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• Iraq cleric Sadr demands government resign as deadly protests spike

  04-10-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Iraqi firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr called on the government to resign as violence spiked Friday across the country and protesters clashed with police on the fourth day of deadly demonstrations against corruption and unemployment.The former Shiite militia leader, whose bloc is the biggest in parliament, said in a statement that in order to avoid further deaths "the government should resign and early elections should be held under UN supervision".At least 60 people have died over four days of blo
  
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• Catholic bishop in N.Z. quits over sex complaint

  04-10-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  A New Zealand Catholic bishop has resigned after a young woman accused him of engaging in "unacceptable behaviour of a sexual nature", the Church said.It said Bishop Charles Drennan, who oversaw the North Island diocese of Palmerston North, tendered his resignation after an independent investigation into his conduct."The young woman has requested that details of the complaint remain private," the Metropolitan Archbishop of New Zealand, Cardinal John Dew, said in a statement released late Friday.
  
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• CIA's top lawyer made 'criminal referral' on complaint about Trump Ukraine call

  04-10-2019 23:47 via nbcnews.com
  Experts are raising questions about why the Justice Department did not open an investigation.
  
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• Derby's Lawrence & Bennett fined six weeks' wages over drink-driving charges

  04-10-2019 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Tom Lawrence and Mason Bennett are fined six weeks' wages by Derby County after the pair were charged with drink-driving.
  
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• Salford Red Devils reach Super League Grand Final: Wigan Warriors 4-28 Salford Red Devils

  04-10-2019 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Salford reach their first Super League Grand Final by beating five-time champions Wigan Warriors at the DW Stadium.
  
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• Iranian hackers targeted US 2020 campaign, says Microsoft

  04-10-2019 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Reports suggest the hackers tried to break into President Donald Trump's re-election campaign.
  
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• Woman charged with false rape report faces trial in Kansas

  04-10-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  A University of Kansas student who is charged with making a false rape report will go on trial this month after a judge denied motions to dismiss charges and suppress portions of the case, much to the chagrin of defense attorneys who say police botched the investigation. Judge Amy Hanley's ruling on Thursday means the trial will begin as scheduled on Oct. 28, The Kansas City Star reported.
  
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• Warren campaign fires top staffer after investigating complaints of 'inappropriate behavior'

  04-10-2019 23:18 via nbcnews.com
  The Massachusetts senator's 2020 campaign said the investigation was conducted by outside counsel and declined to elaborate on the nature of the complaints.
  
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• Prince Harry to sue two British tabloids

  04-10-2019 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  The Duke of Sussex's action concerns the alleged illegal interception of voicemail messages.
  
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• India shelves crackdown on single-use plastic

  04-10-2019 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  India has shelved a planned crackdown on single-use plastic due to business worries over disruption.
  
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• Teenager Bailey gives Birmingham dramatic win over Middlesbrough

  04-10-2019 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Teenager Odin Bailey saves Birmingham City's blushes as his late goal earns them a deserved win over Middlesbrough at St Andrew's.
  
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• Border Agent Harasses Journalist at U.S. Customs—Again

  04-10-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  REUTERSA U.S. Customs and Border Protection official reportedly refused to allow a reporter through customs on Thursday unless he answered the repeated question “You write propaganda, right?” in the affirmative, at least the third such incident involving harassment of a journalist by a passport official this year.Ben Watson, a news editor at Defense One, was returning to the United States from a reporting assignment in Denmark when a USCBP official, after asking whether Watson was ca
  
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• Impeachment inquiry turns to Vice President Mike Pence

  04-10-2019 22:50 via nbcnews.com
  The document request is the first directed at Pence in the House's impeachment inquiry.
  
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• Guyger conviction shows how image, notions of character can influence trials

  04-10-2019 22:44 via nbcnews.com
  "You shouldn’t have to be a perfect person of color to get justice in America," an attorney for Botham Jean's family said.
  
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• The Utah Domestic Violence Coalition discusses how to detect and react in instances of domestic violence

  04-10-2019 22:40 via nbcnews.com
  Jenn Oxborrow, the Executive Director of the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition discusses how to detect and react in instances of domestic violence. She then takes a look at the Susan Powell case.
  
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• Trump says Poland joining visa waiver program

  04-10-2019 22:33 via nbcnews.com
  The program allows pre-approved travelers from participating countries to visit the U.S. for up to 90 days without obtaining a non-immigrant visitor visa.
  
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• The first all-female spacewalk is scheduled for this month

  04-10-2019 22:31 via cnn.com
  After the first all-female spacewalk was scrapped in March, NASA has now scheduled another attempt with astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir for October 21.
  
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• Woman arrested after deputies say they found 24 pipe bombs in home

  04-10-2019 22:27 via abcnews.go.com
  Authorities said they found 24 pipe bombs and dozens of weapons inside Michelle Kolts' room.
  
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• Florida man gets 10 days in jail after missing jury duty

  04-10-2019 22:22 via nbcnews.com
  Deandre Somerville's sentence also includes three months of probation, 30 hours of community service, an apology letter, and a $223 fine.
  
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• Andrew Yang Shouldn’t Retreat from His Past Success in Revitalizing Depressed Cities

  04-10-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  As Peter Beinart has trenchantly observed in The Atlantic, formerly moderate Generation X Democratic candidates Cory Booker and Kamala Harris have chosen to turn their backs on policies they once championed. Booker no longer talks up his successful expansion of charter schools as mayor of Newark, while Harris has run away from her common-sense decision, as San Francisco district attorney, to enforce truancy laws as a means to get the attention of parents of disadvantaged students.
  
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• Paris knife attack investigation forwarded to terrorism prosecutor, source says

  04-10-2019 22:20 via cnn.com
  The investigation into a knife attack that left four people dead at Paris police headquarters has been forwarded to French terrorism prosecutors, a source at the Paris prosecutor's office told CNN Friday.
  
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• Baltimore prosecutor wants 790 'tainted' convictions erased

  04-10-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Baltimore's top prosecutor has begun asking judges to throw out nearly 800 convictions that she said were tainted by officers linked to a corruption scandal.The Baltimore Sun reported Friday that State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's review found 790 criminal cases handled by 25 city officers whom she says she has reason to distrust.Mosby updated the number of officers being scrutinized on Friday, saying it could fluctuate as her office investigates.
  
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• Ruth Bader Ginsburg says people will see this period in American history as 'an aberration'

  04-10-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has said people will look back at this period of American politics as “an aberration”.The 86-year-old judge made the comment during an event at Amherst College, Massachusetts, according to The Boston Globe.
  
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• World Athletics Championships: Katarina Johnson-Thompson reacts to Liverpool hometown celebrations

  04-10-2019 22:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Heptathlon World Champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson reacts to the celebrations in hometown Liverpool and a special message from Reds' manager Jurgen Klopp.
  
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• Greta Thunberg tells Yahoo News: Powerful men like Trump 'want to silence' young climate activists

  04-10-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Greta Thunberg tells Yahoo News that youth climate activists are "making a difference."
  
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• Fourteen-year-old shot in clashes between Hong Kong protesters and police in wake of face mask ban

  04-10-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  A 14-year-old boy was shot as clashes broke out between protesters and police in Hong Kong on Friday in the wake of a blanket ban on face masks.  Demonstrators stormed the city’s shopping district and set fire to Chinese banks.  Police said a 14-year-old boy was shot in the thigh, but said it was unclear if he was hit by a stray bullet or shot by a police officer who fired his gun after being attacked by a group of protesters. The Hospital Authority said a 14-year-old boy was tak
  
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• Jodi Arias' murder conviction could be overturned because of prosecutor misconduct claims

  04-10-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The Arizona Court of Appeals will consider how allegations of misconduct against prosecutor Juan Martinez could overturn Jodi Arias' conviction.
  
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• Japanese MP floats idea of revising constitution to allow gay marriage

  04-10-2019 22:02 via nbcnews.com
  A survey last year showed nearly 80 percent of Japanese in their 20s to 50s favored legalizing same-sex marriage.
  
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• Acclaimed actress Diahann Carroll, star of TV show 'Julia,' dies at 84

  04-10-2019 22:00 via nbcnews.com
  Carroll was the star of "Julia," which ran for 86 episodes on NBC from 1968 to 1971.
  
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• Russia helping China build missile warning system, Putin says

  04-10-2019 21:58 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Moscow has plans to help China build a system to help detect when an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is launched, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.
  
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• Philadelphia settles with Chinese restaurant owners in case alleging discrimination

  04-10-2019 21:58 via nbcnews.com
  The city will pay restaurant owners, who alleged that police selectively enforced an ordinance requiring certain businesses to close at 11 p.m., a total of $265,000.
  
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• Indiana approves new permit for John Dillinger exhumation

  04-10-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Indiana officials have approved a new permit relatives of 1930s gangster John Dillinger had sought to exhume his Indianapolis gravesite.The permit approved Thursday by the Indiana State Department of Health calls for the remains to be exhumed on Dec. 31.Dillinger's nephew, Michael C. Thompson, applied for the permit last month after he and another relative obtained an earlier permit calling for a Sept. 16 exhumation.
  
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• Inter Milan vs. Juventus: Antonio Conte seeks to answer prayers in search for holy grail

  04-10-2019 21:51 via cnn.com
  Just over a week since it was announced that Inter Milan, along with its city rival AC Milan, plan to build a brand new $1.35 billion, 60,000-seat arena, another gleaming treasure has become a more pressing obsession, at least for those who follow the Nerazzurri.
  
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• Inter Milan takes aim at Ronaldo and Juventus

  04-10-2019 21:51 via cnn.com
  Just over a week since it was announced that Inter Milan, along with its city rival AC Milan, plan to build a brand new $1.35 billion, 60,000-seat arena, another gleaming treasure has become a more pressing obsession, at least for those who follow the Nerazzurri.
  
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• Dallas ex-cop's conviction: Was justice served?

  04-10-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of her neighbor Botham Jean. Guyger said she had accidently entered Jean's apartment thinking it was her own and shot him because she believed he was an intruder.
  
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• Iran claims 'victory' after bank compensated by Britain

  04-10-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran claimed a "victory" on Friday after one of its banks received compensation from British authorities over "illegal" sanctions.According to the UK daily The Times, London paid Bank Mellat "1.25 billion pounds sterling ($1.54 million) with interest".The settlement was announced on Twitter by Tehran's ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad.
  
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• Second man found guilty in the murder of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee in Chicago

  04-10-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  On Friday, Corey Morgan was found guilty of first degree murder in the killing of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee in Chicago.
  
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• On 'The View,' Meghan McCain accuses Joy Behar of spreading 'fake news' about the economy

  04-10-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  During Friday’s broadcast of "The View," Meghan McCain reignited her long-standing on-air battle with Joy Behar, accusing the liberal co-host of peddling “fake news” that the economy is slowing down.
  
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• Authorities release missing 5-year-old Dulce Alavez's mother's 911 call

  04-10-2019 21:27 via nbcnews.com
  Noema Alavez Perez reported her daughter missing from City Park in Bridgeton, New Jersey, on Sept. 16.
  
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• NASA's InSight mission is struggling to dig into Mars

  04-10-2019 21:26 via cnn.com
  Since landing on Mars in November 2018, NASA's InSight mission has been taking selfies, providing daily Martian weather reports, detecting quakes on Mars and hearing strange sounds. But its heat probe experiment is struggling to burrow beneath the surface of the Red Planet.
  
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• The Entire World Knows That Protester Was Shot in Hong Kong

  04-10-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Beware Beijing: Everyone is watching you now.
  
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• Lou Dobbs Stands By as Joe diGenova Trashes His Colleague Chris Wallace

  04-10-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Days after Fox News anchor Chris Wallace dropped a scoop that two frequent Fox guests—husband-wife lawyer team Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing—worked “off the books” with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani to dig up Ukrainian dirt on Joe Biden, the two attorneys roasted Wallace during a Fox Business Network appearance—and Trump-boosting host Lou Dobbs largely stood by.Appearing on Thursday night’s broadcast of Lou Dobbs Tonight, the pro-Trump lawyers were asked abo
  
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• Catholic leaders are meeting to debate big changes. Here's what you need to know about the Vatican's 'Amazon synod'

  04-10-2019 21:07 via cnn.com
  A major change may be coming to the Catholic Church from an unlikely place: the Amazon.
  
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• 'I've never had a crystal': Marianne Williamson demands to be taken seriously

  04-10-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Marianne Williamson wants you to know she’s not a “crystal woo woo lady.”
  
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• Exclusive: Trump Shows 'No Interest' in New North Korea Missile Threat, Prepares Diplomatic Offer

  04-10-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Sources tell TIME that President Trump "didn't care" about a new North Korea missile threat and wants to move forward with talks with North Korea.
  
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• Legionnaire's outbreak linked to hot tubs kills one, sickens dozens in North Carolina

  04-10-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The 120 people who have fallen ill with Legionnaire's, and eight who contracted its milder version Pontiac Fever, attended or worked at the fair, the state's Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement on Thursday.The infected were likely exposed to Legionella bacteria as they walked by a hot tub display at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair, the statement said.Lab results confirmed that water samples from the state fair event center contained the bacteria that causes the dis
  
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• Prince Harry set to sue British tabloids over alleged voicemail hacking

  04-10-2019 20:42 via nbcnews.com
  The claims against The Sun and the Daily Mirror follow the royal’s announcement earlier this week of a lawsuit against the parent company of the Mail on Sunday.
  
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• Climate change: Polarstern icebreaker begins year-long Arctic drift

  04-10-2019 20:33 via bbc.co.uk
  The research vessel is spearheading the biggest ever scientific expedition at the North Pole.
  
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• The Earth just had its hottest September on record

  04-10-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  September was so hot, it was actually the hottest ever recorded, especially in central and eastern USA, the Mongolian plateau and parts of the Arctic.
  
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• Man walking his dogs nearly killed by lightning strike

  04-10-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  A quiet dog walk nearly turned fatal on Thursday night for a man in Spring, Texas, located about 25 miles from Houston. Thanks to quick actions by witness Bill Wilson, the man is expected to survive.The unnamed victim is in his late-20s, according to officials. He was heading toward the local dog park when a lightning bolt struck him. As can be seen in the video, the shock was severe enough that it left a fist-sized hole in the concrete."He was face down on the ground, we rolled him over and che
  
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