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• Small plane crashes on Phoenix street; pilot, passenger dead

  20-08-2018 23:58 via yahoo.com
  PHOENIX (AP) — A homemade plane crashed in a Phoenix intersection Monday, killing the pilot and the sole passenger, authorities said.
  
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• Some Venezuelans, alarmed by Maduro's measures, speed up plans to flee

  20-08-2018 23:51 via yahoo.com
  Maduro on Friday stunned the South American nation by announcing a 96 percent devaluation and vowing to peg the bolivar currency to Venezuela's new 'petro', a cryptocurrency that experts have cast doubt on as a functional financial instrument."I am looking for flights to leave on Wednesday, any way I can," Narvaez said in Venezuela's western oil hub of Punto Fijo, home to massive but deteriorated oil refineries."I am sure this is going to get worse because the man's ideas lack all logic."Maduro,
  
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• Colorado father, Christopher Watts, charged with murder in deaths of his pregnant wife and two daughters

  20-08-2018 23:48 via yahoo.com
  A Colorado father suspected of killing his pregnant wife and two daughters may have strangled them, according to new court filings.
  
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• Why you should block big corporations on Twitter

  20-08-2018 23:46 via yahoo.com
  This is You Won't Regret It
  , a new weekly column featuring recommendations, tips, and unsolicited advice from the Mashable culture team. Nothing feels better than blocking an obnoxious branded Twitter account — whether you're doing it to spite Alex Jones, to protect yourself from insidious marketing, or some combination of the two. Look at what's happening on Twitter, for example. As we reported earlier this month, #GrabYourWallet co-founder Shannon Coulter recently put pressure on the pl
  
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• Melania Trump to make solo Africa trip

  20-08-2018 23:44 via yahoo.com
  The US first lady Melania Trump will travel to Africa later this year, her office announced Monday, with further details expected in the coming weeks.Trump previously traveled solo to Canada and has made several trips with her husband."I look forward to highlighting the successful humanitarian work and development programs being done in many of the countries," Trump said in a statement.
  
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• Judge weighs suit challenging arrests of married immigrants

  20-08-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge in Boston heard arguments on Monday in a case centered on whether immigrants married to U.S. citizens but facing deportation should be allowed to remain in the country while they seek to become legal residents.
  
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• Argento not under investigation over sex abuse claims: police

  20-08-2018 23:31 via yahoo.com
  Italian actress and sexual abuse campaigner Asia Argento is not under investigation over bombshell allegations that she had sex five years ago with an underage teen, police told AFP on Monday.The New York Times reported on Sunday that Argento, a Harvey Weinstein accuser and leading figure in the #MeToo movement, had paid Jimmy Bennett $380,000 over the 2013 incident at a Los Angeles hotel.Bennett was 17 at the time of the alleged assault -- a year younger than California's age of consent.
  
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• Utah firefighter killed while battling Mendocino Complex Fire died after retardant drop

  20-08-2018 23:21 via yahoo.com
  A Utah firefighter died last week from falling tree debris after thousands of gallons of retardant were dropped on the area where he was helping battle California's largest-ever wildfire, according to a preliminary report from investigators.
  
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• Trump Praises Border Patrol Agent Who 'Speaks Perfect English’ At Immigration Event

  20-08-2018 23:11 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump introduced a border patrol agent at the White House on
  
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• New outcry over Trump's revocation of Brennan security clearance

  20-08-2018 23:10 via yahoo.com
  New signatories to the statement, initially issued last week by 15 former directors and deputy chiefs of the Central Intelligence Agency and Office of Director of National Intelligence, include former political appointees and career civil servants.Among the most prominent individuals to sign a new version of the statement released on Monday by senior officials from the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations are former NATO Commander Admiral James Stavridis, former Deputy Secretaries of
  
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• Muslim pilgrims in Muzdalifa prepare for final stages of haj

  20-08-2018 23:09 via yahoo.com
  Clad in white robes signifying a state of purity, the pilgrims spent the previous night in an encampment around the hill where Islam holds that God tested Abraham's faith by commanding him to sacrifice his son Ismail and Prophet Mohammad gave his final sermon.Pakistani pilgrim Mohamed Forqan, 30, said it was a great day to be a Muslim.Hilal Issa, 70, from Algeria, said he was praying for God to pardon all Muslims and save the Arab world from its afflictions.
  
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• Huge Dead Whale Washes Ashore In Massachusetts

  20-08-2018 23:05 via yahoo.com
  An enormous, dead fin whale washed ashore in Duxbury, Massachusetts Monday prompting officials to close the beach. (Aug. 20)
  
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• Watts murder case: Friend who says she was the last to see Shanann alive knew something was 'seriously wrong'

  20-08-2018 23:04 via yahoo.com
  Nickole Atkinson believes she was the last person to see her friend Shanann Watts alive. The bodies of the pregnant woman and her two daughters were found three days later.
  
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• UK woman 'sang to stay awake' after falling off cruise ship

  20-08-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  PULA, Croatia (AP) — A British woman who fell from a cruise ship and spent 10 hours in the Adriatic Sea at night sang to stay alive, her rescuers said Monday.
  
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• Ancestor of All Cellular Life on Earth Appeared Way Earlier Than We Thought

  20-08-2018 22:51 via yahoo.com
  "Fossils can only tell us so much."
  
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• Eight hikers die as flash flood hits Italy's Calabria

  20-08-2018 22:46 via yahoo.com
  Eight hikers died when a mountain river suddenly flooded in Italy's southern Calabria region, with five people still missing, local emergency services said on Monday."We have eight dead but we can't rule out the toll increasing," the local civil protection unit told AFP.It also said there were two groups of 18 hikers at the site.
  
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• Woman killed by alligator while trying to save her dog in private South Carolina resort

  20-08-2018 22:36 via yahoo.com
  A woman was killed while trying to protect her dog from an alligator attack at a private resort in South Carolina, officials have said.The Beaufont County Sheriff’s said that it responded to a report that an alligator had attacked a woman at the Sea Pines Resort in Hilton Head, South Carolina, early on Monday morning.Witnesses told authorities the woman, who officials identified as 45-years-old Cassandra Cline, was walking her dog when an alligator attacked her and pulled her underwater.
  
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• Why It Is Time for All U.S. Bishops to Resign

  20-08-2018 22:34 via yahoo.com
  In the midst of the Catholic Church's latest reckoning
  
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• Cruise ship survivor plucked out of sea 'a stupid woman' says mother of liner's boss

  20-08-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  A passenger who survived ten hours in the sea is a “stupid woman” who must have jumped off the ship, the mother of the cruise line’s president has told the Telegraph. Kay Longstaff, 46, an air hostess, was accused of causing massive disruption to fellow passengers while costing Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation. Allegations surfaced on Monday suggesting Miss Longstaff had been arguing with her boyfriend in the hours before she plun
  
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• Report: Experts knew Genoa bridge had weakened 20 percent

  20-08-2018 22:25 via yahoo.com
  GENOA, Italy (AP) — Engineering experts determined in February that corrosion of the metal cables supporting the Genoa highway bridge had reduced the bridge's strength by 20 percent — a finding that came months before it collapsed last week, Italian media reported Monday.
  
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• No One Lost the South China Sea (And No One Will)

  20-08-2018 22:23 via yahoo.com
  America's excessive involvement in the South China Sea has forced China to deploy more defensive equipment in the area. What happens now?
  
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• Markets Right Now: Retailers lead gains for US stock indexes

  20-08-2018 22:10 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• Melania Trump planning solo international swing to Africa

  20-08-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump is planning her first big solo international swing with a trip through several African countries in October.
  
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• Explicit sex questions Brett Kavanaugh wanted to force Bill Clinton to answer about Monica Lewinsky revealed

  20-08-2018 22:00 via yahoo.com
  If confirmed to as a Supreme Court judge, Brett Kavanaugh has sai​d he would put the "final nail in the coffin" for independent counsels investigating sitting presidents.A memo written by Donald Trump's nominee for the nation's top court when he was working on the investigation into whether Mr Clinton perjured himself has revealed the strength of his feelings at the time.Mr Kavanaugh, who at the time was an an associate counsel for Ken Starr, the man leading the probe, wrote he was "strong
  
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• Why President Trump Couldn't Have Stopped the White House Counsel From Talking to the Mueller Investigation

  20-08-2018 21:59 via yahoo.com
  And why talk of attorney-client privilege is misleading
  
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• ConocoPhillips says PDVSA agreed to pay $2 bn to settle dispute

  20-08-2018 21:53 via yahoo.com
  Venezuela has agreed to pay a $2 billion settlement to US oil giant ConocoPhillips, to stop the seizure of the South American nation's assets, the American firm announced Monday.PDVSA, the state oil company once the crown jewel of Venezuela's now imploding economy, will make initial payments of $500 million over the next 90 days, ConocoPhillips said in a statement.In return, ConocoPhillips said it agreed to halt the seizure of PDVSA's oil and assets in the Caribbean -- which it took over after C
  
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• Ohio State trustees set Wednesday meeting on Meyer's future

  20-08-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State trustees set a private meeting for Wednesday to talk about the future of coach Urban Meyer as the university seeks to quickly move past a scandal that has consumed the football program for nearly a month.
  
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• Venezuela cuts five zeros from currency as economic plan sows confusion

  20-08-2018 21:48 via yahoo.com
  CARACAS/VALENCIA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela on Monday slashed five zeros from prices as part of a broad economic plan that President Nicolas Maduro says will tame hyperinflation but critics call another raft of failed socialist policies that will push the chaotic country deeper into crisis.Streets were quiet and shops were closed due to a national holiday that Maduro decreed for the first day of the new pricing plan for the stricken economy, which the International Monetary Fund has estima
  
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• GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Jokes, 'The Russians Are Going To Help Me'

  20-08-2018 21:46 via yahoo.com
  Pennsylvania state Sen. Scott Wagner, the Republican candidate to unseat Gov.
  
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• Russia investigation timeline: Robert Mueller and the probe into the Trump campaign's alleged collusion

  20-08-2018 21:40 via yahoo.com
  Since Donald Trump's election a shadow has hung over his administration - a federal investigation into possible collusion between the president's campaign and Russian agents. Robert Mueller, the stern former FBI director now leading the investigation, has charged dozens of individuals with crimes ranging from election interference to fraud along the way. Mr Trump has denounced the probe as a "witch hunt" - a view held by a number of leading Republicans. However the alleged crimes
  
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• This Is How South Africa Could Become the Next Zimbabwe

  20-08-2018 21:36 via yahoo.com
  Forced land redistribution was tried eighteen years ago by Zimbabwe and it did not go well.
  
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• German schools in crisis amid teacher exodus

  20-08-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  Unqualified retirees and trainees are filling a gap left by teachers exiting the profession due to rising class sizes and difficulties with foreign languages of new pupils, teachers groups in Germany have warned. The “dramatic shortage” of teachers is the worst Germany has seen for nearly three decades, Heinz-Peter Meidinger, president of the German Teachers Association, said in comments published across German media on Monday. "There are currently around 10,000 teaching positio
  
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• The Pros and Cons of a Korean War Peace Treaty

  20-08-2018 21:25 via yahoo.com
  Trump needs to think through how a peace treaty would work and what would be gained or lost from it.
  
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• Boy Dying of Terminal Cancer Wants Racing Stickers for His Casket

  20-08-2018 21:16 via yahoo.com
  The 11-year-old is suffering from leukemia
  
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• Remains of hiker from Bay Area who went missing in Yosemite have been found

  20-08-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  The remains of a hiker that went missing in Yosemite National Park have been found, according to National Park officials.
  
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• Wall Street rises on trade talk optimism

  20-08-2018 21:10 via yahoo.com
  Industrials added the most gains to the S&P 500 among the index's major sectors.The S&P 500 energy sectorrose 0.8 percent, and the materials sectorwas up 0.7 percent."But it's certainly a positive development, and it's certainly something investors are focusing on."The Dow Jones Industrial Averagerose 100.59 points, or 0.39 percent, to 25,769.91, the S&P 500gained 7.52 points, or 0.26 percent, to 2,857.65 and the Nasdaq Compositeadded 6.95 points, or 0.09 percent, to 7,823.28.
  
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• 2 detained after shots are fired at US Embassy in Turkey

  20-08-2018 20:59 via yahoo.com
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Shots were fired from a moving car at the U.S. Embassy in Turkey before dawn Monday, an attack that came during heightened tensions between the two NATO allies. Officials said two people with criminal records were detained.
  
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• Police: 1 dead after woman opens fire at Texas warehouse

  20-08-2018 20:57 via yahoo.com
  MISSOURI CITY, Texas (AP) — A female employee opened fire at a Houston-area food distribution center early Monday, killing a company manager and wounding another worker, police said.
  
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• The Russian Military Might Have One Big Advantage Over NATO in a War

  20-08-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  Can America crush Russia's A2/AD 'bubbles'? 
  
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• Alligator Kills Woman Walking Dog In South Carolina: Police

  20-08-2018 20:50 via yahoo.com
  A woman died Monday morning in a suspected alligator attack on Hilton Head
  
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• Texas doctor who raped sedated patient will not serve jail time

  20-08-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  Shafeeq Sheikh was instead sentenced to 10 years’ probation and ordered to register as a sex offender.Five female and seven male jurors had recommended the sentencing after deliberating for 14 hours at the Harris County Family Law Center in Houston, Texas.State law required Judge Terry Flenniken is required by the state's law to follow the recommendation, the Houston Chronicle reported.
  
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• Woman killed by alligator while walking dog on Hilton Head Island

  20-08-2018 20:29 via yahoo.com
  The attack happened near a golf course inside a gated community on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina.
  
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• Dramatic Rescue of Woman, Son and Chihuahua Caught on Camera at California Marina

  20-08-2018 20:22 via yahoo.com
  Cellphone footage showed the moment good Samaritans jumped in to save them.
  
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• British and American art and antique dealers unite in concern at Trump tariffs on Chinese art

  20-08-2018 20:17 via yahoo.com
  British and American art dealers are joining forces this week to protest President Donald Trump's plan to levy tariffs on Chinese works - the first time the US has imposed penalties on buying art since the McCarthy era. A three-day hearing began on Monday in Washington DC for companies to weigh in on proposed duties on more than 6,000 products from chemicals to bicycle parts in Mr Trump's trade war with Beijing. The administration's list of $200 billion (£157 billion) in goods also include
  
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• Target Corporation Earnings: What to Expect From TGT Stock

  20-08-2018 20:10 via yahoo.com
  Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) investors are hoping the company can maintain its 2018 momentum on Aug. 22 when it reports second-quarter earnings.Analysts say Target's investments in improving its customer experience and beefing up its online business are paying off, but Target may have difficulty clearing Wall Street's bar in the second quarter.Analysts are expecting Target to report second-quarter earnings per share of $1.40, up from $1.23 in the same quarter a year ago.
  
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• The Latest: Suspect, a 2-year employee, fired on co-workers

  20-08-2018 20:09 via yahoo.com
  MISSOURI CITY, Texas (AP) — The Latest on deadly workplace shooting near Houston (all times local):
  
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• Colorado Dad Chris Watts Was Hailed a 'Hero' by Daughter He Allegedly Killed

  20-08-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  Newly surfaced video shows one of the girls telling her dad she loves him.
  
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• All Grown Up! Barron Trump Sports Slicked-Back Hairdo Ahead of New School Year

  20-08-2018 19:54 via yahoo.com
  Barron is almost as tall as his father, President Trump.
  
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• Trump attorney Giuliani walks back 'truth isn't truth' remark

  20-08-2018 19:51 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani on Monday backpedaled after saying that "truth isn't truth" in explaining why the president should not be interviewed by the special counsel in charge of the Russia probe -- a comment that left pundits baffled.Giuliani -- whose comment on NBC's "Meet the Press" earned him heaps of mockery and scorn -- explained he was only trying to say that different people can offer different accounts of what happened in any given situation.The tweet came after a
  
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• Kweku Adoboli avoids deportation – for now

  20-08-2018 19:45
  Former UBS rogue trader had feared he could be sent out of the country on August 20
  
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