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• Stacey Abrams is breaking all the rules in the best way possible

  25-09-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  When it comes to politics, Stacey Abrams is a powerhouse -- and she has no plans on slowing down anytime soon.
  
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• Mexico searching another dump in case of 43 missing students

  25-09-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  A member of an international team supporting the search for 43 missing students in southern Mexico said Wednesday that new information has led Mexican authorities to begin working at another garbage dump.The dump outside the town of Iguala, Guerrero "is in the epicenter of the action," said former Colombian prosecutor Ángela Buitrago of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights group supporting the investigation.The administration of then-President Enrique Peña Nieto said the s
  
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• Colombia's Duque tells U.N. that dossier proves Maduro supports terrorists

  25-09-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Colombia will give the United Nations a dossier of "conclusive proof" of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's support for terrorist groups, President Ivan Duque said in his speech to the organization's General Assembly on Wednesday.Colombia has long accused Maduro of sheltering rebel fighters and crime gang members.
  
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• Trump was preparing for impeachment 'weeks' before Ukraine scandal; now he wants to go 'nuclear' on Biden

  25-09-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Even before the Democrats announced plans for an impeachment inquiry on Tuesday, the White House and President Trump’s campaign were preparing a counterattack.
  
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• Iranian president warns of a region 'on the edge of collapse'; blames U.S. sanctions

  25-09-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran's president warned world leaders Wednesday that security in the energy-rich Persian Gulf could collapse quickly with a "single blunder," and he accused the United States of engaging in "merciless economic terrorism" against his country.
  
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• The defense secretary praised the crew of an attack submarine that hasn't been on a mission since 2015

  25-09-2019 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Defense Secretary Mark Esper visited the nuclear-powered attack sub USS Boise on Wednesday, calling it an "accomplished warship."
  
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• Why Nancy Pelosi's political gamble over Trump impeachment is not guaranteed to pay off

  25-09-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  If you wanted evidence of just how huge a political gamble Nancy Pelosi has taken by launching impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump it could be found on Wednesday. Away from the fevered activity on Capitol Hill, a poll released by Quinnipiac University – one of the country’s most trusted pollsters – gave an insight into what the rest of America has been thinking. When asked whether Mr Trump “should be impeached and removed from office" just 37 per cent of those su
  
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• Meghan Markle's 24K gold plated earrings are not as expensive as you think

  25-09-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The duchess recently stepped out wearing a simple black jumpsuit by Everlane and styled it up with gold statement earrings.
  
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• Hong Kong Bill on Special Status Heads to House, Senate Votes

  25-09-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Congressional committees in the House and Senate approved legislation supporting pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, warning China that any crackdown could revoke the city’s special trading status with the U.S.The Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday advanced legislation that would require annual assessments of whether Hong Kong is sufficiently autonomous from Beijing to justify its unique treatment under U.S. law. The Se
  
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• Honduras to accept more asylum seekers under latest U.S. immigration deal

  25-09-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Honduras signed a deal with the U.S. government on Wednesday that could push migrants who cross the country on the way to the United States back to seek asylum, in the latest bilateral deal with Central American countries aimed at curbing migration.Wednesday's "safe third country"-type deal is similar to agreements signed by El Salvador on Sept. 20 and Guatemala on July 26.The Honduras deal "will allow migrants to seek protection as close to home as possible," said a senior U.S. Department of Ho
  
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• Shep Smith Hammers Fox News Guest for ‘Repugnant’ Attack on Colleague Judge Napolitano

  25-09-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox News anchor Shep Smith took aim Wednesday at Trump ally and frequent Fox News guest Joe diGenova for calling his colleague, senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano, a “fool” during a Tuesday night appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight.Napolitano declared on Tuesday that Trump effectively admitted to committing a crime with his phone call to the Ukrainian president. That evening, diGenova went off on the judge while reacting to his analysis.“I think Judge Napolitano i
  
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• Group sues US for details about impact of grazing program

  25-09-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. government is keeping details secret about a cattle grazing program in six Western states that could be harming habitat and endangered species, an environmental group says.In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, Western Watersheds Project said the Interior Department is unlawfully withholding information from the public about a grazing initiative announced in 2017."This is the latest example of the (Trump) administration favoring industrial agriculture over conservation, biod
  
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• Giuliani Hunted Corruption. Now the Legal Peril May Be His

  25-09-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Rudy Giuliani, once a feared prosecutor who has relentlessly defended President Donald Trump as his personal lawyer, could now have legal woes of his own.In a call with Ukraine’s president, Trump said multiple times that Giuliani was acting on his behalf. Since the president has plenty of Justice Department officials to tap, questions arise about whether Giuliani was primarily pursuing a political goal abroad.Giuliani, who has deep ties to Ukraine and many business connectio
  
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• Trump criticizes Pelosi amid impeachment firestorm, saying she's 'no longer the speaker of the House'

  25-09-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's comments come a day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the House was going to open an impeachment inquiry into the president.
  
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• Mom helped daughter beat up classmate at school bus stop, police say

  25-09-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Kalina Gaines, 30, was arrested after the Monday 8:30 a.m. incident at a school bus stop.
  
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• Intel IG Found Whistleblower Has ‘Arguable Political Bias’ against Trump, But Complaint Is Still ‘Credible’

  25-09-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The intelligence community inspector general (ICIG) found that the Ukraine whistleblower exhibited "arguable political bias" but said the allegations included in his complaint were nevertheless worthy of investigation, according to a Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel opinion released Wednesday.“Although the ICIG’s preliminary review found ‘some indica of an arguable political bias on the part of the Complainant in favor of a rival political candidate,’ the ICIG c
  
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• Tropical Storm Karen is expected to loop-de-loop back towards the Bahamas after soaking Puerto Rico

  25-09-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Tropical Storm Karen may loop around in the Atlantic, heading back towards the Bahamas, after hitting Puerto Rico with serious rain on Tuesday.
  
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• Poll: Warren ahead of Biden nationally, with the two in a virtual tie

  25-09-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Wednesday's poll follows several early state polling where Warren has jumped ahead of Biden after trailing the former Vice President.
  
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• China Launched a Special Type of Warship That Can Help Invade Taiwan

  25-09-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Beijing now has an 'assault ship'. It probably can accommodate dozens of helicopters and landing craft and hundreds of marines.
  
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• Here's what the US Air Force has planned for all its bombers

  25-09-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  From the venerable B-52 to the future B-21, the US leads the way in firepower and stealth technology. This is what the US has in the skies.
  
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• Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu Tapped to Form New Government After Repeat Election

  25-09-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Corinna Kern/ReutersIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been nominated to form a new government, the country’s president, Reuven Rivlin, announced Wednesday. “The meeting between Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz has concluded. In a short time, the responsibility for forming the government will be given to Benjamin Netanyahu, after which President Rivlin and Prime Minister Netanyahu will give remarks,” Rivlin tweeted on Wednesday.Shortly thereafter, Netanyahu made a
  
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• 'Nothing call.' Trump strikes defiant tone after release of details of call with Ukraine's Zelenskiy

  25-09-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump took a defiant tone Wednesday, dismissing the contents of a controversial call he took months ago with the president of Ukraine.
  
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• 'Historic' September blizzard, bitter cold to wallop northern Rockies this weekend

  25-09-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Heavy snow – up to 3 feet in some areas – and temperatures in the 20s and 30s will bring an early taste of winter to Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.
  
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• Rouhani at UN demands Saudis end war in Yemen

  25-09-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday demanded that Saudi Arabia end its offensive in Yemen after an attack in the oil-rich kingdom which Washington blamed on Tehran."The security of Saudi Arabia will be guaranteed with the termination of aggression in Yemen, rather than by inviting foreigners," he told the UN General Assembly.Saudi Arabia is leading an air campaign aimed at defeating Iranian-backed Huthi rebels who control much of Yemen, contributing to a humanitarian crisis in which th
  
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• Meghan Markle shares emotional group hug with young women in Cape Town: 'You guys are going to make me cry'

  25-09-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle had an adorable moment with young women outside of mothers2mothers in Cape Town.
  
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• Lawyers: 3 Egyptian activists detained amid wave of arrests

  25-09-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Egyptian security forces arrested three political activists known for their outspoken criticism of Egypt's government and president, defense lawyers said Wednesday, amid an intensified crackdown on dissent following small but rare anti-government protests over the weekend.Police quickly dispersed the protests, but they signified a startling eruption of street unrest.
  
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• ‘I would like you to do us a favour though’: The one sentence that could bring Trump down

  25-09-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The memorandum of the phone call between Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on 25 July that triggered an impeachment investigation into the incumbent of the White House has only served to convince his opponents they were right to do so.Mr Trump is adamant that he has done no wrong and there is no explicit quid pro quo in the document released of the call, but Democrat presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has called it a “smoking gun”.
  
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• 'I would like you to do us a favour though': The one sentence that could bring Trump down

  25-09-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The memorandum of the phone call between Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on 25 July that triggered an impeachment investigation into the incumbent of the White House has only served to convince his opponents they were right to do so.Mr Trump is adamant that he has done no wrong and there is no explicit quid pro quo in the document released of the call, but Democrat presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has called it a “smoking gun”.
  
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• Details emerge on Mama June Shannon's court appearance after crack cocaine arrest

  25-09-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Mama June Shannon, who is reportedly estranged from her children, and her boyfriend are facing felony charges.
  
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• Rudy Giuliani calls fellow Fox News guest a 'serial liar' and a 'moron'

  25-09-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Rudy Giuliani hurled abuse at a fellow Fox News guest, calling him a “serial liar” and a “moron” as the president’s opponents pledged to seek Donald Trump’s removal from office.
  
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• Senate votes again to end Trump's border emergency declaration

  25-09-2019 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday for a second time to end the national emergency on the southern border the president declared in February, a move Donald Trump would almost certainly veto if it reached his desk. Trump, with his very first veto, struck down a similar measure that had cleared both the House and Senate in March. Congress was unable to muster the votes to override that veto.
  
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• T. rex used a stiff skull to eat its prey

  25-09-2019 19:13
  A Tyrannosaurus rex could bite hard enough to shatter the bones of its prey. But how it accomplished this feat without breaking its own skull bones has baffled paleontologists. That's why scientists are arguing that the T. rex's skull was stiff much like the skulls of hyenas and crocodiles, and not flexible like snakes and birds as paleontologists previously thought.
  
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• Doctors in India are stunned by baby born with 4 legs and 3 hands

  25-09-2019 19:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The mother was expecting triplets, but ended up delivering twins — one of which seemed to have absorbed extra limbs from the third unborn fetus.
  
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• Young boys tortured in Kashmir clampdown as new figures show 13,000 teenagers arrested

  25-09-2019 18:55 via news.yahoo.com
  A new report claiming thousands of Kashmiri children have been incarcerated has cast doubt on claims life is returning to normal in the state. After visiting Kashmir, activists found around 13,000 boys have been detained since its autonomous status was revoked on Aug 5. The report, led by the National Federation of Indian Women, detailed claims that boys - some as young as 14 - had been imprisoned for up to 45 days. It also claimed that families were paying up to 60,000 rupees (£678)
  
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• Monkeys like alcohol at low concentrations, but probably not due to the calories

  25-09-2019 18:45
  Fruit-eating monkeys show a preference for concentrations of alcohol found in fermenting fruit, but do not seem to use alcohol as a source of supplementary calories, according to a new study. The findings do not support the idea that human alcoholism originated from a predilection of primates for alcohol-containing overripe fruit.
  
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• Italy and France Prepare for Imminent Collapse of Mont Blanc Glacier

  25-09-2019 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Jeffy Pachoud/GettyROME–The road that winds towards France from Courmayeur in Italy’s spectacular Aosta Valley is an Alpine paradise. In the spring and summer, the Mont Blanc foothills are covered with a carpet of wildflowers set against a backdrop of the Western Alps, which make up Europe’s highest mountain range. Some 20,000 outdoor enthusiasts come here to hike the Italian side of Mont Blanc every year. In the winter, those numbers triple as glitzy chalet resorts offer breat
  
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• Nancy Pelosi's impeachment waiting game paid off. Americans will turn on Donald Trump.

  25-09-2019 18:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Nancy Pelosi waited to launch an impeachment inquiry because she knew Donald Trump would do something to hang himself. He didn't disappoint.
  
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• Emaciated elephant forced to perform during religious festival in Sri Lanka has died

  25-09-2019 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  A sickly elephant whose photos went viral in August after she was forced to walk in a Sri Lanka festival, despite her skeletal frame, died on Tuesday.
  
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• Revealed: Trump’s Wildlife Service pick has ties to anti-animal protection groups

  25-09-2019 18:09 via theguardian.com
  Aurelia Skipwith, nominee to lead US Fish and Wildlife Service, linked to groups opposed to protections for endangered speciesDonald Trump’s nominee to lead the US Fish and Wildlife Service has links to powerful agricultural interests opposed to protections for endangered species she would oversee, the Guardian has learned.Aurelia Skipwith, who is already a top official at the interior department, formerly worked at the agrochemical giant Monsanto. Continue reading...
  
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• New species of crocodile discovered in museum collections

  25-09-2019 18:04
  By looking at 90-year-old crocodile skulls in museum collections and double-checking with live specimens at a zoological park in Florida, researchers have just discovered a new species of ten-foot-long croc. The new species, Crocodylus halli, is from the southern part of New Guinea, and until now, scientists had thought it was the same species that lived on the northern part of the island.
  
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• 'One of those days': United Airlines CEO details dealing with his flight being diverted

  25-09-2019 18:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Everyone knows it's a pain to have their flight diverted — even United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz.
  
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• Hong Kong Protests Threaten Billionaires' Ties With Beijing

  25-09-2019 18:00 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Less than a decade ago, Hong Kong’s richest man, Li Ka-shing, was granted an exclusive audience with China’s then-President Hu Jintao, a rare honor. State television lauded the September 2010 meeting, saying Hu lavished praise on the tycoon for contributing to the city’s prosperity and stability.These days, as Hong Kong reels from months of violent demonstrations, China’s government is weaving a much harsher narrative around the billionaires who dominate th
  
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• Death Match: America's F-16s vs. China and Russia's Best Planes (Who Wins?)

  25-09-2019 18:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Could America's legendary fighter make it?
  
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• Humanity must rescue oceans to rescue itself, UN warns

  25-09-2019 17:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Two days after a climate summit failed to deliver game-changing pledges to slash carbon emissions, the United Nations warned Wednesday that global warming is devastating oceans and Earth's frozen spaces in ways that directly threaten a large slice of humanity.Crumbling ice sheets, marine heatwaves, melting glaciers, ocean dead zones, thawing permafrost -- a raft of impacts on sea and ice are decimating fish stocks, lifting seas, depleting fresh water stores, and incubating superstorms that will
  
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• Iran's Rouhani says no to talks under U.S. pressure

  25-09-2019 17:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran will never hold talks with the United States under pressure, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, but added that lifting all the sanctions Washington imposed on Tehran and respecting a U.N. Security Council resolution could pave the way for talks."Our response to talks under pressure is NO," said Rouhani, but warned that Iran might exit a 2015 nuclear deal if the European powers failed to salvage the deal."We are committed to the nuclear de
  
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• Beware, Democrats. Impeaching Trump will backfire

  25-09-2019 17:48 via news.yahoo.com
  From a legal point of view, the case for impeaching Trump may well be difficult to resist. Politically, though, it’s a different story‘The legal drama that is now set to unfold will most likely harm Trump’s opponents’ Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesThe anguish that preceded the Democratic party’s momentous decision to initiate impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump is not without cause. While some have celebrated the party’s resolve to finally embar
  
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• Mother of boy killed in Sandy Hook shooting pays touching tribute: 'I feared today'

  25-09-2019 17:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The mother of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in a 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook paid a touching tribute to him on Twitter this week.
  
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• ‘Boy, they’re an ugly-looking thing’: Voracious swamp rodents swarming California and endangering water supply

  25-09-2019 17:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Voracious swamp rodents have invaded parts of California, endangering the state’s water supply and threatening to destroy the habitats of other animals.The nutria, resembling something between a large rat and a beaver, can weigh up to 9kg and consume up to a quarter of that mass daily in riverbank plants. Their destructive burrowing can damage wetland habitats.
  
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• Meghan Markle just wore the 'perfect work shirt' and it's super affordable

  25-09-2019 17:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Just because Meghan Markle is English royalty doesn't mean she always breaks the bank when it comes to her wardrobe.
  
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• Deer oh deer: is Janet Street-Porter right to eat roadkill?

  25-09-2019 17:22 via theguardian.com
  The Loose Women regular has revealed a taste for animals found by the side of the road. Guilt-free forage or enough to put you off your dinner?
  Name: Janet Street-Porter.Age: 72. Continue reading...
  
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