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• She's only 19, but stood tall in goal for Jamaica against Brazil

  09-06-2019 23:55 via cnn.com
  No one expected Jamaica to beat or even tie Brazil in their opening Women's World Cup game Sunday. After all, Brazil is one of the best teams in the world.
  
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• Oregon high school students involved in senior prank must pay for cleanup, may not walk at graduation: principal

  09-06-2019 23:53 via foxnews.com
  A senior prank carried out by students at an Oregon High School may have cost them the opportunity to walk at their graduation. The principal of the school is also reportedly planning to charge each students about $50 to cover the cost of cleaning up their mess.
  
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• Man sentenced to prison for ordering 42 pounds of marijuana-infused chocolate

  09-06-2019 23:51 via cnn.com
  A man from suburban Chicago was sentenced to four years in prison after he ordered 42 pounds of marijuana-infused chocolate from California with the intention of selling it, the Kane County state's attorney's office said in a statement.
  
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• Brush fire sets off evacuation at California amusement park

  09-06-2019 23:51 via foxnews.com
  Firefighters are battling a brush fire that forced the closure of a huge amusement park in Southern California.
  
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• George Conway to Trump: 'You would have been fired from any other job by now'

  09-06-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Outspoken Trump critic George Conway on Sunday said the president “would have been fired from any other job by now,” after Trump, in a series of tweets, lambasted media reports that devalued his deal with Mexico.
  
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• Make Joe Biden what again?: Today's Toon

  09-06-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
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• Ronaldo record broken by Brazilian striker

  09-06-2019 23:34 via cnn.com
  Italy has waited 20 years since its last appearance at the Women's World Cup and it proved a memorable return as Barbara Bonansea scored twice, including a dramatic stoppage time winner, to give the Azzurre a 2-1 win over Australia Sunday.
  
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• Crane collapses on Dallas apartment building amid strong winds; at least 1 woman dead

  09-06-2019 23:33 via foxnews.com
  A crane collapsed onto an apartment building in Dallas amid strong winds Sunday afternoon, killing one woman and injuring at least five other people, two critically, rescuers said.
  
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• Crane collapses on Dallas apartment building amid strong winds; at least 1 reported dead

  09-06-2019 23:33 via foxnews.com
  A crane collapsed onto an apartment building in Dallas amid strong winds Sunday afternoon, killing at least one person and injuring six others, two critically, rescuers said.
  
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• Egypt can demand return of King Tut statue up for auction: Former antiquities chief

  09-06-2019 23:29 via abcnews.go.com
  Egypt has the right to demand the repatriation of a stone sculpture of King Tutankhamun before it goes up for auction next month, according to former antiquities chief.
  
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• US military vehicle hit by roadside bomb in Niger, officials say

  09-06-2019 23:28 via foxnews.com
  Authorities in Niger say an American military vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the troubled West African country but no one was killed.
  
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• Massive London fire destroys at least 20 apartments; 100 firefighters rush to scene

  09-06-2019 23:18 via foxnews.com
  A massive fire destroyed some 20 apartments in the Barking area of London on Sunday afternoon, as about 100 firefighters in 15 engines rushed to the scene.
  
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• Senators make bipartisan push to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia

  09-06-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The senators want to restore “congressional oversight” to arm sales.
  
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• Ex-Florida Gators star Tony Joiner charged with murdering his wife in 2016

  09-06-2019 22:55 via foxnews.com
  Tony Joiner, 33, a former Florida Gators football star, has been arrested and charged with murdering his wife over three years after she was pronounced dead in her Florida apartment.
  
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• Jimmy Carter, after hip surgery, back teaching Sunday school

  09-06-2019 22:40 via abcnews.go.com
  He had to take time off to undergo surgery for a broken hip.
  
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• Watergate figure John Dean front-and-center as Dems prepare hearings on obstruction, collusion claims

  09-06-2019 22:39 via foxnews.com
  John Dean, the former White House counsel to Richard Nixon and a key figure in the Watergate scandal whom President Trump has compared to a "RAT," is expected to be front and center on Capitol Hill on Monday, as House Democrats are set to begin a series of hearings this coming week seeking to keep the spotlight on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report.
  
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• Man shooting at Amazon Alexa sparks 'gun battle' with police

  09-06-2019 22:34 via abcnews.go.com
  An altercation between a Florida couple involving the man shooting at the woman's smart device later resulted in a "gun battle" that left him and two deputies injured.
  
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• Spanish police free women held by Marbella prostitution gang

  09-06-2019 22:20 via abcnews.go.com
  21 members of a gang that allegedly sexually exploited women were arrested.
  
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• Pope laments 'culture of insults,' decries church propaganda

  09-06-2019 22:20 via abcnews.go.com
  Pope Francis is also warning against nationalism.
  
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• Protesters flood Hong Kong streets angered over extradition bill

  09-06-2019 22:15 via abcnews.go.com
  The legislation would allow people to be extradited to mainland China.
  
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• Family in UK targeted on social media after being mistaken for animal abusers at US farm

  09-06-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  A family-run farm in Sussex has received hundreds of death threats on social media after being mistaken for a US farm at the centre of an animal cruelty video. Fair Oak Farm in Mayfield, East Sussex, came under fire this week when Twitter, Facebook and Instagram users mistook it for Fair Oaks Farms dairy farm in Indiana. The latter has come under intense scrutiny after undercover footage released by an animal rights group revealed newborn calves being abused by employees. The video shows th
  
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• How Beyond Meat made it into the meat aisle

  09-06-2019 22:10 via cnn.com
  Beyond Meat, the plant-based protein company, is on fire. But that wasn't always the case.
  
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• Michigan Hotel Offers Free Lodging for Women Traveling to the State to Get an Abortion

  09-06-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Shelly O'Brian wanted to do something to help women unable to seek abortions in their home states
  
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• Cocaine use should disqualify you from becoming an MP, majority of the public believe

  09-06-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  More than half the public believe the admission of previously taking cocaine should disqualify people from being an MP, says a survey that will be a blow to Michael Gove’s hopes of weathering the storm over his drug revelation. The YouGov poll of 1,677 people shows 56 per cent of the population believe it is not acceptable for someone who has ever taken cocaine to be a member of Parliament. The research suggests that even if Mr Gove manages to persuade MPs to back him for Prime Minister an
  
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• Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger are married

  09-06-2019 21:49 via cnn.com
  Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger have tied the knot.
  
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• Body of missing Kemah PD Chief Chris Reed found near Texas City Dike

  09-06-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  His body was recovered at 7:54 a.m. by the Galveston County Marine Unit Boat Crew.
  
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• 3rd child dies after horse-drawn carriage hit in Michigan

  09-06-2019 21:38 via abcnews.go.com
  A pickup truck drove into the back of an Amish horse-drawn carriage in Michigan.
  
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• Democrats to call Watergate witness for Mueller Report hearing as pressure mounts on Trump

  09-06-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats are calling a witness from the Watergate era as they prepare for a hearing on Robert Mueller’s Russia report, the latest attempt to intensify pressure on Donald Trump.Politicians on Capitol Hill had hoped both Mr Mueller and former White House counsel Don McGahn would give testimony before the House judiciary committee.But because the two men have declined to appear, Democrats will instead question John Dean, 80, who served as counsel to Richard Nixon, and who served time in jail
  
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• Protesters burn tires, block roads in Haiti, at least 1 dead

  09-06-2019 21:33 via abcnews.go.com
  They paralyzed much of the Haitian capital, demanding removal of the president.
  
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• China finds new ways to pressure Trump amid trade impasse

  09-06-2019 21:29 via cnn.com
  The Chinese government is ramping up efforts to apply pressure on the United States beyond imposing punitive economic measures as trade negotiations between the two countries remain deadlocked.
  
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• GOP Senators Exhale After Considering Crossing Trump on Tariffs

  09-06-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump had threatened to impose 5% import duties on Mexican products starting Monday, with the levies set to rise each month to a potential peak of 25% in October if Mexico didn’t stem the flow of illegal migrants to the U.S. to the president’s satisfaction.There was even talk of a vote to curtail Trump’s power to levy tariffs that prompted the president to suggest senators don’t understand tariffs and they would be “foolish” to oppose him.Crossing the presiden
  
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• Brazil's Christiane becomes oldest ever to score World Cup hat trick

  09-06-2019 21:14 via cnn.com
  Italy has waited 20 years since its last appearance at the Women's World Cup and it proved a memorable return as Barbara Bonansea scored twice, including a dramatic stoppage time winner, to give the Azzurre a 2-1 win over Australia Sunday.
  
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• Puerto Rican Day Parade honors arts, culture trailblazers

  09-06-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  With Puerto Rican pride on full display along New York City's Fifth Avenue, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday he's returning to the island to help rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Maria.Speaking at the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, Cuomo said he's also appointing a commission to oversee the construction of a memorial, located in Manhattan's Battery Park City, to victims of the 2017 storm.Cuomo, a Democrat, said more than 300 students from state-run colleges will travel to Puerto Rico over
  
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• The Polaris ACE 900 XC Is the Ultimate Bug-Out Buggy

  09-06-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Whether you consider it an ATV with a steering wheel or a single-seat side-by-side, the ACE 900 is a lot of fun on the trails.
  
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• Kroger recalls some of its frozen berries after FDA warns about possible Hepatitis A contamination

  09-06-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Kroger said Friday it's recalling three varieties of Private Selection frozen berries due to possible Hepatitis A contamination.
  
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• The SIG P210 Gun: Quite possibly the Most Accurate Service Pistol in the World?

  09-06-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  There the story of the P210 ends, for now. Produced by four different companies: the original SIG, Swiss Arms, SIG Sauer GmbH, and SIG Sauer Inc, the pistol remains one of the most accurate in the world today.The SIG P210 is quite possibly the most accurate service pistol in the world.(This first appeared last month.)Designed to Swiss Army specifications to replace the Swiss variant of the Luger, the design saw service in multiple national militaries and has been produced in three different coun
  
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• The Iran Pressure Plan Will Fail

  09-06-2019 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  In early May, officials from Iran and the United States intensified their rhetoric and the two archenemies seemed to be on the course to engage in a military confrontation. The Trump administration decided not to renew the waivers it had previously granted to a few countries to import Iranian oil and Tehran responded by suspending some of its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)/nuclear deal. Furthermore, the Islamic Republic was accused of being behind mysterious att
  
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• Publicist: Geto Boys' Bushwick Bill is critically ill

  09-06-2019 20:47 via abcnews.go.com
  Reps of pioneering rapper say he is still alive, contrary to some reports.
  
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• US-Mexico immigration accord likely to increase demand for smugglers' services: experts

  09-06-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  The immigration agreement between Mexico and the United States that averted US tariffs on Mexican imports has a clear beneficiary, experts say: human traffickers.Under the pact reached Friday night, Mexico will deploy its recently created National Guard along the border with Guatemala, as well as dismantle groups that smuggle people across borders.
  
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• Alec Baldwin's 'SNL' departure is a win for Trump

  09-06-2019 20:22 via cnn.com
  Two recent developments indicate that President Donald Trump might have won key battles in his long-fought war against comedy. The most recent example involves one of Trump's frequent targets, Alec Baldwin, who announced this week he's planning to hang up his orange wig and no longer play Trump on "Saturday Night Live." The Emmy-winning actor told USA Today, "I can't imagine I would do it again. I just can't."
  
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• Trump still hangs tariff threat over Mexico despite deal

  09-06-2019 20:21 via abcnews.go.com
  Trump says he may renew his tariff threat if the U.S. ally doesn't cooperate.
  
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• Hiker missing for 6 days on taking first sip of water

  09-06-2019 20:12 via abcnews.go.com
  An Arkansas hiker missing for nearly a week in the woods couldn't wait to take his first gulps of clean water when he was located by rescuers.
  
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• Four Democratic presidential candidates reach double digits in new Iowa poll

  09-06-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Talk radio hosts John Hancock and Richard Eeds weigh in on the growing field of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates.
  
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• Key poll in early voting state has five US Democrats emerging

  09-06-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  As the two dozen Democrats aspiring to the US presidency struggle for attention, a new survey in the first state to vote in 2020 shows five of them, led by former vice president Joe Biden, emerging with early leads.The CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll of Iowa voters comes a full eight months before they convene in caucuses to pick a favorite, but it carries weight since Iowa's early voting status helps shape voter impressions nationwide.Virtually tied with Sanders are Senator Elizabeth Warr
  
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• Missing hiker found alive in Arkansas after almost a week

  09-06-2019 19:55 via cnn.com
  A Texas man missing on a hiking trip for almost a week in Arkansas has been found safe, his family says.
  
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• Former President Jimmy Carter returns to teach Sunday school

  09-06-2019 19:53 via abcnews.go.com
  He had to take time off to undergo surgery for a broken hip.
  
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• Searchers find body of police chief knocked overboard from fishing boat

  09-06-2019 19:52 via cnn.com
  The body of a missing Texas police chief who went overboard was recovered Sunday morning, the US Coast Guard said.
  
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• Sex abuse crisis the focus as US Catholic bishops convene

  09-06-2019 19:51 via abcnews.go.com
  There's pressure to give secular authorities a larger role in sex-abuse crisis.
  
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• Iran gears up for high-stakes diplomacy amid tension with US

  09-06-2019 19:47 via abcnews.go.com
  A Japanese PM will visit Tehran for the first time since the Islamic Revolution
  
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• Iran unveils new air defence system as it warns Europe to normalise ties

  09-06-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  An increasingly isolated Iran unveiled a new “domestically produced” air defence system on Sunday, hours after urging European countries to uphold commitments made under the nuclear deal, or face the consequences. The new system, the Khordad 15, can trace six targets at the same time – including fighter jets, bombers and drones – and destroy them with missiles. "Iran will increase its military capabilities to protect its national security and inte
  
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