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• Source: FBI opens inquiry into Puerto Rico power grid contract

  30-10-2017 23:58 via cnn.com
  The FBI has opened a preliminary inquiry into the $300 million Whitefish Energy Holdings contract secured by PREPA in Puerto Rico, according to a source with knowledge of the inquiry.
  
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• Spacey under fire for coming out after 'sexual advance' accusation

  30-10-2017 23:48 via cnn.com
  Actors are usually hailed for coming out but Kevin Spacey is being criticized.
  
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• About 1 million in US Northeast without power after violent storm

  30-10-2017 23:37 via cnn.com
  The Northeast struggled with power outages and commuting delays Monday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Philippe blew out of the region.
  
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• 1.2 million in US Northeast without power after violent storm

  30-10-2017 23:37 via cnn.com
  The Northeast struggled with power outages and commuting delays Monday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Philippe blew out of the region.
  
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• FBI investigating Puerto Rico power contract: WSJ

  30-10-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  The contract between Whitefish Energy Holdings and Puerto Rico's bankrupt power utility was widely criticized after media reports showed it was awarded without a competitive public bidding process.On Sunday, Puerto Rico's government announced it would cancel the $300 million contract.Whitefish had more than 350 workers and 2,500 tons of heavy equipment on the ground for rebuilding electrical lines destroyed in Hurricane Maria, raising concern about Puerto Rico's management of federal disaster-re
  
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• 2,100 cities exceed recommended pollution levels, fueling climate change

  30-10-2017 23:30 via cnn.com
  Climate change is already affecting the health of populations around the world, but things are set to get worse if adequate changes aren't made, according to an international consortium of climate experts.
  
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• 2,100 cities exceed recommended pollution levels

  30-10-2017 23:30 via cnn.com
  Climate change is already affecting the health of populations around the world, but things are set to get worse if adequate changes aren't made, according to an international consortium of climate experts.
  
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• Second Child Dies, Parents Severely Burned After They Were Caught in California Wildfire: 'We Are Utterly Devastated'

  30-10-2017 23:27 via yahoo.com
  A California family has lost two children while trying to outrun wildfire.
  
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• Family of 4 Runs For Their Lives From California Wildfire, Only Two Survive

  30-10-2017 23:27 via yahoo.com
  A California family loses two children trying to outrun wildfire.
  
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• Special counsel's office: 'Small part' of 'large scale' inquiry

  30-10-2017 23:22 via cnn.com
  Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos' guilty plea Monday appears to hint toward even more threads of the ongoing Russia collusion investigation than what the court revealed.
  
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• Here's What 'Fox & Friends' Covered On Manafort Indictment Day

  30-10-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  In the age of “FAKE NEWS,” it can be difficult to know whom to trust and what to believe.
  
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• Corker and Cotton’s False Promises Would Push Iran Toward Nuclearization

  30-10-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  The Republican senators want to keep the JCPOA while adding new restrictions. It won’t work.
  
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• 'Stranger Things' Star Addresses His Character's Possible Racism

  30-10-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  Spoilers below for “Stranger Things 2.” You’ve been warned.
  
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• Putin assassination plot suspect wounded, wife killed in Ukraine

  30-10-2017 23:11 via yahoo.com
  A Chechen volunteer soldier who was accused of plotting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin was wounded and his wife killed Monday when their car was strafed by gunfire near Kiev.The apparent assassination was the latest involving high-profile figures in Ukraine who bitterly opposed Russia.Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko said Amina Okuyeva died and her husband Adam Osmayev was injured when their car was hit by a hail of bullets while crossing a railroad track.
  
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• Army deserter Bergdahl apologizes to troops injured searching for him

  30-10-2017 23:06 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl took the stand at his sentencing on Monday, apologizing to the troops who got hurt searching for him after he deserted in Afghanistan in 2009 and detailing the harsh conditions of Taliban captivity."I made a horrible mistake," the 31-year-old soldier said during his most extensive comments to date at North Carolina's Fort Bragg.Trump called Bergdahl "a no-good traitor" who should be executed during last year's presidential campaign, and the defense said more rece
  
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• 2 Detectives Charged After Allegedly Raping and Handcuffing 18-Year-Old

  30-10-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  Eddie Martins and Richard Hall were indicted on 50 counts
  
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• Democratic Lobbyist Tony Podesta Quits After His Firm Turns Up In Manafort Indictment

  30-10-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Tony Podesta, the Democratic Party super-lobbyist, announced his resignation as head of the Podesta Group after the company appeared in the indictment of former Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort on Monday.
  
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• China warns against attempts to contain Beijing before Trump visit

  30-10-2017 22:47 via yahoo.com
  China's ambassador to Washington said on Monday U.S. President Donald Trump's state visit to Beijing next week was a historic opportunity to boost cooperation between the world's two largest economies, but warned against attempts to "contain" Beijing.
  
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• Goosebumps illustrator on 25 years of scaring children

  30-10-2017 22:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Tim Jacobus, illustrator for the Goosebumps children's horror stories series, reveals his own fears.
  
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• Analysis: Why Papadopoulos is a bigger problem for Trump

  30-10-2017 22:44 via cnn.com
  Even as President Trump was on Twitter insisting that the indictment of former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was meaningless because it involved activities unrelated to Trump or the campaign came news that former Trump foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos had pled guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with, wait for it, Russia.
  
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• Rescued sailors back on land after 5 months adrift at sea

  30-10-2017 22:36 via cnn.com
  After more than five months stranded at sea on their crippled sailboat, two American women and their dogs are back on dry land and thankful to be alive.
  
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• Teen girl dies of burn injuries from California wildfire

  30-10-2017 22:23 via yahoo.com
  REDWOOD VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A teenage girl died in a hospital three weeks after she was severely burned in a fire that tore through Mendocino County, California, raising the number of those killed in the state's wildfires this month to 43.
  
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• Poll: Trump's approval rating plummets to all-time low

  30-10-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  A new poll reveals President Trump's approval rating has plummeted to a record-breaking low.
  
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• Wife of Chechen accused of Putin assassination plot shot dead near Kiev

  30-10-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  By Natalia ZinetsKIEV (Reuters) - The Ukrainian wife of a Chechen man accused by Russia of plotting to kill President Vladimir Putin was shot dead outside Kiev on Monday in an attack that also wounded her husband, Ukrainian interior ministry officials said.Amina Okuyeva and Adam Osmayev were in a car that was shot at from bushes near a railway crossing on the outskirts of the capital, interior ministry advisors Anton Gerashchenko and Zoryan Shkiryak said in separate posts on Facebook.The attack
  
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• Plane caught in gust of wind makes intense 'touch and go' landing

  30-10-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  A windstorm in central Europe made for a scary situation for a plane attempting to land in Salzburg, Austria, on Sunday. SEE ALSO: Scared of flying? For the love of God, don't watch this video. The Enter Air plane from Frankfurt, Germany, made a "touch and go" landing as seen in the passenger video above. Here's the windy landing from outside the plane:The deadly storm, referred to as windstorm Herwart, brought in winds over 100 mph throughout central Europe. The extreme winds caught the aircraf
  
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• Group: Zinke campaign's RV sale to friend broke campaign law

  30-10-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A political watchdog organization accused the dormant congressional campaign of U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Monday of skirting contribution laws when it sold a motor home to a friend of Zinke at a steep discount.
  
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• US forces capture second Benghazi attack suspect in Libya

  30-10-2017 22:03 via cnn.com
  US forces captured Mustafa al-Imam in Libya for his alleged role in the 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, the White House announced on Monday.
  
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• US says has captured suspect in 2012 Benghazi attack

  30-10-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump said Monday that US special forces had captured a man linked to the 2012 attack on the American mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi."Yesterday, on my orders, United States forces captured Mustafa al-Imam in Libya," Trump said in a statement, which came as the White House was rocked by the indictment of three campaign aides.
  
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• Manafort charges grew out of records seized in 'no-knock' raid 

  30-10-2017 21:55 via yahoo.com
  The indictment of Paul Manafort and his associate Richard Gates relies on records seized in the 'no-knock' search of Manafort's home in July. The records allegedly showed that Trump campaign officials Manafort and Gates had been directly involved in a lobbying campaign on behalf of the deposed pro-Russian president of Ukraine.
  
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• Gaza tunnel into Israel discovered and detonated

  30-10-2017 21:51 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said it discovered and detonated a militant tunnel on Monday that was dug from Gaza into Israel, in a rare flare-up along the tense border that has remained largely quiet since a 2014 war with Gaza's Hamas rulers.
  
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• The Not-So-Brief History Of Paul Manafort And His Relationship With Trump

  30-10-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump wasted no time on Monday trying to extinguish a political firestorm ignited by news that his former campaign manager Paul Manafort had been charged on a dozen counts as a result of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
  
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• In defeat for Trump, judge blocks transgender military ban

  30-10-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  A federal judge in Washington on Monday blocked President Donald Trump from banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military, handing a victory to transgender service members who accused the president of violating their constitutional rights.Trump announced in July that he would ban transgender people from the military in a move that would reverse Democratic former President Barack Obama's policy of accepting them and halt years of efforts to eliminate barriers to military service ba
  
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• Seven killed as Israel destroys tunnel dug under Gaza border

  30-10-2017 21:30 via yahoo.com
  By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan WilliamsGAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Seven Palestinian militants were killed on Monday when Israel blew up what it said was a tunnel being dug underneath the Gaza Strip border.Hamas said Israel had made a "futile attempt to sabotage efforts to repair Palestinian unity", a reference to thereconciliation agreement it reached with Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, earlier this month.Israel was at pains to point out that its action against the tunn
  
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• Paul Manafort’s attorney calls charges 'ridiculous' – video

  30-10-2017 21:30 via theguardian.com
  Kevin Downing, the attorney for Donald Trump's former campaign chair Paul Manafort, calls an indictment against Manafort 'ridiculous' and says there is no evidence his client colluded with the Russian government. Manafort ran the Trump campaign from June to August of 2016 before resigning amid reports he might have received millions in illegal payments from a pro-Russian political party in UkrainePaul Manafort and Rick Gates plead not guilty to all 12 counts – live Continue reading...
  
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• Couple who survived Las Vegas shooting killed in car crash

  30-10-2017 21:16 via yahoo.com
  A couple who survived the Las Vegas shooting have been killed in a car crash less than half a mile from their home.Dennis and Lorraine Carver's daughters said her parents discovered a new lease of life after escaping unharmed from the massacre at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival on 1 October.Mr Carver, 52, dived on top of his wife, 53, to shield her from a hail of bullets after Stephen Paddock opened fire on crowds from the nearby Mandalay Bay hotel, killing 59 people.
  
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• Defense concedes coach kidnaped, raped, killed Missouri girl

  30-10-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A defense attorney for a middle school football coach accused of abducting, raping and killing a 10-year-old Missouri girl conceded that his client committed the crimes Monday but contended that the man did not deliberate first, as prosecutors say.
  
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• French police investigating second allegation of rape made against Oxford professor

  30-10-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  French prosecutors are investigating allegations by two women who say they were raped by an Oxford University professor.  Professor of Islamic Studies Tariq Ramadan vehemently denies the allegations. ​ One woman, Henda Ayari, confirmed last week to The Telegraph that she had filed complaints against Prof Ramadan of rape, sexual assault, violence, harassment and intimidation with the prosecutor's office in Rouen, northern France. Now police say two complaints are being invest
  
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• Photo of mom overdosing with baby in back seat saved her life

  30-10-2017 20:58 via cnn.com
  The photo is shocking. A young mother passed out in the front seat of her car, a syringe clutched in her fist.
  
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• Is the Updated 2018 Ford F-150 Ready to Take On Its Competitors?

  30-10-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  The 2018 Ford F-150 gets powertrain enhancements, added safety equipment, and freshened styling. CR bought its own F-150, and we've given it a first drive to see whether these updates help the be...
  
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• U.S. military captures militant believed to have role in Benghazi attack: official

  30-10-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Special Operation Forces have captured a militant who is believed to have played a role in a 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
  
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• Selena Gomez and The Weeknd Split After 10 Months Together

  30-10-2017 20:50 via yahoo.com
  Selena Gomez, 25, and The Weeknd, 27, have ended their relationship, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE exclusively
  
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• Manafort and Gates plead not guilty; Papadopoulos admits lying to the FBI

  30-10-2017 20:46 via cnn.com
  Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is turning himself in Monday to Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter.
  
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• Charges: Ex-adviser admits lying to FBI; former campaign chief, aide indicted on unrelated charges

  30-10-2017 20:46 via cnn.com
  Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is turning himself in Monday to Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter.
  
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• Elderly man arrested after 'strangling 23-year-old woman on their first date'

  30-10-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  A 77-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly strangling a 23-year-old woman on their first date.Alan Richard Schmitt, from Virginia, was arrested at the home of the woman, who has not been named, after she claimed he attacked her following conversations on a dating website.
  
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• Bernie Sanders backs 'millionaires' tax' to fix New York subway

  30-10-2017 20:38 via yahoo.com
  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's fight for a "millionaires' tax" to help repair the country's largest subway system got a boost as U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, one of the nation's most popular politicians, endorsed the plan on Monday."What the mayor is saying and what we should be doing in Washington is we say to the wealthiest people in this country: 'You know what, you need to start paying your fair share of taxes,'" Sanders said at a news conference with de Blasio at a Manhattan subway st
  
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• Could You Get Your Student Loans Forgiven? Here's How to Find Out

  30-10-2017 20:36 via yahoo.com
  It's super confusing to figure out how to get your student loans forgiven. That's where a new tool, the PSLF checker, comes in.
  
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• Anthony Bourdain Blasts Quentin Tarantino For Weinstein Complicity

  30-10-2017 20:35 via yahoo.com
  Anthony Bourdain cooked up some strong words for Quentin Tarantino over the weekend during a conference Q&A session over the director’s “complicity” in Harvey Weinstein’s history of sexual assault.
  
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• 'Real Housewives of Dallas' star LeeAnne Locken regrets hot mic moment, reveals reunion 'epiphany' she had

  30-10-2017 20:31 via yahoo.com
  "Real Housewives of Dallas" star LeeAnne Locken has had quite the season: From extreme highs (getting engaged!) to extreme lows (contracting a flesh-eating bacteria) and every argument and hot mic moment in between, Locken has truly been through it all this year.
  
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• Kenyatta wins again in disputed Kenya presidential election

  30-10-2017 20:25 via cnn.com
  Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been re-elected for a second term after securing more than 98%of the vote in a highly-contentious rerun election that was boycotted by his main opposition rival.
  
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• Sexual harassment: MPs in no hurry to wash dirty linen in public | John Crace

  30-10-2017 20:20 via theguardian.com
  No cabinet minister makes a virtue of knowing less than Andrea Leadsom does, which made her the ideal person to speak on sexual harassment At times like these it can be useful to have a cabinet minister who knows next to nothing about anything. And no cabinet minister makes a virtue of knowing less than Andrea Leadsom. That made the leader of the house the ideal person to speak on behalf of the government in answer to an urgent question on sexual harassment in parliament from Labour’s Harr
  
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