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• Police: Man slays neo-Nazi roommates over Islam disrespect

  22-05-2017 23:58
  
  A man told police he killed his two roommates because they were neo-Nazis who disrespected his recent conversion to Islam, and investigators found bomb-making materials and Nazi propaganda after he led them to the bodies.
  
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• VIDEO: Sea lion yanks girl off dock, pulls her into water in British Columbia

  22-05-2017 23:52
  
  A sea lion yanked a little girl seated on the edge of a British Columbia dock and pulled her into the water. The terrifying incident was all captured on video, which has since gone viral.
  
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• Sherpas show how the human body can thrive in extreme environments

  22-05-2017 23:49
  
  Mount Everest is a grueling, deadly place for many adventurers. Beyond the steep terrain, bone-chilling temperatures, and fierce weather, the air is so thin that your body can begin to shut down. That is, unless you're a Sherpa. Members of the Nepalese ethnic group have evolved over generations to withstand the oxygen-deprived atmosphere high in the Himalayas, a new study found.  SEE ALSO: Now you can climb Mount Everest in VR Sherpas are, biologically speaking, extremely efficient at produ
  
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• New leak sheds light on Apple’s upcoming 10.5-inch iPad Pro

  22-05-2017 23:40
  
  In 2010, Apple launched the iPad and reinvigorated, what was then, an arguably non-existent tablet market. As sales skyrocketed, even Apple executives were taken aback the iPad's popularity, with the device quickly becoming the fastest-selling product in consumer electronics history.
  A few years later, iPad sales not only began tapering off, but declining substantially. In a relatively short amount of time, the narrative surrounding the iPad shifted from "the iPad is the future of comp
  
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• Trump greeted with selfies and politics on arrival in Israel

  22-05-2017 23:38
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — President Donald Trump got an abrupt Israeli welcome on his arrival in Tel Aviv on Monday, with politicians lobbying him and snapping selfies as they sought to get a piece of the commander in chief's attention.
  
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• Big Game Hunter Dies After Being Crushed To Death By Elephant

  22-05-2017 23:25
  
  A well-known South African big game hunter was reportedly crushed to death Friday after his friends fatally shot an elephant.
  
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• Donald Trump becomes first sitting US president to visit Western Wall

  22-05-2017 22:44
  
  Donald Trump made by history by becoming the first sitting US president to visit the sacred Western Wall, vowing to try and secure peace between Israel and the Palestinians.“I thank the prime minister for his commitment to pursuing the peace process,” Mr Trump said of Mr Netanyahu, who stood next to him at a joint press conference in Jerusalem.For his part, Mr Netanyahu brushed aside the controversy over Mr Trump’s alleged leaking of sensitive intelligence material from Israel
  
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• Sea Lion Drags Little Girl Into Water In Terrifying Viral Video

  22-05-2017 22:34
  
  The dramatic moment a sea lion dragged a little girl into the water at a wharf in British Columbia was caught on video.
  
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• Gingrich disproves the whole Trump-Russia thing, based on an unsolved murder on a Washington street

  22-05-2017 22:31
  
  The District of Columbia police say Rich, who was shot in the back at 4 a.m. near his home in northwest Washington, was the victim of a botched robbery.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Leaks found on Dakota Access pipeline system

  22-05-2017 22:27
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Dakota Access pipeline and a feeder line leaked more than 100 gallons of oil in North Dakota in separate incidents in March as crews prepared the disputed $3.8 billion pipeline for operation.
  
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• Mississippi lawmaker 'sorry' he urged lynching for statue removal

  22-05-2017 22:19
  
  A Mississippi state lawmaker who called for the lynching of Louisiana officials for removing pro-slavery era monuments apologized on Monday after his comments sparked a firestorm of criticism.Republican Representative Karl Oliver had taken to Facebook on Saturday to criticize the removal of monuments in New Orleans that city leaders deemed racially offensive.The last of the four statues, of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, was taken down on Friday.
  
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• The Seth Rich ‘Scandal’ Shows That Fox News Is Morally Bankrupt

  22-05-2017 22:18
  
  The network I once respected as a necessary antidote to liberal media now peddles craven lies and Russian disinformation.
  
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• Everything points to Apple launching new MacBooks next month

  22-05-2017 22:09
  
  Apple will unveil the next big thing for its various software operating systems at WWDC 2017, including iOS 11 and the next macOS major update. But the iPhone maker is also tipped to launch a variety of new products at the show, including the Siri speaker, a 10.5-inch iPad Pro, and new MacBooks. A new report says that Apple is indeed expected to launch new laptops this quarter, and there’s reason to be excited.In a new research note to customers, TrendForce said that notebooks are having a
  
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• Gambian authorities seize ex-president Jammeh's bank accounts

  22-05-2017 22:01
  
  Gambian authorities have seized assets including 86 bank accounts and 131 properties linked to former president Yahya Jammeh, an official said on Monday, as an investigation into the veteran ruler's wealth gathers pace.The new government has accused Jammeh of massive fraud including siphoning off public money during his 22-year rule that ended in election defeat and disgraced exile in Equatorial Guinea in January.Jammeh has been out of contact since leaving for exile and his associates no longer
  
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• Texas bathroom bill could expose secrets of transgender kids

  22-05-2017 21:55
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Each morning, Joanna Smith's 7-year-old son pulls on a T-shirt and shorts, boasts how fast he can tie his sneakers and heads to school. An honor-roll student who loves science and spelling, he often stays after class to run on the playground with his large group of friends.
  
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• US probes whether Hyundai, Kia recalled engines fast enough

  22-05-2017 21:52
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government is investigating whether Hyundai and Kia moved quickly enough to recall more than 1.6 million cars and SUVs because the engines can stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
  
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• Comey friend: Here’s what the fired FBI director will — and won’t — reveal in Senate hearing

  22-05-2017 21:50
  
  James Comey’s friend Benjamin Wittes, who made headlines last week when he talked and wrote about Comey, made further comments in an interview today.
  
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• Real-world 5G test is 120 times faster than home broadband – in a moving car

  22-05-2017 21:44
  
  We've heard so many times that companies are going to start testing 5G networks "soon" that it's actually surprising when a test really takes place. But don't let all noise around 5G diminish from a new test by Verizon and Ericsson, which achieved a 6.4Gbps connection in a car being driven around a racetrack.The test happened in a car so that it could be gratuitously pegged to the Indy 500 race next weekend. But conducting a speed test in a moving vehicle really is a significant real-world miles
  
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• Ford names Hackett as CEO to tackle car rivals, Silicon Valley

  22-05-2017 21:41
  
  By David Shepardson and Joseph WhiteWASHINGTON/DEARBORN, Mich. (Reuters) - Ford Motor Coabruptly named James Hackett as chief executive on Monday, responding to investors' growing unease about the U.S. automaker's slumping stock price and its ability to counter threats from longtime rivals and Silicon Valley.Hackett, 62, a turnaround expert who for the past year has led the Ford unit developing self-driving cars and related projects, replaces Mark Fields, 56, who spent less than three years as C
  
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• Man dies after contracting botulism from Northern California gas station's nacho cheese

  22-05-2017 21:38
  
  The family of a man battling a severe case of botulism after eating food at a Sacramento-area gas station says he has passed away. Martin Galindo was one of five confirmed cases of the rare disease, which officials say appears to have come from nacho cheese sauce.
  
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• Trump, paws, protests and more — it happened today: May 22 in pictures

  22-05-2017 21:34
  
  President Trump visits the Western Wall, protests in Kashmir and more of today’s news from around the world in pictures.
  
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• Scandal-plagued Fox News hit with more lawsuits in U.S. court

  22-05-2017 21:21
  
  New York City lawyer Douglas Wigdor filed lawsuits in federal court in Manhattan on behalf of Kathleen Lee, a Fox News Radio shift editor who says she was sexually harassed and subjected to "unceasing retaliation" for complaining, and Naima Farrow, who maintains she was fired from her job as an accounts payable coordinator after telling supervisors she was pregnant.In a third case in the same court, Vidya Mann, a Fox News accounts receivable specialist, said she was taken on as a temporary emplo
  
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• Iran's president criticizes US after Trump's sharp words

  22-05-2017 21:19
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani took barbed swipes at the U.S. and its ally Saudi Arabia on Monday, hitting back at both a day after President Donald Trump used his first foreign trip to the kingdom to call for further isolation of Iran.
  
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• Microsoft To Announce The New Surface Pro Tuesday

  22-05-2017 20:54
  
  Microsoft's Panos Panay teased the Surface Pro tablet in a tweet before it's unveiled Tuesday at a Shanghai event.
  
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• Neo-Nazi Connected To Double Murder Arrested After FBI Finds Explosive Materials

  22-05-2017 20:51
  
  FBI agents found chemicals used to make explosives, Nazi propaganda and a framed picture of the Oklahoma City bomber.
  
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• Turkey summons U.S. envoy over Washington street brawl

  22-05-2017 20:50
  
  Turkey summoned the U.S ambassador on Monday to protest the treatment of Turkish security officials in the United States during a visit by President Tayyip Erdogan last week, the foreign ministry said.A brawl erupted between protesters and Turkish security personnel outside the Turkish ambassador's residence during Erdogan's visit to Washington to meet U.S. President Donald Trump.Turkey blamed the violence on demonstrators linked to the militant Kurdistan Workers Party while Washington's police
  
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• Suspects punch Army veteran, steal his service dog

  22-05-2017 20:44
  
  Police say two individuals punched a 40-year-old victim and forcibly removed the victim's service dog.
  
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• Flynn will reportedly invoke the Fifth Amendment, not comply with Senate intelligence committee subpoena

  22-05-2017 20:41
  
  Former national security adviser Michael Flynn will invoke the Fifth Amendment and not comply with a subpoena from the Senate intelligence committee, a source told AP. Flynn had previously sought immunity from Congress. Campaigning last September, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump made claims about the Fifth Amendment and Hillary Clinton, saying, “the Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”
  
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• Trump budget poised to slash healthcare for poor, other programs

  22-05-2017 20:38
  
  By Roberta RamptonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is set to release President Donald Trump's first full budget on Tuesday, a plan that will include a cut of more than $800 billion from the Medicaid program for the poor and reductions in other social spending.The Medicaid cuts were part of a Republican healthcare bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in early May, which aims to gut the Obama administration's 2010 law that expanded insurance coverage and the government-run Medica
  
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• New Ford CEO Hackett transformed Steelcase, football programme

  22-05-2017 20:27
  
  By Paul Lienert and Alana WiseDETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co'snew chief executive officer transformed office furniture maker Steelcase Incinto a global leader, but in Michigan, he may be more revered as the man who turned around a troubled college football programme.Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr., whose family owns the Detroit Lions football team, pointed to James Hackett's accomplishments as the University of Michigan's interim athletic director in 2015 while a member of the automaker
  
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• Father of Times Square car crash victim thanks New York in emotional letter

  22-05-2017 20:24
  
  At an impromptu memorial in Times Square, the father of the young woman who was killed there last week has placed a letter of thanks to the city.
  
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• Trump becomes first sitting US president to visit Western Wall

  22-05-2017 20:19
  
  Putting his hand against one of the most sacred sites in Judaism, Donald Trump on Monday became the first sitting US president to visit the Western Wall in the disputed city of Jerusalem.Allowing them to do so could have led to accusations that Washington was implicitly recognising Israel's unilateral claim of sovereignty over the site, which would break with years of US and international precedent.Security was tight, with the usually bustling Old City, where the Western Wall is located, essenti
  
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• Human rights activists criticize US praise for lack of Saudi Arabia protests

  22-05-2017 20:18
  
  US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross suggested no protesters was a sign of Saudi Arabia’s goodwill, but laws there strictly forbid any demonstrations Rex Tillerson, Donald Trump, Wilbur Ross and Jared Kushner take part in bilateral meeting with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud in Riyadh on Saturday. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
  
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• 58,000 Haitians facing deportation get US extension

  22-05-2017 20:14
  
  More than 58,000 Haitians who stayed in the United States with a special protected status since a catastrophic 2010 earthquake will be allowed to stay another six months, the Department of Homeland Security said Monday.The Haitians were facing orders to return home from July 23 if the department did not renew their so-called Temporary Protected Status, granted after a magnitude 7 earthquake destroyed much of the capital Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010.Activists had been hoping for a longer ex
  
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• See Last Instagram Picture Of Nicky Hayden And Fiancée

  22-05-2017 20:13
  
  After news of his death broke, fans sent their condolences to Marin on Instagram.
  
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• Rattled UK PM May forced into 'dementia tax' U-turn after poll lead halves

  22-05-2017 20:01
  
  By Kylie MacLellan and Kate HoltonLONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May was forced to backtrack on one of her most striking election pledges on Monday to force elderly people to pay more for their social care after her party's opinion poll lead halved in just a few days.Six opinion polls published in the past three days have all shown the Conservative Party's lead over the opposition Labour Party narrow by between 2 and 9 percentage points, though all project May will win the ele
  
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• Leader of Nigeria's ruling APC party warns of coup threat

  22-05-2017 19:47
  
  Nigeria has paid a high price to achieve democracy and will foil any attempts by those hoping to stage a coup, the national leader of Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party said on Monday.Bola Tinubu's warning came after the chief of army staff last week ordered officers to steer clear from politics and said he had received information that some soldiers had been approached by individuals for "undisclosed political reasons"."Just a few days ago we heard a warning that some people
  
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• 2018 Volvo XC60: First Drive

  22-05-2017 19:33
  
  The first member of Volvo's new 60 series has some big shoes to fill, but having the latest semi-autonomous technologies might just make it the safest and most comfortable family car you can buy.
  
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• The 750-HP Shelby F-150 Super Snake Is a $100,000 Thundertruck

  22-05-2017 19:32
  
  Only 150 will be built, each with a starting price just under $97,000.
  
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• Chinese Fighters Intercept Nuke-Detecting Plane Over East China Sea

  22-05-2017 19:30
  
  The U.S. military is describing the interaction as "unprofessional."
  
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• Breathtaking photography series showcases beauty of night sky in areas with no light pollution

  22-05-2017 19:26
  
  Two photographers have made a set of images exploring the magnificent night skies still found in North American and the grave threat of light pollution.
  
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• 8 Secrets That'll Save You Serious Money At Target

  22-05-2017 19:21
  
  These tricks will help you cut your grocery bill in half.
  
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• All The Details About Pippa's Extraordinary Wedding Cake

  22-05-2017 19:20
  
  It sounds absolutely incredible.
  
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• 'Alt-right' leader loses gym membership after confrontation

  22-05-2017 19:16
  
  A leading figure in the "alt-right" movement had his gym membership revoked after a Georgetown University professor confronted him during a workout and called him a neo-Nazi.
  
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• Body positively identified as missing Duke student

  22-05-2017 18:53
  
  Authorities said they have found the body of a Duke University student who had been missing for nearly a week.
  
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• The Supreme Court Finds North Carolina's Racial Gerrymandering Unconstitutional

  22-05-2017 18:44
  
  You don’t see a Kagan-Breyer-Ginsburg-Sotomayor-Thomas majority often in U.S. Supreme Court decisions, but today that quintet joined together to deal a blow to North Carolina Republicans. In the decision in Cooper v. Harris, the eight-member pre-Gorsuch roster upheld a district court’s ruling that two congressional districts in North Carolina were unconstitutional racial gerrymanders, putting an end to one part of a six-year saga that began with redistricting in 2011.
  
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• Engineering Student With No Female Friends Has All Male Bridesmaids

  22-05-2017 18:41
  
  Rebeca Abrantes had a dilemma: what does a bride do when all her friends are men?
  
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• Terrifying Video Shows Sea Lion Dragging Young Girl Into Water

  22-05-2017 18:29
  
  Her quick-thinking grandfather jumped into the water and got her out, bringing her back to safety.
  
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• Big game hunter crushed to death by falling elephant that was fatally shot

  22-05-2017 18:26
  
  Theunis Botha, a trophy hunter, died Friday in Zimbabwe.
  
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• What It’s Like to Test Drive the Tesla Model X P100D

  22-05-2017 18:08
  
  The Tesla Model X P100D is an all-electric vehicle that zooms from zero to sixty m.p.h. in a shocking 2.9 seconds
  
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