| Justice Clarence Thomas breaks three-year silence in Mississippi case about racial bias in jury selection Posted: 20 Mar 2019 04:04 PM PDT  The Supreme Court's senior justice, who seldom speaks during oral argument, broke a three-year silence to ask questions in a race discrimination case.
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| Flooding will continue into next week in storm-ravaged Midwest Posted: 20 Mar 2019 03:50 AM PDT  Floods driven by rain and melting snow have affected several states, with four people killed and one missing after storms.
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| In Jerusalem, Pompeo takes a jab at US Democrats on anti-Semitism Posted: 20 Mar 2019 01:38 PM PDT  Jerusalem (AFP) - Top US diplomat Mike Pompeo issued a thinly veiled jab at US Democrats over anti-Semitism on Wednesday, following controversial comments by a Muslim congresswoman over American support for Israel.
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| Devin Nunes sued a Twitter account dedicated to a cow. Now it has more followers than he does Posted: 20 Mar 2019 04:06 PM PDT  Rep. Devin Nunes filed a $250 million lawsuit against Twitter and a number of parody accounts. Now, one dedicated to a cow has, um, mooved past him.
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| The Latest: Austria says NZ attack suspect visited there Posted: 21 Mar 2019 08:03 AM PDT  CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The Latest on the mosque attacks in New Zealand (all times local):
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| Loesch: CNN's gun control townhall was an embarrassing display of bias Posted: 20 Mar 2019 06:00 PM PDT  CNN townhall on gun control wins award; radio host Dana Loesch on the hostility she faced during the townhall.
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| Pilot who hitched a ride in cockpit saved doomed Lion Air Boeing 737 Max day before it crashed Posted: 20 Mar 2019 02:06 AM PDT  As the Lion Air crew fought to control their diving Boeing 737 Max 8, they got help from an unexpected source: an off-duty pilot who happened to be riding in the cockpit. That extra pilot, who was seated in the cockpit jumpseat, correctly diagnosed the problem and told the crew how to disable a malfunctioning flight-control system and save the plane, two people familiar with Indonesia's investigation told Bloomberg. The next day, under command of a different crew facing what investigators said was an identical malfunction, the jetliner crashed into the Java Sea killing all 189 aboard. The previously undisclosed detail on the earlier Lion Air flight represents a new clue in the mystery of how some 737 Max pilots faced with the malfunction have been able to avert disaster while the others lost control of their planes and crashed. The presence of a third pilot in the cockpit wasn't contained in Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee's November 28 report on the crash and hasn't previously been reported. Airlines with Boeing 737 Max 8s in their fleet The so-called dead-head pilot on the earlier flight from Bali to Jakarta told the crew to cut power to the motor driving the nose down, according to the people familiar, part of a checklist that all pilots are required to memorise. "All the data and information that we have on the flight and the aircraft have been submitted to the Indonesian NTSC. We can't provide additional comment at this stage due the ongoing investigation on the accident," Lion Air spokesman Danang Prihantoro said. The Indonesia safety committee report said the plane had had multiple failures on previous flights and hadn't been properly repaired. Representatives for Boeing and the Indonesian safety committee declined to comment on the earlier flight. The safety system, designed to keep planes from climbing too steeply and stalling, has come under scrutiny by investigators of the crash as well as a subsequent one less than five months later in Ethiopia. A malfunctioning sensor is believed to have tricked the Lion Air plane's computers into thinking it needed to automatically bring the nose down to avoid a stall. Jakarta plane crash: Flight Lion Air JT610 Boeing's 737 Max was grounded on March 13 by US regulatorsafter similarities to the Oct. 29 Lion Air crash emerged in the investigation of the March 10 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. In the wake of the two accidents, questions have emerged about how Boeing's design of the new 737 model were approved. The Transportation Department's inspector general is conducting a review of how the plane was certified to fly and a grand jury under the US Justice Department is also seeking records in a possible criminal probe of the plane's certification. The FAA last week said it planned to mandate changes in the system to make it less likely to activate when there is no emergency. The agency and Boeing said they are also going to require additional training and references to it in flight manuals. "We will fully cooperate in the review in the Department of Transportation's audit," Boeing spokesman Charles Bickers said. The company has declined to comment on the criminal probe. After the Lion Air crash, two US pilots' unions said the potential risks of the system, known as the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, or MCAS, hadn't been sufficiently spelled out in their manuals or training. None of the documentation for the Max aircraft included an explanation, the union leaders said. "We don't like that we weren't notified,'' Jon Weaks, president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, said in November. "It makes us question, 'Is that everything, guys?' I would hope there are no more surprises out there.'' The Allied Pilots Association union at American Airlines Group Inc. also said details about the system weren't included in the documentation about the plane. Following the Lion Air crash, the FAA required Boeing to notify airlines about the system and Boeing sent a bulletin to all customers flying the Max reminding them how to disable it in an emergency. Authorities have released few details about Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 other than it flew a "very similar" track as the Lion Air planes and then dove sharply into the ground. There have been no reports of maintenance issues with the Ethiopian Airlines plane before its crash. If the same issue is also found to have helped bring down Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, one of the most vexing questions crash investigators and aviation safety consultants are asking is why the pilots on that flight didn't perform the checklist that disables the system. "After this horrific Lion Air accident, you'd think that everyone flying this airplane would know that's how you turn this off," said Steve Wallace, the former director of the US Federal Aviation Administration's accident investigation branch. The combination of factors required to bring down a plane in these circumstances suggests other issues may also have occurred in the Ethiopia crash, said Jeffrey Guzzetti, who also directed accident investigations at FAA and is now a consultant. "It's simply implausible that this MCAS deficiency by itself can down a modern jetliner with a trained crew," Guzzetti said. MCAS is driven by a single sensor near the nose that measures the so-called angle of attack, or whether air is flowing parallel to the length of the fuselage or at an angle. On the Lion Air flights, the angle-of-attack sensor had failed and was sending erroneous readings indicating the plane's nose was pointed dangerously upward. 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| Trump news: President says US forces killed terrorists behind Paris attacks, after launching latest insults at John McCain Posted: 20 Mar 2019 12:52 PM PDT  Donald Trump has resumed his attack on George Conway, the husband of White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway, after the latter questioned the president's mental health. Mr Trump has also been accused of "punching at a person that can't fight back because he's dead" over his feud with recently deceased Vietnam War hero and Republican senator John McCain. "I was never a fan of John McCain and I never will be," Mr Trump said yesterday during a press conference at the White House with Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, prompting the comment from CNN anchor Anderson Cooper on the disrespect being shown to a long-serving American public servant who passed away of brain cancer last August, aged 81.
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| Robert Kraft's plea deal offer for prostitution charges hinders real progress on sex trafficking Posted: 21 Mar 2019 05:05 AM PDT  Those who buy sex have more power and privilege than those who sell it. There's a disgusting imbalance in every commercial sex interaction.
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| UK's May urges lawmakers to back her Brexit deal now Posted: 20 Mar 2019 01:54 PM PDT  Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday she deeply regretted her decision to seek a Brexit extension from the European Union and she urged lawmakers, who have twice previously rejected her plan, to back her now. "I passionately hope that (lawmakers) will find a way to back the deal I have negotiated with the EU, a deal that delivers on the referendum and is the very best deal negotiable, and I will continue to work night and day to secure the support" for the deal. Earlier on Wednesday, May asked the EU to allow Britain to delay its departure date by three months to June 30, and EU leaders are expected to discuss the matter at a summit on Thursday.
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| The Pentagon's Watchdog Is Investigating Whether the Acting Defense Secretary Boosted Boeing Posted: 20 Mar 2019 11:22 AM PDT  The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General has launched an investigation into Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan.
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| Early celebrations as Syria war on IS holdout wraps up Posted: 19 Mar 2019 05:35 PM PDT  Their battle against the last jihadists holding out in the besieged Syrian village of Baghouz hasn't quite ended but Kurdish-led fighters have already started celebrating. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) delivered the killer blow to the last vestige of the Islamic State group's "caliphate" this week and the end of the bruising six-month-old operation is now within touching distance. With backing from the US-led coalition's warplanes, they forced holdout jihadists from their main encampment and into a few hectares (couple of acres) of farmland by the Euphrates River.
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| Hells Angels, street gangs vow to defend mosques as New Zealand braces for Friday prayers Posted: 21 Mar 2019 09:25 AM PDT  Street gangs and motorcycle clubs cross New Zealand offered to protect mosques during Friday prayers, but a Muslim leader suggests they join prayers.
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| The Latest: Minnesota to help Nebraska flood fight Posted: 20 Mar 2019 04:41 PM PDT  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on Midwest flooding (all times local):
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| Aggressive Instagramming is ruining Southern California's super bloom Posted: 19 Mar 2019 04:30 PM PDT  People trampled California's poppies for the 'gram, and ruined it for the rest of us. Fields of fiery "super bloom" poppies are lighting up the hills of Walker Canyon in Lake Elsinore, a city about halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego. Thanks to uncommonly heavy rains this winter, much of Southern California is seeing a massive burst of wildflower blooms across the state. The poppies in Walker Canyon are so lush, they can be seen from space. > Superbloom visible from space - California poppies (orange) near Lake Elsinore, CA > > [15 March 2019; Sentinel-2 satellite; https://t.co/fy8NaGcTwN] pic.twitter.com/ZdSqCvjbuY> > -- Zack Labe (@ZLabe) March 18, 2019With the bloom came hordes of influencers, mommy bloggers, and YouTubers, all eager to snap a few photos of themselves sitting among the flowers.But it's making life absolute hell for Lake Elsinore, which has a population of 60,000. On Sunday, about 100,000 visited Walker Canyon, overwhelming Lake Elsinore and creating the traffic of nightmares. Since the poppies went viral -- even getting their own Twitter moment --the city has tried to cope with the flood of visitors by closing, then reopening, then closing the fields. SEE ALSO: Death Valley, the driest place in North America, is now a sea of yellow flowersIn a Facebook post over the weekend, the city of Lake Elsinore closed Walker Canyon because "the situation has escalated beyond our available resources." The city also closed the highway ramps leading to the canyon because traffic was so bad. By Monday, Walker Canyon was open to the public again, albeit with "extremely limited" parking. Explaining that it is "not feasible" to keep visitors out, the city stated that "this is something unlike anything we have ever experienced in our city and may never again." "Lake Elsinore is the destination for so many unique and incredible features," the Facebook post said. "And this attraction has brought thousands of people from around the world to not only see our city, but to shop in our stores and dine in our restaurants."But by noon, Mayor Steve Manos asked people to come another time because the fields were so full. "As you can see behind me, there are a large number of people here again," Manos said in an Instagram video recorded in front of the blooms. "We've expended lots of resources over the weekend ... But we are full." He added that the city just didn't have the resources to keep Walker Canyon closed because of the sheer amount of people sneaking in and parking on the freeway. Never underestimate the tenacity of an Instagram devotee.> View this post on Instagram> > SuperBloom Update: Steve Manos, Lake Elsinore Mayor provides update regarding why City was forced to reopen Walker Canyon and encourages visitors to choose other options. Walker Canyon is full. City is evaluating all options. We must remain flexible to this once in a lifetime opportunity and crisis facing our city.> > A post shared by City of Lake Elsinore (@cityoflakeelsinore) on Mar 18, 2019 at 12:02pm PDTManos is hopeful that the city will figure out a solution, though. "We've gone through fires and floods, we'll get through the flowers," he told CBS This Morning. By Tuesday afternoon, Lake Elsinore once again closed the freeway ramps in both directions. In a Facebook post citing "severe congestion," the city said that the decision was made by California Highway Patrol, not the city. In the meantime, here are some photos of the super bloom if you can't (or consciously won't) see them in person. > View this post on Instagram> > A post shared by Momo Twins ~ Leia & Lauren (@leialauren) on Mar 18, 2019 at 10:20pm PDT> View this post on Instagram> > A post shared by ⠀ ⠀⠀J i m e n a R e n o (@renosaurio) on Mar 18, 2019 at 8:04am PDT> View this post on Instagram> > A post shared by Gerd Ludwig (@gerdludwig) on Mar 19, 2019 at 12:51pm PDT> View this post on Instagram> > A post shared by J E S S (@jess.wandering) on Mar 14, 2019 at 8:30am PDT> View this post on Instagram> > A post shared by Lil' Sawyer the Labradoodle (@sawyertheminidood) on Mar 19, 2019 at 7:26am PDTAnd don't forget that if you do end up visiting, stick to the wildflower etiquette guide. WATCH: Elon Musk did it - Tesla's $35,000 Model 3 is finally finally finally here
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| Bayer shares plunge on new US cancer ruling Posted: 20 Mar 2019 03:17 AM PDT  Shares in German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer plunged as markets opened Wednesday, after a second US jury ruled that blockbuster pesticide Roundup -- made by recently-acquired Monsanto -- causes cancer. On Tuesday a California jury found that Monsanto's Roundup -- a herbicide built on active ingredient glyphosate -- caused cancer in a man who sprayed it on his garden over decades. It was the second such ruling within a year against Monsanto, with a first coming in August last year soon after Bayer sealed its $63-billion takeover of the firm.
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| Trump rages about Electoral College reform and lowering voter age to 16 in midnight Twitter tirade Posted: 20 Mar 2019 03:57 AM PDT  Donald Trump has used his latest overnight Twitter tirade to rail against proposals among some Democrats to abolish the Electoral College system and lower the voting age to 16. "Campaigning for the Popular Vote is much easier & different than campaigning for the Electoral College," Mr Trump tweeted on Tuesday evening. The president's outburst came after Elizabeth Warren, a leading Democratic contender for 2020, called for a popular vote to replace the complex Electoral College system, in which a president is selected by "electors" that people in each state vote for.
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| Outrage over Pope's decision to reject resignation of archbishop convicted of protecting predator priest Posted: 19 Mar 2019 11:16 AM PDT  Catholic campaigners condemned as "shocking" a decision by Pope Francis not to accept the resignation of a French archbishop who was given a suspended prison sentence this month for failing to report the sexual abuse of boy scouts by a known predatory priest. Tuesday's surprise decision came just a month after the Vatican convened an unprecedented conference of cardinals in which it pledged to get tough on priests who abuse children and the bishops who cover up for them. French cardinal Philippe Barbarin travelled to Rome on Monday and offered his resignation to Pope Francis. But on Tuesday the Vatican announced that the Argentinian pontiff had decided to reject the resignation. While the Vatican offered no explanation, it seems likely that the Pope wants to wait to see the outcome of an appeal that the 68-year-old archbishop intends to launch against his six-month sentence. But the decision was condemned by groups representing survivors of clerical sex abuse from around the world. Pope Francis receives Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyon, at the Vatican Credit: Reuters "I'm stunned by this decision. It is shocking and depressing," Anne Barrett Doyle, the head of the US-based organisation Bishop Accountability, told The Telegraph. "It reveals the Pope's very narrow concept of accountability. It is a reminder to bishops that they have nothing to fear from this Pope. It is a profound and disastrous misreading of what is required to address this crisis." Just last month, during a four-day conference at the Vatican attended by bishops and archbishops from around the world, the Pope said that "no abuse must ever be covered up, as has happened in the past". In a statement, Barbarin, the most senior French Catholic to have been swept up in the Church's sex abuse scandal, said: "On Monday I handed over my mission to the Holy Father. He spoke of the presumption of innocence and did not accept this resignation." Barbarin said that he would step back from his role as archbishop of Lyon "for a little while", allowing his deputy to stand in for him. Even the Bishops' Conference of France – the country's most senior Catholic body - said it was surprised by the decision, which it described as "unheard of". Barbarin was convicted earlier this month of failing to act against Bernard Preynat, a priest who has confessed to abusing boy scouts in the 1980s and 1990s. Preynat is expected to be put on trial later this year. Barbarin became archbishop of Lyon in 2002 and learned of Preynat's abuse of boys but let him remain in ministry until 2015, said Bishop Accountability. French victims of clerical abuse also reacted with outrage to the papal decision. "I think that man (the Pope) is going to manage to kill off the church. It's a mistake too many," said Francois Devaux, a co-founder of a victims' organisation. Faith in the Catholic Church has plunged as a result of its failure over two decades to address sex abuse perpetrated by clergy. Last week George Pell, the Australian cardinal who was once the third most powerful figure in the Vatican, was sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted of abusing two altar boys in Melbourne's St Patrick's Cathedral in the 1990s. He also intends to appeal and remains a cardinal, despite being behind bars. Campaign groups were profoundly disappointed when last month's Vatican conference on combating sexual abuse failed to come up with any new, concrete initiatives to address the crisis.
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| See Spy Photos of the Jeep Wrangler Plug-In Hybrid Posted: 20 Mar 2019 10:26 AM PDT |
| Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank -Palestinian medics; Israel reviewing Posted: 20 Mar 2019 05:10 PM PDT ![Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank -Palestinian medics; Israel reviewing]( "Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank -Palestinian medics; Israel reviewing") A Palestinian was killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medics said, and the military announced on Thursday that a soldier had discharged his weapon and it was reviewing the incident. The Palestinian Red Crescent said one of its crews treated a man with two bullet wounds at an Israeli military roadblock near the city of Bethlehem on Wednesday and that Israeli forces had shot him. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the man as a 26-year-old from Bethlehem and said another Palestinian had also been shot and critically wounded.
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| FBI joins criminal probe into Boeing 737 Max 8 safety certification in wake of crashes Posted: 20 Mar 2019 04:28 PM PDT  The FBI has joined the widening criminal probe into how Boeing's 737 Max 8 jets were deemed as safe in the months before two of them crashed in Indonesia and Ethiopia,
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| Apple's Week of Surprises Continues With Updated AirPods Posted: 20 Mar 2019 07:25 AM PDT  After it announced surprise updates for the iPad and Mac lineups
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| On heels of scandals, USC announces new president Posted: 20 Mar 2019 06:45 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California on Wednesday announced a new school president to usher "a new era" following a series of high-profile scandals that culminated last week with a massive college admissions bribery case.
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| Trump administration plays favorites with faith-based media Posted: 19 Mar 2019 01:47 PM PDT  According to one account, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo promised that "people of all faiths will have 'something to say' about the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan the White House is expected to announce after Israel's elections in two weeks."
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| Missouri River towns face deluge as floods move downstream Posted: 20 Mar 2019 05:36 PM PDT ![Missouri River towns face deluge as floods move downstream]( "Missouri River towns face deluge as floods move downstream") A string of small Missouri towns prepared for the next deluge along the raging Missouri River on Wednesday after flooding wreaked nearly $1.5 billion in damage in Nebraska, killing at least four people and leaving another man missing. High water unleashed by last week's late-winter storm and melting snow has already inundated a large swath of Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa along the Missouri River, North America's longest river. The Missouri River's next major flood crest was forecast to hit St. Joseph, Missouri, at 6 a.m. on Friday and Kansas City, Missouri, 55 miles (88 km) to the south, about 24 hours later, said Mike Glasch of the Omaha District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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| Friends, Fellow Pilots Remember Two Killed in Oklahoma Plane Crash Posted: 20 Mar 2019 06:23 PM PDT  A corporate jet crashed while landing at Sundance Airport Monday, killing Doug Durning, 60, and Britton Lee, 43.
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| 'I was the last person to get out alive': Narrow escape from the New Zealand mosque Posted: 21 Mar 2019 06:18 AM PDT  Survivors have described horrific scenes of carnage inside the two mosques in New Zealand where at least 50 were killed in a shooting rampage.
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| The Supreme Court Ruled That Immigrants With a Criminal Past Can Be Detained Years After Serving Time Posted: 20 Mar 2019 01:28 AM PDT  The 5-4 ruling gives the federal government the power to detain immigrants with a criminal past years after they finish serving time
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| Pope nixes French cardinal resignation after cover-up Posted: 19 Mar 2019 11:13 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has declined to accept the resignation of French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin as archbishop of Lyon after he was convicted of failing to report a known predator priest to police, the Vatican said Tuesday.
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| Trump Pours Gas on GM's Already Smoldering Relations With UAW Posted: 20 Mar 2019 03:00 AM PDT  In a series of tweets starting Saturday, Trump attacked both General Motors Co. and the UAW over the closing of a Chevrolet Cruze factory in Lordstown, Ohio. GM and the UAW each pushed back, but the two have otherwise been very much at odds entering bargaining over a new four-year labor contract.
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| Pence arrives in Nebraska as U.S. Midwest reels from historic floods Posted: 19 Mar 2019 04:23 PM PDT  The floodwaters have inundated a large swath of farm states Iowa and Nebraska along the Missouri River, North America's longest river, prompting half of Iowa's 99 counties to declare states of emergency."Touched down in Omaha, Nebraska to survey flood damage & thank volunteers & emergency personnel," Pence said on Twitter, in a post that included photos of him meeting with the governors of both states and lawmakers. Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin have all declared states of emergency in the floods, which stem from a powerful winter hurricane known as a "bomb cyclone" that slammed into the U.S. Farm Belt last week, killing untold numbers of livestock, destroying grains and soybeans in storage, and cutting off access to farms because of road and rail damage. The latest confirmed death was identified by the sheriff in Fremont County, Iowa, as 55-year-old Aleido Rojas Galan, who was pulled from floodwaters along with another man on Friday and later succumbed to injuries.
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| Assad praises Russia's role in Syria conflict Posted: 19 Mar 2019 11:19 AM PDT  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Russia's defence minister Tuesday, stressing the importance of coordination between the two countries in the fight against "terrorism", state media said. The meeting came one day after the military chiefs of staff of Syria, Iraq and Iran met in Damascus to discuss coordination between their forces. It also came as US-backed forces in eastern Syria cornered holdout Islamic State group fighters in a tiny patch of land near the Euphrates River in the village of Baghouz.
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| Trump gets a U.S. Supreme Court victory on immigration detention Posted: 19 Mar 2019 02:08 PM PDT  The Supreme Court on Tuesday endorsed the U.S. government's authority to detain immigrants awaiting deportation anytime - potentially even years - after they have completed prison terms for criminal convictions, handing President Donald Trump a victory as he pursues hardline immigration policies. The court ruled 5-4 along ideological lines, with its conservative justices in the majority and its liberal justices dissenting, that federal authorities could place such immigrants into indefinite detention anytime without the possibility of bail, not just immediately after they finish prison sentences. The ruling, authored by conservative Justice Samuel Alito, left open the possibility that some immigrants could challenge their detention.
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| Give them a break: Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman deserve less anger in admission scandal Posted: 20 Mar 2019 08:14 AM PDT  Since the college admissions bribery scandal broke, Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman could scarcely be treated worse if they were serial killers.
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| Venezuelan forces kidnap opposition leader Juan Guaido's chief of staff in raid Posted: 21 Mar 2019 06:49 AM PDT  Venezuelan armed intelligence officers descended on the apartment of Roberto Marrero, a lawyer and top adviser to opposition leader Juan Guaido.
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| New Zealand bans all assault weapons after mosque shootings, prime minister says Posted: 20 Mar 2019 08:52 PM PDT  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand is immediately banning assault rifles, high-capacity magazines and "military style semi-automatic rifles" like the weapons used in last Friday's attacks on two Christchurch mosques.
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| These Are the World’s Happiest (and Most Miserable) Countries Posted: 20 Mar 2019 01:04 AM PDT  According to the report published on Wednesday, Finland has witnessed modest but steady gains since 2014, and the country is now "significantly ahead" of other countries in the top 10, the researchers said. The data "offer the world's governments and individuals the opportunity to rethink public policies as well as individual life choices, to raise happiness and well-being," said Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
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| Australian PM welcomes 'moderation' from Turkey's Erdogan Posted: 20 Mar 2019 06:32 PM PDT  Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday welcomed some "moderation" in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's comments in the wake of the Christchurch massacre. Trying to take the sting out of a diplomatic row that has threatened relations between Australia, New Zealand and Turkey, Morrison pointed to a recent Erdogan column in the Washington Post as progress. "Overnight, progress has been made on this issue and overnight we've already seen a moderation of the president's views," Morrison said, citing the article in which Erdogan stepped away from direct criticism of New Zealand.
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| More floodwaters rising in storm-ravaged U.S. Midwest Posted: 21 Mar 2019 09:58 AM PDT  Flooding from last week's storm has already caused nearly $1.5 billion in damage in Nebraska, killed at least four people with another missing. "This isn't over," said David Roth, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center. "The river will have several more major crests through next week," he said, not counting the numerous tributaries that feed into the Missouri up and down the Midwest and will likely inundate communities into next month.
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| Border Patrol Releases Migrants, Citing Lack of Space in Detention Centers Posted: 20 Mar 2019 10:57 AM PDT  U.S. Customs and Border Patrol on Tuesday released 50 migrants recently detained at the border near Mcallen, Texas due to a lack of space in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers they would otherwise be sent to while awaiting their asylum hearings.CPB officials told the Los Angeles Times that the migrants released Tuesday represent just the first wave of a group of hundreds whom they will be forced to release in the coming days due to a lack of resources.Border Patrol spokesman Carlos Diaz said the 50 migrants were given notices to appear in court and released to local charities after their processing center in McAllen was overwhelmed by the number of migrants arriving each day."It is a crisis," an unnamed CPB official told the Times. "It's not a self-proclaimed crisis."The unnamed official's assessment of the situation at the border echoes those of President Trump and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, who have raised alarms in recent months about the particular challenges posed by the high numbers of Central American families arriving at the border every day."In February, we saw a 30 percent jump over the previous month, with agents apprehending or encountering nearly 75,000 aliens," Nielsen told the House Committee on Homeland Security earlier this month. "This is an 80 percent increase over the same time last year. And I can report today that CBP is forecasting the problem will get even worse this spring as the weather warms up.""Over 60 percent of the current flow are family units and unaccompanied alien children, and 60 percent are non-Mexican," she added, likely referencing the provision in U.S. immigration law that requires asylum-seekers native to non-contiguous countries be allowed to remain in the U.S. while their asylum applications are adjudicated.
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