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• Facebook Purges Iranian Accounts Posing as Americans to Stir Left-Wing Outrage

  26-10-2018 23:51 via yahoo.com
  Facebook on Friday deleted 82 accounts, groups, and pages associated with an Iranian propaganda campaign designed to exacerbate partisan outrage.The campaign, which consisted of 30 pages, 33 Facebook accounts, 16 Instagram accounts, and three groups, fixated on charged racial and political issues — such as Colin Kaepernick’s on-field protest movement and the battle over Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court — to incite anti-Republican and anti-Trump administ
  
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• APNewsBreak: US religious orders asked to ID priest abusers

  26-10-2018 23:49 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The umbrella organization of Catholic religious orders in the U.S. is suggesting that its members consider voluntarily identifying priests accused of sexual abuse, opening up what could be a major new chapter in the Catholic Church's long-running abuse and cover-up saga, The Associated Press has learned.
  
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• Tesla under US criminal probe for Model 3 comments: source

  26-10-2018 23:45 via yahoo.com
  US criminal investigators are probing whether Tesla Motors misled investors about the timetable for meeting key car production targets, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.The investigation was the yet another tangle with federal authorities for the electric automaker, whose share price was repeatedly buffeted earlier this year after a series of erratic-seeming comments by Chief Executive Elon Musk.The probe, which has been underway since earlier this year, concerns whether the automak
  
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• Centro Romero founder reflects on immigrant experience as migrant caravan heads north

  26-10-2018 23:24 via yahoo.com
  As thousands of people continue walking toward the southern United States border from Central America, some Chicago immigrants are reminded of their journeys.
  
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• Abbott, AbbVie settle TriCor marketing case for $25 million

  26-10-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. Justice Department on Friday announced the settlement, which resolves claims first raised in a whistleblower lawsuit filed in federal court in Philadelphia in 2009 by a former Abbott sales representative.AbbVie was spun out of Abbott in 2013.Neither company, both of which are based in Chicago, admitted to wrongdoing as part of the settlement.
  
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• Migrant caravan gives Kobach fresh ammunition in deadlocked Kansas governor's race

  26-10-2018 23:16 via yahoo.com
  Though the capital of Kansas is about 1,000 miles from the southwest border, Kris Kobach has seized on the immigrant caravan story to make illegal immigration a key issue in his incredibly close governor’s race with Democrat Laura Kelly.
  
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• The Latest: Mexico offers migrants who seek refuge benefits

  26-10-2018 23:14 via yahoo.com
  PIJIJIAPAN, Mexico (AP) — The Latest on the caravan of Central American migrants hoping to travel through Mexico to the U.S. (all times local):
  
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• Mexico offers plan to keep U.S.-bound migrants in Mexico

  26-10-2018 23:12 via yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to close the U.S.-Mexico border and cut aid to Central America to try to stop the caravan of several thousand people.Making reference to the caravan, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said that migrants wishing to obtain temporary identification documents, jobs or education for their children could do so by registering for asylum in southern Mexico."This plan is only for those who comply with Mexican laws, and it's a first step towards a permanent so
  
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• Rita Ora dressed up like Post Malone for Halloween, and the resemblance is uncanny

  26-10-2018 23:09 via yahoo.com
  Celebrities are known for going all out when it comes to their Halloween costumes, and Rita Ora just proved she's no exception. SEE ALSO: 21 best couples costumes you can pull off in a pinch The pop star turned up to the KISS Haunted House party in London on Friday dressed as Post Malone, and her resemblance to the rapper is astounding. I mean, just look at these pictures!Is that you, Rita?Image: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images Seriously, this look is uncanny.Image: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
  
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• 'Fortnite' creator Epic Games raises $1.25 billion from KKR, others

  26-10-2018 23:02 via yahoo.com
  "Fortnite," a sort of hybrid of "The Hunger Games" and "Minecraft," drops 100 people onto an island to fight each other for survival.The tactical tournament game, whose first version was released in 2017, has been called an industry "game-changer" by analysts as it signed up tens of millions of users for its last-player-standing "Battle Royale" format.Epic Games is valued at almost $15 billion as part of the new investment round, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar
  
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• Cesar Sayoc's Purported Twitter Accounts Regularly Promoted Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories

  26-10-2018 23:01 via yahoo.com
  Cesar Sayoc, the suspect arrested Friday in connection with more than a dozen
  
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• Macron accuses Hungarian, Polish leaders of 'lying' about EU

  26-10-2018 22:57 via yahoo.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday went from measured criticism against Hungary and Poland to anger, accusing their leaders "lying" to their people about the European Union.When I listen to leaders comparing Brussels with Moscow at the ancient (Soviet) times, this is crazy and unacceptable," Macron told a pro-European audience at a public meeting during a visit to the Slovak capital Bratislava.
  
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• Twitter Accused of Ignoring Apparent Threat by Bomb Suspect

  26-10-2018 22:56 via yahoo.com
  A Twitter account by the name of Cesar Altieri with the handle @hardrock2016 posted threats, criticized Democratic leaders and distributed pro-Trump messages.An account under the name Rochelle Ritchie, a former congressional press secretary, tweeted a screenshot on Friday of a tweet she received from the Altieri account that she said threatened her life.Rochelle said she reported the account to Twitter and received a message back from the company saying it had reviewed the complaint and found no
  
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• 'People Must Vote!' Robert De Niro Responds After Police Intercept Suspicious Package

  26-10-2018 22:47 via yahoo.com
  He was one of several targets of an attempted mail-bombing campaign
  
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• Israeli forces kill four Palestinians in Gaza border protest: medics

  26-10-2018 22:41 via yahoo.com
  The Israeli military responded with air strikes at three positions belonging to Hamas, the Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip, an army statement said.It said 16,000 Palestinians had gathered along the Gaza border and hurled grenades, firebombs and rocks at Israeli troops, who responded with "riot dispersal means" and live fire when required.Later, sirens sounded in Israeli towns and communities around the Gaza Strip to warn that militants had launched rockets.
  
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• Poll: Two-Thirds Of Voters Say Trump Is A Factor For Them In The 2018 Midterm Elections

  26-10-2018 22:40 via yahoo.com
  As President Donald Trump goes, so goes the Republican Party. That's what a
  
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• How a fingerprint led the FBI to the suspected pipe bomber

  26-10-2018 22:40 via yahoo.com
  A white van seized during an investigation into a series of parcel bombs is towed into FBI headquarters in Miramar, Florida.A single fingerprint left on a package posted to a Democratic congresswoman was the key to a speedy end to the manhunt for the pipe bomber terrorizing the United States.The criminal complaint outlining charges against Cesar Altieri Sayoc, an avowed Trump supporter, reveals how the FBI lab in Quantico, Virginia, linked a fingerprint on the package sent to Maxine Waters to hi
  
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• Prince Harry Palled Around With Tonga's Famously Oiled-Up Olympic Flag Bearer

  26-10-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex met the Polynesian nation's biggest viral star
  
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• Australian Boy Gives Meghan Markle Macaroni Necklace, Now Has Orders from Around the World

  26-10-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  The 6-year-old gave his macaroni necklace to Meghan Markle, who wore it for the day.
  
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• Border Patrol Has No Intention 'Right Now' to Shoot at Caravan Migrants If They Approach U.S. Border

  26-10-2018 22:23 via yahoo.com
  Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said there were no plans to open fire on a migrant caravan currently heading through Mexico.
  
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• Authorities investigate suspicious package addressed to Sen. Kamala Harris

  26-10-2018 22:20 via yahoo.com
  Authorities in Sacramento are investigating a suspicious package addressed to Democratic California Senator Kamala Harris, sources tell ABC News.
  
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• Markets Right Now: Wall Street is rocked by more selling

  26-10-2018 22:11 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• Microsoft to keep Pentagon bid amid ethics concerns

  26-10-2018 22:04 via yahoo.com
  Microsoft said Friday it is prepared to provide its technology to the US military, including for a massive cloud computing project, despite ethics concerns among some of its employees and others in Silicon Valley."All of us who live in this country depend on its strong defense," Microsoft president Brad Smith said in a blog post.The statement came two weeks after Google dropped out of the bidding for the huge Pentagon cloud computing contract that could be worth up to $10 billion.
  
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• Mattis approves military support on Mexico border

  26-10-2018 21:58 via yahoo.com
  Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Friday approved a request to send troops and military assistance to the US-Mexico border -- part of President Donald Trump's effort to slow illegal crossings in the run-up to key elections.The Pentagon did not provide details on how many troops would be sent, but US officials on Thursday told AFP that about 800 service members would be deployed to the frontier."After receiving a request for assistance from the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defen
  
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• Trump considers plan to bar migrants, deny asylum

  26-10-2018 21:45 via yahoo.com
  President Trump is considering executive action that would bar migrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and seeking asylum, a senior administration official confirmed late Thursday to ABC News.
  
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• Despite Donald Trump's warnings the weary migrant caravan of hope marches onwards 

  26-10-2018 21:44 via yahoo.com
  In Honduras she had run a stall selling pupusas, a local tortilla, but been forced to shut down after being extorted by street gangs. "If you don't pay them they kill you," said the woman, drawing a finger slowly across her throat. "It's like a tax of war, money to bandits, and you can't not pay. "They made me pay 300 lempira a week - $12. To you it does not sound like a lot, but for me it was a lot. I had to close." After shutting her stall three months ago the 35-year-old, who gave her name as
  
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• Authorities announce arrest of Cesar Sayoc in connection with 13 mail bombing attempts

  26-10-2018 21:40 via yahoo.com
  The Department of Justice announced the arrest of 56-year-old Cesar Sayoc in connection with 13 mail bombs sent to prominent Democrats and critics of President Trump. The suspect was arrested in Florida and faces up to 48 years in prison if convicted on the charges, which include transporting explosives across state lines, threatening former presidents and others, illegally mailing explosives, threatening interstate communications and assaulting federal officials.
  
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• Facebook removes fake accounts tied to Iran that lured over 1 million followers

  26-10-2018 21:36 via yahoo.com
  Facebook Inc said on Friday it had deleted accounts originating in Iran that attracted more than 1 million U.S. and British followers, its latest effort to combat disinformation activity on its platform.The fake Facebook accounts originating in Iran mostly targeted American liberals, according to the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, a thinktank that works with Facebook to study propaganda online.Facebook said it removed 82 pages, groups and accounts on Facebook and Instagram tha
  
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• Thousands rally to keep Soros-founded university in Hungary

  26-10-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  Thousands rallied in Budapest on Friday on behalf of a university founded by U.S. financier George Soros which says it is being forced out of Hungary by the nationalist government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.Orban, who believes that European culture is under threat from migration and multiculturalism, has for years vilified the liberal Soros, who was born in Hungary and backs a number of causes there.The U.S.-registered Central European University (CEU) founded by Soros in 1993 said on Thursd
  
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• Texans say voting machines changing straight-ticket choices

  26-10-2018 21:22 via yahoo.com
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Some Texas voters are complaining that machines flipped their straight-ticket selections to the other party in key races during early voting, especially the much-watched Senate battle between Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Beto O'Rourke.
  
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• Microsoft overtakes Amazon as second most valuable U.S. company

  26-10-2018 21:20 via yahoo.com
  Microsoft Corp regained its spot as the second most valuable U.S. company on Friday after a disappointing quarterly report from Amazon.com wiped $65 billion off the online retailer's market capitalisation.Apple Inc tops the list at over $1 trillion after crossing that threshold in September.Microsoft's market capitalisation was Wall Street's highest in late 1998 through early 2000 before the dot-com bubble burst.
  
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• After storm, displaced Syrians fix tents in the mud

  26-10-2018 21:17 via yahoo.com
  The first winter storm has belted down on hundreds of displaced Syrians huddled in flimsy tents in a muddy field in the country's last major rebel stronghold of Idlib.After the skies clear on Friday, Umm Mohammed steps outside her family's tent to better prepare it for the cold months ahead.
  
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• Florida man charged in bombs mailed to Trump critics

  26-10-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  Sayoc faces up to 58 years in prison if found guilty, Sessions said at a press conference announcing the charges."We will not tolerate such lawlessness, especially political violence," he said.FBI agents arrested Sayoc, 56, in Plantation, Florida and also hauled away a white van plastered with pro-Trump stickers, the slogan "CNN SUCKS" and images of Democratic figures with red crosshairs over their faces.
  
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• Calls for Saudi arms embargo pit EU values against interests

  26-10-2018 21:07 via yahoo.com
  In the space of a few hours that highlighted tensions over the matter, Germany's Angela Merkel on Friday reaffirmed that her country would not deliver any arms to Saudi Arabia until Khashoggi's death was explained, while French President Emmanuel Macron said such moves smacked of populist "demagoguery".EU ambassadors may formally discuss the issue after a rare request to do so by governments, two diplomats said on Friday, and the Netherlands is lobbying for a new EU regime to sanction human righ
  
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• Megyn Kelly Today programme cancelled after Halloween blackface comments

  26-10-2018 20:45 via yahoo.com
  NBC has cancelled Megyn Kelly Today after the host's comments about Halloween blackface costumes."Megyn Kelly Today is not returning," the statement read.The announcement comes amid uncertainty over the television personality's future at NBC.
  
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• NBC News Withheld Evidence Undermining Swetnick’s Credibility

  26-10-2018 20:24 via yahoo.com
  NBC News learned in late September that a woman identified by Julie Swetnick as a witness to Brett Kavanaugh’s sexual misconduct denied ever having witnessed the misconduct, but failed to report that information until Wednesday evening.In preparation for an October 1 interview with Swetnick, NBC News contacted a woman she said could corroborate her allegation that Kavanaugh “spiked” the punch at numerous parties in high school in order to facilitate gang rapes.When contacted by
  
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• Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in West Bank clashes: health ministry

  26-10-2018 20:23 via yahoo.com
  A Palestinian was killed during clashes with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank Friday, the Palestinian health ministry said.Medical sources named him as Othman Ladadwa.Another man who was shot in the head was in serious condition, the Palestinian health ministry said.
  
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• Austria calls for EU embargo on weapons deliveries to Saudi Arabia

  26-10-2018 20:22 via yahoo.com
  Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl called in an interview with a German newspaper Friday for an EU embargo on weapons deliveries to Saudi Arabia."Above all the awful war in Yemen and the Qatar crisis should lead us to finally act in a united fashion as the European Union towards Saudi Arabia," Kneissl told Die Welt."If we as the whole EU stopped weapons deliveries to Saudi Arabia, that could be a contribution towards ending this conflict," she said.
  
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• Trump Wants to Leave a Nuclear-Weapons Treaty. Here’s What Happened When Arms Control Failed in the 1930s

  26-10-2018 20:14 via yahoo.com
  Twice in the 20th century, the great powers tried to create a peaceful world for the long run by limiting armaments. And, with recent developments, it appears as if those efforts have twice failed
  
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• UN panel rejects Russian proposal on nuclear treaty

  26-10-2018 20:12 via yahoo.com
  A UN General Assembly panel rejected Friday Russia's proposal to debate its resolution on preserving the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) that the US plans to pull out of.Fifty-five countries on a General Assembly committee specializing in disarmament voted against putting the debate on the agenda, while 31 voted in favor and there were 54 abstentions.Several of the countries that abstained had argued the issue was more a matter for the UN Security Council.
  
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• A history of US mail attacks

  26-10-2018 19:58 via yahoo.com
  The series of pipe bombs and suspicious packages sent to critics of Donald Trump,including Democratic former president Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, is not the first time the mail has been used as a weapon in the United States.In March, a series of package bombs were left on doorsteps in the Texas state capital Austin.The suspect, Mark Anthony Conditt, 23, blew himself up in his car on March 21, 2018.
  
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• Mail bomb suspect displayed rage — and love for Trump — on social media pages

  26-10-2018 19:51 via yahoo.com
  Facebook accounts, a LinkedIn account, and a Twitter page appear to belong to mail-bomb suspect Cesar Altieri Sayoc, and the postings appear to be from an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump.
  
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• Israeli forces kill 4 Palestinians in Gaza, 1 in West Bank

  26-10-2018 19:42 via yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces shot dead five Palestinian youths Friday, four in Gaza protests and one in the West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
  
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• Turkey wants 18 Saudis extradited over Khashoggi murder

  26-10-2018 19:41 via yahoo.com
  Turkey on Friday said it wanted 18 Saudis extradited over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara still had more evidence to reveal in the case.The announcement came a day after the Saudi prosecutor said that based on evidence supplied by Turkey the murder appeared to have been premeditated -- the first time Saudi authorities had made such an admission.In a speech in Ankara, Erdogan said Saudi Arabia's chief prosecutor would visit Istanbul on Sunda
  
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• Suspect Cesar Sayoc detained in Florida in connection with possible explosive devices

  26-10-2018 19:36 via yahoo.com
  Authorities took a man into custody Friday in Florida in connection with the mail-bomb scare that widened to 12 suspicious packages, officials said.
  
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• Elderly Man Who Joined Lottery Pool After Breaking Hip Was Hospital's Good Luck Charm, Staff Says

  26-10-2018 19:29 via yahoo.com
  Earl Livingston, 87, didn't even have to pay the $2 required to join the pool!
  
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• Married Indiana Teachers Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide

  26-10-2018 19:27 via yahoo.com
  Police said they are not looking for a suspect.
  
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• Bomb Mailing Suspect Cesar Sayoc Was A Big Trump Fan With A Criminal History

  26-10-2018 19:25 via yahoo.com
  The man arrested on suspicion of mailing at least a dozen suspicious packages
  
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