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• Taliban leader Mansour 'likely killed' in US drone strike: US official

  21-05-2016 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was targeted and "likely killed" Saturday in a US drone strike in a remote area of Pakistan along the Afghan border, a US official said. The airstrike, authorized by President Barack Obama, also killed a second adult male combatant as the two traveled in a vehicle southwest of the town of Ahmad Wal, but no civilians were killed, the official said under condition of anonymity. "Mansour was the target and was likely killed," in the strikes, which occurred aroun
  
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• Man mauled after entering Chile zoo's lion pen, 2 cats slain

  21-05-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Two lions were killed after they severely mauled a man who stripped naked and entered their enclosure in an apparent suicide attempt early Saturday, authorities said.
  
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• Taliban leader likely killed in U.S. airstrike, official tells CNN

  21-05-2016 23:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The U.S. conducted an airstrike against Taliban leader Mullah Mansour, the Pentagon said Saturday.
  
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• Canada to meet Finland in world championship final

  21-05-2016 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reigning champions Canada edged the United States 4-3 to set up a clash with Finland, who beat Russia 3-1, in Sunday's ice hockey world championship final. "It's gonna be a tough game," Edmonton Oilers forward Taylor Hall said of Sunday's title match after Finland beat Canada 4-0 in their final Group B match on Tuesday, to end the reigning champions' 16-match winning streak at the world championship.
  
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• Bystander Shot During Police Gunfight With Robbery Suspect

  21-05-2016 23:06 via abcnews.go.com
  Police say they're looking for an armed robber who exchanged gunfire with an officer, leaving a bystander seriously hurt, in the Washington suburb of Springfield, Virginia
  
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• EgyptAir crash preliminary report will take one month: newspaper

  21-05-2016 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  A preliminary report into Thursday's EgyptAir crash will be presented in one month, the head of the Egyptian investigation team was quoted as saying by Egypt's state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper. Ayman al-Moqadem, the head of Egypt's Air Accidents Investigation department, said the report "will be published in one month ... and will include all the information gathered by the date of its publication".
  
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• FA Cup: Man Utd defeats Crystal Palace

  21-05-2016 22:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Ten-man Manchester United won the English FA Cup for the first time since 2004 as it battled back to defeat Crystal Palace after extra time at Wembley Stadium Saturday.
  
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• Top U.S. commander's secret Syria visit

  21-05-2016 22:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Gen. Joseph Votel, head of U.S. Central Command, has completed a day-long secret visit to Syria and is now in Amman, Jordan.
  
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• Cyclone forces half a million to evacuate

  21-05-2016 22:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Tropical Cyclone Roanu lashed the coast of Bangladesh with heavy winds and sheets of rain, killing at least 21 people and forcing the evacuation of half a million residents, authorities said.
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• Islamic State calls for attacks on the West during Ramadan in audio message

  21-05-2016 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A new message purporting to come from the spokesman of Islamic State calls on followers to launch attacks on the United States and Europe during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which begins in early June. Get prepared, be ready ... to make it a month of calamity everywhere for the non-believers ... especially for the fighters and supporters of the caliphate in Europe and America," said the message, suggesting attacks on military and civilian targets. The authenticity of the audio clip, purpor
  
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• Smoke, cockpit woes signal chaotic finale for EgyptAir plane

  21-05-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Leaked flight data showing trouble in the cockpit and smoke in a plane lavatory are bringing into focus the chaotic final moments of EgyptAir Flight 804, including a three-minute period before contact was lost as alarms on the Airbus 320 screeched one after another.
  
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• Man held in couple's disappearance returns to Washington

  21-05-2016 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — One of the two brothers who were charged with murder in the presumed killing of a missing Washington couple has returned to the state after his arrest in San Diego earlier this week.
  
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• Lingard rocket ends Man United's 12-year FA Cup wait

  21-05-2016 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jesse Lingard's extra-time thunderbolt earned Manchester United a record-equalling 12th FA Cup as Louis van Gaal's side came from behind to defeat Crystal Palace 2-1 in Saturday's final at Wembley. In a rematch of the 1990 final, which United won after a replay, underdogs Palace took the lead in the 78th minute when Jason Puncheon slammed home, only for Juan Mata to equalise less than three minutes later. With the tie heading towards penalties, substitute Lingard drilled a stunning volley past a
  
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• The Latest: Airport cleaning crews in France draw scrutiny

  21-05-2016 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804 (all times local): 10 p.m. As French authorities question airport staff who had access to EgyptAir Flight 804, cleaning crews are among those drawing attention. ...
  
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• Islamic State calls for attacks on the West during Ramadan: audio message

  21-05-2016 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A new message purporting to come from the spokesman of Islamic State calls on followers to launch attacks on the United States and Europe during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which begins in early June. Get prepared, be ready ... so that you make it a month of calamity on the non-believers anywhere," said the message, purporting to be from Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, suggesting attacks on military and civilian targets. The audio clip was distributed on Saturday by Twitter accounts that usually
  
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• Warriors' big men must come up big in Game 3 against Thunder

  21-05-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Warriors' big men might be just as important as the Splash Brothers right now.
  
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• UN chief urges Mideast states to press for Syria transition

  21-05-2016 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The United Nations chief used a visit to Qatar on Saturday to call on Middle Eastern countries and world powers to press Syria's warring parties to turn their attention to a political transition in the war-torn nation.
  
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• Battle over Redstone's media empire takes another turn

  21-05-2016 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The battle over the fortune of ailing media mogul Sumner Redstone has taken another turn. Lawyers for Redstone are seeking to remove two members of the board of the trust that will eventually control Redstone's media empire, which includes CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc.
  
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• Lingard rocket ends Man Utd's 12-year FA Cup wait

  21-05-2016 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jesse Lingard's extra-time thunderbolt earned Manchester United a record-equalling 12th FA Cup as Louis van Gaal's side came from behind to defeat Crystal Palace 2-1 in Saturday's final at Wembley. In a rematch of the 1990 final, which United won after a replay, underdogs Palace took the lead in the 78th minute when Jason Puncheon slammed home, only for Juan Mata to equalise less than three minutes later. With the tie heading towards penalties, substitute Lingard drilled a stunning volley past a
  
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• 2 horses die in pre-Preakness races

  21-05-2016 21:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Two race horses died Saturday at Pimlico Race Course, site of the Preakness Stakes to be held later in the day.
  
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• DJ-producer Calvin Harris resting after car accident

  21-05-2016 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Popular DJ-producer Calvin Harris is resting after he was involved in a car accident Friday night and sustained minor injuries.
  
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• International concern mounts over Venezuela

  21-05-2016 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  International concerns are mounting over the economic and political crisis in Venezuela, where the military on Saturday was holding a second day of exercises ordered by embattled President Nicolas Maduro. With the oil-dependent country's economy imploding under recession and hyperinflation, public sentiment is backing Maduro's ouster. After deploying its Russian-made strike aircraft across Venezuela's skies on Friday, the military ran other units through their paces on Saturday, state television
  
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• Thousands of Military Sex Assault Victims Got Wrongful Discharges, Report Says

  21-05-2016 21:38 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Victims lost military career and the benefits of service, report says.
  
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• Obama departs on trip to Vietnam, Japan

  21-05-2016 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Barack Obama departed Saturday on a trip to Vietnam and Japan that will include the first visit to Hiroshima, site of the world's first nuclear attack, by a sitting US president. Obama left at 1:20 p.m. (1720 GMT) aboard Air Force One on the first leg of the trip, which ends with a refueling stop at Elmendrf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska. It begins in Hanoi, where Obama will stress improving relations with a dynamic and rapidly emerging country, but one which, for most Americans, remains a
  
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• Bondholders sue over Puerto Rico debt-moratorium law

  21-05-2016 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Holders of bonds from Puerto Rico's Government Development Bank are suing to challenge aspects of a debt-moratorium law that island officials say is crucial to maintaining essential services as the U.S. territory struggles under a nearly $70 billion debt load.
  
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• Rosalie Chris Lerman, Holocaust survivor, dies at 90

  21-05-2016 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rosalie Chris Lerman, a survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp who was the wife of the founder of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and a passionate advocate of Holocaust remembrance, has died. She was 90.
  
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• U.S defense secretary apologizes after American charged in Japanese woman's death

  21-05-2016 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter called his Japanese counterpart on Saturday to express regrets after an American working at a U.S. military base in Japan was arrested on suspicion of dumping the body of a Japanese woman. The case in Okinawa has sparked a protest from Tokyo and could add to resentment of the large U.S. military presence on the island, where Japanese have long been upset by crimes committed by Americans. It also is likely to stir anti-U.S. sentiment as President Barack Obama vis
  
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• U.S. agency probes blimp emergency landing in Philadelphia neighborhood

  21-05-2016 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - The emergency landing of a blimp near a highway in a Philadelphia neighborhood is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration, an agency official said on Saturday. The blimp lost power before the emergency landing on Friday, FAA spokesman Rick Breitenfeldt said in an email. Lt. David Bonk, a Philadelphia police officer in a helicopter tactical unit, posted a Twitter message with an aerial photo of the blimp lying mostly deflated in what appeared to be a construction zo
  
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• A-Rod to come off DL Tuesday for start of Yankees' homestand

  21-05-2016 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The New York Yankees plan to activate designated hitter Alex Rodriguez from the disabled list Tuesday when the team begins a three-game homestand against Toronto.
  
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• French city creates world's longest comic strip

  21-05-2016 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A group of artists in the central French city of Lyon broke the record for the world's longest comic strip Saturday with a 1.6 kilometre-long artwork, organisers said. The feat brings the figurative medal for the longest comic strip back to Lyon from New York, where a group in 2014 stole the French city's 2011 record with a 1.2-kilometre (0.75-mile) sequence of drawings. "We have recorded a 1,600-metre-long comic strip, or 1,625 metres to be precise," said Mathieu Diez, director of Lyon's comic
  
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• Viacom says its board has not had access to Redstone

  21-05-2016 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Viacom Inc said on Saturday its board members have been unable to meet with controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone because his daughter Shari is blocking access to the media mogul. Viacom's criticism of Shari Redstone comes a day after Sumner Redstone, 92, removed Viacom Chief Executive Officer Philippe Dauman and Viacom board member George Abrams from the seven-person trust that will determine the fate of Redstone's $40 billion media empire that includes Viacom and CBS Corp in the event of his
  
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• UN: Bus crash in Congo kills at least 37 people, injures 22

  21-05-2016 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A United Nations-backed radio station in Congo says at least 37 people have been killed and 22 injured in a bus crash.
  
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• Campeones en la historia de la Copa de la FA

  21-05-2016 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
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• Colombia: 5 cases of Zika-associated microcephaly this year

  21-05-2016 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian authorities are reporting that five babies have been born in the country this year with microcephaly associated with the rapidly spreading Zika virus.
  
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• Biden: Diverse military of women, gays strengthens US forces

  21-05-2016 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden told the U.S. Military Academy's class of 2016 on Saturday that greater diversity, including more women and openly gay soldiers, will strengthen the country's armed forces.
  
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• Murray or Fleury? Penguins weighing options in goal

  21-05-2016 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan has been stressing for weeks his team has multiple goaltenders capable of taking the franchise to the Stanley Cup.
  
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• Injera breaks rugby sevens' try record

  21-05-2016 20:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Collins Injera became the leading try scorer in rugby sevens on Saturday, and it was a family celebration for the Kenya star.Sponsored:
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• Jon Stewart, wife adopt horse shot with paintballs

  21-05-2016 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Former "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart and his wife are giving a new home to a horse that was shot more than 100 times at close range with paintballs and lost an eye from her injuries.
  
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• Dutch climber dies on his way down from Everest's summit

  21-05-2016 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A 35-year-old Dutch man suffering from high-altitude sickness died on his way down from Mount Everest's summit in the first death confirmed this year on the world's highest mountain, an expedition organizer said Saturday. There were unconfirmed media reports that an Australian climber had also died.
  
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• Judge wants Chicago mayor to testify on code of silence

  21-05-2016 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys for the city of Chicago have told a federal judge they are prepared to admit to a jury that a code of silence exists within the police department in an attempt to keep Mayor Rahm Emanuel off the witness stand.
  
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• UK 'Remain' camp gains ground in EU poll, bookmakers lengthen Brexit odds

  21-05-2016 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - The campaign to keep Britain in the European Union extended its lead over the "Out" campaign in an opinion poll published on Saturday, while two major bookmakers offered the shortest odds to date on a vote to remain. The poll from market research company Opinium for the Observer newspaper marked the sixth poll out of seven published in the last week to show the Remain campaign in the lead. Earlier, William Hill and Ladbrokes cut their odds on Britain remaining in
  
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• 1 dead in Chile protests as president speaks in congress

  21-05-2016 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Violent protests have broken out in Chile as President Michelle Bachelet presents a state-of-the-nation report to Congress.
  
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• Oklahoma senator weighing options after abortion ban veto

  21-05-2016 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Republican state senator who authored the bill that would effectively outlaw abortion in the state said Saturday that he hasn't decided whether he'll try to override the governor's veto.
  
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• Obama is off to Asia to boost trade, cooperation

  21-05-2016 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama departed Saturday on a weeklong, 16,000-mile trip to Asia, part of his effort to pay more attention to the region and boost economic and security cooperation.
  
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• 54 Arrested in 'Operation Good Time' Prostitution Bust

  21-05-2016 19:37 via abcnews.go.com
  Police say 54 people were arrested in South Carolina in a prostitution bust dubbed "Operation Good Time."Police Chief Keith Grounsell said Friday that it could be the largest-ever prostitution bust in the city of about 20,000 people
  
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• Anderson leads England to crushing win over Sri Lanka

  21-05-2016 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  James Anderson took 10 wickets in the match as England thrashed Sri Lanka by an innings and 88-runs inside three days in the first Test at Headingley on Saturday. Sri Lanka, following on, were dismissed for 119 in their second innings as England went 1-0 up in the three-match series. Lancashire paceman Anderson took five for 29 which, added to his five for 16 in Sri Lanka's meagre first innings 91, gave him match figures of 10 for 45.
  
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• First Photos of EgyptAir 804 Debris Released

  21-05-2016 19:30 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Egyptian Armed Forces posted the photos on its Facebook page.
  
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• Nile crocodiles identified in South Florida

  21-05-2016 19:24 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• Buemi's commanding win in Berlin

  21-05-2016 19:19 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• In swing state suburbs, white women are skeptical of Trump

  21-05-2016 19:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — For Donald Trump to win the White House in November, he'll need the votes of women like lifelong Republican Wendy Emery.
  
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