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• Boy improving after Michigan buggy crash kills 3 siblings

  19-09-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  The condition of a Michigan boy who survived a horse-drawn buggy crash that killed his three siblings improved Thursday, a day after the tragedy that shocked the local Amish community.Henry Detweiler told the Lansing State Journal that the children — ages 6, 8, 10 and 13 — had finished school Wednesday and were headed to his blacksmith shop, less than 3 miles(4.8 kilometers) away, in Eaton County, southwest of the state capital."I bawled all the way home," said Kevin Newton, who ofte
  
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• Three Mile Island nuclear power plant's shutdown is imminent

  19-09-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The final shutdown of Three Mile Island, where 1979's terrifying partial meltdown became a landmark event in the life cycle of nuclear power in the United States, is imminent.Exelon Corp. officials said the plant will stop producing electricity around noon Friday, following through on a decision the Chicago-based energy giant made in May after it became clear that it would not get a financial rescue from Pennsylvania.The accident that destroyed Three Mile Island's Unit 2 badly undermined public
  
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• The Latest: California defends tax return law after setback

  19-09-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  California's elections chief says he believes a state law requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns is constitutional despite a legal setback.California Secretary of State Alex Padilla's comments Thursday come after a federal judge sided with the Trump campaign in its request to halt the law.The law requires presidential candidates to release five years of tax returns to appear on the state's March 2020 primary ballot.
  
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• Yang predicts Trump's nickname for him

  19-09-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Entrepreneur Andrew Yang spoke to POLITICO Wednesday as part of a series of interviews with Democrats seeking to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020.In addition to discussing Universal Basic Income, his stance on foreign policy, and more, we asked him some lighter questions:
  
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• A lawyer forced out of the CIA's watchdog office is representing the Trump whistleblower

  19-09-2019 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  An attorney who left the CIA in 2014 after facing professional retaliation for trying to work with intelligence community whistleblowers is now representing the U.S. official who reportedly filed a complaint alleging wrongdoing by President Trump.
  
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• Colorado driver puts injured bobcat in car next to child

  19-09-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Officials have a warning after a Colorado Springs woman put an injured bobcat in her car, inches away from where her child was in a safety seat: Don't pick up wildlife.Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesman Bill Vogrin says the woman spotted the injured adult male cat while driving, wrapped it in a blanket and put it in the back of her SUV on Wednesday.Agency officials told her to get her boy and herself out of the vehicle when she called to ask what to do.
  
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• India Is Planning a Huge China-Style Facial Recognition Program

  19-09-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- India is planning to set up one of the world’s largest facial recognition systems, potentially a lucrative opportunity for surveillance companies and a nightmare for privacy advocates who fear it will lead to a Chinese-style Orwellian state.Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government will open bids next month to build a system to centralize facial recognition data captured through surveillance cameras across India. It would link up with databases containing records for e
  
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• Single 25-year-old mother of 3 diagnosed with terminal cancer: 'I'm scared of leaving them behind'

  19-09-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  A single mother of three who had gone cancer-free for months has now been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
  
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• Transgender prisoner who sued dies days before release

  19-09-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  A transgender prison inmate who sued the state of New York, saying she was raped in a men's prison, has died of cancer days before she was to be freed on parole.LeslieAnn Manning, who had been serving a 30-year sentence for shooting at a police car, died Saturday at the Wende Correctional Facility in Alden, near Buffalo, according to the state corrections department.Manning, 53, had lung cancer, said her attorney, Susan Hazeldean.
  
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• House OKs measure to prevent possible end-of-month shutdown

  19-09-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  The House passed a short-term bill Thursday to prevent a federal shutdown when the budget year ends Sept. 30, and give lawmakers until the Thanksgiving break to negotiate and approve $1.4 trillion for federal agencies.The Senate is expected to approve the stopgap bill next week.The agency spending bills would fill in the details of this summer's budget and debt agreement between President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
  
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• Bernie Sanders First to Reach 1 Million Donors: Campaign Update

  19-09-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign has 1 million individual donors, making him the first Democrat to reach the milestone in this cycle, his campaign said Thursday.“Our strength is in numbers, and that is why Bernie Sanders is the only candidate who is able to say his campaign will rely only on grassroots funding in both the primary and against Donald Trump,” Campaign Manager Faiz Shakir said in a statement. “Like all campaigns we are beholden to our dono
  
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• NRA: Trump Administration’s Background-Check Proposal a ‘Non-Starter’

  19-09-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The National Rifle Association on Wednesday called the the Trump administration's proposal to expand background checks for gun buyers a "non-starter.""This missive is a non-starter with the NRA and our 5 million members because it burdens law-abiding gun owners while ignoring what actually matters: fixing the broken mental health system and the prosecution of violent criminals," said the executive director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, Jason Ouimet, in a statement.The
  
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• Justin Trudeau says white 'privilege' blinded him to racism of blackface as he expresses 'deep regret'

  19-09-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Justin Trudeau has refused to rule out the existence of more pictures of himself in blackface as he said white "privilege" had blinded him to the racism of the practice.  Three separate cases of Mr Trudeau wearing blackface have emerged in the last two days, shredding his reputation as a liberal poster boy a month before the Canadian elections. During a press conference on Thursday afternoon, Mr Trudeau said he "deeply regretted" the incidents, saying it was the sort of discrimination ethni
  
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• Injured crewman sues California dive boat owner after 34 diein fiery tragedy

  19-09-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Ryan Sims filed the suit last week in Ventura County Superior Court saying the Conception dive boat was unseaworthy and operated in an unsafe manner.
  
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• Alien enthusiasts descend on Nevada desert near secretive U.S. base

  19-09-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Scores of UFO enthusiasts converged on rural Nevada on Thursday for a pilgrimage of sorts to the U.S. installation known as Area 51, long rumored to house government secrets about alien life, as law enforcement officials beefed up security around the military base.Visitors descended early in the day on the tiny desert town of Rachel, a short distance from the military site, in response to a recent, viral social-media invitation to "storm" Area 51 on Friday, raising concerns by local authorities
  
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• US confident it will determine who behind Saudi attacks

  19-09-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States is confident that it will be able to determine who was behind the weekend attacks on Saudi oil facilities, thePentagon said Thursday.Indications are that Iran was behind the strikes but the United States will let Saudi Arabia announce who was responsible, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said."As of this time, all indications we have are that Iran is in some way responsible for the attack on the Saudi oil refineries," he told reporters.
  
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• Marianne Williamson wants a national mandatory service for people ages 18-26 to combat climate change

  19-09-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  At a presidential climate forum hosted by MSNBC, Marianne Williamson said Americans need a "World War II" level of mobilization against climate change.
  
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• The Navy SEAL who ran the bin Laden raid says negotiating with the Taliban is like sitting down for talks with ISIS

  19-09-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Talking to the Taliban is like meeting with ISIS, the retired Navy SEAL said weeks after Trump tried to bring Taliban leaders to the US for talks.
  
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• Parents of Israeli held in Gaza plead for news, action five years on

  19-09-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The parents of an Israeli man believed to be held by Hamas in Gaza since 2014 travelled to Geneva this week to demand international action to help bring him home.Avera Mengistu, a 33-year-old Israeli of Ethiopian descent, is depressed and suffering from mental problems since the death of his older brother when he crossed into Gaza five years ago.Israel's defence ministry determined he was being held by Hamas, but the Islamist movement governing Gaza has to date provided no information about his
  
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• An attorney forced out of the CIA's watchdog office is representing the Trump whistleblower

  19-09-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Andrew Bakaj, an attorney who left the CIA in 2014 after facing professional retaliation for trying to work with intelligence community whistleblowers is now representing the U.S. official who reportedly filed a complaint alleging wrongdoing by President Trump.
  
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• Passengers panic as Delta flight plunges nearly 30,000 feet in under 8 minutes

  19-09-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Delta flight 2353 dropped from nearly 39,000 feet to under 10,000 feet in minutes. The plane, bound for Fort Lauderdale, diverted to Tampa.
  
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• Trump: San Francisco to get environmental violation for homelessness

  19-09-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump said late Wednesday that his administration would issue a notice of environmental violation against the city of San Francisco because of what he described as its homelessness problem.
  
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• How to make ratatouille, a vegetable dish that's both hearty and healthy

  19-09-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  This fall ratatouille recipe works perfectly as a side dish or a delicious vegetarian main. The different colored veggieslooks great on the table, too.
  
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• AOC on DC statehood: 'Disenfranchisement' of DC rooted in the 'history of slavery'

  19-09-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cited the disenfranchisement of the majority-minority city as "upholding the injustice of the practices enacted during slavery."
  
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• Trump administration threatens to cut funding from university course for 'positive' discussion of Islam

  19-09-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The Trump administration has threatened to disqualify a university-level Middle East studies programme from receiving federal funding for teaching the “positive aspects of Islam”.The US Department of Education has ordered that the programme run by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University revise their course plans by 22 September or risk losing future funding.
  
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• Florida man held without bond in deaths of wife, 4 children

  19-09-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  When Georgia authorities pulled over a Florida driver during the weekend, they made a gruesome discovery in the back of the truck — the body of his decomposing wife. Casei Jones and her four children had been missing from their Florida hometown for over a month, and the discovery set off a massive search for the children. The bodies have now been found — though authorities won't say where — and Michael Jones, 38, has been returned to Florida for prosecution.
  
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• Republican primary voters are annoyed that their party is canceling primaries to benefit Trump

  19-09-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Insider polling found that 49% of respondents who identified as slightly to very conservative disagreed with 4 states canceling their GOP primaries.
  
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• George Clooney debuts new beard in London: Photos!

  19-09-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  While presenting finding of his organization, The Sentry, at a news conference in London, George Clooney sported a lengthy beard.
  
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• ‘We are preparing for the worst’: Storm Area 51 event could be disaster, locals fear

  19-09-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Local residents are "preparing for the worst" as fans of the viral Storm Area 51 Facebook event descend on a town near the secretive military base.The event could become a disaster as people struggle with the difficult conditions in Nevada without proper preparation, they have warned.
  
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• Officer who guarded El Chapo's wife arrested in drug sting

  19-09-2019 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  A New York City police officer who moonlighted as a bodyguard for the wife of convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested in a drug sting Wednesday after prosecutors say he transported cocaine for an undercover officer posing as a drug dealer.Ishmael Bailey, 36, cried as he was arraigned Wednesday night on charges including possession and sale of a controlled substance, receiving bribes and official misconduct.
  
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• Fox News Hosts Scold Right-Wing Pundit for Mocking Greta Thunberg: 'No Kid Bashing!'

  19-09-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Conservative pundit Buck Sexton seemingly thought on Thursday afternoon that he was in a safe space to mock 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg by appearing on Fox News. He apparently thought wrong.While sitting in as the lone male guest-host of Outnumbered—a woman-led daytime talk show—Sexton joined forces with co-hosts Dagen McDowell and Melissa Francis in ridiculing NBC News for launching a “climate confessions” section.“Climate change is a religious beli
  
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• The Latest: US, Saudis working to prevent future attacks

  19-09-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The Pentagon says the U.S. military is working with Saudi Arabia to find ways to provide more protection for the northern part of the country in the wake of the drone and cruise missile attack on the kingdom's oil industry.Air Force Col. Pat Ryder, spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Pentagon reporters Wednesday that U.S. Central Command is talking with the Saudis about ways to mitigate future attacks.Other U.S. officials have said adding Patriot missile batteries could be one option,
  
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• The U.S. May Strike a Fatal Blow to the WTO Sooner Than Expected

  19-09-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. A U.S. lawyer who is one of the last remaining members of an international panel that rules on trade disputes may resign in December, a move that would cripple the global conflict settlement system.The voluntary departure of Thomas Graham, who has served on the World Trade Organization panel since 2011, would accelerate the appellate body’s looming demise and force co
  
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• Senate Democrats release list of climate studies buried by Trump administration

  19-09-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  At least 1,400 USDA studies related to climate change were found.
  
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• PHOTOS: Rescued sea otter pups being named in a digital contest

  19-09-2019 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Heading into Sea Otter Awareness Week, people across the country will have a say in how two rescued southern sea otter pups at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium get names. The aquarium will host a digital naming contest focused on building affinity and understanding around sea otters and inspiring voters to also make their voices heard in support of conservation legislation and protections that are critical for vulnerable species.
  
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• 'They're forming like roaches.' The 6 tropical storms whirling at once have set a record

  19-09-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  It's hurricane season, but this is ridiculous. The six storms whirling this week in the Atlantic and Pacific set a record, forecasters reported.
  
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• 2nd '500-year rainfall' in 2 years will cause $8 billion in damages, AccuWeather predicts

  19-09-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Angel Marshman wades through floodwaters from Tropical Depression Imelda after trying to start his flooded car Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Galveston, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AccuWeather estimates the total damage and economic loss caused by Imelda will be $8 billion, according to the company's Founder and CEO Dr. Joel N. Myers, based on an analysis of damages expected from major flooding caused by heavy rainfall over eastern Texas and far southwestern Louisiana.The estimate includes
  
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• American Airlines Mechanic who Sabotaged Plane before Takeoff Suspected of ISIS Ties

  19-09-2019 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge denied bail on Wednesday to an American Airlines mechanic, who has been incarcerated since July for sabotaging a plane with 150 people on board, due to suspicions the mechanic has ties to ISIS.Abdul-Majeed Alani was arrested on September 5 and confessed to tampering with a Boeing 737 at Miami International Airport weeks earlier, grounding the plane before it had a chance to take off. He told investigators at the time that he was upset over a contract dispute involving a union, an
  
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• 13 of the most exciting new iPhone features that arrived today in iOS 13

  19-09-2019 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  After a string of beta releases, iOS 13 is finally here and ready for download. The latest update to the software that powers Apple's line of iOS devices is particularly intriguing given that last year's iOS 12 release wasn't heavy on forward-facing features as Apple opted to focus on improving system performance and reliability. With iOS 13, Apple is back at it with a number of brand new features that should drastically improve the overall user experience for iPhone and users alike. And seeing
  
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• Saudi coalition launches attacks on Yemeni ‘military targets’ in first operation since oil facilities attack, says local media

  19-09-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The Saudi-led military coalition has reportedly carried out attacks on targets in Yemen – its first response since an assault on oil facilities that the US has blamed on Iran.The strikes hit areas north of Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah, Saudi state TV reported.
  
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• Electric vehicle startup Rivian gets a jolt from big Amazon.com van order

  19-09-2019 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Electric vehicle startup Rivian Automotive LLC got a big boost from one of its investors on Thursday when Amazon.com announced it was ordering 100,000 electric delivery vans. Before Rivian has even begun commercial production at its factory in Normal, Illinois, the Amazon order rocketed it to the forefront of electric vehicle makers. Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said in Washington that as part of the online retailer's plan to be carbon neutral by 2040 it would order the electric vans from R
  
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• Buttigieg’s Health Plan Gets One Big Thing Right

  19-09-2019 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, jumped into the Democratic presidential primary’s most contentious issue on Thursday with the release of his “Medicare for All Who Want It” outline. A particularly bold part of his health plan tackles a key issue largely avoided by the other candidates. Buttigieg comes down firmly on former Vice President Joe Biden’s side with a plan that closely resembles the one the front-r
  
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• Mountain lion sneaks into family's home, lounges on bathroom floor, police say

  19-09-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  A family in Sonora, California, ended up with a mountain lion lying on the floor after he broke into their home.
  
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• Chuck Schumer said Democrats don't agree with Beto O'Rourke on gun buybacks. Some do.

  19-09-2019 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Chuck Schumer said "I don't know of any other Democrat who agrees with Beto O'Rourke." Some 2020 Dems do support mandatory gun buybacks.
  
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• The Latest: Czech company: Our engine wasn't used in attack

  19-09-2019 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  A Czech company whose small jet engine is believed to have been used in a cruise missile that attacked a key Saudi Arabian oil installation says it was a low-quality copy, not their genuine product.Marek Fiala, marketing director PBS Velka Bites, a unit of the PBS Group, said: "We have nothing to do with this case and we feel damaged by the fact that we are linked to it," in a statement sent Wednesday to The Associated Press.The Czech company says that it believes the engine in the missile "is n
  
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• All the National Coffee Day deals and freebies you should take advantage of

  19-09-2019 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  National Coffee Day takes place on Sept. 29 and luckily for customers, there are tons of deals and even free cups of coffee to be had.
  
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• Trump closes doors to immigrants, some US citizens open them

  19-09-2019 18:55 via news.yahoo.com
  As news of immigrant parents being separated from their children at the border filled headlines last summer, Vivien Tartter became distraught.Tartter is one more of a small but growing number of U.S. citizens who have picked up immigrants from detention centers, driven them to bus stations and doctor appointments, shared meals with them or hosted them at their homes, sometimes for one night, sometimes for a full year.At a time when the nation seems starkly divided on who should be allowed to res
  
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• No future, no children: Teens refusing to have kids until there's action on climate change

  19-09-2019 18:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Canadian Emma Lim is pledgeing NoFutureNoChildren until her government takes serious action against climate change. And it's cathcing on globally.
  
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• Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Verdict Leads to Angry Fallout

  19-09-2019 18:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Christopher FurlongTOKYO—Three executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) who ignored repeated warnings of a potential tidal wave that could result in a nuclear disaster, which did in fact take place, were found not guilty of criminal negligence resulting in death and injury by a Tokyo Court on Thursday. Many feel justice was poorly served. However, a former prosecutor says that the verdict was to be expected. * * *The Four-Hour Verdict* * *The Tokyo District Court ruled forme
  
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• Iranian Foreign Minister Says U.S. Military Strike Means ‘All-Out War’

  19-09-2019 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran warned Thursday that a U.S. military strike would result in an "all-out war" with the state terror sponsor that would result in "a lot of casualties."“What would be the consequence of an American or Saudi military strike on Iran right now?” CNN correspondent Nick Paton Walsh asked Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in an interview."An all-out war," Zarif said.“You make a very serious statement there, sir,” Walsh told the diplomat.“Well, I make a very
  
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