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• Why Trump Pulling Out of the Paris Agreement Led to a Stronger Global Climate Change Plan

  08-07-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  
  Trump's election last fall disrupted global efforts to address climate change
  
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• Soccer star Romelu Lukaku cited for noise violation in US

  08-07-2017 23:48 via cnn.com
  
  Superstar striker Romelu Lukaku came to the US to holiday between football seasons but the noise at a rental house in Beverly Hills allegedly grew to be too much for neighbors and cops.
  
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• Soccer star Lukaku cited for noise violation in US

  08-07-2017 23:48 via cnn.com
  
  Superstar striker Romelu Lukaku came to the US to holiday between football seasons but the noise at a rental house in Beverly Hills allegedly grew to be too much for neighbors and cops.
  
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• Soccer star Lukaku cited by LA cops

  08-07-2017 23:48 via cnn.com
  
  Superstar striker Romelu Lukaku came to the US to holiday between football seasons but the noise at a rental house in Beverly Hills allegedly grew to be too much for neighbors and cops.
  
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• On holiday in US, football star Romelu Lukaku cited for noise violation

  08-07-2017 23:48 via cnn.com
  
  Superstar striker Romelu Lukaku came to the US to holiday between football seasons but the noise at a rental house in Beverly Hills allegedly grew to be too much for neighbors and cops.
  
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• Al-Shabab beheads 9 civilians in attack on Kenya village

  08-07-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Al-Shabab extremists from neighboring Somalia beheaded nine civilians in an attack on a village in Kenya's southeast early Saturday, officials said, adding to growing concerns the Islamic militant group has taken up a bloody new strategy.
  
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• Amazon Rolls Out Alexa Notifications Feature In Time For Prime Day

  08-07-2017 23:45 via yahoo.com
  
  [hold for tech editor] Alexa can now alert you when your Amazon package is on its way.
  
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• Jury: Newlywed had husband killed to get his insurance money

  08-07-2017 23:35 via yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A newlywed accused of soliciting her firefighter husband's killing to collect $100,000 in insurance money has been convicted of aggravated murder in a scheme that was flawed from the start: His ex-wife was still the beneficiary of his policy.
  
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• Haley: 'Everybody knows that Russia meddled in our elections'

  08-07-2017 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley says Russian President Vladimir Putin denied Moscow interfered in last year's US election in order to "save face."
  
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• KKK marchers in Virginia town met by throngs of counter-protesters

  08-07-2017 23:28 via yahoo.com
  
  Supporters of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan marched in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday to protest the planned removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee, who oversaw Confederate forces in the US Civil War.The Klan marchers were met by hundreds of jeering counter-protesters in this quiet university town, where the protest by the notorious white power group was authorized by officials in Virginia on free speech grounds.As the demonstration got underway, dozens of marchers -- some carr
  
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• Why Children From Low-Income Families Develop Earlier

  08-07-2017 23:10 via yahoo.com
  
  Kids from low-income families more likely to develop earlier, which could have long-lasting health effects.
  
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• Venus Williams' Car Accident Surveillance Video

  08-07-2017 23:05 via yahoo.com
  
  The tennis star's car accident surveillance video show's her lawfully entering the intersection.
  
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• Donald Trump returns home as the odd man out after 'G19' summit

  08-07-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump remained some way off looking like a global statesman at the G20 summit.Donald Trump was returning to his comfort zone – home – on Saturday night having finished a second foreign trip on which domestic concerns took priority over building bridges with a sceptical international community.The US president committed no significant gaffes but Trump seemed so out of step with the rest of the world that it was a case of the “G1” versus the “G19”, agains
  
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• Trump keeps it friendly with Xi at G20 on North Korea threat

  08-07-2017 22:54 via yahoo.com
  
  By Jeff MasonHAMBURG (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump took a conciliatory tone on Saturday at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping where the leaders agreed to keep working on two pressing issues: the nuclear threat posed by North Korea and bilateral trade irritants.Trump campaigned in last year's presidential election on cracking down on China for its trade practices, but he softened his rhetoric after taking office, saying he wanted to work with China on the nuclear issue.When the
  
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• Obama holds baby; Twitter asks, who charmed who?

  08-07-2017 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  Barack Obama may not be president anymore, but his legendary baby-whispering skills are apparently still going strong, after photos of his encounter with a baby at an Alaska airport were circulated widely on social media.
  
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• Western Canada wildfires prompt state of emergency, evacuations

  08-07-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  
  By Dennis OwenKAMLOOPS, BRITISH COLUMBIA (Reuters) - Canada's federal government on Saturday offered to help British Columbia in response to fast-spreading wildfires that forced thousands to evacuate their homes as hot, dry weather conditions prevented firefighters from controlling the blazes.Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan said in a Tweet on Saturday that the government was closely monitoring the wildfires in the Western Canadian province."Fed. government is ready to respond if we receive a requ
  
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• Priest Arrested For Allegedly Pulling Out Gun During Road Rage Incident

  08-07-2017 22:07 via yahoo.com
  
  No one was injured.
  
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• Shepherds mauled in Romania bear attack

  08-07-2017 22:02 via yahoo.com
  
  Two shepherds were seriously injured in a bear attack Saturday in Romania's remote Carpathian mountains, reigniting debate over a government decision to suspend an annual culling programme.Romania is home to around 60 percent of Europe's brown bears -- some 6,000, a quarter of which roam the mountains around Harghita.There have been seven bear attacks there in 2017 alone, prompting anger among locals.
  
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• Prosecutor shocked by mistrial for cop who killed black man

  08-07-2017 21:48 via yahoo.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma prosecutor said Saturday that he was shocked when a judge declared a mistrial in the case of a white former Tulsa police officer who fatally shot his daughter's black boyfriend because jurors had deliberated for only a few hours.
  
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• What Senate Seats Are Up For Grabs In 2018?

  08-07-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  
  Chances that Democrats would win back control of the Senate are slim.
  
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• Egypt raid kills IS suspects after deadly Sinai attack

  08-07-2017 21:16 via yahoo.com
  
  Egyptian police said they killed 14 alleged Islamic State group members Saturday in a raid on a training camp, a day after the jihadists conducted a deadly attack on soldiers.Funerals were held across the country for at least 21 soldiers killed in Friday's attack in the north of the Sinai Peninsula, one of deadliest against the military in years.The interior ministry said police officers raided a desert training camp in the eastern province of Ismailiya, killing the 14 alleged militants.
  
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• With iPhone 8 release looming, Apple may become the world’s first trillion-dollar company

  08-07-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  
  With the iPhone 8 release looming on the horizon, shares of Apple have been rising steadily over the past few months. This past May, for example, Apple's stock hit a new all-time high of $156 per share. While things have settled down a bit since them -- Apple's currently trading in the $145/share range -- some analysts are anticipating that it's only a matter of time before Apple shares soar to even greater heights. In fact, one analyst believes that Apple could very well become the world's firs
  
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• Venezuela opposition leader released from jail to house arrest

  08-07-2017 20:58 via cnn.com
  
  Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has been released from prison to house arrest because of health concerns, the nation's Supreme Court said Saturday morning. "By the power of Supreme Court Judge Maikel Moreno, the criminal court of the Supreme Court Justice grants house arrest to Leopoldo Lopez due to health problems," the court tweeted. Lopez has been imprisoned since early 2014, and is a rallying cry for the opposition and demonstrators there.
  
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• U.S. isolated on climate at summit of world leaders

  08-07-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  
  By Paul Carrel and Noah BarkinHAMBURG (Reuters) - Leaders from the world's leading economies broke with U.S. President Donald Trump on climate policy at a G20 summit on Saturday, in a rare public admission of disagreement and blow to multilateral cooperation.German Chancellor Angela Merkel, keen to show off her skills as a mediator two months before a German election, achieved her primary goal at the meeting in Hamburg, convincing her fellow leaders to support a single communique with pledges on
  
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• Merkel says G20 communique makes differences with U.S. on climate clear

  08-07-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday she was pleased that all Group of 20 members besides the United States had agreed in a communique that the Paris climate accord was irreversible.Merkel sharply condemned what she described as the "unbridled brutality" exhibited by some protesters in the northern city of Hamburg after violent clashes injured hundreds of police officers.
  
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• France's Macron says will continue to press Trump on climate agreement

  08-07-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he had not given up on trying to get U.S. counterpart Donald Trump to change his mind about withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate change agreement.The final statement from the Group of 20 leaders meeting in Hamburg on Saturday exposed the divide that remains between the United States and other G20 members on the 2015 Paris accord aimed at combating climate change.
  
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• Japan hit with deadly floods, killing 15

  08-07-2017 20:52 via cnn.com
  
  At least 15 people have been killed and hundreds are still stranded after heavy rains triggered floods and landslides this week in southwest Japan, according to Japanese disaster management offices.
  
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• WATCH: Officer yells at mom who left kids in hot car

  08-07-2017 20:42 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A Vancouver officer lectured a mother for leaving her children in a hot car while she grocery shopped.
  
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• G20 launches plan to fight poverty in Africa

  08-07-2017 20:34 via yahoo.com
  
  G20 nations launched an unprecedented initiative Saturday at the group's summit in Germany to fight poverty in Africa, but critics called the plan half-hearted.Under German Chancellor Angela Merkel's "Investment Compacts", an initial seven African countries would pledge reforms and receive technical support in order to attract new private investment.Germany's partner nations are Ghana, Ivory Coast and Tunisia, while Ethiopia, Morocco, Rwanda and Senegal are also taking part.
  
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• At G20 summit, Trump pledges $639 million in aid to four countries

  08-07-2017 20:29 via yahoo.com
  
  By Andrea ShalalHAMBURG (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday promised $639 million in aid to feed people left starving because of drought and conflict in Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria and Yemen.Trump's pledge came during a working session of the G20 summit of world leaders in Hamburg, providing a "godsend" to the United Nations' World Food Programme, the group's executive director, David Beasley, told Reuters on the sidelines of the meeting."We're facing the worst humanitarian cri
  
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• The Latest: Keel laying marks attack submarine construction

  08-07-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Latest on the keel laying of the nation's 20th Virginia-class attack submarine named for Oregon (all times local):
  
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• Power hit in Hamas-run Gaza as rivals 'stop' payments

  08-07-2017 20:13 via yahoo.com
  
  Power supplies have taken a fresh hit in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, with authorities Saturday accusing the rival Palestinian Authority of blocking fuel payments to Egypt from going through banks.A spokesman for the Palestinian Authority government in Ramallah, Tarek Rishmawi, told AFP that "the main reason for the worsening situation in Gaza is Hamas as they rejected the initiative of (Palestinian president) Mahmud Abbas to end the split" between Palestinian factions.
  
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• Erdogan warns Syrian Kurds of Turkey's right to defence

  08-07-2017 20:09 via yahoo.com
  
  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey would never allow a Kurdish state in Syria near its border, and warned that if threatened, Ankara would not hesitate to use its right to self-defence."We will never remain silent or unresponsive to the backing and arming of terrorist groups, and the formation of terror islets right next to our border," Erdogan said in a speech at the closing session of the G20 summit in Hamburg.Ankara considers the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fig
  
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• US envoy Haley says Trump confronted Putin head-on over meddling

  08-07-2017 19:54 via yahoo.com
  
  Washington (AFP) - The US ambassador to the United Nations insisted Saturday that President Donald Trump had confronted Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin head-on over allegations of election interference, adding, "Everybody knows that Russia meddled in our elections."
  
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• Shia LaBeouf Charged After Acting 'Aggressive' Toward Cop

  08-07-2017 19:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  The 31-year-old 'Transformers' star was taken to the Chatham County Jail in Georgia on charges of public drunkenness, obstruction and disorderly conduct.
  
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• Putin: TV Trump is 'Very Different' From Real Trump

  08-07-2017 19:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  Putin denied that Russia interfered in the election and said he spoke about the topic with Trump, who seemed to accept his explanation.
  
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• The G20 proves it. Because of Donald Trump, the world no longer looks to America for leadership

  08-07-2017 19:38 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump paused briefly as he and the First Lady reached the top of the steps of Air Force One, gave a quick wave, and was on his way.Now, on issues ranging from trade to climate change, on how to deal with problems such as Ukraine, the US has turned its back on the considered consensus.The US was utterly alone on the issue of climate change, where the 19 other members agreed to push ahead with the Paris Accord to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the US refused.
  
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• Putin says Trump appeared to accept his answers on US election meddling

  08-07-2017 19:37 via cnn.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters Saturday that US President Donald Trump appeared to agree with Moscow's position that it did not interfere in last year's election during their bilateral talks at the G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany, on Friday.
  
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• SC officials: Illegal cellphone, drone aided inmate's escape

  08-07-2017 19:36 via yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — When it came time for lights out at Lieber Correctional Institution on the evening of July Fourth, officers at the maximum-security South Carolina prison thought they had all 1,300 inmates accounted for.
  
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• Disrupting the Cow: How Your Next Burger Could Be Made in a Lab

  08-07-2017 19:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  Scientists at Impossible Foods have created bloody burgers, chicken, pork, fish and yogurt entirely from plants.
  
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• Erdogan says Turkey will respond to any threats on its border

  08-07-2017 19:05 via yahoo.com
  
  President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Turkey would not watch passively as weapons are sent to Kurdish fighters on its southern border, saying his country would respond to any threats to national security.The United States has been arming Kurdish YPG fighters taking part in the battle to recapture the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State, angering its NATO ally Turkey.Ankara views the YPG as an extension of the Kurdish PKK group that has waged a long insurgency in southeast Turkey.
  
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• Eritrea's capital added to UNESCO World Heritage list

  08-07-2017 19:04 via yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Eritrean officials on Saturday claimed "victory" after the U.N. cultural agency unanimously decided to put the African nation's capital city of Asmara on the UNESCO World Heritage list — the result of years of lobbying by one of the world's most reclusive governments.
  
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• Deported Veterans Find a Home Across the Border

  08-07-2017 19:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Deported Veterans Support House in Tijuana, Mexico provides food, shelter, and clothing for deported veterans.
  
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• Key points from the G20 summit of world leaders

  08-07-2017 18:41 via yahoo.com
  
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Leaders of the Group of 20 rich and developing countries spent two days trying to come up with common positions on climate change, trade and migration at their summit in Hamburg, Germany.
  
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• Virginia town girds for march by KKK members, some carrying arms

  08-07-2017 18:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Supporters of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday to protest the planned removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee, who oversaw Confederate forces in the US Civil War.The afternoon rally in this quiet university town has been authorized by officials in Virginia and stirred heated debate in America, where critics say the far right has been energized by Donald Trump's election to the presidency.
  
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• Deals, Expectations For Amazon Prime Day

  08-07-2017 18:30 via yahoo.com
  
  More consumers are expected to tune in this yea for Amazon Prime Day than previous years. Here are other expectations for the self-proclaimed holiday.
  
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• Escape by Drone? How Inmates Are Using Cell Phones to Evade Authority

  08-07-2017 18:17 via yahoo.com
  
  Citing recent cases, local officials say escapes where inmates receive cell phone via drones are possible because federal authorities won’t let them jam cell phone signals in state prisons.
  
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• Wildfires Rage Across 11 Western States

  08-07-2017 18:07 via yahoo.com
  
  The fires are being spurred on by record-breaking temperatures, strong winds and low humidity across much of the West.
  
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• Fight for Mosul: Iraqi Soldiers Claim Victory ‘Imminent’

  08-07-2017 18:06 via yahoo.com
  
  As Iraqi soldiers battled the remaining ISIS fighters in Mosul, the military said it was making advances to an “imminent” full takeover of the largest city under ISIS control.
  
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• U.S. Bombers Carry Out Exercise in Korean Peninsula in Show of Force

  08-07-2017 18:04 via yahoo.com
  
  Two U.S. B-1B bombers and American and South Korean fighter jets on Friday conducted an exercise that included practicing attack capabilities at a training range, in a show of force to North Korea days after that regime tested a ballistic missile.
  
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