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• P-61, first collared mountain lion to cross 405 Freeway, fatally struck on Sepulveda Pass

  07-09-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  A male mountain lion that made headlines just months ago for successfully crossing the 405 Freeway was struck and killed Saturday on that same roadway, park officials said.
  
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• 'I didn’t hear the words': Harris apologizes for response to mental disabilities slur

  07-09-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  "That word and others like it aren’t acceptable. Ever,” Harris wrote on Twitter
  
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• Trump’s Dorian Brawl Leads to Dispute Within Weather Agency

  07-09-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- As President Donald Trump dragged the brawl over his forecast for Hurricane Dorian into a sixth day, a U.S. agency released a statement bolstering his account -- prompting a scathing response from the leader of an agency union.Trump has repeatedly and defiantly continued to defend his assertion that Alabama was in Dorian’s path. On Wednesday, he showed White House reporters a map that he had personally altered -- by drawing a black line with a marker -- to bolster his argume
  
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• 2020 Democrats Warm to Mandatory ‘Buybacks’ of Assault Weapons

  07-09-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- As mass shootings pile up, several Democratic presidential candidates are embracing mandated “buybacks” of assault weapons, a proposal that sharpens the political divide on guns and raises the stakes for the 2020 election.In New Hampshire on Friday, Senator Kamala Harris of California told reporters that requiring owners of assault weapons to sell them to the government is “a good idea” because “we have to take those guns off the streets.”New Je
  
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• Watch this hero on an 80 mph roller coaster catch a loose iPhone in mid-air

  07-09-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Most of us have our phones with us and generally on our person pretty much all day, except for when we're sleeping -- and even then, they're often close by. Within arm's reach, on a nightstand or the like. The same apparently goes for some hardy souls who're engaged in outdoor adventures, like the guy who recently decided to ride the Shambhala roller coaster last month at the PortAventura World theme park in Catalonia, Spain.At one point during the ride, he loses control of his iPhone X, which g
  
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• US embassy mourns death of brutal dictator Robert Mugabe

  07-09-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. embassy to Zimbabwe 'extends its condolences' to the Mugabe family and the people of Zimbabwe following the former dictator's death.
  
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• For Bahamas island's new homeless, a grim wait for evacuation

  07-09-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Miralda Smith spoke in a nervous near-whisper as she lined up Saturday with hundreds of other weary, shell-shocked residents of devastated Marsh Harbour to leave the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas.Smith, a Haitian national, had arrived on foot at 4:00 am (0800 GMT) after the shantytown where she and many other Haitian workers lived -- The Mudd -- was almost completely wiped out by Hurricane Dorian.The line stretched from a hangar -- the roof of which had been ripped off by Dorian's Category 5 wind
  
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• In New Hampshire, 2020 Dems urge voters to not play it safe

  07-09-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Several Democratic presidential candidates urged voters in New Hampshire on Saturday to not play it safe in the 2020 election, leveling an implicit critique of front-runner Joe Biden.Biden has centered his campaign on his years of experience in Washington and a perceived ability to steal the support of white, working-class voters away from President Donald Trump.Speaking at the New Hampshire Democrats' state convention, Biden's rivals told voters to aim for more.
  
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• Nigerian president to visit South Africa after xenophobic attacks

  07-09-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to pay a state visit to South Africa in October, the South African presidency said Saturday, after a spate of xenophobic violence in Johannesburg caused tensions between the countries.South Africa's financial capital and surrounding areas were rocked by a surge ofdeadly attacks against foreigners this week, many directed against Nigerian-owned businesses and properties.The violence prompted reprisal attacks against South African firms in Nigeria a
  
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• S.C., Kansas GOP halt presidential primary, caucus despite outcry from Trump challengers

  07-09-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The Republican parties in South Carolina and Kansas won't hold nominating contests in 2020, offering support to President Donald Trump.
  
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• Hundreds of weary, hopeful Bahamas evacuees arrive in Florida by ship

  07-09-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Hundreds of weary Bahamians, some carrying small bags of belongings and children on their hips, disembarked a cruise ship in south Florida on Saturday after fleeing the catastrophic devastation left by Hurricane Dorian.The evacuees arrived at the Port of Palm Beach after an all-night voyage on the Grand Celebration, a cruise ship operated by Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line, which offered free passage to the U.S. to a limited number of Bahamians."I feel lost between a rock and a weary line but I gue
  
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• Zimbabweans cold-shoulder Mugabe national mourning

  07-09-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Flags flew at half mast in Harare on Saturday, but a day after former president Robert Mugabe's death many Zimbabweans preferred to work as usual than publicly mourn the independence hero turned despot.President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a period of national mourning on Friday following Mugabe's death in Singapore at the age of 95, two years after he was ousted after nearly four decades in power.As many chose to criticise their former president or just carry on with their daily business, US S
  
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• Trump accused of acting like a 'king' as Republicans cancel two primaries

  07-09-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Republicans in two states have canceled plans to hold presidential preference selections ahead of the 2020 election. On Saturday, Republican parties in South Carolina and Kansas canceled their presidential nomination contests. Nevada is still considering the change.
  
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• How Atlanta's mayor turned her famous father's arrest into a passion for criminal justice reform

  07-09-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms opens up about the arrest of her father, R&B legend Major Lance.
  
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• Hundreds march against Bosnia's first LGBT pride parade

  07-09-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Several hundred people marched in Bosnia's capital Saturday to show their disapproval of a weekend LGBT pride parade that will be the country's first.A pride parade is scheduled for Sunday in Sarajevo, the only capital city in the Balkans that hasn't hosted one yet.U.S. and European Union officials working in Bosnia have expressed support.
  
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• Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch reveals the two rules for his law clerks

  07-09-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Host Shannon Bream asks Justice Neil Gorsuch whether he is concerned with public perception of the Supreme Court; 'Neil Gorsuch: Justice for the Republic' airs Sunday, Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox News Channel.
  
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• Nigeria's Buhari to visit South Africa after attacks

  07-09-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari will visit South Africa next month to reinforce the bonds between the two countries after a wave of deadly riots and xenophobic attacks, the South African presidency said on Saturday.South Africa's MTN Group and supermarket chain Shoprite have closed all stores and service centres in Nigeria after their premises were attacked.South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday at least 10 people had been killed, two of them foreign nationals, in violence
  
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• Russia, Ukraine swap prisoners in landmark 'first step' to ease tensions

  07-09-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Russia and Ukraine made a long-awaited swap of 70 prisoners on Saturday, a deal hailed as a first step towards ending five years of tensions and conflict.Two planes carrying 35 prisoners from each side landed simultaneously in Moscow and Kiev, where the passengers emerged under sunny skies."We have taken the first step," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the tarmac after greeting and hugging former detainees.
  
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• Trump investigated by Congress over US military spending at Scotland airport

  07-09-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Congress is investigating Donald Trump over allegations the president may have profited from his presidency.The probe follows revelations that US military funds were spent in the president’s Turnberry golf course.
  
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• 'Freudian slip': Joe Biden dismisses Donald 'Hump' gaffe

  07-09-2019 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential candidates hope to make splash at New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention; Peter Doocy reports from Manchester.
  
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• Russia and Ukraine trade prisoners, each fly 35 to freedom

  07-09-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Russia and Ukraine conducted a major prisoner exchange that freed 35 people detained in each country and flew them to the other, a deal that could help advance Russia-Ukraine relations and end five years of fighting in Ukraine's east.The trade involved some of the highest-profile prisoners caught up in a bitter standoff between Ukraine and Russia.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy greeted the freed prisoners as they stepped down from the airplane that had brought them from Moscow to Kyiv's
  
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• A cruise ship sailed 1,500 Hurricane Dorian evacuees from the Bahamas to Florida

  07-09-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  At least 40 people have died since the hurricane struck the Bahamas last weekend, and 70,000 were left homeless.
  
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• The mysterious spate of vape-related deaths and illnesses continues to grow, confounding experts. Here's what officials knew and when.

  07-09-2019 18:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The CDC is investigating at least 450 possible cases of vape-related illnesses in 33 states across the US. The illnesses have led to at least 5 deaths.
  
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• 'I wish I could forget it': Hurricane Dorian washed away survivors' lives in Bahamas

  07-09-2019 18:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Hurricane Dorian washed washed away their lives on the Abaco Islands. Now, they've arrived in the U.S. facing an uncertain future.
  
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• Iran fires up advanced centrifuges in latest nuclear step

  07-09-2019 18:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran said Saturday it had fired up advanced centrifuges to boost its enriched uranium stockpiles, its latest scaling-back of commitments under a crumbling 2015 nuclear deal.The Islamic republic was acting on a threat to further abandon its nuclear commitments based on a deadline it set for European powers to do something to shield it from US sanctions."The centrifuge machines, as they are engaged in research and development, will help with increasing the stockpile," spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi
  
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• Why a NY businessman (and his mom) are still attacking Delaware — and Joe Biden

  07-09-2019 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  With a half-million dollar political ad buy, TransPerfect's ferocious public battle with the Delaware courts has bled into presidential politics.
  
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• Ex-model accuses French Epstein associate of rape

  07-09-2019 18:12 via news.yahoo.com
  A former model has accused a modelling agent close to US sex crimes suspect Jeffrey Epstein of raping her in 1990, as France pursues its own investigation into alleged offences on its territory.In a letter sent to Paris Prosecutor Remi Heitz seen by AFP on Saturday, a 46-year-old Dutch woman says Jean-Luc Brunel drugged and raped her at his Paris appartment in the early 1990s, shortly after she turned 18.French prosecutors opened an inquiry last month into suspected sex trafficking and alleged c
  
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• Hurricane Center monitors 3 Atlantic systems; Gabrielle expected to become hurricane

  07-09-2019 18:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Dorian remains a hurricane; Tropical Storm Gabrielle predicted to become a hurricane, but affect land; a third system may become a tropical cyclone.
  
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• Hong Kong thwarts airport protest, but battles continue

  07-09-2019 18:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Hong Kong police thwarted another disruption at the airport by pro-democracy activists but had to battle protesters at subway stations on Saturday, as the months-long unrest showed no signs of abating even after the government offered a concession days earlier.Police mounted road checks and inspected passengers on trains and buses heading to the airport to weed out protesters.An Associated Press journalist at an area near the airport witnessed at least two bus passengers being handcuffed and tak
  
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• Look at this all-diamond ring designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newsom

  07-09-2019 17:57 via news.yahoo.com
  At Apple, Jony Ive's designs disrupted the computer and mobile phone markets. Now, in his (imminent) post-Apple life, Ive has delivered a fresh spin on the diamond ring.The so-called "(RED) Ring," which Ive designed alongside Marc Newsom, his partner in the new design firm LoveFrom, is made entirely out of diamond. The striking piece of jewelry is carved out of a larger block of diamond that was grown in a lab.The ring sold at auction in Dec. 2018 for $256,250 during a Red charity event held dur
  
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• Riot police deployment thwarts Hong Kong airport protest

  07-09-2019 17:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Riot police fanned out across Hong Kong Saturday and thwarted plans by pro-democracy protesters to target the airport, days after the city's leader made a surprise concession which was rejected by the movement as too little, too late.Millions of pro-democracy supporters have taken to Hong Kong's streets for the past three months in the biggest challenge to China's rule since the city's handover from Britain in 1997.The withdrawal was one of the protesters' key demands and both she and Beijing ha
  
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• Syrian air defenses block rebel drone attack in northwest

  07-09-2019 17:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The Syrian army's air defenses repelled a drone attack by insurgents in the country's northwest, an area that until recently witnessed intense fighting, state news agency SANA said Saturday.Syrian government forces declared a unilateral cease-fire on Aug. 31 following a wide four-month offensive on Idlib province, the last remaining rebel stronghold in the country.Idlib province is dominated by al-Qaida-linked militant factions.
  
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• The Latest: Trump applauds Ukraine-Russia prisoner trade

  07-09-2019 17:27 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump is praising the exchange of prisoners carried out by Russia and Ukraine.The trade could give new impetus to efforts to end a five-year conflict Russian-backed separatists are fighting in Ukraine's east, as well as improve longstanding poor relations between the two countries.Trump tweeted: "Russia and Ukraine just swapped large numbers of prisoners.
  
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• Iran seizes boat in Strait of Hormuz, arrests Filipinos

  07-09-2019 17:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran seized a boat and arrested 12 Filipino crewmen as it stopped a "fuel-smuggling ring" in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, state media reported.
  
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• In the battle of the Tesla Model S and the Porsche Taycan, it's really no contest (TSLA)

  07-09-2019 17:22 via news.yahoo.com
  For both Porsche and Tesla, selling expensive electric cars in a small market is a winning strategy.
  
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• Trump accused of acting like a 'king' as Republicans cancel two 2020 primaries

  07-09-2019 17:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Republicans in two states have cancelled plans to hold presidential preference selections before the 2020 election.In meetings on Saturday, Republican parties in South Carolina and Kansas cancelled their presidential nomination contests. Nevada is still debating.
  
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• Maduro rejects talks with opposition over envoy's remarks

  07-09-2019 16:57 via news.yahoo.com
  President Nicolás Maduro says that he won't resume talks with the opposition until it rejects calls by a top supporter in Britain to "drop the topic" of Venezuela's longstanding claims to an oil-rich part of neighboring Guyana.Maduro's comments late Friday came after his chief prosecutor opened an investigation against Vanessa Neumann, the top envoy in London for opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who is recognized as Venezuela's rightful president by the U.S., United Kingdom and four
  
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• North-central US to endure cool, rainy pattern through much of this week

  07-09-2019 16:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Frequent bouts of wet weather will keep the north-central United States unusually cool for early September into this week.Residents from the Dakotas to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan will need to keep jackets and umbrellas close at hand during the pattern."It will be wet and cool over the northern Plains and into the Upper Midwest as frequent storms from the Pacific cross the region through early next week" according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Bob Smerbeck.The rounds of storms will tra
  
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• North-central US to endure cool, rainy pattern through early next week

  07-09-2019 16:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Frequent bouts of wet weather will keep the north-central United States unusually cool for early September into next week.Residents from the Dakotas to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan will need to keep jackets and umbrellas close at hand during the pattern.It will be wet and cool over the northern Plains and into the Upper Midwest as frequent storms from the Pacific cross the region through early next week, according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Bob Smerbeck.The rounds of storms will trac
  
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• A group of jet skiers in the Bahamas rescued 100 people stranded by Hurricane Dorian

  07-09-2019 16:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Rescuers ferried people on the jet skis to a highway bridge, one of the few places on Grand Bahama that was not flooded.
  
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• Typhoon kills 3 in South Korea before moving to North Korea

  07-09-2019 16:48 via news.yahoo.com
  One of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit South Korea swept along the country's coast on Saturday, toppling trees, grounding planes and causing at least three deaths before moving on to North Korea.Typhoon Lingling knocked out power to more than 161,000 homes across South Korea, including on the southern island of Jeju, which was lashed by the storm overnight, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said.After hitting Jeju, the storm remained offshore as it moved up South Korea's west coast
  
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• Iran says boat seized in Strait of Hormuz, Filipinos arrested

  07-09-2019 16:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran seized a boat and arrested 12 Filipino crewmen as it busted a suspected fuel-smuggling ring in the Strait of Hormuz waterway on Saturday, state media reported. "Coast guards successfully seized a foreign ship in the Strait of Hormuz," said Major Hossein Dehaki, the coast guard chief in the southern province of Hormozgan. Dehaki said the group was suspected of operating a fuel-smuggling ring and the confiscated shipment had been intercepted close to Sirik county in the Strait of Hormuz.
  
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• Egypt court sentences 11 Islamists to life for prison breaks

  07-09-2019 16:18 via news.yahoo.com
  An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 11 people to life in prison — including the head of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Badie — after a retrial on charges related to mass prison breaks at the height of the 2011 popular uprising.The retrial was related to a case rooted in the escape of 20,000 inmates from Egyptian prisons in Jan. 2011, early in the 18-day uprising that toppled longtime autocratic President Hosni Mubarak, who testified in the case in December.This is the
  
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• Kabul welcomes US assurances on Taliban deal

  07-09-2019 16:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The Afghan government Saturday welcomed a pledge by the Pentagon that the US would only accept a "good deal" from the Taliban after a wave of insurgent attacks sparked concerns of a hasty US withdrawal.During a wide ranging press conference in Paris earlier Saturday US Defense Secretary Mark Esper sought to allay fears that Washington was looking for a quick exit from Afghanistan as it inches closer to a potential deal with the Taliban."My view, the US view is that the best way forward is a poli
  
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• 'Our government failed us': Bahamians were left to coordinate rescue efforts on social media after Hurricane Dorian

  07-09-2019 15:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Hurricane Dorian made landfall over the Bahamas on September 1 as a Category 5 storm and proceeded to devastate some areas of the Bahamas.
  
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• Black girls in US pushed out of school over racist and sexist school dress codes, report finds

  07-09-2019 15:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Black girls in the US are being disproportionately pushed out of school over racist and sexist school dress codes and subjected to victim blaming by teachers, a new report has found.Researchers at the National Women’s Law Centre (NWLC) found around half of secondary schools banned hair wraps or other head coverings, 59 per cent regulated the length of skirts and shorts, and 55 per cent regulated tightness and fit of clothing.
  
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• More retailers join Walmart in asking customers to stop carrying guns in store

  07-09-2019 15:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Several more of the America’s most ubiquitous retail chains said this week that they will ask customers to refrain from openly carrying guns in their stores.The requests, days after Walmart announced a similar policy, marked a notable shift in the debate about the presence of guns in everyday life in the United States.
  
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• Two Israelis wounded in West Bank stabbing

  07-09-2019 15:02 via news.yahoo.com
  An Israeli man and his teenaged son were wounded in a stabbing attack in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the army and medics said."An assailant stabbed two Israeli civilians after they had entered Azzun in order to receive medical treatment," the army said, referring to a village east of Qalqilya in the north of the territory.According to Israeli media reports, the two had been visiting a dentist in Azzun and were leaving when a Palestinian youth approached and asked them if they were Jews,
  
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• Southwest’s fare sale offers ridiculously good deals on flights as low as $29

  07-09-2019 15:01 via news.yahoo.com
  It feels super cliche to offer the reminder that it's never too early to start planning a vacation, but Southwest Airlines is hoping to prod any travelers out there with a fare sale that's running for a few more days and offers some seriously low fares.You've got to act relatively fast since the sale ends at 11:59 p.m. PT on September 12, and also keep in mind that the sale is on fares for travel within the continental US between September 24 and March 4, 2020.The 10-day sale includes discounted
  
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• What the 10 Democrats running for president each think the US should do about climate change

  07-09-2019 14:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic primary candidates each discussed how they'd address climate change as president during a CNN town hall this week.
  
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