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Puerto Rico by Numbers, One Month After Hurricane Maria Hit
School Investigating Video Of Cheerleaders Giggling And Chanting Racial Slurs
The Order Is Lawful.' Jeff Sessions Defends Trump's Travel Ban
Rounding up the most gruesome sports injuries in recent memory
Gold Star Father Says Trump Offered Him $25,000 And Never Followed Through
Southwest Celebrates First 'Unmanned' Max 8 Flight While Shutting Down Haters
John McCain accuses Trump of 'not being up front' about how four US soldiers died in Niger
German court sentences 88-year-old Holocaust denier to jail
Iraqi gov't assumes control after Kurds leave disputed areas
No Plans to Withdraw U.S. Troops Even After ISIS Defeat

Puerto Rico by Numbers, One Month After Hurricane Maria Hit

Posted: 19 Oct 2017 05:48 AM PDT

Here is a by numbers account of how things on Puerto Rico currently stand.

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School Investigating Video Of Cheerleaders Giggling And Chanting Racial Slurs

Posted: 19 Oct 2017 04:20 AM PDT

A disturbing video featuring five white teens gleefully taking turns chanting a racial slur has launched an investigation in a Utah school district.

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The Order Is Lawful.' Jeff Sessions Defends Trump's Travel Ban

Posted: 19 Oct 2017 01:27 AM PDT

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is defending the Trump administration's travel ban as an important tool in fighting terrorism

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Rounding up the most gruesome sports injuries in recent memory

Posted: 19 Oct 2017 12:52 AM PDT

During the NBA season opener in Cleveland Tuesday night, Gordon Hayward, in his first game as a member of the Boston Celtics, suffered a horrific injury to his left ankle that likely ended his season.

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Gold Star Father Says Trump Offered Him $25,000 And Never Followed Through

Posted: 18 Oct 2017 11:29 PM PDT

The father of a slain U.S. Army corporal says President Donald Trump offered him $25,000 over the phone earlier this year while calling to offer his condolences and then never followed through, according to The Washington Post.

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Southwest Celebrates First 'Unmanned' Max 8 Flight While Shutting Down Haters

Posted: 18 Oct 2017 09:57 PM PDT

Southwest Airlines on Wednesday celebrated its first "unmanned" flight on the company's new fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.

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John McCain accuses Trump of 'not being up front' about how four US soldiers died in Niger

Posted: 18 Oct 2017 09:13 PM PDT

Senior Republican senator John McCain has claimed the Trump administration has not been "up front" about what happened during the fatal incident in Niger that left four US soldiers dead and injured two others. Amid a row over whether or not the President was disrespectful to the widow of one of the four Green Berets killed in action when he telephoned her, Senator John McCain said the White House needed to provide more information about the operation two weeks ago when US forces were ambushed by Isis-linked militants. Mr McCain, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was asked whether he thought the White House was being up front about what happened.

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German court sentences 88-year-old Holocaust denier to jail

Posted: 18 Oct 2017 07:08 PM PDT

A German court sentenced an 88-year-old woman to six months in prison on Monday for denying the Holocaust and for inciting hatred. Ursula Haverbeck, who describes herself as a revisionist historian, said at a public event in January 2016 that gas chambers in Auschwitz concentration camp "were not real". A court in Berlin found Haverbeck guilty after examining a short video of her speech in which she said that she was citing a book, not expressing her own views.

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Iraqi gov't assumes control after Kurds leave disputed areas

Posted: 18 Oct 2017 05:22 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Kurdish fighters pulled out of disputed areas across northern and eastern Iraq on Tuesday, one day after giving up the vital oil city of Kirkuk — a dramatic redeployment of forces that opened the way for government troops to move into energy-rich and other strategically important territories.