| Progressives Turn Their Anger On Chuck Schumer Over Brett Kavanaugh Hearing Posted: 05 Sep 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Progressive groups are becoming increasingly frustrated with Senate Minority
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| Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Overruled Staff On Alex Jones Ban: Report Posted: 03 Sep 2018 08:17 PM PDT  Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey overrode staff recommendations last month and
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| Top U.S. general warns against major assault on Syria's Idlib Posted: 04 Sep 2018 07:31 AM PDT  The northern province and surrounding areas are the last major swathe of territory held by insurgents fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has been backed by both Russian and Iranian forces in Syria's seven-year-old civil war. Marine General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there was no doubt about the risks to civilians given Idlib's terrain and difficult operating environment. "We don't see any way that significant military operations are going to be beneficial to the people of Syria," Dunford told reporters during a trip to Athens.
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| Chris Watts Put Under Suicide Watch as He Awaits Trial in Killings of Wife, Daughters: Report Posted: 05 Sep 2018 07:13 AM PDT  Watts is under close watch protocol at Weld County Jail, during which he must be checked on every 10 to 15 minutes to ensure his well-being.
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| Chicago mayor will not seek re-election Posted: 04 Sep 2018 09:44 AM PDT  Rahm Emanuel made the announcement at a City Hall press conference on Tuesday morning.
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| 14 Cars That Are Better Without a Manual Gearbox Posted: 05 Sep 2018 08:00 AM PDT |
| Elon Musk Reveals When Tesla Autopilot's Big 9.0 Update Will Reach Cars Posted: 05 Sep 2018 02:55 AM PDT  It's nearly here.
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| Republicans Act Like They're Powerless To Stop Trump's Attacks On The Justice System Posted: 04 Sep 2018 05:08 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The president of the United States has, in recent days,
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| Google A No-Show As Facebook, Twitter Executives Testify To Senate Panel Posted: 05 Sep 2018 09:30 AM PDT  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg appeared at a Senate
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| Chemical weapons watchdog confirms UK nerve agent findings Posted: 04 Sep 2018 11:22 AM PDT ![Chemical weapons watchdog confirms UK nerve agent findings]( "Chemical weapons watchdog confirms UK nerve agent findings") THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The global chemical weapons watchdog on Tuesday confirmed findings by British authorities that the Novichok nerve agent killed one person and sickened another in the English town of Amesbury in June.
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| Mueller will accept Trump's written responses as first step: source Posted: 04 Sep 2018 05:06 PM PDT ![Mueller will accept Trump's written responses as first step: source]( "Mueller will accept Trump's written responses as first step: source") Mueller's offer to accept written responses from Trump on questions about possible collusion was contained in a letter that Trump's lawyers received on Friday, the person said. Trump's legal team and Mueller's investigators have been negotiating for months over whether Trump will be formally interviewed in the probe. After receiving the written responses, Mueller's investigators would decide on a next step, which could include an interview with Trump, the person said.
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| Papa John’s Fired Its CEO. 14 Years Ago, It Fired Me. Posted: 05 Sep 2018 02:45 AM PDT  Getting fired from Papa John's is a humbling experience. As its former CEO can
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| Japan begins clean-up after typhoon kills 11; major airport closed Posted: 05 Sep 2018 03:34 AM PDT  About 3,000 tourists were stuck overnight at Kansai Airport in western Japan, an important hub for companies exporting semiconductors built on reclaimed land on a bay near Osaka and connected to the mainland by a bridge that was damaged when a tanker slammed into it during the storm. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Wednesday afternoon about 470 people were injured. It was uncertain when the airport would reopen and some roads and train lines in the affected areas were still closed, he said.
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| All-Electric 2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC Latest Challenge to Tesla Posted: 04 Sep 2018 05:06 PM PDT  Mercedes-Benz unveiled its new electric-focused EQ sub-brand and showcased its first model, the EQC SUV, at an event in Stockholm. The EQC is the latest European luxury-branded electric vehicle s...
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| Haqqani network founder has died, Afghan Taliban says Posted: 03 Sep 2018 08:49 PM PDT  The founder of the Haqqani network who was feted by America as an anti-Soviet Afghan resistance hero in the 1980s only to become one of its most wanted enemies has died. Jalaluddin Haqqani went from young radical and Mujahideen commander to leader of a militant network responsible for some of the bloodiest suicide attacks on civilians and the internationally-backed Afghan government. He died bedridden after years of ill health which have seen control of his grouping pass to his son. Battlefield successes and tight organisation saw him become one of the CIA's prized commanders in the 1980s as America funnelled money and arms into the anti-Soviet resistance through Pakistan. He later turned his military skills against his former patron as he aligned with the Taliban during its insurgency against Hamid Karzai's government and his network was designated a terrorism organisation. Afghan commander Jalaluddin Haqqani (C) with two top guerilla commanders Amin Wardak and Abdul Haq at his Pakistani base in Miranshah Credit: AFP He is believed to have passed control to his son Sirajuddin as early as 2007 as his health failed. A Taliban statement did not say where he died or when. His death has been reported a number of times over recent years. His role had been ideological rather than practical in recent years, said Afghan defence ministry spokesman Mohammad Radmanish. "Operationally, his death will not have an impact on the group," he told Reuters. Haqqani first rebelled against the Afghan king in the 1970s and had to flee to Pakistan, but it was in the 1980s when he came to prominence fighting in his tribal heartland of south east Afghanistan as aMujahideen commander after the Soviets invaded to support a Moscow-backed government. The late US Congressman Charlie Wilson who drummed up huge sums of US funding for the Mujaheddin'sguerrilla war once described him as "goodness personified". Jalaluddin Haqqani, the Taliban's Minister for Tribal Affairs, points to a map of Afghanistan during a visit to Islamabad, Pakistan Credit: Reuters He briefly joined the squabbling Mujahideen commanders who ruled over Kabul in the 1990s after the Soviet withdrawal, but then took up with the Taliban and remained allied for the rest of his life. As his network fought the US-backed Kabul government it became notorious for high-profile and often complex attacks on foreign and government targets. America has long accused Pakistan of supporting the network and doing too little to rein it in. Notorious operations have included attacks on the Indian and American embassies in Kabul. A bombing blamed on the network near the city's embassy district last year killed about 150 people.
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| Elon Musk Is Now Baselessly Accusing Thailand Cave Diver Of Being A ‘Child Rapist’ Posted: 05 Sep 2018 03:40 AM PDT  Weeks after issuing a public apology for baselessly calling a British cave
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| US blood-testing startup Theranos to fold: WSJ Posted: 04 Sep 2018 11:46 PM PDT  The once high flying blood-testing start-up Theranos, accused with cheating investors, will dissolve, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. It will seek to pay unsecured creditors its remaining cash in coming months, the Journal said, citing a shareholder email. Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes settled a shareholder lawsuit in July that was designed to recover whatever can be salvaged from the firm, the Journal said.
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| GOP Senator Slams Trump On Sessions: 'The U.S. Is Not Some Banana Republic' Posted: 03 Sep 2018 06:18 PM PDT  Nebraska Republican Sen. Ben Sasse accused President Donald Trump on Monday of
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| Body of 1 person found after boats crash on Colorado River Posted: 03 Sep 2018 07:33 PM PDT  MOABI REGIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The body of a California woman who was among four people missing after two boats collided on the Colorado River was found Monday, authorities said.
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| CDC Responds to Emirates Airlines Sick-Passenger Disaster Posted: 05 Sep 2018 09:03 AM PDT  As many as 100 of the passengers had reported being sick.
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| Ayanna Pressley Defeats Rep. Michael Capuano In Massachusetts Primary Posted: 04 Sep 2018 06:32 PM PDT  Boston City Council member Ayanna Pressley beat a 10-term incumbent Tuesday to
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| Colin Kaepernick named face of Nike's new 30th anniversary campaign Posted: 04 Sep 2018 03:58 AM PDT  Kaepernick tweeted Monday afternoon he was picked to helm the esteemed shoe brand's 30th anniversary "Just Do It" campaign -- a return to the slogan that made the company famous.
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| JD.com shares fall after CEO's arrest and release Posted: 04 Sep 2018 08:21 AM PDT ![JD.com shares fall after CEO's arrest and release]( "JD.com shares fall after CEO's arrest and release") SHANGHAI/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Chinese retailer JD.com Inc's stock fell as much as 7 percent on Tuesday, hitting an 18-month low after the company's chief executive officer was arrested in the United States on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct and later released. Richard Liu, who founded the firm in 1998, was arrested by police in the U.S. city of Minneapolis on Friday and released the next day before returning to China. Minneapolis police said on Sunday that "an active investigation" was under way.
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| Calls mount to avert 'massacre' in Syria's Idlib Posted: 05 Sep 2018 08:37 AM PDT  International calls mounted Wednesday to avoid a "massacre" by regime forces in Syria's last rebel-held province of Idlib, two days before a summit between key powers backing the government and opposition. Troops have been massing on the edges of the northwestern province on the border with Turkey for weeks, raising fears of a humanitarian disaster on a scale not yet seen in Syria's seven-year conflict. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday was the latest to warn Damascus against an all-out offensive against a region the United Nations says is home to nearly three million people.
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| Arizona Governor Names Jon Kyl As John McCain's Senate Replacement Posted: 04 Sep 2018 09:41 AM PDT  Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) on Tuesday named Jon Kyl to fill the late John
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| Kevin Spacey will not be charged over 1992 sexual assault accusation by LA prosecutors Posted: 04 Sep 2018 01:11 PM PDT  The Los Angeles County District Attorney declined to file sexual assault charges against the actor on Tuesday. The case, involving an adult male, was presented to Los Angeles prosecutors in April and had been under review. The district attorney also announced that it had declined to file sexual misconduct charges against Steven Seagal and Anthony Anderson.
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| 'Believe in Something.' Colin Kaepernick Is the Face of Nike's New 'Just Do It' Campaign Posted: 03 Sep 2018 01:31 PM PDT  'Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything'
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| Zaha Hadid's South Beach Home in Miami Has Just Sold Posted: 04 Sep 2018 02:16 PM PDT |
| S. Korean envoys meet Kim to advance nuclear diplomacy Posted: 05 Sep 2018 08:50 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean delegation met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday during a visit to arrange an inter-Korean summit planned for this month and help rescue faltering nuclear diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang.
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| Agios names former Celgene executive Jacqualyn Fouse as next CEO Posted: 04 Sep 2018 03:42 PM PDT ![Agios names former Celgene executive Jacqualyn Fouse as next CEO]( "Agios names former Celgene executive Jacqualyn Fouse as next CEO") (Reuters) - Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc on Tuesday said former Celgene Corp executive Jacqualyn Fouse would be its next chief executive officer, replacing longtime CEO David Schenkein. Fouse, who rose through the ranks at Celgene to become president and chief operating officer before leaving the biotech company last year, is already a member of the Agios board. Schenkein, who took over as Agios CEO in 2009, will transition to the role of executive chairman and serve on the board's Science & Technology Committee, the biotech said.
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| Is This Yamaha Racing Transmission Coming to the Street? Posted: 04 Sep 2018 10:18 AM PDT ![Is This Yamaha Racing Transmission Coming to the Street?]( "Is This Yamaha Racing Transmission Coming to the Street?") Is This Yamaha Racing Transmission Coming to the Street? A Yamaha patent for a seamless transmission suggests more racing tech for your street bike The seamless transmission is the motorcycle performance utopia. This time-saving system has been exclusive to
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| Children killed in Russian strikes on Syria's Idlib: monitor Posted: 04 Sep 2018 08:28 AM PDT  Children were among at least nine civilians killed Tuesday in Russian strikes on Syria's Idlib, a monitor said, as expectations mount of a government offensive in the country's last major rebel stronghold. Rebel-backer Turkey has held several rounds of talks with regime ally Russia aimed at averting an assault on Idlib, but government troops have been massing near the rebel zone. The United Nations on Tuesday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to hold new talks to avert a "bloodbath" in the northwestern province.
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| Netflix's 'To All The Boys I've Loved Before' Has People Craving Yogurt Drink Posted: 04 Sep 2018 11:02 AM PDT  The hit Netflix romantic comedy "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" may have
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| Countdown to zero: Automakers dial back 0 percent interest loans after almost two decades Posted: 04 Sep 2018 07:45 AM PDT  If you've been counting on a zero percent interest rate to help finance your next new car, it may be time to lock in the deal before it's too late. According to a report by Automotive News, rising benchmark rates from the Federal Reserve and a drop in customer adoption may cause interest-free financing deals to fall by the wayside sooner rather than later. Data from Edmunds showed that in July, zero percent financing dipped to its lowest monthly level since July 2005 at just 6.9 percent of sales. The promotions, which were first adopted by General Motors directly following the September 11, 2001 attacks in its "Keep America Rolling" campaign and subsequently spread across the industry, are becoming difficult for automakers to justify financially. MORE: 2019 Nissan Versa still America's cheapest new car, costs $13,255 The Federal Reserve has implemented five benchmark interest rate increases in the past 18 months, including two in the last year. This makes justifying the cost of a zero percent deal less feasible for carmakers, as even a 1 percent interest rate increase on a $30,000 vehicle adds $800 to the cost the company must absorb. Though many brands have already sworn off the practice, Cadillac, Mazda, Lincoln, and Subaru still offered the deal on many of their vehicles, including the 2018 Mazda CX-5 and Mazda3 for 60 months. Cadillac and Lincoln both apply the deal to almost all of their vehicles, while Subaru's Legacy, Impreza, and Forester models all get the designation to help clear out 2018 models. As consumers continue to buy new vehicles on longer terms with increased interest rates, the average cost of interest on a new vehicle has jumped dramatically. In the second quarter of 2018, the average new vehicle had a loan with an interest cost of $5,477, an increase of 21 percent (or $943) from just a year ago.
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| Ayanna Pressley ousts 10-term Massachusetts Democrat in latest primary upset Posted: 04 Sep 2018 08:02 PM PDT  The Democratic candidate Ayanna Pressley takes the stage after winning the Democratic primary in Boston, Massachusetts. In the latest upset during the 2018 Democratic primaries, Ayanna Pressley beat a veteran 10-term Democrat in Massachusetts in a House race being watched nationally as an indicator of the future of the Democratic Party.
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| Don't be afraid to test-drive your car salesperson Posted: 04 Sep 2018 06:13 AM PDT  If you work with a good car salesperson, the shopping process can actually be fun and you'll be more confident you're getting a good deal .
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| 40 Absolutely Delicious Sweet Potato Recipes You Need in Your Life Posted: 04 Sep 2018 06:23 AM PDT |
| Israel signals it could attack Iranian weaponry in Iraq Posted: 03 Sep 2018 02:40 PM PDT ![Israel signals it could attack Iranian weaponry in Iraq]( "Israel signals it could attack Iranian weaponry in Iraq") Citing Iranian, Iraqi and Western sources, Reuters reported last week that Iran had transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Shi'ite allies in Iraq in recent months. Israel sees in Iran's regional expansion an attempt to open up new fronts against it. Israel has repeatedly launched attacks in Syria to prevent any entrenchment of Iranian forces helping Damascus in the war.
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| Survivor describes deadly Colorado River boat crash: 'I thought I was going to drown' Posted: 04 Sep 2018 03:52 AM PDT  Taylor Corbino described the "horrific" head-on collision in an interview with "Good Morning America" Tuesday.
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| Jordan Belliveau Case: Missing Florida 2-Year-Old Found Dead in Wooded Area, Authorities Say Posted: 04 Sep 2018 02:21 PM PDT  Jordan Belliveau's 21-year-old mother reported the 2-year-old boy missing early Sunday.
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| Tucker Carlson Calls Colin Kaepernick's Nike Ad An 'Attack' On America Posted: 04 Sep 2018 12:13 PM PDT  Fox News host Tucker Carlson slammed Colin Kaepernick and Nike executives on
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| Black woman ousts established Democrat in Boston vote Posted: 04 Sep 2018 08:20 PM PDT  An African American woman on Tuesday pulled off an upset victory in a Democratic primary contest against a 10-term entrenched male incumbent in Boston, the latest sign that insurgent US candidates from the left are gaining ground. Ayanna Pressley, 44, won the Democratic nomination for the US House of Representatives in Massachusetts's seventh district, one of the most left-leaning in America and which includes Harvard University. Pressley has long been identified as a rising star in the Democratic Party.
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