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• No shutdown for Weather Service 'tirelessly' forecasting snowstorm

  12-01-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which the weather service is under, confirmed that its forecasts continued despite the shutdown.
  
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• The Real 'Wall' America Needs

  12-01-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. coasts are a terrorist's best hope of wreaking havoc on America.
  
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• Deadly snowstorm pummels Midwest, marches East

  12-01-2019 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A winter storm that dumped heavy snow on the U.S. Midwest, causing several roadway deaths, stranding some motorists in Missouri and cancelling dozens of flights, marched east toward Washington on Saturday. Linda So reports.
  
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• Palestinians mourn woman killed by Israeli fire at protest

  12-01-2019 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of Palestinians gathered Saturday for the funeral of a woman killed by Israeli forces during a protest near the perimeter fence, this year's first fatality from the weekly mass demonstrations, and Israeli aircraft struck two Hamas targets in response to rocket fire.
  
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• The Latest: Truck crash closes highway lanes in Indiana

  12-01-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on a winter storm sweeping across parts of the Midwest this weekend (all times local):
  
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• 'I did it': Saudi teen fleeing alleged family abuse arrives in Canada as an asylum refugee

  12-01-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The 18-year-old barricaded herself in an airport hotel in Bangkok and took to Twitter when Thai authorities threatened to deport her.
  
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• 'Hero' firefighters, Spanish tourist killed in Paris gas blast

  12-01-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  A powerful gas explosion tore through a building in central Paris on Saturday killing a Spanish woman and two firefighters hailed as heroes by French President Emmanuel Macron.Dozens more were injured in the blast which also badly damaged nearby apartments, officials said.Around 200 firefighters were mobilised to battle the fire that broke out after the explosion and evacuate victims and residents in the area, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner told reporters at the scene.
  
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• Joe Gibbs' eldest son dies at 49 from neurological disease

  12-01-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — J.D. Gibbs, eldest son of Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs, was remembered as the visionary behind the stellar career of several NASCAR stars following his death from complications a long battle with a degenerative neurological disease. He was 49.
  
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• Furloughed federal workers line up for free meal

  12-01-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  With no end in sight to a partial U.S. government shutdown that has left them without paychecks, hundreds of federal workers, contractors and their families attend a free community dinner at a high school in suburban Washington, D.C. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
  
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• Travel Plans Freeze as Winter Storm Gia Strikes the Midwest

  12-01-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Winter Storm Gia struck the Midwest region of the U.S. Friday night, freezing travel plans and prompting airlines to waive rebooking fees. The storm is moving east and is expected to persist throughout Sunday, with flight disruptions extending into t
  
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• Storm dumps piles of snow on Midwest as it moves East; 5 people dead in crashes

  12-01-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  A bitter winter storm that dumped at least 10 inches of snow on St. Louis Saturday left five people dead in crashes on slick roadways in Kansas and Missouri as it spread eastward across the country.
  
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• Wisconsin kidnapping, killing suspect lived under the radar

  12-01-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  GORDON, Wis. (AP) — The man suspected of kidnapping a Wisconsin teenager and killing her parents with a shotgun nearly three months ago appears to have led an unremarkable existence until that fateful night, blending into the state's vast northwestern forests.
  
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• 600 people leave in first evacuation from Syria IS holdout: monitor

  12-01-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Over 600 people were evacuated Saturday from the Islamic State group's remaining holdout in eastern Syria, a monitor said, as US-backed fighters prepare for a final assault on the area."More than 600 people, mainly women and children, were evacuated on 25 buses sent" by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said that several dozen jihadist fighters were among those evacuated to areas held by the Kurdish-A
  
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• Granddad: Wisconsin girl has no link to suspected kidnapper

  12-01-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The grandfather of a northwestern Wisconsin girl who authorities say was abducted during a home invasion that left her parents dead said Saturday that the family has no connection to the suspect and doesn't understand why he targeted her, deepening a mystery that has captivated the state for months.
  
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• Trump: Government shutdown will go on 'for long time unless Democrats come back from their holidays'

  12-01-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump defended his partial government shutdown strategy on Twitter on Saturday, claiming that critics were wrong to say he did not have a plan for the longest federal closure in American history as it reaches its 22nd day and counting.The shutdown, caused by an impasse between Mr Trump and Democrats over $5.6bn (£4.4bn) request for a border wall, has resulted in more than 800,000 federal workers missing their paychecks on Friday.Both Mr Trump and Congress have come out with proposed
  
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• Rep. Kevin Brady: Finding common ground on border security and reopening the government 'can't be that hard'

  12-01-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The Texas Republican expresses confidence in finding a 'better solution' than President Trump declaring a national emergency to get the wall built.
  
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• Pompeo says US diplomats' morale 'good' despite shutdown

  12-01-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — American diplomats are upbeat despite the government shutdown that has left many of them working without pay, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday.
  
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• Recruits that graduated with Davis cop killed in ambush remember her as determined

  12-01-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Recruits who graduated with a Davis police officer who was killed in an ambush remembered Officer Natalie Corona as someone who was determined to get into law enforcement.
  
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• Julian Castro, a Texas Democrat and former Obama cabinet member, announces 2020 bid for president

  12-01-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Julian Castro, a former Obama cabinet member and San Antonio mayor, officially threw his hat in the ring on Saturday and announced he would run for president.
  
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• Snow storm marches toward Washington, after pummeling Midwest

  12-01-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The weather system is forecast to affect an 1,800-mile corridor of the United States from Colorado to the mid-Atlantic.
  
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• Russian lawyer at Trump Tower meeting says she won't come to U.S. to fight charges

  12-01-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Natalia Veselnitskaya,the Russian lawyer who played a key role in the infamous Trump Tower meeting with Trump campaign officials, including Donald Trump Jr., tells Yahoo News she won’t return to the United States to face charges that she lied in an unrelated court case.
  
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• Trump tweets incorrect immigrant crime statistics in defence of Mexico border wall

  12-01-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has tweeted incorrect criminal statistics on immigration in as effort to support his border wall and publicly pressure Democrats to hand over $5.6bn (£4.4bn) for its construction.
  
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• The Latest: Lawyers: Treat client fairly in Jayme Closs case

  12-01-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  BARRON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a Wisconsin teenager found alive three months after she disappeared following her parents' deaths (all times local):
  
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• Julian Castro Jumps Into 2020 Democratic Presidential Fray

  12-01-2019 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Castro has been considered a rising star in the Democratic Party -- he was a contender to be Hillary Clinton’s running mate in 2016 -- but he’ll be entering a race that’s likely to include candidates with higher national profiles and well-established fundraising operations.“We’re going to make sure that the promise of America is available to everyone,’’ Castro said before a cheering crowd on Saturday in his home town of San Antonio, Texas.
  
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• Woman measures how much snow has fallen, nearly reaches a foot

  12-01-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  So much snow has fallen in Washington, Missouri during the winter storm on Jan. 12 that a woman decided to measure how much.It measured up to 10 inches and the snow hasn't stopped yet.
  
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• One Democratic representative says she is willing to support some sort of physical barrier at the southern border

  12-01-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  California Democrat Rep. Katie Hill says she can agree that there are some parts of the border where a wall is needed.
  
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• No migrant children remain at Tornillo tent shelter as it heads toward closure, official says

  12-01-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The temporary tent shelter at the U.S.-Mexico border opened in June amid the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy.
  
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• The FBI's Reported Investigation of President Trump Could Take the Russia Probe to a New Level

  12-01-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The revelation of a national security component to Mueller's investigation brings the country into shocking new territory
  
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• US Navy sub commander demoted after hiring prostitutes

  12-01-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  A US Navy sub commander was demoted after hiring prostitutes in the Philippines.
  
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• Turkey hails Pompeo comments over defence against 'terrorists'

  12-01-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkey on Saturday welcomed the latest statement made by Washington's top diplomat over Ankara's right to defend itself from "terrorists" after the US withdraws from Syria."We find correct his statement about the removal of the elements that concern Turkey," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a speech in the southern Turkish province of Antalya.Cavusoglu spoke on the phone Saturday with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who was in Abu Dhabi as part of a regional tour, and they discussed
  
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• The Latest: 'Good night sleep' for Wisconsin teen back home

  12-01-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  BARRON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a Wisconsin teenager found alive three months after she disappeared following her parents' deaths (all times local):
  
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• Pompeo 'optimistic' Syria Kurds, Turkey can be protected

  12-01-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Washington's top diplomat said Saturday he was "optimistic" a way could be found to protect Syrian Kurds while allowing Turks to "defend their country from terrorists" following a US pullout from Syria."We are confident we can achieve an outcome that achieves both of those," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told journalists in Abu Dhabi.The Gulf emirate is his latest stop in a regional tour aimed at reassuring allies after a shock December announcement by President Donald Trump that US troops woul
  
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• Saudi teen who fled family welcomed as 'brave new Canadian' in Toronto

  12-01-2019 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun 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.Qunun refused to meet her father and brother, who arrived in Bangkok to try to take her back to Saudi Arabia.Qunun arrived at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on Saturday morning, wearing a hoodie emblazoned with the word Canada in red, and a blue cap with the logo of the United Nations High Commissio
  
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• PHOTOS: ‘Peter Turnley — Refugees’

  12-01-2019 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The work of internationally acclaimed photojournalist Peter Turnley is celebrated at an exhibit at Bates College in Maine.
  
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• Shutdown puts strain on hundreds of Native American tribes

  12-01-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Fallout from the federal government shutdown is hurting Native Americans as dwindling funds hamper access to health care and other services. The pain is especially deep in tribal communities with high rates of poverty and unemployment, where one person often supports an extended family.
  
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• Man arrested after abuse of British pro-EU lawmaker Soubry

  12-01-2019 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  A man was arrested on Saturday after a video of a group of men verbally abusing pro-European lawmaker Anna Soubry prompted calls for the police to do more to protect politicians outside parliament.A group of Brexit supporters was filmed on Monday asking Soubry questions about her pro-European Union stance and support for a new Brexit referendum, with some calling her a fascist and chanting "scum".Earlier in the day, a BBC interview with Soubry was interrupted by chants that she was a Nazi, and l
  
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• SpaceX is laying off 10 percent of its workforce

  12-01-2019 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  After a banner year of successful rocket launches for Elon Musk's private space flight company SpaceX, so far 2019 sees the company coming back down to Earth hard and fast. The company announced on Friday that it would be laying off 10 percent of its workforce, according to Reuters. SpaceX currently has about 6,000 employees, so that 10 percent layoff number means that roughly 600 people will  lose their jobs. SEE ALSO: Watching SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch to space was like seeing into the
  
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• Huawei sacks worker arrested over claims of spying

  12-01-2019 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has sacked an employee in Poland accused by the country's security services of spying. The telecoms company, which has been at the centre of a dispute over spying fears, sacked Wang Weijing, a sales manager at the firm for bringing the company into disrepute. Mr Wang and another man, a former member of Poland's intelligence services were arrested on Friday, accused of spying. Huawei, one of the world's leading telecoms companies that has been heavily invol
  
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• Huawei sacks Polish worker arrested over claims of spying

  12-01-2019 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has sacked a Polish employee accused by the country's security services of spying. The telecoms company, which has been at the centre of a dispute over spying fears, sacked Wang Weijing, a sales manager at the firm for bringing the company into disrepute. Mr Wang and a former member of Poland's intelligence services were arrested on Friday, accused of spying. Huawei, one of the world's leading telecoms companies that has been heavily involved in the launch of t
  
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• Turkey's military reinforces on border with Syria's Idlib

  12-01-2019 18:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkish troops and tanks carried out military exercises on the border with Syria on Saturday, state-run media reported, while a monitoring group said a Turkish convoy had crossed the frontier into northern Syria.Turkey's military sent tanks and armored vehicles to the border in the second day of reinforcements near the province of Idlib, the last major rebel stronghold in Syria.On Friday, a Turkish security source said the Turkish army had been rotating forces in and out of the region, and decli
  
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• Macedonia PM urges Greek lawmakers to ratify name deal

  12-01-2019 18:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Saturday called on Greece to end the two nations' decades-long dispute by ratifying the deal to rename his country The Republic of North Macedonia.It now needs backing from the Greek parliament to come into effect.US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomed the parliament's decision, praising the Macedonian leader's "vision, courage and persistence" in seeking a resolution to the dispute with Greece that would allow it to join NATO and the European Union.
  
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• Syrian army shells areas held by insurgents in northwest

  12-01-2019 18:37 via news.yahoo.com
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Artillery shelling by government forces pounded parts of the northwestern Idlib province on Saturday, thwarting an infiltration attempt by militants as tension rises in the region following victories by al-Qaida-linked militants against Turkey-backed opposition fighters, Syria's state news agency reported.
  
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• 'Brave new Canadian:' Runaway Saudi woman reaches new home

  12-01-2019 18:23 via news.yahoo.com
  TORONTO (AP) — Tired but smiling, an 18-year-old Saudi runaway who said she feared death if deported back home arrived Saturday in Canada, which had offered her asylum in a case that attracted global attention after she mounted a social media campaign.
  
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• Jayme Closs needs space, time to heal, kidnapping survivors say

  12-01-2019 18:04 via news.yahoo.com
  "She is going to have to grieve the loss of her parents and also come to terms with the fact she was abducted, escaped and whatever (other) hell she went through," says kidnapping survivor Katie Beers.
  
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• Eating more fiber and whole grains may mean a lower risk of death and disease, study finds

  12-01-2019 18:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Higher fiber diets were associated with a 15 to 31 percent reduction in the risk of death and disease, new research published in The Lancet has found.
  
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• Pompeo says good outcome possible for both Turkey and Syrian Kurds

  12-01-2019 18:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Relations between the two NATO allies have been strained over U.S. backing for the Kurdish YPG, which Turkey views as an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) waging a decades-long insurgency on Turkish soil.Pompeo said his phone call with Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu involved several elements of U.S.-Turkey relations, including Syria and the detention of Americans in Turkey.Kurdish-led groups who control swathes of northern Syria fear an attack from Turkey in the wake of
  
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• 'Brave new Canadian:' Runaway Saudi woman arrives in country

  12-01-2019 17:57 via news.yahoo.com
  TORONTO (AP) — An 18-year-old Saudi runaway who said she was abused and feared death if deported back home arrived Saturday in Canada, which had offered her asylum in a case that attracted global attention after she mounted a social media campaign.
  
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• Trump says record-long govt shutdown could be resolved 'in 15 minutes'

  12-01-2019 17:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The partial US government shutdown entered a record 22nd day Saturday, as President Donald Trump remains steadfast in his demand for $5.7 billion to build a Mexico border wall and Democrats in Congress determined to refuse the funds.The impasse has paralyzed Washington -- its impact felt increasingly around the country -- with the president retaliating by refusing to sign off on budgets for swaths of government departments unrelated to the dispute.The shutdown became the longest on record at mid
  
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• Spanish citizen killed in Paris gas blast: Spanish foreign minister

  12-01-2019 17:38 via news.yahoo.com
  A Spanish citizen has died following a gas explosion in central Paris on Saturday, bringing the death toll to three, Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said."I profoundly regret the death of three people in an explosion in central Paris, among them one Spanish citizen," Borrell wrote on Twitter.
  
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• Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun: Saudi teenager fleeing family arrives in Canada after being granted asylum

  12-01-2019 17:32 via news.yahoo.com
  An 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family this week saying she feared for her life arrived in Toronto on Saturday after Canada granted her asylum. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun 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. Qunun refused to meet her father and brother, who arrived in Bangkok to try take her back to Saudi Arabia. Qunun arrived at Toronto's Pearson International
  
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