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• Trump associate proved invaluable FBI source, records show

  24-07-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Newly unsealed court records confirm that Felix Sater, a former business associate of President Donald Trump, was an invaluable FBI source who used his ties to the criminal underworld to rat out New York's organized crime families and gather intelligence on Al Qaida and arms dealers in Afghanistan.
  
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• DOJ won't charge William Barr, Wilbur Ross after contempt vote

  24-07-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Lawmakers never expected the Justice Department to prosecute its own leader.
  
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• Treasury's Mnuchin says Amazon 'destroyed' U.S. retail sector

  24-07-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Mnuchin said he looked forward to hearing the results of a Justice Department probe, announced on Tuesday, into whether big U.S. technology firms engage in anticompetitive practices, the strongest sign yet that the Trump administration is stepping up its scrutiny of Big Tech. "If you look at Amazon, although they're certain benefits to it, they've destroyed the retail industry across the United States," Mnuchin told CNBC.
  
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• U.S. blocks U.N. rebuke of Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes -diplomats

  24-07-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States on Wednesday blocked an attempt by Kuwait, Indonesia and South Africa to get the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes on the outskirts of Jerusalem, diplomats said.Israel said the 10 apartment buildings demolished on Monday, most of them still under construction, had been built illegally and posed a security risk to Israeli armed forces operating along a barrier that runs through the occupied West Bank.U.N. officials, who had calle
  
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• Trump wants restraining order to keep his New York tax returns away from Democrats

  24-07-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  It’s another volley in the tug-of-war between Trump and Democrats who are bent on getting ahold of his tax returns.
  
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• President Trump answers questions following Robert Mueller's Capitol Hill testimony

  24-07-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump says there was no defense for this 'ridiculous hoax,' in response to Robert Mueller's testimony before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees.
  
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• Border Patrol boss joined Facebook page to read staff posts

  24-07-2019 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The head of the U.S. Border Patrol said Wednesday that she joined a Facebook group whose members mocked migrants and lawmakers so she could read what her personnel thought about her, and said she knew little about the group. Chief Carla Provost said during a congressional subcommittee hearing in Washington that she logged on to Facebook very rarely and that she immediately reported her membership in the group to an oversight division of U.S. Customs and Border Protection after she realized she w
  
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• Report: Truck crossed highway line in crash that killed 8

  24-07-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  A crash that killed eight people in Mississippi last month happened after a box truck crossed the center line of a two-lane rural highway and struck a van, according to a federal report issued Wednesday.The National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report confirms what the van driver, Alejandro Estrejo Resendiz, told The Associated Press hours after the June 3 wreck near Scooba — that he swerved but the truck hit the van.The van was owned by Sharp Forestry in Columbus, Mississippi
  
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• Justice Department will not pursue criminal contempt charges in Census dispute with Congress

  24-07-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Justice Department will not pursue criminal charges against Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, after Democrats in the House of Representatives voted to hold them in contempt in a dispute over documents concerning whether to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. "Accordingly, the department will not bring the congressional contempt citations before a grand jury or take any other action to prosecute the Attorney General or the Secretary," he add
  
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• New San Francisco campaign aims to house 1,100 homeless

  24-07-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Homelessness and a housing crunch have come to define San Francisco as much as the Golden Gate Bridge or Alcatraz.Now a new public engagement campaign is urging residents to put aside their political differences and support finding homes for more than 1,000 homeless people.Philanthropist Daniel Lurie, founder of the anti-poverty nonprofit behind "All In," says he wants to inspire people in a city known for its liberal politics to tackle a problem mired in negativity, despair and political fighti
  
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• Rudy Giuliani says Democrats using Mueller hearing for 2020 'soundbites,' imitates Mueller

  24-07-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  "The Democrats are going for soundbites for the election," Rudy Giuliani, one of the president's personal lawyers, said on "Fox and Friends" Wednesday. before attempting an impression of Robert Mueller.
  
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• Biden Fires Back at Booker on Crime Record: Campaign Update

  24-07-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Vice President Joe Biden parried criticism of his criminal justice record from Cory Booker, saying that his Democratic presidential rival had been responsible for controversial law-and-order policies while mayor of Newark, New Jersey.“His police department was stopping and frisking people, mostly African American men,” Biden told reporters in Dearborn, Michigan, on Wednesday. “If he wants to go back and talk about records I’m happy to do that but I’d
  
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• Mueller: Trump's answers were 'generally' untruthful

  24-07-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Former special counsel Robert Mueller told lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday that President Trump’s written answers to his questions were not only incomplete — they were “generally” untruthful.
  
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• America’s New B-21 Stealth Bomber Is Just Two Years Away

  24-07-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Air Force’s new B-21 stealth bomber could fly as early as December 2021, Air Force vice chief of staff Gen. Stephen Wilson said at an event in Washington, D.C. on July 24, 2019.Air Force magazine broke the news.Wilson told the audience he in recent weeks visited Northrop Grumman’s facilities in Melbourne, Florida, where he was “looking at the B-21.” Northrop is “moving out on that pretty fast.” Wilson said, adding he has an app on his phone “cou
  
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• A note left in a Domino's Pizza box led to rescue of a kidnapped woman, police say

  24-07-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  A woman who was allegedly bound, gagged and beaten was rescued after leaving a note asking for help at a Domino's Pizza in Anthony, Texas.
  
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• Titanic explorer to search for Amelia Earhart's plane

  24-07-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Robert Ballard, the underwater explorer who found the Titanic, has a new quest -- searching for the plane of famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart, who disappeared over the Pacific in 1937.National Geographic said Ballard plans to leave from Samoa on August 7 to carry out the hunt with his state-of-the-art research vessel E/V Nautilus.National Geographic said it plans to film the expedition and air a documentary about it on its television channel on October 20.
  
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• Newborn found on doorstep at apartment complex where another baby was left 2 years ago

  24-07-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Orlando Police found a 1-day-old infant wrapped only in a T-shirt on front doorstep.
  
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• Mueller: Trump’s written answers to the special counsel ‘generally’ weren’t always truthful

  24-07-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  In testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, former special counsel Robert Mueller was asked if President Trump’s written answer were inadequate and incomplete partially because they showed the president wasn’t always being truthful. Mueller responded, “Generally.”
  
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• U.S. Warns of 5G Wireless Network Security Risks

  24-07-2019 21:59
  The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) this week released an infographic underlining some of the risk factors associated with 5G wireless networks.
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• Netography Launches Open Beta of Distributed IPS Service

  24-07-2019 21:44
  Network security company Netography on Tuesday announced the launch of its first service, advertised as a new type of intrusion prevention system (IPS).
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• Wind moves huge wildfire away from nuke facilities in Idaho

  24-07-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The largest wildfire at the nation's primary nuclear research facility in recent history had been burning close to buildings containing nuclear fuel and other radioactive material but a change in wind direction Wednesday was pushing the flames into open range at the sprawling site in Idaho, officials said.The lightning-caused fire at the Idaho National Laboratory is one of several across the U.S. West.Before the wind shifted, the Idaho blaze got close to several lab facilities, including one whe
  
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• Governor acknowledges Native Hawaiian plight on Mauna Kea

  24-07-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  After a week of tension and dozens of arrests, Hawaii's governor is vowing to find a peaceful resolution to the ongoing stalemate with Native Hawaiian activists who are trying to prevent the construction of another telescope atop a Big Island volcano.Gov. David Ige visited the protest site Tuesday evening after acknowledging that their grievances were not just about the new observatory but also the treatment of Native Hawaiians going back more than a century.Activists welcomed Ige with a nose-to
  
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• Mom arrested after bringing dead daughter to hospital claiming her neck was injured in wreck

  24-07-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Police arrested the mother of a 5-year-old girl who her brought to an Alexandria hospital said the girl's neck was injured in an auto accident.
  
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• Here's Why Mueller Kept Getting Asked About a Mysterious Maltese Professor

  24-07-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The shadowy Maltese professor has been at the center of some Republicans’ efforts to discredit Mueller’s probe
  
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• Trump administration's own study shows food stamp move may hurt poor

  24-07-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  A Trump administration proposal to tighten eligibility for food stamps could undercut access to basic nutrition for millions of Americans and hurt some low-cost retailers, according to an analysis conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which runs the program. The study clashes with the administration's defense of the proposed rule change, unveiled on Tuesday, which it said would end widespread abuse of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by Americans with suffic
  
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• Democrats ask Mueller if Trump could avoid criminal charges if he serves a 2nd term

  24-07-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  After testifying that the president could be charged with obstruction of justice after he leaves office, former special counsel Robert Mueller is asked about the statute of limitations.
  
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• Charlottesville statue of Robert E. Lee vandalized with anti-Trump graffiti

  24-07-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  A statue of Robert E. Lee that was at the center of violent protests in 2017 at a Charlottesville, Virginia, park, was vandalized early Wednesday.
  
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• Toddler injured after jumping on baggage belt, falling in luggage room at Atlanta airport

  24-07-2019 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  A 2-year-old boy was hurt after jumping on a baggage conveyor belt at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. He landed in a luggage room.
  
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• House Republicans Grill Mueller With Sean Hannity’s Questions

  24-07-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyHouse Republicans didn't need to read a briefing book to prepare for Robert Mueller's appearance on Capitol Hill. They had Sean Hannity.During his Tuesday evening broadcast, the bombastic Fox News host dedicated nearly 15 minutes to rattling off questions he would want to ask the former special counsel when he appeared before two congressional committees on Wednesday.“This is not me telling people what to do,” Hannity insi
  
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• Temperature records broke in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands today

  24-07-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  It's back. After a June heat wave smashed national temperature records in France and broke historic June records across Europe, a mass of hot air has returned to the continent. On Wednesday, the Netherlands Meteorological Institute reported that the nation's all-time temperature record, which stood for the last 75 years, fell as temperatures hit 101.8 degrees Fahrenheit (38.8 C).Belgium broke its national heat record too, as temperatures reached 103.8 F (39.9 C), reported David Dehenau
  
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• Schiff: Mueller investigation showed Trump's 'disloyalty to country'

  24-07-2019 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  The House Intelligence Committee chairman said it doesn’t matter whether Trump's or his campaign’s conduct during the 2016 election and ensuing FBI investigation amounted to crimes. To Schiff, they amounted to something worse.
  
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• Europe's heatwave: Eurostar trains breaks down as records tumble in Belgium, Netherlands and Germany

  24-07-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Eurostar trains broke down, tigers in zoos were fed chicken ice cubes, and France warned that Notre-Dame was at the risk of collapse on Wednesday, as Europe sweltered under a record-breaking heatwave. For the second time in a month, a high pressure system drew scorching air from the Sahara desert, breaking heat records for Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, while France risked doing the same. In the Netherlands, the temperature reached 39.1C, breaking the previous record of 38.6C set in Augus
  
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• Home Depot Employee Dies After Dry Wall Falls on Him

  24-07-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  A 60-year-old man died overnight following an accident at the Missouri Home Depot where he worked.
  
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• Syrian father scrambles to reach his children after airstrike in Idlib

  24-07-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Intense bombing in the Syrian province of Idlib left a father scrambling to rescue his children while his baby daughter dangled off the edge of a destroyed building.  The widely circulated photograph showed the aftermath of a Russian or Assad regime strike on the town of Ariha in western Idlib, the last rebel-held bastion in Syria.  The man, Amjad al-Abdullah, looks on in horror as he tries to reach his children. His infant daughter, Rawan, is held up by a scrap of clothing while two o
  
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• Texas man charged in deadly shooting of 62-year-old woman in car

  24-07-2019 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Tekoney Blackledge, 19, has been charged with the murder of 62-year-old Saron James.
  
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• Robert Mueller incorrectly identifies the president who appointed him as federal prosecutor

  24-07-2019 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Greg Stanton asks former special counsel Robert Mueller which president appointed him the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts back in the 1980s.
  
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• 'Free from this nightmare': Prisoner released after rape victim's startling revelation

  24-07-2019 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  James Clay had begun serving a 25 - 50 year prison sentence for rape based on DNA. He was released following a Free Press investigation into his case.
  
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• Abandoned Siberian factory could cause Chernobyl-style disaster, warns official

  24-07-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  A Russian state official warned on Wednesday that an abandoned chemicals factory in Siberia could cause an environmental disaster akin to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident unless urgent action is taken to tackle it.The Usolyekhimprom plant, which produced chlorine and other chemicals in the Irkutsk region, was abandoned due to bankruptcy in 2017, according to Russian news agencies.The official, Svetlana Radionova, said she had recently visited the facility and, among other things, discovered w
  
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• Two swimmers have disappeared into this lake. Now officials have shut down the beach

  24-07-2019 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities in Ohio have shut down a Lake Erie beach after a second swimmer went missing in less than a month.
  
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• Florida girl, 9, attacked by bison at Yellowstone National Park

  24-07-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  A nine-year-old girl was thrown into the air by a bison at YellowstoneNational Park on Monday
  
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• Onward To Mars: What Our Journey To the Red Planet Might Look Like

  24-07-2019 18:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The moon landing was a historic achievement, but landing on Mars will be an even greater challenge.
  
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• The Latest: Iran diplomat warns Brazil over 2 stranded ships

  24-07-2019 18:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran's ambassador says Tehran will reconsider imports from Brazil if it continues to refuse to refuel two Iranian vessels stranded there.Seyed Ali Saqqayian was quoted by Iran's semi-official Fars news agency as saying Wednesday Iran could easily find new suppliers of corn, soybeans and meat.Iran's Foreign Ministry hasn't commented on the issue of the two Iranian vessels, one reportedly loaded with corn, stranded at a Brazilian port due tolack of fuel.
  
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• Lightning storm kills 39 in eastern India

  24-07-2019 18:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Lightning has killed at least 39 people during thunderstorms and heavy rains lashing eastern India where thousands of people are stranded on high ground, an official said Wednesday.Disaster Management official Amod Kumar Sharan said the deaths occurred on Tuesday, raising the overall death toll in Bihar state to 123 from lightning and flooding since the monsoon season started in June.As rain stopped in some areas on Wednesday, helicopters dropped food packets for the villagers.
  
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• Top Khamenei aide says no talks with U.S. under any circumstances

  24-07-2019 18:27 via news.yahoo.com
  GENEVA/DUBAI (Reuters) - The top military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Tehran would not negotiate with the United States under any circumstances, an apparent hardening of its position as the Gulf tanker crisis escalates.The Swedish operator of a British-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran in the Gulf last week said it had been able to speak to crew members and all 23 of them were safe.The company said it had no evidence that the ship had been invol
  
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• Ole Miss student from Texas arrested after allegedly killing classmate

  24-07-2019 18:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Brandon Theesfeld is charged with the murder of 21-year-old Alexandria Kostial, whose body was found near a lake about 30 miles from campus.
  
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• Russia denies apologising to South Korea as tensions continue over aerial showdown

  24-07-2019 18:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Moscow has denied that it apologised to Seoul as tensions continue to rise after South Korean fighter jets fired hundreds of warning shots at a Russian military plane.  On Wednesday a South Korean presidential spokesman said a Russian official had expressed “deep regret” that an A-50 observation plane had violated its airspace the day before near the disputed Dokdo islands. The aircraft had been accompanying four strategic bombers in Russia and China's first ever joint bomber fl
  
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• Rep. Tlaib Compares BDS Movement Against Israel To U.S. Boycotting Nazi Germany

  24-07-2019 18:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib compared the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel to Americans’ boycott of Nazi Germany during a Tuesday floor speech.The Michigan congresswoman was speaking against a House resolution passed Wednesday that opposes the movement because it “does not favor a two-state solution and that seeks to exclude the State of Israel and the Israeli people from the economic, cultural, and academic life
  
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• Mueller Says Trump Could Be Charged with Obstruction after He Leaves Office

  24-07-2019 18:07 via news.yahoo.com
  During Wednesday congressional testimony, former special counsel Robert Mueller told lawmakers that President Trump could in fact be charged with obstruction of justice, but only after he leaves office."Could you charge the president with a crime after he left office?" Republican representative Ken Buck asked Mueller during the latter's appearance before the House Judiciary Committee."Yes," Mueller responded simply."You believe you could charge the president of the United States with obstru
  
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• Oklahoma City teens chase, attack family of undocumented immigrants with BB guns

  24-07-2019 17:45 via news.yahoo.com
  A family of undocumented immigrants was injured Monday after teens wielding BBguns allegedly chased them around an Oklahoma City neighborhood
  
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• 13-year-old Honduran girl dies after attempting suicide amid separation from her father

  24-07-2019 17:38 via news.yahoo.com
  A 13-year-old Honduran immigrant was taken off life support after sheattempted suicide while being separated from her father, according to CNN
  
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