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• Massive Crack in Antarctic Ice Shelf Grows 11 Miles in 6 Days, Potentially Creating World’s Largest Iceberg

  01-06-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  
  This Nov. 10, 2016 aerial photo released by NASA, shows a rift in the Antarctic Peninsula’s Larsen C ice shelf.According to NASA, IceBridge scientists measured the Larsen C fracture to be about 70 miles long, more than 300 feet wide and about a third of a mile deep.In the six days before President Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, an enormous crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf grew 11 miles according to a report by British Antarctic research group Proj
  
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• Pittsburgh mayor fires back after Trump invokes Steel City in Paris accord withdrawal

  01-06-2017 23:54 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump zeroed in on western Pennsylvania in his announcement Thursday that he would withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord.“I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris,” he said in remarks delivered in the White House rose garden.
  
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• How to stuff your face with free doughnuts on National Doughnut Day

  01-06-2017 23:48 via yahoo.com
  
  June 2 is National Doughnut Day, and you know what that means...free doughnuts! National Doughnut Day was established in 1938 by the Chicago Salvation Army to honor women who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I. The holiday is traditionally celebrated on the first Friday of June. SEE ALSO: These weed-infused doughnuts taste like pot but won't get you stoned Lucky for us, our doughnut retailer friends are dishing out free treats in honor of everyone's favorite day. Here's where you ca
  
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• Manchester terror attack suspects: What we know so far

  01-06-2017 23:45 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The terror attack in Manchester, England, killed 22 people and wounded dozens of others.
  
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• Sheriff's deputy among 8 killed in Miss. lauded as 'a hero'

  01-06-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  
  BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and others on Thursday saluted a sheriff's deputy who was among the eight people killed in a series of shootings Saturday and Sunday.
  
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• Facebook Live shows victims of resort robbery

  01-06-2017 23:33 via cnn.com
  
  Footage from a Facebook Live shows some of the victims from a robbery at Resorts World Manila.
  
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• Colombian police drop reward leaflets for drug lord

  01-06-2017 23:26 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Anti-drug police have dropped thousands of leaflets from helicopters over a Colombian border area offering a $5 million reward for a drug lord implicated in attacks on officers.
  
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• Rescued Pup Hailed a Hero for Saving Owner Who Was Dragged by Horse and Left in the Desert

  01-06-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  
  "She literally saved my life," 4-year-old Becky Jo's owner said.
  
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• The Latest: Philippine police say robbery may be motive

  01-06-2017 23:20 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Latest on gunshots and explosions at a mall, casino and hotel complex in the Philippines (all times local): 2:52 a.m.
  
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• Obama condemns Trump for 'rejecting the future' by exiting Paris deal

  01-06-2017 23:10 via yahoo.com
  
  Barack Obama led condemnation of his successor’s decision to withdraw from the landmark Paris climate accord, which the former president’s administration painstakingly negotiated over the course of several years.In a statement released just before Donald Trump officially announced that the US would remove itself from the deal, Obama said the administration had joined “a small handful of nations that reject the future”.
  
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• Ex-captive of Islamic State sheds tears on return to village in northern Iraq

  01-06-2017 23:10 via yahoo.com
  
  By Isabel ColesKOJO, Iraq (Reuters) - Nadia Murad made an emotional return on Thursday to the Yazidi village in northern Iraq where she was captured and sold as a slave by Islamic State three years ago.On her return, Murad went to see her house and emerged clutching some clothing left there since 2014.A Yazidi fighter said it belonged to Murad's mother, who was killed during the purge because she was considered too old to be taken as a slave.
  
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• Tropical storm Beatriz nears coast of Mexico's Oaxaca state

  01-06-2017 23:08 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A tropical depression has begun soaking southern Mexico as it heads for landfall in an area of touristy beach communities.
  
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• Gunfire at Manila resort was from lone robber, police chief says

  01-06-2017 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  Gunfire and explosions have been heard at the Resorts World Manila in the Philippines, CNN Philippines reported.
  
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• Former nurse pleads guilty to 8 murder charges in Canada

  01-06-2017 23:05 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A former nurse accused of killing eight seniors in her care has told a Canadian judge that she intends to plead guilty to first-degree murder.
  
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• Trump's climate decision puts US at odds with other nations

  01-06-2017 23:04 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump was set to unveil his decision on the Paris climate accord Thursday in dramatic fashion, teasing an afternoon Rose Garden statement while revealing little about his final thinking.
  
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• Murder case dropped after man serves 25 years in prison

  01-06-2017 23:04 via yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors dropped all charges Thursday against a Detroit man who accused police of pinning a murder on him by seizing his mother's gun and switching bullets in a case that kept him in prison for 25 years.
  
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• Gunfire, blasts hit Philippine casino; terror ties doubted

  01-06-2017 23:03 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Witnesses say gunshots and explosions have been heard at a mall, casino and hotel complex near Manila's international airport in the Philippine capital.
  
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• Resorts World Manila incident: Gunfire, blaze sparks panic at casino complex in Philippines

  01-06-2017 23:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Dozens of people were injured after gunfire erupted at a mall, casino and hotel complex near Manila's international airport in the Philippine capital early Friday morning, but officials stressed there was no concrete evidence yet the attack was terrorism.
  
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• Proposed UN resolution would sanction 15 North Koreans

  01-06-2017 22:52 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A U.S.-drafted resolution circulated to the U.N. Security Council calls for sanctions on 15 North Korean individuals and four entities linked to the country's nuclear and missile programs.
  
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• Obamas buy house they were renting in tony DC neighborhood

  01-06-2017 22:47 via yahoo.com
  
  Obamas buy house they were renting in tony DC neighborhood
  
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• Paris Climate Agreement: What you need to know

  01-06-2017 22:45 via feeds.foxnews.com
  President Donald Trump announced he was withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate accord.
  
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• Tennis star Del Potro consoles stricken foe

  01-06-2017 22:44 via cnn.com
  
  Juan Martin del Potro knows about injuries. So when opponent Nicolas Almagro retired in their French Open match, he stuck by the Spaniard in a fine act of sportsmanship.
  
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• Brazilian diplomats criticize Temer over protest crackdown

  01-06-2017 22:38 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  More than 100 Brazilian diplomats spoke out Thursday against the administration of President Michel Temer, whose already low popularity has slid amid corruption allegations that have spurred growing calls for him to resign.
  
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• US will withdraw from Paris agreement, Trump announces – video

  01-06-2017 22:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Donald Trump announces US will be withdrawing from the Paris climate accord ‘to protect America and its citizens’ and seek a new deal ‘on terms that are fair to the United States... but if we can’t, that’s fine’Donald Trump confirms US will quit Paris climate agreementParis climate agreement: Trump withdraws US from global accord – liveContinue reading...
  
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• Rejecting the Paris Agreement, the United States joins Syria and Nicaragua

  01-06-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  
  If President Trump abandons the Paris agreement, the U.S. would become the third country in the world to reject the pact intended to slow the rate of global warming.
  
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• 2019 Volkswagen Touareg Is Spotted Nearly Undisguised

  01-06-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  
  VeeDub's upmarket SUV maintains its position.
  
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• Signs of the time: Fake U.S. immigration control posters found in Washington

  01-06-2017 22:29 via yahoo.com
  
  Residents of at least one Washington D.C. neighborhood woke up on Thursday to find the area plastered with posters urging them to turn in illegal immigrants, but federal authorities denied putting up the signs and denounced them as inciting fear.The bogus posters bearing the seal of the Department of Homeland Security warned about criminal offenses related to harboring or helping people in the country illegally, and gave phone numbers to report information about them to the U.S. Immigration and
  
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• Trump just passed on the best deal the planet has ever seen | David Suzuki

  01-06-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  
  Since day one as a contender for the Oval Office, current US President Donald Trump has pushed a dominant narrative: he’s a businessman.This week, with his decision to withdraw the US from the Paris agreement, the president has given the world strong reason to reject that narrative.
  
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• Video: US no longer leaders of free world

  01-06-2017 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Fareed Zakaria says that President Trump's decision to pull the US out of the Paris climate accords is breathtakingly irresponsible and that the US has resigned as the leader of the free world.
  
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• Obama: Withdrawal from Paris Agreement signifies ‘absence of American leadership’

  01-06-2017 22:23 via yahoo.com
  
  “The nations that remain in the Paris Agreement will be the nations that reap the benefits in jobs and industries created,” Obama said.
  
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• Trump to planet: Drop dead, writes Andelman

  01-06-2017 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  "America First" is becoming increasingly America alone. Somehow, Donald Trump has managed, with a single, desperate and ill-conceived stroke, to sever the United States from the rest of the world.
  
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• US B-52 bombers deploy to Europe amid uncertainty

  01-06-2017 22:13 via cnn.com
  
  The US Air Force is deploying long-range B-52 bombers and 800 airmen to the United Kingdom in support of joint exercises with NATO allies and partners taking place across Europe in June.
  
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• Youngest Scripps National Spelling Bee Contestant, 6, Bursts Into Tears as She Fails to Advance

  01-06-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  
  Little Edith Fuller didn't make it to the final round despite spelling all her words correctly.
  
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• Milling plant explosion kills 1 in Wisconsin

  01-06-2017 21:55
  
  Blast and blaze injured 13 others at corn processing facility.
  
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• Trump withdrawing US from Paris climate agreement but open to returning

  01-06-2017 21:50
  
  Decision fulfills a key promise Trump made on the campaign trail.
  
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• Explosions and gunfire at resort in Manila – video report

  01-06-2017 21:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Gunfire and explosions have been reported at Resorts World in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. The resort is on lockdown and armed police have been sent in to contain the situation, which began at 2am local timePhilippines: gunfire and explosions reported at Manila resort – liveContinue reading...
  
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• Watch: Trump announces his landmark decision

  01-06-2017 21:46 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump announces his decision to withdraw the US from the Paris climate accord in the White House Rose Garden.
  
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• Opinion: Trump should think about how history will remember him

  01-06-2017 21:46 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate deal will have come as no surprise in Scotland.
  
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• 'Trump' Toilet Paper Unrolling in Mexico

  01-06-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  
  Antonio Battaglia, a corporate lawyer and businessman, is introducing "Trump" brand toilet paper in Mexico later this year.
  
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• Trump is pulling the U.S. from Paris Agreement: ‘I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris’

  01-06-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump announced his decision to remove the U.S. from the Paris accord in the White House Rose Garden on Thursday.
  
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• Everything you need to know about T-Mobile’s summer deals

  01-06-2017 21:36 via yahoo.com
  
  T-Mobile is looking to keep its good year rolling with a new set of offers, explicetly designed to steal customers from other carriers. Starting today, any postpaid customer from one of the other big carriers can jump ship to T-Mobile and have their device payments paid off by T-Mobile.
  It's an objectively fantastic deal, but as with any carrier incentive, there's a bunch of red tape attached. Here's what you need to know before you leap.Verizon vs everyone else
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• Coffin of Polish president killed in plane crash contains remains of other victims

  01-06-2017 21:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Polish authorities say body parts of other people killed alongside Lech Kaczyński in 2010 ended up in his casketPolish authorities have found the remains of two other people in the coffin of former president Lech Kaczyński while investigating the plane crash in Russia that killed him and 95 others in2010.The caskets of 11 further victims also contained body parts of others, prosecutors said after examining 24 coffins from the crash. Continue reading...
  
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• Navratilova brands Court a racist and homophobe in arena row

  01-06-2017 21:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Tennis champion’s open letter over former world No1’s anti-gay rights stance accuses player of stigmatising LGBT communityMartina Navratilova has accused Margaret Court of being “a racist and a homophobe” after the former Australian tennis champion said tenniswas “full of lesbians” and transgender children were the work of “the devil”. Related: Margaret Court says 'tennis is full of lesbians' as row escalatesContinue reading...
  
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• Fire in Rome junkyard explodes gas tanks, spreads dark smoke

  01-06-2017 21:22 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A junkyard fire in Rome has spread through scrapped cars, exploding gas tanks and sending a thick, dark plume of smoke through the northeastern quarter of the Italian capital.
  
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• What to know about the Paris Agreement, possible US withdrawal

  01-06-2017 21:14
  
  The Paris agreement is an accord aimed at slowing global climate change.
  
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• Heavily armed men storm hotel and a casino resort in Philippine capital

  01-06-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  
  A gunman was on the loose at a casino complex in the Philippine capital on June 2, 2017 after firing an assault rifle in a gambling room, but nobody has been reported shot or taken hostage, the national police chief said.People ran screaming out of Resorts World Manila, which is across a road from one of the main terminals of the Philippines’ international airport, after the man fired what police chief Ronald dela Rosa said was an M4 assault. (Getty)See more news-related photo galleries an
  
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• Former FBI Director James Comey to testify before Congress June 8

  01-06-2017 20:42
  
  Comey was fired by President Donald Trump last month.
  
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• Chris Cornell's wife has 'several unanswered questions' about his death

  01-06-2017 20:39
  
  She is awaiting a toxicology report.
  
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• Gunfire heard at the tourist complex

  01-06-2017 20:26 via cnn.com
  
  People outside run away after they hear gunfire at Resorts World Manila in the Philippines.
  
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• Scientists say Antarctic shelf close to calving huge iceberg

  01-06-2017 20:22 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Scientists say a crack along a key floating ice shelf in Antarctica indicates that a vast iceberg is close to breaking off.
  
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