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• Irma evacuees find full hotels but a warm welcome in Georgia

  10-09-2017 23:52 via yahoo.com
  As hundreds of thousands of Floridians flee Hurricane Irma, people in the state of Georgia have opened their homes to strangers who emerged from hours-long traffic jams to find hotels and campgrounds booked solid.Authorities in Florida have ordered about a third of the state's population, 6.3 million people, to evacuate ahead of the hurricane's expected landfall on Sunday.With churches in Atlanta appealing for donations of mattresses and blankets for shelters, and hotels and motels along Interst
  
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• Trump action on young immigrants divides some GOP districts

  10-09-2017 23:47 via yahoo.com
  MONROE, Ga. (AP) — Anthony Pham immigrated to the United States in 1982 from Vietnam and became a citizen five years later, after President Ronald Reagan signed an immigration law that sped the legalization process for millions of new Americans.
  
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• Airline Excludes Family From Flight, Forcing Them To Pay $4000 For Tickets

  10-09-2017 23:28 via yahoo.com
  An airline barred a Toronto family and required them to pay an extra $4000 for extra tickets.
  
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• President Trump Says He'll Visit Hurricane-Ravaged Florida 'Very Soon'

  10-09-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  Hurricane Irma made second landfall in the state Sunday afternoon
  
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• Israeli PM's son under fire for anti-Semitic post

  10-09-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  Israeli political leaders lashed out at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's eldest son Sunday for posting an anti-Semitic caricature aimed at his father's critics.
  
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• Exclusive: Iraq holding 1,400 foreign wives, children of suspected ISIS fighters

  10-09-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  By Raya Jalabi and Ulf LaessingSOUTH OF MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities are holding 1,400 foreign wives and children of suspected Islamic State fighters after government forces expelled the jihadist group from one of its last remaining strongholds in Iraq, security and aid officials said.Most came from Turkey.The wives and children are being held at an Iraqi camp south of Mosul.
  
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• Thousands of homes wrecked by huge Mexican quake, death toll at 90

  10-09-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  A massive earthquake off southern Mexico on Thursday night that killed at least 90 people damaged tens of thousands of homes and afflicted upwards of two million people in the poorer south, state officials said, as more details of the disaster emerged.The 8.1 magnitude quake off the coast of Chiapas state was stronger than a 1985 temblor that flattened swathes of Mexico City and killed thousands.Late on Saturday, authorities in the southern state of Oaxaca said there were 71 confirmed fatalities
  
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• 'Anti-Semitic' robbers target Jewish family near Paris

  10-09-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  A Jewish family was beaten, held hostage and robbed in their home near Paris because of their religion, French authorities and anti-hate groups said Sunday.Three attackers burst into the house in the Paris suburb of Livry-Gargan late Thursday, cut off the electricity and confined three members of a Jewish family, beating them and threatening to kill them, until one of them managed to escape and alert the police, said anti-Semitism watchdog BNVCA.One of the victims was Roger Pinto, the 78-year-ol
  
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• Report: Minnesota student left to join IS group in 2015

  10-09-2017 21:39 via yahoo.com
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A suburban Minneapolis college student left his family while on vacation in Morocco two years ago and joined the Islamic State group in Syria, according to newly unsealed court files.
  
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• On Hurricane Bay, a Florida fisherman tries to ride out the storm

  10-09-2017 21:20 via yahoo.com
  By Robin Respaut and Brian ThevenotFORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - As the winds started to roar in Hurricane Bay, P.J. Pike jumped from a high dock down to his fishing boat and began lashing ropes to the mast.The lines extended to anything solid nearby – dock posts, a palm tree, the Captain Tony’s Fishing Adventures sign – to anchor what would soon be his shelter for Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the Florida coastline.While newscasters and Flori
  
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• 305 Syrian migrants reach Cyprus; 313 are stopped in Turkey

  10-09-2017 21:19 via yahoo.com
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus police arrested a 36-year-old man Sunday for allegedly driving one of two boats that brought 305 Syrian refugees to the Mediterranean island's northwestern coast.
  
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• Ex-Husband of Texas Mom Who Went Missing Before Hurricane Harvey Charged with Murder

  10-09-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  The ex-husband of a mom in Texas has been charged with her murder after she went missing the day before Hurricane Harvey
  
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• Are Alligators A Threat To Floridians During Irma?

  10-09-2017 20:56 via yahoo.com
  Alligators are safe and sound during Irma, at least at one Florida wildlife reserve that thousands of reptiles call home.
  
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• Chubby Labradors are 'genetically hungry', say scientists

  10-09-2017 20:54 via yahoo.com
  Labradors are Britain’s most popular dogs for the very good reasons that they are friendly, loyal and easy to train. But as most owners soon realise, there is a downside - they are rather too fond of their food and are prone to getting fat. However, scientists have now said owners should stop automatically blaming themselves if their beloved pet becomes a little portly, because, for many of them at least, it is all in the genes. This is a common genetic variant in Labradors and has a  
  
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• 'Heroic' Italian man drowns with three of his family, after saving three-year-old granddaughter from floodwaters in Tuscany 

  10-09-2017 20:50 via yahoo.com
  A 'heroic' Italian man who saved his three-year-old granddaughter from a flooded basement apartment before drowning while trying desperately to save the rest of his family was among at least seven people killed as a violent storm lashed Tuscany on Sunday. Roberto Ramacciotti, 65, lived in a separate flat above his grandchildren and their parents, Simone and Glenda Ramacciotti, in an apartment block in the viale Nazario Sauro near the station in the port city of Leghorn (Livorno). After waking du
  
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• Russian strikes kill 34 civilians in Syria's Deir Ezzor: monitor

  10-09-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  Russian air strikes Sunday killed 34 civilians on ferries fleeing violence in Syria's eastern province of Deir Ezzor, where jihadists face separate assaults by US-backed forces and Russian-backed government troops, a monitor said.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor initially reported 21 deaths but later raised the toll to 34, saying that "more bodies have been found in the river" Euphrates.Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said nine children were among those killed fle
  
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• Georgia Man Holds Cookout For Florida Evacuees Near Highway: 'It Was Beautiful'

  10-09-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  He and the community fed around 2,000 people.
  
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• Girl, 6, Opens Lemonade Stand to Help Pay Off Her Classmates' Lunch Debt

  10-09-2017 20:27 via yahoo.com
  "Every kid at school needs lunch, so that's my way of helping," 6-year-old Amiah told InsideEdition.com.
  
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• Florida Deputy Aiding Storm Shelter Killed In Crash With Prison Officer, Who Also Died

  10-09-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  A Florida sheriff’s deputy was helping supply an evacuation shelter ahead of Hurricane Irma’s landfall Sunday morning the vehicle she was driving crashed into one driven by a state prison employee, killing them both, according to local reports.
  
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• 7 Things You Need To Do With Your Food When You Lose Power

  10-09-2017 20:17 via yahoo.com
  Follow these tips before and after the power goes out.
  
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• Pope injures head in Popemobile during Colombia procession

  10-09-2017 20:11 via yahoo.com
  Pope Francis got a cut on his brow and blood on his white cape Sunday when he bumped into the window of his Popemobile while waving to admirers in Colombia.Francis, 80, was standing up in the specially designed vehicle during a procession through the Caribbean city of Cartagena when the vehicle braked sharply.Francis was in Cartagena on the last day of a four-city Colombian tour.
  
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• Wife of detained Taiwanese activist arrives in China

  10-09-2017 20:03 via yahoo.com
  The wife of a Taiwanese rights activist being held in China arrived in the mainland Sunday on the eve of his trial in a case that has further soured cross-strait relations.Lee Ching-yu, wife of NGO worker Lee Ming-cheh who has been held incommunicado in China for more than 170 days, left for Shanghai around noon to connect to a flight to the central province of Hunan where her husband's trial will be held."We landed and are on our way to our hotel in Yueyang city," Xiao Yimin, a Taiwanese legal
  
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• Is Destiny 2 Bungie's Big Comeback? - Reboot 13.5

  10-09-2017 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  With Destiny 2, Bungie could be taking a major step in the right direction for fans of Marathon, Halo, and shooters in general.
  
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• For Florida's low-lying Naples, surging seas pose deadly threat

  10-09-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  Even more than the fierce winds whipping tall palm trees and threatening to rip roofs from houses, the beach resort of Naples in southwestern Florida was bracing Sunday for what could be a deadly rise in sea levels.Authorities say powerful Hurricane Irma could send waters surging 10 to 15 feet (three to 4.5 meters) above normal levels along the shoreline, putting low-lying Naples -- one of the richest communities in the US -- at grave risk.The scene from a storm-battered beach in Naples just hou
  
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• Heavy rains, floods hit Italy; at least 6 dead in Tuscany

  10-09-2017 19:43 via yahoo.com
  Torrential rain in Italy triggered flooding that killed at least six people Sunday in the Tuscan port of Leghorn, including a family of four who were trapped by rising water in a basement. Two persons were reported missing.
  
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• Tampa mayor on Irma: 'We are going to get our glimpse of what the wrath of Mother Nature looks like'

  10-09-2017 19:40 via yahoo.com
  Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn talks with George Stephanopoulos about Hurricane Irma's impact on his city.
  
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• Americans on St. Maarten tell of Irma's devastation: 'It looked like a war zone'

  10-09-2017 19:31 via yahoo.com
  ABC News' Linzie Janis talks to Americans on St. Maarten about Hurricane Irma's devastation.
  
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• Mom of 2 Who Disappeared Before Hurricane Harvey Found Dead, Ex-Husband Arrested

  10-09-2017 19:27 via yahoo.com
  Her ex-husband has been charged with murder.
  
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• Hillary Clinton: Trump inaugural speech was 'cry from the white nationalist gut'

  10-09-2017 19:27 via yahoo.com
  Hillary Clinton speaks during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St Louis on 9 October 2016.Hillary Clinton on Sunday called Donald Trump’s inaugural speech as president “a cry from the white nationalist gut”.Clinton was speaking in her first televised interview since her stunning defeat in the election in November, two days ahead of the publication of What Happened, her book about her defeat.
  
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• The Latest: Aftershocks keep hitting quake-stung Mexico town

  10-09-2017 19:26 via yahoo.com
  JUCHITAN, Mexico (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of Mexico's magnitude 8.1 earthquake (all times local):
  
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• How hard is Irma hitting Miami? Cuban coffee 1 way to tell

  10-09-2017 19:21 via yahoo.com
  MIAMI (AP) — To gauge Hurricane Irma's impact on Miami, some won't be watching just weather reports; they'll be tracking Cuban coffee consumption.
  
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• Bristol's drug cocktail cuts kidney cancer death risk 37 percent

  10-09-2017 19:21 via yahoo.com
  By Ben HirschlerMADRID (Reuters) - A combination of two Bristol-Myers Squibb immunotherapy drugs cut the risk of death by 37 percent in a key group of kidney cancer patients, data from a closely watched clinical trial showed on Sunday.In August, Bristol-Myers reported Opdivo and Yervoy failed to significantly outperform standard care in checking cancer progression, although there was a trend toward benefit.
  
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• Destiny 2: All The Reviews, Guides, And Tips You Need To Know At Release

  10-09-2017 19:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Bungie's highly anticipated shooter Destiny 2 is finally here, and we'll have lots of coverage in the days and weeks ahead. For now, we're collecting all the big details to know about, including our review in progress, recent news stories, and other key particulars. You can keep checking back with this story as we learn more about the shooter.Editor Kallie Plagge spent 20 hours playing Destiny 2 and came away feeling generally impressed and eager to keep playing. She is starting again now that t
  
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• Couple trapped in rat infested room on lawless island wrecked by Irma have been 'abandoned by the British Government'

  10-09-2017 19:17 via yahoo.com
  A British couple have been hiding in a rat infested bathroom with no water for five days as the Caribbean island they were living on descends into lawlessness in the wake of Hurricane Irma, their family have said.  Jos Smart, 26, and his girlfriend Julia Taylor, 30, say they have been abandoned by the British Government and are too afraid to leave the half destroyed hotel that they found refuge in amid reports of looting and violence.  The Category  5 storm hit the island on
  
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• Pope sports bruised eye after bumping his head in the popemobile

  10-09-2017 19:16 via yahoo.com
  Pope Francis lost his balance while riding in the popemobile through a crowd in Cartagena, Colombia, on Sunday, bruising his left cheekbone and eyelid, but he was not seriously hurt. The Vatican said he received ice treatment and was fine to continue on his trip. Video images showed the pope hitting the left side of his face against a vertical bar of the popemobile, a specially designed open-top vehicle that allows the pontiff to stand and greet the faithful as his motor
  
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• Over 1 million people without power in Miami

  10-09-2017 19:04 via yahoo.com
  As Hurricane Irma continues to gain momentum, more and more residents are feeling its damaging effects.
  
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• Evacuees face a desperate plight at Florida shelters as Irma strikes

  10-09-2017 18:57 via yahoo.com
  Mary Della Ratta, 94, sits in shelter after evacuating her home with the help of police ahead of Hurricane Irma in Naples, Florida Sunday.As Hurricane Irma made its final advance on Naples, a metropolitan area of about 320,000 people on the west coast of Florida, the impact of the storm could already be seen – though much more was on its way.Irma had slowed, delaying its terrifying impact on towns and cities up and down the Gulf coast.
  
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• Storm conditions fluid in Fort Myers, Florida

  10-09-2017 18:44 via yahoo.com
  Mayor Randall Henderson updates on conditions while ABC News' Tom Llamas reports from the ground in Fort Myers.
  
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• 1st damage assessments of Florida Keys

  10-09-2017 18:35 via yahoo.com
  NWS meteorologist Bill South speaks with ABC News' chief anchor George Stephanopoulos about conditions in the Florida Keys.
  
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• How SpaceX Got Its Rockets Ready for Hurricane Irma

  10-09-2017 18:33 via yahoo.com
  A SpaceX team is hunkered down for the hurricane.
  
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• Canada deported hundreds to war-torn countries: government data

  10-09-2017 18:33 via yahoo.com
  By Anna Mehler PapernyTORONTO (Reuters) - Canada has deported hundreds of people to countries designated too dangerous for civilians, with more than half of those people being sent back to Iraq, according to government data obtained by Reuters.The spike in deportations comes as Canada faces a record number of migrants and is on track to have the most refugee claims in more than a decade.Between January 2014 and Sept. 6, 2017, Canada sent 249 people to 11 countries for which the government had su
  
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• John F. Kennedy's Granddaughter Gets Married

  10-09-2017 18:23 via yahoo.com
  Almost 64 years after John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy tied the knot, their granddaughter became the first of their three grandchildren to say "I do"
  
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• Hillary Clinton Rules Out Seeking Office Again, But Remains Committed To Public Service

  10-09-2017 18:16 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Hillary Clinton on Sunday declared the end of her career as “an active politician,” but she she will remain involved in the political fray through other means.
  
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• The Faces of Hurricane Irma

  10-09-2017 17:56 via yahoo.com
  Across the Caribbean and in Florida, victims found themselves in the long path of a historic storm, forever connected by what they’ve endured.
  
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• Taking charge in U.S. flood zone, a rescuer inflates his record

  10-09-2017 17:48 via yahoo.com
  By Emily FlitterHOUSTON (Reuters) - Phil Drager commanded a fleet of rescue boats, closed a highway, and flagged down a helicopter when he led efforts to rescue flood victims in Texas as waters rose after Hurricane Harvey, citing as his credentials a record in U.S. military special operations.Drager was born Phil Jason Haberman but said he uses an assumed name for personal reasons.
  
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• Irma: Tampa Bay Empties Out Ahead of Huge Storm Surge

  10-09-2017 17:48 via yahoo.com
  On Sunday, Tampa Bay and other bays and canals up and down the Gulf coast emptied out — a rare phenomenon that typically precedes a massive storm surge.
  
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• U.S. Senator McCain says facing 'very vicious form of cancer'

  10-09-2017 17:46 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Senator John McCain, who recently returned to Washington after treatment for brain cancer, said on Sunday the disease is vicious but that the treatment is going well and he has more energy than before."This is a very vicious form of cancer that I'm facing," McCain, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2008, told CNN's "State of the Union" program.The 80-year-old Arizona senator was found to have an aggressive form of brain tumor, glioblastoma, after surgery in July for a blo
  
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• Hurricane Irma batters Florida Keys

  10-09-2017 17:42 via yahoo.com
  Monroe County Administrator Roman Gastesi gives an update on Hurricane Irma's impact from the upper Florida Keys.
  
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• Winds intensify in Miami as Hurricane Irma nears

  10-09-2017 17:41 via yahoo.com
  ABC News' Gio Benitez reports from Miami, FL as Hurricane Irma nears.
  
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• North Korea's Kim Jong Un fetes nuclear scientists, holds celebration bash

  10-09-2017 17:33 via yahoo.com
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hosted a massive celebration to congratulate his nuclear scientists and technicians who steered the country's sixth and largest nuclear test a week ago, its official news agency said on Sunday.
  
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