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• At least 3 killed in Ireland as storm Ophelia prompts warning of 'danger to life'

  16-10-2017 23:52 via abcnews.go.com
  The remnants of Hurricane Ophelia include "violent and destructive" winds.
  
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• Indonesian goalkeeper dies after colliding with players during a match

  16-10-2017 23:46 via foxnews.com
  A goalkeeper for an Indonesian football club died after colliding with another player during a match on Sunday.
  
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• Congo bank helped Hezbollah-linked company avoid US sanctions, report says

  16-10-2017 23:46 via foxnews.com
  An explosive new report sheds light on how one of the most prominent banks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo may have been diverting assets to enable financiers of terrorism avoid U.S. sanctions.
  
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• A new look, and life, for the digital photo frame

  16-10-2017 23:46 via foxnews.com
  They say a picture is worth a thousand words which is true if you're looking at great picture.
  
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• US military rushes to defuse looming crisis in Kirkuk after Iraqi army advances

  16-10-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  Iraqi forces patrol in the streets after they retake the control of the city center from peshmerga forces in Kirkuk, Iraq, on Monday.US military commanders are scrambling to stop a conflict escalating between two forces they arm and train, after the Iraqi army seized the contested, oil-rich city of Kirkuk, from Kurdish peshmerga.The Pentagon sought to play down the scale of clashes between the two sides, after forces loyal to the central government in Baghdad rapidly took over nearly all the cit
  
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• Ex-deputy pleads guilty in his neighbor's shooting death

  16-10-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A former deputy sheriff who was acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man after a car chase pleaded guilty on Monday to reckless homicide in the fatal shooting of a neighbor he said had asked him for a lesson on how to disarm someone.
  
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• Trump's Latest Health Care Move Will Cause Pain, But Not For The Poor

  16-10-2017 23:41 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump’s decision to halt a series of payments to health insurers could eventually affect millions of Americans who buy coverage through one of the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges or on their own, directly from insurers.
  
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• Police: Baltimore officer kills robber who wielded shotgun

  16-10-2017 23:36 via yahoo.com
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore police officer who killed a shotgun-wielding robbery suspect at a convenience store did exactly what he was trained to do, the police commissioner said Monday.
  
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• One in nine US men has oral HPV

  16-10-2017 23:35 via cnn.com
  About one in nine American men is infected with the oral form of human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a new study published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. Nationwide, rates for oral HPV infections are 11.5% of men and 3.2% of women: 11 million men, compared with 3.2 million women, the researchers estimated.
  
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• U.S. judge in Texas invalidates Allergan patents on Restasis

  16-10-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  A U.S. judge on Monday invalidated patents on Allergan Plc's dry-eye medicine Restasis on grounds that the patents cover ideas that are obvious, sending shares of the pharmaceutical company down 3.5 percent.Judge William Bryson issued the ruling in federal court in Marshall, Texas, in a longstanding dispute between Allergan and generic drugmakers Mylan NV, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and Akorn Inc.Bryson said a group of patents Allergan obtained on Restasis, which are set to expire in 202
  
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• Driver of deadly immigrant smuggling run pleads guilty

  16-10-2017 23:33 via foxnews.com
  The driver of a semitrailer packed with at least 39 immigrants, 10 of whom died, has pleaded guilty to making the deadly smuggling run.
  
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• Mistrial declared in burning-death trial of 19-year-old Jessica Chambers

  16-10-2017 23:31 via foxnews.com
  The judge declared a mistrial in the Jessica Chambers murder case Monday evening after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision over the fate of Quinton Tellis, who is charged in the 2014 burning death of the 19-year-old Mississippi woman.
  
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• 911 calls on nursing home dying: 'Oh my God, this is crazy'

  16-10-2017 23:31 via foxnews.com
  At first there was no hint of distress in the 911 calls, no sense of panic.
  
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• Human smuggler found at Walmart with 39 illegal immigrants in trailer pleads guilty, faces life in prison

  16-10-2017 23:30 via foxnews.com
  James Bradley Jr. who had 39 immigrants in the back of a tractor trailer when police found him in July, pleaded guilty to multiple charges in court.
  
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• US says airstrikes killed "dozens" of militants in Yemen

  16-10-2017 23:29 via foxnews.com
  The U.S. military says it killed dozens of Islamic State fighters in airstrikes on two training camps in Yemen.
  
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• Woman Steals Credit Card of 7-Eleven Clerk Who Was Having a Seizure: Cops

  16-10-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  Instead of helping, the female customer, known as a regular of the 7-Eleven, reached into his pocket and took his credit card, local authorities said.
  
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• Ex-deputy pleads guilty in his neighbor's shooting death

  16-10-2017 23:26 via foxnews.com
  A former Ohio deputy sheriff who was acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed suspect has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide in a neighbor's fatal shooting.
  
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• Capital murder charges filed in Muslim teen's death

  16-10-2017 23:26 via foxnews.com
  A grand jury has indicted a man on capital murder and rape charges in the killing of a 17-year-old girl whose death has rattled northern Virginia's Muslim community.
  
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• Capital murder charges filed in Muslim teen's death

  16-10-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia man accused of killing a 17-year-old Muslim girl as she walked back to her mosque is now facing a possible death penalty after an indictment Monday charging him with capital murder and rape.
  
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• WATCH: Drone footage shows Rohingya exodus continues unabated

  16-10-2017 23:24 via abcnews.go.com
  Aerial footage released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees showed the exodus of refugees, with thousands of people seen carrying their belongings on foot along narrow paths flanked by rivers.
  
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• Trump denigrates Obama over false fallen soldier claim

  16-10-2017 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The president falsely claimed his predecessor had not called the families of fallen US soldiers.
  
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• Bodies Found Embracing in Joshua Tree May Be California Couple Who Went Missing in Park 3 Months Ago

  16-10-2017 23:23 via yahoo.com
  Authorities are working to identify two bodies discovered in Joshua Tree nearly three months after a young couple went missing in the California national park
  
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• Florida Governor Declares State of Emergency Over White Nationalist Richard Spencer's University Speech

  16-10-2017 23:10 via yahoo.com
  Gov. Rick Scott said a "threat of a potential emergency is imminent"
  
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• Tamika Mallory Says She Was Kicked Off An American Airlines Flight

  16-10-2017 23:05 via yahoo.com
  Activist Tamika D. Mallory said Sunday that she was unfairly kicked off of an American Airlines flight over a seating dispute.
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel says he has no regrets after Republican viewers switch off: 'Not good riddance, but riddance!'

  16-10-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  “I want everyone with a television to watch the show,” Mr Kimmel.The less than ideal ratings numbers aside, Mr Kimmel, said: “If they’re so turned off by my opinion on health care and gun violence, then I don’t know.The Jimmy Kimmel Live host was not always a political comedian or commentator, but told the New York Times that Donald Trump’s presidency had pushed him in that direction.
  
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• Roy Dotrice, 'Game Of Thrones' And 'Amadeus' Actor, Dead At 94

  16-10-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  Actor Roy Dotrice, known for a variety of projects including “Game of Thrones” and “Amadeus,” died in his home in London on Monday.
  
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• Raw sewage contaminating waters in Puerto Rico after Maria

  16-10-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  CAGUAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — Raw sewage is pouring into the rivers and reservoirs of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. People without running water bathe and wash their clothes in contaminated streams, and some islanders have been drinking water from condemned wells.
  
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• Chelsea Clinton again calls out Trump for an offensive joke (this one's about killing people)

  16-10-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  Itwould be that in an exposé of Vice President Mike Pence, it's a reported comment from President Donald Trump about his veep's views that's putting the president right back in the hot seat. SEE ALSO: Chelsea Clinton had the best response when Trump blocked a cancer patient on Twitter A newNew Yorker story, "The Danger of President Pence," dug out incredible details about Pence's history, his rise to the vice presidency, and his relationship to Trump. Toward the end of the lengthy piece,
  
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• Netflix (NFLX) Stock Advances After Q3 Earnings Blowout

  16-10-2017 22:46 via yahoo.com
  Streaming video leader Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) reported third-quarter earnings after the bell on Monday.Revenue, guidance and subscriber growth all beat expectations while earnings missed expectations, and NFLX stock added about 2 percent in initial after-hours trading.The initial rise continues an absolutely stellar run for Netflix shares, which, before Monday's earnings report, had gained 63 percent in 2017, 100 percent in the last year and over 2,100 percent in the last five years.
  
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• In A First, Scientists Spot Light Amid Gravitational Waves Emitted By Colliding Stars

  16-10-2017 22:43 via yahoo.com
  Scientists for the first time have detected both gravitational waves and light from the collision of two dead, incredibly dense neutron stars.
  
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• Newt, it takes just a few seconds to proofread a tweet

  16-10-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  Typos are a fact of life. Today's example: Newt Gingrich, tweeting his steadfast support for "Presideent Trtump." In the words of the former speaker of the House, "Trtump was rermarkably stgroing in hius joint press event with" Senator Mitch McConnell held earlier Monday at the White House.  A glowing review! SEE ALSO: Trump and Mitch McConnell formally announce bromance in weird Rose Garden press conferenceGingrich has replaced the original tweet with a legible version.  "Sometimes my
  
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• Celebrities Call Out The Stigma Surrounding Pregnancy Loss In Moving Video

  16-10-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  In July, “The Big Bang Theory” star Melissa Rauch published an essay for Glamour about her miscarriage experience.
  
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• Bomb kills reporter who covered Malta's 'Panama Papers' link

  16-10-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — A Maltese investigative journalist who exposed the island nation's links to offshore tax havens through the leaked Panama Papers was killed Monday when a bomb exploded in her car, the prime minister said.
  
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• Man Revisits Site of Girlfriend's Fatal Cliff Fall as Family Claims He 'Got Away With Murder'

  16-10-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  The incident was believed to be a tragic accident, but Rhonda Casto's mom says he murdered her daughter and is "going to rot in hell for it."
  
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• Trump Says His Predecessors Didn’t Call The Families Of Fallen Service Members. That's Not True.

  16-10-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Facing heat for not publicly commenting on the deadly ambush of four U.S. soldiers in Niger on Oct. 4, President Donald Trump tried Monday to convince reporters that he is actually more caring and compassionate to the troops than any of his predecessors were.
  
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• Three dead as Ophelia barrels through Ireland

  16-10-2017 22:13 via cnn.com
  The remnants of Hurricane Ophelia hit Ireland's west coast as a post-tropical storm on Monday, bringing with it strong winds, heavy rain, and the threat of storm surge and flooding.
  
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• Thousands Are Fleeing Puerto Rico. Some Don't Know If They'll Ever Return

  16-10-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Deborah Drahus Capo knew she’d have to leave Puerto Rico the moment she emerged from the bathroom where she had holed up throughout Hurricane Maria last month.
  
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• McConnell and Trump put on show of unity as Bannon urges Republican 'war'

  16-10-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell appeared side-by-side in the Rose Garden after lunch at the White House on Monday in a show of solidarity after the president’s former chief strategist called for the metaphorical assassination of the Senate majority leader.Trump insisted he and McConnell were “closer than ever before”, despite his having publicly criticized the Republican leader for the Senate’s failure to enact the president’s legislative agenda, including Republic
  
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• The Trump-Russia Probe Could Make Clinton President

  16-10-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig says that if Trump cheated, Clinton deserves payback.
  
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• Iraqi forces seize Kirkuk governor's office in push against Kurds

  16-10-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  Iraqi forces seized the Kirkuk governor's office, key military sites and an oil field on Monday as they swept across the disputed province following soaring tensions with Kurds over an independence referendum.The rapid advance, involving troops, tanks and armoured vehicles, aims to recapture oil and military targets that Kurdish forces took over during the fightback against the Islamic State group (IS).Iraqi forces thrust into Kirkuk city, capital of the oil-rich province, and took control of th
  
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• Flight crew accused of 'screaming' as plane plummets 20,000 feet in minutes

  16-10-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  A scary moment up in the air turned even more horrific as passengers aboard a plummeting plane claimed the flight crew started freaking out. AirAsia flight QZ535 left from Perth, Australia Sunday  and headed to Bali, Indonesia. However,  shortly after takeoff the plane dropped almost 23,800 feet in nine minutes, according to the Associated Press. SEE ALSO: Scared of flying? For the love of God, don't watch this video. The pressurization issue in the cabin prompted oxygen masks to drop
  
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• Passenger in Fiery N.Y.C. Crash Burned to Death After Driver Allegedly Abandoned Her and Hailed a Taxi

  16-10-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  A Queens woman is dead after a fiery car accident, and the man police say was driving faces charges after allegedly fleeing the scene in a taxi, PEOPLE confirms
  
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• Raging wildfires - in pictures

  16-10-2017 21:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Images of wildfires raging in Portugal and Spain that have left more than 30 people dead.
  
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• Site of IS beheadings in Raqqa seized by Kurdish-led force

  16-10-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Raqqa's infamous public square where Islamic State militants used to perform brutal executions and beheadings has been captured Monday by the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force fighting the extremist group in Syria, as officials say they expect the city to fall "within a few days."
  
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• Fashion follows film in speaking out against sexual abuse

  16-10-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  In the wake of revelations about disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, American model Cameron Russell took to Instagram to share her followers' experiences of sexual abuse in the fashion industry, posting dozens of anonymous stories over a number of days.Russell, 30, invited people to anonymously share their stories with her Thursday night, which she then reposted to her 90,000 followers over the following days using the hashtag #MyJobShouldNotIncludeAbuse."Hearing about #harveyweinstei
  
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• Alyssa Milano's #MeToo Campaign Prompts Thousands to Share Sexual Harassment and Assault Stories

  16-10-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  The initiative has brought responses from such famous faces as Lady Gaga, Debra Messing and Rosario Dawson.
  
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• Pink Gets Real About Her Sometimes-Sexless Marriage

  16-10-2017 21:39 via yahoo.com
  Raise your glass to Pink for getting real about the realities of monogamy.
  
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• Iraqi forces seize oil city Kirkuk from Kurds in bold advance

  16-10-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  By Maher Chmaytelli and Mustafa MahmoudBAGHDAD/KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi government forces captured the major Kurdish-held oil city of Kirkuk on Monday, responding to a Kurdish referendum on independence with a bold lightning strike that transforms the balance of power in the country.A convoy of armored vehicles from Iraq's elite U.S.-trained Counter-Terrorism Force seized Kirkuk's provincial government headquarters on Monday afternoon, less than a day after the operation began, a Reuters r
  
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• ISIS Heads Killed, Philippines Vows Rest 'Will Crumble'

  16-10-2017 21:30 via yahoo.com
  The head of the Philippine military said only about 30 militants remained in the formerly ISIS-held city and that victory would come "in a matter of days."
  
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• McConnell Hits Back At Steve Bannon: 'Winners Make Policy, Losers Go Home'

  16-10-2017 21:27 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday responded to reports that former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is recruiting candidates to challenge GOP incumbents in next year’s midterm elections as a way to better advance the president’s agenda.
  
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