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• Bill creating coin honoring Christa McAuliffe is approved

  19-09-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  New Hampshire's Democratic congressional delegation is welcoming the passage of a bill that will create a commemorative coin to honor Christa McAuliffe, the Concord High School teacher who died in the space shuttle Challenger disaster 33 years ago.The bill now goes to President Donald Trump's desk.The lawmakers say the coin honors McAuliffe and reaffirms Congress' commitment to invest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education.
  
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• Peru deports 150 Venezuelans in crackdown on illegal crossings

  19-09-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Peru deported 150 Venezuelans for entering the country illegally as authorities sought to enforce stricter policies for migrants from the crisis-stricken nation, Peru's immigration office said on Thursday.The immigrants were detained this week in a coastal desert region at Peru's northern border with Ecuador, part of a route taken by hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who have migrated to Peru, Chile and Argentina in recent years to escape hyperinflation and shortages of basic food and medicin
  
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• Ed Buck faces federal charges for 2017 overdose death at West Hollywood home

  19-09-2019 23:57 via nbcnews.com
  The family of one of the men who died in his apartment have accused Buck, who is white, of preying upon black gay men.
  
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• Jets' Adams appeals roughing fine

  19-09-2019 23:55
  New York Jets safety Jamal Adams is appealing his fine from the NFL for roughing the passer against Cleveland and says officials apologized after the game for calling the penalty. (Sept. 19)       
  
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• Flooding in southeast Texas prompts evacuations

  19-09-2019 23:55
  Shelters have been set up in Southeast Texas to provide a haven for people displaced by heavy rain and flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda. (Sept. 19)       
  
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• Three Mile Island nuclear power plant's shutdown is imminent

  19-09-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The final shutdown of Three Mile Island, where 1979's terrifying partial meltdown became a landmark event in the life cycle of nuclear power in the United States, is imminent.Exelon Corp. officials said the plant will stop producing electricity around noon Friday, following through on a decision the Chicago-based energy giant made in May after it became clear that it would not get a financial rescue from Pennsylvania.The accident that destroyed Three Mile Island's Unit 2 badly undermined public
  
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• Man shot by police gang unit members in Memphis identified

  19-09-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Tennessee authorities have identified a man who was killed by deputies during an incident that also left two deputies injured.The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Thursday that 33-year-old Willie Hudson was killed in a confrontation with Shelby County sheriff's deputies who belong to an anti-gang unit.Authorities say deputies were inside a Memphis home Wednesday afternoon when gunfire erupted.
  
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• Even Chris Cuomo Is Dumping Ice-Cold Water on Beto’s Confiscation Plan

  19-09-2019 23:48 via westernjournal.com
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke’s plan to confiscate select firearms from law-abiding Americans is so unrealistic that even gun-control cheerleader Chris Cuomo was forced to tell him it sounds like a pipe dream. Cuomo’s disbelief came as he grilled the former Texas congressman Wednesday evening on CNN. O’Rourke was adamant not only that…
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• Earthlings descend on Area 51 for aliens, parties

  19-09-2019 23:45
  What started out as a internet hoax to "storm Area 51" has morphed into a festival celebrating all things alien near the once-secret Nevada military research site. (Sept. 19)       
  
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• Republican, Democratic lawmakers launch caucus to 'End the Youth Vaping Epidemic'

  19-09-2019 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers said on Thursday they are forming a caucus to combat the "epidemic" of youth vaping, as cases of lung illness tied to vaping have risen and President Donald Trump has pushed for a ban on flavored e-cigarettes."We must ban flavors in a comprehensive manner," said U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat co-leading the new Congressional Caucus to End the Youth Vaping Epidemic, along with Republican Representative Peter King and Democratic Senator Dic
  
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• Alabama Governor Kay Ivey Announces She’s Undergoing Lung Cancer Treatment

  19-09-2019 23:42 via westernjournal.com
  
  Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Thursday she’s been diagnosed with lung cancer, though she plans to continue serving as governor while being treated. The 74-year-old Republican, who has been Alabama’s chief executive since 2017, made the announcement in a statement posted to the Alabama Office of the Governor’s website. “Throughout my life, I am constantly…
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• Climate change making it harder to grow food

  19-09-2019 23:41
  
  As the population grows, climate change makes it harder to grow food to feed the planet.       
  
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• Viral Photo Shows Moment School’s ‘Angel’ Custodian Comforts Girl with Autism in Noisy Cafeteria

  19-09-2019 23:38 via westernjournal.com
  
  When a child has a breakdown, it can be difficult to know what to do or how to react. Is this normal for the child? Are they throwing a hissy fit or are they truly distressed and overwhelmed by their situation? Esther McCool knew exactly what to do when 4th-grade student Kenlee, who has autism,…
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• Sea-level rise endangers U.S. cities

  19-09-2019 23:38
  
  Warmer water and warmer weather is increasing ice melt at the poles.       
  
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• We are living in the Sixth Extinction

  19-09-2019 23:37
  
  Past mass extinctions were probably caused by algae, asteroids and volcanoes. This one is caused by us.       
  
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• Rashida Tlaib Says She’s Going To Hang Altered American Flag Outside of Her Office in Push for DC Statehood

  19-09-2019 23:34 via westernjournal.com
  
  Talk about Democratic denial. Since Donald Trump’s astonishing upset of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, Trump’s opponents have spent almost three years trying to pretend a man they loathe is not the duly elected president of the United States. Now, Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib — as obnoxious as any other member of the…
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• Trump signs order aimed at development of better flu vaccines

  19-09-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The order does not allocate additional funding for now, but calls for an evaluation of current flu vaccine manufacturing abilities and a task force report including cost estimates, administration officials said on a call with reporters.Each year the seasonal flu, which can kill tens of thousands of Americans, costs the United States about $50 billion, including lost productivity, one administration official said.A serious flu pandemic would push those costs to between $1.8 billion and $3.8 billi
  
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• There are 3 billion fewer birds in North America than there were in 1970

  19-09-2019 23:32
  North America has lost nearly 3 billion birds since 1970, a study says. It found significant population declines among hundreds of bird species.       
  
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• Disaster victims to double by 2050 in climate-battered world - aid group

  19-09-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  P unishing droughts and more severe storms, floods and wildfires driven by climate change could contribute to twice as many people requiring international humanitarian assistance by mid-century, an aid group warned on Thursday.As world leaders arrived in New York for a United Nations (U.N.) climate change summit, the dire consequences of failing to address the threat were underscored in a report by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).In the charity's m
  
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• Trudeau asks for forgiveness for brownface photos

  19-09-2019 23:27
  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized and asked for forgiveness for dressing up in brown and blackface in the past.At a news conference Thursday, Trudeau said it is something he deeply regrets. (Sept. 19)       
  
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• Canada's Trudeau comes under fire over brownface photo

  19-09-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  At a time when bigotry seems on the rise around the world and doors are being shut, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has become known as a champion of diversity.Now, amid his bid for re-election, that reputation is under attack in a furor triggered by a photo of him in brownface at a costume party two decades ago.On Thursday, the 47-year-old Trudeau struggled to contain the uproar, begging forgiveness and confessing he failed to grasp how offensive his actions were.
  
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• Colt suspends production of AR-15 for civilian market

  19-09-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Gun-maker Colt is suspending its production of rifles for the civilian market including the popular AR-15, the company said Thursday in a shift it attributed to changes in consumer demand and a market already saturated with similar weapons."The fact of the matter is that over the last few years, the market for modern sporting rifles has experienced significant excess manufacturing capacity," Colt's chief executive officer, Dennis Veilleux, said in a written statement.Despite a national debate on
  
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• Letter detailing civilian presence failed to prevent deadly Afghan drone strike

  19-09-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  JALALABAD, Afghanistan/KABUL Sept 19 (Reuters) - Twelve days ahead of the pine-nut harvest season, the governor of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province received a letter from village elders in the Wazir Tangi area about their plans to recruit 200 labourers and children to pluck the dry fruit.The letter, seen by Reuters and dated Sept. 7, was sent in an effort to help protect labourers from getting caught in clashes between U.S.-backed Afghan forces and Islamic State fighters in the mountaino
  
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• Judge sides with Trump against California law requiring candidates to release tax returns

  19-09-2019 23:18 via nbcnews.com
  Trump is fighting multiple Democratic-led efforts to force him to reveal the returns.
  
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• Democratic donor charged with distributing drug resulting in death of man

  19-09-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic Party donor Ed Buck was charged in federal court in Los Angeles with drug distribution resulting in the death of a 26-year-old man, officials said on Thursday following his arrest on separate charges in state court.The man, Gemmel Moore, died of a methamphetamine overdose at Buck's West Hollywood apartment in July 2017, prosecutors said in court papers.Another man, identified in media reports as 55-year-old Timothy Dean, died of an overdose at Buck's apartment in January 2019.
  
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• BET Founder Praises Trump, Encourages African-Americans To Vote Not by Party, But Permanent Interests

  19-09-2019 23:17 via westernjournal.com
  
  Black Entertainment Television founder Robert Johnson doubled down on his praise for the impact President Donald Trump’s economy is having on African-Americans. He also encouraged African-Americans to vote in their “permanent interests” and not by party. In July, the Democratic businessman, who backed Hillary Clinton in 2016, made headlines when he told CNBC that Trump…
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• Patients, doctors may not share priorities for chronic diseases

  19-09-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Patients and doctors often have different views about which chronic health conditions are their top priorities, suggests a study in France.After separate surveys of patients and their physicians, researchers found that priorities matched up for some conditions, such as diabetes and hypothyroidism, but diverged on others, like anxiety and sleeping disorders."An increasing number of patients live with multiple chronic conditions, especially among younger cohorts," said Dr. Stephanie Sidorkiewicz,
  
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• New Jersey man arrested for allegedly spying for Hezbollah: Feds

  19-09-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  A New Jersey man was indicted Thursday on charges he supported Hezbollah by scouting possible targets for an attack.Alexei Saab began training with Hezbollah operatives overseas and surveilled multiple locations in the U.S., the FBI said.According to the indictment, Saab joined Hezbollah in 1996 in Lebanon where he observed and reported on the movements of Israeli troops.
  
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• Nigerian army says NGO aided terrorists, forces it to close office

  19-09-2019 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The army in northeastern Nigeria forced non-profit Action Against Hunger to close its office in the region, accusing it on Thursday of aiding terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and Islamic State.The international aid agency said it was ordered by soldiers to close its main office in Maiduguri, Borno state, on Wednesday.Colonel Ado Isa, the deputy director of army public relations, said Action Against Hunger was warned several times that it was "aiding and abetting terrorists" by supplying food
  
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• E-sniffer predicts non-responders to lung cancer immunotherapy

  19-09-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  An electronic "nose" that detects chemicals in the breath of lung cancer patients may help distinguish between those who will and will not respond to immunotherapy, a new study suggests.In the small study, the eNose was better at identifying the patients likely to benefit from immunotherapy than the current gold standard test, researchers report in the Annals of Oncology."We can differentiate between responders and non-responders in patients with non-small cell lung cancer with an accuracy of 85
  
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• Colorado driver puts injured bobcat in car next to child

  19-09-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Officials have a warning after a Colorado Springs woman put an injured bobcat in her car, inches away from where her child was in a safety seat: Don't pick up wildlife.Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesman Bill Vogrin says the woman spotted the injured adult male cat while driving, wrapped it in a blanket and put it in the back of her SUV on Wednesday.Agency officials told her to get her boy and herself out of the vehicle when she called to ask what to do.
  
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• Explainer: U.S.-China trade talks - where they are and what's at stake

  19-09-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Senior U.S. and Chinese officials are meeting in Washington onThursday and Friday in an attempt to settle their ongoing trade war, but a lasting peace seems elusive.There is a litany of issues to address, from tariffs on specific products to much broader divides over issues likeintellectual property theft and global supply chains.A delegation of about 30 Chinese officials, led by Vice Finance Minister Liao Min, met U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) officials on Thursday.
  
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• Who are the Sacklers, the family behind maker of OxyContin?

  19-09-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  For a family with its name on a wing of one of the world's most famous museums and a school at a prestigious university, members of the Sackler clan have done a remarkable job of vanishing from public life.The family owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, which filed for bankruptcy this week as part of an effort to settle some 2,600 lawsuits accusing it of helping spark the national opioid crisis that has killed more than 400,000 people in the U.S. in the last two decades.In a filing Wednesday, Pur
  
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• NJ man charged with terrorism offenses targeting landmarks

  19-09-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  A New Jersey man has been arrested on terrorism charges by authorities who say he researched landmarks in New York, Washington and Boston as potential terror targets.Alexei Saab of Morristown was charged Thursday in an indictment alleging he acted on behalf of Hezbollah's Islamic Jihad organization when he photographed targets in the mid-2000s.Federal authorities say targets included the Statue of Liberty, the White House and even Boston's Fenway Park.
  
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• PREVIEW-Millions of young people, led by Sweden's Thunberg, to strike for climate action

  19-09-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  With world leaders about to gather in New York for a UN Climate Action Summit next week, millions of young people from Australia to Iceland will take off from school or work on Friday to demand urgent measures to stop environmental catastrophe.Protests, inspired by the 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, are planned in some 150 countries.The aim is for students and others from around the world to speak in one voice about the impending effects of climate change on the planet.
  
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• Official: Fetal remains found in garage nearly 2 decades old

  19-09-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Illinois authorities on Thursday said that more than 2,200 preserved fetal remains found stacked in the garage of a deceased doctor's home were from abortions performed in Indiana nearly two decades ago and it's up to authorities there to determine if crimes were committed.At a news conference in Joliet, Illinois, near where the remains were found sealed in individual bags inside more than 70 boxes, Will County officials said that the fetal material was from abortions performed in 2000, 2001 and
  
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• UPDATE 1-U.S. expels two members of Cuba's U.N. delegation, citing 'influence operations'

  19-09-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The Trump administration on Thursday ordered the expulsion from the United States of two members of Cuba's delegation to the United Nations and restricted travel of the remaining mission members to Manhattan, the U.S. State Department said."This is due to their attempts to conduct influence operations against the United States," the department said, without elaborating on the accusations against the diplomats.The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has steadily increased pressure on co
  
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• 3 dead in fire at Wisconsin group home for mentally disabled

  19-09-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Three residents have died in a fire at a group home for intellectually disabled people in eastern Wisconsin Thursday, officials said.Two residents escaped the fire, which started about 6 a.m. at the Fond du Lac group home, while three others were found dead on the second floor, fire officials said.The residents who escaped alerted firefighters that others were still inside, according to Fond du Lac Fire Chief Peter O'Leary.
  
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• Border wall, Iran, Space Force among hurdles for $700 billion U.S. defense bill

  19-09-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Disputes between U.S. Republicans and Democrats over President Donald Trump's proposed border wall, Space Force and his ability to launch a war with Iran are among the biggest obstacles Congress faces in passing a massive annual defense policy bill.Members of the House of Representatives and Senate formally launched on Thursday this year's negotiations on the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, the $700 billion bill that sets policy for the Pentagon.The NDAA has been signed into law eve
  
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• Texas declares disaster as torrential rain wreaks havoc, grounds hundreds of flights

  19-09-2019 22:55 via yahoo.com
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has declared a disaster in 13 counties as Tropical Storm Imelda brought torrential rain and dangerous flash flooding to the Houston area, stranding residents in their homes, drivers in their cars and canceling hundreds of flights at local airports.Over 900 flights were canceled into and out of Houston area airports due to the severe weather.The town of Hamshire, Texas, saw six months' worth of rain in 48 hours.
  
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• Never Iran

  19-09-2019 22:54 via westernjournal.com
  
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• As chance of Trump, Rouhani meeting at U.N. fades, talk turns to Security Council

  19-09-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  UNITED NATIONS/DUBAI/PARIS, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The chances of a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani while they are both in New York next week for the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations have dwindled since an attack on Saudi oil facilities.As the world waits to see what happens next and Washington and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres suggested the U.N. Security Council has a role to play following Saturday's attacks, some a
  
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• UAW says some progress has been made in GM talks

  19-09-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union said Thursday that some progress has been made in lengthy talks to end a four-day old strike of about 48,000 workers at General Motors Co but added that many issues "remain unresolved" and said talks could continue into the weekend. A GM spokesman said that talks were continuing but declined to elaborate. UAW vice president Terry Dittes told members in a letter released to media outlets Thursday that meetings "will continue this weekend and beyond if a t
  
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• Man tried 6 times for murder seeks bail, end to charges

  19-09-2019 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A Mississippi man who's been tried six times for murder wants a judge to free him on bail and throw out the charges.Rob McDuff, a lawyer for Curtis Flowers, filed the motions Thursday in state court.The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Flowers' conviction in June, finding racial bias in jury selection.
  
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• US STOCKS-Wall Street mixed as Microsoft climbs and Apple dips

  19-09-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Wall Street ended mixed on Thursday, with a gain in Microsoft offsetting a dip in Apple, a day after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates as expected and left the door open for further monetary easing.Microsoft rose 1.8% after unveiling a $40 billion stock buyback plan, while Apple declined 0.8% and the S&P 500 ended virtually unchanged.The S&P 500 was than less than 1% below its closing record high hit in July as investors became more optimistic about the resumption of talks between t
  
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• 'Worse than Hurricane Harvey': More than 1,000 rescued or evacuated from floods as Imelda drenches Texas

  19-09-2019 22:40
  
  First responders were overwhelmed by 911 calls for high water rescues as Tropical Depression Imelda drenched Winnie and Beaumont, Texas, with rain.       
  
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• Fourth patient named in probe of veterans hospital deaths

  19-09-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The family of a fourth patient is seeking answers as authorities investigate multiple suspicious deaths at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia.Lawyer Dino Colombo says he's representing the family of 85-year-old Army veteran Archie Edgell, who died at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg last year.Federal prosecutors are probing up to 11 patient deaths at the facility.
  
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• House passes short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown

  19-09-2019 22:31 via rss.cnn.com
  The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to temporarily extend funding for the federal government and avert a shutdown at the end of the month.
  
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• A looming teacher strike in Chicago is about far more than just salaries

  19-09-2019 22:31 via nbcnews.com
  “We’re actually asking for real demands," a Chicago special education teacher said. "Real demands that will change things.”
  
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• UPDATE 1-U.S., Australia to unveil plan Friday to improve rare earth mineral supply

  19-09-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison are set to release a plan on Friday aimed at securing the supply of rare earth minerals, a senior administration official said, as concerns grow that China could cut off shipments of the prized commodities.The plan will be unveiled during a state visit by Morrison to the White House, where space cooperation and plastic waste management will also be discussed, the official said on Thursday."Both countries share an interest i
  
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