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• Paris officials charge first 4 suspects in Kardashian heist

  12-01-2017 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — French authorities have filed the first charges against four suspects in the armed jewelry heist of Kim Kardashian West, with more charges expected to follow, the Paris prosecutors' office said Thursday.
  
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• Real late show sets record 40-game unbeaten run

  12-01-2017 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Karim Benzema struck deep into stoppage time as Real Madrid set a new Spanish record by extending their unbeaten run to 40 games in a thrilling 3-3 draw at Sevilla to progress to the Copa del Rey quarter-finals on Thursday. Holding a 3-0 first leg lead, a Cristiano Ronaldo-less Real looked set for defeat for the first time in eight months as an own goal from Danilo and second-half strikes from Stefan Jovetic and Vicente Iborra saw Sevilla lead 3-1 inside the final 10 minutes.
  
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• Officials: More than 40 percent of California out of drought

  12-01-2017 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than 40 percent of California is out of drought, federal drought-watchers said Thursday at the tail end of powerful storms that sent thousands of people fleeing from flooding rivers in the north, ...
  
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• Obama ends 'wet foot, dry foot' policy for Cuban immigrants

  12-01-2017 23:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Cubans will no longer be allowed to stay and become legal residents if they enter US illegally, as Obama administration negotiates with Cuba to send people backPresident Barack Obama is ending a longstanding immigration policy that allows any Cuban who makes it to US soil to stay and become a legal resident, a senior administration official said Thursday.The repeal of the “wet foot, dry foot” policy is effective immediately, according the official. The decision follows months of nego
  
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• San Diego Chargers are no more after leaving for Los Angeles

  12-01-2017 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Chargers fans knew for several years that this dreaded day could be coming, that their beloved NFL team might move up the freeway to tap the perceived riches of Los Angeles.
  
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• Mexican priest missing since Jan. 3 found dead, diocese says

  12-01-2017 23:38 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A Mexican priest missing since Jan. 3 was found dead, a Roman Catholic diocese in northern Mexico said Thursday.
  
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• OPINION: Ex-spy who wrote memos is a pro

  12-01-2017 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  CNN has not until now named the former intelligence officer who compiled the memos about Russia, President-elect Donald Trump and the US election. But many news organizations in the United States and the UK have named him and provided considerable detail about him and his business. Other former intelligence officials are speaking up in his defense, as the following piece shows. For this reason, CNN is now publishing his name.
  
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• Obama, Biden briefed on unsubstantiated Trump claims

  12-01-2017 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  Vice President Joe Biden confirmed Thursday that he and President Barack Obama were briefed last week by intelligence officials on unsubstantiated claims that Russia may have compromising information on President-elect Donald Trump.
  
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• Obama-Biden 'bromance' ends with tears and laughter at surprise farewell

  12-01-2017 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There were plenty of jokes but Joe Biden was overcome with emotion as President Obama said goodbye.
  
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• What more will it take to free Mosul?

  12-01-2017 23:30 via cnn.com
  
  This week, the Iraqi military announced that its forces had reached the Tigris River for the first time in the battle for the key city of Mosul.
  
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• What more to free Mosul from ISIS?

  12-01-2017 23:30 via cnn.com
  
  This week, the Iraqi military announced that its forces had reached the Tigris River for the first time in the battle for the key city of Mosul.
  
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• Joe Biden surprised with Presidential Medal of Freedom – video

  12-01-2017 23:24 via theguardian.com
  
  A teary-eyed Joe Biden accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama on Thursday. The vice-president received the medal – the highest US civilian honor – at a ceremony at the White House. Obama said he was bestowing the honor on Biden for ‘faith in your fellow Americans, for your love of country and a lifetime of service that will endure through the generations’Barack Obama surprises Joe Biden with Presidential Medal of Freedom
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• CLAPPER: We didn't leak it

  12-01-2017 23:23 via cnn.com
  
  Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said he spoke Wednesday to Donald Trump seeking to reassure the President-elect that intelligence agencies weren't the source of news accounts about a private intelligence dossier that was summarized in briefing documents for Trump.
  
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• Drone crashes into Seattle tower

  12-01-2017 23:20 via cnn.com
  
  The city of Seattle could file charges against a drone owner after the device crashed on top Seattle's iconic Space Needle.
  
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• Trump's wild ride ahead

  12-01-2017 23:16 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump went nose-to-nose Wednesday with a press corps itching to cross-examine him after more than five months at arm's length, while his top nominees faced off with senators during a strategic crush of confirmation hearings.
  
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• Obama surprises emotional Biden with Medal of Freedom

  12-01-2017 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barack Obama awards highest civilian honour to Vice-President Biden in emotional farewell surprise.
  
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• Snowfall from 67% to 161%: Huge shift in California drought

  12-01-2017 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Recent storms bearing some of the heaviest snow and rain to hit Northern California in decades have helped bring a dramatic turnaround after more than five years of drought, which covered the state just a year ago.
  
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• Exclusive: Morgan Stanley cuts bankers, bonuses as deals, IPOs stall - sources

  12-01-2017 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Individual bankers were awarded different amounts depending on performance and geographic region, though many received a smaller paycheck for 2016, said the sources on Thursday, who were not authorized to discuss compensation publicly. Morgan Stanley, which ranked fourth for investment banking fees last year, cut more than 20 managing directors from its investment banking division globally, representing about 5 percent of the total, the sources said. Morgan Stanley also announced the promotion o
  
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• West Virginia faces questions about its own rich politician

  12-01-2017 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some of the conflict-of-interest issues swirling around President-elect Donald Trump in Washington are playing out on a smaller scale in West Virginia, where the richest man in the state is about to be ...
  
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• US agrees to pay billions to Marines affected by toxic water

  12-01-2017 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has agreed to provide disability benefits totaling more than $2 billion to veterans who had been exposed to contaminated drinking water while assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
  
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• After 51 years, Falcons still chasing first championship

  12-01-2017 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons practiced under blue skies Thursday, the temperature climbing toward 70 degrees.
  
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• Former MI6 spy known to U.S. agencies is author of reports on Trump in Russia

  12-01-2017 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Christopher Steele, who wrote reports on compromising material Russian operatives allegedly had collected on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, is a former officer in Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, according to people familiar with his career. Former British intelligence officials said Steele spent years under diplomatic cover working for the agency, also known as MI6, in Russia and Paris and at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.
  
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• Financial companies lead US stocks lower; oil rises

  12-01-2017 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Banks and other financial companies led U.S. stocks modestly lower Thursday, wiping out much of the market's gains from a day earlier.
  
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• CVS slashes price of Impax's EpiPen rival

  12-01-2017 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Drugstore chain CVS Health Corp has cut the price of a generic version of Impax Laboratories Inc's emergency allergy injection, a device similar to Mylan NV's controversial EpiPen. Mylan, which has been lambasted by consumers and lawmakers for raising EpiPen prices six-fold in less than a decade, said last month it would start selling a generic version of EpiPen for $300 per two-pack, a more than 50 percent discount. CVS's move comes after health insurer Cigna Corp revised its covera
  
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• Correction: Arizona-Dark Skies story

  12-01-2017 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a story Jan. 11 about an effort to preserve dark skies in the Flagstaff, Arizona area, The Associated Press reported erroneously the type of images used in the study. They were made with ground-based ...
  
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• Trump's Pentagon pick cruises toward likely confirmation

  12-01-2017 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Gen. James Mattis on Thursday cruised toward likely confirmation as Donald Trump's defense secretary, easily prevailing in a Senate vote granting him an exemption to run the Pentagon as a recently retired officer. At his confirmation hearing, he called Russia the nation's No. 1 security threat, accusing its leader of trying to "break" NATO.
  
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• Amazon plans to hire 100,000 over the next 18 months

  12-01-2017 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon plans to hire 100,000 full time workers over the next 18 months, highlighting its ambitious expansion plans — and the sharp contrast the e-commerce powerhouse strikes against traditional brick-and-mortar retailers, many of which are cutting jobs and closing stores .
  
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• Police: Suspect in officer's killing was wearing body armor

  12-01-2017 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A fugitive who is the focus of a four-day manhunt was wearing a bulletproof vest when he fatally shot an Orlando police sergeant earlier this week, Orlando's police chief said Thursday.
  
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• Obama making changes to Cuban immigration policy

  12-01-2017 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is ending a longstanding immigration policy that allows any Cuban who makes it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident, a senior administration official said Thursday.
  
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• Carson defends his qualifications to be housing chief

  12-01-2017 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson defended his experience and credentials Thursday to serve as the nation's new housing secretary, turning to his life story to show that he understands the needs of the country's most vulnerable.
  
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• Obama surprises Biden with Medal of Freedom

  12-01-2017 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama surprised an emotional Vice President Joe Biden Thursday by presenting him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during a White House ceremony.
  
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• GOP leaders look to early health care bill, details vague

  12-01-2017 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Under mounting pressure from Donald Trump and rank-and-file Republicans, congressional leaders are talking increasingly about chiseling an early bill that dismantles President Barack Obama's health care law and begins to supplant it with their own vision of how the nation's $3 trillion-a-year medical system should work.
  
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• Suspected airport gunman's life unraveled over past year

  12-01-2017 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Esteban Santiago stood alone in the cold one day last month outside Mom & Pop's liquor store in Anchorage. He was waving his arms and having a terrible argument in the parking lot. "He'd just be talking ...
  
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• The Latest: C-SPAN online feed interrupted by Russian site

  12-01-2017 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on activities in Congress (all times EST):
  
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• Opinion: Trump should trust the spy chiefs

  12-01-2017 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  CNN has not until now named the former intelligence officer who compiled the memos about Russia, President-elect Donald Trump and the US election. But many news organizations in the United States and the UK have named him and provided considerable detail about him and his business. Other former intelligence officials are speaking up in his defense, as the following piece shows. For this reason, CNN is now publishing his name.
  
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• Mattis, Pompeo and Tillerson: Trump v his nominees on Russia

  12-01-2017 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  When Donald Trump's cabinet nominees talk about Russia are they are the same page as their boss?
  
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• Baltimore reaches agreement with US to reform policing

  12-01-2017 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — More than a year and a half after the Justice Department launched an investigation into discriminatory policing practices in Baltimore, the city's police department on Thursday agreed to a set of sweeping, court-enforceable reforms designed to repair the systemic problems that have long plagued the agency.
  
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• WATCH: Biden tears up

  12-01-2017 22:38 via cnn.com
  
  During a surprise send-off for Vice President Joe Biden, President Obama awarded Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
  
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• WATCH: Biden breaks down in tears

  12-01-2017 22:38 via cnn.com
  
  During a surprise send-off for Vice President Joe Biden, President Obama awarded Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
  
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• Barack Obama surprises Joe Biden with Presidential Medal of Freedom

  12-01-2017 22:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Obama awarded the vice-president the highest civilian honor at the White House on Thursday, days before they both leave office Related: Joe Biden hints at 2020 presidential run: 'Fate has a strange way of intervening' Barack Obama surprised the vice-president, Joe Biden, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday. Continue reading...
  
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• LA Rams make Sean McVay youngest head coach in NFL history

  12-01-2017 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams have made Sean McVay the youngest head coach in NFL history.
  
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• UN chief: Don't expect 'quick fix' in talks to unify Cyprus

  12-01-2017 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The chief of the United Nations warned Thursday against a "quick fix" to end decades of division between Cyprus' ethnic Greek and Turkish communities, even as U.N.-hosted talks headed to a new phase as three key foreign ministers met to help address security issues on the Mediterranean island.
  
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• Obama awards Biden Presidential Medal of Freedom

  12-01-2017 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama awarded Vice President Joe Biden with the highest civilian honor Thursday, commemorating an "extraordinary man with an extraordinary career in public service."
  
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• Protests will aim to disrupt Trump inauguration: organizers

  12-01-2017 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By John Clarke WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators are expected to turn out in Washington next week for protests aiming to "shut down" the inauguration of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president, organizers said on Thursday. Protesters will attempt to close down 12 security checkpoints at the U.S. Capitol, where Trump will take the oath of office on Jan. 20, and along the 2.5-mile (4-km) parade route down Pennsylvania Avenue, according to leaders of a group called DisruptJ20.
  
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• Missing Mexican priest found dead

  12-01-2017 22:30 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A Roman Catholic diocese in northern Mexico says a priest missing since Jan. 3 has been found dead.
  
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• U.S. judge orders Volkswagen executive detained

  12-01-2017 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered a Volkswagen executive charged in the Justice Department's diesel emissions investigation held without bail pending trial. Oliver Schmidt was arrested Saturday at Miami's International Airport as he planned to fly home after a vacation. U.S. Magistrate Judge William Turnoff ruled Schmidt was a flight risk.
  
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• Obama gives US intelligence greater access to warrantless data on foreigners

  12-01-2017 22:26 via theguardian.com
  
  CIA, FBI and other agencies will be able to access surveillance on foreigners abroad, including information identifying Americans they may be in contact withBarack Obama, in one of his final acts on national security, has permitted US intelligence and law enforcement agencies far greater access to raw communications data warrantlessly collected on foreign targets, a move that has alarmed privacy advocates.Under an executive order, the CIA, FBI and other security agencies will be able to access u
  
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• Spain's envoy to UK resigns amid outcry over plane crash

  12-01-2017 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADRID (AP) — Spain's ambassador to the United Kingdom resigned Thursday amid increasing calls for him to be sacked over his handling of 75 deaths in a 2003 crash of a military jet.
  
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• Lawsuit faults Bureau of Indian Education schools

  12-01-2017 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A new federal lawsuit says U.S. Bureau of Indian Education schools are chronically understaffed, lack systems to provide special education and have a deficient curriculum.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Obama to ease Sudan sanctions on way out

  12-01-2017 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is set to ease sanctions against Sudan and broaden now limited talks with the long estranged African government, a U.S.-designated terrorism sponsor whose leader has been indicted on war crimes charges, The Associated Press learned Thursday.
  
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