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• After 'fire and fury,' Trump's rhetoric against N Korea has cooled

  29-08-2017 23:59 via cnn.com
  The month of August has been a roller coaster of fluctuating tensions for the US and North Korea, accentuated by a war of words between the leaders of both nations.
  
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• Texans Form Human Chain to Help Get Pregnant Woman a Ride to Delivery Room - in a Dump Truck

  29-08-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  Her healthy baby girl was born a short time later.
  
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• After Viral Image Showed Water Rising to Their Waists, How Are Stranded Nursing Home Residents Doing?

  29-08-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  The women were plucked from the facility that flooded as Hurricane Harvey made landfall.
  
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• Woman Gets Life In Prison For Killing Husband Whose Parrot Repeated 'Don't Shoot' After His Death

  29-08-2017 23:54 via yahoo.com
  A Michigan woman was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her husband, whose last words may have been repeated by his pet parrot, Bud.
  
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• Red fire ants survive Harvey floodwaters by forming incredible floats

  29-08-2017 23:47 via yahoo.com
  Thousands in Houston are still stranded or displaced by the rain and wrath of tropical storm Harvey, but a floating menace may add to that despair.People are reporting large colonies of fire ants floating on the rising waters that have destroyed homes and property, swept cars and people away, and pushed flood levels to record levels.“They use the wax together on their bodies to keep the queen and other members of the colony in the middle of the ball dry so they don’t suffocate,&rdquo
  
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• Houston flood: Helicopter rescues resident from water

  29-08-2017 23:43 via bbc.co.uk
  The US Coast Guard release footage of a person being airlifted to safety.
  
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• Water Hazard: Floods Present Risk of Toxic Bacteria and Alligators After Hurricane Harvey

  29-08-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  Even if you don't drink it, the water in the homes inundated by Hurricane Harvey flooding can be dangerous, Dr. Oz says.
  
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• The Latest: Police: Library workers killed in New Mexico

  29-08-2017 23:35 via yahoo.com
  CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting inside a public library in New Mexico that killed two people and wounded four others. (all times local):
  
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• Why Augmented Reality Is About to Take Over Your Life

  29-08-2017 23:33 via nbcnews.com
  Apple and Google are investing in augmented reality - and in weeks, you'll have plenty of apps to play with.
  
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• 'I'm So Sorry': Van Driver Heartbroken Over Six Missing in Flood

  29-08-2017 23:28 via nbcnews.com
  Six members of the Saldivar family are still missing after their van was swept away by Hurricane Harvey floodwaters.
  
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• Harvey Survivor Criticizes Media For Lack Of Empathy In Heartbreaking TV Interview

  29-08-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  Jorge Sedano (@SedanoESPN) August 29, 2017 A Houston resident displaced by Hurricane Harvey made a heartbreaking statement during a live interview with CNN on Tuesday.
  
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• Sky stops broadcasting Fox News in UK

  29-08-2017 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  21st Century Fox says the channel is being withdrawn because it was not commercially viable.
  
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• Couple charged over pregnant North Dakota woman's death

  29-08-2017 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind was eight months pregnant when she went missing in August.
  
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• 2019 Porsche Cayenne Revealed: The Porsche of SUVs, Take Three

  29-08-2017 23:15 via yahoo.com
  It puts the sport in sport-utility.
  
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• Military Son Surprises Mom by Popping Out of Car's Trunk After Years Apart: 'It Made Everything Worth It'

  29-08-2017 23:11 via yahoo.com
  He hadn't seen his mom in two and a half years.
  
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• KKK Hoods And Urine-Proof Sheets Seen At Trump Tower Gift Shop

  29-08-2017 23:09 via yahoo.com
  Rubber pee-proof sheets, KKK hoods and Russian flags were spotted among the items for sale in Trump Tower’s gift shop this week.According to Gothamist, a New York-based news outlet, two local artists slipped the satirical items into the store located in the lobby of the president’s namesake Manhattan building on Monday afternoon.Aside from the sheets, flags and white hoods that were marketed to “fine people,” other items that mocked Donald Trump there were also postcards
  
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• Veteran Houston Police Officer Drowns in Harvey Floodwaters

  29-08-2017 23:07 via nbcnews.com
  A 34-year veteran Houston police officer drowned in his patrol car while responding to deadly Hurricane Harvey, officials said Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Alexis Sanchez: Arsenal reject £50m from Manchester City for Chilean forward

  29-08-2017 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Arsenal reject a £50m bid from Premier League rivals Manchester City for Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez.
  
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• Trump Waves Texas Flag: 'We Love You. You Are Special'

  29-08-2017 23:04 via nbcnews.com
  Trump touched down in Corpus Christi, Texas Tuesday, marking his first visit to the Hurricane Harvey-ravaged state as rain continues to pound flooded cities.
  
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• Charlottesville suspect arrested in Georgia to be extradited

  29-08-2017 22:56 via yahoo.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A man wanted in connection with the beating of a black man in Charlottesville on the day of a white nationalist rally turned himself in to authorities in Georgia and will be extradited to Virginia, officials said.
  
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• Trump mixes up blonde journalists

  29-08-2017 22:55 via cnn.com
  After President Trump mistook her for a journalist who had asked a previous question during a press conference, a Finnish journalist joked with him.
  
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• US Open 2017: Angelique Kerber knocked out by Naomi Osaka

  29-08-2017 22:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Defending champion Angelique Kerber is knocked out in round one of the US Open by Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka.
  
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• Senior citizens in viral photo pose after rescue from Harvey floodwaters

  29-08-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  A disturbing photo taken Sunday at La Vita Bella nursing home in Dickinson, Texas, showed assisted living patients, some of them in wheelchairs, sitting stone-faced in the rising, murky water as Tropical Storm Harvey caused severe flooding.
  
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• Jen Psaki: Too soon for Trump to go to Texas

  29-08-2017 22:45 via cnn.com
  Every helicopter supporting a Trump visit to Texas in response to Hurricane Harvey is a helicopter not picking survivors off rooftops.
  
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• Survivor of Katrina loses home to Hurricane Harvey: 'Most traumatic experience of my life'

  29-08-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  A survivor of Hurricane Harvey described how he fled his home almost 12 years ago to the day after doing the same during Hurricane Katrina. The 22-year-old called Romeo left his flooded flat in Houston having been in a similar situation in New Orleans more than a decade ago. He told local TV station KENS5: "Most traumatic experience of my life, repeating itself. That’s the crazy part. Romeo was 10 and living in New Orleans when Katrina hit. Now he's in Houston enduring Harvey. https://t.co
  
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• WATCH: Houston police chief breaks down describing officer who died in Harvey

  29-08-2017 22:38 via abcnews.go.com
  The Houston police chief called Sgt. Steve Perez a "dedicated" public servant.
  
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• Spicer meets Pope Francis at last

  29-08-2017 22:37 via cnn.com
  Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer has finally crossed an important item off his personal bucket list: meeting Pope Francis.
  
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• Holland has solved this problem; why can't the US?

  29-08-2017 22:34 via cnn.com
  A dozen years ago, when Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, I was out of the country, watching the wrenching images from Amsterdam, a city that sits almost seven feet below sea level, in a country that has endured more than its share of death and destruction from raging storms.
  
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• 'E-cigarette' sparks station evacuation

  29-08-2017 22:28 via bbc.co.uk
  It is believed to have caused a small explosion inside a bag, but no-one was injured, police say.
  
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• Will Harvey Sink the Trump Presidency?

  29-08-2017 22:18 via yahoo.com
  The politics of flooding from Herbert Hoover to Donald Trump.
  
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• Dramatic Photos Capture Heroism And Catastrophe In Houston

  29-08-2017 22:18 via yahoo.com
  Houston continues to deal with record flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• Donald Trump marvels at 'turnout' during Texas visit for Hurricane Harvey disaster

  29-08-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump marveled at the size of the turnout for his trip to support the victims of the Hurricane Harvey disaster in Texas on Tuesday. The US president, standing on a ladder between two fire engines, said: "What a crowd. What a turnout." Mr Trump, who made the trip with his wife Melania, the first lady, told Texans: "We are going to get you back and operating immediately." U.S. President Donald Trump holds a flag of the state of Texas after receiving a briefing on Tropical Storm Harvey relie
  
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• Texas' biggest church opens to Harvey victims after being accused of closing doors on them

  29-08-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  A Houston megachurch has opened its doors to people displaced by Hurricane Harvey, reversing a previous statement that the facility was closed, amid a wave of criticism.Lakewood Church and its pastor, Joel Osteen, faced an intense online backlash after the 16,000 seat facility posted on Facebook that it was “inaccessible due to severe flooding”.Social media users accused Mr Osteen of turning a blind eye to suffering and posted photos they said showed routes to the church were clear.
  
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• Trump on Houston flood: 'Texas can handle anything'

  29-08-2017 22:11 via bbc.co.uk
  US President Donald Trump is in Texas to see the devastation caused by Storm Harvey.
  
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• David Torrence, Olympic 5,000m finalist, found dead at age of 31

  29-08-2017 22:09 via theguardian.com
  Peruvian American’s body found in Arizona swimming pool Scottsdale police are not treating death as suspicious The Olympic 5,000m runner David Torrence has been found dead in a swimming pool in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was 31.Torrence was from California and had come to Scottsdale to train a few weeks ago. Police said they were not treating the death as suspicious. “Firefighters removed the male subject from the pool and he was pronounced deceased,” said Sergeant Ben Hoster of t
  
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• Judge throws out Sarah Palin lawsuit against New York Times

  29-08-2017 22:06 via theguardian.com
  Judge Jed Rakoff said the editorial in question had a few factual inaccuracies that were rapidly corrected and did not amount to defamationA federal judge has thrown out a defamation lawsuit that former Alaska governor Sarah Palin brought against the New York Times over an editorial.Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said Tuesday there were a few factual inaccuracies somewhat pertaining to Palin that were rapidly corrected. He says it may have been negligent, but was plainly not defamation of a publi
  
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• Houston's Massive Rafts of Fire Ants Are Even More Dangerous Than Usual

  29-08-2017 22:06 via yahoo.com
  Floods make "spicy boys" even spicier.
  
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• Pet turtles blamed for multistate salmonella outbreak

  29-08-2017 22:03 via cnn.com
  First the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned us not to kiss or costume our chickens, now the agency is telling us not to pet or give turtles as gifts.
  
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• 'I'm Sure They're Gone.' Devastated Family Mourns 6 Relatives Missing in Houston Floods

  29-08-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  They're presumed dead after their van disappeared in the floodwaters
  
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• England v West Indies: Joe Root says his side were not complacent at Headingley

  29-08-2017 21:50 via bbc.co.uk
  England captain Joe Root says his side were not complacent as they lost by five wickets to West Indies at Headingley.
  
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• US Open: Defending champ Kerber upset by Osaka

  29-08-2017 21:49 via cnn.com
  The women's US Open defending singles champ is out.
  
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• Houston Police Sergeant Drowns Trying To Get To Work During Hurricane Harvey

  29-08-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  A Houston police sergeant on his way to work to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey drowned after his patrol car got stuck in rain-swollen flooding.
  
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• 2019 Bentley Continental GT: Going Ballistic

  29-08-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  Technology meets tradition in this all-new, 207-MPH plaything for the few.
  
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• 'All options are on the table': Donald Trump says world has received North Korea's message 'loud and clear' after Kim Jong-un fires missile over Japan

  29-08-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  North Korea fires missile over Japan Citizens on Japan's northern Hokkaido island warned to 'evacuate to basement' Donald Trump says 'All options are on the table' Japan condemns launch as 'unprecedented threat' China warns situation now at a 'tipping point' South Korea responds with bombing drills UN Security Council to hold meeting on Tuesday 'There's nowhere to run': Japanese residents tell of 'worrying' alerts US President Donald Trump said all options to respond to North
  
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• Israel's Lieberman slams wildcat West Bank settlements

  29-08-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  Israel's Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman denounced unauthorised Jewish outposts in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a day after the prime minister vowed not to uproot settlements in the territory.International law sees all Israel's West Bank settlements as illegal, but Israel distinguishes between those it sanctions and those it does not.Such outposts "have caused considerable damage to settlement", army radio quoted Lieberman as telling journalists.
  
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• England v West Indies: Shai Hope helps West Indies claim famous win

  29-08-2017 21:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Shai Hope's record-breaking second century of the match helps West Indies claim their first Test victory in England for 17 years in the second Test, levelling the series at 1-1.
  
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• Sean Spicer finally gets to meet Pope Francis

  29-08-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  Sean Spicer finally got to meet the Pope. Vatican spokesman Greg Burke confirms the former White House press secretary attended a meeting with Pope Francis on Sunday. The audience was part of an annual meeting of the International Catholic Legislators Network, which gathers lawmakers from across the world. Vatican Radio posted photographs of the event on its Facebook page. One photo shows Spicer in the front row, taking photos of the Pope with his phone. Sean Spicer, White House press secretary,
  
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• Exorcised From Trump, Spicer Finally Meets the Pope

  29-08-2017 21:17 via nbcnews.com
  Sean Spicer finally got to meet the Pope. Vatican spokesman Greg Burke confirms the former White House press secretary attended a meeting with Pope Francis on Sunday.
  
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• Donald Trump Keeps Plugging His Own Merchandise During Hurricane Harvey

  29-08-2017 21:08 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrived in Texas Tuesday in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, which ripped through the Texas coast and triggered one of the worst floods in U.S. history, causing catastrophic damage to the greater Houston area and claiming at least 10 lives so far.
  
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• Tough choice for Trump if Congress refuses border wall financing

  29-08-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump is unlikely to win congressional support for funds he wants for a proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall before an Oct. 1 deadline, meaning he may have to choose between backing down on a key campaign promise or shutting down the government.
  
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