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• Israeli diplomat caught on camera plotting to 'take down' UK MPs

  07-01-2017 23:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Shai Masot is recorded discussing how to discredit MPs in comments described by Israeli embassy as ‘unacceptable’An Israeli embassy official has been caught on camera in an undercover sting plotting to “take down” MPs regarded as hostile, including foreign office minister Sir Alan Duncan, an outspoken supporter of a Palestinian state.In an extraordinary breach of diplomatic protocol, Shai Masot, who describes himself as an officer in the Israel Defence Forces and is servi
  
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• IDs, phones, bags among 25K items lost in airport rampage

  07-01-2017 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Dan and Janice Kovacs and their two children were passing through airport security when the gunfire erupted. They were shoeless — with wallets, passports and carry-on items chugging along a conveyer belt — when they sprang into the mass of people running to safety.
  
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• FBI: He came to Florida 'specifically'

  07-01-2017 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  Esteban Santiago went to baggage claim and picked up his one piece of checked luggage.
  
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• The family name and party logo have gone but can Marine Le Pen detoxify her brand?

  07-01-2017 23:13 via theguardian.com
  
  The Front National is cultivating a voter-friendly image. But some say its hard right core is intactAt Marine Le Pen’s modest campaign headquarters in one of the most upmarket streets of Paris – Rue du Faubourg St-Honoré – something is missing, and it’s not just the symbolic Joan of Arc statue or giant papier-mache cockerel that grace the Front National’s permanent offices a few miles away.Here, not far from the Élysée Palace where Le Pen hopes
  
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• With a window closing, Clemson's shot at a title is now

  07-01-2017 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney still has a picture from that night on his phone.
  
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• A chance of hope for child refugees in Greece’s camps

  07-01-2017 23:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Our appeal has raised more than £1.5m for refugee charities but many children remain stranded in Greece.
  • Donate to the Guardian and Observer appeal Eventually the chairs and tables had to go, chopped for firewood as the temperature sank further below freezing. It was new year in northern Greece and inside Thessaloniki’s Softex refugee camp, the wooden furniture that refugees had assiduously made to provide some comfort was sacrificed to help them survive another night.About 66
  
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• National Society of Film Critics: 'Moonlight' best picture

  07-01-2017 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The National Society of Film Critics has voted "Moonlight" the best picture of 2016.
  
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• Turkey in grip of fear as Erdoğan steps up post-terror attack crackdown

  07-01-2017 22:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Critics believe president’s intolerant approach to civil society may have fostered conditions in which atrocity was possibleTurkey’s strongman president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, rarely goes on the defensive. Yet in his first public appearance since the New Year’s Eve massacre in an Istanbul nightclub, he felt obliged to publicly reject the notion that his government’s intolerant approach to civil society could possibly have encouraged the attack claimed by Islamic Stat
  
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• Police say gun was returned to Florida airport shooting suspect last year

  07-01-2017 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Police in Alaska said on Saturday they had returned a handgun to the Florida airport shooting suspect which was temporarily taken from him when he underwent a mental evaluation late last year. Anchorage Police Chief Christopher Tolley said it was not immediately clear if it was the same gun used in Friday's deadly rampage in Fort Lauderdale. Officials told a news conference the gun was returned to the suspect, Esteban Santiago, 26, because the Iraq war veteran had not committed a cri
  
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• US officials not ruling out terrorism in airport shooting

  07-01-2017 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US authorities are not ruling out "the terrorism angle" as a potential motive of the Iraq war veteran accused of killing five people at the Fort Lauderdale International Airport, officials said Saturday. Police interrogated the suspect, 26-year-old Esteban Santiago, throughout much of the night after the shooting rampage that killed five people, wounded six and sent thousands scrambling for safety before authorities shut down the airport, a major gateway to the Caribbean and Latin America. "We c
  
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• Malia and Sasha: How they've grown!

  07-01-2017 22:54 via cnn.com
  
  See pictures of first daughters Malia and Sasha Obama as they grew up before the nation.
  
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• How they've grown! Malia, Sasha Obama

  07-01-2017 22:54 via cnn.com
  
  See pictures of first daughters Malia and Sasha Obama as they grew up before the nation.
  
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• The Latest: Conditions force cancellation of basketball game

  07-01-2017 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a winter storm pounding parts of the U.S. (all times local):
  
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• NFL postseason opens with unlikely quarterback matchup

  07-01-2017 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The NFL postseason opens Saturday afternoon with an unlikely matchup of quarterbacks.
  
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• Hoverboards make comeback at Vegas electronics show

  07-01-2017 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hoverboards are aiming for a comeback after a series of debacles and recalls for the quirky wheeled personal transport devices. A handful of new self-balancing skateboard-like gadgets made their appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. Last year, US marshals seized several lots of hoverboards before the show over concerns about unsafe batteries which could explode.
  
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• Atlanta Hawks guard Kyle Korver traded to Cavaliers

  07-01-2017 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The reigning NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers finalized a deal to acquire guard Kyle Korver from the Atlanta Hawks, the team announced on Saturday. "We are extremely pleased to be able to add a player and person the calibre of Kyle Korver to our Cavs family," Cavaliers general manager David Griffin said.
  
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• Ivory Coast mutineers hold defence minister in pay standoff

  07-01-2017 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mutinous soldiers were holding Ivory Coast's Defence Minister Alain Richard Donwahi on Saturday, rejecting the terms of a deal announced by the president to end their mutinous pay protest. An AFP correspondent reported that soldiers were firing Kalashnikov rifles and heavy weapons outside local government offices in Bouake, blocking the minister and his team from exiting talks to defuse the crisis sparked by troops' takeover of Ivory Coast's second city on Friday. The standoff came shortly after
  
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• FBI: Gunman flew to Florida specifically to attack airport

  07-01-2017 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Iraq war veteran accused of killing five travelers and wounding six others at a busy international airport in Florida appears to have traveled there specifically to carry out the attack, authorities ...
  
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• Charles Manson back in prison after reported hospital stay

  07-01-2017 22:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Convicted murderer, 82, was reportedly taken to hospital this weekManson is serving life sentence for infamous 1969 multiple killingCult leader Charles Manson was back in a central California prison on Saturday after a reported hospital stay for an unspecified medical problem.Manson, 82, was at California state prison, Corcoran, said Jeffrey Callison, a spokesman for the state department of corrections and rehabilitation. Continue reading...
  
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• Secret Service chief: No friction with Trump

  07-01-2017 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  US Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy wants to set the record straight about President-elect Donald Trump's private security team and whether it's causing conflict with his agents.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Secret Service chief sets record straight

  07-01-2017 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  US Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy wants to set the record straight about President-elect Donald Trump's private security team and whether it's causing conflict with his agents.
  
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• Djokovic ends Murray's 28-win streak in Qatar triumph

  07-01-2017 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Novak Djokovic brought world number one Andy Murray's 28-match winning streak to an end in Doha on Saturday to retain the Qatar Open title in a three-set thriller. Serb star Djokovic won 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in a high-quality, action-packed match between the two best players in the world lasting almost three hours. It is Djokovic's 25th career victory over Murray and puts down an early-season marker against his great British rival, before the Australian Open later this month.
  
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• Flyers snap 5-game losing streak with 4-2 win over Tampa Bay

  07-01-2017 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Travis Konecny, Michael Raffl, Sean Couturier and Radko Gudas scored in the second period to help the Philadelphia Flyers end a five-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.
  
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• Mexicans march against gas price hike, little looting

  07-01-2017 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Looting has largely subsided in Mexico following a 20 percent hike in gasoline prices, but protests are continuing.
  
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• IDs, phones, bags among 20K items lost in airport rampage

  07-01-2017 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Dan and Janice Kovacs and their two children were passing through airport security when the gunfire erupted. They were shoeless — with wallets, passports and carry-on items chugging along a conveyer belt — when they sprang into the mass of people running to safety.
  
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• Ivory Coast defence minister trapped in city as soldiers open fire

  07-01-2017 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ange Aboa BOUAKE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) - Soldiers in Ivory Coast's second largest city, Bouake, opened fire on Saturday, trapping the defence minister inside a local official's house shortly after a deal to end two-day mutiny appeared to have been agreed, a Reuters witness said. The dramatic turn of events came just an hour and a half after President Alassane Ouattara announced he had agreed to the soldiers' demands for bonus payments and improved living standards. In addition to Defence Min
  
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• James Madison wins FCS title, beats Youngstown State 28-14

  07-01-2017 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Khalid Abdullah ran for 101 yards and two touchdowns as James Madison won its second Football Championship Subdivision title, beating Youngstown State 28-14 on Saturday.
  
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• Snow pounds parts of East Coast, spares several big cities

  07-01-2017 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Snow and sleet pounded a large swath of the U.S. East Coast on Saturday, coating roads with ice and causing hundreds of crashes. Thousands of people lost power and forecasters warned of blizzard-like conditions from Virginia to parts of the Northeast.
  
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• Manson back at Central California prison after hospital stay

  07-01-2017 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Cult leader Charles Manson is back in a Central California prison after a reported hospital stay for an unspecified medical problem.
  
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• Fed's Powell sees only isolated signs of financial excess

  07-01-2017 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Federal Reserve governor is saying record-low interest rates have so far produced only isolated signs of excess in the economy but that the central bank must remain vigilant. Jerome Powell says low rates ...
  
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• At least 23 people die in cold snap across Europe

  07-01-2017 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A cold wave across Europe has left at least 23 dead in the past two days, including several migrants and homeless people, authorities said Saturday, with the frigid temperatures expected to continue through the weekend. Russia meanwhile celebrated the coldest Orthodox Christmas in 120 years, and even Istanbul was covered with a blanket of snow. Ten of the latest victims of the cold perished in Poland where temperatures were as low as minus 14 degrees Celsius (seven degrees Fahrenheit) on Saturda
  
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• Putin's 'act of war' against American democracy

  07-01-2017 21:02 via cnn.com
  
  US intelligence agencies released on Friday an alarming report about a hostile foreign country's efforts to subvert America's system of government, and the incoming president does not seem to understand the danger of the situation.
  
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• Ivory Coast president says deal reached to end army mutiny

  07-01-2017 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast's president said a deal was reached Saturday to end a two-day army mutiny that renewed security concerns in the world's top cocoa producer and Africa's fastest-growing economy.
  
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• Suspect was Iraq vet, heard voices

  07-01-2017 20:51 via cnn.com
  
  Esteban Santiago returned from a tour in Iraq a changed man, his aunt said Saturday. He talked about the destruction he witnessed. About the killing of children. Visions that haunted him.
  
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• Iraq says deal reached over Bashiqa, Turkey says issue will be solved

  07-01-2017 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday an agreement had been reached with Turkey over an Iraqi demand that Turkish forces withdraw from the Bashiqa camp near Mosul in the north of the country, Iraqi state TV reported. Turkish forces have been stationed in Bashiqa since before a recent offensive against Islamic State in northern Iraq.
  
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• Djokovic ends Murray's 28-match streak

  07-01-2017 20:46 via cnn.com
  
  If this was a taste of things to come in 2017 then tennis fans are in for a real treat.
  
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• Sure shot: Cavs acquire Korver, complete deal with Hawks

  07-01-2017 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The defending NBA champions just got a whole lot tougher to stop.
  
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• Woman seeking freedom in Vegas killing to get new hearing

  07-01-2017 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada woman who was convicted and imprisoned at age 19 in the 2001 killing and sexual mutilation of a homeless man in Las Vegas has new lawyers and a national criminal defense advocacy group backing her bid to prove she was 165 miles away when the murder took place.
  
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• Rooney equals record, Giroud late show saves Arsenal

  07-01-2017 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wayne Rooney equalled Bobby Charlton's Manchester United scoring record as the FA Cup holders cruised into round four with a 4-0 win over Reading on Saturday. Rooney scored his 249th United goal in front of the watching Charlton as Jose Mourinho's men strolled to victory, but Arsenal had to come from behind to win 2-1 at second-tier Preston North End.
  
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• Saudi police kill 2 suspected extremists in capital, Riyadh

  07-01-2017 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Authorities in Saudi Arabia say police have shot and killed two suspected Islamic State extremists in the capital, Riyadh.
  
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• Ivory Coast government reaches deal to end army mutiny

  07-01-2017 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ange Aboa BOUAKE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Saturday that the government had reached an agreement with disgruntled soldiers to end a two-day revolt that had spread unrest across the West African nation. The uprising began early on Friday when the soldiers - mainly former rebel fighters - demanding wage increases and bonuses - seized Bouake, the second-largest city. Speaking to his government ministers and reporters, Ouattara said he had agreed to
  
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• Trump: Only 'stupid' people, fools oppose better Russia ties

  07-01-2017 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that "only 'stupid' people or fools" would dismiss closer ties with Russia, and he seemed unswayed after his classified briefing on an intelligence report that accused Moscow of meddling on his behalf in the election that catapulted him to power.
  
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• Inventory of Prince's estate lists cash, property, gold bars

  07-01-2017 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An inventory of Prince's estate submitted to a probate court in Minnesota shows he had acquired tens of millions of dollars' worth of real estate and other personal property before he died last year.
  
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• Blast kill 3 in Somali restaurant frequented by soldiers

  07-01-2017 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HARGESIA, Somalia (AP) — A bomb explosion at a restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killed three people and injured more than 16 others on Saturday, a Somali police officer said.
  
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• The Latest: Snow in New England causes Connecticut pileup

  07-01-2017 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a winter storm pounding parts of the U.S. (all times local):
  
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• Ivory Coast president says deal reached to end mutiny

  07-01-2017 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast's president says a deal has been reached to end a mutiny by soldiers in the West African nation.
  
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• Brother of airport shooting suspect says US gov't failed him

  07-01-2017 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PENUELAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — The brother of a man accused of killing five people at a Florida airport questioned Saturday why his brother was allowed to keep his gun after U.S. authorities knew he'd become increasingly paranoid and was hearing voices.
  
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• Ivory Coast's president says a deal has been reached to end a mutiny by soldiers in the West African nation.

  07-01-2017 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast's president says a deal has been reached to end a mutiny by soldiers in the West African nation. .
  
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• Britain's health service in a "humanitarian crisis" - Red Cross

  07-01-2017 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's health service is engulfed in a "humanitarian crisis" that requires the support of the Red Cross to use Land Rovers to transport patients, the charity said on Saturday. Founded in 1948, the National Health Service (NHS) is a source of huge pride for many Britons who are able to access free care from the cradle to the grave. The NHS rejected the Red Cross' description and the Department of Health said it had injected an additional 400 million pounds ($4
  
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• The Latest: Government service, lobbying swings for Coats

  07-01-2017 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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