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• The Latest: Border agent injured in Texas dies

  19-11-2017 23:36 via yahoo.com
  VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the death of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in Texas (all times local):
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Responds To Games-As-A-Service Speculation With An Amazing Tweet

  19-11-2017 23:33 via gamespot.com
  
  The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red's upcoming RPG, Cyberpunk 2077, is one of the most anticipated games across the entire industry. Given the new trend towards the games-as-a-service model, some are wondering if the Polish studio's new game will follow suit. That remains to be seen, but now CD Projekt Red has told fans not to worry, as Cyberpunk 2077 will offer "honest gaming" instead of something slimy.In response to this Pretty Good Gaming video in which the hosts speculate on whether or not
  
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• Two months after Hurricane Maria, thousands march in Washington for Puerto Rico

  19-11-2017 23:30 via yahoo.com
  It's been two months since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, leaving the island without power and causing the longest blackout in United States history. Thousands of protesters marched throughout Washington D.C. on Sunday in the "Unity March for Puerto Rico," a show of support for ongoing disaster relief efforts after the U.S. territory was decimated by Maria, a Category 4 storm. SEE ALSO: Trump says Puerto Rico hurricane response was a '10' but these numbers prove otherwise The march, att
  
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• Video Shows New Yorkers Rushing To Free People Trapped Under Scaffolding

  19-11-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  Dozens of New Yorkers jumped into action after a scaffolding collapse in lower Manhattan Sunday morning left several people trapped, but fortunately with only minor injuries.
  
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• Israeli minister reveals covert contacts with Saudi Arabia

  19-11-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  By Jeffrey Heller and Stephen KalinJERUSALEM/RIYADH (Reuters) - An Israeli cabinet minister said on Sunday that Israel has had covert contacts with Saudi Arabia amid common concerns over Iran, a first disclosure by a senior official from either country of long-rumoured secret dealings.The Saudi government had no immediate response to Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz's remarks.A spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also did not respond immediately to a request to comment.
  
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• 10 African Americans named Rhodes scholars, most ever

  19-11-2017 23:15 via yahoo.com
  The latest group of U.S. Rhodes scholars includes 10 African Americans — the most ever in a single Rhodes class — as well as a transgender man and four students from colleges that had never had received the honor before.
  
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• The Latest Fortnite Battle Royale Update Is All About Balance

  19-11-2017 23:02 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite's latest updates its free-to-play mode Battle Royale are here, and all about balance. This latest update has added a brand new weapon, shifted some of the balance on other weapons, and picks up some of the slack on team killers.This update brings in a new version of the SMG, a much more stealthy and quiet version: the silenced SMG. But this isn't the only weapon at attention with these changes. The standard SMG will be improved in terms of damage and magazine size.In additions to balanc
  
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• Kim Davis Denied This Gay Man A Marriage License, And Now He May Run Against Her

  19-11-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk whose steadfast opposition to same-sex marriage made her a darling of Christian conservatives, may draw a re-election opponent next year that again puts her in the national spotlight.
  
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• Democrats Select Candidate To Replace GOP Congressman Who Resigned Over Abortion

  19-11-2017 22:49 via yahoo.com
  Democrats on Sunday picked Conor Lamb to run for the congressional seat vacated by former Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.), who resigned last month after it was revealed that he’d urged a woman he was having an affair with to have an abortion.
  
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• Rainbow Six Siege: Operation White Noise Operators And Map Details Revealed

  19-11-2017 22:32 via gamespot.com
  
  Rainbow Six Siege's Pro Finals are well underway, and with them comes new details about the latest expansion for the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One game. We got our hands on Operation White Noise and tried its new operators and its beautiful new map, Mok Myeok Tower, and you can see all the new gameplay footage in our video above. We're still waiting on a release date, but technical test servers for Operation White Noise go live on November 20.We knew Operation White Noise was bringing a "high-
  
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• Arab League delivers harsh criticism of Iran, little action

  19-11-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  CAIRO (AP) — In a resolution long on criticism but short on concrete steps, Arab foreign ministers who met in Cairo Sunday delivered a tirade of criticism against Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah, saying Tehran was destabilizing the region.
  
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• Former Top Advisers to President Obama and the Clintons Voice Support for Monica Lewinsky

  19-11-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Following multiple sexual misconduct allegations made against high-profile politicians like Roy Moore and Al Franken, former top advisers to President Obama and the Clintons have voiced their support for Monica Lewinsky.
  
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• "International Men's Day" Sees Backlash Despite Good Intentions

  19-11-2017 22:05 via yahoo.com
  Others are genuinely celebrating.
  
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• Hidden Camera Shows Dying WWII Veteran's Gasps For Help Were Ignored

  19-11-2017 22:02 via yahoo.com
  A World War II veteran’s last breaths were among nurses who were secretly filmed laughing and failing to adequately perform CPR or call for help in a timely fashion, a disturbing video shows.
  
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• Turkeys thriving, causing ruckus in San Francisco suburbs

  19-11-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) — Turkeys are traditional for Thanksgiving. But some folks in the San Francisco Bay Area are praying the wild ones will go away.
  
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• Israeli minister: we have secret ties with 'many' Arab states

  19-11-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  An Israeli cabinet minister said on Sunday that Israel had covert ties with "many" Arab and Muslim states but was obliged not to name them at the other sides' request.A rare interview given by the head of Israel's armed forces to a Saudi-owned news site was published on Thursday, further fuelling talk of close links.It followed previous broad hints by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and accusations by Hezbollah that Saudi Arabia was pushing Israel to attack the Lebanese Shiite group.
  
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• Trump lashes out at UCLA basketball players: 'I should have left them in jail'

  19-11-2017 21:51 via yahoo.com
  Trump’s Twitter outburst marks his latest public spat with figures from the sporting world.The US president lashed out at LaVar Ball, the father of one of the arrested players, for questioning how instrumental the president was in resolving the incident.
  
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• Saudi Arabia and Arab allies push for unity against Iran, Hezbollah meddling

  19-11-2017 21:39 via yahoo.com
  By Patrick Markey and Mohamed AbdellahCAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia and other Arab foreign ministers criticized Iran and its Lebanese Shi'ite ally Hezbollah at an emergency meeting in Cairo on Sunday, calling for a united front to counter Iranian interference.Regional tensions have risen in recent weeks between Sunni monarchy Saudi Arabia and Shi'ite Islamist Iran over Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's surprise resignation, and an escalation in Yemen's conflict.
  
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• Disturbing video shows dying WWII vet was neglected in nursing home

  19-11-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  James Dempsey, 89, of Woodstock, Ga., died in 2014 at the Northeast Atlanta Health and Rehabilitation Center. At first it appeared the decorated veteran of World War II had died of natural causes. And then his family watched the footage on a hidden camera they had put in his room.
  
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• Protesters march in solidarity with hurricane-hit Puerto Rico

  19-11-2017 21:21 via yahoo.com
  Protesters marched Sunday in Washington in solidarity with hurricane-hit Puerto Rico, criticizing the lackluster US response to the storm and calling for reform.Demonstrators gathered at the US Capitol with Puerto Rican flags and signs that read "Fight for Puerto Rico," then marched toward the Lincoln Memorial at the other end of the National Mall."We have men and women in Puerto Rico who are suffering.
  
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• 10-Year-Old Delivers Hilarious Speech as Best Man at Dad's Wedding: 'We Go Way Back'

  19-11-2017 21:13 via yahoo.com
  His mom helped him write the speech.
  
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• Saudi, Bahrain target Iran at Arab League meeting

  19-11-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia warned Sunday that it would not stand idly by in the face of Iranian "aggression", as Bahrain said the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement was "in total control" of Lebanon.The foreign ministers of both Gulf states spoke at an extraordinary general meeting of the Arab League at its Cairo headquarters, called by Riyadh.The meeting comes as tensions soar between regional arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran, including over League member Lebanon.
  
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• Donald Trump Says He Should Have Left UCLA Players Jailed In China

  19-11-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday that he shouldn’t have helped orchestrate the release of three college basketball players from a Chinese jail after they were caught shoplifting last week.
  
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• Mugabe agrees to stand down as Zimbabwe president: source

  19-11-2017 20:49 via yahoo.com
  Robert Mugabe agreed on Sunday to resign as Zimbabwe's president hours after the ruling ZANU-PF party fired him as its leader following 37 years in charge, a source familiar with the negotiations said.
  
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• Lebanon's Hariri to visit Egypt on Tuesday: Hariri's office

  19-11-2017 20:48 via yahoo.com
  Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanese prime minister in a televised broadcast from Saudi Arabia on Nov. 4, will visit Egypt on Tuesday to meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Hariri's office said on Sunday.Hariri has since Saturday been in Paris, where he met French President Emmanuel Macron, and has said he will return to Lebanon by Wednesday for its Independence Day celebrations.Lebanese President Michel Aoun has said he will not accept Hariri's resignation until i
  
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• Mom Thanks Nurse and Cop Who Pulled Over To Save Her 6-Week-Old Baby Who Was Choking

  19-11-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  The nurse was on her way to work when she spotted the incident.
  
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• Call Of Duty: The Highs And Lows

  19-11-2017 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  On last week's episode of Reboot, Mike and Jake discussed the many shortcomings of Call of Duty: WWII's campaign. This week, they dig deeper into the franchise, answer viewer questions, and discuss what makes a good World War II game.The gruesome twosome also delves into behind-the-scenes aspects of their process, from forming an argument for each episode of the show, and what it means when their opinion conflicts with those of other GameSpot's staffers. (Hint: It's really not that surprising).T
  
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• Catherine Zeta-Jones Gushes Over Michael Douglas In Anniversary Instagram Post

  19-11-2017 19:46 via yahoo.com
  Catherine Zeta-Jones wished her "best friend" and husband, Michael Douglas, a happy wedding anniversary
  
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• French police officer kills three before committing suicide

  19-11-2017 19:14 via yahoo.com
  A 31-year-old French police officer shot three people dead before turning the gun on himself, in a killing spree sparked by a row with his girlfriend, authorities said Sunday.The Paris officer, Arnaud Martin, finished his shift on Saturday evening and went to meet his girlfriend in Sarcelles, a suburb north of the capital city, to discuss ending their relationship.
  
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• Pieces of once-mighty NY bridge get new life in rural towns

  19-11-2017 19:11 via yahoo.com
  Steel and concrete panels that were once part of a mighty bridge that carried 50 million vehicles a year across the Hudson River north of New York City will find new life spanning streams along sleepy country roads.
  
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• Crush near Morocco's Essaouira kills at least 15 women

  19-11-2017 19:06 via yahoo.com
  At least 15 women were killed and five injured Sunday in a crush as food aid was distributed near the coastal tourist town of Essaouira in western Morocco, authorities and witnesses said.A witness told AFP that hundreds of women had gathered at a village marketplace for a distribution of flour organised annually by a prominent benefactor from the region who lives in the commercial capital, Casablanca."The local authorities on the spot were overwhelmed.
  
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• US serviceman arrested for fatal road accident in Okinawa

  19-11-2017 19:05 via yahoo.com
  A US Marine who tested positive for excess alcohol was arrested in Japan's southern island of Okinawa on Sunday after an elderly local man was killed in a road accident, police said.The 20-year-old was held for alleged negligent driving resulting in death, said Kazuhiko Miyagi, a road traffic officer with Okinawa police.The US Marine Corps confirmed the accident in a statement, expressing "sincere condolences" to the family of the dead man and promising full cooperation with the investigation.
  
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• Elite Royal Navy rescue team sent as possible calls detected from missing Argentine submarine

  19-11-2017 19:05 via yahoo.com
  The Royal Navy has deployed its elite submarine rescue team to join the search for a missing Argentine submarine, after failed satellite calls thought to be from the vessel raised hopes the crew were still alive. HMS Protector also began scouring the South Atlantic as part of the international hunt for the missing vessel, and HMS Clyde was being diverted from South Georgia. Argentine officials said naval bases had detected seven incomplete satellite calls over the weekend attributed to the sub a
  
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• Three Major Alabama Newspapers Urge Voters To 'Reject' Roy Moore

  19-11-2017 18:47 via yahoo.com
  Three of Alabama’s largest newspapers owned by the same company on Sunday urged voters to “stand for decency” and “reject” Alabama Republican Roy Moore in the state’s Dec. 12 Senate special election.
  
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• Defiant Hun Sen tells U.S. to cut all aid to Cambodia

  19-11-2017 18:21 via yahoo.com
  Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen challenged the United States on Sunday to cut all aid after it announced it was ending funding for a general election next year in response to the dissolution of the main opposition party, media reported.
  
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• British publicist Rob Goldstone breaks silence over Trump Tower meeting to deny Russian plot

  19-11-2017 18:20 via yahoo.com
  The British publicist who set up a meeting between senior Trump campaign figures and a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer says he exaggerated an email promising damaging information about Hillary Clinton. Rob Goldstone also said he had accepted invitations to meet federal investigators examining allegations of Russian collusion with Donald Trump’s election team. In an interview with The Sunday Times, he said he was keen to set the record straight about his role in introducing Mr Trump’s s
  
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• Mom Sentenced to 3 Years After Son, 7, Dies From Strep Throat After She Failed to Take Him to Doctor

  19-11-2017 18:15 via yahoo.com
  She said she thought he had a flu or a cold.
  
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• Does Trump Support Roy Moore? White House Official Ducks The Question 15 Times.

  19-11-2017 18:06 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― A top White House official on Sunday avoided answering the question ― 15 times ― as to whether President Donald Trump supports Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by seven women.
  
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• History Of The Sims: How A Major Franchise Evolved From City-Builder To Life-Simulator

  19-11-2017 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Back in 2000, California-based developer Maxis released a game entirely focused on the micromanagement of someone's life, letting players pull their strings to make them do chores, go to work, and make friends. The Sims filled a niche that no one knew existed, becoming both a video game and cultural phenomenon. With the release of The Sims 4 on Xbox One and PS4, as well as the new Pets expansion pack, we thought we'd relive the history of one of the biggest PC franchises of all time.This galler
  
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• Secret Service apprehends attempted White House fence jumper

  19-11-2017 17:36 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. Secret Service says an individual has been taken into custody after attempting to jump a security barrier on the Pennsylvania Avenue side of the White House.
  
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• LaToya Cantrell becomes New Orleans' 1st woman mayor

  19-11-2017 17:14 via yahoo.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — LaToya Cantrell, a City Council member who first gained a political following as she worked to help her hard-hit neighborhood recover from Hurricane Katrina, won a historic election Saturday that made her the first woman mayor of New Orleans.
  
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• Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander, another fighter, killed in Syria: Iranian media

  19-11-2017 17:02 via yahoo.com
  A commander in Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards and a lower-ranking Iranian fighter have been killed fighting Islamic State in Syria in recent days, Iranian media reported on Sunday.The Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s most powerful military force which also oversees an economic empire worth billions of dollars, have been fighting in support of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad for several years.An Iranian official told the Tasnim news agency last year that more than 1,000 Iranians have been k
  
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• Mugabe given until noon Monday to quit as President of Zimbabwe

  19-11-2017 16:53 via yahoo.com
  Zimbabwe's ruling party fired Robert Mugabe as its leader on Sunday and gave the 93-year-old less than 24 hours to quit as head of state or face impeachment, an attempt to force a peaceful end to his 37 years in power after a de facto coup.
  
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• White House intruder: Secret Service arrest man after he tries to jump fence

  19-11-2017 16:50 via yahoo.com
  The US Secret Service has arrested a man after he tried to jump the fence at the White House while Donald Trump is believed to be inside.The Secret Service tweeted at about 8am (1pm UK time) on Sunday that someone tried to jump a row of metal bike racks that are being used to create a second row of fencing outside the executive mansion.Pedestrians were briefly barred from walking in front of the White House during Sunday's incident.
  
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• Argentina says signals detected, likely from missing submarine

  19-11-2017 16:43 via yahoo.com
  Hopes that 44 crew members of a missing Argentine navy submarine may be found alive rose after the defense ministry said the vessel likely tried to communicate via satellite on Saturday as an international search mission was underway in the stormy South Atlantic.
  
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• Shootings by officers, other Kansas cases cloaked in secrecy

  19-11-2017 16:42 via yahoo.com
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Some Kansas police departments do not identify officers involved in fatal shootings, and body camera footage from the incidents may never become public. Records in unsolved criminal cases can remain closed indefinitely, even to victims' families.
  
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• Iran, Russia and Turkey diplomats meet ahead of Syria summit

  19-11-2017 16:41 via yahoo.com
  Top diplomats from Iran, Russia and Turkey met Sunday morning in Antalya to discuss the civil war in Syria ahead of a three-way summit in the Russian city of Sochi on Wednesday.Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran and in the southern Turkish city for the closed-door meeting, an official said.
  
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• Rare white moose saved from hunters in Sweden after police u-turn

  19-11-2017 16:13 via yahoo.com
  A rare white moose’s life has been saved in Sweden after a decision to allow hunters to kill it was overturned. The magnificent moose, named Ferdinand, gained worldwide media attention in August after local politician Hans Nilsson captured him swimming on camera in Värmland, western Sweden. “It was an awesome moment being alone with this incredible animal. Having had that experience, I could not believe that someone would to kill him,” he told The Telegraph.  The
  
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• Nobody Is Really Sure How Obamacare Enrollment Is Going This Year

  19-11-2017 16:06 via yahoo.com
  TAMPA, Florida ― The Affordable Care Act clearly isn’t “dead,” as President Donald Trump declared a month ago.
  
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• Every Superhero Who's Ever Been In The Justice League, Part 1: Adam Strange To Elongated Man

  19-11-2017 16:00 via gamespot.com
  
  While the Justice League in the latest DC movie features just a handful of heroes, the history of the team in the comic books is a lot more complicated. First created in 1960, over the decades it has seen over 150 members in a wide variety of divisions, offshoots, alternate versions, and reimaginings. From Justice Leagues America, Europe, and International to Justice League Dark and Justice League Elite, through the various timelines and reboots of Flashpoint, New 52, and Rebirth, it all gets a
  
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