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• Raw video: Bull moose charges skiers in Breckenridge, Colorado

  21-01-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Skier Lo Drogsvold posted the video to Instagram of the moose chasing her and her fellow skiers, warning others that moose are dangerous animals to be avoided and treated with respect.
  
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• Florida police run over couple lying in the road to watch lunar eclipse

  21-01-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  A police officer in Florida ran over two people lying on a dark road to watch the lunar eclipse, leading them requring hospital treatment.A statement given to the Palm Beach Post by police said that the two were run over after choosing to lay in the park because its as “extremely dark”.
  
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• Ex-diplomats, scholars urge China to release Canadians

  21-01-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  A group of former diplomats and academics have signed an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping calling for the release of two Canadians who have been detained on allegations of espionage.Former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor were last month arrested in China for activities that "endanger China's security" -- a phrase often used by Beijing when alleging espionage.The letter said both Kovrig and Spavor worked to improve understanding of China and to promote better rel
  
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• Polar plunge: Record low temperatures roll into Midwest, East behind snowstorm

  21-01-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  High winds and brutal cold greeted brave souls armed with shovels digging out Monday from up to two feet of snow across a wide swath of the nation.
  
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• Fight breaks out at Charley's Philly Steaks restaurant in Texas food court

  21-01-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  An angry customer is caught on camera yelling, climbing on the counter of a food court restaurant in Texas.
  
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• Videos show fuller picture of DC clash between high school students, Native Americans

  21-01-2019 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  New videos reveal a fuller picture of what led up the clash and seems to show the students being verbally attacked first, by a different group of demonstrators at the Lincoln Memorial.
  
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• The Latest: Zimbabwe president returns to address crisis

  21-01-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Latest on Zimbabwe's ongoing protests and turmoil. (all times local):
  
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• Sen. Hoeven on shutdown showdown: President has proposed something for both sides

  21-01-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The partial government shutdown enters day 31; Sen. John Hoeven weighs in on the likelihood a deal can be reached.
  
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• ‘Fox & Friends’ mistakenly airs Ruth Bader Ginsburg obituary graphic

  21-01-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  The hosts of ‘Fox & Friends’ apologised on Monday after airing a graphic suggesting that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died.“We need to apologise,” co-host Steve Doocey said later on the program.“A technical error in the control room triggered a graphic of RBG with a date on it.
  
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• Give Covington Catholic students room to process without harassment

  21-01-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  I hope adults surrounding the boys from Covington Catholic are sitting down with them to listen about how they are coping with the negative attention.
  
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• Scores of China Experts Urge Xi to Release Jailed Canadians

  21-01-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The group, including former U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke, ex-Hong Kong Governor Christopher Patten and five former Canadian ambassadors to China, released an open letter to the Chinese leader Tuesday urging the two men’s freedom.The letter said that Michael Kovrig, a Canadian diplomat on leave to work with the International Crisis Group in Hong Kong, and Michael Spavor, an entrepreneur who helped organize tourist trips to North Korea, had advocated exchanges that help build ties around the g
  
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• Release Jailed Canadians, China Experts Urge Xi in Open Letter

  21-01-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The group, including former U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke, ex-Hong Kong Governor Christopher Patten and five former Canadian ambassadors to China, released an open letter to the Chinese leader Tuesday urging the two men’s freedom.The letter said that Michael Kovrig, a Canadian diplomat on leave to work with the International Crisis Group in Hong Kong, and Michael Spavor, an entrepreneur who helped organize tourist trips to North Korea, had advocated exchanges that help build ties around the g
  
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• Giuliani backtracks on comments Trump sought Moscow deal throughout 2016

  21-01-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Giuliani backtracked Monday from earlier comments that Trump pursued a business deal to erect a tower bearing his name in Moscow throughout 2016.
  
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• Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris Says She Aims to Bring 'Unity'

  21-01-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  “Some people would say that in a diverse country, you cannot achieve unity. I reject that notion,” Harris said.
  
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• AFP to cut 95 jobs, CEO says, scaling back initial 125 target

  21-01-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Agence France-Presse will cut 95 jobs over the next five years, 30 fewer than announced in October, without affecting targeted savings, CEO Fabrice Fries said Monday.Presenting a revised version of his "transformation plan" to employee representatives, Fries said the company would still save 14 million euros ($15.9 million) on wage costs and five million euros on other expenses by 2023.To achieve this, management will convert 15 of the current 175 expatriate postings into local jobs and realise
  
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• President Donald Trump lays wreath at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

  21-01-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  At Martin Luther King Memorial, President Donald Trump says: 'Great day. Beautiful day. And thank you for being here. Appreciate it.'
  
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• Mother Charged After Toddler Falls to Death from Moving Car

  21-01-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Police say a St. Louis mother has been charged after her 2-year-old son fell from her moving car and was fatally hit by another vehicle.
  
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• Trump’s press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders sparks outcry by saying Martin Luther King Jr ‘gave his life’

  21-01-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s White House spokeswoman has triggered anger by writing that slain civil rights icon Martin Luther King “gave his life”.On a day when people across the country paid respects to the campaigner, organiser and preacher who 50 years ago was central to the still unrealised push for African American equality, Sarah Huckabee Sanders wrote of King: “Today we honour a great American who gave his life to right the wrong of racial inequality.People were quick to point
  
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• Martin Luther King Jr Day: Sarah Huckabee Sanders sparks outcry by saying human rights icon ‘gave his life'

  21-01-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s White House spokeswoman has triggered anger by writing that slain civil rights icon Martin Luther King “gave his life”.On a day when people across the country paid respects to the campaigner, organiser and preacher who 50 years ago was central to the still unrealised push for African American equality, Sarah Huckabee Sanders wrote of King: “Today we honour a great American who gave his life to right the wrong of racial inequality.People were quick to point
  
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• U.S. air safety agents absences hit record level; shutdown in Day 31

  21-01-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  As the partial government shutdown continues, air safety has become a top concern as the number of TSA agents not showing up for work grows.Some airports experienced longer wait times at security checkpoints, and on Sunday, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport closed one of its checkpoints because of excessive absences.
  
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• Rudy Giuliani says his team has spoken with Mueller's team on BuzzFeed News article

  21-01-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani told Fox News that his team communicated with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office about last week's BuzzFeed News article alleging that Trump ordered his former attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress, and said much of it is not true.
  
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• OMG, the Instant Pot with a built-in sous vide cooker is back on sale at its lowest price ever

  21-01-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Before we even get to discussing this Instant Pot or the sale happening right now on Amazon, you definitely need to be made aware that this deal is going to sell out very, very quickly. Last time this coupon popped up on Amazon it was gone within an hour, so you had better hurry if you want to get in on the action!With that out of the way, the Instant Pot 8 Qt Aura Pro Multi-Use Programmable Multicooker with Sous Vide is pretty much a modern miracle that you never knew existed. It has a bunch of
  
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• Giuliani tells Fox News there was communication between his team and Mueller team on Buzzfeed's Cohen report

  21-01-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani says he commends Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team for 'standing up for the truth'; chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge reports.
  
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• Pastor's daughter, 12, killed after snow fort collapse outside Rothem Church in Arlington Heights ID'd

  21-01-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities have released the identity of a 12-year-old girl who died after a snow fort collapsed on her.
  
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• White House tweets about Martin Luther King Jr. aren't going over well

  21-01-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Sarah Huckabee Sanders' tweet honoring Martin Luther King Jr. is not going over well. In a tweet, the White House press secretary wrote that King "gave his life" for the civil rights movement, and that "our country is better thanks to his inspiration and sacrifice." > Today we honor a great American who gave his life to right the wrong of racial inequality. Our country is better thanks to his inspiration and sacrifice #MLKDay pic.twitter.com/wWYdNWtGuy
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• 10 percent of TSA workers call in sick as government shutdown drags on

  21-01-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The slowly growing wave of sickouts among TSA workers reached 10 percent as the government shutdown entered its second month.
  
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• Democratic Senator Kamala Harris jumps into 2020 White House race

  21-01-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Harris, 54, the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India, enters the race with the potential advantage of being the Democratic candidate who looks most like the party's increasingly diverse base of young, female and minority voters."This is a moment in time that I feel a sense of responsibility to stand up and fight for the best of who we are," Harris said on ABC's "Good Morning America" in announcing her candidacy.Harris, who made history in 2016 as the first black woman elected to the U.S
  
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• Report reveals an undeclared North Korean missile base headquarters

  21-01-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  "The Sino-ri missile operating base and the Nodong missiles deployed at this location fit into North Korea's presumed nuclear military strategy by providing an operational-level nuclear or conventional first strike capability," the report said.The discovery of an undeclared missile headquarters comes three days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he "looks forward" to another summit to discuss denuclearization with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in late February.
  
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• Women’s March Leader Claims Questions about Anti-Semitism Were Racist

  21-01-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Women’s March co-chair Tamika Mallory claimed during a recent interview that The View’s Meghan McCain aggressively questioned her about her ties to infamous anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan because McCain is racist.Mallory, who labeled Farrakhan the GOAT on social media after attending a speech in which he labeled Jews “satanic,” said she intended to praise the Nation of Islam leader’s past advocacy on behalf of the black community, not his virulent and frequently d
  
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• Palmer: Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris could face attacks from the left for her law and order experience

  21-01-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  At least six Democrats have announced their candidacy for the 2020 presidential race; insight from Anna Palmer, Politico Playbook co-author.
  
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• San Francisco reacts to Senator Kamala Harris' presidential run

  21-01-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  KAMALA HARRIS 2020: Strong reaction is pouring in from the Bay Area after the California senator and Oakland native announced she is running for president.
  
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• Enbridge gas pipeline explosion causes fireball in Ohio

  21-01-2019 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The explosion occurred on Enbridge's Texas Eastern pipeline system and appeared to have destroyed two homes, while firefighters were battling flames on a third as of Monday afternoon, said Chasity Schmelzenbach, emergency management director for Noble County, Ohio."We got reports flames were shooting (up) 80 feet to 200 feet," Schmelzenbach said.
  
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• Google hit with $57 million GDPR fine, the first for a US tech company

  21-01-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Google has kicked off 2019 by getting hit with yet another multimillion-dollar fine from a European regulator.Stemming from an investigation that began in May -- the day after Europe's strict new data privacy rules known as GDPR went into effect -- France's data protection authority has announced a $57 million fine against Google in the first such GDPR penalty levied against a US technology company. In a statement explaining the action, the French agency known as the CNIL noted that the fine is
  
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• The Latest: Man rescued from New York river island

  21-01-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The Latest on the winter storm hitting the East Coast (all times local):
  
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• Fashion rolls up for Dior's chic strongwoman circus

  21-01-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri took Christian Dior to the circus Monday with arguably her most sublime collection for the Paris haute couture label.A troupe of all-female acrobats of all body shapes led out the show inside a retro big top -- complete with harlequin-pattern floor -- built in the gardens of the Rodin Museum in the centre of the French capital.Chiuri is the first woman ever to lead the mythic French label, and her feminism is never far away.
  
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• Researchers 'discover secret missile base in North Korea' ahead of Trump-Kim summit

  21-01-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Researchers claim to have discovered a secret missile base in North Korea that could distort negotiations during an upcoming summit between that country and the United States next month.The Sino-ri Missile Operating Base is among 20 undisclosed missile sites in North Korea, according to the new report from Beyond Parallel, a group sponsored by the defense think tank the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.The new report’s release comes just after a Friday announcement that Donal
  
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• Native American elder, teen at center of crowd in viral video speak out

  21-01-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  After a Native American elder and a group of teens were at the center of a viral video showing a confrontation after the Indigenous Peoples March, both sides are speaking out.
  
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• Snow fallout: Airlines canceled more than 4,800 flights since Friday

  21-01-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Flight schedules appeared to be on the rebound Monday after a rough weekend. But only after 4,600 mostly storm-related cancellations since Friday.
  
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• Israel increasingly goes public with its strikes in Syria

  21-01-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Monday claimed responsibility for a series of airstrikes on Iranian military targets in Syria, drifting further away from its longstanding policy of playing down or covering up its military activities in the war-torn country.
  
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• China approves trademarks for Ivanka Trump’s defunct company

  21-01-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  China granted preliminary approval for first daughter and White House advisor Ivanka Trump’s now-obsolete company, for five trademarks in the Asian country.The trademarks, which were approved on Sunday, for the Ivanka Trump brand is intended for child care centres, sunglasses and wedding dresses.The Associated Press also reported that another trademark for brokerage, charitable fundraising and art valuation services were approved earlier this month on January 6.
  
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• California Sen. Kamala Harris announces 2020 presidential bid on 'Good Morning America'

  21-01-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Kamala Harris of California announced Monday that she is running to unseat President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
  
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• Suspect arrested in beating of 88-year-old woman in San Francisco's Visitacion Valley

  21-01-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  San Francisco police have arrested an 18-year-old suspect in the brutal beating of an 88-year-old great-grandmother in the city's Visitacion Valley neighborhood.
  
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• Weeks Into Shutdown, More TSA Agents Are Calling Out Sick

  21-01-2019 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  “It’s not a sustainable situation"
  
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• Mexico pipeline explosion killed 89, Pemex defends response

  21-01-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  There were also 51 people injured, Health Minister Jorge Alcocer told a morning news conference.Over the weekend, a series of possible missteps by the current government became clear, from the delay in shutting off the pipeline, to relatives saying fuel shortages caused by the government's anti-theft policy attracted people to the leak.
  
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• Bug Light will buy beer for city that wins Super Bowl

  21-01-2019 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Here's another reason to root for the Los Angeles Rams: free beer.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Kamala Harris speaks after announcing presidential run

  21-01-2019 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Kamala Harris announced on ''Good Morning America'' that she is running for president in 2020.
  
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• Macron ex-security aide: Diplomatic passports given back

  21-01-2019 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron's former security aide, at the heart of a damaging political scandal, told a Senate commission Monday that he turned in his two diplomatic passports after being fired last summer but they were returned to him two months later.
  
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• Tesla's Model 3 gets green light in Europe

  21-01-2019 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Tesla's Model 3 has been given the green light to hit the road in Europe, clearing the final hurdle for the European introduction of the battery-powered sedan expected next month.The Model 3 is a crucial project for Tesla as the U.S. electric vehicle maker known for its high-price luxury carstries to reach the mass market with a more affordable option.The Model 3 meets the requirements for approval on European roads, data published on the Netherlands Vehicles Authority's (RDW) website showed.
  
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• Video shows Florida toddler walking towards police with hands up during her father's arrest

  21-01-2019 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  TPD said the toddler unexpectedly got out the pickup truck and imitated her parents, who were suspects, walking toward officers with her hands raised.
  
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• Trump marks MLK day with memorial visit

  21-01-2019 18:58 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump paid a brief visit to the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington on the holiday honoring the civil rights leader.
  
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