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• LA to pay $1.5m to parents of black man shot by police

  08-02-2017 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The city of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the parents of an unarmed black man whose killing three years ago became a rallying cry against police brutality. The settlement comes just weeks after authorities decided not to press charges against the two officers involved in Ezell Ford's killing in August 2014. Ford, 25, whose family said he was mentally challenged, was gunned down by the two officers after they confronted him as he walked near his home in Los Angeles.
  
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• Goldman hedge fund folding London operations, shifting staff to U.S.: sources

  08-02-2017 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Maiya Keidan and Olivia Oran NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (GSIP), which opened in 2008 with one of the biggest launches in hedge fund history, is folding its London operations into the United States and shifting staff members to New York, four sources told Reuters. About eight staff members who made up the London team were recently told to move to the Battery Park City headquarters of Goldman Sach Group Inc in lower Manhattan or find a new job internally, the
  
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• Madonna is a new mom again

  08-02-2017 23:47 via cnn.com
  
  Madonna is a new mom again.
  
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• Travel to US down 6.5% after Trump travel ban: report

  08-02-2017 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Washington (AFP) - Travel bookings to the United States fell 6.5 percent in late January compared to last year in the wake of President Donald Trump's travel ban, according to a report Wednesday.
  
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• Sarah Palin touted as US ambassador to Canada? You betcha!

  08-02-2017 23:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Canadians have expressed dismay on social media after the White House press secretary refused to rule out the ex-Alaska governor as our woman in OttawaMuch of her life has played out like a Canadian stereotype: from her favourite food of moose stew to extolling the virtues of hockey moms and her love of snowmobiling. But after a White House spokesman refused to rule out the possibility that Sarah Palin could be the next US ambassador to Ottawa, few in Canada seemed to be embracing the prospect o
  
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• Supreme Court nominee calls Trump's tweets about 'so-called judge' 'disheartening,' senator says

  08-02-2017 23:22 via cnn.com
  
  Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch told a US senator Wednesday that President Donald Trump's tweets about the judiciary are "demoralizing" and "disheartening."
  
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• Trump: I wanted a month delay on travel ban but was told no

  08-02-2017 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump --even as he blasted lawyers contesting his immigration executive order -- detailed for the first time Wednesday his own hesitations about the controversial plan before it was signed.
  
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• Travel ban: Trump claims he wanted delay

  08-02-2017 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump --even as he blasted lawyers contesting his immigration executive order -- detailed for the first time Wednesday his own hesitations about the controversial plan before it was signed.
  
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• Travel ban: I wanted a month delay on travel ban but was told no, president says

  08-02-2017 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump --even as he blasted lawyers contesting his immigration executive order -- detailed for the first time Wednesday his own hesitations about the controversial plan before it was signed.
  
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• Fake news: Spicer cites Atlanta terror attack that never happened

  08-02-2017 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  Another high-profile Trump administration official has made statements about a terror attack that never occurred.
  
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• Graham: Silencing Warren 'was long overdue'

  08-02-2017 23:03 via cnn.com
  
  Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says the silencing of Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the Senate floor Tuesday was "long overdue."
  
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• Why some say Yemen raid failed

  08-02-2017 23:02 via cnn.com
  
  A US military raid in Yemen that killed civilians and a Navy SEAL has proven another political headache for US President Donald Trump just days into his presidency.
  
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• What you need to know about Trump's 'failed' Yemen raid

  08-02-2017 23:02 via cnn.com
  
  A US military raid in Yemen that killed civilians and a Navy SEAL has proven another political headache for US President Donald Trump just days into his presidency.
  
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• What you need to know about 'failed' Yemen raid

  08-02-2017 23:02 via cnn.com
  
  A US military raid in Yemen that killed civilians and a Navy SEAL has proven another political headache for US President Donald Trump just days into his presidency.
  
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• 'Male brains' linked to higher autism risk in women

  08-02-2017 22:58 via cnn.com
  
  Brains, like faces, have features seen as either more masculine or more feminine. One feature of brain anatomy that is characteristic of males is associated with an increased risk of autism, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association's Psychiatry edition.
  
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• President Trump in disbelief at travel ban appeals court process – video

  08-02-2017 22:51 via theguardian.com
  
  President Trump tells an audience of law enforcement officials that he finds it ‘incredible to have a court case going on for so long’. Trump’s speech on Wednesday referred to the court of appeals proceedings relating to his travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries, despite a ‘perfectly written’ executive orderTrump lashes out again at judges over travel ban and calls hearing ‘disgraceful’Continue reading...
  
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• Painting stolen by Nazis returned to Jewish owner's heirs

  08-02-2017 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Some 80 years ago, the Nazis forced prominent German Jewish art gallery owner Max Stern to sell his family's roughly 400-piece collection before he was exiled from his country.
  
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• New book spurs call for fresh probe of Emmett Till lynching

  08-02-2017 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The horrific 1955 Mississippi slaying of Emmett Till, which helped trigger the modern civil rights movement, should be re-investigated now that a key witness is quoted as saying she lied about what the black teen said and did before he was lynched, Till's relatives say.
  
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• Mitch McConnell's big mistake

  08-02-2017 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  The effort by Republican leaders to silence Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday was a Pyrrhic victory -- a short-term win within the Senate chamber. But it has also given Warren and the Democrats a rallying point from which to defy the Trump administration -- not just on the Jeff Sessions confirmation, but on others to come -- and to paint the GOP as hostile to civil rights.
  
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• Errol Louis: Mitch McConnell's big mistake

  08-02-2017 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  The effort by Republican leaders to silence Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday was a Pyrrhic victory -- a short-term win within the Senate chamber. But it has also given Warren and the Democrats a rallying point from which to defy the Trump administration -- not just on the Jeff Sessions confirmation, but on others to come -- and to paint the GOP as hostile to civil rights.
  
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• 'WooWooWoo BOOM!' Tornado survivors tell their tales

  08-02-2017 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dwight Powell lost his Lexus to the massive tornado that injured 33 people and damaged 300 properties on a two-mile rampage through east New Orleans. He had just parked it inside his garage to avoid hail damage before the twister struck.
  
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• Trump is 2nd president to tout unfinished Intel factory

  08-02-2017 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday held up Intel's plan to invest more than $7 billion in an Arizona factory as a win for his economic agenda, but it's also a reminder that not all corporate commitments come to fruition.
  
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• The Trump presidency on Feb. 8 at 4:40 P.M. EST

  08-02-2017 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday: IMMIGRATION Trump fumes over what he calls too much politics in the U.S. judiciary, while a federal appeals court keeps him and the rest of the country waiting for its ruling on a suspension of his temporary travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries. SECURITY Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan agree in an overnight phone call to act jointly against Islamic State in the Syrian towns of al-
  
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• Airstrikes on rebel-held Syrian district kill 9 civilians

  08-02-2017 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — A series of airstrikes on an opposition-held district in the Syrian city of Homs, presumably carried out by Russia or Syria, killed at least nine civilians on Wednesday, local activists said.
  
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• Randy Travis advocates for stroke victims in Tennessee

  08-02-2017 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country star Randy Travis met with Tennessee lawmakers to raise awareness for stroke victims following his near-fatal stroke in 2013.
  
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• Boris Johnson among record number to renounce US citizenship in 2016

  08-02-2017 22:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Foreign secretary had previously protested against ‘absolutely outrageous’ US tax obligations after sale of his north London home Boris Johnson has renounced his US citizenship, ending years of ambiguous loyalties and probably ridding himself of a hefty tax bill.A list released by the US Treasury department showed the UK foreign secretary was one of 5,411 individuals to renounce his American citizenship in 2016. Continue reading...
  
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• Wallendas among 5 tightrope walkers injured in fall

  08-02-2017 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Five circus performers were seriously injured in a fall Wednesday when a pyramid stunt involving famed tightrope walker Nik Wallenda went awry.
  
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• Canada says very worried by Israel's move to legalize settlements

  08-02-2017 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Canada is very concerned by Israel's move to legalize thousands of settler homes on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Wednesday. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, which took power in late 2015, is more prepared to criticize Israel than the former Conservative administration, which adopted a resolutely pro-Israel policy. Israel's Parliament on Monday approved a law retroactively legalizing homes built on privately owned P
  
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• DeVos' first assignment: Mend fences with education foes

  08-02-2017 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — On her first day on the job, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos plunged into her initial assignment: mending fences with her opponents following a bruising confirmation battle. Parents across the country looked for clues as to whether she will fulfill their hopes or reinforce their fears.
  
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• Whole Foods' sales decline again, grocer cuts forecast

  08-02-2017 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Whole Foods says quarterly sales fell 2.4 percent at established locations, marking the sixth straight quarter of declines as it faces competitive pressures. The company also cut its sales and profit forecast for the year.
  
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• US-funded news channel in Russian offers Kremlin alternative

  08-02-2017 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. government-funded news outlets are launching a global Russian-language TV network aimed at providing an alternative to slick, Kremlin-controlled media that critics say spread propaganda and misinformation.
  
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• The Latest: McCain sticks with assessment of Yemen raid

  08-02-2017 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Islamic extremism: Two lessons learned

  08-02-2017 22:33 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  25 years after what could be argued as the initial call for war against the west by Islamic extremists.
  
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• Q&A: Will court compound travel ban whiplash or calm it?

  08-02-2017 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — President Donald Trump's travel ban and a judge's stunning decision to temporarily block it a week later have left the nation with whiplash, shifting attention from protests at airports nationwide to Trump questioning the judge's legitimacy on social media.
  
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• British MPs approve bill to start Brexit

  08-02-2017 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  British MPs overwhelmingly backed a bill on Wednesday empowering Prime Minister Theresa May to start negotiations on leaving the European Union, bringing Brexit a significant step closer. Members of the House of Commons voted by 494 votes to 122 for a law enabling May to trigger Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty, which begins two years of talks on pulling out of the 28-nation bloc. "We've seen a historic vote tonight -- a big majority for getting on with negotiating our exit from the EU and a
  
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• "Hamilton" author Chernow has Grant bio coming in fall

  08-02-2017 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ron Chernow, the historian who helped inspire the musical "Hamilton," has a biography of Ulysses S. Grant coming out in October.
  
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• UK's House of Commons passes bill authorizing Brexit

  08-02-2017 22:28 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Britain's House of Commons gave its final approval Wednesday to a bill authorizing the government to start exit talks with the European Union, despite fears by opposition lawmakers that the U.K. is setting out on the rocky path to Brexit with a sketchy roadmap.
  
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• Phoenix man gets 30 years for helping plot Texas attack

  08-02-2017 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday on charges that he provided support to the Islamic State group by helping two followers with an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Texas that ...
  
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• Closing in on Brexit: Bill passes to final vote

  08-02-2017 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  Britain's lower house of parliament is expected to hold a final vote Wednesday on whether Prime Minister Theresa May's government can officially begin the Brexit process.
  
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• Britain finally passes Brexit bill

  08-02-2017 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  Britain's lower house of parliament is expected to hold a final vote Wednesday on whether Prime Minister Theresa May's government can officially begin the Brexit process.
  
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• Brexit bill passes to final vote

  08-02-2017 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  Britain's lower house of parliament is expected to hold a final vote Wednesday on whether Prime Minister Theresa May's government can officially begin the Brexit process.
  
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• Plotter in attack on Texas Mohammed art contest jailed for 30 years

  08-02-2017 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The ringleader behind a 2015 armed assault on a Texas exhibit of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that left two attackers dead was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday. Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, 45, had been found guilty of supporting the Islamic State group, of conspiracy to commit murder, and other charges in what the US Justice Department said was its first jury trial involving an IS-inspired attack on the United States. US-born and raised Kareem was alleged to have chosen the target, su
  
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• Utility to pay $8.5 million to settle suit over gas blowout

  08-02-2017 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Southern California Gas Co. agreed Wednesday to pay $8.5 million to settle a lawsuit over a well blowout that spewed natural gas for nearly four months and drove thousands of residents from their Los ...
  
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• Trump administration weighs health insurance 'stabilization'

  08-02-2017 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Worried about the nearly 20 million people who buy their own health insurance policies, the Trump administration and congressional Republicans are weighing how to stabilize a wobbly market, government and industry officials say.
  
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• Shaun White might compete in skateboarding at 2020 Olympics

  08-02-2017 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The next Olympics are still a year away, and already, Shaun White is thinking about the games after that.
  
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• Plague of locusts leads Bolivia to issue state of emergency

  08-02-2017 22:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Bolivian President Evo Morales is declaring a state of emergency to fight a plague of locusts that is decimating crops in the country's agricultural heartland.
  
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• No Fights 'til Brooklyn: Holm, Silva headline UFC NY return

  08-02-2017 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Anderson Silva strode onto the stage toward his opponent, extended his hand and went for the hearty shake. He flashed a wide smile and threw his arm around Derek Brunson. Brunson slapped Silva on the back, they laughed, hugged and mugged for the cameras.
  
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• Pinterest lets phones spy eye-catching items

  08-02-2017 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pinterest on Wednesday infused more machine smarts into its online bulletin boards, pushing harder into e-commerce by enabling people to use smartphones to identify products they might wish to pursue. A test version of "Lens" lets people take pictures with smartphones from inside Pinterest applications, which then uses "visual search" to find similar items or themes playing off objects of desire. "Sometimes you spot something out in the world that looks interesting, but when you try to search fo
  
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• Alec McCowen, a West End and Broadway star, dies at 91

  08-02-2017 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Alec McCowen, a West End and Broadway star who had global success with a one-man show about the life of Jesus, has died. He was 91.
  
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• Trump says courts too political; no travel ban ruling on Wednesday

  08-02-2017 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump fumed on Wednesday over what he called too much politics in the U.S. judiciary, while a federal appeals court kept him and the rest of the country waiting for its ruling on a temporary suspension of his travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco heard arguments on Tuesday on the Trump administration's challenge to a lower court ruling putting the temporary travel ban on hold. The appeals cour
  
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