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• The cowardice of the 'Sheep Throat' op-ed

  06-09-2018 23:59 via cnn.com
  We're supposed to think that Sheep Throat and his or her herd are brave for fighting the good fight, despite a craven claim to anonymity in an NYT op-ed -- when in truth this person is promoting conservative policies that roll back rights and protections, while complaining that Trump's style is distasteful and a threat, writes Sally Kohn.
  
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• Trump’s Mental Incapacity Is No Defense To Impeachment

  06-09-2018 23:53 via yahoo.com
  According to an explosive new book by legendary reporter Bob Woodward, many
  
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• U.S. safety board investigates Delta engine failure

  06-09-2018 23:50 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday it was investigating an engine failure on a Delta Air Lines' flight, which was bound for Orlando, Florida on Wednesday.
  
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• Nigerian teenager dreams of opera stardom

  06-09-2018 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Nigerian teenager Chinedu Michael Okechukwu dreams of being a world-famous classical singer.
  
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• Northern California wildfire threatens homes, closes major highway

  06-09-2018 23:37 via yahoo.com
  An intense wildfire roared unchecked for a second day on Thursday through drought-desiccated timber in Northern California's Shasta-Trinity National Forest, threatening scores of homes and forcing the closure of an interstate highway after motorists had to flee their vehicles.The Delta fire erupted on Wednesday in a canyon along the Sacramento River about 250 miles north of San Francisco and by Thursday morning had scorched more than 15,000 acres, triple the area that had burned some 12 hours ea
  
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• Mike Pence Slams Anonymous New York Times Op-Ed As Jokers Squeeze Last Yuks From 'Lodestar'

  06-09-2018 23:36 via yahoo.com
  Mike Pence is condemning The New York Times' anti-Donald Trump op-ed, which
  
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• GOP senator: Who wouldn't write it?

  06-09-2018 23:35 via cnn.com
  Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) reacts to the anonymous New York Times op-ed written by a senior Trump administration official, saying the concerns discussed in the op-ed are not news to "anyone who has had any dealings over there."
  
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• Elizabeth Warren Calls For Use Of 25th Amendment To Remove Trump

  06-09-2018 23:28 via yahoo.com
  It's time we invoke the Constitution to remove President Donald Trump from
  
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• Passengers arriving from France and Germany report flu-like symptoms at Philadelphia airport

  06-09-2018 23:25 via yahoo.com
  Several sick passengers at the Philadelphia airport prompted the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to hold 250 people for medical examination.The passengers were on American Airlines flights arriving from Paris and Munich and reported flu-like symptoms like coughing, fever, or vomiting akin to the passengers on an Emirates flight at JFK International airport in New York just one day before.Airport spokesperson Diane Gerace said in a statement: "As a precaution, all passengers on the two flights&
  
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• Mexican prosecutors find 166 skulls in mass graves

  06-09-2018 23:24 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Investigators said Thursday they have found 166 skulls in clandestine burial pits in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, one of the biggest mass graves discovered so far in Mexico.
  
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• Inside Trump White House, still a guessing game about who wrote NYT op-ed

  06-09-2018 23:22 via abcnews.go.com
  Across the Trump administration, officials wonder who wrote the bombshell op-ed.
  
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• Who Wrote The Anonymous Op-Ed? We Polled Anonymous New York Times Employees.

  06-09-2018 23:21 via yahoo.com
  If you've been awake at all over the past 24 hours, you've likely heard that
  
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• Morning mail: Trump op-ed denials, vale Burt Reynolds, Germaine Greer on rape

  06-09-2018 23:20
  Friday: Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo deny they wrote explosive editorial. Plus, four Australian sexual assault experts respond to Greer’s essayGood morning, this is Richard Parkin bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Friday 7 September.Continue reading...
  
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• Kavanaugh won't condemn Trump's Ginsburg tweets

  06-09-2018 23:19 via cnn.com
  Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-NY) grills Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh about President Trump's tweets saying Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's "mind is shot."
  
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• Pair accused of belonging to far-right group charged with terror offences

  06-09-2018 23:18
  Mark Jones and Alice Cutter from Halifax accused of belonging to National Action, a proscribed terrorist organisation Two people have been charged with terrorism offences after counter-terror police alleged they were members of a banned far-right group.Mark Jones, 23, and Alice Cutter, 22, both of Wharf Street, Halifax, were charged with being members of the proscribed organisation National Action contrary to section 11 of the Terrorism Act 2000 following an investigation by West Midlands counte
  
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• US President is having denials printed out and delivered to him as they come in, WH official says

  06-09-2018 23:14 via cnn.com
  The highest-ranking officials in the Trump administration are publicly denying they or their offices authored the infamous anonymous op-ed in The New York Times, an indication of how deeply the episode has shaken the White House.
  
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• 'Capsule' housing plan for low income workers causes outrage in Spain

  06-09-2018 23:11
  Barcelona city hall vetoes the project, saying the tiny pods are unfit for humansA Barcelona company has sparked outrage with a plan to rent out tiny pods where low income workers would live side by side like bees in a hive for as little as 200 euros ($232) a month.The company argues that the project, called Haibu, which means beehive in Japanese, is a solution to a shortage of affordable housing in the Catalan capital. But Barcelona city hall has refused to issue a licence for it, saying such t
  
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• Read the letter stolen from the President's desk

  06-09-2018 23:06 via cnn.com
  In an attempt to discredit Bob Woodward's new book, President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he "read another phony thing in the book about a trade deal that certain people didn't want me to look at." But CNN has obtained a copy of the book, and here is the letter.
  
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• 2020 Porsche 911: Everything We Know

  06-09-2018 23:05 via yahoo.com
  The 992 generation of the Porsche 911 is upon us. Here's what to expect from the new 911.
  
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• Twitter Finally Bans Alex Jones And Infowars

  06-09-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  Twitter has decided to permanently ban conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who has
  
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• Susan Collins Downplays Brett Kavanaugh Email About Abortion Rights And 'Settled Law'

  06-09-2018 22:58 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Thursday downplayed the
  
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• The comeback kids: how a struggling public school made the grade

  06-09-2018 22:54
  An Alabama school district is trying to break the cycle of poverty by enrolling students in programs that allow them to eventually graduate with college credits or degreesSoaring 1,000 feet above rural Alabama, Trent Stewart is airborne for the second time in his life. The 17-year-old takes control of the three-seat aircraft for just a moment before his flight instructor is in charge again, steering Trent closer to the 10 hours of flight time he needs before he can feel the fear and exhilaration
  
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• Argentina: Raid at school for deaf in clerical abuse probe

  06-09-2018 22:50 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Argentine authorities raided a Catholic-run school for youths with hearing disabilities Thursday as part of an investigation into alleged sexual abuse of vulnerable children that has shocked Pope Francis's homeland.
  
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• Here's one big clue to the identity of the writer

  06-09-2018 22:47 via cnn.com
  By the time you read this, practically every person who works in the Trump administration -- or even considered working in the Trump administration -- will have denied writing The New York Times op-ed alleging that there is a coordinated effort to end-run President Donald Trump from within his own government.
  
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• New vortex discovered above Saturn

  06-09-2018 22:43 via cnn.com
  Scientists say a hexagonal cloud structure above Saturn could be hundreds of miles high.
  
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• Russia and Turkey Will Collide Over End of Syrian Civil War

  06-09-2018 22:40 via yahoo.com
  This is Washington's chance to repair ties with Ankara to counter Moscow and Damascus.
  
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• Four dead, including gunman, in downtown Cincinnati bank shooting

  06-09-2018 22:36 via nbcnews.com
  Authorities did not provide details on a motive.
  
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• Brazilian far-right presidential candidate stabbed at campaign event - video

  06-09-2018 22:33
  Brazilian far-right and poll-leading presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro has been stabbed in the abdomen while campaigning for next month's election.Bolsonaro's son Flavio said the wound was 'only superficial'. Globo TV showed images of Bolsonaro in the midst of a crowd in Juiz de Fora in Minas Gerais state when he was stabbedJair Bolsonaro: Brazil's far-right presidential hopeful stabbed at campaign event Continue reading...
  
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• Former Trump administration staffer talks anonymous op-ed

  06-09-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  Fmr. Trump administration homeland security adviser Tom Bossert says the executive branch staffer who wrote an anonymous op-ed in the New York Times should "quit or identify themselves, or both."
  
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• Brexit negotiators risk 'sleepwalking into crisis' – Ivan Rogers

  06-09-2018 22:30
  Former UK ambassador to the EU uses speech in Dublin to urge leaders to move past technocratic approach to Brexit talksBrexit negotiators on both sides of the Channel risk “sleepwalking into a major crisis” that could poison relations for a generation, the UK’s former ambassador to the European Union Sir Ivan Rogers, has warned.In a speech to the British Irish Chambers of Commerce in Dublin, he urged EU leaders to move beyond a technocratic approach to Brexit and give serious t
  
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• Iraq: three dead as anti-corruption protests rage on in Basra

  06-09-2018 22:13
  Demonstrators storm and set fire to government building in fourth day of unrestIraqi protesters have stormed and set fire to a provincial government building in the southern city of Basra, despite a curfew imposed by authorities on Thursday to try and quell demonstrations against poor public services and unemployment that have turned violent.Three protesters were shot dead by security forces, according to a medical and a security official. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were n
  
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• Brazilian candidate Jair Bolsonaro stabbed during event

  06-09-2018 22:12 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Jair Bolsonaro, a leading presidential candidate in Brazil, was stabbed on Thursday during a campaign event, though officials and his son said the injury is not life-threatening.
  
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• Burt Reynolds, charismatic star of 1970s blockbusters, dies at 82

  06-09-2018 22:11 via nbcnews.com
  The Oscar-nominated actor died of cardiac arrest, according to his agent.
  
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• Brazilian presidential candidate stabbed while campaigning

  06-09-2018 22:11 via cnn.com
  Brazilian right-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed while campaigning in Minas Gerais, his son, Eduardo Bolsonaro, said on his official Twitter account Thursday.
  
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• Wildfire scorches Northern California Highway

  06-09-2018 22:09 via yahoo.com
  A wildfire in Northern California near the Oregon border has forced officials to close about 45 miles of a major highway.The fire erupted Wednesday afternoon in a rural area and nearly tripled in size overnight (Sept. 6)
  
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• Opinion: Kavanaugh may be 'Crazytown's' best choice

  06-09-2018 22:06 via cnn.com
  Judge Brett Kavanaugh has maintained his composure under a particularly grueling level of interrogation rarely seen outside a courtroom. But perhaps the biggest challenge to his bid for confirmation as an associate justice of the US Supreme Court may lie in his views on the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationally.
  
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• Man accused of killing pregnant teacher found dead in cell

  06-09-2018 22:06 via yahoo.com
  CLARKSBURG, Md. (AP) — A man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend was found dead in his Maryland jail cell on Thursday, the day his trial's opening statements were scheduled to begin.
  
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• Jair Bolsonaro: Brazil's far-right presidential hopeful stabbed at campaign rally

  06-09-2018 22:06
  Son Flávio says Bolsonaro recovering in hospital from ‘superficial’ wound in abdomen after attack in Juiz de Fora, Minas GeraisJair Bolsonaro, the far-right candidate who is leading the polls in Brazil’s presidential race, has been stabbed while campaigning in Minas Gerais state just a month before the election.Bolsonaro was taken to the Santa Casa de Misericórdia hospital in the town of Juiz de Fora, about 125 miles (200km) north of Rio de Janeiro, where a spokes
  
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• 7 terms you need to know to understand the anonymous NYT op-ed

  06-09-2018 22:04 via cnn.com
  Lodestar. Senior administration official. The 25th Amendment.
  
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• Firefighter Adopts German Shepherd He Rescued From California Wildfires

  06-09-2018 22:01 via yahoo.com
  He later named the pup Mendo, after Mendocino County, where he was found.
  
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• Guatemala Morales defends ending UN anti-graft commission

  06-09-2018 21:52 via feeds.foxnews.com
  President Jimmy Morales on Thursday defended his decision to wind down a U.N. commission investigating graft in Guatemala, responding to domestic and international critics who called it a blow against efforts to strengthen rule of law and hold the corrupt accountable.
  
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• Here's Another Brett Kavanaugh Email Republicans Didn't Want You To See

  06-09-2018 21:49 via yahoo.com
  A major issue in Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings is
  
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• Oscars: Academy suspends plans to add popular film category

  06-09-2018 21:45
  Academy said that it recognized new award created challenges for films already released amid widespread backlash to the categoryThe organization that bestows the Academy Awards says it is suspending plans to award a new Oscar for popular films amid widespread backlash to the idea.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says it will further study plans for the category. It wrote in a statement that it recognized that implementing a new award three-quarters of the way into the year created
  
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• Turkish Cypriots protest price hikes from Turkish lira woes

  06-09-2018 21:43 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Hundreds of Turkish Cypriots took to the streets of ethnically divided Nicosia on Thursday to protest huge hikes in the prices of electricity, fuel and other goods sparked by the sharp devaluation of the Turkish lira.
  
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• Powerful quake hits Japanese island of Hokkaido

  06-09-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
   A powerful earthquake Thursday on Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido triggered dozens of landslides that crushed houses under torrents of dirt, rocks and timber, prompting frantic efforts to unearth any survivors.
  
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• British Airways customer data stolen from its website

  06-09-2018 21:41
  Airline urges customers to contact banks after 380,000 payment cards affectedBritish Airways is investigating the theft of customer data from its website and app and has urged customers affected to contact their banks or credit card providers.The airline said around 380,000 payment cards had been compromised. Continue reading...
  
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• 6 Years Gone: Myanmar woman escapes brutal China captivity

  06-09-2018 21:30 via yahoo.com
  GUCHENG, China (AP) — They were the first photos Marip Lu had ever taken of her son, and it broke her heart to think they might be the last.
  
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• North Korean 'hacker' charged over cyber-attacks against NHS

  06-09-2018 21:27
  Park Jin Hyok, 34, charged by US officials over 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack that affected more than 150 countriesThe US justice department has charged an alleged North Korean spy for helping to perpetrate cyber-attacks against the National Health Service that saw operations cancelled, ambulances diverted and patient records made unavailable following a worldwide hack in 2017 which affected computers in more than 150 countries.Park Jin Hyok, 34, was also involved in an attack against the Sony
  
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• Previously confidential Kavanaugh documents released after Democratic pressure

  06-09-2018 21:26 via nbcnews.com
  As confirmation hearings entered their third day, documents relating to the Supreme Court nominee's views on a string of issues, including Roe vs. Wade, were made public.
  
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• Burt Reynolds – a life in pictures

  06-09-2018 21:21
  The hirsute heart-throb has died at the age of 82. Though best known for Deliverance and Boogie Nights, his prodigious output for film and television spanned six decades. Here we look back at his career Burt Reynolds, star of Deliverance and Boogie Nights, dies aged 82Continue reading...
  
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