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• Trump lashes out everywhere after Russia revelations

  14-01-2019 23:58 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump said definitively on Monday he never worked for Russia after offering a non-denial when questioned over the weekend about an FBI investigation into whether he was working with Moscow.
  
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• 'I never worked for Russia,' US President says after a weekend of bombshell reports

  14-01-2019 23:58 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump said definitively on Monday he never worked for Russia after offering a non-denial when questioned over the weekend about an FBI investigation into whether he was working with Moscow.
  
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• Venezuela's Maduro offers few fresh ideas as economy circles drain

  14-01-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  After promising ambitious economic measures ahead of Monday's speech, Maduro's proposals included a 300 percent minimum wage hike, dialogue with business leaders, and increased use of an inexistent state-backed cryptocurrency.There is nothing there that allows one to think that Venezuela will exit the deep crisis it's experiencing," said Asdrubal Oliveros, director of Caracas-based consultancy Ecoanalitica, on Twitter.The socialist government, they say, funds wage hikes by increasing the country
  
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• Erdogan, Trump consider creating security zone in Syria

  14-01-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US counterpart Donald Trump mooted Monday the creation of a "security zone" in northern Syria as tensions rose over the fate of Kurdish fighters in the war-torn country.In a telephone conversation, the leaders "discussed the idea of creating a security zone cleared of terrorism in the north of the country," the Turkish presidency said in a statement.This came after Turkey vowed it "will not be intimidated" by Trump's threats of economic devastation if
  
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• Trump's evolving foreign policy challenges top US diplomat

  14-01-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — If Mike Pompeo was surprised, he didn't show it. But the secretary of state had woken up in the capital of Saudi Arabia on Monday to find that President Donald Trump had tweeted a threat to NATO ally Turkey warning of economic harm should the Turks attack U.S.-backed rebel forces in Syria.
  
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• Latest: California governor urges end to LA teacher strike

  14-01-2019 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a strike by Los Angeles teachers (all times local):
  
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• Gunman in Chicago Murder of Hadiya Pendleton Sentenced to 84 Years in Prison

  14-01-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  A Cook County judge has sentenced the convicted gunman in the Hadiya Pendleton murder to 84 years in prison.
  
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• Trump speaks with Erdogan after threatening to 'devastate' Turkey's economy

  14-01-2019 23:18 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed "ongoing cooperation in Syria as US forces begin to withdraw" during a phone call Monday, just one day after Trump threatened to "devastate Turkey economically" if the NATO-allied country attacks Kurds in the region.
  
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• California college student found dead, fraternity suspended

  14-01-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California college student has been found dead in a home near campus and his fraternity has been suspended, authorities said Monday.
  
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• Startling details emerge in Jayme Closs kidnapping as suspect appears in court

  14-01-2019 23:07 via cnn.com
  What were Jayme Closs's three months of captivity like? Why did the suspect target her and her family? And how did she manage to escape?
  
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• In Lebanon, U.S. State Department official calls Hezbollah 'unacceptable'

  14-01-2019 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. State Department criticized Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group on Monday for digging tunnels into Israel and stockpiling rockets, as Washington steps up efforts to isolate Tehran.In recent weeks, Israeli forces uncovered tunnels they said were dug by Hezbollah, and Lebanon complained about Israel's construction of a barrier along disputed parts of the border.The United States, Israel's closest ally, regards Hezbollah as a terrorist group and has pledged tougher steps to counteract Ir
  
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• Los Angeles teachers strike, claiming 'existential battle' over schools

  14-01-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  More than 30,000 Los Angeles teachers demanding pay raises and smaller classes walked off the job in America's second-largest school system on Monday, marching downtown in the rain after negotiations over a new contract broke down.Students arriving for classes at some 900 campuses across the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) were met by their teachers carrying picket signs in the city's first teachers' strike in three decades."It's an existential battle for the future of public educati
  
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• Fraternity suspended after student dies at off-campus home

  14-01-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Police were called to the off-campus home early Sunday morning, but there are still few details about Noah Domingo's death.
  
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• Detroit show has SUVs, horsepower, but electric cars are few

  14-01-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  DETROIT (AP) — Automakers have promised to start selling hordes of electric cars in the next few years, but only two will be unveiled at the big Detroit auto show that kicks off this week — and those aren't even ready for production.
  
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• Newmont buys Goldcorp to create world's top gold company

  14-01-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  US gold miner Newmont Mining Corporation said in a statement Monday it was buying Canadian rival Goldcorp Inc for $10 billion, creating the world's largest gold mining company.Colorado-based Newmont said it would buy all of Goldcorp's outstanding common shares in a stock-for-stock transaction, acquiring each share for 0.3280 of a Newmont share, "which represents a 17 percent premium based on the companies’ 20-day volume weighted average share prices," a company statement read.The industry
  
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• Government shutdown: TSA absences cause airport delays, terminal closures

  14-01-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Travel troubles from the government shutdown continue to mount, with some airports closing select security checkpoints to handle staffing shortages.
  
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• Massive US teachers' strike affects half million pupils

  14-01-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  More than 30,000 public school teachers in Los Angeles walked off the job on Monday to press their demands for better pay, smaller class sizes and more educators.The strike -- the first in 30 years -- is affecting some 500,000 students in the nation's second largest school district, with intense negotiations in past weeks failing to lead to a breakthrough."Here we are on a rainy day in the richest country in the world, in the richest state in the country, in a state that's blue (Democrat) as it
  
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• 'Bolsonaro is Hitler!' Venezuela's Maduro exclaims amid Brazil spat

  14-01-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday called Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro a modern Adolf Hitler, days after Brasilia officially recognized an opposition leader as the legitimate head of the increasingly isolated country.Brazil on Saturday said it recognized Juan Guaido, head of Venezuela's opposition-run Congress, as legitimate president after Maduro was sworn in to a second term that countries around the world described as illegitimate.
  
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• Antarctica is melting away at an alarming rate

  14-01-2019 22:15 via cnn.com
  A pair of new studies released on Monday share a same ominous message -- that our planet's ice is melting at an alarming rate, which is bad news for global sea levels.
  
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• Democrat unveils resolution to censure Steve King over white nationalism comments

  14-01-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  A Democratic lawmaker said he intends to propose a resolution to formally censure Rep. Steve King over the Iowa Republican's comments on white nationalism.
  
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• Trump denies ever working for Russia, blasts investigators

  14-01-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday denied he ever worked for Russia against U.S. interests, addressing an extraordinary question that has haunted his presidency and shows no sign of going away.
  
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• William Barr: Trump’s attorney general nominee to defend Mueller probe in testimony after attacking it in Justice Department memos

  14-01-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general will tell Senators at his confirmation hearing “it is vitally important” that Special Counsel Robert Mueller be allowed to complete his Russia investigation.William Barr is scheduled to face questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, which will include his views on the special counsel’s probe into Russian election medlling and potential coordination between Moscow and the president’s 2016 campaign.Mr Barr wi
  
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• Ford, VW promise more details on auto giants' alliance

  14-01-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Volkswagen's CEO confirms Ford and VW will work together on commercial vehicles. 'Too early' to tell more.
  
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• GM electric vehicle strategy last chance for Cadillac's success - executive

  14-01-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  General Motors Co'sstrategy to make its luxury Cadillac marque its lead electric vehicle brand is the automaker's final opportunity to turn the unit around and make it a success, a top executive said on Monday."We don't have any chances left with taking Cadillac to a really new place," newly appointed GM President Mark Reuss told Reuters on the sidelines of the Detroit auto show.In a move first reported by Reuters, GM said on Friday that a Cadillac would be the first vehicle built on the No. 1 U
  
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• Pompeo on diplomatic tightrope in Saudi talks over Khashoggi murder

  14-01-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo faced a tough balancing act Monday as he pressed Saudi Arabia's crown prince over critic Jamal Khashoggi's murder while shoring up strategic ties with Riyadh.The top US diplomat, on an extensive Middle East tour, held talks with King Salman and his son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which also focused on the conflict in Yemen and countering threats from Iran.
  
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• Jayme Closs kidnap: Suspect Jake Patterson 'saw her on school bus'

  14-01-2019 21:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The 21-year-old told investigators: "He knew that was the girl he was going to take."
  
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• Artwork with Saudi Arabia flag removed from Ground Zero

  14-01-2019 21:43 via bbc.co.uk
  A sculpture featuring the flag drew complaints after being installed near New York's Ground Zero.
  
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• Trump: 'I never worked for Russia'

  14-01-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump also disputed a Washington Post report that he had concealed details about his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and confiscated his interpreter's notes.Congressional Democrats raised the possibility of subpoenaing the translator.The New York Times reported on Friday that the FBI opened the investigation after Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey raised concerns that the president posed a threat tonational security.
  
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• Pawel Adamowicz: Vigils held to remember Gdansk mayor

  14-01-2019 21:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Thousands are gathering in memory of Pawel Adamowicz, who was attacked at a charity event on Sunday.
  
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• Man charged for chasing 14-year-old who allegedly caused deadly wreck in north Houston

  14-01-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  A man accused of chasing a teen who allegedly damaged his car with eggs and caused a deadly wreck has been charged.
  
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• Saudi 'reforms' aren't really about empowering women

  14-01-2019 21:30 via cnn.com
  As of this month, women in Saudi Arabia will be informed by text if their husbands are divorcing them. Prior to this technological update, husbands could divorce their wives without even notifying them. On its website, the Saudi Ministry of Justice claims that the measure will protect "the rights of female clients."
  
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• Maduro accuses opposition of staging arrest of parliament president

  14-01-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused his opponents Monday of staging the arrest of parliament president Juan Guaido by intelligence service agents.Guaido was detained for around an hour after SEBIN agents stopped his car on a highway outside the capital Caracas, picking him up as he traveled to a political rally in a nearby town."Ah, what a coincidence! A camera perfectly placed... professional, which caught the moment the deputy... was detained in a strange event," said Maduro, speaking
  
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• Jayme Closs update: Charging documents reveal suspect's tactics, horrific new details

  14-01-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  The man suspected of kidnapping a Wisconsin teenager and killing her parents is expected to appear in court Monday, and the charging documents have revealed new details about how he hatched and carried out his kidnapping plan.
  
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• Witness at US trial says El Chapo wanted informant killed

  14-01-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — To cohabitate with Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was to see his excitement about the prospect of getting his life story on film, to evade the soldiers hunting him at a moment's notice and to hear him order the killing of an informant, a witness testified Monday at Guzman's U.S. trial.
  
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• Impact of public opinion on shutdown showdown as polls show support for a border wall trending upward

  14-01-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Republicans and Democrats put their own spin on a pair of recent polls about the government shutdown; insight from Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson, Washington Examiner contributor and author of 'The Selfie Vote.'
  
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• Three children dead after being 'trapped in freezer' in Florida

  14-01-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The bodies of three children – aged 1, 4 and 6 —have been discovered in a chest freezer left outside a home in Suwanee County, Florida.Deputies from the Suwannee Country Sheriff's Office said they responded to a 911 call at a residence where three children were found not breathing.Adults were reportedly performing CPR on the children when the deputies arrived at the scene.
  
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• Columnist: 18 reasons why Trump may be a Russian asset

  14-01-2019 21:15 via cnn.com
  Max Boot, a columnist for the Washington Post, discusses with CNN's Brooke Baldwin his article listing out 18 reasons why President Donald Trump could be a Russian asset.
  
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• Columnist: 18 reasons why Trump may be a Russian agent

  14-01-2019 21:15 via cnn.com
  Max Boot, a columnist for the Washington Post, discusses with CNN's Brooke Baldwin his article listing out 18 reasons why President Donald Trump could be a Russian agent.
  
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• May says opponents of Brexit deal risk 'letting British people down'

  14-01-2019 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  The PM urges critics to give her Brexit deal "a second look" but Labour says she faces "humiliating defeat".
  
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• 30,000 public school teachers in Los Angeles go on strike as negotiations stall

  14-01-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) said negotiations stalled and that the union didn't receive a new contract proposal over the weekend.
  
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• PG&E, utility tied to California wildfires, to file for bankruptcy

  14-01-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Pacific Gas and Electric, the utility company that has been tied to deadly wildfires in California, said Monday it plans to file for bankruptcy at the end of the month.The San Francisco-based company said its decision to reorganize under Chapter 11 is tied to more than $30 billion in claims it is facing over the so-called 2018 Camp Fire in Northern California -- the deadliest in the state's recent history -- that left 86 people dead.The utility is also under scrutiny for blazes in 2017 that deva
  
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• China sentences Canadian man to death for drug smuggling

  14-01-2019 20:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Robert Lloyd Schellenberg's initial 15-year term for drug smuggling was too lenient, a court ruled.
  
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• Taulupe Faletau: Wales number eight set to miss Six Nations with broken arm

  14-01-2019 20:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Wales number eight Taulupe Faletau is set to miss the Six Nations after suffering another broken arm.
  
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• The Latest: Trump tells farmers that wall won't hurt them

  14-01-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
  
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• Government shutdown: Passenger takes gun through airport security check onto international flight

  14-01-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  A passenger managed to board plane with a gun in their hand luggage after being screened by security at an American airport.Having accidentally packed their firearm, the unnamed traveller managed get on to the Delta Air Lines plane to Tokyo at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on 3 January, the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has admitted.After realising their mistake after the aircraft had taken off, the passenger immediately alerted staff on board, who in tur
  
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• Police quiz dad after baby fed hot sauce

  14-01-2019 20:27 via bbc.co.uk
  The police knocked on Paul Dawson's door after he posted on social media about a restaurant mishap.
  
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• Schumer Likely to Force Vote Tuesday on Deripaska-Firm Sanctions

  14-01-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The Treasury Department’s Dec. 19 decision sparked a backlash from Democratic lawmakers who are questioning the administration’s motives in lifting sanctions against three companies Deripaska controls: United Co. Rusal, En+ Group Plc and EuroSibEnergo JSC.Deripaska was once a client of President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort and their work together has come under scrutiny as part of Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s probe.
  
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• Republicans losing shutdown blame game

  14-01-2019 20:18 via cnn.com
  Imagine going to bed every night, having the same nightmare, waking up, hoping you will sleep peacefully the next night and then having the nightmare again. Over and over again. For 24 days and counting.
  
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• GOP losing blame game, and can't do anything about it

  14-01-2019 20:18 via cnn.com
  Imagine going to bed every night, having the same nightmare, waking up, hoping you will sleep peacefully the next night and then having the nightmare again. Over and over again. For 24 days and counting.
  
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• Los Angeles teachers are on strike, leaving 600,000 students in limbo

  14-01-2019 20:07 via cnn.com
  This is the outcome nobody wanted, but it's happening anyway.
  
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