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Coast Guard officer planned terror attack to 'kill almost every last person,' feds say
USA Today - 21 Feb 2019 04:48A Utah Man Who Said He Wanted to 'Kill Mexicans' Charged With Hate Crimes After Attacking a Hispanic Family
Time - 21 Feb 2019 04:39
The man said he wanted to "kill Mexicans" before he attacked a hispanic family
He threw away a napkin at a hockey game. Police used it to charge him with a 1993 murder
USA Today - 21 Feb 2019 03:50El Chapo's Lawyers Are Pushing for a New Trial After Report Jurors Read News Stories About Him
Time - 21 Feb 2019 04:19
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s defense lawyers plan to seek a retrial for the recently convicted kingpin following a report that multiple jurors violated a judge’s orders and then apparently lied about it. The alleg...
Number of U.S. hate groups hits new high, watchdog group reports
CBSNews - 21 Feb 2019 16:50
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks extremist groups, says the number of such groups has risen sharply in the last four years. CBSN's Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers have more.
Snow in Vegas! 1st measurable since record keeping started
ABC News - 21 Feb 2019 16:50
Las Vegas is getting a rare taste of real winter weather, with significant snowfall across the metro area
A Measles Outbreak in Madagascar Has Killed More Than 900, World Health Organization Says
Time - 21 Feb 2019 17:02
The epidemic is blamed on a low immunization rate for measles across the island
Russian wealth fund calls for detained U.S. investor to be freed from jail
Reuters - 21 Feb 2019 16:59
The head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund has appealed to a court in Moscow to move U.S. investor Michael Calvey and several other detained executives of the Baring Vostok private equity group to house arrest, the fund ...
Russia charges top U.S. investor Michael Calvey with fraud
Reuters - 21 Feb 2019 16:59
Russian state prosecutors on Thursday formally charged top U.S. investor Michael Calvey, the founder of the Baring Vostok private equity group, with fraud, hours before Washington accused Moscow of denying its diplomats ...
Alabama woman who joined ISIS barred from returning
CBSNews - 21 Feb 2019 16:54
An Alabama woman who joined ISIS in Syria is at the center of a fight over American citizenship and whether she can return to the U.S. Hoda Muthana ran away to join the terror group several years ago but now wants to com...
Corbyn says PM May must seek customs union with EU to unlock Brexit
Reuters - 21 Feb 2019 16:51
British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Thursday Prime Minister Theresa May must change her strategy and seek a close alliance with the European Union after Brexit to avert the dangerous prospect of an abrupt spl...
Pakistan PM authorizes military response if India attacks
Miami Herald - 21 Feb 2019 16:51
Pakistan's prime minister on Thursday authorized the armed forces to "respond decisively and comprehensively to any aggression or misadventure" by neighboring India, as tensions soared between the nuclear-armed rivals. I...
Venezuelans travel to border in caravan to pick up aid
Miami Herald - 21 Feb 2019 16:50
A caravan of opposition leaders is heading toward Venezuela's border with Colombia ahead of a Saturday showdown over humanitarian aid. Lawmakers departed in three white buses from Caracas early Thursday. …
Young mom used hunting rifle to kill 3 daughters, herself: sheriff
New York Post - 21 Feb 2019 16:45
A mother in Michigan struggling with paranoia and hallucinations killed her three daughters with a hunting rifle before turning the gun on herself, authorities said. Aubrianne Moore, 28, shot her three daughters -- Kyrie...
Germany: Far right rebuked over 'natural selection' comment
Fox News - 21 Feb 2019 16:41
The deputy speaker of Germany's parliament has rebuked members of a far-right party for suggesting that women aren't fit to be lawmakers.
Trump's Pick To Lead Climate Panel Once Compared CO2 To Jews In Nazi Germany
The Huffington Post - 21 Feb 2019 07:15
William Happer will reportedly lead the new Presidential Committee on Climate Security.
'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett charged with faking racist attack
Reuters - 21 Feb 2019 04:52
Actor Jussie Smollett was charged on Wednesday with lying to police when he claimed he was attacked and beaten on the streets of Chicago by two masked men shouting racist and homophobic slurs, police said on Wednesday as...
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USA Today - 21 Feb 2019 23:24Federal Prosecutors Broke Law With Plea Deal In Jeffrey Epstein Case, Judge Says
The Huffington Post - 21 Feb 2019 22:15
The federal prosecutors include U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, who was the U.S. attorney in Miami at the time.
Trump Responds To Jussie Smollett's Arrest Over Alleged Hoax
The Huffington Post - 21 Feb 2019 18:19
"What about MAGA and the tens of millions of people you insulted with your racist and dangerous comments?!" the president tweeted.
UK Conservative lawmaker charged with falsifying expenses
Miami Herald - 21 Feb 2019 14:27
A lawmaker from Britain's governing Conservative Party has been charged with making false expenses claims. The Crown Prosecution Service said Thursday that Christopher Davies faces two counts of forgery and …
A Trump trade war with Europe would hurt the trans-Atlantic relationship
CNN - 21 Feb 2019 13:03
Since the end of the World War II, Western nations have shared the belief that international trade was a virtue. While progress has too often been lethargic, in the decades since, the United States and European nations h...