| Trump Says Russia No Longer Targeting U.S., Rejects U.S. Intelligence Again Posted: 18 Jul 2018 10:38 AM PDT  A day after publicly reaffirming his confidence in U.S. intelligence agencies,
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| CEO Gives Own Car To Young Employee Who Set Out On Foot For Job 20 Miles Away Posted: 18 Jul 2018 05:12 PM PDT  Walter Carr of Birmingham, Alabama, found himself in quite the predicament
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| Girl With Disability Gang-Raped By 22 Men For 7 Months In India, Police Say Posted: 18 Jul 2018 07:53 AM PDT  A young girl with a hearing disability was drugged and gang-raped by at least
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| Best Bites Summer Entertaining: Pina colada cookie cups Posted: 18 Jul 2018 03:07 PM PDT  What screams tropical vacation getaway more than a pina colada? Pina colada
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| Russian warship ‘carrying £100 billion in gold’ discovered off South Korea Posted: 19 Jul 2018 05:19 AM PDT  A South Korean salvage team has discovered the wreck of a Russian warship that was sunk in a naval battle 113 years ago and is believed to still contain a trove of gold bullion and coins worth 150 trillion won, or £100 billion. The Russian Imperial Navy cruiser Dmitrii Donskoi was discovered at a depth of more than 1,400 feet about one mile off the South Korean island of Ulleungdo. Shinil Group, the company behind the discovery, says it is aiming to raise the ship later this year Credit: Shinil Group A joint team made up of experts from South Korea, Britain and Canada discovered the wreck on Sunday and used two manned submersibles to capture footage of the vessel, with the company behind the discovery promising to use a percentage of the money to fund the construction of a railway line linking Russia and South Korea through North Korea. The video includes images of extensive damage to the vessel caused in an encounter with Japanese warships in May 1905, along with cannons and deck guns encrusted with marine growth, the anchor and the ship's wheel. The identity of the 5,800-ton warship was confirmed when the crew of one of the submersibles were able to read the name on the stern. "The body of the ship was severely damaged by shelling, with its stern almost broken, and yet the ship's deck and sides are well preserved", the Seoul-based Shinil Group said in a statement. Launched in St Petersburg in August 1883, the Dmitrii Donskoi was designed as a commerce raider and fitted with both a full set of sails and a coal-fired engine. The ship spent most of its career operating in the Mediterranean and the Far East and was deployed to Imperial Russia's Second Pacific Squadron after the Japanese fleet destroyed the majority of Russia's naval power in the Far East in the opening salvoes of the 1904 Russo-Japanese War. The Dmitri Donskoii was sunk in 1905 during the Russo-Japanese war Credit: Shinil Group The squadron was intercepted by the Japanese fleet in May 1905 and decimated at the Battle of Tsushima. Assigned to protect the transport ships at the rear of the formation, the Dmitrii Donskoi managed to evade the attacking force, but was later intercepted steaming for the Russian port of Vladivostok. Haul: the Imperial Navy Cruiser Dmitri Donskoii sank more than a century ago with - it is thought - 5,500 boxes of gold bars and coins still on board Credit: Shinil Group Around 60 of the 591 crew were killed and further 120 injured before Captain Ivan Lebedev anchored off the island of Ulleungdo and ordered his men ashore. The following morning, May 29, 1905, the ship was scuttled offshore and the crew were taken prisoner by Japanese landing parties. Captain Lebedev later died of his wounds. There are reports that the Dmitrii Donskoi was carrying the fleet's funds and went down with 5,500 boxes containing gold bars as well as a separate haul of 200 tons of gold coins. The gold was being stored in the ship's holds to stop the Japanese seizing it. Shinil Group estimates the gold would have a total value today of £101.3 billion. Half of any treasure found on board will be handed over to the Russian government Credit: Donskoii The company says it is aiming to raise the ship in October or November. Half of any treasure found aboard the vessel would be handed over to the Russian government, the company said, while 10 percent of the remainder will be invested in tourism projects on Ulleungdo Island, including a museum dedicated to the vessel. A portion of the rest of the treasure will be donated to joint projects to promote development in north-east Asia, the company said, such as a railway line from Russia to South Korea through North Korea.
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| President Trump backtracks on Helsinki summit comments Posted: 17 Jul 2018 01:34 PM PDT  24 hours after saying he wasn't sure about U.S. intelligence that said Russians meddled in the 2016 election, President Trump made an about-face and supported intelligence officers.
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| AP Photos: Still going! Hawaii volcano thunders on Posted: 19 Jul 2018 07:45 AM PDT  PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — A tour boat accident has drawn renewed attention to Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, but for Big Island residents the erupting lava has been an ever-present force for more than two months.
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| Elon Musk Apologizes For Calling Thailand Cave Rescue Diver A 'Pedo' Posted: 18 Jul 2018 01:13 AM PDT  Elon Musk apologized to the British cave diver who was the subject of a slew
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| Antitrust Murmurs Underscore Facebook Hearing On Political Censorship Posted: 17 Jul 2018 01:13 PM PDT  In the early days of Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg encouraged his colleagues
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| Suspected Houston serial killer Jose Gilberto Rodriguez arrested after 'cutting off ankle tag' Posted: 17 Jul 2018 12:17 PM PDT  A suspected serial killer wanted in connection with three Houston-area murders has been arrested thanks to a tip from a local resident, authorities said. Forty-six-year-old Jose Gilberto Rodriguez – a registered sex offender out on parole – was arrested on Tuesday, after police say he cut off his ankle monitoring bracelet and engaged in a spree of murders and robberies. Authorities launched a manhunt for Mr Rodriguez on Monday, after identifying him using local mall surveillance footage.
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| Anonymous Donor Pays Tuition For Medical School's Entire Inaugural Class Posted: 18 Jul 2018 01:27 PM PDT  An anonymous $3 million gift will pay for the full tuition of every member of
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| More Americans Are Dying From Liver Cancer, Study Says Posted: 17 Jul 2018 01:17 PM PDT  The rates are up, especially for men and older people
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| Kim's Killers: North Korea’s Legendary Special Operations Assassins Posted: 17 Jul 2018 12:19 PM PDT  A remarkable story from the past.
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| Republican realistic about long odds against Ocasio-Cortez Posted: 17 Jul 2018 01:28 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Republican congressional candidate Anthony Pappas says he knows he has almost no chance of beating rising Democratic star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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| Donald Trump and the tangled tale of the tapes Posted: 18 Jul 2018 03:00 AM PDT  When Donald Trump gets in a jam, caught between his own words and the truth, he likes to allude to the existence of tapes that will exonerate him. But in fact, tapes (audio and video) have more often gotten Trump into trouble than out of it.
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| Las Vegas hotel seeks immunity from lawsuits by shooting victims Posted: 17 Jul 2018 04:13 PM PDT  MGM Resorts International , in lawsuits filed in federal courts in Las Vegas and Los Angeles last week, denied liability for the carnage and trauma of the October 2017 rampage in which 58 people were killed and hundreds of others injured. Since the attack more than 2,500 people have sued or threatened to sue the hotel owners, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Nevada on Friday by MGM Resorts, Mandalay Resort Group, MGM Resorts Festival Grounds and MGM Resorts Venue Management.
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| NYC explosion: Steam pipe blast engulfs Flatiron district in smoke causing traffic chaos Posted: 19 Jul 2018 08:28 AM PDT  A number of high pressure steam pipes have exploded in Manhattan's Flatiron District, blasting a whole through the asphalt of Fifth Avenue. The New York Fire Department has closed a number of roads in Manhattan's Flatiron District, causing disruption to many peoples' morning commutes. There were multiple reports that a number of manhole covers exploded into the air from West 19th Street to West 21st Street.
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| The Latest: 1 released from hospital after Army depot blast Posted: 19 Jul 2018 08:24 AM PDT ![The Latest: 1 released from hospital after Army depot blast]( "The Latest: 1 released from hospital after Army depot blast") LETTERKENNY, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on an explosion at a Pennsylvania Army depot (all times local):
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| Prime Day: 19 Deals Amazon Announced This Morning Posted: 17 Jul 2018 10:49 AM PDT  Get these products in your shopping cart before the high of Amazon Prime Day wears off.
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| Russian spy offered sex for access and was praised for 'upstaging Anna Chapman', US prosecutors claim Posted: 18 Jul 2018 04:01 PM PDT  A flame-haired female Russian student was a Kremlin spy who offered sex as she sought to make influential connections in the US political system, a court heard. Maria Butina, 29, took part in a "years-long conspiracy" to secretly advance the interests of the Russian government in America, it was alleged. Butina appeared in court in Washington on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy, and acting as a foreign agent, which carry a possible 10-year jail term. Dressed in an orange jump suit, and pink training shoes, she showed little emotion and said nothing, taking copious handwritten notes during a lengthy hearing. Judge Deborah Robinson denied bail, saying there was no other way to prevent Butina seeking diplomatic refuge at the Russian Embassy. Maria Butina in a picture from her Facebook page The court was shown an FBI surveillance photograph of Butina having dinner with a Russian intelligence officer at a restaurant called Bistro Bis in Washington. Prosecutors said there were also photographs of her with Sergey Kislyak, the former Russian ambassador. For several years Butina had been studying at American University in Washington, and she also became a high profile pro-gun activist, telling how she learned to hunt wolves and bears in Siberia. In a 29-page complaint, which read like an extract from a spy novel, prosecutors alleged that was a cover story. At one point she had been praised by her Kremlin handler for "upstaging" the former Russian spy Anna Chapman, it was alleged. Maria Butina in a picture from her Facebook page Ms Chapman, a red-haired Russian intelligence agent, was expelled from the US in 2010 and has since become a celebrity in Russia. After a series of news articles were published about Butina's gun activism a Russian official wrote to her: "Good morning! How are you faring there in the rays of the new fame? Are your admirers asking for your autographs yet? "You have upstaged Anna Chapman. She poses with toy pistols, while you are being published with real ones." Through her gun activism Butina had her photograph taken with a string of high profile Republican figures including state governors Scott Walker, Rick Scott and Bobby Jindal, Senator Rick Santorum, and National Rifle Association chief executive Wayne LaPierre. A courtroom sketch depicts Maria Butina, in orange suit listening to her attorney Robert Driscoll as he speaks to Judge Deborah Robinson during a hearing in federal court in Washington, Wednesday, July 18, 2018 Credit: Dana Verkouteren/AP She also asked Donald Trump a question about Russia following his speech at a National Prayer Breakfast event in February last year. In another message she was praised by a Russian official for being a "daredevil" after she shared a photograph of herself near the US Capitol on Mr Trump's Inauguration Day. Butina wrote back: "Good teachers!" Prosecutors alleged Butina developed a relationship with a 56-year-old American. He was named in court only as "Person 1" but US media reported that he was a Republican strategist. In papers seized by the FBI, Butina allegedly "complained about living" with the older man and "expressed disdain for continuing to cohabitate" with him, according to prosecutors. Maria Butina in a picture from her Facebook page It was also alleged that Butina offered another person "sex in exchange for a position within a special interest organisation". The FBI also allegedly found a hand-written note with the words "How to respond to FSB offer of employment". The FSB is the successor to the KGB. In her communications Butina repeatedly referred to a billionaire Russian oligarch as her "funder," prosecutors alleged. Butina was arrested after the FBI suspected she might trying to leave the country. Robert Driscoll, Butina's lawyer, told the court she denied wrongdoing. He said: "There's a completely innocent explanation. She's accused of having dinner at Bistro Bis. She's accused of going to political events. She's accused of going to the Capitol on Inauguration Day."
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| Judge denies motion by Trump ex-campaign chief to move Virginia trial Posted: 17 Jul 2018 03:21 PM PDT  A federal judge in Virginia on Tuesday denied a motion by former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort to move a trial set to start next week from the Washington suburb of Alexandria to the city of Roanoke, Virginia. Manafort had requested a change of venue on the grounds that local publicity about the case would make it hard to get a fair trial. The trial is one of two at which Manafort must defend himself against a number of charges ranging from bank fraud to failing to register as a foreign agent for lobbying work for pro-Russia politicians in Ukraine.
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| Josh Hader's Racist And Homophobic Tweets Surface During All-Star Game Posted: 18 Jul 2018 05:15 AM PDT  Playing in the All-Star Game is supposed to be an honor. But for Milwaukee
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| Mexico's president-elect rebuffed by Zapatista rebels Posted: 18 Jul 2018 09:53 AM PDT  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's leftist President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has been enjoying a honeymoon of sorts even with conservative businessmen, but was rebuffed by the Zapatista rebels.
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| Two children left with bite marks off Fire Island after 'first New York shark attacks' in 70 years Posted: 19 Jul 2018 02:23 AM PDT  Two children have been bitten while swimming in waters off New York state's Fire Island in what are thought to be the state's first shark attacks for 70 years. A 12-year-old girl suffered bite marks "consistent with a large fish" while swimming at Sailors Haven beach and a 13-year-old boy on a bodyboard was taken to taken to hospital following an incident at nearby Atlantique beach, 50 miles east of Manhattan. Paramedics removed a large tooth from the leg of the injured boy, which authorities are waiting for the state's Department of Environmental Conservation to identify.
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| Changing Demographics Are Met With Strict Ordinance In Small Minnesota Town Posted: 17 Jul 2018 12:32 PM PDT  In June 2018, the ACLU sued the city of Faribault, Minnesota for housing discrimination. This comes after the town's City Council enacted a rental ordinance that the ACLU claims is aimed at reducing the number of people of color living in rental housing in downtown and thereby violating the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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| The Navy's Most Deadly (And Expensive) Aircraft Carrier Is Getting Ready for War Posted: 18 Jul 2018 04:45 AM PDT  The Navy will be stepping-up efforts to integrate and prepare weapons systems for its advanced Ford aircraft carrier.
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| Israel adopts controversial Jewish nation-state law Posted: 19 Jul 2018 08:38 AM PDT  Israel's parliament on Thursday adopted a law defining the country as the nation state of the Jewish people, provoking fears it could lead to blatant discrimination against Arab citizens. Others said it neglects to specify equality and Israel's democratic character, implying that the country's Jewish nature comes first. The legislation, adopted by 62 votes to 55, makes Hebrew the country's national language and defines the establishment of Jewish communities as being in the national interest.
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| Barack Obama says that 'men have been getting on my nerves lately' Posted: 18 Jul 2018 08:35 AM PDT  Barack Obama has officially joined the countless women in 2018 who are annoyed by men. On Wednesday, while speaking to leaders of the Obama Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa, President Obama got real about the recent behavior of powerful men, admitting he's straight-up annoyed. Extreme same. SEE ALSO: America's moms, Michelle Obama and Tina Lawson, dancing at Beyoncé concert will cleanse your soul "Women in particular, by the way, I want you to get more involved," Obama said in footage shared by CNN. "Because men have been getting on my nerves lately. Every day I read the newspaper, and I just think — brothers, what's wrong with you guys? What's wrong with us? I mean we're violent; we're bullying — you know, just not handling our business." "I think empowering more women on the continent— that right away is going to lead to some better policies," he continued. Obama voicing his disappointment in men, especially those making front-page headlines, comes after a particularly mortifying week for President Donald Trump. On Monday, Trump publicly supported Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at a joint press conference in Helsinki, Finland, and refused to acknowledge Russia's meddling in the 2016 election. He defended his own comments for a day, and then, after fielding an overwhelming amount of backlash, claimed that he misspoke, Obama also delivered a speech on Tuesday in honor of the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's birth, in which he said that we're living in remarkably "strange and uncertain" times. In that lecture, the former president further touched upon the "head-spinning and disturbing headlines" in the world today, and made several other jokes at the expense of powerful men. As a woman, I'd just like to say with the utmost sincerity: Thanks, Obama. [H/T: The Daily Beast] WATCH: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No. It's an inflatable Trump baby flying around London
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| Woman stabbed to death in front of her two kids Posted: 17 Jul 2018 11:18 AM PDT  A woman was found fatally stabbed in front of her young children Sunday, authorities say.
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| How Trump's Putin Summit Do-Over Mirrors His Charlottesville Response Posted: 17 Jul 2018 02:46 PM PDT  President Donald Trump's attempt on Tuesday to backpedal on his disastrous
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| China heart drug sold globally may have had impurity since 2012 Posted: 17 Jul 2018 10:50 AM PDT ![China heart drug sold globally may have had impurity since 2012]( "China heart drug sold globally may have had impurity since 2012") A common blood pressure and heart drug manufactured in bulk by a Chinese company and sold worldwide may have contained an impurity linked to cancer since 2012, European regulators said on Tuesday. The revelation that the problem likely dates back to changes in manufacturing processes at Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical six years ago suggests many patients could potentially have been exposed to cancer risk. The European Medicines Agency (EMA), which first raised the alarm over the Chinese supplied valsartan on July 5, said it was now working to establish how long and at what levels patients might have been exposed to the impurity known as NDMA.
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| The Latest: California's Highway 1 near Big Sur reopens Posted: 18 Jul 2018 10:52 AM PDT ![The Latest: California's Highway 1 near Big Sur reopens]( "The Latest: California's Highway 1 near Big Sur reopens") BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the reopening of (all times local):
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| Smoke clogs Yosemite Valley as firefighters battle blaze Posted: 17 Jul 2018 11:51 PM PDT  MARIPOSA, Calif. (AP) — Hot and dry weather on Tuesday hindered efforts to slow the growth of a forest fire near Yosemite National Park that killed a California firefighter last weekend, leading some tourists to cut short their visits although all park trails remained open.
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| Report: The New Toyota Supra Will Offer a (BMW) Four-Cylinder Engine Posted: 18 Jul 2018 07:36 AM PDT  It's been confirmed for some time now that the upcoming Toyota Supra will be powered by a turbocharged inline-six, an engine that fits neatly within the Supra lineage-never mind the fact that it's sourced from BMW, which will get a new Z4 from the same architecture. Now, a new report from Road & Track suggests that Toyota's new sports car additionally will offer a cheaper four-cylinder variant with a 2.0-liter turbo four that also comes from Bavaria. The intel comes from an internal document from the transmission supplier ZF, which enumerates various powertrain details for the new Supra, code-named A90.
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| Gaza and Israel Are at Another Impasse Posted: 18 Jul 2018 05:02 PM PDT  The extremes of accommodation and confrontation make it difficult for Israel to carry out its strategy.
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| Champagne as historic commercial flight links Ethiopia and Eritrea Posted: 18 Jul 2018 07:47 AM PDT  Ethiopia and Eritrea on Wednesday resumed commercial airline flights for the first time in two decades, with emotions spilling over into the aisles and onto the tarmac as families were reunited. Two flights left Addis Ababa within minutes of each other and an hour and a half later touched down in the Eritrean capital Asmara, in the latest phase of a whirlwind peace process between the former foes that began just six weeks ago. An AFP journalist on one of the flights reported passengers singing and dancing in the aisles, overwhelming flight attendants, before falling into the arms of long-lost family members upon their arrival.
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| Judge Denies Bail To Alleged Russian Agent Maria Butina Posted: 18 Jul 2018 10:35 AM PDT  A federal judge on Wednesday denied bail to Maria Butina, the 29-year-old
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| Queen Elizabeth May Have Thrown Some Subtle Shade At Trump During His U.K. Visit Posted: 18 Jul 2018 03:46 AM PDT  Did Queen Elizabeth, the 92-year-old monarch of the United Kingdom, throw some
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| Texas executes man for 2004 slaying of store owner Posted: 17 Jul 2018 06:21 PM PDT  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas prisoner was executed Tuesday evening for the fatal shooting of a San Antonio convenience store owner after courts turned down appeals that the state parole board improperly rejected the inmate's clemency request because he's black.
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