| Trump suggests Mitt Romney is a 'flake' in response to scathing op-ed: 'I won big and he didn’t' Posted: 02 Jan 2019 05:03 AM PST  Donald Trump has asked whether Mitt Romney is a 'flake' after the former Republican presidential candidate and incoming Utah senator criticised him in a scathing op-ed. In an article for The Washington Post, Mr Romney said the US president's "words and actions have caused dismay around the world," and said Mr Trump has not "risen to the mantle of the office". In a tweet on Wednesday morning, Mr Trump hit back.
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| German man drives into crowds, injures 5 Posted: 01 Jan 2019 11:37 AM PST  BERLIN (AP) — A German man has been arrested after repeatedly driving into crowds of people, injuring at least five, in what authorities said Tuesday appeared to have been intentional attacks against foreigners.
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| Two Migrants Were Discovered Inside Mattresses Trying to Cross the Spanish Border Posted: 01 Jan 2019 07:18 PM PST  Police found the two young African men at a border crossing from Morocco to Melilla
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| 'Space snowman' discovered outside our solar system Posted: 02 Jan 2019 02:07 PM PST  With most of the U.S. seeing bare ground, who knew we'd have to go the end of the solar system to find a snowman?
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| Child enters US rhino enclosure, treated in hospital Posted: 01 Jan 2019 02:21 PM PST  A young child slipped Tuesday into the rhinoceros enclosure at a Florida zoo and was injured, officials said. "The family was transported to a local hospital by ambulance," the Brevard Zoo in the central-eastern Florida city of Melbourne said. At the Rhino Encounter exhibit, participants and the rhinoceroses are kept separate by a series of steel poles.
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| Why Tesla Just Dropped Its Car Prices by $2,000 Posted: 03 Jan 2019 07:56 AM PST  You can thank the disappearing tax credit.
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| Polish Central Bank Chief Is Questioned in Watchdog Scandal Posted: 03 Jan 2019 07:12 AM PST  The latest in a string of central bankers from emerging Europe becoming involved in legal probes, Glapinski has rebuffed calls to step down from opposition parties that are demanding a parliamentary investigation into bribery allegations against the former head of the Financial Supervisory Commission. In November, Latvia's anti-corruption bureau said it was carrying out a criminal probe involving central bank governor Ilmars Rimsevics.
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| Missouri Teen Returns from Cruise with Mystery Illness That`s Left Her Permanently Blind Posted: 02 Jan 2019 11:43 AM PST  A Missouri teen is fighting a life-changing medical condition after returning from a cruise.
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| As shutdown impasse drags on, DACA protections-for-border-wall deal resurfaces Posted: 02 Jan 2019 06:24 PM PST  As congressional leaders left the White House on Wednesday with little progress on ending the government shutdown, some lawmakers appeared ready to try to resurrect a deal that would secure billions for the construction of a border wall in exchange for protections for children of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally.
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| The Latest: Deaths from Russia apartment collapse grow to 33 Posted: 02 Jan 2019 01:05 PM PST  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the building collapse in Russia (all times local):
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| NASA space probe 'phones home' in landmark mission to solar system's edge Posted: 01 Jan 2019 11:39 AM PST  The nuclear-powered space probe has traveled 4 billion miles (6.4 billion km) to come within 2,200 miles (3,540 km) of Ultima Thule, an apparently peanut-shaped, 20-mile-long (32-km-long) space rock in the uncharted heart of the Kuiper Belt. Engineers at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland cheered when the spacecraft's first signals came through the National Aeronautic and Space Agency's Deep Space Network at 10:28 a.m. EST (1528 GMT). "We have a healthy spacecraft," Mission Operations Manager Alice Bowman declared.
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| Pompeo, Brazil's new government target Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua Posted: 02 Jan 2019 09:43 AM PST  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed supporting a return to democracy in Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua with Brazil's new right-wing government on Wednesday, in a joint effort against what he called authoritarian regimes in Latin America. Pompeo and Brazil's Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo considered deepening cooperation in the region at a meeting in Brasilia following Tuesday's inauguration of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.
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| Airline Accidentally Offers $15,000 Discount on Business Class Tickets Posted: 02 Jan 2019 08:09 AM PST  And it's actually honoring the rock bottom prices.
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| Officials Are Investigating Why 6 People Suddenly Became Ill During a New Year's Day Flight Posted: 02 Jan 2019 05:05 AM PST  Airport water fountains may have been to blame
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| Florida McDonald's employee punches back in viral fight that started over straw ban Posted: 02 Jan 2019 08:14 PM PST ![Florida McDonald's employee punches back in viral fight that started over straw ban]( "Florida McDonald's employee punches back in viral fight that started over straw ban") A man who grabbed a St. Petersburg, Florida, McDonald's employee was arrested, police said. Video of the incident has over 2 million views on Facebook.
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| Oil Jumps as U.S. Equities Regain Ground, OPEC Output Declines Posted: 02 Jan 2019 01:00 PM PST  West Texas Intermediate oil climbed as well, erasing earlier losses brought on by disappointing manufacturing data out of China. Total volume traded Wednesday was about 20 percent above the 100-day average.
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| Shanahan takes Pentagon helm as Trump blasts Mattis Posted: 02 Jan 2019 02:11 PM PST  Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan's first full day at the Pentagon's helm was overshadowed Wednesday when President Donald Trump attacked his predecessor Jim Mattis. Shanahan, who took the Pentagon's top spot January 1 after serving as deputy defense secretary, was thrust onto the world stage when Mattis quit last month amid long-running disagreements with President Donald Trump. During televised remarks ahead of his first cabinet meeting of 2019, Trump claimed he had "essentially fired" Mattis, even though the former Pentagon chief had pointedly quit his post over multiple disagreements.
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| UK's Hunt says confident May will seal deal for Brexit Posted: 02 Jan 2019 06:56 AM PST  SINGAPORE (AP) — British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Wednesday he is confident Prime Minister Theresa May will obtain the concessions needed to convince enough lawmakers to back an unpopular Brexit deal.
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| 4 men accused of stealing truckload of tequila worth $500,000 Posted: 01 Jan 2019 03:07 PM PST  When a delivery driver stopped for dinner, police say four men unhitched his trailer with $500K worth of Patron inside.
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| Taliban blow up Afghan army outpost, killing five soldiers, police say Posted: 02 Jan 2019 02:42 AM PST ![Taliban blow up Afghan army outpost, killing five soldiers, police say]( "Taliban blow up Afghan army outpost, killing five soldiers, police say") Taliban fighters detonated explosives planted in a tunnel below an Afghan military outpost, killing five soldiers, a police official said on Wednesday. Six soldiers were wounded in the attack on Tuesday in the Maiwand district of the southern province of Kandahar, police spokesman Mohammad Ashraf Watandost said. A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, said the militants, fighting to overthrow the government and reimpose strict Islamic law after their 2001 ouster, had killed or wounded 35 soldiers and destroyed a large cache of weapons and ammunition.
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| A Doughnut Truck Caught on Fire and Cops Have Intense Feelings About It Posted: 02 Jan 2019 12:35 PM PST  The NYPD offered to send in reinforcements
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| Ocasio-Cortez Breaks With Pelosi in Key Early Vote for Democrats Posted: 02 Jan 2019 11:38 AM PST  The rules measure, set for a vote on Thursday when the new Congress convenes, will reimpose a "pay as you go" requirement that would allow challenges to legislation that adds to the deficit. The rules were negotiated by likely House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to satisfy concerns among members of the new the 235-member majority representing more conservative areas of the country. Ocasio-Cortez, a 29-year-old representative-elect from New York City, said on Twitter Wednesday that the system referred to as paygo "isn't only bad economics," but is "also a dark political maneuver designed to hamstring progress on healthcare+other leg.
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| Death toll rises to eight in Danish train accident Posted: 03 Jan 2019 12:12 AM PST  The death toll from a train accident in Denmark, when a truck trailer appeared to blow off a cargo train in strong winds and hit a passenger train, has risen from six to eight, police said Thursday. Investigators said Wednesday the passenger train appeared to have struck an empty truck trailer that had blown off a cargo train travelling in the opposite direction on a different track. Debris could be seen lying across the front of the passenger train.
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| The shutdown is hurting people, leaving Americans in uncertainty: Today's talker Posted: 02 Jan 2019 06:14 PM PST  President Donald Trump would do well to search for #ShutdownStories on Twitter and see what his actions are causing.
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| US stocks set for another big fall after Apple's warning Posted: 03 Jan 2019 05:44 AM PST  LONDON (AP) — Apple's shock warning that its Chinese sales are weakening ratcheted up concerns about the world's second largest economy and weighed heavily on global stock markets as well as the dollar on Thursday.
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| PHOTOS: How many animals live at London Zoo? Posted: 03 Jan 2019 06:28 AM PST  Zookeepers have begun the task of counting up how many animals live at London Zoo.
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| Manchester stabbings suspect may have mental problems as UK terrorism probe ongoing Posted: 01 Jan 2019 02:31 PM PST  Greater Manchester Police were, however, continuing to investigate the attack because of suspected links to terrorism, they said in a statement. A witness, a BBC producer who was at the busy station full of New Year's Eve revelers, said a man stabbed several people at the station, shouting "Allah" and linking his actions to "bombings in other countries." The station is very close to Manchester Arena, where a suicide bomb attack in May 2017 killed 22 people as they left a concert by pop star Ariana Grande. The other, a male police officer in his 30s who sustained a stab wound to his shoulder, was released from hospital earlier.
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| Ohio Doctor Fired for Tweeting She'd Give Jewish People 'All the Wrong Meds' Posted: 02 Jan 2019 06:20 PM PST  The hospital said that no patients have reported being harmed by her work
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| New cruise ships for 2019: Viking Cruises' Viking Jupiter Posted: 02 Jan 2019 04:38 AM PST ![New cruise ships for 2019: Viking Cruises' Viking Jupiter]( "New cruise ships for 2019: Viking Cruises' Viking Jupiter") Viking Cruises in 2019 will unveil its sixth ocean ship, Viking Jupiter.
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| A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: What Happens? Who Wins? Posted: 02 Jan 2019 05:46 AM PST  We take a look.
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| New to cruising? How to book the right cruise for you in 2019 Posted: 02 Jan 2019 08:55 AM PST  Between January and March, or what is known as 'Wave Season,' the cruise industry releases its biggest deals and promos in advance of peak cruising season. Large, ocean liners are floating cities, with the most options for dining, activities and entertainment -- best for families with children. River cruises are smaller ships that travel close to the center of cities and towns and emphasize cuisine, history and culture.
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| Trump Holds Firm on Wall Before Meeting Congressional Leaders Posted: 02 Jan 2019 11:01 AM PST  Trump said the U.S. needs a wall "for the security of our country," and that drones and electronic measures weren't enough. "It could be a long time" before the shuttered parts of the government are reopened, Trump told reporters Wednesday at the start of a Cabinet meeting. Trump initially suggested he might accept less than the $5.6 billion he's been demanding for border security.
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| Taiwan-China relations since 1949 Posted: 02 Jan 2019 08:27 AM PST  Mao Zedong's communists take power in Beijing in October 1949 after defeating Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang (KMT) nationalists in a civil war. The KMT flee to the island of Taiwan and form their own government in Taipei in December, cutting off contacts with mainland China. In 1950 Taiwan becomes an ally of the United States, which is at war with Communist China in Korea.
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| Iran bans Instagram - where the president has 2 million followers Posted: 02 Jan 2019 09:03 AM PST  Iran's president Hassan Rouhani is a major presence on Instagram, where his verified account regularly sends out posts to an audience of more than 2 million followers. But Rouhani's account will no longer be officially allowed in the country after authorities in Iran announced plans to ban the photo sharing app, citing national security concerns. Iran's National Cyberspace Council has approved steps to block Instagram, according to local reports, following crackdowns on other social media apps. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Telegram are already banned in the Islamic Republic, with internet providers ordered to block access to the services. The apps have often been used as a way to spread anti-government messages, with Telegram in particular, often cited as a national security concern. View this post on Instagram احیای #دریاچه_ارومیه یکی از قولهای من به مردم آذربایجان غربی در سال ۹۲ بود و اگر تلاش این دولت نبود، با ادامه روال سالهای قبل، امروز یک قطره آب در دریاچه ارومیه وجود نداشت و تمام این دریاچه به یک نمکزار خطرناک تبدیل شده بود که زندگی مردم، کشاورزی و باغها را تهدید میکرد. هنوز به مرحله احیاء دریاچه نرسیدهایم اما وضعیت دریاچه تقریباً تثبیت شده که این خود گام بزرگی است. �� عکسها: مهدی قربانی @Mahdi.Ghorbani77، حجت سپهوند @HojatSepahvand و ابراهیم سیدی؛ در جمع مردم شهرستان #خوی، استان آذربایجان غربی، ١٣٩٧/٨/٢٨. A post shared by Hassan Rouhani • حسن روحانی (@hrouhani) on Nov 19, 2018 at 9:20am PST Many Iranians continue to access the services despite the bans, circumventing the technical blocks by routing traffic through an overseas internet address. Twitter has been blocked in the country since 2009 but Rouhani has official accounts that tweet both in Persian and English. Former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has also fostered a sizeable Twitter fanbase. Had a busy day today . But I always make time for #Twitterpic.twitter.com/YDQ63xy6bk— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (@Ahmadinejad1956) August 28, 2018 Instagram is the last major social media service officially available in Iran, and Rouhani's official account has posted more than one thousand times, often showing pictures of flag-waving crowds and the president himself on photo-ops, with accompanying messages in Persian. It is unclear when Iran's ban is due to go into effect. The country curbed access to some internet services, including intermittently restricting Instagram, a year ago, a move that Donald Trump criticised at the time. The block comes as Iran has increasingly been blamed for attempts to use social media to disrupt politics in the UK and the US. In August, Facebook, which owns Instagram, deleted hundreds of accounts on both services that were linked to Iranian state media.
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| Russian baby found alive in 'New Year's miracle' after 35 hours under rubble of collapsed building Posted: 01 Jan 2019 12:11 PM PST  Russian rescuers find baby boy alive after 35 hours under the rubble of a collapsed apartment building
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| GM hit 200,000 U.S. electric vehicles sold in 2018 Posted: 02 Jan 2019 10:45 AM PST  The credit for GM EVs falls to $3,750 in April.
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| Dogs Have Their Day in Our Politicized Society Posted: 02 Jan 2019 07:23 AM PST  If you follow me on Twitter or have read my work elsewhere, you probably know that about me: I like my dogs. There are some who worry that dogs — and even cats — are replacing human children as the objects of our devotion.
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| Elizabeth Warren makes key 2020 hires ahead of 1st Iowa trip Posted: 02 Jan 2019 03:21 PM PST  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren made key political hires in Iowa on Wednesday, signaling her intention to mount a strong campaign in the leadoff caucus state ahead of her first trip there as a likely presidential candidate.
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| PETA responds to Tiffany Haddish's vow to wear fur till 'police stop killing black people' Posted: 03 Jan 2019 07:01 AM PST  PETA responded to Tiffany Haddish after the comedian said she wold wear animal fur every day until "the police stop killing black people."
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| We Don’t Owe Syria’s Kurds Posted: 02 Jan 2019 01:16 PM PST  America should not be in the business of creating another de facto Kurdish state.
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| Tear gas fired as dozens of migrants try illegal crossing to US Posted: 01 Jan 2019 08:25 PM PST  US Border Patrol agents used tear gas and pepper spray to counter rock-throwing migrants when a group of about 150 tried to illegally cross the border from Mexico, leading to 25 arrests, the agency said on Tuesday. It is the second time since November that border officers have used tear gas during an attempted mass migrant crossing in the San Diego area. The migrants in the latest case New Year's Eve were among 1,500 who have remained in Tijuana, Mexico, just south of San Diego, California, after a once-5,000-strong caravan of travelers -- which raised the ire of President Donald Trump -- largely gave up and dispersed.
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| Victims with ties to Mummers killed in South Philly head-on crash; stabbed driver faces charges Posted: 03 Jan 2019 05:03 AM PST  The Mummers community is mourning the loss of some of its members after a driver who apparently stabbed himself crashed head-on into another vehicle.
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