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• The Latest: London police show photos from inside fire tower

  18-06-2017 23:52 via yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the London high-rise tragedy (all times local):
  
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• Iran fires missiles into Syria in revenge for attacks

  18-06-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it launched a series of missiles into Syria on Sunday in revenge for deadly attacks on its capital that were claimed by the Islamic State group.It was the first missile attack by Iran outside its own territory in 30 years, since the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-88, media in the Islamic republic reported.It came hours after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a statement on his website, vowed Iran would "slap its enemies" in honour of the victims' families, includin
  
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• US shoots down Syrian government fighter jet that dropped bombs near coalition-backed forces fighting Isis

  18-06-2017 22:50 via yahoo.com
  
  American forces have shot down a Syrian government fighter jet accused of attacking Kurdish-led troops, prompting a furious response from Damascus as tensions increase.US Central Command said the SU-22 dropped bombs near the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who are being supported by the US-led coalition as they advance on the terrorist stronghold of Raqqa.“In accordance with rules of engagement and in collective self-defence of Coalition partnered forces, it was immediately shot down by a
  
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• Woman Robs Store and Apologizes to Owners on Her Way Out: Police

  18-06-2017 22:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Police are still searching for the suspect.
  
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• Israel goodwill Ramadan efforts cut after Palestinian attack

  18-06-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel revoked on Sunday the permits of 200,000 Palestinians to enter Israel that were approved for the holy month of Ramadan following two near simultaneous Palestinian attacks on police that killed a young female officer near Jerusalem's Old City.
  
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• In Georgia, a key US House race comes down to its final days

  18-06-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  
  DORAVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Dr. Nadine Becker wasn't politically involved until she saw Donald Trump elected president, but the suburban Atlanta gynecologist didn't know how to engage, given her traditionally Republican surroundings.
  
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• Raging Portugal forest fires kill dozens

  18-06-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  
  Pedrógão Grande (Portugal) (AFP) - Ragingforest fires in central Portugal have killed at least 61 people, many burnt to death in their cars, the government said Sunday, in the country's worst such disaster in recent history.Authorities declared three days of national mourning as more than 800 firefighters and 260 vehicles battled the blaze, which also left 62 people injured, amid scenes of devastation.The fire erupted Saturday in the municipality of Pedrogao Grande in central Portu
  
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• Iran's Revolutionary Guard strikes Syria for Tehran attacks

  18-06-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's Revolutionary Guard said Sunday it launched missiles into eastern Syria targeting Islamic State militants in response to an attack on Iran's parliament and a shrine in Tehran, warning that it would similarly retaliate on anyone else carrying out attacks in Iran.
  
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• Trump decries 'witch hunt' even as lawyer insists no probe

  18-06-2017 21:39 via yahoo.com
  
  One of Donald Trump's lawyers insisted Sunday that the president was not under criminal investigation as part of the sweeping probe into Russia's alleged meddling in American elections, despite the US leader's tweets angrily calling the whole saga a "distraction".
  
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• Iraqi troops launch battle for last IS stronghold in Mosul

  18-06-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S.-backed Iraqi troops pushed into the last Islamic State stronghold in Mosul on Sunday, launching a major battle for the Old City where some 150,000 civilians are believed to be trapped and risk being used as human shields by the extremists.
  
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• Mark Corallo Is The Latest Hire In Trump's Defense Team

  18-06-2017 21:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Trump's hired gun's hired gun.
  
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• Portugal forest fire turns route 236 into road of hell

  18-06-2017 21:20 via yahoo.com
  
  Figueiró dos Vinhos (Portugal) (AFP) - Trapped in his car by the raging wildfires that killed around 60 people in Portugal, Luis Prior managed to save his life by rushing head-on through the flames.On Sunday afternoon, at least a dozen charred vehicles blocked the road linking the city of Figueiro dos Vinhos to Castanheira de Pera, sitting behind a barrier set up by officials near the village of Pobrais.
  
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• Trump attorney says president not under investigation

  18-06-2017 21:09 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of the president's outside legal team said Sunday that Donald Trump is not under federal investigation, days after Trump appeared to confirm he was with a tweet about being the target of a "witch hunt."
  
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• 3-Year-Old Dies During Routine Dental Procedure, Parents Seek Answers

  18-06-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  
  The cause of death remains undetermined.
  
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• Three reforms Macron wants to push through parliament

  18-06-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  
  Armed with an overwhelming majority, French President Emmanuel Macron will want to move fast to implement his pledges on cleaning up politics, making the labour market more flexible and beefing up national security.A similar law passed by the Socialist government in which Macron served sparked months of sometimes violent protests and sporadic strikes, during which uncollected rubbish piled up on the streets of Paris.Macron wants to fast-track the reforms through parliament using executive orders
  
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• This '4D' printing method could make packing for outer space much easier

  18-06-2017 20:59 via yahoo.com
  
  These tiny objects made with 3D printers can dramatically expand when exposed to heat. Scientists have created a pair of compact, unfurling structures that could pave the way for innovations in biomedical devices or space exploration, where payloads can cost tens of thousands of dollars per pound. SEE ALSO: Start printing your breakfast with this pancake bot A team at the Georgia Institute of Technology crafted these objects using "tensegrity" — a structural system of floating rods in comp
  
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• The Latest: Mom says son survived hit to bunk in collision

  18-06-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  
  YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Navy ship collision off the Japanese coast (all times local):
  
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• GOP senator warns against rushed vote on health care bill

  18-06-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator on Sunday warned against rushing a vote on a GOP bill to repeal and replace the nation's health care law, saying both parties deserve a chance to fully debate the bill and propose changes after it was drafted in secret.
  
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• Suspected jihadists attack tourist resort in Mali capital

  18-06-2017 20:38 via yahoo.com
  
  Suspected jihadists stormed a tourist resort popular with Westerners outside the Malian capital Bamako on Sunday, the country's security ministry said.Security forces were battling the attackers at the Kangaba resort after the assault, with nearby residents reporting hearing shots while smoke billowed into the air, with at least one building ablaze."There is an attack by presumed jihadists on the Kangaba camp," a security ministry official said, requesting anonymity.
  
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• Activists hold more peaceful second rally over US shooting verdict

  18-06-2017 20:32 via yahoo.com
  
  Minnesota activists held a second rally against police violence Saturday following 18 arrests during a night of protests after a policeman was acquitted over the shooting of a black motorist.Angry protestors had blocked a major highway in the state capital of St. Paul early Saturday after Friday's acquittal of Officer Jeronimo Yanez, 29, of all charges he faced in the shooting death of 32-year-old Philando Castile during a traffic stop.About 200 people turned out for that demonstration in Minnea
  
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• The Latest: UK: New siding on burned tower broke rules

  18-06-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the London high-rise tragedy (all times local):
  
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• Attack under way at tourist resort in Mali capital

  18-06-2017 20:02 via yahoo.com
  
  A tourist resort popular with Westerners in the Malian capital was under attack on Sunday, according to witnesses and an AFP journalist.Malian troops and soldiers from France's Bakhane counter-terrorist force headed to the site on the edge of Bamako, where nearby residents reported hearing shots fired while smoke billowed into the air.The west African country has been battling a jihadist insurgency for several years, with Islamist fighters roaming the north and centre of Mali.
  
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• Preliminary-magnitude 3.5 quake shakes Idyllwild

  18-06-2017 19:50 via yahoo.com
  
  A preliminary-magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck near the Riverside County community of Idyllwild on Sunday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
  
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• Tump's Brags Don't Add Up

  18-06-2017 19:15 via yahoo.com
  
  Trump misses the mark in latest tweet hailing his poll numbers.
  
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• Deadly wildfires around the world

  18-06-2017 19:15 via yahoo.com
  
  Portuguese firefighters kept up the battle Sunday after one of the worst wildfire disasters in recent history killed more than 60 people.It is one of the worst fires ever recorded in Australia.In 2007, 77 people die at the end of August in unprecedented forest fires that ravaged 250,000 hectares (2,500 square kilometres) in the southern Peloponnese and the island of Evia, northeast of Athens.
  
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• Milwaukee County sheriff not joining DHS, after all

  18-06-2017 19:13 via yahoo.com
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security says Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is no longer a candidate for a position in the agency.
  
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• Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow contradicts president on obstruction investigation

  18-06-2017 19:08 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump speaks about Cuba policy in Miami.A member of Donald Trump’s legal team has denied the president’s own assertion that he is under investigation for obstruction of justice.On NBC’s Meet the Press, he said: “He’s not afraid of the investigation – there is no investigation.
  
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• Democrats fume over 'secret' Republican healthcare bill

  18-06-2017 18:59 via yahoo.com
  
  Democrats gearing up for a new round of battles against Republican efforts to do away with Barack Obama's signature health care law are condemning a US Senate replacement bill being crafted by Republicans behind closed doors.Senator Bernie Sanders urged Democrats on Sunday to do "everything they can" to oppose a Republican bill that for weeks has been drafted by party leaders in secret.This is completely unacceptable," Sanders, an independent who is a member of the Democratic party leadership, t
  
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• IS threat in Southeast Asia raises alarm in Washington

  18-06-2017 18:57 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Southeast Asia's jihadis who fought by the hundreds for the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria now have a different battle closer to home in the southern Philippines. It's a scenario raising significant alarm in Washington.
  
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• Q&A: Taliban infiltrate Afghan army to target foreign troops

  18-06-2017 18:37 via yahoo.com
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An uptick in attacks by Afghan National army soldiers against foreign troops would seem a worrisome trend ahead of the deployment of another 4,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan in the latest attempt by Washington to turn around the protracted war against insurgents.
  
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• Beyoncé's dad tweeted about the twins and is probably having a great Father's Day

  18-06-2017 18:33 via yahoo.com
  
  Matthew Knowles is the first member of the Carter-Knowles dynasty to speak out on the birth of the twins.  Beyoncé's dad tweeted (and Instagrammed) a happy birthday card to the twins on this very special Father's Day for him. "They're here," he wrote, but kept all other details private. He will presumably make soldiers out of the twins.  SEE ALSO: The wait is over to find out the sexes of Beyoncé's twinsThey're here!#beyonce #twins #jayz #happybirthday pic.twitter.com/woF
  
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• The Latest: Rubio says best to let Russia probe proceed

  18-06-2017 18:29 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into Russia's interference in the election and ties to Trump campaign associates (all times local):
  
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• Bodies of Missing US Navy Sailors Found on Ship

  18-06-2017 18:28 via yahoo.com
  
  The search for the U.S. Navy sailors who went missing after the USS Fitzgerald collided with a container ship off the Japanese coast was called off after several bodies were found Sunday in the ship's flooded compartments. (June 18)
  
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• What happens next after President Trump says 'I am being investigated'

  18-06-2017 18:23 via yahoo.com
  
  ABC News' Martha Raddatz reports the latest on the GOP baseball shooting and the president's tweets.
  
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• Colombia hunts 'terrorists' for deadly mall bombing

  18-06-2017 18:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Colombia's leaders and main rebel groups pledged Sunday that a mall bombing that killed three women would not disrupt the country's peace process, though authorities were scrambling to discover who was responsible for the carnage.The victims -- two Colombians and a Frenchwoman -- perished when a device exploded in a ladies' toilet in the crowded Andino shopping center in Bogota on Saturday.President Juan Manuel Santos called the incident a terrorist attack.
  
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• Will Donald Trump's base stand by the president?

  18-06-2017 18:20 via yahoo.com
  
  ABC News' Martha Raddatz traveled to Pennsylvania to talk with Trump supporters about his first months in office.
  
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• Justices could take up high-stakes fight over electoral maps

  18-06-2017 18:20 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In an era of deep partisan division, the Supreme Court could soon decide whether the drawing of electoral districts can be too political.
  
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• Klein: 'Trump is building an obstruction case against himself with every tweet'

  18-06-2017 18:19 via yahoo.com
  
  The Powerhouse Roundtable debates the week in politics on "This Week."
  
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• Trump lawyer: President’s tweet about ‘being investigated’ did not confirm probe

  18-06-2017 18:06 via yahoo.com
  
  In interviews Sunday, attorney Jay Sekulow contradicts the president’s own tweet.
  
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• Retooling the workforce

  18-06-2017 18:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Koldo Mentxaka was always considered the “brains” in the family.After working at IBM and later as a computer consultant in his hometown of Bilbao, on Spain’s northern coast, he lost his job in 2013 in the wake of the global financial crisis.After 2-1/2 years of unemployment – and at age 40 – he made a decision.
  
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• North Korea behind WannaCry ransomware attack, British intelligence claims

  18-06-2017 18:00 via yahoo.com
  
  A report from ZDNet cites sources inside the British National Cyber Security Centre, who claim that North Korea was behind the recent WannaCry ransomware attack that hit millions of users worldwide.
  The ransomware software spread like wildfire between infected Windows machines, and hit the UK particularly hard. A number of hospitals and regional health services were taken offline by the attack, and some officials have suggested that the attack was directly responsible for a number
  
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• Meet the Father’s Eve Club: a Group Raising Money for Those in Need

  18-06-2017 17:57 via yahoo.com
  
  Every year, fathers from all over the country celebrate Father’s Eve on the night before Father’s Day. The gathering, which began in Minnesota and this year took place in 42 cities, raises money for local charities that help fathers.
  
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• Conservationists: Imperiled Atlantic salmon decline worsens

  18-06-2017 17:54 via yahoo.com
  
  BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Fewer of North America's Atlantic salmon are making it back to rivers to spawn, which bodes poorly for the future of the imperiled fish, an international conservation group says.
  
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• A Look at How a Swiss Company Is Trying to Slow Climate Change

  18-06-2017 17:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Climeworks has designed filters to capture carbon dioxide from the air and is using it to help grow crops, and make a profit, as part of its contribution to slowing climate change.
  
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• FBI offers $10K reward to help find missing Chinese scholar

  18-06-2017 17:38 via yahoo.com
  
  URBANA, Ill. (AP) — The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information that'll help locate a visiting scholar from China who disappeared from the University of Illinois.
  
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• Trump Lawyer Says President Not Under Investigation, Despite Tweets

  18-06-2017 17:37 via yahoo.com
  
  “Let me be clear here,” said Jay Sekulow, a member of the president’s legal team, on NBC's “Meet The Press.” “The president is not and has not been under investigation for obstruction."
  
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• Philippines eyes truce with communist rebels amid siege

  18-06-2017 17:34 via yahoo.com
  
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government said Sunday that it would suspend offensives against communist guerrillas to reciprocate a similar plan by the insurgents and allow troops to focus on quelling a bloody siege by Islamic State group-aligned militants that has dragged on for nearly a month in a southern city.
  
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• Bodies of 7 Missing U.S. Sailors Found in Flooded Navy Destroyer

  18-06-2017 17:34 via yahoo.com
  
  The bodies of seven U.S. sailors missing after a Navy destroyer collided with a container ship off Japan were found in flooded berthing compartments, a defense official said.
  
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• Donald Trump’s lawyer contradicts President’s claim that he is under investigation

  18-06-2017 17:06 via yahoo.com
  
  One of Donald Trump’s personal lawyers has insisted he is not being investigated – two days after the President claimed that he was.Mr Trump has in recent days repeatedly hit out at the so-called legal “witch hunt” he says is pursuing his investigation.“The fact of the matter is the President has not been and is not under investigation,” Mr Sekulow said on CBS’ Face the Nation, one of four political shows where he appeared on Sunday.
  
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• Bahrain orders Qatar troops to leave: source

  18-06-2017 17:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Bahrain has ordered Qatari troops serving with a coalition fighting the Islamic State group to leave its territory, a source with knowledge of the situation said on Sunday.The soldiers, part of the US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) which is headquartered in Bahrain, had been asked to leave the coalition and may depart within the next 48 hours, the source told AFP."The Bahrainis told the US general in command of the base that Qatari soldiers must leave," the source said on condition of an
  
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