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| US scrambles planes in response to Russian bombers | | Two Russian TU-95 Bear bombers were spotted flying about 41 miles off the coast of Alaska on Tuesday, just hours after two US F-22 fighter jets intercepted the same type of Russian aircraft in the area. |
| Court doc: TN teacher refilled Cialis prescription, made hotel plans | | In the days before he allegedly abducted his 15-year-old student, Tennessee teacher Tad Cummins refilled a prescription for Cialis, took out a loan for quick cash and made hotel reservations in another state, actions investigators believe show he was planning to leave with the girl. |
| Opinion: O'Reilly's payout an outrage | | Bill O'Reilly is reportedly walking away with tens of millions of dollars. How insulting. After being accused of habitual sexual harassment and other lewd acts, causing him and his employer, Fox News, to pay out $13 million in settlements; after costing the network millions when advertisers fled his show; after finally being fired from his job after years — he leaves with a golden payout. |
| Battle over Aaron Hernandez's brain | | Jose Baez, the lawyer representing Aaron Hernandez's family, says Hernandez's brain will be donated to the Boston University CTE Center, but adds the medical examiner is "illegally" holding the brain. |
| Palin receives backlash for photo | | Sarah Palin is receiving backlash for a picture taken in front of former first lady Hillary Clinton's portrait at the White House with Ted Nugent and Kid Rock. |
| Sessions has no regrets for Hawaii remark | | Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday he was not disrespecting Hawaii or a judge in the state when he said he was "amazed" that the official was able to block President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban halting immigration from several majority Muslim countries. |
| Hawaii senator: He insulted my state | | Jeff Sessions, the attorney general of the United States, appears to need a reminder: Hawaii was granted statehood in 1959. I'm happy to tell him where I was when Hawaii became a state. I was in sixth grade at Koko Head Elementary School in Honolulu, and was chosen to pin the 50th star on the American flag in front of my teachers and classmates at a special assembly to celebrate statehood. |
| Mark Cuban: Trump gets a C- so far | | Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban gives President Donald Trump a middling grade for his performance so far as he nears the 100-day milestone in the Oval office. |
| Trump: 'Very happy' freed Egypt aid worker is home | | The Trump administration quietly helped negotiate the release of American-Egyptian aid worker Aya Hijazi and her husband who had been detained in Egypt for three years, a senior White House official confirmed to CNN Friday. |
| Mattis says Trump budget won't fully rebuild military | | Defense Secretary James Mattis has privately told Congress the Trump administration's Pentagon budget request isn't sufficient to cover the cost of rebuilding the military as President Donald Trump has vowed to do, four sources familiar with the conversations told CNN. |
| Ex-official: Trump offended with mix-up | | South Koreans were less than impressed by Donald Trump's recent comments that he learned from the Chinese President Xi Jinping that South Korea was part of China. |
| 10 protest anthems to add to your playlist | | Black Lives Matter activist Zellie Imani remembers the moment civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson came to Ferguson, Missouri, in the wake of Michael Brown's 2014 death. |
| American climate confusion: A visual guide | | Climate change may seem like a complicated issue, but it's actually simple if you understand five key facts, according to Edward Maibach, director of the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University. |
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