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How to defend yourself from Trump's handshake
CNN - 22 Feb 2017 04:21
CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on how to defend yourself against Trump's bizarre handshake.
Mitch McConnell greeted by protesters in Kentucky
The Week - 22 Feb 2017 04:07
While the welcome Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell received from the Anderson County Chamber of Commerce was warm, it was downright frosty outside, where hundreds of protesters gathered chanting, "Shame on Mitch! S...
Facing evacuation order, Dakota Access pipeline protesters split on leaving, standing their ground
The Week - 22 Feb 2017 16:45
Dakota Access pipeline activists are just hours away from a Wednesday afternoon deadline to leave the camp they have held since last summer, The New York Times reports. "We prefer to handle this in a more diplomatic, und...
200 indicted on rioting charges from Trump's Inauguration Day
CNN - 22 Feb 2017 07:50
A total of 214 people have been indicted so far on felony rioting charges in connection with the Inauguration Day protests in downtown Washington.
Jewish Human Rights Group Calls For Special Probe Into Anti-Semitic Bomb Threats
The Huffington Post - 22 Feb 2017 03:56
A leading Jewish human rights organization called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to create a special task force to investigate the bomb threats targeting Jewish Community Centers around the nation. In a letter sent Mo...
The Trump Administration Wants to Revise Transgender School Bathroom Guidelines
Time - 22 Feb 2017 03:50
Obama-era guidelines allowed students to use school restrooms that match their gender identity, not their assigned gender at birth
Army Corps of Engineers Moves to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp
Time - 22 Feb 2017 16:31
Law enforcement and state officials have said they won't forcibly evict protesters
Wives of Melbourne plane crash victims found out due to traffic delays, sister reveals
Fox News - 22 Feb 2017 14:52
The wives of the four American tourists killed in the tragic Melbourne light plane crash on Tuesday found out about the disaster when they heard of traffic delays.
Trump admin ordered to produce list of travelers detained under ban
ABC News - 22 Feb 2017 07:41
The order limited immigration from seven countries.
South Sudan Promises 'Unimpeded Access' for Aid Groups Amid Famine
Time - 22 Feb 2017 04:22
The country's leadership had previously accused the international community of meddling in the country's affairs
Melania amends 'hooker' suit after it cited potential profits
New York Post - 22 Feb 2017 03:33
Melania Trump has revised her defamation lawsuit against the Mail Online for claiming she was a hooker — scrubbing claims that the Web site’s article ruined her “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to cash in on the ...
GOP members of Congress meet with protests at town halls
ABC News - 22 Feb 2017 03:30
An audience of about 100 people peppered GOP Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee with questions ranging from health care reform concerns to critiques of President Donald Trump's appointees
More U.S. Troops Could Be Sent Into Syria to Fight ISIS
Time - 22 Feb 2017 16:59
Gen. Joseph Votel says he is "very concerned about maintaining momentum"
Frenchman who signed Arabic terrorism confession appeals
Miami Herald - 22 Feb 2017 16:43
A Frenchman arrested in anti-terrorism raids in Morocco was in court Wednesday to appeal his conviction, claiming he signed a confession in Arabic that he could neither read nor understand. …
New York gives Chicago bull-on-the-loose envy
Chicago Tribune - 22 Feb 2017 16:40Body of WTC bomber 'Blind Sheikh' sent back to family
New York Post - 22 Feb 2017 16:37
CAIRO -- The body of a blind Egyptian cleric convicted of plotting terror attacks in New York was brought back to Egypt and handed over to his family for burial on Wednesday, following his death in a U.S. federal prison ...
Beijing's South China Sea Buildings Could Soon House Missiles: U.S. Officials
The Huffington Post - 22 Feb 2017 16:35
China, in an early test of U.S. President Donald Trump, has nearly finished building almost two dozen structures on artificial islands in the South China Sea that appear designed to house long-range surface-to-air missil...
Russia: Syria safe zones need to be agreed with Damascus
Miami Herald - 22 Feb 2017 16:34
Russia is open for dialogue with the United States on safe zones in Syria but believes that any such initiative needs to be coordinated with the Syrian government, Moscow's top …
Protests over Morales expose divisions among Bolivians
Al Jazeera English - 22 Feb 2017 15:55
Some fear Evo Morales will try to seek a fourth, unconstitutional presidential term in 2019.
Poll Finds Majority of Americans Are Worried U.S. Will Go to War in the Next 4 Years
Time - 22 Feb 2017 15:36
The poll shows stark divides between right- and left-leaning voters
Women who assassinated half-brother of Kim Jong Un coated hands in poison, official says
Fox News - 22 Feb 2017 15:22
The women suspected of assassinating the half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un doused their hands with a toxic chemical before wiping them on the man's face, Malaysian officials said Wednesday.
Muslim activists raise nearly $60,000 to aid vandalized Jewish cemetery
ABC News - 22 Feb 2017 15:16
The crowdfunding campaign said it had reached its $20,000 goal in three hours.