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Trump, state officials discuss prison reform
USA Today - 10 Aug 2018 16:36
President Trump is discussing prison reform with state officials at his New Jersey golf club. The administration is pressing for legislation that would provide $50 million to prisons for drug treatment, education and job...
Zimbabwe's opposition challenges election results in court
Fox News - 10 Aug 2018 16:11
Zimbabwe's main opposition party on Friday was filing a legal challenge to the results of the country's first election without Robert Mugabe on the ballot.
North Korea: US not adhering to its side of the bargain since Trump-Kim summit
CNN - 10 Aug 2018 05:16
North Korea issued a forceful statement Thursday against what it said were elements of the US government which are not adhering to the spirit of the dialogue established by US President Donald Trump and North Korean lead...
559 Children Separated at the Border Have Still Not Been Reunited With Their Parents
Time - 10 Aug 2018 04:50
For 163 children, parents said they did not want to be reunited
Officials reportedly worked behind Trump's back to get NATO agreement done before his arrival
The Week - 10 Aug 2018 04:40
National Security Adviser John Bolton demanded that officials finalize the North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreement before President Trump arrived in Brussels for last month's NATO summit, U.S. and European officials...
Tennessee executes Billy Ray Irick, first lethal injection in state since 2009
USA Today - 10 Aug 2018 04:31
Billy Ray Irick, 59, was convicted in 1986 on charges of raping and murdering Paula Dyer, a 7-year-old girl in Knox County.
Judge Threatens to Hold Jeff Sessions in Contempt of Court Over Deportation
Time - 10 Aug 2018 04:19
The judge halted the deportation of two immigrants in the middle of a lawsuit
Defamation lawsuit targeting Stormy Daniels dropped by former attorney, lawyer says
USA Today - 10 Aug 2018 04:08F.B.I. Agent Awaits Verdict on Mystery Shots Fired at Oregon Standoff
The New York Times - 10 Aug 2018 03:51
An Oregon jury will decide the fate of an F.B.I. agent who is accused of lying about firing his rifle at a roadblock in which a militia leader was killed in 2016.
UK man pleads guilty to plotting van attack on London street
Miami Herald - 10 Aug 2018 16:41
A Muslim convert pleaded guilty Friday to plotting an Islamic State group-inspired van attack on crowds in London's busy Oxford Street shopping district. During a hearing at London's Central Criminal …
Trump blasts NFL players protesting during anthem at preseason games
New York Post - 10 Aug 2018 16:36
President Donald Trump on Friday renewed his attacks on NFL players who protest during the national anthem - after several of them took knees and raised their fists during preseason games. "The NFL players are at it agai...
On Istanbul streets, defiant Turks see U.S. hand behind lira crisis
Reuters - 10 Aug 2018 16:35
Serap, a 23-year-old clerk at a clothes store in central Istanbul, is sure of who to blame for the precipitous slide in Turkey's lira currency.
Facebook Fight Over Florida Felon Voting Rights Restoration Ends in Shooting
Time - 10 Aug 2018 16:32
Floridians will vote this November on reinstating voting rights for felons who have completed their sentences
Tech billionaire busted for drug trafficking
New York Post - 10 Aug 2018 16:24
Tech billionaire Henry T. Nicholas III was arrested on drug trafficking charges this week at a Las Vegas Strip casino-resort — alongside the ex-wife of an heir to the Wells Fargo fortune, according to new reports. Nich...
Stephen Colbert Suspects He Knows Where the Idea for Trump's Space Force Came From
Time - 10 Aug 2018 16:07
"We don't need Space Force. Please wait until NASA finds life before you try to kill it," Colbert said
Coalition announces Yemen air raid probe, Houthis report 40 children killed
Reuters - 10 Aug 2018 16:04
A Saudi-led coalition said on Friday it would investigate an air strike that killed dozens of children in Yemen, an apparent shift of stance on an attack Riyadh initially portrayed as a legitimate military action against...
Taliban storms strategic Afghan city
ABC News - 10 Aug 2018 16:01
Taliban fighters stormed a provincial capital in Afghanistan before dawn on Friday.
Here's How to Brag Without Making People Hate You
Time - 10 Aug 2018 16:00
Better yet: Don't brag at all
US: Chicago police accused of racist use of 'bait trucks' tactic
Al Jazeera English - 10 Aug 2018 15:56
The tactic, which sees trucks filled with valuable goods and left unattended, has been criticised for both creating the crimes it catches and for its use in impoverished, minority neighbourhoods.
Immigrants cost the health care system less than US-born Americans: Study
ABC News - 10 Aug 2018 15:55
A study in the International Journal of Health Services finds that immigrants actually use far less healthcare resources than non-immigrants.
US: 'Chain migration' grants Melania Trump's parents citizenship
Al Jazeera English - 10 Aug 2018 15:50
Trump has been a critic of the 'family reunification' immigration policy from which the first lady's parents appear to have benefited.
WATCH: More homes in danger as wildfire grows
ABC News - 10 Aug 2018 15:37
The governor of California has declared a state of emergency and 20,000 people were told to evacuate as the Holy Fire expanded to more than 10,000 acres.