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• Developer tied to Texas AG says feds tampered with warrants

  29-10-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On a summer morning last year, FBI agents arrived at the home of a prominent real estate developer in Austin and began scouring the palatial French-style chateau for documents, videos and photographs as part of an investigation that remains under wraps.Nate Paul alleges in a criminal complaint obtained by The Associated Press that the agents detained him during their hours-long search and repeatedly refused to show him their warrant.Meanwhile, details of the FBI probe remain undisclosed.
  
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• Lawyers: Cop video of shooting of 2 suggests cover-up

  29-10-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A body camera worn by a suburban Chicago police officer who shot a Black couple in their car was only turned on moments after the shooting, a fact that the lawyers representing the woman say suggests an attempt to cover up what had happened even before he fired.
  
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• Trump says US allies are 'in many ways worse than the enemy' and claims Germany preferred Obama

  29-10-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US president was speaking at campaign rally in Florida
  
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• Osiris-Rex: Nasa asteroid probe ready to return to Earth after leak

  29-10-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Osiris-Rex probe is now safely carrying rock from an asteroid several million kilometres from Earth.
  
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• CNN host: I have uneasy feeling about what may happen with US election ... again

  29-10-2020 23:40 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's SE Cupp takes a closer look at the similarities between the 2016 and 2020 elections.
  
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• Walmart removes guns and ammo from shelves in some stores as protests rage

  29-10-2020 23:35 via cnn.com
  
  Walmart is removing firearms and ammunition off the sales floor in some of its US stores in response to protests in Philadelphia following the police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.
  
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• Biden accuses Trump of using Supreme Court to destroy ObamaCare

  29-10-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Democratic nominee puts pressure on the president in Florida; Peter Doocy has the latest on 'Special Report'
  
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• FBI Investigating Hunter Biden for Money Laundering: Report

  29-10-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The FBI opened an investigation into Hunter Biden and associates in 2019 on suspicion of money laundering, a Justice Department official told Sinclair Broadcasting.The criminal investigation is ongoing, the DOJ official said.The revelation comes after Tony Bobulinski, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, came forward with a trove of documents regarding the Biden family's dealings with now-defunct Chinese energy firm CEFC. While Joe Biden has denied that he has ever spoken with Hunter regar
  
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• Hundreds of shelter dogs, cats flown across the Pacific

  29-10-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than 600 dogs and cats flew across the Pacific Ocean from crowded Hawaii shelters to Washington state, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, where there's more space for them to await adoption — a charity operation that organizers said is the largest pet rescue flight.The rescue flight was necessary because the coronavirus pandemic has led to overcrowding in Hawaii pet shelters.“Lots of kittens,” said Douglas Carroll, spokesman for the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, which helped
  
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• ‘Beyond frustrating’: $1.3 billion Q3 loss for Royal Caribbean as cruises remain canceled

  29-10-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Royal Caribbean Group reported its third 10-digit loss of the year Thursday as cruises in the U.S. — its biggest market — remain canceled.
  
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• Who is leading key Senate races less than a week from election? Here’s what polls show

  29-10-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With five days to go, here’s how candidates stack up in key U.S. Senate races.
  
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• ‘No legal case’ to try sheikh over alleged sex attack

  29-10-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A sheikh and Emirati cabinet minister will not be prosecuted for the alleged sexual assault and torture of a Hay Festival curator, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced on Thursday. Caitlin McNamara, 32, had claimed Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, 69, had kissed and groped her when she went to visit him at his private island villa in February to discuss Hay’s first literary festival in Abu Dhabi. Her lawyers had hoped the CPS would be able to prosecute the Gulf royal under the
  
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• Patient tests positive for both flu, COVID-19 in California amid ‘twindemic’ warnings

  29-10-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “Here we are entering the cold-flu season. Now it’s cold-flu-COVID season. It’s a real problem.”
  
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• Breonna Taylor grand jurors: 'Uproar' when we realized officers wouldn't be charged

  29-10-2020 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  Two grand jurors who heard the Kentucky Attorney General's Office presentation of the Breonna Taylor case say prosecutors were dismissive of their questions and that there was an "uproar" when jurors realized Louisville police officers wouldn't be charged with Taylor's death.
  
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• Early voters wait hours in line as states see record turnout

  29-10-2020 22:51 via cnn.com
  
  Americans are voting early at a pace never seen before, with many waiting in hours-long lines to cast their ballot before Election Day.
  
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• Meet the Black creators changing the horror game

  29-10-2020 22:50 via cnn.com
  
  This Halloween season, scary viewing looks more diverse than ever.
  
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• Senator Mike Lee says fact-checking is form of censorship

  29-10-2020 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republicans argue that liberal voices are ‘censored’ more than liberal ones
  
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• Colombia's peace deal could hang on the US election

  29-10-2020 22:42 via cnn.com
  
  As Colombia struggles with mounting protests, deteriorating security and the coronavirus pandemic, some local politicians are showing a burning interest in the US election result -- which could be pivotal in the battle for the future of their nation.
  
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• Americans hate political opponents more than they love their own party, study finds

  29-10-2020 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  Americans now hate people in the opposite political party more than they love their own party, with disrupting implications about behavior, a new study finds.
  
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• Greenwald resigns from The Intercept over Biden article

  29-10-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald said Thursday he had resigned from The Intercept after the US investigative media outlet refused to publish his article critical of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
  
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• Terror attacks in France reignite national debate on the right to offend

  29-10-2020 22:32 via cnn.com
  
  • Suspect identified in stabbing attack at church that left 3 dead
  
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• New rise in coronavirus cases in counties that held Trump rallies

  29-10-2020 22:30 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta takes a closer look at a rise in coronavirus cases linked to counties that hosted President Donald Trump's rallies.
  
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• How a Wisconsin overnight camp became a coronavirus 'superspreading' event

  29-10-2020 22:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  A single student who had tested negative before the retreat led to 116 diagnosed cases among the teens and counselors.
  
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• NASA spacecraft safely seals up asteroid sample to return to Earth

  29-10-2020 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  Pieces of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu are ready to return to Earth.
  
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• Armenia's prime minister calls for Russian peacekeepers to halt war in Nagorno Karabakh

  29-10-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Armenia's prime minister has said that he will accept Russian peacekeepers in the disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh if it ends his country's increasingly costly war with Azerbaijan. In an interview with the Telegraph, Nikol Pashinyan said that a neutral force of Russian troops was now the "optimal solution" to the conflict, which appears to be tilting decisively in Azerbaijan's favour. His willingness to hand Moscow such a key role in Nagorno Karabakh's future may be seen as a tacit sign of de
  
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• Covid toes could last for 150 days, new research finds

  29-10-2020 22:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  The analysis, which drew from hundreds of coronavirus cases in dozens of countries, found that some patients had symptoms for months after diagnosis.
  
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• Matthew McConaughey doesn't let his kids say the words 'lying,' 'hate,' and 'I can't'

  29-10-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, McConaughey explained how he tries to keep his sons humble and level-headed while they're aware of his success.
  
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• There's even more evidence premature birth rates are dropping during the pandemic

  29-10-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Research indicates that fewer preemies are being born during COVID-19. Doctors say this could lead to a better understanding about premature births.
  
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• Dave Matthews: Trump told me I was going places

  29-10-2020 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  Musician Dave Matthews said President Trump told him he was "going places" after the two men met "not too long ago".
  
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• Trump administration removes gray wolves from federal Endangered Species Act protection

  29-10-2020 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Environmentalists decried the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision as 'bad science' that will endanger gray wolves across the lower 48 states.
  
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• Sick of getting texts from the Biden or Trump campaigns? You're not alone

  29-10-2020 22:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  The text message is a top political tool, as candidates and advocacy groups try to reach people without knocking on doors. But they may have overdone it.
  
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• Miami Beach ‘concerned about a surge’ as 26 more employees test positive for COVID-19

  29-10-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The city of Miami Beach is “concerned” about a string of new coronavirus cases in its workforce, mainly among police and fire-rescue personnel.
  
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• Walmart is removing guns and ammo from shelves and display cases in all stores as a precaution amid 'civil unrest'

  29-10-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Guns and ammo will no longer be on display at Walmart but still be available for purchase upon request in stores where they are sold.
  
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• Trump admin. pressures allies to crack down on China over nuclear program

  29-10-2020 21:52 via cnn.com
  
  The Trump administration is working to pressure NATO allies to collectively crackdown on China's nuclear program as it looks to limit Beijing's growing influence in the global arms race.
  
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• Mitch McConnell Warns of ‘50-50’ Chance that Democrats Flip the Senate

  29-10-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) warned on Wednesday that Democratic candidates had a "50-50" chance of winning a majority in the Senate in the upcoming general elections.Republicans currently hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate, but several Republican candidates are facing strong Democratic challengers. Senator Susan Collins (R., Maine) is in a difficult reelection campaign against Maine House speaker Sara Gideon, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina is behind in polling against De
  
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• Outcry as Trump admin. removes gray wolf from endangered species list

  29-10-2020 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  The Trump administration is dropping the gray wolf from the endangered species list under the assertion that the animal's population has sufficiently recovered, a move conservation groups decry as shortsighted and promise to challenge in court.
  
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• Biden slams Trump for 'spreading more virus' across the US

  29-10-2020 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  The battle for Florida and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic were at the forefront of the presidential race Thursday, as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden held dueling rallies in the marquee swing state that has seen a significant increase in cases since it re-opened one month ago.
  
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• Biden and Trump hold dueling Florida rallies as campaigns and pandemic converge

  29-10-2020 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  The battle for Florida and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic were at the forefront of the presidential race Thursday, as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden held dueling rallies in the marquee swing state that has seen a significant increase in cases since it re-opened one month ago.
  
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• Man and dog have been best friends so long five dog species existed by end of Ice Age, study finds

  29-10-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Man and dog have been best friends for so long that by the end of the Ice Age there were five different types of dog, new research has found. After molecular evidence showed all dogs are descended from the gray wolf, the new findings have shed more light on how different lineages of canine went on to develop. Diversity among dogs first developed while humans were still hunters and gatherers, according to a study conducted by the Francis Crick Institute at the University of Oxford. Dogs were dome
  
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• Trump ignores Republican Party's sinking Senate fortunes to focus on himself

  29-10-2020 21:21 via cnn.com
  
  After President Donald Trump took the controversial step of commuting the jail sentence of his longtime friend Roger Stone, Sen. Susan Collins was again stuck between the leader of her party and the Trump-aligned voters she needs to win a tough reelection.
  
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• Constable slams handcuffed woman into ground in ‘worst use of force’ ever seen: senior officer

  29-10-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A stunning new video released by a judge at a constable’s trial has shown a Canadian police officer violently slamming a handcuffed woman into the ground face-first.According to local reports, Monday, provincial court Judge Michelle Christopher agreed to release the video to the media of the 2017 arrest of Dalia Kafi who was 26 years old at the time.
  
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• Lockheed is developing a system to turn airlift planes into weapons trucks

  29-10-2020 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The company won a $25 million contract in August to develop a technology that will allow cargo aircraft to drop pallets filled with smart weapons.
  
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• Court won't back gun ban outside Michigan polling places

  29-10-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Michigan appeals court on Thursday rejected an appeal from a Democratic state official who wants to ban the open carry of guns outside polling places.“Anyone who intimidates a voter in Michigan by brandishing a firearm or, for that matter, by threatening with a knife, baseball bat, fist, or otherwise menacing behavior, is committing a felony under existing law,” the court said.The three-judge panel included Brock Swartzle, who is a candidate for the state Supreme Court.
  
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• Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are married

  29-10-2020 21:13 via cnn.com
  
  Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are officially married.
  
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• DC releases bodycam footage from fatal crash amid protests

  29-10-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police in the nation's capital on Thursday released body camera footage from a fatal vehicle accident during a police chase that has sparked two days of protests and clashes.Karon Hylton, 20, died in a hospital after his moped crashed into a car Friday night while he was being pursued by police.Peter Newsham, chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, said eight people were arrested Wednesday night and 14 officers were injured, most from being struck by fireworks.
  
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• Trump administration lifts federal protections for gray wolf

  29-10-2020 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The move gives states in the continuous United States the authority to manage their local wolf populations, including by allowing them to be hunted.It will mainly affect wolf populations in the upper Midwest, Colorado and Pacific Northwest because wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains were previously delisted.Wolves have never been federally protected in Alaska.
  
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• Wisconsin’s Uptick in ‘Shy’ Voters Isn’t Great News for Trump or Biden

  29-10-2020 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The topline result of the final Marquette University Law School poll of Wisconsin conducted before Tuesday’s elections was that Joe Biden leads Donald Trump 48 percent to 43 percent among likely voters in the state, with 2 percent backing Libertarian Party nominee Jo Jorgensen. But look deeper at the poll and there are several interesting findings.By a 51–48 margin, likely Wisconsin voters approved of Trump’s handling of the economy. By an overwhelming 57–40 margin, they
  
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• 'He couldn't move': New York City man falls into sinkhole full of rats

  29-10-2020 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Leonard Shoulders was waiting for bus in the Bronx when concrete cracked open and he fell into hole, unable to scream for help A New York City man has fallen through a sinkhole in a sidewalk, landing directly on to a pack of rats and leaving him unable to scream for help out of a fear that they might crawl into his mouth, local media have reported.In a city long used to tall tales of urban horror, like crocodiles in the sewers, the real-life terror experienced by Leonard Shoulders, 33, appeared
  
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• Top U.S. officials were briefed on an active threat against Pentagon leaders, say five officials

  29-10-2020 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some officials said the briefings suggested the threat may be potential retaliation for the U.S. military's killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
  
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• Fact check: Cropping alters context of viral Obama campaign event photo

  29-10-2020 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A viral photo claims to show the word "lies" behind the former president at his campaign event. It is a crop of a "Bullies" sign behind him.
  
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