| Trump aide Stephen Miller, meet your great-grandfather, who flunked his naturalization test Posted: 20 Jun 2018 01:34 PM PDT  White House aide Stephen Miller, who is behind Trump's harsh position on immigration, had immigrant great-grandparents, including one who flunked his naturalization test on his first try.
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| Samantha Bee: Trump Fixed 'Baby Jails' With The Next-Worst Thing Posted: 21 Jun 2018 04:10 AM PDT  Samantha Bee of "Full Frontal" said she's happy that President Donald Trump
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| Chevrolet unveils all-new Blazer SUV Posted: 22 Jun 2018 02:25 AM PDT  Chevrolet has just unveiled a stunning new SUV called the Blazer. The Blazer looks a little like a cross between a Mazda CX-5 and a Lexus RX. As well as being an absolutely outstanding design, the all-new Chevy Blazer will offer levels of customization normally reserved for small models aimed at a largely youthful demographic.
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| Torture case: 911 audio reveals harrowing details of alleged child abuse Posted: 21 Jun 2018 03:37 AM PDT  A 17-year-old girl, one of the 13 children held captive and tortured by her parents in California, told a 911 operator about the horrors she experienced. ABC News' Diane Macedo reports.
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| Obama: 'Are we a nation that accepts the cruelty of ripping children from their parents' arms?' Posted: 20 Jun 2018 12:17 PM PDT  Former President Barack Obama weighed in Wednesday on the Trump administration's controversial "zero-tolerance" immigration policy that has resulted in thousands of children being separated from their families at the U.S. southern border.
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| Democrats look to gain in Southern California as outrage mounts over family separations Posted: 21 Jun 2018 09:06 AM PDT  Democrats are already plotting about how to motivate and mobilize the 66 percent of voters who oppose Trump's "zero tolerance" policy.
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| Airlines Tell Trump Administration Not To Use Their Flights To Separate Families Posted: 20 Jun 2018 12:07 PM PDT  Several major airlines have asked the government to stop using their flights
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| Migrant Children Drugged Without Consent At Government Centers, Court Documents Show Posted: 20 Jun 2018 01:55 PM PDT  Staff working on the behalf of the Office of Refugee Resettlement are
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| In 2015, a Russian-Built Submarine Might Have 'Sunk' a Navy Nuclear Sub Posted: 22 Jun 2018 04:49 AM PDT  The Virginia-class is orders of magnitude quieter and offers far better sensors and carries more weapons. The newer vessels are far more effective against threats like the Kilo than their Los Angeles-class predecessors. Buying as many Virginias as possible becomes especially important as more and more potential adversaries procure advanced diesel-electric boats like the Kilo or the even more capable Russian-built Amur.
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| Appeals court grants new sentencing hearings for DC sniper Posted: 21 Jun 2018 10:44 AM PDT  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A sniper serving life in prison for terrorizing the Washington, D.C., region as a teenager must get new sentencing hearings in Virginia, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
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| U.S. passengers file suit against Southwest over fatal engine explosion Posted: 21 Jun 2018 12:08 PM PDT  Eight passengers have sued Southwest Airlines Co over a catastrophic engine blowout in April that killed a passenger and injured several others. The plaintiffs, eight passengers from Flight 1380 on April 17 and one passenger's husband, filed suit on Tuesday in the Supreme Court of the State of New York County of New York. Passengers Cindy Candy Arenas, Jaky Alyssa Arena, Jiny Alexa Arenas, Elhadji Cisse, Donald Kirkland, Beverly Kirkland, Connor Brown, and Cassandra Adams, and Cindy Arenas' husband, Joe Leos Arenas, allege that Southwest acted negligently in its responsibilities to maintain and repair its aircraft and aircraft components.
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| NASA's Curiosity rover took a badass Mars selfie during a huge dust storm Posted: 20 Jun 2018 02:19 PM PDT  The dust storm on Mars continues to grow. On Wednesday, NASA announced the storm has progressed from a continent-sized tempest to an event that has engulfed the entire red planet. "The Martian dust storm has grown in size and is now officially a 'planet-encircling' (or 'global') dust event," NASA said in a statement. SEE ALSO: NASA's Opportunity rover braves huge dust storm on Mars as scientists keep watch But a storm can't keep the Curiosity rover down. The space robot, which has been exploring the Martian surface since 2012, took a pretty amazing selfie as the storm was heating up on June 15. That said, NASA's other functioning rover on Mars isn't doing quite as well in the storm. For two weeks, the storm has smothered the Mars Opportunity rover, turning day to night and blocking nearly all light from reaching the robot's solar arrays. A shade simulation of dust blocking out the Martian sun. Opportunity has been experiencing the far right conditions.Image: nasaThe energy-starved machine has been in sleep-mode for the past week, and is no longer communicating with NASA engineers — though, they're hopeful the robot will charge up when the storm dissipates. That said, even if Curiosity experiences near total darkness, it won't lose power like Opportunity. Curiosity, a car-sized rover, runs on nuclear energy. It's unknown how long this dust storm will last, though previous Martian dust storms have persisted for weeks to months. It's also unknown why some Martian storms stay relatively small and die off after a week, while others continue to grow. "We don't have any good idea," Scott Guzewich, an atmospheric scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, said of these storms in a statement. But Curiosity, along with spacecraft orbiting Mars, are now in an ideal position to send information about this progressing dust storm back to Guzewich and other NASA scientists. Mars, though, is an ideal place for dust storms to occur. Unlike Earth, it has no trees and vegetation to keep dirt rooted to the Earth. And Mars' oceans have long since evaporated away, leaving a vast dust-ridden desert at the mercy of the callous Martian winds. WATCH: NASA is attempting to fly a helicopter on Mars for the first time
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| Israel says could get tougher on Gaza after warplanes hit Hamas Posted: 20 Jun 2018 12:47 PM PDT  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel could step up its "intensity" on Gaza, after a new flare-up that saw Israel carrying out air strikes and Palestinians launching rockets and mortar shells. It comes as US President Donald Trump's special envoy Jason Greenblatt and adviser Jared Kushner visit the region to discuss issues including the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. Israeli planes initially targeted three Hamas military positions overnight in Gaza in response to kites and balloons carrying incendiary and explosive devices launched into Israel from the Palestinian territory, the army said.
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| Jeff Sessions Says He Never 'Intended' To Separate Immigrant Families. That's A Lie. Posted: 21 Jun 2018 02:38 PM PDT  Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday that the Trump administration
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| AP Explains: Reunions between Korean families divided by war Posted: 22 Jun 2018 03:55 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korean officials agreed Friday to hold highly emotional temporary reunions in August of families separated since the 1950-53 Korean War. A look at key issues:
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| GOP Senators Accuse National Science Foundation Of Funding Climate 'Propaganda' Posted: 21 Jun 2018 01:10 PM PDT  Four Republican senators this week demanded an investigation of the National
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| Police fatally shoot 17-year-old boy fleeing traffic stop Posted: 20 Jun 2018 07:37 PM PDT  EAST PITTSBURGH, Pa. (AP) — A police officer fatally shot a 17-year-old boy just seconds after he fled from a traffic stop late Tuesday in a confrontation partly captured on video from a nearby home.
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| D.C. Just Voted To End The Tipped Minimum Wage, But The Battle Isn't Over Posted: 20 Jun 2018 01:59 PM PDT  Like most Washington, D.C., residents who headed to the polls Tuesday, Dean
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| Mother of 'Little Jacob' Dumped His Body at the Beach Because He 'Liked The Water': Affidavit Posted: 21 Jun 2018 10:42 AM PDT  The 4-year-old boy's mother and her girlfriend have been charged in connection with his murder.
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| 'WHAT COULD GO WRONG?" Truck driver stopped by police over tangled load of school desks and furniture Posted: 21 Jun 2018 07:15 PM PDT  Before you load up your truck bed, just ask yourself, "What could go wrong?"
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| Melania Trump makes surprise visit to migrant child facility in Texas Posted: 21 Jun 2018 12:11 PM PDT ![Melania Trump makes surprise visit to migrant child facility in Texas]( "Melania Trump makes surprise visit to migrant child facility in Texas") Melania Trump made an unannounced visit to a Texas facility Thursday, talking with children and staff as she got a first-hand look at some of the migrant children sent there by the U.S. government after their families entered the country illegally. The first lady's stop at Upbring New Hope Children's Center came the morning after President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting the practice of separating these families.
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| Israel says Gaza baby's family paid to blame army for death Posted: 21 Jun 2018 10:55 AM PDT  Israel said Thursday it has evidence the family of a baby who died near the Gaza border was paid by Hamas to accuse Israel's army over her death, an account the family rejected. Gaza's health ministry and family members said eight-month-old Leila al-Ghandour had died after inhaling tear gas along the border during a day of clashes in May, in which at least 61 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire.
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| Canada PM pressured to suspend U.S. refugee agreement in face of 'unacceptable' policy Posted: 20 Jun 2018 12:37 PM PDT  OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday the U.S. practice of separating immigrant children from their parents on its southern border was "unacceptable", even as he resisted pressure to suspend a bilateral agreement designating the United States a "safe" country for refugees. Trudeau has been under increasing pressure to suspend the Safe Third Country Agreement, a 2004-era pact under which asylum seekers presenting at a land border crossing in either country are turned back and told to apply for refugee status in the first country they arrived in.
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| 'Star Wars' Director Cheers Fan Campaign To Remake His 'Last Jedi' Film Posted: 21 Jun 2018 03:18 PM PDT  There is a sour group of "Star Wars" fans who really want us to forget about
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| House Passes Symbolic Food Stamp Cuts Posted: 21 Jun 2018 01:21 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― More poor people would have to get jobs in order to keep food
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| Nevada sets 1st execution since 2006 after fight over drugs Posted: 20 Jun 2018 04:32 PM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada plans to carry out its first execution in 12 years using a never-before-tried combination of drugs that drew a court challenge over concerns that a convicted murderer could suffer during the lethal injection.
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| Bruce Springsteen Goes Off-Script, Lambasts ‘Disgracefully Inhumane’ Border Crisis Posted: 21 Jun 2018 12:50 AM PDT  For the past eight months, Bruce Springsteen has wowed crowds in New York with
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| Malaysia reopens probe into Mongolian model's murder as pressure builds on former premier Najib Razak Posted: 21 Jun 2018 05:57 AM PDT  The Malaysian police are set to reopen an investigation into the murder of a Mongolian model in 2006, in a politically charged case that could add to the woes of Najib Razak, the beleaguered former prime minister. Altantuya Shaariibuu, 28, was killed and blown up with military grade explosives in a forest near the capital, Kuala Lumpur, after being kidnapped late at night outside the home of her alleged lover Abdul Razak Baginda - a defence analyst who advised Mr Najib between 2000 and 2008. Two former police officers, Sirul Azhar Umar and Azilah Hadri, were sentenced to death for the crime but reports have alleged that they served as bodyguards for Mr Najib, who was deputy prime minister at the time of her gruesome death. Sirul fled to Australia to seek asylum and is currently being held at a detention centre in Sydney. Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad meets Dr Shaariibuu Setev, father of Altantuya Shaariibuu on Wednesday Credit: Malaysian PM The police confirmed to The Star newspaper that they were reopening their investigations after Shaaribuu's father flew to Malaysia from Mongolia to file a fresh statement. Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia's prime minister, who ousted Mr Najib in a shock election result in May, pledged his support for Setev Shaaribuu's case "if there is new evidence", after meeting with him on Wednesday evening, reported Channel News Asia. Mr Shaaribuu has alleged that the former government tried to block the truth from emerging, and that the true plot behind his daughter's murder was covered up. Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor are facing a corruption probe Credit: Mohd Rasfan/AFP In his statement to the police, he named a former aide to Mr Najib as a "crucial witness." Mr Najib himself has always denied knowing the victim. However, the timing of the case could spell more trouble for the ousted leader, who is currently banned from leaving the country amid another investigation into an alleged multi-billion dollar corruption scandal involving the 1Malaysia Development Berhad state fund, that he earlier founded. In claims made to Reuters on Tuesday Dr Mahathir said that the authorities have "an almost perfect case" against Mr Najib on charges of embezzlement, misappropriation and bribery linked to 1MDB. Mr Najib responded in his first interview since his stunning election defeat, telling the news agency that he knew nothing about money from the state fund appearing in his personal bank account. He claimed his advisors and the management and board of 1MDB had wrongly kept the embezzlement of funds a secret from him. Public anger over the scandal, which US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has described as "kleptocracy at its worst", was a significant factor in his election defeat. Malaysian police seize a huge haul of handbags belonging to Najib Razak's wife Credit: Ariffin Jamar/AFP Mr Najib insisted in the interview that he did not know if hundreds of millions of dollars that moved through his personal account was from 1MDB, and if money from the fund was eventually laundered to acquire assets globally, including yachts, paintings and jewellery. He did shed some light, however, on the origin of dozens of luxury bags that were recently seized by the police from properties linked to his family. The handbags were gifts and wedding presents to his wife and daughter, and had nothing to do with 1MDB, he said. "These were gifts, particularly with my daughter's they were tagged, they were actually labelled: when, by whom," he said. He added that his son-in-law, Daniyar Nazarbayev, the nephew of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the Kazakh president, also gifted many bags to Rosmah Mansor, Mr Najib's wife. "People might find it hard to understand, but my son-in-law for example, he gets Birkin from his source, five or six at one go," he said. "His family has got some means, so it has nothing to do with 1MDB if it comes from Kazakhstan."
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| Obama cyber chief confirms 'stand down' order against Russian cyberattacks in summer 2016 Posted: 20 Jun 2018 01:49 PM PDT  Michael Daniel, Obama White House's chief cyber official testified that proposals he was developing to counter Russia's attack on the U.S. presidential election were put on a "back burner" after he was ordered to "stand down" his efforts in the summer of 2016.
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| The Latest: Hundreds attend funeral for designer Kate Spade Posted: 21 Jun 2018 03:55 PM PDT  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on funeral services for fashion designer Kate Spade (all times local):
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| Turkey gets first F-35 delivery from US Posted: 21 Jun 2018 11:44 AM PDT  The United States delivered Thursday its first shipment of F-35 stealth fighter jets to Turkey, despite tensions with the country and US lawmakers' opposition. American defense giant Lockheed Martin officially transferred possession of the first plane, designed to evade even the most advanced radars, to Turkish officials during a ceremony in Fort Worth, Texas. A second plane is due to be delivered in the coming days and the two aircraft will be brought "at a later date" to Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, where Turkish pilots and maintenance crews are receiving training, said Lieutenant Colonel Mike Andrews, a Pentagon spokesman.
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| Pelosi On Trump's Separation Of Migrant Kids: ‘Come Near Our Cubs, You Got A Problem’ Posted: 21 Jun 2018 03:18 PM PDT  Democratic lawmakers gathered Thursday to discuss the Trump administration's
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| Man Who Refused To Hand Over Immigrant Info To ICE: 'Don't Collaborate With Fascists' Posted: 20 Jun 2018 11:40 AM PDT  A former government employee who quit his job after refusing to hand over
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| How to Fight Off an Attacker While Jogging Posted: 20 Jun 2018 10:53 AM PDT  Security expert Steve Kardian gave Inside Edition some tips on how to stay safe while out for a run.
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| Ericsson needs industries to embrace 5G to underpin its recovery Posted: 21 Jun 2018 06:48 AM PDT  STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) - Ericsson needs a range of industries to embrace 5G network services if the equipment maker is to get a long-term boost that would allow it to progress from cost-cutting to expansion. For now, the Swedish company is focusing on a cost-savings plan running until 2020 to shore up profitability, hoping that growth will then return as the pace of 5G network upgrades picks up early in the following decade. Having struggled with flagging revenue since 4G sales peaked in the middle of the decade, Ericsson is pinning its hopes for revived growth on the emergence of new mobile businesses in 10 broad sectors such as manufacturing, energy and public safety.
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| Asian stocks mostly up despite underlying US-China tension Posted: 20 Jun 2018 10:45 PM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — Asian stock markets mostly rose Thursday as concern fades over the trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Uncertainty remains, but the original tariff threats made earlier in the week were not followed by material action.
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| Sharpton: Migrant Family Separations 'Immoral' Posted: 21 Jun 2018 08:29 AM PDT  Rev. Al Sharpton called the Trump administration's separation of migrant children from their families at the US southern border 'immoral," adding "leaving the damage done is not a solution." (June 21)
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| Melania Trump Visits Texas Shelter For Undocumented Children Posted: 21 Jun 2018 11:13 AM PDT  First lady Melania Trump arrived in McAllen, Texas, on Thursday to visit a
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| We Can Already See The Damage From The Masterpiece Cakeshop Ruling Posted: 22 Jun 2018 05:00 AM PDT  In recent weeks, a lesbian couple in New York City reported that they were
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| Tensions Run High For Republicans As House Heads To Doomed Immigration Votes Posted: 20 Jun 2018 04:20 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― House Republicans are either about to break a policy jam on
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