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• Iran's struggling space program could be a real threat if it ever gets off the ground.

  15-09-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  It might be a joke now, but the development of these capabilities could pose a real danger in the future.
  
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• California's largest wildfire in 2019 is visible from space

  15-09-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Since Sept. 4, the Walker Fire has grown to consume over 50,000 acres, making it the largest wildfire in California this year. As of Sunday afternoon, the fire had grown to 53,186 acres and was at 67% containment, according to InciWeb.The fire has charred parts of the Plumas National Forest, about 11 miles east of Taylorsville, California. The Murdock Crossing and Stoney areas are still under a mandatory evacuation on orders from the Plumas County Sheriff, though all other areas previously under
  
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• VIDEO: Would-be burglars kick in front door of Bay Area house, scared off by homeowner

  15-09-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Two masked-man kicked in the front door of a Pleasanton home in an attempted home-invasion -- and it was all caught on surveillance video.
  
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• The Latest: Tropical Storm Humberto continues to strengthen

  15-09-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Forecasters say Tropical Storm Humberto continues to strengthen, raising the risk of dangerous rip currents on the southeastern U.S. coast.The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami reports Sunday evening that Humberto is about 170 miles (270 kilometers) east-northeast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, and has maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph).Humberto is expected to become a hurricane Sunday night but remain away from land.
  
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• Muslim American New Jersey Mayor Says CBP Wrongfully Detained Him for Almost 3 Hours

  15-09-2019 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  According to Mohamed Khairullah, officials asked directly whether he met any terrorists
  
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• The Latest: No talks in GM-UAW contract spat; strike likely

  15-09-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Contract talks between the United Auto Workers union and General Motors broke off Sunday and haven't resumed, meaning the union's first national strike since 2007 is very likely.GM's 49,200 UAW members are scheduled to go on strike at 11:59 p.m. unless an agreement is reached on a new four-year contract.GM says it has made substantial offers, but union officials say they're far apart on wages, health care, use of temporary workers and other major items.
  
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• WRAPUP 2-Evidence from Saudi oil attack points to Iran, not Yemen -U.S. official

  15-09-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON/DUBAI, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities on Saturday that has threatened global oil supplies came from a direction indicating that Iran was behind it, and cruise missiles may have been the weapon of choice, according to a senior U.S. official.The comments added heft to Washington’s accusation that Iran launched the attacks that knocked out more than 5% of global oil supply, instead of the Yemeni Houthi group that claimed it.
  
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• County lines epidemic blamed as number of children missing or linked to drugs gangs doubles

  15-09-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  County lines drug networks have been blamed for a huge spike in the number of children identified as having links to gangs, after the figure more than doubled in three years. Social services in England carried out 8,650 assessments of young people whom they labelled as vulnerable with gangs highlighted as an issue in 2017-18.  It marked a significant jump on 2014-15, when 3,680 such cases were recorded. A similar trend was found in the number of children who went missing during the same per
  
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• Joe Biden reportedly praised pharmaceutical companies at a private party despite publicly railing against high drug prices

  15-09-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Biden told donors in private that there were "great drug companies out there — except a couple of opioid outfits," according to Bloomberg.
  
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• These 'kamikaze' drones were claimed to be the culprits of the attacks on 2 Saudi oil fields. Here's what we know about them.

  15-09-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  A UN Security Council report details the types of drones believed to be used by Houthi forces, who claimed a 10-drone strike on 2 Saudi oil fields.
  
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• Virginia Attorney General Concludes Race Information Is Not Necessary for Marriage Licenses

  15-09-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The state has new forms, which let applicants “Declined to Answer” about race
  
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• Courts free more suspects in case of disappeared students

  15-09-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Courts have freed another 24 people implicated in one of the country's most notorious crimes, the disappearance of 43 students, a federal official said Sunday.Deputy Interior Secretary Alejandro Encinas told a news conference that the detainees were freed the previous evening after courts found various violations of due process in their cases, including torture and arbitrary detention.Authorities say leftist students from the Ayotzinapa teacher's school were abducted by police in the Guerrero st
  
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• UPDATE 1-Scope, precision of Saudi oil attacks show Iran to blame -U.S. officials

  15-09-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The scope and precision of drone attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities show they were launched from a west-northwest direction rather than from Yemen to the south, where Houthi rebels claimed responsibility, senior U.S. administration officials said on Sunday.The attacks on Saturday risk disruptions to the world's oil supplies, and oil prices were expected to jump on Monday.The officials said they had additional evidence they would reveal in the days to come that would show that Houthi claims
  
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• Mexico targets former attorney general in probe of missing students case

  15-09-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexican prosecutors will target a former attorney general and his top aides in their investigation into the handling of a controversial probe into the disappearance five years ago of 43 student teachers, a government official said on Sunday.The attorney general's office said on Saturday prosecutors would hold to account those who oversaw the widely-panned probe into the abduction and apparent massacre of the trainee teachers by corrupt police working with a violent drug gang.The scandal battered
  
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• U.S. blames Iran for Saudi oil attack, Trump says 'locked and loaded'

  15-09-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the United States was "locked and loaded" for a potential response to the attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities, after a senior U.S. administration official said Iran was to blame.Trump also authorized the use of the U.S. emergency oil stockpile to ensure stable supplies after the attack, which shut 5% of world production and sent crude prices soaring more than 19% in early trade on Monday, before moderating to show a 10% gain.
  
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• Trump's proposed ban on vape flavors may not stop teens from vaping, experts warn

  15-09-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Health advocates heralded Trump's proposed ban on flavored vape products while industry officials warn it could lead to risky do-it-yourself mixing
  
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• Evidence from Saudi oil attack points to Iran, not Yemen: U.S. official

  15-09-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) - The attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities on Saturday that has threatened global oil supplies came from a direction indicating that Iran was behind it, and cruise missiles may have been the weapon of choice, according to a senior U.S. official.The comments added heft to Washington’s accusation that Iran launched the attacks that knocked out more than 5% of global oil supply, instead of the Yemeni Houthi group that claimed it.Tehran rejected the accusation, bu
  
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• Gun control must include background checks, Dems tell Trump

  15-09-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Congressional Democratic leaders warned President Donald Trump on Sunday that any proposal on gun control must include a House-passed bill to expand background checks for gun purchases — or else risk no legislation at all.In a joint statement, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said they spoke Sunday morning by phone with Trump, who planned to announce as soon as this week what measures he supported.Pelosi, D-Calif., and Schumer, D-N.Y., said they made cl
  
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• Egypt says no 'breakthrough' with Ethiopia over Nile dam

  15-09-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told reporters that talks over the $5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam had stopped for more than a year before restarting in Cairo earlier in the day.The long-running dispute centers on the filling and operation of what will be Africa's largest hydroelectric dam.Egypt fears the dam could reduce its share of the Nile River which serves as a lifeline for the country's 100 million people.
  
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• Democratic presidential candidates want Kavanaugh impeached after newly surfaced sexual misconduct accusation

  15-09-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Several Democratic presidential candidates called for Kavanaugh to be impeached, while Republicans called the new report a "smear" against the justice
  
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• Why Stacey Abrams still won’t concede

  15-09-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Stacey Abrams lost her 2018 bid for Georgia governor against Brian Kemp. Despite acknowledging Kemp as the legal victor, Abrams has refused to officially concede the election.
  
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• Generation healthy: alcoholic seltzer craze sweeps US

  15-09-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Health-conscious American millennials have found their drink of choice: alcoholic carbonated water that is lower in calories and carbs than beer and wine.A hard seltzer craze is sweeping the United States as Generations Y and Z pursue healthier lifestyles, influenced by viral trends on Instagram and YouTube.US sales of the bubbly booze, also called spiked seltzer, have soared almost 200 percent this year compared to 2018, according to research firm Nielsen.
  
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• Democrats try to tempt Trump on guns as Beto beats drum for AR-15 buyback

  15-09-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  * Pelosi and Schumer speak to president on gun control* Buttigieg and Paul offer criticism of O’Rourke’s rhetoricNancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer on Sunday offered Donald Trump a rare and highly symbolic bipartisan win – if he can somehow force Republicans in the Senate to enact gun control legislation containing background check measures passed by the House this year.The House speaker and Senate minority leader said they would both join the president at the White House “fo
  
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• Don't ban nontobacco flavored e-cigarettes. Adults are in more danger than your kids.

  15-09-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  We react swiftly and forcefully when our kids are in danger. In this case, your spouse or parent might be in more danger than your child.
  
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• General Motors auto workers call strike in US

  15-09-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  The United Auto Workers union called a nationwide strike against General Motors Sunday, with some 46,000 members set to walk off the job beginning at midnight amid an impasse in contract talks.The decision, which the Wall Street Journal described as the first major stoppage at GM in more than a decade, came a day after the manufacturer's four-year contract with workers expired without an agreement on a replacement.Local union leaders met in Detroit "and opted to strike at midnight on Sunday," th
  
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• How Argentina Can Prevent an Economic Crisis: Dollars

  15-09-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  It was dollarization in 2000 that saved Ecuador during the Rafael Correa years from experiencing the devastating economic damage that Correa’s role model, Hugo Chávez, inflicted upon Venezuela.
  
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• Why Pakistan Needs a New Strategy for the Pending Political Gulf Crisis

  15-09-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The key to Islamabad’s bewilderment lies elsewhere, perhaps in a newer geopolitical realignment.
  
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• Trump Must Not Give Israel a Blank Check in the Middle East

  15-09-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel has a right to defend itself, but not at the expense of regional stability and American interests.
  
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• Police: No sign that Duluth synagogue fire was hate crime

  15-09-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  A fire that destroyed a historic synagogue in northeastern Minnesota doesn't appear to have been a hate crime, authorities said Sunday in discussing the arrest of a suspect.Matthew James Amiot, 36, of Duluth, was arrested Friday in the fire last week at the Adas Israel Congregation in downtown Duluth, the city's police chief, Mike Tusken, said at a news conference.Tusken said he has no reason to believe the fire was a hate crime, although the investigation is ongoing.
  
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• Spanish activists prepare to take rape trial to supreme court in new challenge to consent laws

  15-09-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Spanish feminist groups are expecting a gang rape trial resuming in Barcelona on Monday to go to the supreme court, as activists criticise the country’s rape laws. The court has already heard the testimony of the alleged victim – who claims she was raped at a party in the Catalan town of Manresa in 2016 when she was 14 – and from the seven men accused of attacking her. The hearings will continue with the testimony of experts who will analyse DNA samples. Their conclusions could
  
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• New York bans the sale of flavored e-cigarettes by emergency order from Governor Cuomo

  15-09-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Governor Andrew Cuomo is taking action against electronic cigarettes.On Saturday, the New York governor announced an emergency executive action to ban the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes in-state.Gov. Cuomo tweeted the news and noted that State police and the New York Department of Health will "ramp up enforcement against retailers who sell to underage youth" and he will continue to "advance legislation to eliminate deceptive marketing of e-cigarettes" to young people.> BREAKING: Today
  
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• Biden Draws Domestic Terror Line From Birmingham to El Paso

  15-09-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Joe Biden drew a direct line between the violence of groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and recent mass shootings in a speech on race and domestic terrorism in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, seeking to unify the congregation – and the country – in a fight against hatred and injustice.“The domestic terrorism of white supremacy has been the antagonist of our highest ideals from before our founding,” Biden said at the 56th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist
  
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• A GOP pollster said $2 billion would be spent in the 2020 election on convincing 6% of voters which party to vote for

  15-09-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The pollster Frank Luntz said the 6% of voters he described as "truly undecided" were the greatest hurdle to campaigns for 2020 hopefuls.
  
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• A GOP pollster said $2 billion will be spent in the 2020 election on convincing 6% of voters which party to vote for

  15-09-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Pollster Frank Luntz said that the 6% of voters that are "truly undecided" are the greatest hurdle to campaigns for 2020 hopefuls.
  
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• Kamala Harris had a 'Trump strategy': Brazile on third Democratic debate

  15-09-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The Powerhouse Roundtable analyzes the third Democratic debate and discusses the week's politics on "This Week."
  
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• 8 earthquakes strike North Carolina within one week

  15-09-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  In one week, eight earthquakes between magnitudes 1.4 to 2.5 hit the Western North Carolina region, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).A town called Cherokee in the western part of North Carolina experienced six tremors in five days last week.The strongest earthquake was a magnitude 2.5 around 11:00 p.m. EDT Wednesday approximately 2.5 miles southwest of Cherokee.> Last night's 2.3 magnitude earthquake near the North Carolina/Tennessee border is a reminder that eathhquakes can &am
  
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• Storm Humberto strengthens but moves away from Bahamas and US

  15-09-2019 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Tropical storm Humberto gained strength Sunday and was expected to return to hurricane force by evening, but its track now puts it far from the Bahamas and the US coast, the US National Hurricane Center said.As of midday, Humberto was 180 miles (290 kilometers) northwest of Great Abaco Island, which was devastated two weeks ago by the passage of Hurricane Dorian, and 165 miles northeast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, the NHC said in an update at 15H00 GMT.It had maximum sustained winds of 65 miles
  
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• Hong Kong sees biggest protests since controversial bill dropped as demonstrators find their anthem

  15-09-2019 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  After three months of chaos in Hong Kong, tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets with a new “protest anthem” on Sunday, despite the formal withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill. Protesters gathered outside a department store in the afternoon for a pro-democracy rally took place, despite being banned by police. Some protesters threw bricks at police outside the Chinese People's Liberation Army base in the city's Admiralty district, and tore down and set f
  
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• Rep. Ilhan Omar defends her controversial World Trade Center remarks: '9/11 was an attack on all Americans'

  15-09-2019 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Ilhan Omar responded to criticism from a 9/11 victim’s son, who, during a memorial reading of victims’ names at Ground Zero last week, called out the freshman congresswoman for past remarks she made about the terrorist attacks.
  
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• Italy’s far-right party leader Salvini vows to return to power and issues warning to EU

  15-09-2019 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Matteo Salvini, the leader of Italy’s far-right League party, has vowed to return to power and told the European Union (EU) his countrymen are "no one’s servant”.“I will never give up,” he told tens of thousands of supporters at the annual pilgrimage of his party's voters to a foothill Lombard town, which has long historical associations to nationalist movements.
  
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• At least 22 people injured after deck collapse at New Jersey event

  15-09-2019 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  A home’s multilevel deck collapsed Saturday evening at the Jersey Shore trapping people and injuring at least 22, officials said.
  
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• Yes, Iran Was Behind the Saudi Oil Attack. Now What?

  15-09-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Following the Houthi attack on Saturday on Saudi Aramco’s crude-oil processing facility, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an obvious and necessary point: Blame Iran.It is obvious because the Houthi rebels in Yemen lack the drones, missiles or expertise to attack infrastructure inside Saudi Arabia. In 2018, a United Nations panel of experts on Yemen examined the debris of missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen into Saudi Arabia and concluded there was
  
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• Black transgender woman found 'burned beyond recognition' in Florida, officials say

  15-09-2019 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Bee Love Slater was found badly burned in a car in Florida earlier this month. Advocates believe she is the 18th transgender person killed this year.
  
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• Storm reprieve: Tropical Storm Humberto steers clear of beleaguered Bahamas

  15-09-2019 18:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Residents and rescue workers breathe sigh of relief; Florida coast also appears to be in the clear from impacts of Tropical Storm Humberto.
  
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• A look at the corruption scandals facing Israel's Netanyahu

  15-09-2019 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to hold on to power in Tuesday's historic repeat election as the shadow of various corruption charges loom over his future.Israel's attorney general has recommended pressing criminal charges against him in three separate corruption cases, pending a long delayed pre-trial hearing scheduled for early October — just three weeks after the election.
  
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• Underfire PM calls up Hulk, claims 'huge' Brexit progress

  15-09-2019 18:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday declared Britain would break out of the European Union just like the comic book hero "The Incredible Hulk" and hailed "huge" progress towards getting a divorce deal.The Conservative leader made the comments ahead of meetings with European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker and EU negotiator Michel Barnier in Luxembourg on Monday.Johnson told the Mail on Sunday newspaper he was "very confident" of getting a divorce deal at an EU summit on October 17, in ti
  
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• Democrats are demanding Brett Kavanaugh's impeachment over a new sexual misconduct allegation

  15-09-2019 18:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats have been weighing the best path for contesting Kavanaugh's place on the court since his October 2018 confirmation.
  
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• Ilhan Omar said she hopes Israel votes out Netanyahu

  15-09-2019 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The Minnesota congresswoman says Netanyahu is standing in the way of a possible two-state solution.
  
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• GM auto workers decide to go on strike in US: union

  15-09-2019 18:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The United Auto Workers union called a strike against General Motors Sunday, with some 46,000 members set to walk off the job beginning at midnight amid an impasse in contract talks.The decision, which the Wall Street Journal described as the first major stoppage at GM in more than a decade, came a day after the manufacturer's four-year contract with workers expired without an agreement on a replacement.Local union leaders met in Detroit "and opted to strike at midnight on Sunday," the UAW said
  
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• The Latest: Source: GM offers new products for closed plants

  15-09-2019 18:12 via news.yahoo.com
  A person briefed on the bargaining says General Motors has offered the United Auto Workers to make new products at two assembly plants it had planned to close.Talks between the union and GM broke off Sunday and the union says it plans to go on strike just before midnight.General Motors says it presented what it believes was a strong offer to the roughly 49,000 workers at its U.S. plants, including improved wages and benefits and investments in eight facilities in four states.
  
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