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• Risk of clashes at rally mobilizes Portland, Oregon, police

  13-08-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Portland police are mobilizing to prevent clashes between out-of-state far-right groups planning a rally here and the homegrown anti-fascists who oppose them as America's culture wars seep into this progressive haven.Saturday's rally — and the violence it may bring — are a relatively new reality here, as an informal coalition of white nationalists, white supremacists and extreme-right militias hones its focus on Oregon's largest city as a stand-in for everything it feels is wrong wit
  
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• Mob violence marks 2nd day of protests at Hong Kong airport

  13-08-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Frenzied mob violence Tuesday against two men protesters suspected of being spies from mainland China marked the second day of pro-democracy demonstrations that have caused mass cancellations and disruptions in Hong Kong's busy airport.Calm eventually returned, with most of the protesters leaving the airport hours after officers armed with pepper spray and swinging batons tried to enter the terminal, fighting with demonstrators who barricaded entrances with luggage carts.
  
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• Trump claims credit for Shell plant announced under Obama

  13-08-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump sought to take credit Tuesday for a major manufacturing complex in western Pennsylvania in his latest effort to reinvigorate the Rust Belt support that sent him to the White House. Despite Trump's claims, Shell announced its plans to build the complex in 2012, midway through President Barack Obama's term in the White House.
  
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• US homeland security chief: Racism is fueling some terrorism

  13-08-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  White supremacist ideology is helping fuel domestic terrorism in the United States, the head of Homeland Security said Tuesday. Acting Secretary Kevin K. McAleenan appeared in Jackson, Mississippi, for a forum about preventing violence against religious groups. "The attack in El Paso and the violent white supremacist ideology that inspired it offends us all," McAleenan said Tuesday.
  
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• Shooting of two ICE offices in San Antonio was a ‘targeted attack,’ FBI officials say

  13-08-2019 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  An ICE official blamed “misinformation” spread about the agency by politicians, media and activists.
  
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• Pakistan Urges UN Security Council to Meet on Kashmir Standoff

  13-08-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan called on the United Nations Security Council to convene an urgent meeting on India’s decision to revoke autonomy for the disputed Muslim-majority state of Kashmir, a move it says could spark a new conflict between the two South Asian nuclear powers.India’s recent actions “pose a threat to international peace and security, willfully undermine the internationally recognized disputed status of Jammu & Kashmir,” and violate the human rights of the
  
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• Trump Appears to Swipe at Hannity for Defending CNN’s Chris Cuomo

  13-08-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Ethan MillerContinuing his obsession over CNN anchor Chris Cuomo’s filmed meltdown at a heckler who called the TV personality “Fredo,” President Donald Trump appeared to take a public swipe at one of his most loyal media sycophants on Tuesday for publicly defending Cuomo’s actions.After devoting much of his Twitter timeline to blasting the CNN primetime host over his profanity-laced tirade, Trump groused that there were conservatives giving Cuomo a pass.“It always h
  
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• The Latest: Tennessee governor won't halt inmate's execution

  13-08-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee won't stop Thursday's execution of an inmate who says his accomplice was the one who fatally stabbed a mother and daughter in 1986.Lee said in a statement Tuesday he won't intervene after reviewing 56-year-old Stephen West's case.
  
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• Latest: Hong Kong police: 5 arrested after airport protests

  13-08-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Hong Kong police say they have arrested five people for unlawful assembly, assaulting police officers and possessing weapons after a second day of mass protests at the city's airport.Officials said in a statement that some protesters detained, harassed and assaulted a traveler and a journalist, and obstructed ambulance workers from taking the two men to the hospital.Hong Kong's busy airport was the latest setting for large-scale pro-democracy protests that have rocked the city for months, with a
  
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• 2020 Ford Explorer Drives Nicely but Has Many Flaws

  13-08-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Ford has redesigned the Explorer three-row midsized SUV for 2020, and it keeps many of the attributes that have made it a popular choice. It has a robust and easy-to-use infotainment system, gene...
  
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• Lawmakers urge Trump to stop deportations to Iraq after Michigan man's death

  13-08-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The lawmakers say the president is risking causing more “preventable deaths” if he continues the deportations.
  
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• Google reportedly has a massive culture problem that's destroying it from the inside (GOOG, GOOGL)

  13-08-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Google has faced issue after issue over the past several years, and it sounds like a major reason for that is the company's culture.
  
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• Trump was supposed to give a speech on energy. He went way off script.

  13-08-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  In the hourlong address, Trump touched on everything from his love of trucks to his assessment of his potential 2020 rivals.
  
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• AG Barr Reassigns Epstein Prison Warden, Places Two Guards on Leave

  13-08-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday ordered that the warden of the federal prison where billionaire and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein apparently committed suicide over the weekend be reassigned and that two guards who were responsible for Epstein be placed on leave.Warden Shirley Skipper-Scott of Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan will be temporarily reassigned to an office job at the Bureau of Prisons's Northeast Regional Office while the FBI and DOJ investigate Ep
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez Chides Barstool Sports for Anti-Union Tweets

  13-08-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez chided Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy for a series of tweets that several legal experts say violate federal labor law.“If you’re a boss tweeting firing threats to employees trying to unionize, you are likely breaking the law & can be sued, in your words, ‘on the spot,’” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter.Portnoy then tweeted back, “Hey @aoc welcome to the thunder dome. Debate me.” Barstool, whi
  
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• Egyptian tycoon and Mubarak ally Hussein Salem dies

  13-08-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Hussein Salem, one of Egypt's most prominent businessmen and an ally of deposed president Hosni Mubarak, died in Spain on Tuesday, his niece and state media said.Salem was arrested in 2011 under an international warrant in Spain, where he fled in the aftermath of the 18-day popular uprising that ended Mubarak's 30-year rule.In 2016, Salem, who also holds Spanish citizenship, struck a deal to allow him and his family to return to Egypt without facing prosecution in return for giving up 75 percent
  
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• ‘The kind of rape case we all dread’: Accused North Myrtle Beach suspect could be freed

  13-08-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  A former North Myrtle Beach city employee accused of rape could soon be free on bond in a case described by a prosecutor as people’s worst fear.
  
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• Dartmouth announces new sexual misconduct policy

  13-08-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Dartmouth College on Tuesday announced a new unified policy on sexual misconduct aimed at providing clarity and consistency for faculty, students and staff across the Ivy League campus.The new policy, effective Sept. 1, is part of the school's broader effort launched more than a year ago to address sexual misconduct amid the #MeToo movement that has exposed abuse in politics, entertainment, academia, media and more.The announcement comes a week after the college said it would pay $14 million to
  
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• Massachusetts judge allowed to keep $181K salary amid federal charges for obstructing ICE

  13-08-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  In a reversal, a Massachusetts judge indicted for allowing an undocumented immigrant to evade ICE will be able to keep her $181,328 annual salary.
  
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• Kansas City, Kansas, police fatally shoot rifle-toting man

  13-08-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Kansas City, Kansas, police shot and killed a man on Tuesday who told a hotel manager that he had killed his wife and was heading to a popular shopping and restaurant area.The "very angry and distraught" man entered the Country Inn & Suites near the Legends Outlet shopping area said he had killed his wife, said Jacob Honeycutt, general manager of the business.You better call police,'" Honeycutt told The Associated Press.
  
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• Beijing 'preparing tanks at Hong Kong border', warns Trump as protesters clash with police at airport

  13-08-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump warned that China was moving troops to the Hong Kong border as protesters clashed with riot police at the city's international airport for a second time on Tuesday night. Scuffles broke out after protesters allegedly detained two men, accusing them of being undercover Chinese officials. One of the men was bound with cable ties and appeared semi-conscious as protesters displayed his belongings on the floor. Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Global Times, said the man wa
  
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• Two accused of vandalizing UNC property turn down a plea offer and will go to trial

  13-08-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  They have been associated with Heirs to the Confederacy, a group that wants the Confederate monument Silent Sam re-installed on campus.
  
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• Bystanders leap into action and subdue a man suspected of killing a woman, stabbing others in Australia

  13-08-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  A knife-wielding man is suspected of slaying a woman in Sydney, Australia. Bystanders used a milk crate and chair to restrain him.
  
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• Trudeau pledges tougher gun control after spate of shootings

  13-08-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that his Liberals, if re-elected in an October ballot, will bring in tougher gun control measures following a spate of shootings in Toronto.Most of the shootings have been blamed on gang violence and illegal guns.Although gun violence in Canada has been far less frequent and impactful than in the neighboring United States, it is still shaping up to be a major election issue with the Liberals and Conservatives -- which support tougher penalties
  
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• Friend of Dayton shooter bought firearm parts for him, federal officials say

  13-08-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  On Monday, federal officials announced charges against a friend of the gunman who killed nine people on Aug. 4 in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio.
  
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• Epstein death: two prison guards put on leave, warden reassigned

  13-08-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The warden of the high-security New York prison where convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein apparently committed suicide has been temporarily reassigned and two guards put on leave, the Justice Department said Tuesday.The two guards placed on administrative leave by the Bureau of Prisons had been assigned to Epstein's unit at the Metropolitan Correction Center (MCC), Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said in a statement.Attorney General Bill Barr directed the Bureau of Prisons to temporar
  
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• China Denies U.S. Navy Request to Make Port Visits amid Hong Kong Turmoil

  13-08-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  China on Tuesday denied a U.S. Navy request to make scheduled port visits in Hong Kong as massive pro-democracy protests continue to convulse the city.“The Chinese Government denied requests for port visits to Hong Kong by the USS Green Bay and USS Lake Erie, which were scheduled to arrive in the next few weeks,” said Commander Nate Christensen, deputy spokesperson for the U.S. Pacific Fleet. “The US Navy has a long track record of successful port visits to Hong Kong, and
  
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• New York Times columnist recalls Jeffrey Epstein saying that sex with teenage girls was historically acceptable and that criminalizing the act went against cultural norms

  13-08-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  James B. Stewart wrote about an "on background" conversation he had last year with Epstein in a piece published on Monday.
  
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• South Carolina woman attacked by alligator while walking dog

  13-08-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The attack happened at around 10 p.m. Monday in Sun City, police said.
  
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• Sheriff: Ex-DOT official Hardee thought he had deal with a prostitute. It was a cop

  13-08-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  “These people out here like John Hardee and the other 13 who are out here buying sex, they’re promoting human trafficking,” Sheriff Leon Lott said.
  
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• Your Money: Big companies explore virtual care to curb healthcare costs

  13-08-2019 22:13
  Big companies are increasing incorporating virtual technology and care options into employee benefit plans to combat the rising healthcare costs that long been corporate America's bugaboo, according...
  
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• Hayward police investigate officer-involved shooting

  13-08-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Hayward police say they are investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened in the area of Mission Blvd. and Valle Vista Ave.
  
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• Donald Trump defends his Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Clinton conspiracy retweet

  13-08-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential candidates and others have blasted Donald Trump for re-tweeting a no-evidence conspiracy theory.
  
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• Man kicks dog 15 feet in the air, attacks lifeguards at California beach, cops say

  13-08-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  A Southern California dog is lucky to be alive after it was kicked 15 feet in the air during an unprovoked attack last week, according to police.
  
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• Donald Trump calls Hong Kong protests 'tough,' 'tricky' but declines to warn Beijing

  13-08-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump described the developing unrest in Hong Kong as a "tough situation" but stopped short of calling Beijing to task for its response.
  
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• Facebook has been collecting audio from some voice chats on Messenger and paying contractors to listen to and transcribe it (FB)

  13-08-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The company reportedly didn't disclose to users that it was sharing any collected audio from Messenger voice chats with third parties.
  
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• FBI raids Jeffery Epstein's 'paedophile' island as Justice Department announces staff shakeup at prison where he died

  13-08-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The FBI has conducted a raid on accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, according to reports, as two guards assigned to watch the disgraced financier before his apparent suicide in prison were put on administrative leave. Federal officials were seen spreading across the island of Little St James by US vessels and on golf carts, just two days after the disgraced financier died of an apparent suicide in a New York prison. Epstein was facing new sex trafficking and conspiracy
  
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• Sheriff: Deputy was on duty when he tried to have sex with minor in predator sting

  13-08-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The deputy showed up in his patrol car, but it wasn’t a teenage girl waiting, Sheriff Leon Lott said.
  
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• Quarter-size hail, 65-mph gusts, isolated tornado expected with Charlotte area storms

  13-08-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Severe storms could deliver quarter-size hail, 65-mph gusts and an “isolated tornado” to parts of the Charlotte region and the NC foothills and mountains Tuesday afternoon and evening, according to National Weather Service warnings.
  
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• 'It's not right': 7-year-old boy shot to death in St. Louis

  13-08-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Xavier Usanga was supposed to start second grade Tuesday.Instead, grief counselors were consoling his would-be classmates at Clay Elementary School, after the 7-year-old boy became the 11th child killed by gunfire in St. Louis since June.Xavier was shot Monday afternoon while standing near a teenager and two other children on the city's north side.
  
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• If an autopsy confirms Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide, it could lead to a legal win for his estate

  13-08-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Jeffrey Epstein, 66, was found unresponsive on Saturday morning while being held on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges.
  
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• Woman tries to take child from mom’s arms and assaults parents at NC park, police say

  13-08-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Witnesses stepped in to help the parents after this incident at a popular central Asheville park.
  
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• Kremlin Spokesman: Russia Is Winning Arms Race with U.S.

  13-08-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The Kremlin said Tuesday that Russia is beating the U.S. in the race to develop new nuclear weapons just days after a rocket explosion in the North of the country that released radiation into the air and resulted in the evacuation of a village.“Our president has repeatedly said that Russian engineering in this sector significantly outstrips the level that other countries have managed to reach for the moment, and it is fairly unique,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.Las
  
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• Ten dramatic images from the Hong Kong airport protests and clashes with police

  13-08-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Protests at Hong Kong International Airport escalated for a second day, causing flights to be canceled at one of the busiest airports in the world.
  
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• US sued over legal access, better conditions for migrants

  13-08-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Lawyers are asking a federal judge to order U.S. Customs and Border Protection to provide legal access to detainees and improve conditions in detention cells where reports of fetid conditions have sparked outrage.The request for a preliminary injunction was filed Monday in federal district court in Brownsville, Texas, on behalf of detainees who allege they have been held for weeks or months in fenced-in pens without the ability to call their relatives or lawyers.CBP, which includes the Border Pa
  
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• Heavily Modified 1990 Nissan Skyline GT-R

  13-08-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Packing a healthy 650 horsepower to the wheels.The Nissan Skyline GT-R has topped the JDM dream car list of American gearheads since it first debuted in 1989, and what used to be an unobtainable dream can now be turned into a reality. For the past five years the car has been legal to import into the United States, and prices seem to have finally stabilized. For sale in the United States, the car is completely legal with a valid Virginia title. It has been cleared by customs, completely lega
  
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• 'Texas needs you': Houston Chronicle calls on O'Rourke to end presidential bid, run for Senate

  13-08-2019 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  "So Beto, if you’re listening: Come home. Drop out of the race for president and come back to Texas to run for senator. The chances of winning the race you’re in now are vanishingly small," the editorial board of the Houston Chronicle wrote.
  
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• Justice Department argues House panel is 'judge shopping' for favorable opinion to force Don McGahn's testimony

  13-08-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The Justice Department argued that a House panel was "judge shopping" for a favorable decision against former White House counsel Don McGahn
  
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• Muslim pilgrims pray in Mecca as haj winds down without incident

  13-08-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Millions of haj pilgrims began heading back to Mecca for final prayers on Tuesday as the world's largest annual gathering of Muslims wound down without incident despite the logistical challenges and escalating regional tensions.Saudi Arabia stakes its reputation on its guardianship of Islam’s holiest sites, Mecca and Medina, and its organisation of the pilgrimage.Pilgrims participated in a symbolic stoning of the devil, part of the haj rituals, in Jamarat before returning to Mecca, where t
  
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• Russia told residents living near the site of last week's failed missile test to evacuate but then mysteriously canceled the order

  13-08-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Local residents living near the test site were told to evacuate for unspecified military activities, but then the order was canceled hours later.
  
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