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• Lindsey Graham on criticism of Trump: 'I don't remember John McCain having to go through this crap'

  18-07-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Graham made the remark when asked about the contrast between how President Donald Trump and former Sen. John McCain treat their political opponents.
  
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• Sheriff's deputy, 1 other killed in north Arkansas shooting

  18-07-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities say two people, including a sheriff's deputy, were killed Thursday in a shooting in rural northern Arkansas.Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said Stone County Sheriff's deputy Sergeant Mike Stephen, 56, was killed as he was responding to a call in Leslie when a suspect opened fire.Sadler said Stephen arrived around 8:40 a.m. at a house in response to a domestic welfare check call, shortly before other deputies arrived.
  
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• Police responding to foul odor find woman dead in New York City apartment

  18-07-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Police are investigating the death of a 33-year-old woman found dead with obvious signs of trauma to her body.
  
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• Rand Paul Fires Back at Jon Stewart on Fox News: He’s ‘Not Using His Brain’

  18-07-2019 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  A day after former Daily Show host Jon Stewart and 9/11 responder John Feal came on Fox News and eviscerated him and fellow GOP Sen. Mike Lee for blocking the reauthorization of the 9/11 victims' compensation fund in the Senate, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) appeared on Fox to return fire.And not only did the Kentucky lawmaker toss a lot of insults Stewart’s way, but Paul also claimed he should be lauded as a hero for holding up additional funding for 9/11 victims.“I know Jon Stewart,”
  
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• All the Secret Reasons Why the AR-500 Rifle Is so Deadly

  18-07-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The original AR-15 platform rifle fires the 5.56-millimeter round. Weighing between fifty-five and seventy-seven grains (.6 ounces), the 5.56 round is suitable for incapacitating man-sized targets.The endless adaptive nature of the AR-15 rifle platform has made it one of the most modifiable weapons in history. From buttstocks to barrels, the rifle can be customized in a variety of ways to improve power, functionality and appearance.(This first appeared in May 2019.)One major innovation in the fi
  
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• The U.S. Marines Might Be Souring on Amphibious Assault Ships. Here's Why.

  18-07-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The incoming commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps is backing away from the service’s longstanding requirement for 38 dedicated amphibious assault ships.The move could signal the beginning of a new approach to amphibious warfare for the world’s leading marine force.New commandant Gen. David Berger is “willing to shed some key tenets of the Marines’ amphibious force-planning in recent years – including the demand for 38 amphibious warships to support a two Marine Exped
  
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• Lawyer: El Chapo was whisked away within hours of sentencing

  18-07-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Only hours after receiving a life sentence, convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was forced to make a sudden departure to the highest-security prison in the U.S. to serve the term, his lawyer said Thursday.A government helicopter whisked the narco, notorious for his daring jailbreaks, out of New York City on Wednesday after the sentencing in federal court in Brooklyn, said defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman.For most defendants, there's a lag between sentencing and a decision by t
  
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• Closer to War: U.S. Troops Aboard Amphibious Assault Ship Force Down Iranian Drone

  18-07-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. troops aboard an amphibious assault ship on July 18, 2019 forced down an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. president Donald Trump announced.The downing comes just a few weeks after Iranian forces downed an American drone in the same area. The mutual shoot-downs could escalate the already tense situation in the Persian Gulf region.Trump said the unmanned aerial vehicle threatened USS Boxer.Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told The New York Times that Boxer was in international
  
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• Iran makes 'substantial' nuclear offer in return for US lifting sanctions

  18-07-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  * Plan would allow enhanced, permanent nuclear inspections * Foreign minister: ‘It’s not about photo ops. We want substance’Mohammad Javad Zarif at the UN on Thursday. He said: ‘If they [the Trump administration] are putting their money where their mouth is, they are going to do it.’ Photograph: Richard Drew/APIran has offered a deal with the US in which it would formally and permanently accept enhanced inspections of its nuclear programme, in return for the permane
  
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• The Latest: Arkansas state police ID sheriff's deputy killed

  18-07-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Arkansas State Police have identified a sheriff's deputy killed in a shooting in northern Arkansas as Sergeant Mike Stephen.State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said Stephen responded to a domestic welfare check at a house in Leslie, about 77 miles (124 kilometers) from Little Rock, around 8:40 Thursday morning.Stephen was killed at the scene.
  
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• Rand Paul rejects claim he's blocking funding for 9/11 Victim Compensation bill, accuses Jon Stewart of lying

  18-07-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul says he is asking for something completely reasonable and that Jon Stewart is lying to the public.
  
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• ‘I am disgusted’: New Yorkers react to Trump telling congresswomen to ‘go back’ to their countries

  18-07-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  New Yorkers, like much of the country, have some strong opinions about the latest controversy engulfing President Trump.“I am disgusted at the Republicans,” said Randi, of Manhattan. “I can’t believe no one stands up to him. I thought of myself as independent, and I’m forced into being a Democrat.”
  
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• Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif: We Can't "Discount" Possibility of War

  18-07-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  On Thursday, National Interest Editor Jacob Heilbrunn interviewed Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif in New York at the Ambassador’s residence on the current state of U.S.-Iran relations. The transcript has been lightly edited for readability.Jacob Heilbrunn: With the American shooting down of an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz today, are we on a path of escalation?Mohammed Javad Zarif: I checked with Tehran, and we do not have any information about having lost a drone tod
  
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• California city set to ban gendered words like 'manhole' and 'manpower'

  18-07-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The City Council in Berkeley, Calif., votes to remove gender-specific words from its municipal code.
  
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• Pakistan lost $50 million from airspace restrictions: minister

  18-07-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Pakistan's aviation minister on Thursday said that his country suffered loses of over eight billion rupees ($50 million) from airspace restrictions imposed since February which affected hundreds of commercial and cargo flights.Pakistan closed its airspace after an attack by a Pakistan-based militant group in Indian-controlled Kashmir led to clashes between the nuclear-armed powers, adding flight time for passengers and fuel costs for airlines.“Over eight billion rupees worth of losses have
  
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• Ex-University of Illinois PhD Candidate Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of Visiting Chinese Scholar

  18-07-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal jury sentenced the former University of Illinois physics doctoral student who kidnapped and murdered a visiting Chinese scholar to life in prison on Thursday.Brendt Christensen, 29, was found guilty last month during his trial at the U.S. District Court in Peoria, after his own defense team admitted that he was responsible for 26-year-old Yingying Zhang’s death.Though Illinois no longer has capital punishment in state cases, Christensen could have been sentenced to death because
  
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• Dominican Republic to enhance food and drink inspections after tourist deaths

  18-07-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The Dominican Republic is amping up safety measures, including enhancing food and rink inspections, after a spate of tourist deaths.
  
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• Morocco: 3 sentenced to death in Scandinavian women slayings

  18-07-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Three men were convicted of terrorism and sentenced to death by a Moroccan court Thursday for the brutal slaying of two Scandinavian women hiking in the Atlas Mountains.Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, and Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, were fatally stabbed in December.The main defendants, who asked Allah for forgiveness, were carpenters Jounes Ouzayed and Rashid Afatti, and street merchant Abdessamad Al Joud.
  
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• Church sign in Virginia says "America: Love or Leave It."

  18-07-2019 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  ABC 13 in Lynchburg reports hundreds of people have expressed support and opposition on social media to the sign outside Friendship Baptist Church in Appomattox.Pastor E.W. Lucas told the station Tuesday that he wanted to make a statement about the political divisions in Washington."People that feel hard about our president and want to down the president and down the country and everything, they ought to go over there and live in these other countries for a little while," Lucas said.
  
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• Poll: 38 Percent of Democrats Say American Dream Is Unattainable for Them

  18-07-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  38 percent of Democrats say they do not believe they will achieve the American dream in their lifetimes, compared to just 11 percent of Republicans, according to a new Gallup poll.Two-thirds of independents said they see the dream as attainable, compared to 31 percent who said they do not. Overall, about 70 percent of Americans feel that American dream could be grasped, the poll reported, while 29 percent disagree.The 38 percent of Democrats who said they did not believe they could achieve the A
  
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• DNC tells 2020 presidential candidates to stop using FaceApp as Schumer calls for investigation

  18-07-2019 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Schumer asked the FBI to determine whether the data uploaded to FaceApp "may be finding its way into the hands of the Russian government."
  
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• Satellite images ‘show US military buildup in Saudi Arabia’ amid Iran tensions

  18-07-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States is preparing to send hundreds of troops to Saudi Arabia where satellite images appear to show a build up of American forces on the ground. Up to 500 soldiers are to be sent to the Prince Sultan Airbase in the desert to the east of the capital Riyadh, two officials told CNN, speaking on condition of anonymity. Preparations are also reportedly underway for a large missile installation from which Patriot surface-to-air missiles can be launched to protect the base from incoming thr
  
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• Somali-born lawmaker brands Trump 'fascist' after rally taunt

  18-07-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar branded Donald Trump a "fascist" on Thursday as the president sought to distance himself from mocking chants of "Send her back!" directed at the Somali-born lawmaker by his supporters."We have said this president is racist, we have condemned his racist remarks," said Omar, one of two Muslim women in Congress.Chants of "Send her back!" broke out at Trump's "Make America Great Again" rally in Greenville, North Carolina, overnight as he attacked Omar and three ot
  
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• From Russia, No Love for EU's New Chief and her Hawkish Stance

  18-07-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Ursula von der Leyen won’t be getting a bear hug from the Kremlin.Russia’s top diplomat was asked during a visit to Germany about the incoming president of the European Commission and her “strict” view of his country. His frosty response was that the decision by the European Union’s leaders and Parliament was one “we simply acknowledge.”“Show me anyone who isn’t critical of Russia nowadays,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
  
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• DHS chief says migrants are buying babies to cross border as 'family unit'

  18-07-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Acting Department of Homeland Security McAleenan testifies on Capitol Hill that a 51-year-old man bought a 6-month-old baby for $80 in Guatemala to pose as a family unit to get into the U.S.
  
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• Argentina acts against Hezbollah, blamed for terror attacks

  18-07-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Argentina's government on Thursday branded Hezbollah a terrorist organization and froze its assets, 25 years to the day after a bombing blamed on the Lebanese-based group destroyed a Jewish community center in Argentina's capital, killing 85 people.The nation's Financial Information Unit took the action a day after President Mauricio Macri's government created a list of terrorist organizations to help coordinate actions with other nations and as the nation held memorial services for victims of t
  
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• Texas teen arrested for spitting in tea bottle and putting it back, police say

  18-07-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Police arrested a 15-year-old boy for spitting in an Arizona Tea bottle and putting it back on the shelf at an Odessa Albertsons, according to CB7.
  
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• The Man Who Started the Area 51 Raid Says Things Have Gotten a Little Spooky

  18-07-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  He hopes everyone knows it's a satirical page
  
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• 'Disgusted.' How Republicans are reacting to 'send her back' chants at Donald Trump's rally

  18-07-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  A growing number of Republicans distanced themselves Thursday from Donald Trump supporters who broke into a chant of “send her back” in North Carolina.
  
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• Iran Knows It Can't Bet on Trump 2020 Defeat as Sanctions Bite

  18-07-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- As Iran weighs the merits of talks with the U.S. and tensions remain high in the Persian Gulf, the Islamic Republic’s leadership is preparing for a second Donald Trump term and mindful of how two key countries fared in high-stakes negotiations with him: Mexico and North Korea.“There is a better than 50% chance that he might still be in office, so we will need to deal with him for another six years,” Iran’s foreign minister Javad Zarif said Wednesday in a te
  
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• Trump Claims He’s ‘Not Happy’ About ‘Send Her Back’ Rally Chant Based Off His Own Words

  18-07-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Zach Gibson/Getty ImagesPresident Trump on Thursday disavowed the “send her back” chant that erupted at his rally in North Carolina the night before, falsely claiming that he “started speaking very quickly” when it began.Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday that he was “not happy with it—I disagree with it,” despite heaping praise on his supporters hours earlier.A reporter asked Trump if he is concerned that the chant puts Congresswoman Il
  
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• How Fox News Hosts Have Defended the Racist ‘Send Her Home’ Trump Rally Chant

  18-07-2019 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Photos GettyOn Wednesday night, the crowd at President Trump’s rally in Greenville, North Carolina, launched into a “Send Her Back!” chant after the president took aim at Ilhan Omar, the Somalian-American congresswoman who he has targeted—along with other congresswomen of color—with racist taunts for days now.  The chants immediately sparked widespread backlash and outrage, including from some conservatives and Republi
  
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• At least 11 dead in Taliban attack on Afghan police HQ

  18-07-2019 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  At least 11 people were killed and scores more wounded Thursday when the Taliban attacked a police headquarters in the southern city of Kandahar, officials and the insurgents said.Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said the afternoon attack in Afghanistan's second-largest city started with a car bomb, then saw gunmen storm the police compound.Baheer Ahmadi, the Kandahar governor's spokesman, said in a statement that 11 people had been killed, including nine civilians and two police officers, w
  
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• America will roast for 4 days

  18-07-2019 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Tens of millions of Americans will feel triple-digit heat between Thursday and Sunday. The National Weather Service (NWS) noted that 20 to 30 high temperature records could fall between the Rockies and the East Coast. There will be little relief even at night: The weather agency expects 123 records for the warmest daily low temperature to be either broken or tied this week. The Midwest will see many of the highest extremes on Thursday and Friday, while the East Coast will feel its most inte
  
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• 'Go back to their country:' Naperville Bucky's cashier fired after questioning customers' citizenship

  18-07-2019 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  A cashier no longer works at a Naperville gas station after a video showed him questioning Hispanic customers' citizenship.
  
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• After census debacle, White House to knock out senior Commerce official

  18-07-2019 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Senior Trump aides have sparred with the policy director for Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross over the census, 5G and other issues.
  
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• Morocco court condemns three to death for killing Scandinavian hikers

  18-07-2019 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Three Moroccan men were sentenced to death on Thursday for murdering two Scandinavian women in the Atlas mountains. Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, were killed in their tent in December near the Moroccan village of Imlil, a popular hiking destination. The anti-terrorism court in Sale, near Rabat, had heard at earlier sessions that the men had pledged allegiance to Islamic State in a video days before the murder. Two of them - Abdessamad Ejjoud an
  
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• Some of Puerto Rico's Biggest Stars Have Joined Protests Against the Governor. Here's What to Know

  18-07-2019 19:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Bad Bunny and Ricky Martin joined thousands of fellow Puerto Ricans to protest Gov. Ricardo Rosselló following the leak of offensive chat messages.
  
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• Man charged with killing girlfriend, 3 children in Georgia

  18-07-2019 19:05 via news.yahoo.com
  A man who had a history of domestic violence with his live-in girlfriend killed her and her three young children, including an infant, at a Georgia apartment complex where they lived, police said Thursday.Police found the bodies of 29-year-old Jerrica Spellman and her children, ages 1 month to 3 years old, late Wednesday after getting a call from a concerned family member, Columbus Police Chief Ricky Boren said at a news conference.A short time later, police arrested 27-year-old Travane Brandon
  
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• Cyprus detains 12 Israeli men over allegations of gang rape of British teenager

  18-07-2019 18:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Twelve Israeli tourists were remanded in custody for eight days by a court in Cyprus for the alleged gang rape of a 19-year-old British woman at a popular holiday resort on the island. The Israelis were arrested on Wednesday after the British teenager told police that she had been raped at the hotel where she was staying in the beach resort of Ayia Napa. Doctors who treated the woman said they found bruises and scratches on her body. The suspects, aged 16 to 18, were staying in the same hotel. T
  
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• Court upholds 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli's conviction

  18-07-2019 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal appeals court upheld the securities fraud conviction against former drug company CEO Martin Shkreli, known as "Pharma Bro," on Thursday, along with a $7.3 million forfeiture of assets.A judge sentenced Shkreli to seven years in prison last year for his conviction on charges he looted a drug company he founded, Retrophin, of $11 million in stock and cash to pay back investors in two failed hedge funds he ran.
  
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• Mexican to seek return of "Chapo" Guzman's drug money

  18-07-2019 18:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexico's president said Thursday he will use legal channels to try to get the fortune of convicted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman returned to Mexico."I think that everything that is confiscated and has to do with Mexico must be returned to Mexico," López Obrador said at his daily news conference.U.S. officials have estimated Guzman's fortune at $14 billion and a judge ordered Guzman to pay $12.6 billion as part of his U.S. life sentence announced Wednesday.
  
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• Rally Red 1972 Dodge Challenger Shows Off Its Muscles

  18-07-2019 18:46 via news.yahoo.com
  A stunning example of a highly desirable American icon. If you have been in the market for an iconic American muscle car, then you’re in luck. GR Auto Gallery is pleased to announce this bold and beautiful 1972 Dodge Challenger up for sale. Dressed in a brilliant Rally Red paint job, the exterior shines at every angle and is in pristine condition. It’s nicely contrasted by the tidy black interior with wooden accents. Overall, this example is in immaculate condition and was taken care
  
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• Pope Francis appoints new Vatican spokesman

  18-07-2019 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Pope Francis on Thursday appointed a new Vatican spokesman, one of the most demanding PR jobs in the world, charged with grappling with a whirlwind papal schedule and the profound repercussions of the Church's child sex abuse scandal.British-born Matteo Bruni, who has worked in the Holy See Press Office since 2009 and coordinated the press on the pontiff's international trips since 2013, takes over from interim spokesman Alessandro Gisotti.Francis has apologised for predatory priests but cover-u
  
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• 'Not what your mom sent you:' Teen takes legendary senior photos in a bathrobe

  18-07-2019 18:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Evan Dennison wanted to do something funny for his senior photos. No one believed he would actually do it. Now he is a "legend."
  
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• Man accused in Des Moines triple homicide returned to US twice after deportation, ICE says

  18-07-2019 18:20 via news.yahoo.com
  "Escobar-Orellana, aka, Marvin O. Esquivel-Lopez, was previously (deported) from the United States in 2010 and again in 2011," an ICE spokesman said.
  
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• This Dyson cordless vacuum deal for $150 is better than anything from Prime Day

  18-07-2019 18:07 via news.yahoo.com
  There's nothing quite like a Dyson cordless vacuum. There's also nothing quite as expensive as a Dyson cordless vacuum. That's why it's so important to find a good deal if you really want a Dyson, and it doesn't get much better than this one. Amazon is offering a killer one day sale that slashes the price of renewed Dyson V6 Motorhead Cord Free Vacuums to just $149.99. This deal definitely could sell out, so grab one while you can!Here are the bullet points from the product page:* 75% more brush
  
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• USDA official: Climate science plan wasn’t supposed to be public

  18-07-2019 17:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The plan outlines how USDA should help agriculture minimize the effects of climate change.
  
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• Russia summons U.S. diplomat in Moscow in protest over visa row

  18-07-2019 17:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Russia summoned a representative of the U.S. embassy in Moscow on Thursday to issue a protest after U.S. officials alleged Russia had refused visas to teachers at an international school in Moscow, the Russian foreign ministry said.The ministry said in a statement it had not denied the visas, but that teachers at the school were entering Russia under diplomatic visas, despite not being diplomats.It said Russia was ready to issue visas promptly to U.S. diplomatic personnel as soon as Washington s
  
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• UPDATE 1-U.S. amphibious group patrols Arabian Sea as Iran tensions simmer

  18-07-2019 17:43 via news.yahoo.com
  At a thumbs-up sign from a sailor, a U.S. Harrier fighter jet takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer in the Arabian Sea as an oil tanker passes, a nautical mile away.The patrol is "standard" but the situation - growing tension between the United States and Iran - is not."We want to make sure that we assure allies in the region and to ensure freedom of navigation and free flow of commerce," says Colonel Fridrik Fridrikson, commanding officer of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
  
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