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• Democrats shun idea of Pelosi floor fight in speaker's race

  25-11-2018 23:57 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it the chaos theory for picking the next House speaker.
  
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• Ukrainian Parliament to Debate Martial Law After Russian Attack

  25-11-2018 23:55 via yahoo.com
  Poroshenko suggested taking the measure for 60 days as he spoke in a televised meeting of the Defense and Security Council in Kiev, Ukraine’s capital.The emergency session was called after Russian warships fired on Ukrainian vessels in the Kerch Strait, injuring six servicemen.Russia also seized three boats.
  
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• Leading medical supply maker reportedly linked to many breaches

  25-11-2018 23:50 via yahoo.com
  A world leader in medical technology, the American firm Medtronic, may be linked to as many as 9,300 deaths and 292,000 injuries in the US alone, according to an analysis published Sunday by an international journalists' group.Reports submitted to US regulators last year indicate that one in five medical implants using Medtronic products proved problematic, twice the rate of any competing firm, according to a wide-reaching analysis by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (IC
  
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• The Touching Reason Queen Elizabeth Keeps Christmas Decorations Up Until February

  25-11-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  Millions of people around the world celebrate Christmas on December 25.Many of them put up a Christmas tree as part of their celebration.Somewhere around the first or second week of January is traditionally when most people take them down as New Year’s Day and the 12th day of Christmas (January 6) are seen as marking the unofficial end of the holiday season.
  
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• Theresa May Gambles on Personal Campaign to Win Brexit Deal Vote

  25-11-2018 23:30 via yahoo.com
  The U.K. prime minister will appeal to members of Parliament to vote for the contract she finalized over the weekend with the European Union and avoid the turmoil of splitting from the bloc without a plan.May has staked her authority on a campaign to persuade the House of Commons -- against the odds -- to endorse her Brexit deal in a vote expected to be held in December.
  
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• CNN's Brian Stelter Roasts Fox For Focusing On Ocasio-Cortez's Shoes More Than Climate Report

  25-11-2018 23:23 via yahoo.com
  CNN's Brian Stelter on Sunday criticized Fox News for not dedicating enough
  
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• Russia Fires on Ukraine's Navy Near Crimea as Tensions Reignite

  25-11-2018 23:02 via yahoo.com
  Ukraine said Russian warships opened fire Sunday on a group of its military vessels that had previously tried to enter the Kerch Strait.Six men were wounded as Russia “fired to kill,” while three ships were captured, according to Ukraine’s Navy.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko held an emergency cabinet meeting and was in contact with the European Union and NATO over possible additional sanctions for what he called “criminal acts.” He instructed the Foreign Minis
  
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• BREAKING: Magnitude 6.3 earthquake leaves more than 170 injured in western Iran

  25-11-2018 22:56 via yahoo.com
  More than 170 people were injured in a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that hit western Iran near its border with Iraq on Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) has reported.
  
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• Large Asteroid Packing 50 Megatons Of Force Might Come Crashing Down On Earth In 2023 — And That’s Not All

  25-11-2018 22:42 via yahoo.com
  A large asteroid could be headed toward us in the near future — barreling through space on a risk trajectory that might cause it to collide with Earth.The news comes from the Express, which cites NASA sources revealing that the space rock could end up engaged in not one, but a staggering 62 different potential impact trajectories with our planet — each of them waiting to sling the asteroid toward Earth over the next 100 years.Known as asteroid 2018 LF16, the space rock was last obser
  
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• Elon Musk Says There Is A 70 Percent Chance He’ll Visit Mars And Dismisses ‘Escape Hatch’ Suggestion

  25-11-2018 22:19 via yahoo.com
  The prospect of colonizing Mars is one which continues to inch forward with the passing of time, and in the final episode of Axios’ four-part documentary series, which is due to be aired on Sunday evening on HBO, Elon Musk has stated that there is a 70 percent chance that he will personally be visiting the planet himself, while dismissing the false notion that heading to Mars is somehow an “escape hatch” for the very wealthy.As Gizmodo reports, Elon Musk has stated that for tho
  
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• Twitter Helps Reunite Two Friends Who Met On A Cruise 12 Years Ago

  25-11-2018 22:17 via yahoo.com
  On Saturday, Mississippi teen Briana Cry asked Twitter to help locate a friend she met on a Hawaiian dinner cruise with family in 2006 but never kept in touch with afterwards.The tweet soon went viral, and it only took 12 hours for users on the social media site to track down the girl, whom Daily Mail identified as a California artist named Heidi Tran.“Hey twitter, I met this girl on a dinner cruise in Hawaii in 2006.
  
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• The Latest: EU calls for restraint from Russia, Ukraine

  25-11-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on Russian-Ukrainian naval tensions near Crimea (all times local):
  
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• Strong earthquake rocks western Iran

  25-11-2018 21:59 via yahoo.com
  A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Iran's western province of Kermanshah late Sunday, the country's institute of geophysics said, with local officials reporting some 260 people injured.The epicentre of the quake was 17 kilometres southwest of the city of Sarpol-e Zahab, according to the institute, which said it struck at a depth of 7 kilometres.At least 260 people were injured in Sarpol-e Zahab and the neighbouring city of Gilan-e Gharb, close to the Iraqi border, Kermanshah governor Houshang
  
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• Hundreds wounded in western Iran earthquake, no fatalities: TV

  25-11-2018 21:59 via yahoo.com
  "We have had 411 injured, 80 percent of whom have been treated and released ... No fatalities have been reported," Houshang Bazvand, governor of the western province of Kermanshah, told state TV.Fears of aftershocks sent people in several cities in Kermanshah province out onto the streets and parks in cold weather, Iranian media reported."No reports of any fatalities yet and most of the injured were hurt while fleeing, not due to quake damage," Pirhossein Koulivand, head of Iran's emergency serv
  
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• Russia Fires Upon And Reportedly Captures Multiple Ukrainian Ships Off Coast Of Crimea

  25-11-2018 21:51 via yahoo.com
  Russia has allegedly fired upon — and reportedly captured — ships belonging to the Ukrainian navy, the BBC reports.According to reports being issued forth from the Ukrainian navy, Russian naval vessels have seized two Ukrainian gunboats in addition to a tugboat in the aftermath of a chase.Russian special forces were apparently involved in the seizure of the Ukrainian boats, in a move which is almost certain to escalate the existing tensions between the two nation states.
  
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• NASA Looking Toward Manned Mission To Mars 'Sometime In The 2030s'

  25-11-2018 21:51 via yahoo.com
  > .@NASA’s Steve Clarke says we might see manned missions to Mars by late
  
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• This rare 1990 Mazda 323F hasn't been seen for over 10 years

  25-11-2018 21:33 via yahoo.com
  Discovered in the old garage of a freshly-purchased house, this rare Mazda 323F hasn't seen the light of day for over a decade. Remarkably original and surprisingly healthy, the Japanese sports saloon is now up for sale
  
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• Undocumented Man Arrested After Leaving Church For Immigration Appointment

  25-11-2018 21:19 via yahoo.com
  A Mexican father who took refuge in a North Carolina church for nearly a year
  
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• Macron to address nation after violent Paris protests

  25-11-2018 20:38 via yahoo.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron is to address his nation on Tuesday following persistent and sometimes violent protests over fuel taxes that are morphing into a movement against his business- and environment-friendly policies.Paris saw clashes between police and demonstrators Saturday on the Champs-Elysees where barricades were set on fire, luxury shop windows smashed, and traffic lights uprooted.The government blamed much of the violence on a small minority of "ultra-right" activists who shado
  
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• Camp Fire Finally 100 Percent Contained After 153K Acres Burned

  25-11-2018 20:37 via yahoo.com
  California’s Camp Fire in Butte County, the deadliest wildfire in the state’s history, is now 100 perfect contained, KRCR News reported.Firefighters had been working to contain the fire for 18 days.The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, also known as Cal Fire, reported that the Camp Fire burned 153,336 acres and took 85 lives.
  
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• Woman From Dallas Dies After Multiple Cosmetic Surgery Procedures In Mexico

  25-11-2018 20:31 via yahoo.com
  A Texas real estate agent that CBS News reported was on life support after she received multiple plastic surgery procedures in Juarez, Mexico has died.Days earlier, the 35-year-old woman from Dallas had been moved to hospice care by her family, after she was placed into a medically-induced coma.During surgery for both rhinoplasty — commonly referred to as a “nose job” — and breast implant replacement at the Rino Center in late October, Avila reportedly suffered complicati
  
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• Top Democrats accuse Trump of lying about CIA's Jamal Khashoggi report

  25-11-2018 20:13 via yahoo.com
  Senior Democrats in Congress have accused Donald Trump of lying about the CIA’s findings on the involvement of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, said on Sunday it was false for Trump to claim the CIA “did not come to a conclusion” on whether Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of the dissident journalist.
  
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• Alan Dershowitz Predicts Mueller Report Will Be 'Politically Very Devastating' For Trump

  25-11-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard law professor and frequent defender of President
  
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• Elon Musk believes he has a 70% likelihood of flying to Mars despite 'good chance of death'

  25-11-2018 19:55 via yahoo.com
  Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has claimed there is a 70 per cent likelihood he will make it to Mars on one of his spacecraft – despite there being “a good chance of death”.“I know exactly what to do,” Mr Musk told Axios on HBO.Mr Musk, who is also involved in a project to build a high-speed mass transit system underneath the streets of Los Angeles, is known for making remarks that frequently secure him both striking headlines and mocking derision.
  
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• Northern California's Deadly Camp Fire Is 100% Contained

  25-11-2018 19:54 via yahoo.com
  The blaze killed at least 85 people
  
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• Camp Fire crews reach milestone, announce full containment of deadly blaze in California history

  25-11-2018 19:53 via yahoo.com
  Officials say the destructive Camp Fire is now 100 percent contained, with the death toll at 85.
  
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• Emmanuel Macron rejects parallels between French 'yellow vest' protests and Brexit 

  25-11-2018 19:49 via yahoo.com
  Emmanuel Macron on Sunday ruled out a parallel between the wave of popular discontent sweeping France and the dissatisfaction of Britons who voted for Brexit. The French president was speaking on the sidelines of a summit of EU leaders in Brussels that rubber-stamped an agreement on the UK’s withdrawal.  He promised to respond to the grievances of French people on low incomes who took part in “yellow vest” protests against fuel tax rises, the high cost of living and w
  
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• 6.4-magnitude earthquake hits western Iran: Iran institute

  25-11-2018 19:45 via yahoo.com
  A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Iran's western province of Kermanshah late Sunday, Iran's institute of geophysics said.The epicentre of the quake was 17 kilometres southwest of the city of Sarpol-e Zahab, according to the institute, which said it struck at a depth of 7 kilometres.At least 115 were injured in Sarpol-e Zahab and the neighbouring Gilan-e Gharb city where the quake was also felt, Kermanshah governor Houshang Bazvand told Fars news agency.
  
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• Twitter users helped reunite long-lost BFFs and it was the purest thing ever

  25-11-2018 19:21 via yahoo.com
  We all remember that one temporary childhood best friend who, for some reason or another, got away. Not many of us can say that the internet made it their personal mission to reunite us, though. But such is the case for these 24-hour vacation besties, brought back together after twelve long years apart thanks to a viral Twitter post with 94,000 retweets (and counting).Hey twitter, I met this girl on a dinner cruise in Hawaii in 2006. We were basically bestfriends for that night so I need y&rsquo
  
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• California's deadliest wildfire finally tamed

  25-11-2018 19:17 via yahoo.com
  The deadliest and most destructive fire in California's history was finally brought totally under control by firefighters, more than two weeks after it erupted, authorities said on Sunday."#CampFire ... is now 100% contained," Cal Fire, the state fire authority, said in its latest bulletin on Twitter.Only 54 of the fatalities have been identified, according to the local sheriff's office in Butte County, around three hours drive north of San Francisco.
  
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• Republican Senators Urge Tougher Stance On Saudi Arabia: Trump's Statement 'So Weak'

  25-11-2018 19:05 via yahoo.com
  Republican senators on Sunday condemned President Donald Trump's decision to
  
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• Republican senators split with Trump over murdered Saudi journalist

  25-11-2018 18:55 via yahoo.com
  Trump vowed last week to remain a "steadfast partner" of Saudi Arabia and said it was not clear whether Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman knew about the plan to kill Khashoggi last month at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.The president cast doubt on the CIA assessment that Crown Prince Mohammed ordered Khashoggi's killing, telling reporters that the agency had not formed a definitive conclusion.It's inconsistent with the intelligence I've seen," which implicates the crown prince, Republican
  
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• U.S. judge orders former Trump campaign adviser Papadopoulos to jail

  25-11-2018 18:51 via yahoo.com
  A U.S. federal judge on Sunday denied a motion by George Papadopoulos, a former aide for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, seeking to postpone his sentence pending a separate case he hoped would lead to his conviction being overturned.Papadopoulos will report to jail on Monday to start his 14- day sentence after judge Randolph Moss dismissed his 11th hour bid to remain out on bail.Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents probing ties between the campaign and Russia, h
  
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• Ex-Trump campaign advisor George Papadopoulos ordered to go to jail

  25-11-2018 18:42 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s onetime advisor George Papadopoulos has been ordered to go jail, after he failed to persuade a judge to delay his two-week sentence.Papadopoulos, who last year admitted lying to FBI agents about conversations with Russia-linked intermediaries during the 2016 presidential campaign, sought to delay the sentence while proceeding with a separate legal action challenging the constitutionality of Robert Mueller’s investigation.As part of his plea deal with the team of Mr Mue
  
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• Air raids target rebel supply lines as deadly clashes hit Yemen's Hodeida

  25-11-2018 18:41 via yahoo.com
  A Saudi-led military coalition resumed air strikes against rebel supply lines around Hodeida on Sunday, two days after a UN envoy visited the lifeline Yemeni port city, pro-government military officials said.Five pro-government fighters were killed in the clashes with the Iran-aligned rebels and by landmines, the officials told AFP.The air strikes targeted convoys of rebel reinforcements at the northern entrance to Hodeida and south of the city, they said.
  
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• Alabama mall shooting: Family of black man killed by police officer on Thanksgiving hires civil rights lawyer

  25-11-2018 18:38 via yahoo.com
  The family of a 21-year-old black man who was shot by a police officer at shopping centre in Alabama on Thanksgiving has hired a national civil rights lawyer to represent them.Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr was fatally shot on Thursday night by a police officer who was responding to reports of gunfire at Hoover’s Riverchase Galleria near the city of Birmingham.Authorities said a Hoover police officer who was working as security at the shopping mall confronted an armed man running away from
  
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• France's Macron praises courage of slain Syrian radio activist Fares

  25-11-2018 18:29 via yahoo.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday praised the courage of Raed al-Fares, a prominent activist who was gunned down along with his friend Hamoud al-Juneid in Syria on Friday.Fares was a pro-democracy activist who ran a radio station in Idlib, northwestern Syria, that provided independent news and satirized both President Bashar al-Assad and opposition insurgents.
  
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• Black Friday Beginning To Merge With Cyber Monday, According To New Data

  25-11-2018 18:17 via yahoo.com
  Amid reports of relatively sparse crowds in many retail outlets on Black Friday, the venerated kickoff to the holiday shopping season still remains the king for U.S. retail profits, thanks to a strong performance in online sales.Black Friday saw a 13 percent increase in sales from last year, suggesting that it will remain the top digital shopping day of the holiday season, according to a report by Sales Force.Black Friday saw the highest conversion rate (4.9 percent) of the entire year.
  
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• Russian warplanes strike rebels after alleged gas attack

  25-11-2018 18:14 via yahoo.com
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Russian warplanes attacked rebel-held areas in northern Syria for the first time in weeks on Sunday, as Syrian officials said more than 100 people were treated at hospitals for a suspected poison gas attack in the northern city of Aleppo that Damascus and Moscow blamed on rebels.
  
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• Police: Man shot woman at Walmart, later turned gun on self

  25-11-2018 18:14 via yahoo.com
  OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A 54-year-old man suspected of the fatal weekend shooting of a woman in a Walmart store in north Florida has been hospitalized with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
  
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• Alabama Police Admit to Fatally Targeting the Wrong Man in Thanksgiving Mall Shooting

  25-11-2018 18:02 via yahoo.com
  "This information indicates that there is at least one gunman still at-large"
  
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• Syria regime accuses armed groups of 'toxic gas' attack

  25-11-2018 17:59 via yahoo.com
  Syria's regime has accused armed groups of carrying out a "toxic gas" attack that left dozens of people struggling to breathe and prompted government ally Russia to launch retaliatory air strikes on Sunday.Around 100 Syrians were hospitalised with breathing difficulties after the alleged chemical attack in the regime-held city of Aleppo on Saturday, state media and a monitor said.Russia accused "terrorist groups" of being behind the alleged chlorine attack, and carried out the first air raids in
  
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• Camp Fire: Most destructive fire in California history now 100 percent contained

  25-11-2018 17:59 via yahoo.com
  THANK YOU FIREFIGHTERS: Cal Fire says the Camp Fire is now 100 percent contained as of Sunday morning.
  
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• Mueller probe is making me stronger, says Donald Trump in new book

  25-11-2018 17:50 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump is convinced the investigation into alleged collusion with Russia has made him more politically powerful, according to a new book by two of his longest-serving advisers. Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie worked on Mr Trump’s election campaign and argue that the White House, Justice Department and intelligence agencies are filled with the president’s enemies who are working to delegitimise his position and undermine his agenda, according to The Washington Post which obta
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Trolls Fox News In Spanish

  25-11-2018 17:48 via yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mocked Fox News in Spanish, claiming that the network is “obsessed” with her after they convened a panel to discuss her wardrobe.The freshman U.S. Congresswoman from the Bronx had worked as a bartender before becoming the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.A Twitter user notified the freshman Congresswoman that her wardrobe was the subject of a Fox News segment.
  
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• Sen. King on assessment of Khashoggi murder: “The CIA doesn’t do feelings”

  25-11-2018 17:34 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, joins Margaret Brennan to discuss the decision to send troops to protect the border and the investigation into the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
  
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• EU agrees 'best possible' Brexit deal, urges Britons to back May

  25-11-2018 17:08 via yahoo.com
  "Those who think that, by rejecting the deal, they would get a better deal, will be disappointed," European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told reporters after the 27 other EU leaders formally endorsed a treaty setting terms for British withdrawal in March and an outline of a future EU-UK trade pact.Asked whether there was any chance Brussels would reopen the pact if an alliance of pro- and anti-Brexit forces votes it down in the British parliament, Juncker said "this is the best deal
  
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• Kavanaugh And Gorsuch Confirmations Force Progressives To Rethink The Supreme Court

  25-11-2018 17:07 via yahoo.com
  The recent confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and
  
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• California wildfire that killed at least 85 people fully contained

  25-11-2018 17:06 via yahoo.com
  The deadliest wildfire in California history that destroyed the mountain town of Paradise and killed at least 85 people was 100 percent contained on Sunday, according to state fire officials.The number of people still missing from the Camp Fire north of San Francisco dropped to 249 on Sunday, the Butte County Sheriff's Office said.The Camp Fire that started on Nov. 8 destroyed nearly 14,000 homes and burned nearly 154,000 acres (62,000 hectares) - an area five times the size of San Francisco.
  
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• Bow-wielding tribesmen scare off police searching for body of American missionary

  25-11-2018 17:00 via yahoo.com
  Indian police abandoned an attempt to recover the remains of the American missionary killed by Andaman Islanders on Sunday after they were faced down by tribesmen armed with bows and arrows. A marine unit had a long-distance standoff with the natives as their boat neared North Sentinel Island on Saturday, as they tried to find the body of John Allen Chau. Officers spotted the islanders around 400 metres from the shore and saw the men were armed and seemingly ready to fight. "They stared at us an
  
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