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• Puerto Rico Governor Urged to Resign After Profanity-Laced Chats

  14-07-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- The administration of Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello, under pressure after the arrest of two former officials and accusations of impropriety, drew fresh criticism as leaked, profanity-filled chats between the governor and his top aides led to calls for his resignation.Over the weekend, key allies distanced themselves from Rossello, 40, casting doubt on his ability to build enough support to stay in office until elections next year.Rossello’s woes deepened after public
  
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• Trump under fire for 'racist' attack on US congresswomen

  14-07-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump took aim at progressive Democratic congresswomen Sunday, telling them to "go back" where they came from in remarks that sparked yet another firestorm over his views on race and immigration.Trump -- whose comments were branded "racist" and "xenophobic" by Democratic presidential candidates and senior legislators -- last year reportedly referred to countries in Africa as "shithole" nations, and has spoken of an "invasion" of migrants.On Sunday, Trump referred on Twitter t
  
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• NY mayor criticized for being on campaign trail during blackout

  14-07-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  New York Mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Bill de Blasio found himself under fire Sunday -- notably from the state's governor -- for being out of town when a major blackout hit the city because he was campaigning in Iowa.De Blasio had planned to spend the night in Iowa, and initially told CNN he needed more information before he could decide whether or not to rush home.New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat like De Blasio, pulled no punches when he himself appeared on CNN.
  
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• Construction worker catches baby and toddler dropped from burning building

  14-07-2019 23:48 via cnn.com
  Mason Fierro is being hailed as a hero after catching a two-month-old baby girl and toddler from an apartment window during a fire in northeastern Albuquerque Friday.
  
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• A Texas grandmother fell three years ago. Her daughter let her decay on the floor, police say

  14-07-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Delissa Crayton lived with her mother's decaying remains for three years after she fell in their shared residence, police in Seguin, Texas said.
  
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• Remains found in Oregon believed to be actor Charles Levin

  14-07-2019 23:40 via abcnews.go.com
  Authorities believe they found the remains of actor in a remote area of Oregon.
  
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• A House Democratic feud was nearing a crisis point. Then Trump got involved.

  14-07-2019 23:29 via cnn.com
  The simmering strife between House Democratic leadership and the caucus's "squad" of progressive insurgents boiled over this weekend amid a barrage of attacks, in the press and on social media, against the diverse band of congressional newcomers.
  
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• Note to Trump: Iran Would Need 1 Year to Build a Nuclear Weapon

  14-07-2019 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran is taking steps to shorten the time it would take to produce a nuclear warhead.The commission overseeing the 2015 deal limiting Iran’s nuclear program is “treating this issue with the seriousness it deserves,” said Jackie Wolcott, the U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency.Iran’s effort to shorten the time to produce a nuke “does not pose an immediate risk,” wrote Kelsey Davenport, an expert with the Arms Control Association in the Unit
  
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• Mental hospital patient died in dogpile; no charges filed

  14-07-2019 23:10 via abcnews.go.com
  His death hadn't been reported prior to Sunday.
  
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• Iran says ready to negotiate if US lifts sanctions

  14-07-2019 23:10 via abcnews.go.com
  "The moment you stop sanctions and bullying, we are ready," president says.
  
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• Police investigate after US flag removed during protest

  14-07-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Police say they will be reviewing any available video to help them identify protesters who trespassed and pulled down the American flag in front of an immigration detention center in suburban Denver, tried to burn it and replaced it with a Mexican flag.Friday night's protest in Aurora, one of many coordinated across the country, drew about 2,000 people and was mostly peaceful.Cristian Solano-Cordova, a spokesman for the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, told The Denver Post that those who pul
  
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• President Trump's War Power Delusions

  14-07-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  We should celebrate the fact that President Donald Trump stepped back from war with Iran. But he followed up with even more violent rhetoric and the claim that he wasn’t even required to notify Congress of his plans, let alone to seek its authorization to launch military strikes. However, the decision for war is not his to make.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took a different approach. He claimed that war with Iran would be covered by the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force in
  
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• Florida suspect punches hotel owner

  14-07-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Raw video: Surveillance video captures a suspect attacking a hotel owner over parking space dispute.
  
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• Dean Obeidallah: This should really worry Trump and the GOP for 2020

  14-07-2019 22:51 via cnn.com
  The headline-grabbing Democratic infighting between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the high-profile progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), D-New York, must be bringing joy to President Donald Trump and the GOP.
  
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• Hurricane Barry photos show an otherworldly city, deep under water

  14-07-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  For the people of Mandeville, Louisiana, the effects of Hurricane Barry continue to be nothing short of otherworldly.On Saturday, the now tropical storm made landfall along the northern Gulf Coast as a Category 1 hurricane, leaving tens of thousands across Louisiana and Mississippi without power and otherwise cut off from drier parts of the region. Areas of widespread flooding varied in severity with some seeing accumulations of 20 inches, while others escaped with substantially lower-than-
  
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• Puerto Rico governor rejects calls to resign amid scandal

  14-07-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Protesters in Puerto Rico gathered outside La Fortaleza governor's residence on Sunday, demanding Gov. Ricardo Rosselló step down for his involvement in a private chat in which he used profanities to describe an ex-New York City councilwoman and a federal control board overseeing the island's finances.Undersecretary of La Fortaleza's press office, Michelle De la Cruz, said she did not know if the governor was home.Some activists say they are ashamed of the language used by Rosselló
  
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• England wins first ever Cricket World Cup

  14-07-2019 22:19 via cnn.com
  England produced an astonishing fightback to defeat New Zealand in a thrilling Cricket World Cup final at Lord's on Sunday.
  
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• England stages incredible rally to win first ever Cricket World Cup

  14-07-2019 22:19 via cnn.com
  England produced an astonishing fightback to defeat New Zealand in a thrilling Cricket World Cup final at Lord's on Sunday.
  
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• Teen girl bitten by shark while boogie boarding

  14-07-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  A 16-year-old girl has been bitten by a shark while boogie boarding in Florida, police say.
  
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• 2 killed, 4 hurt in suspected Oklahoma road rage attack

  14-07-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities say a drunken driver who was on probation for a previous DUI conviction deliberately forced another vehicle into oncoming traffic on an Oklahoma highway, causing a head-on collision that killed two people and injured four others. The suspected road rage attack happened at around 5 p.m. Saturday west of Durant, which is about 120 miles (193 kilometers) southeast of Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. Authorities identified the driver as 52-year-old Ralph F. McEnnerney, of
  
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• New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio criticized for his absence during the city's partial blackout Saturday night: 'You have to be on site'

  14-07-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Governor Andrew Cuomo and other New Yorkers were annoyed de Blasio was campaigning for his long-shot presidential campaign, and not in the city.
  
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• Broadway musicals took their act to the street during the NYC blackout

  14-07-2019 21:28 via cnn.com
  The show must go on in New York, even if parts of Manhattan have lost power, forcing the evacuation of Broadway theaters and sending tens of thousands of people onto darkened streets.
  
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• Prospect of immigration raids across US spark anxiety, anger and protests

  14-07-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  * Raids expected to target 2,000 migrants in nearly a dozen cities* Ice unsuccessful in Saturday raids in New York CityA protester in Chicago on Saturday. Photograph: Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty ImagesImmigration raids were expected in major US cities on Sunday, a prospect that sparked anger, fear, protests and attempts to protect those in peril.On Saturday night, New York mayor Bill de Blasio said in a tweet that Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or Ice, had mounted its first raids but had not succ
  
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• Samantha Vinograd: Trump makes US a hypocrite on human rights

  14-07-2019 21:06 via cnn.com
  While the President and Vice President refuse to take any ownership for the inhumane conditions at facilities that they are responsible for, other countries are probably recalibrating their views of the US. America's reputation as aleader for human rights around the world has been tarnished by the Trump administration's legacy here at home.The inhumane treatment is not only harmful to the migrants we are charged with protecting within our borders-- it will also hamstring our ability to promote h
  
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• Tensions Mount in Hong Kong as Protesters Call for Chief Executive Carrie Lam's Resignation

  14-07-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Police in Hong Kong fought with protesters on Sunday as they broke up a demonstration by thousands of people demanding the resignation of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s chief executive and an investigation into complaints of police violence.
  
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• Epstein investigation moves to his New Mexico 'Zorro Ranch' as alleged victims interviewed

  14-07-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the Wall Street financier charged with underage sex offences, has expanded to a sprawling ranch he owns in New Mexico's high desert. Epstein's "Zorro Ranch," worth $12 million, is in the hills outside Santa Fe and has a private runway for his plane, stables, and perfectly manicured gardens. The office of New Mexico attorney general Hector Balderas confirmed it was investigating allegations against Epstein, and interviewing people who allege that they were
  
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• Watch the moment England won the Cricket World Cup

  14-07-2019 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch the moment that Jos Buttler runs out New Zealand's Martin Guptill to win England the World Cup.
  
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• The very best deals from Walmart's competing Prime Day 2019 sale — including Google devices, Apple devices, and 4K smart TVs

  14-07-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Walmart is offering majorly competitive deals on Prime Day 2019, including discounts on Google devices that Amazon doesn't even carry.
  
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• Djokovic outlasts Federer in historic Wimbledon final

  14-07-2019 20:28 via cnn.com
  Novak Djokovic saved two match points to beat Roger Federer in the longest ever singles final at Wimbledon at four hours, 57 minutes.
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez reminds Trump, 'I come from the United States' after the president suggests congresswomen of color should 'go back' home

  14-07-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lashed out at President Trump, who tweeted that she and three other congresswomen of color should “go back” to their “broken and crime infested” countries, pointing out that she was born in the United States.
  
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• UK says seized Iranian oil tanker could be released

  14-07-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain will facilitate the release of a seized Iranian tanker if Iran can provide guarantees the vessel would not breach European sanctions on oil shipments to Syria, Britain's top diplomat said, as European nations called for new talks to ease tensions in the Persian Gulf.The comments by Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt late Saturday could help de-escalate tensions that have spiked in recent days.In apparent retaliation for the seized tanker, Iranian paramilitary vessels tried to impede the passa
  
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• Scarlett Johansson: I should be allowed to play 'any person'

  14-07-2019 20:21 via cnn.com
  Scarlett Johansson reignited debate about Hollywood actors playing characters of other races, genders and sexual orientations after saying she should be allowed to play "any person, or any tree, or any animal."
  
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• State Dept. confirms another American tourist death in the Dominican Republic

  14-07-2019 20:20 via abcnews.go.com
  A 31-year old man with lupus died in the Dominican Republic in March, the 11th American tourist to die in the Caribbean country in a year, the State Department said.
  
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• Catholic order releases names of members accused of abuse

  14-07-2019 20:06 via abcnews.go.com
  A Baltimore-based Catholic religious order that sponsors schools across the U.S. has released a list of dozens of members accused of abusing children
  
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• Man dies after being infected with flesh-eating bacteria

  14-07-2019 20:00 via abcnews.go.com
  Tennessee man was infected with flesh-eating bacteria during a trip to the beach
  
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• Trump tweets racist attacks at Democratic congresswomen

  14-07-2019 19:58 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump used racist language on Sunday to attack progressive Democratic congresswomen, falsely implying they weren't natural-born American citizens.
  
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• Donald Trump defends migrant detention centers, says nothing about ICE raids

  14-07-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president, disputed the term "raids," saying ICE officials are acting against people who are in the country illegally.
  
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• Trump calls children's detention centers 'well run and clean,' despite shocking reports from Pence visit

  14-07-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump defended conditions of crowded migrants detention facilities after Vice President Mike Pence offered mixed reviews after a tour at the border he completed last week.
  
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• UPDATE 1-U.S. grants visa to Iran's Zarif for UN meeting this week -sources

  14-07-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States has granted a visa to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to attend a U.N. meeting in New York this week, two sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday, saying Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had approved the decision.Had Pompeo not approved giving a visa to Zarif, Iran's top diplomat and nuclear negotiator, it could have been a signal that the United States was trying to further isolate the Islamic Republic and perhaps closing the door to diplomacy.
  
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• Israeli minister's remarks on gays widely condemned

  14-07-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel's new education minister's remarks in favor of "conversion therapy," a controversial technique that seeks to turn gays into heterosexuals, came under widespread criticism and led hundreds to protest Sunday.Rafi Peretz, who leads a small religious nationalist party, said in a televised interview over the weekend that he supports conversion therapy and has performed it.It was Peretz's second major controversy in just a month on the job.
  
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• Leave the US, Trump tells liberal Democratic congresswomen

  14-07-2019 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump was almost certainly referring to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and her allies in what's become known as "the squad."
  
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• Sen. Amy Klobuchar: ICE raids are 'about scaring everyone in the country'

  14-07-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  2020 presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., discusses immigration and the state of her campaign on "This Week."
  
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• Paul and Ringo reunite to perform Beatles classics

  14-07-2019 19:32 via cnn.com
  He really does get by with a little help from his friends.
  
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• Decorated soldier killed in Afghanistan remembered as 'beloved hero'

  14-07-2019 19:29 via abcnews.go.com
  Sgt. Maj. James G. "Ryan" Sartor, 40, who was killed Saturday in Afghanistan, will posthumously be awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star medal.
  
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• A healthy lifestyle may offset genetic risk for Alzheimer's

  14-07-2019 19:28 via news.yahoo.com
  A healthy lifestyle can cut your risk of developing Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia even if you have genes that raise your risk for these mind-destroying diseases, a large study has found.People with high genetic risk and poor health habits were about three times more likely to develop dementia versus those with low genetic risk and good habits, researchers reported Sunday.Regardless of how much genetic risk someone had, a good diet, adequate exercise, limiting alcohol and not smoking mad
  
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• The $198 million Powerball jackpot has a winner

  14-07-2019 19:24 via cnn.com
  If you recently purchased a lottery ticket in Tennessee, you might want to check your numbers.
  
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• See scary moment Delta plane makes an emergency landing

  14-07-2019 19:22 via cnn.com
  A Delta flight had to make an emergency landing in Raleigh, North Carolina, due to engine problems. Hear passengers describe the frightening experience.
  
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• Delta plane makes emergency landing

  14-07-2019 19:22 via cnn.com
  A Delta flight had to make an emergency landing in Raleigh, North Carolina, due to engine problems. Hear passengers describe the frightening experience.
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is right, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a women of color problem

  14-07-2019 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Pelosi is not a racist but she should learn from women of color like AOC, Tlaib and Omar. They have constituents and a responsibility to speak up.
  
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• The Latest: Tropical Storm Barry spawns tornadoes

  14-07-2019 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  As Tropical Storm Barry slowly winds down and moves away, storms well away from the center have prompted a rash of tornado warnings.The warnings have been in the outer bands of the storms just east of Baton Rouge and in Mississippi.Some trees have been knocked down and minor damage reported to buildings in East Baton Rouge and Denham Springs, but no serious damage or injuries have been reported.
  
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