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• Thousands ordered to leave as Northern California fire rages

  24-10-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Officials ordered 2,000 people to evacuate their homes and businesses in Northern California wine country Thursday after a wildfire exploded in size, fueled by powerful winds that prompted utilities throughout the state to impose electrical blackouts to prevent fires.The entire community of Geyserville and nearby residents were told to leave after the fire in the Sonoma County wine region north of San Francisco grew to more than 15 square miles (39 square kilometers).Among those fleeing the flam
  
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• After Ken Fisher no-show, LA pension system terminates his firm

  24-10-2019 23:40
  The Los Angeles fire and police pension system voted to terminate Fisher Investments on Thursday over allegedly sexist comments made by founder Ken Fisher earlier this month.
  
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• 500,000 Californians are in the dark, more outages likely as fires rage in Sonoma, San Bernardino counties

  24-10-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  About half a million in California are experiencing power outages as fires in Sonoma County and San Bernardino County rage.
  
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• Under impeachment pressure, White House considers communications specialist

  24-10-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  White House officials are discussing the possibility of bringing in a specialist to handle communications involving the Democrats' impeachment inquiry as Republican officials clamor to defend President Donald Trump, sources familiar with the effort said on Thursday.It was unclear whether the specialist would work inside the White House or act as an outside adviser, with discussions still ongoing about the effort, the sources said.Trump had announced former Republican lawmaker Trey Gowdy as an ou
  
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• Bernie Sanders rolled out his marijuana legalization plan at 4:20 p.m.

  24-10-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has a plan to light up his first 100 days in office.Sanders, a longtime supporter of marijuana legalization, unveiled a plan to make that happen if he's elected president. Specifically, he'll legalize it during his first 100 days in office, as well as enact a plan to ensure the weed industry doesn't end up like big tobacco, his marijuana plan posted at 4:20 p.m. Thursday explains.Sanders rolled out his plan along with some marijuana statistics, including how "African
  
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• Senate GOP to Trump: You’re Not Helping Yourself by Attacking Us

  24-10-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  A sense of irritation is setting in among Senate Republicans as President Donald Trump and his close political allies demand more aggressive pushback to the House impeachment investigation. On Thursday, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced a symbolic resolution condemning the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry as inherently unfair and constitutionally problematic. Among other things, the non-binding bill called on the House to hold a vote to open an inquiry, to allow Trump to call w
  
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• UAW will turn to Ford after GM workers approve deal: sources

  24-10-2019 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union is set to announce later on Friday it has chosen Ford Motor Coas the next U.S. automaker the union will negotiate with, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters.The UAW is also set announce later on Friday that members have ratified a deal to end a 40-day U.S. strike at General Motors Co , the sources said.The UAW declined to comment and a Ford spokeswoman said she could not confirm the Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker had been cho
  
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• Weld: I'd vote for Biden 'in a heartbeat' against Trump

  24-10-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  One of President Donald Trump's Republican challengers says he'd vote for Joe Biden "in a heartbeat" against Trump in the 2020 general election.Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld says, "Could I vote for a Democrat?Weld's comments came during an appearance at the CITIZEN by CNN conference.
  
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• Suspected gang members found dead amid surge of violence in Mexico

  24-10-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Nine men allegedly linked to organized crime were shot dead in southern Mexico during a confrontation with other armed civilians, state authorities said, as the country grapples with a wave of violence.The bodies were found Wednesday night in the remote village of Zitlala, according to the prosecutor's office in the state of Guerrero, one of the country's poorest and hardest-hit by Mexico's long-running drug war.In recent weeks, Mexico has been shaken especially hard by several outbursts of viol
  
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• Time for public impeachment hearings, moderate House Democrat says

  24-10-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Max Rose, D-N.Y., tells “Skullduggery” that he hasn’t decided how he will vote on whether to impeach President Trump.
  
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• The Latest: Power out 4th time in devastated California town

  24-10-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  The power is off to prevent utility company equipment from sparking wildfires for the fourth time in the Northern California town of Paradise since last November, where 85 people died in the fire that largely destroyed the community.Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick says about 2,000 people are under evacuation orders from a fast-moving fire in Northern California's wine country.
  
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• U.S. stock funds post near $4 billion outflow: Lipper

  24-10-2019 22:10
  U.S. equity funds shed $3.98 billion in the week ended Wednesday, according to data released by Lipper on Thursday.
  
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• Israel Has Spent The Last Decade Preparing For Its Next Ground War

  24-10-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  And it has more than tanks waiting for its enemies.
  
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• Philippine vice president says time for Duterte to halt failed drug war; 'It's not working'

  24-10-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte should allow the United Nations to investigate his war on drugs, and abandon a deadly campaign that has been failure and a dent on the country's international image, its vice president said on Wednesday.
  
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• 17 Malware-Infested Apps You Need to Delete ASAP

  24-10-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Do you have any of these on your iPhone?
  
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• 2 passengers, emotional support French bulldogs booted off Norwegian Air flight

  24-10-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Two passengers and their emotional support French bulldogs were escorted off a Norwegian Air flight when their dogs started showing signs of distress.
  
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• Lindsey Graham introduced a resolution denouncing the House's impeachment investigation

  24-10-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Congressional Republicans have so far lambasted the impeachment inquiry on process grounds, claiming it denies Trump "due process."
  
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• Top Trump aide suppressed VA whistleblowers, department investigator finds

  24-10-2019 21:30 via politico.com
  A political operator who led an office created by President Donald Trump to expose wrongdoing at the Department of Veterans Affairs used his position to quash whistleblowers and retaliate against foes, according to an inspector general report released Thursday.The accusations involve Peter O’Rourke, who Trump appointed in 2017 to lead the new Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection, and his successor, Kirk Nicholas.The inspector general audit said that under O’Rourke an
  
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• Massachusetts accuses Exxon in lawsuit of climate change deceit

  24-10-2019 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The state of Massachusetts sued Exxon Mobil Corpon Thursday, accusing the oil giant of misleading investors and consumers for decades about the role fossil fuels play in climate change.Attorney General Maura Healey filed the lawsuit shortly after Exxon lost a bid to delay the filing until after it is done defending itself in a trial that began Tuesday over similar allegations brought by the state of New York.The lawsuit in Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston alleged Exxon systematically misl
  
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• Exclusive: Son of producer who worked with Ukraine's president gets senior government job

  24-10-2019 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The son of a film producer who helped President Volodymyr Zelenskiy become a household name as an actor has been appointed the Ukrainian government's chief economic adviser, a senior government official said on Thursday.A former comedian and actor, Zelenskiy swept to power casting himself as a political outsider who would clean up Ukrainian politics and bring in new faces, but he has facedscrutiny over his appointments since taking office in May.Alexander Rodnyansky, an economist at Britain's Ca
  
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• Ilhan Omar Misquotes Article, Falsely Claims Child ‘Died’ Due to Dropped Medicaid Coverage

  24-10-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Ilhan Omar tweeted a link to a New York Times article Thursday morning and falsely claimed a child “died as a direct result of Trump’s cuts to Medicaid and CHIP,” even though the article makes no such claim.After critics pointed out Omar’s inaccuracy on Twitter, her account tweeted an addendum saying the child had “almost died.”> almost died*> > -- Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) October 24, 2019The Times’ article paints a fearful accoun
  
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• Republicans say Trump impeachment probe is happening in 'secret,' but 47 GOP lawmakers have access

  24-10-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  There are 47 Republican members of Congress who are part of committees that can take part in the Trump impeachment proceedings.
  
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• Syria says Turkish-led forces attacked its troops

  24-10-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkish forces and their allies attacked Syrian government troops in northeastern Syria on Thursday, killing some of them, and they also clashed with Kurdish-led fighters, the state news agency in Damascus and a war monitoring group said.Most worrisome has been the prospect of a collision between forces of the Syrian government' and those backed by Turkey, which include Syrian rebel fighters and Islamic extremists opposed to President Bashar Assad.All sides have said they are abiding by a cease-
  
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• Investigation into custody battle involving 7-year-old's gender

  24-10-2019 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday night that the Texas attorney general’s office and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services are looking into a case regarding a 7-year-old whose gender identity is at the core of a custody battle.
  
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• Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton to attend Elijah Cummings' Baltimore funeral

  24-10-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Elijah Cummings was a personal friend of Barack Obama's and was an early supporter of his 2008 presidential run.
  
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• Former President Jimmy Carter released from hospital after fall, pelvic fracture

  24-10-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Former President Jimmy Carter has been released from the hospital following a fall, the Carter Center said in a statement.
  
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• REFILE-EXPLAINER-Protesting Republicans say impeachment probe violates Trump's rights. Is that true?

  24-10-2019 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Republican lawmakers on Wednesday stormed a hearing room at the U.S. House of Representatives where a Pentagon official was to testify in the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump, yelling that it was unfair and violated Trump's rights.The following examines the procedures followed in past impeachment investigations and explains why, contrary to Republican claims, the current inquiry does not violate Trump's constitutional rights.
  
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• Ford Electric Crossover Will Be Unveiled on November 17

  24-10-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Most likely called the Mach E, the electric crossover will have 300 miles of driving range.
  
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• Democrats want to close churches, raise taxes and pay for sex reassignment surgery. Great.

  24-10-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  In their war on rural America, Democratic candidates want to take guns, put churches out of business and pay for sex reassignment surgery for inmates.
  
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• Arkansas hunter dies after deer he shot got back up and attacked him, officials say

  24-10-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  A hunter in Arkansas died Thursday after a deer he shot got back up and attacked him, wildlife officials say.
  
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• What happened when US presidents Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton faced impeachment, and how it compares to today

  24-10-2019 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Presidents Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998 were both impeached, while Richard Nixon resigned before he could be impeached in 1974.
  
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• NATO hammers Turkey on Syria operation

  24-10-2019 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  NATO defence ministers Thursday slammed Turkey for its military operation in Syria conducted with Russia's help, but recognised there was little they could do to sanction their strategically important ally.The first day of a two-day meeting of the ministers in Brussels was dominated by the issue, with Turkey isolated among the 29 member states because of its incursion against Kurdish fighters it considers "terrorists" but who are key in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria.NAT
  
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• Elijah Cummings lies in state at US Capitol as Congress bids farewell to a 'master of the House'

  24-10-2019 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Cummings, a Democrat whose district included sections of Baltimore, died last week at age 68 from complications related to longstanding health issues.
  
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• Pence denounces China's response to Hong Kong protests, blasts NBA for 'embracing censorship'

  24-10-2019 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Pence's remarks seemed to put him out in front of his own boss: President Donald Trump. Trump has been mostly mum about the democracy movement.
  
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• Indiana man charged with murder, rape in 1988 cold case

  24-10-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  FBI agents have arrested a northwestern Indiana man in the 1988 rape and killing of a mother of four whose body was found in an abandoned home.Tyrone Andrew McKee, 56, was charged Tuesday with murder, rape and other charges in the slaying of 23-year-old Colleen Callahan, according to FBI Public Affairs Specialist Chris Bavender.Callahan's body was found on Nov. 9, 1988, in the house in Gary, lying on a floor littered with broken glass and pieces of a window frame.
  
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• British PM Johnson to Call for Elections after Brexit Failure

  24-10-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will call for a general election on December 12 after his latest push to exit the European Union was stymied by Parliament, he said in a BBC interview on Thursday.Johnson tried on Tuesday to pass legislation that would have ensured a departure from the E.U. by October 31 but was prevented by pro-remain factions in parliament. He had managed last week to work out an agreement on the terms of Brexit with E.U. leaders.Johnson was forced, as a result of the Tuesd
  
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• Elizabeth Warren jumps to 7-point lead over Joe Biden in latest Quinnipiac poll

  24-10-2019 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The result appears to be an outlier as Biden has led in every major national poll since Oct. 15, except for Thursday's from Quinnipiac.
  
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• ICE agent repeatedly raped and impregnated immigrant for seven years while threatening deportation, lawsuit claims

  24-10-2019 19:09 via news.yahoo.com
  A Honduran woman has alleged that she was raped repeatedly over seven years by a US immigration agent, who threatened her with deportation should she speak out.The woman, identified in a lawsuit as Jane Doe, is now seeking $10 million in damages from the US government for the assaults and psychological trauma, which resulted in three pregnancies that were terminated by abortions.
  
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• Grounded Boeing plane churns up more turbulence at airlines

  24-10-2019 19:05 via news.yahoo.com
  The grounding of the Boeing 737 Max has lasted far longer and, as Southwest Airlines and American Airlines can attest, been more expensive than airlines ever expected.The CEOs of both airlines say they are talking to Boeing about compensation for damages running into the hundreds of millions — and counting.Southwest has had an all-Boeing fleet since it began flying 48 years ago, but that could change.
  
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• Victim speaks out for first time about 'Slender Man' attack

  24-10-2019 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Leutner was 12 when two of her 12-year-old friends, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, lured her from a sleepover to a nearby wooded park in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, investigators said.With Leutner on the ground, Geyser stabbed her 19 times before she and Weier left Leutner for dead.The case drew widespread attention because of how young the girls were, how vicious the attack was and because the two attackers said they did it because they believed Slender Man would otherwise hurt them and
  
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• Evacuations as wildfire roars through California wine country

  24-10-2019 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  The Kincade fire in a rural area of Sonoma County kicked up Wednesday night, quickly growing from a blaze of a few hundred acres into an uncontained 10,000-acre (4,000-hectare) inferno, California fire and law enforcement officials said.Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for the town of Geyserville after the fire crossed a highway and moved towards homes, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office said."If you're in Geyserville, leave now," the sheriff's office advised, citing an extraordinary thre
  
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• Trump news: Leading ally of president lashes out over impeachment as accuser claims to have documents corroborating sexual assault

  24-10-2019 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  A woman who appeared on the Apprentice reportedly has corroborating evidence supporting her claims that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her.Summer Zervos, who is suing Mr Trump for defamation, allegedly has evidence supporting claims that she was assaulted in a hotel room in 2007, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
  
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• Right-wing pastor says Trump supporters will 'hunt down' Democrats when he leaves office

  24-10-2019 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's supporters will "hunt down" Democrats and bring "violence to America" once the president leaves office, according to right-wing Christian pastor and conspiracy theorist Rick Wiles.On his apocalyptic TruNews programme, captured by Right Wing Watch, Mr Wiles said the president's impeachment or "however he leaves" office will inspire "veterans, cowboys, mountain men" and "guys that know how to fight" to bring "violence to America" by hunting down Mr Trump's political enemie
  
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• Rep. Tim Ryan drops out of 2020 Democratic primary

  24-10-2019 18:52 via politico.com
  Rep. Tim Ryan dropped out of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary race on Thursday, after his campaign failed to gain any significant traction.Ryan qualified for the first two Democratic presidential debates, but failed to make the cut for subsequent ones.Ryan, a moderate from Ohio who gained national attention prior to his campaign for participating in an effort to unseat Nancy Pelosi as the Democratic leader in the House, struggled in both fundraising and polling.
  
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• Deadly Ethiopia unrest poses fresh challenge to Nobel winner

  24-10-2019 18:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed faced the most serious political challenge of his short rule Thursday as officials said dozens of people might be dead in two days of unrest caused by tensions between security forces and the country's most prominent opposition figure.Not two weeks have passed since Abiy was named the Nobel winner for his sweeping reforms that included welcoming home from exile Mohammed and other opposition figures who had been considered terrorists
  
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• Russia gloats as US leaves Syria – but frets about keeping the peace

  24-10-2019 18:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Russia has insisted that the U.S. needed to play a role in brokering peace in Syria. But with the cease-fire deal, it’s now all up to the Kremlin.
  
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