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• Holders Man City beat Saints to reach Carabao Cup quarters

  29-10-2019 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Holders Manchester City eased into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup after seeing off a Southampton side who were focused on damage limitation.
  
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• US defense officials stumped by Trump's Baghdadi 'whimpering' claim

  29-10-2019 23:50 via cnn.com
  
  • Baghdadi's successor likely to be Iraqi religious scholar
  
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• California: fierce winds may spread blazes as millions lose power

  29-10-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  * Kincade fire threatens 90,000 structures as new blackouts planned* ‘Extreme red flag warning’ issued in southFire near the Getty Museum in Los Angeles on Monday. Photograph: Xinhua/Barcroft MediaMillions of Californians prepared for days of darkness as the United States’ largest utility once again said it was switching off power to prevent powerful winds from damaging its equipment and sparking more fires.Meanwhile, firefighters were battling wildfires across the state on Tue
  
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• Iran, Russia lash out at US plans to protect oil in Syria

  29-10-2019 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran and Russia on Tuesday criticized and scoffed at Trump administration plans to protect oil deposits in Syria, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accusing Washington of "illegal" actions.Lavrov joined Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Geneva to lend support to U.N.-backed talks among Syrian government, opposition and civil society delegations on the country's constitution starting Wednesday.The most pointed comments at thei
  
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• US House votes to recognise Armenian 'genocide'

  29-10-2019 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The vote on the mass killings during World War One was condemned by Turkey.
  
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• Messi scores twice as Barcelona return to the top of La Liga

  29-10-2019 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Lionel Messi scores two goals and provides two assists as Barcelona thrash Real Valladolid to return to the top of La Liga.
  
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• Navy upholds sentencing of Navy SEAL for posing with corpse

  29-10-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. chief of naval operations on Tuesday denied a request for clemency and upheld a military jury's sentence that will reduce the rank of a decorated Navy SEAL convicted of posing with a dead Islamic State captive in Iraq in 2017.Adm. Mike Gilday made the decision after carefully reviewing the trial transcripts and the clemency request by the lawyers of Edward Gallagher, said Cmdr. Nate Christensen, spokesman for Gilday, in a statement.Gallagher's lawyer, Timothy Parlatore, said they are di
  
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• Iran, Russia take aim at U.S. military presence near Syrian oilfields

  29-10-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran and Russia on Tuesday condemned U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to maintain a military presence near oil fields in northeastern Syria, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying any exploitation of resources would be illegal.Trump's suggestion on Sunday that Exxon Mobil Corp or another U.S. oil company operate Syrian oil fields drew rebukes from legal and energy experts.The United States will strengthen its military presence in Syria with "mechanized forces" to prevent Islami
  
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• How the world's largest candy company prepares for Halloween

  29-10-2019 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  The company behind M&M's, Snickers, and Twix starts preparing for Halloween two years in advance. Here's how the holiday works, from creating new candies to shelf placement in stores.
  
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• UPDATE 2-U.S. House recognizes Armenian genocide, backs Turkey sanctions

  29-10-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to recognize the mass killings of Armenians a century ago as a genocide, a symbolic but historic vote instantly denounced by Turkey.The Democratic-controlled House voted 405-11 in favor of a resolution asserting that it is U.S. policy to commemorate as genocide the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923.The Ottoman Empire was centered in present-day Turkey.
  
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• US women upset by random baby congratulation cards

  29-10-2019 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Outcry after women receive gift cards disguised as pregnancy announcements
  
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• Biden's communion denial highlights faith-politics conflict

  29-10-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  A Catholic priest's denial of communion to Joe Biden in South Carolina on Sunday illustrates the fine line presidential candidates must walk as they talk about their faiths: balancing religious values with a campaign that asks them to choose a side in polarizing moral debates.The awkward moment for Biden came during a weekend campaign swing through South Carolina, a pivotal firewall in his hopes to claim the Democratic presidential nomination.The former vice president on Sunday visited St. Antho
  
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• Mass grave near Mexican beach town yields total of 42 bodies

  29-10-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  A total of 42 bodies and skeletons have been pulled from a clandestine burial pit in the Mexican desert near the Gulf of California beach town of Puerto Penasco, which is known to U.S. tourists as Rocky Point.Four full days of digging at the spot, about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from Puerto Peñasco, revealed only two of the bodies were relatively recent and still had decomposing flesh on them.The clandestine burial pit was originally located by groups of volunteers known as the Searching Mot
  
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• December election: What difference does winter make?

  29-10-2019 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Election organisers may need to find temporary lighting for polling station entrances and gritters.
  
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• Tulsi Gabbard: Release documents related to Saudis and 9/11

  29-10-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard joined relatives of Sept. 11 victims on Tuesday in demanding that the federal government release the findings of its investigation into the Saudi government's role in the Sept. 11 attacks. Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit seeking the release of documents that they believe link the attackers to Saudi government officials joined Gabbard at a museum near the former site of the twin towers. "Our government should not be invoking secrecy to keep its own
  
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• Female MPs get Meghan's back, condemning 'outdated, colonial' press coverage

  29-10-2019 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  Seventy-two female MPs have written to the Duchess of Sussex to express their solidarity with her in the face of the "outdated, colonial undertones" which appear against her and her family in the press.
  
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• Trump impeachment: Officer Alexander Vindman raised alarm over Ukraine call

  29-10-2019 22:24 via bbc.co.uk
  A decorated army veteran who listened in on the call that sparked the impeachment inquiry testifies.
  
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• Scalise Claims Schiff Has Directed Witnesses Not to Answer Republicans’ Questions During ‘Soviet Style’ Impeachment Hearings

  29-10-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R., La.) lambasted House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff for allegedly shutting down questions from House Republicans in an impeachment inquiry hearing, calling it “a Soviet-style process.”“That might be what they do in the Soviet Union, not the United States of America. We can’t stand for this, the American people are being denied equal justice,” Scalise stated.> House Minority Whip @SteveScalise rips into Democratic "soviet
  
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• The House prepares for the next step of the inquiry into Trump by defining how the process will move forward

  29-10-2019 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  A key House committee on Tuesday set the stage for the next phase of impeachment by releasing the rules that will guide Democrats through impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.
  
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• Republicans step in to defend ‘Never Trumper’ war veteran after president rallies attacks on impeachment witness

  29-10-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump and right-wing media figures have questioned the credibility and loyalty of a key witness in the president's impeachment investigation, prompting several senior Republicans have come to his defence.Lt Col Alexander Vindman, whose testimony revealed that Mr Trump and other US officials had pressured Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, was awarded a Purple Heart after he was wounded by an improvised explosive device during the Iraq War. Originally from Ukraine, Lt Col Vindman arrived in
  
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• A brief history of the Halloween costume

  29-10-2019 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  A black-and-white photo from the early 1900s shows a woman in rural America, her face covered with a sinister white mask. In another, from 1930, a tall figure stands in a field tightly wrapped in what looks like a white sheet and black tape, while a 1938 image shows three people driving to a party in hair-raising skull masks.
  
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• Samsung teases new 'clamshell' foldable smartphone

  29-10-2019 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  Samsung's first shot at a foldable phone is off to a bumpy start, but it appears the company has more plans for the concept in the pipeline.
  
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• British MPs back 12 December election

  29-10-2019 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  MPs give the green light for a pre-Christmas poll after months of deadlock over Brexit.
  
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• Climate activist Greta Thunberg declines environmental award

  29-10-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday refused to accept an environmental award, saying the climate movement needed people in power to start to "listen" to "science" and not awards.The young climate activist, who has rallied millions to her "Fridays for Future" movement, was honoured at a Stockholm ceremony held by the Nordic Council, a regional body for inter-parliamentary cooperation.Thunberg had been nominated for her efforts by both Sweden and Norway and won the organisation's an
  
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• Democrats release impeachment resolution that calls for open hearings

  29-10-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats have released a resolution that calls for “open and investigative proceedings” in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump for his alleged political interference in foreign aid to Ukraine.
  
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• The 1 Way Iran Could Start a War with America

  29-10-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Impeding global shipping.
  
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• Trump mimics Dayton shooting during first visit to Chicago as president: 'Boom boom boom'

  29-10-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump on Monday mimicked officers killing a mass shooter in Dayton, Ohio, who murdered nine people with a semiautomatic rifle in August. "Boom, boom, boom," the president said. "They were out there. Perfect. There was no fear. There was no anything. They reacted."
  
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• 'Mario Bros.' creator to be given one of Japan's highest honors

  29-10-2019 21:56 via cnn.com
  
  Shigeru Miyamoto is a titan in the video game industry, having created beloved franchises such as "Mario Bros." and "The Legend of Zelda."
  
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• Top Border Patrol Official Warns Border Situation Could Return to ‘Crisis Level’

  29-10-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  A senior Border Patrol official is warning that the immigration situation at the southern border could return to "crisis level" if courts block Trump administration policies intended to deter heavy flows of migrants attempting to enter the country illegally.“We will go back, mark the words, we will go back to the crisis level that we had before,” said Brian Hastings, the Border Patrol's chief of law enforcement operations. “It is kind of a new norm. We’re at ris
  
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• Republicans seek whistleblower's identity in U.S. impeachment inquiry

  29-10-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The skirmish revealed a growing dispute between the two sides, as Republicans say they need to hear from the intelligence official who initially raised the alarm over Trump's attempts to get Ukraine to investigate his political rivals in order to assess the whistleblower's credibility.Democrats say the whistleblower's testimony is not needed at this point because it has been corroborated by other witnesses.Bringing him or her forward after repeated attacks by Trump would only put the whistleblow
  
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• Bulgaria given stadium ban for fans' racism in England qualifier

  29-10-2019 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Bulgaria are ordered to play two matches behind closed doors and fined for their fans' racist abuse of England players in a Euro 2020 qualifier in Sofia.
  
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• Boris Johnson gets election wish to break Brexit impasse on fourth attempt

  29-10-2019 21:36 via cnn.com
  
  • Election will be third in four years
  
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• Boris Johnson (finally) gets election wish

  29-10-2019 21:36 via cnn.com
  
  • Election will be third in four years
  
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• Why Brexit is pushing the UK towards an early general election

  29-10-2019 21:32 via bbc.co.uk
  MPs vote for a general election to be held on 12 December in an attempt to break Brexit deadlock.
  
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• Bankrupt Forever 21 is closing 200 stores

  29-10-2019 21:28 via cnn.com
  
  As part of its restructuring after filing for bankruptcy last month, Forever 21 will close 200 stores, leaving the fast-fashion chain with a smaller footprint to help it emerge from Chapter 11.
  
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• UK general election: A really simple guide

  29-10-2019 21:25 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK looks like it is heading towards its third general election in five years.
  
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• Eric Swalwell and Mark Meadows reportedly got into a shouting match during the Vindman hearing

  29-10-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Things reportedly got heated between House Democrats and Republicans during Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman's impeachment testimony Tuesday, CNN reports.Considering the consequences of the hearing (Vindman, the National Security Council's top expert on Ukraine, testified about his concerns regarding the Trump administration's interactions with Kyiv), it's not a shocker that the atmosphere in the closed-door hearing was tense, but the lawmakers reportedly took things to another level with a "shou
  
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• Kushner claims much of his work has been 'cleaning up' Biden 'messes'

  29-10-2019 21:14 via cnn.com
  
  White House senior adviser Jared Kushner swiped back at Joe Biden after the former vice president said it was "improper" for Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump to serve as top White House officials.
  
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• Trump team's disgusting smear of a decorated war hero

  29-10-2019 21:10 via cnn.com
  
  One man is a refugee-turned-American-soldier, a decorated lieutenant colonel who holds a Purple Heart from his duty in Iraq -- where he was injured by a roadside bomb -- and a master's degree from Harvard. After working in US embassies in Kiev and Moscow, he now sits on the National Security Council, and writes eloquently and forcefully about his sense of duty.
  
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• Bangladesh Test captain Shakib gets corruption ban

  29-10-2019 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Bangladesh Test and Twenty20 captain Shakib Al Hasan gets a two-year ban for "failing to report corrupt approaches".
  
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• Truck accident litters highway with avocados

  29-10-2019 21:05 via cnn.com
  
  A truck accident involving two semitrailers led to several thousand avocados spilled across multiple lanes of a Texas interstate. The interstate was shut down for several hours during the clean-up efforts, leading to traffic delays.
  
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• Here's how you know Republicans don't think they'll win back the House in 2020

  29-10-2019 21:04 via cnn.com
  
  Monday's retirement announcement by Republican Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon barely caused a ripple in the national news cycle, other than to note that he is the 15th GOPer retiring from the House without seeking another office at the end of 2020.
  
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• Iowa man killed wife after she found 'problems' with finances, planned meeting with banker: Records

  29-10-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Roy Browning Jr. is charged with murder in relation to the death of JoEllen Browning, who worked for the university for more than four decades.
  
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• Dogs have been in the military since 600 BC. And they do some serious work

  29-10-2019 20:52 via cnn.com
  
  This week, President Donald Trump shared a declassified photo of a military working dog that was injured during the weekend raid that took down ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria.
  
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• Bernie Sanders says he doesn't intend to release a funding plan for Medicare for All any time soon

  29-10-2019 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Sanders said in a CNBC interview that "I don't think I have to" release details specifying how universal healthcare coverage would be paid for.
  
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• Prosecutors Attack Michael Flynn’s ‘Extraordinary Reversal’ on His Guilt

  29-10-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- U.S. prosecutors criticized Michael Flynn’s “extraordinary reversal” in proclaiming his innocence despite his admission of guilt before two federal judges.In a court filing on Tuesday, prosecutors denied they had engaged in misconduct, as Flynn’s lawyers assert, and attacked their efforts to paint Flynn as innocent of lying to investigators despite his guilty plea.“The defendant now claims that he is innocent of the criminal charges in this case,&rdqu
  
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• Baghdadi death: Footage shows rubble of IS leader's compound

  29-10-2019 20:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Drone footage shows flattened debris following the US raid that killed the Islamic State leader.
  
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• Frustration mounts as California is hit with more blackouts

  29-10-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Frustration and anger mounted across Northern California as the state's biggest utility began another round of fire-prevention blackouts Tuesday that could leave millions of people without electricity, some for five days or longer. The shut-offs, aimed at keeping windblown electrical equipment from sparking wildfires, came as fire crews raced to contain two major blazes in Northern and Southern California before the winds picked up dangerously again. The fires have destroyed dozens of homes in S
  
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• Dad makes epic costume for son with cerebral palsy

  29-10-2019 20:42 via cnn.com
  
  Tom Hardy spent nearly 100 hours to make an elaborate Halloween costume for his son who has cerebral palsy, autism and who is nonverbal.
  
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• Dad makes epic costume for son

  29-10-2019 20:42 via cnn.com
  
  Tom Hardy spent nearly 100 hours to make an elaborate Halloween costume for his son who has cerebral palsy, autism and who is nonverbal.
  
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