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• Observers call for murder inquiries after Nicaragua election

  07-11-2017 23:59 via foxnews.com
  The Organization of American States mission in Nicaragua is calling on the government to investigate and punish those responsible for at least five killings following local elections.
  
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• JetBlue wants to fly you on the volunteer experience of your dreams -- Here's how to enter

  07-11-2017 23:59 via yahoo.com
  In the unfortunate yet current state of affairs, 2017 seems to be a year that presents a new and separate tragedy every month, be it an act of widespread violence, a natural disaster or political upheaval and hateful altercations between non-agreeing parties.
  
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• Latest: 2013 sex assault case involving gunman under review

  07-11-2017 23:48 via foxnews.com
  The Latest on the church shooting in Texas (all times local): 3:30 a.m.
  
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• Guatemala court allows lawmaker probe in journalist murders

  07-11-2017 23:48 via foxnews.com
  Guatemala's Supreme Court lifted the immunity of office Tuesday for a congressman suspected of ordering an attack in which two journalists were killed, clearing the way for a judicial investigation in the case.
  
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• Judge tosses Louisiana man's decades-old rape conviction

  07-11-2017 23:46 via foxnews.com
  A judge in Louisiana has thrown out the conviction of a man serving a life sentence for the 1971 rape of a nurse, ruling that authorities withheld evidence that could have exonerated him decades ago.
  
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• Roy Halladay, former MLB star, killed in plane crash off Florida

  07-11-2017 23:45 via foxnews.com
  Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay was killed Tuesday when a small plane he was piloting crashed in the Gulf of Mexico off the west coast of Florida. He was 40 years old.
  
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• Michigan Senate looks to allow concealed guns in schools

  07-11-2017 23:41 via abcnews.go.com
  Republican lawmakers are renewing their attempt to let gun owners carry their weapons inside Michigan schools, day care centers and other gun-free zones
  
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• Richard Spencer Tries To Explain To A Black Journalist Why Slavery Was Good, Fails Miserably

  07-11-2017 23:39 via yahoo.com
  White supremacist Richard Spencer came off looking like a supreme idiot during an interview with a black British journalist.
  
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• Assad adviser says Turkish, U.S. forces 'illegal invaders' in Syria

  07-11-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  U.S. and Turkish troops are "illegal invader" forces on Syrian territory and Syria will "deal with" them, a top adviser to President Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday.Bouthaina Shaaban also said in a television interview that Damascus would not give up on the northern city of Raqqa, which was liberated from Islamic State last month by the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)."Turkey today is a colonizer country, its forces on our soil are illegal, just as the American forces are
  
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• This Little Girl Is Totally Heartbroken Over Carlos Correa's Engagement

  07-11-2017 23:16 via yahoo.com
  Houston Astros shortshop Carlos Correa had a lot to celebrate last week.
  
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• Saudi reopens Lebanon front in struggle with Iran

  07-11-2017 23:09 via yahoo.com
  By Tom Perry and Laila BassamBEIRUT (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has opened a new front in its regional proxy war with Iran, threatening Tehran's powerful ally Hezbollah and its home country Lebanon to try to regain the upper hand.With Iranian power winning out in Iraq and Syria, and Riyadh bogged down in a war with Iran-allied groups in Yemen, the new Saudi approach could bring lasting political and economic turmoil to a country where Tehran had appeared ascendant.The resignation on Saturday of the
  
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• Why the Boy Scouts are for girls now, too

  07-11-2017 23:03 via cnn.com
  Consider for a moment the benefits of camaraderie, confidence, resilience, trustworthiness, courage and kindness. If we hope to see these attributes in our children and in the future generation of leaders, it is important that we strengthen efforts to instill those values. I will celebrate every institution that seeks to do so -- and that includes the Girl Scouts.
  
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• Report: 'Deformed babies' born near North Korea's nuclear 'wasteland'

  07-11-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  Disturbing reports have emerged from North Korea stating that the country's nuclear program has had a crippling effect on nationals who live near a major testing site.
  
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• Democratic Party reaches lowest approval rating in 25 years

  07-11-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  A new poll suggests that the Democratic Party has hit its lowest approval rating in 25 years.Conducted by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) for CNN, the poll showed that only 37 per cent of Americans saw the party as favourable while more than half of those surveyed - 54 per cent - did not.Back in March, the party to the left of American politics had a 44 per cent favourability rating.
  
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• Remembering the night that changed America

  07-11-2017 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Clinton supporters thought they were gathering to witness history. They were, but not like they imagined.
  
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• Starbucks Is Bringing An Italian Bakery Chain To The U.S., And It Looks Magical

  07-11-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  Starbucks is launching an Italian café chain in the U.S., marking the first time in the brand’s history it will feature food baked onsite.
  
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• Pad Thai recipe: Here's how to master Thailand's favourite dish

  07-11-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  The key to this is to have the ingredients prepared and ready to go so you can work quickly. SERVES 4 50ml/2fl oz tamarind water 40ml/1½fl oz fish sauce 30g/1oz palm sugar or 2 tbsp caster sugar 200g/7oz wide flat rice noodles Vegetable oil 16 large prawns, peeled or unpeeled 4 spring onions, sliced 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced 1 red chilli, deseeded, finely sliced 2 eggs 100g/4oz bean sprouts 4 stalks Chinese chives, chopped 2 handfuls of peanuts, roasted and chopped Lime wedges, to se
  
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• US school sells backpack bulletproof panels

  07-11-2017 22:37 via cnn.com
  A Miami private school is offering parents an unusual item for sale: bulletproof panels for their kids' backpacks.
  
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• United gave its final 747 aircraft a 1970s sendoff

  07-11-2017 22:29 via yahoo.com
  United flight 747 made history Tuesday morning.  The flight from San Francisco to Honolulu was the final flight on the airline's last Boeing 747 aircraft. It all came fill circle after the first commercial flight departed on the same route on June 23, 1970 — 47 years ago. SEE ALSO: Today marks the last flight 666 bound for HEL on Friday the 13th. Would you take it? This wasn't just any old takeoff — it was an homage to the '70s with the flight crew decked out in original uniform
  
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• Gov. Christie spars with voter at New Jersey polling place

  07-11-2017 22:29 via cnn.com
  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spars with a voter at his polling place in New Jersey.
  
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• Pentagon has known of crime reporting lapses for 20 years

  07-11-2017 22:22 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says he has directed the Pentagon's watchdog to examine the circumstances of the Air Force's failure to report the Texas church shooter's domestic violence conviction to the FBI.
  
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• Donna Brazile Wants To Move On From 2016 Drama And Talk About Hacking

  07-11-2017 22:16 via yahoo.com
  Donna Brazile’s new book is called “Hacks” and is billed as the “inside story of the break-ins and breakdowns that put Donald Trump in the White House.”
  
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• Sweden picks US Patriot missile system over European rival

  07-11-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  Sweden announced Tuesday it has chosen the US Patriot missile defence system over that of a Franco-Italian rival, in an estimated one billion-euro deal.The choice is in line with 2015 strategy to avoid "the degradation" of regional security, and boost the country's armed forces operational capacity after years of austerity, the Swedish defence ministry said in a statement.The deal is also in line with an accord signed by Stockholm and Washington last year to boost bilateral military cooperation.
  
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• WATCH: UFO-shaped chicken coop holds egg-straterrestrials

  07-11-2017 22:14 via abcnews.go.com
  An Idaho woman and her fiance built a chicken coop with a design that's out of this world.
  
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• Is Trump softening on North Korea? S. Korea is about to find out

  07-11-2017 21:59 via cnn.com
  Near the front line of the world's tensest standoff, President Donald Trump on Wednesday will formally articulate his views of a region on edge during an address at South Korea's National Assembly.
  
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• Can Trump reassure South Korea he will handle North crisis?

  07-11-2017 21:59 via cnn.com
  Near the front line of the world's tensest standoff, President Donald Trump on Wednesday will formally articulate his views of a region on edge during an address at South Korea's National Assembly.
  
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• Friend says Rand Paul does not know what prompted attack

  07-11-2017 21:53 via yahoo.com
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul does not know why a longtime neighbor tackled him in his yard and broke five of his ribs, sidelining him from the Senate, a close friend of the lawmaker said Tuesday.
  
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• Victoria Azarenka to miss Belarus v USA Fed Cup final amid child custody battle

  07-11-2017 21:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Belarus' Victoria Azarenka will miss the Fed Cup final against the United States as she continues to battle for custody of her son.
  
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• Leading bump stock maker briefly makes product available again

  07-11-2017 21:36 via yahoo.com
  The company had paused sales in early October when their product came under scrutiny, but on Tuesday they were available online briefly.Bump-stock devices like the ones used by the gunman in last month’s Las Vegas massacrebriefly went back on sale from the US’s leading manufacturer after a five-week hiatus in the shooting’s aftermath on Tuesday.The devices, accessories that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire at fully automatic rates, went back on sale at 11am ET on Tuesday on
  
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• The Latest: GOP closely following Rand Paul's recovery

  07-11-2017 21:23 via yahoo.com
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on an assault of U.S. Sen. Rand Paul at his home (all times local):
  
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• Owner Of TJ Maxx Is Still Paying Its Employees In Puerto Rico, Even Those Who Can't Work

  07-11-2017 21:09 via yahoo.com
  “They” are the Puerto Rico-based employees of TJ Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods Associates, three stores that share the same corporate owner, TJX.“Based on the devastating situation in Puerto Rico, we can confirm that we have continued to pay our TJ Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods Associates on the island,” the company said in a statement to HuffPost.
  
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• Trump abruptly talking negotiations, not threats in Korea

  07-11-2017 21:07 via feeds.foxnews.com
  In a striking shift of tone, President Donald Trump abandoned his aggressive rhetoric toward North Korea on Tuesday, signaling a willingness to negotiate as he urged Pyongyang to "come to the table" and "make a deal."
  
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• Texas Church Shooter Escaped From Behavioral Health Facility In 2012

  07-11-2017 21:05 via yahoo.com
  The Texas church shooter who killed dozens of people on Sunday once escaped from a behavioral health facility and made death threats to military officials, adding to a growing list of questions about why he was able to purchase a gun.
  
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• Spacey's new film pulled from festival lineup

  07-11-2017 20:58 via cnn.com
  Plans for Ridley Scott's "All the Money in the World" to screen as part of AFI Fest have been scrapped as actor Kevin Spacey, who co-stars in the film, faces mounting allegations of sexual harassment and assault.
  
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• Marc Randazza: Even Trump has a right to free speech

  07-11-2017 20:50 via cnn.com
  If the courts endorse a lawsuit against then-candidate Donald Trump's words at a campaign rally, it will chill free expression, writes Marc Randazza.
  
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• Analysis: Trump just made the 'good guy with a gun' argument

  07-11-2017 20:49 via cnn.com
  In the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting in late 2012, a new saying became popular among gun rights advocates: "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." (The phrase is widely credited to National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre.)
  
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• US urges action after Saudi accuses Iran over missile attack

  07-11-2017 20:37 via yahoo.com
  The United States called Tuesday for international action to hold Iran to account after Saudi Arabia accused Tehran of "direct military aggression" over a Yemeni rebel missile attack near Riyadh.The Iran-backed Huthi rebels also threatened to attack ports and airports in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, escalating a crisis between Riyadh and Tehran.
  
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• US sanctions help push Venezuela to default

  07-11-2017 20:31 via yahoo.com
  US sanctions against Venezuela have accelerated the already catastrophic decline of the oil-rich nation's economy, and are pushing it to a debt default that economists say could happen as early as this week.The aim of the latest US action is to choke off funding to Venezuela by blocking access to foreign currency.The Trump administration announced the latest sanctions against Caracas on August 24 after labeling Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a "dictator."They follow an earlier set imposedJu
  
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• Sheet Pan Pancakes

  07-11-2017 20:30 via yahoo.com
  Pancakes are a brunch favorite, but making them for a crowd is no easy feat. Our solution? These easy sheet pan pancakes—essentially a giant, fluffy, buttery pancake that you'll cut into squares and serve warm to friends and family.
  
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• FBI Seeks Access to Texas Church Shooter's Cellphone

  07-11-2017 20:29 via yahoo.com
  10 victims remain hospitalized in critical condition
  
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• Scantily Clad Thief Admits to Stealing From Uber Driver's Tip Jar: 'It Made Me Relevant'

  07-11-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  The driver didn't report the incident to cops, according to the NYPD, but the video was posted online.
  
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• In China, Trump confronts an emerging superpower flexing its military and economic might

  07-11-2017 20:13 via yahoo.com
  President Trump has ended America’s longstanding free-trade policy in Asia and abandoned the Trans-Pacific Partnership. China has ambitious plans to fill the power vacuum.
  
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• 'We're making a lot of progress', Trump says of North Korea

  07-11-2017 20:00 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump stressed the urgency of curbing North Korea's advances in its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities on Tuesday alongside South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
  
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• 'Time to act with urgency' against North Korea, Trump says

  07-11-2017 20:00 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump stressed the urgency of curbing North Korea's advances in its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities on Tuesday alongside South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
  
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• Saudi's Crown Prince: Iran's actions may be 'act of war'

  07-11-2017 19:54 via cnn.com
  Supplying rebels in Yemen with missiles was a "direct military aggression by the Iranian regime," declared Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz on Tuesday.
  
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• Syria joins Paris climate deal, leaving US as lone outsider

  07-11-2017 19:53 via cnn.com
  The United States is now a party of one in its stance on climate change.
  
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• Syria joins Paris climate accord, leaving US as lone outsider

  07-11-2017 19:53 via cnn.com
  The United States is now a party of one in its stance on climate change.
  
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• Canadian Mounties arrest 5 naked people after car crash

  07-11-2017 19:53 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Police in Western Canada say they're searching for the naked truth after a bizarre collision on a rural road.
  
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• As Syria joins Paris climate agreement, US stands alone

  07-11-2017 19:53 via cnn.com
  The United States is now a party of one in its stance on climate change.
  
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• WATCH: Trump toasts South Korea president: 'May your dreams come true'

  07-11-2017 19:47 via abcnews.go.com
  President Trump said, "You have never had a time where this ally has been more loyal or stood by your side more than right now."
  
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