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• Biden: Campaign pleads to TV shows -- stop booking Giuliani

  29-09-2019 23:51 via cnn.com
  Joe Biden's presidential campaign says President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani does not belong on TV.
  
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• Facebook says Libra is out of its control. But Libra's overseers are a web of Silicon Valley insiders

  29-09-2019 23:41 via cnn.com
  In its effort to bring the Libra cryptocurrency to life, perhaps the biggest hurdle for Facebook is a lack of trust and opposition from regulators around the world, who are concerned about Libra's potential implications for privacy and financial stability and Facebook's role in managing it.
  
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• Chinese parade may include glimpse at nuclear-capable missile that could reach US in 30 minutes

  29-09-2019 23:40 via foxnews.com
  As Beijing apparently gets closer to matching Washington and other powers in weapons technology, China is having a parade this week that might show off its rapidly developing arsenal, which may include a nuclear-capable missile that could reach the United States in 30 minutes.
  
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• 2020 Dem field poised for new purge, with crucial deadlines looming

  29-09-2019 23:26 via foxnews.com
  Candidates in the record-setting field of 2020 Democrats face two key deadlines this coming week.
  
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• Moscow rally sees tens of thousands demanding Russian protesters' release

  29-09-2019 23:12 via foxnews.com
  Some 20,000 people rallied in downtown Moscow on Sunday to demand the release of protesters who were jailed during a wave of opposition demonstrations this summer.
  
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• U.S. Marines Say a Moment's Confusion Caused the Fatal 2018 Air Collision

  29-09-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The report also described the squadron as having "a command climate of general unprofessionalism and misconduct."
  
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• Pelosi, Dems 'ducking' responsibility of impeachment inquiry, Kim Strassel says

  29-09-2019 23:07 via foxnews.com
  Following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump, Wall Street Journal columnist Kim Strassel accused her of "ducking" her actual responsibilities with regard to the probe and said she has not followed proper protocol.
  
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• Washington man rescued, in critical condition, after plummeting nearly 30 feet over waterfall, reports say

  29-09-2019 22:56 via foxnews.com
  A man in Washington state was in critical condition Saturday after he plummeted nearly 30 feet over a waterfall prompting a rescue operation that lasted over an hour, local reports said.
  
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• Prisoners on loose after overpowering guards

  29-09-2019 22:48 via cnn.com
  Four prisoners escaped Gallia County Jail in south Ohio overnight after using a homemade weapon to overpower two female correctional officers, the Gallia County sheriff said.
  
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• Tesla and Elon Musk's Tweet Violated Labor Laws Protecting Unions, Judge Rules

  29-09-2019 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Judge Amita Tracy ordered the company to cease and desist a litany of actions
  
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• Harvard president compares fundraising changes to abolition of slavery

  29-09-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  * Larry Bacow apologises for remark about 13th amendment* Colleges should not try to ‘own’ wealthy alumniThe Widener Library in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Photograph: Charles Krupa/APThe president of Harvard University has apologized for likening the 13th amendment to the US constitution – which abolished slavery – to changes in how colleges raise funds.On Tuesday, the Boston Globe reported, Larry Bacow suggested that as the 13th amend
  
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• Trump reportedly worked with 2 'off the books' lawyers to pressure Ukraine

  29-09-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace said that top U.S. officials confirmed President Trump was working with more than one personal lawyer "off the books" to pressure Ukrainian officials for damaging information on former Vice President Joe Biden.
  
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• Giuliani says he will cooperate with Trump impeachment inquiry — only if the president gives him the green light

  29-09-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said Sunday he would cooperate the House impeachment inquiry, but only if directed by his client.
  
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• Terrorism charge filed against man who crashed car into Woodfield Mall near Chicago

  29-09-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  The man who slammed his SUV into a suburban Chicago mall has been formally charged with terrorism and criminal damage to property, authorities said.
  
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• Two people killed after Mexico theme park crash

  29-09-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  At least two people have died after a speeding roller coaster car flipped over midride at a Mexican amusement park. When the last car on the ride derailed at La Feria theme park, two men 18 and 21 years old died from head injuries and other wounds, according to officials.
  
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• Man charged with terrorism after driving SUV through Woodfield Mall

  29-09-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  A 22-year-old Palatine man was charged with terrorism early Sunday morning after plowing his SUV through Woodfield Mall in a bizarre-and still unexplained-incident more than a week ago.
  
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• Giuliani said Mike Pompeo knew he pushed Ukraine to investigate Biden

  29-09-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Giuliani added to allegations that Trump pressured foreign officials to investigate his potential 2020 Democratic opponent for his own political gain.
  
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• Now, about Joe Biden's son: Today's Toon

  29-09-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
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• Humans can get tuberculosis from deer, the CDC says

  29-09-2019 21:26 via cnn.com
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found another unusual way animals can get humans sick. Luckily, this one doesn't involve kisses from your pet.
  
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• De Niro has choice words, and a couple f-bombs, for his Fox News critics

  29-09-2019 21:25 via cnn.com
  Robert De Niro says he thinks Democrats had no choice but to open an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
  
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• Iran's iconic anti-US murals make way for a new generation of artwork

  29-09-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Famous murals celebrating Iran's Islamic revolution daubed on walls of the former US embassy in Tehran have been erased to make way for new paintings to be unveiled on the fortieth anniversary of the hostage crisis.Three workers were on Sunday afternoon seen removing the original artwork with a sandblaster against the wall of Taleqani avenue, bordering the south side of what was once dubbed a US "spy nest" in central Tehran.On November 4, 1979, less than nine months after Iran's last shah was to
  
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• Could Africa Be the Next Financial Frontier?

  29-09-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The Demoratic Republic of Congo is ready to capitalize on the opportunities created by the U.S.-China trade war.
  
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• Moroccan king ill, forced to miss Chirac funeral service

  29-09-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Doctors have advised Morocco's King Mohammed VI to rest for several days to recover from a viral lung infection that forced him to miss a remembrance ceremony in Paris for France's late president Jacques Chirac, the palace said on Sunday.In a rare statement on the health of the 56-year-old monarch, who last year underwent heart surgery, the palace said Mohammed had been unable to attend the commemoration event for Chirac, who died last week aged 86.Chirac served as French president from 1995 to
  
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• White House adviser says Trump 'is the whistleblower’

  29-09-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  White House senior adviser Stephen Miller defended President Trump’s attempts to have the Ukrainian president open an investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, claiming on Sunday that the scandal was a “political hit job” by the “deep state” and that Trump was really the “whistleblower.”
  
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• Texas wife calls lawyer before spouse reports suspect death

  29-09-2019 21:00
  The man is charged in killing of someone he says he thought was an intruder.
  
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• Fact-check in real time: Tapper calls out Republican's claims

  29-09-2019 20:46 via cnn.com
  Rep. Jim Jordan, the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee, and CNN's Jake Tapper got into a contentious exchange Sunday after the lawmaker made false and misleading claims about the unfolding Ukraine drama that has led to an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
  
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• 'I couldn't give up': How I got through college as a homeless student sleeping in my car

  29-09-2019 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  I wonder how many college students are like me, normal on the outside but actually fighting for their life. For those students, here's how I coped.
  
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• Poll: Majority of US says impeachment inquiry is necessary

  29-09-2019 20:26 via cnn.com
  A majority of Americans say they think Congress opening an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump is necessary, according to a CBS News poll released Sunday.
  
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• Lawyers fight for everyday women bringing #MeToo complaints

  29-09-2019 20:22
  Lawyers inspired by the #MeToo movement are using money from a legal defense fund to press sexual misconduct cases against the FBI, McDonald's and other employers
  
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• Cash-Strapped Booker Says Could Drop White House Bid by Tuesday

  29-09-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Cory Booker said he could end his presidential campaign by Tuesday unless he is able to reach his goal of $1.7 million in donations within the next 36 hours.Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, the New Jersey senator said that despite an “avalanche of support,” his campaign needed “some more help” from contributors. His campaign website shows he’s about $150,000 short of the amount he targeted on Sept. 21 to have a viabl
  
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• Leonardo DiCaprio reacts to Trump's 'insulting' tweet to Greta Thunberg at 2019 Global Citizen Festival

  29-09-2019 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Leonardo DiCaprio defended Greta Thunberg in front of60,000 people during NYC's2019 Global Citizen's Festival.
  
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• Magnitude 6.8 earthquake detected off the coast of Chile

  29-09-2019 20:00
  An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 6.8 has been detected off the coast of Chile, according to officials with the U.S. Geological Survey.
  
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• Is Donald Trump's Justice Department part of the Ukraine scandal cover-up?

  29-09-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  A campaign finance violation isn’t the only federal crime suggested by what we know. Why would Justice walk away with so much left on the table?
  
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• Roller coaster jumps track and kills two

  29-09-2019 19:42 via cnn.com
  Two people were killed and two others injured when a roller coaster jumped its track at a popular amusement park in Mexico City on Saturday, Notimex, Mexico's state-run news agency, reported.
  
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• Robert Mugabe buried in a steel coffin encased in concrete as family claims people are 'after his body'

  29-09-2019 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The bizarre burial of Robert Mugabe saw the former Zimbabwean leader interred in a steel-lined coffin under a layer of concrete on Saturday, following a bitter dispute over his resting place between government officials, traditional leaders and family members. Twenty-two days after he died, the body of the strongman was finally buried next to his home with second wife Grace Mugabe in Kutama, Zvimba, the village of his birth, 55 miles north west of Harare. His eldest neph
  
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• Fox News' Chris Wallace spars with Stephen Miller over Trump's call to use attorneys to seek dirt on Joe Biden

  29-09-2019 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox News host Chris Wallace grilled White House adviser Stephen Miller on why President Trump used personal attorneys to press a foreign country to investigate a political rival rather than seek official channels for justice.
  
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• Portugal's Azores brace for impact of category 4 hurricane Lorenzo

  29-09-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  As hurricane Lorenzo moves closer, Portugal's Azores archipelago is bracing for strong winds, heavy rain and towering waves and the country's meteorology agency IPMA said there was more than an 80% chance of the storm hitting the mid-Atlantic islands.In a statement published on Sunday, IPMA said the eye of category 4 hurricane Lorenzo would pass "very close" to the archipelago on Wednesday, with gales of up to 125 miles per hour (mph) expected to batter some areas.The storm briefly strengthened
  
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• Kurz set to retake power in Austria as far-Right Freedom Party suffers crushing defeat

  29-09-2019 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Sebastian Kurz was poised to return to power in Austria on Sunday night as his party made sweeping gains in elections while the far-Right Freedom Party (FPÖ) suffered a crushing defeat. While it fell short of an absolute majority, Mr Kurz's conservative People’s Party (ÖVP) took a commanding first place with 37.1 per cent — a record 15 points clear of its nearest competitor. The centre-Left Social Democrats (SPÖ), who have dominated much of postwar Austr
  
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• Strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake off Chile coast: USGS

  29-09-2019 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific off the coast of Chile on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said."There is a low likelihood of casualties and damage," the USGS said of the earthquake, which it earlier reported as a magnitude 7.2, and which occurred 41 miles (66 kilometers) west-southwest of Constitucion, Chile.Chile's National Seismological Center (CSN) put the quake at 6.6 magnitude.
  
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• Search on for private plane with 2 aboard that vanished without a trace

  29-09-2019 19:24
  The FAA says it has no reports of aircraft dropping off radar.
  
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• Soldier at Mar-a-Lago uploaded photos of an underage girl to website

  29-09-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Richard Ciccarella is said to have uploaded topless pictures of a young female relative. Ciccarella pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to federal investigators about an email address for a Russian website. According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory Schiller, the photos didn't constitute child pornography.
  
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• A secret-video scandal brought him down. Now this controversial leader could return

  29-09-2019 19:21 via cnn.com
  Austrians were voting in a snap election on Sunday after Sebastian Kurz and his right-wing coalition government lost a vote of no confidence in May, following a corruption scandal prompted by a secretly-filmed video.
  
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• Giuliani's slipshod strategy backfires spectacularly on Trump

  29-09-2019 19:18 via cnn.com
  For Rudy Giuliani, the final week of September could very well go down as the most consequential stretch of days in his long public career since he led New York City through the tragedy of 9/11.
  
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• NYPD officer investigating gang shot dead

  29-09-2019 19:15 via cnn.com
  A New York Police Department officer was shot dead in the Bronx early Sunday, authorities said.
  
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• Woman bends metal bars to rescue deer ... twice

  29-09-2019 19:02 via cnn.com
  CNN affiliate WSB speaks with a woman who saved a deer twice in the same day after it got stuck in fences near Stone Mountain in Georgia.
  
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• Elon Musk's ambitious plan for SpaceX's Starship aims to put the reusable rocket system in orbit in less than six months

  29-09-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  SpaceX CEO Elon Musk presented an update on the system at the company's launch facility in Cameron County, Texas on Saturday, Sept. 28.
  
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• Vice President's seized luxury supercars auctioned off

  29-09-2019 18:56 via cnn.com
  A collection of luxury supercars seized from the extravagant vice president of Equatorial Guinea as part of a corruption probe were auctioned in Switzerland on Sunday.
  
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• Politician's seized luxury supercars auctioned off

  29-09-2019 18:56 via cnn.com
  A collection of luxury supercars seized from the extravagant vice president of Equatorial Guinea as part of a corruption probe were auctioned in Switzerland on Sunday.
  
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• Duterte spokesman critical of U.S. senator's comments on senator detention

  29-09-2019 18:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman on Sunday criticized a U.S. lawmaker for making a "baseless" accusation of abuse in the case of a detained critic of the Filipino leader.Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo was reacting to a statement by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, who said the detention of Philippine Senator Leila De Lima was a "wrongful imprisonment".Leahy made the remarks in a statement he sent to local network ABS-CBN News on Friday, in which he criticized Panelo for saying
  
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• Arrest made in postal worker’s murder

  29-09-2019 18:50
  Trevor Raekwon Seward, 22, of Andrews, South Carolina has been arrested and charged with the murder.
  
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