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• Protesters Stage Third Day Of Demonstrations In St. Louis Over Acquittal Of Former Cop

  17-09-2017 23:52 via yahoo.com
  A group of peaceful protesters assembled in St. Louis on Sunday afternoon, marking a third consecutive day of demonstrations against the acquittal of a former police officer who fatally shot a black suspect.
  
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• Emmy Awards 2017: Red carpet arrivals

  17-09-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  The biggest names in television are bringing their style A-games!
  
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• College President Apologizes For Cotton Stalk Centerpieces During Dinner With Black Students

  17-09-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  A university president apologized after he displayed cotton stalks during a dinner with black students.
  
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• The 4 American Tourists Attacked With Acid in France Are Boston College Students

  17-09-2017 23:39 via yahoo.com
  They have all been released from the hospital
  
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• Emmy Awards 2017: Complete list of winners

  17-09-2017 23:37 via yahoo.com
  Stephen Colbert hosts the 2017 Emmys, which will air live on CBS at 8 p.m. EST on Sunday night.
  
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• Caribbean braces again as Maria becomes hurricane

  17-09-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Maria reached hurricane status on Sunday, putting the Caribbean on edge once again. Nathan Frandino reports.
  
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• The Latest: Chelsea Manning tells crowd she took a risk

  17-09-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — The Latest on Chelsea Manning addressing a conference in Nantucket, Massachusetts (all times local):
  
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• United Nations has 'exhausted' options on North Korea, says top US diplomat

  17-09-2017 23:15 via yahoo.com
  The UN has run out of options for confronting an increasingly belligerent North Korea, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has said, presenting a unified front with Trump administration officials who continue to float a military option ahead of this week’s summit in New York.“We have pretty much exhausted all the things that we can do at the Security Council at this point,” Haley told CNN, adding that she had “no problem kicking to” Jim Mattis, the US de
  
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• US urges Syria cooperation with Russia after strike

  17-09-2017 22:53 via yahoo.com
  Washington and Moscow have held high-level talks aimed at shoring up military "deconfliction" zones in eastern Syria after Russia was accused of targeting US-backed forces battling the Islamic State group in an air strike, a top US general said Sunday.The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Washington-backed Kurd and Arab fighters, said Saturday that several of its fighters were injured in a bombing by Russian warplanes east of the Euphrates River near Syria's oil-rich province of Dei
  
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• Haley Says Trump's Era Will Mark 'New Day For The U.N.'

  17-09-2017 22:53 via yahoo.com
  The president is set to address the United Nations General Assembly.
  
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• Four Female U.S. Tourists Attacked With Acid In France

  17-09-2017 22:46 via yahoo.com
  Four female American tourists were attacked with acid Sunday in France
  
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• US-North Korean tensions prompt delay in Guam-Japan flights

  17-09-2017 22:42 via yahoo.com
  HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea have prompted a Hong Kong-based airline to delay flights between the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam and Japan.
  
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• Police think 2 Louisiana slayings likely racially motivated

  17-09-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The slayings of two black men in Baton Rouge last week were likely racially motivated, police said Sunday, and a suspect — a 23-year-old white man — was in custody. In both shootings the gunman fired from his car then walked up to the victims as they were lying on the ground and fired again multiple times.
  
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• Clash between military and suspected gang leaves nine dead in southern Mexico

  17-09-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  The Mexican military fought back against an armed attack in the violent southwestern state of Guerrero on Saturday night, leaving eight suspected gang members and one soldier dead, authorities said on Sunday.At around 11 p.m., troops were making their rounds in the city of Teloloapan, about 155 miles (250 km) from Mexico City, when they came under gunfire from suspected gang members dressed in fake military uniforms, Roberto Álvarez Heredia, a spokesman for the Guerrero Coordinating Group
  
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• Trump mocks ‘Rocket Man’ Kim Jong-un as advisers issue warnings

  17-09-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  Advisers to Donald Trump have warned North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons programmes, saying that the regime faced destruction if it continued its reckless behaviour and forced the US to defend itself or its allies.The warning came on Sunday after Trump tweeted about a phone call to South Korean president Moon Jae-in, and appeared to mock Kim Jong-un.“I spoke with President Moon of South Korea last night,” the US president wrote.
  
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• Fatal Baton Rouge Shootings Investigated As Racially Motivated: Police

  17-09-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  A 23-year-old Louisiana man is reportedly being held as a person of interest in the separate slayings of two black men who police say were gunned down last week in potentially racially motivated attacks.
  
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• Iran's Khamenei warns U.S. against 'wrong move' on nuclear deal

  17-09-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  Iran will not be bullied by the United States and will react strongly to any "wrong move" by Washington on Tehran's nuclear deal, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday.U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran was violating "the spirit" of the 2015 deal under which it got sanctions relief in return for curbing its nuclear program.State television quoted Khamenei as saying Iran was standing firm "and any wrong move by the domineering regime regarding the (nuclear accor
  
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• With TV epic, Ken Burns seeks fuller understanding of Vietnam War

  17-09-2017 21:32 via yahoo.com
  A half century after the United States plunged into war in Vietnam, scars remain unhealed.With a 10-part television epic, Ken Burns is hoping for a fuller understanding.The celebrated documentary filmmaker has invested 10 years into making "The Vietnam War", which aims to offer a more balanced view on the still divisive conflict by bringing in a wide range of American and Vietnamese voices.
  
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• Libya, Italy net 5,000 migrants in a week

  17-09-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  Libya's coastguard has rescued over 3,000 migrants aiming to cross the Mediterranean to Europe in the past week, while Italy picked up another 2,000 in recent days, official and reports said Sunday.The tally was the highest reported out of Libya for a one-week period since mid-July saw a dramatic fall in the number of migrants trying to reach Europe.Six years since a revolution and NATO intervention that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi, violence-wracked Libya has become a key gateway for clandes
  
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• Trump, in new dig, mocks North Korea leader as 'Rocket Man'

  17-09-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  SOMERSET, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday mocked the leader of nuclear-armed North Korea as "Rocket Man" while White House advisers said the isolated nation would face destruction unless it shelves its weapons programs and bellicose threats.
  
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• Veteran Albuquerque TV reporter killed in helicopter crash

  17-09-2017 21:08 via yahoo.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A longtime reporter-videographer at an Albuquerque TV station has died after the news helicopter he was piloting crashed in central New Mexico, authorities said Sunday.
  
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• Ex-Pakistan PM's wife on course to win his by-election seat

  17-09-2017 21:05 via yahoo.com
  The wife of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was on course to win a parliamentary by-election for her husband's seat, which became vacant when he was ousted from office, according to unofficial early results Sunday.The Supreme Court ended Sharif's tenure as prime minister and banned him from holding public office in July following an investigation into corruption allegations against him and his family, triggering the by-election for his Lahore seat.Sharif's daughter Maryam led the ca
  
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• Tillerson says U.S. weighing closing embassy in Cuba over sonic attacks

  17-09-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  The United States is considering closing its embassy in Havana in response to an alleged sonic attack on U.S. personnel in Cuba, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday."We have it under evaluation," Tillerson said on CBS' "Face the Nation" program."It's a very serious issue with respect to the harm that certain individuals have suffered."Five Republican senators on Friday called for the Trump administration to retaliate against the Cuban government by expelling Cuban diplomats and possi
  
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• Bomb scare forces BA flight evacuation in Paris

  17-09-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  A London-bound British Airways flight was evacuated at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport on Sunday after a bomb scare, but was later cleared for take-off.Bomb disposal experts and sniffer dogs swept the aircraft, while passengers had to pass back through security, the source said.Passenger James Anderson, a 20-year-old entrepreneur, wrote on Twitter that everyone onboard had been "individually searched by armed officers", while police and fire vehicles surrounded the plane.
  
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• Ultra-Orthodox protesters arrested in violent clash in Jerusalem

  17-09-2017 20:47 via yahoo.com
  Jewish ultra-Orthodox demonstrators protesting the arrest of a prospective army conscript from their community clashed with police in Jerusalem on Sunday and eight men were detained, police said.Police used a water canon and mounted officers dispersed the protest that briefly turned violent near Jerusalem's military recruiting office which lies on the edge of one of the city's ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods.Although most ultra-Orthodox seminary students gain exemption from military service on reli
  
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• Bernie Sanders Responds to Hillary Clinton Criticism

  17-09-2017 20:47 via yahoo.com
  The Vermont senator said he backed Clinton after she became the Democrat candidate.
  
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• Prime minister attends gay pride march in a first for Serbia

  17-09-2017 20:30 via yahoo.com
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's first openly gay prime minister joined several hundred activists Sunday at a gay pride march that was held amid tight security in the conservative Balkan country.
  
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• Woman Replaces Bouquets at Wedding With Rescue Puppies: 'They Were a Huge Hit'

  17-09-2017 20:27 via yahoo.com
  She'd seen the idea on Pinterest.
  
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• The Latest: Thousands told to evacuate as Fla. river floods

  17-09-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Irma in Florida (all times local):
  
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• US may close Cuba embassy after 'attacks' on diplomats

  17-09-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  The United States may again close its embassy in Cuba, which reopened two years ago after a half-century stand-off, following a series of mystery "health attacks" on its diplomats, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday.At least 21 members of the US mission in Havana and a smaller number of Canadians have suffered brain injuries and hearing loss in what have been reported as "acoustic attacks", although US officials say their origin remains unclear.The incidents began last year, and the la
  
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• US diplomats deliver stiff warning to North Korea as Donald Trump brands Kim Jong-un 'rocket man'

  17-09-2017 20:14 via yahoo.com
  North Korea faces destruction if it continues to threaten the US and its allies, according to one of Donald Trump’s most senior diplomats, while the president unveiled the dismissive new nickname of Rocket Man for the country’s erratic ruler. With world leaders gathering in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, when North Korea’s nuclear programme is expected to dominate, senior administration figures said time was running out for a diplomatic solution. Nikki Haley,
  
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• President Trump Greets Wife Melanie With A Handshake

  17-09-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  At a Friday night event held at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Melania gave a speech introducing her husband, after which the president thanked her by firmly shaking her hand
  
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• President Trump Greets Wife Melania With A Handshake

  17-09-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  At a Friday night event held at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Melania gave a speech introducing her husband, after which the president thanked her by firmly shaking her hand
  
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• Watch Out 'Hot Cops'! Police Parody Stephen King's 'It' in Viral Photo

  17-09-2017 19:51 via yahoo.com
  The officers said they just wanted to engage with the community.
  
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• Bernie Sanders: I Did Everything I Could to Get Hillary Clinton Elected

  17-09-2017 19:47 via yahoo.com
  He responded to Clinton's criticism in her book
  
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• Tillerson says U.S. could stay in Paris climate accord

  17-09-2017 19:43 via yahoo.com
  By Lucia MutikaniWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States could remain in the Paris climate accord under the right conditions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday, signaling a shift in tone from the Trump administration, which angered allies with its decision to pull out of the agreement.President Donald Trump is willing to work with partners in the Paris agreement if the United States could construct a set of terms that are fair and balanced for Americans, Tillerson said on the CBS'
  
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• Murder of 2 Black Men May Be 'Racially Motivated,' Police Say

  17-09-2017 19:43 via yahoo.com
  There's a suspect in custody
  
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• Trump tweets anti-Clinton meme as tensions flare over her memoir

  17-09-2017 19:36 via yahoo.com
  The tweet by Trump, which was a re-tweet from another user’s account, was derided as ‘juvenile’.President Trump on Sunday re-tweeted doctored footage that showed him hitting Hillary Clinton with a golf ball, knocking her over.The gif, which uses old film of Clinton stumbling as she enters a plane and complements “Trump’s amazing golf swing #CrookedHillary”, came from an account, @Fuctupmind, which on Sunday also published a gif of a kitten falling asleep.
  
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• Stowaway Koala Survives 10-Mile Ride Hidden Behind Car's Wheel

  17-09-2017 19:36 via yahoo.com
  A koala is alive after a driver unknowingly drove for about 10 miles while the animal clung to the inside of his car’s wheel arch, animal officials said.
  
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• New Ken Burns Doc Dismisses Origins of the Vietnam War

  17-09-2017 19:31 via yahoo.com
  Ken Burns aims to win hearts and minds with his epic Vietnam series, but loses sight of how we got involved.
  
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• Ken Burns' New PBS Doc Wades Into Vietnam’s Big Muddy

  17-09-2017 19:31 via yahoo.com
  Ken Burns aims to win hearts and minds with his epic Vietnam series, but loses sight of how we got involved.
  
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• Aid officials 'gravely concerned' over fate of relocated Islamic State families in Iraq

  17-09-2017 19:29 via yahoo.com
  By Raya JalabiERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Aid officials in Iraq said they were "gravely concerned" about the fate of about 1,400 foreign wives and children of suspected Islamic State militants relocated by Iraqi authorities, who did not warn aid organizations.The families had been held by Iraqi authorities since Aug. 30 in the Hammam al-Alil transit camp, south of Mosul."We are gravely concerned about these families," said Melany Markham, spokeswoman for the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in Iraq.
  
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• Warm waters off West Coast has lingering effects for salmon

  17-09-2017 19:26 via yahoo.com
  SEATTLE (AP) — The mass of warm water known as "the blob" that heated up the North Pacific Ocean has dissipated, but scientists are still seeing the lingering effects of those unusually warm sea surface temperatures on Pacific Northwest salmon and steelhead.
  
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• Hurricane-hit St Martin takes first steps to rebuild

  17-09-2017 19:21 via yahoo.com
  Almost two weeks after Hurricane Irma slammed into St Martin, killing 15 people, the French-Dutch Caribbean island has begun to take small steps toward reconstruction."We are still in an emergency situation but rebuilding is also in the back of our minds," Guadeloupe's governor Eric Maire said during a visit to the island.Petrol stations that once held empty tanks are now again open for business.
  
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• Official: 4 US tourists attacked with acid in France

  17-09-2017 19:16 via yahoo.com
  PARIS (AP) — Four young American tourists were attacked with acid Sunday at a train station in the French city of Marseille and a 41-year-old woman has been arrested as their alleged assailant, the Marseille prosecutor's office said.
  
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• US warns N.Korea will be 'destroyed' if threats continue

  17-09-2017 19:13 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump's administration ramped up the pressure on North Korea on Sunday ahead of a week of high-stakes diplomacy at the United Nations, warning Pyongyang will be "destroyed" if it refuses to end its "reckless" nuclear and ballistic missile drive.With US officials and their allies scrambling to find ways to contain an increasingly belligerent Pyongyang, the US president will address the UN General Assembly on Tuesday and then confer Thursday with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts o
  
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• Kevin Hart publicly apologizes to wife and children after woman threatens to release 'sexually suggestive' video

  17-09-2017 19:13 via yahoo.com
  Kevin Hart issued a very public apology on Saturday to his pregnant wife and kids after news broke that the actor is involved in a multimillion-dollar extortion attempt.
  
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• Trump Mentions 'Rocket Man' Kim Jong Un As White House Tries To Be Unified On North Korea

  17-09-2017 19:12 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Sunday affirmed in a tweet that he was conferring with world leaders on North Korea’s growing nuclear program, appearing to refer to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as “Rocket Man.”
  
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• Dreamers Want Trump to Know They're Not All Mexican

  17-09-2017 19:00 via yahoo.com
  "To Trump, DACA is an issue of illegal immigration from Mexico, and it’s not."
  
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• Aid group warns of death among Rohingya in Bangladesh

  17-09-2017 18:44 via yahoo.com
  By Tommy WilkesCOX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh could die due to a lack offood, shelter and water, given the huge numbers fleeing violence in Myanmar, an aid agency warned on Sunday, as authorities began moving people to camps to streamline the distribution of help.Nearly 410,000 members of the Rohingya Muslim minority fled from Myanmar's western Rakhine state to Bangladesh to escape a military offensive that the United Nations has branded a "textbook example o
  
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