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• Veteran's Day 2018 sales: Save on things like Instant Pots, mattresses, and TVs at Macy's, Best Buy, Target, and more

  09-11-2018 23:57 via yahoo.com
  Oh, look: Another holiday, another excuse for a ton of online retailers to have a sale. This time we're talking about Veteran's Day. Thank the people you know who have served, tell them all of the places they can get free stuff on Monday, and get to saving. If you'll be clearing house to make room for new items, this is also a great time to donate old clothing and household goods to veteran charities. Some charities will even offer to come pick your stuff up for you. The official holiday is on S
  
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• Late-breaking races are washing away Trump’s near-'complete victory' in midterms

  09-11-2018 23:57 via yahoo.com
  As votes continue to be counted, Democrats are inching toward solidifying their control of the House with a pickup of as many as 40 seats, while Republican Senate wins in Arizona and Florida are looking less solid.
  
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• 'What a stupid question': Trump attacks press as he defends new acting attorney general – video

  09-11-2018 23:56 via theguardian.com
  Donald Trump has continued his attack on journalists, telling CNN reporter Abby Phillip her question on the Trump-Russia investigation is ‘stupid’. It came as the president defended Matt Whitaker, the new acting attorney general. Trump denied talking to Whitaker about the Mueller investigation and insisted he ‘didn’t know’ himTrump denies talking to new acting attorney general about Mueller investigation Continue reading...
  
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• Water heater malfunction mistaken for gunfire at high school

  09-11-2018 23:54 via yahoo.com
  HAMPSTEAD, N.C. (AP) — Classes were delayed by a few hours at a group of North Carolina schools Friday after loud noises from a high school's malfunctioning water heater prompted a report of an active shooter and a massive law enforcement response.
  
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• Trump looks for refuge on global stage

  09-11-2018 23:44 via cnn.com
  Sullen and combative after an electoral humbling, President Donald Trump jets Friday to Paris, hoping to use the global stage to restore some standing as he faces a tumultuous political future at home.
  
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• What Experts Want You To Know About Being In An Active Shooter Situation

  09-11-2018 23:43 via yahoo.com
  It's a dreadful reality of living in America right now that there are, and
  
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• Former prosecutor on Trump: I would be worried

  09-11-2018 23:40 via cnn.com
  Former prosecutor Laura Coates says she would be worried if she were President Donald Trump after a report by The Wall Street Journal says federal prosecutors have gathered evidence that shows Trump played a central role in hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.
  
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• California town in shock and mourning now threatened by wildfire

  09-11-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  For residents of the Los Angeles suburb of Thousand Oaks, that moment came at the end of a gut-wrenching week in which a combat veteran entered a local bar and killed a dozen people in the kind of mass shooting that has become increasingly commonplace in the United States.Andrea Campbell Conant, a public relations executive who grew up in Thousand Oaks, said on Friday that roads had begun to close as a precaution, even as she drove to one of the vigils for victims of Wednesday night's shooting a
  
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• Silver Cross Mother: Parent of soldier who died by suicide gets Canada honour

  09-11-2018 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Anita Cenerini fought for years to have her son's death recognised as linked to his active duty.
  
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• Marseille collapse: The day France's second city ripped apart

  09-11-2018 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  The deadly collapse of a dilapidated apartment building has traumatised Marseille.
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Fox News For Laughing At Her D.C. Rent Problem

  09-11-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who this week became the youngest woman ever elected
  
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• Within hours, rights groups sue to overturn Trump order on asylum

  09-11-2018 23:15 via yahoo.com
  President Trump’s latest executive action, which seeks to limit the ability of migrants to apply for asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, was met with widespread criticism Friday from legal experts, human rights advocates and some members of Congress, who described it as not just discriminatory and inhumane, but also illegal under both U.S. and international law.
  
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• Trump launches crackdown on Central American asylum seekers

  09-11-2018 22:57 via yahoo.com
  The United States embarked Friday on a policy of automatically rejecting asylum claims of people who cross the Mexican border illegally in a bid to deter Central American migrants and force Mexico to handle them.President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at halting the flow of migrants seeking to cross into the United States without authorization, most of them requesting asylum due to violence in their home countries."The continuing and threatened mass migration of aliens with no bas
  
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• Man's harrowing journey to US underscores immigration shift

  09-11-2018 22:51 via yahoo.com
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The young man traversed Andean mountains, plains and cities in buses, took a harrowing boat ride in which five fellow migrants drowned, walked through thick jungle for days, and finally reached the U.S.-Mexico border.
  
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• The Latest: Settlement reached in Arizona Senate vote count

  09-11-2018 22:47 via yahoo.com
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on the Senate election in Arizona (all times local):
  
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• Florida Election Official: Donald Trump And Rick Scott 'Are Trying To Disrupt Our Democracy'

  09-11-2018 22:39 via yahoo.com
  The election supervisor in Palm Beach County, Florida, rebuked President
  
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• Democrats dig in for Florida recount battle, Trump sends lawyers

  09-11-2018 22:38 via yahoo.com
  As his lead dwindled in Florida's Senate race, Republican Governor Rick Scott filed lawsuits late on Thursday against Democratic election supervisors in two counties, accusing them of violating election law and demanding access to records of their vote tallies.Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bill Nelson's campaign also filed a motion in federal court asking that provisional and absentee ballots not be rejected because election officials deem that the signatures do not match voters' signatures
  
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• Driver opened fire at vehicle with teens inside after one of them pulls gun, Harris Co. sheriff says

  09-11-2018 22:35 via yahoo.com
  Authorities say the suspected shooter opened fire at an 18-year-old who had pulled an apparent weapon in southwest Houston.
  
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• This Is What California's Terrifying Wildfires Look Like After Leaving 5 Dead and Entire Towns Destroyed

  09-11-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  Together, the Camp, Woolsey and Hill fires have burned 86,000 acres, and are continuing to spread across the state of California.
  
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• Stacey Abrams Holds Strong In Georgia, Despite Intense Pressure To Concede

  09-11-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  Stacey Abrams is facing intense pressure to concede the Georgia governor's
  
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• Here's An Adorable Sneak Peek Of Prince Louis With Kate Middleton And Prince Charles

  09-11-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  Prince Louis-sighting alert!
  
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• Passenger stops Utah Greyhound bus after driver passes out

  09-11-2018 22:28 via yahoo.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Greyhound bus passenger got behind the wheel and steered the bus to safety after the driver began passing out on a Utah highway Friday morning, police said.
  
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• Some Democrats Don't Want Nancy Pelosi to Be Speaker. But They Don't Have an Alternative

  09-11-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  The battle for leadership positions have begun
  
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• Trump jabs back at 'Mr. Kellyanne Conway,' an unusual critic

  09-11-2018 22:24 via yahoo.com
  "You mean, Mr. Kellyanne Conway?" Trump said to reporters when asked about a Thursday New York Times editorial by George Conway, who wrote that Trump's appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general was unconstitutional."He’s trying to get publicity for himself," Trump said, dismissing the commentary from the lawyer, whose wife Kellyanne Conway is counselor to Trump, and managed his 2016 presidential election campaign.Early in his presidency, Trump had considered George Conway
  
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• California Wildfires Kill 9 People Trapped In Vehicles And Homes

  09-11-2018 22:21 via yahoo.com
  Devastating wildfires scorching large sections of California have killed nine
  
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• California Wildfires Kill 5 People Trapped In Vehicles

  09-11-2018 22:21 via yahoo.com
  Devastating wildfires scorching large sections of California have killed five
  
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• California Wildfires Kill 11 People Trapped In Vehicles And Homes

  09-11-2018 22:21 via yahoo.com
  Devastating wildfires scorching large sections of California have killed at
  
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• Scott Prevails, Judge Orders Broward Election Official to Immediately Release Records

  09-11-2018 22:09 via yahoo.com
  A Florida judge has ordered Broward County Board of Elections supervisor Brenda Snipes to turn over all records requested by Republican Senate candidate Rick Scott no later than 7 p.m. Friday.Scott filed suit against Broward County on Thursday, demanding that Snipes comply with public-records law by revealing the number of mail-in absentee ballots her office has received, as well as how many of those have been counted thus far.Snipes, who has a history of running afoul of election law, has
  
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• 5 dead in massive Butte County wildfire

  09-11-2018 21:56 via yahoo.com
  A fast-moving wildfire that has ravaged the town of Paradise has claimed at least five lives, according to the Butte County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• Sri Lanka president dissolves Parliament, calls for election

  09-11-2018 21:53 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday dissolved Parliament and called for fresh elections amid a deepening political crisis.
  
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• Judge To Hear Arizona Senate Race Vote Count Dispute

  09-11-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  PHOENIX (AP) -- As the Arizona Senate vote count starts to tip into Democratic
  
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• For Democrats looking to future, 2020 looms large

  09-11-2018 21:34 via yahoo.com
  “People are looking too much at what got flipped and not at long-term directional trends,” said Jessica Alter of Tech for Campaigns, which connects tech and campaign experts with candidates.
  
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• Jeff Sessions Dealt Police Reform One Final Blow On His Way Out The Door

  09-11-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Hours before he resigned as the nation's 84th attorney general,
  
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• Mexican stocks headed for 2nd day of losses

  09-11-2018 21:20 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Mexican stocks appeared headed for a second day of losses Friday after the party of President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador floated a proposal to prohibit some commissions charged by private banks.
  
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• Wildfires rage across California, killing at least five 

  09-11-2018 21:19 via yahoo.com
  Five people burned to death in their cars as a massive wildfire engulfed the town of Paradise in northern California. Only a day after it began the camp fire quadrupled in size to over 100 square miles and leveled the town, which has a population of 30,000. More than 2,000 firefighters were battling the blaze. Captain Scott McLean of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said: "Pretty much the community of Paradise is destroyed. It's that kind of devastation. "There was real
  
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• California wildfire pushes toward tony Malibu, Pacific Ocean

  09-11-2018 21:16 via yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wind-driven wildfire raged through Southern California communities on Friday, burning homes and forcing thousands of people to flee as it relentlessly pushed toward tony Malibu and the Pacific Ocean.
  
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• Twitter Is Rallying Behind Black Female Journalists After Trump's 'Loser' Comment

  09-11-2018 21:15 via yahoo.com
  People on social media are shedding light on the important work by black
  
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• Kim Kardashian, Alyssa Milano, Rainn Wilson Among Celebrities Evacuating Homes Amid California Wildfires

  09-11-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  The Woolsey Fire grew to over 2,000 acres Thursday evening with zero percent containment and jumped to 10,000 by Friday morning
  
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• Ice-T Says He’s Never Eaten A Bagel Before And People Are Freaking Out

  09-11-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  Ice-T shook Twitter Friday when he announced he has never eaten a bagel.
  
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• How California erupted in flames overnight

  09-11-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  Newly-born fires torched bone-dry Northern and Southern California throughout the night of November 8. One deadly blaze in particular, the Camp Fire, ripped through 70,000 acres in just 24 hours.  "It's incredible," Michael Gollner, a fire scientist at the University of Maryland, said of the uncontrollable Northern California wildfire. "I don’t know if I want to say unprecedented — but it's getting close to that. It's incredibly rare."  "That blows your mind,"Brenda Be
  
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• Qatar pays Gaza salaries to ease tensions; Israel says money's not for Hamas

  09-11-2018 21:09 via yahoo.com
  Hamas's political rival based in the West Bank, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, has slashed Gaza budgets, beggaring tens of thousands of government employees.Palestinian sources said the Qatari payout, received on Thursday, was the first of a total of $90 million that would come into Gaza over the next six months with Israeli approval.Israel had previously agreed to the gas-rich Gulf Arab state donating materials for civilian construction projects or fuel, worried that more fungible cash do
  
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• WATCH: Haunting, beautiful installation at the Tower of London marks end of WWI

  09-11-2018 21:05
  To mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, 10,000 torches are being lit every night until November 11.
  
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• California Has A Law That Might've Prevented The Thousand Oaks Shooting. It Wasn't Used.

  09-11-2018 20:57 via yahoo.com
  Few might have been able to predict that Ian David Long would walk into a bar
  
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• Scott’s Florida Fraud Claim

  09-11-2018 20:54 via yahoo.com
  As it looks increasingly likely that the Florida Senate race will head to a recount, Florida Gov. Rick Scott claims Democrats are committing fraud to prevent his victory.
  
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• Judge convicts Chile's former army chief in deaths of 15 during Pinochet's regime

  09-11-2018 20:43 via theguardian.com
  He is the most senior figure to be held accountable for abuses committed during Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorshipA Chilean judge has convicted the country’s former army chief for complicity in the deaths of 15 people during the early days of Augusto Pinochet’s military regime.Juan Emilio Cheyre, 70, was sentenced to three years and a day under house arrest following an inquiry by an investigating magistrate. Continue reading...
  
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• Floods kill 4 in Jordan, visitors seek high ground in Petra

  09-11-2018 20:26 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Flash floods caused by heavy rain across Jordan killed four people Friday and forced hundreds of tourists to seek higher ground in the kingdom's ancient city of Petra, government officials said.
  
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• Contradicting himself, Trump denies knowing acting AG Matt Whitaker

  09-11-2018 20:26 via yahoo.com
  President Trump on Friday said he did not know Mark Whitaker before appointing him acting attorney general, despite saying he did less than a month ago.
  
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• How Democrats — And Republicans — Made 2018 A Blue Wave (When It Almost Wasn't)

  09-11-2018 20:25 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― As more votes are counted and more seats flip from red to blue,
  
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• California wildfires: Five people found dead in cars caught up in Paradise fire

  09-11-2018 20:24 via yahoo.com
  Five people have been killed in a wildfire raging across the town of Paradise in northern California, officials have confirmed.The wildfire is one of three in the state that has gained in size and scope as firefighters sought to rescue victims and gain control of the disaster on Friday afternoon.All five victims were discovered in vehicles near the same area of Paradise, according to the Butte County Sheriff’s office.
  
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• Migrant caravan fragments as hundreds return to the road

  09-11-2018 20:19 via yahoo.com
  The caravan of Central American migrants whose trek toward the United States became a hot-button issue in the US mid-term elections fragmented Friday as hundreds left Mexico City to resume their journey.Around 5,500 migrants had been camped out in a shelter set up at the weekend inside a stadium in the capital.The caravan set out on October 13 from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and has covered more than 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) so far.
  
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