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• 1,700 firefighters battle Portugal wildfires

  21-07-2019 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Planes and helicopters joined nearly 2,000 firefighters in central Portugal Sunday to battle huge wildfires in a mountainous region where more than 100 people died in huge blazes in 2017.Some 1,700 firefighters and 400 vehicles were deployed in one of the biggest mobilisations ever seen in the area to fight the blazes in the heavily forested Castelo Branco region, 200 kilometres (120 miles) north of Lisbon, the rescue services said.Around 20 people have been injured in the blaze, including eight
  
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• Biden Leads in CBS Democratic Poll but Faces Enthusiasm Gap

  21-07-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Joe Biden remains the top choice among Democratic voters in states that will hold early presidential primary and caucus contests in 2020, as four main contenders emerged as the top tier of the large field, a new CBS News poll showed on Sunday.Biden had 25% support as voters’ first choice for the Democratic nominee, with Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts at 20% and Kamala Harris of California at 16% gaining ground on the former vice president. Senator Bernie Sanders
  
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• Indiana police identify body of Detroit woman found in 1999

  21-07-2019 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities on Sunday identified a Michigan woman who was found dead 20 years ago in a northeastern Indiana field, renewing the investigation into her "suspicious" death.The Steuben County Sheriff's Department said they followed hundreds of leads to try to identify the woman over two decades, including using an FBI lab in Virginia, the National Missing Persons DNA Database and a genetic genealogy database.Authorities were able to identify the woman — Tina L. Cabanaw of the Detroit area &md
  
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• Do Democrats believe in open borders? By not enforcing immigration law, it looks that way.

  21-07-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  For months, Republicans have falsely claimed that Democrats believe in open borders. But that's starting to have the ring of truth.
  
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• Why Pakistan Should End Its Alliance with China

  21-07-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Pakistan has made several major grand strategic mistakes since its creation in 1947, including the attack on India in 1971, which led to Pakistan’s dismemberment. However, Pakistan is in the midst of making another grave mistake, and it is one seldom discussed. This is the high cost of its alliance with China. Due to the poverty in its long-term, strategic planning, Islamabad’s conception that the Sino-Pakistani alliance is key to Pakistani security introduces dependence on Beijing a
  
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• More F-35s Are Headed to This NATO Member

  21-07-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  The Royal Netherlands Air Force soon will buy another eight or nine F-35 stealth fighters, defense minister Ank Bijleveld said in a July 2019 interview.The additional F-35s will help the Dutch air force to reequip an additional front-line fighter squadron.The decision partially restores deep cuts to the Dutch fighter fleet that began at the end of the Cold War and continued through the 2008 global financial crisis. Today the RNLAF operates around 60 F-16s in three front-line squadrons and one tr
  
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• Lightning strikes one man at Florida beach, injures 7 others

  21-07-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  The lightning strike sent one man into cardiac arrest and left others with burn injuries.
  
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• Jared Kushner heading to the Middle East for talks

  21-07-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Jared Kushner will return to the Middle East later this month as he pushes his controversial plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, a senior official in President Donald Trump's administration said Sunday."Kushner will travel to the region at the end of July for discussions to continue the momentum of the successful Bahrain workshop on the economic plan," the official said on condition of anonymity.
  
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• Citizen journalist among 18 civilians killed in northwest Syria

  21-07-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  A young citizen journalist was among 18 civilians killed in air raids on Syria's jihadist-run Idlib region Sunday, rescue workers and a monitor said, as he filmed the bombardment of the battered enclave.Anas al-Dyab, a photographer and videographer in his early 20s, was a member of the White Helmets rescue group who also contributed to AFP.The White Helmets, rescue workers in rebel areas named after their distinctive hard hats, said the group "mourns the fall of a hero Anas al-Dyab, a volunteer
  
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• Father of 6 dies after wave breaks his neck in 'freak accident' on North Carolina coast

  21-07-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  A Raleigh man was killed Friday after he was hit by a strong wave at Oak Island, his family said.
  
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• Miss Michigan stripped of title over 'offensive' social media posts

  21-07-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Kathy Zhu received an email Thursday dismissing her as a Miss World America pageant participant and revoking her Miss Michigan World America title.
  
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• 'Alter your course': Dramatic audio released of Iran seizing British ship

  21-07-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  An audio recording reveals the tense moments before a British-flagged oil tanker was seized by Iranian forces rappelling to the ship's deck.
  
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• UPDATE 1-Saudi minister says Iran's actions are unacceptable

  21-07-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia's minister of state for foreign affairs on Sunday condemned Iran's seizure of a British flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and urged the international community to take action to deter such "unacceptable" behaviour."Any attack on the freedom of navigation is a violation of international law," Adel Aljubeir said in a Twitter post."Iran must realise its acts of intercepting ships, including most recently the British ship, are completely unacceptable.
  
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• Amid Dangerous Heat Wave, Hundreds of Thousands of Michigan Homes Are Without Power After Severe Storms

  21-07-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  DTE Energy says it hopes to restore power to 80% of affected customers by Monday
  
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• Mike Pence says Trump 'might make an effort to speak out' if 'send her back' chant happens again

  21-07-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump described the audience that chanted, "Send her back" about Rep. Ilhan Omar as "incredible people" and "incredible patriots."
  
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• SDCC 2019: Riverdale Adds 90210's Shannen Doherty For Luke Perry Memorial Episode

  21-07-2019 21:20 via gamespot.com
  
  When Riverdale returns to The CW on October 9, it will be to remember actor Luke Perry, who died unexpectedly during Season 3. The Season 4 premiere, titled "In Memoriam," will feature a tribute to the late actor. During the show's annual panel at San Diego Comic-Con, it was also revealed that Riverdale had enlisted another of Perry's former colleagues, 90210 co-star Shannen Doherty.Doherty played Brenda Walsh, a love interest of Perry's Dylan McKay, on the series. The two were also close friend
  
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• New German defence chief pledges to speed up race to Nato 2pc spending target

  21-07-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Germany’s new defence minister has picked an early fight inside the country’s troubled coalition, pledging to beef up military spending against the will of junior partners the Social Democrats. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will make it a priority to allocate a budget equivalent to 2 percent of the German economy to the Bundeswehr, the 56-year-old told the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper in an interview published on Sunday. The woman known as “mini-Merkel” due to her loyalt
  
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• U.S. to press Pakistan PM on Afghan peace, terrorism crackdown

  21-07-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to press Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan for help on ending the war in Afghanistan and fighting militants when the two leaders meet at the White House on Monday amid their countries' strained relations.Last year, Trump cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in security assistance to Pakistan, accusing Islamabad of offering "nothing but lies and deceit" while giving safe haven to terrorists, a charge angrily rejected by Islamabad."The purpose of the visi
  
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• Thousands without power after explosion, fire at Madison Gas and Electric

  21-07-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Two fires are burning at downtown Madison properties of the Madison Gas and Electric company.
  
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• The Latest: Ukraine's president outlines main priorities

  21-07-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Ukraine's president, buoyed by an exit poll showing his party taking the largest share of votes in parliamentary elections, says fighting corruption and establishing peace in the war-wracked east will be the country's top tasks.An exit poll showed Volodymyr Zelenskiy's party getting about 44% of the nationwide party-list vote on Sunday, distantly followed by four other parties crossing the 5% threshold necessary to get seats.
  
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• France braces for second heatwave amid fears of pollution spike

  21-07-2019 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  As France braces for its second heatwave this summer, with air pollution expected to spike again, Marseille has imposed speed limits on ships entering its port in an effort to curb emissions. Cruise liners cause more nitrogen dioxide pollution in the Mediterranean city than cars, according to a recent survey by a government-approved air quality monitoring organisation.  Marseille has lowered the speed limit for ships entering its port from 10 to 8 knots. Jean-Marc Fornieri, the head of the
  
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• Horse kicks man in groin at popular Maryland beach

  21-07-2019 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  A tourist was kicked in the crotch by a wild horse on the beach of Assateague Island, located off the coast of Maryland, after the man attempted to pet the animal.
  
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• UPDATE 2-U.S. says Venezuelan plane aggressively shadowed a U.S. military aircraft

  21-07-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. military on Sunday accused a Venezuelan fighter aircraft of "aggressively" shadowing a U.S. Navy EP-3 Aries II plane over international airspace, a fresh sign of growing hostility between the two countries.The encounter between the two planes occurred on Friday, the same day that the Trump administration announced it was imposing sanctions on four top officials in Venezuela's military counterintelligence agency.
  
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• Original moon landing tapes fetch $1.82 million at New York auction

  21-07-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Original videotapes of the Apollo 11 moon landing which a NASA intern bought for $217.77 (£174.14) were sold for $1.82 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Saturday. They were bought by Gary George at a government surplus auction in 1976. Lasting two hours and 24 minutes, the tapes are far sharper than those seen around the world at the time of the moon landing on July 20 1969. The footage broadcast across the globe lost quality by the time they were seen on television sets, becau
  
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• Fears over Alaska's shrinking glaciers fuels tourism boom

  21-07-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Fears over melting glaciers are also fuelling a tourism boom in Alaska, with visitors flocking to the region to see the spectacular formations in their current glory. Rising summer temperatures in recent years have contributed to the rapid decline of a number of storied glaciers, as well as making them harder for travellers to access.  Climate scientists have warned that Alaska's glaciers are uniquely vulnerable to the warmer summer seasons and are losing mass at an increasingly fast pace.
  
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• Star Trek: Picard, Discovery Season 3, Lower Decks Panel Reactions - SDCC 2019

  21-07-2019 19:25 via gamespot.com
  
  Star Trek fans got a lot of new information at the Star Trek Universe panel at SDCC 2019 about new shows Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Lower Decks, as well as Star Trek: Discovery Season 3. Chastity gives her reactions to the latest news about the Star Trek series!
  
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• 90% of Border Crossers Aren’t Referred for Asylum Interviews

  21-07-2019 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The government is implementing a new proposal that would ban asylum for immigrants coming to the United States through Mexico. It pins the uptick in border crossers on the asylum process, but the government’s statistics reveal that 90 percent of crossers in 2019 were not referred for an asylum interview at the border, and the highest share ever referred was just 19 percent in 2018.In fact, the rate of referral was just 7 percent in March 2019. This strongly indicates that the asy
  
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• Baby born on 7-Eleven Day at 7:11 p.m., weighs 7 lbs., 11 oz., gets 7-Eleven college fund

  21-07-2019 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  It's stranger than fiction: A baby girl in St. Louis was born on 7-Eleven Day at 7:11 p.m., weighing 7 pounds and 11 ounces.
  
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• Libya halts loading at key oil terminal as pipeline closed

  21-07-2019 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Libya's National Oil Company said it had stopped loading crude at a key government-controlled shipping terminal, declaring "force majeure" after a pipeline closure halted operations at its main oil field.The NOC "hereby declares a state of force majeure on crude oil loadings at Zawiya port," it said in a statement on its website late Saturday."This is the result of an unlawful Sharara pipeline valve closure by an unidentified group between Hamada and the Zawiya port (on Friday evening), resultin
  
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• Britain tells UN tanker seizure was 'illegal interference'

  21-07-2019 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  A top British representative to the United Nations has declared in a letter to the Security Council that Iran's seizure of a British-flagged tanker amounted to "illegal interference," and he rejected Tehran's version of events.Iranian authorities impounded the Stena Impero with 23 crew members aboard after patrol boats of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized it Friday in the highly sensitive Strait of Hormuz.
  
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• Fox News host presses WH adviser Stephen Miller on 'Send her back!' chant at Trump rally

  21-07-2019 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  White House adviser Stephen Miller in an interview Sunday defended President Trump’s attacks against four Democratic lawmakers of color that were condemned as racist by Democrats and civil rights groups.
  
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• 538's Nate Silver on early 2020 polls versus fundraising: Which matter more?

  21-07-2019 18:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Nate Silver analyzes the significance of fundraising in the Democratic primary.
  
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• Booker Says He Could Confront Biden on Race at Detroit Debate

  21-07-2019 18:41 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Presidential Democratic candidate Cory Booker on Sunday suggested he could confront former Vice President Joe Biden on racial issues during the second round of debates next week.Booker, a New Jersey senator, said it would be “fair” to bring up the 1994 crime bill, which Biden supported in the Senate and has called the “Biden crime bill.” Booker said the measure put “mass incarceration on steroids” for African Americans.“Yeah, it is fair,&r
  
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• U.S. says Venezuelan plane aggressively shadowed a U.S. military aircraft

  21-07-2019 18:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. military on Sunday accused a Venezuelan fighter aircraft of "aggressively" shadowing a U.S. Navy EP-3 Aries II plane over international airspace, in yet another sign of the increasing hostility between the two nations.The encounter between the U.S. and Venezuelan planes occurred on Friday, the same day that the Trump administration announced it was sanctioning four top officials in Venezuela's military counterintelligence agency.U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has rep
  
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• Military studies 'hyperfit' women who pass grueling courses

  21-07-2019 18:31 via news.yahoo.com
  In the nearly four years since the Pentagon announced it was opening all combat jobs to women , at least 30 have earned the Army Ranger tab, two have graduated Marine infantry school and three have passed the grueling initial assessment phase for Green Beret training.Army medical researchers hope to uncover answers in a just-launched voluntary study."We're really interested in those elite women that are the first to make it through physically demanding training," said Holly McClung, a nutritiona
  
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• 5 family members on vacation killed in 3-vehicle crash that injured 7

  21-07-2019 18:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Five people have been killed and seven have been hospitalized after a three-vehicle crash in South Texas.
  
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• Overwatch Setting Up 'Sigma' In Another Hero 31 Teaser

  21-07-2019 18:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Following yesterday's teaser, Blizzard has now put out another mysterious image related to Overwatch. While the first showed Jeff Kaplan getting sucked into a black hole, this one appears to show a name badge which, importantly, features the Greek alphabet symbol for Sigma. Those that have been paying attention to recent Overwatch leaks will know that Sigma is believed to be the name of Hero 31.This all but confirms that a new hero should be joining Overwatch pretty soon. This would be the 31st
  
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• New audio shows UK could not prevent Iran takeover of tanker

  21-07-2019 18:05 via news.yahoo.com
  The release Sunday of an audio recording has shed new light on the seizure of a British-flagged tanker at the hands of Iran's Revolutionary Guard as tensions flare in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.The audio released by maritime security risk firm Dryad Global shows that a British frigate was too far away from the targeted tanker to keep it from being diverted into an Iranian port despite U.K. efforts to keep it from being boarded.On the recording, a stern-voiced British naval officer insists th
  
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• US sizzles as weekend heat wave tightens grip

  21-07-2019 17:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States sweltered in dangerously hot weather on Sunday, with major cities including New York, Philadelphia and Washington broiling in temperatures rising into triple digits.An oppressive heat wave stretching from the Midwestern plains to the Atlantic coast had nearly 150 million people struggling to stay cool in the stifling heat.
  
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• Citizen journalist among 11 civilians killed in northwest Syria

  21-07-2019 17:51 via news.yahoo.com
  A young citizen journalist was among 11 civilians killed in air raids on Syria's Idlib region Sunday, rescue workers and a monitor said, as he filmed the Russia-backed regime bombardment of the battered enclave.Anas al-Dyab, a photographer and videographer in his early 20s, was a member of the White Helmets who also contributed to AFP.
  
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• SOS Mediterranee relaunches migrant rescue missions off Libya

  21-07-2019 17:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee said Sunday it has relaunched rescue efforts off Libya seven months after it abandoned operations using its ship Aquarius and despite a refusal by European ports to accept the migrants.The Norwegian-flagged Ocean Viking will "conduct search and rescue activities in the central Mediterranean" for SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (known by its French initials MSF), the group said in a statement.
  
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• Four Inmates Faked a Fight to Escape Florida Juvenile Detention Center

  21-07-2019 17:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Jacksonville Sheriff's Office HandoutFour teenage inmates staged a fight inside their dorm-style cell late Saturday night at a Florida juvenile detention center as a ruse to escape, overpowering staff and stealing a staff member’s car and a cell phone as they fled.Two of teens who escaped from the Florida Department of Juvenile justice facility in Jacksonville, remained at large Sunday and a manhunt was underway to apprehend them.According to a tweet from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s O
  
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• Trump rips media over chant

  21-07-2019 17:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Ties press to radical left over 'send her back.'
  
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• Cory Booker charges Trump is ‘worse than a racist’

  21-07-2019 17:22 via news.yahoo.com
  "He is actually using racist tropes and racial language for political gains, trying to use this as a weapon to divide our nation against itself," he said
  
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• Black Georgia Lawmaker Alleges White Man Told Her to 'Go Back Where You Came From' in Grocery Store Confrontation

  21-07-2019 17:18 via news.yahoo.com
  The man admits he called her lazy, but says he didn't utter the racist phrase
  
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• Pakistani hospital hit by female suicide bomber, 9 killed

  21-07-2019 17:15 via news.yahoo.com
  A female suicide bomber struck outside a hospital in Pakistan on Sunday as the wounded were being brought in from an earlier shooting against police, in a complex assault claimed by the Pakistani Taliban that killed a total of nine people and wounded another 30.Salim Riaz Khan, a senior police officer in Dera Ismail Khan, said gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on police in a residential area, killing two.Inayat Ullah, a local forensics expert, said the female attacker set off 7 kilograms (15 pou
  
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• Trump racist tweets: Democrat Elijah Cummings says constituents are ‘scared’ of president

  21-07-2019 17:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Elijah Cummings rebuked Donald Trump’s continued attacks against four Democratic congresswomen of colour during an interview on Sunday, calling the president a racist and saying his constituents tell him they’re “scared of their leader”.The Maryland congressman spoke to ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos about the House voting last week to condemn Mr Trump’s “racist comments” after the president told the congresswomen to “go back” to their
  
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• Rep. Doug Collins calls out Speaker Pelosi for violating House rules of decorum

  21-07-2019 17:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Georgia Republican Rep. Doug Collins says Speaker Nancy Pelosi used her party to avoid being punished for violating the rules after she called President Trump's 'racist' on the House floor.
  
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• Get a water-resistant Bluetooth speaker with 24,000 5-star ratings on Amazon for $22

  21-07-2019 16:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Sometimes you come across a best-selling product on Amazon that's something of a surprise. This, however, is not one of those times. The OontZ Angle 3 Bluetooth Portable Speaker has been the best-selling portable wireless speaker on Amazon forever because it offers terrific sound quality, great battery life, next-gen Bluetooth tech with extra-long 100-foot range, water-resistance, and more. On top of all that, it's insanely affordable -- and it's discounted even further right now to just $21.99!
  
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• The Latest: Hong Kong police use tear gas on protesters

  21-07-2019 16:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Hong Kong police have thrown tear gas canisters at protesters after they refused to disperse.Hundreds of thousands of people took part in a march Sunday to call for direct elections and an independent investigation into police tactics used during earlier pro-democracy demonstrations.Police waved a black warning flag Sunday night before lobbing the canisters into a crowd of protesters.
  
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