| Kavanaugh Testified That 'The Drinking Age Was 18.' Not In Maryland When He Was 18. Posted: 28 Sep 2018 06:31 PM PDT  Fending off the accusation that he drunkenly assaulted a 15-year-old when he
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| Democrats In Congress Can Sue Trump Over Constitution's Emoluments Clause: Judge Posted: 28 Sep 2018 04:20 PM PDT  A federal judge ruled on Friday that 200 congressional Democrats have the
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| Parkland survivor Cameron Kasky sets a new political course Posted: 28 Sep 2018 08:45 AM PDT  Cameron Kasky says one of the "biggest problems" is the lack of discussion among those who disagree, and he wants to change that.
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| Iraq 'regrets' US closure of Basra consulate Posted: 29 Sep 2018 03:06 AM PDT  Iraq's foreign ministry voiced "regret" on Saturday over a US decision to shut its consulate in the southern city of Basra which has been rocked by weeks of deadly protests. "The ministry regrets the American decision to pull its staff out of Basra," a statement said. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered all but emergency staff to leave Basra, with consular duties to be taken over by the embassy in Baghdad.
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| Standing By Kavanaugh, Republicans Subscribe To Doppelganger Theory Posted: 28 Sep 2018 02:40 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― In standing by President Donald Trump's pick for the Supreme
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| China tells U.N. it will not be 'blackmailed' or yield to trade pressure Posted: 28 Sep 2018 08:32 AM PDT  The Chinese government's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Friday Beijing would not be blackmailed or yield to pressure over trade and criticized unilateral moves by some states that China believes would bring harm to all.
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| Maddox Ritch's Father Grieves Death of 6-Year-Old: 'I Found Out I'm Not a Dad Anymore' Posted: 29 Sep 2018 05:52 AM PDT  He took to Facebook to post about the tragedy.
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| Canadian MPs vote to strip Aung San Suu Kyi of honorary citizenship Posted: 27 Sep 2018 09:58 PM PDT  The Canadian parliament has voted unanimously to strip Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's civilian leader, of her honorary citizenship after global criticism of her handling of the Rohingya crisis. Ottawa had awarded the symbolic honour, which does not afford Canadian rights or privileges, to the Nobel laureate in 2007 after she endured years of house arrest as a political prisoner. The vote in the House of Commons lower chamber means that she will no longer be a member of an elite group of only five other honorary Canadians, which includes Nelson Mandela, Malala Yousafzai, and the Dalai Lama. The decision, which must still be ratified by the Senate, comes one week after another unanimous vote by Canadian MPs to declare the Burmese military campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority a genocide. The Burmese army is accused of mass killings, rape and arson in a brutal crackdown last year which drove more than 700,000 Rohingya into neighbouring Bangladesh, where they now live in cramped refugee camps. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt meets with members of the Rohingya community in Rakhine State Credit: Ye Aung Thu/AFP A spokesman for Chrystia Freeland, Canada's foreign minister, confirmed to the Globe and Mail that the government supported the motion to revoke Ms Suu Kyi's citizenship in response to "her continued failure to speak out against the genocide of the Rohingya, a crime being committed by the military with which she shares power." Ms Suu Kyi was previously called out by a searing United Nations investigation for failing to use her "moral authority" to prevent violence against the Rohingya minority. The investigation by three independent UN experts, which concludes that Burma's top generals should be tried for genocide, and the case referred to the International Criminal Court, was presented to the UN's Human Rights Council in Geneva last week. The rights body voted on Thursday to set up an independent panel to prepare criminal indictments over the atrocities committed in Burma. Saw for myself in Rakhine that real accountability for atrocities requires this new mechanism to secure the evidence. Burma has been a priority for us here at #UNGA so the decision by @UN_HRC today is great news. Step forward but much more to do. https://t.co/QEpHvhouWh— Jeremy Hunt (@Jeremy_Hunt) September 27, 2018 Thirty-five of the council's 47 members supported a text that mandates the panel to prepare "files in order to facilitate and expedite fair and independent criminal proceedings... in national, regional or international courts or tribunals." Only three countries – China, the Philippines and Burundi – voted against the resolution. Jeremy Hunt, the British foreign secretary, welcomed the decision as a "step forward" for establishing justice. "Saw for myself in Rakhine that real accountability for atrocities requires this new mechanism to secure the evidence. Burma has been a priority for us her at #UNGA so the decision by @UN_HRC today is great news. Step forward but much more to do," he said on Twitter. The military has denied nearly all wrongdoing, justifying its crackdown as a legitimate means of rooting out Rohingya militants.
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| Hundreds killed in Indonesia quake-tsunami Posted: 29 Sep 2018 07:49 AM PDT  Nearly 400 people were killed when a powerful quake sent a tsunami barrelling into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, officials said Saturday, as hospitals struggled to cope with hundreds of injured and rescuers scrambled to reach the stricken region. The national disaster agency put the official death toll so far at 384, all of them in the tsunami-struck city of Palu, but warned the toll was likely to rise. There were also concerns over the whereabouts of hundreds of people preparing for a beach festival that had been due to start Friday evening, the disaster agency said.
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| Photos from Japanese space rovers show asteroid is ... rocky Posted: 27 Sep 2018 11:53 PM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — New photos taken on the surface of an asteroid show that it is (drum roll, please) ... rocky.
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| Deadly earthquake and tsunami kill hundreds in Sulawesi, Indonesia Posted: 29 Sep 2018 09:50 AM PDT ![Deadly earthquake and tsunami kill hundreds in Sulawesi, Indonesia]( "Deadly earthquake and tsunami kill hundreds in Sulawesi, Indonesia") At least 384 people were killed, many swept away as giant waves crashed onto beaches, when a major earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, authorities said on Saturday.
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| The New Yorker's Latest Cover Is A Nod To Brett Kavanaugh, Women Not Being Heard Posted: 28 Sep 2018 02:18 PM PDT  Next week's cover of The New Yorker is an homage to the testimony given by
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| F-35 fighter jet crashes in South Carolina, pilot ejects Posted: 28 Sep 2018 02:16 PM PDT  The pilot, the only person aboard the craft, ejected safely and was being checked for injuries, said a Pentagon spokesman, adding that there were no other injuries. It was a Lockheed Martin F-35B, a short take-off/vertical landing version of the F-35, said a U.S. military official, speaking on condition of anonymity. It was the first crash of an F-35 fighter jet since they became operational in 2006, said another military official, also speaking on the condition of anonymity.
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| Netanyahu, in U.N. speech, claims secret Iranian nuclear site Posted: 28 Sep 2018 05:21 AM PDT  Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Netanyahu showed an aerial photograph of the Iranian capital marked with a red arrow and pointed to what he said was a previously secret warehouse holding nuclear-related material. Netanyahu spoke 4-1/2 months after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the accord, arguing it did too little to rein in Tehran's nuclear ambitions and triggering the resumption of U.S. economic sanctions on Iran.
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| All 47 Passengers Survive Plane Crash in Micronesia: 'It Was Surreal' Posted: 28 Sep 2018 07:47 AM PDT  Seven people who transported the hospital after the crash landing.
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| Search team finds body of skydiving instructor lost in jump Posted: 28 Sep 2018 04:46 PM PDT ![Search team finds body of skydiving instructor lost in jump]( "Search team finds body of skydiving instructor lost in jump") LEBANON, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine on Friday found the body of a skydiving instructor who became separated from his student during a tandem jump.
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| Rival rallies as Erdogan opens mega mosque in Cologne Posted: 29 Sep 2018 09:59 AM PDT  Thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of Cologne Saturday as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened one of Europe's largest mosques at the end of his visit to Germany, with police out in force to manage rival rallies. The inauguration capped a controversial three-day state visit aimed at repairing frayed ties with Berlin after two years of tensions. During his stay in Berlin, Erdogan met twice with Angela Merkel for talks, with both leaders signalling their interest in a cautious rapprochement.
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| DA: Missing woman died instantly in jump from mom's car Posted: 27 Sep 2018 06:03 PM PDT ![DA: Missing woman died instantly in jump from mom's car]( "DA: Missing woman died instantly in jump from mom's car") PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A young mother whose disappearance last month on the way home from a wedding in rural Oregon prompted a days-long search did not wander off but died instantly when she exited her mother's moving car, hit her head on a guard rail and slid down an embankment, a prosecutor said Thursday.
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| 'Boofing' and 'ralphing' and other doubts about Kavanaugh's testimony Posted: 28 Sep 2018 08:58 AM PDT  Kavanaugh veered from the truth, offering explanations that conflicted with evidence or definitions that were unverifiable.
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| U.S. House committee votes to release Trump-Russia transcripts Posted: 28 Sep 2018 09:28 AM PDT  The House Intelligence Committee voted unanimously to send transcripts of 53 interviews to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which will scrub them of classified information before they are made public. Adam Schiff, the committee's top Democrat, told reporters after the meeting that Republicans refused to make some of the most important transcripts public, including interviews with fired FBI Director James Comey and Admiral Mike Rogers, the former National Security Agency director.
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| Trump signs spending bill, averts shutdown threat until December Posted: 28 Sep 2018 12:19 PM PDT ![Trump signs spending bill, averts shutdown threat until December]( "Trump signs spending bill, averts shutdown threat until December") President Trump signed a massive spending bill, providing hundreds of billions of dollars for the Department of Defense.
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| Yankees Pitcher CC Sabathia Gets Ejected, Loses $500,000 Bonus Posted: 28 Sep 2018 09:39 AM PDT  New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia was just two innings away from earning a
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| US wants death penalty for NY truck attack suspect Posted: 28 Sep 2018 03:50 PM PDT  US federal prosecutors on Friday signaled their intention to seek the death penalty against the Uzbek immigrant accused of killing eight people in a New York truck rampage, should he be convicted at trial. Sayfullo Saipov, 30, allegedly drove a rented pickup truck down a mile-long stretch of bike path in Manhattan as children and their parents prepared to celebrate Halloween on October 31, 2017. It was the deadliest attack in New York since the September 11, 2001 Al-Qaeda hijackings brought down the Twin Towers.
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| South Carolina Teen Awakes From Wisdom Teeth Extraction Convinced She's Engaged Posted: 28 Sep 2018 08:58 AM PDT  "I mean, for real? It's my dream ring!"
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| Body believed to be missing 6-year-old found Posted: 27 Sep 2018 01:28 PM PDT  Maddox Ritch, who has autism and does not talk, went missing in a park Saturday.
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| Iran denies Israeli accusation of 'secret atomic warehouse' Posted: 27 Sep 2018 08:39 PM PDT  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran on Thursday of keeping a "secret atomic warehouse" just outside its capital, despite the 2015 deal with world powers that was meant to keep it from obtaining nuclear weapons. Hours later, Iran dismissed the allegation.
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| Adultery verdict is latest progressive ruling by India court Posted: 27 Sep 2018 07:43 PM PDT  NEW DELHI (AP) — The chief justice of India's Supreme Court has presided over a string of recent rulings that grant more rights to women, gay couples and religious minorities, challenging deeply conservative Indian society before he retires next month.
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| Hurricane Rosa to bring high surf, half inch of rain to Southern California Posted: 28 Sep 2018 04:22 PM PDT  There's a hurricane slogging toward the Southern California coastline, but it likely won't bring more than a half inch of rain to the thirsty Southland.
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| Ford describes assault in unwavering testimony Posted: 27 Sep 2018 12:39 PM PDT  In gripping testimony, Christine Blasey Ford tells the Senate Judiciary Committee about Brett Kavanaugh's alleged attempt to rape her.
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| Teacher Acquitted of Having Sex With Student Finds Work as a Waitress Posted: 28 Sep 2018 07:11 AM PDT  She says she is grateful they hired her.
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| Italy's populists challenge EU with plans to boost deficit Posted: 28 Sep 2018 09:26 AM PDT  After tussling with Economy Minister Giovanni Tria for weeks, the four-month old government on Thursday proposed a 2019 deficit that is, at 2.4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), three times the previous administration's target. The rub is that Italy has the largest debt among big European Union economies, at 131 percent of GDP, and it is under pressure from the EU to rein in spending amid fears it could sow the seeds of a new debt crisis in the euro zone. In a move certain to raise hackles with the European Commission, which monitors and enforces EU fiscal rules, the government sees the deficit remaining at 2.4 percent for the next three years, rather than progressively declining toward zero as the Commission's recipe prescribes.
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| Some defend official who said girls 'ruin everything' Posted: 28 Sep 2018 04:26 AM PDT ![Some defend official who said girls 'ruin everything']( "Some defend official who said girls 'ruin everything'") SODDY-DAISY, Tenn. (AP) — Some people are defending a Tennessee high school official who posted a video explaining his ban on athletic shorts, saying "blame the girls, because they pretty much ruin everything."
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| On campus, anger, and shrugs, over Kavanaugh Posted: 28 Sep 2018 08:44 AM PDT  At Kent State in Ohio, some students watched Christine Blasey Ford in the Kavanaugh hearing with anguish or disgust, while others tried not to think about it.
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| The Latest: Hamas hoping, again, to ease Gaza blockade Posted: 29 Sep 2018 05:50 AM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Latest on the Israel-Palestinians conflict (all times local):
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| The Future of Real Estate -- With Fewer Agents? Posted: 28 Sep 2018 01:04 PM PDT ![The Future of Real Estate -- With Fewer Agents?]( "The Future of Real Estate -- With Fewer Agents?") The real estate industry is facing disruption, and not just on one front. New real estate brokerages are offering an alternative to the way agents do business, tech startups are providing more information and ease of access to consumers and professionals, and companies are helping consumers bypass the need for a real estate agent altogether. Some argue that real estate agents will become obsolete, while others believe the way real estate transactions are closed will evolve.
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| Florida Man Who Killed 3 in Crash Will Only Serve 10 Days in Jail: 'I Feel Disrespected,' Says Victim's Mom Posted: 28 Sep 2018 05:21 AM PDT  He was sentenced to serve a night in jail every year on the anniversary of the crash for a decade.
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