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• Party at Mark's: U.S. congressman offers to put up D.C. newcomers

  12-11-2018 23:54 via yahoo.com
  A leader of the Democratic Party's progressive wing in Congress on Monday extended an invitation meant to reassure new representatives worried about affording Washington rent: "Crash at my place."Representative Mark Pocan, co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, spoke at a news conference with about 10 newly elected colleagues including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who was caught up in a flurry of media coverage over the weekend after telling the New York Times she would not be able to
  
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• Utility stocks slump as California wildfires leave hundreds missing

  12-11-2018 23:36 via yahoo.com
  PG&E Corp , which operates in the northern part of California, dropped 16 percent, bringing its loss over two sessions to 29 percent, equivalent to $8 billion.Edison International , the owner of Southern California Edison Company, slumped 11 percent, leaving its stock market value $5 billion lower since Thursday when the fires broke out.PG&E was deemed responsible for wildfires in 2017 that ravaged wine country north of the San Francisco Bay area and killed 46 people, and this week's fir
  
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• Turkey, France spar over Khashoggi killing

  12-11-2018 23:34 via yahoo.com
  Turkey on Monday lashed out at "unacceptable" and "impertinent" comments by the French foreign minister who accused President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of playing a "political game" over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey had shared recordings linked to the Saudi journalist's murder last month with Riyadh, the United States, France, Britain and other allies, without giving details of the tapes' specific content.In an interview with France 2 television on Monday, French
  
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• Wisconsin teens appear to do Nazi salute in viral prom picture

  12-11-2018 23:15 via yahoo.com
  A Wisconsin school district is investigating a photo showing a group of high school boys apparently making the Nazi salute. A school official denounced the image on Twitter and police said they were assisting the investigation.
  
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• The Briefing Room: No known voter fraud as votes are recounted in Florida

  12-11-2018 23:04 via yahoo.com
  Election law attorney says despite President Trump's claims, there is no known fraud as Florida's statewide recount is underway; Wildfires continue to wreak havoc in California.
  
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• Bernstein sees no U.S. bear market soon despite 'slow bleed' overhang

  12-11-2018 23:02
  Six weeks of unusual U.S. stock market volatility are not dampening longtime market strategist Richard Bernstein's view that share prices will keep rising, even though the nine-year U.S. economic...
  
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• Judge Denies Scott’s Request to Impound Broward Voting Equipment

  12-11-2018 22:57 via yahoo.com
  A judge on Monday denied Florida Republican Senate nominee Rick Scott’s request that voting equipment in Broward County be impounded for security when not in use, proposing instead that three armed deputies be assigned to increase security at Broward election headquarters.During an emergency hearing in the lawsuit brought Sunday by Scott’s campaign, his lawyers asked Judge Jack Tuter to impound ballots and machines in Broward County, citing concerns about Elections Supervisor Br
  
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• The Duke of Sussex pips the Queen to take 'Most Popular Royal' crown, according to survey

  12-11-2018 22:51 via yahoo.com
  Prince Harry is the most popular royal, according to a new You Gov survey. The Duke of Sussex beats the Queen to first place, with 77 per cent of the public having a positive opinion about the father-to-be, ahead of 74 per cent for the monarch. Prince William is in third place with 73 per cent. The Duchess of Cambridge is the second most popular woman in the Royal Family, with 64 per cent, while the Duchess of Sussex came sixth with an approval rating of 55 per cent - a percentage point less tha
  
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• How to help victims of the California wildfires

  12-11-2018 22:50 via yahoo.com
  Wildfires across California have killed at least 31 people, displaced more than 100,000 others and devastated thousands of acres - leaving people all over the state needing help.Camp Fire, in Northern California, is currently tied as the deadliest ever in in the state, with more than 200 people also still missing.There are many organisations that are asking for donations to help them help the victims of the California wildfires.
  
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• North Korea hiding missile bases, US researchers say

  12-11-2018 22:45 via yahoo.com
  North Korea is operating at least 13 undeclared bases to hide mobile, nuclear-capable missiles, a new study released Monday has found, raising fresh doubts over US President Donald Trump's signature foreign policy initiative.Trump has hailed his June summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as having opened the way to denuclearization of the divided peninsula, defusing tensions that less than a year ago brought the two countries to the brink of conflict.Since the summit in Singapore, North Ko
  
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• French Army Appears To Troll Trump For Skipping Cemetery Visit

  12-11-2018 22:44 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's decision to skip a planned visit to the Aisne-Marne
  
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• The Los Angeles Landmarks Affected by the Woolsey Wildfire—And How You Can Help

  12-11-2018 22:34 via yahoo.com
  Numerous celebrity homes, famous film sets, and cultural monuments have been totally decimated in the fire's path of destruction
  
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• Andrew Gillum Shreds Donald Trump With Just 3 Little Words

  12-11-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  The winner of Florida's gubernatorial race is still up in the air, but even if
  
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• Judge: Sides in Florida recount should 'ramp down' rhetoric

  12-11-2018 22:23 via yahoo.com
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge on Monday told lawyers representing the warring sides in the Florida recount that they need to "ramp down the rhetoric" after Republicans, including President Donald Trump, alleged illegal activity, because the unsubstantiated accusations are eroding confidence in the election for Senate and governor.
  
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• The Latest: Mother of security guard killed by police sues

  12-11-2018 22:16 via yahoo.com
  ROBBINS, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a bar security guard by police officer (all times local):
  
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• A Paradise Resident on Her Narrow Escape From California's Deadly Camp Fire – and Why Many Waited Too Long to Leave

  12-11-2018 22:15 via yahoo.com
  Lisa Vasquez, a lifelong Paradise, Calif. resident, describes her harrowing escape from the Camp Fire that killed 29 of her neighbors.
  
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• Markets Right Now: Technology stocks lead US market lower

  12-11-2018 22:11 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• Pippa Middleton's Son's Name Reportedly Has A Sweet Meaning Behind It

  12-11-2018 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Pippa Middleton and James Matthews welcomed their first child together, a baby
  
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• Firefighters dig battle lines as body count mounts in California

  12-11-2018 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of firefighters spent a fifth day Monday digging battle lines to contain California's worst ever wildfire as the wind-whipped flames cleaved a merciless path through the state's northern hills, leaving death and devastation in their wake.The Camp Fire -- in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains north of Sacramento -- has killed 29 people, matching the state's deadliest ever brush blaze 85 years ago.As well as the historic loss of life, the blaze is also more destructive than any
  
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• Man and dog survive California wildfire by hiding in creek

  12-11-2018 22:06 via yahoo.com
  A quick-thinking man says he survived the raging wildfire tearing through
  
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• US school district decries photo of students appearing to give Nazi salute

  12-11-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  A Wisconsin school district on Monday launched an investigation into a photo making social media rounds that shows dozens of male high school students raising their right arms in an apparent Nazi salute.The district in the midwestern US state condemned the photo, which was taken last spring before the annual prom dance and reportedly includes all the male students in Baraboo High School's class of 2019."Early this morning, a photo that was taken last spring of some Baraboo School District studen
  
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• L.A. County Fire Chief responds to Trump’s remarks about California wildfires

  12-11-2018 21:55 via yahoo.com
  L.A. County Fire Chief Daryl Osby responded after President Trump tweeted that “gross mismanagement” was the cause of California wildfires. Chief Osby called the president’s remarks “unsatisfactory” and “hurtful” to first responders.
  
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• CNN Meteorologist Tom Sater Schools Trump On What Actually Caused California Wildfires

  12-11-2018 21:53 via yahoo.com
  A wildfire in northern California's Butte County has destroyed over 6,700
  
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• LafargeHolcim sells Indonesian subsidiary to local company

  12-11-2018 21:49
  Sale of majority stake in Franco-Swiss cement-maker's Indoneisan subsidiary values it at $1.75bn
  
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• Wisconsin district investigates boys' apparent Nazi salute

  12-11-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin school district is investigating a photo of a group of high school boys giving what appears to be a Nazi salute, drawing a strong rebuke on social media.
  
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• Michelle Obama reveals why she didn't think Barack could become president: 'He was a black man in America'

  12-11-2018 21:40 via yahoo.com
  Former First Lady Michelle Obama has revealed she did not initially believe that her husband, Barack Obama, could have won the presidency in 2008.Although she already gave him his blessing, Ms Obama writes in her new memoir Becoming she was also “harbouring a painful thought: Barack was a black man in America, after all.The former first lady could not stomach the idea of Mr Obama becoming the nation’s elected leader.
  
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• France's Macron to visit Belgium at royal request

  12-11-2018 21:33 via yahoo.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron will visit the Brussels district of Molenbeek, home of Islamic State jihadists who carried out the 2015 Paris attacks, during a state visit to Belgium next week.The visit comes just weeks after Belgium's decision to replace its fleet of ageing F-16 jets with US-made F-35s, snubbing European bids including the Rafales from French group Dassault.It was King Philippe of Belgium who invited Macron to make the two-day visit, on November 19 and 20.
  
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• 2 Calif. survivors speak out on wildfires

  12-11-2018 21:25 via yahoo.com
  California residents Menissa and Ken Porter described how they escaped the wildfire that ravaged their town.
  
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• Artist's Portraits Show Migrant Caravan's Hope, Joy: 'These Are Regular People'

  12-11-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  A third-generation Mexican-American artist hopes to show fellow Americans a
  
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• Guggenheim's Minerd says high corporate debt bodes ill for U.S. economy

  12-11-2018 21:08
  Guggenheim Partners Global Chief Investment Officer Scott Minerd warned on Monday that the U.S. economy is on a collision course due to excessive corporate debt and said he has prepared by buying...
  
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• Michelle And Barack Obama Did Couples Therapy, She Says In Memoir 'Becoming'

  12-11-2018 20:58 via yahoo.com
  In advance of her new memoir Becoming, Michelle Obama is getting real about
  
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• How Horoscopes Are Determined, And Other Astrology Questions

  12-11-2018 20:45 via yahoo.com
  Aliza Kelly's relationship with astrology runs deep ― all the way back to her
  
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• Hillary Clinton will run for the White House in 2020, ex-adviser predicts

  12-11-2018 20:45 via yahoo.com
  Speculation is mounting that Hillary Clinton could launch a bid for the US presidency in 2020 after two former advisers in as many months floated the idea of a remarkable political comeback.  Mark Penn, who worked with the Clintons for 13 years, co-wrote a piece in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday headlined ‘Hillary will run again’ which predicted a new campaign.  He said Mrs Clinton would reinvent her public image once again, this time as a lifelong liberal, claiming she
  
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• Stacey Abrams Is The Fighter Democrats Need

  12-11-2018 20:44 via yahoo.com
  When I went to bed on the night of the 2018 midterm elections, I was
  
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• Marvel Universe Actors Share Touching Tributes To Stan Lee: 'Excelsior!!'

  12-11-2018 20:37 via yahoo.com
  Comic book legend Stan Lee died on Monday and celebrities who have portrayed
  
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• Ousted Minnesota Republican faults McCain for losing House

  12-11-2018 20:33 via yahoo.com
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A recently defeated Republican congressman is blaming the Democratic House takeover on the late Republican Sen. John McCain's vote against repealing the Affordable Care Act.
  
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• For Democrats, Progressive Is The New Moderate

  12-11-2018 20:05 via yahoo.com
  The spin game is now in full swing. At first, it seemed the Blue Wave wasn't
  
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• eBay is releasing its Black Friday deals early

  12-11-2018 20:04 via yahoo.com
  In a move to give competitors a run for their money, eBay has launched the
  
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• North Korea keeps undeclared missile bases up and running: U.S. think tank

  12-11-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  In reports released by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, researcher Joseph Bermudez said maintenance and minor infrastructure improvements have been observed at some of the sites, despite the ongoing negotiations.North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to work toward denuclearization at their landmark June summit in Singapore, but the agreement was short on specifics and negotiations have made little headway.Shortly after t
  
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• Citron's Left calls Tilray surge its 'worst day ever' in market

  12-11-2018 19:55
  Andrew Left, one of Wall Street's most prominent short-sellers, said Tilray Inc gave his firm its "worst day ever in the market" two months ago when its shares almost doubled in one session, but he...
  
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• Rabobank explores sale of U.S. retail, wealth operations: sources

  12-11-2018 19:47
  Dutch cooperative lender Rabobank is exploring the sale of its retail and wealth management operations in the United States in a deal that could top $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said...
  
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• Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) Stock Falls Despite Record Singles Day

  12-11-2018 19:41 via yahoo.com
  Analysts say long-term investors shouldn't put too much emphasis on Singles Day numbers, but there are plenty of other reasons to love BABA stock.Singles Day is a relatively new shopping holiday in China that was created to celebrate young, single Chinese consumers.
  
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• The Latest: Scott campaign calls Nelson lawsuit frivolous

  12-11-2018 19:20 via yahoo.com
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the Florida election recount of 2018 (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: GOP senator won't comment on 'hanging' remark

  12-11-2018 19:20 via yahoo.com
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi making reference to a "public hanging: (all times local):
  
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• Citron's Left makes U-turn and now sees value in China

  12-11-2018 19:19
  Andrew Left, whose Citron Research has published critical reports on Chinese companies and profited when their shares dropped, is now making a contrarian call by going long on some.
  
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• US analysts locate secret North Korean missile sites

  12-11-2018 19:16 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. analysts said Monday they have located more than half of an estimated 20 secret North Korean missile development sites, highlighting the challenge the Trump administration faces in ensuring that North Korea complies with any eventual agreement to end its nuclear and missile programs.
  
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• City of San Francisco threatens court action over Trump's acting Attorney General

  12-11-2018 19:15 via yahoo.com
  San Francisco's city attorney on Monday questioned the recent appointment of a new acting attorney general, saying in a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice that his office may take court action if the DOJ does not provide a legal justification for the designation.President Donald Trump last week named Matthew Whitaker to replace former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was forced out after months of attacks by Trump for recusing himself from an ongoing probe into Russian meddling in the 2
  
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• Liberal Dark-Money Group Files Suit to Validate Late Mail-In Ballots in Florida

  12-11-2018 19:11 via yahoo.com
  VoteVets, an influential liberal super PAC reliant on obscure funding sources, filed suit Monday in an effort to validate mail-in ballots received after Election Day as part of Democrats’ ongoing effort to win the Florida gubernatorial and Senate victories in recounts.VoteVets joined the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) in asking the courts to intercede on behalf of voters who mailed their ballots on time but were effectively disen
  
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• Sustainable investing's secret weapon: Public pensions

  12-11-2018 18:51
  (The writer is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are his own.)
  
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• Yahoo News Explains: How a Democratic House can cause trouble for Trump

  12-11-2018 18:46 via yahoo.com
  President Trump warned Democrats that it would be a “warlike posture” if they used their newfound House power to investigate him. But what can Democrats actually do?
  
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