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• Ruthless Liverpool goes 13 points clear in EPL with rout of Leicester City

  26-12-2019 23:53 via cnn.com
  
  Freshly crowned Club World Cup champion Liverpool took a giant stride towards its first English top flight title in 30 years with a 4-0 Boxing Day rout of closest challenger Leicester City.
  
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• A Sacramento couple spent $1,000 at Ikea to turn a Ram van into a DIY tiny home called 'Flippie'

  26-12-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Sacramento-based couple converted a 2017 Ram Promaster Cargo Van into a tiny home. The interior was furnished for less than $1,000 with Ikea furniture.
  
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• Tesla secures $1.29 billion loan from Chinese banks for Shanghai factory

  26-12-2019 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The electric car maker said it has also signed agreements for an unsecured revolving loan facility of up to 2.25 billion yuan, adding that both the loans will be used for its Shanghai car plant.China Construction Bank Corp, Agricultural Bank of China, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China are the lenders, according to the filing.The factory, which is Tesla's first car manufacturing site outside the United States, is the centerpiece of its ambitions to boost
  
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• 'Peloton husband' gifts real girlfriend with a Peloton bike for Christmas

  26-12-2019 23:33 via cnn.com
  
  From the small screen to reality.
  
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• Giuliani's attack on Soros shows the liberal Jewish billionaire remains a top conservative target

  26-12-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani upheld earlier this week what has become a conservative tradition: attacking billionaire philanthropist George Soros.
  
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• Dog passed over for adoption finally finds a home

  26-12-2019 23:15 via cnn.com
  
  A pit bull was the last dog standing after an adoption event in Arizona but finally was picked by a family and taken home. HLN's Susan Hendricks explains.
  
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• Why Did U.S. Spy Planes Watch Over North Korea on Christmas?

  26-12-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  And did Kim Jong Un get the message?
  
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• 'Christmas Day tragedy': Mom, 2 kids die in likely murder-suicide at Boston parking garage

  26-12-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The parking garage has been the site of two other suicides this year, authorities say. Five people have died the garage in the last seven months.
  
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• 2 Women Allege in Lawsuit That They Were Sexually Assaulted on Frontier Airlines Flights and the Airline Failed to Respond

  26-12-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two women have alleged in a lawsuit that they were sexually assaulted on Frontier Airlines flights — and the airline failed to respond
  
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• Woman ‘thrown in jail’ while delivering Christmas gifts to children in Mexico border migrant camps

  26-12-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A woman was detained while delivering Christmas gifts to migrant children in camps near the US-Mexico border, after officials suspected her of trying to smuggle ammunition.Anamichelle Castellano was travelling across the southern border from Texas into Mexico on Monday with another volunteer and over 300 gifts, when she was stopped by Mexican authorities at the Gateway Bridge.
  
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• Video captures the moment avalanche strikes ski resort in the Swiss Alps

  26-12-2019 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  At least two people were injured Thursday and several buried in snow when an avalanche hit a ski resort in the Swiss Alps.
  
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• China, Russia and Iran will hold joint naval drills starting Friday

  26-12-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China, Russia and Iran will hold joint naval drills starting Friday in the Gulf of Oman, Beijing and Tehran said, at a time of heightened tensions since the US withdrew from a landmark nuclear deal with Tehran.
  
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• Archeologists discover ancient Mayan palace in eastern Mexico

  26-12-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Archeologists have discovered a large palace likely used by the Mayan elite more than 1,000 years ago in the ancient city of Kuluba, near the modern day tourist hot spot of Cancun in eastern Mexico, Mexican anthropology officials said.The remains of the six-meter high building, 55 meters (180 feet) long and 15 meters wide, suggest the palace was inhabited for two long periods between 600-1050 A.D., the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said in a statement.The Mayan civilizati
  
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• Los Angeles prosecutors reviewing 8 cases against Weinstein

  26-12-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prosecutors in Los Angeles are reviewing eight cases accusing disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, an official said Thursday.The Los Angeles and Beverly Hills police departments each brought four investigations to prosecutors, according to Ricardo Santiago, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.The office will decide whether to move forward with prosecution.
  
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• Japan’s Longest Serving Premier Faces 2020 Hobbled by Scandals

  26-12-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heads into 2020 hampered by scandals that have dragged his support to levels not seen in a year and tarnished his record as the country’s longest-serving premier.The latest poll by the Asahi newspaper found 38% of respondents surveyed Dec. 21-22 said they supported Abe, down for the third straight month and sagging below 40% for the first time in more than a year.Abe, 65, has a built a record of deflecting such problems since he took office
  
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• Clashes in C. African capital leave at least 30 dead

  26-12-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least 30 people were killed in fighting between militiamen and traders in a restive district of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, a security official and a local imam said Thursday."Thirty bodies have been brought to the mosque," said Awad Al Karim, the imam of the Ali Babolo mosque in a district called PK5 that became a haven for many Bangui Muslims at the peak of Christian-Muslim clashes in the country.A security official, who asked to remain anonymous, also put the numbe
  
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• El Salvador upholds sentence of ex-President Tony Saca

  26-12-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  El Salvador’s Supreme Court upheld a 10-year prison sentence against ex-President Tony Saca for corruption on Thursday and confirmed that he must return some $260 million to the state.Saca was convicted in September 2018 after pleading guilty in connection with the diversion of more than $300 million from government coffers to benefit of his businesses and third parties, becoming the first Salvadoran ex-president found guilty of corruption.
  
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• American University of Afghanistan could close next year if federal funding is cut

  26-12-2019 21:44 via cnn.com
  
  The American University of Afghanistan is drawing up plans to shut down next year, a casualty of anticipated US government budget slashing of the school's steady stream of funding, three sources familiar with the planning tell CNN.
  
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• Kim and Kanye give 6-year-old daughter a $65,000 gift

  26-12-2019 21:34 via cnn.com
  
  For Christmas, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West gave their daughter a jacket that Michael Jackson once wore during an appearance with Elizabeth Taylor. HLN's Susan Hendricks explains.
  
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• Nick Jonas' Christmas gift for wife Priyanka Chopra? A snow mobile

  26-12-2019 21:32 via cnn.com
  
  Nick Jonas pulled out all the stops this Christmas.
  
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• Before-and-after photos from space reveal some of the biggest moments that changed our world in the last decade

  26-12-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some of the decade's most important events were documented in remarkably detailed images from orbiting space satellites.
  
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• An Illinois woman got stuck on the face of a cliff for 9 hours on Christmas Eve and was rescued after screaming for help

  26-12-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  First responders said the woman first got stuck around 4 p.m. on Tuesday and wasn't rescued until the early hours of Christmas morning.
  
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• There have never been this many electric cars for sale. Here's a rundown of what you can buy now.

  26-12-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than a dozen all-electric vehicles are available in the US market. The cheapest are about $30,000, while the most expensive is nearly $200,000.
  
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• Delivery driver allegedly steals package he delivered; Police call Amazon uncooperative

  26-12-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An Amazon delivery driver was caught on camera stealing a package that he delivered to a Florida home.
  
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• It turns out you're not charging your phone correctly

  26-12-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  If you often charge your phone overnight or keep it plugged in for hours after it’s reached 100 percent, you’re accelerating the aging process of lithium-ion smartphone batteries.
  
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• Watch the Tesla Cybertruck's closest rival execute full 360-degree turns from a standstill

  26-12-2019 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Video of the Rivian R1T truck performing the 360-degree turns surfaced months ago. The electric-truck startup is now officially acknowledging it.
  
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• Two killed in air strike on shopping area in Libya

  26-12-2019 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An air strike Thursday on a shopping area during rush hour near Libya's capital killed at least two civilians and wounded 20 others, a local official said.The air strike on the town of Zawiya, 45 kilometres (30 miles) west of Tripoli, hit a pharmacy, a bakery and cars parked on the street, the mayor of the town, Jamal Baher, told AFP.The air strike took place as the area was busy with shoppers ahead of the weekend, which starts Friday in the North African country.
  
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• Australia braces for second heatwave as wildfires continue to rage

  26-12-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A second heatwave is set to sweep through Australia in coming days, threatening to worsen an already dire wild fire crisis. This fire season more than four million hectares have been burnt in Australia, almost one third the size of England, destroyed nearly 1,000 houses, and has killed at least nine people, with one more missing. Over the past week South Australia endured four days of extreme heatwave conditions, pushing into the high 40s. 84 homes were destroyed since last Thursday and at least
  
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• Joe Biden is doing terribly among Latino voters — and that could seriously hurt him in two of the most important 2020 primaries

  26-12-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Biden's approval among Latino voters likely to vote in the Democratic primary is about 40% — a whopping 26% short of his support among black voters.
  
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• 'More churros, less cops!': New York food vendors feel the heat

  26-12-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  For two decades, Guadalupe Galicia has been waking up every day at 4:00 am to make tamales and rice pudding to sell on the streets of New York."One of their biggest fears is the police, and that's why they are extra vulnerable," Julie Torres Moskowitz, from the Street Vendors Project (SVP) support group, told AFP.New York is known for hot dogs, pizza, bagels and pretzels, but the food scene is way more diverse.
  
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• Accused U.S. Spy Paul Whelan Marks a Year Since He Was ‘Framed’ in Moscow

  26-12-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOSCOW—Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who is facing up to 20 years behind bars here on charges of espionage, had a very sad Christmas week: on Tuesday, a Moscow court extended his detention for three more months pending some eventual but as yet unspecified trial date, and this Saturday will mark the one year anniversary of his incarceration.As for December 25—the date Christmas is celebrated in the West—Whelan may well have reflected on the dinner he had on Christmas one year
  
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• Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will send troops to Libya as proxy war fears mount

  26-12-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey could send troops to support Libya's embattled UN-backed government as early as next month, President Tayyip Erdogan declared on Thursday, in a move that will fuel fears that the country's civil conflict is turning into a proxy war between regional powers.  Libya's internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), based in Tripoli, has been fending off a months-long offensive against the capital by General Khalifa Haftar, a renegade field marshal whose forces
  
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• Iraq president threatens to quit over PM pick as protests rage

  26-12-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iraq's president said Thursday he was "ready to resign" rather than put forward the candidate of a pro-Iranian coalition for the post of prime minister, deepening the country's political crisis.Barham Saleh's announcement came as anti-government protesters blocked roads and bridges in Baghdad and the country's south after torching several buildings overnight.In a letter to parliament, Saleh said he wished to guarantee the "independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity" of Iraq.
  
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• Trump tweets warning to Russia, Iran against killing ‘innocent civilians’ in Syria

  26-12-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thousands of civilians have fled fighting in Syria for the border with Turkey.
  
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• Iran shuts down internet again as government protests resume

  26-12-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iran wants to make sure what happens in its country stays there.As Iranians prepared to launch another round of anti-government protests on Thursday, the government appeared to start shutting down internet and mobile service to seemingly block protesters' messages from reaching the rest of the world. Internet monitoring service NetBlocks reported an internet outage starting at 6:30 a.m., and Reuters reported it "appear[ed] to be spreading."Iranians gathered Thursday to continue protesting rising
  
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• This is the world's coolest Lego set ... literally

  26-12-2019 20:02 via cnn.com
  
  If you thought that Lego's were the coolest toys on the planet while you were growing up, it turns out that you were right.
  
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• Ivory Coast says presidential candidate Soro plotted a coup

  26-12-2019 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Guillaume Soro, a former rebel leader in Ivory Coast and a candidate in next year's presidential election, could face life in prison over an alleged coup plot that involved amassing weapons, the country's public prosecutor said on Thursday.The Ivorian authorities issued an arrest warrant for Soro on Monday, prompting him to call off a planned homecoming after months overseas.The warrant is likely to increase tensions ahead of an October 2020 election that is seen as a test of Ivory Coast's stabi
  
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• Avalanche at Swiss ski resort Andermatt buries 'a number' of people

  26-12-2019 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mountain rescuers and helicopters were searching last night for victims of four avalanches in Austria and Switzerland that injured at least two skiers. More holidaymakers were feared to have been buried under snow, Swiss and Austrian police said. After a big avalanche struck the Swiss resort of Andermatt, emergency workers rescued two people, who were airlifted to hospital with minor injuries. Four other skiers were pulled from the snow unhurt. The slopes were crowded when the avalanche occurred
  
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• Dominic Calvert-Lewin gives Carlo Ancelotti winning start at Everton

  26-12-2019 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  Dominic Calvert-Lewin gave Carlo Ancelotti a winning start as Everton manager with the young English striker scoring the only goal of the home English Premier League clash with Burnley.
  
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• The best after Christmas sales you can shop right now

  26-12-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  These after Christmas sales at Nordstrom, Amazon, L.L.Bean, and other major retailers are the perfect way to save on gifts you really want for yourself.
  
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• Trump warns of 'carnage' in rebel stronghold in Syria

  26-12-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump is speaking out against the “carnage" involving thousands of civilians in a rebel stronghold in Syria. The tweet refers to an intense air and ground bombardment by government forces in southern and eastern Idlib province, the last rebel-held bastion in the country.
  
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• Almost quarter of a million flee homes in Syria's rebel-held Idlib as bombing intensifies

  26-12-2019 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nearly a quarter of a million people have fled their homes in the last-remaining Syrian rebel stronghold of Idlib to escape a Syrian and Russian offensive on the area. Air strikes and shelling this month have sparked a mass exodus that aid workers warn could lead to one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes of Syria’s eight-year civil war. US President Donald Trump yesterday called for the governments in Moscow, Damascus and Tehran to stop the violence. "Russia, Syria, and Iran are killin
  
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• Lawyer for Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas asks to withdraw, cites ebbing defense funds

  26-12-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Citing Lev Parnas' dwindling defense funds, a lawyer for Rudy Giuliani's associate asked to withdraw from a campaign finance conspiracy case
  
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• California jails use kinder approach to solitary confinement

  26-12-2019 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An inmate in solitary confinement at a California jail was refusing to leave his cell.The jailers' usual response: Send an “extraction team” of corrections officers to burst into the cell and drag him out.More than a quarter of U.S. states and numerous smaller jurisdictions are looking for ways to reduce the use of solitary confinement, according to the Vera Institute of Justice, which encourages alternatives to a practice behavioral experts say is dehumanizing and can worsen mental
  
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• 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' made $500 million in its first week

  26-12-2019 19:42 via cnn.com
  
  Moviegoers showed up in droves for the latest "Star Wars" movie. Fans watching the movie on Christmas Day put "The Rise of Skywalker" over the half-billion-dollar mark at the box office.
  
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• Baltimore On Pace to Break Homicide Rate Record in 2019

  26-12-2019 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Baltimore may see the highest homicide rate ever recorded in the city by the end of 2019, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.Police had recorded 338 homicides as of Tuesday, four shy of the 342 seen in 2017 and 2015. The city saw 353 homicides in 1993, the most of any year on record.However, because the city had a larger population in the early 1990's, the homicide rate per 100,000 residents in 2019 is nearing the rate from 1993, despite the lower total. If Baltimore sees 342 or more hom
  
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• 'Bloomberg is the candidate Trump said he was in 2016': publisher

  26-12-2019 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Catalina Magazine publisher Cathy Areu explains why former New York City mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg isnot a politician who's 'bought and paid for.'
  
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• Ari Behn, the ex-husband of Norway's Princess Martha Louise who had accused Kevin Spacey of sexual misconduct, died by suicide on Christmas day

  26-12-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Norwegian author Ari Behn, who was married to Norway's Princess Martha Louise for 15 years, said that Kevin Spacey groped him at a concert in 2007.
  
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• Lindsey Vonn asks P.K. Subban to marry her

  26-12-2019 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lindsey Vonn popped the question to hockey star P.K. Subban.“Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!! On our 2 year anniversary, in a ‘non traditional’ move, I asked PK to marry me and he said, Yes,” Vonn tweeted on Christmas Day. “Yes! Women aren’t the only ones who should get engagement rings!”
  
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• U.S. Preparing to Respond to 2020 Russian Election Interference by Releasing Kremlin Officials’ Personal Info

  26-12-2019 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Cyber Command is readying options to wage information warfare against Russian officials if the country tries to interfere in the 2020 U.S. elections, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.The officials would include senior members of Russia's government as well as Russian oligarchs, stopping short of targeting Vladimir Putin himself. The operation is designed to halt election interference by threatening Kremlin officials with the release of their personal information."When the Russians put
  
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