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• U.S. likely to back freezing fuel economy standards from 2020-26 -sources

  27-04-2018 23:52
  By David Shepardson and Valerie VolcoviciWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is likely to propose freezing fuel economy standards from 2020 through 2026, according to three people briefed on the matter, a move likely to spark a fight with California and other states backing tougher vehicle emissions rules.The administration is circulating a draft proposal that would include freezing requirements after 2020 as the preferred alternative, but will include a series of other alternatives,
  
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• Passenger sues Southwest Airlines over fatal engine explosion

  27-04-2018 23:46
  A lawsuit against Southwest Airlines Cohas been filed by a passenger who was flying on last week's flight 1380, in which an engine exploded and one person was killed.The lawsuit claims that since the accident, the passenger, Lilia Chavez, has suffered post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and other personal injuries.The lawsuit was filed on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
  
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• Suspect in 'Golden State Killer' case makes court appearance in wheelchair

  27-04-2018 23:42
  An ex-policeman charged with murder in connection with a string of rapes and killings across California attributed to the "Golden State Killer" made a brief initial court appearance on Friday, sitting in a wheelchair and speaking in a hoarse voice.Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, who was arrested this week at his home in the Sacramento suburb of Citrus Heights, was formally apprised of two of the eight murder counts against him and ordered back to court on May 14.DeAngelo, wearing orange jail garb and
  
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• The long, winding path to Bill Cosby's guilty verdict

  27-04-2018 23:29 via rss.cnn.com
  Bill Cosby was done being quiet.
  
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• Top Massachusetts federal prosecutor defends court immigration arrest

  27-04-2018 23:24
  Massachusetts' top federal prosecutor defended a decision by immigration authorities to arrest a Chinese citizen at a courthouse this week after she was sentenced to probation, a move that outraged the judge overseeing her case.The judge had expressed concern that the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at court proceedings could scare off potential witnesses who faced immigration issues.Immigrant advocates have raised similar worries about courthouse arrests under
  
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• This is the cultural dilemma of Bill Cosby's fall

  27-04-2018 23:22 via rss.cnn.com
  Bill Cosby is now a convicted sex offender.
  
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• President Trump Praises Kanye West for Performing a ‘Great Service to the Black Community’

  27-04-2018 22:43 via westernjournal.com
  
  'Big things are happening and eyes are being opened for the first time in Decades.'
  
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• Russian Lawyer Admits to Being ‘Informant,’ Met with Fusion GPS Co-Founder Before, After Trump Jr.

  27-04-2018 22:17 via westernjournal.com
  
  'One implication could be that the Trump Tower meeting was a set up to make the campaign appear it was engaging in collusion with the Russian government.'
  
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• Body cams show Louisville police fire more than 20 shots, killing burglary suspect (GRAPHIC VIDEO)

  27-04-2018 21:57 via rt.com
  
  Body cam footage from three police officers involved in the shooting of a burglary suspect in Louisville reveals the 21-year old perpetrator was shot more than 20 times by three officers and a detective.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• Teacher protests in Colorado, Arizona close schools for 2nd day

  27-04-2018 21:55
  Teachers in Colorado and Arizona donned red t-shirts and rallied for a second day on Friday to demand higher pay and school funding in a growing revolt by U.S. public school educators.Waving placards such as "Teachers Just Want To Have Fund$," thousands of Colorado educators descended on the state capitol building in Denver to demand the booming state cough up hundreds of millions of dollars a year in school spending frozen since the recession."We have educators working two or three jobs to make
  
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• Blue States Pass Legislation, Begin ‘Interstate Compact’ To Change Future Elections

  27-04-2018 21:39 via westernjournal.com
  
  'This is an act of political theater, artificial gimmick.'
  
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• Ninety-eight now sick from romaine lettuce-linked E. coli: CDC

  27-04-2018 21:33
  (Reuters) - Fourteen more people fell ill from an E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce, U.S. health officials said on Friday, bringing the number of people affected to 98 across 22 U.S. states.
  
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• MSNBC Responds After Host Accused of Anti-Gay Statements

  27-04-2018 21:23 via westernjournal.com
  
  MSNBC is sticking by host Joy Reid and will keep her on the air despite the discovery of anti-gay posts from her blog in the 2000s. Reid has claimed her blog was hacked and her posts were compromised. She has contacted law enforcement about the issue, and NBC will hold off on taking any permanent…
  
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• Wisconsin city lifts evacuation order after refinery blast hurts 20

  27-04-2018 21:08
  MILWAUKEE, Wis./HOUSTON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of residents of a northern Wisconsin city were cleared to return to their homes on Friday, a local official said, a day after a Husky Energy Inc refinery explosion injured at least 20 people."All indications are that the refinery site is safe and stable and the air quality is clean and normal," Superior Mayor Jim Paine said on Facebook.Fifteen other people who were treated for blast-related injuries have been released from Essentia Health hos
  
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• American Airlines is sued by family of woman who died after flight

  27-04-2018 21:02
  Brittany Oswell's parents and widower filed their April 18 lawsuit in a federal court in South Carolina, where the 25-year-old nurse and her husband Cory lived.The lawsuit follows the April 17 death of a Southwest Airlinespassenger after an in-flight engine explosion, the first passenger death on a U.S. commercial airline since 2009.
  
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• ‘Penny Plan’ Puts the Spotlight on Out-of-Control Federal Spending

  27-04-2018 20:59 via westernjournal.com
  
  Republicans Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Rep. Mark Sanford of South Carolina recently revived the “penny plan,” which calls on Congress to reduce spending by at least one penny on the dollar from one year to the next. The proposal was introduced in 2011 by two other Republicans, Rep. Connie Mack of Florida and Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming,…
  
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• Mick Mulvaney Faces Partisan Hit Job

  27-04-2018 20:43 via westernjournal.com
  
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• North Korean TV Had Very Different Broadcast During Historic Korean Summit

  27-04-2018 20:41 via westernjournal.com
  
  '...show Kim in the most favorable light, and ideally in a superior position to his southern counterpart.'
  
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• Fourteen more fall sick from E. coli linked to romaine lettuce: CDC

  27-04-2018 20:20
  Mississippi, Tennessee and Wisconsin - reported ill people, the CDC said.Eighty-four people infected with a strain of E. coli have been reported from 19 states, the CDC had said on Wednesday, in an update to its investigation into the outbreak.The regulator has advised people not to eat or buy romaine lettuce, commonly used in salads, unless they can confirm it is not from the Yuma, Arizona growing region.
  
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• House Intelligence Committee Releases Russia Report, No Evidence of Trump Collusion

  27-04-2018 20:06 via westernjournal.com
  
  'Wow! A total Witch Hunt!'
  
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• New volcanic activity in Hawaii

  27-04-2018 19:37 via rss.cnn.com
  Video shows new volcanic activity in Hawaii that could mean a new vent in Mt. Kilauea.
  
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• Former NBC Anchor Tom Brokaw Hit with Multiple Sexual Misconduct Allegations

  27-04-2018 19:35 via westernjournal.com
  
  'I really do hope that by me telling my story and by shining this light, Comcast will understand why it’s so essential to hire outside counsel to investigate this deeply rooted problem.'
  
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• The ex-con coal executive the GOP fears could be their nominee in West Virginia Senate race

  27-04-2018 19:15 via rss.cnn.com
  Watching Republican Senate candidate Don Blankenship on the campaign trail, he does not immediately come across as someone his party leaders would be concerned about.
  
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• Summit spoiler? US family sues Pyongyang for torturing son to death despite lack of evidence

  27-04-2018 19:07 via rt.com
  
  The parents of Otto Warmbier have sued North Korea on the day the key peninsular summit, accusing the nation of torturing their son to death. Earlier medical reports said no signs of torture were found during autopsy.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• Trump Outrage! Won’t Release JFK Assassination Files

  27-04-2018 19:06 via westernjournal.com
  
  'President Trump just broke his first campaign promise -- and its a big one.'
  
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• Colorado, Arizona teachers rally for second day over pay, funding

  27-04-2018 19:00
  Tens of thousands of teachers in Colorado and Arizona rallied for a second day on Friday to demand higher pay and school funding as a revolt by U.S. public school teachers spread westward.Waving placards such as "Teachers Just Want To Have Fund$," educators and their supporters descended on the state capital in Denver to demand an increase in school budgets.The Rocky Mountain state is $2,700 below the national average in per-pupil funding even though Colorado is one of the fastest-growing state
  
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• University of Virginia bars white nationalist from campus

  27-04-2018 18:27
  Jason Kessler, who organized the Aug. 12 Charlottesville rally that led to the death of a counterprotester, was issued a no-trespass warning late on Thursday because of multiple reports from students that he had threatened them, the university said in a statement.The statement said Kessler, a Charlottesville resident who is not a student at the university, also "targeted them through cyber-bullying and cyber-harassment, and targeted them based on protected characteristics," which under federal l
  
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• Virginia newspaper prints ‘KKK recruitment flyer’

  27-04-2018 18:15 via rt.com
  
  A Virginia newspaper sparked outrage after it reprinted a Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyer as part of its front-page story on the Klan’s recruitment drive in the area.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• U.S. Marines, Sikorsky eye contract for more CH-53K helicopters soon

  27-04-2018 17:39
  The U.S. Marine Corps and Lockheed Martin Corp's Sikorsky unit expect to finalize a contract for six more CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters in the coming months, they said on Friday.Colonel Hank Vanderborght, who manages the CH-53K program for the U.S. Marines, told reporters at the ILA Berlin Air Show the new aircraft was performing well in testing.
  
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• Breaking: First Quarter GDP Growth Beats Expectations

  27-04-2018 17:38 via westernjournal.com
  
  'What’s greasing the skids for the economy is a roaring labor market, rising pay and higher business investment. The recent Trump tax cuts have added another boost.'
  
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• ‘No collusion’: Redacted US House report on Russia released, officially clears Trump (DOCUMENT)

  27-04-2018 16:15 via rt.com
  
  The US House Intelligence Committee has released a redacted declassified version of a report on alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, which officially clears President Trump of any collusion.
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• ‘No collusion’: Redacted US House report on Russia released, officially clears Trump

  27-04-2018 16:15 via rt.com
  
  The US House Intelligence Committee has released a redacted declassified version of a report on alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, which officially clears President Trump of any collusion.
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• North and South Korea Announce Historic Agreement After Meeting

  27-04-2018 16:00 via westernjournal.com
  
  'I'll make sure that you can sleep soundly.'
  
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• ‘Tough crowd’: Kids ask White House press secretary to justify Syria airstrikes (VIDEO)

  27-04-2018 15:29 via rt.com
  
  Budding reporters, aged from four to 13, took part in a mock White House briefing as part of Thursday’s ‘Take your child to work day’ and showed they were not afraid to get stuck in at a press briefing.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• Trump displays shrewd deal-making skills with latest Twitter threat against US partners

  27-04-2018 15:27 via rt.com
  
  Donald Trump has wheeled out his signature negotiating tactic – thinly-veiled extortion – in an attempt to drum up support for Washington’s 2026 World Cup bid. The US president's threat-based diplomacy has a spotty track record.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• Wisconsin city lifts evacuation order after refinery explosion

  27-04-2018 15:15
  Tens of thousands of residents of a northern Wisconsin city were cleared to return to their homes on Friday, the day after a blast at a Husky Energy Inc refinery injured at least 15 people, a local official said.Investigators searched for the cause of the massive Thursday morning explosion at the refinery, capable of processing up to 38,000 barrels of oil a day, which shook the city of Superior, Wisconsin, home to about 27,000 people."All indications are that the refinery site is safe and stable
  
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• What does it take to be a White House press secretary?

  27-04-2018 15:15 via nbcnews.com
  Two former press secretaries, Josh Earnest (Obama) and Mike McCurry (Clinton), talk about navigating the minefield between the press and the presidency.
  
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• Trump hails ‘historic’ Korea peace agreement

  27-04-2018 15:11 via rt.com
  
  President Donald Trump hailed a peace declaration on Friday between North and South Korea as “historic,” ahead of his own talks with Kim Jong-un this summer.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• Neocons & Russiagaters unite! New think tank will protect democracy from Russia, sell books

  27-04-2018 15:00 via rt.com
  
  A group of neocon heartthrobs have banded together with an eclectic array of Russiagaters to form a visionary organization committed to protecting Western democracy. You can also pre-order their book, according to their website.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• An impossible dream? Democrats try to connect with Trump voters

  27-04-2018 13:07
  By Susan Cornwell and James OliphantOSAGE CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - Paul Davis has a simple formula for winning over President Donald Trump's supporters in his Kansas race for Congress: He talks about kitchen table issues, like prescription drug prices and farm tariffs.Davis and other party moderates believe that neglected rural and working-class voters in Midwestern districts helped cost Democrats the 2016 election. Trump won, they note, with strong support from socially conservative voters
  
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• Ex-cop charged in 'Golden State Killer' case due in California court

  27-04-2018 12:03
  An ex-policeman was due in a Sacramento, California, courtroom on Friday to face the first murder charges filed in connection with a string of rapes and killings attributed to the "Golden State Killer" during the 1970s and 1980s.Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, who was arrested earlier this week at his home in the Sacramento suburb of Citrus Heights, is scheduled for an arraignment on two counts of murder stemming from the 1978 shooting death of a married couple.DeAngelo has so far been charged with e
  
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• Highs and lows of Bill Cosby's career

  27-04-2018 09:03 via rss.cnn.com
  Bill Cosby has been convicted of aggravated indecent assault. The entertainer's career spans five decades and includes several iconic shows, but much of his legacy has been damaged
  
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• Investigators work to determine cause of blast at Wisconsin refinery

  27-04-2018 08:18
  Investigators on Friday searched for the cause of a blast at a Husky Energy refinery that injured at least 10 people and rocked a northern Wisconsin city, sending smoke billowing into the sky and prompting tens of thousands to evacuate.A massive explosion shook Superior, Wisconsin, a city of about 27,000 people, at about 10 a.m. local time on Thursday, local authorities said.After an initial blaze was extinguished, a storage tank was punctured, and a second fire erupted, Husky Energy spokesman M
  
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• In Alaska, soldiers relish role in U.S. missile defense

  27-04-2018 07:08
  Two hours south of Fairbanks, Alaska, near the starting point of the Alaska highway, sit row upon row of missile silos embedded in the frozen ground in the shadow of snow-capped mountains.    The missiles and a few dozen National Guard soldiers will form the first line of defense should North Korea, or any other country, fire an intercontinental ballistic missile at the United States.In recent months, North Korea has said it has developed a missile that can reach the United States main
  
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• Washington politicians call a truce for ‘take your child to work’ day

  27-04-2018 05:21 via rt.com
  
  From President Donald Trump and his cabinet to opposition Democrats, politicians across Washington celebrated the annual “take your child to work” day by staying on their best behavior while hamming it up for the kids.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• Migrants in caravan at U.S. border bide time ahead of crossing

  27-04-2018 05:20
  Central American migrants from a caravan through Mexico languished in shelters in the border city of Tijuana on Thursday, waiting for promised legal advice ahead of a planned crossing together to the United States to seek asylum.A few minutes walk from the U.S. border, dirt-smeared children in a packed migrant shelter carved out spaces to play amid bundles of clothes.Many were exhausted by a month-long journey through Mexico that drew the ire of U.S. President Donald Trump, who pressured Mexico
  
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• NBC's Tom Brokaw denies allegation of sexual impropriety in 1990s: reports

  27-04-2018 05:15
  (Reuters) - A woman who once worked as a war correspondent for NBC News has accused Tom Brokaw, the United States' top-rated television newsman for much of his career, of sexual impropriety in the 1990s, the Washington Post and Variety reported on Thursday.Brokaw, 78, denied the allegations to the publications in a statement issued by NBC News, which has also come under fire for its handling of staff complaints against former "Today" show host Matt Lauer.Former NBC News correspondent Linda Veste
  
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• Microsoft, Google & Facebook replacing gun emojis with water pistols

  27-04-2018 04:11 via rt.com
  
  Microsoft, Google and Facebook have now all joined Silicon Valley’s anti-gun brigade and are replacing their gun emojis with a water pistol.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• In #MeToo era, Cosby team's attacks on victims may have backfired

  27-04-2018 02:57
  Lead attorney Tom Mesereau called Andrea Constand, the victim in the case, a "con artist" and "pathological liar" and grilled another woman on her past drug use.The withering tone and inflammatory words of the defense may have backfired with the jury of seven men and five women, which voted unanimously on Thursday to convict Cosby, 80, of drugging and sexually assaulting Constand at his home in 2004.
  
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• Wisconsin oil refinery fire out, at least 15 hurt: officials

  27-04-2018 02:52
  NEW YORK/HOUSTON (Reuters) - An explosion at Husky Energy's refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, caused a fire that burned for several hours on Thursday and sent smoke billowing into the air, prompting the evacuation of thousands of residents, officials said.All of the refinery's workers were accounted for, Husky said.After flames were extinguished, an evacuation order remained in effect as officials verify the area is safe, Superior Mayor Jim Paine told a news conference.
  
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