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• The Latest: Senate hearing will feature Kavanaugh and Ford

  23-09-2018 23:21 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who accuses him of sexually assaulting her decades ago (all times local):
  
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• Accuser of Trump's Supreme Court nominee to testify on Thursday

  23-09-2018 23:09 via yahoo.com
  The agreement came a week after Christine Blasey Ford went public with her allegation against the conservative federal appeals court judge, endangering his confirmation by the Republican-led Senate to a lifetime job on the top U.S. court.There are, however, unresolved procedural and logistical issues, Ford's lawyers said, including whether the Judiciary Committee's Republican senators, who are all male, or staff attorneys would question her.Ford's lawyers said "various senators have been dismiss
  
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• Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in border clashes: Gaza ministry

  23-09-2018 22:55 via yahoo.com
  Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in fresh clashes on the Gaza border Sunday, the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave said.Imad Ishtawi, 21, was shot in the head, the ministry said, as Palestinians again gathered along the border east of Gaza City late Sunday in the latest in months of often violent demonstrations.The strip's Islamist rulers Hamas had been rumoured to be seeking a lasting truce with Israel but the indirect talks have seemingly stalled, with protests subsequently increa
  
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• Interstate Left Covered In Fish After Hurricane Florence Floodwaters Recede

  23-09-2018 22:42 via yahoo.com
  Firefighters in North Carolina put their hoses to a different use over the
  
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• Trump backs off push to declassify Russia probe documents

  23-09-2018 22:40 via yahoo.com
  Will key Russia investigation documents be released? Fox News contributor Daniel Hoffman shares insight.
  
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• Four sharks killed after attack on swimmers near Great Barrier Reef

  23-09-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  Four large sharks have been killed in Australia after a woman and a 12-year-old girl were attacked at a popular Great Barrier Reef tourist spot. Both were still in hospital Sunday after being mauled in separate incidents just a day apart last week at the Whitsunday Islands. Drum lines, which use baited hooks to catch the predators, ensnared four tiger sharks, one 3.7 metres (12 feet) long and the others each between two to three metres, a Fisheries Queensland spokesman said Sunday. "Wh
  
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• Tanzania buries ferry disaster dead as toll hits 224

  23-09-2018 21:39 via yahoo.com
  Tanzania declared the whole nation was in mourning Sunday as the first dozen bodies were buried from a devastating ferry capsize on Lake Victoria that left people 224 dead.Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa led "national funerals" on the island of Ukara, where the MV Nyerere had been coming in to dock on Thursday.The prime minister said a memorial would be built on Ukara.
  
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• Microsoft, Amazon, Google join fight to prevent famine

  23-09-2018 21:21 via yahoo.com
  Tech giants Microsoft, Amazon and Google are joining forces with international organizations to help identify and head off famines in developing nations using data analysis and artificial intelligence, a new initiative unveiled Sunday.Rather than waiting to respond to a famine after many lives already have been lost, the tech firms "will use the predictive power of data to trigger funding" to take action before it becomes a crisis, the World Bank and United Nations announced in a joint statement
  
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• Iran's president blames US after attack on military parade

  23-09-2018 21:09 via yahoo.com
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president on Sunday accused an unnamed U.S.-allied country in the Persian Gulf of being behind a terror attack on a military parade that killed 25 people and wounded 60, further raising regional tensions.
  
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• Tanzania ferry death toll rises to 224, ship's managers detained

  23-09-2018 21:03 via yahoo.com
  Tanzanian authorities said on Sunday the number of people who died in a ferry that capsized in Lake Victoria had risen to 224 and the vessel's managers had been detained for questioning.The ferry, MV Nyerere, sank on Thursday evening just a few meters from the dock on Ukerewe, the lake's biggest island.Works, Transport and Communication Minister Isack Kamwelwetold state broadcaster TBC the death toll had risen to 224 as of Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Yes, China or Russia Could Beat the Air Force In a War. This Is How.

  23-09-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  All of the scary details. 
  
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• Pompeo: No end to NKorea sanctions until 'denuclearization'

  23-09-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Top U.S. diplomat Mike Pompeo said Sunday that economic sanctions on North Korea won't be reduced until it completes "denuclearization" after leader Kim Jong Un offered to close the North's main nuclear site in exchange for U.S. concessions.
  
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• Iran's Revolutionary Guards threaten to avenge military parade attack

  23-09-2018 20:40 via yahoo.com
  Saturday's assault, one of the worst ever against the most powerful force of the Islamic Republic, struck a blow at its security establishment at a time when the United States and its Gulf allies are working to isolate Tehran."Considering (the Guards') full knowledge about the centers of deployment of the criminal terrorists' leaders ..., they will face a deadly and unforgettable vengeance in the near future," the Guards said in a statement carried by state media.Four assailants fired on a viewi
  
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• Cardinal Removes Priest Who Burned LGBT Flag at Chicago Church

  23-09-2018 20:39 via yahoo.com
  A Chicago priest has been removed from his position a week after he burned a rainbow flag outside of his church.
  
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• Japan's Hayabusa2 successfully deploys two rovers on the surface of an asteroid

  23-09-2018 20:24 via yahoo.com
  It's just like the movieArmageddon, but without the apocalypse scenario. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has reason to celebrate after successfully deploying a pair of robots on the surface of an asteroid. The mission, which played out on Friday, aims to gather photos and data from the asteroid called Ryugu. SEE ALSO: Astronaut captures photos of ominous-looking Hurricane Florence from space The mission's success — marking the end of a four-year journey — was confirmed
  
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• Abandoned dogs rescued from Florence floodwaters

  23-09-2018 20:20 via yahoo.com
  Rescued dogs available for adoption; Lucky Dog Animal Rescue shares information.
  
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• Woman Arrested After Taking in Pets During Hurricane Florence

  23-09-2018 20:14 via yahoo.com
  She was charged with practicing veterinary medicine without a license
  
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• Bill Cosby Could Be Sentenced to 30 Years or Just Probation. His 60 Accusers Will Be Watching Closely

  23-09-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  'We can't go back to the old ways'
  
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• Russia blames 'misleading' Israeli intelligence for downed plane in Syria 

  23-09-2018 19:54 via yahoo.com
  The Russian military on Sunday said "misleading" information from the Israeli airforce caused the downing of a Russian plane in Syria, and denounced the "adventurism" of Israeli pilots. Military spokesman Igor Konashenkov presented the results of an investigation of how a Russian Ilyushin-20 with 15 troops on board was shot down by a Syrian air defence missile on September 17. Moscow has accused Israel's fighter pilots of using the bigger Ilyushin as cover, resulting in Syria's Soviet-era S
  
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• Mike Pompeo warns White House staff as he denies Rosenstein wiretapping allegations

  23-09-2018 19:49 via yahoo.com
  Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State, on Sunday publicly warned administration staff that they needed to either work with the Trump agenda or leave their positions. His comments came after reports that Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, discussed wearing a wire and recruiting cabinet members to invoke the 25th amendment in the days following the firing of James Comey, the FBI director.  The  25th amendment allows for the removal of the president from office if he or she was
  
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• BIS warns global economy risks crisis 'relapse'

  23-09-2018 19:27 via yahoo.com
  The Bank of International Settlements said Sunday the global economy risked a "relapse" of the crisis that rocked it a decade ago, warning there was little "medicine" left to treat the patient a second time."Things look rather fragile," BIS chief economist Claudio Borio told reporters in a conference call."There is little left in the medicine chest to nurse the patient back to health or care for him in case of a relapse," he warned.
  
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• Tom Fitton on Rosenstein and push to declassify documents

  23-09-2018 19:25 via yahoo.com
  Trump walks back plan to declassify Russia investigation documents; Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton weighs in on 'Sunday Morning Futures.'
  
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• Russia blames Israel for downing of plane by Syrian forces

  23-09-2018 19:14 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Defense Ministry on Sunday again blamed Israel for the downing of a Russian plane by Syrian government forces, adding that Israel appeared "ungrateful" for Moscow's efforts to rein in Iran-backed fighters in Syria.
  
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• Iran points finger at US allies over deadly attack

  23-09-2018 19:10 via yahoo.com
  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday pointed blame at Arab separatists for a deadly attack on a military parade and accused an unnamed US-backed Gulf state of supporting them.Tehran also summoned diplomats from Denmark, the Netherlands and Britain for allegedly hosting members of the group suspected of links to Saturday's attack that killed 24 people, according to a revised death toll.Four militants attacked a parade commemorating the start of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war in the southwester
  
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• ABC's Matt Dowd defends accusers: 'Let's presume she's telling the truth'

  23-09-2018 19:04 via yahoo.com
  ABC News chief political analyst Matthew Dowd delivered an impassioned defense of accusers in sexual assault cases.
  
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• Pope honours victims of Holocaust, Soviet terror in Lithuania

  23-09-2018 19:03 via yahoo.com
  Pope Francis on Sunday paid homage to Holocaust victims who perished in the Vilnius ghetto, 75 years to the day after the Nazis liquidated it, and remembered those who risked and lost their lives to challenge the Soviet regime in Lithuania.Pre-war Lithuania was home to a thriving Jewish community of more than 200,000 people known as "Litvaks", with its capital Vilnius a hub of learning known as the "Jerusalem of the North".
  
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• Why China's Stealth Fighters Would Get 'Shot Down' In a War with America

  23-09-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  It would not be pretty. We explain. 
  
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• OPEC, Russia rebuff Trump's call for immediate boost to oil output

  23-09-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  "I do not influence prices," Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih told reporters as OPEC and non-OPEC energy ministers gathered in Algiers for a meeting that ended with no formal recommendation for any additional supply boost.Benchmark Brent oilreached $80 a barrel this month, prompting Trump to reiterate on Thursday his demand that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries lower prices.The price rally mainly stemmed from a decline in oil exports from OPEC member Iran due to fresh U
  
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• GOP Rep. Says Brett Kavanaugh Allegations Amount To 'Character Assassination'

  23-09-2018 18:50 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Saturday went after Christine Blasey Ford's sexual
  
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• GOP Rep.: Kavanaugh Allegations Amount To 'Character Assassination'

  23-09-2018 18:50 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Saturday went after Christine Blasey Ford's sexual
  
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• US considers limit on green cards for immigrants on benefits

  23-09-2018 18:38 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration has proposed rules that could deny green cards to immigrants if they use forms of public assistance.
  
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• Lindsey Graham: Blasey's Testimony Won't Sway My Vote 'Unless There's Something More'

  23-09-2018 18:22 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday continued to voice skepticism about
  
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• UAE official denies Iranian allegations of links to military parade attackers

  23-09-2018 18:19 via yahoo.com
  A senior United Arab Emirates official denied on Sunday Iranian allegations alluding to the involvement of the UAE in training gunmen that attacked a military parade in southwestern Iran.The "formal incitement against the UAE from within Iran is unfortunate, and has escalated after the Ahvaz attack," said Minister of State for Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates Anwar Gargash in a tweet.
  
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• Cody Wilson, 3-D Printed Gun Advocate, Has Been Jailed in the U.S.

  23-09-2018 18:18 via yahoo.com
  He is facing sexual assault charges in Austin, Texas
  
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• Woman Charged with Attempted Murder After Three Infants, Two Adults Stabbed in Birthing Center

  23-09-2018 18:15 via yahoo.com
  A worker at an illegal birthing center was found stabbing three newborn babies and then attacked a parent and coworker when they tried to intervene, according to police.
  
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• Ex-Boyfriend Kills Woman in Murder-Suicide, Injures Off-Duty Officer, Police Say

  23-09-2018 18:14 via yahoo.com
  A man fatally shot his ex-girlfriend and injured her new boyfriend, an off-duty police officer, before turning the gun on himself, police said on Friday.
  
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• World leaders at UN look for progress on N.Korea, brace for Trump

  23-09-2018 18:13 via yahoo.com
  North Korea and Iran will dominate this week's gathering of world leaders at the United Nations, where President Donald Trump will be in the spotlight as he continues to upend global diplomacy.After warming up to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and ditching the Iran nuclear deal, the unpredictable Trump takes the podium on Tuesday to face foes and increasingly uneasy allies at the UN General Assembly.
  
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• NC firefighters remove masses of dead fish from highway after Florence flood recedes

  23-09-2018 18:04 via yahoo.com
  A North Carolina fire department was tasked with cleaning up fish that became stranded on the highway when floodwaters from Hurricane Florence receded.
  
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• Nikki Haley: reports of discussions about removing Trump are 'absurd'

  23-09-2018 18:01 via yahoo.com
  United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley says she has ‘never been part of’ discussions of the 25th amendment within the administration.Top Trump officials were again forced to deny the existence of plots to remove the president, two days after reports said the deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, discussed recording conversations with Trump and invoking the 25th amendment.
  
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• Air Battle: Stealth F-22 Raptor vs. Iran's F-14 Tomcat (Who Wins?)

  23-09-2018 17:42 via yahoo.com
  A battle that could go down. 
  
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• Russia's Su-35 Fighter Has a Problem

  23-09-2018 17:38 via yahoo.com
  "While the Su-35S has performed well over Syria, the aircraft has not had an opportunity to face off against other enemy aircraft and show off its potential." 
  
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• 2 militant groups reject demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib

  23-09-2018 17:38 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Two insurgent groups rejected a deal reached this month between Russia and Turkey to establish a demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib region with one saying Sunday that the agreement aims to "bury the revolution."
  
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• Pompeo tells critics to quit after Trump competence report

  23-09-2018 17:34 via yahoo.com
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday that US officials should either support President Donald Trump or quit after a report that the Justice Department's Number Two discussed ways to remove Trump over mental incompetence.The New York Times reported last week that deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein had suggested secretly recording Trump to set the stage for pursuing the US Constitution's 25th Amendment, which provides for the cabinet and then Congress to force out a president who is
  
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• New Death Stranding Trailer Introduces Troy Baker's Character

  23-09-2018 17:23
  A new Death Stranding trailer was shown at TGS (Tokyo Game Show), which introduces an antagonist who wears a golden mask and is voiced by Troy Baker.In the minute-long teaser, we see the mysterious character use his mask to conjure a terrifying beast from the world's oily black goo. "All you gotta do to make it out alive, is not get eaten," he threatens Norman Reedus' character.The trailer, like most other Death Stranding teasers, raises more questions than it answers. It's unclea
  
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• Coca-Cola Is Eyeing a Possible Entry Into the Cannabis Market

  23-09-2018 17:22 via yahoo.com
  Coca-Cola says it’s monitoring the nascent industry with interest in CBD drinks
  
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• Russia says 'misled' by Israel in plane downing over Syria

  23-09-2018 17:19 via yahoo.com
  Russia's military Sunday blamed "misleading" information from the Israeli airforce for the downing of one of its planes in Syria last week, and denounced the "adventurism" of Israeli pilots.Israel strongly disputed the assertion and vowed it will continue to act against Iranian targets in neighbouring Syria.A Syrian air defence missile downed the Russian IlyushinIl-20 military plane on September 17, killing all 15 soldiers aboard and threatening to damage relations between Russia and Israel, whi
  
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• The Latest: Pope visits ex-KGB headquarters in Lithuania

  23-09-2018 17:18 via yahoo.com
  KAUNAS, Lithuania (AP) — The Latest on Pope Francis' trip to the three Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia (all times local):
  
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• Iran appears to soften stance on OPEC oil output increase

  23-09-2018 17:17 via yahoo.com
  Iran appeared on Sunday to soften its stance on potential increases in OPEC oil output, saying it was the group's responsibility to balance the market if production from Iran or any other member declined.Tehran had previously said no OPEC member was allowed to grab market share from rivals, such as Venezuela or Libya, whose production had declined due to unrest or a lack of investment.Iran itself faces the prospect of much lower oil exports and output in coming months due to fresh U.S. sanctions
  
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• Nikki Haley Declines To Echo Trump's Skepticism About Kavanaugh Accuser

  23-09-2018 17:07 via yahoo.com
  U.S. United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley distanced herself on Sunday from
  
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• Catherine: Full Body Is More Than Just a Remaster

  23-09-2018 17:00
  Update: Be sure not to miss some new video footage from Tokyo Game Show 2018. We've embedded new Catherine videos from TGS 2018 below.
  Catherine: Full Body is much more than just a remaster of 2011’s puzzle adventure with some tweaks and additional scenario pieces here and there. With the addition of a third heroine character, producer Katsura Hashino and his team at Studio Zero did not just add her part, but fleshed out the original story to make her fit in more naturally. That means that
  
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