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The Note: Trump's confidence belies dwindling base
ABC News - 8 Aug 2017 13:16
Polling shows that Trump's base is shrinking.
A 9/11 Victim Has Been Identified 16 Years After the Attacks
Time - 8 Aug 2017 05:38
He becomes the 1,641st person victim to be positively identified
Americans are losing trust in Trump's White House: poll
New York Post - 8 Aug 2017 16:59
Six months into his presidency, only 38 percent of Americans have a favorable rating of Donald Trump and 73 percent said they don’t trust what they hear from the White House, a new poll out shows. Overall, 56 percent o...
Woman told to take the morning-after pill by rapist: prosecutor
New York Post - 8 Aug 2017 03:56
A young woman sexually assaulted by a man before being raped by her friend during a night out was told to take contraception the day after she was attacked, a Brisbane court has heard. AAP reports the woman was intoxicat...
Couple caught having sex at state fair in 'appalling' video
New York Post - 8 Aug 2017 19:31
A couple at the Wisconsin State Fair was busted for giving visitors an X-rated show, according to reports. The man and woman, who were not immediately identified, were caught having sex at the fair’s concession seating...
El Chapo hires John Gotti's defense lawyer
New York Post - 8 Aug 2017 19:23
Notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán has kicked his court-appointed attorneys to the curb - and hired John Gotti's defense lawyer, according to a report Tuesday. Guzmán has been represented by a tr...
ANC closes ranks as South African parliament debates motion that could oust Zuma
Reuters - 8 Aug 2017 15:22
CAPE TOWN/JOHANNESBURG
U.S. Is Already Feeling Effects of Climate Change, Report Says
Time - 8 Aug 2017 06:23
The report says extreme heat waves have become more common and extreme cold waves less common since the 1980s
All-power Venezuela assembly meets again as pressure mounts
Fox News - 8 Aug 2017 06:02
Foreign ministers from 14 nations are meeting in Peru on Tuesday in hopes of finding consensus on a regional response to Venezuela's growing political crisis, while President Nicolas Maduro's all-powerful constitutional ...
Jeff Sessions Fires Back After Chicago Sues Over Sanctuary City Threat
Time - 8 Aug 2017 04:14
The city is suing the Trump administration over threats to withhold funds
Report: North Korea has nuke that fits inside missile
USA Today - 8 Aug 2017 19:53
TheDefense Intelligence Agency completed the confidential analysis in July.
Mitch McConnell vents about Trump's 'excessive expectations'
ABC News - 8 Aug 2017 19:39
McConnell urged the audience to judge this Congress "when it finishes."
109 US salmonella cases now linked to papayas from Mexico
ABC News - 8 Aug 2017 19:25
U.S. health officials say more people have contracted salmonella by eating papayas from a farm in southern Mexico
Donald Trump Can Stop Leaks If He Stops Acting Like Donald Trump
Time - 8 Aug 2017 16:42
The Trump Administration is right to worry about leaks — and, boy, is it worried. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told the Senate Armed Services committee that leaks are “devastating.” At a press briefi...
2,400 piglets die in farm fire outside German capital
Fox News - 8 Aug 2017 16:32
German authorities say 2,600 pigs and piglets died in a fire at a farm southwest of Berlin that caused an estimated 800,000 euros ($950,000) in damage.
Batavia man dies after motorcycle hits pole, trees in Geneva: police
Chicago Tribune - 8 Aug 2017 15:54US: Justice for American veterans with PTSD
Al Jazeera English - 8 Aug 2017 15:34
Special courts offer treatment as an alternative to time in jail for veterans who face criminal convictions in the US.
Thai journalist charged with sedition for online comments
Miami Herald - 8 Aug 2017 15:31
A prominent journalist in Thailand has been charged with sedition and violation of the country's computer law for online postings concerning politics. The lawyer for Pravit Rojanaphruk said his client …
Agent says model's Italy kidnap 'real and very frightening'
Miami Herald - 8 Aug 2017 15:27
The talent agent who sent British model Chloe Ayling to Italy, where she says she was kidnapped, has hit out at people questioning her story. Phil Green of Supermodel Agency …
Tillerson visits Thailand, Malaysia to firm up relations
ABC News - 8 Aug 2017 15:23
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has paid visits to Thailand and Malaysia, in an effort to shore up relations with two of America's Southeast Asian allies and urge them to maintain pressure on North Korea
Arizona woman sentenced to death in murder of girl locked in hot box
USA Today - 8 Aug 2017 15:19
Ame Deal was forced to do exercise in sweltering July heat and then locked in a 31-inch-long footlockerovernight.
The Latest: UN envoy to Libya backs Italy naval mission
Miami Herald - 8 Aug 2017 15:16
The Latest on the flow of migrants into Europe (all times local): 3:15 p.m. The U.N. special envoy for Libya is supporting Italy's contested naval mission to help the Libyan …