| Cliven Bundy: judge declares mistrial in case against Nevada rancher and family Posted: 21 Dec 2017 10:08 AM PST  The Bundys have become heroes in the American west and in rightwing militia movements. A judge declared a mistrial in the conspiracy case against rancher Cliven Bundy and his family, dealing a major blow to the US government and another victory for those who have long fought federal regulators over land rights.
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| UN votes on Jerusalem after Trump warns 'we're watching' Posted: 21 Dec 2017 09:33 AM PST  UN member-states were poised Thursday to vote on a motion rejecting US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, after President Donald Trump threatened to cut funding to countries that back the measure. "The United States will remember this day," US Ambassador Nikki Haley warned the 193-member General Assembly ahead of the vote expected to reject the American move, which broke with international consensus and unleashed protests across the Muslim world. "America will put our embassy in Jerusalem," Haley said.
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| Jeff Sessions Reportedly Revives Probe Of Uranium One Deal Posted: 21 Dec 2017 07:07 AM PST  The Justice Department is reviving an inquiry into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the government's controversial approval of the Uranium One deal, NBC News reported on Thursday.
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| Trump will personally save up to $15m under tax bill, analysis finds Posted: 21 Dec 2017 05:22 AM PST  The president will save millions of dollars thanks to the tax bill. Donald Trump and six members of his inner circle will be big winners of the Republicans' vast tax overhaul, with the president personally benefiting from a tax cut of up to $15m a year, research shows. The US president chalked up his first big legislative win on Wednesday with the $1.5tn bill, the most sweeping revamp of the tax code in three decades, slashing taxes for corporations and the wealthy and dealing the heaviest blow yet to Obamacare.
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| North Korean soldier defects to South: Seoul Posted: 21 Dec 2017 03:48 AM PST  A North Korean soldier escaped to the South on Thursday across the heavily-guarded Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula, triggering gunfire on both sides of the tense border in the second defection in successive months. The "low-ranking" soldier was spotted by South Korean soldiers using surveillance equipment as he crossed the land border near Yeoncheon in thick fog and made his way to a guard post, a spokesman for Seoul's defence ministry said. Two bursts of gunfire were later heard in the North, the spokesman said, but there were no indications of any bullets crossing the border.
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| China's Didi raises $4 bn to fund global turf war with Uber Posted: 21 Dec 2017 01:32 AM PST  Chinese ride-sharing firm Didi Chuxing said Thursday it had raised $4 billion from investors, months after a funding round that made it Asia's most valuable startup, as it presses on with a global battle with US giant Uber. Local and foreign groups contributed to the huge pot, which will be used to fuel Didi's global expansion and support new developments in artificial intelligence and new energy vehicles, the company said in a statement. Didi, which bought Uber's China operations last year, has nearly half a billion users around the world and handles up to 25 million rides per day.
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| ‘She’s in My Dreams’: How the Boyfriend of a N.D. Woman Killed for Their Baby Is Haunted by Her Death- HOLD FOR POST 12/21 Posted: 20 Dec 2017 11:27 PM PST  Four months after Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind's killing, her longtime boyfriend and father of her only child remains haunted.
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| Kidnapped aid workers in South Sudan released: U.N., rebels Posted: 20 Dec 2017 09:30 PM PST ![Kidnapped aid workers in South Sudan released: U.N., rebels]( "Kidnapped aid workers in South Sudan released: U.N., rebels") By Denis Dumo JUBA (Reuters) - Six aid workers kidnapped by rebels in South Sudan earlier this week have been released, according to the United Nations and a spokesman for the rebels. The aid workers are from the French organization Solidarites International and had been kidnapped on Sunday while traveling on a road near the city of Raja, in the west of the country. "All of them were released and they have landed safely in Wau," another city in the west of the country, a United Nations official in Juba who spoke on condition of anonymity told Reuters.
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| Latest: Virginia election, and House control, up to chance Posted: 20 Dec 2017 07:55 PM PST  NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The Latest on election recounts for the Virginia House of Delegates (all times local):
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| Arab coalition says will keep Yemen port open; air raids kill at least nine Posted: 20 Dec 2017 07:15 PM PST ![Arab coalition says will keep Yemen port open; air raids kill at least nine]( "Arab coalition says will keep Yemen port open; air raids kill at least nine") By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Wednesday it would keep the Houthi-controlled Hodeidah port, vital for aid, open for a month despite a fresh missile attack against Riyadh, but it kept up air raids that killed at least nine people. The Western-backed coalition, which controls Yemen's airspace and port access, said last month it would allow humanitarian relief through Hodeidah following a nearly three-week blockade imposed because of a missile attack toward the Saudi capital's international airport. The Saudis say the Red Sea port, which is Yemen's main entry point for food and humanitarian supplies, is also a hub used by the Houthis to bring in weapons, which it accuses Iran of supplying.
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