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• Israeli PM Netanyahu Speaks Out on US Missile Strikes in Syria

  14-04-2018 23:41 via westernjournal.com
  
  In the aftermath of U.S.-led airstrikes against Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had nothing but praise for the move and granted it his “total support.” “A year ago I gave Israel’s total support for (U.S.) President Donald Trump’s decision to mobilise against the use of chemical weapons,” Netanyahu said on Saturday in a statement,…
  
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• 'Snow emergency' as powerful spring storm pounds parts of U.S.

  14-04-2018 23:32
  By Brendan O'BrienMILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A powerful spring storm pummeled the U.S. Midwest and Plains on Saturday with blizzard conditions and high winds, while tornadoes and thunderstorms threatened some of the South.Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota were under warnings for blizzard-like conditions.The city of St. Paul, Minnesota declared a snow emergency.
  
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• British Hospital Set on Killing Young Boy Blocks Father from Removing Him

  14-04-2018 23:23 via westernjournal.com
  
  U.K. Police blocked Alfie Evans’ parents from taking him out of the hospital after Alfie’s father obtained an attorney’s letter advising him to do so. Tom Evans and Kate James, Alfie Evans’ parents, filed a last-minute appeal earlier on Thursday for their son to be allowed to receive treatment at hospitals in Germany or Italy.…
  
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• Pentagon replied to tough questions on Syria strikes… but didn’t really answer

  14-04-2018 23:16 via rt.com
  
  When asked about the hard evidence of the alleged chemical attack in Syria and justification of the US strike, Pentagon officials showed the art of avoiding direct answers and shifting the blame.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• Pentagon answered tough questions on Syrian strikes… but didn't really answer

  14-04-2018 23:16 via rt.com
  
  When asked about the hard evidence of the alleged chemical attack in Syria and justification of the US strike, Pentagon officials showed the art of avoiding direct answers and shifting the blame.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• U.S. marijuana friends and foes cautious at signs of softer Trump

  14-04-2018 23:10
  U.S. Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado announced on Friday that he had convinced U.S. President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican, to protect from federal interference those state laws that legalize marijuana for certain uses.Last year, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who opposes marijuana use, rescinded a memo issued by Trump's Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, that dialed back enforcement of the federal ban in states that legalized the drug.
  
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• Former FBI head: assumption Clinton would win a factor in email probe

  14-04-2018 22:43
  Former FBI Director James Comey said his assumption that Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 presidential election was a factor in opening an inquiry into her emails, according to part of an ABC interview broadcast on Saturday.The controversy involved Clinton’s use of a private email server for official correspondence when she was secretary of state under then-President Barack Obama, including for messages that were later determined to contain classified information.Although the FBI ultimat
  
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• Congress Should Prioritize Reforming the Secret Service

  14-04-2018 22:22 via westernjournal.com
  
  'Boosting the number of protective agents and officers would thus improve both morale and training.'
  
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• Comey Admits Wrongdoing in Hillary Investigation: ‘…Would Have Done Things Differently’

  14-04-2018 21:53 via westernjournal.com
  
  '(I)f I had it to do over again, I would do some things differently.'
  
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• Teen Threatened for Wearing ‘MAGA’ Hat in Knifepoint Attack

  14-04-2018 21:31 via westernjournal.com
  
  'I bought it for my dad as a joke.'
  
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• Trump Administration Uses Civil Rights Laws To Protect Pro-Life Health Care Workers

  14-04-2018 21:14 via westernjournal.com
  
  The Trump administration is seeking to offer protection to health care workers who object to procedures such as abortion or assisted suicide on religious grounds. In January, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed a new rule, “Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care.” The rule, which has not yet been made final, would…
  
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• Diamond and Silk Accuse Facebook of Lying About Communications

  14-04-2018 20:40 via westernjournal.com
  
  'For someone ... to put their feet on our neck and suppress our voices ... That is wrong!'
  
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• Comey, Mueller and the New Political Celebrity

  14-04-2018 20:23 via westernjournal.com
  
  Former FBI Director James Comey’s speaking engagement fees now cost between $100,000 to $200,000 for a single speech. This is according to All American Speakers — a website that manages booking influencers, celebrities and other figures. To put things into perspective, the federal Office of Personnel Management reported that Comey made $185,000 a year when he…
  
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• In 1 Graphic, Here’s What Uncle Sam Is Doing With Your Tax Money

  14-04-2018 20:11 via westernjournal.com
  
  'Uncle Sam, I want to know what you’re doing with my tax money.'
  
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• Weatherman rants about Michigan forecast on live TV

  14-04-2018 19:57
  
  Garry Frank, a meteorologist in West Michigan, went off in response to his colleagues' moaning and groaning about the weather.        
  
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• Philadelphia police investigate arrest of two black men in Starbucks

  14-04-2018 19:54
  Cellphone footage that onlookers filmed of Thursday's incident shows the two men sitting quietly at a table and talking for several minutes to police officers who have apparently been called to the store.Other customers, including a middle-aged white man, try to intervene.Other customers can be heard agreeing with him.
  
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• Nikki Haley Issues Stern Warning to Syria: ‘US Locked and Loaded’ if Assad Attacks Again

  14-04-2018 19:45 via westernjournal.com
  
  'Russia can complain all it wants about fake news, but no one is buying its lies and its cover-ups.'
  
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• Storm topples tree, killing toddler sleeping in Louisiana home

  14-04-2018 19:44
  
  A girl just shy of her second birthday was killed early Saturday when a tree fell on her home in Louisiana, police say.        
  
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• Kentucky governor says teachers' strike left children vulnerable to sexual assault

  14-04-2018 19:42 via rss.cnn.com
  Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin says children were left vulnerable to harm, sexual assault and drugs as a result of public school closures throughout the state Friday to allow teachers and supporters to protest at the state's Capitol.
  
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• March for Science 2018: Passionate advocates push the cause for research across the globe

  14-04-2018 19:38
  
  The science advocates in the nation's capital were joining 500 marches worldwide to send one clear message to public officials: that evidence-based policy decisions are critical.        
  
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• Nikki Haley: 'Time for talk ended last night'

  14-04-2018 19:06
  
  The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says President Donald Trump told her if the Syrian regime uses poisonous gas again, "the United States is locked and loaded" to strike again. (April 14)        
  
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• InfoWars' Alex Jones blasts Trump, saying he's 'butt boy of Al Qaeda'

  14-04-2018 19:04
  
  InfoWars Founder Alex Jones slammed President Trump on his show Friday, after the US retaliated against chemical attacks in Syria by authorizing a military airstrike. For more on the story here is Zachary Devita.        
  
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• Kentucky gov. believes children were sexually assaulted due to protest

  14-04-2018 19:02
  
  Amid teacher protests for school funding, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin told reporters that the strike would directly cause children to be injured, poisoned and sexually assaulted. Veuer's Maria Mercedes Galuppo has more.        
  
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• Pentagon Confirms Every Target Was Successfully Hit in Syrian Attack

  14-04-2018 18:55 via westernjournal.com
  
  '...significantly crippled Assad’s ability to produce these weapons...'
  
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• Pentagon: 'It was mission accomplished'

  14-04-2018 18:54
  
  The Pentagon is backing President Donald Trump's assertion that the missile strikes on Syria were "Mission Accomplished!" (April 14)        
  
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• Philadelphia police investigates arrest of two black men in Starbucks

  14-04-2018 18:53
  Cellphone footage that onlookers filmed of Thursday's incident shows the two men sitting quietly at a table and talking for several minutes to police officers who have apparently been called to the store.Other customers, including a middle-aged white man, try to intervene.Other customers can be heard agreeing with him.
  
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• Bootleg makeup contained animal feces, human waste, Los Angeles police say

  14-04-2018 18:49
  
  Los Angeles police said cosmetics in the city's Fashion District contained animal feces, bacteria and human waste. That led to a Thursday raid.        
  
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• Pentagon Claims Russian Trolls Spreading Lies in Wake of Syria Strike

  14-04-2018 18:40 via westernjournal.com
  
  'Russia's Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi claimed that Syria's air defenses downed 71 of the more than 100 missiles launched by American air and naval forces acting with support from French and British forces.'
  
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• GOP Mocks Comey Book with Modified Version of Cover

  14-04-2018 18:22 via westernjournal.com
  
  'The American people see right through the blatant lies of a self-admitted leaker.'
  
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• Law Enforcement Agencies Purchase Device to Unlock iPhones

  14-04-2018 18:01 via westernjournal.com
  
  'Unencrypted details about the iPhone once it is unlocked are also downloaded to the GrayKey device, where they can be further scrutinized by authorities either on a computer or another resource as a downloaded file.'
  
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• Conservative pundits hammer Trump for US-led strikes in Syria

  14-04-2018 17:53 via rt.com
  
  In the wake of US-led airstrikes against Syria following an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, many of US President Donald Trump's most ardent supporters have vehemently criticized the action.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• Connecticut high school teacher started a classroom 'fight club,' police say

  14-04-2018 17:34
  
  Ryan Fish, 23, an ex-substitute teacher in Connecticut, started a "fight club" in his high school classroom. He told authorities he's "an idiot."        
  
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• Kentucky teachers rally in 'day of action' at state Capitol

  14-04-2018 17:17 via rss.cnn.com
  Inspired by her special needs students, Leslie Busch joined her fellow teachers Friday at the state Capitol in Frankfort in what the Kentucky Education Association called "a day of action."
  
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• Comey Book Mentions Mysterious Lynch-Clinton ‘Development’ Unknown to Americans

  14-04-2018 17:17 via westernjournal.com
  
  'The 30-minute meeting, during which Lynch said they talked innocuous things like grandchildren, took place five days before FBI agents interviewed Hillary Clinton in the criminal probe regarding the mishandling of classified information.'
  
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• After walkouts, U.S. teachers eye elections for school funding gains

  14-04-2018 17:08
  By Heide Brandes and Lenzy Krehbiel-BurtonOKLAHOMA CITY/TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) - High school physics teacher Craig Hoxie filed to run for Oklahoma's House of Representatives on Friday, a day after the end of a two-week teacher walkout that had pressed lawmakers for school funding."A week ago, I would have told you I wasn't going to do it," said the 48-year-old Army veteran who has worked in public schools for 18 years, as he drove to the state election board office to submit his paperwork to bec
  
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• Raw: Flares launched into skies above Damascus

  14-04-2018 17:00
  
  Flares lit up the skies over Damascus, the Syrian capital, early Saturday as President Trump announced military airstrikes by the U.S., in cooperation with French and British allies. (April 13)        
  
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• 35 sickened in E. coli outbreak linked to Arizona lettuce, CDC says

  14-04-2018 16:50
  
  Chopped romaine lettuce from the Yuma region is suspected in an E. coli outbreak that has hospitalized 22 people, according to a report from the CDC.        
  
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• Trump Celebrates Airstrikes, Declares ‘Mission Accomplished’

  14-04-2018 16:44 via westernjournal.com
  
  'In an address to the nation late Friday, Trump called the actions against innocent Syrians "evil and despicable" and explained why the airstrikes were so important.'
  
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• In Times Square, thoughts on U.S. strikes

  14-04-2018 16:30
  
  Some citizens react to President Donald Trumps decision to launch airstrikes against Syrian President Bashar Assad in retaliation for an apparent chemical attack against civilians. (April 14)        
  
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• Analyst: U.S. tries to avoid Syria entanglement

  14-04-2018 16:28
  
  A research fellow with a Washington, DC national security think tank said he thought President Donald Trump was right to retaliate against Syria's suspected use of chemical weapons, but said it's not likely to be enough to deter Assad. (April 14)        
  
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• Night scope video shows missiles over Damascus

  14-04-2018 16:23
  
  The Syrian Central Military Media released a video showing missiles over the city of Damascus during the airstrikes by the United States, France and Britain. (April 14)        
  
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• Images show U.S. missile launches against Syria

  14-04-2018 16:21
  
  U.S Defense Department released images of missiles being launched against targets in Syria. (April 14)        
  
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• Syrian TV shows destruction after attacks

  14-04-2018 16:20
  
  Syrian state TV has broadcast images of the destruction at a scientific research center near the capital of Damascus that was targeted in airstrikes by the United States, France and Britain. (April 14)        
  
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• Pentagon: U.S. strikes hit every target

  14-04-2018 16:17
  
  The Pentagon says that the U.S.-led airstrikes on Syria "successfully hit every target." (April 14)        
  
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• Putin Responds to Syria Missile Strikes – ‘Act of Aggression…’

  14-04-2018 16:14 via westernjournal.com
  
  'The American attack was triggered by chemical weapons attacks on rebel-held areas of Douma, not far from Damascus.  At least 70 people were reported killed and more than 500 injured.'
  
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• Jennifer Hart had alcohol in her system at time of fatal crash

  14-04-2018 15:59 via rss.cnn.com
  Jennifer Hart, the mother who drove her family off an oceanside cliff in a fatal crash, had a blood alcohol level that was over the state's legal limit, Capt. Bruce Carpenter of the California Highway Patrol said Friday.
  
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• Florida mother let her 2-year-old child smoke meth and marijuana, authorities say

  14-04-2018 15:35
  
  A woman in Wakulla, Florida, faces a charge of child abuse after authorities determined she let her 2-year-old smoke meth and marijuana.        
  
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• Precise, overwhelming and effective – Pentagon gives details of Syria strike (WATCH LIVE)

  14-04-2018 15:08 via rt.com
  
  Pentagon hailed its strike on Syria as effective saying that they took the country's "chemical weapons" program years back, by "crippling and degrading" it. The US military claim there were no civilian casualties.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• Precise, overwhelming and effective – Pentagon gives details of Syria strike

  14-04-2018 15:08 via rt.com
  
  The Pentagon hailed its strike on Syria as effective, saying that they set the country's "chemical weapons" program back years, by "crippling and degrading" it. The US military claims there were no civilian casualties.
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