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• Thousands of residents were forced to take refuge on a beach

  31-12-2019 23:59 via cnn.com
  
  Australians are facing a terrifying start to the new year, as bushfires rip through popular tourist spots on the country's southeast coast, forcing thousands of people to take refuge on nearby beaches.
  
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• 6 suspected gang members arrested in shooting in Fresno backyard that killed 4

  31-12-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Fresno Police Department arrested six people in a mass shooting that killed four and injured several others during a backyard party.
  
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• Angry protesters swarming the US embassy in Baghdad caps off Trump's disastrous year in the Middle East

  31-12-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tensions with Iran, linked to Trump's decision to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal, fueled chaos throughout the region in 2019.
  
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• North Korea leader promises look at new weapon soon

  31-12-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accused the Trump administration of dragging its feet in nuclear negotiations and warned that his country will soon show a new strategic weapon to the world as its bolsters its nuclear deterrent in face of “gangster-like” U.S. sanctions and pressure. The North’s state media said Wednesday that Kim made the comments during a four-day ruling party conference held through Tuesday in the capital Pyongyang, where he declared that the North will ne
  
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• "Sordid history" cited as judge blocks NC's voter ID law

  31-12-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The federal judge who blocked the newest version ofNorth Carolina's voter identification law cited the state's "sordid history of racial discrimination and voter suppression" as she ordered officials not toenforce the law in 2020.U.S. District Court Judge Loretta Biggs'decision was released Tuesday and prevents North Carolina from requiring voters to provide identification starting in 2020.The Republican leaders of the state House and Senate, however, have asked North Carolina's Department of Ju
  
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• Boris Johnson Pledges to ‘Waste No Time’ in Delivering Brexit in 2020

  31-12-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Boris Johnson pledged to “waste no time” in delivering Brexit before moving on to the “people’s priorities” of funding schools and hospitals.In his New Year message, the prime minister promised to complete the U.K.’s divorce from the European Union by the end of January, repeating the campaign message that saw his Conservative Party win its largest majority in more than three decades in the Dec. 12 general election.“The necessary legislati
  
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• Trump tweets 'threat' to Iran over embassy attack

  31-12-2019 23:28 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Twitter after protesters stormed a US embassy in Baghdad.CNN's Boris Sanchez reports.
  
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• Trump tweets 'threat' to Iran

  31-12-2019 23:28 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Twitter after protesters stormed a US embassy in Baghdad.CNN's Boris Sanchez reports.
  
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• Boy, 12, saves great-grandparents when his half brother allegedly stabbed them

  31-12-2019 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  A 12-year-old Texas boy saved the lives of his great-grandparents by wresting a knife away during a stabbing attack while driving Sunday.
  
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• Kim Jong Un: North Korea ending test moratoriums

  31-12-2019 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared that Pyongyang is abandoning its moratoriums on nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests, state media reported Wednesday."There is no ground for us to get unilaterally bound to the commitment any longer," the official KCNA news agency cited him telling top ruling party officials.Kim declared in 2018 that the North had no further need for nuclear or ICBM tests, and Wednesday's announcement threatens to upend the nuclear diplomacy of the las
  
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• Meet the scientist trying to travel back in time

  31-12-2019 23:04 via cnn.com
  
  The past, it has been said, is a foreign country. And sometimes it's another country we yearn to visit.
  
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• FBI Agents: McCabe Apologized For Changing His Story on Leak

  31-12-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former FBI chief Andrew McCabe faced scorching criticism and potential criminal prosecution for changing his story about a conversation he had with a Wall Street Journal reporter. Now newly released interview transcripts show McCabe expressed remorse to internal FBI investigators when they pressed him on the about-face. The FBI released the documents in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by the government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CRE
  
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• Donald Trump threatens Iran for insurgents storming of US Embassy in Iraq

  31-12-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Supporters of the Iraq Shiite militia, which is backed by Iran, broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad earlier Tuesday.
  
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• U.S. Troops Fire Tear Gas at Protesters Outside the Embassy in Baghdad. Here’s a Timeline of What’s Happened So Far

  31-12-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As Iraqi protesters continue to gather outside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, U.S. soldiers fired tear gas Wednesday
  
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• Protesters Shouting 'Death to America' Stormed the U.S. Embassy Compound in Baghdad. Here's a Timeline of What's Happened So Far

  31-12-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protesters shouting "Death to America," stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday, setting fires, scrawling anti-American graffiti and planting flags for Iran-backed militia…
  
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• North Korea's leader promises 'new strategic weapon,' leaves room for talks

  31-12-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korea's leader plans to further develop nuclear programs and to introduce a "new strategic weapon" in the near future, state media said on Wednesday, although he signaled there was still room for dialogue with the United States.Kim Jong Un presided over a four-day meeting of top Workers' Party officials this week amid rising tensions with the United States, which has not responded to his repeated calls for concessions to reopen negotiations.Washington has dismissed the deadline as artifici
  
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• Iraqi Protesters End U.S. Embassy Siege but Tensions Remain High. Here’s a Full Timeline

  31-12-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After two days of violent clashes at the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraqi protesters retreated on orders from the government and senior militia leaders. But tensions remain
  
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• U.S.-Japan Trade Deal Takes Effect With Second Round in Doubt

  31-12-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- A trade deal between the U.S. and Japan that cuts tariffs on some agricultural products and industrial goods took effect Wednesday, with little indication the two sides would meet a pledge to soon start a new round of talks broadening the pact.Under the deal, Japan reduced tariffs on beef, pork and additional U.S. agricultural products to the same levels it grants other trading partners in the Trans-Pacific Partnership regional trade agreement. Japan failed to secure its goal of r
  
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• The Air Force's B-52 Bomber: Could it Serve 100 Years?

  31-12-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Will it make it?
  
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• The 10 biggest sports stars of the decade

  31-12-2019 22:58 via cnn.com
  
  As a memorable sporting decade draws to a close, we take stock of the men and women who've set the standard for others to follow, on and off the field.
  
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• Kim vows to show new N. Korean weapon, never trade security

  31-12-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un accused the Trump administration of dragging its feet in nuclear negotiations and warned that his country will soon show a new strategic weapon to the world as it bolsters its nuclear deterrent in the face of “gangster-like” U.S. pressure.In a key ruling party conference, Kim also threatened “shocking” action and said North Korea would no longer be obligated to maintain a self-imposed suspension on the testing of nuclear weapons and interco
  
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• Teen climber falls 500 feet on Mount Hood and survives

  31-12-2019 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  A 16-year-old rock climber is somehow recovering with just a broken leg after falling 500 feet on Oregon's Mount Hood.
  
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• Teen climber falls 500 feet and survives

  31-12-2019 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  A 16-year-old rock climber is somehow recovering with just a broken leg after falling 500 feet on Oregon's Mount Hood.
  
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• Trump says Iran will 'pay a very BIG PRICE' for damage caused by violent protests at the US embassy in Baghdad

  31-12-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump has publicly blamed Iran for the unrest outside the US embassy in Baghdad and says they are going to pay "BIG" for the damage.
  
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• Lawyers: Robert Durst wrote incriminating 'cadaver' note

  31-12-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lawyers for New York real estate heir Robert Durst acknowledge he penned a note tipping off police to the location of the body of a friend he’s accused of killing, according to court documents.In a court filing last week in Los Angeles Superior Court, lawyers for Durst conceded he had written the note directing police to the home where his best friend, Susan Berman, was shot point-blank in the back of the head just before Christmas of 2000.Durst, 76, pleaded not guilty to murder in Berman'
  
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• U.S. alarmed by China's trial and sentencing of pastor

  31-12-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States expressed alarm on Tuesday at the trial and sentencing to a nine-year prison term of the pastor of one of China's best-known unregistered "house" churches.Wang Yi, pastor of the Early Rain Covenant Church in China's southwestern city of Chengdu, was among dozens of the church's members and leaders detained by police in December 2018, most of whom were subsequently released."We are alarmed that Pastor Wang Yi ... was tried in secret and sentenced to nine years in prison in conne
  
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• Protesters burn security post at U.S. Embassy in Iraq; Pentagon sending more troops to region

  31-12-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Protesters angry about U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, setting off a confrontation with guards and prompting the United States to send additional troops to the Middle East.The protests, led by Iranian-backed militias, posed a new foreign policy challenge for U.S. President Donald Trump, who faces re-election in 2020.The State Department said diplomatic personnel inside were safe and there
  
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• Protesters burn security post at U.S. Embassy in Iraq in new foreign policy test for Trump

  31-12-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Protesters angry about U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, setting off a confrontation with guards and posing a new challenge for U.S. President Donald Trump.The protests, led by Iranian-backed militias, prompted the United States to deploy additional U.S. Marines to protect embassy personnel who were huddled inside the facility.Trump threatened to retaliate against Iran.
  
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• Two puffins scratched itches with sticks, the first evidence that seabirds can use tools

  31-12-2019 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  Perhaps puffins aren't as bird-brained as previously believed.
  
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• US agency formalizes border medical plan after migrants die

  31-12-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Tuesday formalized a medical plan formed in the wake of a massive surge of migrant families to the U.S.-Mexico border and a series of deaths in immigration custody.The goal was to increase medical care and efficiency.More than 500 medical professionals are on contract to help administer care.
  
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• Watch protesters use battering ram on US embassy

  31-12-2019 22:24 via cnn.com
  
  The United States will send "additional forces to support our personnel at the Embassy" in Baghdad as attacks broke out among hundreds of protesters in response to airstrikes in Iraq and Syria conducted by US forces. CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports.
  
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• ‘This is a threat’: Iran will pay heavy price for damage at US embassy in Baghdad, Trump says in furious New Year tweet

  31-12-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has issued a furious threat to Iran following an attack on the US embassy in Baghdad.The US president had earlier said he held Tehran responsible for Tuesday’s storming of the compound gates by Iraqi militia members. Iran, which sponsors the militias, has denied being behind the incident.
  
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• Police arrest six in gang-related November shooting in California

  31-12-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The attack was carried out by members of a gang called the Mongolian Boys Society in retaliation for the murder of Randy Xiong, the brother of a gang member, Fresno Police Department Chief Andy Hall told a news conference.The gunmen made their way into the yard through an unlocked gate and began firing with semi-automatic pistols shortly before 8 p.m. on Nov. 17, killing Xy Lee, Phia Vang, Kou Xiong, and Kalaxang Thao, police said.A string of tips led to the arrest of suspect Billy Xiong on Dec.
  
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• The Trump cover-up is unfolding before our eyes

  31-12-2019 22:15 via cnn.com
  
  Last week, we got a small but tantalizing glimpse of the explosive cache of documents that the White House has tried to keep hidden from public view. They detailed the Trump administration's withholding of foreign aid to compel Ukraine to investigate one of the President's political rivals. It was a stark reminder that the administration is keeping vital information away from Congress and the public by stifling key witnesses who have firsthand knowledge of President Donald Trump's dealings with
  
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• Opinion: The Trump cover-up is unfolding before our eyes

  31-12-2019 22:15 via cnn.com
  
  Last week, we got a small but tantalizing glimpse of the explosive cache of documents that the White House has tried to keep hidden from public view. They detailed the Trump administration's withholding of foreign aid to compel Ukraine to investigate one of the President's political rivals. It was a stark reminder that the administration is keeping vital information away from Congress and the public by stifling key witnesses who have firsthand knowledge of President Donald Trump's dealings with
  
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• Musical panned as '10th circle of hell'

  31-12-2019 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  'Cats' the musical bombed with critics and moviegoers. Here's why.
  
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• Jury awards $4 million to Disney Cruise worker

  31-12-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Florida jury has decided that a Disney Cruise Line worker deserves $4 million from the company based on her claim that she got inadequate medical care from ship doctors after she was hit by a car during a port of call.
  
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• GOP Sen. Collins is open to calling impeachment witnesses

  31-12-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says she’s open to calling witnesses as part of the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, but she says it is “premature” to decide who should be called until senators see the evidence that is presented.
  
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• Disney World's Magic Kingdom turns away guests on New Year's Eve

  31-12-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom Park began turning away guests on New Year's Eve, the park tweeted Tuesday afternoon. Who's affected and who's not?
  
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• Pro-Iran protesters storm US embassy over deadly Iraq strikes

  31-12-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It was the first time in years that protesters have been able to reach the US embassy, which is sheltered behind a series of checkpoints in the Iraqi capital's high-security Green Zone.Hundreds of people in military fatigues marched through those checkpoints and broke into the embassy's visitor reception building, sparking fury from President Donald Trump and other top US officials.Demonstrators had scrawled "No to America!" and "Soleimani is my commander" on the embassy walls, referring to Tehr
  
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• US seeks review of state DMV laws on immigration enforcement

  31-12-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The acting secretary of Homeland Security is taking aim Tuesday at new laws in New York, New Jersey and other states that allow immigrants to get driver's licenses without proof they are in the U.S. legally, and restrict data sharing with federal authorities.Chad Wolf sent a memo to all the components of Homeland Security, which include U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration, requesting a department study on how the laws affect its enfo
  
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• Infowars founder who claimed Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax ordered to pay $100,000

  31-12-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jones, founder of the Infowars radio show and webcast, has claimed the mainstream media and gun-control proponents conspired to fabricate the tragedy in which 20 school children and six school staff were shot dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14, 2012.In response, several parents of the slain 6- and 7-year-old children sued Jones and Infowars for defamation and emotional distress in Texas, where Infowars is based, and in Connecticut.In Texas, Travis County Dis
  
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• Three forces slowed US population growth this decade

  31-12-2019 21:36 via cnn.com
  
  US population growth slowed this decade, partially due to fewer births, more deaths and a decline in international migration to the US.
  
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• Judge: 'Filthy' zoo must give up animals; Zoo appeals

  31-12-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Awestern Maryland zoo where five endangered animals died was ordered by a judge to send its remaining big cats to a sanctuary.Tri-State Zoological Park in Cumberland has seen two tigers, a lion and a lemur die within a three-year span.People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sued the zoo in 2017 after conducting undercover inspections.
  
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• Attack on US Embassy in Iraq shows stark choices for Trump

  31-12-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The attack on the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad by Iran-supported militiamen Tuesday is a stark demonstration that Iran can still strike at American interests despite President Donald Trump's economic pressure campaign.Trump said Iran would be held “fully responsible” for the attack, but it was unclear whether that meant military retaliation.
  
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• 6 arrested in killings of 4 men at California backyard party

  31-12-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police in California announced Tuesday that they have arrested six suspected gang members in the shooting deaths of four men last month at a backyard gathering of family and friends that they believed was a rival gang's party. The victims were killed Nov. 17 when gunmen entered the back of a Fresno home through an unlocked gate and used semiautomatic weapons to open fire on people watching a football game in the backyard. Fresno Police Chief Andy Hall said at a news conference that the suspects
  
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• 2019 deadliest year for Colombia's ex-FARC combatants: UN

  31-12-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The past year has been the deadliest for ex-FARC combatants in Colombia since the former guerrilla movement signed a peace agreement with the government in 2016, the UN reported Tuesday.The UN verification mission in Colombia, responsible for monitoring the accord which ended more than 50 years of conflict, expressed alarm at the mounting number of deaths.
  
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• WikiLeaks: UN official accuses UK and US of torture over treatment of Assange and Manning

  31-12-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A top UN official has accused the British and US governments of “torture” over their detention of whistleblowers Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange, who between them embarrassed the West over its military operations in Iraq.Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, said Ms Manning, who is being held in a jail in Virginia after refusing to testify about Mr Assange, was being being subjected to an “open-ended, progressively severe measure of coercion fulfilling all the c
  
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• Ghosn's signature auto alliance has struggled since his arrest

  31-12-2019 20:54 via cnn.com
  
  The alliance between three automakers created by Carlos Ghosn, the former auto industry bigwig who just fled Japan in advance of a scheduled trial, had a rough year after his arrest at the end of 2018.
  
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• An Officer Admitted Making a Racist Threat. He Still Has a Job.

  31-12-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michael J. Reynolds, a New York City police officer, landed in Nashville, Tennessee, on a Sunday morning in July 2018, court records show. He and six other men, two of whom he later identified as New York City officers, were on what was supposed to be a three-night bachelor-party junket.About 18 hours later, Reynolds, who is white, kicked in a black woman's door in a drunken rage, threatening her and her sons with a racist slur and obscenities."I'll break every bone in your neck," he said in a r
  
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