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• Puerto Rico chaos: Governor-apparent Wanda Vázquez doesn't want the job

  28-07-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The woman in line to become governor of Puerto Rico said she hopes Gov. Rosselló appoints a secretary of state who would then serve as his successor.
  
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• Screaming match erupts over removal of this George Washington mural

  28-07-2019 23:04 via cnn.com
  A San Francisco school board voted to remove a Depression-era mural in a high school depicting the life of George Washington.
  
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• Puerto Rico's would-be governor says thanks but no thanks to new job

  28-07-2019 23:00 via cnn.com
  Wanda Vázquez Garced, Puerto Rico's secretary of justice, does not want to be governor of the US territory, she said on Twitter Sunday.
  
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• EU must move faster to prepare for no-deal Brexit risk - CBI

  28-07-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The European Union is less prepared for a no-deal Brexit than Britain, potentially leaving British firms at a disadvantage if there is no transition agreement and weakening London's hand in future trade talks, a British employers group said."The combination of the EU and UK's different approaches creates an imbalance, where EU goods and services exports will have easier access to the UK than UK goods and services exports will to the EU," the CBI said in a report.
  
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• Romania suspect admits killing two teenage girls, charged with murder

  28-07-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  A man in Romania has admitted to killing two teenage girls including a 15-year-old whose disappearance this week shook the country and claimed the scalp of the police chief, the suspect's lawyer said Sunday.The suspect, named as 65-year-old Gheorghe Dinca, "has confessed his crimes", lawyer Alexandru Bogdan was quoted as saying by Agerpres news agency.After initially refusing to answer any questions, Dinca eventually caved and admitted to the murders of Alexandra who vanished on Wednesday and 19
  
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• Trump doubles down on Cummings attacks, shares vulgar comment about Baltimore on Twitter

  28-07-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump doubled down on his attacks against House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, whose district he called a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess,” by retweeting a comment from a British columnist who referred to Baltimore as a “proper sh*thole.”
  
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• Chaser: ‘World’s smartest dog’, which knew over 1,000 words, dies aged 15

  28-07-2019 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Many owners struggle to teach their dogs to sit, fetch or even bark on command, but John Pilley, a retired psychiatrist, taught his border collie to understand more than 1,000 nouns, a feat that earned them both worldwide recognition.In 2004, Mr Pilley bought a black-and-white border collie he named Chaser.For three years, Mr Pilley trained her for four to five hours a day. He showed her an object, said its name up to 40 times, then hid it and asked her to find it.He used 800 cloth animal toys,
  
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• Two-year-old boy missing after both parents found dead in apparent 'murder-suicide'

  28-07-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities are looking for an Oregon toddler who remains missing after his parents died in what is believed to be a murder suicide. The Medford Police Department and the FBI are searching for Aiden Salcido, aged two, whose parents Daniel Salcido and Hannah Janiak died after fleeing from police. The couple, who had felony burglary warrants for their arrest, were found dead on Wednesday in Kalispell, Montana. Shortly before, officers had stopped a car and identified Salcido and Janiak inside. How
  
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• Kremlin critic hospitalized after possible exposure to 'unknown chemical substance'

  28-07-2019 22:38 via cnn.com
  Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been hospitalized with an "acute allergic reaction" after being placed in special detention, according to a spokesperson. 
  
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• Fowl play? UK police ask 'anyone missing 100 ducklings' after odd roadside discovery

  28-07-2019 22:31 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The baffling discovery of a large flock of ducklings on the side of the road has police in Scotland trying to quack the mystery.
  
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• Bernie Sanders denounces 'greed' of American drug companies

  28-07-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders accused American pharmaceutical companies Sunday of letting diabetic patients die out of "greed," after he accompanied a group of Americans to Canada to buy insulin.Sanders joined the group, which took a bus from the US city of Detroit to Windsor, Ontario to restock on insulin, which costs 10 times more in the United States than in its northern neighbor."How come the same exact medicine, in this case insulin, is sold here in Canada for one-tenth of the price
  
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• Trump's director of national intelligence expected to resign

  28-07-2019 22:25 via cnn.com
  Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, is expected to step down soon, according to a person familiar with the movement.
  
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• Colombian makes Tour de France history

  28-07-2019 22:25 via cnn.com
  Egan Bernal was crowned as the first Colombian to win the Tour de France and the youngest in more than a century after safely negotiating the 21st and final stage into Paris Sunday
  
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• Dad 'inconsolable' after twins die in hot car

  28-07-2019 22:19 via cnn.com
  Juan Rodriguez is living every parent's worst nightmare. In the past 48 hours, his 1-year-old twins died after Rodriguez forgot them in a car for eight hours in temperatures that reached unimaginable levels in a car and were in the mid-80s outside.
  
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• Two people released after ‘mass brawl’ erupted on cruise ship

  28-07-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  A man and a woman arrested over a “mass brawl” that broke out on a British cruise ship have been released.
  
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• Julian Castro Is ‘Hypercritical’ Of Trump Immigration Policies He Once Praised Under Obama

  28-07-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro, a fervent opponent of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, was called out for his past praise of former President Barack Obama’s immigration enforcement policies.“I want to ask you about immigration which you have made a part of your campaign focus,” said “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan Sunday. “When you were mayor of San Antonio, you testified before Congress and you called for increased
  
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• Photo leaked of US teen in custody on suspicion of killing Rome police officer

  28-07-2019 21:42 via cnn.com
  Italian police have launched an investigation into a shocking image that shows one of the two young Americans arrested over the killing of an Italian police officer, blindfolded at a police station in Rome.
  
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• Dozens of migrants still stuck on vessel in Italy port

  28-07-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  An Italian coastguard vessel stranded in the Mediterranean with more than 130 migrants aboard has been allowed to dock in the Sicilian port of Augusta but Rome on Sunday refused to let them disembark until a deal is struck with the EU. "The Gregoretti berthed in the port of Augusta overnight, as is the normal procedure for a military vessel. Now the EU has to act because the migration question concerns the whole continent," Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli said in a statement. Some
  
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• Police: 1998 Arkansas school shooter killed in crash

  28-07-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  A man who was 11 years old in 1998 when he and a friend fatally shot four students and a teacher at their Arkansas middle school has died in a crash on a northeastern Arkansas highway, the State Police said.Drew Grant, 33, who had legally changed his name from Andrew Golden and had been living in Jackson, Missouri, died at around 9 p.m. Saturday, television station KAIT reported.Three other people were injured in the crash and taken to hospitals, according to a State Police preliminary summary o
  
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• Blast, gunbattle at Afghan VP candidate's office, 2 dead

  28-07-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The first day of the Afghan presidential campaign began with a large bomb and gun attack in the capital, Kabul, targeting the office of the president's running mate, officials said, leaving at least two people dead and 25 wounded.Several gunmen remained holed up inside the building for over six hours before being killed by security forces, said Nasrat Rahimi, the interior ministry spokesman.The attackers' potential target, vice-presidential candidate and former intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh,
  
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• Deadly mosquito-borne virus that causes brain swelling in humans detected

  28-07-2019 21:22 via cnn.com
  Florida health officials are warning of an uptick in a mosquito-borne virus known as Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).
  
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• Deadly mosquito-borne virus that causes brain swelling detected in US

  28-07-2019 21:22 via cnn.com
  Florida health officials are warning of an uptick in a mosquito-borne virus known as Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).
  
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• Cyprus police arrest British woman who lodged rape complaint, free 7 detained Israelis

  28-07-2019 21:22 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A British woman has been arrested after she recanted her claim that 12 Israeli teens gang-raped her in Cyprus, according to reports Sunday.
  
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• Ratcliffe tapped to replace Coats as U.S. spy chief

  28-07-2019 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would nominate Representative John Ratcliffe, a Texas Republican who strongly defended him at a recent congressional hearing, to replace Dan Coats as the U.S. spy chief.Coats, the current U.S. director of national intelligence who has clashed with Trump over assessments involving Russia, Iran and North Korea, will step down on Aug. 15, the president said as he announced his decision on Twitter."John will lead and inspire greatness for the Country he
  
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• US couple killed by mysterious gunmen while vacationing in Mexico

  28-07-2019 21:03 via cnn.com
  A Utah family says their father and his wife were killed by armed assailants while vacationing in Mexico with their 12-year-old son.
  
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• 'Pink Lady Bandit,' wanted by FBI after string of bank robberies along the East Coast

  28-07-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information on the suspect who robbed four banks along the East Coast.
  
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• Brazil miners kill tribal leader in Amazon land invasion

  28-07-2019 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Armed miners have reportedly invaded a village in a remote part of Brazil and killed a tribal leader. Villagers fled but were planning to return, sparking fears of a "bloodbath," according to local reports. The violence began last week when the indigenous leader was reportedly stabbed to death in an area belonging to the Waiapi tribe in Amapa state, in the north of the country. It came as around 50 miners, known as "garimpeiros," were said to have overrun the Waiapi village of Mariry. The leader
  
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• U.K. Deploys Destroyer to Protect Shipping in Hormuz Strait

  28-07-2019 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- The U.K. has deployed one of its Type 45 warships to help escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran seized a British vessel amid heightening tensions with the West.The frigate, HMS Duncan, will operate alongside the Royal Navy’s HMS Montrose Type 23 to shepherd British-flagged ships through the strait, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement. The air defense destroyer will operate until late August, it said.Oman, which shares the waterway with Iran,
  
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• Trump calls Democratic congressman Elijah Cummings 'racist' after branding his district as 'infested'

  28-07-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump called Elijah Cummings a “racist” on Sunday after describing the senior Democratic congressman of colour’s district as a “rat and rodent infested mess”.“If racist Elijah Cummings would focus more of his energy on helping the good people of his district, and Baltimore itself, perhaps progress could be made in fixing the mess that he has helped to create over many years of incompetent leadership,” the president wrote on Twitter. “His rad
  
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• Death toll in Nigeria Boko Haram attack up to 65: official

  28-07-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  An attack this weekend by Boko Haram fighters on a funeral in northeast Nigeria has left 65 people dead, almost triple the initial toll, a local official said Sunday."It is 65 people dead and 10 injured," local government chairman Muhammed Bulama said.Bulama said more than 20 people died in the initial attack on a funeral gathering.
  
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• First Asian-American player to win an NBA ring says the league has given up on him

  28-07-2019 20:13 via cnn.com
  Jeremy Lin, who became the first Asian-American player to win an NBA title while playing for the Toronto Raptors last season, says he is struggling as a free agent.
  
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• Why Michelle Obama shaded Trump

  28-07-2019 20:12 via cnn.com
  • Opinion: Just when you think Trump can't sink any lower, he does
  
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• Michelle Obama shades Trump after latest derogatory tweets

  28-07-2019 20:12 via cnn.com
  • Opinion: Just when you think Trump can't sink any lower, he does
  
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• Kenya governor of president's home area held for corruption

  28-07-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The governor of President Uhuru Kenyatta's home region has been detained by authorities, a lawyer said Sunday.It is the latest of a series of arrests of top government officials in a push by Kenyatta to crackdown on runaway graft.Governor Ferdinand Waititu surrendered himself Sunday to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission following prosecution orders issued Friday by the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji, said his lawyer Kipchumba Karori.
  
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• Emmett Till memorial will be made bulletproof after photo of gun-toting students surfaces

  28-07-2019 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Emmett Till's memorial will be bulletproof after outrage over a photo of three gun-toting Ole Miss students posing in front of the sign.
  
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• British woman who alleged gang rape in Cyprus arrested on suspicion of making a false allegation

  28-07-2019 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  A British woman who claimed she was gang-raped in Cyprus has been arrested on suspicion of making a false accusation as police released seven Israeli tourists from custody. The 19-year-old woman had claimed that 12 Israeli teenagers raped her on July 17 at a hotel in the popular holiday resort of Ayia Napa. The teenagers were remanded in custody the following day. Five were sent home hours before their second scheduled court hearing last Thursday after no evidence was found against them. The oth
  
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• German soldiers offered free travel in uniform to 'boost army visibility'

  28-07-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  German soldiers will be encouraged to travel on the country's rail network in uniform as part of a plan by the new defence minister to make the armed forces "more visible". Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, a favourite of Chancellor Angela Merkel, has pledged to push for increased military spending as she tries to strengthen the bond between Germans and their armed forces. She told the German Bundestag last week that politicians needed to do more to highlight the sacrifices made by men and women in un
  
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• NYPD officer's widow speaks out on police attacks

  28-07-2019 19:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Peixia Chen says the water dousings of NYPD officers are 'disrespectful.'
  
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• Woman wakes up in hotel, finds snake on her arm: 'I won't be sleeping for a while after this'

  28-07-2019 18:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Talk about a rude awakening: A woman staying at a Hampton Inn in Memphis, Tennessee, woke up to find a snake stretched across her arm.
  
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• Indian villagers beat tiger to death after attacks

  28-07-2019 18:46 via news.yahoo.com
  An investigation has been launched in India after a tigress blamed for injuring a number of villagers was clubbed to death in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The killing was compared to a “lynching” by Indian media and online commentators after news channels aired footage of over 40 villagers beating the tiger to death with sticks and clubs. Forestry Department officials said they tried to intervene and remove the animal from the game reserve that bordered the village in Uttar P
  
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• Senior Democrat Nadler: No deadline for Trump impeachment

  28-07-2019 18:33 via news.yahoo.com
  A senior lawmaker in the U.S. House of Representatives on Sunday rejected the notion that Democrats must decide whether to pursue the impeachment of Republican President Donald Trump before the 2020 election season shifts into high gear.With some Democrats warning that the window for impeachment was closing with the approach of elections, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler was asked if he thought there was a deadline."No, I don't," Nadler told CNN's "State of the Union." His commi
  
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• Romania's top cop fired over bumbled response to calls for help from kidnapped girl

  28-07-2019 18:27 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Romania’s top cop has been fired over his department’s bumbling response to three calls for help from a 15-year-old girl who reported being raped and kidnapped—and then was killed.
  
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• Trump campaign appoints beauty queen who was ‘stripped of title over offensive tweets about Muslims and black people’

  28-07-2019 18:24 via news.yahoo.com
  A student who lost her beauty queen title over tweets about Muslims and black people is joining a Trump campaign advisory board.Kathy Zhu said she was crowned Miss Michigan but lost her title after organisers discovered her tweets.“It has been brought to the attention of Miss World America (MWA) that your social media accounts contain offensive, insensitive and inappropriate content,” MWA appears to have said, in an email Ms Zhu posted online.The organisation stated the removal of th
  
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• Nadler: Mueller’s testimony ‘broke the lie’ Trump has been telling Americans

  28-07-2019 18:17 via news.yahoo.com
  * House judiciary chair says it could clear path to impeachment* Adam Shiff: ‘We are now in preliminary to a judicial proceeding’Democrats Adam Schiff, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Jerrold Nadler, and Elijah Cummings, at a news conference after Robert Mueller’s testimony on 24 July. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/APRobert Mueller’s testimony to Congress “broke the lie” Donald Trump has been telling and potentially cleared the path to impeachment, House j
  
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• F-15s Attack!: Israel Shot Down 88 Syrian Fighter Jets In this Famous Battle

  28-07-2019 18:00 via news.yahoo.com
  By June 1982, the Lebanese Civil War had been going on — off and on — for seven years. It began as a conflict between Christian Planange Party militia and various Muslim factions, including, the PLO (which had been in Lebanon since 1970, following its ousting from Jordan). As explained by Steve Davies and Doug Dildy in their book F-15 Eagle Engaged,  in May 1976 the Syrians added their troops, tanks and aircraft to the mix, ostensibly to stabilize the situation but ult
  
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• 'Abortion is freedom': Pro-choice billboard adverts protest all-male council declaring city ‘sanctuary for the unborn’

  28-07-2019 17:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Almost overnight, a small town nestled in the heart of the Southern Bible Belt has become a battleground for America’s deeply divisive debate over women’s reproductive rights.There are no abortion clinics in Waskom, located near the Louisiana border, but last month an all-male city council passed an ordinance largely written by an anti-abortion group declaring it a “sanctuary city for the unborn”.Officials insisted it was a preventive measure, designed to allay the counci
  
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• US teen suspected in killing of police officer blindfolded by police in Rome

  28-07-2019 17:53 via cnn.com
  Italian police have launched an investigation into a shocking image that shows one of the two young Americans arrested over the killing of an Italian police officer, blindfolded at a police station in Rome.
  
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• New Netflix show is so scary people say they can't sleep

  28-07-2019 17:53 via cnn.com
  A new Netflix horror show called the "Typewriter" is drawing comparisons to "Stranger Things" and people are freaked out.
  
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• New Netflix show is so scary people can't sleep

  28-07-2019 17:53 via cnn.com
  A new Netflix horror show called the "Typewriter" is drawing comparisons to "Stranger Things" and people are freaked out.
  
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• Stop sweating the great white shark. Here's the one you should really be worried about

  28-07-2019 17:50 via cnn.com
  Stop believing everything you saw in "Sharknado."
  
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