| Trump, Tillerson Tap Russia Hawk Volker for Ukraine Envoy Posted: 08 Jul 2017 01:39 PM PDT  The former NATO ambassador inherits a simmering conflict in Ukraine and a showdown with Russia.
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| Iraqi army says Mosul victory imminent, Islamic State vows 'fight until death' Posted: 08 Jul 2017 01:03 PM PDT  By Stephen Kalin and Maher Chmaytelli MOSUL/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamic State militants vowed to "fight to the death" in Mosul on Saturday as Iraqi military commanders said they would take full control of the city from the insurgents at any moment. Dozens of Iraqi soldiers celebrated amid the rubble on the banks of the Tigris river without waiting for a formal victory declaration, some dancing to music blaring out from a truck and firing machineguns into the air, a Reuters correspondent said. The mood was less festive, however, among some of the nearly one million Mosul residents displaced by months of combat, many of whom are living in camps outside the city with little respite from the blazing summer heat.
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| India puts Kashmir in lockdown on rebel's death anniversary Posted: 08 Jul 2017 12:01 PM PDT  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Residents in Indian-controlled Kashmir clashed with government forces Saturday as they defied a stringent curfew on the anniversary of the killing of a charismatic rebel leader whose death triggered open defiance against Indian rule.
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| U.S. appeals court denies Hawaii bid to narrow Trump travel ban Posted: 07 Jul 2017 05:57 PM PDT  By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected Hawaii's request to issue an emergency order blocking parts of President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban while the state sought clarification over what groups of people would be barred from travel. The U.S. Supreme Court last month let the ban on travel from six Muslim-majority countries go forward with a limited scope, saying it could not apply to anyone with a credible "bona fide relationship" with a U.S. person or entity. The Trump administration then decided that spouses, parents, children, fiancés and siblings would be exempt from the ban, while grandparents and other family members traveling from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen would be barred.
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| Man Arrested for Allegedly Housing Dangerous Reptiles, Including Alligators and Venomous Snakes Posted: 07 Jul 2017 05:21 PM PDT  Officials reportedly recovered 80 venomous snakes, as well as five to eight alligators, gila monsters, snapping turtles and birds from the house.
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| Police: Williams legally entered intersection before crash Posted: 07 Jul 2017 04:47 PM PDT  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Tennis star Venus Williams legally entered an intersection but was cut off by another car, setting off a chain of events that seconds later resulted in a fatal crash with a third car, police say video released Friday shows.
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| Gov. Jerry Brown outmaneuvers Donald Trump by announcing a summit of his own, on climate Posted: 07 Jul 2017 04:13 PM PDT  California Governor Jerry Brown is not about to take a back seat to President Donald Trump when it comes to summit meetings, or for that matter, anything else. On Thursday, as world leaders gathered in Germany for a high-stakes G-20 Summit meeting, during which climate change policies will be a major source of tension, Brown announced he will be holding a Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco in 2018. Since President Trump declared that the U.S. intends to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, Brown has been using his status as the governor of the most populous state — and world's sixth-largest economy — to negotiate directly with foreign governments, including China and Canada, on climate policies. SEE ALSO: California's governor, not Trump, meets with China over climate change "It's up to you and it's up to me and tens of millions of other people to get it together to roll back the forces of carbonization and join together to combat the existential threat of climate change," Brown said in a video message to a festival in Hamburg, the site of the G-20 meeting. "President Trump is trying to get out of the Paris Agreement, but he doesn't speak for the rest of America. We in California and in states all across America believe it's time to act, it's time to join together and that's why at this Climate Action Summit we're going to get it done," Brown said. Since Trump's Paris Agreement announcement on June 1, dozens of mayors and 13 governors have bucked the White House and said they intend to meet the agreement's goals anyway. California is part of the Under 2 Coalition, which is an international consortium of cities, states, and countries committed to keeping global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, below preindustrial levels through 2100. Coalition members aim to, among other actions, reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to 80 to 95 percent below 1990 levels. The 2018 climate summit in California will be timed to precede a round of U.N. climate negotiations, and according to the governor's office, it will mark the first time a U.S. state has hosted an international climate change conference with the direct goal of supporting the Paris Agreement. California aims to generate half of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, and has put in place the strictest greenhouse gas emissions reduction plans in the country. WATCH: Coconut oil might be worse for you than you previously thought
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| Ohio sheriff won't let deputies carry Narcan, citing safety Posted: 07 Jul 2017 02:59 PM PDT ![Ohio sheriff won't let deputies carry Narcan, citing safety]( "Ohio sheriff won't let deputies carry Narcan, citing safety") HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — A sheriff in an Ohio county with record numbers of overdose deaths in recent years is sticking to his long-standing refusal to allow deputies to carry an overdose-reversal drug.
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| In photos: UNESCO's new world heritage site, Hebron Posted: 07 Jul 2017 02:40 PM PDT ![In photos: UNESCO's new world heritage site, Hebron]( "In photos: UNESCO's new world heritage site, Hebron") The Old City of Hebron, one of the oldest cities in the world, has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. With a history that stretches back to the chalcolithic period, or 3,000 years BC, Hebron is holy to Jews, Muslims and Christians and is the largest city in the West Bank, with more than 200,000 Palestinians and a few hundred Israeli settlers. The area is home to a religious site which is known as either the Tomb of the Patriarchs for Jews, or the al-Ibrahimi mosque to Muslims. The controversial decision made Friday provoked Israeli ire.
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| Man charged in wife's shooting during Seattle Uber ride Posted: 07 Jul 2017 02:09 PM PDT  SEATTLE (AP) — A man fatally shot his wife during an Uber ride in Seattle last weekend after they argued about going to a wedding after-party, prosecutors said Thursday as they charged him with second-degree murder.
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