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• Historic Virginia church to relocate Washington, Lee plaques

  29-10-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A historic Episcopal church in northern Virginia has decided to relocate two plaques in its sanctuary that honor George Washington and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, who worshipped there.
  
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• Two US Navy SEALs 'investigated over Green Beret strangulation death in Mali'

  29-10-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  Navy criminal investigators are reportedly probing whether two Navy SEALs strangled to death an Army Green Beret in Mali. Staff Sergeant Logan Melgar, 34, was found dead on June 4 in shared embassy housing in Mali's capital Bamako - where he was posted with special operations forces working on training and counterterrorism efforts, it was reported on Sunday. His superiors quickly suspected "foul play" in the death and agents from the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command spent months
  
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• Mexico Celebrates Day Of The Dead With Tribute To Earthquake Victims

  29-10-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  It was a mix of cheers and sadness at Mexico City’s Day of the Dead parade on Saturday as thousands paid tribute to their deceased loved ones, just weeks after two catastrophic earthquakes killed nearly 500 people.
  
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• Kurdish leader Barzani resigns after independence vote backfires

  29-10-2017 23:14 via yahoo.com
  By Raya Jalabi and Maher ChmaytelliERBIL/BAGHDAD Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said he would give up his position as president on Nov. 1, after an independence referendum he championed backfired and triggered a regional crisis.There was high drama at the Kurdish parliament, which was stormed by armed protesters as it met to approve the veteran leader's resignation as Kurdish president.In a televised address, his first since Iraqi forces launched a surprise offensive to rec
  
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• Why Does Daylight Saving Time Ends Earlier in Europe: Nazis, Economics, and Energy

  29-10-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  Each country seems to have had varying degrees of contempt for it.
  
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• High winds sweep Central Europe, leave 5 dead, others hurt

  29-10-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  BERLIN (AP) — High winds knocked down trees and caused widespread travel chaos across much of Central Europe on Sunday, leaving five people dead and several injured.
  
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• Virginia's governor's race draws big names from both parties

  29-10-2017 22:16 via yahoo.com
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Big names in both major political parties are flocking to Virginia as the state's closely watched race for governor enters its final days.
  
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• Spanish-unity supporters demonstrate in Barcelona

  29-10-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards rallied in Catalonia's capital Barcelona Sunday, waving national and European flags and chanting "Viva Espana!"
  
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• Rose McGowan Offered $1 Million In Harvey Weinstein Hush Money: Report

  29-10-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  Rose McGowan says someone in Harvey Weinstein’s inner circle offered her $1 million in late September to stay quiet about sexual assault allegations against the Hollywood mogul, The New York Times reported.
  
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• Man Dressed as Santa Allegedly Shoots 3 People at Halloween Party

  29-10-2017 21:22 via yahoo.com
  It is not clear what prompted the shooting.
  
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• Top GOP Lawmaker: 'I Wish Democrats Would Help' Look Into Russian Election Meddling

  29-10-2017 20:05 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) is accusing Democrats of not doing enough to help investigate Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, which would likely come as news to many of them.
  
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• Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City honored quake victims

  29-10-2017 20:01 via yahoo.com
  A raised fist made of helmets, pick axes and broken rubble rolled ahead of hundreds of walking skeletons, costumed dancers and flowery floats Saturday in Mexico City's Day of the Dead parade, which this year honored the 228 capital residents killed by a Sept. 19 earthquake.
  
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• Hundreds rally in France to protest sexual harassment after Weinstein scandal

  29-10-2017 19:36 via yahoo.com
  By Johnny Cotton and Mathieu RosemainPARIS (Reuters) - Hundreds of women attended rallies in Paris and other French cities on Sunday to protest against sexual harassment in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.In Paris, protesters gathered at the Place de la Republique square under a grayish rainy sky, responding to a call that spread globally last week on social networks under the hashtag #MeToo.The hashtag has been used by millions of women across the world to share their experiences of se
  
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• Trump ally Roger Stone's Twitter account is suspended after attacks on journalists

  29-10-2017 19:00 via yahoo.com
  Longtime friend and political confidante of President Donald Trump, Roger Stone, has had his Twitter account suspended due to attacks on journalists.Mr Stone was commenting on the merger between telecommunications company AT&T and CNN's parent company Time Warner when he posted: “When AT&T aquires [sic] Time Warner the house cleaning at CNN of human excrement like @donlemon @jaketapper & dumbf*** @ananavarro will be swift”.
  
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• Kenya vote chief silent on rebel areas as uncertainty lingers

  29-10-2017 19:00 via yahoo.com
  Kenya's election board remained silent Sunday over plans to reschedule a vote in flashpoint opposition areas, where a boycott sparked violent protests in a poll set to hand President Uhuru Kenyatta a landslide, but tarnished, win.There, supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga managed to prevent hundreds of polling stations from opening, prompting violent clashes with police which continued for several days, leaving nine dead and scores injured.At least 49 people have died since the first pr
  
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• Puerto Rico's Contract With Whitefish Is As Bad As It Looks, Say Experts

  29-10-2017 18:50 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Something does not look right with the contract the Puerto Rican government signed last week with Whitefish Energy Holdings to restore the island’s power.
  
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• Donald Trump pours scorn on Russia investigation as first arrest expected

  29-10-2017 18:50 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump launched an angry denunciation of the official probe into his election campaign’s alleged ties to Russia yesterday as it emerged the federal investigation could make its first arrest as early as Monday. Senior Republicans also stepped up attacks on Robert Mueller, the man leading the investigation into alleged Russian attempts to sway last year’s American election, criticising leaks and demanding he step aside. US media reported that the first arrests from Mr Mueller&rsq
  
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• George Washington's church to remove plaque honouring first US president as monuments row takes twist

  29-10-2017 18:23 via yahoo.com
  The church where George Washington worshipped is removing a plaque honouring the memory of America’s first president in the latest example of the way historic monuments are influencing contemporary politics. Officers at Christ Church, in Alexandria, Virginia, said it was removing the plaque for the slave-owning president along with one for a second parishioner, General Robert Lee, who rose to the head of the Confederate army during the Civil War. “The Vestry has unanimously
  
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• Whitefish Energy's scandalous power contract with Puerto Rico is cancelled

  29-10-2017 18:21 via yahoo.com
  UPDATE: With that, the contract has been cancelled. Hours after Governor Ricardo Rosselló issued a statement calling for PREPA to cancel its contract with Whitefish Energy, the Puerto Rico power utility confirmed it will do just that,The Washington Post andCBS News correspondent David Begnaud both confirm.BREAKING: PREPA (@AEEONLINE) CEO Ricardo Ramos says @WhitefishEnergy contract will be canceled after ongoing work ends in Puerto Rico — David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) October 29, 20
  
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• China aims to set up state anti-corruption unit next year

  29-10-2017 17:59 via yahoo.com
  China aims to pass a national supervision law and set up a new commission next year to oversee an expansion of President Xi Jinping's campaign to fight corruption in the ruling Communist Party and government, the party said on Sunday.
  
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• State police: Quash grand jury on trooper shooting policy

  29-10-2017 17:51 via yahoo.com
  EASTON, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's state police agency, facing pushback over its practice of investigating line-of-duty shootings by its own troopers, is trying to shut down a grand jury looking into the propriety of the policy.
  
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• West Virginia escaped inmate caught at Mexico border

  29-10-2017 17:12 via yahoo.com
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia inmate who escaped from a jail two days before his sentencing has been captured along the Mexico border in Texas, authorities said.
  
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• Trump Assails 'Phony Witch Hunt' Ahead Of Possible Indictment In Russia Probe

  29-10-2017 17:03 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out against what he called a “phony” investigation into whether his campaign colluded with Russia last year, criticizing Democrats for conducting a “witch hunt” and saying that they ― including Hillary Clinton ― are the guilty ones.
  
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• Trump and Netanyahu share a kiss on West Bank wall mural

  29-10-2017 16:46 via yahoo.com
  Another Donald Trump mural believed to be the work of Australian graffiti artist Lushsux has popped up on Israel's barrier in the occupied West Bank, this time depicting the U.S. president sharing a kiss with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.The Bethlehem wall has become a showcase of protest art voicing Palestinians' fears that Israel's West Bank fence-and-concrete barrier is a land grab that may deny them a state.Murals on the barrier believed to be the work of Lushsux include one sho
  
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• Catalan government insists Monday is 'normal working day' despite being ousted by Madrid

  29-10-2017 16:38 via yahoo.com
  How can Europe celebrate ex-colonial cultures but despise the Catalans?  The Catalonia crisis shows Brexit was the right choice ​ If the EU cannot learn from Spain, separatism will only spread Why does Catalonia want independence from Spain? Catalonia declares independence – so is Barcelona safe to visit? Catalonia’s deposed government is heading for a fresh showdown with the Spanish authorities today after Catalan ministers promised they would go to work on Monday mo
  
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• Trump decries 'evil politics' of Mueller's Russia probe

  29-10-2017 16:35 via yahoo.com
  President Trump says that the federal investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia is a “witch hunt” and “bad for the country,” but insists Republicans are united in drawing Hillary Clinton into it.
  
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• Iran blocks 'illegal' rally at ancient king's tomb

  29-10-2017 16:34 via yahoo.com
  Iranian authorities on Sunday prevented an "illegal gathering" at the tomb of ancient Persian king Cyrus the Great and arrested a number of suspects, local media reported.The Mizanonline news website said the intelligence ministry had identified members of "a counter-revolutionary group which had wanted to organise an illegal gathering under the pretext of celebrating Cyrus".Authorities in Iran last October arrested several organisers of a rally at the same site.
  
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• Puerto Rico Power Authority Moves to Cancel Whitefish Energy Contract

  29-10-2017 16:33 via yahoo.com
  The head of Puerto Rico’s power authority moved on Sunday to cancel a controversial contract with Whitefish Energy, the small Montana company under scrutiny for the deal worth hundreds of millions to help restore power to the hurricane-ravaged island.
  
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• These 'Fun Size' Salads May Be The Scariest Trick This Halloween

  29-10-2017 16:19 via yahoo.com
  What could be scarier than getting an apple or raisins this Halloween?
  
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• Kenya opposition leader calls for calm in slum hit by deadly violence

  29-10-2017 16:18 via yahoo.com
  By George Obulutsa and Duncan MiririNAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga called for calm on Sunday as he visited a slum in the capital that was hit by violence when a political stand-off over a repeat presidential election fed into rising ethnic tensions.Clashes in Kawangware and in a village in western Kenya following Thursday's vote were the first signs that face-offs between Odinga supporters and the police might eventually morph into neighbors turning against each other.
  
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• Barzani: fall of the Kurdish 'lord of the mountain'

  29-10-2017 16:14 via yahoo.com
  President Massud Barzani, who said Sunday he was stepping down, founded Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region but was also responsible for sparking its gravest crisis with his drive for independence.The son of iconic Kurdish nationalist leader Mullah Mustafa Barzani and the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979, the 71-year-old joined the fight for an independent Kurdistan as a teenager.Born on August 16, 1946 in Mahabad, capital of a Kurdish republic declared by his father amid unr
  
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• 'Teen Wolf' Star Colton Haynes Marries Jeff Leatham In Palm Springs

  29-10-2017 16:13 via yahoo.com
  The “Teen Wolf” and “Arrow” star, 29, married Four Seasons artistic director Jeff Leatham, 46, in a Saturday evening ceremony in Palm Springs, California, People reports.
  
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• Philippines' Duterte 'to limit mouth' in Japan emperor meet

  29-10-2017 16:04 via yahoo.com
  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday pledged to "limit my mouth" in a meeting with Japan's revered Emperor Akihito this week following previous concerns in Tokyo the profanity-prone leader would spark diplomatic tensions.Duterte said he would have an audience with the 83-year-old Akihito -- a popular and respected figure in Japan -- during his two-day visit to Tokyo.
  
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• At least five dead as storm hits central Europe

  29-10-2017 15:43 via yahoo.com
  At least five people died in a windstorm that hit central Europe on Sunday, causing widespread power outages and traffic disruptions.In the Czech Republic, falling trees killed a woman in a forest near the central city of Trebic and an elderly man on the street in Jicin northeast of Prague.In Germany, a 63-year-old man sleeping in a van at a camping site on Jade Bay in the north of the country drowned when he tried to escape flash floods on foot, police said.
  
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• Missing Russian helicopter found on seabed in the Arctic

  29-10-2017 15:42 via yahoo.com
  HELSINKI (AP) — Norwegian rescue officials said Sunday the wreckage of a Russian helicopter that crashed with eight people onboard off the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has been located on the seabed.
  
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• Cops: Idaho woman intentionally drove off cliff with 3 kids

  29-10-2017 15:28 via yahoo.com
  An Idaho woman who drove her sport utility vehicle off a cliff and into a reservoir in a crash last year that killed her and her three young children did so deliberately, officials said Friday.
  
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• Turkey detains 143 people over suspected Islamic State links: Anadolu

  29-10-2017 15:24 via yahoo.com
  Turkish police detained 143 people over suspected links to Islamic State in anti-terror operations in eight cities over the weekend, the state-run Anadolu Agency said on Sunday.Counter-terrorism police detained 49 foreign nationals on Saturday during operations in the capital Ankara, Anadolu said.The police raided houses in Bursa, a northwestern province of Turkey, and detained 39 people including 28 Syrian nationals and two Azerbaijani nationals on Sunday, Anadolu said.
  
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• Rouhani says Iran will keep producing missiles, state TV reports

  29-10-2017 14:56 via yahoo.com
  Iran will continue to produce missiles for its defense and does not consider that a violation of international accords, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday in a speech broadcast on state television.Rouhani spoke days after the U.S. House of Representatives voted for new sanctions against Iran's ballistic missile program, part of an effort to clamp down on Tehran without immediately moving to undermine an international nuclear agreement.
  
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• Bali volcano's alert status lowered after decreased activity

  29-10-2017 14:51 via yahoo.com
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities lowered the alert status of Bali's Mount Agung volcano from the highest level on Sunday, following a significant decrease in activity in recent days.
  
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• Strong winds batter central Europe, killing at least five

  29-10-2017 14:45 via yahoo.com
  By Jason Hovet and Andrea ShalalPRAGUE/BERLIN (Reuters) - Strong winds battered northern and central Europe on Sunday, killing two people in Poland, two in the Czech Republic and one in Germany, with rail traffic in large sections of Germany to remain suspended until Monday.The victims in Poland and the Czech Republic were killed by falling trees.
  
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• Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of blocking Yemen peace

  29-10-2017 14:39 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia on Sunday accused Iran of blocking peace efforts in Yemen, slamming its political arch-rival over its support for rebels which Saudi-led forces are battling in Yemen.Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir accused Tehran of smuggling arms to Yemen's Shiite Huthi rebels, who control the capital Sanaa and northern Yemen, and to the rebels' ally former president Ali Abdullah Saleh."Iran is destroying all attempts to find a solution in Yemen, which has led to the failure of all political
  
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• Critical Transplant Delayed as Hospital Blocks Kidney Donor

  29-10-2017 14:35 via yahoo.com
  Rev. Al discusses the case of A.J. Burgess, a two-year-old boy in dire need of a kidney. His father was prevented from donating by the hospital because of a probation violation. The Burgess family joins.
  
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• 23 Dead After Extremists Attack Hotel in Somalia's Capital

  29-10-2017 14:20 via yahoo.com
  A mother and her three children were among the dead
  
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• Huge Bearded Seal Blocks Airport Runway In Alaska

  29-10-2017 14:18 via yahoo.com
  When airport foreman Scott Babcock went out onto the runway at Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport in Utqiagvik, Alaska, on Monday to clear some snow, he was surprised to find a visitor waiting for him on the asphalt: a 450-pound bearded seal chilling in the milky sunshine.
  
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• Food a 'weapon of war' in Yemen: WFP

  29-10-2017 14:10 via yahoo.com
  Beyond air raids, gun battles and port blockades, food is now a "weapon of war" in Yemen, the UN's World Food Programme said on Sunday, as millions face impending famine."Yemen is on the brink of famine.Food is being used as a weapon of war," WFP assistant executive director Elisabeth Rasmussen said at a conference on aid to Yemen hosted by Saudi Arabia.
  
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• GOP Doesn’t Seem To Hate Debt So Much Now That It Wants A Tax Cut

  29-10-2017 14:02 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― The late 1970s, the mid-1990s and the period from 2009 through last November have two things in common.
  
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• Hillary Clinton Shrugs Off Reminder Of Comey Letter Anniversary: 'Oh Is That Today?'

  29-10-2017 13:41 via yahoo.com
  If Hillary Clinton still feels sore about former FBI Director James Comey’s now-infamous letter to lawmakers saying he was re-opening the probe into her use of private email server as secretary of state, she waved it off in a joking tweet posted on the one-year anniversary of that day.
  
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• A Visual History of Thor

  29-10-2017 13:30
  Lately, it seems like it's Thor's World Tree, and we're all just living in it. The god of Thunder is about to return to the big screen in Thor: Ragnarok, and Marvel Comics is currently publishing one of their most epic sagas ever in the pages of The Mighty Thor. In short, it's a great time to be a fan of the Odinson.
  In honor of these major Thor-related projects, we figures now would be a great time to look back at the character's visual history. From the original Jack Kirby design to Chris Hems
  
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• FBI's use of foreign intelligence driving privacy debate

  29-10-2017 13:25 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It's 3 a.m. when a security guard notices a man taking photographs of the Key Bridge a few miles from the White House. There's been no crime, but the guard is suspicious and passes the man's license plate number to the FBI.
  
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• Donald Trump Concedes He's 'Not At All Presidential' As He Slams Michael Moore Play

  29-10-2017 13:17 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has assumed the role of theater critic, slamming filmmaker Michael Moore’s “sloppy” Broadway play and terming it a “total bomb” in a Saturday night tweet.
  
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