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• Florence death toll up at 11, including 3 killed by flooding

  15-09-2018 23:48 via yahoo.com
  The death toll attributed to Florence includes 10 in North Carolina and one in South Carolina.
  
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• Tropical Storm Florence continues to flood roads and neighborhoods

  15-09-2018 23:46 via yahoo.com
  Active search and rescue missions continue to be carried out in areas with severe flooding.
  
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• Syria: Israel launched missile attack on Damascus airport

  15-09-2018 23:31 via yahoo.com
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israel attacked Damascus International Airport with missiles Saturday night, Syrian state media said, adding that air defenses shot down some of them. A war monitoring group said the attack targeted an arms depot for Iranian forces or Lebanon's Hezbollah group.
  
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• Spanish-speaking worker fired after refusing to help English-speaking customers at Taco Bell in Florida

  15-09-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  A Spanish-speaking Taco Bell worker in Florida has been fired after video showed her refusing to serve some English-speaking customers.
  
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• London mayor calls for second referendum on Brexit: Observer

  15-09-2018 22:51 via yahoo.com
  London mayor Sadiq Khan has called for another referendum on Britain's European Union membership, adding his backing to an idea known as a "People's Vote".Britain is due to leave the European Union on March 29.The intervention in favor of a second referendum from Khan, a senior member of Britain's opposition Labour Party, will put more pressure on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to also support the second referendum idea.
  
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• Before-And-After Photos Show How Florence Flooding Has Left Areas Unrecognizable

  15-09-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  Hurricane Florence, now downgraded to a tropical storm, swept through the
  
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• Shootout at famed Mexico City mariachi plaza leaves five dead

  15-09-2018 22:45 via yahoo.com
  A shootout at a Mexico City plaza famed for its live music bars left three men and two women dead, officials said on Saturday, a day after gunmen said by witnesses to be dressed as mariachi musicians opened fire with rifles and pistols.Eight others, including one foreigner, were injured in the incident at the Plaza Garibaldi in the capital's historic downtown, the city prosecutor's office said in a statement, without disclosing identities of any of the victims.Four of the deceased victims ranged
  
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• Border Patrol Agent Accused Of Killing 4 Women, Kidnapping Another

  15-09-2018 22:44 via yahoo.com
  A U.S. Border Patrol agent is in custody in connection with the killings of
  
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• Staff, Over 100 Cats And Dogs Escape From Top Floor Of Flooding Animal Shelter

  15-09-2018 22:24 via yahoo.com
  The situation was looking dire Friday night for the people and more than 100
  
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• Aerial footage of flooding, damage in N.C.

  15-09-2018 22:22 via yahoo.com
  Aerial footage shows flooding and storm damage in New Bern and Nags Head, North Carolina. (Sept. 15)
  
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• Israeli missiles target Damascus airport: state media

  15-09-2018 22:18 via yahoo.com
  An Israeli missile attack targeted the Syrian capital's airport late Saturday, activating air defences which shot down a number of the projectiles, state news agency SANA reported."Our air defences responded to an Israeli missile attack on Damascus international airport and shot down a number of hostile missiles," a military source said, quoted by SANA.The agency, without giving any information on casualties or damage, posted footage and images of the air defences being activated.
  
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• Sex abuse claims rock Dutch Catholic Church

  15-09-2018 21:33 via yahoo.com
  More than half of the Netherlands' senior clerics were involved in covering up sexual assault of children between 1945 and 2010, a press report claimed Saturday, further engulfing the Catholic Church in a global abuse scandal.Over the course of 65 years, 20 of 39 Dutch cardinals, bishops and their auxiliaries "covered up sexual abuse, allowing the perpetrators to cause many more victims", the daily NRC reported."Four abused children and 16 others allowed the transfer of paedophile priests who co
  
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• GOP Donor Les Wexner Announces Departure From Republican Party After Obama Visit

  15-09-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  Ohio billionaire and longtime Republican donor Les Wexner says he is
  
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• How Spider-Man PS4's Best Boss Battles Came to Be

  15-09-2018 21:02
  Marvel's Spider-Man features a handful of familiar foes for Spidey to face off with, but some of Insomniac Games' coolest fights didn't originally start out as they appear in the game.
  Spoilers for Marvel's Spider-Man follow.
  Speaking to IGN during our Spider-Man PS4 spoilercast, creative director Bryan Intihar took us behind-the-scenes of the game's more intriguing battles. Watch the clip above to hear directly from Intihar about how the Electro/Vulture and Rhino/Scorpion fights began.
  As Intih
  
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• Factbox: More than 870,000 without power as Florence lumbers inland

  15-09-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - U.S. power companies said more than 870,000 homes and businesses, mostly in North Carolina and South Carolina, were without power on Saturday after Florence hit the Southeast coast.Tropical Storm Florence dumped "epic" amounts of rain on North and South Carolina as it trudged inland on Saturday, triggering dangerous flooding, toppling trees, cutting power to nearly a million homes and businesses while causing at least five deaths.In North Carolina alone, there were 777,937 power outa
  
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• New Gas Leak Detected in Boston Area 2 Days After Fatal Explosions

  15-09-2018 20:56 via yahoo.com
  A series of pipeline explosions injured more than 25 people earlier this week
  
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• Undercover officer shot in head during attempted bar robbery

  15-09-2018 20:25 via yahoo.com
  Two of the suspects involved in the attempted robbery fled the scene but were later arrested, police say.
  
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• Texas Board of Education Votes to Remove Hillary Clinton and Helen Keller from the State's Curriculum

  15-09-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  The changes were made as a part of an effort to "streamline" Texas public schools' curriculum
  
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• Photos and videos show the destruction and power of Florence

  15-09-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  While Florence is, as of 12:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, now "just" a tropical storm, it has still ripped the Carolina coast with heavy winds and record-breaking rainfall, causing widespread damage for humans and wildlife alike.  Photos and videos from around the region, and particularly North Carolina, showed the power that Florence contained as it came ashore, leading to rescues across the area.Residents of New Bern, NC and their dog are rescued from rising floodwaters caused by Hurricane Flor
  
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• This Is How the U.S. Military Wants to Shoot Down Russian or Chinese Hypersonic Missiles

  15-09-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  Kill a bullet with a bullet—hypersonic style. 
  
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• Mom Struck and Killed by SUV on 2-Year Anniversary of Daughter's Death by Gang Violence

  15-09-2018 18:57 via yahoo.com
  Evelyn Rodriguez, 50, was organizing a memorial service for her daughter Kayla Cuevas when she as hit.
  
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• Ken Starr Says If President Trump Fires Robert Mueller 'There Would Be Hell To Pay'

  15-09-2018 18:19 via yahoo.com
  Former U.S. Solicitor General Kenneth Starr, who became a regular character in
  
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• Manafort’s capitulation leaves a wide-open field for Mueller’s team

  15-09-2018 18:06 via yahoo.com
  The collapse of Paul Manafort's defensive line appears to leave exposed flanks even at the White House.
  
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• Combat Troops Have Been Complaining about the M4 And M16 for Years. Now The Pentagon Is Doing Something about It.

  15-09-2018 18:00 via yahoo.com
  Thanks to Jim Mattis, that is.
  
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• Ousted Egyptian leader's sons face arrest, again

  15-09-2018 17:59 via yahoo.com
  An Egyptian court has ordered the arrest of ousted President Hosni Mubarak's two sons. Alaa and Gamal Mubarak were on bail and barred from travel due to the 2012 stock market manipulation accusations. Anna Bevan reports.
  
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• American professor detained by Israel in West Bank scuffle

  15-09-2018 17:47 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — An American law professor was detained by Israeli police for allegedly trying to block Israeli troops in a West Bank village slated for demolition, his Israeli lawyer said Saturday.
  
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• Deluged by Hurricane Matthew, rural town waits for Florence

  15-09-2018 17:44 via yahoo.com
  LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — She takes a break from hauling rugs and family heirlooms into the attic to look out the front door and watch it rain and rain and rain some more.
  
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• Families Threatened by Hurricane Florence Turn to Facebook for Safe Place to Stay

  15-09-2018 17:28 via yahoo.com
  A family-of-6 opens their doors to another family-of-6 threatened by the storm.
  
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• Florence batters inland communities

  15-09-2018 17:08 via yahoo.com
  Emergency officials warn that Florence, now a tropical storm, still holds many dangers for residents as it drops another foot or more of rain on the Carolina coastline. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
  
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• Trump rebuked by Puerto Rico governor for denying official death toll: 'No reason to underscore the tragedy’

  15-09-2018 15:54 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has been rebuked by the governor of Puerto Rico, after repeatedly denying that almost 3,000 people died in the aftermath of two hurricanes last year.Ricardo Rosselló said on Twitter he would explain to the president how the island had used a study into excess deaths carried out by experts from George Washington University to raise the official death toll from 64 to 2,975.This week, Mr Trump denied so many people had died, and claimed the number had been inflated by Democrats
  
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• Palestinian official says U.S. will never present Middle East peace plan

  15-09-2018 15:54 via yahoo.com
  Echoing deep scepticism among the Palestinians, Arab countries and analysts, Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian chief negotiator, said that the Trump administration was siding with Israel on the core issues of the decades-old conflict, burying all chances for Middle East peace.Doubts have mounted over whether Trump's administration can secure what he has called the "ultimate deal" since December, when the U.S. President recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and then moved the U.S. Embassy the
  
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• Here's Where to Preorder the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max

  15-09-2018 14:39
  If you buy something through this post, IGN may get a share of the sale. For more, read our Terms of Use.
  The next generation of iPhone comes out September 21, and iPhone XS and iPhone XR preorders are live right now. The iPhone XR preorder date isn't until October 19 and a release date of October 26. If you really want to get yourself a new iPhone, or if you're one of the careful planners who timed the expiration of a contract to coincide with the arrival of the new phones, here's what you need
  
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• These Photos Show The Devastation Caused By Hurricane Florence

  15-09-2018 14:20 via yahoo.com
  The destruction caused by Hurricane Florence on the Carolinas is laid bare in
  
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• Why Counting The Number Of Dead After A Hurricane — Or Any Disaster — Matters

  15-09-2018 14:00 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's Thursday tweet denying the new official death toll
  
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• Germany's Seehofer still optimistic about migrant deal with Italy

  15-09-2018 13:38 via yahoo.com
  German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer on Saturday said he remained optimistic about completing a deal on migrants with Italy despite pushback from Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini.Salvini on Friday denied having reached a deal to take back migrants who had already applied for asylum in Italy, saying he wanted more concessions from Berlin.Seehofer had announced on Thursday that he had secured an accord with Italy over the issue in line with similar deals negotiated with Greece and S
  
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• Alligator spotted walking around Myrtle Beach after Florence

  15-09-2018 13:10 via yahoo.com
  As if heavy winds and massive rain from Hurricane Florence were not enough to worry about, some Myrtle Beach residents now have to be on the lookout for alligators.
  
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• Florence's deluge testing South Carolina infrastructure

  15-09-2018 13:03 via yahoo.com
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The torrential rains from Florence will test South Carolina's infrastructure, which failed under historic flooding in 2015.
  
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• Russia holds naval drills in Sea of Japan

  15-09-2018 12:06 via yahoo.com
  Russian troops taking part in the country's largest-ever war games on Saturday held drills in the Sea of Japan, despite Tokyo's concerns about a Russian military buildup in the area.The exercises were part of the Vostok-18, or East-18, war games that kicked off in eastern Russia on September 11 and will run until Monday.Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has described the week-long operation, which involves nearly 300,000 soldiers, 36,000 vehicles, 1,000 planes and 80 warships, as Russia's biggest-e
  
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• Tracking Hurricane Florence: Expected rain totals for Raleigh, Fayetteville and more

  15-09-2018 12:05 via yahoo.com
  As Tropical Storm Florence lingers, there are a lot of questions regarding how bad it will get in the Triangle and Sandhills.
  
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• Moon faces toughest challenge yet in 3rd summit with Kim

  15-09-2018 12:02 via yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The first inter-Korean summit of 2018, a sunny spectacle in late April, reduced war fears on the peninsula. The second, an emergency one in May, helped ensure a historic meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump came off.
  
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• What to Do With a 529 Plan If Your Kid Doesn't Go to College

  15-09-2018 12:00 via yahoo.com
  You’ve been saving for years in a 529 plan, which lets you fund your child's college costs tax-free. But what happens if your kid doesn’t go to college? Will you face a steep tax bill?  Not to wo...
  
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• Residents rescued along with dog from Hurricane Florence flood waters

  15-09-2018 10:51 via yahoo.com
  The Category 1 storm forced evacuations and rescues in River Bend, North Carolina.
  
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• Mom of alleged MS-13 victim killed by SUV at girl's memorial

  15-09-2018 09:59 via yahoo.com
  A grieving mother was struck by an SUV and killed at her slain child's memorial after a heated confrontation with the driver.
  
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• John Kerry Tears Into Trump With '8-Year-Old Boy' And 'Teenage Girl' Taunts

  15-09-2018 09:04 via yahoo.com
  Former Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a blistering assessment of
  
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• NASA counts down to launch of laser study of ice sheets

  15-09-2018 07:27 via yahoo.com
  NASA counted down Saturday to the launch of its $1 billion ICESat-2 mission, using advanced lasers to uncover the true depth of the melting of Earth's ice sheets.The mission will inform sea level rise forecasts and is "exceptionally important for science," according to Richard Slonaker, ICESat-2 program executive at NASA.The half-ton satellite should reveal unprecedented detail about the current thickness of ice at the vulnerable polar regions as the climate warms.
  
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• Trump Fumes Over Puerto Rico Toll As Death Count Rises For Hurricane Florence

  15-09-2018 07:09 via yahoo.com
  As Tropical Storm Florence thrashed through the East Coast on Friday,
  
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• 'The water kept rising': Residents overwhelmed by flooding

  15-09-2018 06:28 via yahoo.com
  NEW BERN, N.C. (AP) — An ominous tweet appeared on a historic North Carolina community's Twitter feed about 2 a.m. Friday.
  
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• Archbishop of Washington prostrates himself at mass for abuse victims

  15-09-2018 06:15 via yahoo.com
  Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington who was blamed for not doing enough to deal with pedophile priests in Pennsylvania, prostrated himself Friday in a sign of repentance at a mass dedicated to victims of abuse."Our prayers are for those who were assaulted by serious abuse of the clergy and the further indignity of an inadequate response," said Wuerl, who has said he plans to travel to Rome in the near future to meet with Pope Francis to discuss his resignation.This action on my p
  
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• The Latest: Pompeo blasts Kerry for Iran meetings

  15-09-2018 05:08 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Trump administration criticism of former Secretary of State John Kerry (all times local):
  
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• We Reveal Three New Shadowverse: Omen of the Ten Cards

  15-09-2018 05:00
  
  The next Shadowverse set – Omen of the Ten - is launching at the end of September and I’m hugely excited. Why? Because the overall theme is quite dark and twisted, and it feels like developer Cygames is having heaps of fun with the gameplay concepts that come along with it.
  Omen of the Ten, you see, refers to ten characters – each a legendary card in the set – each of which has a unique theme, often tied to their Omen number. The Omen of One, Mjerrabaine, for instance, is
  
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