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• Trump's rails against court, migrants in call to troops

  22-11-2018 23:46
  President Donald Trump used a Thanksgiving Day call to troops deployed overseas to pat himself on the back and air grievances about the courts, trade and migrants heading to the U.S.-Mexico border.
  
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• House Republicans issue subpoenas for James Comey and former attorney general Loretta Lynch

  22-11-2018 23:15 via yahoo.com
  Former FBI Director James Comey has said he will resit a subpoena to appear before a congressional committee unless the hearing is public, because otherwise House Republicans will seek to distort anything he says.Subpoenas have been issued for Mr Comey and Attorney General Loretta Lynch, requesting private depositions with each of them.The request from House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte comes as time is running out for Republicans.
  
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• Nissan board fires Ghosn as chairman following arrest

  22-11-2018 23:12
  Nissan fired Carlos Ghosn as chairman Thursday, ending his two decade reign.
  
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• Saudi prince lands in UAE on first foreign tour since Khashoggi murder

  22-11-2018 23:10 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman embarked Thursday on a regional tour starting with the United Arab Emirates, his first official trip abroad since critic Jamal Khashoggi's murder tipped the kingdom into crisis.Prince Mohammed will visit a "number of brotherly" Arab states at the request of his father, King Salman, the royal court said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency, without naming the countries.Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed welcomed him on his first
  
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• Trump Avoids Visiting Troops In Harm’s Way, Talks To Them From His Country Club Instead

  22-11-2018 23:09 via yahoo.com
  For the second straight year as president, President Donald Trump chose not to
  
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• Hundreds searching for remains of California wildfire victims

  22-11-2018 22:53 via yahoo.com
  Hundreds of volunteers and police officers spent the Thanksgiving holiday combing through the wreckage of California's deadliest wildfire, searching for the remains of victims killed in the blaze as rains looked set to complicate their work.The Camp Fire killed at least 83 people and 563 are still unaccounted for in and around Paradise, a community of nearly 27,000 people that was largely incinerated when the flames swept through two weeks ago, according to authorities."We haven't taken the day
  
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• Off-duty Chicago police officer fatally shoots armed robber on NW Side, police say; 2nd suspect in custody

  22-11-2018 22:52 via yahoo.com
  An off-duty Chicago police officer fatally shot a teenage boy who police said was trying to rob him on the Northwest Side Thursday morning. Police said a second suspect is in custody.
  
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• How to stay safe as frigid weather takes over this Thanksgiving

  22-11-2018 22:40
  What to know about staying warm and safe outside.
  
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• Camp Fire leaves over 13,000 without homes this Thanksgiving: Fires by the numbers

  22-11-2018 22:37
  The Camp Fire in Northern California has claimed 83 lives.
  
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• Balloons, blankets at frigid Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade

  22-11-2018 22:30
  Bystanders are refusing to let cold temperatures put a damper on festivities.
  
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• Hillary Clinton: Europe Needs Tougher Immigration Laws To Stave Off Nationalism

  22-11-2018 22:05 via yahoo.com
  Hillary Clinton said she thinks Europe needs to "get a handle" on reforming
  
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• Taiwan Vote on Changing Olympic Team Name Risks Angering China

  22-11-2018 22:00 via yahoo.com
  One of 10 questions on the ballot during local elections on Saturday is a vote on whether athletes should compete in international sporting events under the name “Taiwan” instead of “Chinese Taipei.” Topics relating to Taiwan’s name, national symbols and constitution are barred under the current law.The elections for hundreds of city mayors, county magistrates and councilors will be a key test for President Tsai Ing-wen, who has seen relations with Beijing deteriora
  
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• Best Black Friday 2018 mattress deals: Nectar, Casper, Leesa, Eight Sleep, and more

  22-11-2018 22:00 via yahoo.com
  It's a well-known fact that we spend about a third of our lives in bed. If you haven't upgraded your mattress or your sheets in a while (can you even remember the last time you changed them?!), then Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the perfect time to score something new. SEE ALSO:All the best Black Friday 2018 sales, right in one place Rather than maneuver the store crowds or dig through websites for the best deals though, we've done all the hard work for you. If you want something simple
  
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• Wife of jailed British academic calls on UAE to recognize 'misunderstanding'

  22-11-2018 21:53 via cnn.com
  The wife of a British academic jailed in the United Arab Emirates on charges of espionage has spoken of her shock at his life sentence and accused the country of mishandling and misinterpreting his case.
  
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• Ex-FBI director Comey to testify before outgoing Congress

  22-11-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  Former FBI director James Comey and former attorney general Loretta Lynch have been subpoenaed to testify before Congress next month before Republicans relinquish control of the House, documents showed Thursday.Comey confirmed he had received a subpoena from the House Judiciary Committee but said he would resist if made to answer questions behind closed doors.Lynch, who served under former president Barack Obama, did not immediately comment, but copies of the subpoenas made public Thursday show
  
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• Here’s How Three Astronauts Are Spending Thanksgiving In Space

  22-11-2018 21:05 via yahoo.com
  While everyone is gathered around the table for a traditional — and terrestrial — Thanksgiving dinner, three people in particular are celebrating “turkey day” in space.This year, a German, a Russian, and an American are spending Thanksgiving some 260 miles above our planet, aboard the International Space Station (ISS).The trio is made up of NASA astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, and German astronaut Alexander Gerst of the European Spac
  
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• The 2020 Range Rover Evoque Is an Evolution, Not a Revolution

  22-11-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  The second-generation model adds technology but otherwise sticks to a proven formula.
  
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• On Thanksgiving, Trump relayed gratitude for troops, aired some political grievances

  22-11-2018 20:44
  On Thanksgiving morning, President Donald Trump expressed his gratitude for American troops but also aired some of his political grievances.
  
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• Four-star general sends message in photo

  22-11-2018 20:11 via cnn.com
  A photo showing Gen. Scott Miller holding a fully loaded assault rifle in Ghazni, Afghanistan, is grabbing headlines. CNN's Barbara Starr has the details.
  
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• Family of Tenn. driver killed by concrete chunk hurled from overpass want justice

  22-11-2018 20:10
  The family of a driver killed by a concrete chunk tossed at his car speak out.
  
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• California Fire Fallout: Public Confused By, May Mistrust Government As DNA Samples Wanted To ID Victims

  22-11-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  Following the devastation of the California wildfires, authorities are seeking DNA samples from relatives of those who are missing in order to identify victims.Meanwhile, the DNA testing of the remains that have been found “has been surprisingly easy,” said Annette Mattern.
  
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• American killed on trip to remote island was on a 'misdirected adventure,' police say

  22-11-2018 20:05
  John Chau, 27, was killed by the indigenous Sentinelese tribe
  
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• Trump warns of government shutdown next month over border security

  22-11-2018 20:04 via yahoo.com
  There certainly could and it will be about border security, of which the wall is a part," Trump told reporters in Palm Beach, Florida.The U.S. Congress faces a deadline next month to fund parts of the federal government and a possible showdown over money for Trump's proposed border wall.Having won control of the House in midterm elections, Democrats have said they will be even less motivated than before to meet Trump's wall demands.
  
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• Israeli sues Airbnb over West Bank settlement listing ban

  22-11-2018 20:01
  An Israeli settler is suing Airbnb over its ban on West Bank settlements listings, heeding the call of Israeli officials to challenge the decision
  
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• Key Senate Republican says Trump's Saudi response 'took our nation to a very low level'

  22-11-2018 20:00 via cnn.com
  Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker told CNN that top administration officials need to immediately brief lawmakers about the situation in Saudi Arabia, while saying President Donald Trump's handling of the situation "took our nation to a very low level."
  
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• Indian island police struggle to get body of slain American missionary

  22-11-2018 19:59
  John Allen Chau was killed by North Sentinel islanders who shot him with arrows.
  
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• Indian island police struggle to get body of American

  22-11-2018 19:59 via yahoo.com
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian authorities were struggling Thursday to figure out how to recover the body of an American who was killed after wading ashore on an island cut off from the modern world.
  
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• Trump hints could make first visit to Afghanistan

  22-11-2018 19:57 via yahoo.com
  Delivering a Thanksgiving holiday message by teleconference to troops in Afghanistan, Trump told a U.S. Air Force general he would see him back in the United States, before adding: "Or maybe I'll even see you over there.You never know what's going to happen."Recent U.S. commanders-in-chief have routinely visited troops in active war zones.Trump has come under criticism for failing to do so, though Vice President Mike Pence made a surprise trip to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan last December to v
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump's misinformation on appeals court

  22-11-2018 19:50
  AP FACT CHECK: Trump spreads misinformation on appeals court as he vents frustration with courts blocking immigration policy
  
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• Brexit deal slammed as '26 pages of waffle'

  22-11-2018 19:48 via cnn.com
  The European Union and the United Kingdom have agreed a draft declaration on their post-Brexit relationship, European Council President Donald Tusk said Thursday.
  
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• Igor Korobov, head of Russia's GRU spy agency, dies at 62

  22-11-2018 19:41 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Igor Korobov, head of the Russian military intelligence agency GRU, which has been accused of meddling in U.S. elections, has died in Moscow. He was 62.
  
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• Mexico Mining Selloff Worsens as Concerns Grow on Law Proposals

  22-11-2018 19:40 via yahoo.com
  Industrias Penoles SAB, Grupo Mexico SAB and Fresnillo Plc extended losses after Morgan Stanley downgraded the stocks on concerns that Mexico’s new congress is considering as many as 11 bills or resolutions that could materially impact mining companies operating in the country.On Tuesday, an initiative from Morena party Senator Angelica Garcia called for increasing surveillance of mining activities and giving greater powers to communities and the government.
  
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• Google Duplex Is Now Live On A Certain Number Of Pixel Phones With A Limited Number Of Features

  22-11-2018 19:11 via yahoo.com
  Back in May at Google I/O, there was a big stir about one new feature Google was planning to roll out.The demonstration was so good, it inspired some pundits to decry it as fake.Google is now in the process of proving them wrong, or right, depending on your perspective.
  
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• Six isolated tribe encounters: The results are usually violent

  22-11-2018 19:02 via cnn.com
  They almost certainly won't know it, but the lives of a secluded tribe on an ultra-remote island in the Bay of Bengal have been thrown under a rare and unwelcome spotlight this week.
  
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• Leaning Tower of Pisa loses some of its lean

  22-11-2018 18:55 via cnn.com
  The Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy has slowly started defying its name, losing 4 centimeters of its tilt over the past 17 years.
  
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• Trump Rants About Khashoggi, Judges, Borders In Thanksgiving Call With Troops

  22-11-2018 18:52 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump went off-script in a Thanksgiving Day call with members
  
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• James Comey Responds To Subpoena From Republicans: 'Let's Invite Everyone To See'

  22-11-2018 18:50 via yahoo.com
  Former FBI Director James Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch
  
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• Soccer club throws lavish gala but women's team fed sandwiches

  22-11-2018 18:41 via cnn.com
  While the men's team of a leading European football club sat down to enjoy a three-course meal at a swanky gala to celebrate its 125th anniversary, the women's side were hard at work.
  
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• Hamas photos of alleged Israeli force spark censor warning

  22-11-2018 18:36 via yahoo.com
  Israel's army censor warned Thursday against publishing photos released earlier in the day by Hamas of eight people it claimed were part of a recent Israeli special forces operation in the Gaza Strip that turned deadly.The armed wing of Hamas, the Islamist movement that runs the Gaza Strip, called for information on the people in the photos as it continued an investigation into the botched Israeli mission.Hamas also distributed images of two vehicles purportedly linked to the covert operation, b
  
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• Second human infected with rat hepatitis

  22-11-2018 18:20 via cnn.com
  A second case of rat hepatitis E has been reported in a human in Hong Kong, making it also the second recorded globally.
  
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• Rat disease crosses into human second time

  22-11-2018 18:20 via cnn.com
  A second case of rat hepatitis E has been reported in a human in Hong Kong, making it also the second recorded globally.
  
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• Clinton: Europe needs to curb migration to counter nationalism

  22-11-2018 18:19 via cnn.com
  Hillary Clinton says Europe must deal more decisively with the issue of immigration, or face an ever-stronger right-wing populist movement.
  
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• West's main Arab allies are testing the limits of its patience

  22-11-2018 18:10 via cnn.com
  The case of British student Matthew Hedges, jailed for life in the United Arab Emirates on charges of espionage, has sparked another "teachable moment" in the relationship between western governments and their wealthy Arabian friends.
  
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• After rare rebuke from chief justice, Trump fires back

  22-11-2018 18:10
  Chief Justice John Roberts rebutted President Donald Trump's recent criticism of a judge who ruled on his asylum policy as an"Obama judge." Trump responded on Twitter.
  
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• WATCH: Suspected burglar gets run over by his own car in police chase

  22-11-2018 18:02
  Suspected burglar Isaiah John Gellatly, 31, was run over by his own vehicle on Monday during a police chase in Happy Valley, Oregon.
  
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• FedEx driver who fatally punched man after he hurled racist slurs will not face criminal charges

  22-11-2018 18:00 via yahoo.com
  A FedEx delivery driver who punched a man who shouted racial slurs at him will not face criminal charges after the man later died, officials announced.Timothy Warren was driving his truck through a Portland, Oregon, neighbourhood when Joseph Magnuson began to shout at him to tell him that he was going too fast.Mr Warren stopped his truck and tried to explain to Mr Magnuson that he was exhausted and just wanted to finish his work.
  
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• House Republicans Make Last-Minute Call On James Comey For Private Deposition — He Asks For It To Be Public

  22-11-2018 17:56 via yahoo.com
  House Republicans are making a last-ditch move to call on former FBI Director James Comey to testify in a private deposition, but he has other ideas.On Thanksgiving morning, Comey revealed that he had received a subpoena request from the House Judiciary Committee, which will be led by Republicans for only a few more weeks before they turn over control to Democrats.Bob Goodlatte, the chairman of the committee, has sent subpoenas to both Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch for testimon
  
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• Wine retailer to stockpiling ahead of Brexit

  22-11-2018 17:53 via cnn.com
  Is Brexit going to drive us all to drink? Fear not -- one of the UK's leading wine retailers is taking precautions, revealing plans to stockpile millions of pounds' worth of extra bottles in case the country's departure from the European Union disrupts supplies.
  
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• Wine retailer stockpiling ahead of Brexit

  22-11-2018 17:53 via cnn.com
  Is Brexit going to drive us all to drink? Fear not -- one of the UK's leading wine retailers is taking precautions, revealing plans to stockpile millions of pounds' worth of extra bottles in case the country's departure from the European Union disrupts supplies.
  
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• MORE: UK wine retailer to stash up to $10m in extra bottles

  22-11-2018 17:53 via cnn.com
  Is Brexit going to drive us all to drink? Fear not -- one of the UK's leading wine retailers is taking precautions, revealing plans to stockpile millions of pounds' worth of extra bottles in case the country's departure from the European Union disrupts supplies.
  
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