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• Elizabeth Warren’s Daft Fracking Scheme

  09-09-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts promises that if she is elected president, she will issue an immediate unilateral prohibition — based on some presidential power that she’ll invent as soon as she gets around to it — on the method of natural-gas production known colloquially as “fracking.” Other Democratic contenders, including Vermont socialist Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris of California, have made similar promises.Another way of saying this is that the
  
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• See Trump's response to controversial Air Force stays at his resort

  09-09-2019 23:55 via cnn.com
  CNN's Sunlen Serfaty reports.
  
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• Trump says he's a dealmaker, but the derailed Taliban talks are just the latest major negotiation he's bungled as president

  09-09-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Based on his track record as president, Trump seems to be more skilled at breaking deals than making them.
  
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• Trump news: President says Bahamas full of 'bad gang members', as official threatens to fire NOAA employees over Hurricane Dorian claims

  09-09-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump is campaigning in North Carolina on Monday in support of Republican Mark Harris, who faces a strong challenge in a special election in a district that the president carried overwhelmingly in 2016.During an impromptu press conference before boarding his plane to that state, Mr Trump shocked reports by telling them that he is hesitant to allow Bahamians to enter the US after Hurricane Dorian because the island is full of "bad gang members". Also during that press conference, the presi
  
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• Austrian football stadium hosts forest as dystopian vision comes to life

  09-09-2019 23:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Created by Klaus Littmann, the installation is a statement against climate change and deforestation.
  
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• Virginia couples challenge laws requiring them to declare their race

  09-09-2019 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  In laws critics say hark back to a racist past couples must declare their race before getting wed.
  
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• Kamala Harris apologizes for her response to slur after backlash from disability community

  09-09-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  After a supporter used an offensive term to talk about the president at her event, Kamala Harris laughed and said "Well said."
  
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• Syria says Israel was behind airstrike in country's east

  09-09-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Unknown warplanes targeted an arms depot and posts of Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria, near the Iraqi border, killing at least 18 fighters in a nighttime attack, Syrian opposition activists said Monday.A Syrian security official said Israeli jets staged the airstrikes, but denied there were any casualties.The attack comes amid rising tensions in the Middle East and the crisis between Iran and the U.S. in the wake of the collapsing nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
  
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• 3 killed in shooting in Dutch city; 1 seriously wounded

  09-09-2019 23:10 via abcnews.go.com
  Dutch authorities say a police officer and two children died and a woman was seriously wounded in a shooting at a home in the city of Dordrecht
  
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• 'Downton Abbey' stars arrive for world premiere of movie spin-off

  09-09-2019 22:52 via cnn.com
  "Downton Abbey" has been off our screens since 2015, but it returns in high style this week with an eagerly awaited spin-off movie.
  
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• Migrant crossings at US border continue to decline: CBP chief

  09-09-2019 22:49 via abcnews.go.com
  The number of migrants found crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has continued to decline in recent weeks.
  
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• Battling Northern Ireland knocked off top of group by Germany

  09-09-2019 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland drop their first points in Euro 2020 qualifying as goals by Marcel Halstenberg and Serge Gnabry give Germany a 2-0 win in Belfast.
  
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• Trump says he won't debate 'laughingstock' Republican primary challengers

  09-09-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The president brushes aside the notion of debating the Republicans seeking to replace him in 2020.
  
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• Classy James gives Wales friendly win over Belarus

  09-09-2019 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester United winger Daniel James gives Wales a 1-0 victory in their friendly against Belarus in Cardiff.
  
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• De Bruyne masterclass as ruthless Belgium trounce Scotland

  09-09-2019 22:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Belgium inflict brutal defeat on Scotland that all but ends their hopes of reaching Euro 2020 via their qualification group.
  
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• Three killed in shooting in Dutch city

  09-09-2019 22:34 via cnn.com
  Several people have been killed in a "very serious" shooting incident in the Dutch city of Dordrecht, officials said Monday night.
  
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• 'No brotherly love’: what's behind the wave of hatred towards foreigners in South Africa? – video

  09-09-2019 22:29 via theguardian.com
  At least 10 people have been killed so far this month in a surge of attacks targeting foreign-owned businesses in and around South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg. What is behind the wave of xenophobia? Continue reading...
  
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• Straight Pride Parade fallout: Boston DA wins fight over counter protester arrests

  09-09-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  A Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court judge sides with Boston's DA in dispute with a city judge over dropping counter protesters' charges.
  
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• WV pol charged after anger over racist signs turns physical

  09-09-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  A West Virginia lawmaker has been charged for kicking a door into a statehouse staffer and elbowing a delegate because he was mad about racist signs at the Capitol, authorities said.A criminal complaint filed Friday charges Democratic Del. Mike Caputo with misdemeanor battery for the incident in March.Caputo has admitted to kicking the door because he was upset about a display outside the House chamber on "WV GOP Day" that falsely linked U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
  
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• Why Scaramucci now calls Trump 'horrific' and 'despicable'

  09-09-2019 22:16 via cnn.com
  Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci reacts to President Trump's feud with with John Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen.
  
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• Walker: Dan Bishop is going to win NC, Trump's involvement will be critical

  09-09-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on special House election in North Carolina.
  
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• Michelle Malkin on who's funding illegal immigration

  09-09-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Michelle Malkin investigates the funding of illegal immigration in her book 'Open Borders Inc.'
  
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• Afghans brace for fresh violence after US-Taliban talks halt

  09-09-2019 22:14 via abcnews.go.com
  President Trump abruptly called off talks with the Taliban.
  
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• California and Alabama are the only two states that aren't participating in the giant antitrust investigation of Google, and neither is really saying why (GOOGL, FB)

  09-09-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Every other US state, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, is taking part in the inquiry.
  
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• The GOP lawmakers disgusted by Trump’s invitation to the Taliban are the latest sign his foreign policy is in shambles

  09-09-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The Taliban invitation and subsequent backlash adds to an expanding list of foreign policy controversies and failures for Trump ahead of 2020.
  
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• McConnell backs short-term spending bill to avert shutdown

  09-09-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  “A major focus of the Senate this month will be ... passing a temporary continuing resolution for the outstanding parts of the government," McConnell says.
  
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• Elizabeth Warren endorses 2 liberal House candidates challenging Democrat incumbents

  09-09-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The endorsements of immigration attorney Jessica Cisneros in southern Texas and marketing consultant Marie Newman in the Chicagoland district offer Warren, a Massachusetts senator, an opportunity to underscore her alliance with the more liberal wing of the Democratic party.
  
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• BA strike sees air fares rise by up to 2,200%

  09-09-2019 22:00 via cnn.com
  This week's British Airways strike has caused chaos for an estimated 280,000 passengers who were due to fly with the airline.
  
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• Hundreds of Bahamian refugees kicked off US-bound ferry over visa confusion

  09-09-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Viral video from the ferry Balearia in Freeport included an announcement that "passengers who don't have a U.S. visa, please proceed to disembark."
  
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• Rocks discovered from the day the dinosaurs died 66 million years ago when an asteroid hit the Earth

  09-09-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Rocks from the most pivotal moment in Earth's history were discovered offshore of the Yucatan Peninsula, a study says.
  
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• China warns the UK could be committing 'hostile action' if it sends carrier into territory

  09-09-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain has been warned by China that the deployment of HMS Queen Elizabeth to the South China Sea could be viewed as a “hostile action”.  The MoD plans to send Britain’s new aircraft carrier to the Asia Pacific region on her first operational deployment, due in 2021. The government is keen to assert freedom of navigation through international waters and, alongside US and Australian allies, has been forthright in defending such actions against an increasingly belligerent C
  
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• NOAA's chief scientist wants probe into agency backing of Trump on Dorian

  09-09-2019 21:40 via abcnews.go.com
  NOAA’s Acting Chief Scientist announced an investigation into a NOAA statement backing Trump over its own experts at the National Weather Service.
  
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• Google: 50 US states and territories launch competition probe

  09-09-2019 21:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Fifty states and territories will investigate Google's dominance of the online advertising market.
  
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• Rescuers pull out men trapped inside capsized cargo ship

  09-09-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Coast Guard rescuers began pulling trapped crew members from a capsized cargo ship Monday, finding them alive more than a day after the vessel overturned while leaving a port on the Georgia coast.Lt. Lloyd Heflin, who's coordinating the rescue, said responders had plucked two South Korean crew members from a room in the hull near the ship's propeller and were working on removing the other two.Rescuers used a helicopter to land on the side of the Golden Ray and rappelled down the hull.
  
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• New York college student arrested in Russia over medical marijuana possession

  09-09-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Audrey Lorber, a student at Pace University, was stopped at the airport in St. Petersburg with 19.05 grams of medical marijuana.
  
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• Donald Trump denies overruling Pence and other advisers on Camp David meeting with Taliban

  09-09-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump pushed back Monday on reports that he overruled objections from Vice President Pence and others on a meeting with Taliban leaders.
  
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• Teens who don’t date are less depressed, new study finds

  09-09-2019 21:09 via abcnews.go.com
  When it comes to teen dating, a new study found that students not in a romantic relationship had strong social skills and were less depressed than their peers.
  
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• Two Ohio Planned Parenthood Clinics to Close amid Funding Crunch

  09-09-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Planned Parenthood announced Monday that two Ohio clinics will be closing this month due to stifling regulations and a loss of state and federal funding.The two Cincinnati clinics, located in the Springdale and Western Hills neighborhoods, will close September 20, the organization said. Neither clinic performs abortions. Women in the greater Cincinnati and Miami Valley areas will still have access to five other Planned Parenthood locations after the two clinics shut their doors, and to 26 locati
  
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• Victor Vescovo: Adventurer reaches deepest ocean locations

  09-09-2019 20:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Financier Victor Vescovo completes his quest to visit the deepest parts of Earth's five oceans.
  
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• Netanyahu accuses Iran of destroying secret 'nuclear site'

  09-09-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accused Iran of having a previously undisclosed site aimed at developing nuclear weapons that it destroyed.Iran destroyed the site located near the city of Abadeh, south of Isfahan, sometime between late June and late July after realising that Israel had detected it, Netanyahu alleged.In an address on live television, with photos of the alleged site on a screen behind him, Netanyahu referred to an intelligence trove he had previously announced
  
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• Governor in blackface scandal names new diversity director

  09-09-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Gov. Ralph Northam announced at a Capitol news conference that he had hired Janice Underwood as Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.Underwood, a former director of diversity initiatives at Old Dominion University, said one of the things that drew her to the new job was Northam's commitment to rebuilding trust in the wake of a scandal that nearly forced him from office."He hasn't always gotten it right, but what I respect the most is that he's willing to learn and do the work," Underwood
  
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• Nigeria to evacuate 640 citizens from S Africa

  09-09-2019 20:42 via cnn.com
  Nigeria will evacuate hundreds of its citizens from South Africa following a string of xenophobic attacks, a government official told CNN on Monday.
  
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• 640 citizens to be evacuated from S Africa

  09-09-2019 20:42 via cnn.com
  Nigeria will evacuate hundreds of its citizens from South Africa following a string of xenophobic attacks, a government official told CNN on Monday.
  
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• Fox News Host Steve Hilton Blasts Liz Cheney: Your Dad ‘Literally’ Killed Millions

  09-09-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox News host Steve Hilton tore into Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) on Monday for publicly objecting to President Donald Trump’s initial plan to invite the Taliban to Camp David just days before the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, pointing out that her father was “literally” responsible for “millions of deaths.”Over the weekend, Trump announced via Twitter that he was canceling secret Camp David peace talks with the Taliban and the Afghanistan government to bring an eventu
  
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• Billy Bush claims ‘everyone’ at NBC knew about Donald Trump ‘grab them by the p****’ tape

  09-09-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Billy Bush has claimed that “everybody” at NBC knew about the infamous Access Hollywood tape in which Donald Trump was heard bragging about grabbing women “by the p****”.Bush spoke to Gayle King in an interview for CBS as he prepared to return to television as the host of Extra, the syndicated entertainment show.
  
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• U.S. military likely to ramp up operations against Taliban -U.S. general

  09-09-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. military is likely to accelerate the pace of its operations in Afghanistan to counter an increase in Taliban attacks, a senior U.S. general said on Monday following Washington's suspension of peace talks with the insurgents.U.S. Marine General Kenneth McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command, said during a visit to Afghanistan that the Taliban overplayed its hand in peace negotiations by carrying out a spate of high profile attacks, including one that killed a U.S. soldier last week.
  
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• Border chief: Mexico must step up immigration enforcement

  09-09-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The border chief added that the U.S. continues to discuss a possible safe third country asylum deal with Mexico.
  
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• Watch: USA's Josh Thompson pips GB's Jake Wightman to 1500m win in photo finish

  09-09-2019 20:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Great Britain's Jake Wightman is beaten in a photo-finish by USA's Josh Thompson in the men's 1500m at The Match event in Belarus.
  
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• NOAA scientist: agency likely broke science integrity rules

  09-09-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  The acting chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said his agency likely violated its scientific integrity rules last week when it publicly chastised a weather office that contradicted President Donald Trump's claim that Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama.Two top NOAA civil servants not so quietly revolted against an unsigned agency press release issued late Friday rebuking the Birmingham weather office for saying Alabama was safe.
  
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• Woman becomes oldest person to sail solo around the world

  09-09-2019 20:15 via abcnews.go.com
  Jeanne Socrates became the oldest woman to sail solo, nonstop​ ​and unassisted around the world​ from North America.
  
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