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• Boeing shuts 787 plant in South Carolina as hurricane approaches

  11-09-2018 23:27 via yahoo.com
  In advance of workers evacuating the facility, Boeing flew several 787 Dreamliners from the South Carolina factory across the country to an airport near Boeing's widebody plant in Everett, Washington, north of Seattle, Boeing spokeswoman Libba Holland said.Hurricane Florence grew on Tuesday and was expected to bring days of rain, deadly flooding and power outages lasting weeks after it slams into the U.S. Southeast coast this week.Winds of up to 130 miles per hour (215 km per hour) and massive w
  
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• As Hurricane Florence Nears, Trump Calls Puerto Rico Response An 'Unsung Success'

  11-09-2018 23:11 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump praised his administration on Tuesday for its
  
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• Lindsey Graham urged Donald Trump to support assassinating Kim Jong Un, Woodward book says

  11-09-2018 23:01 via yahoo.com
  At one point not too long ago in American history — as in, last year — it appeared as though increasing tensions with North Korea could escalate into a full-blown conflict.Under Kim Jong Un's regime, the hermit kingdom was testing intercontinental ballistic missiles at an unprecedented rate, while Donald Trump was attacking the dictator as "Rocket Man" in tweets and a major speech at the United Nations, in which he threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea if further provoked.Accor
  
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• Russia launches biggest ever war games

  11-09-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  President Vladimir Putin is expected to attend the games after hosting an economic forum in Russia's far eastern city Vladivostok where his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping is one of the prominent guests.The week-long war games dubbed "Vostok-2018"(East-2018) "have kicked off" in far eastern Russia, the defence ministry said.
  
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• UN head calls for Idlib to be spared 'humanitarian nightmare'

  11-09-2018 22:45 via yahoo.com
  Syrian rebel fighters from the recently formed National Liberation Front pictured in Idlib province on 11 September.United Nations secretary general António Guterres has appealed to Russia, Iran and Turkey to “spare no effort to find solutions that protect civilians” in Idlib and said it was “absolutely essential” to avoid a full-scale battle in Syria’s rebel-held province.
  
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• Heckuva job Trumpie: President hails 'incredibly successful' response to Puerto Rico hurricane

  11-09-2018 22:45 via yahoo.com
  President Trump paused at a Tuesday briefing to reflect on his administration's response in Puerto Rico to Hurricane Maria.
  
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• Syria's Idlib 'must not be transformed into a bloodbath': UN chief

  11-09-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  "It is absolutely essential to avoid a full-scale battle in Idlib," Guterres told reporters at UN headquarters.The UN chief spoke after Russia and Iran clashed with Turkey at a summit last week on plans for military action to restore Syria's control over Idlib, where three million people live.
  
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• Reports: Evacuations underway from South Carolina to Virginia as Florence approaches as ‘unprecedented' Category 4 hurricane

  11-09-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  Residents in the eastern United States are bracing for Florence as it barrels toward the region, posing a serious threat to lives and property.
  
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• Hungary's Orban vows to defy EU pressure ahead of unprecedented vote

  11-09-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  Some momentum might have been building against Orban during the evening ahead of the Wednesday vote.Since sweeping to power in 2010, Orban has pressured Hungary's courts, media and non-governmental groups, as well as refusing to take in asylum seekers arriving in Europe.If approved, the motion would go to the EU's national leaders, theoretically opening the way for sanctions such as a suspension of Hungary's voting rights in the bloc.
  
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• 11 Ways Spider-Man PS4 Changed the Marvel Comics

  11-09-2018 21:46
  
  Warning: this article contains full spoilers for Marvel's Spider-Man!
  Marvel's Spider-Man for Playstation 4 draws from decades of classic Spider-Man stories in order to craft its take on Peter Parker and his world. But even though the game's comic book influences run deep, it also made some pretty significant changes to the source material -- from Mary Jane Watson to Gwen Stacey (or the lack thereof) to Miles Morales.
  Here are the biggest ways in which the game changed what we know about the Spi
  
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• Hungary's Orban denounces 'blackmail' over EU censure move

  11-09-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Viktor Orban vowed Tuesday that Hungary would resist any attempt to "blackmail" it into softening its anti-migrant stance, on the eve of an EU parliament vote to censure his populist government.Orban denounced as insulting to Hungary's honour a report presented to the Strasbourg assembly that accuses his government of posing a "systemic threat" to the democratic values on which the European Union was founded.MEPs will vote Wednesday on whether to launch a procedure that could lead
  
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• Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition Coming to PS4 and Xbox One This September

  11-09-2018 21:17
  Hollow Knight is finally hitting the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 25 in the digital, content-packed Voidheart Edition.
  Announced by developer Team Cherry, Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition will include the core game and its four additional content packs: Hidden Dreams, The Grimm Troupe, Lifeblood and Godmaster. It’s unclear if any exclusive content beyond these packs will be coming to the Voidheart Edition.
  No price was announced for this version of Hollow Knight, though pre
  
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• Twitch celebrity Guy "Dr Disrespect" Beahm ends stream after home is apparently fired upon

  11-09-2018 21:13 via gamesradar.com
  Family is safe, "proper measures" being taken
  
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• Best Bites: Butternut squash veggie pizza

  11-09-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your
  
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• Ending the Korean War Is Much More Than a Symbolic Concession

  11-09-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  Pyongyang was able to write the Singapore Summit Agreement to its advantage. Washington needs to be ready for the next time.
  
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• Pope to meet U.S. Church leaders after archbishop's accusations: Vatican

  11-09-2018 20:52 via yahoo.com
  Pope Francis will meet on Thursday with U.S. Catholic Church leaders who want to discuss the fallout from a scandal involving a former American cardinal and demands from an archbishop that the pontiff step down.Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), asked for the meeting after Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano last month accused the pope of knowing for years about sexual misconduct by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and of doing nothing about it.The
  
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• Every IGN Tomb Raider Game Review

  11-09-2018 20:48
  How many tombs could a Tomb Raider raid if a Tomb Raider could raid tombs? Beats us, but we do know that IGN has reviewed a whole lot of Tomb Raider games in the past two decades. As you can see in the slideshow below, there's been no shortage of adventures by everyone's favorite gender-swapped Indiana Jones knockoff, and she's had more than her fair share of ups and downs. Take a look and let us know which ones you remember as being awesome and which as... less so.
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• Lawsuit over Louisiana school's hair policy is dismissed

  11-09-2018 20:44 via yahoo.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Parents of two New Orleans-area school girls have dismissed their lawsuit against a Catholic school over its policy forbidding hair extensions.
  
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• Major US tourist sites in path of Hurricane Florence

  11-09-2018 20:42 via yahoo.com
  From Charleston's colonial mansions with finely-crafted balustrades, to fragile Outer Banks beaches, to exalted centers of American history, the tourism-heavy US East Coast is facing a potentially devastating blow from Hurricane Florence.The full force of Florence is threatening the city's colonial structures, cobblestone streets and dozens of bohemian bars and cafes, which delight the region's five million annual visitors.A direct hit on Charleston could shock the area's $4.2 billion tourism in
  
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• Assad 'has been warned' on Idlib chemical use: Mattis

  11-09-2018 20:40 via yahoo.com
  US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis stressed Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been well warned against any chemical weapons use in an anticipated assault on Idlib province.The Assad regime has twice been targeted by US air and missile strikes after previous alleged chemical attacks, and US officials have in recent days said additional action would follow if Assad were to use the banned weapons in rebel-held Idlib."In Idlib, we're watching very closely what the Assad regime, aided an
  
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• Get more web-swinging mileage out of Marvel's Spider-Man with the upcoming New Game Plus update

  11-09-2018 20:38 via gamesradar.com
  More Peter Parker for your PlayStation
  
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• Chris Pratt And Katherine Schwarzenegger Just Took A Major Step Together

  11-09-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger (Prattznegger, if you prefer) just
  
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• Treyarch Will Adjust Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout's Item Pickup System

  11-09-2018 20:35
  
  Treyarch and Activision opened the beta for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Blackout yesterday and immediately received a flood of negative feedback about how items are picked up. Treyarch has heard its players loud and clear, though, and will make changes to the battle royale mode before the final game launches.
  The way things currently work, Blackout players have to aim precisely at items like ammo and weapons and then press and then hold a button to pick them up. Various players have complained t
  
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• More Than 500 Teachers And Other Educators Are Running For Office This Year

  11-09-2018 20:32 via yahoo.com
  As massive teacher strikes swept red states around the country earlier this
  
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• The Last Remnant Remastered Release Date Announced

  11-09-2018 20:19
  The Last Remnant is getting remastered, and the release date has been announced.
  At the 2018 Tokyo Game Show, Square Enix confirmed the remaster will make its PS4 debut on the 10th anniversary of the game's original release.
  The Last Remnant came to Xbox 360 in 2008 (a PS3 version was planned but never released.) The $20 remaster will be available digitally on PlayStation 4 on December 6. You can check out the teaser trailer below:
  The Last Remnant Remastered uses Unreal Engine 4, and the s
  
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• The Latest: Sex abuse: Pope to meet Thursday with US bishops

  11-09-2018 20:18 via yahoo.com
  ROME (AP) — The Latest on the Vatican response to the sex abuse scandal (all times local):
  
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• Bob Woodward Says 'Key' Trump Official Told Him New Book Is '1,000-Percent Correct'

  11-09-2018 20:16 via yahoo.com
  Veteran reporter Bob Woodward said a top Trump administration official called
  
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• Iran seeks to avert disaster in Syria's Idlib: Iranian senior official

  11-09-2018 20:03 via yahoo.com
  Iran shares the United Nations' concern about a potential humanitarian catastrophe in Syria's Idlib province and will seek to avert it, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, special assistant to Iran's foreign minister, told reporters on Tuesday.Iran and Russia are President Bashar al-Assad's main backers in Syria's seven-year-old civil war.
  
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• WWE 2K19 Roster Pt 3: 55 Playable Legends Announced

  11-09-2018 20:00
  With over 130 Superstars already revealed (you can see the Week 1 and Week 2 groups here), WWE and 2K have just announced an avalanche of icons.
  Rusev and Lana are back, this time with The Bar - Sheamus and Cesaro - as their tag team addition, to run through this awesome list of legends and trailblazers. From megastars like Steve Austin, The Rock, Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, and Andre the Giant to the '80s/early'90s glory of Ravishing Rick Rude, Mr. Perfect, Rick "The Model" Martel, Jake "The Snake
  
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• North Carolina's Wild Horses Will Ride Out Hurricane Florence In The Wild

  11-09-2018 19:53 via yahoo.com
  As Hurricane Florence approaches the North Carolina coastline, many people
  
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• Israel PM hails US decision to close Palestinian mission

  11-09-2018 19:53 via yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday hailed the United States for closing the Palestine Liberation Organisation mission in Washington."The US made the correct decision regarding the PLO mission in Washington," Netanyahu said in a statement published on Twitter.The Israeli premier's comment comes a day after the US State Department announced it would shutter the mission, accusing Palestinians leaders of refusing to engage with the US or Israel.
  
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• International court says it's 'undeterred' by US threats

  11-09-2018 19:49 via yahoo.com
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan rights workers warned Tuesday that a blistering U.S. attack on the International Criminal Court investigating war crimes allegations will strengthen a climate of impunity in Afghanistan, prolong the war and embolden those committing acts of violence.
  
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• Italy's Salvini wants populists, popular party to guide new EU Commission

  11-09-2018 19:44 via yahoo.com
  ROME (Reuters) - Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who also leads the far-right League party, said on Tuesday he wants the new European Commission to be led by conservatives and populists. "The aim is to cancel the duopoly between the socialists and Christian democrats," Salvini told reporters after taping a talk show in Rome. A new Commission will be seated after a European Parliament election during the first half of 2019. When asked if he wanted populists to ally with the European
  
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• ICC 'undeterred' after US sanctions threat

  11-09-2018 19:38 via yahoo.com
  The International Criminal Court on Tuesday said its work would continue "undeterred" after Washington threatened to prosecute its judges if Americans are charged with war crimes committed in Afghanistan.France and Germany also weighed in to support the Hague-based court after White House National Security Advisor John Bolton said the ICC was "already dead to us"."The ICC, as a court of law, will continue to do its work undeterred, in accordance with those principles and the overarching idea of
  
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• Palestinians file war crimes claim over West Bank hamlet

  11-09-2018 19:10 via yahoo.com
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A top official said Tuesday the Palestinians have filed a new complaint against Israel with the International Criminal Court, after the United States said it would resort to any means to protect its allies against such actions at the international war crimes body.
  
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• Photos Show Residents Preparing For Monster Hurricane Florence

  11-09-2018 19:09 via yahoo.com
  Residents of the eastern seaboard of the United States made preparations ahead
  
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• Tesla to drop some color options for cars to simplify production

  11-09-2018 19:01 via yahoo.com
  Tesla currently offers seven colors for its vehicles that include top variant Model S, mid level Model X and its most affordable sedan Model 3.The company is trying to iron out production bumps after struggling to produce Model 3 sedans and failing to meet several production deadlines."Moving 2 of 7 Tesla colors off menu on Wednesday to simplify manufacturing.
  
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• We're Playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider Live Before Its Release

  11-09-2018 19:00
  
  The third chapter of the rebooted saga is almost here, but if you want to get an early look at the first two hours of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, we've got you covered.
  Join Daemon and Ryan on Tuesday, September 11 from 1-3pm PT/4-6pm ET/9-11pm UK (Saturday, September 12 from 6-8am AET) and catch the action live.As always, you can watch right here on the front page of IGN.com, or you can find us on YouTube, Twitch, and Mixer.
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• Palestinians say U.S. attacks international law with U.N. funding cuts

  11-09-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  Trump's decision has left UNRWA trying to cover a $200 million shortfall from Gulf and European donors, and has further strained tensions between Washington and the Palestinian leadership.Relations have sharply deteriorated since Trump decided to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital last year, reversing decades of U.S. policy and prompting Arab warnings that it could fuel crises in the region.Foreign governments and organizations, with exceptions including Israel, criticized the move.
  
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• North Carolina braces for Hurricane Florence

  11-09-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  Maj. Ken Morris from the Salvation Army Disaster Response team talks with ABC News' Gio Benitez about hurricane preparations in the Outer Banks.
  
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• Testing presidents from Bush to Trump, 9/11 shaped politics

  11-09-2018 18:37 via yahoo.com
  Four presidential campaigns. Eight congressional elections. The longest war in U.S. history.
  
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• Twitter Eviscerates Trump For Extremely Minimal '17 Years' 9/11 Tweet

  11-09-2018 18:21 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has shown he's not so good at that empathy stuff, but
  
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• Bus accident in south India kills at least 55 people

  11-09-2018 18:03 via yahoo.com
  A bus carrying pilgrims from a Hindu temple in the hills of south India plunged off a road, officials said.
  
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• The Stories Behind Spider-Man, Ratchet and Clank, Sunset Overdrive, and More! An Hour With Ted Price

  11-09-2018 18:00
  Ted Price founded Insomniac Games almost 20 years ago. In this hour-long interview, he details his life and career in video games, from his chance meeting with a future business partner to his early bet on PlayStation to creating games like Spyro, Ratchet and Clank, Sunset Overdrive, and now Spider-Man. Check out the video above for the entire interview.
  If you'd rather listen than watch (but we encourage you to watch!), here's an audio-only download link of the full episode.
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• 6 Moments of Silence Held to Mark Anniversary of 9/11 Terror Attacks

  11-09-2018 17:59 via yahoo.com
  Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks.
  
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• Protesters arrive at Bedouin village as Israeli demolition looms

  11-09-2018 17:54 via yahoo.com
  The structures are the work of dozens of Palestinian activists who have come to protest against Israel's plan to demolish Khan al-Ahmar and relocate its 180 residents - Bedouins who scrape a living by raising sheep and goats - to a site 12 km (7 miles) away.There is no other place for us to go."Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Britain have followed the European Union and the United Nations in urging Israel not to demolish Khan al-Ahmar, citing the serious impact on the community and prospects f
  
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• Excuse me while I die of cuteness overload thanks to these Pokemon Switch bundles

  11-09-2018 17:54 via gamesradar.com
  Pokemon: Let's Go-themed Switch bundles coming your way
  
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• Fortnite Removes Controversial Drum Gun Among 5.4 Content Update Patch Notes

  11-09-2018 17:49
  The Fortnite 5.4 Content Update has removed the controversial Drum Gun with no warning or notice when the patch went live this morning.
  For weeks, Fortnite players have debated the Drum Gun's superb usefulness in a variety of different situations and what lengths Epic should go to balance the weapon. It features a quick and easy spray technique with a fast rate of fire that can mow down nearby enemies and even those at longer ranges. It can also rip through enemy buildings putting other assault
  
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• Trump still can't strike the right note about 9/11

  11-09-2018 17:39 via yahoo.com
  Trump's excited tone seemed at odds with the somber anniversary, but his speech was comparatively dignified.
  
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• China's Xi calls for Moscow and Beijing to unite to fight protectionism

  11-09-2018 17:27 via yahoo.com
  Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that Russia and China should work together to oppose trade protectionism and what he called unilateral approaches to international problems, a veiled reference to U.S. foreign policy.Xi made the comments at a news conference in Vladivostok in Russia's far east after holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of an economic forum."In a rapidly changing international situation with growing instability and unpredictability, coop
  
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