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• Turpin family: 13 'emaciated' children found shackled to beds in squalid home, California police say

  15-01-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  California authorities say they have rescued more than a dozen starving, filthy young people who were chained inside their parents’ home in Perris.One of the captives, a 17-year-old girl, escaped over the weekend and notified the Riverside Sheriff’s Department that her siblings “were being held captive inside the residence by her parents,” some of them “bound with chains and padlocks,” the Sheriff’s Department said.“Further investigation revealed s
  
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• North Carolina mother kills two children, jumps off bridge

  15-01-2018 23:21 via yahoo.com
  After 34-year-old Christina Treadway's suicide on Saturday, police found Isaiah Miller, 7, and Iliyah Miller, 3, with life-threatening injuries at their home, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and Charlotte media said.
  
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• Wrong woman killed in love triangle murder-for-hire plot in Florida

  15-01-2018 23:00 via yahoo.com
  Authorities in Florida say the wrong person was killed last Sunday in a botched murder-for-hire plot set up by a scorned woman.
  
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• Israel slams Palestinian leader over anti-Trump speech

  15-01-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli leaders slammed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Monday for a fiery, invective-filled speech against President Donald Trump, in which he proclaimed the U.S. role as arbiter of the Mideast conflict over, attacked the administration's envoys and described Israel as a colonial conspiracy.
  
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• Whale Rescued After Being Trapped in 285 Feet of Braided Line

  15-01-2018 22:48 via yahoo.com
  The animal expected to survive.
  
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• French prison guards block jails after attack by Qaeda convict

  15-01-2018 22:25 via yahoo.com
  French prison officers blocked access to several jails around the country on Monday to demand tighter security after three officers were injured in an attack by a German terror convict last week.The officers' unions say the blade attack by Christian Ganczarski, who is serving an 18-year sentence over the 2002 bombing of a Tunisian synagogue, illustrated the lax approach of prison authorities to violent convicts.An anti-terror judge has charged Ganczarski with attempted murder for the attack on t
  
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• 'These are evil days': Martin Luther King Jr's children condemn Trump over 's***hole comments'

  15-01-2018 22:04 via yahoo.com
  Martin Luther King Jr’s eldest son has said we are living in “evil days” as he blasted Donald Trump’s reported description of Haiti, El Salvador and certain African nations as “s***hole countries”.In the days leading up to the US holiday celebrating Dr King on Monday, Mr Trump has faced severe international condemnation for his alleged comments and has been forced to battle fresh accusations he is racist.“These are evil days when the President of the Uni
  
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• Tyler Barriss, accused of making hoax call, regrets death of 'swatting' victim

  15-01-2018 21:49 via yahoo.com
  Tyler Barriss, 25, appears in court for his extradition hearing in Los Angeles, California.Tyler Barriss, the California man accused of making a hoax emergency call that resulted in a fatal police shooting in Kansas, has said he regrets the death of Andrew Finch.Speaking to KWCH-TV from the Kansas jailhouse where he is being held on a $500,000 bond after being charged with involuntary manslaughter, Barris said: “As far as serving any amount of time, I’ll just take responsibility and
  
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• We Thought We Were Going To Die, So We Fought Over A Tractor

  15-01-2018 21:45 via yahoo.com
  A state employee accidentally pushed the wrong button during a routine shift change drill on Saturday, broadcasting an incoming missile alert to the people of Hawaii.
  
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• Selena Gomez's Mom Says She's 'Not Happy' Her Daughter Is Back With Justin Bieber

  15-01-2018 21:42 via yahoo.com
  Selena Gomez’s mother and former manager, Mandy Teefey, is “not happy” the singer has recently rekindled her romance with Justin Bieber, Teefey told celebrity site Gossip Cop.
  
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• Car crashes into second floor dental practice in California

  15-01-2018 21:26 via yahoo.com
  A man who had taken drugs before getting behind the wheel of his Nissan Sedan survived relatively unscathed after crashing his car in the second-floor of a house. Police in Santa Ana, California, say that the car, travelling at high speed, clipped the central reservation before launching into the air. It flew about 60 feet before smashing into the second floor of the building, which contained a dental practice. CCTV footage obtained by a local television station captured the moment, and showed t
  
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• Several dead in operation to arrest rogue Venezuela pilot Óscar Pérez

  15-01-2018 21:22 via yahoo.com
  Two police officers were killed outside Caracas as security forces closed in on a rogue pilot and former policeman who stole a helicopter and bombed government buildings in an audacious stunt that inspired protesters across Venezuela. Police traced Óscar Pérez to a run-down area near the capital on Monday after six months on the run following his air raid in June last year. According to the Ministry of the Interior and Justice, five members of the “terrorist cell” were
  
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• Haitians In Florida Protest Trump's 'Shithole' Comments, Demand Apology

  15-01-2018 21:17 via yahoo.com
  Members of the Haitian community in South Florida gathered Monday to protest President Donald Trump’s comments about immigrants from “shithole” countries.
  
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• UAE accuses Qatar of 'intercepting' 2 passenger planes

  15-01-2018 21:02 via yahoo.com
  The United Arab Emirates accused neighbouring Qatar of "intercepting" two Emirati passenger planes en route to Bahrain on Monday in the latest incident between the Gulf rivals.Qatar denied the allegations as "totally baseless" and hit back that they came "one day after a C-130 UAE military aircraft breached Qatari airspace".Tensions have escalated in the Gulf since Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut all ties with Qatar in June, accusing it of supporting Islamist extrem
  
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• Danica Patrick finds love away from track with Aaron Rodgers

  15-01-2018 20:54 via yahoo.com
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Danica Patrick's heart is racing for Aaron Rodgers.
  
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• The Latest: UN defends work of Palestinian refugee agency

  15-01-2018 20:48 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (all times local):
  
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• Heart-Stopping Video Shows NYPD Cop Dragged by Car in Dramatic Times Square Chase

  15-01-2018 20:46 via yahoo.com
  After he's hit by the vehicle, NYPD Officer Ian Wallace gets up and pursues the suspect on foot.
  
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• Hawaii employee responsible for sending out ballistic missile alert in error is reassigned

  15-01-2018 20:40 via yahoo.com
  The Hawaii state employee responsible for sending out an erroneous missile alert of a ballistic missile threat has been reassigned.“The employee in question has been temporarily reassigned within our Emergency Operations Center pending the outcome of our internal investigation.A Saturday morning alert warning Hawaii residents of an incoming ballistic missile threw the archipelago into a panic and left officials scrambling to reassure resident that they were safe.
  
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• UK air force scrambles 2 fighters to intercept Russian jets

  15-01-2018 20:32 via yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — Britain's Royal Air Force scrambled two fighter jets to intercept Russian strategic bombers near U.K. airspace on Monday, in another illustration of ongoing tensions.
  
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• Saudi Ritz Carlton to reopen after being used as luxury prison in corruption purge

  15-01-2018 20:22 via yahoo.com
  The luxury Riyadh hotel used as a prison during Saudi Arabia's crackdown on corruption will reopen for business next month, suggesting authorities are close to settling the cases of many suspects. Dozens of princes, senior officials and top businessmen were detained and confined in the five-star Ritz-Carlton Riyadh as the government launched the purge in early November. The some 200 detainees occupied half the hotel's 492 rooms. The rest was closed to business. The hotel's website now accepts bo
  
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• MLK's Daughter Says We Must Remember Her Mother's Legacy, Too

  15-01-2018 20:22 via yahoo.com
  Bernice King says those honoring her father on Martin Luther King Jr. Day should also remember another incredibly important figure in the civil rights movement: her mother, Coretta Scott King.
  
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• The Maid of Honor at Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Still Marvels at the Dress She Wore

  15-01-2018 20:20 via yahoo.com
  Lady Anne Glenconner keeps the extravagant gown in a special box.
  
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• Pulse-Pounding Rescue Caught on Tape as Firefighters Catch Baby Tossed From Burning Building

  15-01-2018 20:12 via yahoo.com
  Fire captain Scott Stroup twisted his knee while making the grab.
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan warns US against forming 'terror army' on its border with Syria

  15-01-2018 19:43 via yahoo.com
  Turkey has warned the US it was “playing with fire” over plans to set up a 30,000-strong force to police its border with Syria, saying it had tanks ready at the frontier. The US announced plans on Sunday for a "border security force" - made up of Kurdish and Arab fighters - to prevent a resurgence by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil). The BSF will be tasked with securing the long sections of Syria's northern border with Turkey and eastern border with Iraq that are under the
  
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• New pickups from Ram, Chevy heat up big-truck competition

  15-01-2018 19:34 via yahoo.com
  DETROIT (AP) — The competition for full-size pickup truck customers in the U.S. is as rough-and-tumble as ever, with Ram and Chevrolet rolling out brawny-looking new models that are larger, lighter and more efficient than their predecessors.
  
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• Celebrities React To The Death Of Dolores O'Riordan, Lead Singer Of The Cranberries

  15-01-2018 19:29 via yahoo.com
  Celebrities reacted with a mix of shock and sadness after the sudden death of Dolores O’Riordan, the lead singer of popular ’90s band The Cranberries.
  
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• Palestinians to get 3G mobile services in West Bank: official

  15-01-2018 19:11 via yahoo.com
  Palestinian cellular providers Jawwal and Wataniya Mobile will launch 3G mobile networks for customers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank by the end of January, an official said on Monday.Suleiman al-Zuhairi, Deputy Minister of Telecommunication in the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority (PA), told Reuters the two companies will be launching the service simultaneously having recently received a green light from Israel.In 2015, Israel and the PA signed an agreement to allow 3G networks to operat
  
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• The Person Who Sent Hawaii's False Missile Alert Has Been Reassigned

  15-01-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  They're "in a role that does not provide access to the warning system"
  
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• Top U.S. general says 'not giving up' on Pakistan ties

  15-01-2018 18:59 via yahoo.com
  The top U.S. military officer, Marine General Joseph Dunford, said on Monday he was committed to the U.S.-Pakistan relationship, which has been strained in recent weeks as Washington piles pressure on Islamabad to crack down on militants.The United States has long blamed militant safe-havens in Pakistan for prolonging the war in neighboring Afghanistan, giving insurgents, including from the Haqqani network, a place to plot attacks and rebuild their forces.
  
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• What Bitcoin’s “80% Mined” Landmark Means for Cryptocurrency’s Price

  15-01-2018 18:55 via yahoo.com
  The cryptocurrency has hit a major milestone.
  
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• Torture investigation launched after 13 believed held captive in California home

  15-01-2018 18:50 via yahoo.com
  Authorities launched an investigation into alleged torture and child endangerment after multiple children were discovered bound, shackled and malnourished.
  
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• Mitt Romney: Trump's 'Shithole' Comments 'Antithetical To American Values'

  15-01-2018 18:48 via yahoo.com
  Mitt Romney has joined the chorus of voices condemning the vulgar remarks that President Donald Trump reportedly made about Haiti and African countries, calling them “inconsistent [with] America’s history and antithetical to American values” in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day tweet.
  
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• UAE says Qatar fighter jets intercept flights, Doha denies

  15-01-2018 18:47 via yahoo.com
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates on Monday claimed that Qatari fighter jets intercepted two of its commercial airliners in international airspace on the way to Bahrain, allegations denied by Qatar.
  
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• 1 dead, 7 injured after crash on I-70 in Missouri

  15-01-2018 18:41 via yahoo.com
  A fatal crash occurred on I-70 in Missouri Monday morning. The accident is causing traffic delays, with the eastbound lanes in the area shut down and one westbound lane closed.
  
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• Driver charged after going wrong way at high speed on Interstate: Police

  15-01-2018 18:34 via yahoo.com
  A Connecticut officer's dashcam video shows a wrong-way driver traveling northbound at high speed in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95, police said.
  
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• China races to tackle expanding oil spill after tanker sinks

  15-01-2018 18:34 via yahoo.com
  Chinese ships scrambled Monday to clean up a massive and expanding oil spill after an Iranian tanker sank off China, raising fears of devastating damage to marine life.The Sanchi, carrying 136,000 tonnes of light crude oil from Iran, went under on Sunday after a new and massive fire erupted, sending a cloud of black smoke as high as one kilometre above the East China Sea.The search and rescue effort was cancelled and a clean-up operation began after a fire on the sea surface was finally extingui
  
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• Cranberries Singer Dolores O'Riordan Dead At 46

  15-01-2018 18:26 via yahoo.com
  Dolores O’Riordan, the singer of the 1990s Irish band Cranberries, died Monday in London, according to media reports.
  
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• California rescuers search for victims of deadly mudslides

  15-01-2018 18:23 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - The search for victims of last week's deadly Southern California mudslides pushed into Monday, with hundreds of rescue workers with dogs and scanners hunting for four people still listed as missing after the rain-driven slides that killed 20 people.Emergency officials said hopes were diminishing that they would pull more survivors from the ravaged landscape of hardened muck, boulders and twisted debris left behind by the Tuesday mudslides that scoured a landscape already left barren
  
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• At Detroit auto show, trucks and SUVs are king

  15-01-2018 18:18 via yahoo.com
  From European car makers to American icons, there were dozens of new offerings for the North American market.While sedans and electric cars were still in the game, the industry clearly favored the large SUVs and trucks that are the source of high profit margins and prefered by US consumers two to one."Pickup trucks are not just work trucks at all any more.
  
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• 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' in last-ditch bid to avoid jail

  15-01-2018 18:18 via yahoo.com
  A 96-year-old former guard at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp has asked German authorities not to jail him, despite losing a court challenge against his sentence.Oskar Groening has filed a formal "request for mercy" with prosecutors in the northern city Lueneburg, a spokesman for the justice ministry in Lower Saxony state told AFP on Monday.Germany's constitutional court ruled in late December that the former SS man must serve out his four-year sentence as an accessory to the murders of 300,000 pe
  
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• Speeding car flies into the air and crashes into top floor of California building

  15-01-2018 18:15 via yahoo.com
  Dramatic video footage shows the Nissan Altima was travelling at high speed in Santa Ana, in Orange County, at around 5.25am on Sunday.It narrowly missed a passing car before hitting a central reservation, missing a passing bus, and then becoming wedged into the second floor of the building.Santa Ana Police Department said the driver admitted to being under the influence and that they will be submitting a DUI/narcotics case to the District Attorney for review.
  
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• Sporty 2019 Hyundai Veloster Stays Quirky

  15-01-2018 18:05 via yahoo.com
  Hyundai took the wraps off the all-new version of its Veloster hatchback at the Detroit auto show. As with the original version, the 2019 Veloster has three doors, with the right-side rear door a...
  
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• German man known as 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' asks for clemency

  15-01-2018 18:04 via yahoo.com
  A 96-year-old German convicted over his role in the murders of 300,000 people at the Auschwitz death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland has filed a plea for clemency, a regional justice spokesman said on Monday.Oskar Groening, known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz", was sentenced to four years in prison in 2015 for being an accessory to murder at Auschwitz.Christian Lauenstein, spokesman for the justice ministry in the northern state of Lower Saxony where the 2015 trial took place, said Groening's ple
  
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• Past Presidents Volunteered On MLK Day. Donald Trump Is Spending It At His Golf Club.

  15-01-2018 18:00 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump is spending Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday meant to honor the United States’ most iconic civil rights leader, at his golf club in Florida.
  
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• 7 Images that Explain the California Mudslides

  15-01-2018 17:55 via yahoo.com
  Rains after wildfires create a terrible recipe for disaster.
  
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• What Ryan Shazier's Appearance on Sunday Says About His Spinal Recovery

  15-01-2018 17:52 via yahoo.com
  The mere act of getting out and being around familiar settings is quite encouraging.
  
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• Russia condemns Trump's threats to withdraw from Iran nuclear deal

  15-01-2018 17:49 via yahoo.com
  Russia's foreign minister has condemned Donald Trump's threats to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, arguing that the United States' reckless actions are destabilising the Middle East, Ukraine and the Korean peninsula. Speaking at an annual press briefing, Sergei Lavrov said Russia, Europe and China had warned the United States of the “harmfulness of such a step, of its unpredictable consequences”. “We will keep trying to make the United States acknowledge reality. And the re
  
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• Erdogan: we will 'strangle' U.S.-backed force in Syria "before it's even born"

  15-01-2018 17:38 via yahoo.com
  By Ellen Francis and Ezgi ErkoyunBEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Monday to "strangle" a planned 30,000-strong U.S.-backed force in Syria "before it's even born," as Washington's backing for Kurdish fighters drove awedge into relations with one of its main Middle East allies.The United States announced its support on Sunday for plans for a "border force" to defend territory held by U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led fighters in northern Syria.The Syrian government of Presi
  
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• Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2018: Apple celebrates civil rights leader with homepage dedication

  15-01-2018 17:36 via yahoo.com
  Apple has changed its entire homepage to mark the life of Martin Luther King Jr.Mr Cook has been active in leading Apple's social justice and political efforts, but the company has always held King as a hero.The company has regularly changed its home page in recent years, using various pictures of and quotes from the civil rights leader.
  
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• Egypt's leader seeks to defuse tension with Sudan, Ethiopia

  15-01-2018 17:30 via yahoo.com
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president on Monday sought to defuse tensions with Ethiopia and Sudan, reassuring them that his country was not meddling in their internal affairs or planning to go to war against them.
  
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