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Trump's Top Economic Aide On Dire UN Climate Change Report: No Need To 'Panic'
President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser on Sunday brushed off the dire warning issued this month by United Nations researchers who say the world is quickly running out of time to avoid catastrophic global warming. Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council, said on ABC’s “This Week” that he believes the authors of the report, released a week ago by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, “overestimate” the likelihood and potential timetable for environmental disasters. “Personally, I think the UN study is way, way too difficult,” Kudlow told host George Stephanopoulos.
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Planned Parenthood plans for a post-Roe future
Abortion-rights activists celebrate a ruling striking down a Texas law restricting abortion access during a rally at the Supreme Court in June 2016. With the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, the long-held goal of the anti-abortion movement and the long-standing fear of abortion-rights advocates — a decision restricting or ending altogether the right enshrined in Roe v. Wade — is likelier now than at any time since 1973.
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Bodies Of 11 Infants Found In Shuttered Funeral Home's Ceiling
Law enforcement has recovered the remains of 11 infants hidden in a false ceiling inside a Detroit funeral home that was shuttered earlier this year. The bodies were located inside a “hidden false ceiling between the first and second floor of the funeral home,” Detroit Police Lt. Detective Brian Bowser said during a Friday press conference, part of which was posted on Twitter by Detroit News reporter Sarah Rahal. Bowser added that police do not know why the bodies were stowed in the ceiling.
WorldAssociated PressPope's canonization of Paul VI, Romero personal, political
Pope Francis will canonize two of the most important and contested figures of the 20th-century Catholic Church, declaring Pope Paul VI and the martyred Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero as models of saintliness for the faithful today. Sunday's ceremony is likely to be emotional for Francis, since he was greatly influenced by both men and privately told confidantes he wanted them made saints during his papacy. The two represent the epitome of the outward-looking church that Francis has championed, one that is close to the poor and fights injustice.
WorldAFPTurkey to search Saudi consulate after Erdogan, king talk
Turkish investigators were on Monday expected to search the Saudi consulate in Istanbul for the first time since journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and King Salman discussed the case by phone. Khashoggi, a Saudi national and US resident who became increasingly critical of powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has not been seen since he walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to sort out marriage paperwork on October 2. Turkish officials have said they believe he was killed -- a claim Saudi Arabia refuted -- and the controversy has dealt a huge blow to the image of the kingdom and efforts by the youthful crown prince to showcase a reform drive.
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Sears files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
The company was facing a deadline to pay back millions of dollars in loans.
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Cat Rescued From Trash 'Minutes' Before Pile Tossed Into Garbage Compactor
A cat just minutes away from possibly getting thrown into the jaws of a trash compactor has a new chance at life thanks to a kind New York City couple. Raymond Deidesheimer, a 28-year-old Bronx resident, walked past a pile of garbage bags with his girlfriend on Wednesday morning when a cat carrier in the heap caught their attention, local news station Pix 11 reports. The group, which called Deidesheimer a “bona-fide HERO” in an Instagram post, named the large black-and-white cat Raymond after his rescuer ― though the cat’s name was later expanded to Earnest Raymond.
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Mourners Pack Funeral for 8 of 20 Killed in New York Limo Crash
“The question that is in the hearts of so many is: Why?” The Rev. O. Robert DeMartinis told hundreds of mourners. DeMartinis spoke on an altar flanked by pictures of Allison King, sister Abigail Jackson and her husband Adam Jackson, sister Mary Dyson and her husband Robert Dyson, sister Amy Steenburg and her husband Axel Steenburg and his older brother, Richard Steenburg.
- LifestyleArchitectural Digest
This Manhattan Triplex is Filled With High Design
A couple in Lower Manhattan eats, sleeps, and breathes Belgian superstar Vincent Van Duysen's simple yet soulful aesthetic
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Trump Unsure If Defense Chief Jim Mattis Will Step Down: 'He's Sort Of A Democrat'
President Donald Trump suggested to CBS’ “60 Minutes” that Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is “sort of a Democrat” who could be leaving his post relatively soon. “I have a very good relationship with him,” Trump told CBS’ Lesley Stahl. “I think he’s sort of a Democrat if you want to know the truth.
PoliticsReutersTrump says he is 'comfortable' as president despite political battles
"It was a little surreal to say I'm the president of the United States, but I think that's true with everybody," Trump told the CBS television news program "60 Minutes." "Even my friends, they don't call me Donald, they call me Mr. President. The interview, in which Trump proved as eager as ever for verbal jousting on a range of issues, showed no sign he had any intention of abandoning his freewheeling, in-your-face persona as president. Trump would not say whether he intended to return to the contentious policy of separating immigrant children from their families at the border, but gave no ground on what he saw as the need for tough policy.
NewsAFPRescue teams in Florida search for survivors in hurricane-devastated Mexico Beach
Carefully, the search and rescue team examines what is left of a house devastated by Hurricane Michael when it blasted through this small waterfront community days earlier. Wearing a hard hat and with a hammer in hand, chief Dobson, one of several hundred people searching for survivors in the ruins of Mexico Beach, gingerly climbs the rickety stairs to Number 2603. "Fire rescue, anybody home?" Dobson calls out, before his men follow him up the stairs.
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Salvadorans await justice in civil war killings as one of its first victims sainted
People carry a portrait of the Óscar Romero during a demonstration to ask to reopen the case of his murder. When Guadalupe Mejía began searching for her husband – a community leader who had been forcibly disappeared by Salvadoran armed forces in 1977 – it was Óscar Romero who encouraged her to speak out despite the danger. “Unite and that’s how you’ll be able to find your loved ones,” Mejía, 75, remembers the archbishop of San Salvador telling her and other bereaved women.
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Jamie Dimon Joins Growing List Of Business Leaders Skipping Saudi Conference
Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, and Bill Ford, chairman of the Ford Motor Co., are the latest business leaders to drop out of an investment conference in Saudi Arabia in the wake of the disappearance and presumed murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi, a Saudi reporter and columnist for The Washington Post, has not been seen since entering the Saudi consulate in Turkey earlier this month.
BusinessAssociated PressSears through the years: From watch seller to tower builder
Sears got its start as a watch seller more than 130 years ago and grew to become one of the world's largest retailers. 1886 — Richard Sears starts the R.W. Sears Watch Co. in Minneapolis. 1888 — The Sears catalog is born, featuring watches and jewelry.
WorldAFPGuatemala Fuego eruption is over: officials
The eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano ended Saturday, an official source said, with locals escaping a repeat of June's eruption that killed 190. "All of this activity is expected to disappear in the coming hours," said a bulletin from Guatemala's government agency for seismology (Insivumeh), without ruling out that it could pick up again in coming days. The latest eruption began in the early hours of Friday, with 62 people evacuated and a highway near the 3,763 meter volcano, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Guatemala City, closed.
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British cyclist shot dead by hunter in French Alps
A British mountain biker has been shot dead in the French Alps after he was mistaken for an animal by a local hunter. Marc Sutton, 34, originally from south Wales, died on Saturday evening after being struck by a single bullet while cycling in thick woods near the ski resort of Les Gets. Mr Sutton, a chef, had lived in the Alps for a number of years and owned and ran a restaurant with his girlfriend near the village of Morzine.
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Glock vs. Sig Sauer: Glock 17 vs. P226 (Which Gun Is Better?)
The P226 is shorter but wider, whereas both guns’ barrel lengths are almost identical. The Glock weighs two ounces less than the all-metal Sig fully loaded while fitting two more rounds in the magazine. The Glock 17 and Sig Sauer P226 are two of the most popular handguns on the American firearms market.
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Trump touts his dealmaking skills after meeting American pastor freed from Turkey
The Rev. Andrew Brunson prays with President Trump in the Oval Office after his return from Turkish prison. WASHINGTON — President Trump, welcoming an American clergyman on his return to the United States after a two-year imprisonment in Turkey, took credit for his release and blamed President Obama for not getting him out sooner. “For Andrew, it’s been a very interesting day,” Trump told reporters who were called to the White House to witness the repatriation of Andrew Brunson, an evangelical Presbyterian from North Carolina.
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Tom Llamas: 'In a lot of ways' Melania Trump is the 'polar opposite of her husband'
The Powerhouse Roundtable discusses Tom Llamas's exclusive interview with First Lady Melania Trump.
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'Give Me My Phone Back, Senator:' GOP's David Perdue Snatches Device From Student
Georgia Sen. David Perdue (R) reportedly grabbed a cell phone from a university student who was questioning him about potential voter suppression in the state, in a tense encounter captured on video this weekend. The clip, uploaded to Twitter on Saturday by Georgia Tech’s Young Democratic Socialists of America chapter, shows a student walking up to Perdue to ask him about his appearance on campus to endorse Georgia secretary of state Brian Kemp (R) for governor. Kemp is in a heated battle with Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams, and drew scrutiny last week after the Associated Press reported that his office had frozen 53,000 voter registrations ahead of the midterm elections, more than 70 percent of which were linked to African Americans.
NewsReutersCrowbars, cadaver dogs in search for survivors, bodies after Florida hurricane
Search and rescue volunteers have located hundreds of people reported missing in the U.S. Southeast after Hurricane Michael tore through their Florida Panhandle communities, but the death toll of at least 18 was expected to rise. Crews heard cries for help and crowbarred into a mobile home crumpled by the storm in Panama City, freeing a mother and daughter, both diabetics who had been trapped in a closet without insulin for two days and were on the verge of diabetic shock, rescuers said on Saturday. There are people out here on dialysis, but there is no power," said Taylor Fontenot, 29, a roofing contractor from Sugar Land, Texas, and founder of 50 Star SAR, a volunteer search and rescue organization.
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Rouhani Says 'Spiteful' U.S. Government Seeks Iran Regime Change
Rouhani said the U.S. is pushing for new leadership in Iran using “psychological and economic warfare,” according to a report in the state-run Iranian Students’ News Agency. “In the past 40 years, there hasn’t been a more spiteful team confronting Iran, Iranians and the Islamic Republic regime than the current one in the U.S.,” Rouhani said on Sunday.
WorldReutersGoogle launches Motorbike Mode navigation in Kenya, first for Africa
Google, said on Monday it would offer Motorbike Mode on Google Maps in Kenya, offering the voice navigation service for bike riders in Africa for the first time. Google, part of the U.S. firm Alphabet Inc, already provides the service in Asian nations, such as India. "For over a million Kenyans, boda bodas are a convenient and affordable way to move and transport goods from one place to another," Google said in a statement.
CelebrityAFPBritish royals arrive on landmark trip Down Under
Prince Harry and Meghan touched down in Sydney on Monday, kicking off a bumper Pacific tour that is the British royals' first major outing abroad as a couple. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made a low-key arrival to a wet and wintery Australia after a weekend spent celebrating the marriage of their relative Princess Eugenie and following an overnight commercial flight with Qantas.
