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• Trump thanks Turkey for pastor's release, denies cutting deal

  13-10-2018 23:55 via yahoo.com
  A Turkish court on Friday sentenced Brunson, who had been charged with links to Kurdish militants and supporters of a U.S.-based Muslim cleric, to more than three years in prison but said he would not serve any further time because he had already been detained since October 2016.The pastor's release could signal a thaw in relations between the two NATO allies, which worsened in August after a deal to free Brunson fell apart and Trump authorized a doubling of duties on aluminum and steel imported
  
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• March to the Polls rally in Chicago draws thousands

  13-10-2018 23:48 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of people have marched through downtown Chicago to express their displeasure at President Donald Trump and encourage voters to go to the polls for next month’s midterm election.
  
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• New York Times: Kushner likely paid almost no federal income taxes for years

  13-10-2018 22:45 via cnn.com
  Jared Kushner, whose net worth is nearly $324 million, appears to have paid almost no income taxes from 2009 to 2016, The New York Times reported Saturday.
  
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• Freed from Turkey, US pastor meets Trump in Oval Office

  13-10-2018 22:34 via cnn.com
  Recently released American pastor Andrew Brunson will join President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Saturday, the President tweeted, adding there was "NO DEAL made with Turkey" for his release.
  
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• Saudi Arabia Wants Trump And Congress To Forget Jamal Khashoggi. Here’s Its Likely Playbook.

  13-10-2018 22:31 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Saudi Arabia is facing an unprecedented backlash from the U.S.
  
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• 74-Year-Old Man Accused of Killing Woman in His Front Yard Pleads Not Guilty

  13-10-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  According to West Sacramento police, Ronald Mehler, 74, admitted to shooting a woman to death on Wednesday, however he entered a not guilty plea on Friday.
  
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• Taliban says it met with US envoy to discuss ending Afghanistan occupation

  13-10-2018 22:26 via cnn.com
  US envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad met with Taliban leaders Friday to discuss the conflict in Afghanistan, a statement from the insurgent group said.
  
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• Tip leads to hidden infant remains at Detroit funeral home

  13-10-2018 22:09 via yahoo.com
  DETROIT (AP) — An anonymously written letter led Michigan inspectors to find badly decomposed remains of 11 infants hidden in a ceiling compartment of a shuttered Detroit funeral home, police say.
  
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• Mourners pack funeral for 8 of 20 killed in NY limo crash

  13-10-2018 21:48 via yahoo.com
  AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (AP) — Hundreds of mourners packed an upstate New York church Saturday for the funeral of four sisters and four other family members who died in a limousine crash last weekend that killed a total of 20 people.
  
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• Andrew Brunson: Trump meets US pastor freed by Turkey

  13-10-2018 21:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The US president told Andrew Brunson he had "galvanised this country" with his strength and faith.
  
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• Super League Grand Final: Wigan claim fifth title with victory over Warrington

  13-10-2018 21:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Wigan Warriors win their fifth Super League Grand Final with a battling victory over Warrington Wolves at Old Trafford.
  
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• C Grandal out of Dodgers lineup after rough NLCS Game 1

  13-10-2018 21:28 via yahoo.com
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal is out of the starting lineup for Game 2 of the NL Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.
  
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• Jamal Khashoggi: Trump to 'punish' Saudis over journalist

  13-10-2018 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The US president pledges to uncover the truth about the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi.
  
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• Snow expected in Rockies, cold weather moves into Northeast

  13-10-2018 20:39
  The coldest temperatures since April are expected in the Northeast.
  
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• Pope Paul VI, Archbishop Oscar Romero among 7 people to be canonized at Vatican

  13-10-2018 20:29
  The pope will proclaim seven people saints on Sunday, including Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Ocsar Romero, of El Salvador, who is believed to have been assassinated.
  
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• Man who shot at black teenager asking for directions to school convicted for assault

  13-10-2018 19:57 via yahoo.com
  A Michigan man has been found guilty of assault after firing his gun at a black teenager who stopped by his home to ask for directions to school.The man, Jeffrey Ziegler, was convicted of assault with attempt to murder and possession of a firearm the commission of a felony on Friday.In his arraignment, Ziegler said that there was “a lot more to this story than what is being told”.
  
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• ‘Being Melania’ interview proves her the queen of barely coded messages

  13-10-2018 19:54 via yahoo.com
  From fashion choices to her marriage, ABC special reveals first lady is far from clueless – and willing to bait those around her
  
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• Freddie Burns: Bath full-back makes two big errors as Toulouse hold on

  13-10-2018 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Two big errors by Freddie Burns in the final six minutes cost Bath a potential opening Champions Cup win over Toulouse at a stunned Rec.
  
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• Hurricane Michael death toll expected to climb

  13-10-2018 19:39 via yahoo.com
  The death toll was expected to rise this weekend in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael as hundreds remained unaccounted for along the Florida Panhandle where decimated communities remained cutoff and in the dark. Yahaira Jacquez reports.
  
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• Trump Jr. retweets unsubstantiated claim on Khashoggi

  13-10-2018 19:30 via cnn.com
  Donald Trump Jr. retweeted an unsubstantiated claim on Friday insinuating missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is a terrorism sympathizer -- a move that comes as the administration of his father, President Donald Trump, faces pressure on how to respond to the journalist's disappearance.
  
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• Gerard Butler cancels Saudi Arabia trip

  13-10-2018 19:17 via cnn.com
  The actor says he's cancelled a trip to Riyadh to promote new movie 'Hunter Killer' amidst the controversy over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
  
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• Germany protest: Tens of thousands march against far right

  13-10-2018 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  More than 100,000 people join a march in Berlin in protest at the recent rise in xenophobia.
  
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• WATCH: Rescues underway for animals caught in Michael's destruction

  13-10-2018 19:03
  Animal shelter employees describe the danger they endured as the storm made landfall.
  
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• Hurricane survivors scramble for food and water in Florida

  13-10-2018 18:52 via cnn.com
  Three days after Hurricane Michael unleashed its wrath in the Florida Panhandle, residents in some of the hardest hit areas are growing desperate for food and water.
  
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• Macron popularity plummets at home as he pushes globalism on world stage

  13-10-2018 18:51 via feeds.foxnews.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron has presented himself as the international leader defending multilateralism and globalism against the rising forces of nationalism -- but at home he is facing a bleaker political outlook and plummeting poll numbers.
  
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• Bodies Of 11 Infants Found In Shuttered Funeral Home's Ceiling

  13-10-2018 18:50 via yahoo.com
  Law enforcement has recovered the remains of 11 infants hidden in a false
  
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• At least 7 dead in suicide bombing in Somalia's Baidoa

  13-10-2018 18:41 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A suicide bomber detonated in the middle of a restaurant in the Somali town of Baidoa, leaving at least seven people dead, police said Saturday.
  
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• Historic airliner trucked 300 miles to be a hotel bar

  13-10-2018 18:26 via cnn.com
  Drivers outside Boston along US interstate I-495 this week got a unique view of an iconic airplane that might very well belong in a museum.
  
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• Freed from Turkey, US pastor to meet Trump in Oval Office

  13-10-2018 18:25 via cnn.com
  Recently released American pastor Andrew Brunson will join President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Saturday, the President tweeted, adding there was "NO DEAL made with Turkey" for his release.
  
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• Malaysia's Anwar wins by-election, steps closer to premiership

  13-10-2018 18:22 via yahoo.com
  Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim won a by-election engineered for his return to parliament by an overwhelming majority on Saturday, bringing him closer to the premiership that has been promised to him by former foe, Mahathir Mohamad.The victory marks Anwar's official return to political life just five months after he was freed from jail, and will also be the first time that both he and Mahathir are members of parliament under the same banner after a bitter feud lasting over 20 years.Anwar, who has been
  
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• Mick Schumacher wins Formula 3 European title with race to spare

  13-10-2018 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Mick Schumacher, the son of seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael, wins the Formula 3 European title with a race to spare.
  
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• Experts dismiss claim Apple Watch recorded alleged killing

  13-10-2018 18:06 via cnn.com
  Experts have dismissed claims that a recording of the alleged killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have been transmitted using his Apple Watch.
  
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• 11 dead babies found in funeral home ceiling

  13-10-2018 18:03 via cnn.com
  The remains of 11 infants were found Friday at a former funeral home in Detroit, Michigan, police said.
  
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• Car smuggling migrants crashes, catches on fire in Greece, 11 people dead

  13-10-2018 17:57 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Eleven people have died in Northern Greece on Saturday after a smuggler’s vehicle carrying illegal migrants crashed head-on with a truck and caught fire.
  
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• Kenya officials charged in Olympic corruption inquiry

  13-10-2018 17:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Ex-sports minister Hassan Wario and Olympian Kipchoge Keino are among seven accused of corruption.
  
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• Young survivor of rare polio-like illness now thriving

  13-10-2018 17:26 via cnn.com
  Lydia Pilarowski had a fever and cough that developed into intense pain, she had unusual weakness, and she couldn't move her left arm.
  
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• Buckingham suing Fleetwood Mac

  13-10-2018 17:25 via cnn.com
  Former Fleetwood Mac singer and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham is suing the band for making him go his own way.
  
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• 14 killed at rally for female Afghan candidate

  13-10-2018 17:25 via cnn.com
  A bomb Saturday that targeted a parliamentary election rally for a woman running for office in northeastern Afghanistan killed at least 14 people, according to a local official.
  
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• New opposition alliance emerges in Bangladesh ahead of polls

  13-10-2018 17:22 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A small party led by a prominent Bangladeshi lawyer on Saturday forged a new alliance with the country's main opposition party that could be seen as a boost against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government ahead of national elections due in December.
  
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• Trump threatens 'severe punishment' if Saudis ordered killing of journalist Khashoggi

  13-10-2018 17:14 via cnn.com
  Saudi Arabia faced growing isolation Saturday as global businesses pulled out of a high-profile investment summit amid a deepening mystery over the fate of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
  
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• Russia may resume manned space flights on November 28: Interfax

  13-10-2018 16:47 via yahoo.com
  The next manned flight of a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) could take place on Nov. 28, Interfax news agency quoted a Russian space industry source on Saturday as saying.A Russian cosmonaut and a U.S. astronaut survived an aborted liftoff after a Soyuz rocket bound for the ISS failed in mid-air two minutes after the launch in Kazakhstan, leading to a dramatic emergency landing.Russia's space agency Roscosmos was not immediately available for comment on Saturday on the Inte
  
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• Greek road inferno 'kills 11 migrants'

  13-10-2018 16:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Their car was travelling to Thessaloniki when there was a head-on collision with a lorry.
  
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• Nepal storm kills climbers on Himalayan peak Gurja

  13-10-2018 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  At least seven people die when a violent storm destroys their camp on the Himalayan peak of Gurja.
  
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• Planned Parenthood plans for a post-Roe future

  13-10-2018 16:26 via yahoo.com
  Abortion-rights advocates are preparing for the likelihood that the Supreme Court in the near future may curtail, or completely overturn, Roe v. Wade. Their strategy focuses on securing abortion rights in individual states.
  
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• Irish Premiership: Matthew Snoddy scores after 10 seconds

  13-10-2018 16:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Matthew Snoddy scores after only 10 seconds for Irish Premiership champions Crusaders against Glentoran.
  
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• Hillary Clinton asked for her own security clearance to be withdrawn

  13-10-2018 16:18 via cnn.com
  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's security clearance was withdrawn in August at her request, the State Department confirmed in a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, which his office released to the public Friday.
  
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• Anwar Ibrahim returns to Malaysian politics with by-election win

  13-10-2018 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The former deputy Malaysian PM wins a parliamentary seat, months after he was released from jail.
  
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• The story of the Unknown Warrior

  13-10-2018 16:00
  The daughter of the man tasked with selecting a dead soldier, Brigadier General Wyatt, turned 100 this year and was reunited with her father’s medals. Here she shares her memoriesAt 100 years of age, Laetitia Hardie has lived through two world wars. She was born on 21 August, just a few months shy of the armistice on 11 November 1918. She is very alert and has a vivid recall, especially when it comes to remembering her childhood near the North Staffordshire barracks, growing up with her si
  
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• President Trump calls for 'severe punishment' if Saudi Arabia killed US-journalist

  13-10-2018 15:59
  President Trump said Saudi Arabia denied involvement in Khashoggi disappearance.
  
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• Trump warns of ‘severe punishment’ if Saudi Arabia behind writer’s disappearance

  13-10-2018 15:50 via feeds.foxnews.com
  President Trump is warning that there will be “severe punishment” if Saudi Arabia is found to be responsible for the disappearance of a columnist inside a Saudi consulate -- as some in Congress call for the U.S. to sanction those responsible.
  
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