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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

      • An inside look at Trump's Inauguration Day

        An inside look at Trump's Inauguration Day

    • 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
    • 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.

      • Osama bin Laden, terrorist leader and doting father
        Osama bin Laden, terrorist leader and doting father
        CNN
      • U.S. releases last batch of Osama bin Laden’s documents
        U.S. releases last batch of Osama bin Laden’s documents
        Washington Post
    • Deadly snow avalanche hits hotel in earthquake-stricken central Italy
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      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.

      • Avalanche in Italy: Crews work through the night in search for survivors
        Avalanche in Italy: Crews work through the night in search for survivors
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      • Hotel Rigopiano: Hopes fade for survivors of Italian avalanche
        Hotel Rigopiano: Hopes fade for survivors of Italian avalanche
        Sky News
    • Gambia's President-elect to be sworn in at embassy in Senegal -officials
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      Gambia's President-elect to be sworn in at embassy in Senegal -officials

      Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow will be sworn in at a ceremony in the Gambian embassy in neighbouring Senegal on Thursday, diplomatic sources and party officials said. Then we can make arrangements for him to go back to Gambia," Isatou Toure, a senior Barrow aide, told Reuters.

      • Senegalese troops say they'll cross the border if Gambia's ousted president doesn't step down
        Senegalese troops say they'll cross the border if Gambia's ousted president doesn't step down
        Business Insider UK
      • West African Troops Enter Gambia As Election Loser Clings To Power
        West African Troops Enter Gambia As Election Loser Clings To Power
        NPR.org
    • 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
    • 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
        ABC News Videos
    • Rescuers Fear The Worst After Massive Avalanche Buries Dozens In Italy Hotel
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      Rescuers Fear The Worst After Massive Avalanche Buries Dozens In Italy Hotel

      Alpine rescue teams are scrambling to find survivors of a huge avalanche that struck in Italy's Abruzzo region, burying a four star hotel on Wednesday. Authorities said Thursday that dozens might be buried under the snow as rescuers battled blizzard-like conditions in a bid to pull survivors from the Hotel Rigopiano. "Around 30 people are unaccounted for, between guests and workers at the Hotel Rigopiano in Farindola," Fabrizio Curcio, the head of Italy's civil protection department, told reporters.

      • Many Feared Dead as Avalanche Buries Italian Hotel After Earthquakes
        Many Feared Dead as Avalanche Buries Italian Hotel After Earthquakes
        WNEP.com
      • Raw: Rescuers Struggle to Reach Avalanche Hotel
        Raw: Rescuers Struggle to Reach Avalanche Hotel
        Associated Press Videos
    • US Park Police Equestrian Team Gets Ready for Inauguration
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      US Park Police Equestrian Team Gets Ready for Inauguration

      ABC News' Charli James stops by the National Mall in Washington, D.C to chat with the riders. From the Washington monument behind me and I am here with officer Jack evil and his horse. Guinness I'm they are part of the United States park police mounted.

      • Video: Freedom Riders Equestrian Team Preps for Inauguration
        ABC News
      • Watch the presidential inauguration in 360 video
        Watch the presidential inauguration in 360 video
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    • ‘Keep America Great’: Trump says he has already locked down his 2020 slogan
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      ‘Keep America Great’: Trump says he has already locked down his 2020 slogan

      With and without an exclamation. ‘Keep America Great,’” Trump said. Trump told the Post that he didn’t intend to reveal the presumptuous plan in the interview. It’s the only reason I give it to you,” Trump said.

      • Inauguration Eve: Donald Trump sweeps into Washington with wave, salute
        Inauguration Eve: Donald Trump sweeps into Washington with wave, salute
        WABC – NY
      • Donald Trump Is Taking Inspiration From The Purge
        Donald Trump Is Taking Inspiration From The Purge
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    • Giant Florida Gator Is Not For Tourists, Nature Preserve Staff Warn
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      International Business Times

      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 issues 330 commutations on eve of White House exit
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      Obama issues 330 commutations on eve of White House exit

      President Barack Obama on Thursday commuted the sentences of 330 people, mostly drug offenders, a record number issued in a single day, on the eve of his departure from the White House. It is Obama's second such measure this week, including his surprise decision to commute the sentence of transgender army private Chelsea Manning, imprisoned for 35 years for handing more than 700,000 classified US documents to WikiLeaks. Originally set to be released in 2045, Manning will now walk free in May.

      • Obama Talks About Chelsea Manning Commutation, WikiLeaks and His Daughters' Reaction to the Election
        Obama Talks About Chelsea Manning Commutation, WikiLeaks and His Daughters' Reaction to the Election
        ABC News
      • Obama commutes prison sentence of California Healthcare Collective pot dealer
        Obama commutes prison sentence of California Healthcare Collective pot dealer
        Miami Herald
    • Teen abducted as newborn still loves only mom she's known
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      Teen abducted as newborn still loves only mom she's known

      An 18-year-old woman abducted as a newborn from a hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, says she still loves the only mother she has known. Manigo met with her birth parents, Craig Aiken and Shanara Mobley, last weekend in Walterboro, South Carolina, where she was found earlier this month. "I feel like I do owe them that, to give them a chance, you know, get to know them," Manigo said.

      • Abducted at birth, found 18 years later, SC-raised woman tries on new identity
        Abducted at birth, found 18 years later, SC-raised woman tries on new identity
        The Rock Hill Herald
      • Accused kidnapper invokes right to remain silent
        Accused kidnapper invokes right to remain silent
        WJXT Jacksonville
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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.

    • Deadly quake nightmare returns to haunt Italy
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      AFP

      Deadly quake nightmare returns to haunt Italy

      Italy was hit by four earthquakes in four hours Wednesday, killing one and bringing terror to snowbound mountain areas still recovering from last year's series of deadly tremors. The quakes, all measuring more than five magnitude, struck close to Amatrice, the mountain town devastated by an August earthquake that left nearly 300 people dead. The body of one victim was found under the debris of a building in the town of Castel Castagna, in the province of Teramo, local authorities said in a statement.

      • Italian police footage shows interior of Italy hotel hit by avalanche after earthquake
        Italian police footage shows interior of Italy hotel hit by avalanche after earthquake
        Reuters Videos
      • Six found alive in Italy avalanche hotel, hopes for more survivors
        Six found alive in Italy avalanche hotel, hopes for more survivors
        AFP
    • Fake News Is Taking Hold In Other Countries In Attempts To Influence Elections And Incite Genocide
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      UPROXX

      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
    • U.S. investors see more automation, not jobs, under Trump administration
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      Reuters

      U.S. investors see more automation, not jobs, under Trump administration

      By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - When U.S. President-elect Donald Trump criticized United Technologies Corp's Carrier unit in November for its plan to move some 800 jobs to Mexico, the parent-company made a swift decision to keep the factory in Indiana. Instead, the company decided it would move toward automation as a way to cut costs. "What that ultimately means is there will be fewer jobs." Swapping robots and software for human labor has underpinned much of the productivity gains in the United States over the last 25 years.

      • Op-Ed: JFK learned the hard way that bashing companies is a bad idea
        Op-Ed: JFK learned the hard way that bashing companies is a bad idea
        CNBC.com
      • Trump, NBC spar on jobs; Onion tweets; fired over good spelling
        Trump, NBC spar on jobs; Onion tweets; fired over good spelling
        San Francisco Chronicle
    • The Army Has Successfully Tested Its "Hoverbike"
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      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
    • US stealth bombers kill more than 80 IS fighters in Libya
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      AFP

      US stealth bombers kill more than 80 IS fighters in Libya

      More than 80 Islamic State jihadists were killed in a US aerial blitz on training camps in Libya, including fighters involved in plotting attacks in Europe, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Thursday. The Pentagon made the highly unusual decision to conduct the air strikes with a pair of B-2 stealth bombers that flew to North Africa on a 34-hour mission from their base in Missouri in America's Midwest. The last time the distinctive, bat-shaped planes were used in Libya was in 2011 during the mission that led to the ouster of longtime leader Moamer Kadhafi.

      • U.S. bombers strike Islamic State camps in Libya
        U.S. bombers strike Islamic State camps in Libya
        The Online NewsHour
      • B-2 Bombers Strike ISIS Camps in Libya
        B-2 Bombers Strike ISIS Camps in Libya
        ABC News
    • Finally, an explanation of strange African 'fairy circles'?
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      Associated Press

      Finally, an explanation of strange African 'fairy circles'?

      The forces behind the mysterious "fairy circles" that dot a desert in southern Africa do not appear to be supernatural, but they are intricate and complex. The formations are circles of land dozens of feet wide that create a stunning pattern in the Namib desert and have mystified locals and scientists for ages. Using computer simulations, they say an intricate combination of animals and plants cooperating and competing help explain the unusual patterns, according to a study in the journal Nature Wednesday.

      • All over the globe, plants are growing into strange, circular patterns
        All over the globe, plants are growing into strange, circular patterns
        Ars Technica
      • Enduring mystery of Africa's fairy circles finally solved
        Enduring mystery of Africa's fairy circles finally solved
        International Business Times UK
    • Everything We Think We Know About the Upcoming Ford Bronco and Ranger
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      Road & Track

      Everything We Think We Know About the Upcoming Ford Bronco and Ranger

      Late last year, UAW representative Bill Johnson said something he possibly shouldn't have-the Bronco and the Ranger are coming back. For Ford fans who want a midsize pickup or a competent off-roader, this was huge news. Americans can't get enough trucks and SUVs right now, making it a perfect time for Ford to expand its lineup.

    • 9 of Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s Best Bromance Moments
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      9 of Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s Best Bromance Moments

      From hugs to handshakes and massages, check out the best moments of President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden’s epic bromance.

      • An in-depth history of the world's best bromance
        An in-depth history of the world's best bromance
        Mashable
      • A Look Back at Vice President Joe Biden's Travels
        A Look Back at Vice President Joe Biden's Travels
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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.

      • Many firefighters dead, trapped in Tehran high-rise collapse
        Many firefighters dead, trapped in Tehran high-rise collapse
        AFP
      • Iran building collapse kills at least 30 firefighters
        Iran building collapse kills at least 30 firefighters
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