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• 'Enough is enough': Barack Obama rallies California Democrats

  08-09-2018 23:58 via yahoo.com
  Barack Obama speaks in Anaheim, California.Barack Obama told a rapturous crowd of Democratic party faithful in southern California on Saturday it was time to “kick off the bedroom slippers” and get to work, to ensure the party retakes the House of Representatives after November’s midterm elections.
  
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• Ariana Grande Posts Sweet Photo Of Mac Miller After His Death

  08-09-2018 23:49 via yahoo.com
  Ariana Grande posted a tribute to her former boyfriend and rapper Mac Miller
  
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• Toronto Film Festival: Hate U Give lead found casting criticism ‘hard’

  08-09-2018 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Amandla Stenberg says it was difficult to have her casting queried because she is not darker-skinned.
  
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• North Korea to hold military parade to mark 70th anniversary

  08-09-2018 23:37 via yahoo.com
  Hundreds of trucks carrying thousands of troops lined a Pyongyang riverbank in the pale light of dawn early Sunday, as nuclear-armed North Korea prepared to celebrate its birthday with a huge show of military strength.Sunday is the 70th anniversary of the 1948 foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as the North is officially known, three years after Moscow and Washington divided the peninsula between them in the closing days of the Second World War.Such set-piece dates are a ma
  
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• Greek riot police fire tear gas at Macedonia name protesters

  08-09-2018 22:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Tear gas is fired at demonstrators protesting against a deal reached over the naming of Macedonia.
  
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• Cincinnati victims didn't have any known links to gunman

  08-09-2018 22:18 via yahoo.com
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The three people shot and killed in the lobby of a Cincinnati office building didn't have any apparent connection to the gunman.
  
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• US says it erred in sex accusation against alleged Russian spy

  08-09-2018 22:14 via cnn.com
  Prosecutors said Friday that they misunderstood text messages used as the basis of a claim that Maria Butina offered to trade sex for access -- an extraordinary admission that threatens to undercut the government's cloak-and-dagger portrayal of the young Russian accused of working to infiltrate American political circles.
  
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• Prosecutors say they misunderstood text messages they used to claim the accused Russian spy offered to trade sex for political access

  08-09-2018 22:14 via cnn.com
  Prosecutors said Friday that they misunderstood text messages used as the basis of a claim that Maria Butina offered to trade sex for access -- an extraordinary admission that threatens to undercut the government's cloak-and-dagger portrayal of the young Russian accused of working to infiltrate American political circles.
  
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• Crews fight to outflank raging Northern California wildfire

  08-09-2018 22:14 via yahoo.com
  Firefighters battled on Saturday to outflank a wildfire that has forced the closure of an interstate highway in Northern California as the blaze swept through explosively dry mountain timber in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest for a fourth day.As of midday Saturday, the Delta Fire had scorched nearly 37,000 acres (14,973 hectares) in the Cascade range since erupting on Wednesday in a forest canyon along the Sacramento River, about 250 miles (402 km) north of San Francisco, fire officials said.
  
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• Sen. Collins mum on Kavanaugh vote as pressure grows

  08-09-2018 22:11 via yahoo.com
  The focus has shifted back to potential swing votes like Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.
  
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• Syria's Idlib under 'violent' air strikes after Tehran failure

  08-09-2018 22:01 via yahoo.com
  Al Munţār (Syria) (AFP) - Syria's last major rebel bastion Idlib was Saturday targeted by the "most violent" Russian air strikes in a month, a monitor said, after the failure of a three-way summit on the Syrian conflict.The renewed strikes came a day after the leaders of rebel backer Turkey and regime allies Russia and Iran failed at the summit in Tehran to agree on how to stave off a threatened offensive on the northwestern province of Idlib.Aid organisations have warned that any mili
  
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• Climate change: Protests held ahead of California summit

  08-09-2018 21:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Demonstrations have been planned in 90 countries to protest perceived inaction on environmental issues.
  
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• Letter suggests Vatican knew of alleged sexual misconduct by McCarrick in 2000

  08-09-2018 21:27 via cnn.com
  A letter from a top Vatican official appears to acknowledge that the Holy See knew about sexual abuse allegations against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick for at least several months before he was elevated to cardinal in 2001.
  
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• England v India: Jos Buttler scores 89 and bowlers take six wickets as hosts take control

  08-09-2018 20:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Jos Buttler's 89 drags England back into the fifth Test before the home bowlers take control against India on day two of the fifth Test at The Oval.
  
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• Should You Be Using a Blood Pressure Monitor?

  08-09-2018 20:31 via yahoo.com
  More than 100 million Americans have high blood pressure, according to the American Heart Association (AHA), but only about half of them have it under control. Now preliminary research suggests t...
  
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• Sprinter Johnson has 'mini-stroke'

  08-09-2018 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson says he is recovering at home after suffering a "mini-stroke".
  
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• Syria war: Idlib rebels targeted by 'fiercest raids in weeks'

  08-09-2018 20:11 via bbc.co.uk
  The government and Russia step up strikes in Idlib, the last major rebel stronghold in the country.
  
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• China's Next Act: Invade Taiwan?

  08-09-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  Would Xi dare? 
  
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• Baboons at Paignton Zoo have been filmed flossing their teeth with bristles and hairs

  08-09-2018 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Baboons at Paignton Zoo in Devon have been observed flossing their teeth with broom bristles and their own hairs.
  
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• Gaza teen dies of wounds from Israel border clash: ministry

  08-09-2018 19:37 via yahoo.com
  A Palestinian teen died of his wounds Saturday a day after he was shot by Israeli troops during a protest on the Gaza border, the enclave's health ministry said.The Israeli army shot dead another 17-year-old Palestinian, Bilal Khafaja, on Friday and wounded at least 45 others as thousands of demonstrators approached Gaza's border with Israel in multiple locations.
  
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• Correction: Shootings-Cincinnati story

  08-09-2018 19:35 via yahoo.com
  CINCINNATI (AP) — In a story Sept. 7 about shootings in Cincinnati, The Associated Press misspelled the name of one of the victims based on previous information released by a coroner. It is Prudhvi Kandepi, not Pruthvi.
  
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• US officials secretly met with Venezuelan military officers plotting a coup against Maduro

  08-09-2018 19:03 via cnn.com
  US officials met secretly with Venezuelan military officers who were plotting a coup against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, both a current and a former US official confirmed to CNN.
  
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• What was revealed about Kavanaugh during SCOTUS hearings?

  08-09-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  Was anything uncovered during Kavanaugh's hearings that would derail his Supreme Court confirmation? SCOTUS panel reacts on 'America's News HQ.'
  
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• Serbia's Vucic says long road ahead in talks with Kosovo

  08-09-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  Expectations of an agreement that would involve a land swap, a proposal floated by both Belgrade and Pristina, dimmed after a face-to-face meeting between Vucic and his Kosovo counterpart, Hashim Thaci, was abruptly canceled on Friday."I will do my best (to reach the agreement), but it is a long road full of thorns and problems ahead," Vucic told reporters during a visit to the Gazivoda Lake dam, control of which is a hot topic between Belgrade and Pristina.Part of the artificial Gazivoda Lake -
  
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• TV anchor reports on daughter's death during newscast

  08-09-2018 18:58 via cnn.com
  South Dakota news anchor Angela Kennecke is sharing her personal pain with viewers to raise awareness about the opioid crisis.
  
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• Airstrikes hit Syria's Idlib province, the last remaining rebel stronghold

  08-09-2018 18:48 via cnn.com
  Airstrikes were reported Saturday in the Syrian province of Idlib, the last remaining rebel stronghold in the war-torn country, according to volunteer rescue group the White Helmets and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
  
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• Airstrikes hit Idlib, Syria's last rebel stronghold

  08-09-2018 18:48 via cnn.com
  Airstrikes were reported Saturday in the Syrian province of Idlib, the last remaining rebel stronghold in the war-torn country, according to volunteer rescue group the White Helmets and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
  
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• Yale's Endorsement Of Brett Kavanaugh Reveals The Legal Establishment's True Colors

  08-09-2018 18:16 via yahoo.com
  Generations ago, there was a Yale Law School professor who would start every
  
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• Bombings and air raids kill 4 in Syria's rebel-held Idlib

  08-09-2018 18:06 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government and Russian warplanes on Saturday targeted the southern edge of Idlib province in what activists described as the most intense airstrikes in weeks, ratcheting up military pressure on the densely populated rebel-held bastion.
  
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• Space: Another frontier for the US-Russian rivalry

  08-09-2018 17:59 via cnn.com
  It sounded like a dark twist to a science-fiction film: The head of Roscosmos, Russia's space agency, hinting at a foreign plot to sabotage the International Space Station.
  
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• Northern California wildfire surges in wilderness area

  08-09-2018 17:49 via yahoo.com
  A California official says a stretch of major highway near the California-Oregon border hit by a roaring wildfire will remain closed through the weekend.
  
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• Pope Francis Tells Newly-Ordained Bishops to Fight Abuse and the Culture Behind It

  08-09-2018 17:27 via yahoo.com
  Francis cited his recent letter about combatting abuse to 74 new bishops
  
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• Mac Miller: Stars pay tribute to US rapper 'found dead' aged 26

  08-09-2018 17:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Fellow rappers and singers lead tributes to the artist who died at his home of an apparent overdose.
  
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• Pressure grows on German spy chief over Chemnitz protests

  08-09-2018 17:16 via yahoo.com
  Germany has been deeply shaken by the most violent right-wing protests in decades after the Aug. 26 killing of the German man in Chemnitz, in the eastern state of Saxony, for which two immigrants were arrested.Friday's comments by Hans-Georg Maassen, head of the BfV domestic intelligence agency, aggravated tensions about whether politicians and the authorities are being too complacent in the face of rising xenophobia in Germany, where many thought the lessons of its Nazi history had long been le
  
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• Pope urges bishops to fight abuse, clerical culture behind it

  08-09-2018 17:08 via yahoo.com
  Pope Francis on Saturday urged newly-ordained bishops to fight abuse and reject what he termed the "clerical" culture which has seen a series of sex abuse scandals rock the Catholic Church.Just say no to abuse, of power, conscience or any type means saying no forcefully to all forms of clericalism," the Argentinian pontiff told 74 new bishops, the bulk hailing from Africa.The group were attending a two-week seminar on how to lead their respective dioceses as the Church attempts to react to paedo
  
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• Pope tells bishops to fight abuse, culture behind it

  08-09-2018 17:03 via yahoo.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis told newly ordained bishops Saturday that they must reject all forms of abuse and work in communion to fight the clerical culture that has fueled the sex abuse and cover-up scandal rocking his papacy.
  
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• Cardi B and Nicki Minaj in New York scuffle

  08-09-2018 16:49 via bbc.co.uk
  A simmering feud between Cardi B and Nicki Minaj comes to blows at a New York Fashion Week party.
  
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• Alibaba's Jack Ma to unveil succession plan next week, remain chairman

  08-09-2018 16:47 via yahoo.com
  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's billionaire co-founder Jack Ma will announce a succession plan on Monday to hand the reins of his sprawling empire to a new generation of leaders but will remain executive chairman for the time being.Ma will announce the plan on his 54th birthday and the handover strategy will stretch over a significant period of time, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) newspaper reported citing a company spokesman.Alibaba declined to comment but pointed towards the SCMP story when a
  
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• Sweden 'naive' about integration: ex-Peshmerga Swedish MP

  08-09-2018 16:41 via yahoo.com
  Sweden's "naive" approach to integrating asylum seekers has opened the door to the far-right, an outspoken lawmaker told AFP ahead of elections expected to see the country's once-marginal anti-immigration party make gains.Amineh Kakabaveh is an Iranian Kurdish ex-peshmerga fighter who sought asylum herself in Sweden in the 1990s and has been a member of parliament since 2008.Sweden is "increasingly divided", said the 40-year-old politician, whose views have earned her enemies among her own forme
  
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• UK and France fail to agree scallop fishing deal

  08-09-2018 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  The row continues over fishing rights in the English Channel after clashes between crews.
  
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• US Postal Service issues commemorative John Lennon stamp

  08-09-2018 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  A commemorative stamp has been issued by the US Postal Service to celebrate the Beatles' legacy.
  
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• The Latest: Observers say at least 4 killed in Syria's Idlib

  08-09-2018 16:21 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local):
  
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• GRU: The attack dog of Russian intelligence

  08-09-2018 16:20 via cnn.com
  The storyline's straight out of a spy thriller: two men allegedly dispatched from Moscow to eliminate a defector in a quiet English city -- but leaving traces of their movements everywhere to be painstakingly recreated by the intrepid British police.
  
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• Officer Who Killed Neighbor After Allegedly Mistaking His Apartment for Her Own Will Be Charged

  08-09-2018 16:18 via yahoo.com
  Police said it's not clear what prompted the shooting.
  
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• Obama to headline his first rally of 2018

  08-09-2018 16:03 via cnn.com
  Former President Barack Obama, a day after delivering a stinging critique of President Donald Trump's years in office, will headline his first rally of the 2018 midterm elections on Saturday, stumping with seven Democrats looking to turn their congressional districts blue in November.
  
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• Russian Forces are Adding a Silent-but-Deadly New Weapon to Their Arsenal

  08-09-2018 15:47 via yahoo.com
  According to a report from Jane’s 360, the Russian Ministry of Defense plans on acquiring new “silenced” mortar systems to help its commandos remain undetected downrange.
  
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• Clashes between Kurds and Syrian army troops leave 18 dead

  08-09-2018 15:36 via yahoo.com
  Clashes erupted on Saturday between U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters and Syrian troops in the centre of the city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria that left at least 18 people killed, Kurdish forces said.The fighting took place after a Syrian military convoy entered areas in the city which the Kurdish YPG militia's internal security forces said were under their control."They entered our areas of control and arrested civilians and members of the patrol targeted our forces," the internal security forc
  
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• Soon the Air Force Will Select One of these Three Jets to Become its Jet Trainer for the 21st Century

  08-09-2018 15:32 via yahoo.com
  And they’ll help train pilots even when on the ground.
  
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• Trump will undoubtedly face impeachment, says Watergate attorney

  08-09-2018 15:26 via yahoo.com
  Andrew Hall watched from within the courtroom as four of Richard Nixon’s top advisers were sentenced to prison for their roles in the Watergate coverup.Ehrlichman created “The Plumbers”, a covert special investigations unit inside of the White House that began conducting illegal operations under his watch, leading to one of America’s most extraordinary political scandals.Now, Mr Hall says he’s watching history repeat itself, with Donald Trump and his associates awai
  
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• War catches up with thousands of Syrians who fled to Idlib for safety

  08-09-2018 15:21 via yahoo.com
  When the fighters of the Islamic State (Isil) began to murder opposition activists in Aleppo, Mostafa and his family fled south towards Raqqa.  When Raqqa fell to the jihadists, they fled again, this time to the northern countryside of Aleppo near the border with Turkey.  And when Assad’s forces took control of the countryside in 2015, they fled to Idlib, now the last-remaining rebel stronghold in Syria. “We’ve been here about three years. Idlib has been a safe place
  
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