Iran's Zarif says will see if scientist's death sentence can be delayed

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday Tehran "will do its best" to see if the death sentence on Swedish-Iranian scientist Ahmadreza Djalali can be delayed. Djalali, a medical doctor and lecturer at the Karolinska Institute in the Swedish capital, was arrested in Iran in April 2016 and later convicted of espionage, having been accused of providing information to Israel to help it assassinate several senior nuclear scientists. Iran's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence in December 2017 and Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said Djalali had confessed to meeting agents of Israeli intelligence agency Mossad to deliver information on Iran's nuclear and defense...

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  Iran ready to work on French nuclear deal proposals, does not want war: foreign minister

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  Iran says top waterways won't be as safe if its oil exports cut to zero

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Epstein may have gamed the system from beyond the grave

The will that Jeffrey Epstein signed just two days before his jailhouse suicide puts more than $577 million in assets into a trust fund that could make it more difficult for his dozens of accusers to collect damages. Estate lawyers and other experts say prying open the trust and dividing up the financier's riches is not going to be easy and could take years. "This is the last act of Epstein's manipulation of the system, even in death," said attorney Jennifer Freeman, who represents child sex abuse victims.

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  Judge tells MCC jail to improve conditions for Jeffrey Epstein cellmate

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  Jeffrey Epstein was accused of sex trafficking young girls on his mysterious private island. Over 40 years ago, a different millionaire escaped justice in a stunningly similar case.

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Trump touts quote calling him 'second coming of God' to Jews in Israel

A day after saying that American Jews who vote for Democrats show “great disloyalty,” President Trump on Wednesday repeated a claim by a supporter that he is beloved by Israeli Jews “like a king” or "the second coming of God." Trump shared on Twitter quotes from Newsmax TV's Wayne Allyn Root, who declared him the greatest president for Jews and Israel “in the history of the world. Root made the comments on his eponymous call-in show on Tuesday night.

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  Trump Revives Anti-Semitic Attack On Jewish Democrats: 'Very Disloyal To Israel'

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  Trump: Jews voting for Democrats show 'great disloyalty'

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A shark attacked a woman in Hawaii, and authorities are warning it's 'still in the area'

On Tuesday, a 27-year-old woman was attacked by a shark while swimming at Napoopoo Beach Park in Kealakekua Bay. "The shark is still in the area, so we're trying to get people out of the water at this time," Hawaii Fire Department Battalion Chief William Bergin told the Associated Press.

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  Woman attacked by shark while swimming in Hawaii; officials say shark 'still in the area'

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  Woman, 27, Bit by Shark Twice While Swimming off of Hawaii's Big Island

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The northernmost reaches of the Earth are on fire. Here's what this record-breaking hot summer looks like from space.

The link between fires and climate change Individual wildfires and heat waves can't be directly linked to climate change, but accelerated warming increases their likelihood, size, and frequency. July was the hottest month ever recorded, period. The month prior, meanwhile, was the hottest June ever in Earth's history, with temperatures nearly 20 degrees Fahrenheit above average.

Albania bulldozes restaurant after owner attacks tourists

Albanian officials on Wednesday razed a beachfront restaurant whose owner was captured on camera attacking a car rented by Spanish tourists, as the country scrambles to clean up its reputation as a burgeoning holiday destination. The incident, filmed by the victims' tour guide from inside their vehicle, took place at the weekend in Porto-Palermo on the Ionian coast in southern Albania, a popular tourist spot. The restaurant owner, 51-year-old Mihal Kokedhima, was arrested and faces trial for "verbally assaulting a group of Spanish tourists for futile reasons", damaging their car and causing minor injuries, police said.

China warns UK to stay out of its affairs after arrest of British Consul worker

China warned the UK not to meddle in its affairs over Hong Kong on Wednesday after the arrest of a British Consulate official worsened already strained ties between Beijing and London. Simon Cheng, 28, a trade and investment officer at the Hong Kong consulate's Scottish Development International section, went missing on August 8 on the way back from a business event in the Chinese city of Shenzhen. Britain has said it is “extremely” concerned.

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  Employee of Britain's Hong Kong mission held in China over prostitution: report

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  Hong Kong’s Historic Protest Movement: Your Questions Answered

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California blames Texas for San Francisco's homeless crisis

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says many homeless people on the streets of San Francisco are from Texas. Former California assemblyman turned Texas resident Chuck DeVore reacts.

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  $700K for an apartment? The cost to solve the homeless crisis is soaring in Los Angeles

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  City officials blame big businesses for San Francisco's homeless crisis

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Ford's "Mustang-Inspired" Mach E Electric SUV Steps Out in Prototype Form

These spy photos give us our first look at the upcoming Ford Mach E electric crossover in the flesh. While we can't see much through the heavy camouflage, we can see glimpses at the Mustang-inspired front end. The Mach E will debut sometime in 2020, likely as a 2021 model.

We can't trust police to protect us from racist violence. They contribute to it

As mass violence continues, many of us have become rightly afraid for the people we love. One idea we must reject is the idea of trusting law enforcement to protect us from white nationalist violence, given how much they contribute to it. If people in law enforcement want to be seen as experts on defeating white nationalism, shouldn't they have to get rid of all the white nationalists in their own ranks first?

U.S. judge allows Trump to appeal key 'emoluments' rulings

A federal judge on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump to appeal key preliminary rulings in a lawsuit accusing him of violating anti-corruption provisions of the U.S. Constitution with his private business dealings, likely freezing the case for months. The written order by U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington was a setback for a group of about 200 Democratic lawmakers, led by Senator Richard Blumenthal and including members of the House of Representatives and Senate, who brought the case in 2017. Sullivan previously declined such an appeal, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit urged him last month to reconsider the president's request.

Man punches his own lawyer in court

A defendant standing trial for attacking a corrections officer punched his own lawyer during a hearing in an Arizona courtroom. Footage of Lamont Payne's violent assault in Maricopa County was caught on court camera and released by officials. It shows Payne striking out after being ordered to leave proceedings for repeatedly interrupting the judge.

Drivers in Idaho keep harassing busloads of immigrants' children on their way to pre-school

Idaho motorists have reportedly been harassing buses carrying children under the age of five. The buses drive low-income children of migrants or agricultural workers to federally funded educational programs during the day. Idaho drivers have reportedly been harassing busloads of young kids, prompting a local nonprofit to remove signs from the buses that identify the riders as children of migrant workers.

See the 2020 Audi RS6 Avant from Every Angle

The 591-horsepower RS6 wagon is coming to America. From Car and Driver

Brazil's Bolsonaro blames Amazon fires on NGOs as Twitter erupts

Wildfires in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil have ignited a firestorm on social media, with President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday suggesting green groups started the blazes. Images of fires purportedly devouring sections of the world's largest rainforest have gone viral on Twitter. PrayforAmazonas is the top trending hashtag in the world on Wednesday, with more than 249,000 tweets.

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  UN chief Guterres says 'deeply concerned' by Amazon fires

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  The Amazon Is on Fire

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Former Manafort deputy Rick Gates testifies against Greg Craig

Former Trump deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates, one of the most critical witnesses for Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, appeared in federal court again Thursday to testify against former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig at his ongoing trial stemming from a Ukraine-related legal project Craig did involving Gates's former boss Paul Manafort. Gates' turn as a prosecution witness Thursday morning was his first public court appearance since he took the stand a year ago at the Mueller-led trial of Manafort, Trump's former campaign chairman, on tax and bank fraud charges. Gates served as Manafort's right-hand-man for about a decade, including the period in 2012 when Manafort was involved in overseeing an in-depth review Craig conducted of the widely-criticized trial of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on abuse-of-power charges.

Jeffrey Epstein: At least eight jail officials knew he was not to be left alone in cell

At least eight US Bureau of Prisons staffers knew strict instructions had been given not to leave multimillionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein alone in his cell, yet the order was apparently ignored in the 24 hours leading up to his death, according to people familiar with the matter. That so many prison officials were aware of the directive – not just low-level correctional officers, but supervisors and managers – has alarmed investigators assessing what so far appears to be a stunning failure to follow instructions, these people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing investigations. They declined to identify the eight.

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  Order that Jeffrey Epstein was not to be left alone in jail cell was ignored: report

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  Naomi Campbell hits back at alleged Jeffrey Epstein ties saying she is ‘sickened’ by his crimes

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'This Case is Hot': Key Evidence from Boat Possibly Linked to Illinois Girl Missing for 23 Years

Police in Moline say they're getting closer to answers as the FBI investigates what could be a key piece of evidence tied to the prime suspect in the case of Trudy Appleby.

Boycott the Oven With These Summer Slow Cooker Recipes

For those 'not turning on the oven today' moods. From Delish

The Latest: Merkel says her 30-days remark not a deadline

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says a suggestion she made that a solution to the Brexit dispute be solved in 30 days shouldn't be interpreted as a strict deadline. Some commentators in Britain had interpreted her comment as a deadline to Johnson, who wants to take Britain out of the European Union by the end of October — whether a solution to the Irish border issue is agreed or not. French President Emmanuel Macron says the Irish backstop is "indispensable" in a Brexit deal.

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  France's Macron says no-deal Brexit would be Britain's fault

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  It took Boris Johnson thirty seconds to try to get Angela Merkel to take the blame for his own failings. It didn't work.

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In the streets and on the run: Alligators are having a 'hot girl summer' of their own

From climbing fences in Florida to swimming in a Chicago lagoon, here are 11 of the best alligator stories so far this year. Visit INSIDER's homepage for more stories. Sure, tales of Florida Man are well documented, but perhaps less talked about are the tales of Florida alligators, which have been popping up in the most unlikely of places.