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• The Latest: Lawyers say 42 detainees freed at JFK airport

  30-01-2017 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump, his travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries and other immigration actions (all times local):
  
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• Quebec mosque suspect charged with murdering six people: court

  30-01-2017 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Allison Lampert and Anna Mehler Paperny QUEBEC CITY/TORONTO (Reuters) - A French-Canadian university student was the sole suspect in a shooting at a Quebec City mosque and was charged with the premeditated murder of six people, Canadian authorities said on Monday, in what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called "a terrorist attack." Court documents identified the gunman in the attack on Sunday evening prayers as Alexandre Bissonnette. Police declined to discuss possible motives for the shooting
  
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• WATCH: President Trump Signs Order to Cut Business Regulations

  30-01-2017 23:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Trump said the order mandates that for every new regulation implemented, two existing regulations must be cut and called it the "largest ever cut, by far, in terms of regulations."
  
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• Democrats win brief delay on treasury nominee

  30-01-2017 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senate Democrats have succeeded in delaying for one day a scheduled committee vote on President Donald Trump's nomination of Steven Mnuchin to be treasury secretary. The Senate Finance Committee said Monday ...
  
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• CEOs push back against Trump temporary immigration ban

  30-01-2017 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — CEOs of some of the world's biggest companies are fighting back against President Donald Trump's temporary immigration ban, calling it un-American and bad for business.
  
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• Trump courts Jordan's king amid embassy, refugee concerns

  30-01-2017 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — King Abdullah II of Jordan's visit to Washington this week is testing President Donald Trump's ability to maintain key Arab alliances while cracking down on immigration from some Muslim countries and possibly moving the American Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. The next few days could provide an indication if Trump is willing to compromise.
  
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• US: Iran has tested a ballistic missile

  30-01-2017 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Monday it is studying details of an Iranian ballistic missile test.
  
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• Claim accuses Wells Fargo of denying loans to young migrants

  30-01-2017 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal lawsuit on Monday accused banking giant Wells Fargo of illegally denying student loans to young immigrants who are protected from deportation and allowed to work and study in the U.S. under a ...
  
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• Box Office Top 20: 'A Dog's Purpose' is second to 'Split'

  30-01-2017 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The M. Night Shyamalan thriller "Split" topped the box office for a second week, outperforming new openers including "A Dog's Purpose" and "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter."
  
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• APNewsBreak: Hardy applies for independent Spring League

  30-01-2017 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy has submitted an application to play in an independent football league in April, a person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press.
  
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• After trial death and before Trump change, a call for drug approval reform

  30-01-2017 23:39 via cnn.com
  
  The process governing clinical drug trials should be strengthened to make them safer and much more effective, researchers argue, but they worry that the Trump administration will be going in a different direction.
  
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• As opposition outcry grows, Trump defends immigration order

  30-01-2017 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defiant in the face of an international backlash, President Donald Trump pressed into his second week in office defending his sweeping immigration ban. Protests persisted at major airports, and concern mounted from U.S. diplomats and members of his own party.
  
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• Washington state to sue over travel ban, pressures on Trump grow

  30-01-2017 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pressure on U.S. President Donald Trump grew on Monday over his order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations, as the state of Washington announced a legal challenge and former President Barack Obama took a swipe at his successor. The leader of the Democrats in the U.S. Senate, Chuck Schumer, said he would bring legislation on Monday evening seeking to end the ban, although his effort stood little chance of being passed by the Republican-led Congress British Foreign Secretary Boris Joh
  
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• Look at terror attacks in US, Europe, and their perpetrators

  30-01-2017 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says a travel ban on citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries aims to prevent terror attacks.
  
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• Drops for postelection winners drag stocks lower

  30-01-2017 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell Monday as investors grew nervous after President Donald Trump imposed a travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries. Energy companies, which have surged over the last year, took the biggest losses.
  
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• Nearly 2,000 set Guinness floating record in Argentina

  30-01-2017 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nearly 2,000 people joined hands in a salty lake in Argentina on Monday, setting a new Guinness world record for the most people floating while connected. Experts from the Guinness Book of Records certified that 1,941 people free-floated in a line simultaneously for 30 seconds in Lake Epecuen, southeast of Buenos Aires, according to a video published by local authorities. The previous record was set in 2014 in Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan, when 650 people linked up using flotation aids.
  
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• Trump's refugee ban and the war on ISIS

  30-01-2017 23:29 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Ben Wedeman explains the one thing you need to know on how President Trump's executive order on refugees could impact the war on ISIS.
  
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• Court docs say Quebec attack suspect Alexandre Bissonnette charged with 6 counts of murder

  30-01-2017 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  QUEBEC CITY (AP) — Court docs say Quebec attack suspect Alexandre Bissonnette charged with 6 counts of murder.
  
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• White House Defends Holocaust Statement That Doesn't Mention Jews

  30-01-2017 23:24 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The White House pushed back against those who criticized the statement.
  
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• US wrestlers planning to travel to Iran despite travel ban

  30-01-2017 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  USA Wrestling said Monday that the U.S. still plans to compete next month in Iran, one of seven Muslim-majority countries whose citizens were temporarily banned from the U.S. by an executive order from President Donald Trump.
  
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• New York governor calls for amending state constitution for abortion rights

  30-01-2017 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Ingram NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday he would seek to ensure that women have access to late-term abortions in the state even if conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court remove federal legal guarantees in place since the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. Cuomo, a Democrat who is considered a potential candidate for his party's 2020 presidential nomination, proposed an amendment to the New York Constitution that he said would preserve the status quo regardless o
  
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• 'We love refugees, but...': Supporters of Trump's travel ban

  30-01-2017 23:08 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily suspending refugees and banning immigrants from seven countries has sparked criticism and sporadic protests nationwide.
  
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• 'We love refugees, but...': A look at Trump's travel ban supporters

  30-01-2017 23:08 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily suspending refugees and banning immigrants from seven countries has sparked criticism and sporadic protests nationwide.
  
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• NATO flexes muscle in Russia's backyard

  30-01-2017 22:54 via cnn.com
  
  NATO members flexed their military muscle in Russia's backyard Monday, as allied battle ships trekked toward the Black Sea while American tank fire echoed across Polish plains.  
  
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• What's Next for Trump's Immigration Ban?

  30-01-2017 22:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Uncertainty reigned after Trump closed U.S. borders to people from seven Muslim-majority countries. What's next for legal challenges and efforts to clarify the order?
  
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• Trump Signs 'One In, Two Out' Order to Curtail Business Regulations

  30-01-2017 22:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order requiring federal agencies requesting new regulations to cut two existing regulations.
  
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• Missouri death row inmate appeals to US Supreme Court

  30-01-2017 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of killing a woman and her two children almost 20 years ago asked the U.S. Supreme Court to spare his life on Monday, a day before his scheduled execution.
  
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• Trump travel curbs slam stocks, hit dollar vs. yen

  30-01-2017 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major world equity markets fell on Monday and the dollar slipped against the safe-haven yen after new U.S. immigration curbs stirred concerns about the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's policies on global trade and the economy. Stocks posted their worse day so far this year on Wall Street after Trump's executive order on Friday, to bar Syrian refugees and suspend travel to the United States from seven countries, put the spotlight back on his protectioni
  
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• U.S. diplomats circulate memo critical of immigration order

  30-01-2017 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. State Department officials on Monday circulated a draft memo criticizing President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration, prompting a retort from the White House that they should "get with the program or they can go." The order, which Trump issued on Friday, banned immigration from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, and temporarily halted the entry of refugees. Chaos broke out as border, customs, and immigration officials st
  
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• Toronto college on alert after shots fired nearby

  30-01-2017 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  George Brown College in Toronto issued a "hold and secure" alert on Monday after shots were fired nearby and police in Canada's largest city said a man was found unconscious. The call came in at 2:47 p.m. ET, a police spokeswoman said. The college said campus buildings were locked and asked people to remain indoors, but said it was not on "lockdown".
  
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• The Latest: No confirmed cases of UN staff affected by ban

  30-01-2017 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump, his travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries and other immigration actions (all times local):
  
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• Trump to announce Supreme Court pick Tuesday

  30-01-2017 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US President Donald Trump plans to announce his Supreme Court nominee Tuesday, seizing an opportunity to tilt the bench to conservatives on crucial issues such as abortion and gun control. Trump's choice is meant to fill a vacancy left by the sudden death of conservative justice Antonin Scalia almost one year ago that left the highest US court evenly divided between four conservative and four liberal justices. The outcome of the "very big decision," due to be announced at 8:00 pm (0100 GMT Wedne
  
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• Obama criticizes Trump order

  30-01-2017 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Barack Obama criticized President Donald Trump's executive order curbing immigration in a statement on Monday, backing protesters who have taken to the nation's airports to express their displeasure with Trump's action on Friday.
  
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• Ivanka's Marie Antoinette moment

  30-01-2017 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  In the first minutes of Sunday morning, at approximately 12:05 am, first daughter Ivanka Trump posted an image on Instagram of herself and husband Jared Kushner, dressed to the nines in black-tie ensembles.
  
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• Fundamental disagreement: Obama criticizes Trump order

  30-01-2017 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Barack Obama criticized President Donald Trump's executive order curbing immigration in a statement on Monday, backing protesters who have taken to the nation's airports to express their displeasure with Trump's action on Friday.
  
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• Republicans take first steps to kill five Obama-era regulations

  30-01-2017 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Republicans on Monday began the process of killing five Obama-era rules on corruption, the environment, labor and guns under the first real test of the Congressional Review Act, a law intended to keep regulation in check. Republicans put as much urgency on limiting what they consider over-regulation that stifles economic growth as they do on overhauling the tax code and dismantling the Affordable Care Act, according to House Majority Leader Kevin McCa
  
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• Trump's immigration order faces mounting legal questions

  30-01-2017 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The legal fight over President Donald Trump's ban on refugees is likely to turn on questions of a president's authority to control America's borders and on whether this policy unconstitutionally discriminates against Muslims.
  
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• Long, hard road: It's difficult to enter the US as a refugee

  30-01-2017 22:08 via cnn.com
  
  It should go without saying, but being a refugee isn't easy. Neither is getting into the United States.
  
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• Jayhawks' Bragg charged in drug possession case

  30-01-2017 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas forward Carlton Bragg has been charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and remained suspended indefinitely Monday from the third-ranked Jayhawks.
  
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• Want to Know What Trump Will Do? Listen to Him, Not His Cabinet

  30-01-2017 22:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Observers wondered whether the mainstream conservative positions of Trump's cabinet picks would prevail. For this week, at least, we have an answer.
  
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• Obama Rejects Trump Immigration Orders, Backs Protests

  30-01-2017 22:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Obama rejected President Donald Trump's contention that his immigration bans were no different from limited restrictions Obama imposed in 2011.
  
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• NATO flexes military muscle in Russia's backyard

  30-01-2017 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  NATO members flexed their military muscle in Russia's backyard Monday, as allied battle ships trekked toward the Black Sea while American tank fire echoed across Polish plains.  
  
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• Trump ban creates chaos for travelers in, out of the country

  30-01-2017 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  From Dubai to Los Angeles, President Donald Trump's order barring travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. has thrown the lives of thousands into limbo. Some legal U.S. ...
  
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• GOP moves to undo Obama coal rules protecting streams

  30-01-2017 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Congressional Republicans are moving swiftly to repeal Obama administration regulations aimed at better protecting streams from coal mining debris. Coal country lawmakers unveiled legislation Monday to ...
  
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• Canada's terrorism threat level unchanged after shooting: minister

  30-01-2017 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's national terrorism threat level remains unchanged at medium after a shooting at a Quebec City mosque that killed six people and injured 17 others, federal Safety Minister Ralph Goodale told reporters in Ottawa on Monday. Police in the capital of the province of Quebec have a suspect in custody and believe the person acted alone. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the shooting, which happened during prayers at the mosque on Sunday evening, "a terrorist attack." (
  
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• Trump Education Department delays accountability regulations

  30-01-2017 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is moving to delay regulations aimed at helping states identify failing schools and come up with plans to improve them.
  
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• Axelrod: Today I became an alternative fact

  30-01-2017 21:55 via cnn.com
  
  I woke up this morning as an Alternative Fact.
  
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• Germany says human rights situation in Libya 'catastrophic'

  30-01-2017 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — The human rights situation in Libya is "catastrophic," with migrants heading for Europe bearing the brunt of abuse, the German government said Monday.
  
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• France Wins Miss Universe Crown (and Yes, Steve Harvey Got It Right This Year)

  30-01-2017 21:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  Iris Mittenaere was crowned Miss Universe, beating out Miss Haiti and Miss Colombia for the top spot.
  
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• Motive a mystery after 'terror' attack on Quebec mosque

  30-01-2017 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Canadian police sought Monday to piece together the motive for a shooting attack on a Quebec mosque that left six worshippers dead and eight wounded in one of the worst attacks ever to target Muslims in a western country. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has condemned as a "terrorist attack" Sunday night's assault on the Islamic Cultural Center in a busy district of Quebec City, which sent terrified worshippers fleeing barefoot in the snow. Police said one suspect -- reportedly a Canadian
  
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