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Tastes Like Chicken
Slate - 31 Jan 2019 01:32
The USDA announced on Tuesday that meat processor Tyson Foods is recalling 36,420 pounds of chicken nuggets because of consumer complaints about rubber contamination. The affected products--"White Meat Panko Chicken Nugg...
Mom allegedly seen 'waterboarding' baby in disturbing Facebook video
New York Post - 31 Jan 2019 03:31
A South Carolina mom faces charges after she was allegedly seen in a disturbing video on social media “waterboarding” her sleeping infant, according to officials. Caitlin Alyse Hardy, 33, was arrested Wednesday follo...
Schumer calls for CIA to stage 'intervention' with Trump
New York Post - 31 Jan 2019 05:18
Chuck Schumer on Wednesday night called for US intelligence chiefs to “stage an intervention” with President Trump just hours after the president called them “naive” in a tweet. The Democratic Senate minority lea...
GOP-led Senate rebukes Trump with vote on troop pullouts
CNN - 31 Jan 2019 21:16
The Senate will vote Thursday afternoon on a measure that is highly critical of President Donald Trump's push to remove troops from Syria and Afghanistan, a rare public admonishment by the Republican-led chamber and Majo...
Video of man punching 2 women goes viral
CBSNews - 31 Jan 2019 00:39
The Los Angeles Police Department posted a video on Facebook showing a man punching two women and knocking them to the ground before fleeing the scene. The incident took place Saturday at a hot dog stand in the city. CBS...
Claims for US jobless benefits bounce up 53,000 to 253,000
ABC News - 31 Jan 2019 16:52
Applications for unemployment benefits rise 53,000 to 253,000, highest since September 2017
Firefighters battle seven-alarm blaze amid frigid temperatures at New Jersey paper plant
USA Today - 31 Jan 2019 05:18
The Marcal Paper Mills in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, caught fire Wednesday, the second time in a month.
I Commanded the U.S. Military in South America. Deploying Soldiers to Venezuela Would Only Make Things Worse
Time - 31 Jan 2019 04:49
But it is time for Maduro to go, writes retired Admiral James Stavridis
Uganda seizes 750 pieces of ivory, arrests 2 Vietnamese
Miami Herald - 31 Jan 2019 17:07
Ugandan authorities say they have seized 750 pieces of ivory and thousands of pangolin scales being transported through the East African country from neighboring South Sudan. The Uganda Revenue Authority …
Arctic cold pounds on U.S. Northeast and Midwest
Reuters - 31 Jan 2019 16:58
The blast of Arctic air that brought record-breaking cold and caused at least a dozen deaths in the U.S. Midwest spread eastward on Thursday, bringing sub-zero misery to the Northeast.
Trump told Chris Christie to get a Lap-Band surgery
The Week - 31 Jan 2019 16:58
Chris Christie says he and President Trump "were friends for 17 years." Maybe the former New Jersey governor should reconsider. For starters, Trump surrounds himself with "a revolving door of deeply flawed individuals--a...
WHO: Children, babies dying from hypothermia at camp in Syria
Al Jazeera English - 31 Jan 2019 16:57
UN agency appeals for unhindered access as 29 children and newborns have died mainly from hypothermia over eight weeks.
Skirting U.S. sanctions, Europeans launch trade mechanism for Iran
Reuters - 31 Jan 2019 16:57
France, Germany and Britain have set up a mechanism for non-dollar trade with Iran to avert U.S. sanctions, although diplomats acknowledge it is unlikely to free up the big transactions that Tehran says it needs to keep ...
Ex-student claims she coerced cancer-stricken teacher into sex
New York Post - 31 Jan 2019 16:54
A former high school student in Illinois claims she manipulated a teacher into thinking he was going to die from cancer before they started a sexual relationship, testifying that she "took advantage" of his unfortunate d...
Germany: Sausage museum planned at former concentration camp
Miami Herald - 31 Jan 2019 16:54
German media are reporting on plans to build a sausage museum on the site of a former Nazi concentration camp for Jewish slave laborers. Public broadcaster MDR, news agency DPA …
Assault on 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett serves as a stark reminder that lynching and noose symbolism is still prevalent
USA Today - 31 Jan 2019 16:53
The use of lynching and noose symbolism has increased, possibly by people emboldened by the election of President Trump, say civil rights advocates.
President Trump says Republicans 'wasting their time' on border security talks
USA Today - 31 Jan 2019 16:51Brazil's Vale has over $219 million frozen by state prosecutors as compensation
Reuters - 31 Jan 2019 16:46
Brazil's Minas Gerais state labor prosecutors' office said on Thursday it had frozen more than 800 million reais ($219 million) of miner Vale's funds as compensation for victims of a deadly tailings dam burst.
20 charged in California in crackdown on 'birth tourism' for expectant mothers from China
USA Today - 31 Jan 2019 23:14Video shows man striking 'Karate Kid' crane pose before stealing purse
USA Today - 31 Jan 2019 16:48
A South Carolina criminal suspect may have watched too many karate movies. Buzz60's Mercer Morrison has the story.
Trump Hails 'Good Intent and Spirit' of Trade Talks With China
The New York Times - 31 Jan 2019 16:45
President Trump, in a series of Twitter posts, described negotiations between American and Chinese officials in positive terms before a scheduled meeting with Liu He, China's vice premier.
EU parliament recognises Guaido as Venezuelan interim president
Reuters - 31 Jan 2019 16:37
The European Parliament recognised Venezuela's self-declared interim president Juan Guaido as de facto head of state on Thursday, heightening international pressure on the OPEC member's socialist President Nicolas Maduro...