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• Trump presents highest military honor to Green Beret

  30-10-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump presented the nation's highest military honor on Wednesday to a Green Beret who helped save four critically wounded comrades and prevented the lead element of a special operations force from being overrun in Afghanistan.The Medal of Honor was presented to Master Sgt. Matthew O. Williams of Texas, who still serves in the Army.The events leading to the honor occurred in April 2008 during a mountainside firefight that lasted several hours as Williams' team and about 100 Afgha
  
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• Uneasy National Security Council staffers fear Trump backlash

  30-10-2019 23:28 via cnn.com
  
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• California businessman gets prison for U.S. college admissions scam

  30-10-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  A former California business executive was sentenced on Wednesday to two months in prison for taking part in a vast U.S. college admissions fraud scheme by paying $250,000 to secure his son's admission to the University of Southern California.Federal prosecutors in Boston had sought nine months in prison for Jeffrey Bizzack, who they said sought to secure his son's admission through a "side door" by agreeing to bribe a USC official to designate him as a fake athletic recruit.U.S. District Judge
  
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• Actor Cuba Gooding Jr charged with unlawfully touching third woman: lawyer

  30-10-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Actor Cuba Gooding Jr, already facing a criminal case over accusations he touched a woman's breasts in a bar and pinched another's buttocks in a nightclub, has been charged in connection with a third woman, his lawyer said on Wednesday.Gooding is expected to appear in court Thursday and plead not guilty to the charges, according to his lawyer, Mark Heller.The charges are not yet public, and a spokeswoman for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance declined to provide details.
  
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• Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu says impeachment inquiry 'has now risen to a level of a substantial case that can be made'

  30-10-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu joins Yahoo News Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman and Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff to talk about the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Landrieu says that at first he didn’t think it was warranted after the Mueller report came out, but “when the Ukraine matter raised up its head, I changed.”
  
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• Former national security adviser John Bolton scheduled to testify in impeachment inquiry

  30-10-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Some lawmakers have indicated they would be open to subpoenaing John Bolton to compel his testimony if he does not show up on Nov. 7.
  
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• 3 killed, 9 wounded in shooting at party in California home

  30-10-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  A gunman who opened fire from an alley into a party killed three people and wounded nine others in California before fleeing in a vehicle, police said Wednesday.Police Chief Robert Luna called the shooter a coward and urged residents to come forward with any information that might lead to an arrest.Three men were killed, and seven women and two men were taken to hospitals with gunshot wounds.
  
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• Twitter banning all political ads, Jack Dorsey announces

  30-10-2019 23:18 via cnn.com
  
  Twitter will stop accepting political ads, the company's CEO, Jack Dorsey, announced Wednesday.
  
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• The Latest: So Cal Edison: Fire broke out near equipment

  30-10-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Southern California Edison says a huge wildfire that has forced thousands to evacuate broke out near its equipment northwest of Los Angeles.Edison spokeswoman Caroline Aoyagi says the cause of Wednesday's wind-driven fire in Simi Valley has not been determined.It has chewed through brush and trees near suburbs, horse ranches and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
  
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• Yemen claims ownership of Jewish artifacts smuggled out of the country

  30-10-2019 23:12 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Yemen is claiming Torah scrolls and other Jewish items smuggled out of the country as "national cultural artifacts."
  
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• Pentagon releases first Baghdadi raid footage

  30-10-2019 23:10 via cnn.com
  The Pentagon released newly declassified video and images Wednesday of the raid targeting ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi that shows US forces taking small arms fire from multiple locations as their helicopters approached the compound.
  
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• Inside the new crisis on the US border

  30-10-2019 23:03 via cnn.com
  
  In the month of October, the U.S. has accepted zero refugees into the country. This news comes in the aftermath of a controversial Trump administration policy called the Migrant Protection Protocols, which mandates that asylum-seekers who cross the border be returned to dangerous Mexican border towns.
  
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• NSC Aide Resigns a Day Before Testimony: Impeachment Update

  30-10-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Three House committees are scheduled to hear Wednesday from State Department Ukraine specialists Catherine Croft and Christopher Anderson.Here are the latest developments:NSC Aide Resigns a Day Before Testimony (6:01 p.m.)National Security Council aide Timothy Morrison left his position a day before his scheduled testimony on Thursday, a senior Trump administration official said.Morrison served as special assistant to the president and the NSC’s senior director for Europe an
  
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• Pentagon releases footage of al-Baghdadi raid

  30-10-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  At a press briefing Wednesday, the Pentagon released footage of the raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
  
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• Turkey condemns House resolutions, summons US ambassador

  30-10-2019 22:55 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Turkish lawmakers on Wednesday denounced two resolutions passed by U.S. House members, saying it would damage an already fraught relationship between the two countries that's been severely tested in recent weeks. 
  
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• Why are California's wildfires different this year?

  30-10-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Destructive wildfires have ripped through California, threatening homes and famous landmarks, and forcing power outages that have plunged millions into darkness.Everything from climate change to corporate negligence has been blamed for the chaos, which has seen hundreds of thousands evacuated, and hundreds of structures destroyed.The 20 worst California wildfires on record all destroyed over 500 structures, or burned 140,000 acres, according to state agency Cal Fire.
  
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• Sen. Kamala Harris to slash staff, restructure campaign as she hemorrhages cash

  30-10-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Kamala Harris is dramatically restructuring her campaign by redeploying staffers to Iowa and laying off dozens of aides at her Baltimore headquarters, according to campaign sources and a memo obtained by Politico Wednesday, as she struggles to resuscitate her beleaguered presidential bid.
  
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• Tulsi Gabbard says she wants to defeat the 'Bush-Clinton doctrine' on foreign policy

  30-10-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  "Those who follow the Bush-Clinton doctrine believe the only way to interact with other nations is by bombing them or starving them with draconian sanctions," Gabbard wrote.
  
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• Records show Closs kidnapper fought New Mexico inmate

  30-10-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  The man who kidnapped Wisconsin teen Jayme Closs and killed her parents got into a fight in a New Mexico prison with an inmate who asked about the case, showing how word of his crimes has spread and raising questions about whether moving him to an out-of-state lockup accomplished anything.A Wisconsin judge sentenced Jake Patterson to life in May for shooting James and Denise Closs in their home outside Barron in October 2018 and kidnapping their daughter, Jayme.Patterson forced her to live under
  
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• 'Call it off, please': video shows how operation against El Chapo's son fell apart

  30-10-2019 22:35 via theguardian.com
  Government report on failed operation shows soldiers pushing Ovidio Guzmán López to tell brothers to call off rescue attemptMexican soldiers who detained a son of the jailed drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán forced him to telephone his brothers in a desperate effort to call off a rescue attempt by cartel gunmen.Instead, the call triggered a fresh onslaught in the northern city of Culiacán as the Sinaloa cartel mounted a terrifying show of strength
  
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• See dramatic grainy footage from US raid

  30-10-2019 22:33 via cnn.com
  The Pentagon has released images of the two-hour nighttime raid against ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria.
  
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• See dramatic grainy footage from Baghdadi raid

  30-10-2019 22:33 via cnn.com
  The Pentagon has released images of the two-hour nighttime raid against ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria.
  
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• See dramatic first images from Baghdadi raid

  30-10-2019 22:33 via cnn.com
  The Pentagon has released images of the two-hour nighttime raid against ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria.
  
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• Mother of 737 MAX crash victim confronts Boeing CEO

  30-10-2019 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  After a contentious hearing where Boeing admitted mistakes and missed red flags about the safety its 737 MAX jet, a mother whose daughter died in one of the crashes confronted CEO Dennis Muilenburg.
  
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• The science behind Jackson Pollock's painting technique

  30-10-2019 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  American painter Jackson Pollock is remembered for his abstract-expressionist art and "drip technique." But researchers who studied his work wanted to take a deeper look at the science behind his art.
  
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• Panelist bursts into laughter at idea of Trump apologizing

  30-10-2019 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jake Tapper leads a panel discussion questioning the likelihood and possible outcomes of a hypothetical apology from President Donald Trump on his Ukraine call.
  
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• Goats help save Reagan library from destruction as California wildfire threatens

  30-10-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Flames from the Easy Fire were within a few feet of the Reagan library. Goats, which graze on grass around the property, helped prevent their spread.
  
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• Joe Biden describes his health care plan using Pete Buttigieg's term, 'Medicare for all who want it'

  30-10-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Biden on Wednesday referred to his health care plan as "Medicare for all who want it," employing the phrase used by rival Pete Buttigieg.
  
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• Former </>Time Editor Wants Hate-Speech Laws, Thinks Trump ‘Might’ Violate Them, and Misses the Irony

  30-10-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  A former Time editor claimed that the United States needs a law banning hate speech, and that President Donald Trump “might be in violation of it” if there were one -- because, apparently, he doesn’t notice the irony of holding both of these views at once.In a Tuesday tweet promoting his Washington Post piece, titled “Why America needs a hate speech law,” Richard Stengel stated:> My @WashingtonPost piece on why the very broadness of the First Amendment suggests w
  
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• Protesters in Chile clash with riot police as unrest grows – video

  30-10-2019 22:10 via theguardian.com
  Chile’s embattled president has been forced to cancel two major international summits after government concessions failed to defuse weeks of violent protestsChilean president cancels Apec and climate summits amid wave of unrest Continue reading...
  
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• Fire breaks out in Japan's Shuri Castle

  30-10-2019 21:55 via cnn.com
  
  A fire has broken out at Japan's Shuri Castle on the island of Okinawa, local police told CNN on Wednesday.
  
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• Wild video shows moment El Chapo's son was busted

  30-10-2019 21:54 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Authorities in Mexico on Wednesday showed dramatic helmet cam footage of the moment Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán's son was captured by police earlier this month, before the government later released him after cartel gunmen launched an ambush and killed at least 8 people and injured 20 others.
  
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• House Democrats are just trying to invalidate the 2016 election of President Donald Trump

  30-10-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Speaker Nancy Pelosi is subverting rule of law, write former acting U.S. Attorney General Matt Whitaker and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry.
  
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• Auburn tree poisoner fails to appear in court for hearing

  30-10-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The University of Alabama fan convicted of poisoning Auburn University's oak trees failed to attend a hearing Wednesday on why he hasn't paid court-ordered restitution.The Opelika-Auburn news reports Harvey Updyke, a retired Texas state trooper who lives in Louisiana, didn't show up for a hearing before Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker.The judge also gave prosecutors a month to review a letter from Updyke's doctor saying the 71-year-old man wasn't well enough to travel to Opelika for court.
  
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• White House blocked effort to condemn Russia for seizing Ukraine ships, Congress told

  30-10-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  State department aide makes revelation in testimony, while Russia envoy nominee John Sullivan grilled at confirmation hearingDonald Trump with Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Osaka in June this year. Trump voiced concern over the 2018 capture but did not blame Moscow. Photograph: Mikhail Klimentyev/TassThe White House blocked the US state department from issuing a statement condemning Russia for seizing Ukrainian military vessels, according to a state department official, in the latest examp
  
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• How one woman left the white supremicist movement

  30-10-2019 21:43 via cnn.com
  
  Samantha used to be an active recruiter for a white supremacist group. Here's why she left.
  
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• Georgia Supreme Court temporarily halts man's execution

  30-10-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  With about eight hours to spare before a man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk was to be put to death Wednesday, Georgia's highest court stepped in and temporarily halted the execution.Ray Jefferson Cromartie, 52, was to receive a lethal injection at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the state prison in Jackson.Cromartie was convicted of malice murder and sentenced to death for the April 1994 killing of 50-year-old Richard Slysz in Thomasville, just inside Georgia's southern border.
  
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• NATO demands Russia 'withdraw all troops' from Ukraine

  30-10-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday welcomed a pullback by the Ukrainian army and Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, but reiterated calls for Russia to "withdraw all their troops".The move was a precondition for the first face-to-face talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky."We welcome all efforts to reduce tensions, to withdraw forces and to make sure that we have a peaceful solution to the conflict," Stoltenberg said in th
  
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• More than 1,000 homeless people died in Los Angeles county last year

  30-10-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The county’s public health department has reported 1,047 deaths for last year, a number that has increased steadily since 2013A woman pushes a cart full of her belongings past tents near Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty ImagesMore than 1,000 homeless people died in Los Angeles county in 2018, double the number of deaths from six years ago. The increase is a stark illustration of the region’s severe housing crisis, advocates said.The LA county p
  
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• Mexican soldiers told Chapo's son to call to stop attacks

  30-10-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexican security forces had a son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán outside a house on his knees against a wall before they were forced to back off and let him go as his cartel's gunmen shot up the western city of Culiacan.Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval on Wednesday showed video and presented a timeline of the failed operation to arrest Ovidio Guzmán López on Oct. 17 — an incident that embarrassed the administration of President Andrés Manuel López
  
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• How the USS Scorpion Died (No One Really Knows What Killed This Submarine)

  30-10-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  And it changed the U.S. Navy forever.
  
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• Congress Considers Delaying Spending Talks Until After Impeachment

  30-10-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Democrats and Republicans in Congress are deliberating whether to push the deadline to fund the government into early February to avoid having a budget fight amid an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump that’s set to stretch at least into December.That would mean enacting another stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown when the current short-term funding runs out Nov. 21, assuming the two sides don’t be able to agree on a budget plan by then.Sen
  
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• 2 women have been criminally charged over their partners' suicides. Why do men escape the same blame?

  30-10-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Experts told Insider they could not recall a similar instance of a man being charged with manslaughter in connection with his partner's suicide.
  
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• Former Juul exec alleges company shipped tainted products

  30-10-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  A Juul Labs executive who was fired earlier this year is alleging that the vaping company knowingly shipped 1 million tainted nicotine pods to customers.The allegation comes in a lawsuit filed Tuesday by lawyers representing Siddharth Breja, a one-time finance executive at the e-cigarette maker.The suit claims that Breja was terminated after opposing company practices, including shipping the contaminated flavored pods and not listing expiration dates on Juul products.
  
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• Exclusive: How Lebanon's Hariri defied Hezbollah

  30-10-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  After hitting a dead end in efforts to defuse the crisis sweeping Lebanon, Saad al-Hariri informed a top Hezbollah official on Monday he had no choice but to quit as prime minister in defiance of the powerful Shi'ite group.The decision by the Sunni leader shocked Hussein al-Khalil, political advisor to Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who advised him against giving in to protesters who wanted to see his coalition government toppled.The meeting described to Reuters by four senior sources
  
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• NYC Medical Examiner Dismisses Epstein ‘Homicide’ Claim by Dr. Michael Baden

  30-10-2019 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Robyn Beck/ReutersNew York City’s chief medical examiner pushed back hard Wednesday against a celebrity pathologist-for-hire’s conspiracy-stirring claim that Jeffrey Epstein’s autopsy was more consistent with homicide than suicide.“The original medical investigation was thorough and complete. There is no reason for a second medical investigation by our office,” said Dr. Barbara Sampson.Sampson determined Epstein died by suicide from hanging in his jail cell in Augus
  
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• Brazil leader Bolsonaro lashes out at media over report alleging ties to left-wing activist’s killing

  30-10-2019 20:28 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro launched into a fiery tirade against the media Wednesday over a report on his alleged ties to the murder of Marielle Franco, a prominent left-wing activist who was shot execution-style early last year.
  
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• Grenfell Tower survivors 'vindicated' by inquiry report

  30-10-2019 20:06 via theguardian.com
  Bereaved and survivors welcomed criticism of London fire brigade’s instruction to stay putGrenfell Tower inquiry: the chair’s findings so farGrenfell Tower fire survivors call for top firefighter to resignLives of Grenfell: portraits of the 72 who diedSurvivors and relatives of victims from Grenfell Tower have said they feel “vindicated” by the inquiry’s initial report into the fire that killed 72 people nearly two-and-a-half years ago.At an emotional press conferen
  
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• Mrs. Trump, Mrs. Pence survey military's emergency response

  30-10-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Melania Trump and Karen Pence traveled to South Carolina on Wednesday to get briefings about some of the military's emergency preparedness and humanitarian efforts in a state where both are often needed because of active hurricane seasons. During a few hours in and around Joint Base Charleston, where several branches of the military have operations, Mrs. Trump and Mrs. Pence were updated by a handful of agencies, whose officials described how they mobilize federal resources before and after natu
  
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• London sewer’s 40-ton fatberg cleared after 3 weeks, debris removed by hand, officials say

  30-10-2019 20:02 via feeds.foxnews.com
  British engineers have finally cleared a massive 40-ton block of waste known as a “fatberg” from a South London sewer after spending three weeks chiseling down the clog, officials said.
  
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