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• Missile fired where Turkey cleared way for S-400 test -video

  16-10-2020 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The video, taken in the coastal city of Sinop, showed a narrow column of smoke headed high into the blue sky. In recent days Turkey had issued notices restricting air space and waters off the coastal area to allow firing tests.A U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that Turkey had tested the S-400 system on Friday but did not provide details. Tests of the S-400s, if verified, could stoke tensions between Turkey and the United States, which sharply opposed Ankara's purchase
  
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• How many US presidents have lost out on a second term?

  16-10-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Only ten presidents have failed to win re-election
  
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• 5-year-old boy finds lemur that went missing from San Francisco Zoo

  16-10-2020 23:54 via nydailynews.com
  Maki made it. A 21-year-old lemur that went missing from the San Francisco Zoo earlier this week has been found safe and returned home - thanks to the attentive eyes of a 5-year-old boy. On Wednesday, San Francisco police released a statement saying that Maki, a ring-tailed male lemur, had been removed from its habitat and was missing. "Officers arrived on scene and discovered forced entry to ...
  
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• Pelosi says she will probably talk to Mnuchin on coronavirus relief Sunday

  16-10-2020 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that she would probably talk to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin over the weekend for the latest round of negotiations on coronavirus relief."As soon as I get it, which I haven't gotten yet, then we will talk about it, probably on Sunday," she added.
  
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• Trump, Biden campaigns approach COVID threat very differently

  16-10-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden’s campaign has been adamant that they’ve followed coronavirus mitigation efforts for months and that they’ve been transparent with reporters, in contrast to the Trump administration.
  
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• Trump's campaign team doesn't see a path to victory without North Carolina, and they're not entirely wrong

  16-10-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Losing North Carolina on Nov. 3 wouldn't bode well for Trump because it'd mean he likely didn't deliver in other battleground states either, experts say.
  
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• Engineers' report bolsters proposed Mississippi pump project

  16-10-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday published a draft of a new environmental impact statement that supports a proposal for massive pumps to drain floodwaters from parts of the rural Mississippi Delta — a reversal of a previous federal report that said the project would hurt wetlands.Conservation groups have said, though, that the proposal to build huge pumps at the confluence of the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers would be harmful and expensive.Prominent Mississippi politicians have be
  
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• Ohio Governor DeWine Says Election Centers Can’t Turn Away Maskless Voters

  16-10-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ohio election facilities cannot bar maskless voters from casting their ballots, Governor Mike DeWine said on Thursday, even in light of a statewide mandate requiring masks in public places.Poll workers and elections officials will have to accommodate voters who refuse to wear a face covering, with voters being offered masks onsite and curbside voting options for those who refuse.“We get into other very serious constitutional issues if we would say we would deny you the right to vote if you
  
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• Former Republican lawmaker charged with assaulting poll worker in North Carolina

  16-10-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gary Pendleton, a 73-year-old former state lawmaker, said he had pushed an early voting official who he says blocked his pathway to enter a polling site.
  
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• This asylum-seeker was wrongfully deported. ICE admits it was a mistake.

  16-10-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “The law is very, very clear that they cannot deport someone in the middle of their immigration court proceedings," the 29-year-old man's attorney said.
  
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• Ex-chief of staff criticizes Trump to friends

  16-10-2020 23:32 via cnn.com
  
  Former White House chief of staff, retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, has told friends that President Donald Trump "is the most flawed person" he's ever known.
  
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• John Kelly rails against Trump, telling friends he's 'the most flawed person' he's ever known

  16-10-2020 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  Former White House chief of staff, retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, has told friends that President Donald Trump "is the most flawed person" he's ever known.
  
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• 3 features I wish Apple's new iPhone 12 had that Android phones have had for years

  16-10-2020 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple's iPhone 12 comes with many upgrades, like 5G, a new design, and compatibility with new MagSafe chargers. But it's still missing key features.
  
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• Chefs share 5 of the best and 5 of the worst pasta dishes to order

  16-10-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  According to the pros, you should always order fresh ravioli and gnocchi from restaurants but you should skip the lasagna and spaghetti and meatballs.
  
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• Trump's Instinct to Attack Helped Win Him the White House. Now It May Be His Undoing

  16-10-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republicans strategists warn that a trailing Trump needs to stick to the script in the final stretch before Election Day
  
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• Some Kansas City hospitals forced to turn away ambulances as COVID-19 cases jump

  16-10-2020 23:16
  
  COVID-19 hospitalizations were up 10% across the Kansas City region this week.
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court to hear Trump bid to exclude illegal immigrants from representation

  16-10-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear oral arguments over President Donald Trump's effort to exclude illegal immigrants from the population totals used to allocate congressional districts to states.The court, likely to soon have a 6-3 conservative majority if the Republican-controlled Senate confirms Trump nominee Amy Coney Barrett, will hear the case on Nov. 30.The challengers to Trump's July directive, including various states led by New York, cities, counties and immigrant rights gr
  
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• US election: Are white women voters wavering on Trump?

  16-10-2020 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Polls suggest they're changing their minds on the president. We look at what impact it could have.
  
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• DNC hits Trump over the economy, job losses in first of 'closing arguments' series

  16-10-2020 23:12
  
  The DNC blasted President Trump over his signature issue, the economy, in the first of a series of memos meant to make the president's "closing argument" for him.
  
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• Best Deals on the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro

  16-10-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Interested in buying one of Apple's new phones? Preorders for the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro are now underway. Both come standard with the hardware needed to connect to 5G networks. They also have a ne...
  
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• 'Lock him up': Trump chuckles as Florida rally crowd calls for Hunter Biden's imprisonment

  16-10-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Biden campaign says an alleged meeting between a Ukrainian business partner of Hunter Biden and his then-VP father never happened
  
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• Gun stocks, gun sales jump as Biden's lead grows

  16-10-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Investors are pushing up shares of gun-makers Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger as Democratic candidate Joe Biden leads in the polls ahead of the November election… And a presidential victory for Biden and running-mate Kamala Harris, both who favor tighter gun regulations, is likely to keep that rally going, according to analysts. Biden has promised to prohibit the sale of military-style weapons and high-capacity magazines, similar to a ban that expired in 2004.... And promised to requir
  
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• Ex- GOP lawmaker charged with assaulting poll worker

  16-10-2020 22:57
  
  A former GOP lawmaker has been charged with allegedly assaulting an elections official at an early voting site in Wake County, North Carolina
  
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• Major pharmacies to offer rapid testing to make up for dearth of Covid-19 tests

  16-10-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Major pharmacies, including CVS and Walgreens, plan to start offering rapid Covid-19 tests in the coming weeks.
  
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• Former MLB team official indicted in overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs

  16-10-2020 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  A former official with the Los Angeles Angels baseball team has been indicted on drug distribution charges in the 2019 fentanyl overdose death of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, federal prosecutors said.
  
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• Wellington man drove to the Keys. What cops say was in his car landed him in jail

  16-10-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Law officers in the Florida Keys arrested a Wellington man on drugs and weapons charges Friday morning after they say a traffic stop turned up drugs and a gun.
  
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• Biden slams Trump for failing to condemn would-be kidnapping plot on Michigan governor: ‘Sort of behaviour you’d expect from Isis’

  16-10-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At a speech in Michigan billed as remarks about the Affordable Care Act, Joe Biden paid tribute to Governor Gretchen Whitmer, following the recent discovery of the plot to kidnap her.“There is not a better governor in the United States of America than Gretchen Whitmer,” he said.
  
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• Kansas City protests continue after officer in violent arrest of pregnant woman remains on the job

  16-10-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Deja Stallings says she was just trying to protect a friend when she was arrested during a demonstration in Kansas City, Missouri two weeks ago.During the arrest, Stallings was thrown to the ground and kneed in the back by a police officer who remains on the job.
  
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• Tech billionaire charged in 'largest ever' tax fraud for hiding $2 billion from IRS

  16-10-2020 22:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  “We will not hesitate to prosecute the smartest guys in the room," federal prosecutors said.
  
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• Tech billionaire charged in 'largest ever' tax fraud for hiding $2 billion from IRS

  16-10-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “We will not hesitate to prosecute the smartest guys in the room," federal prosecutors said.
  
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• Opinion: Dianne Feinstein was harder on preteen climate activists than she was on Amy Coney Barrett

  16-10-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dianne Feinstein stood up to a group of preteen climate activists with more verve and vitriol than she brought to the Amy Coney Barrett hearings.
  
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• Ed Rendell: GOP will pay for Supreme Court hypocrisy on Election Day

  16-10-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Pennsylvania governor joins 'Bill Hemmer Reports' to discuss Joe Biden's court-packing dilemma
  
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• Republicans boycott House intel hearing on the risks of QAnon and other misinformation

  16-10-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The virtual hearing was unclassified and featured testimony from non-government experts about the risks posed by the rapid expansion of the QAnon conspiracy theory and the role of elected officials, including President Trump, in spreading unverified rumors.
  
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• Opponent of Pence's brother alleges racist threats, gunfire

  16-10-2020 22:36
  
  A Black woman running for Congress in Indiana against Vice President Mike Pence's brother says she has received numerous racist and threatening messages and thinks she heard gunfire before a campaign event
  
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• Romania cleared to buy advanced ship-killing missiles

  16-10-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The agreement could be worth about $300 million.
  
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• Florida school board to reconsider rehiring principal who made Holocaust remarks

  16-10-2020 22:35 via sun-sentinel.com
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - After voting to rehire the Boca Raton principal whose controversial comments about the Holocaust generated national headlines, the Palm Beach County School Board might walk back that decision. Last week, the school board voted 4-3 to rehire former Spanish River Principal William Latson after an administrative law judge ruled in August the school district failed to prove ...
  
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• Donald Trump is "the worst American president in modern history": New York Times editorial board

  16-10-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "He cannot solve the nation’s pressing problems, because he is the nation’s most pressing problem"
  
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• Wife of impeachment witness targeted by Trump hits out at president in new attack ad

  16-10-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ‘The most powerful man in the world came after our family’
  
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• U.S. Attorney General Barr says expects report on police reforms soon, despite court order

  16-10-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Attorney General William Barr expressed confidence on Friday that the Trump administration's law enforcement commission will publish its report on police reform soon, even though a federal judge temporarily blocked the work of the commission earlier this month.Barr unveiled the policing commission in January following an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump.
  
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• Best new cookbooks for hunkering down during the pandemic

  16-10-2020 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  Mastering the art of home cooking -- to riff on the title of the beloved Julia Child cookbook -- has been a primary occupation during coronavirus lockdown. While preparing meals for friends and family is inextricably linked with life in general, it has taken on a new significance during the pandemic.
  
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• Keilar on Trump event: So many falsehoods, we need to interject

  16-10-2020 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brianna Keilar fact checks President Donald Trump at an event in Florida for seniors where he spoke about coronavirus.
  
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• Brazilian senator allegedly found with cash in his underwear during police raid

  16-10-2020 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  A Brazilian senator was allegedly caught with huge amounts of cash hidden in his underwear during a Federal Police raid on Wednesday, a court order says -- part of a wider ongoing probe into the possible misuse of funds for the Covid-19 pandemic response.
  
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• Now is a good time to fish for snakeheads in South Florida’s canals and lakes

  16-10-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Snakeheads are an invasive fish that have made themselves at home in South Florida’s freshwater lakes and canals.
  
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• The mystery of the nodding woman at Trump town hall

  16-10-2020 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brianna Keilar talks to Alex Daugherty of the Miami Herald about Mayra Joli, the woman seen enthusiastically nodding behind President Donald Trump during his town hall appearance on NBC.
  
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• Reporter solves mystery of nodding woman at Trump town hall

  16-10-2020 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brianna Keilar talks to Alex Daugherty of the Miami Herald about Mayra Joli, the woman seen enthusiastically nodding behind President Donald Trump during his town hall appearance on NBC.
  
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• John Kelly tells friends that Trump 'is the most flawed person' he's ever known

  16-10-2020 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  Former White House chief of staff, retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, has told friends that President Donald Trump "is the most flawed person" he's ever known.
  
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• He went down the QAnon rabbit hole for two years. Here's how he got out

  16-10-2020 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  One day in June 2019, Jitarth Jadeja went outside to smoke a cigarette. For two years he'd been in the virtual cult of QAnon. But now he'd watched a YouTube video that picked apart the last element of the theory he believed in. Standing there smoking, he would say later, he felt "shattered." He had gone down the QAnon rabbit hole; now, having emerged from it, he had no idea what to do next.
  
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• Trump falsely cites CDC data on risks of mask-wearing, catching COVID-19

  16-10-2020 22:01
  
  President Donald Trump falsely claimed Thursday that a CDC study found the vast majority of people who wear a mask contract COVID-19. Experts are pushing back.
  
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• 2 more men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan governor held without bond

  16-10-2020 22:01
  
  2 more men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan governor held without bond
  
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• Tennessee lawmaker under fire after interview comments

  16-10-2020 21:59
  
  A Republican lawmaker from Chattanooga is under fire for comments made during a local TV interview in which he blamed “inner city” obesity partly on people eating fried chicken and criticized local police hiring practices
  
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