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• The Latest: Erdogan rejects call for ceasefire in Syria

  15-10-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he rejects a call from U.S. President Donald Trump to declare a ceasefire and halt Turkey's military offensive in northeastern Syria.Turkey's leader also told a group of journalists Tuesday that he is not concerned about the presence of Syrian government troops moving into the city of Manbij, but does not want Syrian Kurdish fighters to remain.
  
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• U.S. appeals court to revisit Trump win in hotel 'emoluments' case

  15-10-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in an order that it would rehear arguments in the case, which was brought by the Democratic attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia.A three-judge panel of the court ruled on July 10 that the attorneys general lacked legal standing to bring the lawsuit, which alleged violations of constitutional provisions known as the Emoluments Clauses that bans the president from accepting gifts or payments from foreign gove
  
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• Judge says he miscalculated award by $107M in opioid case

  15-10-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  An Oklahoma judge on Tuesday acknowledged making a nearly $107 million miscalculation in determining how much drug maker Johnson & Johnson must pay the state to help address the state's opioid crisis.Following a hearing in Cleveland County, District Judge Thad Balkman acknowledged making the error in his August judgment in which he ordered the consumer products giant to pay the state $572 million to address the opioid crisis.Balkman said the actual amount he should have included in his judgm
  
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• Not guilty plea from man accused in church wedding shooting

  15-10-2019 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  A man accused of storming into a New Hampshire church over the weekend and shooting a clergyman and a bride during a wedding pleaded not guilty Tuesday.Dale Holloway, 37, of Manchester, is accused of attempted murder, assault and other charges in connection with the Saturday shooting at the New England Pentecostal Ministries in Pelham.Assistant Attorney General Benjamin Agati said authorities believe Holloway acted alone and that they were investigating whether it was connected to an earlier sho
  
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• School suspends girls, says rape-awareness note was bullying

  15-10-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  A 15-year-old girl was suspended for bullying after trying to draw attention to what she believed was an unaddressed problem of sexual assaults involving students at her high school.Aela Mansmann, a 15-year-old sophomore at Cape Elizabeth High School outside Portland, has been at odds with Cape Elizabeth Schools for a month after posting a note in a bathroom that said: "There's a rapist in our school and you know who it is." She and two other students who left similar notes were ordered suspende
  
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• Giuliani refuses to comply with impeachment subpoena as attorney steps down: ‘I don’t need a lawyer’

  15-10-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Rudy Giuliani has said he will not co-operate with an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump and insisted he did not need a lawyer following the arrest of two business associates accused of campaign finance violations.The president’s personal attorney posted a letter on Twitter to the House permanent select committee on intelligence in which his lawyer wrote: “Please accept this response as formal notice that Mr Giuliani will not participate because this appears to be an unconstitu
  
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• Yahoo Could Owe You Up to $358 for Data Breaches. Here’s How to File Your Claim

  15-10-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Yahoo has reached a $117.5 million class-action settlement after data breaches that affected 3 billion users accounts
  
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• The Latest: Magnitude 4.7 quake shakes central California

  15-10-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Seismologists have slightly revised the magnitude of a central California earthquake down to 4.7.The quake struck at 12:42 p.m. and was centered about 16 miles (25 kilometers) southeast of Hollister in a mountain range with agricultural areas to the west.The U.S. Geological Survey's citizen reporting pages show it was felt in communities around Monterey Bay, north to the San Francisco region and in some Central Valley locations.
  
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• Rudy Giuliani refuses to comply with House Democrats' subpoena

  15-10-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani informed House Democrats on Tuesday that he will not comply with a subpoena for documents they sent him as part of the ongoing impeachment inquiry.
  
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• Why ISIS Built These Mad Max-Style Moving Fortresses

  15-10-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The terrorist group turned armored recovery vehicles into machine-gun toting castles of the desert.
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan says alternatives to F-35 jets ready, receiving offers

  15-10-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkey's alternatives for the U.S. F-35 stealth fighter jets are ready and "offers are coming in", President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying by broadcaster NTV on Tuesday.Ankara and Washington have clashed over Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 missile defenses, which the United States says are not compatible with NATO defenses and pose a threat to Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 stealth jets.
  
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• The floodgates are opening as Trump officials publicly defy his orders and more whistleblowers come out of the shadows

  15-10-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Current and former Trump administration officials are defying the president's orders as more whistleblowers are coming forward.
  
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• U.S. House Passes Bill Aimed at Supporting Hong Kong Protests

  15-10-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. House gave support to pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong by passing a bill that would require an annual review of whether the city is sufficiently autonomous from Beijing to justify its special trading status under U.S. law.The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act is one of four measures passed by the House Tuesday in unanimous voice votes. The bill provides for sanctions against officials “responsible for undermining fundamental freedoms and autonomy in Hong
  
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• These Nepotists Have a Lot to Say About Hunter Biden’s Nepotism

  15-10-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Photo GettyIt appears that self-awareness is currently in short supply.On Tuesday morning, ABC News broadcast its exclusive interview with Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joe Biden, in his first on-camera appearance since a whistleblower alleged that President Donald Trump pressured the Ukrainian president to investigate a gas company with ties to the younger Biden.Hunter admitted to ABC that it was “poor judgment” on his part to take
  
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• Brazil probes whether 'ghost ship' carrying Venezuelan oil involved in spill

  15-10-2019 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  A huge oil spill off Brazil's northeastern coast may have involved a "ghost ship" carrying Venezuelan oil in breach of US sanctions, an expert close to the probe into the disaster said Tuesday.Brazil has accused its South American neighbor of responsibility for the leakage that began in early September and affects a 2,000-kilometer (1,200-mile) stretch of the Atlantic coast -- charges Venezuela's state oil giant PDVSA denies.Describing the incident as "very complex and unprecedented," Brazil's n
  
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• Matt Lauer is facing a new allegation that he exposed himself to a co-worker at NBC, who says the network paid her six-figures to keep quiet

  15-10-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  An attorney for Matt Lauer said he "never exposed himself to anyone." The allegation is outlined in Ronan Farrow's new book, "Catch and Kill."
  
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• Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro often quotes a nonexistent economist named 'Ron Vara'

  15-10-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump is getting two trade advisers for the price of one.On paper, Trump's top trade adviser is Peter Navarro, an unapologetic defender of Trump and critic of China. But inside Navarro's own brain is Ron Vara, an untraceable economist frequently quoted in Navarro's books whose name happens to be an anagram of Navarro, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.Vara has made appearances across Navarro's economic books for at least 20 years, often authoring an epigraph before Navarro's ch
  
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• Spain Minister Attacks ‘Totalitarianism’ of Catalan Separatists

  15-10-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Josep Borrell, Spain’s acting foreign minister, accused Catalan separatist leaders of acting in a “totalitarian” way as protests continued at the jailing of former officials who plotted a bid for independence in 2017.When Catalonia’s secessionist president, Joaquim Torra, claims to be speaking for all Catalans, that comes close to a totalitarian attitude, Borrell, who was born in the region, told reporters Tuesday. “The root of the problem is that the
  
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• Board votes to boost Oklahoma lawmaker's pay 35% to $47,500

  15-10-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  The board that sets the salaries of Oklahoma lawmakers voted Tuesday to boost legislative pay by 35% next year, just two years after cutting lawmakers' pay.Jake Lowrey, spokesman for the Office of Management & Enterprise Services, said the Legislative Compensation Board cut legislators' pay by 8.8% in 2017.Board Chairman Wes Milbourn said at the time that Oklahomans were frustrated with the Legislature.
  
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• Michigan judge blocks flavored vape ban as Juul faces wrongful death lawsuit

  15-10-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer had ordered the state ban in September, declaring that teenagers' use of e-cigarettes, known as vaping, was a public health emergency.Judge Cynthia Diane Stephens of the Michigan Court of Common Claims said that vaping was a public health concern, but agreed with the retailers that there was likely no basis for the governor to use her emergency powers.Whitmer's office had no immediate comment.
  
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• Atheists, Secular Groups Up in Arms Over State Department Boosting Pompeo’s ‘Christian Leader’ Speech

  15-10-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Joe Raedle/GettyThe U.S. Constitution protects the separation of church and state—but evidently not church and State Department, which came under fire for promoting a “Being a Christian Leader” speech Monday on its website.The speech, delivered by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a meeting of American Association of Christian Counselors on Friday, saw Pompeo discuss the influence of his faith on his work as a U.S. official. On Monday, the State Department shared the speech at
  
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• Turkey's president pulled one over on Trump — and some of the US's most dangerous adversaries are the big winners

  15-10-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The Islamic State, Russia, Iran, and Syria are all poised to strengthen their positions amid the chaos triggered by Trump's abrupt withdrawal.
  
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• DNA testing could exonerate man 13 years after he was executed for rape, murder

  15-10-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  After Sedley Alley's execution in 2006 for Suzanne Marie Collins' murder, a judge now heard DNA testing arguments from the Innocence Project.
  
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• Nevada gambling bosses move to bar Wynn from casino industry

  15-10-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Nevada's gambling regulators have filed a complaint against former casino magnate Steve Wynn that could bar him from ever working in the industry in the state.The complaint filed Monday by the state's Gaming Control Board lists sexual misconduct allegations that have been lodged against the mogul since January 2018.The complaint asks Nevada's Gaming Commission, which acts on the board's recommendations and has final say on licensing, to fine Wynn and revoke his status as being found suitable to
  
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• She Saved a School From Her Armed Son, but Now She Faces Charges

  15-10-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  An Indiana woman who called the police in December and told them that her 14-year-old son had threatened to shoot up his former school will face criminal charges if prosecutors have their way.Prosecutors in Wayne County filed an affidavit Friday recommending six felony charges against the woman, Mary York, 43, in the episode, which ended when her son killed himself at David W. Dennis Intermediate School in Richmond, Indiana.The police did not release the boy's name because of his age.Prosecutors
  
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• 30 Years After Fall of Communism, Mixed Support for Democracy

  15-10-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  In the early days following the revolutions that overthrew the communist regimes across Central and Eastern Europe, the public joy that coursed through the former Iron Curtain countries could best be summed up by one word: bananas.The fruit had long been largely restricted from citizens from the old Soviet bloc, thanks to the communist barriers walling off Western Europe.Suddenly available, the banana was seen by Central and Eastern Europeans as an exotic expression of their liberation from auth
  
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• Trump Jr mocks Hunter Biden for admitting he got jobs because his father was vice-president

  15-10-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump Jr has been mocked for sending out a tweet about Joe Biden’s son Hunter using his father’s status for personal gain.“Dumpster fire at Biden HQ!” the tweet began.
  
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• Man and six children rescued from Netherlands basement after nine years' 'waiting for the end of time'

  15-10-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  A man and six young adults have been discovered after apparently living for nine years in a cellar on a remote Dutch farm, waiting “for the end of time”, according to Dutch media. Police spokeswoman Nathalie Schubart confirmed to RTV Drenthe that a 58-year-old man had been arrested, and that six young adults were discovered in a “shut-off space” on the farm in Ruinerwold, Drenthe. She would not confirm the relation between the people or describe the conditions they were f
  
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• Florida girl, 1, dies in hot car, the 50th death of 2019, according to one national tracker

  15-10-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The death of a 1-year-old Florida girl Monday marked the 50th case of a child dying in a hot car this year, according to KidsandCars.org.
  
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• UPDATE 1-U.S. concerned about some Hong Kong protest tactics, heavier China hand -Pentagon

  15-10-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The senior U.S. defense official for Asia said on Tuesday that the United States has some concerns about some of the tactics used by demonstrators in Hong Kong but was also concerned about the heavier hand Beijing and Hong Kong authorities have used against protests in the territory.Randall Schriver, the assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, said the United States was "100 percent" behind those in Hong Kong who were speaking out for respect for fundamental rights guar
  
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• Amazon Pledges $1 Million More in Heated Seattle Elections

  15-10-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc. is reaching into its deep pockets in an effort to make Seattle more business-friendly, pledging an additional $1 million to a corporate-backed group ahead of next month’s contentious city council elections.The contribution disclosed on Tuesday brings Amazon’s donations this election cycle to the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s Civic Alliance for a Sound Economy (CASE) to $1.45 million, and likely cements the company’s status as th
  
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• A new poll found the aggressive Medicare for All plan Bernie Sanders has championed is getting less popular as time goes on

  15-10-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The decline in support suggests that repeated attacks over the sweeping proposal's costs and its end of private insurance may be taking a toll.
  
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• Parents of teen killed in crash coming to White House

  15-10-2019 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The family of a British teenager killed in a car crash involving an American diplomat's wife was headed to the White House on Tuesday for a meeting with senior administration officials.A spokesman for the family announced the afternoon meeting on Twitter, and senior White House official confirmed it on condition of anonymity.It was unclear whether the Dunns would meet with the president, but family spokesman Radd Seiger said in a tweet that he was "looking forward to getting further answers" abo
  
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• Turkey slams 'dirty deal' between Syria's Assad and Kurdish forces

  15-10-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkey dismissed global opposition to its military operation in Syria on Tuesday and slammed a "dirty deal" between President Bashar al-Assad's regime and Kurdish forces as US troops began their withdrawal from the battle zone.Turkey's operation against Kurdish militants in Syria, launched a week ago, has been widely criticised by the international community, with the US, a NATO ally, slapping sanctions on Ankara."We will continue to combat all terrorist groups, including Daesh (the Islamic Stat
  
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• Texas woman killed by officer pointed gun after hearing noises

  15-10-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Atatiana Jefferson, 28, was playing video games with her 8-year-old nephew around 2:30 am on Saturday when she heard sounds in her backyard, according to the warrant for former Fort Worth Police Officer Aaron Dean's arrest for alleged murder.The noises were Dean, 34, and his partner moving around the back of her home, without announcing their presence, after they were sent to investigate why her front door was open.Dean resigned on Monday before he could be fired for breaching a string of police
  
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• CORRECTED-Texas woman shot by officer had picked up gun after hearing noises, warrant says

  15-10-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  A Texas woman was shot dead by a Fort Worth police officer through the window of her home after she heard noises outside late at night and picked up her handgun, the officer's arrest warrant showed on Tuesday.Atatiana Jefferson, 28, was playing video games with her 8-year-old nephew around 2:30 am on Saturday when she heard noises in her backyard, according to the warrant for former Fort Worth Police Officer Aaron Dean's arrest for alleged murder.The noises were Dean and his partner creeping aro
  
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• Fuel in fatal B-17 crash wasn't contaminated, report says

  15-10-2019 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  The weather was calm and clear at the time of a deadly B-17 crash at a Connecticut airport, and tests on the airplane's fuel did not turn up any sign of debris or contamination, federal investigators said Tuesday.The World War II-era bomber crashed and burned after experiencing mechanical trouble on takeoff from Bradley International Airport the morning of Oct. 2.The airplane struck approach lights about 1,000 feet from the runway and contacted the ground 500 feet short of the runway.
  
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• Buffett's Berkshire seeks Fed leeway to boost BofA bet: Bloomberg

  15-10-2019 19:47
  Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc is seeking permission from the Federal Reserve to boost its stake in Bank of America Corp above the 10% level, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
  
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• Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan quiet after Trump demands ceasefire, issues sanctions

  15-10-2019 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkey presses on with its incursions into Syria as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan remains quiet on the Trump’s demand for a ceasefire.
  
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• Pelosi holds off on vote to authorize Trump impeachment inquiry — for now

  15-10-2019 19:46 via politico.com
  Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic leaders will hold off on a full House vote authorizing an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, according to multiple lawmakers and aides.Trump, White House official and Republicans on Capitol Hill have seized on the absence of such an vote as an unacceptable break with House precedent and have vowed to resist what they describe as an illegitimate probe.Democrats defended their current impeachment process, which has multiple House committees intervi
  
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• Pelosi holds off on vote to authorize Trump impeachment inquiry

  15-10-2019 19:46 via politico.com
  Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic leaders will hold off on a full House vote authorizing an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, according to multiple lawmakers and aides.The move came amid opposition from key chairmen and members of leadership, as well as a number of centrist Democrats facing tough reelection bids.Trump, White House officials and Republicans on Capitol Hill have seized on the absence of such a vote as an unacceptable break with House precedent and have vowed to re
  
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• Democratic leaders gauge support for impeachment inquiry vote

  15-10-2019 19:46 via politico.com
  House Democratic leaders are quietly reaching out to the most vulnerable members of their caucus to gauge whether they would support a formal vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, according to multiple Democratic aides.Democratic leaders are “getting a read on where these members are following a two-week recess,” according to an aide familiar with the discussion.Asked about the possibility of a vote, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters Tu
  
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• Hedge fund D.E. Shaw raises pressure on Emerson, calls for breakup

  15-10-2019 19:45
  Hedge fund D.E. Shaw on Tuesday increased the pressure on Emerson Electric Co by publicly urging a breakup of the U.S. industrial conglomerate, a move it says could unlock more than $20 billion worth...
  
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• End Of An Era: 1972 Chevrolet El Camino SS 396

  15-10-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The last of the muscle car El Caminos.The Ford Ranchero may have been the first of the car-based trucks, but the Chevrolet El Camino is the name that defines this segment thanks in large part to the muscle car derivatives that existed during the 1960s. The 1972 model year was the last for the third-gen El Camino as 1973 ushered in a new version of this car/truck with bulkier styling and lower-rated engine options. So essentially, the 1972 Chevrolet El Camino SS 396 marked the end of an era for t
  
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• A 75-year-old cruise ship passenger jumped overboard a Carnival-owned ship between Portugal and Spain (CCL)

  15-10-2019 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  A Costa Cruises representative said the woman "voluntarily" jumped from the balcony in her cabin on the Costa Pacifica ship.
  
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• Google Maps Banned on Sardinia? Mayor Wants Service Blocked After Putting Tourists in Danger

  15-10-2019 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  GettyROME–Salvatore Corrias, the mayor of the Sardinian hamlet of Baunei, is fed up. Emergency services in his island town have been called out 144 times over the last 18 months to rescue tourists who nearly followed Google map directions to their deaths. The last straw was last week when the owners of a Porsche were trying to reach a secluded white sand beach but ended up being directed to a steep cliff several hundred feet above it. “There was no way down to the beach on foot
  
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• Latest search for Amelia Earhart plane comes up empty: NYT

  15-10-2019 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  The latest hunt for the remains of the plane of Amelia Earhart, the famed American aviatrix who disappeared over the Pacific in 1937, has turned up nothing.The New York Times reported Tuesday that an extensive search conducted by a team led by Robert Ballard, discoverer of the wreckage of the Titanic, had not turned up any evidence of Earhart's aircraft.The National Geographic Channel, which sponsored the expedition, is to air a documentary about the search on Sunday.
  
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• Netanyahu asks Putin to pardon American-Israeli jailed on drug charges

  15-10-2019 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to pardon an American-Israeli woman sentenced to 7-1/2 years in jail for a few grams of cannabis found in her luggage at a Moscow airport.Naama Issachar's case has opened up an unusually public rift between Israel and Russia.Issachar was arrested in April after Russian police discovered 9 grams (0.3 oz) of cannabis in her bags during a layover in flights from India to Israel.
  
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• Mexican president confirms Pemex union boss under investigation

  15-10-2019 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The veteran leader of Mexico's powerful oil workers' union faces formal accusations of wrongdoing, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday, slowly turning up pressure on the labor boss to step aside.Earlier this year, sources said the attorney general's office had accused Pemex union chief Carlos Romero Deschamps and several relatives of illicit enrichment and money laundering, charges he has consistently denied."Complaints have been presented to the attorney general's office," Lop
  
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• In Turkey, killing ‘terrorists’ in Syria sold as worth the cost

  15-10-2019 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  As Turkey tries to ride out an economic crisis, the incursion into Syria to fight Kurdish “terrorists” is already facing unanticipated costs.
  
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