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• Former congressman John Conyers dies at age 90

  27-10-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  John Conyers, the longest-serving African-American member of the US Congress who resigned following sexual harassment allegations in 2017, died Sunday, his family said."Today, the city of Detroit, The United States and the world lost a fearless civil rights leader and hero," his family said in a statement.Conyers was a political powerhouse from Detroit who co-founded the Congressional Black Caucus and employed civil rights icon Rosa Parks on his congressional staff, where she worked for 23 years
  
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• Hundreds of police, supporters march in Haiti

  27-10-2019 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Several hundred police and their supporters demonstrated Sunday in Haiti's capital for better salaries for law enforcement, as anti-government marchers also took to the streets.Separately, a man was beaten to death and then burned by some demonstrators who claimed that he opened fire on a crowd of marchers demanding that President Jovenel Moise step down.Prior to the protests, police officers had complained at the headquarters of the Haitian National Police (PNH).
  
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• Rep. Katie Hill to resign amid allegations of inappropriate relationships with staffers

  27-10-2019 23:37 via politico.com
  Freshman Rep. Katie Hill is resigning from Congress after facing allegations of inappropriate sexual relationships with staffers in her office and on her congressional campaign.This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do, but I believe it is the best thing for my constituents, my community and our country,” Hill wrote in a letter announcing the news after it was first reported by POLITICO.“This is what needs to happen so that the good people who supported me will no longer be sub
  
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• U.S. lawmakers will press Boeing CEO for answers on 737 MAX crashes

  27-10-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The head of a U.S. Senate panel reviewing two catastrophic Boeing 737 MAX crashes told Reuters ahead of hearings this week that the plane would not return to U.S. skies until "99.9% of the American public" and policymakers are convinced it is safe.Boeing Co Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg will testify for two days before Congress starting on Tuesday, which is the anniversary of the Lion Air 737 MAX crash in Indonesia, the first of two crashes within five months that killed a total of 346 peopl
  
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• Kentucky gov's race stirs clash over casino suicide claims

  27-10-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Entering the final days of Kentucky's bitter race for governor, Republican incumbent Matt Bevin exposed himself to a new attack by flatly denying his recorded claim that suicides happen nightly in casinos.Telling a debate audience Saturday night that the truth matters, Bevin challenged his opponent to produce a tape proving his denial wrong.Democrat Andy Beshear offered up the audiotape Sunday.
  
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• State of emergency as California fires spread

  27-10-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  California's governor declared a state-wide emergency on Sunday as a huge wind-fueled blaze forced evacuations and massive power blackouts, threatening tourist towns in the state's famed Sonoma wine region.The so-called Kincade Fire, north of San Francisco, spread to 30,000 acres (12,000 hectares) overnight, with only 10 percent containment by early afternoon Sunday, state fire authorities said.The Kincade Fire -- the most devastating in California this year -- ignited Wednesday and spread quick
  
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• Samsung pseudo satellite falls out of the sky, lands in rural Michigan neighborhood

  27-10-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  According to a statement from Samsung, the landing was planned, and no injuries occurred when the "Samsung Europe's SpaceSelfie balloon" landed.
  
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• Prosecutors want black judge who criticized incarceration rates of African Americans removed

  27-10-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Iberia Parish judge Lori Landry has questioned the large number of black Louisianans incarcerated by the district attorney's office
  
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• 'Swing Set Susan' charged with impersonating a police officer after threatening to arrest Hispanic teens

  27-10-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Video of a white woman threatening to arrest a group of Hispanic teens at a park in Texas has been viewed more than 5 million times.
  
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• Trump wins big with Baghdadi death -- and intends to milk it

  27-10-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump took a victory lap Sunday over the killing of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi -- and he's likely just getting warmed up. "This is the biggest there is," Trump said at a White House appearance, reaching into his customary arsenal of superlatives after announcing the dramatic raid by special forces into Syria.
  
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• House Republicans Are Taking Another Shot At Reforming America's Healthcare

  27-10-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Is this the right policy for Americans?
  
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• Lebanon puts temporary ban on taking large sums of dollar cash out of country - NNA

  27-10-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  A Lebanese state prosecutor on Sunday banned traders and money exchangers from taking significant amounts of physical dollar currency out of the country at air and land borders, state news agency NNA said.The order, which it said was issued by Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat, imposed the ban until the central bank determines a new mechanism for regulating such transfers, NNA reported.People had previously been able to take large sums of dollar cash out of Lebanon with a permit from customs aut
  
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• 900 children test positive for HIV in Pakistani city

  27-10-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Nearly 900 children under 12 in the small Pakistani city of Ratodero were affected by an HIV outbreak that overwhelmingly affected children. Health officials initially blamed the outbreak on a single pediatrician, saying he was reusing syringes.
  
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• Video Game Deep Cuts: The Outer Worlds Of Game Addiction

  27-10-2019 21:09
  This week's highlights include a couple of pieces on the hotly awaited The Outer Worlds, and a gratifyingly complex New York Times magazine piece on the nature of game addiction - or indeed, any addiction. ...
  
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• Leaked document suggests Overwatch 2 will be formally announced at BlizzCon 2019

  27-10-2019 20:47 via gamesradar.com
  Gameplay with "PvE features" is thought to be playable on the show floor
  
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• EU Proposes Brexit Extension to Jan. 31 Ahead of Envoy Talks

  27-10-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Follow @Brexit, sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, and tell us your Brexit story. The European Union is proposing to extend the deadline for Brexit by three months to Jan. 31, according to a draft declaration seen by Bloomberg that will be discussed by envoys in Brussels on Monday.Under the proposal, the U.K. would be able to leave the EU earlier -- on Nov. 30 or Dec. 31 -- if both sides ratify the divorce deal in time. It excludes any potential to renegotiat
  
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• Pregnant Shawn Johnson squeezes into Olympics leotard at 40 weeks, reveals who baby looks like

  27-10-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Shawn Johnson, who is expecting a baby any day now, squeezed into her Olympic leotard. The couple invited fans to "see" what the child will look like.
  
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• Buttigieg Addresses Black Church, Taking Biden Voters Head On

  27-10-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Pete Buttigieg went straight to the heart of Joe Biden’s support in South Carolina on Sunday, bringing a message of healing and unity to a black church.The 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, dressed in a crisp blue suit, joined parishioners in prayer at an African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church worship in Rock Hill, before introducing himself and highlighting his plan for black Americans.This constituency is crucial, since African-Americans make up 60% of the Democra
  
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• The ASEAN-U.S. Maritime Exercises Are More Important Than Ever

  27-10-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Washington, in turn, has been stepping up cooperation, including with regional maritime law enforcement agencies, some of which are relatively new, ill-trained and under-equipped to confront a myriad of security challenges facing them.
  
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• The Latest: California governor declares statewide emergency

  27-10-2019 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a statewide emergency as wildfires and extreme weather conditions forced almost 200,000 people from their homes. The flames came dangerously close to homes in Vallejo. In the south, a wildfire in the Santa Clarita area north of Los Angeles has destroyed 18 structures, threatened homes and critical infrastructure.
  
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• Be careful of this bug if you reach the evac ship in Apex Legends' Fight or Fright LTM

  27-10-2019 19:41 via gamesradar.com
  "I've never felt so cheated…"
  
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• Number of bodies found near Mexican resort town rises to 42

  27-10-2019 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Searching Mothers of Sonora uncovered a mass grave with the remains of 13 people inside, located near the popular beach resort town of Puerto Peñasco.
  
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• Iowa woman dies after gender-reveal-party explosion

  27-10-2019 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  An Iowa woman died after an explosion at a gender reveal party created debris that hit her. The Marion County Sheriff's office says that the explosion happened at a home in central Iowa around 4 p.m. on Saturday during a party to announce the gender of a baby a couple is expecting.
  
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• Firefighters struggle against massive, wind-whipped California wildfire

  27-10-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Crews lost ground on Sunday against a wind-driven wildfire that has blackened a wide swath of California's picturesque wine country and driven 180,000 people from their homes as they hoped for a break in the hot, dry weather.About 3,000 people were battling the Kinkade Fire, the worst of more than a dozen major blazes that have damaged or destroyed nearly 400 structures, and prompted Governor Gavin Newsom to declare a statewide emergency.Newsom said its containment had "slipped" to about half of
  
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• UPDATE 2-Firefighters struggle against massive, wind-whipped California wildfire

  27-10-2019 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Crews lost ground on Sunday against a wind-driven wildfire that has blackened a wide swath of California's picturesque wine country and driven 180,000 people from their homes as they hoped for a break in the hot, dry weather.About 3,000 people were battling the Kinkade Fire, the worst of more than a dozen major blazes that have damaged or destroyed nearly 400 structures, and prompted Governor Gavin Newsom to declare a statewide emergency.Newsom said its containment had "slipped" to about half of
  
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• UPDATE 1-Northern California wildfire evacuation orders rise to 180,000

  27-10-2019 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The southward march of a Northern California wildfire toward the more populated areas above the San Francisco Bay led officials on Sunday to raise the number of residents ordered to leave their homes in the area to 180,000.The increase, from 130,000 earlier on Sunday, came as wind gusts pushed the Kincade Fire down from the rolling hills and wine regions of northern Sonoma County and threatened communities as far south as northern Santa Rosa, officials said.Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick, def
  
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• Trump kept Pelosi and key Democrats out of the loop on the strike against ISIS leader al-Baghdadi

  27-10-2019 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump said he "wanted to make sure this kept secret, I didn't want to have men lost, and women, I didn't want people lost."
  
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• Joe Biden's changing looks have reportedly become a 'minor obsession of the White House' and Trump

  27-10-2019 18:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Early on, Trump was worried about Joe Biden. Privately, he doesn't like his 'look,' or the plastic surgery he thinks Biden has had done.
  
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• Storms to unleash snow, cold across the Midwest this week

  27-10-2019 18:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The storm system bringing heavy snow to parts of the Rocky Mountains this weekend will be the first of a pair of storms to travel across the Plains and Midwest.
  
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• Democratic senator: ‘No doubt’ Ukraine ‘felt pressure’

  27-10-2019 18:37 via politico.com
  Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy said Sunday that Ukraine “no doubt” felt pressured to conform to President Donald Trump’s wishes and there is very clear evidence of a quid pro quo arrangement.The Trump administration has repeatedly dismissed allegations of quid pro quo regarding conversations asking Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
  
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• Trump impeachment: Schiff expects battle over key witness John Bolton

  27-10-2019 18:25 via news.yahoo.com
  * House intelligence chair: ‘My guess is they’re going to fight us’* Killing of al-Baghdadi gives Trump lifeline amid political battleJohn Bolton is seen in a video camera screen as he delivers remarks at a Washington think tank. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/ReutersDemocratic leaders of the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump are gearing up for an epic tug-of-war with the White House over their desire to call to testify the former national security adviser John Bolton.Bolton
  
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• Vietnam collects DNA samples from relatives of UK missing

  27-10-2019 17:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Vietnamese officials collected DNA samples on Sunday from relatives of those feared among 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain, a security source and a family member told AFP, as villagers held emotional prayers for the victims.The 31 men and eight women found dead were initially identified as Chinese, but several Vietnamese families have come forward saying they believe their relatives are among the dead.The grim case has cast light on the extreme dangers facing illegal migrants seeking b
  
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• Trump Says Islamic State’s Al-Baghdadi Killed in U.S. Raid

  27-10-2019 17:33 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead after a U.S. military raid in northwest Syria that left the Islamic State leader “in utter fear, in total panic and dread” in his final moments.The president said other countries should now fight Islamic State, and that removing al-Baghdadi was bigger for the U.S. then killing Osama Bin Laden, the al Qaeda mastermind of the 9/11 attacks in 2001.pic.twitter.com/xUOezL5vFD— Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) October
  
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• India's firecracker hub hit by anti-pollution drive

  27-10-2019 17:30 via news.yahoo.com
  With thousands of workers painstakingly handmaking vast volumes of firecrackers, Sivakasi in southern India is usually at full tilt before Diwali.In addition to gifts, elaborate feasts and family get-togethers, the Hindu mega-festival of lights, which falls this weekend, has in recent years also meant setting off firecrackers -- millions of them.Just before Diwali last year, India's top court ruled only "green crackers" that emit fewer pollutants could be used.
  
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• Trey Gowdy: ‘No idea’ about joining Trump legal team

  27-10-2019 17:25 via politico.com
  Former Rep. Trey Gowdy on Sunday said he has "no idea" if he would ever join President Donald Trump's legal team, despite Trump saying the South Carolina Republican would be free to do so next year.In an appearance on CBS on Sunday, Gowdy cast doubt on whether he would ever represent the president.Gowdy, who left Congress in January, said he was legally restricted in communicating with Congress on behalf of a client for a year.
  
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• Hitman outsourced a murder to hitman, who hired hitman, who hired hitman, who hired hitman

  27-10-2019 17:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Six men — including five hitmen — have been charged in Chinese court last Thursday, after all attempted to subcontract the killing to another hitman.
  
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• Could Trump Serve a Second Term if Ousted? It's Up to the Senate

  27-10-2019 17:12 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON -- With chances rapidly increasing that President Donald Trump will be impeached by the House and tried in the Senate, an intriguing question has reared its head: Could he be ousted only to try to return to the White House in 2020 in a Trumpian bid for redemption and revenge?Like so much of the coming impeachment showdown, that decision rests entirely with the Senate. The Constitution famously grants senators the sole power to convict and remove a president -- something that has never
  
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• California wildfires force 180,000 to evacuate as ‘historic' winds send embers travelling for miles

  27-10-2019 17:10 via news.yahoo.com
  More than 180,000 people have been forced to flee their homes after “historic” winds whipped up a wildfire in northern California’s wine country and forced the state’s largest utility company to cut electricity for millions to prevent more fires.It's one of the biggest evacuations in Sonoma County's history, and California governor Gavin Newsom has now declared a state of emergency across the state, saying: "We’re deploying every resource available as we continue to
  
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• California wildfires force 100,000 to evacuate as ‘historic' winds send embers travelling for miles

  27-10-2019 17:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Almost 100,000 people have been forced to flee their homes after potentially "historic" winds whipped up a wildfire in Northern California’s wine country and forced the state’s largest utility company to cut electricity for millions to prevent more fires.The current wildfire, called the Kincade fire, started on Wednesday night and is only 10 per cent contained, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said on Sunday. Authorities have now expanded evacuation orders, c
  
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• Iraq's Mosul breathes easier after death of 'butcher' Baghdadi

  27-10-2019 17:03 via news.yahoo.com
  In June 2014, Baghdadi climbed a set of stairs at the Al-Nuri Mosque in the northern Iraqi city and declared himself "caliph" over millions of people in Iraq and Syria.The announcement unleashed a volley of violence that killed thousands, displaced millions and left cities across both countries in ruin -- including Mosul.On Sunday, US President Donald Trump announced Baghdadi's death in a US special operations raid some 700 kilometres (430 miles) away in rural northwestern Syria.
  
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• South Korea Is Still Having Big Problems With Corruption

  27-10-2019 17:00 via news.yahoo.com
  A bad day for the Moon administration.
  
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• 'We're Asking You to Dig Deep': Biden Seeks to Steady Finances as Allies Fret

  27-10-2019 16:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Steve Ricchetti, one of Joe Biden's closest confidantes, is reaching out to wary donors to shore up support. The Biden presidential campaign is watching costs -- some staff members are sleeping at homes of volunteers -- and facing criticism for spending on chartered jets. Biden's team is also urging allies to redouble fundraising efforts before the calendar turns to 2020 and he has fewer days to devote to the money trail.And in a confidential memo to top bundlers this week, Biden's campaign mana
  
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• Flight attendant alleges pilots watched a livestream of the plane's bathroom

  27-10-2019 16:41 via news.yahoo.com
  A flight attendant is suing Southwest Airlines after she reported a disturbing discovery she made in a plane's cockpit. A lawsuit filed by Renee Steinaker alleges that she was working on a flight between Pittsburgh and Phoenix when she entered the cockpit and noticed an iPad mounted on the plane's windshield, displaying what appeared to be live footage of the plane's bathroom.
  
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• California's wind-driven blaze spurs massive evacuations

  27-10-2019 16:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities in Northern California ordered 180,000 residents to flee their homes Sunday as historic winds fueled a wildfire in the wine country, while electricity was shut off for millions of people in an effort to prevent more fires. The fear that the winds could blow embers and spread fire across a major highway prompted authorities to expand evacuation orders that covered parts of Santa Rosa, a city of 175,000 that was devastated by a wildfire two years ago. The latest evacuation orders after
  
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• Car crash stopped red light runner from hitting couple with stroller, traffic cam shows

  27-10-2019 16:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Shannon Vivar was driving a Chevrolet Cruz when it crashed into a vehicle that ran a red light, possibly saving the pedestrians.
  
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• What's Next: Depositions turn to the White House

  27-10-2019 16:17 via news.yahoo.com
  For only the fourth time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives has started a presidential impeachment inquiry .House committees are trying to determine if President Donald Trump violated his oath of office by asking Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden and his family, and to investigate the country's involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.The three House committees leading the Democratic probe have scheduled several current and former National Security Council off
  
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• Large anti-government procession heads to Pakistan's capital

  27-10-2019 16:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands of supporters of an ultra-religious political party led by a firebrand cleric took part Sunday in an anti-government procession headed to Pakistan's capital.Mufti Abrar Ahmed, spokesman for the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, said a caravan of hundreds of buses and vans that originated in the southern port city of Karachi will make its first overnight stop in Sukkur in Sindh Province.Before departing Karachi, Maulana Fazlur Rehman told the massive gathering that the procession is also a wa
  
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• Tesla Says Model Y Is Ahead of Schedule, Will Launch in Summer 2020

  27-10-2019 15:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The new Model 3–based crossover was originally said to start production late next year.
  
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• ‘He died like a dog’: Trump announces killing of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi in Syria

  27-10-2019 15:06 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump announced the killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State, or ISIS, group, in a televised address on Sunday morning.
  
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• 'He died like a dog': Trump announces killing of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi in Syria

  27-10-2019 15:06 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump announced the killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State, or ISIS, group, in a televised address on Sunday morning.
  
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