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• Dem leaders plot impeachment messaging war with Trump

  29-09-2019 23:50 via politico.com
  House Democrats are plotting an all-out offensive against President Donald Trump as they pursue an impeachment inquiry, announcing plans on Sunday to streamline their messaging operation and aid vulnerable lawmakers as they face potential blowback in their districts.Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top deputies laid out the strategy during a private conference call Sunday afternoon.The plan reflects a deepening sentiment among Democrats that Trump’s latest scandal involving Ukraine could persu
  
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• U.S. Marines Say a Moment's Confusion Caused the Fatal 2018 Air Collision

  29-09-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The report also described the squadron as having "a command climate of general unprofessionalism and misconduct."
  
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• Xi Military Parade to Showcase China Missiles Spooking the U.S.

  29-09-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- In Beijing, President Xi Jinping’s grand military parade through the capital will be cheered as a display of national pride after 70 years of Communist Party rule. In Washington, many will see a growing threat to American dominance in the Western Pacific.Alongside the tanks, troop carriers and columns of goose-stepping soldiers, the 80-minute procession past Tiananmen Square on Tuesday is expected to showcase a set of missiles that have prompted the U.S. in recent years to t
  
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• Pelosi vs. Trump: Combatants in a historic impeachment showdown that will test them, and the nation

  29-09-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump and Speaker Pelosi have been the oddest of couples. Her decision to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into him sets up a historic battle.
  
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• Tesla and Elon Musk's Tweet Violated Labor Laws Protecting Unions, Judge Rules

  29-09-2019 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Judge Amita Tracy ordered the company to cease and desist a litany of actions
  
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• 'Historic' winter storm dumps 3 feet of snow, smashes records in West

  29-09-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  One week after summer's end a historic winter storm began blasting parts of the West with up to 3 feet of snow.
  
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• Loyalist soldiers killed, captured in major Yemen rebel attack

  29-09-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Some 200 pro-government fighters were killed in Yemen and more than 1,000 taken prisoner in an August offensive near the Saudi border by the Iran-backed Huthi rebels, a loyalist source and the rebels said Sunday.The Huthis, who are fighting a Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen's long-running conflict, had claimed a mass capture of Saudi forces in the offensive, but a press conference on Sunday was short on proof.The Yemeni government source confirmed to AFP that some 200 soldiers were killed
  
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• Harvard president compares fundraising changes to abolition of slavery

  29-09-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  * Larry Bacow apologises for remark about 13th amendment* Colleges should not try to ‘own’ wealthy alumniThe Widener Library in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Photograph: Charles Krupa/APThe president of Harvard University has apologized for likening the 13th amendment to the US constitution – which abolished slavery – to changes in how colleges raise funds.On Tuesday, the Boston Globe reported, Larry Bacow suggested that as the 13th amend
  
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• Spanish island of Tenerife suffers massive power outage

  29-09-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  A major power outage in Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands left nearly 1 million people without electricity, authorities said Sunday.The local government said that the outage had affected "the entire island," but that emergency generators were working for basic services such as hospitals.Within hours, Spain's electrical network said 65% of power had been restored.
  
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• Trump reportedly worked with 2 'off the books' lawyers to pressure Ukraine

  29-09-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace said that top U.S. officials confirmed President Trump was working with more than one personal lawyer "off the books" to pressure Ukrainian officials for damaging information on former Vice President Joe Biden.
  
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• Trump reportedly worked with 2 'off the books' lawyers to pressure Ukraine for damaging information about Joe Biden, in addition to Giuliani

  29-09-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox News' Chris Wallace reports that Trump worked "off the books" with two lawyers, Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing, to pressure Ukraine.
  
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• Giuliani says he will cooperate with Trump impeachment inquiry — only if the president gives him the green light

  29-09-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said Sunday he would cooperate the House impeachment inquiry, but only if directed by his client.
  
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• Terrorism charge filed against man who crashed car into Woodfield Mall near Chicago

  29-09-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  The man who slammed his SUV into a suburban Chicago mall has been formally charged with terrorism and criminal damage to property, authorities said.
  
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• Two people killed after Mexico theme park crash

  29-09-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  At least two people have died after a speeding roller coaster car flipped over midride at a Mexican amusement park. When the last car on the ride derailed at La Feria theme park, two men 18 and 21 years old died from head injuries and other wounds, according to officials.
  
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• Rudy Giuliani: Trump lawyer immediately contradicts himself after claiming he would not cooperate with impeachment investigation

  29-09-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani said he would not cooperate with House Democrat impeachment enquiries, before immediately contradicting himself when pressed.Mr Giuliani was being interviewed on ABC News when he said that he would not cooperate with investigations in the House Intelligence Committee while representative Adam Schiff was in charge.
  
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• Man charged with terrorism after driving SUV through Woodfield Mall

  29-09-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  A 22-year-old Palatine man was charged with terrorism early Sunday morning after plowing his SUV through Woodfield Mall in a bizarre-and still unexplained-incident more than a week ago.
  
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• Intense Hong Kong clashes ahead of China's 70th anniversary

  29-09-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Fierce clashes broke out between protesters and riot police in Hong Kong Sunday as thousands marched through the strife-torn city, during a day of global protests aimed at casting a shadow over communist China's upcoming 70th birthday.Beijing is preparing for huge, tightly-choreographed festivities from Tuesday to mark the founding of the People's Republic of China, including a massive military parade that will revel in the country's emergence as a global superpower.
  
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• Giuliani said Mike Pompeo knew he pushed Ukraine to investigate Biden

  29-09-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Giuliani added to allegations that Trump pressured foreign officials to investigate his potential 2020 Democratic opponent for his own political gain.
  
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• The whistleblower at the center of the Trump impeachment inquiry has agreed to testify before Congress, says Rep. Adam Schiff

  29-09-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiffer said an agreement has been reached for the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower to testify before Congress.
  
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• Now, about Joe Biden's son: Today's Toon

  29-09-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
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• Iran's iconic anti-US murals make way for a new generation of artwork

  29-09-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Famous murals celebrating Iran's Islamic revolution daubed on walls of the former US embassy in Tehran have been erased to make way for new paintings to be unveiled on the fortieth anniversary of the hostage crisis.Three workers were on Sunday afternoon seen removing the original artwork with a sandblaster against the wall of Taleqani avenue, bordering the south side of what was once dubbed a US "spy nest" in central Tehran.On November 4, 1979, less than nine months after Iran's last shah was to
  
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• Could Africa Be the Next Financial Frontier?

  29-09-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The Demoratic Republic of Congo is ready to capitalize on the opportunities created by the U.S.-China trade war.
  
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• Moroccan king ill, forced to miss Chirac funeral service

  29-09-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Doctors have advised Morocco's King Mohammed VI to rest for several days to recover from a viral lung infection that forced him to miss a remembrance ceremony in Paris for France's late president Jacques Chirac, the palace said on Sunday.In a rare statement on the health of the 56-year-old monarch, who last year underwent heart surgery, the palace said Mohammed had been unable to attend the commemoration event for Chirac, who died last week aged 86.Chirac served as French president from 1995 to
  
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• White House adviser says Trump 'is the whistleblower’

  29-09-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  White House senior adviser Stephen Miller defended President Trump’s attempts to have the Ukrainian president open an investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, claiming on Sunday that the scandal was a “political hit job” by the “deep state” and that Trump was really the “whistleblower.”
  
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• Donations for Trump's 2020 war chest surge as impeachment bid fires up Republicans

  29-09-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump and the Republican party are using the prospect of impeachment to raise a record election war chest, firing up supporters and hauling in unprecedented amounts of money. Republican officials said there had been a "groundswell" of support from the party's rank-and-file in the days after Democrats in Congress announced an impeachment inquiry into the president over the Ukraine scandal. It looks set to spur Mr Trump to an extraordinary total for the 2020 campaign, which could ultimately
  
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• New York city cop, suspect killed in exchange of gunfire

  29-09-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  A New York city police officer on anti-gang duty and a suspect he was trying to arrest were both killed during an exchange of gunfire in the Bronx early Sunday, police said.Officer Brian Mulkeen, 33, was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said in a statement."There is absolutely no worse moment on our job than this," Chief of Department Terence Monahan said in remarks at the hospital, according to a police statement.
  
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• 'I couldn't give up': How I got through college as a homeless student sleeping in my car

  29-09-2019 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  I wonder how many college students are like me, normal on the outside but actually fighting for their life. For those students, here's how I coped.
  
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• Boeing faces new 737 issue: Cracks in wing supports on popular NG version

  29-09-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The FAA has ordered inspections after cracks are found in wing supports on the Boeing 737 NG.
  
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• Cash-Strapped Booker Says Could Drop White House Bid by Tuesday

  29-09-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Cory Booker said he could end his presidential campaign by Tuesday unless he is able to reach his goal of $1.7 million in donations within the next 36 hours.Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, the New Jersey senator said that despite an “avalanche of support,” his campaign needed “some more help” from contributors. His campaign website shows he’s about $150,000 short of the amount he targeted on Sept. 21 to have a viabl
  
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• Leonardo DiCaprio reacts to Trump's 'insulting' tweet to Greta Thunberg at 2019 Global Citizen Festival

  29-09-2019 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Leonardo DiCaprio defended Greta Thunberg in front of60,000 people during NYC's2019 Global Citizen's Festival.
  
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• Sudan summons Egypt envoy over detained student as protesters rally

  29-09-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Sudan on Sunday summoned Cairo's envoy to Khartoum in protest over the detention of a Sudanese student by Egyptian authorities during a crackdown on rare rallies against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.The anti-Sisi protests first erupted on September 20 after viral videos posted by an exiled Egyptian businessman accusing the president and the military of corruption tapped into simmering discontent over economic woes in Egypt."The Egyptian ambassador was informed about the concern and worry raise
  
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• Giuliani said he 'wouldn't cooperate' with Adam Schiff in the Ukraine investigation

  29-09-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats are zeroing in on Trump's inner circle as they pursue the impeachment inquiry after a bombshell whistleblower complaint.
  
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• Robert Mugabe buried in a steel coffin encased in concrete as family claims people are 'after his body'

  29-09-2019 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The bizarre burial of Robert Mugabe saw the former Zimbabwean leader interred in a steel-lined coffin under a layer of concrete on Saturday, following a bitter dispute over his resting place between government officials, traditional leaders and family members. Twenty-two days after he died, the body of the strongman was finally buried next to his home with second wife Grace Mugabe in Kutama, Zvimba, the village of his birth, 55 miles north west of Harare. His eldest neph
  
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• Fox News' Chris Wallace spars with Stephen Miller over Trump's call to use attorneys to seek dirt on Joe Biden

  29-09-2019 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox News host Chris Wallace grilled White House adviser Stephen Miller on why President Trump used personal attorneys to press a foreign country to investigate a political rival rather than seek official channels for justice.
  
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• Portugal's Azores brace for impact of category 4 hurricane Lorenzo

  29-09-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  As hurricane Lorenzo moves closer, Portugal's Azores archipelago is bracing for strong winds, heavy rain and towering waves and the country's meteorology agency IPMA said there was more than an 80% chance of the storm hitting the mid-Atlantic islands.In a statement published on Sunday, IPMA said the eye of category 4 hurricane Lorenzo would pass "very close" to the archipelago on Wednesday, with gales of up to 125 miles per hour (mph) expected to batter some areas.The storm briefly strengthened
  
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• Elon Musk unveils new Mars rocket prototype, expects missions in months

  29-09-2019 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Musk showed a crowd of space enthusiasts and reporters at SpaceX’s rocket development site late on Saturday in the remote village of Boca Chica, Texas, animations of Starship landing on the moon and Mars and predicted that the rocket's first orbital flight could come in the next six months, followed by missions to space with humans aboard the next year. "This is basically the holy grail of space," Musk said, standing between a towering, newly assembled Starship rocket and Falcon 1 —
  
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• Kurz set to retake power in Austria as far-Right Freedom Party suffers crushing defeat

  29-09-2019 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Sebastian Kurz was poised to return to power in Austria on Sunday night as his party made sweeping gains in elections while the far-Right Freedom Party (FPÖ) suffered a crushing defeat. While it fell short of an absolute majority, Mr Kurz's conservative People’s Party (ÖVP) took a commanding first place with 37.1 per cent — a record 15 points clear of its nearest competitor. The centre-Left Social Democrats (SPÖ), who have dominated much of postwar Austr
  
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• Strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake off Chile coast: USGS

  29-09-2019 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific off the coast of Chile on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said."There is a low likelihood of casualties and damage," the USGS said of the earthquake, which it earlier reported as a magnitude 7.2, and which occurred 41 miles (66 kilometers) west-southwest of Constitucion, Chile.Chile's National Seismological Center (CSN) put the quake at 6.6 magnitude.
  
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• Soldier at Mar-a-Lago uploaded photos of an underage girl to website

  29-09-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Richard Ciccarella is said to have uploaded topless pictures of a young female relative. Ciccarella pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to federal investigators about an email address for a Russian website. According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory Schiller, the photos didn't constitute child pornography.
  
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• Barr 'surprised and angered' Trump lumped him in with Giuliani, source tells ABC News

  29-09-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Gov. Chris Christie, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Julie Pace and Pierre Thomas debate the politics of impeachment on the “This Week” Powerhouse Roundtable.
  
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• Trump rapidly retweets more than 18 posts criticizing Fox News' Ed Henry

  29-09-2019 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Conservative commentator Mark Levin got angry at Fox News' Ed Henry on Sunday over questions he asked about President Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last July, and Trump seemingly loved it.Levin was set off by Henry's questions during an appearance on Fox & Friends, especially, Mediaite reports, when it came to Henry asking if it was fair game for Trump to ask Zelensky to push for an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden's son, Hunter.> pic.twi
  
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• Democrats Desperate to Derail Economy to Beat Trump, Ross Says

  29-09-2019 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Democrats are trying to derail the economy with an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump because they know that otherwise, he’ll win re-election in 2020.Ross said economic indicators through August were headed in the right direction before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry into Trump last week. Pelosi’s move followed damaging revelations, including that the president asked Ukraine’s
  
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• Elon Musk's ambitious plan for SpaceX's Starship aims to put the reusable rocket system in orbit in less than six months

  29-09-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  SpaceX CEO Elon Musk presented an update on the system at the company's launch facility in Cameron County, Texas on Saturday, Sept. 28.
  
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• Duterte spokesman critical of U.S. senator's comments on senator detention

  29-09-2019 18:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman on Sunday criticized a U.S. lawmaker for making a "baseless" accusation of abuse in the case of a detained critic of the Filipino leader.Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo was reacting to a statement by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, who said the detention of Philippine Senator Leila De Lima was a "wrongful imprisonment".Leahy made the remarks in a statement he sent to local network ABS-CBN News on Friday, in which he criticized Panelo for saying
  
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• Giuliani calls Democrat Adam Schiff an 'illegitimate' House Intel chair

  29-09-2019 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Rudy Giuliani is not a fan of House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). That much is clear.Giuliani on Sunday, during an appearance on ABC's This Week, told host George Stephanopoulos that he "wouldn't cooperate" with Schiff as Congress launches an impeachment inquiry of President Trump over his communications with Ukraine's government. Giuliani is closely -- and openly -- tied to the matter as Trump's personal lawyer.The former New York City mayor called Schiff an "illegitimate
  
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• Senate Has No Way to Sidestep an Impeachment Inquiry, Aide Says

  29-09-2019 18:47 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- There’s no way the U.S. Senate can avoid receiving articles of impeachment on President Donald Trump if the House of Representatives votes in favor of formal charges, according to a Republican Senate leadership aide.Under U.S. law, the House’s role is to consider articles of impeachment against an individual -- in this case, the president. If approved, the Senate then considers whether to remove that person from office.The aide laid out guidance on what may happen in t
  
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• Chile earthquake: Powerful 6.8 magnitude tremor hits coast

  29-09-2019 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 has struck off Chile's coast, the US Geological Survey (USGS) says.The quake was centred 83 miles (134 km) west of Talca.
  
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