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• Student gun control advocates protest outside Smith & Wesson

  26-08-2018 23:40 via yahoo.com
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Student gun control advocates and one of the survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting on Sunday completed a 50-mile, four-day march in Massachusetts to the headquarters of gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson, where they protested gun violence and weapons manufacturing.
  
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• Jacksonville shooting: 'Multiple fatalities,' including suspect, after Madden tournament shooting

  26-08-2018 22:51 via yahoo.com
  One white male suspect is dead at the scene at a restaurant in Jacksonville Landing, Jacksonville County Sheriff Mike Williams said, and no other suspects are being sought.
  
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• Multiple fatalities after mass shooting in Jacksonville, Fla.

  26-08-2018 22:46 via yahoo.com
  Gunfire broke out Sunday at a Florida mall that was hosting a video game tournament, killing multiple people and sending many others to hospitals, authorities said.
  
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• US playwright, 'king of comedy' Neil Simon dead at 91

  26-08-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  Neil Simon, the prolific and Pulitzer Prize-winning US playwright celebrated as the king of comedy who won more Oscar and Tony nominations combined than any other showbiz writer, died on Sunday.Many of his works are classics of 20th century American theater and Simon has been credited with playing a seminal role -- along with film director Woody Allen -- in re-crafting US humor in the 1960s and 1970s.Longtime friend Bill Evans announced his death early Sunday in a New York hospital of complicati
  
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• Arizona candidate groused about McCain family before he died

  26-08-2018 22:13 via yahoo.com
  PHOENIX (AP) — Hours before Sen. John McCain died on Saturday, a Republican seeking Arizona's other U.S. Senate seat suggested that his family's earlier announcement that he was ending cancer treatment had been timed to hurt her campaign.
  
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• As pope visits Ireland, protesters demand justice over clerical abuse

  26-08-2018 22:06 via yahoo.com
  As the faithful flocked to witness Pope Francis celebrate mass on Sunday, protesters gathered in central Dublin to demand recognition, reconciliation and reparations for the historic wrongs of the Catholic Church in Ireland.In a city decked out in yellow-and-white Vatican flags, thousands of demonstrators -- some visibly emotional -- marched under the rainbow flag, calling for action from a Church they say is yet to redress decades of abuse."I think he should get on his knees and beg forgiveness
  
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• 8 people, 6 of them kids, killed in Chicago apartment fire

  26-08-2018 21:58 via yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — Eight people, including six children, were killed when a fire broke out before dawn Sunday at a Chicago apartment in one of the deadliest fires in the nation's third-largest city in years, officials say.
  
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• Republicans Can Honor John McCain By Putting America Before Trump

  26-08-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  The death of Senator John McCain throws into relief a new and even more
  
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• Shooter opens fire at Jacksonville Madden tournament

  26-08-2018 21:07
  The Jacksonville Sheriff's office has publicly confirmed that gunshots were fired at a local Madden tournament....
  
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• Three Teenagers Arrested in Kidnapping, Rape of 70-Year-Old Woman

  26-08-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  Three teenagers are accused of raping a 70-year-old woman and then abducting her from her Memphis home.
  
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• Mass Shooting Occurs at Madden Tournament; Multiple Fatalities Reported

  26-08-2018 20:56
  Update: This story has been updated following the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office's press conference on the incident. Official details are below.
  Update 2: Updated again on Sunday evening with an additional statement from Electronic Arts.
  A gunman opened fire at a Madden Championship Series tournament event in Jacksonville, Florida today.
  At the first event during the Madden tournament season, a gunman opened fire on the crowd, firing at least a dozen shots, per a clip of the Twitch broa
  
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• 10 must-see tweets you need in your life to celebrate National Dog Day

  26-08-2018 20:44 via yahoo.com
  There are a few ways to properly celebrate National Dog Day. Some people choose to commemorate the important holiday by sharing photos of their dogs online, while others celebrate by hanging out with their pups IRL.  But possibly the best way to celebrate? Scrolling through Twitter and laughing and/or crying over the best tweets about the precious doggos that have captured our hearts this year. Here are our favorites.  SEE ALSO: 20 adoptable senior dogs in need of a new best friend 1.
  
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• Israel to reopen Erez border crossing with Gaza: minister

  26-08-2018 20:39 via yahoo.com
  Israel will reopen the Erez border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Monday, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said, a week after closing it due to clashes.In a statement from his office on Sunday, Lieberman said the decision to reopen Erez, the only crossing for people in the north of the Palestinian enclave, was made "given the calm along the border".Israel closed the crossing on August 19 in response to what Lieberman then called "violent incidents", tightening its blockade of the landlocked t
  
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• Mass shooting at 'Madden' esports tournament reported in Jacksonville

  26-08-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  A shooting was reported in Jacksonville, Fla., early Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Iran's parliament impeaches economy minister in latest blow to embattled President Hassan Rouhani

  26-08-2018 20:14 via yahoo.com
  Iran's parliament impeached Economy Minister Masoud Karbasian on Sunday in the latest blow to embattled President Hassan Rouhani as he struggles to face down a mounting economic crisis. Karbasian is the second cabinet minister to be sacked this month, following the impeachment of Labour Minister Ali Rabiei on August 8. He lost a vote of confidence, which was carried live on state radio, by 137 votes to 121, with two abstentions. The outcome sees him stripped of his post with
  
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• Neil Simon, Broadway's master of comedy, dies at 91

  26-08-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright Neil Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits such as "The Odd Couple," ''Barefoot in the Park" and his "Brighton Beach" trilogy dominated Broadway for decades, has died. He was 91.
  
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• 'Crazy Rich Asians' Just Had Another Crazy Weekend at the Box Office

  26-08-2018 19:58 via yahoo.com
  It made nearly as much money as it did opening weekend — a rare achievement
  
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• More riches for 'Crazy Rich Asians' at N. America box office

  26-08-2018 19:49 via yahoo.com
  Washington (AFP) - Rom-com "Crazy Rich Asians" continued to sparkle in North America, topping the box office for the second weekend running, according to industry estimates Sunday.
  
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• 'He's a decent family man': Watch the moment John McCain defended Barack Obama on 2008 campaign trail

  26-08-2018 19:47 via yahoo.com
  "He's a decent family man, citizen, that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues," McCain said when a constituent appeared to question Obama's citizenship.
  
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• The Latest: UN refugee chief urges long-term EU solution

  26-08-2018 19:24 via yahoo.com
  ROME (AP) — The Latest on Europe's response to mass migration (all times local):
  
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• John McCain: Prisoner of war and maverick of the senate who made a place for himself 'in the story of America'

  26-08-2018 19:18 via yahoo.com
  US Senator John McCain, the son and grandson of four-star admirals, was bred for combat.Sen McCain, 81, died on 25 August at his ranch near Sedona, Arizona, his office announced in a statement.A man who seemed his truest self when outraged, Sen McCain revelled in going up against orthodoxy.
  
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• Probation recommended for school official in knife incident

  26-08-2018 19:13 via yahoo.com
  PLAINFIELD, N.J. (AP) — Prosecutors have agreed to recommend probation for a former New Jersey preschool director accused of using a knife to threaten two 4-year-olds.
  
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• 1962 ex-Phil Hill Ferrari 250 GTO sells for world record $48.4m!

  26-08-2018 19:10 via yahoo.com
  RM Sotheby's has sold the Series 2 GTO for the highest price ever achieved for a car at auction, to a packed saleroom in Monterey, California
  
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• Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing suspends carpooling after driver rapes and kills woman 

  26-08-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  China's transport ministry on Sunday slammed Didi Chuxing's safety lapses as the ride-hailing giant said it would suspend its Hitch service after the rape and murder of a passenger, the second such killing this year. A 20-year-old female passenger was raped and killed by her driver on Friday in the eastern city of Wenzhou, barely three months after a similar incident in May. "These two vicious incidents that have violated the life and safety of passengers has exposed the gaping operati
  
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• Trump says trade deal with Mexico could 'happen soon'

  26-08-2018 18:58 via yahoo.com
  As Mexico's incoming trade negotiator said that the United States has softened its contentious demand for a NAFTA "sunset clause," President Donald Trump tweeted that the United States could reach a "big Trade Agreement" with Mexico imminently. Yahaira Jacquez reports.
  
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• The Latest: Dead babies remembered in Ireland as Pope visits

  26-08-2018 18:30 via yahoo.com
  KNOCK, Ireland (AP) — The Latest on Pope Francis' trip to Ireland (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Woman saved 'saved a lot of lives' from fire

  26-08-2018 18:25 via yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on a deadly Chicago fire that killed eight (all times local):
  
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• Someone tried to sneak on stage with Beyoncé and Jay-Z and failed miserably

  26-08-2018 18:22 via yahoo.com
  Beyoncé and Jay-Z are known for their surprises, but they themselves got one of their own during the Atlanta stop of the On The Run II tour on Saturday.  As the show was finishing up, the two walked off the stage hand-in-hand right as a member of the audience hopped on stage and attempted to follow them out.  SEE ALSO: Warning: The behind-the-scenes video of Beyoncé's Vogue shoot might make you cry In footage caught by fans in the audience, you can see a man in a white sh
  
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• Prolific US playwright Neil Simon dead at 91: reports

  26-08-2018 18:22 via yahoo.com
  Prolific US playwright Neil Simon, who won more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer, died Sunday aged 91, according to reports.The New York native, who grew up during The Great Depression, passed away from complications related to pneumonia, his longtime friend Bill Evans told ABC News.Much of his work centered on the everyday struggles of the middle-classes, which he used to explore what he called "domestic wars" and inter-family conflict.
  
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• Inside Japan’s Pokemon-Themed Train

  26-08-2018 18:20
  
  While in Japan for the Pokemon Go Safari Zone event in Yokosuka this week, we had the chance to check out Tokyo's limited edition Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee-themed trains.
  Certain cars on Japan’s Ginza line and Marunouchi line have been decked out in Pokemon style since August 19 and will remain that way until August 30. The car we rode was on the Ginza line, which stretches from Shibuya to Asakusa.
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• Iran's defense minister meets Assad, Syrian counterpart in Damascus

  26-08-2018 18:18 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami arrived in Syria on Sunday for meetings with President Bashar al-Assad and senior defense and military officials as part of a two-day visit, according to the Tasnim news agency.Iranian forces have backed Assad in the country's civil war."Not only the people of the region, but the people of the world are indebted to the battles that have taken place against terrorists in Syria," Hatami told Assad in a meeting, according to Tasnim.
  
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• Imagining the Senate — and Arizona — without John McCain

  26-08-2018 18:00 via yahoo.com
  While tributes to the late senator make headlines, a quieter conversation is taking place as well: the effect of McCain’s absence from Congress, where he served since 1983.
  
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• Fox News Analyst Calls Out Donald Trump Over Bland John McCain Condolences Tweet

  26-08-2018 17:57 via yahoo.com
  A senior political analyst for Fox News, President Donald Trump's favorite
  
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• The Best Stories About John McCain

  26-08-2018 17:53 via yahoo.com
  The tributes to John McCain continued to mount on Sunday, honoring the legacy
  
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• Pope begs forgiveness for 'state of shame' inflicted on Ireland

  26-08-2018 17:52 via yahoo.com
  After meeting privately with abuse victims on Saturday on the first papal visit to Ireland in almost four decades, Francis apologized to mothers estranged from their children in church-run homes, children abused by priests and those exploited in religious schools, calling it a "state of shame.""To survivors of abuse of power, conscience and sexual abuse, recognizing what they have told me, I would like to put these crimes before the mercy of the Lord and ask forgiveness for them," Francis told a
  
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• Flags fly at half staff at US Capitol, tributes pour in for Sen. John McCain

  26-08-2018 17:48 via yahoo.com
  George Stephanopoulos reports on the death of Arizona Sen. John McCain, who lost his battle with brain cancer Saturday night.
  
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• North Korea newspaper blasts 'double-dealing' U.S. after Pompeo's trip canceled

  26-08-2018 17:46 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - North Korea's state-controlled newspaper on Sunday accused the United States of "double-dealing" and "hatching a criminal plot" against Pyongyang, after Washington abruptly canceled a visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.Negotiations have been all but deadlocked since U.S. President Donald Trump's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore in June.Pompeo has pressed for tangible steps toward North Korea's abandonment of its nuclear arsenal while Pyongyang is demandin
  
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• McCain's Death Comes 9 Years to the Day After Same Cancer Killed Ted Kennedy

  26-08-2018 17:40 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. senators both succumbed to glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer.
  
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• 8 People, Including 6 Kids, Killed in Chicago Apartment Fire

  26-08-2018 17:27 via yahoo.com
  The cause of the blaze hasn't been determined
  
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• 6-year-old boy hospitalized after being bullied

  26-08-2018 17:25 via yahoo.com
  A six-year-old boy needed emergency surgery on his eye after he says children at his apartment complex bullied him.
  
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• Cryptominers dreaming of rebound after price crash

  26-08-2018 17:20 via yahoo.com
  Surrounded by the cryptocurrency mining "rig" that is taking over his bedroom, "Ali" lays bare the risks of his trade, revealing his profits "are a tenth of what they were".Prices of cryptocurrencies have plunged since the heady heights of last year, slashing the profits of miners such as Ali.This investment totalled around 13,000 euros, soon paid off with his initial gains.
  
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• Chinese authorities say Didi bears 'unshirkable responsibility' for passenger's death

  26-08-2018 17:13 via yahoo.com
  China's police and transport ministry said on Sunday the country's largest ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing had "unshirkable responsibility" for a ride-sharing passenger being raped and killed by a driver in the eastern city of Wenzhou.The company met with both ministries in Beijing and the nearby port city of Tianjin and ordered to carry out a complete reform of its platform to ensure safety standards, the official Xinhua news agency reported.A Didi representative said the company felt deeply res
  
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• Yemen's Houthis say they fire two missiles at Saudi Arabia

  26-08-2018 17:05 via yahoo.com
  DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi group fired two Zelzal-1 missiles in the direction of Saudi Arabian provinces alongside the joint border, the Houthis' Masirah TV said in a tweet on Sunday. The two missiles targeted "gatherings of Saudi soldiers," one in Jizan and the other in Najran, it said. The Saudi armed forces did not confirm the attacks. Saudi Arabia is leading a western-backed alliance of Sunni Muslim Arab states trying to restore the internationally recognized government of Yemeni Presi
  
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• The Legacy of John McCain

  26-08-2018 17:02 via yahoo.com
  I loved John McCain. I will miss him, but his family will miss him more. I hope they can console themselves just a little with the knowledge that his legacy endures.
  
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• Iran says 'no third party' will limit its support to Syria

  26-08-2018 16:58 via yahoo.com
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Iran's defense minister said Sunday his country will continue its support of the Syrian government to ensure improved security in the region, adding that the nature of the two countries cooperation won't be decided by a "third party."
  
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• The Real Story Behind John McCain's Famous Campaign Rally Moment

  26-08-2018 16:56 via yahoo.com
  It was one of Sen. John McCain's finest political moments.
  
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• Pope Francis, Senior Church Officials Knew About Sex Abuse Scandal, Former Vatican Ambassador Claims

  26-08-2018 16:56 via yahoo.com
  A letter accuses Pope Francis of being aware of a Washington cardinal's affairs
  
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• 6 children, 2 adults killed in Chicago apartment fire

  26-08-2018 16:52 via yahoo.com
  Fire Commission Jose Santiago told reporters that one of the children who was killed in the fire early Sunday was an infant.
  
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• Italy lets migrants off stranded boat as deal reached

  26-08-2018 16:45 via yahoo.com
  Nearly 140 migrants who had been stranded on a boat at a port in Sicily were allowed to disembark early on Sunday after Ireland and Albania agreed to take some of them in.The boat docked at Catania port on Monday but Italy had refused to let those on board disembark in the absence of any EU commitment to relocate them, prompting a new bitter row with Brussels.There were initially around 180 migrants on board when it arrived at Catania, but Rome allowed 27 unaccompanied minors to disembark on Wed
  
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• Italy's interior minister faces kidnap charges after immigrants held for ten days at sea 

  26-08-2018 16:41 via yahoo.com
   Italy's far-Right interior minister on Sunday dismissed possible kidnapping charges over the illegal detention of more than 100 migrants as a "badge of honour" as he geared up for a clash with the judiciary.  The group of 150 migrants finally left the Italian coast guard ship Diciotti yesterday after spending 10 days stranded at sea when Italy refused permission for them to disembark, following an agreement for Ireland and Albania to take some of them in.  The ship, also carrying
  
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