| Jeff Flake Threatens To Block Judicial Nominations Over Trump's Tariffs Posted: 24 Jun 2018 10:37 AM PDT  Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) warned Sunday that he's prepared to oppose President
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| 15-year-old boy ran away from Texas shelter for migrant children Posted: 24 Jun 2018 08:57 AM PDT  As protests continue over the treatment of migrant families, there are new questions about the safety of children held in shelters as they await reunification with their families.
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| Walgreens Pharmacist Denies Woman Miscarriage Drug Over Personal Morals Posted: 24 Jun 2018 11:50 AM PDT  After receiving word that her unborn baby no longer had a heartbeat, it was
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| Women hit the road after Saudi Arabia’s driving ban comes to an end Posted: 24 Jun 2018 09:02 AM PDT  In a historic change, Saudi Arabia's ban on women drivers has come to an end, meaning women in the country no longer need to rely on drivers or male relatives for transportation.
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| Nearly half of Iowa crude oil spill contained, BNSF says Posted: 24 Jun 2018 01:20 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Workers have contained nearly half of the crude oil spilled near Rock River in northwest Iowa over the weekend following a freight train derailment on Friday, BNSF Railway Co said. About 100,000 gallons had been hemmed off using booms out of the estimated 230,000 gallons spilled, BNSF said in a statement on Saturday. The spill has raised concerns about drinking water downstream.
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| Two Officers Have Been Wounded in a Shootout at a San Diego Condominium Posted: 24 Jun 2018 07:14 PM PDT  The two male officers are expected to recover
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| Jogger Detained For 2 Weeks After Accidentally Crossing Into U.S. From Canada Posted: 24 Jun 2018 12:56 PM PDT  U.S. immigration officials arrested and detained for two weeks a 19-year-old
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| Full Panel: Abolishing ICE new litmus test for Democrats? Posted: 24 Jun 2018 12:50 AM PDT  Kasie Hunt, Erick Erickson, Heather McGhee, and Stephen Hayes join the Meet the Press roundtable to discuss the President's "zero tolerance" immigration policy.
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| Brendan Dassey's Murder Conviction Appeal Denied By Supreme Court Posted: 25 Jun 2018 07:03 AM PDT  The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday to not hear the appeal of Brendan
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| Ivanka Trump: We must foster economic opportunity in Latin America Posted: 24 Jun 2018 10:24 AM PDT  Ivanka Trump said she agrees with liberals and conservatives who think it's important to help encourage stability and spark economic growth throughout Central America and South America — as the United States is engaged in a passionate debate over immigration policy.
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| Kind 15-Year-Old Helps Deaf and Blind Man on Alaska Airlines Flight Posted: 24 Jun 2018 10:41 AM PDT  She made it easier for him to communicate.
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| Erdogan declared winner of Turkey presidential polls Posted: 24 Jun 2018 06:19 PM PDT  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won tightly-contested presidential polls, the election authority said Monday, extending his 15-year grip on power as the opposition complained bitterly about the conduct of the vote count. Turkish voters had for the first time cast ballots for both president and parliament in the snap elections, with Erdogan looking for a first round knockout and an overall majority for his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). The stakes were particularly high as the new president will be the first to enjoy enhanced powers, without even a prime minister, under a new constitution agreed in an April 2017 referendum strongly backed by Erdogan but which opponents say grants autocratic powers.
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| Full King Interview: 'We had the votes' for border wall Posted: 23 Jun 2018 11:33 PM PDT  Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) joins Meet the Press for an exclusive interview to talk about the stalled negotiations with the White House over immigration.
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| Wind-driven wildfires threatened homes in Northern California Posted: 25 Jun 2018 05:25 AM PDT ![Wind-driven wildfires threatened homes in Northern California]( "Wind-driven wildfires threatened homes in Northern California") Wind-driven wildfires destroyed buildings and threatened hundreds of others as they raced across dry brush in rural Northern California. "This is one of four large fires burning in Northern California. Erratic wind and heat gripping a swath of California from San Jose to the Oregon border drove the flames, which were north of the wine country region where devastating wildfires killed 44 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses last October.
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| Celebrations, tears as Saudi Arabia overturns ban on women driving Posted: 24 Jun 2018 10:16 AM PDT  Saudi women celebrated taking the wheel for the first time in decades Sunday as the kingdom overturned the world's only ban on female motorists, a historic reform expected to usher in a new era of social mobility. The much-trumpeted move is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's plan to modernise the conservative petrostate -- but it has been dented by the jailing of female activists who long opposed the driving ban. Women in Riyadh and other cities began zipping around streets bathed in amber light soon after the ban was lifted at midnight, with some blasting music from behind the wheel.
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| 'Deeply Unfortunate Killings' Have Left Dozens of Farmers and Herders Dead in Nigeria Posted: 24 Jun 2018 09:02 PM PDT  Nigeria's presidency late Sunday announced a "deeply unfortunate killings across a number of communities" in central Plateau State as one report cited police as saying 86 people were dead in clashes between mostly Muslim herders and Christian farmers
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| How To Make Ragu, According To Three Real Italian Nonnas Posted: 25 Jun 2018 02:45 AM PDT  Long before ragu was a ubiquitous brand of spaghetti sauce in a jar, it was
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| Ethiopian PM escapes grenade attack, one dead, scores hurt Posted: 23 Jun 2018 01:58 PM PDT  By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed survived a grenade attack on Saturday at a massive rally in support of his push for radical political and economic reforms, including a peace deal with regional arch-enemy Eritrea. Police said six suspects had been detained, without giving details, while state media said nine police officials, including the deputy commissioner of the Addis Ababa Police Commission, were being held over security failings. Despite boasting one of Africa's fastest growing economies, opponents say the benefits have not been shared fairly between ethnic groups and regions in the country, which has been run by the same ruling coalition for more than quarter of a century.
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| Donald Trump Attacks Jimmy Fallon For Expressing Regret About That 2016 Interview Posted: 24 Jun 2018 06:22 PM PDT  President Donald Trump attacked late-night host Jimmy Fallon on Sunday for
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| Zimbabwe blast won't halt election, says Mnangagwa Posted: 24 Jun 2018 07:41 AM PDT  Zimbabwe's presidential spokesman is ruling out an election delay or a state of emergency after an explosion at the president's campaign rally on Saturday that state media called an assassination attempt. George Charamba told the state-run Sunday Mail newspaper that the historic July 30 vote will go ahead as planned despite the blast that occurred shortly after Emmerson Mnangagwa, the president of Zimbabwe, addressed a stadium crowd in Bulawayo, an opposition stronghold. At least 49 people, including both of Zimbabwe's vice presidents, were injured in the explosion that Mr Mnangagwa said occurred just "inches" from him. Dramatic footage showed him walking off the stage and into a crowded tent where the blast occurred seconds later, sending up smoke as people screamed and ran for cover. Mr Mnangagwa was unscathed and later pointed out he'd had numerous attempts on his life in the past, saying he was used to them by now. Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses a rally in Bulawayo Credit: ZINYANGE AUNTONY/AFP/Getty Images No arrests have been reported. Police spokeswoman Charity Charamba told reporters Sunday that investigations continued and a "substantial reward" was being offered for information. She gave no further details and did not take questions. The president "will not be driven by vengefulness or a spirit of retribution," his spokesman told The Sunday Mail. "Until the investigators pronounce themselves and present the evidence for arrest and prosecution, no one should ascribe motive or blame." Mr Mnangagwa shortly after the attack told the state broadcaster, without elaborating, that those responsible must have come from "outside Bulawayo." Profile | Emmerson Mnangagwa He added: "I can assure you these are my normal enemies." Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, condemned the attack. The president has vowed to hold a free and fair election, the first since longtime leader Robert Mugabe stepped down in November under military pressure. Allegations of violence and fraud marked past votes. Mr Mnangagwa, a longtime ally whose firing as Mr Mugabe's deputy after a ruling party feud led to the transfer of power, is under pressure to deliver a credible election that western countries see as key to lifting international sanctions. He has invited election observers from the United States, the European Union and elsewhere for the first time in 16 years. Mugabe rejected Western observers, accusing them of bias.
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| Protesters, Democrats want immigrant families reunited Posted: 23 Jun 2018 05:37 PM PDT  MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — Demonstrators led rallies and protests Saturday to decry the separation of immigrant parents from their children by U.S. border authorities, while Democratic lawmakers said they aren't convinced the Trump administration has any real plan to reunite them.
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| China says United States domestic opioid market the crux of crisis Posted: 24 Jun 2018 10:18 PM PDT  China's drug control agency on Monday said the United States should do more to cut its demand for opioids to tackle the use of synthetic drug fentanyl, but it vowed to step up cooperation after Chinese production of the substance had been blamed for fuelling the U.S. opioid crisis. U.S. President Donald Trump said in November on a state visit to Beijing that China and the United States would do more to stem what he called a "flood of cheap and deadly" fentanyl "manufactured in China" from entering the United States.
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| Father Shot and Killed While Camping With His 2- and 4-Year-Old Girls Posted: 25 Jun 2018 08:48 AM PDT  A father who was shot and killed while camping with his two young daughters has been identified.
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| Discarded napkin helps US police crack 32-year-old murder mystery Posted: 23 Jun 2018 11:53 AM PDT  The mystery of the sexual assault and murder of a US teenager in Washington state has been resolved 32 years after the crime thanks to a discarded napkin, DNA tests and genetic genealogy. Gary Hartman, 66, has been arrested and is scheduled to appear in court Monday on rape and murder charges in the case, which has long shocked the city of Tacoma, in the northwestern US state. It began on March 26, 1986, when 12-year-old Michella Welch disappeared while playing with her two young sisters at a park.
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| Police: Backup Driver in Fatal Autonomous Uber Crash Was Watching 'The Voice' Posted: 23 Jun 2018 01:44 PM PDT  The human backup driver in an autonomous Uber SUV was streaming the television show "The Voice" on her phone and looking downward.
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| James Bond Land Rover Up For Sale Posted: 24 Jun 2018 12:07 AM PDT  A rare opportunity to own your very own Bond vehicle.
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| Trump Attacks Immigration Laws, Calls For Deportations Without Trials Posted: 24 Jun 2018 10:43 AM PDT  President Donald Trump ramped up his attacks on the United States' immigration
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| Brigitte Nielsen Welcomes First Daughter At Age 54 Posted: 25 Jun 2018 05:49 AM PDT  Brigitte Nielsen delivered her first daughter Friday ― more than 23 years
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| The Latest: Iranian protesters confront police in Tehran Posted: 25 Jun 2018 04:42 AM PDT  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Latest on developments in Iran (all times local):
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| NZ Prime Minister Ardern names new-born daughter Neve Te Aroha Posted: 23 Jun 2018 06:16 PM PDT  By Charlotte Greenfield WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Sunday she had named her new-born daughter Neve Te Aroha as she prepared to leave hospital amidst an outpouring of public excitement. Ardern appeared before dozens of reporters and a flurry of camera flashes at Auckland City Hospital in her first appearance since giving birth, thanking the public for their support as her three-day-old daughter slept in her arms. Sleep deprived, but really well," Ardern said.
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| Zsa Zsa, a 9-Year-Old English Bulldog, Named World's Ugliest Dog Posted: 24 Jun 2018 07:16 AM PDT  The competition was held in San Francisco over the weekend.
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| Mourners seek justice in teen's fatal shooting by police Posted: 25 Jun 2018 09:13 AM PDT  SWISSVALE, Pa. (AP) — Mourners displayed signs reading "Justice for Antwon" and "#SayHisName" in the funeral procession Monday for a black Pennsylvania teenager fatally shot by a white police officer as he fled a traffic stop a week ago.
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| Acid pools in Africa that look like a Martian landscape Posted: 25 Jun 2018 04:23 AM PDT ![Acid pools in Africa that look like a Martian landscape]( "Acid pools in Africa that look like a Martian landscape") These stunning images show the beauty and drama of Mother Nature at work. Captured deep in heart of the Danakil Desert in East Africa, the images show the acid pools near the Erta Ale volcano.
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| In Central America, parents deported from US vow to return for children Posted: 23 Jun 2018 04:57 PM PDT  When Ever Sierra arrived back in his native Honduras, deported after trying to enter the US, his eight-month-old daughter's shoes were hanging from his backpack. Sierra planned to try again in a few days. Sierra had left the northern city of El Progreso on January 2 to pursue the American dream.
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| Turkey's Erdogan claims election victory, opposition wary Posted: 24 Jun 2018 03:55 PM PDT  By Ece Toksabay and Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) - Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK Party claimed victory in Turkey's presidential and parliamentary polls on Sunday, overcoming the biggest electoral challenge to their rule in a decade and a half. "Our people have given us the job of carrying out the presidential and executive posts," Erdogan said in a short national address as votes were still being counted. Sunday's vote ushers in a powerful new executive presidency long sought by Erdogan and backed by a small majority of Turks in a 2017 referendum.
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| Trump's Trade Fight With Canada Highlights Two Approaches To Capitalism Posted: 24 Jun 2018 01:09 PM PDT  President Donald Trump's savaging of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
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| Chip And Joanna Gaines Welcome Their Fifth Child, A Baby Boy Posted: 25 Jun 2018 07:53 AM PDT  Chip and Joanna Gaines welcomed their fifth child, a baby boy, on Saturday.
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| Migration 'mini-summit' expected to end in failure amid bitter EU divisions Posted: 24 Jun 2018 03:50 AM PDT  A 'mini-summit' of more than half of the European Union's leaders appears doomed to end in frustration as the EU struggles to contain huge splits among its members over migration policy. German leader Angela Merkel, whose political future is under threat unless she can wrest deals from her European counterparts on migration, has already conceded the mini-summit in Brussels on Sunday will bring no solution to the problem. Mrs Merkel, on a visit to Lebanon on Saturday, also admitted that Thursday's European Council summit of all 28 leaders would not solve the problem either. She is now pinning her hopes on a series of bilateral, trilateral and multilateral deals with fiercely anti-migrant governments in countries such as Italy and Austria. Italy warned the future of the EU was in the balance. The Five Star Movement, which makes up half of Italy's coalition government, said in a statement on Sunday, "At stake is the future of Europe as a political community, along with its values." Under the so-called Dublin rules, asylum-seekers must be processed in the country where they first arrive, usually Mediterranean countries like Italy, Greece and Spain. EU leaders last December set the end of June as a deadline to reform the rules by establishing a permanent mechanism to relocate asylum-seekers throughout the bloc and setting time limits for how long a migrant must be in a country before they cannot be returned to where they first arrived. Q&A | Dublin Regulation There has been a sharp decrease in migrant arrivals since their peak in 2015, when more than one million Syrian asylum-seekers and others entered the bloc. EU cooperation deals with Turkey and Libya, the main transit countries, have sharply cut, at least for now, the flow of migrants. However, Germans are turning against Mrs Merkel's open-door policy to asylum seekers at the height of the crisis and new populist governments in Austria and Italy are taking a hard line against proposed reforms to EU wide migration policy. According to a weekly poll published by Bild on Sunday, Mrs Merkel's warring conservative union currently has its lowest approval rates since last November. While the far-right AfD has reached its highest score ever, with 16 per cent. A different poll published on Saturday found that almost half of Germans want the EU's most powerful leader to quit. Mrs Merkel's interior minister Horst Seehofer, the leader of the CSU, has given her until the end of June to find a European deal to curb new arrivals. If that fails, he has vowed to order border police to turn back migrants, which means many will likely have to return to Italy and Mrs Merkel would be forced to back him or sack him. On Saturday Andrea Nahles, leader of the center-left Social Democrats, accused Mr Seehofer of being a "danger to Europe," whose actions could lead to a "German Brexit". Horst Seehofer and Mrs Merkel in March Credit: Markus Schreiber /AP Markus Soder, the CSU prime minister of the German state of Bavaria, said in comments published on Sunday that he does not want to invite Mrs Merkel to speak at rallies during the upcoming Bavarian election campaign. Instead, he told Welt am Sonntag newspaper that the right-wing Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who is an opponent of Mrs Merkel's refugee policy in the EU, has agreed to speak. This has never happened before in the nearly 70-year history of the Union parties. Mr Kurz warned on Saturday that if Germany turned back migrants, Vienna would reinstate border controls. That is anathema to the European Commission, which is seeking to preserve the EU's passport-free Schengen Zone. EU diplomats warned that if no EU-wide asylum reforms were agreed, Schengen could be sacrificed by governments looking to prevent migrants moving on from Italy and Greece to their countries. "The situation is risky," one diplomat said. Diplomats said the mini-summit, held at the European Commission's Berlaymont headquarters, was "to save" Mrs Merkel. Sebastian Kurz, Austria's youthful chancellor. Credit: Roland Schlager/AFP Austria, Greece, Malta, Bulgaria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Croatia, Slovenia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Luxembourg, Italy, Germany, France and Spain are the 16 countries represented. The four Visegrad countries of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have boycotted the summit and have long been at loggerheads with the EU over the vexed policy of mandatory migrant quotas, which relocate refugees across the bloc. The EU is divided between the richer Northern and poorer Southern countries, as well as between East and West on the issue. Since assuming office several weeks ago, Italy's new populist government has refused to admit foreign-flagged rescue ships packed with hundreds of migrants. Reflecting popular anger over the failure of EU member states for years to shoulder more of the migrant burden, Rome has pledged not to take in one more asylum-seeker. Mrs Merkel only convinced Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to attend the mini-summit by telling him pre-written conclusions had been withdrawn, Italian officials said. The conclusions included calls to speed up returns to countries tasked with processing them, such as Italy. There will no be no written accord at the end of the mini-summit, merely a "summary of the issues" discussed at the meeting of about four and a half hours. Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, has called for a European solution to the migration crisis but was accused of "arrogance" and hypocrisy by Rome after turning back migrants at the French-Italian border. The Five Star Movement, which is in coalition with the hard right League, branded France "public enemy number one". Mr Macron on Saturday said there was no "crisis" of migration in Italy because migrant boat arrivals are down about 80 per cent compared to last year. That is true - the exact figure is 77 per cent, comparing January to June last year with this year - but the Italians say that is not the point - they have taken in 650,000 migrants and refugees in four years and they have had enough. Mr Macron has suggested that countries refusing to take in migrant quotas, such as Hungary and Poland have done, should be fined. Migrants are rescued by staff members of the MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship in the central Mediterranean Sea Credit: Reuters However, he faces domestic and international criticism after failing to offer the Aquarius migrant rescue ship a berth after it was refused permission to land by Italy and Malta. Spain agreed to take in the boat and its new prime minister Pedro Sanchez will make his Brussels debut on Sunday. "If this is not a problem for arrogant President Macron then we invite him to stop with the insults and demonstrate his generosity by opening French ports," said Matteo Salvini, the interior minister and leader of the League. "If French arrogance thinks it can transform Italy into the refugee camp for the whole of Europe, perhaps by giving us a few euros in a hand-out, then he has totally failed to understand the situtation," he added. Mr Macron and Italy support an EU plan for "disembarkation centres", migrant processing operations based outside of the EU. The bloc's migration commissioner admitted earlier this week that not one African country had yet been asked if they would take such a centre on its soil. The mini-summit will also tackle how to strengthen the bloc's external borders, where consensus exists. In a sign of Austria's tough stance, Mr Kurz's defence minister called the EU's border agency's mandate to be expanded to include the deployment of soldiers on the bloc's borders. Meanwhile, there is continuing deadlock in the Mediterranean over two ships with migrants on board. The Lifeline, a rescue vessel run by a German NGO, has been refused entry by both Malta and Italy, with its captain saying he hopes the standoff can be resolved by diplomacy. There are around 225 asylum seekers on board. The Alexander Maersk, a Danish merchant vessel, has around 110 migrants on board and is south of the coast of Sicily. Eritrea migration
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| Australian watchdog appeals to high court on Pfizer's alleged abuse of market power Posted: 24 Jun 2018 11:02 PM PDT  Australia's competition watchdog said on Monday it would appeal to the nation's high court for a ruling on whether Pfizer Inc used its market power to limit competition for its cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) lost an appeal in May in a case alleging that Pfizer had abused its market power by offering big discounts and rebates on Lipitor to pharmacies, which bought large quantities of the drug and agreed to limit re-supply of competing generic atorvastatin products.
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| 2019 Audi RS1 Sportback Leads Rendering Frenzy Posted: 25 Jun 2018 02:42 AM PDT  The hypothetical RS1 is nice and all, but we would rather have an A1 Allroad.
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| Police: 25 injured in building explosion in Germany Posted: 24 Jun 2018 11:50 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — Twenty-five people were injured, four of them severely, during an explosion that destroyed an apartment building in the western German city of Wuppertal, police said Sunday.
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| 'I Definitely Feel Remorse.' Roseanne Barr Breaks Down in Tears in Her First Interview Since Racist Tweet Posted: 25 Jun 2018 06:02 AM PDT  Roseanne Barr is opening up about the racist tweet that caused ABC to cancel the Roseanne reboot.
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| Air strikes kill five as southern Syria assault looms Posted: 24 Jun 2018 11:09 AM PDT  Air strikes on rebel towns in southern Syria killed five civilians and damaged two hospitals on Sunday, a monitor said, in fresh signs of a looming government assault. Russian-backed regime forces have for weeks been preparing an offensive to retake Syria's south, a strategic zone that borders both Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The regime has sent military reinforcements to the area, dropped flyers demanding rebels surrender, and ramped up air strikes in recent days.
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| Singapore says Malaysia must abide by water deal Posted: 25 Jun 2018 04:22 AM PDT ![Singapore says Malaysia must abide by water deal]( "Singapore says Malaysia must abide by water deal") Singapore urged Malaysia on Monday to fully comply with a water-sharing agreement struck in 1962, after Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he was looking to renegotiate it. Mahathir, in an interview with Bloomberg, criticized the agreement in which Singapore can draw up to nearly 60 percent of its water needs from Malaysia at a fixed price, as being "too costly", adding that it was an issue "we need to settle" with Singapore. A spokesperson for Singapore's foreign ministry responded in an emailed statement, saying: "The 1962 Water Agreement is a fundamental agreement that was guaranteed by both governments in the 1965 Separation Agreement which was registered with the UN.
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| Republicans Are Banking On Trump To Save The Senate, Starting With Nevada Posted: 23 Jun 2018 04:59 PM PDT  President Donald Trump and Nevada GOP Sen. Dean Heller's down-and-up
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| Kamala Harris Says Congress Needs To Change ICE, Perhaps 'Start From Scratch' Posted: 24 Jun 2018 09:45 AM PDT  Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said Congress should reconsider the nation's
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| From July 1, Tesla may bill for the in-car internet that's currently free Posted: 25 Jun 2018 06:51 AM PDT  Tesla owners have been enjoying free data connectivity in their vehicles since the Model 2 was launched in 2012. According to a report by Electrek, after obtaining an email between Tesla and its sales team this weekend, the time has come to start charging. From July 1, there will be two packages -- 'Premium Connectivity package' and 'Standard Connectivity package' -- the latter won't come with any additional charge and will provide connectivity for applications requiring low data usage.
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| Transgender rights battle returning to North Carolina court Posted: 24 Jun 2018 07:12 AM PDT  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More than a year after North Carolina undid its "bathroom bill," a legal battle is simmering over a law that replaced it.
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