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• Actor Harry Dean Stanton dies at 91

  16-09-2017 23:30 via cnn.com
  Harry Dean Stanton, the longtime character actor whose face had its own unique character, has died at 91, according to his agent, John S. Kelly. CNN's Boris Sanchez reports.
  
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• Sanders’ Single-Payer Proposal May Impact 'Healthy California Act'

  16-09-2017 23:21 via yahoo.com
  The Vermont senator wants to replace America's health-care system with a public system that doesn't include co-payments — a plan that could directly influence California's system.
  
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• Russia strike wounds US-backed Syria forces, coalition says

  16-09-2017 23:19 via yahoo.com
  The US-led coalition said Saturday that Russian forces had bombed American-backed fighters battling the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, wounding several, despite denials from Moscow.The unprecedented strike was initially reported by the Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters supported by Washington.The SDF accused Russian warplanes of bombing its fighters for the first time in the complex war, though Russia's military spokesman denied targeting the group.
  
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• 'Juggalos' in Face Paint and Masks March on Washington to Protest Gang Classification by FBI

  16-09-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  They're sharing the National Mall with a rally in support of President Trump
  
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• Breitbart: Trump voters burning MAGA hats

  16-09-2017 23:03 via cnn.com
  President Trump is facing backlash from conservatives who are unhappy with his actions regarding DACA.
  
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• Breitbart: Trump voters burn MAGA hats

  16-09-2017 23:03 via cnn.com
  President Trump is facing backlash from conservatives who are unhappy with his actions regarding DACA.
  
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• Police arrest teenager over London train attack, hunt for other potential suspects

  16-09-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  British police arrested an 18-year-old man in the ferry departure area of the port of Dover on Saturday on suspicion of being involved in the bombing of a London Underground train and were looking for more potential suspects on the loose.The man, who has not been named, was arrested on suspicion of committing, preparing or instigating an act of terrorism after Friday's attack in which 30 people were injured at Parsons Green station."We're keeping an open mind around whether more than one person
  
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• St Louis protests: Woman knocked over by police during demonstration charged with 'interfering'

  16-09-2017 22:56 via yahoo.com
  St Louis Police say an elderly woman who was knocked down by officers was disobeying orders, and has been charged with “interfering”.A local Fox station caught the incident on camera while covering protests in St Louis, Missouri this weekend.Several officers continue to move forward, stepping over her body, while others physically block protesters who appear to be trying to help her.
  
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• Russian airstrike in Syria hits partner force in US-led coalition

  16-09-2017 22:40 via abcnews.go.com
  Russian airstrike in Syria wounds fighters of U.S.-backed coalition partner.
  
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• California Close To Banning Pet Shop Sales Of Non-Rescue Cats, Dogs And Rabbits

  16-09-2017 22:37 via yahoo.com
  California will become the first state to ban pet stores from selling cats, dogs or rabbits that don’t come from a shelter or rescue group if Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signs the bill sent to him this week.
  
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• Narcos Location Scout Carlos Muñoz Portal Found Dead in Mexico

  16-09-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  Carlos Muñoz Portal was found dead on Monday in a rural area of Mexico known for gang-related drug violence while scouting for locations for the upcoming fourth season of Netflix’s hit show Narcos
  
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• The Latest: Decision to reopen keys after Irma was difficult

  16-09-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Irma in Florida (all times local):
  
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• Awash in protests — Trump supporters, counterprotesters and rap-group fans descend on Washington

  16-09-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump skipped town for the weekend, but that didn't stop demonstrators from making him the focus of competing rallies in the nation's capital.
  
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• Carnival worker falls from malfunctioning Ferris wheel

  16-09-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  A carnival worker fell from a malfunctioning ride in North Carolina on Friday night.
  
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• Iraq says may use force if Kurdish referendum turns violent

  16-09-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq is prepared to intervene militarily if the Kurdish region's planned independence referendum results in violence, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview Saturday.
  
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• Prosecutor renews interest in Long Island serial killer case

  16-09-2017 22:07 via abcnews.go.com
  Prosecutor suggests convicted killer may have been involved in at least 1 death.
  
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• Questions of gun planting, outburst key in officer's verdict

  16-09-2017 22:04 via abcnews.go.com
  A judge's decision to acquit an officer of murder in the death of a black suspect came down to two major questions: Did he plant a gun, and did he premeditate the shooting
  
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• US coastal growth continues despite lessons of past storms

  16-09-2017 22:02 via abcnews.go.com
  Development along U.S. coastlines is increasing faster than in inland areas.
  
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• FEMA auctioned disaster trailers before Harvey made landfall

  16-09-2017 21:59 via abcnews.go.com
  The federal government auctioned off disaster-response trailers at fire-sale prices just before Harvey devastated southeast Texas, reducing an already diminished supply of mobile homes ahead of what could become the nation's largest-ever housing mission
  
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• NATO concerned about Russia's transparency on military games

  16-09-2017 21:57 via abcnews.go.com
  Senior NATO official says they could be seen as "preparation for big war."
  
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• 'Red flag' calls signaled post-Irma deaths at nursing home

  16-09-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — The first 911 call from the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills didn't sound ominous: A nursing home patient had an abnormal heartbeat.
  
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• Jets strike U.S.-backed forces in eastern Syria

  16-09-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  By Ellen FrancisBEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S.-backed militias in Syria said they came under attack on Saturday from Russian jets and Syrian government forces in Deir al-Zor province, a flashpoint in an increasingly complex battlefield.The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias fighting with the U.S.-led coalition, said six of its fighters were wounded in the strike.The Pentagon said Russia bombed a position east of the Euphrates river where it knew SDF fighters and co
  
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• Russia Probe: Trump Aide Struggles to Pay Legal Defense

  16-09-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  Former campaign adviser struggles to pay for legal defense team during Russia probe.
  
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• British police arrest London bomb suspect at Dover border point

  16-09-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  By Kate HoltonLONDON (Reuters) - Police arrested an 18-year-old man in the departure lounge of the port of Dover on Saturday in what they said was a "very significant" step in the hunt for whoever planted a bomb on a London commuter train that injured 30 people a day earlier.Prime Minister Theresa May put Britain on the highest security level of "critical" late on Friday, meaning another attack may be imminent, and deployed soldiers and armed police to strategic locations such as nuclear power p
  
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• Rising river threatens Florida residents in Irma's wake

  16-09-2017 21:25 via abcnews.go.com
  Officials in Florida are going door-to-door warning residents who live near the Withlacoochee River north of the Tampa Bay area of the potential for record-high flooding in the coming days.
  
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• Rising River Threatens Florida Residents Still Picking Up the Pieces After Hurricane Irma

  16-09-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  The new evacuations come as people pick up the pieces after Hurricane Irma
  
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• Sign Language Interpreter Signed Nonsense During Hurricane Irma Press Conference

  16-09-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  The Deaf community is demanding an apology after a an alleged sign language interpreter failed to deliver a clear message during a press conference for Hurricane Irma
  
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• Airstrike hits US-backed fighters in east Syria wounding 6

  16-09-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S.-backed force in Syria said a Russian airstrike wounded six of its fighters Saturday near the eastern city of Deir el-Zour while in southeast Syria, Syrian troops and their Iran-backed allies began a new offensive aiming to capture areas along the Iraq border under the cover of Russian airstrikes.
  
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• How you can help the victims

  16-09-2017 20:59 via cnn.com
  Hurricane Irma killed at least 33 people in the US and flooded major cities including Jacksonville, Florida and Charleston, South Carolina.
  
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• Calls for aid: Hurricane Irma victims need your help

  16-09-2017 20:59 via cnn.com
  Hurricane Irma killed at least 33 people in the US and flooded major cities including Jacksonville, Florida and Charleston, South Carolina.
  
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• Trump Should Be Censured, California Lawmakers Say

  16-09-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  Democrats in the California Assembly passed the resolution 41 to 5.
  
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• The Latest: Some in the Keys get first hot meal after Irma

  16-09-2017 20:30 via yahoo.com
  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Irma in Florida (all times local):
  
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• Seminary Cancels Talk by Priest Who Urges Compassion for LGBT People

  16-09-2017 20:29 via yahoo.com
  Rev. James Martin said he planned a talk on Jesus at the seminary at the Catholic University of America, not his recent book on LGBT people
  
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• Texas clinics offer free abortions to women caught up in Hurricane Harvey

  16-09-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  Dozens of women who were caught up in Hurricane Harvey are being offered free abortions at Texas clinics.The women’s health organisation is working with the Lilith Fund, a pro-choice group in Texas, and others to create a relief fund for the patients.Whole Woman’s Health has so far raised $15,000 (£11,000) to help fund the free abortions but said the total cost will be closer to $40,000.
  
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• 7 arrested after Malaysia school fire kills 21

  16-09-2017 20:14 via cnn.com
  Seven suspects -- all of them younger than 19 -- have been arrested in connection with a fire this week at a school in Malaysia's capital that claimed the lives of 21 students and two adults, state-run media outlet Bernama reported Saturday.
  
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• Basques march in solidarity with Catalan independence vote

  16-09-2017 20:03 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of Basques holding banners that read "we want to decide" marched Saturday in support of Catalonia's independence referendum to separate from Madrid, which Basque separatists have long fought for.Organisers said 35,000 people rallied in the northern city of Bilbao -- a symbolic protest in a region still marked by decades of violence once waged by armed separatist group ETA, and where the desire for independence remains strong.The march comes just two weeks before Catalonia's separatist
  
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• 'Significant arrest' and raids in UK as threat level at 'critical'

  16-09-2017 19:13 via cnn.com
  The London Underground station where an improvised device exploded on a train reopened early Saturday as a huge manhunt for those responsible for the terrorist attack entered its second day.
  
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• 'Significant arrest' and raids as threat level at 'critical'

  16-09-2017 19:13 via cnn.com
  The London Underground station where an improvised device exploded on a train reopened early Saturday as a huge manhunt for those responsible for the terrorist attack entered its second day.
  
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• N. Korea missile renews US talk of war

  16-09-2017 19:04 via cnn.com
  North Korea's latest ballistic missile test has renewed discussion at the highest levels of the Trump administration about how military force could be used to stop Kim Jong Un's development of nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles.
  
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• Latest launch: Missile test renews US talk of military option

  16-09-2017 19:04 via cnn.com
  North Korea's latest ballistic missile test has renewed discussion at the highest levels of the Trump administration about how military force could be used to stop Kim Jong Un's development of nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles.
  
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• 91-year-old former congressman shows millennials how to tweet about Trump

  16-09-2017 19:00 via yahoo.com
  91-year-old former congressman John Dingell has been quick, witty, and on fire with his 140 characters for years. Despite his age, he knows how to use the tweet machine the way it was intended: biting commentary, playful retweets, and insightful and smart reactions. Time and again he's shown he's mastered Twitter. After tweeter-in-chief Donald Trump was elected, Dingell's Twitter game has become even more relevant and fiery. SEE ALSO: Artist paints offensive tweets he received outside Twitter's
  
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• Protests erupt in St. Louis after ex-officer’s acquittal

  16-09-2017 18:42 via yahoo.com
  Protests erupted after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted in the 2011 shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith.
  
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• Republican congressman who opposed Harvey relief funding now in charge of recovery effort

  16-09-2017 18:41 via yahoo.com
  A Republican politician who opposed funding for Hurricane Harvey relief is now in charge of Congressional efforts to help Texas recover from the storm.Texas Representative Joe Barton voted against the $15.25bn federal relief package that Congress offered to help rebuild Texas after the hurricane hit.Mr Barton was one of only 90 Republicans, and four Texas legislators, who voted against the deal.
  
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• Hillary Clinton: there's a 'game that keeps women in their place'

  16-09-2017 18:40 via yahoo.com
  While promoting her newly released memoir, Hillary Clinton has placed blame on several factors for her loss to Donald Trump last November – from her own mistakes, to Russian interference in the US election, and the late intervention by then-FBI director James Comey.In an interview with the New York Times published Saturday, Clinton spoke further about how misogyny is used as a tool to hold women back.
  
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• Iran recruits Afghan and Pakistani Shiites to fight in Syria

  16-09-2017 18:30 via yahoo.com
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Thousands of Shiite Muslims from Afghanistan and Pakistan are being recruited by Iran to fight with President Bashar al-Assad's forces in Syria, lured by promises of housing, a monthly salary of up to $600 and the possibility of employment in Iran when they return, say counterterrorism officials and analysts.
  
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• U2 Cancels St. Louis Concert Due To Security Concerns

  16-09-2017 18:15 via yahoo.com
  U2′s Saturday night show in St. Louis has been canceled at the last minute due to concerns about security at the venue, the band announced on Saturday morning.
  
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• Nearly a Week After Irma, Florida Keys Residents Begin Returning Home

  16-09-2017 18:06 via yahoo.com
  Hurricane Irma devastated the Florida Keys, overturning boats and toppling hundreds of homes. On Saturday, some residents were allowed to return home to see the damage.
  
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• California's Statewide Ban On Foie Gras Is Getting Revived

  16-09-2017 18:01 via yahoo.com
  A statewide ban on selling foie gras may soon be back on in California.
  
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• Seminary cancels talk by priest who urges dialogue with gays

  16-09-2017 17:53 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Citing a social media backlash, the seminary at the Catholic University of America has canceled a talk by a popular Jesuit priest whose latest book advocates for more compassion for gays within the church. In a rare public rebuke, the university's president said Saturday that he opposed the seminary's decision.
  
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• Duterte to Human Rights Chief: 'Are You a Pedophile?'

  16-09-2017 17:46 via yahoo.com
  Duterte had been challenged over the killing of teenagers in the country's anti-drugs campaign.
  
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