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• US may dump over 1.5 tons of rat poison on Farallon Islands to halt invasive rodents

  07-07-2019 23:44 via foxnews.com
  A U.S. government agency is proposing the deployment of 1.5 tons of rat poison to limit the spread of an invasive rodent problem in the Farallon Islands, located 30 miles off the coast of San Francisco.
  
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• Trump reacts after US World Cup win

  07-07-2019 23:37 via cnn.com
  President Trump weighs in on whether female athletes should receive equal pay to their male counterparts following the US Women's World Cup win.
  
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• At least 3 people gored as running of the bulls begins in Pamplona

  07-07-2019 23:11 via cnn.com
  At least three people were gored Sunday as the annual running of the bulls began in Pamplona, Spain, according to local authorities.
  
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• 'I'm down with' booing of FIFA boss, says Megan Rapinoe

  07-07-2019 23:01 via cnn.com
  In the aftermath of World Cup final victory, USWNT coach Jill Ellis, part of her face hidden by a white cap with a USA badge on the front, was alone on the podium facing a puzzled media. Her captain was not by her side, as is usually the custom in post-match press conferences.
  
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• Jeff Merkley: Democrats don't support open borders, it's a 'myth'

  07-07-2019 22:56 via foxnews.com
  Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Democrats always have supported stronger security measures at the southern border and denounced the notion of their desire for open borders, calling it a "myth." 
  
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• As the last large quake fades in the rearview mirror, people inevitably forget about the looming menace. But geologists say the Big One is overdue.

  07-07-2019 22:56 via cnn.com
  Right after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocked Southern California on July 4, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, a lifelong Angeleno, tweeted that it was the longest quake she'd ever felt.
  
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• Malta to relocate 65 migrants after rescue ships defy Italy ban

  07-07-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Malta's prime minister said Sunday his country would relocate to other EU nations 65 migrants from the Alan Kurdi rescue ship, after two other boats defied efforts to stop them landing in neighbouring Italy.All 65 were transferred to a Maltese navy ship on Sunday evening, the German charity Sea-Eye which operates the boat said in a statement, adding that its vessel had been refused entry to Valetta port.Premier Joseph Muscat tweeted earlier that "following discussions with the EU Commission and
  
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• During the celebrations, the crowd chanted 'equal pay.' The US women athletes say they've earned it.

  07-07-2019 22:52 via cnn.com
  The US Women's National Team sealed the deal with its fourth stunning victory Sunday at the World Cup, but the players are still fighting another battle back home.
  
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• Ex-GOPer Amash doubles down on call for Trump impeachment

  07-07-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Days after declaring his independence from his Republican Party, Rep. Justin Amash reaffirmed his belief that “there's a strong case” to bring up articles of impeachment against President Trump.The newly independent Michigan lawmaker, who was the only GOP member to call for impeachment proceedings after Robert Mueller's report was released, said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was making a mistake in not moving forward.From a strategic position, she's making a mistake,&rdq
  
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• Earth is still rumbling, but worst should be over for California quakes

  07-07-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The Mojave Desert shuddered and rumbled Sunday, but experts tried to ease fears that another massive quake would soon slam south-central California.
  
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• Nashville apartment fire kills baby, injures 5 children, firefighters say

  07-07-2019 22:46 via foxnews.com
  An early morning fire on Sunday killed an eight-month-old baby and injured five small children in Tennessee, according to fire officials.
  
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• Amy Bass: US women's win sends a message

  07-07-2019 22:30 via cnn.com
  By the time Sunday's Women's World Cup final came around, there was almost a sense of déjà vu in the air.The level of competition throughout the tournament had been such that many of the games in the lead-up to the final (Sweden vs. Germany, USA vs. England) had felt like championships themselves -- hard-fought battles that spoke volumes about the caliber of competition in the women's game.
  
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• Harry Kazianis: Iran and America are headed for a showdown. And no, it’s not Trump’s fault

  07-07-2019 22:29 via foxnews.com
  The devil is in the details of the deal itself. How it was structured, and the items that were omitted, by President Obama, Ben Rhodes and their allies, ultimately sowed the seeds of its own self-destruction.
  
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• USA crowned world champions

  07-07-2019 22:24 via cnn.com
  When a novice is faced with a foe as experienced and ruthless as the USWNT at the Women's World Cup, the outcome is almost inevitable and so it was on a muggy afternoon in Lyon when the reigning world champion defended its title with a comfortable 2-0 win over the Netherlands.
  
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• Victory for New Democracy party in Greece signals end of left-wing populism

  07-07-2019 22:18 via cnn.com
  With 75% of the vote counted, the center-right New Democracy party was on track to win the first national elections since Greece exited a bailout regime a year ago, signaling a clean break with years of firebrand populism and a return to mainstream politics.
  
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• Trump, putting aside Rapinoe's attack, congratulates women's soccer team on World Cup win

  07-07-2019 22:13 via foxnews.com
  President Trump unequivocally congratulated the United States women's soccer team after its repeat World Cup win on Sunday -- putting aside, at least for the moment, the firestorm surrounding star forward Megan Rapinoe's vow never to visit the White House.
  
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• 13 Nigeria civilians killed in air raid targeting jihadists: sources

  07-07-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  At least 13 civilians were killed in an air raid as the military repulsed a jihadist assault in northeast Borno state, residents and a security source said Sunday.Multiple inhabitants of Gajiganna village, 50 kilometres (30 miles) from state capital Maiduguri, told AFP a military jet on Tuesday targeted jihadists from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) after they attacked a nearby military base.The Nigerian air force, however, said it had no reports of civilian casualties.
  
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• Social media becomes ode to Rose Lavelle

  07-07-2019 22:08 via cnn.com
  The Women's World Cup may be over for another four years, but the breakthrough tournament of one young US star already has fans excited about the future.
  
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• Social media becomes ode to Lavelle in breakthrough World Cup

  07-07-2019 22:08 via cnn.com
  The Women's World Cup may be over for another four years, but the breakthrough tournament of one young US star already has fans excited about the future.
  
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• President Trump and Barack Obama congratulate Team USA

  07-07-2019 22:06 via cnn.com
  The US Women's National Soccer Team captured a record-extending fourth World Cup Sunday with a 2-0 win over the Netherlands in the championship games.
  
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• Governor estimates California quake toll at $100 million, says poor have been hit hardest

  07-07-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Although Californians are on the path to recovery, deeper devastation - in economic recovery - has already taken root.
  
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• NHL players facing assault charges after New York City arrests

  07-07-2019 21:55 via foxnews.com
  The penalty box for two NHL players arrested on assault charges Sunday in New York City could be a jail cell.
  
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• 'Delinquent' Colorado bear opened unlocked car, 'butt-shifted' vehicle downhill, police say

  07-07-2019 21:46 via foxnews.com
  Colorado police are reminding drivers to keep their car doors locked after a “four-legged suspect” broke inside a vehicle and wrecked it during a short joyride last week.
  
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• Paul Batura: Netflix bans smoking -- But what about other vices?

  07-07-2019 21:45 via foxnews.com
  Netflix’s decision to snuff out smoking is a good one – but it’s an uneven and wildly inconsistent standard.
  
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• Former Victoria's Secret model slams Karlie Kloss' 'feminist' reasons for leaving brand

  07-07-2019 21:40 via foxnews.com
  After Karlie Kloss claimed to quit modeling for Victoria's Secret in order to be a better feminist, another of the brand's former stunners is speaking out.
  
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• Prominent Detroit priest removed from pulpit

  07-07-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit said Sunday that it removed a prominent priest from public ministry after reviewing what it described as a "credible allegation" that he had sexually abused a child decades ago. The Rev. Eduard Perrone was suspended from ministry Friday, a month after The Associated Press began asking the pastor himself, the archdiocese and law enforcement authorities about a former altar boy's allegations that Perrone had groped him. Archdiocese officials told Perrone's
  
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• Starbucks apologizes to Tempe police after evicting six officers, trying to quell firestorm

  07-07-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Starbucks has issued a formal apology to an Arizona police force after six officers were kicked out of a Tempe coffee shop on Independence Day.
  
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• Harris praises Biden's 'courage' for apology, but says there is still 'plenty of disagreement'

  07-07-2019 21:36 via foxnews.com
  Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., said Sunday that while she was happy former Vice President Joe Biden apologized for his remarks about working in the past with segregationist lawmakers, she claimed there was “plenty of disagreement” between the two 2020 presidential hopefuls.
  
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• Jeff Yang: My first California quake was terrifying. But the Big One will be much worse

  07-07-2019 21:31 via cnn.com
  "They say you never forget your first time," a friend of mine texted to me, shortly after Saturday's Ridgecrest earthquake, which hit 7.1 on the Richter scale -- putting it firmly into "major quake" category. I've lived in Los Angeles for the past half-decade; this was the first significant temblor that I've experienced, and, to my friend's point, the sensation was both terrifying and uncanny.
  
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• Oil Minister Zanganeh says hopeful Iran's oil exports will improve: TV

  07-07-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Sunday that he was very hopeful of an improvement in the country's crude exports, state TV reported, in spite of tightened U.S. sanctions on Tehran's main source of income."I am very hopeful that our oil exports will improve," Zanganeh told state TV, adding that the price of oil was not Iran's main concern."What matters now for Iran is the amount of oil that we can export," Zanganeh said.
  
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• Disney Channel star dies at age 20

  07-07-2019 21:10 via cnn.com
  Actor Cameron Boyce, who starred in the Disney Channel's television shows and series, has died at age 20.
  
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• Julian Zelizer: Underestimating Trump is a big mistake for Democrats:

  07-07-2019 20:51 via cnn.com
  Is Donald Trump another Jimmy Carter -- or George H.W. Bush? Democrats are hoping that Trump will join the short list of modern-era presidents who lost their bids for reelection. But the new Washington Post/ABC News poll should make them think twice.
  
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• 'She Is Making a Mistake': Rep. Justin Amash Says Nancy Pelosi Should Move Forward on Impeachment

  07-07-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The statements come days after Amash announced he was leaving the Republican Party
  
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• Tsunami warning issued in Indonesia after strong quake strikes in Molucca Sea

  07-07-2019 20:18 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Authorities in Indonesia issued a tsunami warning on Sunday after a strong earthquake struck in the Molucca Sea.
  
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• Boston suburb reflects broad changes in US immigration

  07-07-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Guatemalan bakeries, Honduran restaurants and Salvadoran markets are joining an already ethnically diverse mix of businesses in downtown Chelsea, a tiny industrial city across the Mystic River from Boston.Among them is Catracho's, a modest Honduran eatery recently purchased by Johanna Mateo, who was born in New York and raised in Honduras until she was 12, when she joined her older sister in Chelsea."I always wanted to reinvest in Chelsea," said Mateo, 27, who plans to expand to a vacant storefr
  
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• Top Secret: We Can Now Show You Inside the Cockpit of a B-2 Stealth Bomber

  07-07-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  For the first time in the 30-year history of the Air Force’s B-2 stealth bomber program, video footage recently filmed in a B-2A “Spirit” stealth bomber cockpit while in flight is available for viewing at Defense News.  Additional footage of the B-2 cockpit in-flight, as well as cockpit photographs are also available at JeffBolton.org.A product of Dallas-based film producer and radio personality Jeff Bolton, the historic video in this post shows the ful
  
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• Opinion: UK ambassador wrote what everyone is really thinking

  07-07-2019 19:58 via cnn.com
  The leak of secret cables written by British Ambassador to the US Kim Darroch sheds new light on how diplomats representing America's closest ally view President Donald Trump. The leak is likely to further complicate the increasingly strained relationship between Trump and the UK and could affect diplomatic engagement with America more broadly.
  
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• Second son dies a week after mother's drowning attempt, deputies say

  07-07-2019 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  A 7-year-old boy has died a week after his mother is accused of trying to drown him and his 12-year-old brother, the Tulare County sheriff's office says.
  
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• Florida man found dead with 100 dog bites after he took a shortcut home

  07-07-2019 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities say a man in Florida was killed by a pack of dogs who bit him more than 100 times as he took a shortcut to gt home.
  
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• Amash says Pelosi wrong on impeachment – and does not rule out White House run

  07-07-2019 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  * Michigan congressman has left Republican party* Robert Reich: This is Trump and the oligarchs vs the restRepresentative Justin Amash announced on 4 July that he is quitting the party to become an independent. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/APHouse speaker Nancy Pelosi is making a moral and strategic mistake by refusing to bring formal articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, the only Republican in Congress to back such proceedings said on Sunday.The Michigan representative Justin Amash is
  
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• Organs of executed prisoners in Iran could be sold under new law

  07-07-2019 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  A new law in Iran could see the organs of convicts on death row pre-sold to buyers if the prisoners agree before their executions.  Reports suggested that under the new head of the Iranian judiciary, Ebrahim Raeesi, an article in the criminal justice laws has been included which says: "If a convict voluntarily offers his or her organ before or after execution and no medical obstacle is offered, then the judge can approve this in coordination with the ministry of justice and the coroners&rsq
  
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• Photographed: The U.S. Air Force’s Secretive Robot X-37B Space Shuttle

  07-07-2019 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  A Dutch skywatcher achieved a rare feat in late June and early July 2019. Using a 10-inch-diameter telescope fitted with a camera, Ralf Vandebergh photographed the U.S. Air Force's secretive X-37B space plane in mid-mission 210 miles over Earth’s surface."We can recognize a bit of the nose, payload bay and tail of this mini-shuttle, with even a sign of some smaller detail," Vandebergh told Space.com.Vandebergh had been hunting for the robotic spacecraft for months and finally managed to tr
  
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• Police officers praised after paying for woman's groceries instead of arresting her for shoplifting

  07-07-2019 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Three New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers have been praised after they paid for a woman’s groceries when she was caught attempting to steal the goods.The moment at a Manhattan Whole Foods was captured by a fellow shopper, who snapped a photo and posted it on Twitter.The image shows the woman burying her head in her hands, while the three officers stand around her at the cash register, paying for the food."I know that the police make split second decisions each day, so for the p
  
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• Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture added to UNESCO World Heritage List

  07-07-2019 19:22 via cnn.com
  The designs of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright are joining the ranks of revered UNESCO World Heritage sites such as The Great Wall of China, The Palace of Versailles and the Taj Mahal.
  
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• PIC's Matjila to Say He Was Ousted to Facilitate Edcon Rescue

  07-07-2019 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Daniel Matjila, the ousted chief executive officer of Africa’s biggest fund manager, is expected to say his opposition to funding the rescue of a clothing retailer ahead of national elections was one of the reasons he was dismissed.Matjila is scheduled to begin testimony to a special commission of inquiry on Monday that will include his assertion that the rescue of Edcon Holdings Ltd., which supports 140,000 jobs through direct employment and its supply chains, didn’t
  
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• Democrat Buttigieg announces minority-focused small business investment plan

  07-07-2019 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Joining several other Democrats targeting black voters this weekend with economic proposals, presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg released a policy on Sunday aimed at helping minorities start businesses.Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, announced the proposal at Essence Festival, a gathering of thousands of black women organized by Essence magazine.Black voters have played a critical role in the Democratic primary process, and winning the party's nomination would be unlikely without th
  
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• Justin Amash on what his Republican colleagues say behind closed doors

  07-07-2019 19:06 via cnn.com
  Newly independent Rep. Justin Amash, the only congressional Republican to have publicly argued that President Donald Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct, told CNN that high-level party officials have thanked him behind closed doors for his stance on impeachment proceedings against Trump.
  
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• Fresh clashes in Hong Kong after huge march to China station

  07-07-2019 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Fresh political violence broke out in Hong Kong on Sunday night as riot police baton-charged anti-government protesters seeking to keep the pressure up on the city's pro-Beijing leaders, after a mass rally outside a train station linking the finance hub to mainland China.Hong Kong has been rocked by a month of huge marches as well as separate violent confrontations with police involving a minority of hardcore protesters, sparked by a law that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China.Sun
  
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• Bill Gates explains why he couldn’t duplicate Steve Jobs’ magic ‘spells’

  07-07-2019 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Bill Gates would like you to know that the reason his late rival was able to resuscitate Apple and take the iPhone maker from near-death to being the most valuable company in the world is that Steve Jobs was so successful at making people believe in an idea. Or, as Gates puts it, that Jobs was so good at "casting spells."You get it, right? It's an uncommonly fantastical metaphor to hear from the Microsoft co-founder, who can get pretty wonky and technical in his description of these kinds of thi
  
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• Deutsche Bank says to slash 18,000 jobs by 2022

  07-07-2019 18:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Germany's biggest lender Deutsche Bank said Sunday it would cut 18,000 jobs by 2022, as the former leading light of the country's financial sector looks to escape years of turmoil.The slashing of around one in five of its workforce, to 74,000 employees, is an unprecedented round of departures for Deutsche.The bank said the layoffs would reduce annual costs by six billion euros ($6.7 billion) over the same period.
  
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