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• Police arrest Scottish rape suspect who may have faked death

  27-07-2019 23:45
  Kim Gordon, who is from the Edinburgh area, is wanted on 24 counts of rape in Scotland.
  
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• National Chicken Wing Day: Get free wings Monday at Buffalo Wild Wings, Wingstop and more

  27-07-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  July 29 is National Lasagna Day and National Chicken Wing Day. We've rounded up deals and freebies at Buffalo Wild Wings, Hooters, Wingstop and more.
  
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• Grasshoppers swarm Sin City

  27-07-2019 23:36
  Video shows grasshoppers raining down in the Las Vegas Valley.
  
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• New Jersey woman says Uber driver gave himself a $100 tip, 5-star rating

  27-07-2019 23:20
  Donna Wilson said the driver had asked her to see her phone so he could make a route adjustment on the app after taking her and her husband to their home.
  
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• A mom buys 1,500 pairs of shoes in closing Payless for kids in need

  27-07-2019 23:15
  “I looked at the clerk jokingly and just asked, “How much for the rest of the shoes in here? Just joking,” the mom said. Then she bought 1,500 pairs.
  
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• 100 years ago, white mobs across the United States attacked black people. And they fought back

  27-07-2019 23:04 via cnn.com
  Thelma Shepherd was riding back to her Chicago apartment on July 27, 1919, when her streetcar came under attack. Black and white men hurled rocks at each other and at the passing vehicle. The 19-year-old who had recently left the South for a job in the bustling city didn't know it, but she had witnessed one of the most violent clashes of the "Red Summer."
  
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• Thousands protest in Romania over kidnapped 15-year-old girl

  27-07-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandra Macesanu called the European emergency number 112 three times, saying she had been kidnapped by a man while hitchhiking to her home village from the nearby southern town of Caracal.It took authorities 19 hours to locate and enter the premises where she was believed to be held, where they found what appeared to be human remains and jewelry.
  
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• Ex-UK finance minister, Labour plot ways to block no-deal Brexit: paper

  27-07-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Former British finance minister Philip Hammond, who quit the government last week before Boris Johnson took over as prime minister, has held secret talks with the opposition Labour Party about how to stop a no-deal Brexit, a newspaper said.Hammond, who has long opposed leaving the European Union without a transition deal to soften the economic shock, met Labour's top Brexit official, Kier Starmer, shortly after he quit the government, the Observer said.The newspaper said Hammond and Starmer agre
  
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• Fortnite World Cup: Here's who won

  27-07-2019 22:34 via cnn.com
  Fortnite is growing its physical presence with a giant, three-day sporting event that kicked off Friday and included a competition that pitted pros against amateurs.
  
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• You Might Not Get $125 From Equifax After All

  27-07-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  You may receive a much smaller chunk of change
  
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• Boko Haram kills 23 mourners after Nigeria funeral

  27-07-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Boko Haram gunmen on Saturday killed 23 mourners in Borno state in Nigeria's restive northeast after they attended a funeral, local militia and residents said.At around 1030 GMT, the attackers on three motorbikes opened fire on a group of men as they walked back from a funeral in Nganzai district near the state capital Maiduguri, local militia leader Bunu Bukar Mustapha said.
  
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• Trump Supports Labeling Antifa A ‘Major Organization Of Terror’

  27-07-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump lent support to labeling Antifa a terrorist organization Saturday, calling the group a collection of “gutless Radical Left Wack Jobs.”“Consideration is being given to declaring ANTIFA, the gutless Radical Left Wack Jobs who go around hitting (only non-fighters) people over the heads with baseball bats, a major Organization of Terror (along with MS-13 & others),” Trump wrote. “Would make it easier for police to do their job!”It is unc
  
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• Russia's Lavrov says Venezuela dialogue should have 'no preconditions'

  27-07-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday a dialogue to resolve Venezuela's political crisis should have "no preconditions," as he visited the small South American country of Suriname at the end of a multi-nation Latin American tour.Venezuela's bitterly divided government and opposition are engaged in a dialogue mediated by Norway's government.The opposition, led by National Assembly president Juan Guaido, has insisted President Nicolas Maduro step down to allow a transition govern
  
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• Man accidentally shot dead by own passenger in ‘failed drive-by attempt’

  27-07-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  A man has died after being accidentally shot by his own passenger as he attempted to fire out of a car window, police say.Matthew Gibson, 26, was pronounced dead on 22 July after being shot in the head during the incident which prosecutors portrayed as a drive-by shooting gone bad in Park Manor, Chicago.Video footage from 21 July showed Gibson pulling alongside a white SUV that was waiting to make a left turn at around 5:40am, according to reports from the Chicago Sun-Times.As the car slowed his
  
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• US soldiers now stationed inside migrant detention camp as ‘prison guards’

  27-07-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Soldiers are monitoring migrants at a detention centre in Texas, in what one congressman fears comes close to a breach of the Posse Comitatus Act, a cornerstone of US society.Under the 1878 federal law members of the army are prohibited from acting as a domestic police force.Active-duty troops are only allowed to help police officers under limited exceptions to the act, including when expressly authorised by law or by the constitution.But troops are currently keeping watch over detainees at a fa
  
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• Daughters' funny obit honors dad 'who died in his recliner as he had threatened to'

  27-07-2019 22:00
  Sisters Amy Mulligan-Schiripo and Kim Mulligan said their father, Thomas Mulligan, was a "funny guy" who would have loved the humorous tribute.
  
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• France's Macron to host Putin ahead of G7 summit

  27-07-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Bormes-les-Mimosas (France) (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed Saturday he had invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for talks on August 19, days before hosting a G7 summit.Macron said the meeting with Putin would take place at his summer retreat, the medieval fort of Bregancon near the village of Bormes-les-Mimosas on France's Mediterranean coast.
  
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• Black rag dolls came with instructions to 'whack' them against a wall

  27-07-2019 21:53
  The toy, called a "Feel Better Doll," is "an inappropriate representation of a black person," New Jersey Assemblywoman Angela McKnight said.
  
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• Food delivery merger? Just Eat confirms it could be bought by Dutch rival Takeaway.com

  27-07-2019 21:47 via cnn.com
  Just Eat and Takeaway.com are battling it out in Europe's crowded food delivery market. But they could be ready to join forces.
  
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• 7-foot alligator makes itself at home in family's pool

  27-07-2019 21:39 via cnn.com
  A Florida woman woke up in the middle of the night to an unfamiliar sound and when she turned on the lights, she said she got the shock of a lifetime.
  
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• Red Sox legend David Ortiz released from hospital

  27-07-2019 21:38
  Ortiz was let go on Friday and will reportedly continue his rehab at home and be monitored by nurses and his personal doctor.
  
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• Georgia could be ordered to use paper ballots over fears electronic voting machines vulnerable to hacking

  27-07-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  A US state could be forced to use paper ballots at its next election over fears its electronic voting machines are vulnerable to hacking.According to district judge Amy Totenberg, Georgia allowed its election system to grow “way too old and archaic” and now has a deep hole to dig out of to ensure the constitutional right to vote is protected.Ms Totenberg is in the difficult position of having to decide whether the state, which plans to implement a new voting system next year, must im
  
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• Where does astronaut poop go? Answers to your weird space questions

  27-07-2019 21:30 via cnn.com
  People have a lot of questions (and misconceptions) about space.
  
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• Student group says Harvard 'woefully' failed to address racist messages

  27-07-2019 21:23
  Four students, including two who are black, notified school officials they received messages with comments including "we all hate u" and ''you know you don't belong here."
  
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• Two American teens arrested in stabbing death of Rome officer

  27-07-2019 21:21
  The officer was killed Friday while investigating the theft of a backpack in Rome, police said.
  
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• Two 19-year-old American tourists arrested in stabbing death of Rome officer

  27-07-2019 21:21
  The officer was killed on Friday while investigating the theft of a backpack in Rome, police say.
  
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• 10 Pakistani soldiers gunned down, military says

  27-07-2019 21:21 via cnn.com
  Ten soldiers have been killed in two separate incidents across Pakistan, a military spokesperson said on Saturday.
  
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• US man allegedly wanted to kill American soldiers, arrested while trying to join Taliban

  27-07-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  A 33-year-old man faces terror charges after his arrest at a New York airport while allegedly en route to join the Taliban.
  
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• CNN's Victor Blackwell defends Baltimore from Trump's tweets

  27-07-2019 21:12 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump on Saturday attacked U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Democrat, referring to his district as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess."
  
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• CNN's anchor defends Baltimore from Trump's tweets

  27-07-2019 21:12 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump on Saturday attacked U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Democrat, referring to his district as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess."
  
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• CNN anchor defends city slammed by Trump

  27-07-2019 21:12 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump on Saturday attacked U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Democrat, referring to his district as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess."
  
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• Canada murder suspects may have eluded cops with 'someone who is not police friendly,' source says

  27-07-2019 21:09 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A person who is “not police friendly” may have helped two Canadian teens who are suspected of at least three deaths – including an American woman – escape from the town where the suspects were last seen, a source close to the investigation told Fox News on Saturday.
  
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• Russian police arrest more than 1,000 in Moscow protest

  27-07-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Russian police cracked down fiercely Saturday on demonstrators in central Moscow, beating some people and arresting more than 1,000 who were protesting the exclusion of opposition candidates from the ballot for Moscow city council.Police also stormed into a TV station broadcasting the protest.State news agencies Tass and RIA-Novosti cited police as saying 1,074 were arrested over the course of the protests, which lasted more than seven hours.
  
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• Woman who helped pioneer gender-reveal parties now questions the trend

  27-07-2019 20:56
  Jenna Karvunidis changed her thinking after her own daughter came to prefer wearing suits over dresses. Focusing on a baby's gender leaves out "so much of their potential."
  
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• Teenager jumps in oil-filled well to rescue trapped cat

  27-07-2019 20:52 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A Turkish teenager jumped feet-first into a selfless act once he discovered a stray cat trapped in a well filled with fuel oil.
  
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• Trump signs ‘cruel and illegal’ deal with Guatemala to stop asylum seekers getting to US

  27-07-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The Trump administration has struck a highly controversial deal with Guatemala, which will prevent some migrants fleeing their home countries from submitting asylum applications to the US.Refugees travelling to the US who enter Guatemala, including Salvadorans and Hondurans, will now be required to apply for asylum protection from the Central American nation instead of at the US border.Under the deal Guatemala has been declared a so-called “safe third country”.The Central American na
  
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• Epstein case: judge agrees to keep documents on 2008 plea deal secret

  27-07-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Court grants prosecutors’ request amid concern that releasing materials could hinder investigation of financier’s associatesJeffrey Epstein, left, looks on during a bail hearing, in a 15 July court sketch. Photograph: Jane Rosenberg/ReutersA judge in New York has granted a request from prosecutors to keep secret documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein’s controversial 2008 sexual abuse plea deal, on the grounds that the materials could hamper their investigation of others in the f
  
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• Trump attacks another African American lawmaker, and calls Baltimore a 'disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess'

  27-07-2019 20:18 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump attacked another prominent African American lawmaker on Saturday, tweeting that his Baltimore district is a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess."
  
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• Student group says Harvard failed to address racist messages

  27-07-2019 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  An association of black students at Harvard Law School says the university "woefully failed to act" after four students received offensive emails and text messages from an anonymous sender.The Harvard Black Law Students Association issued a statement Friday criticizing the school after it was unable to determine who sent the "hateful, racist and sexist" messages, and after officials refused to share details of an investigation with students who received the messages.Harvard officials say the cas
  
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• Moscow police arrest hundreds during protest calling for fair elections, group claims

  27-07-2019 20:01 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Police in Moscow arrested more than 750 people during a demonstration outside city hall on Saturday, where they were calling for fair elections after the upcoming city council elections on Sept. 8 excluded opposition candidates from being on the ballot, according to a Russian organization that monitors political arrests.
  
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• Villagers in India beat tiger to death

  27-07-2019 19:52 via cnn.com
  Villagers in northern India beat to death a female tiger after the animal fatally mauled a man, authorities said.
  
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• Roxanne Jones: The Trump era puts patriotism on trial

  27-07-2019 19:46 via cnn.com
  Democracy always sounds so beautiful -- on paper.
  
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• These YouTube child stars make millions

  27-07-2019 18:59 via cnn.com
  From toy reviews to their own branded merchandise, vloggers as young as six are attracting millions of viewers on YouTube, but this stardom doesn't come without controversy.
  
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• Grasshoppers invade Las Vegas Strip

  27-07-2019 18:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Massive swarms of grasshoppers have descended on the Las Vegas Strip this week, startling tourists and residents as they pass through town on their northbound migration.Videos posted on social media show swarms of the bugs, called pallid-winged grasshoppers, converging on the bright neon lights of the Strip and sidewalks covered with the insects.The Nevada Department of Agriculture said the rare invasion was linked to an unseasonably wet winter and spring.
  
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• Moscow police arrest hundreds at rally for fair elections: monitor

  27-07-2019 18:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Police arrested more than 600 people as they gathered in Moscow on Saturday to demand fair local elections, a protest monitor said, following the latest in a wave of demonstrations after authorities blocked opposition candidates from the ballot paper.The demonstration came a week after the capital's biggest protest in years, when some 22,000 marchers called on officials to reverse rulings and allow opposition activists to stand for the city council in September.Since then investigators have raid
  
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• US citizen says he lost 26 pounds under 'inhumane' conditions at border facility in Texas

  27-07-2019 18:31 via news.yahoo.com
  An 18-year-old U.S. citizen from Dallas says he lost 26 pounds while being held for more than three weeks at a U.S. border detention center.
  
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• Tour de France: First Colombian to win title

  27-07-2019 18:20 via cnn.com
  Colombia's Egan Bernal will be declared 2019 Tour de France champion on Sunday.
  
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• Trump lashes out at Cummings, calls his Baltimore district 'disgusting'

  27-07-2019 18:18
  Attack comes days after committee Cummings chairs voted to subpoena Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner's emails and texts.
  
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• Trump's Afghanistan rhetoric betrays a deep misunderstanding of modern warfare

  27-07-2019 18:14
  The president's aggressive rhetoric betrays an old-fashioned and frankly concerning perspective on war and peace.
  
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• Sebastian Kurz accused of secretly destroying hard drives in oligarch far-Right scandal

  27-07-2019 18:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Fresh questions are being raised over former Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz's bid for re-election after he was drawn back into the heart of a scandal over a fake Russian oligarch that brought his government down. Mr Kurz, who was, at 32, one of the world's youngest democratically elected leaders, lost his grip on power earlier this year when he was forced lost a no confidence vote and was forced into a snap election. At the time, he distanced himself from leaked videos showing his far-Right
  
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