risk of deadly sulphur dioxide gas.
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| Walmart to restrict opioid dispensing at its pharmacies Posted: 07 May 2018 10:36 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Walmart Inc said on Monday it would restrict initial acute opioid prescriptions to no more than a seven-day supply as the retailer aims to curb an opioid epidemic that has plagued the United States. The supply limit will begin within the next 60 days, the company said. In January , Walmart said it would provide its customers filling prescriptions for opioids with a packet of powder that would help them dispose of leftover medication.
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| Leopard snatches and eats toddler at Queen Elizabeth National park in Uganda Posted: 08 May 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Ugandan authorities are hunting for a leopard in Queen Elizabeth National park after it snatched and ate a ranger's three-year-old son. The toddler had been left in the care of a nanny at the unfenced staff quarters of a safari lodge in the park, when he was taken by the leopard on Friday night. Wildlife authority spokesman Bashir Hangi said the child had followed the nanny outdoors. "The maid was not aware the child followed her. She heard the kid scream for help, she intervened but it was too late the leopard had vanished with it in the bush and a search was mounted until we got the skull the next day," he said. "The hunt is on with the intention of capturing the leopard and removing it from the wild because once it has eaten human flesh, the temptations are high to eat another human being, it becomes dangerous," he added. The sun sets over Lake George near Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda, Queen Elizabeth is Uganda's most-visited national park, with tourists flocking to watch leopards roam the Mweya Peninsula, which lies beside Lake Edward. The park also hosts African buffalo, Nile crocodile, lions and chimpanzees. The attack comes just a week after a British safari park owner was attacked by a lion in South Africa. Mike Hodge, 71, suffered a broken jaw after he was mauled in Marakele Animal Sanctuary in Thabazimbi. Mr Hodge had been showing visitors around the park when the big cat charged him and dragged him into some bushes. Video footage of the incident showed terrified tourists screaming for help as the lion mauled its victim. Keepers eventually killed the 10-year-old lion, named Samba, and Mr Hodge was taken to hospital. Two years ago, in South Africa, a year a six-year-old boy was snatched by a leopard at Kruger National park, but the youngster escaped with his life. Kellan Denny was playing with his brother on a wall when the leopard sunk its teeth into his shoulder and dragged him away. Big Cats Worldwide However, the leopard let go of the traumatised boy, allowing his father to rush in and carry him to safety. The incident was the first of its kind in 40 years, according to a spokesman for Kruger National Park.
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| Bank Of America Appears To Flip On Firearm Promise With Loan To Remington Posted: 08 May 2018 04:41 AM PDT  Bank of America has been accused of breaking a promise to stop lending money
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| First look at Uber's flying taxi models Posted: 08 May 2018 05:01 AM PDT  Uber is releasing new information about Uber Air, an ambitious plan to launch a fleet of autonomous flying taxis in two years. Bianna Golodryga gets a first look at the design models that will be on display at Tuesday's Uber Elevate Summit. She also speaks with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Chief Product Officer Jeff Holden.
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| White House story on Trump lawyer retirement challenges credulity Posted: 07 May 2018 07:59 AM PDT  Rachel Maddow questions the White House story that Donald Trump lawyer Ty Cobb's surprise retirement was part of a "planned roll out" when he made no mention of it in an interview he gave just prior to the news breaking.
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| Danish inventor appeals life term over journalist murder Posted: 07 May 2018 08:25 AM PDT  A Danish inventor found guilty of the murder of a Swedish journalist aboard his homemade submarine has appealed his life sentence but is not contesting the verdict, prosecutors said Monday. Peter Madsen "is found guilty in the murder of Kim Wall and has only appealed the length" of his life sentence, Simon Gosvig, spokesman for the Danish prosecutor's office, told AFP. A Copenhagen district court on April 25 sentenced the 47-year-old to life for murdering the 30-year-old journalist, chopping up her corpse and throwing her body parts into the sea in August last year.
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| Jake Tapper Grills Kellyanne Conway: I'd Like Trump To Stop Lying Posted: 06 May 2018 07:39 PM PDT  CNN's Jake Tapper made a simple request during a testy exchange with White
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| Kim Jong Un Secretly Met With Xi Jinping Again Posted: 08 May 2018 05:28 AM PDT  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the
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| Iran says it will fiercely resist U.S. pressure to limit its influence Posted: 07 May 2018 01:24 AM PDT  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday the United States would regret a decision to leave Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and Tehran would fiercely resist U.S. pressure to limit its influence in the Middle East. "If they want to make sure that we are not after a nuclear bomb, we have said repeatedly that we are not and we will not be ... but if they want to weaken Iran and limit its influence whether in the region or globally, Iran will fiercely resist," Rouhani said in a speech broadcast live on state television. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned that Tehran's "fierce reaction to a violation of the nuclear deal with major powers will not be pleasant for America", state TV reported.
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| The Kia Niro EV Makes the Transition from Concept to Reality Posted: 07 May 2018 12:58 PM PDT  Kia Niro EV
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| Senate Candidate Who Praises Adolf Hitler Ejected From California GOP Convention Posted: 07 May 2018 01:12 AM PDT  A California Republican candidate for U.S. Senate who praises Adolf Hitler is ejected from the state's GOP convention.
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| India teen fights for life after being raped, set on fire Posted: 07 May 2018 04:03 AM PDT  A 17-year-old Indian girl was fighting for her life Monday after being raped, doused in kerosene and set alight, the second such case to shake the country this week as it reels from a series of brutal sexual assaults. The two incidents have shone a spotlight on the treatment of rape in India, where authorities are facing renewed pressure to act on sexual crimes after the recent gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl. The cases are some of the most high-profile since the 2012 rape and murder of a student on a New Delhi bus that triggered mass protests.
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| Evacuees rescue valuables from Hawaii volcano lava Posted: 06 May 2018 01:59 PM PDT  By Karin Stanton PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) - Residents evacuated from homes threatened by a volcanic eruption spewing lava and gas on Hawaii's Big Island were able to make a quick return visit on Sunday to rescue pets, medicines and essential documents. Nine homes had been destroyed, the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency said. "This is not the time for sightseeing," the agency said on social media, urging others to stay away from the community about a dozen miles (19 km) from where the Kilauea volcano erupted on Thursday.
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| Police: Temple student called 911 after fatally shot at home Posted: 07 May 2018 10:49 AM PDT  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Temple University student who was found shot to death in his off-campus apartment called 911, telling emergency dispatchers he couldn't breathe, police said Monday.
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| American boy wakes up after being declared brain dead Posted: 07 May 2018 05:52 PM PDT  A teenager in Alabama who was declared brain dead regained consciousness a day before his life support was due to be withdrawn. Trenton McKinley, 13, suffered severe brain trauma in a car accident from which doctors believed he would not recover. His parents were told his organs were a match for five children who needed transplants, and they had already signed the paperwork agreeing to donate them when their son showed signs of life. The teenager suffered seven skull fractures in March when he fell from a car trailer which overturned and crushed his head in Mobile, Alabama. Trenton's mother, Jennifer Reindl, said her son had undergone several rounds of surgery, suffering kidney failure and cardiac arrest. At one point, she was told he would not recover. Trenton faces more surgery as he recovers slowly Credit: Jennifer Reindl/Facebook "He was dead a total of 15 minutes," Ms Reindl told CBS News. "All I saw was a stretcher with his feet. "When he came back they said he would never be normal again." Ms Reindl said added that she agreed to sign donation papers when she was told her son's organs could save five lives. "That also ensured that they would continue to keep Trenton alive to clean his organs for the donation," she said. "The next day he was scheduled to have his final brain wave test to call his time of death, but his vitals spiked so they cancelled the test." His mother called his recovery "a miracle", saying the teenager has been walking and talking and even reading and doing maths. Trenton is now going through a slow recovery process at home. He needs several more rounds of surgery to rebuild his skull and still suffers seizures. He said he believed he was in heaven while he was unconscious. "There's no other explanation but God," he said. "There's no other way that I could have came back."
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| House Dems Reportedly Plan To Release Thousands Of Russia-Linked Facebook Ads Posted: 06 May 2018 11:23 PM PDT  Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee reportedly plan to release
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| Vladimir Putin Takes Oath of Office for Fourth Term as Russian President Posted: 07 May 2018 02:50 AM PDT  Putin won the six-year term in March elections where he tallied 77 percent of the vote
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| White House Prepares To Send Congress $15 Billion Spending Cuts Package Posted: 07 May 2018 06:05 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The White House is preparing to send Congress a roughly $15
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| Elon Musk "super serious" about starting candy company Posted: 07 May 2018 01:00 PM PDT  Perhaps we'll soon see yet another ambitious project from Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk. The outspoken executive recently took to Twitter to announce he's "super serious" about starting...a candy company. Where did the idea for a candy company originate?
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| Holy Matrimony! There Was A Proposal At The Met Gala. Posted: 08 May 2018 06:22 AM PDT  While Monday night's Met Gala, with its celebration of the "Catholic
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| Lebanon PM Hariri says party loses third of seats Posted: 07 May 2018 06:45 AM PDT  Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Monday that his Sunni-dominated political movement had lost a third of its seats in parliament following the country's first general election in nine years. Hariri said the results, which have not yet been officially announced, credit his Future Movement with 21 of parliament's 128 seats, a drop from the 33 it controlled in the outgoing legislature. The Future Movement "has been given a large bloc of 21 lawmakers in parliament," a relaxed-looking Hariri told a large group of local and foreign journalists at his Beirut residence.
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| Skakel prosecutors mulling new murder trial face obstacles Posted: 07 May 2018 01:16 PM PDT  Now that a court has struck down the murder conviction of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, the next step in the decades-long legal saga is up to Connecticut prosecutors, who must decide whether to seek a new trial in the 1975 slaying. As they mull prospects for another guilty verdict they will have to consider a number of new twists that have emerged since Skakel was convicted in 2002 of killing Martha Moxley with a golf club when they were teenage neighbors in the exclusive Belle Haven shoreline section of Greenwich. Skakel, 57, a nephew of Robert F. Kennedy's widow, Ethel Kennedy, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison and spent 11 years behind bars.
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| Exclusive: Conoco moves to take over Venezuelan PDVSA's Caribbean assets - sources Posted: 06 May 2018 07:11 PM PDT  By Marianna Parraga and Deisy Buitrago HOUSTON/CARACAS (Reuters) - U.S. oil firm ConocoPhillips has moved to take Caribbean assets of Venezuela's state-run PDVSA to enforce a $2 billion arbitration award over a decade-oil nationalization of its projects in the South American country, according to three sources familiar with its actions. The U.S. firm targeted facilities on the islands of Curacao, Bonaire and St. Eustatius that accounted for about a quarter of Venezuela's oil exports last year. The company received court attachments freezing assets at least two of the facilities, and could move to sell them, one of the sources said.
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| 4.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Southern California Posted: 08 May 2018 06:48 AM PDT  A 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Palm Springs this morning and could be felt in Los Angeles. A 3.2 magnitude aftershock struck minutes after the quake in the region.
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| Michelle Obama Explains Why People Shouldn't Look To Her To Run For Office Posted: 06 May 2018 02:41 PM PDT  Michelle Obama spoke bluntly to those hoping she will run for political
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| New Range Rover Evoque Seen Abusing Its Tires At The Nurburgring Posted: 08 May 2018 04:11 AM PDT  Attacking the challenging corners of the Green Hell with a small luxury crossover is not something you see every day.
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| Childish Gambino's 'This Is America' Video, Explained Posted: 07 May 2018 12:20 PM PDT  Childish Gambino took the internet by storm this weekend with the release of
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| Putin to begin fourth term, but what happens in 2024? Posted: 06 May 2018 08:37 PM PDT  Vladimir Putin will be inaugurated for a historic fourth term on Monday, extending his almost two-decade rule by another six years after predictably winning Russia's March presidential election. Without constitutional reform, Putin will not be able to run for a fifth time -- Russian law forbids serving more than two consecutive terms. Putin, who will turn 72 in 2024, could decide to leave the Kremlin after 24 years in power, making way for a successor.
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| British man weds bride days after saving her life when crocodile bit her arm off Posted: 07 May 2018 01:50 PM PDT  A British man has described the moment he desperately fought to save his fiancee as her arm was bitten off by a crocodile, five days before they got married. Jamie Fox, 27, wed Zanele Ndlovu in a Zimbabwean hospital. "In one week we went from shock and agony to a truly amazing experience," he said. Fox and his then fiancée, Miss Ndlovu, 25, were canoeing in an inflatable boat on the Zambezi, one of Africa's longest rivers, when they were attacked by a crocodile on April 30. Mr Fox managed to pull his fiancee, a former national tennis player, back out of the water and applied a makeshift tourniquet, but she had lost so much blood it was feared that she may die from the wound. "I was shouting, trying to save her," he said. "She was not complaining of pain when we managed to pull her out of the water, maybe because of the shock. We were hoping the doctors would save her arm but that was not to be." Doctors were unable to save Zenele Ndlovu's right arm Credit: AP Miss Ndlovu was rushed to Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo but lost her right arm and suffered injuries to her left hand. Five days later, they married in the hospital chapel. "We were glad we still had our lives and managed to keep our wedding date, although we had to do with a much smaller venue," Mr Fox added. "The celebrations went ahead at the original venue but Zanele and I had to remain at the hospital." He described the wedding as "incredible". The couple had dated for around 18 months before he proposed in February. The couple are hoping to settle in the UK Credit: Jamie Fox/Facebook It is believed Mr Fox's mother, Jennette, 58, and his sister Sophie, 24, flew over from their home in Orpington, Kent, to attend the wedding. "We are hoping to settle in the UK so we are sorting out her visa and then we will think of the honeymoon," he added. Miss Ndlovu was discharged from the hospital on Monday.
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