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• Risk of clashes at rally mobilizes Portland, Oregon, police

  13-08-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Portland police are mobilizing to prevent clashes between out-of-state far-right groups planning a rally here and the homegrown anti-fascists who oppose them as America's culture wars seep into this progressive haven.Saturday's rally — and the violence it may bring — are a relatively new reality here, as an informal coalition of white nationalists, white supremacists and extreme-right militias hones its focus on Oregon's largest city as a stand-in for everything it feels is wrong wit
  
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• A couple found KKK memorabilia in a cop's home. Now, they're receiving death threats.

  13-08-2019 23:56 via nbcnews.com
  Muskegon police officer Charles Anderson has been placed on leave pending an investigation into the couple's claims, the police department said.
  
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• A gay penguin couple adopted an egg in a Berlin zoo

  13-08-2019 23:54 via cnn.com
  After fruitless attempts to hatch stones and fish, a gay penguin couple at a German zoo may finally be able to parent a chick of their own.
  
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• US homeland security chief: Racism is fueling some terrorism

  13-08-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  White supremacist ideology is helping fuel domestic terrorism in the United States, the head of Homeland Security said Tuesday. Acting Secretary Kevin K. McAleenan appeared in Jackson, Mississippi, for a forum about preventing violence against religious groups. "The attack in El Paso and the violent white supremacist ideology that inspired it offends us all," McAleenan said Tuesday.
  
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• Shooting of two ICE offices in San Antonio was a ‘targeted attack,’ FBI officials say

  13-08-2019 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  An ICE official blamed “misinformation” spread about the agency by politicians, media and activists.
  
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• New York Times demotes editor who sparked fury

  13-08-2019 23:37 via cnn.com
  Jonathan Weisman, the deputy Washington editor for The New York Times, has been demoted after a pair of incidents in which he ignited controversy on Twitter, the newspaper said Tuesday.
  
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• Andy Murray: Scot's second thoughts over decision not to play US Open singles

  13-08-2019 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Andy Murray says he has had some second thoughts about his decision not to play singles at the US Open.
  
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• Trump Appears to Swipe at Hannity for Defending CNN’s Chris Cuomo

  13-08-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Ethan MillerContinuing his obsession over CNN anchor Chris Cuomo’s filmed meltdown at a heckler who called the TV personality “Fredo,” President Donald Trump appeared to take a public swipe at one of his most loyal media sycophants on Tuesday for publicly defending Cuomo’s actions.After devoting much of his Twitter timeline to blasting the CNN primetime host over his profanity-laced tirade, Trump groused that there were conservatives giving Cuomo a pass.“It always h
  
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• Why are protesters at the airport?

  13-08-2019 23:30 via cnn.com
  Hong Kong's international airport -- one of the busiest in Asia -- had emerged as a key protest target before today's mass gathering, as anti-government demonstrators looked to take their message directly to the international community.
  
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• Latest: Hong Kong police: 5 arrested after airport protests

  13-08-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Hong Kong police say they have arrested five people for unlawful assembly, assaulting police officers and possessing weapons after a second day of mass protests at the city's airport.Officials said in a statement that some protesters detained, harassed and assaulted a traveler and a journalist, and obstructed ambulance workers from taking the two men to the hospital.Hong Kong's busy airport was the latest setting for large-scale pro-democracy protests that have rocked the city for months, with a
  
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• Israeli flight attendant dies after contracting measles

  13-08-2019 23:23 via cnn.com
  An Israeli flight attendant and mother of three has died of measles.
  
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• Lawmakers urge Trump to stop deportations to Iraq after Michigan man's death

  13-08-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The lawmakers say the president is risking causing more “preventable deaths” if he continues the deportations.
  
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• Google reportedly has a massive culture problem that's destroying it from the inside (GOOG, GOOGL)

  13-08-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Google has faced issue after issue over the past several years, and it sounds like a major reason for that is the company's culture.
  
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• Climate activists block train outside German VW car plant

  13-08-2019 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Activists chain themselves to rails near a Volkswagen factory in the northern city of Wolfsburg.
  
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• Placido Domingo calls allegations of sexual harassment against him 'inaccurate'

  13-08-2019 23:13 via cnn.com
  Placido Domingo is disputing allegations of sexual harassment against him and says he recognizes there are new rules today that are "very different than they were in the past."
  
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• Measles claims life of El Al flight attendant

  13-08-2019 23:13 via nbcnews.com
  Rotem Amitai, 43, a mother of three was a 'wonderful woman,' her family said.
  
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• Trump says being president is costing him $3B to $5B

  13-08-2019 23:03 via nbcnews.com
  During a visit to a Pennsylvania factory, the president claimed without evidence that he was losing money while in office.
  
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• Trump mulling North Korea envoy to be next ambassador to Moscow

  13-08-2019 23:01 via cnn.com
  The White House is discussing whether to replace Jon Huntsman, the outgoing US ambassador to Moscow, with Steve Biegun, the special representative for North Korea, two administration officials tell CNN.
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez Chides Barstool Sports for Anti-Union Tweets

  13-08-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez chided Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy for a series of tweets that several legal experts say violate federal labor law.“If you’re a boss tweeting firing threats to employees trying to unionize, you are likely breaking the law & can be sued, in your words, ‘on the spot,’” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter.Portnoy then tweeted back, “Hey @aoc welcome to the thunder dome. Debate me.” Barstool, whi
  
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• Streets around Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris are shut down to be decontaminated for lead

  13-08-2019 22:34 via cnn.com
  City officials in Paris shut down the streets surrounding the Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday to begin decontaminating the area for high levels of lead.
  
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• Massachusetts judge allowed to keep $181K salary amid federal charges for obstructing ICE

  13-08-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  In a reversal, a Massachusetts judge indicted for allowing an undocumented immigrant to evade ICE will be able to keep her $181,328 annual salary.
  
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• Kansas City, Kansas, police fatally shoot rifle-toting man

  13-08-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Kansas City, Kansas, police shot and killed a man on Tuesday who told a hotel manager that he had killed his wife and was heading to a popular shopping and restaurant area.The "very angry and distraught" man entered the Country Inn & Suites near the Legends Outlet shopping area said he had killed his wife, said Jacob Honeycutt, general manager of the business.You better call police,'" Honeycutt told The Associated Press.
  
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• Beijing 'preparing tanks at Hong Kong border', warns Trump as protesters clash with police at airport

  13-08-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump warned that China was moving troops to the Hong Kong border as protesters clashed with riot police at the city's international airport for a second time on Tuesday night. Scuffles broke out after protesters allegedly detained two men, accusing them of being undercover Chinese officials. One of the men was bound with cable ties and appeared semi-conscious as protesters displayed his belongings on the floor. Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Global Times, said the man wa
  
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• Russian officials cancel evacuation of village near suspected missile accident

  13-08-2019 22:29 via cnn.com
  Russian authorities have called off the evacuation of a village in northern Russia near the site of a suspected failed missile test, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Tuesday. The incident last week killed at least five nuclear specialists and caused radiation levels to spike.
  
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• China Denies U.S. Navy Request to Make Port Visits amid Hong Kong Turmoil

  13-08-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  China on Tuesday denied a U.S. Navy request to make scheduled port visits in Hong Kong as massive pro-democracy protests continue to convulse the city.“The Chinese Government denied requests for port visits to Hong Kong by the USS Green Bay and USS Lake Erie, which were scheduled to arrive in the next few weeks,” said Commander Nate Christensen, deputy spokesperson for the U.S. Pacific Fleet. “The US Navy has a long track record of successful port visits to Hong Kong, and
  
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• Sheriff: Ex-DOT official Hardee thought he had deal with a prostitute. It was a cop

  13-08-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  “These people out here like John Hardee and the other 13 who are out here buying sex, they’re promoting human trafficking,” Sheriff Leon Lott said.
  
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• Hillsong: A church with rock concerts and 2m followers

  13-08-2019 22:15 via bbc.co.uk
  As Christian churches face declining numbers, one is bucking the trend. Is Hillsong a triumph of marketing or faith?
  
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• Donald Trump defends his Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Clinton conspiracy retweet

  13-08-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential candidates and others have blasted Donald Trump for re-tweeting a no-evidence conspiracy theory.
  
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• Man kicks dog 15 feet in the air, attacks lifeguards at California beach, cops say

  13-08-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  A Southern California dog is lucky to be alive after it was kicked 15 feet in the air during an unprovoked attack last week, according to police.
  
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• Grandmother's trip to every US national park

  13-08-2019 21:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Brad Ryan and his grandma Joy are on an unforgettable road trip to visit every US national park.
  
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• China rejects US Navy request for Hong Kong port visits

  13-08-2019 21:42 via cnn.com
  Amid ongoing unrest in Hong Kong, Chinese officials have rejected a US request to have two US Navy ships make port visits there in the coming weeks.
  
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• Officer appears to draw weapon after protesters beat him

  13-08-2019 21:33 via cnn.com
  Video taken by the Wall Street Journal's Mike Bird appears to show an officer pull a weapon on protesters who were assaulting him during demonstrations at Hong Kong's international airport.
  
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• FBI raids Jeffery Epstein’s ‘paedophile’ island as Justice Department announces staff shakeup at prison where he died

  13-08-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The FBI has conducted a raid on accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, according to reports, as two guards assigned to watch the disgraced financier before his apparent suicide in prison were put on administrative leave. Federal officials were seen spreading across the island of Little St James by US vessels and on golf carts, just two days after the disgraced financier died of an apparent suicide in a New York prison. Epstein was facing new sex trafficking and conspiracy
  
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• Warden at prison where Epstein died temporarily reassigned

  13-08-2019 21:04 via cnn.com
  The top official at the New York prison that had housed Jeffrey Epstein before his apparent suicide is being moved temporarily as the FBI and the Justice Department's inspector general investigate the circumstances of the death.
  
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• Sheriff: Deputy was on duty when he tried to have sex with minor in predator sting

  13-08-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The deputy showed up in his patrol car, but it wasn’t a teenage girl waiting, Sheriff Leon Lott said.
  
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• Quarter-size hail, 65-mph gusts, isolated tornado expected with Charlotte area storms

  13-08-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Severe storms could deliver quarter-size hail, 65-mph gusts and an “isolated tornado” to parts of the Charlotte region and the NC foothills and mountains Tuesday afternoon and evening, according to National Weather Service warnings.
  
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• 'It's not right': 7-year-old boy shot to death in St. Louis

  13-08-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Xavier Usanga was supposed to start second grade Tuesday.Instead, grief counselors were consoling his would-be classmates at Clay Elementary School, after the 7-year-old boy became the 11th child killed by gunfire in St. Louis since June.Xavier was shot Monday afternoon while standing near a teenager and two other children on the city's north side.
  
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• Woman tries to take child from mom’s arms and assaults parents at NC park, police say

  13-08-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Witnesses stepped in to help the parents after this incident at a popular central Asheville park.
  
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• Kremlin Spokesman: Russia Is Winning Arms Race with U.S.

  13-08-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The Kremlin said Tuesday that Russia is beating the U.S. in the race to develop new nuclear weapons just days after a rocket explosion in the North of the country that released radiation into the air and resulted in the evacuation of a village.“Our president has repeatedly said that Russian engineering in this sector significantly outstrips the level that other countries have managed to reach for the moment, and it is fairly unique,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.Las
  
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• US sued over legal access, better conditions for migrants

  13-08-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Lawyers are asking a federal judge to order U.S. Customs and Border Protection to provide legal access to detainees and improve conditions in detention cells where reports of fetid conditions have sparked outrage.The request for a preliminary injunction was filed Monday in federal district court in Brownsville, Texas, on behalf of detainees who allege they have been held for weeks or months in fenced-in pens without the ability to call their relatives or lawyers.CBP, which includes the Border Pa
  
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• Russia told residents living near the site of last week's failed missile test to evacuate but then mysteriously canceled the order

  13-08-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Local residents living near the test site were told to evacuate for unspecified military activities, but then the order was canceled hours later.
  
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• Opinion: Protests have reached a point of no return

  13-08-2019 20:17 via cnn.com
  It was a scene none of us who have called Hong Kong home could have ever imagined: thousands of pro-democracy protesters occupying the arrivals level of Hong Kong International Airport, causing a shutdown of the facility Monday afternoon for all incoming and outgoing flights.
  
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• Astronomers spot 'unprecedented' bright flashes in our galaxy's black hole

  13-08-2019 20:05 via cnn.com
  Astronomers never know exactly to expect when they point a telescope in a specific direction -- and sometimes what they see is completely unexpected.
  
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• Trump news: Fox News to air advert blaming mass shooting on president 'stoking fire of racists'

  13-08-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump will face a shock on Wednesday morning when his favourite breakfast show Fox and Friends runs an attack advert paid for by 2020 Democratic presidential challenger Julian Castro in which the candidate accuses him of “stoking the fire of racists” and inspiring the El Paso mass shooting.As the Jeffrey Epstein case continues to unfold, Donald Trump says he has “no idea” if Bill Clinton was involved in the disgraced financier’s death, accusing former Preside
  
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• China flaunts military muscle as it seeks to quell Hong Kong's ‘colour revolution’

  13-08-2019 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Beijing’s rhetoric escalating alongside video of troop carriers at border, yet experts say deployment a last resortThe messages from Beijing to protesters in Hong Kong are increasingly ominous. First there was propaganda footage of Chinese soldiers garrisoned in Hong Kong drilling for intense urban fighting that looked more like a civil war than search and rescue or crowd control.Now footage has emerged of armoured paramilitary vehicles massing across the border. Two months into demonstrat
  
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• 'Long and horrific gun battle' in California ends with one officer dead, 2 injured

  13-08-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  A California Highway Patrol officer was killed and two other officers were wounded during a "long and horrific gun battle" at a traffic stop on a freeway near Los Angeles, authorities said Tuesday.
  
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• Trump immigration official offers revised version of 'give me your poor' Statue of Liberty inscription

  13-08-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  One of Donald Trump’s top immigration official has offered a revised version of the famous Statue of Liberty inscription which welcomes the world’s poor to justify a new tightening of the rules. Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, was asked whether the words of Emma Lazarus's The New Colossus poem found at the statute’s base still hold true today.  The poem’s final lines read: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled
  
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• Chris Cuomo 'Fredo' debate: Is the term considered an Italian slur?

  13-08-2019 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Chris Cuomo called this term "the N-word" for Italians. Who is "Fredo" and what's behind the insult?
  
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• Trump's immigration chief rewrites Statue of Liberty poem

  13-08-2019 19:47 via cnn.com
  The acting director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services in a new interview revised the iconic poem on the Statue of Liberty's pedestal to suggest that only immigrants who can "stand on their own two feet" are welcome in the United States.
  
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• Radiation levels at Russian test site spiked up to 16 times above normal after explosion

  13-08-2019 19:47 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A mysterious explosion in northern Russia caused radiation levels to spike up to 16 times above normal, the state weather agency said Tuesday amid reports that evacuations have been ordered in the village not far from the blast site and medics who treated the initial victims have been ordered back to Moscow.
  
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