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• Dueling Rallies Show Republican Rift in Alabama Senate Race

  24-09-2017 23:45 via nbcnews.com
  While President Donald Trump campaigns for Luther Strange, many of his supporters back Roy Moore in the run-up to Tuesday's vote.
  
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• Seattle Seahawks Absent At National Anthem To Protest 'Injustice' Against People Of Color

  24-09-2017 23:31 via yahoo.com
  As a protest of the “injustice that has plagued people of color in this country,” the Seattle Seahawks chose not to come on the field for the singing of the national anthem at their Sunday NFL game in Tennessee.
  
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• These are the NFL players protesting today amid Trump criticism

  24-09-2017 23:27 via cnn.com
  The Baltimore Ravens' Terrell Suggs and Ray Lewis lent their star power to the ongoing national anthem protests, as players and coaches either kneeled or locked arms in London ahead of the slate of Sunday games.
  
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• One dead and seven injured in church shooting stopped by 'hero' usher

  24-09-2017 23:16 via theguardian.com
  Masked gunman enters Nashville church after shooting woman dead
  Man who tackled suspect pistol-whipped before gunman shoots selfA masked gunman entered a church in Tennessee on Sunday and opened fire, killing one person and injuring seven others before shooting himself, an official said. Nashville mayor Megan Barry called the shooting “a terrible tragedy for our city”.Metropolitan Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron said a church usher who confronted the gunman was pistol-whipped by
  
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• Kurds feel world has abandoned them

  24-09-2017 23:10 via cnn.com
  Just as Iraq prepares to turn the page on ISIS, a new chapter in its turbulent history appears to be unfolding. This time centering on the country's largest ethnic minority: the Kurds and their push for independence.
  
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• Iraqi Kurdish referendum: What you need to know

  24-09-2017 23:10 via cnn.com
  Just as Iraq prepares to turn the page on ISIS, a new chapter in its turbulent history appears to be unfolding. This time centering on the country's largest ethnic minority: the Kurds and their push for independence.
  
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• 'A Different World' Still a Key Cultural Force 30 Years Later

  24-09-2017 23:06 via nbcnews.com
  A Different World took the nation to the yard and schooled them on the culture, care and traditions of black colleges and showcased the concerns of black youth
  
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• Parishioner shot dead and six others injured after masked gunman opens fire at Nashville church

  24-09-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  A masked gunman killed an elderly woman and injured six other parishioners during a shooting at a church near Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday morning. Among the wounded was the pastor of Burnette Chapel Church of Christ who was shot in the chest, according to his son. There was no further information on the extent of the injuries suffered. Metro Nashville Police Department spokesman Don Aaron said at a press conference: "A gunman wearing a neoprene mask arrived in the parking lot and one wom
  
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• Smolders crowned 2017 Longines Global Champions Tour winner

  24-09-2017 22:55 via cnn.com
  After six months of elite show jumping across 14 cities and three continents, Harrie Smolders has been crowned the overall winner of the 2017 Longines Global Champions Tour.
  
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• White House Aide Struggles To Defend GOP Bill's Pre-Existing Conditions Loophole

  24-09-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  A top Trump administration official ended up conceding on Sunday that individuals with pre-existing medical conditions might end up with higher premiums under the latest effort by Senate Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
  
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• AfD leaders will ‘hound Angela Merkel’ after strong showing at polls

  24-09-2017 22:40 via theguardian.com
  Germany’s rightwing populists likely to take 80 seats in next parliament, achieving best result for any new party since 1949Leaders of Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland have vowed to “take back our country and our people” and “hound Angela Merkel” with a legal investigation into the refugee crisis as they became the first overtly nationalist party to swoop into the Bundestag in more than five decades.As the figures of the first exit polls flashed up o
  
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• German far-right party vows to 'take back our country' and 'hunt Mrs. Merkel'

  24-09-2017 22:39 via cnn.com
  The co-founder of the first far-right party to win seats in Germany's parliament in almost 60 years has warned that it is ready to "take back our country and our people."
  
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• German far-right party: 'Take back our country'

  24-09-2017 22:39 via cnn.com
  The co-founder of the first far-right party to win seats in Germany's parliament in almost 60 years has warned that it is ready to "take back our country and our people."
  
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• 1st cruise ship since Irma docks in Key West

  24-09-2017 22:29 via yahoo.com
  KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Royal Caribbean International's Empress of the Seas docked in Key West on Sunday - the first cruise ship to visit since Hurricane Irma struck the Florida Keys earlier this month.
  
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• Germany's Syrian refugees celebrate Merkel win but fear rise of far-right

  24-09-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  By Joseph NasrBERLIN (Reuters) - Syrian refugees rejoiced on Sunday at the news that Angela Merkel had secured a fourth term as German chancellor, but said they were alarmed by the rise of the far-right AfD party, which they feared could push her to tighten asylum rules."We prayed that Merkel would win," said Fatima al-Haidar, a mother of two from Damascus.The conservatives bled support to the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD), which entered parliament for the first time as the third-
  
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• Milo Yiannopoulos Flounders At Desperate 'Free Speech' Rally On UC Berkeley Campus

  24-09-2017 22:09 via yahoo.com
  ― Milo Yiannopoulos didn’t get his “Free Speech Week.”
  
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• Iran official: US is unpredictable, unreliable

  24-09-2017 22:04 via cnn.com
  Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tells CNN's Fareed Zakaria the United States "is proving that it is unreliable," when it comes to honoring international agreements.
  
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• Stevie Wonder takes a knee 'for America'

  24-09-2017 22:03 via cnn.com
  Legendary musician Stevie Wonder took a knee at a New York music festival, seemingly showing solidarity with NFL players criticized by President Donald Trump hours earlier.
  
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• Senate opposition to Obamacare repeal bill grows

  24-09-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  By Richard CowanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposal by U.S. Republicans to repeal and replace the Obamacare health insurance program suffered serious new setbacks within the party on Sunday, when Senator Ted Cruz expressed his opposition and Senator Susan Collins dug in with strong criticisms of the legislation.Phil Novack, a spokesman for Cruz, confirmed that the Republican senator said at an event in Texas: "Right now, they don't have my vote, and I don't think they have (Senator) Mike Lee's vot
  
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• Iraqi Kurds to go ahead with independence vote despite threats

  24-09-2017 21:47 via yahoo.com
  Iraq's Kurds said Sunday they will hold an independence referendum "whatever the risk and price", despite threats of retaliation from the country's central government on the eve of the vote.Massud Barzani, the leader of oil-rich Iraqi Kurdistan, said his people's partnership with Baghdad had failed and that the plebiscite would proceed as planned on Monday.Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, speaking on television soon after, threatened to take the "necessary measures" to protect Iraqi unity, and hi
  
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• Ted Cruz joins Republicans ranged against Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill

  24-09-2017 21:39 via theguardian.com
  Effort to replace ACA appears doomed as Cruz indicates Lee will follow him and Collins says it is ‘very difficult’ for her to envision voting for the billThe Trump administration’s latest efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) appeared to be disintegrating over the weekend, as a growing number of Republican senators indicated they would vote against the so-called Graham-Cassidy bill. Related: Trump attacks McCain and other Republicans over healthcare failureContinue r
  
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• Is Trump's attack racist? Ex-NFL player: 'His actions say who he is'

  24-09-2017 21:25 via cnn.com
  Former NFL wide receiver Donté Stallworth says that when it comes to the word "racist," "I don't sling [that] around lightly." Regarding Trump and the NFL, Stallworth says "I don't need to say whether he's a white supremacist or a racist because his own actions speak for themselves."
  
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• Maria is still churning toward the US east coast

  24-09-2017 21:21 via cnn.com
  The East Coast is bracing for a possible direct hit from Hurricane Maria, days after the storm caused widespread devastation in the Caribbean.
  
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• Far-right returns to German parliament for first time in 60 years as Angela Merkel wins 4th term

  24-09-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  The far-Right returned to the German parliament for the first time in almost 60 years on Sunday night as Angela Merkel won a record-equalling fourth term in power. The success of the far-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which became the third largest party, tempered a remarkable political comeback by Mrs Merkel after the controversy over her handling of the migrant crisis. Her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) remained the largest party in parliament, and the only party capable of forming a g
  
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• Vaccine Skeptic Message Gets Bolder

  24-09-2017 20:58 via nbcnews.com
  Vaccine skeptics, often called anti-vaxxers, are getting bolder with their message that vaccines are the product of a coverup by industry, government and media.
  
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• Kurdish president defiant over referendum in face of war games and flight suspensions

  24-09-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  Masoud Barzani, president of Iraqi Kurdistan, was last night defiant over his decision to hold a controversial referendum on independence, even as its neighbour Iran mounted pressure by closing its airspace and launching military drills on the border. Tehran announced on Sunday it was blocking all flights to and from Kurdistan at the request of ally Iraq, which has described the secession vote as “unconstitutional” and warned that it could fan the flames of tensions in
  
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• Baghdad orders Kurdistan region to hand over borders, ports

  24-09-2017 20:45 via yahoo.com
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's central government in Baghdad ordered the country's Kurdish region to hand over all border crossings and airports to federal government control late Sunday night, hours before the region is set to carry out a controversial referendum on support for independence.
  
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• US strikes Libya for first time under Trump

  24-09-2017 20:38 via cnn.com
  The US military conducted airstrikes against ISIS fighters in Libya on Friday, the first time it has struck targets in the North African country since Donald Trump became President.
  
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• Thousands greet Qatar's emir on return home

  24-09-2017 20:37 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of Qataris lined the streets of central Doha Sunday to welcome back the emir as he returned from his first trip abroad during the ongoing Gulf diplomatic crisis.Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani travelled to Turkey, France, Germany and the US -- where he addressed the UN General Assembly -- his first overseas engagement since Qatar was isolated politically by neighbouring states.The emir was greeted by crowds numbering in their thousands as his car, part of a large convoy, wound its way
  
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• One Killed, Several Wounded in Church Shooting in Tennessee

  24-09-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  The shooter was also reportedly shot and taken into custody.
  
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• 1 Dead, Multiple People Injured In Shooting At Tennessee Church: Police

  24-09-2017 20:10 via yahoo.com
  One person was killed and seven others injured in a shooting at a church in the Nashville area of Tennessee, police said.
  
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• Nashville church shooting: 'One dead and seven wounded' in incident at Tennessee chapel

  24-09-2017 19:56 via yahoo.com
  One person was killed and seven others were wounded after a gunman open fired at a church in Antioch, Tennessee, according to a local police department's Twitter account.The gunman shot and killed one woman in the parking lot as the church service was ending.All six patients are adults, the Tennessean reported.
  
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• After a Routine Tackle Turned Tragic, Van Brooks Gives Back in Baltimore

  24-09-2017 19:55 via nbcnews.com
  His spinal cord, while not severed, was compressed. Doctors told the then 16-year-old that he'd be paralyzed from the neck down for the rest of his life.
  
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• US boosts surveillance amid Russian threats in Syria

  24-09-2017 19:52 via cnn.com
  US forces in Syria have increased surveillance of Russian troop locations following Moscow's suggestion that US troops could get caught in Russian military operations, according to a US official directly familiar with US military planning.
  
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• Ted Cruz Says He's Leaning No On The New Obamacare Repeal Bill

  24-09-2017 19:40 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) says that he and a fellow conservative senator are inclined to oppose a new bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, making it even less likely that Senate Republican leaders will find the votes to get the proposal through the chamber.
  
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• Pittsburgh Steelers Stay Off Field During Anthem, Crowd Boos Them When They Return

  24-09-2017 19:33 via yahoo.com
  The Pittsburgh Steelers chose not to enter the field during the playing of the national anthem on Sunday, eliciting boos from the crowd at Chicago’s Soldier Field football stadium.
  
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• German election: Merkel wins fourth term but far-right AfD surges to third

  24-09-2017 19:33 via theguardian.com
  Chancellor returns but with diminished authority as first openly nationalist party in decades enters BundestagAngela Merkel has secured a fourth term as German chancellor but with her authority diminished, after her conservative bloc secured the lead position in parliamentary elections but failed to halt the march of rightwing populists.Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) was celebrating its historic third place success last night, having secured 13% of the vote, according to exit polls, mark
  
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• Alabama Senate primary: A proxy battle between Trump and Bannon for heart of Republican party

  24-09-2017 19:27 via yahoo.com
  In recent days, what would otherwise have been a straightforward – albeit colourful – contest between two candidates vying to fill the seat vacated by former Jeff Sessions, has turned into an increasingly bitter proxy war between Mr Trump and some of his formerly closest aides, who fear his anti-establishment instincts are being diluted by mainstream Republicans.Last week, at a rally for the “insurgent” candidate Judge Roy Moore, a 70-year-old religious conservative who s
  
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• 7-Year-Old's Parents Charged After They Allegedly Kicked Him Out Because They Believe He's Possessed by Demons

  24-09-2017 19:11 via yahoo.com
  The boy went to a neighbor's house crying, reports said.
  
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• White House officials defend Trump, say athletes 'can do free speech on their own time'

  24-09-2017 18:36 via yahoo.com
  Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin defended Trump’s call for NFL players who kneel during the national anthem to be suspended or fired. “It’s not about free speech,” Mnucin said Sunday. “They can do free speech on their own time.”
  
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• Kurds stick with independence vote, 'never going back to Baghdad': Barzani

  24-09-2017 18:29 via yahoo.com
  By Maher ChmaytelliERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurds will go ahead with a referendum on independence on Monday because partnership with Baghdad has failed, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani said on Sunday.Iraq's Kurds will seek talks with the Shi'ite-led central government to implement the expected 'yes' outcome of the referendum, even if they take two years or more, to settle land and oil sharing disputes ahead of independence, he told a news conference in at his
  
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• US strikes IS camp in Libya, killing 17: official

  24-09-2017 18:16 via yahoo.com
  US forces carried out six "precision air strikes" against an Islamic State camp in Libya, killing 17 people, the US Africa Command said Sunday.The command said the air strikes were conducted on Friday, in coordination with Libya's Government of National Accord, hitting a desert camp 150 miles (240 kilometers) southeast of the city of Sirte.The air strikes were believed to be the first in Libya by US forces since US President Donald Trump took office in January.
  
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• Exit polls offer Merkel fewer coalition choices

  24-09-2017 18:13 via theguardian.com
  Polling stations have closed across Germany in today’s Bundestag or federal parliament election. Usually reliable exit polls suggest that Angela Merkel will stay on as chancellor, but possibly in a new coalition. Continue reading...
  
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• Angela Merkel Wins Fourth Term As Chancellor In German Election

  24-09-2017 18:11 via yahoo.com
  Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union has come out on top in Germany’s national election on Sunday, according to early exit polls, putting her on the path for a fourth term in power.
  
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• Megyn Kelly's New Morning Show Debuts Monday

  24-09-2017 18:06 via yahoo.com
  After a rough transition from Fox News to NBC, news anchor Megyn Kelly is looking to turn a new page with her daily talk show that begins this week.
  
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• Mark Cuban: Trump Needs to 'Be Able to Take the Blowback'

  24-09-2017 17:52 via nbcnews.com
  Dallas Mavericks owner and businessman Mark Cuban lashed back at President Trump's criticism of NFL players and Golden State Warriors' NBA star Stephen Curry.
  
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• Russia, Syria intensify bombing of rebel-held Idlib, witnesses say

  24-09-2017 17:39 via yahoo.com
  By Suleiman Al-KhalidiAMMAN (Reuters) - Russian and Syrian jets escalated strikes on rebel-held Idlib and Hama provinces, several days after jihadist rebels opened an offensive against government-held parts of northwestern Syria, rebels and witnesses said on Sunday.The bombing campaign in heavily populated civilian areas shattered six months of relative calm.Russian-inspired ceasefires had given a temporary reprieve to tens of thousands of people living in rebel-held northwestern Syria.
  
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• German election 2017 polls and odds tracker: Will Angela Merkel remain as Chancellor?

  24-09-2017 17:38 via yahoo.com
  The German election takes place this Sunday, with Chancellor Angela Merkel heavy favourite to defend her position against Martin Schulz for a fourth term in power. Polls currently show that Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party - with its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) - will be the largest party after the Bundestag election on 24 September, but they will fall short of a majority. This is common in Germany, and so the resulting parliament is in part d
  
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• Catalan campaigners hand out a million referendum ballots

  24-09-2017 17:30 via theguardian.com
  Thousands gather across Catalonia to show support for 1 October independence vote that Madrid has vowed to stopCatalan independence campaigners have held rallies across the region, distributing 1m ballot papers a week before people are due to vote in a sovereignty referendum that the Spanish government has vowed to stop.
  Thousands of people congregated in town squares around Catalonia on Sunday to show their support for the vote as tensions between the pro-independence regional government and th
  
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• Siniakova beats top-20 player for 6th time in 2017 in Wuhan

  24-09-2017 17:25 via yahoo.com
  WUHAN, China (AP) — Katerina Siniakova beat a top-20 player for the sixth time this year when she ousted Kristina Mladenovic of France 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Wuhan Open on Sunday.
  
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