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• Former Taliban hostage admits striking wife but says she asked to be hit

  10-09-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Joshua Boyle, charged with sexual assault, tells court estranged wife Caitlan Coleman was unfit to parent their four childrenJoshua Boyle outside court in Ottawa in March. Boyle has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Photograph: Lars Hagberg/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Canadian man who spent five years held hostage in Afghanistan with his American wife has admitted striking her with a broom, but told a court in Ottawa that she asked to be hit, as his trial for sexual assault nears its conclusion.Under c
  
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• FEMA official among those arrested in post-hurricane Puerto Rico fraud case

  10-09-2019 23:53 via nbcnews.com
  "They took advantage of the most vulnerable moments the people of Puerto Rico were living through to enrich themselves," said lead federal prosecutor Rosa Emilia Rodríguez.
  
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• Couple accused of spending $120,000 mistakenly deposited in their bank account

  10-09-2019 23:52 via nbcnews.com
  The couple allegedly used the wrongly deposited money to pay off debts, but also used it on lavish items such as a race car and four-wheelers.
  
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• When patients don't pay, this hospital sues

  10-09-2019 23:51 via cnn.com
  When Donna Hernandez had the flu last year, she went to her local emergency room in New Mexico, where she received two IV bags of saline, a dose of antiviral medication and a drug to help with her nausea.
  
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• Interim Philadelphia police chief apologizes for wearing T-shirt referring to Rodney King beating

  10-09-2019 23:30 via nbcnews.com
  The picture of Christine Coulter from the 1990s shows her wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “L.A.P.D. We Treat You Like a King.”
  
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• TV painter Bob Ross gets an exhibition

  10-09-2019 23:24 via cnn.com
  "Happy little clouds," "happy little trees," "happy little leaves." The late American painter and beloved TV host Bob Ross had a unique and blissful way of teaching art.
  
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• Genetics of lefties: How southpaws are different from righties

  10-09-2019 23:19 via nbcnews.com
  By some estimates, as little as eight percent of the population are southpaws. And now, for the first time, scientists have discovered the genetic links connected to left-handedness—plus a core advantage that lefties may have over righties.
  
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• As frustration with Bolton mounted, Trump reached out to ex-adviser McMaster

  10-09-2019 23:19 via nbcnews.com
  In phone calls to McMaster, Trump told his second national security adviser that he missed him.
  
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• Israel's Netanyahu seeks to annex parts of West Bank 'in coordination' with U.S.

  10-09-2019 23:18 via nbcnews.com
  The announcement was an apparent last-ditch attempt to attract right-wing voters before the country heads to the polls next week.
  
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• See the iPhone 11's new features

  10-09-2019 23:17 via cnn.com
  Apple introduced the iPhone 11, which looks very similar to the previous model but includes new cameras and more color options.
  
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• North Korea carried out super-large multiple rocket launcher test on Tuesday: KCNA

  10-09-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the testing of a super-large multiple rocket launcher on Tuesday, North Korean state media KCNA said on Wednesday.North Korea fired a new round of short-range projectiles on Tuesday, South Korean officials said, only hours after it signaled a new willingness to resume stalled denuclearization talks with the United States in late September.Kim, who had guided the testing of the same multiple rocket launcher before, said its capabilities have been "finally v
  
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• Train derails and catches fire in Illinois, triggering evacuations as smoke is seen for miles

  10-09-2019 23:10 via nbcnews.com
  Authorities evacuated a number of homes in Dupo, Illinois, after a derailed Union Pacific train caught fire Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• House passes $300M bill requiring carbon monoxide detectors in public housing

  10-09-2019 23:10 via nbcnews.com
  An NBC News investigation found that at least 13 public housing residents have died from carbon monoxide poisoning since 2003.
  
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• Migrant rescue captain who defied Italy says actions 'were justified'

  10-09-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The German captain of rescue vessel Sea-Watch 3, Carola Rackete, who was temporarily arrested in Italy for docking without permission so she could let rescued migrants land, said Tuesday her "actions were justified".Rackete, 31, was arrested on June 29 and held for several days after the Sea-Watch 3 hit an Italian police speedboat while entering the port of Lampedusa island despite a ban from entering Italy's waters."I am still under investigation by the Italian authorities but am I worried?
  
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• The NRA Is Suing San Francisco After the City Declared It a Domestic Terrorism Organization

  10-09-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  The NRA filed a lawsuit against San Francisco after lawmakers passed a resolution declaring it a domestic terrorist organization.
  
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• CNN Poll: 6 in 10 say Trump does not deserve a second term

  10-09-2019 22:48 via cnn.com
  Six in 10 Americans say President Donald Trump does not deserve to be reelected, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, and more now say he's doing a poor job than a good one of keeping important campaign promises.
  
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• Uber is laying off hundreds of staffers, again

  10-09-2019 22:45 via cnn.com
  Uber laid off hundreds more employees -- this time, across its engineering and product teams in an effort to "reset."
  
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• 'I'm never surprised': Mike Pompeo reacts to John Bolton's firing – video

  10-09-2019 22:44 via theguardian.com
  Secretary of state Mike Pompeo was asked if he was caught off guard by the firing of John Bolton, Donald Trump's national security adviser, to which he replied: 'I'm never surprised.' Pompeo was speaking at a press conference that earlier in the day Bolton had been billed to speak at. The president has fired three national security advisers in as many years and has said he will name the new one next weekTrump ousts top adviser John Bolton: 'I disagreed strongly with him' Continue reading...
  
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• Former FEMA Official Arrested on Bribery, Fraud Charges Relating to Puerto Rico Power Restoration

  10-09-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  A former Federal Emergency Management Agency official has been arrested on charges that she took bribes from the president of a company that received $1.8 billion from the federal government to repair Puerto Rico's power grid after it was decimated by Hurricane Maria.Federal authorities said they arrested former FEMA deputy administrator Ahsha Tribble and the former president of Cobra Acquisitions, Donald K. Ellison, on Tuesday, accusing them of conspiring to defraud the federal government. Also
  
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• Apple unveils new iPhones

  10-09-2019 22:42 via cnn.com
  Despite a year of slumping iPhone sales, Apple chose to largely stick to its smartphone playbook with new models announced at a closely watched press event on Tuesday.
  
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• Why Trump can't fill the gaping holes in his government

  10-09-2019 22:34 via cnn.com
  You're fired! You're hired! That's it.
  
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• Bolton's rootin', tootin' exit: Today's Toon

  10-09-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
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• Watch the moment between two toddlers that is going viral

  10-09-2019 22:29 via cnn.com
  Michael D. Cisneros posted a Facebook video showing his 26-month-old son Maxwell and 27-month-old Finnegan running to give each other a hug, saying "With all the racism and hate going on I just think it's a really beautiful video."
  
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• Gay penguins at London aquarium are raising a 'theyby'

  10-09-2019 22:29 via nbcnews.com
  The 4-month-old, who has two moms, will be the first Gentoo penguin at Sea Life London Aquarium "not to be characterized as male or female."
  
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• Netanyahu vows to begin annexing West Bank settlements

  10-09-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday to annex the heart of the West Bank if he wins re-election next week, a move that could inflame the Middle East and extinguish any remaining Palestinian hope of establishing a separate state.Arab leaders angrily condemned Netanyahu's remarks, and a U.N. spokesman warned the step would be "devastating" to the prospects for a two-state solution.Netanyahu said he would extend Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley — an area seen a
  
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• Moscow's Elections Show Putin Is Losing the War at Home

  10-09-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  President Vladimir Putin picked fights abroad to distract the Russian people. He's finally running out of distractions.
  
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• Jerry Falwell Jr. wants FBI to probe 'criminal conspiracy' against him

  10-09-2019 22:02 via nbcnews.com
  The Liberty University president said former board members stole Liberty emails and "provided them to reporters."
  
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• Not so fast: CDC isn't ready to blame illicit 'street vapes' for illnesses

  10-09-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. health investigators are casting a wide net to understand what is sickening hundreds of vapers across the country and still have not ruled out any product on the market, even as vaping industry officials highlight the potential role of illegal cannabis products.Dr Dana Meaney-Delman is leading the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's investigation into the culprit behind at least five confirmed deaths and 450 reported cases of lung illness linked with use of the devices.The age
  
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• Trump administration won't grant temporary protected status to Bahamians

  10-09-2019 21:59 via cnn.com
  The Trump administration will not grant temporary protected status, a form of humanitarian relief, to Bahamians affected by Hurricane Dorian, according to an administration official.
  
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• Trump wants to build a legacy, Bolton to break things – something had to give

  10-09-2019 21:45 via theguardian.com
  No one expected Trump to pivot to diplomatic breakthroughs with someone as bellicose as Bolton by his sideJohn Bolton can at least boast that he lasted longer than his two predecessors, but few observers of Trumpworld expected him to cling on until 2020.Donald Trump hired Bolton to break things, like the Obama administration legacy and the orthodox foreign policy establishment in general. Now, with the 2020 election coming, a downturn looming and a second presidential term in doubt, Trump is try
  
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• Ukraine president meets tycoon Kolomoisky amid concerns over their business ties

  10-09-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met business tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky on Tuesday, the president's office said, the firstreported meeting since Zelenskiy's inauguration in May between the two men who had long-standing business ties.The president's relationship with Kolomoisky, one of the richest businessman in Ukraine, has been under heavy scrutiny since the start of Zelenskiy's election campaign, amid fears that the tycoon may be wielding influence behind the scenes.
  
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• Land Rover unveils all-new Defender

  10-09-2019 21:20 via cnn.com
  There are few SUVs more famous than the Land Rover Defender, the classic off-roader. Now the British carmaker is hoping to extend the Defender's illustrious 70-year run with an all-new version unveiled Tuesday at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
  
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• 'The View' co-hosts trash Trump's children: 'They're not good people'

  10-09-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Meghan McCain, Joy Behar and Abby Huntsman had a candid discussion about the power and influence of Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr.
  
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• Female swimmer disqualified over bathing suit. Critics cite body shaming.

  10-09-2019 21:13 via nbcnews.com
  "This young lady and her sisters are being targeted not for the way they wear their suits but for the way those suits fit their curvier, fuller figured bodies," a coach at another school said.
  
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• The sailors trapped on the capsized container ship in Georgia 'were being cooked' inside the vessel as temperatures reached 150 degrees

  10-09-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The last four crew members were rescued from the toppled ship Monday night in St. Simons Sound, Georgia.
  
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• Pope says he's not afraid of a schism in the Catholic Church

  10-09-2019 21:06 via cnn.com
  Pope Francis says he is not afraid of a schism within the Catholic Church, even as he confronts criticism from conservative Catholics about his leadership.
  
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• Pope does not fear schism in Catholic Church

  10-09-2019 21:06 via cnn.com
  Pope Francis says he is not afraid of a schism within the Catholic Church, even as he confronts criticism from conservative Catholics about his leadership.
  
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• Opinion: It's surprising Bolton lasted this long

  10-09-2019 20:56 via cnn.com
  With another presidential tweet, another high-level adviser bites the dust. John Bolton, President Trump's third national security adviser, won't be coming back. "I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House," Trump told the nation Tuesday. Bolton immediately disputed the claim that he was fired, saying that he resigned Monday night.
  
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• Teen swimmer disqualified for swimsuit fit

  10-09-2019 20:54 via cnn.com
  Some in an Anchorage, Alaska, community are upset after a female high school swimmer's win was disqualified when a referee deemed her school-issued swimsuit "inappropriate."
  
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• Teen swimmer disqualified for fit of school-issued swimsuit

  10-09-2019 20:54 via cnn.com
  Some in an Anchorage, Alaska, community are upset after a female high school swimmer's win was disqualified when a referee deemed her school-issued swimsuit "inappropriate."
  
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• Forests in Grand Bahama left unrecognizable after Dorian's wrath

  10-09-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Before Hurricane Dorian, Grand Bahama was a vibrant tropical island filled with life, but in the week since the devastating storm, the island no longer resembles its lush former self."From a few hundred feet above, the tropical paradise of Grand Bahama Island looks more like the Desert Southwest," AccuWeather National Reporter Jonathan Petramala said.Closer to the surface, people can see why the island looks so different from above."The trees tell the story of just how violent this storm was," P
  
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• One of Antarctica's most unstable glaciers may be thinning faster than previously thought

  10-09-2019 20:53 via nbcnews.com
  The disturbing conclusion comes from a new look at vintage film from an aerial survey of the icy continent from the 1970s.
  
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• Trump decries 'Fake Poll' showing his approval rate in the 30s

  10-09-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The president bashed an ABC News/Washington Post poll that showed his approval rating falling by 6 points as fears of a recession grow.
  
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• Trump fires John Bolton

  10-09-2019 20:42 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has asked national security adviser John Bolton to resign, noting that he "strongly disagreed with many of his suggestions as did others in the administration."
  
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• YouTube channel Ryan ToysReview accused of deceiving kids into watching sponsored content

  10-09-2019 20:39 via nbcnews.com
  A complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission accuses the online wunderkind of subjecting preschoolers to ads disguised as toy reviews.
  
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• AOC makes student loan payment during congressional hearing on student loans

  10-09-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used her bank account to make a point during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on student debt.
  
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• AOC: 'I want to see every Republican go on the record and knowingly vote against impeachment'

  10-09-2019 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  With Congress returning to work after the August recess, some House Democrats are renewing their call to begin impeachment proceedings — even if just to get Republicans on the record voting in support of President Trump.
  
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• As the clock ticks on Brexit, Europe is still in the dark about what Britain wants

  10-09-2019 20:23 via cnn.com
  With the UK Parliament now suspended until mid-October and Prime Minister Boris Johnson's hope of an early general election shattered, the focus of where Brexit is heading turns to Brussels and attempting to read the tea leaves of Britain's bi-weekly "technical talks" with the European Union.
  
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• How will John Bolton's dismissal affect US foreign policy?

  10-09-2019 20:15 via theguardian.com
  Trump’s anti-interventionist instincts likely to come to the fore in flashpoint countriesTrump ousts top adviser John Bolton: ‘I disagreed strongly with him’Donald Trump’s abrupt dismissal of John Bolton, his national security adviser, may reflect the near breakdown in personal relations between the two men, as well as Bolton’s rivalry with the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, but it will also have implications for US foreign policy in a range of flashpoints. Relate
  
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• Wilbur Ross's latest storm: Reports he threatened to fire officials over Dorian forecast

  10-09-2019 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Accusations that he threatened government scientists over a hurricane forecast are just the latest controversy for the commerce secretary.
  
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