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• Parents of Charlie Gard still fighting for treatment for terminally ill baby

  09-07-2017 23:46
  
  Researchers at the Vatican's children's hospital say new information suggested that the experimental treatment sought by the parents might be effective.
  
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• Teen bit in head by bear wakes up to 'crunching sound'

  09-07-2017 23:09
  
  The 19-year-old woke up at around 4 a.m. Sunday with his head inside the mouth of the bear, a Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokeswoman says.
  
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• 1 killed, 8 wounded at pregnant woman's gender reveal party

  09-07-2017 22:55
  
  Neighbors said the shooting started duringa party where a pregnant woman revealed her child's gender.
  
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• Edmunds: Why some car buyers opt to lease instead

  09-07-2017 22:36 via krqe.com
  
  Car shoppers are becoming more eager to lease than to buy cars, according to recent data. More than a third of all new-car owners leased rather than bought in 2016.
  But the statistics don’t tell the whole story. Many car shoppers don’t set out to lease a new car, but once they run the numbers, leases look like a much better deal. Here are three reasons why:
  1. CAR-BUYING PAYMENT SHOCK
  Leasing doesn’t even cross some car shoppers’ minds until they see how much it’s g
  
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• Volvo goes electric, ditches cars powered solely by gas

  09-07-2017 21:16 via krqe.com
  
  HELSINKI (AP) — Volvo says it will only build electric and hybrid vehicles starting in 2019, making it the first major automaker to abandon cars and SUVs powered solely by the internal combustion engine.
  CEO Hakan Samuelsson said the move was dictated by customer demand. It means that in two years, all new Volvo vehicles will have some form of electric propulsion.
  The rest of the auto industry is likely to make similar moves in a few years, said Sam Abuelsamid, senior analyst for Navigant
  
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• Scorching heat threatens to propel California wildfires

  09-07-2017 20:12
  
  The Whittier Fire in Santa Barbara County has claimed more than 7,800 acres.
  
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• Iraq's PM claims Mosul victory, but state TV says ISIS fighters remain

  09-07-2017 20:10
  
  State TV reported Sunday that ISIS militants are still holding out in one neighborhood of Mosul.
  
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• Climate change up close: Southern, poor counties to suffer

  09-07-2017 20:02 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Poor and southern U.S. counties will get hit hardest by global warming, according to a first-of-its-kind detailed projection of potential climate change effects at the local level.
  The study, published Thursday in the journal Science , calculates probable economic harms and benefits for the more than 3,100 counties in the United States under different possible scenarios for worldwide emissions of heat-trapping gases. It looks at agriculture, energy costs, labor
  
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• Want your student loans forgiven? Avoid these 4 mistakes

  09-07-2017 19:35 via krqe.com
  
  Having college debt disappear is something many student loan holders can only dream of. But it’s possible for some of the 44 million people in the U.S. with education loans.
  Through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, people with federal student loans can get their loans erased tax-free if they first make loan payments for 10 years while working for the government or a nonprofit.
  That’s the gist of it, at least. The program rules are more nuanced. Unaware of the complexities
  
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• Opioid addicts turn to pet medications to get high

  09-07-2017 19:30
  
  Veterinarians say that addicts are stealing pain medication from their own pets, and some owners are even intentionally hurting their pets to get prescriptions.
  
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• 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' slings $117 million debut

  09-07-2017 18:54
  
  'Spider-Man: Homecoming' pulls in $117 million during opening weekend.
  
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• Drinking coffee may improve your workout

  09-07-2017 18:50
  
  Drinking coffee may improve your workout by providing a boost of caffeine.
  
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• Science Says: Too early for forecast on Lyme disease ticks

  09-07-2017 18:15 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Tick populations are exploding? Tick-borne diseases are on the rise?
  Some recent headlines suggest Americans are facing a particularly bad year for tick bites and illnesses, but the evidence is patchy and the science complicated. What may be true in one part of the country — or even one part of a county — may not be true in another. And there are signs that the most common tick-borne illness — Lyme disease — may be occurring at roughly usual levels.
  
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• Man ticketed for driving too fast calls speed limit sign too 'wordy'

  09-07-2017 18:00
  
  Jason Canfield blamed an 'overly verbose' road sign when he was given a speeding ticket last year.
  
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• Thousands flee wildfires burning in US and Canada

  09-07-2017 17:35
  
  A wildfire in California forced locals out of their homes.
  
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• NMSU Product Pascal Siakam plays solid on Saturday for the Raptors

  09-07-2017 17:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE)- New Mexico State standout forward and 1st round draft pick, Pascal Siakam had another great performance in the NBA Summer League on Saturday. Siakam lead his team with 17 points and also pulled down four rebounds.
  The Raptors next game will be Monday against Denver at 4 p.m.
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• Isotopes take 2nd straight at home against Las Vegas 4-1

  09-07-2017 17:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE)- The Isotopes bettered their season record to 44-44, after a 4-1 victory over the Las Vegas 51’s on Saturday night. This win marks the Isotopes 3rd straight win at home and their 2nd straight win against the 51’s.
  The Isotopes will look for a Las Vegas sweep on Sunday at 6:05 p.m., and will also look to get their record over .500 before heading into the All-Star Break.
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• Blake Swihart is back on the DL

  09-07-2017 17:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE)- Cleveland High School standout, Blake Swihart is once again on the DL. The catcher is still having problems with his left ankle in triple-a Pawtucket. The team announced on Friday that Swihart will be placed on the 7-day DL, as Blake was having issues will swelling and pain in his left ankle.
  That is the same left ankle that Swihart hurt last year while playing up with the Red Sox and had surgery on in August. Swihart was hitting .213 up to this point with the Red Sox Affilia
  
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• Rare white deer herd open to public view beginning this fall

  09-07-2017 17:15 via krqe.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A rare herd of ghostly white deer kept mostly from public view for decades is no longer off-limits.
  The herd at a former World War II Army weapons depot in upstate New York will be available for public viewing through bus tours slated to begin in the fall.
  The dozens of white deer roaming the 7,000-acre Seneca Army Depot in the Finger Lakes have been tough to see for years, save for glimpses through the surrounding chain-link fence. But the nonprofit Seneca White Deer w
  
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• Cerner Corporation CEO Neal Patterson dies

  09-07-2017 17:09
  
  Cerner Corp. CEO Neal Patterson died Saturday following unexpected complications from cancer.
  
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• Ceasefire brokered by US and Russia begins in Syria

  09-07-2017 16:43
  
  A ceasefire set by the US, Russia and Jordan went into effect Sunday in southwest Syria.
  
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• Tillerson talks tough on Russia, vows US support for Ukraine

  09-07-2017 16:40 via krqe.com
  
  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Russia on Sunday that it must take the first steps to reduce tensions in eastern Ukraine and that American and European sanctions would remain in place until Moscow reversed course in the region.
  In surprisingly blunt language just two days after presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Germany, Tillerson said Russia should use its influence with separatists in Ukraine’s east to fully restore an oft-violated tru
  
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• Tillerson reassures Ukraine, talks tough on Russia

  09-07-2017 16:40 via krqe.com
  
  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Russia on Sunday that it must take the first steps to reduce tensions in eastern Ukraine and that American and European sanctions would remain in place until Moscow reversed course in the region.
  In surprisingly blunt language just two days after presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Germany, Tillerson said Russia should use its influence with separatists in Ukraine’s east to fully restore an oft-violated tru
  
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• AP reporters on how North Korea, other nations view standoff

  09-07-2017 16:40 via krqe.com
  
  One reason North Korea is the world’s most dire nuclear hotspot is that among the most important players, even allies and semi-allies have different desires and priorities. An enemy to some, a bulwark to others, a frustration to all, with decades of unfinished business coloring the picture in ways unique to each nation.
  North Korea’s successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile July 4 raised the heat on tensions that have been building for decades, leaving the internati
  
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• LA, Paris arrive for Olympic meetings; 2024 deal must wait

  09-07-2017 16:39 via krqe.com
  
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The United States is going to host its first Summer Olympics since 1996.
  France is going to host its first Summer Olympics in at least 100 years.
  Just don’t expect the International Olympic Committee to announce this week which of Los Angeles or Paris will host the 2024 Olympics and which will get the 2028 edition.
  Bid leaders from LA and Paris arrived this weekend in the Olympic capital city Lausanne ahead of their Tuesday morning presentations to the fu
  
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• Turkish opposition leader’s 25-day march to end with rally

  09-07-2017 16:38 via krqe.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — The leader of the main opposition party in Turkey was set to complete the final stretch of a 25-day “March for Justice” from the capital Ankara to Istanbul Sunday. Hundreds of thousands have already gathered for a rally marking the end of the march.
  Republican People’s Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu launched the 450-kilometer (280-mile) march after a parliamentarian from his party was imprisoned in June. The march has since grown to protest a massive crac
  
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• Turkish opposition leader finishes 25-day march with rally

  09-07-2017 16:38 via krqe.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party completed his 25-day “March for Justice” from the capital Ankara to Istanbul Sunday and joined hundreds of thousands of supporters at a rally against a large-scale government crackdown on opponents.
  Republican People’s Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu launched the 450-kilometer (280-mile) march after a parliamentarian from his party was imprisoned in June. The march grew into a protest of the massive clampd
  
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• Turkish opposition leader ends 25-day march, rallies backers

  09-07-2017 16:38 via krqe.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party completed a 25-day “March for Justice” from the capital Ankara to Istanbul Sunday and joined hundreds of thousands of supporters at a rally against a large-scale government crackdown on opponents.
  Republican People’s Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu launched the 450-kilometer (280-mile) march after a parliamentarian from his party was imprisoned in June. The march grew into a protest of the massive clampdow
  
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• ‘Oh my God, it is Obama’: Alaska mom, baby meet ex-president

  09-07-2017 16:38 via krqe.com
  
  An Alaska mother is cherishing cellphone photos she snapped of her wide-eyed 6-month-old baby in the arms of former President Barack Obama.
  Jolene Jackinsky was at Anchorage International Airport on Monday looking for an airline when she ended up in a waiting area for private flights where a man she thought looked like Obama was sitting.
  “As I got closer, I thought: Oh my God, it is Obama,” she recalled Friday from Newhalen, a small Alaska village where she’s vacationing.
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• Israeli list of unrecognized US rabbis points to rift

  09-07-2017 16:38 via krqe.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Chief Rabbinate has compiled a list of overseas rabbis whose authority they refused to recognize when it comes to certifying the Jewishness of someone who wants to get married in Israel.
  The list, obtained by The Associated Press, includes a number of prominent Orthodox rabbis in North America. Among them are a New York social activist who has advocated for greater rights for women, a Canadian rabbi who is friendly with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a co
  
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• Israeli blacklist of US rabbis points to widening rift

  09-07-2017 16:38 via krqe.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Chief Rabbinate has compiled a blacklist of overseas rabbis whose authority they refuse to recognize when it comes to certifying the Jewishness of someone who wants to get married in Israel.
  The list, obtained by The Associated Press, includes a number of prominent Orthodox rabbis in North America. Among them are a social activist in New York who has advocated for greater rights for women, a Canadian rabbi who is friendly with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a
  
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• Bus hops curb, dislodges war memorial cannon in Pittsburgh

  09-07-2017 16:38 via krqe.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say a bus hopped a curb and dislodged a war memorial cannon at a parklet in Pittsburgh.
  Spokesman Jim Ritchie of the Port Authority of Allegheny County says no bus passengers were injured in the Saturday afternoon accident in the Brookline neighborhood. He says someone in a car struck by the bus had a minor injury.
  The cannon was lodged in a side window at the front of the bus, which went through a low fence around the memorial, struck the cannon, went over an
  
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• Activists riot against G-20 summit for 3rd night in Hamburg

  09-07-2017 16:38 via krqe.com
  
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Anti-globalization activists rioted for a third consecutive night in Hamburg early Sunday even after Group of 20 leaders had already left the port city in northern Germany.
  Police again used water cannon trucks against rioters attacking them with iron rods and pavement stones. They arrested 186 protesters and temporarily detained another 225 people. Officials say 476 officers have been injured in the violence since Thursday. The number of injured protesters wasn&rsq
  
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• A man of many talents: Vermont governor wins stock car race

  09-07-2017 16:38 via krqe.com
  
  BARRE, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s stock-car-racing governor is back in victory lane.
  Republican Gov. Phil Scott won the 50-lap feature Thursday at Barre’s Thunder Road, taking home a total of $1,200.
  Scott, a part-time racecar driver, is the all-time winningest driver in the top division at Thunder Road. The win was his 30th and his first since becoming governor in January.
  He can now add to his list of accomplishments that he is the first sitting governor to win a Vermont stock car
  
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• Trump: US must work with Russia, move past election issues

  09-07-2017 16:37 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that “it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia” after his lengthy meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Germany. But he is still avoiding the question of whether he accepts Putin’s denial that Russia was responsible for meddling in the 2016 election.
  Speaking in a series of tweets the morning after returning from a world leaders’ summit in Germany, Trump said he “strongly p
  
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• Trump says it’s ‘time to move forward’ with Russia

  09-07-2017 16:37 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that “it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia” after his lengthy meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Germany. But he is still avoiding the question of whether he accepts Putin’s denial that Russia was responsible for meddling in the 2016 election.
  Speaking in a series of tweets the morning after returning from a world leaders’ summit in Germany, Trump said he “strongly p
  
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• South Syria truce to allay Jordan, Israel fears about Iran

  09-07-2017 16:36 via krqe.com
  
  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A separate truce for southern Syria, brokered by the U.S. and Russia, is meant to help allay growing concerns by neighboring Jordan and Israel about Iranian military ambitions in the area, including fears that Tehran plans to set up a disruptive long-term presence there.
  Such apprehensions were stoked by recent movements of Shiite Muslim militias — loyal to Iran and fighting alongside Syrian government forces — toward Jordan’s border with Syria, and t
  
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• Mixed feelings on supermarket reopening after mass shooting

  09-07-2017 16:36 via krqe.com
  
  TUNKHANNOCK, Pa. (AP) — Extensive repairs and a thorough cleaning have removed the physical traces of a mass shooting inside a Pennsylvania supermarket, but it’ll take more than a makeover to erase shoppers’ memories of what happened in the aisles.
  The Weis Markets Inc. store in rural Tunkhannock, about 135 miles northwest of Philadelphia, is scheduled to reopen this week, more than a month after it was turned into a triple-murder scene by a 24-year-old gunman who had expressed
  
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• Goal of nation’s first opioid court: Keep users alive

  09-07-2017 16:36 via krqe.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — After three defendants fatally overdosed in a single week last year, it became clear that Buffalo’s ordinary drug treatment court was no match for the heroin and painkiller crisis.
  Now the city is experimenting with the nation’s first opioid crisis intervention court, which can get users into treatment within hours of their arrest instead of days, requires them to check in with a judge every day for a month instead of once a week, and puts them on strict cu
  
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• Fire art in South Africa promotes healthy grasslands

  09-07-2017 16:36 via krqe.com
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The smoking image of a grasshopper was burned into the South African grassland, as alert firefighters stood by. Last month’s work of performance art was born from the idea of promoting controlled burning as beneficial for South Africa’s savannah ecosystems.
  Artist Hannelie Coetzee said the 5-hectare (12-acre) artwork was inspired by research scientist Sally Archibald, who was looking into the importance of fire in creating productive grazing areas.
  Archibald
  
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• Study finds women with more testosterone get large boost

  09-07-2017 16:32 via krqe.com
  
  A scientific paper published Monday found that women who produce higher-than-normal amounts of testosterone have up to a 4.5 percent advantage over their competition on the track, evidence the sport’s governing body will use to potentially sideline Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya and others with so-called intersex conditions.
  The International Association of Athletics Federations will use the new study in its appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which suspended an IAAF rule t
  
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• Can smelling your food lead to weight gain?

  09-07-2017 16:21
  
  Smelling your food may lead to weight gain, says study.
  
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• Tattoo artists take over ABQ

  09-07-2017 16:12
  
  Whether you have a few tattoos yourself or you’re simply a fan of that art, the Duke City Tattoo Fiesta is going on this weekend, and it has plenty to offer.
  
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• The Latest: State TV: Iraqi prime minister arrives in Mosul

  09-07-2017 16:05 via krqe.com
  
  MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The Latest on developments in the fight for Mosul in Iraq (all times local):
  3:45 p.m.
  Iraq’s state TV says the country’s prime minister has arrived in Mosul to declare victory over the Islamic State group in the more than eight-month old operation to drive the militants from the city.
  Al-Iraqia TV quotes Haider al-Abadi as saying he “congratulates the fighters and the people on the big victory” in the key city.
  Dressed in a black uniform of a typ
  
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• The Latest: Iraqi PM celebrates in Mosul, but battle ongoing

  09-07-2017 16:05 via krqe.com
  
  MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The Latest on developments in the fight for Mosul in Iraq (all times local):
  9:45 p.m.
  Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has been celebrating with Iraqi troops in Mosul after they drove Islamic State militants from some of their last strongholds in a nearly nine-month campaign.
  But heavy fighting by holdouts continues in parts of the Old City neighborhood near the Tigris River.
  A smiling al-Abadi walked among the soldiers, at one point grabbing an Iraqi flag and briefly dra
  
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• Thousands flee wildfires burning in the US and Canada

  09-07-2017 16:04 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires barreled across the baking landscape of the western U.S. and Canada, destroying a smattering of homes, forcing thousands to flee and temporarily trapping children and counselors at a California campground.
  Here’s a look at the wildfires blackening the West.
  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
  A pair of wildfires egged on by record-breaking heat in Southern California quickly spread, threatening hundreds of homes and forcing evacuations at a popular lakeside campg
  
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• Iraq Mosul victory claimed, says prime minister

  09-07-2017 15:35
  
  State TV reported Sunday that ISIS militants are still holding out in one neighborhood of Mosul.
  
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• Hundreds gather at memorial for slain NYC police officer

  09-07-2017 15:01
  
  Hundreds gathered at a memorial for a NYC police officer shot while sitting inside her vehicle last week.
  
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• 'Pokemon Go' celebrates 1 year of distracting kids and adults

  09-07-2017 14:31
  
  'Pokemon Go' celebrates 1 year of distracting kids and adults.
  
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• It's time to 'move forward' with Russia, Trump says

  09-07-2017 14:28
  
  It's time to 'move forward' with Russia, Trump tweeted on Sunday morning.
  
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