| Grand Canyon tram project stalls before Navajo council vote Posted: 23 Apr 2017 01:27 PM PDT ![Grand Canyon tram project stalls before Navajo council vote]( "Grand Canyon tram project stalls before Navajo council vote") PHOENIX (AP) — A project to build a 1.6-mile tram that would take visitors into the Grand Canyon is on hold for a few months after failing to gain enough support from Navajo Nation lawmakers.
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| CA attorney general says neither Mexico nor taxpayers want to pay for 'medieval wall' Posted: 23 Apr 2017 01:09 PM PDT  California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who has joined multiple lawsuits against the president on behalf of his state, is interviewed on "This Week."
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| Maldives blogger stabbed to death in restive capital Posted: 23 Apr 2017 12:52 PM PDT  A liberal blogger, Yameen Rasheed, was stabbed to death in the politically restive Maldivian capital Male, his family members and colleagues said Sunday. Rasheed was found in the stairwell of his apartment with multiple stab wounds to his neck and chest early Sunday and died shortly after being taken to hospital, family members said. "With The Daily Panic, I hope to cover and comment upon the news, satirise the frequently unsatirisable politics of Maldives," he wrote on his blog.
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| Spain's Canary Islands battles slick after ferry accident Posted: 23 Apr 2017 12:37 PM PDT  Spanish coast guard crews worked Sunday to clean up a three-kilometre (1.9-mile) long diesel slick off the holiday island of Gran Canaria after a passenger ferry slammed into a pier. Emergency crews managed on Saturday to collect half of the roughly 60,000 litres (16,000 gallons) of diesel that spilled into the ocean, the regional government said. Three coast guard boats were on Sunday working to break up the slick -- which is three kilometres long and half a kilometre wide -- to help the diesel evaporate, it added.
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| Sanctuary cities threatened with loss of federal grant money Posted: 23 Apr 2017 12:20 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration intensified its threats to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to comply with federal immigration authorities, warning nine jurisdictions Friday that they may lose coveted law enforcement grant money unless they document cooperation.
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| Canary Islands battles two-mile oil slick after ferry crash Posted: 23 Apr 2017 12:01 PM PDT ![Canary Islands battles two-mile oil slick after ferry crash]( "Canary Islands battles two-mile oil slick after ferry crash") Emergency teams in the Canary Islands raced on Saturday to contain a three-kilometer oil slick caused by a ferry crashing into underwater fuel pipes, the regional government said in a statement. The regional government activated emergency plans to control and clean up the nearly two-mile spill around Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Telde, the two main towns on the Spanish resort island of Gran Canaria, the regional government said. The ferry crashed into a pier where the pipes were located late on Friday after suffering a technical fault that caused a power cut, a spokesman for operating company Naviera Armas on Saturday.
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| French election will be 'major test' for populism Posted: 23 Apr 2017 11:45 AM PDT  ABC News' Foreign Correspondent Alexander Marquardt reports about the French election.
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| The Latest: French Socialist candidate Hamon concedes defeat Posted: 23 Apr 2017 11:25 AM PDT  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the first round of France's presidential election (all times local):
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| White House Looking for Legislative Victory Ahead of 100-Day Benchmark Posted: 23 Apr 2017 11:07 AM PDT  After failing to pass a much-promised repeal of Obamacare, Pres. Trump is eager to push through a tax cut package next week. House Speaker Paul Ryan, however, told members Saturday the priority was avoiding a government shutdown by Friday's deadline.
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| Member of security watchdog OSCE killed in Ukraine Posted: 23 Apr 2017 10:50 AM PDT ![Member of security watchdog OSCE killed in Ukraine]( "Member of security watchdog OSCE killed in Ukraine") (Reuters) - One member of European security watchdog OSCE's monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine was killed and two others were injured after their vehicle drove over a mine near Luhansk. An American man was killed and a German woman was injured on Sunday morning, a spokesman for Austria's foreign ministry said. Austria holds the rotating presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
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| S.African faces trial over axe slaying of his wealthy family Posted: 23 Apr 2017 10:32 AM PDT  In a case that has gripped South Africa, the 22-year-old scion of a wealthy family goes on trial in Cape Town on Monday, accused of slaughtering his family in a frenzied axe attack. The case has also made headlines internationally, as police failed to arrest anyone for the grisly killings until Henri van Breda handed himself in. Van Breda is alleged to have killed his brother Rudi and parents Martin and Teresa and left his sister Marli struggling with nightmarish injuries.
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| US defence secretary visits key ally Qatar Posted: 23 Apr 2017 10:14 AM PDT  US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis met Qatar's emir on Saturday during a visit to the oil-rich Gulf state, home to the largest US air base in the Middle East. The visit to Doha is part of a regional tour that has included stops in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel. The Pentagon chief's meeting with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani aimed to "reinforce relationships" between the two countries, Mattis said.
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| U.S. Homeland Security not targeting Dreamers: Kelly Posted: 23 Apr 2017 09:59 AM PDT  By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Department of Homeland Security will not target immigrants brought to the United States as children for deportation, despite conflicting statements within the Trump administration, its secretary John Kelly said on Sunday. Kelly, asked on Sunday morning talk shows to clarify the department's position on the status of these illegal immigrants protected under an Obama-era program, said the agency is focused on deporting only dangerous criminals. "My organization has not targeted these so-called Dreamers," Kelly told CNN, referring to the name given to those granted protections under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program created by Democratic President Barack Obama and extended by Republican President Donald Trump.
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| Afghan officials: 100 casualties in Afghanistan attack Posted: 23 Apr 2017 09:40 AM PDT  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Authorities on Saturday raised the casualty toll to 100 in an attack on a military compound in northern Afghanistan a day earlier by gunmen and suicide bombers wearing army uniforms.
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| First OSCE staff member killed in rebel east Ukraine Posted: 23 Apr 2017 09:21 AM PDT  The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said Sunday one of its staff was killed after an observer mission patrol vehicle hit a landmine in the Russian-backed separatist east. It marked the first loss for the security body's Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine since Europe's only war began more than three years ago. The announcement saw Kiev and the insurgents quickly trade blame over who was at fault for one of the most diplomatically sensitive episodes since Europe's only war began more than three years ago.
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| One-on-one with Attorney General Jeff Sessions Posted: 23 Apr 2017 09:04 AM PDT  George Stephanopoulos interviews the U.S. attorney general in his first Sunday show interview since joining the Trump administration.
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| The Scandals of Donald Trump: Presidential Edition Posted: 23 Apr 2017 08:31 AM PDT  Donald Trump entered the White House as one of the most scandal-tarred presidents in American history—what his imbroglios may have lacked in depth, they made up in variety, encompassing legal, ethical, and sexual controversies. (In a twist, one of Trump's few competitors for the crown was his rival, Hillary Clinton.) They ranged from race discrimination to mafia connections, from petty hypocrisies to multimillion-dollar alleged frauds.
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| Abu Sayyaf militants behead kidnapped Philippine soldier: army Posted: 23 Apr 2017 08:11 AM PDT ![Abu Sayyaf militants behead kidnapped Philippine soldier: army]( "Abu Sayyaf militants behead kidnapped Philippine soldier: army") A Filipino soldier kidnapped last week in the southern Philippines by Abu Sayyaf militants was found beheaded, the military said on Sunday, hours after government troops killed three more members of the Islamic State-linked group in a clash elsewhere. The head of Sergeant Anni Siraji of the Army's 32nd Infantry Battalion was found 50 meters away from his body in Patikul town in Sulu, Brigadier General Cirilito Sobejana, commander of the Joint Task Force Sulu, said. Sobejana said Siraji was probably abducted and executed because of his involvement in peace initiatives in Sulu.
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| Iranian candidate says nuclear deal failed to lift sanctions Posted: 23 Apr 2017 07:37 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian presidential candidate said Sunday the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers has failed to lift sanctions or improve the country's economy.
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| Iran's Ahmadinejad says won't endorse other candidates Posted: 23 Apr 2017 07:20 AM PDT  Iran's former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that he won't endorse other candidates in next month's election, after he and his deputy were barred from running. "We clearly announce that we have not and will not support any candidate in the upcoming elections," he said in a letter, signed by himself and his former deputy and presidential hopeful Hamid Baghaie. Both were barred from running on Thursday by the conservative-dominated Guardian Council, which vets candidates for public elections.
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| N. Korea detains US citizen: Yonhap news agency Posted: 23 Apr 2017 07:05 AM PDT  A US citizen has been arrested as he tried to fly out of North Korea, becoming the third American to be detained there, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Sunday. There was no immediate official confirmation of the reported arrest, which would come at a tense time in relations between Pyongyang and Washington. Yonhap quoted sources as saying the man, identified only by his surname Kim, was arrested last Friday at Pyongyang International Airport on his way out of the country.
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| Jury Finds Petco Not Liable in Death of Boy, 10, Who Contracted Illness from Pet Rat Posted: 23 Apr 2017 06:50 AM PDT  Petco did enough to warn consumers about the dangers of owning a pet rat and was neither negligent nor liable in Aidan Pankey's 2013 death, a jury decided.
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| Flight Attendant Suspended After Confrontation On Video Posted: 23 Apr 2017 06:18 AM PDT  Witnesses say the flight attendant ripped the baby stroller out of a mother's hands — striking the woman and nearly striking the child — leading to the conflict.
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| Should The Bible Be Taught In Schools? Posted: 23 Apr 2017 05:58 AM PDT  A lawsuit alleges that the few who opted out of a bible class at one school were harassed and discriminated against.
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| Hernandez's body brought to Connecticut funeral home Posted: 23 Apr 2017 04:45 AM PDT  BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez's body was taken to a funeral home in his Connecticut hometown Saturday, two days before his family holds a private funeral.
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