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• Parents sue school, fraternity brother after sons' suicides

  01-08-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The parents of two students who killed themselves at a Truman State University fraternity house are suing the Missouri school, the fraternity and a fraternity member who they claim encouraged the suicides.The joint lawsuit filed Wednesday in Adair County also links the fraternity member to two other suicides in the same academic year and a fifth death that remains under investigation, The Kansas City Star reported.The parents of Alexander David Mullins, of Kansas City, and Joshua Michael Thomas,
  
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• Trump will press ahead with new China tariffs that would hit iPhones and toys

  01-08-2019 23:46 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that he will add a new tariff on $300 billion of Chinese-made products on September 1, which would effectively put a tax on all Chinese goods coming into the United States.
  
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• Trump pledges new tariffs on China

  01-08-2019 23:46 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that he will add a new tariff on $300 billion of Chinese-made products on September 1, which would effectively put a tax on all Chinese goods coming into the United States.
  
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• Biden's flub shows why candidates should be allowed to bring notes to debates

  01-08-2019 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Vice President Joe Biden's botched closing statement at the CNN Democratic debate shows why notes should be allowed.
  
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• Intel indicates al Qaeda leader has potentially serious heart complaint, official says

  01-08-2019 23:36 via cnn.com
  Recent intelligence indicates that al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has a "heart complaint," according to a senior official involved in international counterterrorism efforts.
  
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• 10-Year-Old Girl Crashes Mom's SUV While Driving Herself to McDonald's

  01-08-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Kansas City police say a 10-year-old girl went to the hospital Wednesday morning after she crashed her mom`s SUV into a minivan and electrical box while trying to go to McDonald's.
  
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• Woman has arms, legs partially amputated after dog saliva caused infection

  01-08-2019 23:35 via abcnews.go.com
  An Ohio woman underwent partial amputations after she was infected by dog saliva that carried a bacteria.
  
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• Coal miners in Trump country block train in bitter fight

  01-08-2019 23:35 via cnn.com
  Miners blocked the tracks of a coal train in Kentucky on multiple days as part of a standoff between a coal company that filed for bankruptcy and left nearly 400 workers without work and pay for a month.CNN's Alexandra Fields reports.
  
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• The Gulf dead zone was expected to be a record-breaker. A hurricane may have stopped it

  01-08-2019 23:32 via cnn.com
  Record-breaking spring rains and historic flooding in the Midwest were poised to create one of the biggest dead zones on record in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, researchers had estimated.
  
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• A man drowned on his honeymoon in Florida. It was his first time swimming in the ocean.

  01-08-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  For Dalton Cottrell and Cheyenne Hedrick, "three days of wedded bliss turned into a nightmare very quickly," Hedrick wrote on Facebook.
  
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• Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh won't face discipline over Senate confrontation

  01-08-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh cannot be disciplined for his behavior during last year's confirmation battle, a judicial panel ruled.
  
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• Trump Addresses Possibility of ‘Send Her Back’ Chants Ahead of Rally

  01-08-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox NewsHours before his Thursday night campaign rally in Ohio, President Trump addressed the possibility of the crowd taking part in another racist chant directed at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). The president was non-committal about whether he’d try to stop it.During a rally earlier this month, the president basked in chants of “Send Her Back!” after he railed against Omar. The chants came on the heels of the president’s repeated bigoted attacks on Omar and other progressive
  
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• James Comey: Justice Department will not charge former FBI director in spite of Trump attacks

  01-08-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The Justice Department has declined to prosecute the former FBI director James Comey over how he dealt with his own memos containing “confidential” information, which was shared with the media after being fired from his post by Donald Trump.The decision was announced on Thursday, shortly after the department’s inspector general referred Mr Comey for potential prosecution, and just hours after Mr Trump shared a Fox News clip suggesting that the intelligence official had been cau
  
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• Ex-Boyfriend Allegedly Confessed to Killing Russian Influencer After She Called Him ‘Sexually Unworthy’

  01-08-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  InstagramThe ex-boyfriend of a Russian Instagram influencer whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase last week has confessed to her murder, saying he snapped after feeling “repeatedly insulted and humiliated” by her disparaging remarks, Russian authorities allege. Maxim Gareyev, 33, admitted to authorities that he stabbed 24-year-old Ekaterina Karaglanova “at least five times in the neck and chest” last week, BBC reported. He has been charged with murder, but has n
  
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• North Korea fires projectile in second launch of the week

  01-08-2019 22:51 via cnn.com
  North Korea has made its second projectile launch this week, a senior US official tells CNN.
  
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• Audubon Photography Awards: Is this the 'perfect' wildlife picture?

  01-08-2019 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  A battle of wills between an eagle, a fox and a rabbit was one of the more astonishing entries in the Audubon Photography Awards.
  
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• GOP pushes immigration bill, skirting rules as Dems protest

  01-08-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee upended the rules Thursday for immigration legislation that would extend family detentions as chairman Lindsey Graham muscled the measure forward over the objections of Democrats.Graham gaveled open the hearing saying he wasn't going to wait any longer to address the crisis at the southern border. He acknowledged that his outreach to Democrats has failed to reach a compromise on detention policies for children and families.In pushing the bill forward
  
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• Mogadishu mayor dies of wounds following Al-Shabaab attack

  01-08-2019 22:36 via cnn.com
  Abdirahman Omar Osman, the mayor of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, succumbed to wounds sustained in a suicide bombing in the city, the government said on Thursday.
  
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• Mogadishu mayor dies after suicide attack

  01-08-2019 22:36 via cnn.com
  Abdirahman Omar Osman, the mayor of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, succumbed to wounds sustained in a suicide bombing in the city, the government said on Thursday.
  
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• Mayor dies after suicide attack

  01-08-2019 22:36 via cnn.com
  Abdirahman Omar Osman, the mayor of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, succumbed to wounds sustained in a suicide bombing in the city, the government said on Thursday.
  
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• North Korea launches two short-range ballistic missiles, US defense officials say

  01-08-2019 22:33 via feeds.foxnews.com
  North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday, the day before former Army Lt. Col. Mark Esper is to head to Asia on his first overseas trip as defense secretary, according to U.S. officials. 
  
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• Hearing date set in fight over Trump's New York tax returns

  01-08-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington said the hearing later this month would focus on whether he has jurisdiction over New York officials named as defendants in Trump's lawsuit.Nichols said the New York officials should not comply with a request by the House Ways and Means Committee for the tax information until he has had a chance to rule on the jurisdictional issues.In a July 23 complaint, Trump’s lawyers argued New York state violated his constitutional rights with a law passe
  
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• Who is getting rich off of Fortnite

  01-08-2019 22:21 via cnn.com
  Fortnite hosted a huge extravaganza last weekend and gave away $30 million in prizes at its first World Cup. In 2019, Fortnite has handed out more than $70 million in cash prizes. But tournament winners aren't the only ones getting rich.
  
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• All you need to know about the A$AP Rocky trial

  01-08-2019 22:12 via cnn.com
  American rapper A$AP Rocky has pleaded not guilty to assault charges in a Swedish court. The artist was arrested on June 30 in Stockholm, after a street brawl.
  
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• Navy confirms pilot died in jet crash in Death Valley

  01-08-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The pilot of a U.S. Navy jet fighter that crashed in Death Valley National Park was killed, the military said Thursday.The F/A-18E Super Hornet was assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-151 based at Naval Air Station Lemoore in California's Central Valley.The jet went down Wednesday during low-level flying in what was described as routine training.
  
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• The Latest: Lawyer: Officer happy he can resign, not fired

  01-08-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  A lawyer for a former Louisiana police officer who shot and killed a black man says they're happy with a settlement that withdraws his termination and allows him to resign instead.John McClindon represents Blane Salamoni, a former Baton Rouge police officer who shot Alton Sterling during a 2016 altercation that led to widespread protests.Police chief Murphy Paul fired Salamoni last year.
  
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• Ancient star discovery sheds light on Big Bang mystery

  01-08-2019 21:57 via cnn.com
  On the other side of the Milky Way galaxy, astronomers have discovered an ancient star that contains evidence of the very first stars formed after the Big Bang.
  
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• Trump announces new 10% tariff on Chinese imports starting in September – live

  01-08-2019 21:56 via theguardian.com
  President makes announcement on Twitter as trade talks deteriorate Trump calls Vladimir Putin to ‘offer help on wildfires’Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 8.56pm BST Trump is en route to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he will hold a campaign rally tonight at 7 p.m. EDT.The rally will be Trump’s first since some of his supporters initiated a racist “send her back” chant about Representative Ilhan Omar at a North Carolina event. The chant came days after
  
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• Deadly car crash in India that injured alleged rape victim being investigated for possible ties to politician: report

  01-08-2019 21:56 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A car crash in India that killed two people and left a young woman in critical condition on Sunday has prompted an investigation into possible links to a ruling-party politician whom she has accused of rape, according to a report.
  
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• How the Death of 1 Japan's Imperial Aircraft Carrier Turned the Tide of War

  01-08-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Like her sister, the Saratoga, the graceful, 33,000-ton Lexington was originally a battlecruiser converted under a special provision of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty.Responding to a November 27, 1941, war warning message from Admiral Harold R. “Betty” Stark, chief of naval operations, America’s prized handful of aircraft carriers were fortuitously absent from Pearl Harbor when Japanese planes savaged the Pacific Fleet on Sunday, December 7.The USS Saratoga (CV-3) was refitti
  
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• Trump Watch: Judge Blocks NY From Turning Over Trump Tax Returns To Congress

  01-08-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge blocked New York state from turning over President Donald Trump’s tax returns to Congress Thursday.The order from Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, came in agreement to a proposal from the state that would allow it to challenge Nichols’ jurisdiction over the issue, Politico reported Thursday.The order will block any House Ways and Means Committee requests for the tax returns via the New York law until the jurisdictional dispute is resolved.The
  
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• Watch hundreds of fish fly out of lake during 'electrofishing'

  01-08-2019 21:41 via cnn.com
  Kentucky wildlife officials used 'electrofishing equipment' to shoot electric currents and jolt the invasive fish species out of the water.
  
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• Argentina's Navy and Air Force are Dying a Slow Death. Here's Why.

  01-08-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The Argentine navy has had a rough few decades. It lost ships and sailors fighting the Royal Navy over the Falkland Islands in 1982. Political upheaval and economic depression robbed it of funding and support. Sanctions constrained modernization efforts. Ships rusted out. Some sank. More sailors died.Now the Argentine navy is set to lose two more of its larger, oceangoing “blue-water” vessels, potentially shrinking the fleet to just a handful of operational warships that increasingly
  
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• Amid Ebola fears, Rwanda's border with Congo is open, government official says

  01-08-2019 21:25 via cnn.com
  Rwanda's border with the Democratic Republic of Congo is open, a government official told CNN Thursday.
  
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• Ninja, the biggest name in online gaming, is switching streaming platforms

  01-08-2019 21:22 via cnn.com
  Streaming giant Twitch was dealt a major blow Thursday when Tyler "Ninja" Blevins announced via Twitter that he is leaving the platform to stream exclusively on a rival platform, Mixer.
  
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• Peak District town evacuated as dam threatens to burst

  01-08-2019 21:14 via theguardian.com
  Residents told to leave Whaley Bridge after heavy rains damage reservoir above townHundreds of homes were evacuated in a Derbyshire town on Thursday when a dam threatened to burst after being damaged during extreme rainfall.Around 1,400 people in 400 houses in Whaley Bridge were told to leave their properties with just minutes’ notice due to “an unprecedented, fast-moving, emergency situation” caused by heavy downpours. Continue reading...
  
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• Joe Biden 'surprised' by fellow Democrats attacking Obama's legacy at debates

  01-08-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  "I don’t think there is anything he has to apologize for," the former vice president said. "It kind of surprised me, the degree of the criticism.”
  
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• UK, France and Germany condemn North Korea missile launches

  01-08-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The United Kingdom, France and Germany on Thursday condemned North Korea's latest ballistic missile launches as violations of U.N. sanctions and urged Pyongyang to engage in "meaningful negotiations" with the United States on eliminating its nuclear weapons.The three countries also urged North Korea "to take concrete steps toward its complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization" and said international sanctions should remain in place and be fully enforced until its nuclear and ballisti
  
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• Gunmaker asks US Supreme Court to hear Sandy Hook appeal

  01-08-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal Thursday of a state ruling against the company.Remington Arms, based in Madison, North Carolina, cited a much-debated 2005 federal law that shields firearms manufacturers from liability in most cases when their products are used in crimes.Gunman Adam Lanza opened fire at the Newtown, Connecticut, school with a Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle on Dec. 14, 2012, killing 20 first gra
  
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• Doctors find 526 teeth in boy's mouth

  01-08-2019 20:45 via cnn.com
  A 7-year-old boy complaining of jaw pain was found to have 526 teeth inside his mouth, according to the hospital in India where he was treated.
  
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• UK less able to cope with hard Brexit than it was in spring, say officials

  01-08-2019 20:41 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Analysis includes stark assessments of potential problems including panic-buying and civil disorderThe UK is currently less able to cope with a hard Brexit than it was in the spring, with the real risk of panic-buying in the run-up to Christmas and civil disorder if the country leaves the EU without a deal on 31 October, an official document reveals.The prime minister, Boris Johnson, has made Michael Gove responsible for “turbo-charging” Brexit planning, and on Thursday th
  
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• New York resident dies after contracting rare tick-borne virus: Officials

  01-08-2019 20:37 via abcnews.go.com
  A New York resident has died after contracting the Powassan virus, a rare virus spread by deer ticks.
  
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• Here's how much more you may pay with Trump's tariffs

  01-08-2019 20:35 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump just made thousands of items coming in from China more expensive -- including baseball caps, bikes and handbags. CNN's Tom Foreman explains how Trump's tariffs on Chinese goods will affect American consumers.
  
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• As Troops Mass in China, Hong Kong Protestors Call For ‘The Revolution of Our Time’

  01-08-2019 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Bloomberg/GettyHONG KONG—China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army, is ready to sow fear. Late on Wednesday evening, it released a video featuring armored vehicles and tanks, as well as the Chinese Communist Party’s troops performing a drill to crack down on protestors. They scale a building, storm a residence, and rappel from a helicopter. They board and take control of a ship, and snipe from a hill. In one scene, an officer speaks in Cantonese—the l
  
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• Saudi women can now travel without male guardian's approval – report

  01-08-2019 20:33 via theguardian.com
  Okaz newspaper reports key step in dismantling strict controls over nation’s womenWomen in Saudi Arabia will no longer need the permission of a male guardian to travel, according to local news reports. The policy, if confirmed, would mark a key step in dismantling controls that have made women second-class citizens in their own country.Saudi women over the age of 21 will be able to apply for a passport and travel outside the country, without approval, Okaz newspaper reported on Thursday. T
  
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• This sizzling exoplanet is turning into a football

  01-08-2019 20:27 via cnn.com
  Sizzling exoplanets have been found before, but WASP-121b continues to surprise astronomers. In 2017, they discovered a water vapor atmosphere that glowed because it was so hot.
  
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• Suspected drug traffickers call police after getting trapped in Belgian shipping container

  01-08-2019 20:26 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Two suspected drug traffickers who became trapped in a shipping container in Antwerp last Wednesday while trying to take possession of cocaine were forced to call police on themselves because of the extreme heat.
  
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• New Ford 7.3-Liter "Godzilla" Gasoline V-8 Coming for Super Duty Lineup

  01-08-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  The new engine will be rated at up to 430 horsepower and 475 lb-ft of torque.
  
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• Top Navy SEAL commander writes scathing letter saying the force has a problem in the wake of SEAL scandals

  01-08-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Rear Adm. Collin Green wrote a scathing letter to his forces, saying special operators need to shape up in the wake of SEAL scandals.
  
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• Australian farmer says human surgical plate found in belly of 1,500-pound croc, may lead to missing person

  01-08-2019 20:18 via feeds.foxnews.com
  An Australian crocodile farmer says the discovery of a human orthopedic plate inside the belly of a 1500-pound croc may be the clue that leads authorities to the fate of a missing person.
  
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