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K2: The Drug With Zombie-Like Overdose Symptoms Is Wreaking Havoc In Washington DC

It’s a sunny afternoon outside Union Station in Washington D.C. on Thursday, where two women picking up trash and sweeping up outside the train station…

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‘Serial’ Season Three Presents An Intimate Look At The Everyday U.S. Justice System

After more than two years of waiting, one of the world’s most popular podcasts has returned with its third season. “Serial” dropped its first two…

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Why Steve Scalise Should Stop Pretending The Right Is Currently As Violent As The Left

In an opinion column last week, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) appeared to suggest that ideologically motivated violence among conservatives and the left are problems of…

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NYT Disses New York Working Class In Ridiculous Hit On Trump’s Dialect

A New York Times report from one of its White House correspondents tries to link President Trump with mobsters and cheats because his New York…

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Cambodia pardons Australian filmmaker convicted of espionage

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia has pardoned Australian filmmaker James Ricketson, who was sentenced last month to six years in jail on an espionage…

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Mass tourism threatens Croatia’s ‘Game of Thrones’ town

DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — Marc van Bloemen has lived in the old town of Dubrovnik, a Croatian citadel widely praised as the jewel of the…

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Pope lets more bishops go as part of Chile sex abuse fallout

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has accepted the resignations of two more bishops in Chile, as fallout mounts from widespread sex abuse scandals there.The…

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Cambodia grants pardon to Australian filmmaker sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment on espionage charge

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia grants pardon to Australian filmmaker sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment on espionage charge.

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Singer Elton John and partner win libel judgment

LONDON (AP) — Singer Elton John and partner David Furnish have accepted an apology and undisclosed libel damages over a newspaper report that their dog…

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Tutu urges regulated euthanasia after campaigner’s arrest

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African archbishop Desmond Tutu says terminally ill people should have the right to a “dignified assisted death” following a murder…

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German police question suspect in girl’s 2001 disappearance

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they may have made a breakthrough in their investigation of the mysterious 2001 disappearance of a 9-year-old girl.Bavarian officials…

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Anti-Kavanaugh voices Hirono, Feinstein took campaign cash from Dem colleague who admitted hitting his wife

Hawaii Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono, who told the men to “just shut up and step up” in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme…

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Turkey arrests Austrian national for alleged terror links

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s official news agency says an Austrian national has been arrested for alleged terror links.Anadolu Agency reported Friday that writer Max Zirngast…

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Berlin Wall reproduction off, at least for now

BERLIN (AP) — The German capital won’t be getting a reproduction of the Berlin Wall after all — at least for now.A group of artists…

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Pakistan urges China to ease pressure on Muslims minority

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is urging China to ease pressures on the country’s Muslim minority amid warnings by rights groups that the Uighurs in China…

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Philippine villages at risk of landslides forcibly evacuated

NAGA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops and police forcibly evacuated residents of five villages vulnerable to landslides after the collapse of a mountainside buried dozens…

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Polish leader resists view that he was disrespected by Trump

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president is fighting back against criticism at home over a photo posted by Donald Trump that some say shows the…

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Is the president really seething over Sessions and other setbacks?

The media are back in the business of reporting on Donald Trump’s mood.

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Barrier Reef tourists warned after 2 shark attacks in 2 days

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Tourists were warned to keep out of the water in the Whitsunday Islands on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef after two swimmers…

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5 years after mall Kenya attack, al-Shabab’s threat grows

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Five years after al-Shabab fighters burst into a luxury shopping mall in Kenya’s capital, hurling grenades and starting a days-long siege…

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Catholic priest in Slovakia challenges celibacy rules

KLAK, Slovakia (AP) — A priest in the conservative Roman Catholic stronghold of Slovakia has challenged the church’s celibacy rules, voicing his dissent at a…

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Malaysian death sentences commuted for 3 Mexican brothers

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The deaths sentences against three Mexican brothers convicted of drug trafficking in Malaysia have been commuted to prison terms, a…

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Ancient treasures on show in Germany reveal turbulent past

BERLIN (AP) — An arrowhead firmly lodged in the skull of an ancient fallen warrior, a voluptuous woman’s form carved from ivory and the mask…

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Head of Chinese energy agency snared in graft probe

BEIJING (AP) — The head of China’s energy planning agency has been snared in President Xi Jinping’s marathon anti-corruption campaign.Nur Bekri, one of the most…

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Official media say Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang has died at age 61 due to illness

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Official media say Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang has died at age 61 due to illness.

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Trump, Japan’s Abe to hold summit in New York City next week

A summit between President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will take place next week in New York City, a spokesman for Japan’s government…

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Trump, at Vegas rally, calls for border wall, urges voters to ‘Keep America Great’

At a rally in Las Vegas on Thursday evening, President Trump blasted Democrats for obstructing his plans to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border…

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Donald Trump on Brett Kavanaugh Vote: ‘I Don’t Think You Can Delay it Any Longer’

“I don’t think you can delay it any longer,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. “They’ve delayed it a week…

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Trump: Let Ford ‘Have Her Say,’ ‘But I Don’t Think You Can Delay It Any Longer’

During an interview on the Fox News Channel on Thursday, President Trump stated that Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh is an “outstanding” individual, Kavanaugh’s…

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Trump: Dems Trying to ‘Besmirch’ Kavanaugh, ‘Have to Get On with It’

President Donald Trump on Thursday evening said Democrats are trying to “besmirch” Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and need to “get on with it” without…

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Pence: Accuser Should be Heard, but Democrats ‘Unfair’ to Kavanaugh and His Family

Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday Kavanaugh’s accuser should be heard, but Democrats have been ‘unfair’ to Kavanaugh and his family.

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Trump, at Vegas rally, calls for border wall, urges voters to ‘Keep America Great’

At a rally in Las Vegas on Thursday evening, President Trump blasted Democrats for obstructing his plans to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border…

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Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford’s team lays out terms it wants for potential Senate interview, sources say

Christine Blasey Ford’s legal team has asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to agree to certain terms before she sits down for a potential interview over…

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China distances children from families to subdue Muslim west

ISTANBUL (AP) — The Chinese government has turned four of Meripet’s children into orphans, even though she and her husband are alive.The kids were left…

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U.S. Marshals Probe Threats Against Kavanaugh Family: ‘F*** YOU AND YOUR RAPIST HUSBAND’

The U.S. Marshals Service is reportedly investigating violent threats sent to the wife of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after a 36-year-old sexual misconduct allegation was…

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Top Democrat Operative Hired to Advise Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford

Ricki Seidman, a longtime Democrat operative, is advising Christine Blasey Ford, the California professor who recently came forward with 36-year-old sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court…

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Kavanaugh on Monday Hearing: ‘I Will Be There’

Judge Brett Kavanaugh sent Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) a letter Thursday emphatically stating his willingness to address his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford’s,…

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Google Employees Discussed Tweaking Search Results to Counter Trump Travel Ban

Google employees brainstormed ways to tweak the tech giant’s search functions to encourage users to push back against Trump policies following the President’s proposed travel…

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Talks ‘Global Conservation and Consciousness’ with Kanye West

Kanye West shared a portion of a text exchange he had with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, posting a screenshot of the messages on his Instagram…

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Defense Attorney: Illegal Status of Alleged Killer ‘Has Nothing to Do With’ Mollie Tibbetts Murder

The defense attorney representing the man charged with murdering 20-year-old college student Mollie Tibbetts says his client’s illegal alien status “has nothing to do with…

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Courts Have Deported Half of Obama’s 2014 Adult Migrants

Federal agents have repatriated 90 percent of the Mexicans and 45 percent of the Central American adults who created the border crisis of 2014, but…

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62M Immigrants and Their U.S.-Born Children Now Reside in America

There are now an unprecedented nearly 62 million immigrants and their United States-born children residing in the country, new analysis from the Center for Immigration…

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Number of Arabic Speakers in America Has Nearly Doubled Since 2000

The number of United States residents who speak Arabic at home has nearly doubled since the year 2000, new analysis from the Center for Immigration…

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Cardinal Dolan Hires Independent ‘Special Counsel’ to Investigate New York Archdiocese

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan has taken the proactive step of hiring a former federal prosecutor to assist the Archdiocese of New York in dealing…

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Trump, in Las Vegas, on Kavanaugh confirmation vote: ‘I don’t think you can delay it any longer’

President Trump on Thursday night told Fox News he thinks Brett Kavanaugh is “an outstanding person” who deserves a vote on his Supreme Court nomination,…

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Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford’s team lays out terms it wants for potential Senate interview, sources say

Christine Blasey Ford’s legal team has asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to agree to certain terms before she sits down for a potential interview over…

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Empty places at the table: Uighur children missing in China

ISTANBUL (AP) — Chinese authorities are placing the children of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities into dozens of state-run orphanages across the far western Xinjiang…

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims Puerto Rico is still a ‘colony’ that ‘deserves real self-determination’

A year after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, New York Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday said the island was “still a colony” of…

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The Demands the “Ford Team” Has Made Are Ludicrous

Per Shannon Bream, here are the requests that Kavanaugh’s accuser has made: SOURCES: Ford team wants NO questions from lawyers, only Qs from Committee members,…

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California Gov. Jerry Brown blocks later school start time mandate

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill Thursday requiring that California middle and high schools start no earlier than 8:30 a.m., saying the decision of when…

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