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• Man wounded after attacking soldiers in Belgium

  25-08-2017 23:46 via cnn.com
  A man was shot after he attacked two soldiers in Brussels, Belgium, the Brussels prosecutor told CNN.
  
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• Man killed after attacking soldiers in Belgium

  25-08-2017 23:46 via cnn.com
  A man was shot after he attacked two soldiers in Brussels, Belgium, the Brussels prosecutor told CNN.
  
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• Man shot dead after knife attack on soldiers in Brussels – video

  25-08-2017 23:44 via theguardian.com
  A man has been shot dead after attacking two soldiers with a knife in a terror-related incident in Brussels, Belgium. The man, said to be aged 30, was taken to hospital after the attack, which took place at about 8.20pm local time, but later diedContinue reading...
  
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• FBI: Chinese man supplied rare, malicious malware

  25-08-2017 23:41 via yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Chinese man has been charged in California with distributing a type of computer malware that has been linked to attacks on U.S. businesses and to the theft of personnel records of millions of U.S. government employees, authorities said.
  
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• Trump's adviser Cohn 'has not held back how he feels' about Charlottesville response, White House says

  25-08-2017 23:33 via yahoo.com
  White House officials insisted that the president's top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, is staying in the administration and eager to work on tax reform after he sharply criticized President Trump's response to the recent violence in Charlottesville, Va.
  
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• See How Zookeepers Trick Animals Into Getting Weighed and Measured for Annual Checkup

  25-08-2017 23:27 via yahoo.com
  During the annual weigh-in, keepers weigh and measure around 200 different species.
  
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• How a Snake-Eating Hawk Started a Huge Montana Wildfire

  25-08-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  The charred remains of the bird clutching its prey helped firefighters explain what went down.
  
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• Deputy, trooper cleared in North Carolina highway shooting

  25-08-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A woman fatally shot by law enforcement officers along an interstate highway fired on them first after ignoring commands to drop her gun, videos released Friday by a prosecutor show. The deputy and state trooper have been cleared of wrongdoing.
  
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• Man detained outside Buckingham Palace after attack on police

  25-08-2017 23:08 via cnn.com
  Two London police officers suffered minor injuries to their arms while detaining a man on The Mall outside Buckingham Palace, Metropolitan Police said. Authorities said the man is being held on suspicion of assault of police and grievous bodily harm.
  
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• Man, 30, shot dead in Brussels after knife attack on two soldiers

  25-08-2017 23:04 via theguardian.com
  Man ‘not known for terrorist activities’ in critical condition after incident in the centre of Brussels on Friday evening where two soldiers were attackedA man who attacked two soldiers with a knife in Brussels has been shot dead by the army. Authorities said they were treating the attack as a terrorist act.“Incident in Brussels. Soldiers have neutralised an individual. Situation under control,” Belgium’s official crisis centre wrote on Twitter. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump Likely to End DACA Immigrant Program

  25-08-2017 23:02 via nbcnews.com
  President Donald Trump appears likely to pull the plug on DACA, the Obama-era program allowing young people who came to the U.S. illegally as children to remain here, several government officials said Friday.
  
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• Train Passengers Defend Elderly Asian Couple From Racist Tirade

  25-08-2017 22:56 via yahoo.com
  A Canadian woman in Vancouver who yelled “Go back to the Philippines” to an elderly Asian couple on the city’s SkyTrain was a little shocked when the other passengers told her to leave.
  
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• The week in patriarchy: it's easy to feel overwhelmed and paralyzed | Jessica Valenti

  25-08-2017 22:54 via theguardian.com
  In moments when I don’t know what do - when I’m too tired to think about what comes next - I reach out to those who are doing what I wish I couldGet this newsletter via email – sign upI’ve been thinking a lot about how we can find time to rest when it feels like there’s no space or opportunity for anything but constant outrage and careful attention to what’s happening in politics. If we log off for a few hours, another national emergency crops up. When we slee
  
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• Hurricane Harvey Has 20,000 Cruise Ship Passengers Stuck at Sea

  25-08-2017 22:42 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of vacationers will have to wait until the storm passes
  
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• The idolatry of 'whiteness': Christians struggle to respond to Charlottesville

  25-08-2017 22:40 via yahoo.com
  In Virginia devoutly Christian Democratic politicians are trading barbs with the state Republican Party and evangelical leaders in the wake of Charlottesville. Meanwhile, a group of African-American faith leaders has published the “Charlottesville Declaration,” calling on the Evangelical church to strongly condemn white supremacist ideology.
  
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• U.S. forces in Somalia raid; three children reported among dead

  25-08-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  By Abdi SheikhMOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali forces supported by U.S. troops shot dead 10 Somalis, including three children, in a village near the capital Mogadishu on Friday, a witness and local officials told Reuters.The involvement of U.S. troops was confirmed by U.S. Africa Command, which said it was investigating reports of civilian casualties.The Somali army initially said no civilians were killed and all the dead were members of the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militia, which is fighting to o
  
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• American Airlines Refuses To Let Woman With Oxygen Tank Board Flight

  25-08-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  A woman was stranded in St. Louis this week after American Airlines refused to let her board over her oxygen tank.
  
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• Suspected gunman had history of violence, mental illness

  25-08-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The man who police say killed a Charleston chef inside a restaurant filled with tourists had been convicted of violent crimes at least twice since the 1980s and struggled with mental illness, according to legal records.
  
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• Science Denial May Kill Marcellus Williams

  25-08-2017 22:06 via yahoo.com
  “We’re going to order a test, and then ignore it, and then execute a guy?”
  
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• Trump's natural disaster test

  25-08-2017 22:03 via cnn.com
  As Hurricane Harvey swirls through the Gulf of Mexico, speeding toward the Texas coast, it could also bring a critical test of President Donald Trump's abilities as commander-in-chief.
  
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• Hurricane Harvey: 'Texas is about to have a very significant disaster'

  25-08-2017 21:55 via cnn.com
  As heavy rain and gusty winds move in over Texas, coastal residents are deciding whether to flee their homes or to stay put and brace for a potentially life-threatening hurricane.
  
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• Here's How Long $1 Million In Retirement Savings Will Last In Your State

  25-08-2017 21:55 via yahoo.com
  It’s the question that keeps older people up at night: Will the recommended $1 million in retirement savings actually be enough?
  
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• Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 is already looking like a huge success

  25-08-2017 21:51 via yahoo.com
  Some said it couldn't be done, but Samsung somehow managed to dust itself off and emerge relatively unscathed from the unmitigated disaster that was the Galaxy Note 7. A public relations nightmare to say the least, Samsung last year was forced to discontinue and recall the Note 7 amid a slew of reports involving the device spontaneously catching fire and -- in some cases -- exploding and causing bodily harm. While the Note 7 fiasco certainly impacted Samsung's bottom line, it seemingly hasn
  
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• 'Worthless' Subway 'Footlong' sandwich settlement is thrown out: U.S. court

  25-08-2017 21:50 via yahoo.com
  The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago called the settlement "utterly worthless," even as it rewarded the customers' lawyers for convincing Subway it was better to make the case go away than fight."A class action that seeks only worthless benefits for the class and yields only fees for class counsel is no better than a racket and should be dismissed out of hand," Circuit Judge Diane Sykes wrote for a three-judge panel.Subway has more than 44,000 locations worldwide, and is operated by
  
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• Machete-wielding man shot dead in Brussels after attacking soldiers

  25-08-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  A man armed with a machete was shot dead in Brussels on Friday after he attacked soldiers on patrol. The man had attacked two soldiers in the Belgian capital, witnesses said.  "With the identity that we currently have it is a 30-year-old man who is not known for terrorist activities," a spokeswoman for the prosecution service said. Reports said the soldiers were not seriously injured. Freddie Martyn, 25, told the Telegraph: "Just picked up my brother from the train station. We saw two
  
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• Homeland security adviser says President Trump prepared to respond to Hurricane Harvey

  25-08-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  During the daily press briefing Friday, Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert told reporters that President Trump is “acutely focused” on making sure the American people in Hurricane Harvey’s have the help that they need to get through the storm.
  
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• Why Saving for Retirement Is Getting Harder, and What You Can Do About It

  25-08-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  For retirement savers, the challenges just keep coming. The Department of Labor recently signaled its intent to delay the final stages of its new Fiduciary Rule, which requires that retirement ad...
  
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• Republicans Aren't Moderates Just Because They Don't Like Donald Trump

  25-08-2017 21:32 via yahoo.com
  Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) seems to be plotting a potential 2020 challenge to President Donald Trump, with Axios reporting Friday that he could team up with Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) to launch a cross-party independent presidential campaign.
  
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• The Secret History of Diplomats and Invisible Weapons

  25-08-2017 21:27 via yahoo.com
  The alleged use of a “sound weapon” against U.S. Embassy officials in Cuba harks back to a Cold War medical mystery.
  
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• Saudi cleric condemns inter-Muslim conflict ahead of pilgrimage

  25-08-2017 21:22 via yahoo.com
  By Mahmoud MouradMECCA (Reuters) - The imam of Mecca's Grand Mosque denounced those who "cause conflict among Muslims" in his last Friday sermon before the annual haj pilgrimage, as rifts widen among Gulf neighbors and wars rage across the Middle East.Saudi Arabia, which hosts and supervises the haj, has with other Arab governments imposed sanctions on Qatar and cut all transport links with the country in recent months, accusing it of supporting Iran and backing Islamist terrorism - charges Doha
  
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• Indian Rape Conviction Leads To Massive Clashes, Dozens Of Deaths

  25-08-2017 21:19 via yahoo.com
  A revered spiritual figure in India was found guilty of rape on Friday, leading thousands of his followers to sow chaos across the states of Punjab and Haryana in protest.
  
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• Leonard Barden on Chess

  25-08-2017 21:17 via theguardian.com
  The 54-year-old Kasparov took time to get going but his appearance at St Louis still overhadowed Aronian’s three-point margin of victory at the tournamentWinning a top tournament by a three-point margin normally captures the headlines but Levon Aronian’s impressive result at the St Louis speed event last week was sweepingly upstaged by Garry Kasparov’s return to competitive play after a 12-year absence.This one-off comeback by the 54-year-old, whom many regard as the all-time N
  
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• The Viper ACR Has Gone Faster at the 'Ring

  25-08-2017 21:14 via yahoo.com
  However, the improvement was far less than expected due to ultra-hot track conditions.
  
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• The Latest: Analyst doubts Samsung scandal will hurt phones

  25-08-2017 21:13 via yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the bribery case involving the heir to the Samsung empire (all times local):
  
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• Arkansas Ready to Execute Again: 'Delusional' Killer Gets Date With Death

  25-08-2017 21:13 via nbcnews.com
  Jack Greene stabbed, shot and beat a man to death with a can of hominy. Arkansas plans to execute him Nov. 9.
  
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• 10 civilians, including kids, dead in US-backed Somalia raid

  25-08-2017 21:09 via yahoo.com
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Ten civilians, including three children, were killed in a raid by foreign and Somali forces on a farm in southern Somalia, a deputy governor said Friday, as the U.S. military confirmed it supported a counter-terror operation in the area and said it would look into the allegations.
  
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• San Francisco latest U.S. city to brace for protests

  25-08-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  San Francisco braced on Friday for a weekend of protests, including a rally by an Oregon-based group that local leaders labeled "white supremacist" as the city's mayor urged residents to boycott the event.The demonstrations planned for Friday, Saturday and Sunday across the Bay Area raised concern among San Francisco police and elected officials two weeks after right-wing activists, including neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan, fought with anti-racism protesters in the streets of Charlottesville, Vi
  
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• 1800s log cabin found in walls of Ohio home

  25-08-2017 20:56 via cnn.com
  An Ohio couple discovered a 19th-century log cabin inside the walls of a newly purchased home they were planning to demolish.
  
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• US, Canada to collaborate to investigate right whales deaths

  25-08-2017 20:55 via yahoo.com
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Marine authorities in the U.S. and Canada said Friday they will marshal resources to try to find out what's behind a string of deaths of endangered North Atlantic right whales.
  
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• Civil Rights Groups Sue To Block Indiana From Using Unreliable Process To Purge Voter Rolls

  25-08-2017 20:55 via yahoo.com
  Civil rights groups are suing Indiana officials to block the state from purging voters from its rolls using a process shown to inaccurately identify voters registered in multiple states.In April, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) signed legislation authorizing election officials to remove voters from the rolls if they were found to be registered in more than one place.According to the legislation, one of the ways officials can identify people who are registered in more than one place is by using Int
  
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• The Latest: Judge: Suspected gunman suffered mental illness

  25-08-2017 20:54 via yahoo.com
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the slaying of a chef by a fired dishwasher at a restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina (all times local):
  
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• President Trump Pardons Former Arizona Sheriff Arpaio

  25-08-2017 20:47 via yahoo.com
  The White House announced that President Trump is pardoning controversial former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
  
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• Arkansas governor sets execution for inmate, spares another

  25-08-2017 20:44 via yahoo.com
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' governor said Friday he will spare the life of a death row inmate whom the state planned to put to death earlier this year, but he also set a November execution date for another convicted killer.
  
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• Mueller Takes New Step in Trump Russia Probe

  25-08-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  Carol Lee, NBC News national political reporter, talks with Ari Melber about Special Counsel Robert Mueller subpoenaing grand jury testimony from PR executives tied to Paul Manafort.
  
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• Watch sharks chase massive schools of fish

  25-08-2017 20:40 via cnn.com
  Mesmerizing video shows sandbar and dusky sharks swim through massive schools of menhaden and bunker fish in Long Island waters.
  
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• Gallego: Trump is a Racist Pardoning a Racist

  25-08-2017 20:35 via yahoo.com
  Congressman Ruben Gallego criticized Donald Trump for pardoning Joe Arpaio and laments the damage and disregard Donald Trump has wrought on the rule and laws that are the foundation of American society.
  
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• He Shared a Photo of His Baby. Then She Became a Political Football

  25-08-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  The father of a baby who went viral after the ACLU tweeted out her photo with a controversial message discusses the national discourse.
  
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• Donald Trump's Telling Change to the Oval Office

  25-08-2017 20:24 via yahoo.com
  Here’s a little quiz. Take a look at the picture of the photo above, which shows the newly redecorated Oval Office that is occupied by Donald Trump. What’s unusual in this scene?
  
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• Schiff: Trump Abuses Pardon as Political Tool

  25-08-2017 20:18 via yahoo.com
  Congressman Adam Schiff talks with Ari Melber about Donald Trump's pardon of Joe Arpaio as "patently political" and not about the interests of justice.
  
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• Trump Flouts Pardon's Intended Purpose

  25-08-2017 20:13 via yahoo.com
  Jon Meacham, presidential historian, talks with Ari Melber about the intended purpose of a presidential pardon and its responsible use by past presidents in contrast with Donald Trump's crass political application.
  
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