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• Republicans Appear Ready To Push For Brett Kavanaugh Vote Despite Sexual Assault Claim

  16-09-2018 23:53 via yahoo.com
  Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee appear ready to move
  
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• Florence causing 'historic and unprecedented flooding,' at least 16 dead

  16-09-2018 23:33 via abcnews.go.com
  The Carolinas are bracing for major river flooding and possible tornadoes after Florence.
  
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• Sessions calls family of MS-13 victim's mom killed by car

  16-09-2018 23:29 via yahoo.com
  BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions offered his condolences to the family of Evelyn Rodriguez, who was struck and killed by a car after a heated confrontation with the driver at the memorial of her daughter killed by MS-13 gang members two years ago.
  
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• Hurricane Florence cuts off road access to N. Carolina city

  16-09-2018 23:26 via yahoo.com
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Damage from Hurricane Florence left a North Carolina city popular with tourists cut off Sunday from road access, leaving authorities planning how to get food and water there by air and water.
  
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• Florence Flooding Breaches Makeshift Levee Reinforcement In North Carolina

  16-09-2018 23:25 via yahoo.com
  LUMBERTON, North Carolina -- In the days before Hurricane Florence struck,
  
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• WaPo: Kavanaugh accuser comes forward

  16-09-2018 23:22 via cnn.com
  A woman accusing Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct more than 30 years ago came forward publicly Sunday, detailing her allegations about the Supreme Court nominee in an interview with The Washington Post.
  
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• Seven hurt, one critically, in brawl in southeast English town

  16-09-2018 23:11 via yahoo.com
  Seven people were being treated in hospital, one of them in a critical condition, after they were involved in a fight in a residential street in the southeastern English town of Luton on Sunday, police said.Police said on Twitter that they attended the scene after receiving reports of a large number of individuals fighting.
  
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• Michael Moore Thinks Donald Trump Or 'One Of His Minions' Wrote Anonymous NYT Op-Ed

  16-09-2018 22:56 via yahoo.com
  Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore said he believes President Donald Trump
  
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• Alligator Casually Strolls Through Myrtle Beach-Area Neighborhood During Florence

  16-09-2018 22:55 via yahoo.com
  Gators have to weather these storms too.
  
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• Mormon fighting to end youth interviews ousted from faith

  16-09-2018 22:13 via yahoo.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon man who led a campaign criticizing the church's practice of allowing closed-door, one-on-one interviews of youth by lay leaders that sometimes included sexual questions has been kicked out of the faith following a disciplinary hearing.
  
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• Last stand: Syria's rebel Idlib prepares for a losing battle

  16-09-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — They dug trenches around towns, reinforced caves for cover and put up sand bags around their positions. They issued calls to arms, urging young men to join in the defense of Idlib, the Syrian province where opposition fighters expect to make their last stand against Russian- and Iranian-backed government troops they have fought for years.
  
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• Ethiopia, Eritrea seek to bolster truce at Saudi summit

  16-09-2018 21:44 via yahoo.com
  Ethiopia and Eritrea signed an agreement Sunday at a summit in Saudi Arabia, bolstering a historic peace accord between the two former Horn of Africa enemies, officials said.Authorities did not reveal exact details of the new deal signed in Jeddah, but sources close to the Saudi government said it would help strengthen the truce and enhance security in the wider region.Saudi King Salman hosted the signing ceremony which was also attended by his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and UN Secre
  
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• 'My biggest concern is rising water': Coast Guard chief on slow-moving Florence

  16-09-2018 21:01 via abcnews.go.com
  AsFlorence continues to move through the Carolinas, officials emphasize that flooding will get worse and residents must remain on high alert.
  
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• Feinstein faces criticism over handling of Kavanaugh letter

  16-09-2018 20:52 via yahoo.com
  Senator Dianne Feinstein turns over allegation about Kavanaugh to the FBI.
  
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• Baby-aspirin risks overwhelm benefits in healthy elderly

  16-09-2018 20:21 via yahoo.com
  The trial has "provided convincing evidence that aspirin is ineffective in preserving good health in elderly people without a medical (reason) to be using it," chief author Dr. John J. McNeil of Monash University in Melbourne told Reuters Health in an email.The results - which show that risks of major bleeding in low-dose aspirin users overwhelm any heart benefits - were reported online in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented Sunday at the European Respiratory Society International
  
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• Donald Trump has 'insecurity of a teenage girl' says John Kerry in attack on president

  16-09-2018 20:19 via yahoo.com
  John Kerry, the former US secretary of state, has torn into Donald Trump in response to the president accusing him of holding “illegal” meetings with Iran.The former Massachusetts senator used decidedly undiplomatic language, saying Mr Trump had “the maturity of an eight-year-old boy with the insecurity of a teenage girl.The attack came after Mr Trump tweeted that talks Mr Kerry held with Iran officials after leaving office were “to the detriment of the American people".
  
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• `He Did What He Was Trained to Do`: Wife of Chicago Cop on Trial for Murder Speaks Out

  16-09-2018 19:54 via yahoo.com
  The murder trial for Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke is set to start on Monday, and over the weekend his wife spoke out in support of her husband.
  
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• Protests as Steve Bannon defends Europe’s far right at New York appearance

  16-09-2018 19:49 via yahoo.com
  Protesters gathered to voice their opposition to Steve Bannon as he used an appearance in New York to praise Hungary’s nationalist prime minister Viktor Orban and Italy’s deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini.Speaking at a live debate at the Open Future festival organised by The Economist in New York, the former White House chief strategist applauded the leaders for trying to safeguard the “sovereignty” of their nations.“These individuals, these populist national mov
  
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• Leaders of Ethiopia, Eritrea sign accord in Saudi Arabia

  16-09-2018 19:26 via yahoo.com
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Leaders from Ethiopia and Eritrea signed a peace agreement on Sunday during a summit in Saudi Arabia, yet another sign of warming ties between two nations that have face decades of war and unease.
  
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• Man dies after Cape Cod shark attack

  16-09-2018 19:11 via yahoo.com
  Police say Cape Cod shark attack victim was a young man in his mid-twenties; Bryan Llenas reports.
  
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• Syrians in government areas vote in first local polls since 2011

  16-09-2018 19:09 via yahoo.com
  Syrians in government-controlled areas cast their ballots on Sunday in the first local elections there since 2011, when the country's ill-fated uprising erupted against President Bashar al-Assad's rule.Now, Syrian troops are back in control of around two-thirds of the country after a string of victories, most recently around Damascus and in southern Syria.Sunday is a regular working day in Syria but voting was extended by five hours until midnight (2100 GMT) because of "high participation", stat
  
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• Macron under fire after telling young jobseeker to 'find work by crossing the road'

  16-09-2018 19:02 via yahoo.com
  Emmanuel Macron has provoked ridicule and anger by telling an unemployed man that he could find him work "just by crossing the road”. The 25-year-old aspiring gardener complained of being unable to find a job when he spoke to the French president during a public open day at the Elysée Palace on Saturday.  Mr Macron advised him to change his line of work, saying jobs were readily available in catering or construction.  “Hotels, cafés, restaurants, I can fi
  
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• Lula’s guy: Brazilian Left’s new candidate Haddad rallies voters who barely recognise him

  16-09-2018 18:35 via yahoo.com
  As the new favourite to face far-Right candidate Jair Bolsonaro in the Brazilian election race, there is only one question on the lips of Fernando Haddad's supporter base: who is he? Last week, jailed former president Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva - the firm frontrunner - officially stepped down as the candidate for the centre-left Workers’ Party, calling in running mate Mr Haddad as his replacement.  Now, the Workers' Party’s strategy is to transfer as much of these votes
  
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• Daily aspirin for healthy pensioners may do more harm than good, major new study finds

  16-09-2018 18:32 via yahoo.com
  Taking aspirin every day may cause pensioners more harm the good, a major new study has concluded. Research into nearly 20,000 older people found those who were generally healthy derived no  protective benefit from the blood-thinning pill - but it increased their risk of dangerous bleeds. In the UK, GPs generally do not advise aspirin for pensioners who have not previously suffered cardiovascular problems, such as a heart attack or stroke. However, experts warned last night that tens of tho
  
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• Kurds opt out of first local elections in Syria since 2011

  16-09-2018 18:18 via yahoo.com
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria held its first municipal elections since 2011 on Sunday, amid tensions with the country's self-administered Kurdish region, which refused to allow polls.
  
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• Car-free day in Paris and Brussels – in pictures

  16-09-2018 18:06
  The people of the French and Belgian cities enjoy a rare traffic-free day Read more at Guardian Cities’ Walking the City week. We want to hear your experiences of urban walking – good and bad Continue reading...
  
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• 'God's plan' leads American to first major title after 17 years

  16-09-2018 18:04 via cnn.com
  On the shores of Lake Geneva, on the 18th green at the Evian Golf Club, Angela Stanford's faith was tested.
  
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• Around 1,000 Hungarians protest against Orban at pro-EU rally

  16-09-2018 18:03 via yahoo.com
  The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to sanction Hungary for flouting EU rules on democracy, civil rights and corruption in an unprecedented step that left Orban isolated from some powerful allies in the European Parliament.Hungary said it would seek legal ways to challenge the ruling which it described as "petty revenge".
  
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• Shattered buildings, swamped fields: the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut

  16-09-2018 18:00 via yahoo.com
  The skeleton of a shattered school, bare walls of homes stripped of their roofs and vast cornfields drowned in muddy floodwaters: this is the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut as seen from the air.A day after the world's worst storm of the year carved a path of deadly destruction across the northern Philippines' agricultural heartland, AFP was able to fly over some of the damage in Cagayan province."I saw widespread damage to planted crops, mostly corn.
  
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• Texas set to eliminate Hillary Clinton from required state curriculum

  16-09-2018 17:57 via yahoo.com
  The Texas Board of Education has voted to eliminate Hillary Clinton and other historical figures from the required curriculum in an effort to “streamline” lessons.The vote does not prevent educators from teaching about Ms Clinton, deaf-blind activist Helen Keller, and Republican Barry Goldwater who was the first Jewish presidential candidate, but it is no longer compulsory for the state’s 5.4 million public school students to learn about them.The final vote on the matter is set
  
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• North Carolina Hurricane Shelter Residents Break Into Spontaneous Song

  16-09-2018 17:53 via yahoo.com
  Something uplifting out of disaster.
  
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• Florence: historic flooding predicted as storm lingers over Carolinas – live coverage

  16-09-2018 17:53
  13 people dead in storm as NHC warns of ‘catastrophic’ floodsThis is how the world ends: will we soon see category 6 hurricanes?Florence tracker: latest maps show hurricane path and rainfall 4.53pm BST4.42pm BST The death toll is up to 14 people, according to the Associated Press. They said a 14th victim died after a truck lost control on a flooded road in South Carolina.Continue reading...
  
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• Brazil police seize $16m from Equatorial Guinea's VP delegation

  16-09-2018 17:50
  Entourage of vice-president allegedly had millions in cash and luxury watches in luggageMore than $16m (£12m) in cash and luxury watches were seized at an airport in Brazil in the luggage of a delegation accompanying the son of the president of Equatorial Guinea, local media reported.Teodorin Nguema Obiang, vice president of Equatorial Guinea and son of its longtime president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, arrived on Friday on a private plane at Viracopos airport near São Paulo as part of
  
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• GOP Senator: 'Nothing We Can Do' About Brett Kavanaugh Allegation

  16-09-2018 17:42 via yahoo.com
  Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said Sunday there's "nothing we can do" about an
  
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• UK market towns embrace foodie wave to revive ailing centres

  16-09-2018 17:39
  Leaders in about 30 struggling town centres have expressed interest in model spearheaded by Macclesfield and AltrinchamCan craft beer and sourdough pizza heal Britain’s ailing market town centres after a pummeling from the internet and retail parks? Macclesfield is joining a growing band of small towns about to find out.Instead of fighting a trillion-dollar giant like Amazon, the Cheshire town is trying to harness the national foodie obsession to claw back the social purpose of its centre.
  
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• The EU needs a stability and wellbeing pact, not more growth

  16-09-2018 17:26
  238 academics call on the European Union and its member states to plan for a post-growth future in which human and ecological wellbeing is prioritised over GDPThis week, scientists, politicians, and policymakers are gathering in Brussels for a landmark conference. The aim of this event, organised by members of the European parliament from five different political groups, alongside trade unions and NGOs, is to explore possibilities for a “post-growth economy” in Europe.For the past se
  
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• Deadly Typhoon Mangkhut roars into southern China

  16-09-2018 17:25 via cnn.com
  The world's strongest storm this year, Typhoon Mangkhut, continued its path of destruction across Southeast Asia over the weekend, reaching mainland China on Sunday afternoon after pummeling Hong Kong and killing dozens in the Philippines.
  
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• UN's Yemen envoy in Sanaa, as 32 rebels killed

  16-09-2018 17:19 via yahoo.com
  Fresh clashes and air strikes around the Yemeni city of Hodeida have killed 32 rebels, hospital and medical sources said Sunday, as the UN envoy kept up peace efforts in Sanaa.A military source told AFP the Saudi-led coalition fighting alongside the Yemeni government against Shiite Huthi rebels carried out an air raid on a radio station tower in the port city of Hodeida.According to medical sources in Hodeida province, which is controlled by the Huthis, at least 32 insurgents have been killed an
  
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• 'Worst yet to come': Florence leaves 13 dead as North Carolina braces for massive flooding

  16-09-2018 17:16
  Rivers are swelling towards record levels, forecasters warn, and thousands of people were ordered to evacuateHistoric flooding predicted as storm lingers – live coverageAs the death toll from Florence rose and hundreds were pulled from flooded homes on Sunday, North Carolina braced for the next stage of the disaster: widespread, catastrophic flooding. Related: Florence: 'There's no getting out' for Rice's Creek residents as waters rise fastContinue reading...
  
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• Saudi-led air strike kills four at Yemen radio station, U.N. intensifies diplomacy

  16-09-2018 17:16 via yahoo.com
  A air strike by the Saudi-led coalition against a radio station in Yemen's Houthi-held port city of Hodeidah killed four people on Sunday, residents and medical sources said.The attack took place as U.N. officials engaged in shuttle diplomacy to arrange a resumption of peace talks in the four-year-old.The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis has intensified its air campaign and resumed an offensive to capture Hodeidah after U.N.-sponsored peace talks collapsed earlier this month when the Hou
  
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• FEMA Boss Defends Trump's Puerto Rico Death Toll Denial: 'Numbers Are All Over The Place'

  16-09-2018 17:15 via yahoo.com
  The FEMA head defended Trump’s roundly criticized denial of the official death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria.
  
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• FEMA Boss Defends Trump's Puerto Rico Death Toll Denial: 'Numbers Are All Over The Place'

  16-09-2018 17:15 via yahoo.com
  The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sunday defended
  
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• Reporter battles Mangkhut's fierce winds

  16-09-2018 17:14 via cnn.com
  CNN's Kristie Lu Stout battles fierce winds and rain while reporting on the damage from Typhoon Mangkhut in Hong Kong.
  
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• Israeli fatally stabbed by Palestinian in West Bank

  16-09-2018 17:10 via yahoo.com
  A Palestinian fatally stabbed an Israeli-American man near the entrance to a mall in the occupied West Bank on Sunday before being shot and wounded at the end of a brief foot chase, officials said.The man killed, Ari Fuld, was a right-wing activist who has appeared regularly on television, but a police spokesman said there was no indication he was targeted for that reason.Fuld, 45, was a father of four who lived in the Israeli settlement of Efrat, near the mall where he was stabbed.
  
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• Emmys: The shows that should win

  16-09-2018 17:05 via cnn.com
  The problem with saying who should win at the Emmys is that such choices inevitably come at the expense of someone else, who often will, and is just as deserving.
  
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• Florence's Death Toll Stands at 17 as It Weakens to a Depression

  16-09-2018 17:04 via yahoo.com
  Eleven people have died in North Carolina and six died in South Carolina
  
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• Florence's Death Toll Stands at 15 as It Weakens to a Depression

  16-09-2018 17:04 via yahoo.com
  10 people have died in North Carolina and five died in South Carolina
  
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• Manafort deal with Mueller 'really good for the country,' says Ken Starr

  16-09-2018 17:01 via abcnews.go.com
  Former Trump campaign chair Manafort agreed to fully cooperate with Mueller.
  
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• Samsung heir among business leaders joining South Korea's visit to Pyongyang

  16-09-2018 16:54 via yahoo.com
  The heir to the Samsung empire and the leaders of several other South Korean conglomerates will go to Pyongyang this week for an inter-Korean summit, Seoul announced Sunday. Samsung's Lee Jae-yong and the heads of the SK and LG groups will be part of President Moon Jae-in's delegation as he heads for a meeting with the North's leader Kim Jong-un, Moon's office said. Kim Yong-hwan, vice-chairman of Hyundai Motor Group - whose founder was a refugee from the North - will be among the entourage. Hyu
  
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• Hamilton dazzles under the Singapore lights

  16-09-2018 16:47 via cnn.com
  Lewis Hamilton dazzled under the floodlights at the Marina Bay street circuit to boost his chances of claiming his fifth world championship crown by winning the Singapore GP Sunday.
  
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