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• M.I.T. Media Lab director resigns after criticism over Jeffrey Epstein funding

  07-09-2019 23:47 via nbcnews.com
  M.I.T's president said an article in The New Yorker "contains deeply disturbing allegations about the engagement between individuals at the Media Lab and Jeffrey Epstein."
  
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• Antonio Brown agrees to deal with Patriots after Raiders release star wide receiver

  07-09-2019 23:42 via nbcnews.com
  The Raiders released Brown Saturday morning, seemingly bringing the NFL offseason's most bizarre saga to an abrupt end.
  
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• Over 1,000 Bahamas residents evacuated after Dorian

  07-09-2019 23:34 via nbcnews.com
  "The situation is pretty dire here," a college student on Grand Bahama said. "It's just a lot of people trying to get out."
  
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• P-61, first collared mountain lion to cross 405 Freeway, fatally struck on Sepulveda Pass

  07-09-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  A male mountain lion that made headlines just months ago for successfully crossing the 405 Freeway was struck and killed Saturday on that same roadway, park officials said.
  
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• 'I didn’t hear the words': Harris apologizes for response to mental disabilities slur

  07-09-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  "That word and others like it aren’t acceptable. Ever,” Harris wrote on Twitter
  
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• In new blow, Cabinet minister quits Boris Johnson government

  07-09-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Embattled British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a new blow Saturday when a Cabinet minister resigned, saying she did not believe Johnson was sincere about getting a Brexit deal with the European Union.This week Johnson kicked 21 lawmakers out of the Conservative group in Parliament after they sided with the opposition to pass a law designed to prevent Britain from leaving the European Union next month without a divorce deal.
  
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• Amber Rudd resigns from cabinet and surrenders Conservative whip

  07-09-2019 22:58 via theguardian.com
  Secretary of state for work and pensions posted her announcement on Twitter on Saturday night
  Amber Rudd has resigned from the Cabinet and surrendered the Conservative whip in protest at Boris Johnson’s handling of Brexit.The Hastings and Rye MP said she was relinquishing the Tory whip after the prime minister sacked 21 rebels this week. Continue reading...
  
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• Ben Maher's Roman love story continues

  07-09-2019 22:48 via cnn.com
  Ben Maher's love story with Rome continued as the Briton claimed the overall lead on the Longines Global Champions Tour, for the world's top show jumpers with his second straight victory in the Italian capital on Saturday.
  
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• He was in prison 27 years. Now he runs a magazine to give people behind bars 'hope.'

  07-09-2019 22:40 via nbcnews.com
  “I know what they care about,” Lawrence Bartley said of people at facilities across the U.S. and in Canada that receive the Marshall Project magazine, “News Inside.”
  
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• Here's how one 102-year-old veteran fulfilled a lifelong dream

  07-09-2019 22:35 via cnn.com
  When Russell Hendersen, a World War II veteran, met with an organization that fulfills wishes for hospice patients like himself, he had a simple request. He wanted to fly in a hot air balloon.
  
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• 2020 Democrats Warm to Mandatory ‘Buybacks’ of Assault Weapons

  07-09-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- As mass shootings pile up, several Democratic presidential candidates are embracing mandated “buybacks” of assault weapons, a proposal that sharpens the political divide on guns and raises the stakes for the 2020 election.In New Hampshire on Friday, Senator Kamala Harris of California told reporters that requiring owners of assault weapons to sell them to the government is “a good idea” because “we have to take those guns off the streets.”New Je
  
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• Watch this hero on an 80 mph roller coaster catch a loose iPhone in mid-air

  07-09-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Most of us have our phones with us and generally on our person pretty much all day, except for when we're sleeping -- and even then, they're often close by. Within arm's reach, on a nightstand or the like. The same apparently goes for some hardy souls who're engaged in outdoor adventures, like the guy who recently decided to ride the Shambhala roller coaster last month at the PortAventura World theme park in Catalonia, Spain.At one point during the ride, he loses control of his iPhone X, which g
  
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• Head of MIT's Media Lab resigns amid Jeffrey Epstein controversy – reports

  07-09-2019 22:06 via theguardian.com
  Joi Ito exits after reports claim lab worked to hide extent of Epstein donationsThe director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, Joi Ito, has reportedly resigned in the wake of continued scrutiny over the center’s financial relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The prestigious university center had admitted to accepting some financial donations from Epstein, despite the financier’s history of pleading guilty to soliciting prostitution fr
  
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• 'I was petrified': the New Zealanders deported from Australia despite decades working there

  07-09-2019 22:00 via theguardian.com
  More than 1,000 New Zealanders have been deported by Australia under changes made to the Migration Act in 2014Brian* thought by the time he cashed his first pension cheque he would be comfortably retired in his adopted home of Australia, surrounded by his six children and grandchildren, enjoying a quieter phase of life.Instead the 69-year-old is spending listless days lying on a bed in a one-room shack on the outskirts of Auckland. The first time he set foot in New Zealand in more than 40 years
  
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• For Bahamas island's new homeless, a grim wait for evacuation

  07-09-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Miralda Smith spoke in a nervous near-whisper as she lined up Saturday with hundreds of other weary, shell-shocked residents of devastated Marsh Harbour to leave the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas.Smith, a Haitian national, had arrived on foot at 4:00 am (0800 GMT) after the shantytown where she and many other Haitian workers lived -- The Mudd -- was almost completely wiped out by Hurricane Dorian.The line stretched from a hangar -- the roof of which had been ripped off by Dorian's Category 5 wind
  
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• Venice film festival: shock and awe as Joker – and Roman Polanski – triumph

  07-09-2019 21:56 via theguardian.com
  Todd Phillips’s controversial comic book movie starring Joaquin Phoenix has taken the top prize, while Polanski’s An Officer and a Spy was runner-upJoker, Todd Phillips’ mordant spin on Gotham’s grinning antihero, has won the Golden Lion award at the 76th Venice film festival.The film, which stars Joaquin Phoenix as a would be standup comic, was ecstatically received at its premiere on the Lido last weekend, with critics immediately tipping it to be the first superhero fi
  
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• Man arrested after fatal stabbing in Birmingham

  07-09-2019 21:56 via theguardian.com
  The victim was found in the Kingstanding area in the north of the city at 7am on SaturdayA 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a fatal stabbing in Birmingham.West Midlands police opened a murder investigation after a man aged in his 30s was found in Cooksey Lane, Kingstanding, shortly before 7am on Saturday. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Continue reading...
  
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• In New Hampshire, 2020 Dems urge voters to not play it safe

  07-09-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Several Democratic presidential candidates urged voters in New Hampshire on Saturday to not play it safe in the 2020 election, leveling an implicit critique of front-runner Joe Biden.Biden has centered his campaign on his years of experience in Washington and a perceived ability to steal the support of white, working-class voters away from President Donald Trump.Speaking at the New Hampshire Democrats' state convention, Biden's rivals told voters to aim for more.
  
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• SC, Kansas GOP scrap 2020 presidential preference votes

  07-09-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Republican leaders in South Carolina and Kansas have voted to scrap their presidential nominating contests in 2020, while party officials Nevada were deciding whether to follow suit as the GOP erects more hurdles for the long shots challenging President Donald Trump."What is Donald Trump afraid of?" asked one of those rivals, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld.Canceling primaries, caucuses and other voting is not an unusual move for the party of the White House incumbent seeking a second term,
  
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• Ryan and Booker Temper Attacks on Biden, Urge Democratic Unity

  07-09-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Two Democratic presidential hopefuls walked back their attacks on front runner Joe Biden as they faced questions Saturday about their previous statements on the former vice president.Representative Tim Ryan of Ohio, who this week said he’s lost faith in the front-runner’s ability to beat Donald Trump, and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, who spent weeks criticizing Biden’s record on race, both said their goal is to win back the White House.“I have some conce
  
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• Joe Biden says it's 'totally appropriate' for voters to consider his age

  07-09-2019 21:35 via cnn.com
  Former Vice President Joe Biden said it's "totally appropriate" for people to consider his age when evaluating him as presidential candidate.
  
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• Climate change activists storm red carpet at Venice Film Festival

  07-09-2019 21:34 via nbcnews.com
  Several hundred demonstrators took over the red carpet at the event where Hollywood stars such as Brad Pitt, Scarlett Johansson and Joaquin Phoenix have premiered their latest films.
  
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• S.C., Kansas GOP halt presidential primary, caucus despite outcry from Trump challengers

  07-09-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The Republican parties in South Carolina and Kansas won't hold nominating contests in 2020, offering support to President Donald Trump.
  
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• One of football's oldest rivalries just entered a new chapter

  07-09-2019 21:28 via cnn.com
  All bitter rivalries have their beginnings, a match or moment that sparks decades-long tussles for bragging rights between sets of fans.
  
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• City earns bragging rights in first women's Manchester Derby

  07-09-2019 21:28 via cnn.com
  All bitter rivalries have their beginnings, a match or moment that sparks decades-long tussles for bragging rights between sets of fans.
  
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• Hundreds of weary, hopeful Bahamas evacuees arrive in Florida by ship

  07-09-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Hundreds of weary Bahamians, some carrying small bags of belongings and children on their hips, disembarked a cruise ship in south Florida on Saturday after fleeing the catastrophic devastation left by Hurricane Dorian.The evacuees arrived at the Port of Palm Beach after an all-night voyage on the Grand Celebration, a cruise ship operated by Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line, which offered free passage to the U.S. to a limited number of Bahamians."I feel lost between a rock and a weary line but I gue
  
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• Who will play Thatcher in 'The Crown'?

  07-09-2019 21:09 via cnn.com
  Gillian Anderson will play former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in season four of "The Crown," Netflix confirmed Saturday.
  
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• Gillian Anderson will play Thatcher in 'The Crown'

  07-09-2019 21:09 via cnn.com
  Gillian Anderson will play former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in season four of "The Crown," Netflix confirmed Saturday.
  
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• How Atlanta's mayor turned her famous father's arrest into a passion for criminal justice reform

  07-09-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms opens up about the arrest of her father, R&B legend Major Lance.
  
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• Singer Kylie Rae Harris caused crash that killed herself, 16-year-old girl, sheriff says

  07-09-2019 20:54 via nbcnews.com
  Authorities in New Mexico said Harris' vehicle struck the back of another vehicle and then veered into oncoming traffic, colliding head-on with another car.
  
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• Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch reveals the two rules for his law clerks

  07-09-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Host Shannon Bream asks Justice Neil Gorsuch whether he is concerned with public perception of the Supreme Court; 'Neil Gorsuch: Justice for the Republic' airs Sunday, Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox News Channel.
  
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• Former Bond star Brosnan backs teenage activist Greta Thunberg

  07-09-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan heaped praise Saturday on teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, but also warned that she needed to be protected.Brosnan described Thunberg as "a magnificent young woman.Urging people to become active locally in environmental matters, Brosnan cited the example of Thunberg.
  
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• Schumer Picks Senate Primary Favorites, Irking Progressives

  07-09-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Chuck Schumer’s effort to unite Democrats behind well-funded, centrist Senate candidates has sparked a backlash from progressives who warn that the Democratic leader risks turning off voters they’ll need to take back the chamber.Consolidating the party apparatus behind strong candidates early can help raise their profile -- and bring in millions of dollars in fundraising. But the strategy is angering local activists and competing primary hopefuls. The campaign committe
  
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• Fans honor Mac Miller on the first anniversary of his death

  07-09-2019 20:37 via cnn.com
  Fans around the world took to social media on Saturday to pay tribute to Mac Miller on the first anniversary of his death.
  
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• Hong Kong police fend off airport protest but tear gas fired again in Kowloon.

  07-09-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Hong Kong in flames.This was the scene on Saturday night - and not just anywhere in the city - but outside a police station.It was a response from anti-government protesters to the closure of some train stations - a measure designed to stop them from gathering. More than three months of demonstrations have at times paralysed Hong Kong.The proposed extradition bill - which could have led to suspected criminals being taken to mainland China for trial - has long since been shelved. But still there
  
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• Clashes as 'yellow vest' protesters revive protests across France

  07-09-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  French police clashed Saturdaywith anti-government protesters seeking to inject fresh momentum into demonstrations calling for social justice and the ouster of President Emmanuel Macron.The so-called "yellow vest" movement had tapered off over the summer, but its leaders hope to galvanise support for a fresh wave of rallies across the country as the government begins a reform of France's retirement system.
  
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• Nigeria's Buhari to visit South Africa after attacks

  07-09-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari will visit South Africa next month to reinforce the bonds between the two countries after a wave of deadly riots and xenophobic attacks, the South African presidency said on Saturday.South Africa's MTN Group and supermarket chain Shoprite have closed all stores and service centres in Nigeria after their premises were attacked.South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday at least 10 people had been killed, two of them foreign nationals, in violence
  
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• Bahamas evacuees arrive at a Florida port on a cruise ship after facing storm's devastation

  07-09-2019 20:08 via cnn.com
  Ceva Seymour says she's one of the lucky ones.
  
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• 'Freudian slip': Joe Biden dismisses Donald 'Hump' gaffe

  07-09-2019 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential candidates hope to make splash at New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention; Peter Doocy reports from Manchester.
  
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• Canada boy, 13, finds submerged car, helps police solve 27-year-old missing person's case

  07-09-2019 19:41 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A boy who found a submerged car in a lake has helped Royal Canadian Mounted Police solve a 27-year-old missing person’s case.
  
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• Money from arms sales dwarfs aid for Yemen

  07-09-2019 19:20 via theguardian.com
  UK aid to the war-ravaged country is dwarfed by arms sales to the Saudi-led coalition responsible for the devastationBritain has earned eight times more from arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other members of the coalition fighting in Yemen than it has spent on aid to help civilians caught up in the conflict, a report has found. Campaigners have criticised the approach as “completely incoherent”.Since Yemen’s civil war escalated in 2015, the economy has collapsed, hunger has becom
  
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• Russia and Ukraine trade prisoners, each fly 35 to freedom

  07-09-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Russia and Ukraine conducted a major prisoner exchange that freed 35 people detained in each country and flew them to the other, a deal that could help advance Russia-Ukraine relations and end five years of fighting in Ukraine's east.The trade involved some of the highest-profile prisoners caught up in a bitter standoff between Ukraine and Russia.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy greeted the freed prisoners as they stepped down from the airplane that had brought them from Moscow to Kyiv's
  
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• A cruise ship sailed 1,500 Hurricane Dorian evacuees from the Bahamas to Florida

  07-09-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  At least 40 people have died since the hurricane struck the Bahamas last weekend, and 70,000 were left homeless.
  
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• Film director Oleg Sentsov and MH17 suspect among those freed in Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap

  07-09-2019 19:17 via cnn.com
  A man suspected of involvement in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that killed 298 people has been released along with 69 other prisoners from Russia and Ukraine in a long-awaited exchange, according to Ukrainian and Russia state news agencies.
  
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• Mugabe’s family clashes with Mnangagwa over plans for state funeral

  07-09-2019 19:10 via theguardian.com
  Zimbabwe’s liberator turned dictator is proving as troublesome to the coup leaders in death as he was in lifeOfficials and family members are arguing over the arrangements for the burial of Robert Mugabe, the former Zimbabwean president who died in Singapore last week aged 95.High-ranking members of the ruling Zanu-PF party are understood to have told Mugabe’s close family that his remains should be interred at a hilltop monument outside Harare, the capital, following a ceremony at t
  
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• Man falsely accused by Target employee of possessing child porn

  07-09-2019 19:09 via nbcnews.com
  Jeffrey Buckmeyer was accused by a Target employee in Tigard, Oregon, of having child pornography on his cell phone. His family is suing the retail giant.
  
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• Mexican man shot while fleeing immigration agents is 'recovering'

  07-09-2019 19:08 via theguardian.com
  Man shot in Nashville, Tennessee, did not immediately go to the hospital because he was frightenedA Mexican man shot while fleeing from immigration agents in Nashville, Tennessee, was recovering, an attorney for his family said.Andrew Free said in an interview on Friday the man had been shot in the stomach and elbow Thursday morning by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agent. He did not immediately go to the hospital because he was frightened. Free and another attorney later negotiate
  
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• Couples asked to tell their race for a marriage license are suing

  07-09-2019 18:54 via nbcnews.com
  The state's requirement to label race is "scientifically baseless" and "reflective of a racist past," says the federal lawsuit filed by three couples.
  
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• The mysterious spate of vape-related deaths and illnesses continues to grow, confounding experts. Here's what officials knew and when.

  07-09-2019 18:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The CDC is investigating at least 450 possible cases of vape-related illnesses in 33 states across the US. The illnesses have led to at least 5 deaths.
  
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• 'I wish I could forget it': Hurricane Dorian washed away survivors' lives in Bahamas

  07-09-2019 18:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Hurricane Dorian washed washed away their lives on the Abaco Islands. Now, they've arrived in the U.S. facing an uncertain future.
  
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