| Former Intel Officials Defend John Brennan In Wake Of Revoked Security Clearance Posted: 19 Aug 2018 09:00 AM PDT  Several former intelligence officials have come to the defense of former CIA
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| Irish archbishop urges pope to speak frankly about abuse Posted: 19 Aug 2018 09:41 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The archbishop of Dublin said Sunday he hopes Pope Francis will speak frankly about the "darkness" of priestly sex abuse during his upcoming visit to Ireland, which has been clouded by new revelations of misconduct in the U.S. Catholic Church.
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| 2 strong earthquakes in less than 12 hours jolt Indonesia's Lombok Island Posted: 19 Aug 2018 10:51 AM PDT  As the Indonesian island of Lombok continues to recover from the devastating earthquake earlier this month, two more powerful tremors jolted the island in a span of less than 12 hours to end the weekend.
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| We're Pronouncing Ariana Grande's Name All Wrong, According To Her Grandfather Posted: 18 Aug 2018 02:17 PM PDT  Listen to your elders, or be true to your roots?
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| Israel closes people crossing with Gaza after border violence Posted: 19 Aug 2018 03:09 AM PDT  Israel closed Sunday its only crossing for people with the Gaza Strip except for humanitarian cases after weekend border clashes, the latest tightening of its blockade on the Palestinian enclave despite truce efforts. The move could prevent Gazans from travelling via the crossing for this week's Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, which runs from Monday night until Thursday night, but Israeli officials did not say how long the closure would last. The Palestinian Authority civilian affairs office in the Gaza Strip also confirmed the closure except for medical cases and Palestinians seeking to cross back into the enclave.
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| UK woman rescued after falling from cruise ship in Croatia Posted: 19 Aug 2018 12:26 PM PDT  PULA, Croatia (AP) — A British woman was rescued Sunday after falling from a cruise ship and spending 10 hours in the Adriatic Sea at night, Croatia's coast guard said.
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| Venezuelan migrants' dreams of new life dashed by Ecuador passport rule Posted: 18 Aug 2018 01:03 PM PDT  The 50-year-old mechanic fled Venezuela three days ago. Traveling by bus with his fiance Yenny to the border town of Ipiales in southwest Colombia, Malavolta said he heard on the final leg of the trip that their plan had been ruined. As of 12 a.m. on Saturday, new regulations put in place by Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno prohibit Venezuelans from entering Ecuador without a valid passport.
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| ICE Says Man Detained While Driving Pregnant Wife to Hospital is Wanted for Murder in Mexico Posted: 19 Aug 2018 05:53 AM PDT  Joel Arrona-Lara was arrested for being undocumented while en route to his wife's c-section.
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| Twitter Pummels Rudy Giuliani After He Declares 'Truth Isn't Truth' Posted: 19 Aug 2018 06:34 PM PDT  Rudy Giuliani's stunning declaration on NBC Sunday that "truth isn't truth" as
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| Shots fired at US embassy in Ankara, no casualties Posted: 20 Aug 2018 08:21 AM PDT  Gunshots were fired at the US embassy in Ankara early on Monday, without causing any casualties, Turkish and American officials said as tensions spiked between the two NATO allies. Six shots were fired at the embassy with three bullets hitting the iron gate and exterior wall, the Ankara governor's office said, indicating there were "no casualties". Turkish police detained one suspect in connection with the attack, the state-run Anadolu news agency, without providing any details.
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| Powerful magnitude 8.2 earthquakes strikes near Fiji, no tsunami triggered Posted: 18 Aug 2018 06:24 PM PDT  A powerful 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean near the islands of Fiji and Tonga on Sunday local time.
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| The Taliban Have Taken at Least 100 People Hostage in Northern Afghanistan, Officials Say Posted: 19 Aug 2018 11:01 PM PDT  Women and children were among those seized during an ambush in the country's north
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| Over 2 million Muslims begin annual hajj pilgrimage Posted: 19 Aug 2018 06:30 AM PDT  MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — More than 2 million Muslims began the annual hajj pilgrimage at first light on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, circling the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca that Islam's faithful face five times each day during their prayers.
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| Customers Rally After Yelp Reviewer Calls Cafe's Gay Pride Flag 'Disgusting' Posted: 20 Aug 2018 02:52 AM PDT  An anti-gay review on Yelp that called a restaurant in Dorchester,
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| German prosecutors probe Yazidi woman's claim about IS man Posted: 18 Aug 2018 04:04 PM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors said Saturday they are taking seriously a Yazidi refugee's claim that she ran into her former Islamic State captor twice in Germany, but say they need more information to identify him.
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| US points at China, not Russia, on election meddling Posted: 19 Aug 2018 08:32 AM PDT  US National Security Advisor John Bolton on Sunday singled out China, North Korea and Iran as countries who could possibly meddle in American elections -- as President Donald Trump railed about a probe into Russian interference in 2016. When asked about the tweet, Bolton also mentioned Beijing, which is currently at an impasse with Washington on trade talks.
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| Turkey lifts travel ban on German journalist Posted: 19 Aug 2018 11:55 PM PDT ![Turkey lifts travel ban on German journalist]( "Turkey lifts travel ban on German journalist") Turkey has reversed its decision to ban a German journalist from leaving the country while she awaits trial on charges of being a member of a terrorist organization, the journalist said on her Twitter account on Monday. Mesale Tolu confirmed on her Twitter account German media reports that the travel ban Turkish authorities imposed since she was released from prison in December after eight months in detention had been suspended. "As a result of my lawyer's application, my ban on traveling abroad has been lifted," Tolu wrote on her Twitter account in Turkish.
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| Man killed on Long Island is New York's first lightning death since 2016 Posted: 19 Aug 2018 05:23 AM PDT  A man was struck and killed by lightning in Kings Park on Long Island, New York, on Saturday evening.
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| Angel mom slams media coverage of illegal immigrants Posted: 20 Aug 2018 04:51 AM PDT  Mary Ann Mendoza, whose son was murdered by an illegal immigrant, says victims' stories are being silenced by the press to support their anti-ICE agenda.
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| Tourists go off beaten path on North Korea's sacred volcano Posted: 20 Aug 2018 03:34 AM PDT  MOUNT PAEKTU, North Korea (AP) — Foreign tourists looking to go off the beaten path in North Korea can now camp out on the country's biggest volcano.
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| Elon Musk Responds to Arianna Huffington’s Criticism of Tesla Work Culture Posted: 19 Aug 2018 10:24 AM PDT  The dude needs a nap.
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| Suspect in UK Parliament crash charged with attempted murder Posted: 18 Aug 2018 02:09 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — A driver whose car collided with several people before crashing outside Britain's Parliament has been charged with attempted murder, police in London said Saturday
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| Twitter Roasts Kanye West For Wearing Super Small Yeezy Slides Posted: 20 Aug 2018 08:56 AM PDT  If you thought the Yeezy Mud Rat 500s looked like your dad's lawn mowing
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| Mick Mulvaney Suggests Military Parade Canceled For Reasons Besides Money Posted: 19 Aug 2018 09:26 AM PDT  White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said Sunday that cost wasn't the
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| 15 of the Coolest Obscure Cars You Can Buy Posted: 20 Aug 2018 08:00 AM PDT |
| More bodies found in flooded Kerala as toll hits 370 Posted: 18 Aug 2018 05:45 PM PDT  Rescuers searched submerged villages in southwest India on Sunday in a desperate hunt for survivors after floods killed at least 370 people and drove more than 700,000 from their homes. Entire villages in Kerala have been swept away in the state's worst floods for a century. Thousands remain trapped -- often without food or water -- in towns and villages cut off by the floods, and heavy rain forecast in coming days threatens to compound the disaster.
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| Optimism over easing of US-China trade dispute infects markets Posted: 20 Aug 2018 08:50 AM PDT  Optimism over signs that China and the United States will start working to resolve their trade dispute helped stock markets across the world move higher on Monday. "Equity markets are buoyant ahead of the US-China trade talks which commence on Wednesday," said market analyst David Madden at CMC Markets UK. The talks slated for Wednesday and Thursday are the first since the US and China began slapping tariffs on tens of billions of dollars worth of goods, and according to the Wall Street Journal they are aimed at easing the dispute so US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping can hold a summit in November.
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| German finance minister Olaf Scholz warns of 'German Trump' if pensions reforms not backed by Merkel Posted: 19 Aug 2018 06:57 AM PDT  Germany's finance minister warned that a "German Trump" may seize power as he claimed pension reform is the key to preventing the rise of populism in Europe. "Stable pensions prevent a German Trump. That's why politicians should not shirk this topic," Olaf Scholz, who is also vice-chancellor, said yesterday. Mr Scholz has been pushing for government reforms similar to the UK's triple lock to ensure pension levels remain stable despite inflation. The vice-chancellor has something of a reputation for dullness in Germany, but he insisted the issue has implications that go far beyond his brief as finance minister. "The way I see it is this: globalisation and digitalisation create wealth, but they are also changing our world at a fast pace," Mr Scholz told Bild am Sonntag newspaper in an interview. "Citizens rightly expect us to do everything we can to make sure they live securely. If we do not do that, then the hour of nationalist populism will have struck." Profile | Angela Merkel Mr Scholz has brought pensions centre stage in his quest to carve out new territory for his centre-Left Social Democrat party (SPD), which is junior partner in Angela Merkel's coalition government. Mrs Merkel has agreed to secure pension levels until 2025, but Mr Scholz wants them guaranteed until 2040 and has threatened to make them a major issue in 2021's election. After recording its worst ever results in last year's election, the SPD leadership is desperate for an issue that will allow the party to differentiate itself from Mrs Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU). The SPD has continued to sink lower in the opinion polls, and at times has slipped behind the nationalist Alternative for Germany party (AfD). A new poll showed that the conservatives had lost one percentage point to poll at 30 percent, while the SPD was steady at 17 percent. That means that if Germany voted again tomorrow, the grand coalition would not have enough support to govern. The poll, conducted by the Emnid institute, showed the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party gaining one point to 15 percent, and the pro-business Free Democrats adding one point to poll at 9 percent. But Mr Scholz insisted the SPD leadership was not panicking. "We are in this for the long haul and have to keep cool," he said. "If we show a clear attitude and do the right thing over the long term, the people will feel comfortable with the idea of an SPD chancellor in 2021." The finance minister has also pledged to push for EU reforms to reduce the amount of child benefits Germany has to pay to children living in other member states. Under EU current rules member states have to pay child benefits to anyone who is legally resident, even if their children live in another country. Germany currently pays benefits for more than 260,000 children in other EU countries. Mr Scholz wants the rules changed so the level of benefits is linked to the cost of living where the children are resident.
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| Eight years late, Palestinian mail arrives in West Bank Posted: 19 Aug 2018 06:48 AM PDT  Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are about to receive a special delivery of more than 10 tons of mail that has been delayed by Israel for the past eight years. Postal workers have been sorting through thousands of mail sacks in the West Bank city of Jericho for the past several days after Israeli authorities allowed the entry of the letters and packages from neighboring Jordan. The 10.5 tons of mail had been held in Jordan since 2010 because Israel would not permit direct transfer to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, Palestinian officials said.
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| Ford raffling one-off Mustang Bullitt for diabetes charity Posted: 20 Aug 2018 03:19 AM PDT  Ford is raffling off a unique Kona Blue Ford Mustang Bullitt on November 13 to raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation – here's how to get a ticket
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| Second cardinal withdraws from Ireland congress amid abuse scandals Posted: 18 Aug 2018 01:26 PM PDT  The meeting, a major congress held every three years, will be closed by Pope Francis during the first papal visit in almost 40 years to Ireland where a series of abuse scandals has also rocked the church's standing in the once staunchly Catholic country. The withdrawal from the Dublin event followed a bombshell grand jury report this week that detailed widespread abuse by hundreds of priests in Pennsylvania and a systematic cover-up campaign by their bishops over a 70-year period. Wuerl, who was Bishop for the Diocese of Pittsburgh in western Pennsylvania from 1988 to 2006, has not himself been accused of any wrongdoing against children.
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| Another trial looms for ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort Posted: 18 Aug 2018 04:47 PM PDT  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — As jurors weigh Paul Manafort's fate in a sprawling financial fraud case, the former Trump campaign chairman still has another trial looming in the nation's capital — and prosecutors there have a whole new set of charges and a huge volume of evidence.
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| Venezuela lops five zeros off its currency in bid to tackle hyperinflation Posted: 20 Aug 2018 05:42 AM PDT  Venezuela is launching a new currency that slashes five zeros off the country's fast-depreciating bills, in a bid to tackle the country's accelerating hyperinflation. President Nicolas Maduro has also announced a 3,000 per cent hike in the minimum wage and a rise in the price of fuel to international levels, in changes that will be implemented from Monday.
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| America's Waterways Have a Huge Problem With Contact Lenses Posted: 19 Aug 2018 02:00 AM PDT  All those tiny discs add up.
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| Europe must 'pay price' to save nuclear deal: Iran FM Posted: 19 Aug 2018 01:09 AM PDT  Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Sunday that Europe had not yet shown it was willing to "pay the price" of defying Washington in order to save the nuclear deal. Zarif said European governments had put forward proposals to maintain oil and banking ties with Iran after the second phase of US sanctions return in November. "Although they have moved forward, we believe that Europe is not yet ready to pay the price (of truly defying the US)," Zarif said.
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| Taiwan's president visits Nasa space centre, in a move likely to anger Beijing Posted: 20 Aug 2018 12:37 AM PDT  Tsai Ing-wen, the Taiwanese president visited Nasa's space centre in Houston on Sunday, in a move that indicates deepening ties between Taipei and Washington, but which is expected to infuriate Beijing. The trip to the Johnson Space Centre in Texas marks the first time a sitting leader from the self-ruling island has entered a US federal building in an official capacity, although her presence in Houston and in Los Angeles a week earlier were only brief stopovers en route to Paraguay and Belize. But even short transit stops on US soil have traditionally provoked a sharp response from China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory and has tried to undermine its sovereignty and stepped up pressure on the international community to exclude Taipei from global forums. Taiwan's population of 23 million meanwhile operates like any other democratic nation with its own government, currency, military and foreign policy and the majority of citizens identify as Taiwanese. Only 18 countries, mainly small Pacific islands and Central American nations, have formal ties with the Taiwanese government, however. President Tsai visited the Nasa Johnson Space Centre in Houston Credit: Richard Carson/Reuters The US has not officially recognised Taiwan since 1979, when it shifted its recognition to China's communist government and imposed restrictions on visiting senior Taiwanese officials to keep Beijing on side. Ms Tsai's transit is the first stopover for the Taiwanese president since the US Congress unanimously passed the Taiwan Travel Act earlier this year, allowing US government figures up to cabinet-level security officials to travel to the island and high-level officials from Taiwan to enter the US. Previously US policy did not permit bilateral visits by Cabinet-level officials. But behind-the-scenes, democratic Taiwan has long had influential allies in Washington's corridors of power, with high profile legislators giving a nod to its strategic importance to America's interests in the Pacific region. During her earlier stop in Los Angeles, Ms Tsai met with three senior US politicians, including California Representative Brad Sherman, who called for the president herself to be granted a trip to Washington, reported Politico. Thank you @Astro_Ellen & @AstroIronMike for coming out on Sunday for a behind-the-scenes tour of @NASA_Johnson. Missed @space_station's #Taiwan fly-by by 23 minutes. Look forward to finding ways of how Taiwan can better support international space efforts. pic.twitter.com/QWOuXm761R— 蔡英文 Tsai Ing-wen (@iingwen) August 19, 2018 "I want to see one of the highest level" of visits between the US and Taiwan and that is to "welcome you [Tsai Ing-wen] in Washington DC," he said. Ed Royce, the House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Committee chairman, who also met with President Tsai, praised the "many positive developments in the US-Taiwan relationship this year." He added: "By encouraging more frequent visits between our two peoples and governments, we further strengthen the critical US-Taiwan partnership." Washington has recently called attention to its positive relations with Taiwan amid soaring tensions with China over trade and Beijing's territorial claims in the South China Sea. "We'll never know for sure if this [visit] is because of the Taiwan Travel Act or if it would have happened anyway because the Trump administration, as well as Congress, is filled with very enthusiastic supporters of US-Taiwan relations," said Ross Feingold, a Taipei-based lawyer and political analyst. The hard work of the women & men of @houstonpolice in keeping @iingwen & the #Taiwan delegation safe & secure is tremendously appreciated. Many thanks for going above & beyond during our stopover in #Houston. JW pic.twitter.com/K67dWk4Wld— 外交部 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC (Taiwan) ���� (@MOFA_Taiwan) August 19, 2018 "It's good that President Tsai was welcomed to visit this facility. Does it change what was already a positive trajectory of US-Taiwan relations? Probably not." China would likely react with the "same style of anger and public statements that we have seen throughout any kind of stopover by the Taiwan president," he told The Telegraph. "The fact that it was a federal building doesn't make it unprecedented if China was to do something like cancel bilateral scientific meetings," he said. Regardless of ongoing tensions with Beijing, Taiwan's government was clearly thrilled by the invitation to Nasa. "#Houston, we've to a president! Couldn't be more proud. @iingwen is the 1st leader of #Taiwan to tour @NASA_Johnson during a #US stopover. Thanks @Astro_Ellen for helping realize this milestone moment," tweeted Joseph Wu, the foreign minister. President Tsai also took to Twitter to express her gratitude. "Before we take off, I want to thank everyone involved for making my #Houston stopover a wonderful one filled with good memories. My administration will continue strengthening every aspect of #Taiwan-US relations. Until next time!"
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| Long Lost Mustang Shelby GT500 "Little Red" Prototype Found in Texas Field Posted: 20 Aug 2018 08:02 AM PDT  This notchback coupe served as a test bed for Shelby's go-fast Mustang parts.
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| USA Gymnastics ex-doctor moved from prison after alleged assault Posted: 19 Aug 2018 05:35 PM PDT  Nassar was at a federal transfer facility in Oklahoma City after being removed from a penitentiary in Tucson, Arizona, Federal Bureau of Prisons records showed. Last year, Nassar, 55, was given an effective life sentence by a Michigan court for sexually abusing young female gymnasts entrusted to his care. Nassar's lawyers said in a legal filing last month that the former doctor was assaulted soon after being released into the general population at the medium-security Tucson prison.
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| Right-wing, left-wing protesters face off in Seattle Posted: 18 Aug 2018 07:49 PM PDT  SEATTLE (AP) — Right-wing demonstrators gathered Saturday in Seattle for a "Liberty or Death" rally that drew counter-protesters from the left while dozens of police kept the two sides separated.
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| 2 missing teens found shot to death in field on Far South Side; CPD questioning persons of interest Posted: 20 Aug 2018 09:28 AM PDT  Two teenagers were found shot to death Sunday night in a field on the Far South Side and two persons of interest are being questioned, police said.
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| Business economists say Trump tariffs will harm US: survey Posted: 19 Aug 2018 09:11 PM PDT  Business economists overwhelmingly worry President Donald Trump's trade wars will harm the US economy, according to a survey released Monday. The Trump administration on Thursday is due to impose its latest round of punitive tariffs on China, putting 25 percent duties on another $16 billion in imports, with Beijing poised to retaliate dollar-for-dollar. The twice-yearly survey by the National Association for Business Economics also found respondents were split on December's sweeping tax cuts, but agreed Congress should do more to shrink the expanding budget deficit.
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