| Paul Manafort Offers Up Trump Tower Apartment In Bid To Get Off House Arrest Posted: 04 Nov 2017 04:58 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Attorneys for former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort told a federal judge on Saturday that he's not "akin to a 68-year-old 'Jason Bourne' character" despite his possession of three passports.
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| Wilbur Ross Latest Trump Official To Fall Under Scrutiny For Russia-Relations Posted: 05 Nov 2017 07:56 AM PST  Leaked documents show Commerce Secretary Ross failed to disclose that he retained an interest in a shipping firm that has close dealings with Vladimir Putin's son-in-law and others close to the Russian president.
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| Our Recurring Nightmare: Unspeakable Tragedy, Prayers From Politicians, No Change In Gun Laws Posted: 05 Nov 2017 09:36 PM PST  The gunman who opened fire at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday was responsible for the 307th mass shooting in the U.S. in 2017.
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| Protests in Seoul ahead of Trump's South Korea visit Posted: 04 Nov 2017 11:36 AM PDT ![Protests in Seoul ahead of Trump's South Korea visit]( "Protests in Seoul ahead of Trump's South Korea visit") Some 500 protesters took to the streets in Seoul Saturday, chanting slogans and waving banners as they accused Trump of bringing the Korean peninsula to the brink of war.
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| Could Solar Technology be the Answer to Puerto Rico’s Problems? Posted: 05 Nov 2017 08:02 AM PST  While more than 60 percent of Puerto Rico is still without power, the lights are on at a Children's Hospital in San Juan thanks to more than 800 brand new solar panels.
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| DNC Chairman Promises To Reform Party's Presidential Nominating Process Posted: 05 Nov 2017 06:04 AM PST  In a Saturday blogpost, Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez vowed to enact reforms to the party's presidential nominating process aimed at ensuring that "the new DNC will work to rebuild trust with the people we represent."
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| The Latest: Saudi probe says crimes uncovered, trials ahead Posted: 06 Nov 2017 08:59 AM PST  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The Latest on Saudi Arabia, where several princes and former senior officials were arrested over the weekend (all times local):
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| UK Queen's private estate invested in offshore funds: leaks Posted: 05 Nov 2017 01:55 PM PST  Millions of pounds from the private estate of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II have been invested in offshore tax haven funds, a huge new leak of financial documents revealed on Sunday. Around £10 million ($13 million, ⠬11.3 million) of the Queen's private money was placed in funds held in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda, according to the leaked papers, which were first reported in Britain by the BBC and the Guardian newspaper. The investments, which were entirely legal, were made through the Duchy of Lancaster, which provides the monarch with an income and handles investments of her vast estate and remain current, the media outlets said.
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| At least 19 dead as Typhoon Damrey batters Vietnam Posted: 04 Nov 2017 08:44 PM PDT  At least 19 people have died and a dozen are missing after Typhoon Damrey barrelled into Vietnam, authorities said Sunday, just days before the country welcomes world leaders to the APEC summit. The storm made landfall on Saturday and is the worst to hit the southern coastal region – an area normally spared typhoons which are usually hit further north – in decades. Heavy rains inundated communities with floods as 130 km/h (80 mph) winds blew off roofs and knocked down electricity poles, according to Vietnam's search and rescue office. Coastal Khanh Hoa province, home to the popular white sand Nha Trang beach, was hardest hit with 14 dead and 10 injured, the government said. Fallen trees obstruct a street during a storm in Nha Trang, as Typhoon Damrey descends on southern Vietnam Credit: Social Media/Reuters More than 30,000 people, including foreign tourists, were evacuated from the area ahead of the storm. A dozen flights were also cancelled while railway services were suspended, while local authorities in Phu Yen province said Tuy Hoa city "has never suffered such devastation". There were also reports of minor damage around 500 kilometres north in Danang, the coastal city where Vietnam will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit next week. The week-long gathering, which kicks off Monday, will bring together leaders including US President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping. Vietnam has been pummelled by a dozen major storms since the start of 2017, with at least 240 people reported dead or missing in floods and landslides. In September some 80 were killed after Typhoon Doksuri battered central provinces with rain, destroying thousands of homes and triggering severe floods. The World Bank said natural disasters have killed more than 13,000 people and caused more than $6.4 billion in property damage to Vietnam over the past two decades.
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| What Is The Massive Document Leak Known As The Paradise Papers? Posted: 05 Nov 2017 01:51 PM PST  The Paradise Papers closely resemble a document leak from last year known as the Panama Papers, which also detailed the offshore holdings and tax avoidance schemes of some of the world's most powerful people. The Panama Papers caused a significant international fallout when they were released in April 2016, even leading to the resignation of Iceland's prime minister amid protests and the surrounding controversy. The effects of this new Paradise Papers leak remain to be seen, but it has already put increased scrutiny on high-profile figures including U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Queen Elizabeth II.
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| Devin Kelley: Gunman who massacred at least 26 in Sutherland Springs Baptist Church identified Posted: 05 Nov 2017 03:26 PM PST  The gunman who killed at least 26 people in a Texan Baptist church has been identified as Devin Patrick Kelley. Law enforcement sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity, provided the information to the Associated Press. The 26-year-old from the city of San Antonio, although he had relatives in the small town of Sutherland Springs where the shooting took place.
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| Trump Says Deadly Texas Shooting Isn't A Guns Issue, It's A Mental Health Problem Posted: 05 Nov 2017 11:38 PM PST  President Donald Trump responded to the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history by saying the attack was a result of "a mental health problem" and not due to lax gun control laws.
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| House weighing 'host of ideas' in tax bill revision, Ryan says Posted: 05 Nov 2017 05:12 PM PST  By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said on Sunday that Republican lawmakers are weighing a "host of ideas" as the House tax-writing committee begins revising a tax bill this week, though he expects the broad outlines to remain the same. Ryan, a Republican, told Fox News Sunday that House tax writers are considering President Donald Trump's call to include in the tax package a repeal of an Affordable Care Act provision that mandates individuals buy insurance coverage. The tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee will on Monday begin considering revisions to the tax bill released last week, which would constitute the biggest overhaul of the U.S. tax system since the 1980s.
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| Rand Paul Has 5 Broken Ribs After He Was Assaulted at His Home Posted: 05 Nov 2017 07:53 PM PST  A senior adviser for Rand Paul says the U.S. senator is recovering from five broken ribs following an assault at his home.
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| The Latest: Saudi crown prince shocks kingdom with arrests Posted: 05 Nov 2017 10:20 AM PST RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The Latest on Saudi Arabia, where dozens of princes and former ministers have been arrested as authorities announce an anti-corruption drive (all times local):
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| At least 75 dead in IS attack in Syria's Deir Ezzor: new toll Posted: 05 Nov 2017 03:52 AM PST  At least 75 civilians were killed in an Islamic State group car bombing that struck a gathering of people displaced by fighting in eastern Syria, a monitor said Sunday. Saturday's attack in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor killed "at least 75 displaced civilians including children" and wounded 140, said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Abdel Rahman said the victims had fled battles in the province, where Syrian regime forces and a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance, the Syrian Democratic Forces, are fighting the extremist group in separate offensives.
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| The North Korea Crisis Looms Over Trump's Visit To Japan Posted: 05 Nov 2017 07:16 AM PST  Shortly after dawn on Aug. 29, residents of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido awoke to sirens, emergency alerts and breaking news banners urging them to take cover and brace for an imminent attack.
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| Man who believes current air quality is 'too clean' named to US Environmental Protection Agency advisory board Posted: 04 Nov 2017 02:46 PM PDT  A man who once claimed that the air in America was "a little too clean for optimum health", has been appointed to an advisory board of America's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Robert Phalen once claimed that children's lungs need to breathe irritants so their bodies can learn to fight them. The former director of the Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory at the University of California Irvine was appointed to the agency's critical Scientific Advisory Board by EPA Director Scott Pruitt.
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| At Least 26 Dead In Shooting At Texas Baptist Church Posted: 05 Nov 2017 11:28 AM PST  At least 26 are dead and 20 others injured after a gunman opened fire at a small Baptist church in rural Texas on Sunday morning.
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| Mass Shootings In America Are Becoming More Common -- And More Deadly Posted: 06 Nov 2017 03:18 AM PST  Orlando, Las Vegas, Sutherland Springs: three of the worst mass shootings in modern U.S. history all happened in the past 17 months.
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| Ex-Democratic leader who mulled dropping Clinton spurns critics Posted: 05 Nov 2017 08:53 AM PST  The former head of the U.S. Democratic National Committee on Sunday defended her assertion that she had seriously considered proposing to replace Hillary Clinton as the party's 2016 presidential nominee, and said her critics could "go to hell." Donna Brazile has written in a soon-to-be-published book that she thought about working to replace Clinton with then-Vice President Joe Biden after the nominee almost collapsed at an event on Sept. 11, 2016. In an interview on Sunday with ABC's "This Week," Brazile said she had supported Clinton but felt under pressure to come up with a "Plan B" after the candidate collapsed and many people were calling the DNC to ask about the incident. About 100 former Clinton campaign staffers have signed an open letter saying they were shocked to learn in Brazile's upcoming book that she considered trying to replace both Clinton and Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine.
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| Smog blankets Pakistan, India, causing accidents, illness Posted: 05 Nov 2017 01:59 AM PDT  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Smog has enveloped much of Pakistan and neighboring India, causing highway accidents and respiratory problems, and forcing many residents to stay home, officials said Saturday.
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| Saudi Arabia Arrests Dozens in Crackdown Against Crown Prince's Rivals Posted: 05 Nov 2017 05:34 AM PST  Influential billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was among those detained
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| Trump says he's 'open' to meeting with N. Korean leader Posted: 05 Nov 2017 03:05 PM PST  US President Donald Trump would "certainly be open" to meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, he said in an interview broadcast Sunday as he began an extended Asian tour. Asked by journalist Sharyl Attkisson, host of the "Full Measure" TV show, whether he would ever consider sitting down with "the dictator," Trump said he was holding meetings with numerous Asian leaders. Trump's conciliatory-sounding comment came after months of fiery rhetorical exchanges between the two leaders, prompted by a series of internationally condemned nuclear and missile tests by the North.
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| Asia Argento Tells Uma Thurman ‘We Need’ Your Voice After Her Response to Weinstein Goes Viral Posted: 05 Nov 2017 08:42 AM PST  She's shared credits with him in seven movies, but when it comes to the flood of sexual misconduct allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, Uma Thurman is staying mum… for now.
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| Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Failed To Disclose Ties To Vladimir Putin Posted: 05 Nov 2017 11:02 AM PST  U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross shares business interests with Russian President Vladimir Putin's immediate family, a connection that he failed to disclose earlier this yearduring his confirmation hearing for his Cabinet post, The Guardian reports.
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| Man Allegedly Used Ice Cream Truck To Lure And Sexually Assault Children: Police Posted: 05 Nov 2017 10:18 AM PST  He is being held on $1 million bond.
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| Police: Texas church attack stemmed from domestic situation Posted: 06 Nov 2017 09:25 AM PST  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — The gunman who opened fire in a small Texas church, killing 26 people during Sunday services, had sent threatening text messages to his mother-in-law before the attack, which appeared to stem from a domestic situation, authorities said Monday.
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| Koenigsegg's Top Speed Was 285 MPH on a Highway Posted: 05 Nov 2017 04:38 AM PST  That's 457 km/h, while the Agera RS also bested its own 0-400-0 record with a new one at 33.29 seconds. Using a single set of Michelins the entire day.
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| Ducati Goes Big With New Scrambler 1100 Posted: 05 Nov 2017 01:03 PM PST  Ducati Goes Big With New Scrambler 1100 Big L-twin produces 86 hp Something, something Land of Joy something something. Ducati has brought out the biggest bucket of superlatives it can find for the newly unveiled Scrambler 1100 – a big-boy version of the
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| Clinton Campaign Staffers Accuse Brazile Of Buying Into 'Russian Propaganda' Posted: 05 Nov 2017 12:27 AM PDT  Hillary Clinton's former campaign staffers have published an open letter in the wake of bombshell accusations by former interim Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile that Clinton controlled the committee.
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| For Amazon tribe, rainforest is a whole world Posted: 05 Nov 2017 07:06 PM PST  Waiãpi (Brazil) (AFP) - When Japarupi Waiapi looks into the dense foliage of the Amazon rainforest, he sees the equivalent of a supermarket, pharmacy, furniture store -- and that's just the beginning. Just in terms of different wood types, "we see thatch for our roofs, we see bows, we see arrow heads," Japarupi Waiapi, 45, says in the heart of Waiapi tribal land in eastern Brazil. "We don't depend on commerce or money," Japarupi Waiapi says, explaining the tribe's ancient, self-sufficient way of life, living in isolation from Brazil's white settlers.
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| Trump Official Wilbur Ross Involved With Business Tied to Vladimir Putin Posted: 05 Nov 2017 11:06 AM PST  Ross has a stake in a shipping company connected to Putin's son-in-law
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| Larry David Goes To The Dark Side With Death Camp Pick-Up Lines On 'SNL' Posted: 05 Nov 2017 01:28 AM PDT  "Saturday Night Live" host Larry David took a twisted turn to the shockingly macabre with a joke about picking up women at a concentration camp.
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| Lebanese premier resigns, plunging nation into uncertainty Posted: 04 Nov 2017 11:47 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri resigned from his post in a televised address from the Saudi capital Saturday, accusing Hezbollah of taking the country hostage, in a surprise move that plunged the nation into uncertainty amid heightened regional tensions.
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| Saudi-led Coalition Closes Yemen's Ports After Missile Targets Riyadh Posted: 05 Nov 2017 06:37 PM PST  The Saudi-led coalition battling Shiite rebels in Yemen closed off the land, sea and air ports to the Arab world's poorest country early Monday after a missile targeted Riyadh, hours after an Islamic State-claimed militant attack in Aden killed 17.
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| The Latest: Texas church gunman had 3 guns; no carry license Posted: 06 Nov 2017 09:27 AM PST  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the church shooting in Texas (all times local):
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| Man Meets Biological Sister for First Time After She Was Switched at Birth 39 Years Ago Posted: 05 Nov 2017 09:41 AM PST  The family could not believe the rumors they'd heard all these years had been true.
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| The Quiet Religious-Freedom Fight That Is Remaking America Posted: 05 Nov 2017 03:00 AM PST  A church outgrows its old building. It finds a vacant warehouse in a middle-class neighborhood, close to the highway and convenient for its congregants. Mortgage money is raised, plans are drawn up, the sale is approved. All that remains is a technicality: securing a zoning-code exemption.
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| Preet Bharara: Paul Manafort May Flip To Avoid A Harsh Sentence Posted: 06 Nov 2017 12:26 AM PST  Former U.S Attorney Preet Bharara said he believes one-time Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort may "flip" and provide damaging information on other political associates in exchange for a favorable plea deal.
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| Richard Dreyfuss' Son Says Kevin Spacey Groped Him As A Teen Posted: 05 Nov 2017 11:50 AM PST  Actor Harry Dreyfuss, the son of Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss, says that actor Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted him as a teen, adding his name to a growing list of accusers.
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| US commerce chief defends Russian business links Posted: 06 Nov 2017 07:07 AM PST  US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has defended personal business links to Russia revealed by the Paradise Papers, in an interview with the BBC on Monday. In a separate interview with Bloomberg, Ross indicated he could end the links but not because of any wrongdoing. "I think the media has made a lot more out of it than it deserves," Ross told the BBC on the sidelines of a business conference in London.
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| Why the Indian Ocean Must Not Become Like the South China Sea Posted: 05 Nov 2017 04:44 PM PST  A case in point is China's construction of military facilities on artificial islands proximate to disputed maritime areas, against a backdrop of contesting interpretations of international law. As regional and extra-regional states face a rising China on all fronts, a climate of strategic anxiety prevails in anticipation of its potential impact on the existing rules-based international order. Such anxieties inevitably spill over into the Indian Ocean Region and manifest in ways unique to that part of the world.
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| The Latest: Kentucky gov says some lawmakers should resign Posted: 04 Nov 2017 02:02 PM PDT  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on a report Kentucky GOP House Speaker Jeff Hoover has settled a sexual harassment allegation with one of his staffers (all times local):
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| Saudi Arabia arrests princes, ex-ministers: report Posted: 04 Nov 2017 03:27 PM PDT  Saudi Arabia's newly formed anti-corruption commission arrested 10 princes and dozens of former government ministers on Saturday, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television reported, citing unnamed sources. The arrests came soon after the commission, headed by powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was established by royal decree. "Arrest of 10 princes and dozens of former ministers in Saudi Arabia," Al Arabiya tweeted.
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