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Good night, night: Light pollution increasing around globe
A Tribute To The Most Cringeworthy Turkey Pardon Of All Time, Featuring Sarah Palin
Trump Hotel Owner Pays Trumps to Leave
President Trump Puts His Indifference To The Environment On Hold For Elephants
New Puerto Rico utility head, same old challenges
Roy Moore Follows Donald Trump Playbook On Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct
An American Formerlly Imprisoned in North Korea Was Burnt to Death in San Diego
Notorious gang 'behead man' near Washington
U.S. Senate candidate Moore's spokesman resigns as allegations roil campaign
Undocumented Immigrant Whose Wife Has Cancer Finally Granted Temporary Stay

Good night, night: Light pollution increasing around globe

Posted: 23 Nov 2017 07:16 AM PST

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world's nights are getting alarmingly brighter — bad news for all sorts of creatures, humans included.

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A Tribute To The Most Cringeworthy Turkey Pardon Of All Time, Featuring Sarah Palin

Posted: 23 Nov 2017 06:38 AM PST

This story was first published in 2012, and has been published every year since.

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Trump Hotel Owner Pays Trumps to Leave

Posted: 23 Nov 2017 04:40 AM PST

Andrea Bernstein talks with Rachel Maddow about the problems the Trump family has had with the Trump SoHo Hotel and today's news that the owner has paid the Trump's to exit the contract early, as the Trump name is seen as damaging to business.

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President Trump Puts His Indifference To The Environment On Hold For Elephants

Posted: 23 Nov 2017 03:12 AM PST

WASHINGTON — Two weeks after signing executive orders to push forward the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, President Donald Trump told a group of county sheriffs gathered for a White House roundtable that he didn't think the projects were controversial.

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New Puerto Rico utility head, same old challenges

Posted: 23 Nov 2017 01:50 AM PST

By Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK (Reuters) - New leadership at Puerto Rico's beleaguered electric utility may not be sufficient to compensate for missteps following Hurricane Maria that led to delayed work, recurrent blackouts and more than $500 million in contracts with untested companies now under federal investigation. A management shakeup on Friday will not by itself cure the chaotic and slow power restoration efforts two months after the hurricane struck the island. PREPA's chief executive Ricardo Ramos stepped down unexpectedly last week, days after congressional hearings on the restoration.

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Roy Moore Follows Donald Trump Playbook On Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct

Posted: 22 Nov 2017 11:23 PM PST

WASHINGTON ― Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore has executed a familiar playbook when it comes to allegations of sexual assault and harassment.

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An American Formerlly Imprisoned in North Korea Was Burnt to Death in San Diego

Posted: 22 Nov 2017 09:41 PM PST

An American Formerlly Imprisoned in North Korea Was Burnt to Death in San Diego

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Notorious gang 'behead man' near Washington

Posted: 22 Nov 2017 07:50 PM PST

An ultra-violent Latino street gang that President Donald Trump has vowed to wipe out beheaded a man and cut out his heart before burying him in a park near the US capital, reports said Wednesday. The victim, who has not yet been identified, was stabbed more than 100 times in Wheaton, Maryland just outside Washington DC, according to a statement by the Montgomery County Police Department. Authorities have so far arrested Miguel Angel Lopez-Abrego, 19, on first-degree murder.

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U.S. Senate candidate Moore's spokesman resigns as allegations roil campaign

Posted: 22 Nov 2017 06:26 PM PST

The communications director for U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore has resigned amid the Alabama Republican's efforts to combat allegations of sexual misconduct that have roiled his campaign. News of the departure of John Rogers came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump defended Moore from accusations by multiple women that Moore pursued them as teenagers when he was in his 30s, including one who has said he initiated a sexual encounter with her when she was 14. Moore has denied any wrongdoing and has accused the women of conspiring with Democrats, media outlets and establishment Republicans in an effort to tarnish his reputation.