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• LeBron James on Trump's NFL attack: 'The people run the country, not him'

  25-09-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  James had tweeted about Mr Trump over the weekend when the President said his invitation to the 2017 NBA champion Golden State Warriors had been rescinded, calling Mr Trump a "bum".When asked if he regretted his comments Mr James said: "I said what I said".
  
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• Roger Stone on Paul Manafort’s impending indictment

  25-09-2017 23:31 via yahoo.com
  Yahoo News’ Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff sat down with Roger Stone, a former adviser to President Trump, to talk about Paul Manafort, former campaign chief for Trump, and his impending indictment in the Russia investigation.
  
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• Mexico City gets unsteadily back on its feet after quake

  25-09-2017 23:31 via yahoo.com
  By Anthony Esposito and Ana Isabel MartinezMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico City's infamous traffic jams were back on Monday as offices re-opened after last week's deadly earthquake, but closed schools and clusters of homeless people served asreminders that life in the megalopolis has not yet returned to normal.Others among the 20 million people who live in greater Mexico City were gradually resuming their routines, however."You can't say that everything has totally returned back to being normal,
  
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• Junot Diaz: If Puerto Rico Means Anything To You, You Have To Step Up

  25-09-2017 23:15 via yahoo.com
  Junot Diaz delivered an impassioned speech about the devastation currently plaguing Puerto Rico at La Fábrica Central in Massachusetts on Sunday.
  
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• Is Betsy DeVos protecting rapists? Victim thinks so

  25-09-2017 23:15 via yahoo.com
  Besty DeVos's new guidelines on how college campuses and universities should handle sexual assault has rape victims like Abby Honold concerned that her decision could protect rapists.
  
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• Groom Heroically Saves Drowning Boy During Wedding Photo Shoot

  25-09-2017 23:04 via yahoo.com
  This heroic groom probably didn’t expect to play the role of Superman on his wedding day.
  
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• Police arrest and remove protestors with disabilities at Senate Graham-Cassidy hearing

  25-09-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  How do we say this nicely, Senator Cassidy and Senator Graham: everyone hates your dumb healthcare bill.  Well, at least a solid majority of Americans do, and pretty much everyone who came to watch the Graham-Cassidy hearing Monday afternoon. Activists from the grassroots disability rights group ADAPT disrupted the hearing multiple times, causing Senator Hatch to briefly recess the hearing and prompting Capitol Police to arrest protestors, some of them in wheelchairs. Their protest centered
  
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• Hasan Minhaj Comparing Donald Trump To Stereotypical Indian Uncles Is Gold

  25-09-2017 22:49 via yahoo.com
  Comedian Hasan Minhaj took aim at President Donald Trump at GQ India’s Men of the Year Awards, proving once again that he can throw some serious shade while looking classy AF.  Minhaj was in Mumbai on Friday to accept the publication’s International Man of the Year award.
  
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• Suspected Church Shooter Was Known To Police Before Deadly Attack

  25-09-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  Authorities are searching for a motive behind Sunday morning’s deadly shooting spree at a Tennessee church as new details about the suspected gunman’s past surface.
  
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• Ivanka Trump used a personal email account after inauguration, documents reveal

  25-09-2017 22:34 via yahoo.com
  ​Ivanka Trump reportedly used a personal email account to contact a government official after her father, Donald Trump, had already become president.The organization American Oversight has sued for various public records, seeking to illuminate the “the role Ivanka Trump played and continues to play in the administration of her father”, according to the the group.Documents obtained by the organization show that Ms Trump used a personal email address to contact United States Smal
  
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• US should 'negotiate with the Taliban' says cricketer turned politician Imran Khan

  25-09-2017 22:33 via yahoo.com
  Cricket legend and potential Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan on Monday criticized the United States’ new strategy for Afghanistan and said that the US should negotiate with the Taliban instead of aiming to destroy it. "More fighting and bloodshed is not the answer," Khan said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, "I said it 17 years ago and I am still saying this now," Khan, who is considered a likely contender for premier after next year’s parliamentary elections,
  
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• Man 'Pushed To Limit' After NFL Protest, Quits Job At Buffalo Bills Stadium

  25-09-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  While NFL players are taking a knee, Erich Nikischer is leaving the arena.Nikischer found himself so enraged by several Buffalo Bills kneeling during the national anthem on Sunday that he quit his job of almost 30 years at the team’s home stadium, New Era Field.Nikischer said he has no issue with players protesting prior to the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner, but could not handle the kneeling during the song.
  
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• Wanted: 1 million people to study genes, habits and health

  25-09-2017 22:09 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a quest to end cookie-cutter health care, U.S. researchers are getting ready to recruit more than 1 million people for an unprecedented study to learn how our genes, environments and lifestyles interact — and to finally customize ways to prevent and treat disease.
  
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• Health care bill protesters descend on Senate hearing

  25-09-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  The typically hushed corridors of the Russell Senate Building echoed with noise Monday as protesters, upset by the Senate Republicans’ health care bill, descended on lawmakers’ offices to let their displeasure be known ― part of several such demonstrations around the U.S. Capitol.An initial crowd estimated at around 100 protesters split into smaller groups once inside the building, with each subgroup seeking out the offices of specific senators, some of whom are positioned to c
  
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• Satellite photos show Puerto Rico went dark after Hurricane Maria

  25-09-2017 22:02 via yahoo.com
  When Hurricane Maria's Category 4 winds roared across Puerto Rico last week, it left the U.S. territory and its 3.4 million residents nearly entirely without power.  It's possible that parts of Puerto Rico could be without electricity for months, due in part to the hurricane's diagonal track across the entire island. The darkness that has fallen on the island is so prevalent that it's even visible in photos of the territory taken from space.  SEE ALSO: Photos from Puerto Rico reveal th
  
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• Why It's So Risky for Heart Patients to Stop Taking a Daily Aspirin

  25-09-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  A new study highlights the role that aspirin can play in preventing heart attack and stroke
  
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• Chelsea Manning says she has been barred from entering Canada

  25-09-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  Chelsea Manning, the former US soldier who served seven years in military prison after instigating one of the biggest breaches of classified data in US history, has said she has been barred from entering Canada.On Monday, Manning posted on Twitter a report from the Canadian government that identified her as a foreign national “who has not been authorized to enter Canada” due to prior convictions.“So, I guess Canada has permanently banned me?” wrote Manning – one of
  
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• 'We Are Outraged': Thousands Of Faith Leaders Oppose GOP Health Care Bill

  25-09-2017 21:52 via yahoo.com
  A contingent of over 3,000 faith leaders released a letter to members of the Senate on Monday urging them to vote against Republican legislators’ latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
  
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• In first, woman becomes US Marine Corps infantry officer

  25-09-2017 21:51 via yahoo.com
  A female US Marine on Monday became the first woman to complete the Corps' notoriously rigorous training course for infantry officers.Many women serve in the Marines and other branches of America's armed forces but the woman, who has requested that her name not be released, is the first to make it through the Marine Corps' 13-week infantry officer training course."I am proud of this officer and those in her class," Marine Corps commandant General Robert Neller said.
  
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• Dozens of British fighters on the loose in Syria as Islamic State crumbles

  25-09-2017 21:48 via yahoo.com
  Dead. Captured. On the run. Those are the probable fates of the dozens of British citizens who travelled to Syria and Iraq to join the so called Islamic State terror group. But even as the so-called Caliphate crumbles, remarkably little is known about what has become of its British followers. Unmasked: The most notorious British figures in Isil 03:18 “It really is shrouded in mystery and guess work,” said Shiraz Maher, a researcher at King’s College London who has interviewed a
  
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• Palestinian leader tries to put Trump on notice with warning

  25-09-2017 21:47 via yahoo.com
  Overshadowed by last week's showdown between the U.S. and North Korea, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued an ominous warning in his address to the United Nations: With hopes running out for an independent Palestinian state, the Palestinian leader said he may have no choice but to seek a single, binational state with Israel.
  
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• White House: If NFL protests are about police brutality, players 'should protest the officers on the field'

  25-09-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders suggested Monday that if NFL players who kneel during the national anthem at games are doing so because of police brutality, they should protest the officers instead of the song.
  
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• Venezuela: Trump acted like 'the world's emperor' at UN

  25-09-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Venezuela's top diplomat accused U.S. President Donald Trump Monday of acting like "the world's emperor," batting back Trump's biting rebukes of Venezuela on the global stage of the U.N. General Assembly.
  
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• Roger Stone Threatens D.C. Lawmakers Ahead of Hearing

  25-09-2017 21:25 via yahoo.com
  Roger Stone, a longtime Donald Trump confidant, will testify Tuesday about alleged Russian meddling in U.S. politics, but only behind closed doors.
  
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• Poroshenko signs disputed Ukrainian language law

  25-09-2017 21:23 via yahoo.com
  Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday signed into law a controversial language bill which has sparked a standoff with Romania and other east European states.The law states that starting in September 2020, students will be taught exclusively in Ukrainian from the fifth grade onwards, though they can still learn their native languages as a separate subject.The legislation has also raised hackles in Ukraine's sizable Hungarian and Polish minorities.
  
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• North Korea says U.S. 'declared war' warns it could shoot down U.S. bombers

  25-09-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  North Korea's foreign minister said on Monday that President Donald Trump had declared war on North Korea and that Pyongyang reserves the right to take countermeasures, including shooting down U.S. bombers even if they are not in its air space.
  
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• White House denies Trump has declared war on North Korea

  25-09-2017 21:13 via yahoo.com
  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders pushed back against North Korea's assertion on Monday that President Trump's recent speech at the U.N. constituted a declaration of war. Sanders said that the United States had not declared war with North Korea, calling the entire notion "absurd."
  
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• City warms to Labour as Tories give cold shoulder

  25-09-2017 21:12
  Executives have met with senior Labour Party figures as Brexit negotiations prompt hand-wringing over City's relationship with the Tories
  
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• Did Florida Gov. Break Law in Nursing Home Scandal?

  25-09-2017 21:11 via yahoo.com
  Florida Governor Rick Scott deleted voicemails in which nursing home workers pleaded for help in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. Eleven people later died at the facility.
  
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• The U.S. Navy's Nuclear Submarines Could Be Made Obsolete

  25-09-2017 21:05 via yahoo.com
  On a more human level, it would be interesting to go back in time to World Wars I and II, where a constant refrain of the sailors and airmen who hunted subs was the sheer tedium of the search.Hour after hour after hour of scanning the oceans, in the hope that a needle in the haystack would reveal itself as a sonar contact or a tiny periscope peeking above the surface.If nothing else, farming out sub-hunting to the robots will make chasing subs a bit less dull.
  
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• White House suggests NFL players protest police on field, not flag

  25-09-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  On Monday, White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders was asked repeatedly about the president’s tweets and comments regarding NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem. During one such question and answer, Sanders said that if players had a problem with police brutality, then police on the field would be a better target to protest than the U.S. flag. Sanders later stated that she was not advocating that players protest the police.
  
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• Americans in Puerto Rico Beg for Federal Help

  25-09-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on the still dire situation in Hurricane-stricken Puerto Rico and the inadequate response so far from the federal government, which has had to be reminded that Puerto Ricans are Americans.
  
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• Pentagon to Give Trump Options on Tackling North Korea

  25-09-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  Trump has made it clear he is not opposed to taking military action.
  
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• Obamacare Repeal Is on Life Support. These 5 Senators Could Decide Its Fate

  25-09-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  Congress is facing a looming vote on repealing Obamacare that will be decided by a handful of key Republicans. Here are 5 senators to watch.
  
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• Meghan Markle glows in casual ensemble during Invictus Games appearance with boyfriend Prince Harry

  25-09-2017 20:36 via yahoo.com
  Meghan Markle has her casual style down pat!The "Suits" actress and Prince Harry officially made the first joint appearance as a couple, attending a tennis match at the Invictus Games on Monday afternoon.For the outing, Markle donned a polished yet casual look -- a crisp, white button-down shirt that she paired with ripped denim.
  
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• A Ranking of the Richest Women of the Kardashian-Jenner Clan

  25-09-2017 20:33 via yahoo.com
  "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" is 10 this year. Here's how much the show has made for the women in the Kardashian-Jenner clan over the years.
  
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• Meghan Markle and Prince Harry hold hands at the Invictus Games

  25-09-2017 20:21 via yahoo.com
  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are giving the people what they want!
  
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• 2 national anthem singers take knees during NFL Sunday games

  25-09-2017 20:19 via yahoo.com
  During Sunday's 14 NFL games many players, coaches and teams demonstrated their right to peaceful protest by kneeling or remaining in the locker room during the national anthem -- and they weren't the only ones to join in the protest.
  
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• Trump Dangerous Bellicosity Raises War Risk

  25-09-2017 20:08 via yahoo.com
  Joe Cirincione, MSNBC nuclear security analyst, talks with Rachel Maddow about how Donald Trump's insult-comic threats against North Korea have only escalated the threat of war with North Korea.
  
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• Cardi B Is The First Female Rapper To Hit No. 1 Solo In Almost 20 Years

  25-09-2017 20:07 via yahoo.com
  Cardi B is making (money) moves to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and breaking records on the way.
  
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• Manafort Working Against US Mission in Iraq

  25-09-2017 20:03 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on Kurdish people voting on a referendum to become independent from Iraq, a situation the U.S. has fought to prevent but Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort has been paid to promote.
  
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• What Kim Kardashian West Eats for Breakfast

  25-09-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  A look at food, wine and more in news.
  
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• Soldier saves lifeless puppy with CPR in tear-worthy viral video

  25-09-2017 19:52 via yahoo.com
  An emotional video making its way around the internet shows a Thai soldier giving CPR to a tiny lifeless puppy and eventually bringing him back to life.
  
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• US-backed forces say Russia attacked them in eastern Syria

  25-09-2017 19:39 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed forces in eastern Syria say Russia bombed their positions on Monday in a major natural gas field they recently captured from Islamic State militants.
  
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• What This Holocaust Survivor Wants Americans To Understand About The Resistance

  25-09-2017 19:34 via yahoo.com
  Maud Dahme was only four in 1940 when the Netherlands, where she lived with her family, was invaded by the Nazis.
  
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• North Korea: Pentagon threatens to give Trump options if provocations continue

  25-09-2017 19:34 via yahoo.com
  The Pentagon has warned that it is prepared to give Donald Trump options to deal with North Korea if the country's provocations continue."If North Korea does not stop their provocative actions, you know, we will make sure that we provide options to the President to deal with North Korea," Pentagon spokesman Colonel Robert Manning told reporters.Earlier that day, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho had told reporters that "the whole world should clearly remember it was the US who first decla
  
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• Watch: ISIS Leaders Laugh in Raqqa as World Hunted Them

  25-09-2017 19:24 via yahoo.com
  The British men included Jihadi John, executioner of three Americans, and Junaid Hussain, ISIS's cyber chief.
  
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• Funeral Director Charged After Allegedly Showing Off Photos of Corpses: Cops

  25-09-2017 19:21 via yahoo.com
  Angeliegha Stewart, 27, has been charged with abuse of a corpse.
  
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• Polish president scraps court reform bid as EU issues warning

  25-09-2017 19:15 via yahoo.com
  Poland's president on Monday scrapped his bid to give himself more power over the judiciary, as the EU warned that Warsaw still risked unprecedented sanctions over what it calls a threat to the rule of law.Andrzej Duda made a sudden U-turn just hours after proposing to change the Polish constitution, when lawmakers told him he would not have parliamentary backing for the move.Duda had on Monday morning presented his own version of laws in place of government reform proposals he vetoed in July, t
  
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