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• Trump says he would consider former adviser Dina Powell for U.N.

  09-10-2018 23:44 via yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would consider selecting Goldman Sachs executive and former White House adviser Dina Powell as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and he shot down speculation he would tap his daughter Ivanka for the post.Trump spoke to reporters at the White House before departing for an event in Iowa, hours after announcing that current U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley would step down at the end of the year.
  
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• Wedding photographer shoves a bride's step mother

  09-10-2018 23:36 via yahoo.com
  Kentucky wedding ceremony goes on as photographer pushes step-mother.
  
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• Trump says 'no one more competent in the world' than daughter Ivanka to replace Nikki Haley as UN ambassador

  09-10-2018 23:24 via yahoo.com
  There is no-one more qualified “in the world” to become the next US ambassador to the United Nations than Ivanka Trump, her father Donald has claimed.The position became available after Nikki Haley announced she would be resigning from the role and will be leaving the administration by the end of 2018.Mr Trump, who referred to Ms Haley as a "very special" person during a media appearance in the Oval Office, said he had known for six months that she may want to take time off from the
  
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• Thank you r/relationships for giving me the drama fix I crave

  09-10-2018 23:14 via yahoo.com
  This is Ode To...
  , a weekly column where we share the stuff we're really into in hopes that you'll be really into it, too. Who doesn't love internet drama? I, for one, live for it. Watching someone get ratio'd on Twitter fills me with glee. If someone posts screenshots, I'll meticulously go through every shred of each snarky text. When I scroll past an argument on Facebook, I can't help but dive into the thread and digest every single comment.  SEE ALSO: Staten Harry is the internet's cute
  
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• Self-driving cars may hit U.S. roads in pilot programme - NHTSA

  09-10-2018 22:58 via yahoo.com
  Fully self-driving cars may be on the fast lane to U.S. roads under a pilot programme the Trump administration said on Tuesday it was considering, which would allow real-world road testing for a limited number of the vehicles.Self-driving cars used in the program would potentially need to have technology disabling the vehicle if a sensor fails or barring vehicles from travelling above safe speeds, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said in a document made public Tuesday.N
  
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• Pro-Kavanaugh Dark Money Group Launches Campaign To Support Susan Collins

  09-10-2018 22:44 via yahoo.com
  Last Saturday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), considered a moderate swing
  
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• Finger pointing begins in search for cause of New York limo crash

  09-10-2018 22:43 via yahoo.com
  Lawyers for the family of a limousine driver who died along with 19 others in an upstate New York accident and the owner of the vehicle are clashing over the cause of the deadliest U.S. transport accident in nearly a decade.New York State police said the driver, 53-year-old Scott Lisinicchia, did not have the proper license to operate the 2001 Ford Excursion limousine that crashed in Schoharie, New York, on Saturday night and that the vehicle had failed inspection last month.A lawyer for Prestig
  
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• Seattle Woman Freaks Out, Calls 911 After Humpback Whales Swim Under Boat

  09-10-2018 22:22 via yahoo.com
  Video of the woman screaming and calling police has gone viral.
  
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• Why Banksy Built a Secret Shredder Into the Frame of His Most Valuable Painting

  09-10-2018 22:07 via yahoo.com
  The self-destructing artwork is a sharp critique of the art market's sky-high prices. But was the auction house in on the prank?
  
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• The Latest: Paul to push for halting arms sales to Saudis

  09-10-2018 22:06 via yahoo.com
  ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on the mystery surrounding the fate of a Saudi journalist who disappeared while visiting the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul (all times local):
  
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• Saudi journalist's disappearance threatens Turkey-Saudi ties

  09-10-2018 21:53 via yahoo.com
  The disappearance of journalist and Riyadh critic Jamal Khashoggi from Saudi Arabia's Istanbul consulate has rattled already brittle ties between two powerful rivals vying for influence in the Muslim world, analysts say.The Washington Post contributor, who has penned articles critical of some of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's policies in the Arab and Western press, vanished a week ago.Turkish government sources at the weekend said police believed he was killed inside, claims dismissed
  
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• 5 Interesting Supreme Court Cases Kavanaugh Could Decide This Term

  09-10-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  After a whirlwind of testimonies, investigations and protests leading up to
  
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• A look at limo crash victims: Veteran died on 34th birthday

  09-10-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — A professor of geology. A pair of newlyweds. A former Marine who served in Iraq. Four sisters celebrating the birthday of one of their own. They are among the 20 people who died in Saturday's limousine crash in upstate New York. The group included four sisters, two brothers and several longtime friends. Also killed were the limo driver and two pedestrians.
  
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• Supreme Court won't disturb conviction in triple killing

  09-10-2018 21:18 via yahoo.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal Tuesday from a man convicted of joining a New Orleans police officer in the killing of her fellow officer and two other people during a 1995 restaurant robbery.
  
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• Court mood is jovial as Kavanaugh takes his place on bench

  09-10-2018 21:17 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Brett Kavanaugh took the bench with his new Supreme Court colleagues for the first time Tuesday in a jovial atmosphere that was strikingly at odds with the tension and rancor surrounding his high-court confirmation.
  
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• Voter Registration Deadlines By State, Explained

  09-10-2018 21:12 via yahoo.com
  The 2018 midterm elections aren't until Nov. 6, but the deadlines for
  
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• Trump to discuss missing journalist with Saudis

  09-10-2018 21:11 via yahoo.com
  Trump, speaking at the White House, said he did not know details about Khashoggi's disappearance.Asked if he had spoken to officials in Saudi Arabia about Khashoggi, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office: "I have not.Khashoggi, a Saudi citizen who had lived in Washington for the past year, has not been heard from or seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last Tuesday, his fiancée and friends have said.
  
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• UN chief praises Haley's 'excellent cooperation'

  09-10-2018 21:08 via yahoo.com
  United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a message of "deep appreciation" for US envoy Nikki Haley on Tuesday after she announced she was stepping down from the post at the end of the year.Stephane Dujarric, Guterres's spokesman, said the UN had yet to receive formal notification of her resignation as Washington's permanent representative to the world body."The secretary-general wishes to express his deep appreciation for the excellent cooperation and support that Ambassador Hale
  
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• Kavanaugh makes US Supreme Court debut

  09-10-2018 21:05 via yahoo.com
  New US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh dove into his new job Tuesday, shrugging off the controversy over his nomination and firing off a handful of questions at his first hearing, a case on prison reform.A handful of protesters rallied outside the court in opposition to the conservative justice, who was confirmed on Saturday by the Senate by a razor-thin margin after weeks of partisan rancor."We will not forget!" the group shouted -- a reference to the accusations of sexual assault that th
  
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• Florida braces for Hurricane Michael

  09-10-2018 21:01 via yahoo.com
  U.S. authorities ordered tens of thousands of people to heed warnings of life-threatening coastal floods, wind and rain and get out of harm’s way as Hurricane Michael churned over the Gulf of Mexico toward the Florida Panhandle on Tuesday. Yahaira Jacquez reports.
  
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• At least two U.S. attorneys general investigating Google glitch

  09-10-2018 21:01 via yahoo.com
  The investigation follows Google's announcement on Monday that it would shut down the consumer version of its social network Google+ and tighten its data-sharing policies after a "bug" potentially exposed user data that included names, email addresses, occupations, genders and ages."We are aware of public reporting on this matter and are currently undertaking efforts to gain an understanding of the nature and cause of the intrusion, whether sensitive information was exposed, and what steps are b
  
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• Donald Trump Is Complicit In Jamal Khashoggi's Likely Death. So Are Many Others.

  09-10-2018 20:51 via yahoo.com
  On Tuesday, Oct. 2, Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in
  
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• Here’s What It Was Like Inside Justice Kavanaugh’s First Supreme Court Argument

  09-10-2018 20:40 via yahoo.com
  Two hour-long arguments Tuesday were sprinkled with jokes, displays of courtesy and a stream of questions from the new justice on the reach of a law that imposes stiff sentences on some people convicted of federal gun crimes.Kavanaugh shared a private laugh with Justice Elena Kagan before the arguments as new attorneys were being admitted to the Supreme Court’s bar.Kavanaugh then waited about 20 minutes before asking the first of about a dozen questions he posed during the morning.
  
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• This Is Brett Kavanaugh's First Question as a Supreme Court Justice

  09-10-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  Kavanaugh asked his first question about 20 minutes into the first argument of the day
  
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• The Latest: Driver's family believes vehicle not roadworthy

  09-10-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on the limousine crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York (all times local):
  
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• New York Limo Crash: Demonstration Shows How Tightly Victims Were Packed in Car

  09-10-2018 20:16 via yahoo.com
  There was not much room to move when Inside Edition put 17 people in a limo similar to the one that crashed Saturday.
  
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• Justice Brett Kavanaugh makes his Supreme Court debut

  09-10-2018 20:12 via yahoo.com
  Kavanaugh was present for the Supreme Court's first day of arguments.
  
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• Meghan Markle's Nephew Tyler Dooley to Star on MTV's 'The Royal World'

  09-10-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  The show follows a group of royals and aristocrats who will live together in the English countryside with cameras rolling.
  
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• China promises not to weaken yuan, criticizes US concern

  09-10-2018 19:53 via yahoo.com
  BEIJING (AP) — China promised Tuesday not to weaken its currency to boost exports during a tariff fight with Washington and rejected U.S. concern about the yuan's sagging exchange rate as groundless and irresponsible.
  
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• Bulgarian Officials to Release Man Arrested in Connection with Journalist's Death

  09-10-2018 19:53 via yahoo.com
  A senior Bulgarian police officer says authorities will release a man taken into custody
  
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• Former UBS trader Adoboli granted bail after 36 days in detention

  09-10-2018 19:51
  Convicted rogue trader is facing removal from the country after serving half of a seven-year prison sentence for fraud
  
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• New York crash: Owner of limo company was controversial FBI informant and had record of failed inspections

  09-10-2018 19:47 via yahoo.com
  The owner of the limousine company involved in a deadly crash was a controversial FBI informant with a history of inspection failures for his vehicles.Shahed Hussain avoided deportation after admitting to a felony in a personal bankruptcy case by becoming an undercover informant for the federal agency, his former lawyer confirmed this week.Mr Hussain’s vehicles have been inspected at least five times over the last two years, according to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration records.
  
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• BMW i4 Is a New Electric Car Coming in 2021

  09-10-2018 19:40 via yahoo.com
  At the Paris auto show last week, BMW chairman Harald Krüger confirmed that the brand will be launching a fourth all-new electric vehicle in 2021.Dubbed the i4, it will be the BMW Group's fifth fully electric "core" model.BMW has given no details on the production i4 aside from the release date, but that concept had an electric range of 373 miles (albeit on the very optimistic European test cycle), a top speed of 125 mph, and a zero-to-62-mph time of 4.0 seconds.
  
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• Netanyahu praises Nikki Haley after she quits UN post

  09-10-2018 19:38 via yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the outgoing US ambassador to the United Nations after she resigned on Tuesday, following a tenure in which she asserted Washington's support for Israel."I thank ambassador Nikki Haley for her uncompromising struggle against the hypocrisy of the UN," he wrote in Hebrew on his official Twitter account, wishing her success in her future endeavours.Haley has been a favourite in Israel as she pushed a hawkish line on Iran -- Israel's implacable foe -
  
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• The Saudi Monarchy May Have Killed a Free Man

  09-10-2018 19:35 via yahoo.com
  Did journalist Jamal Khashoggi fall prey to the tyrannical regime in Saudi Arabia?
  
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• Man With Same Name as Brett Kavanaugh Describes Hate-Filled Tweets, Job Difficulties

  09-10-2018 19:34 via yahoo.com
  Brett Kavanagh, of Louisville, Kentucky, finds that he often has to explain he's not the newest Supreme Court justice.
  
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• Man held in Bulgarian journalist murder probe to be released

  09-10-2018 19:34 via yahoo.com
  A Romanian man who had been detained as part of the investigation into the killing of a Bulgarian journalist in the northern town of Ruse will be freed, police said on Tuesday.The brutal murder of 30-year-old Viktoria Marinova -- who presented a current affairs talk programme called "Detector" for the small TVN television channel -- has shocked the country and drawn international condemnation.Ruse police chief commissioner Teodor Atanasov said Tuesday that a man had been detained, adding that "w
  
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• Black Man Claims Police Were Called on Him as He Was Baby-Sitting 2 White Children

  09-10-2018 19:24 via yahoo.com
  The children's parents were angered by the situation.
  
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• As Nikki Haley Resigns as U.N. Ambassador, Will Ivanka Trump Take Her Place?

  09-10-2018 19:22 via yahoo.com
  The abrupt departure has led to rumors that President Trump's eldest daughter will step into the role.
  
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• The Latest: Man to be freed in Bulgarian journalist probe

  09-10-2018 19:17 via yahoo.com
  RUSE, Bulgaria (AP) — The Latest on the slaying of a female journalist in Bulgaria (all times local):
  
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• Twitter speculates Ivanka Trump will replace Nikki Haley as UN ambassador

  09-10-2018 18:58 via yahoo.com
  Following the news of UN Ambassador Nikki Haley’s resignation on Tuesday,
  
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• Nikki Haley resigning as U.N. ambassador

  09-10-2018 18:55 via yahoo.com
  "The View" co-hosts discuss Haley's unexpected decision.
  
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• New details emerge as investigation into deadly limo crash continues

  09-10-2018 18:52 via yahoo.com
  Investigators identify the driver of the limo that killed him and 19 others in deadly upstate NY crash; details emerge that the limo failed inspection.
  
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• Yemen raids kill 79 rebels in 48 hours

  09-10-2018 18:42 via yahoo.com
  Saudi-led coalition air strikes in Yemen have killed almost 80 Huthi rebel fighters over 48 hours in the western province of Hodeida, military and medical sources said Tuesday.The strikes on Hodeida, site of a vital port and target of a renewed coalition offensive, also left seven civilians dead, they said.Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen at the head of a military coalition to support the government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi after the Huthis ousted it from the capital Sanaa and swathes
  
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• Hillary Clinton calls Trump's Kavanaugh swearing-in ceremony 'a political rally'

  09-10-2018 18:39 via yahoo.com
  “I guess that’s why she lost,” Trump responded. “She doesn’t get it, she never did.”
  
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• Israel must continue Syria strikes despite S-300 delivery: Netanyahu

  09-10-2018 18:06 via yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he told Russia's vice premier in talks on Tuesday that Israel must continue to hit hostile targets in neighbouring Syria, despite Moscow's decision to equip Damascus with advanced air defence missiles.Netanyahu said at a press conference that he told Maxim Akimov in talks in Jerusalem that Israel would continue to fight what it says are Iranian attempts to entrench itself militarily in Syria and channel advanced weaponry to its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah.
  
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• Trump responds to Clinton saying Kavanaugh’s swearing-in was a political rally: ‘That’s why she lost.’

  09-10-2018 18:03 via yahoo.com
  President Trump responds to his 2016 presidential opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who criticized Brett Kavanaugh’s swearing-in ceremony. Clinton called the event “a political rally.” While talking to reporters, Trump said, “Hillary never got it. That’s why she lost.”
  
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• Trump Expected to Loosen Rules on Ethanol in Gasoline

  09-10-2018 17:45 via yahoo.com
  President Trump wants to increase the ethanol mix in summer gasoline, a move that could potentially increase smog and almost certainly provide a boost for corn farmers.The president is expected to announce his plan at a rally in Iowa tonight, according to NBC News.U.S. ethanol, primarily derived from corn, is an octane-boosting additive that oil refiners must mix up to 10 percent in each gallon in order to comply with the Renewable Fuels Standard.
  
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• Nikki Haley vows to campaign for Trump in 2020

  09-10-2018 17:44 via yahoo.com
  The departing U.S. ambassador to the UN told reporters that she's not running for office in 2020.
  
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• Turkey prepares to search Saudi Consulate for missing journalist

  09-10-2018 17:40 via yahoo.com
  Diplomatic tensions are boiling over missing and presumed dead Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
  
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