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• US approved thousands of requests to bring child brides into country over the last decade

  11-01-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  In one of those cases, a 49-year-old man applied to admit a 15-year-old child bride into the US.The are no set minimum age requirements under the Immigration and Nationality Act.The data obtained by the Associated Press, however, prompts scrutiny on whether the immigration system is enabling forced marriages, and how American laws are exacerbating the problem despite its attempts to curb child and forced marriages.
  
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• Monster snowstorm to blanket more than half of United States

  11-01-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK/TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) - A massive winter storm hit the U.S. Rockies and Plains on Friday then punched east, with snow set to assault a 1,800-mile (1,609 km) corridor through the weekend, creating transportation "havoc" in the middle of the country.Up to 18 inches (45 cm) of snow were expected in the Sangre de Cristo mountains south of Denver, according to the National Weather Service.As the storm heads east, up to 16 inches (41 cm) of snow were likely in western Missouri and St. Louis.
  
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• Child porn leader stabbed to death during prison attack

  11-01-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  A New York man killed in a Michigan detention center after being sentenced for sexually exploiting children was repeatedly stabbed.
  
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• Opposition-controlled Venezuela parliament calls for protest to oust Maduro

  11-01-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Maduro, 56, was sworn in for a second term on Thursday, having won a highly controversial election in May that was boycotted by the opposition and branded a fraud by the United States, European Union and Organization of American States.The National Assembly's president Juan Guaido said the constitution gives parliament the right to assume transitional power after declaring Maduro a "usurper," but said it would need military backing and for people to take to the streets to demand change.
  
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• Embattled Florida Sheriff Scott Israel Suspended for Response to Deadly Parkland Shooting

  11-01-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel served two terms as Broward County Sheriff
  
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• Government shutdown news: Trump will not declare national emergency 'right now' as Pelosi says he must make next move over impasse

  11-01-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands of federal workers missed their first pay cheque of the year on Friday as the US government shutdown neared an ignominious record for the longest in the nation’s history.Donald Trump had threatened to declare a national emergency to bypass congress and force through the spending plan at the centre of the dispute, which includes $5.7bn (£4.5bn) funding for the president’s controversial border wall contested by Democrats.The government shutdown will become the longest i
  
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• Wisconsin authorities provide update on the investigation into the kidnapping of 13-year-old Jayme Closs

  11-01-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald provided more details on the investigation into the kidnapping of 13-year-old Jayme Closs. Closs was found alive yesterday, and authorities arrested 21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson in connection with her abduction and the killing of her parents.
  
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• GM CEO Mary Barra: Tesla CEO Elon Musk doesn't want unionized workers

  11-01-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  General Motors CEO Mary Barra dismissed the possibility that Elon Musk's Tesla could acquire one of GM's soon-to-be-idled U.S. factories.
  
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• As government shutdown drags on, where is Senator McConnell?

  11-01-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The No. 1 Republican in Congress, who rose to power on his reputation as a master of legislative wrangling, has had little to say in public or private during a partial federal government shutdown that began on Dec. 22 and has no end in sight.Showing no interest in defying his president and Trump's demand that triggered the shutdown for funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall opposed by Democrats, McConnell has kept a low profile.This posture, allies and opponents said, is about McConnell protectin
  
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• Sheriff: Suspect was not at home when Jayme Closs escaped captivity, gun recovered consistent with crime scene

  11-01-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Law enforcement officials hold news conference on safe recovery of missing Wisconsin teen Jayme Closs, announce suspect will be charged with two counts of intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping.
  
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• Corporate investors pile into electric vehicle startups

  11-01-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Even Big Oil is getting in on it.
  
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• Chico's will close at least 250 stores to better compete in the age of Amazon

  11-01-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Chico's says it will close at least 250 stores to better compete amid a retail landscape roiled by the rise of online shopping and fast fashion
  
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• Venezuela opposition plans incentives for officers who disavow Maduro

  11-01-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Maduro was sworn in on Thursday for a second term following a disputed 2018 election, triggering a hailstorm of international criticism that his leadership of the country suffering a hyperinflationary collapse is illegitimate.The proposal, which comes in part at the request of high-ranking officers on active duty, seeks to ensure that defectors from the armed forces would not be persecuted by a future government if they abandon Maduro, according to the legislators, who asked not to be identified
  
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• 911 audio shows shock, panic after comatose woman gave birth

  11-01-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  PHOENIX (AP) — Panicking staff members at a long-term care facility scrambled to save a baby born to an Arizona woman in a vegetative state amid their shock to learn she was pregnant, according to dramatic 911 audio released Friday.
  
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• 911 call reveals moment woman in vegetative state gave birth: 'Baby's turning blue!'

  11-01-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  The emergency dispatcher asks how the mother of the newborn is doing.The staff then reveal that somebody has performed CPR on the newborn baby to save it.The publication of the recording, obtained from police by KPHO-TV, is the latest turn in the story of the young woman at the care of Hacienda HealthCare, whom police say was sexually assaulted.
  
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• The Latest: Syrian state TV reports air attack near Damascus

  11-01-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  BAGHDAD (AP) — The latest on Syria and U.S. military pullout (all times local):
  
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• Why Republicans Are Cautioning Trump Against Using Emergency Powers

  11-01-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  "Republicans are not united"
  
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• 911 Call: Panic after comatose woman gives birth

  11-01-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Panicked staff at a healthcare facility scrambled to save a baby born to an Arizona woman in a vegetative state amid their shock to learn she was pregnant, according to 911 audio released Friday. (Jan. 11)
  
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• World stocks end strong week on tepid note

  11-01-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Stock markets in Europe and the United States slipped on Friday after several days of gains as investors took a breather in the absence of fresh news on trade talks between Beijing and Washington.
  
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• Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez List $17.5 Million Park Avenue Apartment

  11-01-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  After living in the home for less than a year, the two megastars are reportedly hoping to find a spot with more space for their family
  
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• Analysis: Cyntoia Brown, R Kelly and the refusal to recognize black and brown female victims

  11-01-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The cases of Cyntoia Brown and R Kelly's alleged victims highlight how women of color are victims of gender-based crimes without being treated as such
  
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• US flu season poised to be milder than last year's harsh one

  11-01-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — It's early, but the current flu season is shaping up to be gentler than last winter's unusually brutal one, U.S. health officials said.
  
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• Flu is widespread in US with 7.3 million people sick, but experts see a milder season

  11-01-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  As many as 7.3 million people have been sick with the flu since the season began in October, with between 69,000 and 84,000 people hospitalized for treatment, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.
  
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• Woman gives birth to albino baby after being told she was infertile

  11-01-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  An English woman is holding her miracle baby extra tight after doctors once told her she had little to no chance of having children. Shannon Conarty of Yorkshire, was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome, a hormone imbalance, as a teen. After that, the thought of not having children made her feel depressed, but in September, after three years of trying, her miracle arrived. Her daughter Ava was born with red eyes and white hair.
  
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• 21-year-old man charged in Wisconsin girl's kidnapping

  11-01-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Twenty-one-year-old Jake Patterson has been charged with the kidnapping of 13-year-old Jayme Closs and the murder of her parents, authorities said on Friday, a day after the girl escaped following three months of captivity. Colette Luke has more.
  
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• 'Bird Box Challenge' crash: Teen was driving with eyes covered, police say

  11-01-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Police in Utah say a teen driver covered her eyes and participated in the so-called "Bird Box Challenge" when she crashed into another vehicle Monday.
  
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• Lilly eyes more cancer deals, but wary of CAR-T, gene therapy

  11-01-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Lilly Chief Executive Dave Ricks told Reuters that as the company looks for deals to enhance its pipeline of future treatments it will leave CAR-T therapies for cancer and gene therapy for rare diseases to others, for now."The data is amazing, but practically, it's not reaching many people," Ricks said of CAR-T therapy, which involves extracting disease-fighting T-cells from a patient, re-engineering them to better recognize and attack cancer, and reinfusing them into the body.Lilly on Monday sa
  
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• Government shutdown starting to hit exactly where Trump doesn't want it to - Wall Street

  11-01-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  For the hundreds of thousands of workers left without pay as the US government shutdown becomes the longest in American history, the primary concern will be how to pay bills, rent and support their families.Gloating about the economy has been one of Mr Trump's primary means of showing America his presidency is working.Ignoring the fact that many of the metrics used, such as job growth, were also on an upward trend under Barack Obama, Mr Trump spent much of last year talking about record stock ma
  
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• Government shutdown: Stalemate over Trump’s border fence sets new record, while US’s most revered national parks suffer

  11-01-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  A paraplegic climber is helping protect the celebrated Joshua Tree National Park, one of thousands of individual action as the government shutdown, triggered by the failure of Donald Trump and Democrats to reach an agreement over border funding heads for the record books.As up to 800,000 federal employees – more than half of them still working – missed their first pay cheque as a result of the funding freeze, the president was reportedly edging closer to declaring a national emergenc
  
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• Rep. Steve King rejects the 'label' and 'evil ideology' of white supremacy

  11-01-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Iowa Republican Steve King tries to explain the context behind racist remarks attributed to him in the New York Times.
  
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• Canada takes in Saudi teen asylum seeker

  11-01-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Canada was taking in an 18-year-old Saudi asylum seeker who fled her family and harnessed the power of Twitter to stave off deportation from Thailand.Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun was already en route to Toronto late Friday when the prime minister made the surprise announcement, after officials had previously given heavy hints she was bound for Australia."Canada has been unequivocal that we'll stand up for human rights and women's rights around the w
  
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• Government workers tighten belts, brace for first missing paychecks during shutdown

  11-01-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  This week, 800,000 furloughed federal workers and their families are bracing for at least one missed paycheck. This is what they're doing.
  
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• Tax-Filing in 2019: What's My Tax Bracket?

  11-01-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Determining which tax bracket your income falls into is surprisingly complex. But performing this calculation can be instrumental in helping you find strategies to reduce your federal tax bill and double-check any calculations done by a tax-software program or tax preparer.
  
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• Elon Musk shows off prototype of Mars-bound rocket, Starship

  11-01-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has unveiled the first pictures of a retro-looking, steely rocket called Starship that may one day carry people to the Moon and Mars.Musk posted pictures on Twitter late Thursday of the Starship Hopper prototype, which awaits its first flight test in Texas in the coming weeks.The prototype built in Boca Chica, along the Gulf Coast of Texas, is nine yards (eight meters) in diameter -- like the future rocket will be -- but is shorter.
  
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• PM Trudeau says Canada has granted asylum to fleeing Saudi teen

  11-01-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada has granted asylum to the Saudi teenager who fled her family. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
  
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• Aunt of Jayme Closs 'can't wait' to see her, thanks authorities for all their hard work

  11-01-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Kelly Engelhardt, whose brother and sister-in-law were murdered, says her family is overjoyed and extremely grateful for the safe recovery of her niece, Jayme Closs.
  
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• Meghan Markle's half-brother arrested for drunk driving

  11-01-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Meghan Markle's half-brother has been arrested by police in the United States for drink driving. Thomas Markle Jr, 52, was stopped by authorities in Oregon at 1:33am on Friday morning, according to gossip website TMZ. Mr Markle Jr, who is estranged from the Duchess of Sussex and has had a long history of run-ins with the law, reportedly failed a sobriety test, and was visibly drunk. He was taken to the police sobering center near his home, in Grants Pass, and his Chevy Silverado was impounded. I
  
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• Trump promises citizenship path for skilled workers

  11-01-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump said Friday he would make it easier for top-skilled workers to stay in the United States and become citizens, offering uncharacteristic praise for immigrants' contributions.Trump pledged to reform coveted H1-B visas, for which three-quarters of applicants are from India, most of them in the technology sector."H1-B holders in the United States can rest assured that changes are soon coming which will bring both simplicity and certainty to your stay, including a potential pat
  
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• SCOTUS: Ginsburg Is Cancer-Free but Will Miss Oral Arguments Next Week

  11-01-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will miss oral arguments again next week but is now cancer-free, the Supreme Court announced Friday.“Post-surgery evaluation indicates no evidence of remaining disease, and no further treatment is required,” said Supreme Court spokesperson Kathleen Arberg in a statement, which noted that Ginsburg is “on track” in her recovery from surgery to remove two cancerous spots in her left lung.This week, Ginsburg missed oral arguments at the Court for t
  
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• SCOTUS: Ginsberg Is Cancer-Free but Will Miss Oral Arguments Next Week

  11-01-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg will miss oral arguments again next week but is now cancer-free, the Supreme Court announced Friday.“Post-surgery evaluation indicates no evidence of remaining disease, and no further treatment is required,” said Supreme Court spokesperson Kathleen Arberg in a statement, which noted that Ginsburg is “on track” in her recovery from surgery to remove two cancerous spots in her left lung.This week, Ginsberg missed oral arguments at the Court for t
  
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• Saudi teen who fled family leaves Thailand for asylum in Canada

  11-01-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Trudeau said United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had asked Canada to take in Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, who grabbed international attention this week after she barricaded herself in a Bangkok airport hotel room to resist being sent home to her family, which denies any abuse."Canada is a country that understands how important it is to stand up for human rights, to stand up for women's rights around the world, and I can confirm that we have accepted the U.N.'s request," he told rep
  
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• Cesarean section scar splits just days after mom gives birth to daughter

  11-01-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  A Scotland mom was airlifted to a hospital after her C-section scar split open while she was in the shower just days after giving birth to her daughter.
  
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• Greek minister criticizes police over clashes with teachers

  11-01-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's public order minister strongly criticized riot police for their handling of a violent protest Friday by school teachers in Athens who were demonstrating against government plans for hiring new teachers.
  
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• Citigroup allows hedge fund ValueAct more access

  11-01-2019 20:57
  Citigroup Incwill give ValueAct Capital more access to its books and board of directors, signaling that the bank and the activist hedge fund are deepening their relationship roughly a year after...
  
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• U.S. Regulators Urge Lenders to Help Workers Hit by Shutdown

  11-01-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  “Affected borrowers may face a temporary hardship in making payments on debts such as mortgages, student loans, car loans, business loans or credit cards,” the agencies said in a statement Friday.The statement comes a day after House Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters wrote a letter to federal regulators calling on them to take steps to help protect workers hit by the shutdown.
  
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• Ginsburg's recovery 'on track' but will miss more arguments

  11-01-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will miss another three days next week, but her recovery from lung cancer surgery is ongoing.
  
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• Experts Say Trump May Have Trouble Proving His Case for a 'National Emergency'

  11-01-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  "It's not supposed to be used just because you can't reach a deal"
  
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• TSA agent creates GoFundMe page to cover his expenses amid government shutdown

  11-01-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Though they aren't receiving paychecks due to the shutdown, TSA agents are still required to show up to work.
  
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• Sears store in White Plains, N.Y., watches its destiny decided in courthouse 2 blocks away

  11-01-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Sears made its name in American suburbia, like the bedroom community just outside New York City, where its bankruptcy case is unfolding.
  
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• Investor Schonfeld opens London office, aims to boost foreign bets

  11-01-2019 20:36
  Multibillion-dollar U.S. hedge fund investor Schonfeld Strategic Advisors opened an office in London and hired two portfolio managers as the firm seeks to make more investments outside of the United...
  
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