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• Las Vegas woman charged with gunning down 3 roommates

  23-12-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas woman is facing multiple murder charges Saturday in the shooting deaths of her three roommates, who lived in what authorities described as a "problem house."
  
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• Deputies Fatally Shoot 6-Year-Old In His Home While Firing At Suspect

  23-12-2017 23:07 via yahoo.com
  A Texas community is grappling with the death of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in his home Thursday as sheriff’s deputies shot at a woman they were chasing outside.
  
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• White House Denies Report That Trump Said Haitian Immigrants 'All Have AIDS'

  23-12-2017 22:55 via yahoo.com
  The White House has denied a new bombshell report from The New York Times in which sources said President Donald Trump referred to Haitian immigrants as all having AIDS and that Nigerian immigrants would never “go back to their huts” after seeing the United States.
  
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• US plans to sell weapons to Ukraine could 'derail peace process', says Russia

  23-12-2017 22:25 via yahoo.com
  Russian officials have warned that the US decision to supply weapons to Ukraine is dangerous and could encourage to use force in the easter portion of the country.The American State Department announced that it would begin supplying Ukraine with “enhanced defensive capabilities” as it battles with Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, prompting the Russian officials to say that the decision could “force” a conflict in the region.Franz Klintsevich, a member of the
  
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• South Sudan cease-fire begins in attempt to calm civil war

  23-12-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A cease-fire by South Sudan's warring sides began just after midnight Sunday amid concerns over whether this latest attempt at peace will hold.
  
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• Family Wants Justice for 6-Year-Old Killed During Police Chase

  23-12-2017 22:11 via yahoo.com
  He was shot while in his mobile home.
  
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• Evicted Zimbabwe white farmer handed back his land

  23-12-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  Robert Smart, 71, was thrown off his tobacco and corn farm in eastern Zimbabwe in June as part of chaotic and often violent land grabs led by ex-president Robert Mugabe's government.Smart told AFP he and his family were evicted at gunpoint "with whatever we had on our backs at the moment" to make way for a cleric close to Mugabe.The government of his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa in early December ordered people illegally occupying formerly white-owned commercial farms to vacate.
  
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• In new harassment case, edgy media firm Vice says it has fired three

  23-12-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  Youth-oriented news company Vice Media acknowledged Saturday that it had allowed a "detrimental 'boy's club' culture" to flourish and had failed to protect women employees from harassment.A statement from Vice said three employees had been dismissed after "multiple instances of unacceptable behavior" emerged.The New York Times said Saturday that in an in-depth examination of the company's culture, it had uncovered four settlements against Vice employees for harassment or defamation.
  
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• Moscow: U.S. arms may spur use of force by Kiev in eastern Ukraine

  23-12-2017 21:52 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. decision to supply weapons to Ukraine is dangerous as it will encourage Kiev to use force in eastern Ukraine, Russian officials said on Saturday.The U.S. State Department said on Friday the United States would provide Ukraine with "enhanced defensive capabilities"as Kiev battles Russian-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Facebook on Saturday the weapons would be used to protect Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.
  
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• Miss America CEO Sam Haskell Resigns Amid Offensive Email Scandal

  23-12-2017 21:24 via yahoo.com
  He was initially suspended by the organization
  
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• Elderly couple's plan to give weed for Christmas thwarted by Nebraska cops

  23-12-2017 21:22 via yahoo.com
  Patrick Jiron, 83, and his wife Barbara, 80, of Clearlake Oaks, California, were both cited on charges of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver after police smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from their vehicle during a traffic stop on Tuesday, the York County Sheriff's Office said in a press release.A number of U.S. states have legalized marijuana, but Nebraska is not one of them.
  
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• US envoy apologizes after being caught out for 'fake news' jibe

  23-12-2017 20:59 via yahoo.com
  The new US ambassador to the Netherlands apologized Saturday after denying he once said the country was in "chaos" because of Muslims and accusing an interviewer of peddling "fake news," only to be caught out by Dutch television in a bizarre exchange.Pete Hoekstra, who starts as ambassador to The Hague next month, made the blunder while being questioned by a journalist from Dutch broadcaster NOS over remarks made at a 2015 conference.When the reporter challenged him about referring at that event
  
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• Matt Damon's Father Dead At 74

  23-12-2017 20:59 via yahoo.com
  Kent Damon, father of actor Matt Damon, has died at the age of 74
  
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• Philippines storm leaves 182 dead and tens of thousands displaced

  23-12-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  Tens of thousands have been forced from their homes by a tropical storm that battered the southern Philippines leaving at least 182 dead, police and aid agencies said Sunday.Tropical Storm Tembin, which triggered flash floods and mudslides as it lashed the nation's second-largest island of Mindanao, has displaced more than 70,000 people, said the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)."People left everything behind when they fled for their lives," the IFRC's Phil
  
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• Assad 'considering evacuation' of children with cancer from Eastern Ghouta 

  23-12-2017 20:48 via yahoo.com
  Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, is reportedly considering a plea from a charity to move seven children suffering from cancer out of a war zone. Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, a British adviser to the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organisations (UOSSM), told the BBC it had requested an evacuation of the children from eastern Ghouta. The suburb of Damascus, home to 400,000 civilians, has been under siege by Assad's forces for four years. It had been indicated by Assad's private officer that a
  
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• An Indiana Mom Accused a Mall Santa of Spanking Her Son. Now Santa Is Threatening to Sue

  23-12-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  The accusations have sparked controversy
  
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• Sofia Richie and Scott Disick Kick Off Their Christmas Weekend Together

  23-12-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  Scott Disick and Sofia Richie kicked off their Christmas weekend together
  
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• Mosul's morgue men endured worst of Islamic State butchery

  23-12-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The young man ended up on the morgue's examining table in two parts.
  
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• London Zoo fire: 1 aardvark dead, 4 meerkats presumed dead

  23-12-2017 19:45 via yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — Firefighters and zookeepers rushed to help as a blaze broke out at the London Zoo on Saturday morning, but they were unable to save an aardvark named Misha and four meerkats.
  
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• Coptic diocese says hundreds attack church in Egypt

  23-12-2017 19:20 via yahoo.com
  CAIRO (AP) — Hundreds of Muslim demonstrators attacked an unlicensed church south of Cairo wounding three people, an Egyptian Coptic Christian diocese said on Saturday, in the latest assault on members of the country's Christian minority.
  
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• Beginner's Guides For 2017's Biggest Games: PUBG, Destiny 2, Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, And More

  23-12-2017 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  There was no shortage of amazing games this year, with many offering hundreds of hours worth of content to dive into. But as it goes with all large-scale, mechanically complex adventures, there's often a learning curve you need to get adjusted to. You need only look at games, like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Divinity: Original Sin II, and Destiny 2, which are all games that offer a multitude systems and mechanics that you might not get all at once. With so many of this year's bigges
  
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• McCandless, first astronaut to fly untethered, dies at age 80

  23-12-2017 18:58 via yahoo.com
  Bruce McCandless, an astronaut who was the first to fly untethered from his spacecraft in a gripping scene watched around the world, has died at the age of 80, NASA announced on its website.The US space agency did not give the cause of death on Thursday for the longtime resident of the western state of Colorado.The son and grandson of decorated war heroes, he graduated near the top of his class at the US Naval Academy.
  
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• U.S. Ambassador to Netherlands Apologizes After Bizarre 'Fake News' Exchange

  23-12-2017 18:44 via yahoo.com
  He criticized a Dutch journalist for "fake news," then denied saying the words "fake news."
  
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• Macedonia ready to give up claims on Alexander the Great

  23-12-2017 18:34 via yahoo.com
  SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Macedonia's left-wing prime minister said he is ready to renounce his country's claim to be the sole heirs of the legacy of Alexander the Great to help solve a 26-year-old dispute with neighboring Greece over the country's name.
  
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• FBI Thwarts ISIS-Inspired Terror Attack Planned For Christmas: Report

  23-12-2017 18:28 via yahoo.com
  The attack was to take place in San Francisco.
  
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• Ukraine grateful for US weapons, Russia voices outrage

  23-12-2017 18:25 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine's president on Saturday thanked the U.S. for its decision to provide his nation with lethal weapons, while Russian diplomats and lawmakers expressed dismay, warning that it will only fuel hostilities in eastern Ukraine.
  
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• Turns Out That Carrie Fisher Wrote Some Of Her Best Lines In 'The Last Jedi'

  23-12-2017 18:19 via yahoo.com
  Help us make “Star Wars” funnier, Carrie Fisher, you’re our only hope.
  
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• Never Stop Sneakin' Is The Metal Gear Parody You Always Wanted

  23-12-2017 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Never Stop Sneakin' isn't a game that's shy about showing its influences. If anything, it wants you to know right from the title screen--with a fully voiced, self-referential theme song blaring in the background--that you're in for a parody of Hideo Kojima's absurdly over-the-top, yet narratively earnest Metal Gear Solid. Out now on the Nintendo Switch, Humble Hearts' Never Stop Sneakin' (the same team behind Dust: An Elysian Tail) goes a lot further than you'd expect with its bizarre but loving
  
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• Russia warns US decision to arm Ukraine encourages 'new bloodshed'

  23-12-2017 17:52 via yahoo.com
  Moscow warned Saturday that Washington was encouraging "new bloodshed" in eastern Ukraine by its decision to provide the ex-Soviet nation with lethal weapons, while Kiev expressed the hope arms supplies could help contain Russia.The stern Moscow warning came after a new ceasefire deal between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels went into effect from midnight Saturday ahead of the New Year and Orthodox Christmas holidays.
  
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• The Latest: Russia attacks US decision to arm Ukraine

  23-12-2017 17:39 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. decision to supply arms to the Ukrainian military (all times local):
  
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• The Last Known Dancing Bears Of Nepal Have Been Rescued

  23-12-2017 17:29 via yahoo.com
  The last two known bears forced to dance for spectators in Nepal have been rescued.
  
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• London Zoo Staff Are Still Searching for 4 Meerkats After a Fire Broke Out

  23-12-2017 17:12 via yahoo.com
  Zoo officials say a fire left one aardvark dead and four meerkats missing.
  
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• This woman was taken off life support to die -- and lived

  23-12-2017 17:10 via yahoo.com
  Sheila Lewis was in a coma for six weeks and was totally unresponsive on life support. Her family brought her home to die, but instead she woke up and recovered.
  
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• SpaceX launch lights up the night sky

  23-12-2017 17:08 via yahoo.com
  The launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket created a shining, billowing streak that was widely seen throughout Southern California and as far away as Phoenix, and had some wondering if they’d just seen a UFO.
  
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• At least 150 killed in Philippines tropical storm

  23-12-2017 17:07 via yahoo.com
  Tropical Storm Tembin is still sweeping across the Philippines, triggering flash floods and rescue efforts have been hampered by roads that are blocked or simply washed away.
  
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• Investigators searching for clues in Pennsylvania shooting rampage

  23-12-2017 17:06 via yahoo.com
  Officials say 51-year-old Ahmed Aminamin El-Mofty took on state, local and capitol police officers on Friday, moving through Harrisburg on a shooting spree.
  
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• Department of Homeland Security could separate immigrant families illegally crossing the border

  23-12-2017 17:06 via yahoo.com
  The Department of Homeland Security is considering a new measure that would send immigrant children to one detention center and their parents to another while they wait to see if they’ll be admitted into the U.S. as refugees, or sent back home.
  
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• High School Students Gift Custodian With New Pair of Work Boots For Christmas

  23-12-2017 16:45 via yahoo.com
  Several students pitched in for the purchase.
  
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• US Defense Secretary says ‘storm clouds are gathering’ over Korean Peninsula

  23-12-2017 16:37 via yahoo.com
  Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has urged American soldiers to be ready for anything, saying that “storm clouds are gathering” over the Korean Peninsula.Mr Mattis stopped short of forecasting any real armed conflict between the United States and North Korea, but emphasised that diplomacy with the rogue regime in Pyongyang is best backed up with the clear threat that American military might is at the ready.“My fine young soldiers, the only way our diplomats can speak with authority
  
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• Three Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir border firing

  23-12-2017 16:16 via yahoo.com
  Three Indian soldiers were killed in Kashmir along the unofficial border with Pakistan Saturday, Indian police said, in the latest skirmish between the bitter rivals in the disputed Himalayan territory.The soldiers were killed in the Rajouri sector of Indian-administered Kashmir after Pakistani troops started firing across the border, said Shesh Paul Vaid, the director general of police in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
  
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• ‘Squinty Eyes’ Reference Made At Mayor Ed Lee's Memorial Causes A Stir

  23-12-2017 16:10 via yahoo.com
  Members of San Francisco’s Chinese-American community have voiced their displeasure after a public official made a racially insensitive remark during the memorial service for the city’s Mayor Ed Lee held last Sunday.
  
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• Mosul's morgue men bear witness to Islamic State atrocities

  23-12-2017 16:03 via yahoo.com
  MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The young man ended up on the morgue's examining table in two parts.
  
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• Apparently, Little Kids Think Birthday Parties Cause Aging

  23-12-2017 16:01 via yahoo.com
  Whether they’re flashy North West-style blowouts or more modest sheet cake-and-balloons affairs, birthday parties are a major ritual for many kids around the world.
  
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• Gaza zookeeper puts lion cubs up for sale

  23-12-2017 15:26 via yahoo.com
  The owner of a private zoo in the impoverished Gaza Strip has put three lion cubs up for sale, saying he can no longer afford to feed them.Mohammad Ahmad Jumaa took to social media to advertise the animals at 3,500 Jordanian dinars ($5,000) each."Because of the bad economic situation and the difficulty of finding food and drink (for the animals), I was forced to put up for sale three cubs born around a month ago," he said.
  
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• Google's Santa Tracker Will Let You Follow His Deliveries All Over the World

  23-12-2017 15:00 via yahoo.com
  You can see when he's coming to town
  
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• Students Give The Best Christmas Gift To Custodian Who Goes 'Above And Beyond'

  23-12-2017 14:44 via yahoo.com
  Christmas came a few days early for one dedicated high school custodian supervisor in Michigan.
  
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• Zimbabwe's ex-army chief Chiwenga named ruling party VP

  23-12-2017 14:30 via yahoo.com
  Zimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday named the former army chief who led a coup that ended Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule, as one of his two deputies in the ruling party, the presidency said.Chiwenga retired this week, slightly over a month after the military temporarily took control of the country on November 15 as internal feuding escalated inZANU-PF over then president Mugabe’s succession.
  
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• Myanmar to grant families access to two Reuters journalists after remand period expires: media

  23-12-2017 14:24 via yahoo.com
  Two Reuters journalists detained in Myanmar will be allowed to meet their families once their first 14-day period of remand expires, according to local media reports.Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been in detention for 11 days in an undisclosed location and have had no access to their families, lawyers or colleagues.The authorities are investigating whether they violated the country's colonial-era Official Secrets Act, which has a maximum prison sentence of 14 years.
  
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• Report: In 2018, Global Defense Spending Will Reach Highest Level Since Cold War

  23-12-2017 14:03 via yahoo.com
  Global defense spending in 2018 is expected to reach the highest levels recorded since the end of the Cold War.The $1.67 trillion would be a 3.3 percent increase over 2017 levels, the highest year-on-year growth in over a decade.In revealing IHS Jane’s forecasts, Fenella McGerty, a principal analyst at the company, said: “The increase in defense spending reflects improving economic conditions around the world, coupled with a response to continuing instability in a number of key regio
  
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• Democrats Are Attacking The GOP For Its Hypocrisy On Deficits. That Might Be A Mistake.

  23-12-2017 14:01 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Republicans ran against the rising national debt in the 2010 midterm elections, and it worked.
  
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