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• Huge California wildfire spreads overnight as crews dig in

  15-07-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  
  By Dan WhitcombLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Firefighters battled on Saturday to gain control of a destructive wildfire burning near Santa Barbara, California that mushroomed in size overnight, pushed by gusty offshore winds into dry brush that has not burned in decades.The Whittier Fire, which broke out July 8 and has already destroyed eight homes, had been more than 50 percent contained on Friday before so-called "Sundowner" winds picked up in the evening, according to a California Department of For
  
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• Trump campaign paid lawyer now representing son $50,000 before emails released 

  15-07-2017 23:57 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump's presidential re-election campaign made a $50,000 payment in June to the law office now representing Donald Trump Jr. more than a week before revelations that the president's son had met with a Russian lawyer during the campaign. The payment to the Law Offices of Alan S. Futerfas, dated June 27, was disclosed in a filing with the Federal Election Commission on Saturday. It was described as covering "legal consulting" fees. Separately, the campaign also paid Jones Day, the law firm
  
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• Hamas says target Israelis after Jerusalem site attack

  15-07-2017 23:49 via yahoo.com
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza's militant Hamas rulers on Saturday called on Palestinians to attack Israeli forces in Jerusalem after a sacred site was closed following a deadly assault there.
  
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• Teen facing 15 charges in connection to London acid attacks

  15-07-2017 23:32
  
  A teenager is facing multiple charges in connection to five linked acid attacks in north and east London earlier this week, police said today.
  
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• Pink Floyd star defends his anti-Trump tour

  15-07-2017 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  An inflatable pig with Donald Trump's face on the side. Screens that show doctored images of the President throwing up. Photos of Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as a big baby, and as Hitler.
  
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• Over 7 Million Pounds Of Hot Dogs Recalled Over Bone Fragments

  15-07-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  
  Check your label before you start off the grill. Over 7 million pounds of hot dogs are being recalled over bone fragments.
  
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• Teen charged in London acid attacks

  15-07-2017 23:16 via cnn.com
  
  One of two teenagers taken into custody after five men were attacked with acid in London will face multiple charges, including one count of grievous bodily harm, Metropolitan police said Saturday.
  
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• DHS to Examine Criminal Histories Before Extending Protected Status

  15-07-2017 23:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  DHS will review the criminal histories and public benefit usage of people temporarily in the U.S. on protected immigration status before extending their stays.
  
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• Bone fragment scare forces Sabrett hot dog recall

  15-07-2017 22:59
  The maker of Sabrett hot dogs is recalling more than 7 million pounds of hot dogs because they may contain bone fragments
  
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• Authorities: Hospital lab break-in prompts hazmat response

  15-07-2017 22:53
  Authorities in Connecticut say a person possibly seeking to steal an air conditioner broke into a hospital's nuclear medicine lab, triggering a hazmat response to a possible spill of a radioactive substance
  
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• Skydiving Tandem In Australia Die When Parachute Doesn't Open

  15-07-2017 22:41 via yahoo.com
  
  A video captured the instructor in high spirits before the dive in an area outside of Sydney.
  
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• The Latest: Italy's migrant crisis is spawning new protests

  15-07-2017 22:40 via yahoo.com
  
  ROME (AP) — The Latest on the migrant crisis in Europe (all times local):
  
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• Officers Help Delivery Woman's Baby Boy on Side of the Road

  15-07-2017 22:03 via yahoo.com
  
  The baby's head was already coming out when officer's arrived.
  
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• Turkey marks the 1-year anniversary of failed coup attempt

  15-07-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  
  Tens of thousands joined a national unity march in Istanbul on Saturday, converging at the iconic July 15 Martyrs' Bridge to mark the anniversary of the failed military coup attempt that 250 people died resisting.
  
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• France aims to be 'facilitator' in Gulf crisis talks

  15-07-2017 21:55 via yahoo.com
  
  French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Saturday that Paris wants to assist Kuwait-led mediation on the crisis between Qatar and four other Arab states after holding talks in Doha and Jeddah.Le Drian stopped in Qatar at the start of a Gulf tour aimed at helping defuse the crisis pitting Qatar against Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt.
  
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• Texas funeral held for American beaten to death in Greece

  15-07-2017 21:52
  
  A funeral for the American tourist who was fatally beaten in Greece took place in his hometown of Austin, Texas
  
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• Only woman to take math's highest award dies

  15-07-2017 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  Maryam Mirzakhani, a Stanford University professor who became the only woman to receive the highest honor in mathematics, died Saturday after a long battle with cancer, the school said.
  
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• Maryam Mirzakhani, only woman to take math's highest award, dies at 40

  15-07-2017 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  Maryam Mirzakhani, a Stanford University professor who became the only woman to receive the highest honor in mathematics, died Saturday after a long battle with cancer, the school said.
  
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• Maryam Mirzakhani, 1st Woman to Win Fields Medal, Dies

  15-07-2017 21:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  Maryam Mirzakhani, the first and only woman to win the Fields Medal in mathematics, has died.She was 40.
  
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• France calls for swift lifting of sanctions on Qatari nationals

  15-07-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  
  France called on Saturday for a swift lifting of sanctions that target Qatari nationals in an effort to ease a month-long rift between the Gulf country and several of its neighbors.Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt imposed sanctions on Qatar on June 5, accusing it of financing extremist groups and allying with the Gulf Arab states' arch-foe Iran.Doha denies the accusations.
  
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• Supreme Court gives Hawaii until Tuesday to answer Trump travel ban motion

  15-07-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the State of Hawaii to respond by Tuesday at noon to President Donald Trump's motion to block a judge's ruling that prevented his travel ban from being applied to grandparents of U.S. citizens and refugees already being processed by resettlement agencies, the court's publicinformation office said on Saturday.In a court filing on Friday, the administration asked the justices to overturn Thursday's decision by a U.S. district judge in Hawaii, which limited the scop
  
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• The New York Times asks court to toss Sarah Palin lawsuit

  15-07-2017 21:15
  The New York Times has asked a judge to toss out a defamation lawsuit former Alaska governor Sarah Palin filed against it
  
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• U.S. Journalist, 3 Security Guards Remain Missing After Attack in Congo

  15-07-2017 21:10 via yahoo.com
  
  An American journalist and at least three security guards remain missing after an attack by the Mai Mai militia outside of Mambasa
  
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• White House Opioid Commission Led By Chris Christie Fails To Meet Another Deadline

  15-07-2017 20:54 via yahoo.com
  
  Trump's opioid commission headed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie fails to meet yet another deadline.
  
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• Syrian army takes more oil fields from Islamic State in Raqqa and eastern desert

  15-07-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  
  By Suleiman Al-KhalidiBEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army backed by heavy Russian air strikes seized a string of oil wells in southwest Raqqa province on Saturday, as retreating Islamic State militants battle to defend their remaining territory in the country.State-owned Ikhbariyah television quoted a military source as saying the army had taken control of Wahab, al Fahd, Dbaysan, al-Qseer, Abu al Qatat and Abu Qatash oil fields and several other villages in the desert area that lies in the south
  
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• Probe into fatal Honolulu apartment tower fire

  15-07-2017 20:33 via yahoo.com
  
  Honolulu fire officials on Saturday were hoping to determine the cause of a blaze that tore through three upper floors of a 36-story residential tower in Hawaii's capital.
  
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• Egypt police probe motives of Red Sea beach attacker

  15-07-2017 20:32 via yahoo.com
  
  Police on Saturday questioned the suspected jihadist who stabbed to death two German women and wounded four others at a Red Sea beach resort, adding to the woes of Egypt's hobbled tourism industry.Elsewhere the interior ministry said police killed six militants in two shootouts near Cairo and the eastern Ismailiya province.Egypt has struggled to quash militant attacks led by the Islamic State group, whose local branch is based in the Sinai Peninsula, after the army ousted Islamist president Moha
  
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• Georgia elections chief plans changes after security issues

  15-07-2017 20:24
  
  Georgia elections chief plans changes amid security lapses, criticism from voting-technology activists about Brian Kemp's record amid run for governor
  
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• Pop star, lobbyist: The cast of Trump's Russian connections

  15-07-2017 20:12
  
  From pageant promoters and a pop star to a prosecutor, property lawyer and lobbyist: These are among the cast of characters of Trump Russia connections
  
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• White House hires attorney Ty Cobb to manage Russia response

  15-07-2017 20:11
  
  Lawyer Ty Cobb will coordinate his efforts with outside attorney Marc Kasowitz.
  
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• Egypt knife attacker first sat, spoke with 2 German victims

  15-07-2017 20:02 via yahoo.com
  
  HURGHADA, Egypt (AP) — The Egyptian university graduate who stabbed two German women to death at a popular Red Sea resort first sat and spoke to them in fluent German before producing a large kitchen knife and attacking them, security officials said Saturday.
  
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• White House pitches health bill to skeptical US governors

  15-07-2017 19:48 via yahoo.com
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Trump administration is struggling to get support from skeptical U.S. governors for a revised health care bill before the U.S. Senate.
  
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• Maths 'genius' Maryam Mirzakhani dies, aged 40

  15-07-2017 19:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian-born mathematician who was the first woman to win the coveted Fields Medal, died Saturday in a US hospital after a battle with cancer.Mirzakhani's friend Firouz Naderi, a former director of Solar Systems Exploration at NASA, announced her death on Instagram.Mirzakhani, a professor at Stanford University in California, died after the cancer she had been battling for four years spread to her bone marrow, Iranian media said.
  
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• Ohio school superintendents plead not guilty in sex case

  15-07-2017 19:31
  
  Two Ohio school superintendents married to each other have pleaded not guilty to charges related to the alleged sexual assault of a girl under the age of 13
  
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• Prosecutor: Man killed inmate after Bible verse dispute

  15-07-2017 19:10
  A West Virginia man has pleaded guilty to killing a fellow prison inmate after a dispute over a Bible verse
  
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• Police find 400 pounds of marijuana in cars made in Mexico

  15-07-2017 19:10
  Authorities say more than 400 pounds (181 kilograms) of marijuana has been found in 15 new cars made in Mexico and shipped to Ohio and Pennsylvania for sale
  
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• 2 police officers help deliver baby along Michigan street

  15-07-2017 19:10
  Police officers in southwestern Michigan have helped safely deliver a baby after the mother started giving birth while headed to a hospital
  
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• What Led To The Deaths Of 4 Missing Pennsylvania Men?

  15-07-2017 19:09 via yahoo.com
  
  Cosmo DiNardo admitted to the murders, but what was his motive?
  
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• Trump team sending mixed messages on Qatar and Gulf crisis

  15-07-2017 19:08
  Trump says one thing while Tillerson, Mattis say something else.
  
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• Thousands march in Hong Kong in memory of Liu Xiaobo

  15-07-2017 19:05 via yahoo.com
  
  Thousands took to the streets of central Hong Kong Saturday night holding candles as they marched in memory of pro-democracy Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.Veteran activists led the solemn gathering which wove its way from the commercial heart of Hong Kong Island to China's liaison office, with some marchers in tears.Liu's ashes were buried at sea Saturday, depriving supporters of a place to pay tribute following his death Thursday from cancer while in custody on the mainland.
  
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• A Skydiver Told His Wife He Wasn't Going to Pull Parachute Cord. She Arrived 'Moments' Too Late

  15-07-2017 18:40 via yahoo.com
  
  The wife of a skydiver arrived moments too late to save him after he sent her a message saying he wasn't going to pull his parachute cord.
  
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• Sorrow as Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to win mathematics' Fields Medal, dies aged 40

  15-07-2017 18:27 via yahoo.com
  
  Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian-born mathematician who was the first woman to win the coveted Fields Medal, has died in a US hospital after a battle with cancer. She was 40. Mirzakhani' friend Firouz Naderi announced her death on Saturday on Instagram, and her relatives confirmed the death to the Mehr agency in Iran. "A light was turned off today. It breaks my heart ..... gone far too soon," wrote Naderi, a former director of Solar Systems Exploration at NASA. "A genius? Yes. But also a daughter,
  
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• Lighting should have alerted pilots of potential disaster

  15-07-2017 18:26 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  Investigators looking into the frighteningly close call involving an airliner that nearly hit planes on the ground at San Francisco International Airport will try to determine why the pilots made such ...
  
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• How a Connecticut Nonprofit Aims to Foster Employment for Autism

  15-07-2017 18:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Roses for Autism is a non-profit social enterprise that sells roses and a variety other flowers — all proceeds from the sales fund scholarships and career training for transition age Autism.
  
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• Vatican-Vetted Outlet Condemns Steve Bannon's Geopolitics

  15-07-2017 18:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  The editor of an influential Jesuit journal also accuses some U.S. evangelicals and their Roman Catholic supporters of promoting a 'theocratic type of state.'
  
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• Women's World Cup: England head for the semi-finals on the back of six straight wins

  15-07-2017 18:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England head into the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup on the back of a sixth straight win courtesy of a 92-run victory over West Indies.
  
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• Congrats to this clever mama raccoon who broke into a car to give birth

  15-07-2017 18:16 via yahoo.com
  
  No one wants their car broken into, but sometimes you gotta give credit where credit is due.  Consider, for example, this mother raccoon, who climbed through a plastic window cover and tumbled into the backseat of a parked convertible at an auto shop so she could safely give birth to her kits.  She was later relocated by Devon of Wildlife, Inc. Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in Manatee, Florida. SEE ALSO: Pelican in a cop car wants you to know this isn't what it looks like "I capture
  
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• Why is Trump's base ignoring collusion story?

  15-07-2017 18:13 via cnn.com
  
  Matthew Rosenberg of the NY Times and Selena Zito of the Washington Examiner discuss the Trump base's attitude toward news about alleged Russian collusion.
  
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• The Plant-Based Burger That Smells, Tastes and Bleeds Like the Real Thing

  15-07-2017 18:13 via yahoo.com
  
  Pat Brown, the scientist and chief executive behind the plant-based burger from Impossible Foods, is on a mission to recreate the texture, smell, and flavor of meat that carnivores crave — while cutting down on the waste in meat production.
  
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• Nevada Marijuana Shortage: State Officials Scramble to Stock up

  15-07-2017 18:10 via yahoo.com
  
  Just two weeks after pot sales began, state officials are scrambling to prevent a shortage. The stakes are high — the state budget is counting on millions in anticipated tax revenue from pot sales.
  
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