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• 'She was drunk:' Bus driver facing DUI charges after child calls 911 to report her

  22-09-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  A bus driver in Washington has been arrested after a child called 911 to report that she was driving under the influence.
  
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• Pompeo to meet with Russia's top diplomat Lavrov at UN

  22-09-2019 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  New York (AFP) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will on Friday meet with top Russian diplomat Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the state department announced Sunday.
  
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• 3 dead, 4 hospitalized in suspected drug overdose

  22-09-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  All of the victims were wearing orange paper bands on their wrists.Police determined the victims initially went to a venue together, then headed to the apartment where they overdosed.It appears to have been isolated to a single location," the Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety said in a statement.
  
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• Elizabeth Warren is becoming Trump's greatest threat

  22-09-2019 23:39 via cnn.com
  Donald Trump has every reason to be concerned about taking on former Vice President Joe Biden in the 2020 election, especially given that a Fox News poll released this week found him trailing Biden by a whopping 14 points if the election were held now.But Trump's greatest threat may in fact come from Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, who leads Trump by six points in the poll.
  
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• Meghan McCain walks off the set of 'The View'

  22-09-2019 23:33 via cnn.com
  After a disagreement with guest co-host Ana Navarro, Meghan McCain walked off the set of ABC's "The View."
  
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• Face transplant recipient's donor face failing

  22-09-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  A woman who was severely burned in Vermont is hoping for a second face transplant after doctors recently foundtissue damage that likely will lead to the loss of her donor face.
  
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• Chinese journalists will have to pass a government test on Marxism and President Xi Jinping to be granted press passes

  22-09-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  'Pilot tests' will be issued to Chinese journalists starting next month via an app to test their loyalty to President Xi Jinping to get press passes.
  
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• US authorities identify 4 Chinese tourists killed in bus crash

  22-09-2019 22:19 via cnn.com
  The four Chinese tourists killed in a bus crash in southern Utah have been identified, the Utah Highway Patrol said on Twitter.
  
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• Arab lawmakers in Israel endorse Gantz for prime minister

  22-09-2019 21:59
  Arab lawmakers in Israel endorse Benny Gantz for prime minister, giving him an edge over incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu
  
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• The US government warns people against using conditioner after a nuclear explosion. It could trap radiation in your hair.

  22-09-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Shampoo can be a life-saving tool in the case of a nuclear blast, but conditioner could become a dangerous agent in the wake of an explosion.
  
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• World leaders feel the heat in upcoming climate summit

  22-09-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Only those with new, specific and bold plans can command the podium and the ever-warming world's attention, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.As if to underscore the seriousness of the problem, the U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization released a science report Sunday showing that in the last several years, warming, sea level rise and carbon pollution have all accelerated.Brazil's, Poland's and Saudi Arabia's proposals for dealing with climate change fell short, so they're not on Monday
  
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• 21-year-old worked 32 hours alone at a hotel during a flood. Guests say he's a hero

  22-09-2019 21:36 via cnn.com
  When Satchel Smith's father dropped him off for his shift at Homewood Suites in Beaumont, Texas, he expected the day to be like any other: He'd start at 3 p.m. and leave around 11 p.m. that night.
  
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• Mexico's Minimum Wage Under Review for Gradual Boost: AMLO

  22-09-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Mexico’s minimum wage will be reviewed for a possible boost to strengthen the purchasing power of workers, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Sunday, the newspaper Reforma reported.The increase will be gradual, he said while touring the state of Campeche, because the rate can’t be changed by decree. Economic activity has to increase so businesses are able to provide jobs that pay fair wages, he said.A national poll last week showed Lopez Obrador’s approva
  
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• Africa to seek declaration of global climate emergency at UN summit

  22-09-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  African countries plan to call on the United Nations to declare a global climate emergency, among a set of demands to be presented at a climate summit in New York on Monday organised by the U.N. chief.Backed by African climate change negotiators, the statement is also expected to say that countries’ climate action plans should be made legally binding, to ensure the 2015 Paris Agreement goals to limit global warming are met.African governments will also likely request more international fun
  
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• See This Aircraft Carrier? Meet USS Enterprise (It Changed Everything)

  22-09-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  The Enterprise, or “Big E,” was commissioned on November 25, 1961. The ship’s subsequent twenty-five deployments read like a history of the Cold War and modern U.S. foreign policy. She made some serious history.
  
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• Israel cuts power in parts of West Bank over debts

  22-09-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel's national electricity company said Sunday it was cutting power to parts of the occupied West Bank due to outstanding payments amounting to nearly $483 million.The Israel Electric Corporation said it was owed 1.7 billion shekels in debts from the main Palestinian power distributor for the West Bank, which is based in east Jerusalem.From Monday, the company "will reduce the current in some areas of the West Bank" because of the debts, it said in a statement.
  
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• Facial Recognition Meets the Fourth Amendment Test

  22-09-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  There may be no way to address the overarching fears all new surveillance technologies raise; however, major concerns can be addressed without slowing the use of facial recognition.
  
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• Antonio Brown says he won't be playing in the NFL anymore

  22-09-2019 21:15 via cnn.com
  Star wide receiver Antonio Brown is saying on Twitter that he "will not be playing in the NFL anymore."
  
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• How Iran or Russia Could Fight America in a War: Kill the GPS

  22-09-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  It is the key to America's modern military.
  
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• More than 90 heads of state are descending on New York City. Here's what to watch for

  22-09-2019 20:57 via cnn.com
  Trump: 'No intention' of meeting Iran at UN
  
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• Alligator pulled from pond behind Michigan school

  22-09-2019 20:49 via cnn.com
  The teams at Bedford Junior High School in Temperance, Michigan, call themselves the Broncos. They may need to change their name to the Gators after one was found living in a pond behind the school.
  
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• Alligator discovered in pond students use for study

  22-09-2019 20:45 via cnn.com
  A 3-foot alligator has a new home after it was discovered living in a pond behind a Michigan junior high school. CNN affiliate WTVG has more.
  
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• Tropical Storm Karen Has Formed in the Atlantic and Could Hit Puerto Rico. Here’s What to Know About Its Path

  22-09-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  It could approach Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands by Tuesday
  
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• Albania quake has 340 aftershocks, people afraid to go home

  22-09-2019 20:40
  Many people haven't gone back since the 5.8magnitudeearthquake.
  
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• Israel's Arab party throws its support to Benny Gantz in bid to oust Netanyahu

  22-09-2019 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Benjamin Netanyahu’s grip on power slipped further last night after Israel’s Arab minority party threw its support behind his rival Benny Gantz, virtually guaranteeing that Mr Gantz will get the first chance to form a government. The decision by the Joint List, which mainly represents Israel’s 2 million Palestinian citizens, is the first time since 1992 that an Arab party has endorsed a Jewish candidate like Mr Gantz to be prime minister.  Ayman Odeh, the Joint List leader
  
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• Florida school resource officer who arrested two kids, ages 6 and 8, is under investigation

  22-09-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  An Orlando school resource officer is facing an investigation after he arrested a 6-year-old and an 8-year-old on misdemeanor charges.
  
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• Liverpool extends perfect Premier League start

  22-09-2019 20:17 via cnn.com
  Liverpool extended its 100% domestic record this season with a tough 2-1 victory against Frank Lampard's Chelsea.
  
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• Impeachment 'may be the only remedy' if Trump-Ukraine reports are true: House intel chair

  22-09-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Adam Schiff, head of the House Intelligence Committee, suggests impeachment is in order if President Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden.
  
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• Banks worth $47 trillion adopt new U.N.-backed climate principles

  22-09-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Banks with more than $47 trillion in assets, or a third of the global industry, adopted new U.N.-backed "responsible banking" principles to fight climate change on Sunday that would shift their loan books away from fossil fuels.Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and Barclays were among 130 banks to join the new framework on the eve of a United Nations summit in New York aimed at pushing companies and governments to act quickly to avert catastrophic global warming."These principles mean banks have to consi
  
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• Tropical Storm Karen Has the Internet Saying the Storm 'Wants to Speak to a Manager'

  22-09-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  "The hurricane being named Karen is like a gift to the internet"
  
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• Tropical Storm Karen Has Already Drowned the Internet in Memes Saying the Storm 'Wants to Speak to a Manager'

  22-09-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  "The hurricane being named Karen is like a gift to the internet"
  
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• 3 people are dead and 4 hospitalized. All were wearing orange wrist bands

  22-09-2019 19:32 via cnn.com
  Pittsburgh police are investigating a "medical situation" that left three people dead and four others hospitalized Sunday morning.
  
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• Schiff: Impeachment may be 'only remedy' to whistleblower scandal

  22-09-2019 19:28 via cnn.com
  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Sunday that impeachment "may be the only remedy" to President Donald Trump's refusal to make public a whistleblower complaint and transcript of a phone conversation he had with Ukraine's president.
  
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• AOC says bigger scandal than Trump's 'lawbreaking behavior' is Dems' refusal to impeach

  22-09-2019 18:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Ocasio-Cortez added further fuel to the impeachment fire by saying the bigger scandal was Democrats' refusal to impeach President Trump.
  
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• Florida woman jailed after video of her kicking and choking dog goes viral

  22-09-2019 18:47
  A woman has been arrested and jailed after she was filmed kicking and choking her dog near her trailer in Pinellas County, Florida.
  
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• Trump hopes 'they release' his call with Ukraine's president, in which he says he talked about both Joe and Hunter Biden and 'corruption taking place'

  22-09-2019 18:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Amid calls to release a transcript of his conversation with Ukraine's leader, President Donald Trump says he talked about both Joe and Hunter Biden.
  
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• Man drowns after underwater marriage proposal, girlfriend says

  22-09-2019 18:44
  A Louisiana man, Steven Weber, drowned after he asked his girlfriend to marry him in an underwater proposal.
  
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• ‘Coherent strategy’ with allies needed on Iran: Former Defense Secretary Mattis

  22-09-2019 18:42
  Former Defense Secretary James Mattis joined ABC's "This Week" and said a coherent strategy with allies is needed on Iran.
  
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• Ex-cop's murder trial for shooting neighbor set to start

  22-09-2019 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Last September, a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black man in his own apartment. For some, the shooting was a tragic accident with circumstances that can only be described as "very unique." Others place it in pattern of white officers killing black men that, they say, points to systemic problems in American policing. On the eve of trial, one of the only points of agreement about her case in Dallas is that it has the potential to profoundly affect the relationship between police
  
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• At least 3 dead in Pittsburgh drug-overdose horror

  22-09-2019 18:33
  At least three people died and four others were hospitalized in serious to critical condition after overdosing on drugs in Pittsburgh.
  
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• The Latest: Arab lawmakers in Israel endorse Gantz for PM

  22-09-2019 18:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The Arab bloc in Israel's parliament has endorsed Blue and White party chairman Benny Gantz for prime minister.With that nod, Gantz looks to edge by incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu in the number of lawmakers who will endorse him.Representatives of the Joint List of Arab parties told President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday that they recommend the former military chief.
  
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• Hundreds mourn 'dead' glacier at funeral in Switzerland

  22-09-2019 18:15 via cnn.com
  Hundreds of people held a funeral and paid respects to a Swiss glacier that is disappearing as temperatures climb.
  
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• Hundreds mourn 'dead' glacier at funeral

  22-09-2019 18:15 via cnn.com
  Hundreds of people held a funeral and paid respects to a Swiss glacier that is disappearing as temperatures climb.
  
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• A Crackdown on Islam Is Spreading Across China

  22-09-2019 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  YINCHUAN, China -- In China's northwest, the government is stripping the most overt expressions of the Islamic faith from a picturesque valley where most residents are devout Muslims. Authorities have destroyed domes and minarets on mosques, including one in a small village near Linxia, a city known as "Little Mecca."Similar demolitions have been carried out in Inner Mongolia, Henan and Ningxia, the homeland of China's largest Muslim ethnic minority, the Hui. In the southern province of Yunnan,
  
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• Iran asks West to leave Persian Gulf as tensions heightened

  22-09-2019 18:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran's president called Sunday on Western powers to leave the security of the Persian Gulf to regional nations led by Tehran, criticizing a new U.S.-led coalition patrolling the region's waterways as nationwide parades showcased the Islamic Republic's military arsenal.Hassan Rouhani separately promised to unveil a regional peace plan at this week's upcoming high-level meetings at the United Nations, which comes amid heightened Mideast tensions following a series of attacks, including a missile-a
  
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• 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' actor Aron Eisenberg dies at age 50

  22-09-2019 18:08 via cnn.com
  Aron Eisenberg, who played Nog from the Star Trek spin-off "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," has died, his widow said. He was 50.
  
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• South Korea's Population Disaster Is Coming

  22-09-2019 18:05 via news.yahoo.com
  It's a people problem.
  
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• Trump kicks back against Biden and his son in Ukraine – video

  22-09-2019 17:57 via theguardian.com
  Donald Trump has gone on the offensive over what he and his allies claim is corruption involving Joe Biden and his son in Ukraine.The president’s reported pressuring of the Ukrainian president to investigate claims about Biden, the Democratic presidential frontrunner, has clouded the White House in scandal. Biden has accused Trump of an 'overwhelming abuse of power'Trump goes on offensive over Biden and Ukraine as Schiff ponders impeachment Continue reading...
  
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• Trump: I'm 'flexible' but no, I'm not meeting Iran at UN

  22-09-2019 17:56 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump said Sunday he does not intend to meet with Iran at the upcoming UN General Assembly, days after Iran denied involvement in an attack on Saudi oil facilities and the US announced new sanctions against the longtime US foe.
  
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• 'Downton Abbey' takes box office crown over 'Ad Astra' and 'Rambo'

  22-09-2019 17:51 via cnn.com
  A group of British aristocrats beat out Brad Pitt as an astronaut and John Rambo at the box office this weekend.
  
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