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'Pokémon Go' Update: Gen 2 Release Date Is Now Live
IBTimes - 16 Feb 2017 19:05
Pokémon Go users: get ready to start catching them all again. The Gen 2 Pokémon update dropped for Google Android and Apple iOS users Thursday ... but don't get your hopes up too fast.
Woman kept in box says captor bragged about nearly 100 victims
New York Post - 16 Feb 2017 05:56
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A South Carolina woman who spent two months chained inside a large metal container says her captor raped her daily and bragged that he was good at killing, claiming that his victims tallied nearly 100. ...
Trump Inspires Bipartisan Effort To Rein Him In On Russia
The Huffington Post - 16 Feb 2017 02:07
WASHINGTON ―President Donald Trump is inspiring bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, but not in a way he wants:Republicans and Democrats in Congress are teaming up to try to prevent him from unilaterally lifting sanctions o...
Philippine president asked to release bank account details
Miami Herald - 16 Feb 2017 07:49
An opposition senator has pressed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to publicly release details of his bank accounts to disprove allegations that he had large sums of undeclared money. Sen. Antonio …
Trump is showing reluctance to take responsibility for White House chaos
Chicago Tribune - 16 Feb 2017 07:46Women announce date for general strike
CNN - 16 Feb 2017 04:30
The organizers of the Women's March on Washington have set the date for their general strike, dubbed "A Day Without A Woman," for March 8, which is International Women's Day.
Paris protests: 'We do not forgive'
CNN - 16 Feb 2017 16:51
Violent anti-police protests that have swept the suburbs of Paris since early February spread into the French capital's city center on Wednesday night.
ND governor issues evacuation order for pipeline protest camp
ABC News - 16 Feb 2017 05:40
The camp needs to be evacuated by February 22.
Report: Intelligence agencies are keeping sensitive info from Trump
The Week - 16 Feb 2017 05:36
Worried that the information might be compromised or leaked, U.S. intelligence officials have been keeping some sensitive items from President Trump, current and former officials told The Wall Street Journal Wednesday. I...
Iraq: Looting, Destruction by Forces Fighting ISIS
Human Rights Watch - 16 Feb 2017 08:00
(Erbil) - Armed forces fighting Islamic State (also known as ISIS) to retake a town and four villages near Mosul looted, damaged, and destroyed homes, Human Rights Watch said today. There was no apparent military necessi...
Analyst: "Stunning" amount of classified information being leaked against Trump administration
CBSNews - 16 Feb 2017 06:05
CBS News senior national security analyst Frances Townsend says rampant leaks could make it harder to get at the truth if people fear to speak frankly
Donald Trump Loves Leaks. Except When He Doesn't.
The Huffington Post - 16 Feb 2017 07:26
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Second woman arrested in death of Kim Jong Un's half brother
New York Post - 16 Feb 2017 05:50
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysian police arrested a second woman Thursday in the death of Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of North Korea’s leader who was reportedly poisoned this week by two female assassins as he wai...
Trump reportedly plans to have Wall Street ally review intelligence agencies
The Week - 16 Feb 2017 07:00
Administration officials say President Trump is planning on appointing his friend Stephen A. Feinberg, the billionaire co-founder of Cerberus Capital Management, to lead a review of U.S. intelligence agencies, The New Yo...
Trump's Health Nominee Thinks The Poor Should Pay More For Health Care
The Huffington Post - 16 Feb 2017 05:42
Seema Verma is about to become the most powerful woman in Washington you’ve never heard of. On inauguration day, President Donald Trump nominated Verma to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servi...
Italian teams restore damaged busts from ancient Syrian city
Miami Herald - 16 Feb 2017 16:53
Italian art conservationists have restored two funerary busts from the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria that were badly damaged by members of the Islamic State group. Restorers in Rome used …
GM chief in talks with UK amid alarm over possible unit sale
Miami Herald - 16 Feb 2017 16:53
Britain's business secretary says he had constructive talks with the president of General Motors amid alarm that thousands of jobs could be lost by the possible takeover of GM's Opel …
Baghdad bombing strikes car dealership, kills 15
Miami Herald - 16 Feb 2017 16:51
A car bomb has struck Baghdad's southwestern al-Bayaa neighborhood shortly before sunset Thursday, killing at least 15 and wounding 25 others, a police officer and medical official said. The officials …
Probe of Myanmar assassination names army-linked suspect
Miami Herald - 16 Feb 2017 16:47
A veteran human rights lawyer says a report by Myanmar's government alleging the involvement of a former army officer in the assassination of a top legal adviser to the ruling …
Sulfuric acid cloud causes breathing troubles in Germany
Miami Herald - 16 Feb 2017 16:45
About 150 people suffered breathing problems Thursday after sulfuric acid spilled from a burst tank belonging to a chemical company in the western German city of Oberhausen and turned into …
US secretary of state says Russia must honor Ukraine deal
ABC News - 16 Feb 2017 16:43
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Russia must abide by a 2015 deal aimed at ending fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists as the Trump administration searches for ways to work cooperativ...
Palestine: Hamas elects new leader in uncertain time
Al Jazeera English - 16 Feb 2017 16:43
Yahiya Sinwar expected to act as bridge between Palestinian group's political leadership and its powerful armed wing.