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• Crews fight to save homes from massive California wildfires

  10-11-2018 23:23 via yahoo.com
  At least nine people were killed in and around the Northern California community of Paradise as the Camp Fire burned down more than 6,700 homes and businesses, more structures than any other California wildfire on record.Paradise Mayor Jody Jones said most of the town's homes and about half its businesses had been left in ruins, predicting a long road of recovery was ahead for the town of about 26,000 residents.Some 35 people had been reported missing and three firefighters had been injured.
  
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• Erdogan: Saudi officials, others heard tapes of writer death

  10-11-2018 23:21 via yahoo.com
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials from Saudi Arabia, the United States, Germany, France and Britain have listened to audio recordings related to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey's president said Saturday, in the first public acknowledgement of the existence of tapes of the slaying.
  
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• 5 Ways to Spend Less on Thanksgiving Food

  10-11-2018 23:15 via yahoo.com
  Food stores have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. Only Christmas bests Thanksgiving in terms of food and beverage sales, according to a study by the market research company Neilsen. ...
  
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• Marine Surprises Siblings During Veterans` Day Assembly at Colorado School

  10-11-2018 23:09 via yahoo.com
  Tanner Dutton came home for a special surprise while his younger brother and sister read aloud a speech about their hero during a Veterans` Day assembly.
  
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• Saudi king hosts Abu Dhabi crown prince amid Yemen offensive

  10-11-2018 23:02 via yahoo.com
  Saudi King Salman hosted Abu Dhabi's crown prince on Saturday, state media said, as a military coalition led by the two Gulf allies pushes an offensive to seize the strategic Yemeni port city of Hodeida.Abu Dhabi's Prince Mohammed bin Zayed led a "top-level delegation" to Riyadh, the official Saudi press agency said in a brief statement, after the US halted a controversial refuelling arrangement for coalition air craft engaged in Yemen.
  
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• AstraZeneca's diabetes drug curbs heart failure, kidney risks

  10-11-2018 22:51 via yahoo.com
  Diabetics are at increased risk of heart problems, making the CV profile of drugs to treat the condition an important focus for doctors and patients.Dr Stephen Wiviott of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, a senior investigator on the trial, said the findings were important in building up a clearer picture of SGLT2 drugs, which until now have been targeted at patients with established heart disease.AstraZeneca hopes the new data will help expand the use of Farxiga to a much wider range of p
  
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• DeSantis: Florida results are clear, put election behind us

  10-11-2018 22:46 via yahoo.com
  TALLALHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the potential recounts in Florida's U.S. Senate and governor elections (all times local):
  
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• Fox News Host Responds To Ocasio-Cortez After Being Called Out For Money-Shaming Her

  10-11-2018 22:37 via yahoo.com
  Fox News anchor Ed Henry responded to Democratic Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-
  
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• Victoria's Secret shouldn't dictate what 'sexy' is if transgender models don't fit its 'fantasy'

  10-11-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  Another day, another non-apology from a man. Victoria's Secret issued a message on behalf of its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Ed Razek, clarifying statements that Razek made inVogue about why the lingerie brand hasn't cast trans models in its tentpole fashion shows.  SEE ALSO: Victoria's Secret announced its list of 'What Is Sexy' and it's the worst Razek originally stated that Victoria's Secret has not andshould not cast trans models because they're not consistent with the "fantasy," as h
  
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• Paradise lost: California fires rage on

  10-11-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  Firefighters in California on Saturday battled raging blazes at both ends of the state that have left at least nine people dead and thousands of homes destroyed, but there was little hope of containing the flames anytime soon.More than 250,000 people have been ordered to evacuate a wide area near the state capital Sacramento and, in southern California, the Hollywood resort town of Malibu.From miles around, acrid smoke could be seen in the sky around Paradise, the sun barely visible.
  
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• Camp Fire is now California's most destructive wildfire

  10-11-2018 22:25 via yahoo.com
  Burning in Butte County, the Camp Fire has destroyed more than 6,7000 structures and is threatening 15,000 more.
  
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• Centenary of WWI's end bringing leaders to Arc de Triomphe

  10-11-2018 22:04 via yahoo.com
  PARIS (AP) — An overview of the international ceremony taking place in Paris on Sunday for the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I:
  
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• Florida to hold recount of US Senate and governor votes

  10-11-2018 21:58 via yahoo.com
  Three days after the election, Florida has ordered a machine recount to be done in the gubernatorial race between Democrat Andrew Gillum and Republican Ron DeSantis as well as the US Senate race between Democrat Bill Nelson and Republican Rick Scott, who is also the current governor.Mr Scott currently leads Mr Nelson by just 12,500 votes – or 0.15 per cent – while Mr DeSantis holds a 0.41 per cent, or approximately 34,000 vote, lead over Mr Gillum, who is attempting to become the sta
  
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• Yemen loyalists push deeper into Hodeida as US cuts support

  10-11-2018 21:46 via yahoo.com
  Yemeni government forces pressed further into the strategic port city of Hodeida, seizing its main hospital in heavy fighting Saturday, as their Saudi-led coalition backers put a brave face on an end to US refuelling support.A loyalist official said mortar rounds were "falling like rain" in the streets as troops overcame rebel-laid mines and snipers to take control of the main hospital in the city of some 600,000 people.The rebels have put up fierce resistance to the government advance towards t
  
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• Trump cancels US cemetery visit amid diplomatic embarrassment

  10-11-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  As Donald Trump met Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Saturday, he was beset by potential diplomatic embarrassment.First, the French newspaper Le Monde reported that on a previous diplomatic occasion in Washington, the American president caused embarrassment by mixing up the Baltic states and the Balkans.Then, amidst ceremonies in the French capital to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the first world war, a planned presidential visit to the American cemetery at Belleau, a site of immense impor
  
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• California wildfires: Death toll jumps to 25 as Paradise residents return to apocalyptic scenes

  10-11-2018 21:01 via yahoo.com
  The charred remains of 14 more victims have been found amidst the apocalyptic scenes of destruction around a Northern California town burned to the ground by a massive wildfire. The bodies, which bring the death toll from the California wildfires to 25, were recovered in and around Paradise, California, a mountain community some 90 miles north of Sacramento left devastated by the "Camp Fire". Scott Maclean, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman, said
  
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• California wildfires bring apocalyptic scenes as Hollywood stars flee Malibu and 11 people die

  10-11-2018 21:01 via yahoo.com
  Hollywood stars fled as wildfires raged through the celebrity enclave of Malibu burning multi-million dollar mansions and leaving apocalyptic scenes of destruction. Nine people died as a separate blaze, the most destructive ever in California, incinerated the town of Paradise in the north of the state, burning 6,700 buildings. The death toll throughout the state was t least 11. In southern California, near Los Angeles, 200,000 people were evacuated, including Malibu which stretches for 27 miles
  
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• Prescription Doses of Fish Oil May Lower Heart Attack and Stroke Risk

  10-11-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  The drug can also reduce the risk of dying from heart problems
  
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• Fish Oil and Vitamin D Supplements May Not Help Prevent Heart Attacks and Cancer, Study Says

  10-11-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  But it's not all bad news
  
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• Donald Trump Dragged For Skipping WWI Cemetery Visit Due To Rain

  10-11-2018 20:50 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump traveled thousands of miles to Paris on Friday to
  
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• Dispatch calls suggest downed PG&E power lines may have started deadly Camp Fire

  10-11-2018 20:43 via yahoo.com
  "A fire doesn't start by climate change. A fire doesn't start by wind. It starts by a spark." The cause of Northern California's devastating Camp Fire is under investigation, but some are pointing to a Cal Fire radio dispatch as a possible clue.
  
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• Florida Will Hold Recounts In Governor And Senate Races

  10-11-2018 20:28 via yahoo.com
  Election officials in Florida announced Saturday that the state will hold
  
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• Butte County Fire: Current evacuations, road closures, donation information

  10-11-2018 20:20 via yahoo.com
  The 'Camp Fire' in Butte County is evolving quickly.Here's a central list of all current evacuations, road closures, and evacuations centers in the Butte County area:
  
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• Almost 4,000 caravan migrants preparing to leave Mexico City

  10-11-2018 20:17 via yahoo.com
  The bulk of the migrant caravan travelling from Central America towards the US border are preparing to leave Mexico City to start the most dangerous part of their journey.Almost 4,000 Central American migrants will depart a stadium in southern Mexico City having spent much of the week in the sports complex.The group have spent the past few days in the Mexican capital resting, receiving medical attention and deciding how to proceed with their arduous trek.
  
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• Woolsey Fire: Woman captures dramatic video driving through flames while fleeing wildfire in Malibu

  10-11-2018 20:10 via yahoo.com
  Rebecca Hackett though she was going to die as she drove through flames in Malibu, California while fleeing the devastating Woolsey Fire.
  
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• Broward Elections Supervisor Mixed Good and Bad Provisional Ballots

  10-11-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  Broward County elections supervisor Brenda Snipes contaminated some 200 valid provisional ballots by combining them with more than a dozen rejected ballots, the Miami Herald reported late Friday.The Broward canvassing board discovered the mistake when Snipes conceded to Republican attorneys’ demand that she present the board with 205 provisional ballots for inspection Friday evening.The 205 contaminated provisional ballots were filled out by voters whose information did not appea
  
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• President Trump visits France for World War I Centennial

  10-11-2018 19:52 via yahoo.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron and President Trump held talks at the presidential palace in Paris ahead of World War I commemorations taking place in the shadow of a new nationalist surge worldwide.
  
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• Donald Trump visits France for World War I Centennial

  10-11-2018 19:52 via yahoo.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron sought to defuse a row with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Saturday, hailing the “great solidarity” between their countries after Trump blasted his proposals for a European army.
  
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• Syria protests to U.N. over coalition air strike in east

  10-11-2018 19:09 via yahoo.com
  The Syrian government has protested to the United Nations about an air strike by the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State which it said killed 26 civilians in Hajin in the eastern Deir al-Zor region, state media reported on Saturday.Asked about reports of air strikes in that area on Friday, the coalition's spokesman said it had "successfully struck and destroyed an ISIS (Islamic State) observation post and staging area in Hajin, void of civilians at the time".
  
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• Cat mummies, animal statues discovered in Egypt sarcophagi

  10-11-2018 19:07 via yahoo.com
  Seven sarcophagi, some dating back more than 6,000 years, have been discovered at a site on the edge of the pyramid complex in Saqqara, south of the Egyptian capital, archaeology officials announced Saturday.Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Enany said the discovery was made by an Egyptian archaeological mission during excavation work started in April.Three of the tombs had been used for cats, he said, while one of four other sarcophagi discovered at the site belonged to Khufu-Imhat, overseer of th
  
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• Leaders of France and Germany in poignant show of unity 100 years after WW1

  10-11-2018 19:04 via yahoo.com
  President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel inspected troops from a joint Franco-German Brigade before unveiling a plaque paying tribute to the reconciliation and renewed friendship between the foes of two world wars.More than 3 million French and German troops were among an estimated 10 million soldiers who died in the Great War of 1914-1918.Much of the heaviest fighting was in trenches in northern France and Belgium.
  
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• California Democrat Harley Rouda Defeats Longtime Rep. Dana Rohrabacher

  10-11-2018 19:02 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a 15-term Southern California congressman known for
  
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• 100 years on we shall remember them: Britain commemorates its WWI dead

  10-11-2018 19:02 via yahoo.com
  They may no longer be with us - the last of their number, Harry Patch, died in 2009, aged 111 - but we will remember them. Around the country thousands of people will pay tribute on Sunday to those who died on foreign soil or at sea for their country, and those at home who endured the anguish and hardship of global war. On the 100th anniversary of the Armistice events will take place in every corner of the British Isles to commemorate the sacrifice of a generation during the First World War
  
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• Here's how to get 25% off Adidas and Reebok products

  10-11-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  Ah the weekend. The perfect time for kicking back and relaxing, maybe watching a movie, maybe eating a lot, and definitely, doing a little shopping. There are two massive promotions that are running until midnight on Sunday Nov. 11. There's no need to get up, we know you're comfy. We're just saying take a look, from the comfort of your sofa. Adidas and Reebok are running sales for one day only and you'll have to be fast to get in while stocks last.  With the code ADI25, you will receive a 2
  
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• Fires continue to spread in California, leaving at least 11 dead

  10-11-2018 18:56 via yahoo.com
  Firefighters hoped a narrow window of calm Saturday would give them a chance to block Southern California wildfires that have marched on an inexorable path of destruction toward the sea, burning everything from mobile homes to mansions.
  
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• Tight race in Georgia shines light on voting restrictions

  10-11-2018 18:51 via yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — He aggressively deleted inactive voters from registration rolls, enforced an "exact match" policy that could have prevented thousands of Georgians from registering to vote and launched an investigation that disrupted a major voter registration drive.
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan shares Khashoggi tapes

  10-11-2018 18:42 via yahoo.com
  Turkey has shared recordings linked to the murder last month of journalist Jamal Khashoggi with Riyadh, Washington and other capitals, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday."We gave them the recordings, we gave them to Saudi Arabia, we gave them to Washington, to the Germans, to the French, to the British," he said in a televised speech.Erdogan gave no details of the tapes' specific content in his televised address.
  
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• Four Ukraine soldiers killed ahead of separatist polls

  10-11-2018 18:38 via yahoo.com
  Four soldiers were killed in war-torn eastern Ukraine, the military said Saturday, as pro-Russian separatists prepared to hold elections in defiance of the West.In one attack, two soldiers died after an assault near the separatist-controlled city of Lugansk, with the rebels using heavy weapons including large-calibre mortars, Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk told a briefing.In a separate later incident, two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and two others wounded in an explosion in
  
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• Evacuations remain for Malibu, two found dead as Woolsey Fire doubles in size in Southern California

  10-11-2018 18:38 via yahoo.com
  Two people were found dead, and more than 200,000 residents remain under mandatory evacuation as the Woolsey and Hill fires rage in Southern California.
  
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• Evacuations remain for Malibu as Woolsey Fire doubles in size in Southern California

  10-11-2018 18:38 via yahoo.com
  More than 200,000 residents, including those in Malibu, remain under mandatory evacuation as the Woolsey and Hill fires rage in Southern California.
  
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• Medical Marijuana Can Still Get You Fired Despite Amendment Passing in Missouri

  10-11-2018 18:26 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of people in Missouri will benefit from medical marijuana, but it’s going to take some time before the newly-passed amendment is passed.
  
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• The NRA told doctors to 'stay in their lane.' Doctors aren't having it.

  10-11-2018 18:23 via yahoo.com
  #ThisisMyLane The National Rifle Association has a bone to pick with "anti-gun doctors" (what) and their collective desire to stop pulling bullets out of patients. They don't know what they're talking about, the NRA contends, when they argue in favor of common sense gun control. "Someone should tell self-important  anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane," the Wednesday tweet read. "Half of the articles in Annals of Internal Medicine are pushing for gun control. Most upsetting, however, the
  
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• Turkey gave Khashoggi tapes to European nations, Erdogan says

  10-11-2018 18:17 via yahoo.com
  Khashoggi, a critic of de facto Saudi ruler Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed in Saudi Arabia's Istanbul consulate last month in a hit which Erdogan says was ordered at the "highest levels" of the Saudi government.Speaking as he left Turkey to attend World War One commemorations in France alongside President Donald Trump and European leaders, Erdogan said for the first time that the three European Union states had heard the recordings.CIA director Gina Haspel heard an audio recording of Kha
  
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• Town of Paradise Abandoned as California Wildfires Rage

  10-11-2018 17:28 via yahoo.com
  Entire neighborhoods are leveled. The business district is destroyed
  
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• Saudi coalition in Yemen, under pressure, ends US refueling

  10-11-2018 17:28 via yahoo.com
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said early Saturday it had "requested cessation of inflight refueling" by the U.S. for its fighter jets after American officials said they would stop the operations amid growing anger over civilian casualties from the kingdom's airstrikes.
  
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• Death Toll For California's Wildfires Rises To 25

  10-11-2018 17:28 via yahoo.com
  The death toll for California's wildfires more than doubled on Saturday as
  
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• Central American caravan continues toward US after rest

  10-11-2018 17:07 via yahoo.com
  Around 5,000 Central Americans left Mexico City at dawn Saturday, brushing exhaustion and illness aside to get back on the road towards the United States as part of a migrant caravan that has drawn fury from President Donald Trump.Between coughs and sneezes, the migrants packed up their makeshift camp in a sports park, where they had rested for six nights, and headed to the city's metro -- which opened an hour early to transport them toward neighboring Mexico State.The kids have got lice, there'
  
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• Cesar Sayoc: Pipe bomb suspect could face life in prison after new charges filed

  10-11-2018 16:54 via yahoo.com
  Cesar Sayoc Jr, who allegedly targeted critics of President Donald Trump, had previously faced five counts and up to 48 years in prison but with the new indictment in Manhattan federal court charges Mr Sayoc with 30 additional criminal counts, including using a weapon of mass destruction and the interstate transport of explosives.If convicted of all those counts, the 56-year-old former pizza delivery man and stripper could spend his life in a federal prison.Five of the packages Mr Sayoc is accus
  
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• US to stop ‘inflight refuelling’ of Saudi-led coalition jets in Yemen

  10-11-2018 16:50 via yahoo.com
  The US will stop the “inflight refuelling” of Saudi-led coalition jets in Yemen amid growing anger over civilian casualties from the kingdom’s air strikes.The decision by Americans to pull out also comes amid outrage by US politicians from both political parties over the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.The Saudis said it had “requested cessation of inflight refuelling” by the US, which appeared to suggest it wa
  
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• Macron and Merkel mark WWI armistice centenary

  10-11-2018 16:43 via yahoo.com
  Compiègne (France) (AFP) - President Emmanuel Macron of France Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany on Saturday unveiled a plaque to their countries' reconciliation in the forest clearing in France where the armistice ending World War I was signed.In a highly symbolic ceremony, Macron and Merkel met at the site near Compiegne in eastern France where Germany officially surrendered at dawn on November 11, 1918, bringing to a close more than four years of slaughter on the Western front.
  
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