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• Indian police arrest 26 after mob hospitalizes female forest ranger

  03-07-2019 23:58 via cnn.com
  Police in the southern Indian state of Telangana have arrested 26 people in connection with a mob attack on a female forest ranger.
  
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• Indian police arrest 26 after mob attack hospitalizes female forest ranger

  03-07-2019 23:58 via cnn.com
  Police in the southern Indian state of Telangana have arrested 26 people in connection with a mob attack on a female forest ranger.
  
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• 26 arrests after female ranger attacked

  03-07-2019 23:58 via cnn.com
  Police in the southern Indian state of Telangana have arrested 26 people in connection with a mob attack on a female forest ranger.
  
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• Mystery grows after Mike Pence cancels trip to New Hampshire

  03-07-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Vice president Mike Pence has generally been a consistent source of stability in a Trump administration renown for chaos, but he swapped roles with the president this week after he abruptly cancelled a planned trip to New Hampshire.Mr Pence had reportedly already boarded Air Force Two at Joint Andrews Base in Maryland when he abandoned his trip to Salem, where he was due to participate in a roundtable discussion and deliver remarks on the opioid crisis.But Mr Pence never arrived in New Hampshire
  
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• Mob attacks female forest ranger

  03-07-2019 23:52 via cnn.com
  Police in the southern Indian state of Telangana have arrested 26 people in connection with a mob attack on a female forest ranger.
  
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• Venezuela opposition pledges equal treatment for creditors in possible restructuring

  03-07-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido's economic advisors have proposed treating most creditors equally in a possible debt restructuring should the coalition oust President Nicolas Maduro from power, according to a document published on Wednesday.The South American country has debts worth around $200 billion to a diverse group of bondholders, commercial suppliers to state-owned firms with unpaid accounts receivable, and companies whose Venezuelan assets were expropriated.The government has de
  
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• The US women are one win away from a World Cup title. Here's how they got here

  03-07-2019 23:50 via cnn.com
  With a thrilling 2-1 victory against England on Tuesday, the US women's soccer team advanced to the World Cup final in France.
  
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• Halle Bailey cast as Ariel in Disney's live-action remake of 'The Little Mermaid'

  03-07-2019 23:45 via nbcnews.com
  This is the first time the studio has cast a woman of color in the role of a traditionally white human-princess character for one of its new remakes.
  
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• Democratic Women's Caucus pushes for pay equity for U.S. women's soccer team

  03-07-2019 23:43 via nbcnews.com
  “The inequities that these women champions have faced" as part of the U.S. Women's National Team are "indefensible," members wrote to the Soccer Federation.
  
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• Pharrell surprises graduating class

  03-07-2019 23:42 via cnn.com
  Music artist Pharrell Williams guaranteed "A-list internships" to every 2019 graduate of The Promise Academy in Harlem, New York, at the end of their freshman year of college. CNN's Brooke Baldwin talked to one graduate about what this means for her.
  
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• Trump says migrants living 'far better now' in detention day after images of crowded cages published

  03-07-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has claimed migrants in US detention centres are “living far better now”, a day after inspectors criticised squalid conditions and published images showing families held in overcrowded cages.As Democrats claimed the migrants were being denied basic human rights, the president launched a series of tweets defending his actions, and saying many of those in detention were living in better conditions than they were in the countries they had come from.“Many of these ille
  
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• Geese in Denver killed by city to reduce population, meat donated to charity

  03-07-2019 23:39 via nbcnews.com
  The "capture and euthanize" program hopes to, among other things, reduce the over 5,000 pounds of goose droppings that accumulate daily in Denver.
  
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• Trump said he'd ease up on Huawei. No one's sure what that means

  03-07-2019 23:38 via cnn.com
  When President Donald Trump suggested last weekend that he would relax a controversial ban on American sales to Huawei, it was welcome news for the Chinese telecom giant and its suppliers. Days later, the questions raised by his remarks remain unanswered.
  
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• Trump administration does U-turn on census citizenship question

  03-07-2019 23:37 via cnn.com
  Contradicting both his Department of Justice and his secretary of Commerce, President Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to keep fighting to have a citizenship question added to the 2020 census.
  
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• 15-year-old Cori Gauff extends magical run at Wimbledon

  03-07-2019 23:27 via cnn.com
  Cori 'Coco' Gauff beat Magdaléna Rybáriková in the second round of Wimbledon to extend her remarkable run in her breakthrough grand slam.
  
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• Canada: trial of Taliban hostage accused of abusing wife resumes after delay

  03-07-2019 23:24 via theguardian.com
  Joshua Boyle faces 19 charges including sexual assaultBoyle and wife Caitlan Coleman spent five years in captivityThe trial of Joshua Boyle, the former hostage of a Taliban-linked group in Afghanistan who was accused of violence against his wife, has resumed after the court ruled it would hear testimony about the couple’s sexual history.Boyle was arrested at the couple’s former Ottawa apartment on New Year’s Eve 2017, just two months after he and Caitlan Coleman were released f
  
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• 'Why kill a 2-year-old?' Texas authorities urging public to look out for 'dangerous' individuals

  03-07-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  "A 2-year-old was brutally murdered for no apparent reason," Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said about the shooting.
  
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• Ohio's 'heartbill bill' stalled by judge

  03-07-2019 23:17 via nbcnews.com
  The judge said the law is unfair because most women don't even know they are pregnant when a heartbeat is detected, usually around 6 weeks into a pregnancy.
  
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• Migrant children's drawings depict 'horrific' conditions in cages

  03-07-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Pediatricians shared pictures drawn by migrant children after being released from ⁦US custodyA drawing by children recently released depicting their time spent in US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody. Photograph: Handout ./ReutersDisturbing drawings by children recently held in migrant detention centers showing sad figures in cages have been released by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which last week warned of longterm trauma faced by immigrant children separated from parents
  
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• 'Happy hunting!' Immigration agents swapped cheery messages about raids, records reveal

  03-07-2019 23:16 via theguardian.com
  In 2017, agents made plans to apprehend more than 8,000 people and described the work as ‘fun’US immigration officials planning countrywide raids targeting thousands of undocumented immigrants wrote cheerful messages about the potential arrests, wishing one another “Happy hunting!”, jokingly calling the initiative “Operation Super Epic Mega”, and saying the work was “fun”, records show.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) documents released We
  
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• These are the 4 winners of the US-China trade war

  03-07-2019 23:14 via cnn.com
  Vietnam, Taiwan, Bangladesh and South Korea are coming out as victors in the US-China trade war.
  
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• Acting Homeland Security boss decries 'vile' Facebook posts

  03-07-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Before the rise of social media, Border Patrol agents gathered in parking lots at the end of their shifts for what was known as "choir practice" — a chance to share what they saw that day and anything else on their minds.T.J. Bonner, who led the National Border Patrol Council during much of his 32-year career as an agent, recalled the defunct tradition while trying to explain a secret Facebook group for agents that included sexually explicit posts about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and qu
  
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• 4 winners in the US-China trade war

  03-07-2019 23:14 via cnn.com
  Vietnam, Taiwan, Bangladesh and South Korea are coming out as victors in the US-China trade war.
  
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• Amazon removes controversial books by 'father of conversion therapy'

  03-07-2019 23:09 via nbcnews.com
  “A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Homosexuality” is among the Joseph Nicolosi titles removed from Amazon’s website.
  
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• Volcano erupts on Italian island of Stromboli – video

  03-07-2019 23:07 via theguardian.com
  Parts of the Italian island of Stromboli have been evacuated after a volcano erupted, throwing a plume of ash and rock up to 2km the sky. “It was like being in hell because of the rain of fire coming from the sky,” Italian news agencies quoted a local priest, Giovanni Longo, as sayingHiker killed after volcano erupts on Italian island Continue reading...
  
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• Polls show Biden a favorite for general election as Harris surges

  03-07-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Following the first Democratic debate, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris show a strong standing in new ABC News polls ahead of holiday weekend appearances in Iowa.
  
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• Ram Tops Chevrolet Silverado Sales During Year's First Half, but GM Is Still Ramping Up Capacity

  03-07-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The new Ram is as good as pickups come, but Chevy's sales slide could be only temporary.
  
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• Ram Tops Chevrolet Silverado Sales During Year's First Half, but GM Is Still Ramping Up Capacity

  03-07-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The new Ram is as good as pickups come, but Chevy's sales slide could be only temporary.
  
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• Hong Kong police arrest at least 13 after renewed protests

  03-07-2019 23:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Hong Kong authorities said they have arrested at least 13 people for Monday’s pro-democracy protests.
  
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• Very Lucky: This Israeli Fighter Pilot Landed with Only One Wing

  03-07-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  According to uss-bennington.org, Nedivi managed to bring his F-15 to a complete stop approximately 20 ft (6 m) from the end of the runway.On May 1, 1983, while performing a dissimilar air combat training (DACT)mission over the Negev, an Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-15 Baz (actually the F-15D No. 957) collided with an A-4 Skyhawk.The A-4 pilot had to eject from his aircraft since it was irremediably damaged.Instead the right wing of the Baz was sheared off roughly 2 ft (60 cm) from the root.Zivi Ned
  
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• Homicide charges dropped against shot Alabama woman who miscarried

  03-07-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  An Alabama prosecutor dismissed charges Wednesday against an American woman who was charged by state authorities over the death of her fetus, having miscarried after being shot five times.Marshae Jones, 27, was shot in the abdomen in December during a fight with another woman, resulting in the death of her five-month-old fetus."There are no winners, only losers, in this sad case," Washington told a press conference, according to the news website AL.com.
  
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• Facebook, Instagram experiencing issues

  03-07-2019 22:53 via cnn.com
  Social media platforms had a bit of a meltdown on Wednesday.
  
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• A teen was accused of rape. His judge argued he 'comes from a good family'

  03-07-2019 22:48 via cnn.com
  In 2017, a 16-year-old boy in New Jersey was accused of raping an intoxicated 16-year-old girl in the dark basement of a house party. According to court documents, the boy filmed the encounter, the girl's bare torso exposed and her head repeatedly banging against a wall. He allegedly shared the video with friends, and it continued to circulate for months despite the girl's pleas for him to stop its dissemination.
  
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• Brazil: huge rise in Amazon destruction under Bolsonaro, figures show

  03-07-2019 22:42 via theguardian.com
  Monthly deforestation up 88.4% compared with a year agoBrazil pressured to protect Amazon under trade deal termsDeforestation in Brazil’s portion of the Amazon rainforest rose more than 88% in June compared with the same month a year ago, the second consecutive month of rising forest destruction under the rightwing president Jair Bolsonaro.According to data from Brazil’s space agency, deforestation in the world’s largest tropical rainforest totaled 920 sq km (355 sq miles). Con
  
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• Maxx Force launch coaster: 0 to 78 mph in less than 2 seconds

  03-07-2019 22:35 via cnn.com
  To achieve maximum speed on most roller coasters, you slowly pull out of the loading station and ascend to the crest of that first hill with the assist of a chain lift -- and then take a dramatic first drop.
  
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• Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher’s Acquittal Reminds Us to Never Rush to Judgment

  03-07-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  When I have a chance to speak to students, one of the questions I’m most frequently asked is whether my life experience has caused me to change any of my deeply held political views. I have a ready answer: I’ve transitioned firmly from a law-and-order Republican to a civil libertarian, and the constitutional value I hold every bit as dear as the rights to free speech and free exercise of religion is the right to due process of law. A person’s liberty is precious, law enforcemen
  
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• Asian American jobseeker says she was sent racist email by Chicago recruiter

  03-07-2019 22:31 via nbcnews.com
  The vice president of the recruiting firm said the incident reminds us that "we should communicate with anyone as if everyone was listening."
  
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• Police Find Body Believed to be Noah Tomlin, Missing Virginia Toddler

  03-07-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Virginia Police say they believe the body of missing Noah Tomlin has been found. The 2-year-old had been missing since June 24.
  
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• Celebrities respond after rapper Lil Nas X faces homophobia

  03-07-2019 22:11 via nbcnews.com
  "It's a lot of us out here proud of who and what you represent," NBA star Dwyane Wade wrote.
  
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• Volcanic eruption rocks Italian island, killing a hiker

  03-07-2019 22:08 via cnn.com
  The Italian island of Stromboli was hit by a series of volcanic eruptions on Wednesday afternoon, according to Italy's Department of Civil Protection.
  
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• Truck overturns at Lincoln Tunnel, snarling holiday traffic in New York and New Jersey

  03-07-2019 21:59 via nbcnews.com
  At least one person is in critical condition after a sanitation truck fell off an overpass around 1 p.m., the peak of summer travel, authorities said.
  
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• Judge rejects Mexican drug lord El Chapo's bid for new trial

  03-07-2019 21:59 via nbcnews.com
  U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan said in a written ruling Wednesday that a "mountain range of evidence" was introduced against El Chapo.
  
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• Putin signs bill withdrawing from nuclear arms treaty with the United States

  03-07-2019 21:57 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill Wednesday formalizing Russia’s withdrawal from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty with the United States.
  
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• Alabama: attorney drops charges against pregnant woman shot in stomach

  03-07-2019 21:57 via theguardian.com
  Lawyers defending the woman argued the state used a ‘flawed and twisted rationale’ that ‘ignores the law and ignores reason’An Alabama district attorney said on Wednesday she is dropping charges against a woman who was indicted for manslaughter after she lost her foetus when was shot during a fight.Marshae Jones was arrested last week after a grand jury concluded she intentionally caused the death of her foetus by initiating a fight, knowing she was pregnant. Continue rea
  
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• Search Continues for 2-Year-Old Reported Lost In Rio Grande River

  03-07-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Mother told Border Patrol agents she lost her 2-year-old daughter while crossing the Rio Grande river into Texas.
  
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• Indiana woman said she couldn't move legs after vacationing in Dominican Republic

  03-07-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  An Indiana woman said she mysteriously fell sick while vacationing at an all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic in February, WTHR reports
  
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• Prosecutors drop case against Alabama woman charged with her fetus's death

  03-07-2019 21:50 via nbcnews.com
  Marshae Jones, 27, was charged with manslaughter by a grand jury after she was shot in the stomach during a fight in December, police said.
  
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• Migrants face 'massacre' at Libya detention centre

  03-07-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  From his hospital bed in Tripoli, wounded Al-Mahdi Hafyan recalls the nighttime "massacre" when an air strike hit a migrant centre in the Libyan capital.At least 44 people were killed and more than 130 severely wounded in the attack in the Tripoli suburb of Tajoura overnight, according to the United Nations.Hafyan had been detained in the centre for three months, after coming to Libya with a fellow Moroccan hoping to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean.
  
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• Trump contradicts his officials: We're 'moving forward' with census citizenship question

  03-07-2019 21:43 via cnn.com
  Contradicting both his Department of Justice and his secretary of Commerce, President Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to keep fighting to have a citizenship question added to the 2020 census.
  
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• Volcanic eruption rocks Italian island

  03-07-2019 21:37 via cnn.com
  The Italian island of Stromboli was hit by a series of volcanic eruptions on Wednesday afternoon, according to Italy's Department of Civil Protection.
  
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