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• Hundreds injured as Spanish police beat back voters

  01-10-2017 23:49 via cnn.com
  Spanish national police raided polling stations and used batons to beat back voters in an attempt to delegitimize Catalonia's independence referendum.
  
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• Spain PM rejects independence referendum as Catalonia's president declares 'we have won' ahead of results

  01-10-2017 23:45 via cnn.com
  Catalonia's disputed independence vote quickly descended into chaos on Sunday as Spanish national police entered polling stations, seizing ballot boxes and voting papers.
  
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• 'It didn't happen': Spain PM rejects independence referendum

  01-10-2017 23:45 via cnn.com
  Catalonia's disputed independence vote quickly descended into chaos on Sunday as Spanish national police entered polling stations, seizing ballot boxes and voting papers.
  
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• Mormon Church Once Again Denounces Gay Marriage

  01-10-2017 23:42 via yahoo.com
  Leaders of the Mormon Church denounced racism and upheld their position against gay marriage.
  
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• Violence against Catalan voters: what we know so far

  01-10-2017 23:17 via theguardian.com
  The referendum on Catalonia’s independence, held despite a ban by Madrid, has been marred by violence involving policeViolence at Catalan referendum – latest updatesContinue reading...
  
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• Open-plan offices don't work and will be replaced by the ‘coffice’, says BT futurologist 

  01-10-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  They were supposed to generate a sense of camaraderie, enhance teamwork and encourage an open flow of ideas between colleagues after decades of segregation in booths. But open-plan offices are actually bad for productivity, allowing workers to be interrupted every three minutes by a range of distractions, a futurologist at BT has warned. Dr Nicole Millard, an expert in data, analytics and emerging technology, said that large offices are inefficient, especially for introverts who work better when
  
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• More Than 60,000 People Are Still Living in Hotels 1 Month After Hurricane Harvey

  01-10-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  And more than 1,500 people are still in shelters
  
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• Correction: Mormon Conference story

  01-10-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In a story Sept. 30 about a conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Quentin L. Cook, a member of the Mormon church's Quorum of the Twelve, said "we are all unlike unto God."
  
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• Kamala Harris' powerful riposte to Trump: 'Racism is real in this country'

  01-10-2017 22:47 via theguardian.com
  Democratic rising star lamented ‘assault on our deepest values’ in strongly worded speech that alluded to Trump’s spat with NFL
  Kamala Harris: young, black, female – and the Dems’ best bet for 2020?Kamala Harris, a rising star within the Democratic party who is being closely watched as a possible presidential candidate in 2020, delivered a powerful riposte from the altar to Donald Trump on Sunday, accusing him of waging “an assault on our deepest values”
  
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• Spain PM rejects Catalan independence vote and praises 'serenity' of police after 761 people injured in crackdown

  01-10-2017 22:40 via cnn.com
  Catalonia's disputed independence vote quickly descended into chaos on Sunday as Spanish national police entered polling stations, seizing ballot boxes and voting papers.
  
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• Cameroon soldiers shoot independence activists dead

  01-10-2017 22:39 via theguardian.com
  Deaths come as English-speaking regions seek to break away, claiming they have been marginalised by francophone-dominated governmentSoldiers shot dead at least eight people and wounded others in Cameroon’s restless English-speaking regions on Sunday during protests by activists calling for its independence from the majority francophone nation, an official and witnesses said. The demonstrations – on the anniversary of anglophone Cameroon’s independence from Britain – came
  
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• Police: Gunman run over by truck after firing upon cars on Oregon highway

  01-10-2017 21:38 via yahoo.com
  Deputies say a murder suspect who opened fire on oncoming traffic in Oregon was killed when he was run over by a truck.
  
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• NASA Is Testing Technology to Reach the Metal World of Psyche

  01-10-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  The mysterious, deep space world has captivated scientists.
  
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• Donald Malarkey, war hero portrayed in Band of Brothers, dies aged 96

  01-10-2017 21:19 via theguardian.com
  The second world war veteran was a member of Easy Company, whose recollections of fighting Nazi in Europe were later dramatized for HBODonald Malarkey, a second world war soldier who was awarded the Bronze Star after parachuting behind enemy lines at Normandy to destroy German artillery on D-day, has died. He was 96. Related: On the set of Band of BrothersContinue reading...
  
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• Donald Trump accuses Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama of not confronting North Korea but vows 'I won't fail'

  01-10-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has accused his predecessors in the Oval Office of failing to deal with with the challenge of North Korea’s nuclear programme but said he but “won't fail”.Clinton failed, Bush failed, and Obama failed.It was not the first time that Mr Trump has broke with precedent since he assumed the presidency in January.
  
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• Trump says Rex Tillerson 'wasting his time' with North Korea negotiations

  01-10-2017 21:13 via theguardian.com
  President’s latest Twitter outburst, after Tillerson says US wants to talk to Pyongyang, threatens to undermine nation’s top diplomat at critical momentA day after his secretary of state said the US had direct lines of communication to North Korea and was “probing” to find ways to resolve escalating nuclear tension between the two countries, Donald Trump tweeted that his top diplomat should “save his energy” as “we’ll do what has to be done!”
  
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• Florida Nanny and Mother of 2 Found Dead in Apparently ‘Random’ Attack as Police Launch a Statewide Manhunt

  01-10-2017 21:11 via yahoo.com
  Jennifer Lynn Fulford, a nanny for a wealthy family and mother of two, disappeared in Florida and found dead three days later
  
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• Transgender teen brutally murdered

  01-10-2017 21:02 via cnn.com
  Police have arrested four suspects for their roles in the gruesome murder, and its cover-up, of 17-year-old Ally Lee Steinfeld.
  
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• Cameroon tensions high for symbolic anglophone 'independence'

  01-10-2017 20:38 via yahoo.com
  Police patrolled empty streets in Cameroon's restive anglophone belt as a separatist group made a symbolic proclamation of independence on Sunday, a day after a young man was shot dead by security forces."I can't go out, they asked us to stay home," said one city resident who identified herself as Nancy.A young man was shot dead by security forces on Saturday in the nearby town of Kumba, known as a rebellious city since the start of protests by the anglophone minority last November, sparking cla
  
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• Is Facebook 'designed for information warfare?'

  01-10-2017 20:30 via cnn.com
  As reporters uncover the magnitude of the foreign meddling problem on Facebook, CNN's Dylan Byers says "the onus" of recognizing fake information "is going to be on citizens." ProPublica's Julia Angwin says we need "more structural ways" to deal with the issue than "telling people to think critically."
  
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• As Puerto Rico Begs For Help, Trump Plans To Attend Golf Trophy Ceremony

  01-10-2017 20:27 via yahoo.com
  As millions of Puerto Ricans continue to go without basic necessities like food, water and medicine, President Donald Trump is expected to attend the trophy ceremony for the Presidents Cup golf tournament on Sunday.
  
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• Teens Kicked Off Football Team For Protesting During National Anthem

  01-10-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  The teens said they wanted to stand up for what they believe in.
  
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• Attacks stoke debate over need for domestic terrorism laws

  01-10-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Attacks this summer on counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, and an empty Air Force recruiting station in Oklahoma had the hallmarks of terrorist attacks but weren't prosecuted as such.
  
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• Women forced to remove the veil on day one of Austrian burqa ban

  01-10-2017 20:17 via yahoo.com
  Muslim women in Austria were forced by police to remove their facial coverings on Sunday, as an anti-burqa law came into effect. The so-called 'burqa ban' prohibits facial coverings including niqabs and burqas, and also places restrictions on surgical masks, ski masks and clown make-up worn in public.  Yesterday, a woman wearing a niqab facial veil, which only leaves the eyes uncovered, was seen being told to remove her veil by two police officers in Zell am See, a city south of Saltzburg.
  
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• OJ Simpson freed from prison after nine-year term for armed robbery

  01-10-2017 20:12 via theguardian.com
  Former American football legend released from Nevada prison on parole in middle of the night, as state authorities attempt to avoid media circus The Goldmans on their pursuit of OJ Simpson: ‘We were called racist for not agreeing with the verdict’OJ Simpson became a free man on Sunday, after serving nine years for a botched hotel room heist that brought the prison time he avoided in the killings of his ex-wife and her friend after his 1995 acquittal in the “trial of the century
  
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• Syria's deadliest month of 2017 claims 3,000 lives

  01-10-2017 20:11 via yahoo.com
  It has since spiralled into a complex conflict involving world powers, with Russia-backed regime forces and a US-supported alliance separately battling the Islamic State jihadist group in the country.The 955 civilians killed in September included 207 children, said the Britain-based Observatory, which relies on a wide network of sources inside Syria for its information."More than 70 percent of the civilians were killed in regime and Russian air strikes, or in air raids of the international coali
  
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• Catalonia and Spain need a compromise, but who can deliver one?

  01-10-2017 20:09 via theguardian.com
  Spain is hit by a sudden crisis that could have been avoided. A German-style confederation could still work – if there are politicians prepared to try itSpain has seen sudden, violent confrontations in Catalonia in the past – occasionally with far more dramatic consequences than the chaotic scenes at voting stations on Sunday. But the ugly images emanating from Barcelona and elsewhere suggest it has lurched into a moment of deep crisis. Are five centuries of coexistence really under
  
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• White House Aide: Administration Working On Puerto Rico

  01-10-2017 20:04 via yahoo.com
  The aide said Trump had been briefed throughout the weekend on the situation.
  
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• Irina Bokova: the facts about Unesco’s relationship with Azerbaijan | Letters

  01-10-2017 20:04 via theguardian.com
  Unesco’s director-general, Irina Bokova, says her organisation’s mandate in the area of human rights has been strengthened during her tenureThe relationship between Unesco and Azerbaijan was established long before my election in 2009. Azerbaijan, as a member of the UN and Unesco since 1992, has hosted many meetings and events, and funded and supported a range of projects in a transparent manner with the approval of the member states. I did not make the decision, as suggested by the
  
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• Catalan referendum: 'Police threw us aside … and more vanloads arrived'

  01-10-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Catalans describe scenes of violence at polling stations on referendum day that started with optimistic mood in Barcelona• Catalan referendum - liveNeither the dark nor the rain had put off the thousands of people who got up in the early hours of Sunday to gather at schools around Barcelona in the hope of voting on the independence of Catalonia.Umbrellas were shared, coffees longed for and old grievances aired. But despite the familiar complaints about the government in Madrid – too s
  
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• The 'SNL' Season 43 Premiere After-Party Was As Star-Studded As They Come

  01-10-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  When Ryan Gosling and Jay-Z team up for a “Saturday Night Live” episode, you know the evening is sure be star-studded.
  
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• Hezbollah leader warns Israel as Shiites mark Ashoura

  01-10-2017 19:57 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of the Shiite Lebanese militant group Hezbollah warned Israel against pushing the region into war on Sunday as supporters and other Shiite Muslims marked the Ashoura holiday with rallies, prayers, and self-flagellation.
  
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• Coast Guard report: Captain errors led up to El Faro sinking

  01-10-2017 19:57 via yahoo.com
  A Coast Guard report released Sunday says the primary cause of the 2015 sinking of the cargo ship El Faro, which killed all 33 aboard, was the captain underestimating the strength of a hurricane and overestimating the ship's strength.
  
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• Fatal stabbings in Marseille treated as terrorism

  01-10-2017 19:51 via cnn.com
  A knife-wielding man killed at least one person at the Saint-Charles train station in Marseille, France, before police killed the attacker, according to CNN affiliate BFM, which cited the city prosecutor's office as its source. French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb tweeted that he is on his way to the scene.
  
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• Mnuchin says no regrets over government plane use

  01-10-2017 19:49 via yahoo.com
  By Julia HarteWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday he does not regret using a government plane to travel to Kentucky in August with his wife to view the solar eclipse and speak to business leaders, calling it "completely justifiable."Mnuchin's use of the plane at taxpayers' expense prompted an outcry from Democratic lawmakers and interest groups and spurred a government watchdog to begin examining whether it violated travel or ethics policies."It was appro
  
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• ISIS flag found in Edmonton attack vehicle

  01-10-2017 19:49 via cnn.com
  Canadian authorities say two incidents in Edmonton are being investigated as acts of terrorism after a man struck a police officer with a car before stabbing him and later plowed a truck into pedestrians on a busy street, injuring at least four people.
  
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• Trump says Tillerson is 'wasting his time' trying to negotiate with 'Little Rocket Man'

  01-10-2017 19:42 via yahoo.com
  The president appeared to undercut his secretary of state’s diplomatic efforts for a peaceful resolution with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
  
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• The Number Of Puerto Ricans Without Water Grew To More Than Half: DoD

  01-10-2017 19:40 via yahoo.com
  The number of people without drinking water in Puerto Rico increased by more than 10 percent toward the end of last week, even as President Donald Trump on Sunday was characterizing the hurricane relief efforts as “amazing.”
  
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• Catalonia condemns Spanish government action as 465 injured in clashes with police

  01-10-2017 19:34 via cnn.com
  Catalonia's disputed independence vote quickly descended into chaos on Sunday as Spanish national police entered polling stations, seizing ballot boxes and voting papers.
  
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• Catalan referendum: hundreds injured as police attack protesters – video

  01-10-2017 19:31 via theguardian.com
  Spanish police in riot gear stormed polling stations to prevent Catalonia’s independence referendum from going ahead on Sunday. Schools housing ballot boxes were raided by the national police. The Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, told crowds the 'police brutality will shame the Spanish state for ever', while the mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, demanded an end to the police actions and called for the resignation of the Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy. Spanish authorities have decl
  
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• Nigeria president denounces Biafran separatists

  01-10-2017 19:29 via yahoo.com
  President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday railed against separatists seeking Nigeria's "dismemberment" and called for "proper" dialogue after clashes between pro-Biafra activists and security forces in the restive southeast.Speaking as Nigeria marked its 1960 independence from Britain, Buhari also said that corruption remained the African oil giant's "number one enemy".The 74-year-old former general later flew out of the capital for a lightning surprise visit to Maiduguri, the city in northeastern Ni
  
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• John Kasich Hints That He May Need To Leave The GOP

  01-10-2017 19:25 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Ohio governor John Kasich, a top Republican leader and former candidate for the party’s presidential nomination, on Sunday said the GOP may be on a trajectory to lose supporters like him.
  
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• FC Barcelona plays to empty stadium amid vote chaos

  01-10-2017 19:19 via cnn.com
  Barcelona's revered football club said it would play a potentially tense match behind closed doors on Sunday as Catalonia's disputed independence referendum descended into violence.
  
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• The Latest: Coast Guard: Ship captain 'misjudged' hurricane

  01-10-2017 19:17 via yahoo.com
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on Coast Guard findings about 2015 sinking of the cargo ship El Faro (all times local):
  
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• Trump: Tillerson 'wasting his time' on North Korea

  01-10-2017 19:10 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump on Sunday again mocked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson should not bother trying to negotiate with him in an effort to stop the country's development of nuclear weapons.
  
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• Palestinian reconciliation faces perilous road ahead

  01-10-2017 19:07 via yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian prime minister on Monday is set to lead a large delegation of Fatah officials traveling from the West Bank to Gaza in the most ambitious attempt to reconcile with the rival Hamas militant group after a 10-year rift.
  
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• Catalan referendum: muted response from EU leaders over police crackdown

  01-10-2017 19:03 via theguardian.com
  Belgian PM one of few national leaders to denounce violence, as most EU leaders appear reluctant to respond formallyDespite calls from Catalan authorities to condemn the brutal police crackdown on their independence referendum, the EU and most member states were reluctant to respond formally, seemingly viewing the dispute as an internal Spanish matter.Related: Hundreds injured as riot police storm Catalan referendum polling stationsContinue reading...
  
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• Puerto Rico: Trump spat with San Juan mayor escalates as all sides double down

  01-10-2017 19:02 via theguardian.com
  Trump defended the US response as Puerto Ricans queue for basic supplies and 95% remain without power – but Carmen Yulín Cruz fired back just as strongThe war of words between the president of the United States, population 324 million, and the mayor of Puerto Rico’s capital San Juan, population 400,000, intensified on Sunday as the island continued to struggle in the wake of Hurricane Maria.Related: Carmen Yulín Cruz: San Juan's outspoken mayor in Donald Trump's crossha
  
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• San Juan Mayor and FEMA Official Debate Hurricane Response

  01-10-2017 19:00 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― On Saturday, President Donald Trump turned disaster relief in Puerto Rico into a personal beef with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz.
  
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• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe: Veteran Frankie Dettori wins race for record fifth time

  01-10-2017 18:55 via cnn.com
  Legendary jockey Frankie Dettori claimed a record fifth Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe as he rode odds-on favourite Enable to an eye- catching victory at Chantilly Sunday.
  
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