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    • Big dilemma if senators reject Tillerson

      Big dilemma if senators reject Tillerson

      Some lawmakers have serious doubts about President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of state but fear the alternative could be worse.Pressed by Rubio »

      • Takei: We must defend Muslims in the U.S.

        Takei: We must defend Muslims in the U.S.

      • Feds release scathing report on Chicago PD abuse

        Feds release scathing report on Chicago PD abuse

      • Is a Senate staffer's Samsung overheating?

        Is a Senate staffer's Samsung overheating?

    • More than $160,000 raised for victim of Chicago attack filmed on Facebook Live
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      More than $160,000 raised for victim of Chicago attack filmed on Facebook Live

      A GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $160,000 in just one week for an 18-year-old who was recently held captive and assaulted by four people in Chicago. A widely circulated Facebook Live video — which has since been removed — appeared to show the young man being tied up, beaten, cut, and verbally assaulted with anti-white slurs by a group of young African-American men and women. Last week, police arrested and charged four suspects with hate crimes, as well as counts of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint, and aggravated battery.

      • $160G reportedly raised for victim in Facebook Live attack
        $160G reportedly raised for victim in Facebook Live attack
        Fox News
      • GoFundMe Page Raises Nearly $160,000 for Family of Chicago Teen Bound and Tortured in Facebook Live Video
        GoFundMe Page Raises Nearly $160,000 for Family of Chicago Teen Bound and Tortured in Facebook Live Video
        People
    • Rex Tillerson hearing serves as forum for Trump concerns
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      Rex Tillerson hearing serves as forum for Trump concerns

      Senators pressed Rex Tillerson Wednesday over his ties to Russia and to Exxon. But their greater concern seemed to be over whether President-elect Donald Trump would actually undermine the former ExxonMobil CEO he nominated to be his secretary of state

      • Rex Tillerson Won't Rule Out Muslim Registry at Senate Hearing
        Rex Tillerson Won't Rule Out Muslim Registry at Senate Hearing
        Newsmax
      • 5 Key Takeaways From Rex Tillerson's Confirmation Hearing
        5 Key Takeaways From Rex Tillerson's Confirmation Hearing
        EcoWatch
    • Assange agrees to extradition if US releases whistleblower
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      Assange agrees to extradition if US releases whistleblower

      WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will agree to be extradited to the United States if President Barack Obama grants clemency to the former US soldier Chelsea Manning, jailed for leaking documents, the company said on Thursday. "If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ (US Department of Justice) case," WikiLeaks wrote on Twitter. Assange has been living in the Ecuadoran embassy in London since June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations.

      • Assange Willing To Face Possible US Charges If Manning Gets Clemency
        Assange Willing To Face Possible US Charges If Manning Gets Clemency
        International Business Times
      • Julian Assange offers himself up in exchange for whistleblower Chelsea Manning's pardon
        Julian Assange offers himself up in exchange for whistleblower Chelsea Manning's pardon
        International Business Times
    • Democratic lawmakers oppose Jeff Sessions in blistering Senate testimony
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      Democratic lawmakers oppose Jeff Sessions in blistering Senate testimony

      Three of Sen. Jeff Sessions’ fellow congressmen took the unusual step of testifying against his nomination to be attorney general Wednesday, arguing in blistering terms that Sessions would roll back civil rights as the nation’s chief law enforcement officer. Rep. John Lewis, a Democrat from Georgia and a leader in the civil rights movement, said Sessions’ call for “law and order” sounded similar to what he heard growing up in Alabama from pro-segregation officials who wanted to prevent black people from voting. “I was born in rural Alabama, not very far from where Sen. Sessions was raised,” Lewis said.

      • Son of civil rights activists prosecuted by Jeff Sessions makes a surprise endorsement
        Son of civil rights activists prosecuted by Jeff Sessions makes a surprise endorsement
        Los Angeles Times
      • Civil rights icon John Lewis just eviscerated Jeff Sessions for his record on race
        Civil rights icon John Lewis just eviscerated Jeff Sessions for his record on race
        Vox.com
    • Starry nights and empty streets in Syria
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      Starry nights and empty streets in Syria

      The stars fill the night sky over the eerily quiet streets of rebel-held Idlib, Syria, but the calm might not last much longer — now that Syrian government forces have recaptured Aleppo in a crushing offensive, they are likely to turn their attentions

      • Syrian ceasefire largely holding, aid not going in - UN
        Syrian ceasefire largely holding, aid not going in - UN
        Reuters
      • Russia stays mute on possible US invitation to Syria talks
        Russia stays mute on possible US invitation to Syria talks
        AFP
    • Opposition stalls end of Yellowstone grizzly protections
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      Opposition stalls end of Yellowstone grizzly protections

      A deluge of opposition from dozens of American Indian tribes, conservation groups and some scientists is tying up a decision on lifting protections for more than 700 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National park. Researchers tallied 106 Yellowstone-area grizzlies killed in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming during the past two years, often by wildlife managers following attacks on livestock and occasionally during run-ins with hunters. Officials in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana have been lobbying heavily to take grizzlies off the threatened species list.

    • Fury, forgiveness at condemned South Carolina church gunman's sentencing
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      Fury, forgiveness at condemned South Carolina church gunman's sentencing

      White supremacist Dylann Roof, condemned to death for a mass shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina, church, heard forgiveness and fury at his sentencing hearing on Wednesday from grieving loved ones of the nine slain black parishioners. Some victims' family members called the 22-year-old Roof evil and deserving of the death penalty for the June 17, 2015, attack at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest African-American congregation in the American South. "I want your soul to burn in hell," said Gayle Jackson, a niece of 87-year-old victim Susie Jackson.

      • Where Dylann Roof killed, a search for answers
        Where Dylann Roof killed, a search for answers
        CNN
      • MLK's legacy is reflected in the grace shown by victims of Charleston gunman Dylann Roof | Commentary
        MLK's legacy is reflected in the grace shown by victims of Charleston gunman Dylann Roof | Commentary
        Dallas Morning News
    • Latest From Gen. Mattis Confirmation Hearing
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      Latest From Gen. Mattis Confirmation Hearing

      Uncle live right now to our DC bureau where our teeth global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz joins us Martha thanks so much for making the time. First Russians have known general Mattis for a very long time because I've covered the Pentagon. Perhaps what president elect trump has said in the past it.

      • Splitting From Trump, Defense Pick Mattis Slams Russia, Supports Iran Deal
        Splitting From Trump, Defense Pick Mattis Slams Russia, Supports Iran Deal
        Foreign Policy Magazine
      • CIA Nominee Pompeo Put on Defense Over Data-Gathering and Russia
        CIA Nominee Pompeo Put on Defense Over Data-Gathering and Russia
        Bloomberg
    • Superbug Killed Nevada Woman
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      International Business Times

      Superbug Killed Nevada Woman

      A superbug resistant to every antibiotic available in the U.S. medical arsenal killed a Nevada woman last summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. The woman, who was in her 70s and had a two-year history of hospitalizations in India, was hospitalized in Reno for a carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infection. Investigators identified the specific microbe as Klebsiella pneumoniae, which usually causes urinary tract infections.

      • Nightmare superbug infection resistant to all antibiotics kills US woman
        Nightmare superbug infection resistant to all antibiotics kills US woman
        International Business Times UK
      • Bug resistant to all antibiotics kills woman
        Bug resistant to all antibiotics kills woman
        BBC News
    • Amazon removes India flag doormats after visa threat
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      AFP

      Amazon removes India flag doormats after visa threat

      Amazon said Thursday it has withdrawn doormats featuring the Indian flag from sale after New Delhi called them "insulting" and threatened to expel the company's foreign workers. Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted late Wednesday that the mats, available only on Amazon's Canadian site, were an "unacceptable" insult to the national flag and demanded an apology. "We have removed the products from the website following the Indian demand," said a company spokeswoman who asked not to be named.

      • Foreign Minister Threatens Amazon Over Indian Flag Doormats
        Foreign Minister Threatens Amazon Over Indian Flag Doormats
        Bloomberg
      • Amazon halts sales of Indian flag doormat after visa threat
        Amazon halts sales of Indian flag doormat after visa threat
        Reuters
    • British Intelligence Officer Who Prepped Dossier On Trump Revealed
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      International Business Times

      British Intelligence Officer Who Prepped Dossier On Trump Revealed

      The British intelligence officer who reportedly prepared a dossier filled with allegations about President-elect Donald Trump now works for a private security-and-investigations firm, according to reports. Christopher Steele, the 52-year-old director of London’s Oribis Business Intelligence Ltd., is reportedly responsible for preparing the 35-page document handed over to U.S. Intelligence agencies and published this week by Buzzfeed, sources close to the issue told Wall Street Journal Wednesday. Steele works with another director at the firm, Christopher Burrows, 58, who would not “confirm or deny” Steele or Orbis’ involvement in the dossier to WSJ.

      • Ex-Spy Who Reportedly Assembled Trump Dossier Appears To Be In Hiding
        Ex-Spy Who Reportedly Assembled Trump Dossier Appears To Be In Hiding
        NPR.org
      • Trump rips ‘sleazebag political operatives’ after explosive dossier leaks
        Trump rips ‘sleazebag political operatives’ after explosive dossier leaks
        Yahoo News
    • Sunny Obama rides last week out with a bang, bites visitor on face
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      Sunny Obama rides last week out with a bang, bites visitor on face

      As TMZ reports, Sunny, an otherwise adorable female Portuguese water dog, bit an 18-year-old White House guest's face on Monday when the visitor tried to pet the dog. TMZ says Ronny Jackson, the physician to the president, attended to the visitor's small injury, and determined that she would need stitches.

      • Report: Obama Family Dog, Sunny, Bit 18-Year-Old White House Guest
        Report: Obama Family Dog, Sunny, Bit 18-Year-Old White House Guest
        Fox News Insider
      • Obamas' dog, perhaps not taking transition well, bites visitor
        Obamas' dog, perhaps not taking transition well, bites visitor
        AFP
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      Voice recorder captured crash of plane over Lake Erie

      A cockpit voice recorder recovered from Lake Erie captured the moments before a plane carrying six people crashed into the water nearly two weeks ago, federal investigators said Wednesday. The agency plans a detailed analysis of the recording, said spokesman Eric Weiss. Recovery crews on Wednesday continued to find more pieces of debris near what is believed to be the crash site from the business jet that vanished from radar shortly after taking off from Cleveland's lakefront on Dec. 29.

    • The Warriors Hired And Almost Immediately Fired A Controversial Ex-Police Chief From A Security Position
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      The Warriors Hired And Almost Immediately Fired A Controversial Ex-Police Chief From A Security Position

      The Golden State Warriors are renowned for their ability to identify personnel who will help their organization. This goes from the front office to coaches to players, as Golden State’s ability to bring talent on board is second to none (save for the Spurs) in the NBA. It is a strange scenario, one that could have been avoided if the Warriors read up on Suhr’s unsavory tenure as the city’s police chief.

      • Outcry causes Warriors to quickly sever ties with former San Francisco police chief
        Outcry causes Warriors to quickly sever ties with former San Francisco police chief
        Washington Post
      • Warriors hire then part ways with former SFPD chief Greg Suhr after backlash
        Warriors hire then part ways with former SFPD chief Greg Suhr after backlash
        MercuryNews.com
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      China, Russia say united against South Korea missile defense

      China has a range of economic, diplomatic and military options to retaliate if the U.S. and South Korea proceed with deployment of an advanced missile defense system, experts said Friday, as Beijing remained vague in its threats against the plan. Such steps could raise the stakes for Washington and Seoul in a controversial deployment that China regards as a major security threat, while complicating matters for South Korea as it faces domestic political divisions and significant public opposition. China's official Xinhua News Agency said Beijing and Moscow agreed to take "further countermeasures" in response to the plan during security talks between the two countries in Moscow on Thursday.

    • Trooper Who Was 'Ambushed' on Highway Was Likely Saved by Armed Passerby
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      Trooper Who Was 'Ambushed' on Highway Was Likely Saved by Armed Passerby

      The bizarre story unfolded Thursday after Trooper Edward Andersson was dispatched to the scene of a 911 call in which a driver said he'd been shot at from the median of Interstate 10. While en route to the area where the call was placed near Tonopah, the 27-year veteran of the Department of Public Safety came upon a car that had overturned, causing a woman to be ejected from the vehicle and killed. While he placed road flares around the scene, Andersson was shot by a suspect who then physically attacked him.

      • Arizona trooper shot in ambush attack; Good Samaritan kills gunman
        Arizona trooper shot in ambush attack; Good Samaritan kills gunman
        KABC – Los Angeles
      • Passerby kills man attacking Arizona police officer
        Passerby kills man attacking Arizona police officer
        AFP
    • Iraqi forces link up in north Mosul, make gains in southeast
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      Reuters

      Iraqi forces link up in north Mosul, make gains in southeast

      By John Davison and Stephen Kalin BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces joined flanks in northern Mosul and drove back Islamic State militants in the southeast on Thursday in a renewed push that has brought them closer to controlling the eastern half of the city. Forces from the elite Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) took control of 7th Nissan and Sadeeq districts, linking up with army troops that had pushed through al-Hadba neighbourhood, CTS spokesman Sabah al-Numan told Reuters. "The enemy is now located only in front of the troops, not at their sides." Numan said more than 85 percent of eastern Mosul was now under control of pro-government forces, up from nearly 75 percent a week ago.

      • What more will it take to free Mosul from ISIS?
        What more will it take to free Mosul from ISIS?
        CNN
      • Iraqi forces enter Mosul University in battling IS for city
        Iraqi forces enter Mosul University in battling IS for city
        Associated Press
    • 'Tree Man' Has Surgery: What Causes This Rare Condition?
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      LiveScience.com

      'Tree Man' Has Surgery: What Causes This Rare Condition?

      A 27-year-old man in Bangladesh known as the "tree man" recently underwent surgery to remove the extensive, wood-like warts that covered his hands and feet. Over the past year, the man, Abul Bajandar, has undergone 16 surgeries to remove 11 lbs. (5 kilograms) of the unusual growths from his hands and feet, according toAgence France-Presse (AFP). Prior to the surgery, the growths were so extensive that Bajandar could not feed himself or hold his daughter.

    • Texas carries out first US execution of 2017
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      AFP

      Texas carries out first US execution of 2017

      Texas prison authorities carried out the first US execution of 2017, as controversy continued to swirl around the drugs used to conduct such lethal injections. Christopher Wilkins, 48, was executed at the Texas state penitentiary at Huntsville after the US Supreme Court denied him a last-minute reprieve. Wilkins was convicted of a double murder in 2005, sparked when he said a dealer and his friend sold him a $20 dose of crack cocaine that turned out to be a rock, then laughed at him.

      • Texas executes man convicted of killing two over $20 drug deal
        Texas executes man convicted of killing two over $20 drug deal
        Reuters
      • Man guilty in Fort Worth double slaying is first to be executed in U.S. in 2017
        Man guilty in Fort Worth double slaying is first to be executed in U.S. in 2017
        Fort Worth Star-Telegram
    • Is Obamacare Just Bad Branding?
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      The Atlantic

      Is Obamacare Just Bad Branding?

      The Senate began the process of dismantling Obamacare early Thursday morning, passing a budget blueprint that sets the stage for a formal repeal vote, potentially within a few weeks. The step is, for now, procedural, but it signals Republican lawmakers

      • Obamacare Repeal: What Happens to Birth Control Coverage?
        Obamacare Repeal: What Happens to Birth Control Coverage?
        Money
      • Obamacare Repeal: What You Need to Know Right Now
        Obamacare Repeal: What You Need to Know Right Now
        Money
    • Man arrested for meth let off because it was just kitty litter
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      Mashable

      Man arrested for meth let off because it was just kitty litter

      Ross Lebeau, 24, from Texas was pulled over for a routine traffic stop after he allegedly failed to use a turn signal on Dec. 5. Deputies for the Harris County Sheriff’s Office then searched Lebeau's vehicle, where they discovered a sock filled with what they believed to be methamphetamine in the car's trunk.

      • Cell video catches accused drunk driver_
        Cell video catches accused drunk driver_
        WCNC Charlotte
      • Suspect led deputy on I-26 chase, crashed vehicle into Charleston residence
        Suspect led deputy on I-26 chase, crashed vehicle into Charleston residence
        The Post and Courier
    • Obama Tearfully Thanks His Wife in Emotional Farewell Speech
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      Obama Tearfully Thanks His Wife in Emotional Farewell Speech

      President Obama took a moment to thank Michelle for her many contributions to the White House and the world beyond it.

      • Obama: How Can We Miss A President Who Won't Go Away?
        Obama: How Can We Miss A President Who Won't Go Away?
        Fox Nation
      • President Obama talks to Lester Holt about his legacy
        President Obama talks to Lester Holt about his legacy
        TODAY.com
    • Funeral for paralyzed detective who forgave shooter
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      Funeral for paralyzed detective who forgave shooter

      Escorted by police motorcycles and amid the wail of bagpipes, the hearse carrying the body of Detective Steven McDonald arrived Friday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral for the funeral of the officer known for forgiving a teenage gunman who left him paralyzed. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James O’Neill joined scores of police officers watched as the hearse pulled up in front of the Manhattan church. McDonald, 59, who suffered a heart attack last week, died at a Long Island hospital on Tuesday.

      • Wake held on Long Island for hero NYPD detective Steven McDonald
        Wake held on Long Island for hero NYPD detective Steven McDonald
        WABC – NY
      • Funeral for NYPD Det. Steven McDonald, who led inspiring life after 1986 shooting paralyzed him, held Friday
        Funeral for NYPD Det. Steven McDonald, who led inspiring life after 1986 shooting paralyzed him, held Friday
        WPIX 11 New York
    • Abe pledges investments, speedboats to China-friendly Manila
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      Abe pledges investments, speedboats to China-friendly Manila

      Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday pledged $8.7 billion worth of business opportunities and private investments along with speedboats and other counterterrorism equipment to the Philippines, whose president has boosted ties with China. Following talks with President Rodrigo Duterte in Manila, Abe welcomed the Philippine leader's efforts to improve Manila's ties with Beijing "in light of the arbitral award," referring to the Philippines' victory in an arbitration ruling declaring China's claims to the South China Sea invalid.

      • Japanese PM Becomes 1st National Leader to Visit Philippine President
        Japanese PM Becomes 1st National Leader to Visit Philippine President
        ABC News
      • Vietnam Recalibrates After Trump-Duterte Combo Upsets Strategy
        Vietnam Recalibrates After Trump-Duterte Combo Upsets Strategy
        Bloomberg
    • Man Wears Sign Supporting Suspected Cop Killer Outside Florida Sheriff's Office: 'God Bless the Shooter'
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      Man Wears Sign Supporting Suspected Cop Killer Outside Florida Sheriff's Office: 'God Bless the Shooter'

      As Orlando police remain embroiled in a manhunt for a suspect wanted for the murder of his pregnant ex-girlfriend and an officer in Orlando, a man took to the streets to show support for that alleged cop killer, donning a sign celebrating the death of police outside a Florida sheriff’s office. The man, identified in reports as Ian McGuire, 26, was seen outside the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, located about three hours southwest of Orlando, wearing a sign that read: "2 cops dead in Orlando.

      • 17-year-old arrested for shooting at Tampa police officers
        17-year-old arrested for shooting at Tampa police officers
        ABC Action News Tampa Bay
      • Orlando manhunt: Three arrested, tips pour in
        Orlando manhunt: Three arrested, tips pour in
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