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• Russia's Rio status hangs by thread as IOC talks sanctions

  18-07-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  International Olympic Committee (IOC) members were set for emergency talks Tuesday to decide Russia's status for the Rio Olympics after an investigation found rampant state-run doping at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games and other events. A probe by Canadian law professor Richard McLaren for WADA found the FSB secret service helped "the state-dictated failsafe system" carried out by the Moscow sports ministry and sprawling 30 sports over five years.
  
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• UK Parliament votes to renew submarine-based nuclear arsenal

  18-07-2016 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers voted Monday to replace the country's aging fleet of nuclear-armed submarines with new vessels, heeding Prime Minister Theresa May's warning that relinquishing atomic weapons would be a "reckless gamble."
  
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• Administration asks new immigration review with 9 justices

  18-07-2016 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says the Supreme Court should seek to break its recent tie over plans to protect millions of immigrants, when a ninth justice is on the bench.
  
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• The Latest: Minor car accident involving some Trump staff

  18-07-2016 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on the Republican National Convention in Cleveland (all time local): 5:40 p.m. A car carrying some of Donald Trump's campaign staff was involved in a minor accident on the way from Trump Tower ...
  
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• Man with ax attacks passengers on German train

  18-07-2016 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A man with an ax attacked passengers on a train in the southern German state of Bavaria late on Monday and several people were critically wounded, a police spokesman said. The spokesman said the attack happened on a local train near the city of Wuerzburg.
  
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• Gov't watchdog: HUD secretary violates Hatch Act

  18-07-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Days before Hillary Clinton is scheduled to accept the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, a government watchdog says the nation's housing secretary violated a law prohibiting government officials from using their office for partisan politics when he promoted her candidacy during a media interview.
  
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• Trump's VP: Working moms stunt kids

  18-07-2016 23:39 via cnn.com
  
  Mike Pence argued in 1997 that "day-care kids get the short end of the emotional stick" and that households with two working parents lead to "stunted emotional growth."
  
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• MPs back renewal of Trident nuclear deterrent

  18-07-2016 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Michael Holden and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - MPs voted strongly on Monday to renew Britain's ageing nuclear weapons system, a multibillion-pound project regarded as key to maintaining the country's status as a world power following its vote to leave the European Union. Despite opposition from the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) and some in the opposition Labour Party, parliament approved the renewal of the Scottish-based nuclear-armed Trident submarines by 472 to 117 v
  
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• Obama administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to rehear immigration case

  18-07-2016 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a last-ditch effort to revive a White House plan to protect up to 4 million immigrants from deportation, the Obama administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rehear a case on which the eight-member court was split 4-4 last month. The court is currently one justice short following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February. In a filing, the Justice Department asked the court to take a second look at the case once it has a full comple
  
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• The Latest: Erdogan says he narrowly escaped death in coup

  18-07-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on the attempted military coup in Turkey (all times local):
  
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• U.S. Republican convention in turmoil as Trump foes revolt

  18-07-2016 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Republican National Convention briefly erupted in chaos on Monday when some opponents of presumptive U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump stormed out of the room and others chanted in protest at their failure to win a symbolic vote opposing his candidacy. The turmoil threatened efforts by the Trump campaign to show the party had united behind the businessman-turned-politician and distracted from the day's theme of "Make America Safe Again," meant to depict Trump as a strong leader capable
  
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• Russia's participation in Rio uncertain after doping report

  18-07-2016 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A scathing report outlining a state-sanctioned doping system in Russia prompted immediate calls for the nation's entire team to be sidelined from the Summer Games, raising the possibility that the Olympics could go on without a sports superpower for the first time since the 1980s.
  
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• US stocks hit another record; ARM deal lifts London

  18-07-2016 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  European stocks mostly slipped but Wall Street pushed to fresh records Monday despite continued worries over Turkey after the failed military coup.
  
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• American League-worst Twins fire general manager Terry Ryan

  18-07-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Twins owner Jim Pohlad's reverence for Terry Ryan has been evident for almost two decades, steadfastly supporting his general manager with a commitment uncommon in today's game.
  
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• U.S. lifts ban on flights to and from Turkey after coup bid

  18-07-2016 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States has lifted a ban on flights to and from Turkey following a failed coup in the country, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday. The ban, which included both direct flights and those from a third country, went into effect after a faction of Turkey's military attempted to overthrow the Turkish government. The coup crumbled on Saturday as supporters of President Tayyip Erdogan took to the streets in defiance of the coup plotters.
  
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• Yahoo sees $440 mn loss, 'progress' on strategic review

  18-07-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Yahoo said Monday its loss in the second quarter widened to $440 million from $22 million a year earlier, while offering no definitive news on efforts to sell its core Internet business. "Our board has made great progress on strategic alternatives," chief executive Marissa Mayer said in a statement that contained no clues on a widely speculated bidding process for the key assets of the faded Internet star. Revenue rose slightly to $1.3 billion from $1.24 billion a year earlier, the company said.
  
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• Trouble with Trump and national security

  18-07-2016 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  In theory, 2016 was poised to be the foreign policy election. After all, Hillary Clinton's main credential for running is her stint as Barack Obama's secretary of state. Then there are the growing challenges abroad -- the rising threat of ISIS, the resurgence of al Qaeda, the menace of Putinism and a newly aggressive China, all of which should mean the party historically most trusted on national security would make the crumbling world a special feature of its electoral appeal.
  
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• Drama after anti-Trump effort fails

  18-07-2016 23:22 via cnn.com
  
  Delegates hoping to upend Donald Trump's nomination are attempting a last-gasp effort to fight back as the Republican National Convention kicks off on Monday.
  
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• Netflix facing tougher times as US subscriber growth slows

  18-07-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After years of spectacular success, Netflix is starting to hit some potholes. The internet video service is wrestling with slowing U.S. subscriber growth and an ambitious international expansion amid stiffening competition, a challenge that came into sharper focus Monday with the release of its second-quarter earnings.
  
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• Protests over Trump break out at Republican convention

  18-07-2016 23:19 via cnn.com
  
  Delegates hoping to upend Donald Trump's nomination are attempting a last-gasp effort to fight back as the Republican National Convention kicks off on Monday.
  
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• Turkey widens post-coup purge, demands U.S. hand over cleric

  18-07-2016 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Humeyra Pamuk and Ercan Gurses ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey purged its police on Monday after rounding up thousands of soldiers in the wake of a failed military coup, and said it could reconsider its friendship with the United States unless Washington hands over a cleric Ankara blames for the putsch. The broad crackdown and calls to reinstate the death penalty for plotters drew concern from Western allies who said Ankara must uphold the rule of law in the country, a NATO member that is
  
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• Ex-Pro Bowl RB Foster reaches deal with Dolphins

  18-07-2016 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Four-time Pro Bowl running back Arian Foster took a big step Monday in his comeback from a torn Achilles tendon. He found a team.
  
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• Deputy mayor in Istanbul dies from shooting injuries: NTV

  18-07-2016 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The deputy mayor of Istanbul's Sisli district has died after being shot in the head by an unknown assailant on Monday, Turkish broadcaster NTV reported. A Turkish official said the incident was not related to Friday's abortive military coup in which more than 200 people were killed. Turkey remains in a state of high tension, though the government says it has the situation fully under control. NTV reported that an assailant had entered the office of deputy mayor Cemil Candas
  
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• U.S. officer deaths: 'No talking, just shooting'

  18-07-2016 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  Officers Montrell Jackson, Matthew Gerald and Brad Garafola were killed Sunday after being ambushed and shot by a lone gunman in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  
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• U.S. cops 'ambushed' by gunman

  18-07-2016 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  Officers Montrell Jackson, Matthew Gerald and Brad Garafola were killed Sunday after being ambushed and shot by a lone gunman in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  
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• Baton Rouge officer deaths: 'No talking, just shooting'

  18-07-2016 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  Officers Montrell Jackson, Matthew Gerald and Brad Garafola were killed Sunday after being ambushed and shot by a lone gunman in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  
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• German train stabbing: Several injured

  18-07-2016 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  Several people have been injured in a stabbing attack on a German train, according to German news agency DPA.
  
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• How does Zika spread? Utah infection raises new questions

  18-07-2016 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials are trying to unravel how a relative may have picked up a Zika infection from a Utah man who died.
  
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• Pro- and anti-Trump forces hold dueling rallies in Cleveland

  18-07-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Several hundred Donald Trump supporters and opponents held rallies a half-mile apart as the four-day Republican National Convention opened on a hot and sticky Monday with police on edge in this summer of violence.
  
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• The Latest: Hogan doesn't see point of more officer trials

  18-07-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Latest on the trial of an officer charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, a young black man who died after he was critically injured in the back of a police van. (all times local):
  
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• Middle-class Venezuelans liquidate savings to stockpile food

  18-07-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (AP) — Tebie Gonzalez and Ramiro Ramirez still have their sleek apartment, a fridge covered with souvenir magnets from vacations aboard, and closets full of name brand clothes. But they feel hunger drawing close.
  
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• Does U.S. have to extradite?

  18-07-2016 22:57 via cnn.com
  
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed last weekend's failed military coup on Fethullah Gulen, a reclusive 75-year old Turkish imam living in self-imposed exile in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania.
  
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• 5 Armenian policemen still held hostage a day after attack

  18-07-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — A standoff in Armenia's capital went into a second day with armed supporters of a jailed opposition leader still holding five policemen hostage on Monday, a day after they killed one officer and wounded four others in an attack on a police station, the National Security Service said.
  
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• Italian man confirmed killed in Nice attack

  18-07-2016 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Italy's foreign ministry said on Monday an Italian man has been confirmed among the victims of last week's truck attack in the French Riviera resort of Nice that killed 84 people. A ministry statement said French police had named the man as Mario Casati. The foreign ministry said an Italian-American citizen had also been identified among the victims but gave no name.
  
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• Indians' Gomes could miss 2 months with separated shoulder

  18-07-2016 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A season of struggle for Yan Gomes has worsened.
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan demands U.S. hand over 'terrorist' Gulen

  18-07-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told CNN in an interview on Monday that the United States should extradite Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen to Turkey over his alleged involvement in Friday's failed coup. "We have a mutual agreement on extradition of criminals," Erdogan said. "There should be reciprocity in these types of things, even if he is a citizen of the United States.
  
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• Fox News parent says Roger Ailes investigation not resolved

  18-07-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel's parent company says there has been no resolution to its probe into the conduct of network chief Roger Ailes, who is accused by a former network anchor of forcing her out because she refused to have sex with him.
  
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• The Latest: No major clashes between pro-, anti-Trump forces

  18-07-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on demonstrations and gatherings outside the Republican National Convention in Cleveland (all times local):
  
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• General denies planning coup as Turkey presses purge

  18-07-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey has sacked almost 9,000 officials in its relentless crackdown against suspected coup plotters, authorities said Monday, as the former air force chief denied masterminding the weekend's failed putsch. With Western allies expressing alarm over fears Ankara that could reinstate the death penalty in response to Friday's dramatic coup bid, General Akin Ozturk appeared in court, looking haggard and with his ear bandaged. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to wipe out the "virus" o
  
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• US says fuel economy likely won't meet 2025 targets

  18-07-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government says the nation's cars and trucks are well on their way to meeting fuel economy and emissions standards set for 2025, but cheaper gas prices could ultimately lower those targets by encouraging consumers to buy less-efficient vehicles.
  
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• French authorities paint complex picture of attacker

  18-07-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Authorities investigating the truck driver who killed 84 people in a Bastille Day attack painted a complex picture Monday of a man who did not seem devout but had recently become interested in jihadi violence and researched past attacks in France and the United States, including one on a gay nightclub in Orlando.
  
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• Fox News still reviewing status of CEO Ailes

  18-07-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News on Monday was still reviewing the status of its boss Roger Ailes, after a report that the powerful media executive was being forced out following sexual harassment allegations. Earlier this month, the cable news giant said it had launched an internal review on allegations in a lawsuit by Fox News host and former Miss America Gretchen Carlson, who claimed she was fired for rejecting Ailes's sexual advances. Fox stated at the time it had "full confidence" in Ailes but added that it was re
  
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• How to help 'underserved victims' of violence

  18-07-2016 22:42 via cnn.com
  
  Last Thursday, the world watched as yet again terrorism struck, this time in the southern French city of Nice, where at least 84 people were killed. And on Sunday, we were forced to bear witness to the killing of three Baton Rouge police officers and the wounding of three others -- shocking violence afflicting a community already grieving the killing of Alton Sterling.
  
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• Venezuelans cross to Colombia for food

  18-07-2016 22:41 via cnn.com
  
  Venezuela has decided to temporarily reopen the border with Colombia, and many are taking advantage to cross into Colombia to purchase food. CNN's Rafael Romo reports.
  
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• Stocks inch higher, send S&P 500 to another record

  18-07-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks ticked higher Monday as investors looked past this weekend's failed coup attempt in Turkey and nudged the Standard & Poor's 500 index to another record.
  
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• Trump's glamorous wife set to make convention pitch

  18-07-2016 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Melania Trump -- glamorous, European-born and until now only a minor presence on the campaign trail -- will make her primetime debut Monday on the opening night of the Republican convention, as her husband's number one cheerleader.
  
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• The Latest: Trump backers head off effort to force roll call

  18-07-2016 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on the Republican National Convention in Cleveland (all time local):
  
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• GOP leaders approve convention rules, block insurgents

  18-07-2016 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Over angry objections from anti-Donald Trump forces, Republican Party leaders approved rules for the convention and rejected a demand for a state-by-state roll call vote.
  
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• As divided US views conventions, NBC promotes Olympic unity

  18-07-2016 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Disillusionment. Fear. Rage.
  
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• The Latest: Baton Rouge gunman 'did not play by the rules'

  18-07-2016 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of three law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (all times local):
  
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