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• No shutdown for Weather Service 'tirelessly' forecasting snowstorm

  12-01-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which the weather service is under, confirmed that its forecasts continued despite the shutdown.
  
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• The Real 'Wall' America Needs

  12-01-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. coasts are a terrorist's best hope of wreaking havoc on America.
  
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• Deadly snowstorm pummels Midwest, marches East

  12-01-2019 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A winter storm that dumped heavy snow on the U.S. Midwest, causing several roadway deaths, stranding some motorists in Missouri and cancelling dozens of flights, marched east toward Washington on Saturday. Linda So reports.
  
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• Palestinians mourn woman killed by Israeli fire at protest

  12-01-2019 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of Palestinians gathered Saturday for the funeral of a woman killed by Israeli forces during a protest near the perimeter fence, this year's first fatality from the weekly mass demonstrations, and Israeli aircraft struck two Hamas targets in response to rocket fire.
  
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• The Latest: Truck crash closes highway lanes in Indiana

  12-01-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on a winter storm sweeping across parts of the Midwest this weekend (all times local):
  
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• 'I did it': Saudi teen fleeing alleged family abuse arrives in Canada as an asylum refugee

  12-01-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The 18-year-old barricaded herself in an airport hotel in Bangkok and took to Twitter when Thai authorities threatened to deport her.
  
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• 'Hero' firefighters, Spanish tourist killed in Paris gas blast

  12-01-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  A powerful gas explosion tore through a building in central Paris on Saturday killing a Spanish woman and two firefighters hailed as heroes by French President Emmanuel Macron.Dozens more were injured in the blast which also badly damaged nearby apartments, officials said.Around 200 firefighters were mobilised to battle the fire that broke out after the explosion and evacuate victims and residents in the area, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner told reporters at the scene.
  
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• Furloughed federal workers line up for free meal

  12-01-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  With no end in sight to a partial U.S. government shutdown that has left them without paychecks, hundreds of federal workers, contractors and their families attend a free community dinner at a high school in suburban Washington, D.C. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
  
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• Storm dumps piles of snow on Midwest as it moves East; 5 people dead in crashes

  12-01-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  A bitter winter storm that dumped at least 10 inches of snow on St. Louis Saturday left five people dead in crashes on slick roadways in Kansas and Missouri as it spread eastward across the country.
  
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• 600 people leave in first evacuation from Syria IS holdout: monitor

  12-01-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Over 600 people were evacuated Saturday from the Islamic State group's remaining holdout in eastern Syria, a monitor said, as US-backed fighters prepare for a final assault on the area."More than 600 people, mainly women and children, were evacuated on 25 buses sent" by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said that several dozen jihadist fighters were among those evacuated to areas held by the Kurdish-A
  
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• Granddad: Wisconsin girl has no link to suspected kidnapper

  12-01-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The grandfather of a northwestern Wisconsin girl who authorities say was abducted during a home invasion that left her parents dead said Saturday that the family has no connection to the suspect and doesn't understand why he targeted her, deepening a mystery that has captivated the state for months.
  
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• Pompeo says US diplomats' morale 'good' despite shutdown

  12-01-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — American diplomats are upbeat despite the government shutdown that has left many of them working without pay, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday.
  
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• The Latest: Canada says UN found Saudi woman faced danger

  12-01-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  TORONTO (AP) — The Latest on Saudi asylum seeker who fled alleged abuse by her family (all times local):
  
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• Young Saudi asylum-seeker arrives in Canada to official welcome

  12-01-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  A "very, very happy" young Saudi woman who caused a sensation by defying her family and seeking asylum abroad was welcomed with open arms in Toronto Saturday at the end of a dramatic but exhausting international odyssey.Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland greeted Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun after she landed in Toronto, wearing a gray hoodie emblazoned in red with the word "CANADA" and a blue cap with the logo of the UN High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR).Smiling broadly, the 18-year-old posed for p
  
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• Julian Castro, a Texas Democrat and former Obama cabinet member, announces 2020 bid for president

  12-01-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Julian Castro, a former Obama cabinet member and San Antonio mayor, officially threw his hat in the ring on Saturday and announced he would run for president.
  
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• Snow storm marches toward Washington, after pummeling Midwest

  12-01-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The weather system is forecast to affect an 1,800-mile corridor of the United States from Colorado to the mid-Atlantic.
  
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• Russian lawyer at Trump Tower meeting says she won't come to U.S. to fight charges

  12-01-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Natalia Veselnitskaya,the Russian lawyer who played a key role in the infamous Trump Tower meeting with Trump campaign officials, including Donald Trump Jr., tells Yahoo News she won’t return to the United States to face charges that she lied in an unrelated court case.
  
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• Trump tweets incorrect immigrant crime statistics in defence of Mexico border wall

  12-01-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has tweeted incorrect criminal statistics on immigration in as effort to support his border wall and publicly pressure Democrats to hand over $5.6bn (£4.4bn) for its construction.
  
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• The Latest: Lawyers: Treat client fairly in Jayme Closs case

  12-01-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  BARRON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a Wisconsin teenager found alive three months after she disappeared following her parents' deaths (all times local):
  
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• Julian Castro Jumps Into 2020 Democratic Presidential Fray

  12-01-2019 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Castro has been considered a rising star in the Democratic Party -- he was a contender to be Hillary Clinton’s running mate in 2016 -- but he’ll be entering a race that’s likely to include candidates with higher national profiles and well-established fundraising operations.“We’re going to make sure that the promise of America is available to everyone,’’ Castro said before a cheering crowd on Saturday in his home town of San Antonio, Texas.
  
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• US election 2020: The Democrat candidates who are running for president

  12-01-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Tulsi Gabbard, the Democratic US Representative of Hawaii, has become the latest Democrat to throw her hat in the ring for the US presidential election in 2020.  In remarks aired by CNN on Friday, Ms Gabbard said she intended to pursue a challenge to Republican President Donald Trump. "I have decided to run and will be making a formal announcement within the next week," Ms Gabbard said. She is the latest to join what is expected to be a crowded Democratic primary field before
  
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• No migrant children remain at Tornillo tent shelter as it heads toward closure, official says

  12-01-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The temporary tent shelter at the U.S.-Mexico border opened in June amid the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy.
  
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• The FBI's Reported Investigation of President Trump Could Take the Russia Probe to a New Level

  12-01-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The revelation of a national security component to Mueller's investigation brings the country into shocking new territory
  
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• The Latest: 'Good night sleep' for Wisconsin teen back home

  12-01-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  BARRON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a Wisconsin teenager found alive three months after she disappeared following her parents' deaths (all times local):
  
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• Pompeo 'optimistic' Syria Kurds, Turkey can be protected

  12-01-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Washington's top diplomat said Saturday he was "optimistic" a way could be found to protect Syrian Kurds while allowing Turks to "defend their country from terrorists" following a US pullout from Syria."We are confident we can achieve an outcome that achieves both of those," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told journalists in Abu Dhabi.The Gulf emirate is his latest stop in a regional tour aimed at reassuring allies after a shock December announcement by President Donald Trump that US troops woul
  
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• Saudi teen who fled family welcomed as 'brave new Canadian' in Toronto

  12-01-2019 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun grabbed international attention this week after she barricaded herself in a Bangkok airport hotel room to resist being sent home to her family, which denies any abuse.Qunun refused to meet her father and brother, who arrived in Bangkok to try to take her back to Saudi Arabia.Qunun arrived at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on Saturday morning, wearing a hoodie emblazoned with the word Canada in red, and a blue cap with the logo of the United Nations High Commissio
  
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• PHOTOS: ‘Peter Turnley — Refugees’

  12-01-2019 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The work of internationally acclaimed photojournalist Peter Turnley is celebrated at an exhibit at Bates College in Maine.
  
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• Shutdown puts strain on hundreds of Native American tribes

  12-01-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Fallout from the federal government shutdown is hurting Native Americans as dwindling funds hamper access to health care and other services. The pain is especially deep in tribal communities with high rates of poverty and unemployment, where one person often supports an extended family.
  
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• Man arrested after abuse of British pro-EU lawmaker Soubry

  12-01-2019 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  A man was arrested on Saturday after a video of a group of men verbally abusing pro-European lawmaker Anna Soubry prompted calls for the police to do more to protect politicians outside parliament.A group of Brexit supporters was filmed on Monday asking Soubry questions about her pro-European Union stance and support for a new Brexit referendum, with some calling her a fascist and chanting "scum".Earlier in the day, a BBC interview with Soubry was interrupted by chants that she was a Nazi, and l
  
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• SpaceX is laying off 10 percent of its workforce

  12-01-2019 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  After a banner year of successful rocket launches for Elon Musk's private space flight company SpaceX, so far 2019 sees the company coming back down to Earth hard and fast. The company announced on Friday that it would be laying off 10 percent of its workforce, according to Reuters. SpaceX currently has about 6,000 employees, so that 10 percent layoff number means that roughly 600 people will  lose their jobs. SEE ALSO: Watching SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch to space was like seeing into the
  
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• Turkey's military reinforces on border with Syria's Idlib

  12-01-2019 18:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkish troops and tanks carried out military exercises on the border with Syria on Saturday, state-run media reported, while a monitoring group said a Turkish convoy had crossed the frontier into northern Syria.Turkey's military sent tanks and armored vehicles to the border in the second day of reinforcements near the province of Idlib, the last major rebel stronghold in Syria.On Friday, a Turkish security source said the Turkish army had been rotating forces in and out of the region, and decli
  
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• Macedonia PM urges Greek lawmakers to ratify name deal

  12-01-2019 18:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Saturday called on Greece to end the two nations' decades-long dispute by ratifying the deal to rename his country The Republic of North Macedonia.It now needs backing from the Greek parliament to come into effect.US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomed the parliament's decision, praising the Macedonian leader's "vision, courage and persistence" in seeking a resolution to the dispute with Greece that would allow it to join NATO and the European Union.
  
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• Syrian army shells areas held by insurgents in northwest

  12-01-2019 18:37 via news.yahoo.com
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Artillery shelling by government forces pounded parts of the northwestern Idlib province on Saturday, thwarting an infiltration attempt by militants as tension rises in the region following victories by al-Qaida-linked militants against Turkey-backed opposition fighters, Syria's state news agency reported.
  
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• Eating more fiber and whole grains may mean a lower risk of death and disease, study finds

  12-01-2019 18:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Higher fiber diets were associated with a 15 to 31 percent reduction in the risk of death and disease, new research published in The Lancet has found.
  
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• Trump says record-long govt shutdown could be resolved 'in 15 minutes'

  12-01-2019 17:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The partial US government shutdown entered a record 22nd day Saturday, as President Donald Trump remains steadfast in his demand for $5.7 billion to build a Mexico border wall and Democrats in Congress determined to refuse the funds.The impasse has paralyzed Washington -- its impact felt increasingly around the country -- with the president retaliating by refusing to sign off on budgets for swaths of government departments unrelated to the dispute.The shutdown became the longest on record at mid
  
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• Spanish citizen killed in Paris gas blast: Spanish foreign minister

  12-01-2019 17:38 via news.yahoo.com
  A Spanish citizen has died following a gas explosion in central Paris on Saturday, bringing the death toll to three, Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said."I profoundly regret the death of three people in an explosion in central Paris, among them one Spanish citizen," Borrell wrote on Twitter.
  
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• Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun: Saudi teenager fleeing family arrives in Canada after being granted asylum

  12-01-2019 17:32 via news.yahoo.com
  An 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family this week saying she feared for her life arrived in Toronto on Saturday after Canada granted her asylum. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun grabbed international attention this week after she barricaded herself in a Bangkok airport hotel room to resist being sent home to her family, which denies any abuse. Qunun refused to meet her father and brother, who arrived in Bangkok to try take her back to Saudi Arabia. Qunun arrived at Toronto's Pearson International
  
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• Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun: Saudi teenager 'very, very happy' after arriving in Canada

  12-01-2019 17:32 via news.yahoo.com
  A "very, very happy" Saudi teenager who caused a sensation by defying her family and seeking asylum abroad was welcomed with open arms in Toronto on Saturday at the end of a dramatic but exhausting international odyssey. Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland greeted Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun after she landed in Toronto, wearing a skirt, a gray hoodie emblazoned in red with the word "CANADA" and a blue cap with the logo of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Smiling broadly, the
  
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• 2 Firefighters Killed and 47 People Injured in Paris Bakery Explosion

  12-01-2019 17:29 via news.yahoo.com
  French authorities said two firefighters were killed and 47 people injured in a powerful explosion and fire apparently caused by a gas leak at a Paris bakery Saturday that blasted out windows and overturned cars.
  
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• Huawei sacks employee arrested in Poland on spying charges

  12-01-2019 17:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Poland's internal affairs minister, Joachim Brudzinski, called for the European Union and NATO to work on a joint position over whether to exclude Huawei from their markets following the arrest of the Chinese employee and a former Polish security official on Friday.Huawei, the world's biggest producer of telecommunications equipment, faces intense scrutiny in the West over its relationship with China's government and U.S.-led allegations that its devices could be used by Beijing for spying.No ev
  
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• Trump claims he has been ‘tougher than any other president’ on Russia in angry response to FBI investigation report

  12-01-2019 17:16 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump lashed out at James Comey and the FBI on Saturday, after The New York Times reported that the intelligence agency launched an investigation into whether he was working for the Russian government.In a series of tweets, Mr Trump claimed he has been “far tougher on Russia” than previous presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton, and suggested he had taken a tougher stance than any other president.
  
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• 'The office was dark': Government shutdown delays financial aid for some college students

  12-01-2019 17:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Some students need forms from the IRS to complete a FAFSA. But that part of the IRS is closed. So colleges say they're making exceptions.
  
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• Government shutdown: Food banks worry about having enough supplies if stalemate drags on

  12-01-2019 16:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Food banks across the US are making preparations to feed more people in the midst of the partial government shutdown.
  
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• President Trump Thinks the Shutdown Will Give Him His Wall. Here's How Presidents Have Fared in Past Shutdowns

  12-01-2019 16:33 via news.yahoo.com
  "Shutdowns create far more problems than they solve for both sides"
  
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• Get more out of your Instant Pot with this awesome $10 cookbook

  12-01-2019 16:33 via news.yahoo.com
  If you have an Instant Pot, there's absolutely no doubt in our minds that you love it. You're also surely something of an expert considering how easy it is to master Instant Pot cooking. That said, it's all too easy to fall into an Instant Pot rut and just make the same few things over and over again. Expand your horizons in all sorts of new directions with The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook: Easy Recipes for Fast & Healthy Meals. It has more than 100 delicious recipes and eve
  
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• 'She is doing as well as circumstances allow': Jayme Closs reunited with aunt

  12-01-2019 15:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said Jayme planned to rejoin additional family members Friday and that her aunt has taken custody of her.
  
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• China's Huawei fires employee detained in Poland

  12-01-2019 15:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Huawei said Saturday it has fired a Chinese employee who was arrested in Poland on espionage allegations, as China's telecom giant distanced itself from the case amid Western concerns that it could act as a proxy for Chinese security services.This week's detention of Wang Weijing follows the December arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer in Canada and US efforts to blacklist the company internationally over security concerns.While China's government has vociferously defended Huawei CFO Meng
  
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• Pompeo confident of US deal with Turkey to protect Kurds

  12-01-2019 15:21 via news.yahoo.com
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Despite Turkey's vows to the contrary, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday he was confident the two nations can agree on a way to protect U.S.-allied Kurdish rebels in Syria after American troops withdraw from the country.
  
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• Are Democrats waging a bigoted war against Catholics?

  12-01-2019 14:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Father Gerald Murray reacts to comments made by Democratic Sens. Mazie Hirono and Kamala Harris.
  
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• Ex-kidnapping victims: Jayme Closs needs space, time to heal

  12-01-2019 14:55 via news.yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — Katie Beers' joy quickly turned to deep concern when she learned 13-year-old Jayme Closs had been found alive in rural Wisconsin nearly three months after police say a man shot and killed her parents then abducted the girl from their home.
  
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