Washington
(CNN) The ACLU of Kentucky filed a motion in federal court Tuesday
asking a judge to hold county clerk Kim Davis in contempt of court for
failing to comply with the Supreme Court and issue marriage licenses to
same-sex couples.
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Pope
Francis announced a "year of mercy," making it easier for the Catholic
Church to forgive women for having abortions and those who assisted
them.
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Migrants
and refugees crowd the platforms at the Keleti railway station in
Budapest on Sept. 1, 2015. Keleti, the biggest Hungarian railway
station, was closed today as police evacuated people trying to get on
trains bound for Germany.
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Taking
inspiration from the college football Amway Coaches Poll run by our
pals at USA TODAY Sports, we here at the politics desk have assembled a
diverse panel of “coaches” - including former presidential candidate
Herman Cain, former congressman ...
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ANCHORAGE,
Alaska - President Obama said late Monday he would accelerate by two
years plans to acquire a new icebreaker and would ask Congress for funds
to build additional ones for the Coast Guard in an effort to keep up
with ship traffic that is ...
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Hillary
Clinton and her inner circle at the State Department viewed the media
as a forever-dangerous entity never to be trusted and only begrudgingly
given any credit at all, according to a review of more than 7,000
e-mails she sent during her time as ...
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David
Cameron has abandoned plans to ask voters to answer Yes or No on
continued membership of the European Union. The Prime Minister has
accepted a recommendation from the Electoral Commission that voters
should respond to the option of ...
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Pinterest
gets a lot of buzz as the popular place to share recipes, but Facebook
is still the No. 1 social platform for food lovers, according to a new
study from Sopexa.
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Jeb
Bush of Florida is pulling no punches with Donald J. Trump, assailing
him in a new online advertisement as a fake conservative.
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(Close)
Shares in the UK and across Europe have fallen sharply after weak
manufacturing data from China raised further doubts about the strength
of its economy.
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A
second member of Ukraine's national guard has died from injuries after
Monday's violent protests outside the parliament in Kiev, officials say.
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A
West African migrant entered the Spanish territory of Ceuta from
Morocco curled up next to a car engine and another was hidden behind the
back seat of the Mercedes-300 car.
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A
seal-watching couple had to be rescued when they were stranded on rocks
for three hours and unsuccessfully tried to swim to shore.
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Authorities
closed the main international railway station in Budapest for a short
time on Tuesday after around 500 migrants tried to board a train to
Vienna.
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Victorious
Kenyan athletes have returned home to a hero's welcome after they
topped the medal table at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing
for the first time.
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A
mother and her four children believed to be travelling from London to
Syria have been detained in Turkey, said the Metropolitan Police.
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Members
of Amazon's Prime service can now download films and TV episodes for
offline viewing. TV programmes, comedy series and films such as The Wolf
of Wall Street are available via the service that already lets people
stream video content.
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Islamic
State militants in Syria committed an "intolerable crime against
civilization" by destroying the Temple of Bel, one of the ancient
world's most iconic monuments, the head of the U.N.
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BEIRUT
- Lebanese protesters marched into the Environment Ministry in downtown
Beirut Tuesday, staging a sit-in outside the minister's office and
demanding his resignation over the country's snowballing trash crisis.
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| Telegraph.co.uk | - 52 minutes ago |
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A
key suspect in the Bangkok shrine bombing who resembles the man seen
leaving a backpack at the blast site was captured at Thailand's border
with Cambodia.
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| Washington Post | - 50 minutes ago |
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GENEVA
- The current El Nino weather pattern may be on track to become one of
the strongest in more than half a century, experts at the World
Meteorological Organization said Tuesday.
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Video
game players will get their first taste of combat on the ice planet
Hoth next month. Publisher Electronic Arts confirmed a beta test for the
upcoming video game Star Wars Battlefront will arrive in early October.
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Four
designs in a contest to replace New Zealand's national flag with
something that's a little less Union Jack-y were unveiled this week.
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PHUKET,
Thailand - An Australian journalist and his Thai colleague were
acquitted Tuesday in a criminal defamation lawsuit filed by Thailand's
navy over an online news report about the trafficking of refugees from
Myanmar.
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| Fox News | - 19 minutes ago |
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A
massive manhunt is on in an Illinois suburb after a police officer was
shot Tuesday morning. Lake County Sheriff's Det. Chris Covelli would not
discuss the condition of the unidentified officer during a Tuesday news
conference, only referring to him ...
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An
athletic building under construction at a private university collapsed
Tuesday, injuring six construction workers and leaving crumpled steel
strewn across the site.
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| Washington Post | - 22 minutes ago |
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The
three DeKalb County police officers received a call about a possible
burglary Monday night. They ended up at the wrong house and gunfire
erupted, leaving two people wounded and one dog dead, according to
investigators.
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| ABC News | - 24 minutes ago |
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The
U.S. Justice Department told a federal judge that Gov. Bobby Jindal's
decision to oust Planned Parenthood from Louisiana's Medicaid program
appears to violate federal law by denying Medicaid patients the right to
choose their health care providers.
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| Reuters | - 16 minutes ago |
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PHOENIX
Tens of thousands of customers throughout the Phoenix area remained
without electricity on Tuesday after a powerful storm knocked down power
lines and halted flights at the city's international airport,
authorities said.
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Eric
Parker, 26, is charged with violating the civil rights of 57-year-old
Sureshbhai Patel. The trial begins at 9 a.m. in the federal courthouse.
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President
Obama called the widow of the Texas sheriff's deputy who was fatally
shot last week to offer his condolences and condemn any violence against
police officers.
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BEIJING—China
is imposing fresh controls to prevent too much money from leaving the
country, in an effort to keep badly needed funds at home to battle a
deepening slowdown in the world's No.
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Discount
retailer Dollar Tree Inc's (DLTR.O) quarterly sales rose less than
analysts had expected as it focused on integrating Family Dollar stores
amid intense competition from mass retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc
(WMT.
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Here
we go again. Stocks took another nosedive in early trading Tuesday
following more fears about a slowdown in China's economy.
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U.S.
manufacturing activity expanded at its slowest pace in more than two
years, a sign global turmoil and a strong dollar could be limiting
factories.
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WASHINGTON—A
long-awaited study by the Obama administration has concluded that
lifting the nation's four-decade ban on exports of U.S.
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WASHINGTON
(AP) - U.S. construction spending in July climbed to its highest level
in more than seven years, boosted by an increase in the building of
houses, factories and power plants.
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| Fox News | - 22 minutes ago |
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A
law firm Monday filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court charging
that Chipotle's marketing is misleading and deceptive because it still
sells lots of foods made with GMOs, despite claims the chain phased them
out.
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| USA TODAY | - 20 minutes ago |
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Nope,
this isn't some special one-day doodle. The Google logo is making a
permanent change. When you visit the main Google search page, you'll
notice an interactive that shows the logo morph into its newest form,
reflecting the tech giant's ...
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nextbitrobin4.png
(Image: Nextbit) The HTC One M7 was one of the best smartphones I ever
owned and one of the leading designers of that device is part of the
Nextbit team that just announced the Robin Android smartphone.
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Google-owned
Nest is releasing a new version of its thermostat that has a larger
display and is a little smarter than its predecessor.
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Apple
and Cisco just announced a major deal in which Cisco would offer
network infrastructure systems that would directly support Apple
devices.
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| CBS News | - 14 minutes ago |
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The
first trailer for "The Danish Girl" is out, giving a glimpse at Eddie
Redmayne as Einar Wegener, one of the first recipients of gender
reassignment surgery in the 1930s.
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| New York Times | - 1 hour ago |
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VANCOUVER,
British Columbia - A newly demure Janet Jackson started her Unbreakable
World Tour at Rogers Arena here on Monday night.
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| San Jose Mercury News | - 1 hour ago |
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Not
only did Kanye West announce his very exciting candidacy for president
in 2020 at Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards, he also admitted to
rolling "a little something" before the show.
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| Hollywood Reporter | - 1 hour ago |
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Justin
Kurzel's take on Shakespeare's classic, co-starring Marian Cotillard,
is set to hit U.S. theaters in December. The official U.S.
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| Washington Post | - 17 minutes ago |
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It's
been another eventful week in Redskins land. Robert Griffin III is out,
and Kirk Cousins is in. There are plenty of other questions still left
to be answered in the next two weeks between now and the Sept.
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| Washington Post | - 2 hours ago |
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The
first match of her quest to win the U.S. Open and become the first
calendar-year Grand Slam winner since 1988 lasted scarcely longer than
your average sitcom, but it's worth remembering that Serena Williams
wasn't always so far above her competition.
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Jackie
Bradley Jr. is the Red Sox's ruler of left field. With one out in the
top of the fourth inning Monday night, the Boston Red Sox and the New
York Yankees were tied at 2-2 with the bases loaded.
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| Washington Post | - 1 hour ago |
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The
roller coaster ride that was DeAndre Jordan's free agency week ended
when the center decided to re-sign with the Clippers after initially
agreeing to go to the Mavericks.
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We
all know we should be getting about eight hours sleep a night, but how
many of us actually hit that target? Juggling work stress and busy
social lives can take a toll on how much we sleep, and when you bring
babies into the equation, all bets are off.
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Regulating
fast food kids' meals that include toys may end up making the meals
healthier, according to a new study. If a proposed new policy in New
York City is approved, then fast food meals that come with toys would
contain fewer calories overall ...
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People
with high blood pressure who drink any coffee were seen to be at a
higher risk. By Stephen Feller | Sept. 1, 2015 at 11:46 AM.
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(Reuters
Health) - Between 1998 and 2013, adult bicycling injuries rose sharply
in the U.S., largely among riders over age 45, a new study shows.
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| CBS News | - 44 minutes ago |
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As
many as nine out of 10 of the world's seabirds likely have pieces of
plastic in their guts, a new study estimates. Previously, scientists
figured about 29 percent of seabirds had swallowed plastic, based on
older studies.
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WASHINGTON
One of the earliest big predators to prowl Earth's primordial waters
was a sea scorpion nearly 6 feet (1.7 meters) long whose body looked a
bit like an ancient Greek warship.
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| NBCNews.com | - 1 hour ago |
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Smithsonian
scientists have discovered the fossils of a new species of river
dolphin that lived more than 5.8 million years ago. (2:23).
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| Christian Science Monitor | - 21 minutes ago |
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A
naturally occurring protein can create a 'bacterial raincoat' for ice
cream, say Scottish researchers, making it melt-resistant and lower in
fat.
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