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• White House gives Mattis expanded powers for U.S. troops on border

  21-11-2018 23:42 via yahoo.com
  Reuters reported on Monday that the White House was likely to give troops authority to protect Customs and Border Protection agents stationed along the U.S. border with Mexico if they come under threat from migrants seeking to cross into the United States.Speaking with reporters on Wednesday, Mattis confirmed that he had been given the additional authority, but would await a request from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) before deciding how to use it.Mattis said, depending on the DHS req
  
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• Trumpism Is A Dangerous Death Rattle, But The Midterms Showed Us How To Beat It

  21-11-2018 23:27 via yahoo.com
  Three weeks after the 2018 midterm elections, and with most of the races now
  
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• Trump finds a new Twitter target: Chief Justice Roberts

  21-11-2018 23:25 via yahoo.com
  The president tells the chief justice to "study the numbers" he says proves his point that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is overly partisan.
  
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• A look at 3 lives lost in Chicago hospital shooting

  21-11-2018 23:13 via yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — An emergency room doctor devoted to her community. A pharmacy resident who helped children with a disorder similar to her own. A police officer and father who responded to a shooting without being called.
  
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• US to install observation posts on Syria-Turkey border: Mattis

  21-11-2018 23:11 via yahoo.com
  The US military will install observation posts along Syria's northern border with Turkey to help minimize tensions between the Turks and Washington's Kurdish allies in the fight against the Islamic State group (IS), defense secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday."We are putting in observation posts in several locations up along the... northern Syrian border," Mattis told reporters.
  
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• 5 Reasons Why Matthew Whitaker Isn't Qualified To Be Acting Attorney General

  21-11-2018 23:07 via yahoo.com
  Matthew Whitaker, President Donald Trump's pick to replace ousted former
  
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• Colts Neck Fire: Brother Charged With Arson, More Details Emerge About Quadruple Homicide

  21-11-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  The brother of the man who was found dead outside his Colts Neck home yesterday has been charged with aggravated arson.Paul J. Caneiro, 51, was arrested and placed into custody at Monmouth County jail for attempting to burn down his own house in Ocean Township, New Jersey.According to USA Today, Paul Caneiro allegedly tried to burn down his Tilton Drive home “using gasoline and igniting the gasoline causing the residence to catch fire while his wife and two daughters were inside.” No
  
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• ‘Email Is The Key To Prosecuting Just About Everyone,’ Ivanka Trump Wrote In Her Book

  21-11-2018 22:58 via yahoo.com
  “My friend Andrew Cuomo, New York’s great attorney general, tells me that email is the key to prosecuting just about everyone these days,” Ivanka Trump wrote in her 2009 self-help book The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life, according to Raw Story. “People can be so incredibly slapdash with their electronic messages, as if they were some modern version of smoke signals that can disappear without a trace.”
  
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• Romaine is on the menu at some New York delis despite E.coli warning

  21-11-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  Romaine lettuce still had a place at the salad bars of some cafes and delicatessens in New York City on Wednesday despite a blanket warning to Americans from U.S. public health officials that none of the lettuce was safe to eat because it might be contaminated by E.coli.The warning, precipitated by an E.coli outbreak in 11 states and Canada, was issued on Tuesday.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)said on Tuesday that 32 people in 11 states had been sickened by E.coli betwe
  
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• Pelosi detractor now says he'll back her for House speaker

  21-11-2018 22:48 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Nancy Pelosi appears to be having some success shrinking the ranks of Democratic lawmakers opposing her bid to serve a second stint as speaker of the House.
  
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• Mattis says he has extra authority to use military on border

  21-11-2018 22:37 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Wednesday the White House has given him explicit authority to use military troops to protect Customs and Border Protection personnel, with lethal force if necessary, at the southwest border.
  
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• Here’s Where To Score All The Best Black Friday Freebies

  21-11-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  While many households throughout the United States will finally be getting ready to sit down and indulge in the delicious Thanksgiving meal they’ve been slaving over in the kitchen all day, thousands across the country will be burning the calories from their own home-cooked meals off as they feverishly storm malls and department stores looking for the best deals to aid with their holiday shopping. Retailers and restaurants alike, USA Today reports, are offering free goodies and extra coupo
  
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• Donald Trump Lashes Out At Chief Justice John Roberts Over Immigration Rulings

  21-11-2018 22:16 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump lashed out at Chief Justice John Roberts Wednesday
  
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• Number of U.S. Abortions Hits Lowest Rate Since Roe v. Wade, CDC Reports

  21-11-2018 22:02 via yahoo.com
  The decline in abortions was seen in women across all age groups
  
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• 'There Was Fire on All Sides': New Mom Thanks Driver Who Helped Her Escape Wildfire with Newborn Son

  21-11-2018 21:43 via yahoo.com
  “I’ve never felt more blessed,” Rachelle Sanders tells TIME
  
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• Radical experimental plane with no moving parts wows scientists

  21-11-2018 21:32 via yahoo.com
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers on Wednesday described successful flight tests at an indoor campus gymnasium of the unmanned airplane powered not by engines that burn fossils fuels but by ion wind propulsion, also called electro-aerodynamic thrust."This is the first time that an airplane without moving parts has flown," said MIT aerospace engineer Steven Barrett, who drew inspiration from fictional shuttlecraft from "Star Trek."Electrical field strength near an array of thi
  
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• Chief justice responds to Trump's judiciary criticism

  21-11-2018 21:27 via yahoo.com
  John Roberts defends an independent judiciary, The New York Times reports that Trump wanted to prosecute Clinton and Comey, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi cuts a deal in an attempt to become House speaker.
  
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• Barack Obama Helps Out For Thanksgiving

  21-11-2018 21:21 via yahoo.com
  Former President Barack Obama is taking time during the holiday season to volunteer at a local Chicago food bank.
  
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• U.S. setting up 'observation posts' along Turkey-Syria border

  21-11-2018 21:20 via yahoo.com
  The United States is setting up "observation posts" along parts of the border between Turkey and Syria to help keep the focus on defeating Islamic State militants in Syria, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Wednesday.The observation posts would not require additional U.S. troops being sent to Syria, Mattis told reporters.The Pentagon says it has about 2,000 troops in Syria.
  
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• After Years Covering Hillary’s Abuses Of Power, Sean Hannity Not Interested In Trump Plan To Prosecute Enemies

  21-11-2018 21:17 via yahoo.com
  Sean Hannity spent years covering Hillary Clinton’s alleged abuses of power, spending hours on the air talking about her use of a private email server and the alleged “Uranium One” scandal.When it comes to allegations that Donald Trump abused his power in an attempt to prosecute his political enemies, Hannity is reportedly not interested.A new report from the Washington Post claimed that Hannity seemed bored with reports that Trump tried to direct the Justice Department to pros
  
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• Trump's whitewashing of brutal Saudi killing denounced by both parties

  21-11-2018 21:11 via yahoo.com
  The president puts a price on moral values, and members of Congress aren't happy about it.
  
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• Thanksgiving: Barack Obama pays surprise visit to Chicago food bank to help prepare meals

  21-11-2018 21:08 via yahoo.com
  Barack Obama has surprised volunteers at a Chicago food bank with an unannounced visit to help prepare Thanksgiving meals.The former president arrived with bags of donated food and donned latex gloves to work side by side with volunteers at the non-profit organisation, which helps provide meals to more than 700 food pantries and shelters across Cook County, Illinois.Mr Obama – who helped bag potatoes – brought staff from his Obama foundation with him.
  
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• CDC says U.S. abortion rate plunged in decade ending 2015

  21-11-2018 20:52 via yahoo.com
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that statistics for 2015, the most recent year for which data is available, show the abortion rate was 11.8 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44.Teens aged 15 to 19 experienced a greater decrease than older women, with the rate falling 54 percent from 2006 to 2015, the CDC said."This decrease in abortion rate was greater than the decreases for women in any older age group," the CDC said in a statement.
  
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• Interpol's flaws exposed in US-Russia fight over presidency

  21-11-2018 20:51 via yahoo.com
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. won, Russia lost and Interpol narrowly escaped disaster — that's the upshot of an unusually high-drama vote for the international police agency's president, dominated by fears that Russia wants to turn Interpol into a tool to hunt down its enemies.
  
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• Humble resident wins $1 million on scratch-off lottery ticket

  21-11-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  An Humble resident is $1 million richer after buying a winning scratch-off ticket.
  
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• SpaceX's crew rocket set for January test flight

  21-11-2018 20:33 via yahoo.com
  The first flight of a SpaceX rocket tailored to fly astronauts to the International Space Station is set for liftoff from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 7, NASA said on Wednesday.The launch test is a crucial milestone in the space agency's Commercial Crew Program, which aims to launch humans to space from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly a decade.The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration said SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft - which will shuttle three astronauts to spa
  
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• In bid for top U.S. House job, Pelosi wins converts

  21-11-2018 20:32 via yahoo.com
  Nancy Pelosi, working to reclaim the top job in the U.S. House of Representatives, won over another supporter on Wednesday as a fellow Democrat reversed course and said he would back her as House speaker next year.Pelosi, a 78-year-old San Francisco liberal and current House Democratic leader, is fighting hard to regain the job of speaker after the Nov. 6 elections in which Democrats gained a majority in the 435-member chamber.Representative Brian Higgins, who had initially signed on to that gro
  
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• In bid for top House job, Pelosi wins converts

  21-11-2018 20:32 via yahoo.com
  Pelosi, a 78-year-old San Francisco liberal and current House Democratic leader, is fighting hard to regain the job of speaker after the Nov. 6 elections in which Democrats gained a majority in the 435-member chamber.Pelosi previously held the post in 2007-2011, when she made history as the first woman speaker.Representative Brian Higgins, who had initially signed on to that group, said in an interview with The Buffalo News that he dropped his opposition after Pelosi agreed to make infrastructur
  
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• Honda Odyssey Minivan Recalled Over Problem With Sliding Doors

  21-11-2018 20:18 via yahoo.com
  Honda is recalling 107,000 of its 2018 and 2019 Odyssey minivans because its power sliding doors may not latch properly, raising the possibility that they could open while the vehicle is in motio...
  
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• Theresa May takes her deal to Brussels

  21-11-2018 20:11 via yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Theresa May heads to Brussels to try to finalize a blueprint for Britain's future ties with the EU. Francesca Lynagh reports.
  
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• Meet the 5 Best Smith & Wesson Handguns Ever Made

  21-11-2018 20:11 via yahoo.com
  What would you choose? 
  
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• 5 Times Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker Critiqued The Mueller Investigation On CNN

  21-11-2018 20:03 via yahoo.com
  Before Matt Whitaker was tapped to replace his boss, former Attorney General
  
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• AP Explains: The hunt for missing, dead in California fire

  21-11-2018 19:47 via yahoo.com
  CHICO, Calif. (AP) — Given the size and scope of the devastation after a deadly wildfire swept Northern California, experts say the search to find the missing and identify victims could take months.
  
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• Amazon says some customer email addresses exposed

  21-11-2018 19:40 via yahoo.com
  Amazon on Wednesday said that a website glitch accidentally exposed names and email addresses of some of the e-commerce giant's customers.Amazon declined to disclose the extent of the software slip-up."We have fixed the issue and informed customers who may have been impacted," an Amazon spokesman said in response to an AFP inquiry.
  
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• ​Khloe Kardashian Reveals Her Biggest Struggle With Breastfeeding​

  21-11-2018 19:24 via yahoo.com
  Khloe Kardashian recently opened up about a problem so many mothers can relate
  
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• Saudi Arabia Allegedly Tortured Women's Rights Activists Before Khashoggi Murder

  21-11-2018 19:23 via yahoo.com
  In the wake of the brutal torture and murder of Saudi journalist Jamal
  
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• This rally-honed Renault R8 Gordini is a long way from home

  21-11-2018 19:04 via yahoo.com
  We don't think the Renault 8 Gordini was designed with Californian coastal highways in mind – but that's exactly where this rally-inspired classic has ended up
  
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• Star Trek-style 'ionic wind' plane hailed as most significant advance in flight since the Wright brothers 

  21-11-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  A revolutionary Star Trek-style electric plane that flies silently and has no moving parts has completed its first test flight, in what is being hailed as one of the most significant advances in flight since the early experiments of the Wright brother more than 100 years ago. The battery-powered plane, which was developed and tested by engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US, is not kept in flight by propellers or a turbine but by an ionic wind system. The 16ft aircraft is c
  
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• Why the Bugatti Veyron was the Concorde of cars

  21-11-2018 18:53 via yahoo.com
  The Bugatti Veyron created a metaphoric 'sonic boom' when it first launched and became the world's first car to crack 250mph. Today it remains one of the greatest automotive achievements of all time
  
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• Brother of Man Killed in Suspicious N.J. Fire Charged With Arson for Setting His Own Home Ablaze

  21-11-2018 18:48 via yahoo.com
  Paul Caneiro has been charged with aggravated arson
  
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• Camp Fire: Containment increases to 80 percent; rain complicates searches

  21-11-2018 18:44 via yahoo.com
  Rain in the Camp Fire burn area is helping firefighters battle the flames, but is also complicating searches for the missing in the rubble.
  
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• Aaron Rodgers Donates $1 Million To Help With Camp Fire Relief Efforts

  21-11-2018 18:42 via yahoo.com
  Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is helping people in his native Butte Country to recover, after the devastating Camp Fire ripped through the area.Rodgers set up a fund — which he seeded with $1 million of his own money — to help the victims of the fire, according to local station KRCR Channel 7 News.Called the Aaron Rodgers NorCal Fire Recovery Fund, the relief effort will work to obtain funds that will go towards helping with the basic needs of those impacted by the fire
  
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• Nancy Pelosi Critic Reverses Course, Will Back Democratic Leader For Speaker

  21-11-2018 18:37 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.), a critic of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.),
  
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• Yahoo News Explains: Is Nancy Pelosi going to be House speaker again?

  21-11-2018 18:28 via yahoo.com
  Nancy Pelosi is running a fierce campaign to be elected speaker of the House of Representatives.The current minority leader of the House — and only woman to be speaker — has been in the political sphere for more than four decades.Pelosi, who started as a member of the Democratic National Committee in 1976, slowly worked her way up to the House after a 1987 special election.
  
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• European Privacy Search Engines Aim to Challenge Google

  21-11-2018 18:18
  In the battle for online privacy, U.S. search giant Google is a Goliath facing a handful of European Davids.
  The backlash over Big Tech's collection of personal data offers new hope to a number of little-known search engines that promise to protect user privacy.
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• Mueller Urges Court to Jail Onetime Trump Aide as Scheduled

  21-11-2018 18:14 via yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Special Counsel Robert Mueller urged a Washington federal judge to reject onetime Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos’s request to delay his two-week jail sentence until a U.S. appeals court rules on someone else’s challenge to Mueller’s appointment.
  
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• Attackers Exploit Recently Patched Popular WordPress Plugin

  21-11-2018 18:14
  Recently patched vulnerabilities in the popular AMP for WP plugin are being targeted in an active Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) campaign, Wordfence reports. 
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• What To Know About The Romaine E. Coli Outbreak Ahead Of Thanksgiving

  21-11-2018 18:08 via yahoo.com
  Following an E. coli bacterial outbreak in 11 states and Canada that has
  
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• More than 80,000 Yemeni children may have died from hunger, aid group says

  21-11-2018 17:54 via yahoo.com
  Western countries are pressing for a ceasefire and renewed peace efforts to end the disastrous conflict, which has unleashed the world’s most urgent humanitarian crisis with 8.4 million people believed to be on the verge of starvation.Save the Children said that a conservative estimate based on U.N. data showed 84,700 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition may have died between April 2015 and October 2018, when a Western-backed Arab alliance has been battling the Iran-aligned Ho
  
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• Holiday Gift Guide 2018: 100 Gift Ideas of Our Dreams, Under $100

  21-11-2018 17:53 via yahoo.com
  Welcome to our personal wish list
  
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