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Beto goes negative on Cruz in new ads
Putin Hails Sunset of U.S. Global Domination Due To Mounting 'Mistakes'
Returning home — Panhandle residents rebuild lives after Hurricane Michael
Texas toddler left at stranger's house, instead of with dad
Nine minors dead in Crimea school shooting, youngest 15
'Active shooter' in Virginia puts major defence company building on lockdown
President Avenatti? Lawyer for Stormy Daniels and Julie Swetnick wants the 2020 Democratic nomination, arguing that no one will swing harder at Trump
Yahoo News Explains: What Canada’s cannabis legalization will look like
Washington Post Publishes Jamal Khashoggi's Final Column Before Disappearance
Republican candidates trying to have it both ways on Obamacare
The Latest: Ex-FBI agent gets 4 years in document-leak case
Migrant Caravan's Arduous Journey Through Central America Toward U.S. Captured In Photos
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Justice Department probes Catholic Church sex abuse in Pennsylvania
Is the GOP facing a 'thumping' or 'shellacking' — or can it pull off an escape?
Falling Ford Pickup Tailgates Draw Federal Safety Probe
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Says He Won't Attend Saudi Arabia Summit
Women Heckle Ted Cruz In Airport Over Kavanaugh Vote
The Latest: UN Security Council condemns Afghan attacks
Facebook `Delighted’ by War Room Response to Brazil Election
Girl baked grandfather's ashes into cookies and gave them to classmates, police say
Ex-FBI agent charged with leaking sentenced to 48 months
Porsche Mission E Cross Turismo Concept: It's an Electric Porsche Wagon
Mark Peterson awarded 2018 W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant in Humanistic Photography
Trump says he expects answers on Saudi reporter’s disappearance by ‘end of the week’
Jason Chaffetz Mocks Elizabeth Warren With Native American Statue Photo, Twitter Flips
Jimmy Carter Says Brett Kavanaugh 'Unfit' To Serve As Supreme Court Justice
Shooter in Colorado Walmart slayings of 3 faces sentencing
U.S. Mega Millions jackpot hits $1 billion hours before drawing
9-Year-Old Falsely Accused Of Groping White Woman Says He 'Felt Humiliated'
UN envoy warns Gaza is imploding
WHO says Zika risk low in Pacific ahead of Meghan visit
Donald Trump is destroying the American brand
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Nikki Haley Jokes She's Not An 'Indian Woman' In Swipe At Elizabeth Warren
California surgeon, girlfriend face new rape, other charges
2018 Tesla Model S
Afghanistan delays vote in strategic Kandahar after killing of commander
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Carly Fiorina Says Trump Has Reached A 'New Low' With Stormy Daniels Attacks
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Posted: 17 Oct 2018 11:13 AM PDT

Democratic Senate hopeful Beto O'Rourke is running new ads in which he criticizes his Republican opponent, Sen. Ted Cruz.

Putin Hails Sunset of U.S. Global Domination Due To Mounting 'Mistakes'

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 07:08 PM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin gloated Thursday about what he sees as the

Returning home — Panhandle residents rebuild lives after Hurricane Michael

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 01:30 PM PDT

Daily life is a series of fears and frustrations for thousands of people living in the hurricane zone of the Florida Panhandle.

Texas toddler left at stranger's house, instead of with dad

Posted: 19 Oct 2018 06:47 AM PDT

The woman who left the child, a friend of the mother, was initially suspected of child abandonment after video, shared widely on social media, showed her hoisting the toddler by the arm to a stranger's house in the northern Houston suburb of Spring on Thursday, authorities said. "The suspect in the video dropped the child off after the father had left the residence and at the wrong address," Lieutenant Scott Spencer of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post. "The female in the video then left location without verifying anyone was home or who she was releasing the child to," Spencer said.

Nine minors dead in Crimea school shooting, youngest 15

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 03:49 AM PDT

A 15-year-old boy was the youngest to die when a teenage gunman attacked his college in the Crimean city of Kerch, while at least nine of the dead were minors, authorities said. The city of Kerch published a list Thursday of the 19 identified dead in the morning. The youngest of them, Sergei Stepanenko, was 15.

'Active shooter' in Virginia puts major defence company building on lockdown

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 11:28 AM PDT

Police are investigating reports of reports of an "active shooter" at a defence company General Dynamics in Portsmouth, Virginia. The call was received earlier in the day fro a security guard on site and Portsmouth police have called for people to stay clear of the area. Police are investigating a report of an active shooter at 2 Harper Ave. Dispatch received the 911 call at 1146am.

President Avenatti? Lawyer for Stormy Daniels and Julie Swetnick wants the 2020 Democratic nomination, arguing that no one will swing harder at Trump

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 05:41 AM PDT

Michael Avenatti would like to turn his newfound fame into political power, in order to take down the man who did precisely that two years ago.

Yahoo News Explains: What Canada’s cannabis legalization will look like

Posted: 17 Oct 2018 11:55 AM PDT

Oh, Canada! Weed is now legal in the great white north, making it the second country to legalize cannabis, after Uruguay. Residents can order it online and have it shipped through the mail — something still illegal in the U.S.

Washington Post Publishes Jamal Khashoggi's Final Column Before Disappearance

Posted: 17 Oct 2018 05:22 PM PDT

The Washington Post on Wednesday published the final column written by Jamal

Republican candidates trying to have it both ways on Obamacare

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 02:00 AM PDT

Some GOP candidates running this cycle who have or are trying to gut Obamacare are still running on the importance of protecting people with pre-existing conditions.

The Latest: Ex-FBI agent gets 4 years in document-leak case

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 10:42 AM PDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of a former FBI agent in Minnesota who pleaded guilty to leaking classified documents to a reporter (all times local):

Migrant Caravan's Arduous Journey Through Central America Toward U.S. Captured In Photos

Posted: 19 Oct 2018 06:18 AM PDT

A caravan of thousands of migrants continues to slalom its way through Central

Best Bites: Roasted brussel sprouts with parmesan sauce

Posted: 19 Oct 2018 05:00 AM PDT

Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your

Justice Department probes Catholic Church sex abuse in Pennsylvania

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 03:18 PM PDT

The investigation is the first statewide probe by federal authorities of allegations of sex abuse and cover-up by the Catholic Church in the United States.

Is the GOP facing a 'thumping' or 'shellacking' — or can it pull off an escape?

Posted: 19 Oct 2018 08:53 AM PDT

In 2006 President George W. Bush called it a "thumping." In 2010 President Barack Obama compared it to a "shellacking." If the polls and prognostications are correct and Republicans end up losing the House on Nov. 6, how will President Trump describe the experience? It's worth asking after the week Trump's GOP just had. For months now forecasters have given Democrats a better chance than Republicans of running the next House of Representatives.

Falling Ford Pickup Tailgates Draw Federal Safety Probe

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 01:56 PM PDT

Government regulators opened an investigation this week into why some Ford heavy-duty pickup truck power tailgates are falling open. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is ...

Dear Abby, Here's What It’s Really Like To Have A 'Foreign' Name In America

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 02:25 PM PDT

It's tradition for Sikh parents to turn to the Guru Granth Sahib, our holy

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Says He Won't Attend Saudi Arabia Summit

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 08:49 AM PDT

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that he would no longer attend

Women Heckle Ted Cruz In Airport Over Kavanaugh Vote

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 05:25 AM PDT

A video posted to Twitter shows women tailing Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) at an

The Latest: UN Security Council condemns Afghan attacks

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 07:54 PM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Latest on the situation in Afghanistan ahead of the country's parliamentary election on Saturday (all times local):

Facebook `Delighted’ by War Room Response to Brazil Election

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 01:27 PM PDT

As they monitored trends on the company's sites -- like articles that were going viral and spikes in political-ad spending -- they noticed a suspicious surge in user reports of hate speech. The data scientists in the room told the policy experts that the malicious posts were targeting people in a certain area of Brazil, the poorer Northeast -- the only region carried by the leftist presidential candidate. The policy folks determined that what the posts were saying was against Facebook's rules on inciting violence.

Girl baked grandfather's ashes into cookies and gave them to classmates, police say

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 01:51 AM PDT

A high school student mixed her cremated grandfather's ashes into homemade biscuits and gave them to classmates, police in California have said. The youngster and a friend shared the cookies with nine other pupils at Da Vinci Charter Academy in the city of Davis. "She had mentioned her grandpa's ashes before," said Andy Knox.

Ex-FBI agent charged with leaking sentenced to 48 months

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 04:45 PM PDT

Albury's sentence is much harsher than his defense lawyers had hoped, but slightly less severe than the 52-month prison term that federal prosecutors were seeking. Albury pleaded guilty to two counts of leaking classified materials earlier this year. Joshua Dratel, Albury's lawyer who earlier confirmed the sentence to Reuters, declined to comment further.

Porsche Mission E Cross Turismo Concept: It's an Electric Porsche Wagon

Posted: 19 Oct 2018 07:07 AM PDT

The electric Porsche wagon we didn't know we needed.

Mark Peterson awarded 2018 W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant in Humanistic Photography

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 03:56 PM PDT

The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund awarded Mark Peterson this year's $35,000 Grant in Humanistic Photography for his project, "The Past Is Never Dead."

Trump says he expects answers on Saudi reporter’s disappearance by ‘end of the week’

Posted: 17 Oct 2018 11:58 AM PDT

The president also rejected the notion he's covering for Saudi Arabia.

Jason Chaffetz Mocks Elizabeth Warren With Native American Statue Photo, Twitter Flips

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 01:23 PM PDT

Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) might have set himself up for selfie-

Jimmy Carter Says Brett Kavanaugh 'Unfit' To Serve As Supreme Court Justice

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 12:49 PM PDT

Former President Jimmy Carter didn't mince words while discussing Supreme

Shooter in Colorado Walmart slayings of 3 faces sentencing

Posted: 19 Oct 2018 09:40 AM PDT

BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — The man who pleaded guilty to gunning down three people in a suburban Denver Walmart last year will be sentenced Friday, but more than 11 months after the crime, his motive remains a mystery.

U.S. Mega Millions jackpot hits $1 billion hours before drawing

Posted: 19 Oct 2018 10:00 AM PDT

The $1 billion prize has attracted attention even from those who do not ordinarily buy lottery tickets. "I get caught up in the frenzy, and you don't want to get left behind," said Venice Naidoo, a client operations specialist at a law firm. Mega Millions tickets are sold in 44 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.

9-Year-Old Falsely Accused Of Groping White Woman Says He 'Felt Humiliated'

Posted: 19 Oct 2018 08:36 AM PDT

Jeremiah Harvey, the 9-year-old boy accused of groping a woman at a Brooklyn

UN envoy warns Gaza is imploding

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 10:09 AM PDT

With its economy in a freefall and tensions rising with Israel, the Hamas-ruled enclave of Gaza is imploding, the UN envoy for the Middle East warned Thursday. Nickolay Mladenov delivered the warning to the Security Council a day after Israeli warplanes struck the Gaza Strip in retaliation at rocket firings from the Palestinian territory. "Gaza is imploding.

WHO says Zika risk low in Pacific ahead of Meghan visit

Posted: 19 Oct 2018 01:01 AM PDT

As Prince Harry and his expectant wife Meghan prepare to tour Fiji and Tonga next week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the risk of contracting Zika virus in the Pacific nations is low. The British royals, currently in Australia, arranged their trip before Meghan's pregnancy was known, sparking fears she and her unborn baby could be vulnerable in the island nations, where Zika is officially listed as a risk.

Donald Trump is destroying the American brand

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 02:00 AM PDT

Trump makes no pretense of balancing moral imperatives, or even military objectives, against the economic agenda that is his only real priority.

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Posted: 18 Oct 2018 02:54 PM PDT

Nikki Haley Jokes She's Not An 'Indian Woman' In Swipe At Elizabeth Warren

Posted: 19 Oct 2018 07:02 AM PDT

Nikki Haley, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, drew laughter

California surgeon, girlfriend face new rape, other charges

Posted: 17 Oct 2018 07:01 PM PDT

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A California surgeon and his girlfriend were charged Wednesday with crimes against five additional victims in addition to two women they were previously charged with drugging and sexually assaulting.

2018 Tesla Model S

Posted: 18 Oct 2018 06:00 AM PDT

The Tesla Model S has disrupted the automotive industry more than any other car since the days of Henry Ford. Since its grand entrance in 2012, Elon Musk's groundbreaking all-electric hatchback sedan has earned critical acclaim and a cult following while accelerating mainstream manufacturers such as Chevrolet and BMW to prioritize development of electric vehicles (EVs). For the price, you'd expect sumptuous luxury, but the Model S's cabin is an exercise in minimalism, with few physical buttons or knobs, a massive infotainment touchscreen, and only the necessary creature comforts.

Afghanistan delays vote in strategic Kandahar after killing of commander

Posted: 19 Oct 2018 05:33 AM PDT

Saturday's parliamentary election in Kandahar will be delayed by a week after the assassination of one of the country's most powerful security chiefs.