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• The Latest: Exec: 4 on jet that crashed with no survivors

  20-12-2018 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the crash of a business jet in Atlanta (all times local):
  
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• Trump tells GOP leaders he won't sign bill to avoid shutdown

  20-12-2018 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Lashed by rare criticism from conservatives, President Donald Trump declared Thursday he would not sign a bill to keep funding the government because it fails to provide billions for his border wall with Mexico, throwing Congress into deep disarray and risking a federal shutdown this weekend.
  
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• A total shut show in Washington

  20-12-2018 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Also on Thursday: Putin is pumped about Trump's Syria decision. Plus, a new asylum ban.
  
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• New policy will force migrants seeking asylum to wait in Mexico — for years

  20-12-2018 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Effective immediately, Central American asylum-seekers at the southern border will be returned to Mexico for the duration of their immigration proceedings, a process that often takes several years.
  
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• Hawaiian Airlines to add no-frills basic economy tickets in 2019

  20-12-2018 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The airline said the no frills fares will debut in the second half of 2019. JetBlue has already announced plans for a basic economy fare in 2019.
  
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• Trump is right to withdraw US troops from Syria. We've done our job by defeating ISIS.

  20-12-2018 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump's decision to pull US troops is correct, however one feels about the messenger and process. There's nothing left worth fighting to win in Syria.
  
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• Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Will Spend Christmas with the Queen at Sandringham Estate

  20-12-2018 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The couple stayed with Kate Middleton and Prince William at their nearby Anmer Hall home last year
  
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• Worst December for stocks since 1931 gets worse as rate hikes spook investors

  20-12-2018 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average was under pressure Thursday following the Federal Reserve's latest rate hike and plans for two more hikes in 2019.
  
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• Trump Insists on Border Spending as Shutdown Deadline Nears

  20-12-2018 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  “Any measure that funds the government must include border security, has to,” Trump said Thursday at the White House.Hours earlier, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin said the president told him and other Republican leaders he’ll refuse to sign the Senate’s version of a short-term spending bill because it doesn’t include funds he’s demanded for border security.
  
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• Trump pushing rule making work mandatory for food stamps

  20-12-2018 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  NO WORK, NO FOOD STAMPS: States that waived job requirements in the past won't be able to make exceptions if the proposal takes effect.
  
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• U.S. air campaign against Islamic State in Syria likely to end

  20-12-2018 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  NATO allies France and Germany said Washington's change of course on Syria risks damaging the fight against Islamic State, the militant group that had seized swathes of Iraq and Syria but has now been squeezed to a sliver of Syrian territory.Several of Trump's fellow Republicans in Congress, joined by opposition Democrats, urged the president to reverse course, saying the withdrawal would strengthen the hand of Russia and Iran in Syria and enable a resurgence of Islamic State.Trump, however, gav
  
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• Whitaker Clears Himself to Manage Mueller Despite Ethics Concern

  20-12-2018 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Whitaker never asked for a formal ethics recommendation, deciding instead, along with a small group of personal advisers, that there was no precedent for him to recuse under these circumstances, the official said.The official revised an account from earlier Thursday that Whitaker was told by ethics officers that he doesn’t have to recuse himself from being involved in the Mueller probe.
  
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• House vote sends major criminal justice overhaul to Trump

  20-12-2018 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a wide-ranging criminal justice bill on Thursday that will reduce some of the harshest sentences for federal drug offenders and boost prison rehabilitation programs, handing President Donald Trump a legislative victory amid the turmoil over how to avoid a partial government shutdown.
  
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• Trump move to pull US troops from Syria opens way to turmoil

  20-12-2018 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The United States' Kurdish allies had been gearing up for a new fight for weeks, digging trenches and defense tunnels in northeastern Syria in preparation for an offensive Turkey's president warned was imminent.
  
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• Homeland Security chief torched by Democratic lawmakers in heated congressional hearing

  20-12-2018 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic lawmakers torched DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday, blasted Trump's border security policies.
  
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• Christmas travel weather forecast: Stormy Friday, then mostly quiet except for Northwest

  20-12-2018 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The rain and storms that lashed the eastern U.S. on Thursday will continue to pelt portions of the East on Friday, leading to more travel troubles.
  
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• Drones paralyse British airport, grounding Christmas travellers

  20-12-2018 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain sent troops to its second-biggest airport after an unprecedented attempt to cripple Christmas travel with large drones forced all flights to be cancelled on Thursday.As thousands of passengers waited at Gatwick Airport, south of London, police hunted unsuccessfully for the operators of the large drones which reappeared near the airfield every time the airport tried to reopen the runway.Europe's air traffic control agency Eurocontrol said the airport would remain closed until 0600 GMT on
  
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• The Dangers of Military Mission Creep in Syria

  20-12-2018 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Washington must leave Damascus before it searches for new monsters to destroy and other reasons to stay.
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks plunge again, Dow sinks 464 points

  20-12-2018 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• Israeli forces kill Palestinian at West Bank roadblock, Palestinian health ministry

  20-12-2018 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian at a roadblock in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said.The Israeli military, in a statement that made no mention of any casualties, said a vehicle broke through the roadblock and soldiers opened fire.It said it was investigating the incident, which occurred at night near the Palestinian city of Ramallah.
  
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• Obama delights sick children as Santa in Washington

  20-12-2018 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Former US president Barack Obama took on a new high-profile role as Father Christmas on Wednesday for a surprise visit to sick children in Washington.Sporting a festive Santa hat and armed with a sack of gifts, he delighted young patients at Children's National hospital with gifts and hugs."I just want to say thank you to all of you guys," Obama told staff, who greeted him with rapturous cheers, in a video he shared on his Twitter account.
  
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• The Latest: Russian envoy welcomes US troop pullout

  20-12-2018 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria (all times local):
  
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• An aquarium apologized for calling its sea otter 'thicc.' And she isn't even overweight

  20-12-2018 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  'Abby is a thicc girl,' the Monterey Bay Aquarium tweeted. That sparked backlash on Twitter, but it turns out the sea otter is an average weight.
  
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• In memo, Trump's AG pick criticized aspect of Mueller probe

  20-12-2018 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, William Barr, sent an unsolicited memo to the Justice Department this year criticizing a central prong of the special counsel's Russia investigation, attacking as "fatally misconceived" the idea the president could have obstructed justice.
  
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• Facebook to Stop Accepting Campaign Ads in Washington State

  20-12-2018 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Facebook’s decision is also in response to one of the country’s most assertive campaign finance disclosure regulations for digital advertising, which will be enforced by Washington’s Public Disclosure Commission starting Jan. 1.“As we continue to address the Public Disclosure Commission’s new requirements going into effect in the New Year, we’re pausing state and local electoral ads in Washington state by the end of December,” Beth Gautier, a spokeswoman
  
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• Woman Hit, Killed by Car During Argument with Roommates

  20-12-2018 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Two 24-year-olds are behind bars after police say they purposely slammed a car into their car into their roommate.
  
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• How to Give Large Money Gifts for the Holidays

  20-12-2018 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  If you are feeling particularly generous toward your family members this year, you may decide to give them money gifts for the holidays. For wealthy families, giving money isn't just welcome; it ...
  
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• House panel to give Trump ally Stone's transcript to Russia probe

  20-12-2018 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats who take control of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee next month have signaled they plan to send Special Counsel Robert Mueller the transcripts of testimony given under oath by some of Trump's closest associates so they can be reviewed for evidence and possible falsehoods.During the 2016 campaign, longtime Republican political operative Stone posted messages on Twitter implying that he had inside knowledge of data in the possession of hackers and WikiLeaks that w
  
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• Congress Holds Key to Rusal’s Fate as U.S. Moves to Lift Sanctions

  20-12-2018 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Congress has a month to decide whether to intervene to block the agreement announced Wednesday by the Treasury Department.Under the deal, Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska will remain under U.S. sanctions and his property will remain blocked, but the Treasury department will remove financial restrictions on Rusal, En+ Group Plc and EuroSibEnergo JSC.
  
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• The Best Clever Home Tours of 2018

  20-12-2018 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  According to you, our loyal readers
  
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• London Gatwick Turns to Army as Drones Ruin Holiday Getaway

  20-12-2018 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Gatwick Chief Executive Officer Stewart Wingate said the criminal intrusions involving two drones were “highly targeted” and designed to close the airport with maximum disruption in the run up to Christmas.With night falling and authorities apparently no closer to finding the perpetrators, U.K. Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson announced that military assistance would be provided to help end the disruption, the worst at a London airport since blizzards closed the city’s main H
  
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• Matthew Whitaker, acting attorney general, cleared to oversee Robert Mueller's Russia probe

  20-12-2018 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is cleared by Justice Department ethics officers to oversee special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.
  
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• New Trump administration policy requires asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico, bans US entry

  20-12-2018 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. has long allowed asylum-seekers to remain here pending an immigration judge's decision on their application. They now must remain in Mexico.
  
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• New Zealand intelligence agency joins allies in blaming Chinese government for hacking

  20-12-2018 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's intelligence agency on Friday joined allies in holding China responsible for a global hacking campaign targeting commercial secrets. "New Zealand is committed to upholding the rules-based international order, and today joins likeminded partners in expressing that such cyber campaigns are unacceptable," said Andrew Hampton, director general of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) in a statement. ...
  
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• The push to improve working conditions for U.S. caregivers

  20-12-2018 20:45
  Ai-jen Poo wants to transform caregiving into real work.
  
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• Alabama police department blames crimes on rejection of God

  20-12-2018 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  OPP, Ala. (AP) — A rural Alabama police department that used social media to scold community members for rejecting God came under fire from a group that opposes mixing government and religious faith.
  
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• Trump’s Syria Decision ‘Rattled the World,’ Graham Says

  20-12-2018 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  “There’s growing bipartisan support to ask the president to reverse course and to have a conditions-based withdrawal,” said Graham, a South Carolina Republican and frequent Trump ally who is influential on foreign policy, at a bipartisan news conference.Graham said Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Michael Pompeo told him such a withdrawal was premature."I think his entire national security team has expressed concerns about withdrawing now," Graham said, say
  
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• Israel begins destroying Hezbollah tunnels: army

  20-12-2018 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The Israeli army on Thursday night began destroying cross-border tunnels dug by Hezbollah, it said, more than two weeks after announcing their discovery on the frontier with Lebanon."The neutralisation and destruction phase of the cross-border attack tunnels... has begun," the army said in a statement.Since launching an operation to cut off the tunnels on December 4, the army says it has located four underground passageways infiltrating Israeli territory.
  
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• Private jet crash in Atlanta kills all aboard: officials

  20-12-2018 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The Cessna Citation 560 aircraft went down shortly after noon EST (1700 GMT) about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Fulton County Airport-Brown Field on the west side of Atlanta, from which it had just taken off, FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said by email.The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department said none of the plane's occupants survived.
  
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• American Eagle gold, silver coin demand reaches 11-year lows

  20-12-2018 20:26
  In a sign of precious metals demand, sales of U.S. Mint American Eagle gold and silver coins are closing out their weakest year since 2007, as investors favored higher-yielding assets, despite...
  
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• ETFs, major supporter of U.S. stock market, stop buying the dip

  20-12-2018 20:25
  There is no more mistletoe hanging above the markets.
  
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• Mom Arrested For Leaving Her Kids Found Home Alone Watching the Movie Home Alone

  20-12-2018 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  When life imitates art a little too much
  
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• What's a Christmas pickle? The tradition you haven't heard of but will want to start now

  20-12-2018 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  They're more than just a cute ornament. They're a time-honored tradition that you might not have heard of until now but will want to start this year.
  
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• Syria's Kurds reel from U.S. move, Assad seen planning next step

  20-12-2018 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  With U.S. help, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have captured large parts of northern and eastern Syria from Islamic State, but warn that the jihadists still pose a threat even if President Donald Trump has declared their defeat.NATO allies France and Germany agree, saying Washington's abrupt reversal of course on Syria - fulfilling a Trump presidential campaign pledge in 2016 - risks sapping the fight against Islamic State (IS).Not only will Trump's decision expose SDF territory to the
  
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• Police call in the Army to help deal with Gatwick chaos as drones cause runway to close - latest news

  20-12-2018 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  What are the laws surrounding drones at airports? How to claim compensation for disrupted flights Gatwick admit will take "several days" to recover Could a drone really bring down a plane? Harry de Quetteville | Drones: fine line between toy and terror The Army has been called in to help deal with the mayhem at Gatwick caused by drones flying near the airport.  Sussex Police formally requested the help of the military and a source told The Telegraph assistance could come
  
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• Trump balks at government funding bill, raising shutdown fears

  20-12-2018 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Ryan said House Republicans will try to craft a version of the bill to include money for border security to avert a shutdown at midnight on Friday."We want to keep the government open but we also want to see an agreement that protects the border," Ryan told reporters outside the White House after meeting with Trump.House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi has said including that money in the bill would be a "non-starter" for her members.
  
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• Donald Trump Is Ready to Shed the Syria Problem

  20-12-2018 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The president’s Syria decision—assuming he sticks to it—may herald a new approach.
  
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• Drones paralyze British airport, grounding Christmas travelers

  20-12-2018 19:14 via news.yahoo.com
  As thousands of passengers waited at Gatwick Airport, south of London, police hunted unsuccessfully for the operators of the large drones which reappeared near the airfield every time the airport tried to reopen the runway."We are there to assist and do everything we can."By 1700 GMT, easyJet , the biggest operator at Gatwick, said it had canceled all flights on Thursday because it did not know when the runway would reopen.The airport said flights would remain shut down until further notice on a
  
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• Israeli military begins sealing off cross-border tunnels from Lebanon

  20-12-2018 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The Israeli military on Thursday began to seal off four tunnels that it said had been dug by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah under the border from Lebanon.The work was being carried out on the Israeli side of the frontier demarcation, known as the "Blue Line", military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Conricus told reporters.Israel says Hezbollah dug the tunnels with the aim of launching cross-border attacks with backing from its regional sponsor Iran.
  
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