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• Hotel video shows Vegas gunman 'normal' before mass shooting

  22-03-2018 23:42 via yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hotel surveillance video from the days before the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, made public Thursday, shows the gunman as an unremarkable Las Vegas hotel guest and casino patron.
  
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• Mom accused of making baby smoke pot appears in court

  22-03-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  A mother in Raleigh, North Carolina, accused of making her baby smoke marijuana, appeared in court on Thursday. Nathan Frandino reports.
  
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• Trump's Next National Security Adviser, John Bolton, Is As Dangerous As You Remembered

  22-03-2018 23:36 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON -- John Bolton, who President Donald Trump said on Thursday will
  
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• Daughter of Uber autonomous vehicle victim retains lawyer

  22-03-2018 23:34 via yahoo.com
  The daughter of the woman killed by an Uber [UBER.UL] self-driving vehicle in Arizona has retained a personal injury lawyer, underlying the potential high stakes of the first fatality caused by an autonomous vehicle.The law firm of Bellah Perez in Glendale, Arizona, said in a statement it was representing the daughter of Elaine Herzberg, who died on Sunday night after being hit by the Uber self-driving SUV in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe."As the first pedestrian death involving an Uber autonomous
  
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• John Bolton Appointed As Trump's National Security Adviser

  22-03-2018 23:32 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will appoint John Bolton, former
  
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• Woman Charged After Bodies of Newborn Twins Found in Suitcase

  22-03-2018 23:29 via yahoo.com
  The Cross County Sheriff's Department confirms a woman has been arrested and charged in the case of two infant twins who were found in a suitcase near Wynne, Arkansas.
  
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• Species battle pits protected sea lions against fragile fish

  22-03-2018 23:13 via yahoo.com
  NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — The 700-pound sea lion blinked in the sun, sniffed the sea air and then lazily shifted to the edge of the truck bed and plopped onto the beach below.
  
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• Trump Doesn’t Get His ‘Great Beautiful Wall’ But Does Get 33 Miles Of Fence

  22-03-2018 23:08 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Having failed to get Mexico and then Congress to pay for his
  
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• Toys R Us Founder Charles Lazarus, 94, Dies As His Empire Comes To A Close

  22-03-2018 23:06 via yahoo.com
  Charles Lazarus, the 94-year-old founder of Toys R Us, died Thursday, about a
  
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• Expert: No sign of foul play in US youth's death in Bermuda

  22-03-2018 23:04 via yahoo.com
  HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — A U.S. student who died while visiting Bermuda for a rugby tournament died from an apparent fall and there are no signs of any foul play, police and a forensic expert said Thursday.
  
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• Syria rebels depart eastern Ghouta town on government buses in first surrender

  22-03-2018 22:58 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT/DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian rebels withdrew in busloads from a town in eastern Ghouta on Thursday and handed it over to the army, the first such surrender since one of the fiercest campaigns of the seven-year war began more than a month ago.The Ahrar al-Sham group's decision to accept the army's terms and abandon the town of Harasta puts the government on course for its biggest victory over rebels since the battle of Aleppo in 2016.After dark fell on Thursday, around 30 buses carrying reb
  
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• Kellyanne Conway warns college kids to avoid fentanyl

  22-03-2018 22:14 via yahoo.com
  On Thursday, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, President Trump’s pick to lead the fight against opioid abuse, warns an audience of college kids to avoid fentanyl.
  
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• Petersen Automotive Museum to host ‘Outlaw’ Porsche Panel

  22-03-2018 22:08 via yahoo.com
  Celebrating all things underground Porsche culture with a new 'Outlaw' panel, the Petersen Automotive museum will host craftsmen and icons from the Porsche Hot Rod world during an exclusive event
  
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• These Are The Biggest Marches In U.S. History

  22-03-2018 22:04 via yahoo.com
  On Feb. 14, a lone gunman entered the halls of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
  
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• Author of "The Dictator Pope" suspended as Knight of Malta

  22-03-2018 21:54 via yahoo.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The author of a highly critical book about Pope Francis, entitled "The Dictator Pope," has been suspended by the Knights of Malta lay religious order.
  
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• In world first, Air India crosses Saudi airspace to Israel

  22-03-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  Air India launched on Thursday the first scheduled service to Israel to be allowed to cross Saudi airspace, a sign of a behind-the-scenes improvement in ties between the Arab kingdom and the Jewish state."It is the first time that there is an official connection between the state of Israel and Saudi Arabia," he said in Hebrew.There will now be three flights weekly in each direction, ending a decades-long Saudi ban on the use of its airspace for commercial flights to Israel.
  
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• Police bodycam shows Sacramento officers firing 20 shots at unarmed man, thinking he had a gun 

  22-03-2018 21:40 via yahoo.com
  Two officers shouted for a suspect to show his hands, then shouted "Gun! Gun! Gun!" moments before fatally shooting the man, who turned out to be unarmed, audio from body camera footage released by Sacramento police shows. Footage from body cameras and an overhead helicopter does not clearly depict what the man, who was only holding a mobile phone, was doing in the moments before the police fired on Sunday night. The shooting happened in the backyard of the man
  
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• AT&T will use Time Warner as 'weapon' if merger goes ahead: US Justice Dept

  22-03-2018 21:38 via yahoo.com
  Will AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner give it a "weapon" to crush pay television rivals or help it catch up with "runaway" technology giants?Lawyers offered contrasting arguments in US federal court Thursday as the trial kicked off over the government's lawsuit seeking to block the $85 billion merger of the largest US pay TV operator with one of the biggest media-entertainment firms.Craig Conrath, the US Justice Department attorney arguing for the government, said the tie-up would give AT&a
  
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• Stephon Clark Shooting: Police Bodycam Footage Shows Hail of Bullets as Cops Mistook iPhone for Gun

  22-03-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  Clark died in his grandmother's backyard.
  
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• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Scolds His Own Party For Trying To Impeach Justices

  22-03-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  The chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, a Republican, spoke out
  
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• The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is up to 16 times more massive than thought

  22-03-2018 21:30 via yahoo.com
  The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), a massive area of floating plastic debris that is more than twice the size of Texas, contains about 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic. This is between 4 and 16 times the mass of plastic that scientists previously estimated.  What's worse is that the amount of plastic within this area is growing "exponentially," according to a comprehensive three-year-long study using 30 vessels and a high-tech reconnaissance aircraft.  The study, published Thursday
  
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• Former Fox News anchor sues O'Reilly for defamation

  22-03-2018 21:27 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A former Fox News anchor filed a defamation lawsuit on Thursday over comments by Bill O'Reilly it says were meant to damage the reputations of women who have accused him of harassment.
  
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• Lone Nigerian captive refused to convert for Boko Haram

  22-03-2018 21:04 via yahoo.com
  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The mother of the only Nigerian schoolgirl still in Boko Haram captivity after the extremists released 104 classmates said Thursday her daughter was blocked from boarding the vehicle to freedom and told to convert to Islam.
  
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• DC's Cherry Blossom Festival delayed for anti gun violence March

  22-03-2018 21:03 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports that the opening of Washington, D.C.'s famous Cheery Blossom Festival is being delayed a day to accommodate the expected crowds participating in the March For Our Lives protest for new laws to prevent gun violence.
  
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• As legal team withers, Trump adds cable news legal pundits

  22-03-2018 21:01 via yahoo.com
  As Donald Trump loses his lead Russia lawyer and adds more TV lawyers to his legal team, Rachel Maddow wonders if Trump is preparing a legal defense or a cable news PR campaign.
  
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• The Latest: Mom has court appearance in baby smoking case

  22-03-2018 20:56 via yahoo.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the case of a mother accused of letting her infant daughter smoke marijuana (all times local):
  
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• Battle of species pits protected sea lions vs. fragile fish

  22-03-2018 20:43 via yahoo.com
  NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — The 700-pound sea lion blinked in the sun, sniffed the sea air and then lazily shifted to the edge of the truck bed and plopped onto the beach below.
  
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• The Latest: Shooting suspect's brother says $500K bond high

  22-03-2018 20:31 via yahoo.com
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida (all times local):
  
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• Here's What Kim Cattrall Has to Say About Her Sex and the City Co-Star Cynthia Nixon's Run for Governor

  22-03-2018 20:16 via yahoo.com
  From Sex and the City to running the city
  
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• 'We'll vote you out': Marjory Stoneman students tell lawmakers to act on gun control

  22-03-2018 20:14 via yahoo.com
  Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School joined Democratic senators on Capitol Hill to push for legislation supported by the Brady Campaign, which would include temporarily remove guns from someon in crisis and enact an assault weapon and high capacity magazine bans. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
  
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• The Irony Of Joe Biden Trying To Protect Women By Threatening Donald Trump

  22-03-2018 20:13 via yahoo.com
  Former Vice President Joe Biden was speaking at a rally against sexual
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg Says He May Never Be 'The Right Person' To Testify Before Congress

  22-03-2018 20:09 via yahoo.com
  When will Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg agree to answer questions
  
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• Charles Lazarus, Founder of Toys R Us, Dies at 94

  22-03-2018 20:04 via yahoo.com
  Charles Lazarus opened what would become the first Toys R Us store in 1948.
  
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• Fed-Up Parkland Students Featured On Time Magazine Cover

  22-03-2018 19:59 via yahoo.com
  Time magazine's new cover features survivors of February's Marjory Stoneman
  
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• Senator Tells Ben Carson To Stop Blaming Wife For Expensive Furniture

  22-03-2018 19:36 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) on Thursday slammed Housing and Urban Development
  
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• Syrian Kurdish leader condemns Russia for Turkey 'green light' in Afrin

  22-03-2018 19:34 via yahoo.com
  A prominent Syrian Kurdish leader on Thursday criticised Russia for giving a "green light" to Turkey to carry out an offensive in Syria's Afrin region, saying it wouldn't have happened without Moscow's approval.Turkish troops and allied Syrian forces seized control of the northwestern city of Afrin from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia on Sunday.In an interview with AFP during a visit to Stockholm, Saleh Muslim, the former co-chair of the main Syrian Kurdish political movement
  
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• Mattis calls Tillerson firing a 'Washington D.C. story'

  22-03-2018 19:30 via yahoo.com
  By Phil StewartWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Thursday that Rex Tillerson's firing as U.S. secretary of state did not come up during his talks overseas this week, describing interest in the issue as largely a "Washington, D.C., story.”In his first public remarks on the matter since President Donald Trump announced Tillerson's dismissal on Tuesday, Mattis, who had forged a close working relationship with Tillerson, said allies understood that ties with the Unite
  
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• Sacramento Police Said They Were Making Changes. Then They Killed Stephon Clark.

  22-03-2018 19:29 via yahoo.com
  Twenty times. Sacramento Police officers shot Stephon Clark, a young black
  
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• Mattis tells Saudi leader of urgent need to find end to Yemen war

  22-03-2018 19:24 via yahoo.com
  By Idrees Ali and Phil StewartWASHINGTON (Reuters) - There is an urgent need to find a political solution to Yemen's war, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday, as he voiced hope for a U.N. special envoy's peace efforts and firmly backed Riyadh.A Saudi-led coalition intervened in neighboring Yemen in 2015 against Iran-aligned Houthis, who had ousted the internationally recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi."We must also rein
  
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• Man Charged in Death of Girlfriend's 4-Month-Old Daughter

  22-03-2018 19:23 via yahoo.com
  A 23-year-old Utah man has been charged after his girlfriend's 4-month-old daughter died from serious head and neck injuries on Wednesday.
  
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• The Latest: Mother says Nigerian girl refused to convert

  22-03-2018 19:02 via yahoo.com
  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The Latest on mass abduction and release of Nigerian schoolgirls (all times local):
  
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• Videos show injured cop, other victim, police response after San Francisco barber shop shooting

  22-03-2018 18:59 via yahoo.com
  Police say an officer and five other people, including the suspect, were shot in a San Francisco barber shop on Wednesday. Videos from witness shows the injured cop crawling away from the scene while other officers respond to the scene.
  
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• China should prepare for military action over Taiwan: Chinese paper

  22-03-2018 18:59 via yahoo.com
  By Ben BlanchardBEIJING (Reuters) - China should prepare for military action over self-ruled Taiwan and pressure Washington over cooperation on North Korea after the United States passed a law to boost ties with Taiwan, a widely read Chinese state-run newspaper said on Thursday.Beijing was infuriated when U.S. President Donald Trump signed legislation last week that encourages the United States to send senior officials to Taiwan to meet Taiwanese counterparts and vice versa.Beijing has also been
  
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• NYT obtains hotel video of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock

  22-03-2018 18:57 via yahoo.com
  In surveillance video obtained by the New York Times, Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock's movements at the Mandalay Bay hotel are seen in the days leading up to the Oct. 1 massacre that left 58 dead.
  
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• Man Rips School Superintendent During Board Meeting, Accusing Him of Bullying When They Were Students

  22-03-2018 18:57 via yahoo.com
  Gregg Barrett says he was tormented over his last name, Gay, by Dr. Lance Hindt, and even considered suicide at 13.
  
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• Rex Tillerson takes departing swing at Donald Trump: ‘Treat each other with respect’

  22-03-2018 18:55 via yahoo.com
  Rex Tillerson has called for people to “treat eachother with respect” in an apparent dig at Donald Trump during his farewell speech.  Mr Tillerson, who was fired as US secretary of state via tweet, also dubbed Washington a “very mean-spirited town” in coded rebuke of the president.  That second statement drew laughter from the crowd of diplomats who appeared to connect the comment to Mr Trump’s treatment of Mr Tillerson.  The remarks were made as Mr T
  
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• Miccosukee tribe seizes non-native dad's newborn in hospital

  22-03-2018 18:45 via yahoo.com
  MIAMI (AP) — A clash between the authority of a sovereign Indian nation and non-native officials is shaping up in Florida, where tribal police entered a hospital in Miami to seize a newborn from her parents, a Miccosukee mother and a white father.
  
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• 911 calls show quick reaction to Florida bridge collapse

  22-03-2018 18:41 via yahoo.com
  MIAMI (AP) — Police and rescue workers arrived at the scene of a pedestrian bridge collapse near a Florida university campus even before witnesses could finish making 911 calls for help, according to audio files released Thursday.
  
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• Wisconsin Judge Orders Scott Walker To Call Special Elections He Refused To Allow

  22-03-2018 18:40 via yahoo.com
  A Wisconsin judge on Thursday ordered Gov. Scott Walker (R) to call the
  
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• Jamaican airline's flight crew member caught with four packages of cocaine taped to legs

  22-03-2018 18:29 via yahoo.com
  A Fly Jamaica Airways crew member was arrested with four packages of cocaine taped to his legs, after arriving at New York's John F Kennedy International Airport.
  
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