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    • Wyoming school debunks nominee's gun claim

      Wyoming school debunks nominee's gun claim

      Contrary to what education pick Betsy DeVos said at a Senate hearing, no guns are allowed at Wapiti Elementary School.It does have grizzly bear issues, though »

      • Obama exits, taking his dignity with him

        Obama exits, taking his dignity with him

      • Trump team to keep 50 Obama aides

        Trump team to keep 50 Obama aides

      • Inside Donald Trump's Inauguration Day

        Inside Donald Trump's Inauguration Day

    • Trump’s team says he’s ‘troubled’ by Chelsea Manning commutation
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      Trump’s team says he’s ‘troubled’ by Chelsea Manning commutation

      WASHINGTON, D.C. — Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer said President-elect Donald Trump is disturbed by President Obama’s decision to commute the prison sentence of convicted leaker Chelsea Manning. “I think the president-elect is troubled by this action,” Spicer said during a Wednesday news conference at Trump’s presidential transition team headquarters. Spicer was also asked if Trump wanted to see WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange make good on a promise to allow himself to be extradited to the United States if Manning was given a deal.

      • What's Next For Chelsea Manning?
        What's Next For Chelsea Manning?
        International Business Times
      • Obama says justice has been served in Manning case
        Obama says justice has been served in Manning case
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    • Scott Pruitt on climate change: ‘My personal opinion is immaterial’
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      Scott Pruitt on climate change: ‘My personal opinion is immaterial’

      Pressed by Democratic senators for his views on the causes of climate change, the Trump administration’s choice to run the Environmental Protection Agency insisted at his confirmation hearing Wednesday morning that his “personal opinion” was “immaterial” to how he would do his job. Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee questioned Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt closely on his history of suing the agency he has been nominated to lead, his statements questioning mainstream climate science and his close ties to the oil and gas industries. Republicans were much friendlier, mostly lamenting the impact of regulations on fossil-fuel industry jobs, something Pruitt promised to take into account.

      • Scott Pruitt, nominee for EPA Administrator, invokes “federalism” in senate hearing
        Scott Pruitt, nominee for EPA Administrator, invokes “federalism” in senate hearing
        Ars Technica
      • Trump EPA Pick Pruitt to be Grilled Over Polluters' Political Donations
        Trump EPA Pick Pruitt to be Grilled Over Polluters' Political Donations
        ABC News Videos
    • Bin Laden documents: worry over IS tactics, 'aging' Al-Qaeda
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      Bin Laden documents: worry over IS tactics, 'aging' Al-Qaeda

      Months before his death, Osama bin Laden fretted about the Islamic State group's impatient, violent tactics and the fading of Al-Qaeda, documents released by the CIA Thursday showed. The latest release from the trove of documents found when Navy Seals stormed the Al-Qaeda chief's secret Pakistan compound and killed him in 2011 show bin Laden trying to keep his jihadist followers around the world aligned in his war against the United States.

      • Pakistan will not release doctor who helped CIA find Osama bin Laden
        Pakistan will not release doctor who helped CIA find Osama bin Laden
        International Business Times UK
      • Osama bin Laden, terrorist leader and doting father
        Osama bin Laden, terrorist leader and doting father
        CNN
    • Virginia man convicted of 2006 slaying of family is executed
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      Virginia man convicted of 2006 slaying of family is executed

      Ricky Gray was pronounced dead at 9:42 p.m. following a lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt. Gray showed no emotion as he was walked into the execution chamber wearing blue jeans and handcuffs. Gray was condemned to death in 2006 for the murders of 9-year-old Stella Harvey and 4-year-old sister Ruby, and sentenced to life in prison for the slaying of their parents, Bryan and Kathryn Harvey.

      • Virginia inmate executed despite arguments against drug 'cocktail'
        Virginia inmate executed despite arguments against drug 'cocktail'
        Reuters
      • Virginia executes Ricky Gray for killing family in 2006
        Virginia executes Ricky Gray for killing family in 2006
        UPI
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      Islamic State kills 12 in Palmyra, among them teachers, soldiers: monitor

      Islamic State militants put at least 12 people to death in execution-style killings in the ancient city of Palmyra, which they re-captured from the government for a second time in December, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Thursday. The jihadist group beheaded four of the people - state employees and teachers - outside a museum, the group said. The eight others - four of them government soldiers and four of them rebel fighters captured elsewhere in Syria - were shot.

    • Accused Cop Killer Markeith Loyd Yells 'F*** You!' at Judge, Will Represent Himself
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      Accused Cop Killer Markeith Loyd Yells 'F*** You!' at Judge, Will Represent Himself

      The man accused of killing an Orlando police officer and his pregnant girlfriend said he plans to represent himself at trial, but not without some choice words for the judge. "Y'all portraying this s--t to the news people like I just went there and shot this girl when there were other guns found on the scene," Markeith Loyd told the judge in an unruly first court appearance Thursday. "A gun was pulled on me first, but y'all acting like I just went there and shot her," he said before he was ordered held without bail on charges he murdered his pregnant ex-girlfriend.

      • Manhunt ends for accused Orlando cop killer
        Manhunt ends for accused Orlando cop killer
        FOX News Videos
      • Suspected Orlando Cop Killer Goes on Profanity-Laced Rant in Court
        Suspected Orlando Cop Killer Goes on Profanity-Laced Rant in Court
        ABC News
    • Buy Your Own Private Air Force for Just $200,000
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      Buy Your Own Private Air Force for Just $200,000

      There's a Florida company specializing in used military aircraft sales, and boy have they got a deal for you: 20 jet airplanes for less than $250,000. The 20 Fouga Magister trainers are sitting in Israel just waiting for someone of modest means who wants to start his or her private air force. As reported by The Aviationist, Raptor Aviation of Port St. Lucie, FL, is handling the sale of the Magisters.

      • Nevada's Jordan Caroline Throws Down On Air Force
        Nevada's Jordan Caroline Throws Down On Air Force
        Campus Insiders
      • Obama Family Set to Leave the White House
        Obama Family Set to Leave the White House
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    • Deadly fire destroys high-rise building in Tehran, Iran
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      Deadly fire destroys high-rise building in Tehran, Iran

      A high-rise building in Tehran engulfed by a fire collapsed on Thursday, killing at least 30 firefighters and injuring some 75 people, state media reported. The disaster struck the Plasco building, an iconic structure in central Tehran just north of the capital’s sprawling bazaar. Iran’s state-run Press TV announced the firefighters’ deaths, without giving a source for the information.

      • Iran shocked by deadly fire, collapse of Tehran high-rise
        Iran shocked by deadly fire, collapse of Tehran high-rise
        Associated Press
      • Many Iran firefighters feared trapped in building collapse
        Many Iran firefighters feared trapped in building collapse
        AFP Videos
    • Giant Florida Gator Is Not For Tourists, Nature Preserve Staff Warn
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      Giant Florida Gator Is Not For Tourists, Nature Preserve Staff Warn

      A video of a massive alligator walking through a reserve near Lakeland, Florida, had people speculating earlier this week whether it was a hoax. The video, which was uploaded Sunday to Facebook by Florida resident Kim Joiner, shows the massive reptile appearing out of a nearby bush at the Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County and then casually walking on the reserve's Marsh Rabbit Run. Officials for the county's natural resources division said that while they appreciate the attention the nature reserve has been getting, they are also worried about the safety of visitors and wildlife.

      • Giant Alligator Draws Crowds of Visitors to Florida Nature Reserve, Raises Concerns About Safety
        Giant Alligator Draws Crowds of Visitors to Florida Nature Reserve, Raises Concerns About Safety
        Good Morning America
      • Giant Gator Draws Crowds and Raises Safety Concerns
        Giant Gator Draws Crowds and Raises Safety Concerns
        ABC News
    • Obama: How we talk to our daughters about Trump’s election
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      Obama: How we talk to our daughters about Trump’s election

      President Obama concluded his final press conference as commander in chief the same way his began his candidacy for the office — with a message of hope for the United States’ future. The last question posed to Obama in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing of the White House concerned a popular speech his wife, first lady Michelle Obama, gave in October that put the stakes of the U.S. presidential election in personal terms. Obama was asked how he was interpreting the meaning of former reality TV show host Trump’s startling victory and how he was discussing the issue with his daughters.

      • Obama closes his presidency on note of optimism: 'We’re going to be okay'
        Obama closes his presidency on note of optimism: 'We’re going to be okay'
        Chicago Tribune
      • President Obama Wanted to Wear His Tan Suit for His Last Press Conference But Michelle Convinced Him Not to
        President Obama Wanted to Wear His Tan Suit for His Last Press Conference But Michelle Convinced Him Not to
        Harper's BAZAAR
    • Fake News Is Taking Hold In Other Countries In Attempts To Influence Elections And Incite Genocide
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      Fake News Is Taking Hold In Other Countries In Attempts To Influence Elections And Incite Genocide

      Just this week the New York Times documented precisely how a recent graduate of Davidson College made $22,000 off a single fake news story about ballots for Hillary Clinton being discovered in an Ohio warehouse. The most notable current fake news target in the developed world happens to be Germany.

      • Fake news author is fired; apologizes to those who are ‘disappointed’ by his actions
        Fake news author is fired; apologizes to those who are ‘disappointed’ by his actions
        WBTV Charlotte
      • Fellow fraternity brothers defend Davidson grad at center of fake news storm
        Fellow fraternity brothers defend Davidson grad at center of fake news storm
        The Charlotte Observer
    • Woman Arrested After Accosting Bella Hadid With Palestinian Flag and More News
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      Woman Arrested After Accosting Bella Hadid With Palestinian Flag and More News

      Woman arrested after accosting Bella Hadid with Palestinian flag, Nancy Sinatra destroys Trump for using ‘My Way’ at inauguration, Kanye apparently wasn’t invited to perform at the inauguration, and Gigi Hadid fuels engagement rumors after wearing a ring on *that* finger. Get all the details at MarieClaire.com!

      • Kendall Jenner Wants to Steal THIS From Kylie Jenner's House
        Kendall Jenner Wants to Steal THIS From Kylie Jenner's House
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      • Kendall Jenner and A$AP Rocky Went Jewelry Shopping Together
        Kendall Jenner and A$AP Rocky Went Jewelry Shopping Together
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    • 4 quakes shake Italy, isolating towns blanketed under snow
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      Associated Press

      4 quakes shake Italy, isolating towns blanketed under snow

      Four strong earthquakes on Wednesday shook the same region of central Italy that suffered deadly temblors last year, sending quake-rattled residents into panic and further isolating towns that have been buried under more than a meter (3 feet) of snow for days. Premier Paolo Gentiloni said it appeared no one was killed, but that it was a "difficult day" for Italy. Several towns and hamlets in the quake zone had already sounded the alarm in recent days that they were without electricity and were isolated from highways due to the unusually heavy snowfall that has blanketed much of central Italy.

      • Avalanche buries hotel in central Italy, reports of dead
        Avalanche buries hotel in central Italy, reports of dead
        Fox News
      • Deadly quake nightmare returns to haunt Italy
        Deadly quake nightmare returns to haunt Italy
        AFP
    • Japan hotelier's Nanjing Massacre denial sparks tourism boycott calls
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      Reuters

      Japan hotelier's Nanjing Massacre denial sparks tourism boycott calls

      By Elaine Lies and Megumi Lim TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese hotelier's denial of a 1937 massacre by Japanese troops in the Chinese city of Nanjing has prompted Chinese social media calls for a boycott of travel to Japan, threatening tourist arrivals days before the Lunar New Year holidays. The furor erupted over books by Toshio Motoya, the president of Tokyo-based hotel and real estate developer APA Group, which contain his revisionist views and are placed in every room of the company's 400-plus APA Hotels. In one, printed in English and Japanese and entitled "The Real History of Japan", he says the "Nanking Massacre story" was "impossible", blaming looting and killings on members of a branch of the Chinese military who had shed their uniforms.

      • One of Japan's biggest hotel chains is denying that the Nanjing Massacre took place
        One of Japan's biggest hotel chains is denying that the Nanjing Massacre took place
        Mashable
      • Japanese hotel chain under fire from China over WWII massacre denial
        Japanese hotel chain under fire from China over WWII massacre denial
        Newsweek
    • S. Korean businessman 'murdered in Philippine police HQ'
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      AFP

      S. Korean businessman 'murdered in Philippine police HQ'

      A South Korean businessman kidnapped by Philippine policemen under the guise of a raid on illegal drugs was murdered at the national police headquarters in Manila, authorities said Thursday. Philippine police chief Ronald Dela Rosa said he felt deep shame as he announced the latest development in the case, which has fuelled fears about widespread abuse by officers as they prosecute President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly anti-drug war. "They know the whole story of how they took him, brought him to Camp Crame, and strangled him," Dela Rosa said, referring to police officers accused of involvement in kidnapping and murdering the businessman, who was aged in his 50s.

      • Philippine police chief apologizes to South Korea in killing
        Associated Press
      • Duterte War On Drugs: Philippines Police Kill South Korean Businessman Before Collecting Ransom From His Wife
        Duterte War On Drugs: Philippines Police Kill South Korean Businessman Before Collecting Ransom From His Wife
        International Business Times
    • The Army Has Successfully Tested Its "Hoverbike"
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      Popular Mechanics

      The Army Has Successfully Tested Its "Hoverbike"

      Back in 2015, the U.S. Army partnered with with Mallory Aeronautics with the hope of building a hoverbike, a rectangular prop-powered flying device that could someday theoretically carry both supplies and troops. You'll note that, despite the JTARV's elongated shape that would definitely accommodate a human rider, officials make no mention of that use-case, preferring instead to discuss it as an riderless supply drone. Of course this was coming from an independent contractor, not the Army itself.

      • Who needs the cavalry? US Army calls in the hoverbike
        Who needs the cavalry? US Army calls in the hoverbike
        CNET
      • VIDEO: Army's 'Hoverbike' Prototype Takes Flight
        VIDEO: Army's 'Hoverbike' Prototype Takes Flight
        PC Magazine
    • Horrifying Video Shows Woman in Crosswalk Being Run Over and Dragged by School Bus
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      Horrifying Video Shows Woman in Crosswalk Being Run Over and Dragged by School Bus

      Startling surveillance video posted to Twitter this week shows a woman in New York being hit by a school bus, which then runs her over.   The victim was crossing a Brooklyn intersection when she was struck by a yellow mini-bus. She suffered non-life-threatening

      • Video captures school bus plowing into woman
        Video captures school bus plowing into woman
        New York Post
      • Shocking: School Bus Driver Runs Over a Woman Trying to Cross the Street [Video] | B. Scott
        Shocking: School Bus Driver Runs Over a Woman Trying to Cross the Street [Video] | B. Scott
        B. Scott | lovebscott.com
    • This Is How Verizon Is Punishing Galaxy Note 7 Holdouts
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      Tech Media Network (Tom's Guide)

      This Is How Verizon Is Punishing Galaxy Note 7 Holdouts

      Verizon is having some trouble getting customers to give up their Galaxy Note 7 devices. Speaking to Fortune in an interview on Tuesday, a Verizon spokeswoman said that the company still has "thousands" of customers that haven't turned in the Galaxy Note 7 and continue to use the ill-fated handset on its network. The person added that they have skirted a Verizon software update that would have left the customers with a bricked Galaxy Note 7.

      • Samsung will reveal the cause of the Galaxy Note 7’s exploding battery this Sunday
        Samsung will reveal the cause of the Galaxy Note 7’s exploding battery this Sunday
        The Verge
      • Samsung Elec says to hold Galaxy Note 7 press briefing on January 23
        Samsung Elec says to hold Galaxy Note 7 press briefing on January 23
        Reuters
    • Obama: Here’s what would lead me to speak out in the Trump era
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      Obama: Here’s what would lead me to speak out in the Trump era

      President Obama says his priorities after leaving the White House are to write, spend time with his family and take some time for quiet reflection. “I’m still a citizen and I think it is important for Democrats or progressives who feel that they came out on the wrong side of this election to be able to distinguish between the normal back and forth, ebb and flow of policy,” Obama said Wednesday during his last press conference in Washington as president. Among them, the president said, are “systematic discrimination,” voter suppression, “institutional efforts to silence dissent or the press” and the targeting of so-called DREAMers, or children who immigrated into the country illegally with their parents.

      • Obama holds farewell press conference
        Obama holds farewell press conference
        AFP
      • Obama 'Could Not Be Prouder' Of His Administration's LGBTQ Legacy
        Obama 'Could Not Be Prouder' Of His Administration's LGBTQ Legacy
        The Huffington Post
    • Timeline of The Gambia's political crisis
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      AFP

      Timeline of The Gambia's political crisis

      Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) - Here is a timeline of developments in Gambia since the December election which President Yahya Jammeh lost to opponent Adama Barrow:- Jammeh concedes defeat -- December 1, 2016: Gambians go to the polls to choose their new president

      • Adama Barrow inaugurated as President of Gambia amid standoff with predecessor Yahya Jammeh
        Adama Barrow inaugurated as President of Gambia amid standoff with predecessor Yahya Jammeh
        International Business Times UK
      • Gambia’s president has declared a state of emergency so he doesn’t have to hand over power
        Gambia’s president has declared a state of emergency so he doesn’t have to hand over power
        Quartz
    • Failed MH370 Search Reveals the Secrets of the Sea Floor
      World
      Popular Mechanics

      Failed MH370 Search Reveals the Secrets of the Sea Floor

      The deep-sea sonar search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 may not have found the plane but will reveal more about how land beneath the Indian Ocean formed over millions of years and where oil fields could lie. National geoscience agency Geoscience Australia will soon release detailed sonar mapping of 120,000 square kilometers (46,000 square miles) of seabed that was searched for the wreckage of the Boeing 777 that vanished with 239 passengers and crew on March 8, 2014. The unique information about plate tectonics would interest geoscientists as well as oil and gas explorers, said Australian National University marine geologist Neville Exon, who has advised Geoscience Australia on the sonar data.

    • Turkish parliament resumes voting on Erdogan's powers
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      Associated Press

      Turkish parliament resumes voting on Erdogan's powers

      Turkey's parliament on Wednesday embarked on a second round of voting on a contentious package of constitutional amendments that would give President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office new executive powers. Debate on the draft amendments that would turn Turkey's parliamentary system into a presidential system has been tense, resulting in brawls last week between ruling and opposition party lawmakers. Founded by Erdogan, the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, argues that a strong presidency is needed to strengthen Turkey as it confronts multiple terrorism threats.

      • Erdogan faces weak economy in path to greater power
        Erdogan faces weak economy in path to greater power
        AFP
      • New Erdogan powers 'huge threat' to democracy, rights group warns
        New Erdogan powers 'huge threat' to democracy, rights group warns
        AFP
    • Deadly snow avalanche hits hotel in earthquake-stricken central Italy
      World
      Yahoo News Photo Staff

      Deadly snow avalanche hits hotel in earthquake-stricken central Italy

      Rescue workers were met with an eerie silence Thursday when they reached a four-star spa hotel struck by an avalanche in a mountainous earthquake-stricken region of central Italy. Guests at the three-story Hotel Rigopiano in the central Abruzzo region alerted emergency workers of the disaster on Wednesday, following a series of quakes in the region. “Help, we’re dying of cold,” one couple wrote rescuers, according to the ANSA news agency.

      • Rescuers Fear The Worst After Massive Avalanche Buries Dozens In Italy Hotel
        Rescuers Fear The Worst After Massive Avalanche Buries Dozens In Italy Hotel
        Inside Edition
      • Avalanche Buries Italian Ski Resort; Rescue Operations Underway
        Avalanche Buries Italian Ski Resort; Rescue Operations Underway
        NPR.org
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      Undocumented worker sues San Francisco for violating sanctuary law

      The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday on behalf of Pedro Figueroa Zarceno, 32, in federal court in San Francisco against the city and its police chief for violating his right to due process and breaking an ordinance barring municipal employees from cooperating with federal immigration authorities seeking to deport a person. Figueroa walked into a police station in November 2015 to report his car stolen, according to the lawsuit. The civil action comes as San Francisco and dozens of other U.S. cities face pressure from President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office on Friday, to abandon their policies of limiting cooperation between law enforcement officers and U.S. immigration authorities.

    • Anger at skeletal sun bears in Indonesian zoo
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      Anger at skeletal sun bears in Indonesian zoo

      Animal rights activists Wednesday demanded the closure of an Indonesian zoo after skeletal sun bears were pictured begging for food from visitors and eating their own dung. The bears at the zoo in the city of Bandung were shown waving their arms in the air inside their enclosure -- with their ribs visible through their fur -- as people hurled food at them. Bandung zoo came under fire last year after the death of a critically endangered Sumatran elephant.

      • Activists Call for Indonesia Zoo to Release 'Starving' Bears
        Activists Call for Indonesia Zoo to Release 'Starving' Bears
        VOA News
      • Hungry Bears Beg for Food at Indonesia Zoo in Heartbreaking Videos
        Hungry Bears Beg for Food at Indonesia Zoo in Heartbreaking Videos
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