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• Family of Otto Warmbier awarded $500 million in lawsuit against North Korea

  24-12-2018 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  But the family of Otto Warmbier, who died in 2017 after being imprisoned in North Korea, may have challenges in getting the judgment paid.
  
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• U.S. military tracking Santa despite partial government shutdown

  24-12-2018 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The partial U.S. government shutdown is not preventing the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) from tracking Santa Claus as he embarks on his global trek to deliver Christmas gifts to children across the world, the command said on Monday.A holiday tradition, which allows parents and children to track Santa Claus online on his globe-trotting journey, will continue on Christmas Eve even though NORAD receives funding from the Department of Defense.NORAD, a joint U.S. and Canadian comma
  
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• Election fears dim Christmas cheer in Congo

  24-12-2018 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Last week the opposition accepted the authorities' decision to push the long-anticipated vote back by seven days, but have warned of mass protest and upheaval if there is a further delay.In a Christmas sermon delivered on Monday in the cathedral of Notre Dame du Congo in Kinshasa, Archbishop Fridolin Ambongo said lasting peace depended on the authorities sticking to their electoral promises."To have real peace today in our country we must have elections on the set date of December 30 2018," he s
  
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• Turkey-backed fighters prepare to replace US forces in Syria

  24-12-2018 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Turkish-backed fighters said Monday they are preparing to move into eastern Syria alongside Turkish troops once American forces withdraw and are already massing on the front line of a town held by Kurdish-led forces.
  
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• Nearly 30 people killed in brazen attack in Kabul

  24-12-2018 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber and extremists armed with assault rifles and explosives attacked a government building in the Afghan capital in an eight-hour-long siege that left 29 people dead and more than 20 wounded, authorities said. It ended when the three gunmen were killed.
  
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• How the 14,000 Migrant Children in Federal Custody Will Spend Christmas

  24-12-2018 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  For many, it will be their first Christmas away from home
  
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• U.S. court orders North Korea to pay $501 million in U.S. student's death

  24-12-2018 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Warmbier's parents sued North Korea in April over their son's death."North Korea is liable for the torture, hostage taking, and extrajudicial killing of Otto Warmbier, and the injuries to his mother and father, Fred and Cindy Warmbier," Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said in her ruling.Pyongyang has blamed botulism and ingestion of a sleeping pill for Warmbier's death and dismissed torture claims.
  
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• Small plane crashes on a Florida beach; 4 injured

  24-12-2018 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Florida officials say a small plane crashed on a Miami Beach, injuring 4 people. (Dec. 24)
  
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• Pope: Forgo greed and gluttony of Christmas for simple love

  24-12-2018 22:35 via finance.yahoo.com
  Pope Francis urged Christians on Monday to forgo the greed, gluttony and materialism of Christmas and to focus instead on its message of simplicity, charity and love.Francis celebrated a Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, opening a busy week for the pope that includes a Christmas Day message and blessing, a Dec. 26 prayer, New Year's Eve vespers and a Jan. 1 Mass.During his homily Monday, Francis lamented that many people find their life's meaning in possessions when the biblical story
  
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• North Carolina affidavits released in alleged election fraud case

  24-12-2018 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  It is illegal in North Carolina for anyone except the voter or a near relative to deliver an absentee ballot in person.Voters in Bladen County said McCrae Dowless, who worked for Mark Harris, the Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, collected their ballots and they did not know what he did with them, according to the affidavits, which were released on Sunday.
  
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• Trump, Democrats spar over government shutdown with no deal in sight

  24-12-2018 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and his counterpart in the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, accused Trump of being under the sway of conservative House Republicans and blasted the White House for saying "different things about what the president would accept or not accept.""It's Christmas Eve and President Trump is plunging the country into chaos," Schumer and Pelosi said in a joint statement as the shutdown dragged through its third day."Meanwhile, different people from the same W
  
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• Pope urges more 'sharing and giving' in Christmas mass

  24-12-2018 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Pope Francis on Monday assailed the "insatiable greed" of today's consumerism, calling on people in his Christmas homily to make "sharing and giving" more a part of their lives."Mankind became greedy and voracious," the leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics said in an address to thousands of followers in Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome."In our day, for many people, life’s meaning is found in possessing, in having an excess of material objects," he said.
  
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• Mystery firm reportedly takes subpoena fight potentially tied to Mueller investigation to Supreme Court

  24-12-2018 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Politico reports that an unidentified firm presented an application to Chief Justice John Roberts asking for a stay of a federal appeals court ruling that turned down the company's effort to block a grand jury subpoena for records
  
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• Central US to be slammed by heavy, wind-swept snow in wake of Christmas

  24-12-2018 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  As people hit the road and take to the sky in the days following Christmas, a snowstorm is expected to take shape over part of the central United States.
  
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• Beto O'Rourke slams Donald Trump on government shutdown as talk about 2020 run intensifies

  24-12-2018 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Even Ted Cruz's campaign manager says Beto O'Rourke is in a class by himself among the contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
  
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• Mayim Bialik 'not doing so well' on Christmas Eve following breakup

  24-12-2018 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  "Big Bang Theory" actress Mayim Bialik is continuing to open up about her struggle being newly single during the holiday season.
  
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• Police 'unequivocally' affirm London airport drone sightings

  24-12-2018 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — Chagrined county police in England insisted Monday that drone sightings over London's Gatwick Airport were authentic, while a local man who was arrested and cleared as a suspect in the aerial mystery that brought days of travel havoc said he felt "completely violated."
  
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• The 64 Key Home and Appliance Recalls of 2018

  24-12-2018 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Roughly 34 million products were recalled in the U.S. in 2018. As overwhelming as that number might seem, zero in on what it means for you: Perhaps you, or members of your family, are using produ...
  
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• 2018's white Christmas restricted to the interior Northeast, Upper Midwest and mountainous West

  24-12-2018 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Those hoping for a white Christmas this year will be disappointed unless they live in the northern tier of the country or in the higher elevations.
  
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• Senate adjourns for Christmas on shutdown day 3

  24-12-2018 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Senate adjourned on Christmas Eve on Monday with no resolution to the partial government shutdown, which White House officials say is likely to head into the New Year. Nathan Frandino has the latest.
  
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• New evidence in case of missing Colorado mom Kelsey Berreth discovered in Idaho

  24-12-2018 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Investigation into death of missing Colorado mother is ongoing after discovery of new evidence; former federal prosecutor Steven Mulroy weighs in.
  
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• China vs. Russia (In the Air): J-20 Stealth Fighter vs. Su-57 (Who Wins?)

  24-12-2018 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
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• After Gatwick chaos, UK minister says detection systems can combat drones

  24-12-2018 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  "I can say that we are able to now deploy detection systems throughout the UK to combat this (drone) threat," Wallace said in a tweet http://bit.ly/2QQO72E.Three days of drone sightings caused chaos at Britain's second busiest airport, thought to be the most disruptive incident of its kind, revealing a vulnerability that will be scrutinized by security forces and airport operators worldwide.
  
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• Wall Street Reacts to Trump and Mnuchin’s ‘Unforced Errors’ 

  24-12-2018 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  From President Donald Trump’s criticism of the Federal Reserve, to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s round of phone calls to major bank leaders, checking that they have enough liquidity, the past few days of political headlines have been unnerving.Bank stocks fell about 2 percent, and the S&P 500 hit a 20-month low amid the turmoil in Washington.
  
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• Every Dog at Missouri Animal Shelter Finds Forever Home in Time for Christmas

  24-12-2018 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Every dog at St. Charles City Animal Control was adopted over the weekend, clearing the shelter just in time for Christmas.
  
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• Israel to hold early elections in April

  24-12-2018 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel's government decided Monday to hold early elections in April with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struggling to keep together a one-seat majority in parliament as he also faces potential corruption charges.Despite Netanyahu's recent legal and political troubles, polls have indicated he would remain prime minister after new elections, putting him in line to become Israel's longest-serving premier.Heads of parties in Netanyahu's coalition agreed to hold the polls in early April "in the na
  
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• Kevin Spacey shares bizarre 'House of Cards'-inspired video as he faces felony sex assault charge

  24-12-2018 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Kevin Spacey resurfaced to post a bizarre Frank Underwood, 'House of Cards'-inspired video that addresses his 'fans,' while authorities announced he is facing a felony charge for allegedly sexually assaulting the teenage son of former WCVB news anchor Heather Unruh.
  
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• Video: Watch a Tesla on Autopilot slam on the brakes and avoid a crash

  24-12-2018 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  More often than not, stories involving Tesla's Autopilot feature tend to make the news when something goes awry. Whether it's a Model S on Autopilot crashing into a stationary car or a Tesla on Autopilot almost careening into a highway divider, there's no question that activating the feature still requires drivers to pay close attention to surrounding road conditions at all times.All the same, Tesla's Autopilot feature has improved considerably over the past few years. And truth be told, there a
  
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• Wall Street battered as Treasury chief fails to reassure

  24-12-2018 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Wall Street shares plunged for a fourth straight session Monday as investors panned Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's efforts to try to reassure markets.Mnuchin on Sunday held a phone call with the six biggest US banks, reporting on Twitter that the CEOs have "ample liquidity" available.The broad-based S&P 500 finished down 2.7 percent, a bitter finale to the lead-up to Tuesday's Christmas holiday, when markets will be closed.
  
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• Trump spends Christmas Eve shutdown 'all alone,' tweeting his frustrations

  24-12-2018 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  'Twas the night before Christmas, and in the White House the president was firing off a ferocious tweet storm.
  
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• Dow, stocks end sharply lower on Christmas Eve after weekend of Washington, D.C., turmoil

  24-12-2018 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The Standard & Poor's 500 is now 19.77 percent off its Sept. 20 high. A bear market is when an index falls 20 percent or more from its recent high.
  
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• Trump takes parting shot at Mattis and his view of U.S. allies

  24-12-2018 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  A day after Trump announced he would replace Mattis two months earlier than expected, the president took a parting shot at the Pentagon chief, who resigned last week over policy differences with Trump."We are substantially subsidizing the Militaries of many VERY rich countries all over the world, while at the same time these countries take total advantage of the U.S., and our TAXPAYERS, on Trade," Trump wrote in a series of tweets."General Mattis did not see this as a problem.
  
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• No reserve 1989 Porsche 911 Speedster is a collector's dream

  24-12-2018 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The Porsche 911 Speedster is classic car royalty with its distinctive shape and rarity. This perfectly preserved example with under 4000 miles is particularly appealing
  
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• Drone detectors now deployable across UK: minister

  24-12-2018 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  British Security Minister Ben Wallace said Monday the government can now deploy drone detection systems nationwide, after days of device sightings caused chaos at Gatwick Airport and criticism of the government response."We are able to now deploy detection systems throughout the UK to combat this threat," Wallace said in a statement.
  
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• Markets not merry as stock losses extend into eighth day

  24-12-2018 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  On Sunday, President Donald Trump's Treasury secretary responded to the ongoing selloff by calling top U.S. bankers and said he would convene a group of officials known as the "Plunge Protection Team.""There are a whole number of factors that have triggered this latest risk-off climate, including the Fed's very modest deviation from its (rate increase) plan and the government shutdown in the United States," said Investec economist Philip Shaw.U.S. stocks have fallen sharply in recent weeks on co
  
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• Stocks Pushed to the Brink of a Bear Market on Christmas Eve

  24-12-2018 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Compared with its intraday high on Sept. 21, the gauge is down 20 percent.“Even if 20 percent is just a psychological number, it is psychologically very important,” Chris Zaccarelli, chief investment officer at the Independent Advisor Alliance, said by phone.“We’ve been trading like we’re already in a bear market for the past few weeks.
  
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• Biblical city of Bethlehem boasts largest Christmas in years

  24-12-2018 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Pilgrims from around the world flocked to Bethlehem on Monday for what was believed to be the biblical West Bank city's largest Christmas celebrations in years.
  
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• Trump compares Fed to a 'golfer who can't score' as markets tumble

  24-12-2018 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump criticized the Federal Reserve, blaming it for a series of Wall Street selloffs while comparing it to a "golfer who can't score."
  
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• Didn't get what you want for Christmas? How to return, exchange or sell unwanted holiday gifts.

  24-12-2018 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Instead of settling for a duplicate Christmas gift or ugly sweater you'll never wear, you can return, exchange or sell your unwanted holiday gifts.
  
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• Wall Street selloff worsens on Mnuchin move, D.C. drama

  24-12-2018 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  A steep sell-off in U.S. stocks worsened in a pre-holiday shortened session on Monday, as a move by the U.S. Treasury secretary to convene a crisis group.
  
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• Winter storm in the West could hamper holiday travel

  24-12-2018 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  The low pressure system is bringing snow and rain to the West but then continues across the nation throughout the week
  
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• The Best RPGs Of 2018 By Review Score

  24-12-2018 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The Best Reviewed RPGs By Score - 2018
  Role-playing games have long since entered the mainstream and the influence of their popularity on other genres is undeniable. The most borrowed facet of the RPG experience is the idea of long-term character growth and customization, a concept now commonly found in fighting games, shooters, and sports sims. It's a universally useful way to remain engaged with a game over time and uncover depth as your skills improve.RPG developers had an opportunity to poun
  
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• The Best RPGs Of 2018 Based On Review Score

  24-12-2018 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The Best Reviewed RPGs By Score - 2018
  Role-playing games have long since entered the mainstream and the influence of their popularity on other genres is undeniable. The most borrowed facet of the RPG experience is the idea of long-term character growth and customization, a concept now commonly found in fighting games, shooters, and sports sims. It's a universally useful way to remain engaged with a game over time and uncover depth as your skills improve.RPG developers had an opportunity to poun
  
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• Phil Hornshaw's Most Anticipated Game Of 2019: Twin Mirror

  24-12-2018 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  With 2019 right around the corner, we've polled GameSpot's staff to find out what games they are looking forward to most in the new year. To be eligible, a game must simply have a release date currently planned for 2019. Of course, we all know nothing is set in stone; there's always a chance some games could slip into 2020. When you're done reading this entry, follow along with all of our other end-of-the-year coverage collected in our Best of 2018 hub.I have a soft spot for Dontnod games. I'm o
  
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• Jordan Ramee's Most Anticipated Game Of 2019: Digimon Survive

  24-12-2018 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  My introduction to anime was 1999's Digimon Adventure, so the franchise's story about humans and digital monsters working together and becoming stronger has always held a soft spot in my heart. Back in the day, one of my favorite aspects of the show was that the stories matured with subsequent seasons, allowing the anime to continuously appeal to its audience as they grew up.This pattern finally peaked with Digimon Data Squad, where most characters are 18 or older, before the series refocused on
  
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• Jess McDonell's Most Anticipated Game of 2019: The Outer Worlds

  24-12-2018 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  With 2019 right around the corner, we've polled GameSpot's staff to find out what games they are looking forward to most in the new year. To be eligible, a game must simply have a release date currently planned for 2019. Of course, we all know nothing is set in stone; there's always a chance some games could slip into 2020. When you're done reading this entry, follow along with all of our other end-of-the-year coverage collected in our Best of 2018 hub.Obsidian Entertainment have proved time and
  
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• Eddie Makuch's Most Anticipated Game of 2019: Ancestors The Humankind Odyssey

  24-12-2018 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is the next game from Assassin's Creed creator Patrice Desilets. The ambitious concept--playing as hominids through different periods of ancestral time--caught my attention right away, and after seeing it in action for the first time at The Game Awards, I'm even more intrigued. A single-player, third-person exploration survival game, your journey in Ancestors begins as a hominid in Neogene Africa some 10 million years ago.Over time, you grow and literally evolve
  
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• Flyers take to social media to share Christmas Eve travel woes

  24-12-2018 18:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Travelers didn't hold back on Twitter this Christmas Eve, detailing everything from minor travel annoyances to delayed and canceled flights.
  
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• Explaining the deadly volcanic tsunami that hit Indonesia

  24-12-2018 18:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Hundreds are dead, with more missing, following a tsunami that took the Indonesian coast by surprise on Dec. 22.  But this was no typical tsunami. Rather, it was a volcanic tsunami, and understanding what that means may help explain why this particular manifestation of nature's power was so devastating.  The tsunami that struck between the Sumatra and Java islands was triggered not by an earthquake — as is typically the case with tsunamis — but instead by an active volcano
  
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• 10 Ways to Improve Your Retirement Finances in 2019

  24-12-2018 18:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Savers have an opportunity to contribute more money to retirement accounts in 2019.Participating in a retirement account can qualify you for tax breaks, make you eligible for valuable employer contributions and allow you to capture stock market gains.Consider these ways to better prepare for retirement in the new year.
  
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