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• Poll: Sanders leads Biden, Warren in New Hampshire

  11-09-2019 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The poll shows that 29 percent of likely Democratic voters in the state said they support the Vermont senator.
  
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• Epstein faced 2nd probe, seen with underage girls in '18

  11-09-2019 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  A previously undisclosed federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein included an examination of whether he was traveling with underage girls as recently as last year, newly released documents show.U.S. Marshals Service investigators spoke in July with an air-traffic controller who said she saw Epstein get off his private jet at an airport near his U.S. Virgin Islands retreat with two girls who appeared to be 11 or 12, according to the documents.The air-traffic controller said she saw Epstein anot
  
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• Britain looks to restore ship-building industry with new frigates

  11-09-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain will announce on Thursday the preferred bidder for the design of the new Type 31 frigate, the government said, as it looks to rebuild its once-mighty shipbuilding industry.Babcock, BAE Systems and Atlas Elektronik UK have all submitted designs for the frigate."(The) UK is an outward-looking island nation, and we need a shipbuilding industry and Royal Navy that reflect the importance of the seas to our security and prosperity," Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a statement.
  
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• The DIY foreign policy president: Bolton ouster confirms it

  11-09-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has said he doesn't mind if the U.S. is on its own in the world.Now, it seems he doesn't mind running American foreign policy on his own as well.With the ouster of John Bolton as his national security adviser, the president has again pushed away an experienced hand in international affairs and a counter-weight to his DIY approach to Iran, North Korea, China and more.
  
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• For the first time, a timeline reveals what happened in the minutes and hours after the asteroid crash that killed the dinosaurs

  11-09-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  The dinosaurs' extinction was spurred by an asteroid that struck Earth. By studying the crater, scientists now know what happened after the impact.
  
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• On anniversary of 9/11, al-Qaida leader pushes for attacks on the U.S., slams ex-jihadis

  11-09-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  On the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, al-Qaida's leader called on Muslims to carry out similar attacks on Western targets.
  
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• 2,500 unaccounted for in hurricane-hit Bahamas: official

  11-09-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Some 2,500 people are unaccounted for in the Bahamas following Hurricane Dorian, the archipelago's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Wednesday.NEMA spokesman Carl Smith told reporters that some of the missing people may eventually be located."Some individuals who have been evacuated from Abaco and Grand Bahama have not yet registered with social services," Smith said.
  
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• California's controversial labor bill has passed the Senate. Experts forecast more worker rights, higher prices for services

  11-09-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  California's AB 5 may have passed, but questions remain on how it will be implemented — and how far companies will go to stop it from being enacted.
  
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• North Carolina GOP lawmakers voted to override governor's budget veto while Democrats were at 9/11 memorial

  11-09-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Gov. Roy Cooper accused Republicans of pulling "their most deceptive stunt yet" at a time when many North Carolinians were focused on honoring those killed in the 9/11 attacks
  
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• Proposal would buy bus tickets for Seattle-area homeless

  11-09-2019 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  As the Seattle area tries to tackle its homelessness crisis, an official wants to spend $1 million to expand a strategy of buying bus tickets out of town for people living on the streets.The concept of sending homeless people back to where they say they're from or may have support has been in place for decades in parts of the U.S. struggling to get people off the streets.The city of Seattle and community organizations already offer free bus tickets as part of their broader approach to homelessne
  
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• Few turn out as Mugabe is returned to a Zimbabwe in crisis

  11-09-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Zimbabwe's founding leader Robert Mugabe made his final journey back to the country Wednesday, his body flown into the capital amid the contradictions of his long, controversial rule.The former guerrilla leader, who died Friday at 95 in a hospital in Singapore, led the fight to end white-minority rule in what was then Rhodesia, and ruled Zimbabwe from its independence in 1980 until he was deposed.During his 37-year authoritarian leadership, Zimbabwe descended from prosperity to economic crisis m
  
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• Trump vows to hit Taliban 'harder' than ever as US marks 9/11

  11-09-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump pledged to hit the Taliban "harder" than ever as America on Wednesday marked the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that led the country into war in Afghanistan.Trump's remarks came after he aborted what would have been a historic Afghanistan peace summit, and as relatives remembered the victims of the deadliest terror attacks on US soil at ceremonies in New York and Washington.Trump spoke at a Pentagon event honoring the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks -- anno
  
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• Shep Smith Skewers Vaping Lobbyist: ‘Weren’t the Flavors Marketed to Kids?’

  11-09-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Hours after President Donald Trump announced that his administration will consider a ban on flavored e-cigarettes due to their popularity with teens and children, Fox News anchor Shepard Smith took a vaping lobbyist to task, grilling him on the safety of vaping and whether the industry specifically marketed to children.During a Wednesday interview on Fox News’ Shepard Smith Reporting, the Fox anchor immediately asked Vapor Technology Association executive director Tony Abboud whether vapin
  
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• Trump again said he helped at ground zero immediately following the 9/11 attacks

  11-09-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  There has been lack of evidence that Trump helped or hired people to help at ground zero on the days following the terrorist attack.
  
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• Swimsuit controversy: Alaskan swimmer who was disqualified for 'curvier' figure gets win reinstated

  11-09-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  The high school swimmer who was disqualified over a controversial "uniform violation" has had her victory reinstated.
  
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• Severely malnourished boy, 13, escapes home after being forced on vegan diet, parents charged

  11-09-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  A severely malnourished 13-year-old boy who was forced to follow a vegan diet escaped his Ohio home, leading authorities to arrest his parents. 
  
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• Poll: Biden down 5 points, while Warren edges past Sanders

  11-09-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The latest numbers come a little over 24 hours before the top three contenders appear on the same debate stage for the first time.
  
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• Donald Trump vows to 'hit Taliban harder than ever' on 9/11 anniversary

  11-09-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump vowed to hit the Taliban "harder than ever" as the United States marked the 18th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that led to its longest war in Afghanistan. The US president also blamed the Taliban for the abrupt cancellation of planned peace talks at Camp David, which followed the death of a US soldier in a suicide car bombing in Kabul last week. Speaking at the Pentagon, where he was marking the anniversary, Mr Trump said: "We had peace talks scheduled a fe
  
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• A high school swimmer who was disqualified over a 'suit wedgie' had the decision overturned

  11-09-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  A referee told a swimmer that her school-issued uniform was inappropriate. Now, the Alaska School Activities Association has overturned that decision.
  
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• More than 40,000 years ago, giant kangaroos roamed Australia. Their jaws were surprisingly similar to those of pandas, a new study found.

  11-09-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Extinct Australian kangaroos weighed more than 250 pounds and had powerful jaws to crunch through tough vegetation, much like today's giant pandas.
  
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• US jets smashed an island ISIS was using 'like a hotel' and troops found rockets and bombs stashed in caves

  11-09-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  At least 25 ISIS fighters are dead after a successful US air strike that dropped 80,000 pounds of ordnance, an Iraqi CTS spokesperson told Insider.
  
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• Trump: 'Mr. Tough Guy' Bolton made 'very big mistakes' before being fired

  11-09-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The president cites his differences with the man he picked to be his national security adviser.
  
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• The Latest: NC House Republicans defend veto override action

  11-09-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  North Carolina House Republican leaders say they never made any announcement or decision that would have prevented the chamber from voting to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper veto of the state budget bill.Speaker Tim Moore and one of his top lieutenants held a news conference hours after their chamber held an unexpected and successful override vote Wednesday.Moore says there was no scheming Wednesday to create the opportunity for an override.
  
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• Caught on Camera: Woman sneaks item, possibly a wallet, from elderly victim's purse in Walnut Creek store

  11-09-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  PLEASE SHARE: Surveillance video shows the woman standing behind an elderly woman as she is hunched over, looking intently at the shelves. She waits a few seconds, reaches into the unsuspecting woman's purse, and walks off.
  
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• Arizona state trooper arrested on 61 counts of sex abuse, kidnapping and harassment

  11-09-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Tremaine Jackson, a 13-year DPS veteran, is facing 61 criminal counts of sex abuse, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment and more, officials said.
  
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• Mainer gets 58 years for raping, killing former classmate

  11-09-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  A man who was captured on video hauling the lifeless body of a former high school classmate into the woods was sentenced to 58 years in prison on Wednesday for raping and killing her.Jalique Keene was seen on surveillance video carrying the woman over his shoulder as she kicked her legs and then later carrying her limp body into the woods, where she was found last year.Keene and 19-year-old Mikaela Conley knew each other from Mount Desert Island High School.
  
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• Homeless Ordered Off Rat-Infested Lot in Downtown Sacramento

  11-09-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Sacramento County Health officials have ordered homeless people to leave a vacant city-owned lot because of a major rat problem.
  
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• Florida teen tried to hire someone to kill parents with money stolen from them, police say

  11-09-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  A 17-year-old from Florida stole $1,400 from her parents to buy drugs and hire someone to kill them, according to an arrest affidavit.
  
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• Surveillance Video Raises Questions about Washington Police`s Version of Deadly Officer-Involved Shooting

  11-09-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Surveillance video of a deadly police shooting in Washington is raising questions about the official statement from the city's police department.
  
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• Trump news: President revives claim he was at ground zero after 9/11 despite fire chief saying he was 'never' there

  11-09-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump followed a tweet paying respects to those killed in 9/11 on the 18th anniversary of the terror attack mere moments later with a fresh assault on Jerome Powell of the Federal Reserve, calling the economist a “bonehead” and raising questions about the sincerity of his memorial message.The president's decision to appoint Charles Kupperman as his acting national security adviser, replacing the outgoing John Bolton, has come under fire after it emerged he has long-running tie
  
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• Triple shooting inside Northridge home prompts massive response from police, paramedics

  11-09-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  A triple shooting inside a home in Northridge prompted a massive response from police and firefighter-paramedics.
  
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• Blackface post by Colorado State students sparks outcry as racial issues mount

  11-09-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  A social media post of four students in blackface is one of several racial bias incidents at Colorado State in the past two years.
  
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• California cold case solved through DNA, genealogy

  11-09-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  DNA and genetic genealogy led police to solve a cold case and identify a now-deceased man who kidnapped and killed an 11-year-old girl in Southern California nearly 47 years ago, authorities said.Terri Lynn Hollis disappeared from her Torrance home on Thanksgiving in 1972.Authorities exhumed the body of Jake Edward Brown, who died in Arizona in 2003, to confirm that his DNA was a match to the evidence, Irvine said.
  
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• Trump threatens to ‘use power the likes of which the United States has never used before’ on anyone who strikes America in rambling 9-11 speech

  11-09-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump threatened to “use power the likes of which the United States has never used before” against anyone who strikes America.In a speech on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, he said: “If anyone dares to strike our land, we will respond with the full measure of American power and the iron will of the American spirit and that spirit is unbreakable."
  
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• Here's who will be onstage for tomorrow's Democratic debate hosted by ABC, what time it'll start, and how to watch

  11-09-2019 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Ten Democratic presidential candidates will gather in Houston for the third Democratic primary debate, hosted by ABC on September 12.
  
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• For the first time, an hour-by-hour timeline reveals what happened after the asteroid crash that killed the dinosaurs

  11-09-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The dinosaurs' extinction was spurred by an asteroid that struck Earth. By studying the crater, scientists now know what happened after the impact.
  
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• Kristin Cavallari called out for 'super insensitive' 9/11 post, fires social media staffer

  11-09-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  'Very Cavallari' star Kristin Cavallari is parting ways with her social media manager after a debacle on September 11.
  
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• 9/11 Victim’s Son Explains the Attack to Ilhan Omar: ‘There Is No Uncertainty’

  11-09-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  During a 9/11 memorial service on Tuesday, the son of a woman who died in the World Trade Center castigated Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) for the dismissive way she recently characterized the attacks that claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 Americans.Nicholas Haros Jr., wearing a black shirt emblazoned with the phrase “some people did something?” took the stage during the memorial service at Ground Zero to remind Omar and those assembled of what took place at the site exactly 1
  
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• A man sees the unimaginable while watching Hurricane Dorian on AccuWeather

  11-09-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Roman Sawyer knew the Abaco Islands, knew the neighborhood around his family's block - "That's my home," he said - but he couldn't comprehend what he was seeing as he watched TV footage of Hurricane Dorian's destruction."I know the landscape, I know the layout, I know where everything was," Sawyer told AccuWeather's Jonathan Petramala, "and I'm seeing all of these aerial pictures, and it's like, ‘Where is this?' This is not my home."Sawyer, now living in West Palm Beach, Florida, was watch
  
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• Echoing Trump, speaker at 9/11 ceremony questions Muslim congresswoman's patriotism

  11-09-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  A speaker at New York City's Sept. 11 commemoration ceremony on Wednesday assailed U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, a Muslim member of Congress who has often been the target of false slurs by President Donald Trump and right-wing media outlets. The speaker's remarks were an unusual deviation into partisan politics and religious division at the somber annual ceremony held at the lower Manhattan site where Islamist al Qaeda hijackers flew planes into the World Trade Center in 2001, killing nearly 3
  
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• No known fatalities or serious injuries after tornado, straight-line winds hit Sioux Falls

  11-09-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Strong 100 mph winds moved through southeast South Dakota damaging buildings, power lines and knocking down trees.
  
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• Mugabe makes journey home to Zimbabwe in subdued ceremony

  11-09-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Zimbabwe's founding leader Robert Mugabe made his final journey back to the country Wednesday, his body flown into the capital amid the contradictions of his long, controversial rule.The former guerrilla leader, who died Friday at 95 in a hospital in Singapore, led the fight to end white-minority rule in what was then Rhodesia, and ruled Zimbabwe from its independence in 1980 until he was deposed.During his 37-year authoritarian leadership, Zimbabwe descended from prosperity to economic crisis m
  
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• 73-Year-Old Maryland Woman Charged With Killing 82-Year-Old Neighbor With Brick

  11-09-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Police said the 73-year-old woman struck her 82-year-old neighbor with a brick after a dispute.
  
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• Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren's progressive alliance can only last so long. Here's how the break could happen.

  11-09-2019 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have maintained solidarity on the left flank of the 2020 Democratic field. But that has to end eventually.
  
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• AOC reveals her student loan balance and makes payment during congressional hearing

  11-09-2019 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made a payment towards her student loan debt during a committee meeting and called on Congress to take swift action on the issue.“I literally made a student loan payment while I was sitting here at this chair, and I looked at my balance and it was $20,237.16 (£16,410.62),” the New York Democrat said at a meeting of the financial services committee focusing on student debt.
  
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• Al-Qaida chief in 9/11 speech calls for attacks on West

  11-09-2019 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri called Wednesday on Muslims to attack U.S., European, Israeli and Russian targets in a speech on the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks online activity of jihadist groups, reported that in a video released by the militant group, the 68-year-old al-Zawahri also criticizes "backtrackers" from jihad, referring to former jihadis who changed their views in prison and called the 9/11 attacks unacceptable because innocent
  
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• Water discovered for first time in atmosphere of habitable exoplanet

  11-09-2019 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Water has been discovered for the first time in the atmosphere of an exoplanet with Earth-like temperatures that could support life as we know it, scientists revealed Wednesday.Eight times the mass of Earth and twice as big, K2-18b orbits in its star's "habitable zone" at a distance -- neither too far nor too close -- where water can exist in liquid form, they reported in the journal Nature Astronomy."This planet is the best candidate we have outside our solar system" in the search for signs of
  
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• Mississippi man pleads guilty to cross burning, sentenced to 11 years in federal prison

  11-09-2019 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Louie Revette pleaded guilty in April for his part in burning a cross outside the home of a black family in Seminary, Mississippi.
  
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• 5 Democrats hold lead over Trump: Poll

  11-09-2019 19:12 via news.yahoo.com
  A new ABC News/Washington Post poll shows some candidates would beat the president in a head-to-head matchup as Democrats prepare for a third debate in Houston.
  
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• Russia Tries to Balance India and China

  11-09-2019 19:05 via news.yahoo.com
  With Russia moving ever closer to China, can Moscow manage to maintain its historically friendly ties with one of Beijing’s prospective regional rivals?
  
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