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Here's What We Know About The Florida Keys After Hurricane Irma
Irma had been downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it crawled north out of Florida on Monday. When Irma made landfall on the Keys early Sunday, it hit as a Category 4 hurricane. The string of low-lying islands, extending a hundred or so miles into the ocean southwest of the tip of mainland Florida, were exposed to the storm’s then-130-mph winds.
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Russia Scoops US Media on Trump Meeting Again
Rachel Maddow reports on Donald Trump meeting with new Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov in the White House, but not telling U.S. press about it until it was already reported by Russian state media.
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What The 2 Deadliest Mass Shootings This Year Have In Common
On Sunday, 27-year-old Meredith Hight invited a group of friends over to her house in Plano, Texas, to watch football and grill. “She was a cook, and a quite fine one, and she loved hosting friends and families,” her mother, Debbie Lane, told Dallas-based WFAA. Plano police were called to the house around 8 p.m. local time after reports of gunshots.
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NYFW: Gigi Hadid handles losing shoe like a total pro at Anna Sui Spring 2018 show
Gigi Hadid closed the Anna Sui Spring 2018 show on Monday night, but she suffered a minor hiccup -- a lost stiletto! Her shoe's strap on her right foot came loose, with the heel eventually departing her foot entirely. If you didn't catch the blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, you wouldn't have been able to tell that the blonde beauty, who was wearing a stunning metallic maxi dress with a fringed shawl, was without a shoe. During the show's finale, Gigi was seen leaning on her sister Bella as the two made their way down the runway.
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Aircraft carrier is rushed to the hurricane-battered Keys
Authorities sent an aircraft carrier and other Navy ships to help with search-and-rescue operations in Florida on Monday as a flyover of the hurricane-battered Keys yielded what the governor said were scenes of devastation.
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Russian Pol: Russia Elected US President
Rachel Maddow rounds up some of the day's major headlines, including news of a Russian parliamentarian saying on a TV show that U.S. intelligence "slept through" Russia electing the U.S. president.
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In Reversal, Equifax Says It Won't Charge Hack Victims For 'Free' Service
Last week, Equifax Inc. announced that it had been hacked by criminals who obtained personal information about 143 million Americans, including names, addresses and Social Security numbers. “We are not requesting consumers’ credit card information when they sign up for the free credit file monitoring and identity theft protection we are offering to all U.S. consumers,” the company said in a statement.
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'France isn't liberal England', hardliners tell Emmanuel Macron, as tens of thousands protest labour reforms
France will not be turned into "liberal England', Emmanuel Macron has been warned, as clashes broke out in protests against loosening labour regulations seen as a key public test of the president's reformist resolve. Stone-throwing protesters in Paris clashed with police who responded with tear gas as some 4,000 strikes were called around France by the country's biggest public sector trade union, the hardline CGT. Rail workers, students and civil servants were urged to protest in cities from Paris to Toulouse.
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A Silk Road Marriage
As the sun sets over the city’s snowcapped mountains, Yerbolat and May Ospanov settle into the gray sofa. Then, with a precision honed through countless recitations, they take turns listing the dozens of places they’ve lived together around the world before settling in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city.
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Pope Francis On Climate Change Denial: 'Man Is Stupid'
WASHINGTON — Climate change denials amid catastrophic hurricanes are a reminder that humans are not a particularly smart species, Pope Francis said Sunday while flying over areas in the Caribbean decimated by Hurricane Irma. “Man is stupid,” he said,
NewsInversePhysics Explains Why It's Especially Dangerous to Fire Guns at a Hurricane
The warning tweeted by the Coalition for Gun Violence on Saturday was simple: “DO NOT SHOOT YOUR GUNS AT THE HURRICANE!!!” Unfortunately, some arms-bearing Americans had gotten the idea that doing so might stop Hurricane Irma from advancing into Florida, and the warning was necessary. If you’re reckless enough to fire a gun at a hurricane, the good news is that it will likely hit the ground before it kills someone.
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Uncontacted Tribe Allegedly Killed By Gold Miners In Brazil
“It was crude bar talk,” Leila Silvia Burger Sotto-Maior, Funai’s coordinator for uncontacted and recently contacted tribes, told the Times. Funai is Brazil’s agency for indigenous affairs and its budget was recently cut under President Michel Temer.
WorldReutersTurkey says U.S. indictment of former minister amounts to "coup attempt"
Turkey said on Monday its former economy minister, indicted in the United States for conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on Iran, acted within international law and that charges against him amounted to a coup attempt through American courts. Former minister Zafer Caglayan "has protected Turkey's interests as Turkish economy minister, and has acted within the laws of our country and international laws while doing that," government spokesman Bekir Bozdag said.
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95 Canadian Tourists Not Allowed To Board Air Canada Evacuation Flight
A total of 95 Canadians were stranded on the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos after being disallowed by the local authorities from boarding an Air Canada flight on Sunday afternoon, that could have transported them safely back to their country. The flight in question left Toronto on Sunday carrying 95 electricians to assist in the Caribbean islands as part of a humanitarian aid mission by the Canadian government, after Hurricane Irma knocked down several electrical grids in the region, plunging the residents of the islands into darkness. Ninety-Five Canadians were stranded on the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos after being disallowed by the local authorities from boarding an Air Canada.
NewsHuffPost‘Fox & Friends’ Host Asks If 9/11 Memorial Will Face Same Fate As Confederate Statues
Leave it up to a Fox News Channel talk show host to ask a tone-deaf question. Zinke was talking about the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, that commemorates the brave airline passengers who battled hijackers and took down a fourth plane on 9/11, preventing an additional terror attack on Washington.
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Hunter S. Thompson's 9/11 Essay Is Still Chillingly Accurate 16 Years Later
When terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, no one knew exactly what the future would hold. The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for Peace in Our Time, in the United States or any other country. It will be a Religious War, a sort of Christian Jihad, fueled by religious hatred and led by merciless fanatics on both sides.
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South Africa's Most Expensive Hotel Suites
In a country whose popularity is skyrocketing, these exceptional accommodations must be seen to be believed
WorldAFPAssad may win war but will preside over a ruined Syria
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad appears to be winning the war against those who sought his overthrow, but he will preside over a ruined country with an economy in tatters. "Assad remains in charge of most of the population and most of the important territory, and I expect him to continue to rule most of Syria," said Aron Lund, a Syria expert with the Century Foundation think-tank. The writing is on the wall even in the halls of the United Nations, where special envoy Staffan de Mistura last week bluntly urged Assad's opponents to be more pragmatic.
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Irma: Manatees found stranded on Florida beaches after hurricane sucks up water from sea
People in Florida have teamed up to save a number of manatees left stranded after Hurricane Irma suddenly sucked back the tide. It is caused when low air pressure inside the hurricane acts as a vacuum for the surrounding ocean – sucking up water and dumping it as it travels inland, leaving several sea creatures stranded on dry land. Among those carrying out the rescue missions was Marcelo Clavijo, in Sarasota, who wrote on Facebook: “Getting a lil stir crazy so we went for a ride and went to check the bay at the end of Whitfield.
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'You Cannot Evacuate.' Pizza Hut Manager Threatens Employees Leaving Due to Hurricane Irma
A Pizza Hut franchise in Florida threatened to punish employees who evacuated for too long during Hurricane Irma. “You cannot evacuate Friday for a Tuesday storm event!” a manager said in a notice to employees at a restaurant in Jacksonville, CNN reported. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry began ordering a mandatory evacuation for certain parts of the city on Friday.
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Warren Buffett Has Made a Killing Off Apple—Here’s the Simple Reason He Invested in It
Warren Buffett invested in Apple and it's paid off.
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Chicago Teen Found Dead In Hotel Freezer Sparks Outrage, Confusion
The mysterious death of a Chicago teenager at a local hotel has angered her family and friends, some of whom are demanding that the hotel be closed. Kenneka Jenkins, 19, was found dead early Sunday morning in a walk-in freezer at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont, Illinois. Jenkins’ friends called her home around 4:30 a.m. on Saturday to say they had found her cell phone and truck keys but couldn’t find her, according to CBS Chicago.
- PoliticsHuffPost
California Sues Trump Administration Over DACA Elimination
SAN FRANCISCO ― California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) announced Monday he is suing President Donald Trump’s administration to block it from ending protections against deportation for hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants. Becerra’s announcement came one week after the Trump administration rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and left the issue for Congress to resolve legislatively in the next six months, when work permits and deportation protections will begin to lapse for many of its recipients.
- LifestyleDelish
21 Stunning Holiday Trifles
Your holiday table needs something totally show-stopping.Want more holiday dessert recipes that'll impress? Try these elegant Christmas cookies.From Delish
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Nearly 40 People Got Sick After Playing With Petland Puppies
Of the 39 people who have sought treatment for Campylobacteriosis, 12 are Petland employees, while the other 27 people either visited the store, purchased a dog from the chain or simply come into contact with a Petland puppy. “[But] contact with animal (or human) feces containing campylobacter can also spread the disease through accidental ingestion,” she told HuffPost. The World Health Organization reports that severe and sometimes fatal cases can occur with young children, the elderly, or people with compromised immune systems.
