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• Top cleric urges supporters not to attack US as Donald Trump says regime has backed down

  08-01-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Latest news: All 176 passengers killed as Boeing 737 crashes near Tehran Iran brands Britain America's 'partner in crime' over Soleimani death US says attack planned by Soleimani was 'days' from happening More than 60 people die after stampede at general's funeral US bans airlines from flying over Iraq and Iran ​ Two rockets hit Iraqi capital's Green Zone ​ Subscribe to The Telegraph, free for 30 days A senior Iraqi cleric has urged supporters not to attack the United State
  
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• Top US general says Iran tried to kill US troops

  08-01-2020 23:51 via cnn.com
  
  The top US general made clear Wednesday night that he believes Iran meant to kill US troops in the ballistic missile attack on US forces in Iraq, rebutting a belief among some Trump administration officials that Iran intentionally missed areas populated by Americans.
  
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• Relax: The Pentagon Isn't Drafting You for WWIII by Text

  08-01-2020 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This is what an actual modern draft would look like.
  
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• Australia issues new evacuation alerts as monster bushfires regenerate

  08-01-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Authorities issued new warnings and evacuation notices across southeast Australia on Thursday, as a return of hot weather fanned huge bushfires threatening several towns and communities.A disaster level notice in large parts of Victoria state, already in place for the past week, was extended by 48 hours and people in danger zones were advised to leave if it was safe to do so."Don't get complacent from the rain we have had recently," Victoria Emergency Services Minister Lisa Neville said in a tel
  
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• Lawmakers Fume About Trump Admin’s Lack of Iran Explanation After ‘Insulting’ Briefing

  08-01-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A day after Iranian ballistic missiles hit Iraqi bases used by U.S. forces, the Trump administration’s first briefings on Iran for legislators went so poorly that even its allies walked out saying that the White House was losing congressional support.At a moment when the Middle East is asking if the U.S. and Iran can avoid confrontation, senators and representatives said that briefings from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, CIA Director Gina Haspel, Gen. Mark Mi
  
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• Mike Lee Slams ‘Un-American’ Iran Intel Briefing, Calls on Congress To Rein In Administration

  08-01-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A classified briefing on the intelligence behind Qasem Soleimani’s killing caused Senate Republicans Mike Lee and Rand Paul to excoriate the assessment, while Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio praised the intel.Lee called the meeting “probably the worst briefing I’ve seen, at least on a military issues, in the nine years I've served in the United States Senate,” and while he commended Trump for showing “a lot of restraint” in foreign policy, he added that he want
  
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• Two rockets land in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone

  08-01-2020 23:40 via cnn.com
  
  Two rockets landed inside the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, home of the US Embassy in Iraq, on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Iraqi military.
  
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• Trump Picks Two of His Top Legal Defenders for Impeachment Trial

  08-01-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As the Senate gears up for Donald Trump’s impeachment trial later this year, the president has settled on at least two of his top legal defenders for the proceedings—and he’s still courting Alan Dershowitz.“Pat Cipollone is leading the efforts as White House counsel; I’ll be one of the lawyers participating in the defense as the president’s private counsel,” Jay Sekulow, one of Trump’s personal attorneys, told The Daily Beast in a brief statement W
  
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• Justin Bieber reveals he's battling Lyme disease

  08-01-2020 23:26 via cnn.com
  
  Justin Bieber has revealed he was recently diagnosed with Lyme disease, an infection caused by bacteria commonly carried by ticks.
  
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• GOP Sen. Mike Lee ridicules Trump administration's 'insulting' Soleimani briefing, backs Democrats' war powers resolution

  08-01-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Do not count Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) among the GOP lawmakers pleased with the Trump administration's classified briefing Wednesday on the U.S. strike that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq last week.Lee was apparently furious after witnessing the closed-door discussions about the justification of the strike and Washington's next steps amid heightened tensions with Tehran. The senator called the briefing "insulting" and said it was the worst he's heard on a military issue since bec
  
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• Iran's missile attack on US troops appears to be a calculated message to Trump and the regime's enemies

  08-01-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Iran's attacks tonight appeared designed for maximum domestic effect with minimum escalatory risk," one analyst said to Business Insider.
  
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• New York Post Reporter’s Identity Hijacked to Spread Pro-Iran Propaganda

  08-01-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Twitter suspended on Wednesday an account impersonating a New York Post reporter after it sent out a series of fake stories pumping out pro-Iranian regime propaganda and attacking adversaries of the Islamic Republic. The account was also linked through retweets and shared articles to another account impersonating a reporter—one from Israel. It too was taken down after sharing pro-Iranian regime propaganda.In recent years, Iran has beefed up its online disinformation activity, meddling
  
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• See the Australian fires from the sky

  08-01-2020 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Anna Coren gets an exclusive view of the fires raging in Australia, as firefighters use helicopters to battle the massive fires threatening the country.
  
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• See Australian fires from the sky

  08-01-2020 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Anna Coren gets an exclusive view of the fires raging in Australia, as firefighters use helicopters to battle the massive fires threatening the country.
  
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• How firefighters use helicopters to combat bushfires

  08-01-2020 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Anna Coren gets an exclusive view of the fires raging in Australia, as firefighters use helicopters to battle the massive fires threatening the country.
  
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• Iraqis unimpressed by US and Iran's tit-for-tat fight on their soil

  08-01-2020 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  Shoppers throng the open-air markets in central Baghdad, rummaging through stalls packed with fresh produce and spices.
  
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• Russia's Akula-Class Attack Submarines Still Strike Fear Into Sailors' Hearts

  08-01-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A powerful and deadly stealth sub.
  
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• Iran under pressure to explain Tehran plane crash after 176 killed in Ukrainian jet disaster

  08-01-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Latest news: Iran launches missile attacks on US bases Criminal proceedings launched by Ukraine  Pictured | Three Britons among 176 dead ​Iran plane crash, in pictures Iran is facing mounting pressure to explain the destruction of a civilian airliner near Tehran hours after Iranian forces launched missile strikes against US forces. Three Britons were among 176 people killed when an Ukrainian International Airlines Boeing 737 plunged into a nosedive and exploded shortly after take-off
  
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• Guatemala president says no deal to send Mexicans there

  08-01-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Outgoing Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales said Wednesday his government has not agreed to receive Mexicans who had sought asylum in the United States.Morales, whose presidency ends next week, said he had told U.S. officials the issue would have to be negotiated with his successor.“It's more than clear; in the agreement it only lays out Salvadorans and Hondurans,” Morales said.
  
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• U.S. House to vote this week to limit Trump's military actions on Iran: Pelosi

  08-01-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the House would vote on a resolution intended to limit President Donald Trump's military actions regarding Iran, stating that concerns about the administration's strategy and decisions were not addressed in a briefing with lawmakers. Pelosi said on Monday the House would vote on a war powers resolution, but did not provide many details on its timing then. The resolution will likely sail through the House of Representatives, whe
  
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• Turkey-Libya deals 'void': Egypt, France, Greece, Cyprus

  08-01-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  France, Greece, Egypt and Cyprus on Wednesday declared "null and void" agreements between Ankara and Libya assigning Turkey rights over a vast area of the eastern Mediterranean.The two agreements denounced by the four Mediterranean states are a military pact and a maritime deal, signed in November by the head of Libya's Government of National Accord Fayez al-Sarraj and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
  
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• McConnell on Impeachment: ‘The Senate Has Made Its Decision’

  08-01-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) seemed to confirm that the Republican majority was ready to advance with impeachment, saying Wednesday that “there will be no haggling with the House over Senate procedure.”“We will not cede our authority to try this impeachment. The House Democrats’ turn is over. The Senate has made its decision. This is for the Senate, and the Senate only, to decide,” McConnell tweeted.> There will be no haggling with the House o
  
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• Timeline set to get troubled flattop Ford to sea

  08-01-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a message last month to the fleet, the Acting SECNAV pushed for a renewed sense of urgency to deploy the carrier.
  
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• These were the most talked-about products at CES

  08-01-2020 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  Walking through CES can feel overwhelming. To your left is a headband that promises to read your brain waves and get you to relax. A few rows down is a toothbrush that will tell you if you're brushing too hard. In yet another area: an Alexa-enabled Lamborghini.
  
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• We Know How China Plans To Use Its Aircraft Carriers In A Conflict

  08-01-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dominating the Western Pacific.
  
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• Moon river: Rocket part ferried on the mighty Mississippi

  08-01-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With a brass band playing and a parade of workers sporting Mardi Gras beads, a huge component of a new rocket system was wheeled slowly from a New Orleans spacecraft factory on Wednesday to a barge that will float it up the Mississippi River for testing.The recently completed “core stage” of NASA's Space Launch System, which dwarfed the hundreds of of NASA and Boeing employees, was to be taken to the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of New
  
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• Airline says it's unlikely that deadly plane crash in Iran was due to 'error'

  08-01-2020 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  • Officials walk back remarks on cause of crash
  • Boeing faces more trouble after crash
  
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• Oregon woman sues Mormon church for $10 million for revealing husband's child sex abuse

  08-01-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A man confessed to child sex abuse to clergy, which led to his arrest. His wife is suing the church for violating "priest-penitent privilege."
  
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• Iran sent 'multiple messages' to US that its attacks were done

  08-01-2020 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  As US officials were busy assessing Iran's missile attacks in Iraq late Tuesday, messages began arriving from Iran saying one thing: We're done.
  
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• Exclusive: U.N. investigators find Yemen's Houthis did not carry out Saudi oil attack

  08-01-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Yemen's Houthi group did not launch an attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities in September, according to a confidential report by U.N. sanctions monitors seen by Reuters on Wednesday, bolstering a U.S. accusation that Iran was responsible.The United States, European powers and Saudi Arabia blamed Iran for the Sept. 14 attack on the Saudi Aramco oil plants in Abqaiq and Khurais, dismissing a quick claim of responsibility by the Iran-allied Houthis.
  
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• US lawmakers protest proposed cuts to shipbuilding

  08-01-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two key lawmakers are protesting proposed shipbuilding cuts outlined in a memo that leaked in late December.
  
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• Case of 2 missing kids grows to include deaths, cult rumors

  08-01-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Confusion is growing around a series of mysterious deaths and the disappearances of a 7-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl that tie back to a couple who have since vanished themselves.Joshua “JJ” Vallow and Tylee Ryan haven't been seen since September.Lori Vallow and her husband, Chad Daybell, never reported them missing and disappeared soon after being questioned about the children.
  
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• Losing one night's sleep may increase risk for Alzheimer's, study says

  08-01-2020 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  Losing just one night's sleep may increase levels of Alzheimer's-causing proteins in the blood, a study says.
  
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• Senate Democrats grow impatient waiting for Pelosi to send articles for Trump impeachment trial

  08-01-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senate Democrats are increasingly urging the House to send articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate, so the trial can begin
  
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• Harry and Meghan say they're 'stepping back' from the royal family. The palace says it's 'complicated'

  08-01-2020 21:57 via cnn.com
  
  Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, are stepping back from their roles as senior members of the British royal family, the couple announced on Instagram.
  
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• Trump has run out of options and is asking US allies for help with Iran, but they've already abandoned him

  08-01-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump has spent much of his presidency insulting NATO allies and went against the UK, France, and Germany in withdrawing the US from the nuclear deal.
  
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• Justice Department: Too late to pass Equal Rights Amendment

  08-01-2020 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Justice Department has thrown a roadblock into efforts to revive the Equal Rights Amendment, finding that an expired pair of deadlines imposed by Congress on ratification of the measure means it's too late for additional states to ratify it now.The memo by Assistant Attorney General Steven Engel comes as Virginia is poised to become the decisive 38th state to approve the ERA nearly four decades after Congress sent it to states in 1972, attaching a 1979 ratification deadline to it.“Beca
  
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• Democratic congressman calls briefing on Soleimani strike 'sophomoric and utterly unconvincing'

  08-01-2020 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats emerged from a briefing on President Trump's decision to authorize a drone strike killing Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani unconvinced it was justified, while Republicans came away more convinced than ever that it was.After a briefing in the House of Representatives on Wednesday about the strike against Soleimani, which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last week was to disrupt an "imminent attack" that the administration has not provided details about publicly, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-V
  
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• Weinstein lawyers ask judge to recuse himself over 'biased' rebuke

  08-01-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Harvey Weinstein's lawyers accused the judge presiding over the disgraced movie producer's sex crimes trial of bias Wednesday and asked him to recuse himself from the high-profile case.The astonishing request came a day after Justice James Burke threatened Weinstein, 67, with prison for apparently using his mobile phone in court.Burke scolded Weinstein during Tuesday's morning session for having his phone out in the Manhattan courtroom.
  
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• California governor deploys trailers, tents, funds in homelessness 'emergency'

  08-01-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Newsom said the money, if approved in the 2020-21 budget,would be distributed to major cities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as smaller communities to pay rent for homeless people and create more temporary housing."The state of California is treating homelessness as a real emergency - because it is one," Newsom, a Democrat, said in a statement announcing his budget proposals, which he is expected to formally deliver to the state legislature on Friday.
  
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• Ghosn tells CNN why he knowingly broke the law to flee Japan

  08-01-2020 21:27 via cnn.com
  
  Carlos Ghosn admits he broke Japanese law when he fled the country for Lebanon last week. But not all the reports of his stunning escape are true, the former auto executive told CNN Business.
  
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• Ghosn knew escaping was illegal. Here's why he took the risk anyway

  08-01-2020 21:27 via cnn.com
  
  Carlos Ghosn admits he broke Japanese law when he fled the country for Lebanon last week. But not all the reports of his stunning escape are true, the former auto executive told CNN Business.
  
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• Vulnerable GOP Sen. Martha McSally says she can't afford to fight Democrat Mark Kelly's attack ads

  08-01-2020 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) is falling behind in campaign fundraising — not that she'll say it too loud.McSally is currently facing a strong challenge from Mark Kelly, a Democrat, astronaut, and husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.). But if she were to counter Kelly's bid with a TV ad, "my campaign coffers would be empty," she told supporters at a closed-door meeting in December, the Arizona Mirror reports.A recent TV ad from by a group called Advancing AZ attacked McSally for
  
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• Deadly earthquake forces many Puerto Ricans to sleep outside

  08-01-2020 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Many Puerto Ricans woke up to an island without power Wednesday after a string of earthquakes. Meanwhile, President Trump has authorized FEMA aid.
  
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• On Iran, Trump dodges a bullet for now

  08-01-2020 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Time will tell whether the fallout from Soleimani's death will yield negative foreign-policy consequences for the U.S. But for now it appears that war with Iran isn’t one of them. That’s the best political outcome Trump could have hoped for.
  
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• Puerto Rico earthquakes 'so much worse' than Hurricane Maria, residents say

  08-01-2020 21:16 via cnn.com
  
  Puerto Rico residents spent the night outside as aftershocks rocked the region following a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that knocked out power and water services in some areas.
  
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• There will be a new brightest star in the sky, when it explodes in about 60 years

  08-01-2020 21:14 via cnn.com
  
  Around 2083, give or take a few years, we may spot a bright blazing star in the sky that seems new. It's expected to rival Sirius, the brightest star in our sky, or even Venus.
  
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• Images appear to show damage to base housing US troops

  08-01-2020 21:11 via cnn.com
  
  Satellite images appear to show the aftermath of Iranian missile strikes at an Iraqi military base that houses US troops.
  
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• Top cleric urges supporters not to attack US as Donald Trump says regime has backed down - latest news

  08-01-2020 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Latest news: All 176 passengers killed as Boeing 737 crashes near Tehran Iran brands Britain America's 'partner in crime' over Soleimani death US says attack planned by Soleimani was 'days' from happening More than 60 people die after stampede at general's funeral US bans airlines from flying over Iraq and Iran ​ Subscribe to The Telegraph, free for 30 days A senior Iraqi cleric has urged supporters not to attack the United States as he claimed the crisis was over, shortly after
  
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• And the most admired man in America is...

  08-01-2020 21:07 via cnn.com
  
  Every year, Gallup asks Americans who they admire the most. In 2019, it was a tie -- between two men who are about as different as can be.
  
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