Trump: U.S.-North Korea summit 'should have been done a long time ago'

President Trump speaks at a news conference, April 18, 2018. President Trump boasted that North Korea has already made several key concessions before his anticipated meeting with Kim Jong Un — whereas the United States has forfeited nothing. On Twitter Sunday morning, Trump admonished Chuck Todd, moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” for voicing reservations about the anticipated U.S.-North Korea summit.

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  Trump says 'long way' to go on North Korea crisis

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  President Trump reportedly demanding quick denuclearization in North Korea talks

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As chemical weapons inspectors reach Douma, Syria claims suspected attack was fake

The chemical weapons inspectors reached the city of Douma, now under Russian and Syrian control, two weeks after the suspected attack took place.

Florida Teen Apologizes For Racist Promposal Sign

A Florida high school student is apologizing for invoking a racial stereotype in his “promposal” to a fellow student. The student, identified as 18-year-old Noah Crowley, held up a sign in a Snapchat photo this weekend to ask another Riverview High School student to be his prom date on May 5. The response from the wider community has been decidedly less heart-eyed, according to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

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  Florida student's racist prom proposal references 'picking cotton'

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  Florida Student's Racist 'Promposal' Goes Viral: 'If I Was Black I’d Be Picking Cotton'

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Sen. Bob Corker Not That Excited About The Leading Republican To Replace Him

“I’m supporting the nominee,” Corker said of Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday. After Corker chose not to seek a third term this year. Blackburn quickly declared her candidacy and is expected to win the GOP’s Aug. 2 primary.

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  Sen. Corker offers lukewarm praise for Rep. Blackburn in Tennessee race

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  Corker defends praise of Dem running to replace him

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Every Time Meghan Markle Spoke Out Against Gender Inequality

During her first public speaking engagement alongside fiance Prince Harry as well as Prince William and Kate Middleton, the future royal didn't back down when it came to women's issues. "You'll often hear people say, 'You're helping women find their voices.' And I fundamentally disagree," Markle said at the first annual Royal Foundation Forum in February. Markle has always worked to elevate women's voices.

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  Prince Harry, Meghan Markle step out after Princess Kate gives birth to new royal baby

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  Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Welcome Baby Boy in London

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Cevallos: Cohen is under ‘all the pressure that could possibly be’

The case against President Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen, is one of many legal battles the White House is facing. The panel talks with MSNBC Anchor Ayman Mohyeldin about the strategies being utilized for Cohen’s problems.

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  Legal editor on Cohen: Jail is his 'best case scenario'

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  Trump 'Destroyed' Relationship with Michael Cohen, Is 'Abusive' to Nearly Everyone: NYT Reporter

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Waffle House Customer Hailed A Hero After Wrestling Rifle Away From Shooter

A 29-year-old man is being hailed as a hero after he single-handedly disarmed a gunman inside of a Tennessee Waffle House Sunday morning during a deadly attack that left four people dead and two others injured. James Shaw Jr. said he was dining at the restaurant near Nashville with a friend when suspected gunman Travis Reinking, armed with an AR-15, opened fire at people outside and then inside the establishment just before 3:30 a.m. As he waited to see if he would live or die, Reinking’s gun appeared to jam, giving him a chance to charge.

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  Police search for shooter after four killed at Tennessee Waffle House

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  Man Hailed as a 'Hero' for Disarming Waffle House Shooter During Attack: 'I'm Glad I Acted'

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Korean Air heiresses to resign as smuggle probe widens

Korean Air Lines said Monday that two daughters of its chairman will resign from their executive positions amid mounting public criticism over the women's behavior and allegations that the family engaged in smuggling. An official at the Korea Customs Service, meanwhile, confirmed that authorities raided the airline's headquarters in Seoul seeking evidence on alleged smuggling and tariff evasion. Chairman Cho Yang-ho announced the resignation of his daughter Hyun-ah, who returned to leadership last month after a four-year hiatus following a "nut rage" scandal, and her younger sister Hyun-min, who is under investigation for allegedly hurling a cup of water at a business meeting.

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  Police probe Korean Air chairman's wife over abuse

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  Korean Air 'nut rage' sisters step down

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Peru judge orders two arrest for allegedly lynching Canadian

A Peruvian judge on Monday ordered the arrests of two men accused of lynching of a Canadian man last week in a remote Amazonian village as retribution. The Canadian, 41-year-old Sebastian Woodroffe, had been accused by villagers of murdering an indigenous medicine woman in the region of Ucayali and was killed in revenge by a "mob," according to Peru's interior ministry. A minute-and-a-half long cellphone recording of the lynching, which was posted on Facebook, showed two men dragging Woodroffe by a noose around his neck as others looked on.

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  A Canadian Man Was Lynched in the Amazon After Being Accused of Murdering a Shaman

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  Canadian Man Lynched in Connection With Shooting of Indigenous Leader in Peruvian Amazon

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Sean Hannity Defends Real Estate Empire Aided By HUD Loans

Fox News host Sean Hannity is speaking out following a report that he purchased discounted and foreclosed properties as investment tools through shell companies, all the while receiving support from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The “Hannity” talk show host, in a statement Monday, defended his choice to not publicly disclose what he described as his “personal” investments. Hannity had said last week that he was not a client of Cohen’s but had sought his advice on real estate.

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  Stormy Daniels’s lawyer released a dropbox folder of screengrabs and transcripts to discredit Sean Hannity

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• What We Know About Sean Hannity’s Shell Companies and Why It Matters

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Controversy over police response to teen trapped by van seat

Newly released body camera footage shows police officers looking for 16-year-old Kyle Plush, who called 911 twice before his death, but does not show them getting out of their patrol car.

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  Police bodycam video shows officer shooting suspect in back

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  Police body cam video shows officer shooting suspect in back

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Century-old sunken ship preserved in perfect condition beneath Lake Superior

These stunning images reveal the remains of a more than century-old sunken ship that has been preserved beneath freezing Lake Superior. The ship looks almost exactly the same as it did the day it sunk beneath waves all those years ago.At 60 meters long

Armenian crisis worsens as opposition leader detained during protest

Armenian police on Sunday detained an opposition MP after ten days of anti-government protests and accusations of a power grab levied against Serzh Sargsyan, the prime minister. Nikol Pashinyan was picked up by officers at a demonstration in Yerevan on Sunday, following a televised interview between him and Mr Sargsyan, which the prime minister cut short.

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  Armenian Prime Minister resigns after protests

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  Armenia opposition leader detained after failed talks

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Panel: Is DNC-Trump lawsuit a political stunt?

Cornell Belcher and David Brody discuss the DNC's civil lawsuit against Russia and the Trump campaign.

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  Trump, Roger Stone and Wikileaks say DNC lawsuit is more of an opportunity than a threat

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  Full Perez Interview: DNC's Trump-Russia lawsuit 'to deter future behavior'

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Professor Who Sold Facebook Data To Cambridge Analytica 'Sincerely Sorry'

Aleksandr Kogan, the University of Cambridge psychology professor who harvested data from Facebook and sold it to Cambridge Analytica, apologized for a tactic that has spawned the wrath of internet users worldwide. Kogan insisted the ability to access vast amounts of user data “was a core feature of the Facebook platform for years.

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  Expert behind Cambridge Analytica scandal fires back

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  Net neutrality is dead! Four ways to get around the net neutrality repeal

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Southwest Cancels 40 Flights as It Works to Inspect Plane Engines After Deadly Explosion

Southwest Airlines cancelled about 40 flights Sunday as the airline stepped up efforts to inspect the engines of its Boeing 737 fleet on the heels of last week’s deadly engine explosion on Flight 1380. The airline voluntarily announced inspections of engines in the CFM56 family – which powers nearly all of Southwest’s fleet – on Tuesday, after a passenger died when she was partially sucked out of an aircraft window that had been shattered in by the engine blast. Inspectors now believe that the CFM56-7B jet engine failure occurred when one of the engine’s fan blades broke off and came loose.

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  Americans remain confident in safety of US airlines after Southwest passenger death

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  Southwest cancels about 40 flights for engine inspections

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Malaysia: Security beefed up after Palestinian gunned down

Malaysian police said Sunday that an investigation was underway into the gunning down of a Palestinian man a day earlier and gave assurances that security was being beefed up in the country following recent high-profile assassinations. Gaza's ruling Hamas militant group said Fadi al-Batsh was an important member of the group and accused Israel of being behind his killing early Saturday in Kuala Lumpur. Two Southeast Asian women have pleaded not guilty to killing Kim Jong Nam by smearing a nerve agent on his face in a plot that prosecutors say was masterminded by North Korean agents.

GOP Congressman Doug Lamborn Thrown Off The Ballot For 2018

Colorado GOP Rep. Doug Lamborn won’t be on the ballot as a Republican in 2018 after the state’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday that one of his petition gatherers wasn’t a Colorado resident. Five Republicans living in Lamborn’s district had challenged his candidacy earlier this month, arguing he hadn’t properly collected the 1,000 signatures necessary to make the ballot.

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  Colorado Supreme Court upholds tax hike for transit, culture

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  State court ruling knocks Colorado Republican congressman off the ballot

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Iran's Top Diplomat Says 'All Options Are On The Table' If U.S. Pulls Out Of Nuclear Deal

“If the decision comes from President Trump to officially withdraw from the deal, then Iran will take decisions that have been provided for under the [agreement] ... as the United States has a habit of saying, ‘all options are on the table,’” The country’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said in an interviews on CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday. The Iran nuclear deal was President Barack Obama’s signature foreign policy achievement and is therefore, not surprisingly, reviled by Trump.

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  Michael Bloomberg Pledges $4.5 Million To Paris Climate Agreement – Report

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  Michael Bloomberg to write $4.5 million check for Paris climate pact

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China's ZTE seeks resolution of U.S. export ban

China's ZTE is seeking a resolution to a U.S. ban on selling it parts and software that it has said threatens its survival. ZTE "has learnt from its past experiences on export control compliance and attaches significant importance to the work on export control compliance," the mobile phone and telecoms company said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange. ZTE "is making active communications with relevant parties and seeking a solution to the U.S. export denial order," it added in the statement.

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  U.S. fund managers brace for trade war with focus on pricing power

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  China fund managers slash ZTE valuation after U.S. sanction

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China's 'men only' job culture slammed in new report

Leading Chinese firms including e-commerce giant Alibaba were heavily criticised Monday for gender discrimination in job adverts in a new report which said the landscape for the female workforce in China was deteriorating. The report by campaign group Human Rights Watch, entitled "Only Men Need Apply: Gender Discrimination in Job Advertisements in China", details a host of offences by private companies and public bodies, from issuing "men only" job ads to requests for women applicants to be "trim" and "aesthetically pleasing". According to the report, discrimination in hiring practices is contributing to a drop in the female workforce and a widening gender pay gap.

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  Men-Only Jobs and Beauty Requirements: Sexist Job Ads Abound in Chinese Tech

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  Huge numbers of job postings in China specify 'men only' or dictate women's appearance

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Sneaky guide dog leads owner to his favourite store whenever they're out shopping

On Friday, Michele Sykora shared a video of her sister Danielle out at the mall with her guide dog Thai. "My sister's guide dog always sneakily walks her into this store without her knowing," Michele wrote on Twitter. Michele followed it up with this adorable photo of Danielle and Thai together.

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  Very Good Guide Dog Sneakily Leads His Owner to the Most Perfect Store Possible

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Enter The Vibrantly Revived Florida Home

Jacques Grange refreshes a 1930s Palm Beach house with a plein air theme