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• 'I'm not going to be the Republican Christopher Steele': Graham fears Giuliani evidence is Russian propaganda

  09-02-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Lindsey Graham advised caution before accepting evidence from President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani.
  
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• Real Betis 2-3 Barcelona: La Liga champions cut Real Madrid's lead

  09-02-2020 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Clement Lenglet scores the winning goal and is sent off as Barcelona beat Real Betis to close the gap on La Liga leaders Real Madrid.
  
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• Sanders leads polls ahead of New Hampshire primary, while Buttigieg climbs and Biden nosedives

  09-02-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pete Buttigieg has come under fire from both Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Biden as he has climbs in the polls.
  
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• Coronavirus: Amazon pulls out of Barcelona tech show

  09-02-2020 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The company is the latest firm to withdraw from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
  
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• NYC Lunar New Year parade showcases support for China, Wuhan

  09-02-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Signs of support for the Chinese city at the center of a global virus outbreak marked floats at the Lunar New Year parade in Manhattan's Chinatown on Sunday as brightly colored puppets made their way through the streets in front of crowds of onlookers.Some of the paradegoers who filled the streets held signs expressing support for China, as well.The coronavirus outbreak that started in China in December has killed more than 800 people and infected more than 37,000 people around the world, includ
  
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• Name a cockroach after your ex and watch an animal eat it on Valentine's Day

  09-02-2020 23:18 via cnn.com
  
  Is the memory of your ex buggin' you? The San Antonio Zoo has a solution...
  
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• This Colorado college will start offering a cannabis major in the fall

  09-02-2020 23:16 via cnn.com
  
  Students on Colorado State University's Pueblo campus will have the option to study cannabis beginning this fall.
  
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• Paris St-Germain 4-2 Lyon: Fernando Marcal nets comedy own goal

  09-02-2020 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Lyon defender Fernando Marcal's comical own goal helps Paris St-Germain claim victory and open up a 12-point lead at the top of Ligue 1.
  
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• Backed by soldiers, El Salvador's president briefly occupies Congress

  09-02-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Nayib Bukele and a group of soldiers armed with automatic weapons briefly occupied El Salvador's Congress on Sunday, stepping up a pressure campaign to force lawmakers to back a crime-fighting plan.Watched by soldiers in full battle uniform, Bukele, 38, sat in the seat reserved for the president of Congress and cupped his hands together to pray, he said, for patience with lawmakers, few of whom turned up at the special session."If those shameless people don't approve the plan of territ
  
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• 2 New York officers shot in 'assassination attempts;' Trump rips Mayor Bill de Blasio

  09-02-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I want New Yorkers to be clear, this was an attempt to assassinate police officers," Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
  
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• Moderate Democrats have a duty to consider Sanders. He has a clear path to beating Trump.

  09-02-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bernie Sanders isn't even my favorite senator running for the 2020 nomination. But I see his potential to unite the Democratic Party and oust Trump.
  
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• Mistake to add teams to Six Nations - England coach Jones

  09-02-2020 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The addition of more teams to the Six Nations would be a mistake, says England coach Eddie Jones.
  
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• Everything we know about the pangolin — the scaly mammal that may have spread the coronavirus to humans

  09-02-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pangolins are nocturnal mammals than are often poached for their scales. Their meat is also considered a delicacy in China and Vietnam.
  
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• Inter top of Serie A after stunning comeback win in Milan derby

  09-02-2020 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Inter Milan launch a superb second-half comeback from 2-0 down to stun rivals AC Milan and go top of Serie A.
  
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• Trump to propose cuts in foreign aid, social safety nets

  09-02-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump will propose on Monday a 21% cut in foreign aid and social safety net programs in his $4.8 trillion budget proposal for fiscal 2021, according to senior administration officials.
  
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• Trump expected to ask for $2 billion in funding for border wall, make cuts to medicare, medicaid, and social security in 2020 budget

  09-02-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats took control of the House last year and are unlikely to pass Trump's budget. Disputes about wall funding led to last year's record shutdown.
  
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• 'We are floating around the ocean': Cruise ship with no coronavirus shut out of ports

  09-02-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There are no cases of the coronavirus aboard Holland America’s MS Westerdam, but after a stop in Hong Kong, it can't find a port to dock.
  
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• Klobuchar pushes to defy expectations in New Hampshire

  09-02-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Klobuchar is still lagging in most polls, but the crowd was a sign of the energy surrounding her campaign as voters swamped with choices try to make a decision before Tuesday's New Hampshire primary.Former Vice President Joe Biden, meanwhile, began the race as a front-runner but is struggling after a disappointing finish in Iowa and another middling result expected in New Hampshire.
  
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• Man posed as Uber or Lyft driver to lure women into car, police say

  09-02-2020 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  A California man accused of posing as a rideshare driver faces charges including burglary, false imprisonment and attempted sexual battery.
  
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• White House pressures Defense Dept. to reroute billions more to border wall

  09-02-2020 22:13 via cnn.com
  
  The Defense Department, under White House pressure, is expected to announce this week that billions more in Pentagon funds will go toward the border wall, according to an administration official.
  
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• Iran satellite launch fails, in blow to space programme

  09-02-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iran said it "successfully" launched a satellite Sunday but failed to put it into orbit, in a blow to its space programme that the US alleges is a cover for missile development.The attempted launch of the Zafar -- "Victory" in Farsi -- comes days before the 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and crucial parliamentary elections in Iran.Arch foes Iran and the United States have appeared to be on the brink of an all-out confrontation twice in the past seven months.
  
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• Man accused of killing hotel worker seeks lawsuit dismissal

  09-02-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Connecticut man charged with killing a hotel worker he says attacked his family on the Caribbean island of Anguilla is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit filed against him.Scott Hapgood, of Darien, says a hotel worker, Kenny Mitchel, 27, of Dominica, showed up at his family's room unannounced during their April vacation, demanded money and attacked them.Mitchel died, and Hapgood, who said he acted in self-defense, was charged with manslaughter.
  
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• Warren enlists high-profile congresswomen in New Hampshire push

  09-02-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With voters readying to head to the polls, the Massachusetts senator is calling in major voices from her home state and the House's freshman class.
  
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• Venice Carnival: The city celebrates months after flooding

  09-02-2020 22:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Crowds wearing masks and costumes celebrate the weeks-long festival in style.
  
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• Mom, 6 kids killed in Mississippi house fire; dad hospitalized after rescue attempt, officials say

  09-02-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Six children and their mother were killed in a fire in Clinton, Mississippi. The father was in critical condition after he tried to rescue his family.
  
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• Hitman linked to Marielle Franco's murder killed by police

  09-02-2020 21:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Some suspect Adriano da Nóbrega was ‘key piece’ in discovering who ordered Franco’s killingFriends and relatives of the murdered Brazilian politician Marielle Franco are demanding answers after Adriano da Nóbrega – a notorious hitman, whose gang of contract killers is suspected of involvement in her assassination – was gunned down by police in the north-east of the country.Nóbrega, an ex-special forces police captain, also had close links to the
  
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• What it's like reporting under quarantine in China

  09-02-2020 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  CNN correspondent David Culver tells Brian Stelter about reporting under quarantine in China and making contact with residents who are living in a state of lockdown. "Trust is currency here," he says.
  
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• 20 civilians dead as Syrian govt set to retake key highway: monitor

  09-02-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least 20 civilians were killed on Sunday as Syrian regime forces were poised to retake a key motorway connecting Damascus to second city Aleppo, after weeks of battles in the rebel-held Idlib region, a monitor said.The regime and its Russian ally have been engaged in a fierce weeks-long offensive to take back the vital M5 artery which connects Aleppo, once Syria's economic hub, to Damascus and the Jordanian border.A section of the highway southwest of Aleppo city still lies under control of r
  
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• Libertarian Gary Johnson offers 'whatever I can do' to help Tulsi Gabbard in New Hampshire amid third party talk around the candidate

  09-02-2020 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 2016 Libertarian Party nominee left a voicemail to a local Gabbard volunteer offering his help to the Democratic presidential hopeful.
  
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• Lindsey Graham: Rudy Giuliani is giving DoJ 'information from Ukraine'

  09-02-2020 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump ally cautioned information from president’s personal lawyer ‘could be Russian propaganda’ Senator Lindsey Graham has said Department of Justice officials have created a “process” enabling Rudy Giuliani to provide them with “information from Ukraine”, for further investigation.Graham, a top ally of Donald Trump who was part of the successful vote to acquit him in his impeachment trial last week, cautioned that this information from the president&rsq
  
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• Bill Nye danced down the runway to Lizzo during New York Fashion Week

  09-02-2020 20:49 via cnn.com
  
  Turns out Bill Nye isn't just a science guy -- the popular engineer and science commentator had some moves we didn't know we needed to see while appreciating the sounds of Lizzo.
  
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• Martin Luther King Jr. explains the meaning of love in rare handwritten note

  09-02-2020 20:45 via cnn.com
  
  Just in time for Valentine's Day, a rare handwritten note by Martin Luther King Jr. on the meaning of love has been discovered.
  
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• Exclusive: Trump proposes 21% cut in U.S. foreign aid in budget proposal - officials

  09-02-2020 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump will propose cutting billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid in his fiscal 2021 budget while seeking an increase in funds to counter developing economic threats from China and Russia, senior administration officials told Reuters.Trump, a Republican, sought in his budget proposal last year to slash foreign aid but faced steep resistance from Congress and did not prevail.Trump will seek to make a 21% cut in foreign aid in the proposal, which seeks $44.1 billion in the upcomi
  
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• The Latest: Warren says she's best positioned to beat Trump

  09-02-2020 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Elizabeth Warren is tweaking her standard campaign speech, saying that she’s in the best position to win what some see as an “unwinnable” election for any Democrat against President Donald Trump.Warren finished third in last week’s Iowa caucus, which was too close to call between Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana.Democratic presidential hopeful Tom Steyer says he would call for a $22 hourly minimum wage if elected president
  
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• A Never-Trump Republican leader organized a campaign to call Independent New Hampshire residents in an attempt to persuade votes against Sanders in the Democratic primary

  09-02-2020 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Never Trump Republicans are trying to avoid a Sanders win, so they're urging right-leaning Independents to vote in the Democratic Primary.
  
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• A 'Never Trump' Republican leader organized a campaign to call independent New Hampshire residents in an attempt to persuade votes against Sanders in the Democratic primary

  09-02-2020 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  'Never Trump' Republicans don't want Sen. Bernie Sanders to win, so they're urging right-leaning independents to vote in the Democratic primary.
  
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• 'Neither is he': Buttigieg hits back at Biden's dig that the ex-mayor isn't Obama

  09-02-2020 20:27 via cnn.com
  
  Pete Buttigieg on Sunday had a response to former Vice President Joe Biden's recent comment the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is not Barack Obama: "Neither is he."
  
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• Israeli court nixes ban on Arab politician's parliament bid

  09-02-2020 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israel's top court on Sunday struck down a decision to disqualify an Arab politician from running in next month's parliamentary election.The Israeli Supreme Court voted 5-4 to overturn the Central Elections Committee's ruling to bar Heba Yazbak, a lawmaker from the Palestinian nationalist Balad party, saying there was no legal basis for Yazbak's disqualification.The committee, which is made up of Israeli Parliament members, voted 28-7 last month to bar Yazbak.
  
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• Massive cargo ship wrecked on Georgia's shores 5 months ago is about to get chopped up

  09-02-2020 20:23 via cnn.com
  
  If you live in Georgia near the Golden Ray, a 656-foot long cargo ship that has been on its side in St. Simons Sound for five months, get ready for some noise.
  
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• Sinn Féin to try to form ruling coalition after Irish election success

  09-02-2020 20:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Party disrupts Ireland’s centrist tradition by taking almost a quarter of votesSinn Féin will try to form a government in Ireland after apparently winning more votes than any other party in Saturday’s general election – a historic result that upended the political system.The party leader, Mary Lou McDonald, told cheering supporters on Sunday that a “revolution” had occurred and she would try to form a ruling coalition with other parties. “This is no lon
  
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• Trump hits Medicaid, food stamps in push to slash domestic spending

  09-02-2020 20:21 via politico.com
  
  He will also ask Congress for a slight spending increase for the Pentagon as he releases his $4.8 trillion budget blueprint for the upcoming fiscal year.
  
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• Graham: DOJ has process to review Giuliani's Ukraine info

  09-02-2020 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, a close ally of President Donald Trump, said Sunday that the Justice Department has established a way to review information gathered in Ukraine by Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who has targeted Democrat Joe Biden and his son.“Rudy Giuliani is a well-known man," said Graham.
  
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• Man arrested outside White House after threatening to assassinate Trump

  09-02-2020 20:13 via cnn.com
  
  Police arrested a Brandon, Florida, man outside the White House on Saturday after he threatened to assassinate President Donald Trump.
  
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• Army soldiers killed in Afghanistan attack identified, were part of special forces group

  09-02-2020 20:12 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Two U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers who were killed when a when American and Afghan troops were fired on during a mission in Afghanistan were identified by the Pentagon on Sunday.
  
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• 2 cruise ships have been quarantined over the coronavirus: 1 released its passengers, the other is seeing more people get sick

  09-02-2020 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The World Dream allowed passengers to disembark on Sunday, while the Diamond Princess saw its number of infected passengers rise.
  
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• US ambassador to Israel warns against West Bank annexation

  09-02-2020 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. ambassador to Israel has cautioned Israel against “unilateral action” in annexing West Bank settlements, warning that such a move could endanger the Trump administration's recently unveiled Mideast plan.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had initially sought to move quickly to annex large swathes of the West Bank containing Jewish settlements, following the U.S. plan's announcement on Jan. 28.Netanyahu called for his Cabinet to vote on such a measure, only to call it
  
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• Trump warns 'tough guys' who attacked Republican volunteers with van

  09-02-2020 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A man has been arrested after allegedly driving a van into a tent where Republican volunteers were registering voters.The vehicle narrowly missed six volunteers at a stall outside a shopping centre in Jacksonville, Florida.
  
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• Wuhan journalist has gone missing, and his family says he's been forcibly quarantined

  09-02-2020 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Chinese lawyer and citizen journalist has gone missing after his video reports from Wuhan about coronavirus went viral on platforms like Twitter and YouTube.
  
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• Chinese diplomat pushes back against coronavirus 'rumors' from GOP senator

  09-02-2020 19:43 via politico.com
  
  Ambassador Cui Tiankai slammed comments from Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton.
  
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• Virginia moves to scrap Confederate holiday dating back to the 1800s and instead mark Election Day

  09-02-2020 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats controlling Virginia's House have voted to remove Lee-Jackson Day, honoring the Confederate leaders, and add Election Day as a holiday.
  
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