| Mass shooting at 'Madden' esports tournament reported in Jacksonville Posted: 26 Aug 2018 11:36 AM PDT  A shooting was reported in Jacksonville, Fla., early Sunday afternoon.
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| Pope apologizes for 'crimes' against Irish women, babies Posted: 26 Aug 2018 05:12 PM PDT  DUBLIN (AP) — Pope Francis issued a sweeping apology Sunday for the "crimes" of the Catholic Church in Ireland, saying church officials didn't respond with compassion, truth or justice to the many children and women who were abused over generations.
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| AP WAS THERE: John McCain released after 5½ years as a POW Posted: 26 Aug 2018 09:06 PM PDT  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — In October 1967, John McCain was a 31-year-old Navy lieutenant commander on his 23rd bombing round over North Vietnam when he was shot out of the sky and taken prisoner. McCain, who died Saturday at age 81, was held 5½ years as a prisoner of war.
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| Serena Williams Shared An Airplane Story Parents Can Relate To Posted: 27 Aug 2018 08:09 AM PDT  Serena Williams knows that traveling with a little one is no easy feat.
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| Daughter testifies in Hong Kong 'yoga ball' murder trial Posted: 27 Aug 2018 12:18 AM PDT  The daughter of an anaesthetist accused of gassing his wife and another daughter to death using a yoga ball filled with carbon monoxide described her dead sister as her "soulmate" in a Hong Kong court Monday. Prosecutors have accused Khaw Kim-sun of leaving the inflatable ball in the boot of a car where the gas leaked out and killed his wife and 16-year-old daughter Lily. Khaw, 53, was having an affair and his wife would not grant him a divorce, prosecutors said.
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| Tesla shares dip 3 percent after Musk abandons buyout Posted: 27 Aug 2018 05:50 AM PDT  The billionaire entrepreneur said in a blog post late on Friday that consultations, done with the help of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, had shown most of Tesla's existing shareholders opposed the deal that he proposed on Twitter three weeks ago to widespread shock on Wall Street. Tesla's shares, already down nearly 15 percent from a peak on Aug. 7 when Musk tweeted that he had "funding secured" for a buyout at $420 a share, initially fell more than 5 percent in European and premarket trading in New York. Notes from Wall Street analysts questioned Musk's credibility going forward in the face of a possible investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission into the factual accuracy of an Aug. 7 tweet that funding for the buyout deal was "secured".
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| Multiple fatalities after mass shooting in Jacksonville, Fla. Posted: 26 Aug 2018 01:46 PM PDT ![Multiple fatalities after mass shooting in Jacksonville, Fla.]( "Multiple fatalities after mass shooting in Jacksonville, Fla.") Gunfire broke out Sunday at a Florida mall that was hosting a video game tournament, killing multiple people and sending many others to hospitals, authorities said.
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| Iran's Rouhani under attack from all sides Posted: 27 Aug 2018 03:56 AM PDT  Iran's President Hassan Rouhani is clinging to power but finds himself under attack from all sides -- conservatives, reformists and the street -- as he prepares for a grilling in parliament on Tuesday. The US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers and Washington's reimposition of sanctions have already battered the Iranian economy, and critics say it has exposed the failures of Rouhani's five years in power. For the first time, lawmakers have summoned Rouhani to parliament to face questions over the collapsing value of the Iranian currency, over stubbornly high unemployment and corruption.
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| Jacksonville shooting: 4 killed, 9 injured in Madden tournament shooting, source says Posted: 26 Aug 2018 03:52 PM PDT  One white male suspect is dead at the scene at a restaurant in Jacksonville Landing, Sheriff Mike Williams said, and no other suspects are being sought.
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| The Latest: Pope gets lukewarm reception in Ireland Posted: 25 Aug 2018 04:00 PM PDT  DUBLIN (AP) — The Latest on Pope Francis' trip to Ireland (all times local):
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| 'Crazy Rich Asians' Dominates Box Office For Second Weekend In A Row Posted: 27 Aug 2018 05:35 AM PDT  "Crazy Rich Asians" continued its box office dominance as the top movie in the
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| The Ferrari 488 Pista Spider Has a Rad Stripe Posted: 25 Aug 2018 06:28 PM PDT  Oh, and 710 horsepower. And a folding roof. But also a cool stripe.
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| US strike 'kills Islamic State commander in Afghanistan' Posted: 27 Aug 2018 04:35 AM PDT  A US strike over the weekend killed a senior Islamic State commander in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan and US officials said Monday. The strike in Nangarhar province killed Abu Sayeed Orakzai, a senior leader in the extremist group, according to Shah Hussain Martazawi, deputy spokesman for the Afghan presidency. He said the operation showed the government's "determination to fight terrorism." Lt Col Martin O'Donnell, a spokesman for US forces in Afghanistan, said American forces launched a counterterrorism strike in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday that targeted a "senior leader of a designated terrorist organization." He did not provide further details. "These efforts target the real enemies of Afghanistan, the same enemies who threaten America," he said. An Isil affiliate that emerged in Afghanistan in 2014 has carried out scores of attacks targeting security forces and the country's Shiite minority. Even with US and NATO support, Afghan security forces have struggled to combat Isil and the more well-established Taliban.
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| Donald Trump colours in US flag, gets it wrong Posted: 26 Aug 2018 04:50 AM PDT  Donald Trump has been mocked for colouring in the American flag incorrectly during a visit to a children's hospital in Ohio. The US president was photographed adding a blue stripe to an outline of the star-spangled banner, rather than correctly filling in the 13 alternating red and white stripes, representing the original colonies. Mr Trump was accused of hypocrisy following his attacks on NFL players for failing to respect the flag and kneel for the national anthem before games.
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| Chinese bitcoin mining rig makers aim to raise billions in Hong Kong IPOs: sources Posted: 26 Aug 2018 11:12 PM PDT ![Chinese bitcoin mining rig makers aim to raise billions in Hong Kong IPOs: sources]( "Chinese bitcoin mining rig makers aim to raise billions in Hong Kong IPOs: sources") Three of the world's largest bitcoin mining equipment makers plan to raise billions of dollars with initial public offerings in Hong Kong, even as other companies report plunging demand for the chips needed to make bitcoin and a halving in the price of the cryptocurrency. Nvidia's chief financial officer, Colette Kress, said she anticipated "no contribution" to revenues from cryptocurrency in coming months.
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| 3 Dead, Including Shooter: The Latest on the Madden Tournament Shooting in Florida Posted: 26 Aug 2018 11:58 AM PDT  The shooter was a gamer in the competition
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| Burning in hell: Russian press sheds few tears for McCain Posted: 27 Aug 2018 04:42 AM PDT  Russian pro-Kremlin media pulled no punches on Monday in condemning John McCain, who died of a brain tumour at the weekend, as Washington's "chief Russophobe". McCain, who died aged 81 on Saturday, irked Russia with his support for pro-Western leaders in ex-Soviet Georgia and Ukraine as well as his strong backing for sanctions over Moscow's annexation of Crimea. "McCain became the chief symbol of Russophobia," Rossiya 1 television said, adding that he "couldn't stand Russia's independent foreign policy".
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| Prolific US playwright Neil Simon dead at 91: reports Posted: 26 Aug 2018 09:22 AM PDT  Prolific US playwright Neil Simon, who won more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer, died Sunday aged 91, according to reports. The New York native, who grew up during The Great Depression, passed away from complications related to pneumonia, his longtime friend Bill Evans told ABC News. Much of his work centered on the everyday struggles of the middle-classes, which he used to explore what he called "domestic wars" and inter-family conflict.
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| Son killed in plane crash on trip to spread father’s ashes Posted: 25 Aug 2018 11:06 AM PDT  An Army pilot was killed and his brother injured after their single-engine plane crashed in Massachusetts on a trip to scatter their father's ashes. Linda So reports.
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| 8 people, 6 of them kids, killed in Chicago apartment fire Posted: 26 Aug 2018 12:58 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Eight people, including six children, were killed when a fire broke out before dawn Sunday at a Chicago apartment in one of the deadliest fires in the nation's third-largest city in years, officials say.
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| Deported mother tells of moment five-year-old son was taken from her by Japanese officials - 'I still cannot forget his crying voice' Posted: 26 Aug 2018 10:46 PM PDT  Japanese immigration officials have been accused of forcibly removing a crying five-year-old boy from the lap of his Vietnamese mother before she was deported from the country. The mother was among 46 Vietnamese deported by immigration officials in February for staying illegally in Japan, with members of 12 families reportedly separated as a result. Nguyen Thi Loan Phuong, 46, told Kyodo News agency how her Japanese-born son, aged five, was tearfully removed from her lap in a room at Tokyo Immigration Bureau a week before she was put out on a chartered plane to Hanoi. Speaking in a telephone interview, she said: "My son was crying. I still cannot forget his crying voice." Six months on, her son remains in Japan where he is being looked after by her Vietnamese refugee husband Hoang Van Hiep, 52, who is juggling childcare with night shifts at a noodle-making factory in Gunma Prefecture. Ms Phuong, who was deported from Japan on one previous occasion, reportedly returned to the country eight years ago using her sister's passport, before marrying her husband. Mr Hiep told local media that returning to Vietnam to be with his wife was impossible due to his refugee status while their son only speaks Japanese. "My wife certainly violated the immigration law, but she regrets it," he added. "All I want is just to live with my wife and son." Japan is home to famously strict immigration laws, despite its rapidly ageing population and low birth rate fuelling growing concerns about the nation's shrinking workforce. The recent situation surrounding Vietnamese families has led to accusations of parallels with immigration policies in the United States, where the separation of thousands of children from parents recently led to global condemnation. Motoko Yamagishi, secretary-general of the Solidarity Network with Migrants Japan, told Kyodo News: "On humanitarian grounds, the government should issue a special residence permit to illegal residents who have been living with their families in Japan for a long time."
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| Judge deals major blow to Trump’s attempt to restrict federal unions Posted: 25 Aug 2018 04:37 PM PDT  A US court has overturned key pieces of three executive orders signed by President Donald Trump, handing a major victory to federal employees and the unions that represent them. US District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson ruled that Mr Trump had overstepped his authority in issuing the executive orders, which sought to weaken the power of government unions. "In this court's view, these directives undermine federal employees' right to bargain collectively as protected by [federal law]," the judge wrote.
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| Yemen's Houthis say they fire two missiles at Saudi Arabia Posted: 26 Aug 2018 08:05 AM PDT ![Yemen's Houthis say they fire two missiles at Saudi Arabia]( "Yemen's Houthis say they fire two missiles at Saudi Arabia") DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi group fired two Zelzal-1 missiles in the direction of Saudi Arabian provinces alongside the joint border, the Houthis' Masirah TV said in a tweet on Sunday. The two missiles targeted "gatherings of Saudi soldiers," one in Jizan and the other in Najran, it said. The Saudi armed forces did not confirm the attacks. Saudi Arabia is leading a western-backed alliance of Sunni Muslim Arab states trying to restore the internationally recognized government of Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, ousted from the capital Sanaa by the Iran-aligned Houthis in 2015. ...
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| Pope faces calls for action over abuse 'shame' in Ireland Posted: 25 Aug 2018 12:55 PM PDT  Pope Francis expressed "pain and shame" over the Catholic Church's failure to deal with abuse and met with eight victims during a visit to Ireland on Saturday where the prime minister pressed him to take action. Francis said the "failure of ecclesiastical authorities... adequately to address these repellent crimes has rightly given rise to outrage, and remains a source of pain and shame for the Catholic community. "I myself share those sentiments," he said in a speech in Dublin Castle, speaking alongside Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar.
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| Iran says 'no third party' will limit its support to Syria Posted: 26 Aug 2018 10:17 AM PDT  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Iran's defense minister said Sunday his country will continue its support of the Syrian government to ensure improved security in the region, adding that the nature of the two countries' cooperation won't be decided by a "third party."
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| The 52 Most Delish Taco Recipes Posted: 26 Aug 2018 05:10 PM PDT |
| The 2019 Chevrolet Malibu RS Makes a Virtue of Being Unobtrusive Posted: 26 Aug 2018 09:01 PM PDT  Behind a facelift and a new RS badge hides GM's new continuously variable automatic transmission.
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| Ariana Grande Restarts Performance After Fan Says They Weren't Recording Yet Posted: 27 Aug 2018 07:01 AM PDT  Ariana Grande took a break from making out with Pete Davidson and talking
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| Grandmother pulls out two pythons hiding in barbecue like it's no big deal Posted: 27 Aug 2018 05:36 AM PDT  Snakes. Scary, right? Not so frightened of these creatures was 81-year-old Australian grandmother Faye Morgan, who casually pulled out not one, but two pythons hiding in the barbecue of a Queensland home on Sunday morning. SEE ALSO: At 99 million years old, this baby snake fossil is the first of its kind to be discovered While the rest of us would likely freak out, Morgan didn't flinch one bit as she hauled the snakes from the grill into an awaiting plastic container. "I live for the drama," Morgan says in the video. "Two of them!" According to 7 News, Morgan had spent her whole life on a farm, and so the reptiles didn't really faze her. She had also pulled one from the same spot 18 months earlier, so it's certainly no one-off. While snakes aren't so commonly found in the colder months because they're in a state of semi-hibernation, they'll occasionally wander out if the temperature outside is warm enough. WATCH: Turkey hopes to add its underwater 'Sunken City' to the World Heritage List
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| Russian opposition says Navalny detained outside his home, slightly injured Posted: 25 Aug 2018 11:09 AM PDT  Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained outside his home in Moscow on Saturday for reasons that were not immediately clear, injuring a finger in the process, his spokeswoman said on Twitter. In an interview to radio station Ekho Moskvy, Yarmysh said it was "probably linked" to Navalny's plans to hold protests against the Russian government's unpopular pension reform on September 9. The opposition politician has criticised the planned pension age hike -- a first in nearly 90 years -- that has led to a rare outburst of public anger.
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| Pope Francis meets Irish abuse victims, expresses 'shame' Posted: 25 Aug 2018 11:48 AM PDT  Pope Francis on Saturday met with eight Irish abuse victims after expressing "pain and shame" over the "failure" of Catholic Church authorities to deal with the abuses, the Vatican said. "Pope Francis met early Saturday evening for an hour and a half with eight survivors of clerical, religious and institutional abuse," Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said in a statement. The eight included a victim of Catholic priest Tony Walsh, who abused hundreds of children over a period of nearly two decades before he was finally cast out of the priesthood and imprisoned.
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| The Latest: Woman saved 'saved a lot of lives' from fire Posted: 26 Aug 2018 09:25 AM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on a deadly Chicago fire that killed eight (all times local):
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| North Korea newspaper blasts 'double-dealing' U.S. after Pompeo's trip canceled Posted: 26 Aug 2018 08:46 AM PDT  (Reuters) - North Korea's state-controlled newspaper on Sunday accused the United States of "double-dealing" and "hatching a criminal plot" against Pyongyang, after Washington abruptly canceled a visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Negotiations have been all but deadlocked since U.S. President Donald Trump's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore in June. Pompeo has pressed for tangible steps toward North Korea's abandonment of its nuclear arsenal while Pyongyang is demanding that Washington first make concessions of its own.
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| Driven: Ford Fiesta XR2 Mk2 Posted: 27 Aug 2018 04:25 AM PDT  The Fiesta XR2 was one of the most popular cars of the 1980s, but how does the rally-inspired hot hatchback perform with the rose-tinted spectacles removed?
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| Best Labor Day Deals on Vacuums Posted: 25 Aug 2018 10:11 AM PDT  During Labor Day weekend you can find great deals if you're in the market for a new vacuum cleaner. And if you're already getting into holiday shopping mode, it's also a good time to get on retai...
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| New beer hotel with in-room beer taps and shower beer fridges now open Posted: 27 Aug 2018 04:57 AM PDT  The world's first crowdsourced beer hotel, located inside a working brewery, is now open for business.
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| BMW Mini Cooper (first-generation) Buying Guide Posted: 27 Aug 2018 03:46 AM PDT  First-gen modern Mini Cooper retains much of what made the original so desirable, but it does have issues. Here's what to look out for, before jumping in
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| Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as president of Zimbabwe Posted: 26 Aug 2018 06:24 AM PDT  Emmerson Mnangagwa was officially sworn in as president of Zimbabwe on Sunday after winning a bitterly-contested election which was the country's first since the ousting of strongman Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa, whose victory in the July 30 polls was challenged by the main opposition, pledged to "protect and promote the rights of Zimbabweans" at an inauguration ceremony attended by thousands of supporters at a stadium in Harare. "I Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa swear that as president of the republic of Zimbabwe I will be faithful to Zimbabwe (and) will obey uphold and defend the constitution of Zimbabwe," he said to thunderous applause from a crowd that also included several African heads of state.
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| The Latest: UN refugee chief urges long-term EU solution Posted: 26 Aug 2018 10:24 AM PDT  ROME (AP) — The Latest on Europe's response to mass migration (all times local):
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| Mollie Tibbetts' father wants her to be remembered, funeral draws hundreds Posted: 26 Aug 2018 11:18 PM PDT  A Mass will be held for an Iowa college student less than a week after her body was found in a cornfield outside her small hometown.
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| 40 Cars With The Best Names Ever Posted: 27 Aug 2018 08:00 AM PDT |
| What to Know About the Suspected Jacksonville Madden Tournament Shooter Posted: 26 Aug 2018 07:51 PM PDT  The shooter killed two people before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound
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| Berkshire Hathaway takes stake in Paytm Posted: 27 Aug 2018 09:31 AM PDT  NEW YORK/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc invested 25 billion rupees ($356 million) in the Indian company behind digital payments firm Paytm, according to a source with direct knowledge of the deal, in a foray by the conglomerate into India and the financial payments industry. Billionaire Chairman Warren Buffett's assistant, Debbie Bosanek, confirmed Berkshire's investment in India's One97 Communications Ltd in an email.
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