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• Syrian army says repels insurgent attack in southwest Aleppo: state media

  19-09-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army said government forces repelled an insurgent attack in the southwestern outskirts of Aleppo early on Tuesday, state media reported. It said the attack took place near the Ramousah area, which houses a military complex government forces and their allies recaptured earlier this month. The fighting came after a week-long ceasefire ended on Monday.
  
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• Aid convoy attacked as Syria calls cease-fire finished

  19-09-2016 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — A U.N. humanitarian aid convoy inside Syria was hit by airstrikes Monday, U.N. officials said, as the Syrian military declared that the week-long U.S.-Russian brokered cease-fire had failed.
  
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• Antetokounmpo agrees $100 mn NBA contract

  19-09-2016 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Los Angeles (AFP) - Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has agreed a new deal with the team worth $100 million over four years, reports said Monday.
  
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• Wal-Mart completes $3 billion-plus purchase of Jet.com

  19-09-2016 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart said Monday it has completed its deal to buy fast-growing Jet.com for $3 billion in cash plus $300 million in stock, an acquisition aimed at helping the world's largest retailer attract younger and more affluent customers to drive online sales.
  
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• Rahami's amazingly quick capture

  19-09-2016 23:47 via cnn.com
  
  Just under four hours. That's how long it took authorities to apprehend bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami after he was publicly identified by police on Monday.
  
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• Quick capture

  19-09-2016 23:47 via cnn.com
  
  Just under four hours. That's how long it took authorities to apprehend bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami after he was publicly identified by police on Monday.
  
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• An amazingly quick capture

  19-09-2016 23:47 via cnn.com
  
  Just under four hours. That's how long it took authorities to apprehend bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami after he was publicly identified by police on Monday.
  
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• Rahami called 'friendly,' but changed after Afghan visit

  19-09-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  To neighbors and customers of his family's storefront chicken takeout, Ahmad Khan Rahami was a quiet, friendly presence behind the counter who liked talking about cars and was generous with free food.
  
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• Latest: ACLU calls for criminal charges in Tulsa shooting

  19-09-2016 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal police shooting of a 40-year-old black man in Tulsa, Oklahoma (all times local):
  
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• France condemns Syria convoy bombing, says shows need for ceasefire

  19-09-2016 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  France on Monday condemned the attack on an aid convoy in Syria saying it showed the urgent need to impose a ceasefire in the country. "France strongly condemns the destruction of a humanitarian convoy in Syria and the death of all the personnel in it," Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said, citing remarks made by the foreign minister at the start of a closed meeting on Syria.
  
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• The best of Vin Scully: Here are five of his greatest calls

  19-09-2016 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The last go-round for the Los Angeles Dodgers' Hall of Fame announcer Vin Scully begins on Monday night.
  
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• Under 3 percent of US athletes in Rio had medical exemptions

  19-09-2016 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fifteen of the 558 athletes in the U.S. delegation at the Rio Olympics — or slightly less than 3 percent — had therapeutic-use exemptions in force during the games.
  
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• NASCAR accused of racial discrimination in lawsuit

  19-09-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - NASCAR was hit with a $500 million lawsuit accusing the auto racing body of racial discrimination for preventing black-owned teams and drivers from competing, including in the Sprint Cup Series. Terrance Cox and his company, Diversity Motorsports Racing LLC, filed a lawsuit late on Friday in U.S. district court in Manhattan against NASCAR, its parent company, International Speedway Corp, and 18 teams, according to court records. The plaintiffs are also se
  
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• Strong to get more involved, Texas defense 'will get fixed'

  19-09-2016 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas coach Charlie Strong said Monday he will take a bigger role shaping his battered defense and that all of his coaches "will be evaluated" after giving up 50 points in a loss at California over the weekend.
  
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• The Latest: Obama says Mosul battle critical to defeat IS

  19-09-2016 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Latest on the high-level U.N. General Assembly meetings (all times local):
  
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• Syria declares ceasefire over, US says it's not up to them

  19-09-2016 23:27 via cnn.com
  
  Syria's nascent ceasefire hung in the balance Monday, as the regime in Damascus bombed rebel-held areas and the US and Russia traded barbs about who bore responsibility for the resurgent violence.
  
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• The Latest: Obama praises law enforcement in bomb case

  19-09-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on explosive devices being found in two states (all times local):
  
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• Judge clears the way for the release of hundreds of 911 phone calls related to a mass shooting at a gay Florida nightclub

  19-09-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Judge clears the way for the release of hundreds of 911 phone calls related to a mass shooting at a gay Florida nightclub.
  
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• Where they stand: Trump, Clinton clash on Islamic extremism

  19-09-2016 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bombings in the New York region and a stabbing attack in Minnesota have thrust Islamic extremism into the forefront of the 2016 election just a week before the first presidential debate, with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton offering dramatically different visions of how to fight it.
  
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• U.N. says 18 aid trucks hit in Syria, cannot verify casualties

  19-09-2016 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - At least 18 of 31 trucks in a United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) aid convoy in Syria were hit west of Aleppo, but the world body could not verify casualties, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Monday. Dujarric said the convoy was delivering assistance for 78,000 people in the hard-to-reach town of Urm al-Kubra and that multiple sources have confirmed that the town was shelled. He said an SARC warehouse was also hit. (Reporting by Michelle Nichols,
  
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• Trump, Clinton show deep differences after attacks

  19-09-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fifty days before the presidential election, a bomb in New York and a mass stabbing in Minnesota on Saturday wounded nearly 40 people and put national security center-stage in the race to the Oval Office. The attacks distilled contrasting approaches from the presidential nominees seen over months, with Democrat Clinton touting experience and patient determination and Republican Trump demanding radical change. At an airfield hanger draped with US flags, Clinton sought to show she has the temperam
  
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• The Latest: Monitoring group: 12 dead in airstrike on convoy

  19-09-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the developments in Syria, where a Russia-U.S.-brokered cease-fire, now in its seventh day, is hanging in the balance after numerous violations (all times local):
  
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• Twitter enables longer tweets as part of growth push

  19-09-2016 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Twitter announced Monday it was easing its 140-character limit on tweets, in the latest effort to broaden the appeal and boost the user base of the social network. "Say more about what's happening! Rolling out now," said an official tweet from San Francisco-based Twitter. Media attachments such as photos, videos and polls are exempted from the character limit, as well as tweets that are quoted in a retweet.
  
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• Longest lightning records may shock you

  19-09-2016 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  Oklahoma and France are home to the longest lightning records for flash duration and distance.
  
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• Immigrant wanted in NY-area bombings captured in shootout

  19-09-2016 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police released a photo of a 28-year-old immigrant wanted for questioning Monday in bombings that rocked a Manhattan neighborhood and a New Jersey shore town, and New York's governor and mayor said the blasts are looking increasingly like an act of terrorism with a foreign connection.
  
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• How Texas' voter ID law landed it in federal court _ again

  19-09-2016 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is back in federal court yet again defending one of the nation's strictest voter ID laws — this time against charges that the state is violating its own recent agreement to soften the rules ahead of the November election.
  
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• Angela Lansbury revives 'Beauty and the Beast' role in NY

  19-09-2016 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — For one night only, Angela Lansbury served audiences a live performance as Mrs. Potts.
  
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• Tesla says lawsuits may delay SolarCity deal

  19-09-2016 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The four lawsuits were filed by two individuals, a police pension fund, and a group of retirement funds, according to a regulatory filing by Tesla on Monday. If a judge grants any of the plaintiffs an injunction, the closing of the deal could be delayed beyond the end of the year when it had been expected, Tesla said. Tesla said in the filing that the actions are without merit and the shareholders were unlikely to prevail in delaying the transaction.
  
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• Sources: Rahami spent time in Pakistan, married Pakistani woman

  19-09-2016 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  The intense investigation into the weekend bomb blasts in New York and New Jersey is leading authorities to signs of a possible terror cell in those two states, law enforcement officials told CNN Monday. Here are the latest developments:
  
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• Explosive devices in NY, NJ made with easy-to-get materials

  19-09-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Three explosives devices found Saturday in New York and New Jersey used the same kind of flip cellphone as a trigger and were all made with commonly available materials that can be bought without raising law-enforcement suspicions.
  
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• Bills owner backs Rex Ryan's decision to fire Greg Roman

  19-09-2016 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula dismissed any doubts Monday regarding Rex Ryan's authority over the team and the coach's decision to fire offensive coordinator Greg Roman.
  
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• The Latest: Trump says he'd admit people who 'love' USA

  19-09-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):
  
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• US stocks can't hang onto gains, finish lower

  19-09-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks wobbled and finished mostly lower Monday as investors waited for central bank meetings in the United States and Japan. Health care and technology companies took some of the biggest losses while banks rose.
  
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• France hopeful climate accord takes effect in November

  19-09-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  France's environment minister on Monday voiced optimism that the Paris global accord on fighting climate change will come into force by November. Segolene Royal, who is president of the so-called COP21 conference behind last year's far-reaching agreement in Paris, said the goal was to put it in place before the next meeting opens on November 7 in Marrakesh, Morocco.
  
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• Syrian opposition figure says ceasefire never took hold

  19-09-2016 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The coordinator of Syria's main opposition group said on Monday that a ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia never took hold and called on the world to put an end to the "criminality" of the Syrian government. "There was no ceasefire to begin with for us to say whether it failed or succeeded," Riad Hijab, general coordinator of the High Negotiations Committee, told reporters.
  
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• Somali community braces for Minnesota mall attack backlash

  19-09-2016 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — Leaders of Minnesota's large Somali community acknowledged the prospect of a "long winter" for their people in the wake of the weekend's mall stabbings by a young Somali man, but warned Monday not to quickly accept the terrorism connection.
  
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• Clinton projects calm, Trump heightens threat

  19-09-2016 22:32 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump is emphasizing the terror threat and Hillary Clinton is projecting calm -- but only one of them can be right about how the shock of new attacks will shape a tight election that is now only 50 days away.
  
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• The Latest: Japan pledges $2.8 billion to help refugees

  19-09-2016 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Latest on the high-level U.N. General Assembly meetings (all times local):
  
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• US bombing, stabbing attacks: What we know

  19-09-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A 28-year-old Afghan American was in custody Monday following a massive manhunt by authorities who connected him to a pair of bombings over the weekend in New York and New Jersey. Further raising tensions, a nest of explosives was discovered Sunday at the train station in Elizabeth, New Jersey -- the suspect's hometown -- located just 15 miles (25 kilometers) from New York. In a separate -- and apparently unconnected -- incident, a 22-year-old Somali American went on a stabbing spree in the Midw
  
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• The Latest: Agency: Leak led to vapors in air, dead animals

  19-09-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on the gas shortage caused by a pipeline spill (all times local): 4:15 p.m. Federal officials say highly flammable vapors keep investigators from the site of a gas leak for the first few days ...
  
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• New York bomb suspect's family clashed with New Jersey city over restaurant

  19-09-2016 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK/ELIZABETH, N.J. (Reuters) - Long before the FBI made Ahmad Rahami notorious as a suspect in this weekend's bombings around New York, his family was well known in Elizabeth, New Jersey, for frequent skirmishes with neighbors over its fried chicken restaurant. The Federal Bureau of Investigation plans to question Rahami, a 28-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Afghanistan, in the bombing that wounded 29 people in New York City on Saturday, as well as other devices that expl
  
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• Latest: Video shows man walk away with hands up, then shot

  19-09-2016 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal police shooting of a 40-year-old black man in Tulsa, Oklahoma (all times local):
  
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• Charlotte not budging on ordinance that spurred North Carolina bathroom law

  19-09-2016 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Colleen Jenkins WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - The mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, refused on Monday to back off an ordinance that had aimed to expand anti-discrimination protections for gay and transgender people in the state's largest city but also sparked a controversial state law. The Republican leaders of North Carolina's legislature said in a statement late on Sunday they believed their colleagues would support repealing the law that voided the city ordinance - if Charlotte made th
  
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• Syrian opposition says Russia, Syrian government violated truce

  19-09-2016 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The head of the opposition Syrian National Coalition said on Monday that because Russia did not respect the terms of a ceasefire in Syria, brokered by Washington and Moscow, the Syrian government also violated it. "The regime does not respect the terms and conditions of the truce. Unfortunately also Russia does not respect it as well and that must have basically given the regime the go-ahead to go with these violations," SNC president Anas al-Abdah told Reuters in New York.
  
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• Apple retreats after gains as market awaits Fed

  19-09-2016 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple shares gave back some of last week's gains Monday, pushing the Nasdaq into negative territory as the broader market treaded water ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting. Apple fell 1.3 percent, retreating for the second session in a row after surging more than 12 percent just ahead of the launch of the latest iPhones. "It's just a Fed market at this time and we should not expect too much movement either way until the Fed is out of the way," said Peter Cardillo, chief economist at First Standar
  
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• Kubiak: DeMarcus Ware out 4-5 weeks, needs forearm surgery

  19-09-2016 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — DeMarcus Ware will undergo surgery Tuesday on his broken right forearm and is expected to miss four or five weeks, coach Gary Kubiak said.
  
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• Christie said to know of lane closures as 'Bridgegate' trial starts

  19-09-2016 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The assertion by Assistant U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna was the first time the government has accused Christie of knowing about the alleged September 2013 scheme while it was taking place. It came during opening argument at the trial in Newark, New Jersey, federal court of Bridget Anne Kelly, Christie's former deputy chief of staff, and Bill Baroni, former deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Prosecutors have accused Kelly and Baroni of engineering the closur
  
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• Reality Check: Trump wrong on ISIS

  19-09-2016 22:05 via cnn.com
  
  Interviewed Monday on Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends," Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, declared that Americans have traveled overseas, fought for ISIS and returned with impunity.
  
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• Redskins, rock band battle government in trademark fight

  19-09-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Simon Tam has openly criticized the Washington Redskins team name as a racist slur that demeans Native Americans.
  
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• Zimmer: Adrian Peterson has torn meniscus in knee

  19-09-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has a torn meniscus in his right knee, coach Mike Zimmer said Monday.
  
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