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• IS chief Baghdadi buried at sea by US military

  28-10-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  US officials said Monday that the body of Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was buried at sea as fresh details surfaced about the US special forces operation that led to his death over the weekend.Syrian Kurds claimed to be a key source of the intelligence that led Americans to Baghdadi after years of tracking the brutal jihadist leader behind a five-year reign of terror across much of Iraq and Syria.The US military basked in success Monday after the eliminating the founder and spir
  
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• Syrian Kurds say spy stole Baghdadi’s underpants for DNA test

  28-10-2019 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Syrian Democratic Forces also claim they played a key role in tracking down Baghdadi to a compound in northern Syria Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces as they withdraw from the Sanjak Saadoun border area near the northern Syrian town of Amuda, on 27 October. Photograph: Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty ImagesSyrian Kurds say they managed to place a spy in Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s inner circle who stole a pair of the Isis leader’s underpants to prove his identity and then helped g
  
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• U.S. military envisions broad defense of Syrian oilfields

  28-10-2019 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States will repel any attempt to take Syria's oil fields away from U.S.-backed Syrian militia with "overwhelming force," whether the opponent is Islamic State or even forces backed by Russia or Syria, the Pentagon said on Monday.The U.S. military announced last week it was reinforcing its position in Syria with additional assets, including mechanized forces, to prevent oilfields from being taken over by remnants of the Islamic State militant group or others.U.S. Defense Secretary Mark
  
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• Feds: Brothers with alleged Hezbollah ties are 'dangerous'

  28-10-2019 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Federal prosecutors say two brothers charged with conspiring to export drone parts and technology from the U.S. to Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon are "dangerous" and should remain in custody while they await trial, according to a court document filed Monday.Usama and Issam Hamade are charged with conspiracy to violate U.S. export laws.Usama Hamade is also charged with smuggling.
  
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• UK to destroy commemorative 50p coins in Brexit meltdown

  28-10-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, follow us @Brexit and subscribe to our podcast.Thousands of 50-pence coins minted to commemorate Brexit on Oct. 31 will be melted down after Prime Minister Boris Johnson accepted an extension from the European Union, two people familiar with the matter said.U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid had announced plans for millions of coins engraved with the date Johnson pledged to leave the bloc, but production
  
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• Popeyes' Ultra-Popular Chicken Sandwich Is Coming Back to the Menu

  28-10-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Its popularity will likely be the stuff of 2019 legend
  
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• Former Boston College student charged in suicide death of boyfriend, echoing Michelle Carter case

  28-10-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  A former Boston College student was charged in connection with the suicide death of her boyfriend, drawing comparisons to the Michelle Carter case.
  
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• What Boeing and CEO Dennis Muilenburg need to answer about twin 737 Max jet crashes

  28-10-2019 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  From Boeing's competition with Airbus to its FAA relationship to training foreign pilots, profits must take a back seat to air travel safety: Our view
  
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• Near Record-Breaking Venomous Snake Found in West Tennessee

  28-10-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  A near record-breaking copperhead snake was found in Hardeman County. The venomous snake measured 49.5 inches long, just about three inches shy of the world record. Unfortunately for the snake, it's life came to an untimely end.
  
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• Schiff to handle impeachment witness testimony in break from precedent

  28-10-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Under past precedent in 1974 and 1998 — the last two times the House conducted an impeachment inquiry — the House Judiciary Committee was the hub for investigations, hearings, and a committee vote on articles of impeachment.
  
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• Here's What California's Kincade Wildfire Looks Like From Space

  28-10-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The Bay-area's Kincade wildfire has grown so large that a satellite can record the plumes from 23,000 miles away in space.
  
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• South Dakota asks court to let execution proceed

  28-10-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The state of South Dakota asked a judge Monday to reject an inmate's objection to the lethal drug scheduled for use in his execution.Charles Russell Rhines is scheduled to die next week for the 1992 fatal stabbing of a 22-year-old doughnut shop worker during a robbery.Rhines moved last week to block the execution by arguing that pentobarbital, commonly used to euthanize animals, doesn't act quickly enough.
  
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• Congresswoman's exit prompts question of equity amid scandal

  28-10-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The resignation of a female Democratic congresswoman over a consensual, sexual relationship with a campaign aide has sparked questions about whether women are held to higher standards in public life.At the center of the controversy is Katie Hill, a first-term lawmaker from California and a rising Democratic Party star.In a video released Monday, Hill said she was stepping down because she was "fearful of what might come next" following the online publication of explicit pictures that outed her r
  
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• U.S. Spies Say Turkish-Backed Militias Are Killing Civilians As They Clear Kurdish Areas in Syria

  28-10-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Officials fears the groups could be using American-made weapons to conduct potential war crimes
  
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• The World’s Largest Treehouse Burned to the Ground in Less Than 15 Minutes

  28-10-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Investigators are still unsure what sparked the fire in Crossville, Tennessee
  
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• Trump shares photo of 'wonderful dog' in Isis operation - but says identity is still 'classified'

  28-10-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  A picture of the "wonderful dog" that played a crucial role in the capture and death of Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was released in a tweet by Donald Trump, although the US president said the dog's name would remain classified.Following his address at a conference of US police chiefs in Chicago, Mr Trump tweeted a portrait photo of the Belgian Malinois, which he says did a "great job in capturing and killing" the Isis leader. Baghdadi killed himself and three children after detonating a ves
  
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• Vaping teens are dealing with a side effect called 'vape tongue,' and doctors still don't know the long-term consequences

  28-10-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Some vape users are losing their sense of smell and taste because vape juices coat their tongues and block their taste buds.
  
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• Bernie Sanders won key endorsements from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib by defending them when few others would

  28-10-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The key endorsements were motivated by personal loyalty and a mutually beneficial political relationship between the lawmakers.
  
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• Roma Locuta Est, Deal With It

  28-10-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  “Besides, the Party was in the right. It must be so; how could the immortal, collective brain be mistaken? By what external standard could you check its judgements?”— George Orwell, 1984, Part III, Section IVFor the French Communist Alain Badiou, philosophy is merely an elaboration of some great “Event” to which the philosopher is faithful. Badiou’s event was the Cultural Revolution, and the one intellectual on the world stage was Mao Zedong, who Badiou claims
  
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• Baby Shortage Prompts China’s Unwed Mothers to Fight for Change

  28-10-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Sign up for Next China, a weekly email on where the nation stands now and where it's going next.For generations, a Chinese woman who gave birth out of wedlock was shunned by society and discriminated against by authorities. Now, as the Communist Party seeks to boost a slowing birthrate, that is starting to change.Yue Li, based in the southern port city of Guangzhou, thought she would face a range of obstacles in getting her son legal documents after she gave birth last year follow
  
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• Syrian Kurds beef up security in Isil detention centres in anticipation of riots over Baghdadi killing

  28-10-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Syrian Kurdish forces said on Monday they are beefing up security in prisons and detention camps where tens of thousands of Isil militants and their supporters are held, fearing a reaction to the death of leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. An official with the Kurdish-led internal security agency said forces were "on high alert" in anticipation of possible riots or attacks on the guards. The news that the Islamic State chief died in a US special forces raid on Sunday morning has not been officially an
  
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• Judge to allow portion of Nick Sandmann lawsuit against Washington Post to continue

  28-10-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge is allowing a portion of Covington Catholic student Nathan Sandmann's lawsuit against the Washington Post to continue.
  
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• Trump shows off 'wonderful' dog used in al-Baghdadi raid

  28-10-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The president declassified a picture of the Belgian Malinois that helped the U.S. military track down the ISIS leader.
  
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• House to vote on impeachment inquiry procedures after weeks of GOP attacks

  28-10-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The vote will mark the first time House members will be forced to go on record on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
  
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• William Barr: ‘I act on behalf of the United States’

  28-10-2019 21:35 via politico.com
  Attorney General William Barr on Monday said that he is not acting as President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, after accusations from Democrats that he’s working in the president’s favor.“That’s completely wrong and there is no basis for it, and I act on behalf of the United States,” Barr told Fox News.Barr’s defense comes days after the news that the Justice Department’s investigation into the origins of the Russia probe had transitioned from a
  
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• Bannon to escalate Trump impeachment defense with his own political operation

  28-10-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is launching an increasingly aggressive defense of President Trump, promising to soon open a staffed “war room” that will forcefully counteract the fast-moving Democratic impeachment effort.
  
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• US proposes cutting off funds for Chinese telecom equipment

  28-10-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The Federal Communications Commission will vote next month on a proposal to bar telecom companies from using government subsidies to pay for networking equipment from Huawei and ZTE.The move mostly affects small, rural companies, as larger U.S. wireless companies do not use equipment from those Chinese companies.The agency is also exploring the impact of requiring companies to rip out their current Huawei and ZTE equipment.
  
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• Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi buried at sea hours after his death

  28-10-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's remains were quickly disposed of at sea hours after he blew himself up during a US raid on his compound in north-west Syria, Pentagon officials have said. The world's most wanted terrorist was buried within 24 hours of his death, according with Islamic tradition, and was afforded religious rites. General Mark Milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, speaking at the Pentagon, said: "His remains were disposed of appropriately in accordance with the law of armed co
  
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• Pelosi announces full House vote on impeachment inquiry

  28-10-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought Monday to deprive President Trump of a legal and political argument against the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, announcing she would hold a vote in the full House this Thursday that “affirms the ongoing, existing investigation.”
  
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• Impeachment: DOJ appeals order to release secret evidence gathered by Robert Mueller in Russia investigation

  28-10-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The Department of Justice says it shouldn't turn evidence over to a House committee contemplating Trump's impeachment because it wouldn't be kept confidential.
  
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• Trump rips Chicago as more dangerous than Afghanistan

  28-10-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump came not to praise Chicago but to condemn it - and did he ever.In remarks to a meeting of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Trump said Chicago with its high rate of murders compared unfavorably with Afghanistan, where the United States has been at war since an invasion triggered by the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.Afghanistan is a safe place by comparison, it's true," said Trump.
  
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• British PM loses election bid after EU backs Brexit delay

  28-10-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  British MPs on Monday defeated yet another attempt by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to force an early election, just hours after the European Union agreed to postpone Brexit for up to three months.The Conservative leader immediately announced an alternative plan to hold a snap poll that could yet see an election in early December.Johnson suffered a major setback earlier Monday when he was forced to agree to delay Britain's departure from the European Union beyond this week's October 31 deadline.
  
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• Meet the LRASM: The U.S. Navy's Powerful New Missile

  28-10-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  It's a killer.
  
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• Pelosi to Hold Vote to Formalize Impeachment Inquiry and Bring It to ‘Open’ Phase

  28-10-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Chip SomodevillaHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced on Monday that lawmakers will vote on a resolution that would effectively formalize the impeachment proceedings into Donald Trump, a major step in a weeks-long process that has ensnared the current presidency.The resolution, which will be considered by the House Rules Committee, appears on the surface to be a bow to process criticisms that Trump and his allies have been making for weeks. But in a letter to her colleagues announcing her
  
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• Bankrupt Electricity Provider Says It May Have Sparked Latest Northern California Fire

  28-10-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  California electricity provider Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said on Monday that its equipment may have sparked two fires in the San Fransisco Bay area over the weekend.The fires destroyed a tennis club and forced the evacuation of Lafayette, a town about 22 miles east of San Fransisco. According to PG&E, which filed for bankruptcy in January, firefighters believe one fire started after contact between a communication line and a power line belonging to the company.A PG&E worker found a
  
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• Democrats just dropped a big hint that they have everything they need to impeach Trump

  28-10-2019 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats said they wouldn't pursue court cases after a former top national-security official refused to testify.
  
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• Emotional Katie Hill condemns 'horrible smear campaign' by rightwing foes

  28-10-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic congresswoman decries ‘coordinated campaign’ by conservative media and Republicans that forced resignationThe Democratic congresswoman Katie Hill, who has quit amid allegations of an inappropriate sexual relationship with a member of her staff, released an emotional video on Monday, attacking what she called a “coordinated campaign” by Republicans and rightwing media.Hill, 32, was elected in California last year and was seen as a rising millennial star. But las
  
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• Apple announces new $249 AirPods Pro with noise cancellation

  28-10-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple's pricey new AirPods Pros bring noise cancellation and a transparency mode that lets you hear the world around you while you listen to music.
  
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• US deploying more troops around Syria oil fields after killing of Isis leader

  28-10-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump has said he hopes to secure a US share of Syrian oil revenues, which is potentially a war crimeA convoy of US military vehicles, arriving from northern Iraq, drives along a road in the countryside of Syria’s north-eastern city of Qamishli on 26 October 2019. Photograph: Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty ImagesThe US military has started reinforcing its positions around oil fields in eastern Syria, saying the new deployments are part of its continuing counter-terrorist mission after the k
  
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• Woman in 'total control' of boyfriend charged in his suicide

  28-10-2019 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  A former Boston College student who had "complete and total control" over her boyfriend has been indicted on an involuntary manslaughter charge for encouraging him to take his own life, Boston's top prosecutor said Monday.Inyoung You, 21, was "physically, verbally and psychologically abusive" to fellow Boston College student Alexander Urtula during an 18-month relationship, Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins said at a news conference.You sent Urtula, 22, of Cedar Grove, New Jersey, more t
  
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• IS victims see satisfaction but no closure in leader's death

  28-10-2019 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  "It would have been even better if al-Baghdadi could have been captured and sent to trial," Salines told The Associated Press.Al-Baghdadi was responsible for directing and inspiring attacks by his followers around the world.
  
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• Over 40 skulls found in den of Mexico cartel suspects

  28-10-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Police found more than 40 skulls, dozens of bones and a fetus in a glass jar next to an altar in the den of suspected drug traffickers in Mexico City during a raid this week, authorities said on Sunday.
  
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• Man pleads not guilty in deaths of 4 sleeping on NYC streets

  28-10-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  A homeless man charged in the beating deaths of four men as they slept on the New York City streets may pursue a mental health-related defense, his lawyer told a judge Monday at his arraignment.Randy Santos, 24, pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges during a brief excursion to court from the psychiatric ward, where he has been held since shortly after his arrest in the Oct. 5 killings in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood.Santos appeared in an orange jail suit and gray undershirt with h
  
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• Venezuela Defaults on Its Last Bond, Setting Up Legal Showdown

  28-10-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- The team advising Venezuelan National Assembly President Juan Guaido skipped a payment Monday on the nation’s only bonds not in default, setting up a legal showdown with creditors.Rather than pay the $913 million due on Petroleos de Venezuela’s 2020 notes, Guaido’s advisers say they will take legal action against investors to fight any efforts to seize the collateral on the bonds -- 50.1% of Citgo Holding Inc.’s shares. Their argument is that the debt is il
  
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• The story behind Delta Force, the unit that carried out the al-Baghdadi raid

  28-10-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  While SEAL Team 6 made headlines for the 2011 Osama bin Laden operation in Pakistan, Delta Force, the unit that hunted ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been quietly at the heart of the more recent campaign that destroyed the Islamic State’s physical caliphate.
  
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• Trump says al-Baghdadi died 'screaming and crying.' U.S. officials aren't sure how he knows that.

  28-10-2019 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Gen. Mark A. Milley, who watched the raid with Trump in the Situation Room, told reporters at the Pentagon that he doesn't know "what the source of that was."
  
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• Utility says power lines may have started 2 California fires

  28-10-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said Monday its power lines may have started two wildfires over the weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area.The fires described in PG&E reports to state regulators match blazes that destroyed a tennis club and forced urgent evacuations in the town of Lafayette, about 22 miles east of San Francisco.PG&E told the California Public Utilities Commission that a worker responded to the first fire around 4:45 p.m. Sunday and was told firefighters believe contact bet
  
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• Russian Defense Ministry: Trump’s al-Baghdadi victory lap is nothing but ‘propaganda’

  28-10-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  At the White House Sunday morning, President Trump profusely thanked Russia for its alleged involvement in the killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but Russia has disputed his claims.
  
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• Homeland Security Grants 200,000 Salvadoran Immigrants an Extra Year to Return Home

  28-10-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Immigration authorities on Monday granted Salvadoran immigrants with protected status an additional year to return to El Salvador before being subject to deportation.Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan and El Salvador's foreign minister signed an agreement granting a one year reprieve to about 200,000 Salvadorans who reside in the U.S. under the Temporary Protected Status program, which grants temporary residence to immigrants fleeing armed conflict or natural disaster in their ho
  
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• Read Cyntoia Brown-Long's note to her 16-year-old self facing life in prison

  28-10-2019 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  On CBS This Morning, Cyntoia Brown-Long read a note to her 16-year-old self when she was convicted for the Nashville death of Johnny Allen.
  
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