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• Attempted Rapist Arrested After Woman Throws Hot Coffee at His Face, Police Say

  22-02-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  A man has been arrested after a woman threw a hot cup of coffee into his face to stop an attempted rape in Manhattan, police said.
  
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• President Trump 'in no rush' to have North Korea denuclearize – as long as it doesn't test weapons

  22-02-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump speaks to the president of South Korea a week before another summit with the leader of North Korea.
  
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• Disabled greeter meets with Walmart about job; no resolution

  22-02-2019 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A beloved, longtime Walmart greeter with cerebral palsy met with store management in Pennsylvania on Friday in a bid to keep his job but came away with no guarantees, and his family is girding for a fight.
  
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• Fake news: Kim and Trump lookalikes draw crowds in Hanoi

  22-02-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Days before the second summit between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump, to be held in Vietnam's capital, a Kim impersonator appeared at the Metropole Hotel, a back-up location for the meeting.Howard X, an Australian, has been cashing in on his resemblance to North Korea's leader, especially his haircut.It looks awful," Howard X said, adding it takes him three hours to prepare his outfit and get into character.
  
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• An Organization-Obsessed Store Owner’s Top Storage Essentials

  22-02-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Your clutter never looked so good
  
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• The reasons behind the car industry crisis

  22-02-2019 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Car manufacturers have recently announced job cuts in the UK.
  
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• New graft probe targets Guatemala first lady

  22-02-2019 23:25 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Prosecutors said Friday they have opened an investigation into first lady Patricia Marroquin de Morales related to apparently unreported campaign checks during President Jimmy Morales' election bid.
  
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• Look at these glaciers - photos or drawings?

  22-02-2019 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Artist Zaria Forman quite literally draws attention to the issue through her pastel work.
  
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• As tensions over aid rise, Venezuelan troops fire on villagers, kill two

  22-02-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States, which is among dozens of Western nations to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate president, has been stockpiling aid in the Colombian frontier town of Cucuta to ship across the border this weekend.With tensions running high after Guaido invoked the constitution to declare an interim presidency last month, Maduro has denied there is a humanitarian crisis in Venezuela despite widespread shortages of food and medicine and hyperinflation.The socialist
  
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• Source: Trump will keep about 400 troops in Syria

  22-02-2019 23:00 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump has agreed to keep about 400 US troops in Syria after the withdrawal of most US forces there this spring, a senior administration official said. CNN's Barbara Starr reports.
  
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• S&P 500 posts highest close since November 8 on trade optimism

  22-02-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Investors assessed a slew of headlines on the talks, with top trade negotiators from the two countries meeting to wrap up a week of discussions on some of the thorniest issues in their trade war.If the two sides fail to reach a deal by midnight on March 1, then their seven-month trade war could escalate."People are expecting some sort of positive news on trade and tariffs with China fairly soon," said Peter Tuz, president of Chase Investment Counsel in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  
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• When rich men like Robert Kraft get charged with soliciting prostitutes, we forget so fast

  22-02-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Allegedly the New England Patriots owner went looking for prostitutes at 'Orchids of Asia', but don't forget trafficking victims across the country.
  
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• Fourth-grader dies same day she's diagnosed with flu, strep throat: 'Our hearts are completely broken'

  22-02-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  An elementary school girl in Ohio died the same day she was told she had the flu and strep throat, her school and family says.
  
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• Democrats Are Already Pushing Trump's New Attorney General to Release the Full Mueller Report

  22-02-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Lawmakers argue it's essential Congress receive this information to hold the President accountable
  
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• Trump rules out reducing US troops from South Korea

  22-02-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Friday ruled out reducing US forces from South Korea as part of a deal in his upcoming summit with North Korea.Trump, answering questions as he met at the White House with a senior Chinese official, said that he would not reveal his bargaining cards ahead of next week's summit in Hanoi.Trump again hailed his relations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whom he met in June in Singapore in the first-ever summit between the two adversaries.
  
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• Sudan declares state of emergency, disbands Cabinet

  22-02-2019 22:10 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir on Friday declared a state of emergency for a year and disbanded the government amid deadly protests.
  
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• Police: 50 die from tainted liquor in India

  22-02-2019 22:06 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Indian police say at least 50 people have died and another 50 have been sickened after drinking tainted liquor in two separate incidents in India's remote northeast.
  
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• R. Kelly Charged with 10 Counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse

  22-02-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Kelly was previously indicted in Illinois in 2002 after a similar tape emerged
  
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• Brazil moves Venezuela aid to border despite closure

  22-02-2019 22:01 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Brazilian authorities on Friday began moving humanitarian aid to its northern border with Venezuela even though the international crossing has been closed.
  
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• Worry about US-SKorea alliance grows before Trump-Kim summit

  22-02-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As President Donald Trump seeks a nuclear deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next week in Vietnam, some in Seoul are wondering if the fate of Washington's decades-long military alliance with South Korea could be at stake.
  
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• Trump 'surprised' Patriots owner Kraft was charged in prostitution probe

  22-02-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  "It's very sad," Trump said. "I was very surprised to see it. He's proclaimed his innocence totally. But I was very surprised to see it."
  
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• Trump: Decreasing troops in South Korea not on table for North Korea talks

  22-02-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump said on Friday that drawing down U.S. troops in South Korea is not on the table for his upcoming talks with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, which will be focused on pressing the Asian nation to abandon nuclear weapons.Trump made the comments at a White House event on trade negotiations with China.Senior Trump administration officials said on Thursday the two sides will not discuss removing U.S. troops from South Korea and will focus on seeking a common understanding of what it
  
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• Democrats plan House vote Tuesday on measure to stop Trump's declaration of emergency at the border

  22-02-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Many Republicans are uneasy with the president declaring a national emergency to get border wall funding, but it's unclear if they'll vote against it.
  
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• Relatives of US oil industry ‘hostages’ in Venezuela make emotional appeal for their release

  22-02-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The six men – five US citizens and one permanent resident, and all employees of Citgo, the US subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-run Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) – were detained in November 2017 after being called to Caracas from Houston for a meeting.President Nicolas Maduro went on television to denounce them as “traitors”, saying: “They’re properly behind bars, and they should go to the worst prison in Venezuela.” Asdrubal Chavez, a cou
  
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• Saudi crown prince defends China's right to put Uighur Muslims in concentration camps

  22-02-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’’s crown prince, on Friday defended China’s use of concentration camps for Muslims, saying it was Beijing’s “right”. "China has the right to carry out anti-terrorism and de-extremisation work for its national security,” Prince Mohammed, who has been in China signing multi-million trade deals much to the annoyance of his Western allies, was quoted as saying on Chinese state television. Xi Jinping, China’s leade
  
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• El Chapo collectibles flying off the shelves in Mexico

  22-02-2019 21:31 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman collectibles are flying off the shelves in his hometown of Badiraguato, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, as fast as they’re being restocked.
  
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• This is what it looks like to plow snow on a highway

  22-02-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Snow plowers from the Arizona Department of Transportation are hard at work clearing Interstate-40 on Feb. 22.
  
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• Maduro’s Troops Kill Two in Border Clash over Humanitarian Aid

  22-02-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan troops on Friday killed two indigenous villagers attempting to block their convoy from reaching the Venezuela–Brazil border, where, the villagers believed, the troops planned to prevent humanitarian aid from entering the country.The troop convoy entered the indigenous village of Kumarakapay and fired on a group of residents attempting to block their path, killing one woman, Zoraida Rodriguez, and one man, Roland Garcia, and injuring many others, community leaders told
  
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• President of Ukraine praises way Trump handles Putin

  22-02-2019 21:12 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The president of Ukraine Friday strongly endorsed  President Donald Trump’s leadership and the way he handles Russian President Vladimir Putin.  
  
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• Donald Trump: Russian Asset?

  22-02-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  ‘I  think it’s possible” that President Donald Trump is a Russian asset, disgraced former FBI acting director Andrew McCabe told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday. McCabe also said to The Atlantic that FBI brass felt “concern about the president and whether or not he posed a national-security threat that we should be investigating.”On Wednesday, Russian president Vladimir Putin addressed the Federal Assembly in Moscow. “
  
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• Trump news: House to vote on national emergency resolution as new attack launched on abortion access

  22-02-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats have filed their “resolution of disapproval” challenging Donald Trump‘s decision to call a national emergency in order to build a wall on the US southern border with Mexico.While the president has claimed there is a "crisis" of illegal immigration in the United States, Democrats have questioned his motives — and noted that Mr Trump himself has suggested that he did not need to declare the emergency.Meanwhile Ahmed Ali Muthana, the father of Alabama Isis br
  
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• Japanese Olympic minister forced to apologize after being three minutes late to meeting

  22-02-2019 20:25 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Japanese Olympic Minister Yoshitaka Sakurada has been forced to apologize after arriving three minutes late to a parliamentary meeting on Thursday.
  
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• Iceland to let more than 2,000 whales be killed within the next five years

  22-02-2019 20:24 via cnn.com
  Only two whaling companies remain in Iceland. It's a small industry that conservationists say is inhumane, has minimal economic benefits, and defies the international ban on killing whales.
  
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• 2020 Vision: Bernie Sanders launches, like a rocket

  22-02-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders jumps into the race, raises $6 million and immediately mixes it up with the president.
  
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• The Real Culprit Behind Trump's Border Emergency? Climate Change

  22-02-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  By declaring a national emergency on the U.S. border, Trump elevated an issue caused in part by global warming
  
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• Prince Harry and wife Meghan to champion cause of girls education in rural Morocco

  22-02-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain's Prince Harry and his pregnant wife Meghan will begin a three-day visit to Morocco on Saturday during which they will show their support for rural girls' education in the Atlas mountains.The visit at the request of the British government is the second to the kingdom in recent years by a member of the royal family, following a trip by Prince Charles in 2011.Queen Elizabeth visited Morocco in 1980.
  
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• R. Kelly has been indicted, sources say

  22-02-2019 20:12 via cnn.com
  An indictment has been handed down against musician R. Kelly by the Cook County State's Attorney office, two sources with knowledge of the development tell CNN.
  
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• U.S. Weighing Trump-Xi Summit as Trade Deadline Nears, Sources Say

  22-02-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The meeting, which could take place in late March at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, would seek to resolve months of trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies.Trump is scheduled to meet Friday afternoon with China’s trade envoy, Vice Premier Liu He, who is leading a delegation to Washington this week for the latest phase in negotiations.The series of meetings in Beijing and Washington in recent weeks has been aimed at forging a deal envisioned by the two le
  
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• New Bottega Veneta designer Lee mixes modern and classic at Milan show

  22-02-2019 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Bottega Veneta's new creative director, Daniel Lee, premiered his first catwalk show for the Italian luxury label at Milan Fashion Week on Friday, in which he said he added a touch of modernity to the brand's classic looks.Lee, who was previously at French label Celine, kicked off the show in all leather looks - a décolleté dress, zipped biker jacket and trousers - and plenty of A-line quilted skirts that were held at the front with chunky golden chains.Coats and jackets had very l
  
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• China, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela in hot seat at U.N. rights forum

  22-02-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia will face criticism for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and its failure to cooperate with a U.N.-led inquiry, diplomatic sources said.Western countries look to Turkey and other members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to shine a spotlight on what China calls re-education and training facilities.U.N. experts say the camps hold a million Uighurs, who speak a Turkic language, and other Muslims.
  
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• Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged with soliciting prostitution

  22-02-2019 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  If you're a fan of hating on the New England Patriots, you're probably enjoying a bit of schadenfreude right about now.New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was charged with "two misdemeanor counts of soliciting a prostitute" on Friday, part of a widespread Florida investigation into prostitution and potential sex trafficking. The announcement came just a day after Deadspin noted some peculiar NFL-related questions at a press conference about arrest warrants being issued.SEE ALSO: Speaking out
  
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• Vietnam announces traffic ban for possible Kim Jong Un summit arrival route

  22-02-2019 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Vietnam has been preparing for Kim to arrive by train for the Feb. 27-28 summit in Hanoi, two sources with direct knowledge of security and logistics planning told Reuters on Wednesday.Kim's train will stop at the border station of Dong Dang where he will disembark and proceed 170 km (105 miles) to Hanoi by car, the sources said.Traffic on that route will be partially banned from 7 p.m. on Feb. 25 and fully banned from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 26, the ruling Communist Party's Nhan Dan paper repo
  
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• Kid reporter confronts officer who threatened to arrest her near Arizona-Mexico border

  22-02-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Kid reporter Hilde Lysiak uploaded a YouTube video that shows her confronting a law enforcement officer who threatened to throw her in jail.
  
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• Congress moves to take back the power in the border security funding battle

  22-02-2019 19:28 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats will vote on a resolution to block President Trump's national emergency declaration while Senate Democrats are working to drum up support for a similar measure.
  
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• Tesla's miserable week ends on a high note

  22-02-2019 19:25 via cnn.com
  Tesla had a good end to a very tough week.
  
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• Botswana's elephant hunting dilemma

  22-02-2019 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  What will be the impact on communities and the economy if the ban on hunting elephants is lifted?
  
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• Kelly Knight Craft: Trump nominates businesswoman who donated $2m to his election campaign for UN ambassador role

  22-02-2019 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has nominated Kelly Knight Craft – a Republican businesswoman and now diplomat who donated $2m to his 2016 campaign – to represent America at the UN.A week after state department spokeswoman Heather Nauert, Mr Trump’s first choice to replace Nikki Haley in the role of what is considered the country’s second most senior diplomat, withdraw from contention, the president said he was pleased to name Ms Craft for the role.A businesswoman who was also appointed by
  
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• Wild weather weekend: Blizzard, tornadoes, floods, ferocious winds all expected

  22-02-2019 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The final weekend of February will deliver a wild potpourri of weather as winter and spring do battle across the United States.
  
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• U.S. judge will not block Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan health venture's new hire

  22-02-2019 19:12 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge on Friday declined to block a UnitedHealth Group Inc unit's former executive from working at a new healthcare venture launched by Amazon.com Inc, Berkshire Hathaway Inc and JPMorgan Chase & Co.The decision by U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf in Boston came in a lawsuit closely watched in the industry for clues about the future plans of the venture, which was announced in January 2018 with a goal of lowering healthcare costs.UnitedHealth's Optum unit had sought a court order bloc
  
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• ISIS Bride’s Family Sues Trump Admin. for Refusing Her Entry into U.S.

  22-02-2019 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The father of Hoda Muthana, the Alabama woman who traveled to Syria to join ISIS in 2014, has filed suit against a number of Trump administration officials over their refusal to allow her to return to the U.S.Attorneys for the Constitutional Law Center for Muslims in America filed suit Friday in federal court in Washington, D.C. against President Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Attorney General William Barr, challenging the officials' determination that Muthana is not a U.S. citizen a
  
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