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• Canada, UK say they have intel Iran shot down Ukrainian plane

  09-01-2020 23:56 via cnn.com
  
  The US increasingly believes that Iran mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner on Wednesday, according to multiple US officials. The working theory is based on continuing analysis of data from satellites, radar and electronic data collected routinely by US military and intelligence.
  
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• Origin of mysterious noises heard around the world uncovered

  09-01-2020 23:52 via cnn.com
  
  In 2018, a multitude of seismic signals were detected by earthquake monitoring agencies all over the world in May and June. They created a weird humming sound and some of the signals detected in November of that year had a duration of up to 20 minutes.
  
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• Increasing minimum wage by $1 could reduce US suicide rates, study finds

  09-01-2020 23:50 via cnn.com
  
  An increase in the minimum wage could help prevent thousands of suicides every year among workers with a high school degree or less, especially during times when unemployment rates are higher.
  
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• Trump ally and GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz comes out in strong support of a war-powers resolution limiting Trump's power to take military action against Iran

  09-01-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Engaging in another forever war in the Middle East would be the wrong decision, and that's why I'm voting for this resolution," Gaetz said.
  
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• Iran's claims for why it couldn't have shot down a Ukrainian airplane aren't adding up

  09-01-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US officials reportedly said they saw Iranian radar systems lock on the aircraft before it was shot down.
  
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• Mexican man slits throat at U.S. border after being denied entry

  09-01-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Mexican man has died after slitting his own throat when he was denied entry to the U.S., according to Mexican officials.
  
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• Best way to pack a carry on bag

  09-01-2020 23:23 via cnn.com
  
  Samantha Brown has been crossing the globe as a TV travel host for 20 years. She often just takes a carry on bag, and offers her best tips for packing up your luggage. First tip: go with a hardside suitcase
  
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• McConnell Joins Hawley in Resolution to Throw Out Impeachment

  09-01-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Update: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tweeted Friday that McConnell had “showed his true colors” by joining Hawley’s resolution.> By joining a resolution to dismiss, Sen. McConnell showed his true colors. Americans have now seen what is at stake in a fair trial with witnesses & evidence, and new evidence has emerged. Every Senator will have to vote: is their loyalty is to the President or the Constitution?> > -- Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 10, 2020Hawle
  
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• US officials believe Iran accidentally downed the Ukrainian jetliner

  09-01-2020 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  • Plane changed directions before crash
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• US officials believe Iran accidentally downed the airliner using Russian-made missiles

  09-01-2020 22:36 via cnn.com
  
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  • Passenger had premonition plane would crash, husband says
  
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• US officials believe Iran accidentally downed the airliner

  09-01-2020 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  • Plane changed directions before crash
  • Passenger had premonition plane would crash, husband says
  
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• Police, villagers clash over land in Vietnam, leaving 4 dead

  09-01-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Residents of a Hanoi suburb used grenades, firebombs and spears Thursday in an attempt to stop soldiers from building a wall around a military airport on land they say is private, leaving three police and a villager dead, officials said.
  
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• Video appears to show missile hit object in sky

  09-01-2020 22:32 via cnn.com
  
  Video sent to CNN appears to show a missile fired into the thy sky in Iran and striking an object. Around that time, a Ukranian airliner crashed shortly after takeoff. CNN cannot verify the authenticity of the video.
  
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• How Harry and Meghan might become 'financially independent'

  09-01-2020 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's surprise announcement that they plan to step back from royal duties and "transition into a new working model" has raised many questions -- not least, how they plan to support themselves.
  
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• Trump takes credit for decline in cancer deaths. The American Cancer Society says he's wrong

  09-01-2020 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump insinuated in a tweet on Thursday that his administration played a role in the US cancer death rate hitting a record low in 2017. The American Cancer Society says that's not true.
  
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• Prison 'inadvertently' deleted surveillance video outside cell during Jeffrey Epstein's first suicide attempt, feds say

  09-01-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prosecutors say prison authorities accidentally deleted surveillance video outside Jeffrey Epstein's cell during his first suicide attempt.
  
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• Prince Harry defied the Queen with bold announcement

  09-01-2020 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  • ANALYSIS: Queen gets a royal headache• British press goes wild over announcement
  • Meghan and Harry waxworks removed
  
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• Pelosi says she'll send Senate articles of impeachment against Trump 'soon'

  09-01-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “No, I’m not holding them indefinitely," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. "I’ll send them over when I’m ready. That will probably be soon."
  
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• How Pompeo convinced Trump to kill Soleimani

  09-01-2020 22:02 via cnn.com
  
  • Trump claims Soleimani plotted to blow up US embassies
  • Analysis: Iran's unconventional arsenal makes it a formidable force
  
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• How Pompeo convinced Trump to kill Soleimani and fulfilled a decade-long goal

  09-01-2020 21:47 via cnn.com
  
  • LIVE: Trump suggests Soleimani looking to attack a US embassy
  • 'I left parts of my body in Iraq': Duckworth rips GOP rep who said Dems 'love' terrorists
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein suicide attempt video accidentally deleted, prosecutors say

  09-01-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Surveillance footage taken outside Jeffrey Epstein’s jail cell on the day of his first apparent suicide attempt has been permanently deleted, federal prosecutors say.The sex offender was found semiconscious in his cell inside the Metropolitan Correctional Centre (MCC) in Manhattan in July, as he awaited trial over allegations of sex trafficking that threatened to see him behind bars for the rest of his life.
  
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• Trudeau: Canada has intelligence Iran shot down airliner

  09-01-2020 21:35 via cnn.com
  
  The US increasingly believes that Iran mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner on Wednesday, according to multiple US officials. The working theory is based on continuing analysis of data from satellites, radar and electronic data collected routinely by US military and intelligence.
  
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• Megyn Kelly tears up watching 'Bombshell' film

  09-01-2020 21:34 via cnn.com
  
  Megyn Kelly has shared her reaction to the film "Bombshell," which depicts Roger Ailes' downfall at Fox News. Charlize Theron portrays Kelly in the film.
  
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• Megyn Kelly tears up watching 'Bombshell'

  09-01-2020 21:34 via cnn.com
  
  Megyn Kelly has shared her reaction to the film "Bombshell," which depicts Roger Ailes' downfall at Fox News. Charlize Theron portrays Kelly in the film.
  
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• Libya's Haftar says military ops won't stop amid ceasefire call

  09-01-2020 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar Thursday said he would not stop military operations against forces loyal to a Tripoli administration, even as he praised a ceasefire initiative by Ankara and Moscow.In a statement read by his spokesman Ahmad al-Mesmari, Haftar claimed that a revival of the political process and the country's stability could only be assured by the "eradication of terrorist groups" and the dissolution of militia controlling Tripoli.An adviser to Haftar later told AFP that Ha
  
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• US officials say Iran downed the airliner using Russian-made missiles as they increasingly believe it was accidental

  09-01-2020 21:14 via cnn.com
  
  • Plane changed directions before crash
  • Passenger had premonition plane would crash, husband says
  
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• A US official says Iran accidentally downed the airliner using Russian-made missiles, killing 176 people

  09-01-2020 21:14 via cnn.com
  
  • Plane changed directions before crash
  • Passenger had premonition plane would crash, husband says
  
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• The Ukrainian flight that crashed in Iran was 'highly likely' shot down by a missile, according to reported US intelligence

  09-01-2020 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US officials have said that Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 appears to have been accidentally shot down by Iran, multiple reports said.
  
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• Mexican man kills himself on bridge after being refused entry to US

  09-01-2020 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Man who has not been identified had attempted to cross from Reynosa into Pharr, Texas, on WednesdayA Mexican asylum seeker has taken his own life on a bridge across the Rio Grande after being refused entry to the US, in an incident highlighting the often desperate plights of those being turned away by Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration.The man, who was reportedly in his 30s and has not been identified, had attempted to cross from the Mexican city of Reynosa into Pharr, Texas, on Wedne
  
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• Sen. Lindsey Graham says Trump's Iran speech is comparable to Ronald Reagan's 'tear down this wall' address

  09-01-2020 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Lindsey Graham, a strong ally of the president, said that Trump's national address of the tensions with Iran would be long remembered.
  
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• McConnell Says Senate Will Move on if Pelosi Does Not Submit Impeachment Articles by Week’s End

  09-01-2020 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned Thursday that the Senate would move on and "get back to the people’s business" if the House continues to withhold the articles of impeachment through the end of the week."This conversation is over," McConnell said from the Senate floor. "Should future House majorities feel empowered to waste our time with junior varsity political hostage situations? Should future Speakers be permitted to conjure up this sword of Damocles at will and leave it ha
  
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• A pilot's perspective on the Iran plane crash

  09-01-2020 20:13 via cnn.com
  
  For the moment, the crash of a Ukrainian Airlines Boeing 737-800 shortly after takeoff from Tehran, Iran, is a mystery -- and a tragedy. All 176 people on board died.
  
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• U.S. vaping-related deaths rise to 57, cases of illness to 2,602

  09-01-2020 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As of Jan. 7, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 41 new cases from the illness associated with use of e-cigarettes, or vaping products.The agency released a series of reports last month indicating that the outbreak of vaping-related lung injuries appears to be waning, as evidence mounts that vitamin E acetate, a cutting agent used in marijuana vape cartridges, is playing a role in the illnesses.CDC has called vitamin E acetate as a "chemical of concern" and recommended
  
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• A vet's prosthetic legs were repossessed two days before Christmas. He got them back, but broken

  09-01-2020 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As Jerry Holliman tried to navigate what felt like a maze of paperwork from Medicare and the VA, it felt like his country was forgetting him.
  
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• Trump falsely accuses Pelosi of 'defending' Iran general Soleimani

  09-01-2020 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has alsely accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats of "defending" the Iranian general who was killed in a US drone strike last week.As Mr Trump spoke to reporters at an event to celebrate his administration's attempt to roll back environmental regulations, he was asked if he'd seek approval from Congress for additional military action against Iran.
  
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• Authors Stephen King and Don Winslow offer to donate $175,000 to St. Jude's Children's Hospital if Stephanie Grisham gives a 1-hour White House press briefing

  09-01-2020 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Donations to charity should never come with strings attached," White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham responded.
  
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• The far out and futuristic cars of CES

  09-01-2020 19:49 via cnn.com
  
  Filled with software and sensors, connected to our smartphones and featuring an increasing number of interactive screens, there is arguably no piece of consumer technology today as complex as automobiles. It makes sense then, that cars are a big part of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
  
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• CES banned sex tech last year. Now it's all the rage

  09-01-2020 19:49 via cnn.com
  
  At one of the world's biggest tech trade shows, where companies come to talk up oversized televisions and curious concept cars, two engineers walked attendees through a build-your-own vibrator workshop.
  
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• After opioid overdose, poor teens rarely get addiction treatment

  09-01-2020 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Researchers examined data on more than 4 million youths aged 13 to 22 with coverage through Medicaid, the government insurance program for the poor, between 2009 and 2015. During that period, 3,791 young people had nonfatal opioid overdoses. In the month after overdoses, 69% of these teens and young adults didn't receive any addiction treatment, researchers report in JAMA Pediatrics.
  
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• Searchers find third body buried by Idaho avalanche

  09-01-2020 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Buried under about 10 feet (3 meters) of snow after an avalanche this week at an Idaho ski resort, Bill Fuzak made peace with his predicament and prepared for death.Fuzak became one of four survivors extricated from Tuesday's avalanche at the Silver Mountain Resort near Kellogg, Idaho.Fuzak, a skier who lives in the nearby Spokane, Washington, area, said he was entombed in the snow for about 50 minutes, much longer than most avalanche survivors.
  
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• Trump floats expanding NATO to add Middle East

  09-01-2020 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he supported expanding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to include Middle Eastern nations, as the United States seeks to limit its troop footprint globally."I think that NATO should be expanded and we should include the Middle East, absolutely," Trump told reporters at the White House.Trump proposed increased NATO involvement in the Middle East on Wednesday, when he addressed the Iranian strikes against U.S. troops in Iraq, carried out in retali
  
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• It looks like Iran is ready to start bombing its fake aircraft carrier again

  09-01-2020 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iran looks to have fixed its fake aircraft carrier after using it for target practice years ago, meaning it may be planning to start hitting it again.
  
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• U.S. House passes resolution to limit Trump's ability to wage war on Iran

  09-01-2020 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday to stop President Donald Trump from further military action against Iran, rebuking the president days after he ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander and raised fears of war.The Democratic-controlled House voted 224-194, mostly along party lines, sending the war powers resolution to the Senate.The partisan vote reflected the deep divide in Congress over Trump's Iran policy and how much of a say lawmakers should
  
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• Everything we know so far about the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 crash in Iran

  09-01-2020 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Ukraine International Airlines plane was still new and had recently been tested. US intelligence says an Iranian missile mistakenly shot it down.
  
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• Pelosi says she will send impeachment articles once McConnell discloses Senate rules

  09-01-2020 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she will send articles of impeachment to the Senate “soon,” but still wants to see definitive details from the Senate on how it will conduct the trial.
  
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• Trump: Soleimani was ‘looking to blow up our embassy’

  09-01-2020 19:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The president on Thursday continued to defend his decision to order the drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani without congressional authorization, claiming that Tehran was planning an attack on the U.S. embassy in Iraq.
  
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• Trump suggests Soleimani was looking to attack US embassy

  09-01-2020 19:24 via cnn.com
  
  • House to vote to limit Trump's military action against Iran without congressional approval
  • Inside the Situation Room as Trump decided his response to Iran
  • Analysis: Iran's unconventional arsenal a tough match for US
  
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• U.S. Intel: Iran Shot Down Plane, Then Realized Mistake

  09-01-2020 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Ukrainian airliner that crashed on Wednesday morning in Iran, killing all 176 people aboard, was shot out of the sky by one of Iran’s anti-aircraft missile systems, probably as the result of a horrifying mistake, according to U.S., Canadian, and European officials familiar with the intelligence. Intelligence indicates the Iranians came to see they had erred soon after the plane was downed, per two U.S. government sources.Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752, a Boeing 737-80
  
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• US firefighters cheered in Australia

  09-01-2020 19:19 via cnn.com
  
  American firefighters got a hero's welcome when they arrived in Australia to help battle the country's devastating fires.
  
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• 15-year-old tennis star corrects dad after he curses on live TV

  09-01-2020 19:19 via cnn.com
  
  Even professional athletes have to keep their parents cool.
  
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