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• Migrant caravan: Pentagon sending 5,200 troops to 'harden' US border

  29-10-2018 23:50 via yahoo.com
  The Defense Department says it's sending 5,200 active duty troops to "harden" the southern border against a migrant caravan making its way through Mexico.
  
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• Police confronted Pittsburgh shooting suspect as he tried to flee

  29-10-2018 23:48 via yahoo.com
  New details are emerging about what took place when a gunman opened fire at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The shooter shot one of the first two responding officers. CBS News correspondent David Begnaud reports.
  
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• Adelson and Buffett clash in Nevada showdown over electricity

  29-10-2018 23:36 via yahoo.com
  At issue in the Nov. 6 election is the cost and control of power from the neon lights shining on the Las Vegas Strip to the state's gold mines.A measure supported by Republican donor Adelson, who is alsoLas Vegas Sands Corp's chairman, would force state legislators to break up control over much of the state's electricity effectively held by a unit of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, NV Energy.It would allow customers to choose their own power provider by 2023.
  
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• Mahrez nets Man City winner, pays tribute to Leicester owner

  29-10-2018 23:32 via yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — Riyad Mahrez paid tribute to the Leicester owner killed in a helicopter crash after scoring Manchester City's goal in a 1-0 win over Tottenham in the English Premier League on Monday.
  
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• National Park Service identifies two travel bloggers who fell from Taft Point in Yosemite

  29-10-2018 23:26 via yahoo.com
  "Is our life just worth one photo?" Two travel bloggers have been identified as a couple that died in a fall in Yosemite last month.
  
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• Jamal Khashoggi: fiancee criticises Trump's response

  29-10-2018 23:25 via yahoo.com
  Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of the murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has said Saudi authorities must not be allowed to cover up his killing, and called on western countries to demand justice.Speaking at a memorial event in London on Monday, she said through a translator: “I believe that the Saudi regime knows where his body is.
  
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• Couple killed by 800 foot fall at Yosemite National Park identified

  29-10-2018 23:18 via yahoo.com
  DEADLY FALL: Park rangers said it took rappelling crews and a helicopter to get to the couple's bodies, which were found along steep terrain.
  
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• Buffalo diocese says '60 Minutes' report 'incomplete'

  29-10-2018 23:13 via yahoo.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Diocese of Buffalo declined to address details of a television report where diocesan insiders called for the bishop's resignation Monday, saying he hadn't done enough when confronted with reports of clergy sexual misconduct.
  
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• Lion Air plane with 189 passengers crashes in Indonesia

  29-10-2018 23:10 via yahoo.com
  Officials believe there are no survivors after the plane crashed off the coast of Indonesia. Former NTSB chairman Mark Rosenker joins CBSN with more.
  
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• Couple who fell from overlook in Yosemite identified by National Park Service

  29-10-2018 23:07 via yahoo.com
  Yosemite National Park Rangers have identified the two people who died after falling from Taft Point.
  
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• Pentagon Will Send over 5,200 Troops to Southern Border

  29-10-2018 23:06 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. will send more than 5,200 active-duty troops to the Mexican border this week to assist Border Patrol agents, the Department of Defense announced Monday.About 800 troops are already on their way to Texas as part of the operation, O’Shaughnessy said, and at least some of the deployed troops will be armed. The Department of Homeland Security requested the help of the troops, and Defense Secretary James Mattis signed off on it Friday.The news comes as Presiden
  
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• Naitonal Park Service identifies couple who fell from Taft Point in Yosemite

  29-10-2018 23:05 via yahoo.com
  Yosemite National Park Rangers have identified the two people who died after falling from Taft Point.
  
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• WikiLeaks' Assange says Ecuador seeking to end his asylum

  29-10-2018 22:51 via yahoo.com
  During the hearing, Assange said the new rules were a sign Ecuador was trying to push him out, and said Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno had already decided to end his asylum but had not yet officially given the order."If Mr. Assange wants to stay and he follows the rules ... he can stay at the embassy as long as he wants," said Attorney General Inigo Salvador, adding that Assange's stay had cost the country $6 million.Foreign Minister Jose Valencia declined to comment on Assange's assertion th
  
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• Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: Why was synagogue attack suspect Robert Bowers apparently obsessed with HIAS?

  29-10-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  Pittsburgh resident Robert Bowers is facing court having been charged with a number of crimes over the deaths of 11 people during a shooting at a synagogue in the city.It is one such message, written by a user with the name Robert Bowers, which has garnered much of the focus.“HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people,” he wrote.
  
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• U.S. Tech Stocks Sink on Trade Angst: Markets Wrap

  29-10-2018 22:44 via yahoo.com
  The S&P 500 fell as much as 11 percent from its all-time high before paring the drop in the final 15 minutes of trading.The Nasdaq 100 Index tumbled to the lowest level since May. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes are on track for the steepest monthly declines of the record-long bull market.Selling intensified after Bloomberg reported the U.S. is preparing to announce by early December tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports if talks next month between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinpin
  
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• Student dies after fight ends in gunfire at NC high school

  29-10-2018 22:42 via yahoo.com
  A North Carolina high school student shot and killed a fellow student during a fight in a crowded school hallway Monday, officials said, calling the incident a case of bullying that "escalated out of control" which had students scurrying to escape and parents rushing to campus to check on their children.
  
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• Sarah Sanders Won't Name Which Journalists Trump Considers Enemies Of The People

  29-10-2018 22:42 via yahoo.com
  Things got testy between White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders
  
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• US stocks end lower as rally fizzles; European bourses gain

  29-10-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  Wall Street stocks finished decisively lower on Monday after an early rally fizzled and was replaced by selling amid lingering worries over slowing earnings growth and anxiety about US elections.
  
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• Large challenges loom for Brazil's president-elect Bolsonaro

  29-10-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro signaled Monday his administration would make tackling the country's budget-crushing pension system a top priority, doubling down on a campaign promise that made him the choice of the business community despite frequently saying he doesn't understand the economy.
  
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• President Trump Punches Back Even as Synagogue Mourns

  29-10-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders opened her first press briefing in 26 days with a tearful statement about the shooting, but ended the briefing with a diatribe against what the White House views as unfair coverage by the press.
  
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• Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting: Iranian immigrant raises more than $650,000 for Jewish victims

  29-10-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  Shay Khatiri first heard about the mass shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue from a friend.Mr Khatiri, who had been crashing on his Jewish friend’s couch for several months, woke up to see his friend visibly shaken from the tragic news and wanted to do something.“I thought about [making] a small donation, and then I thought it’d be better if I start this campaign,” Mr Khatiri told The Independent.
  
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• This stray cat who crashed a fashion show is my favorite supermodel

  29-10-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  Some cats are born to walk the runway. Well, maybe only one cat. But it's definitely this one, who crashed a runway at a Vakko ESMOD International fashion show in Istanbul. No one seems to know how the cat accessed the runway, but she really made the most of her time there. She rolled around, she strutted a little, she licked her butt, she tried to get a model to hang out with her — all the good stuff. (The model ignored her.) SEE ALSO: Some good news: Doughnut the 28-pound cat has a new h
  
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• Synagogue-Shooting Suspect Held without Bond

  29-10-2018 22:21 via yahoo.com
  The suspect in the Saturday massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue that left eleven dead appeared in court Monday and is being held without bond by the U.S. Marshals Service.Robert Bowers, 46, appeared in federal court in Pittsburgh in a wheelchair and was mostly silent as the 29 charges against him — including eleven counts of obstruction of religious exercise ending in death and eleven counts of use of a firearm to murder — were read.Because he is unable to afford a private attorn
  
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• Pittsburgh shooting suspect appears in court over attack that left 11 dead

  29-10-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  Three congregations were conducting Sabbath services at Tree of Life when the attack began on Saturday morning.A man accused of killing 11 Jewish worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue over the weekend appeared in federal court on Monday to face multiple charges that federal law enforcement officials said could result in the suspect’s execution.
  
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• Hundreds of Honduran migrants cross river into Mexico

  29-10-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  Hundreds of Hondurans crossed a river into Mexico in a fresh wave of migrants heading to the United States on Monday as the United States said it would deploy 5,000 troops on its border with Mexico.Men, women and children crossed the Suchiate River from Guatemala into Mexico on rafts made from truck tires, or by forming human chains to avoid being swept away.
  
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• Cesar Sayoc in court: Pipe bomb suspect allegedly 'had list of people in hundreds' to send packages to as another intercepted in Atlanta

  29-10-2018 21:45 via yahoo.com
  Shackled and wearing a beige jumpsuit, the man accused of sending at least 14 pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and critics of the president has been formally charged with five federal crimes in a Miami courtroom.The first court appearance of Cesar Sayoc, 56, came just hours after a 15th suspicious package was intercepted in Atlanta on its way to the CNN headquarters - what may have been the last in a series the suspect was able to mail from a list of, reportedly, hundreds of potential targets.I
  
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• Over 5,200 U.S. troops heading to Mexico border

  29-10-2018 21:40 via yahoo.com
  Thousands more U.S. troops than previously stated will be headed to the border with Mexico ahead of a caravan of migrants trekking toward the United States, U.S. officials said on Monday. Gavino Garay reports.
  
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• Health-Care Companies Pour $46.7 Million Into Midterm Vote

  29-10-2018 21:37 via yahoo.com
  Of the money given by health-care political action committees -- the official political arms of companies and industry or professional associations -- 57 percent went to Republicans.When contributions from employees are included, the total given by industry PACs and individual employees rises to almost $200 million -- more than for any other midterm election dating back to 1990, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.It doesn’t count money that industry groups give to other politi
  
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• Khashoggi fiancee says Riyadh behind his murder, criticizes Trump response

  29-10-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  The death of Khashoggi - a Washington Post columnist and a critic of Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman - sparked global outrage and pitched the world's top oil exporter into crisis.When asked who was ultimately responsible for the killing, his fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, told Reuters in Turkish: "This took place inside a Saudi diplomatic mission ... In such circumstances, the Saudi Arabian authorities are responsible for this.""This incident, this assassination,
  
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• The synagogue massacre was actually in Mister Rogers's neighborhood. What would he say?

  29-10-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  Karen Struble Myers of the Fred Rogers Center reflected on what Rogers's message for America would be in the aftermath of the shooting in the Squirrel Hill area of Pittsburgh, where lived in and filmed his famous TV show.
  
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• Sarah Huckabee Sanders Scolds Bomb Threat Victims For Criticizing Trump

  29-10-2018 21:27 via yahoo.com
  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday that
  
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• Australia's AMP says banking arm to cut fees

  29-10-2018 21:26
  Australia's AMP Ltd said on Monday its banking arm would reduce or remove 20 fees to simplify its product offering to customers, after saying last week it was losing clients at its flagship wealth...
  
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• Sanders spars with journalists over responsibility for divisiveness after violent week

  29-10-2018 21:25 via yahoo.com
  At the first White House press briefing in weeks, press secretary Sarah Sanders receives questions from the news media about rhetoric and responsibility the week after bombs were sent to prominent Democrats and CNN and a mass shooting took place at a Pittsburgh synagogue.
  
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• Rick Scott’s Halloween party is a Trump rally

  29-10-2018 21:25 via yahoo.com
  On Halloween this Wednesday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott will dress up as a candidate who wants to appear with President Trump on the campaign trail.
  
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• Cesar Sayoc: Mail bomber makes first court appearance as new package intercepted on way to CNN

  29-10-2018 21:19 via yahoo.com
  Shackled and wearing a beige jumpsuit, the man accused of sending at least 14 pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and critics of Donald Trump has been formally charged with five federal crimes in a Miami courtroom.The first court appearance of Cesar Sayoc, 56, came just hours after a 15th suspicious package was intercepted in Atlanta on its way to the CNN headquarters – what may have been the last in a series the suspect was able to mail from a list of more than 100 potential targets.In resp
  
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• U.S. Stocks Fall, Tech Sinks on Fresh Trade Angst: Markets Wrap

  29-10-2018 21:18 via yahoo.com
  The S&P 500 fell as much as 11 percent from its all-time high before paring the drop in the final 15 minutes of trading.The Nasdaq 100 Index tumbled to the lowest level since May. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes are on track for the steepest monthly declines of the record-long bull market.Selling intensified after Bloomberg reported the U.S. is preparing to announce by early December tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports if talks next month between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinpin
  
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• Britain to target online giants with new 'Digital Services Tax'

  29-10-2018 21:16 via yahoo.com
  Amazon was down 9 percent, touching six-month low, while Google was off 5.5 percent and Facebook was trading lower 3.5 percent.Netflixand Apple , the others in the so-called FAANG group of stocks, were down 8 percent and 3.6 percent respectively."It's clearly not sustainable, or fair, that digital platform businesses can generate substantial value in the UK without paying tax here in respect of that business," finance minister Philip Hammond said in his annual budget speech on Monday.
  
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• Violence prompts churches to weigh security vs. welcoming

  29-10-2018 21:06 via yahoo.com
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Before he was accused of shooting and killing two black people in a Kentucky grocery store last week, Gregory Bush knocked on the door of a predominantly African-American church.
  
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• Everyone please remember to wish Cat Stevens a 'Happy National Cat Day'

  29-10-2018 21:03 via yahoo.com
  Oh baby, baby it's a wild world. It's hard to get by just upon a smile, so we're here to offer you something a bit more substantial: A photo of Cat Stevens and a cat celebrating National Cat Day.Happy #NationalCatDay to all the cats and kittens pic.twitter.com/eUrc6aGRjw — Yusuf / Cat Stevens (@YusufCatStevens) October 29, 2018I believe this is what one might call the definition ofpurrrfection. (Sorry. Had to.) SEE ALSO: These Insta-famous felines prove how photogenic black cats truly are
  
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• Synagogue massacre suspect Robert Bowers in first court appearance

  29-10-2018 21:01 via yahoo.com
  The man accused of shooting dead 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue was brought into court in a wheelchair on Monday to hear he faced 29 charges, including 11 counts of murder. Robert Bowers, 46, wore a blue sweatshirt and arrived amid tight security, flanked by marshals and with his hands shackled in his lap. Bowers opened fire with an AR-15 rifle and three Glock handguns, killing eight men and three women on Saturday before a police tactical police team shot him, according to court docum
  
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• Democrats hold 17-point lead against Republicans ahead of November midterms in latest poll

  29-10-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  Democrats hold a 17-point edge against Republicans ahead of the November midterm elections, according to a new poll.The generic ballot survey, conducted by USC Dornsife and The Los Angeles Times, showed an apparent surge in energy among Democratic voters amid several contentious news cycles.According to the survey, 57 per cent of likely voters said they plan to support Democrats in the upcoming elections, compared to 40 per cent of respondents who said they will vote for Republicans.
  
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• Tesla Includes Model 3 Performance Upgrade as Standard on Top Version

  29-10-2018 20:50 via yahoo.com
  It's a $5000 gift from Elon Musk to buyers of the Dual Motor Performance Model 3.
  
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• Dentist Killed in Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Tried to 'Heal the World' With Work Treating Immigrants and Refugees

  29-10-2018 20:40 via yahoo.com
  "We have to face evil with love in response," Richard Gottfried's wife says
  
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• Who is Gab founder Andrew Torba?

  29-10-2018 20:34 via yahoo.com
  The murder of 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday has brought new attention to Gab, the social media service created by Andrew Torba that bills itself as pro-free speech and serves as a gathering place for white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other extremist figures online, and counted among its users suspected gunman Robert Bowers.
  
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• Over nearly a century, Rose Mallinger saw the best and worst of America. Until Saturday.

  29-10-2018 20:31 via yahoo.com
  The oldest victim of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting had seen anti-Semitism rise and fall over the years, but was shielded from the worst of it. Until Saturday.
  
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• With racial tension high in Florida race, Trump calls Gillum a 'thief'

  29-10-2018 20:18 via yahoo.com
  The president portrayed the choice in the race as between a Republican with an Ivy League pedigree and a Democrat he sees as a criminal.
  
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• Guy tries to shoo cat off his car, breaks windshield instead

  29-10-2018 20:18 via yahoo.com
  Viral Hog shared a video on Monday of a man attempting to shoo a cat off his car by kicking his windshield. Of course! Always the right way to go about something like this. Naturally, things did not go as planned. One kick wasn't quite enough to get the cat to move, so he gave the windshield another forceful kick, resulting in a sizable crack. "I was resting in the car when a cat approached the front windshield," the man — whose identity is concealed — told Viral Hog. "I wanted to sc
  
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• Donald Trump To Visit Pittsburgh After Synagogue Shooting Despite City Leaders' Opposition

  29-10-2018 20:11 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump plans to visit Pittsburgh on Tuesday, four days after
  
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• Germany's under-fire Merkel plans era-ending exit in 2021

  29-10-2018 19:54 via yahoo.com
  Merkel, who has been CDU chairwoman since 2000 and chancellor since 2005, announced the decision after her party suffered its second regional election setback in as many weeks."I have the firm feeling that today the time has come to open a new chapter," Merkel, looking serious but calm, told reporters in Berlin after a meeting of the CDU's leadership on Monday.Merkel, 64, made the announcement a day after Sunday's vote in the state of Hesse, at which the CDU came first but suffered a slump from
  
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• The Supreme Cat Show

  29-10-2018 19:47 via yahoo.com
  The one-day Supreme Cat Show is one of the largest cat fancy competitions in Europe with over 800 cats being exhibited. Exhibitors aim to have their cat named as the show’s ‘Supreme Exhibit’ from the winners of the individual categories of: Supreme Adult, Supreme Kitten and Supreme Neuter. (Getty)
  
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