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• The Latest: Girl in fair condition after bear attack

  13-05-2018 23:55 via yahoo.com
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — The Latest on a bear attack in western Colorado: (all times local):
  
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• Lindsey Graham: Trump Officials Owe McCain An Apology For 'Disgusting' Insult

  13-05-2018 23:31 via yahoo.com
  A somber Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) wants President Donald Trump's
  
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• Rouhani says Iran may remain part of nuclear accord

  13-05-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that Iran would remaincommitted to the 2015 nuclear deal if its interests were protected, while his foreign minister hoped the pact could be redesigned without Washington as a member.The U.S. withdrawal from the accord on Tuesday was a "violation of morals", Rouhani said in remarks carried by state television."If the remaining five countries continue to abide by the agreement, Iran will remain in the deal despite the will of America," he said.
  
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• Candidates spend big in California lieutenant governor race

  13-05-2018 21:27 via yahoo.com
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom once joked his job doesn't involve much governing, but that's not stopping candidates from shelling out millions of dollars to replace him.
  
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• Noisy Hawaii volcano lava fissure spurs more evacuations

  13-05-2018 21:24 via yahoo.com
  PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — A new fissure emitting steam and lava spatter spurred Hawaii officials to call for more evacuations on Sunday as residents braced for an expected eruption from the Kilauea volcano.
  
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• Saudi troops arrive on Yemen's Socotra after UAE tensions

  13-05-2018 21:12 via yahoo.com
  Saudi troops have been deployed to the Yemeni island of Socotra following tensions over the United Arab Emirates' presence there, the Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen said Sunday."Saudi forces have arrived on the island of Socotra... to train and support Yemeni forces," the coalition announced through Saudi's state-owned Al-Ekhbariya channel.The deployment was said to have been coordinated with the Yemeni government.
  
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• The Latest: Hamas says it will proceed with mass rally

  13-05-2018 20:48 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem and protests along with Israel-Gaza border (all times local):
  
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• Bernie Sanders says its 'beyond my comprehension' White House will not apologise for John McCain cancer 'joke'

  13-05-2018 20:31 via yahoo.com
  Bernie Sanders has said it is beyond his “comprehension” why the White House has not officially apologised to John McCain over a “joke” about the aggressive brain cancer for which he is receiving treatment.Mr McCain, 81, who has glioblastoma, recently angered the White House when he issued a statement saying he would not support Donald Trump’s pick to head the CIA, Gina Haspel.The aide, Kelly Sadler, telephoned one of Mr McCain’s daughters to apologise for her
  
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• John Bolton: Trump Sanctions On European Companies "Possible" Over Iran

  13-05-2018 20:19 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― White House national security adviser John Bolton warned on
  
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• Gaza faces fuel, gas shortage after vandals trash crossing

  13-05-2018 20:19 via yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Gaza Strip is rapidly running out of cooking gas and diesel fuel for hospital generators will only last another 7-10 days, officials said Sunday, after Palestinian protesters destroyed the fuel terminal at the territory's only cargo crossing.
  
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• Hawaii volcano: new fissures open, evacuations expanding

  13-05-2018 20:17 via yahoo.com
  A new fissure emitting steam and lava spatter spurred Hawaii officials to call for more evacuations on Sunday as residents braced for an expected eruption from the Kilauea volcano.
  
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• Deadly Indonesia church suicide bombings committed by one family

  13-05-2018 20:14 via yahoo.com
  A family of six including two young daughters staged suicide bombings at three Indonesian churches during Sunday services, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens in attacks claimed by the Islamic State group.The bombings at three churches in Surabaya were Indonesia's deadliest for years, as the world's biggest Muslim-majority country grapples with homegrown militancy and rising intolerance towards religious minorities.A further three people were killed and two wounded when another bomb e
  
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• John Bolton threatens sanctions for European companies operating in Iran

  13-05-2018 19:53 via yahoo.com
  John Bolton, Donald Trump’s hawkish National Security Adviser, on Sunday warned European companies they would face sanctions if they continued working in Iran, raising the prospect of a transatlantic rift over how to handle Tehran. However, at the same time, Mike Pompeo, the Secretary of State, said he was hopeful Washington could still strike a new nuclear deal with Europe. The diverging tones suggest splits within the administration about how to work with the international community
  
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• Paris attack latest linked to Russian Caucasus

  13-05-2018 19:24 via yahoo.com
  A knife attack in Paris that killed one man on Saturday, carried out by a French citizen born in Chechnya, is the latest of numerous suspected acts of terrorism linked to the troubled Russian region.The Chechen warlord Akhmed Chatayev, who was killed in 2017, was believed to be behind an attack the previous year at Istanbul's Ataturk airport in which 45 people died.Turkish officials said the attack was carried out by suicide bombers from the area as well as the ex-Soviet central Asian nations Uz
  
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• First climbers of 2018 reach Everest summit

  13-05-2018 19:03 via yahoo.com
  Eight Nepali climbers reached the top of Mount Everest on Sunday, the first of hundreds of climbers expected to summit the world's highest mountain in coming weeks.The team reached the summit on Sunday afternoon while fixing ropes for foreign climbers, who will begin this week to ascend the mountain.Iswari Paudel of Himalayan Guides Nepal, the company assigned to fix the ropes, confirmed that the team has scaled the mountain.
  
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• Michael Che's Stepmom Melissa McCarthy Embarrasses Him On 'Weekend Update'

  13-05-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  As much as she might embarrass him, Michael Che loves his stepmom Melissa
  
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• Special Forces soldier livestreams himself being waterboarded and claims it is not torture in support of Trump's CIA nominee

  13-05-2018 18:42 via yahoo.com
  A US special forces soldier has livestreamed a video of him being waterboarded by his friends, as part of an effort to promote Donald Trump’s nominee to head the CIA.The president wants acting CIA director Gina Haspel to take leadership of America’s preeminent intelligence agency from Mike Pompeo, who was recently confirmed as his new secretary of state.There is considerable opposition to Ms Haspel’s confirmation by the senate because of her previous role overseeing “blac
  
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• Pompeo: US will need to give Kim Jong Un security assurances

  13-05-2018 18:41 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the United States will need to "provide security assurances" to North Korea's Kim Jong Un if the adversaries are to reach a nuclear deal, describing the stakes of President Donald Trump's upcoming summit with Kim.
  
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• Police: Members of a family bombed 3 Indonesian churches

  13-05-2018 18:35 via yahoo.com
  SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — Coordinated suicide bombings carried out by members of the same family struck three churches in Indonesia's second-largest city Sunday, police said, as the world's most populous Muslim nation recoiled in horror at one of its worst attacks since the 2002 Bali bombings.
  
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• Matthew Dowd: Comments on Sen. McCain 'a reflection of culture' in White House

  13-05-2018 18:23 via yahoo.com
  On the "This Week" Powerhouse Roundtable, ABC News Political Analyst Matthew Dowd discusses harsh comments made by a White House aide about Sen. John McCain, who has brain cancer.
  
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• Tomi Lahren Claims Low-Skilled Immigrants Are 'Not What This Country Is Based On'

  13-05-2018 18:21 via yahoo.com
  Conservative pundit Tomi Lahren attempted on Saturday night to defend
  
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• Sanders, Graham think White House should apologize for John McCain insult

  13-05-2018 18:19 via yahoo.com
  Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the White House should apologize for a comment an aide to the president reportedly made about John McCain’s opinion not mattering because “he's dying anyway.”
  
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• How Many Toy Cars Are Needed To Pull A Jeep Grand Cherokee

  13-05-2018 18:00 via yahoo.com
  Of course it worked.
  
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• Iran FM hopeful of forging 'clear future' for nuclear deal on diplomatic tour

  13-05-2018 17:55 via yahoo.com
  Iran's foreign minister said Sunday he was hopeful of forging a "clear future design" for the nuclear deal facing collapse after Washington's withdrawal, at the start of a diplomatic tour aimed at rescuing the agreement."We hope that with this visit to China and other countries we will be able to construct a clear future design for the comprehensive agreement," Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters after talks in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.Zarif will later fly to Moscow and Bruss
  
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• This New Switch Game Is Animal Crossing With Cats

  13-05-2018 17:50 via gamespot.com
  
  If you're still holding out for Animal Crossing on Switch, this adorable kitty-themed title might be for you. Mineko's Night Market, a game about exploration and crafting, is coming to Switch.The development team, Meowza Games, tweeted out earlier this week that the title will be coming to Switch. While we still don't have an exact release date, Mineko's Night Market is expected to launch this fall on PC, Mac, and Switch.☆*:。 BIG NEWS 。:*☆
  We are super pumped as heck to
  
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• Family carries out suicide attacks on Indonesia churches

  13-05-2018 17:15 via yahoo.com
  SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — Coordinated suicide bombings carried out by members of the same family struck three churches in Indonesia's second-largest city on Sunday, police said, as the world's most populous Muslim nation recoiled in horror from one of its worst attacks since the 2002 Bali bombings.
  
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• Bishop Michael Curry from Chicago to give address at royal wedding

  13-05-2018 17:13 via yahoo.com
  A bishop from Chicago will speak at the royal wedding next weekend!
  
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• Parkland survivors meet Waffle House hero who snatched semi-automatic weapon from gunman

  13-05-2018 17:02 via yahoo.com
  Survivors of the Parkland school shooting met James Shaw Jr, the man who disarmed a gunman who killed four people at a Nashville Waffle House, in Miami on Saturday amid a drive for gun reform by student groups.Seventeen people were killed and another 17 were injured in the Florida shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February.“Meeting the young adults of the Parkland incident so much fire and inspiration in their eyes was a great joy,” Mr Shaw tweeted with a photo of t
  
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• Israel destroys Gaza tunnel as US prepares to open Jerusalem embassy

  13-05-2018 16:58 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka arrived in Israel on Sunay for the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem hours after the Israeli Defence Forces destroyed a tunnel near the main pedestrian crossing of the Gaza strip. Along with her husband, Jared Kushner, she will lead the American delegation on Monday to mark the controversial decision to move US operations from Tel Aviv. The transfer has angered Palestinian leaders, who claim East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state. Ahea
  
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• Trust me on Brexit, UK PM May says as ministers squabble

  13-05-2018 16:57 via yahoo.com
  British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she could be trusted to deliver Brexit, but that it could not be done without compromises on all sides -- a possible warning to cabinet ministers who are deeply split over future customs arrangements.The divisions inside her government over the customs issue were laid bare on Tuesday when Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said proposals for a customs partnership with the European Union after Britain leaves the bloc were "crazy".May's decision to lea
  
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• Remains of 10-Year-old Lindsey Baum Found Nearly 10 Years After She Went Missing

  13-05-2018 16:35 via yahoo.com
  The remains were identified this week.
  
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• Hawaii volcano: Lava spews from fissure in wake of eruption

  13-05-2018 16:16 via yahoo.com
  Two new fissures have opened up in Hawaii as the Kilauea volcano eruption continues to wreak havoc on the paradise island.In this video lava can be seen spewing from Fissure 16, which opened up on Saturday morning.According to the Hawaii's Civil Defense Agency, Fissure 17 became active at 7pm local time.
  
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• Ford Wants You To Consider Mustang Over Challenger, Camaro

  13-05-2018 16:00 via yahoo.com
  Because subtlety is so last summer.
  
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• It's 'possible' US will sanction European companies that do business with Iran, John Bolton says

  13-05-2018 15:50 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s national security adviser has said it “is possible” the US will sanction European countries that seek to do business with Iran, following Washington withdrawal from the nuclear deal.John Bolton, widely considered a hawk on national security and one of those who pushed for George W Bush 2003 invasion of Iraq, said he believed European nations – currently furious by Mr Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from the deal – may eventually change their opini
  
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• Israel clucks with pride after Eurovision victory

  13-05-2018 15:46 via yahoo.com
  Israel revelled in its victory at the Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu briefly breaking out in a chicken dance in tribute and social media abuzz.Netta Barzilai beat 25 other contestants with her uptempo song "Toy", whose lyrics were inspired by the #MeToo movement.The 25-year-old, who wore a multicoloured kimono, accompanied her winning performance with trills, clucking sounds and chicken-like dance moves in an eye-catching and bizarre performance that is
  
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• Fire breathing dragon at Disney World parade bursts into flames

  13-05-2018 15:10 via yahoo.com
  "I think we have a problem, the dragon's literally on fire," says one shocked onlooker in a video circulated on social media.The float was supposed to represent 'Maleficent' from Disney classic Sleeping Beauty.Onlookers, including many children, saw the motorised beast continued to lift its head up and down while the flames made their way down its neck.
  
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• Grandfather planned Australia family murder-suicide according to grieving father

  13-05-2018 14:46 via yahoo.com
  The grieving father of four children who were killed in a family mass murder and suicide case that rocked Australia said on Sunday their grandfather was to blame for what he called a planned shooting. Aaron Cockman's children - three boys and a girl aged eight to 13 - were among the seven people found dead by police on a rural property in the small town of Osmington near the Margaret River wine region of Western Australia. The bodies of their mother Katrina Miles, 35, and grandparents Peter and
  
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• Donald Trump 'showed Angela Merkel his bedroom'

  13-05-2018 14:43 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump showed Angela Merkel his bedroom on her most recent visit to Washington, the US ambassador to Germany has claimed. In one of the more bizarre attempts to defend Mr Trump’s personal relations with the German chancellor, Richard Grenell said the president had given her a “very personal” tour of his private living quarters. “Donald Trump personally led the Chancellor through the part of the White House where he actually lives,” Mr Grenell said in an interv
  
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• Salmonella Outbreak Sickens More People Following Multi-State Egg Recall

  13-05-2018 14:28 via yahoo.com
  A salmonella outbreak that led to the multi-state recall in April of more than
  
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• Malaysia's new leader indicates anti-fake news law to stay

  13-05-2018 14:28 via yahoo.com
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — New Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad indicated Sunday that his government will keep a controversial law banning fake news that he once slammed as a tool to curb dissent.
  
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• 'Family of Isil terrorists' behind Indonesia suicide church attack

  13-05-2018 14:08 via yahoo.com
  A family of suicide bombers including children and teenagers were responsible for a series of deadly church attacks in Indonesia on Sunday, the country's national police chief said. At least 11 people died and 41 were wounded in three blasts during Sunday services in Indonesia's second-biggest city Surabaya - the deadliest attacks for years in the world's biggest Muslim-majority country. The national police chief, Tito Karnavian, said the family who carried out
  
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• Paris knifeman Khamzat Azimov shot dead by police after killing one and injuring four 'is Chechen-born'

  13-05-2018 14:07 via yahoo.com
  The suspected terrorist who stabbed a man to death and injured four other people with a knife in central Paris on Saturday evening was a Chechen-born French citizen on a terror watchlist. Named on Sunday as Khamzat Azimov, 20, he was questioned by counter-terrorism police last year over his links with Islamist radicals including a woman arrested in Hungary suspected of planning to join jihadists in Syria. French intelligence identified him using facial recognition software. Born in Russia&r
  
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• College Costs Are America's Cruel Graduation Gift

  13-05-2018 14:00 via yahoo.com
  Springtime at the school where I teach is usually a celebration of how far so
  
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• Malaysian PM Mahathir vows to review 'fake news' law

  13-05-2018 13:35 via yahoo.com
  New Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad vowed Sunday to review a controversial law against "fake news" hurriedly passed before the elections and seen as aimed at critics of his scandal-tainted predecessor.The law, passed in early April, makes the deliberate spread of false information punishable by up to six years in jail and a hefty fine.It has sparked outrage from rights groups, who believe the law could be used to crack down on dissent, especially criticism of then-prime minister Najib
  
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• Israelis march, bask in national pride ahead of US embassy move

  13-05-2018 13:27 via yahoo.com
  Israelis basked in national pride and prepared for a Jerusalem march expected to draw tens of thousands Sunday, a day ahead of the controversial US embassy move to the disputed city.Palestinians meanwhile readied for their own protests on Monday over the embassy's inauguration, including another mass demonstration in the Gaza Strip near the border with Israel.Sunday's Jerusalem march begins a week of high tension between Israelis and Palestinians, highlighted by the embassy inauguration to be at
  
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• Cracks in Hawaii volcano roar amid warnings of more

  13-05-2018 13:13 via yahoo.com
  By Terray SylvesterPAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) - New fissures roaring like jet engines and spewing magma have opened on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, piling lava as high as a four-story building as the U.S. Geological Survey warned that more outbreaks were likely.A crack in pasture land on Kilauea's east flank was the 16th recorded since the U.S. volcano, one of the world's most active, erupted eight days ago.The new fissure opened up on Saturday about a mile (1.6 km) east of the existing vent system th
  
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• AirAsia boss sorry for 'foolish' Malaysia poll stunt

  13-05-2018 13:11 via yahoo.com
  AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes on Sunday apologised for a controversial stunt endorsing scandal-tainted Prime Minister Najib Razak before Malaysia's general election, in which he suffered a stunning defeat.Fernandes said he came under pressure from Najib's government before the May 9 vote, causing him to issue a video enthusiastically crediting its policies for the success of the homegrown low-cost carrier.
  
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• Trump welcomes N. Korea plan to blow up nuke-site tunnels

  13-05-2018 12:58 via yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Saturday that it will dismantle its nuclear test site in less than two weeks, in a dramatic event that would set up leader Kim Jong Un's summit with President Donald Trump next month. Trump welcomed the "gracious gesture."
  
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• Malaysia's new government says to re-define fake news law, not abolish it

  13-05-2018 12:49 via yahoo.com
  Malaysia's new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Sunday that an anti-fake news law brought by the previous administration will be given "proper" definition, making it clear to the media and the public what is fake."Even though we support freedom of press and freedom of speech, there are limits," Mahathir said in a live telecast on state TV.Abolishing the anti-fake news law was one of the Mahathir'scampaign promises, but his latest comments point to a re-defining of the controversial law, r
  
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• The Latest: New fissure spatters lava from Hawaii volcano

  13-05-2018 12:41 via yahoo.com
  VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) — The Latest on the eruption of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii (all times local):
  
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