Berkely Mayor Calls for Antifa to be Classified as a Crime Gang After Clashes at Weekend Protest
Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin has called for authorities to tackle left-wing violence by classifying members of antifa, the loosely organized group of “anti-fascists” who believe that violence is acceptable in countering right-wing extremism, as a gang. (THEY'RE SHOOK)
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Trump says 'talking not the answer' on North Korea, Mattis disagrees
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said “talking is not the answer” to the tense standoff with North Korea over its nuclear missile development, but his defense chief swiftly asserted that the United States still has diplomatic options.
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Venezuela: New assembly approves treason trials for opposition
Venezuela's new constituent assembly has unanimously voted to put opposition leaders on trial for treason.
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==Venezuela to Donate $5M to Harvey Victims in Texas
Venezuela has extended its solidarity to the victims of Harvey in Texas and Louisiana.
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China Urges THAAD's Removal, Opposes 'Chaos or War' in Korea
U.S.-South Korea war rehearsals are ongoing, with the U.S. testing its nuclear arsenal, and South Korea dropping bombs near the demilitarized zone.
telesurtv.net
US-led strikes in Syria block IS militants evacuated from Lebanon
US-led coalition aircraft have carried out strikes to halt a convoy evacuating Islamic State militants from the Lebanon-Syria border area towards Iraq.
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Harvey Makes Second Landfall on Battered Gulf Coastline
On Tuesday morning, disaster analyst Chuck Watson pegged $42 billion as a reasonable estimate for the cost of destruction Tropical Storm Harvey would leave in its wake. By dawn Wednesday, he had raised that to much as $75 billion.
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University of Tampa fires teacher whose tweet blamed Harvey on Texas GOP vote
A tweet suggesting that the devastation of Hurricane Harvey was "instant karma" for the red state of Texas has cost a University of Tampa professor his job — making him just the latest academic fired for off-duty speech.
tampabay.com
Best Buy Apologizes After a Houston Store Sold $42 Packs of Water During Hurricane Harvey
Best Buy has apologized after a viral photo taken at one of its stores in Houston appeared to show a case of water selling for $42 during Hurricane Harvey.
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New York Times wins dismissal of Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit
A lawsuit against the New York Times by former U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who claimed the newspaper had defamed her in an editorial linking her to a 2011 mass shooting, was dismissed by a federal judge on Tuesday.
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