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• Richard Sherman says message of anthem protests getting lost

  21-09-2016 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman said Wednesday the public isn't listening to the message NFL players are trying to send with their actions during the national anthem.
  
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• Correction: Child Neglect-Texas Family story

  21-09-2016 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — In a story Sept. 17 about a Texas couple facing child neglect accusations, The Associated Press erroneously reported that all 11 of their children were in state custody. Ten of the children were taken into state custody, while their oldest son, who at age 17 is legally allowed in Texas to refuse state custody, declined child welfare services.
  
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• Lakers ready to give World Peace a chance, again

  21-09-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Metta World Peace has signed a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, extending his second stint at the club following his return to the franchise last season, the veteran forward said Wednesday. The 36-year-old, who played 35 games for the Lakers in 2015-2016 after returning from spells in China and Italy, told ESPN he hoped to help mentor younger team-mates in the upcoming season. To play, everything," World Peace told the network.
  
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• The Latest: EpiPen price hike linked to Medicare drug issue

  21-09-2016 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on rising EpiPen prices (all times local):
  
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• Iran Leader Says Politics Only Way to End Syrian War

  21-09-2016 23:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  "What is of utmost importance is to understand that Syria doesn't have a military solution," Rouhani told NBC News' Chuck Todd.
  
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• Surprising find in a Cuban newspaper

  21-09-2016 23:39 via cnn.com
  
  Cuba's main newspaper is known for running opinion columns by Fidel Castro and optimistic predictions about upcoming sugar harvests.
  
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• ISIS may have used mustard agent at Iraqi, US troops

  21-09-2016 23:29 via cnn.com
  
  ISIS is suspected of firing a shell with mustard agent that landed at the Qayarrah air base in Iraq Tuesday where US and Iraqi troops are operating, according to several US officials.
  
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• Real Madrid misses chance to make history

  21-09-2016 23:23 via cnn.com
  
  Real Madrid missed the chance to set a new La Liga record of 17 consecutive league wins after drawing with Villarreal.
  
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• Charlotte braces for more riots after police shooting

  21-09-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Authorities in Charlotte, North Carolina, braced on Wednesday for a possible second night of rioting triggered by the police killing of a black man who refused commands to drop a handgun that officers said he was brandishing. Sixteen police were injured overnight on Tuesday and one person was arrested as officers in riot gear clashed with demonstrators who hurled stones, set fires and briefly blocked an interstate highway. Officers said Keith Scott, 43, was armed and ignoring orders, while the v
  
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• Oil jumps after third surprise weekly U.S. crude draw

  21-09-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices rose as much as 3 percent on Wednesday after a third surprise weekly drop in U.S. crude stockpiles boosted the demand outlook in the world's largest oil consumer. The dollar weakened after the Federal Reserve left U.S. interest rates unchanged, which also buoyed prices for dollar-denominated crude. Prices jumped after the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) stunned the market when it said crude inventories fell 6.2 million barrels last
  
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• Migrant boat capsizes off Egypt, killing at least 42

  21-09-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — A boat carrying African migrants headed to Europe capsized off the Mediterranean coast near the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Wednesday, killing at least 42 people, Egyptian authorities said.
  
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• Chicago adding nearly 1K new police jobs to 'make us better'

  21-09-2016 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's police department will add nearly 1,000 new positions over the next two years, its superintendent announced Wednesday, saying it'll help the city deal with a dramatic increase in shootings and homicides. But it isn't clear where the money will come from in a city that's grappling with financial woes that threaten basic services.
  
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• Brokaw: Reagan's Debate Challenge

  21-09-2016 23:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  As the Clinton-Trump showdown approaches, Tom Brokaw looks at how debates played a big role in the re-election of Ronald Reagan. In one crucial debate, Reagan's skills as a communicator failed him, raising doubts about his age - until he dramatically solved the problem in the next debate with a single, unforgettable line. A timely reminder that debates have the power to make and break presidential campaigns.
  
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• Venezuela's babies in boxes

  21-09-2016 23:01 via cnn.com
  
  Photos released by Venezuela's opposition this week show a dramatically different scene than you'd expect to see in a hospital nursery.
  
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• In Venezuelan hospital, newborns in cardboard boxes

  21-09-2016 23:01 via cnn.com
  
  Photos released by Venezuela's opposition this week show a dramatically different scene than you'd expect to see in a hospital nursery.
  
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• Images show newborn babies in cardboard boxes

  21-09-2016 23:01 via cnn.com
  
  Photos released by Venezuela's opposition this week show a dramatically different scene than you'd expect to see in a hospital nursery.
  
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• US grants Airbus, Boeing a chance to sell airplanes to Iran

  21-09-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. government granted aviation giants Airbus and Boeing permission on Wednesday to sell aircraft to Iran following last year's nuclear accord.
  
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• Clinton changes tactics, ignores Trump

  21-09-2016 22:52 via cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton's aides wanted their candidate to start talking more about policy and less about Trump. On Wednesday, Clinton did just that.
  
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• US stocks jump after Fed leaves interest rates unchanged

  21-09-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed Wednesday as investors were relieved that the Federal Reserve once again left interest rates unchanged. That sent dividend-paying stocks higher, while energy companies jumped with the price of oil.
  
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• The Latest: Trump totes Knight, King, to OH campaign events

  21-09-2016 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT): 4:35 p.m. Donald Trump is traveling across Ohio with a colorful cast of characters that includes a former college basketball coach and convicted ...
  
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• Clinton, Trump decry latest police shootings of black men

  21-09-2016 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton decried a fresh round of police-involved shootings on Wednesday, with the Republican nominee saying he was "very troubled" by the killing of a black man by a white police officer in Oklahoma.
  
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• World leaders rage against neighbors on 2nd day of UN debate

  21-09-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  World leaders from Pakistan to Ukraine unleashed their regional grievances Wednesday, taking the stage of the U.N. General Assembly to rage against their neighbors and presenting a picture of a chaotic ...
  
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• Investigators try to determine if accused New York bomber had help

  21-09-2016 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Ingram and Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities investigated on Wednesday whether anyone helped an Afghan-born American citizen charged with carrying out bombings in New York and New Jersey, while the city's top federal public defender asked for access to the suspect. Police in New York City also said they had not yet been cleared to speak to Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, who was arrested on Monday after a gunfight with police in Linden, New Jersey. The Federal Bureau of Investig
  
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• Interim Viacom CEO to leave, dividend slashed

  21-09-2016 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Viacom says interim CEO Tom Dooley will leave Nov. 15 and the company is cutting its dividend in half in the first major moves from the company since longtime CEO Philippe Dauman left in August.
  
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• Injustice, not Kaepernick, is the problem

  21-09-2016 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  What Colin Kaepernick seems to understand is that major changes don't happen without a major outcry from the public, writes Issac Bailey.
  
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• Mylan CEO defends EpiPen cost to angry lawmakers

  21-09-2016 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Outraged Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday grilled the head of pharmaceutical company Mylan about the significant cost increase of its life-saving EpiPens and the profits for a company with sales in excess of $11 billion.
  
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• Wall Street rallies after Fed stands pat on rates

  21-09-2016 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Nasdaq closed at a record high. Earlier on Wednesday, global markets reacted to the Bank of Japan's abrupt shift to targeting interest rates on government bonds to achieve its elusive inflation target. Traders generally had not expected the Fed to raise rates, with bets before the meeting of only an 18 percent chance of a hike, according to the CME FedWatch website.
  
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• Tesla updates software to improve radar

  21-09-2016 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Tesla Motors customers will get enhanced radar and other features in an over-the-air software update that starts Wednesday night.
  
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• The Latest: UN adopts anti-microbial resistance declaration

  21-09-2016 22:27 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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• Police try to quell anger after shooting triggers unrest

  21-09-2016 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities tried to quell public anger and correct what they characterized as false information Wednesday after a night of looting and arson added Charlotte to the list of U.S. cities that have erupted in violence over the death of a black man at the hands of police.
  
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• Lawmakers grill Mylan CEO over EpiPen steep price increases

  21-09-2016 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday blasted steep price increases for Mylan's EpiPen emergency allergy treatment as they grilled the company's Chief Executive Heather Bresch at a congressional hearing. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform called Bresch to testify after the company raised the list price for a pair of EpiPens to $600 compared with $100 in 2007, when it acquired the product. "After Mylan takes our punches they'll fly back to their mansions in their private jets and laugh
  
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• Airstrike hits medics in Syria as UN moves to resume aid

  21-09-2016 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — An airstrike in northern Syria killed four medics responding to an earlier bombing raid, a relief group said Wednesday, as the U.N. announced it would resume aid deliveries suspended after an attack on a convoy two days ago that killed 20 people.
  
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• The Latest: Cummings says Mylan hasn't provided EpiPen data

  21-09-2016 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on rising EpiPen prices (all times local):
  
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• US, Russia abandon diplomatic niceties in testy Syria debate

  21-09-2016 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Russia abandoned diplomatic niceties Wednesday in a fractious public debate over Syria, blaming each other for spoiling the country's cease-fire and offering only temporary patches to stem the bloodshed. Secretary of State John Kerry called for all warplanes to halt flights over aid routes, while Russia's chief diplomat spoke of a possible three-day pause in fighting.
  
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• The Latest: Mother says man shot by police was 'family man'

  21-09-2016 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on police shooting and protests in Charlotte, North Carolina (all times local):
  
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• Family, neighbors: Tulsa man was changing his life, generous

  21-09-2016 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An unarmed black man shot dead in the middle of a street by a white Oklahoma police officer had run-ins with the law dating back to his teenage years and had recently served four years in prison.
  
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• Madame Tussauds separates wax figures of Pitt, Jolie

  21-09-2016 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's split is a literal one at several Madame Tussauds wax museums.
  
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• The Latest: US official: Syria convoy hit by Russian plane

  21-09-2016 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on Syria's conflict (all times local):
  
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• Missouri Senate no slam dunk as GOP spends to save Blunt

  21-09-2016 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — In an election with control of the Senate at stake, Republicans were counting on a win in GOP-friendly Missouri. Instead they're suddenly plunging millions into the state to save incumbent Sen. Roy Blunt from a young challenger who assembled an AR-15 rifle blindfolded in a daring new ad.
  
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• US Open champion Wawrinka marks St Petersburg debut with win

  21-09-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Saint Petersburg (AFP) - Top seeded US Open champion Stan Wawrinka made a successful Saint Petersburg Open debut Wednesday, cruising comfortably into the last eight by beating Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic.
  
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• Fed keeps rates steady, signals one hike by end of year

  21-09-2016 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday but strongly signaled it could still tighten monetary policy by the end of this year as the labor market improved further. Fed Chair Janet Yellen, speaking after the central bank's latest policy statement, said U.S. growth was looking stronger and rate increases would be needed to keep the economy from overheating and fueling high inflation.
  
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• The Latest: Yellen: Fed will monitor banks, controls

  21-09-2016 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The latest on the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting, which ended at 2 p.m. with the release of a policy statement, followed by a news conference by Chair Janet Yellen (all times are Eastern): ...
  
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• Team USA scrambling for answers after World Cup ouster

  21-09-2016 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Members of Team USA gathered for a few drinks after they were eliminated from the World Cup of Hockey.
  
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• Trump praises 'stop-and-frisk' police tactic

  21-09-2016 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Emily Flitter CLEVELAND (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would consider using "stop-and-frisk" policing methods to cut crime if elected, according to two people who attended a Fox News "town hall" taping at a predominantly African-American church in Cleveland. With the race tightening between Trump and Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton in the final weeks before the Nov. 8 election, the Republican candidate recently began wooing African-Ame
  
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• Dolphins players organize town hall on race relations

  21-09-2016 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins safety Michael Thomas and linebacker Jelani Jenkins say they received death threats through social media following their national anthem protest, but remain committed to push for better race relations, which is why they helped organize a town hall with police and youth leaders.
  
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• Police: Evidence contradicts family in fatal shooting

  21-09-2016 21:41 via cnn.com
  
  Protests erupted in North Carolina after a police officer shot one man while serving a warrantfor a different man at an apartment complex in Charlotte.
  
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• Russia, US clash at UN as air strikes pound Aleppo

  21-09-2016 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russia and the United States clashed at the United Nations over the carnage in Syria on Wednesday, as air strikes pounded Aleppo following the collapse of a ceasefire. The UN Security Council met for tense crisis talks to try to revive the truce and chart a course toward ending the five-year war in Syria that has killed 300,000 people.
  
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• Greenland ice loss 40 trillion pounds bigger than thought

  21-09-2016 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Greenland is losing about 40 trillion pounds more ice a year than scientists had thought, according to a new study that used GPS to help estimate how much is melting.
  
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• Russia to send aircraft carrier to Syria

  21-09-2016 21:28 via cnn.com
  
  Russia has announced it is sending its only aircraft carrier to waters off Syria's coast, as diplomats met at the United Nations in an effort to revive Syria's failing ceasefire.
  
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• Terence Crutcher's Family Calls for Justice in Tulsa Shooting

  21-09-2016 21:22 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Terence Crutcher's twin sister said he had just enrolled in community college.
  
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