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• North Korea mocks Trump's 'weird, ego-driven' tweets

  23-08-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  Shortly after Donald Trump claimed North Korea was “starting to respect us,” the regime shot back by criticising the President's Twitter habits.In a post published by the state-run KCNA news agency, the North Korean government accused Mr Trump of posting "weird articles of his ego-driven thoughts in his Twitter" and "spout[ing] rubbish to make his assistants have a hard time”.Mr Trump has tweeted numerous times about North Korea, at one point admonishing them for “behavin
  
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• California cities fear violence at latest right-wing protests

  23-08-2017 23:49 via yahoo.com
  Seeking to prevent a pair of right-wing weekend rallies from spiralling into violence, Bay Area authorities are vowing a bolstered police presence and urging counter-protestors to stay away as federal officials rebuffed a high-profile attempt to halt a San Francisco rally.While organisers of the events in Berkeley and San Francisco have disavowed racism and violence, elected officials and police officers are on high alert after a car rammed into a a crowd of counter-protesters against a white su
  
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• NASA releases stunning image of the total solar eclipse from space

  23-08-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  NASA offered extensive coverage of the August 21 total solar eclipse and the space agency isn't done sharing.
  
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• 800-Year-Old Coffin Breaks After Some Genius Tries To Put A Kid Inside It

  23-08-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  An 800-year-old coffin was smashed to the floor of a U.K. museum last week after someone reportedly tried to put a child inside it for a photo.
  
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• Man pleads not guilty in wife's death during Alaska cruise

  23-08-2017 23:37 via yahoo.com
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Utah man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife on a cruise to Alaska pleaded not guilty during a Wednesday hearing in which he appeared to become emotional at times.
  
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• Girl Scouts accuse Boy Scouts of covertly recruiting girls

  23-08-2017 23:30 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Inflaming a century-old and mostly cordial rivalry, the president of the Girl Scouts of the USA is accusing the Boy Scouts of seeking to covertly recruit girls into their programs while disparaging the Girl Scouts' operations.
  
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• Taylor Swift announces new album

  23-08-2017 23:28 via cnn.com
  After days of dropping a series of slithering clues, the Taylor Swift surprise machine has struck again.
  
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• Parks Service issues permit for San Francisco rally

  23-08-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal authorities on Wednesday issued a permit to a politically conservative group for a Saturday afternoon rally in San Francisco that local officials fear could turn violent.
  
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• Students Across The Country Were Kept Inside During Monday's Eclipse

  23-08-2017 23:16 via yahoo.com
  Monday's eclipse was likely the most-watched eclipse ever, even though many students were kept inside during the actual event.
  
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• WATCH: Charlottesville shrouds Confederate statues

  23-08-2017 23:07
  Workers covered two Confederate statues in black in memory of a slain protester.
  
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• 2018 Ferrari Portofino: The New "Entry Level" Prancing Horse

  23-08-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  No more California love.
  
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• Cuba 'incidents' caused brain injury, nerve damage to diplomats: CBS News

  23-08-2017 22:56 via yahoo.com
  A doctor who evaluated American and Canadian diplomats working in Cuba diagnosed them with conditions as serious as mild traumatic brain injury and damage to the central nervous system, CBS News said on Wednesday, citing medical records it reviewed.The diplomats had complained of symptoms including hearing loss, nausea, headaches and balance disorders after what were described as "incidents" that began affecting them in Havana beginning in late 2016, CBS News said.Officials are investigating whe
  
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• Joe Arpaio pardon: White House 'preparing documents' to let off former sheriff found guilty in racial profiling case

  23-08-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s staff has prepared the necessary paperwork to pardon former sheriff Joe Arpaio once the President decides if he wants to do so.News of the potential pardon comes just a day after Mr Trump made a 2020 campaign stop in Phoenix, where he predicted that Mr Arpaio would “be ok”.In preparation for a potential pardon, White House staff is also writing up talking points to send to surrogates who make the rounds on major cable networks, according to CNN.
  
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• Ralph Northam Rejects His 'Family's Heritage' Over Monuments, Virginia GOP Charges

  23-08-2017 22:34 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― The Virginia Republican Party on Wednesday accused Ralph Northam, the state’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee, of walking away from his “own family’s heritage” by calling for the removal of monuments to Confederate generals and soldiers.
  
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• Canada to hold emergency hearings on N. Korea missile threat

  23-08-2017 22:29 via yahoo.com
  A Canadian parliamentary committee will hold emergency hearings on the threat posed by North Korea's missile and nuclear programs, an official said Wednesday.A date for the hearing has not yet been set, but is expected by mid-September, Liberal committee member Mark Gerretsen's office said.It will hear from government officials and experts on Canada's ability to defend itself against an attack by North Korea, and whether Canada should join the US ballistic missile defense system.
  
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• President's spiritual adviser: When you oppose Trump, you are 'fighting against the hand of God'

  23-08-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  Paula White, a televangelist and spiritual adviser to Donald Trump, appeared on television Tuesday to defend the president amid recent controversy using an unlikely Biblical comparison.
  
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• Another US agency deletes references to climate change on government website

  23-08-2017 22:23 via theguardian.com
  The term ‘climate change’ was changed to simply ‘climate’ on website of the National Institutes of Health, the world’s leading public health research bodyThe National Institutes of Health deleted multiple references to climate change on its website over the summer, continuing a trend that has been ongoing since the Trump administration took charge of the dot-gov domain.Related: Trump is deleting climate change, one site at a timeContinue reading...
  
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• Blacks for Trump guy has some deeply weird views about Cherokees, Masons and Obama

  23-08-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  Michael Symonette, who goes by “Michael the Black Man” has become a familiar face at conservative rallies and Trump events around Miami, but he has some seriously strange beliefs.
  
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• Allah-Las gig cancelled in Rotterdam due to terror threat

  23-08-2017 22:20 via theguardian.com
  Concert by US rock band called off after tipoff from Spanish police, while vehicle containing gas bottles is found near venue
  A concert in Rotterdam by the US rock group Allah-Las has been cancelled because of a terror threat, police said.“Police took this information seriously enough that after discussion with organisers it was decided to cancel the event,” the Rotterdam police statement said on Wednesday night. Continue reading...
  
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• Fleeing Maduro critic says Venezuela now lawless

  23-08-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  Brasília (AFP) - Venezuela's fugitive former top prosecutor resurfaced in Brazil on Wednesday claiming to possess "a lot" of proof of President Nicolas Maduro's corruption and warning that her life remains in danger.Days after a dramatic escape from chaotic Venezuela, Luisa Ortega, 59, turned up the heat on Maduro, who has asked Interpol to issue a "red notice" warrant for the arrest of his critic.Ortega -- speaking at a crime-fighting conference in the Brazilian capital with representati
  
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• Judge: Bears near US-Canada border merit endangered status

  23-08-2017 22:11 via yahoo.com
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Animals and plants can be considered endangered even if they are not on the brink of extinction, a judge ruled in overturning the U.S. government's re-classification of a small population of grizzly bears living in the forests of Montana and Idaho near the Canada border.
  
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• College Student Dies After Suffering Altitude Sickness While Hiking Colorado Mountains

  23-08-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Susanna DeForest, 20, of Pennsylvania, was hiking with friends on the Conundrum Creek Trail when she fell ill Thursday, authorities said.
  
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• Workers Shroud Charlottesville Robert E. Lee Statue in Black as City Mourns

  23-08-2017 22:05 via yahoo.com
  The city council voted to shroud the Lee statue
  
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• Merseyside social worker struck off for 'deplorable' conduct

  23-08-2017 22:04 via theguardian.com
  Kevin Sinclair alerted a violent abuser to the whereabouts of his pregnant victim and gave advice on how to avoid getting caughtA senior social worker alerted a domestic violence perpetrator to the whereabouts of his pregnant victim, weeks after she jumped out of a bedroom window when he threatened to pour boiling hot oil over her.Kevin Sinclair, a child protection officer for Sefton council in Merseyside, was struck off for what a tribunal called “disgraceful” and “deplorable&
  
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• Typhoon Hato hits Hong Kong and southern China

  23-08-2017 21:55 via yahoo.com
  Typhoon Hato, a maximum category 10 storm, slammed into Hong Kong, Macau and China's Guangdong province. Thousands of residents along the Chinese coast were evacuated.
  
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• Joe Arpaio: I'm not surprised Trump mentioned pardon at Phoenix rally

  23-08-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  “My gut told me he was going to do it,” the former Maricopa County sheriff said Wednesday.
  
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• Clinton memoir: My 'skin crawled' when Trump stood behind me

  23-08-2017 21:43 via cnn.com
  In her upcoming memoir, Hillary Clinton expresses regret and explains what she wishes she could go back and do differently during her failed 2016 campaign, according to excerpts released Wednesday morning.
  
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• After 'Unhinged' Rally, Worry About Trump Having Nuclear Codes

  23-08-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says he's questioning Trump's fitness to lead after his Phoenix rally. Lawrence O'Donnell talks to fmr. Acting CIA Director John McLaughlin.
  
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• Charlottesville Shrouds Its Confederate Statues In Black To Mourn Heather Heyer

  23-08-2017 21:22 via yahoo.com
  The city of Charlottesville, Virginia, began draping its Confederate monuments in large black fabric on Wednesday to honor the woman killed while counter-protesting a white nationalist rally in the city earlier this month.The city covered the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Wednesday afternoon along with the statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson at another nearby park.
  
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• Harley-Davidson Rolls Out 17 Stunning New Models

  23-08-2017 21:19 via yahoo.com
  Harley-Davidson Rolls Out 17 Stunning New Models Softails get complete overhaul, Touring Bikes get new CVO options, Dynas get the axe. Remember back in February when Harley CEO Matt Levatich told the motorcycling press that the Motor Company planned to
  
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• New ISIS Video Shows American Child For The First Time

  23-08-2017 21:18 via yahoo.com
  The child says his father was a U.S. soldier who fought against jihadists in Iraq.
  
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• R. Kelly denies underage relationship

  23-08-2017 21:13 via cnn.com
  A 24-year-old woman is alleging she had a sexual relationship with singer R. Kelly when she was a teen.
  
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• College Student Dies of Altitude Sickness on Colorado Hike

  23-08-2017 21:13 via yahoo.com
  A college student dies after getting altitude sickness on a hike
  
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• Massive Washington Salmon Escape Blamed On Solar Eclipse

  23-08-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  Eclipse and the tide, salmon farming company says high tide and fast current caused failure of net pens.
  
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• Venezuela's ousted prosecutor accuses Maduro of corruption

  23-08-2017 20:38 via yahoo.com
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Venezuela's recently ousted chief prosecutor on Wednesday accused President Nicolas Maduro of participating in acts of corruption, saying she would turn over proof that would help other countries prosecute.
  
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• Britain sends £9m to Libya to fight terror threat and migrant crisis

  23-08-2017 20:34 via theguardian.com
  Boris Johnson announces aid package, which includes £4m to remove improvised explosive devices, during trip to TripoliBoris Johnson has announced a £9m aid package for Libya to help deal with the problems of migrants risking their lives trying to cross the Mediterranean and a growing threat of terrorist groups from the war-stricken country.The foreign secretary announced the extra funding as he made his second trip to Tripoli in just four months, where he visited UK naval officers tr
  
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• Woman Claims 'False Imprisonment' On 'Burning Hot' Plane: 'We Were Melting'

  23-08-2017 20:23 via yahoo.com
  “It was burning hot,” she said. “We were melting.”
  
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• Parents Charged in Death of 2-Year-Old Son's Suffocation Death

  23-08-2017 20:18 via yahoo.com
  Justin Dwyer, 29, and Courtney Stash, 28, were charged Tuesday with involuntary manslaughter and other crimes in the April death of their son.
  
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• Coal in decline: an energy industry on life support

  23-08-2017 20:18 via theguardian.com
  Special report: The pace of coal plants shutting down in Australia could mean the country’s fleet could be gone before 2040. The transformation is enormous – and seems inevitable• Support our independent journalism and critical reporting on energy and the environment by giving a one-off or monthly contributionFor a glimpse into the future of coal power in Australia, go west. The country’s last major investment in coal-fired electricity was in Western Australia in 2009, whe
  
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• Florida to execute white man for racially motivated murder

  23-08-2017 20:15 via yahoo.com
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in state history, Florida is expecting to execute a white man Thursday for killing a black person — and it plans to do so with the help of a drug that has never been used before in any U.S. execution.
  
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• Scaramucci Finds His 10-Day Communications Director Stint As Hilarious As We Do

  23-08-2017 20:14 via yahoo.com
  Anthony Scaramucci is clearly not afraid to poke fun at himself.
  
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• Police find remains of autistic girl in a pit after she left adoptive parents to live with birth mother

  23-08-2017 20:08 via yahoo.com
  The remains of a missing autistic teenage girl who left her adopted parents and went to live with her biological mother have been discovered in a pit on a Missouri farm.Savannah Leckie, 16, moved in with her birth mother, Rebecca Ruud, 39, last year.Ms Ruud has been charged with her murder, abusing a child, tampering with evidence and abandoning a corpse, said Ozark County Prosecutor John Garrabrant.
  
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• Trump Dossier Testimony Could Be Made Public

  23-08-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow describes some of the history of the collection of intelligence known as the "Trump dossier," and the apparent likelihood that the Senate Judiciary testimony of the company responsible for that dossier, Fusion GPS, will be made public.
  
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• Mystery deaths of HL Hunley submarine crew solved - they accidentally killed themselves

  23-08-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  The mystery of how the crew of one of the world’s first submarines died has finally been solved - they accidentally killed themselves. The HL Hunley sank on February 17 1864 after torpedoing the USS Housatonic outside Charleston Harbour, South Carolina, during American Civil War. She was one of the first submarines ever to be used in conflict, and the first to sink a battleship. It was assumed the blast had ruptured the sub, drowning its occupants, but when the Hunley was raised in 2000, s
  
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• GetUp to launch marriage equality campaign tool after electoral rolls close

  23-08-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Until midnight Thursday, campaign is exclusively focused on getting people enrolled and with updated details. After that it has a new online tool ready to goProgressive group, GetUp, has developed a website to coordinate groups campaigning for marriage equality after the rolls close for Australians wanting to participate in the same-sex marriage postal survey.The new campaigning tool, built in conjunction with the Equality Campaign, will be launched as early as Friday, after the Australian Elect
  
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• Ditch bipartisanship and debate Australia's defence and security, politicians urged

  23-08-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Trump’s election threatens longstanding assumptions and turbulent times require return to an ‘adversarial’ democratic approach, new report arguesAn Australian National University defence analyst says the world is entering the most difficult and dangerous period since the cold war, and Australian politicians need to openly debate defence and security issues, rather than strive endlessly for contrived bipartisanship.
  In a new report commissioned by the progressive thin
  
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• Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $700 million

  23-08-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  The odds against winning are astronomical, but millions of Americans will be hoping for some life-altering luck on Wednesday night when winning numbers are drawn for the second-highest jackpot in the history of the Powerball lottery.
  
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• U.S. Warns Cancun Travelers of Rise in Homicides at Resorts

  23-08-2017 19:39 via yahoo.com
  Quintana Roo alone has seen 169 murders this year
  
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• Hundreds protest detention of award-winning Russian director in Moscow

  23-08-2017 19:37 via cnn.com
  A prominent Russian theater and film director has been placed under house arrest, one day after he was charged with embezzlement in a case his supporters see as politically motivated.
  
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• Hundreds protest detention of award-winning Russian director

  23-08-2017 19:37 via cnn.com
  A prominent Russian theater and film director has been placed under house arrest, one day after he was charged with embezzlement in a case his supporters see as politically motivated.
  
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