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• Ex-McConnell staffers lobbied for Russian-backed Ky. project

  31-07-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Two former top staffers to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have lobbied Congress and the Treasury Department for the development of a new Kentucky aluminum mill backed by the Russian aluminum giant Rusal, according to a new lobbying disclosure.
  
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• Navy revokes awards given to prosecutors in Navy SEAL court-martial

  31-07-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer on Wednesday revoked awards given to several military prosecutors in the court-martial of a Navy SEAL who was acquitted of murdering an Iraqi prisoner but convicted of unlawfully posing for photos with his dead body.The move coincided with tweets from President Donald Trump repeating his support for Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher and directing Spencer to rescind awards that were "ridiculously given" to prosecutors who, according to Trump, "lost the
  
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• US stocks fall, dollar rallies on cloudy US Fed outlook after rate cut

  31-07-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Wall Street stocks tumbled on Wednesday and the dollar rose to a two-year peak against the euro after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates but offered mixed signs on what the move meant for future monetary policy.
  
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• Trump escalates tensions with Iran by imposing sanctions on foreign minister

  31-07-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The US has imposed sanctions on Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif - ratcheting up tensions between the two countries and denting the possibility of diplomatic talks.Mr Zarif - an important figure in the now-abandoned 2015 Iran nuclear deal and an outspoken critic of the US on Twitter - insisted the move would have no effect on him.Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin said: "Javad Zarif implements the reckless agenda of Iran’s Supreme Leader, and is the regime's primary spokes
  
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• What a Fed rate cut means for your wallet

  31-07-2019 23:35
  The U.S. Federal Reserve's decision on Wednesday to lower interest rates may do little to cut some of the costs that matter to many consumers.
  
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• Trump orders the Navy to take away awards 'ridiculously given' to prosecutors who failed to convict a Navy SEAL of murder

  31-07-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  The prosecution lost the case against Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, but the Navy decided to give them Navy Achievement Medals for "superb results."
  
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• US immigration agency names Venezuelan minister among 'most wanted'

  31-07-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  United States immigration officials have added Venezuelan government minister Tareck El Aissami, a suspected drug smuggler, to their list of most wanted fugitives, they said Wednesday."Have you seen this #mostwanted #fugitive?," Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted on its Twitter account, alongside a picture of the industry minister and former deputy to President Nicolas Maduro.US federal authorities in March charged El Aissami with drug trafficking and dodging sanctions imposed by W
  
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• Italy: Teen's father says son didn't know friend had knife

  31-07-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Fabrizio Natale issued a statement through a lawyer after visiting his son, Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth at a Rome prison, a meeting Natale described as "very tough for both" of them.Prosecutors say Elder has confessed to knifing Cerciello Rega, 35, who was stabbed 11 times and died at a hospital.
  
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• Democratic debate - LIVE: Trump loses yet another Republican congressman as Biden and other candidates prepare for 2020 showdown

  31-07-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump is attacking a CNN anchor of colour for bringing up tweets the president launched against minority politicians and civil rights leader that were largely viewed as racist.He referred to journalist Don Lemon as “the dumbest man on television” for discussing the tweets at Tuesday night’s Democratic debates, adding, “I am ‘the least racist person in the world,’" appearing to quote his own previous claims about himself.The president found himself under
  
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• Top law enforcement official in Texas accused of rape, fired

  31-07-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  One of Texas' top law enforcement officials has been charged with sexual assault after a woman said he raped her after taking her into the woods during a party at his house.John Jones, a former Navy SEAL, was chief of intelligence and counterterrorism for the Texas Department of Public Safety until his arrest and firing on Tuesday.Jones caught the attention of President Donald Trump earlier this year when participating in a border security meeting with the president.
  
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• 'Please stay with me,' kidnapped Romanian girl begged police

  31-07-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The family of a 15-year-old Romanian girl kidnapped earlier this month and now presumed dead has released recordings of her desperate calls for help to authorities whose handling of the case has caused public outrage and dismissals of officials.A mechanic from Caracal in south Romania has confessed to killing Alexandra Macesanu, who went missing on July 24, and another 18-year-old girl last seen in April.With authorities taking 19 hours to locate Macesanu after she made three calls to the emerge
  
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• U.S. puts sanctions on Iranian foreign minister Zarif, who says they won't affect him

  31-07-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, targeting the country's top spokesman and potentially hurting chances of diplomatic talks amid rising tensions between the two countries.Zarif, a critical figure in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, dismissed the action and said it would not affect him.U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the deal last year and ramped up sanctions to put pressure on Iran's economy.
  
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• UPDATE 5-U.S. puts sanctions on Iranian foreign minister Zarif, who says they won't affect him

  31-07-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, targeting the country's top spokesman and potentially hurting chances of diplomatic talks amid rising tensions between the two countries.Zarif, a critical figure in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, dismissed the action and said it would not affect him.U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the deal last year and ramped up sanctions to put pressure on Iran's economy.
  
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• Navy fighter jet crashes near China Lake, California

  31-07-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Search and rescue efforts are underway for the pilot of the single-seater F/A-18E Super Hornet.
  
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• White supremacist gang leader, 1 other escape Arkansas jail

  31-07-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The leader of a white supremacist gang that has been accused of a string of brutal tactics escaped a local Arkansas jail Wednesday along with another inmate, and authorities searching for the men said they're considered armed and dangerous. The U.S. Marshals Service said authorities were searching for Wesley Gullett and Christopher Sanderson after the pair escaped from the Jefferson County jail in Pine Bluff, which is about 38 miles (60 kilometers) south of Little Rock. Marshals said they were n
  
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• Trump attorneys say Congress should give 'notice' before requesting state tax return

  31-07-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump’s personal lawyers on Tuesday urged a judge to require a House of Representatives panel to notify them “at least 14 days before” it makes a request for his New York state tax returns.
  
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• George W. Bush paintings to go on display at Kennedy Center

  31-07-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Paintings of wounded US military veterans by former president George W. Bush are to go on display this year at a Kennedy Center gallery, the Washington-based national cultural center said Wednesday."The Kennedy Center is proud to share these works -- painted by a living president -- that honor the men and women who defend our freedom," its president Deborah Rutter said in a statement.
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein reportedly told prominent scientists he wanted to impregnate 20 women at a time at his New Mexico ranch in order to 'seed the human race with his DNA'

  31-07-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein reportedly has discussed the idea since the early 2000s at dinners, conferences, and other gatherings.
  
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• Trump gets asked about the death of Bin Laden's son, refuses to comment

  31-07-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump avoids commenting on the reported death of the son of Osama Bin Laden.
  
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• Lou Dobbs Lashes Out at Fox Business Host Who Confronts Him About Trump’s Exploding Debt

  31-07-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The Fox Business Network got extremely heated Wednesday afternoon when hosts Lou Dobbs and Neil Cavuto got into it over exploding national deficits and debt under President Trump’s watch.Moments after the Federal Reserve announced it will cut its interest rate by .25 points —the first drop in the interest rates since the Great Recession—Cavuto groused on-air to a panel of several Fox Business hosts that both political parties had abandoned “any hint of fiscal restraint.&r
  
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• Tim Ryan explains he 'wasn't protesting' by not putting his hand on heart during anthem at Democratic debate

  31-07-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  "Congressman Ryan wasn’t protesting and didn’t mean to make any statement last night in Detroit," read an email from the Ohio lawmaker's campaign.
  
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• Astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable world just 31 light-years away, thanks to NASA's planet-hunting telescope

  31-07-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  TESS, a space telescope searching for alien worlds, helped astronomers discover a potentially watery new planet. It's one of the nearest known worlds.
  
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• Ex-employee: Trump lied about almost dying in helicopter crash

  31-07-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump made up a story that he narrowly avoided boarding a helicopter that crashed and killed five people, according to a former longtime executive of the Trump Organization.
  
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• 3-year-old Chinese boy falls from six stories, gets saved by blanket-wielding crowd below

  31-07-2019 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  A three-year-old boy who fell from the sixth floor of a building on Monday wassaved after a crowd of bystanders used a blanket to catch him, China's CCTVreported
  
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• Gun store owner puts up billboard mocking 'the Squad': 'The 4 Horsemen are idiots'

  31-07-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Cherokee Guns, a gun store run by Doc Wacholz, put up a sign mocking "the Squad" of freshman U.S. representatives. "They're socialists," he said.
  
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• Biden Campaign Slams Medicare for All Ahead of Second Democratic Debate

  31-07-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Joe Biden's presidential campaign launched an attack on Medicare for All Wednesday, calling the plan too expensive just hours before his second primary debate of the race."Let's clear up the confusion about Medicare for All. We have the facts," the Biden campaign wrote on Twitter alongside a video splicing together what are intended to be unflattering clips of his Democratic presidential rivals talking about how a single-payer health-care system would work.The campaign said that Medicare for All
  
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• Police: 2 babies abandoned in California were twins, 1 died

  31-07-2019 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Newborn twins, including one who died, were found abandoned near a dumpster at a California strip mall after being born just minutes earlier, police said Wednesday.The other baby was taken to a hospital and was in stable condition, Fairfield police spokesman Lt. Jausiah Jacobsen said.In California, people can anonymously surrender a newborn at a firehouse or hospital within 72 hours of birth without fear of being prosecuted.
  
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• Exxon fights fire at Baytown, Texas, petrochemical plant; 37 injured

  31-07-2019 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Exxon Mobil Corpsaid it was fighting a fire that erupted on Wednesday at its Baytown, Texas, refining and chemical plant complex, injuring 37 workers and sending nearby residents indoors.More than three dozen people were treated for minor burns, none requiring hospitalization, said plant manager Jason Duncan in an afternoon media briefing.The company was still working to shut down the olefins unit which processes propane and propylene - a plastics building block - and isolate the fuel keeping th
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez responds to critics in Democratic debate

  31-07-2019 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended progressives and her Green New Deal proposal from moderates' attacks after the party's first presidential debate this week.
  
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• HUD leader Ben Carson compares Baltimore to cancer patient

  31-07-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The only black member of President Donald Trump's cabinet is comparing Baltimore to a cancer patient whose illness can have a devastating effect if ignored. Carson worked in Baltimore for more than three decades and rose to fame for his groundbreaking surgeries at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
  
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• 'Everything changed,' says woman forced to be a child bride in America

  31-07-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Ashley Duncan got married on what started out as a typical school day school. She said she didn't realize "how big of a commitment I was making" when her aunt took her to the courthouse.
  
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• Fox News Show Blows Up Over Whether Trump Is Racist or Not: ‘This Is Insane!’

  31-07-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox News’ early-afternoon gabfest Outnumbered went completely off the rails Wednesday as lone liberal panelist Jessica Tarlov tangled with her conservative colleagues over whether or not it is fair to describe President Trump as racist.Discussing the president’s days-long attacks on Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Baltimore, things quickly heated up when co-host Dagen McDowell was openly miffed when fellow panelist Lisa Marie Boothe continued to correct her as she tried to make a poi
  
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• This math equation is dividing the internet, and no one can agree on an answer

  31-07-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  8 ÷ 2(2+2). Simple, right? WRONG. As someone who hasn't calculated anything more difficult than a restaurant tip in years, may I say that I can't believe we've made math trend on Twitter. You're all really gonna make me pull out my dusty TI-48 graphing calculator, huh. I'm really gonna have to dig through my post-grad brain like SpongeBob's memory files, burnt to a crisp, and calculate this equation. OK, I guess we're doing this. Pop quiz folks -- can you solve this controversia
  
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• Report: Hamza bin Laden, Osama’s Son and Potential Successor, Is Dead

  31-07-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. has received intelligence that suggests Osama bin Laden's son and potential successor, Hamza, is dead, NBC News reported Wednesday.The three U.S. intelligence officials who spoke with NBC declined to share when, where, or how the younger bin Laden died, and would not say whether the U.S. was at all involved.The news, if confirmed, would dispel fears widely-held in the intelligence community that Hamza bin Laden was poised to succeed his father as the spiritual and tactical leader of al-
  
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• This 1 Picture Should Terrify the Army and Marines: 1 Million North Korean Soliders

  31-07-2019 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Pyongyang would be no pushover in a war. While analysts often focus on the so-called Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s arsenal of ballistic missiles, the real threat emanating from the North comes in the form of heavy artillery and special operations forces, which could wreak havoc on the South. In the event of a war on the Korean Peninsula, Pyongyang’s ground forces are the greatest threat to the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the U.S. forces stationed there—shor
  
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• Al Sharpton Is Not a Civil-Rights Hero

  31-07-2019 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Imagine David Duke being a regular, esteemed guest and former honored host on Fox News Channel. Imagine every Republican presidential candidate scrambling to praise him whenever he’s in the news. Imagine David Duke being given a prime speaking slot at the Republican National Convention or President Trump welcoming him to the White House and openly soliciting his support. Imagine Duke appearing on White House visitor logs more than 70 times during Trump’s administration.Imagine all of
  
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• Woman Who Escaped Deadliest Mass Shooting in U.S. History Survives Gilroy Shooting

  31-07-2019 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  In the panic following the gunfire at the Gilroy Garlic Festival and thousands wondered what was happening, only a few had the reaction of "not again."
  
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• Ancestry will let you search online for relatives who were displaced by the Holocaust

  31-07-2019 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Ancestry is digitizing millions of Holocaust persecution records and making them searchable online for free.
  
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• Sentenced to life in prison at 16, Cyntoia Brown will walk free next week

  31-07-2019 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Cyntoia Brown was sentenced to life in prison at age 16 for a 2004 murder. After public outcry, former Gov. Bill Haslam commuted her sentence.
  
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• 10-year-old girl's quick action saved 3-year-old during Gilroy Garlic Festival mass shooting

  31-07-2019 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  A 10-year-old girl is being hailed a hero for her quick thinking that may havesaved a toddler from the gunman who opened fire at the annual Gilroy GarlicFestival in California on Sunday
  
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• Iranian women defy prison threats by sending veil videos - activist

  31-07-2019 19:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Iranian women are sharing videos of themselves flouting laws forcing them to wear headscarves in public, despite a ruling they could face up to ten years in jail for doing so, a prominent activist said on Wednesday.Masih Alinejad, a U.S.-based Iranian journalist, started a social media campaign in 2014 encouraging women in Iran to share self-portraits without the Islamic veil, which she then shares on her Facebook page, "My Stealthy Freedom"."Today I have received lots of videos from inside Iran
  
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• Israel approves hundreds of Palestinian homes in West Bank amid reports of US peace plan rollout

  31-07-2019 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel has made an unusual move to approve hundreds of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank amid reports the US is preparing to roll out its long-awaited peace plan.  Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, granted permits for 700 Palestinian houses but tried to appease his Right-wing base by also approving 6,000 housing units for Jewish settlers.   Israel rarely grants building permits to Palestinians and the move was seen as a potential concession to the White House
  
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• Boris Johnson’s Belfast Brexit Message Leaves Dublin and EU Cold

  31-07-2019 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Boris Johnson went a long way toward cementing his working majority in the U.K. Parliament with a visit to Northern Ireland on Wednesday, but did little to break the Brexit impasse with Dublin and Brussels.The new prime minister met with the region’s main political parties in Belfast on the latest leg of a nationwide tour after taking office last week. He reiterated his plan to leave the European Union on Oct. 31 with or without a deal, while promising not to add infrastruct
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein appears in court for first time since reported jail injuries

  31-07-2019 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  * Financier showed no ill effects after reported neck injuries* Prosecutors seek June 2020 trial on sex trafficking chargesJeffrey Epstein looks on near his lawyer Martin Weinberg and Judge Richard Berman during a status hearing in his sex trafficking case, in this court sketch in New York on Wednesday. Photograph: Jane Rosenburg/ReutersFinancier Jeffrey Epstein looked physically healthy when he appeared in court in New York on Wednesday in his sex trafficking case, about a week after reportedly
  
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• Jailed US teens now have lawyers, family members in Italy

  31-07-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Both American teens jailed in Rome in the fatal stabbing of an Italian police officer now have private lawyers and family members in Italy.Investigators contend that his 19-year-old son stabbed Carabinieri Deputy Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega 11 times with a military-style attack knife early Friday near the hotel where he was staying with his friend.According to court documents, Elder told prosecutors during his interrogation that he thought he was being strangled in a scuffle with the officer.
  
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• Aggravated assault charges dropped for 10-year-old boy who hit his classmate with a ball

  31-07-2019 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Charges have been dropped for a 10-year-old Michigan boy who was accused of throwing a ball at a classmate's head on purpose.
  
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• Democratic debate 2019: Winners, losers and who needs to drop out: Today's talker

  31-07-2019 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  We laughed, we cried, we rolled our eyes — here's everything that went down in the round two, night one of the 2019 Democratic debate in Detroit.
  
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• Barron Trump is latest to get gift horse from Mongolia

  31-07-2019 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The White House says Mongolia's government has gifted the 13-year-old with a horse, which has been named Victory. Press secretary Stephanie Grisham says the Trumps are "very grateful" for the horse, which will remain in Mongolia.
  
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• The black moon also rises tonight, but you won't see it. Here's what to expect.

  31-07-2019 18:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Don't be concerned if you can't see the moon tonight: It's there, it's just a black moon.
  
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• Hours-old newborn baby found abandoned in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania police say

  31-07-2019 18:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Police in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania are asking for the public's help after they say a newborn baby was found abandoned on Tuesday.
  
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