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• Eating in a 6-hour window and fasting for 18 hours might help you live longer

  25-12-2019 23:56 via cnn.com
  
  • Vegetarians might have higher risk of stroke than meat eaters, study says
  
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• Prosecutors: Deeply-in-debt Michael Avenatti sought payday

  25-12-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prosecutors say California attorney Michael Avenatti was over $15 million in debt when he tried to extortup to $25 million from Nike, while Avenatti's lawyers say the money he legally requested to conduct an internal probe of the sportswear giant was a bargain.For Avenatti, it is the first of three scheduled trials in the next five months.Criminal charges against him in other cases include allegations in New York that he defrauded ex-client porn star Stormy Daniels out of proceeds of a book deal
  
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• Woman, Two Children Found Dead on Sidewalk Outside Boston Parking Garage

  25-12-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A woman and two children were found unresponsive on a sidewalk outside a Northeastern University parking garage on Christmas Day, prompting a “death investigation,” according to authorities.Boston Police confirmed the woman and the two children—both under the age of 5—were found unconscious outside the Northeastern University Renaissance Parking Garage just before 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. All three, who have not yet been identified, were transported to a local hospital and
  
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• Mother, Two Kids Dead in Apparent Suicide Plunge in From Northeastern University Parking Garage

  25-12-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The fatal plunge of a woman and two children from the top of a Boston parking garage on Christmas Day is believed to have been suicide by the mother, authorities said Thursday.Erin Pascal, 40, of West Roxbury, her 4-year-old daughter, Allison, and her 15-month-old son, Andrew, were found unresponsive on a sidewalk outside the Northeastern University garage and pronounced dead at the hospital.Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins said their deaths were “likely” a double mur
  
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• We spoke to Singapore Airlines' top sommelier to see why the glitzy airline spends $30 million each year on wine and champagne

  25-12-2019 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The airline's legendary first class is known for offering both Dom Perignon and Krug champagne. It's also stocking a third: Tattinger.
  
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• Watch Russia's Su-34 Fighter Complete Its Mission In Extreme Weather

  25-12-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One of Russia's most impressive jets.
  
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• The last solar eclipse of the year will create a 'ring of fire.' Here's how to watch it

  25-12-2019 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  Consider it a Christmas gift from the universe to the world: a solar eclipse, the perfect ending to the holiday.
  
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• Kanye West dropped a new album on Christmas and called it -- what else? -- 'Jesus Is Born'

  25-12-2019 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  Kanye West is back at it.
  
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• Michigan synagogue member sues anti-Israel protesters, city

  25-12-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A member of a Michigan synagogue is suing anti-Israel protesters and Ann Arbor city leaders over 16 years of protests outside the Beth Israel Congregation, arguing the protesters have been uniquely provocative and that some restrictions on them would not violate free-speech protections in the U.S. Constitution.The regular Saturday protests of up to a dozen people outside the synagogue, with signs the lawsuit describes as hateful and anti-Semitic, amount to harassment of worshipers, so don't qual
  
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• 4-year-old boy dies after falling through icy pond while playing with brother

  25-12-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  He was playing with his 6-year-old brother at their family’s dairy farm in Sugar Creek Township when they walked onto an icy pond and fell through.
  
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• 2 passengers claim airline ignored their requests for help after they were sexually assaulted

  25-12-2019 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  Two female plane passengers allege in a federal lawsuit they were sexually assaulted in separate incidents in 2018 on Frontier Airlines flights and that airline personnel failed to report the incidents to police and help them gather evidence.
  
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• 2 passengers claim airline ignored their requests for help after sexual assaults

  25-12-2019 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  Two female plane passengers allege in a federal lawsuit they were sexually assaulted in separate incidents in 2018 on Frontier Airlines flights and that airline personnel failed to report the incidents to police and help them gather evidence.
  
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• 2 passengers claim airline ignored requests for help after sexual assaults

  25-12-2019 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  Two female plane passengers allege in a federal lawsuit they were sexually assaulted in separate incidents in 2018 on Frontier Airlines flights and that airline personnel failed to report the incidents to police and help them gather evidence.
  
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• See the horrifying moment a crane collapses onto a boat, spilling fuel

  25-12-2019 21:54 via cnn.com
  
  • 600 gallons of oil spilled in waters off Galapagos Islands
  
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• Three members of British family die 'after drowning in swimming pool' at their Costa Del Sol hotel

  25-12-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three members of the same family were found dead in a swimming pool in the Costa Del Sol on Christmas Eve after a father, along with his teenage son, tried to save their nine-year-old daughter. The mother of the children, who witnessed the tragic event, was seen praying for them to come back to life as another tourist performed CPR on the family members.  The tragedy began when a nine-year-old girl got into difficulty in the swimming pool at the Club La Costa holiday resort. Her father, 52,
  
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• Fire in Minneapolis leaves 250 homeless on Christmas Day

  25-12-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three residents with minor injuries were taken to a hospital for evaluation, and several others were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation, officials said.The fire erupted before dawn on the second floor of the three-story Francis Drake Hotel before spreading to the third floor and attic area of the brick building, city Fire Chief John Fruetel told reporters outside the complex."I would estimate that the building is going to be a total loss," assistant fire chief Bryan Tyner told Minnesota P
  
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• GOP Senator 'disturbed' with McConnell 'total coordination' with the White House for impeachment trial

  25-12-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she would like to see distance between the White House and the Senate during the impeachment trial.
  
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• Spectacular sunrise to snow-covered mountains: Christmas scenes from every corner of the US

  25-12-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  From the mighty Sequoias in the Sierra Nevada to the pine-filled forests in the Adirondacks, Christmas looked vastly different for residents across the United States. As millions of Americans woke up on this holiday morning, here are some of the views that they saw from outside their windows.A key member of the Washington State Patrol, "K9 Gordy is very serious about his reindeer duties," according to the department's Twitter account. The Seattle region has had light rain and steady temperatures
  
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• Israeli PM evacuated from rally after rocket fired from Gaza

  25-12-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israel said a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip into its southern territory Wednesday, forcing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be hustled from a stage during an election rally in the city of Ashkelon.The Israeli military said its air defense system, known as Iron Dome, intercepted the rocket.The Israeli newspaper Haaretz posted a video on its website showing Netanyahu being taken to a shelter as he was campaigning hours before the primaries of his Likud party.
  
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• New wife, 26, charged with exploiting husband, 77, for money

  25-12-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lin Helena Halfon was arrested earlier this month at Tampa International Airport.The Tampa Bay Times reported that when her husband, Tampa businessman Richard Rappaport, was notified by investigators about what his wife was doing, he said wanted to give his wife the benefit of the doubt, according to a warrant affidavit.
  
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• The last solar eclipse of the decade is Thursday. Here's how to watch the 'ring of fire'

  25-12-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The last solar eclipse of 2019 – and the decade – is set to take place Thursday. Some parts of the world will be able to witness a rare 'ring of fire.'
  
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• $10,000 in a Coffee Cup: 8 Politicians Swept Up in N.J. Corruption Cases

  25-12-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One aspiring politician is accused of getting her bribe in a coffee cup chock-full of $100 bills. Another, a mayoral hopeful, of receiving his at his campaign headquarters in a bag stuffed with $10,000.There was also a councilman who accepted a cash-stuffed envelope from a man who explicitly asked for a "quid pro quo," according to a court document, and an official who funneled thousands of dollars into a charity he ran, then diverted the money for personal use.These were among the allegations m
  
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• Toronto rapper Bvlly, 24, killed on Christmas Eve

  25-12-2019 20:54 via cnn.com
  
  Bvlly, a Toronto-based rapper, was shot and killed early Christmas Eve in what police are calling a homicide.
  
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• Gaza rocket sends Netanyahu to shelter during campaign rally: TV

  25-12-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip at a southern Israeli city on Wednesday as it hosted a campaign rally by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prompted him to take shelter briefly before resuming the event, Israeli TV stations reported.The Israeli military confirmed the launch against Ashkelon, which is 12 km (7.5 miles) from the coastal Palestinian enclave, and said the rocket was shot down by an Iron Dome air defense interceptor.There was no immediate claim of responsibility in Gaza, which i
  
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• Notre Dame Cathedral, empty for Christmas, may never recover from devastating fire

  25-12-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  France's Notre Dame Cathedral was dark and empty for Christmas and may never recover from this year's devastating fire, its rector said.
  
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• Fate of Obamacare uncertain amid tax repeals, lawsuits and Medicare-for-all push

  25-12-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republicans have worked to chip away at the Affordable Care Act despite a lack of a viable replacement; Lauren Blanchard reports.
  
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• US recalls ambassador who criticised jailing of gay couple and highlighted corruption

  25-12-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US has recalled its ambassador to Zambia after he called the imprisonment of a gay couple "horrifying" and accused authorities of corruption.Daniel Foote, a career diplomat appointed by the Trump administration in 2017, had issued a strongly worded statement criticising the 15-year sentences handed down to two men for being in a relationship. Homosexuality is illegal in Zambia.
  
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• Vase or missiles? US awaits Christmas 'gift' from North Korea's Kim

  25-12-2019 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Christmas has come and gone in North Korea with no apparent 'gift' thus far bestowed on the United States by the secretive nation's leader.
  
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• 2 dogs made it home for Christmas thanks to a self-described dog whisperer and a bus

  25-12-2019 20:08 via cnn.com
  
  For one Milwaukee family, this year's Christmas miracle didn't arrive by reindeer-led sleigh. It came via a county transit system bus.
  
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• Police take over drug dealers’ phone numbers and text users in new fight against county lines gangs

  25-12-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police are seizing control of drug dealers' phone numbers and texting users themselves in an attempt to combat county lines gangs. Officers in Sussex have become the first in the country to test a pioneering new tool that allows them to get phone lines turned over to their control Drug dealing telecommunications restriction orders (DDTROs) mean that officers can disrupt the flow of messages between dealers and users, and therefore the flow of drugs. Detective Superintendent Jo Banks, the senior
  
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• A Philadelphia woman was fatally stabbed in front of children on Christmas morning, police say

  25-12-2019 19:42 via cnn.com
  
  A Philadelphia woman was stabbed to death in front of six children who lived with her in the early hours of Christmas Day, police said.
  
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• Sen. Murkowski ‘disturbed’ by McConnell’s approach on impeachment

  25-12-2019 19:30 via politico.com
  
  The Alaskan Republican says she takes seriously her role as an impartial juror.
  
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• Texas mom delivering presents to kids in border camps thrown in Mexican jail

  25-12-2019 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Texas couple says their daughter was delivering gifts to children in asylum camps when she was arrested for having a box of bullets in her car.
  
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• Republican senator 'disturbed' by McConnell's work with White House on impeachment trial

  25-12-2019 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski said she was "disturbed" by the Senate leader's approach to working with White House counsel on the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, saying there should be distance between the two. The comments by the Alaska lawmaker come after Mitch McConnell, majority leader of the Republican-led Senate, said during a Fox News interview earlier this month that he was working in "total coordination" with the White House on the upcoming trial. "To me it means t
  
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• US ambassador recalled after dispute with Zambian government over gay rights and corruption

  25-12-2019 18:22 via cnn.com
  
  In an extraordinary move, the State Department is pulling the US ambassador to Zambia after the president there objected to his harsh criticism of the government's record on corruption and gay rights.
  
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• David A. Andelman: A Trump West Africa pullback would give terrorists free rein

  25-12-2019 18:22 via cnn.com
  
  One of last military initiatives of the George W. Bush presidency was the creation of a new joint military command for Africa, called AFRICOM. The establishment of the organization reflected the recognition that, for the first time, powerful elements on the continent did represent a tangible military threat to the United States.
  
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• A Trump West Africa pullback would give terrorists free rein

  25-12-2019 18:22 via cnn.com
  
  One of last military initiatives of the George W. Bush presidency was the creation of a new joint military command for Africa, called AFRICOM. The establishment of the organization reflected the recognition that, for the first time, powerful elements on the continent did represent a tangible military threat to the United States.
  
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• 2 men were robbed and beaten on Christmas Eve. The thieves got away with $1, police say

  25-12-2019 18:22 via cnn.com
  
  A 60-year-old man is in critical condition after he and an acquaintance were robbed and beaten early on Christmas Eve morning, and the suspects took off with just $1, according to a spokesman with the NYPD.
  
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• Russia says U.N. chief turns blind eye over U.S. visa delays

  25-12-2019 18:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russia's Foreign Ministry accused the U.N. secretary general of turning a blind eye to what Moscow says is U.S. delays in issuing visas for Russian officials seeking to travel to the U.N. headquarters in New York.Moscow says Washington has deliberately delayed issuing visas to Russian officials traveling to the U.N. headquarters, a move Russia has said could further damage strained relations.
  
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• Rust Belt region banks on becoming hub for electric vehicles

  25-12-2019 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The day Youngstown's steel mills began shutting down 40 years ago remains fresh in the minds of those who live in the blue-collar corner of Ohio.Community leaders don’t want the recent closing of General Motors' massive assembly plant to leave that same lingering gloom.The region is embarking on an ambitious plan to become a research and production hub for electric vehicles and carve out a new economy for itself by mixing its industrial past with emerging technology.
  
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• A paramedic has been charged with poisoning his wife with eye drops to collect a $250,000 life insurance payout

  25-12-2019 17:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joshua Hunsucker has been charged with first-degree murder, allegedly using eye drops to cause his wife's death.
  
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• What we know: Woman admits to hitting teenage girl with car because girl was 'a Mexican'

  25-12-2019 17:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Des Moines woman faces a hate crime charge from that evening, but not for either of the intentional hit-and-runs.
  
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• Burning Man organizers sue over millions in US permit fees

  25-12-2019 17:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Burning Man organizers sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to recover millions of dollars they say the government has overcharged them in fees over the past seven years at the counter-culture celebration in the Nevada desert.Black Rock City LLC, the nonprofit that produces the annual Burning Man event, filed the lawsuit Dec. 13 in U.S. District Court in Washington.Organizers told the Reno Gazette Journal they're tired of waiting over the past four years for the bureau to provide justificatio
  
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• Anti-Putin activist 'forcibly drafted' and sent to Arctic base

  25-12-2019 17:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that one of his allies had been forcibly conscripted and sent to serve at a remote Arctic base, in a move his supporters said amounted to kidnapping.Ruslan Shaveddinov, a project manager at Navalny's anti-corruption foundation, went missing Monday after police broke into his Moscow flat and his phone's SIM card was disabled.Separating the Barents and Kara seas, the Novaya Zemlya islands were used by the Soviet Union to conduct nuclear tests
  
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• Republican senator 'disturbed' by McConnell's move

  25-12-2019 17:20 via cnn.com
  
  Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said she is "disturbed" by coordination between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the White House over an upcoming Senate impeachment trial.
  
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• Facebook Gaming has released 2 new Pokémon games

  25-12-2019 17:17 via cnn.com
  
  Just in time for Christmas, Facebook has released two new Pokémon games on Facebook Gaming: "Pokémon Tower Battle" and "Pokémon Medallion Battle."
  
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• Bolsonaro signs anti-crime bill designed to tackle violence in Brazil

  25-12-2019 17:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signed into law an anti-crime bill that toughens measures to stem a rampant deadly crime wave, although he vetoed some parts of the bill, the government said on Wednesday.The anti-crime package, which was approved by Brazil's Senate earlier this month, toughens laws to tackle corruption, organized crime and violent crime practiced by criminal gangs.The package was a major promise by Bolsonaro, a former army captain who surged to power last year on a campaig
  
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• Russia sends dissident to remote Arctic military base

  25-12-2019 17:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russia has sent an opposition activist to serve at a top secret military base in the Arctic in a move with echoes of the Tsarist era.  Ruslan Shaveddinov, a 23-year-old ally of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, had been appealing his military conscription when he disappeared on Monday after police broke into his flat and took him in for questioning. The military later said he had been sent to serve at the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic, home to a top secret miss
  
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• GOP senator 'disturbed' by McConnell's move

  25-12-2019 17:05 via cnn.com
  
  Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said she is "disturbed" by coordination between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the White House over an upcoming Senate impeachment trial.
  
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• Texas migrant helper released from Mexico after detention

  25-12-2019 17:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Texas woman who drove to Mexico to deliver Christmas gifts to a sprawling refugee camp housing people waiting for U.S. court dates said Wednesday she was detained by authorities there for two days.Anamichelle Castellano said she and another volunteer for her nonprofit group were stopped Monday at a bridge crossing from Brownsville, Texas, to Matamoros, Mexico.Mexico has strict laws against entering the country with guns or ammunition.
  
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