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• Charlie Gard's parents set up foundation with $1.7M in donations

  15-08-2017 23:42 via cnn.com
  Over the past six months, $1.7 million in donations has poured into the treatment fund for Charlie Gard, a British baby whose life was the subject of a legal tug of war in British courts before his death in July.
  
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• Charlie Gard's parents set up $1.7 million foundation

  15-08-2017 23:42 via cnn.com
  Over the past six months, $1.7 million in donations has poured into the treatment fund for Charlie Gard, a British baby whose life was the subject of a legal tug of war in British courts before his death in July.
  
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• Argentina warns US against military move on Venezuela

  15-08-2017 23:42 via yahoo.com
  US Vice President Mike Pence heard more complaints from Latin American allies Tuesday about President Donald Trump's warning of a possible US military option to deal with the crisis in Venezuela."The use of force is not the way," but rather political pressure, Argentine President Mauricio Macri said at a news conference alongside Mike Pence, who is on a tour of Latin American countries.
  
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• Man beaten at protest says police were indifferent to attack

  15-08-2017 23:32 via yahoo.com
  McLEAN, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man says police failed to come to his aid as he was beaten by white supremacists during Saturday's violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, that led to three deaths.
  
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• In explosive press conference, Trump triples down on his initial statement about Charlottesville

  15-08-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  President Trump held a press conference at Trump Tower on Tuesday where he repeatedly told reporters he stands by his initial response to the violence and protests in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday. He says he did not want to make any statements until he knew all the facts, and still blames both sides.
  
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• North Korea delays Guam missile firing, U.S. says dialogue up to Kim

  15-08-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  By Christine Kim and Yeganeh TorbatiSEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has delayed a decision on firing missiles toward Guam while he waits to see what the United States does, the North's state media reported on Tuesday as the United States said any dialogue was up to Kim.The United States and South Korea have prepared for more joint military drills, which has infuriated the North, and experts warned Pyongyang could still go ahead with a provocative plan.
  
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• Trump Is Right: Washington Owned Slaves

  15-08-2017 23:19 via yahoo.com
  The first president got his first slaves at age 11.
  
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• Trump stands by remarks on Charlottesville: 'George Washington was a slave owner'

  15-08-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  Trump had a heated debate with reporters over the violence that took place in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend and said there was "blame on both sides."
  
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• Trump Scraps Obama-Era Rule To Protect Infrastructure From Climate-Change Flooding

  15-08-2017 23:14 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON — Furthering his attack on Obama-era climate policies, President Donald Trump has rescinded a rule that requires federal, state and local agencies to account for rising sea levels caused by climate change and to construct buildings, highways and other infrastructure to withstand flooding.
  
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• Watch and read: Trump's Q&A in full

  15-08-2017 23:11 via cnn.com
  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Hello, everybody. Great to be back in New York with all of our friends, and some great friends outside the building, I must tell you.
  
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• Can You Be Fired for Being a Racist?

  15-08-2017 23:10 via yahoo.com
  It depends on where you work
  
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• Van Jones: Terrifying that Trump won't stand with us

  15-08-2017 22:57 via cnn.com
  CNN political commentator Van Jones says President Trump's flip-flopping stance on the Charlottesville, Virginia, attacks leaves the country vulnerable and in fear.
  
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• Ocean garbage patch could be bigger than Mexico

  15-08-2017 22:49 via cnn.com
  A research team has discovered a garbage patch in the South Pacific Ocean estimated to be bigger than Mexico. CNN's Lynda Kinkade reports on the efforts to stop ocean pollution.
  
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• Lincoln Memorial vandalized with explicit graffiti

  15-08-2017 22:23
  This isn't the first instance of vandalism at the memorial.
  
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• 911 Call Made From 'Deadpool 2' Set Released Following Stuntwoman's Death

  15-08-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  The victim was touted as being the first licensed African-American woman in the country to compete in sanctioned motorcycle road racing events.
  
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• A Ferrari-Powered Toyota 86 Is a Wacky Street Car

  15-08-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  We're not sure how drift star Ryan Tuerck got this car registered, but we're glad he did.
  
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• Dizzying artwork video uses oil, paint, and soap to create otherworldly movement

  15-08-2017 22:07 via yahoo.com
  These dizzying images use oil, soap and paint to create movements that feel otherworldly, and seem to psychedelically burst from their surroundings.
  
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• Thousands flee as Iraq steps up airstrikes on IS-held town

  15-08-2017 21:48 via yahoo.com
  BADOUSH, Iraq (AP) — Thousands of Iraqis have fled an Islamic State-held town west of Mosul as Iraqi and coalition warplanes step up strikes ahead of a ground offensive to drive out the militants.
  
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• Man caught on video vandalizing Philadelphia synagogue

  15-08-2017 21:45
  The suspect was seen clearly on surveillance video during the vandalism.
  
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• Could Trump's Comments Lead To a GOP Presidential Primary?

  15-08-2017 21:21 via yahoo.com
  Trump's media availability drew intense criticism from the right. Former GOP Rep. David Jolly says today may be the start of a primary movement to replace Trump. He joins O'Donnell and Jarvis DeBerry to discuss Trump's long pattern of bigoted behavior.
  
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• US faces critical moment to negotiate with North Korea, experts warn

  15-08-2017 21:01 via theguardian.com
  Analysts say the latest statement by Kim Jong-un, signally a pause on Guam strike, gives the US a brief window to end the tense standoffThe latest statement by Kim Jong-un signalling a pause in Pyongyang’s war of words with Washington has given the US a window of a few days to negotiate a way of defusing a dangerous standoff, experts said on Tuesday.
  Many longstanding observers of the North Korean regime expressed concern that the US could misinterpret the message that it sent on Monday wh
  
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• Zimbabwe first lady faces assault allegations

  15-08-2017 20:58 via cnn.com
  Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe is facing allegations she assaulted a 20-year-old woman on Sunday while on a visit to South Africa.
  
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• Trump under fire for new retweets

  15-08-2017 20:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The US president also apparently accidentally retweeted a post by someone calling him "a fascist".
  
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• The Latest: Children of slain deputy speak in court

  15-08-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of a man who killed a sheriff's deputy and wounded another while escaping from a western Iowa jail (all times local):
  
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• N Korea leader 'briefed' on Guam plan but opts to wait

  15-08-2017 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Kim Jong-un reviews plans for firing at Guam, but opts to watch the US before acting, state media say.
  
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• IMF warns China over 'dangerous' growth in debt

  15-08-2017 20:37 via theguardian.com
  Washington-based fund says pursuit of growth at any cost risks sharp slowdown or financial crisisChina’s credit-fuelled economic strategy has been branded as dangerous by the International Monetary Fund in a strongly-worded statement warning that its approach risks financial turmoil.The IMF used its annual health check on the world’s second biggest economy to stress that faster expansion in 2017 was coming at the cost of a jump in private sector debt and an increasing use of complex
  
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• 82nd Airborne calls out white supremacist for wearing their hat at Charlottesville

  15-08-2017 20:37 via yahoo.com
  Welcome to 2017, where white supremacists are being called out on Twitter by veterans for wearing disrespectful hats. Don't you miss the election now? After photos of the Charlottesville rally went viral this weekend, members of the 82nd Airborne Division discovered that one of the white supremacists at the rally was wearing their division's hat. The veterans rightly pointed out that supremacists probably shouldn't wear their hats, since, you know, the entire point of their division was to destr
  
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• WATCH: Johnny Depp shows up as Capt. Jack Sparrow at children's hospital

  15-08-2017 20:32
  Depp surprised some patients at a children's hospital in Canada as his "Pirates of the Caribbean" character.
  
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• Ancient Egypt: Tombs More Than 2,000 Years Old Found

  15-08-2017 20:30 via yahoo.com
  The tombs from the 27th dynasty and the Greco-Roman era contain a number of sarcophagi and the remains of men, women and children.
  
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• Sierra Leone mudslide leaves more than 300 dead and at least 700 missing

  15-08-2017 20:24
  At least 312 people have been killed and 700 others are missing in the wake of heavy flooding and mudslides in Sierra Leone, a Red Cross spokesperson told ABC News.
  
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• Donald Trump Fails in Role of Moral Leader

  15-08-2017 20:22 via yahoo.com
  Michael Beschloss, NBC News presidential historian, talks with Rachel Maddow about how far afield Donald Trump is from the American president's function as a role model of responsible, moral leadership.
  
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• North Carolina protesters who tore down Confederate monument 'could face prosecution'

  15-08-2017 20:17 via yahoo.com
  The protesters who tore down a Confederate monument in North Carolina could face charges for the vandalism if local investigators are able to figure out their identities.Durham Sheriff Mike Andrews said that he was relieved nobody was hurt when the protesters wrapped a yellow strap around the Confederate Soldiers monument and pulled it off its pedestal.“Collectively, we decided that restraint and public safety would be our priority” Mr Andrews said in a statement.
  
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• North Carolina woman confronts man flying Nazi flag at his home

  15-08-2017 20:06 via yahoo.com
  A North Carolina woman who confronted a man flying a Nazi flag outside his home says she felt the need to stand up to his show of hate in the wake of violence that erupted during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend.
  
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• Falling tree kills 12 on Portuguese island of Madeira

  15-08-2017 20:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Fifty-two others are injured when the tree falls at a religious festival on the Portuguese island.
  
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• The O.J. Bronco was for sale on "Pawn Stars," but didn't sell

  15-08-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  The second Bronco was the white one that Al Cowlings used to drive O.J. on that dramatic slow-speed highway chase.Originally owned by Cowlings, the Bronco was sold to O.J.'s manager Mike Gilbert.Now Gilbert is ready to part with the Bronco and he wants to see if the "Pawn Stars" will pony up his asking price.
  
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• Trump Aids Racists' Political Ambitions

  15-08-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow looks at the history of Ku Klux Klan in American politics and its quest for power and points out that it was no accident that Donald Trump helped give racists legitimacy with his remarks about the deadly rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  
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• Trump ad-libbed 'many sides' remark in response to Charlottesville violence

  15-08-2017 19:55
  Trump was forced to clarify that remark Monday after fierce backlash.
  
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• Sierra Leone mudslides: Urgent plea for help as death toll rises

  15-08-2017 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The president urges assistance as the death toll nears 400, with hundreds reportedly still missing.
  
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• Donald Trump 'under pressure to eject nationalist advisers from the White House'

  15-08-2017 19:39 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump is facing increased pressure to get rid of the nationalist wing of his White House following a racial protest in Charlottesville that led to deadly violence.Multiple former and current allies, reportedly including media mogul Rupert Murdoch, have called for the ousting of Chief Strategist Steve Bannon – a self-proclaimed “nationalist” who ran the Breitbart website and called it a “platform for the alt-right”.The alt-right – a name given to the gro
  
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• Heartbreaking scenes at floods rescue

  15-08-2017 19:38 via cnn.com
  The hunt for survivors of the deadly mudslide in Sierra Leone continued Tuesday as the official death toll rose to 245, with numbers expected to grow and hundreds still missing.
  
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• India celebrates Independence Day – in pictures

  15-08-2017 19:33 via theguardian.com
  Indian Independence Day is celebrated each year on 15 August, and this year marks 70 years since British India was split into two nations – Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan – and millions of people were uprooted in one of the largest mass migrations in history Continue reading...
  
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• Donald Trump provokes anger by tweeting cartoon of train hitting CNN character  

  15-08-2017 19:31 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump, already under fire for a lukewarm condemnation of violence that led to the death of a woman at the weekend, on Tuesday morning shared a cartoon of a man covered in a CNN logo being hit by a train via Twitter before deleting it minutes later. It came as he endures more criticism for his public handling of clashes in Charlottesville at the weekend, where a 32-year-old protester was killed after after being struck by a car. A White House official said the image of the train had been p
  
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• Grace Mugabe accused of assaulting model in S. African hotel

  15-08-2017 19:28 via yahoo.com
  Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe was under investigation by South African police Tuesday after she allegedly used an extension cord to assault a model in a Johannesburg hotel.The alleged attack threatened to spark a major diplomatic incident between the two countries, which have strong political and economic ties.The 52-year-old wife of President Robert Mugabe is accused of beating Gabriella Engels, 20, on Sunday evening at the hotel where her two sons were staying, leaving the victim with inj
  
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• Rebels say they shoot down Syrian military jet, army confirms crash

  15-08-2017 19:20 via yahoo.com
  The Syrian military said on Tuesday that one of its jets crashed in southern Syria, state television reported, hours after Western-backed rebels said they had shot it down and captured the pilot.State-owned Ikhbariya television quoted a Syrian army source as saying an investigation was under way to determine what caused the crash.Rebels released photos of a pilot they identified as Major Ali al Hilwa, with bruises on his face, and the wreckage of a jet they said was a Russian-built MiG brought d
  
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• Maria Sharapova granted US Open wild card

  15-08-2017 19:11 via cnn.com
  Maria Sharapova is set to make her first grand slam appearance since serving a 15-month doping ban.
  
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• WATCH: Check out this water bubble in space

  15-08-2017 19:06
  NASA astronaut Jack Fischer created a water bubble to show what happens to water in zero gravity.
  
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• US professor wrongly dubbed racist

  15-08-2017 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  A US professor wrongly identified as a white supremacist in Charlottesville tweets his innocence.
  
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• Zimbabwe's first lady accused of assault in South Africa

  15-08-2017 18:59 via yahoo.com
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The wife of Zimbabwe's president has been accused of assaulting a young woman at an upscale hotel in South Africa, though she did not show up for court Tuesday as police had indicated.
  
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• Swiss hotel sparks outrage with signs about 'Jewish guests' 

  15-08-2017 18:58 via yahoo.com
  A Swiss hotel has sparked outrage after posting signs addressed to “Jewish guests”, warning them to shower before going swimming and that they can only use the refrigerator at certain times. “To our Jewish guests, women, men and children, please take a shower before you go swimming and…after swimming,” read the sign at the Aparthaus Paradies in Arosa, an Alpine resort village in east Switzerland.  “If you break the rules I’m forced to close the swi
  
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• Maria Sharapova: Five-time Grand Slam winner given US Open wildcard

  15-08-2017 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Maria Sharapova is set to play in her first Grand Slam since her 15-month drugs ban after being given a wildcard for the US Open main draw.
  
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