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A Maltese Journalist Who Reported on the Panama Papers Has Been Killed by a Car Bomb
Time - 17 Oct 2017 04:08
Malta's prime minister called Daphne Caruana Galizia's killing a "barbaric attack" and an assault on freedom of expression
Right after claiming he killed ObamaCare, Trump calls the resulting premium hikes 'an ObamaCare mess'
The Week - 17 Oct 2017 05:45
On Monday, President Trump told reporters that ObamaCare is dead, killed by his executive orders last week. Because he ended the cost-sharing reductions (CSRs) to insurance companies, used to subsidize health care for mi...
Celebs, Rights Groups Appalled By Trump's Reported Quip That Pence Wants To Hang Gays
The Huffington Post - 17 Oct 2017 05:32
"This is not normal, this is not normal, this is not normal."
California's Wildfires Have Become Bigger, Deadlier, and More Costly. Here's Why
Time - 17 Oct 2017 09:29
Factors from human settlement to climate change mean that California's fire season will only get worse
North Korea says 'a nuclear war may break out any moment'
Chicago Tribune - 17 Oct 2017 04:04Woman busted for stealing credit cards, checkbooks from wildfire victims
New York Post - 17 Oct 2017 15:55
A Californian woman has been arrested for allegedly stealing credit cards, checkbooks and other property from the Santa Rosa fire victims. Katie Lehnhard, 31, was detained by Petaluma police. A fire victim noticed fraudu...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Declares Marawi 'Liberated' From ISIS Terrorists
Time - 17 Oct 2017 10:17
More than 1000 people, including over 800 militants, have died in five months of fighting
McCain makes speech blasting 'half-baked' nationalism
New York Post - 17 Oct 2017 04:55
Senator John McCain blasted “half-baked” nationalism and praised international cooperation in a speech Monday night that appeared to contrast President Trump’s emphasis on putting “America first.” The former PO...
Raunchy Snapchat video got teacher busted for sex with student
New York Post - 17 Oct 2017 19:56
A high-school teacher accused of having sex with an underage student allegedly appeared in a Snapchat video that shows her wearing “a shirt and panties” while boozing it up with two shirtless teens — one of whom br...
Trump backtracks on lie about Obama ignoring military families
New York Post - 17 Oct 2017 04:51
President Trump on Monday falsely claimed that former President Barack Obama and other past presidents didn't call the families of fallen soldiers, before backtracking by saying that's what he'd been told. "The toughest ...
325-Pound Woman Killed 9-Year-Old by Sitting on Her as Punishment, Police Say
Time - 17 Oct 2017 17:12
She was punishing the 9-year-old child for "being out of control"
Pet shop owner claims he was tricked into standing behind Trump for health-care photo op
The Week - 17 Oct 2017 16:57
A Massachusetts pet supply company owner claims he was "duped" by the White House into appearing in the background of a photo of President Trump signing an executive order on health care. "I want to say strongly and clea...
Teen playing 'ISIS game' suffers gruesome injury
New York Post - 17 Oct 2017 16:46
A Michigan high school student was wounded when another student pretended to behead him during a disturbing "ISIS Game," according to a report. The unidentified Lakeshore High School freshman, who is on the football team...
The White House says Democrats only oppose the border wall because they hate Trump
The Week - 17 Oct 2017 15:58
Congressional Democrats are not supporting efforts to fund President Trump's much-promised wall along the southern border, a White House representative said Tuesday, purely out of petty, political malice. "Many Democrats...
Mud and Hunger: Among the Desperate Rohingya Still Pouring into Bangladesh
Time - 17 Oct 2017 05:23
Up to 2,000 Rohingya are arriving in Bangladesh daily
Potential ally urges Merkel to give up finance ministry
Miami Herald - 17 Oct 2017 11:56
A key potential ally in Germany's next government is insisting that Chancellor Angela Merkel's party shouldn't keep the finance ministry because that gives her too much power. Exploratory talks on …
Tillerson allegedly routinely rolls his eyes at Trump in meetings
The Week - 17 Oct 2017 17:13
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has had a tough go of it in eight months as America's top diplomat, Jason Zengerle wrote for The New York Times Magazine. As the boss at Exxon Mobil, Tillerson was the "ultimate decision-...
Greenpeace plane crashes in northern Brazil killing 1
Fox News - 17 Oct 2017 23:23
A small plane used by Greenpeace crashed in Brazil's Amazon rain forest Tuesday, killing one of the five people on board, the environmental group said.
Veteran: Issue 2 will not help our veterans, it will hurt them
USA Today - 17 Oct 2017 17:32
Erv Yoder, a member of the Ohio VFW and former E4 specialist in the U.S. Army, explains why he’s voting no on Issue 2.
Japanese military helicopter loses contact off central Japan
Miami Herald - 17 Oct 2017 17:32
A Japanese military helicopter carrying four crewmembers lost radar contact Tuesday while on a nighttime search and rescue flight training mission in central Japan and is feared to have crashed. …
Scaramucci's firm yanks Holocaust poll
New York Post - 17 Oct 2017 17:20
A “media venture” associated with Anthony Scaramucci, the profane and short-lived White House communications director, posted an online poll Tuesday asking how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust. The site yanked ...
A floating hospital awaits patients off the coast of Puerto Rico. And nobody knows how to get to it.
Death and Taxes - 17 Oct 2017 17:17
Tip: Don’t ask the president for help.