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• Senate to vote on competing proposals to reopen government

  22-01-2019 23:54 via cnn.com
  The Senate will take two key votes on Thursday on competing proposals aimed at ending the ongoing government shutdown -- one backed by Republicans and the other backed by Democrats and both likely to fail.
  
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• Can this mythical creature be saved from destruction?

  22-01-2019 23:52 via cnn.com
  A nudge above the equator in one of the most biodiverse places in Africa lives an almost-mythical mammal that few people have ever seen.
  
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• Nearly 70,000 pounds of chicken nuggets recalled because there’s wood in them

  22-01-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Food recalls are nothing new, and there's plenty of reasons that a company might need to issue a recall of a consumable product. Sometimes food is contaminated during manufacturing or contains traces of another food product that could trigger allergies in unsuspecting consumers, but a recent recall of chicken nuggets comes with a bizarre twist.According to the USDA, Perdue Foods LLC is issuing a prompt recall of nearly 70,000 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken nuggets because the company fears there
  
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• Striking teachers in LA reach tentative settlement with district

  22-01-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Los Angeles public school teachers reached a tentative settlement with school officials Tuesday in order to end a weeklong strike that has affected some 500,000 students.The settlement -- reached after 21 hours of marathon talks that ended early Tuesday -- was set to be voted on by the roughly 30,000 members of the teachers union later in the day and classes are due to resume on Wednesday."The strike nobody wanted is now behind us," Los Angeles United School District superintendent Austin Beutne
  
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• Blue Origin to make 10th flight test of space tourist rocket

  22-01-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Blue Origin, the rocket company headed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is poised to launch the 10th test flight of its unmanned New Shepard rocket on Wednesday as it competes with Virgin Galactic to become the first to carry tourists on brief visits to space.Virgin Galactic, headed by British billionaire Richard Branson, is also working on a vessel of its own to carry tourists to space.On December 13, 2018, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, flew higher than it ever had before, surpassing
  
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• US Senate to vote Thursday on opposing bids to end shutdown

  22-01-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  US Senate leaders have agreed to vote Thursday on competing proposals to end a government shutdown now in its second month, but the chances are slim that either will reopen federal agencies.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and top Democrat Chuck Schumer announced an agreement on the Senate floor Tuesday for a pair of test votes.The first would be a procedural step on a measure that funds all shuttered branches of government through September, and includes President Donald Trump's demand fo
  
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• Chris Brown: US singer released in Paris rape inquiry

  22-01-2019 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  The American singer denies wrongdoing after a woman accused him of raping her in a hotel room.
  
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• No charges after Chris Brown arrested on rape claim

  22-01-2019 23:22 via cnn.com
  Singer Chris Brown has been arrested in Paris, accused of aggravated rape and drug violations, a French judicial source told CNN.
  
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• The Senate Will Vote on the Shutdown. But There's Still No End in Sight

  22-01-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  After a long month of inaction, the Senate will now vote on two bills that could end the government down, but both are expected to fail.
  
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• Four held over New York state 'plot' against Muslims

  22-01-2019 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Three men and a boy are charged with conspiracy to attack an Islamic community in New York state.
  
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• Mexico screening for criminals in latest migrant caravan; Salvadoran gang member wanted in murder is nabbed

  22-01-2019 23:13 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Mexican officials confirmed to Fox News they are actively screening for criminals and gang members in the latest migrant caravan to head north toward America —  and apprehended an 18th Street gang member from El Salvador in Tapachula, who was traveling with the caravan.
  
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• British police rescue 'hungry gerbil' after owner is jailed

  22-01-2019 23:06 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Armed police officers in Britain came to the rescue of a "hungry gerbil" abandoned when its owner was imprisoned.
  
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• Power struggle paralyzes 'irrelevant' White House press shop

  22-01-2019 23:05 via cnn.com
  White House press briefings, in steady decline even before the partial government shutdown, have now ground to a halt as a prolonged power struggle among President Donald Trump's aides leads to a muddled messaging strategy, people familiar with the matter say.
  
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• Bali considers imposing a tourist tax

  22-01-2019 23:04 via cnn.com
  As one of the world's most beautiful islands, Bali is known for lush beaches, beautiful temples and UNESCO-listed rice fields.
  
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• Mueller wants to know about Trump campaign's ties to NRA

  22-01-2019 22:56 via cnn.com
  Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has expressed interest in the Trump campaign's relationship with the National Rifle Association during the 2016 campaign.
  
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• U.S. Banks Boost Aid to Customers as Federal Shutdown Drags On

  22-01-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Navy Federal Credit Union, a Vienna, Virginia-based lender with more 8.1 million members, is offering no-interest, no-fee loans up to $6,000 for its 100,000 affected customers.“One can only imagine, as far as missing a paycheck, of course there’s great concern and financial uncertainty,” Tynika Wilson, senior vice president of debit card and fund services at Navy Federal, said Tuesday in an interview.
  
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• Shutdown hits national security employees across government

  22-01-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Officials serving in intelligence and national security roles in the FBI; the departments of Homeland Security, State and Justice; and other agencies have large numbers of employees either furloughed or working but not being paid.
  
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• Romania president: plan to invalidate graft cases not legal

  22-01-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's president said on Tuesday that a government decree that could invalidate hundreds of corruption cases involving senior officials is "crassly unconstitutional," a development that also prompted concern from the European Union.
  
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• Kerry, at Davos, sends Trump a one-word message: Resign

  22-01-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The former secretary of state goes after the president in a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
  
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• Boy sells art to help mother through US shutdown

  22-01-2019 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Boy sells his drawings to help his mother during the partial government shutdown in the US.
  
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• Senate Leaders Agree on Possible Path to Reopening Government

  22-01-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and minority leader Chuck Schumer have agreed to a deal that could end the partial government shutdown, which entered its 32nd day Tuesday.Under the deal, the Senate will vote Thursday on two bills intended to end the shutdown.One bill includes President Trump’s request for $5.7 billion to construct a wall at the southern border, and one would fund the government entities affected by the shutdown through February 8, kicking the fight down the roa
  
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• New York's Gun-Transportation Rules Draw Supreme Court Scrutiny

  22-01-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The court said it will hear an appeal from three city handgun owners and an advocacy group who say New York has the most extreme firearm-transportation restrictions in the country.The case may demonstrate the impact of the newest justice, Brett Kavanaugh, whose appeals court record suggests he’ll be a more aggressive enforcer of gun rights than the justice he replaced, Anthony Kennedy.
  
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• WaPo Issues Correction after Falsely Labeling Nathan Phillips a Vietnam Vet

  22-01-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The Washington Post issued a correction Tuesday after falsely describing the elderly Native American man whose confrontation with a group of high-school students went viral over the weekend as a veteran of the Vietnam War.“Earlier versions of this story incorrectly said that Native American activist Nathan Phillips fought in the Vietnam War.
  
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• Trump seeks to go ahead with State of the Union in spite of Pelosi letter

  22-01-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump is planning on pushing forward and delivering his second State of the Union to a joint session of Congress, even though Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi asked him to delay the annual event.The White House reached out to the House Sergeant-at-Arms in an email, asking for a schedule for a walk-through for the speech.The State of the Union is scheduled for the 29 January, but Ms Pelosi had cited security concerns raised by the ongoing government shutdown as reason to delay the event.
  
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• Netflix enshrined as a Hollywood power player

  22-01-2019 22:21 via cnn.com
  Eight movies were nominated for best picture on Tuesday, but there are two that couldn't be more different -- "Black Panther," the Marvel blockbuster; and "Roma," Alfonso Cuarón's black-and-white Netflix film -- might be the most significant in terms of leading the Oscars into new frontiers.
  
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• China gives Ivanka Trump 5 new trademarks as trade talks continue

  22-01-2019 22:21 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Ivanka Trump has been granted five trademarks from China as her father’s administration continues to negotiate with the Asian powerhouse over trade and ethics experts raise concerns about the first family’s business dealings
  
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• Full list of Oscar nominees: Netflix and 'Black Panther' make history

  22-01-2019 22:18 via cnn.com
  The nominees for the 91st Academy Awards were revealed Tuesday morning.
  
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• Rudolf Hess: DNA test disproves Spandau prison conspiracy theory

  22-01-2019 22:08 via bbc.co.uk
  A DNA test carried out by scientists shows the man jailed in Spandau prison was Rudolf Hess.
  
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• J&J, U.S. states settle hip implant claims for $120 mln

  22-01-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit have agreed to pay $120 million to resolve deceptive marketing claims by several U.S. states.
  
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• Missing Cardiff forward Sala a fighter, says his ex-boss Ranieri

  22-01-2019 22:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Missing Cardiff forward Emiliano Sala is a "fighter" and "wonderful character", says Fulham boss Claudio Ranieri, who managed him at Nantes.
  
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• Court backs Trump transgender military ban

  22-01-2019 22:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The ruling means certain transgender people can be barred from joining or staying in the military.
  
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• US Supreme Court allow Trump military transgender ban

  22-01-2019 22:02 via cnn.com
  Thanks to the increasingly conservative Supreme Court, a number of brave, capable and patriotic Americans are about to be banned from the military -- not for any reason relating to their qualifications or ability to defend the country in combat, but solely because of who they are.
  
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• Ex-U.S. marine jailed in Russia for spying was misled: lawyer

  22-01-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Russia's Federal Security Service detained Paul Whelan, who holds U.S., British, Canadian and Irish passports, in a Moscow hotel room on Dec. 28.Whelan appeared in a Moscow court on Tuesday, where a judge rejected releasing him on bail.Whelan, who denies the charges, was detained after receiving a thumb drive containing a list of all the employees of a secret Russian state agency, the Russian online news portal Rosbalt.ru reported this month.
  
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• 'Frozen' Niagara Falls photos spread across social media

  22-01-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Niagara Falls tourists flocked to social media to document the freezing phenomenon.
  
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• Emiliano Sala: Profile of 'a South American warrior' & the 'local Carlos Tevez'

  22-01-2019 21:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Emiliano Sala, known as the 'local Carlos Tevez', is a player who bloomed late, was teased by team-mates and loved detective novels.
  
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• Trump transgender troop limits can take effect, top court decides

  22-01-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The decision, with the court's five conservative justices prevailing over its four liberals, granted the Trump administration's request to put on hold injunctions issued by federal judges against enforcement of the policy while a challenge to its legality continues in lower courts.The court did not resolve the underlying question of the legality of the Republican president's plan, which reversed the landmark 2016 policy of his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama to let transgender people for the
  
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• Kentucky mother of newborn twins missing since leaving bar with men 3 weeks ago

  22-01-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  'If you know anything, we beg you, come forward': A Kentucky family is making an emotional plea to help find a mother of four who vanished.
  
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• Damning FBI shutdown report: 'The fear is our enemies know they can run freely'

  22-01-2019 21:29 via cnn.com
  The FBI has lost several informants that had penetrated groups at the center of terrorism investigations.
  
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• Three dead from separate avalanches in Colorado and New Mexico

  22-01-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Two deaths have been confirmed in the US after two separate avalanches in Colorado and New Mexico trapped skiers in crushing snow this week and last.Authorities in Aspen, Colorado confirmed the most recent death on Monday, which happened to be the same day that relatives of a New Mexico avalanche victim announced their loss.A second victim of the New Mexico avalanche had already been reported.
  
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• 'Person of interest' ID'd in disappearance of Boston woman

  22-01-2019 21:20 via nbcnews.com
  Police said the person of interest was caught several times on surveillance footage on the night she went missing.
  
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• NBC raises eyebrows over $400 million relationship with BuzzFeed

  22-01-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  NBCUniversal invested $400 million in BuzzFeed, raising eyebrows about why the Peacock Network isn't more transparent when covering the controversial website. A search of transcripts from both MSNBC and NBC News didn't turn up any mention of the investment when the news organization covered BuzzFeed's now-debunked report claiming President Trump directed his former attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress.
  
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• Miami prosecutor probing MLK traffic incident as hate crime

  22-01-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  MIAMI (AP) — A traffic incident in Miami involving a gun-wielding white man and a group of black bicyclists protesting housing inequality on Martin Luther King Day is being investigated as a possible hate crime, prosecutors said Tuesday.
  
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• What Would a "Green New Deal" Look Like for Architecture?

  22-01-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The implications of such a plan—championed by new Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—extend well beyond the ecological
  
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• 7-Eleven to stop selling porn in Japan

  22-01-2019 21:09 via cnn.com
  Two of Japan's major convenience store chains will take sexually explicit material off their shelves by the summer, ahead of major sporting events that will see a huge influx of foreign tourists to the country.
  
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• Insulin costs nearly doubled in five years, study finds

  22-01-2019 21:03 via nbcnews.com
  The increasing cost of insulin has led some patients to put their own health at risk.
  
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• Russian bomber explodes during landing, killing 3

  22-01-2019 21:02 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A Russian bomber crashed while attempting to land in an Arctic blizzard, killing three and leaving one in critical condition.
  
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• Egyptian TV host sentenced to 1 year behind bars for interviewing gay guest

  22-01-2019 20:53 via feeds.foxnews.com
  An Egyptian television host has been sentenced to one year of hard labor in prison after interviewing a gay man on his privately-owned television channel in 2018
  
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• Top court allows Trump transgender troop ban

  22-01-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The US Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump's ban on transgender military service to take effect pending the outcome of litigation on the sensitive issue.The White House had asked the Supreme Court to intervene after lower courts prohibited Trump's administration from implementing the controversial restrictions.The Trump administration has said there is "too great a risk to military effectiveness and lethality" to allow transgender people to serve openly -- a policy enacted un
  
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• Blood test could detect Alzheimer's years before symptoms begin

  22-01-2019 20:45 via cnn.com
  A simple blood test could predict if a patient will develop Alzheimer's disease up to 16 years before symptoms begin, a new study finds.
  
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• Blood test could detect Alzheimer's years before symptoms

  22-01-2019 20:45 via cnn.com
  A simple blood test could predict if a patient will develop Alzheimer's disease up to 16 years before symptoms begin, a new study finds.
  
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