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• Massachusetts and NY probing MetLife over unpaid pensions

  18-12-2017 23:55
  (Reuters) - Regulators in Massachusetts and New York State said on Monday they are probing MetLife Inc after the insurer revealed last week it had failed to pay pensions to potentially thousands of...
  
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• Ex-Missouri death row inmate re-sentenced to life in prison

  18-12-2017 23:50 via yahoo.com
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — After maintaining his innocence for more than a quarter of a century, Reginald Clemons admitted Monday that he took part in the rape and killing of two sisters who were pushed from an abandoned St. Louis bridge into the Mississippi River.
  
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• 17 Star Wars Gifts On Amazon That Will Arrive Just In Time For The Holidays

  18-12-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  “Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi” had quite a weekend.
  
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• Lebanon driver confesses to killing British woman: source

  18-12-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  A driver arrested over the murder of British embassy worker Rebecca Dykes in the Lebanese capital Beirut has confessed to killing her, a judicial source told AFP on Monday.The driver with ride-hailing giant Uber admitted strangling the 30-year-old after trying to rape her late on Friday night.Dykes was last seen alive at a party in Gemmayzeh, a Beirut neighbourhood popular with foreign residents, on Friday night and left in the suspect's car.
  
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• Global stocks cheer with US tax cuts firmly in their sights

  18-12-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  New York (AFP) - Global stocks rallied Monday as a massive US tax cut plan neared final passage, lifting Wall Street to fresh records and boosting international bourses.
  
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• Mother of Sandy Hook victim attacks Trump for hosting NRA boss at White House on anniversary of massacre

  18-12-2017 23:24 via yahoo.com
  The mother of a child born in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting has ripped President Donald Trump for an “appalling lack of humanity and decency” after he invited the head of the National Rifle Association to the White House on the anniversary of the slaughter.Nicole Hockley, whose 6-year-old son was one of 20 children killed in that attack, slammed Mr Trump for failing to recognise the shooting on its five-year anniversary, even though he invited the NRA boss to th
  
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• Man who gets life in jogger's death blows kisses in court

  18-12-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  A man convicted of killing a 36-year-old woman in western Michigan blew a kiss to the courtroom Monday before he was sentenced to life in prison in one of two murder cases against him.
  
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• Sarah Palin's son Track accused of assaulting his father

  18-12-2017 23:16 via yahoo.com
  WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — Sarah Palin's oldest son, Track, has been arraigned on charges that he assaulted his father at the family's home in Alaska.
  
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• President Trump Proposed a Huge Cut to Rail Spending. Then Blamed the Amtrak Derailment on Poor Infrastructure

  18-12-2017 23:14 via yahoo.com
  His budget request would slash 13% from rail funding
  
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• NY regulator probing unpaid pensions by MetLife

  18-12-2017 23:14
  (Reuters) - New York state's financial regulator is reviewing MetLife Inc'sfailure to pay some workers' pensions, the regulator said on Monday.
  
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• Trump sends mixed message with 'America First' security strategy

  18-12-2017 23:05 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump used the launch of his first National Security Strategy on Monday to laud the benefits of cooperation with Russia, a striking departure from the document's more combative tone toward the Kremlin.Unveiling a text that pilloried both Russia and China as "revisionist powers" bent on rolling back American interests, Trump hailed recent counterterror cooperation between Moscow and Washington.
  
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• Fire kills mom, 3 kids during Hanukkah; dad saves other kids

  18-12-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Three young children and their mother perished early Monday in a fire that roared through their home on the sixth night of Hanukkah, and firefighters were investigating whether the blaze was touched off by the family's menorah.
  
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• Decoding Trump's New National Security Strategy

  18-12-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  What the document reveals most clearly is the mental scaffolding of the Trump administration, which is to seek American dominance.In speaking at the Ronald Reagan building in Washington today, President Trump sought to delineate a new foreign-policy strategy for America.Trump alluded to his election victory, noting that “you spoke loud and you spoke clear.
  
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• Republicans Already Say They'll Need Another Bill To Fix Their Tax Mistakes

  18-12-2017 23:01 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Republicans wrote their massive tax legislation in such a rush that even before they’ve sent it to the president’s desk, they’re already talking about writing another bill to fix all the mistakes in the first one.
  
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• GOP less tolerant of extreme Trump nominees

  18-12-2017 22:55 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow makes the case that as Donald Trump's candidates suffer election losses, Republican legislators who don't see any benefit to currying favor with Trump are losing their feeling less indulgent of some of his more ridiculous nominees.
  
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• U.S. vetoes UN call for withdrawal of Trump Jerusalem decision

  18-12-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  The United States was further isolated on Monday over President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital when it blocked a United Nations Security Council call for the declaration to be withdrawn.
  
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• Charlottesville police chief retires after report faults department

  18-12-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - The police chief of Charlottesville, Virginia, announced his retirement on Monday, about two weeks after a report faulted his department and others for failing to protect public safety during a white nationalist rally in August that turned deadly.On Dec. 1, a three-month review by former U.S. Attorney Timothy Heaphy blamed law enforcement agencies for breakdowns in planning and coordination, as well as a timid response, that led to "disastrous results."Police Chief Al Thomas' retirem
  
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• Fire and Power Outage at Atlanta Airport Sparks Fresh Terror Fears Ahead of Holiday Travel

  18-12-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  One report said the blackout tells terrorists that "America is unprepared."
  
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• 2018 Buick Regal Sportback

  18-12-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  The new Regal feels like a Buick again.
  
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• GOP tax bill opponents protest to the end

  18-12-2017 22:37 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on protests around the United States against the Republican tax bill, with particular pressure on Maine Senator Susan Collins.
  
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• Republicans Are Hustling To Pass A Tax Bill That No One Really Likes

  18-12-2017 22:23 via yahoo.com
  The tax bill Republicans are on the verge of passing remains generally unloved by America, new polling shows.
  
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• Andy Cohen And Anderson Cooper Reveal Whose 'Freak Number' Is Higher

  18-12-2017 22:13 via yahoo.com
  Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper have enjoyed a close-knit, intimate friendship for years, but as it turns out, they still have a lot to learn about each other. 
  
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• US forced to veto UN resolution condemning Trump's decision on Jerusalem

  18-12-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  The US was left isolated and forced to use its veto at the UN on Monday after Britain and all other members of the Security Council voted for a resolution condemning Donald Trump’s decision on Jerusalem.  Fourteen out of the council’s 15 members supported the resolution, which called Mr Trump’s declaration “null and void” under international law, but the measure ultimately failed after the US exercised its veto power. Although the resolution did not pass, the s
  
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• The Latest GOP Tax Plan Kills the Individual Mandate. Here’s What That Means

  18-12-2017 21:57 via yahoo.com
  The Latest GOP Tax Plan Kills the Individual Mandate. Here’s What That Means
  
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• Mueller team expects to work well into 2018

  18-12-2017 21:57 via yahoo.com
  Maddow relays a new report from The Washington Post that members of Mueller's Trump investigation team have said they expect to work well into 2018, bad news for Trumps legal team already freaking out over Mueller obtaining transition e-mails from the GSA
  
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• After outage chaos, officials reconsider airport power setup

  18-12-2017 21:55 via yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — How could one fire knock out the main power to the world's busiest airport and at the same time disable the backup power?
  
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• The Latest: Delta hopes to be mostly on schedule Tuesday

  18-12-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on a power outage at the Atlanta airport (all times local):
  
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• New leader of South Africa's ANC party has daunting task

  18-12-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Cyril Ramaphosa, elected leader of South Africa's ruling African National Congress in a tight race on Monday, now faces the daunting task of uniting a starkly divided party and reviving the tarnished reputation of Nelson Mandela's liberation movement.
  
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• Events since Trump's move on Jerusalem

  18-12-2017 21:43 via yahoo.com
  In a speech from the White House on December 6, 2017, Trump says recognising Jerusalem as the Israeli capital marks the start of a "new approach" to solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."It is time to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel," he says, making a break with the policies of his predecessors and outraging Palestinian leaders.Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas says Trump's moves "deliberately undermine all peace efforts" and says Washington can no longer play the r
  
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• Trump legal team set to meet with Mueller

  18-12-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  Sari Horwitz, Justice Department reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Maddow about an expected meeting between Donald Trump's legal team and special counsel Robert Mueller and the likely clash over contrasting perspectives on the investigation.
  
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• When corporations come clean on climate effects

  18-12-2017 21:31 via yahoo.com
  Giant corporations often claim to be “green,” pointing to programs they’ve undertaken aimed at being environmentally conscious.Investors are asking corporations to make more transparent the effects climate change will have on their businesses, as well as explain what they are doing to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.While shareholder motives are certainly aimed at helping in the worldwide fight against global warming, they also represent a practical need to better underst
  
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• Romania: Judges hold protests over legal system changes

  18-12-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Hundreds of Romanian judges and prosecutors took part in protests around the country Monday to show their opposition to legal changes they say would hamper prosecutions.
  
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• Violent protests in Honduras after president declared election winner

  18-12-2017 21:25 via yahoo.com
  Police in Honduras fired teargas Monday at demonstrators who set up flaming roadblocks and looted stores after the incumbent president was declared the winner of a heavily-disputed election.The leftist opposition has claimed fraud in the election three weeks ago that finally led to the pronouncement Sunday of conservative President Juan Orlando Hernandez as the winner after an oft-interrupted vote count.International observers also cited irregularities, and the defeated opposition candidate Salv
  
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• Trump: U.S. has 'no choice' but to deal with North Korea arms challenge

  18-12-2017 21:21 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump unveiled a new national security strategy on Monday, calling for Pakistan to take decisive action against terrorism and saying Washington had to deal with the challenge posed by North Korea's weapons programs.In a wide-ranging speech, Trump said his security strategy for the first time addresses economic security and would include a complete rebuilding of U.S. infrastructure as well as a wall along the southern U.S. border.Trump said the United States wanted Pakistan to ta
  
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• Trump strategy document says Russia meddles in domestic affairs worldwide

  18-12-2017 21:21 via yahoo.com
  By Steve Holland and James OliphantWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said on Monday that Russia interferes in the domestic political affairs of countries globally, but stopped short of accusing Moscow of meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.The criticism of Russia, laid out in a new national security strategy based on Trump's "America First" vision, reflects a view long held by U.S. diplomats that Russia actively undermines American interests at home and abroad, d
  
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• Does Trump’s National Security Strategy Have a Values Deficit?

  18-12-2017 21:20 via yahoo.com
  The administration notices growing competition with authoritarian countries, but skirts around the source of conflict.
  
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• These Last-Minute Gifts On Amazon Will Satisfy Anyone On Your Shopping List

  18-12-2017 21:14 via yahoo.com
  If you’re panicking about the approaching holiday and have yet to finish up your shopping list, worry no more.
  
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• 'It was chaos': Travellers vent fury as hundreds of flights from Atlanta continue to be cancelled

  18-12-2017 21:11 via yahoo.com
  More than 400 flights have been cancelled at one of the world’s busiest airports, after a massive power outage temporarily shut down Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International.Passengers were left stranded on the tarmac when an underground fire knocked out power to the entire airport on Sunday morning.More than 1,1000 flights were cancelled that day, and approximately 30,000 people were affected, according to Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed.
  
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• S.Africa's struggling ANC elects Ramaphosa as new head

  18-12-2017 21:05 via yahoo.com
  South African deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa was narrowly elected head of the ruling ANC party Monday, winning a bruising race that exposed deep rifts within the organisation that led the fight against apartheid.Thousands of raucous Ramaphosa supporters sang and chanted in the conference hall as rival backers of defeated candidate Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma appeared dejected.Ramaphosa won 2,440 votes to Dlamini-Zuma's 2,261.
  
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• Chicago teen earning gift money killed delivering newspapers

  18-12-2017 21:05 via yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — The fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy slain while delivering newspapers with his stepfather to earn money to buy presents may have been the result of mistaken identity and rooted in an ongoing gang war that didn't involve him, Chicago police said Monday during a news conference in a city where gun violence this year has left nearly 600 people dead.
  
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• What to Know About the Deadly Amtrak Derailment

  18-12-2017 20:57 via yahoo.com
  More than 100 were taken to hospitals
  
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• Kelly Ripa's Stunning Daughter Lola, 16, Joins Her on the Red Carpet

  18-12-2017 20:56 via yahoo.com
  Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos‘ daughter Lola is growing up before our eyes
  
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• President Trump Stresses 'America First' in National Security Strategy Speech

  18-12-2017 20:54 via yahoo.com
  The strategy could sharply alter U.S. international relationships
  
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• Trump officially removes climate change from list of global threats

  18-12-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  In another departure from his predecessor Barack Obama, President Donald Trump has removed climate change as a global threat in his new national security strategy – a plan that prioritises economic and military might and paints China and Russia as competitors that want to shape global events to match their interests.While discussing his strategy, Mr Trump seemed to envision nations in constant competition and brushed aside Obama-era warnings on climate change.
  
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• President Trump Says Amtrak Derailment Shows Need to Pass Infrastructure Plan

  18-12-2017 20:51 via yahoo.com
  "Our soon to be submitted infrastructure plan must be approved quickly"
  
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• The Latest: At least 2 sought in Chicago teen's death

  18-12-2017 20:32 via yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on a teenager killed while delivering newspapers with his stepfather in Chicago (all times local):
  
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• Incident at US base in Britain not terror-related: police

  18-12-2017 20:32 via yahoo.com
  An incident at a US base in Britain on Monday which prompted American military personnel to open fire was not a terror attack, police said.RAF Mildenhall is home to the US Air Force's 100th air refuelling wing and the base was briefly locked down after a car was driven into a checkpoint gate."Police investigating an incident at RAF Mildenhall can confirm that the incident is not being treated as terrorism," police said.
  
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• Trump unveils details of 'America First' security strategy

  18-12-2017 20:28 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared a new national security strategy on Monday, stressing the "America first" message of his 2016 campaign and faulting previous U.S. leaders for failing to measure up to it and look out for the nation's citizens.
  
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• U.S. helped thwart major attack in St. Petersburg: U.S., Russia say

  18-12-2017 20:23 via yahoo.com
  The United States provided intelligence to Russia that helped thwart a potentially deadly bomb attack in St. Petersburg, U.S. and Russian officials said on Sunday, in a rare public show of cooperation despite deep strains between the two countries.
  
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• Zimbabwe military chief looks set for vice presidency

  18-12-2017 20:17 via yahoo.com
  By Emelia Sithole-MatariseHARARE (Reuters) - The head of Zimbabwe's military looks set to be appointed vice president as the government said on Monday he would retire pending "redeployment" in what is seen as a reward for leading a de facto coup last month that ended Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule and brought Emmerson Mnangagwa to power.Mnangagwa has said he will fill the two vice presidential posts in the next few days and Constantino Chiwenga is the top contender in a reflection of the army's co
  
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