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• US to send 800 troops to Mexico border

  25-10-2018 23:55 via cnn.com
  Defense Secretary James Mattis is expected to sign deployment orders as soon as Thursday that could send 800 or more troops to the border with Mexico to help border patrol authorities stop a caravan of migrants from Central America moving through Mexico to enter the US, according to three administration officials.
  
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• How some right-wing pundits have responded to the mailed pipe bombs is despicable

  25-10-2018 23:51 via cnn.com
  Campaign politics tends to be a lowest-common-denominator business. If something works -- no matter how loathsome or even untrue -- then it gets used. The end always justifies the means -- and the end is always and only winning.
  
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• Debunking the 'false flag'

  25-10-2018 23:51 via cnn.com
  Campaign politics tends to be a lowest-common-denominator business. If something works -- no matter how loathsome or even untrue -- then it gets used. The end always justifies the means -- and the end is always and only winning.
  
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• UN investigators check weapons seized by US Navy ship

  25-10-2018 23:47 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The huge pile of rusting AK-47 assault rifles is tucked into a corner below the deck of the USS Jason Dunham, serving as a grim reminder of how hard it is to catch weapons smugglers believed to be trafficking arms into Yemen.
  
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• For Game 3, NL rules will help Dodgers bounce back from early 0-2 hole

  25-10-2018 23:46 via nbcsports.com
  The World Series moving to Los Angeles for Game 3 may hurt the Red Sox and help the Dodgers, says Harold Reynolds.
  
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• Tapper calls out Trump on hypocrisy

  25-10-2018 23:44 via cnn.com
  Following Trump's call for politicians to "stop treating political opponents as being morally defective," CNN's Jake Tapper highlights Trump's rhetoric towards his own political opponents.
  
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• Google parent Alphabet keeps ad growth in mixed quarter

  25-10-2018 23:30 via yahoo.com
  Google parent Alphabet said Thursday its third-quarter profit rose 36 percent to $9.2 billion, fueled by gains in digital advertising delivered online and on smartphones.Alphabet's "other bets," which include divisions on self-driving cars, internet balloon, drone, life sciences and cybersecurity, rose to $146 million from $117 million a year earlier.
  
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• 'I was wrong' about Trump, Caitlyn Jenner says in op-ed

  25-10-2018 23:25 via nbcnews.com
  Reality TV star and former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner penned an op-ed for The Washington Post in which she renounced her support for President Trump.
  
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• Some mailed pipe bombs could have been duds, investigators say

  25-10-2018 23:20 via nbcnews.com
  At least some of the explosives in the wave of pipe bombs mailed to prominent liberal figures could not have exploded, several investigators said.
  
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• Son of Saudi journalist Khashoggi has left Saudi Arabia: sources

  25-10-2018 23:19 via yahoo.com
  Salah Khashoggi, who holds dual U.S.-Saudi citizenship and had thus far been under a travel ban, departed Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.Several hours after their arrival, State Department deputy spokesman Robert Palladino disclosed that Pompeo told Saudi leaders in Riyadh earlier this month that "he wanted Salah Khashoggi returned to the United States.""We are pleased that is the case," Palladino said, reiterating that the United States is continuing to press for "all the relevant facts" in the kill
  
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• Jesus painting survives church blaze

  25-10-2018 23:18 via yahoo.com
  A 150-year-old church in Wakefield, Massachusetts, was destroyed by a seven-alarm fire.
  
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• Two decades after brutal killing, Matthew Shepard to be laid to rest

  25-10-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  Two decades after Matthew Shepard was kidnapped and killed, turning him into an inspirational symbol for the fight against violence targeting gay people, his remains will be interred on Friday at the Washington National Cathedral.In October 1998, 21-year-old Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was tied to a fence, pistol-whipped and left unconscious in the cold for 18 hours.
  
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• The Latest: Suspect tried to enter church before shooting

  25-10-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting at a Kentucky grocery store (all times local):
  
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• Amazon, Google and Snap shares decline after earnings reports

  25-10-2018 23:16 via nbcnews.com
  Shares in tech companies have floundered in recent weeks amid broader stock market declines.
  
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• Virginia Beach Republican congressman tries to weather scandal and wave of Democratic spending

  25-10-2018 23:13 via yahoo.com
  Virginia Republican congressman Scott Taylor has been outspent by his Democratic rival and was weakened by a campaign scandal, but the former Navy SEAL continues to maintain a small lead over Democrat Elaine Luria.
  
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• Here's what investigators are looking for after suspicious packages were sent to prominent Democrats, Trump critics and CNN

  25-10-2018 23:13 via cnn.com
  A nationwide manhunt is underway for whoever sent packages with suspected pipe bombs to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and several other top political figures.
  
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• 'French Spiderman' scales London skyscraper

  25-10-2018 23:11 via cnn.com
  A daredevil climber known as the "French Spiderman" has scaled a London skyscraper with his bare hands.
  
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• Andrew Gillum Wants Ron DeSantis To Show Him Some Respect

  25-10-2018 23:07 via yahoo.com
  Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, the Democratic mayor of
  
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• Flu shot rates dropped during last year's killer season

  25-10-2018 23:05 via nbcnews.com
  A record 183 children died of flu last season.
  
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• Over a dozen people on school trip in Jordan killed in flash flood

  25-10-2018 22:53 via nbcnews.com
  The students and their adult chaperones were on a bus visiting hot springs near the Dead Sea, Jordanian officials said.
  
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• Survivor claims Kentucky shooter spared his life, told him 'whites don't kill whites'

  25-10-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  A man who survived Wednesday's shooting at a Kentucky supermarket claims the
  
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• Chuck Grassley Asked the Justice Department to Look Into Michael Avenatti's Work on Brett Kavanaugh

  25-10-2018 22:48 via yahoo.com
  "Ignoring this behavior will just invite more of it in the future.”
  
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• Google says it has fired 48 people for sexual harassment in two years

  25-10-2018 22:43 via nbcnews.com
  The figure was disclosed after The New York Times reported that Google executives accused of sexual harassment had been given lucrative exit packages.
  
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• Migrant caravan pushes through Mexico

  25-10-2018 22:41 via yahoo.com
  Central Americans struggle with injuries as they continued to make their way toward the U.S.-Mexico border.
  
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• Doctors have a No. 1 suspect for paralyzing illness

  25-10-2018 22:40 via nbcnews.com
  Researchers have put together their own informal network to get more information about acute flaccid myelitis.
  
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• Senator refers Kavanaugh accuser, Avenatti for criminal probe

  25-10-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley on Thursday sought a federal probe of Julie Swetnick, who accused Brett Kavanaugh of aggressive sexual behavior before his confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, and her lawyer Michael Avenatti.Grassley referred them to the Justice Department for criminal investigation related to "a potential conspiracy to provide materially false statements to Congress and obstruct a congressional committee investigation," according to a statement from his office
  
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• WWE will hold Saudi Arabia event as planned

  25-10-2018 22:32 via cnn.com
  WWE says it will go ahead with plans to host an upcoming wrestling event in Saudi Arabia next month.
  
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• WWE will continue with Saudi Arabia event

  25-10-2018 22:32 via cnn.com
  WWE says it will go ahead with plans to host an upcoming wrestling event in Saudi Arabia next month.
  
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• U.S. Says ‘Others’ Are Under Scrutiny in Cohen Grand Jury Probe

  25-10-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  Prosecutors made the disclosure Thursday in opposing a media request to obtain papers related to the search warrants used in the April 9 raid of Cohen’s home, hotel and business.Federal prosecutors in New York filed a public brief that doesn’t specify who is targeted in the investigation or named in the warrant papers.Protecting their privacy interests make it impractical to release the warrant papers in redacted form, they argued.
  
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• Person of interest in death of Georgia model shot in neck before car crash seen on video

  25-10-2018 22:30 via nbcnews.com
  Police said the man got into an altercation near the area where Kelsey Quayle was shot.
  
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• Here's how many times Trump attacked bomb targets

  25-10-2018 22:25 via cnn.com
  Words matter. And here's one gauge to measure their impact.
  
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• Kansas voters receive strange texts, purportedly from Trump

  25-10-2018 22:18 via nbcnews.com
  Democrats worried the messages were part of efforts to "steal" a close governor's race featuring Republican Kris Kobach, who the president has endorsed.
  
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• Yahoo News Explains: Everything we know about the suspicious packages

  25-10-2018 22:15 via yahoo.com
  Explosive devices were sent by mail to several high-profile individuals and CNN on Wednesday. Many have noticed that everyone on the list has been an outspoken critic of President Trump. The president strongly condemned the attacks.
  
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• Vaccine offers hope against tuberculosis

  25-10-2018 22:15 via cnn.com
  It's been around for centuries and has been curable for decades, but the bacteria behind tuberculosis are still the biggest infectious killers across the planet -- killing more people annually than HIV.
  
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• The Latest: Migrants hit snags with Mexican immigration

  25-10-2018 22:14 via yahoo.com
  MAPASTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — The Latest on the caravan of Central American migrants hoping to travel through Mexico to the U.S. (all times local):
  
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• Trans workers not protected by civil rights law, DOJ tells Supreme Court

  25-10-2018 22:09 via nbcnews.com
  The Justice Department filed a brief with the high court arguing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not prohibit discrimination against transgender workers.
  
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• In Nicaragua, political violence spurs migration

  25-10-2018 22:09 via feeds.foxnews.com
  There are a relatively tiny number of Nicaraguans who decided to try their luck with the caravan of thousands of Central Americans, mostly Hondurans, currently making its way through southern Mexico.
  
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• A better way to pack your suitcase

  25-10-2018 22:09 via nbcnews.com
  Organizational guru Marie Kondo shows you how.
  
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• Markets snap back after Wednesday's massive sell-off

  25-10-2018 22:07 via nbcnews.com
  A flurry of robust quarterly earnings from major tech companies pushed markets upward.
  
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• Markets Right Now: US stock indexes surge a day after a rout

  25-10-2018 22:07 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• At HHS, Trump slams 'socialist' Democratic health care plan

  25-10-2018 22:07 via nbcnews.com
  Trump's political message Thursday competed with his announcement of the first step in developing a federal rule aimed at reducing the costs of prescription drugs for American consumers.
  
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• An English teen gets an STD every 4 minutes

  25-10-2018 21:59 via cnn.com
  A young person is diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea every four minutes in England, Public Health England (PHE) has said.
  
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• A U.K. Billionaire Stopped the Press From Reporting Allegations of Harassment – Raising Questions of #MeToo in Britain

  25-10-2018 21:56 via yahoo.com
  Topshop owner Sir Philip Green denies the allegations
  
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• Senate candidate Corey Stewart doesn't waste any sympathy on CNN over bombing attempt

  25-10-2018 21:25 via yahoo.com
  Corey Stewart, the Republican candidate for Senate in Virginia, made it clear where he places the blame for suspected mail bombs sent this week: on the intended victims.
  
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• Meghan Markle Suffers Unfortunate Wardrobe Malfunction With Visible Tag in Tonga

  25-10-2018 21:24 via yahoo.com
  Meghan Markle's dress tag was showing as she came off a plane in Tonga with Prince Harry.
  
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• An aggrieved Trump digs in after pipe bomb scares

  25-10-2018 21:14 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump believes he is being unfairly linked to the pipe bombs delivered to frequent targets of his acrimonious rhetoric and has watched with disdain as the national conversation has shifted to his role in shaping the divisive political environment.
  
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• Khashoggi killing was premeditated, Saudi attorney general says

  25-10-2018 21:05 via cnn.com
  The killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's Istanbul consulate was premeditated, the country's attorney general said Thursday, in what marks a further significant shift in the Saudi version of events.
  
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• Two fall to death from overlook at Yosemite National Park

  25-10-2018 21:02 via nbcnews.com
  The deaths of a man and woman at Taft Point follow three other deaths at the park earlier this year.
  
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• In DeSantis-Gillum contest, race is more than a subtext

  25-10-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  Republican Ron DeSantis and Democrat Andrew Gillum clashed in Wednesday's final debate.
  
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• In migrant caravan, a Nicaraguan family flees persecution

  25-10-2018 20:59 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Amid thousands of mostly Honduran migrants hoping to make it to the United States, the Velasquez Gonzalez family from Nicaragua is something of an outlier.
  
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