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• Four in 10 believe allegations against Kavanaugh, three in 10 do not: Reuters/Ipsos poll

  30-09-2018 23:42 via yahoo.com
  The poll, released on Sunday, follows an emotionally charged week in Washington, during which Kavanaugh's once-certain confirmation was jeopardized after three women made allegations against him, including accusations of assault and exposing himself in public in the 1980s.Kavanaugh, a conservative federal appeals court judge nominated to the country's top court by U.S. President Donald Trump, has denied those allegations.The FBI has opened an investigation after Trump bowed to pressure from mode
  
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• Macedonia leader vows to press on with name change despite referendum failure

  30-09-2018 23:38 via yahoo.com
  The proposed name change is part of an agreement reached in June by pro-Western Prime Minister Zoran Zaev with Greece to resolve the dispute over the country's name, which had prevented Macedonia from joining NATO or the EU.The people who did vote overwhelmingly backed the name change -- more than 90 percent voted yes with 63 percent of polling stations reporting.The nationalist opposition holds 49 seats in the 120-seat parliament, enough to block the two-thirds majority required to change the c
  
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• The Latest: Macedonian PM says vote shows will of people

  30-09-2018 23:24 via yahoo.com
  SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — The Latest on Macedonia's referendum on a name change for the country (all times local):
  
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• North Carolina Has A Massive Mosquito Problem After Hurricane Florence

  30-09-2018 23:22 via yahoo.com
  Some of the largest known mosquitoes in the world are creating a buzz across
  
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• Next battle in war over Kavanaugh: FBI probe

  30-09-2018 23:03 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump bowed to pressure from moderate Senate Republicans on Friday and ordered the probe after Christine Blasey Ford, a California university professor, detailed her allegations at a Senate hearing that Kavanaugh assaulted her in 1982 when the two were teenagers in high school.The stunning reversal capped two weeks of allegations, followed by furious denials, that roiled prospects for Trump's nominee, a conservative federal appeals court judge once expected to sail through Senat
  
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• 3 dead after car explosion on Pennsylvania street in 'isolated incident'

  30-09-2018 22:58 via yahoo.com
  "We have a high degree of confidence that the perpetrator was probably killed in the incident," the district attorney said.
  
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• Las Vegas pauses but looks ahead a year after mass shooting

  30-09-2018 22:37 via yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A small bouquet of dried flowers was wedged inside the padlock on Gate 5 of the killing ground that was the Route 91 Harvest Festival one recent day, the only visible reminder that it was the site of the worst mass shooting in modern American history.
  
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• The Latest: Over 800 dead in Indonesia quake and tsunami

  30-09-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  PALU, Indonesia (AP) — The Latest on a powerful earthquake and tsunami that hit Indonesia (all times local):
  
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• Donald Trump blasts Saturday Night Live after Matt Damon's Brett Kavanaugh skit and Kanye West rant

  30-09-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump condemned the American comedy show Saturday Night Live on Sunday after Matt Damon portrayed his Supreme Court nominee as an angry, beer-obsessed caricature and Kanye West was booed by the audience. “Like many, I don’t watch Saturday Night Live (even though I past hosted it) - no longer funny, no talent or charm. It is just a political ad for the Dems,” he wrote on Twitter. “Word is that Kanye West, who put on a MAGA hat after the show (despite being told &ldq
  
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• Asst. DA`s Seeing-Eye Dog Attacked Outside Oklahoma City Courthouse

  30-09-2018 21:59 via yahoo.com
  An assistant district attorney is speaking out after his seeing-eye dog was attacked by a dog whose owner was being sued for a previous attack.
  
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• Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick to be excluded from FBI investigation

  30-09-2018 21:49 via yahoo.com
  Julie Swetnick has alleged that Brett Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge placed drugs or alcohol in punch in order to inebriate women so they could be ‘gang raped’ by other partygoers.The FBI will not interview Julie Swetnick, the third woman to accuse Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, according to multiple reports and Republican senator Lindsey Graham, highlighting the narrow scope of the agency’s supplemental investigation into Donald Trump’s supreme court nominee.
  
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• Kavanaugh hearing spurs sex crimes victims to come forward

  30-09-2018 21:48 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The high-profile airing of sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has led victims around the country to flood support center lines with calls, come forward with reports of rapes and publicly share long-held stories of their own experiences of being attacked.
  
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• Opponents of Macedonia name change cheer low voter turnout

  30-09-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — A referendum on changing the nation of Macedonia's name to North Macedonia to pave the way for NATO membership attracted tepid voter participation Sunday, a blow to the prime minister who negotiated the deal and hoped for a strong message of support.
  
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• Over 800 dead in Indonesia quake and tsunami; toll may rise

  30-09-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers struggled Sunday to reach victims in several large coastal towns in Indonesia that were hit by an earthquake and tsunami, and authorities feared that the toll of more than 800 confirmed dead would rise.
  
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• Aerial video shows scene of fatal Pa. car explosion

  30-09-2018 21:28 via yahoo.com
  A car exploded on a downtown street, killing at least one person and leading to a shelter-in-place order for nearby residents, and federal authorities are helping local officials in the investigation. (Sept. 30)
  
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• Going for goal: Cameroon opposition unmoved by rain, police

  30-09-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  Yaoundé (AFP) - "I'm ready to take the penalty," said Cameroonian presidential hopeful and fan of football metaphors Maurice Kamto at a campaign rally in Yaounde on Sunday.Kamto, leader of the opposition Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon (MRC), appeared on stage in a bespoke Adidas football jersey and Nike trainers in front of the city's Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium.
  
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• Man Accused of Throwing Four-Year-Old Brother Off Roof of Brooklyn Building, Killing Him

  30-09-2018 21:20 via yahoo.com
  The older brother of a four-year-old boy who was found dead outside a Brooklyn apartment has been charged with murder, officials said.
  
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• Colorado Man Arrested on Suspicion of Murdering Girlfriend`s Three-Year-Old Son

  30-09-2018 21:20 via yahoo.com
  Neighbors in a quiet Denver neighborhood are shocked to hear a 33-year-old man was arrested for allegedly abusing and killing his girlfriend`s young son.
  
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• Trump praises Kanye West for 'leading the charge' after anti-Democrat speech on 'SNL'

  30-09-2018 20:31 via yahoo.com
  President Trump praised Kanye West after he gave an impromptu pro-Trump speech while wearing his “Make America Great Again” hat on “Saturday Night Live.”
  
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• Las Vegas shooting survivors show strength, return to Jason Aldean concert in Irvine 1 year later

  30-09-2018 20:29 via yahoo.com
  Survivors from the Las Vegas mass shooting showed strength as they attended a Jason Aldean concert nearly one year after the unforgettable massacre.
  
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• Two Mississippi Police Officers Killed During Shootout; Suspect in Custody

  30-09-2018 20:17 via yahoo.com
  Brookhaven Corporal Zack Moak and Patrolman James White were killed in the line of duty early Saturday morning.
  
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• As Brexit divisions widen, PM May challenges Brexit critics

  30-09-2018 20:14 via yahoo.com
  At the start of what is set to be one of the Conservative Party's stormiest annual conferences, May's plans were once again attacked by two former ministers, with her ex-foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, calling them "deranged".Just six months before Britain is due to leave the EU in the country's biggest shift in foreign and trade policy in more than 40 years, the debate over how to leave the bloc is still raging in the center-right Conservative Party, and even in government.May's already fragi
  
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• Elizabeth Warren To Consider A 2020 Presidential Run After Midterms

  30-09-2018 20:05 via yahoo.com
  A presidential run may soon be on the horizon for Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
  
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• Red Sox fan somehow hits Yankees player with his own home run ball

  30-09-2018 19:58 via yahoo.com
  The Boston Red Sox should consider signing one of their fans that got ejected from Fenway Park on Saturday. After New York Yankees power hitter Giancarlo Stanton blasted a home run to the top of Fenway Park's infamous Green Monster at the top of the seventh inning on Saturday, a Red Sox fan took that ball and whipped it back onto the field in protest, hitting Stanton in the arm after a hop as he rounded second base. That's a pretty impressive feat.ICYMI: A fan threw Giancarlo Stanton's home run
  
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• Making of a monster in 'Solo: A Star Wars Story'

  30-09-2018 19:58 via yahoo.com
  ABC News' Clayton Sandell takes a look at the special effects that went into creating the movie's "summa-verminoth."
  
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• Democrats Needed To Match Lindsey Graham's Fury

  30-09-2018 19:56 via yahoo.com
  Now that those of us committed to truth and justice have, we hope, at least
  
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• Israel says ready for UN crossing with Syria to reopen

  30-09-2018 19:51 via yahoo.com
  Israel is prepared to open its side of the crossing point with Syria following the return of UN peacekeepers to the Golan Heights following a four-year absence, the army said.Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman "authorised the reopening of the Alpha gate of the Quneitra crossing between Israel and Syria, allowing the UN to resume activity via the crossing pending Syria's reopening their side," it said in a statement Saturday.
  
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• 58 crosses stand in Las Vegas in honor of victims killed 1 year ago

  30-09-2018 19:44 via yahoo.com
  As Las Vegas is preparing to mark the anniversary of the mass shooting that claimed 58 lives one year ago, events to honor those lost have already begun.
  
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• Johnson ups the pressure as UK's May gathers fractious party

  30-09-2018 19:13 via yahoo.com
  British Prime Minister Theresa May and her allies called for unity Sunday after former colleague Boris Johnson hijacked the opening of their Conservative party's annual conference with another attack on the government's Brexit plan.Johnson's successor, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, warned EU leaders not to make the bloc a prison, or "we won't be the only prisoner that will want to escape".
  
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• Three years of Russia strikes on Syria kill 18,000: monitor

  30-09-2018 19:06 via yahoo.com
  More than 18,000 people, nearly half of them civilians, have been killed in Russian air strikes on Syria since Moscow began its game-changing intervention exactly three years ago, a monitor said Sunday.Russia, for its part, said its "accurate" strikes had killed 85,000 "terrorists".A steadfast ally of Syria's ruling regime, Russia began carrying out bombing raids in the country on September 30, 2015 -- more than four years into the devastating conflict.
  
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• Classmates mourn boy shot dead by Israeli troops in Gaza border

  30-09-2018 18:51 via yahoo.com
  The school friends of Nassir al-Mosabeh sat tearfully in their classroom in Khan Younis on Sunday and mourned their 12-year-old friend who was killed in a protest on the Gaza-Israel border.Gaza health officials said Israeli soldiers on Friday shot dead seven Palestinians, who were among thousands who thronged to the fortified border as part of weekly protests launched six months ago.Mosabeh's classmates in the school in the southern Gaza Strip decorated his chair with his picture ringed by red a
  
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• Hailie Deegan, 17, becomes 1st female winner in NASCAR K&N

  30-09-2018 18:39 via yahoo.com
  MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) — Seventeen-year-old Hailie Deegan used a bump-and-run on her teammate to become the first female winner of a NASCAR K&N West Series race. Her last-lap shove of Cole Rouse at Meridian Speedway in Idaho gave her the victory.
  
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• China manufacturing weakens amid US tariff battle

  30-09-2018 18:30 via yahoo.com
  BEIJING (AP) — China's export orders shrank in September as a tariff battle with Washington over technology escalated, adding to downward pressure on the world's No. 2 economy, two surveys showed Sunday.
  
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• Sen. Grassley Asks FBI To Investigate Retracted Kavanaugh Allegations

  30-09-2018 18:26 via yahoo.com
  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is asking the FBI to
  
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• White House says not 'micromanaging' FBI probe of Kavanaugh

  30-09-2018 18:18 via yahoo.com
  The FBI is free to investigate any sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh that it deems credible, two White House spokeswomen said on Sunday, rebuffing reports that the administration has tried to limit the probe."The Senate is dictating the terms," she said."The FBI, this is what they do.
  
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• Las Vegas reflects and moves forward 1 year after shooting

  30-09-2018 18:16 via yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A small bouquet of dried flowers was wedged inside the padlock on Gate 5 of the killing ground that was the Route 91 Harvest Festival one recent day, the only visible reminder that it was the site of the worst mass shooting in modern American history.
  
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• Halep retires from China Open 1st round with back injury

  30-09-2018 17:56 via yahoo.com
  BEIJING (AP) — Top-ranked Simona Halep retired Sunday from her first-round match at the China Open.
  
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• Sexual Assault Survivor Poignantly Explains Why She Confronted Jeff Flake

  30-09-2018 17:47 via yahoo.com
  Ana Maria Archila, one of two sexual assault survivors who confronted Sen.
  
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• Lindsey Graham Wants To Investigate Whether Someone Leaked Kavanaugh Accuser's Name

  30-09-2018 17:47 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says he's going to call for an investigation to
  
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• Mercedes team orders add to F1's history of controversy

  30-09-2018 17:32 via yahoo.com
  SOCHI, Russia (AP) — It looked like a race, but the winner wasn't decided on the track.
  
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• Trump meeting with Rosenstein may be delayed again, says White House

  30-09-2018 17:31 via yahoo.com
  Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein oversees the work of special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian election interference.Donald Trump’s high-stakes meeting with deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein could be “pushed back another week” as the fight over supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh continues, the White House said on Sunday.
  
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• Kellyanne Conway Reveals Own Sexual Assault While Defending Brett Kavanaugh

  30-09-2018 17:12 via yahoo.com
  Top White House adviser Kellyanne Conway disclosed on Sunday that she is a
  
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• Musk escapes the worst, but Tesla still faces a bumpy road

  30-09-2018 17:02 via yahoo.com
  Tesla has promised to revolutionize the automobile, but the high-end electric car maker keeps hitting road blocks created by its founder Elon Musk's erratic behavior and considerable ego.The settlement, which will leave the 47-year-old overseeing Tesla's daily operations, provides at least a momentary reprieve from the company's many challenges -- including Musk's own sometimes counterproductive instincts.Tesla is at something of a turning point.
  
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• Las Vegas Shooting: Retired Carpenter Builds New Memorial of 58 Crosses Ahead of Anniversary

  30-09-2018 16:40 via yahoo.com
  Greg Zanis erected the same somber tribute just after the October 2017 massacre.
  
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• Syria rebels deny withdrawing arms from north under deal

  30-09-2018 16:37 via yahoo.com
  Syrian rebels denied on Sunday they had pulled any heavy arms from a major opposition bastion in the north, as the deadline to implement a demilitarisation deal there draws closer.Regime ally Moscow and rebel backer Ankara agreed earlier this month to create a buffer zone around the opposition stronghold of Idlib that would be free of both jihadists and heavy arms.The deal has so far averted a massive assault on the region by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, but its implementation
  
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• Hamilton wins Russian GP after teammate lets him through

  30-09-2018 16:29 via yahoo.com
  SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Lewis Hamilton won the Russian Grand Prix and closed in on his fifth Formula One title, but he's not happy.
  
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• Indonesia: Death toll climbs above 800 after destructive earthquake, tsunami

  30-09-2018 16:24 via yahoo.com
  Over 830 people have died after a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday and triggered a destructive tsunami.
  
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• Israel frees French-Palestinian after 13 months without trial

  30-09-2018 16:20 via yahoo.com
  Israel on Sunday released a French-Palestinian lawyer held without charge for the past 13 months over unspecified allegations, his lawyer said.Salah Hamouri, 33, was freed at Jerusalem police headquarters after being brought from his cell in a prison in southern Israel's Negev desert.Attorney Mahmud Hassan told AFP that Hamouri was forbidden to take part in demonstrations, protests or celebrations of his release for a period of 30 days and required to post a bond of 3,000 shekels ($825, 710 euro
  
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• All the most beautiful places in the world are in Illinois, according to this Twitter account

  30-09-2018 16:00 via yahoo.com
  This is One Good Thing
  , a weekly column where we tell you about one of the few nice things that happened this week. It's been an exhausting few days, so let's take a moment to appreciate Beautiful Illinois.  I'm not talking about the state of Illinois, though I'm sure it's great. I'm talking about @IllinoisViews, a Twitter account dedicated to posting the most breathtaking photos of their beloved Prairie State. Kind of.  SEE ALSO: Glowing snow is falling thousands of feet under the se
  
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• President Trump Says He and Kim Jong-Un 'Fell in Love'

  30-09-2018 15:53 via yahoo.com
  Pyongyang’s top diplomat said earlier there was “no way” the country would disarm
  
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