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• Oklahoma teen gets life without parole for killing, rape

  11-07-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Tulsa County District Judge Kelly Greenough sentenced Deonte Green, 18, on Wednesday. Prosecutors said Green was 16 on October 1, 2017 when, over the course of one day, he fatally shot Broken Arrow Public Schools teacher Shane Anderson at his home, raped the woman and committed a series of armed robberies. "This is not a single bad day," Assistant District Attorney Kevin Gray said.
  
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• A Japanese spacecraft has landed on an asteroid after blasting it with a bullet. The mission will bring back rock samples to Earth.

  11-07-2019 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Asteroid Ryugu could hold clues to the history of our solar system, so Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe is designed to bring samples of it back to Earth.
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers propose up to $77M bail for accused sex trafficker's release

  11-07-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers seek his release on a bail package as high as $77 million while the New York financier fights charges
  
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• The Latest: Governor seeks federal declaration due to Barry

  11-07-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has asked the Trump administration for a federal declaration of emergency ahead of Tropical Storm Barry's expected landfall late Friday or early Saturday along the state's coast.In a letter Thursday to President Donald Trump, Edwards asks that the state receive supplementary federal resources as soon as possible should they be needed.Edwards says it is necessary that critical pre-positioning be provided through federal assistance.
  
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• Cuba's Dependency on Venezuela Makes it Vulnerable to Economic Turmoil

  11-07-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The economic crisis in Venezuela has turned millions of its citizens into refugees who are fleeing the country's hyperinflation and shortages in food and medicine.A plunge in aid from Venezuela, along with a hardened trade embargo by the United States, has brought Cuba to its worst economic crisis since the post-Soviet depression in the 1990s, Carmelo Mesa-Lago, professor emeritus of economics and Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, and Pavel Vidal Alejandro, associate profes
  
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• Guatemala court asked to block 'safe 3rd country' with US

  11-07-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Three former foreign ministers are asking Guatemala's Constitutional Court to bar President Jimmy Morales from entering into a "safe third country" agreement with the United States, days ahead of his visit to Washington announced Thursday.Such an arrangement would require asylum seekers to apply for refuge in the first "safe" country they arrive in.
  
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• US Coast Guard filmed raiding moving submarine filled with £185m of cocaine

  11-07-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The US Coast Guard has released bodycam footage of a raid on a moving submarine-type vessel filled with £185m of cocaine.A crew member on board US Coastguard cutter Munro can be heard shouting “stop your boat now” in Spanish over the sound of the waves as he draws up beside the semi-submersible vessel, nicknamed a “narco-submarine”.The coastguardsman can then be heard saying “that’s going to be hard to get on”, before he and another crew member, bo
  
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• Oliver North Claims NRA’s Leader Defamed Him

  11-07-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Former National Rifle Association President Oliver North accused the group’s leader, Wayne LaPierre, of defaming him, forcing him out of the gun rights group and retaliating after North raised questions about lavish spending and financial mismanagement.In a court filing Thursday, North said the NRA falsely accused him of fomenting a failed “coup” to get LaPierre, once a “long-term, close personal friend,” to step down. Instead, North lost the power st
  
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• Apollo 11 Had 3 Men Aboard, But Only 2 Walked on the Moon. Here’s What it Was Like to Be the Third

  11-07-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  "I was about to kiss Buzz Aldrin on the forehead. And I decided maybe no, no, I think the history books wouldn't like that."
  
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• Air Canada flight makes emergency landing in Hawaii

  11-07-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Shocked passengers described being tossed around an Air Canada passenger jet as it hit a pocket of turbulence on its way to Australia on Thursday and was forced to make an emergency landing.Flight AC33 from Vancouver to Sydney hit trouble around two hours beyond Hawaii and diverted back to the US island chain's capital Honolulu, the company said in a statement.A spokesperson from the Federal Aviation Administration quoted by Canadian broadcaster CBC said the incident took place at 36,000 feet (1
  
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• Spanish-language reporter released from immigration custody

  11-07-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  A Spanish-language reporter who has been facing deportation since his arrest 15 months ago while covering an immigration protest in Tennessee was released Thursday from custody as his case proceeds.Manuel Duran was released from an Alabama detention center on a $2,000 bail set by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Southern Poverty Law Center attorney Gracie Willis said."I feel like I'm reborn," Duran said in a statement released by the center.
  
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• Philadelphia man attempts to rob store to pay for daughter's operation, returns money: police

  11-07-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Police are searching for a man accused of attempting to rob a store because he needed money for his daughter's kidney transplant operation.
  
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• Investors pour $28 billion in money-market funds as S&P 500 hit record high: Lipper

  11-07-2019 23:15
  U.S.-based money-market funds attracted about $28 billion in the week ended Wednesday, their largest weekly inflow since mid-May, as the S&P 500 Index rose above 3,000 for the first time on Wednesday.
  
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• Police: Remains found in Kentucky confirmed as missing woman

  11-07-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The remains of a Kentucky woman who disappeared six months ago were found buried near a house, Kentucky State Police said Thursday.Trooper Robert Purdy confirmed the remains found Wednesday night were those of Savannah Spurlock, 23, who was last seen in January leaving a Lexington bar with several men.Police did not directly tie Sparks' arrest to Spurlock, but news outlets reported the property had been searched previously in connection with her disappearance.
  
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• Hurricane warning issued in Louisiana as Tropical Storm Barry gains strength in Gulf of Mexico

  11-07-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Tropical Storm Barry formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to hit Louisiana and already-soaked New Orleans as a hurricane Saturday.
  
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• The Latest: Police say remains are missing Kentucky woman

  11-07-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Kentucky State Police say remains found buried near a house have been confirmed as those of a woman last seen leaving a bar with several men six months ago.Trooper Robert Purdy said the remains were found Wednesday in a residential neighborhood in Garrard County as officers searched for 23-year-old Savannah Spurlock.Purdy said at a news conference Thursday in Richmond that the property belongs to relatives of David Sparks of Lancaster, who was arrested Thursday.
  
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• Residents slapped with eviction notices after AP story

  11-07-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Two mobile home residents in North Carolina were hit with eviction notices Thursday, shortly after complaining to The Associated Press about spikes in their monthly lot rental.The notices from Florida-based company Time Out Communities were delivered two days after the residents were prominently featured in an AP story on those living in hurricane-ravaged Robeson County.Time Out said it had begun working on the paperwork for both eviction notices prior to the article's publication.
  
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• Rep. Ocasio-Cortez says Speaker Pelosi is 'singling out' newly elected women of color

  11-07-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Rashad Richey and Patrice Onwuka weigh in on the feud between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
  
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• Site of world's worst nuclear accident is now a booming tourism spot

  11-07-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Houston's connection to Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear plant disaster that is now becoming a tourist destination.
  
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• Here's What Tropical Storm Barry Looks Like From Space

  11-07-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  It's expected to hit Louisiana as a hurricane
  
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• Warren's immigration plans reflect party's leftward shift

  11-07-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Elizabeth Warren released a far-reaching immigration agenda on Thursday that envisions a significant leftward shift in U.S. policy, including the remodeling of immigration enforcement agencies "from top to bottom" and new limits on the detention of migrants who enter the country.Warren's immigration proposal, released ahead of her appearance alongside three Democratic presidential rivals at a forum hosted by the League of United Latin American Citizens, comes as President Donald Trump's detentio
  
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• Will Boeing recover from the 737 Max crisis?

  11-07-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Two Boeing 737 Max planes recently crashed due to sensor problems. The company has been under scrutiny over their response to the incidents and how it was able to approve the plane. Despite worldwide grounding of the 737 Max, lawsuits, congressional hearings, and a criminal investigation, Boeing is in the process of re-earning the people's trust.
  
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• Pete Buttigieg on becoming a viable contender in the 2020 Democratic field

  11-07-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who rocketed to the national stage as the youngest candidate in the 2020 Democratic primary field, sat down with ABC News' Matt Gutman for "Nightline."
  
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• Sen. Kamala Harris attacks former Vice President Joe Biden on 'The Breakfast Club'

  11-07-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Harris called Biden's comments about his stance on busing "revisionist history."
  
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• Florida deputy accused of planting drugs in traffic stops

  11-07-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  A former Florida sheriff's deputy was arrested Wednesday on charges that he routinely pulled over drivers for minor traffic infractions, planted drugs and then arrested them on fake drug charges, including one victim who lost custody of his daughter because of the arrest.
  
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• New Orleans area braces for first hurricane of the season

  11-07-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands of Louisianans broke out sandbags or fled to higher ground Thursday as Tropical Storm Barry threatened to turn into the first hurricane of the season and blow ashore with torrential rains that could pose a severe test of New Orleans' improved post-Katrina flood defenses.National Guard troops and rescue crews in high-water vehicles took up positions around the state as Louisiana braced for the arrival of the storm along its swampy southern tip Friday night or early Saturday.Louisiana Go
  
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• With ICE raids expected this weekend, groups urge immigrants to learn their rights

  11-07-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  With a new wave of immigration raids expected to start this weekend, advocates are making sure that people know their rights when ICE agents show up at their doors.
  
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• House votes to end US role in Yemen, poised to block Trump from launching Iran strike

  11-07-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Next up: a proposal that would bar Trump from launching a military strike against Iran, which supporters predict will pass in a vote set for Friday.
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein's alleged sex trafficking targets: 'The more vulnerable the better,' investigator says

  11-07-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  "Vulnerable children and girls are all he targets. The more vulnerable ... the better," claims private investigator Mike Fisten of Jeffrey Epstein.
  
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• U.K. Foreign Secretary Says Saudi Arabia Has Paid the Price for Khashoggi Killing

  11-07-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  "I think they have paid a big reputational price and there have been profound diplomatic consequences.”
  
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• Human remains found as man arrested in search for missing woman Savannah Spurlock, authorities say

  11-07-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Human remains that may belong to Savannah Spurlock, a Kentucky mother missing since January, discovered in Garrard County.
  
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• Harley-Davidson's electric Hog: 0 to 60 mph in 3 seconds

  11-07-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Harley-Davidson is releasing details about the electric motorcycle it's rolling out this year that it hopes will capture the imagination of a new generation of riders and put a charge into its diminishing sales.The LiveWire, which will soon be available in a limited number of dealerships, will cost nearly $30,000 and can go zero to 60 mph in three seconds.The company said Thursday that buyers will have access to free charging at participating LiveWire dealers for the first two years.
  
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• The Latest: UN chief calls for 'maximum restraint' in Gulf

  11-07-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq reiterated the U.N. chief's plea to avoid any escalation when asked Thursday for Guterres' reaction to Britain saying Iranian vessels tried to block one of its oil tankers in the Gulf.Haq said the U.N. hopes all nations "will take steps to avoid" an escalation and confrontation.
  
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• Bill Clinton Failed to Mention His Intimate 1995 Dinner With Epstein

  11-07-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  NurPhoto/GettyHours after Jeffrey Epstein was arraigned Monday on several sex-trafficking charges, former President Bill Clinton publicly downplayed his relationship with the pedophile financier, saying he knew nothing of his “terrible crimes” since they only met “briefly” on two occasions. But a 1995 newspaper clipping—first discovered by Snopes—shows Epstein was on the guest list for a “small dinner party” and fundraiser hosted by Revlon bea
  
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• Democrats Counter GOP Border Proposals on Migrant Conditions

  11-07-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Senate Democrats staked out their immigration policy priorities Thursday with a bill to improve conditions for asylum seekers, clashing with the leading Republican proposal on an issue that promises to feature in the 2020 presidential election.The bill to end family separations and set minimum health standards for detention facilities comes as members of Congress seek access to migrant holding centers and decry appalling conditions, especially for children. Democrats also warn of
  
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• Pelosi Advises Illegal Immigrants on How to Avoid ICE

  11-07-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday offered advice to illegal immigrants seeking to avoid arrest and deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.“An ICE deportation warrant is not the same as a search warrant. If that is the only document ICE brings to a home raid, agents do not have the legal right to enter a home. If ICE agents don’t have a warrant signed by a judge, a person may refuse to open the door and let them in,” said Pelosi, reading from prepared r
  
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• Trump abortion referral 'gag rule' survives demand for emergency halt

  11-07-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected emergency bids to temporarily set aside its recent decision allowing the Trump administration to enforce a "gag rule" that could strip Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers of federal funding for family planning.By a 7-4 vote, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals let stand its June 20 decision lifting injunctions blocking enforcement of the rule, which makes clinics ineligible for Title X family planning funds if they provide abortion refer
  
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• Trump Concedes Legal Fight to Add Citizenship Question to Census, Issues Executive Order to Get Information By Other Means

  11-07-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Update 5:55p.m.: During a press conference in the White House Rose Garden, President Trump announced that he will abandon his ongoing legal battle to include a citizenship question on the upcoming 2020 census, and instead issue an executive order directing the Commerce Department to collect the information by other means.President Trump is expected to announce Thursday afternoon that he is abandoning his long-running legal battle to add a citizenship question to the upcoming census and will inst
  
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• REPORT: Trump to Concede Legal Fight to Add Citizenship Question to Census

  11-07-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump is expected to announce Thursday afternoon that he is abandoning his long-running legal battle to add a citizenship question to the upcoming census and will instead issue an executive order instructing the Commerce Department to collect the information separately.Trump is expected to make the announcement at a Thursday afternoon White House press conference while flanked by Attorney General William Barr, ABC News first reported. Any executive action is expected to be met with imm
  
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• ‘I do not have 2-3 months off’: Teachers on summer break are working, a lot

  11-07-2019 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Teachers are told their low pay is offset by their summers off. The problem? They’re actually working, a lot – from second jobs to lesson planning
  
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• New Orleans braces as Tropical Storm Barry forms; expected to hit as a hurricane Saturday

  11-07-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Tropical Storm Barry formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to hit Louisiana and already-soaked New Orleans as a hurricane Saturday.
  
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• New Orleans already underwater as tropical storm approaches

  11-07-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Tropical Storm Barry is expected to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall, and could bring another 20 inches of rain to the beleaguered Gulf Coast.
  
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• U.S. government posts $8 billion deficit in June

  11-07-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. government posted an $8 billion budget deficit in June, according to data released on Thursday by the Treasury Department.The Treasury said federal spending in June was $342 billion, down 12% from the same month in 2018, while receipts were $334 billion, up 6% compared with June 2018.The deficit for the fiscal year to date was $747 billion, compared with $607 billion in the comparable period the year earlier.
  
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• U.S. officials push for sanctions on China over oil purchases from Iran

  11-07-2019 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Such a move would complicate trade talks between the two countries and further strain the relationship.
  
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• Suspect reveals hiding spot to police after farting too loudly

  11-07-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  A Missouri suspect became his own worst enemy when he revealed his hiding spotby letting out an overly loud fart
  
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• Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Kamala Harris unveils plan to tackle rape kit backlog

  11-07-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Senator Kamala Harris on Thursday pledged the nation's backlog of rape kits needing review would be processed by the end of her first four-year term if elected president.Harris estimated she would invest $1 billion to eliminate the backlog, which she said would cover an estimated 225,000 kits that remain untested.Rape kits are collected when a victim reports an assault and DNA or other physical evidence is collected.
  
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• A Frank Lloyd Wright Home in Kansas City Is Headed to Auction

  11-07-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  There will be no minimum bid for the Sondern-Adler House
  
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• Portugal charges 89 Hells Angels after Lisbon attack last year

  11-07-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Portuguese prosecutors have charged 89 members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club with involvement in organized crime, attempted murder, robbery and drug trafficking, the public prosecutor's office said on Thursday.The prosecutor's indictment alleges that in March last year,armed with knives, axes and batons, the accused attempted to kill four people and seriously injured others at a restaurant on the outskirts of Portugal's capital Lisbon."According to the indictment, the accused belong to Hel
  
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• How the arguing between Nancy Pelosi and the freshmen Democratic members of Congress went public

  11-07-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The conflict between Nancy Pelosi and progressive Democrats stemmed from a debate over a spending package for humanitarian relief on the southern U.S. border.
  
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• Immigration raids to take place across US starting Sunday

  11-07-2019 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Raids are likely to occur in 10 major cities and would target at least 2,000 immigrants who have been ordered deportedGovernment agents stand guard during an immigration raid in Castalia, Ohio, on 5 June 2018. Photograph: John Minchillo/APUS immigration officials have said immigration raids targeting thousands of families will take place in major cities across the United States starting on Sunday – less than a month after delaying a similar operation.Such a move could see parents separated
  
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