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• The Latest: Police chief calls 14-year-old's death 'tragic'

  18-01-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on the police shooting of a 14-year-old burglary suspect in Arizona (all times local):
  
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• In video, Trump gives support to March for Life participants

  18-01-2019 23:59 via nbcnews.com
  The president noted that the administration has ensured foreign aid doesn't flow to organizations that promote abortion.
  
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• Pursuing R. Kelly: Could he end up convicted of sex crimes like Bill Cosby?

  18-01-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The R&B star is fighting multiple accusations of sexual misconduct, but could he be charged with a crime and convicted?
  
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• American-born, Iranian journalist held as ‘material witness,’ court documents show

  18-01-2019 23:52
  The order confirms that Franklin has not been accused of any crime.
  
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• AbbVie's Imbruvica fails to meet main goal in pancreatic cancer study

  18-01-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  AbbVie Inc said on Friday its blockbuster cancer treatment in combination with chemotherapy agents failed to meet the main goal in a late-stage study of patients with a form of pancreatic cancer.The treatment, Imbruvica, failed to show statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) or overall survival in metastatic pancreatic cancer patients, compared with the combination of placebo and two chemotherapy agents.The American Cancer society estimates that pancreatic cancer
  
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• Ab exercises that won't hurt your neck or back

  18-01-2019 23:49 via nbcnews.com
  These common mistakes can lead to discomfort and injury — and reduce the efficiency of your core workout.
  
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• US holds journalist as material witness

  18-01-2019 23:42 via cnn.com
  Marzieh Hashemi, an American anchor working for Iran's state television, is being held in the United States as a material witness and has not been accused of any crimes, a court document shows.
  
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• Trump may have some moves. But Pelosi knows them all.

  18-01-2019 23:37 via nbcnews.com
  Analysis: The president needs a new game plan if he wants to keep up with congressional Democrats.
  
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• Millions in Midwest and Northeast brace for snow and blast of cold

  18-01-2019 23:34 via nbcnews.com
  Temperatures across the Midwest are not expected to get much warmer than freezing on Saturday before dipping into the teens on Sunday.
  
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• Late night mocks Giuliani interview

  18-01-2019 23:31 via cnn.com
  Late-night hosts take Rudy Giuliani to task over his confusing comments on possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
  
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• Divers swim with rare great white shark

  18-01-2019 23:30 via cnn.com
  Divers off the coast of Hawaii spotted and then swam with a rare great white shark.
  
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• 'Sex trainer' who claimed to have information on Trump and Russia arrested in Moscow

  18-01-2019 23:27
  Anastasia Vashukevich claimed to have recordings about Trump and Russia
  
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• Winter storm disturbs travel as it rolls toward U.S. Midwest, Northeast

  18-01-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  A major winter storm was expected to clobber a large swath of the northern United States with heavy snow, gusty winds and frigid temperatures making travel difficult and dangerous starting on Friday and through the weekend, forecasters said.The storm system will dump 6 to 10 inches (15 to 25 cm) of snow in the Plains and Midwest on Friday night and Saturday and as it moves east at least a foot of snow in parts of the Northeast on Saturday and Sunday, the National Weather Service (NWS) said in se
  
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• The Winter Show Modernizes the Antique Fair with Creative, Colorful Booths—and an App

  18-01-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Last night's colorful, lively opening party was proof of antiques' staying power
  
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• Federal workers line up for free meals, visit food banks as shutdown hits Day 28

  18-01-2019 23:21
  Thousands of furloughed federal workers waited on Friday to get free food at a pop-up kitchen on Pennsylvania Avenue — not far from the White House and Capitol on Day 28.
  
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• Michael Cohen seen clutching pillow with arm in sling as reports say Trump ordered him to lie to Congress

  18-01-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Michael Cohen has said he is prepared to reveal the truth about Donald Trump during a televised hearing next month — but first, the president’s former personal lawyer required surgery.Cohen was spotted returning home from a pre-scheduled hospital visit on Friday afternoon after receiving surgery on his shoulder, his adviser Lanny Davis confirmed.The surgery arrived the same day an explosive report in BuzzFeed News suggested Mr Trump told Cohen to lie to Congress — an illegal an
  
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• Sarah Sanders speaks out after BuzzFeed story

  18-01-2019 23:16 via cnn.com
  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders rejects a BuzzFeed News report that says President Donald Trump personally directed his longtime former attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the Moscow Trump Tower project.
  
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• The role women play in the success of their billionaire husbands

  18-01-2019 23:11 via cnn.com
  Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie recently announced their 25-year marriage is ending in divorce.
  
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• The Latest: Officer to plead not guilty after man's death

  18-01-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the criminal case against a white Nashville police officer who shot and killed an armed black man who was fleeing (all times local):
  
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• Kenyan authorities investigate local role in Nairobi attack

  18-01-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Officials have released few details about the five-man assault team that carried out Tuesday's siege at the dusitD2 hotel complex, an attack that killed 21 people and was claimed by al Shabaab, a Somalia-based al Qaeda affiliate.How did he get to where he is?" said a private security official in Kenya, who asked not to be identified for operational reasons."If al Shabaab can replicate this model, then there is a fundamental problem."All five assailants were killed in Tuesday's attack, the countr
  
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• Only Two People Can End This Shutdown. And Neither Is Budging

  18-01-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  It's become clear that only two people can end it: President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. And neither one is budging.
  
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• White House announces second Trump-Kim summit

  18-01-2019 23:00 via cnn.com
  The White House announced Friday that a second summit will take place between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in February.
  
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• At age of 82, Silvio Berlusconi announces his return to Italian politics

  18-01-2019 23:00
  Four-time prime minister Berlusconi announced his political comeback.
  
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• Couple guilty in starvation death will spend lives in prison

  18-01-2019 22:59
  An Iowa couple convicted in the starvation death of their 16-year-old adopted daughter will likely spend the rest of their lives in prison
  
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• Students appear to perform Nazi salute in 'sickening' photo, superintendent says

  18-01-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  High school officials in Indiana are investigating after a picture posted on social media appeared to show students using a Nazi salute.
  
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• Divers spot Great White shark in Hawaii

  18-01-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Divers in Hawaii spotted a Great White shark, believed to be one of the largest in the world. Her name is "Deep Blue," and she's over 50 years old.
  
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• Opinion: Impeachment inquiry is the right idea right now

  18-01-2019 22:44 via cnn.com
  I ran into a senior Democrat in the US House of Representatives while traveling Thursday night. After introducing myself and telling this member about my work as a political analyst and historian, this person asked me the question that seems to be on almost everyone's mind: Is it time to impeach President Donald Trump?
  
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• Global stocks surge on China-US trade breakthrough hopes

  18-01-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Stock markets across the globe powered higher Friday, buoyed by hopes of a breakthrough in efforts to defuse a US-China trade war.
  
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• When America agreed on a border barrier

  18-01-2019 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  The battle over the border fence has shut down the government - so how did we get here?
  
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• Canada dismisses China's warning of repercussions over Huawei ban

  18-01-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Canada's government on Friday dismissed China's warning of repercussions if Ottawa banned Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] from supplying equipment to 5G networks, saying it would not compromise on security.China's ambassador to Canada issued the threat on Thursday as relations between the two nations continued to deteriorate after a senior Huawei executive was arrested in Vancouver last month on a U.S. extradition warrant.China has also detained two Canadians.
  
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• Winter storm headed to Northeast: What to know about the latest forecast

  18-01-2019 22:37
  By Saturday night, snow will be hitting Philadelphia and New York City.
  
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• Saturn's Rings Are Much Younger Than You Might Think

  18-01-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  A new study finds that Saturn has only had its iconic rings for a fraction of its lifetime.
  
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• 2020 Vision: Gillibrand's Franken problem, Beto's 'funk' and why Biden's history with Warren may come back to haunt him

  18-01-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Reminder: There are 383 days until the Iowa caucuses and 656 days until the 2020 presidential election.
  
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• Wall Street extends rally on U.S.-China trade optimism

  18-01-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The market was boosted after a Bloomberg report said China sought to raise its annual goods imports from the United States by a combined value of more than $1 trillion in order to reduce its trade surplus to zero by 2024.The news followed a report on Thursday that U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was considering lifting some or all tariffs imposed on Chinese imports.A Treasury spokesman denied Mnuchin had made any such recommendation.
  
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• Reggaeton star Nicky Jam joins 'Bad Boys' sequel

  18-01-2019 22:22 via nbcnews.com
  The story revolves around a modern, highly specialized police unit that collides with the old-school Bad Boys. Nicky Jam plays one of the villains.
  
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• Trump-Cohen allegations: White House denies president ordered lawyer to lie about Russia links as Congress launches investigations

  18-01-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  The White House has denied allegations that Donald Trump ordered former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about his plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.Law enforcement officials claimed Mr Trump had instructed Cohen to claim negotiations over the Russian project ended months earlier than they actually did, according to explosive new claims.Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders vehemently denied the allegations, reported by Buzzfeed News, during a brief exchange with reporters on the Wh
  
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• Tesla trims workforce, sending stock plummeting

  18-01-2019 22:15 via nbcnews.com
  'While we have made great progress, our products are still too expensive for most people,' said Musk.
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks gain as US-China trade hopes rise

  18-01-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• Donald Trump's week of living dangerously

  18-01-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  From bad economic news to the ongoing government shutdown to bombshell reports that he directed his lawyer to lie to Congress, it has been a week to forget for the president.
  
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• Johnsonville recalls ground pork over possible contamination

  18-01-2019 21:50
  Johnsonville LLC has recalled more than 48,000 pounds of raw ground frozen pork patties that may be contaminated with materials including black rubber
  
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• FDA chief threatens to take e-cigarettes off the market

  18-01-2019 21:46 via nbcnews.com
  Experts agreed it won’t be easy to help addicted youth kick the vape habit.
  
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• Canada pours cold water on free trade with China

  18-01-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Canada's envoy to Beijing on Thursday threw cold water on long-sought free trade between the two nations as an ugly diplomat spat over Canada's detention of a top Chinese tech executive drags into a second month.Ambassador John McCallum, who returned to Canada to brief lawmakers on the row, told reporters that Canadian businesses want to press on with growing the trade relationship."We are certainly not negotiating free trade with China either before or after this.
  
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• Legendary great white shark swims with divers off Hawaii

  18-01-2019 21:24 via cnn.com
  A great white shark, believed to be one of the largest on the planet, has been spotted by divers as it fed on a whale carcass off the coast of Hawaii.
  
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• How 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls are spending MLK weekend

  18-01-2019 21:17 via nbcnews.com
  Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are expected to honor the slain civil rights leader.
  
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• The US shutdown hasn't shut down D.C.

  18-01-2019 21:13 via cnn.com
  There's no doubt that tourist attractions in Washington, D.C., are especially hard hit by the partial federal government shutdown.
  
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• Boris Johnson to CNN: Still dreaming of top job

  18-01-2019 21:11 via cnn.com
  Arch-Brexiteer Boris Johnson, in an exclusive one-on-one interview with CNN, urged British PM Theresa May to return to Brussels and remove the Irish backstop from the UK's deal with the EU.
  
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• Trump to Meet with Kim Jong-un in February

  18-01-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump will meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un at the end of February, the White House announced Friday.“President Donald J. Trump met with Kim Yong Chol for an hour and half, to discuss denuclearization and a second summit, which will take place near the end of February,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement, referencing the former North Korean spy chief who is Pyongyang’s lead negotiator in the nuclear talks.
  
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• Kenya court orders 6 suspects held over Nairobi hotel attack

  18-01-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Canadian national and five other people suspected of helping extremist gunmen stage a deadly attack in the Kenyan capital this week appeared in court on Friday as prosecutors investigated them for suspected terror offenses.
  
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• Collusion Isn't a Specific Crime. But These Four Things Are Against the Law

  18-01-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump once succinctly summed up his two-part defense: "There is no collusion, and even if there was, it's not a crime."
  
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• Researchers come face to face with huge great white shark

  18-01-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  HALEIWA, Hawaii (AP) — Two shark researchers who came face to face with what could be one of the largest great whites ever recorded are using their encounter as an opportunity to push for legislation that would protect sharks in Hawaii.
  
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