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• Racial discrimination case against cable giant Comcast gets tentative support from Supreme Court

  13-11-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Supreme Court appeared likely to let a racial bias claim against the nation's largest cable TV company go forward, though it may be hard to prove.
  
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• Trump declares himself a 'big fan' of Turkey's strongman leader

  13-11-2019 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump emerged from hours of talks with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday to declare himself a "big fan" of Turkey's strongman leader.
  
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• Israel-Gaza fighting continues for second day after militant's death

  13-11-2019 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After an overnight lull, militants fire more rockets towards Israel and Israeli aircraft hit Gaza.
  
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• This superbug kills 4 people every hour

  13-11-2019 23:52 via cnn.com
  
  Every 15 minutes, someone in the US dies of a superbug that has learned to outsmart even our most sophisticated antibiotics, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
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• This drug-resistant superbug kills four people every hour

  13-11-2019 23:52 via cnn.com
  
  Every 15 minutes, someone in the US dies of a superbug that has learned to outsmart even our most sophisticated antibiotics, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
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• CDC official on new report: I'm worried

  13-11-2019 23:52 via cnn.com
  
  Every 15 minutes, someone in the US dies of a superbug that has learned to outsmart even our most sophisticated antibiotics, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
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• Ex-Missouri police chief who rescued baby indicted

  13-11-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal grand jury has indicted a former northwest Missouri police chief accused of striking a handcuffed man after the chief helped rescue the man’s infant daughter from a pond.Federal prosecutors said 50-year-old Greg Hallgrimson, of Kansas City, was charged Wednesday with violating the man’s civil rights.The indictment identifies the man only as “J.Z.” but Hallgrimson had previously been accused of using excessive force against Jonathon Zicarelli.
  
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• South African Airways cancels flights ahead of strike

  13-11-2019 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  South African Airways (SAA) said Wednesday it was cancelling all its flights as thousands of workers vowed to press ahead with an indefinite strike the following day, after the troubled national carrier announced a major retrenchment plan.The looming shutdown forced SAA to announce in a late-night statement on Wednesday that it "has cancelled nearly all its domestic, regional and international flights scheduled for Friday, November 15 and Saturday, November 16"."We are embarking on the mother of
  
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• Southgate 'will not hesitate' to pick Sterling in Kosovo

  13-11-2019 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England boss Gareth Southgate says he would have no hesitation over picking forward Raheem Sterling for Sunday's Euro 2020 qualifier in Kosovo.
  
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• Powell’s Warning to Congress About the Next Recession

  13-11-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had a message for Congress in his testimony Wednesday before the Joint Economic Committee: The Fed won’t be able to fight the next recession all by itself — it’s going to need help from Congress.Powell is undoubtedly correct that fiscal policy will have to play a major role in any response to the next economic crisis. But he should also be realistic about what it can achieve. The Fed will also need a bett
  
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• 'I came, I saw, I conquered' - Ibrahimovic confirms LA Galaxy exit

  13-11-2019 23:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic says his two-season stint at LA Galaxy made him "feel alive again" as he confirms he will leave the Major League Soccer side.
  
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• Latin Grammys struggle to award reggaeton as it goes mainstream

  13-11-2019 23:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Reggaeton, once an underground music genre, went mainstream and the Latin Grammys still can't find a place for it in its top three awards.
  
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• Fox News Host Whines He Can’t Name Whistleblower on TV, Names Him on Radio Instead

  13-11-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAUL LOEBFirst it was a Fox News guest. Then it was a Fox News contributor. And now a Fox News host has named the alleged whistleblower at the heart of the Trump impeachment inquiry—albeit only during his non-Fox radio show.During Tuesday evening’s broadcast of The Mark Levin Show on Westwood One radio, host Mark Levin—who also hosts a weekend Fox News program—repeatedly named the person right-wing media has identified as the whistleblower, calling on the person to come o
  
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• Trump impeachment: How Ukraine story unfolded

  13-11-2019 23:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It's a complicated story - here's how Trump got into deeper and deeper trouble over Ukraine.
  
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• Nadal fights back to boost ATP Finals hopes & Tsitsipas advances

  13-11-2019 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stefanos Tsitsipas reaches the ATP Finals semis, while Rafael Nadal produces a stunning comeback to boost his hopes of joining him.
  
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• The Latest: Officer says Miranda failure was a mistake

  13-11-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A police officer who obtained a confession from the suspect in the disappearance and death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts says she made an honest mistake by initially failing to read him his legal rights.Officer Pamela Romero testified Wednesday that she tried to read Cristhian Bahena Rivera his Miranda warnings from memory during the Aug. 20, 2018, interrogation.After several more hours of questioning, Rivera led police officers to a cornfield where they discovered Tibbetts&rsquo
  
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• General election 2019: Don't give up on stopping Brexit - Tusk

  13-11-2019 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The outgoing European Council chief says leaving the EU would leave the UK a "second-rate player".
  
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• Eleven charged in major drug ring bust: Country's largest seizure of carfentanil, police said

  13-11-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police said it was the country's largest seizure of carfentanil, a synthetic opioid 100 times more potent than fentanyl.
  
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• Trump impeachment hearings: 5 key takeaways from the first day

  13-11-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The first day of public impeachment hearings resulted in new evidence supporting the Democrats’ case that President Trump leveraged U.S. aid to get Ukraine to investigate his political rivals.
  
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• The Navy Has Spent $13 Billion On An Aircraft Carrier That Can't Deploy

  13-11-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The delay could further inhibit the ability of the Navy’s Atlantic Fleet to deploy carriers.
  
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• 'It goes through your head all the time' - final defeat haunts Jones

  13-11-2019 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Head coach Eddie Jones says he is still not over England's Rugby World Cup final defeat by South Africa.
  
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• Trump impeachment inquiry: New claims amid public hearing

  13-11-2019 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump was overheard asking about "investigations" into Joe Biden, a top US diplomat says.
  
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• Nadal saves match point to stay alive

  13-11-2019 22:52 via cnn.com
  
  After a crushing defeat to Alexander Zverev, Rafael Nadal sought his trademark intensity for his rematch with Daniil Medvedev.
  
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• Trump denies knowledge of phone call he allegedly made revealed during hearing

  13-11-2019 22:48 via cnn.com
  
  • Republican response to hearings? 'Boring'
  
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• 9 important takeaways from impeachment hearing

  13-11-2019 22:48 via cnn.com
  
  The House Intelligence Committee opened historic impeachment hearings Wednesday to investigate whether President Donald Trump (and his allies) abused his office in an attempt to strong-arm Ukraine into opening an inquiry into his political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden.
  
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• Deadly Arctic blast breaks records set more than 100 years ago

  13-11-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It was literally freezing in Florida and Alabama and parts of Maine, Michigan and New York were digging out a foot of snow. Blame an Arctic air mass.
  
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• 'Fascinating. He's being pinned down': voters on Trump impeachment drama

  13-11-2019 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In Washington, a historic drama was unfolding – but what did lunchtime bar patrons in Kansas City think of it all?Steve Martin, a computer programmer, said he ‘thumbed through the transcripts’ from the closed-door questioning of witnesses. Photograph: Chris McGreal/The GuardianThe impeachment hearing was playing out on a big screen right above Robin Dock’s head, but she was intentionally oblivious to the historic drama unfolding in far-off Washington.“I really don&r
  
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• Feds’ closing argument: Roger Stone made the House Russia report ‘not accurate’

  13-11-2019 22:41 via politico.com
  
  Roger Stone’s lies haven’t just put him at risk of being sent to federal prison.Jury deliberations are expected to begin Thursday morning in Stone’s case.“Stone not only tried, he succeeded in impeding the committee’s investigation,” Kravis said.
  
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• Trump aides retaliated against State staffer of Iranian descent, probe finds

  13-11-2019 22:40 via politico.com
  
  President Donald Trump’s political appointees inappropriately retaliated against a career civil servant at the State Department in part because of her ethnic background, her perceived political views, and the fact that she was in government during prior administrations, a federal watchdog says.In a report to be released publicly later this week, State Department Inspector General Steve Linick recommends that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo consider disciplining officials found to have viola
  
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• Top diplomat tells of previously unknown Trump phone call

  13-11-2019 22:35 via cnn.com
  
  The top US diplomat in Ukraine, Bill Taylor, told Congress in new testimony Wednesday that President Donald Trump cared more about an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden than he did about Ukraine.
  
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• Taylor reveals new details about Trump's involvement

  13-11-2019 22:35 via cnn.com
  
  The top US diplomat in Ukraine, Bill Taylor, told Congress in new testimony Wednesday that President Donald Trump cared more about an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden than he did about Ukraine.
  
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• Doctors removed a tumor the size of a soccer ball from a man's neck

  13-11-2019 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  The New Jersey man had just one option to get rid of the massive tumor that had been growing on his neck and was now threatening his life: Remove it.
  
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• Venezuelan migrants need $1.35 bln in 2020 for basic services: NGOs

  13-11-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Funding of $1.35 billion will be needed to provide healthcare, education, nutrition and other services to Venezuelan migrants and to help their hosts in 2020, non-governmental organizations said on Wednesday.The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said they would start a coordination and fundraising effort for next year for projects aimed at migrants and host communities in 17 countries.For European donors, the needs of Ven
  
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• See witnesses' response to Trump's all caps tweet

  13-11-2019 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) asks impeachment hearing witnesses Bill Taylor and George Kent if they are "never Trumpers" after President Trump made the assertion on Twitter.
  
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• Venice brought to 'its knees' as worst floods in 50 years turn deadly

  13-11-2019 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  An elderly man has died in the worst floods to hit Venice in more than 50 years, as local authorities in the Italian lagoon city called for a state of emergency to be imposed.
  
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• Pirates attacked an Italian ship off the coast of Mexico — the latest sign of a growing criminal industry

  13-11-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There's big money in stealing fuel in Mexico, and the thieves are willing to go offshore in order to find new targets.
  
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• Trump contradicts aides and says troops in Syria 'only for oil'

  13-11-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * President makes remarks as he hosts Recep Tayyip Erdoğan* Trump’s own officials say military is fighting IsisTrump meets with Erdoğan in the Oval Office on Wednesday. Photograph: Evan Vucci/APDonald Trump has insisted that the US military presence in Syria is “only for the oil”, contradicting his own officials who have insisted that the remaining forces were there to fight Isis.Trump made his remarks while hosting Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, just over a month after t
  
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• George Conway Blasts GOP’s ‘Incoherent’ Hearing Performance in MSNBC Debut

  13-11-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  George Conway—conservative lawyer, Trump critic and husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway—got the first word on MSNBC after Wednesday’s impeachment hearing finally wrapped up just after 3:30 p.m. ET. And he did not paint a pretty picture for Republicans. “Yes, that George Conway,” Brian Williams said, introducing the new pundit. “I don't think the Republicans made much headway there,” Conway said. “You saw some non-partisan pr
  
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• ‘I’m horrified, I’m appalled’: Kellyanne Conway’s lawyer husband, George, tears into President Trump over impeachment hearings

  13-11-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As senior diplomats William Taylor and George Kent gave their testimony before House investigators weighing the president’s impeachment on Wednesday, the husband of one of President Trump’s most prominent advisers made a rare appearance on television to tear into the commander in chief.
  
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• California launches investigation into public safety power shutoffs by PG&E, other utilities

  13-11-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The investigation will focus on PG&E;, responsible for lines that sparked the deadly Camp Fire, along with  Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric.
  
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• A diplomat breaks down how the impeachment testimony eviscerates Trump

  13-11-2019 22:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  When diplomats enage in a quid pro quo, it's for the benefit of our national security, not the president’s political security.
  
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• England's 1,000 games: Your England all-time XI revealed

  13-11-2019 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As England's men play their 1,000th match, against Montenegro on 14 November, here is your all-time XI.
  
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• America Wants Its Robot Warrior XQ-58A Valkyrie To Fight Alongside The F-35

  13-11-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Drones will improve pilots' ability to locate targets.
  
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• Facebook has shut down 5.4 billion fake accounts this year

  13-11-2019 21:57 via cnn.com
  
  So far this year, Facebook has shut down 5.4 billion fake accounts on its main platform, but millions likely remain, the social networking giant said Wednesday. That's compared to roughly 3.3 billion fake accounts removed in all of 2018.
  
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• Advocacy group releases leaked emails from White House adviser Stephen Miller to Breitbart

  13-11-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  According to a report published by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Miller pushed white nationalist material to Breitbart and shaped news coverage.
  
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• Mysterious Professor at Heart of Russian Investigation Returns for Impeachment Proceedings

  13-11-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chip Somodevilla/GettyROME—Joseph Mifsud, the erstwhile professor from Malta whose promise to help then-candidate Donald Trump’s campaign aide George Papadopoulos get his hands on Russian “dirt” about Hillary Clinton has reportedly resurfaced. On Wednesday, the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera posted a six-minute audio recording in English it says Mifsud sent from an anonymous email account late Tuesday night. A short time later, the Italian news agency Adnkrono
  
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• UPDATE 1-Islamic Jihad offers Israel terms for Gaza ceasefire

  13-11-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad offered terms on Wednesday for an Egyptian-mediated Gaza ceasefire with Israel, saying that if these were not met it could continue cross-border attacks indefinitely.Fighting erupted after Israel carried out a targeted air strike killing Islamic Jihad's top field commander in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.With ensuing strikes in response to a surge in Palestinian rocket fire, a total of 26 people in Gaza, mostly militants, have died.
  
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• The U.S. Is on the Verge of Testing a New Ballistic Missile

  13-11-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The new missile is the first American intermediate range missile since the 1980s.
  
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• NTSB: Coast Guard ignored duck boat safety proposals

  13-11-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Federal transportation safety investigators criticized the U.S. Coast Guard Wednesday for ignoring suggestions over nearly two decades to improve tourist duck boats, changes they say might have prevented last year's Missouri accident that killed 17 people.The National Transportation Safety Board released a “Safety Recommendation Report” on the July 2018 accident, when a Ride the Ducks of Branson boat known as Stretch Duck 7 sank during a severe storm.Former World War II amphibious ve
  
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• McConnell suggests he will not cut short impeachment trial

  13-11-2019 21:46 via politico.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suggested Wednesday that the Senate would not cut short an impeachment trial.“The rules of impeachment are very clear when it comes to the trial,” the GOP leader said when asked whether he’d support dismissing the trial out of hand.With many GOP senators facing difficult re-election races, McConnell warned his colleagues on Wednesday against making motions during the impeachment trial that could divide the party, according to peopl
  
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