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• Passenger wakes to darkness, alone on plane

  24-06-2019 23:57 via cnn.com
  An Air Canada passenger says she had to organize her own escape from an empty plane in Toronto after she was left asleep in her seat.
  
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• Trump levies 'hard hitting' sanctions on Iran

  24-06-2019 23:56 via cnn.com
  How close is the US to war?
  
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• Police and locals spoil neo-Nazi festival by taking away their beer

  24-06-2019 23:46 via cnn.com
  It was a dry, sober weekend for a group of neo-Nazis in Germany after police and locals teamed up to strip them of their beer.
  
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• Mouse that roared: Disney characters win local union shakeup

  24-06-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Months after workers who play Mickey Mouse, Goofy and other characters at Walt Disney World threatened to leave the Teamsters union because of what they called "horrible misrepresentation," General President James Hoffa appointed two associates Monday to take over the local union.A letter from Hoffa was posted to the doors of the Local 385 union hall in Orlando, Florida, saying he had begun a process known as trusteeship.Local 385 represents costumed character-performers, truck drivers and other
  
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• 737 Max pilot sues Boeing for career damage, 'severe emotional and mental stress'

  24-06-2019 23:26 via cnn.com
  An anonymous pilot is suing Boeing, alleging the company "demonstrated reckless indifference and conscious disregard for the flying public" in its development of the 737 Max.
  
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• The Latest: Driver denies previous drunken driving charge

  24-06-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  A lawyer for the driver of a pickup truck in a crash that killed seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire says his client denies being intoxicated when he was charged with drunken driving in Connecticut last month.Volodymyr Zhukovskyy was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs on May 11 in a Walmart parking lot in East Windsor, Connecticut.
  
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• Iran threatens to shoot down more US aircrafts

  24-06-2019 23:17 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump is enacting sanctions on Iranian leadership in response to the US surveillance drone shot down last week by Iran. CNN's Barbara Starr reports on Iran's threat to shoot down more US aircraft in response to the sanctions.
  
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• Police face complications in search for missing Utah college student

  24-06-2019 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck was last seen taking a Lyft from Salt Lake City International Airport; Erin Cox reports from Salt Lake City.
  
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• What's an advanced Russian warship doing in Havana harbor?

  24-06-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  One of the Russian navy's most advanced warships entered Havana's harbor Monday and docked at the port used until this month by U.S. cruise lines.Here are some questions and answers about the Admiral Gorshkov's travels through the Caribbean.WHAT IS THE ADMIRAL GORSHKOV?
  
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• San Francisco to ban e-cigarette sales

  24-06-2019 23:07 via cnn.com
  San Francisco is on course to become the first US city to effectively ban the sale of e-cigarettes once its board of supervisors votes on Tuesday.
  
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• AOC slams 'shrieking Republicans' after comparing migrant detention centers to concentration camps

  24-06-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has slammed Liz Cheney in an escalation of tension between the two congresswomen over calling migrant detention camps at the US-Mexico border “concentration camps”.Ms Ocasio-Cortez, who had first described the detention facilities as concentration camps during an Instagram Live appearance last week, claimed that Ms Cheney had actually invoked the Holocaust.“Reminder: the member who directly + explicitly compared concentration camps on our border to the
  
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• Europe will be sweltering, and it's a preview of what climate change has in store

  24-06-2019 23:00 via cnn.com
  Europe is only three days into summer, and Mother Nature is quickly cranking up the heat.
  
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• 'Dangerous' weeklong heat wave hits Europe

  24-06-2019 23:00 via cnn.com
  Europe is only three days into summer, and Mother Nature is quickly cranking up the heat.
  
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• The Latest: Missing Utah college student met person at park

  24-06-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities say a missing University of Utah student who hasn't been heard from in over a week was last seen meeting an unknown person at a park in the middle of the night.Salt Lake City assistant Police Chief Tim Doubt said Monday at a news conference that the Lyft driver who dropped off 23-year-old MacKenzie Lueck says she didn't seem in distress when she met the person on June 17 at about 3 a.m. Doubt declined to describe the person's gender and says they don't know who it is.Police and frien
  
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• Student debt a 'life sentence' for millions of Americans

  24-06-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Haley Walters is five years away from earning her law degree.If everything goes according to plan, she will be under a mountain of $100,000 in student debt by the time she enters the work force.Like millions of Americans, Walters is paying a steep price for an education that will likely weigh her down financially for much of her adult life.
  
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• Turkey stands by S-400s, says F-35 partners disapprove of U.S.

  24-06-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkey has purchased Russian missile defenses and is discussing a delivery date irrespective of any U.S. sanctions, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday, adding the United States is isolated as it also squeezes Turkey on F-35 jets. The Pentagon announced earlier this month that training by Turkish pilots on F-35 fighter jets had been halted at a U.S. air base in Arizona following Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 defense systems. Washington says the S-400 is incompatible with NATO's
  
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• Woman wakes up alone on empty plane

  24-06-2019 22:44 via cnn.com
  Tiffani O'Brien said she woke up on an empty Air Canada plane, in the dark and "freezing cold," after a short flight from Quebec City to Toronto's Pearson International Airport, CNN network partner CTV reported.
  
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• Woman wakes up alone on empty, 'pitch black' Air Canada plane

  24-06-2019 22:44 via cnn.com
  Tiffani O'Brien said she woke up on an empty Air Canada plane, in the dark and "freezing cold," after a short flight from Quebec City to Toronto's Pearson International Airport, CNN network partner CTV reported.
  
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• Woman wakes up alone on empty, 'freezing cold' Air Canada plane

  24-06-2019 22:44 via cnn.com
  Tiffani O'Brien said she woke up on an empty Air Canada plane, in the dark and "freezing cold," after a short flight from Quebec City to Toronto's Pearson International Airport, CNN network partner CTV reported.
  
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• President Trump imposes new sanctions on Iran as regime accuses US of 'economic' terrorism

  24-06-2019 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  The sanctions were aimed at retaliating against Iran for shooting down a U.S. drone last week.
  
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• Johnson's altercation with girlfriend prompts debate about politicians' private lives

  24-06-2019 22:36 via cnn.com
  From the moment Boris Johnson joined the race to be Britain's next prime minister last month, victory has seemed likely for the larger-than-life Conservative politician.
  
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• Mexico sends nearly 15,000 troops to the US border

  24-06-2019 22:32 via cnn.com
  Mexico has deployed almost 15,000 troops to the US-Mexico border, according to the country's Secretary of Defense Luis Sandoval.
  
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• You can buy this private island near NYC for $13 million

  24-06-2019 22:29 via cnn.com
  Love the island lifestyle but can't bring yourself to move away from New York City?
  
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• Samsung confirms the Galaxy Fold delay won’t affect the Note 10’s release date

  24-06-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Samsung is still teasing a release at some unspecified future date for its much-maligned debut foldable phone, with the Galaxy Fold now two months past its original launch date and counting as the company continues to supposedly work out problems that plagued the pre-release version.That also points to another consideration. The longer the Fold is delayed, the greater the likelihood that it steps on the release timeline of the next Samsung mobile product, right? Thankfully, that won't be the cas
  
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• Italian mafia boss escapes from prison

  24-06-2019 21:51 via cnn.com
  An Italian mafia boss has escaped from a detention center in Uruguay, where he was awaiting extradition to Italy, the Uruguayan Ministry of Interior said in a statement.
  
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• A very good boy named Scamp the Tramp wins World's Ugliest Dog 2019

  24-06-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Held annually at the Sonoma-Marin Fair, the competition gathered 19 dogs — most of whom are rescues and adoptees — to duke it out.
  
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• Here's How 2020 Democrats' Student Loan Debt Proposals Compare

  24-06-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Student loan forgiveness has become a hot topic in the 2020 Democratic primary, with two of the top liberals putting forward competing plans
  
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• World Cup drama: 'I cannot understand what's going on in this tournament'

  24-06-2019 21:36 via cnn.com
  Even by the standards of the headline-hogging Video Assistant Referee (VAR) it was an extraordinary weekend at the Women's World Cup.
  
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• Judge allows Missouri's only abortion clinic to stay open for at least five more days

  24-06-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Missouri health officials on Friday refused to renew the St. Louis clinic's license on the grounds that it failed to meet their standards.On Monday, Stelzer ruled the clinic can stay open until Friday but ruled that the case must go before the Administrative Hearing Commission, which serves as an independent arbiter in disputes between state agencies and individuals or groups.If Missouri officials succeed in closing the clinic, the state would become the only U.S. state without a legal abortion
  
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• 5 dead in murder-suicide after 4-hour standoff

  24-06-2019 21:21 via cnn.com
  A California home was a scene of carnage after an apparent quadruple homicide and suicide, San Jose police said.
  
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• Passenger jet turns around to avoid fine

  24-06-2019 21:20 via cnn.com
  On June 22, a Brussels Airlines flight from Brussels to Washington, DC, turned around mid-air and went back to its starting point, meaning that passengers spent a total of nine hours in the air to essentially go nowhere.
  
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• Passenger jet turned around to avoid fine

  24-06-2019 21:20 via cnn.com
  On June 22, a Brussels Airlines flight from Brussels to Washington, DC, turned around mid-air and went back to its starting point, meaning that passengers spent a total of nine hours in the air to essentially go nowhere.
  
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• How much does a flight to nowhere cost?

  24-06-2019 21:20 via cnn.com
  On June 22, a Brussels Airlines flight from Brussels to Washington, DC, turned around mid-air and went back to its starting point, meaning that passengers spent a total of nine hours in the air to essentially go nowhere.
  
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• Iran: US botched retaliatory cyberattack, faces 'crushing response' to drones

  24-06-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia for talks ahead of a planned announcement of new economic sanctions targeting Iran.
  
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• New US sanctions target Iran's supreme leader, military brass

  24-06-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump slapped the sanctions on Tehran for what he described as its "aggressive behavior" including the shooting down of US drone.In addition to Khamenei, the US Treasury Department said it was taking action against eight senior commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
  
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• Justices side with business, government in information fight

  24-06-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The Supreme Court sided with businesses and the U.S. government Monday in a ruling about the public's access to information, telling a South Dakota newspaper it can't get the data it was seeking.Open government and reporters groups described the ruling against the Argus Leader newspaper as a setback, but it was not clear how big its impact will ultimately be.The paper was seeking to learn how much money goes annually to every store nationwide that participates in the government's $65 billion-a-y
  
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• The first big discount on AirPods 2 with Apple’s wireless charging case is still available on Amazon

  24-06-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Last week, Apple AirPods 2 with Wireless Charging Case got a sizable discount for the first time ever. They're normally a buck under $200, but they dropped to $179.99 on Amazon with free Prime shipping. Our readers couldn't take advantage fast enough, and they quickly sold out -- though Amazon kept taking orders despite the fact that they were marked as out of stock. Well, if you missed that big sale last week, we have some fantastic news for you on Monday. Actually, we have two bits of great ne
  
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• This Medal of Honor Recipient Single-Handedly Cleared a House of Iraqi Insurgents. TIME Was There

  24-06-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Army staff Sgt. David G. Bellavia is set to be the first living Iraq War veteran to receive the Medal of Honor. TIME documented his actions in a 2004 cover story.
  
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• Mysterious explosion in a German cornfield was probably a WWII bomb

  24-06-2019 20:55 via cnn.com
  Residents of Ahlbach, Germany, were mostly asleep about 4 a.m. Sunday when they were jolted by a sudden blast.
  
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• Mysterious explosion in a German cornfield identified

  24-06-2019 20:55 via cnn.com
  Residents of Ahlbach, Germany, were mostly asleep about 4 a.m. Sunday when they were jolted by a sudden blast.
  
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• New York man is latest American tourist to die in the Dominican Republic

  24-06-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  A New York man who died while on vacation in the Dominican Republic is the latest tourist to perish on the island.
  
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• SpaceX is about to launch the ashes of 152 people into space

  24-06-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  SpaceX may be yet to launch any living human astronauts into space, but the remains of over 150 people are going to get the ride of their afterlives on Monday night thanks to the company's Falcon Heavy rocket. Among the various satellites and instruments being carried into orbit by SpaceX this evening is a collection of "spaceflight memorials" by a company called Celestis.Celestis offers a rather unique service in that it provides a way for family members to send the remains of their loved ones
  
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• 2026 Winter Olympics host announced

  24-06-2019 20:28 via cnn.com
  Milan-Cortina has won the right to host the 2026 Winter Olympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach announced the decision Monday.
  
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• Airline operates a flight to nowhere

  24-06-2019 20:13 via cnn.com
  On June 22, a Brussels Airlines flight from Brussels to Washington, DC, turned around mid-air and went back to its starting point, meaning that passengers spent a total of nine hours in the air to essentially go nowhere.
  
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• Mount Everest has become an ‘open toilet,’ staggering amount of human waste found on its slopes

  24-06-2019 20:04 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Mount Everest has a plumbing problem. The current "biggest" threat to climbers on the world's tallest peak, the former head of the Nepal Mountaineering Association says, is the staggering amount of human excrement being left on its slopes -- with some estimates putting that number at more than 17,000 pounds for this season alone. 
  
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• Trump news: President imposes 'hard hitting' sanctions on Iran as White House put on lock down

  24-06-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has signed into force new "hard-hitting" sanctions against Iran, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as tensions continue to rise between Washington and TehranMr Trump said that the issue of the US drone downed by Iran last week “could probably add that into this” but that the sanctions were “something that was going to happen anyway.”The president is also facing criticism on multiple fronts as the week begins, including domestic outcry over the t
  
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• Bernie Sanders calls for canceling $1.6 trillion in student loan debt

  24-06-2019 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. presidential contender Bernie Sanders proposed a plan on Monday to cancel $1.6 trillion in student loans and pay for it with a tax on Wall Street, elevating the issue in the 2020 debate and going beyond proposals from his Democratic White House rivals. Sanders, an independent U.S. senator from Vermont, said his plan would wipe out college debt for 45 million Americans and be funded with a tax on stock, bond and derivatives transactions that would raise about $2.2 trillion over 10 years. The
  
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• Tent collapses amid thunderstorm, heavy rain killing at least 14, injuring 50 in India

  24-06-2019 19:48 via feeds.foxnews.com
  At least 14 people were injured and dozens hurt when heavy rain and a thunderstorm caused a massive tent to collapse in India as a religious event was being held inside on Sunday.
  
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• You can download the first iOS 13 public beta on iPhone and iPad right now

  24-06-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The future of Apple's mobile operating system has arrived for everyone who wants to test it today, as the first public beta for iOS 13 is now available for iPhone (as is the public beta for iPadOS). The rollout comes just a week after the second beta was seeded to developers, and now everyone is going to get a chance to test it.Providing you own a compatible device (a list of which we've conveniently included below), you can grab the public beta from Apple's beta website right now. Head over to
  
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• How close is the US to war?

  24-06-2019 19:44 via cnn.com
  Tensions between the US and Iran are at their highest level in years after Tehran shot down an American drone on Thursday.
  
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