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• Human remains found in search for Natalee Holloway belong to female of eastern European descent, tests show

  24-08-2017 23:45 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Human remains discovered in Aruba, where Natalee Holloway vanished 12 years ago, are those of a female of Eastern European descent, tests showed.
  
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• Ohio Asks for More Foster Parents Amid Opioid Crisis

  24-08-2017 23:44 via nbcnews.com
  Ohio's top lawman appealed for more foster parents to 'make the leap' and take in a child from opioid-ravaged families.
  
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• Mystery Havana embassy attacks hurt 16 US staff

  24-08-2017 23:41 via yahoo.com
  No fewer than 16 Americans were hurt in what has previously been dubbed an acoustic attack on the US mission in Cuba, the State Department said Thursday.The "unprecedented" attacks came to light last month when Washington warned Cuba it would be held responsible for the safety of US personnel in Havana.US officials have said those hurt appeared to have been targeted by some form of previously unknown acoustic assault, but have not blamed Cuba directly.
  
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• Submarine inventor faces murder charge over journalist's death

  24-08-2017 23:39 via cnn.com
  Danish inventor Peter Madsen is to be charged with the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall as well as "indecent interference with a human corpse," Danish prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen told CNN Thursday.
  
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• Kim Wall case: Danish inventor to face murder charge over journalist's death

  24-08-2017 23:39 via cnn.com
  Danish inventor Peter Madsen is to be charged with the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall as well as "indecent interference with a human corpse," Danish prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen told CNN Thursday.
  
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• Russian ambassador to Sudan latest in string of Kremlin diplomat deaths

  24-08-2017 23:37
  He's the fourth Russian diplomat to die recently while assigned overseas.
  
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• Your greatest all-time Premier League XI

  24-08-2017 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Rio or Vincent? Frank or Stevie? Sergio or Thierry? Who has made the cut for your all-time Premier League XI?
  
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• Sixteen US staff in Cuba hurt in 'acoustic attack'

  24-08-2017 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Embassy staff in Havana began noticing symptoms late last year and several needed treatment.
  
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• Whitehouse.gov petition to label antifa as a 'terror group' generates more than 290,000 signatures

  24-08-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration has yet to respond to any petitions that have crossed the 100,000-signature threshold meant to trigger an official response.
  
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• Couple Says Jesus Appeared in Their Baby's Sonogram: 'We Were So Relieved'

  24-08-2017 23:24 via yahoo.com
  Alicia Zeek and Zac Smith claim Jesus popped up in their child's sonogram.
  
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• More than 200 doomed Puerto Rico dogs saved by airlift to US

  24-08-2017 23:12 via feeds.foxnews.com
  They were a mix of breeds and sizes, ranging from puppies to seniors.
  
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• Teen tells judge he bought tiger cub on streets of Mexico

  24-08-2017 23:11 via yahoo.com
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California teenager charged with smuggling a Bengal tiger into the United States told a judge Thursday that he bought the animal on the streets of Tijuana, Mexico, where several of the endangered animals have been spotted this year.
  
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• Calif. Dad Who Murdered Son After Disneyland Trip Is Confronted at Sentencing by Boy’s Mom

  24-08-2017 23:07 via yahoo.com
  A California man who recently pleaded guilty to murdering his 5-year-old son three months ago following a trip to Disneyland has been sentenced to 25 years to life, PEOPLE confirms.
  
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• Dad Warns Parents After He Says Daughter, 7, Is Asked to Send Photos 'Without T-Shirt' on Music Video App

  24-08-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  "We thought we did all we could to protect her from those types of things and unfortunately, they got through to us," said her dad, Brad Summer.
  
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• Peru discovers in pre-Incan site tomb of 16 Chinese migrants

  24-08-2017 22:58 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Peruvian archeologists have discovered in a sacred pre-Incan site the bodies of 16 men from China who arrived to South America almost two centuries ago as semi-enslaved workers.
  
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• WATCH: Storm surges explained by Ginger Zee

  24-08-2017 22:47
  Ginger Zee explains the science behind storm surges during hurricanes.
  
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• Unicorn of the sea: Narwhals' Arctic home is melting

  24-08-2017 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Narwhals are one of the most mysterious ocean species, but their icy home is melting.
  
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• Kushner chases 'ultimate deal' in Mideast

  24-08-2017 22:37 via cnn.com
  In a bid to restart a moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's adviser and son-in-law, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Thursday.
  
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• Kushner chases 'ultimate deal' in Middle East

  24-08-2017 22:37 via cnn.com
  In a bid to restart a moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's adviser and son-in-law, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Thursday.
  
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• Jay Thomas, 'Murphy Brown' and 'Cheers' Actor, Dies at 69

  24-08-2017 22:36 via nbcnews.com
  Actor Jay Thomas, best known for his roles in the classic sitcoms "Murphy Brown" and "Cheers," has died, according to his publicist. He was 69.
  
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• Collapse at salmon farm renews debate about fish farming

  24-08-2017 22:36 via yahoo.com
  SEATTLE (AP) — A marine net pen holding 305,000 farmed Atlantic salmon collapsed recently, releasing thousands of fish into Puget Sound and renewing concerns that a new proposed salmon farm could harm wild salmon stock and cause other environmental damage.
  
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• White House downplays Trump’s campaign promise on border wall funding

  24-08-2017 22:35 via yahoo.com
  The White House sought to downplay President Trump's campaign promise that Mexico would pay for it.
  
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• North Koreans tortured and killed over religious beliefs, new State Department report says

  24-08-2017 22:33 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A newly-released State Department report describes a gruesome picture of human rights abuses in North Korea, including citizens being “arrested, beaten, tortured or killed because of their religious beliefs.”
  
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• 'Outside the Beltway' Voters Tell Trump: Stop Tweeting

  24-08-2017 22:32 via nbcnews.com
  I'm in the middle seat on my sixth flight in four days. A line of people dragging suitcases snakes toward the front of the plane.
  
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• Mo Farah wins his final track race in Zurich Diamond League event

  24-08-2017 22:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Great Britain's Mo Farah wins a thrilling 5,000m in the final track race of his career at the Diamond League event in Zurich.
  
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• Zinke Recommends Changes to National Monuments

  24-08-2017 22:31 via nbcnews.com
  In a June report, Zinke recommended changing and downsizing the borders for Bears Ears, which was designated for protection under President Obama.
  
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• Armed police shoot suspected gunman ending restaurant siege in Charleston, South Carolina

  24-08-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
   A fired dishwasher shot and killed a chef and held a "small number" of people hostage for about three hours before he was shot by police at a crowded restaurant in a tourist-heavy area of downtown Charleston, South Carolina, on Thursday, authorities and one of the restaurant's owners said.  The hostages were freed with no injuries, Mayor John Tecklenburg said. The shooting took place at Virginia's restaurant on the usually crowded King Street, a line of shops and nice dining that cate
  
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• WATCH: How hurricanes form, explained by Ginger Zee

  24-08-2017 22:30
  Ginger Zee explains the science behind hurricanes.
  
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• Could Trump pardon Joe Arpaio by tweet?

  24-08-2017 22:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Donald Trump has hinted several times at a pardon, but could the Twitter president do it by keystroke?
  
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• Cop Charged in Hot Car Death of K-9 Officer Left in Vehicle in 88-Degree Heat

  24-08-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  Sebastian Police Officer Eric Antosia is accused of leaving his partner, German shepherd Diesel, inside their patrol vehicle outside a court house.
  
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• Hezbollah seizes much of IS enclave on Syrian-Lebanese border: Nasrallah

  24-08-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  Hezbollah has captured much of an Islamic State pocket on Syria's side of the border with Lebanon in a joint offensive with the Syrian army, its leader said on Thursday.In parallel with the fighting, talks on a truce have begun with Islamic State but a military victory is more likely, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech.Syrian troops and Iran-backed Hezbollah have been fighting to oust Islamic State from Syria's western Qalamoun region.
  
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• Remains Found in Aruba Found to Be Woman of Eastern European Descent, Just Like Natalee Holloway

  24-08-2017 22:18 via yahoo.com
  Aruban authorities claim the remains are not human at all.
  
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• Sanders: White House relationship with the GOP is 'fine'

  24-08-2017 22:15
  Trump has clashed with McConnell and Ryan over health care.
  
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• Tiny U.S. Ally to Host Big Radars to Watch North Korea

  24-08-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  The tiny archipelago nation of Palau agreed to host a massive U.S. radar system at a time when North Korea is threatening U.S. allies in the region.
  
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• What you need to know about the government shutdown showdown

  24-08-2017 22:07
  Trump said he would be willing to let a shutdown happen to fund a border wall.
  
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• Gov. Cuomo formally introduces bridge named for late father

  24-08-2017 22:03 via yahoo.com
  TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday formally introduced a new $4 billion bridge named for his late father that will carry 50 million cars a year across the Hudson River in the New York City suburbs.
  
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• Ethics Group Wants To Know If Steve Mnuchin And Louise Linton Used Government Plane To See The Eclipse

  24-08-2017 22:02 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― An ethics watchdog group is investigating whether Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife, actress Louise Linton, planned a government trip to view the solar eclipse on Monday, the same trip on which Linton created controversy after flouting the couple’s extravagant lifestyle on social media.
  
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• Powerball jackpot winner claims $758m and immediately quits job

  24-08-2017 21:55 via yahoo.com
  The woman who won the second-largest lottery prize in US history says she isn’t going back to work, and kind of wants to spend some alone.Mavis Wanczyk was the only winner this week, and said that she was initially shocked to realise she’d won.Ms Wanczyk has worked for Mercy Medical Centre in Massachusetts for 32 years, and was hoping to retire early.
  
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• Gunman shot at Charleston, S.C., restaurant; hostage rescued

  24-08-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  A disgruntled employee who fatally shot one person and held another hostage on Thursday at a restaurant in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, was shot by police, the city's mayor said.Witnesses said the gunman brandished a pistol and said "There's a new boss in town" as he entered Virginia's On Kingin the heart of the city's commercial district, while about 15 to 20 people were having lunch.The gunman was transported to a local hospital in critical condition and the hostage was rescued, said C
  
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• White House blasts Republican senator's 'outrageous' criticism of Trump

  24-08-2017 21:53 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Bob Corker told reporters last week that Trump “has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability, nor some of the competence, he needs to … be successful.”
  
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• Why is the heir to Samsung on trial?

  24-08-2017 21:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Lee Jae-yong has pleaded not guilty - a South Korean court's verdict is due on Friday.
  
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• 'Cheers' actor Jay Thomas is dead at 69

  24-08-2017 21:48
  The actor had cancer.
  
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• Gunman takes hostages at US restaurant

  24-08-2017 21:37 via cnn.com
  A "disgruntled employee" was holding hostages Thursday after shooting one person at a restaurant in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, officials said.
  
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• NATO chief says 2 experts to attend Russia-Belarus war games

  24-08-2017 21:36 via feeds.foxnews.com
  NATO's chief says the military alliance will send two experts to attend Russia's war games with Belarus, after Minsk invited them to take part.
  
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• Qatar defies Saudi Arabia by restoring diplomatic ties with Iran

  24-08-2017 21:32 via yahoo.com
  Qatar has defied Saudi Arabia by strengthening its diplomatic ties with Iran - rather than cutting them back as Saudi Arabia and its allies have demanded. Saudi Arabia and three other Arab states have been blockading Qatar since early June and have demanded that Qatar curb its ties with Iran, as well as shut down its al-Jazeera television network and expel extremists from its territory.  Rather than give in to the blockading countries’ demands, Qatar announced on Thursday that it
  
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• Keep Confederate statues, but tell the other side of the story? Richmond tries — with mixed results.

  24-08-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  Cities and towns across the South seek solutions to the thorny questions of history and public memory raised by the removal of Confederate memorials.
  
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• Trump W.H. Pressed on 'Pardon Philosophy' Amid Russia Probe

  24-08-2017 21:20 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump hints that he's preparing to pardon convicted ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio — after the Washington Post reported Trump was asking about pardon powers for himself and his family. Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks joins Lawrence O'Donnell.
  
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• Amazon to close on Whole Foods buyout Monday

  24-08-2017 21:00
  Amazon plans to cut prices on grocery staples.
  
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• Gunman holds hostages at Charleston, S.C., restaurant, one injured

  24-08-2017 20:49 via yahoo.com
  A disgruntled employee armed with a handgun was holding hostages at a restaurant in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, on Thursday and at least one person was shot and taken to the hospital, police said.Witnesses said the shooter brandished the pistol and shouted as he entered the Virginia's On King eatery, in the heart of the city's commercial district, while about 15 to 20 people were having lunch.One shooting victim was found at the scene and transported to an area hospital, Charleston Poli
  
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• Trump focus on Afghanistan minerals hurts US

  24-08-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  Laurel Miller, former State Department special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, talks with Rachel Maddow about why Donald Trump's interest in looting Afghanistan's mineral wealth is harmful to the U.S. mission there.
  
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