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Trump to visit FBI National Academy after questioning bureau's reputation
ABC News - 15 Dec 2017 04:04
President Trump will visit an FBI whose reputation he recently slammed as "in tatters" amid heightened scrutiny of his campaign's alleged ties to Russia.
Woman charged with laundering money via bitcoin to support ISIS
ABC News - 15 Dec 2017 05:28
Zoobia Shahnaz was taken into custody prior to boarding a Pakistan-bound flight.
Slate News Quiz
Slate - 15 Dec 2017 12:51
Welcome to Slate's weekly news quiz. It's Friday, which means it's time to test your knowledge of the week's news events. Your host, Ray Hamel, has concocted questions on news topics ranging from politics to business, fr...
Trump calls Putin to thank him for praise of U.S. economy
USA Today - 15 Dec 2017 04:49Neo-Nazi driver charged with first-degree murder in Charlottesville car attack
USA Today - 15 Dec 2017 04:47
A neo-Nazi who drove his car into a crowd protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. is now charged with first-degree murder, after prosecutors showed a judge surveillance video of the deadly assault. �...
I got kicked out of diversity training
Chicago Tribune - 15 Dec 2017 19:40Former NXIVM member says she was invited into a secret sorority, then branded
ABC News - 15 Dec 2017 16:55
Sarah Edmondson says she left NXIVM this year after more than a decade.
U.S. Prosecutors Are Rushing to Cash In on a Drug-Ring's Seized Bitcoins
Time - 15 Dec 2017 05:09
The bitcoin cache was worth less than $500,000 a year ago, but has exploded in value to about $8.5 million
GOP tax plan on shaky ground: Rubio announces he's a no
ABC News - 15 Dec 2017 04:26
The tax bill compromise now won't be unveiled until Monday.
Michigan police probe remains of 3 children found in Montana
USA Today - 15 Dec 2017 05:09
The bones and teeth of three children were found in September in a shed in Missoula.
White House urges Roy Moore to concede, as supporters look for evidence of 'voter fraud'
Chicago Tribune - 15 Dec 2017 04:35The White House Is Seeking a Major Shift of Opinion on Immigration
Time - 15 Dec 2017 04:34
The Trump administration wants to move from a family-based system to a more merit-based one
Email shows music publicist suggested meeting between Trump, Putin in 2015
The Week - 15 Dec 2017 04:13
In July 2015, British music publicist Rob Goldstone suggested in an email his client, Russian pop star Emin Agalarov, would be able to set up a meeting between then-candidate Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir P...
Dutch court convicts 63-year-old of war crimes in Ethiopia
Miami Herald - 15 Dec 2017 16:56
A court in the Netherlands has convicted a 63-year-old man of committing war crimes under a brutal Marxist regime in Ethiopia in the 1970s and sentenced him to life imprisonment. …
Trump urges Republican to concede Alabama Senate race
Reuters - 15 Dec 2017 16:55
WASHINGTON
Mexican Senate keeps military in policing role
Miami Herald - 15 Dec 2017 16:52
Mexico's Senate has approved a law that would give the military legal justification to act as police, despite objections from human rights groups. The law allows the military to intervene …
Frat accused of forcing pledge to roll in vomit, feces during horrific 3-day ordeal
New York Post - 15 Dec 2017 16:46
A grand jury in Texas indicted the national Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity for a three-day hazing ritual during which one pledge was forced to roll around in vomit and feces before being body slammed, resulting in a laceratin...
Germany's Social Democrats to talk with Merkel on new gov't
Miami Herald - 15 Dec 2017 16:40
Leaders of Germany's center-left Social Democrats agreed Friday to enter exploratory talks on joining or supporting a new government under Chancellor Angela Merkel, moving unprecedentedly long efforts to form a …
Israeli troops wound more than 40 Palestinians in protests over U.S. Jerusalem move
Reuters - 15 Dec 2017 16:39
RAMALLAH, West Bank
Exclusive: Italy plans big handover of sea rescues to Libya coastguard
Reuters - 15 Dec 2017 16:32
ROME/TRIPOLI
Yemeni officials say foreign aid workers have left port city
Miami Herald - 15 Dec 2017 16:31
Yemeni officials say foreign humanitarian workers with the U.N. and other international organizations have left the port city of Hodeida because of intensified fighting there. The officials said Friday that …
Dutch police: Suspect in 2 deadly stabbings knew a victim
Miami Herald - 15 Dec 2017 16:29
Police say that a 37-year-old man suspected of involvement in two deadly stabbings in the southern Dutch border city of Maastricht knew at least one of the victims. The suspect …