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Julián Castro says he's 'likely' to run for president in 2020
Sen. Bernie Sanders (77), former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (76), former Vice President Joe Biden (75), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (69), Sen. Kamala Harris (53), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (51), Sen. Cory Booker (49) and lawyer Michael Avenatti (47) are all older. “I disagree with people who say that we have no Democratic bench,” Castro said. “He was mayor when I was mayor in San Antonio,” Castro said. “I’m sure that whoever’s in that Democratic primary, as is the nature of politics, the contrasts are going to become clearer,” Castro said.
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The Proud Boys, The GOP And 'The Fascist Creep'
Gavin McInnes, the founder of the violent neo-fascist gang the Proud Boys, had a perplexing message for the Republican Party last Friday. The Metropolitan Republican Club has historically been a place for the traditional elite. Over the past century, presidents, senators, governors and mayors have walked through its doors, including club members Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon and Michael Bloomberg.
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White Woman Calls Police On Black Man Watching His Son's Soccer Game
A white woman who called the police on a black man cheering on his son at a soccer game in Florida has earned the nickname “Golfcart Gail.”It is the latest incident in which a white woman has called the police on a black person despite there having been
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Multidrug-resistant salmonella linked to chicken products sickens nearly 100 people across 29 states
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) is monitoring an outbreak of Salmonella Infantis after at least 92 people were sickened by the bacteria and 21 were hospitalized across 29 states. The source of the outbreak remains unclear, as a multitude of products which tested positive for the bacteria — including whole chickens, ground chicken and even pet food — did not share a common supplier. Salmonella Infantis was also recently discovered in live chickens, indicating the outbreak might be widespread in the chicken industry.
WorldReutersPutin says can't justify spoiling Saudi ties over Khashoggi affair
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia did not have enough information about the unexplained disappearance of a Saudi journalist to justify spoiling ties with Riyadh. Turkey says Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist who was critical of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed by Saudi agents in Riyadh's diplomatic mission in Istanbul on Oct. 2 and his body cut up. Saudi Arabia denies the allegation.
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Cops Give Doughnuts to the Homeless After Finding Stolen Krispy Kreme Van
A Florida police department went beyond the call of duty when they helped the homeless while also working to solve a crime. It all started when a Krispy Kreme delivery van was stolen from Lake City Tuesday. Clearwater police found it later that day.
WorldAFPAfghan 'torturer in chief' killed in Taliban attack
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NewsAssociated PressThe Latest: 3 Pennsylvania dioceses confirm federal probe
Three of Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic dioceses say they have received subpoenas from the U.S. Department of Justice. Two people familiar with a federal investigation into child sexual abuse inside the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania told The Associated Press that dioceses across the state had been served with subpoenas seeking a trove of sensitive files and testimony from church leaders.
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'Active shooter' in Virginia puts major defence company building on lockdown
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Beto goes negative on Cruz in new ads
A day after he aggressively challenged Ted Cruz in their last scheduled debate, Democratic Senate hopeful Beto O’Rourke is out with new ads in which he criticizes his Republican opponent by name, breaking with his usual message of hope and unity as he tries to make up ground in the final weeks of Texas’s closely watched U.S. Senate race. According to the Texas Tribune, which first reported the ads and obtained video of two of the new spots, O’Rourke is airing at least three new television ads around the state, each focused on a different issue: immigration, education or health care. In each 30-second ad, O’Rourke speaks directly to the camera, offering a contrast between Cruz’s approach to the policy and his own.
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Rod Rosenstein Offers 'Forceful Defense' Of 'Appropriate' Russia Probe: WSJ
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has offered what The Wall Street Journal described on Wednesday as a “forceful defense” of the special counsel’s ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. “At the end of the day, the public will have confidence that the cases we brought were warranted by the evidence, and that it was an appropriate use of resources,” Rosenstein said.
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Jason Chaffetz Mocks Elizabeth Warren With Native American Statue Photo, Twitter Flips
Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) might have set himself up for selfie-inflicted damage Thursday. Now a Fox News contributor, he posted a photo on Twitter that mocked Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) At Disneyland today with Senator Elizabeth Warren
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Mark Peterson awarded 2018 W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant in Humanistic Photography
The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund announced on Wednesday evening, Oct. 17, that Mark Peterson is the recipient of this year’s $35,000 Grant in Humanistic Photography for his project, The Past Is Never Dead. The W. Eugene Smith Grant will help Peterson further explore the social life of the resurgent Confederacy, the removal of Confederate statues and names on schools and streets, and record the process of the long-term impact of these initiatives. Peterson’s project was selected from 314 entries from 53 countries, the most ever submitted to the Smith Grant since its inception in 1980.
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Powerball, Mega Millions jackpots both continue to rise
The Mega Millions and Powerball are now at more than $1.3 billion combined.
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Trump says he expects answers on Saudi reporter’s disappearance by ‘end of the week’
President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday that he is eager to get to the bottom of the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Trump hinted answers will be coming soon and suggested the U.S. response to any findings will have to account for the strategic importance of the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting about cutting business regulations in the Oval Office in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 17, 2018.
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Texas police hunt woman who left toddler at stranger's door
A woman is suspected of child abandonment for hoisting a two-year-old boy by the arm to the house of a stranger in a northern Houston suburb, ringing the doorbell and running away, authorities said on Thursday. "The child is uninjured and appears to be in good health," it said, adding that the boy was in the custody of Child Protective Services and was being asked who left him behind.
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These 25 Hurricane Michael Photos Show The Struggle To Survive, 1 Week On
It’s been one week since Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle as a Category 4 storm. Danica Cherico and Shawn Gehlert use a generator to power a lamp outside their apartments, which lack electricity in Panama City. Kenston Robinson uses a bucket to get water from a canal to flush his family's toilet after much of the municipal infrastructure was damaged in Panama City.
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Republican candidates trying to have it both ways on Obamacare
In the second and final debate of a contentious Texas U.S. Senate campaign, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, used his closing argument to discuss the importance of protecting Americans who had pre-existing health conditions. “On Obamacare, I want to repeal Obamacare, reduce premiums, protect pre-existing conditions and expand access,” said Cruz. This is an interesting position for Cruz, who spent much of his first term in the Senate railing against Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which guarantees protections for those with pre-existing conditions. In 2013, Cruz engineered a 16-day shutdown of the government in an effort to defund the program.
PoliticsAssociated PressDemocrats' not-so-secret plan to fight midterm malaise
Less than three weeks before Election Day, Democrats are sparing nothing to make sure their voters head to the polls. "2016 was a low point for a lot of us," said Jamal Watkins, vice president of engagement at the NAACP. Democrats have reason for optimism: The party saw strong turnout in nearly a dozen federal special elections ahead of the midterms, with Democratic candidates consistently outperforming Republicans.
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Dear Abby, Here's What It’s Really Like To Have A 'Foreign' Name In America
It’s tradition for Sikh parents to turn to the Guru Granth Sahib, our holy book, after a child is born and open it to a random page. That page will have a hukamnama ― an order of the day ― and whatever the letter is of the first word of the message should
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The 7 College Towns You Should Visit This Fall
From the fish-filled rivers of Bozeman, Montana, to the idyllic Midwestern charms of Bloomington, Indiana, these are the campuses you should check out before winter
BusinessConsumer ReportsFalling Ford Pickup Tailgates Draw Federal Safety Probe
Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Government regulators opened an investigation this week into why some Ford heavy-duty pickup truck power tailgates are falling open.
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President Trump Threatens Mexico If Caravan of 4,000 Honduran Migrants Reaches U.S. Border
As about 4,000 Hondurans made their way through Guatemala, attention — and pressure — turned to Mexico Thursday, after U.S.
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Jared Kushner And Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Reportedly Talk On WhatsApp
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner was reportedly a cause for concern among national security staffers amid investigations into the disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi because Kushner was known to have messaged with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on WhatsApp. A CNN report indicates that the White House senior adviser has been chummy with Mohammed for months, causing him to pull back from the public eye as details emerge about what happened to Khashoggi. Khashoggi went missing on Oct. 2 after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul and has not been seen in public since. The Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday that Khashoggi appears to have been drugged, beaten, killed and dismembered by Saudi operatives in the presence of a top Saudi diplomat.
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