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• Mitt Romney said everyone in the Senate is 'really nice' except for Bernie Sanders, who 'just kind of scowls'

  20-10-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Romney has emerged as one of the few Republican senators willing to take a stand against Trump, but he says most people are really nice.
  
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• Mulvaney says he and Trump didn't discuss him resigning following defiant press conference

  20-10-2019 23:26 via cnn.com
  
  Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says he and President Donald Trump never discussed his potential resignation following a defiant press conference last week in which the aide admitted a quid pro quo between the US and Ukraine.
  
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• Is Boris Johnson's latest defeat actually a huge win?

  20-10-2019 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  • Ousted PM Theresa May rises to launch speech on new deal
  
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• 3 soldiers die, 3 hurt in Army Fort Stewart training accident

  20-10-2019 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  After a Bradley Fighting Vehicle crashed, three Fort Stewart soldiers were pronounced dead at the scene; three more were evacuated to a hospital.
  
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• Hell, yes, Beto O'Rourke: Today's Toon

  20-10-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
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• Trump accidentally refers to Defense Secretary Esper as 'Mark Esperanto' in tweet defending Syria withdrawal

  20-10-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump quoted "Mark Esperanto, Secretary of Defense" on Sunday. But the man in charge of the Pentagon is named Mark Esper, not Esperanto.
  
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• Thomas D'Alesandro III, ex-Baltimore mayor and brother to Nancy Pelosi, dies at 90

  20-10-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  "Tommy was the finest public servant I have ever known," Pelosi said. "All his life, Tommy worked on the side of the angels. Now, he is with them."
  
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• Video shows man approach 3-year-old on night of abduction

  20-10-2019 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  Police have released surveillance video in which a man is seen approaching missing Alabama 3-year-old Kamille McKinney while she played outside her family's housing complex on the night she disappeared.
  
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• Missing girl seen following man in video

  20-10-2019 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  Police have released surveillance video in which a man is seen approaching missing Alabama 3-year-old Kamille McKinney while she played outside her family's housing complex on the night she disappeared.
  
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• Man Utd always defend against us - Klopp

  20-10-2019 22:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says it is "a fact" that Manchester United always set up to defend against his side at Old Trafford.
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence ties the knot

  20-10-2019 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney have officially tied the knot.
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence marries Cooke Maroney at luxurious Rhode Island mansion

  20-10-2019 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney have officially tied the knot.
  
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• Nancy Pelosi's brother Thomas D'Alesandro III has died

  20-10-2019 22:06 via cnn.com
  
  Thomas D'Alesandro III, a former Baltimore mayor and brother of Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has died.
  
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• The Orionid meteor shower is coming Monday night

  20-10-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Keep your eyes to the night sky Monday night: You might get a peek at the Orionid meteor shower.
  
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• Black school guard fired for telling student not to call him the N-word by using it himself

  20-10-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  A security guard lost his job after 11 years for telling an unruly student to quit using the N-word by using the word himself.
  
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• Tear gas and water cannon as Hong Kong crowds defy rally ban

  20-10-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Hong Kong police fired water cannon and tear gas Sunday as crowds held an illegal march, with hardcore protesters throwing petrol bombs and trashing businesses to cap a week of anger after recent attacks on pro-democracy demonstrators.Authorities had forbidden the rally in Tsim Sha Tsui, a densely-packed shopping district filled with luxury boutiques and hotels, citing public safety and previous violence from hardcore protesters.
  
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• Buckle up -- Canada's election will be a cliffhanger

  20-10-2019 21:34 via cnn.com
  
  Nasty. It is not a word associated much with Canada -- except perhaps with the winters here.But during this election campaign, nastiness has been one of the only unifying themes, as parties trade insults and dig up scandals from coast to coast to coast.
  
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• Chile protests: At least eight people killed during riots in Santiago

  20-10-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  At least eight people have been killed in Chile during a second day of protests and rioting in the South American nation.Three people were left dead after a looted building was set ablaze, the governor of Santiago, the country’s capital, said.
  
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• Egypt to press for outside mediator in Ethiopia dam dispute

  20-10-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Egypt sees the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as an existential risk, fearing it will threaten scarce water supplies in Egypt and power generation at its own dam in Aswan.Cairo says it has exhausted efforts to reach an agreement on the conditions for operating GERD and filling the reservoir behind it, after years of three-party talks with Ethiopia and Sudan.
  
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• US troops leave northern Syria for Iraq despite Trump's claims they are returning 'home'

  20-10-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  US forces began withdrawing from their largest base in northern Syria on Sunday after the Pentagon chief confirmed that nearly 1,000 troops would be relocated to “help defend Iraq” against Isil’s re-emergence. As President Donald Trump claimed that he was "bringing soldiers home", he was contradicted by his defence secretary, Mark Esper, who said the troops were instead headed for Syria's neighbour to join an existing US force of 5,000.  “The current g
  
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• Lebanon rocked by vast protests demanding resignation of Hariri government

  20-10-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Lebanon was shaken on Sunday by its largest protests in years as young and old turned out en masse to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri and his coalition government. It marked the fourth day of protests following a proposal for new taxes, which ignited widespread anger over austerity measures and corruption in a deeply unequal society.  The plan - to tax WhatsApp calls and other third-party applications that have long afforded cash-strapped Lebanese a chance to chat fo
  
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• 8 tornadoes later, Nestor's rains are helping more than hurting parched Southeast, East

  20-10-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Nestor, a once feared and fierce tropical storm, was helping more than hurting as it nudged north while spreading rain over a wide swath of the East.
  
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• Three soldiers killed in training accident at Army base in Georgia

  20-10-2019 20:40 via cnn.com
  
  Three US soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Division were killed and three others injured during a training accident at an Army base in Georgia early Sunday morning, according to the Army.
  
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• Chicago Police Superintendent Seeks Investigation Into Himself

  20-10-2019 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  It was barely Thursday when someone in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago called 911 to report a person asleep in an SUV at a stop sign.When police officers arrived around 12:30 a.m., they found their boss, Superintendent Eddie Johnson, "slumped over" in his city-issued Chevrolet Tahoe, according to officials and news reports.Officers did not see any signs of impairment, and Johnson, who reported parking his car after feeling lightheaded, was allowed to drive himself home, the police said.La
  
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• Her son shot his way into an Indiana high school. Now she's facing six felony charges

  20-10-2019 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Mary York faces felony charges because of her son's actions at Dennis Intermediate School. Parents of school shooters are rarely charged.
  
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• Record 19-hour flight to Sydney complete

  20-10-2019 20:26 via cnn.com
  
  Australian airline Qantas has completed the longest non-stop commercial passenger flight, researching the potential impacts of ultra-long haul flights on pilots, crew and passengers.
  
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• Manchester United ends Liverpool's perfect Premier League record

  20-10-2019 20:25 via cnn.com
  
  Liverpool's 17-game winning streak in the Premier League came to an end after a 1-1 draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.
  
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• The court that could decide the future of Trump's presidency

  20-10-2019 20:22 via cnn.com
  
  Presidents understand the power of this court, and President Donald Trump may come to understand that more than most.
  
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• Mick Mulvaney seeks Trump damage control over impeachment and more

  20-10-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  * Chief of staff defends Doral G7 fiasco and own Ukraine remarks* Nancy Pelosi visits Jordan to discuss Turkey Syria incursionMick Mulvaney in his news conference at the White House on Thursday. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPASenior Trump administration officials were on Sunday scrambling to defend the president from escalating domestic and foreign policy scandals, ranging from impeachment proceedings in Washington to the US troop withdrawal in northern Syria.Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney
  
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• Canada's Conservatives offer bland option to Trudeau's flash in Monday's national elections

  20-10-2019 19:47 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Even members of his own party say Canada's Conservative leader is bland. They tout it as a virtue, the antidote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's flash and star power, and they're counting on this very quality to help Andrew Scheer defeat Trudeau's Liberal Party in national elections Monday.
  
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• Justin Amash: Republican who took on Trump won't rule out White House run

  20-10-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Michigan congressman left party over his criticism of Trump and called for impeachment earlier this yearMichigan congressman Justin Amash: ‘We need new voices on the national stage running for national office, including the presidency.’Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/APJustin Amash, the Michigan congressman who left the Republican party over his criticism of Donald Trump and support for impeachment, has refused to rule out a run for the White House.“I think I’m very effect
  
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• Largest US troop withdrawal from Syria underway

  20-10-2019 19:35 via cnn.com
  
  Analysis: US is out of the picture in Syria-Turkey crisis. Putin now owns this mess
  
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• Mick Mulvaney Melts Down Under Brutal Grilling By Fox’s Chris Wallace

  20-10-2019 18:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Days after his disastrous White House press briefing in which he admitted President Donald Trump was seeking out a quid pro quo with Ukraine before saying never mind, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney struggled to walk back his comments under the intense and relentless grilling of Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace.Almost immediately during the Sunday morning broadcast, Wallace pressed Mulvaney on his remarks, asking why he said during the press conference that military aid to Uk
  
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• School apologizes after photo showing students with cardboard boxes over their heads during exam goes viral

  20-10-2019 18:41 via news.yahoo.com
  An school in India has issued an apology after a bizarre image of students wearing cardboard boxes on their heads went viral. The images were taken during a chemistry exam at Bhagat Pre-University College in the town of Haveri.
  
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• Thousands of Lebanon demonstrators keep pressure on government as protests enter 4th day

  20-10-2019 18:40 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Tens of thousands of demonstrators flooded and danced in the streets of Lebanon on Sunday as a series of anti-government protests entered the fourth day.
  
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• Buttigieg blasts Trump on Syria, says he’d make ‘better' deals

  20-10-2019 18:38 via yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg on Sunday dismissed President Donald Trump’s move to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, saying he’d make “better” foreign policy deals if he won the White House. Trump has ordered the vast majority of U.S. troops in Syria to withdraw, a move that critics argue abandons Kurdish allies who have fought the Islamic State alongside U.S. forces. “Right now, what is happening is the future [in Syria] is being decided by everybod
  
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• Argentina commuters rescue woman pushed onto tracks in front of oncoming train in harrowing video

  20-10-2019 18:35 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A crowd of commuters in Argentina frantically waved down an oncoming subway train after a woman was accidentally knocked onto the tracks in harrowing video footage captured last week.
  
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• Trump is 'in the hospitality business,' Mulvaney says, after president reverses plan to host summit at his golf club

  20-10-2019 18:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Sunday defended President Trump’s decision to host next year’s G-7 summit at his hotel resort, saying the president “still considers himself to be in the hospitality business.”
  
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• Longest non-stop passenger flight arrives in Sydney

  20-10-2019 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  The longest non-stop passenger flight touched down in Australia Sunday morning after more than 19 hours in the air, a milestone journey from New York that Qantas hopes to parlay into commercial success.Qantas flight QF7879 took 19 hours and 16 minutes to fly direct from New York to Sydney in the first of three "ultra long-haul" journeys planned by the airline this year.The national flag carrier is operating the test flights -- which also include one from London to Sydney -- as it weighs a rollou
  
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• Syria critic Lindsey Graham reverses stance, says Trump's policy could succeed

  20-10-2019 17:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who has been one of the most vocal critics of President Donald Trump's decision to move U.S. troops out of northeastern Syria, said on Sunday he now believed "historic solutions" were possible.In an interview with Fox News Channel, Graham said a conversation he had with Trump over the weekend had fueled his optimism that a solution could be reached where the security of Turkey and the Kurds was guaranteed and fighters from Islamic State contained."I am increasi
  
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• Four killed as police fire on Bangladesh protesters

  20-10-2019 17:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday called for calm after at least four people were killed when police fired on thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims protesting Facebook messages that allegedly defamed the Prophet Mohammed.Mob attacks over online posts perceived to be blasphemous have emerged as a major headache for security forces in Bangladesh, where Muslims make up some 90 percent of the country's 168 million people.Some 20,000 Muslims demonstrated at a prayer ground in Borhanuddin town on the
  
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• Hong Kong protesters sprayed with water cannon as they set up roadblocks, clash with police

  20-10-2019 17:42 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Thousands of pro-democracy Hong Kong protesters took to the streets on Sunday, some throwing firebombs as police attempted to violently disperse the situation using tear gas and a water cannon.
  
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• Milan seeks US apology for WWII bomb that killed children

  20-10-2019 17:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Milan's mayor appealed Sunday to U.S. authorities to apologize for a World War II bombing raid that killed 184 elementary school children.Mayor Giuseppe Sala made the request following a Mass marking the 75th anniversary of the Gorla massacre, named for the quarter in the city that was struck, the news agency ANSA reported."I think it's necessary that the American government apologizes, knowing that we are here to forgive," Sala said, adding that he would formalize the request with the U.S. cons
  
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• Petrol bombs thrown in Hong Kong as anger flares over 'triad' attack on protest leader

  20-10-2019 17:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Police and protesters exchanged tear gas and petrol bombs in Hong Kong on Sunday amid anger over an attack on a leading activist by men allegedly linked to triad gangsters.   Clashes broke out as tens of thousands took to the streets for an unsanctioned anti-government march, many also defying a face mask ban introduced in a bid to curb the protests.  Tensions ran high after Jimmy Sham, the leader the Civil Human Rights Front which called the march, was attacked earlier in the week by
  
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• Ex-model says Jean-Luc Brunel, model agent and Jeffrey Epstein's friend, spiked her drink and raped her

  20-10-2019 17:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The fashion industry veteran is currently facing allegations of sexual assault and harassment from several former models.
  
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• Bob Menendez says Pompeo ‘in a parallel alternate universe’

  20-10-2019 17:28 via politico.com
  Sen. Bob Menendez said Sunday there are “no guarantees” that U.S. interests in the Middle East are still being served following the White House decision to pull troops out of northern Syria.The New Jersey Democrat also scoffed at Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s assertions that the region has become more stable since the U.S. announced its withdrawal and that the Islamic State is being effectively countered.President Donald Trump’s abruptly announced pullout allowed Turke
  
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• Detroit-area men who sent millions to Yemen spared prison

  20-10-2019 17:22 via news.yahoo.com
  A group of Detroit-area men opened bank accounts to move millions of dollars to Yemen, their war-torn native country. One by one, U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn declined to send them to prison, despite guidelines that call for a few years or more behind bars. The Detroit area is believed to have the highest U.S. population of Yemenis, a demographic that has risen amid war in Yemen that has killed tens of thousands of people and left millions more with food and health care shortages.
  
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• William Barr's speech on religious freedom alarms liberal Catholics

  20-10-2019 17:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Prominent liberal Catholics have warned that the U.S. attorney general’s devout Catholic faith threatens the separation of church and state, after William Barr delivered a speech on religious freedom in which he warned that “militant secularists” were behind a “campaign to destroy the traditional moral order.”
  
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• Pervasive Violence in 20th Week of Protests: Hong Kong Update

  20-10-2019 16:57 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong protesters set off fires and vandalized subway stations, banks and stores as another weekend of demonstrations descended into destruction and violence.Organizers estimated at least 350,000 people took part in an unauthorized march that failed to get approval. Police used tear gas and water cannons to clear demonstrators who lingered to cause damage after the rally ended, and said it accidentally sprayed dyed water at the entrance of a mosque while trying to disperse prot
  
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• How authorities caught a 23-year-old running a global child exploitation site from his home

  20-10-2019 16:57 via cnn.com
  
  For almost three years, "Welcome To Video" was a covert den for people who traded in clips of children being sexually assaulted.
  
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