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• These Are the 12 House Republicans Who Voted Against the Tax Bill

  19-12-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  Eleven of them are from New York, New Jersey or California
  
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• U.S. investigators seeking to interview crew members in fatal derailment

  19-12-2017 23:42 via yahoo.com
  Safety investigators hope the engineer of an Amtrak passenger train that careened off a bridge onto a highway in Washington state can explain why his locomotive was traveling more than twice the speed limit when the deadly derailment occurred, officials said on Tuesday.Three people aboard the train were killed in the Monday morning wreck near the town of DuPont, in which all 12 carriages and one of the train's two locomotives tumbled off the rails, officials said.The accident occurred as the tra
  
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• White House press secretary tells Democrat to 'spend less time tweeting, more time doing your job'

  19-12-2017 23:38 via yahoo.com
  White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has engaged in a Twitter spat with a member of Congress, whom she told to spend less time tweeting and more time doing his job.Representative Ted Lieu launched the first attack on Ms Sanders on Twitter, quoting a now-deleted tweet from the Hill that inaccurately quoted Ms Sanders as having said that Republicans “begged” Democrats to work with them.
  
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• Senate Russia probe looking into 2016 candidate Jill Stein

  19-12-2017 23:32 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate intelligence committee has asked for documents from Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein as part of its probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, adding another new thread to the panel's investigation as it heads into next year.
  
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• Man gets 28 years in plot to behead conservative blogger

  19-12-2017 23:27 via yahoo.com
  BOSTON (AP) — A man convicted of leading an Islamic State-inspired plot to behead a conservative blogger who upset Muslims when she organized a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest was sentenced on Tuesday to 28 years in prison.
  
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• Trump, May host first call after Twitter dust up

  19-12-2017 23:24 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Theresa May spoke for the first time since a row over his retweets of a British extremist group, addressing vexing questions about Brexit and Middle East peace Tuesday.The call came nearly a month after the two clashed over Trump's tweets of "Britain First" anti-Muslim propaganda and hours after London took the unusual step of voting against Washington at the United Nations.Britain was among 14 UN Security Council members who backed a resolution condemni
  
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• Pfizer, Exelixis cancer drugs get FDA approval for wider use

  19-12-2017 23:14 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Cancer treatments from Pfizer Inc and Exelixis Inc on Tuesday won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for expanded use in previously untreated patients.Pfizer's Bosulif was expanded to treat newly-diagnosed adult patients with a rare, chronic form of blood cancer.The drug was first approved in 2012 to treat patients with resistance or intolerance to prior therapy for the cancer.
  
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• The Ultimate Roundup Of Hundreds Of Holiday Gift Ideas

  19-12-2017 22:55 via yahoo.com
  That person on your list who’s impossible to shop for?
  
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• Comedy Central Confirms T.J. Miller's Show Is Canceled After He Faces Sexual Assault Allegation

  19-12-2017 22:50 via yahoo.com
  T.J. Miller said on Instagram that he denied the claims made by an anonymous accuser
  
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• Firefighter Stops Parade to Propose to His Girlfriend — and Her 2-Year-Old Daughter

  19-12-2017 22:49 via yahoo.com
  "She's such an amazing little girl," Matt Poliak said of 2-year-old Isla.
  
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• Sally Yates: Americans Need To Hold Lying Politicians Accountable

  19-12-2017 22:42 via yahoo.com
  Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates says the United States’ core democratic values are at risk unless Americans start demanding “objective truth” from politicians.
  
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• The Latest: US tourist says Mexico bus crashed on dry road

  19-12-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The latest on the crash of a bus carrying tourists in eastern Mexico (all times local):
  
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• The White House Keeps Lying About Donald Trump's Taxes

  19-12-2017 22:23 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders reiterated on Tuesday the falsehood that President Donald Trump can’t release his tax returns — and thus settle ongoing questions about his financial situation — because he is under audit by the Internal Revenue Service.
  
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• Half Of American Voters Think Trump Should Resign Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations

  19-12-2017 22:11 via yahoo.com
  Half of American voters believe President Donald Trump should resign over the multiple sexual misconduct allegations against him, according to a poll published on Tuesday by Quinnipiac University.
  
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• Trump, likely to benefit from new bill, still refuses to release taxes

  19-12-2017 22:07 via yahoo.com
  An analysis done for NBC News based on Trump’s leaked 2005 returns estimated he could personally save $22 million under the new bill.
  
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• Dozens Arrested As Progressive Activists Disrupt Tax Vote In Final Show Of Defiance

  19-12-2017 22:03 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― At least 63 activists were arrested Tuesday during protests of the Republican tax bill and how it could limit access to health care.
  
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• 12 Dead After Tour Bus Carrying Royal Caribbean Passengers Crashes in Mexico

  19-12-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  The passengers were on two Royal Caribbean cruises
  
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• 12 reported dead as bus carrying cruise ship tourists crashes in Mexico

  19-12-2017 21:51 via yahoo.com
  At least 12 people died when a bus carrying cruise ship passengers to Mayan ruins in eastern Mexico flipped over on a highway early Tuesday, officials said. Seven Americans and two citizens of Sweden are among the injured, according to Quintana Roo state Civil Defense spokesman Vicente Martin, who said authorities haven't yet established the nationalities of the dead. Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises said in a statement that passengers from two of its ships, the Celebrity Equinox and Serenade
  
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• Harvey Weinstein, Roy Moore, Donald Trump: Why sexual harassment was 2017's story of the year

  19-12-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  In 2017, headlines surrounding varied cultures of sexual assault, harassment and misconduct saturated American media and defined a news narrative that continues to build.From Hollywood to Capitol Hill, power structures that breed silence and fuel sexual misconduct were the most-discussed stories of the year.
  
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• Woman Who Shot and Killed Boyfriend in YouTube Stunt Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter

  19-12-2017 21:43 via yahoo.com
  Monalisa Perez told investigators that Pedro Ruiz III wanted to make a video of her shooting a bullet into a hardcover encyclopedia he was holding against his chest
  
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• White House official 'can't say' whether Trump read entire national security strategy before speech

  19-12-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  A senior White House official in the administration "can't say" that US President Donald Trump "read every line and every word" of his 55-page National Security Strategy ahead of a speech to the country about it."He certainly had the document ... and has been briefed on it,” said Michael Anton, a deputy for strategic communications.The document “is based on [Mr Trump’s] words.
  
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• Donald Trump's tax bill could cost Americans up to $2 trillion

  19-12-2017 21:22 via yahoo.com
  The Republican tax bill championed by Donald Trump could ultimately cost Americans up to $2.2 trillion (£1.65 trillion), according to an influential Washington-based group.As it stands, most of the tax cuts for individuals and families in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act automatically expire in 2025, and it would be up to future Congresses to allow that to happen or to extend them.A study by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a bipartisan public policy organisation, concluded that an
  
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• House Democrats Push To End 'Corporate Culture Of Secrecy' Around Sexual Harassment

  19-12-2017 21:08 via yahoo.com
  Democratic House members announced two new bills on Monday designed to combat the “corporate culture of secrecy” that helps protect workplace sexual harassers.
  
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• Mexican journalist shot dead at son's school Christmas pageant

  19-12-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  The Gulf coast state of Veracruz has become notorious as one of the most dangerous places in the world to work in journalism.A Mexican journalist has been shot dead while he attended his son’s school Christmas pageant as attacks on the country’s press continue unabated.Gumaro Pérez Aguilando was attending the school event in the town of Acayucan on Tuesday, when a pair of gunmen burst into the building and killed him in front of a classroom full of schoolchildren, witnesses to
  
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• Boy Calls 911 to Report Grinch That Is 'Stealing Christmas' and Officer Responds to Help

  19-12-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  The boy's parents had no idea that he called in an emergency while fearing Christmas would be stolen.
  
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• Ina Garten Reveals the Only Fast Food She'll Eat: 'It Was Julia Child's Favorite Too'

  19-12-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  She’s a queen in the kitchen, but even Ina Garten stops in the drive-thru from time to time.
  
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• White House Blames North Korea for Global Ransomware Outbreak

  19-12-2017 20:37 via yahoo.com
  The announcement comes amid heightening tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
  
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• 16 Photos That Capture Queen Elizabeth And Prince Philip's Romance

  19-12-2017 20:32 via yahoo.com
  You may think Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge are couple goals, or that Prince Harry and fiancée Meghan Markle are straight out of a fairy tale.
  
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• Republicans Goof Up While Passing Tax Bill

  19-12-2017 20:29 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― After years of false starts and failed promises, House Republicans passed a final tax proposal that is expected to clear the Senate later Tuesday on a party-line vote and then head to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature.
  
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• Saudi says it intercepted Yemen rebel missile over Riyadh

  19-12-2017 20:28 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia said it shot down a ballistic missile Tuesday over Riyadh fired from Yemen by Iran-backed Huthi rebels, who announced that the target was the official residence of King Salman.The audacious attack aimed at the heart of Saudi power follows the downing of another missile last month near Riyadh airport that triggered the tightening of a Saudi-led blockade on hunger-stricken Yemen.For the past three years Saudi Arabia has led a military campaign involving air strikes and ground troops a
  
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• Prosecutor: Driver in deadly school bus crash was on phone

  19-12-2017 20:28 via yahoo.com
  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The driver in a Tennessee school bus crash that killed six elementary school students took a cell phone call at the time of the crash, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
  
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• Saudi Arabia to spend big after economy shrinks

  19-12-2017 19:43 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday its economy contracted for the first time in eight years due to painful austerity measures as it announced record spending to stimulate growth.The last time the Saudi economy contracted was in 2009, when GDP fell 2.1 percent after the global financial crisis sent oil prices crashing.Riyadh also posted a higher-than-expected budget deficit in 2017 and forecast another shortfall next year for the fifth year in a row due to the drop in oil revenues.
  
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• Two dogs put down after being found eating owner in woods

  19-12-2017 19:38 via yahoo.com
  Two dogs have been euthanised after they were found eating the flesh of the woman who took care of them.Police say they found Virginia woman Bethany Lynn Stephens near a pool of blood, and with one of the dogs gnawing at her ribcage.After shooing the dog away from the corpse, they said they discovered multiple dog bites.
  
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• Weather offers some help in battle against California wildfire

  19-12-2017 19:36 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of weary firefighters, battling a Southern California wildfire that ranks among the largest in state history, got a little help from more favorable weather on Tuesday amid fresh signs of their progress against the flames.As the Thomas fire rages into its third week in the coastal mountains, foothills and canyons of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties northwest of Los Angeles, officials lifted some evacuation orders, sent some visiting firefighters back home and reported improved air qua
  
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• Alabama Conducting Voter Fraud Investigation Based On Man's Off-The-Cuff Comment

  19-12-2017 19:28 via yahoo.com
  Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill says he is investigating concerns of voter fraud in last week’s Senate special election, even though he has publicly said there is no evidence of it.
  
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• U.S. lifts funding ban on studies that enhance dangerous germs

  19-12-2017 19:12 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. government on Tuesday lifted a 2014 temporary ban on funding research involving the flu and other pathogens in which scientists deliberately make them more transmissible or more deadly.The ban covered federal funding for any new so-called "gain-of-function" experiments that enhance pathogens such as Avian influenza, SARS and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or MERS viruses.The concern with "gain-of-function" research is that while the work may produce useful insights about how a pat
  
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• U.N. decries Israel's killing of Gaza amputee, Israel denies he was targeted

  19-12-2017 19:10 via yahoo.com
  A senior U.N. official said on Tuesday that Israel's killing of a disabled Palestinian man protesting against U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital was "incomprehensible", but Israel said he had not been targeted.A statement issued by Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, said wheelchair-bound Ibrahim Abu Thurayeh was shot in the head by Israeli security forces close to the border fence with Israel on Friday.
  
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• Starbucks Customer Demands Asian Student Stop Speaking Korean

  19-12-2017 18:54 via yahoo.com
  A woman was thrown out of a Starbucks in Walnut Creek, California, earlier this month after she berated two Asian customers with racist insults.
  
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• Two Cheers for Trump’s National Security Strategy

  19-12-2017 18:50 via yahoo.com
  Its survey of the world is mostly accurate, but the discussion of domestic policy falls flat.
  
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• The Latest: Transit agency: Employee killed in derailment

  19-12-2017 18:35 via yahoo.com
  DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — The Latest on an Amtrak train derailment in Washington state (all times local):
  
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• New Photo Shows Boeing's Massive Stingray Drone

  19-12-2017 18:31 via yahoo.com
  It will be used in the U.S. Navy
  
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• White House blames North Korea for cyberattack

  19-12-2017 18:28 via yahoo.com
  The White House on Tuesday publicly accused North Korea of launching a massive cyberattack that hit 150 countries last May -- hobbling networks from Britain's public health system to FedEx."After careful investigation, the United States is publicly attributing the massive 'WannaCry' cyberattack to North Korea," said White House homeland security advisor Tom Bossert.
  
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• Ivanka Trump's school visit forces parents to pull kids from class

  19-12-2017 18:25 via yahoo.com
  Ivanka Trump's unannounced visit to a Connecticut high school this week reportedly prompted backlash from some students' parents.
  
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• 19 Riddikulusly Spot-On Gifts For Harry Potter Fans

  19-12-2017 18:24 via yahoo.com
  Now that we’re Slytherin into the holiday season, surprise the Harry Potter fan in your life with a gift they will siriusly love.
  
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• 40 Hilarious Tweets About Marriage That Just Nailed It This Year

  19-12-2017 18:14 via yahoo.com
  But couples who can find some humor in the day-to-day annoyances, disagreements and quirks of married life are more likely to go the distance.
  
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• Amtrak safety record already under scrutiny before fatal derailment

  19-12-2017 18:11 via yahoo.com
  The deadly derailment of an Amtrak train south of Seattle is likely to intensify scrutiny of the national passenger railroad company's safety record, which was already under the microscope following a series of fatal incidents.The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said late on Monday the train was traveling at 80 miles (130 km) per hour in a 30-mph (48 kph) zone when it jumped the tracks that morning.The NTSB said it was too soon to say whether excessive speed contributed to the c
  
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• Train track involved in fatal derailment lacked crucial safety system that could have prevented tragedy

  19-12-2017 18:02 via yahoo.com
  Investigators are preparing to quiz the engineer and other crew members from a fatal train derailment as questions mounted as to why a safety system designed to prevent such incidents was not in operation.Bella Dinh-Zarr, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), confirmed the Amtrak train on a new route between between Seattle to Portland was travelling at 80mph – 50mph faster than it was supposed to be – when it left the tracks.The train accident that just occurr
  
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• Saudi Arabia heralds biggest spending plans yet amid deficit

  19-12-2017 17:56 via yahoo.com
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia is preparing for the biggest budget in its history, announcing Tuesday record expenditures of 978 billion riyals ($261 billion) this coming fiscal year as the government forecasts a boost in revenue from the introduction of a sales tax, plans to further reduce subsidies and a modest rise in oil prices.
  
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• Here's How Much The House Has Paid In Recent Sexual Harassment Settlements

  19-12-2017 17:48 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Lawmakers in the House issued more than $100,000 in taxpayer-funded settlements to address sexual harassment claims from 2008 to 2012, according to new data released Tuesday.The Office of Compliance, where lawmakers and staffers file such claims, provided the numbers to the Committee on House Administration, which deals with the chamber’s rules and regulations, amid a recent cascade of sexual misconduct allegations against lawmakers that has forced congressional leaders
  
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• Royal Caribbean Tour Bus Crashes in Mexico, Killing 12

  19-12-2017 17:46 via yahoo.com
  At least 12 people died when a bus carrying cruise ship passengers to Mayan ruins in eastern Mexico flipped over on a highway early Tuesday, officials said
  
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