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• Puerto Rico disaster agency boss sacked over discovery of unused Hurricane Maria supplies

  18-01-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The head of Puerto Rico’s emergency agency has been sacked following the discovery of a warehouse filled with supplies dating back to Hurricane Maria.Governor Wanda Vazquez said the goods had sat unused since the September 2017 disaster, which killed an estimated 3,000 people.
  
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• 'Brazen and unlawful': Trump team attacks House impeachment effort in first formal response

  18-01-2020 23:11 via politico.com
  
  The president's initial reply comes on the same day House managers previewed their own opening arguments.
  
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• In impeachment document, Democrats say Trump endangers security, Trump denies

  18-01-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON/PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. lawmakers leading the impeachment case against Republican President Donald Trump said on Saturday the president must be removed from office to protect national security and preserve the country’s system of government.In a 111-page document filed before Trump's Senate trial begins in earnest on Tuesday, the lawmakers laid out their arguments supporting charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress against the president."The Sen
  
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• China Thinks It Can Nuke American Cities. Should We Worry?

  18-01-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  World War III is no joke...
  
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• MS-13 inmates sent to restricted unit after prison stabbing

  18-01-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The federal Bureau of Prisons is moving some MS-13 gang members in its custody into more restricted housing at certain high-security facilities across the U.S. after a gang stabbing in a Virginia prison, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Saturday.A brawl broke out Wednesday at the prison known as USP Lee between the MS-13 leader and a fellow inmate associated with the Mexican Mafia, and the gang member was stabbed, the people said.The Bureau of Prisons said in a st
  
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• Discovery of unused disaster supplies angers Puerto Rico

  18-01-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  People in a southern Puerto Rico city discovered a warehouse filled with water, cots and other unused emergency supplies, then set off a social media uproar Saturday when they broke in to retrieve goods as the area struggles to recover from a strong earthquake.With anger spreading in the U.S. territory after video of the event in Ponce appeared on Facebook, Gov. Wanda Vázquez quickly fired the director of the island's emergency management agency.The governor said she had ordered an invest
  
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• Hank Azaria says he will no longer voice controversial Indian-American character on 'The Simpsons'

  18-01-2020 22:55 via cnn.com
  
  After 30 years as a controversial Indian-American character on "The Simpsons," Hank Azaria has announced he will no longer voice the thickly accented Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.
  
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• Azaria says he will no longer voice 'The Simpsons' character Apu

  18-01-2020 22:55 via cnn.com
  
  After 30 years as a controversial Indian-American character on "The Simpsons," Hank Azaria has announced he will no longer voice the thickly accented Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.
  
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• A startup company took billions of photos from Facebook and other websites to create a facial-recognition database, and hundreds of law-enforcement agencies are using it

  18-01-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Law enforcement is using a database of billions of photos scraped from social media sites, likely against policy, by an unknown startup company.
  
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• A Winnie the Pooh painting has been missing and the FBI needs help finding it

  18-01-2020 22:51 via cnn.com
  
  The FBI wants some help finding the adorable golden bear.
  
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• Maximilian Günther claims Santiago ePrix to become youngest Formula E winner in history

  18-01-2020 22:41 via cnn.com
  
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• Maximilian Günther becomes youngest Formula E winner in history

  18-01-2020 22:41 via cnn.com
  
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• 22-year-old German becomes youngest Formula E winner in history

  18-01-2020 22:41 via cnn.com
  
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• Pence's outrageous op-ed holds deeper meaning

  18-01-2020 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  For only the third time in American history, the US Senate has opened a trial for an impeached president. On Thursday, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administered a special oath to all senators, requiring that they "do impartial justice" in their judgment of the president's alleged "high crimes and misdemeanors." What does that mean in practice, when the Senate is so divided by party, with a majority leader who has promised to coordinate closely with the impeached president?
  
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• National Archives apologizes and removes altered photo of 2017 Women's March

  18-01-2020 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  The National Archives on Saturday apologized and said it removed from display a 2017 photograph of the Women's March it had altered to censor signs referencing women's anatomy and President Donald Trump's name.
  
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• National Archives: 'We made a mistake' altering Trump photos

  18-01-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The National Archives said Saturday it made a mistake when it blurred images of anti-Trump signs used in an exhibit on women's suffrage.The archives said the photo in question is not one of its archival records, but rather was licensed for use as a promotional graphic in the exhibit.The exhibit about the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, blurred some anti-Trump messages on protest signs in a photo of the 2017 Women's March in Washington.
  
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• U.S. Archives Rues ‘Mistake’ of Blurring Trump Protest Images

  18-01-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Archives says it made a mistake by blurring images depicting protest signs critical of President Donald Trump in a promotional display for a new exhibit on women’s sufferage.“As the National Archives of the United States, we are and have always been completely committed to preserving our archival holdings, without alteration,” the independent agency in charge of the preservation of government and historical records said on Twitter Saturday.The a
  
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• Rod Rosenstein Authorized the Release of Text Messages Between FBI Employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page: Court Filing

  18-01-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The texts have fueled allegations of FBI bias
  
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• The Navy Has Built Too Many Aircraft Carriers For Its Own Good

  18-01-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  And they make for juicy targets.
  
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• Murkowski wants to hear case before deciding on witnesses

  18-01-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she's comfortable waiting to decide if more information is needed as part of the Senate's impeachment trial until after hearing arguments from House managers and attorneys for President Donald Trump and questions from members.Murkowski spoke to reporters from Anchorage ahead of Senate impeachment trial proceedings expected to begin Tuesday.
  
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• Haute couture fashion designer announces his retirement from runway

  18-01-2020 21:55 via cnn.com
  
  Jean Paul Gaultier, one of fashion's most iconic designers, has announced his retirement from the runway after a 50-year career in the fashion industry.
  
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• Rebel Wilson shows off her weight loss in new Instagram post, after calling 2020 'The Year of Health'

  18-01-2020 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  Everyone makes those go-to-the-gym resolutions at the start of the new year, but Rebel Wilson has been sticking to hers.
  
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• Rebel Wilson shows off her weight loss in new Instagram post

  18-01-2020 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  Everyone makes those go-to-the-gym resolutions at the start of the new year, but Rebel Wilson has been sticking to hers.
  
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• As impeachment trial looms, senator-jurors look to get creative on the 2020 campaign trail

  18-01-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senators are jurors in an impeachment trial and this time, there's an additional complicating factor: Five of Trump's jurors are also running for president.
  
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• 220 wounded as Lebanon protesters clash with police

  18-01-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Clashes between police and Lebanese protesters wounded more than 220 people on both sides Saturday in the highest such tally in three months of anti-establishment demonstrations.The sound of ambulance sirens rang out across Beirut as the Red Cross reported 80 wounded had been taken to hospital and 140 more were treated on site.The protest movement rocking Lebanon since October 17 revived this week as a deepening economic crisis increases pressure to form a new government.
  
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• National Archives apologizes for blurring picture of anti-Trump Women's March signs

  18-01-2020 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Archives said the photo was "not an archival record" and was instead a photo used as a promotional graphic for an exhibit on women's suffrage.
  
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• The first Space Force uniforms have reached the Pentagon, and people are making fun of the camouflage print

  18-01-2020 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Space Force Twitter account showed off the first ever uniforms for the division, and people are joking that they should be black, not camouflage.
  
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• Buttigieg says Oval Office needs wartime veteran

  18-01-2020 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said Saturday the Oval Office benefits from the perspective of a wartime veteran, a niche he occupies exclusively among top-tier candidates in his party's race for the 2020 nomination.During an interview on Iowa PBS in suburban Des Moines, Buttigieg was asked if there's value in a president who had faced hostile fire.Buttigieg, a Naval intelligence officer in Afghanistan in 2014, noted he had been present for rocket attacks while stationed at Bagr
  
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• U.S. sanctions Iranian commander over Mahshahr killings

  18-01-2020 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. State Department said on Saturday it had imposed sanctions on a general of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who commanded units blamed for a massacre of protesters in November.The U.S. State Department has said previously it had received videos of the Revolutionary Guards opening fire without warning on protesters in Mahshahr county in southwest Iran.
  
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• Turkish Foreign Minister Accuses Greece of Sabotaging Libya Talks

  18-01-2020 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusolgu slammed Greece for inviting military commander Khalifa Haftar to Athens last week and said it was trying to sabotage efforts for peace in Libya in a bid to impose its own maritime claims on the country.“Greek efforts to derail the push for peace in Libya are in vain,” Cavusoglu said in a post on Twitter. “The legitimate government of Libya signed a memorandum of understanding with us to protect their rights.”His com
  
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• Phase One of Trump's Trade Deal Is a Win for America

  18-01-2020 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  But the trade war is far from over.
  
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• Teen sensation Erling Braut Håland scores debut hat-trick to save Borussia Dortmund

  18-01-2020 20:39 via cnn.com
  
  As debut performances go, Erling Braut Håland's for Borussia Dortmund was certainly one to remember.
  
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• Max Foster: Harry and Meghan will now be using these titles

  18-01-2020 20:38 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Max Foster explains the significance of the news that Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will no longer use the titles of His and Her Royal Highness after announcing they would step back from their roles as senior members of the royal family.
  
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• Couple will now use these titles instead

  18-01-2020 20:38 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Max Foster explains the significance of the news that Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will no longer use the titles of His and Her Royal Highness after announcing they would step back from their roles as senior members of the royal family.
  
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• US National Archives forced to apologise for blurring anti-Trump rally signs

  18-01-2020 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US National Archives has announced it will remove its display featuring a photo from the 2017 Women’s March that blurred out multiple signs critical of Donald Trump and replace it with the unaltered image.The independent US agency tasked with preserving historical and political records acknowledged it made a “mistake” in a statement announcing the switch after reports of the edited display were met with swift backlash.
  
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• Meghan and Harry will need taxpayer funded security 'for years to come'

  18-01-2020 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will need to be protected at taxpayers’ expense against the threat of terror attacks and kidnap for years to come, security experts have said. Police and former security chiefs fear the couple will continue to be at risk from organised terror groups, political fanatics and lone obsessives long after they separate from the Royal family. Talks are understood to be taking place at senior levels over the best way of providing protection for Meghan and Prince Harr
  
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• Democrats Try to Reassure Latinos Over Trump’s Socialism Cry

  18-01-2020 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Democrats seeking to counter President Donald Trump’s use of “socialism” as a slur can look to a yearlong effort to fight back now underway in Florida.Trump frequently attacks Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders as socialists in the mold of progressives in Congress like Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who are pushing the party to adopt far-left policies.This attack has particular resonance among Hispanic voters, particularly those from socialist countrie
  
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• 160 wounded as Lebanon protesters clash with police

  18-01-2020 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Clashes between police and protesters in Lebanon angered by delays in forming a government wounded more than 160 people on both sides Saturday as anti-establishment demonstrations enter a fourth month.The sound of ambulance sirens rang out across Beirut as the Red Cross reported 65 wounded had been taken to hospital and 100 more were treated on site.On Saturday evening, fire tore through protest tents in an iconic square in central Beirut.
  
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• TSA issues apology to Native American woman who had braids pulled by agent

  18-01-2020 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tara Houska ‘humiliated’ by TSA agent who ‘snapped my braids like reins’ during screening at Minneapolis-St Paul airportThe federal Transportation Security Administration has apologized to a Native American woman who said an agent at Minneapolis-St Paul international airport “pulled her braids” and said “giddy up!” when she took a flight from there this week.“The agent said she needed to pat down my braids,” tweeted Tara Houska, an indi
  
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• Man kills grizzly in self-defense, keeps claws as a memento

  18-01-2020 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Montana man told authorities that he cut off a grizzly bear's claws as a memento after shooting it in self-defense because he was mad that the bear was going to eat him, according to court records.Bryan Berg, 35, appeared in court on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Missoula after pleading guilty to illegal transport of grizzly bear claws, a misdemeanor, according to the Flathead Beacon.Grizzly bears in northwestern Montana are classified as a threatened species.
  
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• Harry and Meghan will no longer use royal titles

  18-01-2020 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will no longer use the titles His and Her Royal Highness after announcing they would step back from their roles as senior members of the royal family, Buckingham Palace announced Saturday.
  
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• The National Archives blurred out signs criticizing Trump in an exhibited photo of the Women's March

  18-01-2020 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Archives staff blurred the word "Trump" on marchers' signs that read "God Hates Trump" and "Trump & GOP — Hands Off Women."
  
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• Watch this soldier surprise his mom after two years apart

  18-01-2020 19:58 via cnn.com
  
  L.J. Williamson, a high school police officer in Atlanta, was being honored during a pep rally when she got a big surprise from her son, US Army Spc. Shakir Aquill.
  
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• School pep rally brings officer to tears

  18-01-2020 19:58 via cnn.com
  
  L.J. Williamson, a high school police officer in Atlanta, was being honored during a pep rally when she got a big surprise from her son, US Army Spc. Shakir Aquill.
  
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• A plane slid off the runway and more than 800 flights were canceled as winter weather hit the Midwest

  18-01-2020 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Authorities issued alerts for areas across the Northeast as blizzard conditions were forecasted to New York and New England over the weekend.
  
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• WaPo: National Archives admits to altering 2017 photo

  18-01-2020 19:47 via cnn.com
  
  The National Archives admitted to altering a 2017 photograph of the Women's March to censor signs referencing women's anatomy and President Donald Trump's name, according to The Washington Post.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion protest disrupts Brussels Motor Show

  18-01-2020 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police in Brussels said they arrested around 150 people at the Brussels Motor Show on Saturday after Extinction Rebellion campaigners smeared cars with fake blood and staged die-ins around the displays.The activists would be released once they had given their identity, a police spokesman told AFP."This action of mass civil disobedience aims at denouncing the many lies which car manufacturers keep selling to the public to increase their sales at the cost of the environment, people's health and so
  
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• Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller, who wasn't allowed to man gun in 1941, honored with aircraft carrier in his name

  18-01-2020 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Miller was recognized for manning a machine gun and returning fire against Japanese planes. Black men not allowed to man a gun in the Navy in 1941.
  
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• Tens of thousands of children in Libya at risk amid violence and chaos of civil war

  18-01-2020 19:22 via cnn.com
  
  Tens of thousands of children and civilians in Libya continue to suffer "grievously" amid the violence and chaos of the country's longstanding civil war, the UN Children's Fund said Friday, calling for a durable peace agreement to be reached "for the sake of each and every child."
  
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• Ten charred bodies found in vehicle in violence-plagued Mexican state

  18-01-2020 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mexican prosecutors are investigating the discovery of a burned-out vehicle containing the charred bodies of 10 people in the southwestern state of Guerrero, authorities said late on Friday.Police made the grisly discovery on a country road in the municipality of Chilapa de Alvarez after locals saw the vehicle on fire and alerted authorities, state security spokesman Roberto Alvarez said in a statement published on Facebook.
  
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