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• Chicago Public Schools budget passes amid discord with teachers

  28-08-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The Chicago Board of Education approved a $7.7 billion fiscal 2020 budget on Wednesday, rejecting a call to delay a vote on the spending plan by the district's teachers union, which is eyeing a possible strike next month.The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), which is in contract talks with the nation's third-largest public school system, claimed the new spending plan fails to address "dire" shortages of social workers, nurses and other staff.School officials said the budget funds 95 additional posit
  
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• Mythbusters Host Jessi Combs Dies in Jet Car Crash After Attempting to Break Speed Record

  28-08-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The cause of the crash is still being investigated, according to the Sheriff’s office.
  
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• Man accused of killing family, including toddler, of Tampa Bay Rays prospect Blake Bivens

  28-08-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  The suspect, Matthew Bernard, was caught on camera naked chasing after officers as they tried to arrest him in the triple murders.
  
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• FBI studies two broken cameras outside cell where Epstein died: source

  28-08-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Epstein's lawyers Reid Weingarten and Martin Weinberg told U.S. District Judge Richard Berman in Manhattan on Tuesday they had doubts about the New York City chief medical examiner's conclusion that their client killed himself.
  
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• FBI searches Detroit-area home of UAW president

  28-08-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Federal agents on Wednesday searched the suburban Detroit home of the president of the United Auto Workers, apparently another step in a corruption investigation that has netted labor leaders and auto industry officials, and damaged the union's reputation during contract talks with U.S. car companies.The UAW criticized the remarkable search of Gary Jones' home in Canton Township, insisting it has fully cooperated with authorities."President Jones is determined to uncover and address any and all
  
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• Kirsten Gillibrand exits presidential race

  28-08-2019 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York dropped out of the presidential race Wednesday evening, pledging to help the eventual Democratic nominee beat President Donald Trump next year.
  
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• Mississippi getting set for hard-fought governor's race

  28-08-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  The Mississippi governor's race this year could be the toughest in nearly a generation, between two politicians who have already won statewide races and are known for digging in against opponents: two-term Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and four-term Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood.Reeves secured the Republican nomination Tuesday by defeating Bill Waller Jr., a retired Mississippi Supreme Court justice and son of a former governor.Reeves and Waller advanced to a runoff from a three-person
  
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• Hurricane Dorian path tracks toward Florida, now near Puerto Rico, NOAA says

  28-08-2019 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The latest forecast for Hurricane Dorian's path increases the chances its track will make landfall near Florida or Georgia as a significant category storm, NOAA says
  
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• Taliban says peace deal with US to end Afghan war is close

  28-08-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  A peace accord to end America's 18-year-war in Afghanistan is close to completion the Taliban said, with a rough draft being proof read and translated before its is signed off. Donald Trump's chief negotiator, Zalmay Khalilzad, will leave officials to complete final details in Doha, and fly to Kabul to brief the Afghan government. He is then expected to head to Brussels to brief Nato allies before any deal is signed and announced, sources familiar with negotiations said. "We hope to have good ne
  
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• People are vaping THC. Lung injuries being reported nationwide. Why is the CDC staying quiet?

  28-08-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  CDC, the FDA and state health agencies say they are completing the painstaking work of tracing common factors that may have triggered the lung issues.
  
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• Hurricane Dorian is heading straight for Florida

  28-08-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  "Werewolf" babies and a major hurricane's path to Florida. It's Wednesday's news
  
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• Doctor in murder case gets 2 new lawyers, June trial date

  28-08-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The Ohio doctor charged with 25 counts of murder is now scheduled for trial next June and has two new lawyers, including one known for successfully defending high-profile clients such as Casey Anthony and Aaron Hernandez.Husel didn't speak during the hearing.The Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System found that Husel ordered excessive painkillers for about three dozen hospital patients who died over the past several years.
  
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• Trump Admin Wants to Limit U.S. Citizenship for Kids Born Abroad

  28-08-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  REUTERSSome children born to U.S. service members serving abroad will no longer be considered American citizens at birth, according to a policy alert released by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Wednesday afternoon, the latest effort by the Trump administration to further restrict access to citizenship.“USCIS no longer considers children of U.S. government employees and U.S. armed forces members residing outside the United States as ‘residing in the United States’ f
  
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• Climate change melts 12.5bn tons of ice in Greenland 50 years earlier than predicted

  28-08-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Billions of tonnes of ice in Greenland is melting 50 years ahead of climate change schedules, preventing inhabitants from moving around the country by sledge and leading to the surreal spectacle of children playing in the Arctic sea due to rising temperatures. A heatwave gripping the Arctic region is causing unprecedented levels of melting ice, and has also seen global sea levels rise, in a clear sign that climate change is taking its severe toll much more quickly than predicted. Earlier this mo
  
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• Climate change melts 12.5bn billions tons of ice in Greenland fifty years earlier than predicted

  28-08-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Billions of tonnes of ice in Greenland is melting 50 years ahead of climate change schedules, preventing inhabitants from moving around the country by sledge and leading to the surreal spectacle of children playing in the Arctic sea due to rising temperatures. A heatwave gripping the Arctic region is causing unprecedented levels of melting ice, and has also seen global sea levels rise, in a clear sign that climate change is taking its severe toll much more quickly than predicted. Earlier this mo
  
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• US defense chief urges Iran to hold talks with US

  28-08-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  US Defense Secretary Mark Esper urged Iran Wednesday to enter discussions with the United States in order to ease tensions in the Gulf region."We are not seeking conflict with Iran."The president said once again he is willing to meet with Iran's leaders," he said.
  
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• Ex-Pentagon chief Mattis says bitter politics threaten US

  28-08-2019 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is warning that bitter political divisions threaten American society, saying he views "tribalism" as a greater risk to the nation's future than foreign adversaries.The retired Marine general, who resigned in December 2018 in a policy dispute with President Donald Trump, said he worries about the state of American politics and the administration's treatment of allies."We all know that we're better than our current politics," Mattis wrote in an essay adapted fro
  
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• Skull find in Ethiopia yields new clues on how humans evolved

  28-08-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  A "remarkably complete" 3.8-million-year-old skull of an early human has been unearthed in Ethiopia, scientists announced Wednesday, a discovery that has the potential to alter our understanding of human evolution.The skull, known as "MRD", was discovered not far from the younger Lucy -- the ancient ancestor of modern humans -- and shows that the two species may have co-existed for about 100,000 years."This skull is one of the most complete fossils of hominids more than 3 million years old," sai
  
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• Meet the one real socialist running for president (no, it's not Bernie Sanders)

  28-08-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Segal is a real socialist. Not a socialist on Twitter only, not a socialist in the lukewarm, Scandinavian sense, but an actual socialist of the very kind Donald Trump says America should fear.
  
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• New York law softening pot penalties goes into effect

  28-08-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  New York softened penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana and created a process for erasing certain past offenses in a state law that went into place Wednesday.The legislation also turns an unlawful marijuana possession statute into a violation similar to a traffic ticket, instead of a criminal charge."For too long communities of color have been disproportionately impacted by laws governing marijuana and have suffered the life-long consequences of an unfair marijuana conviction," sai
  
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• Howard Kurtz: A president who constantly makes news is wearing out journalists

  28-08-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  'MediaBuzz' host Howard Kurtz weighs in on how political pundits are proclaiming 'Trump fatigue' and making the case that much of America is growing tired of the president's constant barrage of controversial comments, tweets, insults and declarations.
  
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• Parents, county clash in court over Parkland shootings

  28-08-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Parents whose children were killed or wounded during last year's Parkland high school massacre asked the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday to rule that each pull of the trigger was a separate occurrence for which the Broward County School Board should be held liable.The court's ruling could make a huge difference in the amount of the school board's potential liability.Any jury award above that amount has to be approved by the Legislature and governor.
  
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• A growing number of Americans doubt that Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide. Here's a guide to the conspiracy theories about his death, and why they're not backed by evidence.

  28-08-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities have dismissed theories that Jeffrey Epstein was killed in his Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.
  
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• Here's Who Has Qualified for the September Democratic Presidential Primary Debate — And Who Hasn't

  28-08-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Who made it? Who came close? Here's what to know about the third Democratic presidential primary debate.
  
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• Rare 3.8-million-year-old skull reveals the face of Lucy’s ancestor, gives insight into early man

  28-08-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  A 3.8 million year old skull from Africa is giving researchers a peek into humanity's evolutionary history, a new study suggests.
  
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• Gaza under alert after suicide bombings kill three police officers

  28-08-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas said Wednesday two overnight suicide bombings killed three Palestinian police officers in the strip, placing the Palestinian enclave in a state of alert.Interior ministry spokesman Iyad al-Bozm said in an evening statement that they had identified the two bombers who blew themselves up at two police checkpoints in Gaza City.A source familiar with the investigation said a Salafist movement in Gaza that sympathises with the Islamic State jihadist group was suspected.
  
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• Russia discovers five islands as climate change melts Arctic ice

  28-08-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  A Russian naval expedition has discovered five Arctic islands as climate change melts glaciers and reveals landforms previously hidden under ice. Ranging in size from 900 to 54,500 square metres, the five tiny islands are located in the cove of Vize off the northeastern shore of Novaya Zemlya, which divides the Barents and Kara seas in the Arctic ocean, a defence ministry statement said. Rather than planting the proverbial flag in the sand, members of the expedition built a cairn on one of the i
  
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• Jim Mattis writes rebuke of Trump's leadership

  28-08-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has written what appears to be a not-so-subtle rebuke of PresidentTrump's leadership, not just at home but also on the world stage.
  
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• Jet-car speed racer Jessi Combs dies in Oregon crash

  28-08-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Jet-car speed racer Jessi Combs has died in a crash in Oregon's Alvord Desert while attempting to break a speed record.
  
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• Iranian Minister Says Europe Has Two Options to Save the Nuclear Deal

  28-08-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Europe should either ask Washington to restore sanctions waivers for buyers of Iran’s oil or provide a credit line to the Islamic Republic if it wants to save the nuclear deal, the country’s deputy foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said in an interview to state TV.The two options have been relayed to French President Emmanuel Macron over the course of several recent phone calls with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, according to Araghchi. Both leaders have exchang
  
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• MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell apologizes, retracts report on Trump finances

  28-08-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Charles Harder requested that Lawrence O’Donnell and NBCUniversal “immediately and prominently retract, correct and apologize for the … false and defamatory statements.”
  
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• This 747 Is Fighting Fires in the Amazon

  28-08-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Watch the Global SuperTanker douse the flames from the sky.
  
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• The Queen Can’t Stop Boris Johnson’s Brexit Plan, But The British People Might

  28-08-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Sean Gallup/GettyIf you love The Daily Beast’s royal coverage, then we hope you’ll enjoy The Royalist, a members-only series for Beast Inside. Become a member to get it in your inbox on Sunday.Standing meetings are very much in vogue these days, but they weren’t invented by trendy tech companies.For the last thousand years or so, advisors meeting the monarch, known as Privy Council members, have been forbidden to take a seat—all in the interests of keeping the g
  
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• Video, reports of machines automatically changing votes in Mississippi GOP Governor runoff

  28-08-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  There have been at least three instances of voting machines changing a voter's selection to a different candidate in the state's runoff for governor.
  
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• U.S. 30-year bond yields hit record low, curve inversion grows

  28-08-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Treasury debt yields fell on Wednesday, with 30-year yields setting all-time lows, as fears about a recession and trade tensions between China and the United States stoked unrelenting demand for low-risk government debt.Inversion is spreading across the U.S. yield curve, where short-dated yields are running above long-dated ones, which has also unsettled investors as yield curve inversion often precedes a recession."A deeper inversion is sending a stronger statement that a meaningful slowdo
  
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• The Latest: Wary Florida readies for Hurricane Dorian

  28-08-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  People in Florida are starting to get ready for a possible Labor Day strike from Hurricane Dorian, which forecasters say could grow into a Category 3 storm.County governments along Florida's east-central coast have begun distributing sandbags, while many residents are rushing to warehouse retailers to load up on water, canned food and emergency supplies.The prospect of Dorian already is dinging the region's tourism.
  
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• New York prosecutors raise victims' hopes that Ghislaine Maxwell could face charges

  28-08-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  New York prosecutors have given renewed hope to accusers of Jeffrey Epstein that justice may yet be served, sitting down with them amid increasing speculation that British heiress Ghislaine Maxwell could still be charged. Geoffrey Berman, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, met behind closed doors with the some of the 16 women who spoke in court on Tuesday. Mr Berman was “very encouraging”, one of those present at the meeting told The Telegraph, and the women were
  
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• Gas station badly damaged before Hurricane Dorian even arrives

  28-08-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  This gas station in the British Virgin Islands has already felt the effects of Hurricane Dorian before the storm even arrives on Aug. 28.
  
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• Likely field for next Dem debate narrows to 10

  28-08-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Candidates who fail to qualify for September’s debate will still have an opportunity to make the stage in October.
  
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• Field for next Dem debate narrows to 10

  28-08-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Candidates who failed to qualify for September’s debate will still have an opportunity to make the stage in October.
  
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• Former CS banker Iqbal Khan to head UBS wealth management: TagesAnzeiger

  28-08-2019 21:06
  Swiss bank UBS will appoint former Credit Suisse banker Iqbal Khan as head of its wealth management business, Swiss newspaper TagesAnzeiger reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed UBS sources.
  
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• O'Rourke campaign blasts Breitbart after ejecting reporter

  28-08-2019 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  "Breitbart News walks the line between being news and a perpetrator of hate speech.”
  
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• Lebanese army fires at Israeli drones that entered airspace

  28-08-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Lebanese army gunners opened fired at two of three Israeli reconnaissance drones Wednesday after they entered Lebanese airspace, a security official and the state news agency said, amid heightened tensions between the two countries.The security official told The Associated Press that the drones left Lebanese airspace after being fired on and that none of them was shot down.The Israeli military in a statement acknowledged a confrontation but appeared to deny any of its drones were shot down.
  
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• Former Pence aide Nick Ayers removes self from Georgia Senate consideration

  28-08-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  In 2017, Ayers considered entering the Georgia gubernatorial contest but ultimately chose not to run
  
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• Secret Service, police in standoff with barricaded suspect in Fairfield

  28-08-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  BARRICADED SUSPECT: The Secret Service along with police are in the middle of a standoff in Fairfield.
  
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• Hong Kong Officials Met With U.S. Lawmakers About Punishing China

  28-08-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Getty ImagesOfficials from Hong Kong flew to Montana last week for an under-the-radar meeting with U.S. lawmakers about ongoing pro-democracy protests and congressional legislation to protect freedom in Hong Kong, according to sources familiar with the meeting. The Hong Kong delegation included officials who approve of the government’s controversial extradition bill that originally kickstarted the mass protests as well as those who support the pro-democracy movement. The bill, put for
  
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• Quinnipiac poll shows Trump trailing top Democrats in 2020 matchups

  28-08-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Josh Kraushaar and Matthew Continetti weigh in on President Trump's ability to be reelected in 2020.
  
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• U.S. money fund assets fall from highest since October 2009: iMoneyNet

  28-08-2019 20:49
  U.S. money market fund assets fell this week, retreating from their highest level since October 2009, suggesting a pause in investors piling into these low-risk products amid trade and economic...
  
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• Why the Curiosity Rover Is Taking a Break

  28-08-2019 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Blame the sun.
  
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• US space plane spends record 718 days in orbit

  28-08-2019 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  A secretive US space plane has reportedly set a new record for consecutive time in orbit after spending almost two years on its current mission.  The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle has now spent a 718th day in space, overtaking the 717-day mark set by the same type of vehicle on a previous mission.  CNN, ABC News and Air Force Times were among the US publications to hail the achievement as a record for time in orbit for a space vehicle.  The plane’s mission continues and no retu
  
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