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• Netflix's Riverdale Spin-Off The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina Gets October Premiere

  29-07-2018 23:42 via gamespot.com
  
  At long last, a premiere date has been revealed for The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, the Riverdale sister series coming to Netflix. As revealed at the TCA press tour, the first season of Sabrina will bow on October 26, just in time for Halloween. The streaming service previously ordered two seasons.The news was delivered by an army of blonde witches, handing out bloody red candied apples and chanting, "Something wicked this way comes," as the lights went out. Then the lights came back, the wi
  
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• HHS Official Ximena Barreto Resigns After Scandal Over Anti-Muslim Comments

  29-07-2018 23:37 via yahoo.com
  A Department of Health and Human Services official who shared bigoted memes
  
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• California wildfires: Six dead and tens of thousands forced to flee homes

  29-07-2018 23:35 via yahoo.com
  Firefighters are rushing against uncertain weather forecasts to contain a multitude of wildfires in northern California that have already claimed the lives of at least six people and forced 50,000 to flee their homes.With hot, dry conditions and high winds fuelling the blazes, 12,000 firefighters have been drafted in to try to contain 17 wildfires that have destroyed buildings in its path – including the home of a fire chief.As those firefighters continued to fight the blaze, families of t
  
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• NY Times publisher tells Trump anti-press attacks 'dangerous and harmful'

  29-07-2018 22:56 via yahoo.com
  The president's meeting with Sulzberger took place July 20, following a request from the White House for what appeared to be a routine get-to-know-you session.The meeting, which also included Times editorial page editor James Bennet, had remained secret at the White House's request, according to Sulzberger, until Trump tweeted about it early Sunday."Had a very good and interesting meeting at the White House with A.G. Sulzberger," Trump said.
  
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• Pakistan opposition party calls for investigation of election 'rigging'

  29-07-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  By Mubasher BukhariLAHORE (Reuters) - Pakistan's main opposition party called on Sunday for a judicial investigation into what it said was rigging at an election this week that it lost.During the campaign, Sharif said the military had influenced the judiciary to deny him a second term.
  
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• In Rare Interview, Charles Koch Suggests Political Spending May Dip

  29-07-2018 22:22 via yahoo.com
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. ― Charles Koch, the libertarian megadonor who leads a
  
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• 'Erratic' winds, dry conditions fuel deadly California fires

  29-07-2018 22:07 via yahoo.com
  Around 12,000 firefighters battled Sunday to contain wildfires in California that have killed six people -- but authorities warned "erratic" winds and dry conditions have caused the flames to grow and spread."Very hot and dry conditions will continue over the West coast states through Sunday," the National Weather Service said early Sunday.
  
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• Rudy Giuliani Mysteriously Tweets 'You' -- So Twitter Users Hilariously Fill In The Blank

  29-07-2018 21:57 via yahoo.com
  Rudy Giuliani tweeted the word "you" with zero explanation on Sunday, and
  
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• Terrifying first-person footage shows just how devastating the wildfires in Greece are

  29-07-2018 21:50 via yahoo.com
  First-person footage of flames engulfing a neighborhood shows just how devastating the wildfires in Greece are.  A man trying to save his friend's cat caught the wildfire on video as it burned through the trees surrounding his home. Within the video's short span of time, just three-and-a-half minutes, the fire approaches and starts to consume the house. SEE ALSO: Devastating photos show the impact of deadly wildfires in Athens According to an English-language version of a local paper, theCy
  
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• After prison release, Palestinian teen considers law study

  29-07-2018 21:46 via yahoo.com
  NABI SALEH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi, who became an international symbol of resistance to Israeli occupation after slapping two soldiers, walked out of an Israeli prison Sunday and told throngs of journalists and well-wishers that she now wants to study law to defend her people.
  
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• Israel releases Italians who painted mural of Palestinian teen

  29-07-2018 21:29 via yahoo.com
  Israeli police on Sunday freed two Italians arrested for painting a giant mural of a Palestinian teenager seen as a symbol of resistance on the separation wall in the occupied West Bank, Italian and Israeli authorities said."The two Italians suspected of vandalising the security fence in the Bethlehem area" have been released, Israeli police said in a statement."But their visas have been cancelled and they must leave Israel within 72 hours... if they fail to comply they will be expelled", the po
  
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• Mugabe hopes his former party will lose Zimbabwe election

  29-07-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe, who was ousted by the military in November, made a surprise intervention Sunday on the eve of key elections, calling for voters to throw his old party out of office.In his first live appearance since being forced to resign by his generals, Mugabe, 94, spoke slowly but appeared in good health sitting in a pagoda in the grounds of "Blue Roof", his sprawling mansion in Harare.In the country's first election since Mugabe was ousted after 37 years in p
  
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• Zimbabwe's Mugabe backs opposition on eve of election

  29-07-2018 21:08 via yahoo.com
  By MacDonald DzirutweHARARE (Reuters) - Former president Robert Mugabe said he would vote for Zimbabwe's opposition in Monday's election, turning on one-time allies in the government ahead of the first vote since they ousted him in a de facto coup.The election will see 75-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a long-time Mugabe ally, face 40-year-old Nelson Chamisa, a lawyer and pastor who is vying to become Zimbabwe's youngest head of state."The choice is clear, you either vote for Mugabe unde
  
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• Greek seaside town remembers lives lost to wildfire

  29-07-2018 20:13 via yahoo.com
  Mourners gathered in a church in the Greek coastal town of Mati on Sunday where they wept and lit candles in memory of those killed when a massive wildfire swept through the popular resort near Athens earlier this week.Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is facing fierce recriminations for the government's response to the fire and has promised a national plan to avoid a repeat of the disaster.Rescue crews are still looking for survivors of the blaze which began last Monday in Mati, 30 km (17 miles) ea
  
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• Three dead in New Orleans after gunmen open fire at busy strip mall

  29-07-2018 20:11 via yahoo.com
  Three people were killed and seven injured when two men opened fire into a large crowd outside a New Orleans strip mall on Saturday.According to the city police chief, Michael Harrison, the pair stood over one person and fired multiple shots before fleeing.
  
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• Deadly California wildfire kills great-grandmother and two children

  29-07-2018 19:51 via yahoo.com
  Grieving relatives described the panicked phone calls they received as fires closed in on their California neighbourhood and their desperate two-day search for an elderly woman and her two great-grandhildren, before discovering they died when flames engulfed their home. The death toll from California’s summer wildfires rose to five at the weekend when fire crews said they had found human remains at a charred home on the outskirts of Redding in the north of the state. More than 38,000 peopl
  
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• Smash Bros. Ultimate Getting GameCube-Style Wired Controllers

  29-07-2018 19:41 via gamespot.com
  
  Third-party peripheral company PDP has announced a series of stylish Nintendo Switch controllers modeled after the classic GameCube button layout, for use with the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The series of three controllers feature different color schemes and emblems to signify some choice characters: red for Mario, blue for Link, and yellow for Pikachu.The button layout is identical to the original GameCube's, with a few minor Switch additions like the Home and Capture button. A detach
  
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• Mike Pence Defends White House Banning CNN Reporter From Press Event

  29-07-2018 19:39 via yahoo.com
  Vice President Mike Pence stood by the White House's decision to ban a CNN
  
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• For Honor's Next Season Will Launch Simultaneously On Xbox One, PS4, And PC

  29-07-2018 19:27 via gamespot.com
  
  For Honor is heading into its seventh season much sooner than you might be expecting. The seasonal update, which is called Storm and Fury, will launch simultaneously on PS4, Xbox One, and PC on August 2.Storm and Fury will introduce a brand new map, some hero reworks, and a ranking system update. And for those of you who appreciate battling in style, the launch of the season will also introduce a permanent 30 percent discount on all battle outfits.The new map is called Secluded Keep. It was once
  
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• Cambodia ruling party claims landslide election win after opposition banned in 'sham' vote

  29-07-2018 19:26 via yahoo.com
  Cambodia's ruling party said it had won a landslide in Sunday's one-horse election, an expected outcome after the main opposition was banned paving the way for leader Hun Sen to prolong his 33 years in power. Hun Sen, who came to power in 1985 in a country still plagued by civil war, has cracked down on dissent in the run-up to this year's poll, pressuring civil society, independent media and political opponents. That left him with little competition and no serious challengers. Cambodian People'
  
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• N.Y. Times publisher implores Trump to stop calling journalists 'enemy of the people'

  29-07-2018 18:24 via yahoo.com
  A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of the New York Times, warned President Trump during a meeting at the White House that his anti-press rhetoric is “contributing to a rise in threats against journalists and will lead to violence.”
  
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• Polar Bear Shot and Killed After Attacking a Cruise Ship Guard

  29-07-2018 18:04 via yahoo.com
  The bear was killed by a ship employee after it attacked a man
  
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• NYT Responds To Trump Tweet About 'Fake News' Meeting With Publisher A.G. Sulzberger

  29-07-2018 17:38 via yahoo.com
  The New York Times hit back at President Donald Trump's tweet Sunday that
  
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• Fox News Host Confronts Rudy Giuliani Over Michael Cohen 'Liar' Flip-Flop

  29-07-2018 17:18 via yahoo.com
  Rudy Giuliani can't get his story straight on Michael Cohen -- and Fox News
  
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• Trump says ‘many’ border crossers use children for ‘their own sinister purposes’

  29-07-2018 16:15 via yahoo.com
  President Trump said many parents crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally are using their children for “their own sinister purposes” and threatened to shut down the government if Congress doesn’t support his wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.
  
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• U.S. Treasury's Mnuchin says he sees at least 3 percent growth for next 4-5 years

  29-07-2018 16:07 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday that he believes the quickening pace of growth in the nation's economy in the second quarter will persist for the next few years. "I don't think this is a one- or two-year phenomenon. I think we definitely are in a period of four or five years of sustained 3 percent growth at least," Mnuchin said in an interview with 'Fox News Sunday.' The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in nearly four years in the second quarter
  
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• 3 Killed, 7 Injured in New Orleans Strip Mall Shooting, Police Say

  29-07-2018 15:27 via yahoo.com
  No suspects have been taken into custody
  
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• Orphaned Fawn Saved From Raging California Wildfire Thanks Officer With a Kiss

  29-07-2018 13:28 via yahoo.com
  The rapidly spreading Carr fire has killed at least 5 outside Redding.
  
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• Coming Soon: North Korea's Nukes Could Go Underwater

  29-07-2018 13:00 via yahoo.com
  As in ballistic missile submarines.
  
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• Polar bear shot dead after attacking cruise ship tour guide as climate change pushes predators closer to human habitats

  29-07-2018 12:10 via yahoo.com
  Norwegian authorities said a polar bear on Saturday attacked and injured a polar bear guard who was leading tourists off a cruise ship on an Arctic archipelago. The polar bear was shot dead by another employee, the cruise company said. The Joint Rescue Coordination for Northern Norway tweeted that the attack occurred when the tourists from the MS Bremen cruise ship landed on the most northern island of the Svalbard archipelago, a region between mainla
  
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• Strong quake kills 14, injures scores, on Indonesia holiday island

  29-07-2018 12:08 via yahoo.com
  A powerful earthquake which struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok on Sunday killed at least 14 people, injured scores and damaged thousands of homes, officials said.Five children were among those killed by the shallow 6.4-magnitude early-morning quake, which sent people running outside in panic and triggered landslides on popular mountain hiking routes.Scores of aftershocks sparked fear among survivors.
  
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• EU trying to 'swindle' UK in Brexit talks: report

  29-07-2018 11:28 via yahoo.com
  Italy's far right deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini has accused the European Union of attempting to "swindle" the United Kingdom out of the Brexit people voted for in the landmark 2016 referendum, The Sunday Times reported."My experience in the European parliament tells me you either impose yourself or they swindle you", Salvini told the weekly as he urged prime minister Theresa May to take a harder stance in negotiations to sever ties with the trading bloc.May and her ministers arescrambling
  
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• At Least 3 Dead, Several Injured In New Orleans Shooting Attack (UPDATED)

  29-07-2018 10:41 via yahoo.com
  UPDATE (July 30, 10:30 a.m.): New Orleans police said Sunday's deadly shooting
  
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• Polar Bear Killed After Attacking Cruise Ship Worker In Arctic

  29-07-2018 09:40 via yahoo.com
  A polar bear was killed on Saturday after it attacked a bear guard leading
  
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• Somalia's president pays rare visit to Eritrea

  29-07-2018 09:19 via yahoo.com
  By Aaron MaashoADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Somalia's president paid a rare visit to Eritrea on Saturday in a sign that Asmara is trying to use the opportunity created by a rapprochement with Ethiopia to improve its regional ties.Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki's decision to invite President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo marks a new chapter for the countries after years of sour relations.Discussions will focus on "regional issues of interest to both countries," Eritrea's information ministry said.
  
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• Zimbabwe rivals promise victory in pitch for votes at final election rallies

  29-07-2018 08:42 via yahoo.com
  By MacDonald DzirutweHARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his rival Nelson Chamisa held final election rallies on Saturday and both vowed to rebuild an economy shattered by Robert Mugabe's long rule.Monday's vote is the first since Mugabe was forced to step down in November after a de facto coup and, as such, is a major national test.The run-up to the presidential and parliamentary election has been peaceful compared to previous polls but there are reports of intimidati
  
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• PS4's PSN Servers Are Down Right Now [Update]

  29-07-2018 02:13 via gamespot.com
  
  PlayStation Network is currently experiencing an outage, resulting in many people being unable to play games online or access other services related to Sony's online network. The PlayStation Network service status page currently states that "some services are experiencing issues." In the list of services experiencing issues account management, gaming and social, PlayStation Video, PlayStation Now, PlayStation Music, and the PlayStation Store are shown as being unavailable. [Update: PSN appears t
  
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• PS4's PSN Servers Are Down Right Now

  29-07-2018 00:51 via gamespot.com
  
  PlayStation Network is currently experiencing an outage, resulting in many people being unable to play games online or access other services related to Sony's online network. The PlayStation Network service status page currently states that "some services are experiencing issues." In the list of services experiencing issues account management, gaming and social, PlayStation Video, PlayStation Now, PlayStation Music, and the PlayStation Store are shown as being unavailable."You may have some diff
  
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• The Craziest SDCC 2018 Moments: Taco Bell, Castle Rock, Star Wars, And More

  29-07-2018 00:45 via gamespot.com
  
  Each year, San Diego Comic-Con means a ton of trailers and clips for new movies are unleashed on fans who gather in Southern California to celebrate the things they love. What's sometimes easy to forget about are the moments that make SDCC special that have nothing to do with exclusive footage or teaser trailers.Each year, with thousands in attendance, there are so many Comic-Con moments that stand out above the rest. Whether it's heartwarming fan moments in panels, certain activations that rai
  
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• Let's Play Resident Evil Code: Veronica Finale - Resident Kinevil

  29-07-2018 00:00 via gamespot.com
  
  On this season's finale of Resident Kinevil, Mike Mahardy (@mmahardy) and Mary Kish (@merrykish) stay late to defeat Alexia and Wesker, and reveal Mary's end-game grade.
  
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