| Venezuelan President Blames Alleged Assassination Attempt On Colombian President Posted: 04 Aug 2018 04:54 PM PDT  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was unharmed after an explosion went off
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| Newseum Is Selling 'Fake News' T-Shirts, And Journalists Aren't Happy About It Posted: 03 Aug 2018 12:56 PM PDT  UPDATE: Aug. 4 ― Following an outcry, the Newseum has pulled the "You are very
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| California wildfires claim seventh victim, still spreading Posted: 05 Aug 2018 05:39 AM PDT ![California wildfires claim seventh victim, still spreading]( "California wildfires claim seventh victim, still spreading") By Rich McKay NEW YORK (Reuters) - A seventh person died in a northern California wildfire on Saturday, as a couple of other fast-growing wildfires in the state expanded by more than 25 percent overnight and continued to spread. The White House announced on Sunday morning that U.S. President Donald Trump declared that a major disaster exists in California, a move that makes it easier for residents, businesses, cities and counties to gain access to federal money, food aid and other programs. "Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property loses and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster," the White House said.
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| Five die as Boko Haram attacks Nigerian village Posted: 04 Aug 2018 08:57 AM PDT  At least five people were killed and a village razed in an attack by Boko Haram jihadists in the northern Nigerian Borno state, militia fighting the Islamists told AFP Saturday. Arriving in 10 trucks, the Boko Haram fighters stormed the village of Gasarwa near the garrison town of Monguno late Friday, setting homes on fire. "Five people were killed in the arson, they included two elderly men and three children," Babakura Kolo, a militia leader in the Borno state capital Maiduguri said.
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| Mollie Tibbetts latest: Frustration builds as police stay mum on missing Iowa woman Posted: 04 Aug 2018 08:54 AM PDT  Investigators said they will continue to withhold basic details about the disappearance of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts because they believe it gives them the best chance to solve the case.
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| Man chased by bison in Yellowstone Park after getting out of car to taunt it Posted: 03 Aug 2018 01:43 PM PDT  A man was caught on video being chased by a bison after getting out of his car and taunting the animal at Yellowstone National Park. "The individual's behaviour in this video is reckless, dangerous, and illegal," said the statement posted on Facebook.
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| U.S. actions regarding pastor Brunson disrespectful to Turkey: Erdogan Posted: 04 Aug 2018 03:13 AM PDT  Steps taken by the United States about pastor Andrew Brunson were not suitable for a strategic partner and were disrespectful to Turkey, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. Washington this week imposed sanctions on two Turkish ministers over the case of Andrew Brunson, a U.S. pastor on trial in Turkey accused of backing terrorism. Speaking to the women's wing of his AK Party, Erdogan said he gave orders for assets in Turkey belonging to the U.S. interior and justice ministers to be frozen "if they have any".
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| Trump rallies his base — and his base rallies for him Posted: 03 Aug 2018 12:29 PM PDT  In yet another turbulent week for the White House, the president twice took comfort in his safest of safe spaces: the Trump rally.
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| Report: Schools ran Parkland suspect's education properly Posted: 03 Aug 2018 02:58 PM PDT  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Broward County schools officials in general properly handled the special-needs education of troubled Parkland shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz, according to an independent report released late Friday on the orders of a judge.
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| 'My 600-lb Life' Star James 'L.B.' Bonner Found Dead at Age 30 Posted: 03 Aug 2018 03:24 PM PDT  The reality TV star was a fan favorite and had lost more than half of his body weight.
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| Assassination attempt on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Posted: 05 Aug 2018 09:00 AM PDT ![Assassination attempt on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro]( "Assassination attempt on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro") Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro dodged an apparent assassination attempt when drones armed with explosives detonated while he was delivering a speech to hundreds of soldiers being broadcast live on television, officials said. Caught by surprise mid-speech, Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, looked up at the sky and winced Saturday after hearing the sound of an explosion pierce the air. Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez said the incident took place shortly after 5:30 p.m. as Maduro was celebrating the National Guard's 81st anniversary.
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| Woman Becomes First Person in Denmark Fined for Wearing a Face Veil Posted: 04 Aug 2018 10:27 AM PDT  The 28-year-old woman was asked to either remove the veil or leave the premises
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| It's '100 Percent' On Trump Administration To Locate Separated Parents, Judge Says Posted: 03 Aug 2018 02:55 PM PDT  A federal judge said Friday that the responsibility was "100 percent" on the
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| North Korea criticises 'alarming' US impatience on denuclearisation Posted: 04 Aug 2018 04:44 AM PDT  North Korea on Saturday said the US was acting with "alarming" impatience on the issue of denuclearisation, after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed the need to maintain full sanctions pressure on Pyongyang. The contrasting comments at a security forum in Singapore came after a new UN report showed Pyongyang was continuing with its nuclear and missile programmes and evading sanctions through ship-to-ship oil transfers. At historic talks with President Donald Trump in June, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un signed up to a vague commitment to "denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula" -- a far cry from long-standing US demands for complete, verifiable and irreversible disarmament.
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| No clear motive found for 2017 Las Vegas massacre: sheriff Posted: 03 Aug 2018 12:12 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Police have uncovered no clear motive for the gunman who killed 58 people at outdoor concert in Las Vegas last year, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a sheriff said on Friday. Stephen Paddock, 64, a retired real estate investor, poured gunfire from a sniper's nest in his 32nd-floor Mandalay Bay hotel suite into a crowd of more than 20,000 people attending a music festival in October 2017, then killed himself before police stormed his room. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Joe Lombardo said law enforcement can answer questions as to where, when and how Paddock operated, but had been unable to uncover his exact motive.
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| Disturbing composite photos reimagine ocean pollution Posted: 04 Aug 2018 11:46 AM PDT ![Disturbing composite photos reimagine ocean pollution]( "Disturbing composite photos reimagine ocean pollution") Portuguese artist Paulo de Oliveira's shocking composite images of animals being strangled by discarded nets and gorging on plastic rubbish serve as a stark warning of the damage caused by human waste.
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| Vintage plane crash in Switzerland kills all 20 people on board Posted: 05 Aug 2018 05:44 AM PDT  Twenty people were killed when a vintage aircraft operating a sightseeing flight over Switzerland crashed into the Alps over the weekend. There were no survivors, Swiss police announced yesterday (SUN) as a search and rescue operation was called off. The historic Junckers Ju-52 propellor plane disppeared on Saturday afternoon after taking off from Locarno in southern Switzerland on its way to a military airfield near Zurich. On board were three crew members and 17 passengers aged between 42 and 84 who had paid for the chance to travel on the 1930s-era aircraft. Among the passengers were an Austrian couple travelling with their grown-up son. The rest were believed to be Swiss. Locator: WWII vintage plane crash The wreckage of the aircraft was found 8,330 feet above sea level near Piz Segnas in the remote and rugged mountains of eastern Switzerland. "Based on the situation at the crash site we can say that the aircraft hit the ground almost vertically at a relatively high speed," Daniel Knecht, head of aviation at the Swiss Accident Investigation Board, told a press conference on Sunday The cause of the accident is unclear, but investigators said they could not rule out a link to the current heatwave in Europe. "What we can rule out at this point is a mid-air collision before the crash, either with another aircraft or with some other obstacle such as a cable," Mr Knehct said. There was no indication of any external interference with the flight, he added. Wreckage of the old-time propeller plane Ju 52 Credit: AP Although the Junckers aircraft was almost 80 years old, it was serviced after every 35 hours of flying time and was believed to be in good condition after its most recent service at the end of July. Both pilots were experienced and had flown for regular civilian airlines and the Swiss air force. An investigation into the cause of the crash is likely to be complicated and take considerable time. The historic aircraft was not fitted with a black box or other modern data recording devices that could help explain what happened. The German-made Junckers Ju-52 was first produced in 1932 and was one of the earliest civilian passenger aircraft. During the 1930s it was the most widely used aircraft type in Europe. Affectionaly known in German as Tante Ju, or Auntie Ju, Ju-52s are chiefly remembered in Switzerland for providing a lifeline to parts of the country that were cut off by heavy avalances in 1952. A general view of the accident site of a Junkers Ju-52 airplane Credit: REUTERS The plane involved in the crash was being operated by Ju-Air, a Swiss company that specialises in sightseeing flights using historic aircraft. It had previously been used for tourist flights in Germany. Ju-Air said on Sunday it had suspended all operations until further notice in the wake of the crash. "The Ju-Air team is deeply saddened and our thoughts are with the passengers, the crew and families and friends of the victims," the company said in a statement posted on its website. In a separate incident a family of four were killed when their light aircraft crashed near Lucerne, in central Switzerland, on Saturday. The family was from the local area. Two children were among the dead.
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| 'Gilligan's Island Crew': 7 puppies rescued from uninhabited Canadian island Posted: 03 Aug 2018 01:02 PM PDT  A boater in Canada took action after he happened upon a heartbreaking sight: seven puppies stranded on an uninhabited island in the middle of a lake.
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| Judge Orders Trump Administration To Fully Restore DACA For Young Immigrants Posted: 03 Aug 2018 05:26 PM PDT  A federal judge again ruled against the Trump administration Friday on its
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| Suicide attack kills three NATO soldiers in Afghanistan: official Posted: 05 Aug 2018 02:52 AM PDT  A suicide attack claimed by the Taliban killed three foreign soldiers on patrol in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the deadliest assault on US-led NATO troops for many months. "Three Resolute Support service members were killed by a suicide bomber during a combined, dismounted patrol with Afghan forces in eastern Afghanistan," NATO's Resolute Support mission said in a statement. A US member of the patrol and two Afghan soldiers were wounded, it said, without giving the nationality of those killed.
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| LeBron James Tweets Positive Message To Kids After Donald Trump Attacks Him Posted: 04 Aug 2018 10:27 AM PDT  LeBron James' first tweet after receiving a petty attack from Donald Trump had
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| Bush doctor's killer commits suicide: US police Posted: 03 Aug 2018 10:02 AM PDT  A manhunt in Texas ended Friday with the suicide of the suspect accused of killing the former doctor of ex-US president George H.W. Bush. Mark Hausknecht was killed in broad daylight two weeks ago, while riding his bicycle to work. The 65-year-old cardiologist at Houston's Methodist Hospital treated the former president in 2000 and was considered a preeminent doctor.
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| Mendocino Complex Fire explodes to 5th largest blaze in California history Posted: 05 Aug 2018 08:45 AM PDT  The Mendocino Complex Fire has charred more than 254,000 acres, making it the fifth largest blaze in California's history. Firefighters will continue to face local gusty winds and building heat this week.
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| Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa promises probe of post-election killings, urges unity Posted: 03 Aug 2018 02:03 PM PDT  By MacDonald Dzirutwe and Joe Brock HARARE (Reuters) - President Emmerson Mnangagwa urged Zimbabweans to unite on Friday after he was declared the first elected head of state since Robert Mugabe's removal from power, but the opposition leader insisted he had won and pledged to challenge the result. Sounding a conciliatory note after six people were killed in a post-election crackdown by the military, Mnangagwa vowed to be president for all Zimbabweans and declared his rival Nelson Chamisa would have a vital role to perform in Zimbabwe's future. For a graphic of presidential results, click https://tmsnrt.rs/2LWcHfm The army's clampdown and opposition claims that the vote was rigged revealed the deep fissures in Zimbabwean society that developed during the four-decade rule of Mugabe, when the security forces became a byword for heavy-handedness.
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| NASA Announces New Crew For The Return Of Space Flights From American Soil Posted: 03 Aug 2018 01:03 PM PDT  America, meet your new astronauts.
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| The Latest: JFK's rocking chair sells for $50K at auction Posted: 03 Aug 2018 12:38 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on an auction of iconic memorabilia associated with the late President John F. Kennedy (all times local):
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| NRA Gets Trolled With 'Thoughts And Prayers' Over Reported Financial Woes Posted: 04 Aug 2018 03:32 AM PDT  The National Rifle Association is reportedly falling on hard times.
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| Melania Trump Gets Trolled By Statue Of Liberty Protester For ‘I Don’t Care’ Jacket Posted: 03 Aug 2018 05:53 PM PDT  A Statue of Liberty protester who demonstrated against the Trump
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| Thai cave boys leave Buddhist monastery after honouring dead rescuer Posted: 03 Aug 2018 11:09 PM PDT  The Thai boys freed from a flooded cave in a rescue bid that gripped the world left a Buddhist monastery Saturday, 11 days after ordaining as novice monks to honour a diver who died during the mission to save them. The ordeal of the "Wild Boars" football team dominated global headlines as divers worked round the clock to extract the group from the flooded chambers and twisted, narrow passages of the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand. Eleven of the boys and their coach ordained to "make merit" according to Buddhist ritual for "Sergeant Sam", as the diver is now affectionately known across Thailand.
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| Romania police probe anti-semitic graffiti at Elie Wiesel home Posted: 04 Aug 2018 11:27 AM PDT  Romanian police on Saturday announced a probe into anti-semitic graffiti found on the walls of the house where Nobel Peace prize winner Elie Wiesel was born. "An enquiry is underway to identify those responsible," police spokeswoman Florina Metes said, adding that officers were studying footage from surveillance cameras in the northern town of Sighetu Marmatiei, hometown of Holocaust survivor Wiesel who died in New York in 2016. "This grotesque act represents an attack not only on the memory of Elie Wiesel but on all the victims of the Holocaust," said the national institute for Holocaust studies, which is named after Wiesel.
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| Elizabeth Warren Calls Criminal Justice System 'Racist' While Speaking at Dillard University Posted: 04 Aug 2018 08:23 AM PDT  The potential Democratic presidential candidate spoke about 'the hard truth'
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| California Bank Employees Win Record $543 Jackpot After Buying Mega Millions Ticket on a Whim Posted: 04 Aug 2018 07:08 AM PDT  The 11 Wells Fargo workers will each take home $29 million before taxes.
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| Nasa names astronauts to fly on first private US spaceships Posted: 03 Aug 2018 10:07 PM PDT  NASA named the first nine astronauts who will fly to space on Boeing and SpaceX vehicles in 2019 on Friday - a mix of novices and veterans who are tasked with restoring America's ability to send humans into orbit. These pioneering flights to the International Space Station aboard commercially built crew capsules will be the first leaving US soil to put people into orbit since the iconic space shuttle program ended in 2011. For the past seven years, NASA astronauts have hitched rides to the orbiting outpost on Russia's Soyuz spacecraft - at a cost of some $80 million a seat. "This is a big deal for our country and we want America to know that we are back, that we are flying American astronauts on American rockets from American soil," NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said as he unveiled the crew members in Houston, Texas. An unmanned Boeing flight test is scheduled for later this year, with the first crew on board in mid-2019, NASA said. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine giving remarks during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions Credit: AFP For SpaceX, a demonstration flight with no passengers is set for November 2018, and the first manned flight set for April 2019. Those named for the crew test flights for Boeing's Starliner include NASA shuttle veterans Eric Boe and Christopher Ferguson, along with Nicole Aunapu Mann, a naval aviator who was named a NASA astronaut in 2013 and will be making her first flight to space. "It is going to be a proud moment for America," Mann said. NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann Credit: Barcroft/UPI US President Donald Trumpalso praised the news while giving himself a pat on the back: "NASA, which is making a BIG comeback under the Trump Administration, has just named 9 astronauts for Boeing and Spacex space flights," he tweeted. "We have the greatest facilities in the world and we are now letting the private sector pay to use them," Trump said. "Exciting things happening." "Space Force!" he added, referencing a sixth branch of the military he has called for that would focus on defending US interests. NASA, which is making a BIG comeback under the Trump Administration, has just named 9 astronauts for Boeing and Spacex space flights. We have the greatest facilities in the world and we are now letting the private sector pay to use them. Exciting things happening. Space Force!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 3, 2018 SpaceX's first crew tests will be manned by shuttle veterans Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley. After that, the companies move on to actual missions. NASA "has contracted six missions, with as many as four astronauts per mission, for each company," the agency said. On board Starliner's first mission will be NASA veteran Sunita Williams, a retired Navy captain and experienced space shuttle astronaut, and Josh Cassada, a Navy pilot making his first flight to space. SpaceX's first crew will include naval aviator Victor Glover, also a novice to spaceflight, and shuttle veteran Michael Hopkins. Space exploration | Recent exciting discoveries More astronauts will be announced to join the crews at a later date, NASA said. NASA awarded contracts to Boeing and SpaceX in 2014 as part of its commercial crew program, aimed at helping private industry build spaceships to reach low-Earth orbit. "The goal is to have safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from the International Space Station and foster commercial access to other potential low-Earth orbit destinations," NASA said. The US space agency, meanwhile, is working on building rockets and spacecraft that could allow humans to return to the Moon in the coming decade. Both Boeing and SpaceX are slightly behind schedule when it comes to their crew vehicles. The first manned flights were initially supposed to take place in 2018.
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| FCA Wants To Block Mahindra From Selling Jeep Lookalike In U.S. Posted: 03 Aug 2018 10:31 AM PDT  The Roxor definitely looks a whole lot like a Jeep CJ.
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| Hurricane Hector tracking for close call with Hawaii's Big Island, erupting Kilauea volcano Posted: 04 Aug 2018 11:32 AM PDT  "Small but powerful" Hurricane Hector, currently a Category 3 storm, will pass within 200 miles of Hawaii's Big Island, home to the still-erupting Kilauea volcano.
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| Trump's NYC Hotel Revenue Jumped Thanks To Trip By Saudi Prince: Report Posted: 03 Aug 2018 09:05 PM PDT  Donald Trump's New York hotel enjoyed a nice bounce in revenue this year
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| Chile's Catholic bishops apologize for failing abuse victims Posted: 03 Aug 2018 04:58 PM PDT  Chilean Catholic bishops apologized on Friday for having "failed" victims of sexual abuse and promised to work with prosecutors to prevent a repeat of the crimes dating back five decades. "We failed in our duty as pastors by not listening to, believing, caring for or accompanying the victims of terrible sins and injustices committed by priests and religious lay people," the Church said in a statement at the end of five days of meetings by Chile's Episcopal Conference.
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| Wall Street eyes more gains from Apple, its $1 trillion stock Posted: 03 Aug 2018 12:54 PM PDT  After becoming the first $1 trillion publicly-listed U.S. company on Thursday, Apple last traded up 0.1 pct at $207.57 after falling as low as $205.48 and as high as $208.74, as it oscillated around the $207.0425 price that marked the record market cap. Daniel Morgan, portfolio manager at Synovus Trust in Atlanta, said Apple's lukewarm Friday was a temporary pause for the stock rather than a sign it could lose ground. "It's like the horse that crosses the finish line and says I'm totally wiped out," said Morgan, whose firm holds more than 200,000 shares in Apple.
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| Zimbabwean president talks unity; challenger alleges fraud Posted: 03 Aug 2018 01:28 PM PDT  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The two news conferences embodied Zimbabwe's bitter political divisions: Riot police unsuccessfully tried to scuttle an appearance in a hotel garden by the opposition leader who said the country's election was a fraud, while the president spoke about a "flowering" of freedom and bipartisan unity from a red carpet in an elegant State House building.
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