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• In or out? Court case on job bias casts pall on LGBT fests

  13-10-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  National Coming Out Day festivities were tempered this year by anxiety that some LGBT folk may have to go back into the closet so they can make a living, depending on what the Supreme Court decides about workplace discrimination law."I want all members of our community to feel supported by the government, and often for a lot of us and a lot of friends of mine, it's the first time that they feel represented," said Jessica Goldberg, a bisexual senior at the University of Colorado Denver.
  
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• Wedding attack suspect is stepson of recently slain minister

  13-10-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The man charged with wounding a clergyman and a bride during a wedding at a New Hampshire church is the stepson of a minister from the same church who was killed earlier this month, a state prosecutor said Sunday.Dale Holloway, 37, is the stepson of 60-year-old Luis Garcia who was shot to death Oct. 1 in Londonderry, Senior Assistant Attorney General Ben Agati said in an email Sunday.
  
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• Police Respond to Reports of Mall Shooting in Florida, Confirm One Person Injured

  13-10-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities have not yet identified the circumstances which led to the shooting
  
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• Police Respond to Reports of Mall Shooting in Florida, Confirm 1 Person Injured

  13-10-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities have not yet identified the circumstances which led to the shooting
  
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• Body found in San Jose neighborhood where Utah-based CEO went missing

  13-10-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The car was found on Bose Lane at Camden Avenue just before 4 p.m. on Saturday.
  
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• Power returns to Northern California; firefighters gain on wildfires in SoCal

  13-10-2019 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The lights were back on for more than 2 million Northern Californians after strong winds fueling wildfire concerns prompted a preemptive outage.
  
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• Can The U.S. Army's Latest Air Defense System Handle 21st Century Warfare?

  13-10-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  A demonstration might give us hints.
  
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• Up to 35 dead as Typhoon Hagibis slams Japan

  13-10-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Tens of thousands of rescuers worked through the pre-dawn hours Monday to reach people trapped by landslides and floods in Japan caused by a powerful typhoon that has killed up to 35, officials and local media said.Typhoon Hagibis moved away from land on Sunday morning, but while it largely spared the capital, it left a trail of destruction in surrounding regions.More than 100,000 rescuers -- including 31,000 troops -- clawed through debris overnight Sunday to Monday to reach people trapped afte
  
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• One person wounded in shooting at Miami-area shopping mall

  13-10-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Midday reports of gunshots at the Town Center Mall in Boca Raton, a South Florida suburb about 45 miles (72 km) north of Miami, triggered a heavy police response as Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams swiftly moved into the shopping center.Within about an hour, the Boca Raton police department issued an update on Twitter saying, "there is no active shooter at this time at Town Center Mall," but police added a short time later that "one person with (a) gunshot wound" had been taken to a near
  
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• Kurds announce deal with Damascus as Turkey pushes deep into Syria

  13-10-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Syria's Kurds on Sunday announced a groundbreaking deal with Damascus on a Syrian troop deployment near the border with Turkey, as Ankara pressed a deadly cross-border offensive that has sparked an international outcry.The announcement came as the United States ordered the withdrawal of almost its entire ground force in Syria.Defence Secretary Mark Esper said the move to withdraw 1,000 US troops came after Washington learned that Turkey was pressing further into Syria than had been expected.
  
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• Family ends search for missing CEO after a body is found

  13-10-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The family of a missing Utah tech executive has called off a search for her after police reported that a body was found inside a parked car in the San Francisco Bay Area. Police in San Jose said the body was discovered Saturday in an area where Erin Valenti's family had been searching. "While we were praying for a different outcome, we are so appreciative for the help and support you have given," according to a Facebook post by the group Help Find Erin Valenti.
  
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• Pentagon says up to 1,000 US troops to withdraw from northern Syria

  13-10-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The Pentagon said Sunday President Donald Trump had ordered the withdrawal of up to 1,000 troops from northern Syria -- almost the entire ground force in the war-torn country -- amid an intensifying Turkish assault on Kurdish forces.Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the move came after the US learned that Turkey was pressing further into Syria than had been expected.The Kurds -- with whom the US partnered to combat the Islamic State (IS) group -- later announced they had reached a deal with the
  
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• India tightens security clampdown ahead of divisive temple ruling

  13-10-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities have tightened security restrictions in the northern Indian flashpoint city of Ayodhya ahead of a crucial Supreme Court ruling over the disputed site fiercely contested between Hindus and Muslims.Hindus and Muslims have for decades been bitterly divided over the 16th-century Babri mosque in Ayodhya, a city in Uttar Pradash state.The Supreme Court is expected to conclude on October 17 hearings into appeals against a key 2010 court ruling that both groups should split the site, with Hi
  
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• Defense secretary says Trump has expanded withdrawal of troops from northern Syria

  13-10-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkey has begun a military operation in northern Syria against Kurdish groups that were allied with the U.S. in the fight against the Islamic State.
  
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• In 1986, a Russian Submarine with 27 Nuclear Missiles Sank (And Exploded)

  13-10-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  "Seawater combined with missile fuel to produce heat and toxic gases. Despite a crewman venting the tube, an explosion erupted in the silo, ejecting the missile and its warheads into the sea."
  
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• Exclusive: U.S. could pull bulk of troops from Syria in matter of days - officials

  13-10-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States is considering plans to withdraw the bulk of American troops from northern Syria in the coming days, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday, in what would be a faster-than-expected timeline for the U.S. pullout amid Turkey's escalating offensive.U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced earlier on Sunday that he was acting on orders from President Donald Trump to begin a deliberate withdrawal from northern Syria, where the United States has around 1,000 forces.The U.S. off
  
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• California governor signs bill banning 'lunch shaming'

  13-10-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The new bill guarantees all students a state-funded meal of their choice, even if their parent or guardian has unpaid meal fees.
  
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• EU Seeks to Halt U.S. Tariffs Over Airbus Aid in Last-Gasp Plea

  13-10-2019 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- The European Union made a last-ditch appeal to the U.S. to refrain from triggering retaliatory tariffs over illegal subsidies to Airbus SE, warning of economic harm to both sides and repeating a call for a negotiated solution.European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom told her U.S. counterpart, Robert Lighthizer, that his plan to hit $7.5 billion of EU goods ranging from planes to whiskey with duties would compel the EU to apply countermeasures in a parallel lawsuit over market
  
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• Pakistan PM in Tehran on mission to 'facilitate' Iran-Saudi talks

  13-10-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Iran on Sunday on a mission to act as a "facilitator" between Tehran and Riyadh and try to defuse rising tensions in the Gulf.Khan held talks with President Hassan Rouhani at the presidential palace and later met with Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to the leader's official website."The reason for this trip is that we do not want a conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran," Khan told reporters as he stood alongside Rouhani.
  
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• With Hypersonic Missiles, Israel's F-35s Are Upping The Ante In Syria

  13-10-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran has taken notice.
  
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• Disney World retesting Skyliner after malfunction grounds cable cars, reports say

  13-10-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Disney World's Skyliner system is back up and running, but without passengers, as the park begins testing the system before reopening to guests.
  
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• Pentagon chief vows to cooperate with impeachment probe

  13-10-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday the Pentagon would cooperate with the congressional impeachment inquiry -- in an apparent break with President Donald Trump's policy to thwart the probe.Esper said his department would try to comply with a subpoena from House Democrats seeking records relating to the withholding of US military aid to Ukraine."We will do everything we can to cooperate with the Congress," Esper said on CBS's Face The Nation.
  
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• British orphans missing in northern Syria after mass escape of Islamic State families

  13-10-2019 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Three British Islamic State orphans have gone missing in northern Syria after the camp they were in was shelled by Turkish forces. Ten-year-old Amira, her sister Hiba, eight, and brother Hamza, around the same age as Hiba, were discovered in the Kurdish-run Ain Issa camp by a BBC reporting team last week.  But they vanished on Sunday after hundreds of women linked the caliphate fled the camp in what Kurdish-led forces described as a mass escape facilitated by Turkish forces.   The
  
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• Bernie Sanders differentiates himself from Warren, says he's the only candidate willing to stand up to corporate elite

  13-10-2019 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  It looks like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is beginning to distance himself from his good friend Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) policy-wise.The two Democratic presidential candidates have always gotten along well and are generally ideological allies, especially relative to many of their primary competitors. But Sanders was pretty clear in an interview that aired on Sunday's edition of ABC's This Week that Warren has a ways to go before she's at the same point on the political spectrum. Sanders p
  
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• Saudi Arabia opens tourist visas to U.S., European visa holders

  13-10-2019 19:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Tourist visas for Saudi Arabia are now available online and on arrival to holidaymakers who already hold a visa from the United States, Britain or the EU's Schengen zone, expanding eligibility beyond an initial list of 49 countries.The conservative Muslim kingdom, relatively closed off for decades, launched a new visa regime last month for nationals from countries in Europe, North America and much of Asia to boost foreign tourism and diversify the economy away from oil.Executive regulations publ
  
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• Harry Dunn: Parents reject apology from Anne Sacoolas as they fly to the United States

  13-10-2019 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The mother of Harry Dunn has rejected an apology from the woman suspected of involvement in his fatal car accident, saying "sorry doesn't cut it". Charlotte Charles made the comments as she flew out to the United States, in a further attempt to secure justice for her son. Harry, 19, died when his motorcycle was hit by a car allegedly driven by Anne Sacoolas, 42, the wife of an American intelligence officer based at RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on August 27. Mrs Sacoolas, who claimed di
  
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• $20,000 worth of ride props were reportedly stolen from Walt Disney World

  13-10-2019 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The Orlando Sentinel reported on Thursday that the items were taken from a shed behind Test Track in Epcot.
  
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• Schiff Says Secret Testimony Aimed at Keeping Trump in the Dark

  13-10-2019 18:51 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff defended holding testimony behind closed doors in the impeachment inquiry he’s heading up against President Donald Trump, likening this phase of the investigation to a “grand jury.”“We want to make sure that we meet the needs of the investigation and not give the president or his legal minions the opportunity to tailor their testimony and in some cases fabricate testimony to suit their interests,” the
  
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• Take It From a Former Moonie: Trump Is a Cult Leader

  13-10-2019 18:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Jim Watson/GettyOn the afternoon of Nov. 18, 1978, Jim Jones called his followers to the central pavilion of Jonestown, a sprawling outpost in the jungles of Guyana, and ordered them to drink a lethal mixture of cyanide and fruit punch. Over 900 people perished that day, more than a third of them children. As he lay dying of a bullet wound to the head—a less painful way to go than cyanide and one that he probably orchestrated—Jones told his followers that it was “all the media&
  
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• Water Finds Its Level as Fox News Hires Dictator-Loving, Deep State-Loathing John Solomon

  13-10-2019 18:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyOver the weekend, Fox News announced that it had made a new hire: John Solomon, the self-proclaimed journalist at the heart of the unfolding scandal involving Ukraine, Rudy Giuliani, and the impending impeachment of Donald Trump. It’s not hard to see why Fox executives may have wanted to bring him aboard. Solomon’s work has underpinned the entire cascade of lies the White House and Trump in particular have pushed over the past few weeks.&nbs
  
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• Firefighters contain more of deadly Los Angeles wildfire

  13-10-2019 18:45 via news.yahoo.com
  State fire officials reported the so-called Saddleridge Fire was 41% contained, up from 19% contained on Saturday, when authorities ended the last remaining evacuation order.Some 23,000 people had been cleared from their homes in previous days, the Los Angeles Times reported.The fire that began on Thursday had scorched nearly 8,000 acres (3,200 hectares) as of Sunday morning, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) reported.
  
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• Deadly Los Angeles wildfire burns with subdued fury after change in weather

  13-10-2019 18:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Firefighters have tightened their grip on a deadly Los Angeles wildfire burning with subdued fury on Sunday after extremely dry desert winds that had stoked the flames gave way to moister, gentler breezes blowing in from the Pacific.The so-called Saddleridge fire, which erupted Thursday night and raced across the northern edge of L.A.'s San Fernando Valley, had scorched nearly 8,000 acres (3,237 hectares) by Sunday but was mostly confined to foothills and canyons away from populated areas, fire
  
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• Jake Tapper Exposes Pompeo, Graham and Giuliani’s ‘Stunning’ Hypocrisy

  13-10-2019 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  It’s easy to forget just how different some of President Trump’s most loyal servants felt about oversight and impeachment when there were Democrats in the White House. On Sunday morning, CNN anchor Jake Tapper made sure his viewers remembered. In the final moments of his State of the Union broadcast this week, Tapper said that the White House’s outright refusal to “participate” in the House impeachment inquiry means that the president is “seemingly thumbi
  
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• Black Woman, 28, Shot and Killed by Police Officer in Her Texas Home While Watching Her 8-Year-Old Nephew

  13-10-2019 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The white officer responded to a report that the front door of her house had been left open
  
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• California power outages highlight economic disparity

  13-10-2019 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  When the nation's largest utility warned customers that it would cut power to nearly 2 million people across Northern California, many rushed out to buy portable generators, knowing the investment could help sustain them during blackouts. Others had the security of knowing they could rely on solar panels and batteries installed in their homes. Communities in the San Francisco Bay Area are already reeling from economic imbalance as the tech industry has drawn well-off workers to the region, pushi
  
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• Trump is 'effectively handcuffed' during the impeachment inquiry: Rick Klein

  13-10-2019 18:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The Powerhouse Roundtable debates the politics of the impeachment inquiry and the latest on the 2020 election on "This Week."
  
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• Adam Schiff says whistleblower may not testify in impeachment probe

  13-10-2019 18:24 via politico.com
  House IntelligenceChairman Adam Schiff indicated Sunday that the whistleblower at the heart of Democrats’ impeachment inquiry againstPresident Donald Trump might not testify over concerns about the person’s safety.Schiff’s remarks come after Trumpdramatically escalated his attacks on the whistleblower and as he repeatedly calls for the official to be unmasked.Trump’s unrelenting barrage has spurred worries from Democrats that congressional Republicans might try to reveal
  
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• US meets Taliban in attempt to revive Afghanistan talks

  13-10-2019 18:22 via news.yahoo.com
  American officials have again met Taliban envoys to discuss ways to revive talks after Donald Trump killed off a potential deal last month. Zalmay Khalilzad, Mr Trump's chief negotiator, met the leader of the Taliban's representatives, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in Pakistan earlier this month. Officials discussed either a prisoner swap or truce with the Taliban as a confidence-building sign that talks can begin again, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Taliban held a three day truce to mark
  
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• Hunter Biden to step down from Chinese board

  13-10-2019 18:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Facing intense scrutiny from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies, Hunter Biden announced on Sunday that he will step down from the board of directors of a Chinese-backed private equity firm at the end of the month as part of a pledge not to work on behalf of any foreign-owned companies should his father win the presidency.Biden, the 49-year-old son of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, revealed his plan in an internet post written by his attorney, George Mesires, who outli
  
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• Police officer stabbed in the neck in latest Hong Kong clashes

  13-10-2019 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  A Hong Kong police officer was stabbed in the neck on Sunday in one of the worst acts of violence against the authorities during the 19th straight weekend of civil unrest in the global financial hub. Graphic footage emerged of the policeman being stabbed in the neck from behind with a sharp object as his team retreated towards Kwun Tong metro station.  The police confirmed that two people had been arrested at the scene and the officer had been transferred to hospital “in a consci
  
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• Kremlin relishes US pullback from Syria, turmoil in Ukraine

  13-10-2019 18:13 via news.yahoo.com
  From Syria to Ukraine, new fault lines and tensions are offering the Kremlin fresh opportunities to expand its clout and advance its interests.The U.S. military withdrawal from northern Syria before a Turkish offensive leaves Russia as the ultimate power broker, allowing it to help negotiate a potential agreement between Syrian President Bashar Assad and the Kurds who were abandoned by Washington.
  
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• Cybersecurity whiz: Combined threats endanger 2020 vote

  13-10-2019 18:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Alex Stamos served as chief security officer at Facebook for three years before joining Stanford University, where he studies internet security, including systems related to conducting elections.Q. Can you summarize the chilling scenario you recently penned on how the 2020 presidential elections might be thrown into turmoil?
  
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• Trump tells Pentagon to begin withdrawing remaining troops from northern Syria

  13-10-2019 18:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States is poised to move about 1,000 U.S. troops from northern Syria amid an ongoing Turkish incursion into the region, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Sunday, calling the situation "untenable" for U.S. forces. The pull-back of troops from the region dovetails with President Donald Trump's long-standing desire for the United States to extract itself from foreign conflicts. It comes after Trump a week ago withdrew some U.S. troops deployed to support Kurdish forces in the fight ag
  
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• One Doctor. 25 Deaths. How Could It Have Happened?

  13-10-2019 18:06 via news.yahoo.com
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Dad was dying, the doctor told James Allen's family members as they clustered by his hospital bed.Allen's family was stunned. He had suffered a heart attack and was on a ventilator in the hushed intensive care unit of Mount Carmel West, a Catholic hospital in a working-class corner of Columbus. But Allen, 80, had been stabilized, his family said. He could squeeze his son's hand. His family still believed he would return home to his bedridden wife and his backyard tomatoes.But a
  
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• 12 Hours. 4 Syrian Hospitals Bombed. Evidence Reveals One Culprit: Russia.

  13-10-2019 18:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The Russian Air Force has repeatedly bombed hospitals in Syria in order to crush the last pockets of resistance to President Bashar Assad, according to an investigation by The New York Times.An analysis of previously unpublished Russian Air Force radio recordings, plane-spotter logs and witness accounts allowed The Times to trace bombings of four hospitals in just 12 hours in May and tie Russian pilots to each one.The 12-hour period beginning on May 5 represents a small slice of the air war in S
  
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