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• Khashoggi murder outcry threatens U.S.-Saudi ties, Saudi prince says

  31-10-2018 23:34 via yahoo.com
  "We value our strategic relationship with the United States and hope to sustain it.Turki, to whom Khashoggi once served as an adviser, has also served as an ambassador to London and Washington.Turki's address came after Istanbul's chief prosecutor on Tuesday said that Khashoggi was suffocated in a premeditated killing and his body was then dismembered.
  
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• U.S. doesn't want to harm friends, allies with Iran sanctions: Bolton

  31-10-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday the Trump administration wants sanctions on Iran's crude exports to strain Tehran, but does not want to harm countries that depend on the oil.The United States is preparing to impose the new sanctions on Iran's oil industry after Washington withdrew from a nuclear deal between Tehran and other global powers earlier this year, but is also considering offering waivers to some allies that rely on Iranian supplies."We want to achieve maxim
  
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• The Latest: Wreck survivor was found alert in dry riverbed

  31-10-2018 23:24 via yahoo.com
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on the rescue of a woman who survived for six days in the Arizona desert (all times local):
  
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• Synagogue rampage suspect indicted on 2nd day of funerals

  31-10-2018 23:21 via yahoo.com
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The suspect in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday, and members of a grief-stricken Jewish community endured another round of funerals for victims of the worst anti-Semitic attack in American history.
  
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• Indiana school district moves bus stop after fatal crash

  31-10-2018 23:19 via yahoo.com
  ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana school district said it will relocate a bus stop where a pickup truck hit four students boarding a bus this week, killing three siblings and badly injuring a fourth child.
  
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• School District to Relocate Bus Stop After 3 Siblings Killed

  31-10-2018 22:58 via yahoo.com
  A day after three siblings were struck and killed while waiting for the school bus, the Indiana school district announced it is moving the location of the bus stop.
  
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• 'Crossings' — perspectives on transition and transformation in photography

  31-10-2018 22:54 via yahoo.com
  “Crossings” brings together a selection of over 100 images by international artists, to explore perspectives on transition and transformation in photography.Magnum Photos and Aperture have a long-standing shared history, spanning many collaborations on publications and events through the decades.For the second time, Magnum Photos has invited a roster of artists published by Aperture to participate in the project, alongside Magnum’s own photographers, to visually explore a commo
  
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• The World's Tallest Statue Finally Opens After Exactly Four Years of Construction

  31-10-2018 22:44 via yahoo.com
  India’s Statue of Unity is twice the height of the Statue of Liberty, and honors Vallabhbhai Patel, one of the nation's founding fathers
  
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• Feeding caravan hysteria, Trump says border troop levels may reach 15,000

  31-10-2018 22:24 via yahoo.com
  Before flying to campaign rallies in Florida, the president suggests the U.S. could send as many as 15,000 U.S. troops to the border with Mexico.
  
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• Migrant caravan heads into Mexico as Trump says birthright citizenship will end 'one way or another'

  31-10-2018 22:17 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of refugees and migrants from Central America are walking and hitchhiking northwards through Mexico, and Donald Trump has dispatched more than 5,000 troops southwards to help secure the US border amid what has has termed “an emergency”.In addition to this original group, more than 1,000 migrants in a second caravan that forced its way across the river from Guatemala have begun arriving in the southern Mexico city of Tapachula.About 2,000 migrants began walking north from El
  
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• The Briefing Room: Trump's claim to end birthright citizenship draws criticism

  31-10-2018 21:59 via yahoo.com
  House speaker Paul Ryan: Trump can't end birthright citizenship with an executive order.
  
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• Ted Cruz makes a Zodiac Killer Halloween joke in a last-ditch effort to be relatable

  31-10-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  The timeline just got a whole lot darker.  Still recovering from getting roasted for the time the Texas GOP tried to go after Beto O'Rourke for being cool, Ted Cruz has made a last ditch effort to be relatable. SEE ALSO: Once again, Ted Cruz's face is a meme Cruz tweeted a picture of the Zodiac Killer's cryptic cipher on Wednesday, adding a festive "Happy Halloween." Happy Halloween pic.twitter.com/jIgTaIMzep — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 31, 2018It's not the first time Cruz has
  
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• 9-Year-Old Indiana Girl Dies Shielding Twin Brothers From Oncoming Car

  31-10-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  A 9-year-old girl in Indiana died Tuesday morning trying to shield her younger
  
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• Steve King Is Toxic, So Why Is Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds Sticking By Him?

  31-10-2018 21:51 via yahoo.com
  Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is standing by her Nazi-sympathizing campaign co-chair
  
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• Weary migrant caravan rests in south Mexico, asks for buses

  31-10-2018 21:46 via yahoo.com
  JUCHITAN, Mexico (AP) — Thousands of weary Central American migrants in a caravan that has advanced 250 miles (410 kilometers) into Mexico but remains far from the U.S. border hope they won't have to walk anymore, at least for a while.
  
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• Yahoo News Explains: The haunted history of Halloween

  31-10-2018 21:22 via yahoo.com
  Halloween has been around for quite some time, but it hasn’t always been the candy and costume-filled holiday it is today.The second night of the festival was known as All Hallows’ Eve, which was later shortened to Halloween.While the name didn’t stick, the idea of giving kids treats to discourage pranks did — but no one would get candy unless they asked politely.
  
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• The Kepler Space Telescope Found Science and Art in Exoplanets

  31-10-2018 21:19 via yahoo.com
  The retired Kepler space telescope helped NASA and astronomers discover thousands of exoplanets, some, perhaps, with the capacity for life.
  
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• Senators urge Trump to suspend nuclear energy talks with Saudi Arabia

  31-10-2018 21:16 via yahoo.com
  Five Republican U.S. lawmakers, led by Senator Marco Rubio, said in a letter to Trump they would use the Atomic Energy Act to block any U.S.-Saudi nuclear agreements if Trump did not cut off talks."The ongoing revelations about the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as well as certain Saudi actions related to Yemen and Lebanon, have raised further serious concerns about the transparency, accountability, and judgment of current decision makers in Saudi Arabia," the senators wrote."We the
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks gain on last day of a brutal month

  31-10-2018 21:05 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• A look at Pakistan's blasphemy law over the years

  31-10-2018 20:59 via yahoo.com
  A series of anti-blasphemy measures introduced in Pakistan in the 1980s made it illegal to insult Islam.
  
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• Synagogue shooting suspect faces 44 counts in expanded indictment

  31-10-2018 20:47 via yahoo.com
  Accused Pittsburgh synagogue gunman Robert Bowers is now facing 44 charges including federal hate crimes in connection with a shooting spree that left 11 people dead, as prosecutors unveiled an expanded indictment Wednesday.Authorities say Bowers, 46, burst into the Tree of Life synagogue with an AR-15 assault rifle and three handguns, killing 11 worshippers at Shabbat services and wounding six others, including four police officers."While inside the Tree of Life Synagogue, Bowers made statement
  
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• This Little Girl Wore Awesome Halloween Costumes All Month Long

  31-10-2018 20:25 via yahoo.com
  For 6-year-old Willow, Halloween dress-up isn't limited to one day of the
  
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• India Now Boasts The World's Tallest Statue, And It's Twice Lady Liberty's Size

  31-10-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  India is now home to the world's tallest statue.
  
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• Trump cites Harry Reid to back his position on birthright. He’s 25 years out of date.

  31-10-2018 19:38 via yahoo.com
  Harry Reid on Wednesday responded to President Trump after the commander in chief used a speech the former Democratic senator from Nevada made 25 years ago to justify a push to end birthright citizenship.
  
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• LGIM dismayed by MSCI ‘U-turn’ on unequal share-voting

  31-10-2018 19:34
  UK fund manager takes umbrage at index provider's decision not to penalise companies that breach the principle of one share, one vote
  
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• Synagogue rampage suspect indicted as funerals continue

  31-10-2018 19:33 via yahoo.com
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The suspect in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday, four days after 11 people were killed and six wounded in the deadliest attack on Jews in American history.
  
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• Was Whitey Bulger Killed by a Mob Hitman?

  31-10-2018 19:29 via yahoo.com
  James "Whitey" Bulger was reportedly beaten so savagely, his body was unrecognizable when he was found.
  
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• Megacap FAANGs Stage Rebound That Fails to Erase October's Slump

  31-10-2018 19:27 via yahoo.com
  The rally was the latest example of heavy day-to-day volatility for the FAANG stocks, a quintet that also includes Amazon.com Inc., Netflix Inc. and Google’s parent Alphabet Inc. All gained at least 3 percent, while Netflix surged 6.3 percent.Facebook added 3.8 percent in the wake of its results.At its peak, Wednesday’s rally had Netflix and Facebook tracking to close with their biggest one-day gain since April.
  
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• Whitey Bulger death brings ‘overwhelming joy’ to victim’s family who ‘hopes he suffered’

  31-10-2018 19:26 via yahoo.com
  James ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s death made headlines across the world after the notorious Boston gangster was allegedly killed by a fellow prisoner with Mafia ties.“I want to get a bottle of champagne and pop that cork,” Patricia Donahue, who was married to Michael Donahue when Bulger shot and killed him as he left a bar in 1982, told WFXT-TV in Boston.Ms Donahue and her son, Tommy, discussed Bulger’s impact on their family Tuesday after the 89-year-old was found unre
  
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• US charges 10 Chinese spies with hacking aerospace firms to steal engineering secrets

  31-10-2018 19:22 via yahoo.com
  Ten Chinese spies have been charged in the US with hacking in to aviation firms in the UK, US, France, and Australia to steal trade secrets. The US Justice Department unsealed an indictment accusing intelligence officers of taking sensitive data “to build the same or similar engine without incurring substantial research and development expenses".   It was the third round of charges brought by the US since late September against alleged Chinese spies targeting commercial
  
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• This guy's Slack costume and notification impression is perfect

  31-10-2018 19:18 via yahoo.com
  For many offices around the world, Slack is the go-to app for communication between coworkers. It's the best place to share stories, scream into the void by messaging yourself, and distract your team with GIFs. One guy on Twitter took inspiration from the app, and brought it to life with a very clever Halloween costume. Alex Engelberg made a shirt that looks exactly like the app's logo, and then proceeded to do his best Slack notification impression. SEE ALSO: Little girl's headless Hallowe
  
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• Synagogue Shooter Indicted on 44 Counts

  31-10-2018 19:16 via yahoo.com
  A federal grand jury has indicted Robert Bowers, the gunman accused of massacring eleven congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday, on 44 separate counts, including a number of hate crimes, the Associated Press first reported.BREAKING: Federal grand jury indicts Robert Bowers on 44 counts, including hate crimes, in synagogue shooting.The charges, ranging from the obstruction of religious practices to the use of a firearm in commission of a murder, will likely result in life withou
  
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• Bishop blasts whistleblower who copied sex misconduct files

  31-10-2018 19:12 via yahoo.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Reacting to a whistleblower's calls for Bishop Richard Malone to resign over his response to clergy sexual misconduct, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo called her statements "embarrassingly contradictory" and released glowing emails about Malone that she sent while she was an employee.
  
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• Video Shows Students Assaulting Assistant Principal During `Brawl` at School

  31-10-2018 19:02 via yahoo.com
  Two students at a St. Louis high school are facing charges after a brawl that was caught on camera Tuesday. The video, posted on Snapchat appears to show students assaulting Oakville High School’s vice principal who tried to break up the fight.
  
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• Midterms 2018: Oprah and Barack Obama head to Georgia to campaign for Stacey Abrams historic governor run

  31-10-2018 18:54 via yahoo.com
  Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate for Georgia governor, is being backed by a number of celebrities as she attempts to make history as the first black female governor of a US state.Barack Obama, who will hold a rally for her in the state, and Oprah Winfrey will be out on the campaign trail for Ms Abrams as she runs against Republican Brian Kemp, the current Georgia Secretary of State.Winfrey, the billionaire media mogul, “has inspired so many of us through the years with her unparalle
  
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• Donald Trump Snaps At Paul Ryan: 'He Knows Nothing About' Birthright Citizenship

  31-10-2018 18:44 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.)
  
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• Turkish prosecutor says Saudi writer strangled, dismembered

  31-10-2018 18:43 via yahoo.com
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul as part of a premeditated killing, and his body was dismembered before it was removed, a top Turkish prosecutor said Wednesday.
  
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• Insight: Musk shakes up SpaceX in race to make satellite launch window - sources

  31-10-2018 18:43 via yahoo.com
  SEATTLE/ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk flew to the Seattle area in June for meetings with engineers leading a satellite launch project crucial to his space company's growth.Within hours of landing, Musk had fired at least seven members of the program's senior management team at the Redmond, Washington, office, the culmination of disagreements over the pace at which the team was developing and testing its Starlink satellites, according to the two SpaceX employe
  
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• Are You Using the Right Shade of White Paint?

  31-10-2018 18:43 via yahoo.com
  HGTV designer Leanne Ford gives us the deets
  
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• Saudi-led coalition masses troops near Yemen's Hodeidah as pressure mounts to end war

  31-10-2018 18:39 via yahoo.com
  The United States and Britain have called for an end to the 3-1/2-year war that has driven impoverished Yemen to the verge of famine, raising pressure on Saudi Arabia as it faces a global outcry over the murder of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2.The military alliance of Sunni Muslim states led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates has deployed forces around 30,000-strong south of Houthi-held Hodeidah and near its eastern entrance, pr
  
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• Robert Bowers arrest: Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect charged with 44 counts including hate crimes

  31-10-2018 18:32 via yahoo.com
  The suspect in a mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh that killed 11 worshipers has been charged on a total of 44 counts, up from 29 counts previously, according to a new federal indictment.The charges against Robert Bowers, the suspect in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on Jews in the United States, include religious hate crimes, firearms charges and causing injury to police officers.Bowers is due to appear in a second hearing in federal court in Pittsburgh on Thursday.
  
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• What the Constitution Really Says About Birthright Citizenship

  31-10-2018 18:16 via yahoo.com
  "The Citizenship Clause is one of the richest single sentences in the entire Constitution"
  
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• Trump contends U.S. Constitution does not cover birthright citizenship

  31-10-2018 18:13 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee the right to citizenship to everyone born in the country, an assertion that runs counter to the long-established legal interpretation of the document."So-called Birthright Citizenship, which costs our Country billions of dollars and is very unfair to our citizens, will be ended one way or the other.It is not covered by the 14th Amendment because of the words 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof.' Many legal scholar
  
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• British PM May backs call for de-escalation in Yemen

  31-10-2018 18:02 via yahoo.com
  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday backed a U.S. call for a cessation of hostilities in the Yemen war, a conflict that has killed at least 10,000 people and brought on the world's worst humanitarian crisis.May, who is under pressure to end British arms sales to Saudi Arabia to stop their use in the war, said she supported U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's appeal for a ceasefire but a political agreement was needed.
  
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• Anti-Defamation League Urges Speaker Paul Ryan To Discipline GOP's Steve King

  31-10-2018 17:50 via yahoo.com
  Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt condemned Rep. Steve King
  
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• Libertarian could trigger runoff in Georgia governor's race

  31-10-2018 17:47 via yahoo.com
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Ted Metz may not get many votes in the Georgia governor's race, but the Libertarian candidate is on the ballot, raising the possibility that no one else will get to declare victory on Election Day either.
  
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• Pakistan Acquits Catholic Mother of Five on Death Row for Blasphemy

  31-10-2018 17:45 via yahoo.com
  Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted a Catholic mother who has been on death row for nearly a decade after her conviction on blasphemy charges.Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar ordered the release of Asia Bibi, a mother of five who was sentenced to death in 2010 and placed in solitary confinement for allegedly contaminating a water jug, an insult to the prophet Muhammad.In 2009, Bibi found herself in a quarrel when she went to get water for herself and other farm workers and t
  
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• Protests after Pakistan frees Christian woman sentenced to death over blasphemy

  31-10-2018 17:44 via yahoo.com
  New Prime Minister Imran Khan issued a warning to the religious right late in the evening that any prolonged blockade of streets would be met with action.Asia Bibi, a mother of four, had been living on death row since 2010, when she became the first woman to be sentenced to death by hanging under Pakistan's draconian blasphemy laws, which critics say are too harsh and often misused.Bibi has always denied committing blasphemy.
  
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• Israel defends Trump amid synagogue shooting criticism

  31-10-2018 17:40 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — With President Donald Trump getting a cool welcome from the Jewish community in Pittsburgh, Israel's envoy to the memorial ceremonies for the synagogue shooting victims has come to his defense, saying it was "unfair and wrong" to link him to the tragedy.
  
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• FBI investigating notorious gangster's death in prison

  31-10-2018 17:32 via yahoo.com
  Report: Notorious mob boss Whitey Bulger beaten in prison.
  
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