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• Kentucky teen charged as adult in fatal school shootings

  16-02-2018 23:53 via yahoo.com
  BENTON, Ky. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy accused of opening fire inside his Kentucky high school will be tried as an adult on murder charges.
  
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• Lawyer: California man in Russia probe 'has made mistakes'

  16-02-2018 23:47 via yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man who pleaded guilty earlier this month to unwittingly selling bank accounts to Russians meddling in U.S. elections made a mistake and is coming to terms with his role in the matter, his attorney told The Associated Press on Friday.
  
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• President Trump's New Defense on Russia Contradicts His Old One

  16-02-2018 23:32 via yahoo.com
  And it's just as wrong
  
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• The Atlantic Daily: Hope Will Come Next

  16-02-2018 23:29 via yahoo.com
  What We’re Following The Russia Probe: Special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies for allegedly interfering with the U.S. political system. The indictment describes a campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election by staging political rallies and posing as grassroots advocates for the candidates, among other activities. Here’s the full text. The document leaves many of the most contentious questions of Mueller's probe unanswered
  
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• Ex-FBI agent: Here's how we handled Nikolas Cruz-like alerts

  16-02-2018 23:19 via yahoo.com
  The Federal Bureau of Investigation admits that is did not adequately pursue a lead regarding Nikolas Cruz's potential for violence before the Parkland school shooting.
  
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• Florida shooting: School plans to tear down building where 17 people were killed

  16-02-2018 23:18 via yahoo.com
  The Florida high school where 17 people were killed in a mass shooting may be torn down and turned into a memorial, district officials have said.Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that the district has proposed demolishing the building on campus where a former student allegedly opened fire earlier this week.“Parents and students have resoundingly told me they can’t go back into that building regardless of what we do,” Mr Runcie said
  
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• Trump appeals California judge's curb on birth control rules

  16-02-2018 23:13 via yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice is appealing a California judge's decision to temporarily block new Trump administration rules allowing more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women.
  
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• Presidents Day Sales 2018: Where to Shop for Home Decor

  16-02-2018 23:11 via yahoo.com
  One of the only good things about February
  
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• 'Vagina Mohawks' Made An Appearance At New York Fashion Week

  16-02-2018 23:08 via yahoo.com
  New York Fashion Week is always outrageous, and this season was no exception.
  
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• Inmates who clapped for cop death suspect may face reprisals

  16-02-2018 23:02 via yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — Five Cook County Jail inmates who applauded as the man charged with the fatal shooting of a Chicago police commander was led by their cell could face reprisals for their actions, a jail official said Friday.
  
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• ‘Lost’ ancient Mexican city had as many buildings as Manhattan, laser map shows

  16-02-2018 23:00 via yahoo.com
  A "lost" Mexican city built by rivals to the Aztecs has as many buildings as Manhattan and was home to around 100,000 people, according to new research.The sprawling urban centre of Angamuco which was part of the Purépecha empire that peaked in the 16th century was detected by an aerial laser mapping technique called the Lidar system.An aircraft beamed out laser pulses and experts later examined the signals that bounced back from the ground, which helped them pull together a 3D map of the
  
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• Why Americans Started Buying Military-Style Weapons Like the One Used in the Florida Shooting

  16-02-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  This is how the weapon used in the Parkland school shooting went from something used in the military to something almost anyone could buy
  
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• Adults Offered 'Thoughts and Prayers' After the Florida School Shooting. But the Students Who Survived Want Action

  16-02-2018 22:58 via yahoo.com
  "I think it’s great that they’re saying ‘thoughts and prayers,’ but it doesn't do anything"
  
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• Adam Levine And Behati Prinsloo Welcome Baby Girl Named Geo

  16-02-2018 22:56 via yahoo.com
  Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine and his supermodel wife, Behati Prinsloo, have welcomed their second child together, according to multiple outlets: a baby girl named Geo Grace Levine.
  
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• Why School Cops Won’t Fix School Shootings

  16-02-2018 22:51 via yahoo.com
  On Thursday, in response to a deadly school shooting in Florida that left at least 17 dead, President Donald Trump said he would work with state leaders to prioritize school safety.
  
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• Mueller's indictment of 13 Russians strikes at the heart of the meddling matter

  16-02-2018 22:35 via yahoo.com
  What Robert Mueller delivered in Friday’s indictment were the first charges for interfering in the 2016 presidential election.The special counsel also buried once and for all Donald Trump’s mealy-mouthed obfuscations over whether Russia was responsible for this confidence trick of breathtaking scope and scale.
  
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• How Female Stars of 'Black Panther' Trained 8 Hours a Day For Their Roles

  16-02-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  Women are front and center in the film.
  
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• This Is What $1.25 Million Dollars a Month Bought the Russians

  16-02-2018 22:25 via yahoo.com
  A birthday card! An all-American trip! Tweets! Stolen American identities!
  
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• Washington Grandmother Allegedly Finds Detailed School Shooting Plan in Grandson's Journal, Calls 911

  16-02-2018 22:21 via yahoo.com
  The Washington grandmother found an AK-47 and a detailed plan for a school shooting in grandson's journal.
  
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• French serial killer 'admits' cold case murder of British girl

  16-02-2018 22:18 via yahoo.com
  Serial killer Michel Fourniret has finally "confessed" to murdering British language student Joanna Parrish in France nearly three decades ago, the family lawyer told AFP on Friday."It's a new development, a resolution of the affair, it seems, in a remarkable way," he added.
  
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• Money trail key to tracking Russian troll operation

  16-02-2018 22:01 via yahoo.com
  Clint Watts, former FBI special agent, talks with Rachel Maddow about his early description of the Russian campaign to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election that has now been borne out by Robert Mueller's indictment of 13 Russians.
  
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• Florida Gov. Rick Scott Calls on FBI Director Christopher Wray to Resign

  16-02-2018 22:00 via yahoo.com
  The FBI failed to investigate a tip that suspect Nikolas Cruz had a "desire to kill"
  
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• Teen to be tried as adult in South Carolina school shooting

  16-02-2018 21:58 via yahoo.com
  ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — A boy who was 14 when he was charged in the shooting death of his father at their home and a first-grader on a South Carolina elementary school playground will be tried as an adult, a judge ruled Friday.
  
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• Guilty plea for teen accused of sparking Oregon wildfire

  16-02-2018 21:54 via yahoo.com
  HOOD RIVER, Ore. (AP) — A teenager charged in juvenile court with starting an explosive wildfire in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge last fall by tossing a lit firecracker into the woods pleaded guilty Friday in a deal that spares him time in custody.
  
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• GOP Votes To Roll Back The Americans With Disabilities Act

  16-02-2018 21:53 via yahoo.com
  Disability advocates, some in wheelchairs, were dragged from the Capitol Building after a bill that would roll back the ADA was passed in the House.
  
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• After Parkland, a new generation uses its voice against guns

  16-02-2018 21:53 via yahoo.com
  Students who survived the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., speak out for gun control on Facebook and Twitter.
  
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• Russian Indictment Sends Message on Future Interference Attempts

  16-02-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, talks with Rachel Maddow about how Robert Mueller's indictment of 13 Russians is a credit to U.S. intelligence and establishes the illegality of such cyber campaigns.
  
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• Mueller indictment of Russians suggests audience beyond court

  16-02-2018 21:24 via yahoo.com
  Joyce Vance, former U.S. attorney, talks with Rachel Maddow about what is unusual about Robert Mueller's indictment of 13 Russians, and whether the indictment is purely legal or something more.
  
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• GOP Lawmaker On Rob Porter Abuse Allegations: 'Why Are We Still Talking About It?'

  16-02-2018 21:17 via yahoo.com
  A Republican House member seems a bit confused why the public is still discussing the domestic abuse allegations that forced White House staff secretary Rob Porter from his job last week.
  
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• How post-ISIS scramble for advantage in Syria raises risk of wider war

  16-02-2018 21:14 via yahoo.com
  First to grab headlines was the launching last weekend of an Iranian drone from western Syria into Israel for the first time.Israel shot it down, then lost one of its own F-16 jet fighters – the first such loss in decades – to a Syrian anti-aircraft missile after striking the drone’s home base.The Israeli Air Force retaliated for the downed jet, targeting eight Syrian and four Iranian positions inside Syria, and claiming to destroy half of Syria’s air-defense capacity.
  
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• U.S. top court mulls whether to take up 'Dreamers' dispute

  16-02-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday discussed in private how to handle President Donald Trump's appeal of a judge's decision blocking his plan to end protections for young illegal immigrants dubbed "Dreamers," and the nine justices could announce as early as Tuesday whether they will take up the case.Trump's administration is appealing San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge William Alsup's Jan. 9 ruling that halted the president's order to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) prog
  
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• Mike Pence's Beliefs Are Clear: Same-Sex Marriage Leads To 'Societal Collapse'

  16-02-2018 21:09 via yahoo.com
  A debate has again ensued in recent days over whether or not Vice President Mike Pence supports conversion therapy ― something that’s come up time and again in the past.
  
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• Florida High School Students Stage Walkout To Protest Gun Violence

  16-02-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  HOLLYWOOD, Fla. ― They’re furious about political stonewalling, and most of them aren’t yet old enough to vote.
  
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• New Manafort fraud allegation could be product of flipped witness

  16-02-2018 20:58 via yahoo.com
  Joyce Vance, former U.S. attorney, talks with Rachel Maddow about the possibility of new allegations of bank fraud against Paul Manafort could be a sign of cooperation by Rick Gates or Robert Mueller.
  
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• Florida Attack Timeline: How Nikolas Cruz Killed 17 Students Before Going to McDonald's

  16-02-2018 20:58 via yahoo.com
  A timeline of the attack is emerging.
  
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• Indicted Russian businessman says not upset by election meddling charges: RIA

  16-02-2018 20:50 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian businessman Evgeny Prigozhin said on Friday he was not upset about his indictment for alleged election meddling in United States, RIA news agency reported. "The Americans are very emotional people, they see what they want to see. I have great respect for them. I am not at all upset that I am on this list. If they want to see the devil, let them," RIA quoted Prigozhin as saying. A U.S. federal grand jury earlier on Friday indicted Prigozhin and 12 other Russian national
  
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• Florida shooting: Student says suspected gunman Nikolas Cruz spared his life

  16-02-2018 20:49 via yahoo.com
  Fifteen-year-old Chris McKenna told a local paper that he came across suspected gunman Nikolas Cruz in the hallway just minutes before he allegedly started his rampage.“You’d better get out of here,” Mr Cruz said, according to Chris.Chris froze for a minute, he told the Sun-Sentinel, and then ran.
  
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• This Dog Has Comforted Victims Of 3 Devastating Shootings In Less Than 2 Years

  16-02-2018 20:39 via yahoo.com
  After a tragedy like Wednesday’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, a kind, friendly face is a welcome sight.
  
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• The Flu Shot Doesn’t Live Up To Expectations — And That Keeps Many People Away

  16-02-2018 20:30 via yahoo.com
  More people are dying of the flu than medical professionals would expect at this time of the year.
  
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• Zimbabwe arrest over Grace Mugabe's 'fake' PhD

  16-02-2018 20:25 via yahoo.com
  Zimbabwean anti-corruption investigators said Friday they had arrested a university professor over the suspected fraudulent awarding of a doctorate to former first lady Grace Mugabe.Levi Nyagura, the vice chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe, was arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission following an investigation into the PhD.It emerged that Grace was awarded the degree by the university in 2014 after just months of study.
  
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• People Went All Out For The 'Black Panther' Premiere And It Was Glorious

  16-02-2018 20:25 via yahoo.com
  To say the opening of “Black Panther” was an event is an understatement.
  
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• The Best Of Nordstrom's Winter Sale

  16-02-2018 20:20 via yahoo.com
  Now through Feb. 25, Nordstrom is marking down name brands like UGG, Sam Edelman, Rag & Bone, Free People, Adidas, and even Kate Spade during the their annual Winter Sale.
  
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• Bulletproof backpacks for children reflect a new reality in America

  16-02-2018 20:20 via yahoo.com
  In the wake of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, in which 17 people were murdered, parents are taking additional measures to keep their children safe.One of these safety measures, which reflect a new reality in America, are bulletproof backpacks created for children, which can hold school supplies as well as stop a bullet.According to Sarah Pampillonia, a mum and fifth-grade teacher, who spoke to The Cut, she considered buying one for her four-year-old after seeing
  
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• Read Mueller's full indictment against 13 Russians charged with election meddling

  16-02-2018 20:10 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. Department of Justice announced charges on Friday against 13 Russians and three Russian entities for allegedly carrying out an elaborate plot to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
  
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• Russians indicted in 2016 U.S. election meddling investigation

  16-02-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  By Dustin Volz and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian Internet agency and more than a dozen Russians interfered in the U.S. election campaign from 2014 through 2016 in a multi-pronged effort with the aim of supporting then-businessman Donald Trump and disparaging his rival Hillary Clinton, the U.S. Special Counsel said in an indictment on Friday. The 37-page indictment filed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller described a conspiracy to disrupt the U.S. ...
  
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• Casino will check hotel rooms, even with 'Do Not Disturb'

  16-02-2018 20:04 via yahoo.com
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — One of the world's largest casino companies will check its guests' hotel rooms every 24 hours, even if they have a "Do Not Disturb" sign hanging on the doorknob.
  
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• Dog food recalled over concerns about euthanasia drug

  16-02-2018 20:03 via yahoo.com
  The J.M. Smucker Co. is withdrawing some shipments of dog food amid reports that it could be tainted with traces of a drug used to euthanize animals.
  
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• Nikolas Cruz Practiced Shooting While Wearing 'Make America Great Again' Hat, Video Shows

  16-02-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  A neighbor took video of Cruz's backyard target practice last year.
  
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• This 'Black Panther' proposal was perfect, except for one tiny detail

  16-02-2018 19:47 via yahoo.com
  TheBlack Pantherhype is real, and now that the film's finally hit theaters people can barely contain their excitement. Many are dressing up to honor Wakanda, but one man took things a step further, donning aBlack Panther outfit and proposing to his girlfriend at a screening in Brooklyn. SEE ALSO: The best Black Panther comics to read if you're amped for the movie The heartfelt moment went down on Thursday night at Brooklyn's Alamo Drafthouse and was documented on Twitter by lucky movie-goers who
  
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• Did the FBI miss a warning before Florida school shooting?

  16-02-2018 19:10 via yahoo.com
  The massacre at a Florida high school is again raising concerns about whether the FBI missed signs that might have stopped a mass shooting.
  
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