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• Over $150,000 Raised For Roy Moore Accuser After Home Suspiciously Burns Down

  07-01-2018 23:54 via yahoo.com
  A GoFundMe page has raised over $150,000 to support one of Republican judge Roy Moore’s sexual misconduct accusers after her house suspiciously burned down last week.
  
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• Eleven dead after gun battle erupts outside Mexican beach resort

  07-01-2018 23:48 via yahoo.com
  The aftermath of a gunfight on the outskirts of the Mexican seaside resort of Acapulco that pit residents of a small town against members of a local, self-appointed community police force has left 11 dead, state officials said on Sunday.The exchange of gunfire took place in the farming community of La Concepcion, just south of Acapulco, after elements of the community police detailed a young man for disorderly conduct during town festivities early Sunday morning.After Army soldiers and state pol
  
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• Couple Ordered To Pay Enslaved Nanny $121,000 After 2 Years Of Work

  07-01-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  A Texas couple who pleaded guilty to charges related to forcing a Nigerian woman to work as their nanny for two years without pay has been ordered to pay her more than $121,000 in restitution, a judge ruled Friday.
  
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• Donald Trump moves ‘Fake News Awards’ back by nine days due to ‘greater importance’

  07-01-2018 23:35 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has said his “Fake News Awards”, which he first mentioned four days ago, and in which he has promised to proclaim the “most dishonest and corrupt” media organisation, will apparently go ahead over a week later than the President earlier planned, due to increased “interest”.On 3 January Mr Trump said he would be announcing “THE MOST DISHONEST & CORRUPT MEDIA AWARDS OF THE YEAR” on Monday 8 January at 5.00pm.Writing on Twitter he sai
  
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• Water main break floods terminal, delays flights at New York's JFK Airport

  07-01-2018 23:22 via yahoo.com
  A water main break flooded a baggage claim area at New York's JFK International Airport on Sunday afternoon, delaying international fights into Terminal 4 and soaking luggage.
  
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• Brad Pitt Bids Six Figures To Watch 'Game Of Thrones' With Emilia Clarke

  07-01-2018 22:51 via yahoo.com
  On Saturday in LA, actor Brad Pitt offered up over a hundred grand for the chance to watch an episode of “Game Of Thrones” with Daenerys Targaryen herself, Emilia Clarke.
  
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• Russia meddling in Mexican election: White House aide McMaster

  07-01-2018 22:22 via yahoo.com
  By David Alire Garcia and Noe TorresMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Russian government has launched a sophisticated campaign to influence Mexico's 2018 presidential election and stir up division, a senior White House official said in a video clip published by Mexican newspaper Reforma.U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said in a speech last month to the Washington-based Jamestown Foundation that there was already evidence of Russian meddling in Mexican elections set for July.
  
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• Brad Pitt Unsuccessfully Bids $120,000 to Watch Game of Thrones with Star Emilia Clarke

  07-01-2018 22:17 via yahoo.com
  Looks like Brad Pitt is a big Game of Thrones fan — or, at least, a fan of the show’s star Emilia Clarke
  
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• Israel lists 20 groups to be denied entry over boycott calls

  07-01-2018 21:59 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday identified 20 activist groups from around the world whose members will be banned from entering the country over their calls to boycott the Jewish state, stepping up its fight against a movement it views as a serious threat.
  
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• New Hampshire ticket sole winner in $559M Powerball jackpot

  07-01-2018 21:50 via yahoo.com
  MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) — It's been a billion-dollar lottery weekend after a lone Powerball ticket sold in New Hampshire matched all six numbers and will claim a $559.7 million jackpot, one day after another single ticket sold in Florida nabbed a $450 million Mega Millions grand prize.
  
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• Activist: Car bomb kills 23 in Syrian rebel-held Idlib city

  07-01-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — A large car bombing in Syria's largest rebel-held city of Idlib killed at least 23 people on Sunday evening, activists reported.
  
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• Merkel, Schulz vow 'new politics' for Germany in bid to form govt

  07-01-2018 21:08 via yahoo.com
  Chancellor Angela Merkel and Social Democrat chief Martin Schulz on Sunday vowed a new style of politics for Germany, as they opened talks on renewing their coalition to shake Europe's biggest economy out of political paralysis after September's inconclusive elections.The week of meetings between Merkel's conservative alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) will examine whether the two sides have enough common ground to begin formal coalition negotiations towards a new government by March or Apr
  
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• Top 10 largest US Jackpots

  07-01-2018 20:39 via yahoo.com
  A $559.7 million jackpot in Saturday night's Powerball lottery drawing will be claimed by a single ticket sold in New Hampshire, making it the eighth-largest prize in the nation. A winning ticket was sold in Florida in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing, worth an estimated $450 million. Here is a look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots drawn so far and the states where the winning tickets were sold:
  
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• Steve Bannon: Donald Trump Jr was not 'treasonous' – I meant Paul Manafort

  07-01-2018 20:25 via yahoo.com
  Steve Bannon on Sunday withdrew his allegation that Donald Trump Jr committed treason, as he expressed regret over his role in the controversy around an explosive book about the White House.The Guardian revealed last week that Bannon, formerly Trump’s chief strategist, said a Trump Tower meeting between Trump Jr and Russians during the 2016 presidential election campaign was “treasonous” and “unpatriotic”.
  
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• 32 missing, oil tanker on fire after collision off China

  07-01-2018 20:25 via yahoo.com
  BEIJING (AP) — An Iranian oil tanker collided with a bulk freighter and caught fire off China's east coast, leaving the tanker's entire crew of 32 missing and causing it to spill oil into the sea, authorities said Sunday.
  
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• Donald Trump to undergo medical check amid swirl of allegations over his health

  07-01-2018 20:22 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump will attempt to end speculation about his mental and physical suitability for the presidency next week by undergoing a formal health check.  The US president is to be examined by the same doctor as his predecessor Barack Obama and a summary of the results will be made public. The physical test will last around two hours and include blood and urine tests, heart checks and even questions about his sleeping habits and sex life, according to medical experts.  It will be carrie
  
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• Dozens Killed by Car Bomb in Syria, Activists Say

  07-01-2018 20:17 via yahoo.com
  It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack
  
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• CIA's Pompeo says Russia and others trying to undermine U.S. elections

  07-01-2018 20:15 via yahoo.com
  The head of the Central Intelligence Agency said on Sunday that Russia and others are trying to undermine elections in the United States, the next major one being in November when Republicans will try to keep control of Congress.U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to try to help President Donald Trump win, in part by hacking and releasing emails embarrassing to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and spreading social m
  
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• Lessons from 'Fire and Fury': In Trump's White House, flattery will get you everywhere

  07-01-2018 20:13 via yahoo.com
  Does President Trump see through the fawning of subordinates? To judge from Michael Wolff’s new book, he doesn’t see through it at all. Trump’s susceptibility to flattery is one of the running themes of the book.
  
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• Iran's Guard claims victory against anti-government protests

  07-01-2018 19:41 via yahoo.com
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's Revolutionary Guard said on Sunday that the nation and its security forces have ended the wave of unrest linked to anti-government protests that erupted last month.
  
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• School district changes bullying policy after child suicide

  07-01-2018 19:36 via yahoo.com
  CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio schools district changed its policies concerning bullying, but its superintendent hasn't directly said whether those changes were influenced by the 2017 suicide of an 8-year-old boy who was reportedly bullied.
  
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• Sudan student killed in protests against bread price rise

  07-01-2018 19:31 via yahoo.com
  A student was killed in Sudan on Sunday during protests against soaring bread prices, officials and witnesses said.Bread prices more than doubled this week as flour manufacturers raised prices amid dwindling wheat supplies after the government decided to stop importing grain and allowed private companies to do so.Anti-riot police fired tear gas at hundreds of students and residents who staged rallies in the towns of Geneina and Nyala in Darfur and Damazin in Blue Nile, witnesses said.
  
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• CIA chief denies agency role in Iran unrest, predicts new violence

  07-01-2018 19:24 via yahoo.com
  Trump has repeatedly tweeted his support for Iranian protesters while castigating the Tehran regime, seizing on the recent unrest to again slam the multiparty nuclear deal with Iran as deeply flawed.Trump faces deadlines around mid-month on whether to renew temporary waivers or restore US sanctions on Iran.
  
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• Man dies in Stockholm after picking up suspected grenade

  07-01-2018 19:17 via yahoo.com
  HELSINKI (AP) — A man in Stockholm picked up a suspected hand grenade from the ground and it detonated in his hand Sunday, killing him and injuring his companion, Swedish police said.
  
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• US judge in Las Vegas may dismiss ranching standoff case

  07-01-2018 19:15 via yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A U.S. judge who declared a mistrial last month could end the much-watched criminal prosecution of a Nevada rancher accused of leading an armed uprising against federal authorities.
  
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• Stephen Miller calls Steve Bannon's comments 'out of touch with reality' and 'vindictive'

  07-01-2018 19:14 via yahoo.com
  In a CNN appearance Sunday, Stephen Miller, President Trump’s senior policy adviser, was upset with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s grotesque comments about the Trump administration in Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury.”
  
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• One dead, one hurt in blast outside Stockholm area metro

  07-01-2018 19:12 via yahoo.com
  One person died and another was slightly hurt Sunday in a blast outside a metro station in a Stockholm suburb, which police said did not appear to be a terrorist attack.A man in his 60s died in hospital after "he picked up an object off the ground which promptly exploded," police spokesman Sven-Erik Olsson told AFP.
  
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• Mom on son's hazing death: Feels like 'cat clawing at heart'

  07-01-2018 19:02 via yahoo.com
  There are times when Mary Deng thinks her only child is still alive, that he's going to come home, that he didn't die more than four years ago in a brutal fraternity hazing ritual. 
  
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• Wolff Says White House Spoke Of Replacing Trump Via 25th Amendment ‘All The Time’

  07-01-2018 18:53 via yahoo.com
  “Fire and Fury” author Michael Wolff spoke out on Sunday about the White House staff’s alleged concerns about President Donald Trump’s fitness, saying that discussions on enacting a constitutional amendment to replace the president are “alive every day in the White House.”
  
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• Saudi fighter jet crashes, Yemen rebels claim downing it

  07-01-2018 18:47 via yahoo.com
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's Royal Air Force said two of its pilots whose fighter jet crashed during an operation in Yemen on Sunday have been rescued.
  
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• Syria regime forces push towards Idlib airbase: monitor

  07-01-2018 18:45 via yahoo.com
  Syrian regime forces on Sunday seized a strategic town as they pushed towards a jihadist-held airbase in an offensive to reclaim ground in northwestern Idlib province, a monitor said.Government forces backed up by Russian air power are conducting an operation to carve out a foothold in the southeast of the province, the last one that had remained completely beyond regime control.Troops captured Sinjar, the "biggest town in southeast Idlib", from Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate and were within
  
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• Steve Bannon Praises Donald Trump Jr., Reaffirms Support for President

  07-01-2018 18:38 via yahoo.com
  The former White House chief strategist is trying to make amends
  
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• Saudi Arabia detains 11 princes after protesting utility bills

  07-01-2018 18:37 via yahoo.com
  Eleven princes in Saudi Arabia have been arrested for staging a sit-in protest at having to pay their own utility bills, after the kingdom announced subsidies would be cut as part of a major economic overhaul. The princes had gathered at Qasr al-Hokm palace in the capital Riyadh to demand the cancellation of a recent decree that halted state payment of water and electricity bills for royal family members. The government is currently trying to reduce its dependence on oil revenues. Public spendin
  
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• Party of Yemen's slain Saleh elects new chief

  07-01-2018 18:30 via yahoo.com
  The political party of Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was killed in December by his erstwhile Huthi rebel allies, on Sunday named his replacement.The General People's Congress, a key player in Yemeni politics for decades, elected former deputy premier Sadiq Amin Aburas by consensus at a meeting of its general committee, it said in a statement.It made no mention of the Huthis, but said it would continue to "reject and resist aggression and siege" against Yemen, a reference to a
  
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• Honduras: Thousands take to streets to demand new elections

  07-01-2018 18:28 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of protesters have staged a massive protest in Honduras’ second city over the victory of President Juan Orlando Hernandez in an election the opposition claim was fraudulent.Addressing the crowd, he said: “We will not stop until Hernandez says he's leaving”.It was the first march in the city since the 26 November election, and the losing candidate once again appealed to the Organisation of American States and the countries that have recognised Mr Hernandez's victory to
  
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• White House Aide Says Trump Tower Russia Allegation Untrue, But Admits He Doesn’t Know

  07-01-2018 18:25 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON – Senior White House adviser Stephen Miller on Sunday sought to discredit a new report that President Donald Trump likely met with Russians at his Trump Tower headquarters, but then admitted he did not know.
  
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• Will talks between North and South Korea help ease tensions?

  07-01-2018 18:22 via yahoo.com
  ABC News' Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz reports from South Korea.
  
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• What's on the 2018 agenda for President Trump and Congress?

  07-01-2018 18:16 via yahoo.com
  The "This Week" Powerhouse Roundtable debates whether Republicans and Democrats can make a deal on immigration.
  
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• The Kushner Family's Company Is Being Investigated Over Use of a Controversial Visa Program

  07-01-2018 18:00 via yahoo.com
  The program allows rich foreigners to get visas for investing in U.S. projects
  
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• Steve Bannon Backpedals On Comments In New Book On Trump

  07-01-2018 18:00 via yahoo.com
  Steve Bannon expressed “regret” for his comments to journalist Michael Wolff, whose explosive new book sparked a backlash against the former top Donald Trump aide over his comments about a meeting at Trump Tower in June 2016.
  
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• Egypt ex-PM Shafiq says will not stand for president in 2018

  07-01-2018 17:38 via yahoo.com
  Former Egyptian premier Ahmed Shafiq on Sunday announced he will not stand in the 2018 presidential elections, reversing a pledge to challenge at polls set to be dominated by leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.Shafiq's decision to scrap his candidacy came after he was returned from the United Arab Emirates, where he had been living in exile since 2012, back to Egypt last month."I have decided to not run in the upcoming 2018 presidential elections," Shafiq said in a statement posted online.
  
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• Eight migrants drown as Italian coastguard attempts to rescue first sinking boat of 2018

  07-01-2018 17:30 via yahoo.com
  At least eight migrants died and 86 others were rescued Saturday from a smugglers' rubber dinghy after it starting sinking in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, the Italian coast guard said. The Italian coast guard, which coordinates rescues in international waters off Libya's coast, said an aircraft on patrol for a European anti-smuggling operation had spotted the dinghy, which was in difficulty Saturday. All eight victims were female, the coastguard said. A spokesman said survivors told rescuers
  
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• 'I literally knocked on the door': Michael Wolff explains White House access

  07-01-2018 17:21 via yahoo.com
  “Fire and Fury” author Michael Wolff said it wasn’t particularly hard to get into the West Wing to gather information for his provocative book. All he had to do, he said, was knock on the door.
  
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• Poverty Lingers in Town Where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Will Wed

  07-01-2018 17:20 via yahoo.com
  A local leader asked police to remove the homeless from the streets of Windsor in time for the nuptials, a request that sparked outrage -- and a digital petition, with 80,000 signatures demanding police leave them alone.
  
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• U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Team Announced

  07-01-2018 17:09 via yahoo.com
  A longshot just two months ago, 19-year-old Bradie Tennell is heading to her first Olympics. Also making his Olympic debut is 18-year-old Nathan Chen, who dazzled the crowd with his five quadruple jumps.
  
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• Selena Gomez Visits Childhood Home and Wonders If It 'Could Have Been Better Than My Life Today'

  07-01-2018 17:05 via yahoo.com
  Selena Gomez spent part of the weekend reflecting on her past — and taking a literal trip down memory lane
  
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• Bannon backtracks on Trump Jr. criticism, issues indirect apology

  07-01-2018 16:52 via yahoo.com
  “I regret that my delay in responding to the inaccurate reporting regarding Don Jr. has diverted attention from the president’s historical accomplishments,” the ousted Trump adviser said in a statement on Sunday.
  
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• 2018 Golden Globes strike a serious tone

  07-01-2018 16:51 via yahoo.com
  The Golden Globe Awards are typically a loose and boozy affair, a clubby get-together where the Champagne flows, but this year is different.
  
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• Memphis Megachurch Stands By Pastor Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teenager

  07-01-2018 16:47 via yahoo.com
  Responding to a recent report that one of their pastors had allegedly sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl while serving as a youth minister at his previous church, leaders of a megachurch in Memphis, Tennessee, said they’d long known about the incident.
  
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• Netanyahu calls for closure of UN Palestinian refugee agency

  07-01-2018 16:38 via yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called for the closure of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, days after US President Donald Trump threatened to cut Palestinian aid.Israel has long viewed the UN agency, known as UNRWA, as biased against it, an allegation the agency strongly denies, saying it is only providing necessary services to Palestinians.Israeli officials also criticise the agency's method of classifying refugees, with descendants also eligible to regist
  
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