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• Alexandra Macesanu murder: Minister sacked over ‘deeply wrong’ remarks

  02-08-2019 23:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Prime minister says the comments about the abduction case were “deeply wrong”.
  
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• Police locate mother of abandoned baby found on porch in Pennsylvania

  02-08-2019 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Police said they have located the mother of a newborn baby found abandoned on a porch in Pennsylvania earlier this week.
  
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• US to test new missile as arms treaty with Russia ends

  02-08-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  With the scrapping of a landmark arms control agreement Friday, the U.S. announced plans to test a new missile amid growing concerns about emerging threats and new weapons.U.S. officials said they are no longer hamstrung and could now develop weapons systems previously banned under the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty with Russia, a Cold War-era agreement that both sides repeatedly accused the other of violating.The treaty was also criticized because it did not cover China or missile tec
  
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• ‘Way Too Much Pork’ Makes Trade War Bite U.S. Hog Markets

  02-08-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Trade concerns are starting to make all other factors in the hog market look obsolete.Futures have tumbled to the lowest since March. That’s as African swine fever decimates China’s pig herd in an unprecedented global supply disruption. Even though the Asian nation is importing huge amounts of meat, American producers are losing out to rivals in Brazil and elsewhere because of Donald Trump’s trade war. What’s more, the U.S. president’s threat of addit
  
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• Family told dead Chinese scholar's body may be in landfill

  02-08-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The family of a visiting Chinese scholar whose body was never recovered after a former University of Illinois doctoral student kidnapped and killed her has been told the woman's remains may be in a landfill in eastern Illinois, an attorney for the slain scholar's family said Friday.In a statement, attorney Steve Beckett said the family of Yingying Zhang was notified by prosecutors that Brendt Christensen's attorneys provided information that led investigators to think the "potential site" of the
  
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• Cummings says he scared off intruder at Baltimore home

  02-08-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Elijah Cummings says he scared off an intruder at his Baltimore home last weekend, providing details for the first time after President Donald Trump tweeted Friday about the break-in."I was notified of the intrusion by my security system, and I scared the intruder away by yelling before the person gained entry into the residential portion of the house," Cummings said.Trump tweeted earlier Friday, "Really bad news! The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed.
  
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• R. Kelly pleads not guilty to federal charges of kidnapping and sexual exploitation of a child in New York

  02-08-2019 23:24 via cnn.com
  R. Kelly pleaded not guilty to a slew of charges in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, on Friday, including counts of racketeering, kidnapping, forced labor and sexual exploitation of a child.
  
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• Thousands cheer in Puerto Rico as Gov. Rosselló resigns, Pierluisi will be new governor

  02-08-2019 23:12 via nbcnews.com
  Amid cheering, champagne and screams in the streets, the governor resigned in writing and said Pedro Pierluisi would be formally sworn in.
  
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• N. Carolina is first in South to ban state funding for conversion therapy

  02-08-2019 23:12 via nbcnews.com
  Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order calling the contentious practice "clinically and ethically inappropriate."
  
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• N. Carolina governor moves to block conversion therapy funds

  02-08-2019 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  North Carolina's state health department is barred from allowing public funds to pay for conversion therapy for minors, a controversial practice aimed at changing young LGBT people's sexual orientations, under an order signed Friday by Gov. Roy Cooper.Advocacy groups praised the Democratic governor's executive order as a pioneering step to restrict the therapy in the U.S. South.Cooper's order forbids funds controlled by executive branch agencies from paying for such therapy for minors.
  
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• Fox News Host Neil Cavuto Tells Viewers Trump Is Wrong: ‘China Isn’t Paying These Tariffs. You Are.’

  02-08-2019 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Immediately after President Donald Trump boasted to White House reporters that the United States rakes in billions of dollars from China because of his tariffs, Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto issued an on-air fact-check of the president’s remarks, directly telling his viewers that Trump is wrong.While taking questions on the White House lawn Friday afternoon, the president insisted Americans farmers are fully behind his trade war and support his latest tariffs on $300 billion worth of goods f
  
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• 'I get so much recognition from YouTube'

  02-08-2019 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  In India farmers are taking to social media to share innovative farming practices and techniques.
  
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• New law may cost Trump millions of 2020 votes

  02-08-2019 23:07 via cnn.com
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a measure that would force Trump to release his tax returns in order to qualify for the 2020 ballot in the state. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.
  
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• Trump's asylum ban is ruled illegal

  02-08-2019 23:05 via cnn.com
  A federal judge in the District of Columbia on Friday threw out a Trump administration policy barring migrants who illegally crossed the border from seeking asylum, finding that it violated the Immigration and Nationality Act.
  
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• Trump's asylum ban is illegal, federal judge rules

  02-08-2019 23:05 via cnn.com
  A federal judge in the District of Columbia on Friday threw out a Trump administration policy barring migrants who illegally crossed the border from seeking asylum, finding that it violated the Immigration and Nationality Act.
  
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• Trump wants to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by 2020 election, officials say

  02-08-2019 23:05 via nbcnews.com
  The president threatened to shut down the U.S. embassy in Kabul last December, complaining to aides that it is too large and expensive, officials said.
  
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• Saoirse Kennedy Hill autopsy reveals no signs of trauma

  02-08-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Saoirse Kennedy Hill, the granddaughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy, died after being found unresponsive Thursday afternoon at the Kennedy compound.
  
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• Police chief says officer faked shooting, distress call

  02-08-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  An Alabama police officer staged a shooting last month to make it appear as though he was under attack, a police chief said Thursday.
  
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• Democrats fret Obama could become collateral damage in nomination battle

  02-08-2019 22:50 via nbcnews.com
  Some former Obama officials warn that criticizing his record is "bad politics" for the party's presidential candidates.
  
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• Is Maguire worth £80m? What do the stats (and his former coaches) say?

  02-08-2019 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Harry Maguire is on the verge of joining Manchester United, but is he worth £80m? BBC Sport looks at the stats and speaks to those who know him well.
  
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• John Ratcliffe: Trump withdraws pick for US intelligence director

  02-08-2019 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  John Ratcliffe's name was withdrawn after criticism from both parties that he was under-qualified.
  
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• Toddler miraculously survives fall down steep embankment in Arkansas

  02-08-2019 22:36 via nbcnews.com
  "You can call it luck, divine intervention, a miracle, whatever you like," Rogers fire Capt. Josh Chapman said of the toddler coming out of the fall with barely a scratch.
  
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• Ready for a beer? Clean Water Act case before the Supreme Court could threaten craft brews

  02-08-2019 22:35 via nbcnews.com
  "This is just really critical to ensuring that we have clean water not just for brewers but for everyone going forward," one brewer said.
  
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• After majority of House Democrats call for impeachment, Pelosi vows Trump 'will be held accountable'

  02-08-2019 22:34 via nbcnews.com
  “In America, no one is above the law," Pelosi said in a statement that outlined the House’s investigations into Trump and his administration.
  
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• Retirement of only black House Republican jars GOP for 2020

  02-08-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The only black House Republican, a critic of President Donald Trump's, has joined a growing list of GOP lawmakers not seeking reelection next year, jarring the party's efforts to woo minority voters and recapture House control.Rep. Will Hurd, a moderate Texan who's split with Trump over race and immigration, became the ninth House Republican to say he or she will depart and the sixth in just over a week.
  
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• FDA asks for more information on chemicals in e-cigarettes

  02-08-2019 22:29 via nbcnews.com
  The request comes after a Yale study revealed chemicals in Juul e-cigarettes may cause lung irritation.
  
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• Trump scuttles plan to nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe as top intelligence official

  02-08-2019 22:23 via nbcnews.com
  The president's choice had come under significant scrutiny in recent days, with many former intelligence officials expressing concern that Ratcliffe might politicize the job.
  
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• Kennedy family tree: A look at notable members of the dynasty in wake of Saoirse Kennedy Hill's death

  02-08-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Kennedy is one of the most well-known family names in modern American history. Unfortunately, the family has been marred by tragedy over the years.
  
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• Michigan man sentenced to 60 weekend days in jail for poisoning wife's coffee

  02-08-2019 22:03 via nbcnews.com
  Therese Kozlowski was suspicious of Brian Kozlowski and put cameras in the kitchen of their home. She said she felt tired, nauseous and had blurred vision after drinking the tainted coffee.
  
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• How innovative Hong Kong protesters are using lasers, traffic cones and parkour in battle with police

  02-08-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  In her pink top and billowy skirt there is little outward sign that Diana, 24, spends her weekends executing inventive, eye-catching protest tactics on the frontlines of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. Millions of young people have taken to the streets all summer to fight for the city’s freedoms in the face of growing repression from China.  In increasingly chaotic clashes, the protesters at the frontline bring with them a variety of homespun tools to confound highly-trained
  
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• Puerto Rico moves up 2020 Democratic primary to March

  02-08-2019 21:59 via nbcnews.com
  The change will give Latinos more say in deciding the Democratic presidential nominee
  
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• ASAP Rocky trial: Swedish judge temporarily releases rapper

  02-08-2019 21:59 via bbc.co.uk
  The US rapper is awaiting the verdict regarding the alleged assault of a 19-year-old man.
  
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• Historic Raffles Hotel reopens following two-year makeover

  02-08-2019 21:56 via cnn.com
  The scent of fresh paint still hanging in the air, there's a feeling of electricity wafting through Singapore's historic Raffles Hotel right now.
  
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• Federal Judge Halts Trump Administration Policy of Denying Asylum to Those Who Cross Border Illegally

  02-08-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  A Washington, D.C. federal judge on Friday ruled against the Trump administration's policy of denying asylum to migrants who fail to enter the U.S. through a legal port of entry.The policy is "inconsistent with" the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, Judge Randolph Moss wrote.A federal judge in San Francisco, Jon Tigar, halted the policy for one month a few weeks after it was implemented in November, saying it “irreconcilably conflicts with” the 1965 law, which states
  
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• The most beautiful European cities, with the fewest tourists

  02-08-2019 21:53 via cnn.com
  
  With overtourism showing no signs of abating in Europe's most famous destinations, there's never been a better time to seek out wonderful options that attract fewer visitors.
  
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• Beautiful European cities with hardly any tourists

  02-08-2019 21:53 via cnn.com
  
  With overtourism showing no signs of abating in Europe's most famous destinations, there's never been a better time to seek out wonderful options that attract fewer visitors.
  
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• Beautiful cities with hardly any tourists

  02-08-2019 21:53 via cnn.com
  With overtourism showing no signs of abating in Europe's most famous destinations, there's never been a better time to seek out wonderful options that attract fewer visitors.
  
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• Saoirse Kennedy Hill, 22-year-old granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, found dead at Kennedy compound

  02-08-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  The family's statement said Saoirse was passionate about human rights and worked with indigenous communities to build schools in Mexico.
  
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• Mitch McConnell Didn’t Stop Obama from Doing Anything about Russia in 2016

  02-08-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  One of the enduring myths told by Democrats about the 2016 campaign is that President Obama was ready to issue a stern warning to the American people about Russian meddling that would have changed the course of the election but that he was thwarted by Mitch McConnell. This is self-serving nonsense, and the closer you look at the evidence, the weaker it becomes.Democrats and liberals have lately been campaigning to delegitimize McConnell by claiming that he is, in the words of Washington Post col
  
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• Confederate monument removed from California cemetery

  02-08-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A Confederate monument recently vandalized with red paint and the word "racists" has been removed from a Southern California cemetery.The 9-foot-tall (2.7-meter) granite marker was placed at Santa Ana Cemetery by the Sons of Confederate Veterans in 2004.The Orange County Cemetery District, which operates the cemetery, said the monument had become "an unsightly public nuisance" after the vandalism, and the district wanted to remove it quickly.
  
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• A$AP Rocky free to leave Sweden ahead of assault trial ruling

  02-08-2019 21:32 via cnn.com
  A Swedish prosecutor has asked for a six-month prison sentence for American rapper A$AP Rocky over an alleged assault in Stockholm in June.
  
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• ASAP Rocky released from jail in Sweden pending verdict

  02-08-2019 21:26 via nbcnews.com
  President Donald Trump, a vocal supporter of the rapper in the criminal case, hailed his release. "It was a Rocky Week, get home ASAP A$AP!"
  
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• Saoirse Kennedy Hill, found dead at her family's Cape Cod compound, battled depression

  02-08-2019 21:22 via nbcnews.com
  The so-called Kennedy curse touches another generation with the death of 22-year-old Saoirse Kennedy Hill.
  
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• Trump says Ratcliffe is no longer his pick for director of national intelligence

  02-08-2019 21:21 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump said Friday that Rep. John Ratcliffe will no longer be nominated as director of national intelligence to replace Dan Coats.
  
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• Police officer in Eric Garner's death, Daniel Pantaleo, should be fired, NYPD judge says

  02-08-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Eric Garner’s pleas of "I can’t breathe" became a rallying cry on police brutality. Daniel Pantaleo, the officer, should be fired, judge says.
  
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• School displayed posters of 'appropriate' and 'inappropriate' hairstyles for black students

  02-08-2019 21:14 via cnn.com
  An elementary school in Georgia came under fire after a hairstylist shared photos that the school used to show "appropriate" and "inappropriate" hairstyles for students.
  
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• Giving (and getting) feedback is hard. Here's how to get better at it.

  02-08-2019 21:10 via nbcnews.com
  When it comes to feedback, the ability to give it is just as important as the ability to receive it. Here’s how to do it better —both at work and in your personal life.
  
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• Fact check: Trump says China is paying for his tariffs. He's wrong.

  02-08-2019 21:06 via nbcnews.com
  "Somebody in the U.S. is paying higher prices," one economist said.
  
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• How President Trump Is Undercutting Pompeo in a Dispute Over Turkey's Purchase of a Russian Missile System

  02-08-2019 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has publicly stated that Turkey's purchase of a Russian S-400 ran afoul of a 2017 law meant to punish Russia.
  
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• U.S. Headed Toward Blockade of Venezuela, Trump Official Says

  02-08-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump is serious about a possible U.S. blockade of Venezuela, a senior administration official said Friday, saying that the country’s president Nicolas Maduro has a short window to voluntarily leave power.Trump told reporters on Thursday that he was considering a blockade or quarantine of the Latin American country, where the U.S. has been trying for months to unseat Maduro. He didn’t elaborate.But the official said Trump’s statement should be taken seriou
  
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