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• Saudi-led coalition masses troops near Yemen's Hodeidah as pressure mounts to end war

  31-10-2018 23:51 via yahoo.com
  The United States and Britain have called for an end to the 3-1/2-year war that has driven impoverished Yemen to the verge of famine, raising pressure on Saudi Arabia as it faces a global outcry over the murder of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2.The military alliance of Sunni Muslim states led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates has deployed forces around 30,000-strong south of Houthi-held Hodeidah and near its eastern entrance, pr
  
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• New migrant caravan departs El Salvador for U.S.

  31-10-2018 23:44 via yahoo.com
  Men and women from the two groups of Salvadorans that departed San Salvador pushed baby strollers or bore children on their shoulders."We're already one step away from Guatemala, and soon into Mexico," said Vindel, limping forward with a cane on a prosthetic leg in the municipality of San Francisco Menendez.A larger U.S.-bound caravan, which left northern Honduras in mid-October is moving north at about 30 miles (48 km) a day through southern Mexico.
  
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• Don't vote for our 'homophobic' and 'racist' dad, Missouri candidate's kids tell voters

  31-10-2018 23:38 via nbcnews.com
  “I can’t imagine him being in any level of government,” said the daughter of Steve West, a Republican vying for a Missouri House seat.
  
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• U.S. doesn't want to harm friends, allies with Iran sanctions: Bolton

  31-10-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday the Trump administration wants sanctions on Iran's crude exports to strain Tehran, but does not want to harm countries that depend on the oil.The United States is preparing to impose the new sanctions on Iran's oil industry after Washington withdrew from a nuclear deal between Tehran and other global powers earlier this year, but is also considering offering waivers to some allies that rely on Iranian supplies."We want to achieve maxim
  
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• Hitman in killing of Dallas dentist sentenced to death

  31-10-2018 23:28 via nbcnews.com
  Investigators said Love was hired by the ex-girlfriend of Dr. Kendra Hatcher's boyfriend. She is awaiting trial on a capital murder charge.
  
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• The Latest: Wreck survivor was found alert in dry riverbed

  31-10-2018 23:24 via yahoo.com
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on the rescue of a woman who survived for six days in the Arizona desert (all times local):
  
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• US using Saudi weakness to push for end to Yemen War

  31-10-2018 23:19 via cnn.com
  The United States is working to capitalize on what it regards as new leverage with Saudi Arabia to end the brutal civil war in Yemen and ease a regional standoff with Qatar, according to multiple US and diplomatic officials.
  
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• Indiana school district moves bus stop after fatal crash

  31-10-2018 23:19 via yahoo.com
  ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana school district said it will relocate a bus stop where a pickup truck hit four students boarding a bus this week, killing three siblings and badly injuring a fourth child.
  
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• Malawi court halts work on Gandhi statue after critics brand him racist

  31-10-2018 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Work is suspended on a statue of Gandhi in Malawi, after campaigners argue he used racial slurs.
  
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• 'Crossings' — perspectives on transition and transformation in photography

  31-10-2018 22:54 via yahoo.com
  “Crossings” brings together a selection of over 100 images by international artists to explore perspectives on transition and transformation in photography.Magnum Photos and Aperture have a long-standing shared history, spanning many collaborations on publications and events through the decades.For the second time, Magnum Photos has invited a roster of artists published by Aperture to participate in the project, alongside Magnum’s own photographers, to visually explore a common
  
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• The World's Tallest Statue Finally Opens After Exactly Four Years of Construction

  31-10-2018 22:44 via yahoo.com
  India’s Statue of Unity is twice the height of the Statue of Liberty, and honors Vallabhbhai Patel, one of the nation's founding fathers
  
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• 15,000 troops may go to US border, Trump says

  31-10-2018 22:28 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump claimed that up to 15,000 US troops could be sent to the border to deal with the group of migrants heading toward the US through Mexico.
  
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• Supreme Court chief justice once proposed to fellow judge

  31-10-2018 22:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Chief Justice William Rehnquist once asked Sandra Day O'Connor to wed him, letters show.
  
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• Feeding caravan hysteria, Trump says border troop levels may reach 15,000

  31-10-2018 22:24 via yahoo.com
  Before flying to campaign rallies in Florida, the president suggests the U.S. could send as many as 15,000 U.S. troops to the border with Mexico.
  
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• Spain police bust 'black magic' prostitution ring in Murcia

  31-10-2018 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  A group of transgender Brazilians were rescued from forced prostitution in Murcia, police say.
  
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• Maryland fires controversial head coach hours after reinstatement

  31-10-2018 22:06 via collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  An hour after the state's governor released a pointed statement, the school fired their controversial head coach.
  
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• A third migrant caravan departs for the U.S.

  31-10-2018 21:56 via yahoo.com
  "Mr. Trump, we are not delinquents." About 2,000 migrants began walking north from El Salvador's capital on Wednesday, the latest of several groups trying to reach the United States. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
  
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• Ted Cruz makes a Zodiac Killer Halloween joke in a last-ditch effort to be relatable

  31-10-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  The timeline just got a whole lot darker.  Still recovering from getting roasted for the time the Texas GOP tried to go after Beto O'Rourke for being cool, Ted Cruz has made a last ditch effort to be relatable. SEE ALSO: Once again, Ted Cruz's face is a meme Cruz tweeted a picture of the Zodiac Killer's cryptic cipher on Wednesday, adding a festive "Happy Halloween." Happy Halloween pic.twitter.com/jIgTaIMzep — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 31, 2018It's not the first time Cruz has
  
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• 9-Year-Old Indiana Girl Dies Shielding Twin Brothers From Oncoming Car

  31-10-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  A 9-year-old girl in Indiana died Tuesday morning trying to shield her younger
  
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• Steve King Is Toxic, So Why Is Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds Sticking By Him?

  31-10-2018 21:51 via yahoo.com
  Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is standing by her Nazi-sympathizing campaign co-chair
  
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• Trump to Ryan: Shut up and focus on keeping House

  31-10-2018 21:47 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump went after House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday, saying one of the top Republican leaders in the President's party "knows nothing about" birthright citizenship and "should be focusing on holding the Majority" in the House of Representatives "rather than giving his opinions" on the issue.
  
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• Trump to Ryan over birthright criticism: Shut up and focus on keeping US House

  31-10-2018 21:47 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump went after House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday, saying one of the top Republican leaders in the President's party "knows nothing about" birthright citizenship and "should be focusing on holding the Majority" in the House of Representatives "rather than giving his opinions" on the issue.
  
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• Trump on Ryan's birthright criticism: Shut up and focus on keeping House

  31-10-2018 21:47 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump went after House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday, saying one of the top Republican leaders in the President's party "knows nothing about" birthright citizenship and "should be focusing on holding the Majority" in the House of Representatives "rather than giving his opinions" on the issue.
  
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• October was a frightening month for stocks

  31-10-2018 21:44 via cnn.com
  October was a frightening month for investors around the world.
  
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• What America's 'Blexit' gets wrong about history

  31-10-2018 21:42 via bbc.co.uk
  The campaign blaming Democrats for slavery and the KKK ignores key facts about the past and present.
  
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• Waco cult: How David Koresh persuaded 30 Britons to join

  31-10-2018 21:41 via bbc.co.uk
  In 1993, a compound in Texas became a horrific fireball, killing members of a cult, including 24 Britons.
  
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• Yahoo News Explains: The haunted history of Halloween

  31-10-2018 21:22 via yahoo.com
  Halloween has been around for quite some time, but it hasn’t always been the candy and costume-filled holiday it is today.The second night of the festival was known as All Hallows’ Eve, which was later shortened to Halloween.While the name didn’t stick, the idea of giving kids treats to discourage pranks did — but no one would get candy unless they asked politely.
  
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• The Kepler Space Telescope Found Science and Art in Exoplanets

  31-10-2018 21:19 via yahoo.com
  The retired Kepler space telescope helped NASA and astronomers discover thousands of exoplanets, some, perhaps, with the capacity for life.
  
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• Senators urge Trump to suspend nuclear energy talks with Saudi Arabia

  31-10-2018 21:16 via yahoo.com
  Five Republican U.S. lawmakers, led by Senator Marco Rubio, said in a letter to Trump they would use the Atomic Energy Act to block any U.S.-Saudi nuclear agreements if Trump did not cut off talks."The ongoing revelations about the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as well as certain Saudi actions related to Yemen and Lebanon, have raised further serious concerns about the transparency, accountability, and judgment of current decision makers in Saudi Arabia," the senators wrote."We the
  
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• Trump's blocking migrants from the American dream

  31-10-2018 21:10 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of people from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are marching towards the USA/Mexico border in search of asylum. They're looking for a better future, but will Trump get in their way?
  
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• Indian Relay rallies Canada's First Nation communities

  31-10-2018 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  As if horse racing was not dangerous enough, these Canadian Indian riders also have no saddles.
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks gain on last day of a brutal month

  31-10-2018 21:05 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• A look at Pakistan's blasphemy law over the years

  31-10-2018 20:59 via yahoo.com
  A series of anti-blasphemy measures introduced in Pakistan in the 1980s made it illegal to insult Islam.
  
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• Auschwitz memorial wants to prosecute neo-fascist over T-shirt

  31-10-2018 20:58 via cnn.com
  An Italian far-right militant who sported an "Auschwitzland" T-shirt during an extremist rally is being referred to the Polish prosecutor's office for "promotion of Nazi ideology" and "insulting the Auschwitz Memorial," a spokesman for the memorial told CNN.
  
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• Auschwitz memorial wants to prosecute neo-fascist for her 'humanly awful' T-shirt

  31-10-2018 20:58 via cnn.com
  An Italian far-right militant who sported an "Auschwitzland" T-shirt during an extremist rally is being referred to the Polish prosecutor's office for "promotion of Nazi ideology" and "insulting the Auschwitz Memorial," a spokesman for the memorial told CNN.
  
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• How Mexico celebrates the dead

  31-10-2018 20:48 via cnn.com
  Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a holiday that is thousands of years old. This is how they celebrate in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. By Black Buddha
  
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• Synagogue shooting suspect faces 44 counts in expanded indictment

  31-10-2018 20:47 via yahoo.com
  Accused Pittsburgh synagogue gunman Robert Bowers is now facing 44 charges including federal hate crimes in connection with a shooting spree that left 11 people dead, as prosecutors unveiled an expanded indictment Wednesday.Authorities say Bowers, 46, burst into the Tree of Life synagogue with an AR-15 assault rifle and three handguns, killing 11 worshippers at Shabbat services and wounding six others, including four police officers."While inside the Tree of Life Synagogue, Bowers made statement
  
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• Officials Confirm Unknown Bacterial Infection Outbreak at Arkansas Cancer Center

  31-10-2018 20:37 via yahoo.com
  The Arkansas Department of Health confirms dozens of patients recently treated at Arkansas Cancer Institute have tested positive for a previously unknown bacterial infection.
  
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• 11 people were gunned down at a synagogue. Trump sees himself as the victim

  31-10-2018 20:09 via cnn.com
  On Tuesday, President Donald Trump --accompanied by his wife, Melania, and his daughter and son-in-law -- traveled to Pittsburgh to offer condolences to the victims of a shooting at a Jewish synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood. He did so despite urgings from the city's mayor to postpone his trip until the funerals for the 11 victims could be completed. And despite the fact that no members of Congress joined him on the trip.
  
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• India Now Boasts The World's Tallest Statue, And It's Twice Lady Liberty's Size

  31-10-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  India is now home to the world's tallest statue.
  
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• Mystery surrounds deaths of Saudi sisters found in New York

  31-10-2018 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The two were found duct-taped together on the banks of the Hudson River in New York City last week.
  
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• Sisters found dead along the Hudson River were Saudi citizens

  31-10-2018 19:46 via cnn.com
  When their bodies were found last week on the banks of New York's Hudson River, the sisters wore similar black leggings and fur-trimmed jackets, with their feet and waists bound together by duct tape.
  
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• How a right-wing effort to slime Mueller with a sexual assault allegation fell apart

  31-10-2018 19:41 via cnn.com
  For a little while on Tuesday, a document posted to The Gateway Pundit, a popular right-wing blog prone to peddling conspiracy theories, must have seemed to some of its readers like the perfect story.
  
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• Trump cites Harry Reid to back his position on birthright. He’s 25 years out of date.

  31-10-2018 19:38 via yahoo.com
  Harry Reid on Wednesday responded to President Trump after the commander in chief used a speech the former Democratic senator from Nevada made 25 years ago to justify a push to end birthright citizenship.
  
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• Megacap FAANGs Stage Rebound That Fails to Erase October's Slump

  31-10-2018 19:27 via yahoo.com
  The rally was the latest example of heavy day-to-day volatility for the FAANG stocks, a quintet that also includes Amazon.com Inc., Netflix Inc. and Google’s parent Alphabet Inc. All gained at least 3 percent, while Netflix surged 6.3 percent.Facebook added 3.8 percent in the wake of its results.At its peak, Wednesday’s rally had Netflix and Facebook tracking to close with their biggest one-day gain since April.
  
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• US charges 10 Chinese spies with hacking aerospace firms to steal engineering secrets

  31-10-2018 19:22 via yahoo.com
  Ten Chinese spies have been charged in the US with hacking in to aviation firms in the UK, US, France, and Australia to steal trade secrets. The US Justice Department unsealed an indictment accusing intelligence officers of taking sensitive data “to build the same or similar engine without incurring substantial research and development expenses".   It was the third round of charges brought by the US since late September against alleged Chinese spies targeting commercial
  
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• Spinal implant helps three paralysed men walk again

  31-10-2018 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  The electrical device can also help damaged nerves regrow, offering hope of independent movement.
  
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• This guy's Slack costume and notification impression is perfect

  31-10-2018 19:18 via yahoo.com
  For many offices around the world, Slack is the go-to app for communication between coworkers. It's the best place to share stories, scream into the void by messaging yourself, and distract your team with GIFs. One guy on Twitter took inspiration from the app, and brought it to life with a very clever Halloween costume. Alex Engelberg made a shirt that looks exactly like the app's logo, and then proceeded to do his best Slack notification impression. SEE ALSO: Little girl's headless Hallowe
  
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• Synagogue Shooter Indicted on 44 Counts

  31-10-2018 19:16 via yahoo.com
  A federal grand jury has indicted Robert Bowers, the gunman accused of massacring eleven congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday, on 44 separate counts, including a number of hate crimes, the Associated Press first reported.BREAKING: Federal grand jury indicts Robert Bowers on 44 counts, including hate crimes, in synagogue shooting.The charges, ranging from the obstruction of religious practices to the use of a firearm in commission of a murder, will likely result in life withou
  
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• Bishop blasts whistleblower who copied sex misconduct files

  31-10-2018 19:12 via yahoo.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Reacting to a whistleblower's calls for Bishop Richard Malone to resign over his response to clergy sexual misconduct, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo called her statements "embarrassingly contradictory" and released glowing emails about Malone that she sent while she was an employee.
  
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